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"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing."— </««»  Christ, 


WHtATON  COLLEGh  LlbRAWC 
Wheaton,  Illinois 


EZRA.  A.  COOK  &  CO.,  Publishers, 
NO.  13  WABASH  AVENUE. 


CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  APRIL  2,  1874. 


VOL.  VI.,  NO.  25.— WHOLE  NO.  208. 
WEEKLY,  $2  00  A  YEAR. 


Contents. 


Page. 

Topics  of  toe  Time 1 

Editorial  Akticies  : 

Our  New  Uepurture S 

A  Chicago  Physician  Threatened ^ 

Mortimer  M.  Lejjgett s 

Utterly  Unreliable ! 

Notes ) 

Our  Colleges  on  Secret  Societies } 

Contributed  and  Select  Articles  : 

The  Masonic  Oath  from  the  Standpoint  of 

Reason 

The  Workingfl  of  the  Craft ! 

A  Personal  Kecollection  of  Charles 

Sumnei : ! 

Farmer  Grey  and  the  Patron,   Poetry ! 

Danger  fron  the  Grange 1 

The  Labor  (luestiou i 

Reform  News  : 

From  the  Olio  Agent i 

New  Fields  Opening  in  Penua 4 

Correspondence 1 

Notices 5 

Our  Mail II 

Forty  Years  agi: 

Lodge  vs.  La\r [0 

Sermon  on  Mascotjy,  by  W.  P.  M'Nary '.3 

The  Home  Cikolf. 

Waiting  for  tte  Adoption,  Ptie'ry 0 

Centenary  of ',he  Suppiession  of  Jesuits     13 

Bigotry li 

A  Good  Mothe- B 

Maxi  ms  f  or  waking  Men 7 

Children's  Corner T 

Temperance  Notes. ? 

The  SabbatH  Schod lO 

Home  and  Health  iints 11 

Farm  and  Garden ■ 11 

Religions  Intelli'^eice - 12 

News  of  the  WeeK IJ 

Pablishcr's  Departaent 1(5 

Advertisements...    13,14,15,16 


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The  War  on  Ium. — The  movement 
against  intempermcenow  extends  from 
Missouri  to  Maine,  In  Columbus  and 
Dayton,  Ohio;  Pittsburgh,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Brooklyn  ai^  Nevv  iork  city, 
New  York ;  Worc^terj  Massachusetts ; 
St.  Albans,  Vermint;  and  Bangor, 
Maine,  the  long-suferiag  people  have 
moved  on  the  enemies  of  our  race,  com- 
monly denominated  aloons.  In  lam-e 
cities  like  tie  ones  njmed  the  results 
are  not  as  jiet  appareit,  but  in  a  host 
of  smaller  Wcs  the  fjiends  of  temper- 
ance have  cimpletely  triumphed.  From 
three  to  fur  hundred  saloons  have 
been  closedland  thus  far  there  are  no 
signs  of  wariness  on  the  part  of  those 
eng&gedin  lie  work.  An  illicit  distil- 
lery was  laily  discovered  on  Barren 
Island,  nearNew  York  city.  A  party 
of  United  Sktes  officers  made  a  raid 
on  the  place, Vun  fifty  thousand  gallons 
of  mash  intoUhe  sea,  destroyed  the 
tubs  and  set  Ihe  building  on  fire.  In 
all  such  movenenta  we  may  and  must 
rejoice.  This  Wntry  will  never  reach 
the  true  posilioUn  this  question,  how- 
ever, until  a  inb  who  sells  liquor  is 
locked  up  justks  quickly  as  a  horse- 
thief  or  a  murdeir.  Selling  intoxicat- 
ing drinks  causei  nine-tenths  of  the 
murders  and  theft\  which  our  courts 
punish.  It  is  chaper  and  better  to 
lock  up  the  man  Vho  sells  than  the 
men  who  drink.  ^^  must  do  oco  or 
the  other. 

Makes  Men  D. 
Ever.— Men  who  araie  against  prc- 
isfbitory  laws  are  accuVomed  to  declare 
that  in  all  places  wheri  such  laws  are 
enacted,  men  drink  nire  than  ever. 
That  they  hide  but  contVue  to  drink. 
The  only  answer  whiA  ggch  state- 
lents  require  is,  that  th^  are  enlirelj 


MoRa   Than 


untrue.  Having  traveled  extensively 
in  States  where  there  are  and  are  not 
prohibitory  enactments,  the  writer 
knows  that  the  States  where  such  laws 
exist  are  so  far  superior  to  those  where 
there  are  none  as  to  be  beyond  com- 
parison with  them.  In  Massachusei-ts, 
where  Good  Templarism  and  Masonry 
have  hindered  the  reform  for  years, 
there  is  hardly  a  hotel  in  medium  sized 
towns  were  liquor  is  openly  sold,  while 
in  Missouri  villages  consisting  of  a  douen 
houses  must  have  their  rum  shop, 
la  Vineland,  New  Jersey,  the  traffic  is 
illegal  and  no  saloon  can  live  in  the 
corporation ;  while  a  man  who  kept  a 
low  groggery  just  outside  the  limits 
was  lately  fined  thr^'e  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars  and  sent  to  states  prison 
for  six  months.  The  resuU  is  that 
Vineland  paid  to  support  her  poor  last 
year  less  than  two  hundred  dollars  and 
her  police  cost  about  fifty  dollars. 
We  hazard  nothing  in  saying  that 
there  is  not  a  town  of  ten  thousand  in- 
habitants where  saloons  exist  in  the 
United  States  that,  can  show  such  a 
record.  In  other  words,  prohibition 
don't  make  men  drink  more  than  ever. 
Tilton's  Letter  to  the  Council. — 
Theodore  Tilton  sent  to  the  Con- 
gregational Council  in  Brooklyn,  and 
to  the  papers,  a  letter  in  which  he  says 
that  he  has  never  slandered  any  human 
being.  This  may  be  true.  He  did, 
however,  say  to  the  writer  of  this  para- 
graph, in  January,  1871,  that  Mr. 
Beecher  preached  to  twenty  mistresses 
every  Sabbath;  repeated  the  assertion 
several  times  and  authorized  its  publi- 
cation. This  was  nine  or  ten  months 
before  the  publication  of  the  WoodhuU 
scandal.  Again  in  January,  1874,  Mr. 
Til  ton  said,  "I  spoke  hastily  to  you  three 
years  ago,  and  perhaps  unwisely,  but 
I  told  no  lies  about  Mr.  Beecher.  I 
didn't  come  through  the  anti-slavery 
fight  to  be  either  a  liar  or  a  lick-spittle. " 
From  these  facts  it  is  evident  that 
whether  he  has  slandered  Mr.  Beecher 
or  not  he  has  charged  him  with  adul- 
tery. This  is  the  question  that  agi- 
tates the  Congregational  churches, 
"Is  or  is  not  this  charge  true  ?"  There 
will  be  no  rest  until  this  question  is 
answered.  We  hope  that  the  answer 
will  be  "no." 

A  Leeson  FOR  YoUi\'o  Men, — In  an 
age  like  this,  young  men  are  inexcusa- 
ble, if  they  fail  to  learn  that  it  is  only 
rigid  adherence  to  principle  which  is 
rewarded  by  lasting  fame.  When  Sen- 
ator Sumner  wrote  his  letter  of  accept- 
ance to  the  Legislature  of  Massachusetts 
in  1851,  be  said:  ''Since  true  poli- 
tics are  simply  morals  applied  to  pub- 
lic au'airs,  I  shall  find  constant  assist- 
ance from  those  everlasting  rules  of 
right  and  wrong   which  are  a  law  alike 


to  individuals  and  communities."  In 
obedience  to  those  rules  of  right  and 
wrong  he  stood  in  his  place  year  by 
year,  surrendering  friends,  influence 
and  reputation  in  obedience  to  his  con- 
victions. He  declared  slavery  sectional, 
when  by  lordly  assumption  and  brutal 
violence  it  ruled  the  nation.  He  de- 
nounced "the  crime  aerainst  Kansas"  as 
the  peril  of  his  life.  He  declared  ''the 
barbarism  of  slavery"  when  pulpit  and 
press  and  people  were  its  obedient 
slaves.  When  a  subservient  Senate 
were  about  to  put  a  merchant  into  the 
treasury  and  to  repeal  the  law  that 
stood  in  his  way;  when  that  same 
Ssnate  were  about  to  annex  a  debased 
and  slothful  people  to  our  already  suffi- 
ciently distracted  land,  it  remained 
for  Charles  Sumner  to  pronounce  the 
''I  object"  that  gave  us  pause,  and  pre- 
vented national  disgrace.  It  was  ako 
allotted  to  him  to  introduce  a  resolu- 
tion providing  for  the  discontinuance 
of  the  names  of  battles  fought  during 
the  civil  war,  on  the  army  register  and 
on  regimental  flags.  For  every  one  of 
all  these  acts  he  suffered  reproach,  and 
so  far  as  his  enemies  could  accomplish 
it,  infamy;  but  to-day  he  looms  up 
among  the  time-serving,  wire-pulling 
politicians  who  surrounded  him  like 
the  pyramids  of  Gizeh  from  the  Egyp- 
tian sands.  Let  then  this  just  orator, 
statesman  and  man  go  sleep  in  his  na- 
tive soil;  and  write  on  his  marble 
where  the  young  men  of  to- day  may 
read :  There  is  naught  but  fidelity  to 
truth  which  is  pleasing  to  God  or  glo- 
rious to  men. 

Robbing  Merchants. — The  testi- 
mony of  Wm.  E.  Dodge  and  other 
merchants  regarding  the  revenue  laws 
and  custom  house  proceedings  in  New 
York  form,  it  would  seem,  an  unan- 
swerable argument  in  favor  of  free 
trade.  Government,  to  raise  money 
for  the  payment  of  debts  and  current 
expenses,  levies  a  tariff  upon  certain  ar- 
ticles. To  collect  this  tariff  custom 
houses  are  established  and  custom  olBfi- 
cers  are  appointed.  Men  attempt  .to 
defraud  the  government  or  are  sus- 
pected of  doing  so, 'and  hence  rewards 
are  offered  to  spiep,  detectives  and  in 
formers.  A  law  is  passed  allowing 
men  accused  of  fraud  to  compromise 
with  Officers  of  the  port  by  the  pay- 
ment of  money .  Unfortunately  some 
men  are  not  honest,  and  m'afiy  officials 
are  like  Murphy  and  Casey.  The  re- 
sult is  that  hone^  houses  are  com- 
pelled to  pay  enormous  sums  for  mere 
technical  violalioas  of  law,  while  bpies 
who  are  too  low  for  an*  honest  man's 
contempt,  grow  rich  on  their  detesti- 
ble  toil.  Commerce  is  discouraged 
and  corruption  increased  and  rewarded. 
How  simple  a  remedy  to  abolish 
tariffs  and  levy  a  direct  tax  for. the 
wants  of  government.  .True,  il;  would 
diminish  the  number  of.  6ffice-holders. 
It  would  lessen  the  number  of  places 
which  a  shameless  official  could  till 
with  drunken  and  (^shonest  peioonal 
servants.  It  would  reduce  the  estates 
of  a  few  men  who  live  on  the  oppres- 
sive taxation  of  their  poorer  neigh- 
bors. It  would,  however,  lessen  the 
expenses  of  government^  make  officials 
more  honest  and  lighten  greatly  the 
burdens  of  society. 


OUR   COLLEttES  AND  SECRET    SO- 
CIETIES. 


Oberlin  College,  Ohio,  ) 
March  3d,  1874.  f 

Oenilemen: — You  ask  our  views  and 
the  statistics  of  our  college  on  the  sub- 
ject of  secret  societies .  We  have  views 
on  the  subject,  but  no  s.ecret  societies, 
and  no  experience.  The  early  founders 
of  the  school  were  decidedly  opposed 
to  secret  societies,  and  the  principle  was 
adopted  at  the  beginning  of  excluding 
them.  Consequently  no  secret  society 
has  ever  been  established  among  us.  * 
The  views  of  our  faculty  on  this 
question  are  just  as  decided  as  ever. 
There  is  but  one  opinion  among  us. 

The  open  literary  societies  are  proc- 
perous,  and  seem  to  me^t  all  the  wants 
of  the  students  in  this  direction.     They 
work   in   harmony    with    the   general 
movement  ol  the  college,  and  their  in- 
fluence is  wholegome  and  helpful.  ' 
In  behah  pf  the^  Faculty, 
JopJ|  Morgan, 
James  Dascomb, 
Jas.   H.   Fairohilp, 

Committee. 
«-•-* 

Masonic  Oaths  Viewed  from  the  Stand- 
point of  Reason. 


BY    PROF.    0.      F.     LUMRYj    WHEATON    COfc- 

LSGE.  ■       • 


An  oath  to  do  an  immoral  act  is  in 
its  very  nature  annuliity. 

A  valid  oath  presupposes  a  free 
agent,  a  man,  covenanting  to  do  or  not 
to  do  something;  the  man  himself  or 
some  other  being  exacting  such  obliga- 
tion, and  God  formally  invoked  as  wit- 
ness to  exact  the  performance  of  what 
is  covenanted  or  inflict  the  penalty. 

Every  immcralit}',  or  trespass  against 
man,  is  likewise  '3  «in  against  God. 
Now  in  every  formal  oath  requiring  the 
performance  of  thee^,.if  it  be  a  real 
oath.'Goi^  is  supposed  to  be  present  to 
-exact  the  yerformSnce  of  acts  of  rebel- 
lioo  against  his  own  government  and  to 
become  the  minister  of  sin,  a  position 
he  Expressly  repudiates  in  his  Word. 
All  the  peculiar  binding  character  of  an 
oath  above  pn  ordinary  promise  is  de- 
rived from  the  supposed  presence  of 
God  to  enforce  the  same.  If  he  is 
present,  and  for  the  purpose  specified, 
then  is  his  kingdom  indeed  divided 
against  itself;  but  if  he  is  not  present 
for  such  j)urj»ose,  then  is  the  adminis- 
tration of  such  oaths  a  blasphemous 
and  fraudulent  farce,  and  the  formula 
used  has  nothing  of  the  nature  of  a 
genuine  oath.  Having  the  form  but 
lacking  ihe  essence  of  a  binding  oath 
it  is  in  the  nature  of  a  bogus  coin, 
whose  only  uses  are  to  throw  suspicion 
upon  genuine  money  and  to  deceive; 
since  it  is  certainly  supposahle  that  the 
Mister  of  a  lodge,  or  the  majority  of 
its  memliers,  are  godless  men,  rebels 
against  God's  authority.     If  lodge  oaiha 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


are  genuine  oaths,  when  a  man  swears 
to  obey  the  Master  of  such  lodge,  or 
such  lodge  itself,  we  must  suppose  that 
God  stands  ready  to  enforce  any  obli- 
gations that  rebels  against  his  govern- 
ment may  impose — a  supposition'  so.* 
preposterous  tbat  no  sane  man  can  for 
a  moment  believe  it.  If  such  be  not 
genuine  oaths  then  are  they  Satan's 
counterfeits,  blaspliemous  devices  to 
make  God  and  men  the  ministers  of  sin. 

If  the  above  positions  are  correct — 
and  I  shall  be  greatly  obliged  to  the 
man  that  shall  point  out  their  essential 
error — the  multitudes  of  poor,  blind 
candidates  who  have  suffered  their  souls 
to  be  ensnared  by  such  mock  oaths  will 
find  them  a  "covenant  with  death  and 
a  league  with  hell." 

Having  in  the  above  examined  Ma- 
sonic obligations  in  the  light  of  reison 
and  the  niture  of  the  case,  I  propose 
in  my  next  to  show  how  they  look  in 
the  light  of  God's  Word. 


The  Workings  of  the  Craft. 

(Ad  Experieuce.) 


BY      WOODRUFF    POST. 


The  instructions  received  from  my 
father  in  my  boyhood  days  in  regaid 
to  Freemasonry,  and  the  fact  that  a 
person  supposed  to  be  dying  at  our 
home  felt  compelled  to  renounce 
Masonry  to  make  his  peace  with  God, 
and  the  fact  that  a  brother-in-law  who 
was  a  Freemason  a':'viBed  his  son  never 
to  uaite  with  any  secret  society,  all  led 
me  in  maturerjears  to  investigate,  and 
I  came  soon  to  the  conclusion  that 
there  could  be  no  especi:il  benefit  de- 
rived therefrom.  My  first  confirmfition 
of  its  dominancy  and  arbitrariness  was 
had  when  at  conference.  I  was  quiet- 
ly distributing  trac  s  on  Freemasonry. 
I  then  and  there  had  notificaUon  by  a 
Mafon  to  "beware",  etc.  This  was  the 
first  deveiopmeai  of  the  geaius  of  Ma- 
sanry  as  concerned  my  experience. 
This  encouraged  aiid  exuboldened  me 
to  proceed,  for  it  was  very  evident  that 
freedom  and  love  of  Christ  could  not 
govern  the  c  nference  or  church  if 
ever  controlled  by  Masonry,  and  the 
sooner  we  knew  where  we  stood  the 
better. 

I  was  also  encouraged  by  a  seceding 
minister  who  had  ''been  deceived"  and 
took  three  degrees.  la  a  short  time  it 
was  discovered  that  all  adhering  Ma- 
sons, whether  professed  Christiaas, 
ministers  or  infidels, expressed  the  same 
excited  feeli'ga  when  the  subj^'cc  was 
broached.  In  the  fear  of  God,  much 
prayer  and  deliberiiion,  it  was  re- 
solved to  test  oar  conference  aud 
''strike  out"  for  God  and  huaaanity. 
Therefore  at  our  Eftst  Genesee  confer- 
ence held  in  Phelps,  N.  Y.,  Aug., 
18(i9,  the  following  was  presented. 
^'■Resolved,  That  we  disapprobate  Free 
masonry."  Seven  reasons  were  stated 
why. 

This  created  a  sensation  and  after  a 
brief  sustaining  speech  by  the  mover. 
Masons  sprang  to  their  feet  and  moved 
that  the  resolution  be  tabled.  Thirty-one 
voted  against  this  motion,  sixty-one 
for.  The  leader  of  the  Masons  at  this 
time  excHed  by  it,  said,  'We  Masons 
in  thid  co'iferen  e  nurnb^T  six  y.  ^V*- 
now  began  to  bhi-  inon-  clt-^arly  the  na- 
ture of   "'divint'' Mi-,onry.    Providence 


opened  the  way  for  another  vote  in 
1870  at  Elmira  conference.  The 
'•leaven"  had  been  working.  At  this 
conference  there  were  the  signatures 
of  most  of  the  leading  men,  senior  and 
junior,  in  all  sixty-nine  names  in  their 
own  autographs,    to    the   following: 

"iBesuZ'wed, That  without  judging  any 
man,  we  affectionately  advise  the  mem- 
bers of  this  conference  for  the  peace  of 
brethren,  not  to  affiliate  with  the  Ma- 
sonic institution." 

,  When  the  vote  was  taken,  it  was 
moved  to  table  it.  The  vote  stood  64 
for,  58  against.  So  we  lost  this  by 
just  six  Masonic  majority.  It  was  ta- 
oled.  Yet  this  year  we  gained  on  last 
year  twenty-aeven  votes.  I  should 
have  said  that  last  year  after 
conference,-  a  member  of  the  con- 
ference visited  me  at  my  home 
in  Rochester,  and  said,  "Bro.  Post,  I 
have  been  a  Royal  Arch  Mason.  I 
was  glad  you  took  the  position  you 
did.  I  fully  endorse  the  speech.  It 
has  always  been  my  impression  that 
ministers  should  not  b  '  connected  with 
Masonry,  and  you  can  use  my  cami 
whenever  it  becomes  neceasary ." 

The  following  year  at  conference  in 
Geneva, N.  Y.,  1871,  the  village  where 
Johnson  met  his  death-blow  in  a  lodge- 
room,  the  following  were  offered: 

''  1st.  Resolved,  That  we  protest 
again^st  the  cornerstones  of  our 
churches  or  literary  institutions  being 
laid  by  any  ceremonies  of  the  Mason- 
ic fraternity. 

"2d.  RiSolved,i:h-Ai  Article  25,  Sec 
2,    in    our  Div-cipime   pertaining    to  a 
Christian  man's  oath,    may  not  be  vio- 
lated with  impunity. 

"3d.  Resilvfd,  That  extra-judicial 
oaths,  i.  e. ,  all  such  oaths  as  are  not  re- 
quired by  the  civil  magistrates  are  con- 
demned by  God's  holy  Word,  and  by 
our  D  scipbne. 

•'4th.  Resolved,  Tijat  all  such  oaths 
as  are  expressed  in  the  following  lan- 
guage are  forbidden  by  our  Lord; 
therefore,  criminal. " 

Here  followed  some  of  the  Masonic 
obligations,  thoa^h  the  term  Masofiry 
was  not  used.  As  "I,  A.  B.,  most 
solemnly  promise  and  swear  that  I  will 
never  reveal  any  part  or  psrtsof  the  pe- 
crets  which  I  have  received,  am  about 
to  receive,  cr  may  heraafier  be  in- 
siracled  in,  to  anv  other  except  ic  be  to 
a  trae  brother.  Binding  myself  utidf r 
no  less  penalty  than  to  have  my  thro  it 
cut  across,  and  my  tongue  torn  out 
bytheroo's.  So  help  me  God.  Fur- 
therm  tc,  I  promise  and  swear  that  I 
will  not  violate  the  chastity  of  a  Mas- 
t  -rs  wife,  mother,  sister  or  daughter,  I 
knowing  them  to  be  such."  This  cre- 
ated a  great  sensation  among  the  Ma- 
Hons,  and  some  'Jacks,"  one  in  partic- 
ular, Rtv.  T. ,  Eaid  he  had  all  power  in 
toe  conference  and  could  do  as  he 
phased,  and  if  I  did  not  behave  he 
would  have  me  first  located  and  then 
expelled.'  I  think  it  was  said  to  him — 
try! 

But  we  are  sorry  to  say  one  Rev.  Dr. 
with  whom  Masons  had  wrou'^ht  dur- 
ing the  year  in  tbeirartful  way — T  think 
I  am  safe  in  saving  this,  I  may  be  mis- 
taken— turned  right  aV>nut  fwceand  r-p- 
D  >sed  us.  N' verthelfcR  we  had  fifty- 
eight  vote's  while  the  Masonic  vole  was 


sixty-one,  being  three  less  than  last  year 
— giving  Masonic  vote  three  majority. 
The  craft  were  terribly  taken  aback,  and 
went  desperately  to  work  and  absolutely 
succeeded  in  degrading  the  conference 
— it  was  so  astonishing — in  the  papssge 
of  the  following,  presented  by  an  aged 
Mason,  brother  to  the  Royal  Arch  here- 
tofore mentioned,  seconded  by  a  D.  D., 
once  a  strong  defender  of  the  faith, 
against  Masonry,  viz.,  "Resolved,  That 
we  advise  our  beloved  brother  Post,  to 
desist  from  his  efforts  to  draw  us  into  a 
discussion  upon  this  subject,  which 
can  only  result  in  evil  to  himself,  and 
the  cause  of  Jestis  Christ."  "Tell  it 
NOT  IN  Gath."  Our  conference 
boundary  line  was  changed,  and  we 
were  last  year,  Oct.,  1872,  met  in 
Rochester,  N.  Y.,  as  Western  N.  Y. 
Conference,  and  then  brother  Post  had 
enough  to  do  besides  "presenting  reso- 
lutions. By  this  time  they  supposed 
they  had  got  him,  but  he  still  Jives — 
God  be  praised — and  triumphs.  The 
end  is  by-andby. 
Ontario,  N.  Y. 


A.  Personal    llecol lection    of  Ciiarles 
Sumner. 


BY  SAMUEL  D,    GREENE. 


One  of  the  honorable  of  the  earth 
is  gone  to  his  reward — like  his  proto- 
type (Moses)  he  went  up  in  the  midst 
oi  a  clcud.  but  he  got  into  the  mount. 

In  Mr.  Sumner  I  lost  a  dear  friend. 
In  July,  1833,  at  the  close  of  the  trial 
of  Moore  and  Seavy.  for  their  malicious 
libel  on  me,  he  at  the  age  of  22  years 
came  with  bia  hoaored  father  to  my 
house  in  South  Boston,  and  after  a 
kindly  greeting  from  both,  he  said, 
"Mr.  Green,  don't  let  this  decision  of  a 
partial  jury  eff-^ct  you.  Your  moral 
character  stands  untarnished  in  the  et- 
timalion  of  Judge  Thacher  and  many 
unpredjudiced  citizens  who  heard  the 
trial,  I  vouch  for  them.  I  have  heard 
their  expressions,  you  may  yet  see  the 
triumph  uf  your  principles."  After  a 
few  comforting  words  from  his  father 
they  left.  'From  that  day  to  his  death 
he  has  been  a  good  friend  of  mine, 
feending  me  his  speeches  and  many  im- 
portant documents,  aod  answering  my 
letters.  I  will  copy  one  of  my  letters 
to  him  from  Walnui,  Hill,  Ohio,  M^uch 
24th,  1866:— 

Bon  Charles  Sumner, 

My  Dear  sir: — I  received  your  leis- 
ter and  speech,  "Taxes  without  repre- 
sentation is  tyranny."  It  is  in  my 
opinion  unanswerable.  The  master  or 
his  opologist  who  have  oppressed  the 
negro,  may  attempt  it.  The  cry  of 
the  South  has  been,  "Give  the  negroes 
freedom,  or  an  opportunity,  and  they 
will  massacre  their  ma'^ters."  But  when 
their  freedom  is  proclaimed  they  are 
quiet.  This  Tebukes  their  former  mas- 
ters, ''And  they  bate  him  that  re- 
buketh  in  the  gate  and  they  abhor  him 
that  speaketh  uprightly.  For  as  much 
therefore,  as  your  treading  is  upon  the 
poor;  and  you  take  from  him  bur- 
dens of  wheat:  ye  have  built  houses  of 
hewn  stone,  but  ye  shall  not  dwell  in 
them,  ye  have  planted  pleasant  vine- 
yards, but  ve  shfill  not  drink  the  wine 
of  them  "  (Amos.  v.  10-11).  I  am 
a  behever  in  the  truths  of  the  Almighty 


;  id    his   providence.      This   nation  he 
?queath«ed  his  people  as  a  land  of  re- 
gions  and  civil   liberty,  aud    though 
i  may  chastise  us  for  our  sins,  eventu- 
ly  your  truths  uttered  to  the   nation 
d  the  world  will    triumph.     I    have 
1  ved  Wilson  and  believe  him  a  sound 
r  an,  one  of  the    noble  creations  of  his 
Iiaker;  but  I  fear  one  screw  is  a  little 
)se,  which  he  will    soon   tighten  and 

will  be  right  again. 

*  • » 

Farmer  Grey  and  the  Patron. 


By   A.  THOMPSON. 


e  golden  haze  of  the  autumn  day 
shone  down  on  the  smiling  river, 
len  into  the  town  rode  farmer  Grey, 
is  merrj  and  hale  as  ever. 


Efe  hair  was  hoar  as  the  morning's  frost 
"hat  shone  on  his  meadow  grasses; 

E'  e  day-heams  scatter  the  starry  host, 
)r  moon  to  her  chamber  passes. 

"Here, neighbor  Grey,"  said  an  up^ercrus: 

'I'llgiye  you  an  introduction 
Tojone  who  comes  as  a  friend,  I  tfast, 

To  the  farmers  with  instruction/ 

m  of  the  noble  Grange  is  he, 
id  believes  that  our  location  ; 
Is  j^t  the  place,  if  we  all  agree,  / 
erect  a  Patron's  station."    I 

"lldeed,  indeed,"  said  old  farmer  Grey, 

'is  this  a  son  of  the  thunder  / 
That  b "oms  around  in  an  awfulKvay, 

Vhile  the  whole  world  stareain  wonder? 

Th  it  scares  our  rail-roade  out  a  their  wits, 

Till  their  impudent  color  chalges, 
Atj  1  gives  the  rings  and  the  ratals  fits, 

'jhat  are  out  of  the  noble  GrAiges? 

Bu;,  sir.  I  have  always  knownfthegrip  . 

Cf  our  Anglo-Saxon  greetiM, 
I A 11^  friendly  word  never  fail/my  lip 

On  spur  of  a  friendly  meetng; 
/ 
But  never  struck  I  with  hidctn  hand. 

Nor  bowed  to  an  uuknowi  master, 
And  much  I  fear  that  your  lystic  band 

Bodes  less  of  good  than  /isaster. 
/ 
The  good  you  do  and  the  -.Kalth  you  gain 

Is  a  doubtful  compensttjon, 
Foi'a:d  you  give  to  the  ghluls  that  drain 

Out  the  life-blood  of  ovJ  nation- 

To  the  power  that  worksivhen  the  world's  asleep 
To  shield  the  knave  aul  the  traitor. 

And  bind  the  good  in  aniron  keep 
With  a  demon-wielde^fetter." 
Wheaton,  111. 


Danger  froii  the  Graige. 


[Extract  from  a  [letter  to  tie  Chicago 
Tribune  from  the  ^ec'y  of  tie  National 
Acricultural  Congtess.l 

T  have  been  frequently  charged  as  in 
opposition  to  the  order  of  tie  Patrons 
of  Husbandry.  Until  the  meeting  of 
the  National  Grange  at  S.  Louis,  it 
waa  an  unjust  charge.  Trie,  I  did  ob- 
jtotto,  and  criticise  some  c  its  features, 
—among  them  that  of  Mcrecy,— but 
never  with  a  view  to  the  Jreaking  down 
of  the  organization.  Sice  that  meet- 
ing, however,  notable  or  its  grand 
declaration  of  purpose  without  any 
provision  for  their  realzition,  and  for 
the  postponement  of  aftion  upon  all  of 
the  vital  questions  w^tch  came  before 
it,  even  upon  the  bvsiness-system  for 
which  so  much  was  xpeeted,  I  should 
be  false  t-o  the  caus  to  which  I  have 
been  devoted  for  tie  past  two  years 
were  1  to  fail  in  thcexposuie  of  those 
weaknesses  in  thf  organization  which 
threaten  the  utterdefeat  of  the  reform 
movement,  whici  had  been  so  auspic- 
iously inauguratfti. 

T!»ke  the  tranportation  question  as 
a  case  in  point  the  National  Grange 
adjouiiied  with  no  expression  save  that 
of  WJrthy  M»ter  Adams,  which,  in 
substance,  we.  a  mere  admission  that 
he  ciiuld  not  omprehend  the  question, 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


aad, therefore,  asked  Congress   to    take 
ti  in  hand  and  "regulate"  it.     We  have 
seen  Congress  and  the  State  Legislature 
dancing  attendance  all   winter   to    th^, 
grange-magnates,  exceedingly    anxious 
to  curry  favor  with  its    million    (?)   of 
votes.    They  certainly  must  be  delight- 
ed— as   well   as  the   railroad    men — at 
this  expression  of  Master  Adami,  which 
was  in  no  manner  modified  by  any  pub- 
lic   expression  of   the    grange.      It  is 
the  easiest  victory  thai  ihe  railroad-kings 
and  their  legislative  abettors  ever  won. 
The  big  companies  were  getting  tired  of 
state  legislation,  because  they  found  it 
effective;  and  their   only   hope  was    to 
get  the  higher   power   to   interfere   in 
their  behalf.     Just  mark  how  plausible 
is  the  proposition  that    Congress  shall 
legislate  for  the  long  roads  which   rud 
from  state  to  state,  while  the  states  may 
reserve  the  power  over  the  short  roads. 
Will  anybody  with  a  grain  of  sense  pre- 
tend to  claim  that  the  regulation  of  the 
short  roads,  which  are  practically  con- 
trolled in  the  interest   of  the  through 
lines,  and  which  would  be  at  once  con- 
solidated   with  them,  would  meet   the 
requirements  of  the  people  of  Illinois  ? 
It  is  the  long  lines,  and  their   wealthy 
and    unscrupulous    managers,     which 
need    regulating, — and     they     alone. 
No-v,  if   Congress    manages   the   long 
lines,    which   practically     manage    the 
short  lines,  is  it  not  quite  apparent  that 
no  state  legislation — which    necessarilv 
yields  to  national  legislation — is  at   all 
practicable,  or  indeed  possible  ?    But  it 
is  not  my  intention  here  to  discuss  this 
question.     I  have  only  suggested  it  to 
show  how  easily  a'"'  immense  and  power- 
ful organization — which  has  been  to  the 
present  time  kept  well  in  hand,-through 
its  system  of  mystification   and  mean- 
ingless mummeries,— may  be  committed 
to  the  ill-digested  views  of  a  single  indi- 
vidual, and  that  man  one  who  has  aever 
had  personal  experience  of  the   subject 
which  he  presumes  to  treat.     If  Con- 
gress shall  go  forward  and  take    such 
action  as  the  "  test  vote"  indicated  was 
their  purpose, — the  overwhelming  ma- 
jority clearly  indicated  that  the  railroads 
were  not  opposing  it, — the  country  will" 
have  a  poisonous  pill  to  swallow,  even 
though  it  is   sugar-coated  and  labeled 
"Reform."   When  we  are  suffering  from 
its  effects  we  may  hear  our   legislators 
taunting  us,  as  they  have  before,    with 
the  assertion,  "We  did    your   biddino-. 
Your  great  grange,  through  its  Worthy 
Master,  demanded  that  we  should  vote 
for  this  measure." 

And  note  how  utterly  impossible  it 
is  to  controvert  such  action.  The  council 
proceedings  being  secret,  the  discus- 
sions, too,  being  confined  to  those  who 
represent  one  side  of  the  question  only 
— how  can  their  fallacious  reasonings 
be  met  and  the  public  mind  be  really 
educated  ? 

In  conclusion,  then,  I  do  now  set  my 
face  squarely  against  this  grange  mo- 
nopoly ;  and,  feeble  though  my  efforts 
may  be,  I  will  oppose  its  further 
encroachments  upon  the  province  of 
free,  open  discussion,  to  the  extent  of 
my  ability.  As  at  present  oflScered 
and  conducted,  it  is  far  more  threaten- 
mg  to  the  public  welfare,  to  the  nation- 
al life,  than  any  railway-corporation  that 


has  ever  been  dreamed  of.  Not  that  I 
i;harge  against  i(s  officers  any  wrongful 
intent,  but  that  they  are  as* 'blind  lead- 
ing the  blind,"  and  that  they  are  closer 
upon  the  banks  of  the  ''ditch"  than 
they  suspect.  More  anon. 

Chas.   W.   Greene. 


The  Labor  CJuestiou  from  a  Christian 
Standpoint. 

[From  the  Joiirnal,  Phila.] 


De  Solure,  in  his  celebrated  treatise 
on  the  English  Constitution,  tells  us, 
that  "it  is  a  fundamental  principle  with 
the  English  lawyers,  that  Parliameiat 
can  do  anything  except  make  a  woman 
a  man  or  a  man  a  woman."  And  it 
seems  to  be  '  'a  fundamental  principle" 
with  all  Americans,  that  Congress  and 
the  IState  Legislatures  are  endowed  with 
a  similar  power.  This  opinion  has  been 
amply,  a  good  deal  too  amply,  illustra- 
ted in  the  matter  of  labor  reform.  In- 
bteid  of  undertaking  to  do  anything 
vigorously  outside  of  legislative  halls, 
labor  reformers  have  been  constantly 
besieging  the  bodies  therein  assembled, 
to  give  them  eight-hour  laws,  ten-hour 
laws,  graduated  taxation,  etc. 

This  belief  in  the  omnipotence  of  the 
legislative  function  is,  as  I  have  sug- 
gested, not  a  delusion  of  the  labor  re- 
formers alone,  it  is  an  error  of  the  age. 
Temperance  men,  women-elevators, 
moral  and  social  reformers  of  every 
kind,  seem  to  think  that  a  legislative 
body  is  the  anointed  vice-gerent  of 
be:5ven,  to  whom  is  intrusted  "all  power 
in  heaven  and  oa  earth."  Even  so  very 
able  a  man  as  Mr.  Wendell  Phillips 
talks  as  thougn  misled  by  the  same 
wili-'o-ihe-wisp.  'To  the  State  House 
with  everything,'  one  would  think 
to  be  his  ever-abiding  motto.  In  one 
of  his  latest  speeches — at  the  anniver- 
sary of  the  ''Boston  Tea  Party" — he  gave 
utterance  to  the  pivotal  idea  that  I  have 
introduced  into  this  essay,  that  we 
must  stop  the  accumulations  of  great 
fortunes;  but  the  working  out  and  ap- 
plicattoa  of  the  idea,  he  said,  was  in 
the  hands  of  some  true  successor  of 
Thoaias  Jefferson, —  a  politician,  be  it 
noted.  I  must  differ  from  Mr.  Phillips. 
A  religious  reformer,  like  John  Wesley, 
would  be  worth,  for  the  purpose  indi- 
cated, a  thousand  Jeffersons.  As  Mo- 
hammed is  said  to  have  converted  a 
hemisphere,  with  the  Koran  in  one  hand 
and  a  sword  in  the  other;  so  a  Wesley 
with  God's  law  against  accumulation  in 
one  hand,  and  His  sword — -'It  is  easier 
for  a  camel  to  go  through  the  eye  of  a 
needle  than  for  a  rich  man  to  enter 
into  t|ie  kingdom  of  God" — in  the  other, 
would  do  a  work  that  those  compara- 
tively inferior  lawgfvers,  the  world's 
statesmen  and  politicians,  would  essay 
in  hopeless  imbecility.  Mr.  Phillips, 
who  knows  well  the  illimitable  superi- 
ority of  religious  lawgivers  above  Pitts 
and  Jefferson,  should  have  done  better 
than  he  has.  He  should  have  disabused 
men  of  his  legislation  folly  long  ago. 
He  has  had  occasion  to  understand 
thoroui^hly  the  superiority  of  the  work 
of  William  Lloyd  Garrison  to  that  of  the 
crowds  of  "Hon."  gentlemen  who,  for 
twenty  years,  have  been  hammering  out 
the  details  of  the  great  matter  Mr. 
Garrison  h^jaded  down  to  them  for  man- 
ipulation. 


From  the  croppings  out  of  the  opin- 
ions I  am  now  considering,  I  fear  the 
next  step  of  the  labor-reformers  will  be 
to  go  to  our  legislative  bodies  and  try 
to  persuade  them  to  annihilate  our  pros- 
pective Stewarts  and  Astore,  if  not  otir 
existing  ones.  Such  will  be  for  labor 
reformers  a  most  miserabie  waste  of  time 
and  strength.  For,  although  Mr.  Phil- 
lips and  Mr.  Beecher  see  the  necessity 
of  some  check  to  accumulation,  the 
average  legislator  does  not;  and  a  pub- 
lic opinion  will  have  to  be  created  in 
its  favor  before  our  Senates  and  Houses 
of  Representatives  will  make  a  statute 
modeled  after  the  Master's  '  'Lay  not 
up  for  yourselves  treasures  upon  earth." 
The  shortest  path  to  the  end  Mr.  Phil- 
lips and  Mr.  Beecher  propose  is  to 
preach  to  the  world  Jesus  Christ's  gos- 
pel on  the  subjecf. 

Could  the  labor  reformers  succeed 
with  legislatures  in  getting  a  law  against 
unhealthy  fortunes,  the  result  would 
be  worae  even  than  a  waste  of  time  and 
strength.  It  would  make  the  men  of 
organizing  minds — unconvinced  in  rea- 
son, unconverted  in  conscience,  and 
untouched  in  heart — feel  constantly 
that  a  tyrannical  hand  was  laid  on  them, 
restraining  them  from  their  rightful  op- 
portunities. Out  of  such  an  enforced 
state,  no  true  cc-operation  could  grow; 
nothif^g  but  sullen  hate  ready  to  burst 
out  into  violence  at  the  first  incitement. 
Take  a  lesson  from  the  present  relations 
between  the  late  slave-owners  of  the 
South  and  their  freedmen.  There  ex- 
ists the  beauty  of  legislation  without 
conviction  and  conversion  in  belief. 
Nothing  but  the  heavy  hand  of  the 
Federal  Government  prevents  a  return 
to  the  old  villainy  of  slavery ;  and  even 
that  hand  is  not  strong  enough  for  the 
production  of  co  operation  ia  social  de- 
cencies. The  co-operation  that  labor 
wants  is  the  real  brotherhood  of  men 
who  "  have  love  one  to  another."  And 
this  brotherhood  never  yet  came,  and 
never  can  come,  except  by  men's  being 
imbued  with  the  same  great  principle, 
to  which  they  are  striving  every  mo- 
il'ent  to  live,  from  an  affectionate  reve- 
rence to  one  great  lawgiver,  who  can 
favor  no  antagonisms  among  his  chil- 
dren, except  antagonisms  to  the  sins 
that  sever  those  children  and  make  them 
wretched  in  such  severance. 

One  illustration  to  which  I  have  al- 
ready referred  will  answer  well  again. 
Each  early  Congregationalist  was  so 
deeply  imbued  with  the  true  meaning 
of  Matt.  18.  17,  as  an  ecclesiastical 
principle — politics  in  the  matter  never 
entering  his  contemplation — that  he 
felt  he  must  eternally  believe  it,  eter- 
nally live  it,  and  to  it  he  must  convert 
the  world.  Buthebeganby  being  loyal 
to  the  truth  himself;  not  by  asking  that 
legislatures  should  comptl  other  men  to 
be  60.  He  believed,  as  all  manly  men 
do,  in  working  out  his  own  salvation  by 
the  means  that  God  had  put  into  his 
hand^  Soon  came — as  always  comes 
to  such  obedient  sons  of  God — the 
brotherhood  of  men  and  the  sisterhood 
of  women  like-minded  with  himself. 
There  were,  then,  "two  or  three  gath- 
ered together  in  the  name"  of  the  Mas- 
ter. And  truly,  the  rcrult  to  that 
Scrooby  Church  was  all  th&t  that  Mas- 
ter had  promised  of  the  gift  of  power, 


and  it  was  as  glorious  as  heart  could 
wish.  In  the  cathedral  of  St.  Paul,  in 
London,  stands  a  statute  of  its  architect, 
Christopher  Wren.  At  the  statue's 
loot  is  the  inscription,  in  Latin,  "Do 
you  seek  his  monument  ?  Look  about 
you. "  Does  my  reader  seek  the  mon- 
ument of  the  men  of  that  Scrooby 
Church,  wbo,  without  legislative  help  or 
Btatemen'a  favors,  but,  rather  with  the 
bitterest  persecution  from  legislatures 
and  statesmen,  were  true  to  one  of  those 
words  that  "cannot  pass  away,"  even 
''though  heaven  and  earth  should  paES 
away" — let  him  stand  anywhere  be- 
tween "the  lakes  and  the  gulf,"  and 
"the  Atlantic  and  the  Pacific  seas," 
and  "lock  around"  him?  One  magnif- 
ficent  mother  republic  and  forty  descend- 
ants »•  of  unparalleled  endowments  form 
their  monument.  The  first  organiza- 
tion to  which  these  men  locked  was  a 
church,  not  a  state,  and  they  founded 
it  for  themselves,  or,  rather  it  had  anoth- 
er founder,  but  grew  up  in  their  hands, 
by  their  single-eyed,  simple,  but  mag- 
nificent loyalty  to  a  principle  that  he 
had  enjoined.  "Two  or  three  gathered 
together  in  one  name,"  in  one  of  the 
most  insignificant  hamlets  in  Europe, 
and  the  face  of  earth's  civilization  is 
changed.  Capitols,  whose  cost  is  mil- 
lions on  millions,  become  objects  of  con- 
tempt before  a  manifestation  like  th's. 
Well  said  John  Andrew,  an  experi- 
enced statesman,  just  as  his  earthly 
experience  was  drawing  to  a  close: 
"From  all  that  I  can  leain,  all  the  good 
things  that  we  have,  have  come  from 
the  church."  Such  good  as  the  labor 
reformers  want  will  have  to  come  in 
the  same  way.  Two  or  three  gathered 
together,  say  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia, 
or  in  the  most  obscure  corner  of  the 
land,  it  matters  not  which,  and  accept- 
ing Matthew  6.  19,  reverently,  in  the 
love  of  God,  fraternally,  in  the  love  of 
man,  ready  to  live  by  it,  ready  to  die 
for  it,  and  determined  to  convert  the 
world  to  it;  holding  to  the  promise, "If 
two  of  you  shall  agree  on  earth  touch- 
ing anything  that  they  shall  ask,  it 
shall  be  done  for  them  of  my  father," 
and  again  the  civilization  of  the  earth 
shall  be  changed.  For  it  would  not  be 
long  before  such  men  would  gather  into 
their  fold  men  with  organizing  power 
hat  a  Kirke  Boott  could  not  despise. 
Catholics  and  Episcopalians  tried  to 
despise  Congregationalists,  yet  the  lat- 
ter called  to  their  side  an  abundance  of 
Isaac  Johnsons  and  John  Winthrops 
from  "paradises  of  plenty"  to  New 
England's  inhospitable  shores. 

No  man  can  tell  us  from  history  any 
reform  of  the  same  grade  and  kind  as 
that  desired  by  the  labor  party,  which 
received  its  inception,  modeling  or  esiab- 
ishmentfrom  political  legislation.  The 
thing  never  has  been  and  never  can  be. 
Suppose  the  labor  reformers  could 
achieve  their  pet  political  purposes. 
Suppose  they  could  get  an  infrangible 
eight-hour  law  and  a  perfect  system  of 
graduated  taxation;  a  most  galling  evil, 
one  that  now  stings  them  to  madness, 
would  still  remain.  The  employee 
would  still  be  a  plebian,  the  wealthy 
employer  an  aristocrat.  Then  there 
would  be  pleading  to  Congress  for 
another  civd  rights  bill.  Pray,  let's 
stop  all  this.     The  labor  reformers  have 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


%i\t  '^ifm  4^n4t, 


•'Waltiufffor  the  Adoption. 


BOMANS  viii.  23. 


Waiting  amid  the  Bhadows 

For  the  bluehiug  of  the  dawn, 
Waiting  amid  the  darkness 

For  the  sunlight  of  the  morn  ; 
Waiting  becanse  the  appointed  age 

Has  not  told  out  its  years- 
Waiting  because  a  groaning  earth 

Has  wept  not  all  its  tears. 

Toil-worn  and  very  weary — 

For  the  waiting  time  is  long — 
Leaning  upon  the  promise — 

For  the  Promiser  is  strong. 
Waiting  because  some  straying  sheep 

Are  on  the  mountiius  still, 
They  must  be  sought,  and  found,  and  saved, 

It  is  the  Father's  will. 

Waiting  'mid  cruel  taunting 

From  many  a  scorning  foe- 
Chilled  by  the  bitter  night-winds; 

The  lamp  of  faith  burns  low, 
Waiting  because  a  patient  God 

Ii  pitiful  and  kind  — 
The  seeking  Shepherd  may  not  leave 

Ouo  halting  lamb  behind. 

Waiting  'mid  angry  billows 

For  the  breaking  of  the  light— 
Heart-sick,  and  sad,  and  fretful 

With  toiling  all  the  night  1 
Waiting  because  the  Master  stands 

To  watch  the  rising  tide. 
And  he  would  have  us  cast  the  net 

Upon  the  other  side. 

W'aiting  while  skies  still  blacken 

With  storm-clouds  bunging  low, 
Eyes  fail  with  looking  upward 

To  find  the  emerald  bow. 
Waiting  because  the  Master's  eye 

li  on  the  ripening  grain 
Th'-impatient  sickle  must  be  stayed, 

Wailing  the  "latter  rain." 

Waiting  with  hands  still  busy, 

Chiding  the  tears  that  fall. 
Stopping  sometimes  to  listen, 

If  haply  He  should  call. 
Waiting  becauso  the  mighty  stream 

Flows  on  with  ceaseless  tide  ; 
There's  room  within  the  palace  halls. 

The  open  door  stands  wide. 

Beguiling  waiting  hours, 
With  raptuous  thoughts  of  home, 

Breathing  a  yearning  whisper, 
"When  will  the  Master  come?" 


Harkl  get  thee  to  the  mountains, 
There  is  sound  of  distant  song; 

The  Bridegroom  King  is  coming. 
For  his  bride  bas  waited  long! 

—Sritish  Herald. 


Centenary  of  the  Suppression   of  the 
Jesuits. 


It  was  in  August,  1773,  that  a  Fran- 
ciscan monk,  Ganganelli,  better  known 
as  Clement  XIV.,  set  the  seal  of  the 
fisherman  to  the  famous  Bull  Dominus 
ac  Eedemptor,  which  Buppreesed  the 
order  of  the  Jesuits,  closed  their  houses, 
confiscated  their  property  and  annulled 
every  one  of  their  privileges.  It  was 
not  a  step  hastily  taken  on  Ganganel- 
li's  part;  on  the  contrary,  events  had 
led  up  to  it  in  all  directions.  It  was 
only  tlie  last  act  in  a  long  series  of 
demonstrations  against  the  Society  of 
Jesus.  The  order  had  made  itself  en- 
emies on  all  sides;  where  it  was  not 
detested  it  was  despised.  Men  had 
feared  it  once — they  now  flauted  its 
pretentions.  Singular  to  say,  as  its 
foes  were  those  of  its  own  household, 
80  its  only  friends  were  found  among 
skeptics,  like  Fredrick  of  Prussia,  or 
schismatics  like  Catharine  of  Russia. 

The  slaughter  of  the  Janissaries  by 
Sultan  Mahmoud  was  not  a  stranger  act 
than  this  suppression  of  his  own  body- 
guard, the  Jesuits,  by  the  Pope.  The 
explanation  of  it  is  to  be  found  in  the 
fact  that  even  the  Papacy  has  to  re- 
flect the   ideas  of  the  age  it  belongs  to- 


The  eighteenth  century  va^  the  age  of 
Illuminism.  The  ideas  of  the  encyclo- 
paedia and  of  a  coming  regeneration  of 
man  by  the  reform  of  a  few  Old 
World  institutions  were  dominant 
everywhere.  Voltaire  was  the  philos- 
opher, and  Rosseau  the  prophet  of  a 
coming  millenium,  The  age  was 
steeped  in  Bentiment^lism,  in  visions  of 
Utopias  never  to  be  realized.  Exag- 
geration and  afFrctalion  abounded  every- 
where. The  mannerism  of  the  _  old 
Court  and  regime  broke  out  now  in 
new  quarters;  it  affected  philosophers 
and  even  religious  teachers.  The  Dres- 
den china  style  of  shepherds  and  shep- 
herdesses were  in  fashion  in  real  life; 
the  age  was  modish,  imggish  and  af- 
fected. It  prated  about  the  rights  of 
man,  but  it  overlooked  their  duties. 
The  cant  of  the  seventeenth  century 
went  after  the  heroes  of  Hebrew  history- 
that  of  the  eighteenth  after  the  heroes 
of  Greek  and  Roman  history,  but  it 
was  a  cant  in  both  cases,  and  the  latter 
was  the  most  unreal  of  the  two;  for 
the  one  was  founded  on  authentic  his- 
tory, the  other  on  the  fictions  of  Plu- 
tarch and  writers  of  the  late  empire, 
which  passed  for  history. 

Now,    the    strength  and    the    weak- 
ness of  the  Papacy  lies  in  this — that  it 
is  the  creature  of  the  age  which  it  pro- 
fesses to  guide.     It  was   reforming  in 
the  age   of  the  Reformation,  as  every 
reader   of  Ranke   knows;  and   in    the 
same  way  it  became  Rationalist,   when' 
deitm    was  in   the    ascendant,    in   the 
so-called  Age  of  Reason.      Ganganelli, 
who  was  elected  to  the  Papacy  through 
the  influence  of    France,  to   carry    out 
the    work    which    Choiseul    and'   the 
French  Court  had  set  their   heart  on, 
was   himself    a    creature    of  the  age. 
A  weak,  well-meaning  man,  who  would 
have  been  a  passable  monk   if   he   had 
never  crossed  the  threshold  of  a  clois- 
ter, he  was  set  to  a  problem,  which  has 
been    the    despair  of   the  boldest   and 
most  thoughtful  minds  ever  since — viz., 
how  to  wed    the  past  with  the  future. 
It  is  the  marriage  of  January  and  May ; 
but  youth  and  age  cannot  thus  live  to- 
gether even  at  the  bidding  of  an  abso- 
lute pope.     He  tried  to  break  with  the 
past,  or,    rather,    to   heal   the  breach 
which  his  predecessors  had  made  with 
modern  society,   and   because  the  Jes- 
uits stoo  1   in  his  way,  and  resisted   all 
change,  he  swept  them  away.     But  the 
Jesuits  were  right  in  their  point  of  view 
and  had  their  revenge  in  the  long  run. 
Their  maxim  was  sint  at  sunt  aut  non 
sinty  and     time   has  proved  that   they 
were    ri^ht.       There     are    institutions 
which  cannot  reform,  and   whose  only 
safety  consists  in  a  stolid    resistance  lo 
change.      Tiie    church  of  Rome  is  one 
of  those  institutions.     It  is   like  an  old 
house,   which  may    hold    together    for 
a  long  time  if  left  alone,  but  to  touch  a 
brick  is  to  destroy  it   throughout.     lis 
only  strength  is  a  certain  vis  inertiae 
and  to   modernize   it   is  to    bring   the 
whole  building  down  with  a  crash. 

The  sequel  showed  that  the  Jesuits 
were  right  in  their  view  of  the  case. 
Little  more  than  thirty  years  after  the 
expulsion  of  the  Jesuits  from  Rome  they 
were  summoned  back  from  their  re- 
"treats  in  Russia  by  the  penitent  suc- 
cessor of  Clement  XIV.     The   Revolu- 


tion had  spent  itstlf,  and  those  who 
had  sown  the  wind  had  reaped  the 
whirl-wind.  Then  came  the  reaction. 
Loyola  redux  may  be  described  as  the 
motto  of  the  age  from  1814  to  1848. 
Thp  Jesuits  were  everywhere  present, 
and  all  powerful  in  the  cabinets  of 
kings  as  well  as  in  the  co  claves  of 
popes  and  cardinals,  As  for  the 
church  of  Rome  she  has  drifted  more 
hopelessly  every  year  under  the  direc- 
tion of  th«  Society  of  Jesus;  and  the 
Black  Pope,  as  the  general  of  the  Jes- 
uits is  called  at  Rome,  is  a  greater 
power  there  than  the  White  Pope. 
The  one  is  the  titular  prince  of  the 
church,  but  he  is  only  Sl  faineant  king, 
like  the  long-haired  Merovingian  kings. 
The  Mayor  of  the  Palace,  the  mnjor- 
domo  at  Rome,  is  General  Beckx,  who, 
from  the  Farnese  Palace,  held  in  hand 
the  wires  which  moved  the  Roman 
hierarchy   throughout  the  world. 

Thus  the  centenary  of  the  suppres- 
sion of  the  Jesuits  sees  them  not  only 
restored  to  Rome,  but  also  more  pow- 
erful there  than  ever.  Jesuitism  is  ap- 
parently more  in  the  ascendant  than 
ever  in  the  church  of  Rome.  It  dic- 
tated the  syllabus  to  a  docile  and  will- 
ing pope;  it  drew  from  him  the  dog- 
ma of  the  immaculate  conception;  and 
at  last  tickled  bis  personal  vanity  and 
secured  its  greatest  triumph  in  the 
definition  of  his  personal  infallibility. 
The  victories  of  Prussia  and  the  decis- 
ive measures  taken  by  Germany  since 
the  war  to  rid  itself  of  these  political 
meddlers,  have  been  a  heavy  blow  and 
sore  discouragement;  but  it  has  re- 
covered the  blow,  and  has  apparently  ral- 
lied France  to  its  side.  These  pilgrim- 
ages to  the  favorite  shrines  of  Jetuit 
devotion  seems  to  be  signs  that  it  has 
not  lost  its  hold  on  the  popular  mind. 
In  the  year  1873  we  seem  to  be  furth- 
er off  than  a  century  ago  from  the 
time  when  the  order  shall  ultimately 
cease  to  exist.  —  Witness. 


Bigotry. 


The  bigot  to  laxness  is  himself 
an  inquisitor,  and  a  foe  to  freely  formed 
opinion.  He  is  uneasy  upon  seeing 
that  others  have  fixed  and  settled  views, 
and  attempts  to  unsettle  them  bv  at- 
tacks upon  all  definite  statements  of 
doctrine,  ^hy  is  he  not  content  with 
the  liberty  which  he  himself  enjoys  of 
adopting  no  particular  sentiments,  and 
of  maintaining,  like  the  ancient  soph- 
ists, that  there  is  no  absolute  truth, 
and  that  one  thing  is  just  as  valid  as  an- 
other ?  He  is  allowed  his  own  dislike 
and  rejection  of  a  creed,  why  should 
he  disallow  another  man's  liking  for  and 
adoption  of  a  creed  ?  His  complaint 
over  the  freely  formed  conviction  of 
his  ffllow-men  that  the  evangelical 
system  is  the  truth  of  God,  is  in  reality 
a  protest  aga'n^t  their  right  of  priv.Hte 
judgment,  and  a  demand  that  they 
adopt  his  opinions  upon  this  point.  But 
this  is  bigotry.  If  he  would  be  con- 
tent wth  his  criticism  and  attack  upon 
a  particular  creed,  no  fault  would  be 
found  with  him.  But  when,  after  the 
criticism  and  attack,  he  pronounces  the 
advocate  of  the  creed  to  be  a  bigot  be- 
cause he  still  remains  unconvinced  by 
his  reasonings,  and  still  retains  his  be- 


lief, he  passes  the  line  of  free  and  fair 
discussion,  and  enters  the  province  of 
intolerance  and  bigotry.  He  does  not 
meet  with  this  treatment  from  the  de- 
fender of  the  "faith  once  delivered  to 
the  saints."  The  charge  of  bigotry  is 
not  often  made  by  the  orthodox  against 
the  hetrodox,  but  always  by  the  het- 
erodox against  the  orthodox.  Perhaps 
we  are  the  first  since  Dr.  Johnson  to 
direct  attention  to  the  bigotry  of  lax- 
ness. And  we  do  not  charge  bigotry 
upon  the  latitudinarian  merely  because 
he  attacks  the  evangelical  creed,  but 
because  he  calls  those  bigots  who  are 
not  converted  by  his  arguments. 

It  is  curious  to  notice  how  extremes 
meet.  The  latitudinarian  will  be  found 
to  be  narrow,  when  he  comes  to  be  ex- 
amined; and  the  dogmatist  will  be 
found  to  be  broad,  when  his  real  posi- 
tion is  seen.  The  former  is  restless 
and  uneasy  upon  discovering  that  his 
fellow-men  in  large  masses  are  holding 
fixed  opinions,  and  are  ready  to  live  and 
die  by  them.  He  complains  and  quar- 
rels with  them  for  so  doing.  The  latter 
is  calm  and  self-possessed.  He  is  satis- 
fied with  freely-formed  convictions 
and  self-consistent  creed,  and  while  he 
does  his  best  to  convert  to  his  own 
views  those  whom  he  regards  as  being 
in  error,  yet,  if  he  finds  himself  to  be 
unsuccessful,  he  enters  no  querulous 
complaint  and  indulges  in  no  bitter 
intolerance,  because  he  commits  all 
judgment  to  God  and  the  final   day. — 

Chris.  Intelligencer. 

«-»-* 

A  Good  Mother. 


Sometimes  one  hears  said  of  a  good 
wife  and  mother  that  "she's  a  regular 
home  body."  The  phrase  is  simple,  but 
what  a  world  of  ennobling  qualities  It 
indicates,  and  what  a  universe  of  frivol- 
ities it  excludeSf  The  matronly  home 
body  is  indeed  "Heaven's  best  gift  to 
man,"  Dashing  ladies,  whose  mission 
it  is  to  set  the  fashions,  won't  you  look 
in  upon  your  gentle  sister  as  she  sits  in 
her  well  ordered  nursery,  making  the 
children  happy  with  her  presence? 
Note  how  she  adjusts  their  little  diffi- 
culties, and  admonishes,  encourages, 
instructs,  amuses  them  as  the  case  may 
require.  Do  you  think  any  nurse- 
maid could  produce  such  harmony  in 
their  little  circle  ?  Is  she  not  an  en- 
chantress ?  Verily,  yes,  and  her  charm 
is  'Move  stronger  than  death"  for  those 
sweet  young  faces,  where  you  may  see 
her  smiles  and  frowns  (though  she  sel- 
dom has  occasion  to  frown)  reflected  in 
glee  and  sorrow  like  sunlight  and  cloud 
shadow  in  a  quiet  pool.  What  she  i«, 
she  will  teach  her  daughters  to  be;  and 
blessed  are  the  sons  that  hare  such  a 
mother. — JSx. 


Well-Spknt  Life — Dr.  Cotton 
Mather,  who  was  born  at  Boston,  U.  S. , 
in  the  seventeenth.century,  commenced 
a  life  of  the  most  active  benificence 
when  very  young,  and  at  the  age  of 
sixteen  adopted  as  a  maxim  that  a 
power  and  an  opportunity  to  do  good 
not  only  gives  the  right  of  doing  it,  but 
makes  it  a  positive  duty.  On  this 
maxim  he  determined  to  act,  and  con" 
tinned  to  do  so  during  the  remainder 
of  his  daj's.  Accordingly  he  began  in 
his  father's   family,   by   doing  all   the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


good  in  his  power  to  his  brothers  and 
sisters,  and  to  the  servants.  After  he 
had  attained  to  man's  estate,  he  imposed 
on  himself  a  rule  '  'never  to  enter  any 
company  where  it  was  proper  for  bira 
to  speak  without  endeavoring  to  be  use- 
ful in  if,  dropping,  as  opportunities 
might  oflFer,  some  instructiya  hint  or 
admonition."  Not  a  diy  passed  wiih- 
out  some  contrivance  on  his  part  "to 
do  good ,"  nor  without  his  being  able  to 
say,  at  the  close  of  it,  that  some  part 
of  his  income  bad  been  distributed  for 
pious  purposes. 


Maxims  for  Working  Men. 


The  savings-bank  is  a  safe  debtoc. 

Fifty  cents  for  a  good  lecture  is  bet- 
ter than  half  that  sum  for  a  circus. 

Dress  ns^atly.  A  well-clothed  man 
commands  favor  and  respect,  while  one 
in  slovenly  attire  cai.  hardly  borrow  his 
neighbor's  saw  horse. 

If  you  wis'n  to  personally  compre- 
hend the  completest  meaning  of  the 
old  adage  "/  fool  and  his  money  are 
soon  parted,"  buy  a  lottery  ticket. 

Never  sacrifice  money  far  what  peo- 
ple will  say.  It  is  better  to  buy  a  fair 
piece  of  beef  at  fifteen  cents  a  pound, 
and  leavj  the  surloin  for  some  other 
man,  who  would  buy  your  kind  except 
for  the  name. 

The  man  is  always  most  honored 
who  is  most  excellent  in  what  he  un- 
dertakes. It  is  better  to  saw  wood  well 
than  to  plead  law  poorly. 

Be  hone«t;  a  cold  stove  is  better 
than  a  stove  hot  with  stolen  fuel. 

The  laboring  man  holds  the  same  re- 
latiorf  to  the  merchant  manufacturer, 
attorney,  physician  and  minister,  that 
the  locomotive  does  to  a  train  of  ele- 
gant and  well-filled  cars:  they  would 
stand  still  forever  if  the  engine  did  not 
move  them. 

There  is  many  an  honest,  hard-work- 
ing poor  man,  who  rises  himself  and 
calls  his  family  before  sunrise  three 
hundred  and  sixty-five  days  in  the 
year.  In  nine  cases  out  of  ten,  when 
his  children  arrive  at  his  age,  they  will 
be  called  up  by  servants. 

A  meerschaum-pipe  and  bank  book 
always  quarrel,  and  the  upshot  of  the 
encounter  generally  is,  that  one  puts 
the  other  out  of  doors. 

Work  harder  at  drilling  rocks,  far  in- 
stance, if  your  employer  never  visits 
you  than  if  he  frequently  does.  He 
will  know  of  your  faithfulness  when  he 
pays  for  the  drills. 

The  poverty  of  childhood  is  more 
frequently  than  otherwise  the  stepping- 
stone  to  wealth. 

It  is  better  to  eat  one  meal  a  day  and 
pay  for  it,  than  to  eat  three  and  have 
two  of  them  charged. 

The  larger  your  account  with  Trust, 
the  sooner  Debt  will  take  your  buainess 
into  his  hands. 

It  costs  a  poor  man  more  to  let  his 
children  wander  in  their  every-day 
clothing,  Sabbath-days,  than  it  does 
to  dress  them  for  church. 

Want  is  .  a  far  less  uncomfortable 
companion  than  debt. 

Never  envy  a  rich  neighbor;  his 
boys  will  drive  your  children's  car- 
.riages. 

A  poor  man's  character  is  worth  two 
dollars  to  him,  where  his  hands  are 
worth  one. 

A  full  purse  and  a  brandy  bottle 
rarely  occupy  opposite  pockets  in  the 
same  coat.  - 

Never  dodge  a  dirty  job.  The  rich- 
est deposits  of  gold  are  frequently 
overlaid  by  the  deepest  debris. — From 
*^ Money  and  How  to  Make  It." 


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Tiiblt^  Manners. 


LITTLE  rOLKS,  ABE  YOU  rOLITE  AT    TOUR    MEALS? 

la  tilcDce  I  must  take  my  seat, 
And  give  God  thanks  before  I  eat ; 
Must  for  my  food  in  patience  wait 
Till  I  am  asked  to  liand  my  plate  ; 
I  must  not  scold,  nor  wliine,  nor  pout, 
Nor  move  my  chair  or  plate  about; 
Witti  knife,  or  fork,  or  napkin  ring, 
I  must  not  play- nor  must  siug; 
I  must  not  speak  a  useless  word, 
For  children  must  be  seen — not  heard; 
I  must  not  tak  about  my  foot! 
>orfretif  I  don't  think  it  good; 
My  mouth  with  food  I  must  not  crowd, 
Nor  while  I'm  eating  speak  aloud; 
Must  turn  my  bead  to  cough  or  sneeze, 
And  when  I  ask,  say,  "If  you  please ;" 
The  table-cloth  I  must  not  spoil, 
>or  with  my  food  my  fingers  soil ; 
Must  keep  my  seat  when  I  h»ve  done, 
Nor  round  the  table  sport  or  run  ; 
When  told  to  rise  then  I  must  put 
My  chair  away  with  noiseless  foot. 
And  lift  my  heart  to  God  above 
In  piaise  for  all  his  wondrous  love. 
— Selected. 


iTud's  So> 


'^Mother,  did  God  ever  say  'No'  to 
you  r 

Arthur  had  been  sitting   quietly    by* 
the  window  with  hi?,  book  in  hand — 
not  reading,  but^thinking  very  earnestly 
for  some  miautes — when  suddenly  he 
startled  his  mother  with  that  question 

M(S.  Morrow  looked  a  little  aston- 
ithed  at  first,  then  a  grave  sad  smile 
came  over  ker  face,  and  then  she  an- 
swered: ''Yes,  dear,  a  great  many 
times." 

Arthur  seemed  only  half  satisfied. 
''Why,  mother,  I  don't  see ;  how  do  you 
mean  ?" 

"What  made  you  ask  the  question, 
Arthur  ?" 

"Why,  you  see,  I  was  walking  from 
school  to-day,  and  I  came  round  by  Dr. 
Edward's  place  to  see  the  flowers:  ev- 
erybody said  they  -looked  so  beautiful 
after  the  rain.  And  when  I  came  up,  I 
found  little  Alice  Rsed  standing  close 
against  the  fence,  with  her  curly  head 
between  the  railings,  looking  at  the 
flowers  as  if  she  waa  almost  hungry  for 
some  of  them.  You  know  her,  don't 
you,  mother?  Poor  Mrs,  Rsed's  little 
girl,  who  lives  in  the  old  tumble-down 
hous'^  around  the  corner," 

"Yes." 

"Her  father  gets  drunk  so  often,  and 
don'i  do  any  work;  they  are  very  poor. 
Well,  when  I  stopped  and  stood  by  her, 
she  looked  up  to  me  and  said,  "Ob, 
isn't  it  beautifcr^  ?"  and  ht.r  eyes  shone 
so.  Then,  just  for  fua,  I  said,  Alice, 
why  doin't  you  live  in  such  a  fiae  big 
house,  and  have  such  fine  flowers  ?"  She 
shook  her  head  and  answered,  'Because 
God  says,  No.'  It  sounded  strange;  I 
could  not  understand  her  at  first,  and  she 
looked  as  if  she  felt  perfectly  willing  to 
let  other  people  have  pretty  things,  and 
do  without  herself.  I  have  been  think- 
ing about  it  ever  since;  wasn't  it  queer 
for  a  little  thing  like  her  t(»  say  ?" 

"I*,  is  just  what  we  all  ought  to  learn 
to  say,  A.rthur,  and  say  with  just  that 
little  girl's  faith  and  q'liet  content.  We 
should  be  much  happier  if  we  did.  It 
is  very  hard,  sometimes,  because  we  are 
apt  to  forget  that  God  lovea  us  so  well, 
and  always  does  what  is  best  for  us." 

Arthur  went  and  sat  down  by  the 
side  of  his  mother,  and  said.  ''Mother, 
please  tell  me  how  God  said,  No  to  yo"." 


"He  baid  it  many  tim  f,  my  boj,  bt- 
f  re  I  learned  that  it  was  his  tender, 
wise  voice  speaking  for  my  good.  I 
worried  and  was  impatient  at  crosses 
and  disappointments;  but  oh, how  much 
brighter  sorrow  seemed  when  I  once 
learned  that  God  wrapped  it  as  a  cov- 
ering around  hs  love,  that  I  might 
open  wide  the  hand  of  faith  and  fi.d 
my  treasure!" 

'  'Once,  Arthur,  I  had  a  little  daughter 
of  whom  1  was  vtry  proud;  I  said  to 
myself,  'I  vfill  tench  her  everything 
good  aud  ni'ble;  1  will  take  such  care 
of  her;  and  by-and-by  s-he  will  gro*v 
up  to  bfe  a  comfort  and  a  pleasing  com- 
panion 1-0  me,'  but  God  sud 'No  '  He 
t  ;ok  away  my  darling,  and  disappoiui- 
ed  my  desire." 

The  next  time  that  God's  'No'  broke 
in  upon  my  j  'y,  was  when  your  dear 
father  died.  1  ieh  the  sorrow  coming, 
and  I  prayed  that  my  boy  might  nave  a 
father  spared  to  train  a^xi  lo  guide  him 
as  he  grew  to  manhood.  But  Gol  said 
'No'  agair. ;  and  ob,  it  was  hard,  at  first, 
to  feel  tsiat  it  was  the  voice  of  Love 
speaking!  It  was  so  dark,  I  could  not 
see  the  wisdom  and  mercy  of  such  a 
trial,  but  God  knows  best." 

Arthur's  head  sank  lower,  and  his 
tears  fell  fast  as  he  lislened. 

"Again,  I  said  to  myself,  We  will 
not  leave  the  old  hcus^,  though  there 
are  only  us  two;  we  will  keep  the 
pleasant  rooms  and  the  beautiful  grounds 
juf-tthe  same; and  as  Arthur  grows  up, 
be  will  learn  to  love  the  trees  which  he 
planted  and  the  vines  which  he  trained. 
But  God  said  'No'  to  me.  The  hand- 
some house  had  to  be  sold  into  other 
hands,  and  we  came  away  from  the 
place  we  loved  so,  to  a  more  humble 
home.  But  God  has  been  gracious 
to  us,  and  we  have  been  very  happy 
here — you  and  I,  Arthur.  Poor  Mrs. 
Reed  and  little  Alice  have  wants  and 
sorrows  that  we  know  nothing  of." 

"But  mother,  it  seems  to  me  that 
there  are  some  people  wjiom  God  nev- 
er s%ys  'No'  to;  at  least,  they  seem 
to  have  everything  they  want." 

**Ah,  we  cannot  tell,  my  boy;  only 
God  himielf  can  see  into  every  heart, 
and  understand  the  secrets  of  every  life. 
Sometimes  his  'No'  is  spuken  very  low, 
and  only  one  in  all  the  world  can  hear 
It— rand  that  may  be  the  one  we  count 
perfectly  happy  and  wanting  nothing." 

"Does  God  ever  say  'No'  to  me, 
mother  ?" 

"Yes,  but  sometimes  you  do  not  rec- 
ognize it  as  his  voice.  God  has  been 
very  good  to  you;  but  he  has  begun  to 
say  his  'No'  to  you  in  slight  things,  so 
as  to  prepare  your  faith  and  patience 
for  the  greater  tria's  which  must  come 
in  after  hfe.  Last  week,  when  you  had 
planned  a  pleasant  excursion  with  the 
boys,  and  were  anticipating  so  much 
joy,  it  stormed.  You  only  kept  say- 
ing, 'It's  to  bad!  I  don't  see  what  it 
rained  for,  this  time !'  and  you  were  so 
unhappy  that  it  grieved  me  to  see  you. 
Now,  you  should  remember  that  it  was 
the  voice  of  a  kind  God,  refusing  you  a 
pleasure  because  he  knew  it  to  be  best 
that  you  should  not  have  it;  and  jou 
s'nould  have  said,  calmly  and  content- 
edly, as  little  Alice  did,  'God  says  No." 

"But,  mother,  it  is  so  hard — don't 
you  think  it  is — to  be  always  contented 


with,  every  thing  tbat  comts?" 

'•Yes,  Arthur,  we  are  like  little  chil- 
dren who  cry  for  pretty  things  which 
they  cannot  have  because  mamma  says 
'No.'  We  reach  out  our  hands  for  some 
pleasure,  and  we  say,  Oh,  if  I  can  only 
have  that,  I  shall  be  so  happy !'  But 
God  knows  better.  He  puts  out  his 
hand  and  takes  away  the  otiject  we  long 
for,  and  his  loving  voice  says  'No.'  And 
oh,"  Arthur,  if  we  could  oaly  learn  to 
lay  our  hands  upon  his  bosom,  as  a  lit- 
ile  chdd  refcts  on  his  mother,  and  to 
feel  peaceful  and  trustful,  that  all  th  nga 
wdl  work  together  for  our  good,  how 
much  happier  we  shuuid  be !" 

Arthur  looked  up  m  his  mother's  calm 
face,  and  fe!t  that  she  at  least  had 
learned  to  cast  all  her  cire  upon  Him 
who  careth  for  u^ !  And  he  restLed  to 
learn  the  lesson,  too.  W'lh  you,  my 
young  friends.  ?  Youth  is  the  time  to 
begin;  before  the  evil  (iAji  come,  aa- 
cDor  yourselves  last  to  God  by  faith. 
Learn  to  feel  that  whatever  God  sends 
IS  the  best  for  you,  and  what  God  takes 
away  is  best  for  you  not  to  have.  Re- 
member that  ''God,  in  cur-'aing,  giveth 
better  gifts  ithan  man  in  benediction;" 
that  God's  'No'  is  more  full  of  love  and 
teuder  mercy  than  the  sweetest  blese- 
ings  of  the  most  generous  earthly 
vuice." — Selected. 


t^tm\mmi\^. 


— Hou.  Nentmiah  ir'erry  WrtseiecteJ 
Mayor  of  Newark,  N.  J,,  because  of 
his  opposition  to  Sunday  liquor  selling. 

— A  temperance  alliance  has  been 
organized  in  the  seventeenth  ward  of 
the  city  of  Brooklyn,  which  maintains 
a  free  reading-room,  open  every  night, 
with  over  one  hundred  d  ff^rent  papers 
and  publications  on  file. 

— Tom.  Foley,  who  fills  the  respon- 
sible position  of  Alderman  in  Chicago, 
and  is  a  notorious  liquor  and  billiard 
hall  keeper,  has  been  appointed  by 
Mayor  Colvin  chairmsn  of  the  com- 
mittee on  public  schcois. 

—Judge  Aldrich,  of  Worcester,  late- 
ly appointed  by  the  Governor  to  the 
bench  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Massa- 
chusetts, recently  remarked,  that,  "Dur 
ing  the  two  months  and  a  half  which 
he  had  presided  over  ihe  sessions  of 
the  criminal  court  of  this  county,  he 
had  observed  that  at  least  seven-eights 
of  the  cases  had  their  foundation  in  the 
use  of  intoxicating  liquors."  He  added 
that;  "if  he  could  have  his  way  in 
bringing  about  a  remedy,  he  would 
commence  at  the  other  end  of  the 
crime" — that  is,  with  the  liquor-sellers. 

--Statistics  of  temperance  in  New 
York  shows  that  the  vice  is  on  the  in- 
crease, and  what  is  worse  that  intem- 
perate women  are  more  nearly  irre- 
claim-sble  than  intemperate  mea.  The 
number  of  men  committed  to  the  work- 
house, from  January  1873  to  January 
1874,  six  times  for  drunkenness,  was 
108;  number  of  women  committed  six 
times,  3,702;  number  committed  seven 
times — men,  28;  women,  602;  number 
committed  ten  times — men,  181;  wo- 
men, 1,157;  number  committed  one 
hundred  times — men,  1;  women,  29; 
total  committed  m  four  years — men, 
560;  women,  9,006,  or  eighteen  females 
to  one  male. 


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EN  ED. 


THEEAT- 


The  theory  of  the  lodge  is  that  the 
higher  degrees  haye  in  their  discretion 
both  vengeance  and  protection  for  those 
below.  Tjue  or  false,  the  writer  below 
believes  it.  We  call  the  attention  of 
our  readers  to  the  following  extract 
from  what  purports  to  be  a  letter  to  the 
editor  of  the  Chicago  Times,  concern- 
ing the  painful  and  revoltino;  matters 
between  him  and  the  physician  who 
attended  his  deceased  wife ;  not  to  keep 
alive  what  were  best  forgotten,  but  to 
fix  the  public  mind  on  what  deeply  and 
seriously  concerns  us  all.  The  letter 
purports  to  have  been  written  by  a 
Freemason  of  the  thirty-second  degree, 
and  is  a  threat  of  Masonic  vengeance  on 
the  physician,  Dr.  Johnson,  who,  it 
represents,  is  a  member  of  the  same 
order.  The  writer  professes  to  speak 
by  authority,  and  "  on  the  part  of  our 
order."  His  letter  concludes  thus: 
Whether  or  not  the  Masonic  order 
will  take  official  cognizance  of  his  abom- 
inable offense,  I  cannot  now  say,  nor, 
were  I  officially  aware  that  it  would  be 
done,  would  1  be  permitted  to  make 
the  fact  public.  Should  the  fraternity 
try  him,  as  it  should,  and  punish  him 
as  he  deserves, — were  such  a  punish- 
ment possible, — the  fact  could  never 
come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  public. 

I  can  only  say,  that  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity of  this  city,  in  its  sentiments, 
repudiates,  with  loathing  and  horror, 
the  sacrilegious  crime  of  this  man.  He 
has  sunk  himself,  by  his  attack  upon 
the  character  of  &  dead  woman,  into  an 
abyss  of  Masonic  contempt  and  abhor- 
rence from  which  no  human  agency. and 
no  time,  will,  or  can,  ever  extricate  him. 
I  desire,  in  the  defense  of  the  chivalry, 
decency,  and  dignity  of  our  beloved  and 
all-powerful  order,  to  put  these  facts 
on  record.  Having  done  this,  I  have 
only  to  add  that  l  assure  the  world  that 
our  order  knows  how  to  punish;  and 
though  the  processes  are  secret,  tJiey 
are  none  the  less  swift  or  inexorable. 
Thirty-Second. 
I  have  put  in  italics  the  portions  of 
the  extract  which  particularly  demand 
public  notice,  only  observing  that 
though  the  writer  of  this  letter  may  be 
deemed  from  his  writing  a  weak  and 
extravagant  person,  the  view  he  takes 
of  the  power  of  the  Masonic  order  to 
try  and  "ptww's/t"  American  citizens  in 
secret,  according  to  its  discretion,  is 
sustained  by  the  standnrd  writers  of 
the  order  in  this  country  and  in 
Europe. 

Take,  for  instance,  the  following 
from  Chase's  Digest  of  Masonic  Law, 
eighth  edition,  1869;  title.  Powers  of 
Grand  Lodges:  "Maine.  To  inflict 
such  punishment  on  the  delinquent 
and  guilty  as  may  appear  just  and 
proper."  The  Rhode  Island  Grand 
Lodge  claims,  however,  to  ''punish" 
in  the  same  words;  so  others. 

The  punishments  open  and  published 
to  the  world  in  this  Digest,  are  only 
the  ordinary  repremand,  suspension  and 
expulsion.  But  this  Times  letter-writer 
notifies  the  world  that  there  are 
'processes"  of  punishment,  "secret," 
"swift,"  and ''inexorable,"  and  the  his- 
tory of  the  lodge  from  1826-31  has 
shown  the  world  that  the  rule  and 
limit  of  those  "processes"  are  the  sole 
secret  discretion  of  the  lodge  when  it 
has  its  victims  in  its  power. 

Are  the  people  of  Chicago  generally 
aware  that   a  voluntary  society  exists  ; 


among  them, claiming  the  right  toinflct 
death  on  its  members  for  violating  its  by- 
laws, limited  only  by  what  may  seem  to 
the  lodge-leaders  prudent  and  safe  ? 


MOKTIMER    M.  LEGGETT. 


Some  months  since  the  public  were 
startled  by  learning  that  a  student  of 
Cornell  University  had  been  killed 
while  undergoing  initiation  to  a  colleigfe 
society.  Various  accounts  of  the  mat- 
ter were  published,  some  exaggerated, 
and  others  partial.  Many  papers  dis- 
cussed the  matter  and  took  different 
views  of  the  subject.  It  has  now  passed 
from  general  notice.  What  reason  ex- 
ists for  recalling  it?  The  good  and  suf- 
ficent  one  that  the  truth  has  not  been 
made  known.  The  whole  truth  cannot 
be  told  now.  Those  who  can  tell,  will 
not,  and  those  who  are  willing  to  do 
so,  cannot.  The  facts  here  stated  were 
ascertained  from  gentlemen  of  Itha- 
ca, and  the  inquests  which  the  coronor 
held. 

First,  then,  the  young  man,  blind- 
folded by  a  black  cloth,  was  allowed  to 
fall  from  the  cliff"  by  men  who  were 
conducting  him,  and  probably  drunk  at 
the  time.  He  was  taken  to  the  third 
story  of  a  brick  block  and  kept  there 
until  he  died.  He  was  taken,  or  rather 
his  body  was,  slunc;  over  a  man's  shoul- 
der like  a  bag  of  meal,  at  2  o'clock 
at  night  to  the  undertaker's,  where  he 
was  encjffined.  The  members  of  the 
secret  society  which  killed  him,  then 
tried  to  get  his  coffin  on  the  cars  with- 
out an  inquest,  but  failed. 

Second,  professors  and  students 
alike  tried  to  prevent  any  investigation 
of  the  matter.  One  of  the  professors, 
on  the  morning  after  the  killing,  came 
to  the  editor  of  the  Ithaca  Journal  and 
asked  him  to  make  no  mention  of  the 
matter;  saying,  '-The  boys  were  after 
a  few  grapes  when  the  unfortunate 
thing  happened;  don't  say  anything 
about  it."  When  the  first  inquest  was 
held ,  students,  members  of  the  society, 
stood  there  and  refused  to  answer  ques- 
tions until  instructed  by  a  professor  as 
to  the  answer  they  should  make.  On 
this  first  examination,  witnesses  sworn 
to  tell  the  truth  and  nothing  else,  en- 
deavored to  hide  the  fact  that  the 
young  man  was  being  initiated  into 
their  secret  society,  told  nothing  about 
the  blind-fold;  in  short,  while  answer- 
ing as  this  professor  directed  them,  did 
their  utmost  to  hide  the  truth  they 
were  sworn  to  tell. 

The  young  men  who  went  over  the 
cliff  with  Leggett  were  guarded  by 
the  members  of  this  secret  society;  pro- 
fessors and  reporters  excluded  from 
their  rooms  and  no  one  free  from  the 
contemptable  oaths  of  secretism  per. 
mitted  to  exchange  a  word  with  them 
until  the  inquest,  when  of  course  their 
secret  professor  had  them  instructed  in 
the  testimony  they  should  give.  (This 
is  an  inference  from  facts  known,  and 
not  stated  absolutely.) 

When  the  second  inquest  was  held 
many  things  were  learned,  but  still  the 
evidence  was  evidently  untrustworthy  to 
the  last  degree.  One  young  man,  a  sen- 
ior, said  that  he  never  knew  of  an  acci- 
dent on  such  occasions;  and  when  asked 
about  a  whiskey  bottle  that  was  found 


on  the  ground,  said  it  wa?  customary 
to  have  a  bottle  of  whiskey  in  case  of 
accident,  showing  that  accidents  were 
expected  at  that  time.  Several  of  the 
young  men  testified  it  was  no  part  of 
the  plan  to  frighten  the  candidate,  that 
mitiation  was  made  as  pleasant  as  possi- 
ble, that  none  had  been  drinking,  etc. , 
when  a  child  would  know  by  looking 
at  the  place  they  selected  for  their 
work,   that  this  testimony  was  untrue. 

Third,  after  these  facts  became 
known  in  Ithaca,  the  faculty  took  no 
effective  measures  to  prevent  their  re- 
currence. They  indeed  passed  a  few 
silly  and  contradictory  resolutions,  but 
did  not  root  out  the  secret  society  that 
murdered  Leggett,  nor  any  others. 
President  White,  who  is  known  only 
to  the  public  as  a  small  politician,  made 
a  rambling,  incoherent  speech  to  the 
students,  at  one  moment  endorsing  Dr. 
Crosby's  article  on  secret  fraternities, 
and  the  next,  saying  that  eminent 
doctors  of  divinity  were  Kappa  Alpha's; 
saying  that  he  had  by  a  word  abolished 
one  Eosiety,  and  then  coming  to  the 
lame  and  impotent  conclusion  that  it 
was  impossible  to  abolish  them  all. 
Vice-President  Russell  seems  to  be  a 
kindred  spirit,  for  after  sitting  during 
an  hour  and  a  half  in  a  hall  were  Prof. 
Blanehard  was  speaking,  and  more 
than  a  hundred  of  his  (Prof.  Russell's) 
students  indulging  in  conduct  which 
would  have  been  a  lasting  disgrace  to 
a  like  number  of  Birbary  apes,  he 
took  the  platform  without  asking  or 
receiving  pernoission;  entered  on  a  de- 
fense of  one  of  the  young  men  con- 
nected with  the  killing  of  Mr.  Leg- 
get;  talked  of  the  "moon  careering 
through  the  szare  heavens;"  and  then 
said  that  he  had  not  a  word  to  say  in 
regard  to  the  conduct  of  the  students 
at  that  time.  Prof.  Wilder  made  a  good 
stroke  for  the  right,  but  fights  alone ; 
in  short,  the  society  which  murdered  the 
young  man  whose  name  beads  this  ar- 
ticle, and  others  like  it,  control  Cornell 
University. 

So  long  8S  this  is  the  case,  of  course 
Ithp.ca  must  endure  the  presecce  of  a 
smoking,  drinking,  howling,  swearing 
set  of  young  barbarians  who  lack  noth- 
ing but  brains  to  become  a  low  grade 
of  Indians.  We  are  far  from  asserting 
or  believing  that  all  Cornell  students 
are  of  this  sort;  that  too  many  are  is 
painfully  evident.  Let  us  hope  that 
the  future  may  bring  to  Cornell  better 
days. 


UTTERLY   UNRELIABLE. 


Who  are  utterly  unreliable?  The 
writers  and  speakers  who  defend  and 
extol  Freemasonry,  be  they  members,  or 
be  they  not  members  of  the  lodge, 
Whether  they  are  generally  intelligent 
and  truthful  or  rot,  yet  whenever  they 
approach  this  mysterious  subject  they 
become  at  once  mysteriously  unreliable. 

The  "Jack"  Masons  are  unreliable 
because  they  set  out  with  discrediting 
the  testimony  of  the  whole  cloud  of 
witnesses  who  have  renounced  Mason- 
ry and  disclosed  the  secrets,  which 
stamp  indelliWy  upon  the  institution  a 
character  of  evil  that  admits  of  no 
vindication.  The  "  Jacks  "  do  not  pre- 
tend to  justify  Masonry  as  it  is  describ- 
ed by  all  seceding  Masons.     But  wh^n 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


9 


they  deny  the  testimony  of  seeedina" 
Masons,  they  assert  their  own  entire 
ignorance  of  what  Freemasonry  really 
is.  Masons  do  not  tell  them  the  secret 
things  of  the  order^  and  if  seceding 
Masons  do  not  give  them  truth  they 
are  wholly  incoaipeteat  judges  of  the 
institution  they'  defend.  Their  good 
opinions  of  the  order  is  simply  a  prej 
udice  based  not  upon  the  testimony  of 
Masons  as  to  facts,  but  upon  their  mere 
assertion  of  opinions,  while  the  facts  by 
which  alone  the  correctness  of  those 
opinion  can  be  determin  -d  are  kept 
secret.  The  ''  Jack "  Mascn  therefore 
is  a  mere  creature  of  prejudice,  a  blind- 
ed partizan,  a  facile  dupe  in  the  h&nds 
of  those  who  use  him  for  their  crafty 
purposes  and  dirty  work,  while  in  their 
hearts  they  despise  him  as  a  seryile 
simpleton  for  thus  "judging  a  matter 
before  he  hears  it;  or,  hearing  the  truth, 
rejects  it  from  love  of  deceit,  or  of  the 
thrift  which  follows  fawning. 

But  when  Masons  defend  Masonry, 
an  objector  may  say  they  surely  know 
wheref^f  they  affirm,  and  to  say  they 
are  utterly  unreliable  is  to  deny  that  a 
Mason  can  be  a  good  maa  or  anything 
but  a  liar  on  this  subject.  Far  be  it 
from  us  to  bring  any  such  sweeping  and 
indiscriminate  accusation  against  Ma 
sons.  We  never  deny  that  many  who 
are  called  Masons  are  good  men  and 
true.  But  good  men  and  true  in  the 
evangelical  sense  of  these  words  are 
not  real  Masons  any  more  than  bad  men 
and  false  are  true  Christians.  "They 
are  not  all  Israel  that  are  of  Israel;" 
so  they  are  not  all  Masons  that  are  in 
the  lodges.  Miny  enter,  and  finding 
nothing  satisfactory  or  coagenial  to  a 
Christian  spirit,  yet  not  detectiog  the 
real  iniquity  that  is  so  plausibly  con- 
cealed in  this  vast  system  of  counterfeit 
good,  they  simply  stay  away  from  it; 
like  Washington,  scarcely  vi'siting  the 
lodge  once  in  fifteen  years.  Seeing 
nothing  very  good  or  very  bad,  they 
wish  well  to  the  members  and  are  will- 
ing to  be  thought  well  of  by  them; 
and  perceiving  no  reasons  for  testifying 
against  the  lodge  as  weighty  as  those" 
which  demand  tlieir  silence,  they  simply 
stay  away  and  say  nothing.  These 
men  are  not  at  heart  Masons.  They 
have  been  deceived  by  the  counterfeit 
and  are  but  partially  undeceived.  They 
do  not  advocate  Masonry,  yet  they  do 
not  tell  what  they  know,  nor  frankly 
what  they  think.  Masona  and  the 
world  may  construe  their  tilence  as 
approval  of  Masonry,  and  hence  their 
rejponsibihty  is  fearful;  but  to  those 
seekins  knowledge  of  the  truth  in  the 
matter  they  are  wholly  unreliable. 
Other  good  men  may  be  more  fully 
deceived  and  therefore  verily  think  that 
Masonry  is  the  good  thing  it  claims  to 
be,  and  in  that  view  may  advocate  and 
extol  the  system.  Yet  they  are  unreli- 
abp,  not  merely  because  they  are  de- 
cieved  on  the  subject;  not  merely  be- 
cause they  consider  themselves  under 
oath  ever  to  conceal  from  the  world 
every  point  and  iota  of  fact  which  dis- 
tinguishes Masonry  from  a]]  other  sys- 
tems, and  without  a  knowledge  of  which 
no  man  can  form  an  intelligent  opinion 
of  its  moral  character;  but  because 
these  witnesses  are  all  at  loggerheads 


and  disagreement  with  known  facts,  and 
with  themselves  and  with  each  other. 
Among  intelligent  and  honest  witnesses 
there  is  usually  substantial  agreement. 
This  is  notably  the  case  with  all  the 
thousands  of  seceding  Masons  from 
Pritchard  to  the  latest  seceder  m  this 
jear  of  grace,  1874.  This  striking  dis- 
agreement of  witnesses  on  one  hand 
and  the  perfect  agreement  on  the  other 
is,  we  think,  conclusive,  and  ought  to 
banish  all  doubt  as  to  which  eide  has 
the  truth.  If  any  one  will  take  Pritch- 
ard's  Masonry  Dissected,  published  in 
1*730,  and  compare  it  with  Priests' 
Jachin  and  Boaz,  published  in  1762,  and 
then  with  Morgan's  Masonry  Exposed, 
published  in  1826,  and  then  with  the 
disclosures  of  Aliyn  and  Stearns,  and  the 
still  later  ones  of  Richardson,  Duncan, 
Tapley  and  others;  all  the  disclosures 
in  fact,  except  the  spurious  editions 
corrupted  and  altered  by  Masons  for  the 
expross  purpose  of  breaking  the  force 
of  this  agreement,  they  will  iiad  the 
testimony  of  all  thes3  witnesses  a  har- 
monious  unity,  consistent  with  all  ImowQ 
facts,  with  themselves  and  with  each 
other. 

Then  turn  to  the  testimony  of  the 
advocates  of  Masonry.  Hon.  John  W. 
Forney,  in  a  recant  eulogy  of  Freema- 
sonry in  Philadelphia,  expressed  a 
strong  desire  that  the  great  Centenisl 
celebration  should  be  committed  to  the 
care  and  direction  of  the  mystic  broth- 
erhood; for  the  ress'jn,  among  others, 
"that  tbere  is  no  association  on  this 
continent  more  intimately  connected 
with  the  history  and  growth  of  our 
country."  But  where  in  our  history  is 
it  even  mentioned  ?  It  might  indeed  be 
mentioned  in  connection  with  the  at- 
tempt of  that  distinguished  Mason,  Ben- 
edict Arnold ,  to  surrender  by  the  aid  of 
Masonic  secrecy  our  array  at  West 
Point;  or  with  the  successful  defiance 
of  the  power  and  lo,w§  of  New  York  to 
punish  the  murderers  of  William  Mor- 
gan; hut  how  either  would  associate 
the  order  with  the  growth  of  the  coun- 
try, and  entitle  it  to  distribute  for  the 
benefit  of  its  clan  the  $10,000,000 
appropriation  asked  of  (]!oDgres3  for  tb.e 
Centennial  we  are  unable  to  see.  Stiil 
more  palpably  at  variance  with  known 
facts'  is  his  assertion  in  the  same  con- 
nection,that  "  there  are  no  Anti-masons 
now.'''  ^ 'l^Qw,  nobody  is  wUUng  to  admit 
that  he  ever  opposed  your  organiza- 
tion." How  beautifully  this  harmonizes 
with  known  facts !  Rather,  how  clearly 
it  shows  that  Masonic  orators  are  accus- 
tomed to  humbug  their  hearers  and  to 
set  a  greater  value  on  falsehood  for 
their  harangues  than  upon  truth.  For- 
ney is  not  ignorant  himself,  he  only 
presumed  his  hearers  to  be  so.  When 
the  great  men  of  an  association  will 
talk  thus  recklessly  on  historical  facts, 
is  it  too  much  to  say  they  are  utterly 
unreliable  ? 

Rev.  Mr,  MuUerjin  his  Masonic  address 
in  Rochester,  declared  that  Masonry 
was  no  substitute  for  religion;  nay,  that 
it  was  not  even  religious.  Rev.  Dr. 
Mayer,  in  his  oration  at  the  dedication 
of  the  Masonic  Hall  in  Weiisvilie,  0., 
said,  '  •  Masonry  is  truly  the  great  art 
to  promote  the  perfection  of  mankind ;" 
and  he  asks,  "  Is  it  not  a  religion  ?  A 
religion!     No,  my  brethren,    we  may 


rather  call  it  the  religion.  It  is  entitled 
to  this  sublime  distinction  through  its 
aim  to  make'mao'B  1  f^a  happy  and  godly, 
and  his  deaili.  enviable  end  peaceful. 
It  is  cf-rtaitdy  tJie  true  relig'on  cf  man- 
kind." 

Thus  their  doctors  disagree  and  they 
often  cohtiadict  themselves  rss  flatly  as 
they  do  each  other.  V.  G.  Edwards, 
in  a  public  Masonic  address  in  Sj^racuse. 
said  tbat  Masonry  embraced  men  of  all 
shades  of  religious  belief,  but  acknowl- 
edged the  supremacy  of  the  Decalogue 
and  took  the  |3ib!e  for  its  guide  in  all 
things.  Mfn  of  all  shades  of  belief 
cannot  acknowledge  the  supremacy  of 
the  Decalogue  or  take  the  Bible  as  their 
guide  in.  any  thing'.  Thus  this  Mason 
contradicts  .^biniself  arid  contradicts 
Chase,  a  standard  writer  on  Masonry, 
who  say?,  "  Masonry  has  nothing  to  do 
with  the  Bible." 

Many  ME^.sonic  writers  clahn  that 
Masonry  dates  as  far  back  as  EnocL. 
Still  more  place  it  a*;  far  back  as  Solo- 
mon. But  Dr.  Dalcho,  one  of  the 
highest  M-asoKs  in  Morgan  times,  denied 
that  either  Adam  or  Noah,  Nimrod  or 
Moses,  Joshua  or  David,  Solomon  /or 
Hiram,  or  the  Saints  John,  were  Ma- 
sons. "To  assert  they  were  Fi-eema. 
sons,"  he  says,  "may  mate  the  vulgar 
stare,  but  will  rather  escite  the  contempt 
than  the  admiration  of  ihi  wise." 
While  Steinbrenner,  the  Masonic  his- 
torian, says  expressly  that  Freemasonry 
dates  no  farther  back  than  A,  D.  1717. 

Such  illustrations  of  the  titter  disa- 
greement of  Masonic  witnesses  may  bs 
multiplied  indefinitely.  To  say  therefore 
that  they  are  utterly  unreliable  is  to 
piit  it  in  the  mildest  form  consistent 
with  any  reasonable  appreciation  of  so 
pregnant  a  fact.  It  is  a  fact  that  ought 
to  satisfy  all  men  as  to  whera  truth  and 
right  are  in  this  controversy ;  that  of  a 
truth  a  deceiving  aad  lying  spirit  is  the 
all-peivadi'cg  tpirlt  of  Freemasonry. 

Where  feihali  Our  AnisivorsaTy  Meeting' 
be  held  Next  Yeaii 


One  friend  has  mentioned  Rich- 
mond, Indiana. 

Indianapolis  has  also  been  suggested. 

The  conditions  which  m.ake  a  place 
desirable  for  such  a  meeting  are : 

First,  Railroads  accessible  from  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  country. 

Secoad,  A  home  sentiment  which  is 
not  hostile  to  the  sntfirests  of  the  Asso- 
ciation. 

Third,  Daily  papers  are  desirable, 
as  their  reports  add  to  the  usefulness 
and  extend  information  of  the  Conven- 
tion. 

Will  not  all  who  have  an  opinion  on 
this  subject  eommuBicate  with  Pres. 
Bianchard  as  soon  as  convenient? 


Lectures. -—Parties  desiring  lectures 
on  the  secret  orders  from  President 
Bianchard,  or  Prof.  C.  A.  Bianchard, 
can  have  them  by  application,  provided 
one  hundred  dollars  are  raised  to  aid 
in  paying  the  building  debt  of  Wheaton 
College.  Any  person  desiring  to  aid 
the  College  or  secure  lectures,  can  ad- 
dress either  the  above-named  gentlemen, 
Wheaton,  lil. 


Obsrlin  College  sends  an  opinion 
on  secret  orders  which  appears  on  our 
first  page.     The  practice  of  the   insti- 


tution on  this  question  is  of  national 
repute;  nor  can  much  be  said  of  the 
history  and  present  condition  of  the 
College  not  already  well  known  to  the 
public.  It  is  forty  years  since  the  town 
was  begun,  and  now  in  a  community 
of  4,000  people — without  a  dram  bar — 
is  a  Giiristian  college  with  six  depart- 
ments: Theological,  Collegiate,  Scientif- 
ic, Fi^mal",  Preparatory  and  Musical, 
with  an  attendance  of  1,371  pupils,  723 
males  and  648  females.  This  great 
success  comee  of  devotion  to  God  and 
truth. 


Wheaton  College. — This  institu- 
tior,  so  well  and  favorably  known  to 
the  readers  of  the  Cynosure,  has  never 
been  more  prosperous  than  at  present. 
Its  faculty  now  number  some  fourteen 
mi-mbers.  Its  students  are  mora  nu- 
merous than  hitherto;  this  year  about 
two  hundred  and  fifty  earnest  and  able 
young  men  and  women.  The  Illinois 
subscription  toward  the  payment  of  its 
debt  has  now  reached  eighteen  hun- 
dred dollars.  More  and  better  than 
all,  souls  have  beeen  converted  and 
spirit  as  well  a'3  mind  strengthened 
for  the  battle  of  life.      It=.  spring  term 

begins  Thuraday,  April  9ch,  at  8-^  a.m. 
-*-•-« 

iNOTES. 


— In  making  up  the  forms  this  week  it 
was  a  puzzling  question  to  fix  upon  the 
proper  volume  and  number.  A  some- 
what arbitrary  compromise  has  been 
struck  between  the  fortnightly  and 
weekly  editions,  thus:  up  to  September 
7  th,  1871,  when  the  first  number  of 
the  weekly  appeared,  there  had  been 
seventy-aine  issues  of  the  fortnightly. 
The  present  whole  number  is  made  by 
adding  this  to  the  whole  number  of 
weekly  issues.  The  paper  will  have 
been  published  seven  years  nest  Aug- 
ust so  we  are  now  in  the  sixth  volume. 
The  current  number  of  the  weekly 
has  been  retained  that  the  volume  may 
be  complete  wlien  fifty-two  papers  are 
issued.  •^t ' 

— Charles  P.  Sumner,  father  of  the 
late  Senator,  was  sherifi  of  Suffolk 
county,  Massachusetts,  instead  of  Essex, 
as  recently  stated  in  these  columns, 
Any  who  are  interested  to  know  his 
opinions  on  Fr?emaso"ry  can  find  them 
in  the  Cynosure,  September  5-19, 
1872.  They  were  drawn  from  a  per- 
toi;al  acquaintance  with  the  institution, 
raid  will  be  interesting  at  the  present 
time. 

— Rev.Miltoa  Smith,  an  sc'.ive  mem- 
ber of  the  first  convention  (Aurora)  in 
the  present  movement  against  the 
lodge,  died  recently  at  Wheaton.  A 
member  cf  the  Wesleyan  churcb,  he 
faithfully  maintained  its  testimony 
against  the  slavery  and  lodge  systems 
''through  evil  as  well  as  good  report." 
The  Wesleyan  church  at  Wheaton  had 
just  before  suffered  another  severe  loss 
in  the  death  of  its  pastor,  H.    R,  Will. 

— An  error  in  the  notice  of  Old 
Bock=!,  for  sale  by  J.  C.  Rownd,  last 
week  requires  notice.  Robinson's  Proofs 
will  be  sent  post  paid;  Barreul's  Me- 
moirs of  Jacobinism  at  the  cost  of  pur- 
chaser, by  mail  or  express  according  to 
order.  These  works  should  be  brought 
into  active  service  without  delay. 

— Elder  Isa^c  Jackson  and  Mrs.  Mary 
T.  Jackson  have  been  appointed  dele- 
gates to  Syracuse  by  the  Vernon  Co. , 
Association  of  Minnesota. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE: 


Uttg 


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Ludgre  against  Law« 


Richard  Rush's  Letters,   1831. 


I  did  not  8  t  down  to  write  a  disser- 
tation on  M  isonry,  nor  am  I  going  to 
giye  myself  to  that  task.  I  dwell  not 
upon  its  remote  origin  and  long  histo- 
ry ;  upon  its  curious  titles,  upon  its 
ceremonies  of  oriental  mould  and  celes- 
tial exaltation.  I  dive  not  into  its 
claims  to  science,  to  phiknthrophy,  or 
to  religion.  All  these  I  leave  for  good 
or  bad,  for  censure  or  commendation. 
My  concern  at  present  is  with  none  of 
these.  .  I  purposely  uirn  away  that 
there  may  be  no  diversion  from  the 
scene  I  am  surveying.  I  am  in  a  field 
by  itself.  There  my  astonis!ied  sight 
beholds  two  figures;  the  state  with  the 
broken  scepter  of  the  laws  in  her  hand 
on  one  side,  and  Masonry  with  a  veil 
over  her  face  on  the  other.  My  vision 
is  distinct,  though  the  spectacle  is  so 
protentous.  I  go  not  beyond  the  nar- 
rative that  presents  it.  Keeping  to 
that  I  am  guarded  against  mistake  or 
confusion.  I  have  here  immovable 
ground  under  me.  I  take  post  as  upon 
the  verity  of  a  legal  record.  A  few 
facts  are  all  that  I  waat.and  these  I  have. 
I  desire  to  render  the  case  irresisti- 
ble by  its  concentration  and  its  simplic- 
ity. I  believe  Morgan  wa^  seized,  car- 
ried far  from  his  home  by  Masons,  and 
by  Masons  murdered.  1  believe  that 
this  was  the  result  of  a  conspiracy ,  en- 
gendered and  carried  through  under 
circumsiances  of  peculiar  deliberation, 
malignity  and  terror.  Yet  to  this  very 
hour,  the  nefarious  deed  remains  un- 
punished. I  have  watched  the  pur- 
suit of  justice.  1  see  how  she  is  dis- 
heartened, fatigued,  worn  down  by  ef- 
forts continued  throughout  years,  to 
clutch  these  worse  than  C^labrian  ban- 
ditti. I  see  her  at  fault;  I  see  her 
countenance  in  despair.  Masons  know 
the  whole  tale  of  bl  cho.  Who  can  de- 
ny th's?  Masons  conceal  it.  Who 
can  deny  this?  Can  any  sentient,  rea- 
sonable being  sisy  that  Masonry  is  not 
at  the  bottom  of  the  evil.  True,  there 
are  depraved  Masons  who  act  in  this 
manner  and  I  do  not  mean  to  judge 
all  other  Masons  by  them  ;  but  Mason- 
ry, corporate,  existent  Masonry  is  the 
root.  The  abandoned  fiends  of  the  or- 
der, who  know  the  truth,  conceal  it 
on  system.  They  are  wicked  through 
principle.  They  confound  crime  with 
virtue;  murder,  with  Masonic  merit, 
Like  imps  of  Pandemonium,  they  re- 
joice and  dance  in  their  sin.  Like  the 
crew  in  the  Mask  of  Comud,  they  are 
unconscious  of  tbeir  "foul  disfigure- 
ment." The  deeper  their  gui  t  the 
more  they  make  themselves  invulnera- 
ble. You  can  no  more  grasp  them, 
than  if  they  sink  into  the  earth  or 
mount  into  the  air.  A  spirit  inexora- 
ble as  death  destroyed  the  life  of  this 
citisen;  and  like  a  spirit  it  became  in- 
visible. It  is  here — it  is  ther"? — it  is 
gone;  nobody  can  sue  it;  but  society 
feels  it.  It  is  the  spirit  of  night. 
The  magistrate  strikes,  but  it  is  into 
vacuity.  He  follows  up  the  blow, 
again  and  again,  but  it  falls  upon  a 
shadow.     Is  all  this  nothing  t     Th  it  to 


be  forj^otten;  to  be  meniioned  with  in- 
diflfe-ence;  to  be  sneered  at  as  fan- 
faronade ?  If  the  press  has  turned  de- 
serter, and  gone  over  to  the  enemy 
whose  profligate  cohorts  have  over- 
thrown the  laws,  is  that  a  reason  why 
the  people  should  not  be  true  to  them- 
selves? Is  the  whole  army  to  be  given 
up  because  the  sentinels  have  skulked? 
If  so,  where  is  our  intelligence;  where 
our  estimate  of  the  popular  dignity; 
where  our  republicanism;  where  our 
quick,  our  exalted  sense  of  the  country  ? 
Where,  we  may  ask,  had  fled  our  Jef 
ferson's  sagacity,  when  he  told  us  a  re- 
public was  the  strongest  government 
upon  earth,  since  it  was  the  only  form 
under  which,  on  a  breach  of  the  law 
everyone  would  fly  to  its  support  as  a 
personal  cccem?  Had  he  heard  ol 
the  opposing  spirit  of  our  day  that 
could  spurn  the  laws?  Had  he  heard 
of  the  spirit,  creeping  in  darkness,  that 
could  not  only  cover  the  guilty  with  an 
armor  impenetrable,  but  try  to  throw 
odium  on  those  who  cry  out  for  retri- 
bution ?  Solon  being  asked  which 
was  the  most  perfect  popular  govern- 
ment, replied.  That  where  an  injury 
done  to  any  private  citizen  is  such  to 
the  whole  body.  The  blood  of  a  mur- 
dered Roman,  of  one  single  Roman, 
could  once  rouse  that  whole  race  of 
freeman  as  by  a  voice  from  above.  It 
could  call  down  a  just  vengeance 
against  all  who  caused  the  deed.  More 
than  once  it  changed  their  government. 
It  expelled  the  Tarquins;  it  overthrew 
the  Decemvirs.  It  kindled  a  holy  en- 
thusiasm which  nothing  could  appease, 
until  the  guilty  authors  were  blasted 
and  consumed,  that  thus  the  wounded 
commonwealth,  a  name  sacred  in  Ro- 
man eyes,  might  have  its  propitiatory 
sacrifice.  It  was  so  that  Roman  glory, 
that  work  of  ages,  as  Tacitus  describes 
It,  that  toil  of  patriots,  and  statesmen, 
and  legislators,  and  warriors,  was 
founded  and  kept  pure.  But  in  our 
boasted  republic  the  blood  of  an 
American,  who  was  taken  from  his 
home;  bound;  tortured;  agonized; 
bi  rne  by  the  conspirators  along  the 
high-road?,  with  an  impudent  cavalcade 
of  carriages  and  horsemen;  cast  into  a 
fortress  over  which  had  floated  the  sov- 
ereign flan  of  the  Union ;  and  at  last 
<mmolated  by  harp'es  belonging  to  an 
organized  and  powerful  institution, 
who  conceal  their  crime  under  the  hor- 
r'ble  delusions  of  their  mystic  tie — all 
this  is  to   go  for  nothing  I 

The  institution  is  not  to  blame;  no, 
it  is  no  fault  of  the  institution !  The 
immolation  is  to  cause  no  public  dismay. 
We  are  to  sit  still  in  stupid  gaze;  sonae 
beholding  it  with  folded  arms,  others 
in  derision!  The  press  is  silent;  or 
the  press  scoffs.  The  institution  even 
turns  complainant.  It  positively  grows 
beihgerent;  it  shows  battle.  It  will 
not  be  "persecuted."  It  will  have  no 
noise  made;  none  of  all  this  flash — and 
rhodomontade — and  bluster.  The 
small  number  who  are  for  driving  the 
conspirators  into  the  toils,  and  perma- 
nently breaking  up  their  den  to  save 
the  future  from  all  possibility  of  similar 
tragedies  are  denounced,  ridiculed! 
They  are  infected  with  "'Anti-masonic 
excitement," — they  are  demagogues, 
office  hunters ;  they  were  geiters-up  of 


a  groundless  party,  without  use  or  mo- 
tive, or  object.  Was  ever  an  intelli- 
gent community  so  treated  before? 
Was  ever  the  understanding  of  rational 
men  s  )  trifled  with  ?  Did  ever  corpo- 
rate hardihood  in  any  age  or  nation  as- 
sume a  front  so  brazen  faced  ?  Let  it 
go  on.  It  works  its  proper  (ffice.  In 
this  manner  let  it  perpetuate  its  power 
of  defeating  the  laws.  In  grood  time 
we  shall  have  some  other  "afi"air,"  some 
fresh  peccadillo,  some  new  variety  in 
the  dramatics  of  mystery,  for  an  even- 
ing's amusemf'Ut,  and  editors'  gibes! 


Ilj4  Mh\l\  itfia^l 


Schedule  of  Hilile   L<-ss(»i!S  for  Second 
(Quarter,  1874. 


Apr.  5tb,  Ex.  xx.  1-17— The  Ten  CommaDcls. 
May 


xxxii.  l-ti,  19,  20:  Golcleu  Calf, 
'■      xxxHi.    12-2(1:   People    Forgiven. 
"      xl.  17-.3(i :  Tabernacle  eet  up. 
Lev.  vii.  37,  ;^8:  The  Five  Otferiutrs. 
"      W      "      xxii    4-fi,  15-31    ,33-30:  The  Three 

Great  Feasts.  ' 

"      17  Num.  iii,  5-13:  The  Lord's  Ministers, 
"      24      "      xix.   1-111:  Israel's  Unbelief. 
"      31      "      XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  Rock. 
June     7  Num.  xxi.  4-9:   Serpent  ol  Brass. 
"      14  Deut.  xviii.  fl-Ki:  The  True  Propliet. 
"      21      "      xxiv.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses. 
"      28  Review    (Sugt'est)   Deut.  viii.    Mercies 
Reviewed. 

LESSON  XV. — APRIL  12,  1874. — THE  GOLDEN 
CALF. 

SCRRIPTDRE  LES-ON.— EX.  XXXii.  1-6,  19,  20. 

Commit  all;  Primxry  Verse  5. 

1  And  when  the  people  saw  that  Mo- 
ses delayed  to  come  down  out  of  the 
mount,  the  people  gathered  thems^elveiJ  to- 
gether unto  Aaron,  and  said  unto  hiui, 
Up,  make  us  gods,  which  shallow  litfoie 
US;  for  as  for  this  M  'ses,  the  man  that 
brought  ns  up  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
we  wot  not  what  is  become  of  him. 

2  And  Aaron  said  unto  tliem,  Bieak 
ofl'  the  gO'deu  earrings,  which  are  in  the 
ears  of  your  wives,  of  jour  sous,  and  of 
your  daughters,  and  bring  them  unto  me. 

3  Aud  all  the  people  brake  off  the 
golden  earrings  which  were  in  their  ears, 
and  brought  them  unto  Aaron. 

4  And  he  received  them  at  their  hand, 
and  fashioned  it  with  a  graving  tool,  after 
he  had  made  it  a  molten  calf;  and  they 
said.  These  be  thy  go.is,  O  Israel,  which 
brought  thee  up  out  of  the  land  of  Eiry.H. 

5  And  when  Aaron  saw  it,  he  built  an 
altar  before  it;  and  Aaron  made  procla- 
mation, and  said,  To-morrow  is  a  feast  to 
the  Lord 

6  And  they  rose  up  early  on  the  mor- 
row, and  offered  burnt  off'rlngs,  aud 
brought  peace  offerings;  and  the  people 
sat  down  to  eat  and  to  drink,  and  rose  up 
to  play. 

19  And  it  came  to  pass,  as  soon  as  he 
came  nigh  unto  the  camp,  that  he  saw  tlie 
calf,  and  the  dancing:  and  Moses'  anger 
waxed  hot,  and  he  cast  the  tables  out  of 
his  hands,  and  brake  them  beneath  the 
mount. 

20  And  he  took  the  calf  which  they 
had  made,  and  burnt  it  in  the  tire,  and 
ground  it  to  j  owder,  and  strewed  it  upon 
the  water,  and  made  the  children  of  Israel 
drink  of  it. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "Little  children  keep 
yourselves  from  idols." — JoJm  v.  21. 
TOPIC— One  God  and  one  Mediator. 

HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Ex.  xxxii.     1-2(1— The  First  Golden  Calf. 
T.    1  Ki.  xii.        25-:33— The  Calves  of  Jeroboam. 
W.  1  Hi.  xviii.     17-39— The  Worship  ol  Baal. 
Th.2Ki.  X.  12-28— Baal's  Worsliiper's  Slain. 

F.    Dan.  iii.  l-8'i— The  Golden  Image. 

S.    Hos.  xiii         1-16— The  Sin  of  Idolatry. 
S.    Acts   xvii.     lS-31— The  Idols  of  Athens. 

TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 
The  Absent  Leader,    verse  1. 

The  Golden  Calf,         verses  2-4. 

The  Idol  W^orshiped,     "  R,  6. 

The  Angerof  Jebovah,  "  7-10. 

The  Idol  Destroyed,      "  19,  20. 

(^iialiflcatioas  f>ir  Teachers. 

1       Unlitiuff  activity. 

'2.     P  ay  fo'  and  with  the  class. 

3.  Th^  baptism  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 

4.  Prayerful  and  careful  propara- 
of  the  t- acher,  wiib  always  a  pleasant 
recognition  of  the  scholar,  with  a  daily 
exemplary  life. 

5.  The  most  important  of  all  is,  to 
mind  your  busi'iefm.  Succesis  will  fol- 
low. 

6.  Punctual  ty  in  attend ince  on  the 
part  of  the  teachers. 

1.  Pro''e^^BingCbri'*tian8 should  have 
a  more  catholic  spirit  toward  all  who 
loye  the  Lord  Jesus. 


8.  In  order  to  obtain  success  in  our 
work  we,  as  teachers,  should  adopt  the 
following  maxims: 

Punctuality  in  attendance. 

The  pure  love  of  Jesus  in  our  hearts. 

Constancy  at^  the  tliroile  of  grace, 
interceding  for  those  under  our  care; 
at  the  same  time  pr  cticing  what  we 
preach .  . 

9.  A  deeper  worl:  of  grace  in  our 
hearts,  and  a  stricter  obedience  to  the 
command,  "Go  work  in  my  vineyard 
to-day." 

10.  Promptness  of  the  teacher  one 
great  element  of  tuccess — to  be  always 
at  his  posi,  or  appoint  a  subsiituie. 

11.  As  the  virtue  of  the  electric 
wire  is  not  in  the  wire  itself,  but  in  its 
connection  with  ihe  voltaic  b'ittery,  so 
the  power  of  the  Sunday  School  teacher 
IS  not  in  the  fervor  ot  his  manner,  the 
order  and  arrangement  of  his  teaching, 
but  in  his  living  connection  with  God, 
and  his  capacity  to  act  as  a  connecting 
link  between  God  and  the  human  soul. 

Let  us  pray  earnes  ly  and  always, 
that  this  capacity  in  our  Sunday  School 
teachers  may  never  be  weakened  or 
destroyed,  and  our  success  is  sure. 

12.  To  succeed  in  our  work,  we 
need  more  faith  in  it.  (i.  e  )  must  regard 
our  work  as  appointed  and  sustained  by 
the  Master  of  the  vineyard. 

Must  be  consecrated  to  our  work. 
Every  member  of  the  church  should 
eek  a  pkce,  ss  pupil,  teacber  or  officer 
m  the  Sunday  School 

Must  labor  for  a  worthy  end.  Be 
nore  anxious  for  spiritual  life  and  growth 
than  for  increase  of  the  members  of  our 
.-cbools. 

Must  have  thorough  preparation,  or 
>^  careful  study  of  tie  topics  taught, 
Hud  the  best  means  of  ulusiraiing  tnem, 
but  relying  more  upon  the  Holy  Spirit's 
presence  than  any  mental  culture. 

Must  work  from  proper  motives 
«fhaiever  ye  do  in  word  or  deed,  do  all 
in  tiie  name  of  Jesus. 

13.  Superintendents    qualified    for 
he  work  by  natural  gifts,  to  interest,  to 

-uide,  direct  and  control  teacher  and 
scholars,  in  firmness,  meekness  and 
love;  coLsecraiion  to  God  of  his  entire 
(self,  and  by  prayer  for  the  guidance  of 
toe  Holy  Ghost,  that  all  may  be  for  the 
^'lory  of  God   in  the  salvation  of  souls. 

Teachers  qualified  to  teach  Christ, 
from  an  earnest  love  to  Christ,  and  a 
desire  to  win  eoals  to  him. 

Parents  to  realize  that  children  have 
souls  as  well  as  bodies  that  need  caring 
for,  and  that  God  will  hold  them  strictly 
accountable  for  the  moral  training  of  the 
child.  The  trust  cannot  be  delegated 
to  another. 

The  church  fully  aroused  to  her 
responsibility  in  regard  to  Sabbath 
School  work,  and  recognizing  it  (the 
school)  as  a  part  of  herself,  a  moral 
vineyaid  in  which  the  tender  plants 
(the  souls)  must  ba  tenderly  cared  for, 
tramed  to  forms  of  beauty  (won  to 
to  Christ)  and  finally  transplanted  into 
the  church. 


— A  reason  for  beginning  early  in 
the  preparation  of  a  lesson  is  sug- 
gested by  the  S.  S.  Times  in  the  in- 
terest of  pupils  who  may  lack  the  means 
a'd  appliances  of  study: 

The  time  to  begin  preparation  is 
about  two  weeks  previous  to  any  given 
Sabbath.  One  object  of  this  is  that 
the  teacher  may  be  able  to  furnish  his 
pupils  a  week  beforehand  with  such 
suggestions  and  information  as  may  be 
a  help  to  them  in  studying  the  lesson. 
Many  a  child  comes  poorly  prepared  to 
>chool  because  he  does  not  know  how 
to  catch  the  main  thought  of  the  les- 
son. A  stimulating  question,  some  il- 
lustrative fact,  a  passage  of  secular  or 
biblical  history  written  on  a  slip  of 
paper  and  put  in  the  Bii)le  of  each 
scholar  will  often  prove  a  key  to  the 
lesson  that  looks  dilh;ult  and  unprom- 
isinv. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


"^^^t  mi  |(i^fi(i|  1\\\h, 


HoTf  Plants  Tiuify  the  Air. 


Plants  g^in  their  nourishment  by  the 
absorption  through  their  roots  of  certain 
substances  from  the  soil,  and  by  the 
decomposition,  through  their  green 
portions,  of  a  particular  gas  contained 
in  the  atmosphere — carbonic  acid  gas. 
They  decompose  this  gas  into  carbon, 
which  they  assimilate,  and  oxygen 
which  they  reject.  Now  this  phenom- 
enon, which  is  the  vegetable  mode  of 
respiration,  can  only-  be  accomplished 
with  the  assistance  of  solar  light. 

Charles  Bonnet  of  Geneva,  who  be- 
gan his  career  by  experimenting  on 
plants,  and  left  this  attractive  subject 
to  devote  himself  to  philosophy,  only 
in  consequence  of  a  serious  affection  of 
his  sight,  was  the  first  to  detect  this 
joint  work,  about  the  middle  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  He  remarked  that 
vegetables  grow  vertically,  and  tend 
toward  the  sun,  in  whatever  position 
the  seed  may  have  been  planted  in  the 
earth.  He  proved  the  generality  of  the 
fact  that,  in  dark  places,  plants  always 
turn  toward  the  point  whence  light 
comes.  He  discovered  too,  that  plants 
immersed  in  water  release  bubbles  of 
gas  under  the  inflaence  of  sunlight. 
In  1771  Prestly,  in  England,  tried 
another  experiment.  He  let  a  candle 
burn  in  a  confined  space  till  the  light 
went  out,  thaf,  is,  until  the  contained 
air  grew  unfit  for  combustion.  Then 
he  placed  the  green  parts  of  a  fresh  plant 
in  the  inclosure,  and  at  the  end  of  ten 
days  the  air  become  sufficiently  purified 
to  permit  the  re-lighting  of  the  candle. 
Thus  he  proved  that  plants  replace  gas 
made  impure  by  combustion  with  a  com- 
bustible gas,  but  he  also  observed  that 
at  certain  times  the  reverse  phenome- 
non seems  to  result. 

Ten  years  later,  the  Dutch  physician, 
Ingenhousz,  succeeded  in  explaining 
this  apparent  contradiction.  'I  had 
just  begun  these  experiments,"  says 
that  skilful  naturalist,  '"when  a  most 
interesting  scene  revealed  itself  to  my 
eyes.  I  observed  that  not  only  do 
plants  have  the  power  of  cleaning  im- 
pure air  in  six  days  or  l^nster,  as  Priest- 
ly's  experiments  seem  to  point  out,  but 
that  they  discharge  this  important  duty 
in  a  few  hours,  and  in  the  most  thor- 
ough way;  that  this  singular  operation 
is  not  due  at  all  to  vegetation,  but  to 
the  effect  of  sunlight;  that  it  does  not 
begin  until  the  sun  has  been  some  time 
above  the  horizon ;  that  it  ceases  entire- 
ly during  the  darkness  of  night;  that 
plants  shaded  by  high  buildings,  or  by 
other  plants,  do  not  complete  this  funct- 
ion, that  is,  they  do  not  purify  the  air, 
but  that,  on  the  contrary,  they  exhale 
an  injurious  atmosphere,  and  really 
shed  poison  into  the  air  about  us ;  that 
the  production  of  pure  air  begins  to  di- 
minish with  the  decline  of  day,  and 
ceases  completely  at  sunset;  that  all 
plants  corrupt  the  surrounding  air  du- 
ring the  night,  and  that  not  all  portions 
of  the  plant  takes  part  in  the  purifi- 
cation of  the  air,  but  only  the  leaves  and 
green  branches. " — Popular  Science 
Monthly, 


Brine  fok  the  Presekvation  of 
Butter.— To  three  gallons  of  brine 
strong  enough  to  bear  an  egg,  add  a 
pound  of  nice  white  sugar  and  one  table- 
spoonful  of  saltpetre.  Boil  the  brine, 
and  when  it  is  cold  strain  carefully. 
Make  your  butter  into  rolls,  and  wrap 
each  roll,  separately  in  a  clean  white 
muslin  cloth,  tying  up  with  a  string. 
Pack  a  large  jar  full,  weight  the  butter 
down  and  pour  over  the  brine  until  all 
is  submerged.  This  brine  will  keep 
really  good  butter  ptrfectly  sweet  and 
fresh  for  a  whole  year.  Be  careful  not 
to  put  upon  ice  butter  that  you  wish  to 
keep  for  any  length  of  time.  In  sum- 
mer, when  the  heat  will  not  admit  of 
butter  being  made  iato  rolls,  pack  close- 
ly in  small  j^rs,  and,  using  the  same 
brine,  allow  it  to  cover  the  butter  to  a 
depth  of  at  least  four  inches.  This  ex- 
cludes the  air,  and  answers  very  nearly 
as  well  as  the  first  method  suggested. 

Omelette. — Beat  six  eggs  very  light, 
the  whites  to  a  stiff  froth  that  will  stand 
alone,  the  yolks  to  a  smooth  thick  bat- 
ter. Add  to  the  yolks  a  small  cupful 
of  milk,  pepper  and  salt,  lastly  stir  in 
the  whites  lightly.  Have  ready  in  a 
hot  frying-pan  a  good  lump  of  butter. 
When  it  hisses,  pour  in  your  mixture 
gently  and  set  over  a  clear  fire.  It  should 
cook  in  ten  minutes  at  most. Do  not 
stir  but  contrive,  as  the  eggs  "set."  to 
slip  in  a  broad-bladed  knife  under  the 
omelette  to  guard  against  burning  at 
the  bottom.  The  instant  "hiss"  of  the 
butter  as  it  flows  to  the  hottest  part  of 
the  pan  will  prove  the  wisdom  and  effi- 
cacy of  the  precaution,  •  If  your  oven 
is  hot,  you  may  put  the  frying  pan  in 
it  as  soon  as  the  middle  of  the  omlette 
is  set.  When  done  lay  a  hot  dish  bot- 
tom upward  on  the  top  of  the  pan,  and 
dextrously  upset  the  latter  to  bring  the 
browned  side  of  the  omlette  uppermost. 
Eat  soon,  or  it  will  fall. 

Crop  Statistics. 


The  National  Crop  Reporter  pub- 
lish -s  the  estimates  of  its  correspond- 
ents in  relation  to  the  percentage  of 
last  years  crops  of  corn,  oats,  hay,  and 
Irish  potatoes  which  will  be  consumed 
during  the  current  crop  year,  the  esti- 
mates having  reference  to  the  States  of 
Illinois,  Indiana,  Iowa,  Kansas,  Min- 
nesota, Missouri,  Ohio,  and  Wisconsin. 
In  addition  there  are  also  very  full  re- 
turns in  relation  to  the  fruit  prospects 
in  the  same  States.  The  following  is 
an  abstract  of  the  leading  points: 

CORN. 

Tl  e  total  production  of  corn  in  1873 
in  the  States  named  was  nearly  515, 
000,000  bushels,  of  which  amount 
cearly  65  per  cent.,  or  333,000,000 
bushels,  will  be  used  at  home.  Kansas 
consumes  90  per  cent.,  and  Illinois  61^ 
per  cent,  of  the  production  in  the 
respective  States. 

OATS  . 

The  production  of  oats  last  year  in 
the  same  States  was  placed  at  168,500,- 
000  bushels,  of  which  nearly  62  per 
cent,  or  104,000,000  bushels  will  be 
required  for  home  uses.  The  States 
,  showing  the  heaviest  and  lightest  oer- 


ceniage  of  consumption  are  the  same  as 
in  the  case  of  corn. 

HAT. 

In  the  item  of  hay,  the  local  con- 
sumption in  the  eight  States  is  averaged 
at  83  3-10  per  cent. ,  the  total  production 
last  year  being  something  )ver  10, 500,  - 
000.  This  percentage  represents  nearly 
8,900,000  tons.  Indiana  rates  relatively 
the  lightest  consumer,  and  shows  a  sur- 
plus of  about  23  per  cent. 

POTATOES. 

Out  of  the  28,000,000  bushels  of  Irish 
potatoes  produced  last  year  in  the 
States  named,  there  is  an  estimated 
consumption  of  nearly  78  per  cent.,  or 
about  21,666,000  bushels. 

FRUIT. 

la  regard  to  the  condition  of  the 
fiuit  buds  March  1,  there  is  hardly  an 
exception  to  the  most  flattering  accounts 
from  all  localities.  There  were  a  great 
manj'  trees  killed  last  year  in  v.'irious 
ways,  but  at  present  in  all  living  trees 
the  buds  are,  as  a  rule,  in  the  best  pos- 
sible condition  for  a  large  crop,  with 
favorable  weather  in  the  future. 

Khubarh. 


UUK  MAIL. 


The  German  town  Telegraph  says  a 
good  word  for  rhubarb : 

There  are  a  large  class  who  are  fond 
of  this.  It  IS  among  the  earliest  green 
things;  and,  though  no  one  classes  it 
among  the  choicest  of  horticultural 
gifts,  io  the  abr-itract,  yet  on  account  of 
its  early  growth  it  will  always  be  es- 
teemed. 

Itsearlinesa  being  one  of  its  valuable 
points,  a  place  should  be  selected  for 
it  where  it  will  get  all  the  advantages 
of  early  spring  suns.  Some  people 
help  it  by  putting  barrels  over  the 
roots.  This  keeps  out  the  cold,  and 
as  the  rhubaib  is  stimulated  to  grow  by 
a  very  little  heat,  the  natural  warmth 
of  the  ground  brings  it  up  if  the  frost 
be  kept  out.  Then  the  barrels  help 
to  blanch  it  a  little,  and  it  is  not  quite 
so  Eour  as  when  left  to  grow  naturally 
in  its  own  way.  Rhubarb  is  poor  stuff 
when  stringy,  and  it  is  the  aim  of 
good  growers  to  have  it  as  pulpy  as 
possible.  Therefore  the  soil  is  to  be 
made  yery  rich  indeed — as  good  as 
manure  can  make  it.  When  grown  in 
this  way,  even  the  outside  is  tender, 
and  it  may  be  cut  up  for  use  without 
even  peeling,  as  is  so  often  done.  Some 
varieties  are,  however,  more  tender  than 
others.  There  are,  however,  four  pop- 
ular kinds  which,  when  well  grown,  are 
all  of  about  equal  value.  These  are 
the  Victoria,  Linuaeun,  Magnum  Bon- 
um,  and  Prince  Albert. 

Rhubarb  is  very  rapidly  increased  by 
cutting  an  old  '  'crown"  to  pieces.  If 
these  are  split  downward,  on  a  line 
with  the  growth  of  the  root,  every 
piece  of  root  will  grow,  though  it  be 
split  into  a  score  of  pieces;  but  pieces  of 
root  will  not  grow  unless  there  is  a  por 
tion  of  the  "crown"  with  it.  The 
crown  is  the  upper  portion  or  leaf-bud. 
underjust     ground. 

If  very  large  stocks  be  desired,  the 
plants  should  not  be  set  too  close.  A 
root  to  every  four  square  feet  is  enough 
— that  is  to  say,  the  plants  should 
grow  two  feet  from  one  another  every 
way.  As  the  rhubarb  is  a  gross  feed- 
er, if  they  be  put  closer  than  this  they 
will  likely  starve  one  another. 


Wesley  Lamon,  Princeton,  Ind-,  writes: 

"Times  are  hard  with  me,  and  compara- 
tively few  take  or  appreciate  the  noble 
Cynosure,  yet  it  seems  next  to  impossible 
to  get  along  without  it.  I  have  taken  it 
several  years,  and  like  it  better  now  than 
ever;  and  when  I  read  tbat  it  would  soon 
be  enlarged,  1  'thanked  God  and  took  cour- 
age.'" 

Joseph  Pershing,  Green  River,  111., 
writes: 

"I  wish  you'to  continue  sending  me  the 
Cynosure.  I  do  not  see  that  I  can  possibly 
do  without  it." 

Merchant;  Kelly,  Bentonville,  lud., 
writes: 

"Do  not  stop  sending  it  (the  Cynosure) 
to  me.  I  would  not  do  without  it  for 
$25.00  a  year.  *  *  I  take  several  other 
papers,  but  would  rather  quit  taking  all  of 
them  than  the  Gynosurey 

B.  C.  H.  Smith,  Belpre,  Ohio,  writes  the 
following: 

"Mv  time  expires  the  19th  of  this  month, 
but  I  don't  see  how  I  can  possibly  do  with- 
out so  valuable  a  paper,  and  such  a  wel- 
come friend  in  my  family.  I  have  not 
the  money  at  present;  will  send  you  in 
A.uril,  so  please  continue.  When  I  get 
your  enlarged  paper  I  think  I  can  t  et 
some  subscribers.     I  hope  so  at  least  " 

We  hope  all  our  readers  who  have  not 
the  cash  at  hand  when  their  subscriptions 
expire  would  write  us  a  few  words  similar 
to  the  above.  Do  not  allow  your  names 
to  be  removed  through  carelessness  or  pro- 
crastinatiou.  We  thank  those  who  are  re- 
new! ig  so  promptly. 

S.  B.  Kimball,  Wheaton,  111.,  writes: 

''So  noble  a  cause  must  be  sustained. 

J.  Williams, Majority  Point,  111.,  writes: 

"I  expect  to  patronize  the  Cynosure  aa 
lorjg  as  it  advocates  the  principles  it  does 
at  present." 

C.  D.  Coppock,  Quarry,  Iowa,  writes: 
"I  am  living  in  a  settlement  where  Ma- 
sonry is  trying  to  control  both  church  and 
state,  by  robbing  the  gallows  and  states 
prison  of  its  dues,  and  that  under  the  pre- 
tense of  being  a  moral  and  benevolent  or- 
ganization— and  they  are  snaringmany  in- 
nocent young  men  and  leading  them  to 
the  devil  as  fast  as  they  can.  Through 
the  kindne.=s  of  a  friend  in  Ohio,  I  received 
a  copy  of  your  paper.  Hence  the  reason 
why  1  send  you  this  (an  order  for  the  Cy- 
nosure and  Anti-masonic  books,  tracts, 
etc.)  I  shall  probably  want  more  tracts 
soon,  for  I  think  that  we  will  have  some 
lively  times  here." 

J.  W.  Turner,  Laclede,  Mo.,  writes: 
"It  is  the  man  that  is  face  to  face  with 
the  enemy  that  can  appreciate  the   Cyno- 
sure.   I  feel  more  than  ever  what  a  gieat 
work  the  National  Association  is   doing." 

D.  Crawford,    Crestline,    Ohio,   writep: 
"I  value  your  paper  above  all  papers  I 

have  ever  taken.  I  intend  to  take  your 
paper  and  lend  my  support  to  the  great 
and  good  causeit  represents  while  I  live." 


Adslress  of  Anti-mfls  nic  Lecturers. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
DABD,  Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago, 

111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,.!.  T.Kiggins, 
605  E.  Washington  St., Indianapolis,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Wisconsin,  H.  H.  Hin- 
mau,  Ironton,  Wis. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturer  for  Kew  York,  Z.  Weaver, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Senecaville.  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  MicL. 

D.  P.  Rathbun,    Odessa,  N.  Y". 
S.  Smith,  Charles  City,  Iowa. 
R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerlieid,  O. 
L.  N.  St.rattOD,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
Linus  ■  Jhittenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 
P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola, Ind. 

J.  L.  Barlow,  Bemus  Heights,  N.  Y. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis. 
C.  F.  Hawley,  Seneca  Falls  N.  Y'. 
Wm.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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Three  hundred  new  converts  have  just  entered  Tem- 
ple Street  Church,  Boston. 

Ninety-three  persons  were  admitted  to  membership 
in  Plymouth  Churcli,  St.  Louis,  Mar.   18th. 

A  Congregational  church,  with  the  Rev.  C.  A. 
Towle,  pasto!-,  has  been  organized  in  South   Chicago. 

An  interesting  revival  work  has  commenced  among 
the  students  of  Northwestern  University  at  Evanston, 
Ilhnois. 

The  Methodists  have  sixchurches  in  the  City  of  Mex- 
ico, in  which  about  2,000  worshipers  meet  each 
Sabbath. 

Mr.  Gladstone  recently  lectured  on  "The  Uses  and 
Abuses  of  Scripture  Quotations,"  before  the  London 
Open-Air  Missions. 

The  Union  Biblical  Institute  of  the  Western  and 
Canada  Conferences  of  the  Evangelical  Association  has 
been  started  at  Naperville,  HI.,  in  connection  with 
Northwestern  College. 

Rev.  B.  M.  Arasden.    pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church   at  Manchester,  Iowa,   reports  revivals  in  the 
■  "eitrhboring  churches  at  Strawberry  Point  and   Edge- 
wood. 

The  Baptist  Year  Book  reports  20,-520  churches,  12,- 
598  ministers,  and  a  total  membership  of  1,633,939; 
being  an  increase  in  membership  during  the  year  of 
48,707. 

The  Protestant  Episcopal  Communion  in  the  United 
States  comprises  forty-one  dioceses  and  nine  mission- 
ary jurisdictions ;  fifty-two  bishops;  3,095  priests  and 
deacons;  2,700  parishes,  and   260,000  communicants. 

The  Rev.  E.  M.  Boring,  formerly  financial  agent  of 
the  Home  for  the  Friendless,  has  been  appointed  to 
tlie  pastorship  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in 
Woodstock,  111,  lately  vacated  by  Rev.  N,  Fanning. 

The  International  Sunday-school  Lessons  for  1875 
have  been  selected  and  announced.  The  first  quarter 
they  are  in  the  Book  of  Joshua;  for  the  second,  in 
Judges  and  Samuel ;  and  for  the  third  and  fourth,  in 
the  Gospel  of  John. 

Bishops  Weaver  and  Glosbrenner  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ  have  had  the  pleasure  lately  of  tak- 
ing part  in  the  dedication  of  tAvo  churches  in  and  near 
Georgetown,  D.  C. 

The  TelesC'pe,  church  paper  of  this  denomination, 
still  publishes  an  extended  list  of  revival  notices;  the 
list  numbered  forty-eight  last  week. 

The  New  York  Conferences  of  the  Wesleyan  church 
will  all  be  held  during  March  and  April.  Bro.  Crooks, 
the  publishing  agent,  hopes  soon  to  raise  the  full  $30,- 
000  needed  for  the  church  PubHshing  House  in  Syra- 
cuse.     Over  $17,000  are  already  subscribed. 

A  letter  to  the  Herald  and  Presbyter  says  that  Mr. 
Hammond's  visit  wrought  a  great  clearing  of  the 
moral  atmosphere  in  Alton,  111.  The  reefing  drunkard 
is  seldom  seen  and  the  profane  oath  is  rarely  heard  in 
the  streets. 

Fellowship  meetings  among  the  Congregational 
churches  of  the  West  have  in  several  cases  been  the 
starting  point  of  a  work  of  grace.  Such  has  been  ex- 
perienced at  Morris  and  Sycamore,  III.,  Markesan, 
Sparta,  La  Crosse  and  West  Salem,  Wis. 

Mr.  Morgan,  an  English  evangefist,  has  been  holding- 
meetings  in  Indianapolis,  in  Episcopal  churches.  The 
effect  of  his  Avork  is  to  cause  the  clergymen  and  bishop 
to  remove  their  gowns  and  go  to  work  among  the  peO' 
pie  in  earnest,  at  the  rolling  mills  and  Reform  In- 
stitute. 

Dr.  Isaac  Jennings,  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
Oberlin,  for  sixteen  years  a  college  trustee,  and  some- 
what widely  known  for  his  theory  as  a  physician  of  al- 
lowing "nature"  to  cure  disease  without  the  aid  of 
medicine,  died  at  Oberlin  the  other  day  at  the  good 
old  age  of  86,  having  stood  by  his  medical  theo- 
ries to  the  last. 

At  the  twenty-second  annual  session  of  the  Pitts- 
burg Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Association,  a  mem- 
bership of  7,068  was  reported;  those  newly  converted 
number  1,442, and  1,256  have  been  received  to  mem- 


bership. The  East  Pennsylvania  Conference  of  the 
same  church  reports  14,381  members  and  3,005  con 
versions. 

A  religious  exchange  .says  nothing  struck  the  Euro- 
pean delegates  to  the  Alliance  so  unpleasantly  as  the 
vanity  and  sacrilege  of  fashionable  music  in  American 
churches.  On  their  return,  however,  they  commend 
us  for  almost  everything  else— the  music,  they  cannot 
but  express  their  disgust  at  that. 

It  is  said  that  $60,000  are  annually  expended  for 
the  salaries  and  traveling  expenses  of  the  Methodist 
Bishops.  This  amount  is  raised  from  church  collec- 
tions, instead  of  drawn  from  the  profits  of  the  Book 
Concern,  as  was  done  until  May,  1872.  Since  that 
time  $100,000  have  been  disbursed  to  the  Bishops 
and  $40,000  received  from  the  churches. 

The  Illinois  Central  Presbytery  recently  passed  res- 
olutions upon  such  amusements  as  "public  and  social 
dancing,  card-playing  and  attendance  at  theatres  and 
circuses ;"  advising  that  they  be  shunned  as  bringing 
a  reproach  upon  the  Christian  name  and  a  violation  of 
the  command,  "Abstain  from  all  appearance  of  evil," 
and  that  persons  openly  devoted  to  such  pleasures 
shoiild  not  be  fellowshiped. 

The  Rev.  John  Morrill,  who  died,  Feb.  16,  atPecaton- 
ica,  111.,  at  the  age  of  77,  was  a  veteran  Congregation- 
alist  preacher.  He  organizedthe  First  Congregational 
Church  at  Rockford,  when  the  nearest  post-office  was 
at  Chicago.  He  organized  the  Congregational  churches 
at  Belvidere,  Byron,  111.,  and  many  other  places  in  that 
region  of  country.  During  the  last  week  of  his  life  he 
had  been  laboring  in  a  revival  in  progress  in  the  Meth- 
odist church  of  Pecatonica. 

The  Brooklyn  Congregational  Council  adjourned 
after  midnight,  Saturday  night.  As  some  feared  the 
real  grievance  which  called  it  together  was  not  touched. 
Plymouth  church  had  determined  that  Mr.  Beech er 
should  not  be  discussed,  and  carried  their  point.  The 
decision  is  accepted  as  satisfactory  by  all  three 
churches.  Drs.  Storrs  andBuddington  were  told  that 
they  were  right  in  calling  the  Council,  but  some  of  their 
letters  were  objectionable.  Beecher's  church  was 
wrong  in  its  treatment  of  Tilton,  but  not  enough  for  a 
withdrawal  of  fellowship  by  sister  churches;  but  if  the 
offense  was  repeated  it  would  be  a  sufficient  reason  for 
such  action.  Thus  ends  another  act  in  this  disgrace- 
ful drama. 


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The  City. — Anna  Dickinson  dehvered  her  second 
lecture  on  the  Social  Evil  question,  in  Robert  Collyer's 
Unity  Church  on  Sunday.  The  passage  of  the  act 
forbidding  any  city  council  or  board  of  health  licens- 
ing prostitution,  took  all  the  wind  from  the  sails  of 
the  gentry  who  wanted  to  introduce  the  system  here, 
and  of  course  deprived  the  speaker  of  much  of  the 
oixtside  interest  attending  her  first  lecture. 

The  uneasy  and  turbulent  mass  known  as  Interna- 
tionals, communists,  etc. ,  met  last  Sunday  afternoon  in 
North  Chicago  to  anticipate  the  town  elections  of  next 
week  with  a  ticket  of  their  own.  These  are  the  same 
men  with  the  inevitable  leaders  of  last  winter.  Es- 
caped from  the  rigors  of  European  society  they  know 
only  enough  of  American  hberty  to  abuse  it  and  scout 
its  author,  Jesus  Christ.  The  threadbare  speeches 
against  oppression  were  repeated  and  nominations  made. 
On  Monday  a  large  body,  disaffected  toward  the  Sun- 
day nominations,  held  a  caucus  of  their  own  and  a  still 
further  secession  is  expected.  The  doctrine  on  the  labor 
question,  in  another  column,  would  help  these  men  . 

The  reunion  of  the  old  abolitionists  of  the  North- 
west will  be  held  in  Chicago,  June  9th,  and  will  con- 
tinue three  days. 

The  Sunday  Afternoon  Lecture  Association  is  the 
latest  contrivance  to  stand  between  the  multitudes  of 
Sabbath  breakers  and  God's  law.  It  provides  at  nom- 
inal expense  lectures  for  all  classes  on  popular  and  in- 
structive subjects,  but  presumably  not  religious,  and  so 
simply  interjects  another  excuse  for  delay  between  the 
soul  and  its  God. 


Ths  Country. — Reports  from  Michigan  state  that 
the  prospects  for  a  large  fruit  crop  are  very  encourag- 
ing. 

The  Illinois  Legislatii^-e  adjourned  on  Tuesday,  after 
being  in  session  203  days  at  an  expense  to  the  State  of 
$^4,500,  and  passing  255  bills  out  of  2,108  intro- 
duced. The  compulsory  education  act  and  railroad 
bill  were  most  notable  of  any  brought  up;  the  former 
failing  to  become  a  law,  and  the  latter,  though  pos- 
sessing some  good  points,  being  probably  a  damage  to 
the  interests  of  the  State. 

One  of  tho=e  fearful  calamities  incidental  to  our 
large  cities  took  place  in  New  York  last  week,  A  four 
story  tenement  house  took  fire  and  their  retreat  by  the 
stairway  being  cut  off,  four  persons  perished. 

Gearhart,  the  ex-Treasurer  of  Cherokee  County, 
Iowa,,  was  sentenced  to  thirty  days'  imprisonment  at 
Fort  Madison,  for  loaning  the  funds  of  the  county. 

Charles  Francis  Adams  wrote  a  letter  to  the  anti-in- 
flation meeting  in  New  York  on  the  24th  ult,  in  which 
he  expresses  the  opinion  "that  Congress  transcended 
its  authority  when  it  assumed  the  right  to  issue  prom- 
ises to  pay  money  which  it  did  not  at  the  same  time 
provide  any  means  to  pay — and  then  undertook  to 
force  the  people  to  take  them  at  a  rate  higher  than 
they  were  really  worth." 

The  city  authorities  of  Boston  have  invited  Senator 
Carl  Schurz  to  deliver  an  oration  upon  Charles  Sum- 
ner, in  Faneuil   Hall,  and  Mr.   Schurz  has  accepted. 

Both  Houses  of  the  Illinois  Legislature  have  parsed 
the  bill  to  forbid  the  licensing  of  houses  of  prostitu- 
tion. The  vote  was  112  to  0.  This  action  is  an  inestima- 
ble boon  to  the  decent  citizens  of  the  State  and  Chi- 
cago in  particular;  and  is  worth  following  by  Missouri, 
whose  metropolis  is  in  a  continual  ferment  over  the 
nuisance. 

The  Massachusetts  Legislature  have  been  balloting 
a  week  for  a  successor  to  Sumner.  The  last  vote 
stands:  Dawes,  95;  Hoar,  78;  Curtis,  76;  Adams, 
15;  necessary  to  a  choice,  138.  The  Dawes'  party 
are  united  and  are  supported  by  Ben  Butler  and 
the  manuCacturing,  high-tarift"  interests  of  the  State. 

Last  week  some  1,500  men  employed  in  the  Erie 
R.  R.  shops  at  Susquehanna  Depot,  Pa. ,  struck  and 
took  possession  of  the.  shops  and  track,  stopping,  every 
freight  and  passenger  train.  Ninety  engines  and 
1000  cars  were  run  on  the  s'de  tracks.  On  Sat- 
urday Gov.  Hartranft  ordered  the  State  militia  under 
Gen.  Osborne  to  take  charge  of  affairs  and  quell  the 
rioters,  who  seriously  threatened  to  blow  up  build- 
ings aiid  take  life.  The  cause  of  the  trouble  is  the  de- 
linquency of  the  company  to  pay  the  hands.  Two 
months  pay,  $102,000,  was  due.  On  Monday  andTues- 
day  the  men  were  paid  off  and  most  of  them  dis- 
charged. 

Congress. — On  the  23d  ult.  the  House  passed 
the  "inflation"  bill  fixinp-  the  amount  of  leo-al  tender 
notes  now  issued,  or  to  be  issued,  at  $400,000,000; 
the  Sena,te  is  yet  discussing  various  propositions  of 
the  bill. 

In  the  appropriation  bills  there  has  been  a  reduc- 
tion of  $11,000,000  or  $12,000,000  from  the  esti- 
mates of  the  DejDartments,  and  it  is  believed  that  there 
will  be  a  saving  of  $25,000,000  as  compared  with 
last  year. 

The  District  Investigating  Committee  continues  to 
unearth  swindles  of  greater  or  less  amount  in  sewer 
and  fence  building,  street  paving,  etc. 

Sec'y  Richardson  was  before  the  Ways  and  Means 
Committee  on  Tuesday,  but  was  very  reticent.  He 
pretended  to  know  little  or  nothing  of  the  infamous 
Sanborn  contracts.  Commissioner  .  Douglas  testified 
that  the  collection  of  delinquent  taxes  was  by  these 
contracts  now  in  the  hands  of  three  persons;  before, 
any  citizen  could  give  information ;  and  that  the  regu- 
lar collectors  were  amply  sufficient. 

Foreign. — The  Roman  Catholic  Bishop  of  Bologne 
was  arrested  Mar.  31st,  for  violating  the  German  ec- 
clesiastical laws. 

The  London  Times  acknowledges  the  existence  of 
a  financial  panic  in  that  city  resembling  those  of  New 
York  and  Vienna. 

Incendiaries  are  burning  up  hundreds  of  acres  of 
sugar-cane  in  Cuba.  Military  detachments  are  sent 
out  to  arrest  them. 

The  steamship  Nile  has  sunk  between  Hong-Kong 
and  Japan  with  all  on  board,  some  eighty  persons, 
including  the  Japanese  commissioners  to  the  Vienna 
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A  Seceding  Mason  ef  21  degrees. 

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Rev.  W.  p.  M'Nary, 

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^^Uave  no  fellowship  with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness,  bttt 
rather  reprove  them.  For  it  is  a  shame  even  to  speak  of  those  things 
which  are  done  of  them  in  secret.  But  all  things  that  a.re  reproced 
are  made  irianifesthy  the  light.  .  .  .  Wherefore  he  saith ,  Awake, 
thou  that  steepest,  and  arise  from  the  dead,  and  Christ  shall  qioe  tlwe 
light.  "—E'ph.  V.  11-14 


blessseth  himself  in  the  earth,  shall  bless  himself  in  the  God  of 
trutb  ;  and  he  that  sv/eareth  in  the  earth  Eliall  swear  by  the  God 
of  truth,"  etc. 

3.  No  person  has  a  right  to  swear  to  obey  a  code  of  laws,  or  to 
keep  secrets,  not  knowing  what  these  laws  and  secrets  are,  for  he 
thereby  forswears  himself,  and  blindly  gives  his  conscience  into 
the  keeping  of  fallible  men. — Jer.  iv.  2:  "And  thou  shalt  swear, 
The  Lord  liveth,  in  truth,  in  judgment,  and  in  righteousness;  and 
the  nations  shall  bless  themselves  in  hiai,  and  in  him  shall  they 
glory."  Mark  vi.  23:  "And  he  swear  unto  her,  Whatsoever 
thou  shalt  ask  of  me,  I  will  give  it  thee,  unto  the  half  of  my 
kingdom." 

These  objections  (the  Ist  and  3,)  apply  to  all  oath-bound  secret 
societies,  and  we  regard  both  the  taking  and  administering  of 
such  oaths,  a  very  heinous  sin. 

4.  These  oaths  place  the  members  under  unlawful  penalties, 
and  bind  the  members  to  help  to  execute  these  penalties,  which  is 
a  crime,  both  against  the  state  and  the  conscience  of  the  members. 


The  testimony  of    the  United  Presbyterian   church  declares  ^^^  ^^^^^  penalties  are  no  dead  letter  upon  the  Masonic  statute 
That  all  associations  whether  formed  for  political  or  benevolent  I  jjqqJj     Rev  Moses  Thatcher  a         -      '--  - 


purposes,  which  impose  upon  their  members  an  oath  of  secrecy 
or  an  obligation  to  obey  a  code  of  unknown  laws,  are  inconsistent 
with  the  genius  and  spirit  of  Christianity,  and  church  members 
aught  not  to  have  fellowship  with  such  associations. 
The  number  of  oath-bound  secret  societies  in  this  country  is  le 


seceding  Mason,  says  that  he  has 
^''reliable,  historical  ecidence  of  not  less  than  secen  indiciduals  mur- 
dered under  ilasoroic  lain." — [See  Finney  on  Masonry,  p.  121.] 

5.     To  swear  to  keep  the  secrets  of  other  men,  and  to  protect 
them  from   punishment,   whether  they  be  right  or  wrong,    is   a 


ine  numuer  ui  oain-uouuu  secrei  socieiies  lu  ims  cuuuuy  is  e-  ^^.j^^g  ag^iagt  the  state  and  the  conscience  of  the  individual 
gion,  and  each  one  has  its  own  peculiarities    so  that  it  would  be      ^     ,f^  ^        ^^  ^^  ^^^^^  ^  ^.^  ^^  ^^  Q^th  that  u 


may  be 


impossible  to  make  an  argument  against  the  whole  series  in  the !  ^^jitte^j    ^^d  conseoueutly  unknown,  is  putting  the  conscience 
bounds  of  one  discourse.    I  will  therefore  conhno  my  remarks  -^^q  ^  gjjg^j.g  ^         .j 


principally  to  the  society  of  Freemasons,  which  is  the  common  fa- 
ther of  them  all;  but  we  may  occasionally  refer  to  other  so- 
cieties that  have  copied  the  objectionable  features  of  Masonry, ! 
when  our  remarks  will  apply  to  them.     Inasmuch  as  we  do  not 


II.    Our  second  objection  to  m.^^.sonky  is  that  it  subverts 

JUSTICE. 

The  Masonic  fraternity  is  a  society  of  men  composing  part  of 
,    .     .  ,     ,.^  - -,-       ...  ,j  ,.,      ,  community,   Itagued  together  for  the  purpose  of    helping  each 

desire  to  speak  often  upon  the  subject,  we  wonld    ike  to  go  over,  ^^j^g^  secretly.     A  great  kikg  in  society.    It  is  therefore,  in  its 
the  whole  ground,  and  in  doing  so  we  can  do  but  little  more  thati  ,,p      nature,  opposed  to  justice.    This  remark  applies  with  equal 
state  our  ob.iections  catagorically  .together  with  some  authorities  i  f^^.^^  j  ^  ^^^^^^  societies  in  general. 
In  proof  of  what  we  may  assert.     We  will  not  be  able  to  make  an  |     ^  ^g^^  ^^j^,^  ^^^^  anything  to  do  with  politics  or  with  bu^. 


elaborate  argument  on  many  points    but  will  conscientiously  en- 1  j^^^g    ^^^         ^^.^^  ^^.j^^  was  in  the  army;  every  student  of  the 
deavor  to  keep  vvithm  bounds  of  the  truth ,_and  will  hokl  our- 1 ^^_j^^^^^^^  person  who  has  bot  lived  with  his  eyes  shut; 


selves  ready  to  prove  any  statement  which  we  may  make  at  any  j^^^^  ^^^^  ^^^^  -^.^^^  ^  member  of  a  secret  society  has  the  ap 
time  or  at  any  place.  '  -  .        •'.     . 

We  wish  it  distinctly  understood  that 
as  an  institution  and  not  against  Masons 
there  are  many  earnest  Christians  in  the  order,  strange  as  the  fact 


,         •    ,f  ivr  pointing  power  he  will  always  appoint  a  member  of  his  own  fra- 

we  speak  against  Masonry  :jgj.^-,y  j^  preference  to  any  other,  without  reference  to  merit,  if 
5  as  maividuais.     I  believe  ^^  ^.^^  ^^  g^  without  compromisinii  himself.    They  are,  there- 


compromising;  himselx.     iney 
fore,  of  necessity,  "partial  men"   in  community.     This  partiality 
is  felt  by  community,  especially  in  the  trial  of  violators  of  law. 
M;isonry  swears  its  members  to  keep  the  secrets  of  each  other, 
,       T  ^    ,.  ...  T  ^-  ^  ■      and  to  fly  to  the  relief  of  a  brother,  and  to  extricate  him  from 

hand  and  say  to  hiin,  my  brother,  you  have  got  into  an  in-  di^culty,  whether  he  be  riaht  or  wrong.     Experience  proves  that 
n  that  IS  unchristian  in  Its  charactec,  and  immoral  in  Its  in-,  jjj       ^^^^^  these  oaths  aS  paramount  to  their  civil  oaths.    I 
fluence,  and  your  connection  with  it  is  a  reproach  to  your   Christ- 
ianity and  dangerous  to  your  soul,  come  out  of  it  my  brother  as 


appears  to  me,  and  many  of  them  are  my  warm,  personal  friends. 

I  would  not  therefore  wound  their  feelings  on  any  account,  much 

less  injure  their  character.    No  !    I  would  take  each  one  of  them 

by  the         ■       ^ 

stitutionuiuii»uuLmisuaomusoiiaiauLCi^uiiuiuimuiu.iiuiiam-  jjjgy  y^^.^^^  thesc  oaths  as  paramount 

Cnust-  q^Qfg  from  John   Quincy  Adams'  letter  regarding  the   Morgan 


you  love  your  soul 
I.     The  first  objection  to 

SNARING  AND  UNLAWFUL  OATHS. 


MASONRY    IS    ITS  PROFANE.    EN- 


trial:  "Look  at  the  government  of  New  York,  stjuggling  in  vain 
for  dve  long  years  to  bring  the  perpetrators  of  the  murder  to  pun- 
ishment. See  the  judges,  sheritis,  witnesses,  jurors,  entangled  in 
T     .„     ,     ,.        ^  ,,  .      ,  .    ..  -n        1  .  i-        the  net  of  Masonry,  and  iustice  prostrated  in  her  own  temple  by 

In  1  lustration  of  this  objection  we  will  make  some  quotations ;  ^j^^  ^^^^j^  ^j  i,^^^,  j^^igibie  hand."    *    *    "Go  to  the  records  of  the 

from  tiese  oaths.    The  Entered  Apprentice  is  taken  into  the  lodge ,  ^^^^^.^  ^^  g„^  witnesses  refusing  to  testify  upon  the  express 

halfnaked,  IS  make    o  kneel  before  the  Master  and  place  his  leit;.^^ J/ Qf  Masonic  obligations,   avowing  that  they  considered 

hand  under  the  "Bible,  compass  and  square,"  and  his  right  hand.^^^^gg  obUgations  paramount  to  the  law  of  the  land." 

upon  thena    and  swear  by  and  on  these  three  symbols,  that  hei     jjj_    q^^^  ^^^J^  objection  to  masonry  is  its  fj 

will  obey  the  constitutions,  keep  the  secrets  of  Masourv,  &c.,  and 

closes  in  these  words,  "Binding  myself  under  no  less  penalty  than 

to  have  my  throat  cut  across  from  ear  to  ear,  my  tongue  torn  out 

by  the  roots,  and  my  body  buried  in  the  rough  sands  of  the  sea 

where  the  tide  ebbs  and  flows  every  twenty  four  hours;  so  help 

me  God." — [Light  on  Masonry,  p.  27] 


FALSE  preten- 


ses. 


The  Master  Mason  swears  upon  the  Bible,  compass  and  square, 
as  before,  using  these  words  among  others,  "That  I  will  support 


Masonry  may  indeed  be  regarded  as  falsehood  reduced  to  a 
system. 

Its  long  list  of  false  pretenses  and  the  falsehoods  which  it  puts 
into  the  mouths  and  ears  of  its  members  for  the  purpose  of  de- 
ceiving tJiem,  and  the  world  through  them,  show  from  what  paren- 


entage  it  has  sprung. 


and  inviolable  in  my  breast  as  in  his  own,  murder  and  treason 
excepted,  and  they  left  to  my  own  election.  That  if  any  part  of 
this  solemn  oath  be  omitted  at  this  time,  I  will  hold  myself  amen- 
able thereto  whenever  informed.  That  I  will  not  violate  the 
chastity  of  a  Master  Mason's  wife,  mother,  sister,  or  daughter,  I 
knowing  her  to  be  such.  Binding  myself  under  no  less  penalty 
than  to  have  my  body  severed  in  two,  and  my  bowels  torn  out 
and  burnt  to  ashes  and  the  ashes  scattered  to  the  four  winds  of 
heaven,  my  body  quartered  and  dispersed  to  the  four  cardinal 
points  of  the  universe ;  so  help  me  God. — [Light  on  Masonry,  p. 73.] 
The  Royal  Arch  Mason  swears,  as  before,  using  these  words  : 
"That  I  will  assist  a  companion  Royal  Arch  Mason  when  en- 
gaged in  any  difficulty,  and  espouse  his  cause  §.o  far  as  to  extricate 
him  from  the  same,  if  in  my  power,  whether  he  be  right  or 
wrong.  That  if  the  secrets  of  a  Royal  Arch  Mason  are  given  to 
me  in  charge,  as  such  they  shall  remain  as  inviolable  in  my  breas^ 
as  in  his  own, — murder  and  treason  not  ■excepted.'" — [Light  on  Ma- 
sonry, p.  142.] 

(It  is  said  by  some  that  this  last  clause,  and  other  clauses  that 
might  be  objectionable  to  conscientious  men,  are  sometimes  omit- 
ted, but  that  the  clause  which  says^  "if  any  part  of  this  solemn 


no  similarity  whatever. 

2.  Masonry  teaches  its  members  that  Solomon  w'as  its  first, 
Most  E.xcelleut  Grand  Master,  and  that  St.  John  was  one  of  its 
zealous  patrons.  (See  Mackey's  Manual,  p.  55.)  All  of  which 
is  a  falsehood  and  an  impious  slander  ou  the  characters  of  pious 
men.  (This  can  be  proven  by  Masonic  authority,  quoted  in 
"Finney  on  Masonry,"  pp.  171-2  as  follows: 

Dr.  Dalclio,  the  compiler  of  the  book  of  constitutions  for 
South  Carolina,  says:  ''Neither  Adam  nor  Nocdi,  nor  Nimrod,  nor 
Moses,  nor  Joshua,  nor  David,  nor  Solomon,  nor  Hiram,  nor  St. 
John  the  Baptist,  nor  St.  John  the  Evangelist,  were  Freimasong. 
Hypothesis  in  history  is  absurd.  There  is  no  record  sacred  or  pro- 
fane, ]to  induce  us  to  believe  that  those  holy  men  -were  Freemasons ; 
and  our  traditions  do  not  go  back  to  those  days.  To  assert  tJiat 
they  icere  Freemasons  may  make  tlie  vulgar  stwre,  but  will  rather 
excite  the  contempt  than  the  admiration  of  the  toise.'^ 

3.  Masonry  pretends  to  reveal  important  truths,  and  to  im- 
part valuable  instruction  to  its  members,  and  induces  its  mem- 
bers to  go  on  from  degree  to  degree,  by  promising  them  "more 
light."     But  hundreds  of  seceding  Masons  testily  that  there  is 


oath  be  omitted  at  this  time,  that  I  will  hold  myself  amenable  j  no  important  truth  taught  in  its  w'hole  course,  and  that  at  every 


thereto  whenever  informed,"  is  never  omitted.  There  is  no 
doubt,  however,  but  that  these  words  were  in  the  original  form  of 
the  Masonic  oath.) 

The  oath  of  the  Thrice  Illustrious  Order  of  the  Cross,  contains 
these  words:  "That  should  I  know  another  to  violate  any  essen- 
tial part  of  this  obligation,  I  will  use  my  most  decided  endeavors. 


ad\'ancing  step  they  were  humbugged  and  disappiointed. 

4.  Masonry  pretends  that  its  secrets  never  have  been,  and 
never  can  be  revealed. 

Let  me  here  say  concerning  this  book  called  "Light  on  Ma- 
sonry," which  I  hold  in  my  hand,  and  from  which  most  of  these 
quotations  have  been  made,  that  it  was  written  by  Elder  David 


by  the  blessing  of  God,  to  bring  such  person  to  the  most  condign  I  Bernard,  a  minister  who  has  been  in  good  standing  in  the  Bap- 


punishment,  agreeably  to  the  rules  and  usages  of  the  Ancient  fra 
ternity.'" — [Light  on  Masonry,  p.  199.] 

In  the  Knight  Templar  degree,  a  candidate  is  made  to  drink 
wine  from  a  human  skull,  saying  these  words:  "May  all  the 
sins  committed  by  the  person  whose  skull  this  was,  be  heaped 
upon  my  head,  in  addition  to  my  own,  should  I  knowingly  and 
willingly  violate  this,  my  solemn  obligation." — Light  on  Masonry,  I  proved 
p.  188.]  I  tiou  of 


list  church  for  fifty  year.s, — a  man  of  sincere  piety  and  known 
integrity.  He  had  taken  fifteen  degrees  in  Masonry  at  the  time 
of  the  Morgan  murder,  and  being  convinced  that  it  was  wrong, 
and  that  it  was  his  duty  to  make  known  its  secrets,  wrote  the 
first  fifteen  degrees,  and  presented  his  exposition  to  a  conven- 
tion of  about  forty  seceding  Masons,  and  it  was  by  them  ap- 
A  committee  Avas  then  aj^pointed  to  v\Tite  an  exposi- 
the  other  seventeen  degrees,  for  Bernard's  book;  and 


Now,  we  have  many  objections  to  these  oaths,  among  which  '■  that  committee  having  completed  its  work,  jn-esented  their  ex- 
are  the  following  :  [position   to  a  convention  of  about   one  hundred  seceding  Ma- 
1.    No  one  has  a  right  to  administer  an  oath  except  an  officer,  i  sons,  and  it  was  by  them  approved  as  a  verbatim  et  literatim 


either  of  a  church  or  state,  and  all  extra-judicial  oaths  are  wrong. 
— Matt.  V.  33:  "Again,  ye  have  heard  that  it  hath  been  said  by 
them  of  old  time.  Thou  shalt  not  forswear  thyself,  but  shalt  per- 
form unto  the  Lord  thine  oaths."  James  5.  12  :  "But  above  all 
things,  my  brethren,  swear  not,  neither  by  heaven,  neither  by 
earth,  neither  by  any  oath :  but  let  your  yea  be  yea ;  and  your  nay, 
nay;  lest  ye  fall  into  condemnation." 

2.  An  oath  is  an  act  of  religious  worship,  and  to  swear  by  the 
"Bible,  compass  and  square,"  is  both  profanity  and  idolatry. — 
Dent.  vi.  13  :  "Thou  shalt  fear  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  serve  him, 
and    shalt    swear  by  hia    name."    Isa.    Ixv,    16:    ''He   that 


exposition  of  thirty-two  degrees  of  Masonry.  Mr.  Bernard  is 
still  living,  and  at  a  convention  held  in  Syracuse,  New  York, 
last  year,  asserted  that  he  was  now  over  eighty,  and  had  not 
many  years  to  live,  and  desired  to  give  his  dying  testimony  to 
the  truth  of  that  exposition. 

Here  is  Morgan's  revelation,  which  I  hold  in  iny  hand ;  and 
the  best  evidence  that  I  can  produce  of  the  truthfulness  of  the 
exposition,  is  the  fact  that  he  was  murdered  by  Masons  for  re- 
vealing their  secrets. 

Here  is  Finney  on  Masonry,  written  by  Rev.  C.  G.  Finney,  D 
D.,  President  of  Oberlin  College,  who  took  three  degrees  of  Ma 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


sonry,  and  then  left  because  he  was  convinced  of  its  unchristian 
cliaracter.  ^ 

Here  is  Macke_v's  Manual,  written  hy  Albert  G.  Mackey,  M. 
D.,  "Past  Genera)' Hi, uli  Priest  of  the  General  Grand  Chapter  of 
the  United  States."  I  pureliased  it  because  it  is  said  to  be  tlie 
highest  Masonic  authority  that  I  could  get;  and  I  see,  bj'  com- 
parison, tliat  its  ceremonies  exactly  agree  with  Bernai'd,  Mor- 
gan and  Finney,  as  far  as  he  dares  to  make  those  ceremonies 
public. 

(It  has  been  frequently  asserted  since  tlie  above  was  spoken, 
that  these  were  perjurecl  men,  and  tliat  their  testimony  would 
not  be  taken  in  any  court.  But  if  they  are  perjured  men,  then 
they  have  told  tbe  t^rutli  in  their  exposition  ;  and  as  to  their  testi- 
mony not  being  taken  in  court,  I  know  of  a  case  of  two  men 
wlio  committed  murder.  One  of  them,  after  being  incarcerated, 
confessed  the  whole  affair,  but  being  a  felon,  his  testimony 
could  not  be  taken  in  court  against  Uie  other,  and  tlie  other 
man  was  conseciucntly  acquitted,  and  the  one  who  confessed 
was  hung;  but  everyl)ody  believed  tlic  testimony  of  tlie  felon  all 
the  same  as  if  it  had  been  tal^en  in  court.  Now,  when  consci- 
entious men  find  tliemselves  ensnai'ed  by  a  wicked  oath,  and 
forbidden  to  tell  the  truth,  and  from  love  of  the  trutli  renounce 
that  enslaving  oath,  as  it  is  every  man's  duty  to  do,  and  come 
out  and  publisli  the  truth,  and  that  too  in  the  face  of  the  most 
cruel  and  jiersistent  i)ersecution,  sucli  men  ouglit  to  be  regarded 
as  moral  heroes  and  champions  of  truth,  and  -will  be  believed 
by  all  the  unbiased  world,  notwithstanding  that  sophistical 
quiljble.) 

John  Quincy  Adams  asserts  in  his  letters,  that  about  45,000 
out  of  about  50,000  Masons,  left  the  order  at  the  time  of  the 
Morgan  excitement,  and  none  of  all  these  45,000  seceding  Ma- 
sons ever  denied  tlie  truth  of  the  expositions  made  by  M(U-gan 
and  Bernard.  In  the  face,  tlicrefore,  of  all  this  testimony,  I 
wonder  that  the  face  of  a  Christian  Mason  does  not  blush  when 
he  hears  his  officers  assert  that  the  secrets  of  Masonry  have 
never  been  revealed. 

5.  Masonry  pretends  to  be  a  benevolent  order.  According  to 
Mackey's  Manual  p.  217,  it  excludes  all  old  men  in  dotage ; 
young  men  in  nonage;  all  women  and  deformed  persons.  ("See 
Finney,  ]i.  186.)  Mackey's  Manual  further  declares,  (p.  237,) 
that  the  Wardens  "sliall  consider  of  tbe  most  prudent  and  eftect- 
ual  methods  of  collecting  and  disposing  of  what  money  shall  be 
given  to,  or  lodged  Avith  them  in  charity,  toward  the  relief  only 
of  any  true  brother  fallen  into  poverty  or  decay,  but  of  none 
else." 

Now,  when  a  company  of  strong,  able-bodied  prosperous  men 
club  together,  excluding  the  poor,  the  weak,  and  all  women, 
and  promise  to  help  each  other  and  none  else,  Would  you  call 
it  benevolence? 

(This  remark  applies  with  equal  force  to  the  order  of  Odd- 
fellowship.  The  language  of  its  ritual  is,  if  any  different  more 
exclusive  than  that  of  Masonry.)  I  believe  it  is  true  that  some 
Masonic  lodges  do  give  assistance  to  persons  outside  of  their 
order,  but  I  call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  they  never  learned 
to  do  so  bj'  the  teaching  of  Masonry,  and  if  sucli  things  are  ever 
done,  it  is  because  the  spirit  of  Christianity  predominates  over 
Masonry,  in  such  lodges. 

The  fact  that  Masonry  is  gro^^•i!ig  wealthy  out  of  the  monthly 
dues  of  its  members,  that  it  is  building  costly  edifices,  and  fur- 
nishing tliem  with  magnificent  furniture,  that  its  officers  are 
equipped  Avitli  the  most  expensive  regalia,  and  are  treated  to  the 
most  sumptuous  feasts,  and  that  the  magnificent  Masonic  Tem- 
ple that  was  dedicated  in  Philadelphia  last  June,  cost  $1,475,- 
000,  proves  that  the  largest  share  of  their  contributions  are  ap- 
propriated to  the  support  of  the  "dignity  of  the  order,"  rather 
than  to  the  cause  of  benevolence. 

6.  It  pretends  to  be  a  charitable  institution.  Our  Saviour 
teaches  the  true  principles  of  charity  in  the  fifth  chapter  of 
Matthew:  "Love  your  enemies,  do  good  to  them  that  despite- 
fully  use  you  and  persecute  you,  &c." 

We  have  also  a  beautiful  definition  of  charity  in  the  13th 
chapter  of  1  Corinthians.  "Charit}^  suft'ereth  long  and  is  kind, 
charity  vaunteth  not  itself  is  not  puffed  up,  &c."  But  what  does 
Masonry  teach  ?  The  oath  of  the  Thrice  Illustrious  order  of 
the  cross  contains  these  words:     [Light  on  Masonry,  p.  199.] 

"You  further  swear,  that  should  you  know  another  to  violate 
any  of  the  essential  points  of  this  obligation,  ^^ou  will  use  your 
most  decided  endeavors,  by  the  blessing  of  God,  to  bring  such 
persons  to  the  most  condign  punishment,  agreeable  to  the  rules 
and  usuages  of  our  ancient  fraternity,  and  this  by  pointing  liim 
out  to  the  world  as  an  unAvorthy  vagabond,  by  opposing  his  in- 
terests and  deranging  his  business  by  transferring  his  name 
after  him  wherever  he  may  go;  by  exposing  him  to  the  con- 
tempt of  tlie  whole  fraternity,  and  of  the  world,  during  his 
M'hole  natural  life,"  &c.  Hundreds  of  men  who  have  come  out 
from  the  order  bear  testimony  that  they  have  received  just  such 
persecutions  as  that.  The  whole  Anti-masonic  world  knows  by 
sad  experience  tliat  the  spirit  of  the  institution  is  a  spirit  of 
malice  towards  all  who  dare  to  ojjpose  it,  and  yet  it  stands  be- 
fore the  world  with  brazen  face,  and  vaunteth  itself,  boasting  of 
its  charity. 

7.  It  pretends  to  be  a  moi-al  institution.  We  claim  that  this 
pretense  can  be  shown  to  be  false  under  five  counts. 

(a).  We  have  just  now  shown  that  it  inculcates  a  spirit  of 
malice  toward  its  enemies,  (b.)  It  teaches  selfishness  and  an 
unscriptural  system  of  benevolence  in  opposition  to  the  teaching 
of  Christ,  which  is  "  Do  good  unto  all  men,  especially  unto  them 
that  are  of  the  household  of  faith."  (c.)  It  inculcates  falsehood 
by  requiring  its  members  to  declare  in  their  application  for 
membership  that  they  do  not  apply  from  any  "  mercenary  mo- 
tives." By  putting  into  tlieir  mouths  and  requiring  them  to 
repeat  all  tliese  false  legends  concerning  Solomon  and  IJiram 
Abiff,  and  by  placing  its  members,  by  solemn  oath,  in  such  a 
position  that  tliey  are  under  the  necessity  of  practicing  habitual 
deception  in  order  to  conceal  the  secrets  of  the  order.  We  may 
illustrate  tliis  last  statement  in  this  waj^: 

Suppose  I  say  to  a  Master  Mason,  Is  this  in  substance  the  oatli 
of  a  Master  Mason  ?  (reading  it  to  him,)  a  question  I  have  a  right 
to  ask.  He  will  be  placed  in  such  a  position  that  if  he  denies 
that  it  is,  he  tells  a  falsehood;  if  he  admits  it,  he  violates  his 
oath;  if  he  evades  the  question  so  skilfully  as  to  deceive  me,  in 
so  far  as  he  deceives  me  he  is  guilty  of  deception,  and  in  so  far 
as  he  does  not  deceive  me,  lie  has  revealed  the  secret  and  violat- 
ed his  oath,  and  this  constant  effort  of  the  society  to  publish 
false  pretenses  and  conceal  facts,  places  its  members  under  the 
necessity  of  practicing  habitual  decciition.  (d.)  It  teaches 
obscenity.  Tlie  manner  in  which  Masoniy  administers  its  oaths, 
at  least  in  the  first  degrees,  is  so  obscene  that  I  cannot  describe 
it  here,  and  the  explanation  given  b.y  Mackey  in  his  Manual  of 
one  of  the  symbols  of  Masonry  if  written  here  would  be  liable 
to  be  suppressed  as  obscene  literature.    [See  Mackey's  Manual, 


pp.  56  and  57.]  [See  also  Mackey's  Lexicon,  pp.  416  and  417.] 
(e.)  It  practices  idolatry  and  profanity.  It  worships  the  "Bible, 
compass  and  square;"  it  administers  its  oaths  and  applies  titles 
to  fallible  men  which  belong  onlj'  to  God,  and  tliereby  worships 
man  and  profanes  God's  holy  name.  The  difference  between 
the  profanity  of  the  troops  out  on  the  plains  and  tliat  of  Masonry 
is,  that  one  is  reckless  and  impulsive,  while  the  other  is  delibe- 
rate and  systematic. 

We  liave  now  enumerated  what  we  regard  as  the  minor  objec- 
tions to  Masoniy,  and  we  will  proceed  to  lay  before  you  that 
objection  which  we  regard  as  of  greatest  importance  to  the 
Christian  church.  We  do  not,  indeed,  expect  the  following 
argument  to  have  much  weiglit  with  Jews  or  deists,  or  irrelig- 
ious persons,  but  it  is  a  matter  that  ought  to  have  great  weight 
in  the  mind  of  every  Christian  man. 

IV.  OdR  FOtJRTH  OBJECTION  IS,  THAT  MASONRY  IS  A  RELIGION — 
AN  ANTI-CHRISTIAN  RELIGION. 

That  Masonry  is  a  religion  is  evident  from  the  fact  that  it 
claims  for  itself  every  thing  that  any  religion  has  ever  claimed, 
and  more  than  the  Christian  church  claims. 

1.  It  claims  to  be  divine.  In  the  hymn  used  at  the  dedication 
of  lodges,  we  find  these  words:    (Mackey's  Manual,  p.  186.) 

'■  Hail  Masonry  divine, 
"Glory  of  ages  shine." 
*  *  » 

"  Thou  art  divine." 
In  the  hymn  used  at  the  laying  of  a  corner-stone,  [Mackey's 
Manuel,  p.  180,]  we  find  these  v/ords: 

"  When  earth's  foundations  first  were  laid, 

By  the  Almighty  Artist's  hand, 

"Twas  then  our  perfect — our  perfect  laws  were  made, 

Establislied  b_y  tliy  strict  command." 

2.  It  claims  perpetuity.  The  following  question  is  asked  the 
candidate,  which  he  is  expected  to  answer  in  the  afllrmative: 
(Mackey's  Manual,  p.  149,)  "  Do  you  admit  that  it  is  not  in  the 
power  of  any  man,  or  body  of  men,  to  make  innovations  in  the 
body  of  M:isonry  ■?" 

3.  It  claims  that  members  are  God's  chosen  people.  [Mack- 
ey's Manual,  p.  196.1  "For  thej-  be  tliy  people,  and  thine  inher- 
itance, for  thou  didst  separate  them  from  among  all  people  of 
tlie  earth,  to  be  thine  inheritance."  The  Master,  in  his  address 
to  the  lodge,  calls  all  outsiders  "The  profane  world,"  "cow- 
ans," (dogs).  Of  course  he  includes  his  own  wife,  and  the 
pastor  of  his  own  church,  if  he  is  not  a  Mason.  Mackey  says 
that  all  lodges  should  open  with  prayer,  and  gives  as  a  reason 
that  secular  associations  open  with  iirayer,  and  it  is  more  proper 
that  "religious  associations"  should  observe  the  custom.  [Man- 
ual, p.  11.]  When  a  m'Smber  joins  the  association,  he  is  said,  in 
the  language  of  the  Manual,  "  to  consecrate  his  life  to  the  service 
of  GodV' 

According  to  Mackey's  Manual,  the  lodge  is  "  always  opened 
in  the  name  of  God." 

4.  It  claims  that  its  lodge  rooms  and  temples  are  temples  of 
God.  According  to  their  manuals,  their  temples  are  always 
"dedicated  to  the  service  of  God."  • 

At  the  dedication  of  the  Grand  Masonic  Temple  in  Philadel- 
phia., on  the  28th  of  last  June,  the  Rev.  John  Chambers,  D.  D., 
made  the  dedication  prayer,  and  used  these  words,  taken  from 
the  manual,  "We  have  assembled"  •  •  "to  dedicate  this 
magnificent  Masonic  temple  to  the  glory  and  honor  of  the  one 
living  and  eternal  Jehovali."  The  cxxii.  Psalm  was  then  sung — 
"  I  was  glad  when  tliej'  said  unto  me,  let:  us  go  up  into  the  house 
of  the  Lord,"  &c.  The  old  heathen  rite  of  pouring  on  corn, 
wine  and  oil,  was  then  performed,  and  the  following  words 
used,  which  by  comparison,  we  see  were  taken  from  this  man- 
ual :  (Mackey's,  p.  194,)  "In  the  name  of  the  Supreme-  and 
Eternal  God,  tlie  Grand  Architect  of  Heaven  and  Earth,  to  whom 
be  all  glory  and  honor,  I  dedicate  this  Hall  to  Freemasonry." 

5.  It  claims  that  its  officers  are  holy. 
Andrew   Rubeno,  in   his   address   at  Philadelphia,  giving  a 

charge  to  the  High  Priest  of  the  Chapter,  used  these  words: — 
"Let  the  High  Priest  of  every  Chapter,  upon  whom  the  holy 
order  has  been  conferred,  remember  that  he  has  been  made  such, 
not  after  the  law  of  a  carnal  commandment,  but  after  the  power 
of  an  endless  life,  for  he  testifieth,  "  Thou  art  a  priest  forever 
after  the  order  of  Melchcsidec." 

How  a  Cliristian  man  could  stand  by  with  the  insignia  of  his 
order  upon  him,  and  listen  to  such  blasphemy  from  one  of  his 
own  officers,  I  do  not  know. 

6.  It  claims  to  be  a  saving  religion. 
In  the  language  of  Masonry,  it  takes  the  rough  ashler,  cuts, 

liews  and  polishes  him,  and  prepares  him  to  be  built  into  the 
grand  temple  aboAT'.  In  their  ceremonies  they  put  the  candi- 
date symbolically  through  the  whole  course  of  salvation, — the 
new  birth,  the  enlightenment,  sauctification,  death,  resurrection 
and  ascension  to  glory. 

Salem  Town,  a  celebrated  Masonic  author,  in  his  booji^says: 
[Sec  Finney,  p.  20.]  "In  advancing  to  the  fourth  degree,  the 
good  man  is  greatly  encouraged  to  persevere  in  the  ways  of  well 
doing,  even  to  the  end.  He  has  a  name  which  no  man  knoweth, 
save  he  that  receiveth  it.  Then  the  Freemason  is  assured  of  his 
election  and  final  salvation."  ■  •  "Hence  opens  the  fifth 
degree,  where  he  discovers  liis  election  to,  and  his  glorified  sta- 
tion in  the  kingdom  of  the  Father."  •  •  "Then  in  the  eighth 
degree  he  beholds  that  all  the  heavenly  sojora-ners  Avill  be  ad- 
mitted within  the  veil  of  God's  presence,  where  they  will  become 
kings  and  priests  before  the  tlirone  of  his  glory  forever  and 
ever." 

In  the  degree  of  the  Knights  of  the  East  and  West  the  candi- 
date is  conducted  to  the  "Vacant  Canopy,"  which  is  at  the  right 
hand  of  "The  All  Puissant,  who  represents  Jehovah,"  (the  pre- 
siding officer.)  The  sound  of  the  seventh  seal,  and  the  conduct- 
ing ot"  the  candidate  to  the  "vacant  canopy,"  is  the  representa- 
tion of  the  end  of  the  world,  and  the  glorification  of  all  true 
MASONS  at  the  right  hand  of  God,  having  passed  through  the 
trials  of  Freemasonry,  and  "  washed  their  robes  in  their  own 
blood." 

7.  It  has  its  priests,  altars,  sacrifices,  libation,  symbols,  rites, 
ceremonies,  prayers,  hymns,  sermons,  benedictions  and  its  hopes 
and  promises  of  future  salvation  and  glory.  It  has  everything 
that  any  religion  has  ever  had,  Jewish,  Mohammedan,  Hindoo, 
Mormon  or  Christian,  except  truth. 

8.  It  claims  more  than  the  Christian  church  ever  claimed,  for 
it  claims  to  be  the  one  only  true  and  eternal  religion  which 
"embraces  within  itself  all  sectarian  systems,"  such  as  Christi- 
anity, Moliammedanism,  &c. 

The  Christian  church  does  not  claim  to  do  anything  of  itself, 
but  by  the  word  and  Spirit  of  Christ.     But  Masonry  claims  that  by 
its  o\Aai  inherent  virtue  without  any  external  influence  it  can 
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made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  almost  half  a  century 
ago." — f 'f/rtf/rcf/rinotitt  island  2iccoj-ue/',   jjlu^iloH^ 

"'FuEEMASONRT  .Deveiopbd.'— 'The  Broken  Seal  t  cr,  Personal 
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a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  game  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
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its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— .0«»- 
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HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 
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MASO.ifl'J  S^  J.-iiJER, 
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SECRETS  OF  MASONHY, 

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TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAHD!  GREAT  GRAHD!! 

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Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
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'Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

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SATAN'S  CABLE-TCW. 

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TRACT  NO.  8: 

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lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Freejaa- 
sinry  is  onJy  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

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CHARICTEK  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREliMASONEY. 

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JUBGE  'WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

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TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVER  ON  MASONRY, 

and 

HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 

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GRAKI3  LGDGE  MASONRY. 
ITS  EELATION  TO  0:V:L  GOVEEiI-.EKT  AND  THE  CEHISTIAN  EELIGION. 
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MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID- 
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HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

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IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
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HON.  WM.  H.  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

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MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

EV  EMMA  A.  WALLACE, 

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purity  cannot  regard  with  coffipianen- 
cy  an  institution  which  ib  hostile  to 
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Rev  J  J  Amidon,  Pres  S  B  Allen,  Mrs 
S  B  Allen,  J  Adam?,  D  A'tor,  J  W 
Alberty,  J  W  Allen,  H  Boyd,  Rev  D  R 
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D  Bead,  C  Efendfr,  J  B.urd,J  il  Bishop, 
D  Countryman ,N  Callendtr.D  C  Cald- 
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lin,  Rev  A  D  Carter,  P  N  Clapsaddle, 
J  Dawson,  B  Doolittle,  A  W  Dorn,  H 
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C  F  A  Gantzokow,  A  D  Gifibrd,  S  D 
Green,  G  M  Gallup,  J  Glendenning,  M 
liavbaugiij  J  HoJm,  .J  Hibbon,  R-iV  H 
H  Hinman  3,  G  W  lioyt,  L  P  H.'ile,  J 
S  Hitchcock,  A  T  Hemingway,  H 
Healwell,  P  Hurless,  Wm  H»-artman, 
A  Helton,  J  Hoi  stead,  W  N  Plarvey,  W 
Hough,  D  Hill,  S  Hall,  Wm  I'dding,  S 
H  Jamisoo,  W  Johnson,  Wm  Kitely,  M 
Kelly,  W  Lamon,  J  M  Leighton,  J 
Leemon,  W  B  Loomis,  M  Morse,  G  S 
Marcy,  A  Mayn,  F  J  McQuistoa,  C  R 
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P  S  Regue,  Sarah  E  Richards,  Rev  F 
S  Reid,  B  M  Rakestraw,  C  N  Rockwell, 
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Stone,  J  Sager,  S  Schryver,  D  Thomp- 
son, J  F  Temple,  Mra  B  Thompson,  Z 
H  VanNorman,  E  VanFossen,  J  B 
Wiikin,  Miss  E  Wcllman,  A  Woodle,  F 
B  Welch,  J  Wilkinson. 


Chicago,  March  31,  1871. 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 
Grain  Wheat— Spring,  Ko.  1 . .     |    1  2(i 

No.    2 1  lOjs  1  ^Vi 

"        No.  3 1  17 

"       Eejeoted 1  08>4 

Corn— No,  2 59!4  6273 

Kejected 5S!i  OO/j 

Oats— No.  2. . . U^j, 

Kejected 43 

Rye— No.  2 no 

Barley— No.  3 1  52 

Flaxseed 2  10  2  15 

Flour,  Winter.       5  50  9  25 

SpriuK   extra 6  25  6  25 

Sirnerflne 3  00  4  75 

Hay— Timothy,  pressed 9  00  14  00 

"           loose 1100  13  00 

Prairie,       "     9  00  10  50 

Lard   'J% 

Mess   pork,  per  bfcl 15  30 

Butter 28  84 

Cheeae  ..--         12  18 

Eggs 12  13 

Beans 180  2  40 

Potatoes,  per  bu        1  10  1  40 

Poultry  Turkeys  per  lb 10  14 

Chickens  per  doz 3  00  4  00 

Lumber- Clear 38  00  55  00 

Common 13  00  14  00 

Lath 2  25  2  75 

Shingles 150  3  75 

WOOJj— Washed .H6  52 

Unwashed 25  32 

LIVESTOCK.  Cattle,  extra....       0  15  6  40 

Good  to  choice ,       5  25  6  00 

Medium 5  00  5  25 

Common 3  50  4  85 

Hogs, 5  00  0  00 

Sheep 5  50  800 

New  ¥ork  Rlsi^'ket. 

flour §4  35  1100 

Wheat 1  50  1  00 

Corn 77  9t 

Oats 56  62 

Rye 98  103 

Lard 9J£ 

McBB  pork 16  75 

Butter 25  30 

Oiirtsae H  16 

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Contents. 

rage. 

Editokial  Articles  : 

What  shall  we  do  at  Syracuse? S 

Coercion  of  Conscience 8 

Who  will  appear  for  U8? !> 

Notes 9 

Topics  of  the  Time 1 

Our  Colleges  on  Secret  Societies 2 

Contributed  and  Select  Articles  :J 

John  G.  Stearns 9 

Mr.  Moody  in  England 2 

Points  of  Difference  3 

Religion  and  Politics 4 

Was  John  Wesley  a  Freemason? 3 

Rbform  News  : 

From  the  General  Agent i 

From  the  Ohio  Agent 4 

The  work  in  Fulton  Co.,  O B 

CORKESrONDENCB : 

Discipline  Enforced B 

Onr  Mail .^ 5 

FObtt  Years  Ago: 

Brief  Sketch  of  Orders  that  have  influenced  Governments . .  f. 

Sermon  on  Masonky,  hy  W.  P.  M'Nary,  (conclnded.) 14 

Tbb  Home  Cikcle: 

Trnst  in  Jesus,  Poe'ii/ 10 

Religion  Tested ". 10 

Jesus 10 

Daily  Beauty 10 

Misdirection  of  a  Soul 11 

David  Livingstone 11 

Children's  Corner H 

The  Sabbatti  School 7 

Home  and  Health  Hints 7 

Farm  and  Garden 1 

Rum  and  Tobacco 13 

Facts  and  Figures 13 

Religious   Intelligence 12 

News  of  the  Week 1 J 

Cotemporary  Notes 9 

Publisher's  Department 16 

Advertisements IS,  14, 15,  16 


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God  has  Nothing  to  dd  with  Law. — This  statement 
was  lately  made  by  a  clergyman  and  reflects  the  gen- 
eral lack  of  thought  on  this  question  :  What  is  the 
foundation  for  hum  an  law  ?  In  answering  this  ques- 
tion two  positions  are  assumed.  One  party  say, 
God's  will  is  the  foundation  for  all  human  laws  that 
have  a  right  to  exist,  and  no  liw  bo  vever  enacted  is 
binding  which  contravenes  that  law.  The  other  party 
say,  Human  laws  rest  on  humin  consent  ard  God  has 
nothing  to  do  with  them.  The  first  party  wishes  to 
have  the  authority  of  God  recognized  in  our  National 
and  State  Constitutions.  They  wish  to  have  laws 
enacted  and  enforced  against  profanity,  intemperance, 
Sabbath  breaking,  and  other  like  things,  which  are  to 
be  prohibited,  not  primarily  because  they  injure  men, 
but  offasd  God.  The  other  party  differ  in  this  respect. 
All  are  hostile  to  a  legal  recognition  of  God  or  Christ- 
ianity. Some  are  in  favor  of  laws  against  the  moral 
evils  mentioned,  basing  the  law  not  on  Divine  will, 
but  human  reason  enlightened  by  that  Divine  will, 
while  it  is  safe  to  say  a  very  large  majority  of  this 
party  are  hostile  to  any  law  prohibiting  sins  against 
God.  Of  course  if  God  has  nothing  to  do  with  law 
the  last  named  division  of  this  party  are  right  while 
the  first  are  illogical.  If  God  has  nothing  to  do  with 
law  we  have  only  to  vote  that  the  "  back  pay  steal " 
was  an  honorable  act  and  instantly  Ben.  Butler  ceases 
to  be  a  thief  and  becomes  an  honest  man.  If  this 
view  prevail  we  have  no  foundation  for  law,  but  the 
shifting  quicksand  of  public  opinion  and  what  is  crime 
to-day  may  be  virtue  to-morrow.  This  is  foolish  and 
absurd.  God  has  everything  to  do  with  human  law. 
He  is  the  author  of  national  as  much  as  individual  life. 
"  By  him  kings  reign  and  princes  decree  justice."  By 
his  power  the  kingdoms^of  this  world  are  to  become 
the  kingdoms  of  our  Lord  and  his  Christ.  Is  it  wise 
to  disown  his  authority  until  it  is  exemplified  by  our 
national  destruction  ? 


the  same  number  was  an  editorial  denouncing  sump- 
tuary laws;  saying  that  their  result  had  been  and 
would  continue  to  be  failure.  The  coLclusion  derived 
from  the  facts  and  fancies  stated  is  that  we  must  have 
good  wine,  ale  and  beer,  prosecuting  such  persons  as 
sell  contrary  to  the  regulations  in  such  cases  made  and 
provided.  In  the  first  place  a  sumptuary  Hw  is  one 
which  restrains  or  limits  the  expenditure  of  citizens 
for  apparel,  food,  furniture,  and  the  like,  and  aa  no 
prohibitory  legislation  has  sought  this  end,  it  is  mere 
folly  to  talk  about  sumptuary  laws  when  temperance 
laws  are  meant.  These  laws  are  not  to  restrain  or 
limit  the  expenses  of  citizens  for  clothing,  food  and 
furniture,  but  to  prevent  men  from  selling  a  poison  to 
their  neighbors  which  makes  it  impossible  for  many 
of  them  to  expend  anything  for  these  necessary  arti- 
cles. If  the  Trilnme  does  not  know  that  alcohol  is  a 
poison,  and  that  crime  gnd  poverty  result  from  its 
use,  it  learns  very  slowly.  To  say  that  this  poison  is 
left  out  of  certain  beverages  and  other  cheaper  poisons 
are  used  in  its  place,  does  not  prove  that  Intoxicating 
drinks  are  anything  but  slow  poisons  even  when  pure, 
and  every  intelligent  man  knows  that  they  are.  Ad- 
mitting then  that  law  and  prayer  have  both  failed  to 
entirely  remove  this  wholesale  poisoning  of  the  race, 
shall  we  adopt  the  Tribune's  remedy  and  seek  to  pu- 
rify the  poisons  which  men  are  to  drink  ? 

Or  to  put  the  case  in  another  way,  because  laws 
against  murder  and  stealing  are  violated  in  every  part 
of  the  country,  shall  we  abolish  those  ' '  sumptuary 
laws  "  and  make  others  requiring  men  who  rob  and 
kill  to  do  so  in  the  most  scientific  and  gentlemanly 
manner?  How  would  it  do  to  require  every  man  who 
cuts  his  fellow's  throat  to  administer  chloroform  be- 
fore putting  in  the  knife,  .ind  send  a  man  to  state's 
prison,  if,  in  picking  a  pocket  he  should  tear  the 
pants  of  the  man  he  was  robbing,  while  the  mere  act 
of  murder  or  theft  is  unpunished  because  laws  have 
failed  to  prevent  such  things  ?  To  do  this  would  be 
just  as  sensible  and  effective  as  to  attempt  to  regulate 
the  devilish  traffic  in  ardent  spirits  which  is  meaner, 
more  cowardly  and  more  destructive  to  life  and  prop- 
erty than  highway  robbery  and  midnight  a«8assi nation. 


portance  of  carefully  watching  the  men   who  are  in 
office. 

Among  other  things  the  men  who  are  office  seekers 
should  be  lain  immediately  on  the  shelf.  To  ask  an 
office  should  be  a  disqualification  for  it.  Probably  eyery 
Senator  of  the  United  States  begged  or  bought  hit 
way  to  the  chamber.  Hon.  Charles  Sumner  being 
the  last  of  those  men  who  used  to  be  sought  by  others 
for  the  important  offices  they  aspired  to  fill.  So  long 
a«?  office  seekers  are  elected  to  such  positions  we  must 
have  such  inferior  men  as  now  disgrace  the  seats  once 
occupied  by  Webster,  Hale,  Calhoun  and  Clay.  "We 
do  not  demand  that  our  officials  be  graduates  of  col- 
leges or  members  of  the  church.  We  do  ask  that 
they  be  strangers  to  the  wire-pulling,  soul-debasing 
political  arts  which  are  the  ladder  on  which  our  pres- 
ent race  of  political  men  have  climbsd  to  power. 


SuMPTDART  Laws.— The  Chicago  Tribune  lately 
contained  an  article  on  the  temperance  movement 
declaring  that  it  had  not  banishad  liquor  from  any  of 


Official  Corruption. — From  the  little  that  be- 
comes known  of  ofticial  dishonesty  the  immense  whole 
may  be  imagined  but  can  never  be  described.  Lay 
aside  the  Credit  Mobilier  and  "  back  pay  "  swindles, 
and  a  long  list  of  suspicious  occurences  leap  into  view 
which  are  almost  discouraging.  Ku-klux-klanmen  are 
sent  to  prison  and  pardoned  by  our  President.  Pay- 
masters are  convicted  of  embezzlement  and  by  his 
word  are  released  from  punishment.  Counterfeiters 
and  circulators  of  obscene  literature   have  only  to  ap- 


Thk  Brooklyn  Council. — Theodore  Tilton  accused 
Henry  Ward  Beecher,  his  pastor,  of  adultery.  Mr 
Wfst,  a  member  of  Plymouth  church,  preferred 
charges  against  Theodore  Tilton  for  slandering  H.  W. 
Beecher.  At  a  church  meeting  held  last  October, Mr. 
Tihon  was  present  and  raid  that  he  was  not,  and  had 
not  bee  a  member  of  that  church  for  four  years.  He 
said  also  that  he  had  no  wish  to  avoid  any  responsi- 
bility by  reason  of  that  fact,  and  if  the  pastor,  Mr. 
Beecher,  had  any  charges  to  make  against  him,  he 
would  answer.  Mr.  Beecher  said  that  he  had  no 
charges  to  make  against  brother  Tilton,  and  by  an 
almost  unanimous  vote  the  name  of  Mr.  Tilton  was 
stricken  from  the  roll  and  the  charges  against  him 
were  dropped. 

Two  neighboring  churches  thought  this  mode  of 
settling  such  grave  charges  was  inconsistent  with 
church  fellowship  and  addressed  a  note  of  remon- 
strance to  Plymouth  Church.  That  body  replied 
that  they  had  better  mind  their  own  business.  A 
lengthy  correspondence  ensued  and  finally  these  two 
churches,  (Dr.  Storr's  and  Dr.  Budington's)  asked  a 
council  of  one  hundred  and  more  Congregationalists 
to  decide  whether  members  of  churches  could  leave  at 
pleasure,  even  when  under  charges  of  a  serious  charac- 
ter, without  any  vote,  censure  or  acquital  by  the 
church;  and  whether  they  ought  to  felowship  Ply- 
mouth Church.  The  questions  were  six  in  number, 
but  were  substantially  as  stated.  The  council  de- 
cided that  members  could  not  sever  their  church  re- 
lations in  that  way,  and  that  the  churches  were 
right  in  their  protest  against  such  practices  in  Ply- 
mouth Church.  They  also  decide  that  if  Plymouth 
Church  continued  to  act  in  this  way  no  church  fel- 
lowship could  exist  between  it  and  other  Congrega- 
tional churches.     They,  however,  expressed  the  hope 


peal  to  him  and  prison  walls  refuse  to  hold  them.     A 

citizen  of  Washington  owns  property  assessed  at   nine- •  that  Plymouih  Church  would  change  its  course  and  no 

teen  thousand  dollars  and  on  it  is  compelled   to  pay  a  I  such    withdrawal   of  fellowship   be    necessary.     All 


tax  of  eleven  thousand.  It  is  proved  that  a  few  favor- 
ed ones  have  been  by  a  special  arrangement  permitted 
to  collect  taxes  due  the  United  States,  retaining  fifty 
per  cent,  for  the  collection,  when  responsible  parties 
offer  to  do  the  same  work  for  fifteen  per  cent. ,  and  the 
men  who  get  the  contract  have  the  work  done  for 
twelve  and  one-half  per  cant.,  retaining  thirty-ssven 
and  one-half  per  cent,  for  their  trouble  in  ' '  seeing  " 
the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.  Added  to  all  this  is 
the  plea,  born  of  ignorance  or  dishonesty,  to  flood  the 
country  with  paper  money,  to  impoverish  the  industri- 
ous  and   enrich   the   idle.    .  These   things   however 


which  is  very  well  so  far  as  it  goes.  The  real  ques- 
tion has  not  been, and  could  not  by  this  council  be  set- 
tled. It  is  among  the  hidden  things  which  will  yet 
be  made  plain. 


— Tembrancb  Elbctionb. — City  and  town  elections 
this  Treek  in  several  interior  States  were  generally 
warmly  contested,  temperance  being  quite  generally 
the  issue.  Clinton.  Geneseo,  Champaign,  Jackson- 
ville, Mattoon,  and  Monmouth,  111. ;  Council  Bluffs 
and  Keokuk,  Iowa;  Cleveland  and  Dayton,  0. ;  and 
Adrian,  Mich,  are  reported   as   anti-temperance;  but 


the  Ohio  towns  where  it  has   been  progressing.      In  [.should  only  arouse  the  American  people   to  the  im-  in  most  of  the  Ohio  elections  the  cause  was  victorious. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUK  COLLEttES  ATS'D  SECKET  SOCIETIES. 


Wheaton,  III.,  Dec.  2Gth.    1873. 

Wheatoa  College  was  chartered  in  the  hands  ol 
Wesleyan  Methodists  and  conducted  by  them  as  the 
Illinois  Institute  for  about  twelve  years.  It  was  then 
re-chartered  in  the  hands  of  the  present  Board  fsitb 
the  pledge  to  keep  the  testimony  of  the  Wesleyans 
good  against  slayery  and  secret  societies. 

Soon  after  I  came  here,  in  18G0,  I  received  a  note 
from  the  Grand  Master  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Frec- 
noasoDs  in  Illinois,  inviting  me  to  visit  him  at  hit- 
office  in  Chicago.  As  the  College  was  commilted  to 
oppose  ,  and  (rrand  Master  Blair  to  uphold  the  lodge. 
I  did  not  call  as  invited,  euppo&ing  no  scood  could  comti 
from  a  private  interview  between  p.uch  pariies. 

Awhile  after,  the  Master  of  the  local  lodge  in  Whoa- 
ton  expresserl  to  me  the  hope  that  the  College  rule 
against  secret  societies  would  be  ignored,  as  autafringe- 
ment  of  parental  rights;  and  stating  that  if  any  stu- 
dent was  expelled,  under  the  rule,  the  College  would 
be  prosecuted.  He  was  told  that  the  ru'e  must  be 
enforced  until  repealed. 

Soon  afterward,  fifteen  students  were  induced  to 
unite  with  a  Good  Templar's  lodge;  two  of  whom,  ad- 
hering to  the  aanae,  were  suspended.  Application 
was  at  once  made  to  our  ClrcuU  Court  for  a  manda- 
mus, requiring  our  trustees  to  restore  the  student  and 
revoke  the  rule.  The  case  went  in  favor  cf  the  Col- 
lege, It  was  taken  by  the  Master  cf  the  Wheaton 
Lodge  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois,  where  the 
decision  of  the  lower  courL  was  sustained,  and  the  Col- 
lege saved  froua  the  gripe  of  the  lodge. 

From  the  above  and  other  circumstances,  I  am  led 
to  the  concIusioD,  that  the  assault  on  Wheiton  Col- 
lege was  made  in  the  interest  of  the  Masoaic  order, 
and  after  consultation  with  its  leaders,  and  perhaps  at 
the  expense  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  State.  The 
rule  of  the  College  is  carefully  drawn  and  properly  in- 
terpreted. It  simply  prohibits  attendance  en  lodge 
meetings,  and  other  acts  of  membership  during  con- 
nection with  the  Institution. 

After  this  recital  I  need  scarcely  add  that  the  Fac- 
ulty of  Wheaton  College  are  a  unit  in  favor  of  the 
rule  adopted  by  the  trustees  prohibit-^ng  membership 
in  secret  societies,  either  in  the  College  or  outside. 
We  object  to  the  secret  orders,  not  merely  as  socie- 
ties which  are  secret,  but  to  the  secret  religic-us  cere- 
monies which  they  all  practice,  more  or  less,  from  the 
largest  to  the  least.  Such  rites,  practiced  by  mem- 
bers of  a  body  taken  promiscuously  from  the  commu- 
nity, professors  of  religion,  and  men  making  no  pro- 
fessiou,  is  nothing  less  than  moral  and  religious  sye- 
tem  in  which  personal  piety  is  not  required,  nor  gen- 
eral justice,  but  onj  fealty  to  a  clan.  We  regard  the 
whole  system,  therefore,  as  opposed  to  true  relig- 
ion and  just  governmsnf,  and  of  course  hostile  to  Go;l 
and  man.  J.  Blattchard, 

President  Wlieaton  College. 

^«~» 

John  (x.  Stearus. 


Gonclupion  o!  his  fuueral  address,  delivered  by  Rev.  Cliarles 
Ayerfrom  tlic  tcit:  "^■-nd  I  heard  a  voice  from  heaven  sayiuguu to 
me.  Write,  Elcssed  are  the  dead  which  die  in  the  Lord  from  lience- 
forth:  Yea,  saith  the  Spirit,  that  they  may  rest  from  their  labors; 
and  their  works  do  follow  them."— Sev.  xiv.  I'j; 

When  our  brother  and  father,  whose  remains  we 
put  away  to-day,  gave  me  this  his  text,,  he  spoke 
highly  to  me  of  this  rest,  s-iying,  "0,  will  it  not  be 
sweet!  My  brother,  I  have  not  a  cloud."  ile  was 
converted  when  fifteen  years  old,  and  so  has  been  in 
the  battle  sixty-three  years.  Every  day  of  that  period 
has  marked  the  advance  or  retreat  as  the  battift  has 
been  waged.  JVoio  rest;  now  he  is  sanctified;  r.ow 
he  has  peace.  The  heart  trained  in  the  conflict  with 
si't  now  emerges  from  the  dust  and  faintings  of  the 
war  into  a  delightful  change  of  employments,  and  in 
uttermost  and  unmingled  felicity  serves  God  without 
sin  day  and  night  forever. 

The  third  reason  we  haye  here  for  the  happiness  of 
the  departed  believer  is,  he  is  full-handed  when  he 
enters  the  presence  of  the  Lord.  ITis  worJcs  follow 
loith  him. 

They  follow  with  him  as  a  record,  for  the  remem- 


1  bering  love  of  our  Lord  will  not  lose  a  sigh  of  his 
diadple,  buL  he  will  hold  all  their  lifetime  for  him  as 
a  possesion  of  his  heart. 

They  f.:llow  with  him  as  character,  for  every  en 
deavor  for  the  Lord  and  his  people  and  his  truth  is 
holineis  Holiness  is  not  a  state,  but  an  achievement. 
The  holiness  of  patience  and  prayer  works  permanent 
good  in  the  soul ;  the  holiness  cf  patience  and  prayer, 
of  self-immolation  and  selfforgetfulness,  of  good  works 
and  of  benevolence,  of  Christian  courage  and  inde- 
pendence,— all  holiness  has  wrought  permanent  work 
on  the  spirit,  has  adorned  the  spirit,  and  every  decora- 
tion the  dead  warrior  wears,  and  every  scar  of  battle 
is  but  the  outward  sign  of  inward  personal  honor. 
Ii-?re  many,  unconscious  here,  will  wake  there  with 
ghjd  surprise  to  see  themselves  eo  much  more  like 
Christ  than  they  had  ever  thought  on  earth;  for,  in 
addition  to  their  cleansing  in  the  blood  of  Christ,  and 
their  clothiiig  ia  the  righteousness  of  Christ,  their 
worn  cut  and  b.»ttered  arnior  will  show  them  to  have 
there  the  character  of  conquerors  and  kings. 

Tiieir  works  wi.il  follow  with  them  as  reward. 
Every  iioly  deed  on  earth  finds  its  counterpart  in 
heaven,  When  the  Lord  comes  and  sees  the  faithful 
tiess  of  his  steward,  t-e  bestows  upon  him  the  honorand 
station  for  which  he  is  morally  qualified.  He  holds  in 
esteem  ai:d  puts  His  bounty  on  his  work  of  faith  and 
hibor  of  love  and  fight  of  affl  ctions. 

Their  works  follow  with  them  as  trophies.  When 
the  Roman  general  came  home  from  the  wars  he  was 
sometimes  honored  with  a  triumph,  but  when  they 
come  to  their  home,  the  Lord  has  a  triumph.  They 
will  be  kings  and  priests,  but  will  cast  their  crowns 
and  ephods  at  the  Saviour's  feet.  They  will  have  some- 
thing to  render  to  him.  Their  own  souls  will  be  trc- 
phius,  and  their  souls'  deeds  and  endeavors  will  be  so 
much  'more.  The  martyrs  will  bring  the  flames  of 
fire;  the  apostles  their  preaching;  the  praying  motherfc 
will  bring  their  children ;  the  humble  soul  his  faith 
amid  doubts  and  fears  and  sins;  and  the  old  preacher 
his  gospel  preached  for  three-score  years  of  disciple- 
ship;  and  all  will  ascribe  the  strength  and  the  honor 
to  their  Lord  and  King. 

I  will  not  go  out  of  my  text  to  fiad  more  reasons 
for  the  happiness  of  the  departed  believer.  I  have 
mentioned  the  three  furnished  by  our  scripture.  He 
is  happy  because  of  his  life-union  with  Christ;  because 
his  life  with  Christ  is  now  unmingled  with  the  burdens 
and  evils  of  his  life  here  on  earth;  and  because  the 
good  of  this  life  on  earth  is  now  transfigured  into 
eternal  good  in  heaven. 

Father  Stearns  finds  and  will  find  his  works  follow 
with  him,  lie  has  preached  the  Word  of  God  in  vari 
ous  fields  and  with  various  success,  interrupted  by 
intervals  of  sickness,  dnce  he  graduated  from  the 
theological  school  at  Hamilton  in  1822.  He  was  born 
inN.  H,,  Nov.22, 1795,  aad,Eohad lived 78  years.  He 
was  ordained  ia  Waterville,  N.  Y.,  in  the  year  in 
which  he  left  school;  married  in  the  same  year,  and 
began  his  pastoral  work  at  Syracuse  when  twenty-seven 
years  of  age. 

If  I  were  to  speak  of  what  seems  to  me  to  charac- 
terize him,  I  should  speak  of  the  lofty  practical  relig- 
loiis  tone  of  his  life,  and  of  his  undoubted  Christian 
courage.  What  will  be  for  the  glory  of  God,  was  the 
inquii  y  of  his  life.  And  even  if  he  wrote  a  fugitive 
piece  for  a  secular  newspaper,  he  never  obscured  this 
constraint  of  his  own  soul.  This  great  aim  of  life — 
to  glorify  God — is  theoretically  accepted  by  every 
disciple  of  Christ;  but  with  him  it  was  practical,  and 
his  conscience  urged  him  or  restrained  him  under  the 
guidance  of  this  great  law  of  doing  all  to  God's  glory. 
I  think  we  should  find  this,  and  not  deaire  for  fame  or 
or  reward,  it  was  that  made  him  an  author,  and  that 
put  him  so  often  into  conterversy.  He  was  an  uncom- 
promising Baptist;  but  moie,  an  uncompromising 
Christian,  His  life  was,  for  much  part  of  it,  a  life  of 
protest.  He  protested  in  books  which  were  publfehed 
against  the  form  and  law  gf  the  Presbyterian  church, 
but  coveted  at  the  same  time  the  fellowship  of  their 
Calvinism.  He  protested  in  the  same  way  against  the 
Methodist  church,  but  claimed  to  have  the  same  heart 


as  they  to  spread  the  free  Gosptl.  He  protested 
againet  the  docirlne  of  salvation  as  upheld  by  Univers- 
alists,  but  announced  his  joyful  faith  in  the  infinite 
love  of  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spirit.  He  wrote 
and  published  on  the  Sovereignty  of  God  and  Moral 
Agency ;  on  Immortality ;  on  Regeneration ;  on  the  ■ 
Primitive  Church;  on  Baptism;  on  Uniyers.Uism ;  and 
was  constantly  pifcparing  sometliing  fbr  the  religious 
or  secular  periodicals  of  the  day ;  and  ia  nothing  he 
wrote  or  printed  dees  he  seem  to  forget  the  honor  of 
the  Lord  his  God. 

The  same  great  abiding,  ruling  principle  of  life  led 
him  to  publish  his  book  on  the  Nature  and  Tendency 
of  Freemasonry.  This  book  exhau=. Is  the  subject.  It 
has  passed  to  the  seventh  edition.  It  brc.ught  him 
many  enemies,  and  cost  him  many  friends.  He 
wished  me  to  say  after  his  decease  that  he  had  co 
regrets  for  the  course  of  his  life  wiih  respect  to  Free- 
masonry, and  the  work  he  had  endeavored  to  do  to 
counteract  and  overthrow  that  insiitutbn. 

He  rises  before  me  as  a  tsau  of  hero'sa;,  who  could 
and  did  ever  hold  up  what  was  !o  many  the  endga  of 
weaknees,  unabashed  by  the  multitudo  of  opposers,  or 
the  coldness  of  his  friends;  and  held  up  this  banner 
with  the  truly  heroic  spirit,  and  for  the  glory  of  God. 

Father  Stearns  was  the  honored  one  in  a  class  of 
seventeen,  the  first  class  of  the  Hamilton  Theological 
Seminary  of  Madison  University.  His  knowledge  of 
English  literature  and  of  the  classic  tongue  there 
obtained,  stood  him  in  good  stead  throughout  his  long 
and  laborious  life,  Sixteen  of  those  seventeen  arc 
now  beyond  the  flood.  All  were  ministcr^J  of  Christ., 
All  have  died  in  the  faith  which  they  preached.  Jon- 
athan Wade  and  Eugenio  Kiacaid,  two  eaiinunt  pioneer 
missionaries,  were  of  that  class.  Kincald  alone roraains  ' 
now  waiting  for  his  cdll.  Kincaid  and  Siearns  have 
been  of  late  exchanging  through  the  ma'l  messages  of 
veteran  experiences  aud  affection.  What  a  happy 
meetiBg  those  eeventeen  will  keep  ou  the  other  side  I 
Give  me  the  wings  of  faith  to  rise 

vyithin  the  vail,  and  see 
The  Saints  above,  how  great  their  joys . 
How  bright  their  glories  be. 

Clinton,  JV.   Y.,  January.  1874. 

«-»-«. 

Mi'.Moodyiu  Eiigiaiid. 


Mr.  Spafford,  recently  returned  from  England- 
gives  us  the  following  information  concerning  his  work. 
When  Mr,  Mcody  was  preparing  to  leave  this  country 
about  a  year  eIecc,  be  corresponded  principally  with 
two  men  who  were  to  make  arrangenients  for  h'.mand 
assist  him  in  his  work  in  the  British  Isles. 

When  he  landed  at  Liverpool  a  letter  was  placed  m 
his  hands  stating  that  both  of  these"men  were  in  their 
graves. 

A  stranger,  with  all  the  human  aid,  on  which  he 
had  in  a  measure  relied,  cut  off,  he  felt  that  this  was 
a  voice  of  God  to  him  telling  him  not  to  make  fieeh  his 
arm.  He  went  boldly  forward,  but  was  looked  upon 
him  with  suspicion.  The  Christian,  a  paper  witb 
scarcely  eleven  thousand  subscribers,  was  the  only 
paper  that  dared  to  mention  him  or  his  wcrk.  From 
facts  subsequently  brought  out,  it  appeared  ihat  the 
people  feared  that  i^r.  S\nkey,  his  companion,  and 
that  Mr.  Moody  also,  were  actuated  by  mercenery 
motives. 

Still  they  went  prayerfully  and  earnestly  to  work, 
and  had  precious  meetings,  which  were  not  without 
fruit.  They  could  not,  however,  unite  the  ministers, 
in  cordial  co-operation  with  them,  and  after  a  while 
Mr.  Moody  said,  ''We  will  go  to  New  Castle  ;  if  we 
cannot  unite  the  clergymen  there  in  a  general  effort 
for  salvation,  I  will  go  home."  God  heard  prayer; 
the  clergymen  joined  Mr,  Moody  in  working  for  the 
salvation  of  souls,  and  a  great  outpouring  of  the  Holy 
Soirit  followed. 

From  this  time  on,  the  obstacles  to  successful  work 
seemed  removed.  The  tide  had  turned.  The  papers, 
both  religious  and  secular,  were  glad  to  publish  any- 
thing concerning  their  meetings. 

The  most  striking  m.-snifcstation  of  God's  power  in 
bringing  about  union  Ohristi-an  effort,  wa's  at  Edin- 
burgh.    That  city,  in  which,  intellectual   attainments 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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•were  at  a  premium,  and  where  intellectual  pride   had  bless   all,  and  the  Christian   church   labors   for    n-1).  Ithe  United  States' and  Territories,  the  Dom 
jua    strong   partitions   between    different  sects,    was  the  lodge  embraces  only  the  chos'-n  few.       While  the | Canada  and  British  Colonies." 

fused  into  one  flowing  flame  of  love  to  Christ  and  an  Gospel  is  free,  ■' without  moaey  and  with- ut  price,''  2.  Eiirly  Wesl^tyan  principles.  Wc  find  the  dis- 
outpouring  of  Crod's  Spirit  came  like  a  pentacosta'!  and  the  in-»italion  is  free,  to  fd!,  the 'halt;  the  blind  eipiinary  provisions  of  Wesley's  sccielies  so  tsirict,  that 
shower.  and  poor;  the  gcod  in  ilie  loJg-o,if  any  therj  is,  is  guard- {  his  members  were  not  allo.Tcl  to  aarry  unconverted 

Mr.  Moody's  prayer  in  public  soon  after  he   started  ed  by  a  fee,  which  is  the  key  that  alone   can    unlock  '.  persons,    nor   to    as.aociate   in   fellowship     with    the 
out  in  the  Christian  warfare  was,  "  01    Lord,   make  the  treasure  house  of  knowledge  to  one  seeking   it   ati  "worldly  minded,"  which  would  not,  as  we  see,  allow 


us  humble."     We  believe  it  is  his  prayer  still. 

A  memorial  fund  for  him  wa^  started  by   a   friend, 
«ud  before  he  heard  of  the   movement,   had  reached 


ihe  shrine  ;  neither  dcos  Ihe  invitation  to  its  benefilb !  fellowship  in  a  Masonic  lodge.  Then  when  Mr.  Wes  ley 
include  the  poor,  halt  or  maimed,  those  most  in  need.  J  had  been  dead  about  ten  year?,  according  to  that  Meth- 
The  spirit  and  the  work  of  the  Gospel  froaa  first  to  |  odist  giant,  Jacob  Stanley ,  President  of  the  Wcsleyan 
cne  thousand  pounds  more  or  less,  (from  $4,000  toilast,  inclmling  all  its  true  worliers,  i^  benevolence  ; I  Methodist  churches  of  England,  those  Methodists  who 
$5, 000. )  As  Kooa  as  he  heard  of  it  he  told  the  man- !  laboring  for  and  seeking  those  who  can  make  no  ad.' - !  had  joined  the  secret  Eocieties  known  as  the  '  'Friendly 
ager  of  the  enterprise  that  he  would  not  take  one  cent  jquate  returns  for  the  labor  bestowed  or  the  benefits  t  Odds,"  "DruiJs"  and  "Loyal  Britons,"  were  either 
<'{  the  fund.  His  work  had  be^n  too  precious  to  allow '  received.  Christianity  is  for  the  masses.  The  work- '  compelled  to  renounce  their  adhciion  to  the  same,  or 
even  a  auepicion  that  he  labored  for  gain,  forest  upon  it.  ings  of  the  lodge  see-m  to  deny  one  of  the  fundamental  be  expelled  from  the  Methodist  societies.  He  says: 
The  circiilatiop.  of  The  Christian,  the  paper  which  principles  of  the  Gospel,  the  brotherhood  and  equality  "The  ministers  were  obliged  to  do  this  to  stop  the 
fir^ia'dedhim  in  hi.";  work,  hafi  increased  from  10,000  of  man.  It  is  the  brother  of  the  lodge  and  not  thetp!ague:  ii  being  an  ici'tatioa  of  Masonry,"  [See  Brii- 
to  40jOOO  since  last  Juno,  poor  bruised  sufferer  that  fell   among   thieves.       Tiikish  Method i.st  Magazine^ pp.  66  io  71,  1813.] 

Gospel  is  pre-eminently  full  of  brotherly  kindness  3.  A  case  of  alibi.  The  statement  from  the  Ghrls- 
toward  all  the  race  and  we  are  required  r.s  often  as  tiav.  Age,et  al,  is  that  "Jo'm  Wesley,  the  founder 
we    have   opportunity    to   do  good,  even  to  all   men.  i  of  Methodism,  wa?  initiated  into  the  secrets  of  that  or- 

i      Finally,  the  principles  of  the  lodge  are  in  direct  an-jder  on  October  30,  1738,  in  lodge  367,  Downpatrick, 

This  n.-ices33ry  and  posiiive  declaration  is  made  by  I  tagonism  to  the  Gospel.  The  Gospel  is  to  be  preach-  (Ireland),"  Now  turn  to  We&UyS  Journal  October, 
the  Siviour  himse'f  :  "  Ye  c^.nnot  serve  God  and  |  ed  as  far  and  as  wide  as  men  are  found,  and  all  it&j  1738,  and  you  will  find  that  on  the  22d  of  October, 
nnn^ffion."'  Wot  long  ago  the  remark  was  addressed  i  principles  and  truth  to  be  as  fuliy  proclaimed  as  pes- 1  of  that  year,  he  preached  at  Bloonisburg;  on  the  25th 
to  u-3  personally,  "You  must  be  a  radi<Ml  ;  it  is  noUs|sible,  to  cause  men  to  fully  understand  every  excel- 'at  Bassingshaw,  on  the  27th  at  St.  Atholins,  on  the 
well  for  2/oi<,"  Perhaps  not,  but  we  have  a  kind  oilience  and  every  good  it  embraces,  as  far  as  it  is  1 29 Ih  at  Islington  and  at  London  WVi!,  and  on  No- 
btlief  thatit  s?i;l  be  as  well  for  the  world.  To  be  i  possible  to  convey  or  understand,  though  to  under-{  vember  3  J  at  St.  Atholins  egiin. 
radical  ir>ay  :ncur  (he  displea.sure  of  some,  but  there  jgtand  it  fully  it  must  be  experienced.  The  commission  i  Any  one  acquainted  with  the  geographical  configu- 
is  a  definite  ides  that  It  pleases  God.  This  conclusion!  (o  Christ's  ministers  embraces  111  this,  "Go  ye  intoj  rations  of  the  "fast  anchored  islea"  on  which  these 
is  reached  by  triie  fact  that  Clirlst's  doctrine  and  style  jail  the  vrorld  and  preach  tha  Gospel  to  every  creature,"  i  things  occurred,  is  aware  that  London  Wall  is  now 
ot  prcacLing  wf!s  all  radicrJ,  and  God  declared  from  |  as  also  does  the  instruction  ho  gave  them:  "  that;  one  of  the  thoroughfares  of  the  great  metrcpohs,  and 
heaven  that  lie  was  well  pleased  ;  so  much  so  as   toj^jjicii  ye  have  spoken  in  the  ear  in    closets    shall    be  that  the  other  places  named  are  some  of  the  suburban 


Points  of  Difference. 


BV  KEV.    G.    H.    HUBfi.\RD. 


foi'mand  all  to  hsar  him,  which  does  not   show    dis- 1  proclaimed  upon  the  housetops."       Not   o 


iving  villages  of  that  place.     They  will  further  discover  that 


^  ^  .  .  ,^  ,-  .  .    ....... ..     —    — preacDing 

jng  the  same  (Tjgpel  wiLj  the  same  spirit?  fact  of  the  Saviour's  coming  was  to  reveal,  to  bring  to  the  gospe',  when  the  Masons  claim  to   have  ''initiated 

It  is  said  again  that  you  "disturb  the  church   and  |  jigiit  .j^hat  before  was  not  fully  known:    the    love    oi  i  him  into  the  secrets   of  their  order,"     True  there  is 

the  world,"  but  what  are  we  to  do  with  the  utterances ;  G°od  and  the  way  of   salvation  ;    beoiQain..    with  tl-e  ^oihing  said  of  his  whereabauls  on  tha  evening  of  Oct- 

of  ChiT^t  when  he  snvs  tha.^  1    '-TYisn'^i    fnon    rIiiII    b-"^  i  •  r  t  ,\  \  .1     ^  i  •    "    r  T   j  '>^^"    28,  1738,    th/ough    on  the  27th  and    2'Jth  he 

otUln.t^henhcsa>    tha.a       man.    iocs   sha.    b.j  enunciation  ri   the  angel  over  the  plams  of  Judea  ; ,    ^^^^^^  J  .^^  ^^^  J  ^^i^,^.^- ^j,^,^  ^f  L^„^l^^_      ^r^^^  ^^^^_ 

they  of  his  own  household  ;     and  tnat  other  also,  "  i ;  fuigHed  in  the  life  of  him  who  said,     "  in  secret  have  |  temidate  two  hundred  mile.s  or  more  on  the  Irish  Sea 

corns  not  to  send  peace,  but  a  sword.'     The  preach-  i  said  nothing  ; "  and  culminating  in  that  sublime  ex- 1  in  a  ruda  shallop  of  a  hundred  and    forty   years  ago, 

pression  of  Jesus  himself  :     "I  am  the  light  of  the:  and  four  hundred  miles  in  the  lumberinir  coaches   of 


Jng  of  Christ   disturbed  men,    it   disturbed  a  dead, 


a  point  of  difference  between  the  preaching  of  the 
Saviour,  and  those  who  for  fear  of  disturbance  would 
shut  the  lips  and  withhold  the  trath. 

Then  too  we  think  that  some    things  are   radically 
wrong,  and  npcd  a  radical  remedy,  to  secure  a  radical 


that  they  have  light  or  knowledge 
yet  refute  to  impart  it.  Now  the 
ians  are  forbidden  to  hide  their  lij 

or  in  the  lodge-room,  but  put  on  a  candle-stick,  on  the  listed   from  the   French   original, 'lately  published  at 
hili-top,  where  it  cannot  be  hid  from  the  view  of   theBerUn,     I   incline   to  think  it  is  a  genuine  account 


change.     Now  among  the  radical  doctrines  taught  by  ;  ^jost  careless  observer.       "  Let  your  light  so  shine."!  C>a5y   if  it  be,  I  wonder  .the  author  is  suffered  to  live. 
.he  Savioui  is  the  oae  quoled  fust  at  the  head  cf  this  j  Mark  you  !     Let  it  shine.      Give  it  an  oppcriunity.      '  f^  \  ^^^'''"'   ^^'^  f  T^"^  .^'''*"  ''^■''■f  "?•' v 

article,  and  we  propose  in  brief,  to  contrast  sectarian- !      if  fj^gre  is  anvthin^   clearly   established     H   i^"  th'^ '  "  "^^'^'^'^^^^"^^      f ="  ^^^^^  s^^-^*^   '\  ''■>  ^^'^'^^ 

■  ,■,  ,1     r^        \      ^  1  ■  ■  ■       1  J      it  mere  IS  tmyimng   cieany   tb..«DUoneu,    .i   is    in-  so    many     concur     to   keep!      From    what    motive? 

isra^  with  the  Gospel  and  things  pertaining  thereto,  and  j  feet  that  concealment  and  the  Gospel  are  not  oompan- '  Through  fer.r  or  shame  5" 

in  doing  so  look  only  at  patent. facts.  |  jo^^^  and  that  there  are  points  of   difference   between  i      If  Rsv.  John  Wesley  had  been  p,  Freemason,  would 

One  serious  objection  to  secret  orgasiizations  lies  in  |  them  as  great  as  there  is  between  light  and  darkness, 


the  fact  that  they  are  used  ss  a  substitute  for  the 
church,  and  religion  itself ;  that  it  absorbs  the  atten- 
tion, the  time,  the  energy,  the  money,  and  leaves 
room  for  nothing  else  ;  thet  it  destroys  religious  inter- 
ests and  absorbes  religious  men.      Thai  the  lodge  is 


From  the    Syracuse  J ourual. 

Was  John  Wesley  a  Freemason? 


he  not  have  said  more  (h.^.n  "I  incline  to  think  it  a 
genuine  account?"  He  would  have  known  whether 
it  were  true  or  not,  and  there  is  not  a  doubt  but  he 
I  would  have  srjid  so  if  he  said  anything.  Who  can  be- 
I  lieve  that  the  "Founder  of  Methodism"  could  have 
j  been  such  a  hypocrite  a^  to  have   "played    possum" 


o  the  Editor ; 

A  few  weeks  since  there  appeared  in  your  columns  f^bout   a   thicg   he   under,^tcoJ  so  well,  as  if  he  had 
run  on  this  basis  there  can  be  but  little  doubt,  as  facts  a  statement  which  has,  before    and   since,  been  the^''^^^^  ™^^"  "  Mason  in  1738.     Again,  had  he  been   a 

could  be  produced  to  prove  this  if  necessary-,  for  they  rounds  of  the  pre..,  to  the  effect  that  Rsv.  John  Wes-  ^"'^^  T '°    ^f-J^yf^.^'^^   witti   the   institution 
,  ,     ,,  ,     ^        ,      ,  .      ,.   .  •'   ,  _,  ,^  would  ne  have  admitted  tue  supposea  truthfulness  of 

take  the  precedent  and  place  of  religious  meetings,  ley  was  a  Freemason,  bo  spocifio  is  this  article  that  t^e  Maso,:^ic  obligation,  by  ssying.  ••!  wonder  the  au- 
Now  the  interests  of  religion  are  first  or  they  are | it  gives  in  the  introduction  the  name  of  the  paper  thor  is  suffered  to  live?''  Had  John  Wesley  been  a 
nothing.  Men  may  be  compelled  to  attend  the  lod^e,  j  (CVtrisJian  .4f/e,  of  New  York,)  from  which  it  was ^  Mason  in  good  standing,  would  he  have  asserted  as 
but  they  choDse  to  do  so.  The  preference  of  even  the !  taken.  And  states  that  "Rev  John  Wesley,  the  foun-  ^''''^^^^y  ^™'''  *^^^'^  *''"=^  ^"'^'<^-^  shovred  Masonry  to  be 
mofocoo^iTT  r>;o,-o  ;- f^^  tt,c  ,v-„„+;„   ,,    f  *i     !  J  j'j        f^'  lu    r  •  •,-  ^  j  •   .l    at.  ^      /•  .1     ! an  "amazing  barter  on  mankind,"  and   if  true,    that 

professedly  pious  1.  for  the  meetings  of  the  lodge,  and ,  der  of  Methodism,  was  imtiafed  mto  the  secrets  of  the ,  ^j.^^^^^  ^J^  ^^  -^^^^^^  ^^^^^^^   .  ..^^^.  „^  ^^^^^^^  ^^ 

one  of  the  worked  out,  demonstrated  results,  is  the  sub- 1  order  on  Oct.  30,1738."  It  gives  the  number  of  th^  :  keep  its  pecrets?  If  *  John  Wesley,  the  founder  of 
stitution  of  these  meetings  for  the  meetings  of  the  [lodge  as  367,  and  tho  place  as  Downpatrick,  Ireland,  j  Methodism,"  were  a  Freemason,  what  kind  of  a  Free- 
church  :  not  only  to  put  these  meetings  thus,  but  jit  tells  of  a  dying  man,  Mr.  Martin,  as  speaking  ofi'^^^on  was  he?  If  he  had  not  been  a  FreemaEon, 
create  a  disrelish  for  prayer  and  other  spiritual   meet-  "John  Wesley  as  a  brother  Mason."  ^  ^'^^^  ''■'^^"''^  "^'®  ^'^'^'^^  ^^  ^"^^^  ^^°-  ^^°  ^^^  seeking 


mgs.  The  result  is  fatal  to  souls.  Then  also  it  is 
possible  to  be  a  stumbling  block  to  a  weak  brother, 
and  by  the  momentum  given  him  by  the  example  he 
may  swing  clear  past  the  point  of  return  and  be  lost. 
The  work  and  organization  cf  the  lodge  seem  to  be 
purely  selfish  :  which  is  altogether  unlike  the  Gospel 
and  church  work.     While  the  Gospel  is   designed   to 


-r  ,  ,  „,,..,  !  to  make  him  appear  to  be  what  he  was  not? 

I  have  four  reasons  for  believing  tbe  statement  a;  We  do  not"  intend  by  this  to  censure  the  Journal 
fabrioation : —  .  forgiving   as  cuneat  iuteliigence,  that  which  is  going 

1.  Its  authenticity,  "The  Christian  Age,  a  resid-  the  rounds  of  the  press,  but  the  person  who  started 
able  and  reliable  paper  published   in    New   York,"  in  ■  ^Y^  '  'jara.''     And  we  write  with  the  fullest  apprehen- 

1,;  1  u  :„  .,i„;^^.i  <■«  v.-,r„  R    *.  j    •        1  j sion  of  Ber;iarain  Fr.aBkIin's  assertion,  that    ''A    false 

which  It  IS  claimed  to  have  brst  apneared,  IS  unknown  i       -,■■.■,    -^  ^        -sr  •      ,     n        •     \    c       1     ^i. 
._,„,_,.         ,^  ^'  '  !bcod  wiii  £;oirom  Maine  to  Georgia  before  truth   gets 

m  Roweh's  Amencayi  Mtospaper  Directory,  "contain-;  her  boois  on."  Respectfully,  L .  N.  Stritton. 

ing  a  list  of  the  newspapers  and  other  periodicals  in!     Wesleyan  Office,  SyrIcuse,  March  21,  1874. 


4 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Reiigiou  and  Politics. 


As  an  illustration  of  the  difference 
between  the  precepts  of  rtligion  and 
American  politics,  we  ssnd  you  the 
followiun;  slip  cut  from  one  of  our  lead- 
ing daily  newspapers : 

MR.    f.UMSKR  AND   Til  S  SOUTH. 

Louisville,  March  12. — The  Courier- 
Juurnal  to-day  contains  a  long  and 
feeling  double-leaded  notice  of  the 
death  of  Charks  Sumner.  Among 
other  things,  it  says:  Fifteen  years 
ago  the  newB  that  Charles  Sataner  was 
dead  would  have  been  received  -vyith 
something, like  rejoicing  by  the  people 
of  the  South.  Ten  years  ago  they 
would  have  hailed  it  as  a  message 
from  heaven  telling  them  that  an  en- 
emy had  been  removed  from  the  face  of 
the  earth.  To-day  they  will  read  it 
regretfa'Jy  and  their  comment  will  be 
'He  was  a  great  man.  He  was  an  hon- 
est man.  As  he  has  forgiven  us,  so 
have  we  long  ago  forgiven  him.'" 

From  this  slip  it  would  appear  that 
the  people  of  the  Souih  disliked  Sena- 
tor Sumner  ao  much  fifteen  years  ago 
that  his  death  would  have  been  re- 
sponded to  with  something  like  rejoic- 
ing. Ten  years  ago,  or  about  the  lime 
of  Lincoln's  death,  it  w„uld  have  been 
hailed  as  a  message  from  heaven,  grat- 
ifying the  bitter,  vengeful  feelings  of 
the  South  by  the  removal  of  their 
worst  enemy.  But  now  the  South 
forgives  him  because  he  has  forgiven 
the  South  ;  and  it  is  confessed  that  he 
was  a  great,  good,  and  honest  man. 

Such  is  the  spirit  of  politics;  it  hates 
its  enemie?,  and  would  rejoice  at  their 
death ;  and  if  it  forgives  them  it  is  for 
value  recieved. 

We  all  know  what  the  spirit  of  the 
Christian  religion  is.  It  teachss  us  to 
do  good  to  our  enemies,  to  love  those 
who  hate  us,  and  not  to  confine  our 
good  deeds  to  those  who  do  good  to  us, 
as  the  heathen  do,  and  as  Masons 
teach.  We  are  not  to  forgive  men 
simply  because  they  forgive  us,  or  be- 
stow favor  upon  those  only  who  can 
give  the  true  grip. 

We  do  not  write,  Mr.  Editor,  for 
the  purpose  of  showing  anything  pe- 
culiar in  the  South ;  but  to  point  out 
the  wide  difference  between  the  politics 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  religion 
which  it  professes.  The  one  breeds 
hate,  war,  and  revenge;  the  other 
friendliness,  peace  and  forgiveness. 
War  must  needs  come,  but  we  need 
not  entertain  a  personal  hate  against 
him  who  opposes  us.  The  execution 
of  the  laws  of  war  as  well  as  of  peace, 
has  nothing  to  do  with  hatred,  revenge 
or  forgiveness,  but  phould  have  its 
course  irrespective  of  these  qualities. 
Mr.  Sumner  had  no  right  to  forgive  any 
one  for  violating  the  laws  or  the  rights 
of  the  people  of  the  United  States. 
Nor,  as  a  good,  true,  and  honest  man 
had  he  any  choice  but  to  oppose  slav- 
ery to  the  extreme  end.  Are  we, 
American  citizens  who  oppose  Ma- 
sonry, to  be  hated,  have  our  deaths 
prayed  for,  be  regarded  as  odious  to 
heaven  itself  and  worthy  of  its  especial 
wrath,  and  finally,  when  such  rage 
shall  pro7e  futile,  vain  and  bootless, 
8re  we  then  to  be  forgiven  for  having 
raised  our  voice  against  an  enormous 
wrong?  An  the  advocates  of  crime, 
error  and  falsehood  (o  forgive  us  for  op- 
posing them? 


•  We  think  it  woalfl  be  snorJ generous 
and  sensible  in  our  adversaries  to  follow 
a  Cbrlst^in  spirit,  do  away  witii  Ma- 
socry,  and  then  there  would  be  no  need 
of  forgiving  ns.  Anti  masoka  . 


I 


%Uxn 


— The  General  Agent  returned  to  Chica- 
go on  Monday  morning.  He  lias  a  few 
appointments  near  this  city  during  the 
week  and  will  then  work  tov.'ard  New 
York  Ftate. 

— Elder  J.  L.  Barlow  is  preparing  to 
take  the  field  ia  May  with  the  support  of 
the  New  York  State  Association. 

— Bro.  J.  P.  Anthouy  has  sent  an  inter- 
esting report  of  the  lectures  of  Rev.  J.  M. 
Bishop  ill  Adams  and  York  counties,  Pa., 
of  which  an  account  from  Bro.Wickey,  of 
Mt.  Top,  appeared  last  week.  Extracts 
will  be  ready  for  next  number. 

—The  v/ay  these  bretbern  Bishop,  An- 
thony, Wicktty,  audAVeidler  went  to  work 
is  certainly  an  excellent  one.  Three 
places  were  v.xsited  and  light  ]:)oured  in  on 
some  hitherto  sightless  eyes  by  these 
brethren,  who  went  together,  in  the  Gos- 
pel wa}',  and  so  sti'ongthened  each  others 
hands.  Why  may  we  not  hear  of  mauv 
such  meetings  V 

— Bro.  Caldwell  has  found  a  genuine 
sensation  it  seems.  Further  iie'.vs  from 
that  quarter  will  be  looked  for  with  in- 
terest. 

— It  is  unquestionable  that  there  are 
plenty  of  cases  as  aggravated  as  that 
described  by  Bro.  Stoddard.  Is  there  any 
reason  why  they  should  not  be  reported 
for  the  "good  of  the  order"  of  Patrofas'? 

— Elder  Isaac  Jackson  of  Minnesota  has 
given  a  number  of  lectures,  and  circulated 
many  books  and  documents  in  Minnesota 
during  the  past  winter.  He  has  been  en- 
couraged in  this  work  by  the  fact  that 
several  have  been  kept  from  the  lodge  by 
the  entrance  of  the  truth  which  gave  them 
light. 

From  the  ixeiieral  Agent'— A  (Jraag'c 
Trial. 

Prairie   Centrr;,   111., 

March   31st,  1874. 

Dear  Bro.  K.  :— The  Patrons  of 
Husbandry  have  been  operating  at"  this 
point  for  some  time,  and  if  the  tree  is 
known  by  its  fruits,  this  sprig  from  tlie 
old  trunk  of  Misonry  is  a  "  Upas  "  to 
ferment,  rather  than  a  "Tree  of  Life" 
to  heal  discords  and  promote  the  wel- 
fare of  the  community. 

Beguiled  and  ensnared  by  arts  in 
which  the  experts  of  secrecy  are  so 
proficient,  some  of  the  more  substan- 
tial and  intelligent  mea  and  women 
joined  the  lodge  as  "charter  mem- 
bers," bat  soon  learning  the  heathenish 
character  of  its  ceremonies  and  the 
deistical  tendency  of  its  religion,  th?y 
lost  all  sympathy  with,  and  confidance 
in  the  movement.  They  had  embark- 
ed in  the  enterprise  in  the  hope  and 
expectation  of  benefiting  the  agricultu- 
ral interests  of  the  community,  and  not 
simply  to  have  a  "good  time;"  and 
when  they  found  that;  the  ''  chief 
feature  of  instruction  was  simple  non- 
seilfee,  and  that  the  time  was  consumed 
in  leading  men  blind-folded  over  hlocks  j  neglect  of  that  paramount  duty  to  pro- 
of wood,  laid  upon  the  floor  to  teach  mote  the  pecuniary  interests  of  each 
them  to  travel  on  plowed  ground,  and  other.  It  would  moreover  be  a  reflec- 
such  like  foolishnesF,  they  became  tion  upon  the  "  gods"  of  the  grange  to 
disgusted.  ;  allow   this   prediction  of  expulsion   to 


Christian  and  wholly  unauthorized  in 
the  Scriptures.  This,  with  some  other 
irregularities,  such  as  disrepect  for  the 
"gate-keeper,"'  and  speaking  in  public 
against  their  great  goddesses,  "  Ceres, 
Flora,  and  Pomona,"  no  awakened  the 
ire  of  the  craft  that  they  resolved  to  rid 
themselves  of  the  rr.an  who  had  the  in- 
solence to  speak  irreverently  of  their 
gods,  or  dared  to  utter  his  sentiment 
in  public  Vf ith out  first  oh  tainng  a  per- 
mit from  the  lodge.  Accordingly, 
charges  v,'ere  preferred  against  Bro. 
Palmer  by  s,omebody,  and  he  was  cited 
to  appear  before  an  au^fust  assembly 
of  "  Patrons  "  acd  answer  for  his  con- 
duct. He  was  accused  of  saying  to  the 
"gate-keeper,"  ''  Jerusalora,"  instead  of 
something  else,  which  was  the  "pass- 
word ; "  filso,  of  saying  that  he  believed 
the  ."ranae  to  be  deiriiaental  to  the 
peace  of  the  community  and  the  best 
interests  of  the  people,  and  worst  of  all 
be  not  only  refused  to  be  himself  in- 
stalled chaplain,  but  as  a  trustee  he 
would  not  consent  that  the  heathen 
rites  of  install?  tion  should  be  performed 
ill  the  church.  These  were  certainly 
grave  ofFenees  and  must  not  pass  un- 
punished. The  lodge  could  not  brook 
such  inEolence.  It  would  never  do. 
''•  (3ur  cr?.ft"  is  in  danger  from  such 
excessive  liberty.  This  turbulent  spir- 
it must  bo  subdued,  and  taught  to 
venerate  the  gods  of  the  grange, 
reverence  its  olliciali?,  and  obey  its 
edict"-,  or  be  "  totally  expelled  from 
the  order,  without  the  possibility  of 
reinstatement,"  and  be  ''forever  dis- 
graced among  those  who  were  his 
brothers  and  sisters." 

Bro.  Palmer  was  duly  notified  and 
summoned  to  appear  before  that  august 
body  against  w^hose  dignity  and  deities 
he  had  dared  to  npesk.  With  shutters 
closed  and  "gate"  securely  tyled,  the 
secretary  proceeded  to  read  the  char- 
ges against  Bro.  P.  and  the  by-laws  of 
the  lodge^  when  lo!  it  appeared  that 
the  accused  had  been  guilty  of  no  in- 
fraction of  this  instrument.  But  this 
sapient  tribunal  was  not  to  be  baffled 
for  want  of  law  to  justify  their  action. 
Palmer  was  obnoxious,  and  beside,  two 
Patrons,  devoted  to  the  worship  of 
their  tutular  deities,  had  wagered  an 
oyster  Bupper  with  an  equal  number 
of  ''  cowans,"  that  he  (Palmer)  would 
be  expelled,  and  it  weuld  never  do  to 
desert  the  faithful.  This  would  be  a 
violation  of  that  clause  of  the  "obliga- 
tion," by  which  they  had  pledged 
themselveB  to  "render  a  brother  or 
sister  of  the  order,  such  assistance  as 
they  may  be  in  need  of,"  and  a  flagrant 


Having  paid  their  $25  for  a  charter, 
and  the  services  of  an  authorized  pro- 
ficient, to  ''  just  give  them  a  start," 
they  proceeded  to  elect  their  officers. 
Rev.  .1.  S.  Palmer  was  chosen  to  the 
office  of  chaplain,  and  notified  to  prc- 
p^j-re   for  his  installation.      Examimng 


fail,  and  they  would  thereby  become 
obnoxious  to  their  displeasure  and  sub- 
ject themselves  to  trial  in  the  higher 
courts,  and  expulsion  from  the  favor  of 
their  titular  deities;  and  besides,  this 
whole  thing  must  be  "nipped  in  the 
bud."  The  safety  of  the  craft  depended 


face  to  face  with  his  accusers,  for  as  he 
had  violated  no  written  law  of  th«' 
order  they  must  abac  don  law  andi 
proceed  in  a  more  direct  and  sure  way.. 
A  trial  would  imoeril  and  might  defeat, 
their  object.  Witnesses  acd  facts- 
might  prove  troublesome,  and  like 
other  irresponsible  secret  cabals  they 
resolved  themselves  into  an  inquisition 
to  make,  apply,  and  execute  their  own 
laws. 

Bro.  Palmer  alter  hearing  his  accu- 
sations was  permitted  to  speak  and 
then  retire.  The  result  of  this  inquisi- 
torial session  has  not  been  officially 
announced  to  the  accused,  but  inaemuch 
as  the  indiscreet  "cowans"  whO' 
wagered  an  oyster  supper,  on  the  re- 
sult, hare  been  called  upon  and  paid 
their  forfeit  it  is  generally  believed  that 
B.'o.  Palmer  was  expelled.  Rumors  lo 
that  effect  have  been  afloat  in  the  com- 
munity and  when  these  sons  of  the 
gods  shall  claim  to  publish^  the  facts 
there  can  be  little  doubt  but  that  the 
accused  will  find  himself  driven  from 
the  warm  embrace  of  the  grange,  to 
suffer  on  alone  in  this  unsympathetie 
and  "  heartless  world." 

This  man  of  grave  offenses  is  one  of 
the  oldest  and  most  respected  residents 
of  La  Salle  county,  having  been  a  citi- 
zen for  over  twenty-seven  years.  His 
integrity  and  ability  has  endeared  him 
to  a  large  circle  of  friends,  and  the  case 
has  awakened  much  interest  in  this  and 
other  communities  where  he  is  known,. 
He  has  the  sympathy  and  approbation 
of  the  better  classes  and  will  probably 
survive  the  shock.  He  has  extensive 
agricultural  interests  and  is  heartily 
enlisted  in  the  Farmers'  Movement. 
He  has  notified  the  "Worthy  Master" 
that  when  they  get  through  with  their 
mummeries  and  heathen  rites  and  are 
ready  to  proceed  to  business  like  men 
of  common  sense,  he  is  ready  to  co- 
operate with  them.  Whether  this 
offer  will  be  accepted  or  whether  these 
men  ' '  behind  the  screen  "  will  pro- 
ceed to  defame  his  character,  derange 
his  business,  and  destroy  his  reputa- 
tion, in  addition  to  expulsion,  remaina 

to  b'^.  seen. 

Bro.  Palmer,  however,  feels  but 
little  concern.  Having  acted  the  part 
of  a  man  and  a  Christian  he  feels  satis- 
fied to  abide  the  result.  Bro.  P.  is  an 
old  anti-slavery  veteran  and  thorough 
reformer.  He  appreciates  the  value  of 
a  good  paper  in  his  family,  and  besides 
being  a  subscriber  himself  from  the 
first,  he  has  sent  the  Cynosure  to 
many  friends  and  neighbors.  He  ex- 
pects to  attend  our  Anniversary  at 
Syracuse  and  has  taken  a  life-member- 
ship in  the  National  Association.  May 
ciod  rnise  up  many  such  friends  to  the 
truth.  Your  Biro,  in  Christ, 

J.  P.  Stoddard, 


the  ceremonies   he  found  that  he  was  I  ypp^  -^^^q  suppression  of  its  principles, 

to  be  installed  "as  the  medium  of  this  ^^,^^     ^^^     favorable     opportunity    of 

(Prairie  Centre)  Grange,  to  hold  con-  i  ^  ^,^  impression  must  not 

verse    with   the   Master  of  the    Cxreat  )        ,-.,..,  -.j    -x 

Grange  above."     This   he   resfused  to  I  be  lost.     J^either   woiud   it  answer  to 

do,  believing  and  declaring  it  was  anti-  1  institute  trial   .ind  bring  Bro.  Palmer 


From  the  Ohio  Agent.— Is  this  Another 
Masonic  Execntiou? 

Caret,  Ohio,  April  2,  1874. 
Bro.  K. — I  have  just  returned  from 
Fulton  Co. ,  0, ,  where  I  spent  five  days, 
I  trust  to  good  account  for  our  cause. 
While  there  I  gave  five  lectures,  and 
preached  twice  on  last  Sabbath.  On 
Tuesday  we  held  a  meeting  for  organ- 
izing the  county,  which  proved  a  grand 
success.     In  organizing  we  consumed 


THE 


CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


5 


most  of  the  day,  having  a  session  in 
the  forenoon  and  also  in  the  afternoon, 
in  which  a  suitable  constitution  and  by- 
laws were  prepared  and  adopted,  also 
appropriate  resolutioae,  which  will  be 
given  in  due  time  by  the  secretary 
■elect.  We  alfo  met  at  night  for  our 
last  lecture  of  the  series  delivered  in 
dififerent  parts  of  the  county. 

But  I  took  my  pen  for  a  different 
purpose  than  to  report  our  meetings,  as 
others  will  sea  to  that.  It  is  this:  to 
record  an  event  of  brutality  rarely 
•equalled  in  the  annals  of  history.  A 
few  days  previous  to  my  visit  to  that 
county,  several  little  boys,  playing 
along  a  stream  of  water  called  Bean 
Creek,  in  the  vicinity  of  Moreno!  (a 
town  just  in  the  edge  of  Michigan  and 
adjoining  this  State  on  the  north  of 
Fulton  Co.,  0.,)  discovered  a  box  in 
the  stream  partially  out  and  partially 
under  the  water.  They  were  induced 
from  curiosity  to  examine  the  box,  and 
succeeded  in  raising  it  out  of  the  sand 
and  mud,  in  which  it  seemed  to  have 
been  buried,  and  worked  it  to  the  shore 
but  were  unable  to  raise  it  upon  the 
bank  of  the  stream,  it  being  so  heavy. 
They  then  went  up  into  the  village  and 
reported  what  they  had  discovered, 
whereupon  the  citizens  thronged  the 
spot  immediately.  The  box  was  taken 
up  on  the  bank  and  opened,  and  the 
contents  proved  to  be  a  man  in  a  nude 
condition  with  every  mark  of  Masonic 
▼engeauce  upon  his  person.  His  body 
was  severed  in  the  midst,  and  his  en- 
trails taken  out  and  wrapped  up  in  pa- 
per and  found  in  the  box  with  the 
body.  The  left  breast  cut  open,  the 
heart  and  vitals  taken  out  and  missing. 
The  throat  cut  across  aod  the  tongue 
torn  out,  the  skull  smitten  off  and  the 
face  flayed,  and  otherwise  mutilated  so 
as  to  render  his  identity  impossible.  It 
appears,  from  current  report  that  the 
citizens  applied  to  an  officer  of  the  law, 
a  justice  of  the  peace,  and  urged  upon 
him  as  a  duty  to  notify  the  coroner, 
that  a  jury  might  be  appointed  and  a 
lawful  inquest  held  over  the  dead  body. 
The  justice  refused,  and  others  inter- 
fered, claiming  that  it  was  a  body  sent 
to  a  doctor  of  the  place  for  professional 
purposes,  and  placed  there  for  speedy 
decomposition.  So  the  body  remained 
all  day  on  the  banks,  no  one  daring  to 
interfere,  as  an  inquest  had  not  been 
held  over  the  same.  The  people  being 
stirred  and  excited  to  their  utmost  ten- 
sion over  the  matter,  three  young  men 
concealed  themselves  near  by  when 
night  came  on,  to  see  what  disposition, 
if  any,  should  be  made  of  the  body. 
And  the  result  of  their  discovery  is 
reported  that  they  recognized  three 
men,  all  Masons,  w£o  appeared,  dug  a 
hole  in  the  edge  of  the  stream,  and 
then  kicked  the  body  into  it  and  covered 
it  up.  That  this  report  is  correct  no 
one  but  the  fraternity  eeems  to  doubt. 
I  saw  one  man,  a  minister,  who  visited 
the  place  next  day  and  saw  the  box 
still  on  the  side  of  the  stream.  An- 
other, whose  name  I  shall  not  now 
give  for  prudential  reasons,  but  also  a 
minister  living  in  Moreaci,  who  saw 
the  body  with  all  the  mutilation  and 
marks  of  vengeance  before  given.  I  had 
fear  for  Elder  Baird,  as  he  had  been  at 
Morenci  lecturing  but  a  few  weeks  pre- 


vious, until  I  saw  his  article  in  Cynosure 
of  last  week,  which,  however,  is  without 
date  or  plsce.  D.  S.  Caldwell, 

The  Work  ie  Fulton  Comity,  0. 


Delta,  April  2d,  1S74. 
Dear  Cvnosure: 

We  have  just  organized  the  county 
On  the  2(Uh  uU,,  Bro.  Caldwell  came  I  joined  the  Ijdga  and  became  very  fsricked. 


before  a  crowded  house  and  joined  the 
church;  and  as  his  case  seems  to  bo  a 
little  peculiar,  I  desire  to  give  it  to  the 
readera  of  the  Cynosure. 

He  made  a  profession  of  religion 
about  twenty  years  ago,  and  joined  the 
Baptist  church.  For  one  and  a  half 
years  he  was  faUhiuI;  after    which  he 


full  of  fire  on  this  great  .subject,  and 
lectured  ia  the  P.jppel  Grrova  U.  B. 
church  on  the  eveninjj  of. the  26th, 
and  at  the  Whitaker  School-house  on 
the  27th;  again  at  the  (Irove  on  the 
28th,  Ssiturday  evening.  A  raeeling 
was  then  appoialfcd  at  Poppel  Grove 
on  Tuesday,  to  organize.  On  the  Sr.b- 
bath  Bro.  Catdwel!  preaclied  two  ex- 
cellent    sermons.       Oa     Moriday     he 


At  ths  iibove  meeLina;  he  became 
very  penitent  and  gave  good  evidence 
of  being  recL'Jmed. 

About  one  weak  after  his  conversion, 
his  pastor  saw  that  he  was  in  a  dis- 
tressed state  of  mind.  He  was  sp- 
pro:iched  by  the  pastor  v/hen  the  fol- 
lowing conversation  ensued: 

Pastor, — What  is  wrong? 

Convert. — I  am  a  ruined  m.in;  I  am 


lectured  at   Spring  Hill  in   the  United     all  tunf^lcd  np  with    secrecy;  I    cannot 


Brethern  church.  On  Tuesday  we 
met  to  organize.  We  had  not  a  very 
full  attendance,  from  the  feci  that  Bro. 
Caldwell  came  before  we  had  expected 
him  and  we  could  not.  get  word  to  the 
different  parts  of  the  county  in  time  for 
the  meeting.  But  all  went  off  smooth- 
ly, except  a  few  ripples  ia  the  secrecy 
element  which  proved  that  their 
stronghold  was  stirred  up.  After  the 
second  lecture  at  the  Grove,  one  Odd- 
fellow on  his  way  home  could  not 
contain  himself  and  ho  "bo'led  over," 
but  an  '•  anti"  was  there  to  take  care 
of  him.  At  Spring  Hill  a  Mason  was 
too   closely   pressed,    and  when   Bro. 


serve  two  masters;  I  want  to  be  free, 
but  sea  no  possible  chance,  I  have 
written  to  the  lodge  desiring  lo  loipe 
off  (he  slate,  but  they  will  not  release 
me.  Their  letter  (o  me  hid  this  state-  : 
ment:  "Within  the  last  three  months 
we  have  received  hundreds  of  similar 
requests,  but  we  propose  to  release  : 
none." 

Pastor. -—Yv'hiit  secret  society  do  you  : 
refer  to? 

Convert. — I  do  noi;  propose  to  tell. 
There  are  very  few  in  tliis  section  of 
country,  but  the  association  extends 
all  over  this  and  the  old  country,  es- 
pecially  France.     If  I   am   ever  sum- 


Caldwell,  in  the  course  of  his  remarks,  j  moned  to  appear  anywhere  I  must  go, 


gave  the  ''  grand  hailing  sign  of 
distress,"  he  denied  its  corrfctneas,  bat 
he  had  the  wrong  man  to  deal  with 
for  Bro.  Caldwell  told  him  that  by 
saying  that  was  not  right  he  simply 
said  all  the  rest  was  correct,  and  he 
thought  himself  to  have  done  remark- 
ably well  to  make  only  one  mistake  in 
the  whole  lecture.  The  people  seem- 
ed to  think  so  too.  The  Mason  seeing 
he  lost  his  jewel  looked  sorry  and 
confused.  Tnough  he  professes  to  be 
a  Christian,  yet  in  his  rage,  while  talk- 
ing to  the  lecturer  after  the  meeting, 
he  used  very  profane  language,  but  to 
no  purpose, 

I  wish  to  remark  that  Elder  Baird 
must  have  stirred  the  MasouS  to  a 
blood  pitch,  for  since  he  left  Morenci, 
Mich.,  the  body  of  a  murdered  man 
has  been  found  bearing  marKS  of  mutil- 
ation indicated  by  the  penalties  of  Ma- 
sonic oaths.  Wm.  R.  BuNor. 


itt«$jj$«i!^itti|> 


Discipline  Enforced. 


and  if  I  refuse  I  will  be  taken. 

Pastor. — How  can  they  compel  you 
when  it  is  not  the  voice  of  the  govern- 
ment. 

Convert.— But  it  extends  into  the 
government  and  has  become  the  voice 
of  the  government.  That  is  where  they 
will  get  me  into  trouble  if  I  join  the 
church.  What  questions  touching  se- 
crecy do  you  propose  to  ask  me,  if  I 
present  myself  for  membership  ? 

Pastor. — That  you  state  publicly 
yourself,  or  through  me,  that  you  will 
withhold  your  presence  and  dues  from 
the  lodge  so  long  as  you  are  a  member 
of  the  United  Brethren  church. 

Convert.— Here  is  my  trouble,  if  I 
am  called  upon  I  wili  be  compelled  to 

go- 
Pastor. — Do  you  desire  to  be  imel 
Convert. — Ye«,I  do. 
Pastor. — You  do  not  ask  us    to  vio- 
late oar  law  lo   accommodate  secjet  so- 
ciety men  ? 

Coavert. — No,  I  give  you  credit  for 
your  position. 

Pastor. — Is  the  oath  in  the  society 
referred  to  by  you,  similar  to  the  Ma- 
sonic ? 

Convert.— I  have  taken  the  Masonic 
oath,  and  know  all  about  it;  it  is   bad 


About  two  years  ago ,  a   member  of 
the  United  Brethren   church,    oa    my 
district,  joined  the   Freemasons.     He 
was  deaU  with  according  to  discipline, 
which  resulted  in   expulsion  from   the  ;  enough,  but  it  is  nothing  in  comparison 
church.     In  connection   with    our  last  j  to  the  other- 
quarterly   meeting   on  that  field  of  la-         When  he  uttered  the   last   sentence 
bor,  he  made    application  for   re-raeni-     he  shuddered  and  gave  it  with  empha- 
berahip  in  the  church.     He  came  for-  ;  sis.     He    stated    that   his    father  had 


pastor,  renounce  the  lodge  and  state 
that  he  thought  it  his  duty  to  join  the 
U.  B.  church.  I  sliould  like  to  know 
what  secret  society  Le  had  referetea 
to. 

The  power  of  Masonry  is  waning. 
The  cause  is  moving  slowly  butsteadily, 
and  permanently.  Thack  God  for  men 
that  will  say  what  they  think  to  be 
right  irrespective  of  popular  opinion. 
S.  p!  Hot. 
NoTB. — The  nameless  society  re- 
ferred 'o  in  this  letter  is  not  known  to 
any  of  the  editors  of  the  Cynosure. 

^ 

The  Convention  of  187.5. 


A  friend  says:  "Let  the  meeting 
of  the  National  Association  be  held  at 
Lansing,  Mich.,  next  year."  Are  there 
any  remarks  Irem  others  on  this  sub- 
ject. 

We  hope  the. very  best  jilace  v?ill  be 
recommended  before  the  Convention 
assembles  at  Syracuge. 


Lecture  List. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
dard, Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago, 

III. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggin?, 
605  E.  Washington  St., Indianapolis,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  V(''isconsin,  H.  II.  Hin- 
man,  Ironton,  Wis. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturer  for  ISfew  York,  Z.  Weaver, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Senccaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.  Rathbim,   Odessa,  N.  Y. 
S.  Smith,  Charles  City,  Iowa. 
R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfieid,  O. 
L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
Linus  Chittenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 
P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton ,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola, Ind. 

J.  L.  Barlow,  Bemus  Heights,  N.  Y. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancv  Creek,  Wis. 
C.  F.  Hawley,  Seneca  Falls  N.  Y. 
Wm.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind. 


OUK  MAIL. 


ward  to  the  altar  and  stood  up  like  a 
hero  and  publicly  renouaced  the"lodge 
and  was  received  into  the  church. 
How  much  better  for  the  man  and  the 
church  is  such  a  course,  than  the  one 
usually  pursued  by  faint-hearted  pas 
tors.  At  this  same  meeting  there  was 
two  other  Freemasons  converted.  One 


been  a  member  of  the  society  referred 
to  for  over  forty  years;  "I  joined  about 
ten  years  ago  and  in  187  I  becime  a  full 
member.  It  has  cost  me  over  $200.00 
•so  far.  At  one  time  I  drew  $53.00  of 
the  society  a^  dividend." 
I  I  was  present  when  this  man  pre- 
sented   himself  for  membership  in    the 


of  the  latter  also  renounced  the   lodge  [  church,  and  heard   him,   through   his 


— J.  R.  Wright,  Wales.  111.,  sends  us 
our  first  list  of  twenty-five  three  months 
subscribers  with  |10. 

John  Pike,  Snohomish  City,  Washing- 
ton Territory,  w^rites : 

"Y"ou  have  my  sympathj'.  Secret  soci- 
eties, I  believe,  are  sapping  the  very  foun- 
dations of  our  free  government." 

E.  J.  Chalfant,  Y'ork,  Pa.,  writes  : 

"I  am  to  see  the  Cynosure  is  to  be  en- 
larged. I  know  it  will  take  better  and  be 
more  respected  when  it  is  improved  as 
you  design.  So  go  ahead  and  we  will 
make  it  paj'.  Send  me  one  extra  copy  for 
a  year  from  this  time. 

This  style  of  a  letter  is  just  what  the 
publishers  need  to  strengthen  their  faith. 
The  last  two  sentences,  "We  will  make  it 
pay,*'  and  "Send  me  one  extra  copy,"  are 
the  words  that  clinch  the  nail. 

Rev.  E.  L.  Harris,  Delavan,  Wis., 
writes:  "I  am  delighted  with  the  idea  of 
enlargement.  It  (T?ie  Cynosure)  is  entirely 
too  small  for  my  reading.  Forthough  I  take 
several  other  papers  thej'  are  all  too  time- 
serving for  me.  I  should  have  made  an 
effort  to  raise  a  list  for  you,  but  I  have 
been  sick  for  three  months.  There  are  a 
number  of  true  friends  in  this  region  but 
as  they  are  all  under  the  infiuence  of  the 
''Let  alone  policy"  ministers  and  have 
no  leader,  the  cause  suffers.  Continue  to 
shed  light  on  all  the  dark  places  in 
church  and  state  and  God  will  bless  you." 

A  friend  in  California  speaking  of  the 
grange,  says:  "  Their  boastings  remind 
me  very  much  of  Goliah's,  and  I  think 
they  will  find  that  God  has  his  little  David 
yet  j  and  with  the  enemy's  own  weapon 
will  slay  him." 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


W.  J.  Phillip?,  Lodi,  111.,  a  recent  grad- 
uate of  Wheaton  College,  ■writes : 

"I  Nv'ant  tlic  Cyii  sure  as  loug  as  I  stay 
in  Atnericii.  I  have  circulated  quite  a 
number  of  tracts  tiiis  winter,  and  hope  to 
reap  some  bauefit  to  the  cause  berore  I 
leave,  in  the  way  of  new  sub.;Ciiberc.  ' 

John  Baird,  Columbus  Cit^',  Iowa,  sends 
the  subscriptions  of  six  persons  for  a  j'eor, 
one  for  six  months  and  one  for  three 
months,  and  writes  : 

"We  are  happy  to  send  you  so  respect- 
able a  club  list  from  thi^  region  where  se- 
cretism  hasthe  ascendency."  We  are  glad  to 
receive  this  club.  This  with  a  few  others 
we  have  received  wc  trust  are  only  the 
forerunners  of  a  great  boat. 

Merchant  Kelley,  Bentonville,  Ind., 
sends  four  new  subscribers,  and  writes  : 

"I  assure  you  I  will  get  as  many  sub- 
scribers as  I  can.  On  my  way  to  the  post- 
office  I  got  the  two  last  named." 

He  furnishes  us  a  fresh  illustratiou  of 
the  fact  that  the  harvest  is  plenleous;  and 
that  laborers  who  worl<  in  season  and  out 
of  season  will  be  remembered." 

F.  Manter,  Wayue,  Maine  : 
"If  the  'woman's  work  of  love'  or  'the 
prayer   cure'  for  intemperance  succeeds, 
why  not  inaugurate  it  for  the  anti-secret 
cause?" 

He  also  suggests  plans  for  making  the 
Cynosure  more  valuable  which  will  receive 
our  consideration  and  for  which  he  has 
our  thanks. 

Ladies,  do  not  wait  to  see  you  are  suc- 
cessful in  the  temperance  cause  before 
you  oppose  secret  societies.  Is  not  Free- 
masonry acknowledged  as  a  powerful  foe 
to  the  cause  of  temperance.  From  our 
standpoint  one  legitimate  way  to  oppose 
intemperance  is  to  make  it  unpopular  for 
men  to  take  refreshment  at  night  unac- 
companied by  their  wives  or  other  re- 
spectable ladies  in  the  company  of  "breth- 
ren" who  are  known  to  indulge  in  the  use 
of  intoxicating  drinks. 

H.  M.  Dice,  Danville,  111.,  writes  : 

"I  have  been  an  Odd-fellow  of  the  fifth 
degree  and  would  say  that  Bernard  reveals 
it  verbatim  as  I  learned  and  practiced  it 
in  the  lodge." 

Oliver  MacY,  West  Milton,  O.  A  young 
man  writes  that  he  is  working  in  this 
cause,  renews  his  subscription  and  wishes 
us  success  in  our  "labors  against  the  pow. 
ers  of  darkness."  We  love  to  see  young 
men  in  this  work. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind.,  sends 
four  new  subscribers,  orders  tracts,  and 
writes  : 

"I  am  glad  to  hear  that  the  paper  is  to 
be  enlarged  and  wish  I  could  do  more 
for  it." 

S.  H.  Erwin,  Walla  Walla,  Washington 
Territory,  writes  us  an  interesting  letter. 
Says  that  the  people  there,  ministers  and 
others,  with  a  few  exceptions  (he  mentions 
Rev.  Mr.  Fee  and  Rev.  P.  B.  Chamberlin 
as  exceptions)  are  bound  by  secret  organ- 
izations ;  and  that  the  legitimate  fruit  of 
these  societies  is  seen  everywhere.  In- 
tense selfishness.  The  golden  rule  seems 
to  be  reversed. 

J.  M.  Bishop,  Cbambersburg,  Pa.,  sends 
ten  six  months  subscribers  and  writes  : 

"Hold  on  to  your  faith  in  Gcd."  We 
feel  that  there  is  nothing  more  reliable  for 
us  to  cling  to.  * 

J.  W.  Allen,  RipoD,  Wis.,  sends  for  fifty 
cents  worth  of  Cynosures  to  distribute  at 
bis  next  town  meeting.  Is  not  this  plan 
worth  following  at  all  meetings  where 
thinking  people  assemble.  Send  for  the 
papers  as  long  before  hand  as  is  necessary, 
in  order  to  be  sure  to  have  them  on  hand. 

John  Glendcnning,  Albany,  Mo.,  writes  : 

"The  Anti-masonic  party  is  increasing 
In  numbers  and  in  strong  material,  gener- 
ally taking  a  firm  stand." 

He  says  it  is  an  exciting  time  in  Jlissou- 
ri  now  and  he  will  send  us  more  news 
when  things  settle  a  little.  Missouri  is 
beginning  to  talk  about  n  State  agent;  has 
a  political.  Anti-masonic  paper  now  in  the 
field.  There  is  a  great  work  to  be  done  in 
that  State.  We  pray  that  those  mustering 
hosts  may  be  filled  with  the  Spirit  of 
Christ, — that  perfect  reformer,  and  that 
tlirough  him  they  may  gain  a  glorious  vic- 
tory. 


flucneed  (x<;vcrumeiits. 


SOLCMOI^    SOUTUWICK,    18-8. 


Time  would  fail  mo,  were  1  equal  to 
the  task,  to  trace  the  progress  of  eecret 
secieties  from  the  plains  of  Egypt, 
Judca  and  Paleistiuc,  through  the  Gre- 
cian and  Roman  republics  and  empires; 
and  to  depict  in  their  true  color-,  the 
evils  T?hich  liave  invariably  fl:wed  from 
those  dark  and  corrupt  sources.  Nor 
can  I  for  the  same  reason,  though  the 
theme  well  suit  the  occasion,  pursue 
the  entire  thread  of  such  combinations 
in  modern  Europe.  Bat  there  is  one 
fact  in  history,  which  is  too  striking, 
and  too  full  of  instruction,  to  be  over- 
looked. Whilit  Freemafjonry  has  ever 
been  the  most  dangerouB,  the  most 
pernicious  of  them  all,  it  has  attracted 
the  least  suspicion,  and  excited  the  least 
alarm,  on  the  part  of  either  the  govern- 
ments or  the  people  of  any  n.^tion. 

The  Gahal  and  the  Star  Chamber  of 
EnslaEd,  whose  proceedings  wera  con- 
ducted in  secret,  and  whose  oppressive 
acd  pernicious  infiueuce  was  wide  and 
deeply  felt,  soon  roused  into  action  the 
free  Bpirit  of  our  British  ancestor^,  and 
could  not  withstand  the  current  of  pop- 
ular indignation. 

The  Spanish  InguisitioTt,  it  is  true, 
has  had  a  longer  reisjn,  bat  has  not 
been  less  an  object  of  j'^alousy  and  o^ 
hatred  on  the  psrL  of  a  large  portion  of 
those  states  in  which  it  has  exercised 
its  authcrity.  Between  this  dark  and 
tyrannical  conclave,  and  that  of  Freema- 
Eonry,  there  has  been  a  perpetual  war 
upon  the  vulgar  maxim,  I  presume, 
that  tv?o  of  a  trade  can  never  agree. 
The  High  Priest  of  the  Inquisitior? 
surrounded  by  his  sack  and  daggers ;  and 
the  Great,  Grand  High  Priest  of  the 
Black  Bannered  Fraternity,  with  Holi- 
ness to  the  Lord  inscribed  on  his  mitre, 
and  vENGEAKCE  emblazoned  on  his 
breasf-plate,  have  long  been  rivals  in 
the  trade  of  trick  and  deception ;  have 
louf^  contended  in  the  dark  for  the 
supremacy  of  the  European  Slates; 
have  long  ran  the  race  of  iniqiuity  in 
the  fields  of  pic  us  fraud  and  midnight 
conspiracy;  and  whichever  of  them 
may  finally  triumph  on  foreign  ground, 
may  the  Lord,  of  his  infinite  mercy, 
preserve  our  beloved  country  from  the 
fangs  of  either. 

The  llluminati  of  Germany,  and  its 
next  of  kin,  the  Jaoohin  societies  of 
France,  were  the  sources  of  wide-spread 
iniquity  and  corruption,  and  these  (c- 
gethcr,by  finally  leaguing  with  Masonry 
reached  the  ne  plus  idlra  of  turpitude 
*nd  crime,  treason  and  murder  not  ex- 
cepted, brought  one  of  the  mildest  and 
most  virtuous  of  princes  that  the  annals 
of  monarchy  had  ever  known  to  the 
guillotine,  and  gave  to  atheism,  anarchy 
and  confusion  the  reins  of  empire,  and 
the  plenlitude  of  mad  misrule,  and 
malignant  and  despotic  power.  But 
for  the  malign  icfl'.ierc:i  of  t'lese  dark 
and  mysleriouG  combinalionp,  France, 
instead  of  becoming  an  aceldema — in- 
stead of  seeing  her  fields  blighted  by 
carnage,  the  streets  of  her  cities  run- 
ni'iEC  with  blood,  and  the  vultures  prey- 


ing upon  the  flesh  of  her  uabutiod 
dead — instead  of  seeing  the  return  of 
her  ancient  monarchy  in  its  most  rigid 
forms,  might  at  this  day,  perhaps,  have 
enjoyed  the  mild  eway  of  a  reformed 
government, — a  government  limiLed  in 
its  power  by  the  acknowledged  sover- 
eignty of  the  people,  and  restrained 
by  constitutional  prefcriptions  from 
overleaping  the  bounds  of  justice,  equi- 
ty and  moderation. 

Let  us  now  revert  to  certain  periods 
in  our  own  history,  and  inquire  into  the 
temper  and  disposition  with  which  cer- 
tain societies,  plans  and  propositions, 
not  Masonic,  but  supposed  to  have  been 
pregnant  with  secrecy  and  design,  have 
been  received  among  us. 

The  first  society  which  created  suspi- 
cion or  alarm  as  to  its  supposed  secret 
and  dangerous  design?,  was  that  tvhich 
sprung  up  at  the  close  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, composed  of  oflScera  of  the  Revo- 
lutionary army,  and  called  by  its 
founders  the  Order  of  Cincinnati,  No 
sooner  was  the  society  announced  than 
the  minds  of  many  were  agitated  with 
fears  and  suspicions  that  it  aimed  at  the 
creation  of  a  nobility,  the  establishment 
of  a  government  founded  on  the  ine- 
quality of  m.iakind,  and  subversive  of 
that  liberty  (or  which  the  Revolution 
was  entered  into.  In  vain  did  the 
advocates  of  this  military  combination 
or  order  appeal  to  the  people  for  the 
purUy  of  their  motives  and  the  propri- 
ety of  their  designs;  in  vain  did  they 
disown  the  principles  imputed  to  them; 
in  vain  did  they  protest  that  their  only 
object  was  to  brighten  and  strengthen 
the  chain  of  friendship,  to  cement  the 
bonds  of  brotherhood  formed  amid  the 
toils  and  dangers  of  the  revolution. 
For  the  jealousy  of  freemen,  once 
aroused,  is  not  to  be  allayed  but  by  the 
clearest  explanations  or  the  entire  ex- 
tinction of  the  exciting  cause.  On  this 
occasion  it  was  not  allayed,  although 
laurel-crowned  warriors  and  popular 
orators  and  favorites  came  forward  to 
explain  and  defend  the  motives  and  the 
aim  of  the  Cincinnati.  On  the  ground 
of  their  merits  the  most  eloquent  ap- 
peals were  made  to.  the  people.  They 
were  justly  represented  as  the  gallant 
military  leaders  of  the  Revolution. 
Their  swords  had  gleamed  in  battle  from 
a  hundred  hills,  and  es  many  valleys 
had  resounded  with  their  shouts  of  vic- 
tory or  death — death  or  liberty !  The 
dungeons  of  the  Sugar  House  and  of 
Old  Jersey  Frisonship  had  echoed  and 
re-echoed  to  their  groans  when  opprese- 
ed  by  hunger,  thirst,  disease  and  the 
pestiferous  effluvia  of  a  confined  atmos- 
phere. The  frozen  plains  of  Abraham, 
and  the  burning  sands  cf  Monmouth, 
had  drank  their  blood,  freely  and  pro- 
fusely shed  to  secure  the  libertieR  cf 
their  country.  Such  were  their  perils, 
their  sufferings  and  their  services,  and 
what  was  their  character?  It  was  that 
of  highminded  honorable  men.  They 
were  not,  it  is  true,  the  Washingtons, 
for  we  have  never  had — wc  never  can 
have — but  one  Washington;  yet  he, 
the  matchless  hero  and  sage,  was  among 
them;  he  was  their  leader;  following 
in  his  train  as  the  members  of  this 
heroic  band  were  such  men  as  Green, 
Gates,  Pinckney  and  Hamilton,  men 
without    fear    and   without  reproach. 


And  yet  sii:h  men  were  not  to  be  im- 
plicitiy  trusted  by  enlightened  freemen. 
Virtuous  precaution,  as  well  as  green- 
eyed  jealousy,  imputed  eecret  designs 
of  a  baneful  terdcncy  to  their  aBsocia- 
tion.  The  cry  of  Aristocracy,  Nobility, 
Military  Uiurnaticn  and  Monarchy  was 
raised  against  them.  Nor.  I  repeat  it, 
was  this  clamor  confined  to  the  illiter- 
ate multitude  or  to  the  unprincipled 
and  selfish  demagogues,  but  it  came 
froia  the  lips  of  the  virtuous  and  ven- 
erable sages,  and  the  pens  of  more 
than  one  such  were  employed  in  por- 
traying the  anticipated  evils  of  this  new- 
born and  courtly  Order.  Among  oth- 
ers, the  eloqxient  Edanus  Burke,  of 
South  Carolina,  a  dietiiigushed  actor  in 
the  Revolution,  pronounced  it  "tho 
modern  Pandora,"  the  * '  Hydra-headed 
monfter"  and  likened  it  to  the  famous 
Trojan  Horse,  from  whose  bowels  were 
to  issue  the  myrmidons  of  tyranny 
and  despotism,  ready  armed  to  seize 
upon  tho  citadel  of  our  liberties  and 
trample  in  the  dust  the  glorious  fruits 
of  the  R3volution.  The  blaze  of  his 
eloquence  scorched  and  nipped  in  the 
bud  this  military  combination,  and  from 
the  day  of  its  birth  to  the  present  time 
it  has  been  withering  in  the  shade  of 
popular  neglect.  It  is  now  rarely  heard 
of,  although  the  probability  is  that  the 
fears  of  Mr,  Burke  and  his  cc-patriots 
were  extravagant  if  not  groundless. 
KesoiutiOKS  of  a  Baptist  Council. 


We  have  received  an  account  of  the 
doings  of  a  council  composed  of  minis- 
ters and  delegates  from  the  Baptist 
churches  in  Malone,  Jay,  Essex  and 
Georgia,  Yt,,  held  at  Plattshurgh,  N. 
y.,  March,  1831;  Elder  S.  Marshall,  of 
Malone,  chairman,  and  Elder  Joel  Peek 
of  Jay,  scribe.  This  council  was  called 
at  the  request  of  brethren  of  the 
church  in  Plattsburgh,  aggrieved  on 
the  subject  of  Freem-asonry,  who  had 
seceded  from  Elder  Turner  and  the 
msjority  of  the  church.  The  following 
were  the  resolutions  passed  in  reference 
to  the  subject  of  Freemasonry: 

Resolved,  That  we  consider  specula- 
tive Freemasonry  a  wicked  and  corrupt 
institution,  opposed  to  the  genius  of 
the  gospel  and  condemned  by  the  Word 
of  God. 

JResfilved,  That,  in  our  judgment,  it 
is  the  duty  of  every  Freemason  who  is 
a  member  of  the  church,  to  renounce 
all  connection  with  the  institution  and 
no  longer  consider  himself  bound  by  its 
laws,  customs,  cblg^ticns  or  usages, 
and  that  he  give  satisfactory  evidence 
of  the  same  to  the  church;  and  thafin 
case  he  will  not  do  this  he  forfeits  hia 
standing  in  the  church. 

Resolved,  That  we  consider  the  griev' 
ed  brethren  and  sisters  who  called  this 
council,  and  all  other  grieved  members 
of  the  other  party  who  fellowship  the 
doings  of  this  council  on  Gospel  grounds ; 
and  ES  such,  we  feel  in  duty  bound  to 
fellowship  them  as  the  Baptist  Church 
of  Christ  in  Plattsburgh. —  Vermont 
Telegraph. 


Most  Christians  keep  th  ir  religion 
in  a  lump,  laid  by  for  great  extremities. 
Spread  it!  My  brethren,  spread  it! 
Take  care  of  tho  small  occasions,  and 
the  greater  ones  will  take  care  of 
♦hemselves. 


. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  Misdirection  of  a  Soul, 


Robert  Barns  is  the  greatest  of  Scot- 
tisii  poets.  His  genius  and  perfect 
naturalness  are  a  never-faiiia^  charm. 
There  is  a  fact  in  his  history,  recently 
stated  by  one  of  his  couRlrj'ti  greatest 
pulpit  orators,  which  expkins  what 
else  would  be  difficult  to  un  'erstand. 
He  was  piously  educated,  and  through 
all  his  life  had  great  respect  for  relish- 
ion. 

Before  his  fame  as  a  poet  had  arous- 
ed the  enthusiasm  of  his  countrymen, 
while  he  was  quite  a  young  man,  his 
principal  and  only  pleasurable  ejKploy- 
inent  was,  to  U';c  his  own  words^  "look- 
ing backwards  and  forwards  in  a  moral 
and  religious  way."  He  lived  to  walk 
alone  upon  the  hilis,  and  muse  upon 
his  destiny  amid  the  sublimity  of  light- 
ning and  storm.  The  description  given 
of  the  heavenly  state  in  the  last  three 
verses  of  the  seventh  chapter  of  Uevc- 
ktion,  acted  upon  him  like  the  harp- 
ings  of  eternity.  Urged  by  consciencej 
touched  with  fire  of  truth,  he  went  far 
counsel  to  a  neighboring  clergyman, 
who  proved  himself  to  be  a  careless  as 
well  as  a  free-thinkiusc  shepherd  of 
souls.  He  could  not  understand  his 
case,  eo  he  counseled  him  to  dismiss 
auch  gloamy  though tSj  to  dance  and 
mingle  in  gay  society,  as  the  best  cor- 
rective of  his  despondency.  His  seri- 
ous redections  vanished,  and  he  was 
lost  to  rehgioa  and  to  Crod. 

Here  was  a  loss  more  fatal  than  a 
train  of  cars  throv?n  off  the  track  by  a 
wrong  switch ;  or  than  if  some  Great 
Eastern  had  been  wrecked  by  follow- 
ing false  lights  on  the  Irish'coast.  A 
greater  than  Cowpsr  or  Montgomery, 
in  the  line  of  poetry,  was  made  a  bale- 
ful star  in  the  intellectual  constellation, 
and  when,  as  one  of  the  Srst  magnitude, 
he  might  have  guided  countless  souls 
to  Christ,  he  became  but  the  illumina- 
tor of  conviviality  and  dissipation ;  and 
after  a  few  fitful  years,  went  dcwa  to 
the  grave  a  disappointed  man,  with  a 
ruined  constitution. 

Christian,  ii  the  Pilgrim's  Progress, 
was  exposed  to  a  similar  danger.  When 
inquiring  the  way  to  the  Celestial  City, 
he  was  met  by  Mr,  Worldly-wiseman, 
who  nearly  accomplished  his  ruin  un- 
der the  burning  mountain  to  which  he 
directed  him,  When  the  soul  comes 
to  a  crisis  in  its  history,  as  most  souls 
do,  it  seeks  some  friendly  evangelist 
to  couQsei  it  safely.  When  an  immor- 
tal beino;  stands  at  the  junction  of  two 
roads,  the  one  leading  to  heaven  and 
the  other  to  hell,  and  is  in  doubt  as  to 
which  he  should  take,  and  yet  desires 
to  follow  the  right,  the  wrong  counsel- 
or assumes  fearful  responsibility.  The 
misdirected  soul  may  retort  to  the  '  au- 
thor of  his  ruin,  ''I  inquired  of  you  the 
way  to  life,  and  you  turned  me  into  the 
road  of  death !"  — Selected. 


Dr.  David  Livingstone. 


This  distinguished  missionary  explor- 
er died  in  Lobisa,  in  the  interior  of  Af- 
rica, in  August  last.  His  explorations 
had  led  him  into  marshes,  ia  crossing 
which  he  had  been  obliged  to  wade, 
with  the  water  at  one  time  for  three 
hours   above   his  waist.      Ten   of  his 


pariy  died  through  these  exposures. 

Dr.  Livingstone  was  born  at  Blan- 
tyre,  near  Glasgow,  Scotland,  in  the 
year  ISlV.  His  parents  were  in  hum- 
ble circumstances.  Of  his  father  he 
says  :  -'He  was  too  conscientious  ever 
to  become  rich,  but  by  his  kindness  of 
manner  and  winning  ways  he  made  the 
hearlstrings  oihis  children  twine  around 
him  as  firmly  as  if  he  had  possessed  and 
could  bestow  upon  them  every  advan- 
tage."      * 

David  was  obliged  at  an  early  ago  to 
eara  his  own  support  by  work  in  the 
cotton  mills  of  Blan tyre.  But  even  at 
that  time  be  v/as  possessed  with  a  gen- 
uine love  of  learning.  By  hard  labor 
he  purchased  the  means  of  satisfying 
his  menial  appetite,  pursuing  his  stud- 
ies at  Glasgow  .during  the  winter 
months,  and  resuming  operations  in  the 
mills  during  vacations.  We  have  heard 
from  the  lips  of  an  old  Scotchwoman 
how  she  Lad  seen  him  reading  from 
hia  hook  as  he  followed  the  motions  of 
the  spinning  "  mule." 

As  he  grew  to  manhcod  he  deter- 
mined to  devote  himself  to  the  missionary 
work.  He  acquired  a  medic il  educa- 
tion, and  attended  one  or  two  courses 
of  theological  lectures;  and  in  1840 
was  ordained  as  a  medical  missionary 
under  the  auspices  of  the  London  Mis- 
sionary Society. 

He  soon  1-ft  England  for  Port  Natal. 
There  he  met  with  his  distinguished 
countryman,  the  missionary  Moffat, 
whose  daughter,  after  a  few  years,  be- 
came LiviEg5tone's  wife,  and  accampa- 
nied  him  in  some  of  his  subsequent  ex- 
ploring tours,  dying  in  1862  of  fever 
coutrscted  on  a  journey. 

After  Studying  the  language  for  two 
years,  in  1843  he  founded  a  missiohary 
station  at  Mabosta.  At  this  place,  and 
a  station  fifty  miles  north  of  it,  be 
labored  for  the  next  six  yefir3.  He 
afterwards  was  stationed  at  Kuruman, 
making,  however,  many  journeys  of 
exploratif  n. 

In  1856  he  returned  to  England, 
having  added  to  patient  and  successful 
missionary  labor  geographical  discover- 
ies of  great  interest  and  value. 

After  publishing  his  "'  Missionary 
Travels  and  Researches  in  South  Afri- 
ca," he  returned  to  his  field  of  labor 
and  exploration  in  1858,  conducting 
an  expedition  up  the  Zimbesi. 

In  1864  he  returned  to  hia  native 
country  for  the  last  time,  and  1865 
found  him  back  in  Africa  ready  to  con- 
tinue his  explorations  of  the  interior. 
He  has  been  hidden  in  the  wilds  cf  that 
country  ever  since. 

His  contributions  to  geographical 
knowledge  have  been  extensive.  And 
he  has  shown  to  a  utilitarian  age  the 
sp'clac'e  cf  a  man,  for  humanity's  sake 
and  for  Christ's  sake,  pushing  into  un- 
traveled  regions,  undergoing  great 
hardships,  and  at  last  meeting  his  death, 
that  he  might  open  up  a  dark  continent 
to  the  light  of  the  gospel. 

''I  view  the  end  of  the  geographical 
feat,"  he  says,  '*  as  the  beginning  of 
the  missionary  enterprise.  I  take  the 
latter  term  in  its  most  extended  signifi- 
cation, and  include  every  effjrt  made 
for  the  amelioration  of  our  race,  the 
promotion  of  all  those  means  by  which 
God  in  his  providence  is  working,  and 
bringing  all  his  dealings  with  man  to  a 
srloriouH  coosymmation. " — £Jx. 


^||i(ilwtt'^  ^m\t(, 


''Look  iitffoie  ytm  Leap." 

Mauy  little  folks  are  apt 

To  get  a  hearty  thump, 
Eeoanse  they  do  not  look  before — 

Tliey  take  the  fiual  jump. 
Closo  hOBide  the  stony  \vall, 

The  thorns  and  briers  creep: 
£o  'lis  always  safe  and  best  — 

To  look  Def  ore  you  leap. 
V/hen  entering  life's  rugged  road. 

Be  sure  aright  to  start: 
In  paths  of  virtue  ever  go^— 

And  never  from  them  part. 

— Selected. 


Tltc  Promise, 


In  the  winter,  on  a  very  rilippery 
day,  a  boy  wan  helping  an  aged  lady 
dofrn  s.ome  slept:. 

* 'Aren't  you  afraid  of  falling  down," 
said  he? 

'  -No ,  dear, "  said  the  old  kdy ;  "I'm 
as  careful  as  I  can  be;  and  there's  a 
piotnise  in  the  Bible  that  helps  rse : 
'He  keepeth  all  his  bones;  not  one  of 
them  is  broken.'" 

"He  didn't  keep  roiae,"  said  the  boy  ; 
I  fell  down  once,  and  broke  my  leg." 

''Perhaps  that  was  bec:>U33  yoti 
did't  ask  Him,  my  dean  Suppose  Mr, 
Broyyn  should  promise  in  the  newspa- 
per to-morrow  that  he  would  .  give  a 
su't  of  clothes  to  every  child  in  New 
York.  Now,  if  you  just  read  the  prom- 
ise and  go  about  your  play,  and  don't 
think  any  more  about  it,  it  vfon't  do 
you  a  big  of  good.  But  if  you  go  to 
his  store  and  s:?.y:  'Mr.  Brown,  you 
promised  a  suit  of  clothes  to  every 
child  in  New  York;  plea?e  give  me 
mine;'  that  would  be  truBting  his 
promise.  And  tb.?.l's  the  way  we  must 
trust  Gdi's  promise.  Try  thera,  and 
be  sure  that  in  some  way  he  will  more 
than  fulfill  them." 


''Are  you  sick?''  For  mothers,  you 
know,  seem  to  sleep  with  one  eye  and 
ear  opep,  especially  when  the  fathers 
are  away,  a-s  Georgfe's    f?lher  wa?. 

'•D^ar  mother,  '  he  caidj,  knaeling  at 
her  bediidc,  "I  could  eo^.  sleep  for 
thinking  of  my  r:iia  words  to  you. 
Forgive  me,  mother,  ray  dear  ruother, 
and  may  Gol  help  mj  n^^vcr  to  behavfj 
gO  Rgaio  I"' 

She  clssped   the  peaitent  boy  in  hir 
arms   and    kissed    hi',    warm     check. 
George  is  a  big  man  n:jw,    but  he  says 
that  was  the  sweetest    moment   of  hi'; 
life.      His  strong,  healtay,   impetuous 
nature    became  tempered  by  a  gsnll,-- 
ness  of  spirit.      It  softened    its  roui^li- 
nes3,  sweetened  his  temper,   and  helped 
him  on  to  a  true   and   noble    Christi-'in 
manhood. 
I      Boys  are  eometimes   ashamtd  lo  act 
j  out  their  best  feelings.     0.  if  they  only 
knew  what  a  loss  itia  to  them  not  to  do 
I  so! — Mother's  Mago?:ine. 


Tljat  Kiss  of  ray  Motiier. 

George  Brown  wanted  to  go  some 
where,  and  h's  mother  was  not  willing. 
He  tried  to  argue  the  matter.  When 
that  would  not  do,msteiid  of  saying,  "I 
should  really  like  to  go,  but  if  you 
cannot  give  your  consent,  dear  mother, 
I  Tviil  trj'  to  be  content  to  stay,"  he 
spoke  roughly,  and  went  off  slamming 
the  door  behind  him.  Too  many  boys 
do  EO,  George  was  fourteen,  and 
with  his  fourteen  years'  experience  of 
one  of  the  best  of  mothers  one  would 
have  thought  better  of  him.  "B:jt  he 
was  only  a  boy.  What  can  you  ex- 
pect of  boys?"     Sj  say  some  people. 

Stop  I  hear  mora.  That  night  GcOrge 
found  thorns  in  hia  pillow.  He  could 
not  fix  it  in  anyway  to  go  to  sleep  on. 
He  turned  and  tojsed,  and  he  shook 
and  patted  it;  but  not  a  wink  of  sleep 
for  him.  The  thorns  kept  pricking. 
They  were  the  angry  words  he  spoke 
to  his  mother.  "My  dear  mother, 
who  deserves  nothing  but  kindness, 
and  love,  and  obedience  from  me,"  he 
said  to  himself.  "I  never  do  enough  for 
her;  yet  how  have  I  behaved  ?  her  old- 
est boy !  How  tenderly  she  nursed 
me  through  that  fever!'* 

These  unhappy  thoughts  quite  over- 
came him.  He  would  ask  her  to  for- 
give him  in  the  morning.  But  suppose 
soraeth'ug  sliould  happen  before  morn- 
ing? He  would  a;-;k  her  now,  to-night, 
this  moment  George  crept  out  of  bed, 
and  went  softly  to  his  mother's  room. 

''George,"  she  said,  "Is    that   you?" 


Bad  Wag'es. 


''1  have  left  my  p'acfj,  mother,"  said 
a  poor  boy  one  day  vvhen  he  returned 
from  bis  work. 

''Why  have  you  left?"  said  the  moth- 
er, "was  your  master  unkicd  to  you?' 

"No,  mother,  he  v7aR  kind  esough," 
said  the  bey. 

"Didn't  you  like  the  work?"  asked 
the  mother. 

"It  was  the  wages  I  did'atlike,"  said 
the  boy  solemnly.  "My  master  wanted 
me  to  sin,  and  the  wai;ea  cf  sin  is 
death." 

His  master  had  expected  him  to  lie 
about  the  goods,  and  deceive  and  cheat 
the  customers ;  but  the  boy  said— - 

"No,  sir.  I  can't  do  such  things;  I 
will  leave  your  service  first."  And  he 
did  leave  it;  and  he  was  rightabout  it 
'00.  Sucli  boys  will  make  mothers' 
hearts  glad,  and  will  find  that  the  Lord 
takes  care  of  those  who  trust  in  him 
and  will  not  work  for  Satan,  nor  earn 
the  wages  of  sin. 

Such  trials  do  the  faithful  good.  It 
may  seem  hard  to  suffer  because  we  will 
not  sin ,  but  the  rough  sea  mr.kes  the 
sailor,  tbe  hot  furnace  makes  the  pure 
gold,  the  strongest  faith  comes  from  the 
hardest  trials,  and  they  wbo  suffer  for 
Chri.?l's  and  conscience'  sake  shall  be 
blessed  'nere  and  crowned  with  joy 
hereafter. — Little    Christian. 


BsTTER  THAN  GoLD. — We  ofica  hear 
little  boys  telling  of  the  wonders  they 
will  do  wh'^n  they  grow  to  be  men. 
They  are  looking  and  longing  for  the 
time  when  they  shall  be  large  enougli 
to  carry  a  cane  and  wear  a  tall  hat ; 
and  not  one  of  them  will  say  that  ho 
expects  to  be  a  poor  man,  but  they 
every  one  intend  to  be  rich.  Now, 
money  is  very  good  ia  its  place;  but 
let  me  tell  you,  httle  boyr,  what  is  a 
great  deal  better  than  money,  and  what 
you  may  be  earning  all  the  time  you 
are  waiting  to  grow  large  enough  to  earn 
a  fortune. 'The  Bible  tells  us  that  "a  good 
name  is  rather  to  be  chosen  than  great 
riches,  and  lovJDg  favor  rather  than  sil- 
ver and  gold."  A  good  name  does 
not  mean  a  name  for  being  the  richest 
man  in  town,  cr  for  owning  tbe  largest 
house,  A  (^oocZname  is  a  name  for  do- 
ing good  deeds;  a  name  for  wealing  a 
pleasant  face  and  carrying  a  cheerful 
hearf.;  for  always  doing  right  no  mat- 
ter what  the  conseque  *  ■'^^  may   be, 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


rian    lady    of 
in  one  day  nine 


rammers   25  cent? 
carls  35  cents. 


to   be 
paviors  35  cents,  and  iiorssg  and 


wealth    and    position    had    prayed  ftctive  and  the  judge  on  this  pretext  ordered  the  jury 
times  in  public,   and    a  Methodist  I  to   bring   ia  a  verdict  of  "not  guilty.''  As  this  will 
riend  remarked  to  her,  Hubsequoufly,  thai;  she  would;  prevent  another  indictment  for  the  same  crime,  there 
The    Mennonites  of  the  United  States  and  Can-|expect  hereafter  to  hear  her  vo'ce  in  the  social  prayer-!  is  a  j.jst  iDgdignaiion  thro-ugliout  the  country, 
ada  have  raised  §20,000  to  aid  their  Russian  bretliren  ^  oioeting.  _^^^  ^^.^  ^^^.^^  ^^  Susquehanna  depot  is  settled, 

in  their  proposed  .migration  to  this  country.  —The  Bishop  of  Manchester  having-,  at  the  Church  j  aud   trains   having   been    running   regularly   several 

—The   success    of  Mr.  Moody's  labors  in  GUsgow  Congress,    expressed    his   astoaishment    that  in    the  dayr,  about  500  hands  weie  re-smployed. 
does  not  .bate,  .ow  having  progressed  several  weeks,  jjajs  of  Christ  '|the  poor  ^^f^^^J^^l       _.The  Brooklyn  Board  of  City  Works  have  decided 
'nd  :idclr  '  "  '""'  "  '"^^""^iLrTelp^Idrt  of  the  J/Tir)^^^^  engage  hereafter  its  employees  by  the  hour.     The 

ana  wiacnmg.  ,  ^.^^  ^^  ^^^   difficulty,    and    say-:    "I  could    not  but  P^J  ^^  laborers  is   to   be   fixed  at  15  cents  an  hour, 

—The  Observer  says  that  an  Association  of  ihirtj  i  ^^jj^er  as  I  listened  to  him  that  he  did  not  under- 
Baptist  clorgymen  and  a  large  number  ol  laymen  have  j.^j^^^^^j^y  ^l^jg  ^.^g^  The  poos  heard  Christ  gladly 
been  formed  with  Its  headquarters  111  Brooklyn,  N.Y.,,j^g„j^^gg  jjg„Q(jgj.3fQ^^j  ^^g^_     He  lived  among  them.  ,    ^-Attorney    General   Dimmick,    of  Pennsylvania 

He  knew  what  it  was  to  be  hungry   and  to    have   ac-'  decided  that  Good  Friday  was  a  legal  holiday  in  that 
where  to  lay  his  head,  and  therefore  was  able  to  eym-  c  ,  j 

.L-         -L-L.  J.1  ■    i  i-  J  J  •  1      ni    •     loiate,    and 

pathize  with  the  poor  in  tempatioiis  and  ttials.  ChriPii 

gave  up  hiB  glory  to  save  man.     And  if  English  bish- 
ness    alltiour/n  iiKe  mm,  an  unuenommanunai   your-  ops  really  want  to  reach  the  great  masses  of  the  poor. 
nal. '   It  wilf  bo  printed  in  German  and  its  support-  they  must  copy  somewhat  Christ's  example." 
ers  will  probably  be  largely  among  the  Lutherans,     j     .-Another  name  is  added  1o  the  consecrated  band 

The  Plymouth  Congregational  Church  of  this  city  I  of  lay  workers    like  Moody  and    Burnell.   Major   D 

are  discussing  plana  for  a  new  building.  The  church  !W.  Whittle  has  given  up  hia  business  and  devoted 
edifice  formerly  occupied  was  sold  after  the  great  fire!  himself  wholly  to  the  greatest  and  nobhest  of  labors, 
to  the  Roman  Catholic  Bishop  Fohy,    and  is   now  St.  j  the  salvation  of  imm^rtil  souls.      On   the  1st  of  April 


"to  promote  freedom  of  conscience,  and   the   right   to 
open  communion." 

— Another  religious  daily  journal  ha9  been  started 
in  New  York.      It  will  not  comp'-te    with  the    Wit- 
although  like  that,  an  undenominational   jour- 


oa  April  4th  business  was  suspended 
genr'rally  on  that  day  in  Philadelphia.  The  same 
rule  was  popularly  regarded  in  New  York,  and  Wall 
street  was  nearly  deserted. 

— A  snow  storm  passed  over  Iowa,  Illinois,  Indi- 
ana, and  into  Canada  on  the  5th.  In  several  places 
near  the  centre  of  Illinoia  and  Indiana,  it  was  the 
most  severe  of  the  season,  snow  falling  six,  seven,  and 


Mary'8    Cathedral.  j  he  resigned  his  plice  as  general  agent   of  the  Elgin' ^'"^^°  ^^^'^^  inches. 

„,  .  -.  XL     D      •    1    •       rni      1     .    J  National  Watch  Co.,  and  a  talary  of  85,000  a  year,  i      — Boston    Auril  6th —The   eleventh    hallnt   tii-   a 

-The  anniversary  of  the  Presoyterian   Theological |  p^^,      p_    p_     gliss   has  also  resigned  his    (--  -   -~  ^ 

ster  of  the  Firet  Congregational  Church 
!  perintendent  of    its  Sabbath-school,   one  of  the  larg- 


SeminaryofChicago,washeldonThursday  kst.   Twe^l^J:  J-^P^,,^-,^:^^^^^  States  Senator  was  taken  to-day  in  the  Legis- 


ty-nine  students  have  been  in  attendance  during  the  year  i 


j._  lature,  with  the  following   result:     Whole   number. 


and  six  graduated.  The  aggregate  receipts  for  the  year-      j^  ^j^^  ^j^^^^^^^j  ^^^^^  to     a    choice,  98;  Dawes   had    67; 

have   been  ^33,111.87,   and  Elder  C.    E.  Spring  has! ,, :,-d  \^ ./.  _.  ,,. 


secured  $20,000  in    subscriptions  for  addiiional  build- 
ings. 

A  church  is  being  built  by  the  Anti-masonic  mem- 

bersof  the  Methodist  chuich  of  Marengo,  lil.,  in  wh'ch 

Rev.  Mr.  Fanning  is  expected  to  preach 

ber  bears  about  one-fourth  of   the  cost. 

who  takes  Mr.    Fanniog's  pulpit  in  Woodstock   is  said 

to  be  a  high  Msson.  I 

— Edward  N.  Kirk,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  Mount  Ver-| 
non  Congregationalist  Church,  Boston,  died  suddenly; 
on  Wednesday,  April  8 tb.     He  was   president  of  the; 


meetiogs  with  the  power  of  song;  as  Mr, 
helping  Moody  in  Scotland.  What  a  commentr.- 
ly  is  it  upon  our  clergy  when  the  Lord  tlius  thrusts 
jut  men  into  hia  vineyard,  and  what  a  rebake  to  the 
mercenary  motives  which,  it  is  too  often  and  too  well 
Gae  mem  ;  known,  actuate  them ! 
Mr.    Boring 


'^i|W$  4  ikt  fu\. 


Sankey  is  Hosr,  67;  Curtip,  53;  Adams,  7;  Banks,  6,  and 
Washburn,  Whittier,  Phillips,  and  Pierce  received  1 
yote  each . 

— The  Connecticut  State  election  on  Tuesday, 
iresiilted  in  the  election  of  Ingersoll,  Democrat,  by 
several  thousand  majority ;  both  houses  of  Legislature 
are  Democratic. 


The  City,  — '^^®  Rhode  Island  State   election  took  place  on 

the  1st,     There  were  no  Democratic  nominations  for 

—The  Baptist  Council  on  the  case  of  Rev.  Florence  |  state  offisers,  and  the  vote  was  light.     Henry  Howsrd 
McCarthy  closed  last  week  with  the  decision  that   thei^^^^   re-elected    Governor  by    a    majority  of  12,269. 


American  Missionary  Association  and  was  officially  con- 
nected with  many  other  religious,  educational  and  be- S  hand    of  fellowship   should  be    withdrawn,    and   thel  ,     .   .  t- 

■         -    -  r-' Union  Park   Baptist    Church    were  recommended  to  ^^^'"'^^  C.  \  an  Zandt   was   elected  Lieutenant   Gov- 


nevolent  societies,   and  his  death  will   be  very   gener- 


ally felt  and  mourned  by  the  religious  community, 

— A  lady  wrili 
tion,  says  that  many 

miles  on  Sunday  to  attend  church,  and  a  more  atten 
tive  and  devout  congregation  cannot  be  found  in  any 
civilized  community.  In  prayer  they  are  very  earnest 
and  display  none  of  the  hesitation  and  backwardness 
which  may  sometimes  be  witnessed  among  the 
white  race. 

— The  statistics  of  the  Moravian  Mission  for  1873 
shows  90  mission  stations,  of  which  74  are  in  America, 
12  in  Africa,  2  in  Asia  and  2  in  Australia.  The  mis- 
sionaries numbered  322,  including  mis^ioaaries^  wives 
and  agents.  They  have  also  1,533  native  helpers, 
21,969  communicants  in  the  territory  supplied  by 
mission  labor.  The  total  receipts  of  the  Board  for  the 
year  amounted  to  $99, COO. 

-Dr.  Schaufflir,  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M,,  writes 
that  at  length  a  Bohemian  service  in  cjnnection  with 
the  mission  in  Prague  has  been  arranged,  and  that  on 


vote   7,679  to  6,512  for  Wm,  F.  Sayles, 
candidate.     The   Legislature  is  Republi- 


Baptist 
dissolve  relations  with  him.     The  decision  is  probably  I  eraor  by   a 
J.         o     •  •    XT  u  just,  but  various  irregularities  in    obtaining  it  create  i  Prohibition 

og  from  Sapm,  Nesperces   Reserva-  ^      '     ^hy  for  McCartny.     Mr,  Gordon,  of^he  Wes-'   ,^ 
,ny  of  the  Indians  travel  ten  or  twelve  ^^^n  Avenue  Church    l4   resigned  peremptorily   be-  °'''- 

cause  of  the  difiFerence  of  his  views  from  those  of  hiel  —The  Suez  canal  appears  to  be  doing  a  good  busi- 
people.  Rev.  Mr.  Ravelin  of  Temple  Baptist  Church  jness.  During  the  month  of  January,  111  vessels 
criticised  the  action  of  the  Council  severely  in  a  late  [  passed  through,  paying  tolls  to  the  amount  of  $438,000. 
sermon.  McCarthy  himself  proposes  to  start  an  in-' 
dependent  church,  in  which,  he  told  a  reporter,  the 
sine  qua  non  for  membership  would  he  regular  con- 
tributions. 

Congress. 


— The  tax-gatherer  Sanborn  is  now  before  the  House 
committee  cf  Ways  and  Means  and  is  explaining  that 
interesting  business?, 

— The  House  Committee  on  War  Claims  has  agreed 
to  allow  the   claims  reported  by  the  Southern  Claims 
Commission.     They  amounted  to  between 
and  $700,000, 


— Low  as  government  authority  has  sunk  in  Mex- 
ico, such  an  outrage  as  that  committed  by  the  Catholics 
upon  the  missionary  Stevens  cannot  escape  punish- 
ment. The  priest  who  prompted  the  murder  is  on 
trial  for  his  life,  and  six  of  the  mob  that  did  the  work 
have  been  condemned  to  death. 


Foreign. 


—The  Senate  finally  disposed  of  the  finance  question 

Sabbath  Dec,7th,a°chapel    for  this  service  was  opened; on  Monday  by  adopting  the   inflation    measure.     The 
for  the    first   time.     The  chapel  is  a   few  rods  from  j  House  has  yet  to  adopt   the   bill  as  amended  by    the 


the   spot  where,   four  hundred  and  sixty    years  ago, 
John  Huss  lived  and  preached, 

— A  new  religion  has  sprung  up  in  Persia,  known 
as  the  "Zurdani."  Its  followers  believe  in  no  proph- 
et, but  only  worship  the  Almighty,  with  no  religious 
ceremonies.  The  principal  doctrines  are  praise  of 
the  Supreme  Being,  truth  and  virtue.  It  is  opposed 
greatly  by  the  followers  of  the  Moslem  faith, 

— The  Third  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago  which 
has  for  many  years  worshiped  in  a  fine  large  church 
on  Washington  and  Carpenter  streets,  is  now  agitat. 
ing  the  question  of-yemoval  south-westerly  to  a  more 
central  location  with  respects  to  its  members.  The 
pastor.  Dr.  Kittredge,  has  been  with  the  church  three 
or  four  years,  and  in  that  time  the  congregation  has 
increased  by  about  900. 


Senate,  which  it  will  not  be  slow  to  do;  and  only  the 
President's  veto  is  now  considered  in  the  way.  Of 
this  there  is  slight   hope.     The   most   influential  and 


-Roohefort,  a  daring  Communist  editor  of  Paris, 
,000 '  who  was  transported  to  the  French  penal  colony  of 
New  Caledonia,  has  escaped  in  a  small  boat,  with 
several  companions,  and  is  on  his  way  to  New  York. 
— A  dispatch  from  Calcutta,  April  4th,  says  that 
the  condition  of  the  famine  stricken  districts  is  gradu- 
ally improving.  Over  500,000  persons  in  the  north- 
western portion  of  Tlshart   are   still   dependent  upon 


able   members   of  the   Senate,  irrespective  of  party,  government  aid ;  the  spring  crop  except  in  that  prov- 

rose  as  the  final  vote  was  about  to  be  taken   and   pro-  ."       .  , 

tested  against  the  act,  but  a  headlong  majority,  led  by  ^ 

Morton  and  Logan  carried  their  end.     This  act  author  >     — Under  date  cf  March  25,  President  Gonzales,  of 

izes  increasing  the  greenback  currency    144,000,000,   the  Dominican  Republic,  announces  the  failure  of  the 

and  a  further  increase  of  $40,000,000  by  the  National  g^^^^^  j^^^  Company  to  comply  with    the   terms  of 

its  lease,  requiring  pre-payment  of  the  rental,  $650,- 


banks. 


The  Country. 


000,  to  the  Dominican  Government,   and   the   conse- 
quent lapse  of  all  privileges  and  right  granted  to  the 
Company. 
— The  Carlists  claim  that  owing  to  a  revolt  in  their 


—Gov.  Dix  has  declined  to  interfere  in  the  case  of 
Lowenstein,  and  the  culprit  will  be  hanged  on  the 
10th  of  April.  '  | 

j     — Union  College,  Schenectady,  N,  Y. ,  has  just  re-  i  ranks  only  half  of  their  forces  have  been   engaged  in 
iceived  from  a  friend  the  generdus  gift  of  $50,000,  to  the  recent  battles  before  Bilbao.       It  is  reported  that 
—Minnesota  has  182  Baptist  churches,   with  5,987  be  made  immediately    available  for  educational  pw-  Qgj,gj.,,i  g^^t^g  ^j,l  al^o^tl       arch  upon   Madrid    and 
members.     There  are   eight  associations.     The  mem-  poses.  ^    oci  ,  ■    j.-  *        «:  •  i  j-       ^  t. 

.  r  ,•       I,-         A        •  n  cut  cfl  Serrano  s  communications.    An  ofncisl  dispatch 

bers  are  of   many    nationalities — American,    German,  a  ^win^lor   K,r  r^nrpaontJnr- liimoolf  .»«  «  wlmlp  1,. 

French    Scandinavian    Danish     African      Thev    have      ,         ,^^'°°^^Vy '^^P'^^^®"*'"^  T  7^       •  from  Serrano's  headquarters  states   that   410   officers 

irencn,  ocauGinavian,  j^anisn,   Airican.      iney    nave  g^j^   g^jj^j.  ^q    the   country  merchants,  succeeded  in        ,  ,  ,        ;  ,.        ^  ,o     x    .  j 

cheating  several  Cincinnati  merchants  out  of  $100,000, 
and  has  escaped. 


only  fifty-six  houses  of  worship,  but  are  building  twen- 
ty more.  There  are  120  ordained  ministers  in  the 
State,  but  not  so  many  in  active  service.  There  are 
forty -eight  young  men  just  entering  the  ministry. 

— An  incidental,    but  useful  result  of  the  women's 
temperance  reform  is  that  it  is  teaching  the  women 


— The  trial  of  Sanborn  and  others  on  conspiracy  to 
defraud  the  Revenue  department  came  oflfin  Brooklyn 
last   week,  before  Judge  Benedict.     The  counsel  for 


how  to  pray    in    public,     A   eonservative   Presbyte  [defendant  made  the  plea  that  the  indictment  was  de- 


and  men  have  deserted  from  General  Santos' command 
and  come  into  the  Republican  lines.  Up  to  the  3d 
inst,  there  had  been  no  fighting  for  a  week.  Both 
sides  are  strengthening  their  positions  at  Abanto.  It 
is  reported  that  a  force  of  600  Republicans  were  sur- 
prised and  captured  at  Calaf. 


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RUM  AND  TOBACCe. 


Last  yCcir  England  coUected  ;ii,000,000  pounds  sterling, 
near  $1 VO,  000,000,  reveinie  on  tobacco  and  spirituous  liquors,  i 
ail  enormous  but  iiuprotitablc  revenue,  for  it  is  the  price  of  I 
human  lives. 

It  is  currently  reported  that   a  Chicago  widow,  who    hasj 


i  that  the  patronage  of  professedly  Christian  peoj)le  supports 

I  this  system  of  Saboath  desecration. 

When  George  the  Third  came  to  the  throne  in  iTtiO  the 
national  debt  of  England  was  £130,000,000.  The  Ameri- 
can war  raised  it  to  £260,000,000.  The  insensate  warfare 
against  the  French  revolution  made  it  £570,000,000,  and  by 


.  ,,  ,,11,,.  1  i  i^li6  time  Napoleon  was  safely  landed  in  St.  Helena   the  debi 

an  income  of  1100,000,  was  taken  dead  drunk  ironi  the  gut- 1  *  j   *     xi      ■  •     .i  ,•   ro^. -«Ar,nnn       r, 

'        '  ^      i  amounted  to  the   inconceivable   sum   ot  Z86y,000,000.      It 

ter  lately,  elegantly  dressed  and  diamond  bedecked. 


A  signilicant  commentary  on  President  Grant's  extravagant 
use  of  cigars  is  his  portrait  on  the  internal  revenue  stamps 


blood,  proportion.      Gardening  near  any  Southern  city  is  generally 
-Judge  j  ygj-y  lucrative. 


may  be  safely  asserted  that  every  guinea  of  this  debt  was 
unnecessary. — James  Farton. 

— It  is  estimated  in  N©av  Orleans  that  250,000  bale.s  of 
affi.xed  to  tobacco  packages.  Vvhat  a  shock  to  American !  j^^.^  ^^^^  ^^-^y^^^  yg^^,^^  g^,,^  ^^  from  $20  to  50  a  ton; 
honor  should  a  cut  of  Washington  or  Lincoln  be   put  to  hke,    ^^^j^  ^,j  ^^^  ^,^,-^^^^^^  ^ome  Iroixi  the  Noithwest;  potatoes 

^^^'   '  {are  84  to   8G  a  barrel;  sweet  potatoes  ean  h^^rdly  be  had  Pt 

To  make  or  sell  ardent  spirits  for  common  use  is  as  wicked  1^^^  p^j^^.  g^^^  ^^^^^  ^^^^^  ^  ^^^^^.  ^^^  everything  else  in 
as  to  make  and  sell  poisons  for  the  same  purpose, 
of  murdered  eouIs  will  be  recjuircd  at  their  hands 
Baijgat.  i      English  taxpayers  have  some  pretty  little  bills  to  pay  for 

A  saloonist  attempted  to  bluff  a  woman  of  Dayton  with  |  t^g  pleasure  of  witnessing  the  farce  known  as  the  Tichborne 
the  challenge:  "Madam,  Christ  drank  wine,  why  can't | trial.  Mr.  Hawkins,  who  is  assisting  the  Crown  officers  in 
wcV  Instantly  the  reply  was  given:  ''Yes,  sir:  and  if ,  the  prosecution,  received  a  retainer  of  $5,000,  and  has  $250 
you  will  sell  wine  made  from  water  you  may  do  so."  Bick-ipcr  day  for  his  services.  Mr.  Parry,  another  lawyer  on  the 
ham  gives  tlie  moral:  "Don't  quote  Scripture  to  those! same  side,  had  a  retainer  of  $3,750,  and  gets  $150*per  day. 
women."  Three  junior  counsel  had  retainers  of  $1,000  each,  and  get 

The    Kentucky  Legiskture  has  passed  a   "local  option"  150  each  per  day.     The  total  cost  of  the  trial  to  the  govern- 
liquor  law,  providing  that  twenty  voters  in  any  township  may  ment  up  to  the  present  time  is  nearly  $2,500,000,000. 
call  for  a  popular  vote  on  the  question,  and  if  a  majority  so;      The  Chicago    Tfihune  shows   that  the  logic  of  facta  and 
decide,  the  sale  of  liquor  in  the  township  shall  be  prohibited.  |  gj^j^jg^j^g   ;g  opposed  to  Republicanism   in  Spain,     Educa- 

It  is  a  well-authenticated  fact  that  in  Scotland,  during  theUion,  the  foundation  of  self-government,  is  wanting.  The 
ten  years  preceding  the  passing  of  the  Forbes-Mackenzie  |  (vfficial  statistics  shoT?  that  Spain  contains  an  aggregate 
Act,  the  quantity  of  British  spirits  consumed  was  66,000,000  I  population  of  L"),  073,070  sonls,  of  whom   11,837,391  can 

neither  read  nor  write;  705, 708  can  read  but  cannot  write; 
and  only  a  little  over  3,000,000  can  read  and  write.  There 
are   42'2    Juiticea   of  the   Peace   who  can  neither  read  or 

There  is  shaking  among  the  dry  bones  that  are  habitually;  write;  and  711,119  Aldermen  and  12,479  memberi  of 
moistened  with  wine.  Yesterday  a  case  came  before  one  of  i  Town  Councils  who  are  unable  to  s'gn  their  own  names. 
the  courts  which  turned  upon  the  genuineness  of  a  favorite  j  In  euch  circamstaEces  as  these,  aside  from  the  natural  hot- 
brand  of  wine.     What  do  you  suppose  the  Sherry  drank  injheadedneBB  and  blood-thirstiness  of  the  Spaniard,  a  Repub- 


galloiis;  in  the  ten  years  which  succeeded  the  passing  of  the 
act,  the  quantity  consumed  v,-as  51,000,000  gallons. — London 
Primitive  Mtihodist.  . 


the    country   is  made    of?     Read,  ye    wine    drinkers:     "An 
analysis  of  a  ''standard"  brand  showed  that  it  was  compos 


lie  in  Spain  is  at  least  an  improbability. 

According  to  the  recent  census  the  inhabitants  of  Csylon 


ed  of  forty  gallons  of  potato  spirit,  iifty-si.x  gallons  of  water, [  number  2,500,000,  and  are  distributed,  according  to  their 
four  gallons  of  capillaire,  and  ten  gallons  of  grape  juice.  The  j  religious  belief,  as  follows:  Buddhist,  1,520,575;  Sivite, 
delectable  mixture  makes  forty  dozen  quarts,  which  sells  in  I  464  ^414;  R-man  Catholic,  182,613;  Mohammedan, 
the  market  at  $38  per  dozen.     Rather  a  profitable  business  171^542;    Protestant,    24,756;    Wesleyan,    6,071;  Presby- 


for  everybody,  except  the  consumers — they  need  stomachs 
olass-Uued  and  backed  with  fire-brick.  The  fact  is,  but  httle 
actual  wine  is  imported.  The  Sherries  are  adulterated  with 
sulphuric  acid,  and  strengthened  with  alcohol,  the  Cham- 
pagnes are  made  of  cider  and  alcohol,  Port  is  a  villainous 


terian,  3,101;  Baptist,  1,478.  There  are  5,345  Buddhist 
priests,  1,078  Styite  priests,  449  Mohammedan  piiests,  and 
862  devil  dancers,  while  the  Protestant  clergy  and  mission- 
aries number  217,  and  the  Catholic  priests  87. 

A  scientific  gentieraaa  says  of  railway  dust:  '*0q  the 
decoction,  and  so  on  through  the  list.  Still  the  fastidious 1 04 tij  of  May,  I87C,  while  traveling  by  rail  between  Laltley 
drinker  smacks  his  Hps  over  his  sulphuric  acid,  its  price  and  ^^^  q^^^  ^^^j^  j  ^^^^^^  ^  p^^^j.  ^^  ^  g^^,^  ^^  ^^^  carriage 
its  foreign  name  commending  it  to  him.      Not  one  of  them 


can  be  induced  to  touch  the  real  wine,  made  from  real  grapes, 
o-rown  in  America.— -E'ssex  Republican. 
«-•-» 

FA€TS  AND  FIGUKES. 


near  the  open  window,  and  collected  the  dust  that  fell  upon 
it.  A  rough  examination  of  this  with  the  two-thir.;8  power 
showed  a  large  proportion  of  the  fragments  of  iron:  and  on 
applying  a  soft  iron  needle,  I  found  many  of  them  were 
highly  magnetic.  Thej'-  were  mosily  loug,  thin,  and 
The  French  Assembly  has  introduced  a  strange  feature  in  straight,  the  largest  being  about  1-50  of  an  inch,  and  under 


Republicanism.  Ithas  passed  a  bill  placing  the  appointment 
of  the  mayors  of  the  37,000  communes  France  in  the 
hands  of  the  central  government. 

A  recent  calculation   relative  to  the   principal   European 
languages  shows    that  English    is  spoken  by  90,000,000 
persons,  Germany  55,000,000,    Spanish  by  55,000,000,  and 
French  by  45,000,000. 

Since  1826  only  one  parliament  has  existed  for  more  than 
six  years.  The  longest  pariiament  recorded  in  English  his- 
tory was  that  elected  in  1661,  which  existed  nearly  seventeen 
years;  and  the  shortest  that  elected  in  1830,  which  lasted 
only  five  months  and  twenty-six  days.  The  House  of  Com- 
mons now  consists  of  658  members,  of  whom  493  are  from 
England  and  Wales,  sixty  from  Scotland,  and  105  from 
Ireland. 

It  is  stated  that  the  different  steam  railroads  of  St.  Louis 
employ  1,250  men  on  Sabbath;  the  horse  cars  employ  358 
men,  549  are  employed  in  barber  shops,  600  in  livery  stables, 
4,500  in  dram  shops,  100  in  beer  gardens,  7,000  in  attendance 
at  the  theatres,  and  several  hundred  in  the  edditing  and  car- 
rying of  newspapers.     But  the   worst  feature  of  the  case  is 


the- power  used,  had  the  appearance  of  a  quantity  of  old 
nails." 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Chief-Justices  in  the  United 
States  Supreme  Court  appointed  between  1789  and  1874, 
and  the  date  of  their  nomination : 

John  Jay,  New  York,  Sept.  26,  1789. 

John  Rutledge,  South  Carolina,  July  1,  1/95.  Ratifica- 
tion refused  by  the  Senate. 

Wm.  Gushing,  Massachusetts.  Jan.  27,  1790.  Appoint- 
ment declined. 

Oliver  Ellsworth,  Connecticut,  March  4,  1796, 

John  Jay,  New  York,  Dec.  19,  1800.  Appointment 
declined. 

John  Marshall,  Virginia,  Jan.    31,  1801. 

Roger  B.  Taney,  Maryland,  Dec.  28,  1835. 

Salmon  P.  Chase,  Ohio,  Dec.  6,  1864. 

George  H.  Williams,  Oregon,  Dec,  1873.  Nomination 
withdrawn. 

Caleb  Gushing,  Massachusetts,  Jsn.,  1874.  Nomination 
withdrawn. 

Morrison  R.  Waite,  Ohio,  Jan.,  1874. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


i,  rian    lady    of      wealth    and    position    had    prayed]  ftctive  and  the  judge  on  this  pretext  ordered  the  jury 

jtltiClIigCttft,  in  one  day  nine    times  in  public,   and    a  Methodist  i  to   bririg   vms.  vercict  of  "not  guilty.''  As  this  will 

' [ friend  remarked  to  her,  Kubsequeu^ly,  that  she  would  i  prevent  another  indictment  for  the  same  crime,  there 

—The    Mennonites  of  the  United  States  and  Can- 'expect  hereafter  to  hear  her  vo'ce  in  the  social  prayer- jig  a  just  ingdignation  throughout  the  country, 
ada  have  raised  §20,000  to  aid  their  Russian  brethren  ;  meeting.  ^  j     _r^^^  j.^.^  ^^^.j^^  ^^  Susquehanna  depot  is  settled, 

in  their  proposed  ,  migration  to  this  country.  — 'I'he  Bishop  of  Mancticster  having,  at  the  Church  jaud    trains   having   been    running   regularly   several 

—The   success    of  Mr.  Moody's  labora  in  GliBgow '  Congress,    expressed   his   astoaishment    that  in    the  i  dayr,  about  500  hands  weie  re-employed. 
does  not  .bate,  now  having  progressed  several  weeks.  |  d^js  of  Christ  «|the  poor  lll\^^^Jlf\^^J^%  \     _-The  Brooklyn  Board  of  City  Works  have  decided 
The  r.  v.val  in  EoMnburg  ,s  st.ll   gung  on  'l-pemng  [ -w^tbey -r^^^^^^^^^  engage  bereafter  its  employees  by  the  hour.     The 

and  widening.  :  .inn  tn  t.l,«   Hlffi.nlt.v.    ar.rl    S.V-:     <'lcnM     not  but  P^y  ^^  laborers  is   to  be   fixed  at  15  cents  an  hour, 


—The  Observer  says  that  an  Association  of  thirty  :  ^^^^^^  as  I  listened  to  him  that  he  did  not  under- 
Baptist  clergymen  and  a  large  number  of  laymen  have  |.^j^^^  ^j^^  ^i^jg  ^3g_  The  poos  heard  Christ  gladly 
been  formed  with  its  headquarters  in  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  i  because  he  underitood  them.  He  lived  among  them, 
"to  promote  freedom  of  conscience,  and   the    right   to  I  He  knew  what  it  was  to  be  hungry   and  to    have    ac- 


open  communioD. 

— Another  raligious  daily  journal  ha9  been  started 
in  New  York.  It  will  not  comp'-te  with  the  Wit- 
ness, although  like  that,  an  uudenomiuational  jour- 
nal. It  will  bo  printed  in  German  and  ita  support- 
ers will  probably  be  largely  among  the  Lutherans. 


I  where  to  lay  his  head,  and  therefore  was  able  to  syci- 
patbize  with  the  poor  in  terapations  and  ttials.  Chripi 
gave  up  his  glory  to  save  man.     And  if  English  bish 


are  discussing  pi 

edificT  formerly  occupied  was  sold  after  the  great  Ore 
to  the  Rom-in  Catholic  Bishop  Fohy,  and  is  now  St. 
Mary's    Cathedral. 

The  anniversary  of  the  Presbyteriin  Theological 

Seminary  of  Chicago,  was  held  on  Thursday  last.  Tw6»- 
ty-nine  students  have  been  in  attendance  during  the  year 


rammers   2.5  cente,  paviors  35  cenfs,  and  horses  and 
carts  35  cents. 

♦-Attorney    General   Dimmick,    of  Pennsylvania, 

decided  that  Good  Friday  was  a  legal  holiday  in  that 

Slate,    and    on   April    4th   business   was   suspended 

gen-'rally  on   that    day  in  Philadelphia.     The  same 

ops  rea'lly  want  to  reach  the  great  masses  oAhe  poor,  i  r»le  was  popularly  regarded  in   New  York,  and  Wall 

street  was  nearly  deserted. 

— A  snow  storm  passed  over  Iowa,  Illinois,  Indi- 
ana, and  into  Canada  on  the  5th.  In  several  places 
near  the  centre  of  Illinois  and  Indiana,  it  was  the 
most  severe  of  the  season,  snow  falling  six,  seven,  and 
even  twelve  inches. 


they  must  copy  somewhat  Christ's  example." 

— Another  name  is  added  <o  the  cDnsecra ted  band 
— The  Plymouth  Congregational  Church  of  this  city  i  of  lay  workers  like  Moody  and  Burnell.  Major  D 
e  discussing  plana  for  a  n'ew    building.     The  church  W,   Whittle  has  given  up    bis  business  and    devoted 

himself  wholly  to  the  greatest  and  nobLjst  of  labors, 


the  salvation  of  immorti!  souls.      On   the  1st  of  Apri 

he  resigned  his  plice  as  general  agent   of  the  Elgin 

National  Watch  Co.,  and  a  salary  of  85,000  a  year. 

Prof.     P.    P.     Bliss   has  also  resigned  his    offices  as 

chorister  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  and  su-  ,  ,  •  ,    .,      r  n      •  t 

perintendent  of    its  Sabbath-school,   one  of   the  larg-i  ^^^"'■^'  ^'^^^  ^^'^  following   result: 

■ " w^ . .  i_     ^    choice,  98;  Dawes   had 


and  six  graduated.  The  aggregate  receipts  for  the  year ;  ^;^  -^  ^^^-  ^j^^^  ^^  ^^^^^1  ^jj,^  ^^^  ^j^j^^j^  ^^^  ^j^  j^^^  j  ]  94 .  necessary  to 
have  been  $33,111.87  and  Elder  C.  E.  bpring  has ,  ^^^^  ^  with  the  power  of  so.ng;  as  Mr.  Sankev  is'Hosr,  67;  Curtis, 
RPMired  S20.000  in    subscrmtious  for  additional  build- j  ,„,._°    T«/r._j„    :„     a.„n„„^       xwu^^    „ '..;.„    ., 


— Boston,  April  6th.— The   eleventh   ballot  lor   a 
United  States  Senator  was  taken  to-day  in  the  Lagis- 

Whole   number. 
67; 


53;  Adams,  7;  Banks,  6,  and 
helping  Moody  in  Scotland.  What  a  conamentr.-j  Washburn,  Whitlier,  Phillips,  and  Pierce  received  1 
■y  is  it  upon  our  clergy  when  the  Lord  tlius   thrusts j,„        1 


tm  4  ^k^  f  ^4* 


The  City. 


secured  §20,000  in    subscript- 
ings. 

Achurch  is  being  built  by  the  Anti-masonic  mem- 1  jut  men  into  hia  vineyard,  and  what  a  rebake  to  the 

bers of  the  Methodist  church  of  Marengo,  lil.,  in  whxh  I  oieicenary  motives  which,  it  is  too  often  and  too  well 
Rev.  Mr.  Fanning  is  expected  to  preach.      One   mem- 1  known,  actuate  them ! 
her  bears  about  one-fourth  of   the  cost.     Mr.    Boring 
who  takes  Mr.    Fanning's  pulpit  in  Woodstock   is  said 
to  be  a  high  Mason. 

— Edward  N.  Kirk,  D.  D.,  pastor  of  Mount  Ver- 
non CoDgregationalist  Church,  Boston,  died  suddenly 
on  Wednesday,  April  8th.  He  was  president  of  thej 
American  Missionary  Association  and  was  officially  con- j 
nected  with  many  other  religious,  educational  and  be! 
nevolent  societies,  and  his  death  will  be  very  gener- 
ally felt  and  mourned  by  the  religious  community. 

— A  lady  writing  from  Sapivi,  Nesperces  Reserva- 
tion, says  that  many  of  the  Indians  travel  ten  or  twelve 
miles  on  Sunday  to  attend  church,  and  a  more  atten- 
tive and  devout  congregation  cannot  be  found  in  any 
civilized  community.  In  prayer  they  are  very  earnest 
and  display  none  of  the  hesitation  and  backwardness 
which  may  sometimes  be  witnessed  among  the 
white  race. 

— The  statistics  of  the  Moravian  Mission  for  1873 
shows  90  mission  stations,  of  which  74  are  in  America, 
12  in  Africa,  2  in  Asia  and  2  in  AustraUa.  The  mis- 
sionaries numbered  322,  including  misiioaaries*  wives 
and  agents.  They  have  also  1,533  native  helpers, 
21,969  communicants  in  the  territory  supplied  by 
mission  labor.  The  total  receipts  of  the  Board  for  the 
year  amounted  to  $99, COO. 

—Dr.  Schauffljr,  of  the  A.  B.  C.  F.  M.,  writes 
that  at  length  a  Bohemian  service  in  connection  with 
the  mission  in  Prague  has  been  arranged,  and  that  on 


— The  Connecticut  State  election  on  Tuesday, 
resulted  in  the  election  of  IngersoU,  Democrat,  by 
several  thousand  majority ;  both  houECS  of  Legislature 
are  Democratic. 


— The  Rhode  Island  State  election  took  place  on 
the  1st,  There  were  no  Democratic  nominations  for 
Slate  offisers,  and  the  vote  was  light.  Henry  Howsrd 
was  re-alected  Governor  by  a  majority  of  12,269. 
Charles  C.  Van  Zandt  was  elected  Lieutenant  Gov- 
vote  7,679  to  6,512  forWm.  F.  Sayles, 
The   Legislature  is  Republi- 


— The  Baptist  Council  on  the  case  of  Rev.  Florence 
McCarthy  closed  last  week  with  the  decision  that   the 
hand    of  fellowship   shovild  be   withdrawn,    and  thej 
Union  Park   Baptist    Church    were  recommended  to^ 
dissolve  relations  with  him.     The  decision  is  probably  ernor  by   a 
just,  but  various  irregularities  in    obtaining  it  create  i  Prohibition   candidate, 
sympathy  for  McOarttiy.     Mr.  Gordon,  of  the  Wes- 1  ggg^ 
tern  Avenue  Church    has    resigned  peremptorily   be- 
cause of  the  diflFerence  of  his  views   from  those  of  his 
people.     Rev.  Mr.  Ravelin  of  Temple  Baptist  Church 
criticiitd  the  action  of  the   Council    severely  in  a   late 
sermon.     McCarthy  himself  proposes  to   start  an  in- 
dependent church,    in  which,  he  told  a   reporter,  thej,  ,  ^  ^,    ^  -^^  j  ■<     .t     n  ^^    ■,- 
sine  qua  non  for  membership  would   be   regular  con-  '««-  «»^^  ^'^  ^"^'•^g^  ^«  ^^^^  committed  by  the  Cathchcs 

upon   the  missionary  Stevens  cannot  escape  punish- 


— The  Suez  canal  appears  to  be  doing  a  good  busi- 
ness. During  the  month  of  January,  111  vessels 
passed  through,  paying  tolls  to  theamount  of  $438,000. 

— Low  as  government  authority  has  sunk  in  Mex- 


tributions. 


Congress. 


— The  lax-gatherer  Sanborn  is  now  before  the  House 
committee  cf  Ways  and  Means  and  is  explaining  that 
interesting  busines?. 

— The  House  Committee  on  War  Claims  has  agreed 
to  allow  the   claims  reported   by  the  Southern  Claims 
Commission.     They  amounted  to  between   $600,000 
and  $700,000. 
_  — The  Senate  finally  disposed  of  the  finance  question 

S.'ibbath  Dec.7th,a°cbapel    for  this  service  was  opened  on  Monday  by  adopting  the   inflation    measure.     The 
for  the    first   time.     The  chapel  is  a   few   rods  from  I  House  has  yet  to  adopt   the  bill  as  amended  bv    ihfe 


ment.  The  priest  who  prompted  the  murder  is  on 
trial  for  his  life,  and  six  of  the  mob  that  did  the  work 
have  been  condemned  to  death. 

Foreign. 


sixty    years  ago. 


the   spot  where,   four  hundred  and 
John  Huss  lived  and  preached. 

— A  new  religion  has  sprung  up  in  Persia,  known 
as  the  "Zurdani."  Its  followers  believe  in  no  proph- 
et, but  only  worship  the  Almighty,  with  no  religious 
ceremonies.  The  principal  doctrines  are  praise  of 
the  Supreme  Being,  truth  and  virtue.  It  is  opposed 
greatly  by  the  followers  of  the  Moslem  faith. 

—The  Third  Presbyterian  Church  of  Chicago  which  1  ^^^^^ 
has  for  many  years  worshiped  in  a  fine   large  church  | 
on  Washington  and   Carpenter  streets,  is    now  agitat. 


Senate,  which  it  will  not  be  slow  to  do;  and  only  the 
President's  veto  is  now  considered  in  the  way.  Of 
this  there  is  slight   hope.     The   mo3t   influential  and 


— Roohefort,  a  daring  Communist  editor  of  Paris, 
who  was  transported  to  the  French  penal  colony  of 
New  Caledonia,  has  escaped  in  a  small  boat,  with 
several  companions,  and  is  on  his  way  to  New  York. 

— A  dispatch  from  Calcutta,  April  4th,  says  that 
the  condition  of  the  famine  stricken  districts  is  gradu- 
ally improving.  Over  500,000  persons  in  the  north- 
western portion  of  Tlshart   are   still    dependent  upon 


able   members   of  the    Senate,  irrespective  of  party,  j  government  aid;  the  spring  crop  except  in  that  prov- 
rose  as  the  final  vote  was  about  to  be  taken   and   pro-j~ 
tested  against  the  act,  but  a  headlong  majority,  led  by ! 
Morton  and  Logan  carried  their  end.     This  act  author  i 


izes  increasing  the  greenback  currency    $44,000 ,000, 
and  a  further  increase  of  $40,000,000  by  the  National 


The  Country. 


inco  is  good. 

— Under  date  of  March  25,  President  Gonzales,  of 
the  Dominican  Republic,  announces  the  failure  of  the 
Samana  Bay  Company  to  comply  with  the  terms  of 
its  lease,  requiring  pre-payment  of  the  rental,  $650,- 
000,  to  the  Dominican  Government,  and  the  conse- 
quent lapse  of  all  privileges  and  right  granted  to  the 
Company. 

— The  Carlists  claim  that  owing  to  a  revolt  in  their 


ing  the  question  of  removal  south-westerly  to  a  morej  —Gov.  Dix  has  declined  to  interfere  in  the  case  of 
central  location  with  respects  to  its  members.  The!  Lowenstein,  and  the  culprit  will  be  hanged  on  the 
pastor.  Dr.  Kittredge,  has  been  with  the  church  three  10th  of  April.  i 

or  four  years,  and  in  that  timo  the    congregation   hasi  tt         ^  ,,         o,  ,  .      n.r   ,r     ,        •  !       1         ,    ,    lo    /..,    .    i-  i  ,  j  • 

increased  by  about  900  I      — Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  has  just  re- 1  ranks  only  half  of  their  forces  have  been   engaged  in 

jceived  from  a  friend  the  generdu?  gift  of  $50,000,  to  i  the  recent  battles  before  Bilbao.       It  is  reported  that 
—Mmnesota  has  182  Baptist  churches,    with  5,987  I  be  made   immediately    available  for  educational  pur-  Q^^^r.^l  Santos  will  shortly  march  upon   Madrid    and 
.omhoi-a       1  here  are   eight  associations,      ihe  mem-i  poses.  „^  ,  .  •'   .  .        «.  -  i   i-  i 

cut  c  11  berranos  communications.    An  oincial  dispatch 

-A  swindler   by  representing  himself  as  «  whole-  f^^^  g^^^^^^.^  1^^^,^^^^^^^  ^^^^^3   ^^^^   4^0   ^,K^3„ 

sale   seller  to    the   country  merchantD,  succeeded  in  ^ 


members 

bers  are  of  many  nationalities — American,  German, 
French,  Scandinavian,  Danish,  African.  They  have 
only  fifty-six  houses  of  worship,  but  are  building  twen- 
ty more.  There  are  120  ordained  ministers  in  the 
State,  but  not  so  many  in  active  service.  There  are 
forty-eight  young  men  just  entering  the  ministry. 

— An  incidental,    but  useful  result  of  the  women's 
temperance  reform  is  that  it  is  teaching  the  women 


cheating  several  Cincinnati  merchants  out  of  $100,000, 
and  has  escaped. 

— The  trial  of  Sanborn  and  others  on  conspiracy  to 
defraud  the  Revenue  department  came  ofiFin  13rooklyn 
last   week,  before  Judge  Benedict.     The  counsel  for 


how  to  pray    in    public.     A  conservative   Presbyte  ^defendant  made  the  plea  that  the  indictment  was  de 


and  men  have  deserted  from  General  Santos'  command 
and  come  into  the  Republican  lines.  Up  to  the  3d 
inst.  there  had  been  no  fighting  for  a  week.  Both 
sides  are  strengthening  their  positions  at  Abanto.  It 
is  reported  that  a  force  of  600  Republicans  were  sur- 
prised and  captured  at  Cslaf. 


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EUM  AN!)  TOBACCO.  ;  that  the  patronage  of  professedly  Christian  people  supports 

Last  year  England  colleTt^l7i,000,000  pounds  sterling,' *^^'^y'^"°' «^  ^^^"^^^h  desecration. 

near  8170,000,000,  revenue  on  tobacco  and  spirituous  liquors, !      ^^'^^'^^  ^"^'"S'"  ^^'^  '^^''"^  '^^^^  *«  "^^^  *'^™"'^  ''^   !'«»  ^^''■ 

,     ,  ...  ,,  f      -i  •     .V         ■         ., national  debt  of  England  was  £130,000,000.     The  Araeri- 

an  enormous  but  uuprohtablc  revenue,  for  it  is  the  price  ofi  *=  '       ' 

human  lives  "  ; can  war  raised  it  to   £260,000,000.     The  insensate  warfare 

.    T,  ■      ,     „  .1  tin*       ou-  -1  11.      against  the  French  revolution  made  it  £570,000,000,  and  by 

it  IS  currcnUy  reported  that    a  Chicago  widow,  who    has;  .  ,  i       ■>       i  •■^j 

ov,  ;.,  ^™^  ^e  *inn  nnr^           +1        i      i  J       i   *•        n          <-  i  "^^  ^ime  Napoleon  was  safely  landed  in  St.  Helena  the  debi 
an  income  01  '3)100,000,  was  taken  dead  drunk  ironi  the  gut- 1 ^_,    /    ,,       .  .     ,,  ,.    ^ 


amounted  to  the   inconceivable  sum   of  Z865,000,000.     It 
may  be  safely  asserted   that  every  guinea  of  this  debt  was 
A  significant  commentary  on  President  Grant's  extravagant j  unnecessary.  -James  Farton. 

use  of  ci.oars  is  his  portrait  on  the  internal  revenue  stamps i  t,  .        ,.      ^    ,  .      t.,         /-,  ,  ,,    , 

^     ,  ,  ,  „  ,  ,     ,  .        .  ^    I     — ^t  's  estimated  in   New    Orleans  that  250,000  bales  of 

affixed   to   tobacco   packages.      Vvhat  a  shock  to  American  l„_    „ ^t,-*!,  i  u      .    r        ^. ^„  . 

K...^..  _.       .     .  .._      nay    come    thither   yearly,    sold   at    .^rom  $20  to  50  a  ton; 

nearly  all  the  provisions  come  irom  the  Noithwest;  potatoes 

are  $4  to   So  a  barrel;  sweet  potatoes  ean  h^,rdly  be  had  Pt 

To  make  or  sell  ardent  spirits  for  common  use  is  as  wicked  „„„  „„;„„.  „ r  .,  *       j  j  ,  ■         ,      ■ 

I  any  price;  eggs  forty  cents  a  dozen;  and  everyihdig  else  in 


ter  lately,  elegantly  dressed  and  diamond  bedecked . 


honor  should  a  cut  of  Washington  or  Lincoln  be  put  to  like 
use  1 


as  to  make  and  sell  poisons  for  the  same  purpose.  The  blood 
of  murdered  souls  will  be  re(|uired  at  their  hands. — Judge 
Daggai. 

A  saloonist  attempted  to  bluff  a  woman  of  Dayton  with 
the  challenge:  "Madam,  Christ  drank  wine,  why  can't 
vvCi"     Instantly  the  reply    was    given:     "Yes,  sir:  and  if 


proportion.      Gardening  near.'iny  Southern  city  is  generally 
very  lucrative. 

EngHsh  taxpayers  have  some  pretty  little  bills  to  pay  for 
the  pleasure  of  witnessing  the  farce  known  as  the  Tichborne 
trial.  Mr.  Hawkins,  who  is  assisting  the  Croivn  oQScers  in 
the  prosecution,  received  a  retainer  of  $5,000,  and  has  $250 
you  will  sell  wine  made  from  water  you  may  do  so."  Bick-jper  day  for  his  services.  Mr.  Parry,  another  lawyer  on  the 
ham  gives  the  moral:  "Don't  quote  Scripture  to  those ! same  side,  had  a  retainer  of  $;3. 750,  and  gets  $loO"per  day. 
women."  "rhrec  junior  counsel   had  retainers  of  $1,000  each,  and  get 

The    Kentucky  Legislature  has  pissed  a   "local  option  "1 150  each  per  day.     The  total  cost  of  the  trial  to  the  govern- 
liquor  law,  providing  that  twenty  voters  in  any  township  mayjinent  up  to  the  present  time  is  nearly  $2,500,000,000. 
call  for  a  popular  vote  on  the  question,  and  if  a  majority  soi      The  Chicago    Tnhune  shows   that  the  logic  of  facta  and 
decide,  the  sale  of  liquor  in  the  township  shall  be  prohibited.  ;  .j^^Sg^^g   j^  ^pp^^,^  ^^  Republicanism   in  Spain,     Educa- 

It  is  a  well-authenticated  fact  that  in  Scotland,  during  thejtion,  the  foundation  of  self-government,  is  wanting.  The 
ten  years  preceding  the  passing  of  the  Forbes-Mackenzie  i  ^ffi^ial  statistics  sLov  that  Spain  contains  an  aggregate 
Act,  the  quantity  of  British  spirits  consumed  was  66,000,000  j  population  of  15,07-3,070  sonls,  of  whom  11,837,391  can 
gallons;  in  the  ten  years  which  succeeded  the  passing  of  the  neither  read  nor  wiite;  705,768  can  read  but  cannot  write; 
act,  the  quantity  consumed  was  51,000,000  gallons.— Zo?? don  ^nd  only  a  little  over  3,000,000  can  read  and  write.  There 
Primitive  Mdhodist.  ^  ^re   42'2    Justices   of  the   Peace   who  c^n  neither  read  or 

There  is  shaking  among  the  dry  bones  that  are  habitually:  write;  and  711,119  Aldermen  and  12,479  membtri  of 
moistened  with  wine.  Yesterday  a  case  came  before  one  of  Town  Councils  who  are  unable  to  sign  their  own  names. 
the  courts,  Avhich  turned  upon  the  genuineness  of  a  favorite! In  euch  circamstances  as  these,  aside  from  the  natural  hot- 
brand  of  wine.  What  do  you  suppose  the  Sherry  drank  iniheadedness  and  blood-thirKtiness  of  the  Spaniard,  a  Repub- 
thc  coijiitry  is  made  ofi  Read,  ye  Avine  drinkers:  "An  j  lie  in  Spain  is  at  least  an  improbability, 
analysis  of  a  "standard"  brand  showed  that  it  was  compos-:  Accordiag  to  the  recent  census  the  inhabitants  of  Csylon 
ed  of  forty  gallons  of  potato  spirit,  iifty-six  gallons  of  water,  number  2,500,000,  and  are  distributed,  according  to  their 


four  gallons  of  capillaire,  and  ten  gallons  of  grape  juice.      The 


religious    belief,    as    follows:  Buddhist,    1,520,575;    Sivite, 


delectable  mixture  makes  forty  dozen  quarts,  wlvch  sells  in  464^414;       R.-man      Catholic,      182,613;     Mohammedan, 
tho  market  at  138  per  dozen.     Rather  a  profitable  business  171^542;    Protestant,    24,756;   Wesleyan,    6,071 ;  Presby- 
terian, 3,101;  Baptist,  1,478.     There  are  5.345  Buddhist 
priests,  1,078  Styite  priests,  449  Mohammedan  piiests,  and 


for  everybody,  except  the  consumers— they  need  stomachs 
olass-lined  and  backed  with  fire-brick.  The  fact  is,  but  little 
actual  wine  is  imported.  The  Sherries  are  adulterated  with 
sulphuric  acid,  and  strengthened  with  alcohol,  the  Cham- 
pagnes are  made  of  cider  and  alcohol,  Port  is  a  villainous 


862  devil  dancers,  while  the  Protestant  cler>y  and  mission- 
aries number  217,  and  the  Catholic  priests  87. 

A  scientific  gentleman  says  of  railway  dust:     "On  the 


can  be  induced  to  touch  the  real  wine,  made  from  real  grapes, 
o-rown  in  America. — Essex  Republican. 


FACTS  AND  FIGUKES. 


decoction,  and  so  on   through  the  list.     Still  the  fastidious; 04 1^  ^f  May,  187C,  while  traveling  by  rail  between  Laltley 

drinker  smacks  his  lips  over  his  sulphuric  acid,  its  price  and:^^^  c^^p  ^iu^  j  ^^^^^^  ^   ^^^^^  ^^  ^   ^^^^^  ^.  ^^^  ^^^^.^^^ 

its  foreign  name  commending  it  to  him.     Not  one  of  them  ^^^^  ^be  opsn  window,  and  collected  the  dust  that  fell  upon 

it.  A  rough  examination  of  this  with  the  two-thir.;8  power 
showed  a  large  proportion  of  the  fragments  of  iron;  and  on 
applying  a  soft  iron  needle,  I  found  many  of  them  were 
highly  magnetic.  They  were  mosJy  long,  thin,  and 
The  French  Assembly  has  introduced  a  strange  feature  in  straight,  the  largest  being  about  1-50  of  an  inch,  and  under 

Republicanism.      Ithas  passed  a  bill  placing  the  appointment  the.  power  used,  bad   the  appearance  of  a  quantity  of  old 

of  the    mayors  of    the    37,000    communes     France  in  the  nails." 

hands  of  the  central  government.  The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Chief-Justices  in  the  United 

A  recent  calculation   relative  to  the    principal   European  i  States  Supreme    Court  appointed  between  1789  and  1874, 

languages  shows    that  P^nglish    is  spoken  by  90,000,000   | and  the  date  of  their  nomination : 

persons,  Germany  55,000,000,    Spanish  by  55,000,000,  and       John  Jay,  New  York,  Sept.  26,  1789. 

French  by  45,000,000.  John  Rutledge,  South  Carolina,  July    1,1795.     Ratifica- 

Since  1826  only  one  parliament  has  existed  for  more  thanition  refused  by  the  Senate. 

six  years.      The  longest  parliament  recorded  in  English  his-       Wm.  Gushing,  Massachusetts.  Jan.  27,  1796.      Appoint- 

tory  was  that  elected  in  1661,  which  existed  nearly  seventeen  ment  declined. 

years;  and  the  shortest  that  elected  in  1830,  which  lasted       Oliver  Ellsworth,  Connecticut,  March  4,  1796, 


only  five  months  and  twenty-six  days.  The  House  of  Com- 
mons now  consists  of  658  members,  of  whom  493  are  from 
England  and  Wales,  sixty  from  Scotland,  and  105  from 
Ireland.  ! 

It  is  stated  that  the  different  steam  railroads  of  St.  Louis ' 
employ  1,250  men  on  Sabbath;  the  horse  cars  employ  3581 
men,  549  are  employed  in  barber  shops,  600  in  livery  stables, 
4,500  in  dram  shops,  100  in  beer  gardens,  7,000  in  attendance 
at  the  theatres,  and  several  hundred  in  the  edditing  and  car- 
rying of  newspapers.      But  the   worst  feature  of  the  case  is 


John  Jay,  New  York,  Dec.  19,  1800.  Appointment 
declined. 

John  Marshall,  Virginia,  Jan.    31,  1801. 

Roger  B.  Taney,  Maryland,  Dec.  28,  1835. 

Salmon  P.  Chase,  Ohio,  Dec.  6,  1864. 

George  H.  WUIiams,  Oregon,  Dec.,  1873.  Nomination 
withdrawn. 

Caleb  Gushing,  MassachuECtts,  Jsn.,  1874.  Nomination 
withdrawn. 

Morrison  R.  Waite,  Ohio,  Jan.,  1874. 


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BY 

Key.  W.  p.  M'Naky, 

Ddircrcd  in  the  United  Prcisbytcrian  Church,  Bloomington,  lad. 
Sabbath,  December  Sth,  18T3. 


( 


[conclusion.] 

rt'dctni,  purify  ;iiid  glorify  it.s  nicmtacrf?,  and  thousand.s  of  its 
members  believe  it  to  be  all  the  religion  that  in  necessary  and 
resting  in  it,  are  content  without  any  other,  and  must  inevitably 
perish  in  their  delusion. 

Yes,  Masonry  claims  to  l)e  a  religion;  Masonry  is  a  religion; 
let  us  now  in<|uire  what  kind  of  a  religion  it  is. 

It  is  an  ANTi-CniiiSTiAN  Religion. 

Wc  arc  fully  .-uvare  that  in  the  orders  of  Knighthood  there  is 
mention  of  Christ  and  Christianity,  but  witli  reference  to  this 
we  have  three  remarks: 

1.  That  nine-tenths  of  its  members  probably  never  get  so  far 
as  the  oi'ders  of  the  Knighthood  or  9th  degree,  and  therefore  if 
it  embraced  ])ure  Christianity,  ninc-leuths  of  its  member.s  would 
die  without  Christ. 

2.  Robert  Morris,  Grand  Master  and  autlior  of  a  code  of 
laws,  says:  "The  orders  of  Ihe  Knighthood  compose  no  part 
of  the  system  of  Masonry."  This  is  no  doubt  true,  and  we  are 
glad  to  say  that  much  in  its  favor  in  view  of  what  follows.  . 

3.  That  the  orders  of  the  Knightliood  have  introduced  Chris- 
tianity in  order  to  make  a  blasphemous  mockery  of  the  sacred 
rites  of  the  New  Testament  as  the  other  orders  do  of  the  Old. 
I  use  the  word  blasphemous  advisedly,  as  it  is  the  only  word  that 
expresses  the  truth.  According  to  Wel^stcr  it  means  "impious- 
ly irreverent." 

I  will  give  a  few  examples  of  this  imi)i(nisly  irreverent  use  of 
the  sacred  rites  of  the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  as  evidence  of 
the  anti-Christian  character  of  Masonry.  In  the  Royal  Arch 
degree  the  candidate  represents  Moses  at  the  burning  bush.  He 
looks  bofore  him  and  sees  the  burning  bush  (a  pot  of  glowing 
coals  with  a  bush  over  it)  and  hears  a  voice  saj'ing:  "Put  off 
thy  shoes  from  off  thy  feet  for  the  place  Avhereon  thou  standesi 
is  Holy  ground."  He  then  takes  off  his  shoes  and  hears  a  voice 
saying:  "1  am  the  God  of  Abraham  and  the  God  of  Isaac  and 
the  God  of  Jacob." — [Light  on  l^asonry,  p.  155.]  In  the  same 
ceremony  they  represent  the  children  of  Israel  after  the  return 
from  captivity  searching  and  finding  the  Ark  of  the  Covenant 
in  the  debris  of  the  fallen  Temple,  at  Jerusalem. — They  open  it 
and  take  out — 1st,  the  Pot  of  Manna;  2d,  Aaron's  Hod  that 
budded — (a  peach  tree  twig  that  some  one  had  hid  there)  3d, 
the  key  to  the  inetitable  degrees  of  Masonry,  [Lighten  Masonrj-, 
p.  152."] 

In  the  Knight  Templar  degree  the  candidate  is  made  to  drink 
wine  from  a  human  skull  and  say,  "  This  pure  Avine  I  now  take 
iu  testimony  of  my  belief  in  the  immortality  of  the  soul  and 
the  mortality  of  the  body,  "■■"  *  *  and  as  the  sins  of  tlic 
world  were  laid  upon  tlie  head  of  the  Savior,  so  may  all  the  sins 
of  the  person  whose  skull  this  was,  be  laid  upon  mj'  head  iu 
additi(m  to  my  own,  should  I  kuowinglj^  or  williugl}-  violate 
this  my  solemn  obligation,"  &c.     [Light  on  Masonry,  p.  182.] 

Is  not  this  a  blashhemous  mockery  of  our  holy  communion  V 

In  the  Mark  M;istet's  degree  ilie  Master  produces  a  stone  and 
advances  toward  the  candidate  reading  Rev.  ii.  7 :  "  To  him  that 
overcometh  will  I  give  to  eat  of  the  hidden  manna,  and  will 
give  lum  a  M'hite  stone,  and  in  the  stone  a  new  name  written, 
which  no  man  knoweth  save  him  that  reeeiveth  it.  [Ligiit  on 
Masonry,  p.  109.] 

In  the  degree  of  Most  Excellent  Master  they  all  kneel  around 
the  I'oom  and  take  hands  except  the  Grand  Master,  M'ho  reads  as 
follows  from  the  24tli  Psalm:  "Lift  up  your  heads  O!  ye  gates, 
and  be  ye  lifted  up  yc  everlasting  doors,  that  the  King  of  Glory 
may  come  in."  Then  they  all  i-ise  up,  open  the  ring  and  lake 
in  the  "King  of  Glory"  in  the  person  of  the  Most  Excellent 
Grand  Master.  Now  Ave  ask  all  candid  persons  what  stronger 
■evidence  could  we  have  of  the  anti-Christian  character  of  Ma. 
sonry  than  this  blasphemous  ;tnd  profane  use  of  the  most  sacred 
rites  of  tlie  Christian  religion? 

But  we  propose  to  show  that  Masonry  is  anti-Christian  from 
its  own  rites  and  authorites.  The  Bible  requires  as  a  condition 
of  salvation,  belief  in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  It  declares  that 
there  is  no  other  name  given  under  heaven  or  among  men 
whereby  we  must  be  saved,  but  the  name  of  Christ.  It  lays 
down  ;is  a.  condition  of  acceptance  in  prayer,  that  we  ask  all  in 
the  name  of  Christ.  "Whatsoever  ye  .shall  ask  in  my  name,  be- 
lieving, ye  shall  receive." 

It  teaches  that  lio  man  comclh  unto  the  Father' but  by  Christ. 
It  teaches  that  all  men  should  lioncn-  the  Sou  even  as  they  honor 
the  Father.  It  teaches  us  to  do  all  Christian  work  and  Avorks  of 
charily  in  the  name  of  Christ,  even  to  the  giving  of  a  "  cup  of 
cold  water."  It  declares  that  "he  that  is  not  with  me  is  against 
me."  All  religions  therefore  that  teach  any  other  Avay  of  salva- 
tion, arc  anti-Christian.  Now,  Masonry,  as  Ave  have  s.ecn,  teaches 
its  members  that  it  is  a  saving  religion,  and  it  carefully  excludes 
Christ  from  all  its  religious  j'ites. 

There  are  man_y  prayers  in  this  manual,  and  in  other  manuals, 
but  not  in  one  of  them  is  there  a  reference  to  Christ.  Now,  I 
freely  admit  that  a  person  might  inadvertently  make  a  prayer 
Avithout  reference  to  Christ,  Avhereas  Ihe  mind  might  be  renting 
on  Christ  and  trusting  in  him.  But  in  Masonry  it  is  always 
omitted,  it  is  excluded  by  the  hiAV  of  Masoniy.  I  have  indeed 
heard  it  said  that  in  some  lodges  cn^mposed  almost  or  entirely  of 
Christians,  extempore  prayers  arc  used  in  Avliich  the  name  of 
Christ  is  mentioned.  But  it  is  contrary  to  the  law  of  Masonry, 
and  Avhen  one  member  objects  it  must  be  omitted. 


,  in  the  ceremony  of  admission  to  the  Royal  Arch  degree  the 
j Master  has  occasion  to  read  2d  Thess.  iii.  6-18,  in  which  the 
I  name  of  Christ  occurs  twice,  and  from  Avhich  the  passage 
j  receives  all  its  significance  and  autliority,  but  that  name  is 
I  omitted  in  tlie  quotation  in  the  manual.  "Which  proAcs  that 
I  they  dfire  not  put  the  name  of  Christ  int*  any  of  their  ritual. 
j  The  Mystic  Star,  a  monthly  Masonic  journal,  published  in 
j  Chicago,  speaking  of  an  address  delivered  by  Grand  Orator 
jKinding,  of  loAva,  after  praising  his  ability  as  an  orator,  said: 
l"'We  regret,  howcA'cr,  to  notice  a  very  exceptional  exprcssio)i  in 
Brother  Kinding's  address,  Ave  refer  to  the  phras-c  'Earth's 
Creator  and  man's  Redeemer,  Jesus  Christ.'  This  sentiment  is 
purely  sectarian,  and  as  such,  at  variance  with  Bro.  Kinding's 
usual  good  taste.  It  is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  not  a  tithe  of 
those  he  addressed  believed  in  (hat  sentiment." 

What  is  here  said  of  Masonry  is  true  also  of  Odd-fellowship 
in  a  limited  degree.  It  also  h;is  a  ritual  and  many  religious 
rites.  It  has  priests,  altars,  vestments,  prayers,  hymns  and  relig- 
ious ceremonies,  from  all  of  which  Christ  is  carefully  excluded. 
Grosh,  in  his  Manual,  p.  285,  says :  "  The  descendants  of  Abra. 
ham,  (Jews)  the  diverse  folloAvcrs  of  Jesus,  the  Pariahs  (Hindoos') 
of  the  stricter  sects,  here  gather  around  the  same  altar  as  one 
family,  manifesting  no  difference  of  creed  or  Avorship,  and  dis- 
cord and  contention  are  forgotten  in  Avords  of  humanity  and 
peace ;"  and  explains  this  strong  testimony  by  the  fact  that  they 
"IcaA'c  their  prejudices  at  the  door  of  the  lodge."  Noav  I  ask, 
can  any  Ciiristian  go  into  an  association  Avhcre  he  cannot  take 
Christ  Avith  him — where  he  is  compelled  to  leave  that  "  secta- 
rian prejudice  "  "  at  the  door,"  Avithout  denying  the  Sou  of  God  ? 

Mackcy,  in  his  Lexicon,  p.  404,  says:  "The  religion  then  of 
Masonry  is  pure  Theism,  on  Avliich  ils  members  engraft  their 
own  peculiar  opinions,  T)ut  thcj'  are  not  permitted  to  introduce 
thein  into  the  lodge,  or  to  connect  their  truth  ov  falsehood  Avith 
the  THUTir  of  Masonry."  But  avc  need  not  the  admission  of  Mr- 
Mackey  to  prove  that  Masonry  is  i)ure  Theism,  for  a  religion 
that  excludes  Christ  and  combines  and  harmonizes  all  the  relig- 
ions of  the  Avorld  can  be  nothing  else. 

I^ut,  says  the  Mason,  the  Bible  is  one  of  our  symbols — one  of 
the  three  great  Lights  of  Masonry;  but  Ave  ask.  What  arc  the 
others'.:'  Why,  "the  Compass  and  ihe  Square."  So  the  Bible  is 
placed  on  tho'same  level  A\ith  the  compass  and  the  square,  and 
has  the  same  authority.  Chase,  in  his  Digest  of  Masonic  Laws, 
1864,  p.  206,  says :  "  To  require  a  candidate  to  profess  his  belief 
in  the  divine  authenticity  of  the  Bible,"  or  "  a  state  of  future, 
rcAvards  and  punishments,  is  a  serious  innovation  iu  the  very 
body  of  Masoniy."  This  Ave  kuoAV  must  be  true,  because  Arabs 
and  Mormons  are  Masons,  but  they  Avoukl  die  before  they  avouUI 
recognize  the  Bible.  Therefore  Chase  in  his  Digest,  p.  208, 
speaking  on  this  subject,  says :  " Masoui-y  has  nothing  Avhatever 
to  do  Avith  the  Bible.  It  is  not  founded  on  the  Bible.  If  it  Avas 
it  Avould  not  be  Masonry,  it  Avould  be  something  else." 

Let  me  say  concerning  that  branch  of  Masonry  that  does 
accept  -the  Bible  as  one  of  its  three  great  lights,  that  it  takes 
Christ  out  of  the  Bible  before  it  takes  it  into  the  lodge.  And 
when  you  take  Christ  out  of  the  Bible  you  take  the  soul  out  of 
it  and  leave  only  a  lifeless  corpse.  Christ  made  man  and  jilaced 
him  in  Eden;  Christ  led  Israel  through  the  Avilderness:  Christ 
gave  the  Law  upon  Mount  Sinai;  Christ  gave  us  the  Bible,  and 
both  the  Old  and  Ncav  Testament  testify  of  him.  But  Christ, 
the  author  of  the  Bible,  the  giver  of  the  Bible,  must  stay  outside 
of  the  lodge — "tiled"  out  among  the  "coAvaus"  and  "tiic 
profane  world," — while  the  Avords  of  Christ,  with  his  name  omitted, 
may  be  carried  into  the  lodges,  as  of  authority  equal  to  that  of 
the  compass  and' square. 

In  A'iew  of  these  facts,  I  ask  every  candid  man.  to  ans^\er  for 
himself.  Is  not  Masonry  a  Christ-denying,  Christ-rejecting  relig- 
ion ?  Does  not  every  one  that  goes  into  the  lodge  turn  his  back 
upon  the  Son  of  God?    "He  that  is  not  Avith  me  is  against  me." 

Oh,  my  Christian  brethren !  if  there  be  any  among  you  to-day 
Avho  have  become  identified  Avith  Masoniy,  let  me  ask  you  iu 
all  kindness,  Hoav  can  j-ou  stand  up  in  the  Temple  of  Ciirist  to 
profess  his  name,  and  consecrate  yourselves  to  his  service  on 
the  Sabbath  day,  and  then  go  into  the  temple  of  anti-Christ, 
Avherc  you  dare  not  mention  his  name,  on  Tuesday? 

If  there  be  an  adhering  Mason  under  the  sound  of  my  voice  ; 
if  there  be  one  Avho  expects  to  join  that  society,  I  A\'arn  j'ou  in 
the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  of  your  danger.  I  pray  God 
he  may  not  lay  this  sin  to  your  charge,  and  that  is  all  that  I  can 
do.  And  on  that  day  Avhen  aa'c  shall  all  stand  before  the  judg- 
ment seat  of  God,  your  blood  Aviil  not  be  required  at  my  hands. 

Concerning  the  duty  of  the  Christian  church  in  this  matter 
we  would  simply  say  that  no  Chsistiau- church  Avill  receive  a 
Mohammedan  into  ils  membership.  Why?  Because  he  is  a 
believer  in  a  Christless  religion.  No  Clu-istian  church  Avould 
receiA'c  a  participating  member  of  the  Jewish  church  into  mem- 
bership. Why?  Because  he  is  a  member  of  a  Christ-dcnA'ing 
church.  But  Masonry  is  just  as  distinctly  a  Christless  and 
Christ-denying  religion  as  either  the  Jewish  or  Mohammedan 
church.  According  to  its  OAvn  best  authorities,  it  is  a  religion 
of  "Pure  Theism." 

How  can  a  man  be  a  professor  of  a  religion  that  is  "Pure 
Theism,"  and  be  a  consistent  member  of  a  Christian  church? 
How  can  a  man  be  a  member  of  a  Christ-  denying  religious 
association,  and  be  a  consistent  member  of  a  Christian  church  ? 
Hoav  can  a  church,  Avhich  lays  doAvn  as  its  corner-stone  that 
Stone  Avhich  these  builders  reject,  which  lays  doAvn  as  its  fun- 
damental principal,  belief  in,  and  profession  of  Christ — that 
Christ  Avhich  Masonry  rejects,  receive  a  member  of  the  Masonic 
fraternity  to  its  communion  ? 


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MASONIC  MCTRDaa, 
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SECRETS  OF  MASONKY, 

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GRAND!  GHBAT  G-RAHD!! 

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Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
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TitAOTNO.  G: 

Eon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

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ANi..' 

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DR.  NATHANIEL  COI^VEJt  OM  MASONRY, 

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HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

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BV  EMMA  A    WALLACE, 

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GERMAN  CYNOSURE  TRAOT  A. 

Sis  Isasons  whj  a  Ghrislian  sbouli  lik  a  tmmm 

By  REV.  A.  GROLE,  Pastor,  German  M.  E.  Cliurcli, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


'J'he  Christian  Cynosure. 

With  enl.irjTcd  size,  added  ability 
and  the  earnest  co-operation  of  all  who 
desire  a  pare  church  aud  a  governaient 
in  the  hands  of  unselfish,  honest  men, 
the  Cynosure  will  greatly  increase  its 
circulation  during  the  coming  year. 

Men  of  aver<^ge  integrity  need  only 
to  understand  Masonry  and  kindred  in- 
btitutions  to  seek  their  extermination. 
Women  who  desire  temperance  and 
purity  cinnot  regard  with  complacen- 
cy an  institution  which  is  hostile  to 
both.     . 

Christians  who  s bide  in  Christ  will 
use  all  the  wisdom  and  grace  God  has 
given  them  in  their  cfifarts  to  overthrow 
an  institution  which  substitutes  artifi- 
cial lights  for  the  true  ''Light  of  the 
world." 

The  insti'uUon  of  Freemasonry  is 
rooted  in  human  eclfishress,  sustained 
by  false  professions,  accommodates  its 
principles  to  the  basest  natures  and  by 
casting  out  Christ  and  at_  the  same 
time  professing  to  save  sou's  from  death, 
it  leads  our  cation  towards  heathenism. 
Ignorance  of  this  subject  in  thinking 
men  and  women,  is  the  chief  obstacle 
which  those  who  desire  to  blot  it  out 
of  our  country,  have  to  contend  with. 
Will  you  not  use  all  possible  exertions 
in  enlarging  the  circulation  "^f  the  Cy- 
nosure, that  this  ignorance  may  be  dis- 
pelled ? 

Ail  responsible  persons  who  desire 
to  promote  this  rei'orm  are  authorised 
to  act  as  agents. 

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allow  any. 

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Such  churches  as  have  testimonies 
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Letter  List, — March  28i,h  to  April 
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H  C'ole,D  Durgci,  E  Darling,  D  Dunwid- 
die,  F  Densmore,  H  Da,vi?,  J  A  De  Witt, 
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D  Freeman,  R  N  Fee,  -I  W  Funlr,  R  B 
Frifbe,  L  Fowler,  N  Green  jr,  A 
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J  S  Hitchcock,  W  R  Hoadley,  E  L 
Harris,  J  C  Halsted,  T  Johu'oc,  R 
Johnsoa,  K  A  Kcisiej',  J  F  Kuhlman, 
W  J  Knappaii,  D  Longman,  A  Lull, 
J  N  Lloyd,  T  H  layman,  J  L  Miner,  R 
Moore,  V/m  B  Bluiigan.  L  Morse,  M  C 
Mahan,  T  B  Mc  MilUn,  H  C  McCain,  J 
Miller,  Thos  J  McLouth,  R  Nutting, 
E'Zri  Osborn,  Jas  P  Rogfrs,  J  R'ng.  H 
Riggs,  B  G  Stijim&n,  J  P  Stoddard,  J 
M  Sheileb.^rger,  (2) Geo  Siirlace,  B  F 
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M  Stevenson,  A  D  Tomliosoo,  Beuj 
Ukh,  P  V/oodring,  R  M  Webb,  H 
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THiKTBEN  REASONS 
Wiay  a  CSirsstian  sijoiild  Esct  fee  a  Bi"reeaiasont 

I5Y 

KEV.  ROBEET  ARMSTRONG. 

The  author  states  bis  reasons  clearly  and  care- 
fully and  any  one  of  the  thirieen  reasons,  if 
properly  considered,  will  keep  a.Christian  out  of 
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Page. 

Editorial  Articles 8—9 

Masonry  Subverting  the  Republic Is  Prof.  Swing  a 

Heretic?.... Rev.  B.  N.  Kirli,D.  D....Rev,  A.B.  Grosh's 

Defense  of  Odd-fellowship Notes. 

Topics  or  the  Time 1 

Odb  Colleges  on  Secret  Societies 2 

CoNTRiBnTED  and  Select  Articles 8 — .3 

Adaptation  Satan's  Master-piece.  .  ..A  Recollection  of 
the  Sumner  Family The  Works  and  Word  of  God  De- 
graded   Something  about  the  Founders  of  the  Grange. 

Reform  News 4 

Notes  and  Notices From  Elder  Barlow From  the 

Indiana  Agent York  and  Adams  Co.  (Pa.)  Meetings 

A  Good  Work  in  Prospect. 

Cobrespondbnce B— 6 

More  testimony  about  Morgan Ashore  and  Afloat 

Experience  Meeting The  (Question  of  Fellowship.... 

Our  Mail. 

FORTY  YB4RS  Ago 6 

What  Freemasonry  is  not. 

College  Secret  Socibtibs 13 

Chapter  I .  —Origin  and  Growth. 

The  Home  CiKCLE 10 

The  Price   of  Truth   {Poetry) Florida  in  March 

Broadening  the  Base Bible  Printing  —  The  Appoint- 
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Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbatn  School " 

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abolisli  the  death  penally  in  the  State  of  Illinois,  sub- 
stituting therefor  imprisonment  for  life.  This  is  a 
natural  result.-of  the  gospel  of  sentimentalism  which  is 
so  extensively  preached  at  the  present  time.  What 
we  need  is  a  rigid  enforcement  of  law,  and  not  a  dim 
inuL'fon  of  its  sanctionp.  It  is  because,  by  reason  oi 
money  and  grips  and  signs  and  cowardiett^  bad  men 
are  allowed  to  prey  upoi  the  gooi,  and  the  penalties 
of  the  law  are  trodden  under  foot,  that  crime  increas- 
es and  life  is  unsafe.  Where  law  is  enforced  and  peo- 
ple are  intelligent,  laws  will  be  respected  and  obeyed. 
One  thing  we  should  do,  and  that  is  imprison  any 
man  who  fails  to  furnish  his  children  with  an  educa- 
tion. An  immoral  or  an  ignorant  people  will  violate 
laws  made  to  protect  properly  and  lifp.  ;sJ.We  have  as 
a  nation  no  hope  of  salvation  save  in  the  education 
and  Christianization  of  the  people.  Unless  this  is  done 
prisons  cannot  be  large  enough  to  hold  our  criminals, 
and  no  penalty  can  be  enacted  that  wili  deter  from 
crime.  Oar  course  is  plain,  enf  jrce  what  law  we 
have,  and  seek  to  produce  a  state  of  things  that  will 
render  human  laws  superfluous,  because  all  are  obedi- 
ent to  the  divine. 


It  is  of  course  to  be  supposed  that  this  gentleman 
stood  by  and  saw  the  whale  covered  up,  as  he  could 
hardly  speak  so  authoritatively  unless  such  was  the 
case. 


Scientific  Dogmatism. — The  world  has  been  filled 
with  outcries  against  theological  dogmatism,  and  for 
a  religion  of  reason.  This  is  all  well  enough.  If  the 
religion  of  the  Bible  is  not  a  rational  religion  it  should 
be  abandoned.  Those  who  profess  it,  claim  that  it  is 
not  only  a  rational  system,  but  the  only  one  which 
has  existed,  or  asks  the  confidence  of  men  at  this 
time.  It  would  be  a  good  thing, however,  if  some  of 
these  gentlemen  who  are  so  anxious  that  Christians 
should  avoid  placing  assertion  instead  of  evidence, 
would  direct  at  least  part  of  their  attention  to  the 
fashionable  scientific  dogmatism  of  to-day.  As  an 
example  of  this  loud  talk,  take  the  following  account 
of  a  whale's  rib  which  was  found  in  Maryland  200 
feet  below  the  level  of  the  surrounding  country.  The 
rib  being  sent  to  Baltimore,  Dr.  John  F.  King,  of  that 
city,  thus  discuses  concerning  it: 

This  skeleton  was  deposited  when  the  continent 
was  submerged,  at  a  period  when  the  Alleghany 
Mountains  were  hidden  by  the  sea,  and  ages  before 
the  eastern  shore  of  Maryland  became  dry  land;  in 
fact,  when  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific  oceans  mingled 
their  waters  and  rolled  uninterruptedly  across  the 
American  continent.  It  was  deposited  there  long 
before  any  quadrupedal  animal  or  man  appeared  upon 
the  earth — ages  before  Adam  lived. 


Cyclical  Deluges. — It  must  be  quite  embarrass- 
ing to  the  gentlemen^gwho  ihave  made  merry  over 
Noah's  flood,  to  see  how^steadily  scientific  research  is 
demons' riting  the  (ruth  of  the  Bible  story.  This 
thought  is  suggested^by^a  little  work^under  the  title 
that  heads  thisjparagraph.'^  It  is  an  argument  to  show 
that  there  have  beenjdeluges  at  intervals  of  ten  thous- 
and five  hundredj,year8ln  the  past,  and  will  continue 
to  be,  so  long  as  the  astronomical .'  conditions  of  the 
earth  remain  as  they  nowrare.  At  present  our  sum- 
mer is  while  the  earth  is  in  aphelion,  and  because  its 
distance  to  travel ^is  greater  and  iti  motion  slower  than 
while  in  perihelion,  our  spring  and  sunomer  are  sev- 
en days  longer  than  our  winter  and  autumn.  „;J_^By  pre- 
cefsion  of  equinoxesj^and  change  of  the  earth's  axis, 
by  and  by  the  order  of  the  seasons  will  be  reversed, 
our  summer  will  cime  while  we  are  in  that  part  of 
earlh's  orbit  nearest  the  sun  and  our  winter  when  we 
are  farthereet  away.  At  that  time  our  spring  and 
summer  will  be  seven  days  shorter  than  our  autumn 
and  winter.  Until  that  time  the  northern  hemisphere 
will  continue  to  grow  colder  and  the  southern  to  grow 
warmer.  When  the  seasons  are  fully  reversed, 
about  seven  thousand  years  hence,  the  southern 
seas  will  be  very  much  warmer  than  now;  the  im- 
□aense  masses  of  ice  about  the  south  pole^will  be  brok- 
en up  and  move  north.  The  cenrer  of  earth's  gravity 
will  move  north  along  the  plane  of  the  f  quatcr,  drag- 
ging after  it  the  southern^oceans.  The  northern  hem- 
isphere will  become  the  watery  one  and  the  sub- 
merged continents  of  thefsouth^come  to  view.  This 
catastrophe,  which  will  of  course  destroy  almost  or 
altogether  the  inhabited  countries  of  the  earth,  will  be 
followed  in  ten  thousand  five  hundred  years  by  an- 
other in  a  contrary^direction.^^Of  course  we  do  not 
affirm  that  this  theory  is  to  be  verified,  but  merely 
suggest  that,  when  the  ablest  scholars  are  demonstrat- 
ing the  possibility  of  not  only  one  deluge  that  should 
cover  mountains,  but  many  of  them,  those  who  wish 
to  sneer  at  unscientific  statements  of  the  Bible  be  a 
ittle  careful^about  the  point  of  attack. 

Infidel  Scientists. — Dr.  McCosh  is  credited  with 
the  remark  that  colleges  should  have  for  instructors 
the  ablest  men  in  their  several  departments  without 
reference  to  their  religious  views.  That  is.  of  two 
men,  one  an  infidel  and  the  other  a  Christian,  the 
ablest  man  should  be  the  instructor,  no  matter  if  he 
should  be  ihe  unbeliever.  Imagine,  if  possible,  an 
institution  made  up  in  this  way.  Strauss  or  Renan  iu 
Theology;  Huxley  or  Darwin  in  Biology  or  Physiolo- 
gy; Tyndall  in  Natural  Sciences;  Proctor  in  Astrono- 
my, and  men  of  like  minds  in  the  other  departments. 
Put  now  young  men  under  the  care  of  such  minds 
four  or  five  years.  Let  them  see  the  Bible  treated  as 
these  men  are  accustomed  to  treat  it.  The  Sabbath 
used  for  lectures  on  astronomy,  and  prayer  sneered 
at  as  a  foolish  superstition,  then  let  any  intelligent 
man  say  what  the  effect  must  be.  If  infidels  are 
allowed  to  control  the  education  of  the  country  be- 
cause of  a  little  real  or  fancied  superiority  in  scientific 
attainment,  then  the  educated  men  will  be  infidels. 

We  admit  that  such  theology  as  made  Princeton 
(in) famous  during  the  war  with  slavery,  is  worse  than 
rationalism  or  atheism,  but  that  only  proves  that  time 


serving  theologians  should   be  banished  from  the  class 
room  an-i  not  that  atheists  should  be  put  in. 

Dr.  McCosh  is  a  profound  scholar,  and  very  well 
knows  that  the  Christian  movement  did  not  begin  by 
an  appeal  to  science  or  scientists.  He  knows  that  the 
Reformation  began  with  the  Bible  and  not  in  the  labo- 
ratory. He  is  a  Christian,  and  knows  that  the  soul  is 
of  infinite  value  as  compared  with  mere  intellect.  Is 
it  wise  then  to  favor  the  employment  of  infidels  as 
instructors  when  they  are  dangerous  just  in  propor- 
tion to  their  ability  ?  Would  it  not  be  wiseer  to  have 
young  people  instructed  by  men  who  believe  in  God. 
and  Christ,  and  the  Bible,  and  have  average  ability  in 
their  departments,  |than  to  put  receptive  minds  under 
the  influence  of  such  men  as  will  use  their  intellectual 
gifts  to  destroy  in  their  pupils  that  faith  which  gives 
the  only  valuable  knowledge  to  the  immortal  soul? 


The  Chicago  Post  Office.— It  seems  to  be  de- 
cided by  the  Masonic  brethren  that  tbey  are  to  lay 
the; corner-stone  of  this  building  on"next  St.  John's 
Day .  This  laying  of  t'ae  stone  is  not  supposed  to  in- 
dicate that  Masons  are  topay  forlhe  building,  but  that 
they  arerto  occupyj^it  when  it  is  done.  ;^^The  brethren 
have  b(  en  cut-off  from  corner-stone  laying  so  far  as 
the  churches  are  concerned,  and  this  is  supposed  to 
be  an  attempt  to  get  up|a  littleexcitement  for  the  en- 
couragement of  those  who  are  disheartened  by  the 
exposures  which  baye  lately  been  made  and  the  initi- 
ations which  have  (not)  taken  place.  Of  course  we 
are  not  within  the  cable-tow,  but  we"  have,  neverthe- 
less, a  few  suggestions  as  io  the  entertainment  for 
that  day  to  be  piovided.  In  the  first  place^it  would 
be  we'l  to  explain  to  the  rural  brethren  that  St.  John's 
name  is  tacned  on  to  Ihis  day,  not  because  he  was  ever 
a  Mason,  but  because  the  early  brethren  wanted  to 
have  a  good  drunk  on  that  day  and  thought  it  would 
make  it  a  little  better  to  call  it  a  St.  something.  la 
the  next  place^  a  number  of  experienced  craftsmen 
should  show  how  offices  are  won  by  valiant  Free- 
masons. That  Grand  Master  who  made  a  fortune  out 
of  the  Illinois  state  prison  should  tell  the  rest  how  to 
get  contracts  and  how  to  get  rid  of  an  old  wife.  Then 
another  Grand  Master  might  tell  how  to  get  a  good 
berth  in  the  Chicago  water  works;  and  still  another 
might  tell  them  that  when  they  get  money  "on  the 
square"  they  must  never  tell,  even  if  they  are  sworn  lo 
do  so.  He  could  also  explain  how  to  manage  a 
printing  steal  ''to  the  glory  of  the  Grand  Architect  of 
the  Universe."  Another  brother  could  tell  all  about 
dodging  a  halter  at  Shelby  eille.  And  then  a  choir 
composed  of  some  of  "our  greatest  and  best  men,"  say 
Pike,  Mackey,  Reynolds  and  Johnson  might  sing: — 

Great  gods  of  our  Masonic  clan, 

Oh!  hear  us  as  we  pr(e)y, 
Help  us  to  get  the  offices 

And  hide  the  spoils  away. 

Don  t  let  the  Anti-masons  know 

What  we  in  lodge  do  plot; 
And  keep  the  maimed  and  blind  and  poor 

Far  from  the  sacred  spot. 

Oh  I  let  us  never,  never  know 

The  vain  of  plans  defeated; 
But  help  ns  steal  and  drink  and  sing, 

lill  in  Grand  Lodge  we're  seated. 

After  this,  speeches  for  the  good  of  the  order  could 
be  resumed  until  it  was  time  to  go  to  the  dance, 
which  should  be  a  very  notable  afi'air,  tickets  ten  dol- 
lars, widows  and  orphans  specially  invited.  By  pur- 
suing this  or  a  similar  plan  it  is  confidently  believed 
the  occasion  might  be  made  interesting  and  profitable 
to  all. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUK  COLLEGES  ON  SELKET  SOCIETIES, 


Annvillu,  Pennsjlvania,  January  G,  1874. 
Dear  Sirs: — Your  requtst,  asking  my  opinion  of 
the  influence  of  Freemasonry,  etc.,  is  at  band.     Pre?- 


a  factory  to  turn  out  vigorous  tipplers  by  the  hun-j  accompany  him  to  the  jail  in  Leveritt  street,  and 
drcd, — cannot  this  glorious  and  "  most  moral "  of  ali  show.ed  me  about  the  prison;  and  at  the  close  he  in- 
orders  do  Bometbing  ior  temperacce?"  Masonry  uoduced  me  to  Dr.  Flint,  the  prison  physician,  who 
-.nswers,  Yea,  in  ice  secret  temperance  order?,  so- i  was  Worshipful  Master  of  the  lodge  in  Boston,  and  as 
called,  ail  unmistakably  Masonic.     But  need  his  satan-}  the  doctor  took  my  hand,    the  sheriff  said,    "Doctor, 


sura   of  duties    prevents   my  giving  a  full    or  forma 
statement  in  reply.  , 

My   estimate  of  Freemasonry    maybe   knov?nfrom  '     ,       ...       .,,,-,,  i     ,,    •   .      i  ,         „   ,     , 

the   statement   that  the  United   Brethren   church,  ofi^     P°f' ^?'  ^'^'^"''f  i«"  know  Mavonry  don  t  inter-  a  member  of  the  lodge  of  Freemason3  of  which  Morgan 


I  'c  majesty  be  remiaded  of  the  political  world?     Must  |  here  is  a  gentleman,  as  the  woman  said  at    the  well  of 
not   cut  his   Masonic  gown  to  suit  both  religion  i  Samaria,   who  will  t3ll  you  all  you  ever  dd.     He  was 


which  I  am  a  member,  is  utterly  opposed  to  it,  and  1 
am  with  the  church  on  this  question.  My  conviction 
is  firm  that  the  influence  of  Freemasonry  is  baneful  in 
whole  and  in  part;  that  religiously  it  is  a  stumbling- 
block;  and  that  socially  and  politically  the  benefaction 

it  offers  to  one,  is  a  robbery  of  others.  ,„        ,      ,,  .   ,    ,       ,  „ 

-KT  ^       •  .  II  J  i-    .     '^i    •  -..    ,  I"  iemp.ar  Knighthco-l,' &ay 

No  secret  society  or  so-called  fraternity  is  permitted      ,  ,  ,  f  - , 

.........  ladelphia,  "  superacids  to  tae 

within  this  institution. 

Wishing  you  success  in  the  accomplislimenl  of  good 
I  shall  remain  yours  very  truly, 

L,  H.  Hammokd, 


fere  with  either  (?)  Now  see  hov/  his  reverence  can j  was  a  member,  whom  the  Masons  murdered.  He  is 
adapt  himse'f  to  all  political  castes:  Masonry  ^laU'- :  3  seceder ."  At  the  last  word,  the  do:;tor  twitched 
Pajml,  "  Know-ncthings;"  Masonry  Pro-siavery,  bis  hand  from  mine,  saying  ''he  wanted  nolhiog  to 
•'Knights  of  the  Golden  Ciicle;"  -'Ku-Klux;"  etc.;ido  with  a  seceder."  I  said,  "Doctor,  I  was  acquainted 
Anti-slavery  Masonry,  Union  League,  etc,  ;  Masonry  |  with  a  Dr.  Flint  for  years;  he  viras  our  fam  ly  physi- 
in    m^.rshal  array,  G.  A.  R. ,   and  Knight  Templars.  ; cian  while  we  lived  in  Leicester.'    He    was   a   lovely 


The  doctor  said,    ''he  is  a  connection   of 


Adaptation,  Satan's  Master-piece. 


BV    NATUAN    CALLENDER. 


s  AVra,  H,  Allen,  of  Phil-;  mac,  too," 
delphia,  "  superadds  to  tbe  four  objcts  of  specula- 1  mine. 

tive  Freemasonry,  .  .  two  new  elements,  the  religious!  This  seemed  to  quiet  tbe  Grand  Master  alittU',  and 
and  military."  Mark  this,  ''Knowledge  is  power,"' i  said,  "Will  you  permit  me  to  ask  you  a  question  or 
S3y3  the  maxim,  .and  the  colleges  of  the  land  are  the|t^o?"  To  v  xh  he  consented.  I  then  ssid  to  him, 
'^rand  source  of  the  higher  attainments  in  knowledge.  I  ..gu^jpoge  you  were  the  mayor  of  Boston,  and  you 
says  experitnce.  Shrewdly  docs  Satan  cut  Ws  hereunder  oath,  would  you  keep  your  oath's"  The 
Masonic  garment,  adroitly  flt  his  cap,  and  then  lays  j  doctor  said,  "yes."  '-Doctor,  suppose  you  abtolu'.ely 
his  polluting  hand  on  these  grand  sources  of  power,  ^ne^  that  there  were  men  comi.ng  to  set  the  city  on 
and    scores   of  literary    (?)      secret    societies  is  the  fire,  would  you  set  a  guard  to  hinder  them?'     '-Yes," 


[result.  Satan  neyer  exhibited  more  diabolical  wis- 
dom than  when  he  entered  college  as  a  literary  gen 
i 'leman,  in  the  various  "College  Secret  Societies.' 
r'  Who  kiJled  llortimer  M.   LegrjeilV' 


said  the  doctor.  "Suppose  that  you  knew  that  clan- 
destinely a  b>dy  of  man  had  murJtred  one  cit'zsn, 
I  and  actudly  kidnapped  another,  would  yoa  send  a 
:  posse  and    save    him   if  you    coulJ?'     '-Yes,"   says 

no    more 


No  one  in  the  realm  of  moral  government  can  use 
this,  with  the  same  latitude,  as  can  the  angel  of  the 
bottomless  pit  and  his  unscrupulous  emissaries. 
Moral  rectitude  circumscribes  the  actions  of  the  good 
and  sincere  of  all  grades  of  being,  but  Satan  and  his, 

followers  can  become   "  all   things  to  all  men,"  in  a       ^^'^  ""^  "^'''"'^  '"^''^^  --^  '''  ^'^  ^^'^  '^^""^^  windings:  !  the  doctor.      "Well,"  I   continued,    "I  did 
sense  that  Paul  could  not  think  of  doing.     Indeed,  ii, ,  ^^''^'^  ^^^  conditions  of  Masonry  already  noticed,  we  j  t^an  you  say  you  would."    Handing  my  hand  he  took 
a  sense   in  which  it  would  be"  absolutely  impossibU  |  ^'""^  f  "'^'^'^    Masonry,^  Sympathetic    Masonry,  etc  , !  it.     i  briefly  narrated  to  him  what  I   did;    "Do   you 
that   good   angels    or   even   God   himself  should  do. 
How    exceedingly   flexible    in    morals  and  religion  is 
Lucifer  and  his  time-serving  tools !      See  how  he  can 
accommodate    the    most   exclusive,    anti-scci?,],     and 
misanthropic   of  systems    known  among  men,  to  all 
conditions  of  society  I     Who  would  think  that  men  in 
general  would  endure  a  system  cf  religion,  which,  by 
its  very  terms  of  membership,  excludes  nine-tenths  of 
the  race  of  man  ? 


etc.     Satan,    adapting    himself    to    every    phase   of;  blame  me?"     He  replied,  "No" 


society,  in  that  master-piece  of  deception  and  wicked- 
ness. 

A  KecollccliOii  of  the'  Sumner  Family. 


BV  S.     D.    UREENB, 


From  a  memorandum  of  my  first  acquaintance  with 

Hon.     Charles    Sumner,    now    deceased.     In  1830. 

Such   a   system,  is  Freemasonry,  the  universal  (?);  soon  after  I  came   from  Batavia,   N.  Y. ,    to    Boston, 

religion!     Will  not  all  men  in  dotige,  all  in  nonage, j  Charles  Pinkney  Sumner,    the  high  sheriff  ;,f  Suffolk 

all  invalids,  all  females  spurn  such  a  trick  of  the  pit  as  i  county,  Massachusetts,  sent  me  an   invitation   to  diae 


that,  from   the  face  of  the  earth  ?     Then  look  at  the 
initiation  degradations!     Will  men  in  the  nossessioc 


with  him  at  his  residence  in  Hancock   street,  Boston; 

and  his  note  significantly  described  the  viand  of 
of  their  faculties  endure  them?  Wait  before  you!  which  his  dinner  would  consist,  viz,,  tongue. 
answer  no.  Cannot  Satan  so  cut  this  Masonic  coat  as  j  Thus  1  went  at  the  hour  appointed,  prepared  to 
to  fit  everything  but  a  good  conscience?  Yes,  yes; [talk.  After  being  seated  at  tlie  table,  (Charhs  Sum- 
here  we  have  English  Masonry,  French  Masonry,  :  ner,  tlit'n  16  years  old,  on  my  right  hand,  his  fathtr 
Scotch  Masonry,  American  Masonry,  etc.,  etc.,  to  fit! at  my  left  in  the  center  of  the  table,  and  Mrs.  Sum- 
the  various  nationalities.  But  how  will  hs  satanic  ner  opposite  him,)  Sheriff  S.i.mier  sdd,  "Mr,  Greene. 
reverence  fit  his  Masonic  garment  to  the  sons  tf  S;.ll  understand  you  are  a  professing  Christian,  will  you 
Patrick,  O,  he  will  give  them  Irish  Masonry,  the  crave  a  blessing?"  I  did  so,  thanking  God  not  only 
Molly  Maguires,  and  then  a  broader  system  called  i  for  his  preserving  mercies,  but  that  he  would  bless 
Jesuitism.     But  what  will  he  do  for  the  church  and :  the  food  in  readiness  to  our  nourishment  and  that  our 


Then  Mr.  Sumner  added,  '  'Doctor,  you  seem  to  meet 
Mr.  Greene  like  a  north-wester,  but  he  has  stood  Uke  a 
sturdy  oak  in  an  open  pasture,  and  you  haye  only 
fanned  his  leaves." 

Mr.  Sumner  soon  after  rencuaced  Freemasonry, 
and  published  his  opinion  of  the  instituiioa,  Mr.  Sum- 
ner would  often  send  me  a  no'.e  inviliag  me  to  take 
a  seat  with  him  on  the  Sabbath  in  the  King's  Chap- 
el, and  out  of  politeness  I  used,  to  .consent.     Charles 

from  1830  has  been  my  friend.   More  anon. 
«-fr^ 

The  Works  and  Word  of  God  Degraded. 

^Y    A    PAST    ROYAL    ARCH    M4  80N. 


To  any  'profeming  Christian  Mason  of  ang  and  all 
Mawnic  Degrees: 

The  writer  has  not  taken  his  pen  without  ''  count- 
ing the  cost."  He  has  looked  to  be  assailed  from 
"the  craft."  He  is  prepared  to  see  himself  held  up 
as  a  "perjured  maa."  Neither  fit  t;  live,  ncr  pre- 
pared to  die.  (The  very  charge  implies  that  the 
truth  is  told), 

I   am    greatly    strengthened   and   encouraged    by 


words  just  from  the  pen  of  that  eminent  and  beloved 
the  clergy?  Will  he  recogniza  the  professed  followers  |  intercourse  at  the  present  time  might  be  acceptable, l^^j.^^^^  ^^f  q^^^  -q^^  Jq5jq  jj^jj  .  *«  You  will  denouiice 
of  Jesus,  whom  Masonry  insults,  as  enemies  and  meet  ^  agreeable  and  of  lasting  benefit.  |  ^^^  ^qJ  ^quJ^i  ^yj^  ^g.  but  before  I  took  my  pea  I 

them  in  open  couflct?  Not  he.  He  will  sooner  j  After  the  ceremonies  at  the  table  were  passed. ,  ^^^^^^^^^^  myself :'  in  this  whole  matter  of  my 
baptize  this  hell-bo-n  child  of  infidelity  into  thtj  Sheriff  Sumner,  (no  doubt  as  an  introduction  to  thel  j^^^^j^j^.  ^^^1^^  „^j  ^^  j^^g^^j^,  lif^^  j  j^j^^p  j^^jg^^l  .^j 
""■"■"■'"■  '     "  .   •»  .^  -   --     conversation  to  be  held  after  dinner,)  asked  me  if  I  [condemned  myself.     You  can  find  nothing  in  my  past 


degrees. 


Christian  name!  Do  not  marvel  if  Satan  and  hii- 
staff  do  transform  themselves  into  angels  of 
light.  So  immediately  after  thrusting  the  Masonic 
high-priesthood  into  the  face  of  our  Great  High 
Priest,  Jesus,  in  this  nineteenth  century,  we  have  an 
outfit  of  "Knights  of  the  Red  Cross,"  "Knights  of 
the  Christian  Mark,"  etc.  "The  Holy  and  Thrice 
Llustrious  Order  of  the  Cross!"  Can  Satan  himself 
fit  this  to  the  Christian  clergy  and  church  ?  Will  they 
put  it  on?  0,  yes,  many  of  them  will  wear  it  along 
with  the  hood-wink,  cable-tow,  and  sheep-skin. 

But  can   satanic  genius  itself  fit  a  system  inherentlv 
and  supremely  selfish  to  the  promptings  of  benificence  ^is   do,  but  he  was  never  called  a  drunkard  till  the 
and   charity?     Yes;  we   must   accept  the  system  a&  I  f'reemasons  called  him  so." 

preeminently  benevolent  and  charitable!  Why,  it  ^^e  ficished  our  dinners  and  retired  to  the  parlor; 
takes  nearly  one-tenth  of  the  money  filched  from  the  I  when  Mr.  Sumner  said,  "Mr.  Greene,  I  want  y.,u 
poorer  classes  of  its  devotees  to  take  care  of  their  own  to  give  me,  (if  you  are  willing,)  the  whole  history  of 
sick   and   poor    and   bury  their  dead  honorably   (?)  the  kidnapping  of  Morgan  and  Miller  of  your  own  per- 


was  a  Freemason?     I  told  himthati  had  taken  three  jjf^^  ^j^^j^  ^^^  ^ond  slave  of  Satan,  and  in  all  those 


sentiment."     ''Was  he  a  drinking  man?"     '"Yes,  sir.' 
"Was   he   a  drunkard?"     "No,    sir,  he  drank  as  oth- 


oh,  honor!  where  is  thy  dignity?  Then,  there  is  the 
Temperance  cause.  Cannot  the  system,  whrsf 
birth-pl,  ce  was  Appletree-iavern,  Covent  Ga'den, 
London,  and  whose  very  inspiration  has  always  bsen 
its  "refreshments,  whiskey,  and  wine  libations;  in  short 


"Were  you  a  member  of  the  same  lodge  jj^j^g  ^^^^.^^  ..  j^^  ^^^^-^^  ^y  him  at  his  will,"  that  can 
with  Captain   Wdliam  Morgan."     1   said,   '-Yes,  sir,":by  any  possibility  be  spread  out  and  magnified  in  your 
"What  was  your  business?"      "Ikept  a  hotel  and  wKsigy^^   ^^   ^-^^^   ^^^    j^    ^^    ^^^^       "My  new  Master 
trustee  of  the  village.     Our  village  was   incorporated  ;  ^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^  j^  f^^m  myself,"     He  en- 
in  1826,  and  I  was  chosen  the  principal  officer  to  take  ij^^^g^  ^^  ^^  "forget  the  things  that  are  behind."     I 
care  of  its  affairs."     "  Was  you  personally  acquainted ;  ^^^^  ^^^^^^  ^^^  ^^^^^  j^^  ^^  q^^^  ^^^  aj^ated  insfruc- 
with    Morgan?"     "I    was."      "What  kind   of  a  man  ^j^^  „     ^j^g  g^^  ^^    q^^  j^  ^^  ^^^^^^    ^^^  -^  ^^ 
was  he?"     "A  very  sfi'ible  man  and   truly  moral  in  pj^^^^^^g    "magnified  the  law,  and  made  it  honor- 
able."    I  am  standing  on  the  very  bank  of  the  river 
of  death.     I  see  ministers  of   the  Gospel,  mingling 
with  men  in  the  ceremonies  cf  the  lodge-room  who 
nave  no  pretention  to  Christianity,  and   a    "necessity 
IS  laid  upon  me;"   I  must  write;  I  must  warn  you. 
"  Call   no   man  master,    one  is   your   Master,  even 
Christ."     "  Come  out  from  among  them,  and  be  ye 
separate." 

Happening  a  few  days  since  in  company  with  two 
Presbyterian  gentlemen,  ''dyed  in  the  wool,"  the 
elder,  who  had  imbibed  Galvanism  from  the  breast  of 
his  mother,  and   who,  I  fancy   holds   the  "  form  of 


sonal  knowledge," 

I  then  narrated  to  him  and  Charles  and  Mrs.  Sum- 
ner, the  facts  contained  subsequent'y  in  my  lectures, 
afterwards  delivered,  and  now  published  in  the  "Broken 
Seal,"    About   4  o'clock  Mr.  Sumner   invited  me   to 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


sound  words"  as  laid  down  in  the  Assembly's  Shorter; of  the  great  Fouader  of  Christianity  I  challenge  the 
'Oatfchism,  it  was  not  a  little  surnrise  to  learn  that  ajorder  to  pioye  their  preaumptious assertion.  A  Mastei 
Presbyterian   minister,   -'in  good  and  regular  stand 


ing,"  could  be  found,  who  believed  in  Masonry.   Now 
while  I  am  quite  &uve  that  this  gentleman  has  for- 
gotten more  than  ever  found  a  lodgment  in  my  brain, 
I  can  teach   him,  and  many  others   with  him,  Eome| 
things  about  this    "  honorable  fraternity,"  that  if  re- 


Masous'  l(>d^e  held  in  the  Sincturu  Sanctorum  or  Holy 
of  holies  of  King  Solomon's  Tcmjnc  !  Who  believe'; 
It?    Who? 

li,  is  alleged  by  Masons  that  the  Ark  of   the    Cove- 

;  aant  was  lost,  find  that  it  was  found  among  the  rubbish 

:of  the  Tt-mple,  in  the  same   place    where   the    '-key- 

j  stone  of  the  Royal  Arch"  was  found.     It  is  more  than 

"  folly  and  presumplicn.      It  is  wicked,  as  I  cannot  but 

hearsed    wherd    Calvin   sleeps,  would  almost  cause  a  yi^^  n^  jjj  ^  minister,  ia  any  one,  tT  take  such  a  posi- 

moving  among  his  bones.     I  am  devoutly  thankful,    hod,  by  his  active  presence  at  any  Masonic   meeting; 

that  in  comoarison   with  the  Baptist  and   Methodist  or,    by    continuing   to  be   enrolled    as    a    Mason,  to 

churches,  but  few  Presbyterian  ministers   have  been  t"'^'^'!'^  ^,^'^  ^^;;    'i^h^  Ark  was  not  lost,    but   "under 

^     .'  J.  f  .     /,    .  ,.         r        ,  curtains,"  untd  Solomon  built  the    iemple   and    pie- 

80   stupified  and  infatuated,  in  seemng  after   "secidt  p^^^j  ..-jj^e  l^lo^t  Holy  Place"  for   its  reception,    and 

things,"  as  to  takeoff  their  irarment,  and  put  on  the  ^  what   blasphemy    for   Masonry    to   assign  the  sacred 

flannels   of   the    craft,   have   their  fingers  stripped  of;  p'aoe  where  "He  dwelt  between  the  cherubim"  as  the 

rings,  their   very  shirl-button    removed    (In   one   jn-l ''usual  place  of  meeting  of  a  Mastfcr<i' lodge  ! 

,„     „       .   .       '    ■,   ,„  I     c^      e        I      But  if  we  pass  on  in  the  sca'c  of   lufacleiity   to    ihe 

stance,    at  least,    it   became    necessary    to  file    from'  .■        ^    .         i   •    *i     tj       i   a   „i     a    ,  ^„    ^„ 

'        ,  •'  proceedinfs  iind  work  in  the  Koyal  Arch    degree,   we 

a  candiaates  flnger  a  valuable  ring,)  to  ,  epare  them  (j^j  ^^at  here  we  begin  to  enter  into  that  state,  "even 
suitahli)  for  initiation.  I  could  lake  them  to  Presby-  to  the  land  of  darkness  and  contusion,  without  order. 
terian  churches  over  which  any  other  than  a  Mason  and  where  the  light  is  as  darUness."  The  march  is 
could  not  be  settled.  gradual,  but  unless  the  eyes  have  been    opened,  and 

Masonry  given  up,  before    the    blindes!    man   resche^ 


the  degree  of  "Secret  Master,"  his  case   seems    really 
hopeless. 

Something  About  the  Founders  of  the  Uranf,'c. 


[From  the  Chicago  Tribune,  March  28th.] 

Hooic's  PoiKT,  Hamilton  Co. 


Iowa. 


the  Editor. 
ir:   We  have   now  an  official  announcement  of  the 


viz: 


FOUNDERS  OF  THIS    ORDER, 

William  Saunders,   0.  H.  Keliey,  A.  B,  Grosh. 


The  iirst  and  best  gift  of  God  to  man  was  woman. 
When  the  Almighty  had  ci-eated  the   earih    and    al! 
things  in  it,  and  garnished  heaven  with  all  its  glorious 
hosts,  he  looked  with  complacency  upon  the  works  of 
his  hands,  and  pronounced  all  "to  be  good."     As  day 
after  day  he  progressed  with  the  mat(rfiless  work  of  cre-l 
atioD,  new  and  more  beautiful  works  sprang  into  exist-  y> 
<eQce,  who  can  portray  the  ecstacy,  joy,  and  unmingledig-. 
adoring  love,  of  the  bright  and  holy  ones  that  surround- 
ed his    throne?     ''The   morning   stars  sang  togeth-^r, 

and  all  the  sons  of  God  shouted  for  joy."  Higher!  John  Trimble,  Jr.,  J.  R.Thompson,  F."  McDowell,  and 
and  higher,  and  louder  and  sweeter  mast  those  an-IW.  M.  Ireland.  The  first  five  are  residents  of  Wash- 
theins  of  praise  have  risen,   as   each    successive    day's  i '"St^on,   D,    C,   where   they  are    engaged  in  various 

creation,  exceeded  in  manifestation  of  wisdom  and  loye  i  ''•^"'?  ^°^  Vn\ftssional  occupations.  At  least  two 
,,  J  members  ot    the  original  firm — or  iounders  of  the  or 

the  preceding.  a  c  i  .     i  u  »■ 

^^  =  der,    if  you    please — seem    to  have    been,    tor  some 

How  a wfai  must  have  been  the  "silence  in  heaven,"  cause,  ehminated  by  this  new  deal.  I  allude  to  Mr 
'ot  that  hour,  on  the  morning  ot  the  sixth  day,  when]  Bryan,  who  put  in  some  monpy  to  pay  for  printing  ex- 
the  Holy  Three  in  council  said,  "L3t  us  make  man  in  Penses  at  the  start,  and  to  I).  S.  Curtiss,  who  conirib- 
our  image."  From  the  dust  he  wa.  made-but  Oh!  uted  some  brain- work,--both  resWents  of  Washington. 
7       K       i-e  M   [T    1.    3  ■  Ihat   remarkable  string   of   ponaerous  plaiitudts,  the 

Aowbaautiful!  He  had  not  smusd,  and  he  was  perfect.  .. Preamble"  to  the  National  (Grange)  Constitution, 
I  think  the  "morning  stars"  began  that  song  of  songs,  was  written  by  Curtiss. 

when  first  they  saw  v/ix«,,  in  the  personal  image  of  the  A.  B.  Grosh,  in  the  above-named  oflicial  list,  is  a 
coming  Emanuel,  and  in  the  holy  moral  image  of  their  '-'^^'^^''®^^'^*  preacher;  and  of  his  antecedent?,  as  an 
triune  God,  stand  up  before  them.  organizer  of  secret  orders,  no  Odd-fellow  need  be  told. 

^y,         ■  ,     ^  .  .  f  o    him  the  Patrons  are  principally  mdeoted  for  ine 

mere  is  yet  the  hnish  to  be  put  to  this  great  crea-' ridiculous  mummeries  and  tedious  lectures  of  their 
tive  work.  Again  we  hear  words  of  love  from  the  ''beautiful  secret  work,  '  as  it  is  complacently  called  by 
Holy  Trinity,  ''It  is  not  good  for  man  to  be  alone  II'^^  ^^°^  author.  Its  reverend  progenitor  has  been 
will  make  a  Ulpmiel  for  him."  0  what  love  in  those :®°'"^^^''*  unfortunate,  if  not  culpable,  in  the  appiica- 
-„„^j-       ■v„„„  jj.  ...        ,         t'on  of  his  classical  lore  to  the  "make-up' of  this  ritual.  : 

Td  tbe.frp  ""'I'l  r^^'^'.f,  ^'^'-^  fru'*'"'  *^^*'  The  terpsichorean  feature  in  the  degree  of  harvester,! 
i  "  ..if  HlTi'  I'  ''"'''•^     'T  '^f  ^'  '^'?  ^r?-  i«  ^^^  4inst  which  the  common  se°ns8  and   religiou.: 

r  'nr.b  «W  ""  g"-^.^*  •^^rr.age  day  ofJesus  with  his  feelings  of  the  virtuous  farmer  stubbor.aly  and  natu.: 
church  shad  come, and  the  bells  of  the  New  Jerusalem  , ...u^  fevolt.     He  don't  want  dancing,  in  his'n.     When! 


morality  of  the  ''Master  Masou :"     "Furthermore, 


shall  call  all  to  the  wedding  feast  who  shall    then    be ^  *  rr        •  u  -^i   .i        -.l  .      j 

f/Min,i  '.i,o„;.,„       +u  1!-    ^'^  """,  '"^■*^    "'^^    "'^,1  we  connect  Terpsichore  with  those  other  ancient  god- 

^uL  ^^^Yi«g  °^ '-fa«7«^J^'=Jg  garments.'      But  ah .^  ^,,,^^  of  questionable  morals.-Ceres.  Pomona,  and 
snrJL'n.nf  ""'T]     °;^"^I^«f  ^':^P«ff"ty  and  as-  pi^^a,  -wi  are  excusable  for  wishing  that  the    auth-i 
r  rbphP  f  ^1^        M    ^,  '^'''    '^fk  ,?^^'*^^^«.the  ors  of  the  ritual  were  lesa  classical  an"d  sensuous;  and 
^hanLtVh    «T  {7S'1^,''^^'^^^^^^^^^  the   typical  selections   for   the  farmer  wer^  less 

r^lfn  ^K      ?f  ""''^  ^'  '1  ^"'^   '"•^   °^  ""^^  heathen  and  more  Christian  in  character.     Flora  is  the 

iSrirreiZ,?  r^f 'tf "''".'"?  '°  5''/  nonage;  athe- !  ^ype  of  the  Sixth  Degree.  She  was  a  heathen  god- 
wh'ereT.S  hi  ^'^T""^'^  '^''^^''  ^""^  ^'''''*  ^^«°^^' i  dess,  whose  festival  wis  celebrated  bv  the  ancients, 
rwil  Vr         !  •  .  -L     J.    •       •,    ,  I  from  the  28th  of  April  till  the  1st  of'May,  with  "ex- 

.  .^JT!!_'  "°^,g'"^  J^'^  ^  ^.P^-^""!"  «f  lh«  distinguished  I  travagant  merriment  and  laciviousness. "     Was  she  the  I 

presiding   genius  of  those  banquets,  of  the  privileged  i 

Flora,  which  were    held  at 

1873,  and  which   were   paid 

Anr,a  K,r  -^n»^r„   ;<■:     ™  *  ^  -^  1,  ' '"'  ""''  "^  '""^  iTciujuB  ducs  and  charter-fees?     We  do] 

The  Vol  '  f^n/o^^Th^  ^aT       ^r^""'  ''\  >'  th'^l^    t^^^^t   this    Heathen  goddess  is  the  moPt  re-' 

in  Ss  tJZ      m1  •     r?    ^^r   w^'  ^f  f  Upectable  and  honorable  type  fo'^r  the  Christian  women 

lowMieSthir'^dT"  "    "  ''"'''   "  '""''If,  ^"^^^■•'^^  '^   acknowledge.     If  she  is    how    soon,: 

-      Qus.     What  doi  a  Masters' lodge  represent|         I  t"  rortu;1la7ctiL's^  T ""^  °' ^"^"'^^ '^■ 

.f  K?.  "^  ,  ^T  ^r''''''''"'   ^'  ^°'y  °^  l^«>ie«  with  as  much  force  to  the  men? 

ot  King  Solomon  s  Temple.  \    „  e  •  u^i   j 

n,,^?     vtri        JJ  TVT  „  o  chus  tor  an  eighth  degre 

yaes. — Where  did  Masons  usually  meet? 

Ans.— Oa    the   ground   floor   of'  King   Solomon's 
Temple 


worship  shall  appeal 
Shall  we  have  Bac- 
ghth  degree? 
The  Ritual  is  a  ridiculous  failure. 
It  is  owing  to  the  magnanimity  and  iiind   forbear- 


n„-.„      w^™  ^  ^-L  L       i- 11  ,    ,,    .       ' ance  of  the  satirists  of  the  day  that  we  have  not  been 

Que.. --How  many  constitute  a  fellow  crafts'  lodge  ? ,  already  overwhelmed  with  humorous  burlesques  upo. 
Ans. — i^ive — two  Masters  and  three  fellow  crafts.      tlio  "n,.ann,o,.=  "     xt^+v,;,,.^  ;»  ,v,^..^  »^  u„  f„  „„j    ...j 
Qties. — Where  did  they  usually  meet? 
Ans. — In  the  middle  chamber  of  the  Temple. 
Ques. — How  many  constitute  a  Masters'  lodge? 
Ans. — Three  Master  Masons. 
Ques  — Where  did  they  usually  meet  ? 
Ans. — la  the  Sanctum    Sanctorum  of  the  Kina's 
Temple.  ^ 

King  Solomon  had  no  more   to    do   with   Masonry       .^.  ...„„.  ^„^  .....=  ^oo.m^ui,  uu,  ,m^  wonaer 
than  my  cow.     Learned  men  know  this.      In   behalf] ful  instrument  must  provoke  ire.     It  is  chiefly  remark 


the  "Grangers."  Nothing  is  more  to  be  feared,  and, 
when  the  laugh  is  once  fairly  started,  richer  fun  will 
follow  the  "grange"  than  ever  did  the  '  Knights  of 
Malta"  or  the  Oriental  Order  l.OOI."  Then  the  epi- 
taph of  the  grange  will  be,  "Died  of  laughter."  But 
the  laugh  is  on  the  other  side  of  the  mouth  when  we 
consider  the 

CONSTITUTION  OF  THE  NATIONAL  GRANGE. 

The  ritual  may  excite  merriment,  but  this  wonder- 


able  for  canning.  If  the  ritual  of  the  "Grange"  is  a 
huRibug,  the  so-called  Constitution  is  a  fraud;  and  the 
selfish  schemes  of  its  projectors  are  certainly  well   de- 

,  signed,  and  their  profits  securely  guaranteed  by  this 
drcument.  Xo  "Dollar  Store"  or  ''Union-Furnishing 
Company"  prospectus  can  excel  it.  A  common  im- 
pression is  prevailing,  that  the  eo-called  National 
Grange  is  but  a  new  name  for  "ring,"  or  "Construc- 
tion Company,"  whose  members  are  fattening  upon  the 
hard-earned  money  of  the  farmers;  and  there  is  good 

Joandation  in  the  facts  that  have  leaked  out  as  well 
as  in  the  artful  devices  of  the  constitution,  for  such  a 
belief.  By  that  document,  the  members  of  the  "ring" 
perpetuate  themselves  in  power,  and  abforb  all  of  the 
money,  without  any  legal,  or  even  moral,  accounta- 
bility whatever.  This  is  now  becoming  better  under- 
stood in  Iowa,  and  honest  but  simple-minded  members 
of  the  order  "want  to  know,  you  know,  '  what  be- 
comes of  all  our  money.     C.  F.  Clarkson,  of  the  Des- 

''  moiues  Register,  whose  loyalty    to  the  order  no  man 

jdare  gainsay,  in  his  issue  of  March  Gth, 

I  DEMANDS  LIGHT. 

j  He  estimates  the  receipts  of  the  National  Grange  for 
the  last  year  at  $200,000, — which,  I  think,  is  about 
correct, — and  asks,  "Where  is  the  money?  He  wants 
'o  know  how  many  bogus  representatives  of  the  States, 
with  their  wives,  sat  in  the  last  session  of  that  august 
jbody, — as  they  did  in  the  previous  one;  and  how 
much  mileage,  and  per  diem,  was  again  paid  to  them 
iilegaily,  out  of  the  farmers  20  cent  corn.  He  also 
significantly  inquires  if  there  was  another  ''back-pay 
grab." 

It  ia  of  no  use  to  make  such  impertinent  inquiries 
and  demands.  Gentlemen,  you  can't  have  your  mou' 
ey,  and  the  Order  too.  The  worthy  Patriarchs  of  the 
Grange  are  securely  protected  against  your  reforms, 
atid  they  disregard  your  clamors.  You  are  sworn  to 
secrecy,  and  also  to  respect  and  obey  the  "Constitution 
and  By-Laws  of  the  National  Grange."  Don't  be  die- 
loyal,  gentlemen.  "You  pays  your  monish,  and  takes 
your  choice!" 

The  farmers  need  this  order,  or  something  like  it  as 
A  MEANS  OF  ORGANIZATION.  As  a  class,  we  caDuot  af- 
ford to  remain  segregated  while  all  the  rest  of  the 
world  are  combined  against  us.  It  will  give  us  prec- 
ent  relief  from  the  oppressions  of  class-legislatic, 
and  will  secure  us  future  power.  But  is  it  not  costing 
us  far  more  than  necessary  ?  Why  should  it  be  so  ex. 
pensive;  and  why  must  it  be  controlled  by  these  men, 
who,  from  the  very  nature  of  their  pursuits  can  have 
no  honest  fellowship  with  us,  and  who  have  not, 
from  their  past  actions  cannot  have,  our  respect  and 
and  confidence  ?  There  is  but  one  expedient  for  those 
who  prefer  the  order  as  it  is,  but  divested  of  its  ex- 
penses and  extortions,  and  that  is  a  general  delegate 
convention  of  the  members,  for  the  purpose  of  place- 
ing  the  order  under  a  representative  system  of  gov- 
ernment and  of  putting  its  power  where  it  properly 
belongs, — in  the  hands  of  the  people.  The  Patri- 
archal system  is  insisted  on  by  its  founders,  but  surely 
they  mistake  the  intelligence  and  spirit  of  a  million 
men  and  women  of  America. 

D.    W.   ADAMS, 

so-called  Master  of  the  National  Grange,  says  the  mem- 
bers of  Boston  Orange  were  not  farmers,  and  there- 
iore  he  deprived  them  of  fellowship.  Let  us  take  a 
look  at  hts  pretentions,  not  only  to  membership,  but 
to  the  office  he  fills.  The  Waukon  Standard  of  Feb. 
5th,  published  to  the  town  of  Waukon,  la.,  where  Mr. 
Adams  resides,  says :  ''Mr.  Adams  is  not  now,  and 
has  not  been  since  he  became  a  member  of  the  order, 
a  farmer  within  the  meaning  of  the  above  instructions ; 
but,  during  that  time,  his  greater  interest  has  been 
in  another  direction,  he  being  the  senior  member  of 
the  dry  goods  firm  of  Adams  &  Hale,  and  was  also  a 
nurseryman  at  the  time  of  becoming  a  granger,  though 
not  now,  and  never  a  farmer  according  to  Mr.  Golder's 
dj-fioition,  that  we  know  of.  During  our  residence  in 
Waukon,  he  has  not  owned  a  horse  or  a  cow,  to  our 
knowledge.  Verily,  a  prophet  is  not  without  honor 
save  in  his  own  country. 

But  this  ia  not  all.  Mr,  Adams  wap,  by  some  hocus- 
pocus,  made  master,  two  years  ago,  of  the  Iowa  State 
Grange,  and,  by  another  mysterious  process,  he  be 
came,  in  January,  1873,  master  of  the  pretentious 
National  body  of  Patrons.  Now  let  that  aspiring  gen- 
tleman, that  rigidly-righteous  Patron,  face  the  music, 
and  tell  us  whether  he  was  ever  Master  of  a  Subordi- 
nate Grange.  The  Constitution,  so  often  named  by 
me  provides  that  the  State  Grange  shall  be  "composed 
of  Masters  and  Past-masters  of  subordinate  granges": 
and  the  National  Grange  shall  be  composed  of  Masters 
and  Past-mastera  of  the  State  Granges."'  Now,  I 
have  it  from  reliable  authority  that  Mr.  Adams  was 
never  Master  of  a  subordinate  grange.  That  being 
true,  he  has  never  been  legally  entitled  to  the  office 
of  Master,  either  in  the  State  or  National  Grange.  Is 
he  not  a  righteous  Jew  to  throw  stones  at  the  Boston 
Grange  ?  ' ' "  arles  Whitaker. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Executiye  Committee  Notice. 


The  Executive  Committee  of  the  National 
ChriBtian  As-sociation  are  hereby  notified 
that  a  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  Cyno- 
sure Office  on  Friday,  April  24th,  at  11 
o'clock  A.  M.    By  order  of  the 

CSAIEMAN. 


''^tim\  Jjtm. 


— The  General  Agent  took  a  final  leave 
of  Chicago,  until  after  the  Anniversay,  on 
Saturday  last.  He  expects  to  spend  a 
month  in  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Pennsylvania 
before  reaching  Syracuse. 

— The  New  York  State  Association  is 
working  strongly  and  steadily  for  a  thor- 
ough canvass  of  the  State  before  June. 
Brethren  Stoddard  and  Barlow  will  spend 
the  seed-sowing  month  of  May  lecturing 
and  organizing  for  the  Anniversary. 

— This  Association  has  also  engaged 
Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  for  the  month  of 
May,  with  the  understanding  that  the  re- 
numeration  for  his  services  shall  be  paid 
to  Wheaton  College. 

— All  will  be  rejoiced  to  hear  from  Bro. 
Kiggins  of  Indiana  again,  after  so  long  si- 
ence.  The  Hoosier  State  news  will  again 
be  full  of  interest. 

— Several  have  inquired  for  further  par- 
ticulars of  the  Morenci,  (Mich.,)  afiair  re- 
ported last  week  by  Bro.  Caldwell.  Noth- 
ing further  has  been  received  on  this  case, 
but  any  new  developments  will  no  doubt 
be  reported  without  delay. 

—The  General  Agent  lectured  in  the 
German  church  at  Batavia,  111.,  on  "Wed- 
nesday night  last  week.  He  found  an  inter- 
esting case  of  attempted  intimidation  at 
Geneva,  which  will  appear  soon  in  the 

Cynosure. 

»«-• 

From  Elder  Barlow. 


Saratoga  Springs,  N.  Y. — A  Sharp 
SJcirmisli  and  an  Advance  on  the 
Enem'ys  Works. — The  Anti-secret 
Army  Encouraged. 
Dear  Cynosure: — As  you  know  I 
came  here  three  years  ago,  impelled  by 
a  sense  of  duty,  to  erect  a  standard 
against  organized  and  oath-bound  se- 
crecy in  all  its  forms.  My  settlement 
here  at  Bemis  Heigh tp,  with  my  known 
sentiments,  was  an  offense  to  Masonry 
and  its  cubs,  and  became  a  signal  for 
their  onslaught.  First,  slander  began 
her  envomed  work ;  but  this  failing  to 
drive  me  away,  one  of  my  members  was 
induced  to  go  and  unite  with  the  Ma- 
sons, against  the  known  wish  of  the 
church,  and  in  violation  of  a  contract 
between  the  church  and  myself,  that 
no  more  Masonry  be  admitted  to  fellow- 
ship among  us.  It  was  believed  by 
the  craft  that  the  church,  long  unused 
to  discipline,  had  not  the  strength  or 
moral  courage  to  throw  off  the  offen- 
ders; and  that,  in  consequence,  I  would 
be  forced  to  resign.  But  here  their 
plans  miscarried.  The  offender  was 
promptly  set  aside,  and  the  church,  so 
far  as  she  knows,  soon  freed  herself  from 
all  complicity  with  these  "unfruitful 
works  of  darkness." 

During  all  this  time,  I  have,  as  opportu- 
nity offered,  sought  for  a  place  some- 
where in  this  region  where  I  could  get  a 
congregation  together  to  hear  on  this 
subject.  For  a  long  time  I  sought  in  vain. 
Pastors  are  either  members  of  one  or 
the  other  fraternities,  or  they  have 
one  or  more  in  church  or  congrega- 
tion who  are  Masons;  and  they  dare 
not  even  whisper  a  r.buke,  much  less 
consent  to  have  their  pulpits  used  by  me 
for  such  a  purpose.  For  instance,  I  called 
last   week  upon  the  pastor,  lately  in- 


stalled, of  a  Presbyterian  church  near 
me,  and  asked  him  if  his  house  of  wor- 
ship could  be  obtained.  He  is  himself 
a  member  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  a  body,  which,  as  you  know, 
disferowsbips  all  secret  societies,  mak- 
ing it  a  test  question.  But  he  did  not 
dare  to  have  the  subject  ccme  up  in 
his  church.  He  said  he  had  two  Ma- 
sons in  his  congregation;  neither,  as  I 
understood  him  to  say,  ChriKtians,  and 
one  of  them  master  of  the  lodge;  and 
it  would  Dot  do  to  offend  this  one,  as 
he  was  leader  ofhischor!  Otempora/ 
0  mores/ 

At  length  I  heard  that  there  was  a 
small  Free  Methodist  church  in  Sarato- 
ga Springs.  I  soon  called  upon  one 
of  its  leading  member."',  a  Bro.  Town, 
who  introduced  me  to  his  pastor,  who 
joined  him  in  giving  a  hearty  consent 
for  the  use  of  tLeir  house. 

Last  Friday  night,  after  due  notice 
given,  I  met  an  intelligent  audience  of 
2C0  or  more,  among  whom  were  quite  a 
number  of  Mafons,  male  and  female 
Odd-fellows,  etc.  Btfore  I  commenced 
(o  speak,  we  were  reminded  of  the 
"Grid  Iron"  by  an  old  gentleman  who 
was  apparently  ready  for  the  fray. 
Bro.  Mathews,  the  pastor  of  the 
church,  promptly  demanded  order, 
and  after  singing  and  prayer,  gave  the 
craft  to  understand  that  they  might 
take  notes  of  what  I  was  about  to  say, 
and  then  appoint  their  champion,  one 
the  fraternity  would  endorse,  and  he 
should,  on  any  Friday  night  they  might 
choose,  have  the  house  for  an  answer. 
But  this  did  not  eeem  to  please  them, 
for  they  began  to  interrupt  with  ques- 
tions before  I  had  fairly  introduced 
my  lecture.  Indeed,  my  speech  was 
mainly  shaped  by  them.  One,  a  pro- 
fessionable  gentleman,  when  I  was 
speaking  of  the  omission  of  the  name  of 
Christ  from  their  prayers,  as  well  as 
from  quotations  from  the  Scriptues, 
asked  me  with  something  like  a  sneer, 
"Will  the  gentleman  be  kind  enough  to 
read  to  us  the  extract  from  Thessalo- 
niaui?,  which  he  says  is  so  garbled?" 
Of  course  I  responded  gladly  to  this  ap- 
peal, reading  from  Sickel's  Monitor, 
while  Bro.  Mathews  read  from  the  New 
Testament.  This  quieted  the  craft  for  a 
time,  and  then  they  seemed  surprised,  ap- 
parently never  having  had  their  atten- 
tion called  to  the  subject  before.  But 
having  lost  their  jewel  of  a  silent 
tongue,  they  kept  up  a  running  fire  of 
questions,  which  served,  with  the  an- 
swers, to  amuse  the  audience  as  well 
as  myself.  1  am  truly  grateful  for  the 
assistance  thus  rendered  me,  making  it 
one  of  the  most  spicy  meetings  I  have 
attended  in  a  long  time.  The  old  saw, 
'•Wounded  birds  flutter,"  had  such  a 
practical  exemplification  as  to  satisfy 
"cowans'  and  * 'profanes"  that  I  was 
not  beating  the  air. 

One  man,  towards  the  close  of  my 
remarks,  rose  in  the  rear  of  the  audi- 
ence, with  a  self-complacent  smirk  on 
his  face,  which  plainly  said,  "I'll  fix 
him  !"  and  gave  birth  to  the  following: 
"Will  the  gentleman  be  kind  enough  to 
tell  us  how  often  he  has  been  before  a 
committee,  and  been  black-balled?" 
The  gentleman  questiuner,  like  an  old 
man-of-war's  man  looking  after  a  shot 
from  his  •  -long  Tom,"  stood  as  though 


expecting  the  deslruction  of  the  speak- 
er, but  finally  slunk  ashamed  into  his 
seat.  The  craft  were  again  invited  to 
reply,  and  I  invited  them  to  take  the 
stand  then  and  there, — indeed,  dared 
them  them  to  deny  my  statements ;  but 
no  denial  was  forth  coming. 

As  they  were  going  out,  Bro.  Math- 
ews sent  a  parting  shot  after  them, 
suggesting  that  some  of  them  had 
taken  more  "Applejack"  than  was 
good  for  them,  and  inviting  them  to 
attend  the  temperance  meeting  on  th3 
following  Sabbath  evening  and  sign 
the  pledge. 

The  wife  of  a  mason,  on  her  way 
home  from  the  meeting,  inquired  of 
her  husband  as  follows:  ''Why  didn't 
you  tell  that  man  he  lied  when  he  dared 
you  to,  when  speaking  of  the  fiistoathf 
If  it  is  not  as  he  said,  why  didn't  you 
tell  him  so?"  But  the  poor  fellow  as 
to  that  matter  kept  his  jewel,  but  sat- 
itfied  his  wife  that  |what  the  speaker 
said  was  true.  One  thing  he  did  say, 
repeating  it  seyeral  times,  with  some 
appearence  of  indignation,  "Then  I'm 
not  a  Christian!"  Alas  poor  man,  I 
think  it  would  be  well  for  him  to  be 
looking  for    his  evidences. 

I  hope  to  return  to  the  charge  again 
soon,  and  then  have  Prof.  B.  give  them 
a  "petard"  next  month.  Many  are 
are  anxious  to  hear  him.  The  ball  is 
now  fairly  rolling,  and  by  God's  good 
favor  will  not  stop  soon.  I  expect  to 
speak  in  an  adjoining  county  to-mor- 
row evening. 

I  have  accepted  the  appointment  as 
General  Agent  and  State  Lecturer,  and 
expect  to  enter  on  full  work  next  month. 

Barlow. 


The   Work    in    Indiana.  —  From    the 
State  Agent. 


Portland,  Jay  Co.,Ind., 
April  7,  1874. 

Dkar  Cynosure  : — I  have  been  anx- 
iously waiting  and  looking  for  your  ar- 
rival since  Saturday,  and  here  you  come 
at  last  on  Tuesday  evening.  I'ye  won- 
dered and  inquired  why  it  is  that  you 
do  not  reach  the  good  people  at  Port- 
ia d  till  M'jnday  and  Tuesday; — and 
at  last  I've  learned  the  reason.  Here 
you  come  this  afternoon,  on  the.  train 
from  the  South.  You  should  have 
come  by  Ft.  Wayne,  instead  of  going 
all  the  way  round  by  Indianapolis,  and 
then  coming  back  north. 

But  then  I  am  really  rejoiced  to  see 
you  looking  so  welll  Now,  don't  think 
I  mean  to  flatter  you, — but  really  I 
felt  almost  proud  as  I  told  the  large 
audience  in  the  College  Chapel  this 
evening,  how  little  you  was  for  a  long 
time;  and  how  that  your  remaining  so 
small  was  all  because  you  had  to  work 
so  hard,  and  fare  so  slim ;  and  then  how 
that  after  passing  through  the  fire 
twice,  and  the  water  once,  God  had  so 
multiplied  your  friends  as  to  enable 
you  to  grow  as  large  as  you  now  are. 
Well,  while  you  was  small  you  helped 
us  lecturers,  and  workers  in  our  great 
reform  marvelously.  But  now  that  you 
have  grown  so  large  and  strong,  you 
will  do  still  greater  things  for  us;  and 
I  trust  we  will,  one  and  all,  work  more 
untiringly  for  you. 

The  Anti-masons  of  Noble   county, 


having  concluded  at  their  last  meeting, 
as  reported  in  your  columns,  to  take 
steps  immediately  to  canvass  the  coun- 
ty, and  call  a  pohtical  convention,  sent 
for  me  to  do  the  canvassing.  I  began 
the  work  about  the  10th  of  March,  and 
up  to  the  31st  I  had  spoken  at  fifteen 
different  points  in  the  county,  and  suc- 
ceeded in  securing  the  election  of  about 
forty  delegates  to  the  convention  which 
will  be  held  in  Albion,  the  county 
seat,  on  the  23d  inst. 

I  was  obliged  to  come  to  this  county 
to  attend  the  first  semi-annual  meet- 
ing of '  -The  Jay  County  Anti  secrecy 
Association,"  to  be  held  tc-morrow  in 
the  College  Chapel  at  Liber,  two  miles 
Eouth  of  the  county  seat,  Portland.  I 
have  spoken  five  times  since  coming  to 
the  county,  and  will  speak  twice  more. 
I  go  from  heie  to  Weslfield  to  attend 
the  meeting  of  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee on  the  14th.  Our  meetings  are 
well  attended  and  good  is  being  done, 
notwithstanding  the  (Masonic)  "heath- 
en rage,  and  (some  of)  the  people  imag- 
'ine  a  vain  thing."  You  will  shortly 
receive  a  report  of  the  meetirec  of  the 
Association  here,   from   the  secretary. 

The  treatment  we  receive  as  a  rule 
from  lodge  men  is  quite  different  from 
what  it  was  in  the  same  place  a  year 
or  six  months  ago.  Only  a  few  attend, 
and  they  frequently  behave  themfelves 
like  other  folks,  only  "they  look  sour." 
But  at  new  points  it's  the  same  old 
story,  varying  only  in  the  details,  and 
not  of  sufficient  interest  to  tell  again. 
The  cause  is  extending  its  victories  rap- 
idly. As  much  as  has  been  paid  about 
"the  grange  movement,"  I  am  con- 
vinced that  it  is  at  this  time  doing  a 
good  work  for  our  reform.  It  is  awak- 
ening the  latent  anti-secrecy  sentiment 
of  men  all  over  the  country  whom  the 
Cynosure  does  not  yet  reach,  and  to 
whom  the  anti-secrecy  movement  is 
unknown,  and  would  be  perhaps  for 
some  time  only  for  the  effect  of  the 
grange  swindle.  Then  it  is  helping 
to  narrow  down  the  question  and  bring 
it  to  a  more  speedy  issue,  whether  the 
affairs  of  this  nation,  social,  civil  and 
religious,  shall  be  conducted  openly 
or  secretly.  "To  this  complexion 
must  it  come  at  last."  I  am  now  stop- 
ping with  Bro.  Wilson  Milligan, — one 
of  your  true  reformers,  and  his  wife  is 
not  a  whit  behind  him  in  this,  o'r  any 
other  good  work.  They  have  done  and 
are  still  doing  a  noble  work  for  Jay 
county  and  the  cause  generally.  They 
made  the  break  alone,  but  good  men 
and  women  have  joined  them,  and  God 
is  moving  along  with  them.  Youra 
for  the  war,  John  T.  Kiggins.    ** 


York  and  Adams  County  Meetings,  Pa. 


The  sketch  of  a  series  of  meetings 
in  this  part  of  Pennsylvania  was  pub- 
lished two  weeks  ago.  A  letter  from 
Rev.  J.  P.  Anthony  describes  them 
more  fully.  The  first  meeting  was  held 
in  the  United  Brethren  church  at  Frank- 
lintown,  the  second  in  Odd-fellows' 
Hall,  York  Sulphur  Springs,  the  third 
in  the  United  Brethren  chmch  at  Cen- 
ter Mills,  Rev.  J.  M,  Bishop  spoke 
each  evening.  The  following  is  de 
scriptive  of  the   last  evening's  lecture.! 

• '  These  secret  orders  multiply  rapid- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


ly  and  many  say  there  is  no  use  trying 
to  oppose  them;  they  are  too  many 
and  too  strong.  How  slavery  has  fall- 
en, though  mighty  in  the  land  ?  The 
lecturer  spoke  of  the  way  Rev.  J. 
Blanchard  was  treated  while  lecturing 
against  slavery  in  this  State.  Windows 
in  the  basement  of  the  U.  P.  churches 
of  Harrisburg  and  Carlisle  were  broken 
in.  He  had  to  flee  from  the  old  stone 
hotel  in  Chambersburg  to  save  his  life; 
was  rotten-egged  at  Warrensburg,  and 
only  after  a  second  attempt  and  the  aid 
of  Mr.  Stevens  he  succeeded  in  Gettys- 
burg. Where  is  slavery  now  J  He 
then  spoke  of  the  anti-secrecy  move- 
ment in  the  country ,  the  National  As- 
sociation, the  State  Associations,  a 
weekly  paper  expressly  given  to  this 
subject  with  many  others  partially  given 
to  it;  and  more  than  twenty  five  lec- 
turers. Sure  the  lion  is  being  bearded, 
and  this  time  we  are  going  to  cut  the 
head  off  and  end  his  roar. 

The  speaker  said  that  he  had  been 
trying  for  a  while  to  tree  A .  B.  Grosh's 
(author  of  Odd-fellows' Manual)  church 
relation,  and  lately  had  succeeded,  and 
found  him  a  Universalist  minister. 

Secrecy  is  a  great  man-trap.  Per- 
sons in  business  are  promised  advantage 
by  joining.  Ministers  taken  in  free, 
then  they  must  recommend  the  order 
to  others.  The  lodge  and  its  officers 
with  the  manner  of  initiation  were 
described  at  each  meeting.  At  the 
close  of  this  lecture  a  former  Odd-fellow 
told  the  lecturer  he  was  right  in  all  the 
grips  but  one,  and  corrected  him  in 
that.  The  grranges  were  treated  on  at 
some  length. 

After  Bro.  Bishop  concluded  his  lec- 
ture Rev.  L.  A.  Wickey,  chairman  of 
the  meeting,  made  some  remarks  on 
the  granges.  Thus  ended  the  first  fire 
in  these  counties.  May  the  Master 
bless  this  seed,  J,  P.  Anthony. 


A  Good  Work  in  Prospect • 

Bro.  Nelson  Callender  writes,  from 
Starruca,  Pa.,  of  a  proposed  campaign 
in  Wayne   county  in  that  State : 

We  have  got  an  appoinment  for 
some  lectures  here  by  some  of  our  home 
men  of  the  North-east  Pensylvanna 
Christian  Association  opposed  to  secret 
societies,  namely.  Elder.  S.  E.  Miller 
and  Mr.  Raynor,  a  Presbyterian  minis- 
ter who  has  been  discarded  by  his 
congregation  because  he  circulated 
Cynosure  tracts.  The  Odd-fellows 
have  lately  organized  a  lodge  here,  so 
we  think  we  will  hold  some  meetings 
to  counteract  them.  The  Masons  are 
terribly  exercised  in  mind  in  contem^ 
plation  of  our  proposed  anti-secret 
lectures,  say  they  shall  attend;  and 
I  hope  they  will,  and  if  some  of  them 
do  not  get  hit  I  shall  be  disappointed. 
I  hope  we  shall  get  a  political  organ- 
ization in  our  State  and  nation,  as  I  am 
done  voting  for  Masons,  if  I  vote  no 
more  at  all. 

Yours  for  an  un trammeled  Gospel 
and  a  national  government   free   from 

secret  rings. 

♦»» 

— He  who  should  conquer  in  battle 
ten  times  a  hundred  thousand,  were 
indeed  a  hero.  But  truly  a  greater 
hero  is  he  who  has  but  once  conquered 
himself. 


^'^mj5|to)ttU«(i|^ 


More  Testimony  about  Morgan. 


Waverly,  Iowa,  March  16,  1874. 

Dear  Cynosure: — As  you  ask  for 
correspondence  from  all  parts  of  the 
country,  I  beg  to  be  enrolled  on  your 
list.  I  have  much  to  tell  you,  but  will 
only  relate  at  present  the  following  con- 
versation I  had  with  a  veteran  of  the 
cause  of  Christianity  who  lives  here: 

"  Well,  Father  C ,  you  are  get- 
ting pretty  well  along  in  years." 

'•  Yes,  I  am  now  seventy  years  oJd." 

"You  used  to  live  in  New  York  in 
your  younger  days,  did  you  not?  and 
must  then  remember  the  Morgan  affair." 

"The  Morgan  murder?  I  think  I 
do.  I  used  to  live  in  the  village  of 
Batavia,  where  he  kept  a  sort  of  board- 
ing house.  Why,  I  boarded  with  hira 
two  weeks.  I  also  knew  Col.  Miller 
well.  I  can  tel!  you  many  things  about 
those  times ,  and  for  the  reason  that  I 
know  these  things  you  may  count  me  a 
life-long  oppoeer  of  these  evih. " 

"Then  you  believe  Morgan  told  the 
truth," 

"Yes,  I  do.  He  was  an  estimable 
man,  and  all  who  knew  him  could  not 
doubt  his  truthfulness;  and  his  family 
were  beyond  reproach.  His  wife  was 
an  amiable  lady-like  woman,  and  their 
children  were  well-behaved,  quiet  and 
obedient, " 

When  the  conversation  turned  on  the 
finding  of  his  body  after  he  was  mur- 
dered, he  said :  "The  body  was  found 
and  recognized  by  Mrs,  Morgan  after 
the  Masons  had  tried  to  make  it  appear 
that  it  was  the  body  of  some  other 
man.  A  man  was  found  who  even 
pretended  to  recognize  it  as  that  of  his 
(the  man's)  father.  But  Mrs,  Morgan 
found  some  marks  and  ecars  on  his  per- 
son fully  convincing  her  of  his  identity." 

I  left  him  two  numbers  of  the  Cyno- 
sure, for  which  he  was  very  grateful. 

There  is  no  use  talking  Masonry  to 
such  men  as  he. 

Yours  very  truly,        Waverly. 

o  »  » 

Ashore  and  Afloat. 

York,  Pa.,  Feb.  13,  1874, 
Editor  Cynosure: 

I  was  brought  up  in  the  society  of 
Friends,  and  am  opposed  to  war,  and 
all  brutality;  but  during  the  R<?bellion 
I  served  in  the  Pennsylvania  militia 
and  in  the  United  States  Navy, 
because  I  thought  it  to  be  my  duty 
to  do  so  after  considering  all  the  cir- 
cumstances. 

In  my  adventures  as  a  warrior  I  saw 
the  old  beast  at  work  often,  and  I  will 
give  you  a  few  letters  by  way  of  vari- 
ety, giving  my  war  experience  on  1  and 
and  sea. 

1  served  part  of  my  time  on  the  gun- 
boat Wifisahickon,  and  part  of  it  on  the 
frigate  Wabash.  Baih  vessels  belong- 
ed to  the  South  Atlantic  Blockading 
Squadron.  The  former  vessel,  a  very 
good  one,  carrying  five  guns  and  cost- 
ing the  tax-payers  about  a  quarter  of 
a  million  dollars,  was  so  badly  dam- 
aged by  drunken  officers  (all  regular 
navy  officers,  I  was  told,  are  Masons,) 
that  at  the  close  of  the  war  it  was  sold 
at  $12,000.     The  S.  A.  Squadron  was 


greatly  demoralized  by  rum,  tobacco 
and  Freemasonry.  There  were  many 
collisions  between  the  vessels,  many 
were  run  aground,  and  some  were 
captured  without  a  fight.  The  Wis- 
sahickon  collided  twice  while  I  was  on 
board.  And  I  nearly  lost  my  life  sev- 
eral times  while  in  the  naval  service 
because  rum-sellers  and  the  officers 
were  so  fond  of  each  other. 

When  Sherman  marched  northward 
from  Savannah,  the  Wissahickon  with 
several  other  vessels  and  about  5000 
troops  on  transports,  were  sent  up 
Broad  River  from  Port  Royal  to  co- 
operate, but  our  officers  run  us  aground 
as  soon  as  they  could,  and  we  had  to 
throw  almost  everything  overloird  to 
get  clear.  I  have  always  thought  the 
square  and  sheepskin  had  something 
(0  do  with  this  affair;  for  I  knew  it  to 
be  a  fact  that  some  of  the  commissioned 
and  non  commissioaed  officers,  and  a 
ie^  of  the  crew  were  Freemasons. 
And  it  is  certainly  true  that  our  vessel 
did  aslitde  as  ',t  well  could  to  harm  the 
rebels;  I  presume  all  well  informed  Anti- 
masons  are  of  the  opinion  that  Free- 
masonic  got  up  the  Rebellion  and  then 
did  all  they  could  to  keep  it  up.  No 
Anti-mason  who  served  in  our  squad- 
roon  could  have  any  doubts  about  it. 
When  the  anti-secret  reform  reaches 
the  solditrs  and  sailors  they  will  write 
you  some  startling  letters.  The  Ma- 
sons mysteries  of  the  Rebelhon  will 
amaze  the  loyal  citizens  of  the  Repub- 
lic when  they  are  revealed. 
Yours  ti-uly. 

E,  J.    Chalfant. 


Experiefice  Meeting. 


Rev.  J.  P .  LcoAN,  Opdyke,  111. 

After  I  had  refused  to  attend  the 
lodge  for  three  years  and  six  months,  I 
received  a  notice  to  appear  and  give 
reason  why  I  did  not  pay  dues.  Dur- 
ing this  three  years  and  six  months  I 
had  told  the  gentlemen  of  the  order 
that  I  never  would  attend  the?r  meet- 
ings any  more.  Here  follows  a  true 
copy  of  my  reply  writing  to  the  sum- 
mons: 

At  Home.       | 

RiCHViEW,  III.,  Dec,  20,  1869.  \ 
To  the  Lodge  of  A.  F.  A.  M.  of  Rich- 
view,  111.,  Respfc  fully: 
Gentlemen: — I  have  been  notified 
by  you  to  appear  this  evening  and  give 
reason  why  I  should  not  be  suspended 
from  the  privileges  of  Masonry . 

I  answer  in  writing  as  follows  briefly : 
1st,  I  know  no  reason  why  I  should 
not  be  suspended;  2d,  I  know  no  rea- 
son why  I  should  not  desire  lo  he;  3d, 
I  know,  according  to  your  law,  I  should 
be;  4th,  I  know  that  it  is  my  desire  to 
be  suspended;  5lb,  Masonry  has  no 
charms  for  me;  6th,  it  trammels  me  in 
the  narrow  way  that  leads  to  heaven; 
the  narrow  way  does  not  admit  it  with 
MB.  I  can  gdt  to  heaven  very  easy 
without  it;  easier,  too!  and  eo  can  you, 
MY  FRIENDS ;  be  careful  to  enter  therein, 

PROMISES. 

I  keep  my  obligations  as  a  Mason 
because  of  my  word,  my  integrity,  and 
wish  to  be  brought  under  no  more  ob- 
ligations as  a  Mason.  Also,  I  promise 
to  treat  Masons  with  common  respect 
as  men, 

REQUESTS. 

Suspend  me  and  respect  me  as  a 
man.  Transmit  a  copy  of  this  to 
neighboring  lodges.  Given  in  dupli- 
cate. J.  B.  Logan." 

The  above  was  received  and  caused 
indignation.  What  follows  will  be 
reported  in  the  next. 

P.  S. — I  wish  the  editor  and  readers 


of  the  Cynosure  to  understand  that  I 
commenced  operations  against  Masonry 
at  Riohvie W.Washington  Co. ,  111. ,  in  the 
year  1869.  I  made  some  headway.  I 
moved  away  from  there  to  Webber 
Township,  in  Jefferson  Co.,  111.,  last 
October;  have  spied  out  the  ground 
and  now  am  ready  to  operate  and  re- 
port, but  will  bring  up  the  missing  re- 
ports first. 


0.  Reynold?,  Hammond,  N.  Y. — I 
am  a  Methodist  class-leader,  but  expect 
ere  long  to  be  "cast  out  of  the  syna- 
gogue," just  because  I  claim  that  all 
the  workers  of  darkness  are  the  children 
of  darkness,  and  the  devil  leadeth  them 
at  his  will.  But  the  good  Lord  is  with 
me  and  will  take  care  of  me. 


The   question   of    Fellowship. 

RUSHSYLVANIA,  0. 

Editor  of  the  Cynosure : 
A  word  for  your  "  half  column  or 


so. 


In  your  issue  of  the  l7th  of 
February,  you  say  ' '  letters  from  some 
Methodist  brethren  have  suggested  a 
new  topic  of  discussion,"  namely. 
'*  fellowship  with  secrecy."  This  may 
be  new  to  some  Christian  denomina- 
tions, but  it  is  as  old  to  others  as  their 
very  existence.  For  example,  the 
Reformed  Presbyterian  Church,  (com- 
monly called  Covenaters;  "the  United 
Presbyterian  Church,"  the  "Secession 
Church,"  and  the  ''United  Brethern" 
never  have  knowingly  allowed  their 
pulpits  to  be  desecrated  with  Free- 
masons, Odd-fellows,  or  such  like,  nor 
their  communion  tables  to  be  defiled, 
or  tainted,  or  polluted  with  the  hands 
of  men  who  sit  weekly  in  secret  con- 
claves with  infidels,  Mohammedans, 
Hindoos,  Jews,  Americm  savages, 
etc. ,  etc.,  (see  "  Webb's  Monitor," 
page  18;  Grosh's  Odd-fellows  Manual, 
page  277  and  280,)  and  in  their  or- 
ganization positively  exclude  Christ 
and  the  Christian  religion,  (see  Grosh's 
Manual,  again,  page  277;  Odd-fellows' 
Digest,  page  39.) 

It  always  has  been  unaccountable  to 
me  to  know  how  a  Christian  denomi- 
nation could  fellowship  men  who 
"leave"  Christ  and  the  Christian 
religion  "at  the  door,"  when  they 
enter  into  their  dark  lodges,  guarded 
at  the  door  with  the  tyler's  sword, 
(see  "Craftsman,"  page  104;  also 
''Webb's  Monitor,"  page  120  )  What 
need  of  a  drawn  sword  to  guard  the 
door  where  men  are  engaged  in  honest 
business  ? 

Now  let  me  ask  our  Christian  breth- 
ern who  fellowiship  Freemasons,  are 
you  not,  by  so  doing,  giving  counten- 
ance to  the  dark  deeds  of  those  who 
are  identified  with  systems  which  rob 
the  widow  and  her  fatherless  children 
of  any  share  in  the  ''funds  which  they 
had  for  years  been  aiding  to  accumu- 
late?' (See  "Grosh's  Manual"  page 
193;  also  '' Odd-fellows  Constitution," 
page  50  and  5f.)  Again  let  me  ask, 
is  or  was  it  any  greater  sin  to  fellow- 
ship Henry  L,  Valance,  and  his  two 
comrades,  who  took  Wm.  Morgan  out 
into  the  Niagara  river,  fastened  weights 
to  him  with  ''strong  cords,"  and  threw 
him  overboard.  I  ask  would  it  be  any 
greater  sin  to  receive  them  into  church 
fellowship,  than  to  receive  into  fellow 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ship  thoBC  who  are  sworn  to  uphold 
and  conceal  such  dark  deeds  of  horrid 
cruelty !" 

A  word  from  the  Bible  to  all  who 
have  in  any  way  been  entangled  in  the 
coila  of  those  dark  systems  which  God 
hates:  "Come  out  from  among  them, 
and  be  ye  separate,  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  Almighty." 
2  Cor.  vi.  17,  18.  H.   George. 


OUll  MAIL, 


N.  Green,  Clayville,  N.  Y.,  writes: 
''I  am  bound  to  get  all  the  subscrib- 
ers I  can.  ,  .  The  grangers  are 
taking  them  in  at  Wateryille.  When 
they  get  their  eyes  open,  I  suppose 
they  can  say  with  the  greenhorn  that 
they  have  not  made  much,  but  have 
learned  something." 

J.  M.  Shellebarger,  Lettsvilie,  Iowa, 
sets  an  example  which  we  hope  those 
who  are  transferred  from  fortnightly  to 
the  weekly  list  will  follow;  he  writes: 

''I  am  a  subscriber  to  the  fortnightly 
and  as  I  will  now  get  the  weekly  at 
the  same  rate,  I  have  procured  you  a 
few  new  subacribers." 

Robert  Moore,  Caldwell,  O. ,  writes: 

"If  I  had  the  money  to  spare  I 
would  send  you  fifty  dollars  for  books 
and  papers  for  general  distribution." 

If  persons  who  desire  to  have  our  prin- 
ciples planted  in  every  part  of  the  coun- 
try, can  find  worthy  men  or  women  to 
act  as  colporters,  and  either  advance 
a  little  money  t  j  give  them  a  start,  ex- 
pecting them  to  return  it  after  a  time, 
or  assist  and  encourage  them  in  other 
ways,  our  country  may  in  a  few  years 
be  well  informed  on  the  subject  of  se- 
cret societies. 

Rev.  P.  Fuller,  Utica,  Minn.,  re- 
news his  subscription  and  writes: 

"I  am  in  hopes  to  send  you  some 
names  soon.  I  will  write  some  for  the 
paper." 

We  hope  our  readers  from  all  parts 
of  the  country,  from  the  British  Possess- 
ions, Maine,  Minnesota,  and  the  territo- 
ries on  the  north,  through  all  the  in 
tervening  parts  of  the  country  to  Mis- 
sissippi, Texas  and  California  on  the 
south  and  west,  will  send  us  whatever 
news  of  interest  there  is  in  their  sec- 
tions, whether  encouraging  or  discour- 
aging. 

We  want  news  first,  of  the  progress 
of  the  Anti-masonic  cause;  second,  of 
the  secret  society  operations;  third,  re- 
ligions or  political  news  of  a  more  gen- 
eral character.  We  wish  these  volun- 
teer correspondents  would  write  as  oft- 
en as  once  a  month,  but  hope  they 
will  be  sure  to  write  as  often  as  once  in 
three  months  or  four  times  a  year  if  un 
able  to  do  more. 

Mrs.  Games,  Northville,  Mich. ,  sends 
a  new  subscription  and  writes: 

**As  my  health  was  too  poor  to  look 
for  subscribers,  I  will  make  the  Baptist 
minister  at  Walled  Lake  a  present  of 
the  paper.  I  think  he  will  read  it  and 
be  interested  in  it." 

John  M.  Stevenson,  Washington,  la., 
writes: 

"I  am  very  much  pleased  with  the 
progress  you  are  making  and  that  the 
paper  is  going  to  be  enlarged.  I  could 
not  get  along  without  it.  I  have  been 
working  a  little  in  your  behalf,  and 
have  succeeded  in  getting  four  new  sub- 
scribers." 

Mrs.  Clink,  Mehoopany,  Pa.,  writes: 

"God  speed  the  right  and  hasten  the 

day  when  parents  and  children  will  not 

be  parted  by  the  ruthless  hand  of  Mr. 

Moneylove." 

W.  J.  Knappen ,  of  the  same  place, 
writes : 


"It  is  hardly  possible  lo  find  any  to 
BubFcrtbe  for  the  paper.  But  to  me  it 
is  comforting  and  cheering.  I  find  by 
it  that  good  is  being  doae  in  other  places 
and  I  hope  will  soon  be  here  When 
the  Cynosure  comes  out  in  its  new 
form  I  mean  to  see  what  can  be  done 
then.  I  believe  it  will  be  the  cheapest 
paper  that  is  published,  it  is  now  ac- 
cording to  its  value  and  has  been  since 
I  have  been  acquainted  with  it." 

Geo.  Surface,  North  Union,  lad., 
writes: 

'*!  think  I  am  doing  all  T  can  for  the 
anti-secret  cause.  I  intend  to  be  a  sub- 
scriber for  the  Cynosure  as  long  as  I 
live." 

Thomas  ,J.  McLouth,  Manchester,  N. 
Y.,  writes: 

"I  started  out  in ,  1 827  as  an  Anti- 
mason,  and  I  have  given  my  influence 
in  opposition  to  ail  necret  orders  even 
since," 

J,  C.  Ha'sted,  Windsor,  0,,  renews 
saying: 

"To  withhold  from  helping  so  glori- 
ous a  cause  would  be  a  sin." 

L.  Ketchum,  Spartansburg,  Pa., 
writes: 

"The  Patrons  of  Husbandry  have 
started  a  grange  lodge  here,  and  are 
drawing  all  the  farmers  and  all  others 
ttiey  can  into  it.  We  need  light  for 
the  people  here,  and  I  think  J.  P. 
Stoddard  is  the  man  to  give  the  farmers 
the  true  character  of  the  grange,  as 
well  as  of  all  other  secret  orders." 

Mr.  Stoddard  is  to  deliver  lectures 
at  Spartans-burg  on  his  way  to  New 
York. 

J.  William?.  Majority  Point,  111., 
writes : 

"As  soon  as  I  receive  a  copy  of  the 
enlarged  weekly  edition,  I  intend  to 
spend  a  few  days  canvassing  for  sub- 
scribers. I  am  satisfied  if  every  family 
in  this  country  would  read  the  Cyno- 
sure for  only  three  months,  the  Mason- 
ic dragon  woi'Id  fall  to  rise  no  more. 
All  the  people  need  is  light.  May  God 
bleas  th«  noble  and  heroic  efforts  of  the 
Cynosure." 


h^t  %m%  %p. 


What  Freemasonry  is  not. 


SOLOMON  souT^^yICK,  1828. 


So  much  has  been  written  and  said 
upon  this  subject,  that  I  have  found  it 
difficult  if  not  impossible,  to  strike  out 
anything  new.  To  have  undertaken 
to  view  it  in  all  its  different  aspects  of 
light  and  shade ;  to  have  traced  the 
history  of  tie  rise  and  progress  of  Free- 
masonry alone,  with  its  pretentions 
its  aims,  its  immoral  and  irreligious 
rites  and  obligations,  and  its  inevitable 
and  baneful  tendency  to  political  as 
well  as  moral  turpitude  and  corruption, 
would  have  required  a  volume.  There 
are  two  or  three  points,  however, 
which  deserve  to  be  considered  Keri- 
ously  by  those  of  us  who  intend  to  se- 
cede from  the  Masonic  corp«.  We  shall 
at  least  ask  the  two-fold  question :  Why 
ive  withdraw  from  the  institution;  and 
hoio  we  absolve  ourselves  from  the  ohli- 
gations  toe  have  taken  to  support  it? 

To  the  first  proposition  involved  in 
this  question,  the  obvious  answer  is  : 
Because  vfe  have  found  by  experience 
that  Freemasonry  is  not  what  it  pre- 
tends to  be. 

It  is  not  a  literary  institution;  for  it 
it  has  never  been  known  to  promote  the 
interests  of  literature,  unless  we  admit 
the  clumsy  works  of  some  of  its  pro- 
fessed oracles  and  panegyrists,  such  in- 


coherent essays  and  incongruous  com- 
pilations, for  example,  as  Webb's  Moni- 
tor, Town's  Speculative  Masonry,  and 
others  of  similar  cast,  to  be  literary 
works,  a  concession  I  am  not  prepared 
to  make.  A  Clinton  and  a  Smith,  and 
perhaps  several  others,  have  indeed 
written  ingenious  and  eloquent  orations 
for  some  of  its  holidays.  But  when  we 
read  these  we  perceive  too  clearly  for 
the  honor  of  the  order,  that  their  liter- 
ary excellence  ie  not  either  from  the 
dignity  or  utility  of  the  subject;  that 
it  is  not  literature  enriched  or  orna- 
mented by  Freemasonry,  but  Freema- 
sonry puffed  by  the  good  nature,  and 
striding  vainly  on  the  stilts  of  literatui-e. 
And  while  we  admire  the  ingenuity,  as 
well  as  the  excessive  generosity  of  the 
orators,  in  turniug  a  "day  cf  small 
things"  into  a  day  of  fanciful  great 
ones;  we  perceive  no  reason  to  laud 
Masonry  itself  as  a  literary  institution, 
or  even  as  a  handmaid  of  literature. 

It  is  not  a  scientific  instiuition;  for 
there  is  no  branch  of  Fclence  taught 
in  its  secret  retreats.  "I  have  neither 
seen  nor  he^rd,"  says  an  elegant  anony- 
mous author,  '  'in  all  my  acquaintance 
with  the  lodges,  the  explanation,  or 
illustration,  of  the  least  principle  of 
science."  The  author  I  have  quoted 
means  real  science,  and  this  is  what  I 
mean.  I  ehaU  not  deny  that  such 
science  is  taught  in  the  lodges ,  as  well 
as  out  of  them,  by  the  learned  noodles 
of  the  order,  as  tije  inspired  author  of 
the  Proverbs  alludes  to,  when  he  says, 
"A  wicked  man  winketh  with  his  eye, 
he  speaketh  with  his  feet,  he  teacheth 
with  his  fingers ! "  Ingenious  monkeys 
and  learned  pigs,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
Grecian  dog  Apollo,  and  his  canine  ri- 
vals, Toby  and  Minetto,  are  in  this  >e' 
spect  real  adepts  in  Masonic  science. 

It  is  not  a  religioxis  institution.  For 
it  not  only  does  not  lay  claim  lo  any 
religion,  except  it  be  that  very  conve- 
nient, latitudinarian,  anything  or  noth- 
ing system,  called  the  religion  of  nat- 
ure, and  which  may  be  interpreted  in  as 
many  ways  as  there  are  flowers  in  the 
field,  or  trees  in  the  forest,  birds  in  the 
air,  or  fishes  in  the  sea.  Freemasonry, 
I  repeat  it,  prides  hereelfon  the  exclus- 
ion of  all  religions,  saving  this  natural 
theology,  which,  (though  it  be  not 
wholly  unfounded,)  the  dreams  of  vis- 
ionaries, and  sophistry  of  skepticism 
combined,  have  wrought  into  a  fanciful 
theory,  well  calculated  to  answer  their 
purposes;  but  practically  speaking, 
ruinous  in  its  effects  upon  the  best  tem- 
poral interests;  and  chilling,  if  not 
blighting  the  immortal  hopes  of  man- 
kind. 

It  is  not  a  moral  institution ;  for  too 
many  of  its  oaths,  its  rites,  and  cere- 
monies are  blasphemous  and  indecent, 
and  consequently  immoral  in  the  high- 
est degree. 

It  is  not  a  delicate  institution.  One 
of  its  most  strenuou?  advocates,  I  mean 
Elder  Bradley,  says,  "Our  institution, 
founded  on  the  fitness  of  things  for 
men,  cannot  admit  the  delicacy  of /e- 
male  nature  to  suffer  the  preparatory 
and  Bcutinizing  eye  of  examination, 
necessary  for  initiation  into  any  one  im- 
portant degree  in  Masonry."  The  hon- 
est parson  has   indeed   made   a   queer 


confession  for  the  credit  of  the  order. 
But  sigh  not,  my  fair  country-women, 
that  you  cannot  enter  the  temple  of 
Masonic  mummery  and  quackery,  rath- 
er rejoice  that  you  are  excluded.  The 
rule  which  denies  you  admittance  is  an 
act  of  homage  to  your  virtues,  and  of 
self-condemnation  to  its  authors.  When- 
ever you  shall  have  lost  the  mildness 
and  the  modesty  of  woman;  whenever 
you  shall  have  become  recreant  to  all 
that  constitutes  the  purity,  the  beauty, 
and  the  dignity  of  your  sex,  then  may 
we  look  for  you,  not  in  the  social  and 
domestic  circle,  in  your  character  of 
ministering  angels  to  man's  infirmity, 
sorrow,  or  joy;  not  in  the  holy  sanctu- 
aries of  religion,  paying  due  he  mage  at 
the  altars  of  your  God  and  Redeemer; 
but  amid  the  orgies  of  a  Masonic  lodge 
or  a  chapel,  in  the  chsracte  rs  of  demons 
or  female  furies,  exciting  conspirators, 
kidnappers  and  murderers,  to  deeds  of 
treachery,  of  vengeance  and  of  blood ! 

It  is  not  a  charitable  institution,  in 
the  true  meaning  and  spirit  of  charity; 
for  its  funds  are  not  only  dissipated  in 
bu'lding  stately  but  useless  temples, 
but  they  are  squandered  often  in  the 
most  profligate  manner,  fpr  the  benefit 
of  unprincipled  individuals;  and  the 
very  small  portion,  scarcely  equal  to 
the  "widow's  mite,"  which  goes  to  re- 
lieve real  distress,  is  confined  exclusive- 
ly to  its  own  members. 

It  is  not  a  patriotic  institution^  for 
it  merges  the  love  of  country  in  its  at- 
tachment to  the  craft.  The  principle 
cf  patriotism  dictates  the  good  of  the 
whole,  the  principle  of  Masonry,  that 
of  a  part  only. 

It  is  not  a,  republican  institution ;  for 
its  knights,  kings,  high  pjiests, .and 
other  dignitaries  more  extravagantly 
ridiculous  in  this  age  and  clime,  are  at 
war  with  the  simplicity  of  manners, 
and  equality  of  rights,  which  distin- 
guish a  republican  government,  and 
are  not  to  be  safely  tolerated  among  a 
free  people. 

It  is  not  a  free  institution,  in  any 
sense  of  the  term.  For  its  members 
are  as  much  enthralled  by  their  infam- 
ous obligations,  as  an  Algerine  galley 
slave,  or  a  Turkish  mute. 

It  is  not  a  mechanical  institution;  for 
whatever  pretentions  it  may  have  form- 
erly had,  to  any  operative  mechanical 
pursuit,  have  long  since  been  swallov^ed 
up,  and  lost  sight  of  in  its  speculative 
quackery. 

It  is  not  an  industrious  institution. 
A  medical  professor,  speaking  from  ex- 
perience, has  declared  Masonic  lodges 
the  genuine  academies  of  tippling. 

It  is  not  an  honorable  institution ;  for 
its  cunning  chiefj  and  leaders,  as  I 
know  from  my  own  personal  and  dearly 
bought  experience,  swindle  the  young 
and  artless  out  of  their  morey,  under 
false  pretenses,  and  are  juctly  liable  to 
indictment  under  the  statute  applicable 
to  such  cases  of  fraud. 

It  is  not  a  laioful  institution;  for  its 
obligations  are  diabolically  at  war  with 
the  laws  both  of  God  and  our  country. 

These  are  suSicient  reasong  to  justi- 
fy any   rational    man    in    withdrawing 
from  it,  silently  and  privately,  or  loudly  - 
and  publicly  renouncing  and  denounc. 
ing  it. 


^  f 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Second 
quarter,  1874. 


Apr. 
May 


Bth,  Ex.  XX.  1-17— The  Ten  Commantls. 
12      "      xxxii.  1-li,  19,  90:  Golcieu  Calf. 
1!)      "      xxxiii.    12-"20:   People    Forgiven. 
35      "      xl.  17-30:  Tabernacle  set  lip. 
S   Lev.  vii.  37,38:  The  Five  OU'eriuf^s. 
10      "      xxii    4-(t,  15-21,  3iJ-3fl:  Tlie  Tliree 
Great  Feasts. 
"      17  Num.  iii.  5-13:  The  Lord's  Jlinisters. 
"      25      "      xix.  l-IO:  Israel's  Unbelief. 
"      31      "      XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  Rock. 
June    7  Num.  xxi.i-9:  Serpent  of  Brass. 
*'      14  Dent,  sviii.  fl-lG:  The  True  Prophet. 
"      21      "      xxiv.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses. 
"      2S  Review    (Suggest)  Deut.  viii.    Mercies 
Reviewed, 


LKSSONXVii, — APRIL  26,  1874. — THE  TABER- 
NACLE SET  UP. 

SCRIPTURB  LESSON. — EX.         xl.         17-30. 

Commit  17-39  ;  Primary  Verse  31. 

17  Aiid  it  came  to  pass  in  the  first 
month  ill  the  second  year,  on  tlie  first  day 
of  the  month,  that  the  tabernacle  was 
reared  np. 

18  And  Moses  reared  up  the  tabernacle, 
and  fastened  his  sockets,  and  set  u)3  tlie 
boards  thereof,  and  put  in  the  bars  thereof 
and  reared  up  his  pillar.s. 

19.  And  he  spread  abroad  the  tent  over 
the  tabernacle,  and  pat  the  covering  of  the 
tent  above  upon  it  ;  as  the  Lord  com- 
manded Moses. 

20  And  he  took  and  put  the  testimony  < 
into  the  ark,  and  set  the  staves  on  the  ark, 
and  put  the  mercy-seat  above  upon  the  ark . 

21  And  he  brought  the  ark  into  the 
tabernacle,  and  set  up  the  vail  of  the  cover- 
ing, and  covered  the  ark  of  the  ti^stimoujr; 
as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

22  And  he  put  the  table  in  the  tent  of 
the  congregation,  upon  the  side  of  the  tab- 
ernacle northward,  without  the  vail. 

23  And  he  set  the  bread  in  order  upon 
it  before  the  Lord  ;  as  the  Lord  had  com- 
manded Moses. 

24.  And  he  put  the  candlestick  in  the 
tent  of  the  congregation ,  over  against  the 
table,  on  the  side  of  the  tabernacle  south- 
ward. 

25  And  he  lighted  the  lamps  before  the 
Lord  :  as  the  Lord  comaianded  jMoscs. 

25  And  he  put  the  golden  altar  in  the 
tent  of  the  congregation  before  the  vail : 

27  And  he  burnt  sweet  incense  thereon ; 
as  the  Lord  commanded  Moses. 

28  And  he  set  up  the  hanging  at  the 
door  of  the  tabernacle. 

29  And  he  put  the  altar  of  burnt  ofier- 
Tng  by  the  door  of  the  tabernacle  of  the 
tent  of  the  congregation,  and  offered  upon 
it  the  burnt  offe»'ing  and  the  meat  offering; 
03  the  L  )rd  coiiiuin  lei  Moses. 

30  And  he  set  the  laver  between  the 
tent  of  the  congregation  and  the  altar,  and 
put  water  there,  to  wash  withal. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "How  amiable  are 
thy  tabernacles,  O  Lord  of  Hosts." — Ps. 
Ixxxiv.  1. 

TOPIC— The  dwelling-place  of  God. 


HOME  HEADINGS. 

M.  Ex.    xl.     1-16— The  Tent  of  Meeting. 

T.    1  Ki.  viii.   1-21— The  Temple  of  Solomon. 

W.  2  Ki.  XXV.  1-25— tolomon's  Temple  Destroy'd. 

Th.Ezravi.      3-!9— The  Temple  of  Zerubbabel, 
Matt.  xxi.  1-12— The  House  of  Prayer, 
Rev.   xxi.  1  -8— God  Dwelling  with  Men. 
Rev.  xxi.  ;)-27— No  Temple  in  Heaven . 


that  fihis  plan  has  increased  tha  c'nircb 
attendance  from  h.\H  school,  within  a 
few  weeks,  fii'ty  per  cent.  Some  other 
superintendents  might  not  be  able  to 
carry  out  thi3  plan  as  successfuily  as 
Mr.  Reynolds,  but  every  faithful  super- 
intendent and  teacher  can  exert  an  in- 
fluence in  tVi3  direction.  If  they  will 
be.ir  in  mind,  theo,  that  the  public 
preaching  of  the  cross  is  God's  chcsen 
instrumentaiity  for  swing  sinnere,  and 
consider  that  their  pupils,  a  class  of 
them  at  least,  may  bo  established  in  a 
habit  of  church-going  or  conii;med  in 
the  neglect  of  the  sanctuary,  as  they 
are  faithful  or  unfaithful  to  their  trust, 
this  icfiuence  will  be  more  extensively 
exerted.  We  can  hardly  overestimate 
the  importance  of  this  part  of  a  teach- 
er's work: — Ux. 


— When  President  Harrison  was 
leaving  home  for  Washington,  he  was 
advised  to  get  a  big  dog  to  keep  the 
boys  froLo  stealing  his  fruit.  The 
President  replied:  "I  wofild  sooner  get 
a  Sunday-school  teacher  to  tell  the 
boys  belter  than  to  steal.  Find  the 
boy  1  a  teacher,  and  I  will  give  them 
apples  enough." 


Eggs  Cooked  Hygonlcfiliy. 


p. 

s. 
s. 


Take  Your  Class  to  Ciuireh, 


Faithful  teachers  can  do  very  much 
to  establish  their  pupils  in  a  habit  of 
church-going,  and  there  is  danger  that 
by  their  indifference  in  regard  to  it 
they  may  do  something  to  confirm  them 
in  their  neglect  of  the  sanctuary.  If 
teachers  EQanifest  a  lively  interest  in 
seeing  their  pupils  regular  in  their  at- 
tendance upon  public  worship,  if  they 
convince  them  that  they  regard  it  as  a 
matter  of  vital  importance,  their  influ- 
ence will  be  felt  and  it  •will  bear  fruit. 
Some  successful  expedients  for  secur- 
•  ing  this  end  have  been  adopted  by 
superintendents.  A  cotemporary  states 
that  "a  superenteiadent  in  New  York  is 
accustomed  to  aek  those  who  do  not 
intend  to  go  to  church  to  remain  after 
ths  school  is  dismissed,  and  give  him 
the  reason. "  It  is  said  that  William 
Reynolds,  of  Peoria,  111.,  asks  the 
scholars  who  have  attended  churoh  in 
the  morning  to  raise  their  hands,   and 


Hard  boiled  eggs  have  always  been 
considered  more  difficult  of  digeslion 
than  soft  boiled  ones.  The  reason  is 
this :  the  white  of  an  egg  is  almost 
pure  albumeD,  Now  albumen  coagu- 
lates with  heat,  and  is  not  so  readily 
acted  upon  by  the  gastric  juice;  so 
that  much  of  it  passes  from  the  stomach 
undigested.  Persons  with  vigorous 
digestion  may  manage  a  hard  boiled 
egg  BO  as  to  extract  most  of  the  nour- 
ishment from  it,  if  it  be  well  masti- 
cated and  mixed  with  other  food.  The 
yolk  of  the  eggs,  however,  is  not  ren- 
der.3d  worse  by  bard  boiling.  Eggs 
boiled  just  four  minutes  have  the  white 
part  in  a  partly*  floculeat  condition, 
more  easily  digested,  and  not  so  soft  as 
to  be  offensive  to  any  one.  An  egg 
may  be  cooked  ia  water  at  a  tempera- 
ture of  about  105*^  Fahrenheit  for 
fifteen  minutes  and  leave  the  yolk  well 
cooked,  but  the  white  will  not  be  ren. 
dered  tough  and  hard  to  digest.  Though 
more  troablesome,  is  is  a  good  way  to 
cook  an  egg  to  render  it  easy  of  diges- 
tion as  well  as  palatable.  Persons 
whose  palates  will  not  tolerate  a  soft 
boiled  egg  should  have  them  poached 
and  dropped  on  toast. — HcdVs  Journal. 


Apple  Fruit  Cake. — Two  cups  dried 
apples,  soaked  over  night  in  warm 
water.  Chop  fine,  simmer  two  hours 
in  two  cups  molasses,  add  one  cup 
sugar,  half  cup  sour  cream,  half  cap 
sour  milk,  half  cup  butter  (in  the  ab- 
sence of  the  cream  increase  the  butter 
one-half),  two  eggs,  one  teaspoonfui 
cream-of-tartar,  one  and  one-half  tea- 
spoonsful  of  soda,  spice  to  suit.  This 
will  make  two  loaves. 

To  Prevent  Moths'  Ravages. — 
Hemp,  when  the  blossoms  are  just 
opened,  is  an  infallible  preservative  of 
textile  fabrics  and  furs  against  the  at- 
tacks of  moths.     The  stalk,  with  leaves 


and  flowers,  is  cut  when  blooming 
(about  July),  and  dried  in.  the  shade. 
It  is  said  to  [--reserve  its  properties  for 
several  years. 

Apple  Pie. — Peei  tart  apples,  stew 
them,  strain  them  through  a  net  strain- 
er, spason  thesa  whib  hot  with  butter 
or  cream,  flavor  with  nulmeg  and  put 
them  on  a  crust  that  has  been  baked 
on  a  pi 3  plate.  Always  have  sweet 
milk  fo  drink  with  apple  pie. 

Cup  Cake. — Five  cups  of  flour,  mix- 
ed with  three  tablespooaiiful  of  baking: 
powder,  one  cup  and  a  half  of  butter, 
one  cup  and  a  half  of  milk,  three  eggs, 
nut.meg  or  bmon  juice.  Add  currants 
if  you  wifib. 

Poisonous  Syrup,  — The  Western 
Rural  lately  called  the  atleistion  of  its 
readers  to  the  vile  character  of  much 
of  the  molasses  in  use.  Much  of  this 
article  is  now  raade  from  sulphuric  acid 
and  rags.  A  simpia  tost  is  tea.  If 
th/J  molasjes  turn  tea  bkck,  it  forms 
strong  ground  for  believi.ig  it  to  be 
unfi!'.  for  use.  It  may  even  be  a  dan- 
gerous poison. 


window  as  possible.  Do  not  transplant 
them  till  the  plants  are  strong  and 
hardy,  and  not  til!  the  ground  ia  warm 
enough  to  plant  corn  and  then  just 
before  or  after  a  shower. 


The  Journal  of  the  Farm  oS"ers  a 
few  good  sugge.=tion3  upon  kitchens. 
It  recommends  that  the  housewife, 
instead  cf  wearing  out  her  muscle  and 
her  temper  scrubbing  floors,  sho'jld 
resort  to  the  simple  expedient  of  paint- 
ing. All  that  is  necessary  is  two  quarts 
of  oil,  three  pounds  of  ochre  and  one 
pint  of  japas,  which  will  paint  a  floor 
twelve  by  eighteen  feet.  The  time 
taken  to  clean  a  painted  floor,  and  the 
labor  saved,  are  equal  to  ten  times  the 
"ost.  ■  The  writer  also  suggests,  anoth- 
er convenience,  viz :  A  good  eized  sink, 
five  or  six  feet  long  by  two  and  a  half 
wide  at  the  back;  at  the  top  of  this 
sink  should  be  a  shelf  for  lamps,  vases, 
etc,  under  it  a  place  for  ircaware,  and 
at  the  ends  two  pi'.rijps — one  for  hard 
and  the  ether  for  soft  water. 


Remedy  for  Feverislmoss. 


Water  Melons. 


By  sure  that  you  have  good  seed,  i. 
p. ,  from  a  large  ripe  melon.  Take  a 
good  sized  box  ten  or  twelve  inches 
deep  and  fill  it  half  full  of  good  manure, 
caver  this  with  tough  sod  (grass  side 
down)  from  a  rich  soil.  The  seeds  may 
be  put  in  with  a  knife  at  leaet  one  inch 
and  a  half  apart.  Treat  them  the  same 
as  cabbage  plants,  except  that  when 
the  plant  gets  strong  and  hardy  the 
transplanting  is  done  by  cutting  out  as 
large  a  piece  of  the  sod  as  possible  with 
the  plant.  Set  them  out  in  heavily 
manured  warm  rich  soil,  one  in  a  place 
at  least  four  feet  apart.  Enormous 
squashes  and  cucumbers  may  be  raised 
in  the  same  way,  and  when  strong 
vigorous  plants  are  set  out  early  they 
often  get  the  start  of  bugs  completely. 


trivD  the  ronllry  Exercise. 


When  persons  are  feveiish  and 
thirsty  beyond  what  is  natural,  indi- 
cated in  some  cases  by  a  metallic  taste  in 
t'ac  mouth,  one  of  the  best  "coolers"  is 
to  take  a  lemon,  cutoff  the  fop,  sprinkle 
over  it  some  loaf-sugsr,  working  it  down 
into  the  lemon  with  a  spoon,  and  then 
suck  it  slowly.  Invalids  with  feverish- 
nesB  msy  take  two  or  three  lemons  a 
day  in  this  manner  with  marked  bene- 
fit, manifested  by  a  sense  of  coolness, 
comfort  »Ed  invigoratioD.  A  leaion  or 
two  thus  taken  at  "tea-time"  is  for 
some  an  entire  substitute  for  the  or- 
dinary 'supper  of  summer,  or  would 
give  many  a  man  a  coa^fortable  night's 
sleep  and  an  appetite  for  breakfast,  to 
which  they  are  strangerF,  who  will 
have  their  cup  of  tea,  or  supper  of 
"relish,"  and  cakes,  and  berries,  and 
cream. 


Until  the  garden  is  planted,  fowls 
should  have  full  iiberly  to  range  there- 
in. In  the  spring,  especially,  they  are 
indefatigable  hunters  of  insects,  and 
their  natural  instinct  should  not  be 
embed  in  ih's  direction  whenever  they 
will  not  do  positive  injury  to  the  plants, 
and  this  is  only  for  about  three  months 
after  the  garden  is  planted.  For  this 
reason,  the  garden  ought  always  to  be 
fenced,  so  that  fowls  may  have  the 
range  of  the  farm. 

When  there  is  danger  of  their  dep 
redating  upon  neighboring  places,  they 
may  be  let  out  an  hour  or  two  before 
sundown,  the  time  being  then  so  short 
before  roosting  time  that  they  will 
neither  wander  fir  or  scratch  to  any 
considerable  extent. 

Advantage  should  be  taken  of  the 
first  warm  weather  to  thoroughly  clean 
the  poultry  house,  and  the  wash  for 
such  portions  as  are  whitewashed  should 
have  a  portion  of  carbolic  acid  mixed 
in  it,  since  it  not  only  kills  vermin,  but 
also  tends  to  prevent  their  gathering. 
—  Western  Rural. 


Planting  a  Strawberry  Bed. 


an 


\^\  tt)|ii  ^^^\u 


Cabbage  Plants. 

If  you  have  not  a  hot  bed  in  which 
to  raise  these,  a  good  subs  itute  iis  a 
good  sized  box  about  eight  inches  deep 
filled  with  rich  soil,  in  which  sow- the 
the  seeds  early  and  keep  the  soil  moist 
p.nd   in  a  warm,  light  room  as   near  a 


No  farm  garden  should  be  without 
ample  strawberry  bed,  since  it  is 
much  cheaper  to  cultivate  them  than  to 
depend  upon  the  wild  fruit  for  the  table. 
One  of  the  great  mistakes  in  this  cul- 
ture is  in  planting  the  vines  in  bsde, 
and  too  closely  together.  Three  feet 
apart  between  the  rows,  and  twelve 
inches  apart  in  the  rows,  is  near  enough 
together.  If  the  runners  are  kept 
carefully  cut  the  slook  of  plants  will 
entirely  fill  the  rows,  and  nearly  the 
spaces  between  the  rows,  by  the  au- 
tumn of  the  first  season. 

The  plants  should  be  planted  as  early 
in  the  spring  as  the  soil  will  admit 
workirsg.  leaving  only  the  leaves  and 
central  bud  exposed.  Five  hundred 
plants  will  give  an  ample  supply  of 
fruit  for  a  large  family,  and,  if  Wilson's 
Albany  is  selected,  you  may  be  assured 
of  uniform  crops  of  fair  fruit,  if  kept 
clean  and  covered  with  mulch  daring 
winter.  In  the  spring  let  the  beds 
retain  the  mulch  as  long  as  possible, 
at  least  until  the  plants  show  signs  of 
growing  beneath.  Then  remove  from 
over  the  plants,  leaving  the  mulch  in- 
tact between  the  rows.—-  W.  Rural. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Chieaaro,  TJinrsrtay,  April  16,  1874. 


MASU.MllY  SUBVERTING  THE  KEPUBLIC. 


In  another  part  of  this  paper  will  be  found  the 
Chicago  Tribune's  account  of  the  intended  laying  of 
the  corner-stone  of  the  new  United  States  Custom 
House  in  Chicago,  by  Freemasons.  Of  all  sects,  par- 
ties, organizations,  orders,  secret  or  open,  a  Freema- 
son's lodge  is  the  most  unfit  to  put  its  insignia  on  a 
United  States  public  building;  and  the  proposal  of  the 
lodge  to  practice  its  heathen  ritual,  and  place  its  anti- 
Christian  date  on  the  cjrner-stone  of  our  new  Custom 
House,  is  a  piece  of  impudence  and  effrontery  which 
has  seldom  been  equ'^Jied  and  never  surpassed. 

The  Grand  Lodge   of  Illinois  laid  the  corner-stone 
of  our  new  State  House  at  Springfield,  and  it  was   re- 
sented as  an  insult  to  the  State.     The  result  was,  the 
stone  was  taken  out  of  the   wall ,  and  buried  in  the 
earth  out  of  sight.      A  similar  attempt  to  lay  the  cor- 
ner-stone of  the  new  State  House  at  Albany,  N.  Y., 
was  resi-ited  by  leading   New  York  papers  and    igno- 
miniously  failed; the  stoie  being  laid  by  the  Germans, 
A  similar  attempt  and   failure,   partial,  or  entire,  oc 
curred    in  the  State  of  Iowa;  and  the  example  of  our 
State  was  cited  by  those  who  resisted  that  profanation. 
That   a   United    States    Secretary   at  Washington, 
should  attempt  to  for-e  a  national  recognition  of   the 
lodge  upon  the  people  of  Chicago  and  the  North-west, 
argues  great  boldness  or  ignorenca,  or  both;  since  the 
attempt  hai  been  so  unmistakably  condemned  by  the 
popular  voice.     There  are  about  half  a  million  of  Free- 
masons,   one-sighth  part   of  the  people  of  the  United 
States.   By  what  right  or  show  of  propriety  this  secret 
sect    pats  itself  forward  to  represent   forty  millions 
of  people  in  this  country,  in  laying  the  corner-stones  of 
its  public  buildings,  is  beyond  the  possibility  of  a  guess. 
The  ceremony  is  religious;  consisting  in  part  of  prayer  to 
the  god  of  the  lodge;  but  it  is  not  pretended  that  the 
religion  is  that  of  the  Bible;  or  the  god  prayed  to,  the 
God  of  revelation.     And  as   a  civic  ceremony  it  is 
more  impudent  and  revoking  still,  as  its  chief  lexicon 
(Mackey,)    declares,      ''The    government   of  a  Grand 
Lodge  is  therefore  completely  despotic,"'     Itis  heathen- 
isminsultingCfanstianity,  and  despotism   insulting  lib- 
erty.    Every  voter  and   every  voter's    wife  and  child 
should  be  moved  to  their  heart's  center  by  this  attempt. 
Dr.  Post  of  St.  Louis,  in  his  address  to  the  Pilgrim 
Memorial  Convention  in  Farwell  Hall,  before  the  fire 
referred  to  the  lodge  as  setting  up  the  hollow  forms  and 
titles  of  kingcraft  and  priest-craft,  that  those  hated  foes 
of  humanity   might  creep  back  into  their  empty  shells. 
Let  Chicago  be  draped  in  black  if  this  infamy  is  at- 
tempted. 


class;  a  class  which  we  wish  was  extinct;  who  preach 
so  that  truth  itself  loses  its  sacredness  in  their  lips, 
because  uttered  by  inspiration  of  the  god  of  this 
world. 

Dr,  Patton,  of  The  Interior,  and  Professor  of  The- 
ology, has  prosecuted  Mr.  Swing  before  his  Presbytery 
and  the  case  is  attracting  public  attention  to  the  two 
men.  Unless  there  is  more  prayer  and  more  of  the 
Spirit  of  Christ  than  usually  falls  to  the  lot  of  such 
trials,  we  fear  little  good  will  come  of  it.  It  will  be 
diflScult  to  prove  a  man  a  heretic  whose  chief  error 
lies  in  what  he  does  not  teach,  and  who,  by  originality 
and  the  affectation  of  it,  makes  the  impression  that 
the  truths  of  the  Bible  are  not  what  serious  persons 
have  supposed  them  to  mean.  "Whoever,"  says  a 
reply  to  Junius  "cries  out  against  established  order, 
will  always  find  abettors.  Those  who  know  what  he 
means,  commonly  sympathize  in  his  objects ;  and  those 
who  do  not  know  what  he  means,  hope  he  means 
rebellion," 


REV.  E,  U.  KIRK,  D.  D. 


IS  PROF.  SVVIJSG  A  HERETIC  ! 


There  is  a  class  of  preachers  now,  as  in  all  past  ages, 
whose   first   principle   is    hearers.     Voltaire  said  to  a 
friend,    "One  thing  is  to    be  borne  in  mind:  whatever 
is  true  or  false,  2  must  have  readers.^'    This  was  the 
one  chief  end  of  Bennett's   New  York  Herald,  and  is 
still  of  its   humbler  imitations.     These  traffickers  look 
on  religion  and  things  sacred,  as  fish  for  their  net,  and 
though    their  methods  are  diverse,  their  spirit  is    one, 
and   that  not  the   spir.t    of  Christ.     A  minister   who 
has  intelligence   enough  to   keep  inside  the   dead  line 
which  separates  hurtful  error  from   "damnable  here- 
sy;" who  will  alarm  Christians  by  paradox  and  double- 
meanings;  select  those    parts  of  Gospel    truth    which 
the  world  has  no  objection  to,  and  omit  those  which  it 
hates;  and    slur  the  receivers   of  plain  Bible  truth  as 
bigots  and  narrow-minded;  who  will   speak  of  theolo- 
gy "as  it  once  was,"  as  though  he  had  a  new  edition, — 
a   man  with  really  moderate  parts  may  contrive    by  a 
few    such   simple    tricks,  to   do  a  large  business  on  a 
small  capital.     If  John    Stuart   Mill    had  not  been  an 
atheist   he  would    hardly    have  been  heard  of  beyond 
his    native    country;  but    the  god    of  this  world  will 
praise    the  champions  of  error    by  the  mouths  of  the 
millions. 


The  American  press  generally  laments  the  death 
and  honors  the  memory  of  Dr.  Kirk,  He  was  of 
Presbyterian  parentage;  graduate  of  Princeton  Col- 
lege and  Theological  Seminary ;  pastor  in  A  Ibany ;  a 
successful  and  eloquent  revivalist;  founder  of  an 
American  chapel  in  Paris;  an  early  friend  of  ex- 
President  Fmney,  and  an  advocate  of  reforms .  His 
late  pastorate  was  that  of  the  aristocratic  Mt.  Vernon 
Church,  Boston. 

He  loathed  Freemasonry,  and  as   chairman  of  the 
publishing  committee  of  the  American  Tract  Society, 
Boston  ;  he  revised  and  advocated  the  publication  of 
a  tract  on  secret  societies.     The  tract  was  printed   and 
all  but  two  of  the  committee,  Edward  S.    Rand  and 
Deacon  Julius  Palmer,  were  for  its  publication.  These 
two  gentlemen  hesitating,  I,  P .  Warren,  secretary   of 
the  Society,  opened  correspondence   with   Theodore 
Cuyler  and   other  prominent    clergymen  on  the  pro- 
priety   of    its   publication.     Mr.     Cuyler,   who  had 
joined  three  secret  societies,   advised  strongly   against 
the  tract,  and  it  was  never  published  in  Boston;  but 
revised  and  enlarged  by  Dr,  H,  M.  Storrs,  now  chief  sec 
retary  of  the  Am.  Home  Missionary  Society,    who  was 
then  a  pastor  in  Cincinnati,  it  was  issued  in  that  city. 
Dr.  Kirk,  though    a  reformer,    had  not   the   nerve 
or  steadfastness  of  purpose  to  resist  the  insidious  and 
relentness  power  of  the  lodge;  he    gave  way  to  the 
hard,  over  bearing  influence  of  A.  H.    Quint  and  H. 
M.  Dexter;   and  to-day  the  Congregationalism  of  Bos- 
ton stands  timid  and  silent  before  a  power  which  the 
mass  of  its  members  and  ministers  loathe  and  dread. 
If  another  generation   should   pass  and  the  old  men 
and  women  die  who  remember  the  Morgan  discuss- 
sions ,  and   no  stand  be  made  in  that  city  against  the 
lodge,  the  religion  of  Boston  will  cower  before  Free- 
masonry, as  that  of  the  city  of  Rome  did  before   the 
Pope,  before  the  advent  of  Victor  Immanuel  and  the 
union  of  Italy. 

Now,  as  of  old,  the  pleading  voice  of  God  is  heard: 
"Who  will  rise  up  for  me  against  the  evil  doers?  Who 
will  stand  up  for  me  against  the  workers  of  iniquity  ?" 


B.   A.  GHOSH'S  J)EFENSE  OF  ODD-FELLOWSHIP. 


W6  commenced  a  review  of  this  in  the  last  Cynosure, 
under  the  caption  of  "Coercion  of  Conscience."  It  is 
more  of  an  attack  upon  Anti-masonic  churches  than  a 
defense  of  Odd-fellowship..  An  attack  subtle  and  ven- 
emous,  like  the  serpent's  temptation  in  Eden.  In 
order  to  produce  disaffection  and  stir  up  mutiny,  that 
he  may  disintegrate  and  ruin  the  church,  he  assumes 
a  bland  and  friendly  spirit;  cautiously  suggesting  to 
the  one  he  seeks  to  fire  with  wrath  and  rebeliioa,  that 
he  would  by  no  means  advipe  to  a  violation  of  his 
church  covenant,  or  the  least  disrespect  to  its  rules  or 
discipline.  If  he  »ere  a  member  of  a  bigoted  and 
tyrannical  church  he  would  obey  its  rules  so  long  as  he 
remained  a  member.  He  would  agitate  so  long  as 
hope  of  success  remained  for  the  repeal  of  these  un 
We  fear  David  Swing,  of  Chicago,  is  a  man  of  this  1  charitable  and  bigoted  rules   of  non-fellowship    with 


fraternal  orders;  and  failing  in  this  he  would  seek  in  a 
regular  manner  a  change  of  his  church  relation  by 
uniting  with  a  more  Lbenl  and  Christ-like  commun- 
ion. To  be  a  member  of  the  lodge  and  of  a  church 
whose  narrow  bigotry  forbids  such  two-fold  member- 
ship would  be  embarrassing  and  unpleasant  to  both 
parties.  "I  would  not  advise  it,"  tie  says.  Don't 
ask  us  to  receive  you  while  your  church  rule  binds 
you,  for  our  liberality  will  not  permit  us  even  to  con- 
sider so  base  a  reason  for  rejecting  a  worthy  applicant. 
But  if  you  are  not  one  of  those  enslaved  bigot?  who 
consider  church  acthemas  equivalent  to  eternal  damna- 
tion; if  you  dare  Ihink  for  yourself  even  on  subjects 
forbidden  by  your  church,  you  can  do  one  of  two 
things,  in  all  charity  and  wisdom :  put  the  uncharitable 
rule  or  your  charitable  self  out  of  the  church  that 
maintains  such  bigoted  tyranny. 

Such  is  the   spirit   of  his   appeal.       What   saintly 
blandness   and   candor   mixed    with    deadly  venom! 
Professed  charity  striking  with  absolutely    murderous 
intent.      Were   Paul   present  witnessing  such  an  at- 
tempt to  poison  the  minds  of  the  disciples   and    turn 
them  away  from  true  faith,  and  its  primative   exclus- 
iveness  of  holy  fellowship,  we  cannot  doubt  he  would 
reply  as  he  did  to  Elymas,  "  0  full  of  all  subtlety  and 
all  mischief,  thou  child  of  the  devil,  thou  enemy  of  all 
righteousness,  wilt  thou  not  cease  to  pervert  the  right 
ways  of  the  Lord. "    Just  so  of  the  first  tempter,  "Yea 
hath  God  said  ye  shall  not  eat  of  every   tree  of  the 
garden;"  as  much  as  to  say.  Is  not   that   a   mistake? 
God  could  not  be  so  unreasonable !     How    bland   and 
friendly  to  both  parties!     But  the  vemomous  insinua- 
tion that  God  was  illiberal,  yea,  tyrannical,  in  imposing 
a  needless  and  mean  restraint  upon  her  liberty  arous- 
ed the  first  motions  of  sin  in  the  hitherto  innocent  and 
happy  mother  of  our  race.       Instantly   the    tempter 
perceiving   his   advantage   follows  up  the  direful  im- 
pression by  a  bold  accusation  against  the  law  and    its 
author:  '  God  doth  know  that  ye   shall   hot   surely 
die,"  but  be  as  gods  as  soon  as  you  have  eaten.       By 
that  bold  wickedness  the  revolt  from  God  was  forced, 
and   sin   brought   in— the  fount  of  death  and  all  our 
woe. 

In  the  same  subtlety  and  by  similar  means  this 
high  priest  of  Baal  seeks  to  seduce  men  from  the  su- 
preme and  sole  worship  of  Christ,  and  to  supercede 
his  worship  and  his  church  by  the  mystic  institution 
and  deistic  rites  of  Odd-fellowship.  He  shows  an  evi- 
dent determination  to  rule  or  ruin  the  churches  which 
dare  to  oppose  Odd-fellowship,  and  yet  boasts  une- 
qualled liberality.  He  insists  that  the  churches  shall 
entertain  the  same  opinion  of  Odd-fellowship  that  he 
does  and  adopt  his  rule  of  fellowship  instead  of  Christ's 
commands  to  be  separate  and  have  no  fellowship  with 
idolaters  or  with  any  unfruitful  works  of  darkness; 
and  yet  prates  against  ecclesiastical  tyranny  while 
seeking  to  exercise  as  much  of  it  as  the  devil  himself 
would  desire. 

Some  one  may  yet  ask.  Why  is  it  not  as  bigSted  and 
tyrannical  for  the  church  to  prescribe  rules  of  fellow- 
ship to  Odd-fellows  aa  for  Odd-fellcws  to  dictate  rules 
to  the  church  ?  We  answer,  simply  because  one  is 
from  heaven,  the  other  is  from  men.  One  ascertains 
Christ's  law  of  holiness  and  abides  by  it,  the  other 
makes  laws  agreeable  to  the  carnal  mind  and  seeks  to 
impose  them  upon  the  children  of  God, 

ODD-FELLOWs'  OBLIGATIONS  OATHS. 

Mr.  Grosh  makes  a  bitter  complaint  against  Anti- 
masons,  because  they  insist  that  Odd-fellows  are 
oath-bound;  as  if  by  so  doing  we  make  them  all  liars; 
and  he  makes  a  laborious  attempt  to  disprove  what 
we  assert,  viz.,  that  their  obligations  are  oaths.  And 
how  does  he  prove  this?     First  he  says: — 

"  'The  Odd-fellows'  Manual'  (ch.  2.  §  2)  declares 
that  'there  is  not  a  single  obligation  administered 
among  us  inconsistent  with  any  duty  we  owe  to  self, 
family,  country,  mankind,  or  to  our  Creator.  All  the 
aid  we  are  to  render  each  other  is  and  must  be  within 
the  limits  of  strict  humanity  and  patriotism,  of  moral- 
ity and  religion We  are  not,  therefore, 

an  oath-bound    irstitution,    nor   are   our   obligations 
oaths.'" 

How  the  assertion  that  their  oaths  do   not   require 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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anything  immoral  or  evil  proves  that  they  are  not! 
oaths,  we  are  utterly  unable  to  perceive.  Nor  yet  ■ 
how  a  mere  assertion  of  a  thing  is  any  proof  at  all.       i 

His  next  argument  is  that  this  declaraiion  of  the  | 
Manual  "has  been  publicly  repeated  hundreds  of  t'mes 
by  writers  and  speakers  of  the  highest  character,"  etc. 
Yes,  but  the  trouble  is,  the  statement  is  not  proof, 
neither  does  it  cover  the  point  in  dispute,  viz,,  that, 
the  obligations  taken  by  0  Jd-fellows  in  their  lodges  a?e 
oaths;  and  such  a  statement  may  bj  repeated  ten 
million  times,  and  conveying  no  more  proof  on  the  dis- 
puted point  in  the  beginning  would  acquire  none  by 
repetition.  It  would  still  have  no  application  to  the 
point  in  hand. 

Butif  these  g3utlem3n  not  only  assert  that  the  obli- 
gations of  Odd-fellowship  require  no  evil,  but  with  one 
voice  declare  that  these  obligations  are  not  oaths, 
what  then  I  Why  this  would  not  be  testimony  as  to 
a  fact,  but  merely  the  assertion  of  an  opinion.  The 
opinion  may  be  correct,  and  it  may  be  icorrect.  Men 
are  quite  liable  to  entertain  mistaken  opinions.  And 
if  these  obligations  are  not  oaths  and  require  nothing 
wrong,  and  this  is  so  material  a  point,  why  does  not 
Mr.  Grosh  produce  the  obligations  themselves?  Hw- 
ing  them  every  one  can  form  his  own  opinion,  without 
troubling  Mr.  Grosh  or  hundreds  of  clerical,  or  even 
Quaker  Odd-fellows,  as  to  whether  these  obligations 
really  are  or  are  not  oaths.  No  doubt  many  Odd- 
fellows are  honestly  of  the  opinion  that  their  obliga- 
tions are  not  oaths.  Nevertheless,  we  have  not  s 
doubt  that  this  is  wholly  a  mistaken  opinion,  For  al- 
though Mr.  Grosh  and  his  confreres  are  determined 
we  ehall  allow  them  to  think  and  judge  for  us  in  this 
matter,  there  have  been  and  Ftill  are  other  Odd-fellowe 
who  are  willing  to  afford  us  the  opportunity  to  "think 
and  determine  for  ourselves  even,  on  this  matter  which 
is  forbidden  by  their"  lodge.  And  these  have  given 
us  the  precise  words  of  the  various  obligations  of  Odd- 
fellowship  and  the  circumstances  in  which  they  are 
taken,  and  having  this  opportunity  to  think  for  our- 
selves we  are  clearly  of  the  opinion  that  they  are 
oaths  to  all  intents  and  purposes.  And  in  holding 
and  proclaiming  this  opinion  we  arc  not  olaargi^g  oaa. 
fellows  witli  lying  or  dishonesty,  as  Mr.  G.  claims, 
because  he  holds  an  opposite  opinion.  No  reasonable 
man  will  take  offense  at  another  for  entertaining  and 
expressing  an  opinion  different  from  his  own.  We 
have  long  held  and  asserted  a  different  opinion  from 
that  generally  expressed  by  Odd-fellows  on  the  point 
in  question,  and  that  we  must  continue  to  do  until 
they  give  us  the  facts  and  the  reasons  upon  which 
they  found  their  opinions,  and  those  reasons  and 
facts  shall  approve  themselves  to  our  judgment  as  of 
sufficient  weight  to  overcome  those  on  which  we  have 
founded  our  opinion. 

Dr.  Willis,  of  Harvard,  Mass. ,  who^e  credibility  is 
abundantly  vouched  for  and  whose  disclosures  have 
been  repeatedly  confirmed  by  other  Odd- fellows,  has 
given  us  the  first  seven  covenants  of  Odd-fellowship. 
Five  of  the  seven  commence  with  a  solemn  appeal  to 
Almighty  God.  We  quote  one  as  a  fair  sample  of 
the  others : — 

OBLIGATION  OF  THE  DEGREE  OF  THE  CDVEKA?}T. 

«'Ij, — —,  in  the  presence  of   Almighty    God 

and  the  members  of  the  covenant  degree  of  this  order 
assembled,  most  solemnly  promise,  declare  and  eay 
that  I  will  never  divulge  or  betray  the  secrets  cf  the 
degree  about  to  be  entrusted  to  my  keeping.  I  will 
not  write  them,  or  cause  them  to  be  written  or  printed  or 
engraved  in  any  manner  or  form  whatever;  and  I 
pledge  my  sacred  honor,  that  I  will  to  the  best  of  my 
knowledge  and  full  extent  of  my  power,  perform  all 
the  duties  I  am  therein  instructed  to  do." 

Part  2.  "I, .  do  so^menly  pledge  myself 

to  help  and  support  my  affi  cted,  distressed,  or  perse- 
cuted brother,  and  warn  him  of  approaching  danger, 
whether  it  be  from  his  own  imprudence,  or  from  the 
evil  designs  of  o'hers,  or  from  some  accidental  cause. 
I  will  point  out  his  advantage  and  interest,  if  it  should 
be  in  my  power  so  to  do.  I  will  protect  his  property, 
succor  his  wife  and  family,  defend  bis  character  and 
save  his  hfe  and  limbs  should  opportunity  offer.  And 
I  do  acknowledge  myself  solmnly  bound  in  an  espec- 
ial covenant  with  all  brother}  who  can  and  do  prove 
themselves  such." 


To  give  a  more  perfect  view  of  the  obligations  of 
the  order  as  a  wholf ,  I  remark  in  passing  that  the 
pledge  of  sic^ecy  in  the  white,  in  the  blue,  and  in  the 
scarlet  degrees  binds  the  candidate  in  the  words,  '*! 
will  conceal  and  never  reveal  the  secrets,"  etc. ,  and 
that  the  init'atory  obligation  binds  him  to  abide  by  the 
laws  of  the  order  as  the  covenant  degree  binds  him 
to  perform  all  duties  taught  in  the  lodge,  making  the 
lodge  and  not  God  his  law-giver. 

Now  then,  we  are  prepared  to  say  that  if  a  solemn 
appeal  to  Almighty  God  is  what  makes  an  oath  differ 
from  ''j^S)  yea  and  nay,  nay,"  and  gives  the  oath  effect 
and  power  which  nobody  can  deny,  then  these  obliga- 
tions are  oaths.  With  the  words  of  the  obligation 
before  him  one  man's  opinion  is  as  good  as  anothei'd, 
as  to  whether  it  is  or  is  not  an  oath.  The  Odd- 
fellows may  assert  that  they  are  not  oaths,  and  that 
may  be  their  opinion.  But  we  do  not  make  them  liars, 
nor  treat  them  with  disrespect  when  we  persist  in 
confidently  believing  and  declaring  it  an  entirely  mis- 
taken opinion.  Certainly  the  nature  of  this  obligation 
is  euch  as  to  c  nstitute  the  I.  0.  0.  F.  just  what  we 
understand  by  an  oath-bound  secret  society.  At 
much  and  as  clearly  so  as  Freemasonry  or  any  other 
oath-bouad  secret  order  whatever. 


of  Mr.  Rodgers,  an  Englishman  who  lately  visited 
Chicago,  of  grcbt  help  in  preparing  for  the  lesson  of 
April  26th: 

"Tnose  who  would  understand  the  literal  meaning 
of  the  Tabernacle  should  read  through  the  books  of 
Moses,  beginning  at  the  twenty-fifih  chapter  of  Exodus. 
Those  who  would  understand  the  literal  and  typical 
meaning,  and  would  feel  the  spiritual  application  of 
these  services,  should  read  those  books  along  with  the 
Epistle  to  the  Hebrews," 


Lajin?  the  Custom-House  Corner-Stone. 


''Pleading  for  Baal," — Under  this  head,  the  Rev. 
James  Mathews,  of  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  in  the  Free 
Methodist,  makes  some  sharp  points  on  those  who 
plead  for  such  amusements  as  are  a  sort  of  worship 
paid  to  the  ''god  of  this  jjorld."  There  is,  indeed. 
something  very  revolting  in  the  ministers  of  the  gos- 
pel of  Him  who  said,  "Because  I  have  called  you  out 
of  the  world,  therefore  the  world  hateth  yon,"  plead- 
ing for  worldly  amusements;  and  blaming  the  advo- 
cates of  self-denial,  as  though  Christ  had  not  re 
quired  it. 

"Of  all  reformera  with  whom  earth  is  curgod, 
Those  who  reform  reformers  are  the  worst:'" 


BuRNif  G  THE  Dead  . — A  meeting  was  lately  held 
in  New  York  city  by  advocates  of  '^cramation"  or  burn 
ing  the  dead,  and  the  Chicago  Tribune  for  April  4th 

contained  an  article  in  favor  of  this  method  of  dispos- 
ing of  our  departed  friends.  One  of  the  speakers  ax 
the  New  York  meeting  made  a  most  revolting  speech 
in  favor  not  only  of  burning  corpses  but  of  scattering 
the  ashes  over  the  fields,  thus  turning  the  ashes  of  our 
statesmen,  divines,  and  relatives  into  a  common  fer- 
tilizer. The  only  thing  it  seems  necessary  to  say 
about  this  plan  ip,  that  it  is  heathenish  in  origin,  un- 
necessary in  practice,  and  disgusting  in  statement  and 
advocacy. 

»  o  * 

Napoleon  IV.— A  meeting  was  lately  held  at 
Chiselhurst  looking  toward  the  re-establishment  of 
Bonaparti=!t  rule  in  France.  Several  thousand  Fiench- 
men  were  present,  among  them  sixty-five  of  the 
siglity-seven  prefects  under  the  Empire,  and  many 
former  members  of  the  legislative  body. 

In  Frince  the  Bonapartist  faction  are  not  idle,  and 
it  need  not  surprise  any  one  if  a  faw  months  witness 
the  erection  of  the  old  throne  in  this  unhappy  land. 
It  has  no  homes,  and,  as  said  the  first  Napoleon,  too 
few  mothers.  Twenty  thousand  divorces  in  a  single 
year  in  Paris,  and  hundreds  of  Masonic  lodges,  wi(h 
the  deep  stains  of  martyr  blood  on  every  corner  of  the 
kingdom,  or  republic,  or  what-is-it;  these  are  the 
fearful  factorR  that  he  must  arrange  who  solves  the 
problem:  Who  can  rule  France,  tKe  nation  without 
a  conscience  ? 

•-»« 

KOTES. 


i  — Inquiries  in  regard  to  reduced  railroad  fare  to 
Syracuse  will  be  answered  when  something  more  defi- 
siite  is  received  from  the  railroad  authorities.  An 
effort  to  secure  this  end  is  being  made. 

— A.  B,  Grosh,  who  fills  so  large  a  position  in  the 
literature  and  offices  of  Odd-fellowship  and  the  grange, 
and  latterly  also  in  these  columns,  appears  to  be  a 
Uuiversiilist  in  religious  sentiment. 

— The  Baptist  friendis  of  the  reform,  who  were 
sorely  disappointed  with  the  change  that  closed  their 
denominational  organs  to  their  utterances  against  the 
lodge,  will  be  rejoiced  that  the  Baptist  Weekly  has 
opened  a  department  for  free  discussion  in  which 
correspondents  only  are  responsible  for  their  opinions. 

— Sunday-school    students  will  find  this  suggestion 


[From  the  Chicago  Tribune,  April  8.] 

Although  the  public  mind  has  haa  enough  in  the 
way  of  new  and  remarkable  buildings  to  give  its  arch- 
itectural taste  a  continual  feast,  yet  it  has  not  lost 
sight  of  the  fact  that  the  Custom-House,  when  it 
rises  above  the  fence  and  gro"Vs  so  as  to  overtop  its 
surrounding  rivals,  will  be  the  chief  d'oeuvre  of  all 
the  buildings  in  this  city. 

Ttie  gratifying  news  that  this  coming  building  is  al- 
most ready  for  the  formal  ceremony  of  laying  the 
corner-stone,  will  be  received  with  pleasure.  It  is  the 
design  to  make  the  event  the  occasion  of  a  general 
celebration,  and  with  this  end  in  view  a  meeting  of 
prominent  cit'zens  was  called  at  the  offic3  of  Superin- 
tendent Rankin,  who  has  charge  of  the  new  Custom- 
House,  at  3  p.  m.  yesterday,  to  take  into  consideration 
the  arrangement  of  a  programme  for  the  celebration 
of  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  on  the  24th  of  next 
June.  A  number  of  government  officials  and  other 
distinguished  gentlemen  were  present,  among  whom 
were  the  Hon.  N,  B.  Jiidd.  District  Attorney  Glovrr, 
Gen.  McArthur,  Geo.  M.  How,  President  of  Board  of 
Trade,  United  States  Commissioner  Phil.  A.  Hoyne, 
John  B.  Drake,  B.  H.  Campbell,  DeWit  C.  Creijier, 
and  W.  H,  Bradley.  Gen.  McArthur  called  the  meet- 
ing to  order,  and  stated  that  the  object  of  the  gather- 
ing was  to  get  an  expression  from  the  gentlemen  pres- 
ent as  to  the  best  plan  to  observe  the  occasion  appro- 
priately. The  Masonic  fraternity  had  expressed  a 
willingness  to  take  charge  of  the  ceremonies,  and  he 
did  not  know  but  the  public  generally  would  wish  to 
participate  in  the  celebration,  whatever  it  might  be. 
He  called  for  the  opinion  of  those  present. 

Mr.  Rankin  then  read  the  following  letter: 
James    C.   Rankin,    Superintendent   Custom-House, 

Chicago: 

Sir:     Inclosed  pleaee  find  a  copy  of  a  letter  from 

the  Grand  Master  of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the 

■"■^ute   of  Illinois  in  rearard  to   lavinc  thi?.  r>rn;npr,ofonfl 
of  the   building  under   your  charge,  vThich  he  desires 

should  take  place  the  24th  of  June  next,  together  with 

a  copy  of  my  reply  thereto,  from  which  you  will   see 

that  the   Secretary   has  authorized   the  laying  of  the 

corner-stone  of  the  building  with  Masonic  ceremonies. 

You  will  please  confer  with  the  proper  authorities 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  make  the  necessary  ar- 
rangements for  the  laying  of  the  stone  in  question, 
bearing  in  mind  that  there  is  no  authority  under  law 
to  expend  any  money  for  this  purpose.  Very  respect- 
fully, A.  B.  MuLLETT,  Inspecting  Architect, 

After  some  desultory  talk,  Mr.  Judd  arose  and  said 
that,  in  his  opinion,  the  better  way  to  proceed  would 
be  to  appoint  a  committee  to  prepare  a  general  pro- 
gramme of  arrangements,  leaving  it  to  the  Committee 
to  decide  what  shall  be  done  and  to  arrange  for  it. 
He  suggested  the  following  gentlemen:  "For  Chair- 
man, Mr.  How;  members.  Sir.  Drake,  Mr.  Bradley, 
Mr.  Leiter,  Mr.  Cregier,  Mr.  Olsten  and  Gen.  McAr- 
thur. 

Mr.  Cregier  made  a  motion  that  a  committee  be 
appointed  as  named,  with  this  amendment,  that  they 
have  the  power  to  add  to  their  number  if  required. 
The  motion  prevailed.  Mr.  Judd  wished  to  know  of 
Mr.  Cregier  how  far  the  Masonic  fraternity  had  betn 
notified  of  the  intended  ceremonies,  if  at  all.  Mr. 
Cregier  replied  that  they  had  not  been  notified,  and 
it  would  be  necessary  to  give  notice  at  once,  as  it  was 
in  contemplation  by  the  Masters  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
to  present  some  elaborate,  characteristic  features  of 
their  order,  in  the  way  of  ceremonials,  and,  in  order 
to  do  this  properly,  the  time  given  for  preparation 
must  be  as  great  as  possible.  An  objection  was  made 
to  bringing  in  the  city  authorities  to  act  with  the 
committee.  It  was  thought  they  could  manage  the 
matter  alone. 

The  gentlemen  present  then  informally  expressed  a 
unanimous  suggestion  to  be  acted  upon  by  the  com- 
mittee, that  the  Masonic  fraternity  be  invited  to  take 
charge  of  the  ceremonies  of  laying  the  corner-stone. 
As  the  representative  cf  the  order,  [Past]  Grand 
Master  Dewitt  C.  Cregier,  was  present,  the  invitation 
may  be  considered  accepted  and  the  question  settled. 
I  The  committee  then  desiring  to  go  into  a  secret  session 
on  ways  and  means,  the  other  gentlemen  and  the 
reporters  withdrew.  The  programme  to  be  observed 
will  be  made  public  as  soon  as  it  is  determined   upon. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE^ 


t^llt.  "^ifm  i^iujt. 


■  The  Price  «1  Triitli. 


The  common 


Gretit  trutbB  are  dearly  bought, 
truth 

Such  as  men  give  and  take  from  day  to  day, 
ComeB  in  the  common  walk  of  easy  life. 

Blown  liy  the  careless  wind  across  our  way. 

Bouglit  in  the  market  at  the  current  price, 
Bred  of  the  smile,  the  jest,  perchance  the  bowl ; 

It  tells  BO  tale  of  daring  or  of  worth. 
Nor  pierces  e'en  the  surface  of  the  .soul. 

Great  truths  are  hardly  won.  Not  formed  by 
chance, 

Nor  wafted  on  the  breath  of  summer  dream; 
But  grasped  in  the  great  struggles  of  the  soul, 

Hard  buffeting  with  adverse  wind  and  stream. 

Not  in  the  general  mart,  'mid  corn  and  wine: 
Not  in  the  merchandise  of  gold  and  gems; 

Notlnthc  world's  gay  hall  of  midnight  mirth; 
Not  'mid  the  blaze  of  regal  diadems. 

But  in  the  day  of  conlUct,  fear,  and  grief. 
When   the    strong  hand  of  God,  put  forth  in 
might. 
Plows  up  the  subsoil  of  the  stagnant  heart, 
And  brings  the  imprisoned  truth-seed  to  the 
light. 

Wrung  from  the  troubled  spirit,  in  hard  hours 

Of  weakness,  solitude,  perchance  of  pain; 
Truth  springs,  like  harvest,  from  the  well-plowed 
fleia, 
And  the  soul  feels  it  has  not  wept  in  vain. 

Bonar. 


Florida  in  Marcli. 


FROM    THE    CORRESPONDENCE    OF   A    LADY 
PIIYSICIAK. 


We  arrived  in  this  eunny  land  the 
26lh  of  February,  Most  of  the  time 
we  have  had  our  windows  open  through 
the  day ;  but  as  the  eun  sinks,  damp- 
ness rises  frona  every  nook,  and  why 
this  atmosphere  is  called  good  for  con- 
sumptives is  past  my  comprehension. 

We  are  at  J.tscksonviile,  the  largest 
railroad  town  in  Floiida,  Ihe  popula- 
tion beinff  nearly  7,000.  The  city  ex- 
tends along  tne   two    Slues   ui  tae   .31. 

John's  E.iver  and  covers  a  large  area. 
Years  ago  it  was  quite  burned 
down;  very  few  houses  were  here 
three  years  ago.  The  orange  trees  are 
full  of  ripe  fruit  and  the  second  blos- 
soming has  just  commenced.  It  would 
surprise  you  to  see  the  trees  of  every 
kind  well  leaved  out,  and  the  earth 
quite  bare  of  grass  with  very  few  flowers 
This  is  the  month  for  high  winds,  and 
more  or  less  cold  days,  yet  the  gardens 
are  expected  to  bloom  also.  The  whip- 
poor  wills  sing  quite  plaintively  and 
mocking  birds  can  be  bought  here  for 
$2.50.  But  the  jarring  of  the  cars  in 
transporting  them  north  seems  to  in- 
jure their  singing,  There  is  quite  a 
passion  exhibited  here  to  get  them  and 
young  alligators  for  pets.  The  mock- 
ing birds  will  live  on  one  potato  and 
one  boiled  egg  for  two  days,  while  the 
alligator  will  exist  six  months  without 
any  food.  The  young  ones  are  six 
inches  in  length  and  upwards.  The 
old  ones  have  ferocious  jaws,  wavy  in 
outline  so  as  to  hold  their  prey  more 
securely.  Their  use  has  never  been 
made  known,  I  believe.  They  generally 
manage  to  get  away  if  surprised. 
Boatmen  do  not  fear  them. 

Hotel  expenses  are  high  here.  The 
place  is  quite  a  rerort  for  travelers  and 
invalids.  I  attended  the  Presbyterian 
church  on  Sabbath.  The  house  was 
full.  Most  of  the  congregation  had  an 
ominous  cough  and  marked  debility . 

The  St.  John's  River  flows  norlh  and 
a  party  of  us  contracted  for  a  yacht  to  take 
UB  to  the  mouth  of  the  river,  that  besides 


a  pleasant  ride  we  might  see  the  broad 
Atlantic  Ocean.  It  was  such  a  luxury. 
Such  a  sense  of  speed,  yet  not  a  jar  or 
quiver.  I  can  understand  why  seamen 
bhould  like  ship  life.  In  any  land  con- 
veyance, or  on  a  steamboat,  you  are 
consious  of  motion  and  power;  but  all 
under  the  supervision  of  skillful  men 
whose  cunning  brains  you  can  fathom. 
But  a  sailboat  with  a  stifl"  breeze  and  a 
smooth  sea  is  one  of  those  irresistible 
things  you  cannot  fathom. 

There  were  about  sixteen  of  us  in 
the  company.  It  was  difficult  to  get 
started  from  the  dock.  Soon  she  be- 
gan to  dip  water,  and  a  great  deal  of 
trepidation  was  exhibited.  Some  said, 
"This  is  not  pleasure.  Do  go  back." 
Soon  the  boat  righted  herself;  she  had 
about  7,000  tons  of  iron  for  ballast 
which  helped  materially  to  quiet  our 
fears.  A  very  stiff  breeze  put  ten 
miles  between  us  and  Jacksonville. 
Twenty-four  miles  were  soon  reach- 
ed, and  the  sail  had  to  be  taken 
in.  As  I  think  of  it  now  it  seems  like 
a  dream.  It  was  truly  fearful,  the 
boat  so  much  like  a  plaything,  so  t^light 
a  thing,  to  be  engulfed  in  the  foaming 
waves.  I  never  had  so  strong  a  wish  to 
sing.  I  must  have  been  very  much  ex- 
cited. How  differently  strong  feelings 
are  expressed  in  different  persons.  One 
poor  woman  whose  husband  and  two 
boys  were  on  board  begged  to  go  back. 
The  boys  said,  "Can't  we  go  as  far  as 
the  light  house ! "  This  is  near  the 
mouth  of  the  river.  The  captain,  a 
cool,  capable  man,  said  he  could  p.^ss 
the  bar  and  then  there  was  smooth 
sailing  beyond,  yet  all  would  be  likely 
to  get  wet.  So  manv  were  invalids 
wno  ought  not  to  sit  with  damp  cloth- 
ing on  the  majority  cried  out  to  return. 
I  gave  one  lingering  glance  and  was 
resigned. 

At  one  point  not  named,  we  landed 
by  means  of  the  life  boat  along  side, 
carrying  our  lunch  baskets  with  us. 
We  here  found  sweet  clover  of  great 
fragrance  of  which  I  soon  gathered  a 
full  hand;  also  an  old  fort  made  of 
oyster  shells  and  clay;  the  circular 
puncture  in  many  places  intimating  its 
use  in  former  days.  The  woods  have 
a  great  variety  of  cedar.  Very  few 
kinds  besides.  The  live  oak  is  much 
admired,  also  the  shapely  magnolia 
with  its  thick,  dark  green  leaf,  the  wild 
fig  with  leaves  similar  in  shape,  but 
thin  and  light  green.  There  are  also 
one  or  two  kindsof  the  willow. 

A  swift,  pleasant  ride  returned  the 
party  to  Jacksonville,  and  the  excur- 
sion down  the  St.  John's  Eiver  was 
transformed  into  a  glowing  picture  and 
hung  in  the  mellow  light  of  the    halls 

of  memory. 

♦-♦-♦ 

Broadening  the  Base. 


in  church  fellowship  as  long  as  the 
singing  and  preaching  meet  the  requi- 
sitions of  their  standard  of  judgment. 
It  is  not  by  broadening  the  base  of 
the  church  that  the  world  is  to  be 
saved  'Strait  is  the  gale,  and  nar- 
row is  the  Wiiy. "  The  church  of  the 
Lord  Jesus  was  not  a  popular  one  in 
the  usual  acceptation  of  the  word,  al- 
though it  was  indeed  a  church  for  the 
people.  His  requisitions  v/ere  stringent, 
dis  sword  of  discipl  ue  ruptured  family 
ties,  called  for  sacrifices  of  property, 
cut  off  right  hands,  cat  out  right  eyes, 
j^ud  required  even  that  life  should  not 
be  dearer  than  his  service.  The  an- 
cient discipline  of  the  church  was  severe, 
many  were  cut  off,  but  the  church  lost 
no  moral  power  in  this  excision.  The 
limited  extent  of  the  church  is  not  its 
weakness  in  its  proposed  work  of  human 
evangelization,  IS'  it  were  smaller  and 
purer,  it  would  be  stronger.  If  we  are 
not  holier,  more  Christlike  r.nd  unworld- 
ly through  o-ar  connection  with  the 
church,  it  is  of  little  service  to  Uis,  and 
we  might  as  well  be  out  of  its  com- 
munion. The  church  will  be  powerful 
to  save  the  -syorld  when  she  comes  up 
out  of  her  wilderness  state,  Icavjing  upon 
the  arm  of  her  Beloved,  and  shining  in 
the  light  of  his  countenraice.  — ■  Zionh 
Herald. 


Bible  rrinliag'a 


There  is  a  great  tendency  in  our 
day  to  liberalize  the  church  so  as  to 
embrace  everybody.  Discipline  must  be 
elastic;  generous  indulgence  must  be 
allowed  to  gratifications  of  taste  and 
appetite;  excuses  must  be  received  for 
weaknesses  of  temper,  lapses  of  self- 
restraint,  omissions 'of  religious  duties, 
and  a  general  worldliness  of  spirit,  and 
a  great  body  of  intelligent,  good-hearted 
amiable,  moral,  and  very  humane  and 
liberal  persons  will  be  pleased  to  unite 


j      For  more  than  two  hundred  years 
i  after  the  art  of  printing  was  invented, 
I  no  person  was  allowed  to  print  anything 
i  in  England  without   direct    pcrmissi-m 
j  from  the  Government.      In  158G  a  de- 
j  cree  was  made  that  no  printing  pressps 
should   be    set  up   in  any  pbce  out  of 
London,  except  at  the  two  universities. 
No  book  could  thenbs  published  except 
by  the  Stationers'  Company ;  but  soon 
after-ward  special  privileges  were  grant- 
ed  to   other   persons.     One  man  was 
permitted  to  publish  all  the   almanacs, 
another   all   the   Uw  books,  a  third  all 
the  school  books,  and  a  fourth   all    the 
Bible.?. 

Most  of  these  exclusive  rights  were 
abolished  years  ago.  The  one  that 
actually  lasted  the  longest  v/as  that 
which  gave  a  monopoly  of  almanac  pul  - 
lishing,  a  legal  decision  hriving  put  an 
end  to  it  in  1775.  The  right,  however, 
to  publish  Bibles,  is  still  allowed  by  law 
only  to  the  Queen's  printer  and  the 
University  of  Oxford.  Although  the 
law  is  a  "dead  letter,"  and  has  long 
been  disregarded  by  publishers,  yet  for 
a  great  many  years  every  violation  of 
it  was  severely  punished. 

One  result  of  the  law  was  that  the 
peraoas  who  had  this  privilege  of  print- 
the  Bible  abused  it  greatly.  Tae  copies 
they  published  were  very  carelessly 
issued,  and  eome  important  texts  were 
altered.  The  copy  printed  in  1653 
contained  the  text,  "Know  ye  not  that 
the  ttn-righteous"  (instead  of  "right- 
eous") *  "Shall  inherit  the  kingdom  of 
God?" 

The  monopolists  having  the  power  to 
charge  what  they  please,  but  ihe  price 
was  so  high  that  only  the  rich  could 
buy  a  Bible.  So  there  were  few  copies 
sold ,  and  those  were  so  badly  printed 
that  they  were  hardly  worth  having. 
At  last  this  unjust  system  was  broken 


down.  Thomas  Guy,  a  shrewd  book- 
seller of  London,  sent  an  agent  to  Hol- 
land, who  bought  good  type  and  fine 
paper,  and  employed  Dutch  printers  to 
put  together  well-printed  Bibles. 

These  were  carried  to  England  and 
sold  in  great  numbers  at  a  low  pricfe. 
Other  publishers  adopted  Guy's  innova- 
tion, and  the  K'ng's  printer  began  to 
see  that,  like  the  Ephesian  idcl-makers, 
his  craft  was  in  danger.  He  went  to 
law  and  followed  the  book-smuggleis  so 
sharply  that  they  were  obliged  to  dis- 
continue the  importation  of  the  sacred 
book. 

But  Thomas  Gay  was  not  to  be  de- 
feated so  easily.  He  went  to  the  au- 
thorities of  the  University  of  Oxford, 
and  by  hai'd  work,  persuaded  them  to 
sell  their  privilege.  Then  he  brought 
over  to  England  Dutch  workman  and 
type,  and  began  to  issue  large  number 
of  excellent  Bibles  at  a  low  price.  The 
law  was  thus  evaded,  and  it  has  never 
since  been  really  enforced. 

Of  course  all  these  Bibles  are  not 
printed  at  the  University  Press,  but  the 
publishers,  in  order  to  be  strictly  with- 
in the  law,  obtained  the  permission  of 
the  University. 

It  is  interesting  to  know  that  Thomas 
Guy,  who  was  the  means  of  making 
Bibles  plenty  and  cheap  in  England, 
acquired  a  very  large  fortune,  and  that 
ho  used  it  notably  in  founding  a  hospi- 
tal in  South wark,  (now  a  part  of  Lon- 
don,) that  still  bears  his  name. —  Com- 
panion, 

^» » 

The  Appointnioat  of  the  Sabbath  Il- 
lustrated. 


A  prince  nays  t«--»  beggar,  "This 
noble  mansion  and  this  vast  estate  I  put 
into  your  hfinds.  I  give  you  the  full 
use  and  enjoyment  of  it,  and  power  to 
transmit  it  to  your  children,  but  I  do 
not  alienate  my  title.  As  a  sign  between 
us  that  the  ownership  rests  still  in  me, 
as  an  acknowledgment  of  my  eminent 
proprietorship,  and  as  a  witness  to  my 
rights  in  case  of  dispute,  I  require  that 
the  fruit  of  this  tree  or  the  produce  of 
this  field  be  brought  to  me  every  au- 
tumn, or  be  disposed  of  eccording  to 
my  will."  Of  course,  the  donor  has  the 
right  to  affix  this  condition  to  bis  gift. 
It  might  be  an  eminently  wise  and  pru- 
dent condition.  If  prescrib«d,  every 
consideration  of  duty  and  of  int-'rest 
binds  the  beneficiary  to  observe  it,  It 
matters  not  how  the  fruit  is  to  be  dis- 
posed of.  The  donor  might  require  it 
to  be  left  untouched  on  the  ground, 
still  the  obligation  remains.  It  might 
be  appointed  for  the  use  of  the  poor, 
and  then  the  appropriation  of  it  to  other 
purposes  would  be  a  double  crime,  rob- 
bery of  Lhe  benefactor  and  robbery  of 
the  poor.  The  nobler  the  use  to  which 
it  is  put,  the  stronger  the  obligation  to 
observe  the  restriction.  So  God  might 
have  appointed  the  Sabbath  as  a  day 
for  some  special  physical  toil,  of  even 
aimless  and  useless  toil.  He  might  have 
made  it  a  day  of  weary  journeying,  a 
day  of  absolute  silence  or  of  utter  boI- 
itude,  and  the  irksomeness  or  useless 
ness  of  the  service  would  not  have  im. 
paired  its  obligation.  With  great  wis- 
dom and  kindness  he  has  set  it  apart 
for  the  exercise  of  the  noblest  faculties 
of  the  soul  and  the  promotion  of  man's 


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highest  interests.  Instead  of  silence 
and  loneliaesa  be  has  appointed  it  for 
cheerful  praise  and  loving  companion- 
ship. And  this  appropriation  of  Sab- 
bath time  to  the  noblest  occupations  is 
an  additional  reason  for  its  observance 
and  an  additional  aggravation  of  its 
neglect.  But  the  obligation  does  not 
rest  on  our  sense  of  its  pleasantness. 
A  man  who  honestly  says,  "I  can  find 
no  enjoyment  in  the  Sabbath,"  is  not, 
therefore,  released  from  it.  His  de- 
praved inclination  cannot  make  void 
the  lavrof  God.  To  spend  the  day  ac- 
cording to  our  inclinations,  regardless 
of  God's  claim  upon  it,  is  robbery  and 
rebellion.  "Man,  entering  on  the  no- 
ble heritage  of  life,  received  no  gift  of 
that  day.  The  right  to  work  seven  days 
in  the  week  is  not  to  be  found  in  the 
catalogue  of  human  rights.  That  right 
no  man  ever  had.  That  right  no  man 
can  get.  Human  governments  cannot 
give  it,  for  it  was  never  given  to  them . 
An  honest  man  will  not  knowingly  take 
what  is  not  his  own.  The  Sabbath  for 
secular  business,  or  for  pleasure,  or  for 
any  purpose  which  God  has  not  pre- 
scribed, does  not  belong  to  us,  and  no 
honest  man  who  knows  this  will  use  it 
in  this  way."  And  yet  men  who  will 
not  steal  from  men,  unhesitatingly  vio- 
late the  right  which  God  has  reserved 
for  himselt  in  the  seventh  part  of  time. 
Where  this  is  not  done  through  igno- 
rance of  the  law,  what  can  we  conclude 
but  that  the  man  has  not  the  fear  of 
God  before  his  eyes  ?  He  may  not  steal, 
because  tlie  judgment  of  men  so  strong- 
ly condemns  theft,  or  because  he  is 
persuaded  that  honesty  is  the  best  pol- 
icy, but  not  because  God  has  forbidden 
theft.  Tempt  him  with  the  prospeci 
of  ccnooalsnent  or  advantage,  and  there 
is  no  reason  why  he  who  robs  God  will 
not  rob  his  neighbor  also.  —  Ch.  States- 
man. 

.    The  Ashantees. 


The  Ashantee  nation  which  has  just 
been  subdued  by  England  is   a  great 
African  power.  It  numbers  about  3,000- 
OOOsouh — of    whom     some   '200,000 
are  war-loving  barbarians.    Every  twen- 
ty-one days   they  hold   an    adai,    or 
"blood-  custom,"    at    which   yam  and 
palm  wine  having  been  drank  like  water, 
skulls  are  carried  in  procession   to  the 
sound  of  drums  made  with  human  skin, 
and  most  horrible  massacres  and  de- 
baucheries go  forward .     At  the  annual 
"  Yam- festival,"  just  now  coming  on, 
they  celebrate  a  still  bloodier   carnival 
of  death,  and  whenever  a  cabooceer  or 
freeman  dies,  slaves  are  killed  "to  wet 
his  grave."     They   eat  the  heart  and 
drink  the  blood  of  a  conquered  enemy, 
and  wear  the  teeth  and  finger-bones  as 
ornaments.     When  the  king  dies,  thou- 
sands of  wretched  slaves  and  attendants 
are  slaughtered   over   his   tomb;  in  a 
word,  it  is  a  land  of  murder.     It  was 
meant  by  nature  to  be  a  land  of  peace 
and  plenty,   for  beyond  the  thick  for- 
est which  lies  along  the  coast,  stretches 
a   fertile   and  healthy  country  of  rich 
black  60,1,  growing  two  or  three  crops 
yearly,  and  lull  of  vegetable  wonders 
and  glories  yet  unnamed.     The   fruits 
and  flowers  of  Ashantee-land  are  said  to 
6e  perfectly  marvelous.      Curious   ani- 
mals, such  as  the  bird  called  "pookoe," 


and  the  huge  corpse  eating  '  'arompe" 
rat,  are  found  in  the  woods  and.  clear- 
ings. Reptiles  are  horribly  plentiful, 
ircludin^  enormous  boas;  a  peculiar 
pufF adder,  whose  bite  is  certain  death; 
scorpions  as  big  as  cray  fish,  and  toads 
so  large  that  Bosmin  took  the  first  he 
saw  for  a  land-tortoiso.  Gold  is  the 
chief  article  exported,  la  that  metal 
Ashantee  land  must  be  fabulously  rich; 
the  chiefs  wear  gold  breast-plates  and 
golden  or  gilded  war-caps.  The  caboo- 
ceers  go  about  with  lumps  of  virgin 
gold  hung  upon  their  necks  and  waists, 
some  weighing,  it  is  said,  four  pounds 
and  more;  and  Bowditch  hfis  described 
golden  window-frames  in  the  king's 
palace  at  Coomassie.  A  fter  the  battle 
of  Accra,  in  182G.  the  Ashantee  King 
sent  in  as  "peace-money"  six  thousand 
ounces  of  dust  and  nuggets,  and  the 
sword?,  muskets,  and  elephant-tail  fans 
are  described  as  being  profusely  rich 
with  goldsmith's  work.  The  Govern- 
ment is  a  despotic  monarchy,  the  relig- 
ion feticism,  modified  by  African  Islam- 
ism.  They  believe  in  a  Great  Spirit, 
who,  they  say,  created  six  white  and  six 
black  people,  and  gave  the  first  choice 
between  a  calabash  and  a  sealed  paper. 
The  black  took  the  calabash — which 
contained  gold,  iron,  maze,  and  all  the 
wealth  of  nature— and  the  whites  got  the 
scroll,  which  contained  iastructions  in 
the  right  use  of  all  these  products. 
Thus  the  whiles  are  forever  superior. 
As  for  Coomasiie ,  the  capital,  accounts 
differ,  one  statement  making  it  out  a 
poor  straggling  placa  ol'  mean  huts,  and 
another,  a  really  fine  and  imposing 
city  for  Africa. — Baj).    Weekly, 


Some  one.  it  seems,  asb'*''  '^  '•' — ^"^  • 
Witt  Talmage,  by  letter,  whether  it 
was  right  to  read  light,  trashy  litera- 
ture;  and  in  reply  he  said,  "In  every 
family,  wliere  the  children  have  eome 
to  nine  or  ten  years  of  age,  it  has  been 
discussed .  The  family  altar  is  nothing, 
catechisms  are  nothing,  religious  in- 
struction is  nothing  so  long  as  there  is 
an  unhealthy  periodical  in  the  house. 
From  the  two  leprous  lips  of  that  one 
sheet,  there  will  be  a  poison  breathed 
on  that  family  Bible,  on  the  piano,  on 
the  arm  chair,  on  the  cradle,  on  the  di- 
ning table,  and  the  whole  house  will  be 
plague-smitten.  The  question  aaiounts 
to  this:  'Shall  my  family  be  blessed, 
or  blasted  V 

'  'If  there  be  one  gulf  deeper  in  hell 
than  another,  it  shitll  be  the  doom  of 
those  newspaper  men,  who've  pen  is  stab- 
bing to  death  the  purity  of  American 
Society." 

Flutk  Wins. 


About  thirty  years  ago  (aaid  Judge 
P.,)  I  stepped  into  a  bookstore  in  Cin- 
cinnati, in  search  of  some  books  that  I 
wanted.  While  there,  a  little  ragged 
boy,  not  over  twelve  years  of  age, 
came  in  and  inquired  for  a  geography. 

"Plenty  of  thern,"  was  the  sale- 
man's  reply. 

"How  much  do  they  cost?" 

"One  dollar,   my  lad." 

"I  did  not  know  they  were  so 
much."  He  turned  to  go  out,'  and 
even  opened   the  door,    but   closed   it 


again  and  cama   back,      "I   have   got 
only  sixty-one  cents,"  said  he:  "could 
you  let  me  hr^ve  a  geography,  and  wait  ; 
a  little  while  for  the  rest   of  the  mon- 
ey ?" 

How  eagerly  his   bright  little  eyes 
looked    for   an   answer!    and  how  he 
seemed    to  shrink  within    his  ragged  • 
clothes  when  the  man,  not  very  kindly,   ' 
told  him  he  could  not! 

The  disappointed  little  fallow  looked  , 
up  to  me,  with  a  very   poor  attempt  at 
a  smile,  and  left  the  store,     I  followed   i 
him  and  overtook  him. 

"And  what  now?"  I  asked. 

'•Try  another  place,  sir." 

''Shall  I  go,  too,  and  see  how  you 
succeed  ? ' 

''0  yes,  if  ycu  like."  said  he  in   sur- 
prise- 
Four  diflfsyent  times   I  entered  with 
him,  and  each  time  he  was  refused. 

"Will  you  try  again  ? '  I  asked. 

''Yes,  sir,  I  shall  try  them  all,  or  I 
should  not  know  whether  I  could  get 
one." 

We  entered  the  fifth    store,  and   the 

little  fellow   walked    up  manfully,  and 

told  the  gentleman  just  what  he  wanted, 

''  and  how  much  money  he  had. 

,       "You  want  the  book  very  much  ?"  said 

i  the  proprietor. 

"Yep,  sir,  very  much." 
:      "Why  do  you  want  it  so  very,    very 
much  V 

"To  study,  sir.  I  can't  go  to 
school,  but  I  study  when  I  can  at 
home.  All  the  boys  havegotone,  and 
they  will  get  ahead  of  me.  Besides, 
my  father  was  a  sailor,    and  I  want  to 

learn  of  the  places  where   he    used  to 
^^ "  "      ■ 

''Does  he  go  to  these  places^ Tiow  s ' ' 
asked  the  proprietor. 

'  'He  is  dead,"  said  the  boy,  softly. 
Then  he  added  after  a  while,  "I'm  going 
to  be  a  sailor,  too." 

"Are  you,  though?"  asked  Ihe^gen- 
tleman,  rising  his  eyebrows  curiously. 
"Yes,  s'r,  if  I  live." 
''Well,  my  hid,  I  will  tell  you  what 
I  will  do;  I  will  let  you  have  a  new 
geography,  and  you  m^Y  pay  the  re- 
mainder of  the  money  when  you  can, 
or  I  will  let  you  have  one  that  is  not 
new  for  fifty  cents." 

''Are  the  leaves  all  in  it,  and  just  like 
the  others,  only  not  new  ?" 
j      '  'Yes,  just  like  the  new  ones." 
!      '  'It  will  do  just  as  well,  then,  and  I 
will  have  eleven  cents  left  towards  buy- 
■  ing  some  other  book.     I  am  glad   they 
did  not  let  me  have  one  at  any  of   the 
I  other  places." 

!  The  bookseller  looked  up  inquiringly, 
and  I  told  him  what  I  had  seen  of  the 
1  little  fellow.  He  was  much  pleased, 
and  when  he  brought  the  book  along,! 
saw  a  nice  new  pencil  and  some  clean 
white  paper  in  it. 

"A  present,  my  lad,  for  your  per- 
severance. Always  have  coiirage  like 
that,  and  you  will  make  your  mark," 
said  the  bookseller. 

"Thank  you,  sir,  you  are  so  vety 
good." 

"What  is  your  name!" 
''William  Harverly,  sir." 
"Do  you  want  any  more  books?"  I 
now  asked  him. ' 

"More  than  I  can  eyer  get,"  he  re- 


plied," glancing  at  tha  books  that  filled 
the  shelves. 

I  gave  him  a  baak  note.  "It  will 
buy  some  for  you,"  I  said. 

Teara  of  joy  came  into  his  eyea. 

"Can  I  buy  whatlwaut  vvith  iiJ' 

'Yes,  ray  lad,  anything." 

"Then  I  will  buy  a  book  for  moth- 
er," said  he;  '•!  thank  you  very  much, 
and  some  day  I  hope  1  can  pay  you 
back," 

He  wanted  my  name,  and  1  gave  it 
to  him.  Then  I  left  him  standing  by 
the  counter  so  happy  that  1  almost  en- 
vied him,  and  many  years  passed  be 
fore  I  saw  him  agiin. 

Last  year  I  went  to  Europe  on  one 
of  the  finest  vessels  tfiat  ever  plowed 
the  waters  of  the  Atlantic.  We  had 
very  beautiful  weather  until  very  near 
the  end  of  the  voyage;  then  csme  a 
most  terrible  storm  that  would  have 
sunk  all  on  board  had  it  not  been  for 
!  the  captain. 

I  Every  spar  waa  laid  low,  the  rudder 
was  almost  useless,  and  a  great  leak  had 
shown  itself,  threatening  to  fill  the 
ship.  The  crew  were  all  strong,  will- 
ing men,  and  the  mates  were  practical 
seamen  of  the  first-class;  but  after 
pumping  for  one  whole  night,  and  the 
water  still  gaining  on  them,  ihey  gave 
up  in  despair, and  prepared  to  take  the 
boats,  though  they  might  have  known 
no  small  boat  could  ride  such  a  sea 
The  captain,  who  had  been  below 
with  his  charts,  now  came  up;  be  saw 
how  matters  stood,  and  with  a  voice 
that  I  heard  disticotly  above  the  roar 
of  the  tempest,  he  ordered  every  man 
to  his  post. 

It  was  surprising  to  see  those  lupn— 

,— -  »,,..-crr'«r    -fcrr-   rf^rOTrg^TTITT  Ui      lUeir 

captain,      and      hurry     back    to      the 
pumps. 

The  captain  then  started  below  to  ex- 
amine the  leak.  As  he  passed  me  I 
asked  him  if  there  was  any  hope.  He 
looked  at  me,  and  then  at  the  other 
passengers,  who  had  crowed  up  to  hear 
the  reply,  and  said  rebukingly : 

''Yes,  sir,  there  is  hope  as  long  as 
one  inch  of  this  deck  remains  sbove 

j  water:  when  I  see  none  of  it,  then  I 
shall  abandon  the  vessel,   and  not  be- 

I  fore,  nor  one  of  my  crew,  sir.     Everj- 

i  thing  shall  be    done   to  save  it,   and    if 

I  we  fail,   it  will    not  be  from  inaction. 

j  Bear  a  hand,  every  one  of  you,  at  the 

;  pumps." 

Thrice  during  the  day  did    we    dis- 

1  pair,  but  the  captain's  dauntless   cour- 

I  *g^>    perseverance   and    powerful  will 

1  mastered  every  man  on  board    and  we 

j  went  to  work  again. 

I  "I  will  land  ycu  safely  at  the  dock 
in  Liverpool,"  said  he,  "if  you  will  be 
men." 

And  he  did  land  us  safely;  but   the 

I  vessel  sunk  moored  to  the  dock.     The 

j  captain  stood  on  the  deck  of  the  sinking 
vessel,   receiving   the  thanks   and   the 

'  blessings  of  the  passengers,  as  they 
passed  down  the  gang  plank.  I  was 
the    last  to   leave.      As  1    passed,    he 

i  grasped  my  hand,  and  said, 

'•Judge  P.,  do  yen  recognize  me?" 

!       1  told  him  that  I  was  not  aware  that 

\  I  ever  saw  him  uniU  I  stepped    aboard 

•  his  ship. 

i       "Do  you  remember  the  boy  in  Cin- 

i  cinnati?" 

j       "Very  w€ll,  sir;  William  Harverly." 

I  «'I  am  he,"  said  he.  ''God  bless 
you! 

j      "And  God  bless  noble  captain   Har- 

I  verley." — Selected, 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


K^lt{ji$«$  ftutdliijeiH^. 


— The  evangelist  Hammond  will  begin  revival  meet- 
ings at  Jacksonville,  111.,  in  the  First  Presbyterian 
Church  this  week. 

The  Baptist  churchesofNew  Hampshire  number 

eighty-five  with  a  membership  of  8,096.  Nearly  three- 
fourths  of  the  churches  have  settled  pistors. 

W.  H.  H.Murray,  of  the  Park  Street  Congregation- 
al Church,  has  asked  hia  people  for  an  assistant  pas- 
tor. He  takes  an  annual  vacation  for  fishing  and  hunt- 
ing excursions. 

— The  same  minister  recently  stated  that  rain  was 
one  of  the  objscts  for  which  Christians  have  no  right 
to  pray  as  it  would  cau?e  a  viohtioa  of  natural  laws. 
If  60,  the  Apostle  James  was  greatly  mistaken  in  writ- 
ing verses  17  and  18  in  the  fifth  chapter  of  his  epie- 
tle. 

— A  temperance  meetin.^  of  great  power  was  held 
on  a  late  Sunday  evening  in  the  Fifth  Presbyterian 
Church,  Chicago.  Several  reformed  drunkards  testi- 
fied that  it  was  the  grace  of  God  in  answer  to  prayer 
which  saved  them. 

The  Jesuits  are  going    ip-to  Japan    in    force,   and 

they  already  outnumber  the  Protfs'ant  miss-onariea. 
They  are  erecting  a  large  convent  in  Yeddo.  Their 
movements  are  not  relished  by  the  authorities,  as  the 
country  suffered  so  much  from  their  plottings  and  acts 
in  former  times. 

Nearly  $20,000  have  been  subscribed  for  the  new 

Wesleyan  Publishing  House  at  Sryracuse,  N.  Y. , 
and  the  erection  of  the  building  is  a^^eured.  The  es- 
timated cost  is  $30,000.  It  is  to  be  of  bric'i,  three 
stories  with  mansard  roof,  completed  in  tasteful  style 
and  with  room  and  convenietses  for  t^e  purposes  of 
a  denominational   center. 

—Meetings  held  by  the  new  lay  evangelist,  Major 
Whittle,  in  Waukegan,  Geneva  Lake,  and  Turuer 
Junction  near  Chicigo  have  been  attended  mth  very 
encouraging  results.  At  the  latter  place,  a  powerful 
revival  is  in  progress,  especially  affecting  the  adult  por- 
tion of  community  and  employees  of  the  railroad 
shops. 

— The  Advance  says  that  the  recent  Brooklyn  coun- 
cil has  honored  Congregationalism  before  the  relig- 
featt?i°^yiS«-  crjvin^  that  Jhe  system  is  not  a  rope  of 
the  lax  methods  of  Plymouth  Church  is  a  rebuke  to 
Beecherism,  it  having  been  assumed  that  they  de- 
manded the  liberty  or  looseness  it  represents. 

— The  Illinois  Conference  of  the  Evangelical  Assc- 
ciation  met  in  Kankakee  last  week.  The  committee 
on  Statistics  report:  Number  of  ministers  in  the  Illi- 
nois Conference  in  the  traveling  connection,  75;  Iccal 
ministers,  71;  total  membership  in  the  Conference, 
8,749;  received  during  the  past  year,  1,445;  ex- 
pelled during  the  year  84;  number  of  church  edi 
fic3s,  101;  value  of  church  property ,  $277,950. 

— The  Northarn  Christian  Advocate  makes  the 
statemeat  that  the  M.  E.  church  looses  seventy-five 
per  cent  of  its  probationers.  In  fourteen  years  2,- 
092,686  probationers  were  reported,  of  whom  only 
509,316  went  into  full  communion,  or  22  to  100. 
Or,  in  fourteen  yesra  more  were  lost  than  would  make 
another  church  as  large  as  itself!  The  Advocate  thinks 
the  prevalent  revival  methods  of  the  church  are  at 
fault,  and  that  ''such  spiritual  prodigality  in  labor 
and  souls  should  be  abated." 

— The  Chicago  Presbytery  commenced  its  annual 
aession  on  Monday  in  the  Thir  1  Presbyterian  Church. 
The  presentation  of  charges  and  specifications  against 
Prof.  Swing  by  Rev.  F.  L.  Patton,  editor  of  the  In- 
terior, was  the  all  absorbing  business.  The  two 
charges  are  that  Swing  is  unfaithful  -in  maintaining 
Gospel  truth  and  in  the  exercise  of  ministerial  duty, 
and  that  he  does  not  receive  the  doctrines  of  the 
Presbyterian  church.  The  most  important  accusa 
tion  is  that  he  syrnpathizes  with  the  Unitarians,  and 
only  remains  in  the  Presbyterian  church  for  the  pres- 
ent,  thinking  he  can  there  do  most  good. 

— A  recent  number  of  the  Moravian  contains  the 
following  allusiou  to  the  first  missionary  society  in 
this  country:  ''It  is  not  a  matter  of  any  particular 
importance,  but  the  fact  is  that  the  sof-iety  cf  the  United 
Brethren  for  propagating  the  gospel  was  organized  in 
Bethlehem,  in  the  year  1787,  and  was  incorporated 
by  the  Legislature  of  Pennsylvania  in  the  following 
year  (17 88.)  It  is  the  oldest  foreign  mission  society  in 
the  country.  Its  special  aim  was  the  support  of  miB- 
Bions  among  the  Indians.  May  its  days  be  renewed  as 
of  old.  The  female  missionary  societies  in  the  con- 
gregations at  Bethlehem,  Nazareth  and  Litiz  are  each 
more  than  fifty  years  old," 


^^m  4  i\i^  i^u% 


The  City. 

— The  arrangements  for  the  Chicago  Inter-State 
Industrial  Exposition  for  1874  have  been  completed, 
and  circulars  announcing  the  fact  will  next  week  be 
scattered  over  the  country.  It  will  open  Sept.  9th 
and  continue  until  October  10th. 

— The  detectives  have  unearthed  several  cases  of 
robbery  committed  during  a  few  months  past  in  the 
business  portion  of  the  city.  The  thieves  are  taken 
and  some  $15,000  worth  of  goods  restored.  The 
ring  leaders  are  young  men  under  age;  they  say  that 
there  is  no  difficulty  in  perpetrating  a  robbery,  but 
stolen  goods  are  not  easily  got  rid  of.  Not  very  com- 
plimentary to  our  police  system,  surely,  when  such 
reasons  only  guard  property. 

— The  Methodist  ministers'  meeting  on  Monday 
held  quite  an  argument  on  the  Bible  doctrine  of  temp- 
erance; two  members,  Thomas  and  Strowbridge, 
holding  firmly  that  moderate  drinking  was  allowed  by 
Scripture,  and  that  Christ  turned  water  into  real 
intoxicating  wine.  The  Tribune  helps  out  the  other 
party  by  rejecting  the  story  of  Cana  of  Galilee  as  an 
interpolation,  on  the  authority  of  Tischendorf  and 
other  German  critics. 

— Police  Superintendent  Rehm  reports  for  the  year 
27,995  arrests,  of  which  7,269  were  for  drunkenness. 

Congress. 


— Twenty  members  of  Congress  were  reported  ab- 
sent from  their  seats  on  Saturday  at  a  shad  bake. 
Where  is  the  American  Juvenal  ? 

— The  Agricultural  Department  Ir'.ed  to  revive  the 
I  Franking  nuisance  by  a  bill  providing  for  free  trans 
mission  of  seeds,  cuttings,  etc.,  through  the  mail.  It 
was  defeated,  but  the  Post  OfRce  Committee  of  the 
House  got  that  body  to  adopt  a  measure  providing  for 
free  exchanges  and  no  postage  on  local  papers  within 
the  limits  of  their  county. 

— The  inflation  measure  is  still  before  the  House, 
which  is  discussing  lateral  issues. 

The  Country. 


— The  iron  manufacturers  of  the  Lehigh,  Schuyl- 
kill, Columbia  and  other  regions  in  Pennsylvania  have 
- — '■^ —  _^---i- -  *  .'"'  to—-  i — *— «.^^  ^fl-R  not  rcviv" 
ed  since  the  panic  of  last  fall,  and  a  reduction  of 
wages  was  made  to  save  shutting  up  altogether.  The 
workmen  have  been  holding  meetings  and  have  drawn 
up  their  ultimatum,  which  the  manufacturers  will  not 
accept.  There  are  630  furnaces  reported  idle,  and 
the  number  of  men  unemployed  is  estimated  from 
10,000  to  twice  that  number.  The  Union  to  which 
most  of  the  puddlers  belong  has  branches  in  several 
States,  and  has  50,000  members  or  more,  and  funds 
to  sustain  a  long  strike. 

— The  steamer  Greece  from  Liverpool  has  arrived 
in  New  York  with  the  passengers  and  crew  of  the 
French  steamer  Europe  which  sprung  a  leak  and  was 
abandoned  by  her  officers.  A  volunteer  crew  from 
the  Greece  attempted  to  bring  in  the  water-logged 
vessel,  but  were  obliged  to  give  up  the  effort.  They 
were  rescued  and  arrived  in  England  several  days  ago. 
No  lives  are  reported  lost. 

— Mayor  Havemeyer  of  New  York  has  written  to 
the  State  Senate  that  the  East  River  Bridge  now 
building  is  entirely  impracticable.  Its  great  weight 
and  height,  129  feet  above  the  water,  would  subject 
it  to  constant  danger  in  severe  gales.  He  thinks  the 
project  must  end  in  disaster  to  all  concerned  in  it. 

— The  temperance  reform  in  Pittsburgh  is  unusually 
prominent.  The  Mayor  proclaimed  against  sidewalk 
gatherings,  and  basely  threw  the  responsibility  of 
disturbance  on  the  women.  They  have  fearlessly  gone 
on  with  the  reform  however,  and  the  action  of  the 
authorities  has  thrown  public  sympathy  in  their 
favor. 

— At  a  recent  party  given  by  the  wife  of  William 
B.  Astor,  of  New  York,  she  appeared  in  jewelry  and 
diamonds  said  to  be  worth  a  million  dollars.  The 
eight  or  nine  thousand  shelterless  wretches  of  that 
city  could  for  the  same  amount  be  provided  with  com- 
fortable lodgings. 

— Boston,  April  13th. — The  twenty-second  ballot 
for  a  United  States  Senator  resulted  as  follows: — 
Whole  number  of  votes  cast,  219;  nc.cem&rj  to  a 
choice,  110;  Dawes,  63;  Hoar,  52;  Curtis,  62;  Adams, 
11;  Bullock,  13;  Banks,  7;  Sanford,  5;  Washburn, 
3 ;  Whittier,  Learned,  and  Pitman,  1  each, 

— The  Wisconsin  Institute  for  the  Blind,  at  Janes- 
ville,  was  totally  destroyed  by  fire  on  Monday  morn- 


ing. None  of  the  inmates  were  injured,  but  lost  their 
personal  effects.  The  movable  property  on  the  first 
and  second  floors  was  saved. 

— The  high  water  on  the  Mississippi  is  causing 
great  damage  in  Louisiana.  A  crevasse  of  300  feet 
was  made  near  Baton  Rouge  and  a  large  district  in- 
undated. 

Foreign. 

— The  body  of  Dr.  Livingstone  has  arrived  in  Eng- 
land. The  following  account  is  given  of  his  death. 
His  illness  from  chronic  dysentery  lasted  several 
months,  but  from  the  first  he  thought  it  would  be 
fatal.  Arriving  at  Muilala,  beyond  Lake  Bemba,  in 
the  Bisa  country,  he  said,  ''Build  me  a  hut  to  die  in." 
A  hut  was  built  by  his  followers.  The  first  of  May 
he  was  confined  to  his  bed,  and  afterwards  suffered 
greatly,  groaning  night  and  day.  The  third  day  ho 
eaid  he  was  very  cold,  and  requested  that  more  grass 
be  put  over  the  hut.  The  fourth  day  he  was  insensi- 
ble, and  died  about  midnight.  Dr.  Livingstone  made 
his  last  entry  in  his  diary  April  28th.  He  spoke 
much  and  sadly  tf  his  home  and  family.  Chief 
Kitumbo,  when  informed  of  Dr.  Livingstone's  death, 
had  drums  beaten  and  guns  fired  as  a  token  of  respect, 
and  allowed  the  followers  to  remove  the  body,  which 
they  placed  in  a  coffin  of  bark.  They  then  began  the 
journey  to  Unyanyembe,  which  occupied  about  six 
months,  sending  in  advance  a  party  with  information 
of  all  that  had  occurred,  addressed  to  Dr.  Living- 
stone's son.  At  Unyanyembe  Dr.  Livingstone's  body 
was  placed  in  another  bark  case,  a  smaller  one  done 
up  to  represent  a  bale  of  goods,  so  as  to  deceive  the 
natives,  who  objected  to  the  passage  of  the  corpse,  and 
thus  carried  to  Ziinzibar. 

— A  majority  of  the  English  Cabinet  approve  of 
the  annexation  of  the  Fiji  Islands,  on  the  proposition 
of  their  king. 

— Letters  from  Cuba  give  details  of  severe  encount- 
ers between  the  Spanish  forces  and  Cubans,  in  which 
the  latter  were  beaten. 


Lhbabon  Valley  College  is  s'tuated  in  the  beauti- 
ful Lebanon  Valley,  Pennsylvania,  on  the  Reading 
route  between  Harrisburg  and  Philadelphia.  It  is 
under  the  care  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ,  as 
will  be  seen  in  the  brief  statement  from  the  President, 
which  is  sufficient  notifi''"*'^"'  »*  »*«  principles,  and 
that  both  sexes  are  on  equality.  The  institution  has 
two  large  brick  buildings,  ample  grounds,  conToniont 
location,  and  its  principles  recommend  it  to  the  Chris- 
tian parents  of  central  Pennsylvania, 


Jesuitism  in  Germant. — The  contest  between  Bis- 
marck and  the  Black  Pope  still  continues.  Bismarck 
as  yet  enforces  the  laws  of  the  Empire  and  priests 
and  bishops  submit  or  are  punished.  In  Austria, 
too,  the  tide  is  rising,  which,  let  us  hope  may  sweep 
out  the  order  of  Jesuits  from  that  kingdom.  Of  course 
the  Ultramontanes  are  sorely  distressed,  mourn  over 
the  infidelity  of  the  age  and  the  assassination  of  Lib- 
erty. Like  true  Freemasons  these  religionists  degrade 
rob  and  murder  the  ignorant  masses,  and  even  attempt 
the  overthrow  of  civil  government,  and  when  a  strong 
hand  is  laid  upon  them,  cry  out  in  all  the  agony  of 
injured  innocence.  Every  careful  reader  of  history 
knows  that  though  no  priest  may  have  a  wife  of  his 
own,  any  priest  could,  in  the  Middle  Ages,  have  the 
wives  of  any  or  all  his  parishoners.  Every  such  read- 
er knows  that  after  ten  solid  centuries  of  Jesuitical 
rule,  there  was  not  a  free  school  or  a  free  nation  inEu- 
rope.  Every  careful  observer  knows  that  in  this  coun- 
try,the  same  conspirators  have  attacked  our  schools, 
and  silently  extend  their  forces  until  thej  shall  be  able 
to  change  our  title  from  the  "United"  to  the  Papal 
States,  Let  us  lesrn  wisdom  from  the  great  states- 
man at  Berlin  and  strangle  this  tiger's  cub  before  it  is 
too  late. 


notices  of  the  PresSi 


Sbcrbt  Societies,  Ancient  and  Modern:  An  Outline  of  their 
Rise,  Progress  and  Character  with  Respect  to  the  Christian  Religion 
and  Republican  Government.  Edited  by  General  J.  W.  Phelps. 
Chicago:  Ezra  A.  Cook  <fc  Co. 

The  author  traces  back  the  origin  of  Masonry  and  its  evil  influ- 
ences, particularly  as  seen  and  felt  in  our  own  country;  the  Tam- 
many Ring,  Credit  Mobller,  &c.  He  shows  the  subserviency  of 
some  of  our  public  men,  such  as  Fillmore  and  Webst«r,  to  its  dom- 
inating power.  If  rtad  di«paBti»nat«ly  It  will  Ao  gooi. —VnU*ct 
Tr«fiyt*rl»n . 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


COLLEGE  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 


CHAPTER  I. 


ORIGIN   AND    GROWTH. 


It  ia  nearly  centennial  year  with  the  secret  society  system 
of  Anoerican  colleges.  Trustworthy  records  give  it  a  foreign 
parentage.  It  sprang  from  France,  that  parent  of  so  many 
questionable  customs  of  modern  society — a  fact  that  cannot 
be  reckoned  in  its  favor.  Thomas  Jefferson  is  the  reputed 
agent  of  the  importation;  its  name  "Phi  Beta  Kappa  ;"  and 
Wilham  and  Mary  college,  Virginia,  became  its  first  habita- 
tion, December  6th,  1776.  From  thence  to  Yale  in  1780 
and  to  Harvard  in  the  year  following,  it  spread  to  several  in- 
stitutions in  New  England. 

In  the  Anti-masonic  reform  of  1826-31  this  society  was 
condemned  for  its  secret  ceremonies.  Its  grips  and  signs  were 
pubhshed  and  its  secret  ceremonials  were  given  up;  though 
in  1852  ten  chapters  were  reported,  and  it  still  exists  at  Yale. 
Its  change  of  character  at  Harvard  is  thus  noticed  in  the 
Providence  American,  quoted  by  the  Boston  Telegraph  of 
September  3d,  1831  : — 

'*We  are  gratified  to  learn  that  the  enlightened  efforts  of 
Adams,  Story  and  Everett,  have  prevailed  and  tl  at  the 
*'Phi  Beta  Kappa"  society  at  Harvard  University  abohshed 
the  secrets  of  that  association  by  a  vote  passed  at  their  meet- 
ing on  Thursday  evening." 

In  1821,  Prof.  James  L.  Kingsley  founded  the  "Chi 
Delta  Theta  "  at  Yale.  This  society  died  from  neglect  about 
1843,  but  has  s'nce  been  nominally  revived.  Its  members 
are  now  the  five  editors  of  the  Vale  Literary  Magazine  who 
annually  pass  it  on  to  their  successors. 

Of  the  college  societies  now  maintaining'a  secret  character 
"  Kappa  Alpha "  is  probably  the  oldest,  dating  from  1823. 
"  Skull  and  Bones, "  the  leading  Yale  Senior  class  society, 
was  estabhshed  1832,  and  since  that  time  the  number  of  dif- 
ferent organizations  has  increased  with  the  growth  and  num- 
ber of  our  educational  institutions.  A  limited  examination 
shows  twenty-five  societies,  some  of  which  claim  from  thirty 
to  forty  t'otcvpt^«."  r,T  branch  associations. 

•'  Greek-letter  societies"  or  "  Greek  fraternities  ■  are  lerms 
Tised  interchangibly  for  the  college  secret  societies,  and  are 
derived  from  the  use  of  Greek  initials  as  the  names  of  the 
different  fraternities.     These  letters  presumably  stand  for 
Greek  words  or   phrases    expressing  a  moral  or    character 
sentiment;     as,    "Phi    Beta    Kappa"  is   for   Fhilosophia 
Uou    kubernetes — "Philosophy    is   the    guide    of    Ufe  ;" 
but  sometimes  a  harmonious  combination  of  letters  is  first 
selected,  and  the  motto  fitted  to  them  afterwards.     Part  of  I 
the  fraternities,  which  exist  only  in  a  single  organization  are 
named  from  their  badge  pins.     These  are  comparatively  few 
in   number.       The  '•  Skull  and  Bones"  leads  the  fist  in  in- 
fluence, age,  and  society  standing;.  "Scroll  and  Key  "  and 
• '  Spade  and  Grave  "  maintaining  a  supposed  rivalship  with 
it  among  the  members  of  the  Senior  class  at  Yale.       The 
two  former  are  peculiar  to  Yale,  but  have  feeble  imitators  in 
the  "Axe  and  Coffin"  of  Columbia  College,  the    ''  Owl   and 
Padlock"  at  the  Michigan  University,  and  the    "Skull   and 
Serpent"  and  "Owl  and  Wand"  at  the  Wesley  an  University. 
Yale  College  has  a  system  peculiar  to  itself,  in   that  each 
college  class  has  its  own  fraternities.     They  are  thus  distrib- 
uted: Freshman  class,  two;    Sophomore,  two,   (two  others 
are  defunct);  Junior,  three;  Senior,  three.     The  student  in 
passing  through  the  course  may  have  the  privilege  of  initia- 
tion and  other  supposed  benefits  annually  repeated.     A  nom- 
inal interest  is  supposed  to  be  retained  by  the  members  of 
each  lower  class  fraternity  after  they  have  ceased  to  act  with 
it,  and  on  special  occasions  they  are  customarily  present,  but 
rather  as  spectators  or  guests.    This  fact  has  operated  against 
the  secrecy  of  Freshman  societies,  visitors  often  being  pres- 
ent who  have  never  been  members.       In  most  other  institu- 
tions, however,  the  societies  are  made  up  from  each  of  the 
college  classes  without  distinction;  so  that  membership  may 
be  continued  during  the  entire  course. 

A  numerical  summary  of  college  fraternities  has  proba- 
bly never  been  compiled.  "Such  a  task  would  not  be  profita- 
ble on  this  occasion,  and  only  a  brief  statement  will  be  at- 
tempted, which  may  however  serve  the  curious  as  a  basis  for 
further  inquiry.     Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  was  founded  at  Yale 


in  1844,  and  is,  as  to  numbers,  probably  the  largest  fraternity 
in  the  country.  In  1871  it  had  established  forty  branches 
or  chapters,  twelve  of  which  were  dead.  Its  aggregate 
membership  was  4,750,  of  which  the  Yale  chapter  furnished 
during  twenty-seven  years,  796.  The  Delta  Phi,  founded 
at  Hamilton  College,  Clinton,  N.  Y.,  1832,  reports  in  1870, 
twenty -two  chapters  and  3,650  members.  The  PsiUpsilon, 
founded  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  N.  Y. ,  in  1833,  has 
fifteen  chapters  and  3,400  members  in  total.  To  the  two 
latter  Yale  has  furnished,  respectively,  740  and  750  mem- 
bers. Theta  Delta  Chi,  established  also  at  Union  College  in 
1847,  had  in  1872,  1,018  members.  Phi  Kappa  Psi,  estab- 
lished 1852,  has  a  total  membership  of  over  2,000.  The 
Yale  Freshman  societies  show  these  aggregates:  the  Sigma 
Epsilon  in  twenty-five  classes,  1,011  members,  in  other  col- 
leges, 249;  the  Delta  Kappa  in  twenty-one  classes,  997 
members,  and  in  other  colleges,  556. 

Figures  are  dry  reading  but  they  have  a  certain  eloquence 
and  positiveness  of  argument  not  easy  to  gainsay.  From 
those  given  above  it  will  be  seen  that  this  system  is  not  shut 
up  in  narrow  limits  among  American  students.  And  addi- 
tional significance  must  be  allowed  from  the  fact  that  these 
fraternities  find  constituency  and  support  from  a  single  and 
small  class  of  society,  the  college  students.  It  is  true  that  a 
large  number  of  our  colleges  maintain  the  system,  especially 
the  more  popular  and  wealthy,  and  statements  have  been 
widely  circulated  to  the  effect  that  no  institution  was  separ- 
ate from  it;  but  this  is  far  from  fact  as  will  be  hereafter 
shown. 

The  expense  of  these  societies  varies  of  course  with  insti- 
tutions, and  the  class  of  students  supporting  them.  Some 
are  amply  maintained  by  a  small  tax  such  as  is  borne  by 
members  of  any  literary  or  debating  society.  The  other  ex- 
treme may  be  seen  at  Yale,  Avhere  initiations  cost  from  fifteen 
to  twenty-five  dollars  and  the  average  expenses  of  a  Fresh- 
man society  is  835  to  $40  per  member;  and  of  a  Sophomore 
from  $10  to  $15  more.  The  Junior  societies  are  more  select 
and  smaller,  and  their  expenses  for  halls,  conventions,  etc., 
are   increased;    the    individual    tax    is    therefore    greater. 

Society  Halls  are  rented  at  fl50  to  250  per  year  and  often 
nitea  up  at  an  expense  of  5p J, uou.     x>c«i^tv,i.-  — 

•what  noted  for  several  gloomy,  windowless,  toomb-like  struct- 
ures of  brick  or  stone  guarded  by  heavy  iron  doors  These 
are  the  halls  of  two  Junior  and  two  Senior  class  societies, 
and  were  erected  by  the  individual  contributions  of  the  mem- 
bers. These  buildings  and  the  lots  on  which  they  stand 
cost  from  $8,000  to  $50,000;  "  Scroll  and  Keys"  property 
being  valued  at  the  latter  sum.  At  Williams  College  ' 
hall  worth  $10,000  and  at  Middletown  one 
000.  The  Senior  class  society  is  hmited  to  fifteen  members, 
a  division  of  their  expenses  would  therefore  give  a  higher 
pro  rata  than  either  of  the  lower  classes. 

The  particular  benefit  to  be  derived  from  the  Greek  fraternity 
is  not  different,  theoretically,  from  that  of  the  open  literary  so- 
ciety. Social  and  intellectual  improvement  is  the  claim  of  its 
members,  in  the  pursuit  of  which  the  superior  advantages  of  se- 
lect companions,  privacy,  the  ecZoi  of  secret  sessions,  and  society 
tradition  and  honor,  place  them  far  above  the  open  organiza- 
tion. Whether  all,  or  even  a  respectable  portion  of  the  col- 
lege brotherhoods  present  equal  or  greater  facilities  for  the 
right  and  full  development  of  the  student,  is  a  question  for 
succeeding  chapters  to  present. 


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Kiim  and  Tobacco. 


The  California  Wme Dealers'  Gazette, 
in  speakirg  of  the  effscts  of  the  wide- 
spread adulteration  of  liquor,  says: 
"  The  man  accustomed  to  stimulant?, 
who  iaih  to  satisfy  himself  that  he  is 
using  the  pure  article,  too  often  finds, 
after  a  few  years,  the  reward  of  his 
negligence,  in  failing  mental  powers, 
physical  paralysis,  and  sudden  death." 
Pretty  forcible  testimony  from  such  a 
source.  Let  it  be  remembered  that 
this  adulteration  \s  almost  universal, 
and  even  the  'pure  genuine  article," 
is  almost  equally  harmful. 

A  working  man  writes  of  the  bitter 
evil  whic'i  haunts  the  steps  of  his  coni- 
pnnions :     '*  But  there  is  another  power 
in    the   land  working  against  the  work- 
ingman,  mors  pov/eiful  and  more  dan- 
i^erous  than  all  thes3  gigantic  monopo- 
lies; a  power  that  makes  the  ballot-box 
worthless  in  our  hand?,  and  worse  than 
worthless;  a    power  that  not   only  im 
poverishes,  but  degrades  the   working, 
ccan;  a  power  that  is   undermining  our 
whole  political,  social  and  moral  being, 
and    threatens   to   overthrow  the   first 
principles  of  liberty,  law  and  order.      I  { 
mean  the  whisky  power.     I  would  like  | 
to   tell    how    and    where  the   political  [ 
wires  are  laid;  where  the  money  is  left 
lo  buy   us    'voting  cattle.'     It   is  not  j 
in  work-shops,  but  in  whisky-shops." 

Mr.  Moody  has  had   occasion  to  give  \ 
advice   to  the  Sjotch   ministers  on  an 
important   questioa.     Tho^e    brethren 
find    intemp 'ranee  and  drinking  habit? 
the   chief  barrier    (o  their   evangelical 

weffe^pr-dHi^.r^i'eeti.lSJJ.P.  wb'?l»    they 

ject,  they  asked  the  Chicago  man's 
opinion.  It  was  to  the  point.  "Ban- 
ish the  infercfil  sluff  from  your  own 
Bidebop.rJs  and  tabl<s  " — Inlerior. 

I  challenge  any  man  who  understands 
the  nature  of  ardent  spirits,  and  yet  for 
the  sake  of  gain  continues  to  be  engag- 
ed in  the  trafti:,  to  show  that  he  is  not 
involved  in  the  guilt  of  murder,— 
Lyman  Beecher. 

The  New  York  Board  of  State  Char- 
ities reports  about  10,000  maiiiacs  in 
the  state,  and  6,000  idiot:^,  one-third  to 
a  half  of  whom  were  brought  to  their 
wretched  conditioit  by  their  own  or 
pareni'd  intemperance, 

The  total  tax  receipts  from  tobacco  for 
the   fiscal   year  ending  June  30,  1873, 
were    $3  [,38G,10;i.      Compared     with 
the   total   receipts   for   the   fiscal  year 
June  30,  1872,  there    was  a  decrease 
oF  collections  on  manufactured    tobacco 
of    ail     descriptions    of    $1,172,917. 
There    was   an   increase   in   the    total 
receipts  from  the  manufacture  and  sale 
of  tobacco,  snuflf  and  cigars,  in  all  their 
forms,  oyer  the  preceding  fiscal  year  of 
1650,132.     The   actual  product  of  the 
year,  bo  fir  as  such  products  have  been 
reported,  is  110,450,934  pounds,  show- 
ing an  increase  of  9,180,079  pounds. 
The   number   of  cigars,  cheroots,  etc., 
on   which    taxes   were  collected,    was 
1,807,134,646,  showing  an  excess  over 
the  number  reported  for  the  preceding 
fiscal  year  of  279, 328 ,674.     There  was 
an   increase  of  544,064   pounds  of  ex- 
ported tobacco .     The  aggregate  receipts 
for   the  last   fiscal  year  exceeded  the 


Commissioner'sestinaate  by  $4,075,466. 
It  is  estimated  that  the  total  receipts  for 
the   current  fiscal  year  will  be  $100,- 

000,000. 

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Facts  and  Figures. 

j       Our  best  lawyers    value   their  time 
from  $40  to  $50  per  hour,  which  is  a 
reasonable   charge.     If,   howeverj    the 
case   be  one  where  half  a   million  is  at 
stake,  then  instead  of  a  mere  fifty  you 
will  be  e.xpected  to  advance  a  retaining 
fee  of  $500,  or  perhaps  $1,000.     This 
prevents   any    one    from   securing  the  i 
services  of  the  lawyer  thus   retained.   ■ 
If  a  lawer,  even  after  receiving  such  a 
fee,  should  win  the  case,  he  will  expect  ' 
from   $10,000    to   $15,000    additional.   ! 
Our   great   lawyers  demand   pay  com-  ! 
mensurate  with  their  reputation,    and 
hence   some  of  them  can   boast  a  prac- 
tice   worth  $50,000  per  year.     O'Con- 
nor, previous  to   his   retirement,  made 
annually,  it  is  said,  nearly   four  times  j 
that   sum.     Indeed,  he   was   probably  i 
paid  .'i?200,000  for  his  services  in   the  ' 
Jumel   case.     He  is  now  worth  more  i 
than  a  million,  all  of    which  he  has 
made  by  his  own  genius  and   industry. 
— Concord  Monitor, 

"Any   Senator    who  does  not   make  ; 
bis  cfhce  pay  at  least  $100,000  a  term,   i 
does   not  use  his  chances,"  said   a  man  | 
of    the    world,    perfectly    informed    of 
what  he  spoke.     Thst  many  do  not  use 
their  chances,  is  perfectly  certain,  and 
equally  certain  that   many    do.     There 
are  men  in  both  houses  of  Congress  who 
would  deliberately  choose  poverty  rather 
than  riches  at  the  pric3  of  their  honor. 
Yet  this  type  of  men   in  the  Congress 

rarer.      Why  ?     Not  because  the  nation 
is  not  rich  in  such  men.     But   because 
the  power  which  prevails  does  not  send 
Euch    men  ihither.     Hoaest   men  still 
come  who   are  the  absolute  choice  of 
their  constituents;  but   they  no  longer 
make,  as  they  once  did,  the  majority  of 
Congress.     That  the  public   sentiment 
of    a   constituency   decides    the  moral 
standard  of  a  representative,  is  proven 
by  the  fact  that  ia  at  least  some  of  the 
states?   of    New   England  a  man    who 
could  afford  to  buy  his  election  never 
could   be   elected,  while    west   of    the 
Mississippi  a  man  who  does  not  buy  his 
election     '.s    equally    sure    of    defeat. 
Such  is  the  cupidity  aroused   by  the 
measureless  raining  and    railroad  inter- 
ests of  the  West  that  more  and  more 
men  are  sent    hither  from    that  region 
by  rich  monopolies  and  corporations,  to 
secure  certain  company  ends,  or  because 
they  themselves,  a  part  of  those   cor- 
porations  and   monopolies,   buy   their 
seats   in    advance.     Does  it  need   pro- 
phetic vision  to  foresee  that  such  polit- 
ical   corruption,  unless    stayed    in    its 
sure,  legitimate  result,  will  end  in  the 
utter  degradation   of  a  republican  gov- 
ernment, in  the   demoralization  of  na- 
tional character  '^—Independent. 

California  has  about  8,000,000  head 
of  sheep.  The  wool  crop  in  two  shear- 
ings, at  an  average  of  ten  pounds  per 
head,  would  amount  to  80,000,000 
pounds,  or  15,000.000  more  than  the 
total  product  of  the  United  States  in 
1871. 

Of  the  great  centers  of  humanity 
throughout  the  globe,  there  are  nine 
having  a  population  exceeding  1,000,- 
000    souls,    coming  in    the    following 


order:  London.  3,251,000;  Soochow, 
2,000,000;  Taris,  1.825,000;  Pekin, 
1,048,080;  Yeddo,  1,554,000;  Canton, 
1,236,000;  Constantinople,  1,075,000; 
Siaug-tan,  in  the  province  of  Huhan, 
1,000,000;  and  Techan-;echan-foo,  in 
the  province  of  Fokieu,  1,000.000. 

In  London  there  is  a  safe  deposit 
company  whose  vaults  are  sunk  to  a 
depth  of  fifty  feet  below  tlie  surface  of 
the  street,  and  form  four  storifs  con- 
nected by  a  hydraulic  lift,  and  rest  on 
a  concrete  bed  tirieen  feet  in  thickneEs. 
The  walls  are  built  of  fire-proof  Staf- 
fordshire bricks  a  yard  in  thicknesp, 
with  an  inner  shell  of  chilled  steel, 
three  inches  thick.  The  whol  eis  iccloE- 
ed  in  an  outer  wall  of  Sussex  bricks  ten 
feet  thick.  The  stories  above  the  ground 
will  be  used  as  offices. 


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professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  the 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter- 
esting matter,  including  tho  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
thor opposes  Freemasonry  a.s  inimical  to  good  government,  to  so- 
ciety, and  to  the  Church  ;  and  the  story  that  he  here  tells  will  make 
a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  bo.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
Its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  niau."— £>««- 
ly  Kerald,  Jioston. 

"We  are  acquainted  with  Mr.  Greene,  and  have  no  doubt  that  his 
account  is  entirely  reliable,  and  of  grcathistoric  and  moral  interest. 
Capt.  Wni.  Morgan  was  Mr.  Greene's  neighbor  i"  Batavia,  N.  Y,., 
and  a  member  of  the  same  lodge  with  him  at  the  time  of  the  great 
excitement  in  1820.  The  titles  to  these  chapters  are  sufficiently  ex- 
citing to  give  the  book  a  large  sale:—'  Tho  Storm  Gathering;" 
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hia  Rescue;"  ''What  became  of  Morgan;"  "Yvhat  Morgan  Ac- 
tually Revealed;"  "Confession  of  the  Murderer;"  "Allegations 
against  Freemasonry,  QiQ.^—'Ooston  Daily  J'l'eH-s. 

History  ef  Till  a  A^'^^f'-tipii  and  Mnrder  of 
Cap't.  ^Tsm.  Morgam, 

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^''^hiD^bookcraTa'inf  Indisputable,  legal  evidence  that  Frcomasm^^^^^ 
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the  revelation  of  Masonry.  It  contains  the  sworn  testimony  of  over 
wen?r  perBons.  ^=l"'""g  Morgan's  wife,  and  no  candid  person 
after  reacting  this  book,  caS  doubt  that  many  ot  the  most  respecta- 
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.Julian,  The  Eleusinian  Mystekies,  The  Okigin  of 
Masonky,  Was  "Washington  a  Mason  ?  Filmore's  and 
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ies between  England  and  the  United  States;  the  disgusting  interven- 
tion of  the  lodge  at  the  close  of  the  French  and  German  war;  the 
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HISTORY  OF  MASONRYe 
BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OP    WUEATON    COLLEGE. 
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TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MCJRBSR, 

Bv  REV    J    R    BAIRD,   of  PleasantviUe,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

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SECRETS  OF  MASONRY, 

BY  ELI  TAP  LEY. 

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BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
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TRACT.  NO,  5: 

Iztraots  From  Masonio  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  &rand  Lodge  ofEhode  Island. 

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  18.34  and  i|  a  very 
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^''*'  TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  Jolyi  Quiiicy  Adams'  T. 

ah'hiE;  Ilss  aad  Mas  Fat 


ov-'3  ©pai23i>n  of  FreemasoEry  (1831.): 

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TRACT  NO.  7; 

SATAN'S  CABi:.E-TO"W. 
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Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  be  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian;  and  the  Masonio  Cable  Tow  i=  clearly  shown  to  be  the 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
50  cents  per  100;  igl.OO  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  '•illustr.^.ted.  '  'I'he  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Fraema- 
sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  "Mnri^er  and  Treason  not 
JExo<»pt«d,"  and  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Christian, 
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TRACT  NO.  9,  ILLUSTRATED: 

FREEEHASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

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which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  ior.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  ot  "-Occidental  Sov- 
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was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Church  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  HI. 

TRACT  NO.  Ill: 

CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREliMASONET. 

A  2-page  tract,  (ili.ustkated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries.  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Priace  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboU- 
cal  meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass',"  "the 
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JUDGE  WHITNEir  AND  MASONRY. 
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Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
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TRACT  NO.  1:3: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVEK,  OST  MASONRY, 

and 

HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.   D., 

Chancellor  of  the  University  of  NewY'ork,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

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GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 

ITS  EELATION  TO  CIVIL  QOVEENiEKT  AND  THE  CEKISTIAHEELiaiON. 
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A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  luvalidity  o.  any 
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TRACT  NO.  10: 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
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HON.  \irM.  H.  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

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MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  E3IJIA  A    WALLACE, 

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Six  Seasons  wlij  a  Christian  sk'dli  noils  a  Freemason 

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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  Cliristian  Cynosure. 

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to  understand  Masonry  and  kindred  in- 
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Women  who  desire  temperance  and 
purity  cannot  regard  with  complacen- 
cy an  institution  which  is  hostile  to 
both. 

Christians  who  abide  in  Christ  will 
use  all  the  wisdom  and  grace  God  has 
given  them  in  their  efiforts  to  overthrow 
an  institution  which  substitutes  artifi- 
cial lights  for  the  tiue  "Light  of  the 
world." 

The  institution  of  Freemasonry  is 
rooted  in  human  selfishcess,  sustained 
by  false  professions,  accommodates  its 
principles  to  the  basest  natures  and  by 
casting  out  Christ  and  at  the  same 
time  professing  to  save  sou's  from  death, 
it  leads  our  nation  towards  heathenism. 

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Contents. 

Page. 

Editorial  AKTroLES 8 — 9 

Is  It  Foolish?  Is  it  Needless? Review  of  Grosh's  De- 
fense continued Notes. 

Topics  op  the  Time 1 

OcB  Colleges  on  Secket  Societies 1 

CoMTRiBUTBD  and  Select  Articles 123 

To  Charles  Sumner  (Po«'rj/) The  Masonic  Oath  from 

the  Bible  stand  Point...  And  the  Spirit  was  Dumb..   . 

Experience  of  a  Seceding  Mason A  Question  of  the 

Hour 

EBroBM  News 4  5 

Ohio  Anti-Secret  State  Convention From  the  Indiana 

Agent  —  The  Jay  Co.  (lud.)  Association Organiza- 
tion in  Fulton  Co,,  O. 

'Correspondence 5_(; 

Masonry  in  the  Navy ^'omen's  work  for  Temperance 

Do  Masons  ever  ask  Men  to  Join  the  Lodge Our 

Mail. 

FORTY  Years  A  go 6 

A  Call  to  Action. 

College  Secret  Societies 13 

Chapter  II. 

The  Home  Cikclb 10 

The  Higher  'Lite,  Poetry Incidents  of  City  Mission 

Work,  Washington  in  Tears Christ  our  Salvation 

Pat  vs.  Muscle. 

Ohilbren's  Corner 11 

■The  Sabbatii  School 7 

Home  and  Health  Hints 7 

[Farm  and  Garden 7 

Religious  Intelligence 12 

^ews  of  the  Week 12 

The  "Moilie  Magulres." 12 

publisher's  Department 16 

Advertisements 13, 14,  15,  16 


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The  Benbtolest  Sociktie?, — There  are  wide- 
spread complaints  from  secretaries  of  the  benevolent 
societies,  of  falling  off  in  the  receipts.  Reasons  are 
doubtless  many,  and  among  them  is  probably  a  grow- 
ing conviction  that  the  benevolence  of  such  societies  is 
more  frequently  exercised  toward  the  secretaries  than 
any  other  parties.  Go  through  the  State  of  Illinois, 
and  see  the  multitudes  of  churches  planted  and  aban- 
doned. See  the  many  graduates  of  expensive  semi- 
aaries,  who  leave  the  ministry,  and  see  the  many 
weak  and  inefficient  men  who  ought  never  to  have 
been  allowed  to  enter  it.  Look  at  the  consistent  pro- 
slavery  record  of  the  American  Board.  Consider 
sue  h  things,  and  it  will  not  seem  strange  that  men  of 
practical,  common  sense,  are  refusing  to  commit  their 
hardly-earned  njoney  to  the  management  of  men  who 
seem  to  be  most  thoroughly  skilled  in  the  art  of  avoid- 
ing' practical  questions.  A  young  minister  who 
studied  two  years  in  a  theological- seminary  in 
Chicago,  said  :  "  When  I  came  to  be  a  minister,  I 
found  I  must  fight  intemperance,  but  the  only  thing 
I  had  learned  in  the  seminary  about  the  matter,  was 
that  Christ  made  intoxicating  liquor,  and  probably 
drank  it." 

There  has  been  shown  on  the  part  of  one  of  these 
societies,  a  disposition  to  preach  present  truth  just  in 
proportion  as  that  is  done  should  the  societies  be  sup- 
ported. 


to  be  some  ixtoxicating  drink.  It  may  be  possible  to 
make  these  learned  gentlemen  understand  that  the 
temperance  question  is  not  one  of  etymology.  They 
assert  that  Christ  probadly  drank  fermented  liquor. 
If  he  did,  not  one  of  them  all,  nor  all  of  them  to- 
gether, can  prove  it,  and  other  men  as  wise  as  they, 
say  that  prcbabi.y  he  did  not. 

In  this  same  paper  that  contains  the  letter  to  prove 
that  Christdrank  "explicitly-fermented'  wine,  we 
have  notices  of  a  railroad  agent  found  dead  drunk  at  a 
rough  houee,  another  gentleman  found  dead  in  hit 
room,  from  drink,  and  two  girls  nearly  killed  by  abuse 
in  a  ealoon. 

Will  not  these  bishops,  and  doctors,  and  rabbis, 
meet  a  state  of  facts  that  exists,  instead  of  "yayin" 
about  a  state  of  things  existant  two  thousand  years 
ago,  about  which  they  may  be  fanatical,  and  are  cer- 
tainly ignorant. 


•'  Yayin." — Quite  a  number  of  gentlemen  are  busy 
deciding  whether  Christ  was  accustomed  to  drink  in- 
toxicating wine  or  not. 

Among  f,he  rest,  a  Jewish  Doctor  in  Chicago  has 
joined  the  Catholic  Bishop  Purcell,  of  Cincinnati,  and 
the  Presbyterian,  Dr.  Crosby,  in  New  York.  All 
these  gentiem  n  repudiate  with  scorn,  the  idea  that 
the  Saviour  was  not  accustomed  to  take  his  glass  of 
grog,  just  as  some  Presbyterians,  and  Catholics,  and 
Jews,  do  now. 

The  Jewish  Rabbi,  after  stating  the  meaning  of 
"yayin,"  "  shechar,"  "chermer"  and  "  tirosh," 
says  that  Christ  was  accustomed  to  drink  wine  every 
Friday  evening,  and  that  at  the  last  supper  he  was 
obliged,  by  custom,  to  drink  at  least  four  cups  of 
wine.  He  says  that  this  wine  might  have  been  fresh 
from  the  press,  but  the  "  laws  and  customs  de- 
manded and  preferred  ' explicitli/-fermented' viine." 

Exactly  what  explicitly -fermented  wine  is,  we  do 
not  know,  but  from  the  tenor  of  the  letter,  suppose  it 


A  Repdblican  Form  of  Govbbnment. — The  pain- 
ful state  of  things  existing  m  Louisiana,  is  well-known 
to  GUI  readers.  A  set  of  cffioialf,  wi.o  were  never 
elected  by  the  people  of  the  Slate,  have  been  in 
power,  sustained  by  the  President  of  the  UnHed 
States.  A  bill  is  now  pending  in  Congress  designed 
to  remedy  this  state  of  things  by  ordering  a  new  elec- 
tion. In  Arkansas,  the  Governor  has  been  ejected 
from  the  State  House  on  a  writ  of  ouster  from  tht 
Circuit  Court,  In  Mississippi,  a  majority  of  the  Leg- 
islature are  colored  men,  many  of  them  unable  to  uu- 
derstand  the  nature- of  bills  on  which  they  are  called 
to  vote.  The  cowardly  and  infamous  habit  of  duel- 
ling is  reviving,  three  or  four  hostile  meetings  of  this 
sort  having  taken  place  near  New  Orleans  within  a 
month,  tv/o  of  which  resulted  fatally.  It  will  soon  be 
necessary  to  establish  a  military  government  over 
some  of  these  States,  or  see  them  disintegrated  by  the 
force  of  their  inherent  corruption.  Tiae  people,  white 
and  black,  are  ignorant;  the  carpet  baggers  are,  as  a 
rule,  thieve*;  and  the  few  intelligent  southerners  are 
yet  rebels.  How  can  Congrees  guarantee  to  such  a 
conglomerate  a  republican  form  of  govern uient?  Take 
away  the  pressure  of  the  Northern  States,  and  there 
would  not,  be  a  government  of  any  kind  among  such  a 
people  three  months. 

An  ignorant  and  immoral  community  can  be  con- 
trolled only  by  force.  Oace  and  again  let  it  be  un- 
derstood, we  must  educate  and  we  must  Christian- 
ize, or  we  are  lost.  A  nation  of  beer  drinkers  will 
always  have  an  emperor,  that  is,  a  despot.  A  na- 
tion of  wine  drinkers  will  be  a  France  or  a  Spain.  A 
nation  of  opium  eaters  will  be  ruled  by  some  son  ot 
the  moon,  who  can  behead  every  man  in  his  empire, 
so  long  as  his  executioners  are  spared.  The  Bible 
and  the  school,  these  are  the  pillows  of  the  Republic. 


To  Charles  Sumner. 


BY  JOHN   Q.   WHITTIBR. 


If  I  have  seemed  more  prompt  to  censure  wrong 

Than  praise  the  right;  if  seldom  to  thine  ear 

My  voice  hath  mingled  with  the  exultant  cheer 

Borne  upon  all  our  northern  winds  along; 

If  I  have  failed  to  join  the  exultant  throng 

In  wide-eyed  wonder  that  thou  standest  strong 

In  victory,  surprised  in  thee  to  find 

Brougham's  scathing  power  with  Canning's  grace  combined ; 

That  he  for  whom  the  ninefold  Muses  sang, 

From  their  twined  arms  a  giant  athlete  sprang. 

Barbing  the  arrows  of  his  native  tongue 

With  the  spent  shafts  Latona's  archer  flung. 

To  smite  the  Python  of  our  land  and  time, 

Fell  as  the  monster  born  of  Crissa's  slime. 

Like  the  blind  bard  who  in  Castalian  springs 

Tempered  the  steel  that  clove  the  crest  of  kings. 

And  on  the  shrine  of  England's  freedom  laid 

The  gifts  of  Cumaj  and  of  Delphi's  shade — 

Small  need  hast  thou  of  words  of  praise  from  me. 

Thou  kuowest  my  heart,  dear  friend,  and  well  can'st  guess 

That,  even  though  silent,  I  have  not  the  less 

Rejoiced  to  see  thy  actual  life  agree 

With  the  large  future  which  I  shaped  for  thee, 

When,  years  ago,  beside  the  summer  sea. 

White  in  the  moon  we  saw  the  long  waves  fall 

Baffled  and  broken  from  the  rocky  wall, 

That  to  the  menace  of  the  brawling  flood, 

Opposed  alone  its  massive  quietude. 

Calm  as  a  Fate  with  not  a  leaf  nor  vine 

Nor  birch-spray  trembling  in  the  still  moonshine. 

Crowning  It  like  God's  peace.    I  sometimes  think 

That  night-scene  by  the  sea  prophetical— 

(For  nature  speaks  in  symbols  and  in  signs. 

And  through  her  pictures  human  fate  divines)— 

That  rock  wherefrom  we  saw  the  billows  sink 

In  mu' muring  rout,  uprising,  clear  and  tall 

In  the  white  light  of  heaven,  the  type  of  one 

Who,  momently  by  Error's  host  assailed, 

Stand's  strong  as  Truth,  in  greaves  of  granite  mailed; 

And  tranquil  fronted,  listening  over  all 

The  tumult,  hears  the  angel  say :    "Well  done  I"' 


OUR  COLLEGES  ON  SErRET  SOCIETIES. 


Ohio  Central  College, 
Iberia,  Ohio,  Dec.  23,  1873. 

Gentlemen  : — A  press  of  'other  duties  prevented  an 
earlier  reply.  The  other  members  of  the  faculty  of 
this  college.  Professors  Wallace  and  Altar,  are  heart 
and  soul  opposed  to  secret  societies  of  every  clas<», — to 
Freemasonry  and  Odd-fellowship,  as  well  as  to  college 
fraternities. 

No  secret  society,  it  is  believed,  has  ever  been 
organized  among  the  students  of  this  school,  and  it  is 
determined  that  none  ever  shall  be  with  the  knowledge 
or  consent  of  the  present  ms^nagement. 

We  believe  secret  societies  to  be  anti-republican  as 
well  as  anti-Christian,  and  cordially  sympathize  with 
the  Cynosure  in  its  efforts  to  uproot  and  destroy  them. 

In  behalf  of  the  Faculty  of  0.  C.  C. 

Ed.  F.  Reid,  President. 


Masonic  Oatlis  from  the  Bible  Stand-point. 


BY  PROF.  O.    F.    LUMRY,    WHEATON  COLLEGE. 


Gen.  Grant. — The  newspapers  say  that  this  indi 
vidual  was  smoking  while  he  listened  to  the  petision 
of  twenty-fiye  hundred  bankers  and  merchants  for  a 
veto  of  the  inflation  theft.  At  the  time  that  he  re- 
ceived the  Evangelical  Alliance,  he  was  not  smoking, 
but  had  been  smoking  and  drinking  both;  if  any  re- 
liance can  be  placed  on  signs.  His  face  was  bloated 
and  discolored,  bis  eyes  were  watery  and  listless,  in 
fact  he  was  just  such  a  looking  man  as  would  be 
called  a  drunken  bloat,  if  he  had  been  encased  in  old 
clothes.  Surrounded  by  the  incapables  who  consti- 
tute his  Cabinet,  the  picture  was  one  to  cover  with 
shame  the  face  of  every  intelligent  American. 


An  oath  is  an  acknowledgment  of  the  authority  of, 
and  an  implied  declaration  of  allegiance  to,  the  being 
invoked  as  witness  of  the  obligation  and  exactor  of  the 
oenalty — an  act  of  worship  of  the  most  solemn  char- 
acter. Hence  the  Jews  were  expressly  forbidden  to 
swear  by  the  heathen  godi.  Joshua  xxiii.  7,  reads, 
''Neither  make  mention  of  the  name  of  their  gods, 
nor  cause  to  swear  bij  them;  neither  serve  them,  nor 
bow  down  yourselves  to  them."  Also  Jeremiah  v.  7, 
•'How  shall  I  pardon  thee  for  this?  Thy  children 
have  forsaken  me  and  sworn  by  them  that  are  no 
gods."  In  the  immediate  connection  God  says  that 
he  had  fed  them  to  the  full,  and  they  had  committed 
spiritual  adultery ;  that  is,  had  worshiped  the  gods  of 


2 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


the  heathen.     Jehovah  utters  his  threatening  in  Isaiab  oaths,  forming  secret  rings  to  swindle  the  people  whose  i  stores  all  his  riches.     The  command    therefore    to 
Ixv.  11-1 G  against  those  that   sacrifice  to  other  gods,  interests   they    had   sworn   to   protect.     In  countries!  "  enter  into  thy  closet,  and  when  thou  hast  shut  thy 

and  says  that  he  will  slay  them  that  men  may  take  where  idolatry  prevails  there  are  aa  many  separate  oaths  |door,  pray  to  thy  Father  which  is  in  secret  " meaLS 

warning  and  "swear  by  the  God  of  truth."     In  Isaiah  as  gods,  and  the  man  who  has  taken  these  conflicting j  that  one  should  enter  in  privately,  and  alone   amont^ 
xiviii.  1,  Israel  is  accused  of  swearing  by  the  name  of  |  obligations   knows   not  which  to  obey.     He  therefore  the  stores  of  his  riches,  and  there,  kneeling  down" 
the   Lord,   "but   not  in^tuth,  nor  in  righteousness."! obeys   that   which   he   thinks  will   punish  him  most  humbly  ask  God's  blessing  on  those  riches. 
In  Jeremiah   v.  2-7,  chief  among  the  sins  of  Israel  severely  if  he  violates  it.     The  same  result  is  produced'      How  many  wealthy  men  in  America  in  these  days 
for  which  dire  and  certain  destruction  is  threatened,  il  in  Christian  countries  just  in  proportion  to  the  multi-  — how   many    rich   hearers   of  the    word   from   Mr. 


is  said,  "Though  they  say  the  Lord  liveth,"  (a  com- 
mon formula  of  swearing  by  the  true  God)  "surely 
they  swear  falsely."  In  Hebrews  vi.  IG,  we  are  told 
that  "men  verily  swear  by  the  greater"  and  all 
lifser  forms  of  obligation  are  expressly  forbidden. 
James  v.  12  reads,  "But  above  all   things,  my  breth- 


plication  of  bogus  or  extrajudicial  oaths. 


Beecher,  could  do  this   with  prayerful  fcincerity  and 


The   conclusions   to   which   we   come,  after,  aa  we  truth  ? 
think,  a  fair  examination  of  the  subject,  are  these:      i     Mr.  Beecher  does  not  discriminate,  but  receives  all 
I      let.     Masonic  obligations  are  bogus  coin;  sins  to  be  I  alike,  publicans,  harlots  and  Masons,   at    the  Lord's 
repented  of,  not  sacred  obligations  to  be  fulfilled.  table,  which  he  so  liberally  administers.     The  charity 

j  2d.  No  man  has  a  right  to  swear  with  his  life  as  a,  which  he  preaches  is  universal,  infinite,  and  he  be- 
ren,  swear  not;  neither  by  heaven,  neither  by  the i  penalty,  unless  he  has  a  right  to  take  his  own  life,  i stows  it  freely  on  all.  Surpassing  St.  Paul,  who 
earth,  nor  by  any  other  oath;  but  let  your  yea  be j Therefore  Masonic  oaths  are  in  direct  violation  of  the i directed  his  followers  to  come  out  and  separate  tlem- 
yea,  and  your  nay,  nay;  lest  ye  fall  into  condemna-: commandment,   "Thou  shalt  not  kill."  selves  from,  and  not  be  yoked  toaether  with  certain 

tion."  j     3d.     They  arc  opposed  to  truth  and  righteousness, ;  characters,  some  of  whom  were  exceedingly  like  mod- 

The  Saviour  himself  in  Matthew  v.  33-37,  gives  the  I  and  hence  subversive  of  all  just  government.  lern  Masons,  he    aspires  to  the  higher   and  broader 

current  view  that  a  man  must  not  break  his  oath,  bur  4th.  Being  sither  oaths  by  false  gods,  or  false  J  functions  of  the  Saviour  himself,  in  bestowing  mercy 
perform  it  to  the  Lord.  Now  God  was  invoked  as  land  profane  oaths  by  the  true  Gcd,  they  must  neceg-iand  charity.  He  imitates  the  forgiving  power  of  the 
witness,  whatever  the  object  sworn   by;  and  the  per-  sarily  undermine  and  destroy  .all  true  religion.  ! Saviour,  but  has  little  or  no  relish  for  the  suifering 

formance  of   ail  oaths,  to  a  Jew,  was  to  the  Lord,  j  <'An<l  the  Spirit  was  Dumb."  | and  the  sacrifice.     Wealth-getting  ia  made  easy,  and 

The   legitimate   oath   as  we  have  seen  is  by  the  true ; ,'  '  Masonry  finds    eountenance  and  comfort  under  his 

God,  or    God   of  truth,  aad   mast  be   in    truth  andj     Now  when  the  religion  of  the  country  is  trying  to: preaching. 

righteousness;  that  is,  the  thing  sworn  to  must  be  j  purify  itself  from  the  foul  corruptions  that  have  been :  We  of  the  C'j/nosure  fully  admit  the  great  intellect- 
true  and  rUfut.  This  passage  uttered  by  Christ  him- j  brought  upon  it  by  the  deceitful,  pharisaical  craft  ofual  power  of  Mr.  Beecher,  and  can  fully  estimate  the 
self  expressly  and  seriatim,  forbids  all  other  oaths.  Masonry,  representing  itself  and  its  ally  slavery  asjefi'ect  of  that  power  when  directed  to  the  sustentation 
First,  we  must  not  swear  by  anything  pertaining  to  |  two  "  divine"  institutions,  it  is  remarkable  to  observe  |  of  Masonry;  but  we  are  not  discouraged.  Fully  con- 
God,  aa  heaven,  his  dwelling-place;  nor  by  anything!  how  silent  and  dumb  stood  the  religious  press  and  thelvinced  of  the  necessity  of  a  moral  reform,  and  to  that 
commonly  supposed  to  be  separate  from  him,  as  the  pulpit.  When  called  on  to  aid  the  reform,  these  two  end  of  ridding  the  country  of  Masonry,  we  shall 
earth;  nor  by  any  thing  connected  with  ourselves,  as  jinslrumentalities  of  the  Christian  religion,  with  rare — !  steadily  pursue  our  course,  whatever  giants  may 
our   head.     We    roay  swear  by  nothing  in  heaven  or  very  rare  institutions — stand  dumb  and  say  nevr>r  a 'stand  in  our  way,  or  whether  evil  spirits  stand  dumb, 


earth  save  the  true  God.  Now,  the  man  that  violates ,  word.  Or,  if  they  are  forced  by  some  who  sustain 
this  command  sins,  and  the  only  remedy  for  sin  is  re- 1  them  to  say  any  thing  about  Masonry,  they  pretend 
pentance.  .to  be  very  much  afraid  of  using  over  strong  and  vie- 

Since  the  highest  Masonic  authorities  have  repeated- j  lent  measures.     They  are  exceedingly  careful,  lest  in 


ly    decided    that  it  ia  unmasonic  to  pray  in  the  name 
of  Christ,  is   it   not   equally    true  that  Masonic  oaths 


casting  out  evil  spirits  from  society,  they  should  tear 
and  lacerate  society.     They  want  to  cast  out  devils 


or  foam  or  rage. 


F.  H.   C. 


[From  the  Eameet  Ckristian.l 

Experience  of  a  Seceding  Mason. 


BY   REV.  A.    T.    BILET. 


are  not  administered  in  the  name  of  Christ?  That  [easily,  so  that  even  the  patient  himself  shall  never 
Christ  is  not  the  being  intended  in  the  formula?  If  know  that  the  work  has  been  done!  In  following 
80,  then  the  terrible  denunciation  given  above  against 
those  that  swear  by  false  gods   are  against  those  thai 


out  this  tender  mode  of  treatment,  they   proceed   to 
find  excuses  for  Masonry,  and  pet  it  with  kind  words, 


I  had  long  entertained  a  good  opinion  of  Masonry, 
and  had  argued  in  its  favor.  I  had  many  friends  who 
were  Masons,  some  of  them  Chris  Lian  men  in  whom 
I  had   the  utmost  confidence ;  had  read  the  Masonic 


take  Masonic  oaths?}   But  |d;rant  that  the  true  God  is^s  if  it  did  not  mean  to  be  naughty  at  all,  for  surely, l Monitor,  taking  particular  notice  of  everything  that  I 


meant  in  the  formula  used,  and  suppose  a  man  swears, 
as  in  the  Master  Mason's  oath,  to  keep  a  brother 
Master  Mason's  secret,  murder  and  treason  excepted ; 
or  in  the  Royal  A.rch  oath,  murder  and  treason  not 
excepted.  In  so  doing  he  puts  himeelf  in  this  posi- 
tion: he  calls  the  true  God,  the  God  of  truth  and 
righteousness,  to  witness  that  he  will,  if  need  be,  make 
himself  a  thief  or  a  murderer,  according  to  all  law 
human  and  divinCj  and  if  he  does  not  he  agrees  to 
have  his  life  taken  in  a  manner  the  most  shocking 
conceivable.  Can  impiety  and  terrible  profanity  go 
further? 

It  was  in  view  of  such   horrible  supplanting  of  the 


when  we  pray,  are  we  not  directed  to  go  into  our 
closet, and  pray  in  secret,  as  the  lodge  does?  The 
Rev.  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  who  preaches  money- 
making,  taking  his  texts  from  Wall  street,  instead  of 
from  the  Bible,  complains  of  Anti-masonry  as  if  it  were 
traps  or  pit- falls,  needlessly  placed  around  the  church 
to  keep  out  good,  pious  Masons  from  thronging  up  to 
the  pulpit  to  hear  the  words  of  One  who  "  in  secret 
said  nothing."  Mr.  Beecher  does  not  command  his 
Masonic  hearers  to  repent  as  a  needed  means  of  re- 
formation, but  he  complains  of  Anti-masons  who  would 
prevent  these  Masons  from  thronging  up  to  liberal 
pulpits   where   their  sin  is  never  to  be  once   men- 


true  oath  of  God  among  the  Jews  by  the  oaths  in  theitioned! 


heathen  mysteries,  the  boasted  and  real  progenitors  of 
modern  mysteries,  that  the  prophet  Jeremiah  uttered 
the  broken-hearted  vrail  contained  in  the  twenty-third 
chapter  of  his  prophecy.  Hs  charges  ihe  prophets 
with  committing  adultery,  that  is,  engaging  in  false 
worships,  and  doing  the  things  that  invariably  accom- 
pany such  a  course,  telling  lies  and  strengthening  the 


his  times  in  a  single  utterance,  the  prophet  says, 
"Because  of  swearing  the  land  mourneth."  Should 
we  not  fear  that  the  time  is  not  far  distant  when  our 
beloved   land   will   mourn, — nay,  does  it  not  already 


considered  good  in  its  teachings.  I  had  never  read 
an  Anti-masonic  book  or  paper — bad  heard  somethings 
that  I  considered  bad  about  them — but  thought,  as 
many  others  do,  that  they  were  false.  At  times,  I 
thought  I  would  never  become  a  Mason;  at  other 
times  thought  it  would  help  me  in  my  work  as  a 
Christian  minister,  and  I  had  best  join  them.  Finally 
I  asked  a  Christian  minister,  in  whom  I  had  great 
confidence,  who  is  I  believe,  a  Knight  Templar,  if  he 
would  advise  me  to  become  a  Mason:  he  said  he 
would.  I  then  made  up  my  mind  to  join  as  soon 
as  possible.  I  made  it  a  matter  of  prayer ;  tried  to 
commit  my  way  unto  the  Lord,  and,  as  far  as  possi- 
ble, tried  to  act  with  an  eye  single  to  his  glory.     I 


thought  I  could  reach  men  with  the  Gospel  that  I 
could  reach  in  no  other  way ;  that  I  could  obtain  help 
in  church  enterprises,  and  individual  pecuniary  aid, 
that  would  make  me  more  efficient  in  my  ministerial 
labors.     I  prayed  God  if  it  was  wrong  for  me  to  join, 


We  were  bitterly  amused  the  other  day — amused 
and  pained  at  one  and  the  same  time,  to  see  the  effect 
of  this  kind  of  preaching  in  one  instance.  A  mer- 
chant, who  has  been  accused  of  defrauding  the  reve- 
nue (in  secret  of  course)  paid  six  thousand  dollars  as  a 

compromise,  in  order  to  be  free  from  the  horrors  of  a  to  prevent  it;  if  it  was  his   will,  to  permit  it.     (The 
wounded  reputation,  as  he  belonged  to  Mr.  Beecher's '  question  may  be  asked,  Why,  then,  did  God  permit 
hands  of  evil-doers.     If  a  man's  religion  is  false  he  is  church,  and  did  not  wish  to  bring  additional  scandal  kie  to  get  into  it  if  it  is  wrong?     Two  solutions    pre- 
unsouud  all  the  way  through,  and  ready  for  any  evil  j  upon  it.     He  was  honest,  but  submitted  to  be  black- !  sent  themselves  to  my  mind.     The  first  is,  I  was  in  a 
work.     Aa  if  to  sum  up  all   the  causes  of  the  evil  oi]  mailed,  in  secret,   rather  than  throw  even  a  suspi-j  partially  backslidden  condition,  and  it  may  be  that  God 

cious  spot  upon  Mr.  Beecher's  preaching.     Secrecy  is  could  not  lead  me   as  he  would.     I  was  not  walking 
very  valuable  to  Mr.  Beecher'a  church.  I  in  the  noon-day,  cloudless  light  of  the  Sun  of  Right- 

But  it  is  a  great  mistake  to  suppose  that  secret  arts  I  eousness.  The  second  is,  I  speak  of  it  cautiously,  it 
and  practices  find  any  encouragement  in  the  Bible,  i  may  be  that  God,  who  sees  the  end  from  the  begin- 
That  passage  of  scripture  which  directs  the  Christian  Uing,  saw  that  I  would  come  out  from  it:  and  because 
to  go  into  his  closet  to  pray,  does  not  intend  to  incul- '  of  having  been  a  Mason,  have  greater  power  and  influ- 
cate   merely  and  alone    that   unostentatious    secrecy  jence  in  working  against  the  abomination.)     I  applied 


mourn  becaude  of  swearmg? 


?» 


AVe  see  how  recklessly  men  take  upon  them  solemn 
obligations   of  allegiance  to  God  and    then  take  other 


oaths  entirely  at  variance  with  these,  binding  them- 
selves under  penalties  horribly  wicked  and  profane. 
What  wonder  that  we  recently  saw  men  taking  the 
oath  of  allegiance  to  our  government  and  swearing  to 
l)rotect  it  as  civil  officers,  and  at  the  same  time  taking 
and  keening  other  oaths  to  seek  its  destruction.  More 
recently  we  have  seen  other  men,  under  solemn  oflicial 


^^1 


which  Masonry  preaches,  but  virtually 
practices;  but  it  means  also  to  inculcate  in 
nocence,  and  purity,  and  honesty  in  business 
transactions.  The  Greek  word,  which  is  trans- 
lated closet,  does  not  mean  our  closet  of  modern 
times;  but  it  means  a  store-house,  granary^  or  depos- 
itory of  wealth ;  that  is,  the  private  place  where  a  man 


neverifoi*  admission,  and  was  accepted.  When  I  was  asked 
in  the  preparation  rooms,  if  I  would  cheerfully  con- 
form to  all  the  ancient  usages  and  customs  of  the  or- 
der, I  replied.  Yes ;  if  there  is  nothing  ag.iinst  con- 
science. One  man  said  he  guessed  there  was  not.  But 
when  required  to  divest  myself  of  clothing,  with 
the  exception  of  shirt,  and  then  put  on  their  Masonic 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


drawers,  it  was  certainly  against  my  modesty.  When  |  was  from  ''Masons,  because  they  were  such,   and  felt'  A  (Question  of  Ihe  Hour, 

required  to  say  that  I  had  come  hither  "to  learn  to  bound  to  help  the  needy."    [Masons  of  course. )  The  I 

subdue  my  passions,"  I  thought  it  rather  a  conference  gave  me  sixty-five  dollars,  which  helped'  Thus  it  is  everywhere;  most  of  our  ministers  are 
hard  saying,  at  least  for  a  Christian  man.  The  idea  i  me  pay  some  debts  and  get'  some  clothing  for  my  '^°'''^°  ^^  ^^  Masons,  and  most  of  the  few  who  say 
of  a  Christian  going  to  a  Masonic  lodge  to  learn  tot  wife.  I  was  ordained  deacon,  blest  spiritually,  and  ^^^^  ^""^  °°*  Masons,  do,  nevertheless,  act  like  Mat- 
subdue  hrg  passions!  'came  back  full  of  hope  for  the  future;  and  with  ^  °'^^-  ^^'^^'^  ^'^'  or  nearly  all  the  officers  of  a  given 
My  suspicions  of  the  terrible  evil  of  the  institution  hitter  opinion  of  Masonry.  !^™y  ^""^  '"  s^^ti^  ^^^g^^  with  (he  enemy,  is  it  not 
were  not  arroused  much,  if  any,  until  I  came  to  the'  I  went  to  my  new  appointment,  and  k, '  almost  ■^!'°^  ^^^*  ^''°^  ^'"^^  ^^''^  ^'^^^"'^^'^^  ^^ '^  not  high 
obligation  in  the  Fellow  Craft  degree.  When  I  came  i  the  first  thing,  I  providentially  came  across  "Finney  i  ^'^^  ^^'^^  ^^®  ^^y^'^'  soldiers  were  placed  under  better 
to  the^ckuse  in  this  obligation,  "furthermore  do  you  j  on  Masonry."  This  completely  uptet  me.  I  saw  plain- ;°®^^''^-  If  t^e  unnatural  connection  continues,  are 
promise  and  swear,  that  you  will  obey  all  regular  ly  that  I  must  give  up  Masonry.  I  read  everything :  °°^  ^^® '^^^^  ^^^^^i^''^  ''^'^1^  *^  b^^^^^^e  ^^  disloyal  as 
signs  and  summons,  given,  handed,  sent  or  thrown  to^  I  could  get  on  the  subject:  "Bernard's  Light  on  Ma-'*^^^''  officers?  And  even  though  they  should  nof,  are 
you  by  the  hand  of  a  brother  Felloe  Craft  Mason,  sonry,"  Judge  "Whitnev'.s  Defense  before  the  Grand ,  ^''^y  not  liable  to  be  betrayed  into  the  hand  of  the 
.  .  .  .  orlodgeofsuch,  if  it  be  within  the  length  I  Lodge,"  "The  Broken  Seal, "'-The  Image  of  the  Beast,",  ®'^®'"y'  We  think  theee  questions  demand  pre  mpt 
of  your  cable-tow,"  the  thought  of  Morgan's  murder  {copies  of  the  "C?/H.osM.re,"  '' Methodist  Free  Fress,'' f^^  profound  attention.  The  issue  is  upon  us,  and 
came  into  my  mind.  I  was  terribly  excited,  though  I « 'i^r^e  J/ei/iorfis^ "  etc.  1  was  surprised  to  find  that  I '^^'^^. '^  '^'^  avoiding  it.  Nor  ciu  any  one  of  ordi- 
I  suppose  I  did  not  show  it.  la  this  excited  state  ['Masonry  was  so  fully  exposed,  and  became  convinced  t''^';^  intelligence  plead  ignorance  as  an  (  xcust.  for  not 
took  the  remainder  of  the  oUigition:  though  when  1  that  it  was  my  duty  al?o  to  renounce  if,  and,  as  did  1°^'''.^'  ''°'"  ^''^  ^^'^^^  ""^^  palpable  and   indisputable. 


had  to  say  that  I  did  it  without  any  mental   reserva- 
tion, I  thought  I  would    never   help  kill  any  one.     I 


Finney   and  other    Christian  men,   expose  it  to  the:  ^^"^  ^"'*^"°*^'  it  is  an  indisputable  fact  th^  most  of  our 
world;   that   the  obligations  are  not  morally   binding  '^''''''^'■'  are  in  oath-bound  league   with  the  Masonic 


from  the  miaistry   altogether,  in 
Nor  is  it  much  better  with  the 


wonder  howl    ever  could  have  been  so  guilty    as  to;  on  anyone,      [was   deceived   as    to  ils  true    charac-:*"^    kmdred    combinatiocs;  it  is  an  indisputa'ole    fact 
take  such    an   obligation!     Under   those    circumstan- - ter ;  and  I  have  God's  Word  for  it.      "If a  soul  swear,  t^^a*  Masonry  rejects  Jesus  Christ;  rejects  the  Bible; 

C3S,  I  could  gfit  no  rest  until  I  went  to  t'ae  Master  of  ^ and  it   be   hid   from  him,  wh.-n   he,^*"'  it  publishes  all  this.  It  is  an  indisputable  fact  that 

the  lodge  about  it,  and  he  told  me   that  the  obliga- ;  knoweth  of  it  he  shall  con/ess  that  he  hath  sinned  in'*^''  minister  who  does  not  join  the  lodge,  or,  at  least, 
tioD  wa.=  taken  with    the  understanding  that   I  would; that  thing."— Lev.   y.  4,  5.  '"^'"=*  *«  'o^g«'  ''"'«'  ^«  persecuted  in  various  ways, 

never  be    called  upon  to  do  anything  conflicting    with       Of  course  this  raised  a  storm  of  indignation.     Ire.,*°     even  excluded 
duty  to  God,  country  or  family.  '  iceiveda   letter  advising  me    to   say  nothing   on    the : '^^  ^^'  ^^'  ^^^^^^-     ^^^^  ^^  ' 

(But  how  was  it  in  the  cnse  of  Morgan?  Men  were  matter;  and  stating  that  I  had  a  man  in  my  charge  |  P"''**''  members;  if  they  do  not  submit  to  Masonic 
summoned  to  attend  the  lodges,  and  finally,  after  con-'  "who  might  be  filling  good  charges  to-day,  but  he  isi'"'^'  ^^^^  ^""^  annoyed,  injured,  crushed  in  a  great 
sultations  had  been  held  all  over  the  country,  it  was  i  unacceptable,  even  to  those  who  care  nothing  about  ''^™^^  °^  ^^^'^  ^'''^-  "^^^^  ^'^  "''^^  °'^^'''  ^^^  '°'^'  ""^ 
decided  that  he  must  die!  Eight  men  had  to  cast  | Masonry,  because  he  will  not  let  it  alone."  The  m,n  i'^^  ^^^g«  ^^'^  to  bring  them  to  submit  to  lodge  rule,  or 
lots  to  see  which  should  kill  him.  Three  of  them 
drew  lots  with  D — ^or  death — on  them,  and  they  put 
him  to  (Jeathl     And  this  is  only  conforming   to   "an 

clent  custom?  of  the  order.'')     I  was  fiatisfied  with  his  butis  able  "to  take  work,  and  wanted  to,  but  he  could  ■^^''''^^  ^'^^  ''^^^''^  ^'^  '"'S^*^  -^^^  privileges  as  citizens; 
explanation,   and    went  on.  1  not  keep  still  about  Masonry.     This  letter  led  me,  in  '  "^^""y  ''^'^  '''^°*'  '^^^  *^^'^"  "'j^i-^cter  or  business  be  dc- 

But  in  taking  the  obligation  of  Master  Mason,  my  |  connection  witH  other  things,  to  conclude  to  t^^^ei'^™^^*^' ''^'^'^  ^^^^""^ '"b'"'^  '"  profu^and  sdence,  lest 
fuspicions  were  again  arroused  at  the  clause,  "Fur- 1  nothing  more  to  do  with  a  church  so  controlled  i,y  i  their  houses  should  be  burnt  over  their  heads.  As 
thermore  do  I  promise  and  swear,  that  a  Master  Ma- j  Masonic  influence.  But  where  should  I  go?  The '  ^^  ^^^"^"•^  P''®^''^"''g'  ^"^"^'^  ''^  them  say,  "  iMasoury 
Eton's  secrets,  given  to  me  in  charge  as  such,  and  I  Lord  sent  Bro.  T.  S.  La  Dae  out  in  that  country  toi''^^^  ^'^''^^''^  ^°^  ^^^^  '-^^'^"-'^  blasphemy  I  ever  read 
knowing  them  to  be  such,  shall  remain  as  secure  and  hold  quarterly  meetings.     I  attended  the  meeting.     ll"^'  ^"*  ^  ^°"^^  '^^t  give  much  for  that  man's  life  who 


18  Rev.  A.  C.  Hand,  known  to  many  of  your  readers,  '^^"'"^  ^^^™  ^^  '^"^  ^'"^^  ^'^"^  ^he  cturch,  then  they 
a  man  of  excelent  talents,  but  is  a  strong  Anti-mason.  1*^'"'^^  *^°'"  "»''  ^o^^^^^^  ^7  «  ^ock  trial,  and  some- 
He  is  a  superannuate  in    the  Minnesota   Conference,  "'""'^  ^'^^''"^  *"^^   ^''^^'     ^'''  ^^^  ^^    ^'^^^    "^^'"^ 


lere  lives  another   good  Mason,  wl 


there  was  nothing  required   of   me  conflicting    with  [like  a  Free  Methodist.     Glory    be   io    God!     I    fei, ^^^  tongue  by  the  rooJs,"  and  so  on  to 'he  end  of  the 

ether  duties.l  went  through  with  the  third  degree.     I 'that  I  was  among  kindred   spirits.     Tasked   God  to^^'^'^'":  P^''^'^^^-     ^""^   "°*   ^^'^  ^'■^"^   "^^^'^   ^  ^'''"' 

tried  to  reconcile  these  things    with   conscience,    butldirect  mo:  and  I  finally  asked   Bro.   La  Due,   (chair-   '^''"*^' 

they  were  like  Banquo's  ghost — they  would  not  down.  :  man  of  the  district,)  if  he  could    give    me   a  place   to 

I   attended   a   camp-meeting    shortly   afterward,  and  i  work.   It  seemed  that  the  Lord  had  a  place  already  pre-; '^'^.'^^'' ^^^'' ^^^^^'^^  ^''"^'  '^^^'^' ^^  the  dev 

there,  while  praying  for  a  personal  blessing  from  God,  j  pared  for  me.   I  wrote  to  the  M.  E.  presiding  elder  thai  ■'''^'^*   preacher,   too,  said    he  vfculd  join   the  lodge. 

Masonry  came  up  before  my  mind,     i  promised  Qodil  must  withdraw   from  the  M.  E.  church;  giving  my  ^^°^  8**^®  the  following  as  his  reason  for  doicg  so:     '•  1 

if  Ifout^d  that  Masonry    was    wrong  1    would  give  j  reasons  for  it.     I  then  united  with    the  Free  Msthc-;^**^®  the   support  of  the  brethren,  and  if  1  join  the 

it  up.     He  took  me  at  my  vrord,  and  poured  out  hia  dists,    and  persecution  began.     Men  have  commenced  i'Odge  1  will  have  the  support  oi    tas  wcr.d  mo.       He 

Spirit  upon  me.     This  was  but  a  short  time  belbrelito    say    all    manner    of    evil      against     me     falsely,  i*^'"  j*^'^  tne  lodge    inthispiace. 

started  for  conference.     I  was  a  probationer  of  the  sec-  j  An  ex-presiding  elder  of  the  M,  E.  church  says,   "All '     Such  are  a  few,  and  only  a  few  of  what  I  claim  to 

end  year,   in  the  Minnesota  Conference  of  the  M.  E.  j  thinking  men  will  look  upon  you  as  a  perjured  manV'.''^^  indisputable  facts,  and   names  can  be  furnshed  if 

church.     On  my  way   to  the   conference,    I    passed! But  I  will  not  take  space  to   enumerate   the  trials  i| accessary.     So  clear   it  is  that   the   issue  is  upon  uf, 


a  snort 
c  Masons 
A  ileih- 


through  the  town  where  my  wife's  people  lived ,  she 
had  gone  before  on  a  visit:  and  I  found  them  in  great 
excitement  about  Masonry.  I  found  that  they  had 
an  expose  of  Masonry,  written  by  a  Germanj  minister 
and  published  (in  German)  by  Hitchcock  and  Walden. 
When  I  found  that  my  wife  had  read  the  book,  and 


have  been  passing  through.  God  has  wonderfully ;  *°d  there  is  but  one  alternatlvo  left  for  us,  namely, 
blesssed  and  sustained  me.  He  ha?  given  me  cour-jsubmit  to  the  Masonic  yoke,  or  manfully  contend  for 
age  and  strength  to  lecture  with  Bro.  La  Due,  inthej^liat  is  dearer  to  us  than  life  itself.  I  need  not 
presence  of  Masons  who  were  doing  all  in  their  pow-i^^y*  that  the  Masonic  yoke  is  the  meanest,  the  must 
er  to  make  the  people  believe  I  was  lying.  I  have :  g'^l'ing  of  all  yokes,  Hence,  he  who  submits  to  it,  is 
been  cited  to  appear  for  trial  for  violation  of  obligation  I  not  worthy  of  being  called  a  man.     And  as  it  is  now 


knew  of  the   practices  of  the  Masons   in  their  nightly  |  by  disclosing  the  secrets  of  Masonry,  and   renouncing  I  ^^^^^nowledged  that  preachers  join  the  lodge,  that  they 

all  allegiance  to  the  order.  The  penalty  is  death. ;  '^^J  g«t  money  both  from  e;iints  and  sinnerr,  it  is 
The  committee  appointed  by  the  lodge  to  take  tes- ;  iioped  that  the  saints  will  find  no  diiliculty  in  finding 
timony  in  the  case,  is  composed  of  a  representative  j  better  use  for  their  money  than  to  give  it  to  such  uc- 
elect  to  the  legislature;  a  steward  in  theM.  E.  church,  j  ^^cVthy  objects.  Nor  can  they  fail  to  see  that  £o  long 
and  a  prominent  lawyer,  I  hardly  think  they  dare} as  they  accept  of,  and  support  Masonic  preachers,  as 
attempt  to  take  my  life;   but  they  will  do  all  in  their 'their  pastors,  so  long  the  evil  of  which  we  complain 


orgies,  I  was  ashamed  of  the  institution.  I  was  al- 
most tempted  to  get  the  book  and  destroy  it.  I  tried 
to  keep  her  relations  from  knowing  that  I  was  a  Ma- 
son, but  their  talk  had  a  great  eflfect  on  me.  At  St. 
Paul  I  stopped  with  my  old  class-leader,  [a  man  full  of 
faith,  and  about  the  first  thing,  before  he  knew  I  was  a 
Mason,  he  commenced  talking  against  it.  I  was  getting 
hit  on  every  side.  But  when  I  got  to  conference, 
among  so  many  ministers  who  were  Masons,  I  felt 
reassured.  I  had  received  but  little  pay  from  my 
charge  for  three  years ,  and  was  in  great  need,  both 
myself  and  family.  A  good  Christian  and  warm- 
hearted brother  started  a  subscription  to  get  me  a 
suit  of  clothes — giying  four  dollars  himself.  He  said 
to  me  several  times,  '  'I  want  you  to  consider  that 
this  comes  trom  the  Lord,"  But  a  prominent  minis- 
ter,   in   writing   to    me  afterward,   said  a  part  of   it 


power  to  ruin  my  reputation,  and  hinder  me  in  this 
world.  But  I  trust  in  the  Lord  with  all  my  heart, 
and  lean  not  to  my  own  understanding.  In  all  my 
ways  I  try  to  acknowledge  him ;  and  he  does  direct 
my  paths.     Glory  be  to  his  name ! 

"He  leacleth  me— oh  Ijlessed  thought, 
O  words  with  heavenly  comfort  fronght." 


will  continue  and  increase. — Stv. 
in  Meth.  Free  Press. 


John   Levington, 


"In  small  things,"  says  Spurgeon,  "lie  the  cruci- 
bles and  the  touchstones.  Any  hypocrite  will  come  to      ^^ 

the  Sabbath  worship,  but  it  is  not  every   hypocrite  I         /""    '' ""    '  j     * 

that  will  attend  prayer  meetings,  or  read  the  Bible  in  M^^ndred  thousand,  w 

secret,  or  speak  privately  of  the  things  of  God  to  the  [greater  hero  is  he  who  has  butonca  conquered  him 

saints."  jselt^ 


— Wisdom  does  not  show  itself  so  much  ia  precept 
as  in  life — in  firmness  of  mind  and  mastery  of  appe- 
tite. It  teaches  us  to  do  as  well  as  to  talk;  and  to 
make  our  words  and  actions  all  cf  a  color. 

— He  who  would  conquer  ia  battle  ten  times  a 
ere   indeed  a  hero.     But  truly  a 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Exccutire  Committee  Notice. 


The  Executive  Committee  of  the  National 
Christian  Association  are  hereby  notified 
that  a  meeting  will  be  held  at  the  Cyno- 
"surc  Office  ou  Friday,  April  2-lth,  at  11 
o'clock  A.  M.    By  order  of  the 

CaAlRMAN. 

*■** ^ 

THE   NATIONAL   CHRISTIAN   ASSO- 
CIATION, 

OPPOSED   TO  SECKET   SOCIETIES. 

President — J.  G.  Carson,  Xcuia,  O. 

Vice-Presidents— 11.  B.  Taylor,  of  Ohio  ; 
Aaron  Floyd,  of  Pensylvauia;  Luke 
Thomas,  of  Ind ;  Pres.  D.  A.  Wallace,  of 
Illinois;  George  Brok.aw,  of  Iowa;  N.  E. 
Gardner,  of  Missouri;  N.  B.  Blanton,  of 
Kansas;  Donald  Kirkpatrick,  of  Iscw 
York ;  J.  W.  Wood,  of  AVisconsin ;  John 
Levingtou,  of  Michi<:!;an. 

Corresponding  Secretary— I.  A.  Hart, 
Wheaton,  111. 

Recording  Secretaries— H.  L.  Kellogg, 
G.  L.  Arnold. 

Treasurer— H.  L.  Kelloga;,  11  Wabash 
Ave.,  Chicago. 

Executive  Commiltee— J.  Blanchard, 
P.  Carpenter,  I.  A-  Hart,  George  Dietrich, 
J.  M.  Snyder,  O.  F.  Lunny,  Isaac  Preston, 
C.  R.  Hagerty,  J.  .M.  Wallace,  E.  A.  Cook, 
J.  G.  Terrill,  A.  Wait,  H.  L.  Kellogg. 

The  objocis  of  this  Association  are  to 
expose,  withstand  and  remove  secret  soci- 
eties and  other  like  anti-Christian  organi- 
zations from  church  and  stale. 

The  Association  originated  in  a  meeting 
held  Oct.  30lh,  18(37,  in  the  City  Hall  of 
Aurora,  II!.,  attended  by  persons  opposed 
to  secret  societies,  where  a  commiltee  was 
appointed  to  make  the  necessary  arrange- 
ments for  a  National  Convention.  This 
was  held  in  Pittsburgh,  May  5th-7lh, 
18GS,  when  the  National  Association  was  or 
ganized.  Itssubseciuent  raeelingshave  been 
held  :  Chicago,  June  8th-10th,  180!J  ;  Cin- 
cinnati, June  !)th-lllh,  1870  ;  Worcester, 
Mass.,  June  7th-Uth,  1871  ;  Oberlin,  Ohio, 
^Nlay  21st-23d,  1872  ;  Monmouth,  111., 
May  14th-16th,  187^.  Its  presiding  offi- 
cers have  been  in  order  :  Bishop  D.  Ed- 
wards, Prof.  J.  C.  Webster,  Judge  F.  D. 
Parish,  Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps,  Prcs.  J. 
Blanchard. 

The  Association  employs  a  General 
Agent  and  Lecturer,  and  has  secured 
State  lecturers  for  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Illi- 
nois, whose  names  appear  in  the  list  of 
lecturers.  The  support  of  the  Association 
is  entirely  voluntary.  Funds  are  greatly 
needed  to  carry  on  the  work  already  be- 
gun, and  contributions  are  hereby  solicited 
from  eyery  friend  of  the  reform.  Send 
by  post-othce  order,  registered  letter  or 
draft  to  the  Treasurer,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 


sponded  to  the  loud  call   for  laborers, 

and  leaving  the  ordinary  ministrations 
of  his  deiiomination,  where  he  can  com- 
mand a  good,  sure  salary,  has  entered 
the  field  as  Siate  Lecturer.  Shall  such 
a  rcaa  ever  have  cause  to  write  such  a 
letter  ag;ain  ?  God  forbid.  The  Grange 
alone  we  presume  costs  Ohio  farmers  a 
hundred  times  the  amount  needed  to 
support  our  State  Lecturers,  and  yet 
the  Grange  is  a  curse  instead  of  a  bless- 
iiig.  Surely  Ohio  friends  of  the  cause 
will  pay  their  own  noble  self  sacrificing 
State  Leclurcr  in  advance  if  need  be. 
Address  contributions  to  Rev.  D.  S. 
Csldwel!,  Carey,  Ohio.  They  wiil  be 
reported  by  him  at  the  Cynosure  office. 


From  the  Indiana  Agent. 


tmm\\  3m% 


Lecture  List. 


^The  General  Agent  was  at  Oberlin  on 
the  Sabbath,  and  has  appointments  in  Me- 
dina county,  Ohio,  this  week. 

— The  reformers  in  Indiana  will  be  glad 
to  learn  that  their  efficient  State  Agent  is 
about  to  remove  to  Ligonier,  in  Noble 
county,  where  he  will  have  better  aflvan- 
tiges  for  reaching  his  field.  He  has  lect- 
ured twenty-eight  times  within  the  last 
month.  The  .Kxecutive  Committee  of  the 
State  Association  have  appointed  him  del- 
legate  to  Si'r.icuse. 

— The  letters  of  two  weeks  ago  on  the 
Morenci,  (Mich,)  murder,  have  awakened 
some  apprehension  lest  Eider  Baird  had 
become  the  victim  of  the  lodge.  But  a 
late  letter  from  him  written  at  home  dis- 
pels such  a  fear. 

— Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  starts  for  New 
York  next  week.  He  v/ill  speak  on  the 
way  at  and  near  Pittsburgh,  Pa. 


Ohio    Airti-Secret    State    Convention. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
dard, Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
605  E.  Washington  St., Indianapolis,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  0. 

State  Lecturer  for  New  York,  J.  L.  Bar- 
low, Bemus  Heights,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Senecaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.  Rathbun,   Odessa,  N.  Y. 
S.  Smith,  Charles  City,  Iowa. 
R.  B.  Taylor,  Summcrfleid,  O. 
L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
Linus  Chittenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 
P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton ,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola, Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis. 
G.  P.  Hawley,  Seneca  Falls  N.  Y. 
Wm.  M.  Giveus,  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind. 
J.  L.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 

The  Ohio  State  Agent  writes:  -'My 
heart  is  certainly  in  the  work  in  which 
I  am  engaged;  but  financially  things 
look  exceedingly  dark."  It  makes  one's 
heart  ache,  and  we  trust  it  will  lead  the 
people  of  Ohio  to  forward  contributiocfi 
promptly  for  Mr,  Caldwell's  support,  to 
read  such  words  as  these  we  quote 
from  his  letter.  Here  i\  noble  Chris- 
tian minister,  who  for  the  love  he  has 
for  this  work  of  reform,  feeling  the 
great  importance  of  this  cause,  has  re- 


After  consulting  with  the  friends  of 
our  reform  as  general]}-  as  practicable 
as  to  the  time  and  place  of  holding  our 
State  Convention  for  organiaation,  we 
have  concluded  that  we  can  do  no  bet- 
ter than  to  appoint  it  at  Flat  Rock, 
SentcA  Co.,  0.  This  is  not  as  central 
as  we  could  desire,  but  all  the  circum- 
stances indicate  ttat  this  will  be  the 
most  Duccessful  place  for  Buch  a  gather- 
ing on  short  notice,  in  this  appoint- 
ment we  have  the  concurrence  of  Rev. 
L.  Moore,  President  of  Northern  Cen- 
tral Ohio  organization,  and  other 
friends,  and  hope  that  it  may  meet  the 
approbation  of  our  friends  generally 
throughout  the  State.  As  the  National 
j  meeting  at  Syracuse  is  fast  approach- 
ing, .'ind  as  wc  hope  to  be  fiily  repre- 
sented in  that  body,  we  fix  the  time 
for  holding  our  Siate  meeting  to  com- 
mence Tuesday  evening,  the  19  th  of 
May,  and  to  continue  until  Thursday 
evening,  the  2l5t.  We  hope  all  our 
friends  who  can  possibly  atttend  will 
do  £0,  as  the  convention  will  be  one  of 
much  interest  to  our  cause  in  this  State; 
and  we  hope  the  influence  will  be 
healthy  on  other  States.  Corns  one, 
come  cM,  and  let  us  put  this  State  upon 
a  basis  in  which  she  can  be  effectively 
aggressive  against  this  enemy  of  God 
and  humanity.  We  wish  to  be  able  to 
appoinli  one  or  more  delegates  at  this 
meeting  from  every  county  in  the  State 
to  the  National  meeting  in  June. 
Hope  the  friends  will  ail  take  an  inter- 
est in  securing  funds  from  each  county 
suflieient  to  defray  the  expenses  of 
their  respective  delegates.  We  will  see 
that  able  speakers  are  present  on  the 
occasion.  Papers  favorable  please  copy. 
D.  S.  Caldwbll,  Stale  AtjenL 
Carey,  0,,  April  1 3  th,  '74. 
P.  S. — Persons  from  all  parts  of  the 
Stats  will  stop  ofif  at  Bellview,  and  will 
be  conveyed  to  place  of  meeting. 


Portland,  Ind.,  April  I3th,  1874. 
DfiAE  K: — Our  convention  at  Liber 
on  Wednesday,  the  8th, — being  the 
first  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Jay 
County  Association,  was  eminently 
a  success.  Here,  as  in  other  places, 
there  is  an  extensive  anti-secrecy  sen- 
timent, which  only  needs  developing 
and  crystalizing.  And  the  work  of  de- 
velopment and  crystahzation  goes  on 
bravely.  I  received  a  letter  from  Bro. 
Wilson  Millig.-in  and  wife,  requesting 
me  to  visit  this  region,  which  I  did  in 
July  last.  At  that  time  no  lectures 
had  been  given  in  this  county;  and  as 
the  coKiing  of  an  anti-secrecy  lecturer 
had  been  extensively  heralded  by  friend 
and  foe,  no  small  stir  was  made  when 
I  arrived  and  began  my  work.  Some 
opposition  was  made,  which,  as  usual, 
proved  to  be  ''wind  in  our  sails."  Bro. 
Milligan  deserves  great  credit,  also  his 
wife,  for  the  great  interest  they  have 
manifested  in  awakening  public  atten- 
tion to  the  Anti-masonic  movement,  and 
in  inaugurating  an  active  sentiment, 
the  good  results  of  which  they  are  now 
beginning  to  see. 

This  is  my  fourth  visit  to  Jay  coun- 
ty, and  the  progress  of  the  cause  since 
the  first,  is  very  encouraging  indeed. 
The  Association  is  now  fairly  under 
headway.  Wilson  Milligan,  of  whom 
even  Masons  are  obliged  to  say,  ''he 
is  an  honest,  reliable  man,"  is  its  pres- 
ident. His  white  Iccks,  hie  plain,  old- 
fashioned  ways,  and  his  record  as  an 
abolitionist,  who  was  severely  censured 
for  "preaching  politics"  from  the  pul- 
pit, in  addition  to  which,  being  a  resident 
of  the  county  since  1837,  and  hence 
being  known  all  over  it,  all  seems  to 
point  him  out  as  '  'the  man  for  the 
place''  he  occupies.  Gomer  A.  Jones, 
of  the  firm  of  Jones  Bros.,  the  princi- 
pal hardware  men  in  Portland,  and  a 
graduate  of  Wheaton  College,  is  the 
gentlemanly  and  efficient  secretary. 
He  renders  entire  satisfaction.  The 
friends  in  Jay  county  have  occasion  to 
congratulate  themselves  upon  having 
secured  his  hearty  co-operation;  and  as 
he  is  young  like  myself,  I  trust  I  shall 
often  be  permitted  to  meet  him  in  the 
front,  where  the  action  is  hottest. 
The  treasurer's  place  is  rery  fitly  filled 
by  my  friend  and  brother,  Dr.  John  A. 
Morehouse,  with  whom  I  am  now  stop- 
ping. He  is  a  "United  Brethren," 
•'dyed  in  the  wool,"  and  like  Mr. 
Jones,  is  a  young  man.  These  are  the 
principal  officers:  and  led  by  such  men, 
by  the  blessing  of  God,  Jay  county 
will  triumph  over  the  workings  of  the 
devil — grange  and  all.  A  political 
convention  is  to  be  held  in  July,  and  a 
full  ticket  placed  in  the  field.  The 
next  regular  semi-annual  meeting  will 
be  at  Westchester  in  the  Congrega- 
tional church. 

I  go  on  the  first  train  south  to  meet 
the  Executive  Committee  at  Westfield 
to-morrow,  I  expect  to  see  the  friends 
at  Richmond  about  holding  our  next 
National  meeting  there.  I  think  Indi- 
ana must  have  the  next  meeting. 

RICHMOND. 

I  have  just  arrived  here,  and  have 
seen  Mr.  Nicholson ,  a  friend  of  some 
prominence,  and    have  presented  the 


interests  of  the  anti-secrecy  cauEe. 
He  informs  me  that  the  friends  of  the 
Richmond  Yearly  meeting,  have  re- 
cently made  their  testimony  against 
the  lodges  more  definite,  and  more 
comprehensive,  excluding  even  the 
good  (for  nothing)  grange  from  a  phce 
in  their  church.  This  is  as  it  shoijd 
be.  And  now  that  the  graceless 
character  of  the  grange  is  generally 
known,  let  us  hear  the  testimony  of 
the  churches.  There  has  been  no 
anti-secrecy  work  done  here,  outside 
of  the  Friend's  church.  Richmond  is 
having  its  share  of  the  "temperance 
excitement,"  and  much  good  is  being 
done.  Out  of  about  thirty  saloons 
and  whiskey  selling  "holes,"  only  six 
have  refused  to  surrender,  and  they 
are  so  "  blockaded"  that  business  is 
dull  with  them.  Only  three  doors 
from  where  I  sit,  two  faithful  Quaker- 
esses are  sitting  outside  the  door  of  a 
saloon,  amply  provided  with  shawls  and 
umbrellas  to  protect  against  cold  and 
the  snow  which  is  falling.  Shortly 
they  will  be  relieved  by  two  others; 
and  thus  the  siege  is  kept  up  till  the 
saloon  is  closed  at  night.  By  this 
means  the  most  profitable  customers, 
(the  semi-r€spectable  "social  drinkers") 
are  prevented  from  going  in;  they 
cannot  so  far  disgrace  themselves  as 
to  face  these  brave  women,  who,  with 
a  determination,  and  a  degree  of  self- 
sacrifice  truly  wonderful,  have  taken 
their  stand  directly  between  them  and 
ruin.  The  result  will  be,  doubtless, 
that  saloon  keeping  will  get  to  be 
both  very  unpopular  and  unprofitable, 
and  will  be  abandoned. 

INDIANAFOLIS. 

I    arrived  here  this   evening   at    4 
o'clock.     I  am  staying  with  Bro.  Rob- 
inson, whom  I  find  in  good  spirits. 
Westfield,  April  I4th:  evening. 

Hamilton  County  Association  held 
its  third  regular  meeting  to-day,  and 
transacted  some  important  business, 
which  you  wiil  see  by  reading  the 
minutes,  soon  to  be  published.  The 
attendance  was  not  as  large  as  could 
be  wished,  but  a  characteristic  earnest- 
estnesB  was  manifest.  I  met  Bro. 
Wm.  Givens  to-day  for  the  first  time. 
The  Friends  in  Hamilton  county  are 
highly  pleased  with  him  and  have 
arranged  to  have  him  serve  them 
about  three  weeks,  just  before  the 
political  convention,  which  is  to  meet 
on  the  22d  of  July.  He  is  a  fine 
specimen  of  physical  manhood,  being 
tall  and  graceful,  and  a  fine  speak- 
er. His  experience  in  the  lodge  (as  a 
Master  Mason)  is  related  by  himself  in  a 
manner  calculated  to  interest,  and  im- 
press all  honest  hearers  with  the  truth- 
fulness of  what  he  says.  The  Executive 
Committee  of  the  State  A  ssociation  have 
endorsed  him  as  their  associate  lectur- 
er. Hereafter  let  the  Anti-masons  of 
Indiana  remember  that  Bro.  Givens 
will  be  ready  to  labor  for  them,  pro- 
vided they  will  take  steps  to  secure  him 
a  compensation  in  each  locality.  He 
lives  in  Clay  county  (east  of  Terra 
Haute,)  and  those  of  my  readers  who 
desire  lectures  anywhere  in  the  west- 
ern or  southern  part  of  the  State  will 
hereafter  depend  upon  him.  Please 
write  him  immediately  that  jour  locali- 


fiSES 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ty  may  have  the  advantage  of  hearing 
a  man  who  has  been  in  the  lodge.  1 
am  yours  in  a  pure  gospel, 

John  T.'  Kiggins. 


The  Jay  County  Anti-secrecy  and  Re- 
form Association,  Indiana. 


Liber,  April  8,  1874. 

The  Association  met  at  10  o'clock  A. 
M.  The  morning  session  was  occupied 
in  devotional  exercises,  reading  the  con- 
stitution, enrolling  members,  and  ap- 
pointing committees  to  prepare  resolu- 
tions for  the  afternoon  session. 

A  1  o'clock  P.  M.,  the  Association 
assembled  and  the  following  topics  were 
discussed  : 

Can  any  one  intelligently  accept  and 
hold  the  essential  doctrines  of  the  Bible 
and  conscientiously  maintain  member- 
ship in  any  secret  society  f  and,   What 

is  our  duty  as  followers  of  Jesus  toward 

<» 

adhering  members  of  secret  societies  ? 

The  Committee  on  Resolutions  made 
the  following  report,  which  was 
adopted : 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  Jay  County 
Anti-secrecy  and  Reform  Association, 
hereby  declare  that  while  we  deplore 
the  general  dishonesty  and  wide-spread 
corruption  with  which  our  land  is  af- 
flicted, we  believe  such  a  state  of  things 
to  be  the  legitimate  fruits  of  the  various 
secret  orders  of  our  country. 

Resolved,  That  we  unhesitatingly 
adopt  the  language  of  Daniel  Webster, 
who,  in  speaking  of  Masonry,  said, 
"Among  the  obligations  which  are  found 
to  be  imposed  upon  its  members,  there 
are  such  as  are  entirely  incompatible 
with  the  duty  of  good  citizens;  that  all 
secret  associations,  the  members  of 
which  take  upon  themselves  extraordi- 
nary obligations  to  one  another,  and 
are  bound  together  by  secret  oaths,  are 
naturally  sources  of  just  alarm  to  oth- 
ers; and  that  the  formation  and  admin- 
istrations of  all  such  oaths  and  obliga- 
tion should  be  prohibited  by  law." 

Resolved,  That  we  hail  with  joy  the 
progress  which  is  being  made  by  the 
anti-secrecy  reform  in  all  parts  of  our 
country.  We  also  note  with  gratitude 
the  prosperity  of  the  Christian  Cyno- 
sure, the  organ  of  this  reform,  and 
gladly  endorse  and  recommend  it  to 
the  leading  public  as  the  bold  and  un- 
compromismg  enemy  of  wrong;  that 
next  to  t|ie  Bible  it  is  worthy  a  place 
in  every  family ;  that  we  will  do  all  we 
can  to  extend  its  circulation,  and  gen- 
erally to  circulate  and  get  the  people 
lo  read  literature  giving  light  on  the 
secrecy  question. 

Resolved,  That  we  respectfully  de- 
mand that  our  county  papers  keep 
their  columns  open  for  the  fair  and 
honest  publication  of  all  proper  com- 
munications and  news  relating  to  both 
sides  of  the  secrecy  question. 

Resolved,  That  we  look  upon  the 
grange  movement,  organized  as  it  was 
by  leading  Masons  and  Odd-fellows, 
as  a  cunning  trick  of  the  lodges  to  tie 
the  hands  of  the  farmers  from  acting 
against  them,  and  to  fleece  them  of 
their  hard  earned  money.  We  warn 
the  people  earnestly  and  affectionately 
against  the  deceptions  of  the  grange, 
and  the  confiding  of  their  actions  and 
means  into  irresponsible  hands. 

The  following  resolution  was  passed 
after  quite  an  animated  discussion : 

Whereas,  We  believe  that  Free- 
masonry is  opposed  to  the  religion  of 
Christ,  and  free  government, 

Resolved,  That  we  will  not  recognize 
any  known  adhering  Mason  as  a  Chris- 
tian minister. 

Rev.  Aaron  Worth  was  elected  to 
represent  the  Association  as  a  delegate 
to  the  National  J^  ssociation,  to  be  held 
at  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

[etenins   bksbiok, 


Committee  on  political  action  made 
the  following  report,  whfch  was  unan- 
imously adopted: 

In  accordance  with  the  resolutions 
passed  at  the  first  meeting  of  the  As- 
sociation, authorizing  the  Executive 
Committee  to  take  political  action,  we 
recommend  the  Executive  Committee 
to  publish  a  call  for  a  county  conven- 
tion to  nominate  candidates  for  the 
coming  election,  the  Convention  to  be 
held  at  Portland,  July  15,   1874. 

The  first  annual  meeting  of  the  As- 
sociation will  be  held  at  Westchester. 
The  time  of  meeting  will  be  made 
known  hereafter. 

At  the  close  of  the  business  meet- 
ing Rev.  Aaron  Worth  gave  a  very 
interesting  lecture,  stating  his  objec 
tiona  to  Masonry  and  secret  societies 
in  general.  His  remarks  merited  and 
received  the  beat  attention  of  the  large 
audience,  who  obtained  more  light  on 
the  character  of  secret  societies  than 
they  could  from  years  of  gazing  toward 
the  east  in  a  darkened  lodge  room, 
'  'seeking  for  light. " 

The  State  Lecturer,  Rev.  J.  T.  Kig- 
gins, followed  Mr.  Worth  in  a  short 
but  clear  and  forcible  speech,  showing 
that  it  is  much  easier  to  go  into  the 
trap  than  to  come  out,  and  the  best 
way  is  to  keep  out  of  the  soul  ensnar- 
power  of  secret  obligations. 

Wilson  Milligan,  President. 

G.  A.  Jones,   Secretary. 

«-»>» 

The  Organization  in  Pultou  Co.,  0. 


Space  permits  only  a  condensed  ac- 
count of  this  meeting,  which  was  re- 
ported briefly  in  a  late  number.  The 
meeting  was  held  in  the  Popple  Grove 
church,  on  March  31.  Rev.  D.  S. 
Caldwell  was  elected  temporary  chair- 
man, and  John  Whitaker.  secretary, 
and  committees  on  resolutions  and  per- 
manent organization  appointed.  The 
constitution  reported  and  adopted,  con- 
tained these  among  the  other  usual 
provisions  : 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  secretary 
to  take  the  minutes  of  each  meeting, 
and  record  them  in  a  book  provided 
for  such  purpose ;  also  to  edit  for  publi- 
cation in  the  Christian  Cynosure,  or 
such  other  paper  as  this  association  may. 
select, — such  items  of  each  meeting  as 
the  association  may  direct. 

3.  It  is  the  purpose  of  this  associa- 
tion, and  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  same,  to  oppose  by  all  laud- 
able means,  both  in  their  organized 
capacity  and  individually,  all  organized 
secrecy,  regarding  as  we  do  all  such  or- 
ganizations as  detrimental  to  the  best 
interest  of  the  church  and  State,  and 
should  not  be  tolerated  under  any  re- 
publican form  of  government. 

4.  In  order  to  meet  the  enemy, 
who  are  fully  organized,  politically,  we 
deem  it  important  that  this  organiza- 
tion shall,  wherever  it  may  seem  prac- 
ticable, act  in  political  concert,  make 
their  own  nominations,  and  vote  for 
their  own  candidates,  at  least  until  the 
corruptions  of  the  present  political  par- 
ties are  fully  corrected. 

The  committee  on  resolutions  re- 
ported the  following : 

Resolved,  That  i  he  disclosures  which 
have  been  made  of  the  principles  and 
obligations  of  speculative  Freemasonry, 
prove  it  to  be  an  institution  of  danger- 
ous tendency,  liable  to  be  used  by  the 
ambitious  and  designing,  as  an  engine 
for  exalting  unworthy  men,  and  efiect- 
ing  improper  measures,  placing  the 
citizen  in  a  situation  in  which  his  duty 
to  his  country  must   in  many  instances 


conflict  with  his  obligations  lo  the  fra- 
ternity, and  weakening  the  sanctions  of 
morality  and  religion,  by  the  multipli- 
cation of  profane  oaths  and  an  irrever- 
ent familiarity  with  religious  forms  and 
sacred  things. 

Resolved,  That  it  is  a  feature  of 
our  government,  that  all  measures 
should  be  open  and  amenable  to  public 
inspection,  and  the  existence  of  any 
secret  society  is  h(slile  to  the  spirit  of 
our  institutions. 

Resolved,  That  the  exifctence  of 
secret  societies  in  these  United  States, 
justify  fears  acd  suspicion  as  to  their 
object,  in  the  uninitiated,  which  has 
a  tendency  to  distract  society,  and  sow 
ill-will  and  dissensions  in  community. 

Resolved,  That  this  convention  is 
satisfied,  from  the  evidence  adduced 
before  them,  of  the  substantial  truths  of 
the  Masonic  obligation,  and  that  we 
hereby  cfter  our  protest  against  or- 
ganized secrecy  in  all  its  forms. 

On  motion,  J.  W.  McQuillin  was 
elected  President;  Judscn  Smith,  Vica 
President;  John  Whitiker,  Secretary; 
D.  Zimmerman,  Treasurer. 

On  motion,  the  first  annud  meeting 
of  the  association  wa3  appointed  at 
Spring  Hill,  0,,  on  the  ninth  day  of 
June,  1874,  at  1  o'clock,  P.  M.  Bro. 
Caldwell  to  secure  speaker  for  said 
meeting.  On  motion,  we  request  the 
Christian  Cynosure,  Religious  Teles- 
cope, and  N.  W.  Republican,  to  pub- 
lish the  proceedings  of  this  meeting. 
J.  W.  McQuillin,  President,  Delta. 

John  Whitaker,  Secretary ,  Wauseom, 
Fulton  Co.,  0. 


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Masonry  in  the  Navy. 


;.  YoEK,  Pa.,  April  10,  1874. 
Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

In  nautical  language  the  right  side 
of  a  ship  is  called  the  "starboard"  and 
the  left  side  the  "pori"  side.  In  the 
navy  every  crew  is  divided  into  two 
"watches"  called  the  starboard  and 
port  watches.  The  gunner's  mate  of 
the  Wissachickon  bad  a  small  room  on 
the  port  side  of  the  gundeck  for  his 
armory.  The  quarter  gunner  and 
himself  were  the  only  persons  who  had 
any  right  to  go  into  the  armory.  The 
gunnel's  mate  was  held  responsible  for 
everything  in  the  armory,  which  con- 
tained all  the  small  arms  of  the  ship, 
except  the  spikes,  cutlasses,  and  com- 
missioned officer's  side  arms.  Every 
man  on  a  ship  of  wsr  has  his  post,  and 
is  required  to  be  there  as  soon  as  the 
drum  beats  to  quarters.  Every  man 
too  has  his  own  arms  and  equipments. 
When  the  drum  beats  to  quarters,  every 
man  runs  to  the  armory  to  receive  his 
fighting  tools  from  the  gunner's  mate 
and  quarter  gunner,  and  then  takes  his 
place  at  one  of  the  large  guns. 

During  the  Rebellion,  in  the  South 
Atlantic  Blockading  Squadron,  the  two 
watches  kept  watch  at  night  alterna- 
tely four  hours.  The  watch  on  duty 
always  posted  two  sentinels  and  slept 
on  its  arms  on  deck.  Every  ship  of 
war  carries  all  tools  required  to  repair 
and  keep  in  order  all  its  small  arms. 
It  also  has  good  mechanics  to  do  such 
work. 

The  gunner's  mafe  of  the  Wisshick- 
on  was  a  Freemason.  He  had  the 
square  and  compass  on  his  clothes'  bag. 
He  was  intelligent  and  a  good  seaman. 


but  took  no  pains  to  conceal  the  fact 
that  he  was  a  '  'copperhead ."  When  he 
gave  the  men  their  arms  at  night,  he 
would  give  one  man  a  Harpers  Ferry 
musket  with  Sharp's  rifle  catridges; 
gncther  would  get  a  carbine  with  mus- 
ket cartridges,  another  would  get  a 
Sharp's  rifle  with  cirbine  cartridges, 
and  no  one  would  be  able  to  load  his 
weapon.  The  men  would  try  to  trade 
arms  and  ammunition    s")    as    to    o-et 

O 

Eomething  they  might  use,'  but  the 
canning  Mason  generally  made  out 
to  foil  at  least  one  half  of  them.  Wten 
the  drum  beat  to  quarters  he  would 
mix  up  all  the  arms,  cartridges,  caps, 
etc,  10  such  a  de^rfe  that  nearly  all 
were  useless,  and  then  there  would  be 
no  time  to  hunt  or  trade.  If  there 
was  a  night  call  to  quarters  there  would 
ba  such  a  mixture  of  weapons,  etc,,  as 
Jtff.  Davis'  best  friend  could  not  have 
beaten. 

At  this  time  I  was  perhaps  the  only 
one  on  the  vessel  that  knew  anything 
about  Masonry,  and  my  knowledge  was 
perhaps  very  limited.  I  did  not  then 
suspect  the  Masons  of  treason.  The 
crew  to  a  man  called  it  carelessness ; 
but  he  was  not  a  careless  man  in  other 
matters.  When  I  give  all  my  facts  the 
world  will  be  able  to  decide  whether 
this  man  was  only  very  careless  or 
a  very  bold  rebel. 

Yours  for  the   truth, 

Edward  J,    Chalfant. 


Women's  Work  for  Temperance. 


B'jnker  Hill,  111.  Apr.  13tb. 
Editors  Cynosure: 

I  write  to  tell  you  we  are  pleased 
with  the  Cynosurb''s  new  departue  and 
that  the  outer  circle  of  the  great  tem- 
perance wave  has  reached  this  land  of 
vines  and  vintners.  The  waters  are 
troubled  and  it  is  hoped  for  the  healing 
of  the  people. 

Deborah  awoke  last  week  and  with 
pledge  in  hand,  went  forth  to  find  men 
to  do  their  so-long-neglected  duty,  and 
non-votersto  use  their  influence,  to  in- 
duce those  who  have  the  privilege  of 
sufl^rage  to  vote  for  prohibition  candi- 
dates  at  the  coming  election. 

She  was  respectfully  treated,  and 
procured  over  a  hundred  voters  names, 
(there  are  about  250  in  town  )  ,  with 
nearly  all  the  non-voters.  Daily  un- 
ion prajer-meetings  are  held,  and 
mass-meetings,  two  evenings  in  the 
week. 

The  several  saloons  were  visited  by 
the  Committee.  No  names  were  ob- 
tained, but  the  keepers  appreciate  the 
situation,  and  the  interest  is  constantly 
increasing. 

This  reform  movement  follows  in 
the  wake  of  a  revival  that  has  roused 
the  whole  community  to  action.  Many 
feared  they  should  sacrifice  their  party 
or  principle,  but  as  the  pledge  has  be- 
come strengthened  by  its  signatures,  the 
timid  temperance  men  are  sending  in 
their  signatures, 

Now,  that  woman  knows  she  has  an 
infiueEce  in  suppressing  saloons,  will 
she  not  find  out  that  there  are  other 
evils  in  existence  that  there  are  ene- 
mies to  her  happiness, 

OxE  OF  THE  Te-m.  Com. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


l)o  Masons  ever  ask  Men  to  Join  the 

Lodge  1 


Earlville  III,  March  28th  1874. 

Th's  question  has  bo  often  been  asked 
and  answered  in  the  affirmative  that  far- 
ther testimony  is  perhaps  useless;  but  I 
met  to-day  on  the  cars  with  a  case  in 
point  vcbich  it  may  not  be  amiss  to  state. 
Oommencmg    with  a    gentleman  from 

L ,  he  remarked,  I  know  that  what 

you  siy  is  true.  The  Masons  have 
their  lodge  over  my  store  and  I  have 
often  been  asked  to  join,  but  never 
have.  I  joined  the  Sons  of  Tem- 
perance some  time  ago,  and  believe 
them  to  be  modeled  after  Masonry." 

He  expressed  a  decided  disapproval 
of  the  whole  cabalistic  fam'ly,  and 
thought  that  il  a  man  was  loyal  to 
Christ,  his  church,  and  his  ordinance 
of  civil  government  he  could  get  along 
well  enough  without  grips,  pa?s-word  s 
and  secret  tokens  of  recognition. 
Would  that  we  had  more  such  young 
men  of  like  faith  and  practice ! 

J.  P.  Stoddard. 


LOU II  MAIL, 


Wm.  B.  Ogelsby,  Ridge  Prairie, 
111.,  writes: 

"The  trouble  here,  is,  the  people 
are  so  wicked.  Many  like  our  princi- 
ples or  politics,  but  not  our  religion. 
Now  friends,  I  am  in  favor  of  one-half 
the  paper  being  truly  religious,  and  on 
the  other  half,  politics,  or  the  best 
manner  of  managing  governmental 
affairs;  and  let  each  half  of  the  paper 
be  well  represented." 

James  Stuart,  Hokendagua,  Pa., 
writes : 

"There  are  but  four  of  us  here  who 
are  really  opposed  to  the  order  in  this 
community.  By  the  aid  of  the  Cyno- 
sure, Bernard  and  a  little  experience, 
we  are  not  only  able  to  give  the  grips, 
signs,  etc.,  bu'-  make  them  (Freema- 
sons) expose  the  institution  more  than 
we  who  are  opposed  to  them.  That 
is,  when  they  do  not  adhere  strictly  to 
their  jewel,  which  is  silence.  Oh, 
how  wilfully  ignorant  are  the  minds  of 
the  people." 

J.  R.  Shearer,  E.  Nodaway,  la., 
writes : 

"Your  piper,  for  which  I  subscribed 
a  few  weeks  ago,  is  just  making  a  stir 
in  this  neighborhood,  please  send  me  a 
few  sample  copies,  and  we  shall  try  to 
get  up  a  club." 

W.  W,  Kelly,  Kewanee,  111  ,  writes : 

*'  I  am  greatly  pleased,  with  the  ap- 
pearance of  the  paper.  I  am  with  you 
to  the  end  of  the  war,  till  he  shall 
come  whos3  right  it  is," 

W,  W.  Hulet,  Mason  City,  la., 
writes: 

"Professors  of  religion,  that  claim 
to  be  anti  secret,  are  so  bound  by  the 
speech  of  people,  especiailj  of  Mas- 
onic ministers,  that  they  dare  not  '*  cry 
aloud  spare  not  and  show  the  people 
their  sins,"  and  some  of  those  that 
were  Anti-masonic,  huve  joined  the 
grange,  and  at  once  their  mouths  are 
shut,  as  to  saying  anything  against 
secretism  (i.  e.  oath-bound).  I  notice 
the  grange  is  a  very  large  tributary  to 
Masonry," 

E.  P.  TowEley,  De  Kalb,  N.  Y., 
writes : 

"  A  day  or  two  ago  a  paper  of  the 
above  name  was  handed  to  me,  and 
from  its  outspoken  sentiments  against 
an  anti  Republican  and  anti-Christian, 
so  largely  on  the  increase,  is  in  my 
opinion  a  step  in  the  right  direction; 
and  I  hope  and  trust  your  paper  will 
be  sustained." 

He      sends         bia       subscription 


There  are  multitudes  of  people 
scattered  through  the  country,  who 
would  be  delighted  to  see  the  Cyno- 
sure, who  have  not  yet  had  their  at- 
tention called  to  it.  A  letter  similar  to 
the  above,  was  rtceived  from  Ontario, 
Canada,  two  days  ago.  This  shows 
work  for  our  readers. 
E,  J.  Chalfant,  York,  Pa.,  writes: 
"As  the  Cynosure  is  now  greatly 
enlarged  and  improved,  and  by  far  the 
healthiest  paper  on  the  face  of  the 
earth,  I  think  it  should  have  the  larg- 
est circulation  of  any  paper  '"in  the 
known  world."  I  intend  hereafter  to 
enclose  one  of  your  tracts  in  every  let- 
ter I  write,  for  the  purpose  of  extend- 
ing your  circulation.  If  al!  your  read- 
ers will  do  likewise,  sly  and  crafty 
rings  will  soon  be  pretty  well  watched. 
Let  all  do  their  duty  now  !  " 

P,  B,  Bates,  Constantine,  Mich., 
writes : 

"  I  feel  a  deep  interest  in  the  cause 
your  paper  sustains,  and  truly  believe  it 
is  on  the  side  with  Christ.  My  father 
subscribed  for  your  paper  first  of  any 
one  about  here.  I  have  assisted  him 
what  I  could  ever  since." 

H.  P.  McClurkin,  New  Concord,  0., 
writes : 

"  May  the  Lord  prosper  you  in  your 
work  of  faith  and  labor  of  love  and 
patience  of  hope." 

Robert  Stockwell,  Lafayette,  Ind, , 
in  his  eighty-ningth  year,  renews  his 
subscription ,  and  writes : 

'*  I  doubt  if  anything  can   be   done 

I  here  for  the  cause,  unless  an   influen- 

]  tial  lecturer   will   visit   Lafayette   and 
wake  the  people  up  on  the  great  evil  of 

i  Masonry,  and  other  secret  clans.  They 

J  are  all  evil,  and  only  evil." 

Quincy  Baldwin,  Tonganotie,  Kan., 
writes: 

'•I  have  read  your  paper  for  five 
years,  and  do  not  want  to  do  without 
it." 

John  Harley,  Pottstown, Pa,,  writes: 
"  We  have  a  strong  secret  society  com- 
munity here."  If  coming  events  cast 
their  shadows  before,  it  is  time  that 
Pennsylvania  roused  up  on  this  subject. 
— (See  article  on  the  MoUie  Maguires 
in  another  part  of  this  paper). 

G.  W.  D.  White,  Boone,  la.,  in  a 
letter  which  we  have  not  room  to 
quote,  writes  of  the  impossibility  of  be- 
ing true  Christians  and  good  Masons. 
We  can  join  with  him  in  the  wish  that 
every  impenitent  reader  of  this  paper 
would  "Come  to  Jesus,"  would 
"Fear  God  and  keep  his  command- 
ments." We  offer  as  a  substitute  for 
the  false  and  empty  consolations  of 
Masonry,  the  Christian  religion  as  re- 
vealed in  the  Bible. 

Wm.  Shaw,  Rushsylvania,  0. ,  writes : 

"Please  give  us  a  strong  piece  on 
the  evil  of  novels,  we  believe  they  are 
doing  as  much  harm   as  intemperance,  I 
and  there  should  be  for  them  a  prohi-  i 
bition  law."     You  will   find  articles  on  j 
this  subject  from  time  to  time.     There  | 
is   one  in  type  soon  to  be  issued,  now,   j 
If  any  of  our  readers  will   send   us  a  j 
good  original  article  on   this   subject 
we  will  be  glad  to  insert  it, 

Sam'l  Beighler,  Marysville,  0.,  | 
writes :  j 

"I  am  the  only  man  that  takes  this  , 
paper  in  this  section.  I  let  my  neigh-  ! 
bors  read  it  and  they  like  it  well."  j 
Can  you  not  send  in  a  club  of  new  sub-  i 

scribers  ?  i 

I 

Hosea  Washburn,  Madison,  Maine, 
writes : 

"The  Masons  tell  me  here  that  the 
secrets  of  Masonry  have  never  been  re- 
vealed.    What  do  you  think?" 

Those  secrets  technically  called  the 
secrets  of  Masonry  have  been  revealed. 
All  the  transactions  of  lodges  have  not 
of  course   been  made  public,  but  their 


oaths,  their  ritual,  etc. ,  have  been  re- 
vealed. One  hundred  and  four  seced- 
ing Masons  testified  to  the  truth  of 
Bernard's  Revelation  at  Le  Roy,  N.  Y,, 
July  4th,  1828.  Multitudes  have  tes- 
tified since^that  lime,  and  our  state  and 
general  agents  find  now  many  living 
witnesses  in  different  parts  of  the  coun- 
try, who  testify  to  the  truth  (in  every 
essential  particular)  of  the  revelations 
of  Bernard  and  Capt.  Wm.  Morgan. 

A.  D.  Tomlinson,  M.  D.,  Bloomingdale, 
Ind: 

"I  am  doing  what  I  can  here  to  encour- 
age the  good  cause." 

E.    Darling,  Paint  Creek,    Washtenaw 

Co.,  Mich.,  now  in  his  84th  year  writes: 

It  is  evident  the  grange  movement  is  a 

Masonic  breakwater  to  stave  off  the  final 

;  issue.    It  is  quite  evident  to  my  mind  this 

swindle  out  of  the  farmers  will  operate  in 

the  end  as  a  powerful  means  to  unfold  sa- 

:  tanic  deception." 

j  In  closing  he  gives  all  associated  in  this 
I  work  his  benediction. 

C.   S.   Qitchell,  Attica,  Ind.,  writes: 
(      "I  have  no  doubtl  can  secure  more  sub- 
!  scribers  because  of  the  enlargement  of  the 
j  Cynosure.    These   two  (enclosed)  I  could 
!  not  have  obtained  at  the  former  size  of  the 

paper." 
'      J.  W.  Searing,  Dover,  N.  J.,  writes: 

"I  could  use  one  hundred  copies  of  the 
I  new  style  Cynosure  in  soliciting  subscript- 
I  ions." 

\  N.  Bingham,  Oneonta,  N.  Y.,  sends  a 
I  club  of  three  month  subscribers  with  $5,00 
I  and  writes. 

' '  You  will  please  send  to  these  twelve 
above  named  persons  as  directed.  Hop- 
I  ing  and  praying  that  they  may  be  notes  of 
I  warning  to  awaken  the  receivers  to  duty 
j  and  action  in  the  all-important  cause, —that 
they  will  continue  to  take  them.  Yours," 
I  etc. 

I  J.  N.  Lloyd,  Belvidere,  111.,    Shows  the 

I  right  sort  of  perseverance  when  he  says  he 

j  has  tried  though  without  success  to  get 

j  new  subscribers  adding: 

!  "But  shall  still  keep  on  trying." 

He  sends  for  extra  copies  of  the  new 

'  paper. 


$tiu  mn  M 


A  Call  to  Action. 


Let  us  then,  brethren  and  fellow-cit- 
izens, from  this  day  forward,  no  longer 
inquire   when   or    where   this    hydra- 
headed    monster    had    its    birth;    for 
whether  we  trace  it  to  the  dark  dens  of 
idolatry  among  the  Jews  and  Persians, 
or  seek   for   it  in  the   Pythagorean  or 
Egyptian  mysteries;  whether  we  derive 
it  from   the   building   of  Babel   or  of 
Solomon's   Temple;    whether  it   came 
down   to  us  from   the  Eleusinians  of 
Greece,  or  the    caverns  of  the   British 
Druids;  whether  we  owe  it  to  the  Man 
of  the  Mountain,  the  famous,  or  rather 
most  infamous,  father  of  the  Syriac  Or- 
der of  Assassins,  or  to  the  more  modern  I 
Scotch  Mystics  and  Murderers  of  York;,j 
whether,  indeed,  we  find   that  ancient  I 
idolatry  and  superstition  were  in  reality  ! 
Freemasonry,  or  that  Masonry  has  bor-  i 
rowed  its  bloody  code  and  blasphemous  j 
rites  and  lies  from  ancient  idolatry  and  | 
superstition;    whether,   in   short,  any  | 
one  or  neither  of  these  propositions  be  j 
true,  one  thing  is  certain ,  that  Freema-  j 
sonry  is  equally  wicked  and  worthless;  i 
equally  destitute  of  true  charity,  benev-  ! 
olence,patrioli8m,morality  and  religion.  ] 
She  is  St  11  like  the  whited"  sepulchre,  or 
the  Sodom  apple,  fair  without  but  foul 
within. 

That  I  have  justly  likened  Masonry 
to  the  serpent  of  Eden,  the  author,  in 
a  spiritual  sense,  of  the  ruin  of  our 
race,  cannot  be  denied;  for  its  moral 
and  political  ravages  would  have  been 


as  wide-spread  and  as  fatal  as  the  spir- 
itual havoc  and  ruin  occasioned  by  the 
maiign  efforts-of  its  prototype,  had  not 
the  sacrifice  of  the  martyred  Morgan 
been  destined  by  Almighty  wisdom  and 
Divine  goodness,  to  open  our  eyes  to 
the  dark  and  sinuous  windings,  the 
wily  and  treacherous  machinations,  the  •■ 
steady,  foul,  and  deadly  aim,  with 
which  it  was  moving  onward  to  blast 
forever  the  fruits  of  our  Revolution,  and 
prostrate  in  the  dust  the  proud  pillars 
of  our  liberty ! 

Let  us  not,  then,  once  more  I  beseech 
you,  fellow-citizens,  stop^  to  inquire 
when  and  where  it  originated,  or  from 
whence  it  came  hither.  Be  it  the  off- 
spring of  earth  or  hell — of  heaven,  we 
know  it  cannot  be — let  us  look  only  tOi^, 
its  character  and  designs,  as  developed 
in  the  mobocratic  and  criminal  outrages 
at  Batavia,  and  the  still  more  criminal, 
the  bloody  consumation  of  those  out- 
rages, at  Fort  Niagara;  and  let  us  de- 
termine this  day  tc  wipe  the  stain  of 
its  horrible  oaths  from  our  souls,  and 
burst  its  iniquitous  bonds  assunder. 

I  could   go  on  and  recite  the  history 
of  its  triumphs  and  its  defeats,  or  deg- 
radations, its  corruptions  and  its  crimes. 
I  could  show  it  under  proscription,  and 
justly  so,  in  Holland  in  1735;  in  France 
in  the  reign  of  Louis  the  XV.  in  1737; 
at  Rome    by  Clement's  bull  of  excom- 
munication in  1638;  afterward  revived 
by  Benedict  the  XIV. ;  and  at  Berne  by 
the  Council  in  1748;  besides  numerous 
other  and  later   acts  of  denunciation, 
brought  upon  it  in  Europe    by  its  dark 
and  mischievous  political  intrigues,  and 
attempts  to  usurp  governments,  which 
were   thus   driven  to   the  necessity  of 
proscribing  it   in   order  to  save  them- 
selves.    I  could  tell   of  its   daggers  in 
the   hands  of  the  French   Jacobins;  of 
its  dangerous  ascendency  in  the  British 
Parliament,  where  it  had  the  pernicious 
influence  expressly  to  exempt  itself  from 
the   severity    of    the    statute    against 
secret  societies  and   treasonable  combi- 
nations.    I    could,  with    Barruel  and 
Robinson,   trace   its   diabolical    trinity 
of  German    desperadoes,   Wbishacpt, 
Knigga  and  Zwack,  through  the    dark 
mazes  of  midnight  conspiracy,  in  those 
horrible   dens   where   they    meditated 
the   overthrow  of  all  government,  and 
all    religion    but  such   as   their    own 
demonic  and  wild  imaginations   should 
dictate.       I    could    show    its  infernal 
myrmidon  drugging  the  bowl  of  Bona- 
parte; and  the  dark  and  bloody  heralds 
of  its  vengeance  pursuing  the  footsteps 
of  Alexander  of  Russia,  to  that  solita- 
ry  and   wild  frontier   of    his    empire 
where  they  dispatched   him,  according 
to  order   and  with  their  usual  skill  and 
dexterity   which   never  failed   of  com- 
plete  success   until   Morgan's  cries   of 
murder  were  heard  at  night  in  the  vil- 
lage  of    Canandaigua!     All  this    and 
much  more,  I  could  spread   before  you 
in  detail,  but  a  crisis   has  arrived  when 
this   detail  is   out  of  date;  a  crisis  in 
which   we  cannot  stop   to  imitate  the 
wife  of  Lot,  when   she  paused  to  turn 
and  look  back   upon  the  vices  and  the 
crimes  and  the  consequent  sudden  ruin 
and  desolation  of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah  1 
We  must  now  look  to  the  future  only; 
and  with  one  united  voice,  with  hearts 
and    hands    combined,    determine    to 
crush  the  monster,  and  banish  forever 
its  memory  from  among  u& 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Second 
(Juarter,  1874. 


Apr. 
May 


5th,  Ex. 
12     " 
19      " 
25 
3 
10 


Lev. 


XX.  1-17— The  Ten  CommandB. 

xxxii.  1-6, 19,  20:  Golden  Calf. 

xxxiii.    12-20:   People    Forgiven. 

xl.  17-.30:  Tabernacle  set  up. 

vii.  37,  38:  The  Five  OfferinRS. 

xxii   4-6, 15-21,  33-36 :  The  Three 

Great  Feasts. 
"      17  Num.  iil.  5-13:  The  Lord's  Ministers. 
"      25      "      xix.  1-10:  Israel's  Unbelief. 
"      81      "      XX.  7-13 :  The  Smitteji  Rock. 
June    7  Num.  xxi.  i-9:  Serpent  of  Brass. 
"      14  Deut.  xviii.  »-16:  The  True  Prophet. 
"      21      "      xxiv.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses. 
"     28  Review   (Suggest)  Deut.  vlii.   Mercies 

Reviewed. 


LESSON  xviii, — MAY  3,  1874. — THE   FIVE  OF- 
FERING.S. 

SCKIPTUBE  LESSON. — LEV.  vii.  37,  38. 

Commit  Lesson. 

37  This  is  the  law  of  the  burnt-offering, 
of  the  meat-offering,  and  of  the  sin-offering, 
and  of  the  trespass-offering,  and  of  the 
consecrations,  and  of  the  sacrifice  of  the 
peace-offerings ; 

38  Which  the  Lord  commanded  Moses 
in  mount  Sinai,  in  the  day  that  he  com- 
manded the  children  of  Israel  to  offer  their 
oblations  unto  the  Lord ,  in  the  wilderness 
of  Sinai. 

HOME  READINGS. 
Lev.  1.  7;  Rom.  v.  1,  2;  xv.  13;  Eph.  vi.  15; 
Zech.  vi.  13;  Col.  i.  19-22;  John  xiv.  27;  Job  xxii. 
81;  Ps.  xxix.  11;  cxis.  165;  laa.  ix.  6,  7;  xxvii. 
5;  liii.  5;  John  xvi.  33;  Rom.  i.  7:  1  Cor.  i.  3; 
Rom.  via.  6;  Gal.  v.  22;  Phil.  iv.  7;  Col.  iii.  15; 
2The8B.  iil.  16;  Isa.  xxvi.  3;  2  Pet.  iii.  14.) 

The  Bible  is  full  of  Christ,  and  we  need 
every  part  of  it  to  see  a  whole  Christ.  It  is 
a  whole  Christ  that  we  need — Christ  in  his 
offices,  his  character,  and  his  person — 
Christ  in  the  relation  in  which  he  stood  to 
God  and  to  man — Christ  as  going  to  God 
for  man,  and  giving  to  God  all  that  he 
claimed  from  man,  and  then  receiving 
from  God  all  that  man  needed  to  make 
him  perfectly  happy — Christ  in  his  humil- 
iation and  his  exaltation — Christ  in  the 
lowest  parts  of  the  earth,  and  Christ  raised 
to  the  right  hand  of  God,  and  made  higher 
than  the  heavens.  The  Bible  is  the  great 
glass  in  which  Christ  is  to  be  seen  in  all 
the  various  aspects  in  which  God  would 
have  us  view  him.  God's  great  object  in 
giving  us  the  Bible  is  to  reveal  Christ  to  us 
— Christ  as  the  Saviour,  God's  own  gift  of 
love  ;  and  our  object  in  reading  the  Scrip- 
tures, should  be  to  find  Christ  in  them.  In 
the  types  of  Exodus  we  have  redemption 
by  Christ  Jesus,  and  in  Leviticus  we  have 
access  to  God  by  Christ  Jesus  after  redemp- 
tion is  known  and  rejoiced  in.  Christ  is 
here  seen  as  the  Offering,  the  Officer  and 
the  Priest.  He  meets  all  God's  holy  claims, 
and  then  meets  man  with  ?ois  deep  cravings 
which  nothing  on  earth  can  satisfy,  and 
he  supplies  all  his  need,  takes  away  all  his 
fear,  and  fills  him  with  joy  and  peace. 

In  the  sin-offering  we  see  Christ  oflering 
himself  for  our  sin  ;  for  what  we  are  in 
ourselves, — sinful  creatures.  In  the  tres- 
pass-offering I  see  Jesus  offering  himself 
for  our  sins,  our  trespasses,  the  fruits  and 
effects  of  our  sinful  nature, — ichat  we  do. 
In  the  burnt-offering  I  see  Jesus  presenting 
those  to  God,  for  acceptance  as  worshipers, 
whose  sins  he  has  put  away.  In  the  meat- 
offering ,  I  see  Jesus  in  his  life,  but  so  pure 
and  holy  that  both  God  and  man  may  get 
a  feast  out  of  him.  In  the  peace-offering, 
which  was  offered  last  of  all,  and  was 
placed  upon  the  burnt-offering  and  the 
meat-offering,  I  see  the  blessed  results  of 
all  his  toil,  and  of  his  death,  viz.,  peace 
with  God  through  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 

The  offerings  are  divided  into  two 
classes;  the  sweet-savor  offerings  are  one 
class,  and  those  which  are  not  sweet-savor 
offerings  are  another  class.  The  burnt- 
offering,  the  meat-offering  and  the  peace- 
offering,  belong  to  the  sweet-savor  class. 
The  sin-offering  and  trespass-offering  are 
not  sweet-savor  offerings.  In  the  sin  and 
trespass-offerings  there  was  a  question  of 
sin.  Sin  was  upon  them  by  imputation, 
therefore  they  could  not  be  burnt  on  the 
brazen  altar,  which  was  God's  table.  The 
fat  of  the  sin-offering  was  burnt  on  the 
altar,  and  the  blood  was  poured  out  at  the 


bottom  of  the  altar ;  but  the  flesh  and 
bones,  etc.,  were  carried  out  of  the  camp, 
and  burnt  to  ashes  on  the  earth,  which 
God  had  cursed  because  of  man's  sin  (Gen. 
iii.  17  ;  Lev.  iv.  11,  13  ;  xvi.  27.)  If  any 
part  was  not  burnt,  it  had  to  be  eal^n  by 
the  priests  in  the  holy  place.  None  of  the 
flesh  could  be  put  on  the  altar,  or  table  of 
God  (Lev.  vi.  26,  29  ;  vii.  6  ;  x.  10-2'J).— 
Bee.  George  Bodgcrs. 

A  Word  to  Mothers. 


Consider  it  your  i-eligious  duty  to 
take  outdoor  exercise  without  fail  each 
day.  Sweeping  and  trotting  around 
the  house  wUl  not  take  its  place;  the 
exhilaration  of  the  open  air  and  change 
of  scene  are  absolutely  necessary.  Oh, 
I  know  all  about  Lucy's  gown  that 
is  not  finished,  Tomray*s  jacket  and 
buttonless  coat — thrown  into  your 
lap,  as  if  to  add  the  last  ounc3  to 
the  camel's  back,  still  I  say,  up,  and 
out.  Is  it  not  more  important  that 
your  children  in  their  tender  years 
should  not  be  left  motherless,  and  that 
they  should  not  be  born  to  that  feeble 
constitution  of  body  which  will  blight 
every  blessing?  Let  buttons  and 
strings  go .  You  will  take  hold  of  them 
with  more  vigor  and  patience  when 
you  return,  bright  and  refreshed  ;  and 
if  every  stitch  is  not  finished  at  such 
a  moment — and  it  is  discouraging  not 
to  be  able  to  sympathize  in  your  best 
eflfbrt — still  remember  that  '  'she  who 
hath  done  what  she  could"  is  entitled 
to  no  mean  praise.  Your  husband  is 
undoubtedly  the  best  of  men,  though 
there  are  malicious  people  who  might 
answer  that  that  was  not  saying  much 
for  him.  Still,  he  would  never,  to  the 
end  of  time,  dream  of  what  you  are 
dying  of.  So  accept  my  advice  and 
take  the  matter  in  hand  yourself.— i>r. 
Dio  Lewis. 

Change  of  Clothing. — It  would  be 
a  great  deal  better  to  waar  the  entire 
winter  suits  through  March,  and  even 
to  the  middle  of  April;  and  even  then, 
until  the  first  week  in  May,  to  make 
no  change  in  the  outer  clothing,  nor 
any  in  the  inner  garments,  except  in 
a  less  heavy  woolen  next  to  the  skin  ; 
for  it  is  only  for  the  three  hours  em- 
bracing one  o'clock  in  the  afternoon 
that  winter  clothing  is  at  all  oppress- 
ive ;  while  the  very  warmth  of  noon- 
day makes  the  raw  dampness  of  the 
mornina:  and  the  late  afternoon  special- 
ly felt.  All  changes  to  lighter  or 
cooler  garments  should  be  made  at 
dressing  in  the  morning  ;  and  if  in  any 
case  the  change  leaves  the  body  chilly, 
or  if,  soon  after  it  is  made ,  the  weather 
changes  to  much  cooler,  by  all  means 
promptly,  without  half  an  hour's  de- 
lay, resume  the  full  winter's  dress. 
The  old,  the  young,  the  invalid, — in 
short,  all  persons  of  feeble  constitu- 
tions, of  small  vitality,  should  be 
especially  careful  to  heed  these  sugges- 
tions. — HaWs  Journal  of  Healtlu 

Effects  Qf  Colors  upon  Health. 
— A  correspondent  of  the  Builder 
states  that  he  had  occasion  for  several 
years  to  examine  rooms  occupied  by 
young  women  for  manufacturing  pur- 
poses, and  he  has  observed  that  while 
the  workers  in    one  room    would  be 


very  cheerful  and  healthy,  the  occu- 
pants of  a  similar  room,  who  were  em- 
ployed in  the  same  kind  of  business, 
were  all  inclined  to  be  melancholy, 
and  complained  of  a  pain  in  the  fore- 
head and  eyes,  and  were  often  ill  and 
unable  to  work.  The  only  difference  he 
could  discover  in  the  rooms  was  that 
the  one  occupied  by  the  healthy 
workers  was  wholly  whitewashed,  and 
that  occupied  by  the  melancholy 
workers  was  colored  with  yellow  ochre. 
As  soon  as  the  difference  struck  him 
he  had  the  yellow  ochre  washed  off 
and  the  walla  whitened.     At  once    an 

i  improvement  took  place  in   the   health 

j  and  spirits  of  the  occupants. 

How  TO  Make  Coffee. — Propor- 
tion, one  tablespoonful  of  coffee  to 
about  two  and  a  half  cups  of  water 
poured  upon  it  boiling  hot.  Let  it 
stand  where  it  will  keep  hot,  but  not 
boil,  for  about  half  an  hour.  If  it  be 
made  fresh,  every  bit  of  it  every  time, 
according  to  this  rule,  if  drank  in  mod- 
eration, say  one  or  two  cups,  I  don't 
think  it  will  hurt  any  one  butj  be  a 
bentfit. 

Spots  on  Varnish. — Take  a  soft 
cloth  and  wet  it  in  alchohol  ;  rub  the 
spot  briskly,  and  it  will  disappear  en- 
tirely; then  rub  on  a  little  boiled  lin- 
ceed  oil,  and  it  will  be  restored  to  its 
original  color  and  polish. 

The  Scientific  American  says  roach- 
es may  be  exterminated  by  taking  flow- 
ers of  sulphur  one-half  pound,  potash 
four  ounces.  Melt  in  an  earthen  pan 
over  the  fire;  pulverize  and  make  a 
strong  solution  in  water,  and  sprinkle 
the  places  which  they  frequent. 

^«t|tt(  ait4  ^ai;4»(nt 

Goins  West. 


Well,  boys,  said  a  thrifty  New  Eng- 
land farmer,  it  is  evident  that  we  must 
either  go  West  or  one  or  more  of  you 
will  have  to  get  some  other  employment, 
for  it  is  plain  that  our  little  forty-acre 
farm  will  not  afford  us  all  work.  Farm- 
er Brown  takes  a  trip  West  and  finds 
that  he  can  get  a  good  Iowa  farm  of 
200  acres,  with  some  stock  besides,  for 
the  market  price  of  his  little  eastern 
farm,  and  a  sale  is  soon  made,  and 
Farmer  Brown  and  family  are  westward 
bound. 

The  boys  are  delighted  with  the  new 
prairie  farm ;  it  is  so  roomy,  free  from 
stones,  and  such  a  fine,  rich  soil. 

True  it  does  seem  odd  to  live  in  such 
a  ' '  wee  hit  of  a  house  "  and  have  no 
barn  whatever,  but  all  of  their  neighbors 
get  along  that  way  and  in  the  whole 
county  there  is  not  to  be  found  as  fine 
a  barn  as  they  left  on  their  old,  l»ttle 
farm  at  the  East.  Farmer  Brown'a 
wife  and  two  daughters  try  to  rejoice 
with  father  and  the  boys  at  the  tine 
western  farm,  but  it  is  so  unpleasant  to 
be  crowded.  All  feel  this,  and  the 
girls  and  mother  cheerfully  put  up  with 
the  crowding  till  they  can  "build,"  for 
farmer  B,  declares  that  he  will  have  as 
fine  a  house  and  barn  as  he  left  on  the 
old  place,  but  the  money  must  be  made 
or  earned  first. 

FARM  BUILDINGS. 

A  very  small  frame  house,  a  diminu- 
tive granary  with  a  prairie  grass   roof, 


with  three  cjrn  cribs  and  a  log  cattle 
shed,  each  built  of  poles  with  a  prairie 
grass  roof,  comprised  the  farm  buildings 
at  the  time  farmer  Brown  purchased 
his  prairie  farm . 

By  industiious  toil  and  the  most 
rigid  ecomy  he  and  his  family  yearly 
put  a  small  sum  in  the  bank,  besides 
gradually  improving  his  farm  and  in- 
creasing his  stcck.  A  small  addition 
for  a  good-sized  kitchen  and  abed-rcom 
was  added  to  the  old  house  and  at  the 
end  of  three  years  a  fine  barn  was 
built  at  a  cost  of  a  H.tle  over  $1,000.* 
A  good  agricultural  paper  sugoested 
the  plan  for  it,  and  for  a  farm  house  to 
match,  but  farmer  Brown  was  too  sen- 
sible a  man  to  mortgage  the  place  to 
get  the  money  for  both  buildings,  so  ot' 
course  the  barn  came  first.  Two  years 
more  passed  away  and  tie  house  was 
begun,  and  completed  during  the  year. 
It  was  a  great  joy  to  mother  and 
daughters  and  in  fact  to  all,  to  change 
from  the  little  old  house  to  the  fine  new 
one,  but  had  cost  nearly  $2,000,  and 
but  partly  finished  inside,  and,  worte 
than  all  to  farmer  Brown,  was  the 
thought  that  he  vms  $500  in  delt, 
though  he  thought  he  had  more  than 
enough  to  pay  for  the  house.  Five 
years  more  passed  and  the  youngest  cf 
the  boys  was  nineteen,  making  five 
men,  and  the  *'big  farm"  began  to  seem 
very  small;  for  farmer  Brown  scon 
found  that  even  a  rich  prairie  loam 
would  not  bear  cultivation  year  after 
year  without  manure,  so  twc-thirds  of 
the  farm  was  now  pasture  and  meadow. 
Two  of  the  boys  had  been  at  work  for 
neighbors  for  the  past  five  year?,  and 
the  oldest,  a  little  over  thirty,  and  was 
to  be  married  in  a  few  weeks,  and  in- 
tended to  "go  West." 

But  for  the  attractions  of  home  and 
the  earnest  protest  of  mother,  sisters 
and  their  younger  brothers,  the  three 
oldest  sons  would  have  gone  further 
west  three  years  ago,  but  farmer  Brown 
said  he  would  go  wiih  them  and  togeth- 
er they  would  buy  a  section,  if  they  could 
sell  the  old  farm  for  its  value.  So  the 
old  place  had  been  for  sale  several 
years.  It  soon  became  evident  to  all 
that  the  beautiful  farm  would  not  sell 
for  its  real  value.  Several  neighbors 
had  eold  out  to  the  very  persous  that 
had  at  different  times  attempted  to  buy 
of  farmer  Brown.  In  vain  farmer 
Brown  pointed  to  his  fine  oi chard,  ex- 
cellent fences  and  buildings  that  had 
cost  over  $3,000.  It  was  plainly  evi- 
dent that  farmer  Brown's  farm  was 
really  worth  fifteen  dollars  per  Ecre 
more  than  any  other  in  the  township 
on  account  of  these  improvements,  but 
purchasers  would  not  give  it.  The 
dear  old  farm  was  at  last  sold  at  but 
five  dollars  more  per  acre  than  that  of 
a  near  neighbor  whoso  place  was  really 
worth  eighteen  dollars  per  acre  less. 
The  moral  of  this  story  is:  fine  farm 
buildings  are  very    pleasant  to  use,  but 

THEY  DO  NOT  PAY,  UulcSS   tllCy  £16   tO    be 

*'the  old  homestead." 

Send  the  boys  West  to  do  the  piont  er 
work  and  keep  the  home  which  has 
cost  the  best  years  of  jour  life,  which 
will  not  sell  for  what  it  is  worth, 
but  will  be  a  delightful  pkce  to  receive 
thanksgiving  day  visits  in  from  the 
children,  who  ere  building  up  their 
little  homes  further  west,  and  which 
will  be  a  tasteful  and  quiet  retreat  for 
old  age. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


'\\t  4^\^i$im  Cp^^tt^t^. 


riiicairo,   I'hnrs'iay,  April  23.  1874. 


Tub  Chkistian  Cynosure. — Our  sub  cnbers  are, 
maLy  of  them,  tried  friends.  They  took  the  paper 
when  it  was  small  and  unknown.  They  did  not  take 
it  to  make  money,  or  to  get  friends,  or  offices.  Thej 
sustained  it  then,  and  do  now,  because  it  maintains 
principles  which  they  believed  to  be  fundamental  to 
our  liberties  and  our  religion.  Now  the  paper  is  en- 
larged and  much  improved.  It  is  far  cheaper  than 
mo»t  of  the  two-dollar  papers  of  the  country.  We 
ask  renewed  and  increased  efiforts  for  our  list.  We 
want  twecty-five  thousand  subscribers;  not  for  our- 
selvfp,  but  for  our  cause. 

There  is  a  great  outcry  about  rings,  stealing,  cor- 
ruption, and  monop)ly.  All  this  is  needed,  but 
what  good  will  it  do,  if  the  reform  goes  no  farther 
than  to  remove  the  manifestations  of  secrecy,  and  fail 
to  reach  the  principle  itself? 

Whisky  rings,  printing  rings,  pavement  rings,  and 
others  of  like  character,  are  but  shapes  which  Mason- 
ry assumes,  to  hide  its  real  self  while  it  does  its  work. 
Did  not  Masons  at  Springfield,  111.,  swear  that  H.  G. 
Reynolds  paid  them  bribe  money  on  the  square;  and 
th^t  they  held  themselves  bound  not  to  reveal  it  ? 
Did  they  not  refuse  to  reveal  it  until  compelled  bj 
imprisonment?  And  did  not  the  same  men,  who  bad 
accidentally  discovered  this  Masonic  conspiracy,  cover 
the  whole  transaction  with  the  veil  of  oblivion,  and 
pass  a  vote  allowing  men  who  had  stolen  thirty 
thousand  dollars,  to  draw  twenty  thousand  more 
from  the  State  treasury  ?  Masonic  influence  is  power- 
ful at  Springfield,  and  almost  omnipotent  at  Wash- 
ington, where  every  evil  on  earth  seems  to  find 
champions  in  the  Sovereign  Grands  of  the  thirtj- 
third  degree. 

Once  more  then  to  the  battle,  friends  of  ours, — and 
better  still,  of  truth.  Remember  that  he  always 
wins  who  sides  with  God.  Remember  that  he  who 
stands  in  the  way  of  his  chariot  wheels,  will  surely  be 
crushed. 

Get  your  neighbors  to  subscribe  for  this  paper,  that 
pleads  for  the  right.  Be  faithful  and  patient.  The 
day  will  dawn. 


IS  IT  FOOLISH  1    IS  IT  NEEDLESS  ? 


The  Tribune  of  the  13ih  inst. ,  says  that  the  grang- 
ers in  Iowa  have  come  to  grief  by  getting  Romat 
Catholic?  to  join  them,  by  means  of  forged  letters 
from  Roman  Catholic  bishops,  and  finally  from  the 
Pope  himself,  granting  to  Catholics  permission  to 
join  the  grange,  provided  there  is  nothing  in  their 
obligations  or  usages  contrary  to  the  teachings  of  the 
church.  On  the  strength  of  these  letters,  or  of  the 
assertion  that  such  letters  have  been  received,  num- 
erous Catholics  have  joined  the  Patrons.  But  it  turns 
out  that  no  such  dispensations  or  letters  have  been 
written  by  Pope  or  bishops,  and  there  is  great  indig- 
nation among  the  Catholic  clergy,  and  great  excite- 
ment among  the  people.  The  Tribune  editor  con- 
cludes that  inasmuch  as  the  papal  law  forbids  the 
faithful  to  join  any  society  which  administers  an  oath 
of  secrecy,  and  the  Patrons  have  ^'foolishly  and 
needlessly^'  made  such  an  oath  a  part  of  their  initiatory 
rites,  of  course  the  Catholics  can  not  unite  with  them. 

Now  we  are  glad  to  have  such  facts  ventilated.  We 
do  not  believe  that  anything  wrong  is  ever  really  nec- 
essary or  really  wise;  and  yet  there  is  a  sense  in 
which  the  children  of  this  world  are  wiser  thun  the 
children  of  light;  and  whatever  is  necessary  to  sweep 
in  their  schemes,  and  is  cunningly  adapted  to  that 
end,  the  world  are  accustomed  to  consider  as  neither 
needless  nor  foolish ,  but  the  contrary,  even  though 
present  success  may  be  ultimate  ruin. 

The  oath  of  secrecy  in  the  grange  foolishly  need- 
less! Without  such  an  oath,  how  could  they  carry 
out  the  scheme  of  deceiving  the  Cntholicp,  by  the  pre- 
tense of  a  papal  dispensation  ?  A  large  amount  ol 
most  carefully   guarded   secrecy  would  be  needed  in 


sueh  a  scheme.  How  could  it  be  foolish  or  needless 
to  employ  the  full  sanctions  of  an  oath  to  secure  it? 
A  scheme  for  taxing  the  farmers  heavily  and  perpet- 
ually for  the  benefit  of  the  inventors,  the  sagamores 
and  chief  estates  of  the  order,  imperiously  demands 
secrecy;  and  nothing  but  strong  guards  and  fearful 
imprecations  can  be  sufficient  to  preserve  it.  "  In  vain 
.B  the  net  spread  in  the  sight  of  any  bird."  If  a  vast 
political  scheme  is  to  be  accomplished  by  a  movement 
which  wholly  disclaims  any  political  designs;  or  if  the 
intention  is  to  extend  and  strengthen  Freemasonry,  or 
to  organize  a  new  corps  in  the  Grand  Army  of  the  In- 
visible Empire,  that  is  to  rule  and  ruin  both  church 
and  state;  or  if  it  is  indispensable  to  success,  the  rank 
and  file  of  the  order  shall  be  made  to  believe  that  no 
such  ends  are  intended,  but  merely  the  promotion  of 
the  best  interests  of  agriculture,  why  then,  such  an 
amount  of  secrecy  is  required  that  no  ground  weaker 
than  those  resorted  to  by  the  Patrons,  would  be  at  all 
adequate.  If  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  have  em- 
ployed the  oath  of  secrecy  foolishly  and  needlessly,  it 
is  not  because  that  oath  is  not  adapted  to  their  pur- 
pose, and  necessary  to  its  success;  but  it  is  because 
their  purpose  is  infinitely  worse  than  needless  or  fool- 
ish, and  is  hidden  under  pretensions,  just  as  false  as 
that  of  the  Pope's  haying  lent  it  his  sanction.  It  is 
because  the  farmers  generally  have  been  duped  as 
really  as  the  Catholics,  and  have  been  drawn  into  the 
dark  army  by  pretensions,  as  crafty  and  as  false  as 
this  lie  about  the  Pope;  and  because  such  lies  are 
only  the  appropriate  means  for  advancing  a  cause 
which  has  no  other  foundation  than  false  pretenses. 

REVIEW  OF  GROSH'S  DEFENSE  CONTINUED. 


Instead  of  furnishing  us  any  valid  reason  to  cLange 
our  opinion  as  to  the  oath-bound  character  of  the  I. 
0.  0,  F. ,  the  sophistry  and  special  pleading  which 
Mr.  Grosh  employs  not  only  confirms  our  former  opin-' 
ion,  but  convinces  u»  that  he  himself  must  be  con- 
scious of  the  indefensibleness  of  his  side  of  the  quet- 
lion. 

First  he  makes  the  following  admission. 

"'The  Odd-fellow's  Manual,'  in  treating  of  the 
Grand  Encampment  Degree,  states  that  the  'receiver 
ot  this  degree  appeals  to  heaven  and  earth  to  witness 
he  fidelity  with  which  he  will  represent  the  interests 
if  his  Subordinate,  and  at  the  same  time  faithfully 
preserve  the  secrets,  advance  the  interests,  and  pro 
mote  the  welfare  of  his  Grand  Encampment.'" 

The  Manual  here  referred  to  is  Mr.  Grosh's  own 
work;  and  while  it  clearly  shows  the  members  of  the 
Grand  Encampment  to  be  oath-hound,  it  also,  by  the 
sinking  resemblance  of  their  oath  as  here  described, 
to  those  of  the  other  degrees  as  giyen  by  Dr.  Willis, 
adds  confirmation  to  the  correctness  of  Dr.  Willis'  ex- 
posure. 

Having  made,  this  fatal  admission,  he  next  under- 
takes to  escape  from  its  damaging  effect  by  accusing 
Dr.  Cooper  of  "twisting  and  turning  and  misquoting" 
him  and  Webster's  Dictionary  in  order  to  prove,  as  he 
says,  that  ''our  obligations  are  oaths."  Mr.  Grosh 
then  follows  this  accusation  of  twisting  and  turning 
by  an  example  of  ths  same  thing  himself — such  as  we 
venture  to  affirm  can  be  cited  from  no  sound  or  candid 
reasoner,  or  any  other  reasoner,  against  oath-bound 
secrecy.     He  twists  and  turns  thus: 

"Take  his  [Cooper's]  treatment  of  Webster's  defi- 
nition as  a  sample.  The  dictionary  defines  an  oath  to 
be  "a  sol'-mn  affirmation  or  declaration  made  with  an 
appeal  to  God  for  the  truth  of  what  is  affirmed."  On 
this  our  opposer  says,  "  he  makes  the  very  essence 
of  an  oath  consist  in  an  appeal  to  God."  Is  that  all? 
No;  but  it  would  not  answer  his  purpose  to  quote 
more,  so  be  omits — "for  the  truth  of  what  is  affirmed" 
(a  very  essential  part  of  "the  essence  of  an  oath," 
according  to  Webster!) — and  thus  he  seemingly  brings- 
that  definition  to  bear  on  what  the  Manual  has  said  of 
an  "  appeal  to  heaven  and  earth."  Nor  is  ths  all  his 
unfairness.  He  virtually  misquotes  the  Manual  by 
repeatedly  printing  "heaven"  with  a  capital  H 
('"Heaven") — thus  making  it  mean,  what  the  word 
does  not  mean,  as  printed  in  the  Manual,  i.  e.,  Go'i, 
nstead  of  the  visible  neaven.  Such  is  the  candor 
and  fairness  of  these  predetermined  judges  of  the 
veracity  and  integrity  of  their  felbw-men!  I  wonder 
It  did   not  enter  their  ingenious  lainds  to  misquote  a 


little  further,  and  assert  that  we  swear  by  Heaven  and 
by  earth,  and  then  quote  Matthew  v.  33-37,  to  make 
Jesus  convict  us  of  coarse  profanity!" 

Verily  the  Grand  Chaplain  quibbles.  Who  says 
the  last  phrase  of  Webster's  definition  is  "a  very  es- 
sential  part  of  the  essence  of  an  oath  ?  Webster  does 
not  say  it,  and  any  one  can  see  that  it  is  not  so.  Who 
does  not  know  that  an  oath  may  be  intended  either  as 
a  confirmation  of  the  truth  of  what  one  says  or  to  in- 
sure the  fulfilment  of  what  he  promises.  More  oaths 
are  promissory  than  affirmatory,  and  if  an  appeal  to 
God  must  be  "for  the  truth  of  what  is  affirmed^'  in 
order  to  be  an  oath,  then  a  mere  promissory  oath, 
such  as  the  President's,  to  support  the  constitution,  or 
any  oath  of  office,  is  not  an  oath.  But  a  promissory 
appeal  to  God  is  as  much  an  oath  as  an  affirmative 
appeal,  therefore  it  is  not  essential  what  the  appeal  is 
for,  but  the  essence  of  the  oath  is  found  in  the  simple 
appeal  to  God,  as  Dr.  Cooper  says,  and  Mr.  Grosh's 
logic  is  the  veriest  sophistry.     But  hear   him  further: 

"Let  us  carry  out  this  opposer's  mode  of  reasoning. 
The  signers  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence,  and 
Mr.  Lincoln  in  his  Emancipation  Proclamation,  appeal- 
ed to  God  for  the  rectitude  of  their  acts — therefore 
they  closed  those  instruments  with  an  oath ! " 

To  be  sure  they  did.  They  asserted  the  rectitude 
of  their  acts  and  appealed  to  God  for  the  truth  of  the 
solemn  affirmation,     lie  goes  on  thus : 

*'  The  preachers  appeal  to  th;i  Bible,  and  the  lawyers 
to  the  statutes,  for  proof  of  their  position — therefore 
they  swear  by  Bible  and  law-book !  Some  hymns  and 
prayers  contain  many  earnest  appeals  to  God — there- 
fore they  are  filled  with  oaths!  ' 

An  appeal  to  Scriptures  and  to  law-books  as  argu- 
ment is  not  an  oath  in  Mr.  Cooper's  assumption  as  to 
the  essense  of  an  oath,  for  there  is  no  appeal  to  God. 
An  appeal  to  God  in  prayer  or  praise  has  indeed  the 
solemnity  of  an  oath;  but  the  appeal  has' no  reference 
to  any  purpose  for  which  an  oath  is  ever  used.  Such 
appeal  requires  indeed  sincerity  and  truth  in  the  ap- 
pellant, but  is  worship  and  not  swearing,  unless  it  be 
done  in  hypocrisy  or  mockery.  Mr.  Grosh's  logic 
here  is  indeed  like  that  which  he  vainly  endeavors  to 
fasten  upon  his  opponent:  "All  geese  are  birds; 
therefore  all  birds  are  geese ! "  as  if  he  had  said  all 
oaths  are  appeals,  therefore  all  appeals  are  oaths. 
But  he  complains  bitterly  of  Dr.  Cooper's  printing 
heaven  in  his  quotation  from  the  Manual  with  an  initial 
capital  letter,  making  it  mean  God,  which  he  avers 
''  it  does  not  mean."  The  solemn  appeal  is  "to  the 
visible  heaven,"  says  Dr.  Grosh.  What  does  such  an 
appeal  to  the  visible  heaven  and  earth,  the  clouds  and 
clod— what  does  it  mean?  We  really  supposed  that 
a  solemn  appeal  to  heaven  and  earth  always  meant  an 
appeal  to  the  intelligences  which  inhabit  them.  We 
may  have  derived  this  opinion  from  Christ's  declaration 
that  "whoso  sweareth  by  heaven  sweareth  by  the 
throne  of  God  and  by  him  that  sitteth  thereon.  Mr, 
Grosh  appears  to  admit  that  an  appeal  to  God  is  swear- 
ing by  God,  and  that  if  '*heaven,"  in  the  appeal  of 
the  Grand  Encampment  degree,  meant  God,  that  ap- 
peal would  be  swearing  by  God ;  and  would,  according 
to  Christ's  teaching,  be  "coarse  profanity.'"  And 
indeed  we  are  unable  to  see  why  all  these  premises 
are  not  correct,  and  the  conclusion,  inevitable,  that 
this  solemn  appeal  to  heaven  and  earth  is  ''coarse 
profanity."  It  is  not  strange  that  he  wonders  we  do 
not  push  our  argument  to  that  result.  For  evidently 
he  can  see  no  way  out  of  his  dilemma  than  by  a  quib- 
ble that  would  do  no  credit  to  a  third-rate  pettifogger, 
by  the  puerile  assertion  that  a  solemn  appeal  to  heaven 
and  earth  is  an  appeal,  not  to  the  universe  of  mind, 
but  only  to  that  of  inert  matter.  But  the  climax  of 
logical  sublimity  is  not  reached  until  Mr.  Grosh  winds 
up  with  an  assertion  which  shows  all  his  tortuous 
labor  of  sophistry  to  have  been  perfectly  needless; 
for,  after  all,  he  asserts  that  the  appeal  over  which  all 
this  ado  is  made,  is  never  taken  at  all  in  words,  i.  e. , 
the  statement  in  the  Manual  is  true  only  in  a  mystical 
sense,  which  none  but  an  Odd-fellow  can  understand, 
and  by  which,  as  by  most  of  the  outgivings  of  these 
guileful  children  of  the  night  and  of  secrecy,  outsiders 
are  mocked  and  misled.  Never  made  in  words  1  If 
made  at  all,  never  made  by  one  in  an  hundred  of  the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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order!  ^^ Only  a  silent  yet  expressive  appeal  hy  way 
of  a  reminder  of  duty !"  Why  did  he  not  say  so  in 
hia  Manual  ?  Why  did  he  not  say  so  at  once  in  his 
defense?  He  might  have  saved  himself  the  troubk 
of  weavins;  his  long  tortuous  net  of  transparent  soph- 
istry, and  us  the  trouble  of  unraveling  it.  Since  no 
one  but  he  who  makes  it  can  know  whether  a  silent 
appeal  ia  any  appeal,  or  whether  it  is  made  to  heaven 


and  earth  or  to  heaven  and  hell,  we  should  have  has  not  done  with  them  when  he  has  thus  unequivo- 
known  that  the  Manual  writer  had  fooled  us  once,  and  cally  classed  them.  He  has  purposed  that  all  the 
is  doubtless  at  the  same  game  again.  Thus  he  winds  secrets  of  mea,  all  the  hidden  things  of  darkness, 
up  by  virtually  crying  out  "April  fool"  tons.      And  shall   be  dragged  into  the    light,  and  thereby  receive 


and  no  taint  or  tendency  to,  or  shadow  of  evil,  it  and  Sumner.  They  have  never  furnished  power  to 
could  work  no  po':aible  harm  to  make  them  as  public  j  move,  or  brains  to  direct  our  great  Republic.  They 
as  the  Bible;  and  now  especially  as  their  purity  is  ^  have  simply  seized  upon  what  carcasses  they  could 
earnestly  denied,  if  they  were  thus  pure  their  friends ;  reach  to  gorge  themselves,  without  comprehending 
would  certainly  bring  them  to  the  light  and  silence  I  either  the  steering  apparatus  or  the  engine  room, 
forever  their  accusers.  Because  they  will  not  do  this;  We  have,  however,  one  consolation,  when  consider- 
Ohrist's  word  classes  them  with  the  evil.  And  wejing  such  bodies  as  our  present  Senate  and  House,  and 
are  justified  in  so  considerin EC  them.     And  yet  Christ  Executive.      We   cannot   be   worse    off,  and   may  te 

better. 


when  heaven  shall  force  the  honest  truth  from  him  he 
will  cry  out  "April  fool"  to  the  whole  fraternities  of 
Odd-fellows  and  Patrons  as  the  finale  of  his  authorship 
and  of  all  the  pompous  solemnity  of  his  high  priest- 
hood and  grand  chaplaincies. 

But  the  point  on  which  he  is  most  sore  is  that  we 
not  only  persist  in  declaring  his  order  oath-bound,  but 
bound  by  oaths  to  do  evil.  This  he  deems  grevtously 
uncharitable.  He  denies  it,  and  declares  that  holy 
Odd-fellows  by  the  hundred  deny  it;  Quaker  Odd-fel- 
lows declare  that  their  obligations  bind  to  do  good 
only.  As  we  have  said  concerning  the  disputed  pomt 
whether  or  not  they  are  oaths,  so  we  say  of  all  this 
testimony  as  to  their  character,  i.  e.,  whether  they 
bind  to  good  or  evil,  that  is  a  matter  of  opinion  mere- 
ly. Mistaken  opinions,  even  among  good  men,  are 
unhappily  no  novelty  in  this  imperfect  world.  There- 
fore we  say  again  give  us  the  very  words  of  your 
obligations  and  we  shall  have  no  need  to  trouble  you 
for  your  opinion.  We  can  then  form  our  own  opinio 
and  more  satisfactorily  than  to  have  Mr.  Grosh,  or  all 
the  Odd-fellows  in  America  do  our  thinking  for  us. 
We  belong  to  tlie  class  "who  will  sometimes  think 
and  decide  for  ourselves  even  on  subjects  forbidden  by 
churches"  or  lodges.  And  on  the  point  in  question 
we  do  think  we  will  be  able  to  judge  quite  as  correctly 
as  those  who  have  bound  their  souls  by  the  obligationb 
before  having  opportunity  to  consider  and  reflect  upon 
their  import  and  bearings.  Having  accepted  the 
assertions  of  others  instead  of  thinking  for  themselves, 
and  bound  themselves  accordingly,  they  are  under  the 
strongest  kind  of  bias  to  make  out  the  opinion  they 
have  accepted  and  acted  upon  to  be  correct.  We  are 
free  from  any  such  prejudgment  and  are  not  afraid  to 
apply  the  strictest  rules  of  truth  and  justice  to  the 
matter  and  to  follow  them  to  their  legitimate  conclu- 
sion, be  it  what  it  may.  I 
Mr.  Grosh  taunts  church  members  withjbeing  bound 
by  their  covenants  and  not  daring  to  think  for  them- 
selves, or  to  act  otherwise  than  their  church  prescribes ; 
but  himself  denies  us  opportunity  to  think  for  our- 
selves as  to  the  obligations  of  the  I,  0.  0.  F.  When 
we  say  those  obligations  are  oaths  and  they  bind  to 
evil,  if  such  a  thing  be  possible,  he  demands  insolent- 
ly, Do  you  judge  us  by  yourselves?  Are  your 
church  covenants  oaths?  and  do  they  bind  you  to  do 
evil?  We  answer,  they  partake  of  the  sacredness  of 
an  oath  that  is  sworn  "in  judgment,  in  truth  aud  in 
righteousness,"  but  as  to  requiring  evil  in  the  slightest 
degree,  Mr.  Grosh  himself  knows  they  do  not.  He 
knows  that  the  covenants  of  the  churches  he  assails 
bind  their  members  to  do  the  will  of  God  as  revealed 
in  the  Holy  Scriptures,  which  are  open  to  all  men 
without  restriction.  To  that  and  nothing  else  do  they 
bind.  If  Mr.  Grosh  or  any  others  have  aught  against 
this  rule  we  have  only  to  say  to  them,  Answer  that  to 
the  Author  of  that  Revelation. 

But  all  the  assertions  of  Mr.  Grosh  and  of  the 
many  thousands  of  American  Odd-fellows  do  not  in 
the  least  weaken  our  opinion  that  their  obligations  are 
oaths;  unjustifiable  as  to  the  occasion  and  method  of 
taking  them,  and  both  tending  to  and  positively  re- 
quiring that  which  is  evil.  If  there  is  no  evil  in  them, 
Odd-fellows  have  it  in  their  power  to  compel  all  men 
to  acquit  their  obligations  of  this  charge.  Bring 
them  all  out  and  let  them  think  and  judge  for  them- 
selves. "Every  one  that  doeth  truth  cometh  to  the 
light  that  his  deeds  may  be  manifest  that  they  are 
wrought  in  God."  Did  the  obligations  of  Odd-fellow- 
ahip  possess  the  perfect  purity  that  is  claimed  for  them 


their  merited  reward  of  universal  abhorrence  and  ever- 
lasting contempt.  This  work  has  been  accomplished 
with  respect  to  the  ancient  heathen  mysteries  from 
which  our  modern  mysteries  are  copied;  and  it  is 
begun  with  these. 


The   Illinois  Printing. — Harmon    G.    Reynolds, 
great  Masonic  philanthropist,  having  studied  carefully 
the  theory  of  benevolence    in   the    lodge,    lately  en- 
deavored  to  apply  his  knowledge  for  the  glory  of  the 
Masonic    gods    and    the    good  of   his  Masonic  fellow 
men.      It  seems    from    the  testimony  that  the  State 
of  Illinois  had    certain    contracts    for   printing   and 
binding  to  let,  and  certain  parties  in  Springfield  were 
Who  Will  Help? — Since    last   September,   three  about   to   bid    on  theee    contracts.      The   gentleman 
THOUSAND  FORTT-xn REE  DOLLARS  AND  EIGHTY-FIVE  CENTS  I  whoso  name  we  mention  above   went  to  these  parties 
have   been    subscribed   toward   paying   the    building! and   gave    them    various    sums    of    money  (on  the 


gave 
square)  in  consideration  of  which  they  withdrew  or 
failed  to  put  in  their  bids.  This  enabled  the  house 
for  which  he  worked  to  steal  from  the  State  thirty 
thousand  dollars.  An  investigation  was  ordered; 
Masonic  witnesses  testified  to  the  above  facts;  not 
willingly,  but  very  reluctantly;  and  the  legislature 
made  no  arrangements  to  punish  the  man  who 
bribed,   the    men  who  received  bribes,  or  to  recover 


debt  of  Wheaton  College. 

The  institution  still  needs  about  seventeen  thousand 
dollars  to  discharge  all  its  obligations.  The  sum  al- 
ready raised  has  come  from  two  hundred  and  thirty- 
three  persons,  and  the  average  subscription  is  a  little 
over  thirteen  dollars. 

Cannot  every  Cynosure  subscriber  do  a  little  to- 
ward   this  worthy  and  glorious  object?     If  we   could 

only  have  a  small  sum  from  every  one  of  thoe  who|tbe  money  stolen  from  the  State.  In  fact,  they  made 
are  heartily  opposed  to  secret  societies,  every  deblj^n  arrangement  by  which  these  same  thieves  are 
would  be  paid,  and  this  noble  institution  unembar-Lo  get  about  twenty  thousand  dollars  more  from  the 
rassed  and  strengthened,  plead  "for  Christ  and  hi6|gt^te_  ^hen  the  citizens  have  paid  this  money,  it 
kmgdom,"  against  the  hosts  of  evil  which  are  gather-  Q^jght  be  well  for  them  to  inquire  whether  a  system 
mg  for  the  last  great  conflict.  Don't  fear  to  send  t^at  enables  men  to  steal  from  them  and  avoid 
your  offering  because  it  is  small,  but  send  at  once  punishment  should  be  tolerated,  and  when  H.  G.  Rey- 
what  you  are  able  and  willing  to  give,  stating  that  nolds  next  comes  into  Grand  Lodge  it  would  be  appro- 
you  do  so  in  response  to  the  appeal  m  ihe  Cynosure,   priate  to  sing:  "Hail   Masonry   divine."     And    then 

M„    .1  ■     J      -11    1  1         1    -     J    •     have  Albert   Pike,    or  Allen  C.  Fuller,   or  Steohen 

sum -5  thus  received  will   be   acknowledcyed   ml  .      „     ,,    ^     rr     '  c    ^^      -i     ■  ■    "'■''^"f" 

°  j  A.    Hurlbut  oner  a    prayer    oi    thanksgiving  to  the 

these  columns,  and  credited  to  the  "Cynosure  sub- i  Masonic  gods  for  helping  our  P.  W.  G.  M.  and  P.  W. 
scription,"  which  is  now  open.  I  G.  S.  out  of  the  scrape. 

C,  A.  Blanchard,  Financial  Agent.      j  *-*^ 

Wheaton    111 .  Ohio  Central  College  is  located  at  Iberia,  on  the 

^^^ Cleveland,  Columbus  and  Cincinnati  railroad,  and  is 

Inflation.— The   bill   adding  $44,000,000    to   the  | '«  charge  of  the  United   Presbyterians,    whose   testi- 
national  currency,  and  $46,000,000  to  the  circulation  i  °^«°y  «"  ^f  «^  societies  is  well  known,  and  is  a  guar 
e  ^,  .       ,  .      1       1.  J    1-  .1     c.       ^  J  '^°^y  that  the  position  of  President  Reid  m  his  letter 


ty  that  the  position  of  President  Keid  in  his  letter 
on  the  first  page  i?  well  taken  and  will  be  maintained. 
The  curriculum  of  the  college  comprises  a   scientific 
classical  and  preparatory  course,  to  which  both  sexes 
haye  an  equal  admission. 

■    <»    a 

Our  friends  who  are  working  for  the  increased  cir- 
culation of  the  Cynosure  will  be  interested  in  reading 
the  article  "Oor  Subscription  List"  in  the  Publish- 
ers' department  on  the  sixteenth  page.  It  is  easy  to 
see  that  the  3,886  subscriptions  ought  to  be  and  must 
be  doubled  before  the  Cynosure  can  be  said  to  have  a 
paying  list,  and  at  least  2,000  ought  to  be  added  to 
this  list  before  and  at  the  Syracuse  Convention,  or  the 
"dry  time"  in  the  summer  will  be  exceedingly  hard 
on  the  publishers. 

— The  United  Presbyterian  has  the  following  no- 
tice: 

•'Mr.  A,  P.  Bently,  of  Mt.  Pleasant,  Iowa,  is  said 
to  be  writing  a  story  founded  on  the  abduction  of 
Morgan,  of  Masonic  memory.  He  is  assisted  by 
Hon.  J.  C.  Jill,  of  that  city,  who  was  accused  of  and 
tried  for  the  abduction.  It  will  pretend  to  give  a 
true  and  reliable  account  of  the  historic  event. 

It  is  quite  probable  that  the  above  is  a  publication 
in  the  interest  of  the  lodge,  like  a  certain  '  'Square  Ac- 
count" of  the  same  transaction  published  a  year  ago 
in  the  Boston  Commercial  Bulletin, 

— The  third  session  of  the  National  Agricultural 
Congress  will  be  held  at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  May  13th, 
This  is  a  body  composed  of  representatives  from  agri- 
cultural and  horticultural  societies  of  all  kinds.  The 
order  of  exercises  already  prepared  shows  that  the  va- 
rioi's  interests  of  the  farmer  will  be  ably  discussed. 
Mr,  Charles  W.  Greene,  Jacksonville,  III,  is  the 
Secretary,  and  will  answer  all  inquiries  concerning 
this  convention.  He  writes  that  it  "will  probably  take 
steps  toward  organizing  a  national  system  of  open  as- 
sociations in  which  free  speech  and  free  discussion 
will  be  the  watchwords  of  its  membership."  May 
as  Lincoln,  Stevens,  Chase,  Seward,  Hale,   Giddings  j  heaven  speed  such  a  work! 


of  the  national  banks ,  has  passed  both  Senate  and 
House ,  and  now  awaits  only  the  signature  of  the 
President  to  become  a  law. 

It  is  a  question  whether  our  national  government 
had  a  right  even  in  war  time  to  issue  a  single  green- 
back. The  Supreme  Court  in  '69,  held  that  it  was 
illegal  to  do  so,  and  in  '70,  changes  having  been  made 
in  the  court,  it  held  five  to  four  that  it  was  otherwise. 

It  was  justified  by  the  majority  of  the  court  at  that 
time,  solely  on  the  ground  that  it  was  essential  to  the 
salvation  of  the  country. 

Now,  in  a  time  of  peace,  because  it  is  deemed 
essential  to  the  political  palvation  of  a  parcel  of  dema- 
gogues, they  have  authorized  this  increase,  in  viola- 
tion of  personal  and  party  pledges,  and  for  no  appar- 
ent reason  save  the  one  stated.  The  premium  on 
gold  is  steadily  rising,  and  of  course  will  continue  to 
do  so,  so  long  as  this  policy  is  continued.  Nor  are 
we  likely  to  stop  at  this  point.  We  must  have  more 
currency  or  less.  So  long  as  we  have  paper  forced  on 
our  own  citizens  by  act  of  Congress,  our  gold  and  silver 
will  go  to  Europe  and  the  speculators.  When  it  is 
all,  or  almost  all  there,  the  value  of  all  articles  will  de- 
pend on  the  number  of  sheets  the  government  presses 
run  off  in  an  hour.  In  other  words,  we  shall  have  *•  a 
lie  as  the  standard  of  value."  That  is,  government 
compels  its  citizens  to  take  a  promise  to  pay  as  pay- 
ment, and  pursues  a  course  that  inevitably  leads  to  re- 
pudiation and  national  dishonor. 

Of  course  no  one  need  be  disappointed  that  the 
pro-slavery,  black-law  men  who  now  control  the  Re- 
republican  party,  have  thus  violated  every  pledge  that 
an  honorable  man  would  hold  sacred. 

The  pompous  little  men  who  now  strut  upon  the 
stage,  were  simply  the  sharks  who  followed  in  the 
wake  of  the  ship  of  state,  when  steered  by  such  pilots 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE; 


^\i^  '^mt  ^ki{U, 


The  Higher  Life. 

Where's  the  mau  who  seeks  lor  Fame  ? 

Haste !  the  laurel  give  him  ; 
Unfold  the  scroll  and  write  his  name, 

'Tis  all  the  grave  will  leave  him. 

Where  is  he  who  toils  for  Gold? 

Give  !  let  naught  alloy  it— 
When  a  few  brief  days  are  told, 

No  more  can  he  enjoy  It. 

Where's  the  bosom  swelled  with  pride. 

Spare  !  I  would  not  wound  it— 
For  death  shall  twine  at  eventide 

Ills  mean  scant  garment  round  It. 

Whet's  the  heart  on  Pleasure  bent! 

Tour  a  double  measure ; 
Health  and  lite  to-morrow  spent, 

(ione  will  be  the  treasure. 

Where's  the  Soul  that  looks  above 

Pleasure,  gold  and  glory; 
Such  as  earthly  passions  move, 

Such  as  lives  in  story. 

Take  each  cup  of  joy  away, 
To  others  lilled  aud  given. 

Oh,  S\'hat  arc  all  these  baubles— say- 
To  him  whoso  home  is  Heaven? 

SdecUd. 


Incidents  of  City  Mission  Work. 


'  I  was  a  stranger,  and  ye  took  me  In.'' 


At  about  seven  o'clock  one  evening, 
'while  on  his  -way  from  his  own  residence 
to  his  mission  station,  Rev.  John  P. 
Betker  (pastor  of  the  New  York  City 
Missions  Chapel,  No.  185  Spring  street,) 
met  a  man.  his  wife  and  two  children. 
The  wife  and  children  were  sitting  on 
the  sidewalk,  near  the  fence  which  en- 
closed a  vacant  lot,  and  the  man  was 
Btandins;  near  them.  It  had  just  began 
to  rain,  and  the  weather  was  uncom- 
fortably cool.  There  was  a  recess  in 
the  fence  where  the  group  were  gath- 
ered, and,  as  it  was  quite  dark,  the 
reverend  gentleman  could  not  see  them 
very  plainly.  His  first  impressions 
were  that  some  person  had  fallen.  Ap- 
proaching them,  he  anxiously  inquired, 
"What  is  the  fiiatter  here?" 
'  "Sir,"  replied  the  man,  in  a  voice 
tremulous  with  emotion,  "we  have  no 
home,  and  don't  know  where  to  go. 
Our  land-lady  turned  us  out  of  the 
house  because  we  could  not  pay  the 
rent;  and  now  we  are  thinking  what 
next  to  do." 

While  this  conversation  was  going  on, 
quite  a  number  of  passers-by  were  at- 
tracted to  the  spot,  and  all  eagerly 
sought  inforrmation  as  to  what  had 
happened. 

When  the  case  was  fully  explained 
to  them,  several  said,  "What  a  pity, 
what  a  pity  I  Too  bad !  Can't  some- 
thing be  done  for  the  poor,  destitute 
family?" 

But  no  one  proposed  to  do  anything. 
After  a  moment's  thought  as  to  what 
he  had  better  do  for  their  temporary 
relief,  a  plan  occurred  to  the  pastors 
mind.  He  told  the  man  who  and  what 
he  was,  and  added,  "Come  with  me, 
and  1  will  see  what  I  can  do  for  you." 
This  remark  was  warmly  applauded 
by  the  "lookers-on,"  and  the  suffering 
family  immediately  arose  and  followed 
him,  without  asking  any  questions  as 
to  where  he  intended  to  lead  them. 
His  purpose  was  to  take  them  to  bis 
mission  hall  in  Spring  street,  and  have 
them  lodge  there  for  the  night.  On 
their  arrival  at  the  hall,  the  pastor  re- 
plenished the  fire  in  the  stove,  and  tak- 
ing their  eldest  daughter  with  him, 
went  to  a  grocery  store,  bought  two 
quarts  of  milk,  two  pounds  of  crackers, 
a  loaf  of  bread  and  a  pound  of  cheese; 
and  returning  to  the  hall,  set  out  a 
table,  placed  the  articles   of  food  upon 


it,    and   invited    them   to  the    repast. 
They  ate  very  heartily. 

Mr.  McKenzie,  a  Christian  gentle- 
man ,  soon  after  entered  the  hall  to  see 
the  pastor,  and  on  learning  the  partic- 
ulars of  the  case,  he  put  one  dollar 
into  the  poor  man's  hand ;  and  as  he 
still  held  him  by  the  hand,  speaking 
kindly  to  Km  the  while,  the  poor  man, 
overcome  with  emotion,  bowed  his 
head;  and  a  big  tear  fell  from  his  eye 
upon  the  hand  of  his  benefactor.  That 
was  a  warm  tear  of  gratitude  from  the 
sky  of  the  poor  man's  soul,  made  glad 
by  the  generous  sunshine  of  Christian 
benevolence. 

Mr.  McKenz'C  soon  after  left,  and  the 
pastor,  by  placing  several  church  settees 
together ,  putting  the  cushions  on  them^ 
and  doubling  two  of  them  together  for 
pillows,  prepared  good  beds  for  his 
guests,  and  then  sat  down  and  talked 
to  them  about  Him  who  became  poor 
that  we,  through  his  poverty,  might 
be  rich  eternally.  He  told  them  of 
God's  merciful  designs  toward  them  in 
all  his  dealings;  that  he  even  counts 
the  very  hairs  oi  our  heads,  and  that 
he  knew  all  about  their  circumstances, 
and  that  he  doubtless  had  a  merciful 
purpose  toward  them  in  permitting 
them  to  sink  so  very  low  in  poverty 
and  want,  as  they  found  themselves 
that  night. 

"Study,"  said  he,  "the  designs  of 
God  toward  you  in  those  afl9ictive  prov- 
idences, and  see  if  he  does  not  propose 
thus  to  bring  you  to  himself  by  causing 
you  to  feel  your  entire  dependence 
upon  him." 

"Ohl"  exclaimed  the  woman,  "it  is 
plain,  sir,  that  our  Heavenly  Father, 
holy  and  ever  blessed  be  his  name , 
would  have  us  humbled  and  brought 
back  to  him— for  we  have  wandered 
far  from  him  by  wicked  works." 

"And,"  aoded  the  man,  "He  sent 
you,  sir,  to  call  us  back  from  our  wick- 
ed ways;  1  know  it;  I  see  it  plainly." 
As  the  reverend  gentleman  was  about 
to  leave  them  for  the  night,  he  pro 
posed  prayer  with  them,  to  which  they 
gladly  assented.  After  prayer,  he 
shook  hands  with  them,  and  kissed  one 
of  their  children  (the  other  was  fast 
asleep).  As  he  did  so,  the  poor  man 
clasped  bis  hands  and  cried  out  with 
tearful  delight. 

Early  the  next  morning  (Sabbath) 
the  pastor  returned  to  the  hall  and  pre- 
pared their  breakfast.  It  was  raining 
heavily,  and  he  told  them  that  they 
might  remain  there  all  day — which 
favor  they  accepted  gratefully.  With 
the  Mission  Sunday-school,  which  met 
in  the  afternoon,  they  were  greatly 
pleased — especially  with  the  reciiations 
and  singing  by  the  children.  During 
the  afternoon  conference  meeting,  they 
were  much  interested  while  the  per- 
sons present  related  their  Christian  ex- 
periences, and  as  the  pastor  spoke  to 
each  words  of  hope  and  consolation, 
they  frequently  wept. 

In  the  evening  a  large  congregation 
assembled,  and  the  hall  was  filled. 
The  man  and  his  wife  were  absorbed 
in  what  they  saw  and  heard.  The 
man  who  preached  to  them  had  taken 
them  out  of  the  cold,  wet  street,  and 
fed  and  lodged  them  in  his  own  church  I 
He  spoke  to  them  of  the  loving  Jesus, 


of  his   kindness,  and   of  his   power   to  j 
save  perishing  sinners;  for  his  text  was,  1 
"  I   will  come  and   heal   him."  •  Those 
destitute  ones  were  subdued  and  melted 
before  the  cross ;  and   when  the  invita- 
tion was  given  for  persons  to  arise   for 
prayers,   the   man,    his   wife   and    his 
eldest  daughter  were  the    first    to  re 
spond.     At  the  close  of  the   meeting, 
the   man,   with   streaming   eyes,    and 
with  earnest  gesticulation,  said,    "Oh, 
sir,  I  have   been  all   along  in  darkness 
until   you   found   us!     Now  I  see  the 
light;  a    blessed   light  I  never  saw  be- 
fore." 

"Oh,  sir,  this  is  a  blessed  place," 
added  the  woman.  '.'Had  we  heard 
years  ago  what  we  have  heard  this 
night,  it  would  have  been  a  blessed 
thing  for  us." 

That  evening  the  reverend  gentleman 
procured    them   lodging   at  a   private 
house.     Next   day    they   found   apart- 
ments, and    Mr.  McKenzie   geaerously 
paid  the  first  month's   rent  in  advance. 
Mr.  Betker  then  invited  the  man  to  his 
office,  gave  him  a  Bible  and  some  cloth- 
ing.    He   was   greatly  in  need  of  the 
latter,  and  when  he  received   it  he  fell 
upon  his  knees  and  said,  "Oh,  blessed 
Lord  Jesus!  I  thank   thee   for  ha\ing 
mercy  on  me,  a   poor  wretched  sinner! 
I   prayed  -to   thee   last  night  for  some 
I  clothing,  and   now  in  Thy  great  mercy 
[  thou  dost  answer  my  poor  prayer!     0, 
i  how  shall  I  praise   thee  ?     How  shall  I 
;  serve   thee?     How   shall   I  show  my 
love  to   thee  for  thy  great   kindness  to 
i  me,   a   poor,    wretched,    wicked   rebel 
j  against  thee  ?" 

j  Overcome  with  emotion,  he  cculd 
i  proceed  no  further,  but  gave  way  to 
i  convulsive  weeping.  While  yet  on  his 
knees,  said  the  pastor  to  him,  "The 
j  Lord  will  always  hear  your  prayers, 
j  and  provide  for  you,  if  you  try  to  serve 
I  him  with  your  whole  heart,  and  put 
j  your  entire  trust  in  him." 
I  On  the  following  day  the  man  and 
i  his  wife  signed  the  temperance  pledge, 
and  they  are  now  doing  well. 

"Sbinefor  the  right." 

— The  National  Journal. 


sociaty.     On    a   certain   day  the  loyal 
and  disloyal  gathered  around  the  camp 
of  the  ' '  Father  of  our  Country. "     Gen- 
eral Gates,  against  whom  charges  made 
had  been  withdrawn,  presided.     Gene- 
ral Washington    arose  with   his  manu- 
script in  hand,  to  read  a  rebuke  to  treas- 
on;   but  tears   suffusing  his  eyes  pre- 
vented  him.     What  a  6cene"for  some 
American   Vernet!     He    grasped    the 
BcroU,  dashing  away    the    tears,  and 
essayed  again  to  read .    But  all  again 
was  filent.     His  noble  frame  heaved 
with  emotion.     In  order  to  suffer  his 
agitated   feelings  to  subside ,  he   began 
bunting  for  his   spectacles.      "Pardon 
j  me,  gentlemen,"  he  said,  "I  have  grown 
I  gray  and  blind  in  the  service  of  my 
country!"     What  a  rebuke  -were  these 
j  words  to  the  concealed    promoters   of 
i  treason !     Many  who  before  might  have 
!  faltered,   were   now   melted   by   those 
1  tears.     They  gathered  closer  and  closer 
around  the  noble  form,  and   when  he 
j  closed,  they  resolved  to  stand  to  the 
death  by  their  devoted  leader.     Those 
tpars,  under  Providence,  may  have  sav- 
i  ed  our  country. — Selected' 


Christ  our  Salvation. 


Remember,  it  is  not  thy  hold  of 
Christ  that  saves  thee,  it  is  Christ, 
it  is  not  thy  joy  in  Christ  that  saves 
thee,  it  is  Christ;  it  is  not  thy  faith  in 
Christ,  though  that  is  the  instrument  ; 
it  is  Christ's  blood  and  merit.  There- 
fore, look  not  so  much  to  thy  hand) 
with  which  thou  art  grasping  Christ, 
as  to  Christ  ;  look  not  to  thy  hope, 
but  to  Jesus,  the  source  of  thy  hope  ; 
look  Lot  to  thy  faith,  but  to  Jesus,  the 
Author  and  Finisher  of  thy  faith.  We 
shall  never  find  happiness  by  looking  at 
our  prayers,  our  doings,  or  our  feelings  ; 
it  is  what  Jesus  is,  not  what  we  are, 
that  gives  rest  to  pur  souls.  If  we 
would  at  once  overcome  Satan,  and 
have  peace  with  God,  it  must  be  by 
"looking  unto  Jesus."  Let  not  thy 
hopes  or  fears  come  between  thee  and 
Jesus  ;  follow  hard  after  him,  and  he 
will  never  fail  thee. 


Washington  in  Tears, 


At  the  close  of  the  Revolution  it  is 
well  known  that  Congress  was  unable 
to  meet  its  obligations  to  the  army. 
Division  of  couusol  existed  as  to  the 
best  method  of  raising  the  necessary 
funds  to  pay  off  the  army  before  it  was 
disbanded.  While  thus  the  hopes  of 
the  unpaid  army  were  alternately  ele- 
vated and  depressed,  some  traitorous 
person  scattered  an  anonvmous  circu- 
lar among  them,  fomenting  the  dissatis- 
faction already  existing,  and  leading  to 
open  rebellion.  The  individual  who 
was  suspected  to  have  been  the  author 
of  this  paper  was  General.  Armstrong, 
Washington  summoned  all  the  officers 
into  his  presence  to  hear  an  appeal 
which  he  had  prepared,  and  a  copy  of 
which  is  found  in  Marshall's  Life. 
Neither  wild  lands,  however  rich,  nor 
continental  paper,  however  legal,  would 
purchase  bread  or  clothing.  The  minds 
of  the  army  had  been  embittered  by 
poverty  and  disappointment,  and  their 
principles  corrupted  by  the  infidel 
French   Uterature    which  flooded   our 


Alone. — I  want  to  ask  the  boys  if 
they  feel  as  strong  to  do  right  when 
they  are  all  alone  as  they  do  when  there 
is  another  boy  with  them,  who  wants 
to  do  right  as  well  as  themselves.  There 
is  a  great  deal  of  danger  in  bad  com- 
pany; and  there  is  a  good  deal  of 
strength  and  safety  in  good  company; 
but,  no  matter  how  good  our  com- 
panions may  be,  it  is  not  well  to  be  too 
dependent  on  them.  We  ought  to  be 
able  to  stand  alone;  for  we  shall  prob- 
ably some  time  be  left  alone  to  resist 
temptation,  without  the  encourage- 
ment or  help  of  others. 


dissolve, 
land,  and  poisoned  all  the  fountains  of    power  can  sunder. 


A  MoTHEHS  Love.-7-A  thing  immort- 
al; Time  cannot  change  it;  Death  can- 
not quench  it;  Eternity  cannot  w<iste 
nor  destroy  it !  •  From  the  cradle  to  the 
grave  it  compasses  us  about,  growing 
stronger  when  temptation  besets  ub, 
becoming  holier  when  adversity  tries 
us,  and  more  God-like  to  save  when 
the  blackness  of  despair  gathers  its 
horrors  around  us.  Forsaking  us  not, 
though  deserted  by  all  others,  it  clings 
to  us  with  a  spell  which  no  heart  can 
with   a  strength    which   no 


^■ta^ 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


For  the  Cynosure. 

rat  vs.  Muscle. 


BY  DR,    ,1,  H.  HANAFORD. 


The  manifest  tendencies  of  the  pres- 
ent age,  and  perhaps  the  prevailing  error 
in  diet  are  the  selections  of  concentrated 
fioodrand  articles  contgining  too  large  a 
per  cent,  of  carbonaceous  food,  or  that 
which  merely  supports  animal  heat. 
That  such  respiratory  food  is  absolr.tely 
essential  and  must  be  furnished  in  large 
quantities,  relatively,  is  notdenied;  yet 
it  is  contended  that  this  supply  is  far 
in  excess  of  the  actual  demands  of  the 
system.  Indeed,  it  is  true  that  this 
respiratory  food,  or  fuel,  should  be 
about  four  times  as  great  in  quantity  as 
that  designated  to  sustain  the  muscles, 
to  say  nothing  of  the  elements  needed 
for  the  nourishment  of  the  brain  and 
the  nervous  system.  It  must  be  evi- 
dent, if  more  of  this  fuel  food  is  used 
than  the  system  demands  that  confus- 
ion and  derangement  must  be  the  le- 
gitimate result,  since  nature  makes  no 
unreasonable  demands.  It  follows  that 
if  such  an  excess  of  fuel  is  employed 
the  furnace  of  the  system,  bo  to  speak, 
must  become  over  heated,  resulting  in 
a  fevered  state  of  the  body,  or  an  undue 
excitement  and  general  inflimmation, 
more  or  less  severe .  This  undue  ex- 
citability results  ofiener  than  otherwise 
perhaps  in  an  irritated  or  inflimed 
state  of  the  mucous  membranes,  more 
especially  those  of  the  throat,  lungs 
and  nasal  passages,  indicated  by  a 
parched  sensation  of  these  surfaces, 
sometimes  extending  to  the  lips.  It  is 
also  true  that  this  condition  extends  to 
the  stomach,  liver  and  bowels,  laying 
the  foundation  of  many  and  serious 
diseases  and  derangements  of  these  or- 
gans so  prevalent  in  all  communities. 
It  is  also  true  perhaps  that  most  of  the 
heart  diseases,  through  sympathy  with 
the  stomach,  are  referable  to  this  un- 
natural "firing  up,"  this  excessive  use 
of  fuel-food. 

This  fuel-food  consists  of  the  sweets 
of  all  kinds ;  the  oils,  both  animal  and 
vegetable;  with  starch,  so  abundantly 
found  in  the  center  of  the  grains,  the 
white  mass,  in  the  potato,  the  legu- 
minous products  in  sago,  tapioca,  srrow 
root,  and  such  articles  in  general  use. 
And  here  it  may  be  remarked  that  the 
products  of  the  tropics  instead  of  this 
carbon  contain  the  juices,  the  sub-acid 
juice?,  of  course  calculated  to  promote 
perspiration,  the  means  of  carrying  oflF 
excessive  heat.  It  is  also  true  that 
the  grains  of  this  region  are  especially 
rich  in  gluten,  as  the  muscle-food,  with 
a  deficiency  of  starch-fuel;  while,  as 
we  recede  from  the  equator  the  starchy 
element  increases,  becomes  very  abund- 
ant relatively,  as  we  approach  the  cold- 
est regions,  in  some  of  which  the  train 
oil  is  taken  as  a  beverage  with  compar- 
ative impunity .  If  these  principles  are 
correct,  it  is  evident  that  the  elements 
of  food  should  vary  with  the  different 
climates  and  seasons,  like  our  clothing, 
and  for  the  same  reasons.  But  while 
it  is  admitted  that  fuel-food  should  be 
used,  the  natural  result  of  which  is  to 
fill  cavities  and  the  interstices  of  the 
muscle,  with  the  fatty  deposit,  pro- 
ducing plumpness  and  roundness  and 
even  greasiness  when  used   to   excess, 


there  is  an  imperative -demand   for   an 
element  which  will  nourish  the  muscles, 
nitrogenious,  differing  widely  from  the 
preceding    elements.       These   muscles 
with  the  bones   constitute   the   frame 
work   of  the   body,    in  the  framer  of  I 
which  -  reside   the  strength,  vigor,  and  , 
power  of  endurance — health.     This  el-  | 
ement,    the   muscle-food,    is   found  in 
abundance   in   the   outer  coats  of  the  | 
grains—gluten — -the   chemical   equiva- 
lent of  fibrin,  or  lean  flesh,  and  of  course  | 
in  the  muscles  of  animals;  in  albumen,  1 
animal    and   vegetable, 

These  elements  with  the  phosphate 
for  the  brain  and  nerves  are  distributed 
through  the  various  edible  products,  in 
the  precise  proportions  needed.  Yet, 
as  a  result  of  ignorance  or  of  depraved 
tastes  these  are  separated ,  one  taken  in 
excess^  while  the  others  are  discarded. 
While  this  almost  suicidal  course  is 
pursued,  it  is  manifest  that  the  bones, 
nerves  and  muscles  must  correspond- 
ingly suffer.  This  starvation  of  a  part 
of  the  system  is  indicated  by  the  de- 
cayedffind  unsightly  teeth,  the  weak- 
ened brain,  the  shattered  nerves,  and 
the  puny,  fliccld  and  undeveloped 
muscles  utterly  devoid  of  all  manly 
stamina. 

But  can  we  control  th's  matter;  se- 
curing large,  firm  and  vigorous  muscles, 
a  proper  basis  for  health  ?  Seek  an 
answer  for  this  question  in  the  course 
pursued  by  the  pugilists,  those  contam- 
inators  of  the  public  morals,  by  regular 
course  of  training  for  their  degrading 
conflicts;  thus  securing  a  physical  stam- 
ina, a  strength  of  limbs  and  body,  a 
power  of  endurance,  a  conEolidated 
health  which  would  do  credit  to  better 
citizens.  They  are  subjected  to  a  reg- 
ular course  of  training ;  they  diet  long 
and  systematically,  are  much  in  the 
pure  air  aod  sunlight  of  heaven,  avoid 
sensual  gratifications,  throw  aside  their 
tobacco  and  strong  drinks,  sometimes 
their  tea  and  coffee,  (they  are  not  such 
fools  as  to  believe  that  intoxicating 
liquors  promote  health  and  strength) 
and,  in  fine,  observe  the  laws  of  health. 
They  manufacture  health,  so  to  speak, 
having  the  same  confidence  in  means 
employed  as  the  mechanic  has  in  pro- 
ducing his  wares.  He  thus  secures  a 
manhness  of  form,  a  stamina  of  muscle, 
a  health  and  agility,  a  power  of  endur- 
ance, an  ability  for  usefulness,  which 
might  honor  the  best  Christian.  It  is  a 
burning  shame,  a  standing  rebuke  upon 
our  advanced  civilization,  our  Christian 
profession,  that,  while  such  men  can  prac- 
tice self-denial  as  a  means  of  qualifying 
them  for  their  degrading  fights,  the 
great  duty  of  preserving  our  health, 
the  basis  of  a  life  of  usefulness,  is  so 
rarely  acknowledged  in  its  full  extent 
by  the  good  citizen  and  Christian. 
The  demand  for  health  and  vigor  that 
we  may  be  useful  is  far  greater  than 
that  of  rowdyism.  It  requires  more 
physical  endurance  to  '*fight  the  good 
fight  of  faith"  than  to  fight  as  do  these 
degraded  pugilists.  "The  crown  of 
glory"  is  of  far  more  valuable  than  the 
purse  secured  by  them  for  a  mere  phys- 
ical victory,  and  demands  a  far  greater 
amount  of  health  and  vigor  than  these 
combatants  secure.  In  short,  the 
good  citizen  and  the  Christian  have 
special  obligations  to  secure  health  as 
means  of  si  life  of  usefulness. 


4liiWi?^tt'$  4mm, 


Willie's  Penny. 


Willie's  penny  made  heaven  rejoice! 
It  would  not  have  bought  more  than  a 
stick  or  two  of  candy,  or  much  helped 
a  starving  family.  What  did  he  do 
with  it.  • 

His  sister  was  a  missionary's  wife  in 
Africa,  and  the  family  were  filling  a  box 
to  send  to  her.  As  one  after  another 
deposited  their  gifts,  little  Willie  said, 
'•I  want  to  give  myjpenny," 

"What  shall  be  bought  with  the  lit- 
tle offering?"  was  the  next  question. 
It  was  decided  to  buy  a  tract,  and  write 
the  history  of  the  gift  on  its  margin, 
and  with  a  prayer  for  its  success  send 
it  on  ita  distant  errand. 

The  box  arrived  on  mission-ground; 
and  among  its  valuable,  interesting  con 
tents,  Willie's  gift  was  laid  away  unno- 
ticed, and  for  awhile  forgotten.  One 
day  a  native  teacher  was  starting  ftom 
the  missioa-station  to  go  to  a  school 
over  the  mountain  where  he  was  to  be 
employed.  He  was  well  learned  in  the 
language,  and  was  a  valuable  help  to 
the  missionaries ;  but,  alas  I  he  lacked 
the  knowledge  that  cometh  from  above. 
He  was  not  a  Christian,  and  had  resist- 
ed all  efforts  for  his  conversion.  This 
was  a  great  grief  to  the  missionaries; 
but  they  continued  to  hope. 

In  looking  oyer  some  papers,  Willie's 
tract  was  discovered,  with  the  marginal 
explanation ,  and  the  fact  that  prayer 
had  been  offered  in  America  for  its 
success  in  doing  good.  It  was  handed 
to  the  native  teacher.  He  read  it  on 
his  journey.  It  opened  his  eyes; 
showed  him  that  he  was  a  lost  sinner, 
in  danger  of  eternal  death,  and  that  all 
his  learning  could  not  help  him.  It 
also  told  him  of  One  who  was  able  and 
willing  to  save,  who  had  died  for  him, 
and  was  waiting  to  have  his  great  love 
return. 

What  years  of  Christian  labor  by  the 
missionaries   had   not   done   was   now 
brought   about  by   the    penny   tract. 
The  strong  man  bowed     in  penitence 
and     humble     submission    at     Jesus' 
feet    and    became    a    sincere    Christ- 
ian.    The   missionaries    to    whom   he 
went,    praised    G  od  for  the  change  by 
which  they  became  blessed  with  a  god- 
ly teacher.     Those  who  put   the   tract 
in  his  hand  were  overcome   with  joy; 
for  there  is  joy  in  heaven  'over  one  sin- 
i  ner  that  repenteth.'     So  you  see  how 
small  gifts  and  deeds  will  often  accom- 
i  plish   great  results,    exerting  an  influ- 
'.  ence  in  this  life  and  the  next,  for  little 
Willie's  penny  caused  rejoicing  in  heav- 
I  en- and  on  earth. — Selected. 


A  Back  0'  Bones. 


Little  things  tell  a  good  deal  some- 
times to   a  sharp   observer.     Do    you 
ever  think  of  it,  boys?     You,  who  like 
to  get  a   poor ,   frightened  cat  into    a 
corner,  and  stone  her,  who  like  to  tie  a 
tin  pail  to  a  dog's  tail  to  see   him  run 
'  himself    almost  to    death;   you,    who 
I  like  to  get  a  poor,  old  "rack-o-bones"of 
!  a  horse  and  draw  up  the  reins,   and 
j  put  on  the  whip,  to  see  how  fast  you 
I  can     make   him     go.     Do    you   ever 
I  think  you  are  showing  your  character 
I  in  pretty  black  colors  to  whoever  may 


chance  to  be  watching  ?  What  is  *  'a-rack- 
o'-bones,"  but  a  once  nice,  plump, 
sleek  horse,  worn  out  with  hard  work, 
pain,  too  little  food,  abuse  from  un- 
thinking boys  and  hard-hearted  men? 
He  has  done  his  best  for  you.  Is  this 
a  good  reason  why  you  should  abuse 
him? 

Suppose  somebody  should  call  your 
mother  a  '  'rack-o'-bones,"  because  she 
is  pale  and  thin,  and  sad-faced.  She 
once  had  a  sweet,  rosy  face,  bright 
eyes,  and  has  lost  them  in  suffering, 
and  working,  and  caring  for  you.  She 
has  spent  the  best  of  her  etreugth,  and 
the  best  of  her  life  for  you,  and  wouldn't 
you  quickly  resent  it  if  any  boy  should 
speak  slightingly  of  her? 

Can  you  give  me  any  better  reasBns 
why  you  should  maltreat  a  poor,  lim- 
py,  shaky,  worn-out  horse,  whose  ev- 
ery rib  you  cin  count,  and  that  hangs 
his  head  almost  to  the  ground  because 
he  is  too  weak  and  tired  to  hold  it  up  ? 

Do  you  feel  manly  after  you  have  tor- 
mented him?  Are  you  proud  to  tell  of 
it? — Our  Dumb  Animals. 


How  Tender  Grapes  Are  Spoiled. 


First  little  fox — *'l  can't."  Some 
of  you  have  formed  the  habit,  when 
an  aet  of  self-denial  is  required  of  you 
— some  errand  for  father  or  mother — 
of  saying,  "I  can't."  Beware  of  this 
little  fox. 

Second  Utile  fox — "Not  ju3t  now." 
When  you  are  deeply  interested  in  a 
story  and  it  is  school-time,  you  have 
said,  "Not  just  now, "  "Pretty  soon," 
"In  a  minute  or  two."  How  much 
good  do  they  destroy  ?  Beware  of  this 
little  fox. 

Third  little  fox — "It  wasn't  me." 
When  you  laugh  in  the  school- 
room everybody  says,  "It  wasn't  me," 
or  when  a  ball  has  gone  through  the 
school-room  window,  everybody  says, 
*'It  wasn't  me."  It  is  tbe  best  way  to 
say, ''I  had  something  to  do  with  that." 
Beware  of  this  little  fox . 

Fotirih  little  fox — "I  can't  help  it." 
A  little  boy  has  a  wretched  temper, 
and  he  says,  "I  can't  help  it."  He 
has  heard  grown  people  say  it.  A 
little  girl  always  trips  and  falls,  or 
is  always  knocking  something  off  the 
table,  and  says,  "I  ca  't  help  it." 
When  the  French  army  was  in  danger 
of  being  defeated  by  the  Austrians,  a 
French  bugler  got  into  the  rear  of  the 
Austrian  army  in  the  early  mist  of  the 
morning  and  sounded  a  retreat,  and 
the  whole  army  fell  back,  and  the 
French  were  saved.  Be  wise,  like  this 
French  bugler,  and  conquer  your  tem- 
per, or  you  will  get  to  be  a  coward  and 
unable  to  stand  up  before  your  duties 
and  perform  them. 

Fifth  little  fox— "I  don't  care."  Many 
boys  and  girls  by  constantly  saying 
this  get  into  habits  of  not  caring.  One 
little  thistle  seed  floating  in  the  air,  if 
allflwed  to  take  root  in  the  earth,  will 
produce  thousands  of  others.  A  man 
had  a  great  many  servants,  and  in  or- 
der to  test  them  he  put  a  great  stone 
in  the  middle  of  the  road.  Twenty 
passed  by  without  trying  to  remove  it. 
At  last  one  came  up  who  said  it  ought 
not  to  be  there,  and  with  great  effort  re- 
moved it,  and  found  hidden  underneath 
a  purse  of  gold  to  reward  him  for  his 
carefulness.  So  you  will  lose  the  es- 
teem of  others,  the  greatest  prize  you 
can  win,  if  you  do  not  drive  away  this 
little  fox. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


I^elijjttyus  f{«l4(ir[i^«4^. 


4ttt$  4  tl{^  mu\. 


— The  Congregational  church  at  Sycamore,  111,  has 
received  fifty-five  new  members  since  January  Ist,  in- 
cluding thirty  nine  heads  of  families. 

— Plymouth  Church,  Brooklyn,  has  offered  Mr. 
Beecher  a  six-months  vacation,  with  continuation  of 
salary   and   traveling  expenses,  but   he  declines. 

— The  commencement  exercises  of  the  Chicago 
Theological  Seminary  (Congregational)  begin  April 
28th,  with  an  address  by  Pres.  Angell,  of  Ann  Arbor, 
before  the  Society  of  Inquiry. 

— Some  New  York  gentlemen,  interested  in  Sabbath 
schools,  have  given  $500  to  the  Presbyterian  Board 
of  Publication,  to  be  used  exclusively  in  furnishing 
the  Shorter  Catechism  to  Sabbath-schools  not  able  to 
buy  them.   , 

— The  Sixteenth  General  Assembly  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church,  meets  in  the  First  Church  of 
Monftiouth,  111.,  on  the  fourth  Wednesday  (27th)  of 
May,  1874,  at  7:30  o'clock,  P.  M. 

— Stephen  H.  Tyn^,  Jr's,  large  new  church  was  dedi- 
cated on  Monday  ia  New  York,  and  the  services  will 
continue  eight  days.  Mr.  Tyng  wants  Bishop  Potter 
and  the  ritualists  to  let  him  work  in  his  own  way,  or 
he  will  leave  them. 

— A  report  is  current  that  in  spite  of  the  Brooklyn 
council,  Beecher's  church  has  dropped  from  its  roll 
twenty-six  names  of  members  who  have  for  various 
reasons  absented  themselves  for  considerable  periods. 
This  may  have  been  done  before  the  council,  however. 

— The  church  at  Leland,  Mich.,  Rev.  Geo.  Thomp- 
son, who  was  once  imprisoned  for  anti-slavery  views, 
pastor,  has  been  enjoying  unusual  religious  in- 
terest. The  church  is  union,  founded  upon  a  basis 
of  fundamentals  to  which  all  denominations  can  sub- 
scribe. 

— Since  Mr.  Hammond  left  St.  Louis,  meetings  are 
continued  with  little  flagging  of  interest.  A  daily 
noon  prayer-meeting  is  also  a  result  of  his  visit,  which 
will  be  permanent.  Mr.  Hammond  has  held  very 
successful  meetings  at  Hannibal,  Mo.,  and  is  now  in 
Jacksonville,  in  this  State. 

— The  General  Conference  of  the  M.  E.  church, 
south,  begins  its  sessions  in  Louisville,  May  1st.  It 
is  thought  the  meeting  will  not  be  of  special  import- 
ance; one  or  two  bishops  will  be  elected,  and  the 
matter  of  union  with  the  northern  body  may  be  dis- 
cussed, but  no  action  is  expected.  \ 

— The  Theological  Seminaries  of  the  United  Pres- 1 
byterian  church  at  Xenia,  Ohio,  and  Allegheny,  Pa.  ,| 
have  had  respectively  twenty-nine  and  thirty  students 
in  attendance  during  the  last  session.  A  plan  for  the 
union  of  the  Seminary  of  the  Northwest,  at  Mon- 
mouth, with  the  one  at  Xenia,  is  under  advisement. 

The  deficit  of  $128,000  in  the  receipts  of  the 
treasury  of  the  Foreign  Board  of  Missions  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  promises  to  be  all  made  up  before 
the  meeting  of  the  Assembly,  to  be  held  in  St.  Liouis 
in  May.  Already  $121,700  have  been  received  o( 
that  £.mount,  leaving  only  $5,300. 

— The  Methodists  of  England  have  7,000  churches, 
valued  at  $00,000,000,  gold;  1,300  ministers,  and  35,- 
000  local  preachers,  and  between  300,000  and  400,- 
000  church  members.  Upwards  of  1,000,000  persons 
attend  their  ministry,  600,000  children  attend  their 
Sunday-schools,  and  120,000  attend  their  day  schools 
and  other  educational  institutions. 

— Evangelical  Protestantism  in  Italy  may  be  spm- 
med  up  as  follows:  1.  The  Waldensian  church, 
with  6,000  communicants,  1,200  children  in  Sabbath- 
schools,  and  a  Theological  college  at  Florence.  2. 
"  The  Union  of  the  Free  Christian  Church  of  Italy," 
with  Gavazzi  as  a  prominent  leader,  numbering  about 
30  congregations,  and  1,000  communicants.  3.  The 
'•  Christian  chiirches  of  Italy,"  numbering  about  the 
same  as  the  Free  Church.  4.  The  Methodist  church, 
with  21  stations,  550  Sabbath-school  scholars,  and 
900  church  members. 

— The  American  Mission  at  Beirut'  Syria,  sustains 
a  Sabbath-school  of  350  pupils,  which  uses  the  Inter- 
national Lessons,  supports  a  colporteur  among  the 
Bedouins,  and  its  Young  Men's  Benevolent  Society 
sustains  another  missionary .  The  school  also  has  a 
monthly  paper,  in  Arabic,  called  the  MornirKj  Star, 
edited  by  Rev.  Dr.  Jessup.  Its  teachers  are  nearly 
all  educated  Christian  natives.  In  the  Syria  Mission, 
says  a  correspondent  of  the  New  York  Observer^  there 
are  22  Sabbath-schools,  and  900  pupils.  2  high 
schools,  02  pupils;  2  female  seminaries,  125  pupils; 
and  2,107  scholars  in  the  common  schools;  the  con- 
tributions to  benevolent  objects  in  the  mission  for  the 
past  year  were  $1,328. 


The  City. 


— The  preliminary  proceedings  for  the  trial  of  Prof. 
Swing  have  been  taken  by  the  Chicago  Presbytery. 
The  trial  will  not  begin  for  ten  days,  except  at  the 
request  of  the  parties. 

— The  journeymen  shoemakers,  members  of  the 
Crispin  society,  struck  some  eight  weeks  ago.  and 
have  since  been  out  of  work.  The  manufacturers  filled 
their  places  with  new  men,  and  the  strikers,  having 
lost  their  places,  have  started  a  co-operative  association. 

Tiie  Capitol. 


— In  the  Howard  Court  of  Inquiry,  the  Govern- 
ment has  nearly  completed  its  evidence,  and  the 
council  for  the  defense  think  of  resting  their  case  upon 
the  testimony  already  taken.  This  investigation  is 
into  the  management  of  the  Bureau,  and  the  court 
has  decided  that  it  does  not  recognize  General  How- 
ard as  resting  under  any  oflacial  accusation  or  suspicion. 

— Delegations  from  New  York  and  Boston  appointed 
by  the  leading  business  organizations  have  visited 
Pres.  Grant  to  protest  against  the  inflation  act.  The 
first  named  was  received  coldly,  Senators  Carpenter  and 
Logan  sitting  by  smoking  cigars.  The  latter  were 
snubbed  and  oi  returning  home  called  a  meeting  of 
citizens  to  organize  against  official  and  party  dishon- 
esty. 

— The  Civil  Service  Commission  has  reported  in  fa- 
vor of  carrying  on  the  Civil  Service  Reform  and  appro- 
priating $25,000  for  this  purpose. 

The  Country. 


— The  Arkansas  troubles  between  the  gubernatorial 
claimants  daily  assume  a  more  warlike  aspect.  Both 
sides  are  reinforced  with  men  and  arms,  and  each 
party  is  one-half  of  colored  men.  The  U.  S.  troops 
are  between  the  combatants  and  prevent  otherwise 
certain  bloodshed. 

— The  great  East  River  bridge,  which  is  denounced 
by  Mayor  Havemeyer,  of  New  York,  has  already  cost 
$4,300,000,  and  will  cost  $10,000,000  more. 

— The  subscription  to  the  Philadelphia  Centennial 
Exposition,  has  reached  $4,500,000,  and  now  that 
Sumner,  the  most  dreaded  opponent,  is  gone,  an  ap- 
propriation of  $1,000,000  has  been  voted  by  Cong- 
ress for  the  building. 

— The  great  Illinois  farmer,  M.  L.  Sultvant,  of 
Champaign  county,  has  sixty  teams,  three  mules  to 
each  team,  at  work  before  the  plow. 

— Gov.  Washburn  was  elected  on  the  17th  to  the 
vacant  senatorship  of  Massachusetts,  by  a  coalition  of 
the  Dawes  and  Hoar  parties.  The  election  is  con- 
sidered anti-Butler.  Mr.  W .  is  not  a  leader,  but  is 
considered  an  honest  man. 

Foreign. 


— Sir  G.  Wolseley,  leader  of  the  English  expedi- 
tion to  the  Ashantee  country,  Africa,  says  of  Coc- 
massie,  the  capital  of  the  country : '  'I  certainly  believe 
that  no  more  utterly  atrocious  government  than  that 
which  has  thus,  perhaps,  fallen,  ever  existed  on  the 
face  of  the  earth.  Their  capital  was  a  charnel-house; 
their  religion  a  combination  of  cruelty  and  treachery; 
their  policy,  the  natural  outcome  of  their  religion." 

— Washington  Irvington's  '-Life  of  Mohamet"  would 
never  be  thought  an  insurrectionary  work,  but  the 
publication  of  a  translation  in  Bombay  not  long  since, 
provoked  a  riot  among  the  followers  of  the  "Prophet." 

— Filty-three  persons  were  killed  by  a  fire  damp 
explosion  in  an  English  mine  last  week. 

— The  French  Steamship  Company  have  lost  a  third 
vessel  in  six  months:  the  Ville  de  Havre,  the  Europe, 
and  this  week  the  Amerique  is  reported  abandoned  at 
sea.  An  English  vessel  found  her  and  towed  her  into 
port  with  only  a  little  water  in  the  hold. 

— The  Chilian  steamer  Tacna  capsized  on  the  14th 
with  a  loss  of  nineteen  lives. 


— The  Chicago  Tribune  is   responsible  for  the  fol 
lowing  particulars   of  the   Masonic  contamination   of 
the  British  Parliament: 

"In  the  British  Parliament  there  are  133  Freema- 
sons— fifty-six  in  the  House  of  Lords  and  seventy- 
seyen  in  the  Commons.  Fifteen  of  the  Freemasons 
in  the  lower  House  are  noblemen;  and  there  are  also 
ten  sons  of  Peers  who  are  not  in  Parliament  who  be- 
long to  this  mystic  order.  The  Prince  of  Wales  heads 
the  list  of  Freemasons  who  have  seats  in  Parliament, 
and  Mr.  Whalley  brings  up  in  the  rear.     One  of  the 


bishops,  he  of  Peterborough,  ia  a  Mason,  seven  dukes, 
eight  marquises,  seventeen  earls,  four  viscounts,  and 
seventeen  barons  make  up  the  list  of  Peers  who  wear 
the  apron  and  have  ridden  the  goat.  Neither  Mr. 
Gladstone  nor  Mr.  Disraeli  is  a  Mason." 


The  *'Mollie  Maguires." 


Probably  no  State  in  the  country  is  so  overrun  with 
robbers  and  desperadoes  as  Pennsylvania.  Almost  " 
every  largely  populated  city  or  town  has  within  its 
precincts  a  regularly  organized  band  of  outlaws,  who 
hold  the  citizens  in  terror  by  their  frequent  and  terri- 
ble depredations  on  person  and  property. 

Scranton  is  situated  at  the  upper  end  of  the  re- 
nowned Wyoming  coal  region.  Near  here,  and  in  the 
same  corporation,  is  Hyde  Park,  a  place  of  some  10,- 
000  population.  This  has,  of  recent  years,  been  the 
scene  of  many  outrages  perpetrated  by  the  '  *  Mollie 
Maguires,"  a  horde  of  desperadoes  who  infest  the  coal 
country.  It  is  said  the  '  'Mollies"  originated  from  a 
secret  organization  which  existed  for  many  years  in 
Ireland.  The  band,  which  is  between  1,500  and 
2,000  strong,  is  led  by  Tim  O'Donnelly,  whose  head- 
quarters are  in  a  lonesome,  unromantic  spot  on  Key- 
ser's  Mountain.  In  Hyde  Park  and  this  city,  no  less 
than  twelve  persons  have  disappeared  mysteriously, 
and  are  said  to  have  been  "put  away"  by  the  "Mol- 
lies," this  year. 

Their  plan  of  operations  is  said  to  be  as  follows : 
When  the  "Mollies"  have  determined  upon  the  death 
of  any  one  who  has  incurred  their  vengeance,  cuts  are 
drawn,  and  the  one  on  whose  lot  it  falls  to  dispatch 
the  victim  does  his  bloody  work  silently,  but  surely. 
A  man  named  Jones,  a  "Mollie,"  warned  a  friend 
about  a  week  since,  that  he  was  a  "marked  man."  A 
few  days  afterward,  Jones  himself  was  found  dead  up- 
on the  highway.  Upon  examination,  it  was  found 
he  had  been  stabbed  to  the  heart.  Near  where  he 
laid  was  the  emblem  of  the  "Mollies," — a  coffia,  skull 
and  cross  bones, — to  which  was  attached,  on  a  card, 
the  words:  "So  dies  a  traitor."  When  the  band 
wishes  any  one  to  leave  the  neighborhood,  a  notice 
bearing  some  horrible  symbol  of  death  is  placed  on 
the  door  of  his  residence,  with  the  written  injunction 
that  he  must  leave  in  twenty-four  hours .  It  is  need- 
less to  state  that  the  warning  is  generally  heeded. 

In  the  Schuylkill  regions,  especially  about  Mahanoy 
City,  Girardsville,  Locust  Gap,  Centralia,  Mt.  Carmel 
and  Shamokin,  the  "Mollies"  pursue  their  depreda- 
tions without  any  check, — the  people  living  in  con- 
stant fear  of  their  liyes.  Hardly  a  day  passes  but 
that  a  "mysterious  death"  occurs.  A  few  days  since, 
a  miner,  Michael  Dougherty,  was  passing  along  the 
main  street  of  Centralia,  when,  all  at  once,  he  was 
seen  to  totter  and  fall.  Persons  ran  to  him,  and  upon 
reaching  the  spot,  found  he  had  been  shot.  As  no 
shot  was  heard  at  the  time  of  the  occurrence,  the  mat- 
ter was,  of  course,  regarded  as  very  mysterious.  The 
man  was  carried  home,  and  on  the  door  of  his  house 
was  found  the  inscription :  "He  betrayed  the  band." 
Th's  was  followed  by  skulls,  cross-bones,  and  other 
hidious  emblems.  By  this  it  was  at  once  known  who 
committed  the  murder.  No  attempt  is  ever  made  by 
the  authorities  to  unravel  these  crimes,  as  everybody 
fears  the  vengeance  of  the  terrible  organization.  It  is 
generally  conceded  that  there  is  no  law  in  Schuyl- 
kill county. 

It  is  the  popular  belief  that  these  brigands  are  bound 
by  the  most  terrible  oath ;  and,  if  one  is  selected  to 
commit  murder,  and  then  fails,  he  is  compelled  to  die 
by  his  own  hand,  in  the  presence  of  the  entire  organi- 
zation. 

It  is  during  a  miners'  strike  that  the  '  'Mollies"  raise 
the  mischief  generally.  Your  correspondent  has  been 
the  witness  of  some  terrible  scenes  at  such  times. 
Murders  are  perpetrated ;  *  'mine-breakers."  and  other 
property  burned.  During  the  "long  strike,"  no  less 
than  100  persons  fell  victims  to  the  riots  and  disorder, 
while,  at  the  time  of  the  "stand-out,"  last  winter,  at 
least  twenty-five  atrocious  murders  were  perpetrated. 
— Tribune. 


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Philosophy  is  the  rule,  guide  or  governess  of  life.  The  three 
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cordant blasts  of  tin  horns  and  the  rattle  of  bangers  upon  the 
pavement  admonish  the  expectant  Freshman  that  the  hour 
of  their  trial  is  rapidly  drawing  near.  Each  one  has  received 
during  the  day  a  black-edged  envelope,  containing  a  black- 
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CHAPTER  If. 

SOxME    OF  THE  MEANS  USED  BY  COLLEGE  FKATERSITIE3    FOR    LIT- 
ERARY AND  SOCIAL  PROGRESS. 

Every  collegiate  institution  is  a  community  in  itself  A 
community  of  persons  who  have  through  desire  separated 
themselves  to  seek  and  intermeddle  with  all  wisdom;  the 
law  of  association  loses  none  of  its  force  in  a  collection  of  such 
spirits,  but  practically  seems  more  strong.  College  fiiend- 
ships  are  proverbial.  Likeness  in  character,  taste  or  study; 
fellowship  in  religion  or  unbelief,  literary  zeal  or  the  pur- 
suit of  pleasure  draw  inevitable  lines  through  every  institu- 
tion. Hence  originated  the  secret  fraternity  system. 
Doubtless  it  had  questionable  ends  at  first,  such  as  the  prop- 
agation of  infidel  sentiments;  but,  so  far  as  now  known,  it 
claims  to  seek  nothing  but  social  enjoyment  or  literary  cul- 
ture. Some  of  the  means  used  to  these  ends  will  be  de- 
scribed in  this  chapter. 

Beginning  with  the  first  society  organized  in'this  country 
the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  some  of  the  attractive  features  are  pre- 
sented in  Allyn's  "  Ritual  of  Freemasonry,"  published  1831, 
in  the  following  terms: — 

"The  mysteries  of  this  order  are  conferred  only  upon  stu- 
dents at  colleges  where  Phi  Beta  Kappa  societies  are  estab- 
lished, and  from  among  these,  those  only  who  have  most 
distinguished  themselves  are  selected  for  initiation.  The 
Senior  class  chooses  from  the  Junior,  one-third  of  its  num- 
ber. These  are  privately  informed  of  their  election,  and  at 
an  appointed  time,  without  any  formahty,  or  preparation,  are 
initiated.  An  oath  or  promise  of  secrecy  is  then  exacted 
from  them.  But  this  is  in  anticipation  of  any  communica- 
tion to  them.  An  historical  sketch  of  the  institution  is  next 
given,  together  with  the  signs,  grips,  words,  and  an  expla- 
nation of  the  jewel,  or  medal,  which  is  always  silver  or  gold, 
and  provided  at  the  candidate's  expese.  The  medal  is  usu- 
ally worn,  suspended  by  a  blue  and  pink  ribbon  in  the 
bosom,  or  as  a  watch-key.  The  sign  is  given  by  placing  the 
two  fore  fingers  of  the  right  hand  so  as  to  cover  the  left  cor- 
ner of  the  mouth,  and  then  drawing  it  across  the  chin.  The 
grip  is  like  the  common  shaking  of  hands,    only   not   inter- 


design  and  peculiarly  notched  edge  is  also  enclosed,  and  the 
Freshman  is  instructed  to  surrender  himself  only  to  the  per- 
sonage who  presents  him  Avith  the  other  half  of  that  peculiar 
card  which  will  be  identified  by  the  '  matching'  of  the  edges, 
no  two  cards  of  the  many  given  out  having  been  notched  ex- 
actly alike.  Sometime  between  the  hours  of  seven  and  ten 
our  Freshman  is  called  for,  identifies  the  card  presented  to 
him,  and  gives  himself  up  to  his  conductor,  who  may  very 
likely  have  a  companion,  wearing  a  mask,  like  himself,  or 
otherwise  disguised.  Perhaps  they  visit  some  eating  house 
where  the  Freshman  treats  to  an  oyster  supper;  or  perhaps 
he  promises  to  give  the  supper  the  following  evening;  or 
perhaps  he  doesn't  care  to  treat  at  all.  Possibly  he  has  been 
blindfolded  from  the  time  he  left  his  room,  and  has  had  a  tin 
horn  blown  close  to  his  ear  occasionally,  on  the  way,  though 
this  is  unusual .  But  at  length  they  draw  near  some  public 
building  from  within  which  proceed  sounds  as  if  of  pandemo- 
nium itself.  The  Freshman  is  blindfolded  for  a  minute  or 
two,  is  shoved  forward,  hears  a  door  open  and  clo;e  behind 
him  with  a  bang,  and  opens  his  eyes  to  find  himself  in  pitch 
darkness.  However,  he  at  once  perceives  he  is  not  alone, 
but  in  the  midst  of  other  Freshmen,  like  himself  waiting 
their  turn.  The  noise  meanwhile  seems  louder  and  louder 
and  when  an  inner  door  opens  and  a  name  is  called,  it  be- 
comes almost  deafening.  Soon  our  '  Fresh '  is  wanted.  A 
red  devil  in  the  passage  way,  assisted  by  a  living  skeleton, 
redolent  of  phosphorus,  quickly  bhndfolds  him  and  he  is 
hurried  upward.  When  has  reached  an  elevation  appar- 
ently of  several  hundred  feet,  a  new  element  in  the  continual 
din  assures  him  that  he  is  at  last  in  tlie  inquisitorial  hall. 
But  just  as  he  begins  to  reply  to  the  last  nonsensical  [ques- 
tion put  by  an  attendant  fiend,  some  one  jostles  against  him 
and  down,  down,  down  he  falls  until  he  strikes — a  blanket 
held  in  readiness  for  him.  Then  up  he  flies  into  the  air 
again  amid  admiring  shrieks  of  '  Go  it,  Freshie ! '  '  Well 
done,  sub!'  "Shake  him  up!'  until  a  new  candidate  de- 
mands the  attention  of  the  tossers.  Then  he  is  officiously 
told  to  rest  himself  in  a  chair,  the  seat  of  which  lets  him  into 
a  pail  of  water  beneath,  though  a  large  sponge  probably 
saves  him  from  an  actual  wetting;  his  head  and  hands  are 
thrust  through  a  pillory  and  he  is  leviled  in  that  awkward 
position;  he  is  rolled  in  an  exaggerated  squirrel  wheel;  a 
noose  is  thrown  around  his  neck  and  he  is  dragged  beneath 
the  guillotine,  vi^hen  the  bandage  is  pulled  from  his  eyes  and 
he  glares  upon  the  glittering  knife  of  block  tin  which  falls 
within  a  foot  of  his  throat  and  cannot  possibly  go  further. 
Being  thus  executed,  he  is  thrust  into  a  coffin,  which  is  ham- 
mered upon  with  such  energy  that  he  is  at  length  recalled 
to  life,  pulled  out  again  and  made  to  wear  his  coat  with  the 
inside  outward.  This  is  the  sign  that  his  initiation  is  over 
and  he  can  now  stand  by  and  enjoy  the  fun.  Ranging  him- 
self with  the  turn-coated  classmates  whom  he  finds  have  pre- 
ceeded  him,  he  looks  upon  a  motley  throng  of  struggling 
Sophomores  arrayed  in  every  variety  of  hideous  and  fantastic 
disguise,  shouting,  screaming,  horn-blowing  and  putting  the 
Freshmen  through  the  various  stages  of  the  ceremony, 
which  in  his  own  case  has  just  been  completed,  while  the 
Juniors  and  Seniors  stand  by  as  passive  spectators  of  the 
sport. " 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


But  more  elaborate  processes  are  not  wanting  and  are  often  i  to  enter  college  until  he  is  old  enough  to  go  through  these 
gone  through  with.  The  Freshman  may  be  shut  in  a] imaginary  terrors  without  any  great  amount  of  flinching;  but 
coffin-shaped  box  and  suddenly  raised  by  a  rope  and   pulley 


to  a  height  of  several  yards,  when  the  bottom  of  his  cage 
dropping  allows  him  to  fall  on  the  out-stretched  blanket;  or 
two  or  three  tire-arms  may  be  discharged  over  his  head  at 
tiie  moment  a  trap-door  falls  beneath  his  feet,  and  drops  him 
upon  a  blanket  below.  Sometimes  he  is  lowered  through 
the  floor  in  a  coffin  as  into  a  grave,  and  often  he  is  dragged  imbibed  too   freely   at   their   suppers,   but  they  are  closely 


in  the  rare  instances  when  a  very  young  Freshman  shows 
signs  of  faintness  at  any  point  of  the  ceremony,  the  band- 
age is  at  once  pulled  from  his  eyes  and  he  is  declared  initia- 
ted: a  proceeding  which  is  pretty  sure  to  restore  him  forth- 
with, 
in  OS. 


Nor  is  it  true  that  drunken  men  control  the  proceed- 
A  Sophomore  or  two  may  be  present  who  have  plainly 


and  jolted  across  the  stage  over  blocks  of  wood  in  a  vehicle 
mucli  like  a  hen-coop  on  wheels.  But  some  of  these  more 
brutal  sports  are  now  under  the  embargo  of  the  Yale  faculty. 
"The  ceremony  concluded,  the  newly  initiated  are  pledged 
to  observe  the  secrets  of  their  society,  ordered  to  assemble  at 
the  hall  early  on  the  following  evening  and  dismissed,— 
thougli  not  until  several  have  been  called  upon  to  '  make 
speeches, '  which  are  greeted  with  uproarious  mock  applause, 
arul  sarcastic  cries  of  'Well  done,  Freshie! '  '  Good  for  you! ' 
and  so  on.  Next  day  the  Freshmen  pay  their  initiation  fees, 
which  vary  from  five  dollars  to  twice  that  in  different  socie- 
ties, and  difl"erent  years;  swing  out  their  badges,  most  of 
which  are  lent  them  by  the  Sophomores  until  their  own  can 
be  enoraved  upon  the  back  with  their  name  and  that  of  their 
class; "and  at  1he  appointed  hour  approach  their  society  hall, 
which  they  find  entirely  transformed  in  appearance  since  the 
previous  night.  The  Sophomores  are  now  stretched  out 
upon  the  carpeted  floor  in  the  center  of  the  hall,  smoking, 
laughing  and  singing,  while  the  Freshmen  occupy  the  seats 
about.  \he  President  orders  the  reading  of  the  constitu- 
tion, whereto  the  new  members  affix  their  names.  A  fare- 
well poem  and  oration  are  pronounced,  or  possibly  a  play 
is  acted." 

That  the  above  account  is  substantially  correct  there  is  no 
doubt.  It  is  corroborated  by  graduates  of  Yale  who  have 
witnessed  the  scene,  some  of  whom  have  been  connected  with 
the  fraternities,  and  others  who  never  were. 

This  initiation  is  brutal  and  foolish  enough,  but  current 
newspaper  reports  give  additional  horrors.  The  following, 
from  the  correspondence  of  the  New  York  Sun  (Nov.  1873), 
describes  briefly  the  ceremonies  of  some  of  the  minor  socie- 
ties of  Cornell  University,  Ithica,  N.  Y. ; — 

''  The  candidate  is  then  taken  from  his  room  after  mid- 
night, and  led  to  a  secluded  room  in  a  secluded  street,  where 
the  members  have  gathered  in  masks  to  see  the  fun.  He  is 
bhndfolded  and  pinioned,  and  then  led  over  boxes,  chairs  and 
other  obstacles  until  his  shins  are  barked  and  he  is  tired  into 
resistlessness.  The  room  is  in  a  commercial  building  which 
is  furnished  with  an  elevator,  and  down  this  the  victim  is 
next  dangled  at  the  end  of  a  rope,  this  frightening  process 
•beino-  followed  by  the  tossing  in  a  blanket.  He  is  then  sat- 
urated with  water  from  squirt  guns,  after  which  the  blind- 
fold is  removed  amid  hideous  noises,  demoniac  lights  and 
fiendisli  dresses,  and  a  pledge  of  secrecy  is  made.  After  this, 
he  is  usually  blindfolded  again,  placed  in  a  coffin,  and  some 
process  resorted  to  which  is  intended  to  convince  the  victim 
that  he  is  dying.  This  is  sometimes  done  by  suddenly 
drenching  the  head  v/ith  water,  and  then  administering  chlo 
roform;  or  by  heating  the  bare  breast  nearly  to  a  blister  with 
a  hot  shovel  held  close  to  it,  and  then  clapping  on  a  large 
piece  of  ice,  under  which  treatment  he  becomes  insensible. 
When  he  awakes,  he  tinds  that  the  bandage  and  the  pin- 
ions are  removed,  and  that  he  is  in  a  coffin  surrounded  by 
ghostly  forms.  If  he  is  sufficiently  scared  by  this,  the  cere- 
monies arc  then  closed." 

This  description  has  the  supporting  testimony  of  the  Buf- 
falo Commercial's  c;orrespondent  at  the  same  place,  but  must 
be  judged  as  a  newspaper  report,  to  be  taken  cum  grano 
salts,  until  substantiated. 

Initiations  in  upper  class  societies  at  Yale  are  more  secret; 
but  as  they  last  until  daybreak  and  are  attended  with  heavy 
noises  and  confused  uproar,  it  is  hardly  to  be  supposed  that 
so  much  time  and  trouble  would  be  taken  only  to  make  prop- 
er impression  upon  the  students  listening  without.  The  in- 
tent of  the  initiation,  especially  with  the  Freshmen,  is  to 
thoroughly  scare  and  intimidate,  but  not  hurt.  As  says  the 
work  above  quoted,  ''  There  is  nothing  specially  unpleasant 
aboiit  being  tossed  in  a  blanket,  and  Freshmen  often  toss 
one  another  for  the  mere  fun  of  the  thing.  But  a  bhndfolded 
man,  in  a  pandemonium  of  noises  and  an  atmosphere  of 
tobacco  smoke,  flying  up  and  down  through  ilhmitable  space, 
needs  all  his  wits  about  him  if  he  would  keep  cool  and  reas- 
on^himself  into  a  feeling  of  securityr    No  one  has  any  right 


watched  by  their  sober  companions  and  prevented  from  put- 
ting Freshmen  through  any  process  outside  the  regular  pro- 
gramme."  It  is  generally  behoved  that  accidents  do  fre- 
quently happen,  and  sometimes  of  a  serious  nature;  and  with 
some  societies  the  jirecaution  of  having  restoratives  at  hand 
has  become  habitual. 

In  the  obhgations  imposed  on  students  by  the  fraternity 
there  is  probably  little  chversity.  Some  boldly  reqiure  a 
formal  oath;  others  omit  the  form  while  the  spirit  is  the 
same.  The  pledge  of  the  Beta  Theta  Pi  society  as  adminis- 
tered in  the  Lambda  chapter,  connected  with  the  State  Uni- 
versity at  Bloomington,  Indiana,  reads  thus: — 

"  Art.  XII.  Every  individual  on  being  admitted  to  this 
association  shall  solemnly  bind  himself  by  the  following  ol)li- 
gation,  administered  by  the  president: — 

1.  I  promise  to  keep  inviolably  secret  all  the  signs,  sjm- 
bols,  objects  and  proceedings  of  the  Beta  Theta  Pi,  and  to 
yield  implicit  obedience  to  its  constitution,  by-laws  and  in- 
structions. 

2 .  I  promise  to  place  implicit  confidence  in  every  member 
of  this  association,  and  to  use  all  honorable  means  to  promote 
his  interests  and  to  aid  in  his  preferment. 

3.  I  promise  never  to  see  calmly,  nor  without  earnest  de- 
sire and  decided  eff'orts  to  prevent  it,  the  ill-treatment,  slan- 
der, or  defiimation  of  any  one  who  wears  the  badge  or  bears 
the  name  of  Beta  Theta  Pi. 

4.  I  promise  to  preserve  inviolate  the  secrets  of  every 
member  of  this  association  delivered  to  me  as  such,  or  when 
the  information  requires  secrecy  for  his  welfare ;  and,  further, 
in  my  intercourse  with  members  to  be  urbane  in  my  deport- 
ment, courteous  in  expression,  and  steadfast  in  friendship. 

6.  I  solemnly  promise  to  uphold  as  an  individual  the  dig- 
nity of  the  Beta  Theta  Pi;  and,  in  my  intercourse  Avith  man- 
kind, to  maintain  my  character  as  one  of  its  members. 

6.  I  solemnly  promise  that,  if  at  any  time  my  connection 
with  Beta  Theta  Pi  should  be  dissolved,  I  will  never  reveal 
anything  of  the  nature,  objects,  or  business  of  the  association." 

At  Monmouth  College,  Monmouth,  111.,  the  Kappa  Phi 
Delta  administers  tv/o  oaths.  The  first  in  the  ante-room 
before  the  candidate  enters  for  initiation;  before  taking  it  he 
gives  satisfactory  answers  to  questions  concerning  his  belief 
in  God,  the  Scriptures,  a  future  state  of  rewards  and  punish- 
ments, etc., — an  impious  attempt  at  jocularity.  The  prepara- 
tory obligation  reads  as  follows: — 

"  I,  A.  B.,  do  solemnly  swear  in  presence  of  Almighty 
God,  with  my  hand  upon  his  sacred  word,  that  I  do  not  be- 
long to  any  fraternity  or  secret  association  at  this  college. 
And  furthermore  promise  and  swear  that  I  will  not  reveal 
anything  I  have  seen  or  may  see  here.      So  help  me   God," 

The  second  oath  is  administered  in  the  lodge-room  after 
the  candidate's  placed  on  his  knees  before  the  presiding  offi- 
cer, who  says: — 

"  Yo\i  do  solemnly  swear  in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God, 
with  your  hand  upon  his  sacred  word,  and  before'these  wit- 
nesses, the  members  of  the  Kappa  Phi  Delta  fraternity,  that 
you  will  not  reveal  anj'^  of  its  secrets  or  make  known  any  of 
its  mysteries  to  anyone  except  a  regularly  initiated  member; 
that  you  will  always  endeavor  by  your  conduct  and  actions 
to  preserve  its  integrity  inviolate;  that  you  Avill  take  the 
part  of  a  brother  Kappa  Phi  Delta,  when  assailed  in  either, 
character  or  person,  to  the  best  of  your  abihty;  that  you  will 
do  everything  in  your  power  to.promote  the  interest  and  well 
being  of  each  and  every  brother  of  the  Kappa  Phi  Delta  fra- 
ternity; that  you  will  not  initiate  or  recommend  for  initiation 
any  one  whom  you  think  would  bring  disgrace  upon  the  fra- 
ternity or  injure  any  one  of  its  members;  that  should  you 
possess  a  Kappa  Phi  Delta  badge  you  will  not  dispose  of  it 
to  any  one  without  the  consent  of  the  fraternity;  that  you 
will  cheerfully  conform  to  all  the  established  rules  and. regu- 
lations of  the  fraternity ;  that  you  will  vote  for  a  Kappa  Phi 
Delta  in  preference  to  any  fraternity  or  neutral  man  should 
he  be  a  candidate  in  either  of  the  hterary  societies  of  the  col- 
lege; that  you  will  respond  to  all  calls  of  the  fraternity  and 
all  its  established  signs  and  grips  given  by  any  of  its  mem- 
bers.    So  help  you  God." 


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Julian,  The  Eleusinian  Mystekies,  The  Origin  of 
Masonry,  Was  Washington  a  Mason  ?  Filmoee's  and 
Webster's  deference  to  Masonry,  A  brief  outline  of 

THE  PROGRESS  OP  MaSONRY    IN    THE  UNITED    STATES,    TuE 

Tammany  Ring,  The  Credit  Mobilier  Ring,  Masonic 
Benevolence,  The  uses  of  Masonry,  An  Illustration  , 
The  Conclusion." 

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Secret  Societies,  Ancient  and  Modern :  An  Outline  of  their 
Rise,  Progress  and  Character  with  Respect  to  the  Christian  Religion 
and  Republican  (Jovernment.  Edited  by  General  J.  W.  Phelps, 
Chicago:  Ezra  A.  Cook  &  Co. 

The  author  traces  back  the  origin  of  Masonry  and  its  evil  influ- 
ences, particularly  as  seen  and  felt  in  our  own  country;  the  Tam- 
many Ring,  Credit  Mobiler,  &c.  He  shows  the  subserviency  of 
some  of  our  public  men,  such  as  Fillmore  and  Webster,  to  its  dom- 
inating power.  If  read  dispassionately  it  will  do  gooA.—  UnHcd 
Presbyterian. 

The  author  ha!^  presented  information  concerning  the  Old  Myster- 
ies and  their  antagonism  to  Cihristianity ;  the  Masonry  of  Washington 
and  his  virtual  secession  from  it;  the  harlotry  of  Masonrj',  English 
and  American,  in  assuming  charge  of  international  politics,  and  treat- 
ies between  England  and  the  United  States;  the  disgusting  interven- 
tion of  the  lodge  at  the  close  of  the  French  and  "German  war;  the 
Masonic  baptisms ;  all  these  and  more  Gen.  Phelps  has  given,  accom- 
panied with  clear  philosophical  dissertations  of  his  own. 

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TRACT  NO.  1: 
HISTORY  OF  MASONRY, 
BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OP    WHEATON    COLLEGE. 
This  is  now  published  in  three  tracts  of  four  pages  each.     Price 
Of  each,  50  cents  per  100;  $4  per  1000. 

Tract  No.  1,  Part  Fikst— Shows  the  origin  nf  Speculative  Free- 
masonry, and.  '8  entiled  "HISTORY  OF  MASONR.Y. '' 

Tract  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled  "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
TER OP  FREEMASONRY  "  „„^„.„.^.TT,^,       . 

TRiOT    No;   1,  Part  Third— Is    entitled    "FREEMASONRY    A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
translated  by  Prof.  A.  Ri  CSRVIN.    A  15-page  tract  at  $2.00 
perlOO;  $13.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURBSR, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD,   of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

who  has  taken  17    degrees.     A  3  nage  tract  at  25  cents  per  100; 

$2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  3: 

SECRETS  OF  MASONRY, 
BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 

This  is  a  4-page  Illustrated  Tract,  showing  the  signs,  grips  and 
pass-words,  of  tae  urst  three  degrees.  50  cents  per  100,  or  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
This  is  a  2-pago  tract,  calling  the  attention  of  the  public  to  the 
despotic  and  ridiculous  titles  of  Freemasonry.  Price  25  cents  per  100 ; 
$2  00  per  1,000. 

TRACT.  NO.  5: 

Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
Sv/orn  to  by  the  &rand  Lodge  of  Shode  Island. 

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  is  a  very 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Eon,  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

ftli/lng  Sis  and  His  Fat&SF's  OjsIhIso  of  FresEaasosjry  (1832.); 


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G?.Tms?  Hsa  Opiaiop.  ofFreeraagoury  (1832). 
Eoth  oi  these  letters,  in  one  4-page  tract,  at  50  eeuts  per  100 ;  $4.00 
per  1000. 


TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TOW. 
A  4-pagc  tract.  This  is  a  careful  analysis  of  the  character  of 
Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  be  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian;  and  the  JIasonio  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  the 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NU.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustrated.  '  The  lirst  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclalmimg  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Freema- 
sonry is  only  152  Ifaars  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  '"Murfler  and  Treason  mot 
Exempted,"  arid  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Christian. 
Price  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  0,  ILLUSTIiATED: 

FREEMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  arc  enumerated  and 
prayed  for.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  of  "Occidental  Sov- 
ereign Consistory  S.  P.  Ji.  .y,''  32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge— and 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Church  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TR.ACT  NO.  1(1: 

CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREEMASOKEY. 

A  2-page  tract,  (illustrated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "the 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel."  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  23  cents  per 
100  or  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

Address  ofNiama  hi]  Aiss&ialk,  b  hi 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
Bonry,  as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  x.ents  ner 
100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  WHITNEY  ANI3  MASONRY. 
This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  .Judge  Whitney's 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charge  of  unma- 
sonic  coaduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
An  8-page  tract,  $1.00  per  100;  $8.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLITEK  OH  MASONRY, 

and 

HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 

Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $2,00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  14: 

GRAND  I.ODGE  MASONRY. 

ITS  SELATIOMTO  CIVIL  GOVEENI^ENT  AND  THE  CEEISIIAN  EELICflON. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PEES.  J. 
BLANOHAED  of  WHEaTON  OOLLEaE.    This  is  a  16-page  tract  at  $3.00 
per  100;  $16.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID- 

A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  Invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.  By  REV.  1.  A.  HART,  Secretary 
National  Christian  Association.  Published  by  special  order  of  the 
Association.    50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1800. 

TRACT  NO.  16: 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M. 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.  A  Pi- 
page tract,  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

Origin,  Oifaiions  and  k^mi^  cf  Ibe  Eraggo. 

"WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OP  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 

This  little  tract  ought  to  be  put  into  the  hands  of  every  Farmer  in 

the  United  States,   Four-page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT   NO.  18: 

HON.  W^M.  H.  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Estrass  from  a  Speech  05  Esow-linot';ingj;m  in  the  tJ.  S.  Senate  in  1S55. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  S-page  tract,  25  cents  per  100 ;  S'2,00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 
BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,  MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  the 
Lodge    A  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 
This  tract  contains  many  strong  arguments  against  the  Lodge  drawn 
from  personal  experience,  observation  and  study  of  its   character. 
A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1,000. 
TRACT  NO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA  A,  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argument,  shows 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  who 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  with  approbation  of  this  institution. 
A  4-page  tract  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1,000. 


GERMAN  CYNOSURE  TRACT  A. 


Sis  Esaso&s"  whj  a  CMian  skid  sollis  a  Freemson 

By  REV.  A.  GROLE,  Pastor,  German  M.  E.  Chureli, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

This  is  on  first  German  tract,  and  it  is  a  good  one;  it  ought  to 
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Contents. 

Page. 

IEditorial  Abticles 8,  9 

Special  Masonic  Votlce  —  Masonry  Subverting  the  Re- 
public  Our  Petition  to  President  Grant KeTiew  of 

Grosh'B  Defense  Concluded The  Masonic  Display 

Topics  or  the  Times 1 

OuB  CoLLBSES  On  Secbbt  Societies 1 

'CoMTKiBnTED  and  Select  Articles 2,  3 

Against  All  Secret  Societies,  A  Letter   to  Gerrit  Smith 

What  Shall  We  Do  at  Syracuse? An  Abominable 

Trinity Is  Uncle  Sam  a  Freemason? How  Only  the 

Decline  of  the  Republic  Can  Be  Prevented A  Luther- 
an Testimony. 

RiFORM  News 4,  5 

Notices   of    N.  C.  A,  and  Pledges Delegates  The 

Pelition  on  the  Corner-Stone.  .Lecture  List Ac- 
tion of  the  Executive  Committee  of  Indiana  State  As- 
sociation  General  Agent  in  Berea.  Anti-masonic  Po- 
litical Action. 

COSBESPONOBNCB 5,  6 

How  to  Deal  with  Them The  Tract  Work Coming 

to  1  he  Light Lodge  Charity Our  Mail. 

WORTT  YBiRS    -4  GO 6 

College  Secret  Societies 13 

Chapter  II.  Concluded. 

The  Home  CiKCLB 10 

Sweep  before  your  own  Door The  Cobbler  of  Ham- 
burgh—  Ihe  Only  True    Home Provoke  not    your 

Ohiidren  —  Mental  Stimulants Advantages  of  Tem- 
perance in  Eating. 

'Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbatti  School 7 

Home  and  Health  Hints ^ 

rarm  and  Garden 7 

Religions  Intelligence 12 

Ttews  of  the  Week 12 

Items  for  Temperance  Workers Facts  and  Figures Lite- 

rnry  Notices Wheaton  College 14 

Pnbliflher'B  Department 16 

Advertisements IS,  14, 15, 16 


%ifp^i  4  il\t  tlm. 


Tunas  TiT08  Kkndrick. — This  gentleman  baa  just 
been  dismissed  from  the  Grand  St.  M.  E,  Church,  of 
Williamsburg,  for  drunkenness  and  immorality.  Last 
winter  this  same  man  delivered  an  address  before  the 
Masons  of  Brooklyn,  which  was  hailed  by  the  brother- 
hood as  another  proof  that  our  greatest  and  best  men 
are  all  Masons.  Now  that  he  has  been  turned  out 
of  the  church  for  drunkenness  and  immorality,  the 
Anti-masons  can  show  the  people  of  Brooklyn  what 
sort  of  ministers  defend  Masonry,  and  the  Masons  can 
slide  him  off  to  some  other  place  to  orate  and  drink, 
and  be  immoral  again.  Ho-s?  long  sh&li  these  secret 
and  Satanic  orders  fill  pulpits  with  such  Masonic 
saints  ? 


Applkton  akd  the  Catholics. — It  appears  from 
the  public  prints  thai  the  Appletons  in  revising  their 
American  Cyclopedia  have  engsged  Catholics  to  re- 
write all  articles  bearing  on  the  interest?  of  their 
church.  Under  their  revision  th9  history  of  dl  mat- 
ters of  conflict  between  Protestantism  and  Rome  is 
steadily  falsified,  and  after  this  assassination  of  truth,  the 
house  sends  circulars  to  Catholics  asking  them  to  pur- 
chase the  lies.  It  is  very  likely  that  they  may  sell 
more  books  to  priests;  but  if  they  enter  on  such  a 
course,  the  time  will  come  when  no  Protestant  who 
retains  his  self-respect  will  have  the  New  American 
Cyclopedia  or  any  other  book  published  by  this  firm 
on  his  shelves.  We  have  as  yet  seen  only  the  accu- 
sation and  not  the  defense.  We  hope  that  there  is 
some  explanation,  and  if  any  satisfactory  one  is  made 
we  will  be  glad  to  make  it  known  to  all  our  readers. 


The  Flood. — In  the  State  of  Louisiana  much 
distress  is  resulting  from  the  inundation  caused  by 
breaks  in  the  levees.  The  State  authorities  receive 
applications  for  food  daily,  and  the  National  govern- 
ment has  authorized  the  issuance  of  rations  to  the 
sufferers.  S^  Now,  as  always,  pestilence  and  statvation 
follow  in  the  wake  of  war.  Georgia  and  Alabama 
have  had  no  crops  to  speak  of  for  two  years  past, 
while  the  whole  South  is  poor,  and  oppressed  by  the 
rule  of  ignorance  and  debased  whites  and  blacks, 
Debts  are  piled  mountain  high,    laziness  almost  uni 


versal,  drinking  and  gambling  quite  so.  These  are 
the  floods  most  to  be  feared  for  our  brethren  in  the 
South.  Years  of  oppression  and  rivers  of  blood  are 
yet  to  be  avenged.  It  is  only  by  humiliation  and 
prayer  that  the  carse  of  God  can  be  averted.  Neither 
let  us  6uppoE€  that  if  the  South  be  ruined  the  North 
will  escape.  We  have  been  partners  in  the  crimes 
of  slavery,  and  are  now  partners  in  the  disregard  of 
God's  law.  We  have  need  to  return  to  God  to  hum- 
ble ourselves  before  him,j-.to  remove  the|evils  that  ex- 
ist, and  to  prepare  the  way  of  the  Lord  in  our  own 
hearts,  and  so  far  as  we  may  in  those  of  our  fellows. 


The  Veto.— President  Grant  bss  interposed  his  "I 
forbid,"  to  save  the  country  from  the  deluge  of  paper 
money,  which  our  Congressional  Punch  and  Judys 
vfere  about  to  inflict  upon  it.  For  this  he  deserves 
and  will  receive  the  thanks  of  every  citiisen  who  be- 
lieves in  paying  debts  and  disbelieves  in  repudiat- 
ing honest  obligations.  Of  course  this  veto  is  per- 
fectly consistent  with  the  pre.sent  rale  of  political  ac- 
tion. That  rule  is:  "We  must  get  the  offices,  and 
will  profess  and  do  what  is  necessary  to  that  end." 
The  politiciauhas  but  one  prayer,  and  that  ie:  "Oh, 
Lord,  help  me  to  get  over  the  fence  in  time  when  the 
parties  shift."  Of  course  this  makes  a  politician  a 
very  contemptible  man,  and  equally,  of  course,  a  vast 
majority  of  politicians  are  so.  Look  at  the  office  beg- 
gar's meeting  in  the  Palmer  House  lately.  A  number 
of  individuals  gathered  there,  who  want  some  public 
place.  They  did  not  declare  a  principle,  or  express 
an  opinion  that  had  any  bearing  near  or  remote  on 
the  interests  of  the  country,  their  only  song  was 

We  want  to  save  the  country. 

And  to  get  a  little  back  pay ; 
We  are  willing  to  suffer,  and  bleed,  and  He, 

In  robbing  the  Treasury. 

Grant  is  surrounded  by  such  men;  those  who 
would  chase  a  black  man  all  over  the  country  for  a 
slave  catcher,  or  hug  the  greasiest  man  and  brother  in 
Georgia  as  their  interests  require.  He  smokes  and 
drinks,  while  they  write  his  messages.  Is  it  not  about 
time  for  an  American  party  ? 

Church  Discipline  . — It  is  evident  that  a  church 
has  power  with  men  just  in  proportion  as  it  is  pure. 
Not  that  any  church  is  to  be  composed  of  perfect  men , 
but  that  all  churches  should  be  made  up  of  men  who 
refrain  from  habitual  wrong-doing  and  repent  sincerely 
of  all  lapses  from  the  path  of  holiness.  At  present 
the  various  denominations,  little  and  large,  are  full  of 
covetous  men,  that  is,  of  idolaters.  Hundreds  have  a 
name  upon  church  rolls  who  have  no  worship  of  God 
in  their  homes  and  no  prayer  in  their  hearts.  Men 
are  kept  in  one  church,  because  if  turned  out  they  will 
pay  to  another^  and  when  too  bad  to  wish  for  any 
church  they  are  dropped,  as  a  pastor  lately  said,  "So 
avoid  discipline."  This  it  is  which  has  given  us  our 
gospel  of  sentimentalism,  and  filled  our  churches  with 
theatre-going,  wine-drinking,  card-playing,  dancing, 
money-worshiping  Christians  {?).  It  is  an  attempt 
to  serve  Satan  and  get  to  heayen,  to  fear  the  Lord  and 
worship  idols,  to  yoke  Christ  and  the  devil  to  a  sect 
on  which  sinners  may  ride  to  glory.  Bad  as  our  case 
is,  there  is  light  as  well  as  darkness.  There  are  more 
than  seven  thousand  who  have  not  bowed  to  Baal. 
There  are  earnest,  humble,  praying  men  and  women. 
There  are  pastors  who  rise  by  night  to  weep  over  the 
desolate  city  of  God.  Let  them  have  faith  and  cour- 
age. Let  the  aUiance  between  the  saiat  and  einner  in 
religious  matters  be  broken.  Cast  societies  for  the 
support  of  the  ministry  to  the  moles  and  the  bats. 


Let  U3  trust  ia  our  God  and  quit  ourselves  like  men. 
Let  us  as  Cbristians  be  more  tender-hearted,  honest, 
liberal  and  faithful.  Then  will  Zion  put  on  her  beau- 
tiful garments,  arise  and  shine. 


Taxiko  CncRcnES.- — A  movement  originatiDf;  with 
the  auti-relig!0U3  element  which  opposes  the  Chris- 
tian amendment,  and  which  has  a  large  support 
from  every  class,  Christian  or  otherwise,  which  cries 
out  ag'dnst  Bible  ia  schools,  Sabbath  laws,  etc. ,  is  the 
repeal  of  laws  exempting  churches  and  educa- 
tional institutions  from  taxation.  The  theory  of  the 
movement  is:  first,  a  check  upon  the  fimssaing  of 
vast  sums  in  denominational  property,  for  which  the 
Roman  Catholics  are  most  notorious;  and  second,  the 
subordination  of  ail  property  interests  to  the  state. 
The  Christian  sentiment  which  most  Btrongly  favors 
the  plan,  is  strangely  that  which  haa  alw.ays  most 
earnestly  contended  against  any  union  of  church  and 
state.  Bat  how  can  any  fail  to  see  that  the  taxation 
of  church  property  is  a  dirict  attempt  to  secure  such 
an  obnoxious  union  ?  They  now  exist  in  this  country 
independently  of  SHch  other; both  seeking  the  same 
ends — the  public  weal — one  by  motives  applied  to 
the  nobler  faculties  and  conscience,  the  oth'rby  inlla- 
enciijg  the  lower  nature.  They  act  independently, 
though  exercising  a  mutual  restraint.  But  to  tax  the 
organiz.iition  which  acts  on  the  higher  plane,  subjects 
it  to  the  lower,  debaEe?  it  by  authoiiir,  and  ia  the 
same  degree  destroys  its  influence,  its  power  over  the 
coii.scieEce  of  tbe  masses.  It  would  be  a  usurpation 
of  force;  a  violation  of  the  natural  law  which  innrks 
the  boundary  of  each  institution;  a  degradation  of 
governraent  itself,  in  demanding  for  its  support  a  per 
cent,  of  the  voluntary  offerings  of  love  and  faith.  The 
basis  of  the  effort  is  a  plea  for  cowardice.  Soiae 
wealthy  church  corporations,  which  transact  ia  real 
estate,  should  pay  for  government  protection,  it  is 
said;  and,  fearing  to  apply  the  rule  to  these  only,  the 
whole  body  of  churches,  poor  and  lioh,  must  pay  for 
an  existence;  or  because  some  sixty  mi-lio!5  ot  church 
property  is  remunerative,  the  other  three  hundred 
raillion,  which  is  not,  should  take  up  a  burden  ^^hich 
doss  not  belong  to  it.  There  would  not  be  a  shadow 
of  claim  for  taxation,  were  the  churches  bacE  upon 
their  right  and  Scriptural  ground  of  support  by  free- 
will offerings;  on  no  other  can  tiiey  prosper  or  fulfill 
their  mission.  The  apostolic  churches  were  a  long 
way  from  carrying  on  a  profitable  business  in  rentals 
and  land  speculation,  or  living  at  the  e.vpense  of  hu- 
man lives  from  the  rent  of  saloons,  as  does  the  Trinity 
Church  of  New  York.  But  the  State  has  no  power  to 
lash  the  church  back  to  duty  .  The  Quixotic  attempt 
would  be  a  sacrifice  of  both.  If  the  blind  lead  the 
blind,  shall  not  both  fall  into  the  ditch? 

OUR  COLLEGES  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Martville  College. 
Martville,  Tenn.,    Sept.  24th,  187*3. 

Gentlemen:— I  believe  that  secret  societies,  gener- 
ally speaking,  are  fraught  with  mischief  and  should 
be  discouraged,  especially  in  our  institutions  cfleara- 
ing.  We  do  not  allow  sny  such  organizations  in  this 
college.  Opposed  to  them  as  I  was  when  a  student, 
I  will  not  countenance  them  while  probiding  over 
students. 

We  are  all  of  us  so  pressed  with  duties  that  we 
have  not  time  to  prepare  a  well  written  article  for  the 
public  eye.  P.  M,  Bartlett,    President. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Airaiust  all  Secret  Societies. 


A     LET  FEB    FllOM     PROF, 


SAMUEL 
EMITH. 


N.     SWEET  TO    GSRRIT 


My  Dear  Sir: — Ag  your  life,  wlilch  has  been 
gloriously  devoted  to  the  Honor  and  welfare  of  our 
country,  and  the  happiness  of  the  world,  is  drawing 
to  a  close;  and  as  T,  too,  although  eight  years  younger 
than  yourself,  being  now  in  luy  69Lh  year,  am  fast 
ripening  for  the  icy  embrace  of  death,  will  you  allow 
me  to  wiile  you  for  the  public  page,  if  your  honor 
pleases,  on  a  subj'-^'ct  deeply  interesting  to  our  beloved 
countrymen. 

Your  name  is  familiar  to  the  public  ear,  as  a  phil- 
anthropist, and  the  eloquent  assertion  of  the  people's 
rights,  irrespective  ot  sex  or  color,  throughout  the 
civilized  world.  Eeing  a  patriot  without  guile  or  con- 
cealment, you  have  always,  in  common  with  myself, 
oppoEcd  secret  societies.  In  ycur  published  letter 
from  Peterboro,  August  10th,  1847,  you  say: 
"Secret  societies  are  to  b3  watched  and  guarded 
awainsf,  as  conspiracies  against  the  rights  of  man," 
Moreover,  you  are  the  great  apostle  of  temperance, 
the  bless'jd  cause  01  which  you  espoused  more  than 
half  a  century  ago.  When  the  Emperor  of  China 
wrote  a  letter  to  Sir  Isaac  Nev?ton,  of  whom  it  has 
been  said : 

"  Nature  and  nature's  laws  lay  hid  in  night; 
God  said  let  Newton  be  1  and  all  was  light." 

He  superfcribed  it,  "  J/>,  Ntioton,  of  Europe,'" 
and  it  reached  the  great  astronomer.  Many  thousands 
bear  tbe  name  of  Saiilh,  in  the  United  States,  but  if  a 
foreigner  should  addre.-s  a  letter  to  Mr.  Smith,  of 
America,  it  would  doubtless  reaoh  the  beautiful  little 
village  of  Peterboro ! 

0.1  Wednesday  evening,  January  28tb,  1874,  I 
beard  Dr.  D.  0.  Wright,  of  Rochester,  lecture  on 
temperance;  and,  in  common  with  the  audience,  I  was 
greatly  pleased.  I,  however,  regret  very  much  that 
he  is  engaged  chiefly  in  forming  societies,  called  "  Sons 
of  Temperance."  Secret  societies  are  behind  the  in 
telligencj  of  this  beautiful  afternoon  of  the  glorious 
nineteenth  century.  They  are  dangerous  to  all  gov 
erament-5,  especially  to  those  that  are  fre^.  The  con- 
stitution of  the  United  States  does  not  permit  even  the 
representatives  chosen  by  the  people  to  act  with 
closed  dorrs,  except  on  extraordinary  occasions.  It  is 
a  matter  of  astonishment,  that  a  nation  so  jealous  of 
its  liberties  should  yet  permit  within  its  bosom  self- 
created  societies,  to  administer  extra-judicial  oaths  in 
secret!  They  are  instituted  to  dupe  the  simple  for 
the  b'r-nefii,  of  the  crafty.  Thej  ar.3  temples  of 
tyranny,  wher3  the  initiated  swear  feaity  to  an  un- 
known prnce.  All  oaths  and  promises  are  void, 
which  bind  together  a  portion  of  mankind  in  secret 
and  selfish  ?.ssociationg,  tending  to  limit  the  benevo- 
lence which  we  owe  to  all;  or,  which,  in  terms  or 
eflf^^ct,  deprive  others  of  their  equal  rights.  The 
Bible  says:  "No  man  lighteth  a  candle  and  putteth 
it  under  a  bushel."  The  noble  cause  of  temperance 
is  not  benefitted,  but  greatly  injured  by  oaths  and 
promises  of  secrecy  under  its  mortal  penalty. 

Did  our  sainted  forefathers  emigrate  from  the  mother 
country  in  the  May-fiower,  to  establish  an  unhallowed 
secret  society  3  Did  Christ  and  his  disciples  withhold 
the  benevolent  prec?pts  of  the  gospel  from  all  who 
came  not  with  money  in  their  hands,  to  be  initiated  in 
the  dead  of  night?  Did  they  cot,  on  the  contrary, 
offer  it  to  all  who  were  disposed  to  walk  in  its  morn- 
ing effulgence,  without  money  and  without  price? 
The  great  Keeper  of  the  green  fields  beyond  the  flood, 
established  no  lodge  of  secrecy;  closed  no  doors 
against  any  member  of  the  human  family.  He  did 
not  require  his  followers  to  wear  "lamb-skin  aprons;" 
but  windows  in  their  breasts.  To  join  a  secret  society 
is  to  disregard  his  bright  and  glorious  example. 
When  Dr.  Wright  requested  all  to  leave  the  room,  ex- 
cept those  who  had  apprised  him  they  would  join 
the"  Sons  of  Temperance,"  before  they  knew  the 
terms  of  membership,  the  words  of  Christ  occurred  to 
me:  ^"  Men  love  darkness  rather  than  light,  because 
He  gave  His  followers  no  cate- 


chisnn,  and  yet  His  teaching  satisfiesjthe  soul  as  no  one|unitedly  give  King  Alcohol,  "who  is  lifting  in  pride  and 
else  is  able.  j  agony  his   thunder-scared   front    from  his    couch   of 

The  late  Edward  Everett,  of  Massachusetts,  says  j  everlasting  fire,"  war  to  the  knife,  and  the  knife  to 
in  a  publi.?hed  letter  from  Charleston,  June  29th,  the  hilt,  and  ''damned  be  he  who  first  cries,  Hold! 
1833,  "All  secret  societies  are  dangerous,  in  propor- j  enough  !" 

tion  to  the  extent  of  their  organization,  and  the  num-i  The  prayer  of  one  of  the  wisest  and  best  men  of  all 
her  of  their  members."  The  late  William  H.  Seward  i  antiquity,  was:  "  Oh !  thou  eternal  king  of  men  and 
expressed  the  same  unfavorable  opinion  of  secret  i angels,  elevate  our  minds!  Each  low  and  partial 
societies  in  his  letters  to  me,  in  one  of  which,  from 
Auburn,  April  20th,  1830,  he  said:— "Mv  Dear 
Sir: — Unparalleled  in  the  history  of  this  republic, 
is  the  vindictive  spirit  with  which  Freemasonry,  inch 
by  inch,  visits  the  advance  of  truth  into  hor  dark 
cayerns.  I  look  upon  you  as  one  with  the  talent, 
enegry,  and  enthusiasm,  which  our  young  and  right- 
eous cause  requires,  and  I  hold  it  indebted  to  you  for 
exertion  and  uawearied  devotion  to  its  prosperity,  I 
coyet  no  higher  name  lo  bequeath  to  my  children, 
than  that  of  being  one  of  the  early  and  constant  ad- 
vocates of  republicanism,  as  opposed  to  false  and  aris- 
tocratifal  Freemasonry." 

Standing  secrecy  implies  shame  and  guilt.  Innc- 
cence  seeks  no  cover.  Deception  and  crime  cry, 
"  Come  night,  and  shroud  us  in  the  mantle  of  the 
dark."  Secrecy  is  the  badge  of  a  tyrannical  govern- 
ment. Ours  was  not  organized  by  the  secret  fac- 
tions of  designing  demagogues,  directed  by  the  mid- 
Qight  conclave.  The  Father  of  our  country,  in  his 
farewell  address,  warned  his  be!o?ed  countrymen 
against  all  secret  societies.  As  happily  expressed  by 
Shakspeare, 


passion  thence  dispel;  till  this  great  truth  in  every 
beart  be  known,  that  none  but  those  who  aid  the 
public  cause,  can  shield  their  country  or  themsekeB 
from  chains." 

This  prayer  of  Leonidas,  my  dear  friend  Smith 
and  brother  in  Christ,  is  embodied,  substantially,  in 
the  principles  we  cherish,  and  which  are  sanctified  in 
our  hearts. 


'<  What  Sliall  we  do  at  Syracuse  I " 


BY  J.   L,   BARLOW. 


their  deeds  are  evil, " 


"  It  is  a  great  sin  to  swear  unto  sin. 

But  greater  sin  to  keep  a  siut'ul  oath. 

Who  can  l)e  bound  by  any  solemn  vow, 

To  do  a  murderous  deed ;  to  rob  a  man ; 

To  reave  the  orphan  of  his  patrimony; 

To  wring  the  widow  from  her  customed  right: 

And  have  no  other  reason  for  his  wrong. 

But  that  he  was  bound  by  n  solemn  oath  ?  " 

The  argument  in  this  selection  is  so  palpable  in 
favor  of  violating  wicked  oaths,  that  it  only  needs  to 
be  contemplated  by  the  candid  mind,  to  produce  per- 
fect conviction.  The  immortal  Washington  "  wot) 
that  imperishable  fame,  wh'ch  shall  never  fade,  by 
lifting  the  glittering  steel  of  the  patriot  soldier 
above  the  neglected  oath  which  had  once  bound  him 
to  the  Biitish  throne.  Fortunately  for  the  country 
and  posterity,  he  accepted  the  presidency  iu  the  even- 
ing of  life,  and  the  glory  of  his  administration  was 
equalled  only  by  the  laurel  of  bis  unrivalled  military 
fame.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Mount  Vernon,  but  he 
proposed  no  farmers'  secret  grange  society.  "May 
heaven  forefend,"  that  the  high  priests  of  iniquity  and 
Royal  Arch  viiiaics  should  succeed  in  cheating  farmers, 
who  form  the  bone  and  sinew  of  our  Republic  out,  of 
their  hnrd  earnings. 

The  titles  of  Templars  and  Sons  of  Temperance, 
hke  those  of  Freemasonry,  are  vain,  foolish,  and  in- 
consistent with  our  republican  institutions,  which  do 
not  tolerate  the  star  and  garter  of  an  English  lord, 
nor  the  coronet  of  a  foreign  prince,  And  yet,  mem- 
bers of  secret  societies  clothe  themselves  in  al! 
the  colors  of  the  rainbow,  and  decorate  themselves 
with  as  many  jewels  as  are  worn  by  an  Indian  chief; 
and  they  expect  to  be  addressed  in  this  country,  where, 
as  contemplated  by  our  laws,  and  State  and  National 
Constitutions,  wo  are  all  upon  an  equal  footing,  by 
the  titles  of  "Worthy  Patriarch."  "  Grand  Scribe," 
•'Most  Worshipful,"  "Most  Illustrious  Highness," 
"Grand  Master,"  "General  Grand  High  Priest,'' 
"  King,"  ' '  Grand  King."  General  Jackson  said  in  his 
admirable  letter  of  March  27th,  1845,  to  Commodore 
J.  L.  Elliott,  declining  a  sarcophagus:  "True  virtue 
and  patriotism  cannot  exist  where  pomp  and  parade 
are  the  governing  passions."  In  the  language  of  the 
sweet  bard  of  Avon , 

"  Most  dangerous 
Is  Ihat  temptation,  that  doth  goad  ub  on 
To  sin  in  loying  virtue." 

The  late  Rev.  Jedodiah  Burchard,  no  less  truthfully 
than  shrewd,  said:  "A  sugar  devil  is  the  worst  kind 
of  a  devil."  Those  who  organize  or  join  secret  so- 
cieties, under  the  pretext  of  promoting  tbe  precious 
interests  of  temperance,  substantially  "write  good 
angel  on  the  devits  horn."  All  the  friends  of  tem- 
perance ought  to  give  each  other  the  right  hand  of 
friendship,    irrespective    of    any    organization,    and 


The  above  question  stands  at  the  head  and  brings 
up  the  rear  of  the  editorial  leader  in  the  Cynosure  cf 
April  9th.  Of  Christian  patriots,  no  mere  pertinent 
question  can  be  asked  at  this  time.  To  Anti-masonic 
Christian  voters,  and  to  all  Anti-masons,  who  handle 
the  ballot,  it  is  one  of  overwhelmicg  importance.  No 
Anti-masoD,  with  clear  convictions,  can  longer  give 
his  vote  for  the  minions  of  the  lodge.  To  do  so,  is  to 
give  his  sanction  to  the  prolonged  existence,  and  the 
destructive  work  of  secretism.  American  politics  to- 
day are  wholly  under  the  control  of  the  lodge",  and 
no  politician  of  State  or  national  reputation,  dares  to 
speak  or  act  iu  opposition  to  its  sacred  or  open  be- 
hests. Senator  Pomeroy,  of  Kansas,  did  dare  to 
speak  against  Masonry  in  Chicago  four  years  ago,  and 
to-day  he  is  politically  dead,  and  every  effort  is  being 
made  by  the  Masonic  institution  lo  ruin  him  as  a  man. 

Both  tbe  great  parties  of  our  day  are  worked  in  the 
interest  of  this  secret  despotism,  with  Masonry  at  its 
head.  Every  Anti-masonic  vote  cast  for  either  of  these 
parties,  as  at  present  constituted,  serves  to  strengthen 
the  hands  and  consolidate  the  workings  of  this  ille- 
gitimate power;  and  correspondingly  to  weaken  and 
render  powerless  the  hearts  and  efforts  of  those  who 
love  a  holy  religion  and  a  free,  untrammeled  govern- 
ment. If  these  things  are  true,  how  important  the 
inquiry,  "What  Shall  we  do  at  Stracuse  ?" 

Hitherto,  we  have  met  siffiply  as  Ohristians.  We 
have  prayed.  That  was  well.  God  has  mercifully 
lanswejred  our -prayers  in  the  eirection  of  our  labor, 
j  which  has  been  to  awaken  the  public  mind  to  a  sense 
of  the  appaUing  dangers  surrounding  u3.  We  have  be- 
come acquainted,  and  thus  mutual  helpers  in  a  work 
to  which  we  feel  that  we  are  called  of  God,  not  only 
as  Christians,  but  citizens.  Once  we  have  indeed, 
ventured  into  the  field  as  voters,  but  it  was  feebly 
done,  and  with  divided  counsels;  and  yet  with  results, 
of  which  we  have  uo  reason  to  be  ashamed.  We  have 
tried  our  steel  and  know  its  temper.  Much  of  our 
power  is  latent,  and  is  yet  to  be  brought  into  action, 
and  effectual  steps  to  do  this  are  to  he  taken  at  Syra- 
cuse. 

We  have  prayed.  Now  it  is  time  to  strip  for  ac- 
tion. We  know  our  enemy,  and  whereto  find  him. 
The  ballot  has  put  him  where  he  is,  and  made  bin; 
what  he  is.  The  ballot  must  unmake,  and  dethrone 
him  as  a  power  in  our  government,  and  an  enhght- 
ened  public  opinion  must  drive  him  from  the  land. 
To  attempt  this  through  either  of  the  parties,  as  now  or- 
ganized, is  to  stultify  and  make  ourselves  the  laughing 
stock  of  the  lodge.  The  anti-slavery  men  tried  this 
modeofaction,anda8a  general  result,  secured  "north- 
ern men  with  southern  principles."  Success  only  came 
at  last  through  the  formation  of  a  new  party,  and  at  the 
end  of  a  cruel  war.  Let  us  learn  a  lesson  from  the 
past.  Let  us  be  apt  pupils  in  the  school  of  Provi- 
dence. Should  we  accept  the  advice  of  some — make 
no  political  issues  at  present,  wait  on  the  parties  for 
Anti-masonic  candidates — I  have  no  doubt  we  should 
get  them,  as  soon  as  we  seem  to  be  a  power  to  be 
respected;  but  our  candidates  so  found,  would  prove 


1^^ 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


to  be  Anti-masonic  with  Masonic  principles,  and 
thus  our  victory  be  delayed,  or  indefinitely  post- 
poned. I  am  for  no  such  temporizing  action.  I  have 
seen  enough  of  it.  Such  ac'ion  is  but  a  temporary 
expedient  at  best,  and  its  tendency  is  to  retard,  not 
advance,  a  good  cause.  It  is  "  going  down  to  Egypt 
for  help." 

The  Gyno&ure  says:  "Erery  effort  has  been  made 
to  get  men  of  national  reputation  to  address  U3  at 
Syracuse.  Thus  far  the  effort  has  failed."  I  am 
GLAD  THE  EFFORT  HAS  FAILED !  If  "men  of  promi 
nence  and  standing  in  American  politics,  though  they 
are  with  us  in  sentiment,  shrink  from  makini(  martyrs 
of  themselves  by  coming  among  us,"  let  them  "e'en 
gang  their  ain  gate. "  If  our  cause  is  not  worth  the 
sacrifice,  it  is  not  the  cause  of  God  and  humanity,  and 
they  are  excusable  for  their  timidity.  Bat  if  it  be,  as 
we  believe  it  to  be,  the  cause  of  truth  and  righteous- 
ness, these  are  not  the  men  to  lead  us  now  or  here- 
after. O^d  is  our  leader,  and  ail  oar  acts  as  Christians 
and  citizens  should  be  wrought  in  view  of  this  fact. 
If  he  wants  a  Moses  to  lead  us  out  into  the  ''  Deser? 
of  Conflict,"  lying  between  u?  and  the  "  Canaan  of 
Victory,"  we   shall  find  him  among  our   own '"kith 


Holy  of  Holies,  where  it  remained  for  470  years,  un- 
til the  nation  of  the  Jews  returned  from  Babylonish 
captivity;  when  the  Royal  Arch  degree  was  instituted 
and  the  true  name  of  Crod — which  all  this  time  had 
been  hidden  from  the  woild — became  the  Royal  Arch 
word.  Now  this  true  name  of  God  which  is  known 
only  to  Royal  Arch  Mason,  is  not  Jehovah,  but 
Jahbuhlun;  which,  according  to  Dr.  Mackey  (see 
Lexicon,  p.  230),  is  made  up  thus:  Jah,  the  Syiiac 
name  for  Jehovah;  Bal  or  Baal,  the  god  of  the 
Moabites;  and  On,  or  Ann,  the  god  of  the  Egyptians 
and  Hindus.  In  other  wordp,  that  Baal  and  On  were 
but  varying  names  of  the  true  God,  and  that  when  he 
revealed  himself  in  his  true  character,  by  hie  true 
name,  it  was  Jehovah-Baal-On  or  Jahbuhiun. 

That  the  ancient  Israelites  worshiped  Baal  is  true, 
[t  is  also  probable  that  they  worshiped  On,  or  the  Eun; 
but  Euch  worship  was  idolatry,  punished  with  death. 
And  it  is  just  as  absurd  (o  suppose  that  God  revealed 
himself  as  Baal  and  On  as  that  he  was  Dagon,  Moloch 
or  Ashteroth.  If  Royal  Arch  Masons  worship  Jah- 
buhlun, they  worship  a  very  different  being  from  the 
God  who  is  the  Father  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  To 
worship  God  93  Jehovah  Ba!-On,  or  Jah-buh-lun,  is  to 


and  kin,"  and  on  the  way  he  will  develop  a   Joshua  i  worship,  not  God  alone,  but  God  and  two  dtvlh  asso- 
who  will  bring  in  across  Jordan   into  the  "  promised  i  dated  in  trinity. 

land."     Give  ui  as  earthly  leaders,  men    who  are  not  |      Now  God   hss    said,    "I  would   not  that  ye  should 
ashamed  to  be  of  us  while  we  are  small  and  despised,  i  have  fellowship  with    devils.     Ye  cannot  drink  of  the 


men  who  are  safBciently  enlightened  to  see  God  in 
this  cause,  and  who  are  in  it  because  he  is,  and  we 
will  follow  them  as  representatives  of  the  cause,  and 
of  God. 

We  want  no  great  name  or  names  to  help  or  make 
our  cause.  The  cause  shall  make  the  men.  'Tis 
principle  we  follow.  Men  are  nothing  to  us  only  as 
they  represent  the  principle.  We  have  men  enough 
among  as  to  man  a  national  ticket.  Men  who  are  not 
time-servers,  nor  office  seekers.  Such  are  the  men 
wo  want  to  lead  us;  and  it  must  be  our  worlc  ai  Syra 
case  to  bring  forward,  nominate,  and  persuade  su 
men  to  go  before  us  in  the  impending  conflict,  and  to 
follow  them  through  the  varying  tides  of  battle  to 
final  victory,  which  is  as  sure  to  come,  as  that  our 
principles  are  right;  and  us  is  no  true  man  who  re- 
fuses the  leadership  solemnly  tendered  him  by  such  a 
body  of  men  as  we  expect  to  see  at  Syracuse  in  June 
next.  We  have  been  sailing  along  the  coasts  of  De 
clsion  and  Political  Action  long  enough 
and  burn  our  ships  behind  us,  unfurl  our  banner  to  the 
breeze,  and  push  into  the  fight,  trusting  in  God  for 
the  result.  There  are  enough  among  us  whom  every 
true  Anti-mason  would  follow.  But  the  above  in  letter 
or  in  spirit,  is  my  answer  to  •'  What  shall  wh  do  at 
Syracuse  3 " 


cup  of  the  Lord  and  tlie  cup  of  devils.  Ye  cannot  be 
partakers  of  the  Lord's  tabh  and  of  the  table  of  dev- 
ils (1  Cor.  X.  20  and  21). 

l3  Uncle  Sam  a  Freeia.'ison? 


Aa  Alioaiinable  Trinity. 


BY    H,   H.    HINMAN. 

"But  I  say,  that  the  things  that  the  Gentiles  sacrifice, 
they  sacrifice  to  devils,  and  not  to  God :  and  I  would  not 
that  ye  should  have  fellowship  with  devils." — I  Cor.  x.  20. 

In  the  legend  of  the  foundation  ptone  as  given  by 
Sickels  and  other  Masonic  authorities,  God  is  repre- 
sented as  revealing  himself  Masonically  to  Adam  by 
inscribing  his  name  on  a  cubical  stone  of  white  por- 
phery,  which  stone  was  hidden  by  Enoch  in  the  bow- 
els of  Mount  Moriah,  because  he  foresaw  the  flood, 
and  feared  that  the  true  name  of  God  would  be  lost. 
It  remained  thus  hidden  for  1,400  years,  until  Solo- 
mon in  building  the  temple  discovered  it.  This  true 
name  of  God,  which  was  unknown  to  the  rest  of  the 
world,  was  the  Master  Mason's  word  and  used  in  the 
Master  Mason's  lodge  held  in  the  Sanctum  Sanctorum 
of  the  Temple.  On  the  death  of  Hiram  Abiff  this 
word  was  lost;  for  though  it  was  still  known  to  Solo- 
mon and  Hiram  of  Tyre,  yet  their  Master's  oath  re- 
quired them  never  to  speak  it  except  in  the  lodge,  and 
there  could  no  longer  be  any  lodge,  as  one  of  the  three 
members  composing  it  was  dead,  and  hence,  for  the 
Master  Mason  lodges  of  the  future,  a  new  word  was 
substituted. 

But  that  the  true  name  of  God  might  not  be  lost 
the  foundation  stone  was  placed  in  an  arch  under  the 


[From  the  Chicago  Times.] 
A  number  cf  derricks  have   occupied    a   prominent 
plac3  on  the  South  Side  for  some   considerable   time. 
They  are  supposed  to  iiidioate  the    cite    of    a   fsture 
palace  presumably  the  property  of  the  public.     At  ali 
,  j  events,  this  government  building  is  being  erected  with 
money  collected  from  the  neoplo  of  the  United  States, 
j  without  distincticu  of  religion.     At  all   events,   who 
lever  owns  the  concern,  astually  or  praspecUvely,  it   is 
i  not  the  property  of  a   stcret  society.       Nevertheless, 
j  a  number  ef  men,  by  accident  and  for   a  brief  time, 
subordinate  offieiab.  of  the  government,   have    decided 
that  this  new    custom-house    and  post-offiee    is    the 
T    .        ,     J  property  of  a  secret  society  of  which  they   are    mem- 
bers.    In  accordance  with  this  decision,  these  subordi- 
nate officials  hav3  e7en  gose  so  liar  ia  their  unwarrant- 
ed and  illegal  impudence  as  to  declare  that  this  secret 
society  Ehal!  take  possession  of  this  government  build- 
ing oa  the  day  on  which     its    corner-stone   is  to   bs 
laid,  and  shall  hold  possession,  to  the  exclusion  of  all 
taxpayers  who  are  not  members  of  this  secret  society, 
and  shall  conduct  public  services  there  according  to  the 
rules  of  their  secret  sworn  organizitlon,  notwithstand- 
ing that  these  services  are  not,    and    never    can    be, 
authorized  by  lav?;   notwithstinding  that  these  servi- 
ces  are  excessively  odious    to  an  immense  number  of 
the  taxpayers;  notwithstanding  that  the   presence   of 
this  secret  society  and    its    officers  in    a   government 
building  can  never  be  made  legal ;  and   notwithstand- 
ing that  these  services  can  never  be  rendered  tolerable 
or  acceptable  to  an   immense    number    of  tsxpayers 
who  are  not  Freemasons. 

With  the  principles  and  purposes  of  Masonr}',  The 
Times  has  no  discussion.  With  Masonry  in  the  ab- 
stract or  the  society  in  the  concrete,  this  article  has 
nothing  to  do.  But  that  the  usurpation  of  a  govern- 
ment building  by  a  secret  society,  is  an  outrage  upon 
community,  every  reasonable  man  must  admit,  and 
every  conscie.ntious  Mason  must  affirm  it  more  stren- 
uously than  any  other  man.  The  society  itself  does 
not  seek  to  put  6uch  an  insult  and  indignity  upon  the 
rest  of  the  taxpayers.  The  insult  and  indignity  are 
inflicted  by  the  ring  of  subordinate  government  offi^jials 
who  thus  seek  personal  advancement  in  a  powerful 
sworn  organization,  and  thus  prostitute  Masonry  and 
beiray  the  government  for  their  own  personal  benefit. 
If  a  body  of  the  citizens  who  are  not  members  should 
take  possession  of  the  building  on  the  appointed  day, 
to  the  forcible  exclusion  of  the  officers  of  this  secret 
society,  as  such,  they  would  be  only  vidicating  their 
inalienable  r.ghts.  The  law,  no  less  than  public  sen- 
timent, would  sustain  them. 


How   only  the  DecUiie  of  the  Eepublic  caa  be  Pi"c- 
veiitcd. 

The  next  century  will  show  us  e^ocial  changes  mate- 
rial, in  my  opiaien.  Great  changes  in  tho  relations  of 
capital  aad  labor;  great  changes  m  the  position  of  wo- 
man; changes  in  the  nature  of  government,  in  the 
relations  of  church  and  state — these  are  the  promin- 
ent fscts  of  the  next  one  hundred  years.  If  they 
come,  well.  If  they  do  not  come,  th.».t  boy  is  born,  to- 
day, who,  like  Gibbon,  when  he  wrote  the  ''Decline 
and  Fiill  of  the  Roman  Empire," — that  boy  is  born, 
lo-day,  who  will  write  the  decline  a^'^d  fail  of  ttie  Amer- 
ican Republic.  Because  to  any  thoughtful  man  it  is 
evident  that  the  grasp  of  associated  wealth  in  an  age 
when  tho  sin  of  not  being  rich  is  only  atoned  for  by 
the  effort  to  become  so;  the  grasp  of  absociated  wealth, 
of  bank  and  railroad  and  manufacturer  on  Legislative 
independence,  on  the  possibility  of  individual  icdepend- 
anee,  is  bo  rigid  and  despotic  and  inevitable  that,  un- 
less we  evade  it  by  some  great  social  changes,  it  will  not 
be  possible  for  this  republic  to  survive.  We  see  a 
power  infinicely  grander  tbaa  that  of  the  feudal  barons 
of  three  hundred  years  ago,  infinitely  more  irreeisuble 
than  that. 

To-d.*y,  Mr.  Gladstone  said,  apeaking  of  Ihechujcb, 
— tho  difieatablishaisnt  of  the  English  Church:  "We 
cannot  trust  the  church  beyond  the  clasp  of  the  Gav- 
ernment's  hacd;  as  a  rival  power  -?;ie.ldir,g  Z9O,0OO,- 
000  sterling,  it  is  too  grave  a  charge  to  the  Brit'.sh 
Government."  Ninety  million  pounds — §450,000,- 
000 — loo  grave  a  charge  for  the  British  Goverriment, 
three  times  as  sirorig  r,s  ours;  and  yet  one  man,  the 
head  of  the  Pennsylvania  Ru'road — Mr.  Scoll — wields 
§459,000,000,  and  the  very  Fweep  of  his  garmQiits  as 
he  marches  east  fiom  San  Fraiicisco  to  Philadelphia  is 
laore  than  syffioient  to6?feep  down  legislaturea  as  he 
goes. 

I  look  for  no  safety  hero  except  in  greit  fecial 
ch-angea.  i  believe  that  the  day  is  gone  by  in  this 
country  when  you  can  get  hall'  a  man's  power  out 
of  him  on  a  system  of  wages;  ii  was  possible  two  hun- 
dred years  ago.  Ignorant,  short  sighted,  narrow 
viewed,  the  dependeiit  ia,bonng  class  accepted  tho 
best  they  bad  offered  ibem,  and  lived  from  day  to  day 
and  hardly  oveilooked  the  margin  of  another  week ; 
they  were  contented  with  the  system.  But  intelli- 
gence, education,  responsibdity,  the  ballot,  -h  share  in 
the  GoYernment,  has  diopcUed  all  ihat  content,  and 
unless  we  have  co-cperalioa,  unless  we  have  labor 
taken  iiito  a  great  cc-partnsisLip  with  c^.pitsl,  labor 
will  tear  c&pital  to  pieces.  That  is  in  the  future. — 
Boston  Journal 


A  Lutheriia  Testhuony. 


In  a  journal  of  proceedings  the  Lutheran  Standard 
publishes  the  following  article  of  the  constitution,  and 
remark?  upon  the  same,  .^>dop;ed  by  the  Free  En- 
glish Lutheran  GoRference,  Webster  Co  ,  Mo; — 

Art.  VII. — No  one  shall  b3  received  into  coniiec- 
lioa  with  thia  Confere.nce,  unless  ho  have  previously 
furnished  due  evidence  of  his  occupyisg  a  souud  posi- 
iton  in  regard  to  dccirine  find  cf  hi.5  leading  a  Chris- 
tian life. — No  pastor  shall  be  adiriiited  who  is  a 
member  of  a  secret  eociefy. 

Memo^rks: — This  article  ;a  drawn  up  to  warn  against 
the  dtiEger  of  receiving  any  miui;Uer  into  office, 
who  i3  a  member  of  secret  sccietieB.  It  i.s  required  ot 
pastors  to  lead  a  Christian  life;  but  no  Cbrisliin  can 
lead  a  strict'y  Chri:-ti?.n  life,  if  he  is  a  member  of  a 
secret  society,  according  to  the  saying  of  our  Lord, 
John  3.  20:  "For  every  o.ie  that  doeth  evil  hateth 
the  light,  neither  cometh  to  the  light,  lest  his  deeds 
should  be  reproved."  St.  Paul  says,  1  Tim.  iil.  2. 
"A  bishop  then  must  be  blameless.  The  husband  of 
one  Vidie."  He  must  be  blameless  in  all  things 
which  he  has  to  reprove  in  his  congregation?.  '"The 
husband  of  one  wife"  is  expressly  mention.ed  on  ac- 
count cf  tho  heathens  being  polygamists:  a  minister 
has  to  reprove  this,  and  therefore  he  should  not 
nave  been  a  polygamist  himself  in  former  days. 
Ignorance  mr=y  exist  about  any  sin  prevaiiicg  amcing 
Cbrlstiaus,  but  it  is  not  therefore  excu5.^ble  in  a 
minister;  he  should  be  well  posted  ia  every ihing  per- 
taiaing  to  Christianity  and  hia  office.  Secret  societies 
are  excluding  Christ,  whilst  every  Christian  should 
"do  all  things  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ;"  be- 
longing to  a  secret  society,  therefore,  implies  a  de- 
gree of  denying  Christ,  and  being  "unequally  yoked 
together  with  uiablievers."  Their  se-caiied  good  works 
are  not  really  good  work.?,  as  they  do  not  orig- 
inate in  faith:  they  are  but  works  of  5elfi.9hneps. 
They  want  members  to  assist  them  in  their  own  af- 
fairs, and  not  to  a'd  the  needy  and  poor.  Therefore 
oiicy  lead  back  to  heathenism  although  they  profess 
Christian  works  of  love    and  charity. 


4 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  National  Christian  Association  op- 
posed to  !;ecret  societits,  Sixth  anniveraa- 
ryin  Siiakspoixrc  Hall,  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
.JuDe2— 4,  1874. 


Action  of  liio  Execnlive  Committee  of 
tlie  Indiana  State  Association . 


%i^m 


mm. 


Plpjdges  mads:  at  Monmouth  should  be 
paid  without  delay.  Those  interested  will 
please  notice  and  save  being  notified  more 
particularly. 


T!ie  Pcliiiiou  on  the  Corner-Stone. 


(To  every  Rubscji'.ver  and  readerof  the 
Cynosure  wSio  belongs  t>  the  United 
Stales: — Cut  this  petition  out  at  once, 
Pfisto  it  o'l  paper.  Get  all  ihe  names 
you  can,  and  the  last  week  in  May, 
send  to  Ri--,  L,  N.  Stralto?),  Syracuse, 
N.  Y,  wfaete  our  Conventioa  meets 
June  2d.  We  will  send  them  to 
Washington  in  msss. 

Sub  Committee.) 

To  Hi3  ExcsLLENcy  U.  S.  Grant, 
President   of   the  Ukited   States: — 

The  undpr^igried  citiz'.'DS  respectfully 
ask  your  Excellency  to  prevent  the  lay- 
ing of  the  corner  stone  of  the  United 
States  Custom  Ilou-.e,  Chicago,  by  the 
Maso.iic  Fraternity,  as  set  for  June 
24th  next;  on  the  ground'. 

1st.  Ti-at  no  ^ect  or  "order,"  secret 
or  open,  bbould  use  the  property  of  the 
whole  peopio  for  its  particular  display 
or  aggr'jndizement; 

2c'.  That.  6in;huse  of  public  buildings 
■has  CG  color  of  jast'fioation  in  the  Con- 
Etitutioii  or  in  the  lawp,  and 

3d.  That  the  Ma.ioni'i  order  is  obacx- 
'o;j'3  to  inMltitudes. 


At  an  adjourned  meeting  of  the  Com- 
mittee held  at  Westfield,  Hamilton 
coutsty,  April  Mth,  Rev.  W.  M.  G;v- 
ens  was  appointed  associate  Scate 
Agent  and  Lecturer,  to  solicit  funds 
for  the  Association  and  to  respond  to 
calls  for  lectures,  so  far  as  means  may 
be  provided  for  that  purpose.  Rev.  J. 
T.  Kiggics  was  appointed  to  represent 
the  State  Association  in  the  approach- 
ing National  Convention. 

The  Committee  would  make  an  earn- 
est appeal  to  the  friends  of  the  cause  for 
j.  means  to  render  efficient  these  appoint- 
ments, and  secure  a  thorough  canvass 
of  the  State.  L-3t  means  be  at  once 
iorwarded  to  the  treasurer,  Peter  Rich, 
at  Westfield,  ITamilton  cauaty,  Ind. 
Especially  let  those  who  have  pledges 
unpaid  forward  the  same  in  whole  or 
in  part,  without  delay.  If  our  dele- 
gate is  to  go  to  the  National  Conven- 
tion there  is  need  of  immediate  actioa 
in  this  matter. 

By  order  of  the  Committee. 

11.  C.  West,  Vice-Fres. 


Deio'gates'  Certificates. 

We  have  427  subscribers  in  the  State 
of  New  York.  We  hope  to  see  at  least 
half  of  them  at  the  Syracuse  Conven- 
tion. If  you  r^jake  up  your  mind  to 
go,  which  the  sooner  you  do  the  better, 
please  state  that  fact  to  j'cur  church, 
your  prayer  fl3eetiag,  or  at  a  meeting  of 
your  ne'ghbois  called  to;;;ether  for  that 
purpose  and  tell  tlsem  thai  if  they 
choose  to  appoint  you  a  delegate  you 
will  re|>ort  the  proceedings  of  the  Con- 
vention on  your  return.  We  have  blank 
c  ,'rt  ticcites  Ihaii-v/silf^iil  for'.ir?.rd  t^  acy 
u.'ie  wsiting  f>r  them.  Do  not  fear  that 
any  locality  wiil  be  too  fully  represented. 

These  reinarks  wo  hope  will  be  con- 
Bidered  and  acted  upon  by  friends  in 
other  S.ates  aj  well  ;is  those  in  New 
York. 


Lecture  List. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
DAKD,  Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 
^.  State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
005  E.  Washington  St.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  forliliuois  H.  H.  Hiunian, 
F.irm  Kidge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturer  for  New  York,  J.  L.  Bar- 
low, Bemus  Heights,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

0.  A.  Blauchard,  Wheaton,  111. 

P.  Ekea,  Wheatou,  111. 

V/.  A.  Walkcc,  Senecaville,  O. 

.T.  B.  I'fesseli,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 

.Tohu  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.  Rathbun,   Odessa,  N.  Y. 

B.  Smith,  Cli3,rles  City,  Iowa. 
R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfieid,  O. 
L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  K.  Y, 
N.  Calleuder,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 
J.-  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
Linus  Oliittcnden,  Crystal  Lake,  1)1. 
P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  K.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton ,  Ind. 

C.  Wigsino,  Ar>gola,Ind. 
S.  Johnson,  Bourbon, Ind. 

Jo.3iah  McCaskey,  Paucv  Creek,  Wis. 
O.  F.  llawley,  Seneca  Falls  N.  Y. 
Wm.  31.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind. 
J.  L.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 


The  Chatiuqup,  County  Association, 
opposed  to  Secret  Societies,  wiil  hold 
its  fifth  anniversary  on  tae  tirst  day  of 
June  at  Haaover  Centre,  commencin;^ 
at  10  o'clock  A.  M.  Rev.  John  Lev- 
ington, of  Detroit,  Mich. ,  and  other  able 
speakers,  will  be  in  attendance.  En- 
tertainment for  all  that  come,  and  all 
are  respectfully  invited. 

J.  B.  Nessell,  Sec'y. 


THE  NATIONAL   CHEJSTIAN   ASSO- 
CIATION, 

OPPOSED  TO  SECRET   SOCIETIES. 

President — J.  G.  Carson,  Xeuia,  O. 

Vice-Presidents — R.  B.  Taylor,  of  Ohio  ; 
Aaron  Floyd,  of  Pensylvania;  Luke 
Thomas,  of  Ind;  Pres.  D.  A.  Wallace,  of 
Illinois;  George  Brokaw,  of  Iowa;  N.  E. 
Gardner,  of  Missouri ;  N.  B.  Blanton,  of 
Kansas;  Donald  Kirkpatrick,  of  New 
York;  .J.  W.  Wood,  of  Wiaeonsin;  John 
Levington,  of  Micbia;an. 

Corresponding  Secretary— L  A.  Hart, 
Wheaton,  111. 

Recording  Secretaries — H.  L.  Kellogg, 
G.  L.  Arnold. 

Treasurer — H.  L.  Kellogg,  11  Wabash 
Ave.,  Chicago. 

Executive  Committee — J.  Blanchard, 
P.  Carpenter,  I.  A.  Hart,  George  Dietrich, 
J.  M.  Snyder,  O.  F.  Lumry,  Isaac  Preston, 
C.  R.  Hagerty,  J.  M.  Wallace,  E.  A.  Cook, 
J.  G.  Terrill,  A.  Wait,  H.  L.  Kellogg. 

The  objects  of  this  Association  are  to 
expose,  withstand  and  remove  secret  soci- 
eties and  other  like  anti-Christian  organi- 
zations from  church  and  state. 

The  Association  originated  in  a  meeting 
held  Oct.  30th,  1867,  in  the  City  Hall  of 
Aurora,  111.,  attended  by  persons  opposed 
to  secret  societies,  where  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  make  the  necessary  arrange- 
ments for  a  National  Convention.  This 
was  held  in  Pittsburgh,  May  5th-7th, 
1868,  when  the  National  Association  was  or 
ganized.  Its  subsequent  meetings  have  been 
held  :  Chicago,  .lune  Bth-lOth,  1869  ;  Cin- 
cinnati, June  'Jth-llth,  1870  ;  Worcester, 
Mass.,  June  7th-9tb,  1871  ;  Oberlin,  Ohio, 
May  21st-23d,  1872  ;  Monmouth,  Bl., 
May  14th-16th,  1873.  Its  presiding  offi- 
cers have  been  in  order  :  Bishop  D.  Ed- 
wards, Prof.  J.  C.  Webster  Judge  F.  D. 
Parish,  Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps,  Pres.  J. 
Blanchard. 

The  Association  employs  a  General 
Agent  and  Lecturer,  and  has  secured 
State  lecturers  for  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Illi- 
nois, whose  names  appear  in  the  list  of 
lecturers.  The  support  of  the  Association 
is  entirely  voluntary.  Funds  are  greatly 
needed  to  carry  on  the  work  already  be- 
gun, and  contributions  are  hereby  solicited 
from  eyery  friend  of  the  reform.  Send 
by  post-office  order,  registered  letter  or 
draft  to  the  Treasurer,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 


—The  General  Agent.  J.  P.  Stoddard, 
is  to  be  at  Spartansburgh,  Pa.,  this  week. 

— The  citizens  of  Noble  countj',  Ind., 
met  at  Albion  on  the  23d  to  hold  an  Anti- 
secret  convention  and  nominate  county 
officers. 

— The  friends  in  Illinois  may  address 
Rev.  H.  H.  Hinman  at  Farm  Ridge, 
LaSalle  county,  for  lectures.  He  was 
obliged  to  remove  to  this  state  to  be  with 
aged  parents,  and  his  transfer  of  fields  has 
been  approved  by  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee. 

— The  State  meeting  in  Ohio  being  now 
fairly  under  way,  let  every  man  do  his 
part  to  make  it  a  meeting  in  every  way 
worthy  the  state  and  the  cause. 

— The  approval  of  Bro.  Givens  to  as- 
sist in  Indiana  is  welcome  news.  He  is  a 
seceder  and  can  meet  many  special  ap- 
plications. The  call  from  the  State  Ex. 
Committee  should  be  heeded  by  all  the 
workers  in  Indiana. 

—The  grange  is  having  a  dolorous  exis- 
tence in  Rock  countv,  Wis.  The  same 
energy  in  every  county  of  Wisconsin 
Would  make  it  a  leading  Anti-masonic 
State.  A  counterpart  to  the  advertise- 
ment will  be  seen  in  the  notes  on  the  ninth 
page. 

■»  «  » 

Lecture  in  Berea,  O.j  1>y  the  General 
Agent. 

Berea,  0.,  April  25,  '74. 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: — Rev.  J. 
P.  Stoddard,  lecturer  and  agent  ot  the 
Association  opposed  to  secret  societies, 
spoke  in  this  place  last  evening.  There 
were  many  present,  who,  like  the 
writer,  do  not  fully  sympathize  with 
the  views  of  the  Association,  But  it  is 
fair  and  just  to  say  that  Mr.  Stoddard 
i  made  a  very  interesting  speech.  His 
manner  was  conciliatory,  his  arguments 
candid,  and  if  not  always  convincing, 
they  left  the  hearers  in  good  humor 
and  with  many  suggested  thoughts. 
He  very  carefully  avoided  bigotry  of 
statement,  and  fully  recognized  the 
right  of  every  man  to  to  think  for  him- 
self. 

Various  secret  fraternities  are  largely 
represented  in  Beraa,  and  the  eubject 
is  one  of  general  interest.  However 
various  the  people's  views,  Mr.  Stod- 
dard would  undoubtedly  have  a  large 
hearing  should  he  make    a  second  visit 

to  this  place.  Brief. 

1  o  ■ 

Anti-masonic  Political  Action. 


IN  KOCK  COUNTY  ,  WISCONSIN. 


FooTviLLE,  Wis.,  Apr  1  14, 1874. 
We  have  just  gained  a   victory  over 
secrecy  in  our  town  election.     The  Ma- 
sons  and    grangers  worked   together; 
but  we   elected  our   officers    in  every 
instance  but  one.     One  of  our   super- 
visors beat  the  "Most  Worshipful  Ma?- 
ter"   of  the  Footville   Blue   Lodge   ol 
Masons;  he    lacked   but   one    vote  of 
having  two  votes  to  the  Mason's  one. 
How  strange !  an  Anti-mason  was  elec- 
ted ;  is   the   world  coming   to  an  end  ? 
No,    but  oath-bound   iniquity  is  com- 
ing to  the  light.     This  is  the  strongest 
grange  town    in   the   ccuuty,  and   the 
grange  and  Mason  ticket  was   beaten. 
One   of  the   inspectors  of  election  (an 
eaercetic  Mason   and  treasurer  of  the 
State    Grange)  was   so  indignant  that 
he    went    home    without    s'gning   the 
election  report,  and   now   he  says  the 
rabble   beat  them. 

Last     November,    the    cry    among 


grangers  in  this  State  was,  Hurrah  for 
a  reform  govefnor;  we  are  going  to 
reform  church,  state,  railroads  and 
agriculture.  It  would  seem  that  this 
party  was  stcond  to  nothing  but  the 
Supreme  Being  in  power  for  doing 
good.  But  what  did  they  do?  They 
elected  Taylor  for  governor,  a  man 
pledged  to  whiskey  rings  and  railroad 
rings.  This  man  was  a  blind-folded, 
block-stumbling,  elevated  granger.  H^ 
has  given  immense  tracts  of  land  to 
railroad  companies,  and  he  has  re- 
pealed the  Graham  liquor  law,  or  aided 
to.  How  proud  I  am  to  know  what  a 
protection  our  noble  Governor  is  to  the 
State.  (''Yes,  such  protection  as  the 
wolf  gives  to  the  lamb.") 

But  the  grangers  are  having  some 
trouble.  Two  grange  stores  in  this  State 
have  suspended;  liabilities,  one  $20,- 
000,  the  other  813,000,  and  others  will 
follow.  One  man  in  this  county  joined 
the  grange,  took  one  degree  and  left 
the  noble,  elevating  institution;  he 
says  they  blind-folded  him,  led  him 
over  blocks  and  pinched  his  legs  twice. 
He  paid  for  four  degrees  and  took  one , 
he  now  advertises  ia  the  country  pa- 
per the  following: 

'  'For  Sale  : — Three  degrees  of  the 
grange  at  grange  prices,  or  will  trade 
tor  an  old  Clow  reaper.  Any  one  who 
purchases  these  degrees,  I  will  make  a 
present  of  the  first  degree  as  I  received 
it  in  Harmony  Grange,  No.  76." 

We  have  learned  that  the  pass-word 
for  this  year  is  Adam,  and  we  soon  ex- 
pect to  hear  that  Adam  and  Eve  were 
grangers,  and  that  it  is  the  moat  an- 
cient and   honorable  institution  in  the 
world.     Oae  of  my   neighbors  joined 
the  grange,    (they  are  all   pledged   to 
trade  at  thegrange  store,)  went  to  their 
cheap  store  and  purchased  tea  and  cof- 
fee ;  but  when  he  used  the  articles,  he 
found  the  tea  damaged,  and  the  coflfee 
not  a  good   article.     Another  granger 
in  this   county    purchased  a   bill   of 
goods  amounting  to  twenty-three   dol- 
lar?.    He   went  to   auother   store  and 
found    .  he   could  get  just    the   same 
amount  for    twenty  dollars.     This   cut 
him  up  some,    but  he  went  home  and 
commenced  using  the  articles,  but   to 
hia  surprise  he  found  the  tea  was  dam- 
aged and  the  other  articles  very  inferi-' 
or,  and  this  cut  him  down  some.     The 
next  night  "the  grange  met   he  went 
and  cut  himself  loose  frfm  the  money- 
fcaving     (ahaving)    institution,     I    was 
talking  with  a  very  promiaent  granger 
B  short  time  since ,  and  we  figured  up 
what  the   institution  had   cost  in  this 
town;  and  he  admitted  that  it  had  cost 
more   than  all    their    agricultural   im- 
plements for  the   Fnme  time. 
Come  all  wlio  wish  to  l)e  elevated, 
Come,  join  thegrange  and  be  elated, 
.Stumble  over  blocks,  eprain  ankle  or  knee ; 
Come  one,  come  all,  say  Adam,  and  drink  dam- 
aged tea. 

W.  C.  Stsyenb. 


Those  who  have  canvassed  for  the 
Cynosure  in  the  past  and  who  are  still 
in  this  good  work  are  greatly  encour- 
aged by  its  enlargement.  Many  who 
had  previously  refused  to  subscribe, 
are  now  easily  induced  to  take  the 
large  paper.  Let  all  who  have  not 
tried  to  get  subscribers  for  the  sixteen 
page  paper  try  now.  Fifty  cents  payg 
for  the  paper  three  months,  and  the 
report  of  the  Syracuse  Convention  is 
alone  worth  that 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


IN  MONROE  COUNTY,  MIOH. 

Bedford,  Mich.,  April  9,  1874, 
Dear  Cynosure: — Your  readers  will 
doubtless  recollect  that  last  spricg 
we  elected  every  candidate  on  our 
Anti-masonic  ticket,  the  least  majority 
being  over  sixty,  and  the  highest  over 
100  vote3. 

Thia  winter  Bro.  Stoddard  visited 
us  by  request  and  lectured  three  times, 
and  preached  twice.  This  spring  we 
posted  notices  for  a  caucus  and  nomi- 
nated a  ticket,  placing  at  its  head, 
"Anti  secrecy  Ticket."  Out  of  218 
votes  cast,  one  ol  the  highest  officers  re- 
ceived 205  and  another  209  votes.  The 
least  majority  was  between  sixty  and 
seventy,  every  man  on  the  ticket 
being  elected.  The  opposition  was 
very  scattering,  and  seems  to  have 
been  a  weak  effort  by  the  Majonic 
sympathizers.  Although      Masons 

have  heretofore  held  the  most  im- 
portant offices  in  the  township,  I  think 
there  wa^  but  one  that  run  for  any 
office,  and  that  was  for  constable. 

There  is  a  lodge  in  this  town  said  to 
contain  seventy  members;  how  many 
reside  within  the  town  I  have  no  means 
of  knowing.  Truly,  Masonry  must  be 
an  image  or  a  myth,  for  when  we 
souaht  to  smite  it,  it  was  nowhere  to 
be  found. 

Some  said  they  wished  to  vote  our 
ticket,  but  could  not  vote  its  title,  so 
they  cut  off  its  head  and  voted  for  our 
men,  others  denying  that  there  was 
any  issue  against  secrecy.  Others 
charged  us  with  holding  a  secret  cau- 
cus to  nominate  an  Anti-secret  ticket. 
One  Masonic  justice  of  the  peace,  whose 
term  of  office  expired  this  spring,  has 
been  appointed  notary  public,  and 
yielded  up  his  office  without  an  effort. 
So  long  as  Masons  ar3  educated  in  our 
township  offices  and  thereby  held  up 
to  public  view  will  they  be  sent  to  the 
Legislature  to  make  our  laws  and  grant 
Masonic  charters. 

James  S,  Hitchcock. 


IN  m'henry  county,  ill. 

Nunda,  III,  April  13,  1874. 
Dear  Sir: — I  wish  to  say  to  you  that 
we  run  an  Anti-masonic  ticket  at  our 
town  meeting,  and  were  beaten,  but 
gave  them  a  big  scare.  The  other  was 
called  the  People's  ticket,  had  majori- 
ties from  twenty  to  fifty  in  a  vote  of 
270.  So  we  made  good  show  for  the 
first  time.     Yours   respectfully, 

J.  McMillan. 


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How  to  Deal  with  Them. 


Brattleboro,  Vt. 
Editors  Cynosure: 

The  great  majority  of  the  people  of  our 
village  are  opposed  to  liquor  drinking, 
and  have  kept  temperance  meetings  go- 
ing very  assiduously.  One  of  the  edit- 
ors of  the  village  papers  used  to  take  a 
prominent  part  in  these  proceedings, 
and  at  the  same  time  turn  a  penny  by 
advertising  liquor  for  sale  in  his  paper. 
At  last  he  was  told  by  one  of  the  prin- 
cipal men  of  the  village  that  he  musij 
stop  bis  liquor  advertisements ;  and  he 
did. 

Now,  Mr.  Editor,  I  think   that  we 


Anti-masons  ought  to  take  the  same 
course  with  newspapers  that  advertise 
the  lodge  by  publishing  its  stupid  pro- 
ceedings. We  ought  to  refuse  to  take 
such  papers ;  for  the  lodge,  in  my  opin- 
ion, is  more  demoralizing  than  the  grog- 
shops. If  we  sustain  papers  that  sus- 
tain the  lodge,  we  thereby  sustain  the 
lodge  itself. 

I  have  one  friend  who  has  dropped 
his  religious  paper  that  he  had  taken 
for  years,  because  it  would  not  publish 
Anti-masonic  articles,  choosing  to  go 
with  the  worldly  crowd,  fearing  Masonry 
more  than  it  did  Anti-masonry.  And 
I  have  another  friend  who  will  not  com- 
mune with  the  workers  of  darkness,  but 
has  come  out  from  among  them.  This 
js  the  kind  of  courage  and  decision  tha- 
we  need  if  we  would  reform  a  corrupt 
church.  This  is  preaching  the  gospel 
as  I  understand  it.  Alpha. 


The  Tract  Work. 


Our  friend,  Mr.  Honeywell,  who 
publishes  and  distributes  thousands  of 
copies  of  the  tract,  entitled  "Address 
of  the  Young  Men  of  America,  at  his 
private  expense,  suggests  that  the 
friends  of  the  tract  work  so  far  ai  prac- 
ticable, consult  together,  and  have 
his  tract,  entitled  Address  to  the  Young 
Men  of  America  or  another  one  prepar- 
ed, read,  amended  if  desired,  adopted 
at  the  Syracuse  Convention.  Then 
raise  the  money  for  publishing  200,- 
000  of  these  leaflets. 

"When  our  youths'  know  to  a  pos- 
dve  certainty  that  lodge  victims  are 
held  by  euch  murderous  penalties  as 
ex-Masons  report,  they  then  can  be  no 
more  coaxed  into    lodges    than    they 

could  be  into  a  kennel  of  rattlesnakes, 
by  a  gentlemanly  assurance  that  rattle- 
sakes  never  bite. 

The  destruction  of  slavery  cost  us 
immense  sacrifices.  Masonry  I  hope  will 
cost  us  less.  We  shall  not  sacrifice 
more  in  keeping  the  feet  of  our  sons 
out  of  snares,  than  Christ  did  in  tak- 
ing ours  out." 


Coming  to  the  Light. 

The  once  hidden  things  of  darkness 
are  being  revealed,  and  men  no  longer 
need  go  into  captivity  for  want  of 
knowledge.  Since  leaving  Chicago,  I 
have  conversed  with  two  Odd-fellows, 
who  have  taken  the  encampment  and 
lodge  degress,  and  one  of  whom  had 
been  "High  Priest."  Both  confirm 
"Bernard's  Expose,"  and  one  of  them 
says  it  was  used  as  a  book  of  instruc- 
tion in  his  lodge. 

He  related  an  instance  which  sets 
the  perfidy  of  some  members  of  this 
order  in  its  true  light.  A  certain 
M.  D.  wishing  to  secure  the  aid  of  the 
order  before  going  to  a  western  town, 
was  received  and  passed  through  the 
degrees  so  rapidly  that  he  did  not  have 
time  to  learn  them  thoroughly.  My 
informant  said  that  he  furnished  the 
Noble  Grand  with  a  copy  of  Bernard, 
who  presented  it  to  the  doctor  with 
the  assuran-e  that  it  would  enable  him 
to  master  the  work  of  the  craft.  If 
this  was  intended  as  a  kindness  by  the 
N.  G, ,  it  was  certainly  an  insult  to  the 
Dr.      It   was   virtually   saying,  "You 


have  been  swindled  and  deceived,  for 
you  could  have  bought  for  a  few  shil!- 
ings  what  has  cost  you  the  price  of 
your  initiation,  and  your  manhood  and 
liberty.  Yet,  if  we  may  judge  this 
N.  G.  by  hundreds  of  adhering  mem- 
bers of  the  order,  he  would  have 
loudly  affirmed,  had  the  Dr.  asked  him 
as  to  the  correctness  of  Bernard,  be- 
fore joining,  ''It's  all  a  lie." 

Such  is  the  hypocrisy  and  deceit 
which  lurks  in  these  secret  conclaves, 
but  which,  thank  God,  is  "coming  to 
the  light."  J.  P.  Stoddard. 

April  14,  '74. 


Lodge  Charity. 


Some  three  years  ago,  an  employee 
on  the  Flint  and  Pere  Marquette  railroad 
who  was  a  Mason,  accidently  got  killed 
by  the  cars,  and  v/as  buried,  I  be- 
lieve, according  to  the  ritual  of  the  or- 
der. Since  that  occurence,  while  in 
conversation  with  Masons  and  their 
supporters  in  regard  to  Masonic  charity 
and  benevolence,  I  have  often  been  told 
by  them,  that  the  Masons  not  only  bore 
the  expenses  of  the  funeral,  but  also 
paid  up  and  lifted  a  mortgage  of  some 
four  hundred  dollars  which  at  the 
time  of  his  death  encumbered  his  house 
and  lot  in  the  city  of  Flint,  and  freely 
bestowed  ihis  munificence  on  the  widow 
and  children  of  the  deceased. 

Now,  for  some  two  years  past,  I 
believe  this  Masonic  story  was,  per- 
haps, a  fact;  but  you  can  easily  realize 
my  astonishment  when  I  found  that 
the  same  mortgage  had  not  been 
paid,  but  was  actually  closed,  and  sold 
according  to  law,  at  the  court  house  in 
Flint  on  the  12th  day  of  March,  last. 

Respectfully  yours,  A.  Oldpield. 


OUlt  MAIL. 


D.  J.  HarriP,  York  Centre,  O.,  writes: 
"I  am  still  trying  to  increase  the  circu- 
lation of  the  Cynosure,  but  find  it  to 
be  rather  slow  work;  vet,  thank  God, 
it  is  a  good  work.  Several  say  they 
want  the  paper  but  have  not  the  means 
to  spare  at  this  time  (do  not  torget 
these  but  call  on  them  hereafter).  Oth- 
ers say  that  they  will  subscribe  as  soon 
as  their  time  of  subscfipuon  expires  on 
some  other  paper  they  now  take.  Bro, 
J,  R.  Baird,  of  Pennsylvania,  lectured 
in  the  United  Brethren  church  of  thia 
place  last  fall  with  great  ability.  The 
result  was,  many  got  to  thinking  and 
some  who  had  intended  to  join  the 
Masons  went  home  from  the  lecture 
spying  that  they  had  had  enough  of 
Masonry." 

Joseph  Warden,  Waverly,  Iowa, 
writes : 

"My  motto  is  -onward  and  upward.'" 
P.  Fahrney,  Dale  City,  Pa.,  writes: 
"I  have  suffered  much  since  I  came 
here  on  account  of  my  anti-secret  pro- 
clivities. I  have  circulated  tracts  and 
papers  but  not  until  the  present  time 
was  I  enabled  to  get  a  few  subscribers. 
The  people  are  timid  but  the  prospects 
are  brightened." 

An  old  veteran  in  the  Anti-masonic 
warfare  says  that  Masons  are  very 
brave  on  parade  days  but  are  good  for 
nothing  in  a  stand-up  fight.  Persevere 
and  press  on  the  battle. 

Joseph  Keel,  Bolivar,  0.,  writes  of 
the  Cynosure  and  Free  Press: 

"  I  believe  in  the  fear  of  God,  and 
under  his  divine  guidance  they  are  un- 
covering the   dark   sinks  of    iniquity, 


that  the  people,  if  they  will,  may  look 
in  and  see  for  themselves  the  corruo- 
lions  in  this  age  of  the  world." 

A.  N.  Hudson,  L:wel!,  Mich: 

'•I  took  my  p«per  with  rne  lo  my 
appointment  yesterday  and  the  result 
was  two  three-months  Eubscribers  and 
the  promise  ci  two  more  in  ir^o  wetks 
when  I  go  again.  I  shall  try  it  again 
next  Sabbath  at  my  other  appointment 
and  keep  trying  as  long  as  there  is  any 
hope  of  success," 

Where  there'd  a  will  thervs's  a  way. 
We  cannot  but  be  encouraged  to  work 
on  when  we  have  such  earnest,  faithful 
agents  working  for  the  paper.  Here  is 
another. 

D.  S,  McConihay,  Lewiston,  W,  Va, , 
writes : 

"Being  employed  on  a  farm  I  have 
but  little  time  except  wet  days  and 
Sundays ." 

He  sends  a  club  of  ten  three-months 
subscribers,  saying : 

"I  think  I  will  try  to  raise  another, 
and  may  get  one  of  twenty  next  time." 

J.  W.  Lewis,  Grand  Detour,  111., 
writes : 

''I  like  the  appearance  of  the  new 
paper  much,  and  will  do  what  I  can  (o 
increase  its  circulation,  praying  that  it 
may  prove  a  power  in  destroying  the 
powers  of  darkness," 

Sarah  A  Proctor,  New  Rutland,  111., 
writes: 

'■I  thought  I  would  get  a  few  three- 
months  subscriberp,  (ten  names  are  en- 
closed) hoping  thereby  to  get  people'u 
minds  aroused  for  investigation  on  the 
subject  of  secret  societies  and  the  evil 
they  have  done  and  are  still  doing.  1 
hope  at  the  end  of  three  months  they 
all  will  renew  their  subscriptions,  or 
some  at  least." 

Will  not  all  who  have  obtained  three- 
months  subscribers  keep  a  list  of  them 
and  during  the  last  part  of  June  make 
an  effort  to  call  upon  them  and  obtain 
their  renewals?  UdIobs  some  friend 
does  this  work  we  may  lose  many  sub- 
scribers that  a  timely  personal  request 
to  continue  might  save  to  the  paper 
and  to  the  cause. 

Peter  Woodring, .  Waverly,  Iowa, 
writes : 

"I  will  send  you  one  of  our  county 
papers  in  which  you  will  gee  a  notice 
of  our  anniversary  meeting  and  my 
advertisement  of  the  Cynosure.  I  be- 
lieve in  bringing  the  paper  to  the  notice 
of  the  people  even  at  my  expense." 

We  have  received  two  papers  from 
Dover,  N.  J.,  advertising  the  Cynosure, 
announcing  J.  W.  Searing  as  agent, 
who  will  receive  subicriptions.  Such 
movements  showing  a  business  like  de- 
terminsttion  to  do  something  greatly 
encourage  us. 

Rev.  L.  N.  StraltoD,  Syracuse,  N.  Y., 
writes : 

"Nothing  could  you  have  done  at 
the  Cynosure  office  lo  make  its  friends 
and  foes  alike  behold  and  wonder  at  its 
prosperity  and  increasing  power,  than 
by  securing  its  enlargement.  Thanks 
both  to  you  and  the  dear  Lord." 

We  thank  our  dear  brother  of  the 
American  Wesleyan  office  for  hia  cord- 
ial, generous-hearted  words.  Like 
some  others  of  our  warmest  friends  he 
seems  to  mistake  the  meaning  of  the 
enlargement  of  the  Cynosure.  It 
means ,  we  ought  to  have  a  list  of  ten 
thousand  or  more  subscribers.  On 
April  17th  there  were  by  actual  count 
3,886,  and    Bro.  Stratton  will   endorse 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


!' 


the  statement  that  this  must  bs  doubled 
before  we  have  a  paying  list. 

In  enlarginor  the  paper  the  publishers 
endeavored  to  show  their  faith  in  the 
importarice  and  sure  success  of  ihe 
anti-secrecy  reform  by  their  MarTcs. 
And  every  day  strengthens  our  convic- 
tion that  the  friends  of  reform  will 
show  their  faith  by  working  to  increase 
its  circulation. 

J,  A.  Richards,  Aurora,  111.,  writes: 

*'I  went  to  LHlle  Prairie  and  worked 
two  hours  last  evening  and  secured  five 
subscribers  for  the  Cynoswie.  I  might 
have  got  mora,  but  I  was  forced  to 
leave  early  this  morning  for  this  place. 
•  •  •  I  am  in  earnest  in  this  great 
work." 

J.  A.  Gibson,  Browaington,  Vt. , 
writes : 

"I  am  pleased  with  the  Cynosure 
and  feel  the  importance  of  the  work  in 
which  it  ia  engaged.  •  •  •  If  I 
have  it  weekly  (it  was  sent  fortnightly) 
I  hope  to  do  more  good  with  it." 

T.  Kingsnorth,  Leroy,  Mich,,  sends 
five  subscriptions  and  says  be  recently 
sent  ten  dollars  for  a  Life  Membership. 
Ws  hope  for  many  more  such  Life 
Members  of  our  Association. 

J.  L,  Manley,  Geneva,    Ind.,  writes: 

"Send  the  Cynosure.  I  cannot  do 
without  it  as  long  as  I  can  get  money 
to  pay  three  months  subscription  I  will 
send  u, 

A  determination  to  stand  by  an  im- 
portant movement  when  it  costs  some- 
thing is  what,  with  the  blessing  of 
God,  brings  success. 

A,  C.  Read,  Albion,  0.,  writes: 

•'The  Lord  bless  the  whole  family  of 
the  Cynosure  readers  and  increase  its 
members  a  hundredfold." 

In  ordering  tracts  hs  says : 

'  'I  want  those  that  will  be  best  for 
the  interest  of  the  cause  in  which  we 
labor,  which  is  the  downfall  of  Satan's 
empire  on  earth,  and  the  upbuilding  of 
Christ's  glorious  kingdom  here." 

He  sends  three  new  subscriptions. 
His  health  is  improving  very  slowly. 
He  has  been  confiaed  to  the  house  by 
sickness  for  sixteen  weeks. 

Eev.  L.  D.  Felt,  Markesan,  Green 
Lake  Co.,  Wis,,  -writes: 

"  I  hope  to  be  able  to  send  you  some 
new  subscribers  before  long.  Will  do 
all  I  can  to  advance  the  interests  of 
your  valuable  paper.  Wish  all  our 
ministers  had  a  copy." 

Henry  Mohler,  Covington,  O.,  of  the 
German  Baptist  church,  writes: 

"Our  church  don't  allow  any  secret 
society  members  to  belong  to  it,  under 
our  constitution." 

N.  B.  Blanton,  Coffey ville,  Kan., 
writes : 

•  'You  may  pconsider  me  a  life  sub- 
scriber for  the  Cynosure.  •  •  •  It 
seems  from  ray  standpoint  that  St, 
Louis  would  be  the  best  point  for  the 
Convention  next  year." 

What  do  our  Missouri  friends  think 
about  it  ? 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. , 
writes : 

"I  have  lectured  five  times  at  Dale, 
Spinar  county,  where  we  organized  a 
county  association,  of  which  you  will 
hear  from  the  secretary ;  and  I  lectured 
once  in  Folsomville,  Marriot  county, 
and  T  think  good  was  accomplished. 
The  ball  is  moving  but  I  am  alone  in 
this  part  of  the  Stale  as  a  lecturer. 
•  •  Help  will  come  when  God  sees 
best.  I  had  to  commence  the  war 
against  slavery  here  in  1854  and  al- 
though it  resulted  in  my  being  an  exile 
for  nine  years  from  my  home  I  do  not 
God  is  always  for  the  right." 


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regret  it. 


The  Vigilant  Maintenance  of  Princi- 
ple must  Preserve  our  Liberties. 

SOLOMON   BO0THWICK,    1828. 

Those  writers,  or  these  orators,  who, 
losing  sight  of  the  frailty  and  turpitude 
of  human  nature,  do  little  else  but  glut 
our  ears  with  their  glowing  pictures 
and  loud  praises  of  our  freedom  and 
prosperity;  who  talk  of  such  fictions 
as  Cincinnatus,  intent  only  on  his  pot- 
tage and  his  plow,  after  enjoying  the 
honors  of  the  country;  and  while  they 
depict  George  III.  as  a  tyrant  in  the 
fervid  periods  of  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence, forget  entirely  that  he  was 
not  the  first  tyrant  and  will  not  be  the 
last  by  thousands,  to  scourge  a  long- 
suff')ring  and  patient  people  with  the 
rod  of  oppression. 

Such  writers  and  orators  are  the 
bane  and  the  curse  of  our  country. 
They  lead  us  into  a  wrong  estimate  of 
the  world,  and  ourselves ;  they  lull  us 
into  a  fals3  security,  they  inspire  us 
with  a  false  confidence.  They  lead  us 
to  believe,  contrary  to  the  experience 
of  all  age?,  that  liberty  once  achieved, 
is  in  no  danger  of  being  lost,  and  that 
instead  of  eternal  vigilance,  which  all 
true  history  proclaims  as  being  essen- 
tial to  her  preservation,  we  have  only 
to  chant  her  praises  in  anniversary 
strains,  and  to  pour  into  the  ears  of  the 
people  on  every  return  of  this  jubilee 
the  most  romantic  fictions  and  the 
most  fulsome  flattery;  to  make  divine 
gods  of  Roman  and  Grecian  demigogues 
and  angels  of  their  followers;  and,  by  a 
natural  flattering  association  of  ideas , 
liken  every  popular  American,  whether 
a  civil  or  military  chieftain,  and  every 
private  American  citizen  to  these  imag- 
inary historical  gods  and  angels  of  an- 
tiquity. These  Cincinnatii  feeding  on 
turnips  fur  the  good  of  their  country 
and  the  Decii  plunging  themselves  into 
bottomless  pits  for  the  same  godlike 
purpose. 

Fellow  citizens,  these  are  the  illus- 
ions of  young  aud  ardent  minds,  the 
fictions  of  heated  imaginations,  the  ro- 
mances of  history  beautiful  and  sub- 
lime, but  poetical  and  visionary.  It  is 
not  by  contemplating  such  pictures  that 
we  are  able  to  preserve  the  precious 
inheritance  won  by  the  blood  of  our 
fctthers,  but  it  is  by  vigilance,  eternal 
vigilance  al  ne,  that  that  choice  boon 
of  heaven  is  to  be  preserved.  It  is  not 
by  railing  at  George  III.  in  his  grave, 
and  flittering  our  progenitors  and  our- 
selves that  we  are  to  remain  free;  but 
it  must  be  by  preserving  the  sovereign- 
ty in  our  own  hands,  by  diffusing  and 
perpetuating  the  blessings  of  education, 
by  cherishing  in  our  own  mindii  and 
impressing  upon  the  minds  of  our  own 
children  the  value  of  piety  and  relig- 
ion, as  well  as  that  of  morality  and  pa- 
triotism, and  by  watching  with  a  jeal- 
ous eye  in  all  their  steps,  and  curbing 
by  all  possible  restraints  the  public 
functionaries  from  the  highest  to  the 
lowest,  to  whom  we  delegate  either  di- 
rectly or  indirectly  the  powers  pre- 
scribed by  our  constitution. 

The   profound   Machiavel   has    said 
that  a   free   government  la   order   to 


maintain  itself  free,  hath  need  every 
day  of  some  new  provision  in  favor  of 
liberty.  This  is  as  true  as  though  it 
had  been  the  voice  of  Moses  or  Christ, 
or  any  one  of  the  prophets  or  apostles ; 
and  yet  how  far  have  we  as  a  people 
been  from  acting  up  to  it!  If  we 
could  not  every  day  have  improved  our 
condition,  have  we  eiezed  upon  every 
opportunity  in  which  we  could  have 
done  it  ?  We  have  in  fact  reversed  the 
admonition  in  practice;  and  instead  of 
making  every  day  some  new  provision 
in  favor  of  liberty,  we  have  almost  every 
day  ad  led  some  new  link  to  the  chain 
of  slavery.  We  have  forgotten  too 
much  of  what  is  real  in  the  history  of 
human  affairs,  and  remembered  too 
much  of  what  is  romantic.  .  .  It  is 
time  then  to  change  our  course;  to 
look  at  the  dark  as  well  as  the  bright 
side  of  men  and  things;  to  survey  the 
spots  on  the  sun  as  well  as  to  bask  in 
the  genial  warmth  of  his  beams. 
It  ia  time  to  recur  to  first  principles; 
to  trust  implicitly  to  no  man's  profes- 
sions ;  but  make  his  moral  and  political 
conduct  the  standard  of  our  respect  and 
confidence.  It  is  high  time  to  determ- 
ine, that  we  will  not  vote  for  any  man, 
who  does  not  come  forward  and  pledge 
himself  on  paper,  in  the  presence  of 
God  and  his  country,  to  the  course  he 
will  pursue,  if  elected, — For  myself  I 
shall  not  hereafter  vote  for  any  man, 
who  will  not,  if  a  Freemason,  openly 
renounce  and  denounce  the  Masonic  in- 
stitution :  nor  will  I  vote  for  any  man 
as  a  legislator,  unless  perfectly  satis6ed 
that,  if  elected,  he  will  use  his  utmost 
endeavors  to  procure  an  amendment  to 
the  constitution,  to  exclude  not  only 
Freemasons,  but  the  members  of  all 
secret  societies,  from  the  jury  box,  and 
from  all  official  honors  and  emolu- 
ments. 

It  will  not  be  sufficient  for  me — how- 
ever it  may  be  for  others — for  any  man 
to  say  that  he  is  not  a  Mason ;  or  if  a 
Mason,  that  he  has  not  attended  a 
lodge  for  some  years  past,  and  such 
like  apologies :  but  he  must  come  out 
openly,  boldly,  and  without  reserve, 
and  proclaim  himself  a  decided,  inflexi- 
ble and  zealous  Anti-mason,  or  he  shall 
not  have  my  vote :  for  what  I  have 
done  myself,  and  have  thought  myself 
bound  by  my  duty  to  God  and  my 
country,  to  do,  I  have  a  perfect  right 
to  exact  from  others  before  I  yield  them 
my  confidence  and  my  vote.  I  shall 
act  upon  the  principle,  that  he  who  has 
not  tlie  moral  courage  to  take  an  open, 
bold  and  manly  stand,  in  a  righteous 
cwse — a  cause  in  which  the  salvation 
of  his  country  demands  his  service — 
is  wholly  unworthy  the  support  of  free- 
men; and  for  one  freeman  I  shall 
withhold  my  support  from  all  such  time- 
servers,  trimmers  and  intriguers :  and  I 
hope  and  trust  in  God  that  every  sin- 
cere and  honest  Anti-mason  in  the  State 
will  resolve  to  act  the  same  part.  We 
must  effectually  destroy  the  hydra- 
headed  monster — Masonry — or  all  that 
we  have  done,  or  may  do,  short  of  that 
mark,  will  be  in  vain.  All  other  public 
questions  vanish  into  utter  insignifi- 
cance, when  compared  with  this.  In 
this  cause,  then,  let  the  fine  be  drawn — 
let  it  be  fairly  understood,  that  he  who 
is  not  for  us  is  against  us :  for  until  this 
great  work  be  consummated,  oar  coun- 
try is  not  free — and  our  beloved  and 
venerated  fathers  have  spilt  their  blood 
not  to  disenthral,  but  to  enslave  their 
posterity  I  Let  the  line,  then,  be 
drawn,  I  repeat  it;  and  let  us  toe  the 
mark — resolved,  as  men  who  know  our 
rights,  and  dare  defend  them,  to  stand 
or  fall  on  the  glorious  and  imperishable 
basis  of  truth  andliberty. 


W  iM^i\  ^ik^ifl 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Second 
quarter,  1874. 

Apr.  6th,  Ex.  ix.  1-17 — The  Ten  Commands. 

"      12      "      xxxil.  1-6, 19,  20:  Golden  Calf. 

"      19     "      xxxiil.   12-20:  People    Forgiven.. 

"      25      "      xl.  17-30:  Tabernacle  set  up. 
May      3   Lev.  vii.  37,  38:  The  Five  Offeriugg. 

"      10      "      xxii    4-6,  15-21,  33-3G:  The  Three 
Great  Feasts. 

"      17  Num.  ill.  6-13:  The  Lord's  Ministers. 

"      25      "      xls.  1-10:  Israel's  Unbelief. 

"      31      "      XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  Kock, 
Jane    7  Num.  xxi.  4-9:  Serpent  of  Brass. 

"      14  Deut.  xviil.  9-16:  The  True  Prophet. 

"      21      "      xxiv.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses. 

"     28  Review   (Suggest)  Deut.  viii.   Mercies 
Kevlewed. 


LESSON   Xix. — MAY    10,    1874. — THE    THBEE 
GREAT  FEASTS. 

scriptuhe LESSON. — LEV.  xxlii. 4-6, 15-31,. 

33-36.    Commit  4-6,  15,  16,  33-36; 

Primary  Class,  Golden  Text. 

4  These  are  the  feasts  of  the  Lord, 
even  holy  convocations,  which  ye  shall 
proclaim  in  their  seasons. 

5  In  the  fourteenth  day  of  the  first 
month  at  even  is  the  Lord's  passover. 

6  And  on  the  fifteenth  day  of  the  same' 
month  is  the  feast  of  unleavened  bread 
unto  the  Lord  :  seven  days  ye  must  eat  un- 
leavened bread. 

15  And  ye  shall  count  unto  you  from^ 
the  morrow  after  the  Sabbath,  from  the 
day  that  ye  brought  the  sheaf  of  the  wave- 
oflFering  ;  seven  Sabbaths  shall  be  com- 
plete. 

16  Even  unto  the  morrow  after  the 
seventh  Sabbath  shall  ye  number  fifty 
days  ;  and  ye  shall  olBfer  a  new  mcat-oflfer- 
ing  unto  the  Lord. 

17  Ye  shall  bring  out  of  your  habita- 
tions two  wave-loaves  of  two  tenth  deals  : 
they  shall  be  of  fine  flour;  they  shall  be 
baken  with  leaven;  they  are  the  firstfruits 
unto  the  Lord . 

18  Ye  shall  offer  with  the  bread  seven 
lambs  without  blemish  of  the  first  year, 
and  one  young  bullock,  and  two  rams  : 
they  shall  be  for  a  burnt-offering  unto  the 
Lord,  with  their  meat-offering,  and  their 
drink-offerings,  even  an  offering  made  by 
fire,  of  sweet  savor  unto  the  Lord. 

19  Then  ye  shall  sacrifice  one  kid  of 
the  goats  for  a  sin-offering,  and  two  lambs 
of  the  first  year  for  a  sacrifice  of  peace- 
offerings. 

30  And  the  priest  shall  wave  them' 
with  the  bread  of  the  firstfruits  for  a  wave- 
offering  before  the  Lord,  with  the  two 
lambs  :  they  shall  be  holy  to  the  Lord  for 
the  priest. 

21  And  ye  shall  proclaim  on  the  self- 
same day,  that  it  may  be  a  holy  convoca- 
tion unto  you:  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work 
therein  :  it  shall  be  a  statute  for  ever  in  all 
your  dwellings  throughout  your  genera- 
tions. 

33  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses 
saying, 

84  Speak  unto  the  children  of  Israel, 
saying.  The  fifteenth  day  of  this  seventh 
month  shall  be  the  feast  of  tabernacles  for 
seven  days  unto  the  Lord. 

35  On  the  first  day  shall  be  a  holy  con- 
vocation :  ye  shall  do  no  servile  work 
therein. 

36  Seven  days  ye  shall  offer  an  offering 
made  by  fire  unto  the  Lord  ;  on  the  eighth, 
day  shall  be  a  holy  convocation  unto  you, 
and  ye  shall  offer  an  offering  made  by  fine 
unto  the  Lord  :  it  is  a  solemn  assembly  ; 
and  ye  shall  do  servile  work  therein. 


GOLDEN  TEXT.— "Now  about  the 
midst  of  the  feast  Jesus  went  up  into  the 
temple,  and  taught." — Jolin  vii.  14. 

TOPIC— Redeemed  by  Christ;  sealed 
by  the  Spirit  ;  at  home  with  God. 

HOME  READINGS. 
M,    Ei.    xil.       1-19— The  Passover  Instituted. 
T.     Mark  slv.     12-26— Jesus  at  the  Passover. 
W.    Lev.   xxiii.    9-22 — Feast  of  Pentecost. 
Th.  Acts  ii.  1-47— The  Spirit  at  Pentecost. 

F.    Neh.    vlll.       1-18— The  Forgotten  Ordinance. 
8.    John    vii.       1.39 -Jesus  at  the  Feast. 
S.    Rev.    vii.        9-17— The  Palm  Bearers. 

TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 
The  Passover — Christ's  People  Redeemed. 
Pentecost— Christ's  People  Gathered. 
Tabernacles— Christ's  People  at  Home. 

SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 
In  our  last  lesson  we  had  the  offerings,, 
as  food  for  God's  table  ;  to-day  we  are  in- 
vited to  feast  with  him.  These  feasts  were 
festivaU;  they  were  like  the  Fourth  of 
July,  and  Thanksgiving.  They  were  mon- 
umenti  pointing  backward  and  forward. 
They  were  types,  representing  great  truths 
that  were  to  follow.  In  our  chapter  eight 
are  mentioned,  but  the  Sabbath  was  quite 
distinct  from  the  others.  Learn  the  names 
of  all,  and  ask  your  teachers  what  the  four 
that  were  omitted  from  our  lessons  were 
intended  to  teach,  and  what  benefit  the 
feasts  were  to  the  Jews,    Ask  how  they 


>^      1 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


traveled  to  the  feasts.    If  they  sung  any 
hymns  or  songs,  and  what  they  were. 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  Which  of  our 
lessons  was  upon  this  ?  What  day  did  it 
commence  ?  The  name  of  the  month  was 
Nisan.  What  kind  of  bread  did  they  eat  ? 
How  many  days  did  they  eat  it  ?  Was  Jesus 
ever  at  the  passover  ?  (Luke  ii.  41-51  ; 
Mark  14.  12-26  )  Who  is  our  passover  ? 
(1  Cor.  v.  7.)  Have  you  ever  been  to  this 
feast  ?  If  you  have,  the  feast  of  unleaven- 
ened  bread  teaches  how  you  ought  to  live. 
The  doctrine  of  this  feast  is  Redemption. 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  What  feast 
have  we  passed  over  ?  (verses  10-14.)  Ask 
your  teacher  what  1  Cor.  xv.  20  meaus. 
What  is  the  feast  of  Peatecost  called  in 
Ex.  xxiii.  16,  xxxiv.  22  ?  The  name  signi- 
fies the  fiftieth.  Why  was  it  so  called  ? 
(verse  16.)  What  did  it  celebrate  ?  (Deut. 
xvi.  13-15.)  What  were  they  to  offer? 
How  were  they  to  reap  the  fields  ?  (verse 
32.)  What  occurred  fifty  days  after  Jesus 
{the first  iheaf)  rose  from  the  dead  ?  (Acts 
ii.)  What  kind  of  a  harvest  was  that  ? 
Have  you  ever  been  gathered  into  the  fold 
of  Christ  ? 

What  is  the  third  topic?  What  two 
feasts  have  been  passed  over  ?  (verses 
34-37.)  What  day  did  the  feasts  of  taber- 
nacles occur  on  ?  How  long  did  it  last  ? 
What  did  thev  live  in  during  this  time  ? 
(verse  43.)  What  did  this  feast  celebrate? 
(verse  43.)  Did  they  ever  forge  t  this  feast, 
(Neh.  viii.  17.)  Read  Deut.  viii.  10-20? 
and  Rev.  vii.  9-17.)  Will  you  be  at  the 
feasts  of  Tabernacles  ?  What  feasts  must 
come  before  this  ? 

_  Lessons.  God  has  given  us  many  mer- 
cies ;  let  us  have  season  of  thanksgiving. 
For  his  rhdebjied  ones,  those  the  Spirit 
has  sealeo,  he  is  preparing  at  a  great 
feast  of  thanksgiving.  I  will  go. — The 
National  Sunday  School  Teachei'. 


Useful  Hints. 


An  earnest  and  succeBsful  Sunday- 
school  laborer,  now  of  Pittsfield,  Mass. , 
in  his  printed  New  Year'a  pastoral  ad- 
dress, among  other  very  excellent  eug- 
fijestion?,  puts  this  all-important  truth 
thus:  "We  recommend  to  you  all,  and 
especially  to  Sonday-school  teachers 
and  scholars,  the  following  plan  for  Bi- 
ble study : 

RpEbAaDy. 

S  p'T  R  U  A  D  T  T. 

TpHrIaNtK." 
Mix  your  praying  through  all  your 
reading,  study,  and  thought.  Re- 
member each  member  of  your  class  by 
name  when  in  your  closet.  "Tell  Je- 
sus" what  you  would  have  for  each . 
Expect  glorious  results. 


A  Startling  Question. 

Here  is  a  little  story  with  comments,' 
from  the  S.  S.  Times,  which  is  for 
every  superintendent  and  teacher — a 
story  to  be  pondered  with  "strong  cry- 
ing and  tears." 

A  poor  child  straying  into  a  Sab- 
bath-school one  day,  asked  simply,  *  'Is 
this  tha  way  to  heaven  ?"  Tde  super- 
intendent was  for  a  moment  startled. 
Was  his  school,  indeed,  the  way  to 
heaven  ?  Was  he  trying  to  make  it  so  ? 
Were  his  teachers  intent  upon  the 
same  subject?  The  artless  question 
struck  home.  From  desK  to  class  the 
question  went  around  with  a  thrill. 
What  were  they  all  doing?  Whither 
were  they  all  tending  ?  The  question 
was  like  an  angel  suddenly  come  into 
their  midst  to  make  a  record  of  ail  that 
transpired  in  that  school.  0,  superin- 
tendents, teachera,  make  sure  of  this 
one  thing,  With  all  your  efforts  to  im- 
part knowledge,  make  the  salvation  of 
the  soul  of  paramount  interest !  Wheth- 
er your  school  be  a  model,  or  be  strug- 
gling up  to  perfection,  be  sure  that  ev- 
ery scholar  shall  feel  that  it  is  the  road 
to  heaven  ? 


Be  Cakkfcl, — A  single  hard  lift,  an 
hour  of  heating  work,  an  evening  of 
exposure  to  rain  or  damp,  a  severe 
chill,  an  excess  of  food,  the  unusual 
indulgenca  of  any  appetite  or  passion, 
a  Gudden  fit  of  anger,  an  improper 
dose  of  medicine — any  of  these,  or 
other  similar  things,  may  cut  off  a  val- 
uable life  in  an  hour,  and  leave  the 
fair  hopes  of  usefulness  and  enjoyment 
but  a  shapeless  wreck. 

— An  Englishman  writes  to  one  of 
the  scientific  journals  stating  that  he 
has  discovered  a  new  cure  for  rheumatic 
gout.  He  had  suffered  tortures  from 
that  disease  for  several  years,  but,  by 
insulating  his  bed  by  means  of  glass 
stands  and  sockets  under  each  foot,  he 
began  to  improve  immediately. 

— Warts  may  be  removed  with  ker- 
osene oil.  Apply  it  daily  with  a  camel 
hair  pencil.  They  will  generally  dis- 
appear in  about  two  weeks. 

— A  serviceable  filter  may  be  readily 
made  as  follows:  Take  a  common  earth- 
enware flowerpot  about  nine  inches  in 
diameter  and  ten  inches  in  depth.  The 
drainage  hole  is  stopped  loosely  with  a 
clean  piece  of  sponge.  A  layer  of 
about  two  inches  of  animal  charcoal  is 
first  placed  in  the  pot,  then  the  layer 
of  clean  sand,  upon  which  a  layer  of 
three  inches  of  clean  coarse  gravel  is 
placed.  The  pot  can  be  set  over  an 
earthen  jar,  into  which  an  abundance  of 
pure  water  will  filter  for  all  drinking 
purposes. 

Genuine  Ehasive  Soap.— Two  pounds 
of  good  Castile  poap,  half  a  pound  of 
carbonate  of  potash,  dissolved  in  half  a 
pint  of  hot  water.  Cut  the  soap  in 
thin  slices,  boil  the  soap  with  the  pot- 
ash until  it  is  thick  enough  to  mould 
into  cakes;  also  add  alcohol,  half  an 
ounce;  camphor,  half  an  ounce,  harts- 
horn ,  half  an  ounce ;  color  with  half 
an  ounce  of  pulverized  charcoal.  This 
is  excellent  for  removing  grease,  etc. , 
from  clothing. 

Sauce  for  Puddings  or  Rolls. — 
Cream  six  ounces  of  butter  until  light 
and  white  as  possible;  then  stir  in 
gradually  the  same  weight  of  finely 
pulverized  white  sugar.  It  looks  very 
inviting  made  up  into  the  shape  of  a 
little  pyramid,  thickly  strewn  with 
grated  nutmeg.  In  addition  you  may 
use  at  pleasure  vanilla  or  any  other 
seasoning  you  prefer. 

Delicate  Cake. — One  and  half  cups 
of  sugar,  half  a  cup  of  butter.  Rub 
this  to  a  cream,  add  half  a  cup  of 
sweet  milk,  in  which  dissolve  a  half 
teaspoon  of  soda,  and  two  cups  of  flour 
in  which  one  teaspoon  of  cream  of 
tartar  has  been  rubbed.  Add  a  little 
salt.  Flavor  with  vanilla,  lemon,  or 
nutmeg.  Beat  the  whites  of  four  eggs 
to  a  froth  and  add  last. 


Sleep  for  Farmers'  Wives. 


A  farmer's  w'fe  writes  a  letter  to  the 
Rural  New  York&r^  which  she  wants 
the  "men  folks"  to  read.  It  is  a  plea 
for  more  sleep.  Have  you  a  wife,  she 
says,  who  goes  about  in  a  listless,  spir- 
itless fashion,  as  though  she  could  but 
just  drag   herself  about?     Or  is   she 


cross  and  fretful,  and  do  you  wonder 
how  she  came  to  have  such  a  temper? 
Ten  to  one,  ail  she  needs  to  make  her 
bright  and  happy  is  rest,  sleep,  and 
loving  words.  Hire  effi:;ient  help,  that 
the  wife  who  has  passed  a  restless  night 
may  take  advantage  of  baby's  morning 
nap,  and  have  one  of  her  own,  or,  if 
she  chooses,  lie  down  in  the  afternoon 
and  make  up  the  lost  sleep.  You  can 
afford  it  if  you  will.  Do  you  begrudge 
a  hundred  dollars  a  year  for  your 
wife's  comfort  and  health  ?  Why,  no 
breeding-mare  would  ever  be  worked 
as  soma  men  work  their  wives !  Give 
women  their  home  rights;  help  them 
to  bear  their  burdens;  give  them  a  few 
kind,  loving  words  every  day,  and  you 
will  have  healthier  and  happier  wiver, 
children  and  homes. 

Testing  the  Vitality  of  Seed  Corn. 


I  and  firm,  and  the  grain  firm,  the  prob- 
j  abihty  is  that  it  is  good.  The  two 
j  conditions  bet?7e9a  good  and  bad  may 
be  easily  discovered  by  breaking  an  ear 
that  you  know  to  be  good,  and  exam- 
ining it  in  comparison  with  one  that 
you  suspect  to  be  unsound. 

Thus  a  person  with  a  little  experi- 
ence may  easily  select  sound  from  un- 
sound corn  from  the  crib.  Neverthe- 
less, we  now  advise,  as  we  before 
have  done,  that  this  plan  of  selecting 
seed  be  not  dependent  upon  another 
year.  It  is  far  bstter  and  cheaper  in 
the  end  to  gekct  the  seed  at  the  time 
of  ripening;  hang  it  in  an  airy  plac3  to 
dry,  and  hereafter  keep  it  dry;  and  if 
hung  over  a  gentle  smoke  to  assist  the 
process  of  drying,  so  much  the  better. 
The  smoke  will  not  irjure  the  corn, 
but  it  will  lend  to  render  it  unpalatable 
to  the  horde  of  insects  that  always  lie 
in  wait  to  prey  upon  it  Avhen  planted. 
—  Westitn  Rural. 


Many  of  those  who  are  obliged  to 
depend  upon  corn  ripened  last  year 
will,  undoubtedly  experience  difficulty 
in  its  germinating  promptly,  for  the 
reason  that,  owing  to  the  peculiar 
season,  the  crop  ripened  imperfectly. 
These  remarks  will  not^  however,  apply 
to  those  who,  as  heretofore  advised  by 
the  Western  Rural,  have  saved  the 
seed  in  the  autumn.  We  do  not  hes- 
itate to  say  that  in  those  sections  of  the 
country  where,  from  any  cause,  the 
corn  has  not  ripened  as  it  ought  to  have 
done,  there  may  be  trouble  in  the  ger- 
mination of  the  Eeed. 

To  test  the  seed,  therefore,  we  ad- 
vise that  those  in  doubt  shell  from  va- 
rious ears  more  or  lass  of  the  kernels. 
Mix  them  together  and,  counting 
therefrom  ten  or  a  dozen  of  the  grains, 
plant  them  in  a  favorable  place  for  ger- 
mination. Note  how  many  of  the 
seeds  grow  readily.  From  the  per- 
centage which  grow,  an  estimate  may 
be  made  of  the  proper  number  to  drop 
in  each  hill,  in  planting  the  field,  to 
ensure  a  stand. 

Another  plan  for  testing  seed  corn 
is  to  examine  the  general  appearance  of 
the  grain.  If  it  break  from  the  cob,  pre- 
senting a  black  appearance  at  the  point 
of  attachment,  and,  if  it  leave  the  cov- 
er and  filament  with  the  cob,  it  is  prob- 
able, but  not  certain,  that  the  seed  is  not 
sure.  It  may  germinate  slowly,  or  it 
may  not  germinate  at  all,  according  to 
the  conditions  under  which  it  is  placed. 
It  is  safe  to  reject  such  as  seed.  On 
one  side  of  the  kernel  and  that  side 
lying  towards  the  tip  of  the  ear,  will 
be  found  a  groove  or  indentation ;  at 
the  bottom  of  this,  and  next  the  sur- 
face and,  covered  with  the  pellicle  of 
skin,  will  be  found  the  germ  of  the  fu- 
ture plant.  If  the  grain  be  bright,  and 
if,  upon  raising  the  germ  it  be  found 
to  be  of  a  bright  straw  color,  inclining 
to  white,  plump,  clear  and  bright,  and 
of  a  distinct  shape,  not  wrinkled  and 
shriveled,  the  indication  is  that  the 
germ  is  good;  but,  if  otherwise,  if  it 
be  dull  shriveled  or  imperfect  throw 
the  ear  aside. 

Another  test  is  to  take  the  ear  and 
break  it  through  the  middle.  If  it 
break  brittle,  and   the    cob    is    bright 


A  Talk  abjut  Plaster. 


At  a  late  meeting  of    the    Ottawa 
Mich.  ,  Farmers'  Club  the    subject    of 
the  use  of  plaster    was    introduced    by 
the  President,  Mr.  Wild. 

Mr.  DeWitt  had  used  plaster  very 
freely  and  always  with  good  effect. 

Mr.  Wild  and  also  Mr.  Ferguson, 
agreed  that  the  use  of  pLsster  adds  one- 
third  to  the  clover  crop. 

Mr.  McNaughtonliad  experienced 
great  benefit  from  its  use  on  clover, 
more  on  eandy  land  than  on  clay.  He 
always  got  a  good  catch  when  he  used 
plaster  on  the  land  with  the  seed. 

Mr.  Little  thought  we  used  too  lit- 
tle, and  would  recommend  to  double 
the  quantity  now  u^ed. 

Mr.  Wild  thought  we  should  now 
BOW  more  clover  than  we  do  and  U58 
mora  plaster. 

Mr.  McNaughton  believed  that  best 
way  to  keep  up  land  was  to  sow  clover 
and  plaster.  He  also  gave  some  in- 
stances of  the  good  effricts  of  aphes  on 
wheat. 

Mr.  Hall  said  that  the  plaster  pro- 
longed the  growth  of  wheat,  but  was 
no  benefit  to  it.  It  would  do  good  on 
clover  three  years. 

Mr.  Randall  recommended  sowing 
plaster  on  the  snow.  Clover  sometimes 
failed  to  grow  when  not  plastered. 

Mr.  T,  B.  Lillie  us^d  clover,  but 
thinks  barnyard  manure  the  main  stay 
to  keep  up  the  fertility  of  the  farm. — 
Western  Rural. 


Sure  Cure  for  Cattle  Lice. 


Take  one  heaping  teaspoonful  of  cop- 
peras; mix  with  bran  or  any  other 
kind  of  meal.  If  you  haven't  any 
meal,  mix  with  salt.  Two  doses  will 
drive  them  entirely  away.  It  will  not 
only  kill  the  lice,  but  it  will  keep  off 
the  diseases  and  give  the  cattle  an  ap- 
petite. I  have  tried  it  tweny-five 
years,  and  never  knew  it  to  fail.  What 
'•Subscriber"  says  about  cattle  lice  will 
kill  the  cattle  quicker  than  it  will  the 
lice.  If  the  cattle,  either  those  with 
the  cloth  on,  or  others,  lick  the  cloth 
with  the  mercurial  ointment  on,  it  will 
kill  them ;  or  if  they  take  cold  it  will 
kill  them.  —  Western  Rural. 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


fj^t  i)\\t{i$im  Cgtmtttt^i 


Chicasro,  Tlinrsday,  April  30,  1874. 


Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  started  Monday  morning  for 
New  York,  to  help  prepare  for  our  National  Anni- 
versary, June  2nd.  The  Aurora  (Congregational) 
Association,  at  its  late  meeting  with  the  First  Church, 
in  the  city  of  Aurora,  gave  to  Prof.  Blanchard  its  ap- 
probation as  a  licentiate  for  the  Gospel  ministry. 
This  will  enable  him  with  propriety  to  assist  ministers 
of  the  Uospel  wherever  he  may  go.  Mr.  E.  D.  Bailey 
was  approbated  by  the  Association  as  a  licentiate  at 
the  same  time.  He  is  a  member  of  Wheaton  College, 
who  has  been  laboring  successfully  with  the  church  at 

Big  Woods,  111.,  the  last  winter. 

♦  ■  »■ 

The  following  notice  appears  ia  the  Chicago  papers 
of  the  25th  inst.  If  its  arrogance  and  impudence 
have  even  been  equalled,  we  know  not  where  cr 
when.     Read  it: 

"Special  Maeonic  Notice. — The  present  and  past 
grand  cfiScers  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  Grand  Chapter, 
Grand  Commaudery  and  Grand  Council  of  the  State 
of  Illinois,  resident  in  the  city;  also  the  present  and 
past  oflBcers  of  the  Supreme  Council,  33d  degree,  to- 
gether with  the  past  and  principal  officers  of  all 
regular  Lodges,  Chapters,  Commanderies,  Councils 
and  those  of  the  several  bodies  of  the  A.  and  A. 
Scottish  rite,  of  this  city,  are  requested  to  meet  this 
(Saturday)  evening,  at  7  1-2  o'clock,  ia  the  "Ar- 
mory," American  Express  Company's  building,  Mon- 
roe street,  near  State,  for  the  purpose  of  making  ar- 
rangements for  the  laying  of  the  ''  corner-stone  "  of 
the  United  States  Government  building,  on  the  24th 
of  June  next." 

Now  we  ask,  has  the  Chicago  "  Armory"  ever 
been  occupied  and  used  by  any  other  sect  or  order  of 
people  but  the  Freemasons  ?  Would  Methodists  be 
permitted  to  use  it  for  their  purposes  ? 

And  again  for  the  thousandth  time,  what  business 
has  a  secret  order,  sworn  to  selfishness  ard  proscrip- 
tion, to  make  arrangements  about  United  States  build- 
ings? And  further,  co  not  the  citizens,  who  are  not 
Freemasons,  and  who  have  been  put  in  mockery  on 
the  committee  of  two  hundred,  see  that  these  *'  pres- 
ent and  past  Grand  Officers  "  treat  them  with  utter 
contempt.  If  this  attempt  of  Freemasonry  to  take 
the  corner  stone  business  out  of  the  hands  of  the  non- 
Maeons,  who  are  appointed  on  the  "two  hundred,"  does 
not  awake  them  to  remonstrate  at  having  their  names 
used  as  a  mere  cover  to  the  lodge,  then  they  are  fallen 
low  indeed.     Will  some  Freemason  "  rise  to  explain?'' 


MASONRY  SUBVERTING  THE  REPUBLIC. 


Elsewhere  in  this  number  will  be  found  editorials 
from  the  Tribune  and  Times  of  this  city  on  the  in- 
tended laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  the  new  United 
States  Custom  House  in  ChicagOjby  Freemasons.  Of 
all  sects,  parties,  organizations,  orders,  secret  or  open, 
a  Freemason  lodge  ia  the  most  unfit  to  put  its  insig- 
nia on  a  United  States  public  building;  and  the  pro- 
posal of  the  lodge  to  practice  its  heathen  ritual,  and 
place  its  anti-Christian  date  on  the  corner-stone  of  our 
new  Custom  House,  is  a  piece  of  impudence  and  ef- 
frontery which  has  seldom  been  equalled  and  never 
surpassed.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  laid  the  cor- 
ner-stone of  our  new  State  House  at  Springfield, 
and  it  was  resented  as  an  insult  to  the  State.  The 
result  Avas,  the  stone  was  taken  out  of  the  wall,  and 
buried  in  the  earth  out  of  sight.  A  similar  attempt 
to  lay  the  corner-3tone  of  the  new  State  House  at  Al- 
bany, N.  Y. ,  was  resisted  by  leading  New  York  papers 
and  ignominiously  failed;  the  stone  being  laid  by  the 
Governor.  A  similar  attempt  and  failure,  partial,  or 
entire,  occurred  in  the  Slate  of  Iowa;  and  the  example 
of  our  State  was  cited  by  those  who  resisted  that  pro- 
fanation. That  a  United  States  Secretary  at  Wash- 
ington, should  attempt  to  force  a  national  recognition 
of  the  lodge  upon  the  people  of  Chicago  and  the 
North-west,  argues  great  boldness  or  ignorance,  or 
both;  since  the  attempt  has  been  so  unmistakably  con- 
demned by  the  popular  voice.  There  are  about  a 
half  a  million  of  Freemasons,  one-sightieth  part  of  the 
people  of  the  United  States.  By  what  right  or  Bhow 


of  propriety  this  secret  sect  puts  itself  forward  to  rep- 
resent forty  millions  of  people  in  this  country,  in  lay- 
ing the  corner  stone  of  its  public  buildings,  is  beyond 
the  possibility  of  a  guess.  The  ceremony  is  religious; 
conf-isting  in  part  of  prayer  to  the  god  of  the  lodge; 
but  it  is  not  pretended  that  the  religion  ia  that  of  the 
Bible ;  or  the  god  prayed  to,  the  God  of  revelation. 
And  as  a  civic  ceremony  it  is  more  impudent  and  re- 
volting still,  as  its  chief  lexicon  (Mackey)  declares, 
"The  government  of  a  Grand  Lodge  is  therefore  com- 
pletely despotic."  It  is  heathenism  insulting  Christ- 
ianity, and  despotism  insulting  liberty.  Every  voter 
and  every  voter's  wife  and  child  should  be  moved  to 
their  heart's  center  by  this  attempt.  Dr.  Post,  of  St. 
Louia,  in  his  address  to  the  Pilgrim  Memorial  Con- 
vention in  Farwell  Hall,  before  the  fire,  referred  to  the 
lodge  as  setting  up  the  hollow  forms  and  titles  of  king- 
craft and  priest-craft,  that  those  hated  foes  of  human- 
ity might  creep  back  into  their  empty  shells.  Let 
Chicago  be  draped  in  black  if  this  infamy  is  attempted. 
[The  above  Editorial  is,  except  a  line  or  two,  repub- 
lished from  Cynosure  of  April  16th.  It  was  so  forci- 
ble and  so  marred  by  the  compositor  that  we  are  re- 
quested to  reinsert  it. — Office  Ed.] 

OUR  PETITION  TO  PRESIDENT  GRANT. 


As  instructed  by  the  National  Committee,  the  sub- 
committee have  met  and  agreed  on  the  foi-m  presented 
in  this  number  of  our  paper.  It  was  thought  best 
not  to  insert  the  fact  that  Secretary  Richardson,  who 
controls  the  Custom-House  building,  had  treated  simi- 
lar remonstrances  with  silent  contempt;  because  of 
the  thousands  whom  we  hope  to  have  sign  this  peti- 
tion to  President  Grant,  but  few  know  that  his  Secre- 
tary has  so  treated  like  petitions,  and  could  not  prop- 
erly certify  that  they  did  know  it,  by  signing  the  paper. 
As  the  paper  now  reads,  honest  Freemasons  can  con- 
sistently sign  it  if  they  will. 

Now  let  every  man  and  woman  who  can  give  an 
hour's  time  to  it,  cut  out  the  petition  from  the  Cyno- 
sure, paste  it  on  paper,  and  commence  getting  signers 
at  once;  and,  the  last  week  in  May,  forward  them  to 
Syracuse,  "  care  of  Rev,  L.  N.  Stratton."  Let  us  roll 
up  from  ten  to  fifty  thousand  names,  and  forward  to 
Washington  from  the  Syracuse  Convention. 

Meantime,  let  no  possible  effort  be  omitted  to  arouse 
the  people,  especially  the  people  of  Chicago,  to  avert 
and  ward  offthe  impudence  of  that  harlot  of  the  na- 
tions, the  lodge,  from  the  United  States  Custom-House 
in  Chicago.  This  is  the  harlot  which  is  making  the 
nations  drunk  with  the  filth  of  her  fornications. 


KETIEW  OF  GROSH'S  DEFENSE  CONCLUDED. 

We  ask  the  reader  to  refer  again  to  the  disclosure  of 
the  oaths  of  Odd-fellowship  by  Dr.  Willis,  in  our  sec- 
ond article  on  this  topic,  and  see  if  evil  does  not  lurk 
n  that  obligation,  evil  of  no  slight  degree,  of  funda- 
mental character,  which,  though  scarcely  perceptible 
at  first,  is  yet  capable  of  vast  and  horrid  and  fatal 
expansion. 

First,  there  is  hypocrisy  in  it.  It  is  a  real  oath 
pretending  to  be  only  a  pledge  of  honor.  It  binds  to 
evil  while  pretending  to  bind  to  good  only. 

Secondly,  it  is  an  unjustifiable  oath,  so  that  it  has  in 
it  the  moral  wrong  and  leaven  of  profanity  and  blas- 
phemy. 

Thirdly,  it  is  a  rash  promise  to  do  good  or  to  do 
evil  without  the  opportunity  of  knowing  which  it  may 
turn  out  to  be.  Such  blind  promising  is  sinful;  a 
snare  to  the  soul ;  an  enslavement,  or  utter  abrogation 
of  conscience;  a  renunciation  of  allegiance  to  God  by 
trusting  to  man  instead  of  God,  t,  e.,  taking  man's 
word  that  the  thing  is  right  instead  of  using  the 
means  God  gives  us  to  learn  for  ourselves  from  him 
that  it  is  right.  This  is  to  reject  the  Lord  from  being 
our  guide  and  king. 

Fourthly,  in  all  these  oaths  there  is  an  insidious 
promise  to  deceive;  or,  in  other  words,  to  lie.  Dr. 
Willis,  to  mention  no  other,  has  revealed  the  secrets 
of  the  order.  The  members  can  not  now  "oonceal" 
them  as  they  have  sworn  to  do,  but  by  deception  or 
lying.  They  must  do  this  deliberately  and  wilfully, 
and  that  continually  by  word  or  action.     Even  if  Dr. 


Willis  has  not  given  a  true  expose  (which  he  surely 
has)  yet  some  one  else  may  truly  expose  the  whole 
secret,  and  then  the  oath  "to  conceal"  comes  inta 
full  force,  and  it  becomes  an  oath  to  be  a  perpetual 
deceiver  through  life,  and  to  go  to  the  judgment  with 
this  huge  life-long  lie  in  one's  right  hand. 

Fifthly,  the  acknowledgment  of  an  especial  obliga- 
tion or  covenant  with  all  Odd-fellows  is  contrary  to  the 
sound  doctrine  of  equal  rights  and  to  the  divine  law 
of  impartial  benevolence  towards  all  men.  For,  if  this 
obligation  requires  us  to  do  for  Odd-fellows  only  what 
the  command  to  love  our  neighbors  as  ourselves  re- 
quires towards  every  human  being,  it  is  not  an  especial 
covenant  unless  it  is  understood  to  imply  that  we  may 
do  less  for  outsiders  than  this  universal  law  of  love 
demands.  If  it  requires  more  than  the  law  of  equal 
benevolence  does  towards  our  brother  man,  it  is  evilj 
if  it  requires  less  towards  outsiders  than  that  divine 
law  does,  it  is  evil;  and  one  of  the  two  it  must  imply 
or  it  !8  not  an  especial  covenant.  Unless,  again,  yoa 
say  it  implies  only  the  especiality  which  Christians 
are  directed  to  concede  "to  them  who  are  of  the 
household  of  faith,"  But  if  this  ia  the  meaning,  it  is 
evil,  for  it  is  a  changing  and  perverting  of  a  law  of 
Christ'.  It  is  taking  "the  children's  bread  and  giving 
it  to  dogs."  What  have  carnal  fraternities  to  do  with 
the  divine  legacies  of  Christ  to  the  members  of  his 
spiritual  kingdom?  What  relation  has  the  partiality 
they  exercise  towards  their  fellow  conspirators  to  obe- 
dience to  Christ's  law  of  special  beneficence  to  the 
faithful,  whereby  Christians  honor  God  and  goodness, 
and  concede  to  the  views  of  heaven  their  God-given 
legacy  ?  None  at  all.  The  especial  covenant  of  Odd- 
fellows we  must  think  means  a  release  in  a  greater  or 
less  degree  from  the  practice  of  what  the  law  of  im- 
partial and  equal  love  requires  towards  the  brother 
man,  who  is  not  a  brother  Oddfellow ;  and  the  doing 
for  the  brother  Odd-fellow  not  merely  what  this  divine 
law  requires,  but  more  than  it  requires,  or  rather  what 
it  positively  forbids:  helping  him  out  of  dangers 
"arising  from  his  own  imprudence"  in  the  way  of 
extricating  him  from  justice;  pointing  out  his  advan- 
tage, i.  e. ,  helping  him  to  take  the  advantage  of  other 
men,  as  he  would  not  do  were  his  brother  not  an  Odd- 
fellow. Otherwise  the  specialty  of  an  Odd-fellow's 
covenant  has  no  meaning  or  reality.  It  requires,  in 
short,  a  relaxing  of  God's  law  to  man  as  such  and  a 
work  of  supererogation,  a  transcending  of  that  law 
towards  brother  Odd-fellows,  Not  doing  for  one  what 
God  requires,  and  doing  for  the  other  what  God  for- 
bids. We  repeat,  therefore,  ouv  opinion  is  unshaken 
that  OJd-fellows  are  oath-bound  to  evil,  if  such  a 
thing  CAN  be;  bound  to  do  good  or  to  do  evil,  and  it 
is  hid  from  them.  Still  the  evil  exists  and  tends  to  a 
preponderance  that  is  sure  in  the  end  utterly  to  ex- 
tinguish the  good  and  leave  but  the  final  ruin  which 
God  links  inseparably  to  the  wrong. 

But,  says  Mr.  Grosh,  "would  you  consider  yourself 
bound  to  do  evil  if  you  had  taken  our  obligations  as 
you  understand  them  ?"  No.  If  I  had  taken  those 
obligations  I  should  consider  them  null  and  void  from 
their  very  sinfulness,  and  should  feel  myself  bound  by 
them  only  to  repent  of  having  taken  them,  and  to 
bring  forth  fruits  meet  for  repentance  by  violating  them 
as  often  as  I  had  opportunity,  and  to  do  all  in  my 
power  lawfully  to  destroy  the  fabric  that  rests  on  such 
an  evil  basis.  And  I  do  earnestly  advise  and  entreat 
in  Christ's  name  every  Christian  to  absolve  his  soul  at 
once  from  the  unholy  bondage  of  those  sinful  oaths, 
and  to  come  out  from  the  fellowship  of  those  who 
acknowledge  their  binding  authority ,  and  henceforth 
to  worship  and  obey  the  only  living  and  true  God, 
who  has  revealed  himself  in  Christ  and  him  only. 

Away  with  these  shackles  of  profane  covenants  and 
precepts  of  men  and  deistical  worship,  this  bowing  the 
knee  to  Baal  and  paying  endless  tribute  to  invisible 
empires,  Away  with  such  robbing  of  Christ  and  his 
cause,  such  shackles  of  bondage,  from  all  Christian's 
feet;  that  with  single  eye  and  purpose  you  may  run 
your  race  and  be  accepted  of  Him  who  will  have  your 
all  or  nothing.  "What  concord  hath  Christ  with 
Belial  ?  or  what  part   hath  he  that   believeth  with  an 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


infidel?"  Or  who  is  he  that  can  authorize  a  man  to  eat 

at  the  table  of  the  Lord  and  at  the  table  of  devils?  to 

bear   the   part   of  fellowship  in  the   worship  of  the 

Father,  Sou  and  Holy  G-host,  and  in  the  worship  of  a 

god  invented  by  men  ?   to  meet  the  demand  of  deism 

and  idolatry  ? 

•» ' »  

G£N£BAL  UTILITY  OF  THE  "ACT  TO  ENFORCE 
THE  FOURTEENTH  AMENDMENT." 


We  know  that  the  emergency  which  brought  out 
this  "act  to  protect  all  persons  in  the  United  States  in 
their  civil  rights"  wa«i  the  outrages  committed  by  the 
Ku-KIux  Klan  upon  the  colored  people.  Many  of  its 
provisions  appear  to  bear  with  equal  force  against 
Masonry,  for  instance,  Sec.    6  of  this  act  is  as  follows: 

*'No  person  shall  be  a  grand  or  a  petit  juror  in  any 
court  in  the  United  States,  upon  any  inquiry,  hear- 
ing or  trial  of  any  suit,  proceeding  or  prosecution, 
based  upon,  or  arising  under  the  provisions  of  this  act 
(viz:  an  act  to  enforce  the  fourteenth  amendment) 
who  shall  in  the  judgment  of  the  court  be  in  com- 
plicity with  any  such  combination  or  conspiracy :  (viz : 
a  conspiracy  of  two  or  more  persons  ....  by 
force,  intimidation  or  threat  to  prevent,  hinder  or  de- 
lay the  execution  of  any  law  of  the  United  States. 
or  by  force,  intimidation  or  threat  to  influence  the 
verdict,  presentment  or  indictoient  of  any  juror  or 
grand  juror  in  any  court  of  the  United  States,  etc.) 
and  every  such  juror  shall,  before  entering  upon  any 
such  inquiry,  hearing  or  trial,  take  and  subscribe  an 
oath  in  open  court  that  he  has  never,  directly  or  indi- 
rectly, counseled,  advised  or  voluntarily  aided  any 
Buch  combination  or  conspiracy." 

Do  not  Masons  by  "intimidation"  and  "threat,"  if 
not  by  ''force,"  "prevent,  hinder,"  and  "delay"  the  ex- 
ecution of  laws  in  the  United  States  courts  ? 

Would  not  any  Mason,  (if  public  opinion  was  set 
right)  be  prohibited  from  holding  the  place  as  juror, 
under  this  act,  because  he  has  "voluntarily"  aided  the 
Masonic  conspiracy  against  equal  civil  rights  ? 

Has  not  Congress,  in  the  fourteenth  amendment, 
and  the  act  to  enforce  it,  done  her  part  towards  pro- 
hibiting Masonry  from  corrupting  the  decision  of 
United  States  courts? 

Will  some  of  our  readers  connected  with  the  le- 
gal profession  write  for  the  Cynosure  an  article  on 
this  subject,  answering  our  questions  and  throwing 
light  on  the  subject  generally  ? 


[From  tha  Chicago  Tribune,  Apr.  S5th] 

The  Masonic  Display. 


The  opponents  of  Masonry,  represented  by  Mr. 
Philo  Carpenter,  are  improving  the  opportunity  of  the 
forthcoming  ceremonies  attending  the  laying  of  the 
corner-stone  of  the  new  Government  building  in  this 
city  to  make  their  stereotyped  protest  against  the  Ma- 
sonic order.  Few  people,  however,  will  be  moved 
by  the  protest,  as  it  is  not  aimed  against  the  laying  of 
corner-stones  by  Masons,  but  against  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity itself  as  an  organization.  These  men  base  their 
hostility  to  Masonry  primarily  upon  the  ground  that 
the  order  ignores  religion,  and  is  setting  up  a  school 
of  morals  in  which  religion  does  not  figure,  and  there- 
fore must  be  dangerous  to  the  public.  We  do  not 
fancy  that  these  worthy  men  will  ever  be  molested 
by  the  Masons,  or  that  the  community  will  be  harmed 
by  them ,  or  that  there  is  any  danger  growing  out  of 
the  establishment  of  schools  of  morals,  if  they  are 
really  such,  even  should  they  be  as  numerous  as  the 
sands  of  the  sea-shore.  The  advantage  of  secrecy  in 
such  schools,  however,  we  fail  to  appreciate. 

There  are,  however,  reasonable  grounds  of  complaint 
in  this  instance  which  will  commend  themselves  to 
people.  Why  should  the  Masons  lay  the  corner- 
stones of  public  buildings  any  more  than  the  grangers 
or  other  secret  organizations?  Why  should  the  erec- 
tion of  a  public  building  be  made  the  occasion  of  glori- 
fication of  the  Masonic  order  and  a  processional  dis- 
play ?  By  what  authority,  except  that  of  past  usage, 
do  the  Masons  appropriate  the  corner-stones  of  every 
public  building,  and  make  the  ceremonies  entirely 


Masonic,  snd  therefore  entirely  incongruous  with  the 
general  character  of  the  occasion  and  having  no  refer- 
ence to  it,  thereby  aggravating  a  great  many  psople 
who  are  not  Masons,  for  it  is  an  undoubted  fact  that, 
to  the  majority  of  people,  these  Masonic  ceremonies, 
when  forced  upon  them,  are  displeasing.  It  would  be 
just  as  appropriate  for  the  grangers,  the  Good  Temp- 
lars, the  Odd-fellows,  or  even  a  secret  sesiety  of 
students  in  the  University  of  Chicago,  to  come  forward 
and  demand  to  lay  the  corner-Etone  of  the  new  gov- 
ernment building,  as  for  the  Masons.  When  fiaished 
the  building  will  nave  no  Masonic  significance ;  it  will 
not  be  occupied  by  Masons ;  and  will  not  be  devoted  to 
the  propagation  or  spread  of  their  principles.  The 
only  point  of  contact  with  the  order  will  be  the  fact 
that  trowels  will  be  used  in  its  erection,  and  that  Ma- 
eons  wear  ihe  trowel  as  a  device  upon  their  aprons. 
We  admit,  however,  that  this  slight  coincidence  does 
not  constitute  any  valid  reason  why  they  should  sum- 
marly  appropriate  eyery  corner-stone  for  their  own 
glorification.  The  new  Government  building,  when 
finished,  will,  it  is  to  be  hoped,  be  an  ornament  to  the 
city,  as  it  will  be  a  great  public  convenience  in  afford- 
ing increaced  facilities  for  the  transaction  of  the  postal 
and  commercial  business  of  Chicago.  It  will  be  devot 
ed  to  the  uses  of  the  United  States  Government.  It 
is,  therefore,  only  appropriate  that  the  municipal  and 
Federal  authorities,  or  the  architect,  should  be  intrust- 
ed with  the  duty  of  laying  the  corner-stone.  As  an 
act  of  strict  justice,  the  stone-masons  by  whose  labor 
its  massive  walls  will  rise  are  more  deserving  of  the 
compliment  of  laying  the  corner-stone  than  the  Masonic 
fraternity,  who  have  no  claim  (o  it  at  all,  and  who 
exercise  this  traditional  privilege  as  an  advertisement 
of  themselves,  and  an  occasion  for  an  imposing  display 
of  banners  and  regalia. 


REPLY  TO  THS  ABOVE. 

To  the  Ed.  of  the  Tribune, 

In  ihe  Tribune  of  the  25th  inst.,  you  say,  "The 
opponents  of  Masonry,  represented  by  Mr.  Philo  Car- 
penter ....  base  their  hostility  to  Masonry,  pri- 
marily upon  the  ground  that  the  order  ignores  relig 
ion,  and  is  setting  up  a  school  of  morals  in  which  re- 
ligion does  not  figure,  and  therefore  must  be  danger- 
ous to  the  public." 

As  you  do  not  wish  to  do  us  injustice,  or  inten- 
tionally to  present  a  very  numerous  and  rapidly  in- 
creasing portion  of  the  American  people  in  an  absurd 
and  ridiculous  light,  I  beg  leave  to  say,  that  we  base 
our  opposition  to  Masonry  primarily  on  the  ground 
that  it  is  a  false  religion,  made  of  the  same  "stuflf" 
with  the  religions  of  Asia  and  Africa;  and  so  is  no 
system  of  morals,  but  subverts  the  ground  of  all  mor- 
ality and  all  true  religion. 

But  we  base  our  opposition  to  this  ' '  order  "  laying 
the  corner-stones  of  our  Government  buildings  on  the 
clear  and  substantial  ground  that  it  ip  itself  another 
government,  hostile  to  every  principle  of  our  Repub- 
lic; that  it  has  its  own  constitution,  laws,  courts,  pen- 
alties, taxes,  legislative  and  executive  officers,  is  gov- 
erned by  its  own  oaths ;  and  recognizes  a  foreign  alleg- 
iance. That,  in  short,  it  is  what  the  patriot  Samuel 
Adams,  called,  ' '  That  solecism  in  politics,  an  impekium 

IN  IMPSRIO." 

Now,  if  these  indictments  can  be  sustained  by  the 
authorities  and  history  of  the  Masonic  order  (and 
they  can),  I  respectfully  submit  that  in  the  language 
of  Webster,  while  speaking  of  the  order,  "  It  is  a 
cause  of  jealousy  and  just  alarm,"  which  every  patriot 
is  bound  to  aid  in  exterminating.  The  court  records, 
ana  records  of  the  New  York  State  Legislature 
abundantly  show,  that  instead  of  being  a  harmless 
system  of  irreligious  morals,  it  is  a  system  which  has 
once  successfully  defied  the  judicial  power  of  that 
State,  and  that  it  can  do  it  again.  At  all  events, 
this  is  its  true  and  real  character  * '  to  the  best  of  our 
knowledge  and  belief; "  and  we  are  entitled  to  b3 
properly  represented  by  the  Tribune. 

Meantime  we  thank  the  Tribune  for  its  frank  and 
manly  utterances  on  the  subject,  though  diflfering 
from  us.  Respectfully  yours. 

One  Represented  by  Mr.  CARPENfER. 


NOTES. 

— A  preacher  of  the  German  Baptists  writing  from 
Kansas  to  his  church  paper,  the  Christian  Family 
Companion^  gives  his  experience  with  secrecy.  A 
revival  effort  was  made  last  winter  and  a  number  were 
converted  under  his  preaching;  but  before  they  were 
proposed  for  church  membership  a  grange  was  started 
in  the  neighborhood  and  all  the  converts  united,  nor 
would  they  give  up  the  unholy  alliance  when,  coming 
forward  for  admission  to  the  church ,  the  principles  of 
the  Christian  religion  were  fhown  by  the  pastor  to  be 
opposed  to  any  secret  system. 

— The  *'  Supreme  Lodge  "  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias, 
met  in  Pittsburgh,  April  23d.  It  seems  that  the 
"  Supreme  Scribe,"  C.  M,  Bouton,  is  a  supreme  de- 
faulter also.  This  organization  is  very  supremely 
officered,  having  a  Supreme  Chancellor,  a  Supreme 
Vice  do,,  a  Supreme  Scribe,  a  Supreme  Banker,  and 
several  other  "supremes"  most  important  of  all 
being  that  the  whole  thing  amounts  to  supreme  non- 
sense. 

— Odd-fellows  were  the  glory  of  the  land  on  Mon- 
day, when  they  celebrated  their  fifty-fifth  anniversary. 
At  Dixon,  111. ,  ex-Vice  President  Colfax  was  the  at- 
traction— aside  from  the  Odd-fellows  themselves, — but 
the  weather  was  so  bad  that  he  only  had  time  to  say 
that  he  had  been  an  Odd-feilow  twenty-five  years; 
that  he  was  glad  of  it;  that  we  are  living  in  the  most 
eventful  age  the  world  ever  knew;  that  Odd-fellow- 
ship was  one  of  the  greatest  of  the  events;  that  it  was 
Friendship,  Love  and  Truth.  Then  he  smiled;  then 
it  rained;  and  then  the  brotherhood  went  under  cover 
and  danced  all  night — if  the  usual  programme  was 
carried  out. 

— The  ice  once  fairly  broken,  and  the  lodge  will 
have  lively  times  at  law.  The  decision  of  a  Cleveland 
court  against  an  Odd-fellow  lodge,  was  lately  pub- 
lished. Now  we  have  the  following  from  New  York: 
"New  York.  April  23. — Maj.  Burrell,  who  was  in- 
itiated into  the  Hoboken  Lodge  of  Freemasons,  has 
instituted  suit  for  the  recovery  cf  the  initiation  fee 
and  interest,  because  he  is  unable  to  take  the  second 
degree,  and  desires  to  leave  the  order."  Of  all  the 
swindling  institutions  in  the  country,  the  lodge  is 
greatest,  and  when  its  dupes  get  their  reason,  it 
must  disgorge. 

Petition, 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  on  Friday 
last  the  following  petition,  to  be  presented  to  Congress  in 
1876  (Centennial  year,)  was  adopted  and  ordered  to  be 
printed.  Tills  will  be  inserted  again,  and  every  subscriber 
should  cut  it  out  and  get  every  name  signed  to  it  he  possi- 
bly can.  It  has  been  carefully  drawn  up  and  with  the 
best  legal  advice: — 

To  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States  in  Congress  assembled : 

We,  the  undersigned  citizens  oC  the  United  States, 
believing  (in  the  words  of  Danisl  Webster)  ''That  all 
secret  associations,  the  members  of  which  take  upon 
themselves  extraordinary  obligations  to  one  another, 
and  are  bound  together  by  secret  oaths,  are  naturally 
sources  of  jealousy  and  just  alarm  to  others;  are  espec- 
ially 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,"  respectfully  ask  your  honor- 
able body  to  withdraw  the  charter  given  by  Congress 
in  April,  1864,  to  the  Masonic  Hall  Association  of  the 
District  of  Columbia. 

That  it  be  made  unlawful  to  appoint  to  official  posi- 
tions under  the  government  of  the  United  States,  per- 
sons who  are  under  and  acknowledge  the  binding 
character  of  oaths  administered  by  secret  organiza- 
tions. 

We  further  petition  that  in  United  States  Courts, 
in  all  cases,  criminal  or  civil,  the  right  of  peremptory 
challenge  of  jurors  who  are  members  of  any  secret 
society  shall  be  granted  to  all  parties  ia  litigation  who 
are  not  members  of  such  societies. 

And  that  membership  in  any  secret  society  by  the 
presiding  officer  of  a  court  shall  be  held  to  be  a  suffi- 
cient reason  for  change  of  venue  whenever  demanded . 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^\t  '^mt  i^tk. 


Sweep  Before  yonr  own  Door. 

Do  we  heed  the  homely  adage  handed  down  from 

days  of  yore? 
"Ere  you  sweep  your  neighbor's  dwelling,  clear 

the  rubbish  from  your  door; 
Let  no  filth,  no  rust  there  gather,  leave  no  traces 

of  decay, 
Pluck  up  every  weed  unsightly,  brush  the  fallen 

leaves  away." 

If  we  faithfully  have  labored  thus  to  sweep  with- 
out, within, 

Plucked  up  envy,  evil-speaking,  malice,  each  be- 
setting ein — 

Weeds  that  by  the  sacred  portal  of  the  inner 
temple  grow— 

Poison  weeds  the  heart  defiling,  bearing  bitter- 
ness and  woe; 

Then,  perchauce,  we  may  have  leisure  o'er  cur 

neighbor  watch  to  keep- 
All  the  work  assigned  us  finished,  we  before  hia 

door  may  sweep; 
Show  him  where   the  moss  is   clinging — token 

ever  of  decay — 
Where  the  thistles,  thickly  springing,  daily  must 

be  cleared  away. 

But,  alas !  our  work  neglecting,  oft  wo  mount  the 

judgment  seat, 
With  his  failings,  his  omissions,  we  our  weary 

brother  greet; 
In  some  hidden  nook  forgotten,  searching  with  a 

careful  eye. 
We  the  springing  weeds  discover — some  slight 

blemish  there  descry. 

For  his  slothfulness,  his  blindness,  we  our 
brother  harshly  chide. 

Glorying  iu  our  strength  and  wisdom,  we  con- 
demn him  in  our  pride, 

Ask  not  why  he  has  neglected,  thus  before  his 
door  to  sweep; 

Why  grown  careless,  he  has  slumbered,  failed  nis 
garden  plot  to  keep. 

On  the  judgment  seat  still  sitting  we  no  helping 
hand  extend 

To  assist  our  weaker  brother,  his  short-comings 
to  amend ; 

For  his  weariness,  his  faltering,  we  no  sweet 
compassion  show — 

From  our  store  no  cordial  bring  him,  no  encour- 
agement bestow. 

But,  while   busied  with  our  neighbor,  urging 

him  to  ceaseless  care. 
Calling  to  the  thoughtl  s  •   illers,  to  their  labor 

to  repair— 
Lol  uneeea  the  dust  has  gathered,  weeds  are 

growing  where  of  yore 
Flowers  rare  and  sweet  were  blooming  when  we 

swept  before  our  door. 

Ah  I  how  easy  o'er  our  b :  ther  faithful  ward  and 

watch  to  keep  I 
But,  alas  I  before  our  dwelling  hard  Indeed  to 

.    daily  sweep; 
Harder  than  to  share  the  conflict,  "by  the  stuff'' 

at  home  to  stay. 
Easier  far  to  sit  in  judsment  than  to  humbly 
watch  and  pray. 

—  Christian  Work. 


Tlie  Cobbler  of  Hamburgh. 


On  a  fine  summer  evening  in  the  city 
of  Hamburgli,  a  shoemaker  sat  at  work 
beneath  an  awning  in  front  of  his  shop- 
window.  Crowds  of  artisans  were 
passing  in  the  street,  and  above  his 
head  was  a  starling,  which  seemed  to 
keep  up  a  busy  talk  with  its  kind  own- 
er; for  while  it  sang  and  chattered,  he 
would  sing  one  of  his  fine  old  German 
paalm  tunes. 

While  thu3  engaged,  a  young  Jewish 
student  stopped,  and  said:  ''Well, 
friend,  you  seem  a  merry  fellow." 
Hans  looked  up,  and  replied :  "Merry ! 
to  be  sure.  I  am  right  merry,  my 
brother;  and  why  should  I  not  be  so?" 
"All  are  cot  so,"  replied  the  student 
with  a  sigh ;"  "and  your  poverty  might 
afford  a  suffioient  excuse  for  sadness. 
I  confess,  friend,  I  am  surprised  to  see 
a  poor  man  like  you  so  cheerful." 
"Poorl"  exclaimed  Hans;  "how  know- 
est  thou,  friend,  how  my  account  stands 
with  the  bank?  Poor!  I  am  richer 
than  thou  knowest."  '*It  may  be  so," 
said  the  student  with  a  smile.  "I 
must  have  heard  of  thy  name  in  the 
Exchange,  or  of  thy  ships,  but  I  have 


forgotten  when."  '  'Enough,"  said 
Hans;  "thou  hast  confessed  thine iguo- 
Fanco  cf  me;"  and  then  stopping  his 
work,  he  said  calmly  and  solemnly: 
"Stranger,  I  am  not  poor;  I  am  a 
King's  son!"  The  Jewish  student, 
with  a  smiie,  made  a  low  bow,  and  went 
upon  his  wa3\ 

It  was  even  so;  though  the  world 
knew  him  not,  no  more  than  it  knew 
his  Elder  Brother,  that  poor  artisan 
W8s  an  adopted  son  cf  the  Great  King; 
his  name  was  known  among  the  court- 
iers of  the  palace  of  the  Golden  City, 
and  his  prayers  and  alms  had  come  up 
as  memorials  to  his  honor.  He  had 
much  wealth  laid  up  where  thieves 
could  not  break  through  and  steal.  He 
had  hia  Father's  will  ia  his  hand,  which 
he  had  read  attentively  from  day  to 
day,  and  thought  often  of  hia  mansion, 
his  crown,  his  titles  and  his  enduring 
possessions.  Like  Peter  the  Great 
working  as  an  obscure  mechanic,  or 
Alfred  the  Mighty  working  as  a  menial 
in  a  miserabls  hovel,  this  cobbler  was 
fulfilling  the  good  pleasure  of  his  Fath- 
er till  the  time  to  receive  his  iahejitance 
should  come.  Dr.  Paysoa  said  that  if 
Christians  realized  their  relation  to  God 
as  children,  each  could  not  avoid  cry- 
ing in  the  streets,  "I  am  a  son  of  God! 
I  am  a  son  of  God !"  So  Hans  com- 
muned as  a  son  with  Lis  heavenly 
Father,  and  sung  because  he  was  happy. 

A  week  passed  away,  the  student 
came  again  to  the  cobbler's  door,  and 
making  a  low  bow  with  his  cap  in  his 
hand,  he  said:  '  'Good-evening  to  your 
royal  highness."  "Halt,  friend !''  cried 
Hans;  "I  am  glad  to  see  you  again. 
You  left  me  abruptly  the  other  evening. 
I  suppose  you  thought  me  mad.  I  am 
not  so.  I  tell  you  again  I  am  a  Kina;'s 
son.  When  you  interrupted  me  I  was 
singing  a  song  about  my  kingdom. 
Would  you  like  to  hear  it?'  "Surely, 
if  it  pleases  your  royal  highness,"  re- 
plied the  Jew,  doubting  the  cobbler's 
sanity.  Hans  sung  a  hymn  on  ''Thy 
kingdom  come,"  and  then  asked  the 
student  if  he  understood  its  meaning. 
His  reply  was  a  shake  of  the  head. 
Upon  which  Hans  began  to  pour  out 
his  soul  in  explanation  of  the  kingdom 
of  his  Messiah,  about  the  promise  in 
Eden,  its  fulfilment  in  the  coming, 
death,  resurrection,  and  reign  of  Christ, 
of  whose  kingdom  every  subject  was  a 
son,  and  joint  heir  to  all  its  riches  and 
honors. 

The  Jew  sat  as  a  child  at  his  feet, 
gazing  upon  him  with  hig  full  black 
eye,  and  so  absorbed  with  all  he  heard 
that  he  was  only  aroused  as  from  a 
waking  dream  by  Hans  taking  him  by 
the  arm,  and  saying:  "Now  thou 
seest  I  am  a  Kinai's  son,  and  why  I  am 
happy ;  for  I  know  and  love  this  Jesus, 
and  all  things  are  mine,  whether  life 
or  death,  things  present  or  things  to 
come;  and,  young  man,"  he  asked  with 
emphasis,  "  believest  thou  the  proph- 
ets ?  I  know  that  thou  believest.  For 
ualess  I  mistake  thy  countenance 
greatly,  thy  fathers  did ;  and  thou,  my 
son,  believing  in  them,  must  also  be- 
lieve in  Him  whom  they  have  foretold, 
and  whom  God  hath  sent  to  perform 
the  mercy  promised  to  thy  fathers,  and 
to    remember    hia  holy  covenant,  the 


oath   which   he   sware   to   thy  father 
AbrahaTa. " 

The  Jew  was  silent  before  the  truth 
of  God.  Unutterable  thoughts  passed 
through  h's  mind.  From  curiosity  he 
was  led  to  inquiry,  and  from  inquiry  to 
knowledge.  Like  Moses  beholding  the 
miracle  of  the  burning  buah,  he  felt 
that  ho  must  turn  aside  and  examine. 
"Where,"  he  asked  meekly,  "can  I  learn 
more  of  this;  for  I  see  that  tJwu  be- 
lievest and  hast  peace?"  '-From  this 
book,"  said  Hans,  hsnding  him  a  Bible. 
"Go  home  and  read  there  about  the 
kingdom,  and  return  to  me  when  thou 
hast  studied  the  pasjagea  I  shall  point 
out  to  thee.  I  shall,  like  Moses,  pray 
for  thee,  and  ask  One  to  pray  for  thee 
whom  thou  knowest  not,  but  who  know- 
eth  thee,  and  who  is  greater  than 
Moses."  The  young  Jew  grasped  the 
hand  of  the  cobbler,  made  a  respectful 
bow,  and  departed. 

He  had  seen  something  wonderful) 
and  he  resolved  to  know  more  about  it. 
He  had  seen  a  man  in  humble  bfe  hap- 
pier than  any  noble  or  king,  and  who 
appeared  to  have  acquired  the  habits 
and  manners  of  a  new  life.  His  relig- 
ion seemed  to  have  ennobled  him,  so 
that  i;  touched  his  trade  and  made  it 
honorable;  touched  his  station  in  soci- 
ety, and  rendered  it  not  unworthy  of 
one  holding  good  rank  in  the  household 
of  God.  It  was  evident  that  rank  with 
God  and^  wealth  with  him  did  not 
depend  upon  externals;  for  the  honora- 
bles  of  heaven  were  often  poor,  and  yet 
might  convey  the  greatest  riches  to 
others.  This  cobbler  enjoyed  all  the 
privileges  of  his  Father's  house.  The 
shadow  of  the  throne  was  over  him,  he 
communed  with  the  King,  received  the 
best  society  of  the  couri,  and  was  hap- 
py in  its  feastp,  music  and  emoluments. 
Proving  that  the  life  was  more  than 
meat,  his  calling  comprised  whatsoever 
things  were  costly,  beautiful,  sublime 
and  bliss-bestowing.  So  the  Jewish 
student  read  and  weighed  the  evidences 
of  the  New  Testament  in  comparison 
with  the  Oid.  He  came  to  Hans  and 
conversed  about  his  doubts  and  discov- 
eries and  expectations;  and  the  poor 
disciple  became  the  teacher  of  the  let- 
tered student.  The  result  was  his  con- 
version to  the  faith  of  Christ.  He  be- 
came the  Rev.  Mr.  N ,  for  many 

years  an  eminent  and  successful  mis- 
sionary to  his  Jewish  brethren  in 
Siberia. 

Let  every  Christian  remember  his 
rank;  see  that  he  does  not  dishonor  it; 
but  in  every  way  recommend  it  to  the 
attention  of  the  world.  It  does  not 
become  a  king's  son  to  adopt  the  man- 
ners of  a  clown.  The  sons  of  God 
should  be  without  reproach,  and  shine 
as  lights  in  the  world,  putting  always 
Jirst  the  interests  of  their  Father's 
house.  He  whose  citizenship  is  in 
heaven's  nobility,  should  be  aboye  the 
world's  mendicity.  It  was  an  old  say- 
ing in  the  primitive  times  of  the  church: 
"I  am  a  Cnristian,  and  such  conduct  is 
not  permitted  unto  me ;"  and  he  who 
remembers  G^d's  words,  *'I  will  be  a 
Father  unto  you,"  should  so  dignify 
his  calling  as  to  tender  it  the  greatest 
power  on  earth  for  the  benefit  of  man- 
kind. When  God'd  children  prove  by 
works  that  their  names  are  enrolled  in 


the  heraldry  of  the  New  Jerusalem, 
converts  will  be  everywhere  multiplied. 
— American  Messenger. 

«-»« 

The  Only  True  Home. 

The  home  is  never  truly  home  ex- 
cept as  the  marriage  union  is  sanctified 
by  God  and  the  whole  domestic  life  ia 
ruled  and  blessed  by  the  law  of  the 
Spirit  cf  Jeeu?  Christ.  This  alone  it  is 
that  surely  exalts  and  redeems.  I 
care  not  how  bright  and  beautiful  may 
seem  the  future  that  now  opens  itself 
to  affianced  hearts,  nor  how  fine  the 
mansion  or  elegant  the  appointments 
which  they  may  call  their  own,  nor 
how  refined  their  tastes,  how  choice 
their  associations,  or  how  abundant 
their  stores — there  is  no  immunity 
from  peril,  no  realization  of  the  highest 
bliss,  unless  the  Lord  of  life  and  glory 
abide  in  the  house,  its  ever  welcome  and 
cherished  guest  and  friend.  A  shadow 
rests  upon  every  family  circle  where 
his  name  is  not  known,  where  there  is 
no  open  or  secret  voice  of  prayer,  and 
■^here  is  not  inculcated  with  sedulous 
care  the  prcfoundest  reverence  for  God , 
for  Christ;  for  Scripture;  for  the  insti- 
tutions and  observances  of  our  holy 
religion;  and  for  the  mighty,  heavenly 
truths,  principles  and  realities  that  out- 
last the  perishable  and  fleeting  things 
of  earth  and  time.  This  alone  it  is,  I 
repeat,  that  truly  exalts  and  redeems, 
purifying  love  and  strengthening  trust, 
eliminating  every  discordant  element  and 
perfecting  every  sacred  tie,  creating  in 
each  soul  a  deeper,  tenderer  interest 
for  the  lasting  good  of  the  other,  less- 
ening the  crosses  and  glorifying  the 
daily  cares  of  life,  giving  a  juater  sig- 
nificance to  the  marriage  union  and  a 
loftier  elevation  to  its  multiform  expe- 
riences and  allotments,  and  diffusing 
every  where  a  gracious  atmosphere  of 
"sweetness  and  light." — Rev.  Dr.  A. 
E,  Putnam. 


"Provoke  not  your  Children." 

M.  I.  R.,  in  north-western   Ohio,  is 
a  confirmed  infidel.     His  father  was  a 
deacon.     One  day  in  harvest,  little  M. 
I.  was  left  at  the  house  after   dinner, 
with  instruction  to  bring  a  jug  of  water 
to  the    field  at  the   end    of  an    hour. 
The  hour  was  made  to   comprise  a  few 
more  than  sixty  minutes  by  the  playful 
boy.     As  he  approached  the  men,  jug  in 
hand,  the  father,  enraged    with   impa- 
tient  thirst,  picked    up   a   stone  and 
hurled  it  at  the  boy.     It  whizzed  close 
by  the  lad's  ear.     He  was  frightened, 
as  well  he   might  be;    for  an  inch  of 
variation  of  its  course  in   one  direction 
would  have  caused^  his  instant  death. 
His  fright  soon  changed  toindignatioD; 
his  indignation  to   settled   hatred;   for 
this  was  only  one  of  many  acts  of  a  like 
character.   Said  little  M.  I.  in  his  heart, 
"If  that  is  religion  I  want  none  of  it." 
From  that  hour   he  began  to   treasure 
up  argument  and  habitual  hate  against 
the  Christian  religion.     No  angel  hand 
showed  him  a  better  way.     Now  it  is 
probably   too    late.     How   blessed  are 
the  influences  of  love  and  reason.     Oh, 
for  more  of  that  persuasive  power  in 
parents   which   leads   the   child  to  do 
right  and  yet  feel  that  he  is  doing   as 
he  pleases.     To   convince    a  child    of 
the  hatefulness  of  an  evil  way,  and  the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


'A-  i  ...f   Jtr- 


Joveliness  of  a  good  way,  is  a  blessed 
art.  The  parent  who  well,  considers 
how  much  easier  it  is  to  lead  a  child  ia 
a  bad  way  that  in  a  good  way,  how 
much  quicker  the  mind  will  grasp  evil 
than  it  will  good,  feels  the  need  of  di- 
vine grace. — 7'elescope. 


Mental  Stimalaats. 


It  is  strictly  true  that  the  three  in- 
tellectual pursuits,  literature,  science, 
and  the  fine  arts,  are  all  of  them  strong 
stimulants,  and  that  men  are  attracted 
to  them  by  the  stimulus  they  give. 
But  these  occupations  are  morally  much 
nearer  to  the  common  level  of  other  oc- 
cupations than  you  suppose.  There  is 
po  doubt  of  a  certain  intoxication  in 
poetry  and  painting;  but  I  have  seen 
a  tradesman  find  a  fully  equivalent  in- 
toxication in  an  addition  of  figures, 
showing  a  delightful  balance  at  his 
banker's.  I  have  seen  a  young  poet 
intoxicated  with  the  love  of  poetry ;  but 
I  haye  also  seen  a  young  mechanical 
genius  on  whom  the  sight  of  a  locomo- 
tive acted  exactly  like  a  bottle  of  cham- 
pagne. Everything  that  is  capable  of 
exciting  or  moving  man.  everything 
that  girds  him  with  enthusiasm,  every- 
thing that  sustains  his  energies  above 
the  dead  level  of  merely  animal  exit- 
tence,  may  be  compared,  and  not  very 
untruly,  to  the  action  of  generous 
wine=  The  two  most  powerful  men- 
tal stimulants — since  they  overcome 
even  the  fear  of  death — are  unques- 
tionably religion  and  patriotism;  ar- 
dent states  of  feeling  both  of  them 
when  they  are  genuine;  yet  this  ar- 
dor has  a  great  utility.  It  enables  men 
to  bear  much,  to  perform  much  which 
would  be  beyond  their  natural  force  if 
it  were  not  sustained  by  powerful  men- 
tal stimulants.  And  so  it  is  in  the  in- 
tellectual life.  It  is  because  its  labors 
are  so  severe  that  its  pleasures  are  so 
glorious.  The  Creator  of  intellectual 
man  set  him  the  most  arduous  tasks- 
tasks  that  required  the  utmost  possible 
patience,  courage,  self-discipline,  and 
whicli  at  the  same  time  were,  for  the 
most  part,  from  their  very  nature,  like- 
ly to  receive  only  the  most  meagre  and 
precarious  pecuniary  reward.  There- 
fore, in  order  that  so  poor  and  weak  a 
creature  might  execute  its  gigantic 
works  with  the  energy  necessary  to 
their  permanence,  the  labor  itself  was 
made  intensely  attractive  and  interest- 
ing to  the  few  who  were  fitted  for  it 
by  their  constitution.  Since  their  cour- 
age could  not  be  maintained  by  any  of 
the  common  motives  which  carry  men 
through  ordinary  drudgery —since  neith- 
er wealth  nor  worldly  position  was 
in  their  prospects,  the  drudgery 
they  had  to  go  through  was  to  be 
rewarded  by  the  triumphs  of  scientific 
discovery,  by  the  facilities  of  artistic  ex- 
pression. A  divine  drunkenness  was 
given  to  them  for  their  encourage- 
ment, surpassing  the  gift  of  the  grape. 
— HammertorCs  Intellectual  Life. 


— ^Humble  worker,  make  up  for  your 
want  of  ability  by  abundant  contin- 
uence  in  well-doing,  and  your  life  will 
not  be  trivial.  The  repetition  of  small 
efforts  will  eflfect  more  than  the  occa- 
Bional  use  of  great  ones. 


Advantages  of  Temperance  in  Eating. 


The  ancient  physicians  of  Egypt  as- 
cribed all  diseases  to  the  overloading  of 
the  stomach,  and  their  Materia  Medica 
was  limited  to  emetics  and  cathartics; 
and  abstinence  from  food  was  their 
chief  advice. 

Cheyn  said  that  if  we  would  keep 
our  stomachs  clean,  we  should  find  our 
heads  clear.  The  lamentable  preva- 
lence of  brain  diseases  is  more  attribu- 
table to  the  overloading  of  the  stomach, 
than  to  overworking  of  the  brain.  The 
brain  is  weakened  by  jthe  general  pros- 
tration of  the  whole  system,  and  first 
proclaims  the  misuse  of  its  powers. 

The  ancient  philosophers,  from  Pyth- 
agoras, all  agreed  that  it  was  needful 
to  relieve  the  stomach  by  a  careful  ab- 
stemiousness, when  they  desired  to  make 
demands  upon  the  imagination  or  rea- 
son for  the  exercise  of  all  their  forces. 

Mc  Pitt,  when  he  intended  deliver- 
ing an  oration  before  the  House  of  Com- 
mons, dined  on  cold  mutton. 

Newton  confined  himself  to  a  slight 
diet,  while  he  was  composing  his  des- 
sertation  upon  colors. 

Boerhaave  remarked  that  the  op 
pression  of  food  on  the  stomach  almost 
extinguishes  the  active  powers  of  the 
mind. 

A  mathematician  z&n  resolve  a  prob- 
lem before  dinner;  while  after  a  full  re- 
past his  mind  would  be  too  dull  and 
inactive  either  to  study  or  demonstrate. 
A  blind  man  who  had  learned  to  dis- 
tinguish colors  by  the  touch,  could  do 
it  only  when   fasting. 

Law,  the  founder  of  paper  credit, 
and  a  financier  of  much  ability,  was  re- 
markable for  his  abstemiousness,  and 
ate  the  smallest  possible  amount  to  sup- 
port life  when  engaged  io  subjects  of 
deep  calculation. 

The  newspapers  of  the  day  are  filled 
with  notices  of  sudden  deaths,  attrib- 
uted to  heart  disease,  when  often  the 
verdict  should  be,  "died  from  over  eat- 
ing." Habitual  over-eating  produces 
dyspepsia,  nausea,  headaches,  colics, 
and  many  of  the  other  ills  so  common 
to  mankind. 

The  quality  of  our  food  and  its  prep- 
aration ,  are  often  of  as  much  impor- 
tance as  its  quantity. 

Temperance  and  simplicity  in  food 
will  contribute  more  to  our  health  and 
vigor  than  all  the  medicines  or  tonics  iu 
the  druggists'  shops. 

Sir  James  Eyre,  one  of  the  physi- 
cians to  Queen  Victoria,  says,  perhaps 
we  might  lay  it  down  as  a  rule  that  the 
majority  of  men  eat  twice  as  much  as 
is  really  required  for  the  support  of 
health  and  strength,  but  in  most  cases 
the  error  is  to  be  referred  to  ignorance 
of  the  laws  of  health,  rather  than  the 
mere  pleasure  of  over-indulgence.  It 
is  a  common  mistake  among  all  classes 
that  the  more  we  eat  the  stronger  we 
shall  be,  and  nothing  is  more  fully  be- 
lieved than  that  our  vigor  depends  upon 
the  quantity  as  well  as  the  quality  of 
our  food. — S.  0.  J.,  in  Pure  Gold. 


[Por  the  Cynosure] 

The  Name  of  Mother. 


—We  make  very  poor  almanacs  in  re- 
ligion; we  have  too  much  variable 
weather.  God  hag  only  one  dark  day 
in  his  almanac,  and  that  is  when  a  man 
is  guilty  and  impenitent  before  him. 


Oh !  how  much  is  in   that     name — 
"Mother!"'     It  is   the  whispering  of  a 
gentle  voice  that  rocks  to  sleep   ia   the  ! 
cradle  of  its  love  every  care  of   life.     It  i 
has  a  charm  that   sustains  and   cheers 
U3  when  everything  else   earthly   fails. 

Mother!  It  is  the  voice  that  we 
never  tire  in  listening  to,  and  its  sweet 
tones  make  us  forget  life's  burdens. 

A  mother's  love  !  can  any  one  fath- 
om it?  Pure,  deep,  and  truthful, 
springing  from  no  improper  or  selfish 
motives,  it  is  always  ready  to  make 
any  sacrifice,  however  painful,  for  the 
pleasure  of  the  object  of  its  affections. 
We  look  in  vain  through  the  world  for 
another  example  of  such  love   as  hers. 

Have  you  a  mother ?  Cherish  her, 
comfort  her,  cheer  her  by  your  pleas- 
ant looks  and  consoling  words;  devote 
the  remainder  of  your  life,  if  you  are 
both  spared,  to  the  care  and  comfort  of 
her  "'who  had  thine  earliest  kiss." 

Have  you  no  mother  ?  None  to  go 
to  iu  the  trying  hour  ?  None  to  s'nare 
your  troubles  and  to  whom  you  can 
tell  your  grief?  Do  you  realize  the 
absence  of  the  hands  than  all  others 
most  gentle  and  loving  ?  Live  then, 
to  meet  her  above?  Let  your  life  be 
a  constant  remembrance  of  her  who 
has  gone ! 

Dear  child, 

"Be  kind  to  your  mother,    for  when  thou  wast 
young, 
Who  lovcjd  thee  so  fondly  as  she? 
She  caught  the  first  acceuts  that   fell    from    thy 
tongue, 
And  joined  in  thy  innocent  glee." 

Youthful  reader,  thy  mother  is  the 
best  earthly  friend.  The  world  may 
forget  you — thy  mother,  never;  the 
world  may  willfully  do  ycu  many 
wrongs — thy  mother,  never;  the  world 
may  persecute  you  while  living,  and 
when  dead  plant  the  ivy  and  night- 
shade of  slander  upon  your  grassless 
grave;  but  thy  mother  will  love  and 
cherish  you  while  living,  and  if  she 
survive  you,  will  weep  for  you  when 
dead  such  tears  as  none  but  a  mother 
knows  how  to  weep.  Love  thy  moth- 
er ?  Do  you  love  her  ?  What  is  the 
proof?  Jesus  says  "He  that  loveth 
me  keepeth  my  commandments." 
Now,  if  you  love  your  mother  it  will 
manifest  itself.  Every  little  boy  and 
girl  who  loves  mother  will  be  kind,  at- 
tentive, obedient,  ready  to  do  quickly 
whatever  told,  cheerfully,  smilingly. 
A  son  that  will  disobey  his  mother, 
exhibit  a  spirit  of  unkindness  toward 
her,  treat  her  disrespectfully  or  abusive- 
ly in  the  least,  is  sure  to  smart  for  it 
sooner  or  later.  Nature  herself  cries 
out  in  vengance  against  it;  all  heaven 
gathers  blackness.  The  most  fearful, 
awful  judgments  are  denounced  agaiast 
disobedient,  recreant  sons  and  daugh- 
ters. Hark?  •'Cursed  be  he  that 
setteth  light  by  his  father  or  his  moth- 
er; and  all  the  people  shall  say,  Amen." 
Deut,  xxvii.   16. 

'  'The  eye  that  mocketh  at  his  father 
and  despiseth  to  obey  his  mother,  the 
ravens  of  the  valley  shall  pick  it  out, 
and  the  young  eagles  shall  eat  it." 
Ptov.  XXX.  17. 

There  are   a  great   many    occasions 


when  mothers  do  not  see  fit  to  give  their 
children  leave  to  go  where  and  do  what 
they  wish,  and  how  often  are  they  re- 
bellious and  pouting  in  consequence  of 
it!  But  this  is  not  pleasing  to  God, 
The  true  way  is  cheerful  acquiescence  in 
mother's  decision.  Trust  her,  and 
smooth  down  your  rufii^d  feelings  by 
the  8weet  and  beautiful  thought,  ''My 
mother  knows  best."  It  will  save 
you  many  tea's  and  much  sorrow.  It 
is  the  gratitude  you  owe  her  who  has 
done  and  suffered  so  much  for  you. 

Keep  notbing  concealed  she  ought 
to  know;  never  do  anything  you 
would  be  ashamed  to  tell  her.  Be 
willing  always  to  open  the  secret  re- 
cesses of  your  heart. 

Be  sure  to  mstke  your  dear  mother 
a  special  friend,  a  friend  above  all  oth- 
ers, and  chief  confidant.  Conceal 
nothing  from  her;  but  make  her  ac- 
quainted with  the  company  you  keep, 
the  books  you  read,  and  even  the  faults 
which  you  commit. 

Happy  the  sons,  happy  the  daugh- 
ters who  are  not  afraid  to  communicate 
to  their  mother  their  most  secret  ob- 
jectionable thoughts,  Whilst  they  re- 
main thus  artless  and  undisguised  they 
are  free  from  danger, 

"A  mother's  love,  how  pure, 

How  tender  and  how  strong  I 
How  long  it  will  endure; 

How  passive  bear  each  wrong  I" 

i>.  F.  Newton. 


To  Fut  Away  Faults. 


One  day  I  was  watching  a  great 
Newfoundland  dog.  He  had  been 
told  by  Lis  master  to  fetch  him  a 
basket  of  toolq  that  the  gardiaer  hf  d 
left  in  the  shed.  The  great  dog  went 
to  obey  his  younger  master.  He  took 
hold  of  the  basket  with  his  mouth,  but 
he  could  noi  lift  it.  What  did  he  do? 
Give  it  up?  No,  never!  One  by  one 
he  took  the  things  out  of  the  basket  and 
carried  them  to  his  master. 

One  by  one!  That  is  what  we  must 
try  to  do  with  our  faults.  Try  and 
get  rid  of  them  one  by  one.  Jesus 
knows  how  hard  it  is  for  you  to  do  this, 
and  so  he  has  given  you  a  word  that 
will  help  you  to  do  it,  and  that  word 
is  "  To-day." 

I  will  show  you  how.  Take  one 
fault — we  will  call  it  bad  temper — and 
in  the  morning,  when  you  get  out  of 
bed,  ask  God  for  Christ's  sake  to  help 
you  "  to-day  "  to  overcome  that  bad 
temper.  Perhaps  by  and  by  some- 
thing will  begin  to  make  you  feel  an- 
gry ;  then  remember  your  prayer,  and 
try  and  drive  away  the  angry  feeling, 
and  say,  ''  Not  to-day ." 

If  you  have  learned  any  bad,  wicked 
words,  like  some  poor  children  in  the 
street,  who  do  not  know  any  better, 
then  ask  God  for  Christ's  sake  to  help 
you  to  day;  then,  when  you  are  temp- 
ted^to  do  80,  remember,  "  Not  to-day; 
I  will  not  say  wicked  words  to-day." 

And  do  the  same  with  all  your  faults. 
Take  them  one  by  one,  and  try  for  one 
whole  day  not  to  give  way  to  them.  It 
will  come  easier  then.  —  Guiding  Star. 


— Our  brightest  moments  are  fre- 
quently those  which  arrive  to  us  from 
the  bosom  of  care  and  anxiety;  the 
gems  that  sparkle  upon  the  dark 
ground. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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AuBORA  Association. — This  conference  of  Illinois 
Congregational  chuicfccs,  met  on  the  2l6t  and  22d 
inst.,  with  the  First  Congregational  Church,  in  Aurora. 
Rev.  S.  B.  Go Ddenow  was  elected  moderator, and  Prof 
C .  A.  Blanchardj  scribe.  The  sermon  by  Dr.  J.  B. 
Walker  was  much  eajoyed  by  the  Association  and 
audience.  Reports  from  the  churches  were  generally 
encouraging,  though  there  are  several  destitute  of  pas- 
tors. Three  young  men,  E.  D,  Bailey,  C.  A.  Blanch- 
ard,  and  Jno.  A.  Watterwortb,  were  licensed  to  preach. 
The  addrets  from  the  "  Pews  to  the  Pulpit,"  delivered 
by  Dea.  Towne,  of  the  New  England  Church,  Aurora, 
was  very  able,  permeated  by  the  Spirit  of  Christ,  and 
adapted  to  do  much  good.  Also  the  essay  on  the 
"  Womans'  Temperance  Movement,"  was  well  received. 
Its  author,  the  moderator,  is  well-known  to  the  Cyno- 
sure readers  as  an  able  writer.  The  communion  of 
the  Lord's  Supper  was  administered  by  Rev.  L.  Earn- 
ham  and  Rev.  J.  L.  Granger,  assisted  by  four  dea 
cons  from  various  churches.  After  this  service,  the 
Association  adjourned  to  meet  at  Naperville  in  Oct. 

— The  forty-ninth  anniversary  of  the  American  Tract 
Society  will  be  held  in  Dr.  Crosby's  Church,  New 
York,  May  13-lY. 

— The  American  Missionary  for  May  announces 
that  the  receipts  for  the  first  three  months  of  1874, 
have  fallen  off  eleven  thousand  dollars,  as  compared 
with  last  year. 

— Dr.  Adams,  of  the  Madison  Square  Presbyterian 
Church,  New  York,  has  resigned  after  a  forty  years 
active  service  in  the  Christian  ministry  in  that  city. 

— On  the  30th  of  December  last,  the  Presbyterian 
missionaries  in  Japan,  organized  a  presbytery,  which 
will  be  represented  in  the  next  General  Assembly  at 
St.  Louis. 

— Rev.  J.  E,  Roy,  western  agent  of  the  American 
Home  Missionary  Society,  has  been  on  a  trip  to 
Texas.  On  his  return,  he  spent  several  days  in  Little 
Rock,  the  Arkansas  capital,  and  sent  several  interest- 
ing letters  on  the  gubernatorial  fracas  to  the  Tribune 
of  this  city. 

— Minnesota  has  182  Baptist  churches,  5,987  mem- 
bers. There  are  eight  associations.  The  members 
are  of  many  nationalities — American,  German,  French, 
Scandinavian,  Danish,  African.  They  have  only 
fifty-six  houses  of  worship,  but  are  building  twenty 
more. 

— The  revival  meetings  at  Jacksonville,  lil.,  have 
taken  a  powerful  hold  on  the  people.  Numerous  aud 
iences  attend  every  eveniag,  and  1,000  persons  have 
signed  the  covenant  that  with  the  help  of  God,  they 
will  serve  him  during  their  lives.  Mr.  Hammond 
went  on  Thursday  last  to  Hannibal,  Mo. ,  for  a  few 
days. 

— There  are  in  California  not  less  than  650  organized 
churches  of  all  denominations,  and  600  church  build- 
dings  erected,  with  an  aggregate  accommodation  for 
225,000  sittings.  Church  property  is  valued  at  $7,- 
500,000 .  The  Methodists  lead  in  the  number  of  local 
societies,  having  190. 

— Liast  year  the  ministers  of  twenty-five  Episcopal 
churches  of  London  wore  "eucharistic  vestments." 
They  are  now  used  in  thirty  churches.  Last  year 
only  eight  Episcopal  churches  in  London  used 
incense.  Now  it  is  used  in  fourteen.  Altar  lights  are 
used  in  thirty-six  churches.  The  practice  of  confes 
sion  is  increasing. 

— An  endeavor,  successful  thus  far,  is  being  made  to 
establish  a  college  at  Aintab  in  Central  Turkey,  600 
miles  from  Constantinople.  One  hundred  thousand 
dollars  is  needed  for  the  object,  a  portion  of  which 
amount  has  been  subscribed  in  England  and  by  the 
people  of  Aintab.     Contributions  are  solicited. 

— The  revival  work  in  Glasgow,  Scotland ,  does  not 
abate,  and  it  is  said  that  large  audiences  could  be  got 
together  every  two  hours,  if  the  strength  of  the 
workers,  Moody  and  Sankey,  could  bear  it-  The 
young  men  assemble  in  the  city  hall  on  Sunday, 
to  the  number  of  3,000,  and  have  beside,  meetings 
during  the  week. 

— Rev.  Henry  D.  Moore,  the  high  Mason  of  Vine 
St.  Congregational  church,  Cincinnati,  has  lately  been 
installed  pastor  over  the  Congregational  church  at 
Springfield,  III.  The  efforts  of  the  fraternity  in  the 
former,  to  sustain  Mr.  Moore  and  a  large  church,  were 
neffectual.  They  probably  found  the  support  of  one 
set  of  religious  ceremonies  enough,  i 


— The  Congregational  church  of  College  Springs, 
Iowa,  D.  R.  Barker,  pastor,  has  been  experiencing  a 
wonderful  revival,  which  has  raised  it  up  to  a  self 
supporting  basis.  This  is  perhaps  the  only  church  ot 
this  denomination  in  Iowa  which  sent  pastor  and  dele- 
gate to  the  National  Anniversary  at  Monmouth,  and 
one  of  the  few  which  have  no  fellowship  with  the  false 
worships  of  the  lodge. 

— The  New  York  City  Mission  reports  thirty  mis 
sionaries  in  the  field  and  5,655  visits  have  been  made 
among  the  poor  in  the  month  of  February.  The  mis 
sion  has  seven  stations;  five  Sabbath-scbools,  with  1,- 
500  scholars;  four  churchee,  with  C27  communicants; 
ten  temperance  societies,  with  4,000  total  abstinence 
members;  two  lodging  houses  and  two  reading  rooms. 
The  Rev.  Dr.  Hall  is  chairman  of  the  Board  of  Man- 
agement. 

— Dundee,  Scotland,  under  the  labors  of  D.  L. 
Moody  and  Prof.  Sankey,  is  enjoying  the  same  won- 
derfully glorious  revival  that  followed  their  labors  at 
Edinburg.  The  revival  at  Edinburgh  still  continues, 
and  for  months  the  one  absorbing  topic  among  all 
classes  of  society,  in  the  street,  the  cars  and  places  of 
business  has  been  the  great  subject  of  salvation. 
Crowds  of  from  three  to  five  thousand  alt  nd  these 
roviyal  meetings,  yet  they  are  noted  for  their 
quiet  and  order,  and  the  absence  of  excitment  is  as 
remarkable  as  the  revival  itself, 

— Bishop  Edwards,  of  the  United  Brethren  church, 
reports  the  following  statistics  from  the  district  com- 
prised by  the  States  of  Pennsylvania,  Maryland,  Vir- 
ginia, West  Virginia,  and  parts  of  New  York,  Ohio, 
and  Tennessee:  preaching  places,  1219;  organized 
churches,  1,102;  classes,  1,173;  church  houses,  565; 
parsonages,  56;  Sabbath  schools,  667;  oflttcers  and 
teachers,  6,588;  scholars,  34,749;  present  number  of 
members,  38,547;  net  increase  the  past  year,  2,056; 
total  collections  for  ail  purposes  $220,482,01. 

— Mrs.  Watson,  an  English  lady,  for  more  than  thir 
ty  years  has  devoted  herself  and  her  fortune  to  the 
service  of  her  Master,  and  has  conducted  schools  in 
Athens,  Candia,  Valparaiso,  Smyrna,  Beirut,  Sidon, 
and  Lebanon.  In  Lebanon  she  has  established  a 
number  of  schools  for  the  natives ,  including  Roman  and 
Greek  Catholics,  Druses,  Maronites,  etc.  She  has  also 
built  a  church  at  Shemlan.  Recently  three  girls' 
schools  have  been  opened  by  Mrs.  Watson  in  Leba- 
non villages,  which  are  taught  by  native  teachers 
trained  by  herself.  The  greater  part  of  the  expenses 
in  all  her  enterprises  she  bears  herself. 

— It  is  said  that  the  Greek  Church  has  been  doing 
an  effective  missionary  work  in  Japan.  Since  the 
Buddhist  faith  has  fallen  into  decline  in  that  country 
the  Japanese  have  been  greatly  interested  in  finding  a 
new  religion  to  take  its  place,  and  missionaries  from 
Russia  have  taken  advantage  of  these  favorable  condi- 
tions to  propagate  their  faith  with  great  zeal.  Their 
labors  have  been  attended  with  much  success.  Not 
long  ago  the  Bishop  of  Kamtchatka  visited  a  city  of  Ja- 
pan, and  received  a  hundred  converts  into  the  church 
at  one  time.  It  is  reported  that  a  number  of  Buddhist 
priests  have  been  converted,  and  have  assumed  the 
functions  of  Christian  minister  of  the  Greek   Church. 


4ttr$  4  \\^  ^U\ 


The  City. 

— Globe  Theater,  a  wooden  building  on  the  West 
Side,  was  burned  on  Monday  morning.  It  was  a  low 
resort  in  the  midst  of  houses  of  prostitution,  but  was, 
after  the  great  fire,  the  largest  building  of  the  kind  in 
the  city. 

— The  Straits  of  Mackinaw  are  open  for  navigation 
at  a  much  later  date  than  usual  this  year;  but  lumber 
craft  have  for  a  week  or  two  arrived  in  considerable 
numbers  at  this  port  from  the  upper  lake  region. 
Several  inches  of  snow  fell  on  Monday  night  twenty- 
five  and  thirty  miles  west  of  the  city. 

— Dr.  Thomas,  of  the  First  M.  E.  church,  preached 
a  sermon  Sabbath  before  last  in  vindication  of  Pro- 
fessor Swing,  which  did  not  so  much  accomplish  its 
avowed  object,  as  to  call  attention  of  the  public  to  the 
doctrine  of  Dr.  Thomas  himself.  A  minister  of  the 
Rock  River  Conference  writes  that  he  is  ashamed  of 
such  ''meddlesome  discourtesy,"  and  such  teachings 
would  land  the  community  in  religious  doubt  and 
chaos. 

The  Capitol. 


— An  appropriation  for  the  Centennial  Exposition 
will  be  discussed  by  the  House  next  Tuesday.  The 
Pennsylvania  Senate  voted  1,000,000  to  the  building, 
and  not  the  U.  S.  Senate  as  lately  stated. 


The  President's  veto  has  humiliated  the  icflitionists, 
but  exalted  him  in  the  eyes  of  the  large  majority  and 
the  wiser  ponion  of  the  people.  The  currency  bill 
will  coma  up  again  this  week.  Meanwhile,  compro- 
mise measures  are  t?lked  over,  and  one  authorizing 
free  banking  and  a  reduction  of  the  greenback  circula- 
tion to  $300,000,000  is  likely  to  unite  the  parties. 

On  Monday,  eulogies  were  pronounced,  and  formal 
resolutions  of  respect  were  adopted  in  the  House, 
in  memory  of  the  late  Senator  Sumner,  by  Congress. 
The  most  effective  speech  was  made  by  Lamar,  of 
Mississippi,  v/ho  once  left  Congress  to  join  the  Re- 
bellion. His  ple.i  for  restoration  of  confidence  and 
good  feeling  between  the  North  and  South,  was  very 
eloquent  and  effective. 

The  Country. 

The  number  of  foreign  bound  passengers  on  the 
ocean  steamers  is  much  less  than  for  many  years — a 
wholesome  reaction. 

The  Federal  Council  of  the  Internationals  at  New 
York  resolved  on  the  26th  to  dissolve  as  the  organiza- 
tion has  proved  a  cDmplete  failure  in  this  country. 

— Pres.  Mitchell  of  the  Milwaukee  and  St.  Paul 
road  says  it  will  be  impossible  to  run  trains  at  a  profit 
under  the  new  railroad  law  of  Wisconsin,  and  his  road 
will  stop  running  when  it  goes  into  effect. 

A  little  foiir-year-old  boy  was  found  horribly  mur- 
dered near  Boston  l&Xaly^  aad  the  perpetrator  of  the 
deed  proved  to  be  another  boy  of  15  who  acknowl- 
edged the  crime,  and  is  thought  to  be  insane. 

---The  whisky  ring  of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature 
lately  gained  an  important  victory  in  passing  a  bill 
permitting  manufacturers  to  sell  as  well  as  make  liqu- 
ors. A  large  number  of  ladies  from  different  parts  of 
the  State  were  present  during  the  discussion  and  vote, 
giving-  their  silent  influencs  to  the  right. 

— It  is  reported  from  New  Orleans  th^t  the  Missis- 
sippi floods  have  brought  partial  or  entire  ruin  upon 
25,000  persons  in  and  near  that  city.  Northern  cities 
are  contributing  largely  to  their  relief.  Many  of  the 
finest  plantations  of  Louisiana  are  under  water,  a  num- 
ber of  women  and  children  are  reported  drowned, 
hundreds  are  without  food  and  shelter,  and  vast  herds 
of  stock  are  dying  for  want  of  food. 

The  Arkansas  troubles  are  lessening  since  Tuesday 
last  when  the  Baxter  crowd  and  the  U.  S.  troops  had  a 
skirmish  in  which  some  of  the  former  were  wounded. 
Amid  all  the  conflicting  statements  it  is  diflScult  to 
determine  which  side  has  most  right  and  which  most 
wrong.  If  an  honest  court  can  try  the  case,  after  the 
combatants  have  had  enough  of  war,  the  people  may 
know  the  truth  and  justice  be  done. 

— The  temperance  movement  has  been  quiet  for 
some  time  in  Columbus,  0.,  but  on  Monday  Wagner, 
a  saloonist,  invited  the  public  to  a  grand  opening.  A 
band  of  ladies  went  to  the  place  and  were  ejected 
forcibly  by  Wagner.  There  is  great  excitement,  and 
Wagner  if  on  trial  for  assault.  The  District  Court  at 
Des  Moines,  Iowa,  ordered  all  the  saloons  closed,  but 
has  been  disregarded.  They  propose  to  fight  till  the 
last.  The  Constitutional  Convention  of  Ohio  after 
several  days  discussion  have  voted  to  submit  to  the 
people  the  question  of  license  with  restraining  laws,  or 
"no  license." 

Foreign. 


— Castelar  has  written  a  letter  in  fayorof  a  Federal 
Republic  for  Spain. 

— The  Emperor  William  closed  the  session  of  the 
German  Reischstag  on  Saturday  with  a  set  speech  of 
little  importance. 

— Count  Chambord  has  learned  wisdom  from  his 
former  attempt  and  failure  to  become  King  of  France, 
and  has  renewed  his  conspiracy. 

— The  expenses  of  the  British  government  on  ac- 
count of  the  famine  in  India,  are  estimated  at  $32,- 
500,000,  and  a  loan  is  proposed  to  meet  the  bill. 

— The  remains  of  Livingstone  were  buried  in  West- 
minster Abbey  on  the  16th,  attended  by  one  of  the 
largest  funeral  processions  ever  known  in  England. 
Stanley  was  one  of  the  pall  bearers. 

— News  from  Poland  gives  particulars  of  the  attempt 
to  force  the  people  to  accept  the  Russian  national 
church.  The  priests  of  twenty-six  parishes  in  one 
province  have  been  imprisoned.  The  peasants  refused 
to  recognize  the  Russian  priests,  in  some  places  ston- 
ing them  and  attacking  the  military  sent  to  force  them 
to  church.  At  one  village  the  troops  opened  fire, 
killing  many  peasants.  At  another  village  a  number 
of  officers  and  solders  were  killed  and  fifty-seven  peas- 
ants shot  down.  Superstition  seems  matched  against 
superstition  for  self-destruction. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


COLLEGE  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 


CHAPTER  II.— (continued.) 


There  are  other  customs  more  or  less  frequently  connected 
with  college  fraternities  which,  from  their  doubtful  or  immoral 
character,  cannot  be  looked  upon  as  useful  in  forming  right 
character  or  taste.     They  will  be  briefly  mentioned. 

The  stated  meetings  of  the  Yale  -'upper  class"  societies 
often  continue  till  after  midnight;  with  some  the  regular 
time  for  adjourning  is  two  or  three  o'clock  in  the  morning. 
Special  meetings  and  initiations  always  continue  till  near  day- 
break. 

In  announcing  to  candidates  their  acceptance,  the  mem- 
bers of  Yale  societies  proceed  from  room  to  room  at  midnight 
and  after  singing  a  coarse  song,  announce  their  errand,  receive 
the  acceptance  of  the  candidate  and  dispatch  the  fruit,  cakes 
and  wine  provided.  They  then  light  fresh  cigars,  sing  an- 
other song  or  two,  cheer  a  little  and  pass  on.  'The  procession 
grows  more  and  more  hilarious,  and  its  songs  hoarser  and 
huskier  as  to  utterance,  until  towards  the  last  it  is  little  better 
than  a  disorderly  crowd  whose  members  are  apt  to  laugh 
when  some  one  smashes  a  street  lamp  with  a  banana,  or 
tosSes  an  orange  through  a  window;  and  when  it  has  given 
out  its  final  election, It  lingers  longinglj'  about  the  concluding 
'  treat,'  and  perhaps  is  at  length  obliged  to  drag  away  by 
main  force  a  few  of  its  tipsiest  members,  wlio  drowsily  insist 
on  'making  a  night  of  it,'  then  and  there."  At  initiation 
suppers  wine  is  always  provided  and  sometimes  stronger 
drinks,  with  which  the  "upper  class"  men  "celebrate" 
themselves  into  beastiality  after  the  Freshmen  have  retired. 

Occasionally  special  meetings  are  held,  and  after  the  close 
of  the  literary  exercises  a  sack  containing  one  or  two  bushels 
of  peanuts  is  emptied  on  the  floor,  and  an  indiscriminate 
scramble  is  made  for  them  by  guests  and  entertainers.  This 
instructive  exercise  is  followed  by  cigars. 

In  some  societies  the  sober,  substantial  students  are  over- 
borne by  the  ''fast"  and  "loud-mouthed"  party,  Avhich 
gives  an  ill  repute  to  the  whole  membership.  In  others  the 
scant  literary  exercises  are  helped  out  by  music  and  dancing, 
smoking,  card-playing  and  occasional  suppers.  One  Delta 
Kappa  Epsilon  chapter,  on  special  occasions,  when  a  number 
of  guests  from  other  chapters  are  present,  prolongs  its  meet- 
ings until  after  midnight,  and  then  maixhes  through  the 
streets,  to  the  number  of  half  a  hundred  or  more,  singing 
society  songs  before  young  ladies'  boarding-schools,  or  shout- 
ing them  out  under  the  college  windows. 

Enough  has  been  said  of  these  features  of  college  frater- 
nities to  show  that  much  of  their  energy  is  spent  in  practices 
of  a  debasing  and  demoralizing  character .  That  their  effect 
upon  the  social  natvxre  or  intelligence  of  the  student  is  to 
lower  the  standard  of  both  no  one,,  who  admits  the  above 
facts  or  the  many  others  that  could  be  produced,  will  deny 
It  may  be  claimed  that  the  picture  is  over-drawn,  that  a  just 
representation  of  the  system  is  not  given.  It  may  properly 
be  urged  in  reply  that  the  oaths  or  pledges  of  concealment, 
which  cannot  greatly  vary  from  those  quoted,  are  a  violation 
of  the  principles  of  the  Bible ;  a  stain  and  clog  upon  the  con 
science;  and  introductory  to  similar  forms  in  the  outside 
world  that  are  everywhere  deprecated  by  right-minded  men 
The  initiations,  rowdyism  and  immoral  practices  described 
may  be  unknown  in  some  institutions  where  an  active  and 
strong  moral  influence  prevails.  This  difference  would  in  a 
great  measure  vanish  if  opportunities  for  indulgence  were 
more  favorable.  The  societies  are  year  by  year  becoming- 
more  unified  through  national  conventions  and  society  journ- 
als, and  acquaintance  begets  likeness.  Membership  in  a  fra- 
ternity means  responsibility  for  its  acts.  Every  chapter  shares 
in  the  moral  delinquency  of  a  single  one,  as  every  church  and 
member  of  a  rehgious  denomination  is  scandalized  by  the 
misdeeds  of  any  of  its  component  bodies. 

But  there  are  unexceptional  features  of  the  college  society 

system.     Jealousy  and  strife  are   its  natural   and  universal 

companions.     President  Hitchcock,  in  his   "Reminiscences  of 

Amherst  College,"  (p.  320)  says  of  the  societies,  secret  and 

.  anti-secret,  of  that  institution : 

"These,  at  difiisrent  periods,  have  been  fruitful  sources  of 
excitement,  jealousy  and  heart-burning  among  the  students 
and  towards  the  faculty.     The  secret  societies  would  of  course 


have  little  prestige  were  they  not  strongly  exclusive,  so  as  in 
fact  to  leave  out  a  majority  of  the  students,  nor  unless  those 
selected  embraced  the  elite  as  to  scholarship.  But  the  majority 
thus  passed  by,  or  rather  as  they  would  regard  it,  made  the 
mudsills  on  which  these  societies  rested,  would  not  ba  very 
well  contented  in  such  a  position,  and  the  same  faculty  that 
had  granted  permission  for  the  formation  of  the  secret  socie- 
ties could  not  refuse  the  application  for  one  of  a  contrary 
character.  But  this  subjected  them  to  the  jealousy  of  the 
secret  societies.  There  would  be  a  desperate  struggle  among 
the  students  to  obtain  the  leading  men  in  the  classes  for  the 
different  societ  es,  and  they  would  ere  long  come  to  regard 
this  matter  as  one  of  the  most  important  interests  in  college." 
This  is  the  uniform  testimony  from  every  institution  where 
the  secret  society  has  been  estabhshed.  It  is  always  and 
naturally  regarded  as  a  selfish  combination  to  secure  privilege 
and  promote  clannishness  among  students.  Jealousy  and 
suspicion  cannot  be  otherwise  than  aroused  against  those  who 
maintain  such  obligations  as  have  been  given  in  these  pages. 
If  there  are  two  or  more  societies  in  an  institution  the  evil  is 
aggravated  by  ambitious  strife,  not  inaptly  termed  ''college 
politics,"  in  which  is  displayed  on  a  smaller  scale,  but  with 
the  same  bitter  zeal,  the  intrigue  and  wire-pulling-  of  a  poUt- 
ical  campaign  in  the  outside  world,  The  fraternities  in  this 
respect  serve,  not  as  educators  of  culture  and  sense,  but  of 
finesse  and  low  strategy — an  acquisition  valuable  to  the  class 
known  as  "politicians,"  but  not  to  the  upright  citizen.  The 
points  of  dispute  in  these  contests  are  of  course  various,  but 
the  open  literary  societies  have  perhaps  suffered  most  from 
them.  The  ''Linonia"  and  "Brothers  in  Unity"  at  Yale 
were  justly  among  the  most  celebrated  organizations  of  this 
kind  in  the  country.  But  the  wrangling  of  the  secret  cliques 
killed  them.  A  graduate  of  Yale  writes  of  their  elections  as 
carried  on  of  late  years:  "The  amount  of  political  intrigue 
and  wire-pulling  and  log-rolling  expended  in  deciding  the 
first  election  in  these  two  societies  was  almost  fabulous.  The 
three  lower  classes  were  vitally  interested  in  the  matter,  for 
each  had  a  share  in  the  spoils,  and  a  vice-secretaryship  might 
be  as  valuable  in  taking  one  man  to  Sigma  Phi  as  a  presi- 
dency in  taking  another  man  to  Bones  or  Keys.  The  bar- 
gains and  coalitions  and  combinations  and  cross-combinations 
made  between  the  six  Junior  and  Freshman  societies  were 
therefore  all  but  innumerable."  An  instance  of  this  conten- 
tion lately  occurred  in  Chicago  University,  and  is  thus  de- 
scribed by  a  student  in  a  letter  dated  March  10th,  1S74: 

"At  a  recent  election  in  one  of  our  literary  societies  the 
members  of  the  two  secret  societies  formed  opposition  parties, 
and  after  considerable  "pulling  and  hauling,"  illegal  voting, 
etc  ,  succeeded  in  electing  a  candidate  not  desired  by  the  ma- 
jority of  the  society.  An  anti-secret  party  was  immediately 
formed,  the  election  proved  null  and  void,  and  the  proper 
man  elected.  Thus  it  is  that  these  Greek  fraternities  are 
breaking  up  the  literary  societies-in  our  colleges  throughout 
the  United  States,  but  especially  in  the  East;  and  our  college 
papers,  with  their  eyes  closed  to  these  facts,  are  wondering 
what  is  causing  the  decline  of  our  once  so  flourishiuo-  and 
beneficial  hterary  societies." 

These  coalitions  have  not  been  confined  to  students,  but 
have  often  affected  the  decisions  of  faculiies,  particularly  in 
the  assignment  of  "college  honors"  and  prizes.  As  an  in- 
stance, Amherst  College  had  at  one  time  268  students,  of 
whom  126  were  secret  society  men,  142  were  not.  Of  the 
forty  prizes  given,  the  former  received  thirty-one, — more  than 
three-fourths  of  the  whole,  while  they  numbered  less  than 
one-half.  The  number  and  value  of  such  distinctions  given 
to  themselves  is  boastingly  displayed  by  some  societies  to 
draw  in  members.  Indeed,  an  undisputable  authority  says 
that  the  incumbant  of  a  Greek  professorship  in  one  of  tlie 
largest  of  the  State  Universities  was,  before  his  appointment, 
a  prominent  representative  of  the  college  secret  societies,  and 
is  largely  indebted  to  them  for  his  position. 

A  recent  instance  of  apt  scholarship  in  the  peculiar  social- 
ity of  the  college  society  was  lately  witnessed  at  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, Ithaca,  N.Y.  Professor  C.  A.  Blanchard,  of  Wheaton 
College,  111. ,  was,  on  invitation  of  the  citizens,  delivering  a 
series  of  lectures  against  secret  societies  in  Journal  Hall  of 
that  city.  One  of  his  lectures  was  on  the  college  "  brother- 
hoods," and  the  interested  students  were  present.  Their 
behavior  is  thus  described  in  the  Ithaca  Journal  of  January 
23,  1874: 

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14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


I 


Items  for  Temperance  Workers. 


In  Pennsylvania  where  license  prevails  there  are  13,765 
liquor  dealers,  one  to  every  270  of  the  population. 

The  proposition  to  substitute  tea  for  brandy  in  the  Rus- 
eian  army  has  been  (submitted  to  ''specialists,"  who  are  to 
report  upon  "utility  and  results  produced  by  brandy  and 
tea." 

Bock  beer,  or  what  is  generally  called  buck  beer,  is  a 
brewing  of  double  strength,  which  is  made  at  this  season  of 
the  year.  The  custom  is  ancient,  la  oiden  times  the  brew- 
ers believed  that  a  spirit  called  ''Bock"  presided  over  the 
spring  brewing,  and  imparled  to  it  more  than  ordinary 
strcn2;th.  In  time  belief  in  the  spirit  wan  difpolled,  but  the 
beer  in  the  latter  part  of  April  R-as  made  of  double  streagih, 
and  gradually  be c '.me  koowa  as  "buck'  beer,  whence  the 
pictures  which  ornarfient  the  windows  of  the  saloons. 

The  amount  of  liquors  made  and  consumed  in  Austria  ie 
very  large.  The  empire  is  siid  to  contain  2,622  breweries, 
producing  amiuaily  1,136,480,806  li'.ers  of  beer,  or  about 
249,  150,747  gallons.  In  addition  to  this,  the  wine  pro- 
diictioa  amounts  t-o  about  243,000,000  galloas  annually. 
Tue  population  of  (h'i  country  is  about  40,000,000,  so.  thai 
the  avcr?.ge  confcump'.ion  of  every  rasn,  woman  and  child  in 
the  empire  is  about  six  galiois  of  wine  and  six  and  one 
quarter  gallons  of  beer. 

The  cost  of  I'quors  in  the  United  Kingdom  in  1871  was 
$541,000,000,  and  the  liquors  drank  there  in  six  years,  from 
1865  to  1870  inclusive,  would  build  22,000  miles  of  ralroad, 
7,000  more  tLan  tliey  now  have.  The  quantity  of  grain 
used  for  the  six  year's  drink  would  m^ke  bread  sufiicieni 
to  support  the  whole  populalioa  of  the  Uaited  Kinf/dom  for 
two  year?,  and  the  amount  spent  would  build  a  fine  house 
for  every  family  of  five  pereons.  In  New  York  cily  three 
glasses  of  liquor  are  drank  for  every  loaf  of  bread  eaten,  the 
iiquor  costing  thirty  cents  and  the  bread  ten.  If  the  waste 
cccaaioned  by  drink  could  be  stayed,  a  national  dtbt  would 
be  unknow.i  and  twxes  would  be  triflng;  if  it  coElinues 
without  abatement  there  is  danger  that  the  debt  will  in- 
crease beyond  the  ability  to  even  meet  the  intereet. — Carle- 
ton  Sentinel. 

The  Duke  of  Orleans,  who  v;a8  the  eldest  son  of  King 
Louis  Paillippe,  was  the  inheritor  of  whatever  rights  his 
father  could  transmit.  He  was  a  very  noble  young  man — 
physically  noble.  His  generous  qiialilies  had  rendered  him 
universally  popular.  One  mormug  he  invited  a  few  of 
his  cump^nions  to  breakfast,  R'i  he  was  about  to  take  his  de- 
partute  from  Paris  to  j  jiu  his  regiment,  lo  the  conviviality 
of  the  hour,  ha  drank  a  little  too  much  wine.  He  did  noi 
become  intoxicated — he  was  not  in  any  respect  a  dissipated 
man.  In  taking  the  parting  gla^-s  he  slightly  lost  the  bal- 
ance of  bis  body  and  mind.  Bidding  adieu  io  his  compan- 
ions, he  entered  his  carriage;  but  for  that  one  extra  glass  ol 
wiae  he  would  luive  kept  his  seat,  lie  leaped  from  his  car- 
riage, but  for  that  oue  extra  glass  of  wine  he  would  have 
alighted  on  his  feet-  liis  head  &lruck  the  pavement.  Sense- 
less and  bheliug,  be  was  taken  ii:to  a  beer  shop  near  by  and 
died.  That  extra  glass  of  wine  overtbriw  the  Orleans  dy- 
nasty, confi3catf(!  their  property  of  one  hundred  millions  of 
dollaTS,  and  sent  the  whole  family  into  exile. 

♦♦.• 

Fa  its  aisd  Fig^ures. 

The  foUov/iug  is  the  amount  cf  currency  in  circulation  in 
Great  Bntain,  Germany  and  France:  Great  Britain,  $686,- 
421,540;  G;rmany,  $557,772,098;  France,  $1,200,545,441. 

In  the  course  of  kst  vear,  there  were  published  in  Eng- 
land five  hundred  and  seven  new  novels,  and  two  hundred 
and  twenty-one  r.ew  volumes  of  poetry.  To  these  may  be 
added,  for  tiie  year's  product,  half  as  many  more  books  oi 
the  same  &ort  published  in  this  counlry.  A  similar  fertility 
has  occurred  in  previous  years.  But  how  many  of  these 
books  have  had  any  just  prstendons  to  be  read  or  remem- 
bered I  To  be  as  chfriiable  as  possible,  it  may  be  asserted, 
that  nine-tenths  of  the  annual  crop  of  novels  and  poems 
represent  only  the  waste  of  human  aspirations. 

The  Chicago  Council  contains  forty  members,  of  whom 
more  than  one-third  are  directly  interested  in  the  liquor- 
traffic;  five  are  manufacturers  of  intoxicating  beverages,  and 
ten  beepers  of  public  drinking  saloons.  The  school  com- 
mittee is  composed  of  five  members;  one  is  a  distiller  and 
two  are  saloon  keepers.  The  committee  on  licenses  of  all 
kinds,  of  the  same  number,  contains  two  manufacturers  of 
liquors  and  two  falooii-keepers.  The  chairman  of  two  im- 
portant committees,  that  more  than  all  others  have  to  do 
with  finance,  are  men  who  not  long  since  were  indicted  bj 
the  grand  jury  of  the  county  for  bribery.  No  one  can 
reasonably  doubt  that  such  appointments  mean  riot  and  ras- 
cality. That  schemes  are  on  foot  to  inaugurate  the  same 
style  of  administration  in  all  our  cities  and  larger  towns  in 
the  west,  is  openly  proclaimed. 

The  English  Journal  of  Science  notes  that  the  stokers  of 
steamers  in  hot  countries,  laboreas  in  steel  -works,  iron  mills, 
etc.,  can  work  without  visible  detriment  to  health  in  temp- 
eratures of  from  100  to  212  deg.  To  this  it  may  be  added, 
that,  in  some  parts  of  Cahfornia,  Americans  can  farm  in  the 
Bun  all  day,  with  the  thermometer  ranging  over   110.     In 


fact,  it  is  the  humidity  of  the  atmosphere  in  heated  terms 
that  works  detriment  to  health  and  life.  In  a  permanently 
dry  air,  there  are  no  sunstrokes  or  congestions  at  a  high 
temperature. 

The  most  stringent  lottery  law  in  the  country  has  re- 
cently been  passed  by  the  Ohio  legislature.  The  public  or 
private  promoter?,  backers,  ox  vendcis  lor  or  on  account  of 
"any  lottery,  policy,  or  scheme  of  chance  of  any  kind  or  de- 
scription, by  whatever  name,  style  or  title  the  same  may  be 
denominnted  or  known,  or  whereyer  located,"  are, upon  con- 
viction, to  be  "fined  in  any  sum  not  less  than  $50  nor  more 
than  $1C0,  and  be  imprisoned  in  the  county  jail  not  lees 
than  ten  nor  more  than  ninety  days,  at  the  discretion  of  the 
court."  No  exception  is  made  for  church  fair  lotteries  or 
oewspaper  gift  distributions.  The  purchaser  of  a  ticket  in  h 
lottery  can,  if  dissatisfied,  recover  the  amount  and  one  half 
more,  together  vrith  exemplary  damages   not  less  than  $50. 

«-»« 

Literary  Notices. 


Lectures  and  Letters  is  the  fifteenth  of  the  N.  Y. 
Trilune  extras ;  contfiining  a  letter  by  Bayard  Taylor  ou  the 
discoveries  on  the  Site  of  ancient  Troy;  six  lectures  by  the 
celebrated  physician,  Dr.  Brown  Sequard,  on  the  nerves; 
four  by  Prof.  Proctor  oa  astronomy;  and  one  by  Prof. 
Chandkr  on  the  Germ  Theory  of  disease.  This  series  is 
bringing  a  vast  amount  of  current  and  valuable  literature 
within  the  reach  of  ail. 

The  Galaxy,  along  with  considerable  lighter  matter,  has 
interesting  sketches  of  foreign  life  and  character  in  Parij 
and  Scandanavia,  and  brings  up  Eome  almost  forgotten  his- 
tory connected  with  the  Revclulionary  war  and  French 
treaties  of  that  time.  A  Spanish  writer,  Cespedes,  writes 
of  the  Temperance  Cruside  from  a  foreign  stand  point.  -— 
Sheldon  <&  Co.,  IJ'ew  York. 

ToK  Sanitarian  for  May  appears  enlarged  and  improved 
with  papers  oa  ventiiatioD,  Hygiene  of  dwellings,  the  Sew- 
erage Questioa,  puplio  Health  Reports,  etc.  of  value  to  iu- 
teihgent  readers.     Published  at   234  Broadway,  New  York. 


WHEATON  COLLEGE. 


per- 

this 


commodious   build- 
'barnic,"  but  massive 


The  American  Wesleyan,  whose  editor  writes  from 

aonal  knowledge  and  honest  good  will,  epoaks  thus  of 

institution: 

We  havfi  a  heart  full  of  good  sentiments  for  Wheaton 
College.     Its  advantages  are  suiperlor. 

1 .  It  is  easy  cf  eccesr.  It  is  but  an  hour'd  ride  from 
Chicago,  with  which  commuacaticns  can  be  made  almoet 
hourly  any  day,  by  the  frequent  traia?.  Most  other  points 
of  the  State  and  nation  by  the  same  means  lie  within  easy 
reach . 

2.  Wheaton  College  has  large  and 
ingp, — not  Gothic,  nor  Doric,  nor  yet  ' 
tasteful,  convenient  and  well  furnished. 

3.  Wheaton  College  is  located  in  a  healthy  region,  where 
the  surface  is  broken  into  billowy  undulaliou  and  beautiful 
hills  affording  a  well  drained  surface. 

4.  Wheaton  College  is  aa  institution  of  enterprise.  It  is 
qbri'ast  with  the  advanced  scie'ntific  thought  of  the  times. 
It  has  a  faculty  of  fourteen  member.s,  who  are  thorough, 
earr;est  and  profound.  Tiiey  use  the  eame  standard  test 
books  of  science  as  Harvard  and  Yale,  without  the  well 
known  infidel  creed  of  the/orme'",orthe  worm-eaten  systems 
of  secretism  as  allowed  in  the  latter. 

5.  No  hazing  is  permitted  under  any  prct-xt;  no  secret 
society  can  breathe  its  free  and  generous  air  and  live;  no  pro- 
fanity ov  smoking  is  permitted;  no  lounging  away  the  Sab- 
bath is  indulged  when  attendance  at  church  is  so  easy;  but 

joyo'is,  generous  life  surrounding  them,  stu- 
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Every  element  of  usefulness 
and  true  mauhood  baa  its  every  opportunity  to  develope. 
At  larger  institutions  the  professors  can  spend  but  little  time 
with  each  student,  and  in  literaiy  exercisse,  unless  one  pos- 
sesses unusual  br.llianoy,  he  is  lost  in  the  sea  of  mind  that 
floats  around  him.  Not  so  at  Wheaton,  every  one  has  a 
part  to  play  in  the  acts  of  that  mineature  but  n-vodel  world. 

6.  Wheaton  College  is  reformatory  from  foundation  stones 
to  turret-tops,  Knesling  in  the  prairie  grass  upon  that 
beautiful  summit  more  than  twenty  years  ago,  a  few  Wes- 
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Christ,  consecrated  that  spot  forever  to  the  service  of  the 
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SECBETS  or  EfASONKY, 

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Extracts  From  Masonis  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
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Eon.  John  Oiiincy  Adams'  Letter. 

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FREEMASONiiY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 
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Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,' '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  ner 
lOOor  $2.00  per  1000.  ^ 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

iilrsss  of  Safari  O^^alj  hmA\  New  Jorl, 

TO  THE  PUBLIC;  ^  " 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
Bonry,  as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murdera.  50  .cents  ner 
100;  $4.00  per  1000.  '  ^ 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  ■WHITMEY  AND  MASONRY. 
This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Wtiltney's 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  char>i;e  of  unma- 
sonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
An  8-page  tract,  $1.00  per  100;  58.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEI.  COI.VEK.  ON  MASONRY, 

and 

HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 

Chancellor  of  the  University  of  Now  York,  cu  SECRETSOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  S'-^  00  per  1000. 

TKACT  NO.  14: 

GRAND  ZiODGE  MASONRY. 

ITS  SDLATIONTO  CIVIL  Q07i:BNi.:£17T  AND  THB  CBBISTIAHSi:i,!aiO». 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth  Convention,   by  P2B3.  J. 
BLAKCHA5D  of  WESaTOtT  OOIiLSQE.    This  is  a  16-page  tract  at  SS.OO 
per  100;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TBACT  NO.  15: 

mASONIG  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID. 

A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.  By  REV.  1.  A.  HAET,  Secretary 
National  Christian  Association.  Published  by  special  order  of  tha 
Asaociatlon.    60  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1900. 

TRACT  NO.  16: 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PEOOP  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M, 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abdnctlon.  A  4- 
page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

Orp,  Oi^ations  and  lifmi  of  The  Braii^e. 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OP  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 

This  little  tract  ought  to  be  put  into  the  hands  of  every  Farmer  in 

the  United  States,   Four -page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT   NO.  18: 

HON.  'WM.  H.  SE'WARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Extraes  from  a  Speech  oi  Etow-liEotMngi:m  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  in  1855. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLAIiD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  S-page  tract,  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 
BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 
WASHINGTON,  MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  the 
Lodge    A  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 
This  tract  contains  many  strong  arguments  against  the  Lodge  drawn 
from  personal  experience,  observation  and  study  of  its   character. 
A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1,000. 
TRACT  NO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

ET  EMMA  A,  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argtunent,  ghowi 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  who 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  with  approbation  of  this  inBtitation, 
A  4-page  tract  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1,000. 


GERMAN  CYNOSURE  TEACT^A. 


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By  REV.  A.  GROLE,  Pastor,  German  M.  E.  Clinrch, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

This  is  ou  first  German  tract,  and  it  is  a     good  one;  it  ought  to 
have  a  large  cirrculation .     Price  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  lOTO. 

:^WEIX'S    TRACT 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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The  Cynosure  is  now  printed  Weducs 
day  and  mailed  Thursday.  At  the 
earnest  requeot  of  some  of  our  subscrib- 
ers we  shall  boou  mail  the  paper  one 
day  earlier,  so  that  these  most  distant 
may  be  sure  of  getting  their  paper  by 
Saturday. 


OUR  SUBSCRIPTION  LIST 

was  ounted  on  April  27th  and  footed 
up  4,028  names.  Last  week  we  pub- 
lished the  footing  for  April  iVth  which 
was  3,886.  This  you  can  see  is  again  of 
142  in  ten  days. 

From  the  27th  of  April  until  the 
2d  of  June,  the  date  of  the  Syracuse 
Anniversary,  there  are  thirty-fiye  days. 
If  the  rate  of  increase  to  our  subscription 
list  continues  what  it  has  been  during 
the  last  ten  days  it  will  number  at  the 
date  of  the  Convention  4,525. 

Can  we  not  do  better  than  this  ?  We 
want  to  report  6,000  Bubscribcrs  at  the 
Convention.  If  half  our  present  list 
would  send  in  one  new  one  soon  we 
could  do  so.  The  political  state  of  our 
country  calls  loudly  for  such  a  paper. 
The  voters  want  a  souud  political  plat- 
form. AVe  have  one.  We  would  like 
to  send  out  30,000  Cynosures  contain- 
ing a  report  of  our  political  Mass  Meet- 
ing at  Syracuse. 

Remember  that  if  you  have  five  dol- 
lars of  the  Lord's  money  that  with  it 
you  can  send  twelve  peraons  the  Cyno- 
sure for  three  months;  for  ten  dollars 
you  can  send  the  paper  to  tweaty-five 
persons.  These  will  receive  a  full  rt- 
porfc  of  the  Convention  if  their  names 
are  received  in  time. 

Some  of  our  ageiats  are  doing  all  they 
ought  in  this  work.     Are  you? 


A  Subscriber  from  Canada  writes: 
"Please  send  me  some  extra  Cynosures 
immediately.  I  want  them  to  take  to 
Conference."  Cannot  at  least  100  oth- 
ers do  this  during  the  month  of  May  ? 
Will  our  MontEouth  friends  remember 
tbe  United  Presbyterian  meetings  to  be 
held  there  in  in  May  and  have  Anti- 
masonic  books  and  tracts  on  hand? 

If  you  cannot  act  yourself,  aid  and 
encourage  some  one  who  can,  to  do  so. 

A  friend  in  Ohio  during  the  last  week 
has  persuaded  a  young  man  to  enter 
the  work  as  agent. 


A  donation  occasionally  comes  in  for 
the  free  distribution  of  tracts.  For 
every  dollar  sent  in  a  friend  adds  anoth- 
er, heiice  such  gifts  count  double. 


The  President's  veto  seems  to  have 
struck  the  death  knell  of  the  republi 
can  and  democratic  parties.  Now  Is  the 
time  for  reformers  to  strike  long,  strong 
blows.  '  'There  is  a  tide  which,  taken  at 
its  flood,  leads  on  to  fortune."  Could 
there  be  any  greater  fortune  for  the 
American  people  than  the  establishment 
of  a'lti-Eecret  society,  temperance  prin. 
ciples,  in  favor  of  the  Bible  as  the 
standard  of  morah  ?  Can  eflfectual  work 
in  this  direction  be  done  better  than  by 
secaring  a  large  circulation  for  the 
Cynosure? 


Only  lj972  more  subscribers  are 
needed  to  bring  our  !itt  up  to  6, 000. 
This  is  one  fair  day's  work  if  all  inter- 
ested will  engage  in  it.     Will  you? 

We  have  wany  working  agents  in 
Indiana,  and  their  State  Agent  says 
1,000  Cynosures  should  be  put  into  the 
State  this  year.  We  have  470  sub- 
scribers there  cow, — nearly  half  the 
number  we  are  aiming  at.  How  soon 
will  the  other  half  be  obtained  ?  We 
hope  Indiana  will  claim  the  National 
Meeting  at  Indianapolis  next  year.     One 


or  two  thousand  Cynoswie   subscribers 
would  aid  much  in  preparing  for  it. 

The  "Moilie  Maguires"  are  a  terror 
only  in  certain  parts  of  Pennsylvania 
now.  But  lares  are  sown  when  good 
people  sleep.  Is  it  not  best  to  under- 
stand this  and,  wide  awake,  work  dilli. 
gently  to  get  the  good  seed,  the  Cyno 
sure  carries,  planted  not  only  in  Penn- 
sylvania, but  throughout  the  United 
States,  territories  and  also  in  Canada? 


ABOUT  COMMISSIONS. 

We  receive  letters  occasionally  con 
taining  two.  three,  or  more  subscrip- 
tion? in  which  nothing;  is  said  about 
commissions.  Some  friends  write  *'we 
take  no  commission."  Others  eay  send 
the  amount  of  commission  in  tracts  and 
books.  Others  say,  coneider  it  a  dona- 
tion to  the  tract  fund.  We  are  glad 
to  get  workers  for  the  circulation  of 
the  Cynobure  and  pay  nothing  more 
cheerfully  than  commisfiions.  However, 
our  paper  is  cheap  at  $2.00  a  year  and 
requires  a  ^reat  addition  to  our  present 
mail  list  in  order  to  enable  us  to  issue 
it  in  this  attractive  form,  so  that  when 
money  is  received  and  nothing  said 
about  commission  we  do  not,  as  a  rule, 
allow  any. 

The  point  of  these  observations  is, 
tell  us  what  you  wish  to  have  done 
with  your  commission  unless  you  take 
it  out  before  forwarding  the  subscrip- 
tion money. 

« ■ »    

Subscription  Letters  received  from 
April  21si  through  April  21th. — R  T 
Allison,  J  Auten,  J  W  Allen,  J  Bald- 
win, A  B.'.ker,  T  P  Barker,  C  Bender, 
G  P  Bishop,  N  M  Buck,  E  T  Billings,  J 
C  Taylor,  F  F  Curry,  J  Corley,  J  Cas- 
sidy,  C  Cogswell,  L  S  Coos,  J  Clapp,  M 
J  Cole,  J  Clayton,  E  Dickinson,  J  P 
Dops,  W  0  Dinius  (2,)  E  V  Dow- 
ney, F  J  Day,  K  0  Eidahl,  H  W  Fow- 
ler, M  Gallup.  W  Gilmore,  S  M  Gates, 
W  Gorden,  H  H  Hmman,  A  Holt,  A 
N  Hudson,  P  Hurless,  J  Henry,  G  W 
Hall,  J  E  Irish,  A  E  Jenks,  W  L 
Kolb,  W  J  Knappen,,  8  D  Kerr.  W  H 
Linam,  D  Light,  A  Larabee,  W  Milli- 
ean,  O  Morgan,  I  S  McCash,  W  Miller, 
A  C  Moffat,  H  N  Miller  (2),  A  W  Mur- 
phy, G  Pegler,  J  G  Rownd,  D  Reed, 
J  D  Reed,  T  Relyea,  A  Showalter,  S  C 
H  Smith,  J  Schimmerhorn,  C  Stegner, 
F  G  Sohman,  W  H  Smith,  J  Speuce , 
W  O  Small,  J  P  Stoddard,  J  W  Smith, 
D  B  Sherk,  J  A  Talmage,  D  Thomas, 
W  Troup,  B  Ulsh,  Marlin  a  Wood,  J 
Wren,  B  R  Wiilits,  A  Willets,  R  G 
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■     ^•^ 

MAREST  E.^POB.TS 

Chioaqo.  April  28,  1874. 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 

Grain  Wheatr-Spring,  No.  1 . .     $  1  28^ 

No.   a 1  28  1  StiH 

"       No.  8 119 

"       Rejected 1  10 

Corn— No.  9 64  BiH 

Rejected 62}4 

Oats— No.2...   455Si  46H 

Rejected 44y4 

Rye— No.  2 91  92 

Flour,  Winter 7  00  9  00 

Spring  extra 8  25  6  50 

Superfine 4  00  4  87 

Hay— Timothy ,  pressed 16  O'J  18  60 

"     loose 14  00  16  00 

Prairie,   "  8  00  10  00 

Lard   9'4 

Meee  pork,  per  bbl 16  20  16  70 

Butter 25  84 

Cheese  10  18 

Eggs 12J4  13 

Beans 180  2  50 

Potatoes,  per  bn       100  130 

Seeds— Flax 2  10 

Timothy 2  5C  3  70 

Clover ...  5  65  6  80 

Lnmber— Clear 88  00  65  00 

Common 13  00  14  00 

Lath 3  25  2  76 

Shingles 150  3  75 

WOOL— Washed 48  65 

Unwashed 26  83 

LIVE  STOCK.  Cattle,  extra. ...  6  00  6  65 

Good  to  choice 5  00  5  75 

Medium 4  75  5  00 

Common 3  75  4  75 

Hogs, 4  60  5  86 

Sheep 3  75  8  GO 

Now  York  Market. 

Flour J  5  85  1100 

Wheat 1  60  1  60 

Corn 84  88 

Oats 62  67 

Rye 110  115 

Lard lOH 

Mess  pork 16  85  17  00 

Butter 84  88 

Cheue II  16 

BffO       ~ 19  1 


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ACHART.OF  MASONRY 

Showing  the  degrees  from  the  first  to  the  thirty- 
third,  entitled 

Degrees  of  Ancient  Accepted  Scottish  Freemasonry, 

According  to  a  Manual  by  Wm.  M.  Cunningham, 
33d  Degree. 

Designed  by  Sdv.  P.  Stoddard,  to  explain  Free- 
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Richardson's  Monitor. 

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Contents. 

Page. 

Bditoki AL  Articles 8,  9 

Census Reform Politics. . .  Descendants  of  Balaam, 

Son  of  Beor Too  Good  to  be  True Notes. 

Topics  op  thk  Times 1 

Our  Colleges  on  Secret  Societies 2 

Contributed  and  Select  Articles 1, 2,  3 

Family  ASa.\TB  (Foetry)  —  My  Conflict  and  the  Result 

The   Newspaper   Press Secrecy Politics   as  a 

Religious  Duty. 

RBrOBMNEWS 4 

Notices —  Organization  and  Lectures  In  Spencer  Coun- 
ty, Indiana. 

COBBESPONDBNCE 4, 6,  6 

Masonry  and  the  Grange Masonry  in  the  Navy Se- 
cret Societies  and  Mutual  Insurance  Companies Our 

Mail. 

Forty  Years  A  go  .    The  Armed  Legions  of  the  Lodge 6 

College  Secret  Societies 13 

Chapter  II.  Concluded.    Chapter  III, 

The  Home  Cikcle 10, 11 

On  the  Last  Day  (Pottry)    ..St.  Augustine,  America's 

Oldest  City Short  Lecture  on  Church  Manners 

M.  Y.  O.  B.  S....The  Giant  Planet. 

Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sahbatn  School 7 

Home  and  Health  Hints 7 

Farm  and  Garden 7 

Religious  Intelligence 12 

News  of  the  Week 12 

College  Notices 12 

Publisher's  Department 16 

Advertisements IS,  14,  15,  16 


even  as  they  also  are  earning  their  payment  for  their 
work  ? 


%ifpp  4  i\t  t^m. 


Impious  Joking. — The  very  snaall  wit  of  an  increasing 
number  of  popular  writers  and  speakers  ekes  out  an 
existence  by  the  abuse  of  Scriptural  passages  and  ex- 
pressions. These  familiar  phrases  are  very  convenient 
to  point  a  joke  or  turn  a  low  pun  with  minds  empty 
of  decent  reverence,  and  of  low  intelligence.  The  lat- 
est and  lowest  instance  comes  from  a  reputable  organ- 
ization, the  Philosophical  Society  of  Chicago.  This 
is  a  society  of  the  "composite"  order,  made  up  of 
Jews,  infidels,  doctors  of  divinity,  physicians,  preach- 
ers, lawyers,  etc.,  all  gentlemen  of  standing,  who  have 
united  to  become  truth  seekers.  On  Saturday  even- 
ing last  this  society  was  entertained  with  a  lecture  on 
the  subject:  "Oar  Father  who  art  at  Washington.''^ 
What  might  have  been  said  is  not  very  material,  for  a 
mind  that  can  delight  itself  in  blasphemy  of  this  sort 
can  do  nothing  but  grovel.  But  what  have  three  D. 
D.'s  of  the  Congregational,  Episcopal  and  Methodist 
persuasion, — Haven,  Powers  and  Thomas — to  say  of 
such  a  performance  in  the  society  of  whicli  they  are 
reputed  members? 


A  Rationalist's  Opinion. — Prof.  Huxley's  scientific 
promulgations  surely  have  not  tended  to  settle  com- 
monly received  opinions  of  the  Creator  and  his  works. 
But  he  has  written  a  testimony  in  favor  of  the  use  of 
the  Bible  in  public  schools  which  should  cause  ablush 
of  shame  (if  that  can  be)  on  the  cheek  of  the  self-con- 
stituted defenders  of  theological  truth  who  have  joined 
the  cry   of  infidels  and  Romanists  on  this  question. 


Huxley  writes  like  a  man  accustomed  to  examine  the 

principle  of  things,  and  his  well  known  rationalistic  best  possible  conditions  could  make  him. 


Senator  Schdrz's  EutOGY  on  Hon,  Charles  Sumner, 
delivered  in  Fanueil  Hal),  Boston,  on  Wednesday, 
April  29th;  would  certainly  impress  an  ordinary,  un- 
biased reader  as  a  clear,  historical,  truthful  and  pow- 
erful exposition  of  the  life  of  one  of  the  noblest  of 
nature's  oflFspring. 

Mr.  Sumner  seems  to  have  been  all  that  nature 
could  make  him, — a  pure,  generous,  industrious, 
truthful  patriot,  whom  history,  art  and  travel  had  en- 
riched with  her  choicest  treasures. 

Having  gone  through  the  Latin  school  st  the  age  of 
fifteen,' through  Harvard  College  from  which  he  grad 
uated  at  nineteen,  then  passing  from  the  law  school 
through  the  conditions  of  lawyer,  teacher,  lecturer 
and  author,  enthusiastic,  laborious  and  successful,  ex- 
citing the  admiration  and  most  honest  and  cordial  en- 
dorsmenf  from  such  men  as  Judge  Story,  he  spent 
three  years  in  Europe,  enjoying  the  best  possible  op- 
portunities which  learning,  wealth  and  culture  could 
offer,  for  becoming  acquainted  with  the  politics,  sci- 
ence and  literature  of  Great  Britain,  Germany,  France 
and  Italy.  At  the  age  of  thirty-four  years  he  first 
came  prominently  forward  into  public  life  in  the  deliv 
ery  of  an  oration  at  the  request  of  the  auLhorities  of 
Boston  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  entitled  "The  True 
Grandeur  of  Nations."  His  life  seemed  to  be  an 
earnest,  honest  eflFort  to  promote  the  grandeur  of  this 
nation;  and  so  far  as  he  infiuenced  them  of  all  others. 
His  noble,  unremitting  toil  in  the  anti  slavery  conflict 
is  pictured  by  Senator  Schurz,  with  all  the  beauty  that 
illuminates  truth  when  displayed  by  a  maser  artist. 
His  great  influence  during  the  days  of  secession  and 
rebellion  in  leading  the  way  for  the  emancipation  of 
slaves  is  brought  out  distinctly. 

His  wise  conduct  when  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  foreign  relations  in  the  Mason-Slidell  case,  in  con- 
nection with  the  Alabama  Claims  and  the  wanton  in- 
justice of  his  removal  from  that  position,  teaches  the 
folly  of  slavery  to  party  and  the  depravity  of  the 
children  of  men  who  abuse  merit  when  it  conflicts 
with  transient,  personal,  selfish  interests. 

When  he  withdrew  from  the  Republican  party  the 
base  ingratitude  of  politicians  and  a  large  number  of 
the  people  towards  their  great  benefactor,  the  censure 
of  the  legislature  of  Massachusetts,  and  added  to  this 
a  severe  at*ack  of  the  disease  which  a  year  later  caused 
his  death,  shows  us  the  wisdom  of  remembering  the 
days   of  darkness  '  'for  they  are  many. " 

As  was  said  at  the  outset,  Mr.  Sumner  seems  in 
the  portrayal  of  his  life  by  his  dibcriminating  and 
candid   eulogist,  to  have    been  all  that  nature  in  her 

Descended 


views  give  him  opinion  greater  weight.  He  says: 
I  have  always  been  strongly  in  favor  of  secular  educa- 
tion in  the  sense  of  education  without  theology;  but  I 
must  confess  I  have  been  no  less  seriously  perplexed 
to  know  by  what  practical  measures  the  religious  feel- 
ing, which  is  the  essential  basis  of  conduct,  was  to  be 
kept  up,  in  the  present  utterly  chaotic  state  of  opinion 
on  these  matters,  without  the  use  of  the  Bible.  By 
the  study  of  what  other  book  could  children  be  so 
much  humanized  and  made  to  feel  that  each  figure  in 
the  vast  historical  procession  fills,  like  themselves,  but 
a  momentary  space  in  the  interval  between  two  eter- 
nities; and  earns  the  blessings  or  the  curses  of  all 
time,  according  to  its  effort  to  do  good  and  hate  evil. 


from  an  upright,  courageous  English  family,  enjoying 
b11  desirable  advantages  in  early  life  for  the  best  lite- 
rary training,  with  a  strong  and  noble  physique^  no 
fierce  encounters  with  poverty  for  his  daily  bread,  he 
put  forth  a  majestic  and  graceful  manhood  refreshing 
true  hearts  as  a  carefully  trained  shade  tree  pleases  a 
correct  taste. 

He  was  all  that  nature  could  make  him.  Involun- 
tarily we  say  how  much  greater  are  the  triumphs  o 
grace.  How  much  safer  are  the  treasures  laid  up  in 
heaven. 

Imitate  Mr.  Sumner  in  his  honesty,  in  his  purity,  in 
his  industry,  in  his  devotion  to  truth ,  in  his  opposition 
to  the  hidden  works  of  darknees,  in  his  generous  love 


of  humanity,  but  make  the  soul  of  all  this  Christ  and 
his  kingdom. 

Those  professing  to  know,  say  that  Sumner  was  an 
earnest  Christian.  If  this  is  true,  Senator  Schura's 
eulogy,  so  clear  and  so  complete  in  other  respects,  is 
certainly  defective  in  not  showing  that  the  grace  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  sustained  and  comforted  him  in 
the  trials  of  his  life. 


Family  Affairs. 


For  the  Cynosure. 


BY  A.  THOMPSON. 


Husband. — Wife  put  the  kett  le  on,  I  love  to  hear 
Its  pleasant  sona:,  and  see  our  sinokin£!  cheer. 
And  while  you  get  the  supper,  I'll  unfold 
A  plan  for  getting  houor,  ease  and  gold. 

Wife. — Why  bless  you  John  I  never  knew  before, 
Your  mind  upon  such  dizzy  heights  to  soar, 
Has  mad  ambition  caught  you  by  the  hair 
And  bound  you  fast  on  her  deceitful  chair  ? 
What  would  you  be  ?  no  alderman,  I  ween; 
That  for  your  genius  would  be  low  and  mean. 
And  though  as  governor  a  while  might  do. 
Yet,  John,  the  Senate  is  the  place  for  you. 
There  your  great  parts  all  unobscured  might  shine 
And  till  the  nation  with  your  fame  and  mine. 

Husband. — Ah  !  your  old  pranks — there,  Nancy,  that 

will  do, — 
Had  ever  woman  such  a  tongue  as  you  ? 
Were  you  a  Senator,  I  would  be  bound. 
You'd  beat  old  Butler  on  his  chosen  ground  ; 
But  if  you  can  your  ridicule  retain 
I'll  show  my  plan,  and  strive  to  make  it  plain. 
You  know  our  foundry  is  a  large  concern. 
There  full  a  thousand  all  their  living  earn. 
And  vou  would  think  that  in  pjoportion  due 
To  what  the  workmen  of  the  bu-iuess  knew, 
Were  honesty  and  soberness  combined 
That  each  and  all  a  proper  place  would  find. 
It  is  not  so,  another  force  appears. 
And  into  place  the  oath-bouud  brother  rears. 
Sets  him  on  high  and  bids  him  grandly  ride 
O'er  worthy  rivals  cooly  set  aside. 
'Twas  but  to-day,  I  heard  our  boss  declare. 
My  steady  habits  and  my  skill  and  care, 
And  recommend  me  as  a  worthy  man 
To  be  a  foreman  in  the  place  of  Dan 
Whose  drinking  habits,  long  a  deep  disgrace. 
At  length  have  dispossessed  him  of  his  place. 
What's  the  reply  ? — '  I  would  be  pleased  indeed, 
To  give  to  John  the  place  of  Daniel  Reid, 
But  he's  a  'cowan  ;'  give  a  hint  from  me, 
And  bid  him  travel  through  the  third  degree." 
Thus  spoke  the  owner  so  that  I  might  hear 
What  was  of  course  intended  for  my  ear. 
And  now  my  plan  if  you  declare  it  good 
Is  to  be  numbered  with  the  brotherhood. 

Wife. — Amazing  wisdom,  oracle  of  light, 

What  deep  sagacity  you  show  to-night ! 

Yes,  round  your  neck  the  Mason's  halter  draw 

And  bow  the  subject  of  Masonic  law, 

And  humbly  sware  through  all  your  mortal  life 

To  keep  your  secrets  from  your  worthy  wife. 

Yes,  join  and  pay  for  pass- words  and  degrees, 

For  empty  titles  aud  for  private  fees 

In  one  year  more  than  you  have  given 

In  any  two  to  spread  the  bliss  of  heaven  ! 

And  you  may  be  a  general  or  a  priest, 

A  great  high  something  at  the  very  least. 

Yes,  join  the  lodge,  and  every  night  at  tea 

I'll  read  a  lecture  from  a  new  degree, 

Of  bleeding  throats  aud  organs  torn  out. 

Tongues,  hearts  and  bowels  scattered  all  about, 

Of  fiery  vengeance  chasing  to  the  grave, 

Of  malice's  tongue  let  loose  upon  the  slave 

Who  dares  by  any  art  or  plan  disclose, 

The  awful  secrets  that  the  order  knows, 

Of  human  ashes  scattered  to  the  blast, 

Of  horrid  hell  when  mortal  life  is  past. 

The  double  hell  that  waits  the  hapless  knight, 

AVho  stains  on  earth  his  sacred  honor  bright. 

Yes,  join  the  lodge  and  I  will  undertake 

To  keep  you  posted  up  aud  wide  awake 

On  all  the  wisdom  and  the  lore  profound. 

That  women  never  knew  nor  cowan  found. 

But  mind  you,  John,  as  sure  as  you're  a  man, 

I'll  always  look  as  homely  as  I  can; 

I'll  let  the  cobwebs  gather  on  the  wall 

And  feed  the  chickens  daily  in  the  hall ; 

I'll  wear  the  hat  you  hate  so  much  to  see. 

And  never  give  you  sugar  in  your  tea; 

I'll  never  put  a  patch  upon  your  clothes, 

Nor  draw  a  needle  through  your  holey  hose. 

But  look  as  crossly  sour  as  spinster  Lee 

If  you  prefer  the  Masons'  lodge  to  me. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUIl  COLLEGES  ON  SErRET  SOCIETIES. 


BUHEKA  COLLKOK. 

MeBBre.  Phllo  Carpenter,  J.  W.  R.  Sloan,  L.  N.  Stratton,  EsqrB., 
Committee: 

Qbntlkmen: — Your  circular  letter  of  Sept.  18lh, 
requesting  the  views  of  the  President  and  Faculty  of 
Eurtka  College  upon  the  subject  of  '*  The  Influence 
of  Freemasonry  on  the  Social,  Civil  and  Moral  Char- 
acter of  the   citiz'^ns  of  America"  has   been  received 

While,  except  for  the  request  made,  no  such  article 
would  ever  have  been  written,  and  while  there  is  not 
an  entire  uniformity  in  our  views,  I  am  disposed  to 
state  in  brief  my  own  convictions  and  those  of  my  co. 
laborers  so  far  as  I  know  them,  not,  however,  holding 
myself  responsible  for  an  exact  representation  of  the 
latter. 

No  more  than  two  of  our  number  have  ever  beer 
connected  with  any  of  the  secret  orders,  and  I  believe 
none  with  the  Freemasons.  No  member  of  the  Faculty 
could  be  called  a  zealous  supporter  of  secret  societies. 
Two  or  three  are  quite  earnestly  opposed,  and  the  re- 
mainder regard  the  question  as  of  individual  applica- 
tion not  of  serious  import  in  connection  with  our  social, 
civil  and  moral  well-being. 

Perfect  impartiality  is  indispensable  in  consideiinf,' 
this  subject,  and  at  the  same  time  it  is  very  difficult. 
Wl  at  right  has  one  who  has  never  been  connected 
with  a  secret  order  to  assume  to  speak  in  regard  to 
that  of  which  he  can  know  nothing?  On  the  other 
hand,  how  can  he  who,  it  may  be,  overcoming  scruples 
and  doubts  to  do  so,  has  thoroughly  committed  him- 
self to  a  movement,  present  with  freedom  its  defects 
to  his  own  mind  or  to  others?  Whoever  attempts  to 
become  the  champion  of  one  or  the  other  side  of  the 
controversy  upon  this  subject,  will  most  certainly  fail 
to  be  entirely  impartial.  We  may,  however,  do  greai 
good,  and  such  emphatically  must  be  the  result  of  the 
opposition  represented  by  the  Christian  Cynosure. 
A.ad  yet  there  is  not  so  great  force  to  the  objections 
set  forth  in  the  inquiries  just  given  as  is  sometimes 
supposed. 

An  intelligent  citizen  is  a  competent  judge  of  the 
cUims  of  Freemasonry,  though  never  having  been  in 
itiated  into  its  mysteries.  The  system  has  its  fruits 
which  are  apparent  to  all.  Its  votaries  have  moved 
among  us  in  all  the  relationships  and  stations  of  life 
and  certainly  its  effects  must  be  visible  to  the  careful 
observer.  We  cannot  suppose  that  any  flagrant  im- 
moralities are  practiced  in  the  secret  conclaves  since 
there  is  no  perceptible  baneful  influence  upon  the 
characters  of  those  who  are  durine;  a  life  time  partici- 
pants in  them.  Nor  does  it  exert  any  very  great  in- 
fluence in  politics,  since  members  of  the  order  belong 
to  all  parties,  often  oppose  each  other,  and  very  rarely, 
as  is  true  even  in  regard  to  religious  sects,  is  member- 
ship in  the  Masonic  fraternity  a  deciding  point  in  the 
election  of  offi'-ers.  Civil  freedom  has  not  been  jeop- 
ardized nor  life  and  property  been  made  insecure. 
Factious  opposition  to  forms  of  government  has  no', 
been  observed  as  a  result  of  Masonry  in  its  entire  his- 
tory, nor  has  education  or  progress  been  impeded 
Ministers  of  the  Gospel  remain  in  its  membership 
asserting  the  entire  consistency  and  propriety  of  such 
a  course.  Since,  then,  no  fundamental  evil  can  be 
alleged  against  it,  we  must  institute  more  careful  in- 
quiry to  determine  what  are  its  tendencies  and  itt 
cbaractier.  Admitting  perhaps  good  influences  from 
it,  has  it  any  principles  of  evil  whatever?  Are  there 
any  reasons  why  it  should  be  abandoned? 

As  a  foundation  for  proper  judgment  upon  social, 
civil  or  moral  questions  the  Bible  must  be  recognized 
as  the  standard  of  right,  the  revelation  in  it  of  Jesus 
the  Christ,  the  Son  of  God  and  the  Siviour  of  the 
world,  must  be  held  as  fundamental  and  the  fact  must 
be  asserted  that  no  moral  principle,  eternal  and  inde- 
Btru-^table  though  such  principles  are,  has  come  to  the 
world  from  any  other  source  than  the  divine.  Mason- 
ry did  not  introduce  philanthropy  and  morality  into 
the  world,  and  though  it  may  claim  to  have  practiced 
them,  that  is  no  sufficient  argument  for  retaining  the 
system  'f  there  are  less  objectionable  meane  of  doing 
the  tame. 


What  are  the  evils  connected  with  Freemasonry  ? 

1.  Time  and  means  are  expended  unnecessarily. 

2.  The  attendant  upon  evening  conclaves  is  drawn 
away  from  the  family  circle  when  he  should  be  at 
home,  and    to  that  extent  the  social  tie  is  weakened. 

3.  The  pledge  and  obligation  of  secrecy  arc- 
stronger  than  required  for  the  legitimate  accomplish- 
ment of  the  objects  usually  set  forth  as  designed  by 
the  institution, 

4.  The  candidate  for  admission  is  in  the  most 
solemn  manner  initiated  into  that  of  which  he  has  noi 
before  complete  knowledge;  and  if  he  shall  find  any 
thing  fundamentally  wrong,  be  is  virtually  prohibiteo 
from  denouncing  it.  A  morally  responsible  being  has 
no  right  to  take  such  a  step  in  the  dark.  Being  iht 
guardian  of  his  own  conscience  he  cannot  so  act  on 
the  assurance  of  any  other  human  being  whatever. 

5.  No  human  imtitution  ha3  the  right  to  exact 
oaths.  Even  the  church  has,  formally,  none,  and 
civil  governments  if  they  require  them  can  only  do  so 
because  they  themselves  are  ordained  of  God.  Free- 
masonry has  no  suih  right,  having  no  divine  origin. 

6.  Freemasonry  gives  undue  sanctity  to  that  which 
is  not  divine;  in  its  regular  proceedings,  on  funeral  occa- 
sions, etc.,  it  mingles  in  unhallowed  associations  its 
own  pretensions  with  the  solemn  rites  of  religious 
worship. 

7.  It  performs  its  charitable  acts  not  in  the  name 
of  Christ;  the  individual  gives  the  cup  of  water  in  hi^ 
own  name  or  that  of  his  order.  Christ  does  not, 
therefore,  as  he  justly  should,  receive  the  glory  of  all 
our  good  deeds. 

8.  Many  Freemasons  openly  contrast  the  church, 
as  a  means  of  good,  with  their  order,  and  thus  injure 
the  influence  of  God's  own  organization.  Many  of 
them  are  satisfied  with  their  order  and  reject  the 
church  founded  by  the  Son  of  God  and  for  which  he 
gave  his  life  and  which  he  requires  every  free  moral 
<gent  among  men  to  enter  and  sustain. 

9.  Selfishness  is  an  ingredient  of  the  philanthropy 
of  the  order,  since  it  distinguishes  in  its  benevolence 
between  its  members  and  other  men,  and  gives  rather 
as  a  mutual  aid  society  than  because  Christ,  who  has 
commended  his  own  love  to  us  by  the  infinite  gift  ol 
himself,  requires  us  to  love  one  another. 

Though  Freemasons  regard  these  objections  as  un- 
just and  invalid,  thousands  are  influenced  by  them 
who  may  not  openly  oppose,  but  yet  cannot  conscien- 
ciously  at*acb  themselves  to  the  organizatior,  and  will 
always  regard  its  influence  as  detrimental  to  our  civil, 
social  and  moral  life.  A.  M.  Weston. 


My  Conflict  and  the  Result. 


Mr.  Editor: — Some  years  ago,  as  you  know,  our 
"Grand  Traverse  Conference"  passed  resolutions 
against  Masonry.  (I  first  started  the  fight  by  sending 
a  long  essay  in  Conference  against  Masonry.)  The 
Masons  were  enraged,  and  rose  en-mass  to  crush  the 
Congregational  churches  of  this  region. 

I  was  called  out  to  lecture  against  them,  first  in 
Northport,  where  they  had  a  lodge,  then  here.  All 
the  Masons  signed  a  petition  to  me  requesting  me  to 
give  them  the  lecture  I  gave  at  Northport.  I  did  so 
They  were  out;  had  a  crowded  house,  a  Mason  chair 
man,  and  first  rate  order  throughout  for  two  hours  or 
more.  But  they  changed  color  and  turned  and 
scowled,  but  no  one  said  a  word  till  they  got  out  of 
doors;  then  the  chairman  said,  '  'It  is  all  a  lie."  But 
that  same  man  was  overheard  to  say,  next  morning,  to 
three  other  Masons,  '"I  watched  Thompson  close  last 
night,  but  there  was  not  a  point  I  could  deny." 

But  though  they  could  not  deny,  they  resolved  t"^' 
crush  me.  They  said,  ''We  will  starve  him  out;"  and 
ihey  tried  it.  They  would  not  give  anything  for 
preaching,  or  to  build  the  church;  nor  would  they  let 
iheiT  families  give,  who  were  regular  attendants  on  the 
preaching.  They  gave  me  a  good  "letting  alone;'' 
only  they  talked  against  me  behind  my  back ,  reported 
mnny  lies  about,  and  tried  to  prejudice  the  people 
against  me.  I  went  steadily  fprward  in  my  woik 
without  noticing  their  lies,  and  the  Lord  helped, 
ihough  they  would  not.     The  church  was  finished; 


the  people  stood  by  me.  I  lived  without  Masons*^ 
money;  and  they  failed,  broke  down,  and  had  to 
leave,  while  I  hold  still  the  field,  and  the  Lord  is  bless- 
ing us  and  sinners  are  being  converted.  Glory  to  his 
holy  name !  The  work  is  his,  and  his  shall  be  all  the 
praise.  Before  they  left  they  seemed  conquered  in 
their  prejudices.  They  bowed  and  Rmiled  and  spoke 
pleasantly  to  me,  and  one  of  them  (said  to  be  the 
highest  Mason  in  the  State)  came  to  me  and  confessed 
bis  wrong  toward  me,  and  wished  my  forgiveness  I 
And  again  said  to  me,  "For  your  encouragement,  Mr. 
Thompson,  I  wish  to  say  that  your  influence  over  me 
has  been  for  good  I  am  resolved  henceforth  to  throw 
my  iLfliience  on  the  side  of  temperance"  (he  had  been 
a  free  drinker.)  He  since  wrote  me  a  very  friendly 
letter  from  Salt  Lake  City,  saying  that  my  "counsels 
'o  him  were  among  his  greenest  memories."  That 
Mason  once  said  to  me,  •  'They  talk  about  Morgan's 
being  murdered  by  the  Mason.  It  is  all  a  myth." 
I  answered,  "It  is  too  late  in  the  day  to  talk  so.  The 
thing  has  been  undeniably  proven  too  often."  He 
said  again,  ''If  oae  who  had  been  a  Mason,  should 
come  out  and  tell  everything  just  as  it  is,  you  could 
not  believe  him !"  What  nonsense  !— first  acknowledge 
he  told  the  truth,  and  then  say  you  can't  believe  him  1 
Why?  "He  is  a  perjured  man."  How  perjured? 
"Because  he  has  revealed  what  he  swore  never  to  re- 
veal." Indeed!  Then  he  Ms  revealed  Masonry  or 
else  he  is  not  a  perjured  man!  So,  by  Masons' own 
:ihowing.  Masonry  has  been  revealed;  and  why  all  this 
ado  about  keeping  it  secret? 

I  once  said  to  a  Mason  who  had  just  taken  the  first 
degree,  "Now,  my  friend,  you  better  come  up  to  my 
house  and  I  can  tell  you  all  ahout  it  without  your 
having  a  rope  round  your  neck  and  being  blindfolded 
and  dragged  and  bamboozled  around  so."  He  replied 
(without  thinking),  "0,  well,  that  has  all  been  gone 
through  with!"  Another  seven-degree  Mason,  who 
has  staid  with  me — a  M.  E.  minister — preached  the 
funeral  sermon  of  a  very  wicked  man,  but  preached 
him  straight  to  heaven,  and  said,  ^'Masonry  is  the 
highest  style  of  a  profession  of  religion/"  And  a 
wicked,  seven-degree  man  here  says,  '"Masonry  is  all 
the  religion  I  want"  But  this  religion  does  not  make 
them  good  men. 

I  have  exposed  their  abominations  and  nonsense  in 
the  hall  and  in  papers,  in  public  and  in  private.  They 
have  threatened,  but  no  violence  has  been  inflicted. 
Truth  has  been  triumphant. 

Now,  for  years,  I  have  been  exposing  the  needless- 
ness  and  wickedness  of  running  iron  furnaces  on  the 
Sabbath ;  showing  that  they  can  be  run  successfully 
and  keep  the  Sabbath ;  and  for  this  exposition  of  their 
wickedness  the  present  iron  company  seem  to  be 
•'down  on  me,"  and  refuse  to  do  anything  toward 
sustaining  preaching.  Very  well.  Let  them  keep 
their  money.  I  will  try  to  be  faithful,  and  trust  in 
the  Master  for  my  support.  But  rebuke  their  sins  I 
must,  though  obliged  to  work  hard  with  my  hands  to 
support  a  large  family.  The  prayers  of  Christians 
are  invoked,  that  we  may  see,  in  greater  power,  the 
glory  of  God  and  triumph  of  truth.  Yours  for  right- 
ousness,  George  Thompson. 

Leland,  Mich. 

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The  Newspaper  Press. 


Why  is  it  that  the  newspaper  press  of  the  coun- 
try is  so  silent  on  a  subject  that  is  of  such  vital  impor- 
tance to  our  religion  and  our  government,  as  the 
one  which  our  Association  advocates,  viz:  Opposi- 
tion TO  Secret  Societies  ?  Is  it  possible  that  Anti- 
masons  are  all  wrong,  and  the  newspaper  editors 
of  the  United  States,  whom  we  outnumber  ten  to 
one,  are  all  right?  You  will  find  the  average  Ameri- 
can newspaper  editor  quite  ready  to  publish  the  pro- 
ceedings of  Masonic  lodges;  but  if  you  attempt  to  get 
him  to  publish  Anti-masonic  proceedings,  you  will 
have  a  cold  shoulder  turned  upon  you  at  once.  You 
will  have  to  pay  pretty  lareely  to  have  the  use  of  his 
columns,  and  m-.y  not  succeed  even  then;  for  the 
lodge  is  all-powerful,  and  there  is  not  one  press  in  two 


^  1 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


hundred  that  dare  to  offend  it  by  publishing  the  truth 
against  it. 

Never  was  poor  Spain  so  ridden  by  priests,  as  the 
American  press  is  by  Masonry.  Even  editors  who 
pretend  to  the  h'gheat  respectability,  and  whose  opin- 
ions pass  current  with  Masons  and  Masonic  politicians, 
have  either  taken  or  refused  money  to  allow  moderate 
Anti  masonic  articles  to  j;o  into  their  papers.  Any- 
thing in  favor  of  Masonry  they  publish  with  grea' 
facility,  giving  place  in  their  columns  cheerfully  to  tht 
most  stupid,  unwholesome  stuff  that  comes  from  the 
lodge,  thus  depraving  the  tastes,  perverting  the  judg- 
ment, and  confusing  the  ideas  of  moral  right  of  their 
readers,  but  not  a  word  will  they  ever  print  against 
Masonry.  They  will  fully  suppress  the  truth,  and 
give  only  one  side — the  false  side  of  the  question. 
Let  any  unbiased,  independent  man  read  the  Cyno- 
sure, or  any  other  Anti-masonic  paper,  only  for  six 
months,  and  he  will  be  surprised  to  find  how  com^ 
pletely  the  American  press,  both  religious  and  politi 
cal,  has  hoodwinked  its  readers,  and  prevented  them 
from  knowing  the  truth. 

There  is  hardly  a  newspaper  of  high  character  in 
the  country,  whether  religious  or  political,  excepting 
a  few  Anti-maeonic  prints  of  recent  date,  which  has 
foiled  to  base  its  interests  on  the  corrupt  favors  of  the 
lodge.  Let  us  take  for  example  the  Ntw  FbrA;  Tril- 
une,  which  claims  to  be  at  the  very  head  of  all  tht 
newspapera  of  the  country,  what  are  the  facts  in  tht 
case?  How  many  articles  against  Masonry  has  an) 
one  ever  seen  in  that  paper  during  the  last  fifteen 
years?  A  candid  answer  to  that  inquiry  would  have 
to  admit  that  for  one  such  article  there  has  probablj 
been  a  hundred  of  the  opposite  character.  By 
Masonry  is  meant,  of  course,  a  generic  term,  embrac- 
ing all  secret  organizations.  Whatever  newspaper 
publishes  the  proceedings  of  secret  societies,  without 
adverse  comment  on  them  of  any  kind,  favors  those 
societies;  and  whatever  paper  favors  secret  societies , 
favors  corrupt  influences  and  false  ideas. 

JNothing  is  more  dangerous  to  liberty  in  a  free 
country,  than  the  newspaper  press.  While  a  free, 
manly,  independent,  disinterested  press  is  the  guardian 
of  liberty,  a  corrupt  press  is  the  utter  ruin  of  lib- 
erty; and  no  press  could  be  more  corrupt  than  that 
which  courts  the  impure  favors  of  the  Masonic  lodge. 
We  are  to  know  the  tree  by  its  fruits;  and  by  this 
simple  rule  let  us  again  revert  to  the  first  newspaper 
of  the  country.  What  did  the  I7ew  York  Tribune 
do  toward  exposing  and  defeating  the  corruptions  of 
the  "  Tammany  order,"  a  secret  ring  which  has  over- 
whelmed New  York  City  with  such  an  immense  debt  ? 
If  we  are  not  mistaken,  it  sought  to  palliate  and  cover 
up  that  outrage  at  the  expense  of  the  city  government. 
And  now  that  an  issue  of  the  first  importance  arises 
between  importers  and  the  government,  the  Trihnne 
devotes  a  large  part  of  its  columns  in  fayor  of  the  im 
porters  against  the  government.  Its  columns  rever 
berate  with  the  loudest  thunder  of  indignation  agai'  st 
a  little  secret  ring  of  detectives  employed  by  the  gov- 
ernment against  known  dishonest  parties;  but  against 
Masonry,  the  worst  and  most  pernicious  of  all  secret 
rings,  one  that  naturally  leads  to  the  existence  and 
support  of  all  other  secret  rings,  the  Tribune  has  but 
little  to  say.  The  Grange  ring,  which  is  one  of  the 
most  dangerous  aspects  which  Masonry  has  yet 
assumed,  finds  the  Tribune  better  than  posting  bills 
and  franking  privileges,  for  advertising  and  furthering 
its  proceedings.  To  be  attending  to  little  rings  and 
give  no  heed  to  Masonry,  is  but  tithing  anise  and 
cummin,  and  neglecting  weightier  matters — matters 
which  must  be  attended  to  first  and  foremost  above 
all  others,  or  our  republican  government  cannot  be 
saved.  It  may  amuse  and  divert  idle  readers  to  see 
the  terriers  of  the  Tribune  ferret  out  little  nibbling 
mice,  while  the  real  Masonic  rats  are  quietly  at  work 
destroying  the  dikes  and  embankments  of  republican 
government  against  the  desolating  fli  ods  of  fraud  and 
corruption,  which,  hke  a  swollen  Mississippi,  are 
threatening  to  pour  in  upon  us. 

What  the  American  public  now  needs,  is  a  press 
that  dares  to  tell  the  truth;  and  to  ftseail  false  princi- 


ple in  whatever  gigantic  proportions  it  may  appear. 
It  needs  a  press  that  adopts  honesty  instead  of  policy 
for  its  standaid,  and  which  m^kes  plain  and  straight 
the  paths  of  truth,  in  order  to  lead  men  out  of  the 
mazes  into  which  Masonic  indirection  has  led  them. 

Reform. 


Secrecy. 


BY  PRES.    SMITH,    OF  NORTHWESTERN    COLLEGE. 


Remarks  are  sometimes  made  in  justification  of  se- 
crecy which  do  not  seem  to  be  very  logical.  N  >  jusi 
discrimination  seems  to  be  made;  but  it  is  inferred 
ihat  because  secrecy  is  just fied  and  demanded  by  pe- 
culiar circumstances,  it  may  with  propriety  be  adopt- 
ed as  a  general  rule  of  ac  ion. 

Secrecy  cinnot  be  condemned  as  always  wrong.  Ii 
has,  indeed,  of  itself,  no  moral  character.  Secrels 
may  be  committed  to  us  which  we  should  sfcrediy 
keep;  not  because  they  are  secrets,  but  because  to 
publish  them  would  be  an  injury  to  6o:iety.  If  the 
same  things  should  be  c'mmunicited  to  us,  not  as  se- 
crets, but  with  the  intention  thit  they  should  be 
spread  abroad,  we  should  be  guilty  of  the  same  wrong  in 
giving  them  publicity. 

It  i  proper  that  every  individual  should  keep  some 
things  secret — that  some  of  his  thoughts  and  actions 
should  be  known  only  to  himself  and  God.  There 
may  with  propriety  be  family  secrets.  In  the  present 
state  of  society  it  would  be  very  imprudent  to  reveal 
everything  said  and  done  in  the  family  circle.  But  it 
does  not  follow  that  a  family  is  justified  in  keeping  a 
guard  at  the  door  to  prevent  others  from  entering,  or 
in  putting  its  members  under  oath  not  to  reveal  any- 
thing said  or  done.  The  church  may  have  secret 
sessions,  though  such  sessions  are  generally  cf  doubt- 
ful utility.  If  they  are  allowable  at  all,  it  is  that  those 
who  are  interested  may  be  more  free  in  investigating 
wrong  doing,  and  iu  giving  expressions  to  their  opin- 
ions, while  the  results  of  their  deliberations  are  after- 
wards to  be  revealed.  This  certainly  would  not  jus- 
tify a  church  in  holding  secret  sessions  a;  a  general 
rule.  The  same  may  be  said  in  regard  to  the  secret 
sessions  of  a  legislative  body.  If  they  are  ever  justi 
fiable,  it  is  for  temporary  purposes,  and  as  an  except- 
ion to  the  general  rule.  Secrets  are  admissable  also 
in  war.  But  this  does  not  justify  those  who  are  engag 
ed  in  benevolent  efforts,  and  who  have  uo  thought  of 
waging  offensive  or  defensive  war  against  their  fellow 
men,  in   adopting  secrecy  as  a  principle  of  action. 

It  may  truly  be  said  that  secretiveness  is  not  a  marls 
of  superior  virtue.  We  esteem  men,  not  in  proportion 
to  their  disposition  to  conceal  their  thoughts  and 
actions,  but  inproportion  as  they  manifest  a  dis- 
position to  act  without  disguise.  The  child 
is  free  from  guile  and  ha?  no  secrets;  and,  in 
after  life,  just  in  proportion  to  its  purity  of  heart  and 
life,  will  it  have  less  occasion  for  secrecy.  So  it  i- 
with  a  family  or  a  community.  The  more  ex- 
alted its  members  are  in  intelligence  and  virtue,  the 
less  tendency  there  will  be  to  secretiveness  on  their 
part.  If  there  was  no  sin  in  the  world,  there  would 
be  no  need  of  necrets.  There  will  be  no  secrecy  in 
heaven.  "There  is  nothing  covered  that  shall  not  be 
revealed;  neither  hid  that  shall  not  be  known." 

In  regard  to  this  point,  Henry  Ward  Beecher  makes 
some  excellent  remarks,  as  follows:  '  Secretiveness  is 
an  instinct  of  our  lower  nature.  It  is  the  resuit  of 
the  law  of  force,  for  the  most  part.  The  Spirit  o^ 
Christ  is  one  which  refuses  to  work  by  principles  of 
secrecy.  There  is  nothing  that  forbids  incidental 
secrecy,  as  in  the  family.  There  are  some  things 
best  not  to  be  known.  But  mostly  secretiveness  be- 
longs to  a  state  of  life  where  f  uce  rules,  driving  men 
to  secretiveness  for  protection.  As  we  rise  in  the 
scale,  however,  our  true  nature  is  best  served  by  re- 
linquishing secretiveness  to  the  brute  creation.  Fish 
taken  in  the  Mammoth  Cave  are  said  to  have  no  eyes. 
There  being  no  function  for  it,  the  organ  itself  remains 
undeveloped.  And  so  men  brought  up  in  secrecy 
lack  that  moral  sense  which  otherwise  would  grow  in 
them  by    use.     Under  despotisms,  unity  for  liberty 


can  only  be  secured  by  secrcy;  and  the  price  paid  in 
demoralization  of  character  makes  it  very  questionable 
whether  it  is  best.  The  open  testimony  of  martyrs 
has  done  the  world  more  good  than  all  secret  plottings. 
Although  in  the  retreats  of  the  family  or  in  one's  own 
heart  seme  things  may  be  withheld,  it  may  be  laid 
down  88  a  general  rule,  that,  in  the  operations  of  so- 
ciety, secrecy  belongs  to  the  lowest  range  of  manhood, 
and  not  to  the  higher  range  and  spiritual  kingdom." 
There  can  be  no  doubt  that  when  secrecy  is  adopted 
as  a  rule  of  action,  it  has  a  demoralizing  tendency. 
Let  a  virtuous  man  adopt  the  principle  of  secreting 
his  thoughts  and  actions  from  his  fellow-men,  or  let  a 
body  of  men  do  the  same,  and,  however  pure  their 
intentions  may  be,  as  they  are  removed  from  the 
healthy  restraints  of  society,  the  tendency  must  be  to 
lead  them  to  approve  of  sentiments  and  deeds  which 
otherwise  they  would  condemn.  Moral,  political  and 
religious  societies  are  in  danger  of  becoming  corrupt, 
even  when  their  doings  are  exposed  to  the  criticism 
of  those  without.  But  the  danger  must  be  greatly 
increased  when  all  their  acts  are  hidden  from  public 
view,  and  all  are  bound  under  strong  oaths  not  to  re- 
veal anything  that  takes  pi  ice.  How  long  would  a 
church  retain  its  purity  if  all  that  was  said  and  done 
in  its  meetings  was  withheld  from  the  public?  What 
an  opportunity  would  be  afforded  for  hypocrites  and 
unprincipled  men  to  work  evil  ?  Who  does  not  see 
that  by  acting  thus  in  secret,  without  a  possibility  of 
exposure,  the  bad  would  have  the  advantage  of  the 
good,  and  would  be  likely  to  take  the  lead  in  the  op- 
erations of  the  association? — Evangelical  Messenger, 


Politics  as  a  Ueligious  Duty. 


[B^om  the  Northwestern  Christian  Advocate.! 

No  man  b-iS  a  right  to  shirk  politics.  Fat  ofBc^s 
exisf,  and  if  we  do  not  cire  for  them,  rogues  will 
seize  t'lem  just  as  thieves  steal  your  stray  dollars 
or  diamonds.  Worst  of  all,  once  in  office,  the  power 
of  office  will  be  used  to  rob,  outrage  and  ruin.  Some 
governors,  congressmen,  judges  and  law  makers 
outjht  this  hour  to  be  in  the  penitentiary. 

Decent  people  complain  about  politics;  suppose  we 
stop  scolding  and  compel  reform.  It  can  be  done 
4nd  if  ever  done,  done  by  those  who  now  do  nothing 
but  listlessly  whine  about  the  wickedness  of  power 
unsalted  by  the  churches.  Let  us  begin  now,  and  at 
the  right  place  Chicago  illustrates  the  comforts 
of  cauterizing  the  wrong  end  of  an  evil.  Suppose 
we  begin  further  back  among  candidates  arjd  plat- 
forms. We  shall  thus  properly  shape  future  elect- 
ions, and  at  the  same  time, by  healthy  fear  among  the 
elect  of  yesterday,  may  prompt  them  to  serve  more 
faithfully. 

Let  every  good  man  now  promise  God  that  he 
will  put  his  hand  on  politics.  If  caucuses  are  not 
abandoned  to  the  tricksters  and  slumites,  primary 
elections  will  not  be  held  in  saloons,  amid  whiskey, 
smuke,  and  oaths  enough  to  make  a  careless  daily 
reporter  tremble  for  the  country.  If  necessary,  re- 
fuse to  go  to  prayer-mee*ings  that  night;  talk  right 
out  on  the  subject;  scan  delegates;  go  at  first,  even 
to  a  sa'oon  caucus;  insist  on  good  order;  disregard 
the  bullies  who  try  to  get  all  power  by  repelling 
you  with  sneers  about  "fanatical  Christians;"  assert 
your  right  to  shape  the  state;  be  your  dignifiad  self 
there  just  as  you  are  in  the  crowd  about  your 
post  office ;  silence  party  hacks,  and  astonish  them  by 
the  sight  of  gentlemen  doing  their  duty. 

To  your  astonishment,  that  very  first  election  will 
put  on  new  features,  and  your  delegates,  nominees 
and  your  elect  servants  will  gather  strength  when  they 
see  that  you  propose  to  stand  by  them  just  as  scamps 
have  clung  to  their  companions. 

Reformed  national  politics  depend  wholly  upon 
reformed  local  politics.  National  politicians  are  power- 
ess  without  the  all-prevading  support  of  Itcal  man- 
vgers.  Begin  at  home.  Put  every  local  politician  on 
his  good  behavior,  and  he  will  see  to  it  that  general 
issuts  are  shaped  to  your  liking  through  the  machin- 
ery he  knows  so  well  how  to  move.  Parties  are 
not  kept  together  by  devotion  to  abstract  principles 
with  national  applications.  Poor  human  nature  is 
not  made  up  after  that  pattern.  If  you  neglect 
your  local  constables,  coroners  or  supervisors,  your 
whole  party  in  state  and  nation  will  fall  apart. 
Lesser  ambitions  and  more  local  desire  to  get  the 
much  for  the  Uttle  create  the  ward,  townsh  p  and 
county  influence  that  cements  men.  There  will  never 
be  any  necessity  for  attacking  a  national  platform  if 
you  hold  the  reins  of  decency  tightly  over  your 
neighbor  who  wants    to  carry  his  election. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  Xatioual  Christian  Association 
opposed  to  Secret  Societies,  Sixth  An- 
niversary in  Shakspeare  Hall,  Syra- 
cuse, N.  ¥.,  June  2,  1874. 

♦-»♦ • 

— For  the  information  of  inquiring 
friends  brother  Strrttton  of  the  Wesleyan 
■writes  that  several  hundred  delegates  will 
be  entertained  at  Syracuse.  No  special 
reduction  of  railroad  fare  is  yet  reported. 
The  present  rate  from' Chicago  is  $17  ;  the 
trip  is  made  in  twenty-six  hours  on  trains 
leaving  at  8:30  A.  M.  and  5:15  P.  M. 


Pledges  Made  at  Mdnmodth  should  be 
paid  without  delay.  Those  interested  will 
please  notice  and  save  being  notified  more 
particularly. 


Ohio    Anti-secret    State    Convention. 


After  consulting  with  the  friends  of 
our  reform  as  generally  as  practicable 
as  to  the  time  and  place  of  holding  our 
State  Convention  for  organization,  we 
have  concluded  that  we  can  do  no  bet- 
ter than  to  appoint  it  at  Flat  Rock, 
Seneca  Co.,  0.  This  is  not  as  central 
as  we  could  desire,  but  all  the  circum- 
stances indicate  that  this  will  be  the 
most  successful  place  for  such  a  gather- 
ing on  short  notice.  In  this  appoint- 
ment we  have  the  concurrence  of  Rev. 
L.  Moore,  President  of  Northern  Cen- 
tral Ohio  organization,  and  other 
friends,  and  hope  that  it  may  meet  the 
approbation  of  our  friends  generally 
throughout  the  State.  As  the  National 
meeting  at  Syracuse  is  fast  approach- 
ing, and  as  we  hope  to  be  fiily  repre- 
sented in  that  body,  we  fix  the  time 
for  holding  our  State  meeting  to  com- 
mence Tuesday  evening,  the  19th  of 
May,  and  to  continue  until  Thursday 
evening,  the  2l6t.  We  hope  all  our 
friends  who  can  possibly  atttend  will 
do  Eo,  as  the  convention  will  be  one  of 
much  interest  to  our  cause  in  this  State; 
and  we  hope  the  influence  will  be 
healthy  on  other  States.  Come  one, 
come  all,  and  let  us  put  this  State  upon 
a  basis  in  which  she  can  be  effectively 
aggressive  against  this  enemy  of  Gad 
and  humanity.  We  wish  to  be  able  to 
appoint  one  or  more  delegates  at  this 
meeting  from  every  county  in  the  State 
to  the  National  meeting  in  June. 
Hope  the  friends  will  all  take  an  inter- 
est in  securing  funds  from  each  county 
sufficient  to  defray  the  expenses  of 
their  respective  delegates.  We  will  see 
that  able  speakers  are  present  on  the 
occasion.  Papers  favorable  please  copy. 
D.  S.  Caldwell,  State  Agent. 
Carey,  0„  April  13th,  '74. 
P.  S. — Persons  from  all  parts  of  the 
State  will  stop  off  at  Bellview,,and  will 
be  conveyed  to  place  of  meeting. 

»«-« 

Is  Indianapolis,  St,.  Louis  or  Lansing 
the  place  for  our  annual  meeting  next 
year?  Or  shall  we  look  still  farther? 
One  important  work  for  the  National 
Anniversary  will  be  to  lay  out  the 
plan  of  next  year's  labor,  at  least  so  far 
as  to  fix  the  place  of  the  next  annual 
meeting.  If  this  is  done  it  will  aid 
much  in  making  that  meeting  what  it 
ought  to  be.  Will  not  friends  interest- 
ed let  us  know  their  views  on  this  sub- 
ject? 

»  ^  « 

Lecture  List. 


State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturer  for  New  York,  J.  L.  Bar- 
low, Bemus  Heights,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Senecaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.  Rathbun,   Odessa,  N.  Y. 
8.  Smith,  Charles  City,  Iowa. 
R.  B.  Taylor,  Summertield,  O. 
L.  N.  Slratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 
J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
Linus  Ohittenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 
P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola, Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskev,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis. 
C.  F.  Hawley,  Seneca  Falls  N.  Y. 
Wm.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind. 
L.  M.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  J.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 


THE   NATIONAL    CHIUSTIAN    ASSO- 
CIATION, 

OPPOSED   TO   secret   SOCIETIES. 

President — J.  G.  Carson,  Xenia,  O. 

Vice-Presidents — R.  B.  Taylor,  of  Ohio  ; 
Aaron  Floyd,  of  Pensylvania;  Luke 
Thomas,  of  Ind ;  Pres.  p.  A.  Wallace,  of 
Illinois;  George  Brokaw,  of  Iowa;  N.  E. 
Gardner,  of  Missouri;  N.  B.  Blanton,  of 
Kansas;  Donald  Kirkpatrick,  of  New 
York;  J.  W.  Wood,  of  Wisconsin;  John 
Levington,  of  Micbinan. 

Corresponding  Secretary — I.  A.  Hart, 
Wheaton,  111. 

Recording  Secretaries — H.  L.  Kellogg, 
G.  L.  Arnold. 

Treasurer — H.  L.  Kellogg,  11  Wabash 
Ave.,  Chicago. 

Executive  Committee — J.  Blanchard, 
P.  Carpenter,  I.  A.  Hart,  George  Dietrich, 
J.  M.  Snyder,  O.  F.  Lumry,  Isaac  Preston, 
C.  R.  Hagerty,  J.  M.  Wallace,  E.  A.  Cook, 
J.  G.  Terrill,  A.  Wait,  H.  L.  Kellogg. 

The  objeots  of  this  Association  are  to 
expose,  withstand  and  remove  secret  soci- 
eties and  other  like  anti-Christian  organi- 
zations from  church  and  state. 

The  Association  originated  in  a  meeting 
held  Oct.  30lh,  18G7,  in  the  City  Hall  of 
Aurora,  111.,  attended  by  persons  opposed 
to  secret  societies,  where  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  make  the  necessary  arrange- 
ments for  a  National  Convention.  This 
was  held  in  Pittsburgh,  May  5th-7th, 
1868,  when  the  National  Association  was  or 
ganized.  Its  subsequent  meetings  have  been 
held  :  Chicago,  June  8th-10lh,  1869  ;  Cin- 
cinnati, June  9th-llth,  1870  ;  Worcester, 
Mass.,  June  7th-9th,  1871  ;  Oberlin,  Ohio, 
May  21st-23d,  1873  ;  MonmoiUh,  111., 
May  14th-16th,  1873.  Its  presiding  offi- 
cers have  been  in  order  :  Bishop  D.  Ed- 
wards, Prof.  J.  C.  Webster,  Judge  F.  D. 
Parish,  Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps,  Pres.  J. 
Blanchard. 

The  Association  employs  a  General 
Agent  and  Lecturer,  and  has  secured 
State  lecturers  for  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Illi- 
nois, whose  names  appear  in  the  list  of 
lecturers.  The  support  of  the  Association 
is  entirely  voluntary.  Funds  are  greatly 
needed  to  carry  on  the  work  already  be- 
gun, and  contributions  are  hereby  solicited 
from  eyery  friend  of  the  reform.  Send 
by  post-offlce  order,  registered  letter  or 
draft  to  the  Treasurer,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 


I 


West  District,  J.  K.  Atwood.  Two  or 
three  more  are  likely  to  be  elected,  while 
some  will  go  on  their  own  account." 


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General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
DAKD,  Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  f.)r  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  lud. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 


— Rev.  H.  H.  Hinman.  who  has  taken 
the  lecture  woik  in  Illinois,  called 
on  Monday  last.  He  lately  lectured  in 
Lockporl  near  Chicago.  He  has  been  kept 
from  lecturing  for  a  few  days  by  the  unset- 
tlement  of  aflairs  incident  to  removal,  but 
will  now  be  ready  to  correspond  with  as- 
sociations or  break  ground  in  new  local- 
ities. 

— Elder  A.  D.  Freeman  has  been  chosen 
delegate  to  Syracuse  from  the  Greenwood 
(111.)  Baptist  church ;  and  will  attend. 

— The  Dupage  County  Association  of 
this  State  ha-i  auaoauced  a  semi-annual 
meeting  for  May  6th  in  the  College  Chapel 
at  Wheaton.  Delegates  will  be  appointed 
to  Siracute. 

Brother  Kiggins  writes  that  the  follow- 
ing delegate?  have  thus  far  been  reported 
from  Ind. :  "Slate  Association,  J.  T.  Kig- 
gins ;  Lower  Wabash  Conference  (U.  B.), 
W.  M.  Givens  ;  Jay  county,  Rev.  Aaron 
Worth  ,  Hauulton  county,  J.  L.  Fall  ; 
Cherubusci)  Circuit  (U.  B.),  Rev.  David 
Holmes  ;  North  Ohio  Conference  (U.  B.), 


Organization  and  Lectures  in  Spencer 
County,  Indiana. 


On  Monday,  April  IStb,  I8'74,  a 
county  anti  secret  association  was  organ- 
ized in  Dale,  Spencer  county,  Indiana, 
of  which  Rev.  I.  Scammahorn  was  elect- 
ed President;  Rev.  A.  Brooner,  Vice- 
president;  Rey.  H.  Burr,  Secretary; 
and  N.  G.  Walter,  Treasurer.  Sjme 
of  the  most  prominent  citizens  of  the 
county,  as  well  as  some  of  the  most  pi- 
ous in  the  churches,  are  connected 
with  this  movement.  A  committee 
was  appointed  to  secure  additional  sign- 
ers to  our  constitution,  by  signing 
which  they  become  members  of  our 
organization. 

We  expect  to  hold  a  meeting  at  an 
early  day  for  the  purpose  of  laying  out 
our  plans  for  future  operation  in  procur- 
jngand  distributing  tracts,  circulating  the 
Christian  Cynosure,  employing  lectur- 
ers, etc.  We  have  entered  into  this 
work  in  the  name  of  Jesus,  and  have 
already  had  evidence  that  God  appro- 
bates our  course.  We  earnestly  beg 
the  prayers  of  all  Christian  people  that 
our  faith  may  not  fail,  nor  our  zeal  grow 
cold. 

In  accordance  with  previous  arrange- 
ments, Rev.  Mr.  McCormick,  a  Congre- 
gational minister,  was  with  us  and 
delivered  four  able  and  convincing  lect- 
ures. Bro.  McCormick's  gray  hairs 
indicate  that  he  is  past  the  meridian  of 
life,  and  will,  in  a  few  more  years  at 
most,  quit  the  field  and  recieve  his  re- 
ward. He  is  remarkably  good  natured, 
always  seems  cheerful  and  lively,  but 
never  light  and  trifling.  His  deport- 
ment during  the  time  we  were  with  him 
gave  evidence  that  he  had  been  with 
Jesus  and  learned  of  him.  Daring 
the  time  of  his  lectures  he  never 
seemed  angry,  petulent,  excited,  or 
embarrassed.  He  entered  upon  his 
work  so  calmly  and  yet  so  earnestly, 
that  even  his  enemies  seemed  to  be 
astonished ;  and  if  an  expression  that 
sounded  rough  and  uncouth  should  fall 
from  his  lips,  there  would  scarcely  be 
time  for  prejudice  to  arise  in  the 
minds  of  the  hearers,  until  it  would  be 
so  moistened  by  the  tears  which  fl  iwed 
copiously  down  the  furrowed  cheeks  of 
the  earnest  reformer  that  it  would  loseitp 
harshness  and  carry  with  it  a  convinc 
ing  power  that  would  seem  to  silence 
opposition. 

During  his  stay  among  us  a  promi- 
nent Mason  was  heard  to  say  "McCor- 
mick's record  is  clear,  anyhow,  for  I 
have  known  him  for  years". 

His  lectures  consisted  in  expositions 
of,  and  strong  arguments  against,  Free- 
masonry, Odd-fellowship,  etc.  At  the 
close  of  each  lecture  he  gave  opportu- 
nity for  any  person  to  ask  questions, 
which  several  persons  did,  all  of  which 
he  answered  in  a  Christian  manner. 
In  answer  to  the  question:  "Have  you 
been  a  Mason?"  He  said,  'If  I  should 
say  I  had  not,  I  would  lie".  Having 
read  some  in  Webb's  Monitor  and  de- 
nounced Freemasonry  for  being  a 
Christless  institution,  a  man  who  said 
he  had  taken  fifteen  degrees  in  Masonry 
arose  and  said   ''I  wish  to  ask  if  the 


name  of  Christ  is  not  found  several 
times  in  that  book?"  "Find  it  if  you 
dare,"  said  the  speaker,  reaching  him 
the  book.  No  search  was  made  for  the 
name,  and  the  audience  was  left  to  judge 
whether  or  no  it  could  have  been 
found. 

During  the  lectures  Masons  and  Odd- 
fellows were  frequently  invited  to  deny 
anything  which  they  considered  false, 
and  as  they  did  not  do  so  we  concluded 
that  truth  had  been  revealed.  After 
the  lecturer  had  left,  a  letter,  which 
had  been  either  accidentally  or  inten- 
tionally dropped  by  a  Mason,  was  found, 
from  which  it  appears  that  two  promi- 
nent Masons  of  Dale  had  written  to  Dr. 
Swan,  of  Rockport,  a  Baptist  minis- 
ter, urging  him  to  meet  McCormick  at 
Dale  to  defend  Masonry.  The  letter 
found  was  signed  by  Dr.  Swan  at  Rock- 
port.  Begging  pardon  of  the  brethren 
concerned,  (knowing  that  the  hidden 
things  must  sometime  be  revealed  any- 
how) we  will  quote  from  this  letter: 

''Gentlemen  :  Your  note  of  the  lOth 
inst. ,  is  before  me,  and  in  response  I 
have  to  say  (with  regret)  that  I  will  not 
be  able  to  be  in  Dale  on  next  Monday 
night,  consequent  upon  imperative  en- 
gagements in  another  direction.  But, 
indeed,  I  would  love  to  be  there  and 
handle  McCormick  awhile  with  cast- 
steel  fingers,  case  hardened,  and' 
ground  to  a  sharp  point." 

Reader,  please  bear  in  mind  that  this 
man  is  a  Christian  professed  I — a 
miniser !  This  grates  upon  our  ears  some 
thinglike   the  horrid  oaths  of  Masonry. 

In  conclusion  let  me  say,  dearbreth 
ren  in  the  Lord,  our  work  is  a  great 
one.  The  enemy  is  strong.  His  bul- 
warks are  powerful.  The  struggle  is 
to  be  a  fearful  one.  But  we  know  in 
whom  we  trust.  O  let  us  keep  near  to 
God.  Let  us  have  the  same  mind  that 
was  also  in  Christ  Jesus,  and  while  we 
have  no  compromise  to  make  with  sin, 
let  us  entertain  no  hardness  towards 
those  connected  with  the  great  evil 
which  we  oppose.  B  essed  Jesus,  arm 
us  for  the  conflict.  H.   Burr. 


^^(fi$jH>tt4^W4* 


Masonry  and  the  Grange. 


St.  Charles,  Minn. ,  April  6,  '74. 

Editor  of  the  Cynosure  : — Some 
things  have  lately  transpired  here 
which  look  as  though  Masonry  was 
seeking  to  shelter  behind  the  grange. 
I  notice  an  account  of  an  election  last 
month  for  town  officers  in  an  adjoining 
town  where  I  lived  several  years,  and 
know  eiglit  of  the  ten  officers  elected 
as  follows: 

First  Supervisor,  Mason,  granger, 
Democrat. 

Second  Supervisor,  Mason,  granger. 
Democrat. 

Third  Supervisor,  Mason,  granger, 
Democrat. 

Clerk,   granger.  Republican. 

Justice,  Mason,  Republican. 

Constable,'  Mason. 

Treasurer,  Mason,  Democrat. 

Assessor,  Mason,  Democrat. 

This  town  has  at  least  two  Republi- 
cans to  one  Democrat,  and  I  think  not 
one-tenth  of  the  voters  are  Masons, 
and  the  paper  correspondent  from  that 
town  reports  it  a?  a  "great  victory  for 
the  Anti-monopoly  parly"  after  a  "hot 
contest."  Masonry  of  course  was  kept 
out  of  sight,  but  you  will  notice  seven 


ito^A 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


5 


out  of  ten  officers  are  Masons,  four 
grangers,  and  perhaps  one  or  two 
more  of  each,  as  two  I  do  not  know 
about.  One  Mason  who  is  also  a 
granger  from  that  town,  said  tome  ihat 
things  are  changing,  for  he  voted  for 
four  Dftmocrats.  You  will  see  that  they 
are  all  Masons,  and  the  election  was 
really  a  Masonic  victory. 

Another  thing  looking  in  the  same 
direction  is  the  "grange  festival."  Ma- 
sonic festivals,  Masonic  balls,  etc. ,  have 
been  in  vogue  here.  This  winter  I 
hear  of  nothing  of  the  kind ,  except  the 
grange  festival,  which  is  so  much  like 
the  Masonic  festivals  that  I  will  give 
some  extracts  from  the  newspaper  ac 
count : 

*'The  long  talked  of  entertainment 
by  the  St.  Charles  Grange  of  the  Pat- 
rons of  Husbandry,  took  place  Friday 
afternoon  of  last  week.  Although  ar- 
rangements had  been  made  for  a  large 
attendance,  and  hundreds  were  expec- 
ted to  be  present,  for  some  reason  the 
number  fell  off  by  nearly  one-half.  Af- 
ter being  called  to  order  by  the  -'Mas- 
ter and  remarks  by  the  State  Agent, 
etc.,  supper  was  then  announced  and 
about  fifty  persons  repaired  to  the  din- 
ing hall  where  a  sumptuous  f9ast  was 
spread."  ....  "The  dancing 
room  was  next  'n  order.  .  .  .  The 
pleasurfs  of  the  evening  were  kept  up 
long  into  the  early  hours  of  the 
morning,  and  the  enjoyment  was  su- 
preme. The  festival  was  a  complete 
success. " 

Possibly  Masonry  will  not  find  as 
safe  a  shelter  as  it  expects.  Some 
grangers  own  up  that  the  Cynosure 
tra  gave  them  is  a  true  representa- 
tion of  their  ritual,  and  appear  about 
ready  to  renounce. 

On  coming  to  this  place  a  few  weeks 
since  I  was  greatly  surprised  to  learn 
that  a  prominent  merchant  here  had 
lately  joined  the  Masons. 

But  my  surprise  was  greatly  abated 
on  reading  a  letter  dated  a*  this  place 
March  31,  1874,  and  signed  by  the 
initial  of  the  "Grand  King"  of  the  State  of 
Minnesota,  and  published  in  a  Winona  pa- 
per, saying  that  this  same  merchant  was 
elected  by  the  grange  as  "grange  mer- 
chant." 

Since  writing  the  foregoing,  my  eye 
has  fallen  on  the  following  puff  from 
the  "State  Agent  for  the  grangers,"  for 
the  Phoenix  Iron  Works: 

'"I  take  this  occasion  to  say  that  the 
above  named  parties  are  proprieters 
of  the  Phoenix  Iron  Works  in  this  city 
and  seem  to  be  doing  a  flourishing  bus- 
ineps  in  the  manufacture  of  portable 
engines  for  threshing  and  other  farm 
purposes;  also  the  "Minnesota  Seeder," 
which  is  becoming  deservedly  popular, 
both  at  home  and  abroad;  also  the 
Hughes  Riding  Plow,  which  is  coming 
into  general  use  in  those  States  east  and 
south  of  U8,  and  bids  fair  to  become 
a  very  popular  and  valuable  imple- 
ment. Messrs  Hurlburt  &  Stevens 
have  seen  the  error  of  the  old  meth- 
od of  doing  business  on  long  notes  with 
wide  margins  for  the  middle  men.  And 
I  feel  it  incumbent  on  me  to  urge  on 
my  brother  Patrons  to  extend  to  them 
as  large  a  share  of  patronage  as  is  con- 
sistent with  your  wants. " 

This  is  the  firm  that  nearly  two 
years  ago  withdrew  their  patronage 
from  E.  A.  Cook  &  Co.  on  account  of 
their  connection  with  the  Cynoswie, 
and  gave  their  ' 'heavy  orders"  to  oth- 
ers, and  warned  the  "gentlemen  of  the 
Gynosure^^  that  their  opposition  to  the 
iastitution  of  Freemasonry  would  have 


the  two-fold  effect  of  increasing  the  num- 
ber and  zeal  of  the  brotherhood,  and  of 
diminishing  their  income  tax.  But 
this  was  done  by  a  member  of  the 
firm  when  he  was  State  Senator,  and 
had  the  interests  of  the  State  and  the 
"public  morals"  as  well  as  the  inter- 
est of  the  order  or  brotherhood  to  look 
after 

This  "State  Agent  for  the  grangers" 
tells  me  that  they  design  to  sell  to  out- 
siders at  a  small  per  C3nt.  above  what 
they  charge  ''Patrons,"  and  perhaps 
some  will  prefer  to  buy  through  the 
''middle  men"  of  the  grange  rather 
than  pay  their  money  and  give  up  their 
manhood  to  the  grange  and  be  contin- 
ually harrassed  with  "lodge  dues, "  as 
some  of  the  grangers  already  are,  who 
would  like  to  be  free  if  it  were  not  for 
"being  forever  disgraced  by  those  that 
were  their  brothers  and  sisters," 

It  would  really  be  a  sad  thing  for 
the  Masons  to  have  the  "numbers  and 
zeal"  increased  very  much,  for  they  are 
zealous,  and  as  a  lawyer  who  had  long 
been  a  Mason,  once  said  to  me,  "Ma- 
sonry is  only  designed  for  a  few,  and  if 
many  get  into  it,   it  will  spoil  it." 

Oren  Cravath. 


Masonry  in  the  Navy. 


York,   Pa.,  April   26,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure: 

During  the  Rebellion,  the  vessels  of 
the  S.  A.  B.  squadron  sometimes  sent 
their  cutters  with  armed  ere  (vs  to  lay  all 
night  at  certain  places,  as  picket  boats, 
to  look  out  for  rebel  vessels  or  blockade 
runners. 

One  night  I  was  one  of  a  picket 
crew,  sent  from  the  Wissahickon 
in  a  cutter,  to  l^y  all  night  at  the 
mouth  of  a  river.  (I  have  always 
thought  it  was  the  Savannah  River, 
but  am  not  sure,  as  it  was  dark.) 
The  crew  consisted  of  a  master's  mate, 
and  seven  men  besides  my  elf.  The 
master's  mate  had  a  navy  revolver;  all 
the  rest  of  the  crew  had  muskets, 
horse-pistols,  cutlasses,  and  daggers. 
To  a  peacable  man,  we  no  doubt  looked 
like  fierce  fellows;  and  Sir  John  Falstaff 
would  have  felt  proud  of  such  warriors. 
We  rowed  two  miles  from  the  ship,  and 
dropped  our  little  anchor.  We  then 
fixed  ourselves  for  the  night.  One  of 
the  men  asked  the  officer  if  we  should 
load  our  arms.  He  said  yes.  We  all 
drerw  our  pistols  and  found  all  of  them 
out  of  order.  Some  had  broken  locks, 
others  bent  ramrods,  None  could  be 
loaded,  I  had  no  pistol,  caps  or  car- 
tridges. Next  we  tried  to  load  our 
muskets,  but  found  we  had  no  musket 
caps.  Our  cutlasses  were  so  dull  that 
all  of  us  could  not  have  cut  one  rebel. 
Our  daggers  were  in  good  order,  as  it 
was  not  an  easy  task  to  put  them  out  of 
order.  The  officer  did  not  seem  sur- 
prised at  our  defenceless  condition,  but 
said  he  could  use  his  revolver  if  neces- 
sary. We  had  an  hour  glass  and  kept 
up  hour  watches  through  the  night,  all 
sleeping  in  the  bottom  of  the  cutter, 
except  the  sentinel  on  daty.  We  were 
within  one-fourth  of  a  mile  of  the  shore 
which  the  rebels  held.  Had  armed 
rebels  attacked  us,  we  would  have  had 
to  surrender  without  a  fight.  Our  offi- 
cer knowing  our  condition  would  have 


been  a  fool  to  have  drawn  his  revolver 
on  armed  rebels.  But  his  orders  were 
to  stay  all  night,  and  he  obeyed.  At 
early  daylight  we  left  in  a  hurry  with- 
out ever  stopping  to  take  a  last  look, 

The  gunners'  mate  perhaps  could  ex- 
plain all  the  mysteries  of  this  picket 
boat  affair,  if  it  would  not  be  '*unma- 
sonic"  to  do  so.  Why  the  master's 
mate  did  not  tell  the  captain  about  mat- 
ters that  night,  all  who  are  investigat- 
ing sheepskinism  can  guess.  And 
what  excuse  our  Masonic  captain  could 
give  for  sending  us  two  miles  so  heavily 
armed  with  all  sorts  of  old  scrap  iron,  to 
watch  his  Masonic  rebel  friends  so  very 
closely,  for  a  whole  night,  I  can  scarcely 
conjecture,  I  am  glad,  however,  that 
I  am  not  now  a  United  States  sailor,  on 
guard  with  only  a  dagger,  and  loaded 
with  a  lot  of  old  rubbish  that  no  Jew 
would  buy.      Yours  for  the  truth, 

E.  J,  Chalfant. 


Secret  Societies  and  Mutual  Insurance 
Companies. 


Editor  of  the  Cynosure : 

Orleans  county,  N.  Y.,  has  quite  a 
number  who  believe  in  doing  what  they 
do  openly;  these  constitute  some  of 
our  best  citizens.  While  there  are 
others,  who  are  not  members  of  any 
secret  organization,  that  believe  that 
secret  societies  are  of  the  same  benefit 
as  a  mutual  insurance  company. 

Some  mutual  insurance  companies 
have  proved  of  great  detriment^to  the 
public  at  large,  not  being  a  mutual 
benefit  but  a  mutual  draining  of  money 
from  the  pockets  of  those  interested, 
and  filling  the  pocket-books  of  a'^board 
of  directors.  Said  board  of  directors, 
after  they  had  got  rich  out  of  the  en- 
terprise, published  to  the  world  that 
the  company  had  broken  down. 

Secret  organizations  can  not  be  com- 
pared to  companies  that  are  of  a  mutual 
benefit.  The  doings  of  the  former  are 
hidden,  and  of  the  latter  are  known. 
But  they  can  be  compared  to  those 
companies  that  are  a  mutual  detriment. 
Because  what  they  do  is  done  in  secret. 
Their  stealings  are  hidden  from  those 
interested.  Clark  D.  Kstapp. 


[The  following  letter  accompanied 
photographs  of  brethren  Bishop,  Wick- 
ey,  Weidler  and  Anthony,  who  have 
been  lately  mentioned  as  holding  in 
connection  a  series  of  meetings  in  South- 
eastern Pennsylvania.  We  are  heart- 
ily thankful  to  the  brother  who  sends 
them,  and  hope  to  meet  some  day  in 
the  flesh  the  noble  faces  of  these 
brethren.  A  small  collection  of  such 
photographs  for  the  Cynosure  office  was 
destroyed  in  the  great  fire.  This  will 
begin  another.  We  shouH  be  glad  of 
additions.] 

York  Springs.  April  20,  1874. 
Editor  Cynostire: 

Dear  Bro. — Several  notices  have 
appeared  in  the  Cynosure  of  our  glori- 
ous meeting  of  the  18th  ult,  ;  and 
thinking  it  might  be  interesting  to  you 
to  see  pictures  of  our  dear  brethren  who 
participated  in  it,  and  are  so  earnestly 
engaged  in  pushing  on  the  good  cause , 
I  have  concluded  to  send  you  one  of 
Brother  Bishop's  and  one  with  the  four 
on   one  card.     If  they  meet  your  ap- 


proval, well  and  good  ;  if  not,  I  trust 
no  harm  is  done. 

Secrecy  is  pretty  strong  here;  there 
were  only  a  few  of  us  who  boldly  took 
the  front  ranks  in  opposition  ;  but  we 
held  on  through  many  threats  until  we 
secured  the  lecture,  and  the  end  is  not 
yet.  More  light  is  wanted.  Bro. 
Bishop  secured  several  subscriptions  to 
the  Cynosure,  and  I  have  since  gather- 
ed those  enclosed.  I  am  determined 
to  do  all  I  can.  Though  I  am  but 
young  in  years,  and  in  meager  circum- 
stances, yet  I  feel  that  the  Lord  is  on 
my  side.  Thank  God  for  the  Cynosure 
and  religious  truth.  Let  us  continue 
to  battle  against  these  popular  evils 
until  we  gain  the  victory.  The  "Lord 
is  mighty  to  save  and  strong  to  del  ver,' 
and  we  have^the  assurance  that  if  we 
go  to  him  in  the  spirit  of  humble  and 
earnest  prayer,  we  will  be  sure  of  vic- 
tory. Let  our  motto  always  be,  never 
despair,  lut  always  trust  in  the  Lord. 

Leaving  all  in  the  hands  of  the  Lord 
Jesus,  I  am  in  love  for  truth. 
Your  brother  in  Christ, 

H.  F.  Slaughsnhaupt, 


Our  Mail. 


Conrad  Stegner,  East.  Castle  Rock, 
Minn.,  writes: 

"With  great  joy  and  satisfaction,  I 
received  and  read  your  enlarged  paper, 
and  my  heart  goes  out  for  this  great 
work.  Oh  that  I  could  do  for  it  all  I 
wished.  With  and  through  the  grace 
of  God,  I  was  enabled  to  bring  my  mite 
in  (since  1850)  for  abolishmg  slavery. 
For  temperance,  that  is  total  abstinence 
(this  is  the  twenty-fourth  year  of  my 
household),  not  a  drop  of  alcoholic 
drink  came  into  my  house,  even  for 
medicine.  I  don't  believe  in  tonics, 
either  bitter  or  sweet.  My  wife 
brought  up  seven  children  as  hearty 
and  red-cheeked  as  they  could  be,  m 
whose  veins  runs  not  a  drop  of  alco- 
holic poison.  Then  we  go  with  Geo. 
Trask  in  the  tobacco  reform,  working 
the  last  twenty  years,  and  not  in  vain, 
either,  even  among  my  own  country- 
men we  have  helped  to  gain  victory; 
and  last,  but  not  least,  we  have  set  in, 
since  the  grange  movement  begun  five 
years  ago,  to  fight  the  deyil  in  his  own 
secret  holes." 

Bro.  Stegner  promises  to  write 
to  us  again  about  the  grange  oper" 
ations  in  his  locality.  We  will  be 
glad  to  hear  from  him.  One  step  in  a 
true  reform  naturally  leads  to  another. 

A.  Baker,  Tiskilwa,  Til.,  writes: 

"I  am  glad  to  see  the  powers  of 
darkness  faUing.  I  am  doing  all  that 
I  can  for  the  cause," 

Wm.  Miller,  Uniopolis,  O.,  writes: 
"  You  may  set  me  down  as  a  sub- 
scriber for  life,  or  at  least  until  oath- 
bound  secrecy  shall  die." 

Dr.  S.  L.  Cook,  Albion,  Ind,,  writes: 
* '  As  I  travel  all  the  time,  I  work  for 
the  cause." 

Rev.    W.    0.    Dinius,   Butler,    Ind., 

writes: 

"  I  think  the  Cynosure  is  the  best 
paper  in  the  United  States.  I  cannot 
keep  house  and  succeed  in  the  ministry 
without  it." 

Anson  Larabee,  Brown  Point,  Ind,, 
writes: 

"I  am  well  pleased  with  the  en- 
largement and  appearance  of  the  Cyno- 
sure.     It  will  be  easier  to  obtain  sub- 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Bcribers    now    than  before 

Please  find  enclosed  a  post-offije  order 
for  eight  dollars.  I  am  trying  to  do 
what  I  can  to  increase  the  circulation  of 
the  Cynosure.  I  will  close  by  wishing 
you  great  success  and  one  hundred 
thousand  subscribers." 

W.  J.  Knappen,  Mehoopany,  Pa., 
•writes : 

"This  is  a  hard  place  to  get  sub- 
scribers in,  for  anything  as  good  as  the 
Cynosure,  But  I  have  found  one  who 
is    willing  to     try    it." 

These  hard  places  are  the  ones 
that  need  the  paper,  and  we  pray 
that  God's  blessing  may  go  with 
every  copy  that  reaches  one  of 
them,  cmsing  the  good  seed  to  take 
root  and  bring  forth  fruit  a  hundred 
fold. 

Frank  G.  Sohman,  Paxton,  111., 
writes : 

*'The  Christian  Cynosure  h&ing  an 
anti-secret  society  organ,  will  soon  find 
its  way  to  many  a  hearth,  and  accom- 
plish a  wondrous  work," 

J.  A,  Talmadge,  Port  Oram,  JST.  J. , 
writes: 

'*  I  have  endeavored  to  do  my  best 
to  obtain  more  subscribers,  but  have 
only  succeeded  in  obtaining  one,  and 
for  only  three  months,  although  I 
think   he  will  continue  it  longer." 

We  often  undervalue  the  results  of  our 
labors,  because  we  cannot  estimate  their 
future  influence.  It  is  ours  to  do  our 
work  heartily  as  unto  God,  leaving  him 
to  bless  it  his  own  time  and  way. 
Where  this  question  has  been  dis- 
cussed, results  are  apparently  greater; 
as  at  Little  Prairie  a  friend  obtained 
fire  subscribers,  each  for  a  year,  in  two 
hours,  and  left  an  agent  to  see  persons 
that  he  could  not  call  on,  as  he  was  ob- 
liged to  leave. 

C.  Cogswell,  Deer  Lick,  0. ,  sends  in 
twelve  renewals.  We  hope  our  agents 
will  not  forget  subscribers  when  their 
time  is  about  expiring,  but  gather  up 
and  send  in  the  renewals. 

Amos  Willits,  Tipton,  la.,  sends  the 
Cynosure  for  three  months  to  four  per 
Bons,  and  writes : 

•'  I  will  soon  send  you  some  miore 
subscribers  ....  the  Cynosure  must 
ba  circulated  and  become  a  great  power 
in  the  land." 

*'E.   V.    Downey,  Ava,   O.,   writes: 

"I  think  that  every    Christian  man 

or   wcm^n  should  be  a  reader  of  your 

paper.      I    highly    prize  its  principles, 

and  would  hate  to  do  without  it." 

Daniel  Thomas,  Fairmount,  Ind. , 
writes : 

"  If  J.  P.  Stoddard  is  passing  this 
way  at  any  time,  we  would  like  to  have 
him  call  at  our  town;  or  C.  A.  Blan- 
chard." 

He  expresses  a  deep  interest 
in  the  work,  and  ha3  been  disappointed 
about  a  lecturer,  but  is  determined  to 
persevere  in  his  good  warfare. 

N.  B.  Wetmore,  Herricksville,  Pa., 
writes: 

•♦  I  live  on  the  old  battlefield  of  D  P. 
Raihburn,  where  every  inch  of  ground 
is  warmly  contested ;  but  truth  is 
mighty,  and  must  and  will  prevail." 

C,  Bender,  Geneseo,  III.,  writes: 

"The  people  lil-e  the  paper  very 
much  in  its  present  form." 

John  Cassidy,  Chirleston,  la. ,  writes: 

"  [  now  enter  my  seventy-fourth 
year,  snd  have  been  connected  with 
the  abol'lion  movement  from  the  first. 
That  struggle  is  over,  victory  won,  and 
I  now  rect  in  peace;  no  poor  slave 
comes   to  my  door  at  midnight  asking 


help.  I  find  other  work  needing  to  be 
done  now.  Through  the  fall  and  win- 
ter I  have  been  drawing  on  the  Cyno- 
sure oflSce,  and  Bro.  Wallace,  of  Sene- 
caville,  0.,  for  tracts  and  papers, 
English  and  German.  These  have 
been  pretty  widely  scattered  and  read, 
and    have  done  good.     Have    for   the 

most  part  been  well  received I 

have  certain  knowledge  of  one  case.  A 
man  of  means  and  influence,  who  had 
sent  in  his  application  and  fee,  and  was 
accepted  by  the  lodge,  but  before  the 
time  of  admission,  some  of  the  tracts 
came  into  his  hand.  He  sent  the  lodge 
word  that  he  would  make  them  a  pres- 
ent of  the  fee,  but  would  not  be  ad- 
mitted. So  our  labor  has  not  been  in 
vain." 

J.   E.   Irish,   Delevan,   Wis.,  writes: 

' '  My  health  is  poor  and  my  age  sev- 
enty-three, but  I  have  sent  you  over 
thirty  subscribers  since  you  commenced 
your  paper.  I  took  the  American 
Baptist  first  to  last.  I  have  not 
found  any  paper  that  filled  its  place,  as 
the  Cynosure." 

Through  God's  blessing,  upon  the 
efforts  of  such  friends,  the  paper  has 
been  sustained  thus  far.  and  this  is 
in  a  good  degree,  our  dependence  for 
the  future. 

Job.  W.  Gatchell,  Ulrichsville,  0., 
writes : 

''  I  have  been  a  reader  of  your  paper 
for  five  years,  and  I  assure  you  that  I 
have  never  seen  its  equal  for  indepen- 
dence and  truth." 

He  has  found  and  put  us  in 
communication  with  a  young  man  who 
will  sell  our  books  and  act  as  Cyno- 
sure agent.  Thanks  for  this.  We 
want  good  agents  everywhere. 

f-        .11  r.n,-,",fcr. 

t^jttg  '^tm  %p. 

The  Armed  Legiuus  of  the  Lod^e. 


Tne  following  are  letters  and  ex- 
tracts from  letters  written  at  the  request 
of  Rev.  Moses  Thacher  of  the  North 
Wrentham   church. 

To  the  Church  in  the  North  Parish 
in   Wrentham,  Boston,   June  1.  1830. 

Brethren  : — By  request  of  your  pas- 
tor, the  Rev.  Moses  Thacher,  I  relate 
a  statement  I  made  to  him  in  February 
last,  as  near  as  I  now  remember,  viz. , 
that  a  few  evenings  previous  I  heard  a 
gentleman  say  in  a  public  room,  in 
presence  of  about  fifty  persons,  that  he 
was  once  invited  by  a  brother  Mason, 
himself  being  one,  to  go  with  him  into 
the  Knight  Templar's  armory,  kept  in 
an  upper  chamber  of  the  old  State 
House  in  Boston;  that  he  accepted  the 
invitation  and  went,  and  on  entering 
the  room  was  struck  with  surprise  at 
the  number  of  arms  he  saw  haneing  in 
bunches  and  standing  around  the 
room,  all  clean  and  bright,  and  con. 
sibting  of  spontoons,  swords  and  dirts, 
commonly  called  side  arms,  and  suffi- 
cient as  he  supposed,  to  arm  a  thou- 
sand men;  that  he  also  saw  standing 
around  the  room  a  number  of  boxes  large 
enough  to  contain  muskets,  but  saw 
not  the  inside  of  them,  yet  thought  it 
not  improbnbie  that  there  were  mus- 
kets in  them.  Some  one  present  en- 
quired of  him  what  he  supposed  to  be 
the  object  of  such  ai  armory?  He  re- 
plied that  he  did  rot  know,  but  pre- 
sumed that  the  arms  were  intended  for 
defence  in  case  of  opposition  (or  as- 
sault) against  the  order. 

Soon    after   I  made    the   foregoing 


statement  to  Mr.  Thacher,  I  stated  it 
twice  over  to  four  or  five  gentlemen, 
said  to  belong  to  your  church,  of  whom 
was  Mr.  Anson  Mann  and  Mr.  Caleb 
Sayles,  and  I  informed  them  I  had 
made  the  same  statement  to  Mr. 
Thacher.  The  same  evening  I  heard 
Mr.  Sayles  say  that  he  supposed  there 
were  about  one  thousand  Knight  Temp- 
lars in  Massachusetts  and  Rode  Island 
belonging  to  the  Grand  Encampment, 
whose  arms  were  deposited  in  the  old 
State  House.  That  equipments  were, 
or  ought  to  be,  provided  for  all  of  them, 
in  order  to  their  being  in  full  dress ; 
but  it  wap  not  usual  for  them  all  to 
turn  out  at  once,  therefore  equipments 
were  not  probably  provided  for  all. 
He  said  he  was  not  certain  that  all 
their  arms  were  deposited  in  the  old 
State  House,  as  he  had  heard  that  there 
was  a  small  armory  in  some  part  of 
Rhode  Island,  and  another  in  the  interior 
of  this  State.  He  said  he  was  a  Knight 
Templar,  and  that  the  above-mentioned 
arms  were  used  by  the  order. 

I  am,  brethren,  your    respectful  and 
obedient  servant. 

Gkorge  Odiorne. 


Boston,  June  1,  1830. 
Rev.  Mr.  Thacher'. 

Dear  Sir: — In  reply  to  your  inquir- 
ies, I  will  state  that  at  two  weekly  pub- 
lic meetings  of  citizens  at  No,  4  Mer- 
chants Hall,  in  the  month  of  February 
last,  several  strangers  appeared,  and 
after  the  meeting  was  organized,  com- 
menced a  conversation  on  the  subject  of 
a  Masonic  armory,  when  such  informa- 
tion was  elicited  as  convinced  me  fully 
of  its  existence,  though  the  arms  were 
not  all  deposited  in  the  State  House, 
but  that  most  of  them  were  retained 
by  the  Knight  Templars  in  their  own 
possession. 

Mr.  Sayles,  a  Templar,  then  pres- 
ent, admitted  that  the  number  of  Tem 
plars  in  Massachusetts  and  Rhode  Island 
was  about  one  thousand,  and  said  dis- 
tinctly that  they  were  or  ought  to  be 
armed,  and  being  asked  what  their 
arms  consisted  of,  he  replied,  a  sword 
and  dagger  each.  Mr.  Sayles  was  then 
asked  on  his  word  and  honor  respect- 
ing the  custom  of  drinking  wine  from 
human  skulls,  and  if  they  did  so.  I 
understood  him  to  say  no,  not  in  the 
lodge,  but  when  the  question  was  put 
in  a  more  specific  form,  he  gave  such 
an  evasive  and  indefinite  answer  as  le''t 
a  strengthened  impression  on  my  mind 
that  I  had  been  rightly  informed  rela- 
tive to  that  abominable  custom  in  a 
high  degree  of  Freemasonry.  One  of 
the  gentlemen  qu  ted  a  very  violent  ar- 
ticle in  the  Oroton  Herald  relative  to 
Morgan  and  all  seceding  Masons,  and 
said  f  this  was  Christianity,  he  did  not 
wish  to  have  any  concern  with  it.  Mr. 
Mann  replied  that  Freemasonry  had 
nothing  to  do  with  Christianity;  that 
it  was  a  good  moral  institution,  but 
Christianity  was  a  higher  order — this 
person  was  very  anxious  to  destroy  the 
impression  respecting  the  existence  of 
an  armory,  although  he  stated  there 
were  about  forty  arms  there  which  he 
had  examined,  that  they  were  used  for 
ceremoneous  purposes,  and  consisted  of 
spontoons,  swords  and  daggers.  It 
was  then  remarked  that  a  respectable 


mechanic  then  in  the  room,  had,  with- 
in five  months,  informed  one  of  the 
gentlemen  he  had  been  occupied  near- 
ly a  whole  night  in  cleaning  a  part  of 
them.  He  thinks  about  three  dozen 
officers'  arms  taken  from  two  chests  in 
the  Masonic  room;  there  were  two 
other  chests  of  the  same  construction 
which  were  not  opened,  but  from  the 
shape  and  appearance,  no  doubt  existed 
in  his  mind  of  their  being  used  for  the 
same  purpose.  The  strangers,  includ- 
ing Sayles  and  Mann,  left  the  room  at 
about  10  o'clock.  This  statement  is  as 
correct  as  I  can  give  from  memory,  not 
having  made  any  minutes  at  the  time, 
but  I  well  recollect  the  correctness  of 
the  several  items  from  the  circumstance 
of  the  last  meeting  having  been  held 
on  the  evening  previous  to  the  tragical 
death  of  Mr.  Kennedy  on  the  night  of 
the  26th  Feb.  last. 

Wishing  you  health  and  prosperity, 
I  am  your  friend  and  most  obedient 
servant,  Benjamin  W.  Lamb. 


Mr.  Caleb  Sayles  disclosed  himself 
to  be  a  Knight  Templar.  He  was 
asked  how  many  Templars  there  prob- 
ably were  in  Massachusetts.  He-  said 
he  could  not  tell,  but  should  think 
there  might  be  a  thousand,  perhaps 
not  80  many,  perhaps  more.  Are  they 
all  armed  ?  He  could  not  say.  Is  it 
the  duty  of  every  Knight  Templar  to  be 
armed?  He  said  yes.  Where  is  their 
armory  ?  He  said  there  was  one  in  the 
old  State  House  in  Boston,  one  in 
Rhof  e  Island,  and  he  had  understood 
that  there  was  one  in  the  interior  or 
western  part  of  Massachusetts.  For- 
merly he  thought  the  arms  were  all  de- 
posited in  the  old  State  House,  but  he 
did  not  think  they  then  were.  A 
Mr.  Anson  Mann,  from  Wrentham, 
was  also  present  and  took  an  active  part 
in  the  business  of  answering  questions 
propounded;  and  more  than  once  ad- 
vised Mr.  Sayles  not  to  answer  further 
questions.  Both  of  the  within-named 
gentlemen  made  high  pretensions  to 
candor,  and  an  earnest  desire  to  know 
and  communicate  truth  in  this  import- 
ant business. 

I  was  called  upon  by  a  relation,  a 
Masonic  Knight  Templar,  whose  busi- 
ness was  to  know  if  I  could  clean  and 
put  in  order  a  quantity  of  swords,  etc. ; 
he  said  I  must  have  them  done  by  such 
a  time,  as  there  was  to  be  a  great  or 
special  meeting  on  that  evening.  The 
work  was  much  and  the  time  short, 
therefore  I  was  obliged  to  work  late  at 
night  to  accjmplish  it,  which  I  did.  I 
was  directed  to  call  on  Mr.  Ol.ver, 
keeper  of  the  lodge  rooms,  at  a  certain 
time,  who  delivered  me  two  chests  or 
trunks  containing  three  dozen  swords 
and,  I  believe,  two  banner  staff's.  These, 
Mr.  Oi.ver  said,  were  all  there  were  to 
clean  then.  By  this  I  thought  there 
were  more  which  were  in  order,  as 
my  employer,  anxious  to  know  how  my 
work  progressed,  called  on  me  the  next 
morning  and  observed  it  was  a  pity  I 
was  not  a  Mason,  for  they  had  lost  their 
armorer.  ''If  you  were  a  Mason  you 
might  have  the  care  of  all  our  arms," 
etc.  This  led  me  to  think  they  used  a 
great  many.  My  employer  observed 
he  kept  his  sword  at  home,  not  liking 
to  have  it  knocked  about     As  to  how 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Apr. 

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28  Revie 

many  careful  ones  there  are  in  the  fra- 
ternity I  know  not, 

Ebenezer  Ssmak. 

This  work  was  done  in  the  year 
1822.  Received  payment  $10  or  $12 
of  John  Seman. 

Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Second 
quarter,  1874. 

XX.  1-17 — The  Ten  Commands, 
xxxii.  1-H,  19,  20:  Golden  Calf, 
xxxiii.    12--20:   People    Forgiven, 
xl.  17-.30:  Tabernacle  set  up. 
vii.  37,  38:  The  Five  Offeriufrs. 
xxii    4-0,  1.5-21,  33-36:  Tlie  Three 
Great  Feasts. 

iii    5-13:  Tlie  Lord's  Ministers. 
xix.  1-in:  Itiraers  Unbelief. 
XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  Rocli. 
xxi.  4-9:  Serpent  of  Brass, 
xviii.  9-16:  The  True  Prophet, 
xxi V.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses, 
w   (Suggest)  Deut.  viii.   Mercies 
Reviewed. 

LESSON   XX. — MAT    17,    1874. — THE    LOED's 
MINISTERS. 

SCRIPTURE  LESSON. — NUM.  iii.  5-13. 

Commit  5-10  ;  Primary  Verses,  9,  10. 

5  And  the  Lord  spake  uuto  Moses,  say- 
ing, 

6  Bring  the  tribe  of  Levi  near,  and 
present  them  before  Aaron  the  priest,  that 
they  may  minister  unto  him. 

7  And  they  shall  keep  his  charge,  and 
the  charge  of  the  whole  congregation  be- 
fore the  tabernacle  of  the  congregation,  to 
do  the  service  of  the  tabernacle. 

8  And  they  shall  keep  all  the  instru- 
ments of  the  tabernacle  of  the  congrega- 
tion, and  the  charge  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael, to  do  the  service  of  the  tabernacle. 

9  And  though  shalt  give  the  Levites 
unto  Aaron  and  to  his  sons :  they  are 
wholly  given  unto  him  out  of  the  children 
of  Israel. 

10  And  thou  shalt  appoint  Aaron  and 
his  sons,  and  they  shall  wait  on  their 
priest's  office :  and  the  stranger  that  Com- 
eth nigh  shall  be  put  to  death. 

11  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses, 
saying, 

13  And  I,  behold,  I  have  taken  the 
Levites  from  among  the  children  of  Israel 
instead  of  all  the  firstborn  that  openeth 
the  matrix  among  the  children  of  Israel : 
therefore  the  Levites  shall  be  mine. 

13  Because  all  the  firstborn  are  mine  ; 
for  on  the  day  that  I  smote  all  the  first- 
born in  the  land  of  Egypt  I  hallowed  unto 
me  all  the  firstborn  in  Israel,  both  man 
and  beast :  mine  they  shall  be  :  I  am  the 
Lord. 


GOLDEN  TEXT.— "Ye  are  a  chosen  gen- 
eration, a  royal  priesthood,  a  holy  nation, 
a  peculiar  people." — 1  Pet.  ii.  9. 

TOPIC— "To  every  man  his  work."— 
Mare  xiii.  34. 


HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Num.  1.        44-54— The   Warriors  Numbered, 
T.     Num.  li.        1-34— The  Places  Assigned. 
W.    Num.  iii.       6-22— The  Levites  Chosen. 
Th.    Num.  iii.     39-51 -The  Surplus  Redeemed. 
P.     Num.  viii.     1-26— The  Levites  Separated. 
S.     Num.  iv.        1-20— The  Service  of  Kohath. 
S.     Num.  iv.      21-33-Gershon  andMerari. 

TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 
A  Nation  of  Warriors,    chaps.    I.,  Ii. 
A   Tribe    of    Workers,    verse    6-13, 
A  Family  of  Worshipers,  vrs.  1-4,  10. 

SUGGE'^TIONS  TO  SCHOLAES,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 
This  book  opens  with  a  beautiful  pic- 
ture. The  Tabernacle  has  been  erected, 
God  has  taken  his  place,  and  now  he 
counts  up  his  people  and  places  them 
around  himself,  under  his  protection  and 
love.  If  you  draw  a  figure  two  inches  by 
four,  you  will  have  the  shape  of  the  court 
of  the  tabernacle.  Then  mark  the  places 
occupied  by  Moses  and  Aaro  i  (ch.  iii.  38), 
by  Kohath  (ch.  iii.  29),  by  Gershon  (ch. 
iii.  23),  and  by  Merari  (ch.  iii.  35),  and  you 
will  have  the  inner  guard.  Then  outside 
of  these,  arrange  the  camp  of  Judah,  (ch. 
ii.  2-9),  of  Reuben  (c.  ii.  10-1(5),  of  Ephraim 
(ch.  ii  18-24),  and  of  Dan  (ch.  ii.  25-81). 
Be  sure  to  put  each  tribe  in  their  proper 
order.  This  gives  the  outer  guard,  the 
warriors  of  Israel. 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  Who  is  com- 
mander and  chief?  What  must  each 
soldier  declare  ?  (ch.  ii.  18.)  How  did  he 
know  his  place  ?  (ch.  ii.  2.)  What  ought  a 
Christian  soldier  to  know  ?  (1  John  ii.  2  ; 
Gal.  iii.  26  ;  Rom.  viii.  14,  16,  31  )  Then 
he  will  find  his  place.  Do  you  think 
any  one  can  fight  a  battle  for  Christ  and 
not  be  a  Christian  ?  What  enemies  do 
Christians  have  ?  What  do  you  have  ? 
Have  you  any  battles  ?  Do  not  fight 
against  God. 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  Why  was 
the  tribe  of  Levi  omitted  in  this  number  ? 


(ch.  i.  47;  ii.  33.)  For  whom  were  they 
substitutes  ?  (verses  40-43.)  How  was  the 
tribe  divided  ?  (verse  17.)  Tell  the  place 
each  was  to  occupy  ?  Who  was  in  front 
of  the  Tabernacle  ?  What  was  the  service 
Kohath  ?  (verse  31,  and  ch.  iv.  1-20.) 
What  "as  Gershon's  ?  (vr-i.,25,  26,  and  ch. 
iv.  21-28.)  What  was  Merari's  (vrs.,  36,  37, 
and  ch.  iv.  2.  9-33.)  Did  each  have  his  own 
work  ?  Which  was  the  most  honorab'e  ? 
(ask  your  teaclier.)  Who  picked  up  pins 
for  God  ?  Was  that  small  work  ?  What  is 
our  principle  topic  ?   What  is  your  work  ? 

What  is  the  third  topic  ?  Who  was  the 
high  priest  ?  (Aaron,)  the  others  were  his 
family.  Who  is  our  high  priest  '?  (Heb. 
ix.  11  )  Where  is  his  place  ?  Heb.  ix. 
24.)  Who  are  his  fainilv  ?  (Matt.  xii.  49, 
50;  Heb.  ii.  11;  Eph.  iii."'l4.  15.)  As  such 
what  is  our  privilege?  (Heb,  x.  19-25.) 
Wno  were  the  Levites  to  minister  unto  ? 
(verse  6.)  All  our  services  should  be  to 
Christ.. 

Lessons.  Christians  are  soldiers,  to 
fight  the  enemy.  Tiiey  are  workers,  to  do 
the  will  of  God  and  carry  on  his  work. 
They  are  worshipers,  to  come  into  his 
presence  with  joy. — Tlie  National  Sunday 
School  Teacher. 


What  the  Superintendent  Can  Do. 


A  Sunday-school  is  almost  always 
very  nearly  what  the  superintendent 
will  have  it  to  be.  The  Independent 
says: 

If  he  wants  punctuality  and  seeks  to 
secure  it,  he  is  likely  to  have  it.  If  he 
feels  that  a  teacher's  meeting  is  essen- 
tial to  the  life  of  his  schoal ,  he  will  prob- 
ably be  not  long  without  one.  If  the 
teachers  are  not  yet  up  to  the  standard 
be  counts  correct,  in  earnestness,  fidel- 
ity, or  method  of  work,  he  can  bring 
them  up  t3  it,  one  by  one.  If  he  feels 
that  the  pastor  or  the  church  generally 
ought  to  take  mere  interest  in  the  Sun- 
day-school, he  should  never  rest  until 
they  are  duly  interested.  If  more 
scholars  should  be  gathered  in,  his  de- 
termination settles  the  question  of  their 
coming.  Whatever  is  the  lack  in  his 
Sjnday-school,  the  superintendent 
should  feel  it  his  duly  and  his  privilege, 
by  the  Divine  blessing,  to  have  suppli- 
ed speedily. 

Of  course  all  this  implies  that  he  is 
intensely  in  earnest — as  every  superin- 
tendent must  be  to  succeed. 


Haye  Ton  done  Anything  for  Christ. 


A  lady  was  teaching  a  class  of  ten 
bright  boys  in  the  Sabbath-school. 
They  were  attentive  and  thoughtful, 
but  none  were  Christians.  The  lesson 
was,  "Showing  our  love  for  Christ," 
At  its  close  the  teacher  asked  her  schol- 
ars, one  by  one,  if  they  had  done  one 
single  thing  for  Christ  during  the  week. 
As  she  questioned  each,  some  answer- 
ed, sadly,  "No,''  and  others  shook  their 
heads  in  silence. 

••Not  one  deed  for  Christ!"  said  the 
teacher,  and  she  looked  sadly  at  the 
solemn,  earnest  faces. 

A  thoughtful  boy  of  thirteen,  at  her 
side,  sat  a  while  in  silence.  Perhaps 
he  was  thinking,  "I  wonder  whether 
any  one  really  loves  Christ,  if  any  one 
tries  to  please  him?"  Suddenly  he 
turned  his  expressive  eyes  upon  the 
teacher,  and  said  respectfully  but  ear- 
nestly, "Miss  M ,  have  you   done 

anything  for  Christ?"  The  question 
was  unexpected.  Emotion  crimsoned 
her  cheek,  and  brought  tears  to  her 
eyes.  At  length  she  controlled  herself, 
and  said  in  broken  accents — 

"I  hope  so,  John,  but  I  know  I  have 
not  done  what  I  ought,  or  might  have 
done  for  him." 

The  question  followed  the  teacher 


home.  In  her  closet,  upon  her  bed, 
she  saw  that  enquiring  gazi,  and  heard 
that  earnest  question,  "Have  you  done 
anything  for  Jesus?"  It  seemed  as  if 
Christ  himself  had  asked  her,  "What 
have  you  done  for  me  ?" 

Each  day  a  voice  repeated  the  quest- 
ion, and  each  Sabbath,  as  she  came 
befjre  her  class,  an  echo  came,  "What 
have  you  done  this  week  for  Christ?" 

Lemons — in  most  ca^es  of  fever  an 
attack  might  have  been  prevented  and 
the  patient  well  in  a  few  days  without 
a  particle  of  medicine,  by  rest,  partial 
fasting,  and  free  use  of  lemons  and 
lemonade. 

— Sage  tea,  sweetened  with  honey, 
and  a  small  piece  of  alum  in  it,  is  the 
best  gargle  for  sore  throat. 

— Chloroform  will  remove  greaee 
spots  or  stains  from  the  finest  silks,  and 
not  injure  them. 

Oatmeal. — A  most  excellent  and 
nutritious  pudding  may  be  made  by  ad- 
ding to  one  quart  of  boilivg  water,  one 
teaspoonful  salt,  and  one-half  pint  but- 
meal.  Should  boil  fifteen  minutes  if 
the  meal  is  fine,  or  twenty  if  it  be  coarse. 
Serye  with  sweetened  cream. 

PunniNG  Without  Milk  or  Eggs. — 
Soak  dried  bread  in  as  little  water  as  pos- 
sible, and  squeeze  out  all  the  water. 
Add  sufficient  sugar  to  sweeten,  and, 
for  a  small  pudding,  half  a  teacupful  of 
chopped  suet  or  butter,  and  dried  fruit 
which  has  been  soaked  over  night,  or 
canned  or  fresh  fruit.  Mix  v^ell  togeth- 
er, adding  a  little  alspice.  The  pud- 
ding is  put  into  a  greased  pail,  a  cloth 
placed  over  and  the  cover  put  on.  The 
pail  is  set  in  a  kettle  containing  suflS- 
cient  water  to  come  half  way  up  the 
bail;  boil  for  two  hours  or  more  for  a 
large  pudding.  To  be  eaten  with  sauce. 
In  cleaning  paint,  glass,  silver  or 
gold,  it  is  invaluable,  as  well  as  for  keep- 
ing the  hands  soft  and  white  after  clean- 
ing all  these  other  things. 

Cream  Custard. — Two  quarts  of  new 
milk,  four  tablespoons ful  of  flour,  yolks 
of  seven  eggs,  one  and  one-half  cups 
sugar;  beat  the  eggs,  sugar  and  flour 
together,  and  stir  in  the  milk;  let  it 
thic  ken,  but  do  not  boil ;  beat  the  whit  es 
to  a  froth,  and  pour  the  hot  custard 
over;  flivor  with  vanilla,  rose  water  or 
dust  pulverized  cinnamon. 

To  Improve  Furniture. — The  hu- 
midity of  the  atmosphere  and  the  act- 
ion of  the  eras  cause  a  bluish  white  coat- 
ing to  collect  on  all  furniture,  and  show 
conspicuously  on  bright,  polished  sur- 
faces, such  as  mirrors,  pianos,  cabinet 
ware  and  polished  metal.  To  remove 
it,  take  a  soft  sponge,  wet  with  clean 
cold  water,  and  wash  over  the  article. 
Then  take  a  soft  chamois  skin  and  wipe 
it  clean.  Dry  the  ekin  as  well  as  you 
can  by  wringing  it  in  the  hands  and 
wipe  the  water  off"  the  furniture,  being 
careful  to  wipe  only  oae  way.  Never 
use  a  dry  chamois  on  varnish  work.  If 
the  varnish  is  defaced  and  shows  white 
marks,  take  linseed  oil  and  turpentine 
in  equal  parts;  shake  them  well  in  a 
phial  and  apply  a  very  small  quantity 
on  a  soft  rag  until  the  color  is  restored ; 
then  with  a  clean  soft  rag  wipe  the  mix- 
ture off.     In  deeply  carved  work,  the 


dust  cannot  be  removed  with  a  sponge. 
Use  a  stiflf-haired  paint  brush  instead  of 
a  sponge. 

To  varnish  old  furniture,  it  should 
be  rubbed  with  pulverized  pumice-stone 
and  water  to  take  ofl"  the  old  surface, 
and  then  varnished  with  varnish  reduc- 
ed by  adding  turpentine,  to  the  consis- 
tency of  cream.  Apply  with  a  stiff- 
haired  brush.  If  it  does  not  look  well, 
repeat  the  rubbing  with  pumice-stone, 
and  when  dry,  varnish  it  again. — Jour- 
nal of  Cherahtry. 

Couimuu  Sense  in  riowiug. 


Teams  drawing  bads  on  the  road  get 
a   breathing-spell   on  the     descending 
ground,  while  in  plowing  the  draught 
IS  the  same    from   morning   till   night. 
There  is   a  certain  numbrr  of  pounds 
that  a  team  can  draw  day  after  day  and 
not  worry  them,  but  if  more  be  added, 
even    as    little    as    fifteen    or    twenty 
pounds,  they  walk  unsteadily,  fret,  and 
soon  tire.      No  amount  of  feeding  wil 
keep  them  in  condition.     I    have  seen 
many  plows  in  use  on  which  it  would 
have  been  an  easy  matter   to  decrease 
the  draught  twenty-five  pounds,  and  if 
men    were  drawing    them    instead    of 
horses  it  would    have  been    done.     It 
must  be  plain  to  the  farmer  that  every 
pound  he  can  take  oflf  from  the  draught 
of  his  plow  is  so  much  gained   for    his 
horses. 

It  may  be  done  in  this  way: — For 
any  soil  except  sand  or  gravel  use 'a 
steel  plow.  Their  cost  is  but  little 
more,  and  the  draught  enough  less  to 
pay  the  difl"erence  in  plowing  twenty 
acres.  In  plowing  sod,  the  coulter 
does  a  great  deal  of  the  work,  and 
should  be  Kept  sharp  by  forging  at  the 
b'acksmith's  and  grinding  every  day  if 
necessary.  Of  course  it  will  wear  out 
sooner,  but  new  coulters  are  cheaper 
than  new  teams.  Set  the  coulter  in 
line  with  the  plow,  the  edge  square  in 
front,  with  an  angle  of  forty  five  de- 
grees from  the  point  to  which  it  is  at- 
tached to  the  beam. 

When  the  share  gets  worn  short  it 
is  poor  economy  to  use  it  any  longer, 
but  replace  it  with  a  new  one.  Let  the 
traces  be  as  short  as  will  allow  the 
horses  to  walk  without  hitting  their 
heels  against  the  whifflitrees,  and  have 
just  pressure  enough  of  the  wheel  on 
the  ground  to  make  the  plow  run 
steady.  If  the  handles  crowd  contin- 
ually one  way,  th«  draught  is  not  right, 
and  if  the  plow  is  a  gjod  one  it  can  be 
easily  remedied  at  the  clevis.  To  pre- 
vent the  horsei  stepping  over  the  tra- 
ces in  turning,  fasten  a  weight  of  abuut 
three-fourths  of  a  pound  on  the  outside 
end  of  each  singletree — that  is,  on  the 
right  end  when  you  turn  to  the  left,  or 
vice  versa.  Every  observing  farmer 
knows  that  horses  are  suscptatile  to 
kindness  and  equally  so  to  unkindhess. 
I  have  seen  horses  that  were  working 
steadily  made  reeking  with  sweat  in  a 
short  time  by  a  sharp  word  or  a  jerk  on 
the  bit.  Let  your  horses  do  their 
work  as  you  do  yours,  as  easily  as  pos- 
sible, and  be  as  willing  to  overlook 
their  mistakes  as  you  would  the  mis- 
takes of  human  beings. — Deiroit  Free 
Press. 


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Chicaaro,  Tlinrs  (ay,  May  7,  1874. 


"And  he  may  censure  who  hath  written  well."— PoPb. 

Aware  that  the  Cynosure  shares  the  frailties  of  hu- 
manity, we  commonly  accept  and  bind  the  8miting8  ol 
the  righteous  upon  our  hearts  in  silence.  But  we  in- 
sert, in  this  number,  a  letter  from  a  respectable  Scotch 
Presbyterian  editor  of  Pbilac  elphia,  to  bring  out  the 
fact  that  the  destruction  of  the  lodges  of  this  country, 
and  even  the  salvation  of  our  Scotch  Presbyterian 
churches  from  the  serpent  inroads,  requires  some  ster- 
ner weapons  than  swords  incased  in  velvet.  The 
largest  and  costliest  temple  of  the  American  Dagon 
stands  so  as  to  cast  its  loathed  shadow  over  the  churches 
of  Philadelphia  ;  and  our  correspondent,  ''W.  S.  E..," 
shows  what  progress  the  best  and  soundest  of  those 
churches  are  making  against  its  dark  and  dreadful 
worships. 

We  say  to  the  beloved  brethren  who  criticise  us,  in 
the  words  of  a  Greek  proverb,  "It  is  the  easiest 
thing  to  find  fault,  but  how  to  get  bad  things  better  is 
the  part  of  a  wise  counsellor,"  and  another  and  wiser 
proverb  still,  "He  that  rebuketh  a  man,  afterward 
shall  find  more  favor  than  he  that  flattereth  with  his 
lips."  At  first,  the  doctrine  that  Masonic  ceremonies 
were  devil-worship  brought  us  a  multitude  of  reproofs. 
Now  the  statement  is  become  so  common  that  it  is  re- 
ceived as  settled  ordinary  truth,  that  worship  not  paid 
to  Christ  is  paid  to  Satan. 

REFORM  POLITICS. 


We  have  published  in  the  Cynosure  whatever  has 
been  sent  us,  or  nearly  so,  on  this  subject. 

Our  minds  are  settling  down  after  much  reflection 
and  some  prayer,  upon  the  conviction  that  our  wis- 
dom and  duty  at  Syracuse  will  be,  to  nominate  candi- 
dates for  President  and  Vice-President  of  the  United 
States  and  vote  steadily  for  them  until  election,  or  un- 
til the  lodge  conspiracy  is  broken,  its  oaths  forbidden, 
and  its  charters  revoked.  The  reasons  which  have 
convinced  us  are : 

1.  Our  next  National  election  comes  in  1876,  and 
we  need  the  intervening  two  years  to  get  out  electoral 
tickets,  train  ourselves  in  the  details  of  politics,  and 
bring  our  forces  into  the  field. 

2.  The  argument  for  the  late  nominations  is  one  of 
policy,  but  ours  is  and  must  be  for  a  while  a  party 
of  principle. 

3.  If  we  wait  another  year,  two  great  parties  based 
on  self-interest  will  have  the  field  and  our  own  friends 
will  be  committed  to  one  or  the  other,  and  the  ear- 
gate  of  the  nation  will  be  closed  to  us . 

4.  If  we  can  get  out  an  electoral  ticket  in  but  half 
or  two-thirds  of  the  States,  supported  by  men  who 
will  not  flinch,  but  who  will  be  found  there  every  year, 
and  especially  every  four  years,  the  self-interest  par- 
ties will  soon  be  so  nearly  equally  divided  that  one  or 
both  will  keep  bidding  for  our  votes,  as  they  did  for 
abolition  votes,  and  thus  spread  our  protest  against  the 
lodge. 

6.  Some  say,  Let  us  make  our  stand  in  local,  town 
county  and  state  elections  till  we  are  strong  enough 
to  be  respectable,  then  nominate  for  President.  But 
we  cannot  vote  with  Freemasonry  in  general,  and 
against  it  in  local  elections,  without  stultifying  our- 
selves and  losing  our  moral  power. 

6.  When  the  Presidential  election  wsxes  hot,  our 
men  will  be  terribly  pressed  to  go  with  one  or  the 
other  of  the  selfish  parties,  and  consistency  alone  can 
save  us. 

1.  O'Connell  wrung  Irish  emancipation  from  Parlia- 
ment by  a  small  squad  of  voters,  when  Tories  and 
Whigs  were  nearly  aqually  divided.  Calhoun  con- 
trolled Congress  and  put  oS"  emaccipvilion  for  yearp, 
by  a  small  body  of  members  who  voted  steadily  for 
slavery,  irrespective  of  Whig  or  Democrat.  Fas  est  ab 
hoste  docerJ.  The  lodge  which  is  but  one-nightieth  of 
the  whole  pop;jlai.ion,  controls  the  re'igion  and  poli- 
tics of  the  United  Slates,  so  far  as  its  interests  are  con- 
cerned, by  its  secret,  steady  support  of  Masons.     We 


must  succeed  by  open,  fair  means  as  they  do  by  secret 
and  foul  means.  We  must  concentrate  and  stand  for 
the  right  as  they  do  for  the  wrong  ;  for  light,  as  they 
for  darkness. 

8.  We  lose  nothing,  but  gain  much  by  an  early 
nomination.  If  we  take  our  ground  now,  while  there 
are  no  parties  in  fact,  others  will  respect  us.  If  we 
wait  till  other  parties  form,  they  will  hate  us  for  draw- 
ing votes  from  them. 

9.  The  Republican  and  Democratic  parties,  if  not 
dead,  are  moribund  now,  and  our  small  craft  will  do 
best  while  the  political  sea  is  calm. 

Let  U9  therefore  go  up  to  Syracuse,  adopt  a  plat- 
form which  every  Christian  patriot  will  love,  and 
nominate  men  to  represent  it. 


DESCENDANTS  OF  BAALAM, 


SON  OF  BEOR. 

NnmberB,  zxli. 


These  are  ministers  of  Christ  who  wish  for  the 
"friendship  of  the  world"  which  is  "enmity  with 
God." 

Rev.  David  Swing,  who  is  now  on  trial  for  heresy 
and  error  before  the  Chicago  Presbytery,  has,  we  fear, 
started  on  the  road  with  the  messengers  of  Balak, 
King  of  Moab.  The  ^dvarice  says  of  him,  "A  ppecial 
and  noble  aim  of  Prof.  Swing  is  to  expose  antinomian 
tendencies  in  religion,  and  to  assert"  (what  every  here- 
tic begins  with)  "the  necessity  of  pure  character;" 
and  "Presbyterian  though  he  is,  he  actually  puts 
Calvinism  among  other  isms,  and  has  no  faith  in  the 
inspiration  of  the  Westminster  Confession." 

And  pray  who  has  ? — And  when  did  ''the  necessity 
of  a  pure  character"  became  a  specialty,  of  which 
Rev.  Mr.  Swing  has  taken  out  a  patent?  We  had 
supposed,  since  H.  W.  Beecher,  that  the  game  of 
gaining  the  world's  favor  by  omitting  from  religious 
teaching  all  truths  which  the  "carnal  mind"  hates,  and 
ridiculing  the  gospel  under  the  name  of  "Calvinism" 
to  hearers  who  never  read  one  page  of  Calvin's  writ- 
ings, was  about  played  out. 

Rev,  David  Swing  is  a  writer  of  some  brilliancy  and 
vigor,  but,  lacking  the  starry,  dazzling  eloquenee  of 
Beecher,  his  popularity  is  largely  derived  from  the 
boldness  of  his  attacks  on  established  religious  ideas 
and  on  the  men  supposed  to  represent  them. 

We  regard  the  slurs  and  flings  at  the  "Westminster 
Confession,"  so  common  with  men  of  this  class,  as 
simply  contemptible.  The  ''Westminster  Divines," 
called  by  Cromwell's  Parliament,  and  prohibited  by 
Charles  I.,  met  with  halters  about  their  necks,  and, 
with  some  imperfections,  issued  a  statement  of  religious 
truth,  the  clearest  and  best  outside  the  Bible.  This 
is  that  "Catechism"  which  Beecher  suggested  to  his 
theological  students  in  New  Haven,  as  a  fit  substitute 
for  hanging !  Yet,  this  '  'Westminster  Confession"  is 
not  more  essentially  Calvinistic  than  the  English  Thirty- 
nine  articles,"  or  even  ''Wesley's  Articles  of  Religion. " 
This  ''Westminster  Confession"  it  is,  which  declares 
that  the  Bible,  not  itself,  is  the  sole  rule  of  faith; 
thus  it  says: — '  'The  Supreme  Judge  by  whom  all  con- 
troversies of  religion  are  to  be  determined  .  . 
can  be  no  other  but  the  Holy  Spirit  speaking  in  the 
Scripture."  The  man  who  can  speak  sneeringly  of 
that  ''Confession"  is  either  shallow  or  depraved. 
Its  truths  are,  to-day,  the  staple  of  the  piety,  not 
only  of  the  English  Srate  church  and  Wesleyan 
Methodism,  but  oTthe  Protestant  world. 

The  sin  of  Baalam  was  that  he  wanted  the  gold  of 
Balak,  and  would  have  caused  Israel  to  get  it,  if  God 
would  hftve  let  him.  He  therefore  lauded  Israel  but 
debauched  the  Israelites.  His  deeendants  evermore 
come  as  near  heresy  ao  they  Hare.  They  laud  relig 
ion  and  debauch  it.  They  "help  the  ungodly  and  love 
them  that  hate  the  Lord."  Prof.  Patton,  the  prose- 
cutor of  Swing,  may  be  unamiable  and  pugilistic,  but 
the  justice  and  necessUy  tf  hanging  does  not  depend 
on  the  loveliness  of  the  executioner. 


A  Rkspkctkd  Friknd  of  Syracuse.  N.  Y.,  corrects 
the  statement  ol  last  week  that  the  corner-stone  of  the 
Capitol  at  Albany  was  laid  by  Go  HoflFman  and  not 
by  the  Mapons.  The  governor  first  laid  the  stone  in 
hi'^  cflB^ial  capacity  and  then  the  Grand  Master  laid  it 
with  the  usual  Masonic  ceremony.  The  Cynosure 
spoke  from  recollection  ol  statements  made  by  the  N. 
Y.  press  at  the  time. 


TOO  GOOD  TO  BE  TRUE. 


When  the  father  of  lies  sought  the  ruin  of  the  race 
by  corrupting  our  first  parents,  he  feigned  a  friendship 
too  ardent  and  intermeddling  to  be  real.  He  assumed 
to  be  more  concerned  for  their  welfare  than  their 
Maker.  Next  he  assumed  to  be  more  truthful  than 
God,  that  he  might  take  away  all  restraint  from  their 
minds  which  God  had  addressed  to  their  fears.  "How 
delicious  this  fruit  1  What  pleasure  you  might  derive 
from  it;  and  not  pleasure  only,  but  wisdom;  yes,  life 
and  immortality  1  Die  for  eating  this ?  No;  it's  the 
tree  of  life.  Ye  shall  not  surely  die.  God  doth 
know  that  in  the  day  ye  eat  thereof  your  eyes  shall 
be  opened  and  ye  shall  be  as  gods,  knowing  good  and 
evil."  This  was  too  good  to  be  true.  It  was  vaunting 
a  lore  beyond  the  infinite,  and  adapted  to  awaken 
desire  in  a  weak  or  limited  mind  too  strong  for  all 
divine  restraints.  By  this  the  tempted  might  have 
known  that  the  friendship  was  feigned,  the  promised 
good  a  lure.  But  excited  curiosity  grew  into  cupid- 
ity, and  this  into  an  easy  credulity  that  determined 
the  dread  experiment  of  eating,  and  plunged  the  race 
in  woe. 

Ever  since  then  deceivers  have  abounded,  all  copy- 
ing the  deceit  and  subtlety  of  the  first  tempter.  False 
promises  are  made  to  appear  far  more  valuable  and 
enticing  than  those  of  sober  truth.  And  what  is 
most  astonishing  is  that  men,  though  often  deceived 
and  swindled,  seem  to  be  more  slow  to  learn  that  a 
promise  that  is  too  good  to  be  true,  is  a  snare  and  a 
swindle,  than  they  are  to  learn  any  other  truth.  In- 
deed they  seem  to  love  to  be  humbugged .  They  seize 
an  enticing  lie  that  promises  an  impossible  good,  and 
prefer  it  to  sober  truth  that  oflFers  rewards  only  in  just 
proportion  to  effort  and  merit,  yet  practicable  and  safe 
both  for  this  life  and  that  which  is  to  come. 

Illustrations  of  this  are  to  be  met  with  continually 
in  all  the  affairs  of  men.  Truth  declares  that  man 
must  eat  his  bread  in  the  sweat  of  his  brow;  that 
health  and  competence,  riches  and  honor  are  to  be 
secured  only  by  patient  continuance  in  a  course  of 
temperance ,  economy,  integrity  and  toil.  But  how 
ready  are  the  multitude  to  venture  any  scheme  which 
promises  health  without  restraining  their  appetites, 
wealth  without  labor,  and  honor  without  worth  or  in- 
tegrity. The  vain  hope  of  buying  a  fortune  with  a 
few  dollars  makes  brisk  sale  for  lottery  tickets.  But 
when  one  offers  you  a  thousand  dollars  for  ten,  or 
promises  you  a  fortune  by  the  throw  of  %  dice,  or  the 
shuffle  of  a  card,  it  is  too  good  to  be  true.  A  medi- 
cine that  is  warranted  to  cure  all  diseases  is  pretty 
sure  to  cure  none.  This  is  too  good  to  be  true.  When 
one  offers  you  new  lamps  for  old,  on  an  even  exchange, 
it  is  pretty  certain  the  old  lamps  are  gold  and  the  new 
are  brass.  It  can  not  be  that  the  new  are  just  as 
good  as  the  old  were  when  new.  That  is  too  good  to 
be  true.  There  must  be  some  hidden  virtue  or  defect 
in  one  or  the  other.  When  a  dealer  in  -'queer,"  i.  e. , 
counterfeit  bills,  assures  you  that  it  will  pass  at  the 
bank  and  defy  detection;  that  you  can  use  it  as  safely 
as  you  can  genuine  bills,  and  then  offers  to  furnish 
you  with  any  amount  at  ten  cents  for  a  dollar,  you 
may  be  sure  he  lies.  It  is  too  good  to  be  true.  Yet, 
by  just  such  preposterous  lies,  men  are  induced  to  go 
with  all  confidence  into  the  business  of  passing  coun- 
terfeit money. 

Thus  the  religion  that  demands  no  self-denial,  that 
promises  the  full  enjoyment  of  the  pleasures  of 
the  world  and  the  peace  of  God;  that  ignores 
law  and  justice,  and  is  all  mercy,  cares  nothing 
for  doctrine  in  its  exclusive  zeal  for  practice,  and  as 
little  for  practice  in  the  exuberance  of  its  all-embracing 
and  undiscriminating  charity,  is  too  goad  to  be  true. 
And  yet  how  fondly  men  accept  the  spurious  charity 
that  has  no  reproof  for  their  loved  sins;  and  how  bit- 
terly they  hate  the  true  which  firmly  pursues  the  only 
method  that  can  extricate  them  from  perdition,  by 
saving  them  from  the  error  of  the  wicked  and  from 
all  fellowship  with  the  lies  of  Satan  and  the  works  of 
the  flesh. 

This  principle  has  another  illustration  in  the  pre. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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tenses  and  promises  of  the  secret  orders  of  the  day. 
They  are  too  good  to  be  true.  And  to  us  it  seems 
really  strange  that  all  thinking  men  do  not,  by  this 
criterion,  detect  and  discard  them  just  as  they  do  a 
medicine  that  claims  to  be  a  universal  panacea.  They 
promise  too  much,  and  for  this  reason  should  unhesi- 
tatingly be  classed  among  the  shams  and  swindles 
that  curse  the  earth,  and  must  be  swept  away  before 
the  blessings  of  the  reign  of  truth  can  be  secured. 
What  does  Masonry  profess  and  promise  ?  To  unite  in 
brotherly  fellowship  "men  of  the  most  opposite  ten- 
ets, the  most  distant  countries  and  the  most  contradic- 
tory opinions;  so  that  in  every  nation  a  Mason  may 
find  a  friend,  and  in  every  climate  a  home."  Too 
good  to  be  true.  But  it  stops  not  here.  It  professes 
to  enable  men  to  govern  their  passions,  to  overcome 
depravity,  which  only  the  spirit  and  truth  and  grace 
of  God  can  do;  by  the  use  of  the  mallet  to  divest  the 
mind  of  its  sins  and  make  it  a  meet  temple  for  the 
in-dwelling  of  God;  and,  in  fine,  to  raise  the  Mason 
by  the  pract'ce  of  Masonic  virtue  to  the  Grand  Lodge 
above.  All  that  the  eternal  God  by  his  incarnation, 
his  propitiation,  his  gospel,  his  church  and  his  Spirit 
proposes  to  do.  Masonry,  by  its  mysteries  and  its 
fetishes,  proposes  to  do  alone.  Too  good  to  be  true. 
It  can  be  none  other  than  a  tremendous  cheat  and 
swindle. 

So  with  its  numerous  progeny.  All  have  the  same 
mark  of  falsehood  in  their  foreheads.  A  correspond- 
ent of  our  county  paper  takes  this  method  of  slyly 
diffusing  the  grange  leaven.  After  an  high  eulogy  oi 
two  of  our  wealthy  farmers,  he  adds,  "  both  are  ac- 
tive, earnest,  intelligent  grangers,  bound  to  carry  for 
ward  to  a  success  the  principles  upon  which  the  order 
is  founded,  viz. ,  to  educate  the  agricultural  class  up 
to  the  standard  to  which  their  position  deserves,  and 
bring  producer  and  consumer  in  close  relations  of  in- 
terest without  the  intervention  of  needless  agents  and 
middle  men." 

So  it  seems  the  grange  is  going  to  assume  the  func- 
tions of  the  family,  the  school,  the  church,  the  gov- 
ernment, the  agricultural  paper  and  the  agricultural 
college,  and  all  open  farmers'  clubs  and  associations 
together,  with  all  commercial  agencies  and  operations 
that  affect  the  relations  of  producers  and  consumers. 
They  not  only  propose  to  do  all  this  vrork  of  human 
society,  but  to  do  it  better  than  it  has  ever  yet  been 
done  by  all  these  natural  and  established  agencies  and 
arrangements.  It  strikes  us  this  is  palpably  assuming 
and  promising  too  much.     It  is  too  good  to  be  true. 

How  is  this  work  of  education  and  changing  of 
business  relations  to  be  affected  by  isolating  a  portion 
of  farmers  from  the  rest,  separating  them  by  jealousy- 
provoking  walls  of  secrecy,  leading  them  about  blind- 
folded and  stumbling  over  blocks  and  chairs,  and 
arraying  them  In  finery,  and  rehearsing  to  them  a  long 
heathenish  ritual  that  may  have  some  flowers  of  rhet- 
oric but  nothing  of  science  or  Christianity  in  it  ?  And 
what  is  it  going  to  profit  the  farmers  to  displace  tried 
and  competent  commission  men  and  merchants  and 
put  inexperienced  farmers  into  the  same  positions? 
Will  not  these  be  agents  and  middle  men  ?  Just  as  likely 
to  seek  their  own  fortunes  and  to  be  "needless"  as 
those  whom  they  displace  ?  We  would  think  so  from 
the  nature  of  the  case.  And  the  next  week  we  saw 
a  statement  in  the  same  paper  which  confirms  this 
impression.     It  was  this: 

'  'The  grange  store  started  last  fall  at  Winona,  Wis., 
has  failed.  Liabilities  $13,000,  with  no  assets;  and 
a  similar  one  at  Owatonna  closed  up  after  a  loss  of 
nearly  $20,000." 

We  are  lead  to  ask  how  much  better  are  the  agents 
and  middle  men  which  the  grange  provides  than  the 
old  ones  which  they  seek  to  expel?  The  fox,  in  the 
fable,  declined  the  offer  of  the  swallow  to  chase  away 
the  ffies  that  sucked  his  blood,  because,  said  he,  if 
these  gorged  ones  are  chased  away  they  will  be  suc- 
ceeded by  a  more  hungry  swarm. 

On  this  ground,  if  no  other,  the  farmers,  if  they 
are  wise,  will  decline  the  very  generous  and  benevo- 
lent services  of  the  grange.  Already  the  National 
Qrange  alone  is   taxing  the  farmers  to  the  tune   of 


$200,000  a  year.  The  State  gracges  cost  them  vastly 
more,  and  the  county  and  subordinate  granges  more 
yet.  This  order  is  sucking  out  the  earnings  of  the 
farmers  by  millions.  One  would  think  the  legitimat' 
governments  cost  U3  enough  without  having  to  support 
a  dozen  invisible  empires,  which,  to  the  rank  and  file, 
are  mere  leeches  and  swindles.  They  promise,  to  be 
sure,  most  ample  recompense  for  all  they  cost;  but 
they  promise  too  much;  they  promise  impossibilities. 
Their  promises  are  too  good  to  be  true.  And  thereby 
the  real  object  of  the  projectors  is  proved  to  be  the 
taxing  of  the  many  for  the  profit  of  the  few. 


Notes. 

— From  Saturday,  the  25th  ult.,  on  through  the 
next  week.  Odd-fellows  all  over  the  country  were 
celebrating  their  fifty-fifth  anniversary.  A  very 
prominent  feature  of  all  the  addresses  on  that  occasion 
we  have  seen  is  an  attempted  vindication  of  the  order 
from  the  attacks  of  "bigoted  and  fanatical  enemies." 
Were  the  orators  pummeling  a  straw  man?  going 
through  a  lodge  drill  exercise?  or  have  thsy  really 
found  that  the  people  are  questioning  the  right  of  se- 
cret orders  to  exist  and  are  forced  into  self-defense. 

— The  committee  which  has  general  charge  of  the 
corner-stone  laying  in  this  city  referred  the  programme 
cf  arrangements  to  a  sub-committee  composed  of  John 
McArthur,  post-master  and  great  man  in  the  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic;  DeWitt  C.  Cregier,  Masonic 
Past  Grand  Master  of  Illinois;  T.  T.  Garney  (Deacon), 
Grand  Orator  of  do. ;  and  J.  Ward  Ellis,  Past  Grand 
Master  of  Illinois  Odd-fellows.  This  is  a  committee 
for  efficient  work.  Their  report  is  awaited.  Mr. 
Gurney  reports  many  letters  from  lodges  outside  the 
State,  and  expects  from  twenty  to  fifty  thousand  Ma- 
sons in  the  parade  for  the  honor  of  America  and  Chi- 
cago. 

— The  venerable  Moses  Thacher,  a  veteran  Anti- 
mason  of  the  Morgan  times,  has  been  spending  a  few 
days  in  Chicago  enjoying  the  hospitality  of  Mr.  Ezra 
A  Cook,  our  publisher.  In  1831  Mr.  Thacher  con- 
ducted the  Boston  Telegraph,  a  religious  and  Anti- 
masonic  journal,  and  was  at  the  same  time  pastor  of 
the  Nortli  Wrentham  Congregational  church  near  that 
city.  Several  articles  from  his  pen  have  lately  ap- 
peired  in  the  department  ."Forty  Years  Ago,"  taken 
irom  the  columns  of  the  Telegraph.  Tnouij;h  of  very 
advanced  age,  Mr.  Thacher  is  still  quite  vigorous,  and 
18  greatly  interested  in  the  progress  of  the  present  re- 
form. He  attended  the  last  meeting  of  the  Executive 
Committee. 

— Somebody  gives  a  fruitful  hint  to  the  city  editors 
and  reporters  in  a  note  to  the  Chicago  Tribune: 

"  SiK: — We  have  had  no  first-class  cases  of  breach  of 
trust  for  some  weeks.  The  time  must  be  coming  for  an- 
other batch.  In  anticipation  I  wish  to  make  a  suggestion 
I  have  noticed  that  many  defaulters  have  been  incidentally 
reported  as  belonging  to  this  or  that  church.  What  1  wish 
to  suggest  is  that  it  be  also  reported  of  them,  for  the  bene- 
fit of  a  discerning  and  philosophic  public,  whether  they 
belong  to  either  of  the  great  secret  societies — the  Masonic 
and  Odd-fellow?    Yours,  Davis." 

By  all  means  let  these  facts  be  published.      Political 

mountebanks  and  swindlers  of  all  sorts  will  be  elated 
over  a  ttatistical  -able  showing  how  well  the  Masons 
or  Odd-fellows  or  Knights  of  Pythias  can  take  care  of 
their  members  and  practice  the  "virtues"  of  conceal- 
ment and  protection  from  public  justice  toward  an 
unfortunate  defaulter  or  good-hearted    house-breaker. 

The  Censures  of  the  Eyangeliciil  Repository. 


"A  chiel'a  amang  ye  takln'  notes.. 

And,  faith,  he'll  prent  it;" — BUBNi. 

Editor  Cynosure: — I  observe  that  the  Evangelical 
Repository  of  Philadelphia,  for  May,  while  professing 
much  friendship  for  the  Cynosure,  and  excellent  wishes 
for  its  increased  prosperity,  lectures  it — it8"editorial  de- 
partment," its  "correspondents ,"  and  also  its  ''promi- 
nent lecturers", — for  the  "bitterness  and  severity 
manifested  in  its  pages,"  and  the  ''harshness  of  expres- 
sions" and  such  like  peccadillos  of  your  lecturers. 
Even  "the  Association"  is  included  in  the  pious  cen- 
sures of  the  editor,  who  concludes  his  kind  advice  thus : 

"If  the  Association  and  these  lecturers  are  wise, 
they  will  make  a  note  of  what  we  here  in  all  kindness 
say,  and  ihey  will  profit  by  it."  (I  have  condensed 
his  wise  council  for  brevity's  sake  and  boiled  it  down 
to  about  one-third.) 

The  chief  stress,  Messrs  Eds.,  of  the  Editor  of  the 
Repository's  kind  censures  bear,  it  will  be  perceived, 
on  the  'prominent  lecturers"  of  the  Association ;  al- 
though every  "  department"  of  the  Cynosure,  as  the 
organ  of  the  Association,  comes  in  for  an  ample  share 
of  censure, — although  the  Bepository  editor  is  "in  full 


sympathy  with  the  aims  and  ends  of  that  Association." 
It  is  well  to  be  told  so,  else  it  might  be  a  little  diffi- 
cult for  simple  readers  to  believe  it. 

Now,  let  me  say,  Messrs  Eds. ,  that  I  trust  that  you, 
will  profit  by  this  avalanche  of  kind  counsel,  so  far,  and 
only  80  far,  as  your  judgment  anri  conscienc?  dictate 
to  you  to  be  just.  I  ''like  plain  speaking,"  too.  as  well 
as  the  Repository  editor,  and  therefore  I  will  volun- 
teer, with  your  leave,  some  defense  and  vindication  of 
your  "prominent  lecturers",  so  far  as  we  here  of  Phil- 
idelphia  have  been  favored  with  listening  to  them. 
The  writer  of  this  article  heard  two  of  the  lectures  re- 
cently delivered  by  Mr.  Charles  Blanchard  here,  and 
if  the  other  two  were  'of  the  same  sort"  (and  he  has 
been  assured  they  cime  up  to  or  even  exceeded  the  mark 
by  those  who  heard  thim,)  he  has  no  hesitation  in 
affirming  that  they  were  not  justly  open  to  the  cm- 
sure  oi  the  Repository  for  want  of  moderatioa;  while 
their  ability,  spirit,  and  moral  courage,  and  high  tone 
and  principle  by  which  they  were  character  zed,  were 
felt  and  acknowledged  by  the  auditors  generally,  to 
my  certain  knowledge. 

There  is,  Messrs.  Ed-J. ,  too  much  ground  to  fear,  that 
these  censures  andcouniels  of  the  R-ipository  proceed 
fiom  a  lack  of  moral  courage  and  boldness  as  a  reformer 
in  the  writer  himself.  Those  who  have  access  to  know 
the  equivocal  position  of  the  churches  here  in  Phil- 
adelphia in  relation  to  secret  societies  and  their  adhe- 
rents, with  which  the  same  editor  is  related — I  mean, 
the  United  Prespy  terian  churches — and  whose  ''princi- 
ples" his  periodical  professes  to  represent,  will  certain- 
ly incline  to  think  that  a  little  mora  of  the  boldness, 
and  even  roughness,  of  the  reformet,  applied  to  tne 
purification  of  the  churches  of  his  own  connection 
from  Freemasons,  Odd-fellows  et  hoc  genus  omne, 
might  be  pardoned  in  the  Repository  editor,  if  he 
should  thus  succeed  in  purging  the  churches  of  his 
connection  from  such  members. 

While  I  have  my  pen  in  hand,  Messrs.  Eds.,  it  may 
not  be  amiss  to  inform  your  readers,  that  since  the  able 
^od  eff-!Jtive  course  of  lectures  delivered  here  last  win- 
ter by  Mr.  Charles  Blanchard,  we  have  been  makino' 
an  attempt  to  form  an  anti-secret  association  in  Phil- 
adelphia; but  I  regret  to  say,  hitherto  with  no  success- 
ful result.  There  does  not  appear  to  be  material  or 
zeal  enough  here  in  the  professedly  anti-secrecy 
churches  all  told — amounting  to  some  twenty, 
mainly  United  and  Reformed  Presbyterians — to  form 
an  organization  or  association  here,  to  prosecute  the 
good  cause  in  this  great^cityl  We  have  been  trying 
it,  and  failed.  It  took  us  three  months'  drumming  up 
of  names  to  a  printed  cill  to  a  "Conference"  of  Christ- 
i-ns  on  the  subject;  the  meeting  was  at  length,  after 
interminable  delay,  held  of  an  evening,  and  seventeen 
persons  were  present!  The  meeting,  after  some  talk- 
ing, separated  without  effecting  an  organization.  That 
I  may  give  full  credit  and  honor  to  whom  due,  I  will 
state  that  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  appointed 
to  call  this  meeting  was  the  reverend  editor  of  the 
Evangelical  Repository,  minister  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church,  and  the  Secretary  was  Reverend 
Thomas  P.  Stevenson  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian 
church.  Yet,  notwithstanding  that  the  united  mem- 
bership here  in  Philadelphia  of  these  two  churches 
consist  of  eome  fourteen  or  fifteen  congregation?,  with 
perhaps  3,000  or  3, .500  member?,  we  had  a  meeting, 
after  three  month's  trial  of  preparation,  which  number- 
ed in  all  seventeen  persons,  in  order  to  form  a  local 
association  in  Philadelphia  in  aid  of  the  anti-secret 
cause — and  failed  to  effect  the  object!  And  we  have 
gone  to  sleep  ever  since  ! 

This  is  a  humiliating  tale  to  tell,  Messrs.  Eds.,  of  3,- 
000  Christians,and  some  fiftt^en  or  more  churches  which 
profess  (but  do  not)  to  be  anti-secret  churches.  It  is 
the  truth  though!  And  I  think  your  readers  will  con- 
clude that  those  editors  had  better  perhaps  handle 
the  broom  themselves  a  little  more  lustily,  and  even  a 
little  roughly,  as  becomes  true  and  zealous  reformers, 
in  order  to  reform  their  own  churches  and  people — and 
then  they  will  see  more  clearly  to  pull  out  the  mote 
of  the  eyes  of  the  Cynosure — its  editors,  correspond- 
ents, and  prominent  lecturers.  W.  S.  R. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE: 


^\\t  %mt  i^(U. 


On  'lie  Last  Day. 


[Said  to  have  been  written  during  a  storm 
at.  sea,  by  Richard  Keinpeafeldt,  Esq., 
Rear-Admiral  of  the  Blue.] 

Hark!  'tis  the  trump  of  God 
Sounis  thro'  the  realms  abroad, 

'Time  is  no  more;' 
Horrors  invest  the  skies, 
Graves  burst,  and  myriads  rise ; 
Nature,  in  agonies, 

Yields  up  her  store. 

Chang'd  in  a  moment's  space, 
Lo  !  the  affrighted  race 

Shriek  and  despair; 
Now  they  attempt  to  fly, 
Curse  immortality, 
And  eye  their  misery 

Dreadfully  near. 

Quick  reels  the  bursting  earth, 
Rock'd  by  a  storm  of  wrath, 

Hnrl'd  from  her  sphere; 
Heart-rending  thunders  roll. 
Demons  tormented  howl, 
Great  God!  support  my  soul, 

Yielding  to  fear. 

O ,  my  Redeemer,  come. 
And  thro'  the  frightful  gloom 

Brighten  thy  way ; 

How  would  our  souls  arise. 

Soar  thro'  the  flaming  skies. 

Join  the  solemnities 

Of  the  great  day. 

See,  see,  the  incarnate  God, 
Swiftly  emits  abroad 

Glories  benign; 
Lo!  lo!  he  comes,  he's  here! 
Angels  and  saints  appear, 
Fled  is  my  ev'ry  fear, 

Jesus  is  mine! 

High  on  a  flaming  throne 
Rides  the  eternal  Son, 

Sovereign  august ! 
Worlds  from  his  presence  fly. 
Shrink  at  his  majesty. 
Stars  dashed  along  the  sky 

Awfully  burst. 

Thousands  of  thousands  wait 
Round  the  judicial  seat, 

Glorified  there; 
Prostrate  the  Elders  fall, 
Wing'd  is  my  raptur'd  soul, 
Nigh  to  the  Judge  of  All, 

Lo  !  I  draw  near. 

O,  my  approving  God, 
Wash'd  in  thy  precious  blood, 

Bold  I  advance; 
Fearless  we  wing  along. 
Join  the  triumphant  throng, 
Shout  in  ecstatic  song 

Through  the  expanse. 


[From  our  Florida  CorreBpondent]. 

St.  Augustine,  America's  Oldest  City. 


St.  Augustine,  Oriental  Hotel,    ) 
Mdrch  27,  1874.    j 

Here  I  am,  overlooking  the  bay. 
Our  room,  just  what  I  like,  an  eastern 
room,  has  three  windows,  and  is  in  the 
third  story.  So  it  is  above  and  away 
from  the  noise,  and  the  air  is  so  soft 
and  cleai,  and  bracing.  There  is  noth 
ing.  in  my  estimatiou,  like  a  brisk 
breeze  from  the  salt  water.  If  you 
are  too  tired  for  sleep,  come  here,  and 
without  coaxing  you  will  find  plenty  of 
time  passed  in  that  way . 

This  is  an  old,  quaint  town,  at  one 
time  walled.  Here  are  the  city  gates 
entire,  and  the  sea-walls  will  stand  cen- 


turies yet.  Thn  old  tort  is  at  once  a 
marvel  for  strength  and  security,  if 
necessary.  I  went  into  the  dungeons 
and  over  its  barbette.  Many  stories 
are  told  of  its  cells.  There  are  prob- 
ably some  that  will  not  be  discovered. 
One  dungeon  was  found  only  a  few 
years  sirce,  from  *he  roof  falling  in. 
There  were  twenty  of  us  in  our  party. 
The  guide,  an  old  Scotch  sergeant, 
took  away  all  my  apprehensions  at  the 
recklessly  stereotyped  manner  of  in- 
structing us.  He  told  us  with  a  great 
deal  of  awe,  of  the  two  cages  found  in 
one  cell;  also  of  the  bones  found  identi- 
fied as  human.  He  has  been  in  charge 
of  the  old  fort  seven  years,  and  says  he 
is  quite  tired  of  it.  He  lighted  his 
torch,  and  when  we  were  well  in  one  of 
the  cells,  suddenly  disappeared.  We 
were  to  follow.  Of  course  stooping 
was  the  first  thing;  the  walls  being 
thick  and  low,  we  had  to  carry  our 
heads  well  down  for  fear  of  jamming 
them.  There  are  eighty  feet  on  one 
side  not  accounted  for,  and  in  one  of 
the  cells  where  prisoners  had  been  con- 
fined, they  had  tried  to  make  an  open- 
ing in  two  places.  Hopeless  task  I 
There  seemed  a  certain  amount  of  stone 
and  then  a  apace  filled  in  with  sand ;  so 
as  they  broke  through  the  inner  wall, 
down  came  a  blockade  of  sand. 

At  night  I  went  out  and  visited  the 
Episcopal  burying  ground.  The  place 
is  quite  unkept.  The  lighthouses, 
both  old  and  new,  are  in  sight,  and  the 
little  fishing  smacks  are  busy  night  as 
well  as  day.  Just  now  the  moon  is 
full,  80  the  place  has  quite  a  fairy -like 
appearstnce. 

Friday  evening  I  went  into  the  old 
cathedral.  Three  gross-looking  priestp, 
with  woman's  gowns  on,  were  praying 
at  every  station.  There  were  sixteen 
stations.  They  would,  in  a  few  words, 
give  the  number, tell  what  it  represented, 
adding  a  few  words  of  exhortation. 
Then  a  few  moments  of  silent  prayer, 
then  dropping  on  their  knees,  and  at 
railroad  speed,  would  go  half  way 
through  the  Lord's  prayer,  which  the 
congregation  would  finish  in  the  same 
unintelligible  manner. 

This  morning  we  had  a  most  delight- 
ful sail  on  the  bay.  We  went  to  thfl 
Atlantic  surf,  but  did  not  ven'ure  out, 
as  our  boat  depended  on  a  brisk  wind 
in  order  to  get  back  for  dinner.  We 
went  ashore  and  gathered  shells,  etc. , 
something  that  all,  I  suppose,  of  the 
30,<"00  people  who  have  visited  Florida 
on  this  route,  have  done  before  me. 

St.  Augustine  is  such  a  quaint  city. 
There  are  very  few  houses,  except  old 
ones,  built  of  the  Coiquino  rock,  which 
'b  quarried  like  the  granite,  and  becomes 
quite  hard  by  exposure.  The  streets 
are,  some  of  them,  five  and  one-half 
feet  wide;  others  wider;  especially  the 
main  route  to  the  station.  The  inhab. 
itants  are  well  sprinkled  from  the  New 
England  States,  and  what  struck  me  as 
quite  remarkable,  although  the  Pres- 
byterian church  is  made  up  of  them, 
and  all  come  for  their  health,  I  heard 
only  one  cough  during  the  whole  ser- 
vice. Many  say,  *  I  have  been  in  al- 
most every  place  South,  also  in  France, 
but  St.  Augustine  in  the  place  for  me." 
You  get  into  old  houses  here,  but  noth- 
ing nasty  oflfends  you.      The   oyster 


shell  roads  and  walkp,  if  fresh,  give  an 
odor  slightly  disagreeable. 

Florida  needs  energetic  men.  Of 
course  the  land  will  not  yield  as  sure 
and  abundant  harvests  as  Illinois  will. 
The  young  cypress  trees  are  cut  and 
sent  to  New  York  for  railroad  ties. 
They  do  not  decay  so  fast  as  a  harder 
wood.  The  Northerners  are  leaving 
large  quantities  of  currency  here,  and 
the  people  design  starting  manufactor- 
ies of  various  kinds.  So  far  as  I  can 
learUj  the  present  manufactories  make 
palmetto  hats.  That  ugly  shrub  which 
becomes  a  tree  in  some  parts  so  pecu- 
liar to  Georgia,  and  which  utterly  pre- 
vents any  other  growth,  can  be  util- 
ized. It  makes  wrapping  paper,  strong, 
light  and  white.  It  blots,  if  steel  pens 
ind  ink  are  used.  The  magnolia,  date, 
olive,  orange,  cypress,  pine,  and  the 
beautiful  live  oak  or  water  oak,  are 
found  here.  So  you  see  there  are 
great  inducements  for  thrifty  Yankees 
and  Westerners  to  come  here  if  they 
have  suspicious  coughs,  as  hot  weather 
lasts  generally  eight  or  nine  months, 
and  those  who  desire  permanent  im- 
provement, should  come  with  the  inj 
tention  of  staying,  and  go  into  business. 

snort  Lecture  ou  Church  Manners. 


Be  on  time.  When  an  hour  is  fixed 
and  repeatedly  advertised  as  the  time 
for  the  commencement  of  "religious  wor- 
ship, no  oae  has  a  right  to  disturb  the 
congregation,  or  interrupt  a  preacher 
by  being  tardy.  Men  should  be  as 
prompt  in  filling  their  places  in  church, 
as  they  are  meeting  their  notes  in  bank. 
No  peril  of  protest  should  be  invited  in 
either  case  or  place.  Punctuality  is  a 
grace  that  should  be  coveted  and  cul- 
tured. There  is  nn  invention  by  which 
a  buggy-wheel  marks  its  revolutions, 
and  the  number  of  miles  it  runs.  Will 
not  some  genius  invent  an  apparatus 
that  can  be  so  arranged  as  that  when 
the  tardy  ones  enter  their  pew,  a  bell 
will  ring,  or  an  index  turn,  or  a  little 
bird  hop  out  of  the  clock,  and  "  Coo- 
coo,  coo-coo;  behind  time,  behind 
time  ? " 

Never  look  around  to  see  who  is  com- 
ing in  when  the  door  opens.  It  is 
quite  as  ill-mannered  to  look  around  to 
see  who  the  tardy  ones  are,  as  it  is  to 
be  tardy.  It  also  disturbs  your  devo- 
tions, if  you  have  any ;  diverts  your  at- 
tention from  the  sermon,  or  whatever 
exercise  is  under  way,  and  is  discour- 
teous to  the  leader  of  the  services. 

Never  talk  or  whisper  in  church,  es. 
pecally  after  the  exercises  are  opened. 
To  do  this,  indicates  one  of  three 
thing — lightness  of  spirit,  thoughtless- 
ness as  to  your  own  good  name,  and 
the  character  of  the  place  and  occasion, 
or  intentional  disrespect  to  the  subject 
of  religion  and  religious  people.  Either 
and  all  are  alike  inexcusable  and  repre- 
hensible. 

Never  pull  oat  your  watch  to  see 
what  time  it  is  when  the  text  is  an- 
nounced, as  much  as  to  say,  "  I'll  time 
that  sermon,  if  I  don't  feed  on  it,"  and 
thenexhibit  a  chronic  nervousness  and 
itching  restlessness  by  snapping  open 
your  hunting-case  a  half  dozen  times 
during  its  delivery,  to  the  infinite  an- 
noyance and  supreme  disgust  of  all 
who  are  so  unfortunate  as  to  be  your 


neighbor   in  the    church.     And  then, 
when  the  benediction   is   scarcely   pro- 
nounced,   do   not   show   your  lack  of 
skill  as  a  time-keeper,  by   remarking  to 
nrother   Jones,    with  watch    in    hand, 
"  That  sermon  was  just  forty -one  min- 
utes nineteen  seconds   and  a  half  long. 
A  lee-tle  too  long*;  ought  to  hive  left  oflF 
the  last  minute  nineteen  seconds  and  a 
half."      "But    what     was    the     text, 
brother  ? "     inquires     Deacon      Jones, 
whose  soul  had    been    feeding  on  the 
sermon  as  manna  from  heaven.  ''Wall, 
really,  you  see,  I  wasn't  watching  that; 
I  was  keeping  time,  you  know,"  bland- 
ly replies  Bro.  Hunting-case.     Just  so. 
Never  leave  church  until  the  services 
are  all  closed.     Never    manifest   your 
disapprobation  of  utterances  of  the  pul- 
pit  by   frowns   or   groans,  or   grunts, 
much  less  by  rushing   from   the  house 
in  a  tempest  rage,  as  if   the  whole  ser- 
mon was  gotten    up    for,  and    directed 
especially   to   you.     Ninety-nine  cases 
out  of  a  hundred   the   preacher   never 
knew  of  such  a  unit  as   you  in  the  uni- 
verse.    Remain  in   your  seat  until  you 
are  orderly  dismissed,  and   the  congre- 
gation   will    remain   in  blissful   ignor- 
ance  of   your  character.     Every   man 
who  enters  a  place  of  worship,  loses  his 
individuality  and  becomes  a  part  of  the 
individual  whole.     Voluntarily  placing 
himself  in    that   relation,    he   has    no 
right  to  disturb  the  whole  body  of  wor- 
shipers   by  indecorously    withdrawing* 
until   all  are   dismissed.      Conform    to 
the  usages  of  the  chu-'ch  in  which  you 
worship.     If  the   order   is  to  kneel  in 
prayer,  kneel;  if  to   stand,  stand;  if  to 
bow  the  head  on  the  seat  in  front,  bow 
your  head  before  God.     To   Ignore  the 
usages  of  a   church,   is  as  unmannerly 
and  indecorous  as   to  ignore  the  usages 
of  a  private  house,  the   hospitality    of 
which   you  are  enjoying.     The   writer 
once  attended  the  services  of  a  Jewish 
synagogue,  where     the    men   all    had 
their  hats  on.     But  he  uncovered  his 
head,  according  to  the  custom  of  Chris- 
tian people.     Presently  he  was  invited 
by  an  officer  of  the  synagogue  to  put  on 
his   hat,  which   he    did,  although    the 
said   hat  felt  heavier    then    and   there 
than  fcver  before  or  since.     From  ihence 
he  went  to  a  Catholic  cathedral.     With 
a  fresh  remembrance   of  his  experience 
in  the  snynagogue,  he  failed  to  uncover 
his   head   in  the   cathedral.     Soon   an 
Irish  janitor  stepped  up  to  his  side  and 
significantly  remarked,  "  All  gentlemen 
take  oflF  their   hats  in  this  place."     So 
did    this    writer.     iThe     lesson    thus 
taught  has  never  been   forgotten.     We 
repeat,  always  conform  to  the  usages  of 
the  church  where  you  voluntarily  make  , 
one  of  the  congregaiian. 

"We  will  now  sing  the  doxology 
and  pronounce  the  benediction,"  says 
the  preacher.  Forthwith  there  is  a 
general  upheaval  and  outstretching  of 
arms,  much  to  the  distress  of  nervous 
women,  and  suggestive  of  dire  conse- 
quences to  bonnets  of  the  latest  style. 
When  the  last  word  of  the  good  old 
long  metre  doxology  is  reached,  and 
the  familiar  sound  of  '  •  Old  Hundred  " 
has  died  away,  it  is  found  that  every 
man  has  his  gloves  and  overcoat  on, 
with  hat  in  hand,  and  every  woman 
has  her  shawl  adjusted,  ready   to   run 


i^Hk 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


when  the  "  amen  "  of  the  bened'ction 
is  said.  Has  not  this  photograph  its 
original  somewhere?  Wherever  the 
origiDsl  is  found,  it  might  be  well  for 
the  ff  inister  to  close  up  the  service  by 
saying,  "We  will  now  sing  the  doxol- 
ogv,  put  on  overcoats  and  adjust 
shawls,  and  be  dismissed  with  benedic 
tion." 

"Let  all  things  be  done  decently 
and  in  order." — Central  Christian  Ad- 
vocate. 

M.  Y.  0.  B.  S. 


There  are  a  great  many  secret  socie- 
ties which  have  strange  names,  and 
some  whose  names  are  unknown  to 
outsiders,  but  whose  members  use  cer- 
tain letters  as  symbols  or  initials  to  ex- 
press their  character. 

About  these  societies  we  know  but 
very  little.  The  men  who  join  some 
of  them  are  sworn  not  to  teil  their  se- 
crets, and  we  have  never  felt  it  duty  to 
take  such  oaths,  for  our  Master  said, 
''Swear  not  at  all."  Besides,  if  we 
found  out  anything  good,  we  should 
want  to  tell  of  it,  and  if  it  was  bad,  we 
should  perhaps  think  it  a  duty  to  con- 
fess it,  and  so  we  prefer  to  make  no 
promises  and  tell  no  lies. 

It  is  very  true  that  many  good  men 
belong  to  such  societies,  and  people 
Bay  if  the  societies,  were  bad,  such  good 
men  would  not  join  them;  but  it  is  just 
as  true  that  many  bad  men  also  belong 
to  them,  aLd  if  the  societies  were  very 
good  these  bad  men  might  not  like 
them  so  well.  But  really  neither  of 
these  arguments  prove  much,  because 
none  of  the  men  knew  anything  about 
the  societies  before  they  joined  them, 
and  all  of  them  are  sworn  not  to  tell 
what  they  have  found  out  since.  So 
if  the  men  are  ever  so  good,  or  ever  so 
bad,  they  are  bound  not  to  expose  the 
good  or  evil  they  see,  or  in  any  way 
reveal  the  secrets  of  the  orders  to  which 
they  belong. 

I  never  like  to  open  my  mouth  and 
shut  my  eyes  at  the  same  time.  When 
my  mouth  is  open  I  keep  my  eyes 
open  too; — when  my  eyes  are  shut  I 
think  it  is  time  to  shui  my  mouth  also. 
Eats  and  mice  sometimes  get  into  places 
they  do  not  know  much  about,  and 
sometimes  never  get  out  again  alive. 
I  prefer  not  to  go  into  a  pl?.ce  till  I 
know  what  I  go  in  for,  and  how  and 
when  I  can  get  out  again.  And  I  do 
not  make  promises  to  people  till  I  know 
what  they  are.  So  I  do  not  join  such 
secret  societies,  and  I  do  not  advise 
other  people  to  join  them. 

There  is  one  society,  however,  to 
which  I  should  be  glad  to  have  all  my 
friends  belong.  All  can  join  it,  old  and 
young,  male  and  female,  white  and 
black.  It  costs  nothing  for  initiation, 
regalia,  or  show.  There  are  no  oaths 
taken,  no  pass  word,  or  grips,  and  ^no 
secrets,  constitutions,  nor  by-laws  to  be 
learned.  This  society  has  among  its 
members  most  of  the  good  men  and 
great;  of  all  ages.  You  can  join  it  at 
any  time,  no  matter  where  you  are.  It 
makes  people  more  happy,  their  fam  - 
ilies  more  peacible,  and  their  homes 
more  quiet,  when  all  belong  to  this 
society.  It  is  more  ancient  than  any 
other.  Its  members  are,  many  of  them, 
well  known  and  greatly  respected. 


Tijcy  Hre  very  pcHceHMe  quiet  and 
thrifty.  I  heard  of  one  man  who  made 
a  thousand  dollars  in  one  year  by  be- 
longing to  tbis  soc  ety  ; — ^ome  have 
made  still  morp,  some  less  By  be- 
longing to  this  society  men  keep  out 
of  many  troubles  and  difficulties,  and 
avoid  a  great  deal  of  vice  and  sin.  No 
good  man  ever  made  any  objection  to 
belonging  to  tlis  society,  and  the  best 
of  men  have  always  been  members  of 
the  M.  Y.  0.  B.  S. 

Would  you  like  to  join  it?  You  can, 
'Where?"  /  ny  where— here.  ''When?" 
Now.  Shall  I  tell  you  the  full  name 
of  the  M  Y.  0.  B.  S.  ?  Softly  then— . 
let  me  whieper  it  in  your  ear:  it  is  the 
"Mi  nd  Your  Own  Business  Society".  Bet- 
ter join  it  at  once. —  Tlie  Christian. 

The  ttiant  Planet. 

Jupiter  has  a  diameter  exceeding  the 
earth's  rather  more  than  ten  times,  and 
a  volume  exceeding  hers  1,230  times. 
It  is  not  far  from  the  truth  to  say  that 
Jupiter's  dimensions  exceed  the  earth's 
in  very  nearly  the  same  degree  that 
those  of  the  sun  exceed  Jupiter's.  But 
this  mass,  though  gigantic  compared 
with  the  earth's  does  not  altogether 
c  rrespond  to  his  bulk,  for  it  exceeds 
the  mass  of  the  earth  only  300  times. 
Sj  that  ,  if  the  disc  our  astronomer? 
see  and  measure  actually  represents  the 
true  globe  of  the  planet,  bis  "substance 
must  be,  on  the  average,  much  less 
dense  than  that  of  the  earth.  In  fact, 
while  the  earth's  density  is  nearly  six 
times  as  great  as  that  of  water,  the 
density  of  Jupiter  (thus  judged)  would 
exceed  that  of  water  by  barely  one 
third. 

This  vast  globe  rotates  in  less  than  ten 
hours,  on  an  axis  nearly  upright  ori-quare 
to  the  level  in  which  the  planet  travels. 
This  rapidity  of  rotation — so  great  that 
the  points  on  the  planet's  equator  trav- 
el twenty-seyen  times  as  fast  as  points 
on  the  terrestrial  equator — results  in  a 
considerable  flattening  of  the  planet's 
globe;  insomuch  that  the  polar  diam- 
eter is  less  than  the  equatorial  about  a 
twelfth  part  or  by  fully  7,000  miles. 
And  !t  may  be  remarked,  in  passing, 
that  this  circumstance,  the  fact,  name- 
ly, that  the  poles  of  the  planet  are 
drawn  in,  as  it  were,  3,500  miles  as 
compared  with  the  equatorial  regions, 
or  1,750  miles  as  compared  with  the 
mid-latitubes  in  either  hemisphere,  af 
fords  a  striking  illustration  of  the  enor- 
mous amount  of  energy  really  present- 
ed by  the  rotation  of  Jupiter.  It  may 
also  be  added  that  the  velocity  with 
which  points  on  Jupiter's  equatorial 
zone  are  carried  around,  exceeds  the 
corresponding  velocity  in  the  case  of 
all  the  planets  in  the  solar  system,  and 
is  nearly  six  times  greater  than  the 
equatorial  velocity  of  the  sun  itself.  It 
amounts,  in  fact,  to  about  seven  and  a 
half  miles  per  second  ! — Ex. 

» • ■ — 

Keep  clear  of  any  system  of  religion 
which  confounds  the  world  and  true 
believers,  and  makes  no  broad  distinc- 
tion between  those  who  are  true  coild- 
ren  of  God  in  a  congregation,  and  those 
who  are  not.  Be  not  carried  away  by 
an  appearance  of  great  self-denial  and 
humility.  It  is  far  easier  to  fast  and 
wear  sack-cloth,  and  be  of  a  sad  coun- 
tenance, than  to  receive  thoroughly  the 
doctrine  of  justification  by  faith  without 
the  deeds  ot  the  law. 


n\%  mxuu 


"Happy  is  Ue.' 


A  lady  reports  this  little  incident: 

Mrs.  Wliite  had  been  spenditig  the 
afternoon  with  me.  She  was  not  very 
cheerful  company.  Mujh  of  the  time 
was  spent  with  ttie  story  of  her  troubles, 
which,  after  ail,  seemed  to  be  of  ber 
own  making.  S'le  complained  of  her 
husband,  of  her  children,  of  her  pastor 
and  of  herself. 

"Oh,"  said  Willie,  after  she  was  in 
the  street,  "aren't  you  so  glad  she's 
gone  ?" 

"Why,  Willie,"  I  said. 

"She  is  so  doleful,  she  makes  every- 
thing so  dark.  Is  she  a  Christian, 
Auntie  ?" 

'  'She  professes  to  be,"  I  answered ; 
but  it  was  time  to  go  to  prayer  meeting, 
and  I  said  no  more  to  Wiilie  then  about 
it.  At  prayer  meeting  we  heard  two 
or  three  men  talk  in  a  sad,  dreary  way 
(as  you  have  all  heard  persons  talk  in 
your  own  prayer  meeting;  people  who 
make  religion  seem  a  gloomy  thing. ) 
As  we  walked  home,  Willie  said, 
'  'Auntie,  are  Mr.  French  and  Mr.  Brown 
Christians?" 

"I  think  so." 

''And  do  they  trust  in  the  Lord? 
Does  Mrs.  White  trust  him?" 

"But  why  do  you  ask?" 

"Because,  I  r  ad  in  my  Daily  Food 

this  morning,   "The    man  that  trusteth 

in  the  Lord,  happy  is  he.'     They  don't 

seem  happy  a  bit,  and   I  thougtit  they 

couldn't  be  trusting  in  God." 

Was  Willie  right  ? —  Wayside. 

<  ■  > 

One  Drop  of  Evil. 


'  'I  don't  see  why  you  won't  let  me 
play  with  Will  Hunt,"  pouted  Walter 
Kirk.  "I  know  he  does  not  always 
mind  his  mother,  and  smokes  cigars, 
and  once  in  a  while  swears  just  a  little. 
But  I  have  been  brought  up  better 
than  that;  he  won't  hurt  me.  I  should 
think  you  would  trust  me.  I  might  do 
him  some  good." 

"Walter,"  said  his  mother,  "take 
this  glass  of  pure,  clear  water,  and  put 
just  one  drop  of  ink  in  it." 

''O,  mother!  it  has  changed  the 
color  of  the  whole,  has  it  not  ?  It  is  a 
shame  to  do  that."  Just  put  a  drop  of 
Clearwater  in  it,  and  restore  its  purity," 
said  Mrs.  Kiik. 

"Why,  mother!  you  are  laughing 
at  me.  One  drop,  nor  a  doien,  nor 
fifty,  won't  do  that." 

''No,  my  son ;  and  therefore  I  cannot 
allow  one  drop  of  Will  Hunt's  evil  na- 
ture to  mingle  with  your  careful  train- 
ing, many  drops  of  which  will  make  no 

impression  on  him," 

•-»♦ 

Six  Short  Hints  for  the  Tonng', 


1.  Never  neglect  daily  private  prayer; 
and  when  you  pray,  remember  that  God 
is  present,  and  that  he  hears  your 
prayers  (I  John  v.  15). 

2.  Never  neglect  daily  private  Bi- 
ble-reading; and  when  you  read,  re- 
member that  God  is  speaking  to  you, 
and  that  you  are  to  believe  and  act 
upon  what  he  Fays.  All  backsliding 
begins  with  the  neglect  of  these  two 
rules  (John  v.  39). 

3.  Never   let  a  day   pass   without 


doing  somethitfg  for  Jesus.  Every 
morning  reflect  on  what  Jesus  has  done 
for  you,  and  then  ask  yourself,  "Wh  t 
am  I  doing  for  him?"  (Matt.  v.  13-16) 

4.  If  you  are  ever  in  doubt  as  to  a 
thing  being  right  or  wrong,  go  to  your 
room  and  consider  whether  you  can  do 
it  in  the  name  of  Jeeus,  and  ask  God's 
blessing  upon  it  (Col.  iii.  17).  If  you 
cannot  do  this,  it  is  wrong  (Rom.  xiv. 
23). 

6.  Never  take  your  Christianity 
from  ChrisiiaiiP,  or  argue,  because  such 
and  such  people  do  so  and  so,  that, 
therefore,  you  may  (2  Cor.  x.  12). 
You  are  to  ask  yourself,  ''How  would 
the  Lord  have  me  act?"  Follow  him. 
(John  X.  27  ) 

6.  Never  trust  your  feelings,  or  the 
opinions  of  men,  if  they  contradict  God's 
Word.  If  authorities  are  pleaded,  siill 
"Let    God   be   true,  but  every  man    a 

liar"  Rom.  iii.  4  ) 

^  > » 

The  Direct  Road  to  Jails  and  Prisons. 


First — disobedience  to  parents;  sec- 
ond— using  tobacco ;  third — using  rum. 
In  nine  cases  out  of  ten  parents  help 
children  start  on  one  or  all  of  these 
roads.  How  often  d^ies  the  child  hear 
his  father  read  the  blessed  Bible  with 
his  mouth  full  of  tobacco !  How  often 
does  a  child  see  his  mother  go  to  com- 
munion dressed  as  John  Wesley's  wo- 
men never  dressed!  The  man  that 
uses  rum  and  tobacco  may  expect  his 
sons  to  do  the  same.  All  mothers 
that  s")veep  the  sidewalk  with  silk  skirts 
may  expect  daughters  to  do  the  same. 
'•Children,    obey   your   parents,"  is  a 

large  command. —  Wardwell. 

«  o  « 

'  No  Little  Graves  in  thlna. 


A  misssionary  writing  from  China, 
says :  '  The  babe  of  one  of  our  church 
memberd  died.  In  the  morning  I  went 
to  see  the  little  corpse.  The  young 
mother  was  weeping  over  it,  and  the 
father  was  standing   by  silent  and  sad. 

"I  spoke  about  the  burial.  He 
looked  at  me  in  surprise,  and  said  that, 
according  to  Chinese  custom,  no  care 
Would  be  taken  with  the  burial  of  little 
babes.  It  was  now  my  turn  to  look 
surprised.  'Why,  what  do  ihey  do 
with  them?'  He  replied,  'They  wrap 
them  in  a  piece  of  old  matting,  and 
throw  them  in  the  river,  or  put  them 
away  where  they  will  never  be  found.' 

"And  sure  enough,  and  strange 
enough,  it  then  occurred  to  me  I  had 
never  seen  any  httle  graves  in  China. 
Of  grown  persons  and  half  grown 
children,  I  have  seen  many;  but  an 
infant's  grave  never  yet  had  met  my 
eyes.  If  I  were  sent  to-day  to  find  the 
last  resting-place  of  some  little  prattler 
of  three  or  four  years  old,  I  do  not 
know  where,  in  all  Tie  Chin,  I  should 
hope  to  find  it. 

"I  told  the  father  the  gospel  taught 
us  something  better  than  that;  and  he 
should  go  and  hive  a  sma  1  coffin  made 
and  we  should  lay  the  babe  carefully 
away  in  it,  and  bury  its   remains  in  a 

Christian  way." — Child's  Treasury. 

< . » 

Who  is  Little  Sunshine? — The 
child  who  does  not  pout,  or  frown,  or 
say  cross  words,  but  goes  about  the 
house  laughinsr,  smiling,  singing,  say- 
ing kind  words,  and  doing  kind  deeds 
— that  child  is  little  sunshine. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


|(tliijt(nt$  Kttttllijjtttiiu* 


Rev,  M  N,  Miles  bas  returned  to  his  former  field 
of  labor  in  Caih,  Pawnee  couuty,  Nebraska,  where,  a 
few  years  since,  he  gathered  a  charch.  This  excellent 
man  and  minister,  whom  the  churches  of  Illinois  re 
member  with  fiffeclion  and  respect  for  bis  usefulness 
and  goodness,  has  f  jllowed  his  children  away  where 
the  sun  sets,  but  his  letter  shows  that  it  is  sun-rise 
at  his  heart.  May  his  years  be  many,  and  his  transit 
triumphant. 

— Sarah  Hunt,  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  recently 
preached  to  the  members  of  the  New  Jersey  Legisla- 
ture. 

— Tbe  Seventh-day  Baptisfa  in  this  country  report 
ninety  cburche?,  110  ministers,  8,500  communicants. 
Most  of  the  churches  are  close  communion. 

— The  General  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church  South  assembled  in  Louisville  May  1st. 
About  200  delegates,  including  the  six  bishops,  are  in 
attendance. 

— Christian  workers  will  find  an  item  for  meditation 
in  the  fact  that  there  are  5  000,000  children  and 
youth  in  this  country  not  connected  with  Sunday- 
schools. 

— A  prayer  meeting  of  converted  Chinese  in  Sac- 
FrancibC)  is  well  sustained  and  is  sometimes  attended 
by  as  many  as  eighty  persons. 

— It  is  said  that  seven  Biptist  churches  have  been 
organized  <n  Chicago  and  vicinity  during  the  past 
year,  and  that  an  eqa^I  number  will  probably  be  or- 
ganized during  the  next  twelve  months. 

— The  seventeenth  anniversary  of  the  Chicago 
Young  Men's  Christian  AsBOciation  was  held  in  the 
First  Congregational  Church  last  Sunday.  Dr.  Kit- 
tredge  of  the  Third  Presbyterian  Church  preached. 

— The  Baptists  on  the  island  of  Jamaica  are  doing 
a  good  work.  At  their  last  annual  meeting  they  re- 
ported 105  churches,  1.277  baptisms — total  member- 
ship 22,860.     Jamaica  Baptists  are  of  the  liberal  type. 

— Bishop  Simpson,  of  the  M.  E.  church,  has  re- 
turned from  a  trip  to  Mexico  in  greatly  improved 
health,  and  with  cheering  reports  of  the  progress  of 
Christian  labor  in  that  country. 

—  ^  great  work  was  done  in  the  Northwest  during 
the  year  ending  March  1st,  in  organizing  327  new 
Sunday-schools,  besides  visiting  and  aiding  777  other 
schools,  making  an  average  of  twentj-one  schools  and 
811  scholars  for  each  Sabbath  of  the  year.  This  was 
done  by  the  American  Sunday-scbool  Union. 

— A  National  Pre^^byterian  Sunday  School  Institute 
is  to  be  held  in  St.  Louis  on  the  Tuesday  evening 
prior  to  the  meeting  of  the  General  Assembly.  It 
will  be  under  the  management  of  J.  Bennett  Tyler 
and  Drs.  John  Hall,  Crosby,  Duryea,  NiccoUs  and 
others  are  expected  to  speak. 

— A  large  number  of  additions  were  made  to  the 
diflftfrent  Congregational  churches  of  this  city  on  Sun- 
day: in  the  First  Church  there  were  thirty-one ;  Union 
Park,  thirty  eight;  Leavitt  Street,  thirty-eight;  Ply- 
mouth, twenty;  New  England,  seven,  Tabernscle,  thir 
teen. 

— The  Boston  Young  Men's  Christian  Association 
reports  from  1 ,  000  to  1 ,200  young  men  at  its  rooms  and 
5, COO  or  6,000  persons  within  the  influence  of  its  appli- 
ances. It  is  proposed  to  erect  on  the  corner  of  Boylston 
and  Lowell  straets,  a  fine  building  to  cost  not  less  than 
$250,000. 

— Sir  Bartle  Frere  found  in  northern  Madagascar,  at 
a  native  town,  on  a  Sunday  morning,  a  congregation 
of  2,000  people  devoutly  worshiping.  This  town  was 
300  miles  from  the  nearest  European  missionary  sta- 
tion, and  the  gospel  had  been  carried  there  in  1846  by 
two  native  slaves  who  were  sold  at  the  capitol,  but  who 
had  been  under  missionary  influence. 

-=-The  number  of  clergymen  connected  with  the  ee 
tablished  church,  actually  resilent  in  England  and 
Wales  in  1841,  was  14,618;  1851,  17,621,— increase 
in  ten  yearp,  3.003;  1861,  number  of  clergy,  19,105 
— increase  in  ten  years,  1,574;  1871,  number  of  cler 
gy,  20,604, — inrreas*?  in  ten  years,  1,400.  In 
1841  there  were  1,101  laymen  for  each  clergyman; 
in  1821,  1,024;  1861,  1,057;   1871,1,047. 

— The  following  is  said  to  be  an  approximately 
correct  classification  of  the  adherents  of  the  various 
churches  among  English-speaking  people:  Protestant 
Episcopalians,  12.500,000;  Presbyterians,  11,500,- 
000;  Baptist,  10,500,000;  Congrcgationalists,  7,600- 
000;  Methodists,  15,000,000;  Roman  Catholics, 
10,000,000—57,000,000  of  Protestants  against  10,- 
000,000  of  Roman  Catholics. 

— The  new  church  organization  at  Marengo,    111.,  of 


wh  c  1  mention  has  been  made  in  these  cjlumns,  is 
cirapoBsd  mainly  of  Christians  who  would  not  fellow- 
ship the  lodge  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of 
that  place.  Rev.  N,  D.  Fanning,  the  pastor,  corrects 
the  statement  that  the  new  church  will  remain  in  the 
old  connection.  It  will  be  an  independent  body.  J 
M.  Daitz.a  member,  writes  to  the  Methodist  Free  Presn. 
■'Our  discipUne  shall  be  the  Bible;  our  rule  Congre- 
gational ;  and  none  that  belong  to  secret  societies  are 
admitted." 


'^\m  4  \\t  1|J«V 


The  City. 

— The  Masonic  Committees,  on  the  corner-stone 
met  in  secret  cession  in  the  Sherman  House  on  Mon- 
day evening. 

— The  Woman's  Temperance  Organization  continue 
the  work  of  circulating  pledges  and  educating  public 
sentiment  by  masF-meetings.  At  their  meeting  on 
Monday  it  was  decided  to  hold  daily  afternoon  prayer 
meetings  in  the  Methodist  Church  Block. 

— Between  flowers  and  politics  the  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic  manages  to  exist.  Its  annual  f'fl"erino; 
over  the  soldier's  graves  is  being  arranged  by  the 
organization  in  Chicago.  A  wise  appreciation  of  their 
fallen  comrades  would  be  to  give  up  secret  chicanery 
and  live  like  honest  Americans,  thus  honoring  those 
principles  for  which  our  soldiers  died. 
The  Capitol. 


— A  feature  of  the  bill  now  before  Congress  to  ap- 
propriate $3,000,000  to  the  National  Centennial  is  a 
recommendation  that  the  duties  on  tea  and  coffee  be 
restored  until  the  amount  is  repaid  to  the  U.  S.  Treas- 
ury. 

— The  Ways  and  Means  committee  reported  on 
Monday  to  the  House  on  the  Sanborn  investigation 
and  recommended  a  bill  to  repeal  the  act  providing  for 
special  tax  collectors  and  to  revoke  contracts  made  un- 
derit. 

— Dawes  and  Butler  have  each  brought  before  the 
House  bills  on  fiaance.  The  former  provides  for  the 
issue  of  U.  S.  bonds  in  exchange  for  legal  tender 
notes,  and  both  authorize  free  banking. 

The  Country. 


— Gerrit  Smith  has  written  an  encouraging  letter  to 
the  temperance  women,  recognizing  their  work  as  o  le 
which  God  will  bless  and  sustain, 

— "The  ground  is  mostly  covered  with  snow  and  it 
is  still  falling.  Cattle  are  dying  for  want  of  food  and 
things  look  'feZwe'  in  this  region,"  writes  a  gentleman 
from  Medina  county,  Ohio,  April  29th. 

— There  is  no  abatement  in  the  Southern  floods,  but 
reports  are  of  more  disaster  and  rising  waters  in  Ar- 
kansas and  Louisiana.  The  relief  committee  in  New 
Orleans  are  distributing  40,000  rations  daily  and  say 
that  50,000  daily  rations  will  be  needed  for  three 
months. 

— A  fire  broke  out  April  22d  on  the  steamship 
Mediator  of  the  Lorillard  line,  lying  in  her  dock  at 
Philadelphia.  She  is  1,200  tons  burden,  and  loaded 
with  general  merchandise  from  New  York  to  Philadel- 
phia. The  ship  snd  cargo  were  totally  destroyed. 
Loss.  $300,000. 

— The  Arkansas  quarrel  has  reached  blood.  De- 
tachments of  the  two  factions  met  at  New  Ga?cony, 
•Jefferson  county.  Some  200  colored  volunteers  for 
Brooks  were  gathered  at  that  place,  and  Baxter  sent 
Gen.  White  to  disperse  them.  In  the  fight  the  Brooks' 
men  had  twenty-seven  men  killed  and  wounded,  Bax- 
ter's seven  wounded.  Baxter  on  Sunday  kidnapped 
and  secreted  two  judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  to  pre- 
vent an  adverse  decision  of  that  body. 

— Boston's  commemoration  of  Charles  Sumner's 
death  took  place  in  Music  Hall  Wednesday  of  last 
week.  The  vast  hall  was  packed.  The  Rev.  Phillips 
Brooks  opened  with  prayer,  after  which  followed  a 
hymn  written  expressly  for  the  occasion  by  O.  W. 
Holmes.  Wendell  Philips  introduced  the  orator  of 
the  day,  Carl  Schurz,  who  made  a  glowing  and  elo- 
quent address  on  the  life  and  character  of  his  deceased 
triend. 

— The  Chicago  and  North-western  and  Milwaukee 
and  St.  Paul  railroads  have  secured  opinions  from  the 
best  legal  talent  of  the  country,  Wm.  W.  Evarts  and 
B.  R.  Curtis  of  New  York,  on  thi-  New  Wisconsin 
railroad  law.  Both  gentlemen  argue  that  the  law  is 
unconstitutional,  as  it  takes  the  property  of  individual* 
without  rendering  compensation,  and  invalidates  the 
obligations  of  contracts.  Gov.  Taylor  has  proclaimed 
that  he  will  enforce  the  law. 

— A  horrible  murder  was  committed  on  Wednesday 
of    last   week   in  Homestead,    Pa.,  near   Pittsburgh. 


Neighbors  discovered  the  dwelling  of  Mr.  Hamnett  in 
flames,  and  found  in  the  nearly  destroyed  building  the 
charred  remains  of  Hamnett  and  his  wife,  two  children 
and  an  apprentice  boy,  with  their  skulls  crushed  in.  A 
German  laborer  has  been  arrested  and  confessed  the 
awful  deed.  He  got  drunk,  murdered  the  family  for 
money  and  fired  the  house  by  knocking  over  a  lamp 
as  he  fled.     He  got  only  $15. 

— The  temperance  work  is  moving  on,  though  with 
less  excitement.  In  Ohio  the  Chicago  Tribune  cor- 
respondent reports  from  those  parts  of  the  State  visited 
that  there  is  no  falling  away  of  interest.  The  ladies 
and  gentlemen  of  Millersburg  are  very  enthusiastic  in 
the  war,  and  are  accomplishing  much.  Crusading 
parties  still  visit  the  saloons  at  Mantua,  some  of  whom 
have  met  with  insult  and  violence  at  the  hands  of 
roughs.  It  is  understood  that  the  saloon  men  have 
determined  to  close  their  saloons  after  the  expiration 
of  the  Fpec'al  tax  stamp.  The  liquor  dealers  of  Bell- 
vue  have  some  of  them  quit  the  business  and  all  agree 
to  do  so  when  their  licenses  expire.  A  cold-water 
league  has  commenced  operations  at  Madison.  At 
Akron,  which  has  been  noted  for  its  unscrupulous 
wh'sky  trade,  the  women  have  gained  a  signal  victory, 
and  the  Mayor  and  Council  have  assisted  them  so  far 
as  to  issue  an  ordinance  declaring  tippling  illegal. 
Already  a  number  of  arrests  have  taKen  place  of 
saloon-keepers  who  have  not  lived  up  to  the  law.  All 
through  southern  Ohio  has  the  great  awakening  taken 
place,  and  there  is  every  prospect  that  the  temperance 
work  will  be  carried  out  more  systematically  and  en- 
thusiastically than  heretofore.  At  Dayton  the  tem- 
perance workers  are  meeting  with  success.  All  the 
saloons  in  Albion  and  Ann  Arbor,  Mich. ,  are  said  to 
be  closed. 

Foreign. 

— It  is  reported  that  the  King  of  the  Fiji  Islands 
favors  their  cession  to  Great  Britain. 

— A  Paris  letter  fays  that'  the  Internationals  are 
preparing  for  another  attempt  in  that  city, 

— Constantinople,  May  1. — Intelligence  reaches 
here  that  a  famine  prevails  in  Asia  Minor,  and  it  is 
stated  that  in  the  town  of  Angora  alone  100  deaths 
occur  daily  from  starvation. 

— The  Republican  forces  have  been  successful  in 
every  direction  lately  in  Spain.  Oa  Saturday  they 
compelled  the  Carlists  to  raise  the  seige  of  Bilbao, 
and  delivered  tbe  city  which  was  nearly  at  famine 
point. 

— Another  of  the  murderers  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stev- 
ens, in  Mexico,  has  been  condemned  to  death.  It  is 
reported  that  cwo  Guadalajara  journalists,  who  at- 
tacked the  Catholics  on  account  of  the  murder  of  Mr. 
Stevens,  have  been  fouly  dealt  with.  One  has  been 
poisoned  and  the  other  disappeared. 
<  I  > 

Martville  Collkgk. — A  statement  in  regard  to 
this  institution  should  have  accompanied  the  letter 
from  the  President,  P.  M.  Bartlett,  D.  D.,  last  week. 
The  college  was  founded  in  1819  by  Rev.  Isaac  Ander- 
son, who  presided  for  thirty-eight  years.  It  is  located 
in  a  beautifully  diversified  section  of  country  on  the 
Knoxville  and  Charlestown  railroad,  sixteen  miles 
south  of  Knoxville,  Tenn.  The  college  buildings  are 
three  in  number,  of  recent  construction  and  accom- 
modate a  large  number  of  students,  male  and  female, 
both  sexes  sharing  equally  in  the  privileges  of  the  in- 
stitution. The  inspiring  motive  of  the  founder  of  this 
college  was  expressed  in  these  words  to  his  colleagues 
and  successors:  " Let  the  directors  and  managers  of 
this  sacred  institution  propose  the  glory  of  God  and 
the  advancement  of  that  kingdom   purchased   by  the 

blood  01  his  only    begotten  Son  as  their  sole  objects." 

»  ■  » 

Eureka  College. — An  intetesting  paper  from  the 
President  of  this  institution  appears  on  the  second 
page.  Eureka  College  is  situated  in  Eureka,  111.,  de- 
scribed as  a  beautiful,  healthy  and  moral  town,  at  the 
intersection  of  the  Toledo,  Ptoria,  <fe  Warsaw,  and  the 
Chicago,  Pekin  &  Southwestern  railroads.  It  is 
within  from  twenty  to  twenty-five  miles  of  Peoria,  Pe- 
kiu  and  Bloomington,  and  thus  in  the  center  of  a  near 
population  of  one  hundred  thousand  souls.  There  are 
two  college  buildings,  of  brick,  substantial,  containing 
sixteen  ample  rooms,  including  a  chapel,  sufficient  for 
the  accommodation  of  five  hundred  students.  There 
are  extensive  accompaniments  of  apparatus,  libra- 
ries, cabinets,  musical  instruments,  etc.  The 
property  is  valued  at  sixty  thousand  dollars,  and  the 
endowment  falls  but  little  short  of  fifty  thousand. 
Though  under  the  more  especial  care  of  the  Disciples 
or  Christians,  the  College  has  an  attendance  drawn 
largely  from  all  classes  and  does  not  propose  to  press 
religious  tenets  upon  any,  trusting  that  a  respect  for 
religion  and  a  regard  for  morality  and  tru:h,  will  lead 
all  who  may  be  educated  within  its  walls  to  lives  of 
enlightened  usefulness  and  happiness.  The  average 
attendence  is  about  one  hundred  and  thirty,  of  whom, 
perhaps,  one-third  are  young  ladies. 


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CHAPTER  II.— (continued  ) 
''The  lecturer,  last  evening,  had  not  been  speaking  longer 
than  fifteen  minutes,  before  he  was  interrupted  by  sneezes, 
hisses,  affected  coughing,  stamping  of  the  feet,  groans  and 
other  disorderly  proceedings.  The  precaution  had  been  tak- 
en to  have  two  policemen  stationed  in  the  hall,  but  beyond 
ejecting  one  student  upon  the  order  of  a  gentleman  connect- 
ed with  this  office,  nothing  was  done  to  preserve  order. 
Grown  bold  by  this  impunity,  the  efforts  to  drown  the  speak- 
er's voice  were  redoubled.  Songs,  cheers,  swinging  of  hats, 
rising  and  crowding  together  in  tumultuous  confusion,  so 
increased  the  uproar  that  numbers  of  ladies,  affrighted,  arose 
and  precipitately  left  the  hall,  while  those  who  remained 
were  nervous  and  anxious,  believing  every  moment  that  a 
movement  would  be  made  which  would  culminate  in  a  general 
melee.  Indeed,  at  times,  judging  from  the  wild  surging  of 
the  crowd,  the  cries,  shouts  and  general  tumult  in  the  back 
part  of  the  hall,  it  seemed  almost  certain  that  a  battle  was  in 
progress  among  the  roughs.  The  frequent  cries  from  some 
members  of  the  boisterous  crowd  of  'Set  down!'  'Set 
down!'  'Set  down!'  sufficiently  attested  the  tuth  which, 
among  others,  the  speaker  was  trying  to  impress,  that  the 
most  active  members  of  secret  college  societies — the  '  politi- 
cians' — were  invariably  the  coarsest  and  most  ignorant  stu- 
dents in  the  University.  When  President  White's  name  was 
mentioned  there  was  much  applauding;  at  the  mention  of 
the  name  of  Dr.  Wilder,  much  hissing  Which  of  these  men 
was  honored?  We  fear  President  White  will  exclaim  in  bit- 
terness of  spirit,  '  What  evil  thing  have  I  done  that  such  men 
praise  me  ? '  Red  pepper  was  thrown  about  the  room ;  frantic 
rushes  were  made  for  the  stairway,  then  equally  frantic 
rushes  back  again  to  their  position  in  the  back  part  of  the 
hall.  Finally  the  speaker,  who  had  not  for  a  moment  lost 
his  temper  or  self-possession,  was  compelled  to  hastily  draw 
his  remarks  to  a  close,  amidst  a  noise  and  confusion  so  great 
that  his  words  were  caught  only  by  those  sitting  very  near 
the  stage." 

This  outrage  was  charged  upon  the  fraternity  students  and 
was  not  denied  by  them;  on  the  contrary  one  of  them  repli- 
ed saying  tha^,  if  the  students  assisted  in  breaking  up  the 
lecture,  ''they  performed  a  Christian  deed,  and  one  they 
may  well  feel  proud  of." 

It  needs  no  argument  to  show  that  the  practices  described 
in  this  chapter,  or  affiliation  with  them,  must  produce  in 
persons  in  the  formative  period  of  hfe,  who  are  ''not  yet 
hardened  into  the  bone  of  manhood,"  stupid  consciences, 
rough  manners  and  immoral  habits ;  and  that  vigorous  efforts 
were  not  undertaken  years  ago  by  those  cognizant  of  the 
facts  and  empowered  to  abolish  the  evil,  is  a  matter  of  sur- 
prise and  regret.  But  attempts  have  been  made  by  both 
faculties  and  students,  an  account  of  which  hereafter  follows. 


CHAPTER  III. 


EFFORTS    TO    CHECK    AND    DESTROY  THE    INFLUENCE  OF  COLLEGE 
FRATERNITIES    BY  OFFICERS  AND    STUDENTS  PRE- 
VIOUS TO  THE   CORNELL  TRAGEDY, 
OCTOBER,   ISYS. 

Well  aware  of  the  glaring  evils  connected  with  the  secret 
society  system,  earnest  efforts  were  early  made  by  conscien- 
tious professors  and  friends  of  learning  to  oppose  and  destroy 
them.  The  illustrious  names  of  Hancock,  Adams  and  Ever- 
ett are  recorded  as  successfully  opposing  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa. 
President  Hitchcock  relates,  in  his  "Reminiscences  of  Am- 
herst College,"  of  the  trials  of  his  faculty  with  the  societies 
and  an  effort  made  to  obtain  opinions  from  other  institutions. 
The  following  extract  from  an  article  in  the  College  Courant, 
186S,  presents  the  replies  in  a  condensed  form.  The  writer, 
a  college  president,  states  that  at  one  time  President  Hitch- 
cock wavered  in  his  denominational  convictions  and  inclined 
towards  Unitarianism,  and  ever  after  he  was  careful  not  to 
press  his  individual  judgment  "against  the  ground  occupied 
by  those  ministers  whom  he  found  in  the  puritan  fold  when 
the  hand  of  God  drove  him  into  it  from  the  pastures  of  Uni- 
tarianism."    Premising  thus  the  writer  continues: 

Hence,  though  his  book.  Reminiscences  of  Amherst  College, 
records  his  deliberate  and  accurate  judgment  that  college 
secret  societies  "have  been  fruitful  sources  of  excitement, 
jealousy  and  hQart-burning  among  the  students  and  towards 
the  faculty, "  he  went  no  further  against  these  boxes  of  Pan- 


dora than  to  ''address  inquiries  to  most  of  the  Northern 
Colleges  and  get  answers  from  them. "  His  independence  of 
thought  was  perfect;  his  independence  of  action  imperfect. 
After  gathering  the  opinions  of  Presidents  of  ' '  most  of  the 
Northern  Colleges,"  it  never  occurs  to  this  good,  great  man 
that  he  is  under  fealty  to  God  to  remove  these  college  "roots 
of  Upas,"  the  secret  societies,  which  nearly  every  opinion  he 
collected  declared  to  be  evils,  literary  nuisances;  the  most  he 
ventures  to  think  of  is  to  put  these  opinions  in  his  book,  and 
leave  others  to  carry  them  into  practice.  His  word  is:  ''I 
feel  as  if  the  testimony  of  so  many  eminent  and  judicious 
men  ought  to  be  put  upon  record,"  and  so  here  they  are. 

Says  one  President: — ''Could  these  associations  be  wholly 
removed  from  the  institutions  of  learning  in  our  country,  I 
should  think  it  a  result  in  which  the  friends  of  learnirrg,  es- 
pecially the  fficers  of  colleges,  would  have  great  occasion  to 
rejoice  " 

Says  another  President: — 'As  soon  as  the  Faculty  ascer- 
tained that  such  societies  were  in  existence  they  ordered  the 
students  to  break  off  their  connection  with  them,  stating 
explictly  that  they  would  not  be  permitted.".  ''And  I 
think  the  co-operadon  of  all  our  colleges  would  be  desirable 
in  opposing  all  secret  societies  not  fully  authorized  by  the 
trustees  and  faculties. 

A  third  President  writes: —  'We  are  unanimously  and  de- 
cidedly of  the  opinion  that  it  would  be  desirable  to  have  all 
these  secret  societies  rooted  out  of  our  colleges,  and  have 
made  up  our  minds  to  request  the  Board  at  their  next  meet- 
ing to  pass  laws  forbidding  their  existence." 

A  fourth  President: — ''I  have  made  one,  nay,  more  than 
one,  effectual  attempt  to  rid  this  college  of  their  influence ! " 
Mark  this !  Is  this  college  then  an  incurably  vicious  institu- 
tion? Such  would  seem  to  be  the  inference,  or  else  that  this 
officer  and  his  faculty  are  incompetent ! 

Hear  a  fifth  Pre  ident: — ''I  suppose  it  would  be  desirable 
that  secret  societies  should  be  rooted  out  of  our  colleoes,  and 
from  every  place.  If  all  these  paltry  and  rival  associations 
could  be  at  once  and  forever  biokeu  up,  there  can  be  no 
doubt  it  iv'vld  be  (I  great   blessing/''     The  italics  are  mine. 

A  sixth  President  .^ — ''We  have  not  undertaken  to  root  out 
these  societies;  though  we  have  sometimes  made  the  expedi- 
ency of  attempting  it  a  subject  of  inquiry ." 

The  seventh  President  writes:- — "  I  am  of  the  opinion  that 
the  tendency  of  such  societies  is  bad  of  necessity ;  that  is,  so 
long  as  they  have  the  power,  by  means  of  secrecj',  to  do 
mischief.  They  have  led  to  greater  unkindness  and  ill-feel- 
ing than  almost  anything  else  in  college." 

The  eighth  President  writes  hke  a  Freemason,  and  proba- 
bly is  one.  The  sum  of  his  testimony  is  that  good  young 
men  belong  to  the  secret  society  in  his  c.  liege,  and  it  is  to  be 
presumed  that  they  would  not  do  wrong;  therefore  "the  only 
secret  society  known  to  exist  here  is  supposed  to  be  harmless." 
The  italics  are  mine. 

The  ninth  college  President  answers  Dr.  Hitchcock: — 
"Their  influence  not  respected  at  first,  but  found  to  be  bad." 
' '  Nothing  but  evil  results,  or  is  hkely  to  result  from  them 
upon  members  themselves,  as  students  or  as  Christians;  and 
no  good  to  those  who  are  not  members."  "We  fear  the 
evil  will  grow,  if  unchecked,  and  we  are  determined  to  arres. 
it  by  law." — Reminiscences  of  Amherst  College,  /)/).  323-4t 

In  the  early  part  of  1869  the  following  article  appeared  in 
TVie  CongngativnoUst,  of  Boston,  from  Howard  Crosby,  D. 
D. ,  Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  and  Mode- 
rator of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
at  Philadelphia  in  1873: 

MY  OBJECTIONS  TO  SECRET  FOCIETIES  IN  COLL>  GES. 

The  heart  of  man  loves  secrecy,  because  it  is  an  element 
of  power.  The  honest  heart,  which  would  not  seek  secrecy 
as  a  cloak  of  sin,  may  yet  rejoice  in  the  necessary  secrecj'  of 
a  superior  knowledge  or  experience.  There  is  a  pleasure, 
too,  ia  having  others  awate  that  there  is  this  reserved  power 
within  us,  but  of  the  high  moral  character  of  this  pleasure 
we  may  have  our  doubts.  Of  its  prevaleni.e,  however,  we 
can  have  no  doubt.  The  child  in  the  nursery  cries  out  in 
triumph  to  its  fellow,  ''I  know  something  that  you  don't;" 
and  is  as  proud  of  its  bit  of  concealed  infoimation  as  a  man 
might  be  of  a  golden  f  rtune.  The  nursery  recognizes  pow- 
er in  the  Uttle  boaster,  even  when  the  other  envious  toddlers 
force  their  responsive  shout  of  ''I  don't  care."  He  is 
known  as  the  possessor  of  a  secret,  and  the  heartlets  around 
are  longing  to  share  it  with  him.     Conscious  of  his^ower, 


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he  can  now  safely  ask  for  a  piece  of  candy  from  this  one,  or 
a  bite  from  tlie  apple  of  another,  without  fear  of  a  refusal. 

Solid,  studious  men  get  this  power  in  a  legitimate  way. 
By  long-  toiling  through  the  intricacies  of  expressed  truth  in 
any  of  the  departments  of  science,  they  grow  from  neophytes 
to  veterans  in  knowledge.  They  are  charged  batteries  of 
information  and  wisdom,  and  are  naturally  and  necessarily 
hailed  as  such  by  the  community.  Hidden  treasures  lie 
within  their  minds,  and  the  world  pays  respect  to  the  power 
that  is  implied.  For  power  is  man's  grandest  crown,  and 
knowledge  (as  the  adage  says)  is  power. 

Where  men  cannot  gain  this  position  of  influence  in  the 
legitimate  way,  either  from  want  of  capacity,  or  indolence,  or 
the  necessities  of  youth,  there  is  a  very  natural  endeavor  to 
gain  it  by  trick  and  Hssumption.  Lyirg  diplomas  bought  or 
stolen,  flattering  endorsements  of  obligated  friends,  the 
whimseys  of  political  chicane  will  do  for  them  what  only 
hard  labor  could  do  for  honest  men.  So  are  born  "quacks," 
not  panoplied  from  the  head  of  Jove,  but  like  the  filthy  har- 
pies, from  the  seed  of  the  hundred-headed  Typhon  In  this 
wicked  world  of  ours.  Minervas  are  the  strange  birth  of  mi- 
raculous labors,  while  the  monsters  of  hypocrisy  are  the 
products  of  the  ordinary  generation  of  vice. 

We  have  no  hesitation  in  writing  serret  societies  among 
the  quackeries  of  this  earth,  a  part  of  the  great  system  by 
which  the  mud-begotten  try  to  pass  themselves  oS'  as  the 
Jove-born.  Leave  out  those  secret  associations,  whose  con 
cealment  is  for  safety,  as  in  political  crises,  and  a  secret  society 
is  a  deception,  more  or  less  innocent  according  to  the  charac- 
ter of  its  contents. 

My  first  objection  to  the  secret  societies  of  our  colleges  is 
founded  on  the  above  considerations.  They  are  pretenses, 
and  thus  at  war  with  truth,  candor  and  manUness.  •'Oinut 
i(jti<  turn  pm  //i'»(/'"^co"  is  the  principle  from  which  they 
draw  their  life.  However  harmless  in  their  actual  operation 
or  undertakings,  however  well  composed  in  their  mem  ership, 
however  pure  in  their  meetings  they  may  be,  the  fact  of 
secrecy  is  insiduously  weakening  the  foundations  of  frank 
truthfulness  in  the  youthful  mind.  The  Sophomore  wears 
his  badge,  an  emblem  of  a  sham,  and  feels  a  glow  of  pride 
in  supporting  a  hypocrisy.  This  language  is  not  too  strong 
to  those  who  are  accustomed  to  trace  the  great  evils  of  our 
Avorld  to  their  germs,  and  who  would  strangle  the  tiger  when 
he  is  a  manageable  cub.  These  little  (?)  divergencies  from 
truth  in  children  and  youth  become  the  gigantic  frauds  of 
great  world  life  by  the  simple  action  of  time  upon  divergent 
lines  of  progress  There  can  be  no  more  important  instruc 
tion  inculcated  on  our  young  men  than  the  necessity  of  truth- 
ful openness  a  the  very  warp  of  all  virtue.  Everything 
that  conflicts  with  this  is  a  poison  and  will  leave  its  mark  up- 
on the  character.  A  sham  is  not  only  in  itself  a  mean  thing, 
but  it  blocks  the  way  to  truth.  A  lazy  soul  (and  I  believe 
all  souls  in  the  flesh  are  lazy)  finding  a  qw-'si  success  in  the 
sham,  gives  up  the  pursuit  of  the  true.  The  lad  who  receives 
honor  among  his  comrades  because  he  wears  a  mystic  skull 
and  bones  upon  his  breast,  will  proportionally  loose  so  much 
of  his  zeal  for  scholarship  and  all  else  that  constitutes  true 
worth.  He  has  his  fortune  (he  thinks)  and  he  does  not  care 
for  new  ventures  or  investments. 

My  second  objection  to  secret  societies  in  our  colleges  is  in 
the  opportunity  yiven  by  the  secrecy  to  immoralities  I  do 
not  speak  ignorantly  but  from  a  personal  experience.  Thirty 
years  ago  I  was  a  member  of  a  college  secret  society,  and 
while  I  had  upright  fellow-members,  and  we  encouraged  lit- 
erary cultxire,  I  found  the  association  was  chiefly  a  temptation 
to  vice.  The  promise  of  secrecy  prevented  all  disclosure  to 
parents,  and  the  seclusion  was  thus  perfect.  We  met  in  a 
back  room  of  a  hotel,  liquor  was  brought  from  the  bar-room 
for  the  company,  and,  as  in  all  such  styles  of  association, the 
conversation  gravitated  to  the  obscene  and  sensual.  At 
times  the  scene  became  painfully  demonstrative.  I  do  not 
charge  all  or  any  of  our  college  secret  societies  with  such 
excesses  at  this  day.  Thirty  years  may  have  wrought  a 
change  The  very  society  to  which  I  belonged,  I  have  reas- 
on to  believe,  at  this  time  is  perfectly  free  from  these  stains. 
But  still  they  all  oS'er  a  remarkable  opportunity  for  sins,  in 
which  publicity  would  not  allow  their  members  to  indulge  for 
a  moment, 

A  man  is  certainly  no  better  morally  for  a  restraint  from 
any  sin,  but  the  commanitij  is  better  off  by  his  restraint,  and 
he  himself  is  on  a  more  hopeful  road.  Youth  should  be 
especially  a  se  ison  of  restraint  for  the  most  obvious  reasons, 
and  any  secrecy  established  at  this  crisis  of  life  is  in  direct 
war  with  restraint. 

A  third  objection  I  have  alluded  to  above.  The  confidence 
between  parent  and  child  is  broken,  and  hence  destroyed,  by 
these  secret  societies.  H  iw  a  father's  heart  sinks  as  his  son, 
returnino-  from  college  at  his  first  vacat  on,  re  uses,  for  the 

o  o  ...  .  . 

first  time,  to  be  full  and  candid  in  his  communications!  He 
has  joined  a  secret  society,  and  his  father  is  no  more  a  con- 
fidant. The  sacredness  of  love  receives  its  first  blow:  its 
beauty  is  rudely  defaced.  A  free  and  entire  communion  be- 
tween the  young  and  their  parents  is  both  the  safeguard  of 
the  young  and  the  comfort  of  the  parents.  This  the  secret 
societies  of  our  colleges  overthrow.  I  have  referred  to  the 
father  because  the  mother  is  generally  prepared  to  see  her 
growing  son  apply  to  the  father  in  all  his  growing  experiences, 
and,  with  the  self-sacrifice  that  has  its  only  home  in  a  moth- 
er's heart,  she  yields  that   proper  and  natural  inquisition 


which  she  has  maintained  so  long.  When,  however,  this 
new  form  of  the  family  bond  is  broken,  there  is  >  o  heart  that 
bleeds  so  freely  as  the  mother's.  The  secrecy  of  the  college 
society  renders  it  peculiarly  adapted  to  be  a  rival  to  the  fam- 
ily. Now  a  young  man  too  easily  learns  the  false  and  sad 
lesson  that  it  is  manly  to  slight  domestic  ties,  and  substitute 
a  species  of  club-life  in  its  place,  and  where  that  club-Ufe 
tak«s  on  the  fascinations  of  secrecy,  the  danger  is  greatly 
.■augmented. 

These  are  my  three  main  objections  to  secret  societies. 
They  refer  to  the  general  principles  of  morality,  and  may  be 
applied  to  all  secret  societies  among  the  young.  But  there 
are  other  local  objections  thai  belong  to  the  college,  and  these 
I  will  briefly  enumerate. 

I  have  some  experience  as  a  college  officer,  and  for  years 
occupied  the  post  of  Secretary  of  the  Faculty  in  one  of  our 
institutions,  which  post  was  that  (among  other  things)  of 
chief  of  police.  The  delinquents  were  consigned  to  my  care. 
It  was  mine  to  advise  and  chide,  to  visit  parents,  and  to  com- 
municate the  verdicts  of  the  Faculty,  and  in  this  way  the 
statistics  of  college  derelictions  came  constantly  under  my 
eye  The  observations  I  now  offer  are  made,  therefore,  from 
H  double  opportunity  which  I  have  enjoyt-d. 

Under  this  praamble  1  put  my  fourth  objection,  that  college 
Secret  societies  interfere  with  a  faithful  course  of  study.  The 
college  curriculum  demands  the  whole  energy  of  a  student. 
All  that  he  can  reserve  from  necessary  recreation  should  be 
given  to  his  studies.  This  is  his  great  work,  on  which  his 
whole  life  depends.  Failure  here  will  run  as  failure  in  some 
f  rm  all  through  his  decades.  There  is  a  tide  of  practical 
opposition  to  this  plain  truth  manifest  in  some  of  our  oldest 
colleges.  Recreation  is  made  the  business  (it  appears)  of 
college  life.  Boat  clubs  and  base  ball  clubs,  instead  of  form- 
ing amusements  for  tempora  siib^ecvn,  demands  a  course  of 
training  that  successfully  competes  with  the  college  curricu- 
lum. I  object  to  secret  societies  that  they  do  this  same  thing. 
They  absorb  the  attention.  The  nucleus  of  college  life  is 
there  rather  than  in  the  lecture-room  or  study  I  always 
found  the  best  students  were  those  who  either  kept  out  of 
the  secret  societies,  or  who  entered  very  slightly  into  their 
operations.  Some  of  the  societies  strove  to  gain  the  best 
students,  it  is  true,  and  so  to  gain  a  high  standing  with  the 
Faculty  and  the  college,  but  these  best  students  were  gene- 
rally figure-heads.  The  Napoleons  of  the  secret  societies 
were  very  low  on  the  college  record.  These  societies  upset 
the  foundations  of  honor  by  making  it  honorable  for  a  mem- 
ber to  neglect  his  college  duties  in  order  to  perform  the  be- 
hests of  his  Alpha  Ma  or  Tau  Delta ^  and  so  they  shield  the 
offender  agjainst  aeademic  law,  and  give  to  h  m  a  sort  of 
glory,  where  he  should  be  drenched  with  disgrace. 
[Continued  next  week:] 


The  statistics  of  Dud,  Barlow  &  Go's  Mercantile  Agency, 
show  that  during  1873  there  were  5,183  failures  of  busi- 
ness firms  in  the  country,  whose  liabilities  were  $228,499,- 
000,  of  which  there  were  in  New  York  city  644  failures, 
with  liabilities  of  $92,635,000.  This  shows  an  increase  of 
1,114  failures,  and  of  $107,443,000  liabilities  over  the  pre- 
ceding year,  of  which  one-fourth  of  the  failures  with  two- 
thirds  of  the  liabilities,  were  among  merchants  in  New  York 

The  Dissenters  in  Great  Britain  consider  it  a  great  iiard- 
ship  that  they  are  comp  lied  to  contribute  to  the  support  of 
the  State  Church,  although  they  believe  in  the  cardinal 
principles  of  Christianity.  But  their  grounds  for  dissatis- 
faction are  light  compared  with  thos*^  the  Indian  subjects  of 
the  British  Empire  have  in  regard  to  the  tribute  they  are 
obliged  to  pay  towards  the  support  of  a  foreign  religion 
which  Englishmen  in  India  fail  to  sustain.  The  Hindoos 
and  Mahometans  are  taxed  very  heavily  by  the  Indian  gov- 
ernment for  the  maintenance  of  the  Christian  religion. 
Nearly  one-half  of  the  whole  Indian  income  tax — an  exac- 
tion which  has  caused  great  dissatisfaction  among  the  native 
population — is  spent  upon  a  religion  which  the  people  do 
not  believe,  but  which  they  regard  as  quite  as  erroneous  as 
idolatry  is  deemed  by  Eoa;lishmen. — Sun. 

"Especially  for  the  White  Hou-e." — A  correspondent 
of  the  Home  Journal,  in  a  recent  Wa'ihington  letter,  men- 
tions many  improvements  which  have  been  made  in  and 
about  the  White  House  during  the  summer  and  autumn — 
repainting  and  reguilding,  elaborately  carved  mantles,  ele- 
orant  mirrors,  new  and  elegantly  upholstered  fi»rniture,  etc. 
The  writer  then  adds: — 

"Two  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  glassware  has  been  fin- 
ished at  the  Corning  Glass  Works  especially  for  the  Wh;te 
House,  consisting  of  gobletP,  champagne-glasses,  hock-glass- 
es, santerne-glasses,  claret,  sherry  and  cordial-glasses,  fin- 
gfr-bowlf,  punch-glasses,  ice  cream-plates,  preserve-dishes, 
bottles,  decanters,  etc.  The  engraving  is  very  fine,  and  the 
caloring  and  finish  of  the  best." 

This  has  an  ominous  look.  Is  there,  then,  to  be  the  ele- 
gant dissipation  which  the  above  outfit  would  seem  to  fore- 
shadow ?  Are  the  American  people  to  be  henceforth  joint 
proprietors  of  these  finely  engraved  champagne  glasses,  hock, 
claret,  sherry,  cordial,  and  punch  glasses,  decanters,  etc.,  as 
of  the  White  House  itself  and  its  other  equipage?  These 
questions  concern  not  merely  thp  pr^s^nt  ocmpints  of  the 
White  House,  but  the  people,  esp*'ci»llv  the  friends  of  tem- 
perance, of  the  whole  country. — National  Ttmperance  Ad- 
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THE  EROKZN  SEAL. 

OR  PERSONAL  REMINISCENCES  OF  THE    ABDUCTION  AND 
llUKDEliOF  Wm.  MORGAN, 

By  SAMUEL   D.  G-REENE, 

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"A  Masonio  Revelation.— Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 

fenilenian  of  the  highest  respectability,  whose  statements  seem  to 
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ii-m  ,,.,cenrm  of  the  Morffan  sihduction  and  Murder,  is  the 
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purpor  ing  togivoa  full  and  accurate  account,  from  personal  knowl- 
edge, of  I  .e  Mo.uan  'abduction,'  and  o. her  masonic  matters  which 
malle  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now^almost  half  a  century 

ago" •  )i'/re'/,"i(jtia  isi find   'liecorUer,  Soslon. 

"'FuEEMAsoNRT  Devblopbd.'— 'The  Broken  Seal :  or.  Personal 
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Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  linigo  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  ueout  that  event  whic'.i  made  such  a  sensation 
throu"liout  the  country  lorty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  the 
coufessioii  of  Morgan's  niuriierer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter- 
esiinc  matter,  including  the  ceremony  of  iniiiation,  etc.  The  au- 
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aseusa  ion  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
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Its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— X<aj- 

ly  Herald,  liuston.  ,4.4.v   i.  t,- 

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and  amembLrt>f  tho  same  lodge  with  him  at  the  time  of  the  great 
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HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 

BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD.  OP    WHEATON   COLLEGE. 

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TRACT  NO.  '2: 

MASONIC  MORBER, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD.  of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

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SECRETS  OF  MASONRY, 

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TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
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Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
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TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

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AND 

Hon.  Jame^  Madison's  Letter, 

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SATAN'S  CABLE-TO'W. 

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TRACT  NO.  8: 

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sonry is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
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CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OP  FREEMASONRY. 

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cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "the 
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Address  of  Niam  County  A^SQciatioa,  New  hi 

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JUDGE  -WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

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Bnbsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
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DR.  NATHANIEL  COI,VEK,  ON  MASONRY, 

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TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 

ITS  EELATIONTO  CIVIL  GOVEEMilENT  AND  THE  CHEISTIANEELIQION. 
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MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID 

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TRACT  NO.  16 : 

HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M. 
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HON.  WM.  H.  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

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BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

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OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 

By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 

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MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA  A    WALLACE, 

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MABEET  REPORTS 

Chioaso,  May  8,  1874. 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 

Grain  Wheat— Spring,  No.  1 . .     $  1  .30 

"       Ko.  3 1  iVA  1  Vl'yi 

"        No.  3 1  21 

"       Rejected 1  13 

Corn— No.  2 655^  m% 

Rejected 63'/4 

Oats— No.2...   4tiH  47 

Rejected 45^4 

Rje— No.  2 91  92 

Flour,  Winter 5  50  9  00 

Spring   extra 6  37  6  50 

Superfine 2  75  4  87 

Hay— Timothy,  pressed 15  50  20  00 

"          loose 18  00  20  00 

Prairie,       "     n  oo  14  00 

Lard   1014 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 16  55 

Butter 20  28 

Cheese  ..            10  is 

Eggs 121^  13 

Beans 175  2  40 

Potatoes,  per  bn        100  140 

Seeds— Flax 2  10 

Timothy 2  45  2  60 

Clover 5  65  5  75 

Lumber— Clear 88  00  60  00 

Common 12  00  13  00 

Lath 2  50  2  75 

Shingles 150  3  76 

WOOL— Washed 37  55 

Unwashed 25  32 

LIYK  STOCK.  Cattle,  extra....       6  25  6  60 

Good  to  choice 5  S5  6  CO 

Medium 4  85  5  25 

Common 3  50  4  75 

Hogs, 4  75  6  00 

Sheep 5  50  8  00 

New  7ork  Market. 

fflour «  6  90  11  00 

Wheat 1  48  1  68 

Corn 84  89 

Oats 64H  68 

Rye 17  112 

Lard 1014 

Mess  pork 17  oo 

Butter 24  37 

Cheese 13  16 

Bgga      „      16H  18 


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CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  MAY  14,  1874. 


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Contents. 


Page. 
8,9 


Editorial  Articles 

Our  Corporate  Name The  Chicago  Times  on  our  In- 
corporation . . .  Our  Secrets  are  the  Lock  and  Key  to  our 

Safe. ..  .Reform    Platforms Monmouth    College 

-   Notes. 

Topics  OP  THE  Time 1 

OuiR  Colleges  Secret  Societies 1 

Contributed  and  Select  Articles 1, 2,  3 

Personal    Recollections  of    Sumner More    Facts 

Address  to  Christians Blindness The  Granges 

The  Law  of  Love,  the  Law  of  Labor Compulsory  Ed- 
ucation. 

Sbporm  News 4 

Notices From   the   General   Agent.       .From   Elder 

Baird Minutes  of  Hamilton  Co.,  ind.    Association 

DuPage  Co.  Associaiiou. 

Correspondence 5,6 

Was  John  Wesley  a  Freemason? Prom  Elder  Barlow. 

From  a  Wisconsin  Farmer Our  Mall. 

FORTY  Years  A  go 6 

College  Secret  Societies ' 14,  15 

Chapter  III,  Continued. 

Articles  of  Incorporation Corner-Stone  Laying 9 

The  Home  Cikcle 10,  11 

Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbatii  School 1 

Home  and  Health  Hints 11 

Farm  and  Garden 7 

Religions   Intelligence 12 

News  of  the  Week 12 

Publisher's  Department Ki 

Advertisements 13,  14,  15,  Iti 


$pp   4  i\t   timt 


Hazing  Freshmen,  — On  April  25th  the  faculty  of 
the  University  of  Michigan  at  Ann  Arbor,  sus- 
pended six  studeats  for  "hazing."  One  hundred  and 
ten  of  their  cl.issmatcs  sent  in  defiant  notices,  asking 
to  be  treated  in  the  same  manner.  Twenty-nine  re- 
pented and  withdrew  their  names;  the  rest  were  sus- 
pended for  the  remainder  of  the  college  year.  All 
four  of  the  colleete  classes  are  out  with  cards  to  the 
public,  begging  for  sympathy,  and  a  fair  estimation 
of  their  side  of  the  question.  As  this  is  the  first  in- 
stance of  the  kind  at  Ann  Arbor,  the  endeavor  to 
make  out  a  "case"  against  the  faculty  has  the  appear- 
ance of  success.  That  body  makes  no  defense, 
rightly  judging  that  public  sentiment  will  sustain 
them.  ''Hazing"  is  a  sort  of  college  rowdyism  prac- 
ticed on  timorous  Freshmen.  It  is  both  a  nuisance 
and  an  outrage,  and  several  institutions  have  been 
compelled  to  pass  laws  against  it.  It  has  been  some 
times  fatal,  often  injurious,  and  always  beg.ets  ill-will, 
though  carried  on,  as  the  Ann  Arbor  students  repre- 
sent, with  'good  feeling,"  and  as  an  "athletic  sport." 
No  institution  ever  gained  reputation  from  allowing  the 
custom. 


Centennial  Sabbaths. — Ttie  Police  Board  of  Phil- 
adelphia have  before  them  a  set  of  resolutions  in 
which  it  is  stated  that  as  a  large  number  of  foreign 
visitors  must  be  entertained  and  the  pleasure  of  many 
hard  working  cit  zees  must  be  secured,  with  which  ends 
the  present  laws  for  the  proper  observance  of  the  Sab- 
bath are  in  conflict;  therefore  the  Legislature  is  respect- 
fully requested  by  the  Select  and  Common  Councils  of 
Philadelphia  to  set  these  laws  aside.  The  struggle 
over  this  question,  which  had  been  anticipated,  has 
thus  early  been  begun,  and  its  importance  must   not 


at  its  close  Philadelphia  will  be  worse  than  plague- 
smitten,  a  city  of  unbridled  lust  rather  than  of  "broth- 
erly love," 

Modern  ''Schools  of  the  Prjphets." — The  April 
-lumber  of  the  Congregational  QiMrterly  gives  the 
'bllowing  summary  of  students  in  the  theoiogical  sem- 
inaries of  the  denomination  at  the  present  time :  An- 
^over,  78;  Bangor,  40;  Chiciiigo,  4'2;  Hartford,  17; 
New  Haven,  99;  Oikland,  5;  Oberlin,  46; — total, 
327,  Of  these  only  tbirty-eight  graduate  this  year. 
With  ihe  opinion  of  the  Advance  that  this  is  a  very 
small  number  for  thirty-five  professors  and  sixteen 
lecturers,  every  one  will  agree.  The  same  paper  hints 
that  it  is  a  lack  of  ' 'profes'?ional  enthu  iasm"  on  the 
pastors  which  is  at  fault.  A  very  slight  examination 
will  probably  show  that  here  rests  the  trouble. 
"Professional  eathusia'^m"  expe'^ds  itself  on  large  sal- 
ries,  polished,  eloquent  and  learned  discourses,  and  a 
very  tender  handling  of  popular  sina,  against  which 
men  of  sense  outside  the  churches  expect  some  voice 
to  be  raised  from  the  pulpit.  An  enthusiasm  for 
souls,  like  ihat  oi  Christ  Jesus  and  his  Apostles,  is 
what  theological  seminaries  must  have  to  save  them 
from  sinking  into  contempt. 


OUR  COLLEttES  OJX  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 


WE8TFIELD    COLLEGE. 


Chimerical  Gratitude. — The  26th  of  April  will  bt- 
for  some  time  remembered  as  the  day  in  which  the 
following  unique  thanksgiving  proclamation  took  ef- 
fect : — 

Offics  of  THE  M.  W,  Gr,  Sire, 
R.  W.  G.  L.  OF  U.  S, 

Whereas,  It  has  pleased  Almighty  Gjd  to  vouch- 
safe his  beBign  favor  to  our  labors  in  behalf  of  suf- 
fering buma?Hty,  snd  to  add  largely  to  our  prosper- 
ity as  a  brotherhood  during  the  past  year: 

And  WHEREAS,  It  eminently  beromes  us  to  show 
forth  our  deep-felt  gratitude  for  these  signal  blessings, 
and  to  oflf'^r  up  our  fervent  prayers  for  their  contin- 
uance. 

Now  I,  C.  A  ,  Logan,  M.  W.  Grand  Sira  of  the  R. 
W.  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  do  hereby  en- 
join upon  ssli  Grand  snd  Subordinate  bodies  under  this 
jurisdiction  to  take  order  for  the  appropriate  obser- 
vance of  the  fifty-fifth  Anniversary  uf  Odd-feliowship 
in  the  United  Slates,  on  tlie  26lh  of  April,  1874:  to 
which  end  I  fraternally  exhort  them  to  set  apart  that 
day  for  thanksgiving  and  prayer  to  God,  and  for  a 
oublic  acknowledgment  '  f  bis  nnanifold  blessings. 

Done  at  tho.  City  of  Baltimore.  State  of  Maryland, 
on  the  first  day  of  February,  A.  D.  1874,  and  of  our 
Order,  the  ftfty-fifth.  C.  A    Logan, 

James  L,  Ridgelt,  G.  S.  Grand  Sire. 

This  sorry  ioiitalion  of  a  reverential,  religious 
custom  is  permitted  here  as  a  matter  of  history  chiefly. 
What  reasons  prompted  it,  aside  from  the  attempt  to 
make  stock  from  better  people's  capitol,  the  inside 
ring  of  '-Odd-ffillows"  must  explain.  Very  likely  they 
were  greatly  thankful  for  large  accumulations  of 
funds  obtained  on  false  pretenses  of  charity.  They 
might  have  been  thankful  for  an  ex- Vice-president  re 


Since,  in  respect  to  secret  societies,  the  position  of 
the  church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  is  well- 
known,  the  world  will  fairly  presume  that  her  colleges 
are  unfriendly  to  those  orders. 

Accordingly,  as  associated  with  the  Faculty  of 
Westfield  College,  it  gives  us  pleasure  to  state  that  she 
is  true  to  the  principles  of  the  church  that  gave  her 
being.  Yet  we  must  not  be  understood  as  occupying 
this  position  througk  deaominati  inal  prej  udice,  nor 
yet  by  servile  assent  to  ecclesiastical  pecuharity.  By 
no  means.  We  rejoice  in  a  God-given  freedom,  in  the 
exercise  of  which  we  discriminatingly  and  heartily 
take  our  stand,  glad  to  find  a  denomination  committed 
to  this  high  aad  holy,  though  unpopular,  reform. 

With  the  membership  of  these  orders  we  have  no 
pf  rsonal  quarrel,  except  as  they  individually  take  the 
war-path.  Against  their  organization  and  their  pecu- 
liar principles,  however,  we  are,  and  desire  to  be 
known  to  be  hostile  and  aggressive.  Ddemina:  them 
(especially  those  best  k^own),  injurious  to  all  the  best 
interests  of  mankind,  and  destitute  of  all  moral  right 
to  an  existence,  we  cannot  but  pray  and  labor  for 
their  overthrow. 

In  the  government  of  the  co!leg.e,  we  take  no  fur- 
ther notice  of  them  than  to  prohibit  persons,  while 
students,  from  attending  lo  l^e  mtetings.  This  pro- 
hibition, while  it  is  moraWy  whoif  some,  is  considered 
necessary  to  the  best  intelttctu-tl  progress  of  students. 

College  secret  societies  do  not,  and.  by   the   help  of 
God,  cannot  exist  among  us. 

Samuel  B.    Allen, 

C.     H.     KiRACOFK, 
A.     R.     KiRACOFE, 

W.   R.    Shuby. 


Westfield,  III,  1874. 


Personal  Recollections  of  Snniner. 


BY   SAMUEL  D.    GREENE. 


be  under-estimated.      Its  efiect  upon  the  foreign  visit- Uurned   to  the  bosom  of  the  fraternity  after  the  trials 


ors  and  other  nations  will  be  to  strengthen  the  impres- 
sion with  nearly  every  stranger  who  sets  foot  on  our 
shores,  that  America  is  a  Und  of  liberty — the  only  in- 
terpretation 10  the  word  to  a  mind  used  to  the  pomp 
and  authority  of  priests  and  kings  being,  license^  that 
liberty  here  is  without  regulations.  It  will  strengthen 
the  idea,  too  quickly  gsined  by  a  resident  foreigner,  that 
we  are  afraid  or  ashamed  to  enforce  our  laws.*  It 
would  be  openly  disgracing  the  memory  of  the  Fath 
ers,  who  refused  not  their  blood  to  establish  the  only 
liberty  under  which  a  true  Sabbath  is  possible.  It 
would  be  a  public  repudiation  of  the  idea  thatour  gov- 
ernment has  anything  to  do  with  religion  except  to 
kick  at  its  most  cherished  institution.  On  the  same 
principle  hquor  laws  may  be  set  aside  for  the  six 
months  during  which  the  Centennial  will  be  held; and 


of  Washington  life  a  id  railroad  speculations.  They 
could  have  been  thankful  that  the  fiat  of  eternity  had 
not  smitten  upon  their  impious  darkness  and  broken 
the  yoke  of  sin  from  their  dupes.  No  doubt  they 
obeyed  the  mandate  of  the  '"Grand  Sire"  in  their 
Odd-fellow  way,  i.  e.,  glor  fication,  speeches,  suppers 
and  balls.  Churches  were  found  wilhng  to  give  a 
Sabbath  service  to  the  honor  of  impontiou  in  Wash- 
ington, Chicago,  Nashville,  Memphis.  Bufl'alo,  Iowa 
City,  Providence,  R.  1.,  Jersey  City,  Jersey  City 
Heights  and  Newark,  N.  J.  ,  and  several  in  New 
York.  For  general  purposes  this  was  enough,  but 
the  celebrafoa  was  seldom  complete  without  supper 
and  ball  which  occupied  the  following  week.  So  the 
fraternity  imagined  itself  thankful  for  a  day, — but  will 
such  rejoicing  endure? 


After  discontinuing  my  lectures,  and  at  the  close  of 
the  Moore  and  Seavey  trial,  I  went  into    the  counting 
room  of  Mr.  Ebenezer    Hay  ward,  of  Boston,  as  clerk, 
and   took  charge  of  his  books  and  cash  Fccount.     Mr. 
Hay  ward's  business  at  that  time  was  quite  complicated 
and    important,  having  nineteen  vessels    employed  in 
fishing    and    in  trade  with  the   French  Islands,  and  in 
the    winter  coasting  and    to  the  West  Indies,  and  be- 
side he  carried  on  the  cooper  and  shook  making    busi- 
ness, and  was  also  deputy    packer  of  markerel,      Mr. 
Hay  ward  was  a  strong  friend  of  mine.     I  continued  in 
his   employ  two  years,  writing  all    his  letters,  getting 
them  translated  into  French  (which  was  done  by  Hon. 
Bradford    Sumner's    daughter),  and    opening  a  large 
French  trade  with  merchants   of  Bordeau   and   Milan 
and    other  French  ports.     Mr.  Hayward's  business  in 
the  shook  trade   during  this   time    greatly    increased, 
and  it  became    necessary  to    obtain  a  larger  supply  of 
staves   th^n    would   be  had  at  the  North;  and  in  the 
fall   of  1835  he    concluded  to  open  a  trade   with  the 
South,  putting  up  a  vessel  every  week  for  Wilmington, 
North  Carolina,  and  I  was  engaged  to  go  to  Wilming- 
ton   and    take  charge  of  the    busineBs,  sell  the  goods, 
buy  the  staves,  and  whatever  should  ofier  to  furnish  a 
full  cargo  for  the  vessel  back.      A  vessel   was  assigned 
to  me  from    Fall  River,  the  c«rgo  was  sold,  the  vessel 
loaded  to  return,  and  waiting  for  the  black  cook,   who 
was  in  jail  (as  the  custom  wais  at  that  time  to  keep  all 
free  negroes,  that  came  to  the  South  in  vessels  or  oth- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Past 


erwise,  in  jail   at   the   expense   of  their  employer  till  | Murdy,  D.  D.,   L.   L.    D.,    G'-and    Prelate   of  Grand 

their  departure).     During  this  delay  a  Captain  Porter 

miEsed  one  of  his  negro  men.      Officers  were  employ 

ed  and  our  vessel  searched,  but  no  negro  found.     Bui 

as  the  officers  were  leaving  the  vessel,  Captain  Carter 

said  he  had  no  knowledge  of  the  negro,  but  there  was 

one  place  they  had  not  searched,  wherj  a  negro  might 

possibly    bide    himself.     The   place  was  searched  and 

the  negro  fouad.      Captain  Carter  and  his  crew    were 

all   taken  and  thrust  into  jail,  the  Captain  fined  $500 

and  indicted  for  trial.     Being  consignee,  I  sought  an 

interview  with  Captain  Porter,  and  got  his  consent  to 

release    the  captain  and  mate  on   bail;  the  captain  for 

$1,500,  the  mate  for  $1,100,  upon  condition  that  they 

should  return   and   stand   their  trial  for  life;   and  the 


rest  of  the  crew  were  kept  in  jail  as  witnesses.  I 
hired  a  new  crew  and  the  vessel  sailed  for  Fall  River. 
The  Freemasons  learning  I  was  an  Anti-mason,  went 
North  and  sent  anti-slavery  documents  to  me;  and  as 
it  was  the  year  VanBuren  was  elected  President,  the 
Southern  post  masters  opened  all  the  mails  and  sup 
prefised  all  anti-slavery  documents.  I  was  soon  charg- 
ed of  being  an  anti-slavery  man.  The  Masons  also 
sent  on  Locke's  report  of  Moore  and  Seavy's'  trial  for 
slander,  and  seventy  men  were  chosen  to  lynch  me  in 
four  days.  A  Mr.  Law,  a  member  of  the  church 
which  I  attended,  heard  oi  the  plot  and  informed  me. 
I  sold  him  during  that  night  my  whole  stock  of  goods, 
and  in  the  morning,  as  I  had  a  vessel  already  loaded,  I 
went  aboard  and  in  five  days  landed  in  Boston,  in 
September,  1834. 

Soon  after  Charles  Sumner  called  on  me  and  heard 
my  story,  the  loss  of  my  business  and  income.  He 
expressed  great  sorrow  and  sympathy  for  me,  and  said 
there  was  no  persecution  like  that  of  Freemasonry,  ex- 
cept the  Jews  and  Gentiles  who  persecuted  the  purest 
man  on  earth.  He  said,  '"Masons  pretend  that  Ma- 
sonry is  the  handmaid  of  religior,  and  carry  the  Bible 
as  a  sort  of  evidence  of  this  fact.  I  have  taken  Ber- 
nard's Light  on  Masonry,  which  is  true  if  human  tes- 
timony can  be  relied  on,  and  compared  it  carefully 
with  the  Bible,  and  the  religion  the  Bible  teaches  and 
they  are  entirely  opposite.  I  have  been  taught  the 
Bible  is  true  and  I  believe  it.     Masonry  must  be  false." 

I  narrated  to  him  the  privilege  I  had  at  Wilmington 
of  teaching  a  Sabbath-school  of  negroes  in  my  back 
store  on  condition  that  I  would  go  to  the  poor  house 
and  preach  to  the  poor  one  hour  after  meeting.  I 
did  so.  I  then  told  him  also  that  the  deacon  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  was  an  executor  or  an  estate  and 
had  a  number  of  negroes  to  sell  at  auction,  which  he 
invited  me  to  attend.  I  did  so,  and  wept,  not  only  for 
the  pool-  creatures,  but  for  poor  depraved  human  na 
ture.  The  negroes  were  seated  along  the  sidewalk, 
fifteen  in  number,  for  inspection.  They  were  brought 
into  the  court  house,  placed  upon  a  block  for  better 
inspection,  then  sold.  What  shocked  me  the  most 
was  when  a  mulatto  girl,  nearly  white,  fourteen  years 
old,  was  brought  in  the  last  for  sale.  She  was  modest 
and  unassuming.  She  hung  down  her  head  and  ap- 
peared very  sorrowful,  as  though  she  knew  her  fate 
She  was  bid  off  by  a  young  bully  who  boasted  he 
bought  her  for  his  mistress.  She  had  been  brought  up 
by  a  pious  mother  and  was  sold  for  a  prostitute!  Mr. 
Sumner's  face  flushed  with  red.  He  said,  "Slavery  is 
cursing  our  nation.  It  would  be  a  blessing  to  free  the 
slaves,  if  it  cost  an  ocean  of  blood."  He  then  turned 
to  me  again  and  said,  "Mr.  Greene,  your  course  of 
conduct  has  been  right  and  from  good  motives.  Don't 
be  discouraged.  The  rod  of  the  wicked  shall  not  rest 
upon  the  lot  of  the  righteous,"  and  then  bid 
hearty  farewell. 

More  Facts. 


me  a 


BY    H.     KINSLEY. 


Encampment  U.  S.,  Editor.      John  W.   S  moas, 
Gran    Master  of  N.  Y.,  Associate  Editor." 

Under  the  heading,  "Anecdotes  and  Sayings  of  Ma- 
sons," it  says;  "Luther  when  studying,  always  had 
his  dog  lying  at  his  feet,"     (Vol.  VIII.,  p,    166.) 

"The  learned  and  scholarly  Me!ancthoD,the  devout 
martyr,  Huss,  Cardinel  Wolsey,  and  the  philosophers, 
Locke  and  Newton,"  are  represented  as  having  been 
Freemasons,  "by  Bro.  Weed,  of  Wis."  (Vol.  X  , 
p.  54.)  All  these,  except  Newton,  died  before  specu- 
lative Freemasonry  existed.  They  certainly  were  not 
stone  masons  in  any  sense  of  the  term.  Newton 
lived  about  ten  years  after  the  organization  of  specu- 
lative Freemasonry;  but  I  am  not  aware  th;it  there  is 
any  evideKce  that  he  ever  joined  the  fraternity  of 
Fre  masons.  Nor  have  I  ever  seen  him  represented 
as  having  been  a  Freemason,  except  in  the  article 
above  quoted. 

In  the  "General  Assembly  of  the  Grand  Orient  of 
France,"  in  a  speech,  "Bro.  Garrison"  said:  "When 
Voltaire,  the  greatest  of  Masons,  blessed  the  children 
of  Franklin,  the  most  simple-minded  of  men,  he  pro- 
nounced the  wordsj  'God  and  liberty,'  which  were  to 
be  the  inspir  ng  device  of  young  America,  now  so 
powerful,  and  destined  to  produce  such  men  as  Lin- 
coln, the  saint  of  Masonry."  (Vol.  IX.,  p.  43  )  The 
editor  remarks:  "Our  brother  is  not  correctly  in- 
formed about  Mr.  Lincoln.  He  was  not  aFreemason." 

The  speaker  could  have  had,  of  course,  no  evidence 
that  Mr.  Lincoln  was  a  Freemason.  But  in  France  it 
would  be  so  very  difficult,  if  not  quite  impossible,  to 
prove  the  falsity  of  the  representation,  that  it  pretty 
certainly  never  would  be  done.  Mr.  Lincoln's  name 
and  influence  would,  therefore,  promote  Freemasonry 
in  France  just  as  well  as  it  would  if  he  had  been  a 
Freemason. 

In  all  these  false  representations  there  is  no  viola- 
tion of  any  principle  of  Masonic  morals.  The  pros- 
perity of  this  institution  requires  that  this  laxity  in 
representation  should  be  allowed.  Strict  sincerity 
and  truthfulness  would  reveal  its  false  pretensions,  and 
be  destructive  of  its  existence.  It  is,  therefore,  not 
surprising  that  the  Masonic  moral  code  does  not,  ex 
cept  in  the  intercourse  of  Mason  with  Mason,  enjoin 
sincerity  or  forbid  lying. 

Geneva,    0.,  April^  1874. 

■» .  »■ 

Address  to  Christians  In   the  Lodge. 


erhood  all  Christians,  for  I  find  but  few  Christians 
who  are  not  striving  for  more  grace.  Poor,  fallen, 
sinful  humanity  needs  all  the  helps  and  means  of 
grace  accessable  to  them.  None  can  say  that  he  does 
not  need  more  of  the  Spirit  of  Christ  in  his  heart.  If, 
therefore,  you  are  fully  persuaded  that  Freemasonry 
is  conducive  to  a  higher  degree  of  spiritual  life,  would 
it  not  be  well  in  you,  dear  brother,  to  use  your  influ- 
ence to  so  modify  the  system  of  Freemasonry  as  to 
admit  within  its  embrace  all  Christ's  people,  the  poor, 
the  maimed,  the  halt  and  the  blind.  I  fancy  this 
might  be  done  by  simply  making  the  system  what  its 
name  implies  — i'^/'eemasonry.  This  feature  of  it, 
would  remove  the  objections  which  some  squeamish 
people  frequently  bring  against  it.  It  would  throw 
open  the  doors  of  lodgerooms,  remove  the  seniinels 
from  its  doors,  and  then,  probably,  there  would  be  no 
need  for  those  tremenduous  oaths  of  perpetual  secrecy. 
However  that  might  be,  there  is  one  thing  clear  to 
my  mind,  there  should  be  no  bars  put  up  between  the 
Lord's  people.  "For  ye  are  all  one  in  Christ  Jesus." 
All  entitled  to  the  same  means  of  grace.  '*' 

Beloved  brethren,  permit  me,  in  conclusion,  to 
recommend  Paul's  motto  for  your  imitation :  "It  is 
good  neither  to  eat  flesh,  nor  to  drink  wine,  nor  any- 
thing whereby  thy  brother  stumbleth,  or  is  offended, 
or  is  made  weak.''  (Rom.  xiv.  21).  Many  good 
Christians  look  upon  Freemasonry  with  much  sus- 
picion ;  it  is  not  of  good  report.  Finally,  brethren, 
"Whatsoever  things  are  true,  whatsoever  things  are 
honest,  whatsoever  things  are  just,  whatsoever  things 
are  of  good  report;  if  there  be  any  virtue,  and  if  there 
be  any  praise,  think  on  these  things."  -'And  the  God 
of  peace  shall  be  with  you." 

Monroe,    Wis. 


BY    GEORGE     ELEY. 


Blindness. 


The  recent  reprepentation,  by  Freemasons,  of  John 
Wesley  as  having  been  one  of  their  number,  though 
false,  need  surprise  no  one.  Similar  representations 
of  good  and  influential  men  have  often  been  made  be- 
'fore  this,  by  some  Freemasons.  As  I  am  in  po3ses- 
sion  of  KOine  of  those  representations,  I  furnish  a  few. 
I  talie  them  froa  "T'/ie  National  Freemason;  R.  Mc- 


Deab  Brethren  ik  Christ: — I  desire  to  present  a 
few  thoughts  to  your  serious  and  prayerful  attention. 
And,  in  the  firs'  place,  I  would  remind  you  that  "Ye 
are  not  your  own.  Yearebought  with  a  price."  Jesus 
died  that  he  might  "redeem  us  from  all  iniquity,  and 
purify  unto  himself  a  peculiar  people,  zealous  of  good 
works."  He  is  "made  unto  us  wisdom,  and  right- 
eousness, and  s;-n(tification  and  redemption."  "In 
him  dwelleth  all  the  fullness  of  the  Godhead  bodily. 
And  ye  are  complete  in  him,  which  is  the  head  of 
all  principtility  and  power. "  "And  being  made  per- 
fect, he  became  the  author  of  eternal  salvation,  unto 
all  them  that  obey  him." 

You  not  only  believe  the  above  quotations,  but  you 
have  professed  allegiance  to  Jesus  Christ;  you  desire 
ihe  prosperity  of  Christianity;  you  pray  and  labor  for 
the  con'version  of  lost  sinners;  this,  all  good  people 
do."  Permit  me  then,  in  the  next  place  to  ask  you  a 
few  plain,  pertinent  questions :  1st  In  your  Chris 
tian  experience  have  you  discovered,  within  your 
own  soul,  a  hungering  and  thirsting  after  righteous- 
ness for  which  the  Lord  has  not  made  ample  provision 
in  the  Gospel?  2d,  If  bo,  did  you  find  that  want 
supplied  in  the  Freemason's  lodge?  I  once  heard  a 
minister  of  Christ  say  that  he  "frequently  enjoyed  the 
lodge-room  fully  as  well  as  the  prayer-meeting."  3d. 
Is  Masonry,  with  its  appendages,  conducive  to 
piety,  meekness  and  a  higher  degree  of  spirituality  in 
Christian  life?  Now,  if  the  above  questions  are  truly 
answered  affirmatively,  allow  me  to  suggest  a  slight 
modification  in  Masonry,  so  as  to  admit  into  its  broth- 


One  of  the  results  of  over-cunning  is  moral  blind- 
ness. The  most  crafty  men  often  appear  to  be  the 
most  stupid.  This  was  one  of  the  phenomena  which 
was  pointed  out  by  the  Saviour  in  the  character  of  the 
Pharisees.  Though  pretending  to  be  the  keenest 
men  of  their  day,  yet  in  almost  every  thing  that  con- 
stituted real  moral  and  spiritual  life,  they  were  both 
deaf  and  blind.  They  could  not  see  or  understand 
things  that  were  evident  to  the  simplest  comprehen- 
sion. 

And  such  is  the  condition  precisely,  of  the  modern 
Mason.  Moral  truths  which  are  perfectly  plain  to 
others  he  cannot  see  at  all. 

Let  ias  take  the  case  of  Senator  Carpenter,  for  ex- 
ample. He  is  said  to  be  a  great  Mason.  He  thinks 
that  the  franking  privilege,  with  all  its  frightful  cor- 
ruptions, should  be  restored,  and  why?  Because, 
though  a  bad  means,  it  could  be  made  to  serve  the 
good  end  of  circulating  information.  This  is  Masonry^ 
Jesuitism,  Pharisaism  all  over.  The  Senator  says 
that  a  great  government  like  ours  should  not  suppress 
information.  This  man  who  swears  that  he  will  "nev- 
er sever  but  ever  conceal"  the  highly  valuable  infor- 
mation which  he  learns  in  the  lodge,  thinks  that  the 
government  should  not  suppress  information.  Tne 
lodge  may  do  it;  but  not  the  government. 

Observer. 


The  Granges. 


We  have  been  requested  by  a  brother  who  "stands 
identified  with  the  United  Brethren  Church  and  also 
with  the  grange  fraternity,"  to  give  him  this  favor, 
our  advice,  instruction,  and  views  through  the  Tele- 
scope respecting  that  institution,"  the  grange 

Our  views  upon  the  various  aspects  of  the  granges 
were  given  in  a  note  in  the  Telescope,  February  lltb, 
«8  follows: 

The  gullible  nature  of  man  is  really  an  astonishing 
phenomenon.  The  Indiana  grangers  have  passed 
resolutions  that  all  corporations  which  are  carriers 
should  be  paid  for  services  performed  a  fair  and  rea- 
sonable compensation,  based  upon  the  roads  and  equip- 
ments,— no  watered  stock,  Credit  Mobilier,  or  other 
modern  swindles  to  be  taken  into  account.  In  a  fol- 
lowing resolution  they  "are  in  favor  of  Congress 
empowering  a  commission  of  good   and   true  men  to 


^^  f 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


3 


inquire  into  and  report  upon  a  proper  plan  to  regulpt" 
all  carrying  charges."  The  Credit-Mcbiiier  swindlt- 
was  supposed  to  be  composed  of  "good  and  ti  uc  men ;" 
but  the  temptation  oflFered  them  was  too  stiong  to  re- 
sist. So  this  commission  to  report  a  proper  ( ?)  plan 
will  offer  another  temptation  for  one  of  the  grandest 
swindles  this  country  has  ever  seen  coming  from  Cod- 
gress.  Why  is  the  National  Grange  located  at  Wash- 
ington ?  And  why  has  it  accumulated  a  surplus  of 
over  $50,C00,  which  it  proposes  to  put  into  a  magnif- 
icent building?  How  many  ''bard-fisted  tillers  of  the 
soil"  are  in  Washington  ?  The  editor  of  the  organ  of 
the  Indiana  Grange  was  recently  interviewed  by  a 
Gazette  reporter.  He  said  that  grange  meetings  are 
secret,  but  not  oath-bound.  There  is  just  enough 
secrecy  to  give  them  a  charm  and  strength.  This  ed- 
itor has  been  appointed  a  purchasing  agent  for  the 
granges,  to  buy  lor  them  agricultural  implements,  &c. , 
from  wholesale  men,  and  gets  three  per  cent,  for  hife 
services.  He  is  no  "middk-matj,"  forsooth  !  He  does 
not  make  any  money  by  getting  three  per  cent,  on  all 
he  buys  for  the  hundreds  of  thousands  of  farmers  of 
the  Hoosier  State  1" 

We  say  that  membership  in  the  granges  is  not  con- 
sistent with  membership  ia  the  United  Brethren 
church,  for  various  reasons  that  may  be  muoLioned. 
We  have  some  idea  of  what  pressure  is  brought  upon 
members  of  the  church  by  these  outride  popular  move- 
ments. It  must  be  difficult  for  many  of  our  brethren 
to  resist  the  temptation  to  enter  them,  especially  when 
even  ministers  of  the  church  are  lightly  esteeming  and 
openly  opposing  some  of  our  regulations.  They  say 
that  it  is  not  worth  while  for  our  members  to  be  eo 
particular  about  keeping  out  of  these  minor  secret 
societies  for  they  will  not  last  very  long,  they  will 
soon  pass  away.  For  this  very  reason  we  think  that 
our  people  should  keep  out  of  them.  If  the  short 
lived  nature  of  a  thing  is  a  reaboa  why  it  may  be  en- 
couraged by  Christians,  then  a  circus  of  the  most  foul 
nature  may  be  patronized  bj  «hem  because  it  sets  up 
in  a  town  for  a  day  and  is  soon  gone,  and  so  of  many 
other  things  that  are  admitted  to  be  improper  places 
for  Christians.  The  most  worthless  things  soonest 
decay.  Gold  and  precious  stones  endure  for  all  time. 
Now  can  a  man  afford  to  unsettle  himself  in  a  church 
connecfioD  to  run  after  any  wild,  unstable  movement? 
We  take  the  admission  of  nearly  every  one,  that  the 
grangers  must  soon  cease  to  exist  and  be  nothing  but 
empty  shells  if  anything  at  all. 

After  the  breeze  has  blown  over,  every  one  having 
joined  this  fraternity  will  regret  it,  because  he  will 
see  how  he  wasted  precious  time,  spent  money,  mixed 
with  light  and  wicked  associates,  and  became  cold  in 
religion.  A  United  Brethren,  if  he  is  not  actually  dis 
missed  from  the  church  for  his  lodge  connection,  will 
regret  that  he  has  lost  respect  for  the  church,  that 
he  has  pained  and  hurt  the  conscience  of  his  brethren, 
and  that  he  has  helped  to  strengthen  a  movement  in 
the  church  that  looks  to  the  overthrow  of  our  whole 
law  on  se'irecy. 

We  want  our  brethren  to  believe  that  we  sympa- 
thize with  them  in  their  temptations  to  enter  societies 
disapproved  by  the  church.  But  we  sympathize 
only  BO  long  as  they  resist  the  temptation.  After 
they  have  yielded  and  gone  into  these  societies,  they 
have  cut  themselves  from  us,  and  are  really  not  mem- 
bers of  our  church.  It  must  be  remembered  that 
however  much  certain  •preachers  apologize  for  the 
"minor  orders"  the  church  knows  no  distinction.  It 
has  not  yet  made  it  more  excusable  for  members  to 
enter  granges  and  Good  Templar  lodges  than  Masonic 
lodges.  The  church  has  a  principle  at  stake,  and  it 
is  as  necessary  to  respect  this  principle  in  small  mat- 
ters as  in  large  ones. 

It  takes  some  grace  to  stand  aloof  from  these  deceit 
ful  institutions.  United  Brethren  ought  not  to  be 
deceived  by  them,  because  they  have  good  instruct- 
ion. More  than  this:  they  are  under  obligations  to 
respect  the  church. 

For  our  own  part,  we  could  not  belong  to  the  gran- 
ges and  the  United  Brethren  church  at  the  same 
time.  If  there  is  a  way  of  doing  this  we  have  not 
yet  been  able  to  see  it.  Our  inquiring  brother,  of 
course,  ought  to  kiiow  more  about  the  granges  than 
we  do,  for  he ''has  been  there;"  we  have  not.  We 
will  ask  him  one  question.     Can  he  reccommend  oth- 


er United  Brethren  to  join  the  grange?     If  he  is    sat- 

ibfied  ih'^t  it  is  a  good  institution,  so  that  he  can  afford 

to  violate  a  rule  of  the  church  to  join  it,   he  ought  not 

lo  ask  the  advice  of  one  who  knows  lees  than  he  does 

about  the  institution,  but  should  go  right   along  and 

trample  upon  the  church    and  the  conscience   of  hit 

brethren.      The  most  v/e  can  say  is  that    he    woundt 

the  feelicgs  of  many  of  his  brethren.     If  he  loves  the 

church  still,  there  is  no  other  way  for  him   than    to 

leave  the  lodge,  and  say  to  his  associates :     My  church 

forbids  my  connection  with  any  secret  society. 

— Religious  Telescope. 
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The  Law  of  Love  the  Law  of  Labor, 


One  of  the  most  pressing  questions  of  the  day  is  what 
is  commonly  koown  as  the  "Labor  Question."  It  em- 
braces the  whole  relation  of  capital  to  labor,  of  em- 
ployer to  the  employed.  It  is  a  matter  that  thus  far 
has  seemed  to  give  rise  mainly  to  mutual  irritation. 
Labor  has  thought,  and  to  some  extent  with  good 
resBOB,  that  it  has  been  oppressed.  The  working- 
man  has  thought  himself  down-trodden.  There  has 
arisen  th^^refore  a  strong  tendency — greater,  to  be 
seen,  in  Europe  than  in  this  country,  but  not  to  b<' 
underrated  here — lo  Commuaism.  This  is  an  evil 
every  way  to  be  deplored. 

There  is  no  doubl  that  capital  has  to  often  beeu 
grasping,  hard,  unfeeling,  uuscrupuloutly  making 
merchandise  of  the  bones  and  blood  of  men.  Employ- 
ers have  too  often,  in  the  very  great  majority  of  cases 
indeed,  had  no  thought  for  the  well-being  of  those 
they  employed.  The  governing  idea  has  been  to  se- 
cure the  most  work  for  the  least  pay. 

Labor,  oa  the  other  hand,  has  not  taken  into  the 
account  the  value  of  brain- work  in  conducting  any  busi- 
ness, the  experience  and  bkill  and  thought  necessary 
to  make  a  business  successful.  It  has  seemed  as  if  the 
operative,  toiling  in  the  factory,  did  all  the  work,  and 
the  employer,  sitting  in  the  office,  got  nearly  all  the 
pay. 

So  the  controversy  has  gone  on,  only  gathering  in 
bitterness,  until  at  times  it  appeared  as  if  society  was 
building  over  a  volcano,  whose  rumblings  are  now  and 
then  heard,  and  whose  hidden  fires  may  at  any  mo- 
ment burst  out  wiih  destructive  violence. 

No  sure  remedy  on  any  considerable  scale  has  been 
found.  Workingmen,  too  often  stirred  up  by  design- 
ing demagogues,  inveigh  against  their  employers,  and 
demand  a  general  distribution  of  property.  We  are 
told  even  that  it  ia  the  duty  of  the  government — mu- 
nicipal, state,  national — to  provide  work  for  all  under 
Its  authotity  at  remunerative  rates.  Capita!,  in  the 
meanwhile,  concerns  itself  too  little  with  the  general 
well-being  of  its  ally,  labor.  Instead,  therefore,  of  a 
drawing  together  between  these  classes  whose  inter 
ests  are,  after  all,  one,  there  is  rather  a  tendency  to 
wider  separation. 

The  true  remedy  for  this  state  of  things,  bad  in  its 
present  condition  and  in  its  possible  consequences,  is  to 
be  found,  we  are  persuaded,  where  men  have  been  too 
little  snelined  lo  look  for  it.  Political  economy  is  good 
in  its  place;  the  study  of  it  will  doubtless  throw  rome 
light  upon  this  perplexing  question.  But  it  can  only 
go  a  very  little  way  after  all,  for  it  has  no  power  over 
the  motives  of  men.  Trades-unions  on  the  one  hand, 
and  combinations  of  capital  on  the  other,  only  tend  to 
make  matters  worse. 

The  law  of  love  — "Whatsoever  ye  would  that  men 
should  do  to  you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them  " — is  the 
only  remedy  we  know  of  that  will  bring  this  labor 
question  to  a  successful  solution.  Each  party  in  the 
matter  ought  to  put  himself  in  the  place  of  the  other. 
It  should  not  be  a  mere  strugsile  for  individual  rights. 
There  should  rather  be  a  willingness  to  yield  rights 
cbe  one  to  the  other. 

'Masters,"  said  Paul,  "  give  unto  your  servants 
that  which  is  just  and  equal;  knowing  that  ye  also 
have  a  Master  in  heaven."  But  there  is  an  injunction 
for  the  employed  as  well.  '-Servants,  obey  in  all 
things  your  masters  according  to  the  flesh;  not  with 
eye-service,    as    men-pleasers ;    but   in   singlenegs   of 


heart,  fearing  Gad."  The  potent  law  of  lo7e.  in  other 
words,  will  control  and  regulate  this  matter,  if  it  is  al- 
lowed to  operate.      There  is  no  other  force  that  will. 

For  the  application  of  this  principle  our  hope  must 
lie  with  the  individual  conscience.  No  edict  of  gov- 
ernment, no  order  of  any  "Union,"  can  effect  the  re- 
form of  so  much  need,  and  bring  about  the  happy  day 
when  employer  and  employed  shall  count  each  other 
brethren.  But  each  individual  for  himself  can  see  to 
it  at  80  far  a^  he  is  coacern-id  this  law  aliiU  be  ap- 
plied. 

Christian  eniployers  ought  to  biing  their  Christiani- 
ty to  bear  upon  the  relation  in  which  they  stand  to 
those  whom  they  employ.  There  is  put  into  the 
hands  of  every  such  a  one  the  opportunity  of  doing 
much  towards  the  final  and  peaceful  and  rignieous 
settlement  of  this  grave  question  of  our  day. 

And  on  their  part.  Christian  workingmen  ought  to 

act  towards  their  employers  in    the  same   spirit.     The 

law  of  love  ought  to  be  the  law  of  labor.      Until  it  is, 

we  can  hope  for  no  permanent  quiet. — Am.  Messenger 

^  ■  » 

Compulsory  Education. 


When  the  early  settlers  of  this  country  pitched 
their  tents  and  found  that  the  land  was  goodly,  one 
of  the  first  subjects  that  pre&ented  itself  for  consider- 
ation was  that  of  education.  Their  early  colleges  and 
the  solid  work  they  did  is  evidence  of  the  value  put 
upon  learning.  The  State  papers  of  that  early  period, 
whether  we  regard  the  ideas  they  embodied  or  the 
language  in  which  they  were  clothed,  commanded 
then,  as  they  do  yet,  the  admiration  of  the  people. 
The  foundations  were  broad  and  deep.  To  the  minds 
of  those  people  a  lad  untaught  was  a  pitiable  object, 
and  one  seldom  met.  The  New  England  States  have 
well  preserved  that  creditable  characteristic. 

With  the  light  of  the  Rsformation  b^gan  Scotland's 
parish  school  system,  which  has  continued  to  this  day 
to  spread  its  advantages  over  that  entire  nation. 
Liberty  encounters  no  risks  where  education  is  univer- 
sal. Their  tyranny  dwarfs  and  dies.  The  seed 
which  Luther  dropped  in  Germany  germed  into  the 
Prussian  system  of  education,  against  which  formida- 
ble forces  have  lately  been  showing  their  helplessness. 
Knowledge  is  power,  for  it  casts  back  and  crushes  the 
efforts  of  darkness  that  would  give  scholarship  to  the 
few,  with  which  to  rule  the  masses.  Knowledge  is 
power  in  the  nation  as  well  as  in  the  individual. 

Ignorance  in  a  republic  is  the  worst  seed  of  decay. 
What,  then,  is  to  be  done  to  keep  th's  pall  from  over- 
shadowing this  nation?  Education  must  not  only  be 
offered  to  the  people,  but  that  percentage  who  reject 
Its  advantages  must  be  compelled  to  place  their  chil- 
dren under  its  iifluence.  Ignorance  ia  not  only  a 
dan^tr  in  s  free  state,  because  of  the  facility  with 
which  demagogues  can  use  it,  but  a  burden.  As  a 
people  we  cannot  afford  to  have  any  proportion  of  the 
community  unable  to  read  and  write. 

In  Russia  a-ad  the  south  of  Ireland  papers  and 
magazines  are  not  as  thick  as  sno^flnkes;  those  people 
are  not  distmguished  for  inventions;  whole  districts 
of  them  know  not  the  meaning  of  the  word.  Is  a 
republic  among  tuch  people  possible?  We  think  not. 
Liberty  and  republicauism  come  from  intelligence; 
Lbey  stand  and  fall  together.  For  this  reason  we 
think  compulsory  education  a  national  necessity.  By 
the  time  we  have  a  population  of  seventy-five  millions 
— and  that  is  not  very  distant,  when  we  look  at  the 
increasing  stream  of  immigraion — it  is  not  unreason- 
able to  apprehend  that  twenty  per  cent,  may  be  unable 
to  read  or  write.  No  patriot  regards  such  a  possibil- 
ity without  misgivings  for  the  future   of  his    country. 

Without  constant  vigilance  we  drift  towards  anarchy. 
The  church  and  the  school  are  equally  essential  to  our 
growth  and  existence.  Oar  foreiathers  comprehended 
this  truth.  With  doubling  population  the  duty  is 
doubly  incumbent  on  their  descendants.  Already 
some  of  oar  constituencies  are  sidecting  men  of  most 
questionable  morals.  Unehaif  of  their  constituents 
can  neither  read  or  write.  It  is  not  a  day  too  early 
to  sound  the  alarm.  We  must  enlarge  and  multiply 
our  common  schools,  and  use  considerate  force  to  get 
the  rising  generation  to  travel  on  this  glorious  high- 
way of  knowledge  and  good  citizenship.  Political 
quacks  die  in  educated  society.  When  ail  the  people 
are  able  to  read,  to  gather  the  common  sente  with 
which  our  daily  and  weekly  papers  are  freighted,  men 
like  Tweed,  Buiier  and  Genet  will  have  no  success  in 
bambofzling  them.  We  must  gather  by  law  the 
young  into  schoo/s.  It  is  a  refining  and  ennobling, 
place. — Nevi  Yor^^  W^ness. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  National  Christian  Association 
opposed  to  Secret  Societies,  SixHi  An- 
niversary In  SiiJikspeare  Hall,  Syra- 
CHse,  N.  Y.,  June  2,  1874. 


Plkdges  Made  at  Monmouth  should  be 
paid  without  delay.  Those  interested  will 
please  notice  and  save  being  notified  more 
particularly. 


To  THE  Fkiekds  op  Light  throughodt 
THE  State  of  Iowa: — 

Dear  Bkbitiken.— I  have  wailed  till  the 
la-it  moment  for  your  response  to  my  for- 
mer request  about  formint;  a  Stale  organi- 
zation, or  being  represented  in  the  Cou- 
veniion  at  Syracuse..  A  few  have  respond- 
ed promptly;  but  I  am  sorry  to  say  the 
time  seems  net  yet  to  iiave  come  for  any 
further  action  in  this  direction.  I  under- 
ftaud  that  Bro.  D.  Platner  designs  to  at- 
tend the  an  mal  meeting  at  Syracuse,  and 
as  I  am  assured  that  he  is  "a  man  who 
will  do  to  tie  to  always."!  hereby  appoint 
him  as  my  delegate.  I  hope  others  who 
ca'inot  be  otherwise  represented,  will  en- 
dorse this  appointment,  and  address  him  to 
this  effect  at  Mount  Vernon,  Linn  Co., 
Iowa.  And,  at  pny  rate,  keep  at  work 
where  you  are,  and  keep  looking  to  a  state 
organization.     Respectiully,  A.  D.  Low. 


J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
Linus  Chitenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111 
P.  Hur  ess,  Polo,  111. 
J.  R.  Bairr),  Greenville,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 
C.  Wiggins,  Ango'a,  Ind. 
E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  lud. 
Josiah  M(  Casliey,  FancA  Creek,  Wis. 
C.  F.  Hawlev,  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Wm.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind. 
J.  I.,  .^.pdrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bishop, 'Chambersburg  Pa. 


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THE   NATIU.VAL    CHRISTIAN    ASSO- 
Cl.VTIO^', 

OPPOSED   TO   SECRET   SOCIETIES. 

President — J.  G.  Carson,  Xenia,  O. 

Vice-Presidents — R.  B.  Taylor,  of  Ohio  ; 
Aaron  Floyd,  of  Pensylvania;  Luke 
Thomas,  of  Ind ;  Pres.  D.  A.  Wallace,  of 
Illinois;  George  Brokaw,  of  Iowa;  N.  E. 
Gardner,  of  Missouri;  N.  B.  Blanton,  of 
Kansas;  Donald  Kirkpatrick,  of  New 
York;  J.  W.  Wood,  of  Wisconsin;  John 
Levington.of  Michiiian. 

(Jorresponding  Secretary — I.  A.  Hart, 
Wheaton,  111. 

Recording  Secretaries — H.  L.  Kellogg, 
G.  L.  Arnold. 

Treasurer — H.  L.  Kellog?,  11  Wabash 
Ave.,  Chicago. 

E.vecutive  Committee — J.  Blaucbard, 
P.  Carpent^T,  I.  A.  Hart,  George  Dietrich, 
J.  j\I.  Suyder,  O.  F.  Lumry,  Isaac  Preston, 
C.  i;.  Hagerty,  J.  M.  Wallace,  E.  A.  Cook, 
J.  G.  Terrill,  A.  Wait,  H.  L.  Kellogg. 

The  objects  of  tbis  Association  are  to 
e.xpo.^e,  withstand  and  remove  secret  soci- 
eties and  other  like  anti-Christian  organi- 
zations from  church  and  state. 

The  Association  oiiginated  in  a  meeting 
held  Oct.  oOth,  1867,  in  the  City  Hall  of 
Aurora,  111.,  attended  by  persons  opposed 
to  secret  societies,  where  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  make  the  necessary  arrange- 
ments for  a  Nitional  Convention.  This 
was  held  in  Pittbbdrgh,  May  5th-7th, 
1808,  when  the  National  Association  was  or 
ganized.  Its  subsequent  meetings  have  been 
held  :  Chicago,  -June  8th-10th,  1869  ;  Cin- 
cinnati, June  9th-llth,  1870  ;  Worcester, 
Mass.,  June  7th-'Jth,  1871  ;  Oberlin,  Ohio, 
May  21st-23d,  1873  ;  Monmouth,  111., 
May  14th-10th,  1873.  Its  presiding  offi- 
cers have  been  in  order :  Bishop  D.  Ed- 
ward.s,  Prof.  J.  C  Webster,  .ludge  F.  D. 
Parish,  Gen.  J.  W.  Piielps,  Pres.  J. 
Blanchaid. 

The  Association  employs  a  General 
Agent  and  Lecturer,  and  has  secured 
State  lecturers  for  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Illi- 
nois, whose  names  appear  ia  the  list  of 
lecturers.  The  support  of  the  Association 
is  entirely  voluntary.  Funds  are  greatly 
needed  to  carry  on  the  work  already  be- 
gun, and  contributions  are  liereby  solicited 
from  eyery  friend  of  the  reform.  Send 
by  post-otlico  or  ler,  registered  letter  or 
draft  to  the  Treasurer,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

^  •  w 

Anti*mason!c  Lectuerers. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. Stod- 
dard, Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  f^r  Indiana, J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Firm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

Slate  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  0. 

State  Lecturer  for  New  York,  J.  L.  Bar- 
low, Bemus  Heights,  Saratoga  Co.-,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Seneeaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Leviugton,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Odessa,  N.  Y. 
8.  Smith,   Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfleld,  O. 
L.  N.  Btratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 


— Bro.  JaUlwell,  State  Agent  for  Ohio, 
writes  hopefully  of  the  prospect  for  the 
State  Convention  at  Flat  Rock,  Seneca 
county.  May  19th,  next  Tuesday.  Al- 
though the  time  for  preparation  is  brief, 
yet  tile  refortnersof  Ohio  are  not  laggards. 
They  will  have,  we  hope,  a  meeting  wor- 
thy tliC  cause  and  the  men  who  sustain  it 
in  that  State.  Rev-.  J.  G.  Carson,  Presi- 
dent of  the  N.itional  Association,  Bishop 
Weaver,  Rev.  J.  T.  Kiggin-,  and  others 
are  expected.  Conveyance  will  be  ready 
at  Bellview,  the  nearest  railroad  station, 
for  the  Convention. 

— Elder  Baird  writes  in  a  cheerful  strain 
of  the  reform  in  Genesee  county,  Mich. 
The  lodge  has  not  silenced  him  yet. 

— On  every  l-and  we  he  r  of  delegates  to 
the  National  Convention  One  town  in 
Illinois  hopes  to  have  five  or  more  of  its 
citizens  there.  The  Wesleyan,  Sftys,  "Ar- 
rangements are  in  progress  for  the  enter- 
tainment of  a  large  delegation."  None 
need  stay  at  home  on  that  account. 

— The  interview  with  Bishop  Weaver 
reported  by  Bro  Stoddard  was  propitious. 
The  presence  of  the  Bishop  would  add 
power  and  wisdom  to  the  Convention,  as 
has  that  of  Bishop  Kdwards,  his  colleague, 
during  past  years. 

»  g.  t 

From  the  (general  Agent. 


Spartnsbueg,  Pa,,  M-iy  1,  1874. 

After  holding  a  number  of  meetings 
in  Ohio,  with  more  or  less  success,  I 
came  to  this  place  on  Saturday  even- 
ing, where  I  was  cordially  received  by 
Bro.  Keicbum  and  other  friends.  Our 
earnest  co-worker  with  whom  I  had 
correspoiied  had  been  suddenly  called 
to  Cleveland  and  I  did  not  meet  him 
until  this  P.  M. ,  when  be  returned. 
The  pulpit  in  the  Baptist  church  was 
occupied  by  Bro.  Hurlburt,  of  Spring- 
field, Pa. ,  who  is  a  man  of  superior 
ability  and  I  believe  of  deep  piety 
His  diecoiirses,  both  morning  and  even- 
ing were  plain,  practical,  and  evident- 
ly came  from  a  full,  warm  and  lov- 
ing heart.  He  showed  me  much 
kindness,  and  cordially  invited  me  to 
visit  him  at  his  home  and  speak  to 
his  people,  which  I  propose  to  do, 
God   wiliiog. 

I  preached  in  the  Presbyterian 
church  at  2:30  P.  M.,  and  have  an 
appointment  (o  lecture  this  evening. 
It  is  now  at  6  P.  M.,  raining,  and  the 
prospect  is  rather  forbi.ling.  1  may 
remain  in  this  county  most  of  the 
week,  should  the  way  open  faborably. 
On  entering  the  cars  at  Russel  station, 
Ohio,  on  F'riday  evening,  I  waB  hap- 
pily surprised  and  much  gratfisd  to 
meet  the  ganial  face  and  grasp  the 
friendly  hand  of  Bishop  Weaver,  who 
was  on  his  way  to  fill  appointments  in 
Canada,  It  was  cheering  to  meet  such 
a  man  at  any  time  and  all  the  more 
when  unexpected.  The  hours  from 
seven  to  twelve  passed  rapidly,  and 
when  we  parted  I  felt  that  I  wis  great- 
ly the  Bishop's  debtor,  not  only  for 
good  company,  but  for,  wise  counsels. 
He  expects  to  be  at  Syracuse,  and 
some  of  us  will  be  greatly  disappointed 
if  we  do  not  hear  from  him  in  w^rds  to 
be  remembered.  1  will  try  and  »eport 
further  of  the  work  and  friends  in  these 
parts,  before  leaving   for  New  York, 

J.     P.  STlDDARD. 


From  Elder  Baird. 


Mdndt,  Genesee  Co.,  Michigan, 

April  27,  1874. 
Dear  Cynosure  : — Having  returned 
home  from  our  conference,  which  was 
assembled  at  Middlefield,  Ohio,  April 
8th  to  12tb,  I  adjusted  matters  and 
started  for  Linden.  Mich. ,  to  deliver  a 
course  6\  jecturee  against  secret  socie- 
ties B(o.  J.  P.  Stoddard  had  been 
before  me,  find  left  a  good,  lively  and 
wholesome  spirit  of  agitation  on  this 
great  and  very  important  subject;  and 
it  will  be  a  comfort  to  Bro.  Stoddard  to 
know  that  his  labors  under  God  have 
been  signally  owned  in  Linden  in  bring- 
ing one  of  the  most  influential  citizens 
ottt  from  the  lodge.  Bro.  Isaac  M 
Ferguson,  a  member  of  the  Methoiist 
Episcopal  church,  and  also  a  merchant 
in  Linden,  has  openly  renounced  his 
allegiance  to  the  lodge,  and  daily,  both 
in  public  and  private,  he  is  denouncing 
the  ceremonies  of  the  lodge  room  as 
the  most  degrading  blasphemy.  The 
friends  of  truth  all  h=ive  such  confidence 
in  Bro.  Ferguson  that  it  has  brought 
the  Linden  lodge  to  disroay  and  there 
is  Eo  help  for  the  "Widow's  Son." 
The  fraternity  are  fearfully  and  wonder- 
fully mad;  and  the  more  they  are 
spreading  Masonic  lies,  the  more  they 
arcgopening  people's  eyes. 

I  delivered  a  course  of  lectures  in 
the  basement  of  the  M.  E.  Chapel,  to 
a  full  house  the  first  evening,  April  22, 
and  a  good  audience  on  each  of  the  two 
afternoons  following,  and  had  the  best 
of  order  through  all  the  meetings. 

The  people  in  Linden  are  preparing 
to  organize  and  send  a  delegate  to  Syr- 
acuse. Bro.  Ferguson  feels  just  as  I 
did  after  leaving  the  lodge,  that  Gad 
would  hold  him  guilty  if  he  c'id  not 
speak  out.  I  am  satisfied  he  will  be 
the  man  to  appoint  for  State  agent  and 
lecturer. 

After  leaving  Linden  I  was  taken  to 
Muady  Centre,  by  Bro.  C.  D.  Hoyt,  an 
old  local  preacher  in  the  Michigan  Con- 
ference of  the  Wesley  an  Methodist  con- 
nection, and  had  a  good  home  with  him 
and  his  '<ind  wife.  I  also  spent  one 
night  in  the  good  home  of  Bro.  Nehe- 
miah  Countryman;  and  next  morning 
I  preached  in  the  Hill  School  House, 
and  in  the  evening  at  the  Baptist  Chap- 
el at  Mundy  Centre.  On  Monday 
night,  April  27,  there  was  a  full  and 
attentive  audience.  They  have  but  one 
member  in  the  Baptist  church  who  is  a 
Freemason  and  he  did  his  best  in  an 
underhanded  way  to  keep  the  lecturer 
out  of  the  church.  Also  Mr.  Smith, 
the  Baptist  preacher,  acted  the  part  of 
a  -'Jack,"  although  he  professed  to  me 
to  have  no  sympathy  with  secret  socie- 
ties, and  did  not  belong  to  any,  yet  he 
acted  in  sympathy  with  them  and  in  fear 
of  them;  so  much  so  that  he  express- 
ed himself  to  me  that  he  did  not  feel 
safe  to  reprove  it,  as  he  said  it  cost 
Morgan  hie  life;  and  yet  he  said  that 
he  wished  to  be  on  the  right  side  of 
the  question.  But  still  his  own  mem- 
bers heard  him  say  that  if  they  did 
a'low  these  agitations  to  continue  the 
blood  will  flow  down  the  street  yet. 
Now  you  may  judge  of  the  Gospel 
courage  of  this  man  who  preaches  to 
the  Baptist  church  at  Mundy  Centre, 


afraid  to  reprove  iniquity,  a  herald  of 
the  Cross,  a  professed  minister  of  Christ, 
afraid  to  rebuke  Satan.  'The  fear  of 
man  brngeth  a  snare."  Heaven  deliv- 
er us  from  such  a  snare,  and  enable  us 
to  "stand  fast  in  the  liberty  wherewith 
Christ  hath  made  us  free!" 

Eldeb  J.  R   Baird. 


Minutes  of  the  Hamilton  Co.^  Ind* 
Anti-secret  Association. 


The  third  semi-annual  meeting  of  the 
Hamilton  County  Anti-secret  Associa- 
tion met  in  the  Wesleyan  church,  in 
Wescfi^ld,  Ind..  April  1 4th,  1874,  at  10 
o'clock  A.  M. 

The  business  of  the  Association  was 
preceded  by  reading  the  Scr  plures  and 
a  season  of  prayer. 

After  reading  the  minutes  of  the  pre- 
ceding meeting,  the  following  commit- 
tees were  appointed:  On  programme, 
J.  W.  Hiatc,  Eber  Peter  and  Wm  Tal- 
bert:  On  nominations  of  officers  for 
the  ensuing  year,  Pet':r  Rich,  George 
Teter,  J.  L.  Fall  and  Absalom  Ballard. 

Oa  resolutions,  J.  L.  Full,  W.  M. 
Givens  and  H.  C.  West, 

AFTERNOON    SESSION. 

The  committee  on  programme  re- 
ported the  following  order  of  businets: 

Report  of  committee  on  nominations; 
Report  of  committee  on  resolutions; 
Election  of  a  delegate  to  the  National 
Association;  Discussion  on  political  ac. 
lion;  Report  of  Treasurer;  Miscella- 
neous busftiees; 

The  committee  on  nominations  repor- 
ted: For  President,  H.  C.  West  ;Trea8ur" 
er,  Peter  Rich;  Secretary,  0.  C.  Lind' 
lay;  V^ice  President,  E.  Teter,  of  Adams 
township,  Wm.  Talbert,  of  Clay  Absa- 
lom Ballard,  of  Washington,  Mr.  Wil- 
liamsof  White  River,  Arnett  Stanford,  of 
Wayne.  Jo.seph   Harmon,  of  Noblesville. 

Report  adopted 

The  committee  on  resolutions  report- 
ed as  follows: 

Resolved,  1st,  That  we  are  as  much 
as  ever  convinced  of  the  deistical  and 
anti-Chrislian  character  of  Freemasonry 
and  other  secret  societies  which  are  its 
legitimate  oftspring. 

2d.  That  we  believe  the  wide-spread 
prevalence  of  dishonesty  and  corrupt- 
ion in  society  and  politics  to  be  the  nat- 
ural product  of  such  organizations  as 
bind  itieir  members  to  favor  each  ottier, 
by  secret  oaths  and  pledges;  and  we 
unhesitatingly  adopt  the  language  of 
Daniel  Webster  in  saying,  "That  how- 
ever unobjectionable  may  have  been  the 
original  object  of  the  institution,  or 
however  pure  may  be  the  motives  and 
purposes  of  the  individual  members, 
and  notwithstanding  the  many  great  and 
good  men  who  have  from  time  to  lime 
belonged  to  tBe  order,  yet,^  neverthe- 
less, It  18  an  institution,  which,  in  my 
judgement  is  essentially  wrong  in  the 
principks  of  it^?  formation;  that  from  its 
very  nature  it  is  hable  to  great  abuses; 
that  among  its  obl'gations,  Vvhich  are  , 
found  to  be  imposed  on  its  members, 
there  are  such  as  are  entirely  incom- 
patiable  with  the  duty  of  good  citizens; 
and  that  all  secret  associations^  the 
members  of  which  take  upon  themselves 
extraordinary  obligations  to  one  another, 
and  ar3  bound  together  by  secret  oaths, 
are  naturally  sources  of  jealousy  and 
just  alarm;  are  especially  unfavorable 
to  harmony  and  natural  confidence 
among  men  living  together  under  popu- 
lar institutions,  and  are  dangerous  to 
the  general  cause  of  civil  liberty  and 
good  government.  Under  this  convict- 
ion, it  is  my  opinion  that  the  future 
administration  of  all  such  oaths,  and  the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


5 


formation  of  all  such  obligations,  should 
be  prohibited  by  law." 

3d.  That  we  hail  with  gratilude  the 
rapid  spread  of  light  and  truth  on  this 
subject,  and  the  developement  of  an 
extensive  sentiment  against  secret  or- 
ders. 

4th.  We  rejoice  in  tbe  prosperity  of 
the  Christiatt  Cynosure,  the  organ  of 
tbe  National  Asfociation;  and  w«  will 
do  all  in  our  power  to  ext»nd  its  circu- 
lation. 

5  lb.  That  we  believe  it  to  be  the  duty 
of  all  good  citizens  to  withhold  their  sup- 
port from  any  candidate  for  an  office  of 
trust  or  pre  fit,  who  is  bound  by  such 
oaths  or  pledges. 

6th.  We  cannot  rscoguiz'j  the  author- 
ity of  a  Freemason  to  pieach  the  gos- 
pel. 

7th,  We  demand  as  our  right  ae  citi- 
zens that  newspaper  columns  be  kept 
open  for  the  publication  of  both  sides  of 
the  secrecy  question.  Aod  that  we 
unqualifidly  condemn  the  readiness  of 
many  papers  to  becooje  the  trowels  of 
the  lodge  with  which  to  daub  "lodge- 
muil"  (blander)  upon  those  who  oppose 
the  principles  and  practice  of  s-.cretism. 

8tb.  That  it  is  our  opinion,  based  on 
the  authorities  of  the  grange,  "that  it  is  a 
trick  of  Freemasonry  to  tid  the  farmers 
from  opposing  it,  and  to  swindle  them 
out  of  money. 

These  resolution.^  were  taken  up  seri- 
atim, discussed  and  adopted.  In  tbe 
discussion  of  some  of  them  the  ''Knights 
of  the  Lamb-skin,"  were  roughly  hand- 
led. 

Rev.  J.  L  Fall  was  elected  a  delegate 
to  the  N^,tional  Association  at  Syracuse, 
N.  Y.  June  2d.  18V4. 

The  following  resolution  was  dis 
cussed  and  addopied.  Thit  it  is  the 
opinion  of  tbis  convention  that  the  time 
for  political  action,  on  the  subject  of 
secrecy  has  fully  come,  and  that  we  call 
for  a  convention  of  the  Anti  secret  vot- 
ers of  Hamilton  county,  to  meet  at  the 
court-house  in  Noblesville,  on  the  22d 
of  July,  1874,  for  the  purpose  of  nomi- 
nating candidates  for  the  several  county 
ofiSces  to  be  filled  at  the  ensuing , elect- 
ion. 

EVENING    SESSION. 

Voted  that  copies  of  the  proceedings 
of  this  Association  be  furnished  the  edi- 
tors of  the  NMesvUle  ^Ledger  asid  Christ- 
ian GyfiGSure  f^r  publication  in  their 
pa  pero.  The  Associatron  then  listened 
to  a  lecture  from  Rev.  W.  M.  Givens  on 
the  subject  of  secrecy. 

Adjourned. 

0.  C.  LiNDLEy,  Sec. 
H.  C.  West,  Fres. 


Dupage  County  (111.)  Association. 


FROM  THE  SECRETARY. 


The  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Du- 
page County  Assoriation,  opposed  to 
Secret  Societies,  was  held  in  the  Col- 
lege Chapel,  Wbeaton,  May  6ih.  The 
meeting  did  not  merit  the  title  of  a 
county  meeting,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped 
that  before  the  fall  meeting  occurs 
something  will  be  done  toward  securing 
the  eo-operation  of  all  in  the  county 
who  are  interested  in  the  cause. 

Mr.  H.  L.  Kellogg,  in  a  short  ad- 
dress, gave  a  number  of  incidents  illus- 
trative of  the  workings  of  Masonry. 
Dr.  J.  B.  Walker  pronounced  the  ef- 
forts put  forth  in  Wheaton  entirely  in- 
commensurate with  the  demands  of 
the  c>4use.  He  thought  one  transac- 
tion that  had  taken  place  in  Wheaton 
was  sufficient  to  alarm  its  citizens. 
The  man  who  for  thirteen  years  had 
sejved  the  public  faithfully  and  sat- 
isfactorily as  post-master,  had  been  re- 
cently removed  without  the  knowledge 
of  more  than  half   a    dozen    citizans. 


When  the  c-.tizens  pf.'iitioned  his  reir- 
statemect,  the  government  promised 
to  send  a  commission  to  investigate. 
hTe  commiscioa  has  not  come,  but  it 
has  been  reliably  ascertained  that  a  few 
men  who  believe  in  working  secretly 
on  the  square,  have  written  to  Wash- 
ington that  thfy  only  signed  the  peti- 
tion for  effact  at  hom'J.  a.ad  thus  have 
undoubtedly  succeeded  in  breaking 
the  force  of  the  petition  and  defeating 
the  only  fair  means  by  which  the  gov- 
ernm' nt  could  ascs'tain  the  wishes  of 
the  people.  Wnatever  the  means  em 
ployed  to  accomplish  the  results  may 
have  been,  two  things  are  certain,  viz: 
the  post-master  was  secretly  removed, 
and  the  petition  of  the  people  wa';. 
secretly  defeated,  nftor  the  government 
had  once  promised  to  send  a  cooamits- 
sion. 

The  fact  that  a  few  men  ciu  by 
secret  means  defeat  tbe  wishes  of  the 
people  is  cause  of  alarm  to  every  citi- 
zen. Rev.  I.  A.  Hart  and  Mr.  H.  L. 
Kellogg  were  elected  delegates  to  the 
SyrncusP  Convention. 


^MW^l^tttf^ttf^* 


Was  John  Wesley  a  Freemason  ? 

KisHWAUKiE,  111.,  April  27,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure: 

Permit  me  to  appear  as  a  denomina- 
tional partisan  for  only  once.  In  the 
Cynosure,  April  2d,  your  rorrespond- 
ect,  Wm.  Pinkae}',  under  the  caption, 
"Was  John  Wesley  a  Freemason,"  s;ives 
an  affirmative  answer  from  one  of  Wes- 
ley's sermons  which  he  seems  to  think 
a  confession  that  he  (Wesley)  had  taken 
the  oath  of  Freemasonry.  On  reading 
the  article  my  mortification  was  inex- 
pressible. •  ■  •  I  felt  to  ssy  this 
is  worse  than  a  blunder.  If  the  writer 
be  Wm.  Pinkaey,  the  respected  Secre- 
tary of  the  Illinois  Conference  of  Wes- 
leyan  church,  I  hope  he  will  forgive  me 
''without  repentance."  If  he  had 
waited  till  he  had  got  his  Wesleyan  of 
April  1st  he  would  have  seen  the  mat- 
ter forever  set  at  rest  by  the  pen  of 
Stratton.  Look  for  a  moment  at  the 
confession  of  J.  Wesley  found  in  the 
sermon  referred  to:  ''Yea,  are  there 
not  a  multitude  of  you  that  are  for- 
sworn, I  fear  a  swiftly  increasing  mul- 
titude? Be  not  surprised,  brethren, 
before  God  and  this  congregation  I  own 
myself  to  be  of  the  number  solemnly 
swearing  to  observe  all  those  customs 
which  I  think  now  nothing  of,  and 
those  statutes  which  I  then  did  not  so 
much  as  read  over,  either  then  or  years 
after.     If  this  is  not  perjury,"  etc. 

Here  is  first  no  mention  of  Freema- 
sonry. To  me  it  seems  probable  that, 
at  the  time  referred  to  by  Wesley, 
when  the  oath  was  taken  which  gave 
him  pain  in  afier  yoan*,  speculative 
Freemasonry  was  so  new  that  its  de- 
merits had  never  came  u  der  bis  on- 
sideration.  "SecDudiy;  is  it  not  almost 
certain  that  his  regrets  rested  on  his 
oath  of  office  ?  I  have  read  in  the  life 
of  the  Wesleys  that  John  Wesley,  the 
great  grandfather  of  the  John  Wesley 
under  review,  held  a  disputation  with 
the  Bishop  about  taking  the  oath  nec- 
essary to  ordination.  He  would  not 
take  it  but  went  to  the  Dissenters.     In 


early  hfe  Sainurl  Wesl-y,  John  Wee- 
ley's  father,  was  a  Dissenter.  Strange 
to  say  he  was  disgusted  with  the  exe- 
cution of  Charles  I.  and  went  over  to 
the  Church  of  England.  So  now  his 
SODS,  Samuel  and  John  and  Charles, 
found  themselves  members  of  that  state 
church,  and  took  in  early  life  the  pre- 
scribed ob.igations,  so  deeply  regretted 
and  repented  of  in  after  years.  Was 
it  cot  these  same  oaths  of  obligation 
that  gave  Divid  Simpson,  in  his  ''Plea 
for  Religion,"  so  much  disgust  and  sor- 
row, and  were  renounced  till  his  dying 
day  ?  Again,  was  it  not  in  respect  to 
these  oaths  that  Arch-deacon  Paley's 
loose  subscription  is  so  much  blamed, 
that  is,  swearing  to  that  which  they  did 
not  believe? 

Mr.  Editor,  for  consistency's  sake  I 
hope  that  no  lover  of  truth  will  be- 
lieve that  the  man  of  G  id,  John  Wet- 
ley,  who  wore  himself  out  to  advance 
the  cause  of  truth  and  rightecusupss, 
was  ever  involved  in  the  wretched  crimes 
of  Freemasonry.  If  Freemasons,  who 
say  that  the  two  Saint  Johns,  and  even 
the  great  Master,  were  Freemasons, 
should  cUim  John  Wesley  for  a  brother 
let  them  prate.      It  is  of  bmall  account. 

Yours  for  the  love  of  truth,  espec- 
ially for  the  pious  dead, 

Geo.  Sovereign. 


ty  like  this  whire  tbe  cinircht'S  are  ail 
in  bondage,  and  where  every  form  of 
secrecy  is  popular,  it  is  a  terrible  spirit 
to  arouse  against  you.  A  man  may  be 
angry  at  you  and  gradually  soften  i;i 
his  feelings  or  he  may  possibly  die  or 
move  away,  but  this  cold  gray  eye  of 
Masonry  when  once  fixed  upon  yoa  is 
never  withdrawn;  its  hate  never  softens 
nor  does  it  ever  forgive. 

I  oppose  it  because  I  want  to  be  faith, 
ful  to  God' ri  truth,  knowing  that  I  must, 
give  account  at  the  last  great  day.  I 
believe  that  in  the  churches  it  poisons 
the  very  fountains  of  Ralv?.vion,  uor  do 
1  believe  that  a  Chrietiiinity  which  can 
live  in  harmony  and  fellov»-6hip  with  it, 
is  strong  enough  to  save  men.  I  blame 
the  ministry  for  urifaithftilnege,  and  I 
have  once  given  those  of  my  own  de- 
nomination a  pretty  thorough  handling. 

Oi  course,  they  will  never  forgive 
me,  bat  that  does  not  matter,  I  believe 
I  told  them  the  truth.  1  expect  the 
cause  to  succeed  to  the  extent  of  cast- 
ing the  evil  spirit  out  of  the  chuic  5es 
Hnd  with  that  I  shall  be  content." 


From  Elder  Barlow. 


BiTMis  Heights,  N.  Y.,  May  1,  1874. 

Dbar  Cynosure  :  Pray  make  an 
opology  for  me  to  our  friends,  the 
United  Presbyterians,  to  whom  I  have 
unwittingly  give;;  offense  in  your  date 
of  April  16th.  I  there  stated  that  I 
had  called  on  a  U.  P.  minister,  now 
pastor  of  a  Presbyterian  church,  and 
had  been  refused  his  houcie  of  worship 
to  lecture  in,  etc.  Since  that  unfortun- 
ate statement  I  have  received  letters 
from  Iowa  and  Ohio  from  U.  P.  friends 
boding  no  good  to  the  gentleman  referred 
to,  or  to  myself  if  the  statements  I  made 
was  not  true.  I  am  glad  our  U.  P. 
friends  are  so  sensative  on  that  point; 
but  allow  me  to  correct  so  far  as  this 
in  this  case,  the  pastor  I  spoke  of,  I 
have  since  learned,  transferred  his  mem- 
bership to  the  regular  Presbyterian  body 
when  installed  in  our  town  a  short  time 
ago,  and  is  therefore  no  longer  a  United 
Presbyterian.  Thus  much  by  way  of 
of  correction.  Otherwise  my  state- 
ment was  correct.  I  hope  our  U.  P. 
friends  will  now  let  me  rest  awhile;  but 
I  am  afraid  that  I  shall  have  a  worse 
story  thr.n  that  to  tell  by  and  by.  If 
they  fell  so  badly  over  the  fact  that 
one  of  their  number — who  has  left  them 
— refused  me  his  pulpit,  how  will  they 
feel  if  I  should  convict  a  large  number 
of  their  pastors  of  the  same  offense  ? 
I  fear  I  shall  be  compelled  to  do  it.  I 
am  afraid  there  is  some  backsliding  in 
these  parts.      Faithfully  yours. 

Barlow. 


From  a  Wisconsin  Farmer. 

We  are  allowed  to  extract  the  follow- 
ing from  a  letter  to  the  General  Agent: 

I  am  hard  at  work  every  day  of  my 
life,  and  am  working  hopefully.  I 
know  that  my  position jan  secrecy  is  such 
that  many  would  rejoice  at  my  failure, 
but  I  hope  to  live  in  spite  of  my  ene- 
mies ;  but  I  tell  you  that  in  a  communi- 


OUK  MAIL. 


Benj.  R.  Wiileis,  Tipton,  la. ,  writes: 

'■The  new  and  attrftctive  form  of  the 

Cynosure  will  assist  in  canvassing.     .     . 

Please  send  my  commission  in    tracts, 

as  they  are  of  great  aesislaace." 

Jacob  Schimerborn,  Rockport,  lud,, 
writes : 

''The  tracts  that  I  sent  tor  came  all 
right.  I  have  distributed  them  and 
they  caused  quite  a  fl  it'ering  among 
the  gentlemen  of  the  aprun." 

We  thank  you,  and  hope  others  who 
send  subscribers  for  three  moatbs  will 
retain  a  hst  of  their  namea  and,  if  possi- 
ble, secure  their  reaawab. 

A.  Showalter,Verm  llion.  111. ,  writes: 

"This  is  a  hard  place  to  operate  in* 
So  many  that  profess  to  be  with  the 
caiise  are  afraid  to  be  seen  with  the 
Cynosure  for  fear  it  will  injure  iheoi 
in  their  business.  But  1  still  keep 
trying." 

Perhaps  what  Mr.  Gftllup,  of  Minne- 
sota writes  will  encourage  you. 

W.  Troup,  Evansvilk-,  lud.,  asks: 

"Is  there  any  truth  m  the  report  of 
a  new  secret  order,  The  Gentlemen  of 
Honor?" 

We  have  never  heard  of  such  an 
order. 

John  Clayton,  Van  Meter,  Iowa, 
writes: 

'•I  have  never  joined  any  order  or 
sect.  Never  swore  an  o;ith  of  any 
kind,  either  civil  or  profane,  and  thiuK 
it  wrong  to  do  so.  The  Scriptures  for- 
bid it.  .  .1  have  found  that  wh^n 
men  become  perverted  and  wilfully  lie, 
they  will  swear  to  it.  So  it  is  of  no 
use  to  swear  them  on  the  Bible,  or  any 
thing  else.  I  am  an  old  man,  stv^nty- 
three  years  old.  .  .  Go  oa  and  do 
all  the" good  you  can,  for  wiibout  a  re- 
form our  republic  is  about  guae  up." 

A  new  reader  of  the  Cynosure,  a 
young  man,  writes: 

'•I  was  at  my  uncle's,  Dea,.  Eraatus 
Ellsworth,  recently  and  took  with  me 
a  copy  of  the  Cynosure.  He  is  eighty - 
four  years  old,  and  got  his  mind  settled 
in  regard  to  Freemasonry  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner.  He  was  a  merchart 
in  New  York  at  the  time,  An  intimste 
friend,  Leonard  Bletker,  or,  as  v.e  was 
called,  'old  father  Bleektv.'  a  Free- 
mason before  the  Morg-m  excittniei.t, 
said  to  him  as  they  met  on    Wall  St  , 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


New  York:  'I  am  -i  Fre'-msson,  and 
know  what  it  is.  This  is  a  terrib'e  ex- 
citement about  ihe  murder  of  Morgan. 
It  is  very  bad  business.  [  have  no 
doubt  about  the  murder  of  Morgan  by 
Masons.  I  shall  nevor  have  anything 
more  to  do  with  it.'  His  opinion  was 
formed  by  his  association  with  the 
lodge,  previous  to  this  excitement.  He 
had  left  them.  He  added,  'You  may 
depend  upon  it,  Bro.  Ellsworth,  this 
[Freemasonry]  is  bad  business.'" 

Geo.  L.  MaBon,  Granville,  0.,  writes: 
"If  any  [of  the  Granville  club]  fail  to 
renew  I  will  get  other  names  instead. 
You  are  doing  a  noble  work,  the  extent 
of  which  will  never  be  known  in  this 
world.  Only  to-day  I  learned  of  a 
Christian  man  in  southern  Ohio,  who 
was  saved  from  the  lodge  by  one  of  my 
Cynosures  sent  him  by  a  friend.  So  I 
thanked  God  and  took  courage." 

John  Hubbard,  Freedom,  111. ,  writes : 
"My  heart  is  in  the  work,  for  God  is 
In  it." 

Betsy  G.  Elliot,  Fisherville,  N.  H., 
writes: 

"I  think  it  [the  Cynosure]  ought  to 
be  read  by  every  family." 

She  sends  her  paper  to  friends  tor^ad 
when  she  has  perused  them,  and  is 
working  for  subscribers. 

Rsv.  J.  Martin,  Lambertville,  Mich., 
writes : 

"I  think  the  Cynosure  a  very  excel- 
lent paper,  and  fully  endorse  its  prin- 
ciples. I  wish  to  be  a  perpetual  sub- 
scriber." 

We  hope  all  former  subscribers 
who  had  their  names  removed  will  feel 
as  our  friend  P.  Smith,  Cedar  Rapids, 
la.,  does      He  writes: 

"I  have  been  doing  without  the  pa- 
per for  some  time,  but  begin  to  feel  the 
need  of  it,  and  I  think  this  is  the  expe- 
rience of  most  persons  who  read  the 
paper  carefully." 

Harris  Jenness,  Bunkerhill,  Ind., 
writes : 

"I  am  for  the  anti-secret  movement 
and  true  Christianity." 

Jno,  Ball,  Ulster,  la.,  writes  a  kind 
encouraging  letter  which    closes   with: 

"Weary  not  for  'in  due  season"  ye 
shall  reap  if  ye  faint  not." 

J.  J.  Emmes,  Hammond,  N,  Y., 
writes : 

"I  am  interested  in  the  cause,  and 
shall  do  all  T  can  for  its  advancement." 

J.  Baldwin,  Ransom,  Mich.,   writes: 
"The  Masons  say  they  never  saw  a 
paper  bo  down  on  secret  societies  be- 
fore." 

T.  F.  Curry,  N.  Almond,  N.  Y., 
writes : 

"I  am  much  pleased  with  the  paper 
enlargement,  and  will  do  all  I  can  to 
advance  the  cause." 

Martin  3.  Wood,  Woodville,  N.  Y., 
writes  that  he  became  acquainted  with 
the  evils  of  Freemasonry  over  forty 
years  ago  when  the  Morgan  affair  oc- 
curred. He  shows  the  importance  of 
the  Cynosure  when  he  writes: 

"Secret  societies  prevail  all  around 
here.  It  is  hardly  safe  to  say  any 
thing  against  them." 

How  long  shall  honest  people  who 
love  equality  and  fairness  be  afraid  to 
speak  their  sentiments?  How  long 
could  we  remain  a  free  people  if  not  al- 
lowed to  aflvrcate  principles  that  w<' 
b  lieve  to  be  right? 

John  G.  Rmnd,  Summerfield,  O., 
writes: 

'•I  will  do  all  in  my  power  to  in- 
crease the  [^Cynosure]  circulation  here," 


Wm.  H.  Linam.  Pme  Applp.  Ala- 
bama, renews  his  subscription  and 
writes  of  the  Cynosure: 

"I  am  well  pleased  with  it' 

We  have  only  two  subscribers  in  the 
whole  state  of  Alabama.  We  hope  they 
will  do  what  they  can  to  double  the 
number  of  subscribers  there.  They 
have  a  great  field  lo  cultivate. 

Wm.  Talbert,  Carmel,  Ind.,  writes: 

"Could  you  give  through  the  Cyno- 
sure a  political  platform  for  counties  to 
adopt?  In  this  (Hamilton)  county  we 
expect  to  put  a  full  county  ticket  in  the 
field.  I  will  do  what  I  can  to  get  the 
additional  5,000  subscribers.  I  believe 
the  cause  will  succeed,  for  God  is  in  it." 

The  platform  of  our  National  Associ- 
ation, which  has  been  published  several 
different  times  in  the  Cynosure  is 
published  again  dsewh ere.  With  slight 
alterations  this  would  be  suitable  for 
county  political  platforms. 

H.  T.  Slaughenhaupt,  York  Springs, 
Pa.,  writes : 

"The  contest  has  commenced  here 
and  is  being  crowned  with  many  good 
results.  I  am  trying  to  get  new  fields 
opened  in  Maryland,  and  have  bright 
anticipations  of  success  there.'' 

J.  M.  Bryant,  Bethany,  Mo.,  sends 
four  new  subscriptions  and  two  renew- 
als and  writes : 

'  'May  the  very  best  of  success  attend 
your  great  enterprise." 

Joel  Seger,  Earlville,  Iowa,  writes: 
''I  have  now  sent  you  seven  new 
subscribers,  anrj  wish  that  I  could  send 
you  seven  hundred.  I  think  I  shall 
get  some  more.  I  am  poor  yet  rich  in 
faith,  crowding  my  three  score  years 
and  ten." 

He  writes  that  he  had  used  tobacco 
for  fifty  years,  but  through  repentance 
toward  God  and  faith  in  Jesus  Christ, 
he  obtained  a  victory  over  his  love  for 
it.  Now  he  has  no  appetite  whatever 
for  tobacco.  He  says,  "I  asked  and 
believed  and  he  answered." 

H.  H.  Liingo,  Ozark,  0.,  writes: 
"I  have  succeeded  in  breaking  the 
ice  at  last.  I  have  got  four  men  to 
muster  courage  enough  to  have  the 
Cynosu'ie  come  to  the  office  in  their 
names.  There  are  dozens  who  are  as 
eager  to  read  th;  Cynosure  as  hungry 
wolves  to  flay  a  shetp,  if  the  craft  don't 
know  it.  I  do  not  think  my  hre"d 
would  taste  right  or  digest  well  w'th- 
out  the  Cynosure.''^ 

Solomon  Vergason,  Candor,  N.  Y,, 
writes  us  that  he  has  been  sorely  af- 
flicted in  the  loss  of  his  wife.  She  died 
after  a  distressing  sickness,  of  the 
dropsy. 

C.  P.  Miller,  Dawitt,  la.,  writes: 
'*I  like  ihe  Cynosure  and  will  do  al! 
I  can  to  sustain  it." 

John  W.  Searing,  Dover,  N.  Y., 
writes : 

"Your  work  is  of  God.  and  I  am 
with  you,  battling  for  the  truth," 

Chester  Williams,  Waterport,  N.  Y. , 
writes: 

"I  mean  to  scatter  all  the  light  th^t 
I  can  and  ehall  continue  to  do  so,  pray- 
ing that  the  good  Lord  will  bless  the 
tiu'h  and  destroy  the  works  of  the 
devil." 

Jas.  Barningham,  Apple  River,  111., 
writes: 

'Send  on  my  paper  as  usual,  and 
consider  me  a  life  Eubcriber." 

Henry  Fry,  Grant  City,  Mo.,  writes: 

"I  intend  to  take  your  paper  as  long 

as   1   am   able  to  read  it.     ...     I 


will  also  send  some  new  subscribers,  as 
1  have  ibe  promise  of  some." 

James  Auten,  Gallon,  O.,  sends 
nineteen  three-months  subscribers,  two 
of  whom  will  act  as  Cynosure  agents." 

Merc  ant  Kelly,  Bentonviile,  lad., 
writes : 

''I  am  very  anxious  to  hear  from 
Elder   B,aird." 

We  received  a  few  words  from  him 
written  at  his  home  recently. 

Joseph    Kimler,     Jacksonburg,      0. : 

'  'I  like  the  tone  of  the  Cynosure.  I 
wish  its  advocates  great  success  through 
Jesus  Christ  in  waging  a  constant  and 
effectual  warfare  against  the  strong- 
holds of  secretism,  ^nd  all  other  rings 
that  are  engaged  in  the  unfruitful  works 
of  darkness.  I  expect  to  get  more  sub- 
scribers for  the  Cynosure,  as  we  need 
just  such  a  paper  here  in  this  section 
of  country  were  Masons,  Odd-fellow.s 
and  grangers  are  almost  as  numerous 
as  were  the  locusts  in  ancient   Egypt." 

James    West,   Albany,   Mo.  : 

"The  Anti-masons  are  very  numerous 
in  this  part  of  the  State  of  Missouri.  The 
best  and  most  substantial  men  in  Gen- 
try county  are  Anti-masons,  and  the 
cause  is  rapidly  gaining  ground." 

Sam'l  Harper,  New  Concord  O., 
writes:  ' 

"I  will  try  to  get  you  more  sub- 
scribers. I  think  it,  (the  Cynosure) 
is  the  most  useful  paper  published."" 

The  following  letter  shows  that  one 
cannot  know  how  much  he  may  be 
doing  to  extend  the  circulation  of  the 
Cynosure  by  sending  in  even  one  sub- 
scriber. The  person  who  obtained  Mr, 
Ulsh's  subscription  indirectly  obtained 
many  more  subscribers. 

Benj.  Uish,  Silver  Lake,  Ind., 
writes: 

"I  will  tell  you  how  I  became  ac- 
quainted v.'ith  you  and  your  paper. 
Rev.  E.  Hover  gave  me  two  Cynosures 
and  a  few  tracts.  I  read  them,  but 
could  not  believe  them  to  be  true,  as  I 
had  some  notion  prior  to  this  to  join 
the  lodge.  1  read  a  good  deal  about 
the  Morgan  murder  but  could  not  be- 
lieve it,  "till  old  Mr.  Ellas  McClure,  (a 
worthy  citizen  and  neighbor,)  came  to 
our  h>"Ji-e.  and  in  conversation  told 
many  things  about  Masonry,  (he  is  a 
truthful  man.)  I  was  then  taking  the 
paper,  as  your  agent,  E.  Hover,  had  it 
sent  to  me  one  year.  The  second  year 
I  got  .'3.  R.  Hoffman  to  t^ke  it,  (our  old 
school  teacher,  a  learned  man. )  The 
third  year  I  got  Rev.  W.  P.  Wells  and 
S  R.  H-ffman  to  subscribe  for  it,  and 
I  sent  the  paper  free  to  Rev.  Isaac  W. 
Loman,  so  there  were  four  of  us  taking 
the  paper.  I  liked  the  sentiments  its 
colnmns  contained,  although  the  paper 
was  small  and  only  come  once  in  two 
weeks,  yet  the  cause  it  defended  is 
good,  and  I  thought  I  would  try  and 
get  readers  for  it.  I  have  got  the  names 
of  sixty  two  subscribers  from  December, 
1873,  to  May  Ist,  1874.  Many  ot 
thorn  hke  the  paper  very  well,  and 
some  do  not  like  it  so  well,  but  if  they 
all  will  read  the  paper  carefully  for 
t  ree  or  six  months,  and  get  living  wit- 
nesses (many  can  be  found),  to  prove  that 
these  tdings  are  true,  I  am  saticfied 
they  will  all  like  the  paper.  It  is  true 
there  is  a  strong  element,  against  light 
and  truth,  but  if  the  people  only  will 
read  and  keep  their  eyes  open,  (n9t 
hiindfulded,)  I  am  satisfied  the  result 
Will  be  good.  Yours  for  the  cause  of 
Cnrist." 

Samuel  French,  Chapin,  Morgan 
Co. ,  111.,  sends  forty  one  six-months 
subscribers,  and  writes: 

"After  receiving  the  blank  you  sent 
me  wishing  me  to  try  aud  get  some 
new  subscribers,  I  thought  I  would  try 
my  hand  a  little.      I   .''oon    found   the 


bl-ank  was  too  small.  I  wish  that  every 
family  in  the  United  States  had  the 
paper  to  read.  I  think  we  would  see 
better  times  every  way,  in  the  church 
and  State.  I  would  not  do  without  it 
fV'r  the  price  of  a  good  fat  steer  a  year. 
It  is  a  dark  corner  here,  although  they 
call  it  the  Athens  of  the  west.  I  wish 
we  had  a  good  lecturer  in  Jacksonville, 
all  it  wants  is  to  get  the  ball  rolling. 
We  hj  ve  been  stirring  it  up  in  Bethel 
some  this  winter  till  we  have  got  it  hot 
in  the  lyceum.  God  I  am  sure  will 
bless  this  work.  All  the  people  want 
is  light  on  these  secret  works  of  dark- 
ness to  away  with  them  from  the  land.  I 
could  get  many  more  subscribers  if  I 
had  time.  I  hope  many  others  will  do 
much  more." 

John  R,  Dopg,  Norton,  Kas. ,  writes: 
"I  live  in  a  vfry  new  place,   it   has 

only  been  settled  about  one  year.     .     . 

My  heart  is  fully  in  the  cause  that  the 

paper  supports." 

Moses  Gallup,  Wasioga,  Minnesota, 
writes : 

"At  first  I  could  not  get  one  sub- 
scriber for  the  paper.  But  after  giv- 
ing papecs  and  sending  books,  I  began 
to  get  subscribers.  But  for  three 
m,ont]is  only.  Yet  all  say,  'I  shall 
probably  continue  the  paper  right 
along.'  I  will  look  after  them  for 
you." 


\n\t  %tm  %^t^. 


The  Boston  Telegraph,  1831,  in  re- 
marking on  the  evils  connected  with  the 
caucus  system,  says  of  another  fea- 
ture of  public   meetings  .• 

'  'Allied  to    this   principle  is   that  of 
choosing  officers  of  any    society   from 
the  report  of  a  nominating  committee- 
There  is  no    more  propriety   in   this, 
than  there  would   be    to  invest  a  com- 
mittee with  authority  to  appoint  all  the 
officers  of  a  society  upon  their  own  re- 
sponsibility.    It  is  a  matter  of  delicacy 
to  reject  a    nomination,  and     any   gen- 
tleman reported  for  office  by  a  commit- 
tee,  is,  of  course,  sure  to  be   chosen. 
Such  a  choice,   therefore,    is    not   the 
choice  of  the  society,    but  that  of  the 
committee.     It  is  owing    to  such  man- 
agement as  this  that   the  convention  of 
Congregational  ministers  is  now  made 
to  throw  the  weight  of  its  influence  in 
favor   of  Freemasonry,   by   choaing   a 
Royal    Arch     Mason     for   its   second 
preacher,  and  one.  too,  who  had  public- 
ly averred  that    he    would  sooner  con- 
fide in  the  justice  of  Freemasons   than 
in  that  of  the  church.     The    nomina- 
tion was  made,   either  wittingly  or  un- 
wittingly,  in   the  Pastoral   Association 
by    a  committee   raised    for   that   pur- 
pose; and   we   presume  that  not    one 
in  ten    who    voted    for   the  candidate, 
aside   from    the    committee,    was    ac- 
quainted with  the  fact.     It  is  owing  to 
a   similar   system    of  management   in 
another  society,  which    we   forbear   to 
name,  that  individuals  are  now  pushed 
forward  as  its  most  prominent  members 
who  oppiised    its   organization   to   the 
very  last;  while  others,   who  took   the 
deepest    interest,    and   exerted    them- 
selves most  indefatigably  to  bring  it  in- 
to operation,  are  entirely    disregarded. 
We  stated  these  facts,  not   invidoualy, 
but  from  a  regard  to  justice ;  and  from 
the  firm  beHef  that  when  the  truth  and 
love  of   the    truth  universally   prevail, 
mankind  will   cease  to    trample    upon 
the  rights  of    others. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Secoud 
(Juarter,  1874. 


Apr. 
May 


5t,h,  Ex. 
12      " 
19      '• 
25 
3 
10 


Lev. 


XX.  1-17— The  Ten  Commands. 

xxxii.  1-6,  19,  20:  Golden  Calf. 

xxxiil.    12-20:   People    Forgiven. 

xl.  17-30:  Tabernacle  set  up. 

vii.  37,  ;J8:  The  Five  Offerings. 

xxii    4-f),  1.5-21,  33-30:  The  Three 

Great  Feasts. 
"      17  Num.  iii.  5-13:  The  Lord's  Ministers. 

25      "      xix.  l-lO:  Israel's  Unbelief. 
"      :31      "      XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  Rock. 
June    7  Num.  xxi.  4-9:  Serpent  of  Brass. 
"      14  Deut.  xviil.  9-16:  The  True  Prophet. 
"      21       "      xsiv.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses. 
"      28  Review    (Suggest)  Deut.  viii.    Mercies 

Reviewed. 

TiESSON       xxi. — MAY      24,      1874. — ISRAEL'S 
UNBELIEF. 

SCRIPTURE  LESSON. — NUM.  xiv.  1-10. 

Commit  1-10  ;  Primary  Verse,  8. 

1  And  all  the  congregation  lifted  up 
their  voice,  and  cried  ;  and  tlie  people 
wept  tliat  niglit. 

2  And  all  the  children  of  Israel  mur- 
mured against  Moses  and  against  Aaron  : 
and  the  whole  congregation  said  unto 
them,  Would  God  that  we  had  died  in  the 
land  of  Egypt  !  or  would  God  that  we  had 
died  in  this  wilderness  ! 

3  And  wherefore  hath  the  Lord 
brought  us  unto  this  land,  to  fall  by  the 
sword,  that  our  wives  and  our  children 
should  be  a  prey  ?  were  it  not  better  for  us 
to  return  unlo  Egypt '? 

4  And  they  said  one  to  another,  Let  us 
make  a  captain,  and  let  us  return  uato 
Egypt. 

5  Then  Moses  and  Aaron  fell  on  their 
faces  before  all  the  assembly  of  the  congre- 
gation of  the  children  of  Israel. 

6  And  Joshua,  the  sou  of  Nun,  and 
Caleb  the  sou  of  Jephunueh,  which  were 
of  them  that  searched  the  land,  rent  their 
clothes  : 

7  And  they  spake  unto  all  the  company 
of  the  children  of  Israel,  saying.  The 
land ,  which  we  passed  through  to  search 
it,  is  an  exceeding  good  land. 

8  If  the  Lord  delight  in  us,  then  he 
will  bring  us  into  this  land,  and  give  it  us. 
a  land  which  fioweth  with  milk  and  honey ; 

9.  Only  rebel  not  ye  against  the  Lord, 
neither  fear  ye  the  people  of  the  land  ; 
for  they  are  bread  for  us  ;  their  defense  is 
departed  from  them,  and  the  Lord  is  with 
us  :  fear  them  not. 

10  But  all  the  congregation  bade  stone 
them  with  stones.  And  the  glory  of  the 
Lord  appeared  in  the  tabernacle  of  the 
congregation  before  ail  the  children  of  Is- 
rael. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "So  we  see  that  they 
could  not  enter  in  because  of  unbelief." 
— Heb.  iii.  19. 

TOPIC— "He  that  believeth  not  is  con- 
demned already." — John  iii.  18. 

HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Num.  X.      11-36 — The  Moving  of  the  Camp. 
T.    Num.  xi.       1-35— The  Graves  of  Lust. 
W.  Num.  xii.     1-16 — The  Leprosy  of  Miriam. 
Th.  Num.  xiii.     1-33— The  Mission  of  the  Spies. 
F.    Num.  xiv.     1-25— Murmuring,  Intercession. 
S.    Num.  xiv.  26-45— Unbelief   and  Punishment. 
S.    Heb.  iii.        7-19 — Entreaty  and  Warning. 

TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 
The  Spies  Sent,  chap.  xiii.  17-25.  • 

The  Evil  Report,        "  26-33. 

The  Night  of  Weeping,  vrs.  1-5. 
Caleb  and  Joshua,  vrs.  6-9. 

The  Sin  of  Unbelief,        verse  10. 

SUGGESTIONS  Tu  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

When  did  the  Israelites  arrive  at  Sinai  ? 
(Ex.  xix.  i.)  When  did  they  leave  ? 
,(Num.  X.  11.)  How  long  were  they  there  ? 
Where  did  they  next  stop  ?  (ch.  x.  12.) 
How  long  did  this  take  ?  (ch.  x.  33.)  What 
happened  there  ?  (ch.  11. 1.)  What  was  the 
name  given  to  the  place '?  (ch.  xi.  3.) 
What  happened  at  Kib-rothhat-ta-a-vah  ? 
(ch.  xi.  34.)  Where  did  they  go  next '? 
(ch.  xi.  35.)  What  happened  at  Ha-ze- 
roth  ?  (ch.  xii.  1-16.) 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  What  is  the 
name  of  the  place  from  which  they  were 
sent  ?  (ch.  xiii.  26.)  How  many  spies 
were  sent  ?  (verses  4-15.)  How  long  were 
they  gone  ?  (verse  25.)  What  did  they 
bring   back  with  them?  (verses  23,  26.) 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  What  kind 
of  a  land  did  they  say  it  was  ?  (verse  27.) 
What  difficulties  did  they  see  ?  (verses  27, 
28.)  How  did  they  contradict  themselves 
in  verse  32  ?  What  did  their  fears  cause 
them  to  think  of  themselves  ?  (verse  33.) 

What  is  the  third  topic  ?  How  many 
cried  ?  What  was  their  wish  ?  (verse  2.) 
What  did  they  propose  ?  (verse  4.)  Who 
had  been  their  leader  ?  What  had  they 
chosen  once  before  in  the  place  of  God  ? 
(Ex.  xxxii.)  Where  was  God  leading 
them  ?  Where  did  they  think  of  going  "? 
Was  not  this  rebellion  ? 

What  is  the  fourth  topic '?  What  had 
they  said,  chapter  xiii.  30  ?  What  did 
they  say  of  the  land  ?   What  of  the  people 


of  the  land  ?  What  of  the  children  of  Is- 
rael ?  What  of  the  Lord  ?  (verses  7-9.) 
What  is  the  fifth  topic  ?  What  did  the 
Israelites  decide  to  do  to  Caleb  and  Jos- 
hua ?  (verse  10.)  What  haprened  ?  What 
did  God  say  '?  (verses  11,  12  )  What  pun- 
ishment fell  upon  the  people  ?  (verses  29, 
30.)  What  upon  their  children  ?  (ver-e 
33.)  What  upon  the  spies  ?  (verse  37.) 
What  about  Caleb  and  Joshua  ?  (verses  24, 
30.  Who  else  entered  the  land  ?  (verae  31.) 


How  to  Keep    Big    Boys   in  the   Sab- 
bath School. 


The  girls  are  not  so  likely  to  slip  out 
as  the  boys.  Account  for  it  as  you 
please,  this  is  a  conceded  fact.  Now, 
what  can  we  do  to  keep  the  large  boys 
m  the  Sabbath -school  ?  There  are 
many  other  means  which  may  be  sug 
gested,  but  we  shall,  in  this  article, 
only  advert  to  four  things: 

1.  Seek  their  conversion.  Let  us 
have  more  faith  in  the  conversien  of 
little  children,  and  labor  for  this  result. 
God  will  bless  such  efforts,  and  then 
we  shall  not  mourn  over  the  departure 
of  the  big  boys.  They  will  all  stay  in 
the  Sabbath-3choo',  if  they  are  true 
disciples  of  Jesus. 

2.  Make  all  the  exercises  intensely 
interesting.  Let  superintendents,  in 
the  opening  and  closing  exercises,  and 
in  the  entire  conduct  of  the  school, 
keep  their  eyes  upon  these  youth. 
Let  teachers  study  to  illustrate  the 
lesson,  and  in  every  way  to  interest 
these  restless  but  very  important  peo- 
ple who  are  just  entering  manhood. 
Never  ridicule  them.  This  they  can- 
not endure.  Don't  treat  them  like 
children.  This  they  regard  as  an  un- 
pardonable offeisse.  A  little  effort  may 
keep  them  in  school,  and  thus,  per- 
haps, secure  their  future  welfare  and 
usefulness .  But  let  the  efforts  be  very 
easy  and  natural.  These  big  boys  re- 
quire effort,  but  they  don't  want  to  see 
you  put  forth  a  special  effort  to  interest 
them.  The  truth  is,  no  one  relishes 
this. 

Talk  to  them  about  reading.  Recom- 
mend to  them  some  good  book.  Draw 
out  their  knowledge.  Ask  them  occa- 
sionally to  come  and  see  you,  and  be 
sure,  when  they  do  come,  to  receive 
them  cordially.  When  you  meet  them 
in  the  street  too,  or  elsewhere,  recog- 
nize them,  and  give  them  a  real  hearty 
shake  of  the  hand. 

3.  Give  them  something  to  do. 
This  is  a  very  important  injunction,  and 
it  is  not  easy  to  say  just  what  the  work 
should  be.  This  each  teacher  or  super- 
intendent must  determine  for  himself. 
Some  of  the  manly  boys  may  do  good 
service  in  the  library.  One  might  be 
secretary.  Each  class  should  have  a 
treasurer,  and  the  most  restive  boy  in 
the  class,  perhaps,  could  fill  this  cflBce 
efficiently.  There  is  nothing  like  work 
to  sober  fractious  horses,  or  fast  grow- 
ing young  men. 

4.  Not  forgetting  the  other  points, 
let  us  add  a  fourth.  Every  church 
school  should  have  an  adult  depart- 
ment. There  is  very  much  in  a  name. 
The  word  adult  is  small,  but  it  repre- 
sents a  large  thing.  It  means  grown 
up .  It  is  true  the  boys  are  not  mature 
in  mind,  but  they  are  large  in  body. 
Their  voices  are  changed.  They  are 
strong  and  active,  and  it  is  as  well  to 
encourage  them  in  their  reaching  out 
to  manliness,  as  to  put  a  stone  on  their 


heads  and  try  to  keep  them  back  in 
their  boyhood.  The  Bible  class  does 
not  always  attract  these  young  men. 
The  fact  is,  all  the  classes  in  the  Sab- 
baih-echool  are  Bible  classes.  Even  in 
the  primary  department,  the  children 
who  cannot  read  are  taught  the  Bible, 
and,  in  the  intermediate  department, 
the  Bible  is  the  great  text  book.  So, 
to  distioguish  the  older  ones,  let  there 
be  an  adult  department. 

In  our  church  school  we  have  about 
one  hundred  persona  connected  with 
the  adult  department.  They  hold 
tiieir  session  in  the  body  of  the  church. 
One  of  the  best  teachers  in  the  inter- 
mediate department  lately  informed 
the  superintendent  that  his  big  boys 
were  getting  very  restless.  They 
liked  him,  but  they  did  not  like  their 
surroundings.  The  fact  was  they  felt 
that  they  were  among  little  people. 
So  we  had  them  -transferred  to  the 
adult  iepartment.  Now  they  are  quite 
contented,  and  the  class  of  six  or  seven 
has  increased  to  twelve,  and  will  very 
likely  soon  roll  up  to  twenty. — S.  S. 
Times. 


^^^  at|4  ^^^^u 


Making   and  Managing  a  Cistern. 


I  have  for  many  years  made  the  sup- 
ply of  pure  water  a  specialty,  and  I 
have  not  sunk  a  well  during  the  past 
thirteen  years,  though  I  have  supplied 
a  large  number  of  places  with  water  in 
that  period. 

The  cistern,  when  properly  con 
structed,  I  consider  the  most  reliable, 
and  the  most  desirable,  everything 
considered,  of  all  means  of  supply. 
Certain  precautions  are,  however,  as 
necessary  to  observe,  in  the  arrange- 
ments for  obtaining  the  water,  and  for 
preserving  it  in  purity,  ana  to  main- 
tain in  it  a  proper  temperature,  as  other 
precautions  are  in  obtainieg  water  from 
other  sources  of  supply.  Prominent 
among  the  former  are  the  following: 

Water  should  not  be  collected  for 
drinking  or  culinary  purposes  from 
painted  wooden  or  painted  metal  roofs, 
nor  from  such  as  are  frequented  by 
birds  of  any  kind.  I  prefer,  first, 
the  slate  roof,  next  the  shingle,  Wa- 
ter from  a  tile  roof,  would ,  no  doubt,  be 
good,  but  there  are  none  in  use  in  my 
field  of  operation,  which  comprises  nine 
States. 

The  foliage  of  trees  should  not  be 
allowed  to  collect  and  remain  in  gut- 
ters of  buildings  from  which  the  wa- 
ter is  to  be  collected  and  used. 

In  localities  in  which  the  roof  is  lia- 
ble to  collect  much  dust,  from  excess- 
ively traveled  earth,  or  even  McAdam 
roads,  the  spoutings  should  be  sup- 
plied with  what  I  call  a  waste  shoe, 
which  is  an  ajustable  section  of  the 
pouting  near  the  ground,  which  is  to 
be  set  during  a  drouth,  so  that  the 
first  rain-fall  succeeding  a  dusty  period 
will  waste,  and  not  flow  into  the  cis- 
tern. 

I  have,  however,  some  among  my  nu- 
merous patrons,  who  may  be  considered 
rather  fastidous,  who  will  have  the  fil- 
ter. 

There  are  circumstances  where  the  fil- 
ter is  necessary,   and   in  such  cases   I 


supply  them  of  my  favorite  kind — in 
fact,  the  only  kind  I  build  of  late.  I 
will  briefly  describe  my  filter:  I  build 
up  in  cement  mortar  a  brick  wall  of 
soft,  or  "fialmon  bricks,"  the  width  of 
a  brick  in  thickness,  which  bisects  the 
cistern,  and  is  securly  stayed  in  place. 
Neither  face  of  the  filter  wail  is  plastered 
with  cement,  as  the  principle  of  the 
filter  consists  in  cau^jine  all  the  water  to 
flow  through  the  brick  wall,  which  it 
will  do  if  the  surface  is  that  of  a  cross 
section  of  an  ordinary  cistern,  with  a 
rapidity  equal  the  amount  drawn  in  a 
given  time  by  an  ordinary  pump.  A 
filter  more  perfect  is  not  desirable. — 
Canada  Farmer. 


How  to  Make  tlrafting  Wax. 


Thomas  Matteson,  McKeau  county, 
Pennsylvania,  writes:  '  'Tak'i  two  parts 
mutton  tallow,  three  parts  beeswax, 
melt  tallow  first,  and  put  the  b-eswax 
and  resin  into  it.  When  it  is  aU  me! ted, 
stir  it  all  up  and  pour  it  into  cold  wo,ter 
and  work  it  over.  If  there  are  lumps 
in  it,  mash  them  with  your  thumb  and 
fingers.  The  longer  you  work  it  the 
more  sticky  it  grows.  When  it  begins 
to  stick  to  your  hauls  put  some  ta'low 
on  them.  Put  it  in  a  tin  pan  wit'u  a 
cover  to  it,  and  it  will  keep  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  I  think  it  i<  as  good  as 
sticking  salve  to  put  on  any  sores. 
Some  put  in  more  t-!low  than  ih^j  put 
in  resin  or  beeswax,  to  make  it  softer 
to  work  in  cold  weather;  but  if  there  is 
too  much  in  it,  it  will  melt  and  run  out 
in  warm  weather.  I  have  had  about 
forty  years'  experience  in  grafting,  a-^d 
used  a  number  of  sorts  of  grafting  wax. 
Some  people  put  it  in  hot  water,  and 
make  more  trouble  than  there  is  need 
of  I  wet  my  finger  with  my  toBgue, 
and  do  not  find  any  difficulty  ia  putting 
the  wax  on  the  graft. 


Rolling  the  Ground. 


A  correspondent  of  the  Germantown 
Telegraph  writes:  ''On  dry  or  wet 
cround  the  effect  of  the  roiL^r  in  found 
to  be  salutary.  Ploughed  and  prepared 
lor  sowing,  dry  land  is  much  helped  by 
the  roller.  The  blades  of  grass  spring 
up  sooner  and  retain  a  firmer  hold  in 
the  earth.  In  a  season  of  drought, 
rolling  has  saved  the  crop,  when  with- 
out it  the  seed  would  have  never  sprung 
from  the  ground.  In  wet  and  heavy 
ground  it  is  believed  the  roller  smooth- 
ing and  hardening  the  surface,  will 
leave  the  soil  immediately  beneath  the 
surface  in  a  better  condition  to  gener 
ate  the  seed.  Ou  gr^ss  ground  that 
has  been  heaved  by  the  frost,  the  roller 
has  an  excellent  effect  in  6xing  the 
roots.  Rolling  the  ground  is  a'so  good 
when  the  land  has  been  laid  down  un- 
evenly the  previous  year.  If  the  land 
is  too  dry,  wait  till  just  after  a 
soaking  rain,  and  it  will  work  capitally. 
It  is  a  good  idea  to  roll  ploughed  sowed 
ground  before  harrowing,  as  it  presses 
down  the  furrows  that  would  be  turned 
back,  and  makes  the  surface  le-s  un- 
even and  the  harrow  pulverizes  t  much. 
We  find  that  on  an  average  rot  one 
farmer  in  four  has  a  roLei.'' 


i 


d 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Cliicago,  Thursday,  May  14,  1874. 

Refohm  Politics  again. — Smce  in  last  week's 
number  we  advocated  national  nominations  at  Syra- 
cuse, three  persons  whose  judgment  we  greatly  re- 
Bpect  have  urged  reasons  why  we  should  not  nomi 
nate  til!  another  year.  The  Cynosure  will  on  all 
questions  of  mere  msthod,  go  with  the  majority  when 
that  shall  be  fully  and  fairly  ascertained.  It  it 
urged  that  no  good  man  wishes  to  stand  as  a  national 
"target"  longer  than  is  strictly  needful;  that  after 
the  nominations  are  made,  the  enemy  leaves  the 
principle  and  assails  the  man;  and  that  when  we 
have  put  our  candidates  in  the  feld,  we  lose  cur 
influence  over  the  hopes  and  fears  of  politicians. 
Still,  the  preponderance  of  argument  seems  to  us  in 
favor  of  the  views  presented  last  week.  But  in  this 
war  ''Our  help  cometh  from  the  Lord,  which  made 
heaven  and  earth." 


OUR  CORPORATE  NAME. 


The  National  Committee  had  a  long  and  most  ear- 
nest discussion  over  the  name  of  our  incorporation 
than  on  any  other  topic.  All  were  agr-^ed  that  there 
must  be  nothing  done  to  tone  down  the  National  organ 
ization  or  temper  it  to  the  taste  of  trimmers.  We  al 
thought  our  wisdom  and  duty  was  to  put  ourselves 
forever  out  of  the  feliowship  of  adhering  Masons,  pre- 
cisely because  we  inteud  to  put  them  eternally  out  ol 
our  fellowship,  both  in  church  and  state.  No  one 
wished  to  Foften  the  features  of  our  association  toward 
the  resolved  minions  of  the  lodge. 

But  a  majority  of  the  .committee  finally  thought, 
that  we  bad  better  omit  ^'opposed  to  secret  societies,^' 
from  the  title  of  our  association,  and  put  it  into  the 
first  article  of  the  Constitution,  because  it  seemed  de- 
sirable to  avoid  the  long  title,  National  Association 
0/  Christians  opp'jsed  to  Secret  Smeties-"  because 
that  long  title  did  not  define  the  character  of  the  As- 
sociation aright,  we  being  as  Christians  opposed  to 
other  evils  besides  secret  Eocieties;  and  because  we  are, 
and  mean  to  be,  ''the  regular  line,"  while  all  other 
bodies  harboring  those  fundamental  evils  which  are 
sure  to  subvert  society,  are  and  ought  to  be  regarded 
as  limited,   local,   vicious  opposition  and  dissent. 

If  the  Bible  be  not  a  cunningly  devised  fable,  the 
establishment  of  a  reiigious  order  or  worship,  which 
leaves  out  Christ,  is  a  clean  and  utter  subversion  of  the 
constitution  of  society  ordained  of  God.  As  there  is, 
or  can  be  no  way  of  access  to  God  but  through  Chrifit. 
though  ignorance  may  be  pardoned,  purposed  insult 
cannot;  and  omitting  Christ  from  the  lodge  to  take  in 
his  enemies  is  purposed  insult, — is  anti-Christ.  The 
lodge,  therefore,  has  in  it  no  true  basis  of  moral  obli- 
gation^ and  no  reason  why  one  thing  should  be  done 
or  omitted  more  than  another,  but  force  or  terror. 
Christianity  is  its  antagonist. 


have  their  throats  cut  if  they  revealed  what  was  said 
and  done  to  bim;  and  sworn,  not  by  the  oith  of  the 
merciful  God,  but  by  oaths  of  vengeance  and  mutila- 
tion; if  they  had  exacted  his  consent  to  be  thus  butc!  - 
ered  and  OMitilated,  not  as  a  trial  for  crime,  but  as  a 
term  of  membership  in  their  clan;  if  they  had  sworn 
him  by  these  cut-throat  oaths  into  a  relisrious  "order" 
which  is  not  Christianity,  to  obey  laws  which  are  not 
those  of  our  Republic,  binding  him  to  abji-ct  submis- 
sion to  a  "Master,"  to  be  taxed  without  limit  except 
the  discretion  of  this  '"lodge,"  and  to  be  puuisheri 
without  known  redress;  and  if,  believing  himself 
swindled  and  imposed  upon,  he  should  dare  to  resent 
their  insult  and  assert  his  manhood,  to  be  haunted 
to  his  grave  by  more  than  Spanish  vengeance;  if  such 
a  Prebbytery  were  trying  Mr.  Swing,  then  the  Times^ 
parallel  would  bold,  and  Mr.  Story  would  have  known 
nothing  of  the  trial  unless  he  was  one  of  the  gang; 
and  in  that  case  he  would  be  sworn  to  say  nothing 
about  it  in  his  paper,  though  he  Jinew  Mr.  Swing  to 
be  urjustly  tried,  sentenced  and  execute;!! 

But.  the  impudence  of  harlots  is  proverbial;  and 
Freemasonry  is  a  harlot.  Neither  Mr.  Carpenter  nor 
any  of  his  assoc'ates  in  the  Nat'o^ial  Christian  Associ- 
ation ever  couderaned  the  lodge  because,  like  the  fam- 
dy,  it  conceals  its  own  affairs;  but  because  its  aflFairi- 
are  crime  like.  Because,  whor.  dom.  concubinage  and 
banditti,  it  concea's  crime;  is  itself  crime  and  imposi- 
tion. There  are  men  alive  to-day  who  knew  when 
Morgan  was  murdered,  and  contributed  money  to  help 
off  his  murderers,  thout^h  the  worst  of  them  died 
soon  and  igncminiously.  These  are  coDcealers  of  hit 
murder  to  day,  and  accessories  after  the  fact.  If  Ma- 
sons kill  another  Morgan  they  must  conceal  that  also. 
And  the  brethren  of  low  degree,  who  know  but  little 
of  Masonry  and  care  nothing  but  for  the  selfish  endh 
it  serves,  are  yet  part  and  parcel  of  the  great  secret 
conspiracy  against  the  Christian  religion  and  popular 
government,  as  truly  so  as  the  Times  was  party  to  the 
slavery  rebellion  when  Burnside  issued  bis  order  to 
suppress  it;  or  the  Tory  cotton  loan  of  England  which 
gave  that  rebellion  character  and  money,  though  with 
only  the  motivep  of  buzzards,  namely,  prey. 


OUR   SECRETS  ARE  THE  COMBINATION  LOCK 
AND  KEY  TO  OUR  SAFE. 


THE  CHICAGO  TliMES  ON  OUR  INCORPORATION. 


"The  National  Christian  Association  of  'Cook 
county'  has  taken  out  a  certificate  of  organization  at 
Springfield,  and  is  at  once  troing  into  operation.  Its 
business  is  the  somewhat  extended  one  of  putting 
down  secret  societies?.  Of  course,  church  busines" 
meetings  can  no  longer  be  held,  for  they  are  secret. 
The  Presbyterian  council  engaged  in  trying  Swiu^  can 
no  longer  go  into  secret  sessiuu  without  bringing  down 
on  it  the  wrath  of  Philo  Carpenter  and  that  of  the 
N.  C.  A.  of  Cook  county.  Politicians  can  no  longer 
meet  in  conclave;  fnmdies  must  hold  their  consulta- 
tions in  public;  and  even  the  N.  0.  A.  of  Cook  coun 
ty  must  always  meet  with  open  doors  in  order  to  be 
true  to  it«  own  intentions.  Now  is  about  to  dawn  that 
happy  period  when  everybody  will  know  everybody 
else's  busineBS,  and  Philo  Carpenter  will  find  all  thingis 
serene. " 

The  above  paragraph,  clipped  from  the  Chicago 
Times,  reminds  us  of  the  remarks  of  Kossuth,  the 
Hungarian  patriot,  or  one  of  his  critics,  who,  he  said, 
••manileKted  the  superficiality  of  an  immense  igno- 
rance." If  the  "Pretbyteriau  Council"  had  summon- 
ed Mr.  Swing  to  a   secret  trial   before  men  sworn  to 


One  of  the  most  taking  apologies  of  secret  orders, 
for  their  secrecy,  is  the  comparison  of  the  lodge  to  a 
bank  or  au  extensive  joint  stock  company,  and  their 
secrets  to  the  combination  lock  which  protects  the 
common  treasure.  ''We  have  common  funds."  say 
ihey;  ''Our  secrets  are  the  key  or  the  combinations  of 
the  lock  which  protect  those  funds,  from  them  wT)o 
have  no  right  to  them,  while  they  enable  the  rightful 
owners  to  gain  access  to  that  which  is  their  own." 

This  comparison  is  entirely  fallacious.  It  con- 
founds social  with  individual  secrecy.  No  one  dis- 
putes the  right  of  the  individxial  to  keep  his  private 
thoughts  and  business  which  interferes  with  the  busi 
nesH  and  rights  of  no  one  eke,  to  himself.  And  yet 
even  that  secr«c/  has  its  limits,  beyond  which  neither 
God  nor  society  allows  the  individual  to  go.  When 
men  meditate  in  their  hearts,  and  practice  even  secret- 
ly that  which  is  lovely  and  useful  to  their  fellows,  it 
18  natural  that  they  should  be  more  than  willing  to 
have  all  the  world  know  it.  When  they  meditate  or 
do  that  which  is  injurious  and  disgraceful,  it  is  just  as 
natural  that  they  shuuld  spnre  no  effort  to  keep  it  a 
prof.jutid  and  perp'itual  secret.  Hence  society  de 
mands  of  every  individual  member  credible  evidence 
that  his  intentions  are  innocent  and  kind,  sufficienr. 
evidence  to  allay  all  reasonable  .suspicion  of  evil  intent. 
Qtinecessary  secrecy  is  always  regarded  as  a  good 
ground  for  suspicion.  Hence  when  a  man  hides  his 
means  and  his  bus^^iness  so  that  no  means  of  an  honest 
livlihood  are  visib'e,  he  is  often  compelled  to  disclnse 
his  secrets  or  be  declared  a  vagrant,  and  treated  as  a 
dangerous  character.  If  in  his  attempt  to  show  that 
his  secrecy  covers  no  evil  ha  is  found  to  equivocate,  or 
falsify,  or  deal  in  subtle  sophistry,  suspicion  at  once 
lipeus  into  settled  conviction  that  he  is  one  who  shuns 
the  light  because  his  deeds  are  evil.      Let  us  then  ex- 


amine this  plea  of  the  combination  lock  and  see  if  it  is 
Got  indeed  a  subtle  sophistry  and  nothing  else. 

First,  the  lock  with  its  key  and  combinations  is 
not  intended  to  conceal  any  secret  from  the  community 
touching  the  operations  of  the  corporation  to  which  it 
belongs.  It  rather  reveals  to  all  men  the  fact  that  in 
the  safe  or  room  so  guarded,  the  money  and  valua- 
bles of  the  company  are  kept. 

Again,  the  members  or  stockholders  are  usually  as 
iguorant  of  the  whereabouts  of  the  key  and  the  com- 
binations of  the  lock,  aa  anybody  eke.  Neither  do 
they  ever  draw  their  dividends  by  means  of  any  such 
secret  knowledge;  nor  by  any  secret  whatever.  The 
very  reverse  of  this  is  the  truth.  Neither  the  key  nor 
combination  numbers  are  given  to  them,  but  to  the 
special  individual  custodian  or  custodians,  to  protect 
t.ne  treasury  against  all  the  world,  stockholders  as 
well  as  others.  This  is  a  personal  secret  therefore,  and 
not  a  social  one.  Instead  of  having  access  to  the 
moneys  which  belong  to  them  by  secrets,  held  by  the 
sharehelders  in  common,  they  are  debarred  all  such 
access  to  the  funds  as  from  a  method  fraught  with  dan- 
j;er  and  ruin  of  the  whol"  concern.  Such  a  method 
would  be  one  of  corruption  adapted  to  turn  sharehold- 
ers into  thieves  and  the  richest  corporations  into  bank- 
rupts. The  funds  of  monied  associations  and  the 
rights  of  the  shareholders  are  secure  in  proportion  to 
the  openness  in  which  all  their  business  is  transacted. 
In  honest  and  safe  business  associations  aU  disburse- 
ments are  based  upon  some  recorded  action  of  the 
proper  authorities,  f.uch  as  is  accessible  to  whom  it 
may  concern,  and  would  furnish  sufficient  evidence  to 
vindicate  the  transaction  in  a  court  of  justice.  Here  is 
open  and  reliable  dealing;  a  written  order  recorded  in 
an  open  book,  making  all  the  parties  amenable  to 
puplic  sentiment,  and  amenable  to  public  justice. 
Does  any  such  amenability  pertain  to  the  key  and 
combination  lock  of  secretism  ?  a  curious  method  truly 
to  secure  the  funds  of  an  association  by  making  half 
a  million  duplicates  of  the  key  and  attaching  the  com- 
bination numbers  to  it  and  putting  one  into  the  hands 
of  half  a  million  men  of  every  shade  and  grade  of  opin- 
ion and  character.  What  sort  of  protection  to  the 
funds  in  the  safe  would  keys  and  combinat'on  numbers 
thus  distributed  furnish  ? 

But  such  is  the  protection  which  Masonic  and  Odd- 
fellow secrets  give  to  their  fu  ds.  Their  ''black 
books'  are  the  proof  of  this.  Knaves  get  their  key 
and  appropriate  their  funds.  Some  of  them  are  de- 
tected, and  posted  in  their  journals,  to  say  nothing  of 
the  graiidees  who  are  allowed  free  access  and  no  quest- 
ions asked;  or  of  the  innocent  men  whose  names  are 
inserted  in  their  black  book  from  the  spirit  of  Masonic 
vengeance.  The  pretence  that  their  secrets  are  neces- 
sary for  the  protection  of  their  funds,  if  it  be  not 
designedly  false,  is  manifestly  a  perfect  fallacy,  and  it- 
self justifies  us  in  feeling  that  we  have  assurance  that 
those  secrets,  instead  of  securing  to  their  orders  and 
their  members  their  pecuniary  rights,  do  but  conceal 
from  the  eyes  of  men  things  which  cannot  bear  the 
light.     Instead  of  protecting  rights,  they  cover  wrongs. 


NEGATIVE  HERESY. 


The  Great  Condenser  of  truth  gives  the  ground  and 
sentence  of  the  final  utter  ruin  of  the  lost  iu  the  sen- 
tence, "/«  as  much  as  ye  did  it  not.''  This  is 
as  true  of  teaching  as  of  acting.  The  omitted  truths 
ruin  the  Gospel,  and  omitted  discipline  the  church. 
When  once  a  brood  of  religious  teachers  creep  into 
the  church  by  retailing  the  ideas  which  holy  men  have 
established  by  toil,  seli-denial  and  suffering,  having 
no  depth  in  themselves  the  people  tire  of  the  weak 
platitudes  which  they  vent,  and  then  invention  is  put 
on  the  rack  to  rolve"*  the  pro'jlem  how  to  keep  up  an 
excellent  appearance  of  instruction  with  nothing  to 
teach,  and  how  to  keep  people  .upportibg  a  minis- 
try who  do  them  no  good.  Then  comes  swarming 
the  tricks  and  contrivances  of  ecclesiastical  raonte- 
banks:  fishing  rods  and  red  plush  vests,  jockey  caps,  • 
fast  horse?,  base  denunciation  of  the  fag  ends  of  old 
•'confessions,"    "et  id  omne   genu^s."     These   attract 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


the  gapers  and  starert?,  aod  the  fail    audience  pleases 
trustees.     Thea  a  prosecution  for  heresy  is  a  God-send. 
Christ  is  sold;  sells   inaiie    m-irchandise  of,   and  R-iV 
Mr.    Byends  is    "The    pulpit  sensation    of    the  day." 
What  of  the  end  ? 


REFORM  PLATFORMS. 


What  Political  Action  Should  be  taken  at  Syra'^nse  ? 


Dr.  Leonard  Bacon  is  highly  commended  by  a  lead- 
ing political  paper  for  a  letter  addressed  to  Hon.  W. 
W.  Phelpg,  of  New  Jersey,  in  wi.ich  he  siated  that 
both  the  Democratic  and  Republican  parties  are  dying, 
and  calls  for  a  consultation  of  mftn  of  both  parties  on 
the  currency  question,  broadly  intimating  that  this 
will  be  the  fundamental  issue  of  the  future. 

A  correspondent  sends  a  political  platform  to  the 
Christian  Statesman  paying,  '-What  we  insist  upon. 
therefore,  is  that  the  millions  of  Christian  people  ebail 
cease  to  vote  for  candidates  simply  because  they  are 
nominees. "  He  draws  up  the  outline  of  a  platform  f jr 
Christian  voters  as  follows: 

1.  The  Religious  Amendment  of  the  Coustitutioii  should 
be  adopted  by  the  people,  and  its  principles  clearly  incor- 
porated into  the  body  of  that  fundamental  law. 

2.  The  State  constitutions  must  be  made  to  correspond 
in  these  respects  to  the  Federal. 

3.  There  should  be  such  moral  or  religious  constitution- 
al tests  that  no  man  can  be  eligible  to  office  who  is  not  pos- 
sessed of  those  qualifications  which  are  undeniably  required 
by  the  divine  law. 

4.  _  There  must  be  radical  reform  in  the  legislation  and 
administration  of  the  government. 

As  illustrations,  or  rather  instances  of  these,  mention  may 
be  made  of  the  following: 

(1.)  Pagan  idolatry  shall  be  forever  prohibited.  No 
Joss-house,  with  its  pagan  idols,  shall  ever  be  tolerated. 

(2.)  Wholesome  Sabbath  laws,  based  upon  the  law  of 
Christianity,  preventing  the  desecration  of  the  Sabbath  day, 
should  be  enacted  and  enforced  by  the  Federal  Government 
and  by  all  the  States.  Congress  and  the  legislatures  should 
strictly  forbid  Sabbath  violation  by  the  post  office  depart- 
ment, by  railroads,  steamboats,  or  any  chartered  companies 
or  institutions. 

(3.)  The  exclusion  of  the  Bible,  or  the  divorce  of  relig 
ion  from  the  schools,  shall  never  be  permitted. 

(4.)  An  anti-Scripiural  form  of  oath  of  office,  or  in  the 
courts,  must  not  be  substituted  for  that  of  divine  appoint- 
ment. 

(5.)    The  elective  franchise  should  be  secured  to  woman: 

(a.)    As  a  matter  of  right. 

(b.)    For  her  own  education  and  good. 

(c. )    For  the  sake  of  the  country,  which  needs  her  help. 

(6.)  The  manufacture  and  sale  of  intoxicating  drinks  for 
common  use  shall  be  forever  prohibited  by  law. 

(7.)  Arbitration  by  a  Congress  of  nations  should  be  sub- 
stituted for  war;  and  any  nation  resorting  to  the  sword 
should  be  outlawed  by  all  civilized  nations. 

(8.)  _  The  Scriptural  law  by  which  capital  punishment  is 
justly  inflict.ed  upon  the  murderer,  should  be  rigidly  enforc- 
ed. Legislatures  have  no  right  to  revoke  or  suspend  any 
divine  law.  But  the  divine  Lawgiver  says:  "The  murderer 
shall  surely  be  put  to  death." 

(9.)  The  laws  of  Christian  marriage  shall  be  strictly  en- 
forced by  all  the  States,  and  by  the  Federal  Grovernment,  in 
all  the  territories,  i.  e.,  to  Mormon  marriage  and  unchristian 
divorce,  no  license  must  be  given. 

(10.)  No  charter  must  be  given  to  secret  oath-bound 
societies,  such  as  Jesuits  and  Freemasons. 

In    connection    witi    tlis    read    the    j.d>itroim     on 

which  Arit -masonic  candidates  were  nominated  in  1872 

which  Prof.  J.  R.  W.  S'oane  said,  substantially,  that 

it  would  be  a  platform  of  the  future: 

We  hold :  1 .  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a  heathen 
Government,  and  that  this  fact  should  be  recognized  in  its 
organic  law. 

2.  That  God  requires,  and  man  needs, a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation  and  sale  of 
intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage  is  the  true  policy  on  the 
temperance  question. 

4 .  That  charters  of  Masonic  lodges,  granted  by  our  Fed- 
eral and  State  Legislatures  must  be  withdrawn  and  their 
oaths  suppressed;  and 

5.  That  all  secret  lodges,  orders,  or  clans  aflecting 
independence  of  our  Government,  and  practically  claiming 
that  their  principles  and  rules  are  more  sacred  and  binding 
than  the  laws  of  the  land,  are  treasonable,  dangerous  and 
destructive  of  our  liberties,  Legislatures  and  Courts. 

We  hold  also  to  the  following  condensed  collation  and 
synopsis  of  the  various  platforms  now  before  the  American 
people,  viz: 

1.  The  civil  equality  of  men  secured  by  our  amended 
Constitution. 

2.  Peace  and  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations. 

3.  Reciprocal  free  trade  with  nations,  modified  by  a 
discriminating  revenue  tariff,  uutil  our  national  debt  is  paid. 

4.  No  repudiation;  maintenance  of  the  public  credit. 

5.  Protection  and  justice  to  Indians. 

6.  Protection  to  loyal  citizens,  whether  at  home  or 
abroad,  and  amnesty  to  rebels  when  they  cease  to  be  such. 

7.  Abolition  of  the  franking  privilege  and  reduction  of 
postage,  and  elections  of  poslmasteis  by  the  people. 

8.  Discouragement  of  land  and  other  mouoplies. 

9.  And,  finally,  we  demand  for  the  American  people 
the  abolition  of  Electoral  Colleges,  and  a  direct  vote  for 
President  and  Vice-President  of  the  United  States. 

PQ.        ,  n   David  Edwards,  Chairman. 
L&ignea.j    q  p_  Lumry,  Secretary. 

Shall  we  not  be  prepared  to  adopt  a  platform  ta 


Syracuse,  nominate  candidates  and  then  work  as 
f-fficiently  as  wo  c^a  in  org^.ri'z'n'/  the  States  i  r  a 
strong  campaign  agairist  secret  c  j-'ispiracies  which  de- 
fraud citizens  of  jat^t  rights? 


Monmouth  C  lleqe,  A  Correction. — In  the  Cy- 
nosure o[  3\i\y  10th,  1873,  and  in  the  second  chapter 
of  the  College  S)ci8ty  series  now  appearing,  it  is 
implied  and  stated  that  the"Kapp"i  Phi  Delta"  fraterni- 
ty had  an  organizition  at  Monmiuth  College.  We  are 
glad  for  the  institution  and  the  truth's  sake,  to  publish  the 
following  from  Pres.  Wallace  on  this  point.  In  the 
information  originally  given  to  Prof.  C.  A.  Blar.chard 
there  was  probably  some  misunderstanding : — 

Monmouth,  Til. 

Dear  Brother:  In  the  last  issue  of  the  Cyno-^ure 
in  the  second  chapter  resp' ctiag  "College  Secret  Sv 
cieties"  appears  the  follow  ng  sentence:  '-At  Mon- 
mouth College,  Monmouth.  Iliinoih-,  the  Kippa  Phi 
Delta  administers  two  oaths."  In  r.^l-ition  to  this 
statement  I  desire  to  offer  two  or  three  remarks: 

1.  Ttjere  is  no  society  here  by  the  name  of  "Kippa 
P  i  Delia;"  and,  to  the  beat  of  my  knowledge  and 
belief,  never  has  been. 

2.  There  is  no  oath-bound  fraternity  in  Monmouth 
Coilege,  and  has  not  been  for  years;  of  the  correct- 
ness of  this  statement  I  am  well  ag^ur^d. 

3d.  I  b  lieve  that  attempts  hav*^  been  made  to  establish 
two  (2)  oath-bound  fraternities  here,  and  possibiy 
more,  but  they  tV.iied  because  they  were  oath-bound. 
The  oaths  wh'ch  vou  quote  may  have  been  used  bj 
one  of  these.     Yours  fraternally, 

David  A,  Wallace. 


to  meet  at  Flat  Rock,  Seneca  countv,  May  19th,  will 
send  one  or  more,  and  a  number  of  auxiliary  associa- 
tions and  chui-ches  of  N-w  York,  Pennsylvania  ai:d 
the  New  England  States  w  11  be  represented. 

— The  New  York  Witness  has  been  doiiig  good 
service  lau'iy,  i"  publisaiag  letters  upon  the  various 
phases  of  the  se.  r.)i  orders.  Of  course  some  of  the 
UQwise  of  the  secretists,  that  is,  those  who  knew  not 
tjnough  to  by  quiet,  have  rsplud;  so  bath  sides  have  a 
fair  hearing.  But  the  arguments  are  so  much  against 
C!i<-m  that  ihe  society  men  are  backing  out  in  the  fol- 
iowiug  crawfish  style: 

Dallas  Centre,  Iowa,  ) 
April  21.  74        [ 

John  Dougall — Dear  Sir: — 1  shall  not  want  the 
Weekly  Witness  after  the  time  expires  for  which  it 
IS  paid.  If  you  would  let  Odd-fellows.  Misons  and 
other  go(  d  Bocieties  alone,  your  paper  would  have  a 
good  cireulat'oa  here.  As  it  is,  we  don't  want  it. 
\V:th  r-spect,  T.   W.   Fergus  ■». 


The  Articles  or  Incorporation  of  the  Natioual  Chris- 
tian Association. 


Whereas,  The  uridersigfced  citizens  of  the  United 
States,  Philo  Carpenter,  J.  Blanch^rd,  Archibald  Wait, 
I.  A.  Hart,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  E.  A.  Cook,. I.  G.  Terrill, 
0.  F.  Lumry,  J.  P.  Stoddard,  II  L  Kellogg,  E.  S. 
Cook,  Jesse  B.  Blank,  propose  to  form  t'nemseives  into 
a  corporation,  not  for  pecuniary  prolii;,  under  the  act 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  State  of  lUinois,  en- 
titled an  act  concerning  corporations;  approved,  April 
1 8th,  1872. 

Therefore,  This  istocrtify  that: 

First;  The  name  of  said  corporation  shall  be  t'se 
National  Christian  Association. 

Second;  Its  business  and  object  shall  be  to  expose, 
withstand  ,  and  remove  secret  Bocieties,  Freera  sonry 
in  particular,  and  other  anti-Christian  movements,  in 
order  to  save  the  churches  of  Christ  from  being  de- 
praved, to  redeem  the  administration  of  jastic:^  from 
pervers'on,  and  our  republican  government  from  cor- 
ruption. 

Third  ;  The  number  of  its  directors  shsl!  be  eleven. 

KOTES. 


— It  is  said  that  Lorenzo  Dow,  the  eccentric  preacher, 
was  a  Freemason,  and  was  buried  by  the  fraternity  fe 
Georgetown,  Maryland,  in  1834. 

— It  must  be  announced  with  great  satisfaction  that 
Mr.  Charles  W.  Green,  Secretary  of  the  National 
Agricultural  Congress  has  consented  to  be  present  at 
Syracuse  and  address  the  National  Convention  on  the 
grange  question.  Few  have  had  better  opportunities 
for  investigating  the  nature  and  working  of  the  "farm- 
er's order,"  and  few  are  more  determined  and  faithful 
in  their  opposition  to  its  swindling  operations.  It  will 
be  worth  taking  s-ome  trouble  to  hear  him. 

— The  articles  of  incorporation  of  the  National 
Association  published  this  week,  were  obtained  by  the 
Executive  Committee  after  long  waiting  and  patient 
labor.  After  all  was  got  in  order  and  the  document 
sent  to  the  State  capital  for  official  endorsement. 
Secretary  of  State,  Harlow,  turned  it  over  to  the 
Att<  rney-General,  in  doubt  whether  he  had  "power 
to  if  sue  a  certificate."  Very  likely  his  uncertainty 
lay  in  the  direction  of  the  lodge,  of  which  it  is  be 
lieved  he  is  a  member.  Hif5  scruples  were  overcome, 
however,  and  the  papers  are  made  out. 

— Beside  Mr.  Green,  mentioned  above,  the  follow- 
ing well  known  speakers  are  expected  at  the  NatioDftl 
Anniversary:  Elder  David  Bernard,  President  J. 
Blanchard,  Bishop  Weaver,  J.  P.  Stoddard,  John 
Levington,  A.  Crooks,  L.  N.  Stratton,  J.  L.  Barlow, 
B.  T.  Roberts,  J.  T.  Kiggins,  L  A.  Hart.  C.  A. 
B  anchard,  D.  P.  Rathbun,  Z.  Weaver,  J.  K.  Atwood, 
W.  M.  Givens,  and  we  hope  numerous  others  who 
have  not  yet  reported.     The  Ohio    State    Convention, 


Corner-stone  Laying. 

BY  J.    L     BARLOW. 


Dear  Editcrs: -Su  the  plot  is  hp.tched;  the  fiat 
bas  gone  ou;,  and  the  nation  is  to  be  disgraced;  the 
feelings  of  all  true  republicans  outraged,  and  the  hearts 
of  all  true  Christians  wrung  with  shame,  that  an  order 
may  be  honored  and  exdted  above  all  other  in  the 
land,  whose  very  existence  is  a  conspiracy  a-'air.st  the 
rights  of  all  who  do  not  wear  its  livery — a  men.^ce  to 
our  rf-pubi'cao.  instiiutions,  ard  a  spreading  poison  to 
our  comm  m  Christianits  !  H'.w  dare  a  United  States 
Sjcrelary  insult  a  whole  nation  by  lending  his  sanctioo, 
md  thus  compromising  the  authority  of  the  govern- 
meat?  The  corner-stone  of  the  Chicago  post  n^"ce  to 
be  laid  on  St.  John's  Bay  by  the  Grand  Master  of 
Masons.'     Bah!! 

Will  ireemen  and  Christies  never  stop  to  ask  them- 
selves, Why  do  we  thus  allow  ourselves  to  follow  the 
lead  of  a  set  of  men  whose  enormous  pretengious 
gorgeous  insignia  of  raak.  f  >veiga  to  our  republican 
i'ieas  and  surroundings,  and  military  array,  thus  as- 
sume superiority  to  all  others?  A>-e  they,  indeed,  by 
any  Divine  or  human  right  our  masters,  that  they 
thu-?  coane  to  the  front  on  occasions  of  this  kind,  el- 
bowing aside  National  and  State,  as  well  as  religious 
officials*  who,  if  &ny  one,  fihouid  lead  at  Piica  work? 
What  is  this  institution  which  claims  the  place  of 
honor  at  tuoh  times,  and  to  place  its  insignia  and  its 
illegal  and  anti-Chnstian  drite  vu  the  corner-stone  of 
public  buildings  erected  and  paid  for  by  the  money  of 
all  the  people? 

T.hese  are  pertinent  qu-^stions,  and  should  have  an 
answer  in  the  minds  of  the  people  while  yet  the  peo- 
ple retain  the  power  to  act  intelbgently  and  safely  up- 
on the  matter.  By  every  such  affair  as  that  contem- 
plated iu  Chicago,  our  public  officials,  and  the  people, 
so  far  as  they  fail  in  with  and  consent  to  it,  are  help- 
ing to  builo  up  and  sustain  this  illegitimate  and  aspir- 
ing religio-political  power,  and  soon,  if  they  do  not 
stop,  will  enthrone  it  as  a  despotism  over  them  which 
they  cm  shake  off  only  at  the  cost  of  a  bloody  revo- 
lution. 

Let  Chicago  and  all  the  Northwest  protest  against 
the  contemplated  insult.  Where  are  the  petitions  in 
circulation  last  fall  ?  Send  them  out  again  all  over 
the  land.  The  whole  people  are  concerned.  Let 
them  have  a  chance  to  protest.  Biiog  them  up  to  our 
Natioaal  meeting  and  let  us  do  what  we  may  to  put  a 
stop'  to  the  ercroachm':^r!ts  fiod  fl  luuting  displays  of 
this  make-up  of  heathenism,  perverted  Judaism  and 
travestied  Christianity.  We,  at  least,  who  Know  what  is 
i?,  cannot  with  innocence  remain  silent,  when  Masonry 
thus  do  us  its  uniforro  and  arms  itself  ^or  such  a  pur- 
pose before  the  public.  Let  no  conviction  of  our 
weakness  or  impotence  prevent  our  doing  our  duty. 
PuMic  opinion  is  yet  a  power  in  the  hind,  and  is  itself 
sut^ject  to  influtr.cep.  Liet  our  iLfliit!  ce  be  brought  to 
bear  upon  it  in  every  legitimate  way  and  at  every 
fovorable  opportunity.  This  is  what  Masonry  itself  is 
doing  by  just  such  displays.  She  comes  before  the 
eye  of  public  opinion  covered  with  tinsel  and  glitter- 
ing array,  clad  in  robes  borrowed  of  benevolence  and 
piety,  with  which  to  cheat  and  delude  the  unwary. 
Be  It  ours  to  strip  ( ff  the  usurped  garments  and  show 
the  grinning  tkeletou  beneath. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


lie  R^-meiubf'retli. 


Dear  Loru.  of  all  the  words  of  thine 

Which  for  our  comfort  ring  and  shine 

Through  nacrcd  air,  on  sacred  page. 

Prom  sacred  lips  in  every  age, 

No  one  has  Ijroiight  such  blee.-fed  cheer 

To  ine, — no  one  is  half  so  dear. 

No  one  eo  surely  conieth  home 

To  every  soul,  as  this  whicli  from 

A  pure  heart  wrung  witli  sorrow  came, 

"For  he  reuiembereth  our  frame." 

Not  merely  that  he  can  forgive. 

And  for  his  love's  sake  Ijid  us  live 

When  vvf  in  trespasses  and  sins 

Are  dead — hut  that  our  weakness  wins 

Prom  him  snch  pity  as  hlone 

'I'o  fathers'  yearning  hearts  is  known : 

Such  pity  that  he  even  calls 

Us  sons,  and  in  our  lowest  falls 

Sees  never  utter  hopeless  shame, 

"For  h,e  rememhereth  our  frame." 

Dear  Lord,  to  thee,  a  thousand  years 
Are  as  a  day,  with  conlrite  tears 
One  prayer  I  pray  !    My  little  life, — 
Its  good,  its  ill,  its  grief,  its  strife,— 
Oh,  let  it  in  thy  holy  sight, 
Like  empty  watches  of  a  night 
Forgotten  be!    And  of  my  name. 
Dear  Lord,  who  knowest  all  our  fame. 
Let  there  reniaiu  no  memory 
Save  of  the  thing  I  longed  to  be  ! 

—  Christian  Union. 


CarU-Playing  ClirJMtiau)s» 


Hannab  M)rft,  describinar  the  assem- 
blies of  one  o(  her  friends,  says,  ''She 
keeps  out  dunces,  because  f^he  never 
has  cards."  Considered  simply  in  the 
light  of  a  pastime,  card-playing  seems 
the  pettiest  and  most  contemptible  of 
occupations;  while  as  a  means  of  gain 
it  is  one  of  the  most  dangerous  agents 
of  evil.  To  be  an  expert  card-player 
requires  no  exertion  whatever  of  intel- 
ect,  on  ly  a  certain  sort  of  sharpness 
which  is  th''  very  reverse  of  intellectual. 
The  most  illiterate  boatman  on  the  ca- 
nal, or  the  most  ragged  gamin  in  the 
alleys,  m  »y  sbufflj  his  pasteboard  as  deft- 
ly and  profitably  aa  the  keenest  politic- 
ian or  the  fiuest  lady  of  fashion.  The 
only  difference  is,  that  while  the  former 
gamble  with  coarse  and  grimy  imple- 
ments, the  latter  do  their  spiriting^ 
with  gay  and  fiinciful  toys. 

Cards  sre  probably  an  invciot'on  of 
the  fourteenth  century,  as  in  1373  three 
packs  were  ordered  to  be  made  for  the 
amueem'  nl  of  an  insane  king,  Charles 
the  Sixth,  of  France.  Thence  they 
soon  made  their  way  to  other  countries, 
carrying  with  them  an  ever-evil  influ- 
ence; and  fr"<nn  the  time  of  Henry  the 
Seventh,  ofEni^land,  ••cardesand  dyce'' 
were  mentioned  as  being  a  great  blot 
on  the  manners  of  the  English  people. 
Some  of  the  German  Reformers  com- 
plained that  this  love  of  gambling  had 
caused  jieopie  to  forget  all  honorable 
pursuits. 

Cards  were  a  delightsome  rfsourc" 
to  the  llomiph  miuks  in  their  rook 
cries,  where,  in  the  diurnal  toil  of 
telling  their  beads  over,  the  goodly 
fathers,  amid  the  turroundings  of  tooth- 
some viands  and  costly  wines,  would 
play,  and  feast,  and  fight,  and  riot 
through  the  1  ,iig  idle  hours.  To  elude 
the  animadversions  of  the  more  zealous 
brethren,  who  were  so  devoted  to  the 
service  of  Mother  Church  in  the  tortur- 
ing of  heretics  or  the  concoction  of  Jes 
uitical  plots  as  to  scowl  on  tamer  pleas- 
ures, the  jolly  friars  (such  of  them  as 
could  read)  adopted  the  clever  plan  of 
labelling  their  dice  and  card  boxes  as 
missals  and  books   of    pious   learning. 


In  an  old  book  eniiiled,  "  The  Nicker 
Niched,  or  the,  cheats  of  Gaming  Dis- 
covered," printed  1669,  play  is  thus 
dt scribed:  ''Gaming  is  an  enchanting 
witchery,  begot  betwixt  idleness  and  av- 
arice, which  has  this  ill  property ,  above 
all  other  vice?,  that  it  renders  a  man 
incapiible  of  prosecuting  any  serious 
action,  and  mak-s  him  unsatisfied  with 
his  own  condition;  for  he  is  either  lift- 
ed up  to  the  top  of  mad  joy  with  suc- 
cess, or  plunged  to  the  bottom  of  des- 
pair by  misfortune :  always  in  extremes, 
always  in  a  storm," 

After  the  theater,  which  is  the  chief 
nursery  of  vice,  card-playing  is  the  most 
perilous  of  all  amusements;  it  is  the 
lure  of  the  gambling  saloon,  and  the 
employment  of  the  lawless  and  disso- 
lute. Theee  facts  being  patent,  is  it 
not  surprising  how  persons  endowed 
with  any  powers  of  thought  can  con- 
sume their  precious  hours  in  a  practice 
80  vulgar  and  demoralizing?  Hannah 
More,  in  another  instance,  remarks  of  a 
parly  which  she  attended,  "  Our  host- 
esH  very  wisely  put  two  card  tables  in 
th*:-  outer  drawing  room,  which  weeded 
the  corapany  of  some  of  the  great  and 
all  the  dull,  to  no  small  accommoda- 
tion of  all  the  rest."  She  stated  of  the 
famous  actor,  Garrick,  (who  won  bril- 
liant laurels  by  his  personation  of  a 
drunkard  on  the  stage,)  "  I  never  saw  a 
card,  or  even  met  (except  in  one  in- 
stacce)  a  person  of  his  own  profession 
at  his  table."  Cards  do  indeed  seem 
to  be  a  refuge  for  vacuity.  Like  the 
loud  laugh  of  Goldsmith's  village  bump- 
kin, a  love  of  cards  speaks  "  the  vacant 
mind."  Bad  as  it  may  be  for  the 
worldling,  or  the  ignorant,  it  is  abso- 
lutely disgraceful  to  behold  members 
v>f  churches,  and  even  the  children  of 
ministers,  engrossed  in  this  seductive 
species  of  time-killing.  Engaged  in 
this  pursuit,  the  fairest  face  loses  its 
attractiveness,  every  sordid  desire  is 
awakened,  tracing  with  unlovely  lines 
the  strife  of  passions.  What  a  wretch- 
ed character  is  that  of  a  gamester !  all 
love  of  the  beautiful  is  extinsruished  in 
the  soul;  flowers  no  longer  charm,  mu 
sic  DO  longer  elevates,  family  delights 
are  insipid,  the  heart  becomes  callous, 
the'mind  is  in  a  fever  of  restlessness, 
a  craving  greed  clutches  the  soul,  one 
frightful  infatuation  enthralls  its  victim, 
drawing  him  on,  until  at  length  he  is 
plunged  into  the  vortex  of  perdition. 
So  impressed  was  Thomas  Jefferson 
with  the  evil  both  to  mind  and  estate 
caused  to  many  of  his  friends  by  play- 
ing and  gambling,  that  it  is  stated,  he 
never  permitted  a  card  to  be  in  his 
house.  Had  the  inhabitants  of  his  na- 
tive State  but  profited  by  his  example, 
the  slow  growth  of  religion  in  Vir- 
ginia, and  especially  the  decadence  of 
the  Episcopal  church,  would  not  have 
called  fourth  from  the  venerable- Bish- 
op Meade  the  lament  that  the  preva- 
lence of  card-playing  had  so  pervaded 
all  classes  as  to  sap  the  vitals  of  piety 
and  prove  a  stumbling-block  to  the  pro- 
gress of  religion. 

A  gentleman  traveling  on  a  steamer 
one  night,  was  much  annoyed  by  the 
conversation  and  boisterous  conduct  of 
a  party  of  card-players  who  had  appro- 
priated to  themselves  the  only  lighted 


table  in  the  cabin.  So  he  walked  over, 
and  drawing,  up  a  chair  to  the  table, 
in  a  very  courteous  tone  requested 
leave  to  rest  his  Bible  on  a  corner  of 
it  while  he  read.  The  permission  was 
accorded ;  but  the  game  was  spoiled : 
glancing  askance  at  him,  the  incongrui- 
ty of  pursuits  struck  the  gamblers  so 
u'  comfortably,  that  they  quietly  shuf-^ 
fled  their  "Prayer-books."  and  skulked 
away. 

If  you  wish  your  children  to  be  igno- 
rant, idle,  and  dead  to  religion,  permit 
them  to  play  with  cards.  If  you  de- 
sire your  sons  to  be  spendthrifts  and 
defaulters,  and  your  daughters  to  be 
triflers,  yain  and  godless,  let  them  wit- 
ness your  triumphs  on  winning  a  few 
dimes,  or  your  mortification  on  losing 
them  But,  if  you  shudder  at  the  pros- 
pect, just  gather  up  your  cards  Ihi- 
moment,  and  also  your  dice  box,  and 
put  them  all  in  the  fire.  If  you  are 
a  professing  Christian,  reflect  that  the 
spirit  of  our  holy  religion  forbids  every 
thing  tainted  by  the  breath  of  the  Evil 
One;  and  if  you  are  not,  I  beg  you 
not  to  place  yourself  in  the  ranks  of 
the  insane  king.  The  counsel  of  the 
eminent  Locke  is  wise  to  follow:  says 
he,  ''As  to  cards  and  cice,  I  think  the 
safest  and  besi  way  is  never  to  learn  to 
play  upon  them,  and  ao  be  incapacita- 
for  those  dangerous  temptations  and 
encroaching  wasters  of  time."  May  the 
day  come  when  it  will  be  deemed  dis- 
reputable for  a  church  member  to  even 
know  the  name  of  a  card! — Episcopal- 
ian. 


Principles  of  Ventilation. 


Ventilation  is  based  upon  the  move- 
ments of  air  at  different  temperatures, 
but  we  cannot  get  rid  of  foul  air,  or 
supply  fresh  air  in  the  same  manner  as 
we  would  free  a  house  of  foul  water  or 
supply  it  with  that  which  is  pure  by 
exact  measures,  allowing  just  so  many 
cubic  inches  for  each  occupant. 

The  conditions  are  entirely  different. 
In  studying  the  movements  of  the  air, 
if  we  would  compare  them  with  the 
movements  of  water,  we  vaw^i  imag- 
ine ourselves  at  the  bottom  of  the 
ocean  with  the  ground  underneath  us 
heated  as  the  fire  would  heat  the  bot- 
tom of  a  pot.  By  watching  the  mo- 
tion of  the  water  in  a  glass  globe  with 
a  fire  under  it,  we  can  form  some  idea 
of  the  constant  and  immense  agitation 
of  the  external  atmosphere. 

Inaccurate,  unscientific  as  the  idea 
may  be  to  the  mathematical  mind  of  the 
architect,  that  we  should  depend  in  a 
great  measure  upon  the  mere  agitation, 
or  mixing  up  of  the  fresh  and  foul  air, 
for  our  chances  of  getting  pure  air,  I 
think,  notwithstanding,  this  is  just 
what  we  have  to  submit  to.  This  is 
what  nature  teaches  up,  and  although 
we  may  be  to  a  certain  extent  artificial 
beings,  and  live  in  artificial  houses,  half 
of  the  lifetime  spent  in  trying  to  work 
in  a  more  precise  and  accurate  manner 
than  Old  Dame  Nature  does,  has  about 
worn  out  my  patience  in  that  direc- 
tion, and  I  confess  that  her  hurly- 
burly  way  of  mixing  the  oxygen,  nitro- 
gen, hydrogen  and  carbonic  acid,  and 
all  other  gassea  together  in  one  grand 
mass,  and  scattering  them  around  pro- 


miscuoubly,  is  belcer  than  any  arrange- 
ment I  haye  ever  been  able  to  devise. 
The  more  we  study  the  fiubj^-ct  the 
more  evident  it  becomes  that  agitation 
is  the  natur-1  method  of  ven  tilation — it 
is  Nature\:  gr^at.  pur  fier. 

Now,  if  we  accept,  agitation  as  the 
true  principle  of  ventilation,  we  tiad 
ourselves  far  more  Lbely  to  get  our 
share  of  pure  air  by  it  than  by  the 
mathematical  cubic-iach  programme. 
Nature  dies  not  dole  out  pure  air  by 
the  cubic  iach,  but  if  unrestrained,  sup- 
plies every  living  thing  abundantly. 
She  scorns  every  attempt  to  measure 
it,  and  if  we  adopt  her  method  of  warm- 
ing, it  will  be  about  as  easy  to  supply 
a  hundred  cubic  feet  of  cold,  invigora- 
ting air  per  minute  to  every  individual. 
as  we  now  hod  it  to  be  to  dole  out  a 
pittance  of  ten  cubic  feet  per  minute  of 
warmed,  debilitating,  nsueeatiug,  hot 
air.  I  h!?>e  spent  a  great  deal  of  time 
and  money  in  getting  up  patterns  and 
taking  out  patents  for  warming  contriv- 
ances. But  I  have  done  with  them. 
We  have  been  running  air  heating  to 
such  extremes  that  I  have  become 
perfectly  disgusted  with  it.  If  we  in- 
hale air  at  the  same  temperature  as 
the  blood  it  quickly  kills  us.  Nature 
never  ruins  the  air  for  breathing  pur- 
poses by  overhpatingit — she  leaves  such 
miserable  business  to  the  managers  and 
warmers  of  railroad  cars,  asylums, 
hospitals,  and,  not  unfrequently,  our 
homes.  — Sanitarian. 


Treatment  of  Servants  — In  how 
many  instances  do  servants,  though 
living  under  the  same  roof  with  us, 
share  none  of  our  feelings,  nor  we  of 
theirs;  their  presence  is  felt  as  a  re- 
straint; we  know  nothing  about  them 
but  that  they  perform  certain  set  duties, 
and,  in  short,  they  may  be  said  to  be 
a  kind  of  living  furniture.  There  is 
something  very  repugnant  to  a  Christ- 
ian in  all  this.  Surely  there  might  be 
more  sympathy  between  masters  and 
servants  without  endangering  the  good 
part  of  our  social  system.  At  any  rate 
we  may  be  certain  that  a  fastidious  re- 
serve toward  our  fellow-creatures  is  not 
the  way  in  which  true  dignity  or 
strength   of  mind   will    ever   manifest 

themselves  in  us. — Arthur  Helps, 

•-•-• 

Suggestions. — Children  should  be 
taught  to  the  use  of  the  left  hand  as 
much  as  the  right.  Coarse  bread  is 
much  better  for  children  than  fine. 
Children  and  young  people  should  be 
made  to  hold  their  heads  up  and 
shoulders  back  while  standing,  sitting, 
or  walking.  From  one  to  one  pound 
and  a  half  of  solid  food  is  sufficient  for 
a  person  in  the  ordinary  vocations  of 
business.  Persons  in  sedentary  em- 
ployments should  drop  one-third  of 
their  food,  and  they  will  escape  dys- 
pepsia. Young  persons  should  walk 
at  least  two  hours  a  day  in  the  open 
air.  Young  ladies  should  be  strictly 
prevented  bandaging  the  chest.  Read- 
ing aloud  is  conductive  to  health. — Tlie 
Dial. 


Christians  can  never  want  a  praying 
time  if  they  possess  a  praying  frame. 
In  the  morning  this  is  a  golden  key  to 
open  the  heart  for  God's  service,  and  in 
the  evening  it  is  an  iron  lock  to  guard 
the  heart  against  sin. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


Business  Maxims. 


After  the  feast  the  giver  shakes  his 
head.  The  sleeping  fox  catches  no 
poultry.  Creditors  have  excellent  mem- 
ories. Caution  is  the  father  of  securi 
ty.  He  who  pays  beforehand  is  served 
behindhand.  If  you  would  know  the 
value  of  a  dollar,  try  to  borrow  one. 
Great  bargains  have  ruined  many. 
Be  silent  when  a  fool  talks.  Give  a 
foolish  talker  rope  enough,  and  he  will 
hang  himself.  Never  speak  boastingiy  of 
your  business.  It  is  hard  for  a  hungry 
man  to  wait  when  he  smells  the  roast 
meat.  An  hour  of  triumph  comes  at 
last  to  those  who  watch  and  wait.  Speak 
well  of  your  friends — of  your  enemies 
say  nothing.  Be  careful  how  you  take 
back  a  discharged  servant.  If  you  make 
your  servants  too  fafiailiar  with  your  af- 
fairs they  may  sometime  cause  you  to  re- 
gret it.  No  man  can  be  successful  who 
neglects  his  business.  Do  not  waste  time 
in  useless  regrets  over  losses.  Systema- 
tize your  business,  and  keep  an  eye 
on  little  expenses.  Small  leaks  sink 
great  ships.  Never  fail  to  take  a  re- 
ceipt for  money  paid,  and  keep  copies 
of  your  letters.  Do  your  business 
promptly,  and  bore  not  a  business-man 
with  long  visits.  Law  is  a  trade  in  which 
the  lawyers  eat  the  oysters  and  leave 
the  Client  the  shells. 


Ths  Magnet.  — Some  literary  connois- 
eur  has  furnished  the  following  on 
the  subject  of  the  magnet:  "In  the 
reign  of  Queen  Elisabeth  the  book  ot 
Shakspeare's  plays  had  its  origin,  and 
nearly  every  one.  who  has  read  that 
book  (and  who  has  not?)  remembers  the 
curious  sajings  in  it.  Til  put  a  g  r  Jle 
round  the  world  in  forty  minutes.'  But 
how  many  are  there  who  have  read  an- 
other great  book  of  the  tame  reign,  en- 
titled 'De  Magnet,'  or  are  aware  that  at 
the  time  whfin  Shakspeare  was  writing 
his  now  familiar  phrases,  the  author 
of  the  book  on  the  magnet,  the  queen's 
physician,  one  William  Gilbert,  when 
his  daily  toils  of  wailing  vn  the  i\ck 
were  over,  was  working  with  his  smith 
in  the  laboratory  at  his  furnace,  needle, 
and  compass,  was  wri'ing  up  for  the 
first  time  the  word  'electricty,'  and 
was  actually  forging  the  begioniugs  of 
the  very  instruments  that  now,  in  less 
than  forty  seconds,  put  the  girdle  round 

the  globe!" 

♦"•-•^ ■ 

Present  appearance  and  vulgar  con- 
ceit ordinarily  impose  upon  oar  fan- 
cies, disguising  things  with  a  deceitful 
varnish,  and  representing  those  that 
are  vainest  with  the  greatest  advantage ; 
whilst  the  noblest  objects,  being  of  a 
more  subtle  and  spiritual  nature,  like 
fairest  jewels  enclosed  in  a  homely  box, 
avoid  the  notice  of  gross  sense,  and 
pass  undiscerned  by  us.  Bat  the  light 
of  wisdom,  as  it  unmasks  specious  im- 
posture and  bereaves  it  of  its  false  col- 
ors, so  it  penetrates  into  the  retire" 
ments  of  true  excellency  and  reveals 
its  genuine  lustre. — Dr.  Barrow. 


— We  have  no  right  to  speak  evil  of 
any  man,  or  to  report  any  harm  of  him, 
no  matter  how  true  the  report  may  be 
unless  we  have  a  just  and  benevolent 
«nd  in  view. 


%iii[^  mi  %t^l\k  %xr[U. 


How  to  Purify  the  Blood. 


It  is  pretty  generally  understood 
that  health  depends  much  upon  the 
purity  of  the  blood.  And  it  is  sup- 
posed that  certain  diugs  and  medicines 
posses-;  a  sort  of  magic  power  to  purify 
the  blood.  It  is  supposed  to  be  the 
peculiar  office  of  these  medicines  to  pu- 
rify the  blood;  but  somehow  little  is 
thought  of  the  effect  of  the  food  which 
is  eaten,  as  having  a  tendency  to  the 
purity  or  the  impurity  of  the  blood. 
Food  is  taken  for  another  purpose,  to 
sustain  life;  hence  it  is  not  intend,  d, 
or  expected,  to  have  any  effect  upon 
the  blood. 

But  is  not  the  blood  formed  from 
what  we  eat  ?  And  would  it  not  be 
better  to  eat  such  food  as  will  make 
good  blood  than  to  eat  such  things  as 
must  make  impure  blood,  and  then  de- 
pend upon  drugs  and  nostrums  vile  to 
purify  it?     We  say,  then, 

1.  Eat  such  food  only  as  you  are 
sure  will  form  pure  blood.  If  you  do 
not  want  scrofulous  blood,  stop  eating 
scrofula.  Leave  off  taking  into  the  sys- 
tem the  impurities  contained  in  animal 
oils,  earthy  salts,  and  indigestible  con- 
diments; and  let  your  food  be  of  the 
purest  grains ,  fruits,  and  vegetables; 
and  let  your  drink  be  the  purest,  soft- 
est water  you  can  get.  Thus  you 
will  cease  to  add  impurity  to  impurity. 

2.  Take  in  large  quantities  of  pure 
atmospheric  air,  such  as  abounds  out 
of  doors;  not  of  the  kind  that  has  been 
shut  up  in  the  house,  heated  by  stoves, 
and  breathed  over  and  over  again. 
Pure  air  is  the  best  purifier  of  the  blood. 
It  is  brought  in  close  contact  with  the 
blood  in  the  lungs,  and  quickens  it  acd 
speeds  it  in  its  proper  course. 

.3  Keep  the  skin,  by  bathing  and 
proper  clothing,  in  the  best  condition 
to  throw  off  by  natural  perspiration  the 
impurities  that  are  already  in  the  sys- 
tem. N.-sture,  unobstructed,  has  a  way 
f  her  own  to  cast  out  impurities.  She 
will  do  the  work  well,  if  not  hindered. 

Let  these  rules  be  followed,  and  the 
blood  will  be  purified,  if  it  is  not  too  late 

to  purify  it.  — Health  Reformer,  ' 

^^"^ 

When  a  carpet  is  taken  up  to  be 
cleaned,  the  floor  beneath  it  is  gener- 
ally very  much  covered  with  duet. 
This  dust  is  very  fine  and  dry,  and 
poisonous  to  the  lungs.  Before  re- 
moving it,  sprinkle  the  floor  with  very 
dilute  carboHc  acid,  to  kill  any  poison- 
ous germs  that  may  be  present,  and  to 
thoroughly  disinfect  the  floor  and  ren- 
der it  sweet. 


^'ijiWwtt'^ 


tixnx. 


A  BeautifQl  Prayer. 


The  Herald  of  Health  significantly 
says:  'We  repeat,  for  the  benefit  of 
new  subcribers,  what  we  have  said  so 
often  before,  that  the  more  a  young 
lady's  waist  is  shaped  like  an  hour 
glass,  the  sooner  will  her  sands  of  life 

run  out." 

♦"♦-• 

A  Small  Plum  Pudding.  — Pour  a  cup 
of  milk  over  one  pound  of  fine  bread 
crumbs,  and  let  them  lie  half  an  hour; 
then  beat  in  four  ounces  of  sugar,  half 
a  pound  of  suet,  chopped  fiie,  half  a 
pound  of  raisins,  chopped,  and  half  a 
teacupful  of  grated  lemon-peel ;  beat  all 
well  up  with  four  eggs,  and  boil  five 
hours. 


We  hope  many    little    children  will 
learn  the  following  beautiful  prayer  : 

Father,  now  the  day  is  past, 
On  thy  child  this  blessing  cast: 
Near  my  pillow,  hand  in  hand, 
Keep  thy  guardian  angel  baud  ; 
And  throughout  the  darkling  night 
Bless  me  with  a  cheerful  light; 
Let  me  rise  at  morn  again , 
Free  from  every  thought  and  paiu  ; 
Pressing  through  life's  thorny  way. 
Keep  tae,  Father,  day  hy  day  ! 


Let  go  that  Bush. 


A  young  man  was  walking  with 
some  gay  companions  in  a  dark  forest. 
They  were  not  sure  that  they  knew 
the  exact  course  they  were  going,  and 
yet  the  laugh,  the  story  and  the  soDg 
beguiled  their  way.  They  hoped  to 
come  out  of  the  woods  ^it  the  right 
place,  and  thus  get  home  safely. 

But  suddenly  the  sky  grew  dark,  the 
birds  ceased  their  singing,  and  in  the 
distance  they  heard  the  bowlings  of  the 
hungry  beasts  of  prey.  Soon  one  of 
the  young  men  stumbled  over  some- 
thing, and  down,  down  he  fell,  with  a 
piercing  cry  of  horror.  His  compan- 
ions saw  him  as  he  fell  down  the  steep 
and  fearful  precipice.  Their  fears  soon 
gave  place  to  joy;  for  they  saw  that, 
instead  of  going  to  the  bottom,  he  had 
caught  hold  of  a'bush  Lalf-way  down. 
They  called  out  to  him ;  *'IIang  on ,  and 
we  will  save  you !"'  They  soon  made  a 
long  rope,  which  seemed  very  strong. 
but,  alas!  it  was  made  of  a  material 
which  may  be  called  ''self -righteous- 
ness.''^ and  had  no  strength  at  all.  It 
looked  as  if  they  could  never  break  it, 
and  so,  as  they  let  it  down  to  him,  be 
seized  it  with  all  his  might.  They 
called  to  him  from  above:  "Hold  on,  and 
we  will  draw  you  up  !"  But  they  did 
not  lift  him  an  inch  before  it  broke  all 
to  pieces. 

"Oh,"  he  shouted,  "the  rope  is  bro- 
ken ;  give  me  something  stronger.  Be 
quick,   for  my  hands  ache  dreadfully!"' 

Then  they  made  another.  It  seemed 
very  hard,  and  they  said  it  must  hold. 
It  was  made  of  ''woraZiiy." 

"Now,"  said  they,  "take  hold  of  this 
rope,  and  we  will  draw  you  to  the  top." 
But  they  scarcely  moved  him  before  it 
snapped  like  the  other. 

Again  he  cried: "Give  me  something 
stronger,  or  I  shall  fall  and  be  killed  I" 

While  they  were  making  a  third  rope, 
the  poor  fellow  turned  his  eyes  down- 
ward, but  could  see  nothing  but  dark- 
ness. Suddenly  he  heard  a  sweet  voice 
saying:  *'FalI,  fall;  I  will  save  thee. 
My  arms  will  catch  thee.   Let  go  that 

BUSH." 

His  friends  on  the  brink  above  did 
not  hear  this  sweet  voice,  and  bo  they 
kept  busily  at  work  till  they  had  fin- 
ished a  third  rope,  made  of  a  very  com- 
mon material,  which  they  found  near 
at  hand,  twisted  together,  and  called 
"good  resolutions.'''' 

"Now  ,"  said  his  friends,  "we  have  a 
rope  which  you  can  never  break." 

No  sooner  had  these  words  sounded 
in  his  ears  than  he  again  heard  that 
(ialm,  mysterious  voice  from  below: 
"  Fall  into  my  arms!  I  am  m,ig}dy  to 
save.'"  But  like  many  with  proud 
hearts,  he  again  seized  the  rope ,  though 


with  almost  nerveicJfad  hands.  He  was 
at  the  same  time  greatly  frightened  at 
wha.t  should  have  rejoiced  his  heart; 
for  he  thought  he  saw  a  sword  ('"the 
sword  of  the  spirit")  cutting  off  the 
roots  of  the  bush. 

"Hold  on !  we  will  soon  get  you  to 
the  top.  It's  the  last  rope  we  cm  give 
you!"  And  so  they  pulled  with  all 
their  might,  'out,  like  the  other  three, 
it  broke  as  if  it  were  a  cotton  thread. 
There  he  hung,  with  but  litile  strength 
left,  and  yet  again  he  heard  that  plead- 
ing voice:  "Fall,  fall,  and  I  will  save 
thee/"  ''But  it's  dark,  and  I  cannot 
see  you;  I  am  so  heavy  you  cannot 
hold  me."  ''Trust  my  word,  and  see. 
Let  go  at  ow^eP'  And  yet  again  his 
foolish  cocapanions  shouted:  ''Hold  ort, 
hold  on !"  but  the  bush  at  last  gave 
way,  being  cut  entirely  by  that  strange 
sword.  And  as  he  felt  his  strength  all 
gone,  he  faintly  cried:  ••Lord,  save,  or 
I  periak/  What  was  his  joy,  when 
suddenly  he  fousd  himself  firmly  clasp- 
ed in  ih«  mighty  arms  of  Him  "who  is 
ab  e  to  savB  unto  the  uttermost  all  them 
that  come  unto  God  bj'  him !" 

Now,  my  dear  young  friend,  is  not 
this  a  picture  of  the  way  you  have  been 
trying  to  climb  up  to  heaven?  Have 
you  not  ot"ten  felt  that  you  could  by 
your  own  good  works  merit  a  home  in 
the  m?.nsion3  above !  This  you  can 
never  do.  Give  up  every  other  hope, 
and  trust  only  m  Jesus.  ''Let  go  the 
bush,"  and  fall  into  Jesus'  arms,  and 
you  will  be  as  happy  as  this  young  man 
aud  the  little  girl  who  was  led  by  this 
simple  story  to  see  the  only  way  of  sal- 
vation through  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. 
— Eev.  E.  P.  Hammond. 


A  Pleasing  Experiment. 


An  Rcau'-ing  experiment  at  home  is 
that  of  the  electrical  sheet  of  paper. 
Take  half  a  sheet  of  thick  foolscap,  and 
after  wetting  it  thoroughly,  dry  it  over 
the  register,  or  on  top  of  the  stove. 
While  it  is  still  warm,  lay  it  on  a  var- 
nished table  or  a  dry  woolen  cloth,  and 
rub  it  bri-kly  with  a  piece  of  India  rub- 
ber. It  will  soon  be  eleclrified  and 
will  stick  to  the  wall  or  a  lookng  glass, 
or  bits  of  paper  will  adhere  to  it  in  a 
funny  v/ay.  Set  a  new  jap-.nned  tea- 
tray  on  three  dry  goblets  and  lay  paper 
in  it.  On  touching  the  tray  you  will 
get  a  smart  litile  spark.  Take  the 
paper  out  of  the  tray,  and  on  touching 
the  tray  you  will  get  a  spark  of  the  op- 
posite kind  of  electricity.  Replace  the 
paper  and  you  will  get  another  spark, 
and  so  on. 

Children  can  do  much  tow^ird  mak- 
ing their  parents  happy,  or  they  cun 
bring  down  their  gray  hairs  with  sorrow 
to  the  grave.  I  trust  all  children  w'll 
be  a  blessing,  and  not  a  curse  to  their 
parents. 


A  LITTLE  gill  of  eight  or  ten  sum- 
mers being  aeked  what  dust  was,  re- 
plied that  it  was  mud  with  all  the  juice 
squeezed  out. 


Be  fdways  frank  and  true;  Rpurn 
fvery  sort  of  affeclicn  and  disguihe. 
Have  the  courage  to  confess  your  ig- 
norance and  awkardness.  Confide 
your  faults  and  follies  to  but  few. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


I 


^[(lifli^us  J(nt^nij5^^^, 


— St.  John's  Episcopn!   Chiwcb,  Jersey  City,  uii-ets 
its  annual  expense  of  over  $6,000  by  voluntary  oft  r 
ings. 

— S;xly-five  persors  have  recently  united    witli  the 
Presbyterwu  churoh   of  B  itavii,  III.      The  church  has- 
been  eHt>i^!-li'-he(J  about  forty  years,  and  has  never  be 
fore  'lod  s-ucK  a  revival. 

— The  police  aulhorilies  of  Constantinople  bare 
forbidden  the  sale  of  Scriptures  in  the  Turkish  Ian 
guage,  which  the  tiovernitieat  has  allowed  for  fturteen 
years. 

— R"v.  J  L  Andrup,  of  Mi.  Vision.  N.  Y.,  wishes 
UB  to  no'.ice  that  he  h  nt  liberty  to  become  pastor  of 
any  Baptist  church  which  does  not  fellowship  the 
lodge, 

— The  Conoregational  church  at  Oak  P^rk,  near 
Chicago,  adopted,  with  some  misgivings,  t  le  W(  ekly 
contribution  plan  with  envelopes,  and  after  thrfe 
month's  trial  fi:!d8  it  successful. 

— The  various  yearly  meftlings  of  the  Friend?,    re 
port  large  accessions  «.nd  an  earnest  spirit,  in  the  cause 
of  Christianity.      InOhioafjd    Indiana  Qu^.ker  ladies 
were  most  active,  and  their  prayers    most  fervent    for 
the  overthrew  of  intemperance. 

— 300  ptrsons  were  baptized  during  the  pist  winter 
by  the  Bnpiist  pastors  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa  ,  and  three 
new  churrhps  have  bevn  fvrmed  through  their  ins  ru- 
mentality  within  the  last  twelve  moathe,  and  $70,000 
raised  for  church  buiif'ing,  notwiihetanding  the  panic. 

— The  Metiiodist  Episcopal  churches  are  becoming 
restive,  it  is  said,  under  the  exoense  ot  tbf-ir  bi;4lopl^ 
and  presiding  aiders.  It  is  reckoaed  fiat  the  annual 
cost  is  frnra  $60,000  to  $70,000  fjr  the  former  and 
half  a  million  ciolla'-B  for  the  latter. 

— Rev.  Geo  E.  Hathaway,  of  Coventry,  N.  Y. ,  is  a 
pasfor  who  pr<'ncnes  against  every  evil — the  loJge  in- 
clu(k'(',  and  finds  that  his  efforts  are  not  forgotten  by 
the  fraternity.  He  has.  neverthless,  beon  blessed  in 
6eein<'  six  score  persons  seeking  pardon  under  his  la- 
bors, and  at  this  WL^rk  his  enemies  are  dumb.  Such 
must  ftlways  be  the  work  of  God  ftaring  faith. 

— The  statistics  presented  at  the  Burmese  B^ptisi 
Missionary  Convention  show  that  there  are  18,546 
baptized  Christians  in  356  churches,  with  eighty-two 
ordained  and  329  unordained  preachers.  There  are 
eight} -five  scjiools  with  4,874  pupils,  some  of  them  in 
a  theologicjil  college.  The  annual  contribudoiis,  chief 
ly  of  the  Sf_'ftu  Karen?,  amounted  to  the  large  sum  of 
$25,000.  The  number  baptized  daring  the  year  was 
777. 

--The  Baptist  Weekly  relates  a  curious  incident 
which  o'-xurred  at  the  Warr'^n  Avenue  cburch  a  few 
Sabbaths  since.  The  pastor,  Mr.  Pentecost,  having 
exchanged  pulpits  with  another  of  the  Boston  pastors. 
a  Indy  m  the  congregation  deliberately  walked  into  the 
pulpit  and  placing  her  hands  on  the  minister's  head, 
offered  a  brief  prayer  of  consecration,  in  which  many 
of  the  congregation  seemed  to  juin  by  re^'erently  bow- 
ing their  heads.  The  good  woman  then  returned  to 
her  place  and  the  services  proceeded  as  usual. 

— Hitherto  the  Waldensian  missionary  churches 
throu;^houl  Italy  have  been  dependent  upon  the  Syn- 
od at  Li  Tour.  Now  they  are  to  be  reorganized  on  a 
PresbyterifU!  basis  and  will  practically  form  the  Pres- 
byterian church  of  Italy  .  There  are  thirty-eight  of  these 
ciJurches  in  Italy  and  Sicily,  supported  at  an  annual 
cost  of  $40,000,  which  is  mosily  supplied  from  Eng- 
land. The  so-called  Free  Church  of  Italy  ia  nearly  as 
large  as  the  Waldensian. 

— The  number  of  native  ministers  in  India  has  large- 
ly increased  since  1861.  la  that  year  there  were  319 
mission  stations  and  97  native  ministers.  In  1871 
there  were  423  stations  and  226  native  ministers. 
During  this  period  the  number  of  foreign  missionarii  s 
has  risen  from  478  to  486  There  was  therefore, 
only  an  inciease  o!  eight  foreign  missionaries  to  an  in- 
crease of  129  native  ministers. 

— K  P.  Hammond,  the  evangelist,  writes  to  the 
N.  Y.  Witness  a  brief  account  of  his  labors  and  victo- 
ies  during  the  past  moath.  The  letter  is  dated  Jack 
sonville.  III.,  Apr.  29th,  and  sayr:  ''I  believe  that 
through  the  rep">rl8  of  the  revival  meetings  in  St. 
Louis,  multitudes  have  been  directly  and  indirectly, 
led  to  see  Jeau^' as  their  Siviour.  I  do  not  know 
whether  you  have  heard  of  our  visit  to  Texas  or  not. 
It  would  be  safe  to  say  that  through  the  earnest  labors 
of  those  accompanying  me,  four  or  five  hundred  souls 
in  the  different  places  were  converted,  Wc  first  vis- 
ited Galveston,  where  a  great  work  was  accomplished; 
thence  to  Austin,  and  I  believe  that  meeting  held  in 
the  Capitol  building  at  the  latter  city  will  be  remem- 
bered by  those  Seuators  and  Reprts-^ntatives  as  long 
as  they  live,  it  was  a  most  sulemu  meeting,  when  the 
Rpirit  of  God  was  bountifully  poured  out.  Ea  route 
to  Texas  was  over  the  Iron  Mountain  road,  through 
the  courtesy  of  whose  President,  Hon.  Thomas  AUeu, 
we  were  passed  all   the    way  to   Galveston.      We    re- 


turned thrmgb  the  Indian  Territory.  Texas  is  indee*^ 
■*  nol'L;  State.  It  i'^  larger  than  all  New  E  igland.  Now 
York  Slate,  and  Ohio.  I  saw  some  fine  lands  thsr- 
as  I  over  did  anywhere.  We  passed  there  one  man's 
farm  that  extended  for  many  miles  in  all  directions, 
on  wh'ch  were  100,000  cattle.  When  we  arrived  at 
Galveston,  in  March,  we  found  the  ground  covered 
with  flowers  and  the  orange  trees  laden  with  ripe  fruit. 
Upon  my  return  to  St.  Louis,  29  Christian  workers 
c  ime  with  me  to  Hannibal,  Mo,,  a  town  of  15,0u0  in- 
habitants, located  on  tlie  west  bank  of  the  MiKSouri 
River,  150  miles  above  Sc.  Louis.  A  great  work  ha 
been  inaugurated  thus,  upwards  of  700  persons  hav- 
ing signed  the  covenant. 

From  Hnnnibal  one  hundred  and  four  went  with  me 
on  the  cars  to  Palmyra,  Mo.,  and  the  glorious  work 
of  the  Holy  Spirit  has  begun  there.  It  has  been  my 
privilege  for  ten  days  or  more  to  labor  in  Jacksonville, 
III.,  an  educational  centre  of  much  importance,  where 
Illinois  College  is  located,  and  some  five  seminaries. 
The  president,  professer,  and  ministers  have  taken 
hold  of  the  work  with  a  great  amount  of  interest;  no 
building  will  bold  the  crowds  who  are  in  attend,=.nce 
from  day  lo"day,  and  the  multitude  unable  to  secure 
seats  inside  the  church,  attend  out-door  meetings  which 
are  held  from  day  to  day  in  the  public  squire.  No 
less  than  975  people  have  signed  the  covenant,  after 
having  been  carefully  examined  by  ministers  or  Christ- 
ians. This  covenant  expresses  the  belief  that  the 
signers  have  passed  from  death  unto  life,  and  promise, 
with  God's  help,  to  live  his  loving  and  faithful  chil- 
dren all  their  lives. 

Theo.  Smith,  a  converted  pr'ze  fighter  from  Eng- 
land, haa  been  with  me  for  several  weeks,  doing  val- 
uablo  service  for  the  Lord.  He  reminds  me  contin- 
uilly  of  Richard  Weaver,  a  prize  fighter  in  England, 
who  was  the  means  of  converting  thousands.  I  used 
to  hear  him  speak  over  twelve  years  ago  in  Scotland. 
[  am  in  hopes  Mr,  Snith  will  attend  Tal mage's  col- 
lege in  Brooklyn,  fit  himself  for  a  lay  evangelist,  and 
prove  to  be  one  of  the  missing  Iinke  to  reach  the  "out- 
standing'masses."     Yours  in  Jesus, 

E.  P.  Hammind. 


'^^m  4  Wit  ^^u\. 


The  Capitol. 


— It  was  rumored  last  week  that  E.  B.  Wasbburoe, 
now  Minister  in  France,  was  selected  to  succeed  Rich 
ardson  in  the  Trea<-ury. 

— The  marriage  of  Senator  Stewart's  daughter  on 
the  4th  inst.  to  Lieut.  Tatten,  of  the  Navy,  was  the 
occasion  of  great  display  of  the  wealth  of  Washing- 
ton. Miss  Nellie  Grant's  wedding  is  announced  for 
the  2l8t. 

— Judge  Wright,  of  Iowa,  has  bought  the  carriage 
purchased  for  Attorney  Ganeral  William's  private  use 
with  public  money,  and  proposes  to  drive  through  the 
country  with  four  horses  attached,  and  thus  show  the- 
peop  e  how  their  official  servants  p;irade  at  Washington. 

— Charges  have  been  made,  in  the  House,  of  frauds 
in  letting  postal  contracts  and  referred  to  the  Post- 
Office  committee,  who  seem  unwilling  to  investigate. 
Mr.  Stone,  oi  Missouri,  has  presented  a  long  list  of 
flagrant  abuses,  such  as  bids  accepted  for  a  few  thous- 
and dollars  and  finally  contracted  for  twice,  thrice  and 
even  fifteen  times  the  original  bid. 

The  Country. 


— A  great  riot  has  occurred  at  Nelsonville,  Ohio, 
bstween  the  union  and  non-union  miners.  Three 
men  were  killed,  andfurtlier  trouble  was  apprehended. 

— A  conference  of  Catholic  Archbishops,  sitting  in 
Cincinnati,  have  decided  to  form  ^.rchbishoprics  of 
Piiiladelphia,  Milwaukee,  Boston,  Peoria  and  Santa 
Fe,  if  the  Pope  approves. 

— The  afternoon  train  on  the  Pittsburg  &  Ft. 
Wayne  railroad,  which  left  Chicago  on  the  se-ond  of 
May,  was  thrown  from  the  track  by  a  misplaced 
switch,  sixty  miles  from  Fl.  Wayne,  and  several  cars 
burned,  but  no  Uves  lost.  The  post-office  oflicials  state 
that  three  pouches  from  Milwaukee,  and  one  each  for 
New  York.  Philadelphia  and  Pittsburg  were  destroyed; 
also,  nine  from  Chicago,  and  one  each  for  Pittsburg, 
Baltimore,  New  York  and  Ft.  Wayne,  and  miscella 
neous  checks  and  drafts,  amounting  to  more  than  two 
million  dollars,  are  believed  to  have  been    destroyed. 

— The  forests  of  Michigan  are  threatened  with  a 
confltgratioa  equalling  that  of  1871.  Fires  are  rag- 
ing throughout  the  Saginaw  district  and  in  Gratriot 
and  Tuscola  counties.  Muskegon  was  surrounded 
with  burnina  timber  on  Saturday,  and  the  city  was' 
threatened  with  destruction.  The  railroads  travers- 
ing the  region  are  considerably  damaged.  Forest 
flres  are  causing  great  destruction,  also,  near  Bothwell 
in  Canada.  A  fire  in  St.  Louis  on  Sun  lay  destroyed 
property  worth  from  $60,000  to    $70,000.      At    Osh- 


kofih.  Wis.,  twenty-eight  dwellings  and  a  dozan  barns 
were  burned  on  S.iturday, 

— The  war  on  the  saloons  is  quite  as  vlgorouslv 
prosecuted  in  Michigan  as  anywhere  in  the  west.  A 
woman's  alliance  in  Detroit  is  doing  its  work.  A  com- 
mittee of  twenty  was  appointed  to  wait  on  tiie  Gov- 
ernor, Mayor  and  lead  ng  citzens.  In  Adrian  great 
activity  prevails  Legal  pro-.ecutions  have  been  com- 
menced, saloons  wa'ched  and  visited.  Allegan  has 
no  open  liquor  selling.  The  Hudson  House,  Hudson, 
has  abandoned  its  'bar."  Two  hundred  Scandina- 
vians signed  the  pledge  in  Manistee.  The  National 
Hot'-l  at  Flint  has  become  a  temperance  house.  In 
Charlotte,  meetings  have  been  held,  and  all  places 
closed  but  one,  and  every  lawyer  in  the  city  has 
signed  the  pledge,  and  will  not  clear  the  guilty  in 
any  liquor  suit.  At  Lansing,  1,800  were  present  at 
one  meeting.  Other  towns  are  moving  all  over  the 
State. 

— After  considerable  hunting  for  the  kidnapped 
Arkansas  judges,  they  escaped  on  Wednesday  last 
through  the  aid  of  the  officer  guarding  them,  who 
believed  they  would  be  murdered.  On  their  arrival 
at  L  ttle  Rjck  the  Supreme  Court  gave  a  decision  in 
ftivor  of  Brooks.  The  friends  anci  attorneys  of  both 
parties  in  Washington  have  entered  into  an  agree- 
ment to  i.sue  a  jjint  call  for  a  meeting  of  the  Legis- 
lature, and  abide  by  the  decision  of  that  body.  In 
the  meantime,  ao  ad  interim  Governor  is  to  be  named 
by  the  President,  and  bath  contestants  are  to  disband 
and  send  home  all  their  troops  except  a  body-guard, 
and  are  to  refrain  from  any  warlike  demonstrations. 
A  fight  took  place  in  Little  Rock  oa  Saturday  but 
DO  one  was  hurt.  Another  account  states  that  one 
rjegro  was  killed.  Capt,  Welch's  company,  who  es- 
caped from  the  steamer  Hallie,  had  arrived  in  Little 
Rock.  The  Federal  troops  were  intrenching  them- 
selves in  front  of  the  City  Hall,  and  still  further 
strengthing  their  position. 

Foreign. 


— The  Carlisto,  under  Don  Alfonso,  have  been  de- 
feated again  in  an  engagement  with  the  Republican 
troops.  The  C;i-iist  loss  was  heavy.  Castelar  has 
congratulated S.^rrano  on  his  success  at  Bilbao.  The 
question  of  re-arganization  of  the  government  is  the 
absorbing  one  at  present.  Serrano  wishes  to  form  a 
better  cabinet. 

New  York,  May  8. — The  Diaro,  of  Nelanila,  has 
details  of  a  fire  in  the  Phillippine  Islands,  on  the  28th 
of  January.  Two  children,  who  were  h'ft  to  them- 
selves, set  the  house  on  Are,  and  the  confl igration  ex- 
tended so  rapidly  that  in  the  course  of  four  hours 
half  the  hou-ses  in  town,  nearly  2,000,  were  destroyed. 
Not  a  fruit  tree  remained.  Thousands  of  weaving 
frames  were  destroyed,  and  multitudes  of  cattle  per- 
isned.  Fifteen  persons,  including  six  children,  were 
burned  to  death. 


— Rev,  Geo.  Trask,  of  Fitchburg,   Mass. ,  publishes 

a  large  number    of  able  tracts  against  tobacco,  which 

are  having  a  wide  and  useful  circulation.     This  work 

is  fcustained  by  voluntary  contributions  which  may  be 

sent  to  Mr.  Trask. 

i«  ■ » 

Westfield  College. — This  institution  is  generally 
well  known  to  the  readers  of  this  paper  through  the 
presence  of  members  of  its  Faculty  at  the  annual 
meetings  of  the  National  Association.  It  is  under 
the  charge  of  the  Illinois,  Central  Illinois  and  Lower 
Wabash  Conferences  of  the  church  of  the  United  Breth- 
ren in  Christ;  is  pleasantly  located  in  the  healthy  and 
retired  town  of  Westfield,  Clark  county,  Illinois,  in 
daily  connection  with  the  Indianapolis  and^  St.  Louis 
railway.  Expenses  are  quite  moderate,  the  tuition 
being  $24.00  a  year.  The  number  of  students  dur- 
ing the  last  College  year  was  224,  made  up  of  both 
ladies  and  gentlemen,  who  sjiare  equally  in  both  the 
classical  and  scientific  courses.  The  patrons  of  this  in- 
stitution may  put  confidence  in  its  Faculty  with  re- 
spect to  the  moral  care  exercised  toward  the  stu- 
dents. The  rufiianly  sports  of  older  and  wealthier 
colleges  are  unknown,  nor  are  those  pledges  of  secrecy 
which  sever  the  student  from  the  control  of  parent 
and  officer,  ever  permitted. 


— Some  one  has  attempted  to  turn  aside  the  shafts 
that  reveal  the  weakness  and  folly  of  the  grange  by 
a  sham  description  of  the  institution.  It  is  traveling 
the  rounds  of  the  lodge-bedizzened  press,  but  will 
attract  the  attention  only  of  the  idle  and  the  prejudiced. 
A  similar  labor  has  been  undertaken  for  the  Knights  of 
Pythias,  and  published  by  a  New  York  firm. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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FREEMASONRY  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 

THE  GENUINE  OLD  MORGAN  BOOK:— republished  with  en- 
graviDgs  showing  the  :*<ige  Room,  Dreas  of  candidates,  Signs 
Due  Guardp,  Grips,  Etc. 

This  revelation  is  so  accnrate  that  Freemasons  murdered  the  an 
thor  for  writing  it.  ThouKands  bave  testified  to  the  correctness  of 
the  revelation  and  this   hook  therefore  sells  very  rapidly. 

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OK  PERSONAL  REMINISCENCES  OF  THE    ABDUCTION  AND 
MURDER  OF  Wm.  MORGAN, 

By  SAMUEL   D.  G-BEEWE, 

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following 

OPINIONS  OF  THE  F.RESS. 

"A  Masonic  Revelation. — Mr  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 

fentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  whose  statements  seem  to 
e  worthy  of  full  credence,  jl'/ta  Uroken  ^ml;  or,  T'eTnona/ 
Semhuscences  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,  is  the 
title  of  »  book  of  some  three  hundred  pages  just  issued  by  him, 
purporting  to  give  a  full  and  accurate  account,  from  personal  knowl- 
edge, of  tiie  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  other  masonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  almost  half  a  century 
ago." — Cong rer/a/ iu?ia  isf  and  'Mecorder,  Sos/on, 

" 'Fbebmasonrt  Dbvelopbd.' — 'The  Brokeu  Seal:  or.  Personal 
Eeminiecences  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  aad  ?/iiirder,'  is  the  title  of 
a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  tho 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter^ 
esting  matter,  including  the  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
thor opposes  Freemasonry  as  inimical  to  good  government,  to  so- 
ciety, and  to  the  Church;  and  the  story  that  he  here  tells  will  make 
a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  be.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
Its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— i>«2- 
ly  Herald    Boston. 

"We  are  acquainted  with  Mr.  Greene,  and  have  no  doubt  that  his 
accountiseurirely  reliable,  and  of  great  historic  and  moral  interest. 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan  was  Mr.  Greene's  neighbor  i-^  Batavia,  N.  Y,., 
and  a  member  of  the  same  lodge  with  him  at  the  time  of  the  great 
excitement  in  is;6.  The  titles  to  these  chapters  are  sufSciently  ex- 
citing to  give  the  book  a  large  sale:—'  The  Storm  Gathering;" 
"Abduction  of  Morgan;"  "Attempted  Abduction  of  Miller  and 
his  Rescue;"  "What  became  of  Morgan;"  "What  Morgan  Ac- 
tually Revealed;"  "Confession- of  the  Murderer;"  "AUegationg 
against  Freemasonry,  etc.^—'Soston  3)aily  JVen't. 

History  of  The  Abduction  and  Mnrder  of 
Cap't.  "Wm.  Morgan, 

Ab  prepared  by  Seven  Committees  of  Citizens,  appointed  to  ascer- 
tain the  fate  of  Morgan. 

This  book  contains  indisputable,  legal  evidence  that  Freemasons, 
abducted  and  Murdered  Wm.  Morgan,  for  no  other  offence  than 
the  revelation  of  Masonry.  It  contains  the  sworn  testimony  of  over 
twenty  persons,  including  Morgan's  wife,  and  no  candid  person 
after  reading  this  book,  can  doubt  that  many  of  the  most  respecta- 
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who  drowned  Morga,  in  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the  lips 
of  the  dying  man  by  Li.  John  C.  Emery,  of  Racine  County,  Wiscon- 
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SERMON  ON   MASOKRY, 

BY  BEV.  W.  P.  M'NARY. 
Pastor  United  Presbyterian  Church,  Bloomington,  Ind. 
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of  The  Army  aud  Navy,  The  Bench  and  Tha  Clergy 
The    Table  of  Contents"  is  as  follows: 

,'TnK  xIntiquity  of  Secret  Societies,  The  Lu-e  of 
Julian,  Tub  Eleusinian  Mysteries,  The  Origin  of 
MAsoNitY,  Was  Washington  a  Mason  ?  Filmore's  and 
Webster  s  defkhence  to  Masonry,  A  brief  outline  of 

THE  progress  OF  MaSONRY    IN    THE  UNITED    StaTFS     ThE 

Tammany  Ring,  The  Credit  Mobilier  Rrao,  M^kontc 
Benevolence,  The  uses  of  Masonry,  An  Illustration 

IhB    CkjNCLUSION."  ' 

Polices  of  She  Press, 


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Rise.  Progress  and  Character  with  Respect  to  the  Christian  Reli<non 
and  Republican   Government.     Edited  by  (.ieneral  J.   W     Phelps 
Chicago:  Ezra  A.  Cook  &■  Co. 

The  author  traces  buck  the  origin  of  Masonry  and  its  evil  influ- 
ences, particularly  as  seen  and  felt  in  our  own  country;  the  Tam- 
many Ring,  Credit  Mobiler,  Ac.  He  shows  the  subserviency  of 
some  of  our  public  men,  such  as  Fillmore  and  Webster,  to  its  dom- 
inating power.  If  read  dispassionately  it  will  do  '^ooA.— United 
Presbyterian. 

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ies and  their  antagonism  to  Christianity;  the  Masonrv  of  Washington 
and  Ins  virtual  secession  from  it;  the  harlotry  of  iMasonry  English 
and  American,  in  assuming  ehargt,  of  international  poIiticsJand  treat- 
ies between  England  and  the  United  States;  the  disgusting  interven- 
tion of  the  lodge  at  the  close  of  the  French  and  German  vr.n-  the 
Masonic  baptisms;  all  these  and  more  Gen.  Phelps  has  <nven  accom- 
panied with  clear  philosophical  dissertations  of  his  own. 

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CHAPTER  111.— (co^TI^uED.) 

A  fifth  objection  is  found  in  the  natural  use  of  these  socie- 
ties for  distuibance  of  public  order.  Absurd  initiations  (eith- 
er real  or  pretejided),  rivalries,  and  conspiracies  find  their 
home  and  natui-e  in  these  hidden  communions.  Out  of  the 
darkness  davk  deeds  grow.  An  enmity  against  a  student  or 
a  Professor  is  systematically  fostered  into  persecution  iu  these 
favoring  caucuses  of  secrecy.  A  young-  man  who  would 
never  have  thought  of  violence,  is  led  by  the  false  sense  of 
honor  which  reeks  in  secret  societies,  to  join  hand  with  oth- 
ers in  a  crime  against  the  State.  Of  course  this  is  not  the 
universal  and  inevitable  issue  of  secret  societies,  but  this  has 
frc(juently  been  their  history,  and  they  are  naturally  fitted 
for  such  results  Tlie  minor  disturbances  of  college  order, 
of  which  they  are  the  causes,  are  legion. 

The  sLxth  objection  I  have  to  offer  is  their  evil  influence 
upon  the  regular  literary  sctiieties  of  the  college,  which  are 
insiituted  as  adjuncts  of  the  curriculum.  The  secret  societies 
are  more  fascinating.  They  assert  themselves  in  the  literarv 
societies  by  the  quarrels  of  rival  factions,  and  literature  flies 
out  of  the  window.  I  believe  that  1  am  right  in  asserting 
that  in  most  of  our  colleges  the  literary  societies  (most  im- 
portant helps  to  the  student  in  composition  and  oratory)  have 
been  utterly  ruined,  except  as  alumni  centers,  by  the  secret 
societies. 

My  last  objection  is  their  expensiveness.  The  great  ma- 
jority of  students  are  poor.  They  need  to  live  with  a  strict 
economy.  The  secret  society  asks  more  of  them,  oftentimes, 
than  their  education  asks.  Even  buildings  are  put  up  for 
the  societies,  and  extravagantly  furnished,  and  for  these  the 
students  are  taxed.  To  refuse  payment  would  be  to  suffer 
disgrace.  Debts  are  incurred,  and  mental  agony  sown  broad- 
cast by  these  inflictions  of  a  bastard  honoi',  which  are  throw- 
ing obstacles  in  the  way  of  the  education  of  the  poor,  while 
good  men  throughout  the  country  are  laboring  to  open  college 
education  to  all. 

I  know  that  many  excellent  men,  long  after  they  leave 
college,  support  these  ^societies.  Ministers  of  eminence 
are  their  chaplains  (save  the  mark !)  and  statesmen  wear  the 
mystic  badges.  But  for  all  that,  I  cannot  but  believe  that 
the  principle  on  which  they  rest  is  pernicious,  and  nothing  is 
gained  by  them  which  might  not  be  gained  far  better  by 
open  dealing.  The  principle  is  not  only  pernicious,  but 
childish,  an  anti-climax  which  may  have  weight  with  some 
who  would  prefer  to  do  wrong  than  to  be  reckoned  as  lack- 
ing wit. 

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of  like  import  were  published  from  other  eminent  educators; 
but  it  will  be  sufficient  for  the  immediate  purpose  to  present 
a  paper  read  by  Professor  J.  R,  Jacques,  of  the  Illinois  Wes- 
leyan  University,  before  the  Central  College  Association,  met 
at  Bloomington,  111,,  August,  1868,  which  was  published  in 
the  journal  of  proceedings.  This  paper  is  a  concise  state- 
ment of  the  reasons  for  banishing  the  fraternity  system  from 
the  institutions  of  the  country.      It  isjierewith  presented: 

SECRET  SOCIETIKS  IN  COLLEGES. 

iSecret  societies  in  colleges  being  a  historic  fact  rather  than 
a  theory  proposed,  cannot  well  be  discussed  without  preju- 
dice, nor  disturbed  without  commotion.  Among  nearly  all 
''college  men"  there  is  an  evident  tendency  to  touch  this 
theme  dehcately  and  tenderly,  as  if  a  bold,  outspoken  discus- 
sion would  precipitate  some  vague  and  unknown  peril.  And 
this  general  reluctance  to  speak  in  downright  earnest — in 
bold,  blunt  words- — is  not  without  its  significance,  implyino-, 
as  it  does,  an  abridgment  of  liberty  of  speech,  which  is  itself 
already  ominous  of  evil. 

While  it  is  a  difficult  task  to  emancipate  our  minds  from 
all  personal  prejudices  and  partiality  it  may  not  be  impossi- 
ble nor  unprofitable  to  ascertain  the  natural  tendencies  of 
college  secret  societies,  viewed  intrinsically  and  apart  from 
particular  instances  that  might  seem  to  prove  or  disprove 
their  advantages. 

Secret  or  "Greek"  societies,  as  such,  in  college,  are  liable 
to  certain  objections,  a  priori,  which,  iu  the  absence  of  any 
experienced  effiects,  or  a  posteriori  arguments,  would  go  far 
to  discourage  the  formation  of  such  societies.  Among  the 
objectionable  features  which  belong  essentially  to  secret  soci 
eties  in  college,  some  may  be  mentioned  as  most  prominent 
and  most  obvious. 

1.  Among  college  students,  at  an  age  when  most  suscep- 
tible, secret  societies  tend  to  breed  that  secretive  disposition 
which  is  the  very  opposite  of  the  truly  candid, generous  and 
magnanimous  character. 

•Z.  Such  societies  necessarily  give  opportunity,  and  there- 
fore stimulus  for  stealthy  planning  and  plotting  to  accom- 
plish whatever  ends  may  be  proposed;  and  thus,  by  logical 
necessity ; 

3.  Such  societies  tend  to  divert  the  attention  and  confi- 
dence from  honest  work,  manly  measures,  eternal  right  and 
triumphant  truth  (which  need  no  disguise),  to  the  tricks  of 
temporizing  and  compromising  pohcy  which  need  the  secret 
conclave  and  sleepless  cunning — thus  tending  and  tempting 
to  substitute  policy  for  principle,  stealth  for  strength,  plotting 


pusillanimity  for  patient  magnanimity,  and,  in  fine,  lurking 
meanness  for  lofty  manliness. 

4.  Whatever  may  be  the  advantage  or  necessity  of  secret 
meetings  or  societies  among  citizens,  as  such,  to  guard  church, 
state,  society  or  home  against  political  ploting  or  other  peril, 
such  advantage  or  necessity  cannot  be  pleaded  in  defense  of 
college  secret  societies — where  trustees  and  faculty  are  the 
official  and  legal  guardians  of  the  peace  and  good  order  of 
the  institution,  and  where  the  responsibility  of  governing  in 
no  degree  and  in  no  sense  belongs  to  the  students. 

5.  Secret  societies  in  colleges  must  naturally  tend  to  em- 
bolden students  in  insurrection  against  good  government 
whenever  their  incUnations  are  thwarted  by  faculty  or  trus- 
tees; and  thus 

6 .  Such  secret  societies  must  naturally  tend  to  lower  the 
discipline  to  a  laxer  standard  by  warping,  blinding  and  influ- 
encing the  faculty  with  a  vague  dread  of  rebellion  against 
stringent  yet  wholesome  discipUne. 

Y.  Such  secret  societies  cannot  provide  for  any  real  need 
of  the  student  which  is  not  already  amply  provided  for.  Does 
he  need  literary  culture  and  fraternal  sympathy?  He  finds 
these  already  in  the  well  regulated  literary  society-  Does 
he  need  social  culture  and  refinement?  This  he  finds  in  the 
social  circle  where  all  is  natural  and  real,  offering  a  far  higher 
social  culture  than  the  rollicking  laxity  of  manners  which  the 
well-locked  and  wefl-curtained  soc-ety  hall  must  needs  pro- 
voke. Does  he  need  moral  and  religious  culture  ?  This  is 
abundantly  provided  in  all  the  departments  of  the  Christian 
church ;  and  he  shall  seek  long  who  shall  find  a  substitute 
for  the  nurturing  care  of  the  church  of  God. 

8.  Secret  societies  in  college  must  necessarily  take  time 
from  other  duties  more  important .  The  prescribed  exercises 
of  college  life,  in  the  preparation  and  recitation  of  lessons,  in 
essay- writing  and  general  reading;  social  duties,  religious 
duties  and  literary  society  duties  together  with  the  multitude 
of  nameless  calls  arising  from  our  oppressive  and  complex 
civilization,  leave  little  room  for  the  promised  and  possible 
advantages  of  secret  societies.  Omitting  and  ignoring  such 
assemblies,  the  student,  emulous  of  high  success,  will  find 
the  regular  duties  of  college  life,  literary,  social  and  religious, 
engross  all  his  time  and  energies,  leaving  none  for  the  secret 
societies.  Any  attempt  to  meet  all  these  frivolous  calls  will 
prove  fatal  to  painstaking  study  and  concentrated  exertion  of 
mind. 

9.  Secret  societies,  controlled  by  inexperienced,  impulsive 
young  men,  from  the  necessity  of  the  case,  will  be  likely  to 
consume  more  money  than  prudence  would  dictate.  This 
might  be  confidently  predicted  without  knowing  the  history 
of  a  single  society  in  existence.  The  principles  of  human 
nature  alone  furnish  sufficient  data  for  this  conclusion. 

These  will  be  the  tendencies  of  such  secret  societies  which, 
in  an  atmosphere  of  healthy  moral  sentiment,  may  be  checked 
and  suppressed,  but  nevertheless  the  tendencies  will  remain 
the  same,  requiring  perpetual  moral  pressure  to  prevent  the 
uprising  of  evil 

And  now  let  it  be  remembered  and  remarked  that  all  these 
a  priori  probabiHties  have  become  accomplished  facts: 

1.  Secret  societies  have  fostered  a  secretive  disposition 
and  tendency  among  students. 

2.  They  have  been  the  scene  and  source  of  untold  mis- 
chief in  our  colleges,  and  some  of  the  most  distinguished 
presidents  and  professors  in  our  American  colleges  have  re- 
corded their  convictions  that  these  societies^ — -while  sometimes 
beneficial — are  generally  pernicious  to  good  order  and  good 
morals . 

3.  They  have  instigated,  stimulated  and  maddened  the 
morbid  appetite  for  office,  trickery  and  wire-working,  which, 
in  the  American  mind,  is  the  feverish  vice  most  needing  a 
sedative    and  the  poison  most  needing  an  antidote. 

4.  They  have  supplied  no  real  need  of  the  nobly  ambi- 
lious  student.  The  student  busy  with  his  secret  society  dur- 
ing his  college  course,  on  subsequently  viewing  his  college 
life  from  the  standpoint  of  real,  earnest  life,  generally  finds 
his  secret  society  activities  dwindling  in  his  own  estimation 
more  and  more  as  time  advances;  while  the  student  using 
all  legitimate  means  •  f  improvement,  yet  outlawed  and 
tabooed  by  misguided  class-mates  for  his  lack  of  appreciation 
of  secret  ^ocieties,  rises  in  the  world  just  as  well,  not  only 
without  the  offered  help  of  the  fraternity,  but  in  spite  of 
their  persistent  opposition. 

6.  They  have  wasted  the  time  of  students,  and.  in  some 
cases,  hastened  the  process  of  dissipating  both  mind  and 
character,  by  triflingly  employing  young  men  capable  of  bet- 
ter things. 

6.  They  have  become  in  many  cases  a  school  of  prodi- 
gality and  extravagance.  Already  we  hear  of  a  general  com- 
plaint among  the  patrons  of  <  ur  Eastern  colleges,  that  the 
secret  societies  are  breeding  habits  of  extravagance  among 
students,  which  are  exhausting  both  the  purse-  and  the  pa- 
tience of  parents  and  guardians,  and  prompt  measures  are 
suggested  as  a  remedy. 

The  advocates  of  such  societies  tell  us  there  are  some  un- 
questionable advantages  in  these  fraternities. 

1.  It  is  said  the  secret  society  is  a  "bond  of  union." 
Be  it  so;  but  does  this  prove  anything  for  or  against  the 
moral  advantage  of  a  society?  Any  secret  conclave,  wheth- 
er good  or  bad,  is  a  bond  of  union.  It  is  called  a  bond  of 
uniov — union  of  what?  Does  not  the  class  organization 
furnish  a  bond  of  union  ?     Does  not  the  hterary  society  furn- 


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ish  a  beautiful  bond  of  union?     Is  not  the  alumni  society  a 
bond  of  union?     Is  not  the   college  itself  a  bond  of  union? 


At  the  meeting  of  1870,  Dr.  J.  P.  Gulliver,  then  President 
of  Knox  College,  Illinois,  suggested  that  there  be  some  plan 


And  in  the  case  of  many  of  our  college  students  is  not  the  ^^  ^^^.^^  ^^^  ^^^^^^_  .^  ^^^.^  ^^^^^^  ^^^^^^   ^^  .^  ^ 

society  of  the  church  a  hoher,  dearer  bond  ol  union  than  all  „  „.  ,  .      ? 

,      ■  ,•',  been  conceded  generallv  araon'^  college  omcei-s  that  no  insti- 

beside  s  ,  „  ^  >, 


:  appropriate   place   to  give  utterance  to  ajtution  could  alone  b*=gin 
spicion  that  this  "bond  of  union"  among  cessfully   eradicating  th. 


And  this  is  the 
long  suppressed  suspi 

the  reUgious  and  the  irreligious,  the  serious  and  the  trifling, 
in  such  intimate  and  secret  association,  accords  neither  with 
sound  philosophy  nor  Christian  ethics.  1  n  such  assemblages, 
where  so  manv  restraints  are  removed,  the  young  Christian 
is  more  likely  "to  be  debased  than  the  unchristian  young  man 
elevated. 

2.  Ao-ain,  it  is  said  the  college  secret  society  is  a  mutual 
help  and''  protection.  "Help"  for  wkat?  For  anything 
that  cannot  be  provided  by  the  legitimate  institutions  and 
faculties  of  the  college,  the  church  and  the  society  ? 

We  wait  to  ascertain  this  promised  help,  the  possession  of 
which  is  pronounced  a  blessing,  but  tlie  loss  of  which  is 
found  to  be  no  cu  se.  Is  it  a  "  protection  f  A  protection 
against  lohnt?  Are  our  students  in  our  Christian  colleges  in 
such  peril  that  ihey  must  needs  league  together  for  protec- 
U<m?  Protection  against  each  other?  No!  Against  the 
faculty?  What?  Do  our  noble  students  need  fortification 
and  protection  against  the  faculty,  who  are  by  their  very 
office  devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  students?  The  historic 
orioin  and  present  attitude  of  these  secret  societies  in  Amer- 
ica, forces  the  suspicion  upon  the  mind  that  their  animus, 
though  sometimes  most  honorable,  is  often  rebellious  and 
restless. 

And  now  we  may  understand  the  present  status  of  this 
controversy  by  honesUy  answering  a  few  questions: 

1.  Is  not  the  secret  society,  as  such,  a  defense  against 
wholesome  discipline  ? 

2.  Is  not  the  secret  society  generally  a  source  of  vague 
terror  or  uneasiness  to  the  faculty  ? 

3.  Are  the  ruling  spirits  of  secret  societies  generally,  or 
as  a  rule,  our  best  students  and  noblest  young  men  ? 

4.  Do  our  most  devoted  Christian  young  men  generally 
find  the  performances  and  pastimes  of  the  secret  society  con 
genial  with  their  tastes  ? 

5.  While  the  secret  or  Greek  society .  in  a  pure  moral 
atmosphere,  may  be  not  only  free  from  evil,  but  promotive  of 
o-ood,  do  not  college  men  generally  acknowledge  their  ten- 
dency to  be  toward  mischief,  and  would  not  professors  and 
trustees  vote  such  societies  out  of  existence  if  they  could  do 


it  without  collision  or  catastrophe?  if  ^j^^  ^^^^  ^j^^g   ^^^  ^^j^  ^1^^  selection  of  university 

In  view,  therefore,  of  all  the  facts  of  the  case,  we  would]      j  ,_  „  _,__,^^  __',  .,,_.^, i    .     ,       •,,    .,_     j-  •' 

suggest  the  propriety  of  expressing  on  all  fitting  occasions 
our  disapproval  of  the  whole  system  of  college^  secret  socie- 
ties as  now  generally  conducted — at  the  same  time  attempt- 
ing no  coercive  measures,  as  the  experience  of  the  past  has 
proved  that  any  measures  other  than  moral  suasion  aggravate 
rather  than  mitigate  the  evil. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Association  to  which  the 
above  was  presented,  held  in  Oberlin,  Ohio,  in  the  fall  of 
1870,  the  subject  was  again  brought  forward  in  a  manner 
promising  a  vigorous  effort  for  the  removal  of  the  secret  so- 
cieties. This  body  was,  moreover,  fully  competent  to  discu^s 
the  question  and  put  in  execution  any  plan  which  might  be 
adopted,  being  composed  of  college  presidents  and  professors 
from  the  central  or  lake  States,  who  had  all  more  or  less 
knowledge  of   the  societies,   either    as  students  or  officers. 


the  struggle  with  much  hope  o^  sue- 
fully  eradicating  the  fraternities  and  at  the  same  time 
maintaining  its  standing  as  an  institution.  Toleration  or  no 
patronage  was  the  alternative.  But  it  was  as  generally  be- 
lieved that  a  united  effort  could  hardly  fail.  The  }>roposition 
was  favorably  received  and  referred  to  a  committee,  but  the 
Association  never  met  again  in  its  original  capacity.  It  was 
the  next  year  merged  into  the  National  Teacliers'  A  socia- 
tion;  and  the  college  fraternities  escaped. 

To  the  Alumni  meeting  at  Yale  commencement,  h.eld  .Tune 
25,  1873,  must  be  referred  one  of  the  ablest  and  most  radi- 
cal testimonies  against  the  society  system,  from  Hon.  William 
M.  Evarts.  Mr.  Evarts  is  pubhshed  among  the  members  of 
the  "Skull  and  Bones"  Senior  society  of  Yale,  was  the 
second  graduate  chosen  by  the  Alumni  to  represent  them  on 
the  Board  of  Trustees  of  that  institution,  and  is  a  leader  in 
the  legal  profession  of  America,  having  served  the  Govern- 
ment as  Attorney  General,  counsel  in  the  Geneva  Arbitra- 
tion etc.  His  remarks  had,  therefore,  the  weight  of  une- 
qualled experience.  The  next  day  the  Hartford  Courunt 
pubhshed  the  following  report : 

"A  very  agreeable  break  in  the  monotony  was  made  by 
introducing  the  Hon.  William  M.  Evarts,  of  the  class  of  1837. 
He  always  makes  a  capital  speech,  no  matter  w  at  may  be 
the  occasion;  and  he  did  good  work  to-day  in  speaking 
against  the  evil  effects  of  secret  societies — a  subje  t  which 
had  been  previously  well  handled  by  Mr.  Van  Sanford.  A 
few  years  ago  the  great  societies  of  Linonia  and  tiie  Broth- 
ers in  Unity,  which  included  all  classes,  and  were  about 
equally  divided  in  membership,  were  the  weekly  arenas  of 
debate,  the  school  in  which  men  were  tra  ned  to  think  on 
their  feet.  They  made  men  clear  and  rapid  thinkers  and 
ready  debators  To-day  they  are  dead;  killed  by  the  class 
secret  societies,  which  have  a  tendency  to  develope  snobbish- 
ness and  nothing  else .  They  are  a  curse  to  the  college,  in- 
terfering not  only  with  good-fellowship  among  the  members 

crews 
and  ball  clubs  and  thus  have  much  to  do  with  thf  disgraceful 
series  of  defeats  which  have  attended  Yale  for  several  years. 
Mr.  Evarts,  inalludmg  to  the  students  sent  forth  by  Yale  in  tlie 
past,  who  have  achieved  great  success  in  the  fields  of  real 
influence,  said  most  of  their  success  was  due  l^o  the  educating 
influence  of  the  great  debating  societies.  They  furnislied 
for  the  field  for  open  and  manly  debate  what  could  not  be 
found  in  the  small  numbers  and  limited  opportunities  of  tlie 
secret  societies.  They  prepared  the  young  man  to  with- 
sand  frowns  and  hisses  as  well  as  applause,  and  turned  out 
men  who  could  meet  an  adversary  in  debate  without  flinch 
ing.  All  this  is  wanting  now,  and  cannot  be  supplied  unless 
the  old  societies  can  be  resurrected.  There  were  hundreds 
of  old  graduates  who  agreed  with  the  speaker  when  he  ad- 
vocated the  revival  of  the  -Id  societies  and  the  suppre-sion 
of  the  foolish  secret  c-lubs  which  have  supplanted  them." 

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Chicaso.  May  11,  1874 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 

Grain  Wheat— Spring.  No.  1..      $  1  28 

"        No.    2 1  25 

"  '     No.  3 1  17 

"       Kejected in 

Corn— No.  2 61  Ji        62 

Rejected 60  W/i 

Oftt8— No.  2 ily. 

Rejected 46^ 

Eve— No.  2 96  97 

Fionr,  Winter        5  50  9  00 

Spring  extra 6  .37  6  50 

SuperJine 3  25  4  87 

Hay— Timothy,  pressed IB  00  22  00 

"           loose 17  OU  19  00 

Prairie,        "      lO  00  14  00 

Lard    10)i 

Mess   pork,  per  bbl 16  75 

Butter 17  26 

Cheese  10  15^ 

Eggs 13  14 

Beans 175  2  50 

Potatoes,  per  bn        1  20  I  60 

Seeds— Flax 2  50 

Timothy 2  45  2  GO 

Clover 5  00  5  60 

Lumber— Clear 38  00  65  00 

Common 12  00  is  00 

Lath 3  50  2  76 

Shingles I  50  3  75 

WOO  i>- Washed .37  55 

Unwashed 25  32 

LIVESTOCK.  Cattle,  extra....        6  25  6  60 

Good  to  choice 5  •'^5  6  CO 

Medium 4  85  5  25 

Common 3  50  4  75 

Hogs, 4  50  6  12!4 

Sheep 4  50  8  50 

tievt  York  Market. 

Flour 15  60  1100 

Wheat 1  48  1  59 

Corn 89  86 

Oats M  65^ 

Rye 107  112 

Lard W^i 

Mess  pork 17  15 

Bntter 29  84 

Cheese    13  16 

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Contents. 

Page. 

Editorial  Articles 8,  9 

The  Syracuse  Meeting Funds Uncharitable    to 

Prof.  Swing Scliuyler  Colfax H.  H.  Ulnmau. 

Topics  OF  THE  Time 1 

Our  Colleges  Secret  Societies 1 

CoHTKiBOTED  and  Select  Articles 1, 3,  3 

The  Secret  Brotherhood  of  God Stone  Soup     ..The 

Economical   Farmer's  order Sumner  and  the  Anti- 
Slavery  Struggle. 

EBroRM  News 4,  B 

jl«iews  from:  the  Ohio  Agent;  Linden,  Mich. ;  the  Pacific 
Coast;  huesell  Co.,  Kansas;  Williams  Co.,  Ohio;  Jefi'er- 
son  Co.,  N.  Y. ;  Annieville,  Iowa. 

Correspondence 5,  0 

Experience  Meeting Lodge  Charity The  Political 

Question From  a  Colleague  of  Stearns  and  Colver 

Strange  if  True Gen,  Phelp's  Book Our  Mail. 

Porty  Tb»rs  Ago 6 

College  Secret  Societies 13,  14,  IB 

Chapter  III.  Continued.     Chapter  IV. 

Manual  of  the  Independent  Church  of  Christ,  Marengo,  111 8 

Mr.   CoJfax   in  Kochester,  N.  Y 13 

The  Home  Cikcle 10, 11 

Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbath  School 7 

Home  and  Health  Hints 7 

Farm  and  Garden 7 

Religious  Intelligence 13 

News  of  the  Weelt 12 

Publisher's  Department 16 

Advertisements 13, 11,  1B,16 


m  Worcester,  Maes. ,  on  the  9tli  of  Maj',  growing  out 
of  an  article  in  the  Springfield  Republican  suggesting 
the  organization  of  Young  Men's  Reform  Clubs.  The 
draft  of  a  platform  was  presented,  which  declares 
independence  of  the  moribund  parties,  and  urges  re- 
form in  government.  The  near  future  haa  develop- 
ments that  may  astonish  the  last  conservative. 


t^t^^\\%  4  \\t  t^m, 


The  Two  Governoks. — Arkansas  at  length  has  re- 
lief. After  several  encounters,  and  loss  of  life,  neither 
State  courts  or  Legislature  affecting  anything,  propo- 
sitions of  peace  were  submitted  from  Washington. 
Brooks  declined  saucily  and  lost  his  cause.  President 
Grant  recognized  Baxter  as  Governor;  Little  Rock 
rejoiced  as  never  before;  the  dead  lock  was  removed 
from  the  railroads,  and  the  belligerents  have  disbanded 
The  President's  decision  was  a  clear  one.  Baxter  had 
been  declared  Governor  by  the  legal  authority,  and 
Brooks'  usurpation  was  based  on  a  network  of  legal 
processes  and  fog. 


General  Howard. — The  military  investigation  into 
the  alleged  defalcation  of  the  Freedmen's  Bureau  has 
closed  with  an  eihonoration  of  the  principal,  Gen 
Howard.  He  has  bseu  acquitted  by  soldiers,  and  rec- 
ommended to  the  confidence  and  sympathy  of  the 
army.  The  daily  press  developed  a  morbid  appetite 
for  the  characters  of  "Christian  Stateemen""  during  the 
Credit  Mobilier  trials.  When  that  was  over  they 
ga  ped  for  prey ;  and  the  charges,  however  baseless, 
against  the  Bureau  were  game.  But  now  to  eat  their 
own  words  is  nauseating,  and  so  they  are  silent.  A 
Washington  correspondent  thinks  that  Howard  was 
generous  to  a  fault  and  sacrificed  himself  to  the  color- 
ed man,  having  given  him  "not  only  a  University,  a 
political  economy,  a  financial  system  and  a  religion, 
but  gave  his  own  sol  dierhood  away  and  imperilled 
his  reputation." 


Vote-making. — The  political  weather-vane  may 
well  tremble  for  its  reputation.  The  party  pilots 
have  proved  themselves  equal  to  the  Irish  steersman 
who,  knew  every  rock  in  the  passage,  ''and  that's  one 
of  'em,  yir  honor" — as  the  vessel  struck.  Now  they 
vainly  look  for  a  wind.  The  signals  give  them  little 
hope  but  a  continuance  of  their  indecision.  Here  in 
Illinois  the  State  Farmer's  Association  has  by  its  ad- 
visory Committee  broken  loose  from  the  old  parties  and 
called  a  convention  to  meet  June  10th  to  nomi- 
nate State  officers  for  the  fall  election.  New  York 
city  has  been  long  under  party  whip  and  its  represent- 
ative journals  cry  loudly  for  reform.  The  blind  zeal 
of  the  inflationists  has  urged  that  measure  until  the 
the  people  will  not  ignore  it,  and  it  is  unquestionably 
proved  that  the  party  press  is  bitterly  divided  on 
the    question.     A   very  significant  meeting  was  held 


The  Secret  Brotherhood  of  God, 


BT    REV.     W.    POST. 


The  Farmer's  Question. — It  has  come  about  in 
our  changable  American  society  that  a  large  and  re- 
spected portion  our  citizens  are  anxiously  inquiring 
after  certain  credit  given  and  cash  paid  by  them  to  an 
organization  made  popular  by  its  magnifijent  claims 
as  a  money-saving  and  a  despot-destroying  institu- 
tion. The  grange  is  a  fine  example  of  the  old  say- 
ing, "It  takes  a  thief  to  catch  a  thief."  Last  winter, 
after  giving  out  that  it  had  $50,000  surplus  funds, 
the  National  Grange  was  cot  able  to  present  its  fi 
nancial  report  for  1873;  nor  has  it  since.  Now,  the 
Patrons  want  this  matter  settled  on  principle,  and 
their  papers  are  joining  the  cry,  "Brother  Kelley, 
why  don't  you  make  your  report?"'  The  St.  Louis 
Olohe  has  got  hold  of  the  figures  and  publishes 
them  and  will  soon  give  an  analysis : 

' 'The  receipts  for  the  year  were  $132,151,28,  of 
which  all  but  some  $3,000  came  from  dispensations, 
over  8,500  of  which  were  issued.  The  balance  was 
made  up  from  interest  (only  $730),  quarterly  dues, 
(paid  only  by  Wisconsin),  two  quarters,  and  Iowa, 
and  Illinois,  one  quarter  each)  and  sales  of  manuals. 
The  expenses  were  in  all  $79,333.53,  of  which  $30,- 
303.80  were  for  printing  and  regalia,  $11,400  for  sal- 
aries, $13,840.81  for  clerk  hire,  express  charges, 
freight,  etc.  Of  the  balance  of  $52,817.75  in  the 
treasury,  $39,512, 50  are  invested  in  government  sixes, 
and  $13,152.70  are  in  the  Washington  Loan  and 
Trust  Company.  Mr.  Kelly,  the  secretary,  received 
$3,500  salary  and  $2,321.74  arrears,  besidts  some 
other  small  perquieitie?,  which  altogether  make  up 
nearly  as  much  as  he  could  have  earned  by  a  year's 
hard  work  on  the  farm." 


OUR  COLLEGES    OJV  SECKET  SOCIETIES. 


The  college  papers  which  have  been  continued 
from  week  to  week  since  February  26th  are  at  last 
concluded  with  this  number.  They  have  been  use- 
ful and  interesting  in  presenting  new  views  of  the 
reform;  and  show  that  there  are  institutions  which  ar^J 
fearless  in  adhering  to  principles  and  are  unwilling  to 
beg  a  livelihood  from  the  lodge.  The  last  letter  sent 
in  answer  to  the  circular  of  the  committee  is  presented 
herewith.  Of  the  institution  no  information  has  been 
received  than  that  given,  and  the  additional  fact  that 
it  is  a  Baptist  institution.  There  is  probably  no  col- 
lege of  that  denomination  at  the  North  which  would 
be  willing  to  show  such  a  record  as  tha  following: 
Baylor  University,  Independence,  Texas, 

Oct.  25,  1873. 

Gents: — I  connected  myself  with  the  "Masons"  at 
Vicksburg,  Miss.,  in  1847.  An  intimate  acquaintance 
with  the  fraternity  under  all  the  trials  of  peace  and 
war,  slavery  and  ant'.-slavery,  good  order  and  discord, 
in  years  of  plenty  and  years  of  famine,  in  season  of 
health  and  in  years  of  peEtilence  and  in  all  the  rela- 
tions of  life,  hai  developed  nothing  in  "Freemasonry" 
adverse  to  the  highest  and  best  exhibitions  of  "She 
social,  civil  and  moral  character  of  the  citizens  o^ 
America."  If  I  were  to  write  an  article  it  would  em- 
brace the  points  evidently  suggested  by  the  fO'S-e- 
going  lines.     Very  respectfully  yours, 

Wm.  Caret  Cranei,  President. 


"Shall  the  throne  of  iniquity  have  fellowship  with  thee, 
which  frameth  mischief  hy  a  law  ?" — Ps.  xciv.  20. 

The  above  question  is  not   one    of  enquiry,   but  of 
confirmation,  expressing  the   shcck    that   purity  and 
truth  muft  experience  at  even  a  hint  of  such  a  coinci- 
dent.     What!    iniquity,  that  ''frameth  mischief  by   a 
law,"  have  fellowship  with  God?     Utterly  impossible! 
God  can  never  league  with  iniquity   to  accomplish  his 
purposes.     He  makes  "the  wrath    of  man   to    praise 
him,  and  restrains  the  remainder,"  but  falsehood   and 
deceit  share  no  part  of  his  government.      Is   not   the 
"fruit  of    the   Spirit,  in   all  goodaees,  righteousncES 
and  truth  ?"     And  are  not  those  whomhe  chooses,  ad- 
monished to  "have  no  fellowship  with    the   unfruitful 
works  of  darkness."     The  Lord  claims  no   such   agen- 
cies to  carry   on   his    work.     The  Holy    Ghost   saith 
"that  which  maketh  manifest  is  light,"  and  Jesus  said, 
"Let  your  light  so  shine  befoie  men,  that  others  may 
see   your  good  works  and  glorify  your  Father    which 
is  in  heaven."     The  convsrrt  to  Christ  was  to  come  out 
from  among  idolators,  feparate  himself  from   all    their 
heathenish  ri'es  and  ceremonies,    "giving  no  oflPense," 
be  no  stumbling-block,  that  it  might  be  evident  to   all 
that  the  church  of  God  inherited  rothing  unclean.     It 
is  for  iniquity  to  frame  mischief  by  a  law.      But  God's 
agencies — -his  ministeis  and  his  people — are   to   have 
no  fellowship  with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness," 
"no  religious  connection  with  the  heathen?  or   their 
worships."       "Probably    alluding,"  says    Dr.   Adam 
Clark,  "to  the  mysteries  among   t'ne  heathens,  and 
the  difierent  lustrations  and  rites  through   which   the 
nitiated  went  in  the  caves  and    dark  recesses   where 
these  mysteries  were   celebrated.     .    .     the   initiated 
being  obliged,  on  pain  of  death,  to  keep    secret  what 
they  had    seen,    heard  and  done;   hence  they   were 
callsd  unspeakable  mysteries,  things  that  were  not  to 
be  divulged."     (Com.  on  Eph.  v.  11.) 

For  what  have  the  children  of  God  to  do  with  these 
works  of  darkness?  Can  God  have  fellowship  with 
the  throne  of  iniquity  ?  "As  righteousness  cannot 
have  communion  with  unrighteousnesp,  and  light  can- 
not dwell  with  darkness,  so  Christ  can  have  no  con- 
cord with  Belial,  nor  can  he  that  believeth  have  any 
with  an  infidel.  .  .  How,  then,  could  they  keep 
up  the  profession  of  Christidnity,  or  pretend  to  be 
under  its  influence,  while  thfy  asscc'a'.ed  with  the  un- 
righteous, had  communion  with  darkness,  concord  with 
Belial,  and  partook  with  infidels  ?  .  ,  .  If  ye  join 
in  idolatrous  rites,  it  IS  impossible    that  ye  should  be 

Christians." 

'  'Is  it  not  plain.  .  .  that  God  could  not  inhabit  in 
them,  if  they  had  concord  with  Belial,  or  a  portion 
with  infidels?'     {Clark  on  2d  Cor.  vi  ) 

''The  kingdom  of  God  is  righteousness."  It  can 
have  no  affinity  with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness. 
The  works  of  the  flesh  are  "idolatry,  hatred,  sedi- 
tions"— divisions  into  separate  factions — heresies,  (fac- 
tions), murders,  drunkenness,  revellings  (so  common 
in  secret  societies  at  the  present  day),  and    such   like. 

.    .     They  which  do  such  things  shall  tot   inherit 

the  kingdom  of  God."   (Gal.  v.)     "We should  let  the 

world  see  that  the  church  of  God   tolerates   no  auch 

iniquity." 

Have  no  fellowship    with   these    hidden    works   of 

darkness  is  the  unmistakable  language  of  God's  Word. 


Dr.  Clari^sajf,    "The  apostle   speaks   against  ihese 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


mysteries  as'he'speaks  against  fornication,  unclean- 
ness  and  covetousness."  And,"Now  all  these  reprova- 
ble  actions  v/hlch  are  practiced  in  celebrating  these 
mysteries,  are  made  manifest  as  sinful  by  the  Gospel." 
{Gom.  on  JEph.  1.)  In  the  secret  ^chamber  of  the 
heathen,  -mischief  was  framed  by  a  law.'  Let  us  con- 
cluding glance  at  the  lovers  of  secrecy  in  Bible  lan- 
guage. '  'Thatthey  may  shoot  in  secret  at  the  per- 
fect."— Ps.  Ixiv.  "Whose  hatred  is  covered  in  secret." 
— Prov.  xxvi.  ''It  is  a  shame  even  to  speaK  of  those 
things  that  are  done  of  them  in  secret." — Eph.  v. 
"0,  my  soul,  come  not  thou  into  their  secret;  unto 
their  assembly,  mine  honor,  be  not  thou  united;  for 
in  their  anger  they  slew  a  man." — Gen.  xlix.  "No 
man  can  serve  two  masters." — Can't  ser^'e  Christ 
and  the  master  of  the  heathen,  secret  mysteries. 
This  throne;  of  iniquity  cannot  find  fellowahip  in 
Christ  and  his^elect.  Can  God's  elect  afHliate  with 
idolatore,  Christ]es3  blasphemers,  revelers,  drunkards 
and  Euch  like,  composing  an  oath-bound  brotherhood  ? 
Can— 0  ^Lord  God ! — the  throne  of  iniquity  have 
fellowship  with  thee,  which  frameth  mischief  by  a 
law  ? 

stone/ Sonp. 


Every  one  may  have  heard  the  fable  of  a  man  who, 
begging  for  a  dinner  but  being  refused,  finally  man- 
aged, through  the  novelty  of  professing  to  make  a.dish 
of  stone  Eoup,  to  get  a  very  good  meal.  He  supplied 
the  stone,  and  the  kitchen  maid  added  all  the  other 
articles 'one  by  one  for  making  a  rich  soup;  so  thai 
what  the  man  failed  to  get  as  a  whole,  he  succeeded 
in  getting  by  detail  and  by  exciting  curiosity. 

This  shy,  insidious  way  of  doing  things,  though 
quite  tolerable  when  exhibited  as  an  exercise  of  iadi' 
vidual  ingenuity,;for  a  good  purpose,  is  very  danger- 
ous when  it  is  made  use  of  to  reconcile  men  to  wrong 
notions  and  to^a  loss  of  liberty. 

During  the  war  of  the  Rebellion  it  was  noticed  that 
certain  rebel  women  were^more  spiteful  against  the 
government  than  the  men;  and  after  the  war  they 
kept  up  their  strife  by  decorating  the  graves  of  rebel 
soldiers  with  flowers;  thus  seeking  to  consecrate  rebel- 
lion and  to  exhibit  the  spirit  of  hate,  either  afl"ected 
or  real,  against  republican  government.  There  was  a 
pettiness  and  bitterness  in  this  way  of  showing  the 
epirit  of  ignorance  againsta  government  that  is  stiil  con- 
sidered the  greatest  beneficence  of  the  earth,  that  might 
have  been  safely  left  to  die  out  ofjitself,  from  its  own  un- 
worthiness,  if  a  secret  society  had  not  come  forward, 
with  very  suspicious  readiness,  jwith  a  scheme  which 
has  seemed  to  keep  it  alive.  The  Grand  Army  of  the 
Republic,  that  great  secret  society  which  has  grown 
out  of  Masonry's  battening  on  the  vitalities  of  the  gov- 
ernment during  the  war,  was  not  afraid  of  losing  its 
grandeur  by  taking  up  the  quarrel  over  graves  thus  of- 
fered by  Sjuthern  women,  and  made  the  ceremonies 
of  strewing  flowers  of  the  grai33  and  flowers  of  rhetoric, 
especially  the  latter,  over  Union  soldiers'  graves  a  reg- 
ular institution,  and  absolutely  sought  to  drive  Con- 
gress to  the  puerility  of  adopting  it  as  a  national 
hoUday.  So  that,  though  the  war  was  ended,  still 
the  quarrel  went  on  over  dead  men's  graves,  Southern 
women  keeping  up  discord  by  decorating  (so-called) 
rebel  soldiers'  graves  wi'^h  pretty  flowers,  once  a  year, 
on  the  one  hand,  and  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Repub- 
lic, grimly  replying  on  the  other,  throwing  down 
flower  for  flower,  tulip  for  tulip,  pansy  for  pansy, 
with  a  good  many  political  speeches  thrown  in  be- 
sides. 

Thus  we  have  our  stone  soup  well  under  way. 
First,  we  have  Masonry  seeking  to  make  a  good  din- 
ner out  of  the  war,  which  it  did,  much  to  the  injury 
of  the  country;  but  now  it  wants  stone  soup.  The 
Grand  Army  1?  the  stone;  this  quarrel  with  Southero 
women  is  one  of  the  condiments.  And  now  still 
another  condiment  is  thrown  in;  officers  and  soldiers 
of  the  U.  S.  Army  go  and  strew  flowers  on  the  graves 
of  those  who  died  fighting  against  the  government 
which  they  pretended  to  serve! — thus  making,  by 
their  own  standard,  rebellion  just  as  good  as  loyally, 
ju^t  as  honorable,  just  as  praiseworthy.     What  next 


condiment  will  be  thrown  into  this  broth  remains  to 
be  seen;  but  where  armies  are  thus  found  horioring 
the  graves  of  their  governments'  enemies,  the  country 
cannot  be  far  from  that  condition  where  those  armies 
will  serve  him  who  pays  the  best,  without  much  re- 
gard to  forms  of  government,  or  principles. 

Even  the  New  York  Tribune,  forgetting  its  ancient 
manliness  and  independence,  approves  this  act  of  our 
regular  Army,  and  pretends  to  find  a  precedent  for 
it  in  Mr.  Sumner's  resolution  for  taking  ofl"  the  stain; 
of  civil  war  from  our  standards.  There  is  no  pofsible 
similarity  in  the  two  cases.  Mr.  Sumner's  resolution 
was  merely  for  removing  scalps  from  the  Indian's  belt; 
for  suppressing  unchristian  exultation  over  a  fallen  foe 
of  any  kind  whatever;  but  this  act  of  the  Army  goes 
altogether  farther  than  that;  it  extends  to  the  honor- 
ing of  rebellion,  and  that  rebell'on  a  very  bad  one,  got 
up  for  a  bad  purpose,  with  hardly  room  enough  left 
for  charity  itself  to  assign  a  good  object. 

The  language  of  the  Tribune  is  remarkable  for  its 
servility  to  a  movement  which  it  ought  to  censure,  in- 
stead of  adopting  as  one  of  the  proper  baits  of  repub 
lican  insiitutions.  Here  it  is:  and  it  shows  that  the 
Tribune's  opposition  to  Grant  is  do  deeper  than  the 
simple  fact  that  Grant's  election  was  opposed  to  that 
of  Mr.  Greely.     The  Tribune  says : — 

The  natural  tolerance  of  the  American  has  now  so 
far  asserted  itself  that  this  week  the  officers  and  men 
of  the  United  States  Army,  stationed  in  the  vicinity 
of  these  proceedings,  have  asked  permifsion  to  take 
part  in  them,  and  have  deposited  on  the  graves  of 
their  late  adversaries  the  crowns  acd  croBses  which 
typify  a  divided  glory  and  a  common  faith  in  immor 
tality.  W^e  do  not  expect  to  hear  any  deiiunciatioa  of 
this  graceful  and  becoming  act  of  brave  men  toward 
their  fallen  adversaries. 

Think  of  United  States  soldiers,  going  altogether 
out  of  the  line  of  their  duty,  and  honoring  rebel 
grayes  with  "the  crowns  and  crosses  which  typify  a 
divided  g'ory  and  a  common  faith  in  immortality." 
Observe  also  the  shy  manner,  worthy  of  one  of  the 
craft,  in  which  is  coupled  respect  for  rebels  with  the 
manifestations  of  Christian  faith,  as  if  one  could,  be 
made  to  honor  the  other !  This  is  a  trick  of  Jesuitism ; 
it  is  Masonry  all  over. 

If  the  United  States  Army  wishes  to  show  its  ''com- 
moa  faith  in  immortality,"  could  it  not  tiad  some  bet- 
ter occasion  than  a  spiteful  ceremony  of  honoring  re- 
bellion? Why  should  this  army  go  into  graveyards  to 
keep  alive  the  memory  of  dead  rebels,  ten  years  after 
they  are  buried  ?  It  is  a  service  for  political  priests,  or 
scheming  Masons,  if  for  anybody;  but  last  of  all  for 
the  Army  of  the  United  States.  This  confounding  of 
diistinctioa  promises  a  kind  of  broth  that  sensible  peo- 
ple would  not  like  to  take,  when  it  is  fully  concocted. 

What  does  the  Tribune  mean  by  "divided  glory  ?" 
Is  there  aay  glory  in  the  mere  act  of  fighting,  by 
itself,  without  a  cause  ?  Is  rebellion  as  glorious  as 
loyalty?  Is  monarchical  government,  towards  which 
the  rebellion  aimed,  as  glorious  as  republican  govern- 
ment? Is  it  aa  glorious  to  fight  for  slavery  as  for  lib 
erty?  Is  there  no  distinction  between  the  advocate? 
of  a  good  and  bad  cause  ?  And  why  does  the  Tribune 
give  way-to  the  miserable  trick  taught  by  Masonry, 
to  seek  to  hide  a  bad  cause  under  the  sanctimonious 
pretense  of  respect  for  the  immortal  dead  ?  Has  the 
great,  free,  independent  Tribune  at  last  fallen  into  the 
march  prescribed  by  Masonry,  and  goes  on  with  the 
crowd,  making  a  republican  virtue  cut  of  the  slave- 
holder's vice?  Yes, Masonry  gave  pitch  to  the  music 
at  the  beginning  of  the  war,  a  pitch  on  altogether  too 
low  a  note,  one  to  which  the  grand  march  of  the  Re- 
public could  not  be  possibly  carried  out;  and  now  the 
Tribune  falls  in,  and  keeps  step  with  the  rest.  It 
knew  how  to  oppose  slavery;  but  it  knew  less  than 
nothing  of  how  to  manage  a  war  against  it,  or  to  make 
use  of  that  war  for  the  perpetuity  of  repubiicau  gov- 
ernment; and  it  falls  as  unsuspectingly  into  the  wiles 
of  Masonry  aa  the  greenest  country  editor  who  is  made 
to  believe  that  Masonry  is  deeper  versed  in  a  "common 
faith  in  immortality"  than  any  other  religion  in  the 
world. 

It  is  no  small  (natter  that  the  Army  of  the  United 
States  should  trifle  with  its  own  character  and   the 


grave  importance  of  its  duties  in  the  way  that  the 
Tribune  finds  so  meritorious.  The  people  do  not  hire 
armies  to  perform  grave-yard  ceremonies  for  the  ene- 
mies of  their  government.  Our  Army  is  a  school 
for  keeping:  alive  devotion  to  republican  principles,  to  I 
military  discipline,  and  loyalty  to  their  country.  As 
officers  I'rom  West  Point,  where  Masonry  in  no  shape 
is  taught  (or  at  least  was  not  in  former  times)  it  was 
admirably  adapted  to  keep  alive  an  inflexible 
tone  of  devotion  to  republican  government,  and  to 
transfuse  this  tone  into  volunteer  troops  when  raised. 
Bat  if  this  tone  becomes  destroyed,  and  rebels  are  es- 
teemed by  it  as  deserving  a  "divided  glory,"  share 
and  share  alike,  with  devoted  servitors  of  the  country; 
if  it  teaches  that  the  proper  duties  of  a  repubhcan 
army  are  to  adopt  the  popular  habits  and  customs  ol 
the  place  where  it  is  stationed,  though  these  habits 
and  customs  are  for  the  purpose  of  honoring  rebellion, 
it  ceases  to  be  a  school  for  the  perpetuation  of  repub- 
lican virtues,  and  will  be  capable  of  transfusing  noth- 
ing into  volunteer  ranks  but  ttie  demoralization  which 
its  own  confusion  must  inevitably  generate. 

A  people  properly  jealous  of  their  liberties  would 
hold  the  Commander-in-chief  of  the  Army  and  Navy 
strictly  respoasible  for  this  act  of  Masonic  supereroga- 
tion on  the  part  of  the  Army ;  and  they  would  know 
why  it  is  permitted  to  be  done.  It  is  a  matter  of  far 
more  importance  than  the  inflation  of  the  currency, 
bad  as  that  is,  and  both  are  the  demoralizing  conse- 
quences of  a  war  that  was  badly  conducted  under  the 
iBflueiicea  of  Masonry.  W^hile  the  war  was  still  raging, 
it  must  be  remembered,  Congress,  whose  presiding 
officers  of  late  years  have  generally  been  Masons,  char- 
tered Masonic  Hall  Association  in  the  District  of  Col- 
umbia, thus  sanctioning  a  secret  power  whose  oaths 
bind  its  members  to  kill  men,  whose  practices  are  but 
a  collusion  against  the  common  law,  and  which  admin- 
isteri  extra-judicial  oaths  calculated  to  defeat  the  ends 
of  justice.  The  act  was  as  preposterous  as  it  would  be 
to  charter  the  Council  of  Ten  of  the  Republic  of  Venice, 
and  as  inconsistent  with  individual  rights  and  liber- 
ties. 

This  act  we  must  insist  on  being  repealed;  and  we 
must  have  ianother  act  passed  rendering  membership 
with  any  secret  society  on  the  part  of  an  officer  of  the 
Army  and  Navy,  an  offense  for  which  he  is  t6  be  dis- 
missed from  tlie  service.  To  become  a  Mason  is  an  act 
opposed  to  public  justice;  and  no  one  should  be  em- 
ployed as  an  officer  by  the  Republic,  who  is  guilty  of 
that  act.  He  becomes  thereby  tos  narrow  and  partial 
to  be  fit  for  the  public  service.  Anti-mason. 


The  Economical  Fariusr's  "Order." 


[From  the  Chicago  Tribune,  MayGth.]  I 

Hrbron,  Porter  Co.,  Ind,,  May  5,  1874.       1 
To  the  Editor:  \ 

Sir: — Before  there  were  a  dozen  granges  organ'zed  < 
in  this  State,  I  joined  the  movement,  believing  it  to  be   I 
an  honest  effort  to  help  the  farmer  without  wronging 
others.     But,    if   not   premeditated,   the    temptation 
has  been  too  strong,  and  the  leaders  of  this  movement 
have  taken  the  beaten  track  of  pillage  and  plunder. 

And  what  is  this  "economical"  movement  likely  to 
cost  the  farmers  ?  The  charter  for  each  subordinate 
^raage  is  $15;  deputies'  charges,  and  express  on 
books  and  circulars,  not  less,  on  an  average,  than  $10, 
— making  a  total  cost  of  at  least  $25  for  organizing 
each  grange.  There  are,  or  soon  will  be,  2,000 
granges  in  this  Slate,  at  a  cost  of  |50,000  for  organ- 
izing. The  degree  dues  paid  to  the  State  Grange  will 
be  $30,000  more, — making  a  total  of  $80,000;  be- 
sides $20,000  per  year  as  quarterly  dues.  This  is 
one  State  alone. '  And  what  is  done  with  the  money? 
This  thing  is  being  adroitly  worked  up.  At  first  we 
had  a  constitutional  guarantee  that  the  members  of 
the  order  should  know  the  amount  of  money  received 
by  the  National  Grange,  and  how  disbursed.  But 
this  was  too  humiliating  for  these  big-hearted  fathers, 
and  this  guarantee  was  removed.  Now  we  can  only 
manage  to  get  an  occasional  glimpse  at  the  beautiful 
way  the  money  is  going.  This  self-announced  and 
self-perpetuating  oligarchy,  styling  themselves  the  Na- 
tional Grange,  was  prompt  to  provide  that  the  farmers 
should  pay  the  expenses  of  their  wives  in  attending 
the  National  Grange;  but  the  extortionate  charter-fee 
is  left  untouched.  This  $15  fee  is  too  good  a  thing  to 
be  given  up  at  once.     They  now  have  it  secure  until 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


the  next  meeting  of  the  National  Grange ;  then ,  by 
submiiting  to  the  Stste  for  ratification,  they  will  gtt 
another  year;  and  a  two  years'  ''run"  will  rake  ii 
about  all  in. 

It  is  now  proposed  to  eat-iblish  a  rival  Agricultural 
Department  at  VVasbington.  The  (rovernment  has  been 
asked  to  do  almost  every  foolish  thing  under  the  sun: 
and  now  the  very  thingthat  it  is  doirg these  econom- 
ical fathers  propose  doing  themselves.  The  whole 
thing,  as  now  manage  ,  is  a  m.^^dley  if  paradcxee. 
Under  the  head  of  economy,  the  National  leciurer  if 
traveling  from  State  to  State,  at  a  heavy  expense,  and 
doubtless  a  fat  salary,  to  instruct  the  farmers,  not 
how  to  produce  better  crops  and  mjiike  farming  more 
profitable,  but  to  teach  them  how  to  bend  the  thumb 
and  crook  the  elbow  !  The  '-proper"  angle,  you  know. 
The  ''beautifur'  unwritten  work  occupies  the  time  oi 
the  grange  meetings  so  that  there  is  no  opportunity 
for  the  consideration  of  agricultural  questions.  We 
have  a  State  Agent  who  is  trying  to  induce  tlie  farm- 
ers to  buy  their  implements  through  him,  thus  mon- 
opolizing, if  successful,  the  whole  thing  in  the  hands^ 
of  one  man.  Tb.is,  every  one  knows,  would  be  im- 
meaiurably  wcree  than  purchasing  implements  through 
the  hand.s  of  500  or  COO  competing  agents. 

Our  Slate  Grange  is  unfqaivocally  committed  to 
the  non-polidcal  policy;  and  the  Indiana  Farvier, 
the  grange  organ  of  the  State,  is  carried  in  Senator 
Morton's  veBt-pocket. 

The  subordinate  granges  have  done  much  good; 
and,  in  pursuing  their  own  successep,  they  have  nat- 
urally thought  that  all  was  going  well  elsewhere. 
Bat  I  believe  a  day  oi  reckoning  is  near  at  hand. 
There  la  too  much  intelligence  among  the  farmers  tr 
allow  themselves  long  io  be  made  the  tools  of  grasp- 
ing pretenders. — M.    V.     Oalbreath. 

Siiinncr  raid  the  Auti-SIavery  Slrnggle. 


FROM  THE  EULOGY  OF  SENATOR  SCHUKZ,    BOSTON,   APRIL 

29th,  1874. 

The  Anti-Slavery  movement  is  now  one  of  the  great 
chapters  of  our  past  history.  The  passions  of  the 
struggle  having  been  buried  in  thousands  of  graves, 
and  the  victory  of  Universal  Freedom  standing  as  firm 
and  unquestionable  as  the  eternal  hill?,  we  may  now 
look  back  upon  that  history  with  an  impartial  eye. 
It  may  be  hoped  that  even  the  people  of  the  South, 
if  they  do  not  yet  appreciate  the  spirit  which  created 
and  guided  the  Anti-Slavery  movement,  will  not  much 
louger  misunderstand  it. 

The  Anti-Slavery  movement  found  arrayed  against 
itself  all  the  influences,  ali  the  ageociea,  all  the  argu- 
ments, which  ordinarily  control  the  actions  of  men. 
Commerce  =aid:  Do  not  disturb  Slavery,  for  its  pro- 
ducts fill  our  ships,  and  are  oae  of  the  principal  means 
of  our  exchanges.  Industry  said:  Do  not  disturb 
Slavery,  for  it  feeds  our  macliinery  and  gives  us  mar- 
kets. The  greed  of  wealth  Eaid :  Do  not  disturb 
Slivery,  for  it  is  an  inexhaustable  fouotain  of  riches. 
Political  ambition  said:  Do  not  disturb  Slavery,  for  it 
furnishes  U5  combinations  and  compromises  to  keep 
partes  alive,  and  to  make  power  the  price  of  shrewd 
management.  An  anxious  statesmanship  said:  Do 
not  disturb  Slavery,  for  you  might  break  to  pieces  the 
Union  of  these  States. 

There  never  was  a  more  formidable  combinatioa  of 
interests  and  influences  than  that  which  confronted 
the  Anti-Slavery  movement  in  its  earl'er  stages.  And 
what  was  its  answer?  "Whether  gll  you  say  be  trise 
or  false,  it  matters  not,  but  slavery  is  wrong."  Sla- 
very is  wrong !  That  one  word  was  enough.  It  stood 
there  like  a  huge  rock  in  the  sea,  shivering  to  spray 
the  waves  dashing  upon  it.  Interest,  greed,  argu- 
ment, vituperation,  calumny,  ridicule,  per,^ecution, 
patriotic  appeal,— it  was  all  in  vain.  Amidst  all  the 
storm  and  assault,  that  o-e  word  stood  there  unmov- 
ed, intact,  aad  in  pregnable:  Slavery  is  wronc 

Such  was  the  vit^.l  spirit  of  the  Anti-Slavery  move- 
ment in  its  early  developement.  Such  a  spirit  alone 
could  inspire  that  religious  devotion  which  gave  to  the 
believer  all  the  stubborn  energy  of  fanaticism;  it 
alone  could  kindle  that  deep  enthasiaaam  which 
makes  men  willing  to  risk  and  sacrifice  everything 
for  a  great  cause ;  it  alone  could  keep  alive  that  un- 
conquerable faith  in  the  certainty  of  ultimate  success 
boldly  attempted  to  overcome  seeming  impossibilities 
It  was  indeed  a  great  spirit.  As  against  difficulties 
which  threw  pusillanimity   into   despair,  it   painfully 


struggled  into  light,  often  baffled,  and  as  often  press- 
ng  forward  with  devotion  always  fresh;  nourished  by 
nothing  but  a  profound  sense  of  right;  encouraged  by 
nothing  but  the  cheering  sympathy  of  liberty- loving 
mankind  the  world  over,  and  by  the  hope  that  tome 
day  the  conscience  of  the  American  people  would  be 
quickened  by  a  full  understanding  of  the  danger? 
which  the  existence  of  the  a^reat  wrong  would  bring 
upon  the  Republic,  No  scramble  for  the  spoils  of  of- 
fice then,  no  expectation  of  a  speedy  conquest  of  pow- 
er,— nothing  but  that  conviction,  that  enthusiasm, 
that  faith  in  the  breasts  of  a  small  band  of  men,  and 
the  prospect  of  new  uricertain  struggles  and  trials. 
Of  Mr.  Sumner's  principles  the  speaker  said: 
He  was  an  Abolitionist  by  nature,  but  not  one  of 
thobc  who  rf'jected  the  Constitution  as  a  covenant  with 
Slavery.  His  legal  mind  found  in  the  Constitution 
no  express  re  c  ignition  of  Slavery,  and  he  consistently 
conttrued  it  as  a  warrant  of  freedom.  This  placed 
him  in  the  ranks  of  those  who  were  called  ''Political 
Abolitionists." 

He  did  not  think  of  the  sacrifices  which  this  obe- 
dience to  his  moral  impulses  might  cost  him.  For, 
at  that  time  Abolitionism  was  by  no  means  a  fashion- 
able thing.  An  Anti-Siavery  man  was  then,  even  in 
Boston,  positively  the  horror  of  a  Large  portion  of  po- 
iite  society.  To  make  Anti-Slavery  speeches  was 
looked  upon,  not  only  as  aa  incendary,  but  a  vulgar 
occupation.  And  that  the  highly-rtfiaed  Sumner, 
who  was  so  learned  and  able;  who  had  seen  the  world 
and  mixed  with  the  highest  social  circles    ia  Europe; 


party  ?  Is  it  well  to  teach  them  that  they  must  serve 
the  command  and  interest  of  party,  even  at  the  price 
of  conscience,  or  they  must  be  crushed  under  its  heel, 
whatever  their  past  service,  whatever  their  ability, 
whatever  their  character  may  be  ?  Is  it  well  to  make 
them  believe  that  he  who  dares  to  be  himself  must 
be  hunted  as  a  political  outlav/,  who  will  find  justice 
only  when  he  is  dead  ?  That  would  have  been  the 
sad  moral  of  his  death  had  Charles  Sumner  died  a 
year  ago. 

Let  the  American  people  never  forget  that  it  has  al- 
ways been  the  independent  spirit,  the  all-defying 
sense  of  duty,  which  broke  the  way  for  every  great 
progressive  movement  since  mankind  has  a  hiBtory  ; 
which  gave  the  American  Colonies  their  sovereignty 
and  made  this  great  Republic  ;  which  defied  the 
power  of  slavery,  and  made  this  a  Republic  of  free- 
men; and  which — who  knows — may  again  be  needed 
some  day  to  defy  the  power  of  ignorance,  to  arrett  the 
inroads  of  corruption,  or  to  break  the  subtle  tyranny 
of  organization  in  order  to  preserve  this  as  a  Republic. 
And  therefore  let  no  man  understand  me  as  cflfering 
what  I  have  said  about  Mr.  Sumner's  course  during 
the  last  period  of  Ms  life  as  an  apology  for  what  he 
did.  lie  was  right  before  his  own  conscience,  and  needs 
no  opology.  Woe  to  the  Republic  when  it  looks  in 
vain  for  the  men  who  seek  the  truth  without  predju- 
dice  and  speak  the  truth  without  fear,  as  they  under- 
stand it,  no  matter  whether  the  world  be  willing  to 
listen  or  not!  Alas  for  the  generation  that  would 
put   such  men  into  their  graves,  with  the  poor  boon 


who   knew    the   classics  by    heart,  aad  could  deliver  of  an  apology  for  what  was  in  them  noblest  and  best! 
judgment  on  a    picture  or  a  statue  like  a  vfteran   con    Who  will  not  agree  that,  Lad  power  or  partisan  spir- 


noisseur;  who  was  a  favorite  with  the  wealthy  and 
powerful,  and  could, "ia  his  aspirations  for  an  easy  and 
fitting  position  in  Hfe,  count  upon  their  whole  influ- 
ence, if  he  only  would  not  do  anything  foolish, — thai 
such  a  raaa  should  go  among  the  Abojitiordsts 
and  not  only  sympathize  with  them,  but  work  with 
thtm,  and  expose  himself  to  the  chance  of  being 
dragged  through  the  streets  by  vulgar  hands  with  a 
rope  around  his  neck,  like  William  Lloyd  Garrison, — 
that  was  a  thing  at  which  the  polite  society  of  that 
day  would  revolt^  and  which  no  man  could  undertske 
without  danger  of  being  severely  dropped.  But  that 
was  the  thing  which  the  refined  Sumner  aclually  did, 
probably  without  giving  a  moment's  thought  to  the 
possible  consequences.  He  went  even  so  far  as  open 
ly  to  defy  that  dictatorship  which  the  great  Daniel 
Webster  had  for  so  many  years  been  exercising  over 
the  political  naind  of  Massachusetts,  and  which  then 
was  about  to  exert  its  power  In  favor  of  a  compromise 
with  Slavery 

This  wa!3  one  of  the  striking  peculiarities  of  Mr. 
Sumner's  character,  as  all  those  know  who  knew  hiia 
well.  Neither  was  he  conscious  of  the  stinging  force 
of  the  language  he  frequently  employed.  He  simply 
uttered  what  he  felt  to  be  true,  in  language  fitting 
the  strength  of  his  convictions.  The  indignation  oi 
his  moral  sense  at  what  he  felt  to  be  wroncr  was  so 
deep  and  sincere  that  bethought  everybody  must  find 
the  extreme  severity  of  his  expressions  as  natural  as 
they  came  to  his  own  mind.  And  he  was  not  ncfre- 
qucntly  surprised,  greatly  surprised,  when  otheri- 
found  his  language  offensive 

What  appeared  a  perplexing  puzzle  to  other  men's 
minds  was  perfectly  clear  to  him.  His  method  ol 
rep.soning  was  simple;  it  was  the  reasoning  of  re- 
ligious faith.  Slavery  is  wrong, — therefore  it  must 
and  will  perish;  Freedom  is  right, — therefore  it  must 
and  will  prevail,  And  by  no  power  of  resistance,  by 
no  difiicuity.  by  no  disappointment,  by  no  defeat, 
could  that  faith  be  shaken.  For  his  cause,  so  great 
and  jwA,  he  thought  nothing  impossible,  everything 
certain.  And  he  was  unable  to  understand  how  oth- 
ers could  fail  to  share  his  faith 

Ah! 
a  lesson  learned  so  often,  and,  alas!  forgotten  al- 
most as  often  as  it  is  learned  ?  Is  it  well  to 
discourage,  to  proscribe,  in  your  public  men  that  inde- 
pendent spirit  which  will  boldly  assert  a  conscientious 
sense  of  duty,  even  again?t  the  behests  cf  power  or 


it  which  prosecuted  him  because  he  followed  higher 
aims  than  party  interest,  ever  succeeded  in  subjugat- 
ing and  holding  him  after  its  fashion,  against  his  con- 
science, against  his  conviction  of  duty  and  sense  of 
right,  he  would  have  sunk  iato  his  grave  a  miserable 
ruin  of  his  great  self,  wrecked  in  his  moral  nature, 
desfrving  only  a  tear  cf  pity.  For  he  was  great  and 
useful  only  because  he  dared  to  be  himself  all  the 
days  of  his  life;  and  for  this  you  have,  when  be  died, 

put  the  laurel  upon  his  brow. 

— »-»-•" 

What  a  blessing  it  would  ba  to  the  world  if  its 
people  would  be  content  with  the  arrangements  which 
God  has  made  for  their  welfare,  instead  of  dt  vising  all 
kinds  of  schemes  and  organizing  all  kinds  of  societies 
to  accomplish  the  end  .  The  various  human  organi- 
zations designed  to  attain  the  happiness  of  man  in 
lime  and  eternity,  undoubtedly  hare  their  origin  in 
unbelief  respecting  the  adequacy  of  divine  institutions 
to  effect  the  end.  Why  need  man  devige  means  or 
establish  societies,  to  confess  that  for  which  God  has 
appointed  mearjsand  instituted  the  church,  unless  he 
.supposes  that  the  appointments  of  God  are  insufficient? 
And  yet  we  find  f  ven  professing  Christians  aiding  and 
abetting  such  infidel  devices! — Lutheran  Standard, 


In  a  late  number  of  the  Telescope  remarks  on  the 
usefulness  of  the  Masonic  organ,  the    United  Brethren 

Trilune: 

Some  rf  the  Pennsylvania  brethren  think  that  the 
so-called  United  Brethren  Tribune  has  been  imposed, 
upon  its  few  readers  long  enough,  and  now  needs 
"blowing  up."  True,  it  has  been  blown  up  by  its 
would  be  editors.  But  these  disgusted  brethren  in 
the  East  think  that  it  needs  a  blowing  up  like  that 
Conroy  of  Toledo  gave  the  box  of  raspberry-jam  and 
mince-meat,  on  the  tiret  page  of  that  paper,  in  a  recent 
number.  Oae  brother  from  the  East  writes:  "The 
'Tribune,''  is  distilling  a  secrecy  sentiment  iato  some  of 
our  minifeters  m  the  Pennsylvania  Conference,  eo  that 
-.t  is  necessary  that  we  do  all  we  can  to  uphold  the 
long-tried  principles  of  the  United  Brethren  church." 
Another  says:  "I  give  it  as  my  opinion  that  if  G.  and 
i\I.  knew  the  facts  in  the  Tribune's  management,  they 
would  be  ashamed  to  belong  to  the  tribe.  Too  thin 
— tco  thin,"  We  are  satisfied  that  the  backbone  of 
the  concern  is  not  in  the  East,  but  in  a  fection  of  the 
Wtst.  No  wonder  the  brethren  of  the  East  are  tired 
of  being  falsely  charged  with'opposition  to  the  princi- 
ples of  the  church.  Well  may  the  progressive  men 
what  a  lesson  in  this  for  the  American  people;!  there  protest  against  paying  a  college  agent  $1,200  a 

year  to  trifle  away  his  time  in  running  a  paper  whose 
head  quarters  reliable  men  say  they  do  not  know. 
Since  the  paper  has  resorted  to  going  from  town  to 
town  seeking  a  press  on  which  to  be  published,  it 
might  fiad  a  weicome  in  a  few  third  orlower  rate  towns 
west  of  the  mou7>t.=!ir,E, 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  National  Christian  Association 
opposed  to  Secret  Societies,  Sixth  An- 
niversary iu  Sbakspeare  Hall,  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.,  June  2,  1874.  The  first 
session  opens  Tuesday  evening  at  7  1-2 
o'clock.  A  preliminary  meeting  for 
prayer  and  conference  will  beheld  in 
the  afternoon. 


Convention  A'otice. 


Tne  Williams  County  Anti-secrecy 
Association,  togsther  with  all  persons 
intcrosted  in  the  anti-secrecy  reform, 
are  invited  to  meet  in  convention  at 
the  Union  Chapel,  in  Madison  Toven- 
bhip,  on  Saturday,  May  30th,  1874, 
at  2  o'clock  P.  M. ,  for  the  purpose  of 
electing  delegates  to  the  National  Con- 
vention to  meet  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ; 
Knd  irnnsact  sucli  other  business  as  may 
come  before  the  convention.  By  or- 
der of  the  Central  Committee. 

John  G.  Mattoon,  Pres. 
H.  S.  Kirk,  Sec'y. 


THE  NATIONAL   CHRISTIAN   ASSO- 
CIATION, 

OPPOSED   TO   SECRET   SOCIETIES. 

President — J.  G.  Carson,  Xenia,  O. 

Vice-Presidents— R.  B.  Taylor,  of  Ohio  ; 
Aaron  Floyd,  of  Pensylvania;  Luke 
Thomas,  of  Ind;  Pres.  D.  A.  Wallace,  cf 
Illinois;  George  Brokaw,  of  Iowa;  JST.  E. 
Gardner,  of  Missouri;  N.  B.  Blanton,  of 
Kansas;  Donald  Kirkpatrick,  of  New 
York;  J.  W.  Wood,  of  Wisconsin;  John 
Levington,  of  Michiscan. 

Corresponding  Secretary — I.  A.  Hart, 
Whcaton,  111. 

Recording  Secretaries — H.  L.  Kellogg, 
G.  L.  Arnold. 

Treasurer — H.  L.  Kellogs;,  H  Wabash 
Ave.,  Chicago. 

Executive  Committee — J.  Blanchard, 
P.  Carpenter,  I.  A.  Hart,  George  Dietrich, 
J.  M.  Snyder,  O.  F.  Lumry,  Isaac  Preston, 
C.  R.  Hiigerty,  J.  M.  Wallace,  E.  A.  Cook, 
J.  G.  Terrill,  A.  Wait,  H.  L.  Kellogg. 

The  objects  of  this  Association  are  to 
expose,  withstand  and  remove  secret  soci- 
eties and  other  like  anti-Christian  organi- 
zations from  church  and  state. 

The  Association  originated  in  a  meeting 
held  Oct.  SOth,  1867,  in  the  City  Hall  of 
Aurora,  111.,  attended  by  persons  opposed 
to  secret  societies,  where  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  make  the  necessary  arrange- 
ments for  a  National  Convention.  This 
was  held  iu  Pittsburgh,  May  5th-7th, 
1808,  when  the  National  Association  was  or 
gauized.  Its  subsequent  meetings  have  been 
held  :  Chicago,  June  8th-10th,  1869  ;  Cin- 
cinnati, June  9th-llth,  1870  ;  Worcester, 
Mass.,  June  7th-9tb,  1871  ;  Oberlin,  Ohio, 
May  21st-23d,  1872  ;  Monmouth,  111., 
May  14th-lGth,  187.3.  Its  presiding  offi- 
cers have  been  in  order :  Bishop  D.  Ed- 
wards, Prof.  J.  C.  Webster  Judge  P.  D. 
Parish,  Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps,  Pres.  J. 
Blanchard. 

The   Association    employs    a  General 
Agent  and    Lecturer,    and    has    secured 
State  lecturers  for  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Illi- 
nois, whose  names  appear  in  the  list  of 
tcturers.    The  support  of  the  Association 

:  entirely  voluntary.  Funds  are  greatly 
needed  to  carry  on  the  work  already  be- 
gun, and  contributions  are  hereby  solicited 
from  eyery  friend  of  the  reform.  Send 
by  post-office  order,  registered  letter  or 
draft  to  the  Treasurer,  11  Wabash  Ave., 

Chicago. 

•-♦-* 

Auti-uiasouic  Lecturers. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
DAUD,  Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,!.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligouier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturer  for  New  York,  J.  L.  Bar- 
low, Bemus  Heights,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Scnecaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.Rathbun,  Bath,  Steuben Oo.,N.  Y. 
S.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfield,  O. 
L.  N.  Slrattou,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 


J  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
Linus  Chittenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 
P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 
J.  R.  Bairn,  Greenville,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 
C.  Wiggin?,  Angola,  Ind. 
E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 
Josiah  McCaskey,  Faucv  Creek,  Wis 
C.  F.  Ha\Yley,  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Wm.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind. 
.1.  L.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J  M.  Bi=!hop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 


fuisft^ 


— Brother  Caldwell's  letter  came  too 
late  for  a  timely  insertion  last  week.  Ohio 
friends  will  be  glad  to  hear  from  liim  how- 
ever. 

—Brother  Barlow  will  find  plenty  of 
new  Ilelds  opening  iu  New  York  after  the 
Convention.     See  the  correspondence. 

— Prof.  C.  A.  Blauch;ird  spoke  at  Sara- 
toga Springs.  Beuiis  Heights  aud  Harford, 
N.  Y.,  last  week.  On  Monday  evening, 
the  18th,  he  had  an  appointment   at  Utica. 

— Illinois  A<?sociatious  aud  any  wi.-hing 
lectures  will  note  thai  Brother  Hinman 
is  again  at  work.  He  is  returned  from 
Wisconsin  last  week, 

— Elder  Barlow  has  lately  visited  Penn- 
sylvania to  attend  a  Convention.  He  has 
arranged  to  make  a  tour  of  several  counties 
in  eastern  New  York  with  Prof.  Blanch- 
ard. 

— R.  P.  Ratlibun  has  been  appointed 
Conference  Evangelist  aud  Lecturer  at 
large  with  head-quarters  at  Bath,  Steuben 
county,  N.  Y.,  wlaere  he  may  be  addressed. 
He  will  be  more  at  liberty  to  lecture  than 
heretofore.  The  Onondaga  County  Asso- 
ciation lately  held  a  meeting  which  he  ad- 
dressed . 


From  tlie  Ohio  Ag^ent. 


Cart,  May  8,  1874. 
To   the  Christian  Ci/nosure,   Greet 
ing: 

Dear  Fi-:iends:  A  numbsr  of  letters 
have  come  to  my  post-office  during  the 
week  while  absent,  and  iu  view  of  my 
time  all  being  under  ccntract  between 
nov7  and  the  19th  inst.,  the  time  ap- 
pointed for  the  State  raeeling,  this  nec- 
essarily lays  an  imbargo  upon  my  reply- 
ing to  them  personally,  as  well  as  writ- 
ing to  many  others  that  I  should  love 
to  address,  touching  cur  approachiag 
meeting,  and  other  6ubJBcts  of  interest. 

I  just  reached  home  this  P,  M.  and 
will  leave  to-mcrrow,  to  spend  th«  Sab- 
bath in  Seneca  county,  and  to  bold  a 
series  cf  meetings  in  that  county  next 
week,  and  labor  for  the  circulation  of 
your  noble  self  among  the  people  there. 
The  Monday  eve  cf  the  following  v?eek 
is  also  engaged  for  a  lecture  which  I 
purpose  to  fiil  on  my  way  to  Flat  Rock 
Convention;  so  you  see  I  shall  have  but 
little  time  for  correspondence  till  after 
our  State  meeting.  I  faUed  to  state  I 
have  been  attending  in  my  absence,  a 
Sabbath  School  Convention  of  interest 
at  Winter  Station,  Sandusky  county, 
at  wh'ch  I  procured  five  subscubera  for 
you,  besides  doing  other  work  of  inter- 
est for  our  mutual  cause.  You  will 
please  say  this  much  apologetically  for 
us  to  our  kind  correspondents,  one  of 
whom  said,  "please  answer  if  conven- 
ient, but  dou'c  forget  to  write  to  the 
Cynosure. " 

I  have  received  letters  from  two  per- 
sons in  the  vicinity  of  the  Morenci  trag- 
edy, both  expressive  of  much  feeling  on 
that  barbarious  and  mysterious  ques. 
tion.  One  says:  "We  think  that  every 
unprejudiced  mind,  when  they  consider 
all  the  circumstances,  cannot  help  but 
look  upon  the  iustituiiou  with  suspision 
at  least.  But  if  these  marks  of  violence, 
the  throat  cut  across,  the  tongue  torn 
out,  etc.,  don't  point  out  the  guilty  par- 


ties we  think  the  way  Masons  jest  about 
'i  does.  Some  of  them  seem  to  treat  it 
with  as  much  levity  a?  they  would  an 
old  horse  jockey  being  bitten  in  a 
trade." 

He  says  further:  "We  trust  the  mat- 
ter is  not  settled  yet."  To  all  of  which 
we  say,  and  believe  that  overy  lover  of 
law  and  order  will  also  respond  amen 
and  amen ! 

The  other  says:  "Some  of  us  feel 
very  much  alarmed  for  the  safety  of 
Eider  J,  R.  Bjird,  notwithstanding  that 
notice  purporting  to  come  from  his  pen 
published  in  the  Cynosure.  We  fear 
that  may  have  been  a  Masonic  trick." 
I  may  also  add  that  I  have  writen  to 
him  requesting  his  assistence  June  9th, 
at  Spring  Hill,  Fulton  Co.,  at  our  first 
county  annual  meeting,  but  have  not  as 
yet  heard  anything  from  him.  We 
iiave  encouragement  lo  state  that  Bro. 
Sloddard  will  be  with  us  on  that  occa- 
sion; but  very  much  regret  that  he 
cannot  be  present  at  the  State  meeting. 
Bro.  J.  T.  Kiggins,  Rev.  J.  G.  Carson, 
Bishop  Weaver  and  many  other  friends 
have  been  earnestly  solicited,  and  are 
hopefully  expected  to  be  present  at  the 
State    meeting.   Yours     as    ever, 

D.  S,  Caldwell. 


From  the  Illinois  Agent. 


•  Clinton,  Wis. ,  May  12,  1874. 
Dear  Bbo.  K  : — Having  occasion  to  vis 
it   Wisconain,  I  am  doing  a  little   work 
by  the   way.     At  Grand   Ridge,    La- 
Salle Co.,  111. ,  I  presented  the  claims 
of  our  Association  to  a  respectable  and 
attentive  audience.     The  subject  was 
new  to  them,  but  awakened  some  sym- 
pathy as  well  as  opposition.     At  Lock- 
port,  Will  Co.,  I  was  greatly   encour- 
aged by  the  energy  of  Father  Preston 
who  is  truly  a  veteran  in    the   cause. 
I  spoke  on  Sabbath  evening  to  an  at- 
tentive audience  in  the  Cong'i  church 
on  the    relation    of     Freemasonry    to 
Christianity,  and  gave  notice  of  other 
lectures  there.     At   Baraboo,    Wis, ,    I 
found  Prof.  J.    W.    Wood  as    untiring 
and  devoted  as  ever.     With  his  assist- 
ance we  got  up   a   chart   of  the   first 
seven  degrees  of  York  Masonry,  which, 
I  think,  will  be  of  use  in  our  lectures. 
At  Albion,  Dane  Co.,  Wis. ,  I  was  kind 
ly  received  by  Riv.  J.  E.  Bi^.kas,  pas 
tor  of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist  church, 
and   Prof.    Cornwall,    who   is   at   the 
head  of  the  flourishing  school  at  that 
place.     The    village   is    pleasant,    the 
people  of  more   than   ordinary    intelli- 
gence and  piety,  and  the  school  build- 
ngs  large  and  commodious.    They  have 
(I  think)  never  had   a    dram    shop    in 
their  village.     The  only  church  iu  the 
place  numbers  over  thrae  hundred  mem- 
bers, and  all  keep  the  seventh  day.   By 
invitation  I  preached  for  them  on  their 
Sabbath,  and  for  the  M.    E,   brethren 
iu  Edgerton  on  their's.     I  lectured  Sat- 
urday evening  to  a   large   and   intelli- 
gent  audience.     The   saddest  thing  I 
saw  at  Albion  and  vicinity  was  exten- 
sive cultivation  of  tobacco.      This  busi- 
ness has  tended  to  lower  the   tone  of 
Christian  sentiment,  and  though    this 
people  stand  committed  against  secret 
societies,  yet  many  of  them  have  joined 
the   grange.     When  will    the   Lord's 
people   learn   to   be    consistent?    and 


when  will  the   power   of  this   hydra- 
headed  mystery  of  iniquity  be  broken  ? 
Yours  for  Christ, 

H.  H.  Hinman. 


Elder  Haird  at  Linden,  Mich. 


May  9,  1874. 

Our  community  have  been  highly 
edified  in  listening  to  three  lectures 
from  Rev.  J,  R.  Baird,  and  I  assure  you 
they  told  terribly  on  the  fraternity 
through  this  section  of  the  country. 
They  try,  however,  to  carry  a  bold  fronts 
and  some  go  so  far  as  to  ofier  to  bet 
that  he  never  was  a  member  of  a  Ma* 
sonic  lodge,  but  that  species  of  brag  does 
not  satisfy  those  who  sat  and  noted  the 
countenances  of  the  members,  for  no 
book  ever  had  a  belter  or  more  accu- 
rate index  to  its  contents,  than  the 
countenances  of  the  Masons,  (even  the 
most  reckless,)  to  show  the  truth  of 
Elder  Baird's  exposition.  I  am  satisfied 
of  one  fac^.,  and  that  is  this,  that  the 
Masons  are  a  powerful  force  to  combat, 
steeped  in  sin  and  iniquity;  surrounded 
by  darkness,  bound  by  the  most  wicked 
oaths  to  ecreen  their  unholy  principles, 
well  carried  out;  but  while  I  live,  my 
motto  shall  be  to  battle  on. 

The  revelations  of  the  uaholy  princi- 
ples of  Masonry  are  becoming  more 
popular  here  daily,  and  I  hope  soon  to 
be  able  to  send  for  them  by  the  thou- 
sands that  every  family,  yes,  every  child 
of  every  family,  may  have  them  to  use 
and  read,  that  all  well  disposed  minds 
may  know  all  about  them  and  abhor 
them  as  they  merit.  I  look  for  good 
news  in  every  Cynosuie  abroad  as  well 
as  here,  and  may  the  reform  continue 
to  roll  onward  until  every  human  being 
on  earth  may  abhor  it  as  the  good  Lord 
did  the  devil  and  sin  on  the  mount 

Yours  in  earnest, 

Samuel  Sweat. 


From  the  Paciflc  Coast. 


Dear  Cynosure : 

On  last  Friday  evening  events  occur- 
ed  in  our  town  which  will  immortalize 
the  order  of  Freemasons,  as  being  the 
grand  luminary  or  great  dispenser  of 
moral  and  religiours  light,  in  our  midst. 
The  Anti-masons,  driven  as  they  are  in 
all  places  by  Masonic  slander  and  vile 
dealing,  had  resort  xo  a  public  defense. 
We  engaged  the    services  of  Rev.  N. 
W.  Harrow  to  lecture;  made  a  public 
announcement  to  the  effect  that  a  lec- 
ture would  be  delivered  at  the  United 
Brethren   church  on   the  above  named 
evening  ;  sent  postera  to  various  places  ; 
put  them  up  ;  had  them   torn  down, 
of  course.     It  soon  appeared  that  their 
first  effort  to  defeat  us  was  to  lie  the 
people  to  stay  at  home.     For  this  pur- 
pose they  enlisted  all  the  Jacks  to  their 
aid  ;  arid    while  the   ancient  and   the 
Zionora  We  sheep-skin  gentleman  worked, 
the  Jacks  brayed.     As  the  last  resort 
to  keep  the  good  people  from  the  light 
of  truth,  they  reported  (just  before  the 
time  of  meeting)  that  it  was  postponed 
to  the  next  niglt,  all  this,  however, 
did  not  suffice  ;  therefore,  on  the  even 
ing  of  the  lecture,  they  appeared  in  full 
force,  headed  by  old   grey-headed  sin- 
ners of  the  craft,    with  the   braying  of 
Jacks* 'waxing"  louder  and  louder  ;  and 
the  lecturer  had  not  proceeded  far  till 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


5 


evident  signs  of  disturbance  were  vis- 
ible. 

The  first  was  a  goat.  (Now  comes  a 
flood  of  light.)  As  the  goat  entered 
the  house,  it  became  furious  and  made 
fight  -with  the  ladies  and  Utile  children. 
The  ''Sons  of  light"  at  this  juncture 
made  the  door  fast  on  the  outside  by 
means  of  a  rope.  The  j^oat,  however, 
was  soon  made  secure  to  one  of  the 
seats,  and  the  lecture  went  on. 

Soon  a  beam  of  spiritual  light  broke 
D  "from  the  east,"  by  the  means  of  a 
volley  of  stones  against  the  church 
building,  damaging  the  house  to  some 
extent.  The  marks  will  remain  a  monu- 
ment to  the  memory  of  Freemasons 
and  of  Masonry  for  its  benevolence, 
charity,  innocence,  light,  love  and  soul 
sanctifying  power,  for  some  time  to 
come. 

Now  I  must  say  that  deep  mystery 
overspreads  my  mind  bow  people  can 
and  are  so  humbugged  by  Euch  a  sham 
at>d  fraud  ;  yet  we  know  it  is  so. 

For  the  encouragement  of  your  read- 
ers, I  will  say  that  the  ball  is  in  mo- 
tion at  this  place,  and  that  we  ha^e  a 
few  who  will  fight  it  out  on  this  line. 
The  ranks  of  the  enemy  are  on  the 
alert,  and  they  know  that  the  irrepres- 
sibie  conflict  is  upon  them.  We  feel 
that  "Grod  is  our  help,"  and  if  he  ''be 
for  us  who  can  be  against  us."  I 
think  that  this  coast  is  more  oppressed 
by  this  nightmare  cf  corruption  than  it 
is  East.  We  csll  upon  all  lovers  of 
Christ  and  bis  religion,  to  pray  for  us. 
We  long  for  an  organization  against 
this  "hydra-headed  monster,"  that  we 
may  be  better  prepared  to  fight  against 
so  fearful  enemy  of  church  and  state. 
Yours  for  truth. 

Book  Mason. 


Lyeenm    l>ebat8   in    Kussell 
Eansaso 


County, 


headed  man  told  me  as  I  gave  him  a 
tract,  that  he  had  seen  the  great  ex- 
citement consequent  upon  the  murder 
of  Morgan.  .  .  I  have  voted  my  last 
for  Masons,  and  intend  to  labor  for  re- 
form in  the  government.  I  want  the 
religious  amendment  inserted  ia  the 
Constitution.     Yours  for  truth, 

D.  Brookhart. 


Lodge  riiarity. 


New  Casco,  Mich.,  May  6,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure: 

I  wish  to  state  a  fact  in  regard  to 
Masonic  charity,  which  tcok  place  a 
few  weeks  ego.  A  man  living  in  one 
of  the  lumber  shanties  on  the  Chicago 
and  Mich.  Lake  Shore  R.  R,  was  taken 
sick,  and  in  a  short  time  after  died. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  lodge. 
Being  in  destitute  circumstances,  his 
widow  applied  to  the  lodge  for  help, 
and  was  refused,  because  he  failed 
through  sickness  to  pay  up  his  dues, 
the  amount  being  $3.00.  She  had  not 
a  dress  fit  for  the  funeral  occasion,  and 
some  of  the  neighbors  (not  Masons) 
helped  her  in  her  distress.  "Tell  it  not 
in  Gath,"  that  for  the  want  of  $3.00  he 
was  not  exalted  to  the  grand  lodge 
iibove.  C.  B.  Sherk, 


From  Jefferson  C«unty,  W.  T, 


April  4,  1874. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

The  tracts  sent  me  came  in  the  right 
time.     I  have  been  circulating  the  Cy- 
nosure which  I  suppose  originated  the 
question  for   debate  in   the  lyceum  at 
Bunker  Hill:     Resolved,     'That  secret 
oath-bound  societies   are    anti-republi- 
can."    The  programme  placed   me  on 
the  affirmative  with  Mr.  Corbett,   and 
Mr.   Adams  and  Mr.    Higby,    lawyers 
and   Masons,    negative.      I  found    the 
programme  only  gave  me  ten  minutes  ; 
so  to  make  the  best  use  of  that  possible, 
I  read   and  commented  on   part  of  the 
Master  Mason's  oath  found  in  Morgan's 
Exposition.     The    negative    came    up 
■with  the  usual  argument  that  Morgan 
"was  a  perjured   man ,   and  hence    un- 
•worthy   of   belief ;  thereby  confirming 
the  truth  of  Morgan's  revelations  ;  and 
this  logic  was  discovered  by  the  speaker 
before  he  had  occupied  his  ten  minute?, 
BO  he  made  a  sweeping  assertion  that 
the  affirmative  had  no  arguments  and 
closed.     But  his  colleague  having  more 
brass,  went  on  at  great  length,  claiming 
all  the   great   statesmen  and   warriors 
of  our  country   for  Masonry  ;    among 
the  rest,  George  Washington  ;  claim- 
ing also  that  Masonry  had  done  great 
good  during  the    war  for  the   Union, 
and  that   it  is  a  benevolent  institution. 
After  the  exercises,  I  distributed  tracts 
to  nearly  all  present.     One  old   grey- 


present;  but  I  am  looking  for  a  bet- 
ter tinio.  I  sincerely  hope  that  the 
organization  of  a  State  association  will 
soon  be  eflfected  in  Iowa.  I  mean  to 
try  and  inaugurate  an  anti-secret  par- 
ty in  our  county  next  fall  or  sooner. 
Yours  truly,  T. 


^$n*u^iwntti;«ti|> 


Experience  Meeting. 


or  a  few  days  there  was  Utile  hope  of 
his  living,  but  he  did  not  want  for 
watchers  or  anything  else.  This  was 
all  done  from  a  better  motive  than  to 
escape  the  penalties  of  secrecy.  It 
was  done  by  full  and  loving  hearts. 
he  is  slowly  mending,  can  sit  up  but 
few  minutes  at  a  time.     A.   T,  Curtis. 


Stone  Mills,   N.  Y. 
Editor  of  the  Cynosure:— ¥ox  a  long 
time  I  have  had  it  in  my  mind  to  write  to 
you  on  the  subject  of  Anti-masonry.  I 
succeeded  in  getting  a  ministerfrom  Wa- 
tertown,    (our  county  scat,)  who   is   a 
seceding   Mason  and  exposes  the  evils 
of  the  institution   in   an   earnest   man- 
ner, to  give  a  lecture  on    the    subject. 
He  gave  the  obligations  and  penalties  of 
the  four  degrees,   and  stated  that  Mor- 
gan's book  was  true  to  his  certain  knowl- 
edge, as  far  as  the   four   degrees.     A 
number  of  Masons  were  present;  and   I 
have  just  learned  that  the  minister  has 
received   an   anonymous    letter  stating 
that  if  he  values  his   hfe  he  must  keep 
silent   on    the  subject.     Bat   the    old 
man,  (he  is  75  years  old,)  is  not  to  be 
silenced;  he  says  that  he  will  not  cease 
to  speak  against  it  as   long  as  he  lives- 
I  would  be  very  glad  if  there  could  be 
sent   here  a  travehng  lecturer,  that  the 
people  might  be  awakened  on  the  sub- 
ject.    I  intend  to  go    to  the  Syracuse 
Convention  in  June,   and  hope  1o    get 
acquainted  with    some  of  the    earnest 
workers  against  spiritual   wickedness  in 
high   places   (or   dark   places.)      You 
may   hear  from   me  again.     Yours   in 
the  good  work,  C.  D.  Graham. 


(Continued  from  April  liUh.) 

After  the  relusal  to  appear  before 
the  lodge,  action  was  the  order  of  the 
day  with  the  lodge  men.  Among 
them  were  ministers  of  the  Gospel, 
which  "is  the  power  of  God  unto  sal- 
vation," but  to  reclaim  their  wayward 
brother,  the  "povrer  of  God''  was  not 
their  plan  ;  it  was  the  power  of  the 
lodge.  That  was  brought  to  bear,  and 
that  not  in  the  hands  of  ministers  alone, 
for  they  were  in  the  minority,  but  they 
being  'unequally  yoked  together  with 
unbelievers",  combined  t'^gether  with 
them  to  prosecute  their  course  against 
my  con?cience.  But  the  -'power  of 
God  to  saivatiou"  even  from  the  yoke 
or  power  of  the  lodge,  was  not  to  be 
beaten  by  the  lodge  ;  for  "it  is  not  by 
might  nor  by  power,  but  by  my  Spirit 
saith  the  Lord."  But  the  lodge  tried 
might  and  power,  both  of  which  will 
be  seen  in  these  reports. 

The  lodge  men  were  '-froward"  as  will 
be  seen,  for  they  did  not  comply  with 
my  requirement,  i.  e.,  to  drop  the  ques- 
tion in  the  outset,   and  treat  each  other 
a^  men  ought  to  do  regardless  of  Ma- 
sonry ;    but  as  the  froward  mouth  will 
do,  it  was  the  order  of  the  day,  and  in 
concert,   both    ministers,    members   cf 
churches,  and  the  world,  the  flesh  and 
the  devil,  went  to  whispering  as  none 
but  naughty  persons  and   wicked  men 
will  do.     A  grand  transformation  took 
place    at   once.     The    man    who   they 
called  good,   and   by   their  oath  (such 
as  it  is)  had  sworn  to  call  good,  and  de- 
fend hiG  character  and  advance  his  bus- 
iness, in  particular,   and  generally  too, 
had  turned  out   to  be   the   worst  man 
known ,  though  at  the  same  t'rae  an  ac- 
ceptable minister  of   the  Gospel,    with 
the  standing  of  local  elder  in  the  M.  E. 
church,    which    standing  is  stiJl    good, 
not  creditable  to  Masonry  or  the  world, 
however,   but  is  by  the  grace  of  God, 
for  which  T  am  thankful  to  him. 

Rev.  J.  B.  Logan. 


At  Annieville,  Iowa. 


Eds.  Cynosure: 

Our  work  is  progressing  very  slow- 
ly here.  I  know  at  present  of  but  four 
persons  in  this  vicinity  who  are  willing 
to  speak  out  boldly  in  the  cause:  Rev. 
C.  W.  Belknap  and  wife,  my  mother 
and  myself.  My  father  was  the  first 
to  make  a  motion  in  that  direction 
here.  With  the  aid  of  Rev's.  Belknap 
and  Edgerton,  a  U.  B.  mission  was  es- 
tablished here ;  but  after  the  removal 
of  the  Rev.  Edgerton,  and  death 
of  my  father,  no  other  minister  being 
supplied,  the  grange  came  in  and 
broke  up  the   church  entirely  for  the 


A  veteran  friend  iu  the  reform  of 
Linn  county,  Iowa,  who  has  been  out- 
spoken iu  opposing  the  lodge,  thus  re- 
lates his  experience : 

I  got  hold  of  brother  Bernard's 
work,  and  although  I  have  lived  in  a 
nest  of  Masons,  I  aUernately  read  and 
then  went  and  told  it  abroad.  Within 
one  year  I  had  a  horse  stolen  and  a 
cow  taken  cflf  and  drowned,  but  I 
ceased  not  to  warn  men  against  the 
most  damnable  heresy  that  infidelity 
and  the  devil  ever  concocted,  and  with- 
in the  last  year,  in  connection  with 
brother  Bartholomew  and  others,  have 
tried  to  hold  some  Anti-masonic  meet- 
ings, trying  to  bear  my  share  of  the 
speaking.  I  cannot  do  it  well,  but  I 
can  do  it  honestly.  Brother  Bartholo- 
mew I  fiad  a  true  yoke-fellow  in  this 
great,  bus  unpopular  work.  I  believe 
he  dearly  loves  the  truth  because  it  is 
truth.     Brother  B,  has  been  very  sick; 


Tlie  PoliKcal  (Question. 

Dear  Lick,  Ohio,  May  2,  1874. 
Bro.    Kellogg:   In   answer   to   the 
question  "What  shall  be  done  at    Syra- 
cuse" Bro.  Barlow's  letter  in  the  (Jyno- 
ure  of  April  30th,  so  well  expresses  the 
wishes  of  Ami-masons  here,  that  noth- 
ing but   a  hearty  amen   is  require  from 
us.     Where  voting  has  been   tried  by 
our    friends    there    is    no    reasonable 
ground  for  complaint.     Let  any  two  or 
three  working  men  take  hold  of  the  re- 
form  in  any    county;   let   them  stand, 
firm   and    manifest   zeal   according   to 
knowledge,   and   they  soon  will   lave 
their    faith   strengthened.       God    will 
raise  them  up  friends;  and  there  is  no 
restraint  with  the  Lord  to  cocquer  "'by 
many  or  by  few."     Numbers  hero    will 
not  vote  at  all  if  the  choice  is   between 
two  men  pledged    to  secrete  crime  and 
shield  the  criminal      Satan   is   a  diplo- 
mat; he  loves  compromize.     Fight  him 
or  he  will    conquer.      Give  us  a  ticket; 
leaders  tried   and    fp.ithfuL     They  are 
now  in  our  ranks".     Saul  is  amongst  the 
stuff.     David  is   practicing   even   now 
with  hie  siing,  killing  the   lion   and  the 
bear.     His    arm    is    gaining   strength. 
H  s  blows  dealt  in  faith  are    falling  hke 
thunderbolts.      He  is  going  forth  in  the 
strength  of  Israel's  God;  and  the    thick 
skull  of  the  Goliah  of   secrecy  shall  not 
withstand  him.     0  ur  enemies  are  thrust" 
ing  the  issue  upon  us.     Even  grangers 
are  dabbling  in  politics.     This  youngest 
child  of  secrecy  is   proving  its  parent- 
age.    With  us  the  chief  sachem  of  al- 
most  every   grange    is   also  a   leading 
Mason  or   Odd-fellow,   or   both.     Men 
who  never  farmed  anything  but  a  lodge 
are  farming  the  granges  in  the  interest 
of  organized  secrecy  and  fattening  upon 
the  spoils.     Secrecy  proposes  to  usurp 
the  supreme  power  and  is  already   pre- 
paring  to  "cross  the    Rubicon."     The 
great  question  of  the  day  is.  Shall  we  sub  - 
mit  to  the  dark  empire  of  the  lodge,  or 
shall  American  liberty  yet  live  ?  The  peo- 
ple must  decide.  The  issue  mw5«  be  pre- 
sented.    The  enemy  is   recruiting — al- 
most  drafting.      Black  balls   lie   idle. 
Rough  ashlars  are   in    demand.     They 
are  rushed  into  the  wall  with   scarcely 
a  touch  from  the  gavel.     Sworn  to  con- 
seal  and  sworn  to  o\ey. 

Yours  for  the  war. 

H.  S.  Kirk. 


From  a  Colleague  of  Stearns  and  Col- 
ver. 


Clinton,  Mich.,  May  7,  1874, 
Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

I  congratulate  you  in  view  of  the 
increase  and  erergy  of  the  anti-secret 
reformers.  They  seem  to  be  awaken- 
ing from  a  long  spell  of  repose,  while 
the  enemy  has  been  sowing  taren 
among  us.  I  feel  exceedingly  morti- 
fied that  the  denomination  to  which  I 
belong  should  so  generally  remain  si- 
lent.    They  took  the  lead  in  the  great 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Morgan  excitement,  which  drew  forth 
the  following  compliment  from  Profes- 
sor Stuart  of  Andover  in  h's  letter  to 
the  SuSield  committee.  Among  other 
things  he  says:  "It  will  stand  as  a 
lasting  memorial  to  the  honor  of  the 
Baptist  denomination  through  succeed- 
ing generatioas  that  they  fearlessly  en- 
countered this  midnight  demon,  re- 
gardless of  the  popular  outcry  against 
them  and  with  steady  firmness  expelled 
the  fell  destroyer  from  among  them. 
It  is  a  source  of  gratification  that  other 
denominations  are  fast  following  their 
example ! 

We  seem   to   have  been    stumbling 
over  a  volcano  that  now   is  threatening 
an  eruption.     Demons  never  sleep   in 
times    of    quiet.      Our  churches   and 
ministers  too  fjenerally    have   adopted 
the  "let  alone"  spirit;  and    though  dis- 
gusted with  heresy  very  generally  dare 
not  face  it  with  manly  boldness.     Our 
editors  and  ministers  seem  to  dread  the 
power  of  those   dark-lantern  systems. 
It  was  so  in  this   State  when  I   wrote 
against  them   in  1848    and  '49.     The 
proprietor   of    the    Christian    Herald 
trembled  for  the   result.     Oa   reading 
the  introductory  number  he  said  to  the 
editor  "Let  it  come."     The  result  was, 
where  one  said  ^'■Stop  my  paper,''''  some 
half-dozen    new     patrons     filled     the 
vacuum.     I  think  it  might  be  so  again 
if    our   religous   papers    would   show 
fidelity  to  their   trust,  and    unfaltering 
faith  in  the  Redeemer  of  lost  men.     It 
has  been  fully  demonstrated  during  the 
Morgan  affair   that   Masonry   sets    all 
laws,  human  and  divine,    at    defiance, 
and  showed  itself  too   mighty   for  the 
laws  and  authority  of  the  Sfeite  of  New 
York.   Well  then  does  it  boast  that  the 
"world    in  arms    cannot   destroy  it." 
But  let  the  people  be  fully  enlightened 
and  meet  it  at  the  ballot  box;  and  they 
will  soon  learn  what  the  poioer  of  pub- 
lic opinion  can  do  when  it  maims  their 
right  hand  of  power  in   our  legielative 
and  jud  clal   hal's      And  to   this   we 
must  come  as  a  nation  and  decide  the 
battle   by    rendering    secret    chcship 
odious  in  civil  society  as  well  as   relig- 
ious.    Thousands  in  our  churches   are 
held  in  cruel  bondage  by    this   priestly 
goddes?.  The  terrorism  of  their  horrid 
oaths  hold  them  at  bay,  and  until  they 
are   enlightened   by  investigation   and 
learn  that  their  oaths,  unlawfully  taken, 
are  a  rope  of  sand;   that   they  are  in 
duty  bound  to  break  them  and    come 
cut  and  assume  their  manhood,  and  by 
true  repentance  take   a  stand  on  the 
side  of  the  God  of  truth  and  Christian- 
ity, tli;re  will  be  no  rest  or  peace  in 
either  civil  or  religious  society.     Res- 
pectfully    yours    for  truth  and   right 
eousness,  R,  Powell. 


Alarming,  if  True. 

While  conversing  with  a  Congrega- 
tionalist  minister  recently  in  reference 
to  delivering  an  occasional  lecture  on  the 
anti-secrecy  reform,  he  remarked,  "I 
have  had  some  experience  in  that  line 
and  am  convinced  thai  the  Congrega- 
tionalist  churches  will  not  sustain  a 
minister  who  utters  his  sentiments  if 
they  are  averse  to  the  lodge."  I  believe 
that  this  is  the  opinion  of  many  who 
detest  the   lodges   but   dare  not   utter 


their  sentiments   for   fear   of  proscrip- 
tion, persecution  and  penury. 

If  it  is  a  fact,  it  is  an  alarming  fact, 
and  should  receive  prompt  attention. 
It  means  simply  that  the  churches  are 
in  bondage  to  the  lod^e,  and  our 
young  men  must  obtain  license  to  oc- 
cupy our  pulpits  from  the  lodge  and 
even  the  fathers  in  Israel  can  only  re- 
tain their  positions  by  8upprcs?ing  their 
sentiments  if  adverse  to  the  cralt, 

J.   P.  Stoddard, 


Geu'l.  Piielp'8  Booh. 


Editor  Cynosure:— \  have  just  read 
Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps'  "Secret  Societies 
Ancient  and  Modern"  which  I  procured 
at  the  Cynosure  oifioe.  Will  you  let 
me  speak  of  this  book  to  your  readers 
who  have  not  read  it. 

"A  lesson  in  itself  Bul)lirae, 
A  lesson  worth  ensbriuing." 

Its  heart  is  patriotism,  its  soul  Christ- 
ianity, and  its  tongue  a  sword  for  truth 
and  against  error.  Republicans  read 
it .  Patriots,  read  it.  Reformers,  read  it. 
Christians,  heed  its  warnings,  at  the 
altar  of  prayer,  in  the  pulpit,  in  your 
church  meetings,  at  the  ballot-box. 

This  book  is  not  the  ordy  one  wor- 
thy of  high  commendations  on  this  sub- 
ject.— 0  no!  But  it  swings  out  like  a  well 
trimed  chandelier  all  ablaze  in  this  worse 
than  heathenishly  benighted  land.  Read 

it!  J.    C.     GBAHAil. 


OUR  MAIL. 


M.  S.  Drury,  Castalia,  Iowa,  writes: 
''I  desire  to  express  my  gratitude  to  God 
and  to  the  self  denying  workers  who  talce 
the  lead  in  the  publication  of  the  Christian 
Cynosure  for  the  success  already  attained. 
The  enlarged  paper  is  destined  to  have  a 
steady  increase  of  circulation  and  influence. 
Its  agents  can  work  with  renewed  zeal  and 
hope.  The  future  never  has  looked  so 
bright.  I  am  in  the  midst  of  grangers  on 
every  side.  The  institution  is  crumbling. 
Its  foundation  stones  will  not  stand  the 
coldness  of  its  own  selfishness,  nor  the 
bright  sunlight  of  truth  and  righteousness. 
Honest  thinkers  begin  to  see  that  the  prin- 
ciple of  secrecy  is  wrong,  and  that  the  lit- 
tle secret  societies  feed  the  large  ones  as 
truly  as  the  little  fish  feed  the  big  oues.  I 
predict  for  the  Cynosure  the  most  brilliant 
career  of  any  paper  in  America." 
J.  Chadwick,  Smeethport,  Pa.,  writes: 
"God  of  the  Bible  bless  you  in  your 
work  of  faith  and  labor  of  love.  I  propose 
never  to  stack  arms  until  victory  or  death. 
Truth  will  triumph.  The  right  will  pre- 
vail. Our  weapons  are  not  carnal  but 
mighty  in  proportion  to  our  obedience  and 
faith." 

Philo  Millard,  Woodhull,  N.  Y.,  writes: 

"I  am  the  only  one  that  has  ever  tried  to 
get  subscribers  for  the  Cynosure  in  our 
town.  I  have  heard  Solomon  Southwick 
lecture  agaiust  Freemasonry  when  he  was 
a  candidate  for  Governor  for  the  State  of 
New  York.  He  told  what  he  knew  of  Ma- 
sonry. Those  were  stirring  times.  My 
father  took  Southwick's  paper,  so  I  got  well 
posted  in  my  young  days.  I  shall  try  to  be 
at  the  Convention  at  Syracuse." 

Train  up  children  to  read  the  Cynosure 
as  this  friend  read  an  anti-secrecy  paper  in 
his  youth. 

J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y.,  writes  of 
a  subscriber  who  is  anxious  about  Elder 
Baird,  as  are  many  others.  Elder  Baird 
has  been  heard  from  quite  recently  at  this 
ofBce.    Mf.  Neasell  writes: 

"It  is  high  time  that  something  should  be 
done  to  put  a  stop  to  Masonry," 

James  Auten,  Gallon,  O.,  writes: 

"I  am  an  old  man  in  the  flesh  but  a 
young  man  in  the  spirit.  I  have  passed 
my  three  score  and  twelve.  I  have  been 
reading  your  paper  for  the  last  three  years 
aud  I  am  a  thoroughly  converted  man  to 
the  religion  of  our  Lord  Jesu£  Christ  and 
the  wickedness  of  Freemasonry  and  all  se- 
cret societies,  clans  and  rings.  I  have  pro- 
cured about  thirty  new  subscribers  for  three 
months.    •     •     • 

They  who  fight  whiskey  must  fight  Ma- 
sonry also;  for  Masonry  was  born  with 


whiskey  and  must  die  with  whiskey  and 
both  be  buried  in  one  grave." 

Julia  A.  Cornelius,  Callao,  Mo.,  writes: 
"  I  am  much  pleased  with  what  you  call 
your  new  departure.  I  think  the  paper  is 
in  much  better  form  than  before.  "  •  • 
I  have  been  trying  some  and  aim  to  try 
more  to  get  subscribers  to  your  paper." 

Moses  Gallup,  Wasioja,  Minn.,  writes: 
"In  February  I  could  not  get  one  order 
for  your  paper,  but  alter  giving  or  lending 
papers  and  books,  I  now  get  orders  more 
easily.  I  can  take  orders  for  .$5  or  $10 
books  from  one  to  three  to  ten  per  day; 
but  the  Masonry  subject  was  harder  to  stir 
up.  I  design  to  send  you  100  orders  for 
the  Cynosure.  I  work  hard  aud  even  give 
the  commission  when  for  six  months  or 
more," 

We  hope  others  will  fix  some  definite 
number  of  subscriptions  to  obtain  as  this 
friend  has. 

M.  Allen, Randolph,  Wis.,  writes: 

"I  lived  in  Morgan  times,  and  helped 
elect  Wm.  Slade  Governor  of  Vermont. 
Voted  direct  for  Adams  and  Barlow  last 
fall.  Shall  not  vote  for  INIasons  for  any 
important  office.  Give  us  a  political  party 
at  Syracuse.  We  move  slow  in  Wisconsin 
yet  we  have  some  determined  men  on  re- 
forms." 

Wm.  Millet,  Springdale,  la.,  writes: 

"I  like  the  Cynosure  all  the  better  in  its 
present  shape  and  variety." 

We  hope  to  receive  some  new  subscrip- 
tions from  that  locality. 

John  A.  Dodds,  Mt.  Chestnut,  Pa.,  writes: 

"Everybody  is  joiniag  the  grangers  only 
the  old  side  Covenanters." 

John  Collins,  Antweep,  O.,  writes: 

' '  I  am  so  well  pleased  with  your  paper 
in  exposing  secrecy  that  I  felt  it  a  duty  to 
the  cause  and  to  God  to  solicit  others  to 
subscribe  for  the  paper.  I  have  succeeded 
in  getting  three  subscriptions.  I  hope  to 
get  more  soon." 

Miss  S  L.  Corbett,  Commerce,  Mich., 
writes: 

"We  had  concluded  not  to  -take  the  Cy- 
nosure this  year,  but  as  it  was  still  continu- 
ed, and  in  its  new  form,  we  read  it  with  re- 
newed interest,  and  have  concluded  we  will 
take  it  again  " 

Godlib  Helhen,  Logan,  Hocking  Co.,  O., 
writes: 

"I  am  a  member  of  the  United  Presby- 
terian church,  and  stand  opposed  to  secret 
societies.  I  have  been  taking  the  Cynosure 
ever  since  I  heard  of  it  and  will  do  all  that 
I  can  for  it." 

Rev.  Jas.  A.  Clark,  Prospect,  Pa.,  writes: 
"I  was  at  a  meeting  of  Presbytery  yes- 
terday and  got  up  a  club  of  twelve  for  three 
months.  •  •  '  I  hope  some  of  your  lec- 
turers may  come  to  this  county  and  organ- 
ize it  for  the  cause." 

We  hope  his  example  will  be  copied  by 
many  others. 

James  Barnett,  West  Geneva,  O. ,  writes: 

"You  are  informed  that  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church  exclude  Freemasous,  but 
the  fact  is  they  have  a  number  of  Freema- 
sons and  quite  a  quautitj'of  Odd-fellows  iu 
their  communion.  I  know  of  one  of  their 
members  who  supposed  when  he  became  a 
member  of  that  church  that  they  would 
exclude  Freemasons,  but  found  their  testi- 
mony was  not  designed  to  keep  out  such  if 
quiet,  and  he  has  forsaken  the  communion 
in  sealing  ordinances  for  that  reason  alone. 
Yet  he  attends  their  preaching.  I  under- 
stand that  one  of  their  congregations  is 
broken  into  two  parties  on  the  farmers' 
grange  matter.  I  find  no  denomination  of 
Christians  who  are  not  more  or  less  tainted 
with  the  disposition  of  secrecy." 

John  Dorcas,  Shiloh,  Iowa,  writes: 

"I  think  \h&  Cynosure  grows  better.  I 
like  it  more  than  ever.  I  hope  that  in  the 
future,  as  in  the  past,  it  may  continue  to 
hew  to  the  line  regardless  of  consequences. 
God  is  on  the  side  of  right.  Let  us  be  sure 
we  are  right  and  we  have  nothing  to  fear. 
Enclosed  find  a  list  of  twelve  three-month 
subscribers." 

D.  Baker,  Remington,  Ind.,  writes: 

"I  wish  I  could  get  more  (subscribers) 
but  folks  here  are  iu  debt  for  their  land  and 
feel  poor.  1  will  get  all  I  can.  May  the 
Lord  bless  you  in  this  noble  cause." 

A.  Hard,  Painted  Post,  N.  Y.,  writes: 
' '  Wish  I  had  100  Cynosures.  I  would  send 
them  through  the  post  office  to  men  aud 
women  that  I  think  would  act  as  agenls. 
I  think  that  is  the  way  to  make  it  known 
and  get  subscribers.  Will  do  my  best  with 
all  the  tracts  and  papers  you  will  send  me." 

Rev.  J.  S.  Rice,  Pownell,  Maine,  sends 
nine  three-months  subscriptions  and  writes: 

"  I  expect  to  get  many  more  subscribers 
soon.    •    ■    •     The  roads  have  been  so  bad  I 


that  I  could  not  get  about  before.    I  shall 
do  all  I  can  for  the  Cynosure." 

We  are  glad  to  hear  from  friends  in  Maine. 
Until  this  list  was  received  we  sent  the  Cy- 
nosure to  five  post  offices  and  six  subscrib- 
ers only  in  the  whole  State.  Yet  we  think 
that  State  contains  good  material  to  work 
on  and  believe  that,  through  the  blessing  of 
God,  six  or  even  fewer  determined  men  can 
set  in  operation  influences  that  will  cause  a 
majority  of  her  90,500  voters  to  testify  by 
their  votes  their  abhorence  of  Masonry, 
and  put  the  Cynosureinio  hundreds  of  those 
families  M'hich  are  counted  in  her  popula- 
tion of  626,915  souls. 


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Spurious  Masonic  revelations  were 
early  palmed  cff  on  the  public  by  the 
fraternity  to  break  the  force  of  the 
genuine.  One  such  attempt  is  thns 
described  in  the  "Anti-masonic  Herald" 
of  Ja>tU;iry,  1829  :  "A  book  represented 
to  be  Illustrations  of  Masonry  by  Wm. 
Morgan  is  circulated  in  many  parts  of 
the  United  States.  This  book  is  at 
least  three  times  as  large  as  Morgan's. 
It  pretends  to  develope  as  high  as  the 
Royal  Arch  degree;  but  the  oaths  are 
left  out,  besides  many  other  things  of 
importance. 

In'tbe  month  of  June  last,  a  zealous 
Mason  (xuUingly  placed  one  of  these 
books  in  cur  hand,  and  pointed  cut  a 
letter,  which  was  represented  to  have 
been  written  by  Capt.  William  Mor- 
gan, to  one  Williams,  a  Grand  Master, 
in  which  the  patriot  aud  martyr  Mor- 
gan was  represented  as  an  infiiel  and 
atheist.  We  immediately  detected  the 
fraud  and  exposed  it  to  the  presenter, 
who  left  us  with  precipitation. 

Thn  first  edition  of  Captain  Morgan's 
book  was  mostly  purchased  tip  by  the 
fraternity,  and  the  spurious  work  al- 
luded to  istued  in  the  city  of  Albany, 
and  spread  throughout  the  country  as 
genu'ne.  It  sells  at  the  same  price  as 
Morgan's,  and  in  the  first  three  degrees 
contains  considerable  fact;  but  the  oth- 
ers are  perfectly  calculated  to  mislead. 
It  has  been  pushed  ahead  of  the  gen- 
uine work  whenever  it  couid  be.  We 
have  several  times  been  made  acquaint- 
ed with  if,  but  have  recently  been  in- 
formed by  one  of  our  correspondents, 
that  it  is  extensively  circulated  in  Ala 
bama, 


The  "Anti-Freemason,"  Eo3toa,  Feb. 
nth,  1829,  thus  rensarks  on  a  Mison- 
ic  report  of  the  disposition  of  Morgan : 
"The  old  Smyrna  humbug  is  out  again. 
It  is  pretended  that  Morgan  is  now  in 
Sray'rna  and  has  turned  Turk !  We 
advise  those  who  invented  this  story 
to  sere  n  Masonry,  not  to  tell  so  fool- 
sh  falsehoods  as  this;  but  if  they  will 
tell  any,  let  them  be  such  as  somebody 
at  least  will  believe.  Morgan  in  Smyr- 
na, indeed!  Why  then  not  produce 
him?  Why  not  bring  him  hither  ard 
allay  the  excitement  now  overspread- 
ing the  l^nd?  If  Masons  themselves 
believe  Morgan  to  be  in  Smyrna,  they 
are  inexcusable  for  not  taking  measures 
at  once  to  bring  him  to  this  country. 
But  Morgan. is  not  in  Smyrna.  An  of- 
ficer of  the  United  States  navy  contra- 
dicts the  report  and  says  that  a  man 
by  the  name  of  Morgin  is  there,  but 
that  he  is  not  the  Morgan  in  question, 
having  been  there  five  years. 


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7 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Second 
(Juaiter,  1874. 


Apr. 

5tli 

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la 

" 

19 

" 

26 

May 

3 

" 

10 

Ex. 


June 


XX.  1-17— The  Ten  Commands. 
"      xxxii.  1-6,  19,  20:  Golden  Calf. 
"      xxxiii.    la-W:   People    Forgiven. 
"      xl.  17-30:  Tabernacle  set  up. 
Lev.  vil.  37,  38:  The  Five  Offerings. 
"      xxii.  4-(i,  15-21,  33-36:  The  Three 
Great  Feasts. 
17  Num.  iii.  5-13:  The  Lord's  Ministers. 
25      "      xix.  1-10:  Israel's  Unbelief. 
31      "      XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  Rock. 
7  Nnm.  xxi.  4-9:  Serpent  of  Brass. 
14  Deut.  xviii.  9-16:  The  True  Prophet. 
21      "      xxi V.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses. 
28  Review   (Suggest)  Deut.  viii.    Mercies 
Reviewed, 


liHSSONXXii. — MAY  31,  1874. — THE  SMITTEN 
KOCK. 

SCRIPTURE  LESSON. — NDM.  XX.  7-13. 

Commit  7-13  ;  Primary  Verse,  11. 

7  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses ,  say- 
ing, 

8  Take  tlie  rod,  and  gather  thou  the  as- 
sembly together,  thou  and  Aaron,  tliy 
brother,  and  speak  ye  unto  the  rock  before 
their  eyes  ;  and  it  shall  give  forth  his  wa- 
ter, and  thou  shalt  bring  forth  to  them  wa- 
ter out  of  the  rock  :  so  thou  shalt  give  the 
congregation  and  their  beasts  drink. 

9  And  Moses  took  the  rod  from  be- 
fore the  Lord,  as  he  commanded  him. 

10.  And  Moses  and  Aaron  gathered  the 
congregation  together  before  the  rock, 
and  he  said  unto  them,  Hear  now,  ye  reb- 
els ;  must  we  fetch  you  water  out  of  this 
rock? 

11  And  Moses  lifted  up  his  hand,  and 
with  his  rod  he  smote  the  rock  twice  :  and 
the  water  came  out  abundantly,  and  the 
congregation  drank,  and  their  beasts  also. 

13.  And  the  Lord  spake  unto  Moses 
and  Aaron,  Because  ye  believed  me  not, 
to  sanctify  me  in  the  eyes  of  the  children 
of  Israel,  therefore  ye  shall  not  bring  this 
congregation  into  the  land  which  I  have 
given  them. 

13  This  is  the  water  of  Meribah  ;  be- 
cause the  children  of  Israel  strove  with 
the  Lord,  and  he  was  sanctified  in  them. 


GOLDEN  TEXT.— "They  drank  of  that 
Spiritual  Rock  that  followed  them  ;  and 
that  Rock  was  Christ." — 1  Cor.  x.  4. 

TOPIC— "The  Sin  of  Moses  and  Aaron. 


HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Num.  xvi.    1-24— Tbc  Rebellion  of  Korah. 
T.     Num.  xvi.  25-50— The  Rebels  Destroyed. 
W.    Num.  xvii.  1-13— The  Rod  that  Blossomed. 
Th,  Num.  xix.    1-22— The  Red  Heifer  Offering. 
F.     Num.  XX.    1-13— The  Smitten  Rock. 
S.     Num.  XX.  14-29—The  Death  of  Aaron. 
8.      John  iv.         1-14 — The  Living  Water. 
TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 

The  Return  to  Kadesh,  verses  1-5. 

Water  from  the  Rock,        ■'       7,  8. 

The  Sin  of  Moses,  "      9-11, 

Shut  out  from  Canaan,      "    12,  13. 

SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 
Between  the  events  of  our  last  lesson 
and  this,  there  was  an  interval  of  nearly 
thirty-eight  years.  These  are  called  the 
years  of  wandering.  We  have  but  a  brief 
account  of  these  years.  Four  interesting 
lessons  are  found  in  the  Home  Readings. 
Our  chapter  opens  with  an  account  of  the 
death  of  Miriam,  and  closes  with  the  death 
of  Aaron.    Our  lesson  is  between. 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  How  long  had 
they  wandered?  (Deut.  i.  46;  ii.  14.) 
How  many  remained  of  the  men  who  had 
been  at  Kadesh  before  ?  (Deut.  ii.  16.) 
Only  Moses,  Aaron,  Caleb  and  Joshua. 
How  would  they  know  when  to  resume 
the  march  to  Canaan  ?  (Num.  xiv.  33, 
34.)  Was  the  conduct  of  the  people  much 
better  than  that  of  their  fathers  ? 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  Verses  7,  8. 
Where  is  a  similar  miracle  recorded  ?  (Ex 
xvii.  1-7.)  Where  was  God  to  stand  in 
that  miracle  ?  (verse  6.)  What  was  Mo- 
ses to  do  ?  (verse  6.)  What  tJwee  things 
did  God  command  Moses  to  do  in  our  les- 
son ?  (verse  8.) 

What  is  the  third  topic  ?  Verses  9-11. 
What  four  things  did  Moses  do  ?  (verses  9, 
11.)  To  what  was  he  to  speak  ?  To 
whom  did  he  speak  ?  How  did  he  sin  in 
his  speech  ?  (see  Num.  xxvii.  14 ;  Deut, 
xxxii.  51.)  What  is  said  in  Ps.  cvi.  32,  33  ? 
What  was  Moses  to  do  to  the  rock  ?  What 
did  he  do  ? 

What  is  the  fourth  topic  ?  Verses  12, 
13.  What  did  God  say  was  their  sin,  and 
what  their  punishment  ?  (verse  12.)  Did 
Moses  afterward  ask  G  )d  to  permit  him 
to  go  in?  (Deut.  iii.  23-27.)  What  was 
God's  answer  ?  What  name  is  given  to 
this  place  to  distinguish  it  from  Ex.  xvii  ? 
(Num.  xvii.  14  ;  Deut.  xxxii.  51.) 

Lessons.  Even  great  and  good  men  fail 
and  sin,  Jesus  is  the  only  exception. 
He  did  all  things  well.  In  God's  service 
we  need  to  be  careful  to  follow  just  ichat 
7ie  says.    Sin  will  be  punished.    Moses  was 


forgiven,  saved,  and  very  highly  honored. 
(Deut.  xxxiv.  1-6  ;  Matt.  xvii.  3.)  But  he 
was  punished  for  his  sin. — National  Sun- 
day School  Teacher. 


Too  Many  Points. 


The  making  of  too  many  points 
in  teaching  a  lesson  is  often  eq'jivalent 
to  making  bo  point  at  all.  In  regard 
to  this  the  Baptist  Teacher  says : 

The  thoughtful,  studious  teacher 
will  often  find  himself  embarrassed  by 
the  great  variety  and  richness  of  truth 
contained  in  the  lesson.  To  attempt  to 
develop  it  all  within  the  limits  ujually 
allotted  to  it,  would  only  result  in  a 
failure  to  develop   anything;  aright. 

Persuing  the  exhaustive  method, 
just  as  the  teacher  begins  to  warm  up 
in  his  work,  and  the  subject  to  open 
up  to  his  view,  the  tap  of  the  super- 
intendent's bell  smites  on  his  ear  and 
heart,  and  there  he  is  obliged  to  leave 
the  lesson  lying  all  in  heaps,  with 
nothing  brought  to  perfection.  Don't 
say  everything  that  can  be  said.  Don't 
undertake  to  teach  everything  that  can 
be  learned  from  the  lesson.  Salect  your 
starting-point,  your  line  of  inarch, 
your  goal;  and,  with  your  eye  steadily 

fixed  OS.  it,    press  to  it, 

«-«-» 

Novels, 


It  was  God'a  Word  tliey  were  study- 
ing, and  the  place  was    the  story  of  Is- 
rael's unfaithf'ulnes — the   Golden  Calf. 
Deeply  interested  in  the    subject,    the 
teacher  was    conducting   an    animated 
discussion  of  the  tratbs  in   the  lesson, 
when   one  boy  turned  to    another    and 
exclaimed,  ''Wish  she  would   read    us 
stories."     The  teacher  v/as   instructed 
and    grieved.      The  hour    was    short; 
the  lesson  full  of  truth ;     preciou?,  im- 
portant,   valuable   truth.      A   mine    of 
wealth  within  the  reach  of   each  one, 
and  here  were  two   boys    who   would 
not  apply  their    heart   unto  wisdom. 
When  a  child  is  used   to    tea,    coffee, 
c'der,  or  wine  for   drink,    pure,   clear 
water  does   not  quench  thirst.     When 
the  man  indulges  in  tobacco,   gaming, 
and   other    immoralities,     wholesome 
food,     a  quiet   home,  and   a   virtuous 
course  of  life   does  not  satisfy  him.   So 
when  the  mind  is  a'lcustomed  to  rev- 
el in  thrilling  fiction;    where  the   ideas 
are  nicely  dressed,  intoxicating  the  fan- 
cy,  and   bewitching   the  imagination, 
the    enervated   soul    is  indisposed   to 
search  for   wisdom.     Does   not  relish 
plain,  unvarnished  truth.     Wisdom  is 
not  attractive;  knowledge  is  not  pleas- 
anl  unto   the   soul.     Let   us  then,    in 
keeping  our  hearts,  abstain  from  nov- 
els.    A  successful   teacher   of  a   large 
Sabbath-school  class  of  boys,  said:  "I 
have  learned  that  telling   stories   does 
not  accomplish    what   the    teacher  de- 
sires.    I  can   get  better  attention  and 
preserve    better  order   when   adhering 
closely  to    the   lesson,    to  sny  nothing 
about  the  greater  amount  of  good  that 
is  accorrplished by  such  instruction." 


'^if\^  atttl  IfiiitWj  ''^\4^, 


Keep  Your  Mouth  Shut. 


Keep  your  mouth  shut  in  cold  joeath- 
er.  The  nostrils  are  the  proper  inlets 
and  outlets  of  the  breath.  They  are  pur- 
posely circuitous.     The  air  thus  has  its 


chill  taken  off  before  reaching  the  lungs, 
while,  on  its  return,  it  restores  again 
the  warmth  it  had  ab.-itracted.  On  the 
contrary,  the  air  taken  in  through  the 
mouth  strikes,  perhaps,  at  a  tempera- 
ture of  zero,  directly  on  the  most  del- 
icate of  the  local  organs,  causing,  often, 
hoarseness,  cough,  bronchitis  or  pul- 
monary con2;estion. 

Moreover,  the  nostrils  are  naturally 
inhaling  tubes,  better  than  the  best 
sold  in  the  shops.  When  the  breath- 
ing is  done  through  them,  the  slight 
resistance  to  expiration — and  it  is  this 
resistance  which  leads  most  people  to 
form  the  habit  of  breathing  through 
their  mouth — causes  the  lungs  to  fi;lto 
the  full,  thus  calling  every  part  of  them 
into  necessary  action,  more  completely 
oxygenating  the  blood,  and  greatly  di- 
minishing any  consumptive  tendency. 
In  this  latter  view,  it  is  important  to 
bieaih  through  the  nostrils  in  warm 
weather  as  well  as  in  cold,  and  also  to 
accustom  oneself  io  sleep  with  the  mouth 
closed. 

Keep  the  mouth  shut  when  infect- 
ious diseases  are  around.  Air  breathed 
through  the  mouth  is  borne  into  the 
windpipe  with  a  strong  rush,  carrying 
along  the  morbid  particles  with  which 
the  air  may  be  charged,  directly  to  the 
lungs,  the  thin  membrane  of  which  in- 
terposes but  little  hindrancs  to  the  ac- 
tion of  contagious  matter.  When  the 
air  is  breathed  through  the  nostrils, 
these  particles  are  likely  to  be  lodged 
on  their  moist  walls ,  and  to  be  soon 
washed  out  by  the  natural  secretion. 

It  is  well  to  heed  this  rule  when 
breathing  the  air  of  any  sick  room, — 
even  consumption  may  prove  infectious 
to  one  long  shut  up  with  it  in  badly 
ventilated  rooms,  but  it  is  of  prime  im- 
portance in  cases  of  typhoid  fever,  scar- 
let fever,  diphtheria,  smallpox  and 
other  diseases  similarly  infectious.  Of 
course,  there  can  he  no  substitute  for 
thorough  ventilation, — even  the  best 
disinfectants  are  of  little  worth  without 
it, — still,  it  is  often  necessary  to  enter 
rooms  over  whose  arrangements  we 
have  no  control. 

Keep  your  mouth  shut  when  the 
air  is  filled  with  dust  of  any  kind.  Dust 
habitually  inhaled  may  prove  in  time, 
as  fatal  as  miasma,  or  small  pox-efflu 
vium.  As  with  the  particles  of  morbid 
matter,  so  it  is  with  dust  parlicles;  in- 
spiration through  the  mouth  carries 
them  directly  into  the  lungs,  irritating 
their  delicate  membranes,  while  inspi- 
ration through  the  nostrils  lodges  most 
of  them  along  the  nasal  passages, 
whence  they  are  easily  dislodged.  Mis- 
tresses, considerate  of  the  welfare  of 
their  servants,  will  duly  enlighten  them 
on  this  point. 

But  our  rule  is  as  good  morally  as 
physically;  for  sometimes  worse  matter 
comes  from  the  mouth  than  ever  en- 
ters it.  We  say,  then,  though  it  has 
been  said  a  thousand  times,  keep  your 
mouth  shut  when  you  are  angry,  A 
smothered  fire,  however  fierce  it  may 
be,  is  soon  out. 

We  cannot  forbear  adding,  now  we 
are  in  the  mood  for  it,  keep  your  mouth 
shut  when  you  have  nothing  worth 
saying.  If  you  have  nothing  within 
but  common-place,  or  nonsense,  or  tat- 
tle, or  evil  thoughts,   better  let  them 


rot  inside  than  pour  them  out  on  oth- 
ers. Besides,  all  bad  kept  in  by  a 
strong  will,  reacts  in  good. —  Watchnan 
and  B^flector. 


\^^  m\ii  ^m\i{% 


Setting  out  Trees  by  the  Roadside. 


The  growth  of  timber,  to    take    the 
place  of  our  rapidly    disappearing   for- 
ests, has  led  farmers  in   some   sections 
to  set  out  trees.     While  it  may  not  be 
convenient  or  desirable  for  all  to  adopt 
this  plan,  every  one   can  set  out   trees 
by  the  roadside    along  his  own    land. 
There  are  many  advantages    to  be    de- 
rived from  them,  which    can   be    seen 
at  once,    to    more    than    pay    for    the 
trouble.     They  beautify  the   premiBCs, 
and  give  a   better  appearance   to    the 
landscape.     And  if  the  trees   are  ma- 
ple, which  is  one  of  the  best  and  most 
easily  raised,   when  grown   they   will 
furnish  a  large  yield    of  maple   sugar. 
If  butternut  or  walnut,  the  nuts  are  in 
a  measure  a  compensation  for  the  labor 
of  setting  them  out,     There    is    to    be 
in  the  future  such  a  demand  for    wood  '■' 
that  it  will  not  answer  to  cut  down  and   '' 
not  replace  in    some    v?ay.     In    Baden  '- 
and  in  other  German    States,    as    well 
as    in    some    of   the    departments    of 
France,  the  law   obliges   a   person   to 
plant  a  tree  in  the  place  of  every  one  • 
cut  down.     In  this  way,  miles  of  rows 
of  shade  trees  line  the   roads,   making  ' 
pleasant,  shaded  walks  through  all  the*  >^ 
towns  and  villages.     It   is   a   fact   not 
generally  known,    that   trees   increase 
their   woodmaking   capacity   in   about 
the  same    ratio   as   the   square    of  the 
number  of  years  indicating  their   age. 
The  third  year  they  make  nine    times, 
the  fifth   year   twenty-five    times,    and 
the  tenth  year  one  hundred  times   the 
amount  of  wood  they   make   the   first ' 
year.     The  trees  grow  more  rapidly  as 
they  grow  older,  and  we  cannot  afl'jrd 
to  cut  them  down  until  they  get  their 
growth.      Some    towns    have    formed 
associations  for  beautifying  their  locali-  "' 
ties  by  planning  parks  and   setting  out 
trees  by  the  roadside. 


Prep.\.rino  Slips  for  Pl'anting. — 
The  Oazette  des  Campagne  recom- 
mends to  dip  the  extremeties  of  the 
slip  in  coUodin  containing  twice  as 
much  cotton  as  the  ordinary  material 
used  in  photography.  Let  the  first 
coat  dry,  and  then  dip  again.  After 
planting  the  slip,  the  development  of 
the  roots  will  take  place  very  promptly. 
This  method  is  said  to  be  particularly' 
efficacious  in  woody  slips,  and  to  sue 
ceed  well  in  scions  of  the  geranium- 
fuchsia,  and  similar  plants. 


Large  or  Small  Potatoes  for 
Seed, — The  Rural  Homi  Journal 
gives  a  report  of  experiments  made  on 
this  subject  by  E.  Reynolds,  of  Man- 
chester, New  York.  It  says  he  has 
planted  them  in  juxtaposition,  in  the 
same  row  and  in  adjoining  rows,  and 
found  that  when  planting  was  followed 
by  moist  and  favorable  weather,  there 
was  but  Utile  difference  in  results;  but, 
when  a  drouth  followed  planting,  the 
large  potatoes  took  the  lead  and  held 
it  through  the  season,  3i-lding  much 
larger  crops. 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^Il^  ^;(|ttbti«tt  Cgtta^^ttit^. 


Chicago,  Tlmrsday,  May  21,  1874. 

For  Notices  of  llie;lVational  Association  Anniversary 

etc.,  see  fourth  page. 

» ■  » 

The  Corner-stone:  of  the  United  States  Custom 
House,  our  readers  know,  is  advertised  to  be  laid  by 
Freemasons,  here  in  Chicago,  on  their  Saint's  day, 
June  24th.  I  have  learned  by  conversation  that  law- 
yers, editors,  business  men,  Catholics  and  Protestants, 
here  in  Chicago,  are  indignant  at  it,  as  an  insult  to 
the  American  people  whose  the  building  is.  A  lawyer 
said  to  me  to-day,  "It  goes  to  the  Masons  by  default, 
because  nobody  else  takes  the  matter  up."  He  is 
mistaken.  Freemasons  draw  money  from  their  dupes 
as  pagan  priests  do  from  their's;  and  keep  men  paid  to 
watch,  seize,  and  appropriate  such  occasions,  while 
honest  men  are  worked  to  death  in  their  own  business. 
There  is,  however,  a  talk  of  a  meeting  to  oppose  it, 
and  a  tract  to  circulate  among  the  citizens  exposing 
the  imposition. 

Our  Anniversary  in  1875. — Don't  forget  toconsult 
your  constituents  and  come  up  prepared  to  nominate, 
vote  for,  and  appoint  the  place  of  next  year's  meeting, 
before  we  leave  Syracuse.  This  ii  very  important. 
We  want  a  whole  year  beforehand  to  work  for  the 
meeting  of  1875,  when  we  shall  be  in  the  outf  r  gyra- 
tions of  the  next  Presidential  whirlpool.     Don't  forget 

this. 

Also,  don't  forget  to  bring  the  last  subscriber  possi- 
ble to  the  Cynosure  to  our  Syracuse  meeting.  Re- 
member that  the  paper  is  put  one  dollar  cheaper  than 
other  papers  of  the  same  size.  It  does  not  yet  pay, 
but  the  publishers  feel  encouraged  by  the  receipts  to 
believe   that   the    Syracuse  meeting  will  place  it  on  a 

paying  basis.  ^ 

THE  SYRACUSE  MEETING. 

One  paper  more  brings  us  to  Syracuse.  At  no 
time  in  the  history  of  our  cause  have  we  approached 
an  anniversary  under  auspices  so  propitious.  Messrs. 
Stoddard  and  Barlow,  aided  by  a  month's  campaign 
of  Prof.  Blanohard,  and  all  backed  by  Bro.  Stratton 
and  an  energetic  committee,  give  promise  of  a  stirring 
up  of  the  people,  preparatory  to  our  meeting,  beyond 
any  other  year.  And  then  the  Iccility  of  the  meet- 
ing, so  near  the ''Ridge  Road,"  made  famous  as  the 
old  Roman  "Appian  Way,"  by  the  abduction  of  Mor- 
gan and  the  gloom  which  has  settled  over  it  ever 
since,  and  the  wakened  memories  of  the  multitude  of 
survivors  who  remember  that  horrible  transaction, 
will  all  give  added  interest  to  our  gathering. 

But  neither  these,  nor  the  delightful  region  of  cen- 
tral New  York,  robed  in  beauty  by  the  * 'month  of 
roses,"  will  make  a  profitable  meeting  if  we  forget  our 
entire  dependence  on  Christ,  and  the  presence  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.  The  principalities  and  powers  against 
whom  we  "wrestle,"  ever  proportion  their  dark  exer- 
tions to  the  power  of  the  attack  on  their  realm.  When 
Christ  took  his  cause  toward  Jerusalem  for  its  last 
earthly  conflict  with  them,  then  appeared  their  stu- 
pendous energy  and  malignant  craft;  attacking  Peter, 
stimulating  ambition  in  James  and  John,  perplexing, 
confounding  and  bewildering  everything,  till  their 
terrible  assaults  brought  "great  drops  of  blood,"  by 
mere  mental  agitation,  from  Christ  himself. 

"Forewarned  is  for.=armed."  Let  all  our  papers 
stir  Christian  people  to  pray  for  this  meeting.jin  se- 
cret, in  the  family,  and  in  social  prayer  meetings. 
Pray  for  Syracuse.  New  York  is  the  Jerusalem  of 
this  cause. 

FUNDS. 


One  thing  our  lecturers  cannot  do.  They  cannot 
work  the  miracle  of  collecting  funds  sufficient  for  self- 
support  from  people  who  would  give  more  money  to 
8Uppres3  discussion  than  to  keep  it  up  and  enlarge  it. 
We  need  and  ought  to  have  a  strong  State  Lecturer  in 
every  State.  If  we  had  thirty-six  strong,  faithful, 
fearless  men  to  out  into  thirty  six  United   States   this 


year,  we  could  get  up  an  electoral  ticket  in  every 
State,  and  as  the  old  Masonic  Temple  in  Boston  was 
sold  out  for  a  United  States  Court-house,  (a  few 
Masons  pocketing  the  purchase  money,)  so  we  should 
soon  see  the  mammoth  temples  of  Dagon  in  Boston, 
New  York  and  Philadelphia,  which  have  sprung  up  in 
a  night,  go  down  in  a  day,  and  pass  under  the  hammer 
of  the  auctioneer. 

Thirty-six  such  lecturers  could  be  maintained  for 
fifty  thousand  dollars,  traveling  expenses  included. 
And  that  amount  of  money,  bo  expended,  next  year, 
would  nearly  or  quite  give  us  the  balance  of  political 
power  between  the  two  decayed  parties  under  the  new 
iuggling  forms  which  they  will  put  on  to  carry  the 
next  Presidential  election.  Now  let  every  paper  in 
the  interest  of  our  cause  take  this  matter  into  con- 
sideration and  tell  us  at  Syracuse  how  this  money  can 
be  raised.  It  surely  can  be  done  if  we  can  have  con- 
certed action,  wise  and  efficient.  I  remember  when 
the  American  Missionary  Association  first  raised  fifty 
thousand  dollars,  easier  than  they  had  before  raised 
ten   thousand,    and  that  too  in  the  infancy  of  their 

cause. 

^  ■  ^ 

UNCHARITABLE  TO  PROF.  SWING. 


Isaac  Preston,  EEq.,  who  is  a  sound  Christian  and 
excellent  man.  writes  us  that  our  strictures  on  Prof. 
Swing  hf.ve  grieved  him,  as  bethinks  them  unjust. 
And  it  is  quite  possible  that  we  may  err,  as  we  have 
read  but  little  of  his  trial  or  of  himself.  Our  strict- 
ures were  intended  for  a  class,  rather  than  an  Individ 
ual;  that  class  of  preachers  who  never  oppose  a  popu 
lar  evil,  or  aid  an  unpopular  reform,  and  who  treat 
theology  exactly  as  they  treat  public  morals;  that  ie 
to  say,  make  capital  out  of  both  by  lauding  truth  and 
goodness  in  general,  shun  all  notice  of  the  truth  which 
the  world  and  worldly  Christians  hate;  and  who  court 
notoriety  by  seeming  to  be  heretics,  alarming  sincere 
believers,  warily  keeping  within  the  dead  line  which 
separates  hurtful  error  from  what  the  Scriptures  call 
"damnable  heresies;"  and,  claiming  superior  liberality 
and  fearlessness  above  their  brethren,  intentionally  or 
otherwise,  gall  the  horse  they  ride,  and  injure  their 
brethren  and  the  church  which  gives  them  their 
standing. 

Now,  if  Prof.  Swing  does  not  mean  to  belong  to  this 
class  of  preachers  who  drive  at  nothing  in  particular 
but  notoriety  and  success;  who  say  nothing  against  sin 
which  offends  the  wicked;  who  alarm  the  nervous  and 
irritate  the  pugnacious  by  profdSiing  a  larger  liberal- 
ity than  the  men  who  ordained  them;  and  please 
worldlings  by  showing  up  the  fag-ends  of  the  creeds 
which  they  profess  to  hold  in  common  with  their 
brethren,  which  creeds,  it  may  be,  are  getting  obso- 
lete in  their  terms  while  true  in  their  substance,  then 
we  have  certainly  misunderstood  and  done  him  injus- 
tice. 

Take  his  letter  to  Prof.  Patton,  in  which  he  repre- 
sents him  (Patton)  as  ''teaching  what  theology  once 
was;"  represents  the  doctor  as  standing  at  one  ex- 
treme of  the  Presbyterian  ministry  and  himself  at  the 
other ;  while  the  mass  of  their  brethren  form  a  line  or  row 
between  them;  himself  of  course  at  the  liberal  end  of 
the  line  teaching  'what  theology  now  is'  as  the  author 
of  a  new  departure.  If  Mr.  Swing  had  wished  to 
"keep  the  unity  of  the  Spirit  in  the  bonds  of  peace," 
he  could  easily  have  done  so  by  saying  that  he  held 
and  believed  what  ordinary,  common-sense  Presbyter- 
ians hold  and  believe .  Dat  this  would  have  allayed 
fears  and  anxieties  and  prevented  the  row  of  an  eccles- 
iastical trial. 

Then  he  is  reported  by^the  papers  as  ridiculing  the 
Psalms  in  which  King  David  curses  God's  enemies  as 
his  own.  Now  there  is  no  doubt  but  the  men  were 
cuised,  and  cursed  effectually,  by  God  as  well  as  by 
the  Psalmist;  and  that  they  deserved  it,  as  enemies  of 
all  goodness  and  truth.  But  instead  of  asking  wheth- 
er David  cursed  them  as  a  prophet  or  a  judge,  by 
prediction  or  by  sentence,  Mr.  Swing,  unless  falsely 
reported  by  the  press,  sneered  at  poor  David,  as  he 
did  at  Patton,  and  threw  the  imprecatory  Psalms  out 
of  the   canon,  with  the  flippant  remark  that   Christ 


could  repeal  a  Psalm  as  he  did  the  old  Hebrew  law. 
Now  Mr.  Swing  may  not  belong  to  that  class  of  theo- 
logical ventriloquists  who  wish  to  seem  a  heretic  to 
heretics  and  orthodox  with  the  orthodox,  but  he  cer- 
tainly acts  likeit.  Instead  of  sneering  at  some  Psalms 
as  uninspired,  thus  weakening  the  whole  Bible,  let 
him  tell  us  point  blank,  which  Psalms  he  wishes  to 
throw  out,  and  his  reasons  for  it,  and  we  shall  at  least 
understand  him.  But  if  he  gets  his  bread  from  the 
church  and  his  praise  frona  the  world,  we  shall  fear 
he  is  one  of  those  who  "run  with  the  hare  and  bark 
with  the  hound." 


SCHUYLER  COLFAX. 


The  career  of  this  man  is  a  curious  phenomenon 
and  study.  When  Charles  V.  laid  down  an  impe 
rial  scepter  and  went  to  fixing  clocks  in  a  convent, 
there  was  something  sublime  in  his  abdication;  for 
it  was  a  voluntary  surrender  of  power  and  popularity 
by  one  who  possessed 

"A  comprehensive  faculty  that  grasps. 
And  wields  great  purposes  with  ease." 
But  Mr.  Colfax  returned  and  re -returned  to  Con- 
gress for  successive  terms,  where  he  was  made  Speak- 
er of  the  lower  House,  and  afterwards  Vice-president  on 
the  ticket  with  General  Grant,  from  which  he  was 
unceremoniously  dropped  or  blown  off  as  light  sub- 
stances are  blown  by  the  breeze  from  among  those 
of  more  weight;  has  left  political  life,  simply  because 
he  could  not  stay  longer  in  it,  and  is  now  stumping 
the  country  for  Odd-fellowship,  as  he  once  did  for 
votes.  It  is  supremely  pitiful  to  see  a  man  who 
has  worn  the  robes  of  the  second  office  in  the  gift  of 
the  American  people, |habited  as  a  harlequin  or  zany, 
and  chattering  the  platitudes  of  Odd-fellowship,  as 
though  his  small,  shallow  nature  was  filled  and  sat- 
isfied with   its  shams. 

The  Burlington  Hawkeye  brings  us  an  extended 
account  of  the  celebration  of  "The  fifty-fifth  Anniver- 
sary" of  the  order  in  Iowa.  We  have  run  our  eye 
through  the  report  of  his  speech,  and  this  is  its 
substance : 

He  told  the  crowd  that  Odd-fellowship  was  young, 
while  other  "orders"  were  old,  "stretching  back 
into  antiquity;"  that  it  was  founded  by  "Father 
Wildey,"  (a  Baltimore  dramseller,)  whom  he  called 
"The  good  Father  Wildey,  a  man  in  humble  life," 
and  for  whom  he  called  for  three  cheers  from  the 
crowd.  These  being  given,  he  exclaimed,  'That's 
first  rate,"  and  then  proceeded  through  seven  col- 
umns of  the  flimsiest  conceivable  speech.  The  fiist  half 
or  two-thirds  of  a  column  was  devoted  to  steam,  the 
telescope  and  the  telegraph;  to  show  what  an  age 
Odd-fellowship  was  born  in.  He  then  told  them 
that  "The  most  stringent  code  of  morals  is  enforced 
by  the  order  I"  A  fact,  doubtless,  which  was  new 
to  every  person  there,  inside  of  the  order  or  out 
He  then  took  up  and  lauded  the  one  virtue  of  the 
order,  viz.,  helping  members  who  are  sick  and  in  dis- 
tress. This  he  spread  out  large  and  thin,  and  held 
it  up  as  something  peculiar  to,  and  practiced  only  by 
Odd-fellows.  He  quoted  from  Mohammed  that  "ev- 
ery smile  in  a  brother's  face  is  charity;"  and  hinted 
in  parenthesis,  that  "to  smile  was  not  then  con- 
sidered a  crime."  He  then  proceeded  to  answer  ob- 
jections to  his  order.  He  denied  that  it  influences 
politics,  because  Odd-fellows  may  belong  to  all  par- 
ties; whereas,  the  objection  is  that,  while  secret  soci- 
ety men  belong  to  all  parties,  as  bandits  mingle  in  all 
crowds,  they  secretly  recognize  and  favor  each  other. 
This  objection  he  did  not  touch.  He  then  denied 
that  the  Odd-fellow  society  is  secret,  and  averred  that 
it  is  only  a  "private"  society.  He  then,  in  the  ster 
eotyped  ordinary,  fallacious  style,  proceeded  to  justi- 
fy a  secret  "order"  operating  on  the  public  mind  by 
speeches,  such  as  his,  and  by  mystery,  parades,  shows 
and  processions,  by  the  necessary  privacies  of  ordinary 
life.  He  justified  the  regalia  by  train-band  trappings 
which  are  silly  and  unpopular  in  times  of  peace;  and 
by  God's  command  to  Israelites  to  put  fringes  and 
ribbands  on  the  robes  of  their  priests ;  and  inferred, 
"If  it  was  no  sin  in  them  to  wear  fringes  and  ribbands 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


it  cannot  be  in  us."  This  argument  would  justify 
our  killing  and  sacrificing  bullocks  on  altars  now.  And 
then,  returning  to  the  idea  with  which  he  stated 
that  Odd-fellowship  teaches  the  equality  of  men,  which 
is  contradicted  by  the  very  constitution  of  the  order, 
which  paekg  men  ia  degrees,  and  pledges  the  upper 
to  concealment  from  those  below,  the  orator 
closed  his  false  and  senseless  speech  by  a  neat  little  per- 
oration on  the  human  equality  taught  by  the  New 
Testament,  as  tTiough  that  were  a  discovery  peculiar 
to  Odd  fellowship. 

But,  while  this  ex- Vice-president  of  the  United  States 
thus  tinkles  the  trumpery  of  Odd-fellowship  before  the 
multitude,  as  boys  rinse  little  bells  while  ths  priest  is  cel- 
ebrating mass,  he  knows  that  these  things  are  not  the 
power  of  the  secret  orders  any  more  than  the  hitle  Chi- 
nese gods  and  stupid  ceremonies  are  the  terrible  power 
of  paganism  over  the  masses.  0  how  long  ere  Lhese 
tricks  by  which  Americans  are  being  turned  into 
Asiatics  shall  be  loathed  as  they  ought! 


A.  Manual  of  the  Trinciples,  Doctrines  and  Rules  of 

the  Independent  Cliurcli  of  Christ,  at  Marengo, 

Illinois.     Organized   March   31st^    1874. 


H.  H.  HliVMlN. 


This  gentleman,  now  agent  for  Illinois,  lately  called 
and  spent.a  night  with  us  at  Wheaton.  We  are  much 
pleased  with  him.  He  is  a  man  of  mature  age.  large 
experience  with  men  in  this  country  and  in  Africa; 
has  been  a  pbysicittn,  a  missionary,  and  a  Congrega- 
tional pastor,  and  Scribe  of  his  Association.  And  he 
has  profited  by  this  large  and  varied  experience  and 
observation,  and  understands  the  nature  of  the  secret 
orders  of  this  country  better  than  most  of  us. 

At  the  request  of  our  pastor,  Dr.  Walker,  he  ad- 
dressed the  weekly  prayer  meeting  of  the  College 
Church  on  the  state  of  society  in  West  Africa.  He 
described  three  se^.ret  societies  there.  The  Porroh, 
or  Pun  jh,  antwering  to  Freemasonry,  which  controls 
the  civil  government,  (which  is  by  chief?,)  and  de- 
termines all  questions  of  interest  in  those  dark  commu- 
nities, life  and  death  included.  It  is  there  just  what 
Freemasonry  aspires  to  be  and  is  fast  approaching  in 
this  country,  an  irrepressible,  absolute,  secret  despot- 
ism, by  which  every  person  is  governed,  which  all 
dread,  and  which  is  answerable  to  lobody  and  nothing 
but  itself.  Of  course  right  and  wrong  in  such  a  com- 
munity never  can  amount  to  anything.  I  advised  Bro. 
Hintnan  to  write  out  a  whole  lecture  on  those  secret 
societies  in  Africa,  where  they  absorb  all  government 
and  all  religion  into  themselves. 

The  second  society,  the  Bondoo,  is  composed  of 
women  who  like  the  female  Bacchantes  of  Attica  of 
old,  meet  for  night  dances  and  orgies,  which  answer 
the  treble  purpose  of  amusement,  whoredom,  and  su- 
perstition. 

The  third  secret  society  is  a  society  of  cannibals. 
This  is  disreputable  even  there.  Their  managers 
seize,  stab,  carry  off,  and  cook  a  girl  from  the  Bondoo 
dance,  or  an  unprotected  male;  and  every  member 
must  eat  his  portion  of  this  human  being,  roasted  in 
their  lodge  in  the  jungle.  Mr.  Hiaman  will  now  lect- 
ure where  wanted. 


The  Church  Manual,  to  which  is  given  a  consider- 
able part  of  this  page,  will  be  of  special  interest  to 
many  readers  who  too  well  appreciate  the  former 
situation  and  struggles  of  the  Mareago  church  against 
the  encroachments  of  the  lodge,  from  their  own  expe- 
rience. It  will  be  an  assistance  too  for  any  religious 
body  forming  on  a  like  basis.  The  new  church 
building  will  be  dedicated  soon,  and  over  fifty  mem- 
bers have  already  been  received  into  fellowship .  Bro. 
Fanning  writes  thus  of  the  new  organ-'zation :  • '  'The 
love  of  Christ  constraineth  us,'  and  the  glory  of  God 
and  the  salvation  of  men  is  the  object  sought.  Yet, 
in  the  light  of  surrounding  circumstances,  the  move- 
ment is,  additionally,  a  vigorous  protest  against  both 
the  domination  of  the  lodge  and  the  despotism  of  ec- 
clesiasticism.  There  is  a  history,  yet  unwritten,  save 
in  sad  memories  and  bleeding  hearts,  for  the  publica- 
tion of  which,  in  due  time,  we  hope  the  columns  cf 
the  Cynosure  will  be  open." 


'■^Tlave  no  fellowship  jfifh  the  unfruitful  vjorkers  of  darkness;  hv.t 
rather  reprove  them.'''' — Epheeians  v.  3. 

To  the  Public: 

The  body  of  believers  who  send  forth  this  little  docu- 
meut  beg  leave  to  assure  the  pul)lic  of  their  sincere  attach- 
ment to  the  cause  of  Christ.  They  will  rejoice  at  it's  suc- 
cess, under  whatever  banner,  and  mourn  over  its  disasters, 
wherever  they  may  exist.  Thej^  will  seek  to  be  the  chil- 
dren of  light,  rather  than  of  darkness,  and  free,  rather 
than  bound.  They  embark  in  their  enterprise,  impelled 
thereto  hy  convictions  of  duty,  and  encouraged  by  infal- 
lible assurance  of  Divine  favor  and  blessing.  With  ill- 
will  toward  none,  but  with  love  for  all,  and  humbly  pray- 
ing that  God  will  lead  all  his  people  into  clearer  light 
and  strike  from  the  enslaved  their  chains,  they  subscribe 
themselves.  Yours  for  the  truth, 

CONSTITUTION. 

AimCLE  I. — NAME. 

The  name  of  this  church  shall  be,  The  Independent 
Church  of  Christ,  of  Marengo,  Illinois. 

ARTICLE  II. — GOVERNMENT. 

Its  government  is  vested  iu  the  body  of  believers  who 
compose  it,  and  a  majority  vote  ou  all  questions  not  in- 
volviug  doctrines  or  organic  principles  shall  be  final. 
Christ  is  its  only  head.  Scripture  its  only  infallible  guide 
in  matters  of  faith,  oi'der  and  discipline.  It  is  amenable 
to  no  other  ecclesiastical  body.  Yet,  while  controlling  its 
own  affairs,  it  will  both  seek  and  extend  that  fellowship, 
sjanpathy,  advice  and  co-operation  to  other  churches 
which  the  law  of  Christ  demands. 

ARTICLE  III. — MEMBERSHIP. 

Section,  1.  Credible  evidence  of  piety;  assent  to  the 
Constitution,  Covenants,  Rules  of  Discipline  and  Articles 
of  Faith ;  recommendation  by  a  member  in  good  standing ; 
examination  before  the  societj'-  as  to  faith  and  Christian 
experience;  and  an  affirmative  vote  of  the  majority  of 
those  members  present  at  the  preliminary  examination, 
are  the  indispensable  conditions  of  membership.  And 
those  approved  shall  be  received  into  fellowship  on  the 
Sabbath  following  by  publicly  assenting  to  the  church 
covenant  and  the  articles  of  faith,  provided  tliat,  if  they 
have  not  been  baptized,  they  shall  submit  to  that  ordi- 
nance. It  is  provided  also  that  members  of  other  evan- 
gelical churches,  bearing  certificates  of  good  standing 
tlierein  may  be  received  bj'  a  vote  of  the  church  on  said 
certificate ;  this  church  reserving  the  right  to  ask  for  a 
narrative  of  their  religious  history  and  a  public  assent  to 
the  rules  of  discipline,  articles  of  faith  and  church  cove- 
nant. 

Section  2.  A  certificate  of  acceptable  membership  shall 
be  granted  to  any  member  in  good  standing  wlio  may  de- 
sire to  unite  with  any  other  evangelical  churcli ;  or  any 
such  desiring  to  withdraw  from  all  church  fellowship, 
may,  after  due  labor  first,'be  granted  their  request  by  vote 
of  the  church,  which  vote  shall  be  publicly  announced. 
Neglect  to  call  for  a  letter  during  the  space  of  one  year 
from  the  date  of  departure  shall  relieve  the  church  of  all 
responsibility.     Tlie  form  of  the  letter  shall  be  as  follows : 

To ■_ : 

Dear  Brethren: — The  bearer,  A B ,  is  an 

acceptable  member  of  the  Independent  Church  of  Christ, 

of  Marengo,  Illinois,  and  we  cordially  commend to 

your  Christian  watchcare. 

,  Clerk, ,  Pastor. 

ARTICLE   IV. — DISCIPLINE. 

Section  1.  The  law  of  Christ,  recorded  in  Matt,  xviii. 
15-17,  shall  be  the  rule  of  discipline;  and  it  shall  be  the 
duty  of  all  members  knowing  of  an  offense,  whether  pub- 
lic or  private,  to  observe  and  keep  this  rule. 

Section  2.  Charges  must  be  definitely  stated  in  writing. 
If  the  church  vote  to  entertain  the  complaint,  they  shall 
fix  the  time  of  trial,  and  summon  the  accused,  furnishing 
him  with  a  correct  copy  of  the  charges  and  the  names  of 
witnesses  relied  on  for  proof,  at  least  one  week  before  the 
trial.  If  deemed  expedient,  the  church  may  elect  a  select 
committee  to  hear  the  case ;  in  which  case,  an  appeal  may 
be  taken  to  the  body  of  the  church. 

Section  3.  At  the  trial  the  accused  shall  have  the  right 
of  counsel,  who  shall  be  members  of  the  church.  Per- 
sonal confession  of  guilt,  the  testimony  of  two  or  more 
witnesses,  or  its  equivalent,  shall  be  required  to  produce 
conviction.  Admonition,  suspension  and  expulsion  shall 
lie  grades  of  penalty,  to  be  decided  by  vote  of  tlie  body 
that  liears  the  cause.  An  expelled  member  may  be  rein- 
stated in  the  churcli  upon  repentance,  confession  and 
reformation. 

ARTICLE  V. — OFFICERS.  "^ 

Section  1.  The  officers  shall  be  a  Pastor,  three  Deacons, 
a  Clerk,  a  Treasurer,  three  or  more  Stewards  and  five 
Trustees ;  all  of  whom  shall  be  elected  annually  by  bal- 
lot, and,  except  the  pastor,  without  public  nomination. 
All,  except  the  pastor,  shall  serve  until  their  successors 
are  elected,  and  vacancies  sliall  be  filled  by  a  new  elec- 
tion.    One  trustee  shall  go  out  of  office  yearly. 

Section  2.  The  pastor  shall  be,  ex-officio,  a  member  of 
the  church,  have  control  of  the  pulpit  and  exercises  of 
worship,  preach  the  Word,  administer  the  sacraments,  and, 
when  so  ordered,  execute  discipline. 

Section  Z.  The  deacons  shall  provide  elements  for  the 
communion  service  and  aid  ihe  pastor  therein,  lead  the 
classes,  have  the  oversight  of  the  poor,  and  be  general 
assistants  of  the  pastor. 

Section  4.  The  clerk  shall  keep  a  faithful  record  of  the 
proceedings  of  all  business  meetings,  a  register  of  the 
names  of  all  members,  with  the  date  of  reception  and  re- 
moval, a  record  of  all  baptisms,  shall  audit  the  treasurer's 
accounts,  keep  on  file  all  valuable  papers,  issue  letters  of 


dismissal  voted  by  the  church,  and  make  an  annual  report. 

Section  5.  The  stewards  shall  collect  and  disburse  the 
monies  of  the  church  designed  for  the  support  of  the 
pastor,  and  to  defray  the  incidental  expenses  of  church 
service,  and  shall  make  an  accurate  return  of  all  such 
collections  and  disliursement  of  money. 

Section  6.  The  trustees  shall  see  that  they  are  legally 
incorporated ;  shall  hold  the  property  of  the  church,  using 
so  much  of  the  proceeds  as  may  be  needful  to  pay  debts, 
or  make  necessary  repairs ;  but  shall  have  no  power  to 
buy,  sell,  mortgage,  or  transfer  real  estate  without  a  vote 
of  the  church;  and  shall  m.ake  an  annual  report,  includ- 
ing: 1st,  income;  2d,  expenditures;  3d,  debts,  and  how 
contracted ;  4th,  improvements  made. 

ARTICLE  VI. — MEETINGS. 

The  annual  meetings  shall  be  held  ou  the  first  Mondaj- 
of  April,  when  the  reports  shall  be  made  and  elections 
held.  A  monthly  meeting  for  business  shall  be  held  on 
the  Saturday  preceding  the  first  Sabbath  of  each  month. 
Special  meetings  may  be  called  bj'  the  officers  or  five 
adult  members.  Prayer  and  class  meetings  shall  be  held 
weekly.  The  society  shall  determine  by  vote  the  enter- 
prises of  Christian  benevolence  to  which  they  will  con- 
tribute. 

ARTICLE  VTI. — ORDINANCES. 

Section  1.  The  Lord's  Supper  shall  be  celebrated  four 
times  in  the  year,  and  tlie  invitation  to  it  shall  include  all 
who  love  our  Lord  Jesus  Clirist  in  sincerity,  and  have 
made  a  public  profession  of  their  faith. 

Section  2.  Baptism,  in  the  form  chosen  by  the  appl i cant, 
shall  be  administered. 

ARTICLE  Vm. — AMENDMENTS. 

The  constitution  may  be  amended  by  a  two-thirds  vole 
of  the  resident  members  of  the  church,  provided  the  time 
of  the  meeting  and  the  changes  proposed  be  publicly  an- 
nounced on  two  successive  Sabbaths  immediately  preced- 
ing it,  and  providing  organic  principles  or  doctrines  are 
not  changed  tliereby. 

ARTICLE  IX. — BY-LAWS. 

By-laws  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  this  constitution 
may  be  enacted  at  any  business  meeting  by  a  majority 
vote  of  those  present. 

ARTICLES  OF  FAITH. 

1.  Scripture  is  the  only  infallible  rule  of  faith  and 
jiractice. 

2.  One  God,  revealed  as  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Spir- 
it, whose  providence  extends  to  all  events,  and  who  exer- 
cises a  righteous  government  over  all  his  creatures. 

3.  "Ye  must  be  born  again." 

4.  Repentance  toward  God  and  faith  in  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,  are  the  conditions  of  salvation. 

5.  God's  love  for  the  race  is  the  moving  cause;  the 
Atonement  of  Christ,  the  meritorious  cause ;  and  faith  in 
Christ,  the  instrumental  cause  of  human  salvation. 

6.  In  Jesus  of  Nazareth  the  Deity  and  Humanity  were 
united.  "He  bore  our  sins  in  his  own  body  on  tlie 
tree."  He  was  crucified,  dead,  buried,  and  rose  again  for 
our  justification.  He  ascended  upon  high  where  "  he 
ever  liveth  to  make  intercession  for  us." 

7.  The  Sabbath,  the  ministry  of  the  Word,  the  visible 
church,  and  the  ordinances  of  baptism  and  the  Lord's 
Supper,  are  of  Divine  appointment,  and  binding. 

8.  'We  believe  in  the  resurrection  of  the  dead,  and  a 
general  judgment,  and  that  the  wicked  shall  go  away  into 
everlasting  punishment,  but  the  righteous  unto  life  eternal. 

9.  Holiness  is  the  central  idea  of  Christianity. 

CHURCH  COVENANT. 

Do  you  avow  your  personal  sense  of  the  love  of  God  iu 
the  forgiveness  of  sins,  and,  relying  upon  Divine  grace, 
do  j'ou  covenant  to  be  Christ's  disciples,  receiving  him  as 
your  great  Teacher,  Lawgiver  and  King?  Anddo  you 
dedicate  yourselves  to  God  as  the  object  of  your  highest 
love,  and  to  his  service  as  your  highest  joy,  engaging  to 
walk  with  us  in  the  close  observance  of  church  ordinan- 
ces, and  that,  by  Divine  aid,  you  will  honor  j^our  profession 
by  a  constant  Christian  life  ? 

BAPTISMAL  COVENANT. 

Do  you  renounce  the  devil  and  all  his  works,  the  vain 
pomp  and  glory  of  the  world,  with  all  covetous  desires  of 
the  same,  and  the  carual  desires  of  the  flesh?  Do  you 
confess  God,  the  Father,  Son  and  Spirit,  and  do  you  trust 
in  his  sovereign  grace  and  almighty  power  ?  And  do  you 
promise  that,  "  Denying  all  ungodliness  and  worldly  lusts, 
you  will  live  soberfy,  righteously  and  godly  in  this  pres- 
ent world?" 

RULES  OF  DISCIPLINE. 

1.  Avoid  all  evil,  yea,  the  very  appearance  of  evil. 

2.  Do  good  to  the  bodies  and  souls  of  men,  of  every 
possible  kind,  and  as  much  as  possible. 

3.  Membership  in  secret  societies  shall  disqualify  for 
membership  in  this  church;  but  one  who  publicly  re- 
nounces his  relation  to  a  secret  order  and  ceases  affiliation 
with  it  and  attendance  upon  its  meetings,  shall  not  be 
held  to  be  a  member  in  such  a  sense  as  to  disqualify  liini 
for  membership  in  the  church. 

4.  Prayer,  searching  the  Scriptures,  and  the  public 
worship  of  God,  are  enjoined. 

BY-LAWS. 

1.  The  order  of  exercise  for  business  meetings  shall  be 

1.  Devotional  services. 

2.  Reading  minutes  of  the  last  meeting. 

3.  Reports:  1st,  of  standing;  2d,  of  special  commit- 
tees. 

4.  Hearing:  1st,  complaints;  2d,  appeals. 

5.  Examination  of  applicants  tor  membership. 

6.  Pastor's  report. 

7.  Miscellaneous  business. 

8.  Adjournment. 

2.  The  standing  committees  shall  be  the  board  of  dea- 
cons, who  shall  report  monthly  the  sick  and  neces- 
sitous cases ;  the  board  of  stewards,  who  shall  report 
montlil)'  the  state  of  the  finances  in  the  pastoral 
and  incidental  departments;  and  any  others  which 
the  interests  of  the  work  may  from  time  to  time  de- 
mand. 

3.  The  pastor,  or,  in  his  absence,  one  of  the  deacons, 
shall  be  chairman  of  the  business  meetings. 

4.  At  any  regularly  called  meeting,  ten  shall  constitute 
a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^1|^  '^imt  4^l^h 


The  Wiiio-cup's  Blight. 


BY  MBS.   L.   H.   HAMMOND. 


Upon  the  oceau's  strand — 

There  sat  a  lonely  band, 
Speaking  of  Iosscb,  which  their  lives  had  Isnown  ; 

While  twilight  waned  away 

From  rocky  cliff  and  bay, 
And  the  slow  tides  went  out  with  weary  moan. 

There  were  some  who  mourned  their  youth, 

With  a  most  earnest  ruth, 
For  its  brave  hopes  and  memories  were  green ; 

And  one  turned  toward  the  West. 

An  eye  that  would  not  rest — 
For  far  off  hills  whereon  its  joy  had  been. 

Some  talked  of  vanished  gold, 

Others  of  proud  tales  told. 
Some  spoke  of    friends— their  trust   no  more; 

And  one  of  parent's  grave 

Beside  a  foreign  wave. 
That  made  him  sit  bo  lonely  on  the  shore. 

And  as  their  tales  were  done — 

There  came  among  them  one, 
A  stranger— spake  in  tones  of  sorrow  he: 

Sad  losses  have  yc  met. 

But  mine  is  heavier  yet, 
For  'tlB  the  wine-cup    that  hath  blighted   me. 

Of  all  I  held  most  dear,— 

No  wife  or  child  to  cheer, 
O!  fortunes  cruelty,  O  life's  sad  cross. 

The  wrecks  of  land  and  sea ! 

Ah  1  what  is  earth  to  me ; 
Mine  is  life's  latest  and  most  grevious  loss. 
Lebanon,  Valley  College,  Annville,  Pa. 


Remarkable  Auswer  to  Prayer. 


The  case  I  refer  to  transpired  in 
1831  or '32,  in  Oakland  county,  Michi- 
gan. The  parties  were  schoolmates  of 
the  writer,  and  he  was  living  in  the 
neighborhood  at  the  time,  and  can 
vouch  for  the  truth  of  the  statement. 
The  following  ai-e  the  facts  in  the  case: 
Mr.  Chester  Goodrich  had  married  a 
Miss  Rhoda  Mathewa.  She  Lad  made 
a  profession  of  religion,  but  he  had  not. 
After  their  marriage  she  became 
cold  and  back-sliddea.  While  in  this 
state  she  was  taken  very  ill.  The  best 
medical  help  seemed  to  do  no  good, 
and  she  became  so  low  and  weak  that 
she  could  not  lift  her  hand  to  her  head 
and  could  only  speak  in  a  whisper. 
Her  physician  gave  her  up,  and  told 
her  sorrowing  husband  that  he  could 
do  no  more  and  that  she  must  die. 
This  was  after  a  council  of  physicians 
had  sat  on  her  case  and  pronounced  It 
hopeless.  The  husband  felt  that  there 
was  no  hope  but  in  God,  and  was  power- 
fully impressed  that  he  must  carry  her 
case  to  him  in  prayer.  Accordingly, 
retiring  to  the  woods  back  of  his  house 
in  a  secluded  place,  he  knelt,  and  tried 
to  pray.  It  was  the  first  time  he  had 
ever  ofiered  a  prayer.  Aa  soon  as  he 
began  to  plead  for  the  life  of  his  wife,  a 
deep  conviction  of  bis  own  lost  and  sin- 
ful condition  began  to  roll  on  to  his 
mind,  and  he  was  led  to  make  confes- 
sion of  his  own  ein,  and  his  bad  influ- 
ence on  his  wife,  and  to  plead  for  par- 
don for  himself  and  her  restoration  to 
both  spiritual  and  bodily  health. 
While  he  was  thus  agonizing  for  di- 
vine help  and  mercy,  a  divine  peace 
was  given  him  with  the  assurance  that 
his  prayer  was  heard  in  behalf  of  his 
wife;  so  that  his  prayers  and  tears  were 
turned  into  thanksgiving  and  praises; 
and  with  that  feeling  he  returned  to 
his  house  to  fiad  her  dressed  and  sit- 
ting up  in  the  rocking-chair,  healed, 
but  weak.  While  he  was  thus  pray- 
ing, and  at  the  moment  of  his  own  de- 
liverance, a  power  came  over  her,  and 
she  suddenly  sprang  up  in  bed,  clapped 
her  hands  and  praised  God,  saying   he 


had  healed  her  soul  and  body,  called 
£o  her  nurse  for  her  dress,  put  it  on, 
arose  and  seated  herself  in  the  rocking- 
chair,  as  noted  above.  She  recovered 
strength  rapidly  and  was  the  mother 
of  several  children.  The  husband 
passed  away  some  years  since,  but  she 
was  alive  and  well  the  last  I  heard  from 
her,  and  living  with  a  son  at  Howard, 
Liivingston  county,  Michigan.  This  is 
but  one  of  a  thousand  of  such  cases 
occurring  from  time  to  time,  and  is 
proof  conclusive  that  God  hears  and 
answers  prayer,  and  that  Christ  is  eliil 
the  Great  Healer  of  both  the  souls  and 
the  bodies  of  men. 

Rev.  John  Scotford. 
BuRLiNGAME,  Kau.,  April  15,  "74. 

— Christian  Press. 


The  Pilgrim  Fathers. 


There  was  no  artist  for  our  fore- 
fathers, nor  are  their  countenances  now 
known  to  men.  But  more  than  any 
powerful  contemporaries,  at  who&e  nod 
the  earth  trembled,  is  their  memory 
revered.  Pope, emperor,  king,  sultan, 
prince,  grand  duke,  doge,  margrave, 
count,  what  are  they  all  at  the  humble 
compiny  that  landed  on  Plymouth 
Rock  ?  Theirs  indeed  were  the  ensigns 
of  worldly  honor.  But  the  Pilgrims 
had  in  themselves  that  inborn  virtue 
which  was  more  than  all  else  beside, 
and  their  landing  was  an  epoch.  Con- 
front the  Mayflower  and  the  Pilgrims 
with  the  rulers  who  occupied  such 
space  in  the  world,  the  one  ascendinw 
into  the  firmament  there  to  shine  for- 
ever, while  the  others  have  been  long 
drooping  into  darkness  of  oblivion,  to 
be  brought  to  light  only  to  illustrate 
the  fame  of  their  unknown  contempor- 
aries. Do  I  err  in  supposing  their  des- 
tiny an  illustration  of  the  supremacy 
which  belongs  to  the  benefit  of  the  mor- 
al nature.^  At  first  impeded  or  post- 
poned, they  at  last  prevail.  There  is  a 
brightness  which,  breaking  through 
all  clouds,  will  shine  forth  with  ever-in- 
creasing splendor,  I  have  often 
thought  that  if  I  were  a  preacher  one 
of  my  sermons  should  be  from  the 
text:  'A  little  leaven  .shall  leaven  all 
the  lump,'  Nor  do  I  know  a  better  il- 
lustration of  these  words  than  the  in- 
fluence exerted  by  our  Pilgrims.  That 
small  band,  with  the  lesson  of  self-jac- 
rifice,  of  just  and  equal  laws,  of  the 
goeernment  of  a  majority,  of  unshrink- 
ing loyalty  to  principle,  is  now  leaven- 
ing this  whole  continent,  and  in  the 
fullness  of  time  will  leaven  the  whole 
world.  By  their  example  republican 
institutions  have  been  comprehended, 
and  in  proportion  as  we  imitate  them 
will  their  institutions  be  Assured.  Lib- 
erty, which  we  so  much  covet,  is  not 
a  solitary  plant.  Always  by  its  side  is 
justice.  But  justice  is  nothing  but 
right  applied  to  human  affairs.  Do 
not  forget,  I  entreat  you,  that  with  the 
highest  morality  is  the  highest  liberty. 
A  great  poet,  in  one  of  his  improvised 
sonnets,  speaking  of  liberty,  has  said: 
'But  who  loves  that  must  first  be  wise 
and  good.'  Therefore  do  the  Pilgrims 
in  their  bountiful  example  teach  liber- 
ty, teach  the  republican  institutions, 
as  at  an  earlier  day  Socrates  and  Plato 
in  their  lessons  of  wisdom  taught    Hb- 


erty  and  helped  the  idea  of  a  republic. 
If  republican  government  has  thus  far 
failed  in  any  experience — as-  perhaps  in 
Spanish  America — it  is  because  their 
lessons  have  been  wanting.  There 
have  been  no  Pilgrims  to  teach  the  mor- 
al law. — Sumner. 


Uiving  Keproof. 


Reproof,  to  do  good,  must  be  given 
in  earnest.  If  administered  in  a  trifl- 
ing spirit,  in  a  jesting  manner,  it  will 
be  likely  to  result  in  very  little  good. 
Them  that  sin,  rebuke  sharply. 

No  matter  with  what  kind  of  feelings 
a  reproof  may  be  given,  it  is  very  nat- 
ural that  the  person  receiving  it  should 
think  that  it  was  given  in  a  wrong 
spirit.  It  is  not  very  often  that  pun- 
ishment is  inflicted  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  culprif,  no  matter  how  deservincr 
he  may  be  of  his  sentence.  The  Phar- 
isees never  admired  the  style  in  which 
the  Saviour  addressed  them.  His 
words  of  warning  aroused  their  fiercest 
indignation. 

When  you  arc  reproved,  no  matter 
how  it  is  done,  see  if  you  cannot  derive 
some  benefit  from  it.  It  is  lawful  to 
learn,  even  of  an  enemy.  Gold  is  sel- 
dom found  so  pure  that  it  can  go  through 
the  fire  without  losing  some  of  its  dross. 
Get  some  good  out  of  reproof.  Even 
if  you  do  not  deserve  it  all,  you  may 
by  quiet  endurance,  reap  a  great  spirit- 
ual blessing.  If  when  ye  do  well  and 
suffer  for  it,  ye  take  it  patiently,  the 
spirit  of  glory  and  of  God  resteth  upon 
you. — Uarnest  Christian. 


Wliat  If  lad   of  Books  shall  I  give  to 
my  Children. 

Who  can  duly  estimate  the  benefits 
which  would  flow  in  upon  us,  if  par- 
ents, even  but  for  one  year,  would 
withdraw  from  their  children's  hands 
all  works  of  fiction,  and  substitute  those 
which  contain  only  the  truth  ?  Long 
and  general  habit  has  corrupted  our 
taste,  enfeebled  our  minds,  perverted 
our  judgment,  and  dethroned  in  our 
hearts  that  high  regard  for  the  truth, 
which  is  so  generally  found  in  the  hu- 
man mind  until  counteracted  by  educa- 
tion. 

Let  us  consider  what  a  change  would 
be  produced  in  any  family  taught  to 
value  the  truth,  and  reject  fiction  as 
necessarily  inferior  in  value.  The 
weak,  unnatural,  and  often  injurious 
works  of  novel  writers,  large  and  small, 
would  give  place  to  books  of  history, 
travels  and  science.  The  mind  would 
be  trained  to  contemplate  the  charac- 
ters, habits  and  deeds  of  men,  and  the 
varied,  useful,  wonderful  and  glorious 
works  of  God,  as  well  as  the  powers  of 
of  our  own  minds,  and  our  relations  to 
our  Maker,  and  to  each  other.  Now, 
how  many  of  us  enter  upon  scenes  of 
duty  ignorant  of  ourselves,  our  fellow- 
men,  and  the  objects  around  us,  with 
false  ideas,  erroneous  principles,  and 
unfounded  expectations! 

If  we  would  ensure  to  our  children  a 
life  of  disappointment,  mortification  and 
unhappiness,  a  downward  course  to 
the  grave,  and  the  loss  of  hope  beyond 
it,  we  might  teach  them  to  prefer  the 
vagaries  of  fiction  writers  to  the  obser- 
vations of  sense,  the   discoveries  of  sci- 


ence, the  treasures  of  learning  and  the 
revelations  of  God.  But  if  we  would 
regard  the  mind  according  to  its  nature 
and  capacities,  we  should  be  among 
the  advocates  of  sound  taste,  useful 
truth,  and  the  men  of  learning  and  la- 
bor who  have  claims  our  high  regard; 
and,  above  all,  adlierents  to' the  Bible, 
as  the  rich.est  treasure  the  earth  con- 
tains. Brought  to  this  as  the  touch- 
stone, how  soon  will  the  brazen  counter- 
feits of  taste  and  learning  expose 
their  worthlessness  and  the  corroding 
canker  which  would  poison  us  and  our 
children  ? 

On  this  subject  we  have  a  fund  of 
reflections  to  make,  of  arguments  to  die- 
play,  and  of  interesting  examples  to 
quote,  when  opportunity  shall  present. 
We  can  only  add  a  warm  wish  to  see 
our  countrymen  waking  to  the  perni- 
cious influences  of  that  prevailing  taste 
which  produces  such  various  and  ex- 
tensive evils. — Ux. 


Roman  Catholic  Schools. 


Aa  to  Roman  Catholic  female  schools 
taught  by  nuns,  they  are  neither  de- 
signed to  promote  a  thorough  education, 
nor  to  teach  morals  and  religion. 

The  former  they  cannot  for  the 
want  of  competent  education  on  the 
part  of  the  teachers,  and  the  latter 
they  are  forbidden  to  do,  lest  they  in- 
terfere with  the  functions  of  the  priests. 

Dr.  Nathan  L.  Rice  is  good  authori- 
ty on  this  subject.  He  says:  "I  had 
during  nine  years  a  fair  opportunity  of 
ascertaining  the  literary  character  of 
their  most  celebrated  schools  in  Ken- 
tucky, I  have  repeatedly  received  pu- 
pils from  their  nunneries,  whilst  myself 
conducting  a  female  institution;  and  in 
every  instance  their  minds  had  been 
injured  instead  of  improved,  I  have 
attended  their  examinations,  and  found 
them,  notwithstanding  the  special  pre- 
vious preparation,  very  superficial," 

Dr,  William  S.  Potts,  of  St.  Louie, 
is  a  no  less  competent  witness  in  regard 
to  such  schools  in  Missouri  and  Illinois. 
After  a  careful  and  thorough  examina- 
tion he  published  in  substance  the  fol- 
lowing results : 

First,  That  the  teachers  were  in- 
competent to  teach  American  females, 
having  never   been  taught  themselves. 

Second,  That  what  they  call  a  thor- 
ough education  is  a  misnomer;  consist- 
ing merely  of  the  rudimental  and  orna- 
mental— reading,  spelling,  and  writ- 
ing, a  little  French,  a  little  music,  a 
little  painting  and  cdisthenics  or  dan- 
what  areitting  all  moral  science,  and 
cing;  om  called  the  solid  branches  of 
learning. 

Third.  That  the  object  of  these 
schools  was  not  to  educate  either  the 
mind  or  heart,  but  to  make  converts  to 
Fopery. 

Fourth.  That  Protestant  parents 
had  better  bury  their  daughters  than 
ruin  them  in  these  inetitutions. — Her- 
ald and  Presbyter. 


— There  are  two  sorts  of  minds; 
the  one  penetrates  rapidly  and  pro- 
founily  the  consequenses  of  princi- 
ples, and  this  is  the  acurate  mind; 
the  other  comprehends  a  great  num- 
ber of  principles  without  foundin 
them,  and  this  is  the  geometrical  mind. 
The  one  is  fore  3  and  exactness  of 
mind,  the  other  is  amplitude  of  mind. 
Now  one  may  exist  without  the  oth- 
er; the  mind  may  be  strong  and  nar-. 
row,  or  wide  and  weak. — Pascals 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


Hymn  for  the  West. 


Our  fathers  plowed  the  ocean. 

To  plant  an  empire  here ; 
And  in  the  dead  of  winter 

Began  their  mission  drear. 
The  wild  beast  and  the  savage 

Roamed  through  the  trackless  wild  ; 
A  truly  Spartan  nursing 

Gave  freedom  to  her  child. 

But  from  that  little  handful 

Sifted  from  land  to  land, 
God  took  the  precious  seed-corn 

And  sowed  it  with  his  hand.    . 
And  now  its  fruit  is  shaking 

Frora  East  to  Western  shore; 
And  all  the  wakened  nations 

Stand  knocking  at  our  door. 

Shall  we,  sons  of  the  Pilgrims, 

Be  faithful  to  our  sires  ? 
Shall  we  go  westward  lighting 

Religion's  sacred  fires. 
Until  the  white  Sierras 

Shall  to  our  anthem  wake. 
And  on  the  calm  Paciflc 

Its  swelling  echoes  beak  ? 

I  see  by  faith's  clear  vision, 

The  star  of  empire  rise. 
And  in  the  nation's  future 

Kindled  the  sunset  skies: 
Exalt  the  lowly  valleys, 

Plains  let  the  mountains  be, 
Until  our  Jesus  triumphs. 

Go  westward  to  the  sea  !J 

— Home  Missionary. 


How  Eggs  become  Chickens. 


Reading,  Mass. 

Mr.  Editor:— This  is  indeed  a  fast 
age,  a  labor-saving  age.  Science  has 
made  decided  inroadsupon  the  domains 
of  ignorance  and  the  '  'world  is  mov- 
ing," sometimes  backwards,  it  may  be, 
but  generally  forward.  We  rush  across 
oceans  and  across  continents  by  steam, 
or  communicate  with  distant  points  of 
the  planet  in  a  few  brief  moments,  al- 
most annihilating  space. 

In  such  an  age  when  ''pure  blood 
fowls"  command  fabulous  prices  ($75 
for  &  pater-familias,)  \i  \s  not  strange 
that  the  fancier  feels  that  he  cannot  af- 
ford to  allow  a  favorite  hen — only  a 
hen — to  devote  three  weeks  to  the 
plebian  business  of  hatching  a  few 
eggs,  and  then  in  this  "woman  ques- 
tion" age  to  descend  to  the  low  drug- 
gery  of  caring  for  and  nursing  her  ofF- 
i3pring  for  a  few  days  longer. 

My  friend  and  neighbor,  Jacob 
Graves,  Esq.,  has  met  this  demand  of 
the  age  by  the  invention  of  his  remark- 
able "Incubator"  and  "Artificial  Moth- 
er ,"  though  he  has  not  yet  devoted 
his  versalite  inventive  genius  to  meet- 
ing the  demands  of  the  "strong-mind- 
ed," to  relieve  them  of  all  responsi- 
bility in  the  matter  of  "replenishing 
tl^e    earth." 

At  our  convenience  we  step  in- 
to his  apartments  and  see  a  large  lot, 
of  eggs  nicely  packed  away  in  his  "in- 
cubator," dated  and  marked,  laying 
cosely  and  safely  in  the  drawers  ready 
to  be  "transmuted"  into  valuable 
"birds" — he  keeps  no  plebian  hens — 
by  the  wonderful  process  of  incuba- 
tion changing  the  simple  substance  of 
the  egg  into  bone,  muscle,  feathers, 
beak,  claws,  blood,  etc. ,  etc.,  almost  a 
miraculous  elaboration. 

We  observe  from  day  to  day  these 
remarkable  changes,  and  watch  with 
amazement  the  rapidity  with  which 
these  changes  occur.  The  various 
steps  from  day  to  day  are  carefully  ob- 
served through  the  glass,  or  by  draw- 
ing out  the  eggs;  the  first  easily  no- 
ticeable change  in  the  egg  being  a  dark 
point  which   proves  to   be   the   future 


eye.  At  the  large  end  of  the  egg  there 
is  an  air  cell,  at  which  part  this  re- 
markable transformation  commences. 
At  the  end  of  twenty-four  hours  the 
embryo,  already  formed,  becomes  lar- 
ger at  the  ends  than  in  the  center, 
the  air  cell  enlarges  slightly,  two 
veins  appear  running  toward  the  air 
cell  at  the  larger  end,  which  must  be  re- 
garded as  temporary  lucg^.  In  three 
days  the  red  vessels  appea'-,  the  whole 
of  the  inner  surface  being  covered  with 
a  net  work  of  veins  and  arteries,  con- 
nected with  which  a  pulsation  is  dis- 
tinctly observed,  the  heart  acting, 
while  the  air  cell  has  increased  in  size. 
On  the  fifth  day  the  limbs  move  slight- 
ly and  certain  changes  in  the  heart 
occur,  its  form  changing.  At  the  end 
of  the  sixth  day  the  chick  sometimes 
turns  onto  the  ba.ck,  having  been  up 
to  this  time  on  the  left  side,  At  the 
end  of  the  thirteenth  day  the  head  be- 
comes more  curved,  and  the  bill  is 
curled  up  under  the  right  wing  where  it 
remains  till  the  time  of  hatchiog.  From 
this  time  the  developement  is  slower, 
the  difl'erent  organs  gradually  matur- 
ing, approaching  perfection  till  the 
eiaihteenth  day,  when  the  develop- 
ment is  complete,  the  size  and  form 
complete.  On  the  nineteenth  day  the 
air  bag  extends  round  half  of  the  in- 
terior of  the  egg,  and  the  chick  is  heard 
W  "yip."  About  this  time  the  re- 
maining part  of  the  yolk,  on  which  the 
chick  has  been  sustained  thus  far,  is 
absorbed  by  a  peculiar  membrane  and 
is  transferred  to  the  abdomen  to  iioar- 
^sK  it  till  in  the  new  life  it  csin  take 
its  own  nourishment.  Oa  the  twenty- 
first  day,  or  a  little  sooner,  especially 
if  ther3  has  been  a  little  more  than 
the  usual  warmth,  and  sooner  than 
under  the  hen,  the  shell  is  punctured 
near  the  large  end  by  a  small  ''pick- 
ax," intended  expressly  for  this  pur- 
pose. Situated  on  the  top  of  the 
beak  near  the  end,  the  chick  moving 
around  iti  the  shell  till  a  section  of  it  is 
cut,  or  nearly  eo,  when,  as  with  her- 
culean power,  the  little  bird  swells  and 
pushes  with  its  feet  till  the  shell  pris- 
on is  burst  For  a  time  the  little  fel- 
low is  much  exhausted,  lies  still  for  a 
short  time,  then  fljunders  and  after  a 
short  time  is  able  to  use  its  limbs. 

In  a  short  time  he  is  transferred  to 
the  "Artificial  Mother,"  which  is 
warmed  like  ''Incubator,"  by  lamps 
controlled  and  regulated  by  an  ingen- 
ius  device,  invented  by  Mr.  Graves, 
who  now  is  regarded  as  a  kind  of  prince 
among  the  "fowl  fanciers."  Indeed, 
the  scientist  as  well  as  the  lover  of  cu- 
riosities and  noveliies  may  well  spend 
time  in  watching  this  remarkable  pro- 
cess. J.  H.  H. 


^Ijifditn'^  ^mm. 


Leariiini' Things  out  of  School. 


According  to  Pettankofer,  the  air  in 
our  houses  becomes  unwholesome  when 
the  carbonic  acid  in  it,  provided  it  be 
derived  from  the  respiration  of  animals, 
rises  from  the  normal  proportion  of  4 
parts  in  10,000  to  1  part  in  1,000. 
The  experiments  of  Dr.  Angus  Smith 
and  Dr.  Hammond  have  shown  that 
the  organic  matter  in  the  air,  which  in- 
creases in  proportion  to  the  amount 
of  carbonic  acid,  is  by  far  a  more  dead- 
ly impurity  than  the  gas. — Sanitarian. 


Every  child  ought  to  try  to  teach 
itself,  in  addition  to  learning  its  les- 
sons; and  I  do  not  want  boys  or  girls 
to  overwork  themselves.  Nor  will  they 
do  so  if  they  do  a  little  of  their  own 
free  will,  in  wiys  of  their  own  invent- 
ing, in  addition  to  their  lestons.  For 
one  thing,  they  will — some  of  them,  at 
least — 30  much  improve  their  own 
power  of  learning,  and  understanding 
things,  that  their  lessons  will  come 
easier  to  them.  And  for  another,  one 
sort  of  study  helps  another  in  ways 
which  only  those  who  have  tried  can 
conceive.  There  is  another  thing. 
Every  wise  parent  is  on  the  watch 
with  the  children  to  see  how  their 
minds  grow,  and  what  they  seem  likely 
to  be  fi!i  for  when  they  grow  up;  and 
nothing  helps  them  so  much  in  form- 
an  opinion  as  what  comes  out  in  what 
the  children  do  to  teach  themselves. 
In  some  things,  any  particular  clever- 
ness a  child  may  have  is  almost  sure 
to  come  out  easily — for  instance,  if  it 
can  draw  well,  or  sing  well,  or  invent 
machinery.  But  in  some  other  things 
children  will  keep  much  alike  for  a 
number  of  years,  learning  the  tame 
lessons,  and  one  being  about  as  clever 
as  the  other,  so  far  as  we  can  judge — 
unless  they  do  something  for  them- 
selves. Then  we  begin  to  know  more 
about  them;  for,  of  course,  they  pick 
out,  as  we  all  do,  the  things  they  like 
best,  and  can   do  most  easily. 

Let  us  take  such  Bimple  matters  as 
reading,  writing  and  spelling,  and  we 
will  suppose  that  you  are  very  young 
indeed.  It  will  be  of  use  to  you  a3 
long  as  you  live,  and  it  will  actually 
make  your  lessons  much  easier,  if  you 
will  only  take,  of  your  owo  free  will,  a 
little  trouble  in  addition  to  that  of 
learning  the  lessons  that  are  set  ycu, 
Suppose,  now,  you  take  some  book  of 
poetry,  and  lea.'n  a  yerse  or  two  by 
heart,  just  what  pleases  you.  Then 
shut  the  book  and  put  it  away,  and 
write  out  as  well  as  you  can,  from 
memory,  what  you  have  been  learning 
by  heart.  Then  go  to  the  book  again, 
and  compare  your  writing  with  the 
print.  You  will  then  see  what  mis- 
takes you  have  made,  if  any,  in  spell- 
ing or  in  putting  in  stops.  To  tell  you 
the  truth,  you  ought  not  to  make  any 
mistakes  in  copying,  but  it  is  pretty 
certain  you  will;  and  you  are  sure  to 
make  some  at  first  when  you  write 
out  from  memory.  Next  time,  take  a 
sentence  or  two  in  prose,  out  of  a  book 
of  history,  or  geography,  or  out  of  a 
story-book,  and  so  on.  You  will  pick 
up  knowledge  faster  than  you  know; 
you  will  do  something  every  time  you 
try,  towards  making  yourself  more 
clever;  and  your  usual  lessons  in  read- 
ing, writing,  and  spelling  will  come  all 
the  easier  to  you. 

A  good  plan  is  to  keep  a  diary,  in 
which  you  put  down  how  you 
have  passed  the  day.  This  is  exercise 
in  writing,  spelling,  and  composition, 
and  you  will  find  it  very  amusing  in- 
deed. 

When  you  ask  some  boys  whether 
they    can   do  certain   things,  they  will 


make  some  such  answer  as,  "No, 
I  have  not  been  taught  yet;  I  have 
not  got  as  far  as  that."  But  you  may 
depend  upon  it  that  no  boy  ever 
learned  much  who  did  not  sometimes 
go  faster  than  his  lessons.  Take  ge- 
ography. How  very,  very  stupid  it 
sounds  to  hear  a  healthy,  lively  boy, 
who  is  learning  geography,  say  he 
has  never  been  taught  to  make  maps; 
or,  perhapF,  that  he  can't  make  a  map 
just  to  show  the  difll'erent  great  divis- 
ions of  the  world,  because  he  has  not 
got  a  pair  of  compasses.  Why,  a  com- 
mon dinner-plaie  will  do  beautifully  to 
begin  with.  Get  a  plate  as  near  the 
size  of  your  maps  a?  you  can,  and 
make  your  first  round  with  a  pencil — 
you  can  ink  it  afterwards.  Then  draw 
one  line  across  the  middle  for  the  equa- 
tor, and  another  across  the  middle  the 
other  way  for  the  central  meridian  of 
longitude.  You  can  easily  fix  the 
middle,  and,  in  fact,  measure  all  dis- 
tances by  a  piece  of  paper  marked 
with  a  pencil.  Now  measure  oflf  with 
your  piece  of  paper  the  degrees  of  lat- 
itude by  tens,  as  you  find  them  on  the 
map  you  are  copying  from.  You  will 
not  be  able  to  draw  these  lines  exactly 
across  the  circle  without  the  help  of  a 
pair  of  compasses,  but  you  can 
come  very  ne^r,  if  you  take  pains. 
Then  draw  the  two  tropics,  and  the 
north  and  south  polar  circle,  and  the 
meridians  of  longitude.  After  this, 
you  will  find  it  easier  to  draw  the  in- 
ner rim  of  the  great  circle,  ([  am  sup- 
posing that  you  have  no  plate  that 
fi:s,)  because  the  parallels  of  latitude 
will  help  you.  When  once  you  have 
made  the  lines  of  latitude  and  longi- 
tude, and  figured  the  degrees  round 
the  margin,  there  will  be  no  difiBculty 
whatever  in  making  your  map  correct. 
And  when  you  have  done  it,  you 
will  have  learnt  more  geography  than 
many  people  who  have  spent  years  at 
school  carry  in  their  heads  all  their 
lives  long. 

I  will  now  suppose  that  I  am  speak- 
ing to  bovs  and  girls  who  have  got 
some  way  on  in  arithmetic.  Let  me 
assure  you  that  you  will  fiid  your  lee- 
sons  rnuch  more  interesting  if  you 
sometimes,  of  your  own  accord,  go 
out  of  the  rule  you  are  in,  and  try  to 
do  things  that  are  more  advanced.  It 
is  rather  tedious  to  do  22  tons  13  cwt. 
1  qrs.  6  lbs.  at  11  9.  3-4  per  ton.  Sup- 
pose you  go  a  little  way  ahead,  and 
look  into  au  easy  book  on  Algebra. 
"If  A  can  do  a  piece  of  work  in 
nine  days  and  B  could  do  it  in  twelve 
days,  how  long  would  they  be  in  do- 
ing it  togother?"  That  ia  a  much 
more  interesting  question;  and  when 
you  have  managed  to  find  out  how  to 
answer  it,  you  have  done  yourself  a 
great  deal  of  good  and  gone  some  way 
towards  making  your  other  work  eas- 
ier. 

Young  people  not  so  far  advanced  as 
to  do  sums  of  thij  kind  may  yet  help 
on  their  own  education  as  well  as  that 
of  their  younger  brothers  and  sisters, 
if  they  have  these,  by  giving  them 
easy  lessons  in  arithmetic, — I  mean 
now  and  then,  almost  as  an  amuse- 
ment, and  not  in  a  stiff,  formal  way. 
—  Good  Things. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Mr.  Colfax  iu  Rochester,  Bit  Y. 


The  distiuguished  cliampion  of  Odd-fcUows  does 
not  iilways  find  iho  popular  ear  open  to  his  platitudes 
and  decepUva  voAaoniugs.  He  lately  vieited  the  city 
of  Rocbesler  and  the  following  is  a  rsport  of  his  lec- 
ture on  the  lodge  published  in  the  Rochester  Union 
ofApjillUV..  ^■ 

.  There  are  some  facts  which  can  be  made 
plain  by  evidence  cr  by  a  proper  course  of  rea- 
soning; others  which  elude  the  applicatiou  of  evidence, 
set  all  ratiociiation  aL  dt fiance,  and  are  visible  only 
to  the  eye  of  fftitb. 

It  is  consoling  to  reflect  that  we  are  permitted,  on 
some  fiubjecis  at  le.ist,  to  arrive  at  some  degree  oi 
certainty.  For  instance,  had  a  vote  been  taken 
among  the  tbree  hundred  persons  who  gathered  in 
Corinthian  Hrdl  last  ever  ing  to  hear  Mr.  Colfax,  it  is 
not  unlikely  xu&i  the  audience  wc.uld  have  been  equally 
divided  in  their  opinions  touching  the  manner  of  that 
gentleman  and  the  matter  of  his  lecture:  one  half  of 
them  would  have  pronounced  a  ''Christian  states- 
man," and  his  oratory  ra^^gnificent;  the  other,  that  he 
was  a  cliPivlatan  and  a  bore.  Thus  men  will  differ  on 
some  subjicLs;  but,  if  the  empty  benches  which  stood 
in  grim  array  around  Corinthian  Hall  last  evening,  af 
ford  any  crilcrlou  from  which  to  draw  a  conclusion, 
that  audier.ce  would  unite  in  the  belief  that,  as  lect- 
urers, ex  Vicc-Prefidents  of  these  United  States  are 
at  a  difcjunt  in  this  city.  The  numerically  miserable 
audience  which  aseeinbltd  to  hear  Mr.  Colfax  can  be 
accounted  for  on  no  other  hypothesis,  except  that,  per- 
haps, the  counter  attraction  of  Professor  Hartz,  the 
prestidigitUor,  proved  greater  than  that  of  a  "Christ- 
ian statesman." 

The  subject  of  the  lecture  was  one  well  calculated 
to  attract  attention,  aad  one  not  unworthy  the  besi 
efforts  of  even  a  great  orator.  An  accurate  historical 
account  of  the  rise  and  progress  of  the  Odd-fellowship 
the  beneficiant  influence  it  had  exerted — the  good  it 
did  for  the  individual  man  and  for  society  certainly  afford 
abundant  materifd  for  aa  address,  some  parts,  at  least, 
of  which  would  be  worthy  of  remembraace  and  repro- 
duction. It  is  but  simple  truth  to  say  that  Mr.  Col- 
fax's lecture  lacked  every  essential  that  should  save  it 
from  utter  contempt.  Giving  a  string  of  wilted  plati 
tudes  about  the  material  progress  of  the  age,  a  long 
quotation  from  sonne  of  Dickens'  sentimental  twaddle, 
another  from  Confucious,  a  half  dozen  or  more  from 
the  Koran,  a  score  or  more  from  Holy  Writ,  some 
thin"  about  "the  great  heart  of  humanity"  and  "the 
procession  of  the  ages,"  with  the  name  of  the  Supreme 
Being  in  various  forms,  thrown  in  here  and  there,  in 
a  fantastic  way,  and  you  have  the  mosaic  of  less  than 
mecocrity  which  bore  so  grievously  on  three  hundred 
unoffending  citizens  in  Corinthian  Hall  last  night. 

And  this  was  the  man  who  for  five  successive  terms 
shook  around  in  a  seat  which  Henry  Clay  had  occ:- 
filled:  whose  name  was  at  a  later  day  inscribed  on  a 
roll  which  embraces  those  of  Adams  and  Jefferson,  and 
which  has  been  irflicted  on  perhaps  fifty  per  cent, 
of  the  male  children  born  withia  a  radius  of  one  hun- 
dred miles  from  South  Bend  during  the  last  ten  years ! 
We  give  it  up.  Dundreary  was  right.  There  can  be 
no  sort  of  doubt  that  there  are  some  things  in  this 
world  which  no  fellow  can  find  out,  and  one  of  them 
— which  will  probably  forever  remain  an  impenetrable 
mystery — is  how  Schuyler  Colfax  ever  attained  to  the 
dignity  of  ''a  Christisn  statesman." 


'|[i;Iijji<itt$  ((ttUnti(i*ni[: 


u 


— There  are  fifteen  Protestant  Episcopal  communi- 
ties in  the  United  States  called  sisterhoods  or  associa- 
tions of  deaconesses.  Some  of  these  are  conducted  in 
a  very  rigerous  manner,  and  a  recent  Protestant  writ- 
er says:  "The  work  and  the  religious  life  are  strik- 
ingly similar  to  that  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Sister- 
hoods." The  leader  of  the  system  is  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Dix,  of  Trinity  Church,  New  York,  the  Chaplain  of 
the  Sisters  of  Mary. 

— The  missions  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church 
comprise: Missionaries 207, assistants  162,  teachers  310, 
members  13,170,  probationers  2,957,  churches  111; 
day-fchools  180, pupils  5,329;  Sabbath-schools  426, 
pupils  18,971.  The  appropriations  for  these  missions 
for  1873,  amount  to  §373,825,75.  There  are  also 
missions  among  the  Indians  of  our  own  country,  for 
which  the  appropriations  are  $0,650,  The  missions 
in  Mexico  and  Japan  are  new — commenced  in  1872. 

— The  Episcopal  church  iu  Virginia  is  discussing 
quite  earnestly  the  future  position  of  its  clergy  in  re- 
gard to  questions  of  church  doctrine  and  polity.  A 
journal  of  that  State  declares  that  there  is  no  expecta- 
tion that  the  movement  of  Bishop  Cummins  will  be 
followed,  but  it  is  said  to  be  not  impossible  that  a 
more  important  and  effective  protest  against  the  new 


sacerdotalism  which  is    represented  by  a  Bishop    of 
Illinois  and  his  sympathizers  will  be  made. 

— The  Report  of  the  Burmese  Baptist  Missionary 
Convention  for  the  last  year  gives  interesting  facts  r^- 
ipecting  the  Christian  work  among  the  Burmese, 
Karens,  and  Shans.  The  statistics  show  that  there  are 
18,546  baptized  Christians  in  850  churches,  with  82 
ordained  and  329  unordained  preachers.  There  are 
85  schools  with  4,874  pupila,  some  of  them  in  a 
theological  college.  The  annual  contributions,  cbitfly 
of  the  Sgau  Karens,  amounted  to  the  large  sum  of 
$25,000.  The  number  baptized  during  the  year  was 
777. 

— The  Rev.  Mr.  Maclntyre,  U.  P.  missionary  to 
North  China,  has  followed  one  of  the  best  ways  of 
mastering  the  language  of  the  country.  He  has 
plunged  into  the  midst  of  the  people  and  traveled  far 
and  near  among  them.  Not  being  as  yet  able  to 
preach  in  the  Chinese,  he  has  done  the  work  of  a 
colporteur.  He  speaks  v/ith  enthusiasm  of  the  kind- 
ness he  has  received  from  the  people,  and  their  readi- 
ness to  read  the  Gospels,  as  well  as  William  Burns's 
translation  of  the  "Peep  of  day"  and  similar  worHs. 
Everywhere  he  was  unmolested,  and  the  fact  that 
he  was  bearing  "good  books  for  the  instruction 
of  the  people,"  a  phrase  often  repeated  in 
his  hearing,  made  every  one  ready  to  answer  his  in- 
quiries in  a  friendly  ma.nner.  In  the  single  city  of 
Tsining-Chow  he  sold  3,000  copies  of  the  Gospels,  and 
the  demand  was  still  brisk  when  his  stock  was  exhaust- 
ed. 

— The  Mercantile  Library  has  for  two  years  tried 
the  plan  of  opening  reading-rooma  on  Sunday,  and 
now  pronounces  it  a  failure.  Only  about  one  per  cent, 
of  their  members  having  availed  themselves  of  the  op- 
portixnity  for  Sunday  reading,  and  those  for  the  most 
part  middle-aged  men.  The  Tribune  professes  to 
think  this  experiment  does  not  affact  the  real  issue, 
because  the  poor  young  clerks  without  attractive 
homes  or  many  friends  are  not  found  amongst  the 
the  membership  of  this  Association.  The  argument 
is  a  poor  one,  for  if  there  had  been  any  real  desire, 
as  alleged,  on  the  part  of  young  men  to  avail  thena- 
selyes  of  this  method  of  spending  the  Sabbath,  would 
not  this  class  have  come  forward  in  large  number? 
and  joined  the  Library?  Two  years  trial  of  the  ex- 
periment has,  however,  shown  that  the  opening  of 
Sunday  reading  rooms  as  a  means  of  reaching,  eleva- 
ting, end  benefiting  the  great  masses  of  our  young 
men,  is  a  lamentable  feature;  and  its  advocates  may  ap 
well  turn  their  attention  to  some  other  scheme.  — N.  Y. 
Witness. 

— In  the  last  report  of  the  American  Home  Mis- 
sionary Society,  it  is  stated  the  number  of  ministers 
in  its  employ  in  thirty-three  different  States  and  Ter- 
ritories has  lately  been  969.  Of  this  number  486 
have  been  the  pastors  of  single  congregations,  298 
have  ministered  in  two  or  three  congregations  each, 
and  185  have  extended  their  labors  over  stiil  wider 
fields.  2,195  mi'isionary  stations  were  supplied  during 
the  year.  The  number  of  pupils  in  their  Sabbath- 
schools  are  74,300.  Fifty-seven  churches  have  been 
organized  by  the  missionaries  during  the  year,  and 
thirty-five  have  become  self-supporting.  Forty-seveo 
house?  of  worship  have  been  completed,  110  repaired, 
and  thirty-two  are  iu  process  of  erection.  One  hun 
dred  and  five  churches  report  revivals  of  religion  and 
385  missionaries  report  3,200  hopeful  convertions. 
The  additions  to  the  churchep,  as  nearly  as  can  be 
ascertained,  have  been  5,421,  viz.  :  3,163  on  profes- 
sion, and  2,258  by  letter.  The  receipts  were  $290.- 
120,34;  expenditures,  $287,662.91,  leaving  $12,652. 
45  still  due  to  missionaries  for  labor  performed,  but 
not  yet  reported.  la  a.ldition  to  these  past  dues,  ap- 
propriations, already  made  and  becoming  due,  amount 
to  $106,979.95.  Toward  redeeming  such  and  meet- 
ing other  apppropriations,  there  is  a  balance  in  the 
treasury  of  $4,723. 16.  This  summary  shows  an  in- 
crease of  missionaries  and  receipts  greater  than  any 
year  since  1801. 


The  Country t 


— The  skeleton  of  a  large  mastodon  is  being  un- 
earthed at  Dansvil'e,  N.  Y.  Prof.  Jerome  estimates 
that  it  was  fourteen  feet  high  and  twenty  feet  long, 
or  forty  feet  long  measuring  from  the  tips  of  the  tueks 
to  the  end  of  the  tail,  and  that  it  weighed  twenty- 
five  tons. 

— Governor  Allen  has  been  petitioned  by  the  prom- 
inent coal  operators  in  the  Hocking  and  Straitsville, 
Ohio,  mining  regions,  where  the  miners  are  on  a 
strike,  to  send  one  or  more  military  companies  to  pro- 
tect the  non-union  men,  who  would  work  but  fear  vic- 
lence  at  the  hands  of  the  union  men. 


— The  relief  committee  of  New  Orleans  submitted  a 
report  to  Governor  Kellogg  on  Saturday,  in  which  they 
say  that  from  April  25  to  May  8  they  shipped  to  the 
overflowed, districts  852,000  rations  of  breadstuffs  and 
353,000  rations  of  meat.  The  Government  supplied 
162,000  of  breadstuffs  and  118,000  of  meat.  The 
Committee  estimate  the  number  of  sufferers  in  Louis- 
iana alone  at  50,500. 

-  The  position  of  the  Western  press  on  the  infla- 
tion veto  iS  summarized  from  reports  sent  to  the  Chi- 
cago Tribune  in  reply  to  a  circular  from  that  office. 
Of  the  933  papers  answering  the  circular,  514  sustain 
the  veto,  408  oppose  it,  and  11  are  non-committal.  Of 
those  sustaining  the  veto,  205  are  RepubUcan  to  217 
Democrats;  and  of  those  opposing  the  veto,  234  are 
Republican  to  174  Democratic.  Indiana,  Missouri, 
and  Kansas  are  the  only  States  where  a  majority  of 
the  papers  oppose  the  veto. 

— -On  Saturday  morning  last  a  fearful  calamity  vis- 
ited the  valley  of  Mill  River  near  Northampton,  Mass., 
by  which  over  150  lives  were  lost  and  property  valued 
at  from  a  million  dollars  to  a  million  and  a  half  de- 
stroyed. The  story  is  thus  told  by  the  press  de- 
spatches: 

"Up  among  the  hills  of  Williamsburg  there  was  a 
large  reservoir  of  about  104  acres  in  extent,  where  the 
various  mill  operators  of  Williamsburg,  Spinnersville, 
Haydensville,  and  Leeds  were  wont  to  store  their  sum- 
mer supply  of  water.  People  living  in  the  viciniiy  of 
the  dam  say  thatjt  has  been  leaking  more  or  leas  for 
several  weeks,  and  it  is  believed  that,  having  thus 
gradually  undermined  the  dam,  the  water  acquired  a 
strong  headway,  and  suddenly  the  dam  gave  way,  and 
the  immense  body  of  water  j^ured  out  in  its  strength, 
carrying  everything  before  it. 

The  torrent  rushed  upon  the  doomed  villages  with 
a  loud  roar,  apparently  a  large  advancing  billow 
of  underbrush  and  debris  issuing  rapidly  through  the 
deep  gorge  to  the  height  of  forty  feet ,  and  again 
spreading  over  a  wide  expanse  of  seething,  angry 
waves  as  it  coached  the  more  open  country.  Reaching 
the  beautiful  village  of  Williamsburg,  some  two  and  a 
half  miles  distant,  it  struck  p.  small  button  factory, 
sweeping  out  of  existence.  Next,  a  saw  and  grist-mill 
was  attacked  and  melted, — not  a  vestage  remaining. 
Houses,  barns  and  shops  followed,  like  grass  before  a 
scythe,  and  men,  women  and  children  were  caught 
and  borne  away  struggling  and  shrieking  in  vain.  The 
waves  swept  to  Skinnersville,  two  miles  distant,  a  silk 
factory  being  hurled  down,  and  a  huge  iron  boiler  be- 
ing carried  nearly  half  a  mile  and  landed  high  and  dry. 
In  Haydenville,  about  one  mile  further  on,  the  bank 
building,  a  three-story  brick  structure,  was  swept 
away,  scarcely  one  brick  being  left  upon  another,  the 
money  in  the  vault  sharing  the  same  fate. 

The  smaller  village  of  Leeds,  between  one  and  two 
miles  distant,  was  the  next  place  to  suffer,  and  the 
scenes  at  Williamsburg  and  Haydensville  were  here 
repeated. 

A  short  distance  below  Leeds  were  two  bridges ,  one 
of  iron  and  one  of  stone,  both  nearly  fifty  feet  above 
the  bed  of  the  stream.  They  were  both  swept  away, 
the  former  being  carried  bodily  and  a  considerable 
distance  down  the  stream.  Here  the  greatest  destruc- 
tion appears  to  haye  stopped,  although  along  the  riv- 
er, until  it  emptied  into  the  Connecticut,  a  short  dis- 
tance below  Northampton,  the  banks  are  covered  with 
all  manner  of  debris — timber,  trees,  pianos,  tables, 
chairs  and  other  furniture. 

Everything  was  ground  fine,  and  when  the  flood 
was  past  the  timbers  were  in  tooth-picks;  scraps  of 
iron,  bricks  and  great  stones  had  become  boulders,  and 
here  and  there  was  found  a  corpse,  or  a  piece  of  corpse. 

All  the  windings  of  the  yalley  were  filled  with  the 
debris,  making  a  terrible  picture  of  waste  and  death 
in  the  most  beautiful  valley  of  Massachusetts. 

The  gracious  work  of  saving  the  dead  for  burial  be- 
gan at  noon  at  Skinnerville.  The  first  bodies  were 
picked  up,  dug  out  from  mud,  or  taken  with  difficulty 
from  overloaded  ruins.  All  through  the  valley  the 
work  went  on  till  night,  and  then  men  with  lanterns, 
seeking  their  dead,  stood  guard.  At  Haydenville 
forty  bodies  were  gathered  by  night;  at  Leeds,  forty- 
five.  There  had  been,  in  the  afternoon,  gangs  of 
plunderers  who  were  promptly  turned  to  workers  by 
no  stinted  threats;  the  people  were  ready  to  brain 
them  with  the  first  stone.  There  were  fewer  dead  at 
Florence  and  Northampton.  There  have  been  found 
140  in  all,  and  many  more  are  certainly  buried  in  the 
mud  and  rubbish  that  fill  the  valley  with  black  heaps 
from  Williamsburg  to  Northampton. " 

No  less  than  eight  cises  of  insanity  are  reported 
from  the  fright  or  loss  of  friends.  Many  lives  were 
saved  by  a  horseback  messenger  who  rode  through 
two  or  three  of  the  upper  towns  shouting  the  warning. 
One  horse  fell  dead  under  him,  but  he  leaped  on  an- 
other and  rode  on. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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The  Capitol. 


— The  inflation  party  8u<jc;eftded  in 
getting  another  finSrce  bill  through 
the  Senate  last  week.  'X-he  bill  was 
started  as  an  anti-inflation  measure,  but 
several  sniencment^:  changed  its  char- 
acter EO  that  its  pa'Baaje  would  post- 
pone specie  resumption. 
The  City. 


— The  Young  Men'd  Christian  As- 
socciation  have  arrangpd  fo  rebuild 
Farwell  Hall  in  a  substantial  manner 
with  large  hall,  lecture  room,  library 
and  offices, 

— Cfaiciigo  Presbytery  sat  all  hst 
wee'<  on  the  Svriag  triol,  the  prosecu- 
tor, Dr.  Patton,  and  Dr.  Noyes  fur  the 
defense,  occupying  aevers!  sessions, 
with  a  summing  up,  which  closed  on 
SatarJay.  Pro!".  S^ing  also  spoke  ex- 
plaining bis  theological  views.  The 
decision  is  expected  this  week. 
Foreign. 

— A.  crisis  la  said  to  be  impending  in 
France.  Pres.  McMahon  has  just  ex- 
cepted the  resignation  of  his  cabinet 
and  another  is  being  formed.  The 
Republican  journals  urge  the  dissolu- 
tion of  the  National  Assembiy,  and  it 
is  said  that  the  monarchists  will  favor 
the  project  if  their  demands  are  cot 
quickly  met. 


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COLLEGE  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

[continued  from  FIFTfiENTH  PAGE.] 

This  account  would  be  incomplete  were  the  following  de- 
cided testimony  omitted. 

The  lUinois  Synod  of  the  United  Presbyterian  Church,  con- 
vened at  Monmouth  September  6th,  1873,  adopted  the  fol- 
lowing statement  and  resolutions  on  college  secret  societies: 

"1.  They  are  unnecessary;  2.  They  are  the  means  of 
much  time  being  misspent  at  their  meetings,  etc.;  3.  They 
are  the  cause  of  much  money  being  wasted  in  the  buying  of 
badges,  etc . ;  4.  Their  secrecy  affords  a  cover  for  any  evil 
which  the  members  may  commit;  5.  They  are  progres.sive, 
and  tend  to  the  more  odious  forms  of  secrecy,  as  Masonry  or 
Odd-fellowship;  6.  They  arc  a  hindrance  to  the  usefulness 
of  students,  as  they  curb  their  free  expression  of  sentiments; 
1.  They  are  entangling;  they  entangle  the  good  wiih  the 
bad,  and  corrupt  the  former;  3.  They  are  condemned  in 
the  Gospel;  9.  They  breed  and  foster  discord  among  the 
students. 

Tkerefore  he  it  resolved.  That  the  faculty  of  Monmouth 
College  be  encouraged  in  their  opposition  to  Greek  fraterni- 
ties. 

That  the  friends  of  the  college  may  be  assured  that  these 
societies  will  be  opposed  till  the  evil  is  blotted  out  of  the 
college. 

That  no  Presbytery  recommend  any  young  man  to  the 
Board  of  Education,  for  aid  in  his  study  for  the  ministry, 
who  is  connected  with  a  Greek  society." 

This  positive  encouragement  has  forwarded  the  result  de- 
sired by  the  faculty  and  patrons  of  the  college:  and,  it  is 
believed,  there  will  be  one  instance  to  prove  that  institutions 
can,  successfully  and  singly,  clear  these  factious  elements  from 
their  halls. 

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THE  CORNELL  TRAGEDY  AND  ITS  EFFECT. 

The  history  of  the  college  secret  society  system  has  now 
been  briefly  traced  down  to  an  occurrence  which  gave  a  sud- 
den and  fearful  impetus  to  the  efforts  to  abolish  it.  On  the 
15th  of  October,  18'73,  a  dispatch  was  published  throughout 
the  country  that  a  student  had  been  accidentally  killed  while 
undergoing  initiation  into  the  ''Kappa  Alpha"  society  at 
Cornell  University,  Ithaca,  N.  Y.  At  the  risk  of  repetition 
in  the  articles  republished  in  this  connection  some  of  the 
particulars  of  the  event  will  be  given. 

On  the  10th  of  October  Mortimer  M.  Leggett,  son  of  Gen. 
Leo-o-ett,  U.  S .  Commissioner  of  Patents,  havino-  obtained 
consent  of  his  parents  to  join  the  Kappa  Alpha  society,  was 
taken  to  Six-Mile  creek  in  the  environs  of  Ithica  for  initiation. 
While  waiting,  blindfolded  and  accompanied  by  two  students, 
on  the  verge  of  the  precipice  overhanging  the  creek  he  fell 
over  the  bank,  dragging  his  companions  after  him,  and  died 
within  two  hours.  Whether  his  fall  was  through  fright  at 
some  part  of  the  ceremony  going  on  in  charge  of  other  stu- 
dents who  were  on  the  ground,  as  stated  in  correspondents' 
reports,  or  his  attendants  were  intoxicated,  or  the  whole  aifiiir 
was  purely  accidental,  has  never  been  made  public.  Presi- 
dent White  and  four  professors  of  the  University  were  mem- 
bers cf  this  or  some  other  college  fraternity,  and  one,  Prof. 
Crane,  was  on  the  spot  when  the  accident  occurred.  Whis- 
key had  also  been  taken  along  for  use  in  case  of  accident. 

After  the  fall,  Leo-p-ett  was  carried  to  a  retired  room  in  the 
third  story  of  a  brick  block  and  there  died.  At  2  o'clock  at 
night  his  body  was  taken  unobsei-ved  to  the  undertaker's  and 
placed  in  a  coffin,  and  the  members  of  the  fraternity  endeav- 
ored, but  without  success,  to  remove  it  from  the  town  with- 
out an  inquest.  Efforts  were  made  to  prevent  investigation 
and  suppress  the  news  of  the  accident.  The  editor  of  the 
Ithaca  Journal  was  approached  the  next  morning  by  one  of 
the  professors  and  requested  to  say  nothing  of  the  matter,  as 
"the  boys  were  after  a  few  graprs  when  the  unfortunate 
thing  ;^happened. "  The  young  men  who  fell  over  the  cliff 
with  Leggett  were  kept  carefully  guarded  in  their  rooms  by 
their  fraternity  associates,  and  none  but  members  permitted 
to  exchange  a  word  with  them.  The  unsatisfactory  result  of 
the  coroner's  inquest  is  related  by  Prof.  Wilder.  The  testi- 
mony there  given  was  in  the  main  discredited  by  the  public, 
as  inadequate  to  the  case ;  and  the  connection  of  the  society 
with  the  iiiculty  and  with  the  wealthiest  and  most  socially 
pretentious  students  did  not  tend  to  allay  the  dissatisfaction. 


One  strange  fact  could  not  be  concealed:  that  the  press,  con- 
trary to  its  habit,  did  not  publish  the  affair  until  the  fifth  day 
after  it  occurred.  Other  lacts  in  this  singular  tragedy  appear 
in  the  remarkable  letter  of  Prof.  Burt  G.  Wilder,  of  Cornell 
University,  published  originally  in  the  New  York  Tribune  of 
October  22d,  1 8l3,  and  the  copious  extracts  from  the  remarks 
of  the  press  which  follow: 

SECRET    SOCIETIES. 

Sir: —  The  Trilvne  for  the  15th  inst.  mentioned  the  death 
of  Mortimer  M.  Leggett  (son  of  the  Commissioner  of  Patents) 
as  having  occurred  during  ceremonies  preliminary  to  initia- 
tion into  the  ''Kappa  Alpha"  Society  of  Cornell  Li^niversity. 
The  following  verdict  Avas  rendered  by  the  coroner's  jury  on 
the  evening  of  the  IGth  inst.  : 

The  jury  being  duly  cliargcd  and  sworu  tu  inquh-e  on  the 
part  of  the  peoijle  when,  where  and  liow  the  said  Morlimer  M. 
Leggett  came  to  his  death,  do  find  that  said  Morlimer  M.  Leg- 
gett, a  student  of  Cornell  University,  canie  to  liis  death  on  the 
night  of  October  10,1873,  l)Ctweeu  the  hours  of  9  and  10  o'clock, 
by  accideiitaliy  falling  from  a  cliflf  on  the  soutl;  side  of  Six 
Mile  Creek,  in  the  village  of  Ithaca,  Tompkins  County,  ISTcav 
York. 

The  witnesses  were  the  physician  who  attended  the  injured 
man,  a  professor  in  the  University,  who  is  a  member  of  the 
Society,  and  seven  students,  also  members  of  the  Society. 

The  evidence  shows  that  Leggett  and  another  student  were 
to  join  the  "Kappa  Alpha"  Society  on  the  night  of  the 
accident.  Before  the  formal  initiation  the  candidate  was,  ac- 
cording to  custom,  to  be  led  blindfolded  to  some  lonely  spot, 
in  this  instance  nearly  a  mile  from  the  village,  in  the  dry  bed 
of  Six  Mile  Creek,  which  could  here  be  reached  by  a  secure 
path.  The  blind  was  to  be  then  and  there  removed,  and  the 
candidate  to  renew  his  pledge  of  desire  to  join  the  Society; 
he  was  then  again  to  be  bhndfolded  and  led  back  to  the 
rooms,  v/here  the  initiation  ceremonies,  desci'ibed  as  very 
impressive  and  enjoyable,  would  take  place.  All  agree  that 
none  of  the  preliminaries  consist  in  taking  candidates  to  dan- 
gerous places  in  order  to  terrify  them;  also  that  none  had 
been  drinking;  also  that  no  ill-treatment  of  any  kind  was 
intended  or  offered;  and  that  Leggett  made  no  opposition. 

A  party  of  "Kappa  Alpha"  students  were  to  rendezvous 
about  9  o'clock  in  the  road  which  follov/s  the  south  bend  of 
Six  Mile  Creek,  at  a  point  about  150  yards  beyond  the  last 
house  in  the  village,  and  nearly  opposite  a  pine  tree  which 
stands  upon  the  very  brink  of  the  rock}'  precipice  which  here 
overhangs,  and  is  about  thirty-hve  feet  from  the  turfy  bed  of 
the  creek.  The  road  fence  is  about  fifty  feet  from  the  edge 
of  the  cliff',  and  the  intervening  ground   has  an  incHnation  of 


about  one  foot  in  four  or  live,  but  is  pretty  even  and  clear  of 
shrubbery.  The  tree  is  five  feet  in  girth,  has  no  low  branch- 
es, and  sends  several  large  roots  into  the  bank,  one  of  them 
forming-  the  edue  over  which  the  firll  occurred;  there  are  no 
bushes  on  that  side  for  several  yards,  but  to  one  at  a  distance, 
unacquainted  with  the  locality,  the  tops  of  trees  in  the  creek 
bed  might  appear  as  such.  While  awaiting  the  arrival  of 
others,  Northrup  buckled  a  black  cloth  over  Leggett's  eyes; 
Leggett  was  then  helped  over  the  fence  (about  four  feet 
high),  and  left  in  charge  of  V/ason  and  Lee,  neither  of  v.'hom 
had  ever  been  there  before  or  had  any  idea  of  the  nature  of 
the  bank. 

The  ground  over  which  Leggett  waste  walk  had  previous- 
ly been  examined  by  Plint;  but  no  one  else  knew  the  nature 
of  the  bank,  excepting  perliaps  Northrup,  a  Senior  and  a 
resident  of  Ithaca,  who,  however,  did  not  appear  to  befamil: 
har  with  it. 

It  is  important  to  note  that  all  of  the  ravines  in  Ithaca 
have,  as  a  rule,  steep  banks,  varying  from  ten  to  100  feet 
high;  and  that  so  great  care  has  been  exercised  in  approach- 
ing them  that,  although  the  University  lies  between  two  of 
them,  but  a  single  accident  has  occurred  in  them. 

Wason  testifies:  When  I  got  over  the  fence  Leggett  was 
standing  Avitli  one  or  two  of  the  boys ;  I  look  his  arm  and  we 
walked  down  to  a  large  tree ;  I  had  some  conversation  with  one 
of  the  boys;  Leggett'was  not  leaning  against  the  tree  at  that 
time;  don't  think  I  had  hold  of  him  before;  I  tlien  stood  him 
against  the  tree,  or  rather  lie  leaned  against  it;  I  liad  clinrge  of 
liini  because  I  was  better  acquainted  with  him  than  .the  other 
boys;  he  was  leaning  against  the  tree,  antl  I  stood  iibout  a  foot 
from  him,  or  withiu  reaching  distance ;  in  about-  three  or  four 
minutes  I  saw  his  body  inclining  to  one  side  as  thougli  his  feet 
were  slipping  and  he  Avas  going  to  fall ;  he  was  on  the  right  side 
of  the  tree,  or  rather  on  the  south  side;  I  thouglit  he  was  mere- 
ly falling  to  the  ground,  not  down  the  precipice ;  I  moved  for- 
ware  to  steady  liim,  and  in  so  doing  stepped  on  what  I  thought 
was  a  limb ;  believe  now  it  was  a  root  of  the  tree ;  it  caused  me 
to  slip,  and  I  fell  over  the  brink ;  did  not  succeed  in  doing  what 
I  intended,  or  in  supporting  him ;  in  attempting  to  save  him  I 
fell  myself;  don't  know  how  Leggett  came  to  fall;  his  arms 
were  not  pinioned  in  any  way. 

Lee  testifies :  I  was  "in  the  field  between  the  fence  and  the 
tree ;  then  I  saw  Wasou  slip  and  disappear,  Leggett  disappear- 
ing in  an  instant  afterward;  there  was  hardly  four  feet  between 
them  when  they  fell ;  I  was  entirely  ignorant  that  there  was  a 
precipice  there;  was  greatly  surprised  to  see  them  disappear, 
and  imagined  they  must  have  slipped  down  a  bank ;  the  idea  of 
a  precipice  never  struck  me;  ray  natural  impulse  was  to  help 
them,  and  acting  upon  it,  I  ran  or  moved  diagonally  ofl^  the  cliff. 

Lee  and  Wason  were  light  men,  and,  though  bruised  and 
stunned,  will  recover;  Leggett  was  large  and  heavy;  he  died 
in  less  than  two  hours,  his  only  distin  gush  able  words  being, 
"Oh  don't"  and  '' Take  it  off,"  of  which  various  interpre- 
tations, or  perhaps  none  at  all,  may  be  given. 

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CHAPTER  III.— (continued.) 
In  the  same  issue  of  the  Courant  was  the  following  edi- 
torial : 

''The  speakers  at  the  Yale  alumni  meeting  yesterday  did 
well  in  entering  their  protest  against  the  influence  of  the 
class  secret  societies  in  killing  the  two  great  rival  debating- 
societies,  which  were  open  to  the  members  of  all  classes. 
The  training  which  they  afforded  was  of  great  advantage  in 
preparing  the  collegian  for  future  work,  especially  in  the 
legal  profession.  But  il  was  of  use  to  all  students  in  teach- 
ing them  to  think  rapidly,  and  not  to  be  disconcerted  by 
meeting  opposition  or  disapprobation.  Mr.  Evarts,  who'has 
few  equals  and  no  superiors  as  a  ready  thinker  and  talker, 
attributes  no  small  degree  of  his  great  success  to  the  training 
of  these  societies;  and  the  same  may  be  said  of  the  ablest 
men  who  have  been  graduated  from  Yale  during  the  last 
ceiitury.  Of  late  years  the  seci-et  societies,  confined  to 
classes,  and  seldom  mustering  more  than  twenty  at  any 
evening  session,  have  monopolized  the  time  and  attention  of 
the  students  and  have  destroyed  the  honored  old  societies. 
To  the  graduate  of  a  few  years,  there  is  nothing  more  absurd 
than  the  importance  which  the  vmdergraduate  attaches  to 
his  society  badge  and  secrets,  which,  from  the  jealousy  Avith 
which  they  are  guarded,  might  be  supposed  to  rival  the 
secrets  of  the  state  department,  or  of  the  grand  lodge  of 
free  and  independent  blacksmiths.  And  yet  after  all  the 
mystery  is  penetrated  it  means  simply  that  a  dozen  young- 
men  meet  in  a  badly  ventilated  hall  to  be  mutually  bored 
with  essays,  speeches,  and  perhaps  plays,  the  best  of  which 
would  be  greatly  improved  by  the  wider  range  and  more 
impartial  critizism  of  the  large  open  societies,  where  the 
speaker  or  essayist  is  brought  in  contact  with  the  keenest  in- 
tellects of  other  classes. 

Moreover,  the  secret  society  fosters  snobbery  and  tends  to 
create  division  among  the  best  friends,  one  of  whom  may  be 
fortunate  enough  to  secure  an  election  to  a  more  popular 
society  than  the  other.  There  is  hardly  a  class  in  which 
sincere  friendships  are  not  thus  broken  only  to  be  renewed 
after  an  experience  with  the  world  has  tauglit  the  youth  the 
insignificance  of  the  cause  of  separation  and  ill-feeling.  An- 
other bad  result  of  the  secret  societies  is  seen  in  college  pol- 
itics, the  combinations  of  which  prepare  the  young  men  for 
the  most  corrupt  side  of  future  politics.  Classmates  are 
elected  to  places  of  honor,  not  on  account  of  their  pre-eminent 
merit  but  because  they  are  skilful  enough  to  control  the  suc- 
cessful combinations  among  different  societies. 

It  would  be  a  good  thing  if  young  men  had  the  manliness 
to  appreciate  the  bad  effects  of  these  societies  and  to  volun- 
tarily repudiate  them  and  revive  the  more  honorable  and 
more  manly  rivahy  of  the  great,  open,  college  debating  socie- 
ties .  But  as  young  men  are  noi  always  the  best  judges  of 
their  own  needs,  perhaps  it  would  be  well  for  the  colleges  to 
act  on  the  suggestion  of  Mr.  Evarls  and  other  able  and  libe- 
ral thinkers,  and  suppress  the  secret  organizations.  If,  in 
this  way,  the  old  debating  societies  can  be  revived  and  made 
to  perform  their  ancient  part  in  mental  training,  the  benefits 
to  the  colleges  would  largely  outweigh  the  temporary  ill-feel- 
ing produced  among  a  few  undergraduates  by  the  suppres- 
sion of  their  favorite  societies." 

The  arguments  already  presented  are  believed  to  be  final 
and  exhaustive;  and,  though  not  unprofitable,  it  would  be  a 
labor  unnecessary  to  the  present  purpose  to  collate  the  nu- 
merous public  utterences  of  college  presidents  and  professors 
of  the  same  general  tenor.  But  it  would  be  unjust  to  sup^ 
pose  that  so  general  a  conviction  should  bs  without  some 
practical  results.  A  considerable  number  of  our  colleges 
have  met  the  secret  fraternities  with  an  excluding  rule.  Offi- 
cial timidity  sometimes  winks  at  its  violation;  but  of  the  298 
universities  and  collegiate  institutions  (not  female  or  scientific 
schools),  reporting  to  the  United  States  Bureau  of  Education 
and  published  in  the^Commissioner's  report  of  1872,  eighty- 
eight  are  believed  to  sustain  such  a  rule.  Among  these  are 
colleges  of  the  first  rank  in  intellectual  endowments  and 
moral  character.  Other  institutions  have  used  their  author- 
ity to  restrain  or  suppress  the  fraternities  by  college  law.  In 
1857,  the  faculty  of  Princeton  College,  N.  J.,  issued  a  gene- 
ral order  abolishing  all  the  secret  fraternities  of  the  institution. 
In  the  same  year  they  were  suppressed  by  a  like  measure  at 
Harvard  University,  Mass.  Some  of  the  societies,  however, 
are  said  to  have  kept  up  a  secret  e.vistence,  and  their  demise 
is  not  acknowledged  in  the  fraternity  catalogues,  and  under 
the  present  administration  at  Cambridge  they  expect  an  ear- 
ly and  full  restoration  of  former  privileges.  A  chapter  of 
the  "Sigma  Theta"  was  brought  to  an  end  by  the  fiiculty 
at  Amherst,  Mass.,  a  short  time  after  its  estabhshment  in 
1847.  At  Yale,  restrictions  have  at  various  times  been  plac- 
ed on  the  societies.  Singing  and  boisterous  conduct  on  the 
streets  after  adjournment  is  forbidden  the  Junior  societies. 


In  1864  "Sigma  Phi,"  a  Sophomore  society  estabhshed  in 
1846,  was  suppressed,  "  ha^ang  become  notoriously  disrepu- 
table." Another  society  arising  in  its  place  was  only  per- 
mitted on  condition  it  should  in  no  way  become  the  successor 
of  the  "Sigma  Phi,"  either  in  use  of  name,  badge,  or  hall, 
that  its  attention  should  be  given  to  literary  exercises,  and 
that  some  one  of  the  faculty  should  be  elected  to  honorary 
membership,  thus  securing  representation  and  nominal  control. 
In  1865  each  society  was  ordered  to  initiate  only  in  its  own 
hall  and  in  the  presence  of  members  alone.  Some  years  ago 
all  the  fraternities  of  Davidson  College,  North  Carolina, 
ceased  to  exist  by  order  of  the  faculty;  but  within  a  few 
months  the  same  body  has  consented  to  their  re  establishment. 
These  are  probably  the  most  prominent  instances  of  regula- 
tion or  suppression  which  fall  within  the  limits  of  this  chap- 
ter, and  they  are  sufficient  proof  that  firmness  only  is  needed 
in  enforcing  college  law  to  utterly  eradicate  a  system  so  gen- 
erally and  justly  condemned. 

Another  factor  in  this  problem  is  the  efforts  of  students 
themselves.  While  none  can  feel  more  keenly  the  evils  of 
the  Greek  societies,  their  opposition,  either  from  lack  of  en- 
thusiasm, or  pertinacity,  or  organization,  or  all  these,  has  not 
been  greatly  successful.  The  rapid  changes  of  student  life, 
the  preoccupation  of  mind  with  study  or  with  schemes  for  an 
ambitious  future  unfit  the  undergraduate  for  a  reformer;  and 
those  who  would  make  a  conscientious  war  on  the  fraterni- 
ties are  least  likely  to  give  to  extraneous  matters  time  devoted 
to  study.  The  most  prominent  organized  efforts  made  by 
students  are  i-epresented  by  the  "Delta  Upsilon,"  the  "Gam- 
maNu"  and  the  ''Independent"  societies.  The  Independ- 
ents, it  is  believed,  have  always  been  local  associations;  and 
through  frequent  change  of  membership,  lack  of  organiza- 
tion and  pointedness  of  effort  they  have  led  a  hfe  of  uncertain- 
ty. In  1868-9  there  was  a  society  at  Cornell  UniA^ersity 
which  issued  the  following  address  to  the  students  of  that 
institution : 

''Thus  early  in  its  history  this  institution  has  become  the 
scene  of  two  opposing  forces,  one  of  which  we  believe  to  be 
foreign  to  its  spirit,  and  at  war  with  its  liberal  and  comore- 
hensive  plans.  This  element  is  represented  by  secret  socie- 
ti-es.  Believing  them  to  be  fruitful  of  strife  and  dissatisfac- 
tion, we  look  with  concern  upon  their  presence  and  their 
growth  in  the  University.  Belonging  to  times  of  violence 
they  cannot  but  disturb  the  peacefulness  of  academic  life. 
They  throw  off  the  healthful  restraints  of  popular  criticism, 
and  seek  influence  and  honors  by  ways  not  provided  in  soci- 
ety at  large.  In  Universities  that  offer  the  privileges  of  cul- 
ture to  all,  they  become  exclusive;  and  where  all  ends  should 
be  intellectual,  they  turn  ambition  to  other  and  unprofitable 
uses.  As  aids  to  culture  they  are  seldom  entitled  to  especial 
consideration.  Their  alliances  are  rather  arbitrary  than 
friendly.  By  lessening  the  restraints  upon  indulgence;  by 
their  temptations  to  waste  money  and  time;  by  constraint 
over  their  minorities;  by  their  divisions,  rivalries  and  secrecy, 
they  dangerously  touch  the  character  of  their  own  members 
and  peace  of  all.  Their  history  is  a  story  of  turbulence  and 
disorder.  At  Yale  they  have  been  sharply  condemned.  At 
Harvard,  Princeton,  Union,  Oberhn,  Jefferson  and  West 
Point,  even  their  existence  has  been  forbidden. " 

The  following  were  adopted  as  the  principles  of  the  society : 

''  I.  We  hold  that  college  secret  societies  are  not  in  har- 
mony with  the  hberal  principles  of  Cornell  University. 

"2.  We  hold  that  they  are  calculated  to  produce  strife 
and  animosity,  and  to  create  distinctions  not  founded  on 
merit. 

"3.  We  hold  that  the  objects  of  equality,  fraternity  and 
morality  can  be  obtained  without  resoiting  to  the  veil  of 
secrecy. 

''4.  We  maintain  for  every  student  equal  rights  and  priv- 
ileges, and  we  hold  that  a  man  should  be  judged  in  all  char- 
ity not  according  to  his  pretensions  but  according  to  his  worth. 

"We  have  united  for  the  purpose  of  maintaining  and  de- 
fending liberal  principles,  and  for  promoting  intellectual,  social 
and  moral  improvement." 

The  excellence  of  this  platform  should  have  secured  large 
and  beneficial  results;  but  the  society  is  not  now  known  to 
be  active  at  Cornell.  A  similar  association  existed  at  the 
University  of  Michigan  at  about  the  same  time.  It  is  possi- 
ble that  these  societies  have  been  absorbed  in  the  "Delta 
Upsilon,"  as  has  been  the  case  with  other  open  organizations. 

The  ''Gamma  Nu"  is  an  open  society  in  the  Freshman 
class  at  Yale.  It  was  instituted  in  about  the  year  1855,  and 
had  in  the  first  ten  classes  296  members.  Coming  into  ex- 
istence in  an  order  of  things  so  uniformly  adverse  as  at  Yale 
this  society  has  worked  its  way  steadily  into  recognition.  Its 
founders  were  abxised,  derided,  set  aside.     Every  effort  was 


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made  to  crush  out  the  organization ;  and  yet  a  trace  of  the 
proscriptive  spirit  is  shown  toward  it,  although  it  is  acknowl- 
edged to  be  the  "society  of  hard-working  scholarship." 
While  havino-  but  about  one-fifth  of  the  members  of  the 
Freshman  class,  it  has  in  a  single  year,  out  of  243  honors  or 
prizes  with  a  cash  value  of  $3,396,  taken  109  of  them  valu- 
ed at  $2,400.  Some  of  the  best  and  some  of  the  poorest 
men  in  every  cla^-s  are  said  to  join  it:  the  one,  from  a  ''man- 
ly contempt  for  the  silly  mummeries  and  greedy  extortions  " 
of  the  Greek  fraternities;  the  other,  from  a  dread  of  their 
initiations.  Another  society  of  the  same  name  and  character 
was  established  at  Brown  University,  R.  I.,  in  18G0.  An 
unsuccessful  effort  was  made  in  1864  to  unite  with  Yale;  and 
in  1868  it  became  a  chapter  of  the  Delta  Upsilon  anti-secret 
fraternity. 

The  above  societies  are  local  and  independent;  the  Delta 
Upsilon  has  branches  in  a  number  of  institutions;  the  cata- 
logue pubhshed  in  1860  has  reports  from  seventeen.  They 
are  known  as  chapters,  and  were  established  at  the  following- 
institutions  at  the  dates  mentioned :  WiUiams  College, 
Mass. ,  founded  1834,  whole  number  of  members  472;  Union 
College,  N.  Y.,  1838,  461  members;  Amherst  College, 
Mass.,  1847,  247  members;  Hamikon  College,  N.  Y.,  1847, 
194  members;  Colby  University,  Waterville,  Me. ,  1850,  117 
members;  Rochester  University,  N.  Y,,  1853,  il7  members; 
Middlebury  College,  Vt.,  1856,  90  members;  Rutgers  Col- 
lege, N.  J.,  1858,  74  members;  Jefferson  College,  Pa.,  1859, 
69  members;  New  York  University,  1865,  35  members; 
Western  Reserve  College,  0.,  1865,  46  members;  Madison 
University,  Hamilton,  N.  Y.,  1866,  69  members;  Washing- 
ton College,  Pa.,  1866,  16  members;  Miami  University,  0., 
1868,  29  members;  Brown  University,  R.  I.,  organized  1860, 
86  members;  Cornell  University,  N,  Y.,  1869,  27  members; 
Trinity  College,  Hartford,  Conn.,  1869,  14  members;  total 
membership  2,163.  All  but  three  chapters,  those  at  Wil- 
liams and  Washington  Colleges  and  Colby  University,  report 
■up  to  the  date  of  the  catalogue." 

The  Delta  Upsilon  organization  is  modeled  after  the  Greek 
letter  societies,  but  on  the  principle  of  opposition  to  their 
secret  character.  It  has  annual  conventions  and  an  organ, 
Oar  Record,  published  at  Utica,  N.  Y.  Its  object  is  thus 
stated  in  the  constitution : 

''Believing  that  secret  societies  are  calculated  to  destroy 
the  harmony  of  college,  to  create  distinctions  not  founded 
on  merit,  to  produce  strife  and  animosity,  we  feel  called  upon 
to  exert  ourselves  to  counteract  the  evil  tendency  of  such 
associations.  We  believe  that  the  evils  resulting  from  them 
are  such  as  can  be  suppressed  by  action  combined  with  prin- 
ciples. We  are  confident  that  the  great  objects  of  equality, 
fraternity  and  morality  may  be  attained  without  resorting  -to 
the  veil  of  secrecy.  We,  therefore,  the  several  anti-secret 
societies  of  Hamilton  and  Waierville  Colleges,  the  University 
of  Rochester,  and  Middlebury,  Rutgers  and  Jefferson  Colleges, 
in  order  to  secure  greater  unity,  permanency  and  efiiciency 
of  effort,  do  agree  to  form  ourselves  into  a  fraternity  for  the 
purpose  of  counteracting  the  evil  tendency  of  secret  associa- 
tions in  college,  for  maintaining  and  diffusing  liberal  prinei- 
ciples,  and  for  promoting  intellectual,  social  and  moral  im- 
provement. In  doing  this  we  trust  we  have  at  heart  the 
best  interests  of  the  institutions  to  which .  we  belong,  and 
that  we  are  directed  by  the  light  of  experience,  the  sugges- 
tions of  I'Cason  and  the  dictates  of  conscience.  ' 

No  person  is  admitted  "who  does  not  practice  strict  mo- 
rality, or  who  belongs  to,  or  countenances  any  college  secret 
society,"  and  each  member,  on  joining,  takes  the  following- 
pledge  : 

"You  affirm  that  the  principles  of  this  fraternity  as  ex- 
pressed in  its  preamble  and  constitution,  accord  entirely  with 
your  views;  that,  as  a  member  of  this  fraternity,  you  will 
faithfully  adhere  to  those  principles  and  abide  by  all  its  rules 
and  regulations;  that  you  will  ever  extend  to  each  brother 
the  right  hand  of  sympathy ;  that  you  will  uphold  and  en- 
courage your  fellow  members  in  all  that  is  honorable  and 
right;  and  that,  at  all  times,  and  in  all  circumstances,  you 
will  endeavor  to  cultivate  those  feehngs  which  should  ever 
exist  between  brothers  engaged  in  a  common  cause ; — all  this 
you  solemnly  promise  on  your  sacred  honor. " 

Among  the  prominent  members  of  this  organization  are 
Austin  Blair,  ex-Governor  of  Michigan;  William  Bross,  of 
the  Chicago  Tribune  and  ex-Lieut.  Gov.  of  Illinois;  Judge 
Field,  of  California;  David  A.  Wells;  Generals  James  A.  Gar- 
field, M.  C. ,  and  J.  C.  Lee,  of  Ohio;  Presidents  Bartlett  of 
Maryville  College,  Tenn. ,  Merriam  of  Ripon,  Wis. ,  North- 
rup  of  Chicago  University,  Cowles  of  Elmira  Female  Col- 
lege, BUss  of  Syrian  College,  Bierut,  Williams  of  West  Va. 


College,  Ferris  of  New  York  Univei-sity  and  Weston  of 
Crozen  Institute.  There  are  also  thirty-five  professors  and 
thirty-nine  missionaries  of  the  American  Board.  Distin- 
guished honorary  members  are  Albert  Barnes,  Prof.  Nelson  of 
Lane  Seminary  and  Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps  of  Vermont. 

So  far  as  results  are  known  the  Delta  Upsilon  cannot  be 
regarded  as  greatly  successful,  although  undoubtedly  useful 
in  keeping  alive  an  honorable  sentiment  and  laying  the  foun- 
dation of  a  thorough  reform.  Formed  after  an  exactino- 
model  its  energy  is  to  a  considerable  degree  exhausted  in 
preserving  its  own  vitality  before  its  great  work  is  begun. 
Outside  the  Yale  society  it  seems,  however,  to  be  the  best 


organized  movement  among  students  to  remove  the  evils  of 
the  secret  societies. 


HUM  AND  TOBACCO. 

— By  a  Ia,w  which  recently  passed  the  Missouri  Legislature, 
the  selhng  or  giving  intoxicating  liquor  to  any  minor  or 
habitual  drunkard,  after  warning  from  wife,  parent  or  guarJ- 
iao,  is  to  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  140  and 
forfeiture  of  license. 

— The  Boston  Journal  says  of  social  usages  ia  that  city, 
"Public  dinners  witbout  liquors  are  the  rule  instead  of  the 
exception.  Many  of  our  military  companies  have  done 
away  with  the  use  of  wine  for  several  yearp.  The  entire 
Fire  Department  of  Boston  is  required  to  sign  the  total 
abstinence  pledge, 

— The  Ohio  Constitutional  Convention  lately  passed  to  a 
third  reading  the  following  alterative  propositions  to  be  voted 
on  separately  by  the  people:  First,  license  to  traffic  in 
spirituous,  vinous,  or  malt  liquors,  un  der  such  regulations 
as  shall  be  presented  by  law,  may  be  granted,  but  this  sec- 
tion Bcall  not  prevent  the  General  Assembly  from  passing 
such  laws  to  restrict  such  traffic  as  to  compensate  injuries 
resulting  therefrom.  Secoad,  no  license  to  traffic  in  intox'- 
cating  liquors  shall  hereafter  be  granted  in  this  State,  but 
the  General  Assembly  may  by  law  restrain  or  prohibit  the 
traffic,  or  may  provide  against  the  evils  resulting  therefrom. 

Elkuart,  lud.,  April  12.~— Goro  &  Wright's  planing  mill 
was  entirely  destroyed  by  fire  at  1:30  this  afternoon.  It 
originated  by  ashes  from  a  pipe  falling  into  the  ebavings. 
The  flames  spread  so  rapidly  that  only  one  desk  was  remov- 
ed. The  building  was  owned  by  the  Elkhart  Hydraulic 
Company,  and  cost  $3,500.  Insured  for  $1,750  in  the 
Aetna  and  PeaDPylvama.  The  machinery  was  worth  $6  000 ; 
insured  for  $2,  500  in  the  Orient,  Lancaster  and  Franklin,  of 
wirginia.  The  loss  will  reach  $5,000,  It  is  a  severe  blow 
to  the  enterprising  proprietors,  who  lately  added  new  ma- 
chinery . 

— Last  Thursday  morning  the  Staats  Zeitung  published 
what  purported  to  be  a  report  of  a  trial  before  Justice  Scul- 
ly, wherein  a  law-breaking  beer-seller  was  defendant. 
There  was  a  jary  in  the  case,  having  among  its  number 
several  very  seusible  and  respectable  gentlemen.  Two  or 
three  of  Field,  Leiter  &  Co. 'a  employes  served  on  it.  The 
beer-seller  was  acquitted,  though  the  evidence  against  him 
was  conclusive,  and  on  the  following  morning  the  German 
paper  fairly  howled  about  rights  and  privileges,  constitutions, 
tyrants,  etc.,  etc.  The  firm  of  Field,  Lgiter  &  Co.  came  in 
for  more  than  its  f?hare  of  abuae,  because  a  few  of  its  clerks 
chanced  to  be  in  the  jury-box,  and  were  honest  enough  to 
perform  their  duties.  The  Germans  were  io'.d  the  firm  was 
composed  of  Know-No  things,  who  were  born  with  a  hatred 
for  foreigners,  and  were  advised  not  to  deal  with  it  any  more. 
It  is  now  stated  that  a  rival  firm,  when  it  discovered  that 
this  damaging  article  concerning  Field  &  Leiter  was  in  print, 
endeavored  to  buy  1,000  copies  of  the  Staats  Ziitung  for 
private  circulation.  Failicg  in  this,  it  borrowed  the  article 
in  type,  and  had  it  printed  in  the  form  of  a  circular.  The 
German  paper  was  given  proper  credit  for  the  article,  and 
an  additional  paragraph  was  attached  to  it  which  called  the 
attention  of  the  people  to  the  fact  that  the  rival  firm  was 
the  friend  of  the  Germans,  that  it  had  taken  no  part  in  the 
beer  matter,  and  that  it  was  a  good  house  for'  Germans  to 
trade  with.  And  this  is  what  is  called  *'  business  enter- 
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Contents. 

Editorial  Articles 

Last  Words  before  Going  to  Syracuse ....  Trouble  in  the 
U.  P.  Church.  ...The  Swiug  Trial  Ended. ..  .Seylla  and 
Charybdis. . .  .Shall  Masons  Be  Received  without  Ques- 
tion into  the  Church Notes Literary  Notices. 

Topics  op  thb  Time 

Contributed  and  Select  Articles 

Masonic  Corner-stone   Laying  (Poetry) The  Grange 

....Novel  Reading.  A  Seccder  on  Masonic  Religion. 
Prohibition  in  Maine, 

Reform  News 

Notices.... Grant  Co.,  Ind.,  Organizes! !!!proV.Blanch- 
ard  .at  Utica,  N.  Y. 

CORBBSPONDBNCB 

Threats   and    Intimidation Temperance     Orders 

From  Williams  Co . ,  O A  Personal  Letter. . . . Our  Mail. 

^ORTY  Teaks  Ago.    The  Genesee  Con  sociation 

CoLLESB  Secret  Societies 13, 

Chapter  IV.  Continued. 

Masonry  in  Scotland 

Letter  from  Dr.  McLaren 

The  Home  Circle ..!!.......]!'!!.!!.!!.!.!!!! 

Children's  Corner 

The  Sabbath  School 

Home  and  Health  Hints 

Farm  and  Garden 

Religiou s  Intelligence !....!.!.!!"!. 

News  of  the  Week 

Publisher's  Department  ...V. .......... .V.V.... '..'..'. 

Advertisements \_\ 13  14 


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— The  May  anniversaries  of  various  religious  bodies 
have  this  year  returned  quite  generally  to  New  York. 
Amonsj  those  which  have  met  during  the  present 
month  are  the  American  Seaman's  Friend  Society, 
which  held  its  forty-sixth  anniversary  in  the  Church 
of  the  Holy  Trinity;  the  American  Home  Missionary 
Society  in  Broadway  Tabercacle;  the  Presbyterian 
Board  of  Foreign  Missions  in  Dr.  Paxton's  Church ; 
the  American  French  Guardian  Society  in  the  West 
Presbyterian  Church:  the  National  Temperance  Soci- 
ety in  Steinway  Hall;  the  American  and  Foreign 
Christian  Union  in  the  Bible  House;  the  American 
Tract  Society  in  the  Bible  House;  and  the  Baptist 
Sunday-School  Union  and  the  American  Conereaa- 
tional  Union.  ^    *" 


The  Swing  trial  closed  on  Wednesday  last.  Forty- 
six  of  the  presbyters  voted  for  his  acquittal  on  both 
the  charges  preferred,  thirteen  to  convict,  and  two 
votes  were  divided.  Dr.  Patton  gave  notice  of  an  ap- 
peal to  the  Synod.  On  Thursday  Prof.  Swing  tele- 
graphed from  Oxford,  0.,  (where  his  public  life  be- 
gan,) that  he  intended  to  withdraw  from  the  Presby- 
terian church.  He  returned  to  Chicago  on  Friday 
and  preached  as  usual  on  the  Sabbath.  His  church 
(the  Fourth  Presbyterian)  voted  on  Friday  to  remain 
m  connection  with  the  Presbyterian  Church,  and  also 
to  retain  Mr.  Swing,  an  independent  minister  in  a 
Presbyterian  church,  an  anomalous  but  occasional 
connection.  After  his  sermon  on  Sunday  a  subscrip- 
tion of  over  $20,000  was  raised  to  pay  off  the  floatina 
debt,  wh;ch>ay  be  considered  as  an  evidence  of  hi'^ 
popularity.  The  result  of  the  trial  was  received  also 
with  great  satisfaction  by  the  daily  press,  which  seems 
suddenly  elevated  to  be  "Sir  Oracle"  in  theology. 
Revs.  Collier  and  Powers,  Unitarians,  and  Thomas 
Methodist,  gave  a  part  or  the  whole  of  a  discourse  ti 
gratulations  on  the  course  of  the  Chicago  Presbytery. 

The  Mill  River  disaster  is  likely  to  have  a  place 
with  the  Pemberton  Mills.  The  reservoir  dam  was 
built  several  years  ago  by  a  contractor  named  Bassett. 
This  person  was  present  with  a  copy  of  the  original 
contract,  when  a  committee  sent  from  the  Massachus- 
etts Legislature  visited  the  fatal  wall,  and  called  at- 
tention to  any  evidence  that  might  show  that  its  stipu- 
lations were  fulfilled.  But  it  was  shown  to  his  face 
that  the  foundation  should  have  been  sunk  at  least 
three  feet  below  the  bottom  of  the  reservoir,  whereas 
it  was  built  only  from  the  bottom,  giving  opportuijity 


for  hidden  springs  to  undermine  it.  The  wall  was 
four  feet  narrower  than  the  contract,  without  but 
tresses,  tapering  to  the  top,  and  banked  up  with  earth 
sand.  It  is  a  wonder  that  it  has  held  so  long  and 
that  hundreds  of  villagers  could  dwell  beneath  it  with 
so  little  caution.  A  coroner's  jury,  composed  it  is  said 
of  men  who  understand  their  business,  are  at  work  on 
the  case;  and  if  the  accident  is  the  result  of  earless- 
ness  in  construction  or  otherwise ,  let  there  be  no  fal- 
tering in  judicial  punishment. 


In  several  large  cities  the  temperance  movement 
conducted  by  women  has  received  a  check.  This  is 
notably  the  case  in  Pittsburgh  and  Cincinnati,  where 
several  praying  bands  have  been  arrested  on  the  ground 
of  obstructing  the  streets  and  hindering  business. 
Shallow  and  false  to  justice  as  this  pretense  is,  when 
a  Masonic  procession  spread  through  the  streets  for 
mere  ignoble'display  is  never  interfered  with  for  that 
reason,  the  effort  to  brave  it  out  against  constituted 
authojities  does  not  command  that  public  sympathy 
without  which  the  temperance  movement  largelj 
fails.  The  arrested  ladies  were  generally  discharged 
with  a  reprimand.  The  arrests  caused  great  excite- 
ment and  in  Pittsburgh  gave  an  impetus  of  indignation 
which  may  have  a  brief  effect.  It  is  worth  while  to 
inquire  whether  the  same  perseverance  and  effort  used 
in  a  different  manner  might  not  accomplish  more. 
The  ladies  of  Chicago  since  the  failure  of  their  peti- 
tion to  the  Common  Council  have  maintained  a  dail} 
prayer  meeting  for  this  object  and  occasionally  a  day 
of  fasting  and  prayer,  while  temperance  meetings  are 
frequent.  This  may  be  more  slow,  but  by  God's  grace 
more  sure.  At  Wheaton,  near  Chicago,  meetings  for 
prayer  and  for  the  public  have  been  held  weekly;  the 
people  were  brought  to  harmonious  action;  and  the 
saloons  all  surrendered  before  a  cent  of  the  prosecut 
ing  fund  was  expended. 

la  ■  t» 

The  moiety  system  by  which  Jayne  and  Sanbora 
have  gained  an  unenviable  noteriety,  is  at  length 
near  its  end.  The  House  of  Representatives  passed 
a  bill  last  week  abolishing  the  system  utterly,  and  the 
Senate  will  not  long  defer  its  endorsement.  The 
amount  of  official  corruption  uncovered  in  the  inves- 
tigations preceding  the  adoption  of  this  measure  would 
astonish  any  but  Americans,  who  are  likely  to 
become  proverbially  indifferent  to  such  often  repeated 
developments.  The  Ways  and  Means  Committee, 
who  have  conducted  the  examinations,  have  in  their 
capacity  prepared  a  censure  upon  Secretary  Rich- 
ardson, Assistant  Secretary  Sawyer,  and  Solicitor 
Baniield,  for  their  connectioa  with  the  fradulent  sys- 
tem, which  will  be  a  lever  for  their  removal  from  the 
money  chests  of  the  Treasury,  where  they  have  clung 
1  ke  barnacles.  The  press  of  the  country  as  the  expon- 
ent of  public  opinion,  has  been  largely  inliaential  in 
securing  this  reformation,  and  has  thus  once  more  vin- 
dicated its  mentorship  over  the  affairs  of  the  nation. 
There  are  yet  other  dark  and  hideous  forms  of  error 
which  must  feel  the  point  of  its  eager  spear. 

"The  two  best  known  of  ail  secret  societies  that  ever 
have  been  are  the  two  most  extensive  monuments  of 
humbug  on  the  one  side  and  credulity  on  the  other. 
They  divide  themselves  between  the  ancient  world  and 
the  modern.  The  great  and  illustrious  humbug  of 
ancient  history  was,  The  Meusinian  Mysteries.  The 
great  and  illustrious  humbug  of  modern  history,  of  the 
history  which  boasts  a  present  and  a  future,  as  well  as 
a  past,  is  Freemasonry. ■^J%omas  J)eQuincy." 


Masonic  Corner-Stoue  Laying. 


[A  Soliloquy.] 


BY  J.  L.   15ARL0W. 


There's  music  on  the  air.    I  hear  a  tramp. 

As  if  an  army  late  bad  broken  camp . 

And  see!    Did  e'er  my  eyes  suck  visions  greet, 

As  this  procession,  coming  up  the  street? — 

A  line  of  apron'd,  collar'd,  armed  men, 

With  silken  banners,  telling  what  and  when. — 

And  then,  yon  mitred  priests,  and  crowned  kings. 

The  dim  and  misty  past,  to  mem'ry  brings. 

Has  Aaron  come  from  Horeb's  rocky  height — 

Ezekiel's  vision  turned  to  men  of  might? 

And  has  Jeshurun's  king  come  back  again. 

To  lead  a  host  of  resurrected  men? 

I'd  think  them  ghosts,  from  Hades  lately  come. 
But  for  their  tread,  and  sound  of  trump  and  drum. 
I've  read  of  knights  who  graced  a  former  day, 
Can  these  be  such  ?  or  savages  are  they 
More  richly  tinsel'd,  feather'd,  than  their  wont, 
Out  from  their  wigwams  on  a  stately  hunt? 

What's  that!  upon  yon  silken  cushion  borne, 
On  which  a  square,  and  compasses  are  worn? 
It  is  a  Bible! — Word  of  King  of  kings; 
But  why  upon  it  are  those  other  things? 
Is  this  a  crowd  from  home,  or  coast? 
Is  it  a  Christian,  or  a  heathen  host  ? 

I  strive  to  read  the  riddle,  but  in  vain; — 
'Tis  mingling  of  the  sacred  and  profane. 

But  stop!    Do  I  not  know  yon  mitred  brow? 
'Twas  a  familiar  look  I  caught  but  now. 

0  no,  it  cannot  be!    Yet  still  it  seems, — 
It  is  my  pastor,  Reverend  Doctor  Deems! 
What,  he — a  Christian — 'mong  that  motley  crew! 
Has  he  become  a  masquerading  Jew  ? 

An  Israelite  is  walking  by  his  side; 
And  next  a  godless  lawyer,  fiU'd  with  pride, 
Who  on  the  Sabbath  leads  our  village  choir. 
And  cools  the  pulpit's  anti-secret  fire ; 
And  next  to  him,  behold  our  pompous  squire! 

1  know  them  now  in  their  outlandish  gear, 
As  in  their  march  each  one  is  drawing  near. 

Lo!  there  goes  Deacon  Smooth-face,  "cheek  by  jowl" 

With — as  I  live! — that  drunken  Doctor  Growl! 

My  brother,  Tom, — the  rattling,  crazy  scamp — 

Walks  arm  in  arm  with  Superintendent  Camp! 

Then  that  molasses-coloied  man,  Ah  Sing, 

Is  sandwiched  in  between  the  brothers  King, 

With  Christian,  pagan,  Jew,  and  everything! 

What  does  it  mean?    My  head  aches  with  surprise 

At  the  strange  pageant  passing  'neath  my  eyes. 

But  stop!  priests,  kings  aud  knights,  a  halt  have  made, 

Right  where  a  corner-stone  is  to  be  laid ; 

And  from  the  crowd  stand  forth  a  chosen  few, 

Who  have  the  contemplated  work  in  view. 

My  priestly  pastor,  now,  is  mouthing  prayer. 
In  which,  nor  work,  nor  name  of  Christ  is  there. 
A  song  in  saintly  fashion  now  is  sung. 
Among  whose  chords  is  heard  no  female  tongue. 
The  stone  is  tried  by  level,  plumb  and  square; 
And  then  the  Muster  lays  it  with  an  "air!  " 
The  corn,  the  wine  aud  oil  have  played  their  part. 
And  spoke  the  heathen,  more  than  Christian  art; 
While  like  most  solemn  noodles,  there  and  then. 
Admired  the  work — those  aproned,  strange  clad  men. 

What  is  this  medley?    Has  the  thing  a  name? 
E'en  while  I  look  I  feel  a  rising  shame. 
Here  walks  a  Christian  in  this  strange  attire, 
And  there  a  heathen — worshiper  of  fire! 
A  minister  and  infidel  are  next; 
(Would  I  could  give  that  godly  man  a  text;) 
All,  all  that  host  are  in  one  livery  clad. 
The  seeming  good  fused  with  the  M'cil-kuownbad. 

Freemasons? — Yes.      I've  heard! — And  these  are 
they? 
What  is  the  world  the  better  for  them,  pray? 
What  right  had  Masons  thus  this  stone  to  lay. 
And  so  to  bear  these  honors  all  away? 
I've  read  strange  things  about  this  mystic  craft, 
Of  silly  rites,  o'er  which  I've  often  laughed ; 
And  then  I  'mind  me  of  the  awful  oaths, 
They're  made  to  take,   when  stripp'd  of  half  their 

clothes; 
But  now  how  fine,  j'et  very  strange  they  look! 
Is  this  the  way  they  bait  the  mystic  hook, 
With  which  the  raw  recruits  are  lured  and  caught. 
And  then  into  their  galling  slavery  brought? 
.^Ii/  pastor,  too!  who  would  have  tiiought  that  he 
Would  condescend  with  such  a  crowd  to  be? 
When  next  I  hear  him  preach,  I  shall,  I  know. 
Recall  the  hood-wink  and  the  cable-tow; 
And  when  he's  praying  in  his  holiest  tones. 
My  mind  will  see  him  on  his  marrow  bones ; 
And  when  my  hand  he  takes,  my  thoughts  will  slip, 
I  fear,  to  this,  or  that.  Masonic  grip. 
With  what  I  know  of  this  promiscuous  clan. 
It  will  prove  hard  to  listen  to  this  man. 
I've  thought  him  to  his  Master  leal  and  true, — 
And  now  to  find  him  joined  to  such  a  crew. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN '  CYNOSURE. 


And  giving  moral  aid  to  all  they  do! 

In  cliurch  'tis  Christ,  but  here  he  worships  Baal ; 

All  such  divided  service  can  but  fail. 

Of  ministers,  alas!  there's  more  than  one, 
The  so-called  honors  of  the  lodge  has  won; 
For  nearly  all  the  preachers  of  the  place 
Are  out,  with  stately  tread,  and  solemn  face, 
These  modern  pagan  mysteries  to  grace ; — 
Though  one  or  two,  I  thought,  did  not  appear 
To  feel  as  if  tUe  moral  was  quite  clear. 

'Tis  well  we  know  our  pastors  are  but  men. 
Lest  'twixtour  God  and  us  they  come;  but  then, 
'Twere  well  we  learned  it  in  some  other  way 
Than  by  the  humbling  lessons  of  to-day. 
How  could  this  man  in  public  thus  proclaim 
Such  fellowship,  without  a  blush  of  shame? 
I've  learned  from  reading  Morgan  and  Bernard, 
(Though  to  believe  their  saying  has  been  hard,) 
That  Masons  do  not  liesitate  to  claim 
Deliverance  without  His  saving  name! — 
And  that  the  "Common  Gavel,"  as  they  say, 
Will  cleanse  and  tit  one  for  the  "shining  way." 
The  Bible,  as  a  "saving  light,"  must  share 
Its  honors  with  the  compass  and  square! — 
While  unto  them  our  Holy  God  of  love 
Is  but  Grand  Master  of  a  lodge  above! — 
And  to  that  lodge,  each  intidel  and  Jew 
Is  bound,  as  well  as  every  Christian,  true 
If  but  his  oath  he  keeps,  and  pays  his  due. 

All  this  my  honored  pastor  can  but  know ; 
As  all  their  manuals  do  plainly  show. 
Does  he  believe  in  this  religion  bald, 
As  he's  "from  labor  to  refreshment  call'd?" 
Can  he  consent  to  mumble  Christless  prayers, 
While  gravely  climbing  up  the  "winding  stairs?" 
Or,  will  he  keep  that  obligation  strong 
To  save  a  "craft  companion,"  right  or  wrong? 
And  when  he's  challenged,  will  he  dare  the  sham, 
And  give  a  password,  "I  am  that  I  am?" 
And  did  he  tind  within  the  secret  den 
That  ''name"  he  may  not  tell  to  Christian  men? 
Did  he  the  oath  of  Master  Mason  take 
And  ne'er  his  conscience  nor  his  manhood  wake? 
He  made  to  swear  he  would  not  violate 
The  chastity  of  Master  Mason's  mate. 
Or  daughter,  sister,  knoicing  them  to  be, 
While — for  his  oath — towards  others  he  is  free! 
Were  honor,  pride,  and  manhood  with  his  clothes. 
While  he  his  soul  was  blistering  with  such  oaths? 
What  consorts  for  a  minister  are  they 
Who  must  protect  themselves  in  such  a  way! 
And  much  a  self-respecting  man  is  he. 
The  supple  tool  of  such  a  "craft"  to  be? 
Can  he  with  lom  these  obligations  view, 
And  to  the  Gospel,  and  to  Christ,  be  true? 
He's  not  a  Christian,  if  he  does  believe 
The  lie.    But  if  he'll  willingly  deceive, — 
And  through  such  solemn,  awful  mockery  wade, 
A  thing  for  our  contempt  himself  he's  made. 

The  march  is  past ;  the  flaunting  banners  gone ; 
Which  in  their  passing  thus  my  thought  has  drawn. 
Like  nightmare  it  has  weighed  my  spirits  down. 
To  see  my  pastor  wear  that  priestly  crown. 

I  feel  there's  danger  both  to  church  and  state. 
Unless  we  waken  soon  'twill  be  too  late 
To  save  our  country  from  impending  fate. 
Who  will  our  churches  from  their  slumbers  wake — 
The  careless  patriots'  numbing  fetters  break. 
And  on  their  hearts  and  hands  the  burden  take? 
The  press  is  in  their  hands,  or  else  too  weak ; 
The  pulpit  will  not,  or  it  dare  not,  speak; 
And  on  the  people's  conscience,  out  from  hell 
Has  come  a  blasting  mildew,  and  a  "spell." 

But  God's  not  dead,  nor  is  our  Christ  asleep; 
Nor  is  it  our's  to  wring  our  hands  and  weep ; 
But  in  God's  strength  to  conquer  as  we  go, 
A  loyal  host  against  this  Christless  foe. 
Then  fling  our  banners  out;  and  with  the  sword 
Of  Truth  we'll  march  and  conquer  for  our  Lord, 
Sustain'd  in  all  our  conflicts  by  his  Word. 

Tlie  (xrauge. 

BY  REV,  J.  0.    BAYLE3. 

Seldom  has  there  bsen  a  more  plausible  trap  laid 
for  men  than  the  grange  organization.  It  has  a  win- 
ning story  about  cheap  purchase  and  the  shelving  ol 
middle  men.  It  has  the  same  bait  as  Masonry  in  the 
way  of  religion;- just  enough  to  soothe  an  easy  con- 
science yet  not  enough  to  disturb  the  sleeping  soul. 

These  two  ingredients  mate  the  cup  appear  very 
plausible.  Man  wants  a  religion  of  some  nature  and 
this  has  a  very  happy  connection  and  satisfactory  de- 
gree. The  church  is  too  spiritual  in  its  nature,  but 
the  combination  of  business  and  religion  with  little  of 
the  latter  and  much  of  the  former  strikes  many  men 
in  a  favorable  light.  As  a  kind  of  back  ground  to  aid 
in  this  movement,  not  a  few  farmers  are  fully  persuad- 
ed that  nearly  all  virtue  has  taken  refuge  in  the  rural 
districts  and  they  imagine  they  see  in  the  grange  what 
will  steady  the  helm  and  set  all  things  right.  The 
novelty  in  its  ritual  and  secrecy  is  also  a  very  pleasant 
little  waking  up  lo  the  staid  life  of  the  farmer,  espe- 
cially the  youth,  exciting  a  vague  hope  that  it  will 
transform  the  world.  That  this  full  of  illusion  we 
think,  because: 

First,  need  we  suppose  that  the  middle  men  that 
the  grange  must  employ  will  do  the  work  any   more 


reasonably  than  our  merchants  ?  Gavazzi  found  those 
who  thought  he  and  his  associates  of  the  Free  Church 
of  Italy  ought  to  have  remained  in  the  Roman  Catho- 
lic church  and  reformed  it.  His  reply  in  the  first 
place  was,  '-he  did  not  want  to  become  a  fool  at  once. ' 
Men  ought  not  to  throw  away  common  sense.  Who 
hinders  any  one  from  engaging  in  any  lawful  manu- 
facturing and  merchandising?  Our  merchants  buy  al 
the  manufactories  when  they  think  best,  but  frequent- 
ly prefer  to  avail  themselves  of  the  skill  and  labor  oi 
middle  men.  Will  not  the  agent  that  distributes  the 
goods  of  the  grarge  (in  case  there  should  be  any)  re- 
quire remuneiation  as  well  as  our  present  merchants? 
Can  he  or  will  he  make  brick  without  straw?  We  do 
not  deny  but  an  article  here  and  there  may  be  fur- 
nishei  at  a  reduction,  yet  we  have  seen  some  grangers, 
but  none  that  were  ever  benefitted  in  this  way.  The 
rale  will  be  to  the  masses  as  some  of  the  craft  now 
testify,  their  outlay  in  it  is  more  than  their  income. 

Second ,  because  of  the  nature  of  its  organization. 

It  is  selfish,  designed  to  benefit  only  the  farmer. 
It  is  at  war  with  the  other  classes  of  Bociety,  without 
whose  co-operation  all  progress  will  be  seriously  im- 
peded. It  is  a  secret  society,  which  fact  will  recoil 
on  itself.  As  in  Masonry  the  rank  and  file  will  pay 
their  dues  without  receiving  benefit,  because  the  man- 
agers will  need  all  the  proceeds.  As  in  Masonry  the 
masses  will  know  little  about  and  have  little  to  do  with 
managing  the  general  fund.  A  good  Mason  of  fifteen 
degrees  told  me  he  liked  Masonry  in  all  but  one  thing, 
he  did  not  know  where  so  much  money  went.  We  live 
in  an  ago  where  it  is  hopeless  to  look  for  honesty  in 
such  a  co-operation.  Supposing  all  is  hones\  the  in- 
surance societies  consume  on  an  average  thirty-three 
per  cent,  in  management;  will  the  grange  be  any  bet- 
ter? The  sum  of  it  all  is  likely  to  be,  more  middle 
men  and  increasing  the  burdens  of  society. 

Third,  one  of  the  articles  of  their  constitution  is 
that  all  questions  of  politics  and  religion  will  not  be 
tolerated  as  subjects  of  discussion  in  the  work  of  the 
order. 

During  this  winter  the  order  in  the  West  sent  a  list 
of  questions  to  their  members  of  Congress  at  Wash- 
ington, asking  them  to  reply  yes  or  no.  It  is  well 
known  that  in  some  of  these  States  they  are  doing 
their  utmost  to  control  the  politics,  and  yet  they  are 
to  have  nothing  to  do  ^f  ith  politics !  They  are  to  dis- 
cuss no  questions  of  religion,  and  yet  we  are  told  by  it 
that  the  mind  is  to  be  expanded  by  tracing  the  beauti- 
ful laws  the  great  Creator  has  established  in  the  uni- 
verse and  to  enlarge  the  views  of  creative  wisdom  and 
power.  But  in  case  a  member  speaks  of  these  things  in 
a  religious  light,  or  speaks  of  religion  in  any  aspect  he 
is  called  to  order  for  violating  the  constitution  of  the 
society.  It  is  surely  a  strange  place  for  a  Christian, 
and  we  can  safely  say  that  an  order  that  is  so  self- 
contradictory  and  ignores  the  light  of  heaven  will  not 
be  very  remunerative  in  the  long  run . 

Kortright,  iV.  Y. 

Novel  Keadtng, 


BT.    WM,   S,   8PBN0BR. 


The  morals  as  well  as  the  intellectual  character  of  a 
people  are  dependent  upon  their  literature.  The  same 
is  as  true  of  the  individual  as  of  the  nation.  Alexan- 
der's character  was  moulded  and  shaped,  very  much, 
by  the  constant  reading  of  Homer.  He  kept  it  always 
with  him;  that  by  contemplating  the  life  and  character 
of  Achilles,  he  might  himself  become  truly  heroic. 
Our  Puritan  fathers  were  truly  great  as  well  as  good 
men,  but  they  drank  in  the  spirit  of  Milton,  Howard 
and  Baxter,  the  great  authors  of  their  age  and  nation. 

He  who  said,  "Let  me  write  the  ballads  of  a  nation 
and  I  care  not  who  makes  her  laws,"  meant  to  state 
this  great  principle:  The  morals  of  society  are  more 
affected  by  its  literature  than  by  its  rulers.  The 
young  especially,  whose  passions  are  ardent,  and 
whose  imaginations  are  ever  on  the  wing,  love  to 
dwell  in  an  ideal  world,  rather  than  in  a  world  of  real- 
ity .  They  crave  the  romantic,  the  strange,  the  start- 
ling.    Fictitious  works  are  especially  adapted  to  feed 


and  fire  the  natural  propensity,  instead  of  curbing  dnd 
directing  as  every  stimulus  should.  We  have  only  to 
furnish  works  of  this  immoral,  vividly-pictured  charac- 
ter, and  the  minds  of  the  young  will  receive  a  bias 
which  may  fit  them  to  move  in  some  ideal  world,  but 
not  in  this  life  of  toil,  sorrow  and  moral  responsibility, 
for  this  latter  the  mind  must  undergo  a  severe,  rigid 
discipline  which  it  is  not  the  province  of  fiction  to  im- 
part. From  the  multiplication  of  this  trash  literature, 
from  its  univei-^al  diffusion  we  see  the  danger  to  wBich 
our  youth  are  exposed. 

Mark,  we  do  not  enter  upon  a  crusade  against  the 
perusal  of  works  of  fiction;  we  should  be  sorry  to  de- 
bar the  individual  from  the  Pilgrim's  Progress  or  Par- 
adise Lest,  and  other  works  which  are  an  ornament  to 
our  literature  and  an  honor  to  the  men  who  wrote 
them. 

But  it  is  this  indiscriminate  novel  reading  that  we 
do  detest;  the  constant  perusal  of  those  licentious,  vile 
novels,  which  craze  the  mind  and  then  give  place  to 
corresponding  stupor;  which  destroy  the  taste  for  the 
true  and  holy ;  which  stain  the  character  and  benumb 
the  soul ;  which  excite  and  call  forth  sympathy  with- 
out giving  the  opportunity  to  act  upon  those  impulses; 
which  degrade,  debauch  and  vilify  the  moral,  and 
blind  the  mental ;  which  prompt  to  no  holy  aspira- 
tions or  philanthropic  motives,  covering  duty  with  self 
and  pleasure. 

Novel  reading  is  an  infatuation  which  masters  soul 
as  truly  as  rum  drinking  does.  It  leads  on  and  on; 
ne'er  content,  but  ever  luring  to  drink  deeper  from  the 
poisonous  draught.  Many  are  the  melaucholy  sights 
one  meets;  for  instance,  a  woman,  worn,  wasted,  in 
tatters  and  near  starvation.  It  is  equally  ead  to  meet 
the  well  dressed  lady  of  forty  or  fifty  with  the  three 
greasy  volumes  which  are  to  be  devoured  between  the 
noon  of  tc-day  and  the  dawn  of  to-morrow.  His  satanic 
majesty  is  equally  as  sure  of  his  victim. 

Would  you  purify  the  morab  of  a  people  and  lead 
them  to  nobility  of  action?  Give  them  reading  found- 
ed on  truth  and  inciting  to  higher  life.  But  if  you 
wish  to  crush  out  that  little  ennobling  spark  that 
flickers,  give  them  the  modern  novel,  more  insidious 
and  subtle  than  those  of  any  former  date,  because 
founded  on  adultery,  bigamy,  elopements  and  the  like; 
and  you'll  surely  help  them  in  a  course  of  debauch,  on 
earth  and  to  a  high  seat  in  hell  at  last. 

Novel  study  causes  unnatural  excitement  even 
where  the  characters  are  properly  drawn,  but  still 
more  fatal  are  the  consequences  when  such  works  are 
employed  to  decorate  vice  and  deprecate  true  excel- 
lence; to  picture  human  nature  as  essentially  good, 
and  the  ungodly  as  truly  happy;  to  represent  piety 
as  mean— as  we  are  sorry  to  say  Dickens  does  at  times 
by  his  delineation  of  professors  and  ministers  of  relig- 
ion,— or  profanity  as  something  noble;  to  picture  the 
religious  as  either  fools  or  hypocrites,  or  daub  over 
with  fair  paint  the  face  of  fading  worldly  vanity.  As 
to  such  perusals,  we  advocate  total  abstinence  as  the 
only  safe  ground. 

When  the  characters  are  properly  drawn,  like  the 
works  referred  to  near  the  outset,  we  advocate  tem- 
perance principles.  We  are  not  afraid  of  an  occasional 
glass  of  like  fiction,  provided  the  person  be  not  con- 
stantly sipping  at  it,  and  in  case  there  be  taking  solid 
food  in  far  larger  measure.  For  every  fictitious  work 
devoured  let  there  be  read  and  digested  several  books 
of  history  or  biography,  a  few  books  of  voyages  or 
travels,  besides  books  of  good  theology,  with  at  least 
a  few  books  of  science.  If  you  examine  our  circulat- 
ing libraries  you  will  find  more  works  of  fiction  than 
works  of  truth,  and  in  many  cases,  fiction  of  the  vilest 
character.  Those  who  consume  this  garbage  will  soon 
take  its  line;  as  the  worm  takes  the  color  of  the  green 
herbage  on  which  it  feeds. 

Nor  let  it  be  argued  by  the  novel  reader  that  he 
does  not  believe  the  tale  to  be  true  and  therefore  it 
can  do  him  no  harm.  The  harm  comes  from  the  ef- 
fect produced  unconsciously,  abiding  unconsciously, 
operating  unconsciously  like  the  poison  caughtby  visit- 
ing contagious  districts,  the  mania  of  the  rum  guzzler, 
or  the  influence  of  evil  companions.      A  refined  seifish- 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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Bess  is  apt  to  prevail  over  every  better  feeling  and  when 
the  trial  dBys  come,  dark  days,  as  they  surely  do  to  al), 
the  higher  sentimenLs  furnish  us  no  support  or  con- 
solation. 

The  specific  doctrine  that  we  would  set  forth  is,  that 
the  excessive  novel  r&ad'ng  of  our  times  is  chargab'.e 
with  many  of  the  irregularities  that  prevail  among  us 
in  a  degree  unkiiown  at  any  previous  period.  Xeno- 
phon  commended  the  Persians  for  the  prudent  educa- 
tion of  their  children,  but  we  have_^need  of  one  to  re- 
prove us  for  the  obscene  instruction  of  our  youth. 
There  is  an  opening  here  for  labor  and  reform.  Let 
the  question  be  thought  of,  talked  about,  and  acted 
upon.  Let  him  that  pineth  for  work,  be  no  longer  idle ; 
but  strive,  in  his  own  household  and  his  own  society, 
to  root  out  filthy,  unchaste  literature, 

Uniov,  iV.  7. 

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A  Seceder  on  Masonic  Religion. 


Dr  Joel  Sw.'jrtz,  editor  of  the  CkrisUan  Work. 
Williamsport,  Pa.,  is  a  seceding  Mason.  His  views 
on  the  subjact  were  published  last  Au^U5t  in  the 
Lutheran    Observer.     The  foilowing  is  aa    extract: 

Bat  there  i^  a  thing  or  two  which  we  do  not  regard 
as  quite  so  innocent.  These  brotherhoods  pretend  to 
be  religious.  Soma  of  the  most  ''ancient  and  accept- 
ed," claim  the  Bible  as  saactioniag,  if  not  authorizing, 
their  existencs  and  labors.  They  take  their  terrible 
oaths  of  secrecy  upon  it,  they  read  from  it  in  their 
lodge  work  as  a  pirt  of  their  ritual,  they  carry  it  in 
their  public  processions;  they  pray  and  address  God 
as  their  "Grand  Master,"  the  "Great  Architect;" 
spesk  of  heaven  as  a  "Lodge, "  lay  the  corner-stones 
of  Christiau  churches,  have  their  chaplains,  and 
strangely  these  are  Gometimes  Christian  ministers 
and  sometimes  men  of  no  religion,  and  sometimes, 
too,  men  of  notoriously  immoral  hp-blts.  They  claim 
to  do  the  works  of  piety, — they  visit  the  fatherless 
and  the  widow  in  their  afHictioB, — and  this,  too,  in  a 
manner  much  more  certain  aad  liberal  than  the 
church  itself, — alas,  that  this  should  ever  be  so! — and 
in  general,  to  be  very  benevolent.  It  is  true  that 
they  often  give  back  to  a  brother  ia  need  some  o! 
the  money  which  he  paid  in,  and  in  case  of  his  death, 
like  some  other  much  better  insurance  company,  they 
pay  something  to  his  family.  But  as  for  piety  or  be- 
nevolence of  such  giving,  we  have  only  to  eay  that  it 
seems  to  us  a  little  like  the  same  thing  in  an  insurance 
company,  only  we  prefer  the  insurance  company,  even 
the  "Ministers'  League,"  to  that.  But  their  religion, 
it  is  this  of  which  we  wish  to  speak.  We  will  take,  for 
example,  the  Masonic  fraternity,  the  most  ancient, 
and  without  disparagement,  perhaps  the  mostreputable 
and  religious  of  all  the  fraternities.  And  now,  with- 
out personal  arrogance,  we  may  claim  for  this  secret 
society,  the  first  we  ever  joined,  what  we  think  even 
its  enemies  must  concede,  that  it  gives  a  tithe  of  ali 
that  it  possesses  to  its  own  members;  that  its  mem- 
bers are  generally  neither  "extortioners  nor  unjust;" 
that  it  prays  eft,  and  thus  leads  many  of  its  more  ar- 
dent admirers  to  claim  that  it  is  as  good  as  the  church 
of  Christ,  If  not  better.  But  our  own  grand  objection 
to  its  religion  is  that  it  is  anti-Christian,  that  its 
prayers  are  blasphemous,  that  its  use  of  the  Bible  is 
sacrilegious,  and  the  whole  a  compound  of  Judaism 
and  paganism. 

1,  Its  Religi07i  is  Anti-Christian. — Perhaps  it 
would  be  thought  suflideat  to  say  that  it  is  unchrist- 
ian, which  might  simply  mean  that  like  many  other 
organizations,  it  does  not  profess  any  connection  with 
Christianity,  But  to  speak  after  the  manner  of  the 
Bible,  it  is  anti-Christian.  Masonry,  with  all  its  re- 
ligion, studiousiy  avoids  the  name  of  Christ.  It  does 
not  recognize  it  in  any  capacity.     Indeed,  it  does  not 


any  Christian  man  address  euch  prayers  to  God?  And 
what  has  Masonry  to  do  with  the  laying  of  the  corner- 
stoves  of  Christian  churches,  or  burying  the  dead 
who  die  in  the  Lord?  Does  it  not  reject  the  "chief 
corner-stone,"  and ''deny  the  Lord  that  bought  us?" 
This  the  Bible,  which  Masonry  carries  when  it  gees 
abroad  in  its  gaudy  processions,  calls  a  "damnable 
heresy,"  And,  if  it  seem  not  to  bs  more  uncharita- 
ble than  the  Bible  is,  and  pressing  the  matter  too 
much,  we  might  say  that  Masonry, — not  ita  many 
truly  pious,  but  mistaken  adherent?, — ;s  a  damnable 
heresy. 

2.  Its  Frayers  are  Blasphemous. — We  make  thif- 
point  not  on  the  ground  that  notoriously  immoral  men 
who  make  no  profession  of  religion,  sometimes  pub- 
licly officiate  in  otfi^ring  them,  but  on  the  ground  al- 
ready adduced,  they  ignore  Christ  while  assuming  to 
address  God  in  the  way  of  worship.  "No  man  cometh 
unto  the  Father  but  by  me."  "He  that  honoreth  not 
the  Son,  hoQoreth  not  the  Father." 

3.  Its  use  oj  the  Bible  is  Sacrilegious. — It  profanes 
this  book  by  its  horrid  and  barbarous  oaths  of  secrecj 
taken'upon  it.  The  initiate  invokes  upon  himself  pen- 
alties in  case  of  breach  of  his  oath,  which  everj 
merciful  and  humane  sentiment  of  the  Bible  utterly 
abhors,  which  insults  human  nature,  made  in  the  im- 
age of  God,  shocks  every  feeling  of  piety,  and  would 
degrade  even  the  Modoc  Indians  below  the  savage 
level  to  which  their  barbarity  has  thus  far  consigned 
them,  if  they  could  be  imagined  bad  enough  to  ex- 
ecute them.  We  say  this  deliberately  and  advisedly, 
and  ask  whether  it  bs  not  sacrilegious  to  use  the  Bi- 
ble in  administering  and  taking  of  such  an  oath, 
— oaths, — for,  as  if  one  were  not  enough,  many  of  the 
same  kind  are  taken  I  The  forced  and  impertinent  ap- 
plications of  Scripture  to  Masonic  ''work"  ia  the 
lodge,  grates  harshly  upon  the  ears  of  those  who  have 
been  accustomed  to  an  honest  hearing  aad  reading  oi 
the  Word, 

4.  The  Whde  is  a  Compound  of  Judaism  and  Pa- 
ganism,—Masonry  ignoring  Christ,  goes  back  pro- 
fessedly to  the  time  of  Solomon,  and  seeks  its  origin 
in  transactions  about  the  building  of  the  temp'e  be- 
tween the  Jewish  king,  and  Hiram,  King  of  Tyre, 
who  was  a  heathen. 

We  are  the  more  confirmed  ia  the  grounds  of  out 
objections,  since  we  know  that  they  can  have  no 
trace  of  their  origin  in  any  dielike  far  any  individuait 
connected  with  the  orders.  The  only  remembrance 
we  can  have  of  them  is  of  their  too  partial  kindnesF 
in  receiving  us,  and  of  too  long  detaining  us  by  their 
attractive  fellowship  in  such  unholy  bonds.  We  car 
only  ask  those  whom  we  deserted  long  ago  in  these 
fraternities  to  consider  our  accuEatfo.na  as  bearino 
against  the  orders  and  not  its  many  excellent  and  es- 
teemed members. 


Froliibitioii  in  Maine. 


able  body  of  men  favor  its  repeal.  In  more  than 
three- fourths  of  the  State,  particularly  in  the  rural 
sections,  open  dram-shops  are  almost  unknown,  and 
secret  sales  comparatively  rare.  In  some  of  the  cities 
and  larger  villages,  where  public  sentiment  on  the 
temperance  question  is  not  so  well  sustained  as  in  the 
rural  districts,  the  law  is  not  so  eflfectively  enforced 
as  to  prevent  open  sales  to  some  extent,  although  even 
in  such  places,  prohibition  is  not  without  some  icfln- 
ence  for  good.  Statistics  show  that  under  the  influ- 
ence of  our  prohibitory  system  and  the  indispensable 
moral  efforts  which  have  been  put  forth  to  increase  its 
efficiency,  the  sale  and  the  use  of  liq'ior  in  this  State 
have  very  largely  decreased;  that  drinking  habits  have 
ceased  to  be  fashionable;  and  that  total  abstinence 
has  come  to  be  a  common  virtue  instead  of,  as  for- 
merly,  a  rare  exception, 

Hon,  Hannibal  Hamlin,  U.  S.  S.— I  have  your  favor 
of  the  '21st  inst.,  in  which  you  ask  my  opinion  of  the 
Maine  Prohibitory  Liquor  L.iw,  its  efHciency,  work- 
ings, &o.  I  have  not  a  doubt  upon  my  miod  that  the 
law  has  been  highly  beneficial  in  its  effects.  In  my 
judgment,  less  than  one-half  the  liqaor  has  been  con- 
■umed  in  the  State  than  would  have  been  consumed 
had  there  been  no  law.  That  is  my  opinion.  In  the 
cities  and  iarger  towns  liquors  are,  undoubtedly  secret- 
ly and  illegally  sold.  But  much  Jess  is  there  sold  in 
consequence  of  the  law.  In  the  rural  (owns,  however 
the  restriction  has  been  most  loarked  and  favorable. 
Iq  many  (owns  liquors  are  not  sold  at  all;  in  many 
others,  hardly  for  any  purpose  than  for  medicinal  and 
mechanical  purposes;  and  in  all,  its  eflects  are  palpa- 
ble. ^    ^ 

The  law  has  been,  I  feel  certain,  of  great  use  in  the 
suppiefsicn  of  pauperism  and  crime.  JSTor  can  I  have 
a  doubt  that  a  large  majority  of  the  people  of  Maine 
sustain  the  law. 

Rev.  John  0.  Fisk,  D.  D. — In  reply  to  your  icquiry 
about  the  Maine  Prohibitory  Law,  pemit  me  to  8ay 
that  vastly  too  great  expectations  have  been  entertain- 
ed in  regard  to  its  efficiency  in  preventing  the  sale  of 
intoxicating  liquors.  The  judge  of  the  municipal 
court  told  me  on  Saturday  that  there  are  about  ninety 
places  in  this  city  in  which  it  is  well  known  that  ardent 
spirits  are  sold  by  the  glass;  as  nr^any,  he  thought,  as 
there  have  ever  been  at  one  time.  Ia  the  leading  be- 
tels the  free  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors  is  notorious 
at  the  same  time  that  the  proprietor  of  one  of  them 
has  given  his  bond  not  to  sell  any.  I  often  meet 
with  drunken  men  ia  the  streets,  and  there  is  no 
doubt  that  drinking  alcoholic  liquors  in  places  of  pub- 
lic sale,  as  well  as  private  houses,  is  very  common. 
What  is  true  of  Bath  ia  true  of  many  other  places  of 
equal  importance  in  the  State,  The  law  is  all  that 
the  best  friends  of  temperance  can  desire;  only  there 
is  wanting  in  many  places  the  needed  public  senti- 
ment properly  to  enforce  it,  la  ir\s.ny  small  country 
places  almost  no  liqaor  at  all  is  sold  by  the  olass;  and 
this  happy  condition  of  things  is  attributed,  whether 
with  justice  or  not,  I  cannot  say,  to  the  force  of  the 
Prohibitory  Law. 

Hon.  Wm.  P.  Frye,  M,  C— You  ask  my  views  as  (o 


vised.  So  powerless  was  the  system  in  restraiainir 
know  that  "Jesus  Chrht  has  come  in  the  flesh:"  and  the  evils  arising  from  drinking-houses  and  tipplin^'^ 
hence,  if  the  Bible,  over  which  it  swears  so  much,  may 
be  taken  as  authority.  Masonry  is  not  of  God,  and  is 
an ti- Christian,  "Every  spirit  that  confesseth  not  that 
Jesus  Christ  is  come  in  the  flesh  is  not  of  God,  and 
this  is  that  spirit  of  anti-Christ,"  (1  John  iv,  3,)  More- 
over, since  its  prayers  make  no  mention  of  him,  they 
are  simply  deistical.     How  can  a  Christian  minister  or 


„,       .,  1  i  1       -J         J  •       •  •  ,  the  success  of  our  prohibitory  law  in  Mame,  and  hav- 

The  Advance  lately  aadressed  mauines    to   several  •       ,     ■,    ,  •  .      ,    .         ^ 

.    ...  /,,         .  "    ,.,.,.         „  mg  had    large   experience   in  toeir   enforcement,  as  a 

prominent  citizens  ot  the    pioneer  prohibition     Slate  '  ^-        o^  tz-it--.  >" 

£,,,,,.  r        .K  T  •  i  prosecuting  ofhser,    I   feel  no  hesitation  la  comolyine 

The  following  are  from  the  replies:  i    -^^^  y^^^  request.     My  impression    is  that  our  first 

Gov.  Nelson  Dingley,  Jr. — Yours,   inquiring  as  tojlaw  of  this  kind  was  enacted  in  1851,  repealed  in  1852 
the  working  of  the   laws  prohibitiDg    drinking-houses  j ''€"°^'*°*^^  in  185:3,  and  has  continued  in    force  ever 
and  tippling-shops  in  this  State,    is  at  hand.     In    re-  ^'°^^'  ^^^^^t^ed  from  time  to   time  as  its  weaknesses 
)      Ti         i  fu  *  *u        1         I,  ,■  ,     were  exposed  by  experience.      Since  1853  no  ab^te- 

reply,  I  have  to  say  that  these  laws  have  acoompish- *   ;J:    *k„     ;  •  e  ■.  ■■        ,     <ioaie 

J      ^  /  "  /"""    ment   m    the  stringency   of  its   provisions  has  been 

edgreat  good,  and  have  proved  far  more  affective  in  I  made.  ,  .  ,  The  sale  of  liquor  has  fallen  off 
suppressing  dram-shops  and  restraining  the  evils  of  |  more  than  two-lhirds;  more  than  one-half  of  the  State 
intemperance  than  any  other  system  of  legislative  re-i'^  absolutely  free  from  it;  the  corner  groceries  and 
straint  ever  tried  in  this  State.  For  more  than  twol*^,^^^'"^  ¥^*^  ^°°®  forever;  eo,  too,  have  all  the  evi- 
.       J     J  r    I   •    4u  L  ■  ,  idences   ot    poverty    and  suffering:.     The  iiils  in  the 

hundred  years,  hrst   in  the  parent   province  and  com-    ■  ••  •  •       -      . ..  &    _    ."^  j"'»  '"  me 


monwealth  and  subsequently  in  the  State  of  Maine,  a 
thorough  trial  was  made  of  what  is  popularly  known 
as  the  license  system   in  every  form  that  could  be  de- 


dences   of 

three  counties  adjoining  Franklin,  Oxford"  and  Som 
erset,  have  been  tenantless  for  more  than  a  year, 
and  I  presume  tne  same  is  true  of  several  other 
counties.  In  my  own  city,  Lewiston,  of  18,000  in- 
habitants, and  in  Auburn,  just  across  the  river,  of  10,- 
000  more,  not  a  hotel  keeper  or  druggist  or  grocer 
I,        *i,  *•     10X1   *i      Q.  X       e  i^r  ■  J         .     r  i  sells  a  drop  of  liquor.      Of  course,  with  our  large  for- 

shops  that  m  1851  the  State  of  Mame  adopted  the  I  eign  population,  liquor  is  sold  in  shanties  and  dens, 
pohcy  of  prohibiting  dram-sh'^ps  altogether.  We ;  but  it  is  a  precarious  business,  for  our  warfare  against 
have  had  twenty-three  years'  experience  of  the  policy  |  ^^^  seller  is  constant  and  vigorous, 


of  prohibition,  and  the  results  have  been,  on  the  whole, 
so  far  greater  than  those  secured  by  any  other  system 
of  legal  restraint  that  the  prohibitory  policy  is  ac- 
cepted aa  a  settled  fact  in  this   State,  and  no  consider- 


When  the  law  was  enacted,  I  have  no  doubt  two- 
thirds  of  the  people  were  at  heart  opposed  to  it;  now 
they  could  not  be  induced  to  repeal  it,  I  know  that 
all  good  citiaens  will  join  with  me  in  the  assertion 
that  the  law  has  been  a  wonderful  rr-ccoes 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  National  Christian  Association 
opposed  to  Secret  Societies, .  Sixth  An- 
niversary in  Shakspeare  Hall,  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.,  June  2,  18V4.  The  first 
session  opens  Tuesday  evening  at  7  1-2 
o'clock.  A  preliminary  meeting:  for 
prayer  and  conference  will  be  held  in 
the  afternoon. 

Ht^^riie  Committee  of  Arrangements 
will  meet  Delegates  of  the  National 
Convention  at  Shakspeare  Hall,  over 
the  Post-Oflice,  and  assijyn  thorn  places 
of  entenainment. 


THE   NATIONAL   CIIKISTIAN    ASSO- 
CIATION;, 

OrPOSBD   TO   SEC'ltET   SOCIETIES. 

President — J.  G.  Carson,  Xeuia,  O. 

Vice-Presidents — R.  B.  Taylor,  of  Ohio  ; 
Aaron  Floyd,  of  Pensylvania;  Luke 
Thomas,  of  Ind;  Pres.  D.  A.  Wallace,  of 
Illinois;  George  Brokaw,  of  Iowa;  N.  E. 
Gardner,  of  Missouri ;  N.  B.  Blauton,  of 
Kansas;  Donald  Kirkpatrick,  of  New 
York;  J.  W.  Wood,  of  Wisconsin;  John 
Levii!gton,of  Michit!;an. 

Corresponding  Secretary— I.  A.  Hart, 
Whoaton,  111. 

Recording  Secretaries — H.  L.  Kellogg, 
G.  L.  Arnold. 

Treasurer— H.  L.  Kellogg,  11  Wabash 
Ave.,  Chicago. 

Executive  Committee — J.  Blauchard, 
P.  Carpenter,  I.  A.  Hart,  George  Dietrich, 
J.  M.  Snyder,  O.  F.  Lumry,  Isaac  Preston, 
O.  R.  Hiigerty,  J.  M.  Wallace,  E.  A.  Cook, 
J.  G.  Terrill,  A.  Wait,  H.  L.  Kellogg. 

The  objccis  of  this  Association  are  to 
expose,  withstand  and  remove  secret  soci- 
eties and  other  like  anti-Christian  organi- 
zations from  church  and  state. 

The  Association  originated  in  a  meeting 
held  Oct.  80lh,  18G7,  in  the  City  Hall  of 
Aurora,  111.,  attended  by  persons  opposed 
to  secret  societies,  where  a  committee  was 
appointed  to  make  the  necessary  arrange- 
ments for  a  National  Convention.  This 
was  held  in  Pittsburgh,  May  5th-7th, 
1808,  when  the  National  Association  was  or 
ganized.  Its  subsequent  lueetlugs  have  been 
held  :  Chicago,  June  8th-10th,  1869  ;  Cin- 
cinnati, June  !)th-llth,  1870  ;  Worcester, 
Mass.,  June  7th-9tb,  1871  ;  Oberlin,  Ohio, 
May  2l8t-23d,  1872  ;  Monmouth,  III, 
May  l-lth-lCth,  1878.  Its  presiding  offi- 
cers have  been  in  order :  Bishop  D.  Ed- 
wards, Prof.  J.  C.  Webster  Judge  F.  D. 
Parish,  Gen.  J.  W.  Phelps,  Pres.  J. 
Blanchard. 

The  Association  employs  a  General 
Agent  and  Lecturer,  and  has  secured 
State  lecturers  for  Indiana,  Ohio  and  Uli- 
iiois,  whose  names  appear  in  the  list  of 
■tcturers.  The  support  of  the  Association 
:  entirelj'  voluntary.  Funds  are  greatly 
needed  to  carry  on  the  work  already  be- 
gun, and  contributions  are  hereby  solicited 
from  eyery  friend  of  the  reform.  Send 
by  post-office  order,  registered  letter  or 
draft  to  the  Treasurer,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 


Anti-masonic  Lecturers. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
dard, Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

StatcLecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

StatcLecturer  for  New  York,  J.  L.  Bar- 
low, Bemus  Heights,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wlieaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Seneca ville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.Rathbun,  Bath,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y. 
8.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfield,  O. 
L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
N.  Calleuder,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 
J.  II.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 
Linus  Chittenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 
P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 
J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 
T.  B.  McCormicb,  Princeton, Ind. 
C.  Wiggins,  Angobi,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Faucv  Creek,  Wis 
C.  P.  Hawley,  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Wm.  M.  Givenef,.  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind.  ^ 

J.  L.  .Indrus,  Mt,  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Cha.inbersburg,  Pa. 


'^^tUt^  ^^tm. 


— The  General  Agent  writes  that  a  local 
interest  is  being  carefully  worked  up  by 
meetings  in  and  about  Syracuse. 

— Bro.  Iviggins  is  pushing  the  work  iu 
Indiana,  and  is  working  up  a  good  enthusi- 
asm. There  should  be  a  large  represen- 
tation from  that  State. 

— Sister  Hayden,  of  Harmon,  III,  spoke 
on  a  recent  Sabbath  in  the  Wesleyan 
church  of  that  place,  and  made  direct 
charges  upon  the  grange  and  the  other 
forms  of  secretism.  Her  plain  words  hurt 
a  Masonic  merchant  of  the  place  who 
talked  and  blustered  about  slander  suits. 

— Delegates  are  already  on  the  move  to- 
ward the  National  meeting.  Father  Linns 
Chittenden  and  wife  called  on  their  way  a 
few  days  since.  Rev.  J.  Travis  passed  the 
Sabbath  with  Bro.  Terrill's  church  (Free 
Methodist),  also  on  his  way  as  represen- 
tative of  the  Illinois  Conference  of  the 
Free  Methodiat  church. 


Grant  County,  Ind.,  Organizes. 


Indianapolis,  May  15,  1874. 
Leaving  home  on  Saturday,  the  2d, 
expecting  to    visit    Grant,  Shelby  and 
Foimtaiu  counties  before    returning,  I 
stopped  over  Sabbath  and  filled  an  ap- 
pointment for  Rev.    David  Holmes  at 
Salem  Chapel  in  the  south-east  corner 
of  Noble  county.      I  stayed  over  night 
with  Bro.  Perry,  and  on  Monday  took 
the   train  south,    for  Grant  county  via 
Ridgvillc.     Arrived   at   Portland  at  4 
P.  M. ,  where  I  visited  a  number  of  the 
friends   at    that   place   and   Liber.     I 
found  Bro.  Jones  as  active  as  could  be 
desired  in  Iceeping  the  subject* 'before  the 
people. "  One  of  the  first  things  I  no- 
ticed upon  entering  his  store,  was  the 
Cynosure     Ijing   on    the    show-case, 
where  persons  coming  in  may  read  it 
gratis.   And  I   am   glad  to  know  that 
notwithstanding    he  is  surrounded  by 
Masons,  Odd-fellows   and  grangers,  and 
has  had  the    maobood   to   "show   his 
colors"  on  the  right  side,  he  is  doing  a 
good  business.     He  keeps  a  large   and 
full  assortment  of  hardware,  agricultur- 
al   implements,    etc.,     etc.      Let    the 
friends  in  Jay  county  show   the   world 
that  a  man  need  not  forsake  his  princi- 
ples to  succeed  in  business,  by  sustain- 
ing Bro.  Jones  with  their  inflaence  and 
patronage.   Let  the  friends  of  our  cause 
everywhere  patronize  men  of  this  stamp. 
They  are   worthy  of  your  patronage; 
they  will  be  opposed,  and  are  hindered 
in  their  business  by   the   "ring"  men. 
Let  the  world  know  that  men  of  prin 
ciple    are    needed    everywhere, — syco- 
phants  and  time-servers  nowhere! 

On  Tuesday  night  I  stayed  with  Bro. 
Milligan  who  now  resides  at  Liber.  One 
J.  A.  Hcnning,  a  Masonic  M.  D.,  has 
taken  the  Jay  county  "Anti's"  in  hand, 
and  proposes  to  defend  the  ancie  nt  and 
honorable"  institution  against  the  "bar- 
barians" and  ''profanes"  who  have 
ever  dared  to  "resolve"  that  they  would 
notrecognizeany  Mason(j.  e. ,  any  Free- 
mason) as  a  minister  of  the  Gofpel. 
He ''hauls  them  over  the  coals,"  in  a 
columu  and  a  half  article  in  the  Port- 
land Commercial,  in  a  manner  that,  no 
doubt,  satisfied  himself  of  his  own 
merit,  and  enables  him  to  '  'read  his  ti- 
tle" to  another  degree  quite  clearly. 
Let  the  hero  bo  "Knighted,"--but,  hold ! 
the  fight  is  not  over,  and  our  hero  may 
yet  be  unhorsed,  or  worie  yet,  put  to 
"inglorious  flight;"  the  "Anti's"  have 
gladly  taken  up  the  didcaseion,  and  the 
readers  of  the    Commercial  will  have 


the  privilege  of  learning  what  Masonry 
pretends  to  be,  and  what  it  is. 

On  Thursday  morning  I  took  my 
leave  of  the  dear  friends  at  Liber ,  and  ar- 
rived at  Fairmount  at  four  o'clock  in 
the  eve.  Most  of  the  friends  at  Fair- 
mount  were  deeply  interested  in  some 
trials  which  were  then  in  progress  in 
the  court  at  Marion.  Some  parties  had 
undertaken  a  "granger's  store"  at 
Fairmount,  and  the  result  was  — bank- 
ruptcy !  Involving  not  only  the  parties 
themselves,  but  their  friends  outside  of 
the  "ring,"  who,  having  confidence  in 
them  as  men,  assisted  them  with  their 
means.  Bros  Daniel  Thomas  and 
Robert  Bogue,  (both  Quakers  and  gen- 
uine Anti-masons)  lost  about  two  thou 
sand  dollars  each  in  the  afl'air!  Grange 
stock  is  very  low  in  that  vicinity  just 
now.  Rather  an  amusing  incident 
cccured  at  the  County  Council  of  Pat- 
rons in  Marion  last  week.    Mr.  A , 

a  citizen  of  Fairmount  being  in  Marion 
during  the  session  of  the  "Council" 
and  desiring  to  see  a  man  who  was  a 
member  of  said  "Council,"  understand- 
ing that  the  pass  w  ord  was"Adam,"  he 
presented  himself  at  the  door  of  the 
hall  in  which  they  meet,  and  after  cb- 
serving  the  peculiar  ''raps"  on  the  door 
given  by  tho  members  going  in,  he 
rapped  in  a  similar  manner.  The  door 
was  opened  and  a  man  put  out  his 
head,  holding  his  ear  in  a  proper  po- 
sition to  receive  ''the  word;"  Mr.  A — 
whispered  in  his  ear,  "Adam/"  The 
door  opened.  Mr.  A — walked  in  and 
imagine  their  consternation  when  he 
said,  "I  am  no  granger.  I  only  want 
to  see  Mr.  'So-and-So, '  and  thought  I'd 
come  in."  Another  man  living  near  F — 
went  into  a  grange  at  its  regular  meet- 
ing (on  "Adam,"  the  word,  and  "Farm- 
ing" the  explanation)  and  sat  in  it  du- 
ring its  session, — "just  to  joke  them," 
he  said.  Upon  arriving  at  Fairmount 
I  was  directed  to  see  Wm.  Hall,  [(not 
the  famous  doctor  of  that  name)  but  a 
United  Brethren  minister,  who  repre- 
sented his  county  in  the  State  Legisla- 
ture during  the  war.  I  found  him, 
and  after  consulting,  arrangements 
were  made  for  a  lecture  on  Friday  eve- 
ning in  the  Wesleyan  church. 

Friday  evening  came  and  a  good  au- 
dience gathered  in  the  meeting  house 
and  listened  attentively  to  a  discourse 
on  the  topic — ''Secrecy  may  be  right, 
but  Secret  Societies  are  wrong  "  After 
the  lecture  I  went  home  with  Bro. 
Jonathan  Baldwin,  who  has  a  large 
heart,  and  lives  in  a  large  house.  With 
his  kind  family  I  had  a  pleasant  home 
during  my  stay  at  Fairmount.  Bless 
the  Lord  for  such  dear  good  people ! 
Saturday  was  spent  in  visiting  and  get- 
ting acquainted  with  some  of  the  peo- 
ple. I  urged  the  importance  of  organ- 
izing an  association,  and  all  agreed 
that  it  was  just  what  they  needed.  On 
Saturday  evening  I  spoke  on"  What 
malces  the  man  a  Freemason"  to  a 
large  audience;  and  after  the  lecture 
a  committee  of  five  was  appointed  by 
the  congregation  to  prepare  a  constitu- 
tion and  report  on  Tuesday  evening  at 
6  o'clock.  After  meeting  I  had  the 
pleasure  of  forming  an  acquaintance 
with  Bro.  Rector,  a  U.  B.  minister  of 
Delaware  Co.,  who  is  traveling  a  cir- 
cuit near  Fairmount,  and  who  is  also 


the  Vice-President  of  the  State  Asso- 
ciation for  his  county.  He  stayed 
with  me  at  Bro.  B— 's  and  on  Sunday 
I  preached  for  him  at  a  church  one  and 
a  half  miJes  soath  of  town,  where  ar- 
rangements were  made  for  a  lecture  on 
Monday  eve ;  at  3  o'clock  I  preached  in 
the  Wesleyan  chapel  in  town,  and  in 
the  evening  spoke  in  the  Friends 
church  at  Oak  Ridge,  four  miles  north- 
west. Here  arrangements  were  made 
for  another  meeting  on  Wednesday. 

Joseph  Bennett,  of  Fairmount,  spoke 
about  fifteen  minutes  in  conformation 
of  what  had  been  said,  with  great  ef. 
feet.  He  is  a  minister  of  the  Wesleyan 
church,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic lodge  in  Jonesboro.  He  gave 
the  name  of  a  '"Worshipful  Master"  of 
that  lodge  whom  he  had  seen  delivering 
moral  charges  and  lectures  when  he 
was,  to  use  his  own  words,  "so  soaking 
full  of  whiskey  that  his  tongue  was 
thick."  He  is  regarded  very  highly  in 
that  vicinity,  and  his  testimony  seals 
the  truth.  On  Monday  evening  we  had 
a  very  pleasant  meeting  at  the  U.  B. 
church  above  referred  to. 

On  Tuesday  eve,,  at  6,  a  goodly  num- 
ber of  earnest  men  assembled  to  organ- 
ize themselves  into  an  anti-secrecy  as- 
sociation. The  Ixxxiv  Psalm  was  read, 
and  all  hearts  and  voices  were  raised  in 
singing  "Coronation,"  after  which  Bro. 
Hall  lead  in  prayer.  The  writer  was 
elected  temporary  chairman ,  and  soon 
a  good  association,  well  officered,  and 
with  an  excellent  membership  was  or- 
ganized. Steps  were  taken  to  call  a 
county  convention,  in  June,  to  place  a 
ticket  in  the  field. 

On  Wednesday  I  took  my  leave  of 
FairmouDt,  Bro.  Baldwin  and  wife  tak_ 
ing  their  carriage  and  accompanying  me 
to  Oak  Ridge,  where  I  spoke  on  the 
grange  to  the  satisfaction  of  some  who 
have  been  bitten  by  the  grange  snakes 
and  have  left  it  in  disgust. 

After  speaking,  Mr.  Arnet  took  me 
to  the  station,  some  seven  miles,  where 
at  half  past  one  in  the  morning,  I  took 
a  train  for  this  place,  which  (after 
changing  cars  at  Bunker  Hill,  and  wait- 
ing three  hours,)  I  reached  at  10  A,  M. 
yesterday.  I  slopped  with  Mr.  Bryce, 
near  the  depot,  slept  an  hour,  then  ate 
dinner,  and  in  company  with  Messrs. 
Bryce  and  Robinson,  went  up  town  to 
see  what  I  had  a  glimpse  of  at  the  depot 
as  I  came  in,  a — well,  you  're  getting 
tired;  I'll  tell  you  what  it  was  after 
supper.     Till  then ,  adieu. 

John  T.  Kiggins. 


Prof.  Blauchard  at  Utica,  N.  Y, 


Utica,  N.  Y.,  May,  19,  1874. 
Bro.  Kellogg:  As  I  am  writing  al- 
low me  to  say  that  Professor  C.  A. 
Blanchard  is  with  us.  He  delivered 
one  of  his  best  lectures  in  our  church 
(Free  Methodist)  last  evening  to  a  good 
sized  and  very  attentive  congregation. 
We  feel  that  he  struck  a  blow  for  God 
that  the  kingdom  of  Satan  felt,  and  yet 
it  was  done  in  the  Spirit  of  Christ. 
God  is  with  Bro.  B,  and  I  pray  that  he 
may  be  spared  to  the  church  and  world 
for  many  years  to  scatter  the  light  in 
the  dark  places.  He  goes  to  Ilion  this 
evening.  Yours  fraternally, 

J.  B,  Fbeeland. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  Utica  Herald  gives  a  long 
and  very  good  report  of  the  lecture. 
The  following  extract  contains  the  in- 
troductory part  of  the  repost: 

"Last  evening  an  Anti-masonic  lee 
ture  was  delivered  iu  the  Free  Methodist 
church,  by  Professor  C.  A.  Blanchard, 
of  Wheaton  College,  111.  The  professor 
«ame  into  this  State  under  the  direction 
of  the  National  Christian  Association,  a 
body  whose  alleged  object  is  to  combat 
Masonry.  This  association  holds  a  con- 
vention in  Syracus'^,  on  the  2d,  3d  and 
4th  of  June  next,  and  Professor  Blanch- 
ard has  been  constituted  a  sort  of  avant 
courier  to  announce  the  principles  of 
the  body  and  arouse  whatever  senti- 
ment can  be  excited  in  favor  of  its  work 
preparatory  to  the  convention  in  ques- 
tion. The  church  was  passably  full 
when  the  lecture  of  the  evening  began. 
The  larger  portion  of  the  audience  was 
composed  of  ladies,  There  were  a  few 
Masons,  Odd-fellows  and  Knights  of 
Pythias  present.  The  lecturer^'was  in- 
troduced at  about  8  o'clock  by  Rev.  J. 
B.  Freeland,  the  pastor  of  the  church. 
The  lecture  which  he  gave  was  some- 
times eloquent,  at  all  times  extempo- 
raneous, often  close  in  logic  and  at  times 
somewhat  forcible  in  invectives.  The 
speaker  had  evidently  spent  some  con- 
siderable time  in  studying  his  subject 
and  gaining  all  that  was  most  favorable 
to  his  side  of  the  argument.  He  seem- 
ed to  the  average  hearer  to  be  well 
posted  in  a!i  the  Masonic  lore,  although 
there  were  some  preseLt  who  claimed 
that  he  was  not.  The  lecture  consumed 
about  an  hour  and  a  half  of  time,  and 
was  almost  entirely  an  argument  from  a 
religious  standing-point." 


^^I'w^ptntiUttt^, 


Threats  and  latlmidatiou. 

The  following  letters  have  been  wait- 
ing for  an  appearance  until  perhaps,  to 
some,  their  freshness  will  be  nearly 
gone;  but  they  will  have  better  effect 
to  be  read  in  connection,  showing  the 
''Border  Ruffian"  spirit  of  the  lodge. 
[Ed.  Cynosure.] 
Blackbsrry  Station,  Dec.  1,1873, 
Editor  of  the  Cynosure. • 

Inclosed,  I  send  you  a  note  which  I 
cut  from  the  Kane  County  Republican, 
published  at  Geneva,  111.  Mr.  Peter- 
son showed  me  the  letter  to-day.  It 
was  written  in  red  ink,  and  inclosed  in 
an  envelope  with  a  black  border.  In 
the  letter  there  was  a  picture  of  a  cof- 
fin, and  in  the  coffia  was  a  human  skel- 
eton. Mr.  Peterson  is  a  Swede,  a  good 
mechanic  and  a  worthy  citizea.  He  is 
opposed  to  secret  societie.?;  hence  this 
letter.  Yours  in  opposition  to  secret 
societies,  J.  P.  Bartlett. 

— The  following  letter  was  sent  to 
Mr.  John  Petersoa,  of  Geneva,  as  is  ap- 
pears, from  some  Masoni''.  brother: 

•'Chamber  of  death.  Biood !  Blood ! 
Blood!  So  mote  it  be.  Grand  reveng- 
ing and  dispatching  and  twice  terrible 
Lodge  of  Hercules  and  Jupiter,  and  or- 
der of  skull  and  cross  bones. 

This  epistle  being  addressed  to  John 
Peterson,  watclimaker,  by  the  Grand 
Master  and  lifter  of  the  goat's  tail  at 
the  above  terrible  lodge  existing  under 
the  old  Masonic  constitution  as  it  was. 
So  mote  it  be.  Written  in  the  blood  of 
Morgan. 

John  Peterson:  Sir!  We  hear  that 
you,  a  watchmaker,  residing  in  the 
town  of  Geneva,  have  been  from  time 
to  time  revealing  secrets  which  pertain 
to  our  order,  and  have  tried  to  influence 
away  from  us  young  men  who  were  in- 
wardly inclined  to  join  us,  the  lodge  of 
Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 
Now  we  take  pity  on  your  forlorn   and 


benighted  family,  have  not  taken  any 
bloody  measures  against  you.  But 
henceforward  bewyrs !  for  if  you  do 
not  stop  right  there,  but  continue  your 
course  of  infidelity,  we,  as  the  dispatch- 
ers of  skeptical  unbelievers  and  reveal- 
ers  of  hidden  secrets,  will  tear  your 
tongue  out  by  the  roots  and  bury  you 
on  the  sands  of  the  sea  shore  where  the 
tide  ebbs  and  flows  twice  in  twenty- 
four  hours.  Our  secrets  are  not  to  be 
revealed.  Rather  let  all  the  watch- 
makers in  the  northwest  be  buried  for- 
ever in  the  boiling  waters  of  the  bot- 
tomless pit.  So  mote  it  be.  So  mote 
it  be.  So  mote  it  be.  The  revenger 
comes  when  least  expected.  So  mote 
it  be.  Thousands  who  were  against 
us  are  now  roasting  in  hell.  Beware 
or  you  will  join  them.  So  mote  it  be. 
He  who  is  not  for  us  is  against  us.  So 
sayeth  the  holy  Scriptures.  Beware. 
The  wails  of  the  dying  unbelievers  are 
borne  on  the  wings  of  wind  from  the 
pit  of  death.  So  mote  it  be.  John 
Peterson,  of  Geneya,  is  on  the  list  of 
secret  revealers,  and  this  epistle  is  sent 
to  him  by  the  grand  orders  of  Masons 
of  the  world.  As  it  was  to  Morgan, 
so  shall  it  be  to  him. 

James  Watson,  Grand  Executor. 
This  note  is  written  with    the    blood 
of  Morgan.  Beware!     So  mote  it  be." 
Jan.  12,  1874. 


Editor  Christian  Cynoswie: 

Dkak  Sir:— The  following  is  an  ex- 
act copy  of  an  anonymous  letter  re- 
ceived by  John  Russel,  a  well  known 
Anti-mason  of  Pine  Grove.  (His  post- 
office  address  being  Hammondville, 
Jefferson  county,  Ohio.)  He  sends  it 
with  a  desire  to  have  it  published.  He 
reserves  the  original,  which  can  be 
seen  by  any   one  desiring  it. 

"Oct.  the  24,  1873. 

Friend  J.  Russell. — As  I  thought 
it  besf.  to  write  to  you  to  let  you  know 
what  danger  you  stand  ia,  as  I,  a  Free- 
mason, heard  some  of  my  brother  Ma- 
s3ns  talk  of   putting   you    out   of  the 


way. 


I  thought  that  I  had  better  inform 


you  so  that  you  may  be  on  the  lookout. 
The  reason  that  I  give  no  name  is  that 
I  don't  wans  to  be  found  out,  remember 
this,  and  then  you  will  thank  me  for 
it." 

Oa  the  original  one  are  some  pictures 
such  as  pitchfork,  house  with  stairs 
and  other  figures  ia  it,  and  different 
other  representations  and  below  all 
is  written  "Beware  of  these," 
Sant  by  order  of  John  Russel. 


April  9,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure: 

The  following  I  have  just  cut  from 
Carbondale  Advance.  It  was  written 
by  the  Rev.  James  W  Raynor,  Presby- 
terian minister  of  Unioudale,  Susque- 
hanna Co.,  Penn.  He  is  sound  on 
the  anti-secrecy  question. 

Yours  fraternally, 
J.  T.  Yabrington. 

Two  or  three  days  since  I  received  a 
letter  containing  something  so  peculiar 
that  I  do  not  know  to  classify  it  ex- 
actly. If  it  were  not  for  the  fact  that 
many  better  men  than  myself  have 
been  thus  fayored,  I  would  be  quite 
nonplussed.  There  is  no  writing  in 
the  letter,  except  one  word.  Instead 
of  writing,  there  is  the  figure  of  a  cof- 
fia, with  skull  and  cross  bones  at  the 
top,  and  the  terrific  v/ord,  beware  ! 
in  red  ink  at  the  bottom.  The  reason 
for  my  receiving  this  symbolic  compli- 
ment is  that  I  am  opposed  to  secret  or- 
ders, and  express  that  opposition  in  pub- 
lic lectures.  I  wish  to  say  that  I  shall 
continue  to  lecture  as  opportunity  of- 
fers and  my  conscience  dictates,  with- 
out any  fear  from  the  Dagon  of  Odd- 


fellowship,  or  the  Baal  of  Freemason- 
ry, or  any  other  secret  clan.  One  of 
these  orders  has  tried  intimidation,  an- 
other of  its  moral  and  benevolent  arts, 
very  often;  but  all  men  will  not  quail 
or  be  silent  before  such  works  of 
darkness.  I,  for  one,  will  not  allow 
these  secret  orders  to  corrupt  religion 
and  advance  their  selfish  ends  without 
remonstrance.  J.  W.  Raynor, 


Temperance  Orders. 

York,  Pa. 
Editor  Cynosure: 

I  have  just  ascertained  that  one  of 
our  largest  liquor  dealers  rents  his  store 
from  one  of  our  Sons  of  Temperance. 

Now,  when  we  remember  that  the 
temperance  orders  are  only  Masonic 
Sunday  Schools,  and  that  Freemason- 
ry originated  in  a  rum  hole,  we  can 
see  how  beautifully  all  things  harmon- 
ize, and  how  true  it  is  that  '  'truth  is 
stranger  than  fiction,"  especially  when 
it  is  Anti-masonic, 

Not  lonij  ago,  I  was  informed  that 
the  Good  Templar's  lodge  that  oace  ex- 
isted here,  was  a  mere  place  for  court- 
ing. And  furthermore,  it  is  reported 
on  good  authority,  that  some  of  the 
love-making  was  quite  Masonic  in  style. 
It  is  true,  however,  that  many  of  the 
members  of  this  lodge  were  very  re- 
spectable people.  Thig  was  what  put 
an  end  to  it;  when  I  scattered  tracts 
and  Cynosures  that  lit  up  the  darkness 
like  a  great  bonfire  or  an  Atlantic  light- 
house. 

The  temperance  excitement  has 
reached  this  quiet  place  at  last,  and 
the  real  temperance  men  and  women 
are  now  moving  without  regalia,  winks, 
nudges,  or  any  childish  monkey  shines, 
which  BO  delight  those  who  have  very 
small  heads  and  very  little  in  them. 
Reason  is  returning  I     "So  mote  it  be." 

FoX-HuNTER. 


From  Williams  County,  0. 


West  Unity,  0. 
The  battle  between  the  powers  of 
darkness  and  of  light  is  still  increasing 
here.  We  have  had  three  anti-secret 
lectures  here  since  last  fall,  which 
served  as  checks  to  Masonry  and  Odd- 
fellowship.  I  was  told  there  have 
been  no  accessions  to  them  since.  I 
was  also  informed  that  the  M,  E.  aiin- 
ister  said  he  did  not  attend  the  lodge 
any  more,  for  the  reason  that  a  great 
many  people  are  opposed  to  secrecy 
a  nd  refuse  to  pay  quarterage. 

E.  Miller. 


A  Personal  Letter. 


Mallet  Creek,  O.,  May  8,  1874. 
Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

Excuse  me  for  troubling  you  with 
this  article  at  the  urgoat  solicitation  of 
Bro.  Stoddard,  who  .«issured  me  that  for 
this  once  at  least  I  should  be  heard  and 
not,  as  usual,  consigned  to  the  waste 
paper  basket. 

While  we  are  and  have  been  radical 
of  the  radicals  at  home  for  forty  years, 
we  seem  to  be  too  conservative  to  be  at 
all  represented  in  our  national  organ, 
and  did  I  not  know  that  much  the 
largest  portion  of  our  best  Anti-masons 
in  these  parts  fully  agree  with  me  in 
this  particular,  I  should  not  trouble  you 
farther. 

Our  conservatism,  so  far  as  we  un- 
derstand the  Cynosure  and  ourselves, 
consists  in  holding  and  respecting  the 
following  declaration  of  principles: 

let.     We  believe  our  God  is  all  wise, 

omnipotent,  just  and  truthful,  and  no 

respecter  of  persons. 

2^      That  our  only  hope  is  ia  God, 


and  to  secure  his  blessing  in  reform 
movements  we  must  respect  the  rights 
of  our  friends  and  opponents;  that 
nothing  is  gained  and  much  lost  by  be- 
ing unjust  to  either. 

3d.  We  believe  there  are  diflerent 
degrees  of  wickedness  among  Masons, 
and  especially  among  fsecret  societies; 
that  Good-Templarism  is  not  necessarily 
as  wicked  as  Masonry. 

4th.  We  believe  since  the  Morgan^ 
excitement  died  out  by  common  consent 
of  Anti-masone,  as  well  as  by  the  de- 
sign of  adhering  Masons,  that  a  genera- 
tion grew  up  that  knew  not  Morgan, 
that  Knew  not  the  evils  of  secret  socie- 
ties, under  various  pretexts,  not  neces- 
sarily criminal,  were  deceived,  ensnar- 
ed, blindfolded,  and  cable-towed  and 
had  notorious  oaths  and  obligations 
crammed  down  their  throats,  that  now 
see  no  way  of  honorable  or  safe  escape, 
until  those  who  are  free  create  a  public 
sentiment  around  them  that  will  pro- 
tect them  against  the  vengeancs  of  their 
cut-tbroat  brethren  and  their  long-eared 
"Jacks"  who  believe  Herod  ought  to 
behead  John  the  Baptist,  because  he 
had  taken  an  oath  to  do  it.  Nay,  ver- 
ily, I  believe  we  old  Anti-masons  are 
made  guilty  before  God  for  suffering  a 
generation  to  grow  up  in  our  midst  thus 
ignorant.  Let  him  that  is  without  sin 
in  this  matter  cast  the  first  stone.  I 
will  not  do  it  until  kind,  faithful,  and 
persevering  labor  cease?  to  have  efi'ect. 
For  ttie  same  reason,  while  I  would 
not  fellowship,  as  a  Christian,  with  an 
intelligent  adhering  Mason,  I  dare  not 
condemn  entire  churches  because  they 
have  Judases  in  them,  eyen  if  Judas 
does  carry  the  day  and  serve  on  their 
committees.  If  the  tares  cannot  be 
rooted  out  without  destroying  the 
wheat  (except  in  extreme  cases),  both 
better  grow  together  until  harvest,  than 
that  we  be  sunk  in  the  sea  with  a  mill- 
stone tied  to  our  neck,  =''/^.rT. 

5th.  We  believe  it  to  be  the  policy 
of  the  devil  if  possible  to  turn  all  re- 
formers acide  upon  false  or  side  issues 
for  the  purpose  of  stirring  up  their 
enemies  and  disheartening  their  friends. 
In  this  particular  we  believe  the  Cyno- 
sure has  been  greatly  at  fault  from  the 
beginning.  Though  from  a  hasty  read- 
ing, I  think  your  issue  of  April  30th  is 
an  exception.  We  ought  to  let  the 
devil  know  that  oar  work  cannot  cease 
to  come  down  to  discuss  the  propriety 
of  General  Grant's  smoking  propensities 
and  thereby  incur  the  displeasure  of 
the  millions  who  worship  General  Grant 
as  the  saviour  of  our  nation.  If  you 
wish  to  do  a  child  good  you  must  not 
abuse  the  mother,  and  if  you  wish  to 
beard  the  old  lion  in  his  den  and  the 
cubs  will  keep  quiet  let  them  do  so. 
Lic^ht  Masonry  as  Masonry  apd  other 
secret  societies  as  such  upon  their  own 
demerits.  Do  not  impute  the  sins  of 
the  father  to  the  children  and  the  sins 
of  the  children  to  the  father.  When 
the  harlot  mother  Masonry  is  dead 
there  will  be  as  little  use  for  those  mi- 
nor secret  societies  to  sprout  Masonry 
in  as  there  would  be  for  Sabbath-schools 
were  the  church,  Bible  and  Sabbath 
blotted  out.  Perhaps  these  notions  are 
not  sound,  but  we  know  them  to  be 
honestly  entertained  by  many  good 
Anti-masons.      Possibly    by    meeting 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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them  with  the  candor  "in  which  they 
are  presented  may  convince  us  of  their 
unsoundness,  but  selling  them  to  the 
rag-pickers  leaves  the  impression  on  our 
minds  that  they  are  discarded  because 
they  are  unanswerable. 

Four  years  ago  last  fall,  or  ear'y  in 
the  winter,  the  Cynoswi  e  published  an 
article  of  mine  setting  forth  that  the 
Masons  had  decreed  the  political  death 
of  Senator  Pomeroy  on  account  of  his 
Anti-masonic  speech  at  Chicago.  That 
article  was  dictated  not  by  the  spirit  of 
prophesy  but  by  the  immutable  laws  of 
God's  providence  as  revealed  in  his 
Word;  for  the  purpose  of  intimating 
that  as  he  had  put  his  hand  to  the  plow 
he  could  not  retreat,  but  had  much  to 
lose  and  nothing  to  gain  by  looking 
back;  which  if  he  had  heeded  to-day 
he  would  have  stood  head,  neck  and 
shoulders  above  all  his  enemies. 

Perhaps  as  that  prediction  has  so 
literally  been  fulfilled  it  might  be  of 
interest  to  your  readers  to  reproduce  a 
portion  of  that  article. 

You  will  excuse  my  boldness  and 
plainness;  you  claim  to  be  the  National 
organ  of  the  Christian  Anti-masons  and 
I  am  an  old  Anti-mason  and  hope  a 
Christian,  and  ask  no  one  to  be  respon- 
sible for  what  I  say.  Yours  truly, 
Samuel  Hale. 


OUK  MAIL. 


A.  C.  Moffatt,  Albion,  la.,  writes: 
"I  am  doing  what  I  can  for  the  cause. 
I  am  circulating  the  petition  to  the  Presi- 
dent against  the  Masons  meddling  with  the 
Custom  House  building  in  Chicago .  It  stirs 
up  the  fraternity.  People  about  here  begin 
to  look  up  the  matter  and  sign  the  petition." 

Wm.  B.  Gibson,  Springfield,  Iowa, 
writes: 

"I  sit  down  to  rest  this  noon  and  con- 
clude thus  to  send  the  Cynosure  to  [here 

follow  subscribers'  names] I 

thought  by  doing  this  I  might  scatter  a 
little  Anti-masonic  fire  in  several  direc- 
tions." 

Henry  Elder,  Avery,  Iowa,  writes: 
"I  wish  you  God  speed   in  your  enter- 
prise." 

Joseph  Wren,  Sturgis,  Mich.,  writes: 

"I  find  many  that  say  the  Cynosure  is 
on  the  right  principle,  but  dare  not  take  it 
for  fear  it  will  hurt  their  business.  I  shall 
keep  trying  as  I  have  done  ever  since  I 
took  the  paper.  This  makes  five  in  two 
weeks,  the  first  that  I  could  get  around  this 
place;  so  I  feel  a  little  encouraged.  I  like 
the  new  paper  very  much." 

We  are  encouraged  also  by  your  success. 

Mrs.  Ellen  Hurst,  Golden  City,  Col., 
writes: 

''  .  .  .  I  assure  you  it  [the  Cynosure] 
will  be  to  me  like  the  face  of  an  old  friend 
as  I  have  been  deprived  of  it  for  some 
time.  .  .  .  Some  of  our  members  [U. 
B.]  here  have  joined  the  grange,  and  still 
remain  in  the  church.  I  hope  your  paper 
will  give  some  insight  as  to  what  the  church 
is  doing  in  other  places  in  regard  to  this 
matter." 

R.  Powell,  Clinton,  Mich.,  writes; 

"I  wish  to  continue  the  paper.  It  is  well 
edited  and  will  operate  like  the  barley  cake 
in  the  Midian  camp.  I  have  been  more 
than  forty  years  in  this  war.  .  .  .  I 
drew  up  the  plan  of  adjustment  which  in 
our  great  denomination  (Baptist)  at  con- 
vention at  Rome,  New  York,  ia  Oct.,  18o3, 
which  was  adopted  after  two  days  and  two 
evenings  discussion  by  a  committee  of  32 
aWe  brethren,  which  settled  the  whole  con- 
cern in  our  distracted  churches.  1  am  now 
an  old  man,  nearly  eighty-four  years  of  age. 
My  hearing  and  eyesight  are  failing.  I 
shall  patronize  the  Cynosure  as  long  as  I 
can  read." 

Wm.  Atkinson,  Saybrook,  111.,  writes: 
"My  wife  and  I  are  very  well  pleased 
with  the  Cynosure,  especially  with  its  late 
improvement,  and  with  the  Christian  spirit 
with  which  it  is  edited.  I  have  belonged 
to  the  M.  E.  church  over  forty  years,  and 
never  has  the  prospect  been  so  dark  to  me 
as  at  present,  for  real  spirituality  in  it,  on 


account  of  Masonry  and  popularity.  For 
most  of  our  ministers  and  many  of  our 
members  belong  to  secret  orders.  Our  sta- 
tioned minister  is  Worshipful  Master  and 
conducts  the  lodge  here.  For  years  we 
have  been  pained  to  hear  none  but  Masons 
preach  to  us.  We  have  been  somewhat 
posted  in  Masonry  since  the  murder  of 
Wm.  Morgan.  We  think  it  to  be  the  cry- 
ing evil  of  our  church  and  country.  My 
prayer  is  that  God  will  bless  the  means 
now  in  use,  and  that  the  time  is  not  far 
distant  when  the  dreadful  stain  shall  be 
wiped  out  of  the  nation  and  of  the  entire 
world." 

Rev.  .las.  Pixley,  Hudson,  Mich.,  writes, 
as  postscript: 

"I  think  that  I  will  be  able  to  get  some 
more  soon." 

Such  postscripts  are  to  us  very  pleasant 
and  encouraging. 

Francis  Semple,  Esq.,  Ft.  Madison,  la., 
writes: 

"Very  many  secretists  in  this  county  and 
I  am  suifering  largely  in  my  profession 
(the  law)  because  of  my  publications,  but 
will  live  through  it  I  trust." 

This  battle  is  a  severe  one,  but  Masonry 
cannot  stand  against  bold,  faithful  and 
intelligent  opposition.  Let  all  enemies  of 
the  evil  works  of  darkness  rally  to  the  sup- 
port of  our  picket  guard  who  have  given 
the  alarm  and  a  glorious  victory  will 
follow. 

B.  Fuller,  Union  Valley,  N.  Y.,   writes: 

"I  hope  I  shall  be  able  to  get  more  sub- 
scriptions before  the  Convention." 

John  F.  Worley,  Bowensburgh,  111., 
writes : 

"I  am  among  many  of  these  Masons 
and  wish  to  obtain  knowledge.  I  pray 
God  to  suppress  the  evil." 

W.  H.  Smylie,  Cadiz,  O.,  writes: 
"The  grange  is  doing  a  good  deal  of 
harm  here  for  the  Cynosure,  as  they  don't 
uphold  an  anti-secret  paper." 
Wm.  Gilmore,  Madrid,  N.  Y.,  writes: 
"The  Masons  here  say  they  have  never 
taken  any  such  oaths,"  as  those  in  the 
Morgan  book,  and  adds:  "I  would  be  glad 
to  have  you  print  the  oaths  they  take  now 
if  you  can.     The  third  degree,  Royal  Arch 
and  Knight  Templar's." 

These  men  have  taken  the  oaths,  substan- 
tially, as  given  in  the  Morgan  book,  (the 
Morgan  book  gives  only  three,)  and  in 
Bernard's  Light  on  Masonry,  (who  gives 
the  Royal  Arch,  Knight  Templar's,  etc.,) 
or  they  are  not  genuine  Freemasons.  One 
hundred  Masons  at  the  LeRoy  Convention 
in  New  York,  testified  to  the  correctness  of 
these  revelations  more  than  forty  years 
ago;  and  multitudes  of  others  have  done 
so  since.  Fresh  testimonies  from  seceding 
Masons  as  to  their  accuracy  (truthful,  hon- 
est men)  come  to  our  oflice  every  few  weeks 
Kow.  Some  Masons  put  Bernard's  Light 
on  Masonry  (secretly)  into  the  hands  of 
their  brethren  who  are  not  well  posted,  for 
their  instruction. 

Emory  Sprague,  Hill  House,  O.,  writes: 

"I  am  sure  the  grange  movement  will 
have  a  tendency  to  wake  up  the  people 
with  regard  to  secret  societies  generally. " 

S.  Macy,  Pleasant  Plain,  la.,  writes: 
"I  realize  that  God  can  make  friends  for 
his  children  as  well  as  the  devil  can  for  his ; 
and  better  ones  too.  I  hope  and  pray  that 
the  Cyyiosure  will  be  kept  strictly  upon 
Christian  grounds,  and  that  the  contest 
will  not  terminate  in  the  use  of  carnal  weap- 
ons. The  granges  in  this  country  seem  to 
be  rather  on  the  decline.  An  elderly 
Quaker  who  had  joined  them  told  me  he 
thought  they  would  kill  themselves,  for 
they  were  running  into  politics.  Another 
one  of  the  Friends  said  if  they  would  leave 
ofl'  one  half  of  the  ceremony  it  would  be 
stronger  than  it  is.  When  they  started  in 
this  section  they  made  an  ellort  with  the 
merchants  to  furnish  them  goods  at  lower 
figures  than  to  others  who  were  not  grang- 
ers. That  soon  played  out,  for  most  of 
them  stood  to  the  true  position  that  one 
man's  money  ought  to  buy  as  much  as  an- 
other man's.  Another  granger  told  me  he 
threw  his  granije  ticket  upon  the  counter, 
told  the  merchant  he  might  have  that,  for 
it  had  not  profited  him  one  cent.  Thus  we 
see  that  after  giving  it  a  trial,  even  in  a 
small  section  of  country  coming  under  one's 
immediate  observation,  the  grange,  by  the 
more  thoughtful,  is  held  in  disrespect.  The 
grange  is  beginning  to  look  like  the  Irish- 
man's toad  that  he  found  under  an  apple 
tree  while  picking  apples.  He  held  it  up 
in  full  view  by  one  leg  and  said  he  had 


found  a  pretty  bird  but  all  the  feathers 
were  picked  off.  A  seceded  Mason  told 
me  that  a  considerable  portion  of  their 
means  went  for  feasting.  He  had  seen  fif- 
ty dollars  drawn  out  of  the  treasury  at  one 
time  and  used  in  that  way.  I  know  two 
Quaker  brothers,  middle  aged  men,  one 
was  a  recorded  minister,  who  joined  the 
Masons,  both  of  them  took  to  using  liquor 
to  excess  and  were  expelled  from  the 
church." 

Rev.  Hosea  Washburn,  Madison,  Me., 
writes : 

"I  have  been  a  subscriber  for  the  Morn- 
iny  Star  more  than  foriy  years,  and  agent 
for  the  same.  It  used  to  be  outspoken 
against  Masonry,  now  it  is  whist  and  silent. 
So  with  all  the  papers.  I  think  it  seems  as 
though  the  press  was  muzzled.  I  think  if 
they  will  not  come  out  publicly  against 
Masonry  and  its  kindred  evils,  I  shall  not 
patronize  the  paper  after  my  subscription 
expires." 

L.  C.  Gaskill,  Newark  Valley,  N.  Y., 
writes: 

"  I  am  not  working  for  profit  but  princi- 
ple." 

Azel  Kinney,  Lima  Center,  Wis.,  writes: 
"  The  new  paper  is    a    great  improve- 
ment." 

M.  W.  Jordan,  Cortland,  111.,  wrttes: 
"Why  not  make  an  arrangement  with 
some  manufacturer  of  ready  or  self-binders, 
suitablefor  the  Cynosure,  and  send  them  to 
subscribers  at  cost.  They  might  be  made 
so  as  to  hold  one  or  two  volumes  as  they 
might  wish;  then  many  would  preserve 
them  that  now  do  not.'' 

If  this  binder  is  generally  wanted  we 
will  see  what  we  can  do  about  it. 
Jacob  Rasor,  Lockington,  O. ,  writes: 
"It  would  do  me  much  good  if  I  could 
get  one  or  two  dozen  subscribers.  I  live 
in  hopes.  God  speed  the  good  cause.  It 
seems  I  can  see  the  hand  of  God  at  work 
fully  as  plain  as  it  did  in  the  slavery  ques- 
tion." 

C.  W.  Howell,  E.  Constable,  N.  Y., 
writes: 

"Some  tell  me  it  is  a  good  cause,  hope 
the  Lord  will  prosper  it,  yet  when  we 
speak  to  them  about  money,  they  have  none 
to  spare.  They  seem  to  want  the  Lord  to 
do  all  the  work  and  furnish  all  the  materi- 
al. We  are  anxious  to  hear  more  about 
that  murder,  Our  Masons  tell  us  it  is  not 
so,  got  up  for  a  sensation." 

E.  Beardslee,  Sydney,  N.  Y.,  writes: 
"I  have  got  one  new  subscriber .  .  .  . 
I  have  tried  to  get  subscribers,  but  cannot 
for  want  of  money.  Some  cattle  are  starv- 
ing for  want  of  something  to  eat.  It  takes 
all  the  money  to  buy  feed." 

Let  those  more  favorably  located  send 
enough  money  to  make  up  for  what  we 
miss  from  Sydney  and  similarly  situated 
places. 


%ti  %m%  %%. 


TIio  Grenesee  Consociation. 


Extracts  from  the  minutes  of  their 
ses.«on  in  Mendon,  N.Y. ,  on  the  3d 
and  4th  of  June,  1828. 

Whereas,  the  pricciples  of  specula- 
tive Freemasonry  have  been  exposed 
to  the  world  by  a  great  number  of 
members  who  have  seceded  from  the 
fraternity,  consisting  of  ministers  of 
the  Gospel  and  professing  Christians  of 
various  denominations,  and  also  of 
many  persons  of  fair  character,  which 
show  beyond  all  doubt,  the  extreme 
corruption  of  the  institution  in  its  un. 
godly  perversion  of  the  holy  Scrip- 
tures :  in  its  idolatry  and  blasphemy, 
by  conferring  degrees  in  the  name  of 
the  Holy  Trinity,  and  by  personifying 
the  great  I  AM  in  the  burning  bush,  in 
its  profane  and  horrible  oaths,  requir- 
ing the  candidate  to  forswear  himself 
contrary  to  the  instruction  of  the 
Scriptures,  and  directly  in  opposition  to 
the  commands  of  Christ,  who  says, 
"8wear  not  at  all,"  the,  violators  of 
which  oaths  forfeit  their  lives  accord- 
ing   to   the   rules   of  the   institution. 


which  brand  its  members  to  commit 
enormous  sins,  even  to  secrete,  defend 
and  protect  each  other  in  their  secular 
interests  and  iniquities  in  the  violation 
of  the  laws  of  God  and  man;  in  its 
selfishness,  by  devoting  its  meiobers 
to  an  alarming  extent  to  defend  the 
principles  of  the  institution,  however 
opposed  to  those  of  morality  and  re- 
ligion, and  by  the  inducements  it  holds 
out  to  ministers  of  the  Gospel  to  be- 
come connected  with  the  institution 
for  the  purpose  of  extending  their  in- 
fluence contrary  to  the  principles  of 
the  Gospel,  which  requires  all  men,  es- 
pecially ministers,  to  trust  only  in  Al- 
mighty God.     Therefore, 

Resolved,  that  it  is  the  duty  of  this 
body  to  commence  a  work  of  reforma- 
tion— and  that  we  ought  to  begin  with 
the  ministers  in  our  connection,  or  with 
those  who  may  apply  for  such  cDunec- 
lion,  and  who  are  required  to  set  a 
suitable  example — that  the  institution 
may  no  longer,  as  it  hitherto  has  been 
in  the  estimation  of  many,  sanctified 
and  rendered  popular  by  their  pres- 
ence and  countenance,  and  that  no  per- 
sons may  hereafter,  as  heretofore,  place 
their  confidence  in  its  principles,  as 
being  of  sufficient  efficacy  to  redeem 
the  soul,  an  opinion  against  which  ev- 
ery minister  ought  to  bear   testimony. 

Resolved,  that  the  Consociation  will 
neither  lisense,  ordain  or  install  those 
who  sustain  any  connection  with  the 
institmtion,  or  who  will  not  disapprove 
and  renounce  it;  nor  will  we  give  let- 
ters of  recommendation  in  favor  of 
such  persons  to  preach  in  any  of  the 
churches  in  our  connection. 

Resolved,  that  the  silence  of  relig- 
ious papers  on  the  subject  of  Masonry, 
ought  no  longer  to  be  countenanced, 
inasmuch  as  the  conductors  of  such  pa- 
pers are  required,  as  all  other  Christians 
are,  to  put  their  trust  in  God  for  sup- 
port, and  not  in  Masonic  patronage; 
and  to  exercise  a  full  belief  that  the 
friends  of  the  Redeijmer  will  rally 
around  his  standard.  If  Sabbath  break- 
ing and  drunkenness  are  subjects  just- 
ly calling  forth  the  animadversions  of 
Christians  and  Christian  presses,  we 
cannot  account  for  the  fact  that  kid" 
napping,  arson,  murder,  idolatry,  and 
blasphemy  should  pass  without  cen- 
sure. 

John  Taylor,  Moderator. 
Silas  Pkatt,  Clerk. 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Second 
Quarter,  1874. 

Apr.  Bth,  Ex.  xx.  1-17— The  Ten  Commands. 

"      12      "      xxxiL  1-6,  19,  20:  Golden  Calf. 

"      19     "      xxsiii.    la-W:  People    Forgiven. 

"      25      "      xl.  17-30:  Tabernacle  set  up. 
May      3   Lev.  vii.  37,38:  The  Five  Offering's. 

"      10      "      xxii.  4-6, 15-21,  33-30:  The  Three 
Great  Feasts. 

"      17  Num.  iii.  5-13:  The  Lord's  Ministers. 

"      25      "      xix.  1-10:  Israel's  Unbelief. 

"      31      "      XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  Rock. 
June    7  Num.  xxi.  4-9:  Serpent  of  Brass. 

"      14  Dcut.  xviii.  9-lC:  The  True  Prophet. 

"      21      "      xxiv.  1-12;  Death  of  Moses. 

"      28  Review   (Suggest)  Ucut.  viii.   Mercies 
Reviewed. 

LESSON     Xxiii. — JUNE    7,    1874.— THE     SEK- 
PENT  OF  BRASS. 

SCRIPTUllE  LESSON. — NUM.  Xxl.  4-9. 

Commit  4-  9 ;  Primary  Verse,  8. 

4  And  they  journeyed  from  mount  Hor 
by  the  way  of  the  Red  Sea,  to  compass  the 
land  of  Edom  :  and  the  soul  of  the  people 
was  much  discouraged  because  of  the  way. 

5.  And  the  people  spake  against  God, 
and  against  Moses,  Wherefore  have  ye 
brought  us  up  out  of  Egypt  to  die  in  the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


wilderness  ?  for  there  is  no  bread,  neither 
is  there  any  water  :  and  our  soul  loatheth 
this  light  bread. 

6.  And  the  Lord  sent  fiery  serpents 
among  the  people,  and  they  bit  the  peo- 
ple ;  and  much  people  of  Israel  died. 

7  Therefore  the  people  came  to  Moses, 
and  said,  We  have  sinned,  for  we  have 
spoken  against  the  Lord,  and  against  thee  : 
pray  unto  the  Lord  that  he  take  away  the 
serpents  from  us.  And  Moses  prayed  for 
the  people. 

8  And  the  Lord  said  unto  Moses, 
Make  thee  a  fiery  serpent,  and  set  it  upon 
a  pole  :  and  it  shall  come  to  pass,  that 
every  one  that  is  bitten,  when  he  looketh 
upon  it  shall  live. 

9  And  Moses  made  a  serpent  of  brass, 
and  put  it  upon  a  pole  ;  and  it  came  to 
pass,  that  if  a  serpent  had  bitten  any  man, 
when  he  beheld  the  serpent  of  brass,  he 
lived. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "As  Moses  lifted 
up  the  serpent  in  the  wilderness,  even  so 
must  the  Son  of  man  be  lifted  up  :  that 
whosoever  believeth  in  him  should  not 
perish,  but  have  eternal  life."— John  iii. 
14,  15. 

TOPIC— Ruin  utter  ;  Redemption  com- 
plete. 


M. 
T. 
W. 

Th. 

F. 
S. 
S. 


HOME  READINGS. 
Num.    xxi.     1-18— The  Brazen  Serpent. 
2  Kings  xviii.  112— Destroyed  by  Hezekiah. 
Gen.      iii.       1-15— Tlie  Serpent  in  Eden. 
Jolin      iii.       1-18— The  Two  Musts. 
Marie     XV.    15-39— Christ  Lifted  Up. 
1  Cor.    X.        1-14— Trials  of  the  Wilderness. 
Rev.      XX.      1-15— Old  Serpent  Destroyed. 

TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 

Discouraged  by  the  way,  verges  4,  5. 

The  Fiery  Serpents                "  6, 7. 

The  Serpent  Lifted  Up,         "  s,  9. 

Look  and  Live,                    verse  9. 

SUGGESTIONS  TxTsCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

Where  were  the  Israelites  at  the  time 
of  our  last  lesson?  (ch.  xx.  1.)  What  re- 
quest did  Moses  send  to  the  king  of  Edom? 
(ch.  XX.  14-17.)  What  reply  did  Edom  re- 
turn ?  (ch.  XX.  18.)  Who  -was  Edom? 
(Gen.  XXV.  30  ;  xxvi.  1,  8.)  What  is  the 
land  called  in  Obad.  8,9;  Jer.  xlix.  8,  10? 
The  modern  name  is  Idumea;  originally 
it  was  Seir  (Gen.  xiv.  6  ;  xxxvi.  30-22), 
which  signifies  dwellers  in  caves.  Find  the 
boundaries  on  the  map.  What  brook  sep- 
arated Edom  from  Moab?  What  gulf  is 
on  the  south  ?  The  name  of  the  capital 
is  given  Gen.  xxxvi.  33,  and  the  principal 
fortress,  2  Kings  xiv.  7.  It  had  two  sea- 
ports (1  Kings  ix.  26).  Where  was  the 
next  stopping  place  ?  (ch.  xx.  22.)  What 
occurred  there  ?  (ch.  xx.  28.)  How  long 
did  they  remain?  (ch.  xx.  29.) 

What  is  the  first  topic?  Ask  your 
teachers  what  kind  of  a  road  it  was  they 
traveled.  What  did  they  do?  (verse  5.) 
Wa?  it  true  that  there  was  no  bread? 
What  did  they  say  of  the  manna?  The 
words  light  bread  signify  vile  bread. 
What  did  they  leave  in  Egypt  that  they 
wished  for?  (Num.  xi.  5.)  Can  you  think 
of  any  things  they  had  in  Egypt  that  they 
had  now  forgotten? 

What  is  the  second  topic?  These  were 
God's  answers  to  their  murmurs.  Do  you 
ever  murmur?  What  was  the  effect  of  the 
bite?    What  did  the  people  say  to  Moses  ?• 

What  is  the  third  topic?  Did  God  an- 
swer the  prayer?  Did  he  grant  the  re- 
quest? What  did  he  provide  ?  How  did 
the  remedy  resemble  the  plague  ?  Repeat 
the  Golden  Text.  How  does  the  brazen 
serpent  resemble  Jesus?  What  is  the  title 
of  our  home  reading  for  Thursday  ?  What 
must  is  in  the  7th  verse?  What  one  in 
the  14th  verse? 

What  is  the  fourth  topic?  How  many 
things  had  any  one  to  do  to  be  healed? 
Were  thy  healed  by  looking  at  the  bite? 
There  was  only  one  thing  to  do,  only  one 
way  to  do  it,  and  only  one  time  for  doing 
it.  If  you  had  been  bitten  when  would 
you  have  looked? 

Lessons.  Jesus  had  been  lifted  up.  The 
remedy  is  provided  for  all.  Only  those 
who  look  will  live.  Believing  in  him  is 
looking  ;  it  is  the  look  of  faith  (John  iii. 
16,  36.)  No  one  can  look  for  another. 
We  may  point  others  to  the  remedy. 
Look  and  live. — National  Smiday  School 
Teaclier. 


Have  a  Purpose. 


Teaching  to  my  purpose  is  imposBi- 
b!e,  unless  it  is  directed  to  some  pur- 
pose. A  defiaite  aim  is  essential  to 
serviceable  method,  This  is  well  ex- 
pressed in  the  following,  frora  an  essay 
by  Edward  Drury  in  the  ,5'.  S.   World: 

Every  les€oa  should  have,  to  the 
teacher,  a  distinct  and  well-defined  pur- 
pose.     There  should  be  some  one'truth 


or  lesson  intended  to  be  fixed  on  the 
minds  and  hearts  of  the  scholars. 
There  may  be  many  important  second- 
ary lessons  drawn  out  and  enforced 
during  the  course  of  the  lesson,  but 
there  should  be  always  one  main  pur- 
pose or  end  aimed  at  in  every  lesson. 
Without  this  there  can  be  no  true  meth- 
od at  all;  for  method  is  neither  more 
nor  less  than  the  way  or  path  by  which 
we  seek  to  reach  some  desired  end. 
But  if  no  particular  end  is  sought,  how 
can  there  be  a  method  or  path  to  it  ? 
The  first  matter  to  determine  in  each 
lesson,  then,  is  the  main  truth  to  be 
enforced.  "Purpose  is  the  first  and 
main  thing  on  which  success  depends." 
Unless  there  be  this  the  plans  must  be 
vague,  and  indistinctly  conceived  by 
the  teacher;  and  what  is  not  clear  to 
the  teacher  can  never  be  made  clear  to 

the  scholar. 

«-•-• 

Work  and  Pray. 

Work  and  pray!    The  day  is  dawning. 
Error's  night  files  fast  away ; 

All  the  radiance  of  life's  morning 
Gleams  and  glistens  on  your  way. 

Work  and  pray  with  hand  and  spirit. 
Scatter  wide  the  gems  of  truth ; 

Let  the  coming  years  inherit 
Something  worthy  of  thy  youth. 

Work  and  pray  I    Thy  work  is  ready, 

Ever  waiting  for  thy  hands ; 
With  a  purpose  firm  and  steady, 

Scatter  broadcast  o'er  the  land. 

Let  the  seeds  be  patience,  duty. 
Temperance  and  honest  zeal ; 

These  shall  grow  to  perfect  beauty, 
These  shall  make  thy  deepest  weal. 

Sow  thy  seeds!    The  harvest  given, 

He  who  worketh  over  thee, 
Made  thee  for  an  earnest  liver, 

And  he  claims  thy  due  of  thee. 

Work  and  pray!    Not  sitting  idly ; 

Let  the  years  go  on  and  on. 

But  with  open  hand  fling  wildly 

,     Golden  seeds  ere  all  are  gone. 

Work  and  pray!    We  all  must  labor. 

Weakly  waiting  will  not  do, 
Will  not  heal  a  wounded  neighbor, 

That  is  work  for  me  and  you. 

Work  and  pray  with  hands  and  spirit. 
In  life's  spring-time  fresh  and  free ; 

Sow  thy  seed  and  never  fear  it, 
Harvest  time  shall  surely  be. 

»  B  » 

The  Teachers'  Class. 


Every  member  of  a  Teachers'  Class 
ought  to  be  ready  and  williag  to  add 
at  least  a  little  to  the  interest  and  profit 
of  the  occasion.  zVn  article  in  the 
National  S.  S.  Teacher  puts  the  case 
in  the  following  strong  light : 

Think  of  a  week  with  no  thought  or 
study,  or  plan  for  the  week  of  an  hour 
that  will  tell  in  eternity.  What  a 
blank!  Not  much  better  those  who 
think  the  Teachers'  Meeting  a  kind  of 
a  Sabbath-school  omnibus,  where  they 
take  free  rides  and  pick  up  information 
from  the  conversation  of  fellow-travel- 
ers. The  standard  of  study  for  teach- 
ers ought  to  be  so  high,  and  some 
time  will  be,  that  he  who  comes  to  Teach- 
ers' Meeting  to  learn  by  absorption 
what  he  has  not  thought  of  before,  will 
be  considered  as  really  dishonest  as  he 
who  in  any  line  of  business  furnishes 
no  capital,  but  unhesitatingly  claims  a 
share  of  the  profits.  No  one  can  be  a 
successful  teacher  who  does  not  give 
every  day  some  reading  or  helpful  study 
to  the  work. 


Doing  any  kind  of  work  about  home 
quietly  seems  to  make  it  easier.  A 
slamming  of  oven  doors,  clatter  of  dish- 
es, and  kindred  noises  tire  and  bewilder 
all  who  hear  them.  The  persons  who 
accomplish  the  most  and  the  best  in 
anything — and  the  rule  applies  to  house- 
work—are usually  the  quiet  workers. 
Black  Walnut  Stain. — To  impart  to 
common  pine  the  color  and  appearance 
of  black  walnut,  the  following  composi- 
tion may  be  used:  One  quarter  of  a 
pound  of  asphaltum,  one  half  a  pound 
of  common  beeswax  to  one  gallon  of  tur- 
pentine. If  found  too  thin,  add  bees- 
wax; if  too  light  in  color,  add  asphalt- 
um, though  that  must  be  done  with 
caution,  as  a  very  little  will  make  a 
great  deal  of  difference  in  the  shade,  and 
black  walnut  is  not  what  its  name  im- 
plies, but  rather  a  rich  dark  brown. 
Varnishing  is  not  essential,  as  the  wax 
gives  a  good  gloss. 

Boil  Your  Molasses. — When  molas- 
ses is  used  in  cooking,  it  is  a  very  great 
improvement  to  boil  and  skim  it.  It 
takes  out  a  raw  taste  and  makes  it  al- 
most as  good  as  sugar.  Where  molas- 
ses is  used  much  for  cooking,  it  is  well 
to  prepare  one  or  two  gallons  in  this 
way  at  a  time. 

It  is  said  that  if  castor  oil  is  mixed 
with  glycerine,  and  a  few  drops  of  oil  of 
cinnamon  added,  the  taste  of  the  castor 
oil  can  scarcely  be  recognized. 

It  is  stated  that  a  lamp  chimney 
put  in  cold  water,  and  allowed  to  remain 
till  the  water  boils,  will  not  readily 
break. 

Turpentine  and  dlkanet  root  make  a 
beautiful  purple^'color  for  staining  mar- 
ble for  fancy  chimney  pieces. 

An  exchange  says:  "If  you  don't 
want  to  put  gauz?  over  the  guilt  frames 
of  your  piolures  this  summer,  and  don't 
want  the  flies  to  speck  them,  boil  three 
or  four  onions  in  a  pint  of  water,  then 
with  a  clean  paint  brush  wash  over 
your  frames,  and  the  fi  ies  will  not  light 
on  them.  No  injury  will  result  to  the 
frames. 

Asthma  is  sometimes  cured  with  mix- 
ture of  two  ounces  of  the  best  honey 
and  one  ounce  of  castor  oil.  Take  a 
teaspopnful  night  and  morning. 

Alum  water  is  good  for  frosted  feet. 
Bathe  with  it  every  night  before  going 
to  bed.  It  will  generally  remove  all 
pain  and  soreness  in  three  or  four  cays. 

A  simple  cure  for  hoarseness  is  this: 
Take  the  whites  of  two  eggs  and  beat 
them;  add  two  spoonsful  of  white  sugar; 
grate  in  a  little  nutmeg  and  then  add  a 
pint  of  lukewarm  water.  Stir  well  and 
drink  often. 

Raised  Waffles. — To  make  nice 
waffles,  take  one  quart  of  wheat  flour, 
stir  into  it  sufiicient  lukewarm  milk  to 
make  a  thick  batter.  Add  a  tablespoon- 
ful  of  melted  butter,  a  teaspoouful  of 
salt,  halt  a  cup  of  yeast  and  two  eggs 
well  beaten.  Stir  it  all  together  and 
let  it  stand  until  light.  (If  the  waflles 
are  for  tea,  they  should  be  made  soon 
after  breakfast.)  Bake  in  wafili-irons 
well  greased  and  very  hot.  Turn  the 
irons  over  each  while  baking,  that  the 
waffle  may  be  browned  on  both  sides. 
Bake  until  a  nice  brown — about  five 
minutes. 


'^^^  ^i  ^^^\^, 


Suggestions  to  Fruit  Growers. — 
Sometimes  from  well  known  causes, 
trees  will  split  at  the  junction  of  their 
limbs  down  centrally,  or  limbs  will 
commence  to  split  off  from  the  trunk, 
la  such  cases,  make  a  hole  with  a  bit 
or  auger  through  the  severed  parts 
for  an  iron  bolt  of  the  size  required  to 
secure  all  needful  strength  to  the  parts 
and  hold  them  in  position;  taking  care 
to  countersink  the  head  and  nut  of  the 
bolt  in  the  wood,  so  as  to  allow  the 
wood  to  grow  over  the  same,  to  pre- 
vent evaporation  of  sap  and  consequent 
loss  of  vitality  in  the  tree. 

To  destroy  worms  use  strong  soap 
suds,  and  apply  with  a  "swab."  To 
keep  worms  from  ascending  the  tree, 
take  wool  finely  carded  into  thin  bats;  if 
the  tree  is  old,  with  rough  bark,  scrape 
the  bark  a  little,  or  if  there  are  scions 
in  the  tree,  apply  the  bats  tied  with 
woolen  yarn  about  two-thirds  the  dis- 
tance from  the  top  of  the  same,  leav- 
ing the  bat  to  double  down.  I  first 
tried  the  wool-bats  in  1833,  and  they 
proved  a  success,  multitudes  of  the 
pests  perishing  under  them  on 
the  tree-trunks.  Last  year  1  raised 
over  200  barrels  of  apples,  and  not 
more  than  one  two-hundredth  part  of 
the  fruit  was  worm-eaten  or  "stung," 
as  was  the  case  in  too  many  orchards. 
— N.  E.  Homestead. 

Permanent  Grass. — Water  mead- 
ows are  amongst  the  most  productive 
of  permanent  grass  lands.  But  the 
management  of  water  meadows  is  very 
frequently  injudicious.  No  cattle 
should  be  allowed  upoa  an  irrigated 
meadow,  nor  should  the  water  be 
permitted  to  run  continually  over  one 
spot.  A  meadow  thus  treated  very 
soon  becomes  a  morass,  and  is  then 
spoiled.  A  dressing  of  bone  dust  is 
remarkably  beneficial  to  water  mead- 
ows, greatly  thickening  the  grass  and 
improving  the  quality  of  the  hay.  An 
application  of  plaster  the  next  year 
still  further  improves  the  meadow. 
As  soon  as  the  hay  becomes  inferior 
in  quality  and  decreases  in  quantity,  it 
is  restored  by  a  repetition  of  this  treat- 
ment. The  opportunities  for  making 
water  meadows  are  frequent,  and  as 
their  value  becomes  appreciated  they 
will  become  much  more  common  than 
they  are  now. — A/nerican  Agricultur- 
alist. 

-. ^ . » 

A  Wieconsin  farmer,  having  tried  to 
sell  his  place  that  the  might  20  West, 
failed  to  do  so,  and  finally  concluded 
that  he  did  not  want  to  sell,  for  the 
following  reasons:  They  had  good 
roads,  all  the  county  improvements 
were  made,  churches  were  built,  aLd 
first-rate  sjhools  in  operation:  the  or- 
chard bore  abundantly,  and  there  were 
neighbors  who  knew  and  trusted  him. 
There  are  many  other  people  rovingly 
inclined,  who  would  do  well  to  look  at 

the  case  from  this  point  of  view. 

. «-.-» 

It  is  estimated  that  the  roots  of  a 
good  crop  of  red  clover,  left  in  an  acre 
of  land  after  the  removal  of  the  crop, 
weigh  from  three  to  three  and  a  half 
tons.  The  same  examination  gave  the 
weight  of  an  acre  of  rye  roots  at  3,500 
pounds,  and  of  wheat  roots  at  3,400 
pounds. 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ijkt  m\\h\m  m\m^^^ 


Chicago,  Thursday,  May  28,  1874. 


LAST  WORDS  BEFORE  GOING  TO  SYRACUSE, 


Ho  for  the  Anniversary !  This  is  the  last  number 
which  will  reach  our  readers  before  we  hope  to  meet  a 
goodly  number  of  them  in  Shakspeare  Hall,  Syracuse. 
We  see  them,  in  the  kaleidoscope  of  fancy,  even  now. 
A  large  sprinkling  of  old  w  hite-headed  veterans,  to  whom 
the  dark  conspiracy  against  our  hopes,  temporal  and 
eternal,  under  the  false  name  of  Masonry,  revealed 
itself  in  the  days  of  Morgan.  These  venerable  men 
have  found  that  a  political  remedy  is  no  cure  for  a  re- 
ligious evil.  They  saw  the  cause  of  God  against  this 
comprehensive  work  of  darkness  taken  charge  of  by 
a  political  party,  and  after  a  few  years,  demoralized, 
run  down,  and  run  out.  They  have  seen  the  deadly 
wound  of  this  "Image"  of  the  Popish  Beast  healed, 
and  the  dark,  shadowy  monster  returned  to  more  than 
its  prestine  power.  And  now  that  God  is  opening  the 
eyes  of  Americans  to  see  that  Freemasonry  is  a  false, 
anti-Christian  religion  of  the  last  days;  these  old 
patriots  and  servants  of  God,  with  hearts  swelling 
tears  of  gratitude  to  their  eyes,  come  out  like  the 
prophets  of  all  ages  to  utter  their  dying  words  of  love 
and  warning  to  their  fellow-men. 

Next  to  these  I  see  some  care-worn,  toil-worn  faces 
of  men  in  middle  life,  who  have  looked  to  God  in 
prayer  till  their  faces  shine  like  the  face  of  Stephen  in 
the  council,  "  as  an  angel  of  God."  These  are  angels 
of  God  to  to  their  fellow-men.  Men  who  have  too 
well  learned  to  trust  in  God  to  incur  his  displeasure  by 
trusting  in  man. 

Beside  and  along  with  these  the  bright,  calm,  clear 
faces  of  women,  like  those  who  followed  Christ  from 
Galhlee,  when  as  yet  there  was  no  Christianity,  noth- 
ing but  Christ,  to  follow. 

And  then  come,  like  the  young  Elisha,  a  troop  of 
young  men  to  pour  water  on  the  hands  of  God's  aged 
prophets  for  a  little  while,  before  they  ascend  to  heav- 
en by  whirlwinds  of  flame.  Earnest,  eloquent,  clear- 
eyed  and  clear  hearted,  kings  and  their  armies  shall 
yet  hear  and  heed  them,  as  they  heard  and  heeded 
Elisha  of  old. 

Let  us  go  up  to  this  meeting,  brethren,  conscious 
that  Christ  alone  is  mightier  than  Satan;  stronger 
than  the  "strong  man  armed;"  &xid  he  alone  can  give 
us  power  over  "  the  rulers  of  the  darkness  of  this 
world"  with  whom  we  restle.  Let  us  pray  before  we 
start,  and  on  the  way,  and  continually,  for  the  Com 
mittee  and  people  of  Syracuse,  that  God  will  preserve 
the  health  of  those  over-labored  men. 

Read  the  nineteenth  chapter  of  Acts.  Let  us  seek 
Buch  a  work  as  that  in  Ephesus,  when  Paul  preached 
a  gospel  which  brought  men  out  of  the  deyil-worships 
and  "curious  arts"  of  that  day,  and  burned  their 
books  to  the  cost  of  ''fifty  thousand  pieces  of  silver!" 
Revivals  of  religion  which  do  not  exclude  Freemason- 
ry are  superficial.  They  may  save  the  ignorant  and 
uninformed,  but  they  leave  the  worship  of  Satan  mix- 
ed with  the  worship  of  Christ.  Pray,  brethren,  pray 
for  the  Syracuse  meetina:. 


of  the  Book  of  DiEcipline  of  that  church;  and  our 
advice  to  those  respected  brethren  who  guide  the  ac- 
tion of  their  Assembly  is  the  solemn  appointment  of  a 
day  of  fasting  and  prayer  for  the  purification  of  their 
church  from  the  sin  of  secretism.  Mere  injunctions 
to  lower  church  courts  to  remove  the  scandal  will  never 
accomplish  it.  Freemasons,  like  the  slave-holders 
formerly,  will  always  throng  to  the  holiest  and  best 
church  which  will  receive  them.  A  Friend  Quaker 
astonished  me  by  the  Information,  that  ''the  lodge 
has  been  snakiog  its  way  into  Friends'  Meetings." 
And  if  such  communions  are  not  purified  the  accursed 
leaven  will  soon   "leaven  their  whole  lump." 

THE  SWING  TRIAL  ENDED, 


TROUBLE  IN  THE  UNITED  PRESBYTERIAN 
CHURCH. 


A  pamphlet  letter  has  been  sent  us,  written  by 
Rev.  G.  D.  Matthews,  of  New  York,  to  the  Moderator 
of  the  General  Assembly  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church,  relating  to  some  personal  and  Presbytevial 
matters  with  which  the  Cynosure  has  no  concern,  as 
we  never  meddle  with  denominational  difficulties  fur- 
ther than  to  regret  there  should  be  any  in  ."jo  good  a 
church  as  the  United  PreBbytorir-tD.  The  statement 
is  made  in  said  letter,  however,  that  aeveral  memb?rs 
(whose  names  are  given)  of  the  Jane  Street  Church, 
New  York,  are  known  Freemasons;  and  that  *'Free- 
masons  have  been  freely  admitted  to  the  membership 
of  this  congregation." 

If  this  be  so,  the  fact  is  a  clear  r.iul  explicit  violation 


As  was  expected,  this  trial  has  ended  in  the  acquittal 
of  Prof.  Swing.  The  vote  is  reported  forty-six  for  clear- 
ing, and  thirteen  for  condemning  him,  on  charges  of 
heretical  teaching  and  ministerial  unfaithfulness.  The 
papers  contain  also  bis  notice  of  withdrawal  from 
Presbytery.  Dr.  R.  W.  Patterson  made  a  long  and 
labored  speech  in  vindication  of  Professor  Swing. 
This  Dr.  Patterson,  now  Professor  in  the  Presbyterian 
Theological  Seminary  of  Chicago,  was  once  so  strait 
laced  a  doctrinarian  that  he  declared  his  College  Pres- 
ident, Sturtevant,  of  Illinois  College,  to  be  unsound  in 
the  faith.  He  was  also  an  early  and  ultra  abolitionist, 
in  favor  not  only  of  abolishing  slavery  but  of  running 
ofif  fugitive  slaves.  But,  having  taken  charge  of  a 
popular  church  in  Chicago  which  was  anti  abolition, 
soon  after  the  Fillmore  bill  became  a  law,  imprisoning 
a  man  six  months  and  fining  him  $1,000  for  refusing 
to  catch  and  return  escaping  slaves  to  their  masters, 
and  when  the  Mayor  and  Council  of  Chicago  had  re- 
solved thaL.  their  constabulary  should  not  enforce  a 
law  80  infamously  inhuman,  Dr.  (then  Rev.  Mr.)  Pat- 
terson preached  in  favor  of  obeying  the  laws,  and  on 
the  sin  of  not  submitting  to  ' '  the  powers  that  be  " ! 
His  discourse  so  pleased  Alfred  Dutch  of  the  old  Whig 
conservative  Journal,  that  he  published  a  considerable 
part  of  the  sermon  which  may  be  found  in  the  Joicrnal 
files  of  that  day.  Henry  Ward  Beecher  and  Robert 
Ingersoll,  of  Peoria,  are  also  admirers  of  Prof.  Swing. 

The  Cynosure  has  taken  very  little  interest  in  this 
trial,  believing  that  no  one  would  be  made  better  by 
it,  no  error  corrected,  no  sin  rebuked,  or  reform  achiev- 
ed, which  surely  could  not  be  said  of  the  debates  when 
Paul,  at  Ephesus,  "disputed  in  the  school  of  one 
Tyrannus."  "So  mightily  grew  the  Word  of  God 
and  prevailed."  Paul  had  a  definite  end  in  view,  viz., 
to  displace  false  worship,  and  establish  the  true.  This 
he  achieved.  What  Prof.  Swing  wishes  to  teach  we 
cannot  learn.  His  writings,  so  far  as  examined,  ' '  take 
the  mind  nowhere  and  land  it  upon  nothing."  We 
fear  the  whole  commotion  is  sinking  the  churches  of 
Christ  with  reflscting,  penitent  men. 


SCYLLA  AND  CHARYBDIS. 


It  is  a  grave  question  for  the  church,  not  the  man. 
David  Swing  will  be  a  living  influence,  whether  he  be 
called  a  Presbyterian  or  not;  but  Presbyterianism  may 
well  pause  to  ask  if  it  can  afford  to  lose  so  much  life- 
blood  from  the  deep  heart  of  Christ  as  wells  out  in 
the  work  and  words  of  such  a  man.  The  Congrega- 
tional church,  these  many  years,  has  had  within  its 
domain  a  greater  heretic  than  even  Prof.  Sw'n£,  but 
it  has  wisely  left  him  undisturbed.  The  council  that 
recently  considered  his  church's  infraction  of  Congre- 
gational polity  prudently  refrained  from  dieciplme. 
Henry  Ward  Beecher  raay  continue  to  contravene  and 
set  aside  dogmas  and  systems  with  royal  audacity; 
Gongregationaiists  know  that  he  is  their  crown  and 
glory,  and  dare  not  disown  him.  The  martinets  of 
theology  have  nothing  to  do  with  Catholic  souls  like 
his  and  David  Swing's. — Springfield  BepuUican. 

"Liberalism"  or  belief  of  nothing  in  particular, 
and  the  fag-endism  of  orthodoxy  are  two  extremes  of 
error  with  no  midland  of  truth.  Like  unbelief  and 
superstition  they  produce  each  other.  If  a  man  does 
not  believe  himself  vitiated  and  depraved,  how  can 
he  seek  to  be  '  'born  again,"  as  Christ  insisted  to  Nico- 
demus,  men  mu6t?  If  he  does  not  believe  Christ 
can  save  him,  why  should  he  apply  to  him  ?  If  there 
be  no  hell,  how  can  he  believe  in  heaven,  which  rests 


on  the  same  style  of  Scriptural  utterance?  Doc- 
trines mean  truth;  and  if  there  be  no  truth,  pray 
what  is  a  lie  ?  Truth  applied  and  received  saves  and 
sanctifies;  but  though  I  have  studied  cause  and  effect 
in  the  religious  world  with  some  care,  for  the  last 
forty  years,  I  never  knew  one  man  repent  or  reform 
under  what  is  lauded  as  liberalism,  and  as  to  such 
men  and  idetts,  as  the  above  paragraph  gives  us,  be- 
ing anybody's  "crown  and  glory,"  there  is  in  such 
Ifalk  no  religion  and  little  sense. 

SHALL   MASONS  BE  RECEIYED  WITHOUT  qUES- 
TION  TO  THE  CHURCH? 


Some  of  our  churches  and  ministers,  who  have  op- 
posed Masonry  as  anti-Christian  in  its  theory  and 
tendency,  under  the  impression  that  when  a  man  was 
once  wedded  to  the  order  he  was  lost  to  the  church 
and  his  conversion  and  salvation  was  well-nigh  hope- 
less, seem  to  have  gained  new  light  on  this  subject 
and  have  come  to  regard  Masonry  as  at  least  no  obsta- 
cle to  a  man's  conversion ;  and  they  seem  almost  ready 
to  admit  its  claim  to  being  the  handmaid  of  religion 
and  a  co-worker  with  the  church  of  Christ.  And  so 
when  a  Mason  asks  admission  to  the  church  they 
promptly  receive  him  asking  no  questions  for  con- 
science' sake. 

Well,  we  believe  Freemasons  can  be  converted,  and 
so  can  infidels,  and  every  other  class  of  idolaters  and 
sinners  of  every  name  and  degree;  for  the  grace  of 
God,  like  his  nature ,  is  infinite  and  he  gave  his  Son  for  us 
that  "whosoever  will,  may  come"  to  him,  and  "whoso- 
ever cometh  to  him  shall  in  no  wise  be  cast  out."  He ' 
is  not  a  physician  who  expends  his  skill  upon  the 
whole,  or  the  slightly  diseased,  but  upon  the  sick ;  and 
hastens  to  the  sickest  first,  and  his  skill  is  mjst  illus- 
trated by  the  cure  of  the  most  desperate  cases.  Our 
Saviour  is  most  glorified  by  saving  the  very  chief  sin- 
ners, those  whom  Satan  has  bound  most  securely  and 
with  his  strongest  chains.  But  when  he  saves  a  man, 
he  saves  him  from  his  sins .  If  he  was  before  an  idol- 
ater, when  saved  he  forsakes  idolatry  and  keeps  him- 
self from  idols.  If  he  was  adicted  to  profaneness. 
Sabbath  breaking,  tippling,  lewdness,  cheating,  lying, 
stealing,  quarreling,  all  these  works  of  the  flesh  give 
place  to  the  opposite  virtues,  the  fruits  of  the  Spirit, 
and  thus  old  thin«s  pass  away  and  all  things,  morally 
and  spiritually,  become  new. 

The  mere  profession  of  conversion,  the  mere  join- 
ing of  the  church,  determines  nothing;  but  a  new 
creature,  the  denying  of  all  ungodliness  and  worldly 
lusts,  and  the  life  of  soberness,  righteousness,  godli- 
ness, after  the  pattern  of  the  meek  and  self-denying 
love  and  lowliness  of  Christ.  They  who  are  thus 
brought  from  sin  to  holiness  are  saved,  and  if  not  thus 
turned  from  sin  to  holiness,  men  are  not  saved;  pro- 
fess what  they  may,  hope  what  they  may,  they  are 
not  saved  at  all.  Now,  if  the  many  Freemasons  that 
have  lately  professed  conversion  are  really  turned  from 
sin  to  God,  it  is  well.  They  will  be  found  to  have 
been  converted  from  Masonry  to  Christianity.  If  they 
are  not  converted  from  Masonry,  either  Mat  onry  is  not 
anti-ChrisLian,  or  these  men  are  not  soundly  or  truly 
converted  to  Christianity. 

To  infer  from  the  fact  that  Freemasons  are  willing 
to  unite  with  the  church  that  makes  no  objections  to 
their  Freemasonry,  that  Freemasonry  is  not  evil, 
but  is  what  it  professes  to  be,  viz.,  benevolent  and  re- 
ligious in  the  true  sense  of  those  words,  in  fact  the 
handmaid  ot  Christianity — to  infer  this  is  surely  to  fall 
into  a  very  grave  mistake  and  at  the  same  time  a  most 
inexcusably  stupid  one.  A  mistake  that  savors  more 
of  a  desire  to  make  proselytes  to  a  sect,  than  to  make 
converts  to  righteousness.  A  mistake  that  is  likely 
to  be  followed  by  the  most  serious  and  deplorable  con- 
sequences. 

The  Jewish  priest  had  no  difficulty  in  persuading 
the  Samaritan  colonists  to  adopt  the  rites  of  the  Jew- 
ish worship  when  they  allowed  them  at  the  same  time 
to  continue  those  of  their  own  idolatry.  "They  fear- 
ed the  Lord  and  served  their  own  gods."  They  ac- 
cepted the  Jewish  worship  because  they  were  afflicted, 
and   their   own   gods  gave    them  no  rest  or  security 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


against  the  lions  sent  of  God  to  punish  them  for  their 
wickedness;  and  they  continued  their  idolatries,  for 
that  was  needful  for  their  popularity.  What  was  the 
result  of  this  mixture  of  religions?  Were  these  idol- 
aters made  Jews  ?  Was  their  Jewish  worship  accept- 
ed ?  Manifestly  neither.  The  idolatrous  worship  was 
not  supplanted  or  purified,  but  the  Jewish  was  de- 
graded and  defiled.  Their  idols  had  the  post  of  hon- 
or and  the  priests  of  the  Jewish  rites  were  selected 
from  the  lowest  classeR,  So  far  as  the  outward  rites 
of  worship  were  concerned  they  served  both  their  idols 
and  the  God  of  Israel.  But  morally  the  heathen  law 
which  required  them  to  burn  their  children  in  fire  to 
Adrammelech  was  kept,  while  they  "feared  not  the 
Lord  nor  did  after  the  law  and  commandmeuls,  which 
the  law  commanded  the  children  of  Jacob,  whom  be 
named  Israel."  And  this  delusive,  hybrid  religion 
continued  for  ages.     (See  2  Kings  xvii.  27-41.) 

The  Jesuits  converted  whole  nations  to  nominal 
Christianity  by  simply  leaving  their  idolatry  alone, 
not  requiring  them  to  renounce  and  forsake  it;  but 
rather  adopting  and  mingling  with  their  Christianity 
their  most  cherished  superstitions  and  ritual  abomina- 
tions. The  result  was,  heathenism  was  not  Christian- 
ized; but  Christianity  was  heathenized. 

You  can  induce  slaveholders  or  rumsellers  to  come 
into  the  church  if  you  say  nothing  against  slavehold- 
ing  or  rumsell'ng;  and  so  you  can  any  class  of  unsanc- 
tified  worldlings  if  you  demand  no  renunciation  of  the 
particular  form  of  sensuality  or  selfishness  in  which 
their  carnal  mind  finds  especial  gratification.  Just 
allow  men  to  get  the  idea  that  practically  they  can 
serve  God  and  mammon;  can  serve  God  and  retain 
their  darling  sins,  iheir  covetousness  a^d  pride,  their 
sensual  indulgences  and  vain  amusements  and  wicked 
companionship,  and  you  can  fill  your  church  with  sin- 
ners of  every  variety.  You  can  draw  in  whole  com- 
munities as  the  Papists  and  other  formalists  do.  But 
in  so  doing  you  have  not  brought  the  community  up 
to  the  standard  of  holiness  which  makes  fhe  church 
the  salt  of  the  earth ;  but  you  have  sunk  the  church 
to  the  Dead  Sea  level  of  the  world  that  lieth  in  wi'iked- 
ness;  whereby  the  salt  loses  its  saltness  and  is  profita- 
ble for  nothing,  not  even  for  the  dunghill.  The  more 
extensive  your  conquests  made  by  this  principle  of 
cowardly  compromise  the  more  disastrous  your  defeat 
and  subjugation,  the  better  13  Satan  pleased  with  your 
success.  Such  conquests  of  the  church  are  to  him 
what  the  wooden  horse  was  to  the  Greeks  at  Troy. 
By  them  he  dupes  the  soldiers  and  citizens  of  Zion  to 
tear  away  their  own  defenses,  and  weary  themselves 
with  drawing  his  own  armed  legions  into  the  very 
citadel  of  the  fortress  he  seeks  to  sack,  and  knows  he 
can  never  take  by  open  assault.  Eptreat  all  ministers 
and  church  members  to  consider  carefully  v;hether 
they  can  receive  into  their  fellowship  an  adhering 
Mason  without  question  or  protest,  and  not  thereby 
give  their  sanction  to  the  institution,  to  the  order,  and 
throw  open  their  church  door  to  the  whole  fraternity, 
and  to  every  sect  of  errorists  and  idolaters  as  weli. 
Will  not  such  reception  of  one  Mason  be  sufficient  to 
silence  discussion  and  prayer  on  the  subject  and  debar 
all  testimony  of  the  church  against  any  and  every  se- 
cret association  however  corrupt  ?  Will  it  not  render 
the  church  a  free  recruiting  ground  for  the  lodges,  and 
be  tantamount  to  a  license  to  their  proselyiers  to  enter 
it,  and  a  permission  to  all  your  members  to  join  the 
lodges  ? 

Will  it  be  said,  Masons  may  be  Christians  and  not 
be enhghtened  as  to  the  sin  of  Freemasonry?  That 
in  similar  ignorance,  slaveholders  and  rumssUers  have 
in  past  times  been  received  into  the  church  and  proved 
themselves  worthy  members?  Yes;  but  was  it  right 
for  them  or  the  church  to  be  thus  ignorant  ?  And 
can  such  ignorance  be  pleaded  now  for  Masonry  ?  Is 
it  not  clear  as  day  light  that  Masonry  is  but  one  of  the 
numerous  sects  of  idolatry  which  worship  a  god  or 
Baal  in  clear  and  designed  contradistinction  from  the 
Christian's  God,  the  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost? 
Can  we  receive  slaveholders,  or  dramfellere,  or  those 
who  intentionally  ignore  Christ  in  their  worship  as 
Masons  do,  and  not  incur  the  rebuke   of  Smyrna  for 


retaining  those  in  their  fellowship  who  held  the  doc- 
trine of  Baalam  and  of  the  Nicolaitanes;  or  the  rebuke 
of  Thyatira  for  suflFering  the  teaching  of  Jezebel,  who 
taught  the  disciples  to  explore  the  •'  depths  of  Satan'" 
(heathen  mysteries)  *'and  eat  things  sacrificed  to 
idols?"  0  brethren,  search  these  things  to  the  bot- 
tom and  forget  not  that  our  Lord  is  he  that  walks 
in  the  midst  of  the  golden  candlesticks  and  searches 
the  reins  and  the  hearts,  and  will  by  his  fearful  frown 
make  all  the  churches  know  his  hatred  of  all  false 
charity  anti  fellowshiping  of  the  doctrines  and  prac- 
tices of  all  false  and  merely  deistical  worships. 


A  Farmer's  paper   that  we   can  endorse  as   an  ag' 
ricultural  journal  is  the   American  Farmer^ a  Advo 
cate,    the  organ   of   the   National   Agricultural  Con 
gress,  formerly  published  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  but  now 
at  Indianapolis,  Ind. ;  monthly,  $1.00  a  year,  or  75  cts 
in  clubs  of  four.     This  journal  contains    much  valua 
ble  information  about  crops   not  published  West,  and 
is  true  to   the   farmer's   interests  on  the  grange  ques- 
tion.    Other  farmer's  journals  which  have  come  under 
our  observation   are  faithful  only  to   the   pockets   of 
their  publishers;  will  cry  up  the  grange  or   the  rail- 
road, whichever  will  best  conserve  that  interest.    Send 
ten  cents  for  the  May    number  of  the  paper  and  sat- 
isfy yourselves.     This  is  its   creed: 

"Will  demand  the  abolition  of  secrecy  in  whatever 
effects  our  commercial  or  political  interests,  whether 
as  contributing  to  the  creed  of  monopolists  or  favoring 
the  schemes  of  the  politicians,  as  utterly  antagonistic 
to  American  principles.  Although  earnestly  advocat- 
ing open  co-operative  associations,  it  will  give  no 
countenance  to  the  secret  grange,  nor  to  other  secret 
industrial  societies.  Its  motto  is  free  speech  and  full 
discussion,  believing  that  the  education  of  the  people 
is  by  that   means  most  effectively  promoted." 


— The  medi  ation  of  the  General  Agent  has  secured 
considerable  space  in  the  correspondence  department 
for  Bro.  Samuel  Hale,  who  thinks  the  Cynosure  dif- 
fers somewhat  from  his  principles.  The  judgment  of 
our  readers  can  quickly  decide  how  great  is  the  varia- 
tion in  the  first  four  propositions;  it  is  not  enough  to 
mention,  it  v?e  accept  that  Bro.  Hale  has  some  tender- 
ness for  the  temperance  ''orders,"  and  perhaps  the 
granges.  As  for  the  fifth,  the  reason  mentioned  by 
Bro.  Hale  is  enough  to  condemn  any  Christian  if 
he  did  not  as  God  gave  opportunity  speak  agaiuEt 
the  known  evil  habits  of  Frea.  Grant.  If  we  believ- 
ed the  "millions"  had  a  fair  chance  for  improvement 
by  "worshiping"  him  there  might  be  less  said.  We 
seldom  look  for  relief  to  the  waste  basket  unless  over- 
worked by  correspondents  who  do  not  trouble  them- 
selves to  know  whether  their  manuscript  is  lesjible  or 
not.  This  is  a  general  remark,  and  will  probably  ans- 
wer the  queries  of  othern  as  to  the  non-appearance  of 
their  contributions.  Very  long  or  illegible  articles 
have  little  welcome  in  any  newspaper,  most  editors 
reject  them  without  reading.  But  the  Cynosure 
possesses  largely  the  virtue  of  patience,  and  every 
one  who  has  a  word  for  t'ue  cause  and  puts  it  in  un- 
derstandable language  will  receive  thanks  and  due 
attention. 


NOTES. 

— The  report  nf  the  Ohio  State  meeting  came  too 
late  for  this  issue.  Six  delegates  were  appointed  to 
Syracuse.  The  next  meeting  is  to  be  held  at  Darby 
Chapel,  Union  Co. ,  Aug.  4th,  next.  Rev.  Michael 
Long  was  chairman. 

— The  venerable  Dr.  Mc  L-5ren  of  the  United  Pres- 
byterian church,  Geneva,  N.  Y. ,  has  sent  an  expres- 
sion of  his  views,  called  out  by  the  remarks  of  the 
Evangelical  Repository  of  last  month.  The  letter,  on 
the  twelfth  page  of  this  paper,  will  be  read  with  in- 
terest. 

— In  addition  to  the  names  of  eminent  speakers  who 
will  probably  attend  the  National  Anniversary  must 
be  mentioned  Prof.  J.  R  W.  Sloane,  Rev.  C.  C.  Cree- 
gon,  of  Oberlin,  and  Rev.  D.  McAllister,  Secretary  of 
the  National  Reform  Association  to  secure  the  Relig- 
ious Amendment. 

— R.  T.  Cross,  well  known  to  our  readers  as  former 
principal  of  the  Academic  department  at  Oberlin, 
sends  the  following  incident  to  the  New  York  witness: 
"About  two  years  ago  I  met  a  'high'  Mason,  who 
was  editor  of  a  Masonic  paper  and  also  a  temperance 
lecturer.  He  told  me  that  in  a  certain  lodge  in  New 
York  city  he  had  had  a  long  struggle  before  liquor 
could  be  banished  from  the  lodge-room." 

— Indiana  Odd-fellows  were  in  Grand  Lodge  as- 
sembled last  week.  Its  treasury  had  an  interesting 
exhibit  of  economical  charity.  The  reports  show  an 
effective  total  number  of  contributing  members  of  23,- 
190,  an  increase  of  520.  Resources  of  the  lodges, 
$919,858.73.  Expended  for  relief  and  charity,  $35,- 
558.76.  There  was  the  sum  of$2,337.63  on  hand  in 
the  Treasury  of  the  Grand  Lodge,  with  assets  amount- 
ing to  $7,225.43.  The  Grand  Lodge  Hall  fund 
amoimts  to  $240,660.  Now  putting  together  the  re- 
sources of  the  different  lodges  and  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
and  we  have  over  $1,170,000;  on  which  sum  poor 
Charity — blushing  at  the  mention  of  her  name — gets 
THREE  PEK  CENT.  Thos9  who  are  compelled  to  be- 
neficence by  the  usages  of  society  and  to  keep  up  so- 
cial standing  should  join  the  Indiana  Odd-fellows  and  be 
no  more  troubled  with  the  approaches  of  impecunious 
benevolence. 


Masonry  in  Scotland. 


Read  the  following  clipped  from  a  Glasgow  paper, 
and  see  how  the  lodge  is  everywhere  defeating  and 
destroying  civil  government.  See  how  a  Scotch  sher- 
iff winces  and^dodges  the  question  of  the  impudent 
claim  that  lodge-law  is  paramount  to  the  law  of  the 
State,  even  in  those  old  governments.         Ed.  Cyn. 

Important  to  Freemasons  and  Secret  Societies. 

In  the  Sheriff  Court  on  Monday  (Sheriff  Murray's 
Chambers,)  an  action  was  tried  at  the  instance  of  .lohn 
Dorman  against.  Peter  Campbell,  for  damages  on  the 
ground  of  slander;  and  during  the  proof  a  question 
arose  of  paramount  importance  to  the  Freemason  fra- 
ternity. It  would  appear  that  both  litigants  are 
Freemasons,  and  that  the  alleged  slander  took  place 
in  the  Masonic  Lodge  Neptune,  Glasgow.  The  defen- 
der, while  under  examintitioa  as  a  witness,  was  asked 
whether  or  not  in  open  lodge  he  had  made  certain 
slanderous  statemen's  against  pursuer,  whereupon  he 
declined  to  answer,  and  gave  as  a  reason  for  so  doing 
that  in  respect  all  Masons  were  bound  by  an  oath 
never  to  disclose  what  was  said  or  done  in  a  tyled 
lodge,  he  was  not  bound  to  answer  the  question,  and 
protestea  against  being  called  upon  to  answer  it,  Mr. 
Wm  B.  Patterson,  who  acted  as  procurator  for  the 
pursuer,  replied  that  such  an  objection  was  wholly 
futile,  because,  in  certain  matters,  no  such  obligation 
existed  in  Masonic  lodges;  that  the  subject  matter  of 
this  dispute  did  not  fall  within  the  category  of  Free- 
masonry; and  that  every  person  was  bound  lo  give  ev- 
idence in  a  court  of  justice  for  the  eads  of  justice,  not- 
withstanding the  principles  of  Fretmaeon  societies, 
and  that  were  the  objection  to  be  sustained,  the  result 
would  be  a  perversion  of  justice,  and  even  did  such 
oath  and  obligation  exist  it  was  an  immo?al  contract, 
and  in  a  question  of  evidence  with  a  court  of  justice  it 
wan  pactum  illicitum.  After  some  discussion,  the 
Sheriff  ordained  defender  to  answer  the  question,  re- 
serving for  a  future  stage  the  effect  of  the  objection, — 
Wm.  B.  Patterson,  procurator  for  the  pursuer.  Thom- 
as Brown,  procurator  for  defender. 


LITERARY  NOTICES, 


The  Galaxy  for  June  has  interesting  articles  on  the 
world  renowned  French  Academy,  a  continuation  of 
Gen.  Custer's  sketches  of  army  life  on  the  plains,  and 
of  Petersen's  Scandinavia,  Richard  Grant  White  has 
departed  from  his  accustomed  linguistic  criticism  and 
gives  his  views  of  Wagner  and  his  music.  The  num- 
ber has  a  good  scientific  depariment  but  is  weakened 
by  an  unusual  number  of  stories. 

The  Sanitarian  presents  the  cremation  question  in 
probably  its  best  argument?  in  a  paper  from  Dr.  Bayles, 
of  New  York,  and  oddly,  another  on  "Prospect  Park, 
Brooklyn"  is  largely  given  to  the  same  subject.  San- 
itary'drainage  and  school  ventilation  have  contributions. 
The  editor's  table  works  with  auodilion  of  ''political" 
arithmetic ;  thun :  Chicago  with  an  estimated  population 
of  360,000  and  111  deaths  per  week  is  given  a  death 
rate  of  32  per  1000,  while  Baltimore  with  a  popula- 
tion of  284,0C0  and  132  deaths  per  week  is  put  down 
with  a  rate  of  21,20. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE= 


fj\\^  '^$m  €ji\\(k, 


The  Morning  Cometh. 


Ho!  watchraau,  Btanding  on  thy  tower, 

As  years  sweep  onward  in  their  flight, 
What  signs  in  heaven  attract  thy  sight, 

Predictive  of  the  coming  hour, 
When  earth  shall  see  the  reign  of  Right  ? 

What  of  the  night  ?    What  of  the  night  ? 
And  pointing  to  the  dim  gray  light 

Just  struggling  up  the  Eastern  sky, 
A  promise  and  a  prophecy 

That  day  shall  chase  the  dark  that  gloonieth 
O'er  heaven  to  hide  it  from  our  eye, 

The  watchman saith,  "The  morning cometb  !" 
And  angels  sing,  "The  morning  cometh  !" 

And  earth  repeats,  "The  morning  cometh!'' 
And  "God  he  thanked!"  our  heart's  reply. 

— Selectetl. 


"1  am  Wow  Keady.' 


How  morally  grand  Paul  appears, 
as  he  uttered  these  ■words.  He  was  in 
a  Roman  prison,  looking  through  the 
grated  window  at  the  morning  sun, 
that  would  light  his  steps  to  martyr- 
dom, with  these  words  of  triumph 
and  exultation  upon  his  lips.  The  apoE- 
tle  old  in  years  and  worn  with  toils  in 
the  service  of  Jesus,  ■with  no  regrets 
for  the  past  and  no  fears  for  the  future, 
now  looks  calmly  in  the  face  of  com- 
ing judgment,  and  hails  witli  trans- 
port the  crown  of  martyrdom. 

It  is  a  great  thing,  in  the  presence 
of  death,  and  at  the  gate  of  eternity, 
for  a  poor,  sinful,  mortal  man  to  feel 
and  to  say,  as  Paul — lam  ready  \  And 
no  man  can  say  it  honestly  who  is 
not  standing  on  the  Rock  of  Ages,  and 
who  has  not  Christ  in  him,  the  hope 
of  glory.  It  was  because  Paul  could 
say — "To  me  to  live  is  Christ,"  that  he 
could  add,"  and  to  die  is  gain;"  it  was 
because  he^was  in  Christ' and  had  kept 
the  faith,  that  he  could  exclaim  with 
such  an  air  of  triumph,  "I  am  now 
ready  to  be  oflfered." 

See  how  different  it  is  with  men  who 
enter  the  shadow  of  death  without  Je- 
sus. How  sad  and  melancholy  the 
confession  of  the  great  poet  of  Ger- 
many, as  the  lights  of  time  were  going 
out — "I  have  scarcely  tasted  twenty- 
four  hours  of  happineisB  during  my  long 
and  unhappy  life."  How  unutterably 
aad  in  the  gathering  shadows  of  the 
last  night  was  that  sigh  of  the  great 
poet,  for  light!  Listen  again  to  Eng- 
land's most  gifted  bard,  whose  poetry 
has  charmed  the  world;  listen  to  the 
sad  music  of  his  gloomy  and  desolate 
soul,  in  these  memorial  lines  which 
sound  like  the  plaintive  moans  of  a 
broken  heart: 

"Ay,  but  to  die,  and  go  alas ! 

Where  all  have  gone,  and  all  mu»t  £0 ; 
To  be  the  nothing  that  I  was 

Ere  born  to  life  and  living  woe- 
Count  o'er  the  woes  these  hours  hav«  seen. 

Count  o'er  the  days  from  anguish  free, 
And  know,  whatever  thon  hast  been, 

TIs  something  lietttr  not  to  he." 
How  mournful  such  utterances  in 
the  last  great  hour  of  trial !  How  fear- 
ful then,  like  Mirabeau,  the  French  in- 
fidel, to  plead  for  opium  to  deaden  con- 
science, and  drive  away  the  terrible 
phantoms  that  haunted  the  visions  of 
coming  doom. 

"What  a  contrast  to  such  scenes  and 
utterances  is  Paul,  old,  toil-worn,  and 
alone  in  his  Roman  prison,  in  the  gath- 
ering twilight,  reviewing  the  past, 
catching  glimpses  of  the  future,  and 
with  a  serene  hope  and  quiet  exulta- 
tion, exclaiming — "Jam  now  ready/' 
And  then  Paul  was  no  sentimentalist 


Half-Veiled  Blasphemies. 


or  mystic  dreamer,  but  the  most  sober  ! 
and  practical  of  men;  no  mere  theoriet  | 
sending  out  his  thoughts  from  that 
gloomy  seclusion  into  fine  speculations 
and  poetical  fancies  about  the  future 
life.  No,  he  was  the  most  sober  and 
philosophical  of  men,  and  ■what  he  says 
is  but  the  outgushing  of  his  real  ex- 
perience and  honest  convictions.  He 
was  there  in  prison,  and  knew  that  his 
departure  was  at  hand,  and  in  the 
light  of  mercy  and  of  hope,  he  felt  that, 

"Life  is  real  I  Life  is  earnest ! 
And  the  grave  is  not  its  goal." 

It  was  the  life,  spent  in  faith  and 
service  of  Jesus,  and  the  life  to  come; 
the  light  of  memory  and  hope,  meet- 
ing and  commingling  in  that  parting 
hour,  that  gave  such  a  joy  and  tri- 
umph to  his  words — lam  ready. 

It  is  easy  to  talk  and  speculate  about 
even  great  events,  when  afar  off,  even 
the  fearful  enjoy  the  sig  htof  a  thunder- 
storm, when  in  the  distant  sky.  But 
when  the  storm-cloud  is  over  us,  and 
opens,  and  the  hot,  withering  bolt 
rives  the  air,  and  the  very  heavens 
seem  to  recoil  and  stagger  back  at  the 
awful  explosion,  the  stoutest  heart 
trembles.  So  persone,  when  young,  or 
in  robust  health,  may  speculate  and 
even  speak  lightly  of  death,  as  some 
undefined,  remote  event  of  the  future; 
but  when  the  shadows  of  the  last  night 
are  falling,  and  the  solemn  hour  of  de- 
parture is  at  hand,  0,  then,  how  differ- 
ent will  the  final  hour  appear !  Who 
does  not  feel  what  a  great  and  blessed 
thing  it  will  be  then,  to  say  like  Paul 
— /  am  noiv  ready  ! 

Let  us  seek  to  follow  Paul,  as  he  fol- 
lowed Christ,  and  then  our  end  will 
be  like  his.  We  must  fight  the  good 
fight  of  faith.  We  must  run  the  race 
set  before  us,  and  finish  our  course ;  it 
may  not  run  through  the  wild  desert, 
over  the  stormy  seas,  and  through 
gloomy  prisons.  No,  our  course  may 
lie  along  the  places  of  business,  through 
these  noisy  streets  or  quiet  homee, 
through  wearisome  days  and  sleepless 
nights  of  affliction;  but  whatever  in  the 
Divine  appointment  it  may  be,  It  is 
the  race  set  before  us  and  we  must  run 
it,  ever  looking  unto  Jesue,  the  author 
and  finisher  of  our  faith.  Then,  like 
Paul,  we  shall  meet  our  departing  hour, 
with  his  calm,  sublime  utterance,  lam 
now  ready! 

Who  can  look  at  the  end  of  such  a 
noble  Christian  life,  without  some 
quickening  of  the  soul,  some  kindling 
aspiration  to  be  hke  Paul  in  our  devo- 
tion to  Christ;  like  him,  in  that  calm, 
peaceful  assurance  expressed  in  those 
parting  and  immortal  words — T  am 
now  ready! 

"Awake  my  soul,  stretch  every  nerve. 

And  press  with  vigor  on, 
A  heavenly  race  demands  thy  zeal. 
And  an  immortal  crown." 

— Lutheran  Home  Monthly, 


What  have  been  very  appropriately 
termed  ''half-veiled  blasphemies"  are 
very  common  in  social  circles,  which 
would  be  shocked  beyond  measure  by 
blasphemies  unveiled.  They  serve  not 
only  as  the  tutors  to  our  boys  in  the 
street,  who  learn  to  swear  these  seem- 
ingly fangless  oaths  before  they  give 
forth  the  full-venomed  ones.     They  are 


also  common  in  refiaed  society,  and  find 
even  in  Christians  apologists  and  defend- 
ers. 

Yet  there  is  scarcely  one  that  cannot 
be  traced  directly  back  to  the  full  oath 
as  its  progenitor.  They  are  descend- 
ants of  oaths,  the  outlet  of  minds  too 
timid,  too  cultured,  or  too  conscientious 
to  swear  big  oaths;  'twere  a  pity  they 
were  not  sufficiently  timid,  cultured,  or 
conscientious  not  to  swear  at  all. 

The  young  lady  who  exclaims  in  a 
shrill  tone  of  amazement,  "Mercy  on 
me !"  is  probably  entirely  unconscious 
of  the  fact  that  she  is  swearing.  But 
if  she  were  to  round  out  her  sentence 
to  its  full,  she  would  find  it  to  be, 
"May  God  have  mercy  on  me,"  the 
common  form  of  appeal  to  God  in  the 
ancient  and  solemn  form  of  oath.  The 
father  who  pinches  his  finger  in  the 
door,  and  crie?,  "Confound  it!"  is  prob- 
ably equally  unconscious  of  his  oath. 
But  his  completed  objurgation  would 
be,  "May  God  confound  it,"  a  circumlo- 
cution for  a  form  of  oath  common 
enough,  but  one  which  he  would  be 
unspeakably  shocked  to  hear  uttered  in 
his  household.  The  good  old  grand- 
mother, who  would  never  forgive  us  if 
we  accused  her  of  swearing,  utters 
many  times  a  week  the  exclamation, 
''La  sakes!"  never  once  thinking  that 
the  meaning  of  the  words  is,  "For  the 
Lord's  sake." 

We  are  aware  these  utterers  of  half- 
veiled  blasphemies  do  not  mean  what 
they  say.  Neither  do  the  more  overt 
swearers.  If  this  excuse  will  avail  for 
the  one,  it  will  also  exculpate  the  other. 
But  both  disregard,  if  not  the  Third 
Commandment,  certainly  the  precept  of 
Him  who  bids  us  "Swear  not  at  all;'' 
but  let  our  conversation  be  yea,  yea; 
since  whatsoever  is  more  than  this, 
"cometh  of  evil." — Am,  Messenger. 


Calico  as  a  Religious  Element. 


"I  can't  go  to  church  because  I  have 
nothing  fit  to  wear."  How  often  is 
this  remark  made,  and  how  often  is  it 
true?  In  the  city  one  may  slip  into 
back  pews  or  sit  unnoticed  in  the  gal- 
lery if  their  attire  be  poor,  but  in  villages 
and  in  the  country,  where  everybody 
knows  everybody,  dress  becomes  a 
matter  of  prime  importance.  For  many 
a  woman  the  entire  service  is  spoiled 
because  she  is  conscious  that  her  bon- 
net is  old-fashioned,  or  her  frock  is  out 
of  vogue,  or  her  cloak  worn,  and  while 
she  remembers  what  an  element  is 
dress  in  the  summing  up  of  character 
among  her  sex,  she  forgets  that  all 
souls  are  alike  naked  before  God.  For 
such  an  one  doubtless  "closet"  worship 
is  far  more  profitable  than  sanctuary 
devotion ;  and  yet  it  should  be  so  iu  our 
churches  that  the  humblest  and  high- 
est could  feel  equal  freedom  in  worship- 
ing with  the  great  congregation. 

Sometimes  the  sermon  grows  dull  or 
we  grow  tired  of  following  the  clue; 
we  study  the  dregs  of  the  congregation 
and  are  sad  at  evidences  of  pitiful  con- 
trivance to  keep  up  a  '  'genteel  appear- 
ance" on  the  part  of  many  whom  we 
know  to  be  poor.  A  fl'msy  fabric 
showily  trimmed;  the  remains  of  one 
good  dress  eked  out  with  rufflis  or  folds 
from  another;  a  hat  "done  over"  in  the 
latest  fashion;  these  are  multiplied  evi- 


dences of  ingenuity  and  industry  at 
every  point  in  getting  up  a  church  toil- 
et, have  led  us  to  believe  that  plainness 
of  dress  on  the  part  of  the  rich  would 
be  genuine  Christian  charity  to  the 
poor. 

There  are  those  in  every  church  who. 
by  reason  of  their  wealth  or  position , 
exercise  a  commanding  influence  upon 
all  that  come  in  immediate  or  indirect 
contact  with  them.  Plainness  of  appar- 
el at  church  and  simplicity  of  manner 
in  such  individuals  will  prove  an  effic- 
ient aid  to  an  earnest  and  zealous  min- 
ister who  cares  for  souls.  We  have 
read  of  a  certain  metropolitan  church, 
the  female  members  of  which  held  a 
meeting  and  resolved  to  wear  only  cal- 
ico at  the  Sunday  services.  Perhaps 
no  movement  would  be  more  effective 
than  this  in  bringing  to  the  sanctuary 
vait  numbers  of  careworn  faces  and  bent 
forms  now  rarely  seen  within  the  sacred 
portals.  Almost  every  woman  can  af- 
ford a  new  calico  dress,  and  if  this  were 
deemed  good  enough  to  wear  at  meet- 
'•ng  how  many  pinched  lives  would  be 
gladdened,  how  many  hearts  repressed 
by  "chill  penury"  would  be  rejoiced, 
how  many  empty  seats  in  our  churches 
would  be  filled.  We  commend  to  our 
readers  who  can  afford  silks  and  satins 
reflections  upon  the  subject  of  calico  as 
a  religious  element. —^iV!  Y.  Tribune. 


Consequences. 


In  a  country  town  many  years  ago, 
some  children  were  met  for  a  social 
evening  at  an  old  farm  house,  and 
while  the  sport  was  at  its  height,  a  lit- 
tle boy  thought  it  would  be  "funny" 
to  draw  a  chair  from  under  a  little  girl 
and  let  her  sit  down  on  the  floor. 

He  watched  his  opportunity  and  m'de 
the  attempt,  but  the  little  girl  seeing 
what  he  was  doing,  jumped  back  into 
the  chair ,  and  striking  her  spine  upon 
one  of  its  projections,  broke  her  back. 
For  seven  years,  from  fourteen  to  twen- 
ty-one, she  lay  upon  her  bed  and  dur- 
ing all  that  time  was  carried  from  her 
chamber  to  the  parlor  but  ones.  Thirty 
years  have  passed.  I  have  just  return- 
ed fromj'  a  visit  to  her  sick  chamber. 
Thirty  years  of  disability  and  pain  as 
the  consequence  of  a  thoughtless  deed 
by  a  little  boy.  A  few  strangers  min- 
ister to  her  daily  wants,  without  whose 
aid  she  would  be  sent  to  the  "poor 
house"  or  home  for  the  wretched  and 
homeless  poor.  Terrible  consequences 
to  follow  a  thoughtless  act.  Let  boys 
be  careful.  Let  all  remember  that  con- 
sequences walk  hand  in  hand  with 
every  deed,  and  that  ''for  all  our  deeds 
God  will  bring  us  into  judgment." — 
Christian  Era. 


About  Idleness. 


Many  young  people  think  an  idle  life 
must  be  pleasant;  but  there  are  none 
who  enjoy  life  so  little,  and  are  such 
burdens  to  themselves,  as  those  who 
have  nothing  to  do.  Those  who  are 
obliged  to  work  hard  all  day,  enjoy  their 
short  periods  of  rest  and  recreation  so 
much  that  they  are  apt  to  think  if 
their  whole  lives  were  spent  in  rest  and 
recreation,  it  would  be  the  most  pleas- 
ant of  all.  But  this  is  a  sad  mistake, 
as  they  would  soon  find  out  if  they 
made   a  trial  of  the  life  they  think  so 


I 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


agreeable.  One  who  is  never  busy 
never  enjoys  rest,  for  rest  implies  a  re- 
lief from  previous  labors;  and  if  our 
whole  time  were  spent  in  amusing  our- 
selves, we  should  find  it  more  wearisome 
than  the  hardest  day's  work.  Recrea- 
tion is  only  valuable  as  it  unbends  us; 
the  idle  can  know  nothing  of  it.  Many 
people  leave  off  business  and  settle 
down  to  a  life  of  enjoyment;  but  they 
generally  find  that  they  are  not  nearly 
80  happy  as  they*were  before,  and  they 
are  often  glad  to  return  to  their  old  oc- 
cupalions  to  escape  the  miseries  of  in- 
dolence.— Herald  of  Health. 

•-»« 

A  Sweet  Heart-sin. — Let  me  step 
into  your  heart,  sir,  and  peep  upon  its 
furnature.  My  hands  are  pretty  hon- 
est, you  may  trust  me;  and  nothing 
will  be  found,  I  fear,  to  tempt  a  man 
to  be  a  thief,  Well,  to  be  sure,  what 
a  filthy  closet  is  here!  Never  swept, 
for  certain,  since  you  were  christened. 
And  what  a  fat  idol  stands  skulking  in 
the  corner !  A  sweet  heart-siu,  I  war- 
rant it.  How  it  simpers,  and  seems  as 
pleasant  as  a  right  eye.  Can  you  find 
a  will  to  part  with  it,  or  strength  to 
pluck  it  out?  And  supposing  you  a 
match  for  this  self-denial,  can  you  so 
command  your  heart  as  to  hate  the  sin 
you  do  forsake  ?  This  is  certainly  re- 
quired. Truth  is  called  for  in  the  in- 
ward parts.  God  will  have  sin  not  on- 
ly cast  aside,  but  cast  away  with  -ab- 
horrence. So  he  speaks,  "Ye  that 
love  the  Lord  hate  evil." — Jolm  Ber- 
ridge. 

Faithful  unto  the  End. — Richard 
Baxter,  after  he  bad  spent  many  years 
in  the  advancement  of  the  glory  of 
Gcd,  by  laborious  and  constant  preach- 
ing, unceasing  pastoral  labors,  and  nu- 
merous publications  from  the  press,  was 
yet  unwilling  to  give  himself  ease,  even 
amidst  the  infirmities  of  disease  and 
age.  An  old  gentleman  who  heard 
him  preach  related  that  when  he  as- 
cended the  pulpit,  with  a  man  following 
him  to  prevent  his  falling  backwards, 
and  to  support  him  if  needful  in  the 
pulpit,  many  persons  would  be  ready 
to  say  he  was  more  fit  fcr  a  coffin  than 
for  labor;  but  all  this  he  would  soon 
forget,  and  manifest  the  fervor  and  en- 
ergy of  youth  in  his  labors.  It  was 
feared,  the  last  time  he  preached,  that 
he  would  have  died  in  the  pulpit .  And 
yet  such  was  his  humility,  that  when 
reminded  of  hie  labors  on  his  death-bed, 
he  replied,  "I  was  but  a  pen  in  God's 
hand ,  and  what  praise  is  due  to  a  pen  S" 


Asking  the  Blessing. — When  the 
late  Admiral  Footo  was  in  Siam,  he 
invited  the  royal  dignitaries  to  a  dinner 
on  his  vessel.  As  they  sat  down  to 
the  meal,  the  Admiral,  as  was  his  cus- 
tom, asked  a  blessiog.  The  king  in 
surprise,  said  that  he  thought  that 
only  missionaries  did  that.  "True,"' 
was  the  brave  hero's  reply,  "but  every 

Christian  is  a  missionary." 

«-•-* 

Dr.  Chalmebb  had  just  seen  an  un- 
converted guest  to  his  room  and  returned 
to  his  family,  when  a  fall  was  heard  in 
the  bed-room ;  he  returned  and  found 
his  guest  a  corpse.  In  the  presence 
of  his  family  he  explained  how  dif- 
ferently his  conversation  would  have 
been  that  evening  had  he  known  how 
near  his  friend  was  to  eternity. 


English  Children. 

The  new  born  English  aristocrat  re- 
ceives, as  soon  as  born,  a  little  bed 
with  a  hard  mattrass.  From  its  ear- 
liest age  it  is  taken,  warmly  wrapt,  in- 
to the  fresh  air.  After  the  first  year 
its  meals  are  reducsd  to  three,  and 
this  rule  is  so  unchangeable  that  no 
child  thinks  of  requiring  anything  more ; 
and  from  this  time  its  food  is  of  rich 
milk,  and  bread  and  butter,  and  good 
meat.  After  breakfast,  it  remains 
several  hours  in  the  open  air,  and  then 
sleeps.  The  whole  afternoon  is  passed 
outside.  From  earliest  childhood  the 
children  of  the  aristocracy  wear  short 
sleeves,  and  often  the  knee  is  left  bare, 
though  the  extremities  are  clothed  in 
the  warmest  manner.  At  five  years  of 
age  they  begin  to  dance.  Never  are 
English  children  entrusted  to  the  care 
of  a  young  nursery-maid,  but  to  an  el- 
derly experienced  person,  under  whose 
direction  they  constantly  are.  As 
soon  as  the  young  girl  goes  to  school, 
the  carriage  of  the  head  and  shoul- 
ders becomes  an  object  of  attention, 
and  under  no  circumstances  is  she  per- 
mitted to  sit  otherwise  than  upright. 
"My  child  grows  but  once,"  says 
the  English  mother,  *'and  therefore 
nothing  is  so  important  as  her,physical 
developement.  Everything  else  can 
be  acquired  later. 

An  English  child  rises  at  seven, 
breakfasts  at  eight,  dines  at  one,  sups 
at  seven,  and  at  nine  o'clock  goes  to 
bed.  Until  twelye  years  of  age  they 
pass  the  greater  part  of  the  day  in  the 
open  air,  with  only  about  four  hours' 
mental  work,  fresh  and  blooming  as  a 
rose,  with  light  step,  and  eyes  beaming 
with  pleasure  and  life.  London  pos- 
sesses noble  museums,,  galleries  of 
art,  and  treasures  of  architecture,  but 
one  of  the  most  charming  of  its  sights 
may  be  seen  on  fine  afternoons  in  Hyde 
Park — crowds  of  children  merrily  play- 
ing, earthly  angels  of  incomparable 
beauty.  A  sight  equally  interesting 
may  be  witnessed  after  service  on  Sun- 
day at  the  Foundling  Hospital — sever- 
al hundred  children,  ranging  from  five 
to  thirteen  years  of  age,  of  the  most 
noble  physique,  and  absolutely  bewil- 
dering beauty.  Two  of  the  most  won- 
derful sights  of  Europe  are  the  children 
of  England  and  the  flowers  of  Paris. 
Both  appear  to  have  descended  from 
Paradise,  and  scarcely  to  belong  to 
earth.  Nowhere  else  are  to  be  seen 
such  blooming  maidens  and  children  as 
in  England.  One  sees  iu  Great  Brit- 
ain ladies  of  sixty  with  complexions 
fairer  than  those  of  our  youngest  maid- 
ens, and  whose  hair,  though  slightly 
silvered,  is  yet  abundant  and  hand- 
some. Just  as  by  the  Greeks,  every 
trouble  was  taken  to  reach  the  highest 
beauty,  so  too,  with  the  English  aris- 
tocracy. Many  artists  assure  us  that 
the  daughters  of  Albion  surpasses  all 
others  in  the  perfection  of  physique. 
Even  in  Europe,  the  women  of  the 
best  classes  are  not  so  healthy  as  the 
men,  except   perhaps  in  England. 

Dr.  Bock,  Professor  of  Pathological 
Anatomy  at  the  University  of  Leipsic, 
says:  "A  healthy  man  is  a  rarity;  a 
healthy  woman  apparently  does  not 
exist."     Yet  it  is  possible  that    women 


may  be  and  are,  when  they  have  the 
same  training,  as  strong  as  men.  I 
take  this  position  boldly.  la  Eng- 
land, even  with  the  disadvantages  of 
female  dress,  and  where  their  physical 
education,  though  superior  to  that  of 
any  other  country,  is  still  inferior  to 
that  of  the  males,  the  women  of  the 
best  classes  appear  to  be  as  strong  as 
the  men  of  the  same  rank,  for  we  must 
not  compare  the  women  of  one  class 
with  men  of  another.  Who  doubts 
this,  let  him  station  himself  at  the  fash- 
ionable hours  in  Hyde  Park,  and  see, 
on  horseback  or  promenading,  these 
incomparable  women. —  Galaxy, 


i%iUm\'%  ^nm, 


Lessons  in  I'anctation. 


capital    LBTTEB3. 


The  manuscripts  of  the  ancients 
were  all  written  in  capital  letters,  with 
no  spacing  between  the  words,  and 
without  marks  of  punctuation.  Small 
letters  were  not  invented  till  about  the 
seventeenth  century,  and  their  intro- 
duction was  gradual.  At  the  pres- 
ent day,  however,  the  great  bulk  of 
printed  and  written  matter  is  formed 
with  small  letters;  but  capitals  have 
their  uses,  and  should  be  employed 
according  to  the  following  rules : 

The  first  work  of  every  book,  paaa- 
phlet,  essay,  or  any  written  document, 
should  begin  with   a  capital   letter. 

Every  chapter  and  section  should 
commence  with  a  capital  letter. 

The  first  word  of  every  sentence 
should  commence  with  a  oipital  let- 
ter. 

Ail  proper  nouns,  titles  of  office, 
honor  and  respect,  should  begin  with 
capitals;  as,  America,  Mr.  President, 
Dr.  Hall,   Gen.   Hooker. 

The  days  of  the  week  and  the 
names  of  the  months  must  commence 
with  capitals;  as,  Sunday,  April,  July. 

Some  newspapers  begin  with  capi- 
tals the  names  of  the  seasons;  as,  Win- 
ter, Spring,  Summer,  Fal',  Autumn. 
Many  others  use  small  letters. 

When  the  words  east,  west,  north 
and  south  refer  to  particular  sections 
of  the  country,  or  the  people  inhabiting 
them,  they  should  begin  with  capi- 
tals; as,  the  West  is  a  great  country. 
But  they  should  commence  with  small 
letters  when  referring  to  the  points  of 
the  compass;  as.  The  wind  blows 
from  the   north. 

Adjectives  formed  from  proper  nouns 
should  begin  with  capitals;  as,  Mexi- 
can, Roman,  Prussian. 

The  names  of  religious  sects  and  po- 
litical parties  should  begin  with  capi- 
tals; as,  Methodist,  Baptist,  Spiritual- 
ist, Republican,  Democratic,  Whig. 

Commence  every  line  of  poetry  with 
a  capital. 

All  appellations  of  the  Deity  and  the 

personal  pronouns  standing  for  his 
name  should  begin  with  capitals;  [where 
the  nominative  would  not  be  under- 
stood] as.  The  Supreme  Being,  the 
Eternal  One,  the  Great  I  Am,  the  Lord, 
he  is  God. 

The  first  word  of  every  direct  quo- 
tation should  commence  with  a  capi- 
tal; as,  He  said  in  solemn  t^nes,  "This 
is  the  end  of  eartk." 


If  the  quotation  is  introduced  by  the 
word  that,  it  should  not  commence 
with  a  capital;  as.  He  said  in  solemn 
tones  that  "this  is  the  end  of  earth." 
It  is  an  old  saying  tiiat  "brevity  is  the 
soul  of  wit." 

The  first  word  of  a  direct  question 
should  begin  with  a  capital;  as.  The 
question  is,  How  shall  we  make  home 
beautiful  ? 

The  first  word  of  a  direct  vocative 
sentence  or  clause  should  begia  with  a 
capital;  as  "It  is  fit  to  say  to  a  king, 
Thou  art  wicked  ?  and  to  princes,  Ye 
are  ungodly?' 

When  a  sentence  or  clause  given  aa 
an  example  is  introduced  by  the  word 
as,  it  should  commence  with  a  capital ; 
as.  The  love  of  truths  See  the  differ- 
ent examples  in  this  lesson  for  farther 
illustrations  of  this  rule. 

If  the  example  is  a  single  word  or  a 
series  of  wjrds,  it  'u  not  necessary  to 
begin  with  a  capital:  as,  dog,  cat,  hen, 
cow.  Some  authors,  however,  invaria- 
bly commence  with  a  capital,  whether 
the  example  be  a  single  word  or  not; 
as,  Dog,  cat,  hen,  cow. 

Every  noun,  pronoun,  verb,  adject- 
ive, and  adverb,  in  the  titles  of  books 
and  headings  of  articles,  should  begin 
with  capitals ;  as,  "  Youman's  Hand-Book 
of  Household  Science."  What  to  Do 
and  How  to  Do  it  in  Case  of  Accident." 

Words  denoting  well  know-i  events, 
historical  era?,  noted  written  instru- 
ments, and  the  like,  should  begia  with 
capitals;  as,  The  American  Revolution, 
the  Dark  Ages,  the  Declaration  of  In- 
dependence. 

The  pronoun  I  and  the  interjection 
0  should  always  be  written  with  capi- 
tals. 

Rales  and  examples  might  be  ex- 
tended still  further;  but  the  principal 
use  of  capital  letters  is  covered; by  those 
already  given.  Usage  is  somewhat  di- 
vided on  this  subject.  Some  use  few- 
er capitals  than  others,  according  to 
their  individual  tastes.  But  there  are 
certain  rules  laid^down,  a  violation  of 
which  shows  the  writer  to  be  grossly 
ignorant,  and  often  subjects  him  to 
ridicule. 

One  fine  drawn  under  a  word  indi- 
cates that  the  writer  wishes  it  set  in 
italics;  two  lines,  in  small  capitals; 
and  three  lines,  in  CAPITALS.  Ital- 
ics are  less  used  than  formerly;  conse- 
quently writers  should  be  very  sparing 
in  the  underscoring  of  words. 

In  connection  with  this  article,  it 
may  be  well  to  make  a  few  remarks  on 
the  abreviation  of  words. 

The  names  of  the  States  and  months, 
all  titles  of  office  or  honor,  and  the 
word  county,  when  used  by  themselves 
as  the  principal  words,  should  not  be 
abreyiated;  as,  Illinois  (not  III.)  is  a 
large  State;  or,  January  (not  Jan.)  is 
the  first  month;  or,  the  General  (not 
Gea.)  issued  his  command;  or,  the 
Doctor  (not  Dr.)  was  called.  When, 
however,  these  words  are  used  in  con- 
nection with  dates ,  places,  etc.,  it  is 
often  advisable  to  abreviate  them ;  as. 
The  letter  was  dated  at  Detroit,  Wayne 
Co.,  Mich.,  Feb.  18,  1862;  or,  Gen. 
(not  General)  Grant  was  elected  Pres- 
ident of  the  United  States;  or.  Dr. 
(not  Doctor)  Kane  wrote  a  book  on  the 
Arctic  regions. — Young  Folks'  Bural. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


A  Letter  from  Pr.  McLaren. 


It  was  some  days  after  the  JSvangelical  Repository 
came  to  hand,  that  I  noticed,  with  restless  surprise, 
the  position  and  indiscriminate  censure  cast,  as  I  think 
unjustly,  on  your  valuable  "periodical,"  which  I  have 
read  with  entire  approval  for  several  years;  then, 
"in  all  its  force,"  on  "those  prominently  connected 
with  the  National  Association  opposed  to  Secret  So- 
cieties;" and  lastly  on  "its  prominent  lecturers,"  who 
are  exhorted  to  "learn  to  speak  the  truth  in  love."  Tt 
is  the  positive  earnestness  of  this  wide-spread 
censure,  and  the  trivial  subject  of  it  at  its  start,  in 
comparison  with  what  it  is  where  it  stops,  that  leads  me 
to  a  doubt,  as  to  the  authorship,  or  the  friendly  au- 
thorship of  this  criticism.  Any  one  may  see  that  it 
would  require  not  only  an  impartial  and  close,  but 
also  a  very  extensive  observance,  to  justify  this  cen- 
sure of  ail  in  the .  extensive  sphere  to  which  it  is  ap- 
plied. But  leaving  this  criticism  entirely  out  of  view, 
I  must  subjoin  my  own  assured  conviction,  from  what 
I  know  of  my  ministerial  brethren  who  were  the  able 
editors  of  the  old  periodical,  now  extinct,  that  they 
will  remain  stedfast  and  immovable  in  their  Christian 
hostility  to  ail  the  profanely  oath-bound  communities, 
and  especially  to  the  mother  and  mistress  of  them  all, 
in  her  hostility  to  the  religion  of  Christ,  j*nd  her  secret 
adverse  sway,  within  our  civil  government,  tendinej  to 
its  degradation. 

There  were  in  the  United  Presbyterian  church  in 
A.  D.  1873,591  ministers,  of  whom  433  were  pastors 
I  do  not  suspect,  and  have  no  reason  to  think  that 
there  is  one  Mason  among  the  ministers.  At  that 
time  there  were  twelve  ministers  in  the  U.  P.  Presby- 
tory  of  Philadelphia,  and  under  their  official  oversight 
3,485  communicants.  The  account  given  of  an  utter 
failure  of  an  earnest  attempt  made  to  form  an  associa- 
tion for  the  defence  and  furtherance  of  what  so  many 
ministers  and  communicants  profess,  is  a  symptom  of 
indiflference,  and  it  may  be  no  more,  though  that  itself 
is  liable  to  be  a  forerunner  of  a  mental  dissent  from  what 
every  one  of  them  has  publicly  confessed  to  God ,  to  be  a 
heinous  sin,  committed  solely  and  directly  against  God . 
This  is  not  the  sin  forbidden  in  the  ninth  command- 
ment, for  that  belongs  to  the  second  table  of  the  moral 
law,  which  commands  every  one  of  the  human  race 
personally  in  all  his  relations,  "Thou  shalt  love  thy 
neighbor  as  thyself."  This  law  is  the  holy  just  and 
good  law  of  Jehovah,  suitable  and  sufiicient  for  every 
human  being,  in  all  possible  relations  one  to  another. 
No  man  can  modify,  limit  or  annul  it.  And  with  that 
design,  or  result  desired,  to  swear  an  oath  for  its  at- 
tainment, naming  the  name  of  the  living  and  true  God, 
the  Law-giver,  is,  in  the  sacriligious  act  itself  a  blas- 
phemous violation  of  the  whole  second  table  of  the 
moral  law;  but  this  is  not  all,  or  the  main  and  the 
darkest  iniquity  that  centers  in  and  encompasses  this 
profane  oath.  For  it  is  a  formal,  direct  voluntary 
avowal  to  God  from  the  man  who  makes  it,  that  he 
will  live  and  act  as  long  as  he  lives,  in  a  way  and  for 
an  end  and  with  a  motive,  in  fellowship  with  those  who 
hear  him  and  others  like  them,  according  to  an  old 
law  of  which  he  knows  nothing,  and  will  never  di- 
vulge, with  an  accepted  liability  to  death  if  he  should; 
and  more  than  this,  if  he  divulges  the  precious  se- 
crets he  gets  in  the  third  degree  he  loses  his  im- 
mortality. Now  what  is  the  third  commandment? 
*'Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  Jehovah  thy  God, 
in  vain,  for  Jehovah  will  not  hold  him  guiltless  that 
taketh  his  name  in  vain."  No  other  command  has 
this  awful  appendix  affixed  to  it.  It  is  at  least  a  ju- 
dicial fore- warning.  The  command  is  a  prominent  cons- 
tituent part  of  what  our  Saviour  calls  the  first  command- 
ment: "Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy 
heart,  and  with  all  thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy  mind,  and 
with  all  thy  strength.  Mark  xii.  30.  Who  is  there, 
though  he  may  not  be  a  minister  of  the  Gospel,  or  a 
member  of  the  church,  who  may  not  with  clearness  of 
vision  see,  with  the  eyes  of  his  understanding,  that  the 
blinding  bandage,  ancient  and  elegant  as  it  may  be, 
that  makes  useless  the  eyesin  the  head  of  every  Masonic 
convert,  is  an  appropriate    and   Bignilicant  symbol   of 


the  blindness  of  his  understanding,  of  his  "soul,"  of 
his  "heart,"  and  of  his  "mind,"  in  taking  the  name 
of  the  Lord  of  all  upon  his  lips,  as  he  repeats  in  his 
voluntary  utterance  directly  and  exclusively  to  the 
Lord,  an  oath,  to  be  binding  on  himself  under  all  cir- 
cumstances as  long  as  he  lives — an  oath,  binding  him- 
self to  obligations  of  which,  except  secrecy,  he  knows 
nothing  in  his  oath,  making  himself  liable  to  the  pen 
alty  of  death  from  his  Masonic  associates  for  his 
divulgence  of  the  secrets  which  he  swears  to  keep. 
Voluntary  consent  in  an  oath  to  God,  is  suicide,  in 
such  a  case,  as  it  is  in  the  execution  of  it  murder. 
The  last  clause  in  this  third  command  of  God  distin- 
guishes it  fearfully  from  the  others,  "For  Jehovah  will 
not  hold  him  guiltless  that  taketh  his  name  in  vain.'' 

I  hope  my  brethren  in  Philadelphia  and  throughout 
Pennsylvania,  in  the  spiritual  mindedness  which  I 
know  they  have,  will  be  stirred  up  to  do  what  they 
can,  by  the  truth  as  it  is  in  the  law  of  God,  and  by 
the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus,  who  magnified  that  law  and 
made  it  ho.iorable,  to  keep  their  fellow-men  from  being 
guilty  of  that  heinous  and  baleful  sin  against  Jehovah 
which  has  drowned  so  many  in  destruction  and  per- 
dition. The  circulation  and  influence  of  the  Christian 
Cynosure  would,  in  the  dissemination  of  that  truth, 
be  suited  to  bring  men  to  a  higher  and  more  lasting 
glory,  than  any  of  the  inhabitants  of  Philadelphia  will 
ever  get  in  the  heathen  temple,  the  Satanic  palace- 
prison  of  enslaved  Masonry,  whencs  the  glory  men 
may  get  there  "will  not  descend  after  them,"  where 
"they  will  never  see  the  light:"  and  this  is  no  secret. 
Ps.  xlix.  17,  19. 

It  is  my  deliberate  judgment,  J,hat  there  is  no 
church  in  the  country,  against  which  the  Masons  are 
as  hostile,  and  united  and  bitter  in  their  enmity,  as 
they  are  against  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  1 
could  give  proof  of  it,  without  going  outside  of  western 
New  York.  I  will  further  add,  founded  on  what  I 
have  read  weekly  in  the  Washington  County  Post  for 
a  few  years  past,  that  I  do  not  think  there  is  a  county 
in  this  State,  where  the  militant,  zealous  missionaries 
of  the  prince  of  darkness  have  been  as  active  and  im- 
perial, as  they  have  been  for  a  few  years  past  in  that 
old  county,  where,  after  the  Masonic  murder  of  Mor- 
gan, there  was  for  years  in  the  election  of  county  and 
State  officers,  an  overwhelming  Anti-masonic  major- 
ty,  that  distinguished  it  from  all  other  eastern  coun- 
ties. How  is  it  now  with  the  old  churches  in  that  coun- 
ty ?  Even  in  old  Cambridge  the  secret  conclave,  in 
the  lodge,  or  under  the  arch,  had  the  choice  of  pub- 
lic lecturers  for  a  winter  or  more.  As  to  labor,  and 
truth  for  good,  what  a  benefit  it  would  be  for  that 
town  and  county  to  have  the  zealous  services  of  that 
devoted  and  faithful  servant  of  our  Lord,  the  Kev.  J. 
L.  Barlow,  now  residing  at  Bemis  Heights  in  Saratoga 
county,  N.  Y.  He  is  the  President,  and  the  Rev.  J. 
L.  Demsey,  of  Blodgett  Mills,  N.Y. ,  is  the  Cor.  Secre- 
tary of  the  New  York  State  Association  opposed  to 
Secret  Societies,  auxiliary  to  the  National  Association; 
the  latter  Association  will  on  the  2d  of  June  meet  in 
Syracuse.  I  became  connected  with  it  at  a  meeting 
held  there  about  four  years  ago.  They  were  then  all 
strangers  to  me.  I  found  it  to  be  a  meeting  of  men 
who  feared  God, — indeed  a  prayer  meeting,  as  it  has 
been  since.  I  have  seen  and  heard  at  these  meetings 
some  of  "the  prominent  lecturers,"  and  some  earnest 
speakers  not  prominent,  and,  I  must  add  from  a  sense 
of  duty,  that  I  have  not  yet  heard  from  any  one  at 
these  meetings  what  I  thought  was  said  for  show,  or 
from  ill-will  to  his  fellow-man.  I  have  felt  it  to  be  my 
duty  to  my  God  and  to  my  fellow-men  to  write  the 
foregoing.  Donald  C.  McLaren, 

A  minister  of  Jesus  Christ,  my  Lord. 


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— Germany  has  now  50,000  old  Catholics,  organized 
into  ninety-two  societies,  which  are  ministered  to  by 
thirty-one  priests. 

— The  General  Association  of  the  Congregational 
churches  of  Illinois,  meets  this  week  in  Kewanee  from 
Thursday   to  Saturday.      Prof.    Boardman     of    the 


Theological  Seminary  will  present  a  paper  on  the 
"True  Basis  of  Fellowship  in  Congregational  church- 
es." 

— The  Baptists  of  Chicago  propose  to  hold  a  conven- 
tion in  Chicago,  about  July  1,  to  make  some  arrange- 
ments for'an  active  canvass  in  favor  of  the  centennial 
fund.  The  meeting  will  be  held  in  connection  with 
the  commencement  of  the  University  of  Chicago.  All 
Baptists  interested  in  denominational  educational  mat- 
ters are  invited  to  attend. 

— The  Sixteenth  General  Assembly  of  the  United 
Presbyterian  church  commenced  its  sittings  at  Mon- 
mouth, 111.,  yesterday,  the  27th.  Preparations  have 
been  made  for  the  entertainment  of  large  delegations, 
most  of  the  railroads  of  Central  Illinois  allowing  re- 
duced fare;  and  one  includes  in  this  favor  the  wives  of 
delegates. 

— The  General  Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  (re- 
united) church  opened  in  St.  Louis  on  Thursday  last. 
Dr.  Howard  Crosby  of  New  York,  the  retiring  mode- 
rator, preached  the  opening  sermon  in  the  morning; 
in  the  afternoon  Dr.  Wilson  of  the  "Western  Theolog- 
ical Seminary  was  chosen  to  preside.  This  Assembly 
numbers  over  800  delegates,  most  of  whom  are  pres- 
ent. The  consolidation  of  the  various  mission  and 
benevolent  Boards  will  probably  be  effected,  reducing 
their  number  to  four:  Home  Missions,  Foreign  Mis- 
sions, Education  and  Relief,  and  Publication. 

— Rev.  Joseph  Haven,  D.D. ,  died  at  his  home  in 
Chicago  early  on  Saturday  morning.  He  came  west 
from  Amherst  College,  where  he  had  gained  reputa- 
tion as  a  teacher  and  author,  his  works  on  mental  and 
moral  philosophy  having  been  widely  adopted  as  col- 
lege text  books.  For  a  number  of  years  after  remov- 
ing to  this  city  he  was  professor  in  the  Chicago  The- 
ological Seminary,  ivhich  position  he  held  to  within 
three  or  four  years.  His  death  will  be  widely  la- 
mented in  the  Congregational  church. 

— The  work  of  the  Bible  revision  is  going  forward 
rapidly  in  England,  but  will  occupy  some  six  years 
longer.  The  translators  are  adopting  as  nearly  as  pos- 
sible the  same  arrangements  as  those  enforced  by 
James  I.  during  the  making  of  the  first  translations,  in 
the  years.16 07-1611.  One  of  the  most  indefatigable 
of  the  translators  is  Dr.  Guisburg,  a  Church  ot  Eng- 
land clergyman,  not  now,  however,  discharging  hia 
clerical  duty.  He  is  of  German  extraction,  and  a  most 
accomplished  scholar,  with  the  advantage  of  a  valuable 
library  containing  some  rare  and  priceless  Bibles.  Dr. 
Guisburg  discharges  the  preliminary  work  of  revision; 
it  is  then  submitted  to  the  other  members  of  the 
company.  The  fullest  harmony  prevails  among  the 
translators  and  revisers. 

— The  American  Board  has  19  missions,  with  70 
stations  and  466  out-stations,  145  ordained  mission- 
aries, and  a  total  of  347  laborers  sent  from  this  coun- 
try; 914  native  pastors,  teachers,  and  helpers;  197 
churches,  9,435  communicants,  12  theological  and 
training  schools,  21  boarding  schools  for  girls,  and  496 
common  schools,  and  a  total  of  18,644  pupils. 
Twenty-four  more  churches  are  reported,  9  more  na- 
tive pastors,  nearly  800  communicants  were  added  to 
the  churches,  66  more  young  men  to  the  theological 
and  training  schools,  86  more  girls  in  boarding  schools, 
and  1,600  more  children  gathered  into  mission  schools 
last  year  than  the  previous  year. 

— Rev.  A.M.Milligan,  of  Allegheny  City,  Pa.,  writes 
to  Our  Ba7iner  his  late  remarkable  personal  experi- 
ence p.s  an  instance  of  answer  to  prayer.  During 
March  last  while  in  otherwise  comparative  good  health 
his  bowels  became  strangely  closed.  His  physicians 
pronounced  the  cause  to  be  an  internal  tumor  or  hard 
cartilaginous  substance.  The  best  physicians  of  New 
York  and  Pittsburgh  concurred  in  the  opinion  and  de- 
clared it  impossible  for  life  to  be  a  great  while  pro- 
longed, and  the  difficulty  was  beyond  the  reach  of 
surgery,  except  to  make  an  artificial  opening,  a  dan- 
gerous operation,  but  finally  decided  to  be  performed 
April  8th.  Meantime,  Mr.  Milligan's  congregation  in 
Allegheny  met  every  evening  to  pray  for  his  restora- 
tion. On  Monday  evening,  April  6th,  one  of  the  eld- 
ers said  he  could  not  bear  that  their  pastor  should 
endure  so  dangerous  an  operation  away  from  his  fam- 
ily and  people,  and  proposed  that  he  be  brought  home 
and  the  additional  expense  be  met.  All  favored  the 
suggestion  and  Prof.  Sloane  and  a  physician  went  to 
New  York,  arriving  within  an  hour  of  the  time  set  for 
the  operation.  Arrangements  for  the  transfer  were 
quickly  made,  and  Mr.  Milligan  arrived  at  home  on 
Thursday.  The  next  morning,  without  any  human 
instrumentality  whatever,  the  tumor  was  removed 
downward  so  as  to  give  relief,  and  the  praying  flock 
rejoice  in  the  answer  to  iheir  prayers,  in  beholding 
their  pastor  returning  to  health  and  strength  from  the 
grip  of  death. 


I^H* 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


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Tlie  City. 

— The  great  reunion  of  old  Abolit- 
tionists  18  to  take  place  in  Chicago,  June 
9th,  to  continue  three  days,  morning, 
afternoon,  and  evening.  The  first 
raeeiing  beginning  at  1  o'clock  P,  M.  of 
the  9th,  will  be  addressed  by  Governor 
Beveridge.  The  Editor  of  the  Cyno- 
sure will  speak  during  the  couvenliou. 


COLLEGE  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 


The  Capitol. 

Tha  Civil  Rights  Bill  (Sumner's  fa- 
vorite) vras  before  the  Senate  Friday 
and  an  all  night  session  was  held. 
Early  Saturday  morning  the  Bill 
passed  by  a  vote  of  29  to  16. 

— The  marriage  of  Miss  Grant  to 
Mr.  Sarloris  of  England  was  the  great 
event  of  last  week.  The  ceremony 
took  place  in  the  splendidly  decorated 
East  room  of  tbe  White  House,  and  al- 
though largely  aitended  was  not  a  State 
occasion.  The  party  started  on  Saturday 
for  England  where  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sartores 
will  reside. 

— Since  the  reduction  of  the  price  of 
registering  letters  t6  eight  cents,  that 
branch  of  the  postal  business  has  in- 
creased over  100  per  cent.  Why  can- 
not our  legislators  be  wise  enough  to 
reduce  letter  postage  as  well,  and  have 
a  like  result? 


The  Country. 

— Reports  from  Southwestern  Minne- 
sota represent  that  the  ground  is  liter- 
ally  covered  with  young  grasshopper^ 
which  have  already  commenced  eating 
the  vegetables, 

— The  Finance  Committee  of  the 
Centennial  Celebration  report  thai;  |3,- 
000,000  more  will  be  sufficient  to  guar- 
antee all  the  expenses  of  the  Exposi- 
tion; and  they  expect  thio  will  be 
forthcoming  from  the  people  and  the 
government. 

—Three  great  cattle  sales  took  placs 
last  week  in  the  vicinity  of  Chicago. 
At  Waukegan,  III.,  on  tbe  20th,  the 
Glen  Flora  herd,  seventy-eight  head, 
sold  for  $55,000,  the  average  on  fifty- 
five  cows  being  over  $900,  Oa  the 
2lst,  a  sale  of  Lyndale  herd,  eighty- 
eight  in  number,  realized  $128,000. 
Fifty-nine  cows  and  heifers  averaged 
over  $1,730  each,  and  one  bull  was 
bid  off  to  parties  from  England  at 
$14,000,  Oa  the  22d  at  Cambridge 
City,  Ind.,  a  sale  of  fifty  head  reahzed 
$25,000. 

—Gov.  Taylor,  of  Wisconsin,  is  pushing 
the  railroads  under  the  new  law  of 
that  State  with  extreme  measures. 
Three  suits  have  been  brought  against 
the  Northwestern  and  the  St.  Paul 
companies  and  their  cfficers  are  under 
arrest. 

— Of  the  fifty-three  parishes  in 
Louisiana,  thirty-one  are  partially  or 
entirely  covered  by  the  terrible  over- 
flow of  the  rivers  intersecting  them. 
These  parishes  contain  over  a  quarter 
of  a  million  of  people.  The  loss  to 
the  crops  has  been  calculated  as  fol 
lows:  Cotton.  300,000  bales,  sugar, 
40,000  bogheads;  and  almost  a  total 
destruction  of  the  tobacco  and  rice 
crops,  the  last  one  of  the  most  prom- 
ising industries  of  Louisiana.  The 
mayor  of  New  Orleans  has  written 
that  $1,000,000  are  needed  to  relieve 
the  sufferers,  and  many  must  perish 
unless  help  is  soon  given. 


WHEATON   COLLEGE! 

WHEATON,  ILLINOIS, 

Is  well  known  by  the  readers  of  The  Cynosure. 
Faculty,  same  aa  last  year,  with  the  addition  of 
•wo  gentlemen.  Those  wanting  information 
hould  apply  to    J.  Blanohabt),  Pres't. 


adds 


CHAPTER  IV.— (continued  ) 

111  a  most  able,  as  well  as  moderate  article  upon  secret  so- 
cieties (The  GongregationaUst.  1871,  vol.  23,  No.  16,)  Pres- 
ident Crosby  states  very  decidedly  that  his  adverse  opinions 
are  based  in'  a  great  measure  upon  his  experience  as  secretary 
of  a  college  faculty;  another  college  president  has  averted  to 
the  "babyishness  of  secret  societies,"  while  a  third  de- 
nounces them  as  an  .  "unmitigated  nuisance."  Former  asso- 
ciations render  it  difficult  for  many  college  officers  to  express 
their  later  views,  but  it  is  known  that  few  regard  them  as  wholly 
beneficial.  In  conclusion,  I  charge  secret  organizations  with 
tending  to  encourage  plots  and  machuiations  against  law,  or- 
der and  society;  with  fostering  the  lowest  of  politicians' arts ; 
with  exciting  unreasonable  jealousies ;  with  exacting  time  and 
attention  needed  for  study;  with  involving  an  expenditure 
which  many  can  ill  afford,  and  which  all  could  apply  to  bet- 
ter advantage;  with  encouraging  deceit  of  parents;  with 
furnishing  a  partial  and  unfair  aspect  of  persons  and  things; 
with  being  childish  in  principle  and  more  or  less  vicious  in 
practice;  and  finally,  Avith  doing  all  this  in  the  pretended 
effort  to  accomplish  certain  good  purposes  which  could  be 
equally  well  accomplished  without  the  element  of  secrecy. 

THE  REMEDY. 

When  the  evil  of  secret  organizations  is  once  admitted  to 
outweigh  the  good  they  accomplish,  the  remedy  should  be 
radical  in  its  nature,  although  its  effects  may  be  slowly  man- 
ifested. 

(1.)  Let  the  members  of  secret  organizations  be  at  once 
looked  upon  as  only  "  partial  men;"  a  happy  phrase  employ- 
ed by  Haeckel  to  indicate  the  undeniable  iact  that  only  one- 
half,  and  that  the  poorer,  belongs  to  humanity — the  better  is 
a  slave  of  a  clique. 

(2.)  Let  us  deny  their  elegibility  to  any  position  of  honor 
and  trust  involving  discrimination  between  individuals. 

(3.)  Let  no  woman  marry  until  her  suitor  takes  a  solemn 
pledge  never  to  remain  in  or  join  a  secret  organization  of 
any  kind,  except  for  the  protection  of  life,  health  or  property 
durino-  war  or  other  exceptional  circumstances. 

(4. )  Let  colleges  prohibit  the  formation  or  continuance  of 
secret  societies;  exact  a  pledge  from  every  entering  student; 
and,  if  necessary,  make  unhesitating  expulsion  the  penalty 
of  membership. 

(5.)  Let  the  reasons  for  this  action  be  embodied  in  a 
printed  pamphlet  to  be  placed  in  the  hands  of  all  who  are 
or  seek  to  become  students,  and  sent  likewise  to  their  parents 
or  guardians.  Ten  times  the  expense  which  this  would  in- 
volve would  be  saved  to  the  colleges  in  time  and  trouble. 

If  for  no  other  reason,  we  hail  the  admission  of  women  as 
a  means  of  sifting  the  secret  society  curse ;  they  may  thought- 
lessly wear  the  badges  of  their  friends'  societies  or  adopt  their 
modes  of  thought;  but  as  long  as  they  are  excluded  from,  or 
decline  to  enter  the  organizations  they  must  be  ranked  as 
opponents  of  the  system;  and  where  thev  are  in  the  majority 
they  may  even  outvote  the  scheming  politicians  of  the  other 
sex. 

Let  the  students  seriously  inquire  whether  social  enjoy 
ments,  literary  pursuits,  or  scientific  investigations  cannot  be 
attained  without  recourse  to  a  means  at  once  so  offensive, 
cumbersome  and  futile  as  secret  meetings.  Let  them  see 
that  in  the  onlv  desirable  sense  a  family  circle  is  a  secret, 
that  is,  a  private  society ;  that  a  party  for  any  purpose  need 
embrace  only  invited  and  congenial  guests.  And  let  them 
resolutely  deny  themselves  all  such  privileges  as  can  only  be 
enjoyed  under  lock  and  key,  in  the  dark,  or  in  a  window- 
less  monstrosity  like  a  certain  hall  at  New  Haven.  It  has 
been  urged  upon  me  to  confine  these  animadversions  to  col- 
lege societies,  in  order  to  gain  the  support  of  the  Masons, 
Odd-fellows,  Good  Templars,  Farmers'  granges,  and  other 
extra-collegiate  secret  organizations.  This  might  be  expedi- 
ent, especially  if  anything  like  a  decision  by  ballot  were  aim- 
ed at.  But  as  my  only  object  at  present  is  to  awaken  public 
attention,  I  prefer  to  state  my  honest  conviction  that,  however 
benevolent  may  have  been  the  oiiginal  purposes  of  these  com- 
binations, all  their  paraphernalia  and  mystic  rights  are  just 
as  much  tomfoolery  as  those  of  any  students'  society.  If, 
however,  the  Masons,  etc. ,  can  prove  themselves  superior  to 
college  societies,  so  much  the  worse  for  the  latter;  if  not, 
then  so  much  the  worse  for  them  both. 

I  am  Avell  awai-e  that  some  of  the  opinions  here  advanced 
are  too  radical  to  be  agreeable,  and  that  a  certain  amount  of 
odium  must  follow  their  public  expression.  But,  on  the 
other  hand,  I  am  assured  that  they  are  shared  by  some  in 
whose  judgment  I  have  great  confidence,  and  that  the 
great  public  outside  of  secret  organizations  will  uphold  them 
in  great  measure.  But  I  am  less  desirous  of  establishing  my 
own  opinions  (which,  however,  are  not  confined  to  myself) 
than  of  stimulating  an  untrammeled  discussion.  I  only  re- 
gret to  be  called  out  of  my  legitimate  sphere,  because  those 
who  should  lead  in  the  matter  are  too  often  compromised  by  j  common 


Immediately  upon  the  issue  of  the  above  letter  Professor 
Wilder  had  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  his  bravely  ex* 
pressed  sentiments  had  awakened  a  response  throughout  the 
country.  From  the  multitude  of  able  editorial  opinions,  the 
following  sufficiently  represent 

THE  VOICE  OF  THE  AMERICAN  PRESS  ON  COLLEOE  FRATERNITIBS. 

2'7ie  Springfield  (Mass.)  BepuUimn,  Oct.  23. 

It  would  be  strange  if  the  sad  death  of  young  Leggett  at 
Cornell  should  be  passed  over  without  some  discussion  of  the 
principle  of  secret  societies,  and  now  it  has  been  opened  in  a 
masterly  way  by  Burt  G.  Wilder,  the  well-known  professor 
of  anatomy  at  Cornell. 

Of  course,  it  doesn't  follow  that  because  Leggett  died  in 
the  process  of  initiation,  the  Kappa  Alpha  is  not  a  benificent 
institution,  for  people  have  been  known  to  die  in  the  process 
of  baptism;  but  this  is  a  good  time  to  reflect  whether  there 
are  not  more  general  considerations  that  condemn  the  exist- 
ence of  secret  societies  in  college  and  in  the  world.  Secrecy 
a  certain  power  to  association.     Earlier  in  civilization. 


past  or  present  affiliations.     As    "incomplete  individuals'"  should  be  totally  prohibited. 


when  force  and  intrigue  were  essential  to  the  advancement  of 
even  the  best  causes,  secret  organizations  were  an  economical 
device  in  the  prosecution  of  any  purpose.  To-day  and  here 
they  have  no  such  excuse  for  their  existence.  There  is  not 
a  moral,  political  or  social  purpose  which  secrecy  can  aid 
more  than  openness.  Secrecy  may  succeed  in  springing  an 
issue  upon  the  people  and  carrying  a  single  campaign,  but 
its  gains  are  temporary  and  hardly  worth  the  pains.  The 
Know-Nothing  and  P.  L.  L.  organizations  have  really  ac- 
complished nothing  by  their  secrecy,  except  to  famiharize 
young  people  with  the  frangibihty  of  oaths  and  to  fill  their 
minds  with  silly  ambitions.  The  older  social  ox-ganizations 
are  largely  charitable  in  their  purpose,  but  probably  if  the 
per  cent,  of  revenue  that  goes  to  charity  were  displayed  by 
the  the  side  of  that  which  goes  to  fuss  and  feathers  the  com- 
parison would  not  be  flattering.  The  annual  dues  exacted 
would  pay  the  premium  on  a  very  fair  life  insurance. 

In  college,  and  to  a  large  extent  elsewhere,  the  secrecy  is 
the  sole  charm  of  the  mat'er.  There  is  a  range  of  minds  to 
whom  secrecy  is  a  consuming  pleasure.  Little  children  dis- 
play it  with  their  triumphant  ''  I  know  something  you  don't. " 
Most  people  outgrow  it,  but  some  never  do.  It  is  a  foible 
that  belongs  to  the  juvenile  mind  and  the  juvenile  state  of 
civilization.  It  is  the  meat  of  petty  rather  than  large  minds, 
and  we  fear  we  must  say  of  the  feminine  rather  than  of  the 
mascvdine  cast  of  thought.  Secret  societies,  therefore,  thrive 
among  vealy  youth  in  colleges,  and  among  a  class  of  ordinary 
people  who  are  just  below  politics,  so  to  speak,  and  who  are 
satisfied  with  a  mighty  small  honor,  if  it  is  expressed  mighty 
big.  In  certain  cases,  like  the  Phi  Beta  Kappa,  a  literary 
weight  attaches  to  membership,  but  the  secrecy  of  the  order 
has  contributed  nothing  to  this  end.  The  mystic  letters  are 
equal  in  effect  to  D.  D.,  or  D.  C.  L.  The  English  universi 
ties,  we  believe,  have  nothing  corresponding  to  the  secret 
societies  of  American  colleges.  •  •  •  We  shall  get  over 
secret  societies,  as  we  are  getting  over  a  good  many  other 
childish  things.  It  used  to  be  proper  among  gentlemen  to 
take  snuff,  to  'treat'  in  grog  shops,  to  fight  duels,  to  refuse 
to  exchange  pulpits  between  different  sects,  to  pronounce 
negro  with  two  g's  and  eke  to  wallup  the  same,  to  mulct 
custom-house  clerks  five  per  cent,  for  part}^  purposes,  etc., 
but  now  we  order  things  in  a  more  manly  way.  We  do  not 
propose  any  restrictions  by  any  authority  upon  the  right  of 
secret  organization.  In  fact  we  should  insist  upon  the  sacred 
preservation  of  all  man's  rights  to  make  a  fool  of  himself,  but 
we  say  at  the  same  time,    "Don't." 

The  CMcago  Evening  Journal,  Oct.  25. 

Undoubted  evils  that  have  long  been  permitted  to  exist 
undisturbed  are  frequentl}'  brought  into  prominence  and  ex- 
posed in  their  worst  forms  by  some  lamentable  accident  or 
tragedy  incident  to  their  operations.  Ten  days  ago  a  young 
and  promising  son  of  General  Leggett,  Commissioner  of  Pat- 
ents, was  killed  near  Ithaca,  N.  Y. ,  by  faUirg  from  a  cliff, 
while  about  to  be  initiated  into  a  secret  society  of  Cornell 
University.  •  •  •  So  shocking  an  affair  may  be  benefi- 
cial, we  trust,  in  suggesting  the  expediency  of  a  general  dis- 
couraging of  secret  societies  among  our  institutions  of  learn- 
ing. Deapite  their  pretenses  there  is  httle  that  can  be  said 
in  their  favor.  As  a  rule,  they  have  no  benevolent  purposes 
in  view,  are  not  designed  for  literary  or  social  culture,  and 
eek  to  attain  no  moral  or  rehgious  ends.  Physical  develop- 
ment and  healthful  diversion  are  least  of  their  objects.  On 
the  contrary,  they  almost  invariably  breed  rowdyism,  hazing, 
drinking,  debauchery,  extravagance  and  a  disinclination  for 
duty.  Assemble  a  party  of  young  men  together  anywhere, 
with  all  restraint  removed,  and  perfect  secrecy  enjoined,  and 
the  result  will  be  pernicious.  Students  require  relaxation 
and  diversion,  but  to  secure  these,  secret  organizations,  that 
speedily  become  schools  of  vice,  are  by  no  means  necessary. 
Every  college  society  should  be  kept  under  healthful  .super- 
vision, and  the  dangerous  and  ridiculous  foUies  that  are  now 
under  the  designation  of  '-initiatory  ceremonies," 


they  have  my  complete  sympathy  and  good  wishes  for  an 
early  reconstruction.  Very  respectfully  yours, 

Burt  G.  Wilder. 
ItUaca,  N.  Z,  October  20,  1873. 


From  time  immemorial  the  secret  societies  of  certain  uni- 
versities in  Europe  have  been  noted  for  the  drunkenness  of 
their  members,  for  brawls  and  dueling,  and  for  many  other 
equally  debasing  absurdities. 


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CHAPTER  IV.— (continued.) 
The  7erdic(^appears  to  be  satisfactory  to  the  family  of  the 
deceased  and  to  the  members  of  the  fraternity.  Perhaps  it 
ought  to  be  to  all  others.  I  have  taken  sufficient  interest  in 
the  case  to  examine  the  scene  of  the  accident,  to  attend  the 
more  important  portion  of  the  inquest,  and  to  study  the 
whole  evidence,  together  with  the  method  of  its  elucidation. 
I  know  nothing  of  legal  discriminations,  but  the  verdict  of  a 
coroner's  jury  is  presumably  intelligible  to  the  common  mind. 
Leggett  voluntarily  put  himself  in  charge  of  these  young- 
men.  From  the  moment  of  his  blindfolding  he  was  as  help- 
less and  irresponsible  for  his  own  safety  as  an  infant;  more 
so  than  is  a  passenger  who  enters  a  railway  train;  and  it  was 
the  duty  of  those  assuming  this  charge  to  protect  him  from 
all  avoidable  harm.  The  only  cause  of  death  which  they 
could  not  avoid  would  be  an  earthquake,  a  lightning  stroke, 
the  fall  of  a  tree,  or  a  missile  from  an  unseen  source.  But 
to  lead  him  toward  a  ravine,  to  place  him  against,  or  allow 
him  to  stand  near,  a  tree  upon  its  very  brink,  even  at  the 
equal  risk  of  their  own  safety,  was  as  little  justifiable  as  if 
they  had  laid  him  across  a  railroad  whose  existence  they  had 
not  observed,  or  had  seated  him  upon  a  keg  of  gunpowder 
whose  contents  were  unknown  to  them,  but,  under  all  the 
circumstances,  presumably  doubtful  in  their  nature.  With 
all  the  candor  and  impartiality  at  my  command,  I  have  sup- 
posed my  dog  in  the  circumstances  of  the  young  man  who 
was  killed,  and  to  my  great  regret  find  it  impossible  to  accept 
the  verdict  as  satisfactory.  A  fortiori^  as  a  possible  relative 
of  a  human  being  who  might  hereafter  meet  his  death  under 
similar  circumstances,  I  must  regard  the  verdict  as  insuffi- 
cient. I  hold  that  blame  attaches  to  all  in  greater  or  less 
degree,  and  that  this  blame  should  be  indicated  in  the  ver- 
dict, not  in  any  way  as  punishment  to  the  present  parties  to 
the  occurrence,  but  as  a  solemn  warning  to  others  hereafter 
so  engaged. 

It  was  important  to  learn  all  the  circumstances  in  order  to 
convince  the  public  that  no  dangerous  ceremonies  were  tak- 
ing place  at  the  time  and  place  of  the  tragedy:  and  as  this  is 
proved,  we  may  look  upon  the  errors  in  it  as  individual  only. 
But  there  is  another  feature  of  the  case  which  is  in  part  appa- 
rent in  the  evidence,  but  most  obvious  to  a  spectator  of  the 
inquest;  and  this  is  perfectly  characteristic  of  secret  society 
proceedings.  The  witnesses  were  charged  with  no  crime; 
the  public  merely  wished  to  know  all  the  circumstances,  and 
they  were  the  only  sources  of  information.  The  fast-spread- 
ing rumors  arising  from  the  haste  and  secrecy  of  the  arrange- 
ments for  sending  off  the  body,  would  naturally,  so  it  seems 
to  me,  incline  the  witnesses  to  let  the  truth  be  known  as  soon 
as  possible.  Whereas  it  is  notorious  that  certain  interested 
persons,  all  of  them  members  of  this  or  of  other  secret  soci- 
eties, objected  to  an  inquest,  urged  that  it  inquire  merely  as 
to  the  direct  cause  of  death,  and  advised  the  avoidance  of 
all  questions  tending  to  show  the  nature  of  the  performances, 
actual  or  intended.  And  finally,  as  the  evidence  shows,  some 
of  the  witnesses  could  not  have  been  more  reluctant  to  give 
information  if  they  had  been  under  charge  of  murder;  es- 
pecially was  this  noticeable  in  regard  to  the  blindfolding  of 
Leggett. 

As  a  result  of  this  unfortunate  policy,  the  jury  became 
suspicious  (that  is,  those  members  thereof  Avho  were  not 
themselves  members  of  secretsocieties),  and  the  press  echoed 
the  dreadful  reports  concerning  the  "kiUing"  of  Leggett. 
In  spite  of  this,  the  re-examination  of  the  first  witness,  five 
days  later,  was  a  repetition  of  questions  and  answers,  the  lat- 
ter as  brief  and  as  little  to  the  point  as  possible;  and  the  first 
satisfactory  testimony  was  that  of  Lee  and  Wason,  who,  being- 
only  Freshmen,  and  recently  infected  by  the  cacoethes  ctlandi, 
told  in  ten  minutes,  and  but  for  their  weakness  could  have 
told  in  five,  what  Sophomores,  and  Juniors,  and  Seniors,  not 
to  mention  others,  had  been  striving-  to  conceal  for  nearly  a 
week.  And  to  this  delay,  and  not  in  any  sense  to  the  in- 
quest itself  or  to  the  facts  evoked,  we  must  ascribe  the  gen- 
eral misapprehension  respecting  secret  society  ceremonies, 
and  the  obloquy  which  has  fallen  upon  all  our  societies,  and 
indirectly  upon  the  institution  to  which  they  belong. 

As  a  citizen  of  Ithaca  and  a  member  of  Cornell  University, 
I  claim  the  right  to  form  and  to  express  publicly  my  sorrow 
and  indignation  at  the  manner  in  which  most  of  the  evidence 
was  given  and  received;  and  at  the  same  time  my  deep 
sympathy  for  Lee  and  Wason,  and  my  admiration  of  their 
moral  courage  and  straightforwardness.  Their  testimony 
was  to  the  rest  as  the  flight  of  an  arroAV  to  that  of  a  boom- 
erang. 

Leaving,  now,  this  particular  occurrence,  I  beg  leave  to 
offer  some  general  considerations  upon  secret  societies,  the 
presentation  of  which  has  been  delayed  for  an  occasion  when 
the  subject  is  already  under  discussion.  And  I  can  think  of 
no  better  medium  than  the  ever  impartial  Tribune,  which  is 
always  open  to  both  sides.  Before  doing  so,  I  ought  to  say 
1  am  not  conscious  of  personal  hostility  to  secret  fraternities. 
During  my  student  connection  with  the  scientific  and  medical 


cret  societies,  while  never  very  intimate,  has  not  been  inju- 
riously affected  by  the  mere  fact  of  their  membership,  nor 
have  I  ever  knowingly  done  them  injustice  or  suffered  it  at 
their  hands.  I  claim,  therefore,  to  be  capable  of  a  fair  and 
impartial  consideration  of  the  matter,  upon  general  principles. 

I  do  not  know  whether  secret  organizations  exist  in  the 
scientific  or  medical  schools;  at  any  rate,  I  never  joined  one, 
and  have,  therefore,  no  direct  information  respecting  their 
purposes  or  their  operations.  Nevertheless,  I  decline  to  be 
bullied  into  silence  by  the  favorite  argument  that  "if  you 
are  not  a  member,  you  know  nothing  about  them."  Must 
we  assist  at  an  auto  dafe  in  order  to  qualify  for  expressing 
an  opinion  upon  the  horrors  of  the  Inquisition? 

An  institution  is  to  be  judged  in  part  from  its  theory,  and 
in  part  from  its  practice ;  and,  while  the  latter  is  the  easier 
way,  it  is  not  always  the  most  trustworthy;  for  the  nature 
of  practice  depends  largely  upon  special  conditions  of  individ- 
uals; and  a  final  judgment  requires  a  vast  collection  of  cases, 
in  order  to  prove  that  they  are  not  exceptional.  But  if  the 
principles  of  an  institution  can  be  shown  to  antagonize  "  high- 
er laws "  of  moral  or  civil  order,  it  may  fairly  be  regarded 
as  cruel  in  its  effects.  It  is  not  denied  that,  during  war  or 
great  political  crises,  or  under  other  exceptional  conditions, 
secret  organization  may  be  needed  for  self-protection;  but 
history  shows  that  all  such  hidden  associations  which  persist 
after  the  occasion  which  called  them  into  being  is  passed, 
tend  to  degenerate  into  instruments  of  harm  to  society,  to 
the  State,  and  to  their  members. 

That  there  are  natural  degrees  of  secrecy  is  evident  to  all. 
Into  the  inmost  soul  of  man  God  alone  can  enter;  and  the 
attempt  of  mortal,  whether,  as  ''confessor"  or  not,  is  an 
effort  toward  the  "unpardonable  sin. i'  The  married  pair 
are,  in  theory  at  least,  in  each  other's  confidence  to  a  degree 
which  the  higher  animals  respect  among  themselves,  and 
which  only  the  most  depraved  of  human  beings  seek  to  vio- 
late. There  are  family  secrets  which  result  from  the  nature 
of  blood-relationship;  for  the  family  is  in  certain  aspects  a 
unit,  like  the  married  pair.  So,  too,  the  associations  of 
church,  of  politics,  of  mutual  aims  and  tastes  of  all  kinds, 
are  in  varying  degrees  natural  and  harmless;  but  only  in  so 
far  as  they  do  not  conflict  with  the  fellowship  of  man — with 
the  recognition  of  the  higher  law.  ''Above  all  nations  in 
humanity." 

Not  that  all  are  to  associate  together  or  upon  the  same 
level;  human  nature  forbids,  and  reason  shows  the  physical 
impossibility;  but  the  unbiased  mind  will  readily  see  that 
any  bond  which  incapacitates  him,  however  little,  for  an  im- 
partial recognition  of  virtue  and  worth  in  all  mankind,  or 
which  leads  him.  however  slightly,  to  uphold  certain  individ- 
uals or  organizations  against  his  inner  convictions  of  right 
and  wrong,  must  be  injurious  to  his  mental  and  moral  free- 
dom and  progress.  Do  wise  men  form  intimate  business 
connections  with  acquaintances  of  a  few  week's  standing? 
Would  not  a  merchant  justly  suspect  the  motives  of  such  a 
comparative  stranger  who  asked  admission  to  his  commercial 
confidence?  Yet  here  is  a  matter  of  mere  dollai-s  and  cents, 
and  the  terms  of  co-partnership  are  openly  announced.  Is, 
then,  a  youth  justified  in  forming  an  alliance,  defensive  at 
least,  with  others  whom  he  has  known  for  a  few  months  at 
the  most,  upon  a  basis  of  mutual  agreement  which  virtually 
binds  him  to  be  intimate  with  them  only  and  forever,  and  to 
stand  by  them  under  nearly  all  circumstances  ?  And  ought 
he  not  rather  to  infer  that  their  early  solicitation  is  founded 
at  the  best  upon  his  supposed  social  position  of  means,  rath- 
er than  upon  their  conviction  that  he  is  one  calculated  above 
all  others  to  help  them  in  the  hard  work  of  life  in  and  out  of 
college  ?  No  assertion  is  here  made,  but  the  qiiJition  is  a 
fair  one.  And  does  he  realize  that  in  a  few  years^B  will  be 
a  man,  a  member  of  society,  and  a  citizen  of  the  State,  plac- 
ed, perhaps,  in  a  position  requiring  absolute  freedom  of 
thought  and  act?  that  he  may  be  a  husband  and  father,  the 
center  of  a  family  circle.and  the  repository  of  all  the  secrets 
which  his  family  relation  involves  ?  Can  he  fairly  and  hon- 
orably keep  up  an  intimate  relation  with  a  large  body  of  in- 
dividuals Avhose  corporate  proceedings  are  kept  from  his  wife 
and  children,  for  no  reason  which  one  can  comprehend,  or 
which  he  could  explain,  even  if  he  would?  And  ought  he 
to  complain  when  they,  in  turn,  have  secrets  from  him  t  when 
his  wife  has  friends  which  are  not  his,  and  when  his  sons 
form  attachments  which  may  be  well  enough  in  themselves, 
but  whose  clandestine  nature,  in  imitation  of  the  parent,  tends 
almost  inevitably  to  render  them  pernicious? 

Yet  this  is  what  may  be,  and  too  often  is,  exacted  from 
every  member  of  a  secret  organization,  Avhether  in  or  out  of 
college,  as  the  terribly  dear  price  of  the  social,  political,  or 
theological  advantages  which  his  membership  confers.  I 
purposely  enumerate  these  three,  for  there  are  cliques  in  so- 
ciety, cabals  in  politics,  and  sects  in  religion,  and  it  would  be 
very  easy  to  show  that  in  these  departments  do  secret  organ- 
izations find  most  congenial  soil.  Science,  thank  Heaven,  is 
generally  incompatible  Avith  petty  concealment;  God's  truth 
is  free  to  all,  and  the  naturalist,  at  least,  has  too  much  earn- 
est work  upon  his  hands  to  admit  of  learning  grips  and  pass- 


schools  of  Harvard  University  I  lived  at  home,  and  knew!  words  and  the  non-significance  of  Greek  initials. 

nothing  of  them  except  through  a  fellow-student,  whose  in-!      The  most  powerful  and  the  most  mischievous  of  all  secret 

timate  friend  was  a  member  of  one.     The  impression  receiv-  "  '  ''  ' 


ed  was  not  favorable,  but  when,  six  years  later,  I  became 
connected  with  the  Cornell  University,  I  think  that  no  strong 
prejudice  remained.     My  acquaintance  with  members  of  se- 


organizations,  the  ablest  and  most  unscrupulous  opponent  of 
rehgious  freedom  and  of  scientific  progress,  is  that  of  the 
"•Jesuits;"  and  no  one  can  deny  that  in  so  far  as  concerns 
their  secrecy  and   their  social  and   political  tendencies,  all 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Id 


secret  societies  are  Jesuitical.  It  is  claimed  that  members  of 
secret  organizations  are  bound  to  render  aid,  pecuniary  or 
otherwise,  under  all  circumstances.  It  is  difficult  to  see  why 
the  same  kindiy  relations  cannot  be  maintained  without  the 
secrecy;  and  it  is  a  slur  upon  both  Providence  and  human 
nature  to  hold  that  the  door  of  charity  can  be  opened  only 
by  a  pecuhar  twist  of  the  handle,  which,  in  point  of  fact,  is 
no  secret  to  "  outside  barbarians. "  Nor  are  all  such  givers 
of  aid  immaculate;  a  near  relative,  who  had  been  a  Mason 
from  early  youth,  and  had  traveled  extensively  over  all  sec- 
tions of  the  country,  once  told  me  that  whenever  a  man 
gave  him  the  Masonic  grip,  he  avoided  his  society;  and  I 
know  members  of  this  and  of  other  secret  organizations  with 
whom  I  would  not  trust  the  integrity  of  my  dog's  tail.  Not 
that  there  are  not  rascals  just  as  black  outside  the  pale;  no 
such  quetion  is  raised,  or  need  to  be.  What  I  urge  is,  that 
he  who  joins  a  secret  fraternity  of  any  kind  whatsoever  runs 
the  risk  of  "warming  a  viper,"  or  of  being  "taken  in"  by 
a  rogue,  whose  only  claim  upon  an  acquaintance  is  a  secret 
sign  which  they  know  in  common,  and  which  any  one  can 
find  out  who  takes  sufficient  pains,  in  short,  for  the  slender 
chance  of  benefit  from  fellows  of  the  order  under  conditions 
little  likely  to  arise,  we  are  asked  to  link  ourselves  socially, 
and  more  or  less  fully  in  morals  and  in  business,  with  persons 
who  may  prove  utterly  uncongenial  in  tastes  and  mode  of  life. 
Moreover,  whatever  may  have  been  the  case  in  past  years, 
it  is  certain  that  now  the  annual  expenditures  of  an  '  actual 
member"  for  society  purposes,  which  he  justifies  to  his  fam- 
ily on  the  ground  of  looked-for  aid  in  misfortune,  would  ena- 
ble him  to  make  a  certain  provision  for  them  by  life  insurance, 
and  to  insure  himself  while  traveling.  Deny  this  who  can. 
But  one  other  advantage  has  ever  been  claimed  for  secret 
organizations  over  open  ones,  namely,  that  in  war  life  or  lib 
erty  may  be  preserved  through  the  recognition  of  the  "secret 
bond. "  Now  I  am  satisfied  that  the  artificial  animosities  and 
vinjust  decisions  resulting  from  secret  affihations  far  outnum- 
ber the  cases  above  mentioned;  and  it  must  be  remembered 
that  all  these  cases,  except  only  those  where  common  hu- 
manity would  not  otherwise  have  been  exercised,  involves  a 
direct  betrayal  of  the  party  or  nation  with  which  the  bene 
factor  is  acting. 

Both  reason  and  experience  indicate  that  when  conceal 
ment  is  practiced  without  good  cause,  a  bad  cause  is  pretty 
sure  to  be  devised.  Yet,  strange  as  this  may  seem,  this  fact 
is  a  good  sign;  for  where  evil  predominated  in  the  world, 
fear,  not  modesty,  woiild  warrant  the  good  deeds  done  in 
secret;  but  so  long  as  virtue  is  the  standard,  ideal  at  least,  so 
long  sin  hides  its  face  for  shame;  "they  love  darkness  better 
than  light,  because  their  deeds  are  evil. "  Hence,  that  which 
is  secret  for  no  apparent  good  cause,  is  justly  and  inevitably 
suspected  to  be  wrong;  and  by  a  natural  consequence  dark- 
ness, mystery  and  concealment  become  synonyms  of  moral 
shadow  and  obliquity.  This  being  the  case  in  general,  is  it 
strange  that  when,  for  no  good  reason  which  thejr  themselves 
have  ever  pretended  to  assign,  young  men  bind  themselves  to 
hide  all  their  proceedings  from  the  world,  they  are  irresisti- 
bly impelled  to  justify  this  mystery  by  actions  more  or  less 
deserving  of  the  concealment  which  they  practice  ?  Herein 
lies  at  least  one  of  the  occasions  of  immorality  in  secret  or 
ganizations — the  steps  being  gradual  from  innocent,  and,  per 
haps,  earnest  effort  at  mutual  improvement,  through  harmless 
mischief,  malice,  plotting,  slander,  acttial  violence  to  others, 
dissipation  and  debauchery  among  themselves.  Not  that  in 
all  cases  these  depths  are  reached,  but  that  they  do  in  some 
is  easily  proved,  and  that  they  may  in  all  is  as  easily  demon- 
strated from  the  conditions  involved. 

"Without  pretending  to  more  than  ordinary  acquaintance 
with  the  arrangements  in  the  other  world,  1  am  willing  to 
hazard  my  position  therein  upon  the  truth  of  the  proposition 
that  secret  societies  are  unknown  in  heaven ;  but  that  they 
form  a  prominent  and  essential  feature  of  life  in  the  other 
locahty.  Light  versus  darkness;  openness  versus  mystery; 
mutual  confidence  versus  suspicion  and  distrust.  Young  men 
are  specified,  and  not  people  in  general.  It  is  not  the  least 
of  woman's  many  wrongs  that  the  stronger  sex  has  excluded 
her  from  secret  organizations.  Whether  upon  the  general 
principle  '*om?ie  iynotum  pro  magnifico'''  or  from  the  as- 
sumption of  woman's  inability  to  keep  a  secret,  it  is  hardly 
worth  while  to  inq\ure;  the  fact  remains  that  secret  societies 
are  exclusively  masculine.  Two  bad  results  are  hable  to  fol- 
low. (1.)  As  above  remarked,  the  exclusion  is  a  bar  to 
the  confidence  which  should  be  absolute  between  husband 
and  wife,  and  nearly  so  between  mother  and  sons,  brothers 
and  sister.  (2.)  Male  thoughts  and  feehngs  tend  down- 
ward. Being  a  man,  I  assert  this  as  a  rule  so  general  that 
the  exception  can  hardly  be  found.  The  army,  the  medical 
Bchool,  the  boarding  school,  the  dormitory,  all  bear  witness 
to  the  fact  that  when,  for  any  time,  men  are  placed  in  social 
relations  from  which  women  are  excluded,  demoralization 
ensues — slowly,  perhaps,  but  surely;  and  that  the  college 
society  is  no  exception,  let  Dr.  Crosby  show  from  his  own 
experience :  "  Thirty  years  ago  I  was  "a  member  of  a  college 
secret  society,  and,  while  1  had  upright  fellow-members,  I 
found  the  association  was  chiefly  a  temptation  to  vice.  The 
promise  of  secrecy  prevented  all  disclosure  to  parents,  and 
the  seclusion  was  thus  perfect.  We  met  in  a  back  room  of 
a  hotel;  hquor  was  brought  from  the  bar-room  for  the  com- 
pany, and,  as  in  all  such  styles  of  association,jthe  conversa- 
tion gravitated  to  the  obscene  and  sensual.      •     •     •      I  do 


not  charge  all  or  any  of  our  college  secret  societies  with  such 
excess  at  the  present  day.  '  •  *  But  still  they  all  offer 
a  remarkable  opportunity  for  sins  in  which  publicity  would 
not  allow  their  members  to  indulge  for  a  moment." 

Granting  that  in  some  societies  the  customs  are  better  than 
those  above  described,  I  know  others  for  which  our  picture 
is  not  overdrawn.  And  I  would  ask  the  members  whether 
the  language  habitually  employed,  or  the  subjects  discussed 
at  their  meetings,  when  these  are  merely  social,  are  as  pure 
as  they  would  be  in  the  presence  of  their  mothers  and  sis- 
ters? Anv  admitted  difference  for  the  worse  is  to  be  ascrib- 
ed, in  part  at  least,  to  the  secrecy  of  their  arrangements. 
Admitting  that  the  ostensible  objects  of  secret  societies  are 
innocent,  elevating  and  benevolent,  we  may  fairly  ask  wheth- 
er all  of  these  could  not  be  just  as  well  accomplished  without 
the  element  of  secrecy;  and,  on  the  other  hand,  it  may  as 
fairly  be  claimed  that  this  same  mystery  is  the  direct  occasion 
of  most  of  the  trouble  of  every  kind  in  colleges.  To  state 
the  case  in  another  way,  it  is  probable  that,  except  under 
extraordinary  conditions,  all  good  ends  are  attainable  by  open 
and  direct  means,  while  it  is  certain  that  covert  and  mysteri- 
ous methods  of  acting  are  a  constant  characteristic  of  evil 
deeds. 

It  is  perhaps  true  that  large  numbers  of  eminent  men  in 
all  branches  are,  or  have  been,  connected  with  secret  societies; 
to  be  conclusive  we  should  know  what  equally  eminent  men 
have  not  been  so  connected;  and  it  is  probable  that,  at  the 
most,  it  might  be  shown  that  membership  was  not  incompat- 
ible with  future  advancement,  and  that  this  was  made  ia  spite 
of  the  association,  rather  than  through  its  aid.  It  ought 
also  to  be  shown  what  proportion  exists  between  the  eminent 
and  the  good  and  those  who  are  not  so,  or  were  the  reverse, 
in  and  out  of  the  organizations.  It  might  be  difficult  to  ob- 
tain evidence  upon  this  point,  but  every  college  officer  may 
ascertain  from  the  faculty  records,  if  not  from  his  general 
recollections,  that  of  those  whose  conduct  or  method  of  study 
call  for  interference,  a  large  majority  are  secret  society  men. 
When  I  have  seen  and  heard  during  five  years  Avarrauts  me 
in  affirming  that  nine-tenths  of  the  mischief  and  immorality 
of  the  earlier  years  of  the  Cornell  University  was  directly 
due  to  the  presence  and  influence  of  secret  society  men  who 
came  here  from  other  institutions  for  the  avowed  purpose  of 
engrafung  branches  of  their  parent  trees  upon  our  young 
and  otherwise  perfectly  healthy  organization.  And  further, 
speaking  not  as  a  Professor,  but  as  a  citizen  and  member  of 
the  University,  I  feel  no  hesitation  in  adding  that  the  larger 
proportion  of  all  the  disturbances  which  have  in  any  way 
affected  the  comfort  of  students,  of  faculty  and  of  citizens, 
have  been  either  originated  or  carried  out — or  both — by 
means  of  secret  organizations. 

The  correctness  of  the  following  statements  may  easily  be 
ascertained  from  those  who  were  here  at  the  time  the  cases 
occurred.  A  young  student  was  induced  to  join  a  secret 
fraternity;  naturally  boyish  and  inconsiderate,  he  speedily 
fell  behind  in  his  studies;  he  purchased  an  expensiv^e  badge; 
he  felt  bound  to  contribute  his  share  to  the  frequent  festivi- 
ties which  rendered  Gasvadilla  notorious;  and  for  these  and 
other  society  objects  expended  the  funds  sent  him  for  tuition 
and  board ;  his  difficulties  became  at  last  too  great  for  further  • 
concealment  from  his  father,  and  he  left  the  institution  under 
not  very  creditable  circumstances.  Another  student,  in  most 
respects  the  opposite  of  the  one  just  mentioned — young,  it 
is  true,  but  unusually  mature,  conscientious,  and  independ- 
ent— was  induced  to  join  a  society  which  enjoyed  a  very 
high  reputation  for  scholarship,  conduct  and  social  position. 
Some  of  his  former  friends  perceived  a  change,  but  respected 
him  too  much  to  complain.  Suddenly  he  severed  his  con- 
nection. No  reason  was  ever  made  public;  but  it  is  gene- 
rally understood  that  a  member  committed  an  offense  against 
justice  and  college  law.  True  to  their  pledge,  his  fellows 
refused  to  condemn  his  action.  Finding  remonstrance  in 
vain,  the  new  member  dared  do  that  which  few  have  ever 
done,  and  freed  himself  from  an  association  in  which  he 
found  the  sense  of  right  and  wrong  overpowered  by  an  oath 
of  mutual  support.  Whatever  may  have  been  the  exact 
cause,  the  fact  remains  that  one  of  our  most  brilliant  students 
and  excellent  young  men,  who  was,  in  fact,  too  good  to  live, 
found  the  secret  bonds  of  one  of  the  best  societies  too  galhng 
for  endurance.  That  he  retained  the  respect  and  good  will 
of  his  late  associates  is  still  more  conclusive  evidence  of  the 
fact  that  he  left  them  for  conscience's  sake,  and  was  not  ask- 
ed the  sign. 

[CONTIKUED  ON    THIRTEENTH  PAGE.] 
^  ■  »■ 

The  granges  no  doubt  had,  and  perhaps  still  have, 
a  good  object  in  view,  but  in  this,  like  in  all  other 
things,  there  are  extremes.  The  railroad  monopolists, 
in  some  casee,  have  run  to  extremes  in  oppressing  the 
producer,  but  is  there  not  an  equal  danger  of  the 
granges  running  into  the  other  extreme,  and  thus 
paralyzing  the  progress  and  enterprise  of  the  nation  ? 
Railroads  accomplish  more  for  the  producers  than  any 
other  one  thing  that  has  ever  been  invented,  and  from 
the  benerits  resulting  therefrom,  millions  of  producers 
now  count  their  wealth  by  thousands.  Aside  then 
from  the  religious  aspect  of  the  move,  we  are  inclined 
to  doubt  the  plausibility  of  their  claims  fearing  that  an 
extreme  on  the  part  of  the  granges  may  be  more  fa- 
tal to  the  prosperity  of  the  nation  than  the  one  against 
which  they  are  protesting. —  Weekly  Pilgrim, 


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sually pressing,  this  is  Jieeping  up  the 
rate  wel!,  although  it  is  far  lower  than 
our  neccEsitiea  require  and  our  hopes 
allowed  us  to  look  for. 

There  are  hundreds  of  workers  for 
the  Cynosure  that  we  have  not  heard 
from  for  a  long  time.  Are  you  still  ex- 
tending the  circulation  of  the  paper? 
With  what  success? 

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list  of  six  thousand  subecribers  at  Syr- 
acuse, we  can  report  very  efficient  and 
successful  labor  on  the  part  of  many 
engaged  in  the  work  of  putlin-^  down 
secret  societies.  We  have  just  received 
a  club  containing  the  names  of  thirty - 
nine  ministers  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 


pal church  comprising  all  of  the  Color- 
ado Conference  and  the  Missionaries  of 
New  Mexico. 

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letter  containing  it,  as  the  "cheerful, 
earnest  donation  of  two  women  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  may 
God  accept  and  bless  this  offering." 

Two  women  away  in  New  Mexico 
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and  its  work  so  much  that  they  have 
thus  sent  it  for  three  months  to  the 
shepherds  of  all  these  flocks  scattered 
over  the  plains  and  among  the  hills  of 
the  West. 

Similar  indications  of  general  effort 
from  other  parts  of  the  Union  strength- 
en us  to  press  on  the  battle.  Let  all  of 
ue,  for  it  is  our  work  in  a  general  sense, 
wake  up  fully  to  the  fact  that  the  Cy- 
nosure must  have  a  positive  enlarge- 
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A?«TI-MASONIO    LITERATURE. 

At  the  Oberlin  Convention  two  years 
ago  a  committee  was  appointed  on 
"cheap  publications. "  This  committee 
repotted  in  favor  of  the  immediate  pub- 
lication of  ''Finney  on  Masonry'"  in  pa- 
per covers,  and  the  republication  of  the 
old  Morgan  revelation  of  Masonry,  and 
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sonry was  reduced  to  just  one- fifth  of 
the  retail  price  in  cloth.  The  Morgan 
book  -was  published  in  very  attractive 
form,  with  the  signs,  gripe,  due  guards, 
etc.,  illustrated  by  engravings,  and  the 
first  edition  was  sold  to  those  who  sub- 
scribed at  Oberlin  at  8  cents  each,  the 
bare  cost.  This  was  the  first  of  our 
■Anti-masonic  books,  but  others  were 
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Odd-fellowship  Illustrated,  and  College 
Secret  Societies,  are  now  in  press,  the 
latter  just  being  completed,  and  the 
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published  the  Cynosure  or  anything 
else  on  the  secret  society  question) 
since  very  heavy  pecuniary  loss  was 
certain,  and  positive  ruin  was  much 
more  than  j)0ssible. 


A  NEW   PAMPHLET. 

The  readers  of  the  Cynosure  have 
doubtless  been  interested  in  the  articles 


which  have  been  prepared  with  some 
care  on  College  Secret  Societies.  We 
have  already  been  to  considerable 
expense  having  sent  out  our  circulars 
at  two  different  times  to  about  two 
hundred  and  fifty  different  colleges  for 
the  purpose  of  collecting  information  on 
the  subject,  besides  expending  much 
time  in  correspondence  and  research  on 
the  subject. 

These  articles  are  to  be  issued  in 
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want  which  has  long  been  ft  It  by  per- 
sons opposed  to  secret  societies  in  col- 
leges, 

Nothing,  we  believe,  tends  more  to 
confuse  the  ideas  of  e4ual  justice  and 
prevent  an  honest  recognition  of  re^l 
merit  in  the  minds  of  men  educated 
in  Ecaools  which  allow  secret  societies 
than  a  four  year  drill  in  concealment 
and  favoritism  of  their  college  societies. 
The  alumni  of  one  institution,  which 
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and  pleasure  somewhat  in  order  to  do 
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Page. 

EniToni AL  Articlbs 8,  9 

Congregationalists  and  Secret  Societies Beflectlons 

on  Witnessing  a  Masonic  Funeral Bishop  Stevens 

Temperance  and  Good  Templarism Masonic  Institu- 
tions. ...Notes. 

Topics  OF  THE  Time 1 

CONTRIB0TBD  and  Select  Articles 1, 2,  3 

Our  Hope  (Poe(;/'2/)  ..  .Freemasons  in  Heaven A  Let- 
ter—  European  Morals  in  America The  Church  and 

Amusements Austria  Enfranchised. 

Keform  News 4 

Notice Falrmount  Convention Ohio  State  Con- 
vention. . . .  Will  Co.,  Ill ....  Williams  Co. ,  O. . . .  Bartholo- 
mew   Lecture  List . 

Correspondence 6,  6 

The  Devil's  Legioff-of  Honor  on  Dress  Parade Our 

Mail. 

Forty  Years  Ago 6 

College  Secret  Societies 13, 14,   15 

Chapter  IV.  Continued.     Chapter  V. 

The  Custom-House  Corner-Stone.     The  New  Post-Office 8,  9 

The  Home  CiKCLE 10 

Children's  Corner 11 

The  SabbatB  School fi 

Home  and  Health  Hints 7 

Farm  and  Garden 7 

Religions  Intelligence 12 

News  of  the  Week 12 

Publisher's  Department 16 

Advertisements 13,  14,  15,16 


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Pilgrimages. — The  fantastical  troops  of  religious 
pleasure-seekers  which  filled  all  France  and  drew  in 
part  of  England  last  year,  are  again  in  motion  for  the 
shrines  of  Lowrdes  and  Paray-le-Morrial.  Some  two 
weeks  ago  a  party  of  a  hundred  American  Paptists 
sailed  on  such  a  laiesion  for  France  and  Rome,  bear- 
ing banners  and  inscriptions.  And  at  length  we  have 
an  American  shrine  about  twenty-five  miles  from 
Washington  in  Prince  George's  county,  Maryland. 
Some  two  thousand  Catholics  from  Washington  and 
Baltimore  visited  this  place  of  pretended  sanctity  with 
all  the  solemnities  of  that  priestly  worship  not  long- 
since.  In  Paris  a  procession  of  several  thousand 
young  girls  has  been  seen  in  the  performance  of  such 
rites,  robed  in  white  and  bearing  torches.  The  mul- 
titudes look  on  in  idle  wonder  while  these  thousande 
are  seeking  rest  from  sin  in  the  falsehoods  of  priests, 
while  none  point  to  the  Only  Way. 


duty  bound  to  reverence  ana  obey  him  that  other 
women  not  in  any  way  connected  with  his  family  are 
to  accord  to  him  any  peculir  privileges  in  the  legisla- 
tive and  judicial  walks  of  life  ?  Is  or  ie  not  Scripture 
perverted  when  the  husband  is  generalized  away  into 
the  sex  to  which  he  belongs,  and  the  theory  is  educed 
that  in  civil  affairs  all  women  are  to  be  ruled  over  by 
all  mem?  The  point  to  be  settled  by  Christians  in 
deciding  this  question  seems  to  us  to  be  this :  Is  it  in 
harmony  with  the  Revealed  Wdl  of  the  Ruler  of  Na- 
tions that  sisters  should  exercise  civil  rights,  that  their 
views  should  carry  equal  weight  with  the  opinions  of 
their  brothers  ? 


The  Transit  of  Venus. — Betwen  the  hours  of  9 
o'clock  P.  M.  and  2  o'clock  A.  M.  in  December  8  next, 
the  plannet  Venus  will  pass  between  the  earth  and  the 
sun,  and  will  furnish  an  opportunity  long  looked  for  by 
astronomers  to  establish  within  a  near  approximation 
the  distance  of  the  earth  from  the  sun  by  the  appli- 
cation on  a  magnificent  scale  of  the  problem;  "Given 
two  sides  of  a  triangle  to  find  the  third."  With  al! 
the  labor  of  astronomers  for  twenty  centuries,  since 
Aristachees  of  Lamos  and  Ptolemy,  we  do  not  know 
this  distance  within  300,000  miles .  The  accuacy  in 
determining  this  distance  is  regarded  with  so  much 
interest  by  scientific  man  that  several  governments 
are  sending  or  aiding  expeditions  for  observation  to 
those  countries  where  the  phenomenon  will  be  visible. 
England  will  send  to  several  stations  in  the  South 
Pacific,  and  the  United  Slates  to  eight  in  Liberia, 
Japan,  China  and  the  region  of  New  Zealand.  The 
expeditions  will  be  on  their  way  before  the  middle  of 
June. 


Woman's  Suffrage  is  a  question  fairly  before  the 
people  of  Michigan  and  will  be  voted  on  in  September. 
The  Methodist  Conference  held  at  Jackson  endorses 
this  movement  as  a  step  towards  a  "  higher  and  purer 
administration  of  government."  In  settling  domestic 
relations  the  Bible  utters  itself  distinctly.  The  hus- 
band rules.  The  wife  is  in  subjection.  But  should  a 
Christian  man  suppose  that  because  the  wife  which  he 


Worshipers  of  the  Grand  Architect. — Corner- 
stone gossip  is  still  kept  up  in  the  Chicago  press.  The 
Times  is  the  only  daily  of  spirit  and  independence  on 
the  question.  The  Tribune  since  its  editorial,  lately 
published  in  the  Cynosure,  has  kept  a  cowardly  silence 
and  refused  to  publish  letters  on  the  subject;  the 
Inter- Ocean  has  gone  over  to  the  lodge,  and  lays  out 
what  little  energy  it  has  left  after  the  icflation  veto  in 
flattering  the  Masons.  To  human  foresight  there  will 
be  no  interposition  from  Government  to  save  its  hon- 
or. The  Masons  are  in  high  feather  and  report  25,000 
visiting  members  of  the  order  will  be  present.  They 
issue  their  orders  as  lords  of  the  situation,  thus:  "The 
committee  on  carriages  have  been  directed  to  procure 
100  carriages  for  the  uee  of  the  Grand  Lodges  and 
invited  guests.  The  railroads  have  all  agreed  on  re- 
duced prices  and  the  Government  is  expected  to  ap- 
preciate the  vast  trouble  and  expense  undertaken  for 
the  public  benefit  and  for  the  Herculean  task  of  put- 
ting down  a  single  stone  in  the  wrong  place.  The 
managers,  we  are  told,  feel  that  if  they  can  secure  an 
appropriation  of  two  or  three  million  dollars  by  ex- 
pending ten  thousand,  they  had  better  do  it. 

^  ■  c» 

Who  is  to  Judge. — One  side  of  the  question  of  ad- 
mission to  church  membership  is  quite  often  over- 
looked by  minds  too  little  enlightened  to  perceive  that 
their  assumed  independence  is  nothing  but  low  con- 
ceit. For  these  iconoclasts  the  Christian  Intelligencer 
has  a  word  of  wisdom:  *'No  church  that  we  know  of 
admits  any  person  to  its  communion  table  as  a  member 
upon  his  own  opinion  "that  he  has  been  converted." 
He  must  give  'a  reason  for  the  hope  that  is  in  him,' 
and  especially  the  evidence  of  the  new  life.  'Show 
me  thy  faith  by  thy  works.'  The  church  to  which 
the  candidate  applies  is  the  sole  judge  of  what  is  req- 
uisite for  admission  to  its  communion  table.  If  hf- 
'thinks  he  has  been  bapt'zed  but  the  church  thinks 
he  has  not  been  baptized,'  he  must  either  submit  to 
its  rules  or  go  elsewhere." 

.o  ■  »    

Liberal  Theology  and  Liberal  Morality. — That 
this  world  is  longing  to  "Be  carried  to  the  skies  on 
flowery  beds  of  ease,"  that  men  desire  to  make  the 
"narrow  way"  brond;  that  they  desire  to  believe 
that  in  this  world  Christians  shall  not  have  tribula- 
tion; seems  to  be  a  new  idea  to  many  who  write  for 
the  public  press.  They  nfiirm  that  the  world  is  in 
need  of  a  more  liberal  theology. 

Such  writers,  as  innocently  as  though  they  could 
see  no  connection  between  the  two  conditions  of  thincs, 
mourn  over  the  dishonesty  of  officials.  Tell  us  that 
the  employees  of  railroad  traits  should  carry  firearms 
and  recount  grim  stories  about  drunken  judges,  and 
murders  and  suicides  committed  by  drunken  men. 
Has  not  this  liberal  theology  anything  to  do  with  this 
liberal  morality  or  more  properly  speaking,  with  thi* 
general  demorilization,  which  sickens  or  terrifies  even 
the  amiable  theorizer  who  asks  for   peace   outside   of 


Our  Hope. 


BY  P.  J.  B. 


Mankind  is  slow,  but  God  is  swift, 

And  they  who  give  Him  oar 
On  truth's  blue  billows  are  adrift, 

Ere  other.s  launch  from  shore. 

But  through  the  mist  the  canvas  gleams, 

The  song  floats  o'er  the  wave, 
Till  laggards  break  from  idle  dreams, 

And  join  tlieir  brothers  bra\e. 

When  John  Brown  struck  the  upas  branch 

Above  our  orange  bloom, 
Columbia's  wratli,  iu  avalaucbe, 

Scooped  out  his  lowly  tomb. 

But  now  on  every  spicy  breeze 

Tlie  notes  he  wakened  roll ; 
And  we  behold,  o'er  vales  and  seas, 

The  grand  march  of  his  soul. 

When  Fremont  freed  on  western  plains, 

A  few  from  servile  thrall, 
The  right  hand  fused  those  broken  chaius 

Which  af  ler  broke  them  all. 

And  as  our  Sumner  lay  in  state, 
Though  garlands  fell  in  showers. 

We  saw  the  ghost  of  buried  hate 
Peer  at  us  from  the  flowers. 

Ho,  brethren  on  tlie  crystal  tide  ! 

At  no  far  distant  time 
Tlie  masses  shall  be  at  your  side, 

In  sympathy  sumblime. 

The  Fox  who  may  in  future  pen, 

For  ages  yet  to  bloom, 
The  honored  names  of  martyred  men, 

Must  make  for  Morgan  room. 

Freemasons  in  Heaven. 


BY    A.     T.     RILEY. 

I  met  an  old  friend  on  the  street  a  short  time  since 
who  inquired  why  I  left  the  M.  E.  church.  I  told 
him  because  of  Masonry.  He  replied,  "I'm  afraid  you'll 
have  to  withdraw  from  heaven  then,  for  there'll  be  a 
good  m.any  good  Masons  there."' 

Now  is  this  true?  Will  there  be  "good  Masons" 
in  heaven?  What  does  the  Bible  teach?  "Thou 
shalt  not  foreswear  thyself;  but  fhall  perform  unto 
the  Lord  thy  vows."  The  first  step  a  man  takes  in 
order  to  become  a  "good  Ma.=on,"  he  foreswears  him- 
self. He  promises  and  afterward  swears  to  do  things 
of  the  nature  of  which  he  is  in  tota'  ignorance.  A 
part  of  which  is  ''to  obey  all  regular  signs  aud  sum- 
monses" of  the  lodge.  What  does  he  know  of  the 
nature  of  these  summonses  ?  He  may  be  summoned 
to  assist  in  executing  Masonic  vengeance  on  seme 
man,  as  was  done  at  Morenci,  Mich.,  a  short  time 
since,  by  cutting  his  throa';  from  ''ear  toesr;"  tearing 
his  "tongue  out  by  the  roots:"  tearing  open  his  left 
breast,  and  taking  his  heart  from  theuce;  severing  his 
body  in  twain;  taking  out  his  bowels;  taking  oflF  his 
skill!,  etc.  All  this  he  may  be  "sunomjned"  to  do: 
and  must  do  it  or  hip  own  life  is  the  forfeit!  Such  a 
man  fit  for  heaven!  He  may  be  just  the  kind  of  a 
man  for  ''the  Grand  Lodge"'  beneath — which  is  pre- 
sided over  by  the  Grand  Arc'n-fiend  of  the  infernal 
pit!— but  be  is  not  the  kind  of  a  man  who  "will  sit 
down  with  Abraham,  Isanc  and  Jacob,"  at  the  ''mar- 
riage supper  of  the  Lamb." 

He  "furthermore  promises  atid  swears  to  assist    all 
worthy  Masons,"  in  preference  to  all  others.     Here  ie 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Two  men  come  along  looking  for  work.  One  is  a  de- 
voted follower  and  lover  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ;  the 
other  a  devoted  follower  of  the  Masonic  god — a  worthy 
Mason,  but  »n  infidel  and  a  hater  of  Christ.  The 
Christian  tells  his  story;  is  in  great  need;  is  a  good 
workman:  and  Jeeus  sajs,  'Inasmuch  as  ye  have 
done  it  unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  my  brethren,  ye 
have  done  it  unto  me."  But  the  infidel,  Cbrmt-hating, 
worthy  Mason  tells  his  story ;  appeals  to  his  Masonic 
god:  '  '0  Lord  my  God,  is  there  no  help  for  the  wid- 
ow's sou?"  and  his  prayer  availeth  much,  because  the 
"good  Mason,"  professing  Christian,  fears  and  wor- 
ships the  Masonic  god  more  than  he  does  "the  Father 
of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ.  Isn't  he  like  the  man  who 
prayed.  "Good  Lord  and  good  devil,  for  he  didn't 
know  which  hands  he  would  fall  into"  ?  The  infidel 
obtains  work,  while  the  friend  of  that  Jesus  who  ie 
shut  out  of  the  true  Masonic  lodge,  is  rejected  by  the 
"good  Mason."  Jesus  says,  "He  that  rejecteth  you 
rc'jecteth  me."  Between  the  Masons,  Odd-fellows, 
grangere,  etc.,  it  is  fast  becoming  so  that  no  man  can 
buy  or  sell  unless  he  has  "the  markcf  the  beast"  upon 
him;  especially  if  he  dares  to  say  anything  against 
them. 

He  "furthermore  promises  and  swears"  that  he 
''will  not  speak  evil  of  a  Master  Mason,  either  behind 
his  back  or  before  his  face,"  that  he  '  'will  keep  all  the 
secrets  of  a  Master  Mason  delivered  to  him  as  such, 
murder  and  treason  excepted:  and  then  left  to  his 
own  discression."  (In  the  Royal  Arch  degree  with- 
out any  exception.)  This  prevents  his  giving  testi- 
mony in  court  against  a  criminal  who  is  a  Mason. 
And  if  he  knows  that  a  brother  Mason  is  intending  to 
rob  or  kill  another  who  is  not  a  Mason  he  must  keep 
his  jewel  of  a  "silent  tongue."  He  darfs  not  tell  it, 
for  in  so  doing  he  would  speak  evil  of  a  brother  Ma- 
son; and  his  own  life  would  be  forfeited!  "When 
ihou  sawest  a  thief,  thou  consentedst  with  him,  and 
hast  been  a  partaker  with  adulterers." 

But  the  oaths  and  penalties  of  the  Masonic  lodge, 
are  so  well  known  to  your  readers  that  I  will  not  pur- 
sue the  sickening  details  farther.  I  don't  wonder  that 
one  in  this  Slate  who  had  taken  eighteen  degrees, 
says  he  has  gone  about  as  far  as  he  can  stand  it.  Nor 
do  I  wonder  that  honest  men  are  becoming  disgusted 
with  ana  are  leaving  the  lodge,  all  over  the  land.  I 
am  thankful  to  find  a  few  such  in  Minnesota;  though 
most  of  them  do  not  dare  to  say  anything  openly 
against  it.  I  have  met  with  one  man  who  was  a  Ma- 
son at  the  time  of  Morgttu'a  murder;  and  his  wife 
overheard  him  and  another  Mason  talking  about  it. 
He  attended  the  lodge  in  New  York  city  at  the  time 
they  were  beginning  to  change  the  work,  to  keep  out 
"book  Masons;"  but  has  had  nothing  to  do  with  them 
since, 

A  "good  Mason"  in  heaven!  Why,  a  heaven  made 
up  of  "good  Masons"  would  be  a  hell  to  the  Christian, 
I  attended  a  lodge  one  night,  the  Worshipful  Master 
of  which  spent  a  good  share  of  his  time  at  a  saloon. 
The  treasurer  was  a  lover  of  strong  drink,  and  has 
since,  I  fear,  gone  to  the  "grand  lodge," — ^beneath ! 
doubtlets  buried  with  Masonic  honors,  and  lauded  to 
the  skies.  The  Junior  Deacon  pro  tern  was  a  brewer! 
The  Junior  Warden  pro  tern,  as  one  member  expressed 
it,  an  irreligious  libertine.  The  Tyler,  one  of  the 
worst  men  in  the  country.  I  think  myself  safe  in 
saying  that  the  most  of  the  members  of  that  lodge 
care  more  for  Avhisky  and  cards  than  for  the  Bible.  Yet 
they  were  ''good  Masons"!  Ah,  no!  I  am  strangely 
inclined  to  think  that  a  "good  Mason"  never  will  get 
to  the  heaven  where  Jesus  dwells.  They  won't  ad- 
mit Jesus  to  their  lodge  on  earth,  and  if  they  get  to 
heaven's  gate,  and  fi^id  him  there  they  won't  go  in, 
but  will  tit  up  a  part  of  Satan's  dominion  for  a  "grand 
lodge,"  where  they  can  keep  out  Christ,  all  cowans, 
eaves-droppere,  traitors,  etc.,  especially  those  whom 
they  Lave  murdered  for  revealing  Masonic  secrets. 
Such  can  never  have  a  seat  ^  in  that  grand  lodge. 
Satan  will  be  the  Grand  Master,  and  the  lodge  will 
elect  the  other  officers  from  among  those  who  have 
assisted  in  killing  traitoroi,  and  did  the  most  to  draw 
members  into  the  lodge  on  earth,  and  fit  them  for  the 
grand  lodge — beneath  I 


Yes,  I  have  no  doubt  there  will  be  a  good  many 
"good  Masons"  in  this  Masonic  heaven  I  and  from 
such  a  heaven  (?)  I  would  withdraw,  and  go.  to  be 
with  Jesus. 

"O  that  with  yonder  sacred  throng, 

I  at  Hie  feet  may  fall: 
I'll  join  the  everlaBtiug  soug, 

And  crown  Him  Lord  of  all." 

Glory  be  to  Jesus !  I  feel  his  love   burning    in   my 

heart  to-night. 

Owatonna,  Minn. 

♦  t  ifc. 

Testimony  and  Kenunciation. 


Mr.  Editor: — If  there  was  ever  a  time  in  the  his 
tory  of  our  country  when  Christian  people  should 
come  boldly  to  the  defense  of  the  religion  of  Jesus 
Christ,  it  is  now.  Every  sort  of  evil  and  temptation 
is  abroad  in  the  land,  and  advancing  with  rapid  strides 
upon  the  church  and  Christian  institutions;  and  we 
have  to  admit,  though  it  be  with  reluctance,  that 
many  professed  disciples  of  the  blessed  Jesus  are  aiding 
this  advance  of  wickedness,  not  by  active  participa- 
tion, but  by  a  lofty  conservatism,  which  is  too  self- 
satisfied  to  come  down  to  the  level  of  humanity,  and 
there  by  precept  and  example  and  a  firm,  faith 
in  the  power  of  a  divine  Saviour,  repudiate  the  evil  of 
the  land  and  drive  it  off  the  face  of  the  earth. 

But  we  may  thank  God  that  there  are  many  earn- 
est workers  in  Christ's  vineyard,  who  are  willing 
and  ready  to  act  a  part  in  the  suppression  of  wicked- 
ness. Aid  we  may  rejoice  that  many  are  acting, 
and  through  the  medium  of  the  Cynosure  are  being 
made  known  to  the  world.  I  am  thankful  that  there 
is  one  paper  published  in  our  country  that  works 
earnestly  on  the  side  of  right,  and  it  is  with  interest 
that  I  peruse  the  columns  of  the  Cynosure  as  it  makes 
its  welcome  weekly  visit  to  my  table ;  for  I  am  in  full 
sympathy  with  its  cause  of  waging  war  upon  one  of 
the  greatest  evils  of  our  land,  that  is,  the  secret  so- 
cieties and  rings.  The  country,  the  community  and 
the  church  are  debased  by  their  rule.  I  do  not  say 
this  from  an  outside  stand-point,  but  by  actual  obser- 
vation and  participation.  I  am  sorry  to  say  that  I 
have  been  a  member  of  three  secret  societies,  one  of 
which  is  Masonry,  the  mother  of  them  all. 

I  became  a  member  of  the  Congregational  church 
and  also  of  the  Masonic  lodge  in  this  place  about  the 
same  time,  in  18G5.  The  former  I  have  never  re- 
gretted; but  of  the  latter,  I  hope  that  Gad  has  for- 
given me  for  be\ng  led  away  by  Satan,  who,  in  the 
garb  of  Christianity,  enticed  me  into  such  a  decep- 
tive institution.  Many  times  since  I  was  "hoodwinked" 
and  led  into  that  tesselated  chamber  by  a  '  'cable-tow 
twice  around  my  body,"  1  have  tried  to  convince  my- 
self and  others  that  Masonry  was  a  "handmaid"  to 
religion.  But  woe  is  me!  the  truth  would  always 
come  back  upon  me  that  I  spoke  that  I  knew  not  of. 
Yes,  it  is  a  "handmaid,"  but  of  the  "Prince  of  the 
power  of  the  air,"  the  fruit  of  the  "Son  of  perdition,  " 

Becoming  convinced  at  last  of  my  sin  in  belonging  to 
such  a  dark  institutiou,  I  have  left  it  forever,  and 
God  helping  me  I  shall  try  to  do  all  in  my  power  to  en- 
lighten the  people  on  tUa  falsity  and  iniquity  of  the 
cursed  secret  empire. 

Many  may  ask  if  I  can  break  my  Masonic  oath 
or  obligation  with  a  clear  conscience?  I  answer  de- 
cidedly, yes!  I  should  coasider  that  if  I  kept  it,  I 
should  break  my  obligation  to  my  God  and  my  coun- 
try, for  the  laws  and  oaths  of  Masonry  are  distincUy 
antagonistic  to  Christianity.  Let  any  Mawn  who 
may  read  this  open  his  Bible  to  Lev.  v.  4-5,  and  he 
will  find  these  words:  '  'Or  if  a  soul  swear,  pronounce- 
ing  with  Lis  lips  to  do  evil,  or  to  do  goad,  whatsoever 
it  be  that  a  man  shall  pronounce  with  an  oath,  and  it 
be  hid  from  him,  when  he  knoweth  of  it,  then  he 
shall  bo  gtulty  in  one  of  these.  And  it  shall  be, 
when  he  shall  be  guilty  in  one  of  these  things,  that  he 
shall  confess  that  he  hath  sinned  in  that  thing." 

Now  I  ask  any  Master  Mason  if  that  will  accord 
with  his  oath?  Every  truthful  and  cand'd  Mason 
will  say  no,  or  be  silent.  Therefore,  taking  the  law 
of  God  into  consideration,  how  can  I  be  a  follower  of 
the  meek  and  lowly  Jesus  and    adhere  to  the  oath  or 


obligation  of  a  Mason.  My  conscience  cannot  recon- 
cile the  two  laws.  I  could  not  then  with  justice  to  my- 
self and  my  God,  remain  in  the  lodge,  and  at  the  same 
time  be  a  member  of  Christ's  church.  And  for  this 
reason  I  renounce  Masonry  before  the  world  that  I 
might  act  consistently  with  the  teachings  of  Jesus 
Christ;  and  for  the  same  reason  I  sent  the  following 
communication  to  the  Masonic  lodge  of  which  I  have 
been  a  member: — 

Brandon,  Vt.,  Feb.  25th,  1874. 

To  the  W.  M.  and  Wardens  of  St.  Faul's  Lodge 
No.  25,  F.  A.  M.,  State  of  Vermont:— 

About  one  year  ago  I  sent  a  communication  to  the 
lodge  requesting  a  demit,  stating  as  my  reasons  that 
Masonry  was  not  consistent  with  my  religious  belief. 
Upon  consultation  with  a  cDmmittee  appointed  to 
confer  with  me,  I  withdrew  the  request  for  further 
investigation  of  the  subject.  And  since  then  I  have 
consulted  Masonic  writers  of  high  standing,  and  also 
my  own  mind,  and  I  am  more  than  ever  convinced 
of  the  inconsistency  of  Masonry  with  my  interpreta- 
tion of  religion.  Bat  I  find  according  to  Masonic 
law  I  am  not  entitled  to  a  demit,  as  it  is  Masonry 
and  not  the  lodge  only  from  which  I  wish  to  with- 
draw; and  therefore,  as  I  became  a  Mason  of  "my 
own  free  will  and  accord,"  I  herewith  withdraw  from 
the  institution  of  Masonry  upon  the  same  principle. 
I  do  this  in  accordance  with  the  teachings  of  our 
Lord  and  Master  Jesus  Christ,  and  under  the  juris- 
diction of  the  laws  and  Constitution  of  the  United 
States.  As  I  said  in  my  former  communication,  I 
have  no  personal  pique  or  predjudice  against  any 
member  of  the  order;  but  it  is  the  conviction  of  an 
unworthy  professor  of  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ 
who  is  trying  to  do  right.  It  is  not  within  the  scope 
of  this  letter  to  give  my  reasons  in  full  for  my  action 
in  the  matter;  but  if  the  W.  M.  sees  fit  to  appoint  a 
conference  committee,  I  would  most  happily  give 
my  reasons  in  detail.       Very  respectfully  yours, 

W.  H  Sanderson, 

What  course  the  lodge  will  pursue  in  my  case  I  know 
not;  but  according  to  Masonic  law,  they  can  only  ex- 
pel me  from  the  order,  and  that  would  certainly  be 
acceptable,  for  I  deem  it  an  honor  to  have  done  with 
the  hypocrisy  of  Masonry.  I  believe  that  I  am  the 
only  Mason  with  one  or  two  exceptions,  in  this  vicin- 
ty,  who  has  boldly  left  the  institution  in  like  man- 
ner. I  do  not  say  this  boastingly,  but  because  you 
may  know  what  a  seceding  Mason  has  to  contend 
with  in  this  hot-bed  of  secrecy.  For  we  have  here 
Masons,  Qdd-fellows,  grangers,  Good  Templars,  Grand 
Army  comrades,  and  "rings"  of  political  wire-pullers, 
and  all  classed  under  the  head  of  Christian.  May 
the  good  Lord  deliver  us  from  such  conglomerate 
Christianity.  But  we  have  one  strong  advocate  of 
anti-secrecy  and  temperance,  the  Rev.  Franklin 
Tuxbury,  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  in 
this  village.  On  a  late  Sabbath  evening  he  addressed 
a  good  audience  in  his  church  on  the  enforcement  of 
law  essential  to  t^e  pubUc  welfare"  with  special  ref- 
erence to  the  Prohibitory  law.  It  was  an  able  and 
telling  discourse.  He  preaches  the  truth  boldly  at 
all  times,  and  I  have  no  doubt  but  there  will  be  good 
fruit  from  his  labors.  I  have  extended  this  letter 
much  longer  than  I  intended;  but  I  wish  to  enter  my 
testimony  on  the  side  of  truth  and  right,  and  I  choose 
the  Cynosure  as  the  best  medium,  and  the  best  ex- 
ponent my  views  of  right  and  wrong,  and  I  hope  to 
extend  its  circulation  in  this  vicinity.  More  anon. 
Yours  in  Christ,     W.  H.  Sanderson. 

Brandon,    Vt. 


European  Morals  in  America. 


Whether  the  irreligious  habits  of  modern  Europe 
shall  ever  be  wholly  adopted  in  this  country  is  a  question 
which  the  drift  of  American  thought  and  practice  is 
fast  answering.  The  United  Presbyterian  has  a  good 
word  on  the  subject  in  the  following: 

It  is  the  effect  of  German  morals  on  our  people  that 
is  most  deserving  of  thought.  We  find  that  the  ten- 
dency of  their  teaching  is  nearly  all,  more  or  less,  in 
the  direction  of  that  which  is,  to  state  it  mildly,  not 
strictly  evangelical.  It  is  hard  for  one  of  their  schol- 
ars to  get  through  a  theological  discussion  even,  with- 
out displaying  somewhere,  a  looseness  with  respect  to 
the  doctrines  of  faith.  They  run  inevitably  towards 
inteilectualism,  and  thence  in  the  direction,  with  grea 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


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er  or  smaller  divergence,  of  rationalism  and  mater- 
ialism. Able,  critical,  indefatigable,  they  make  men 
hear  and  read  them,  but  they  rarely  fail  to  offend  by 
insisting  that  some  German  dogma  is  right,  and  then 
that  it  is  right  because  it  is  German. 

After  these  are  the  working  populations  who  swarm 
on  our  shores  and  settle  in  our  citiej  and  rural  places 
They  are  usually  industrious.  They  have  come  here, 
not  to  make  a  living,  but  to  get  rich,  and  they  set 
themselves  to  that  object  with  all  their  might.  In 
plodding  industry  and  rigid  economy  they  would  be 
valuable,  were  it  not  that  they  run  the  one  so  often 
into  mere  drudgery,  and  the  other  into  meanness. 
Farms  and  shops,  rather  than  houses  and  homes,  are 
their  object,  and  in  the  materialistic  spirit  of  their 
countrymen,  they  devote  themselves  to  a  life  from 
which  al!  consideration  of  intellect  and  soul  are  sedu- 
lously excluded.  It  is  animal  life  they  lead.  And 
thus  ignoring  all  moral  thought  and  the  claims  of  the 
mind  and  its  reSnements,  their  practices  must  be 
euch  as  to  interrupt  rather  than  assist  our  civilization. 
It  is  out  of  this  education  and  spirit  that  the  war 
agaicst  the  American  Sabbath  and  temperance  laws  is 
evolved,  and  it  will  be  impossible  lostop  the  war  with- 
out changing  the  spirit. 

This  brings  us  to  the  lesson  insisted  on  so  often,  yet 
80  poorly  learned— that  the  American  people  must 
make  themselves  so  strong  in  their  faith,  and  influen- 
tial in  their  practice,  that  they  will  assimilate  this  in- 
tlaeuce  of  German  thought  and  teaching  to  the  genius 
of  our  institutions.  It  will  be  a  shame  if  we  per- 
mit those  who  come  from  across  the  sea  to  absorb  our 
vitality,  while  they  establish  and  confirm  their  own — 
their  own  being  a  living  hostility  io  the  faith  of  our 
fathers. 


The  Church  and  Amusements. 


The  Rev.  Dr.  Porteous,  lately  of  London,  who  is 
now  engaged  in  organizing  a  broad  PJpiscopal  church  in 
Brooklyn,  has,  on  the  platform  and  through  the  press, 
been  freely  telling  the  American  churches  what  atti- 
tude to  assume  towards  theatres  and  amusements. 
Before  giving  his  reasons,  such  as  they  are,  why 
Christiaas  should  frequent  the  opera  and  theatre  to 
participate  ia  amu.-5em8nts  which  please  the  world, 
he  takes  occasion  to  have  a  fling  at  the  Puritans  of 
New  England  and  the  Covenanters  of  Scotland  for 
the  exacting  discipline  they  exercise  in  their  families. 
Without  shame  he  introduces  strangers  to  scenes 
m  his  father's  house  in  Glasgow,  which  the  misguided 
gentleman,  unlike  all  other  cultured  gentlemen,  seems 
to  think  is  in  good  taste.  It  ia  a  bad  bird  that  fouls 
its  own  nest.  We  are  told  that  paternal  Porteous 
found  it  necessary  on  one  occasion  to  tie^^  Porteous 
to  the  bedstead,  strip  and  whip  him — a  process  fol- 
lowed by  a  diet  of  bread  and  water  for  three  weeks. 
The  act  of  disobedience,  we  are  told  by  the  son,  was  quite 
insignificant,  which  reminds  us  of  the^  reply  Sidney 
Smith  made  to  aa  acquaintance  who  was  tediously 
dwelling  upon  an  encounter  he  had  had  with  a  bull- 
dog :  *  'I  should  like  to  hear,"  said  the  witty  Dean, 
"the  dog's  story." 

The  Huguenots,  the  Covenanters,  the  Puritans: 
here  we  have  three  roots,  from  which  have  ascended 
a  trunk  and  a  foliasre  which  have  steadied  and  re- 
freshed the  last  three  centuries  beyond  any  other 
combination  of  inflaencss.  Behold  the  wonders  they 
have  wrought.  There  are  a  few  men  here  and  there 
who  are  indebted  to  'these  for  whatever  masculinity 
they  possess,  ready  to  sell  their  birthright  for  a  mess 
of  pottage,  and  utter  exaggerated  stories  against  their 
parents  and  ancestors.  These  habits  are  entirely  too 
broad  and  deep  for  our  taste. 

The  doctor's  panacea  for  ills  and  burdens  of  life 
consists  in  sanctifying  and  regalating  the  dance,  the 
theatre,  billards  and  cards,  so  that  every  disciple  of 
the  Lord  Jesus  who  is  earnestly  employed  in  leading 
men  heavenword,  can  in  these  pastimes  find  consist- 
ent recreation.  Let  us  picture  to  ourselves  the  Apos- 
tles, Wesley,  Edwards,  McCheyne,  Payson,  Chalmers, 
Griffin,  Nettleton,  Alexander,  Mcllvaine,  cheering 
their  souls  in  this  way.     Who  ever   heard   of  such  a 


thing,  and  yet  were  they  not  al)  men  of  vigor  and 
joyfulness?  Old  Lyman  Beecher  was  what  might  be 
called  a  gladsome  Christian,  and  in  him  body  and 
soul  grew  strong  without  any  of  the  quack  medicine 
which  is  offered  by  Ihis  Angelican  for  the  content- 
ment and  elevation  of  the  human  femily. 

Some  years  ago,  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  this  country  at  one  of  its  annual  gatherings, 
recommendel  billard  rooms  as  an  agency  to  be  em- 
ployed in  pruning  and  preserving  young  men  for 
life's  real  work.  A  few  years  sufficed  to  show  the 
fallacy  of  this  method,  and  haste  was  made  to  recall 
the  license  which  had  been  given,  for  the  discovery  was 
made  that  increased  gambling  and  frivolity  were  the  re 
suit.  This  has  been  tried  and  found  wanting.  As  a  gen- 
eral thing  recreation  should  be  found  on  the  line  of 
duty.  Obedience,  where  the  mind  has  been  nurtured 
aright,  is  much  more  pleasurable  than  irksome.  Dh- 
obedience,  as  in  the  Proteous  family,  always  deserves 
sharp  discipline.  The  joyful  spirit,  obeying  and  excell 
ing  in  tasks,  like  Ellihu  Burritt,  is  seldom  comfort 
able  with  a  game  at  cards.  Wholesome  exercise, 
cheerful  conversation,  combined  with  reading,  lect- 
ures and  music,  are  mines  to  be  worked,  in  connec- 
tion with  spiritual  things,  if  we  would  be  happy  our- 
seves,  and  lift  the  world  to  a  higher  plane. 

Austria  Enfranchised. 


In  an  age  of  changes  and  revolution,  in  the  over- 
throw of  dynasties  hoary  with  age,  ia  the  substitution 
of  constitutional  governments  recognizing  the  will  o; 
the  people  and  guaranteeing  their  rights,  for  the  ir 
responsible,  autocratic  rule  of  a  monarch  claiming  his 
throne  by  divine  right,  there  has  perhaps  been  none 
more  amazing  or  entire  than  that  which  has  taken  place 
in  the  empire  of  Austria.  A  generation  ago  there 
was  no  power  in  Europe  more  subservient  to  the  Vat- 
ican, or  under  more  complete  subjection  to  priests. 
They  dominated  all  ranks,  from  the  emperor  to  the 
beggar,  from  prince  to  peasant.  So  thoroughly  did 
the  rulers  submit  to  their  way  and  executes  all  the 
arrogant  and  intolerant  decrees  of  the  papal  hierarchy, 
that  its  very  name  became  a  synonym  of  tyranny  and 
oppression.  The  famous  Concordat  between  the  Pope 
and  the  Ennperor,  concluded  in  1855,  handed  over 
by  solemn  treaty  the  dearest  and  best  interests  of  the 
people  to  the  absolute  control  of  a  bigotted  priest- 
hood. It  provided  that  they  should  have  exclusive 
control  of  all  marriages  and  of  the  education  of  the 
children;  that  books  should  be  under  their  censor- 
ship; that  their  priests  should  be  independent  of  civil 
courts,  and  their  churches  free  from  taxation,  and 
that  they  should  receive  largesses  from  the  state 
revenues. 

The  Jesuits  exulted  in  the  success  of  their  deep-laid 
scheme,  which  had  thus  constrained  this  proud  and 
powerful  empire  to  be  their  abject  and  willing  vassal. 
The  spirit  of  the  age  was,  however,  in  direct  opposition 
to  their  bigoted  and  illiberal  policy.  The  Emperor, 
prejudiced  and  creed-bound  though  he  was,  the  abso- 
lute head  of  one  of  the  moat  powerful  military  des- 
potisms of  Europe,  was  taught  by  the  bitter  experience 
of  sucoessive  and  ignominious  defeats,  that  if  he  would 
maintain  his  power  he  must  enlarge,  rather  than  re- 
strain the  liberties  of  his  subjects;  must  permit  them 
to  follow  the  dictates  of  conscience,  rather  than 
compel  them  to  assent  to  dogmas  against  which 
enlightened  reason  revolted.  After  endeavoring  in 
vain  to  persuade  the  Pope  to  modify  the  Concordat, 
which  was  obnoxious  to  a  large  portion  of  his  subj  acts, 
he  bravely  dared  to  take  his  position  as  a  Constitu- 
tional, instead  of  an  absolute  ruler.  He  placed  an  em- 
inent Protestant  statesman  at  the  head  of  affair?,  and 
the  Empire  at  once  began  to  take  a  new  position 
among  the  enlightened  nations  of  Europe.  Reform 
after  reform  was  inaugurated ;  the  provisions  of  the 
Concordat  were  quietly  ignored  or  overthrown  by 
vote  of  the  national  legislature ;  and  though  far  from 
becoming  a  Protestant  nation,  it  entered  on  a  new  pe- 
riod of  progress  and  prosperity  such  PS  it  had  never 
enjoyed  under  the  crushing  incubus  of  priestly  su- 
premacy. 


Another  step  in  advance  has  now  been  taken  by  the 
Austrian  government.  In  January  last  the  Cabinet 
prepared  a  series  of  ecclesiastical  bills  to  be  presented 
to  the  Reichsrath,  in  which  they  formerly  declared 
that  the  Concordat,  with  its  obnoxious  usurpations,  is 
entirely  abolished,  and  in  which  they  provide  for  the 
supply  and  support  of  the  church  officials,  bringing 
them,  like  all  other  citizens,  under  the  control  of  the 
civil  law,  and  also  provide  for  the  legal  recognition 
and  protection  of  any  form  of  religion  whose  doctrines 
are  not  opposed  to  law  and  public  morals. 

Such  a  revolt  from  the  dominatit)n  of  the  church  of 
of  an  empire  so  reliable  as  had  been  Austria,  and 
by  an  emperor  as  faithful  as  had  been  Francis  Joseph, 
created  intense  consternation  at  the  Vatican.  The 
Pope  issued  an  Encyclical  protesting  against  the  pas- 
sage of  the  bills,  and  calling  upon  the  bishops  to  re- 
sist them  by  every  means  in  their  power.  He  com- 
plains that  the  proposed  measures  will  place  the  church 
in  ''ruinous  servitude,"  which  is  just  the  position  in 
which  it  has  held  every  people  over  whom  it  has  ex- 
ercised its  oppressive  power.  He  raises  the  cry  of 
''persecution,"  that  comes  with  such  ill-grace  from  a 
hierarchy  that  has  never  brooked  opposition,  and  just- 
ifies the  keen  rebuke  of  Prince  Blsmark  to  the  Ultra- 
Romanists  in  the  Prussian  Parliament;  "Unfortunate- 
ly you  are  accustomed  to  complain  of  oppression  when- 
ever not  permitted  to  lord  it  over  others."  The  Pope 
also  wrote  a  private  letter  to  the  Emperor,  pleading 
with  him  to  protect  the  church  in  his  dominion. 

When  the  question  came  up  to  be  decided,  Herr 
Stremeyer,  Minister  of  Worship,  declared  that  the  bills 
were  not  designed  to  oppress  ihe  Catholic  church,  but 
to  protect  the  state  from  intrigues  against  it,  and  to 
prevent  the  ministers  of  God  from  becoming  the  mis- 
sionaries of  an  orgtinized  opposition  to  the  laws  of  the 
country,  and  that  the  government  wished  the  church 
to  freely  exercise  her  holy  mission  without  encroach- 
ing OD  the  inviolable  rights  of  the  state.  Although 
the  Roman  Catholics  had  an  immense  majority  in  the 
Parliament,  the  government  was  sustained  by  a  vote 
of  more  than  three  to  one.  The  bishops  at 
once  withdrew  from  the  Assembly,  and  are  now  en- 
deavoring to  organize  resistance  and  opposition  to  the 
bills.  That  their  efforts  to  roll  back  the  tide  of  prog- 
ress and  efllicrhtenment  will  ava'l  we  cannot  believe. 
The  spirit  of  the  Dark  Ages  still  lingers  ia  the  Vati- 
can, and  its  blind  dependents  would  continue  to  re- 
enact  its  oppressive  and  restrictive  mandates.  But  the 
sunlight  cannot  be  shut  out  by  Papal  edicts,  and  a  free 
Bible  and  a  free  press  are  proving  more  powerful  than 
bulls  and  threats.  The  days  of  priestcraft  and  ignor- 
ance have  passed,  and  the  church  that  now  claims  su- 
premacy must  submit  its  arrogant  claims  to  enlightened 
scrutiny  a-d  investigation.  The  Bible  is  now  the  su- 
preme test.  If  the  Papacy  can  stand  that  infallible 
test,  well;  if  not,  it  must  yield  to  that  which  shows 
that  it  has  the  life  and  spirit,  as  well  aa  the  name  of 
the  Master.— ^m.  Messenger. 


A  flight  is  always  to  be  excused  if  it  knocks  down  a 
sinner  with  conviction,  stops  a  thoughtless  crowd  to 
consider,  and  closes  with  the  benediction  of  repent- 
ance and  forgiveness.  How  much  would  Spain  prize 
a  conflict  of  ideas !  According  to  her  last  census,  out 
of  her  16,000,000  population  12,000,000  could  no» 
read  and  write.  Miasmatic  stagnation !  Church  sen- 
ile and  rheumatic,  hibernating  in  the  cave  of  the  Mid- 
die  Ages.  Oh  for  a  discussion  !— a  religious  turmoil. 
These  troubles  subsidize  for  a  time  the  secular  press 
to  religious  discussion,  and  arouse  the  masses  to  re- 
Ugious  thought.  It  wakes  up  fossil  preachers,  who 
scour  off  the  rust  and  oil  up  for  a  fresh,  direct  shot. 
It  breaks  the  monotony  of  th<\t  lazy,  shambHng  prayer 
of  the  soporific  saint  until  it  begins  to  snap  and  crack 
like  a  plank  walk  on  a  frosty  morning.  It  enables  the 
church  to  rediscuss  and  settle  her  proprieties  of  polity 
and  doctrine.  It  excites  a  wholesome  nostalgia  for  the 
inner  sanctuary  of  the  household  of  faith.  It  sloughs 
a  skin  of  the  old  snake,  and  though  he  looks  hand- 
somer, he  has  one  less  year  to  live. — Advance, 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Notice. 

The  Bradford  County  Anti  -  secret 
Society,  opposed  to  al!  secret  oath- 
bound  aseociatione,  ■will  hold  their  nest 
quarterly  meeting,  commencing  June 
tenth,  at  9  o'clock  A.  M.,  and  continu- 
ing two  days  and  evening?,  in  the  M. 
E.  church  at  Myersburg,  Bradford  coun- 
ty, Pa.  Bro.  John  Levington,  of  the 
Detroit  M.  E.  church,  is  expected  to 
speak  on  the  occafcion.  Brother  Louns- 
berry,  Brother  Fores*  Snider,  D.  P. 
llathbun,  John  L.  Bush,  A.  Post, 
Nathan  Calender,  G.  W.  Sibley,  and 
all  the  lovers  of  a  pure  Gospel  and  a 
free  government,  and  that  are  opposed 
to  Satan's  kingdom  are  cordially  invit- 
to  attend.  Come  in  the  strength  of 
Israel's  God. 

By  order  of  Committee. 


The  Fairmouat,  lud.,  Convention. 

A  call  having  been  previously  made,  a 
number  of  the  friends  of  the  Anti-Secre- 
cy movement  in  Fairmount  and  vicinity, 
met  at  the  Wealeyan  church  on  the 
evening  of  May  12th,  1874,  for  the 
purpose  of  organizing  a  permanent  As 
sociation,  auxiliary  to  the  State  Christ- 
ian Anti-Secrecy  Association.  Rev.  J. 
T.  Kiggins,  State  Lecturer  was  chosen 
temporary  Chairman,  and  Wm,  Hall, 
Sec'y.  A  constitution,  setting  forth  the 
object  and  purpose  of  the  Association, 
was  presented  by  the  committee  previ- 
ously appointed  for  that  purpose,  and 
after  a  few  slight  amendments  was 
adopted;  and  over  fifty  persons  sub- 
scribed their  names  as  members  of  the 
Association.  The  following  persons 
were  then  elected  officers  of  the  Associa- 
tion for  one  year:  Joseph  R.  Bennett, 
President;  Rev.  Isaac  Weeks,  Thomas 
Baldwin,  Sr. ,  Jeremiah  Howell,  Vice- 
presidents  ;  Enoch  Beals,  Esq. ,  Treas. ; 
William  Hall,  Sfc'y. 

On  motion  Resolved:  1st,  That  we 
hereby  extend  a  call  to  the  friends  of 
the  anti-secrecy  movement  throughout 
the  county  to  meet  in  convention  at  the 
court-hcuse  in  Marion,  on  the  lasf 
Wednesday  of  June  (24th  day,)  1874, 
for  the  purpose  of  considering  the  pro- 
priety of,  and  nominating  candidates  for 
the  several  county  offices  to  be  filled  at 
the  fall  election. 

Resolved  2,  That  the  proceedings  of 
this  meeting  be  published  in  our  county 
papers,  also  in  the  Christian  Cynosure, 
of  Chicago,  111. 

Joseph.  K.  Bennett,  Prest. 

William  Hall,  Sec^y, 

Fairmmmt,  Ind. 


The  Oliio  State  Convcution. 


Flat  Rook,  Seneca  Co. ,  0., 
May  21,  1874. 
Uditor  Cynosure: 

According  to  previous  notice  in  the 
Cynosure,  cur  Convention  met  May  19, 
1874,  at  half-past  seven  o'clcck,  P.  M. 
Delegates  weie  present  from  the  fol- 
lowing counties:  Sandusky,  Seneca, 
Champaign,  Wyandot,  Crawford,  Me- 
dina, Lorain  and  Williams.  The  meet- 
ing was  called  to  order  by  appointing 
Rev.  Michael  Long,  of  Sandusky  coun- 
ty, Chairman,  and  J.  G.  Mattoon,  of 
Williams  county.  Secretary.     After  de- 


votional exercises,  Rev.  D.  S.  Caldwell, 
our  State  Agent,  delivered  an  address 
on  the  religious  subject  of  Masonry 
showing:  Ist,  Masonry  is,  or  claims  to 
be  a  religion;  2d,  that  it  is  not  the 
religion  of  Christ;  in  proof  of  which  he 
quoted  largely  from  Masonic  authors. 

May  20th. — Convention  called  to  or- 
der at  8  A.  M.  Devotional  exercises 
of  half  an  hour.  On  motion  a  commit- 
tee on  resolutions  was  appointed,  con- 
sisting of  Rev.  D.  S.  Caldwell,  Samuel 
Hale ,  of  Medina  Co.,  and  Rav.  L,  Moore, 
of  Crawford  Co.  On  motion  Dar'oy 
Chapel,  Union  Co.,  was  chosen  as  the 
place  for  holdine;  our  next  meeting; 
— time,  first  Tuesday  in  August,  1874. 

On  motion  a  committee  was  appoint- 
ed to  draft  a  constitution  for  our  State 
organization.  Committee:  Rev.  D.  S. 
Caldwell,  M.  Z,  Andrews,  of  Oberlin, 
Rev.  James  Wilkison,  of  Champaign 
Co.,  J.  G.  Mattoon,  of  Williams  Co., 
and  W.  A,  Wallace,  of  Guernsey  Co. 

Two  O'clock  P.  M. — After  devotion- 
al exercises  the  Convention  was  ad- 
dressed by  Mr.  Samuel  Hale,  of  Medina; 
Subject,  "Our  Means  of  Knowing  the 
Character  cf  Masonry."  After  speak- 
ing an  hour  and  a  half  the  Convention 
adjourned  to  half-past  seven  in  the 
evening,  when  Mr.  Hale  finished  his 
remarks  to  a  tolerably  well  filled  house 
(the  evening  being  rainy).  He  was 
listened  to  with  marked  attention.  At 
the  vvinding  up  of  his  lecture  he  quoted 
from  the  obligation  of  the  25th  degree 
(if  we  recollect  right)  to  prove  that  a 
finished  Mason  is  a  finished  infidel. 

Mat  2 1st,  8  A.  M  . — Meeting  called  to 
order  and  report  of  committees  on  reso- 
lutions, and  fraternal  greeting  from  the 
Anti-secret  Association  of  Indiana  were 
read  and  adopted.  The  Convention 
was  then  addressed  by  Rev.  D.  S. 
Caldwell;  Subject,  ''Masonry  Anti-re- 
publican." In  proof  of  which  he  gave 
us  good  Masonic  authority.  The  fol- 
lowing persons  were  chosen  as  delegates 
to  the  National  Convention  at  Syracuse : 
Rev,  D.  S,  Caldwell,  Rev.  Michael 
Long,  of  Sandusky,  Rev.  James  Wilki- 
son, of  Champaign,  Samuel  Hale,  of  Me- 
dina, J.  G.  Mattoon,  of  Williams,  and 
J.  W.  McQuillin,  of  Fulton. 

Two  O'clock  P.  M. — Spent  the  most 
of  the  afternoon  in  experience  meet- 
ing. There  were  quite  a  number  of 
stirring  speeches  made,  and  all  present 
felt  that  it  was  good  to  be  there. 

Evening. — Meeting  called  to  order 
at  half-past  seven.  Rev.  James  Wilki- 
son then  addreesed  the  meeting;  Sub- 
ject, "Religion  of  Masonry,"  He  quo- 
ted almost  entirely  from  their  authors, 
Webb,  Mackey,  Chase,  Sickles,  Town 
and  others.  The  house  was  well  filled, 
and  the  attention  good. 

He  was  followed  by  a  short  speech 
from  D.  S.  Caldwell;  Subject,  "The 
Grange."  On  motion  a  vote  of  thanks 
was  tendered  to  the  citizens  of  Flat 
Rock  and  vicinity  for  their  hospitality. 
On  motion  the  Secretary  was  requested 
to  edit  the  minutes  of  the  meetinfr  for 
the  Christian  Cynosure  and  Religioics 
Telescope.  On  motion  the  Secretaries 
report  was  read  and  adopted.  On 
motion  the  Convention  adjourned. 

J.  G.  Mattoon,  Secretary. 


REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE  ON  RESOLUTIONS. 

We  your  ccmmittee  on  resolutions 
would  respectfully  submit  the  following 
report: — TF^erms,  Sicrttism  is  exert- 
ing a  wide-spread  and  most  potent  in- 
fluence for  evil  through  our  land  and 
nation,  an  influence  detrimental  alike 
to  the  church  and  the  state;  and, 

'Whereas,  the  secret  fraternity  is  in 
our  midst  are  so  thoroughly  organized 
and  thereby  so  fully  prepared  to  coun- 
teract all  the  healthy  influences  which 
are  the  legitimate  effects  of  the  church 
and  state,  but  for  these  militating  influ- 
ences that  we  deem  it  the  indispensa- 
ble duty  of  every  law  abiding  citizen 
and  Christian  to  use  every  laudable  ef- 
fort to  opp.ose  and  overthrow  these 
iniquitous  organizations  and  thereby 
perpetuate  the  blessings  of  the  Christ- 
ian church  and  the  sacredness  of  the 
civil  government  based  upon  Christian 
principles,  untarnished  by  the  hand  of 
murderous,  secret  plotting,  to  our  gen- 
eration and  our  children  who  are  to 
follow  us.  Therefore 

Resolved:  1st.  That  it  is  the  sense  of 
this  Convention  that  every  true  friend 
of  this  reform  movement  should  use 
their  utmost  endeavors  to  fneet  this 
common  enemy  of  God  and  man,  by 
the  use  of  all  laudable  means. 

2 .  That  in  order  to  meet  suceessfuUy 
this  entrenched  and  well-fortified  foe, 
it  is  of  the  utmost  importance  that  we 
Geek  to  tfl'ct  anti-secret  organizations 
all  over  our  State. 

3.  That  we  especially  urge  all  our 
friends  to  give  their  hearty  co-operation 
in  effecting  at  as  earlj'  a  period  as  pos- 
ticable  the  organization  of  this  State, 
this  we  deem  to  be  of  paramount  im- 
portance in  order  to  give  tone  to  our 
movement. 

4  th.  That  we  will  give  our  State 
Agent  our  sympathy  and  hearty  co-op- 
eration in  effecting  county  and  town- 
ship organizations  and  will  lend  him 
our  unreserved  aid  in  securing  for  him 
a  comfortable  support  for  himself  and 
fam  ly  in  hia  labor  among  our  people. 

5  th.  That  we  heartily  indorse  the 
action  of  the  Executive  Committee  in 
appointing  Rev.  D.  S.  Caldwell  as  our 
State  Agent  and  Lecturer;  and  that  we 
will  devoutely  pray  for  the  bles5ing  of 
God  upon  his  labors  in  this  department 
of  God's  Zion. 

6th.  That  we  recommend  the  ap- 
pointment by  this  Convention  of  dele- 
gates to  the  National  Convention  to 
meet  at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  on  the  2d  of 
June  next. 

D.  S.  Caldwell, 

Samuel  H<.le,       \  Committee. 

L.  Moore, 


From  Will  County,  111. 


LocKPORT,  111.,  May  25,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosu'ie: 

Our  gcod  friend,  Rev.  H.  H.  Hin- 
man,  called  about  two  weeks  ago  on 
his  way  to  Wisconsin  and  gave  us  a 
lecture  on  Sunday  evening;  subject: 
"The  Relations  of  Secret  Societies  to 
Christianity  and  their  Influence  on 
Christian  Religion."  The  day  and 
evening  were  rainy,  and  the  evening 
very  dark  and  the  audience  was  small, 
but  we  had  an  excellent  lecture. 

He  returned  last  Saturday  and  gave 
us  another  lecture  on  '  'The  Character 
of  Masonry  and  the  Forms  of  Initia- 
tion." The  lecture  was  duly  adver- 
tised during  the  day  to  be  held  in 
the  Baptist  church.  But  at  the  hour 
for  meeting  it  was  found  that  the  bell 
could  not  be  rung,  the  rope  being 
broken,  and  the  sexton  could  not  at 
the  time  repair  it.     The   consequence 


was  our  friends  even  did  not  suppose 
the  lecturer  had  come,  and  we  had 
another  small  meeting,  only  some 
twenty-five  to  forty.  But  Mr.  H.  gave 
us  another  good  lecture;  one  that 
recommended  itself  to  all  unbiased 
minds. 

The  lecturer  at  the  close  invited 
reply  or  remarks  which  drew  out  one 
gentleman,  a  Mason  and  Knight  Tem- 
plar, but  he  was  so  much  excited  as 
hardly  to  talk  intelligently ;  but  said  a 
few  rather  severe  personal    things. 

On  the  whole  we  fell  that  we  are 
making  progress  even  in  Lockport. 
For,  five  years  ago,  when  young  Mr. 
Blanchard  came  here  to  lecture,  we 
could  not  obtain  one  of  the  seven  or 
eight  churches  to  meet  in,  and  not  a 
clergyman  in  the  place  would  read  a 
notice  from  his  desk  for  us.  Now  the  dif- 
ferent clergymen  cheerfully  and  re- 
spectfully read  our  notices  for  meetings, 
and  the  doors  of  the  churches  are 
flung  open  to  us,  and  we  have  already 
held  meetings  in  two  of  them.  For 
these  favors  our  clergy  and  church  au- 
thorities have  our  thanks,  and  we  will 
hope  for  a  continuation  of  them  until 
the  truth  and  these  great  questions 
shall  reach  the  heads  and  hearts  of  all 
the  people.         Fraternally  yours, 

Isaac  Preston. 


From  Williams  County,  Oliio. 


[The  following  letter  was  sent  to  the 
General  Agent,  but  on  account  of  hia 
absence  and  the  general  interest  of  its 
contents,  the  liberty  is  taken  to  publish 
part.— Ed.] 

Deer  Lick,0.,  May  23,  1874. 
Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard: 

Dear  Bro  : — The  cause  is  prospering 
here.  The  Presbyterian  church  is 
coming  nobly  to  our  aid,  the  Evangel- 
icals (Albrights)  are  with  us  to  a  man, 
and  I  have  just  heard  of  a  Campbellite 
minister  in  this  county  who  has  spoken 
out  against  the  lodge.  Bro.  Joseph 
Neil,  our  (Winebrennerian)  minister, 
informed  me  recently  that  he  does  not 
know  of  one  Masonic  minister  in  this 
eldership.  Their  eldership  meets  in 
West  Unity  next  fall,  at  which  time  it 
is  hoped  an  anti-secrecy  resolution  will 
be  introduced.  I  wish  you  could  at- 
tend that  eldership  (Winebrennerian 
for  Conference)  as  it  is  expected  that  a 
great  many  ministers  will  be  there.  I 
shall  write  you  again  of  this  matter  as 
I  cannot  give  the  exact  time  just  now. 
It  is  a  significant  fact  thai  since  our 
movement  here,  a  great  many  Masons 
deny  their  identity  with  the  craft  and 
don't  seem  to  know  anything  more  of 
Masonry  than  Peter  at  one  time  seemed 
to  know  of  the  Master.  Some  of  them 
are  ready  to  deny  with  an  oath  and 
even  curse  and  swear.  One  of  my 
nearest  neighbors,  who  heard  you  and 
Bro.  Kiggins  speak,  said  recently  that 
Odd-fellowship  as  far  as  he  had  been, 
had  cost  him  just  thirty-seven  dollars 
in  money,  besides  time;  had  never 
benefitted  him  any;  and,  said  he,  "I 
shall  never  visit  the  lodge  again."  The 
Pioneer  lodgeij  evidently  losing  ground 
very  fast,  especially  in  regard  to  re- 
pectability.  The  better  class  of  men 
care  not  ouuting  much  on  lodge  influ- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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ence  for  popularity.  But  the  most 
potent  influence,  the  hope  of  our  cause, 
is  the  favor  of  Jehovah  and  the  labor 
of  the  true  ministers  of  Christ. 

There  is  here  a  great  commotion  in 
the  M.  E.  church  in  regard  to  secret 
societies.  Many  of  their  best  membere, 
devout  men  and  women,  seriously  ob- 
ject to  Masonic  ministers.  Some  of 
their  very  best  paying  members  posi- 
tively refuse  to  pay  quarterage  to  the 
false  prophets  who  deny  Christ.  I 
have  now  in  mind  two  who  are 
falling  behind  in  salary  from  this  cause, 
and  one  M.  E,  minister  who  keeps  the 
faith  opposes  Satan  and  his  lodges  is 
winning  eouls  to  Christ  and  being  well 
supported.     Yours  for  the  war, 

H.  S.  Kirk. 


From   Bartholomew  County,  Ind. 


Hartsville,  Ind. ,  May  27,  1874. 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure : 
'  The  Bartholomew  County  Christian 
Association  opposed  to  secret  societies 
met  in  semi-annual  meeting  in  the 
Chapel  of  Hartsville  University ,  May  15, 
1874,  at  6  o'clock,  P.  M. ;  opened  by 
singing  and  prayer,  by  Rev.  D.  Shuck, 
after  which  the  Rev.  Wm.  M.  Givens, 
of  Clay  county,  Ind. ,  was  introduced 
to  the  audience,  and  gave  a  short  but 
forcible  lecture  on  the  principles  and 
religion  of  Odd-fellowship :  After  which 
the  Association  adjourned  to  meet  at 
10  A.  M. 

Mat  16.— Met  pursuant  to  adjourn- 
ment. Opened  by  singing  and  prayer 
by  Dr.  Wray,  followed  by  a  season  of 
devotion.  After  which  Rev.  Wm.  M. 
Givens  gave  a  very  able  lecture  on  the 
antiquity  and  religion  of  Masonry, 
clinching  every  propoaition  by  uncon- 
trovertable  testimony,  to  the  satisfac- 
tion of  all.  Masons  and  ''jaeks"  ex- 
cepted. 

The  afternoon  session  convened  at 
6  P.  M.  Prayer  by  Dr.  Wray.  On 
motion  the  Association  appointed  S. 
B.  Irwin  a  delegate  to  the  ^National 
Convention.  On  motion  thera  were 
three  delegates  elected  to  attend  the 
State  Association,  namely:  H.  Wray, 
J.  W.  Bline  and  A.  H.  K.    Beam. 

Next  proceeded  to  the  election  of 
officers  for  the  ensuiug  year,  which  re- 
sulted as  follows:  Rev.  Daniel  Shuck, 
President,  (re-elected,)  J.  S.  Fankhous- 
er,  David  Huffer  and  A.  H.  K.  Beam, 
Vice-presidents;  Recording  Secretary, 
J.  W.  Bline;  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Hardy  Wray.  Oa  motion  it  was 
agreed  to  raise  a  collection  to  defray 
the  expenses  of  Bro.  Givens.  After 
which  Bro.  Givens  proceeded  to  open 
the  lodge  to  the  amusement  and  en- 
tertainment of  the  large  audience ;  lead- 
ing the  candidate  up  to  the  third  de- 
gree. After  which  the  Association 
adjourned. 

Suffer  me  by  way  of  closing  remarks 
to  say  that  Brother  Givens  did  honor 
to  himself  and  the  cause  which  he  has 
espoused,  both  in  his  lectures,  and  also 
two  sermons  which  he  preached  in  the 
chapel  on  Sabbath.  The  Lord  bless 
Bro.  Givens,  and  he  be  in  the  hand  of 
God  a  power  in  pulling  down  the 
strongholds  of  the  devil. 

Hasdt  Wray,  Sec'y. 


^mupmUm^, 


What  it  Was.    The  Devil's  Legion  of 
Honor  on  Dress  Parade. 

FROM  THE  INDIANA  AGENT. 


Oh  !  look !  look !  Just  see !  exclaim- 
ed the  passengers  who  sat  next  to  the 
windows,  as  the  train  entered  the 
Union  Depot;  while  those  who  sat 
further  away  from  that  medium  of  oc- 
cular  communication  with  the  outside 
world  tried  in  vain  to  get  a ''look." 
Beihg  so  fortunate  as  to  occupy  a  seat 
alone,  I  had  the  benefit  of  a  whole 
window. 

Upon  looking  out,  I  found  that  the 
depot  was  literally  filled  with  a  living 
mass  of  humanity  of  both  sexes  and 
every  age  and  color.  As  the  train 
moved  in  the  crowd  divided  and  swayed 
back  like  a  wave,  and  now  appeared  to 
our  view  the  cause  of  the  vast  gather- 
ing and  the  intense  sensation  that  man- 
ifestly prevailed.  A  few  men,  not  ex- 
ceeding a  hundred  iu  all,  divided  into 
companies,  uader  control  of  persons 
who  seemed  from  their  movements  to 
be  "captains  over  fifties"  and  "captains 
over  teas,"  were  drawn  up  in  military 
array.  They  wore  three-cornered  hats, 
each  trimmed  with  a  fine,  costly  feath- 
er fastened  in  front,  and  extending  over 
the  top  to  the  back  part.  These  hats 
were  of  black  silk  plush,  or  beaver ;  the 
brims  were  fastened  up  at  each  side, 
and  adorned  with  a  siilver  cross.  In 
addition  to  this  each  had  on  a  silken 
sash  of  pure  white,  the  edges  trimmed 
with  red,  which  extended  over  the 
right  shoulder  and  under  the  left  arm, 
connecting  with  a  red  belt  which  fast- 
ened in  front  with  a  Iiaadsome  silver 
buckle.  To  this  was  suspended  a  sword 
incased  in  a  scabbard  of  plated  silver, 
which  was  decorated  with  chains  of  the 
same  rich  looking  material.  Then  each 
one  had  on  white  gloves  with  long 
cuffs  ornamented  with  silver  crosses, 
and  black  boots,  the  tops  of  which  were 
similarly  raarked.  On  the  left  breast 
was  a  broad  ribbon  of  silk,  six  inches 
long,  marked  wiih  various  mysterious 
devices,  such  as  crosses,  skulls  and 
croased-boneSj  etc. ,  etc. 

Verily,  from  the  display  of  crcEses  one 
might  have  supposed  tbem  to  be  the 
Pope's  body-guard.  Upon  steppiag  off 
the  train  I  approached  one  who  seemed 
from  his  stately  figure  to  be  a  "centuri- 
on, "  and  meekly  asked  him  the  occaaioa 
of  .all  this  array.  He  informed  me  with 
dignity  that  savored  both  of  whiiky  aad 
tobacco,  that  it  was  the  anniversary  of 
*'Commandery  No.  1,  of  Knights  Tem- 
plar" of  this  city,  and  that  these  were 
Knights  from  different  parts  of  the 
country,  some  from  Louisville,  some 
from  Cincinnati,  etc.,  come  to  join  in 
celebrating  the  day. 

The  Centurion  manifested  great  sat- 
isfaction  in  seeing  me  eye  his  equipags, 
and  turned  himself  round,  that  I  might 
see  it  all,  much  as  a  child  shows  its 
*'new  shoes."  He  seemed  pleased  with 
my  inquisitiveness,  until  I  asked  him  if 
"the  Knights  anticipated  war?"  Upon 
his  answering  in  the  negative,  I  asked, 
"Why  then,  do  you  all  carry  swords?" 
Perceiving  at  once  that  I  was  a  ''bar- 
barian," with  "dignified  silence"  he  turn- 
ed upon  his  beel  and  walked  away. 


I  was  informed  that  six  hundred  Sir 
Knights  were  in  the  city,  so  I  thought 
I  would  go  and  *'see  them  march." 
There  were  some  ten  or  a  dozen  com- 
panies, each  representing  a  command- 
ery,  each  carrying  its  own  banners,  and 
each  headed  by  a  band  of  music;  all 
the  companies  marching  down  Wash- 
ington street,  all  the  banners  waving, 
all  the  bands  playing,  and  all  the  fools 
gaping.  Vast  crowds  moved  along  the 
sidewalks,  and  each  side  of  the  street; 
some  drove  carriages  along  in  the  rear- 
Thus  with  gay  pageantry  and  ignorant 
admiration  the  throng  moved  along 
Washington  street  to  Deleware,  then 
north,  and  so  on  to  the  Fair  Grounds, 
where  they  are  to  enjoy  the  presence 
and  the  eloquence  of  their  orators, 
whose  speeches  are  as  stereotyped  as 
the  landmarks  of  the  order,  which,  like 
the  "Jaws  of  the  Medes  and  Persians, 
change  not."  After  counting  the 
"Knights"  as  nearly  as  I  could,  I  found 
them  to  be  about  fiye  hundred  strong. 

How  awful  to  see  five  hundred  strong 
men,  all  armed  and  drilled  in  the  most 
approved  military  style,  some  infidels, 
some  ministers,  some  bloated  with  dis- 
sipation; all  having  sworn  to  keep  the 
secrets  of  each,  murder  and  treason  not 
excepted ;  all  having  drank  wine  from 
the  cavity  of  a  human  skull,  and  with 
the  horrid  draught  imprecated  a  two- 
fold, eternal  damnation  on  their  souls, 
in  case  they  should  not  keep  their  wick- 
ed oaths!!  To  think  of  it  is  to  shud- 
der! 

Remember  too  that  these  are  only  a 
fetv  of  the  armed  Knights  under  the  ab- 
solute sway  of  nine  men,  known  as 
sovereigns ;  that  they  own  many  build- 
ings in  different  c'ties  of  the  Union 
which  are  closed  effectually  against  the 
authorities  of  the  government,  and  may 
be  turned  into  arsenals,  in  which  to 
store  arms  and  munitions  for  the  subju- 
gation of  the  nation  to  the  universal 
empire  of  Masonry  !  Is  snch  a  power 
to  be  looked  upon  lightly?  Do  you 
say  the  number  of  men  controlled  is 
not  Euffieient?  Bear  you  in  mind  that 
every  member  of  the  order,  from  the 
Fellow  Craft  up,  is  sworn  to  obey  his 
MASTERS ;  thus  the  army  of  Knights,  and 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  are  backed  up  in 
ivhatever  they  may  contemplate  by  a 
stioag  groundwork  of  "hewers  of  wood 
and  drawers  of  water"  who  are  con- 
slRnlly  being  recruited.  And  the  suc- 
cess of  a  conspiracy  to  revolutionize 
governments  does  not  depend  so  much 
upon  the  number  of  conspirators,  as 
upon  the  cunning  disposal  and  use  of 
a  comparatively  email  nnmber.  The 
history  of  the  world  shows  that  the 
few  have  been  enabled  to  enslave  the 
many,  by  means  of  deep  laid  pnd  well 
organized  secret  plots;  none  of  which 
have  ever  been  more  admirably  adopt- 
ed to  such  an  end  than  the  Masonic 
conspiracy  in  the  United  States.  In 
the  evening  our  Knights  repaired  to 
the  "Hotel  Bates,"  where  a  banquet 
of  the  most  superb  character  was  pre- 
pared at  an  enormous  expense,  after 
which  those  of  the  Knights  who  love 
to  "trip  the  light  fantastic  toe"  en- 
gaged in  "chasing  the  glowing  hours 
with  flying  feet." 

The  money  expended  in  this  one  dis- 
play and  festival,  amounted   to   more, 


vastly  more,  than  the  whole  fraternity 
has  given  for  charitable  purposes  with- 
in the  last  year !  Masonic  invalids  may 
become  public  charges;  those  who  are 
poor  be  suspended  for  non-payment  of 
dues;  widows  and  orphans  be  rejected; 
but,  mark  you,  a  Masonic  festival  must 
be  celebrated,  without  regard  to  ex- 
pense. 

Hon.  P ,  who  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  the  order,  but  like  many  ott- 
ers becomiog  disgusted  with  it,  has 
left  it.  said  to  me  of  this  procession  of 
Knights,  "When  I  first  saw  them,  I 
thought  they  were  Catholics,  they  were 
so  profusely  ornamented  with  the  cross." 
In  speaking  of  their  religious  character 
he  said,  "Masonry  is  a  blending  togeth- 
er of  some  of  the  doctrines  of  Christian- 
ity, some  of  Judaism,  and  much  cf  pa- 
ganism, in  such  a  manner  that  they 
can  never  be  separated;  and  it  stands 
directly  in  the  way  of  the  church." 

May  God  open  the  eyes  of  the  Amer- 
ican people,  that  they  may  behold  the 
conspiracy  of  this  crafty  order,  as  it  op- 
erates under  the  magk  of  benevolence 
and  honor. 

Yours  for  a  Christianity  and  a  gov- 
ernment free  from  lodga  rule, 

John  T.  Kiggins. 

India.napolis,  May  5th,  1874, 

^-v-O^ '■ — 

OUK  MAIL. 

T.  W.  .J.  Logan,  Nashville,  111.,  writes: 
"C.   M.  Livesay  and     myself    with    a 
few  friends  have  undertaken  the  organiza- 
tion of  an  unti-secret  society." 

He  says  that  about  twenty  persons  met 
in  their  school  house,  the  appointment 
having  been  given  out  previously,  and  after 
opening  remarks  the  address  on  "Grand 
Lodge  Masonry"  was  read.  Mr.  Livesay 
read  a  paper  entitled  "Thoughts  by  the 
Wayside,"  and  after  other  remarks  the 
announcement  was  made  that  they  would 
meet  again  the  first  Monday  evening  in 
June ,  and  that  some  anti-secret  literature 
would  be  distributed,  and  a  preamble  and 
constitution  would  be  presented  and  mem- 
bers received.  He  adds,  "We  opened  our 
meeting  with  the  song,  'Battling  for  the 
Lord,'  and  prayer." 

"The  orders  are  very  strong  in  our  coun- 
ty, but  we  have  been  reading  the  Cynosure 
for  three  years  or  more  and  we  know  just 
about  what  we  have  undertaken.  We  are 
the  ttrst  in  our  county  to  organize,  and  our 
task  is  great.  But  our  cause  is  greater  and 
we  are  determined  by  the  help  of  God  to 
do  our  duty.  .  .  .  We  are  going  to  do 
all  we  can  to  circulate  the  Cynosure  and 
advance  the  anti-secret  movement." 

W^e  hope  others  will  follow  this  exam- 
ple and  organize  societies  wherever  {possi- 
ble and  organize  them  for  active  service. 
J.  W.  Margrave,  Salem,  Neb.,  writes: 
'  'I  am  trying  to  get  a  few  subscribers  for 
you.  .  .  .  Times  are  hard  and  the  in- 
fluence of  the  crafts,  harder.  I  was  recent- 
ly called  to  sit  on  a  jury  of  six  on  a  civil 
case,  all  were  Masons  except  myself,  and 
they  were  all  a  unit  for  acquital,  the  law 
and  the  testimony  plainly  to  the  contrary, 
the  accused  was  a  Mason  of  course .  The 
result  was  the  jury  was  hung  and  finally 
discharged  without  a  verdict.  I  trust  you 
may  go  on  in  exposing  the  abominations  of 
secrecy  till  the  public  miud  may  be  brought 
to  see  it  in  its  true  deformity." 
Geo.  Jolinson,  Raymond,  la.,  wrtes: 
"I  cannot  think  of  parting  with  the  pa- 
per. I  am  taking  several  papers,  weekly 
and  monthly,  and  I  would  part  with  the 
whole  sooner  than  give  up  the  Cynosure. 
Tou  may  set  me  down  a  life  subscriber, 
though  that  may  not  be  long,  as  I  am  sev- 
enty-two. From  the  days  of  the  Morgan 
tragedy,  hatred  to  secret  socoeties,  espe- 
cially Masonry,  has  grown  with  my  years, 
to  say  I  hate  the  whole  generation  of  vipers 
feebly  expresses  my  feelings.  By  all  means 
let  us  have  a  (political)  organization.  I 
voted  for  James  G.  Biruey  in  1840,  did  not 
vote  for  Grant  last  election,  never  expected 
to  vote  with  any  of  the  old  parties  again. 
I  want  men  tried  and  true.  I  want  men, 
God-fearing  men,  hating  covetousness;  we 
have  them.  They  are  not  for  sale.  O 
how  I  would  like  to  be  at  Syracuue  to  sea. 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE; 


and  hear  that  noble  body  of  men  that  will 
be  there  on  that  occasion;  but  cannot,  and 
there  are  many  that  feel  as  I  do  but  we 
will  send  up  prayer  to  God  to  guide  in  all 
your  deliberations.  This  work  has  God 
for  its  author  and  will  succeed." 

Moses  Gallup,  Wassioga,  Minn.,  writes, 
that  for  him,  the  only  sure  way  to  obtain 
subscribers  is,  by  giving  papers  and  lending 
books  beforehand.  He  sends  five  more 
obtained  where  he  had  previously  sown 
such  seed. 

Wm.  Davis,  E.  Trumbull,  O.,  who  has 
read  the  Cynosure  from  its  earliest  exist- 
ence, writes: 

"The  Cynosure  is  just  what  is  necessary 
to  throw  light  upon  the  works  of  darkness. 
Secrecy  liates  it  as  the  owl  hates  the  noon- 
day sun;  and  as  the  owl  commits  her  dep- 
redations in  the  absence  of  the  light  of  day, 
so  secrecy  seeks  the  cover  of  night  to  lay 
its  anti-republican  and  unchristian-like 
plots  bv  which  it  seeks  to  benefit  itself  at 
the  exp'ense  of  the  honest  and  unsuspect- 
ing. But  unlike  the  owl  it  assumes  glitter 
and  show,  and  makes  professions  of  chari- 
ty with  windy  titles  of  place  and  honor. 
So  that  if  it  were  possible  it  would  deceive 
the  very  elect.  The  anti-  secret  principle  is 
gaining  ground  in  our  community,  yet  men 
are  afraid  to  have  it  known  that  they  are 
taking  a  paper  that  exposes  the  lodge." 

Jacob  Rasor,  Lockington,  O.,  writes: 

"I  do  not  say  with  some  in  the  Cynosure, 
you  are  in  a  good  work.  We  are  in  a  good 
work,  by  the  help  of  God  let  us  go  on." 

Oliver  Macy,  W.  Miltou,  O.,  writes: 

"I  am  doing  something  in  the  way  of 
agitating  the  cause  by  talking  and  by  dis- 
tributing tracts.  An  expelled  Mason  told 
me  not  long  since  that  Masonry  led  to  infi- 
delity ;  and  a  seceder  of  nine  degrees  told 
me  yesterday,  when  I  handed  him  two 
tracts,  that  the  devil  sits  at  the  head  of  the 
meeting,  meaning  the  lodge.  Not  long 
since  I  had  a  discussion  on  the  cars  with  an 
old  Methodist  preacher,  which  caused  con- 
siderable interest  on  the  part  of  others  and 
a  call  for  tracts.  I  want  more  tracts  for 
distribution.  I  would  like  to  have  them  by 
return  mail  as  I  contemplate  attending  the 
Bible  School  Conference  of  Indiana." 

We  hope  others  will  not  fail  to  be  pro- 
vided with  tracts.  Cynosures  and  subscrip- 
tion papers  at  these  meetings. 

D.  R.  Miller,  Pleasant  Home,  O.,  writes: 
"I  am  very  well  pleased  with  it  (the 

Cynosure)  and  have  been  trying  to  get  sub- 
scribers. ...  I  am  determined  to  do 
all  I  can.  Though  I  am  young  I  feel  that 
the  Lord  is  on  my  side.  Bro.  Stoddard 
was  through  here  about  a  year  ago  and 
waked  up  the  Masons  in  West  Salem,  a 
town  of  about  four  or  five  hundred  inhab- 
itants out  of  which  above  one  hundred  are 
Freemasons,  and  quite  a  number  are  Odd- 
fellows. We  wish  he  would  pass  this  way 
again." 

Thos.  Johnston,  Petrolia,  Pa  ,  sends  us 
twenty-five  three  months  subscribers,  and 
writes: 

"Some  of  them  say  they  are  going  to  join 
the  lodge ;  others  are  members  and  starting 
a  grange.  I  hope  the  Cynosure  will  open 
their  eyes  and  do  much  good,  as  I  know  it 
to  have  done  in  preventing  some  of  our 
friends  from  joining  in  the  past." 

John  H.  Fiazee,  Milton,  Ind.,  writes: 

"I  like  the  paper  much.  The  first  I  read 
out  of  six  dili'erent  ones  I  am  taking.  Ex- 
pect to  be  a  life  subscriber." 

E.  Gould,  Pillar  Point,  N.  Y.,  sends  for 
tracts  and  writes,  "I  like  your  paper  very 
much." 

E.  L.  Dilley,  Spencerville,  Ind,  writes  of 
a  Masonic  address  in  which  he  understood 
the  speaker  to  represent  Christ  a  Freema- 
son. It  seems  strange  that  a  man  could 
have  wickedness  enough  to  do  such  an  im- 
pious act.  When  even  intelligent  Masonic 
authority  represent  Freemasonry  as  less 
than  two  hundred  years  old. 

Mrs.  Rev.  J.  T.  Kiggins,  Ligonier,  Ind., 
writes: 

"We  think  so  much  of  the  dear  Cyno- 
sure it  does  not  seem  to  me  that  I  could 
keep  house  without  it." 

Jas.  Burge,  Crown  Point,  Ind.,  writes: 
"Having  taken  the  Cynosure  for  several 
years  I  can  say  that  I  am  well  pleased  with 
the  paper,  and  more  so  since  its  enlarge- 
ment. I  am  pleased  with  the  reform  move- 
ment and  its  outspoken  principles.  I  will 
try  to  do  what  I  can  to  give  your  paper  a 
circulation.  I  have  got  four  here  in  town 
to  take  it." 


J.  P.  Shattuck,  East  Deering,  Me., 
writes: 

"I  think  I  can  get  a  number  of  subscrib 
ers  for  your  paper.  There  is  already  quite 
an  aversion  gaining  ground  in  this  vicinity 
against  the  society  of  Masons.  And  their 
influence  is  rather  deprecated. 

"A  large  mass  of  the  people  do  not  un- 
derstand the  influence  which  they  (that  is 
the  Masons)  have  upon  our  politics,  our 
courts,  our  lawyers,  and  even  our  minis- 
ters and  churches.  They  simply  want  en- 
lightenment on  the  question  to  take  the 
right  course  in  regard  to  it.  I  will  assure 
you  I  shall  spare  no  pains  to  disseminate 
the  good  seed  which  I  am  sure  I  shall  re- 
ceive in  your  paper.  I  am  an  earnest  op- 
poser  of  all  secret  societies,  thinking  them 
pernicious  to  the  general  welfare  of  the 
public.  The  brotherhood  of  mankind  is 
or  should  be  ?««»,  not  Masons." 

We  are  all  glad  to  welcome  another  work- 
er-in  this  important  and  glorious  fleld,  from 
the  State  of  Maine.  Three  weeks  ago  we 
had  only  six  subscribers  in  this  State,  now 
we  have  eighteen.  Do  not  such  results  in- 
cite to  greater  effort?  We  hope  our  friends 
in  Maine  will  not  let  the  increase  of  sub- 
scribers in  their  State  fall  short  of  six  per 
week  all  through  the  summer. 

W.  J.  Dallas,  Salineville,  O.,  writes: 

"I  am  very  much  pleased  with  it,  the 
Cynosure,  as  to  its  form  and  substance.  It 
is  better  worth  the  price  than  any  paper  I 
read.  But  Freemasonry  and  Odd-fellow- 
ship, are  so  prevalent  here  in  this  place,  that 
the  masses  would  think  that  mill  stones 
would  come  from  above  if  they  would  be- 
come subscribers  for  the  Anti-masonic  pa- 
pers; but  follow  your  course,  and  God  will 
speed  you.  I  hope  to  hear  a  good  report 
from  the  Syracuse  Convention,  such  as  will 
sound  gloriously  through  the  length  and 
breadth  of  the  land. 


\n\i  %m%  %$t^, 


In  connection  with  the  National  An- 
niversary the  following  from  the  re- 
port of  the  National  Convention  of 
1831  will  be  of  interest: 

:\atioiiaI    Anti-iuasonic     ConyeutioQ, 


Baltimore,  Sept.  26,  1821. 

At  12  o'clock,  M.  the  delegates  to 
the  National  Convention  assembled  in 
the  saloon  of  the  Aihanaeum,  and 
were  called  to  order  by  the  Hon. 
Judge  Burt,  of  N.  Y. ,  when  the  Hon. 
Judge  Rutherford  was  called  to  the 
chair,  and  the  following  officers  being 
nominated  were    unanimously   chosen. 

John  C.    Spencer,  N.   Y.  President; 
John  Rutherford,  N.  Y.,  1st.  Vice-pres- 
ident;   Jonathan     Sloane,      Ohio,    2d 
Vice-president;   Thomas  Elder,   Penn. 
3d.       Vice-president,      John      Bailey, 
Mass. ,  4th  Vice-president. 
Benj.  F.  Hallett,  R.  I.  ^ 
E.  D.   Barber,  Vt.         /  o 
J.   C  Levitt,    Conn.       j"  Secretaries. 

Caleb  Emery,   N.  H.   j 

On  taking  the  chair,  Mr.  Spencer 
addressed  the  Convention   as   follows: 

Qentletnen^- — -I  return  you  my  thanks 
for  the  distinguished  honor  you  have 
conferred  in  calling  upon  me  to  pre- 
side over  your  deliberations.  While  I 
distrust  my  ability  to  the  duties  of  the 
chair,  I  have  yet  learned  in  the  school 
of  Anti-masonry  to  decline  no  duty  to 
which  I  may  be  called  in  the  promo- 
tion of  our  great  and  growinsj  cause. 
But  my  reliance,  gentlemen,  will  be 
in  your  patriotism  and  urbanity  to 
render  the  duties  of  the  station 
light  and  easy.  I  ask  your  indulgence 
for  any  errors  that  may  be  committed, 
assuring  you  that  nothing  offensive  to 
any  member  shall  proceed  from  the 
chair,  or  be  permitted  in  the  delibera- 
tions of  the  Convention. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Morris,  of  N.  Y., 
voted    that   a  committee  of  three   be 


appointed  to  invite  the  Hon.  Chas. 
Carroll,  of  Carrolton,  to  take  a  seat 
in  this  Convention.  Messrs.  Ruther- 
ford, of  N.  J  ,  Burt  of  N.  Y.,  and  El- 
der, of  Penn.,  were  appointed  said 
committee. 

On  motion  of  Judge  Hopkins,  of  N. 
Y. ,  voted  that  Messrs.  Hopkins,  of  N. 
Y.,  Jones,  of  Pa.,  and  Walker  of  Mass., 
be  a  committee  to  wait  on  his  Hon. 
Chief  Justice  Marshal],  now  in  this 
city,  and  request  his  attendence  on 
the  sittings  of  this  body. 

Mr.  Ward,  from  the  committee,  at 
the  call  of  the  Convention,  siibmitted  a 
report  which  was  read  and  laid  upon  the 
table.  The  President  of  the  Convention 
announced  the  appointment  of  the  fol- 
lowing committees:  On  Masonic  Pen- 
alties— Hallet,  of  R.  I.,  Lamed,  of 
Maine,  Morris,  of  N.  Y. ,  Grimshaw,  of 
Pa.,  and  Warner,  of  Ohio.  On  Judi- 
cial Proceedings  in  the  case  of  Mor- 
gan— J.  C.  Spencer,  of  N.  Y.,  Ogle, 
of  Pa.,  Walker,  of  Mass.,  Gibbons,  of 
Del. ,  and  Russell,  of  N.  Y.  On  the 
address  to  the  people — Holiy,  of  N. 
Y.,  Denny,  of  Pa. ,  Levitt,  of  Conn. 
On  publishing  the  proceedings — 
Phelps,  of  Mass.,  Hopkins,  of  N.  Y., 
and  Foote,  of  N.  Y.  On  Finance. — 
Irwin,  of  Pa.,  Boynton,  of  Conn., 
Beckman,  of  N.  Y.,  Jenins,  of  Ohio., 
Shriver,  ofMd. 

The  committee  appointed  to  wait  on 
Judge  Marshall,  reported  by  their 
chairman  that  they  had  seen  that  gen- 
tlemen, and  that  in  reply  to  their  in- 
vitation, his  Honor  politely  stated  that 
he  should  leave  the  city  at  6  o'clock 
to-morrow  morning,  and  therefore  be 
unable  to  attend,  although  it  would 
afford  him  great  pleasure  to  do  so. 
[His  journey  eastward  having  been  de- 
layed unexpectedly,  he  attended  the 
Convention  next  morning.]  .... 
Tuesday  J  Sept.  27. 

Chief  Justice  Marahall,  Mr.  Wirt,  and 
other  distinguished  citizens,  appeared 
in  the  hall  and  took  seats  assigned 
them  on  the  right  of  the  President. 

The  President  announced  that  the 
reports  upon  the  Masonic  Penalties 
and  upon  the  Judicial  Proceedings  in 
the  case  of  Wm.  Morgan,  were  in  or- 
der for  consideration.  Mr.  Foote,  of 
N.  Y. ,  took  the  floor  and  spoke  in  fa- 
vor of  the  reports.  Mr.  Hallett,  of  R. 
I.,  addressed  the  Convention  upon  the 
reports  under  consideration.  Mr. 
Ward,  of  N.  Y.,  Mr.  Morris,  ofN.  Y., 
Mr.  Seward,  of  N.  Y.,  Mr.  Walker,  of 
Mass.,  and  Mr.  Harvey,  of  Pa  ,  fol- 
lowed on  the  same  subject .  The  speakers 
respectively  displayed  much  persuasive 
and  fervid  eloquence  during  the  dis- 
cussion, and  were  listened  to  with  great 
attention  by  a  numerous  and  highly 
respectable  audience;  and  among  them 
were  many  of  the  Masonic  fraternity, 
who  both  in  and  out  of  the  Conven- 
tion, and  to  their  praise  be  it  spoken, 
have  exibited  a  courteous,  mild,  and 
gentlemanly  deportment. 

Wednesday,  Sept.   28,  1831. 

The  National  Anti-masonic  Conven- 
tion this  day  proceeded  to  the  nomin- 
ation of  candidates  for  the  office  of 
President  and  Vice-president  of  the 
United  States.  The  vole  by  ballott 
WIS  taken  about  12  o'clock.  The  re- 
sult was  as  follows:  — 

For  President,  Wm.  Wirt,  of  Mary- 


land, received  108  out  of  111  votes, 
and  for  Vice-president,  Amos  EUmak- 
er,  of  Pa.,  received  108  votes.  A  vote 
was  then  taken  declaring  these  gentle- 
men to  be  the  unanimous  choice  of  the 
Convention.  Messrs.  Rutherford,  of 
N.  J.,  Elder,  of  Pa.,  and  Sloane,  of 
Ohio,  were  appointed  a  committee  to 
wait  on  Mr.  Wirt  to  announce  to  him 
the  nomination.  The  committee  re- 
ported that  he  would  give  an  answer 
in  writing  at  5  o'clock  this  afternoon. 
Messrs.  Ba'iey ,  of  Mass .,  Lyman,  of 
N.  Y.,  and  Shriver,  of  Maryland, 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  wait  on 
Mr.  Ellmaker  to  inform  him  of  the 
nomination.  The  committee  reported 
that  Mr.  Ellmaker,  who  is  now  in  the 
city,  will  reply  in  writing  early  this 
afternoon. 


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Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Second 
quarter,  1874. 

Apr.  5th,  Ex.  xx.  1-17— The  Ten  CommanclB. 

''      12      "      xxxii.  1-6, 19,  20:  Golden  Calf. 

"      19      "      xxxiii.    12-20:  People    Forgiven. 

"      25      "      xl.  17-30 :  Tabernacle  set  up. 
May      3   Lev.  vii.  37,  38:  The  Five  Offerings. 

"      10      "      xxil.  4-6, 15-21,  33-36:  The  Three 
Great  Feasts.  ,„   .  , 

"      17  Num.  ill.  5-13:  The  Lord's  Ministers. 

"      25      "      xix.  1-10:  Israel's  Unbelief. 

"      31      "      XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  Kock. 
June    7  Num.  xxi.  4-9:  Serpent  of  Brass. 

"      14  Deut.  xviii.  9-16:  The  True  Prophet. 

"      21      "      xxiv.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses. 

"      28  Review   (Suggest)  Deut.  viii.   Mercle» 
Keviewed. 

LESSON  XXVi.— JUNE  14,  1874.— THE  TRUE 
PROPHET. 

SCRIPTURE  LESSON. — Deut.  xviii.  9-16. 
Commit  9-16  ;  Primary  Verse,  15. 
9.    When  thou  art  come  into  the  land 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth  thee,  thou 
Shalt  not  learn  to  do  after  the  abomina- 
tions of  those  nations. 

10  There  shall  not  be  found  among 
you  any  one  that  maketh  his  son  or  his 
daughter  to  pass  through  the  fire,  or  that 
useth  divination,  or  an  observer  of  times, 
or  an  enchanter,  or  a  witch. 

11  Or  a  charmer,  or  a  consulter  with 
familiar  spirits,  or  a  wizard,  or  a  necro- 
mancer. 

12  For  all  that  do  these  things  are  an 
abomination  unto  the  Lord  :  and  because 
of  these  abominations  the  Lord  thy  God 
doth  drive  them  out  from  before  thee. 

13  Thou  Shalt  be  perfect  with  the  Lord 

thy  God.  .L        1.  1 

14  For  these  nations,  which  thou  shalt 
possess,  hearkened  unto  observers  of  times, 
and  unto  diviners  :  but  as  for  thee,  the 
Lord  thy  God  hath  not  suffered  thee  so 

to  do.  ... 

15  The  Lord  thy  God  will  raise  up 
unto  the  a  Prophet  from  the  midst  of 
thee,  of  thy  brethren,  like  unto  me  ;  unto 
him  ye  shall  hearken ; 

16  According  to  all  that  thou  desiredst 
of  the  Lord  thy  God  in  Horeb  in  the  day 
of  the  assembly,  saying.  Let  me  not  hear 
again  the  voice  of  the  Lord  my  God, 
neither  let  me  see  this  great  fire  any 
more,  that  I  die  not. 

GOLDEN    TEXT.— "We    have   found 
him,  of  whom  Moses  in  the  law,  and  the 
prophets  did  write."— John  i.  45. 
TOPIC— "Hear  ye  Him." 

HOME  READINGS. 

M.    Deut.  xviii.  9-22— The  Prophet  Foretold. 
T.     Luke  i.        B9-80—The  Prophet's  Forerunner. 
W.    Luke  iv.      10-31— The  Prophet  at  Home. 
Th.  Johniv.       15-42— The  Prophet  at  Sychar. 
F.    Matt,  xxiii.  27-39— The  Prophet's  Message. 
S.    Acts    ill.       17-'iG— The  Prophet  Rejected. 
S.    Rev.  i.  1- 8— The  Prophet's  Return. 

TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 

1.  The  Worship  of  Idols,  verses  9, 10. 

2.  The  False  Prophets,  "    10-14. 

3.  The  Prophets  of  God,         "    15,  16. 

4.  The  Prophet  Jesus,        verse        15. 

SUGGESTIONS  TcTsCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

The  fifth  book  of  Moses  is  called  Deu- 
teronomy, from  two  Greek  words  meaning 
the  law  repeated.  It  may  be  called  the 
book  of  experience.  It  is  the  message  of 
God  to  Israel  as  his  people.  They  are  to 
be  blessed  or  punished,  as  they  obey  or 
disobey.  We  left  Israel  on  the  march 
around  Edom  ;  they  are  now  in  the  plains 
of  Moab,  opposite  Jericho. 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  Who  occupied 
the  land  before  Israel.  (Jos.  xii.,  xiii.) 
They  were  worshipers  of  idols.    Baal  was 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


the  principal  deity.  What  is  their  idola- 
try called  in  this  lesson  ?  How  did  God 
regard  them  ?  (verse  12.) 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  What  names 
are  given  to  them  in  our  lesson  ?  Which 
commandment  forbids  such  teachers  ? 
What  punishment  was  visited  upon  them? 
(verse  12.)  What  instance  ia  given  of  the 
destruction  of  the  priests  of  Baal  ?  (1  Kings 
xviii.  40.)  Had  Israel  ever  worshiped 
idols  ?  (Ex.  xxxii.) 

What  is  the  third  topic  ?  The  word 
prophet  means  one  who  speaks  from  God, 
— one  who  is  inspired.  Who  was  the  new 
prophet  to  be  like  ?  (verse  15.)  What 
prophets  can  you  name  ?  How  did  the 
Jews  treat  God's  prophets  ?  (Matt,  xxiii. 
34-37;  Heb.  xi.  32-40.)  How  did  the 
prophets  receive  the  persecution  ?  (James 
V.  10.) 

What  is  the  fourth  topic  ?  How  do  we 
know  that  Jesus  is  the  prophet  Moses 
spoke  of  ?  (Acts  iii.  20-26  ;  Acts  vii.  37.) 
What  was  the  first  promise  referring  to 
Christ?  (Gen.  iii.  15.)  What  was  the 
prophesy  of  Jacob  ?  (Gen.  xlix.  10.)  How 
was  Moses  like  Christ  ?  What  is  said  in 
our  lesson  of  his  works  ?  What  is  said 
Matt.  xvii.  7  ?  What  is  said  Heb.  i.  1-7  ? 
What  Heb.  xii.  25  ?    What  do  you  say  ? 

Lessons.  Jesus  must  be  our  teacher. 
He  only  knows  the  wav,  he  only  can  guide 
us  8  right.  He  is  willing  to  teach  me.  I 
must  listen  to  him  or  be  lost. 


The  Consecration  of  Teachers. 


BY  GEO.  H.    COCHRAN. 


While  theologians  are  gravely  dis- 
cussing the  question:  "Shall  we  permit 
laymen  to  preach  ?"  and  insisting  upon 
seven  long  years  of  hard  study  and  a 
faultless  knowledge  of  nice  distinctions 
of  the  schools  as  pre-requisites  to  cler- 
ical privileges,  a  perfect  army  of  lay 
preachers,  bearing  aloft  the  spotless 
banner  of  a  pure  gospel,  gleaming  with 
the  words  "Jesus  only,"  is  enthusiasti- 
cally obeying  the  order  of  the  Great 
Captain :  "Speak  unto  the  children  of 
Israel  that  they  go  forward." 

That  army  of  lay  preachers  is  found 
every  Sabbath  in  our  Sabbath-schools. 
Their  audiences  are  young  souls — so 
young  that  the  hand  which  deftly 
guides  the  juicy  tendril  is  master  of  its 
future  destiny.  It  is  growing  whither 
it  is  turned.  It  ia  taken  from  the  sun- 
light it  will  live  a  dwarfed,  etiolated 
thing  which  death  will  quickly  conquer. 
That  army  of  lay-preachers  possesses  a 
power  antecedent  to  that  of  the  ordain- 
ed minister,  who  generally  comes  after 
and  talks  above  the  children.  Those 
very  wee  brains  dare  not  try  to  climb' 
theological  pyramids  or  follow  some 
"original  thinker"  to 

"Bottomless  vales  and  boundless  floods, 
And  chasms  and  caves  and  Titan  woods, 
With  forms  that  no  man  can  discover 
For  the  dews  that  drip  all  over; 
Mountains  toppling  evermore 
Into  seas  without  a  shore." 

Our  Sabbath-school  teachers  may  be 
defined  as  i\x&  first  books  which  children 
read  outside  of  their  homcB.  Father, 
mother,  brother,  sister  are  read  first. 
This  is  as  it  should  be ;  this  is  instinct- 
ive. It  is,  also,  quite  frequently  fatal 
to  the  child.  Home  pictures  are,  alas, 
too  often  inglorious  pictures  which  a 
little  one  had  better  never  see.  I  re- 
member once  seeing  a  package  of  pic- 
tures on  small  cards,  all  of  which,  as 
you  looked  at  them  in  your  hand,  re- 
vealed some  sweet  domestic  scene;  but 
when  they  were  held  up  to  the  light 
were  full  of  horrors.  For  instance :  a 
peaceful  family  scene  of  father,  mother, 
children,  and  friends,  held  up  before  a 
lamp,  showed  hideous  demon  forms, 
black  as  night,  curled  up  under  the 
chairs  or  perched  behind  the  father  or 
mother,  or  fighting  in  a  corner. 


The  little  ones  see  these  demons  very 
quickly  and  draw  their  own  conclusions, 
So  they  are  repelled  from  these  first 
sources  of  impressions.  Alas !  in  these 
days  many  professedly  Christian  fami- 
lies have  so  effectually  destroyed  the 
realizition  of  a  "home"  that  the  Sab- 
bath-school is,  in  thousands  of  instances, 
the  place  of  first  religious  impression 
upon  the  children  of  professing  Christ- 
ians. Then,  of  necessity,  the  Sabbath- 
school  teachers  occupy  a  most  solemn 
and  responsible  position.  Think  of  it! 
They  give  to  thousands  of  children  (es- 
pecially those  teachers  engaged  in  the 
mission  work)  the  first  invitation  to 
Jesus.  I  cannot  conceive  of  a  more 
solemn  office. 

If  this  is  true  and  we  fully  compre- 
hend its  seriousness,  we  are  ready,  of 
course,  to  ask  the  question,  Are  these 
Sabbath-school  teachers  all  proper  per- 
sons to  train  the  young  vine  to  clime  a 
heaven-reaching  trellis  ?  Are  they  liv- 
ing epistles  for  the  little  ones  to  read, 
mark  and  inwardly  digest.  Do  they  go 
to  these  learners  from  the  feet  of  Jesus 
where  they  have  been  learners  them- 
selves ? 

Do  they  go  to  them  redolent  with 
the  sweet  incense  of  prayer  and  conse- 
cration ?  Ah !  that  is  the  word — Conse- 
cration. Teacher  of  young  souls! 
Preacher  of  Christ's  Gospel  to  the 
most  impressible  of  audiences !  It  is 
easy,  so  easy  to  say  "  Come  to  Jesus" 
but  can  you  tell  the  little  ones  just 
how  to  come  to  him  ?  Can  you  pict- 
ure the  blessedness  of  ''coming,"  from 
your  own  brimming  experience  ?  Can 
you  show  them  '  'the  King  in  his  beau- 
ty in  the   land  which  is  very  far  ofif?" 

You  can  do  all  this  if  your  soul  and 
body  have  been  offered,  a  living  sacri- 
fice to  God.  If  you  have  not  made 
this  offering  you  may  be  the  murderer 
of  souls.  We  may  trifle  with  souls  but 
we  do  so  at  our  peril.  Are  you  con- 
secrated to  this  preaching  of  Christ's 
tender  love  and  sympathy  ?  That  is 
the  vital  question  which  we  must  an- 
swer in  the  affirmative,  or  else  in  honor 
we  are  bound  to  relinquish  the  work 
until  we  can  look  into  the  loving  face  of 
Christ  and  say:  "I  give  up  all  for  thee, 
my  Jesus!"  There  is,  moreover,  no 
greater  peril  for  man  or  woman's  soul 
than  to  engage  in  the  work  merely  to 
pass  away  the  time  or  because  others 
do  it.  Out  of  neither  of  these  reasons 
can  be  woven  a  wedding  garment.  The 
glaring  obstacle  is,  that  you  cannot 
lead  these  souls  a  single  inch  upon  a 
way  where  you  have  nevrr  set  your 
words  and  never  examined  the 
chart  thereof.  Shall  death  find  you 
murmuring  nursery  rhymes  and  draw- 
ling platitudes  to  the  half  dozen  or 
more  impressible  souls  whO;  it  may  be, 
were  once  ready  to  hear  and  accept  the 
first  earnest  entreaty  and  invitation  to 
come  to  Christ?  No!  dear  teachers, 
realize  that  the  moment  you  took  your 
place  before  your  class,  you  placed 
yourself  in  the  number  of  the  ambas- 
sadors for  Christ,  in  a  lesser  sphere  it 
may  be,  than  the  pastor  of  a  church, 
but  having  a  commission  to  make  that 
sphere  ring  with  willing  adoration  of 
the  Name  whose  utterance  brings  the 
angels  to  their  knees.  — Natl.  S.  S. 
Teacher, 


Give  Them  Sunshine. — My  sister,  if 
you  have  daughters  growing  up,  don't 
be  afraid  of  the  sunshine.  Let  it 
come  freely  into  your  house — it  will 
bring  with  it  neither  malaria,  contagion, 
nor  death.  On  the  other  hand  it  will 
bring  only  cheerfulness  on  its  laughing 
pinions —  you  can't  be  sad  in  a  beauti- 
ful room  all  ablaze  with  sunlight.  True, 
it  may  kick  a  t'nt  out  of  your  unstably 
colored  carpet,  now  and  then,  but  let 
them  go — they  are  as  nothing  com- 
pared to  the  blessings  which  sun- 
light alone  can  bring  to  the  household. 
Take  away  your  dark  curtains  and  pass 
the  invigorator  in.  Move  the  vines  off 
the  window — a  window  is  made  for  the 
admission  of  light  and  not  to  fill  the 
office  of  a  trellis  for  vines.  If  you 
must  Lave  a  carpet  with  gay  colors, 
buy  one  that  will  stand  the  test — there 
are  plenty  such.  If  they  cost  a  little 
extra  don't  mind  it — a  sickly  daughter 
will  eventually  cost  you,  or  somebody 
else  more  than  the  extras  on  a  dozen 
fadeless  carpets  would  amount  to.  Yes, 
mothers,  give  your  children  the  sun- 
shine. You  could  not  give  them  a  gift 
which  would  cost  you  less,  nor  yet  one 
qualified  to  profit  them  more.  It  will 
make  them  what  we  call  in  the  country 
tough  and  hardy.  They  require  sun- 
shine just  as  much  as  plants  do.  All 
scientific  persons  are  now  united  in  this 
decision.  The  world  is  full  of  delicate 
and  weakly  women,  and  my  word  for 
it,  more  of  the  cause  lies  in  an  effort  on 
our  part  to  make  "fair  ladies"  of  our 
daughters  than  anything  else. — Mrs. 
Mary  C.   West,  in  Mobile  Register. 

A  house  should  be  so  placed  that 
the  direct  rays  of  the  sun  shall  have 
free  admission  into  the  living  apart- 
ments, because  the  sun's  rays  impart 
a  healthy  and  invigorating  quality  to 
the  air,  and  stimulate  the  vitality  of 
human  beings  as  they  do  that  of  plaots, 
and  without  sunlight  human  beings, 
as  well  as  plants,  would  sicken  and  die. 
The  aspect  therefore,  should  be  south- 
east. 

Hanging  Baskets. — Rustic  hanging 
baskets  can  be  made  thus:  Take  a 
small  wooden  bowl  and  nail  small  pieces 
of  grapevine  neatly  around  it;  this 
makes  a  neat  and  useful  basket,  and 
when  filled  with  some  pretty  plant, 
looks  as  well  as  a  more  expensive  bas- 
ket. 

To  Clean  Silver — Dr.  Eisner  says 
that  hot  water  poured  off  potato  par- 
ings or  boiled  potatoes  is  admirably 
adapted  to  clean  silver.  The  object 
can  be  easily  rubbed  by  the  fingers 
with  the  settlings  of  potato  meal,  and 
they  become  as  bright  as  they  usually 
do  when  rubbed  with  tripoli.  The  pro- 
cess is  particularly  advantageous  for 
engraved  and  raised  objects,  where  the 
powder  is  liable  to  collect  in  the  cava- 
ties.  German  silver  and  plated  ware 
can  be  cleaned  in  the  same  way.  Po- 
tato water  which  has  become  sour  by 
long  standing  can  be  substituted  for 
acids  to  clean  copper  vessels. 

Cookies. — One  cup  sugar,  one-half 
cup  lard,  one-half  cup  sour  milk,  half 
teaspoon  soda,  season  to  taste,  roll 
thin,    bake  quick. 


f  8tt«t  an^  ^^^'(^i 


A  Convenient  Way  to  Measure  Land. 

It  is  frequently  desirable  to  measure 
a  given  plot  of  ground  or  a  portion  of 
a  field,  and  a  simple  method,  such  as 
the  following,  for  which  we  are  indebt- 
ed to  aa  exchange,  will  be  of  use  to 
many  of  our  readers.  Surveyors  are 
not  always  at  a  convenient  distance  to 
attend  to  such  little  jobs,  and  even 
when  they  do  reside  in  the  immediate 
vicinity  one  does  not  always  care  to  in- 
cur the  expense  incident  to  such  a  small 
job.  If  the  lines  are  already  estab- 
lished, the  plot  can  be  measured  with 
sufficient  accuracy  for  all  practical  pur- 
poses by  means  of  a  neat  rod  pole, 
made  as  follows:  Procure  a  stick  of 
pine,  white-wood,  bass-wood,  or  al- 
most any  other  timber,  one  and  a 
half  inches  square  and  sixteen  and  a 
half  feet  long.  Dress  each  end,  taper- 
ing from  the  middle,  so  that  the  pole 
will  be  one  and  a  half  inches  square  at 
the  middle  and  about  half  an  inch 
square  at  each  end.  Such  a  pole  will 
be  light  and  quite  stiff.  Now  grad- 
uate one  side  with  the  marks  represent- 
ing feet  and  inches,  and  graduate 
another  side  to  indicate  a  surveyor's 
links.  A  pole  one  rod  in  length  must 
be  equal  to  twenty-five  links.  To  di- 
vide one  side  correctly,  let  a  mechanic's 
compass  be  adjusted  so  that  the  points 
will  divide  the  distance  into  twenty- 
five  equal  spaces  or  links.  A  line  can 
be  measured  with  such  a  pole  nearly 
as  accurately  as  with  a  surveyor's  chain. 

Now,  then,  if  a  psrson  does  not 
understand  how  to  multiply  chains  and 
links,  let  him  compute  the  measure- 
ment by  square  feet.  In  one  acre 
there  are  43,560  square  feet.  Any  in- 
telligent school-boy  can  measure  the 
length  and  breadth  of  a  square  plot, 
multiply  one  by  the  other,  and  divide 
the  product  by  43,560  which  will  give 
the  number  of  acres,  and  the  number 
of  square  feet  representing  the  fraction 
of  an  acre.  If  it  is  desirable  to  measure 
a  triangular  plot,  two  sides  of  which 
lie  at  right  angles,  measure  these  two 
sides,  multiply  the  distance  in  feet  one 
by  the  other,  and  divide  that  product 
by  two,  which  will  indicate  the  number 
of  square  feet,  by  43,560,  and  the 
quotient  will  represent  the  number  of 
acres.  — Phrenological  Journal. 

. «-• 

Pruning. — Do  not  prune  after  the 
sap  has  commenced  to  circulate,  and 
not  until  midsummer  when  the  wounds 
heal  over  readily.  If  prune  you  must 
and  will,  cover  all  wounds  with  graft- 
ing wax,  paint  or  some  other  prepara- 
tion to  exclude  the  air,  otherwise  de- 
cay will  necessarily  follow. 
♦-»♦ 

Canker  Worms. — Watch  the  inroads 
of  this  pest  of  the  fruit  garden.  Dif- 
ferent methods  have  been  contrived  for 
circumventing  this  '"varment."  The 
simplest  of  which  is  a  b:^nd  of  tarred 
paper  (sticky,)  tied  around  the  trees  in 
February  or  March,  and  the  tarring  re- 
newed every  week  or  so. 

» »  — 

Tent  Caterpillars. — Keep  an  eye  on 
this  scourge  of  the  orchard  and  as  soon 
as  he  prepares  his  foundation,  go  for 
him  mith  a  brush  or  broom,  dipped  in 
coal  oil ;  a  solution  of  carbolic  soap  also 
has  a  demoralizing  effect  on  the  scamp. 
Delay  is  dangerous — action  imperative. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


%l\t  €\\\h\m  mmm^, 


Chicago,  TlmrsJay,  Jimc  4,  Is 74. 


CONGKJWJATIOJKALISTS  ANI)  SllCRIiX  SOCIETIES, 


The  Illinois  Slate  Congregational  ABSociation  haF 
just  held  its  annual  teifsion  at  Kewsnee.   " 

This  body,  along  with  those  of  Wisconsin,  Iowa, 
Ohio,  and  two  local  aBsociations  in  Michigan,  has 
passed  strong  resolutions  coademning  the  lodge;  and 
also  their  Tri-ennial  Convention  which  met  April, 
1873,  in  Chicago,  which  body  represented  the  Con- 
gregationalists  in  eight  States,  passed  an  order  desir- 
ing the  Western  Education  Society  not  to  aid  students 
in  the  Theological  Seminary  who  are  Freemason?, 

But  the  local  churches,  which  are  independent,  are 
being  honey-combed  by  the   lodges;    and   hence   in 
practice  the  religion  of  those  churches  is  steadily  giv- 
ing  way   before  the  idolatry   of,  the   secret   orders. 
Year  before  last  the  Illinois  State  Association    had   a 
prominent  Odd-fellow  for  their  Moderator,  and  within 
a  year  a  Freemason  of   twenty-oce   degrees    has   be- 
come   pastor   of   the    Springfield  church,   where  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  has  its  seat.       The   lodge    is 
now  giving  its  profound  attention  to   the    Congrega- 
tional churches  of  the  State,  andjt  has   now   a  secret 
combination  of  Freemasons  in  the  pulpits  and  church- 
es of  the  denonaination.       I  offered  a  resolution  sug- 
gesting a  series  of  articles  in  the  Advance  to  enlight- 
en the  churches,  and  Gen.    Howard,   the    publisher, 
assured  them  that  such  a  resolution  would  have  been 
received  courteously ^and  treated  with    respect       But 
the  State  Association  rejected    that   resolution   by   a 
close  vote!     Thus  refusing  to  ask  ihalAdvance  to  dis- 
cuss these  orders  which  are  eating  out   the   vitals   of 
their  churches  in  the  ignorance  and    silence   of  their 
ministry. 

tf'  This    shows   that  our   only  hope  is  the  Cynosure, 
under   God,  to  save   even    Congrpgational   churches; 
as  nothing  but  full  Christian  discipline  either  can   or 
■  will  save  them^from  destruction. 

The  proposition  that  the  lodge  is  nearly  and  essen- 
tially  a   p".gan    Christless   religion,    is   believed   by 
thousandd,  and  is  met  on  the  other   side   by    silence, 
which  is  a  confession; of  its   truth,  "^z   Excluding   the 
discussion  from  the  Advance,  or  admittiKg  mere   cur- 
rent   nolicGS   of   the   discubsion 
churches    as  the    flavery   issue 
boards   and   all.      Let  us  hope 
things. 


B. — "Yes,  it  is  the  funeral  of  the  devout  eld  Mr.  G., 
which  Masonry  seizes   upon  to  ad\iertise  itself  by  this 
most   unseemly   display.     It   is   believed  to  be    done 
without  any  request  of  his.     The  church,  you  see,  has 
no  part  or  lot  in  the  matter.     In  this  scattered  route  of 
outside   spectators  are  nearly  a  1  its  leading  members. 
None  of  them,  except  perhaps  two  or  three  who  wear 
the  white  apron,  are  permitted  to  hare  any  part  in 
burying    this    revered    brother.     What  is  Christian 
brotherhood   compared   to   the   Masonic?     Yes,   and 
what  is  natural  brotherhood  in  this   presence  ?     Stand 
back,  ye  bigots  of  the  church!     Stand  back,  ye  neigh- 
bors, brothers,  children,  wives!     Make  room  for  these 
who  boast  a   nearer  relation,  a  more  sacred  right  to 
pay  the  last  honors,  and  to  show  how  much  superior 
the  love   and  friendship  of  their  man-devised  and  arti- 
ficial relation  is  to  anything  which  pertains  to  the  rela 
tions   of  nature   or   grace   which  God   has  ordained. 
Yes,  and  let  Christian  worship  stand  aside  unless  the 
worshipers  are  willing  to   acknowledge  "Masonry  di- 
vine," and  accept  the  position  of  very  humble,  reverent 
appendages  to  the  royal  magnificence   of  this  grand 
imperial   order.     Stand   back!     Vacate  your   seat,  at 
least  the  places  of  honor,  for  the  ancient  and  honorable 
lodge;  outside  seats   may  be  condescendingly  allowed 
to  the  mourners,  and  should  any  remain    unoccupied, 
la  lies  and  perhaps  a  few  male  cowans  may  be  suffered 
o   be   seated   in  the  agust   presence.     The  Christian 


IS  BISHOP  STEVENS  A  FANATIC  2 


The  nineteenth  annual  Convention  of  the  Protest- 
ant Episcopal  church,  Pennsylvania  diocese,  met  in 
Philadelphia  week  before  last.  Bishop  Stevens  in  hh  an- 
nual addrcE  s  made  no  secret  of  his  episcopal  transactions, 
even  though  they  may  he  a  rank  offense  to  hundreds  of 
so-called  pastors  who  are  graceless  enough  to  be  out- 
faced by  the  devil  when  the  lodge  wants  admission  to 
the  church.     The  report  of  the  meeting  says: 

'  'Referring  to  certain  secret  organizations  within  the 
church,  the  Bishop  said  he  had  refused  to  receive  at 
the  Holy  Communion  young  men  who  belonged  to  se- 
cret societies  existing  within  the  church,  and  his  rea- 
son for  so  doing  was  that  the  machinery  of  these  organ- 
izations was  used  to  advance  the  interests  of  Ritualism 
and  Romanism.  The  church  need  no  help  from  se- 
cret bodies.  The  Bishop  said  that  he  had  no  objection 
to  guiles  and  benevolent  societies  where  there  is  no 
pledge  of  secrecy." 


Temperance  and  Good  Templarism. 

Sandovai-,  111. 


will  soon  split  the 
Bplit  them,  missioD 
for  wiser  and  better 


KEFLE€TIONS  m  WITNESSING  A  MASONIC 
rUNEilAL,  MAY  21st,  1874r. 

Hark!  the  inspiring  cl.ngor  of  a  brass  band  rever- 
berates and  echoes  through  the  streets.  It  is  a  march 
they  are  pUying.  The  notes  become  more  distinct. 
The  vclume  of  the  music  swells  louder  and  louder. 
They  are  coming  this  v??.y.  Oh,  yes!  see  that  tumult- 
uous crowd  of  boys  and  men  rushing  along  the  side- 
walk. How  the  ckrioQ  bhsts  inspire  them!  Why, 
here  are  oM  men  and  hdies,  church  members,  deacons, 
class  leadr-rs  and  stewards,  cocfusedly  crowding  th<- 
side-walks,  hurrying  to  keep  along  side  of  the  band; 
gazing  sideways,  and  oocasionfiUy  glancing  backward 
as  if  there  was  some  object  of  interest  behind  it. 
•«  Hurrah !"  says  A.  to  B.  '  -What 's  up  ?  What  gala 
day  is  this?" 

B. — "It  is  no  gall  day.  I  think  it  must  be  the 
funeral  of  an  aged  member  of  the  Methodist  church, 
who  died  suddenly  day  before  yesterday." 

A. — "Is  that  a  dead  march  they  are  playing?" 

B. — "I  think  not.  I  should  say  it  is  an  ordinary 
and  rather  inspiriting  sort  of  march.  I  detect  no  minor 
chords;  and  see  how  the  crowd  rush  with  heads  up 
except  when  they  stumble  upon  each  other  from  look- 
ng  back  upon  the  procession.  And  note  the  pompous 
air  with  which  the  leader  marches!" 

A. — "And  yet  it  is  really  a  funeral,  for  there  comes 
a  ccflSn." 


minister,  if  he  is  willing  to  degrade  himself  and  his 
religion  to  a  sort  of  third  or  fourth  rate  position  of 
subserviency  in  a  Masonic  pageant,  may  have  a  space 
for  his  gospel  and  his  prayer  at  the  expense  of  having 
his  sanctuary  polluted  with  the  abominations  of  pagan 
forms  and  emblems,  his  ritual  of  worship  superceded 
by  a  ritual  intensely  and  intentionally  deistical,  in  the 
last  supreme  religious  act  of  committing  the  departed 
church  member  to  God  and  pronouncing  the  benedic- 
tion of  salvation.  Father  G.  trusted,  it  is  believed,  in 
Christ,  and  regarded  His  church  and  its  divinely  ap- 
pointed services  as  the  means,  and  the  only  means  oJ 
grace  and  salvation.  But  Masonry  has  the  fiendish 
audacity  to  assume  the  closing  religious  act  in  reference 
lo  him  on  earth,  in  which  Christ  and  his  church  are 
wholly  set  aside  and  absolutely  insulted.  The  natural 
inference  from  which  is,  that  whatever  Masonry  may 
personally  profess  or  believe,  yet  Masonry  is  more 
holy,  more   saving,  more   needful,  in    the   home  and 


article   of  death,  than   Christianity.     What  mean  ye, 
0  ye  professed  disciples  of  the  one  only  Saviour,  thai 
ye  suffer  the  rights  and  duties  of  the  sacred  Christian 
brotherhood    to  be  thus  insultingly  wrested   from  you 
and  your   sanctuary  trodden   thus  under  foot  of  the 
gentiles?     What   mean    ye,  0  ye  ordained  defenders 
of  the  faith  and   order  of  the   church,  that  ye  suffer 
yourselves  to  be  paraded  at  the  tail    of  the  procession 
of  the   hosts   of  Baal;  and   the  burial  service  of  your  I 
church  to  give  place  to  a  ritual  designedly  adapted  to 
ihe   spiritual    tastes  of  the  worshipers  of  all  the  false 
gods  of  this  revolted  world  ?     Do  you  mean  that  your 
sanctuaries   shall   be  utterly  polluted  ?     That  faith  in 
the   gospel    you   preach    as  the  only  saving   religion, 
shall   be   utterly  extinguished?     Do  you   mean    that 
your   church   shall   become  in  all  things  wholly  con 
furmed  to  the  world  and  come  to  esteem  their  religion 
as  no  better  than  that  of  the  deist?     That  Christianity 
shall  first  be  utterly  paganized  and  then   more  utterly 
condemned   than  paganism  itself,  as  salt  that  has  lost 
its  savor,  is  denied   a  place  even  in  a  dung  htll?     Be- 
lieve me,  whatever  you  intend,  such  is  the  tendency 
of  this  base  truckling  to  the  satanic  impudence  of  the 
d*rk   orders.     You   suffer   deceivers,  the  children  of 
Satan,  to  vaunt  themselves  in  your  holy  places,  and  in 
your   most  sacred   solemnities,    and   in  hypocrisy  to 
irample    them    both    under   their   unhellowed   feet. 
Whatever  you  intend,  in  such  conduct  there  is  treason 
to   Christ  and   the  cause  of  true  Godliness.     If  you 
wake   not  to  a  realization  of  this  terrible  fact  and  to 
repentance   concerning   it,   rest   assured    Christ    will 
awake   to    judgment,    and   will   vindicate   his  honor 
against  those  who  so  impiously  disgrace  him,  and  those 
who  BO  tamely  and  weakly  give  place  to  the  devil. 


Editor  Cynosure: 

In  the  2d  column  on  lat  page  of  April  2d,  the 
writer  says  that  Good  Templarism  and  Masonry  hin- 
dered the  temperance  reform  in  Massachusetts  for 
years.  That  Good  Templarism  ever  hindered  the 
temperance  causeis  disputed.  T  wish  to  have  you  tell 
us  how  itwas  hindered  in  Massachusetts  by  Good 
Templarism. 

Yours  very  truly,  Subsohiber. 

Another  inquiry  has  been  sent  of  like  import.  Dr. 
Charles  Jewett,  now  retired  from  public  life  by  age 
was  for  many  years  the  leading  temperance  reformer 
of  this  country.  His  opinions  on  the  subject  are  sec- 
ond to  none  other.  Since  leaving  the  lecture  field  he 
has  published  a  volume  of  reminiscences  "Forty  Years 
Fight  with  the  Drink  Demon."  He  acknowledges 
being  connected  with  the  secret  temperance  order,  but 
say*  their  influence  is  just  as  described  in  the  Cynosure 
of  April  2d.  Extracts  from  the  work  were  published 
May  2d,  1872.  But  any  who  are  doubtful  about  the 
charge  against  the  Good  Templars  should  get  and  read 
Dr.  Jewett's  book.  His  statements  have  been  often 
substantiated  in  the  experience  of  our  correspondents. 


Masonic  Institutions. 


Lbttsville,  Iowa. 

I  have  been  an  opposer  of  secrecy  for  years,  but  I 
have  never  seen  so  much  of  its  corruption  as  of  late. 
They  boast  of  their  benevolence  and  public  spirit; 
will  you  please  inform  your  readers  if  they  ever  built 
or  owned  an  institution  of  learning,  or  a  home  for  the 
poor  and  destitute,  or  if  you  know  of  them  ever  giving 
aid  as  an  order  outside  of  their  order. 

R.  W.  Kkmpman. 

There  are  several  institutions  in  the  South  which 
t  bear  a  Masonic  title  and  are  presumably  supported  in 
whole  or  part  by  the  fraternity.  They  are:  Carroll 
Masonic  Institute,  Carrolton,  Ga. ;  St.  John's  College, 
Little  Rock,  Ark. ;  Furlow  Masonic  Female  College, 
Americus,  Ga. ;  Southern  Masonic  Female  College, 
Covington,  Ga, ;  Lumpkin  Masonic  Female  College, 
Lumpkin,  Ga.  As  for  other  charitable  institutions 
founded  by  secret  orders  we  have  no  positive  informa- 
tion. An  Odd-fellow's  orphan  asylum  was  projected 
in  Michigan  two  or  three  years  ago.  Perhaps  some 
correspondent  in  that  State  can  tell  whether  it  is 
built. 


The  Cnstom-House  Corner-Stone. 


The  Chicago  papers  continue  to  print  letters  against 
devoting  the  new  Custom-House  to  the  Mascnic  order. 
The  following  appeared  in  the  Tivne  .sa  fev;  days  since : 

Will  you  please  publish  the  following  protest,  which 
will  explain  itself,  now  being  circulated  for  signatures? 
Allow  me  to  say  that  the  question  involved  is  one  of 
public  and  national  interest,  and  is  securing  a  wide 
consideration  by  American  citizens  at  the  present  time, 
ind  it  would  seem  that,  since  the  attention  of  our 
Masonic  friends  has  been  called  to  this  subject,  that 
common  courtesy  would  suggest  the  propriety  of  their 
uniting  with  citizens  generally  in  requesting  some 
representative   person,  say   one  of  the  judges  of  the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


9 


United   States   courts,  to    perform  this    ceremony,  in 
which  al!  classes  could  unite  Tfith  self-respect. 

EespectfuUy,  Philo  Carpbster. 

The  protest  (the  same  published  last  in  the  Cyno- 
sure) is  published  in  connection.  The  following  letters 
also  appeared  in  late  papers : 

From  the  Chicago  Times. 
THAT  CORNER-STONE — SHALL  IT  BE  LAID  BY  THE  MASONS  ? 

Having  read  your  very  sound  articles  in  opposition 
to  the  laying  of  the  cornerstone  of  a  government 
building  by  a  secret  and  non-political  society,  I  have 
been  waiting  daily  with  the  hope  that  the  hint  would 
be  taken  and  the  absurd  and  hurtful  project  be  aban- 
doned, and  I  trust  before  it  is  too  late  that  wiser 
counsels  will  prevail. 

What  streak  of  lunacy  could  have  compelled  Secre- 
tary Richardson  to  make  such  a  request  of  the  head 
of  a  body  of  private  citizens,  who  are  banded  together 
the  world  over  for  simply  a  grand  effort  to  fraternize 
that  world,  and  widen  the  too  narrofv  skirts  of  human 
charity,  I  am  at  a  loss  to  comprehend,  unless,  indeed, 
"there  was  method  in  the  madness,"  which  had  its 
birth,  more  than  likely,  very  far  west  of  the  city  of 
Washington,  amongst  some  ex-militaires,  who  like  to 
parade  themselves  in  uniform  and  display  their  horse 
manship.  The  excuse  is  made  that  the  government 
has  no  printed  ceremonial  for  such  a  work  as  laying  a 
corner-stone.  The  "thinness"  of  this  is  very  appa- 
rent, as  you  have  not  a  reporter  in  your  establishment 
to-day  who  could  not  in  an  hour's  time  concoct  some- 
thing suitable  for  the  occasion.  The  corner-stone 
should  be  laid  by  a  member  of  our  national  or  state 
government,  and  not  by  any  head  of  a  secret  organi- 
zation, as  such.  A  large  portion  of  tax-payers  object 
to  its  being  laid  under  the  auspices  of  the  Masonic 
body,  and  have  a  right  to  call  that  body  a  political  one 
when  one  of  the  highest  government  oflSoials  in  Wash- 
ington writes  to  the  highest  government  ofBcial  in 
Chicago,  asking  the  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  Illinois 
to  lay  the  foundation  stone  of  a  governmgnt  building. 
If  the  Masons  are  in  tiie  corner  stone  business,  doing 
the  job  per  contract,  why,  let  the  public  know,  and  il 
there  is  any  money  saved  by  the  transaction  to  the 
national  purse,  perhaps  all  claases  might  feel  content 
to  let  the  cheapest  bidder  do  the  work;  bat  in  view  ol 
the  fact  that  Masons  haye  always  and  justiy  publicly 
stated  that  they  were  not  a  political  institution,  and 
defied  proof  of  the  charge,  pointing  to  their  published 
principles  and  statements  of  honorable  gentlemen  who 
would  scorn  a  falsehood,  I  ask,  then,  what  answer 
they  can  make  in  future  if  they  foilovr  out  the  pro- 
posed course  for  the  24th  of  June. 

If  Chicago  wants  to  have  the  day  a  gala  one,  (and 
I  think  it  should  be  such,)  a  day  that  will  be  another 
mile-stone  to  mark  the  march  of  her  prosperity,  let 
every  society,  Masons,  Odd-fellows,  Pythians,  temper- 
ance and  military  organizations  turn  out  and  render 
homage  to  the  new  monument  of  our  national  great- 
ness ,  but  do  not  let  us  soil  the  pure  robe  of  Masonry 
by  dipping  it  in  the  puddle  of  politics.  In  the  eyes 
of  a  few  who  want  to  air  themselves,  it  may  be  an 
honor,  but  to  the  lovers  of  the  order,  a  disgrace. 

A  Secret  Society  Man, 
Prom  the  Chicago  Bveniug  Journal . 
THE  NEW    POST-OFFICE. A  PROTEST. 

I  have  before  me,  in  a  paper  printed  in  this  city,  an 
article  complaining  because  the  Government  has  grant- 
ed permission  to  the  Masonic  fraternity  to  lay  the 
corner-stone  of  the  new  post-office  here  with  their 
peculiar  rites  and  ceremonies,  and  has  made  no  ar- 
rangement to  let  any  other  class  of  citizens,  heathen 
or  religious,  participate  in  a  work  that  ought  to  be 
purely  national  and  dlsiaterested  so  far  as  the  claims 
of  any  sect  or  society  are  concerned.  For  one,  it  does 
seem  strange  to  me  that  Masonry  should  have  the 
preference  in  a  matter  of  such  interest  to  the  public  at 
large.  All  men  are  not  Masons,  and  especially  are 
women  and  children  debarred  from  becoming  such, 
and  yet  the  poorest  navvy,  the  humblest  sewiDg-girl 
and  the  weakest  orphan  have  an  interest  in  the  build- 
ing of  the  magnificent  receptacle  of  letters  and  papers 
over  which  theEe  occult  ceremonies  are  to  be  perform- 


ed. There  will  be  something  so  clanish  about  the 
whole  performance  that  the  republican  idea  of  Federal 
Union  is  in  danger  of  being  lost  sight  of.  I  am  cot  a 
Mason,  and  what  interest  can  I,  a  citizen  for  twelve 
years,  and  proud  of  Chicago,  take  in  a  ceremony  that 
to  me  would  be  a  jargon  and  glitter  without  meaning, 
except  as  it  has  been  explained  ^to  me  outside  of  the 
lodge?  Under  such  circumstances,  Mr.  Editor,  I  and 
all  citizens,  of  every  nation  and  color,  who  are  not 
Masons,  have  a  right  to  protest  against  anything  so 
un-American  in  the  dedication  of  a  national  public 
vrork.  Fair  Play. 

WHO  WILL  LAY  THE  CORNER-STONE  ? 
From  the  Times. 

From  the  published  accounts  appearing  from  day 
to  day  in  The  Times  it  is  evident  the  foundation-stone 
committee  are  making  preparation  of  some  sort  at  least 
to  have  the  various  lodges  in  this  city  and  (for  aught 
I  know)  in  the  State  at  large  make  a  grand  'turn-out' 
on  the  24th  of  June  next.  Now  I  would  like  to  ask 
what  right  have  the  Freemasons  of  Chicago  to  mc- 
nopoKze  the  entire  city  on  that  day,  and  arrogate  to 
themselves  alone  the  privilege  of  laying  the  corner- 
stone of  a  public  building  for  the  erection  of  which  the 
public  at  large  pay  taxes  ?  But  it  will  be  said  by  some 
apologist  that  they  were  invited  to  do  so.  Bat  why 
should  they  be  invited  more  than  any  other  society  ? 
Who  and  what  are  Ereemasons  tha^  they  should  en- 
joy certain  privileges  not  accorded  to  the  rest  of  the 
community?  Why  not  invite  the  Orange  society  or 
the  Odd-fellowe,  and  Good  Templars,  or  the  Ancient 
Order  of  Druids?  Why  invite  the  Freemasons  in 
particular  more  than  any  other  society  ?  And  besides 
this,  why  should  a  society  be  invited  that  is  obnoxious 
to  more  than  four-fifths  of  the  entire  commanity  ? 
Why  not  call  npon  the  large  and  influential  Roman 
Catholic  societies,  either  temperance  or  benevolent, 
to  lay  that  corner-stone  ?  No !  it  must  be  done  by 
Freemasons;  and,  Mr.  Editor,  I  will  say  right  here, 
and  I  challenge  any  man  in  this  State  or  in  this  coun- 
try to  successfully  contradict  my  assertion,  that  there 
don't  exist  in  the  world  a  more  useless,  or  a  more 
good-for-nothing  society  than  Freemasonry,  or  one 
that  is  built  upon  a  more  rotten  foundation.  It  is  nei- 
ther benevolent  nor  charitable,  nor  religious,  bat  is  an 
asjlum  for  dead  heads,  for  bcalawags,  for  hypocrites, 
and  for  bummers  of  every  kind.  What  monument  of 
art  or  industry  has  Freemasonry  erected,  either  in 
this  or  any  other  country  ?  What  educational  institu- 
tion, school,  or  college  has  it  supported,  or  even  built? 
Where  are  its  orplianages,  its  charitable  institutions, 
i(s  homes  for  widoived  and  aged  and  decrepit  Masons? 
How  many  orphans  has  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois 
educated  and  apprenticed  during  its  exiEtence  of  forty 
years?  Not  one.  How  far  has  this  society  publicly 
benefited  the  human  race  since  its  first  inception  at 
the  London  "Apple-Tree  tavern"  in  1717  ?  Not  in  a 
single  instance.  Then,  I  would  ask  again,  why  should 
Rankin,  McArthur  &  Co.  invite  this  society  in  partic- 
ular to  lay  the  corner-stone  of  a  public  building,  such 
as  the  Chicago  custom-house  and  post-office?  And  in 
this  connectioa,  also,  it  may  not  be  amias  to  inquire 
which  branch  of  the  Masonic  public  is  called  upon  to 
lay  this  stone  ?  Is  it  the  white  branch,  the  nigger 
branch,  or  the  bogus  branch?  For  you  must  know 
that  Masonry  in  Chicago  is  divided  into  these  several 
sections.  We  have  the  "Illinois  Grand  Lodge,"  the 
''Nigger  Grand  Lodge,"  and  the  -'Hawley  Grand 
Lodge,"  and  the  taxpaying  piiblic  may  feel  an  interest 
in  knowing  which  of  these  grands  will  have  the  honor 
of  laying  the  corner-stone  and  of  proclaiming  to  the 
gaping  multitude  that  Freemasons  have  certain  se- 
crets wh'ch  have  never  been  divulged.  I  think  it  is 
high  time  this  farce  should  be  plaid  oui,  and  that 
Masonic  so-called  grand  bodies  dressed  in  mountebank 
uniforms  should  be  let  severely  alone  by  government 
officials,  at  least,  and  not  be  supported  and  encouraged 
in  their  grand  humbug  at  the  expense  of  an  overtaxed 
and  outraged  public.  Hoping  that  The  Times  will 
wield  its  powerful  icfluence  against  this  gross  piece  of 
imposition,  and  that  such  an  arrangement  may  yet  be 


made  as  will  enable  all  classes  and  all  societies  in  this 
oommunity  to  turn  out  and  take  an  active  and  inter- 
esting part  in  the  ceremony  of  laying  that  corner- 
stone, I  am,   sir,  A  Freemason. 


NOTES. 

— The  full  report  of  the  Ohio  State  meeting  is  giv- 
en this  week.  Notice  the  appointment  for  next  meet- 
ing, and  let  every  auxiiary  and  friendly  church  be 
represented  in  it. 

— The  New  York  workers  have  been  thus  distributed 
during  the  week:  J.  P.  Stoddard  at  Groton  a' d 
Cazenovia;  J.  L.  Barlow  at  Syracuse,  Oneonta  and 
Binghamton;  C.  A.  Blanchard  at  Mexico  and  Hamilton. 

— Those  who  wish  extra  copies  of  the  Cynosure  of 
next  week  containing  the  report  of  the  National  Con- 
vention at  Syracuse  should  send  orders  without  de- 
lay. The  proceedings  may  be  re-printed  in  pamphlet 
form  this  year.  Those  who  send  orders  would  do 
well  to  state  if  they  wish  pamphlets,  if  published. 

— The  Free  Will  Baptist  Yearly  Conference  of  Wis- 
consin discussed  at  their  last  meeting  resolutions  on 
Freemasonry.  The  subject  was  considered  of  so  great 
importance  that  its  consideration  was  thought  inccm- 
plete,  and  so  was  continued  to  this  year,  when  it  will 
be  resumed. 

— The  Carbondale  (Pa.)  Advance  containing  the 
report  of  the  M.  E.  Pennsylvania  Association  ia  re- 
ceived too  late  for  insertion  this  week.  The  meeting 
was  held  May  6th  and  7th  in  Washington,  Pa.  Bro. 
Barlow  was  the  speaker  from  abroad,  and  seven  breth- 
ren and  four  sisters  were  appointed  delegates  to  Syra- 
cuse. 

— Who  would  expect  to  see  from  the  city  of  Wash- 
ington the  following  dispatch?:  "The  Supreme  Coun- 
cil of  the  thirty-third  degree,  Ancient  and  Accepted 
Scottish  Rite,  southern  jurisdiction, — the  most  august 
body  of  Masons  in  the  world, — commenced  its  biennial 
session  to-day,  in  Masonic  Temple,  the  Sovereign 
Grand  Council  Commander  Albert  Pike,  presiding.  " 

— Telescope 

Every  body  who  knows  the  aspiration  of  the  lodge 
for  supremacy  in  church  and  state. 

— Correspondents  have  inquired  about  a  new  secret 
society,  "The  Gentlemen  of  Honor,"  After  Dinner. 
an  Eastern  journal  publishes  under  date  of  May  12th, 
1873,  a  description  of  this  order.  The  whole  thing  is 
plainly  a  hoax.  The  only  gentlemen  of  honor,  prop- 
erly so-called  are  those  whose  lives  are  given  to  Christ 
and  his  kingdom,  and  who  shun  the  lodge. 

— The  Lake  Shore  Commercial,  Saugatuck.  Mich., 
has  been  the  medium  of  a  lively  discussion  on  secret 
fraternaties  between  Prof.  Lumry,  of  Wheaton,  and  a 
Dr.  Wright.  As  to  the  result,  "Whoever  knew  truth 
put  to  the  words  in  a  free  and  open  encounter  ?" — es- 
pecially if  Prof.  L.  was  her  defender.  But  it  is  sig- 
nificant how  a  local  paper  will  thus  open  its  columns 
week  after  week  on  a  subject  lately  tabooed  by  almost 
the  entire  press. 

'  — Elder  Baird  is  once  more  enduring  all  the  bitter 
experience  of  persecution  for  leaving  and  denouncing 
the  lodge.  A  suit  was  lately  (May  8ih)  brought 
against  him  for  some  trifling  matter.  So  eager  were 
the  Masons  to  get  him  in  their  clutches  that  he  was 
arrested  before  proper  papers  were  sworn  out.  He 
demanded  and  got  a  jury  tjial  and  rejecied  every  Ma- 
sonic juror,  was  acquitted  but  charged  with  the  costs 
of  the  suit,  which  ha  justly  rofuses  to  pay,  and  has 
appealed  the  case.  A  few  days  before  this  transaction 
he  attended  a  temperance  meeting  in  Jamestown,  Pa., 
was  invited  into  the  pulpit  and  tock  part  in  the  exer- 
cises with  the  Methodist  minister.  This  consideration 
on  the  part  of  the  latter  stirred  up  the  cesspool  of  the 
lodge  from  the  lowest  bottom,  and  the  Jamestown  and 
Greenville  papers  pour  out  abuse  and  insult  mixed 
with  fiery  brimstone.  The  Elder  proposes,  however, 
to  show  that  he  has  yet  some  rights  that  even  Masons 
may  be  made  to  respect,  and  will  make  them  acaount- 
able  before  the  law.  What  will  come  of  it,  time  will 
show;  but  we  pray  that  Bro.  Baird  may  be  upheld  by 
grace  in  any  right  measures. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^[|^  "^[^ifm  ^n^tU, 


Abide  in  Him. 


Cling  1o  the  Crucified  ! 

His  deatli  is  life  to  ttiee,— 

Life  for  eternity  ? 

His  vains  thy  jjardon  seal, 

His  stripes  thy  bruises  heal, 

His  cross  proclaims  tliy  peace 

Bids  every  sorrow  cease : 

His  blood  is  all  to  thee. 
It  purges  thee  from  sin  ; 

It  sets  thy  spirit  free. 
It  keeps  thy  couscieuce  clean ; 
Cling  to  the  crucified  1 

Cling  to  the  crucified  ! 

Hie  is  a  heart  of  .love, 

Full  as  the  hearts  above  ; 

Its  deptlis  of  sympathy 

Are  all  awake  for  thee ; 

His  countenance  is  light 

Even  to  the  darkest  night; 

That  love  shall  never  change- 
That  light  shall  ne'er  grow  dim; 

Charge  thou  thy  faithless  heart 

To  find  its  all  in  him ; 
Cling  to  the  Crucified ! 

Selected  from  "  Under  the  J7ock." 


Pleasures   wiiicli  the  Cliristian  Mnst 
rorego. 


1.  Tim.  iv.  4. 

1.  Those  as  to  the  propriety  of  whicli 
you  are  in  doubt.   Rom.  xiv.  23. 

2.  Those  in  which  you  cannot  in- 
dulge without  daKger  that  your  exam- 
ple may  lead  others  into  sin.  1.  Cor. 
viii.  9;  Rom.  xiv.  15. 

3.  Even  those  in  which,  if  you  en- 
gage, you  will  grieve  weak  Christiaus 
who  disapprove  them;  much  more 
those  which  Christians  universally  con- 
demn. I.  Cor.  viii.  12,  13;  Rom.  xiv. 
15;  Mark  ix,  42. 

4.  Those  which  have  the4aint  of  siu 
upon  them.     Jude  23. 

5.  Those  which,  if  indulged  in, 
would  place  you  in  a  false  position  (1. 
Thess.  V.  22;  2.  Cor.  viii.  21,)  and 
seem  to  identify  you  in  taste  and  life 
with  a  sinful  world,  from  which  you 
should  be  separate.  Rom.  xii.  2;  2. 
Cor.  vi.  14,  1*7. 

6.  Those  which  might  gain  the 
mastery  over  you,  or  which  would  in- 
terfere With  anything  of  more  impor- 
tance. Eph.  V.  18;  Phil.  iv.  5;  1.  Cor. 
vii.  31. 

7.  Those  into  which  you  cannot 
carry  your  religion  without  incongru- 
ity (1,  Cor.  s.  31;)  on  which  you  can 
not  ask  God's  blessing  (Col.  iii.  17);  in 
which  you  cannot  show  forth  the  shin- 
ing graces  of  a  Christian  character  to 
the  honor  of  God  (Matt,  v,  16);  and  in 
which  you  cannot  breathe  the  atmos- 
phere of  Christ's  presence  (Col.  iii  11), 

In  connection  with  this  subject  we 
quote  below  a  few  remarke,  from  the 
pen  of  the  late  Hannah  More,  an  En- 
glish lady,  distinguished  alike  for  her 
piety  and  intelligence: 

"Are  not  good  plays  harmless,  nay, 
improving?" 

"There  will  still  remain,"  she  re- 
plies, ''even  in  tragedies  otherwise 
most  exceptionable,  provided  they  are 
BufBciently  impassioned  to  produce  a 
poscerful  effect  on  the  feelings,  and  have 
spirit  enough  to  deserve  to  become 
popular,  an  essential,  radical  defect. 
What  I  insist  on  is  that  there  almost 
inevitably  runs  through  the  whole  web 
of  the  tragic  drama  a  prominent  thread 
of  false  principle.  It  is  generally  the 
leading  object  of  the  poet  to  erect  a 
standard  of  honor,  in  direct  opposition 
to  the  standard  of  Christianity.  World- 


ly honor  is  the  very  soul  and  spirit  and 
life-giving  principle  of  the  drama.  It 
is  her  moral  and  political  law.  Fear 
and  shame  are  the  capital  crimes  in  her 
code.  Love,  jealousy ,  hatred,  ambition, 
pride,  revenge,  are  too  often  elevated 
into  the  rank  of  splendid  virtues,  and 
form  a  dazzling  system  of  worldly  mor- 
ality in  direct  contradiction  to  the  spirit 
of  Christianity.  The  fruits  of  the 
Spirit  and  the  fruits  of  the  stage,  if  the 
parallel  were  followed  up,  would  ex- 
hibit as  pointed  a  contrast  as  human 
imagination  could  conceive." 

What,  must  the  merits  of  every  play 
be  tried  by  the  Ten  Commandments? 
'  'We  may  at  least  venture  to  answer 
that  they  should  contain  nothing  hos- 
tile to  them.  If  harmless  merriment 
be  not  expected  to  advance  our  moral 
improvement,  we  must  take  care  that 
it  does  not  oppose  it;  for  if  we  concede 
that  our  amusements  are  not  expected 
to  make  us  better  than  we  are,  ought 
we  not  to  be  careful  that  they  do  not 
make  us  worse  than  they  find  us? 
Whatever  pleasantry  of  idea  or  gayety 
of  sentiment  we  admit,  should  we  not 
jealously  watch  against  any  unsound- 
ness in  the  general  principle,  or  mis- 
chief in  the  prevailing  tendency  ?" 

But  may  not  the  stage  become  puri- 
fied, so  as  to  render  it  at  least  harmless 
and  unobjectionable  ? 

"What  the  stage  might  be  under 
another  and  an  imaginary  state  of  things 
it  is  not  very  easy  for  ua  to  know,  and 
therefore  not  very  important  to  inquire. 
Nor  is  it  the  soundest  logic  to  argue  on 
the  possible  goodness  of  a  thing  which, 
in  the  present  circumstances  of  society, 
is  doing  positive  evil,  from  the  imag- 
ined good  that  thing  might  be  conjec- 
tured to  produce  in  a  supposed  state  of 
unattainable  improvement:  for  unfor- 
tunately nothing  can  be  done  until  not 
only  the  stage  itself  had  undergone 
complete  purification,  but  until  the  au- 
dience shall  be  purified  also.  We  must 
first  suppose  a  state  of  society  in  which 
the  spectators  will  be  supposed  to  rel- 
ish all  that  is  pure,  and  to  reprobate  all 
that  is  corrupt,  before  the  system  of  a 
pure  and  uncorrupt  theater  can  be 
adopted  with  any  reasonable  hope  of 
success ;  there  must  always  be  a  har- 
mony between  the  taste  of  the  specta- 
tor and  the  nature  of  the  spectacle,  in 
order  to  produce  pleasure ;  for  people 
go  to  a  play  not  to  be  instructed,  but  to 
be  amused." 

Let  every  thoughtful  parent,  doubt- 
ing Christian,  or  tempted  youth,  read 
carefully  and  ponder  seriouslv  these 
positions.  There  is  perhaps  no  ques- 
tion in  Christian  education  more  diffi- 
cult to  settle  than  what  amusements 
are  safe  for  our  children,  or  what  recre- 
ations our  young  Christian,  away  from 
the  restraints  and  pastimes  of  home'» 
may  engage  in  with  safety  to  himself 
and  honor  to  his  divine  Master. 

We  would  point  the  latter  to  those 
principles  laid  down  to  Wesley  by  his 
mother:  "Whatever  weaknesses  your 
reason,  impairs  the  tenderness  of  your 
conscience,  obscures  your  sense  of  God, 
or  takes  ofif  the  relish  of  spiritual  things ; 
in  short,  whatever  increases  the 
strength  and  authority  of  your  body 
over  your  mind,  that   thing   is  sin   to 


you,  however  innocent  it  may  be  in  it- 
self." 

And  yet  you  may  be  placed  amid  in- 
fluences which  for  a  time  may  blind 
your  judgment  and  persuade  you  from 
your  steadfastness ;  you  find  yourself 
overpowered  by  plausible  reasoning, 
which  you  cannot  readily  meet,  and 
because  you  cannot  meet  it  you  are 
tempted  to  yield.  You  are  not  unlikely 
to  find  yourself  thus  perplexed ;  what 
shall  you  do?  Shall  you  yield  without 
hearty  conviction,  in  deference  to  the 
skill  or  the  sneer  of  your  companions  ? 

What  shall  you  do  ?  Refer  to  the 
example  of  intelligent  men  and  women, 
eminent  for  holiness:  how  have  devoted 
servants  of  God  viewed  the  subject? 
What  has  been  the  Christian  apprehen- 
sion of  the  church  upon  the  matter  ?  It 
is  of  no  great  consequence  whether  you 
understand  or  not  the  train  of  thought 
or  course  of  argument  by  which  their 
minds  were  made  up  and  their  conduct 
directed;  you  have  no  time,  it  may  be, 
to  axamine  them  if  you  would;  it  is 
enough  to  know  how  they  acted,  and 
that  it  will  be  safe  and  wise  to  imitate 
their  example. 

Do  not  hesitate  to  lean  upon  argu- 
ment like  this,  in  harmony  with  the 
spirit  of  the  word  of  God.  It  is  no 
sign  of  weakness  to  take  council  of  the 
matured  judgments  of  Christian  experi- 
ence, and  no  sign  of  manliness  to  dis- 
regard them. — Selected. 
« » » 
^•Banyan's  Dell." 


Within  a  few  hundred  yards  of  Pres- 
ton gates,  and  in  the  midst  of  a  thick 
wood  which  borders  the  Castle  mead- 
ows, is  a  green  space  called  "Banyan's 
Dell."  In  this  hollow  in  the  wilderness 
a  thousand  people  would  once  assemble 
to  listen  to  their  Baptist — the  inspired 
Tinker  of  Bedford.  A  Protestant  may 
admire  Ignatius  Loyola,  or  the  gentle 
St.  Francis,  and  the  most  severe  Church- 
man must  give  due  honor  to  the  memory 
of  John  Bunyan — the  saint-errant  of  Dis- 
sent. Any  one  who  reads  his  life  may 
see  that  he  lived  through  his  own  spirit- 
ual romance.  Surrounded  by  the  wild 
passions  and  blind  bigotry  of  the  seven- 
teenth century,  "his  pure  and  power- 
ful mind"  fought  a  good  fight  with 
Apollyon,  passed  with  trembling  an- 
guish through  the  Valley  of  the  shad- 
ow of  Death,  and  escaped  serene  and 
blameless  from  Vanity  Fair.  No  doubt 
the  "Meeters"  who  came  to  the  Pres- 
ton wood  to  hear  Bunyan's  rousing 
and  searching  sermons,  understood 
very  well  that  he  was  the  Christian 
hero  of  his  "Pilgrim's  Progress." 

Living  in  Hertfordshire,  from  six- 
teen to  twenty  miles  from  Bedford, 
they  would  probably  know  much  of 
his  history.  A  prisoner  for  Noncon- 
formity and  illegal  preaching,  Bunyan 
had  spent  twelve  weary  years  in  Bed- 
ford jail.  Though  not  shut  up  in  the 
Venetian  pozzi,  he  must  have  suffered 
severely  in  his  dull,  dark,  damp  cham- 
ber, built  over  the  river.  There  with 
only  two  books — the  Bible  and  "Fox's 
Book  of  Martyrs" — he  gave  himself  up 
to  studies  more  absorbing  than  those 
which  endeared  the  "Martin  Tower" 
to  the  Wizard  Earl  of  Northumberland. 
And  there  he  resolved  to  remain  '  'un- 
til   the  moss  grew  on  kis  eye-brows" 


rather  than  promise  not  to  preach.  At 
length  Dr.  Barlowe,  afterwards  Bishop 
of  Lincoln,  is  said  to  have  obtained  his 
unconditional  release.  All  honor  to 
the  wise,  kind  Churchman!  Wise  and 
kind  people,  having  read  the  "Pilgrim's 
Progress,"  felt  that  the  writer  had 
heart  and  intellect  for  a  broad  Catholic 
faith,  and  that  nothing  would  narrow 
him  into  a  mischievous  sectarian. 

So  he  left  the  dismal  old  jj,il  on  Bed- 
ford Bridge,  and  went  out  into  the 
world  as  a  preacher.  It  was  probably 
some  time  after  this  release  in  1671, 
that  Bishop  Bunyan,  as  he  was  popu- 
arly  called,  made  Hertfordshire  part 
of  his  diocese.  Justices  and  constables 
paid  tribute  to  his  character  by  allow- 
ing him  to  preach  in  several  counties. 
But  as  the  times  wers  full  of  danger,  he 
was  often  obliged  to  travel  in  disguise 
and  the  people  of  his  pastorate  met 
during  the  night,  and  in  places  from 
which  they  might  easily  escape.  One 
such  place  was  found  in  Preston  Wood, 
three  miles  from  Hitchin.  When  we 
look  at '-Bunyan's  Dell"  we  can  see 
the  midnight  "Meeters,"  and  their 
preacher.  The  dense  thicket  of  trees 
around — the  starry  sky — the  multitude 
of  enthusiasts  half  buried  in  shadow — 
this  is  a  scene  to  inspire  John  Bunyan 
with  the  befst  of  "his  powerful  and 
piercing  words,"  which  drawn  from  the 
common  language  of  tinker  and  peasant 
can  work  wonders.  We  feel  that  like 
Dante,  Bunyan  is  able  to  produce  a 
sublime  effect  and  a  strong  sense  of 
reality  by  a  few  bold,  abrupt  touches. 
He  has  come,  like  the  great  Florentine, 
from  la  valle  d'  abisso  dolorosa,  but  he 
tells  of  its  horrors  with  the  vivid  brev 
ity  of  intense  feeling.  Let  me  read 
a  passage  from  his  "'Sermons  on  the 
Greatness  of  the  Soul": 

•'Once  I  dreamed  that  I  saw  two 
persons  whom  I  knew,  in  hell;  andme- 
thought  I  saw  a  continual  dropping,  as 
of  great  drops  of  fire,  lighting  upon  them 
in  their  sore  distress.  Oh,  words  are 
wanting — imagination  and  fancy  are 
poor  things  here!  Hell  is  another  place 
than  any  alive  can  think." 

This  is  truly  Dantesque.     But   Bun- 
yan devoted  his   Dantesque   genius  to 
the  loving  purpose   of  an   Evangelist. 
— Selected. 


Prayer  . — Do  not  think  that  it  is 
necessary  to  pronounce  many  words. 
To  pray,  is  to  say,  ''Let  thy  will  be 
done;"  it  is  to  form  a  good  purpose;  it 
is  to  raise  your  heart  to  God;  it  is  to 
lament  your  weakness;  it  is  to  sigh  at 
the  recollection  of  your  frequent  dis- 
obedience. This  prayer  demands  neith- 
er method,  nor  science,  nor  reasoning, 
it  is  not  necessary  to  quit  one's  employ- 
ment: it  is  a  simple  movement  of  the 
heart  towards  its  Creator,  and  a  desire 
that  whatever  you  are  doing,  you  may 
do  it  to  his  glory.  The  best  of  all 
prayers  is  to  act  with  a  pure  intention, 
and  with  a  continual  reference  to  the 
will  of  God. — Fenelon. 


— It  is  a  terrible  thing  for  one  man 
to  speak  evil  of  another,  and  I  think  it 
worse  to  thinK  it.  If  you  speak  it  the 
man  has  time  and  opportunity  to  de- 
fend himself,  but  he  cannot  trace  the 
thought.  It  is  neither  heroic  nor  man- 
ly to  permit  in  yourself  judgement 
which  nobody  can  reverse. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


CltiWwit's  €mmt. 


Tile  Timely  Warniug. 


My  father  after  an  absence  of  tLree 
yeai-s  returned  to  the  houEe  so  dear  to 
him.  He  had  made  made  his  last  voy- 
age, and  rejoiced  to  have  reached  a  ha- 
ven of  rest  from  the  perils  of  the  sea. 
Duriag  his  absence  I  had  grown  from 
a  child  and  baby  of  my  mother's  (for  I 
washer  youngest.)  into  a  rough, careless. 
and  headstrong  boy.  Her  gentle  voice 
no  longer  restrained  me .  I  was  often 
willful  and  Bometimes  disobedient.  I 
thought  it  indicated  manly  superiority 
to  be  independent  of  a  woman's  influ- 
ence. My  father's  return  was  a  for- 
tunate circumstance  for  me.  He  soon 
perceived  the  spirit  of  insubordination 
stirring  within  me.  I  saw  by  his  man- 
ner that  it  displeased  him,  although  for 
a  few  days  he  said  nothing  to  me  about 
it. 

It  was  an  afternoon  in  October, 
bright  and  golden,  that  my  father  told 
me  to  get  my  hat  and  take  a  walk  with 
him.  We  turned  down  a  narrow  lane 
into  a  fine  open  field — a  favorite  play- 
ground for  the  children  in  the  neigh- 
borhood. After  talking  cheerfully  oa 
different  topics  for  awhile,  my  father 
asked  me  if  I  observed  that  huge  shad- 
ow thrown  by  a  mass  of  rocks  that 
stood  in  the  middle  of  the  field,  I  re- 
plied that  I  did, 

"My  father  owned  this  land,"  said 
be.  "It  was  my  playground  when  a 
boy.  That  rock  stood  there  then.  To 
me  it  is  a  beacon,  and  whenever  I 
look  at  it  I  recall  a  dark  spot  in  my 
life — an  event  so  painful  to  dwell  upon 
that,  if  it  were  not  as  a  warning  to  you, 
I  should  not  spc-akofit.  Listen,  then, 
my  dear  boy,  and  learn  wisdom  from 
your  father's  errors . 

"My  father  died  whan  I  was  a  mere 
child.  I  was  the  only  son.    My  mother 
was  a  gentle,    loving   woman,  devoted 
to  her  children  and  beloved  by  every- 
body.    I  remember  her  pale,  beautiful 
face — her   sweet,    affectionate   smile — 
her  kind    and   tender   voice.     la  my 
childhood  Ilovad  her  intensely.      I  was 
never  happy  apart  from  her;  and  she, 
fearing  that  I  was  becoming   too  much 
of  a  baby,  sent  me  to  the   high   school 
in    the   village.     After   associating     a 
time  with  rude,  rough  boys,  I  lost  in  a 
measure  my  fondness  for  home  and  my 
reverence  for  my   mother;  and  it   be- 
came more  and  more  difiicult  for  her 
to  restrain   my   impetuous   nature.     I 
thought  it  indicated  a  want   of  manli- 
ness to  yield  to  her  authority  or  to  ap- 
pear penitent,  although    I  knew   that 
my  conduct  pained  her.     The  epithet 
I  most  dreaded  was  girl-boy.     I   could 
not  bear  to  hear  it  said  by  my  compan- 
ions that  I   was  tied   to   my  mother's 
apron-strings.     From  a   quiet,   home- 
loving  child,  I  soon  became  a  wild,  rois- 
tering boy.      My   dear    mother   used 
every  persuasion  to  induce  me  to  seek 
happiness  within  the  precincts  of  home. 
She  exerted  herself  to   make   our   fire- 
side attractive,  and  my   sister,    follow- 
ing her  self  sacrificing  example,   sought 
to  entice  me   by  plaRning  games  and 
diversions  for   my    entertainment.      I 
saw  all  this;  but  did  not  heed  it. 

'*It  was  on  an  afternoon  like  this 


that,  as  I  was  about  leaving  the  dining 
table,  to  spend  the  intermission  be- 
tween moriiing  and  evening  school  in 
the  street,  as  usual,  my  mother  laid 
her  hand  on  my  shoulder,  and  said 
mildly,  but  firmly:  ''My  son,  I  wish 
you  to  come  with  me.'  I  would  have 
rebelled,  but  something  in  her  manner 
awed  me.  She  put  on  her  bonnet,  and 
said  to  me:  'We  will  take  a  little  walk 
together.'  I  followed  her  in  silence; 
and,  as  I  was  passing  out  of  the  door, 
I  observed  one  of  my  rude  conpanions 
skulking  about  the  house,  and  I  knew 
he  was  waiting  for  me.  He  sneered  as  I 
went  past  him.  My  pride  was  wound- 
ed to  the  quick.  He  was  a  very  bad 
boy ;  but,  being  some  years  oldar  than 
myself,  he  exercised  a  great  influence 
over  me.  I  followed  my  mother  sulk- 
ily, till  we  reached  the  spot  where  we 
now  stand — beneath  the  shadow-  of 
this  huge  rock.  Oh !  my  boy,  could 
that  hour  be  blotted  from  my  memory, 
which  has  cast  a  dark  shadow  over  my 
whole  life,  gladly  would  I  exchange  all 
that  the  world  can  offer  me  for  the 
quiet  peace  of  mind  I  should  enjoy, 
But  no!  like  this  huge,  unsightly  pile 
stands  the  monument  of  my  guilt  for- 
ever. 

'  'My  mother,  bein^  feeble  in  health, 
sat  down,  and  beckoned  me  to  sit  down 
beside  her.  Her  look,  so  fuU  of  tender 
sorrow,  is  present  to  me  now.  I  would 
not  sit,  but  continued  standing  sullenly 
beside.  'Alfred,  my  dear  son,'  said 
she,  'have  you  lost  all  love  for  your 
mother  V  I  did  not  reply.  'I  fear  you 
have,'  she  continued ;  'and  may  God 
help  you  to  see  your  own  heart,  and 
me  to  do  my  duty !'  She  then  talked 
to  me  of  my  misdeeds ;  of  the  dreadful 
c3nsequences  of  the  course  I  was  pur- 
suing. By  tears  and  entreaties  and 
prayers  she  tried  to  make  an  impres- 
eioa  on  me.  She  placed  before  me  the 
lives  and  examples  of  great  and  good 
men,  she  soaght  to  stimulate  my  am- 
bition. I  was  moved ;  but  too  proud  to 
show  it,  and  remained  standing  in  dog- 
ged silence  beside  her.  I  thought: 
'What  will  my  companions  say,  if,  after 
all  my  boasting,  I  yield  at  last  and 
submit  to  be  led  by  a  woman  V 

"What  agony  was  visible  on  my 
mother's  face  when  she  saw  that  all 
she  said  and  suffered  failed  to  move  me. 
She  rose  to  go  home,  and  I  followed 
at  a  distance.  She  spoke  no  more  to 
me  till  we  reached  our  own  door. 

'"It  is  school-time  now,'  said  she. 
'Go,  my  son,  and  once  more  let  me  be- 
seech you  to  think  upon  what  I  have 
said. ' 

'"I  shan't  go  to  school,'  said  I. 
"She  looked  astonished  at  my  bold- 
ness, but  replied  firmly ;   'Certainly  you 
will  go,  Alfred.     I  command  you.' 

'"I  will  not,'  said  J,  with  a  tone  of 
defiance. 

'"One  of  the  two  things  you  must 
do,  Alfred — either  go  to  school  this 
moment,  or  I  will  lock  you  in  your 
room  and  keep  you  there  till  you  are 
ready  to  promise  implicit  obedience  to 
my  wishes  in  future.' 

'"I  dare  you  to  do  if,'  said  I.  'You 
can't  get  me  up-stairs.' 

'  'Alfred,  choose  now,'  said  my  moth- 
er, who  laid  her  hand  upon  my  arm. 


She  trembled  violently  and  was  deadly 
pale. 

'"If  you  touch  me,  I  will  kick  you,' 
said  I,  in  a  terrible  rage.  God  knows 
I  knew  not  what  I  said. 

'"Will  you  go,  Alfred?' 

"'No,'  I  replied,  j|>ut  quailed  beneath 
her  eyes. 

'"Then  follow  me,'  said  she,  as  she 
grasped  my  arm  firmly.  I  raised  ray 
foot — oh !  my  son,  hear  me  I — I  raised 
my  foot  and  kicked  her,  my  sainted 
mother.  How  my  head  reels  as  the 
torrent  of  memory  rushes  over  me.  I 
kicked  my  mother — a  feeble  woman — 
my  mother.  She  staggered  back  a  few 
steps  and  leaned  against  the  wall.  She 
did  not  look  at  me,  I  saw  her  heart 
beat  against  her  breast.  *0  Heavenly 
Father!'  she  cried,  'forgive  him.  He 
knows  not  what  he  does.'  The  gar- 
dener just  then  passed  the  door,  and , 
seeing  my  mother  pale  and  almost  un- 
able to  support  herself,  he  stopped. 
She  beckonod  him  in.  'Take  this  boy 
up  stairs  and  lock  him  in  his  own 
room,'  said  she,  and  turned  from  me. 
Looking  back,  as  she  was  entering  her 
room,  she  gave  me  such  a  look.  It 
will  forever  follow  me .  It  was  a  look 
of  agony  mingled  with  the  intensest 
love.  It  was  the  last  unutterable  pang 
from  a  heart  that  was  broken. 

"In  a  moment  I  found  myself  a  pris- 
oner in  my  own  room.  I  thought  for 
a  moment  I  would  fling  myself  from 
the  window  and  dash  my  brains  out; 
but  I  felt  afraid  to  die.  I  was  not  pen- 
itent. At  times  my  heart  was  subdued, 
but  my  stubborn  pride  rose  in  an  in- 
stant and  bade  me  not  to  yield.  The 
pale  face  of  my  mother  haunted  me. 
I  flung  myself  on  the  bed  and  fell  asleep. 
I  woke  at  midnight,  stiffened  by  ths 
damp  night  air,  terrfied  with  fright- 
ful dreams.  I  would  have  sought  my 
mother  at  that  moment,  for  I  trembled 
with  fear;  but  my  door  was  fast. 
With  the  daylight  my  terrors  were  dis- 
sipated, and  I  became  bold  in  resistisg 
allgood  impulses.  The  servant  brought 
my  meals;  but  I  did  not  taste  them. 
I  thought  the  day  would  never  end. 
Just  at  twilight  I  heard  a  light  footstep 
approach  the  door.  It  was  my  sister, 
who  called  me  by  name. 

"  'What  may  I  tell  mother  from  you  ?' 
she  asked. 

*'  'Nothing,'  I  replied. 

"  'Oh  1  Alfred,  for  my  sake,  for  all 
our  sakes,  say  that  you  are  sorry.  She 
lon^s  to  forgive  you.' 

' '  'I  won't  be  driven  to  school 
against  my  will,'  said  I. 

'*  'But,  you  will  go  if  she  wishes  it, 
dear  Alfred,'  said  my  sister,  pleadingly. 

'"No,  I  won't,  said  I,  'and  you 
needn't  say  a  word  more  about  it.' 

" '  Oh  !  brother,  you  will  kill  her  ! 
you  will  kill  her  I  And  then  you  can 
never  have  a  happy  moment. 

"I  made  no  reply  to  this.  My  feel- 
ings were  touched,  but  I  still  resisted 
their  influence.  My  sister  called  me  ; 
but  I  would  not  answer.  I  heard  her 
footsteps  slowly  retreating,  and  again 
I  flung  myself  on  the  bed,  to  pass 
another  wretched  and  fearful  night. 
Oh  God!  how  wretched,  how  fearful 
I  did  not  know. 

"Another  footstep,  slower  and  feeb- 


ler than  my  sister's,  disturbed  me.  A 
voice  called  me  by  name.  It  was  my 
mother'c-. 

"  'Alfred,  my  son,  shall  I  come  in  ? 
Are  you  sorry  for  what  you  have 
done  ?  she  asked, 

"I  cannot  tell  what  influence  operat- 
at  that  moment  made  me  speak  adverse 
to  my  feelings.  The  gentle  voice  of 
my  mother,  that  thrilled  through  me, 
melted  the  ics  from  my  obdurate  heart, 
and  I  longed  to  throw  myself  on  her 
neck  ;  but  I  did  not.  No,  my  boy,  I 
did  not.  But  my  words  gave  the  lie 
to  my  heart  when  I  said  I  was  not 
sorry.  I  heard  her  withdraw.  I  heard 
her  groan.  I  longed  to  call  ber  back  ; 
but  I  did  not. 

''I  was  awakened  from  an  uneasy 
slumber  by  hearing  my  name  called 
loudly,  and  my  sister  stood  by  my  bed- 
side. 

"  'Get  up,  Alfred.  Oh  !  don't  wait 
a  moment!  Get  up  ;  come  with  me. 
Mother  is  dying !' 

"I  thought  I  was  dreaming;  but  I 
got  up,  melancholy,  and  followed  my 
sister.  On  the  bed,  pale  and  co'd  as 
marble ,  lay  my  mother.  •  She  had  not 
undressed.  She  had  thrown  herself 
on  the  bed  to  rest.  Arising,  to  go 
again  to  me,  she  was  seized  with  a  pal- 
pitation of  the  heart  and  borne  sense- 
less to  her  room. 

"I  cannot  tell  you  my  agony  as  I 
looked  upon  her.  My  remorse  was 
tenfold  more  bitter  from  the  thought 
that  she  would  never  koow  it.  I  be- 
lieved myself  to  be  a  murderer.  I 
fell  on  the  bed  beside  her.  I  could 
not  weep.  My  heart  burned  in  my 
bosom ;  my  brain  was  all  on  fire.  My 
sister  threw  her  arms  around  me  and 
wept  in  silence.  Suddenly  we  saw  a 
slight  motion  of  mother's  hand;  her 
eyes  unclosed.  She  had  recovered  con- 
sciousness, but  not  speech.  She  looked 
at  me  and  moved  her  lips.  I  could  not 
understand  her  words.  'Mother !  Moth- 
er!' I  shrieked,  'say  only  that  you 
forgive  me.'  She  could  not  say  it  with 
her  lips ;  but  her  hands  pressed  mine. 
She  smiled  upon  me,  and,  lifting  her 
thin  white  hands,  clasped  my  own  with- 
in them  and  cast  her  eyes  upward. 
She  moved  her  hps  in  prayer;  and  thus 
she  died.  I  remained  still  kneeling  be- 
side that|dear  form  till  my  gentle  sisier 
removed  me.  She  comforted  me,  for 
she  knew  the  heavy  load  of  sorrow  at 
my  heart — heavier  than  the  grief  for 
the  loss  of  a  mother,  for  it  was  a  load  of 
sorrow  for  sin.  The  joy  of  youth  had 
left  me  forever. 

"My  son,  the  suffering  such  mem- 
ories wake  must  continue  as  long  as 
life.  God  is  merciful ;  but  remorse  for 
past  misdeeds  is  a  canker-worm  in  the 
heart  that  preys  upon  it  forever.  " 

My  father  ceased  speaking  and  bur- 
ied his  face  in  his  hands.  He  saw  and 
felt  the  bearing  his  narrative  had  upon 
my  character  and  conduct.  I  have 
never  forgotton  it.  Boys  who  spurn  a 
mother's  control,  who  are  ashamed  to 
own  that  they  are  wrong',  who  think 
it  manly  to  resist  her  authority  and 
unmanly  to  yield  to  her  influence,  be- 
ware !  Lay  not  up  for  yourselves  bit- 
ter memories  for  your  future  years. 
— Selected. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


[ili^km  fiMll^m^, 


— Over  two  thousand  co'iversioas  are  reported  ia 
the  Methjdiat  churches  of  Long  Islaad  durina;  the  past 
year. 

— The  First  African  Church  of  Richmond,  Va.,  at 
a  late  business  meeting,  excluded  seventeen  members 
for  dancing. 

— Yale  Theological  Seminary  graduated  twenty- 
four  ministers  this  year,  and  Union  thirty-four,  one  of 
them  a  colored  m'^n. 

— The  Philadelphia  Central  Presbytery  report  the 
reception  of  694  members  on  profession  during  the 
last  year.     The  total  membership  is  9,417. 

— Fifty-three  New  England  Gon^regrattonal  church- 
es report  the  reception  of  964  members  of  the  May 
communion;   753  of  them  by  profession, 

— The  Presbyterian  church  ia  the  Canadian  Do- 
minion numbers  19  Presbyteries,  633  reo;ular  charges, 
and  51,397  communicants.  The  total  of  contribu- 
tions during  the  year  for  congregational  and  benevo 
lent  purposes  was  $550,901,  an  average  of  $10.97  to 
each  member. 

— Jacob  Wainwright,  the  black  boy  who  accom- 
panied Dr.  Hvingsfcoae'dremiias  to  England,  will,  after 
further  training,  return  to  his  native  country,  to  be 
employed  as  a  teacher  in  the  Church  Missionary  So- 
ciety's East  African  Mission, 

— The  First  Congregational  Church  of  Peru,  111., 
have  voted  to  discontinue  the  use  of  fermented  wines 
at  the  communion  table,  as  inconsistent  with  the  spirit 
of  Christ's  teachings  in  their  application  to  the  needs 
and  exigences  of  the  present  day ;  and  that  when  it  is 
impracticable  to  obtain  unfermented  wine,  the  deacons 
be  instructed  to  furnish  cold  water  instead. 

— Deacon  E.  S.  Albro  of  the  Second  Baptist  Church 
of  Chicago,  has  one  of  the  largest  adult  Bible  classei- 
in  the  city.  Its  eighth  anniversary  was  lately  cele- 
brated. The  average  attendance  of  the  class  during 
the  year  has  been  132,  and  it  has  contributed$422.46 
to  meet  current  expenses,  and  to  aid  young  men 
studying  for  the  ministry. 

— The  Congregational  Union  which  lately  held  its 
twenty-first  anniversary  in  New  York  is  engaged  in 
aiding  feeble  churches  to  build  their  housesof  worship. 
The  contributions  thus  made  last  year  amounted  to 
$67,044.19.  During  the  year  aid  has  been  given 
forty-six  churches  located  in  the  various  States  and 
Territories  of  the  Union. 

— Since  May,  1870,  a  young  man  engaged  in  col- 
porteur work  in  London,  has  sold  upwards  of  750,000 
good  publications,  besides  obtaining  subscribers  for 
400  magazines.  His  total  sales  have  realized  upwards 
of  $2,500.  In  several  streets  he  entirely  supplanted 
the  impious  and  defiling  serials,  by  introducing  sound, 
healthy  periodicals,  and  on  a  Saturday  night,  with  hi? 
book-stall  in  the  street,  he  has  frequently  sold  hun- 
dreds of  temperance  and  rehgious  books. 

— If  the  following,  which  is  reported  in  the  papers, 
took  place  there  must  have  been  such  a  mingling  of 
sacred  and  unhallowed  associations  as  to  shock  every 
pious  heart  in  Plymouth  Church:  "Mr.  Beecher  re- 
ceived into  his  church,  Apri  26,  more  than  a  hundred 
new  members.  The  occasion  was  celebrated  by  a 
multitude  of  floral  decorations  and  a  crown  emblazoned 
•'Victory."  After  the  service  Mr.  Beecher  distributed 
the  roses  among  the  members." 

— A  religious  census  has  been  completed  by  the 
Non-Conformists  of  England,  with  the  following  re- 
sults: "For  the  whole  of  the  125  towns  the  Eistab- 
liehed  Church,  provides  1,745  places  of  worship,  with 
1,204,877  sittings,  or  40  per  cent,  of  the  whole. 
The  non-  established  churches  supply  3,845  places  of 
worship  and  1,805,911  sittings  or  60  per  cent,  of  the 
whole.  Ia  other  words,  the  Church  of  England  pro- 
vides two-fifths  and  the  Free  Church  three-fifths  ol 
the  religious  accommodation  in  these  125  towns." 

— The  Presbyterian  General  Assembly  now  meet- 
ting  in  St.  Louis  represents  some  3,000,000  people 
in  this  country,  and  4,800  congregations.  The  latter 
appear  in  the  Assembly  by  about  600  ministers  and 
elders,  equally  appointed,  the  representatives  being 
sent  according  to  a  permanent  rating  from  each  of  the 
172  preebyteries,  which  bear  to  the  35  synods  a  rela- 
tion similar  to  that  of  counties  to  States  in  t'le  Union. 
The  latest  reported  membership  of  the  denomination 
(May,  1873)wa8  472,023,  and  a  Sunday-school  at- 
tendance of  482,762  children.  The  sum  of  $9,622,- 
030  was  raised  in  1872-73,  of  which  $1,543,712  were 
benevolent  funds. 

— The  London  correspondent  of  the  Liverpool  Post, 
writing  on  the  27th  of  April,  says:  "The  so-called 
religious  revival  in  Scotland  has  been  quite  a  Godsend 
to  some  of  the  firms  engaged  in  the  publication  of  Bi- 
bles.    The  orders  received  from  Scotland  since  Jan- 


uary last  are  suflacient  to  give  a  copy  of  the  Scriptures 
to  one  ia  every  five  of  the  population.  There  has 
been  no  such  sale  of  the  holy  book  since  1859  or  1860, 
when  it  seems  that  in  Scothmd  and  the  North  of  Eng- 
land, men  and  women  searched  the  Scriptures  with 
an  assiduity  which  had  been  unknown  for  some  time 
before,  and  which  till  now  has  been  unknown  since. 
Indeed,  for  five  years  the  trade  in  Bibles  had  been  so 
badjthat  one  firm  in  Paternoster  row  gave  it  up  and 
begin  publishing  educational  and  other  more  popular 
works.  If  the  itmerant  Americans  now  preaching  in 
Glasgow  produce  as  much  effect  in  Manchester  and 
the  English  towns  as  they  are  reputed  to  have  done 
in  the  Scotch  ones,  selling  Bibles  imj  again  become  a 
lucrative  business." 

— A  naval   correspondent  of  the   London    Times, 
writing  from  the  West  African  mission,   says: 

There  is  no  doubt  that  through  missionary  influence 
many  of  the  barbarous  customs  have  nearly  ceased, 
such  as  the  burial  of  a  certain  number  of  a  great  man't 
wives  and  slaves  with  his  dead  lody,  to  serve  him  in 
the  next  world,  and  the  sacrifice  of  maidens  at  the  en- 
trance of  rivers  to  propitiate  the  god  of  the  sea,  lest  he 
should  slit  them  up  and  put  a  stop  to  navigation 
Some,  too,  of  the  mission  stations  are  an  excellent  ex- 
ample to  the  natives  of  neatness  and  order.  The  sta- 
tions at  old  Calabar  and  Gaboon  are  beautiful  with 
flowers  and  gardens  full  of  useful  and  ornamental  treep, 
shrubs,  and  vegetables.  These  the  natives  are  taught 
to  cultivate,  and  they  are  learning  to  appreciate  their 
value.  At  Gaboon  the  Mpongwe  language  has  been 
reduced  to  writing,  and  is  taught  grammatically  in  the 
schools  of  the  American  Mission,  and  the  French  Ro- 
man Catholic  missionaries  have  also  translated  som'^ 
of  the  Gospela  into  it. 


^m  4  ^^^  v^% 


TUe  City. 

— Rochefort,  the  banished  and  escaped  French 
communist,  passed  through  Chicago  on  his  way  to 
Europe  last  week, 

— Prof.  Swing  has  sent  a  letter  to  the  Chicago 
Presbytery  asking  for  a  letter  of  dismissal  from  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Next  week  he  proposes  to  go 
to  Colorado  with  H.  W.  Beecher  and  others  for  recre- 
ation. 

The  Cai)itoI. 

— A  bill  has  been  introduced  into  the  House  to  pre- 
vent hazings  at  the  Naval  Academy, 

— The  District  Investigation  is  becoming  intensely 
interesting.  Cluss,  Chief  Engineer  and  member  of 
the  Board  of  Public  Works,  gave  in  a  most  damaging 
testimony,  plainly  imphcatiog  Gov.  Shepherd  in  the 
frauds  charged.  The  District  King  could  not  endure 
such  testimony,  and  persuaded  Pres.  Grant  to  remove 
Cluss  and  appoint  Hoxie,  a  young  man  and  tool  of  the 
ring. 

— Commander  Belknap,  of  the  United  States  Navy, 
has  submitted  to  the  Department  in  Washington  an 
interesting  report  of  deep-sea  soundings  in  the  Pacific 
Ocean  made  by  him  for  the  purpose  of  ascertaining 
the  most  favorable  route  for  an  ocean-telegraph  be- 
tween Japan  and  San  Francisco.  The  greatest  depth 
reached  was  3.287  fathoms.  It  is  the  opinion  of  sci- 
entific men  concerned  in  the  survey  that  a  continuous 
ran£e  of  submarine  mountains  extends  from  Japan  to 
the  Sandwich  Islands.  Six  peaks,  ranging  from 
7,000  to  12,600  feet  in  height,  were  measured. 


The  Country. 

— Pres.  Thompson,  President  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Railroad  Company,  died  last  Thursday. 

— One  hundred  students  were  expelled  from  Bow- 
doin  College,  Mc .,  last  week,  for  refusing  to  take  part 
in  the  military  drill. 

— Independence,  Iowa,  was  visited  by  a  fearful  con- 
flagration last  week,  destroying  almost  the  entire  bus- 
iness portion  of  the  town,  and  causing  a  loss  of  $587,- 
000. 

— The  Springfield  Republican's  final  summing  up 
of  the  number  of  lives  lost  by  the  Mill  River  disaster 
makes  the  total  140.  The  bodies  of  all  but  five  have 
been  recovered  and  identified. 

— The  machine  shops  of  the  St.  Louis  and  South- 
eastern railroad  at  Mt.  Vernon,  111.,  took  fire  oh  the 
27th,  and  the  entire  building  and  machinery  are  a 
total  wreck.  The  loss  ia  in  the  neighborhood  of 
$100,000. 

— St.  Paul,  May  27. — A  dispatch  from  Gen.  Stan- 
ley, dated  Fort  Sully,  May  22,  received  at  Fort  Lin- 
coln to-day,  says  400  Sioux  left  there  to-day,  to  be 
joined  by  more  at  the  Grand  River  Agency  and  Chey 
enne ,  They  will  try  to  intercept  Custer's  expedition 
when  it  starts.     A  hot  time  is  expected. 


— The  dry  weather  in  large  sections  of  the  West 
cause  apprehensions  for  the  crops.  But  short  and 
severe  storms  are  reported  in  several  localities.  A 
severe  tornado  passed  over  a  part  of  Iowa  and  Wis- 
consin on  Sunday  night,  May  24th.  At  Ripen,  Wis., 
the  Congregational  church  was  demolished  and  much 
damage  done  to  other  buildings  and  fruit  tree?.  At 
Oshkosh,  Winneconne  and  at  Davenport,  Iowa,  con- 
siderable damage  was  done.  The  storm  lasted  fifteen 
minutes.  In  Philadelphia  the  most  severe  rain-storm, 
accompanied  by  thunder  and  lightning  witnessed  for 
years,  occurred  May  25.  The  various  mills  and  estab- 
lishments in  the  city  were  flooded  to  a  depth  of  two  to 
three  feet,  and  the  streets  littered  with  their  contents. 
Business  was  entirely  at  a  stand-still.  It  is  thought 
the  loss  will  be  $500,000. 

— The  temperance  women  who  hare  met  with  such 
disgraceful  treatment  in  Pittsburgh  are  not  likely  to 
be  beaten  in  the  suit  brought  against  them.  Their 
arrest  was  probably  more"  from  hate  than  for  any 
other  reason,  the  real  troubles  of  the  peace  and  of 
business  men  being  the  crowd  of  roughs  and  saloou- 
ists  who  surrounded  the  party  of  ladies  and  filling  the 
streets.  ^  Pittsburgh  paper  says  of  the  case:  ''To 
treat  such  women  as  common  felons  has  been  made 
the  burning  disgrace  of  our  city.  It  was  not  enough 
to  arrest  them  and  lead  them  amid  a  ribald  crowd  to 
the  Mayor's  office,  but  when  there,  without  other 
reason  than  to  gratify  a  petty  malignity,  they  must  be 
thrust  into  the  felons'  ceils  until  the  acting  Mayor 
found  it  convenient  to  give  them  a  hearing.  They 
made  no  resistance  to  the  arrest,  had  no  desire  to 
avoid  a  hearing  before  the  Mayor,  but,  on  the  contra- 
ry, were  more  anxious  for  it  than  he  was;  so  that 
putting  them  inside  of  iron  bars  was  simply  a  base 
act  of  official  indecency.  Although  doubtless  so  in- 
tended, it  put  no  disgrace  on  them;  and,  unless  we 
are  much  mistaken,  it  will  stir  the  hearts  of  all  right- 
minded  citizens  to  an  indignation  that  will  yet  make 
itself  felt  in  City  Hall.  The  end  is  not  yet.  The 
Acting  Mayor  pronounced  the  prisoners  guilty  and 
exacted  his  fines ;  but  the  case  has  gone  before  the 
Court  of  Common  Pleas  of  the  county,  where  the  in- 
fluences that  rule  the  Mayor's  office  have  no  potency, 
and  where,  we  trust,  the  disgrace  upon  our  communi- 
ty will  be  wiped  out." 


Foreign. 

— Late  reports  from  the  famine-stricken  regions  of 
India  are  very  unfavorable.  It  is  said  that  3,000,000 
persons  are  now  dependent  upon  the  Government  for 
subsistence,  and  the  distress  is  daily  increasing.  Eng- 
lish papers  by  the  last  steamer  intimate  that  the  stress 
of  the  famine  will  be  most  severely  felt  between  the 
middle  of  May  and  the  1st  of  July,  unless  heavy  rains 
should  fall  in  the  meantime. 


CONTEMPORAKY  JVOTJKS. 

To  Christians  who  have  come  under  the  power 
of  the  Gospel,  it  is  inexpressibly  prekious.  They  have 
felt  its  support  in  weakness,  its  refreshment  in  days  of 
depression,  its  light  in  the  darkness — its  power  for 
good  in  their  necessities.  Many  a  doctrine  of  the 
Gospel  is  particularly  embodied  in  the  Christian  soul, 
not  only  because  of  its  general  efficacy  in  blessedness, 
but  because  it  has  aflbrded  special  help  in  some  time 
of  need.  They  who  feel  how  delightfully  the  statutes 
of  the  Lord  have  been  their  songs  in  the  house  of 
their  pilgrimage,  holds  them  doubly  dear  to  their 
hearts,  and  feel  wounded  when  they  are  assailed  by 
those  who  do  not  accept  them..  A  certain  cosmopoli- 
tan minister,  who  lives  on  his  reputation  for  charity, 
is  conspicuous  for  the  contemptuous  way  in  which  he 
refers  to  doctrines  that  are  dear  to  evangelical  house- 
holds. The  charity  that  fights  Christians  by  assault- 
ing what  they  consider  the  foundation  of  their  hopes, 
is  not  the  kind  that  is  taught  us  in  the  Bible.  —  United 
Ereshyterian. 

It  is  a  doubtful  question  whether  or  not  the  Pat- 
rons will  be  able  to  successfully  carry  out  their  vari- 
ous schemes  of  co-operation.  These  all  require  capi- 
tal, business  capacity,  mechanical  skill,  and  often  in- 
ventive genius.  A  large  agricultural  implement  fac- 
tory must  have  a  businees  manager,  a  competijnt  fore- 
man, and  a  good  accountant.  Of  course,  these  must 
be  sufficiently  remunerated,  and  it  is  contrary  to  all 
past  experience  that  these  men  will  fake  the  same  in- 
terest, as  the  servants  of  such  an  organization  as  the 
Patrons,  as  they  would  were  they  directly  interested 
in  the  profits  of  the  concern. — Correspondence  Chi- 
cago Tribune, 


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[continued  on  thikteenth  page.] 
West  Virginia. 

West  Virginia  University,  Morgantown,  (State), — 1st, 
None.  "After  graduating  they  tend  to  depend  for  position 
and  success  in  life  not  so  much  on  worth  and  ability  as  on 
the  mutual  admiration  and  up-bolstering  of  tlieir  secret  society 
chums.  Many  of  our  institutions  of  learning  have  been  ru 
ined  or  are  still  cursed  by  cripples  hoisted  in  by  these  means. 
They  are  positively  forbidden  in  West  Virginia  University, 
and  each  must  stand  on  his  own  merit.  Alex.  Martin." 
Wisconsin. 

Beloit  College;  Congregational, — 1st,  None.  "■It  has 
been  the  uniform  policy  of  Beloit  College  to  exclude  secret 
societies.  A.  L.  Ch.4pin." 

Galesville  University;  Methodist  Episcopal, — 1st,  None. 
"  Hope  you  will  deal  solid  blows  upon  all  these  little  secret 
social  organizations  connected  with  our  colleges. " 

Milton  College;  Seventh-day  Baptist, — ''None,  and  never 
had  any." 

Ripon  College;  Congregational, — "No  secret  societies  are 
allowed  in  Ripon  College." 

A  more  extended  reply  was  received  from  Professor  Thach- 
er,  of  Yale  College,  through  ex-Senator  Gillette,  of  Connec- 
ticut.    The  following  is  a  copy: 

Neay  Haven,  Conn.,  March  7,  18'74. 
Hon.  Francis  Gillette,  Dear  Sir  : 

In  reply  to  your  favor  of  the  fourth  inst.  I  send  you  one  of 
the  students'  annual  publications,  which  will  answer  better 
than  I  could  do,  three  of  the  five  printed  questions  of  the  cir- 
cular which  you  enclose. 

I  cannot  answer  the  fourth  question  definitely,  but  I  have 
no  hesitation  in  saying  that  the  expenses  of  the  secret  socie- 
ties in  Yale  College  are,  on  the  whole,  far  greater  than  the 
resultant  good  would  justify.  In  answer  to  the  JiftJ^  ques- 
tion I  would  say,  in  the  first  place,  that  the  secrecy  of  at 
least  three-fourths  of  the  so-called  secret  societies  here  has, 
.in  a  great  measure,  passed  away.  This  is  owing,  in  part,  to 
the  fact  that,  as  the  students  pass  on  from  the  secret  societies 
of  their  Freshman  year  to  the  new  ones  of  their  Sophomore 
year,  and  so  on  through  the  successive  years  of  their  college 
life,  they  enter  into  new  combinations  and  hold  more  loosely 
to  the  obligations  of  their  earlier  years.  In  part  it  is  due  to 
the  difficulty  of  keeping  secrets,  especially  when  those  secrets 
are  of  no  intrinsic  importance.  In  this  connection  it  should 
be  remembered  as  a  circumstance  of  great  importance  that 
all  secret  societies  in  college  are  year  by  year,  accumulating 
a  constituency  of  educated  men  who,  passing  into  the  various 
walks  of  professional  life,  serve  as  a  substitute  to  these  socie- 
ties for  that  public  opinion,  which  controls  men  in  general. 
Thus  all  the  secret  doings  of  those  societies,  if  there  are  any, 
are  subject  to  the  approbation  or  disapprobation  of  a  body  of 
men  whose  average  judgment  of  wrong  or  impropriety 
would  be  more  severe  than  that  of  society  at  large.  Thus 
the  Brothers'  and  Linonian  Societies,  each  of  which  flour- 
ished more  than  a  hundred  years  here,  and  which,  for  a 
very  long  period,  were  more  secret  than  three-quarters  of  the 
secret  societies  are  which  exist  here  now,  came  to  have  such 
a  body  of  old  members  that  no  one  believed  ill  of  them,  and 
their  decease  is  most  earnestly  lamented. 

I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  the  whole  system  of 
organized  petty  associations  which  are  handed  down  from 
class  to  class  in  this  college  are  an  evil,  and  it  would  be  a 
good  thing  if  they  could  all  perish  in  a  night,  although,  in 
such  a  revolution,  a  few  good  things  would  be  lost.  As  they 
are,  they  cause  a  great  waste  of  money  and  of  time ;  stimu- 
late petty  intrigue;  lead  younger  students  to  adapt  their 
manners  and,  to  some  extent,  their  hfe  to  the  approbation  of 
those  in  higher  classes,  whom  they  look  upon  as  likely  to  be 
influential  in  their  behalf,  instead  of  being  governed  by  ele- 
vated principles  and  a  high  sense  of  honor;  lead  men  into 
intimate  relations,  to  the  damage  of  a  part  of  them,  who 
would  not  otherwise  have  become  particularly  acquainted; 
give  opportunity  for  sUghts  in  the  bestowment  of  students' 
honors,  which  embitter  the  remainder  of  college  life  and,  in 
some  cases,  of  after  years;  and  last,  but  not  least,  expose  a 
few  in  every  class  to  a  great  moral  danger  from  the  care  of 
considerable  sums  of  money,  for  which,  from  the  nature  of 
student  hfe,  they  are  not  generally  held  as  responsible  as 
they  should  be.  On  the  whole  these  evils  are,  in  my  opin- 
ion, more  than  enough  to  overbalance  all  the  good  which 
these  societies  do. 

On  the  other  hand,  I  do  not  think  that,  in  this  college, 
whatever  may  be  true  elsewhere,  they  foster  or  encourage 
vice;  but  I  am  confident  that,  on  the  whole,  their  tendency 
is  in  the  other  direction. 

I  have  said  above  that  T  should  be  glad  if  the  whole  sys- 
tem of  petty  perpetuata  societies  in  this  college  should  peiish. 
But  I  feel  bound  to  add  that  it  is  not  their  secrecy  which 
makes  them  an  evil.  Almost  all  the  evil  which  they  cause 
here,  except  the  waste  of  time  and  money,  would  cease  if 
every  one  of  them  should  become  really  secret,  if  their  places 


and  times  of  meeting,  the  names  of  their  members  and  even 
the  names  of  the  societies  and  their  very  existence  were  ab- 
solutely unknown  except  to  the  members.  It  is  what  is 
known  about  these  societies,  not  their  secrets  nor  their  secret 
doings,  which  works  evil  among  us. 

With  regard  to  the  influence  of  these  societies  on  the  in- 
tellectual standing  of  those  who  compose  them,  I  may  say 
that  about  half  of  them  promote  intellectual  activity,  and 
would  be  a  blessing  to  the  college  if  they  could  be  ynade  tru- 
ly secret  and  the  rest  could  be  destroyed  without  destroying 
them.  But  the  other  half  are  inert,  existing  mainly,  so  far 
as  any  results  appeal-,  for  lounging,  gossip  and  college  politics, 
with  scarcely  enough  of  intellectual  occupation  to  serve  as  a 
feeble  apology  for  their  existence. 

You  append  a  sixth  question  in  pencil  respecting  the  cost 
of  the  society  buildings  and  the  source  of  the  money  spent 
in  erecting  them.  I  know  scarcely  anything  on  this  subject 
except  from  common  fame.  There  is,  however,  hardly  a 
doubt  but  that  the  buildings  have,  in  every  instance,  been 
erected  by  the  contributions  of  graduates  of  the  college  who 
were  members  of  the  societies  while  they  were  here.  There 
are  four  such  buildings.  One  of  them  is  said  to  have  cost 
more  than  $40,000. 

I  do  not  know  whether  what  I  have  written  will  add  any 
thing  to  the  knowledge  already  possessed  by  the  gentlemen 
in  whose  behalf  you  have  written  to  me.  As  to  my  opinions 
respecting  our  secret  societies,  I  have  long  held  them  and  I 
make  no  secret  of  them. 

I  am,  my  dear  sir,  very  truly  yours, 

Thomas  A.  Thacher. 

Other  important  testimony  is  found  in  the  replies  to  a  cir- 
cular letter  sent  to  college  presidents,  and  other  gentlemen  of 
reputed  experience  and  intelligence,  by  a  committee  of  the 
National  Christian  Association.  The  letter  sohcited  opinions 
on  secret  societies,  especially  Freemasonry.  This  accounts 
for  the  allusion  to  that  order  in  the  extracts  below,  which 
were  taken  from  the  columns  of  TIte  Christian  Cynosure, 
where  the  letters  were  originally  published. 
Oherlin  College,  Ohio. 

We  have  views  on  the  subject,  but  no  secret  societies  and 
no  experience.  The  early  founders  of  the  school  were  de- 
cidedly opposed  to  secret  societies,  and  the  principle  was 
adopted  at  the  beginning  of  excluding  them.  Consequently 
no  secret  society  has  ever  been  established  among  us.  The 
views  of  our  faculty  on  this  question  are  just  as  decided  as 
ever.     There  is  but  one  opinion  among  us. 

In  behalf  of  the  faculty,  Joh;^  Mougan, 

.Jambs  Dascomb, 
Jas.  H.  Fairchild. 
Otterbein  University,  Oliio. 

As  to  other  secret  orders,  Avhile  we  do  not  believe  that 
they  are  all  open  to  the  same,  or  as  grave  objections  as  Free- 
masonry, we  yet  consider  them  all,  from  the  very  fact  of 
their  secrecy,  peculiarly  susceptible  of  abuse  to  evil  ends,  and 
therefore  objectionable ;  and  as  the  good  thev  profess  to  seek 
may  be  secured  by  open  methods,  not  so  susceptible  of  abuse, 
it  is  our  conviction  that  he  who  would  best  subserve  the  in- 
terests of  society,  the  interests  of  the  state,  and  the  interests 
of  the  church,  should  stand  aloof  from  them  all. 

H.  A.  Thompson,  Pres. ,  and  other  members  of  the  Faculty. 
Washington  University,  Washington  Territory. 

I  have  long  regarded  the  secret  conclaves  as  unnecessarv 
to  any  good  cause,  and  dangerous  from  their  irresponsibilitv. 
Especially  do  I  think  that  Freemasonry,  from  its  nature, 
record  and  prevalence,  is  an  enemy  to  the  political  puritv  and 
social  morality  of  our  country.  E.  K.  Hill,  Brest . 

Wheaton  College,  Illinois. 

I  need  scarcely  add  that  the  Faculty  of  Wheaton  College 
are  a  unit  in  favor  of  the  rule  adopted  by  the  trustees  pro- 
hibiting membership  in  secret  societies,  either  in  the  college 
or  outside.  We  object  to  the  secret  orders,  not  merely  as 
societies  which  are  secret,  but  to  the  secret,  rehgious  ceremonies 
which  they  all  practice,  more  or  less,  from  the  largest  to  the 
least.  Such  rites,  practiced  by  members  of  a  body  taken 
promiscuously  from  the  community,  professors  of  religion, 
and  men  making  no  profession,  is  nothing  less  than  a  moral 
and  religious  system  in  Avhich  personal  piety  is  not  required, 
nor  general  justice,  but  only  fealty  to  a  clan.  We  regard 
the  whole  system,  therefore,  as  opposed  to  true  religion  and 
just  government,  and  of  course  hostile  to  God  and  man. 

J.  Blanchard,  Fresident, 
Maryville  College^  Tennessee. 

I  believe  that  secret  societies,  generally  speaking,  are 
fraught  with  mischief  and  should  be  discouraged,  especially 
in  our  institutions  of  learning.  We  do  not  allow  any  such 
organizations  in  this  college.  Opposed  to  them  as  I  was 
when  a  student,  I  will  not  countenance  them  while  presiding 
over  students.  P.  M.  Bartlett,  Fresident, 

Lebanon  Valley  College,  Pennsylcania. 

My  conviction  is  firm  that  the  influence  of  Freemasonry  is 
baneful  in  vjhole  and  in  part;  that,  religiously,  it  is  a  sum- 
bling-block;  and  that,  socially  and  politically,  the  benefaction 
it  ofl'ers  to  one  is  a  robbery  of  others.  No  secret  society  or 
so-called  fraternity  is  permitted  within  this  institution. 

L.  H.  Hammond,  President, 


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CHAPTER  IV.— CCONTINUED  ) 

Daily  Herald,  Cleveland,  Ohio, 
"When  sorrows  come,  they  come  not  single  spies,  but  in 
battalions."  There  are  epidemics  of  accidents, and  epidem- 
ics of  crime,  and  epidemics  of  religion.  There  lias  been  an 
illustration  of  these  truths  in  recent  developments  in  our 
colleges  and  universities  in  the  matter  of  casualities  attend- 
ant upon  the  annual  eruption  of  nonsense  that  follows  the 
entrance  of  a  fresh  class  to  the  education  course. 
But  the  "boys"  learn  these  things  from  their  elders.  If 
the  "secrets"  of  Masonry,  Odd-fellowship,  Knights  of 
Pythias,  Sons  of  Malta,  and  the  entire  crop  of  secret  societies 
could  have  sunlight  let  in  upon  them,  we  fancy  the  members 
thereof  would  but  be  pronounced  foolish  boys  of  larger 
growth. 

JETarper's  WeeMy,  New  York. 

The  sad  death  of  young  Leggett  may  induce  collegians  to 
consider  whether  there  is  any  real  humor  or  pleasure  in  the 
coarse  practical  jokes  of  initiation,  or  any  value  in  the  secre- 
cy of  the  society.  But  this  is  a  question  for  all  students  in 
every  university,  not  for  Cornell  alone.  And  it  is  quite  time 
for  sensible  and  honorable  young  men  in  every  college  to  ask 
this  question  very  seriously . 

Ithaca  Journal,  N.  T. 

Now,  one  word  to  the  students.  Is  not  this  a  fitting  occa- 
sion to  do  away  with  all  these  secret  society  orgies 'i  Are 
not  these  rude  and  unfeeling  ceremonies  as  ridiculous  and 
useless, -and  almost  as  barbarous  as  the  cruel  rites  of  the 
Hindoos  ?  Consider  these  things,  we  beg  of  you,  now  while 
the  terrible  lesson  of  the  untimely  death  of  one  of  your 
brightest  members  gives  mournful  and  fearful  emphasis  to 
our  feeble  admonitions. 

TJie  Watchman  and  Beflector,  Boston. 

Some  few  weeks  since  we  pubhshed  an  article  upon  the 
subject  of  secret  societies.  A  new  illustration  of  their  great 
evils  has  just  been  given  us.  .  •  •  The  dead  boy  and 
his  bleeding,  senseless  companions,  w^ith  the  breaking  of  the 
morning,  were  borne  back  to  town  in  sad  procession.  The 
parents  were  gathered  to  the  place  by  telegraph.  A  coro- 
ner's jury  began  its  investigation.  The  faculty  of  the  col- 
lege and  the  broken-hearted  friends  attended  to  listen  to  the 
awful  story.  But  the  members  of  this  society  were  bound 
to  secrecy.  Here  is  one  of  the  great  evils  to  be  found  in 
these  secret  conclaves.  It  estabhshes  a  code  of  honor,  to 
which  its  members  sacrifice  all  true  honor.  For  the  sake  of 
the  society,  to  shield  it  or  its  membership  from  any(:hing  in- 
jurious, the  oath-taker  hesitates  at  nothing  unmanly  or  un- 
truthful. Other  claims  are  held  in  subserviency  to  the  one 
supreme  claim  which  the  society  has  upon  the  members. 

We  have  before  spoken  of  the  low  prejudices  and  antipa- 
thies which  this  secret  fellowship  engenders  toward  those 
who  are  outside,  and  of  the  unworthy  and  vicious  friendships 
which  it  creates  among  those  who  are  within.  Prof.  Wilder 
adds  another  jterrible^  count  to  the  indictment  which  we 
bring  against  the  societies.  He  shows  that  their  direct  effect 
is  to  take  from  their  members  personal  freedom  and  that  lib- 
erty of  judgment  and  action  which  is  necessary  to  the  best 
growth  of  the  individual  and  the  happiness  of  society. 
Christian  Statesman,  Philadeljihia. 

A  secret  society  man  has  attempted  a  brief  reply  to  Prof. 
Wilder's  exhaustive  indictment  of  secret  societies  in  general, 
and  college  secret  societies  in  particular.  His  only  points  are 
that  the  evil  charged  on  these  associations  is  inherent  in  man; 
that  there  are  a  hundred  worse  ways  in  which  young  men 
might  pass  their  time;  that  a  certain  amount  of  extra  blood 
and  the  recklessness  of  youth  finds  harmless  outlet  here; 
that  the  dissipation  which  some  of  them  conceal  might  take 
another  form,  and  perhaps  Avorse;  that  all  societies  are  not 
addicted  to  ridiculous  or  barbarous  ceremonies  of  initiation; 
that  he  has  heard  many  an  old  man  say  that  all  he  was  in 
hfe,  he  owed  to  the  influence  of  his  society  upon  him;  and 
that  they  are  a  "necessary  foohshness,"  and  if  we  abolish 
them,  we  shall  only  have  some  worse  evil  to  encounter.  All 
which  we  are  very  glad  to  put  beside  Prof.  W^ilder's  masterly 
argument  as  the  best  that  can  be  said  on  the  other  side. 

The  Scientific  American. 

As  one  of  these  college  fraternities  has  thus  been  the  in- 
direct means  of  causing  this  terrible  calamity,  we  desire  just 
here  to  express  our  opinion  on  the  system  of  secret  societies 
as  generally  practiced  in  our  institutions  of  learning.  These 
associations  are  bodies  of  students,  organized  in  principle 
something  after  the  orders  of  Freemasonry  or  Odd-fellow- 
ship. In  many  the  members  are  numbered  by  hundreds, 
and  chapters  of  a  single  society  often  exist  in  a  score  of  col- 
leges at  once.  The  records  are  handed  down  from  class  to 
class;  and^'out  of  eac;h  set  of  Freshmen  a  few  individuals  are 
selected  for  the  privilege  of  membership. 

Whe  the  plan  was  started  (during,  we  believe,  the  year 
1827)  the  idea  was  simply  to  form  clubs  of  young  men  for 
mutual  improvement  in  debate  and  such  kindred  studies  as 
are  better  pursued  by  numbers  than  by  single  persons,  and 
to  keep  alive,  among  alumni,  pleasant  associations  of  college 
life.  Jn  course  of  time  the  former  innocent  and  laudible  ob- 
ject has  been  lost  sight  of,  or  rather  relegated  to  other  asso- 


ciations now  existing  in  many  colleges  and  not  included  in 
the  list  of  secret  societies;  while  the  cardinal  principle  of  the 
younger  chapters  of  the  latter  organizations  seems  to  be  noth- 
ing more  nor  less  than  simple  mischief  rendered  attractive 
by  a  little  mystery  and  concealed  under  the  cloak  of  such 
cognomens  (symbolized  by  Greek  letters)  as  "Union  of  Souls," 
"Circle  of  Stars,"  "Lovers  of  Wisdom,"  etc.  If  the  boy- 
ish nonsense  resulted  in  the  usual  student's  pranks  it  might 
be  passed  over  with  a  smile ;  but  such  is  not  the  case.  The 
influence  exerted  upon  boys  fresh  from  school  ^nd  for  the 
first  time  free  from  direct  home  influence,  we  believe  (from 
repeated  instances  within  our  personal  knowledge,  and  in 
connection  with  one  of  the  oldest  colleges  in  this  country)  to 
be  in  a  high  degree  baneful  and  demoralizing.  Unless  a 
youth  has  Avell  filled  pockets  (in  which  case  rival  societies  vie 
with  each  other  to  see  who  shall  secure  him,  or  rather  his 
money, )  he  is  not  invited  to  membership  at  all.  Once  join- 
ed, however,  and  held  by  working  upon  his  fears  through 
the  blasphemous  oaths  of  secrecy  that  he  is  forced  to  take, 
he  is  inducted,  by  sheer  force  of  example,  through  a  routine 
of  profanity,  intemperance  and  gambling;  while,  in  many 
cases,  if  young  and  innocent,  his  course  leads  to  graver 
faults,  committed  more  through  a  sense  of  shame  and  false 
pride  than  depravity,  and  due  to  the  tacit  if  not  open  insti- 
gation of  his  unscrupulous  elders. 

Hazing,  already  crushed  out  in  the  government  naval  and 
military  schools,  is  exciting  so  large  a  share  of  public  con- 
demnation that  there  is  a  fair  prospect  of  its  stern  repression 
in  colleges  generally.  The  secret  societies,-  we  trust,  may 
meet  hereafter  with  similar  treatment,  at  least  through  the 
influence  of  parents  if  not  at  the  hands  of  faculties. 

Havper's  Magazine. 

This  standard  monthly  contained  an  article  in  the  number 
for  January,  1874,  from  the  editor,  George  W.  Curtis,  ably 
reviewing  the  case;  and  also  remarking  at  some  length  upon 
the  Anti-masonic  and  pohtical  reform  of  1826-32,  which  is 
thus  summed  up: 

The  spring  of  this  triumphant  political  movement  was  hos- 
tility to  a  secret  society.  Many  of  the  most  distinguished 
pohtical  names  of  Western  New  York,  including  Millard 
Fillmore,  Wm.  H.  Seward,  Thurlow  Weed,  Francis  Granger, 
James  Wadsworth,  George  W.  Patterson,  were  associated 
with  it.  And  as  the  larger  portion  of  the  Whig  party  was 
merged  in  the  Republican,  the  dominant  party  of  to-day  has 
a  certain  lineal  descent  from  the  feelings  aroused  by  the  ab- 
duction of  Morgan  from  the  jail  at  Canandaigua.  And  as 
his  disappearance  and  the  odium  consequent  upon  it  stigma- 
tized Masonry,  so  that  it  lay  for  a  long  time  moribund,  and, 
although  revived  in  later  years,  cannot  hope  to  regain  its  old 
importance,  so  the  death  of  young  Leggett  is  likely  to  wound 
fatally  the  system  of  college  secret  societies. 

The  article  then  continues : 

Every  collegian  knows  that  there  is  no  secrecy  whatever 
in  what  is  called  a  secret  society.  Everybody  knows,  not  in 
particular,  but  in  general,  that  its  object  is  really  "  good  fel- 
lowship," with  the  charm  of  mystery  added.  Everybodv 
knows — for  the  details  of  such  societies-  in  all  countries  are 
essentially  the  same — that  there  are  certain  practical  jokes  of 
initiation— to.«sings  in  blankets,  layings  in  coffins,  dippings  in 
in  cold  water,  stringent  catechism,  moral  exhortations,  with 
darkness  and  sudden  light  and  mysterious  voices  from  forms 
invisible,  and  then  mystic  signs  and  clasps  and  mottoes;  'the 
whole  to  conclude"  with  the  best  supper  that  the  treasury 
can  aflbrd.  Literary  brotherhood,  philosophic  fraternity,  in- 
tellectual emulation,  these  are  the  noble  names  by  which 
the  youth  deceive  themselves  and  allure  Freshmen;  but  the 
real  business  of  the  society'  is  to  keep  the  secret,  and  to  get 
all  the  members  possible  from  the  entering  class. 

Each  societ}^  of  course  gets  "  the  best  fellows."  Every 
touter  informs  the  callow  Freslimen  that  all  men  of  character 
and  talent  hasten  to  join  his  society,  and  impresses  the  fresh 
imagination  Avith  the  names  of  the  famous  honoraiy  mem- 
bers. The  Freshman,  if  he  be  acute,  and  he  is  more  so  every 
year,  naturally  vv^onders  how  the  youth,  who  are  undeniably 
commonplace  in  the  daily  intercourse  of  college,  should  be- 
come such  lofty  beings  in  the  hall  of  a  secret  society;  or, 
more  probably,  he  thinks  of  nothing  but  the  sport  or  the 
mysterious  incentive  to  a  studious  and  higher  life  which  the 
society  is  to  furnish.  He  feels  the  passionate  curiosity  of  the 
neophyte.  He  is  smitten  with  the  zeal  of  the  hermelical 
philosophy.  He  would  learn  more  than  Rosicrucian  lore. 
That  is  a  vision  soon  dispelled.  But  the  earnest  curiosity 
changes  into  esprit  da  corps,  and  the  mischief  is  thtit  the 
secrecy  and  the  society  feeling  are  likely  to  take  precedence 
of  the  really  desirable  motives  in  college.  There  is  a  hun- 
dred-fold greater  zeal  to  obtain  members  than  there  is  gener- 
ous rivalry  among  the  societies  to  carry  oft"  the  true  college 
honors.  And  if  the  purpose  be  admirable,  why,  as  Professor 
Wilder  asks,  the  secrecy  'i  What  more  can  the  secret  society 
do  for  the  intellectual  or  social  training  of  the  student  than 
the  open  society?  Has  any  secret  sociely  in  an  American 
college  done,  or  can  it  do,  more  for  the  intelligent  young- 
man  than  the  Union  Debating  Society  at  the  English  Cam- 
bridge University,  or  the  similar  club  at  Oxford ".  There 
Macauley,  ,  Gladstone,  the  Austins,  Charles  Buller,  Tooke, 
Ellis,  and  the  long  illustrious  list  of  noted  and  able  English- 
men were  trained,  and  in  the  only  way  that  manly  minds  can 


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be  trained,  by  open,  free,  generous  rivalry  and  collision. 
The  member  of  a  secret  society  in  college  is  really  confined, 
socially  and  intellectually,  to  its  membership,  for  it  is  found 
that  the  secret  gradually  supplant  the  open  societies.  But 
that  membership  depends  upon  luck,  not  upon  merit,  while 
it  has  the  capital  disadvantage  of  erecting-  false  standards  of 
measurement  so  that  the  Mu  Nu  man  cannot  be  just  to  the 
hero  of  the  Z'da  Eta.  The  secrecy  is  a  spice  that  overbears 
the  food.  The  mystic  paraphernalia  is  a  relic  of  the  baby- 
house,  which  a  generous  youth  ilisdains. 

There  is,  indeed,  an  agreeable  sentiment  in  the  veiled 
friendship  of  the  secret  society  which  every  social  nature 
understands.  But  as  students  are  now  becoming  more  truly 
"men"  as  they  enter  college,  because  of  the  higher  stand- 
ard of  requirement,  it  is  probable  that  the  glory  of  the  secret 
society  is  already  waning,  and  that  the  allegiance  of  the  old- 
er universities  to  the  open  arenas  of  frank  and  manly  intel- 
lectual contests,  involving  no  expense,  no  dissipation,  and  no 
perilous  temptation  is  returning.  At  least  there  will  now  be 
an  urgent  question  among  many  of  the  best  men  in  college 
whether  it  ouglit  not  to  return. 

CHAPTER  V. 

RECENT  TESTIMONIES    FROM  COLLEGE  FACULTIES    AND  STUDENTS. 

While  the  evidence  of  the  pre\aous  chapter  would  gener- 
ally be  thought  conclusive,  the  opinions  contained  in  the 
present  make  it  more  weighty  and  convincing.  Those  pre- 
sented in  the  first  part  of  the  chapter  were  written  during 
the  first  two  months  of  1874,  in  answer  to  a  series  of  ques- 
tions sent  to  nearly  all  the  institutions  of  the  United  States, 
desiring  information  on:  1st,  Number  of  secvet  societies  in 
college;  2d,  How  many  open  societies;  3d,  Number  of  stu- 
dents in  each;  4th,  Expense  of  membership  in  a  secret  soci- 
ety; 5th,  General  influence  of  the  secret  society  on  moral 
and  intellectual  standing.  The  replies  have  been  arranged 
to  correspond  with  these  questions.  They  are  placed  in  the 
order  of  States  and  the  location  given  Avhen  not  indicated  by 
the  name,  also  the  religious  denomination.  The  remarks 
are,  with  one  or  two  exceptions,  from  the  presidents  of  the 
respective  institutions. 

California. 

University  of  the  Pacific,  San  Juse;M.  E., — 1st,  None. 

Pacific  Meth.  Coll.,  Santa  Rosa;  M.  E.  South, — •lst,None. 
Connectimt. 

Yale,  New  Haven;  Congregatii>nal, — 1st,  Eight. 

Remarks: — "  No  generalization  can  do  justice  to  the  facts. 
On  the  whole  the  moral  and  intellectual  standing  of  the  stu- 
dents improves;  whether  in  spite  of,  or  in  consequence  of 
these  societies,  would  be  decided  differently  by  different  per- 
sons. That  there  are  serious  evils  connected  with  them,  can- 
not be  questioned.  That  they  accomplish  some  good  is 
equally  clear.  We  do  not  beheve  that  it  would  do  any  good 
to  prohibit  them  by  college  law.  N.  Porter.'" 

Qeovyia. 

Bowdon  College, — 1st,  Two;  2d,  Sunday-school  and  Young- 
Men's  Prayer-meeting;  .5th,  "The  exercises  in  debate  are  quite 
a  source  of  improvement;  the  moral  influence  depends  upou 
the  character  of  ruling  members." 

Remarks : — "  No  evil  has  resulted  directly  from  our  secret 
societies,  but  they  have  been  guarded  very  closely  by  the 
faculty.  The  fact  that  any  member  of  the  faculty  may  attend 
at  any  time  destroys  much  of  the  influence  of  secrecy.  The 
tendency  here  is  to  render  them  more  open.  I  regard  all 
secret  societies  as  extremely  liable  to  be  perverted. 

F.  H.  M.  Henderson." 
LUin<jis. 

Eureka  College;  Christian, — -1st,  None, 

McKendree  College,  Lebanon;  M.  E., — 1st,  None. 

''We  consider  secret  societies  a  damage  to  thepublic  ones, 
and  as  tending  to  form  cliques  among  students;  and  as  in  no 
way  promotive  of  scholarship.  R.  Allyn.  " 

Monmouth  College;  United  Pres. , — 1st,  Five;  2d,  Four; 
3d,  Average  ten  each,  or  one-sixth  the  whole  number  of 
students;  5th,  "It  depends  mostly  on  thecharacter  of  the 
members  of  a  fraternity  at  the  time.  If  a  fraternity  is  com- 
posed of  upright,  studious,  Christian  men,  its  influence  on  a 
new  member  is  favorable.  If,  however,  the  leading  men  in 
a  fraternity  are  of  the  opposite  character,  the  influence  on 
both  the  morals  and  the  scholarship  of  a  new  member  is  dis- 
astrous in  the  extreme. " 

Remarks: — "From  careful  observation  I  am  fully  persuad- 
ed that  very  gr^t  evils  are  necessarily  attached  to  the  exis- 
tence of  a  secret  society  in  a  college.  Their  removal  from 
the  land  would  be  a  blessing  of  very  great  value.  My  advice 
to  students  is  to  keep  out  of  them .  D.  A.  Wallace.  " 
Indiana. 

Concordia  College,  Ft.  Wayne;   Lutheran, — 1st,  None. 
"  Institution  strictly  in  the  service  of  the   evangelical  Luth- 
eran church,  which  permits  secret  societies  not  even  in  its 
congregations,  much  less  in  its  college." 

Earlham  College,   Richmond;    Friends, — 1st,  None;  5th, 


"Very  prejudicial  some  ten  or  twelve  years  since."  Pres. 
Moore  adds:  "I  am  well  acquainted  with  Prof.  Wilder,  he 
being  an  old  fellow  student.  He  is  very  careful  to  write 
only  what  he  knows." 

Union  Christian  College,  Merom;  Christian, — 1st,  None. 

"I  am  the  uncompromising  foe  of  secret  societies  in  any 
form  whatever.  I  believe  the  church  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  to  be  the  reformatory  organization  of  the  world,  and 
'the  glorious  gospel  of  the  blessed  God  the  only  power  of 
God  unto  salvation  there  is  among  men.' 

Thomas  Holmes." 
Iowa. 

Cornell  College,  Mt.  Vernon;  Methodist  Episcopal, — 1st, 
''There  are  none  in  the  institution  and  hope  there  never  may 
be." 

Central  University,  Pella,  Baptist; — 1st,  None;  5th,  "No 
experience,  but  believe  them  bad. " 

Simpson  Centennary  College;  M^hodist  Episcopal, — 1st, 
Two;  2d,  Four;  5th,   " Have  given  no  trouble. " 

"Although  a  Mason  myself  I  have  not  a  very  exalted  no- 
tion of  the  importance  or  influence  of  Masonry.  In  fact  I 
don't  see  much  necessity  of  secret  societies  of  any  kind. 

Alexander  Burns," 

Tabor  College,  Iowa;  Congregational, — "Our  faculty  is  a 
unit  in  opposition  to  secret  societies,  not  excepting  those 
formed  for  literary  culture.  Wm.  M.  Brooks. 

Kcntucki). 

Eminence  College, —  "We  tolerate  no  secret  societies." 
MaasacUusetts. 

Tuft's  College,  College  Hill;  Universalist, — 1st,  Two;  oth, 
"No  very  strongly  marked  influence  is  observed.     Probably 
on  the  whole  it  is  not  beneficial." 
Michigan. 

Kalamazoo  College;    Baptist,  — 1st,  None. 

Olivet  College;   Congregational    and    Presbyterian, — 1st, 
None;  prohibited  by  college  rule. 
Minnesota. 

Carlton  College,  Northfield;  Congregational, — 1st,  None; 
"  We  do  not  favor  secret  societies ;  hope  there  will  never  be 
one  in  this  institution.  James  W,  Strong." 

University  of  Minnesota,  Minneapolis  (State), — 1st,  None. 
Mi&sissi'ppi. 

Mississippi  College,  Chnton;  Baptist, —  "No  secret  societies 
have  ever  been  organized  in  this  college  till  the  last  year. 
We  have  taken  measures  however  to  prevent  its  making-  any 
progress,  and  it  will  soon  die  out.  W.  S,  Webb." 

New  York. 

Alfred  University;  Seventh-day  Baptist,  —  "  With  our  pres 
ent  views,  we  would  sooner  expel  every  student  than  to  per- 
mit a  secret  society  to  be  organized  among  them." 

Madison  University,  Hamilton;  Baptist, — 1st,  One;  2d, 
Two,  one  anti-secret;  5th,  "Generally  the  student  loses  his  in- 
dividuality, studies  are  subordinate  to  society  interests,  and 
the  person  takes  on  the  spirit  of  his  society,  love  of  power- 
and  externaUties.  " 
Ohio. 

Oberlin  College;  Congregational, — "No  secret  society  has 
ever  existed  here. " 

Otterbein  LTniversity,  Westerville;  United  Brethren, — 
''  Hope  we  shall  never  be  troubled  with  them. " 

Wilberforce    University,    Xenia;    Methodist,— 1st,    None; 
"We  do  not  know  of  any  Masons  connected  with  this  uni- 
versity. " 
Pennsylxiania. 

Swarthmore  College;  Friends, —  ''No  secret  societies  are 
allowed. " 
Tennessee. 

Central  Tennessee  College,  Nashville  ;  Methodist  Episcopal 
— 1st,  None;  5th,  "Bad  upon  the  entire  man." 

East  Tennessee  Wesleyan  University,  Athens;  Methodist 
Episcopal, — 1st,  None.  "A  proposition  was  made  by  some 
secret  society  last  year  to  organize  a  chapter  here,  but  I  was 
successful  in  dissuading  our  sttidents  from  engaging-  in  it. 

James  A,  Dean." 
Yircjinia. 

Emory  College;  M.  E.  South, — 1st,  Three.  "The  secret 
societies  of  our  college  exist  under  the  permission  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees,  and  have  been  allowed  to  continue  their 
organization  under  the  conviction  that  they  had  been  promo- 
tive of  all  the  better  interests  of  the  pupil,  both  intellectual 
and  moral.  0.  L.  Smith." 

West  Virginia. 

West  Virginia  University,  Morgantown,  (State), — 1st. 
None.  "After  graduating  they  tend  to  depend  for  position 
and  success  in  life  not  so  much  on  worth  and  ability  as  on 
the  mutual  admiration  and  up-bolstering  of  their  secret  society 
chums.  Many  of  our  institutions  of  learning  have  been  ru- 
ined or  are  still  cursed  by  cripples  hoisted  in  by  these  means. 
They  are  positively  forbidden  in  West  Virginia  University, 
and  each  must  stand  on  his  own  merit.      Alex.  Martin." 


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Chioaso.  May  30,  1874. 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 

Grain  Wheat— Spring,  No.  1 . .     g  1  22 

No.   a 1  18%  1  UVi 

"       No.  3 1  14 

"       Rejected 1  04 

Corn— No.  2 50 

Rejected 54 

Oats— No.  3... 44 

Rejected 41 

Rye— No.  2 92 

Flour,  Winter        6  75  '.100 

Spring   extra 6  75  6  25 

Superfine 4  00  4  87 

Hay— Timothy ,  pressed 20  00  21  00 

"     loose 15  00  18  00 

Prairie,   "  10  00  13  50 

Lard  10% 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 17  15 

Butter 10           25 

Cheese 14          15 

Eggs 12          12H 

Beans 215  2  BO 

Potatoes,  per  bu       S5  1  35 

Broom  corn U4  08(4 

Seeds— Flax 2  10 

Timothy 2  20  2  80 

Clover 5  85 

Lumber— Clear 88  00  55  00 

Common 18  00  33  00 

Lath 2  00  2  25 

Shingles 150  3  60 

WOOL— Washed 35           52 

Unwashed 20          28 

LIVESTOCK.  Cattle,  extra....  5  25  fl  15 

Good  to  choice 5  50  6  00 

Medium 5  00  5  25 

Common 4  00  4  75 

Hogs, 4  65  5  65 

Sheep 4  50  7  25 

New  Tork  Market. 

Flour «  5  «0  1100 

Wheat 146'/4    1     48 

Corn 70  81 

Oats 59  64J4 

Kye 1  03  1  12 

Lird 1U4 

Mess  pork 17  75 

Butter 20  2(; 

Chofise  13  16 


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State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  La  Salle  Co.,  111. 

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Linus  Chittenden,  CiJirstal  Lake,  111. 

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J.  R.  Bairii,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis. ' 
C.  F.  Hawlev,  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Wm.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind. 
J.  L.  .\ndrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 

TEACHERS. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  J.  L.  Audms 

Desire  a  situation  as  Teachers.  Mr.  Au- 
drus  has  been  for  many  years  a  Baptist 
minister — was  formerly  a  successful  pastor 
— but,  for  several  years  past,  has  been  driv- 
en from  the  pastorate  on  account  of  the 
position  he  has  been  compelled  to  take  on 
the  subject  of  secretism.  He  is  a  graduate 
of  Madison  University,  N.  Y.,  and  was  a 
thorough  scholar.  Mrs .  Andrus  is  an  ex- 
perienced and  very  successful  teacher, — 
she  formerly  had  charge  of  a  young  ladies' 
school.  In  two  branches,  as  a  teacher, 
she  claims  to  have  few  equals.  These  are 
English  Grammer  and  French.  (She  has 
no  difficulty  in  making  a  child  ten  years 
old  understand  grammar.)  Her  success  in 
teaching  French  has  been  almost  without  a 
parallel.  She  was  formerly  connected 
with  the  Haytian  mission  and  has  spoken 
the  language  for  many  years.  Her  method 
of  teaching  is  original  with  herself.  She 
has  prepared  a  small  work  on  French  Pro- 
nounciation  for  the  use  of  teachers  which 
she  is  soon  to  publish. 

Address  at  Mt.  Vision,  Otsego  county, 
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Contents. 


Page. 


Editokial  Articles 8 

God  in  the  Constitution That  Masonic  Fnneral  again, 

CoMTRiBUTBD  and  Select  Articles 1, 2,  3 

^mie  (Poetry) The  National   Congress  of  Brewers  in 

Boston Was  it  Eight Satan's  "Sugar  Pills Why 

not  Pray  for  Secretism The  Sensuous  in  Worship 

History  Travestied  and  Tortured. 
The  Sixth  Anniversary: 

Proceedings  of  the  Syracuse  Convention 1, 5, 12 

■  Preliminary  Meeting 12 

Eeport  of  the  Coramittee  on  Resolutions 13 

Constitution  and  By-laws  of  the  Nat.ChristiauAssociation        13 
Kbporm  News 9 

Prom  Jo  Daveiss  Co.,  Ill Anti-secrecy  Convention  iu 

De  Kalb  Co.,  Indiana Prom  Elder  Baird. 

CORBESPONDBNOK  . 

A  Visit  with  the  Neighbors  of  Wm .  Morgan 9 

OnrMail 6 

Forty  Years  Ago (i 

College  Secret  Societies  [concluded] 14 

Chapter  V.  Concluded.     Chapter  VI. 

Freemasons  and  the  Corner-Stone 8 

The  Home  Circle 10 

Who  are  the  Great  of  Earth  {Poetry) Our  Florida 

Correspondent Ties  of  Home Five  Negatives 

Give  the  Boys  a  Chance. 

Childbbn's  Corner 11 

The  Sahbatn  School 7 

Home  and  Health  Hints 11 

Farm  and  Garden 7 

Publisher's  Department 16 

Advertisements 15, 16 


Jane. 

Earth  gets  its  price  for  what  Earth  gives  us  ; 

The  beggar  is  taxed  for  a  corner  to  die  in. 

The  priest  hath  his  fee  who  comes  and  shrives  us, 

We  bargain  for  the  graves  we  lie  in. 

At  the  devil's  booth  are  all  things  sold. 

Each  ounce  of  dross  costs  its  ounce  of  gold, 

For  a  cap  and  bells  our  lives  we  pay. 

Bubbles  we  earn  with  a  whole  soul's  tasking  ; 

'Tis  heaven  alone  that  is  given  away, 

'Tis  only  God  may  be  had  for  the  asking  ; 

There  is  no  price  set  on  the  lavish  summer. 

And  June  may  be  had  by  the  poorest  comer. 

And  what  is  so  rare  as  a  day  in  June  ? 

Then,  it  ever,  come  perfect  days  ; 

Then  Heaven  tries  the  earth  if  it  be  in  tune, 

And  over  it  softly  her  warm  ear  lays  : 

Whether  we  look,  or  whether  we  listen. 

We  hear  life  murmur,  or  see  it  glisten  ; 

Every  clod  feels  a  stir  of  might. 
An  instinct  within  it  that  reaches  and  towers, 
And,  grasping  blindly  above  it  for  light. 
Climbs  to  a  soul  in  grass  and  flowers  ; 
The  flush  of  life  may  well  be  seen 
Thrilling  back  over  hills  and  valleys  : 
The  cow-slip  startles  in  meadows  green. 
The  butter-cup  catches  the  sun  in  its  chalice, 
And  there's  never  a  leaf  or  blade  too  mean 
To  be  some  happy  creature's  palace  ; 
The  little  bird  sits  at  his  door  in  the  sun, 
Atilt  like  a  blossom  among  the  leaves, 
And  lets  his  illumined  being  o'er  run 
With  the  deluge  of  summer  it  receives  ; 
His  mate  feels  the  eggs  beneath  her  wings, 
And  the  heart  in  her  dumb  breast  flutters  and  sings  ; 
He  sings  to  the  wide  world,  and  she  to  her  nest, — 
In  the  nice  ear  of  nature  which  song  is  the  best  ? 

Now  is  the  high  tide  of  the  year, 
And  whatever  of  life  hath  ebbed  away 
Comes  flooding  back,  with  a  ripply  cheer. 
Into  every  bare  inlet  and  creek  and  bay  ; 
Now  the  heart  is  so  full  that  a  drop  overfills  it 
We  are  happy  now  because  God  so  wills  it ; 
No  matter  how  barren  the  past  may  have  been, 
'Tis  enough  for  us  now  that  the  leaves  are  green  ; 
We  sit  in  the  warm  shade  and  feel  right  well 
How  the  sap  creeps  up  and  the  blossoms  wells  ; 


We  may  shut  our  eyes,  but  we  can't  help  knowing 

That  the  skies  are  clear  and  the  grass  is  growing, 

The  breeze  comes  whispering  in  our  ear 

That  the  dandelions  are  blossoming  near. 

That  the  maize  has  sprouted,  that  streams  are  flowing 

That  the  river  is  bluer  than  the  sky. 

That  the  robin  is  plastering  his  house  hard  by  ; 

And  if  the  breeze  kept  the  good  news  back, 

For  other  couriers  we  should  not  lack  ; 

We  could  guess  it  all  by  yon  heifer's  lowing, — 

And  hark  !  how  clear,  bold  chanticleer 

Warmed  with  the  new  wine  of  the  year. 

Tells  all  in  his  lusty  crowing  ! 

Joy  comes,  grief  goes,  we  know  not  how  ; 
Every  thing  is  happy  now, 
Everything  is  upward  striving  ; 
'Tis  as  easy  now  for  the  heart  to  be  true 
As  for  grass  to  be  green  or  skies  to  be  blue, — 
'Tis  the  natural  way  of  living  : 
Who  knows  whither  the  clouds  have  fled  ? 
In  the  unscarred  heaven  they  leave  no  wake 
And  the  eyes  forget  the  tears  they  have  shed. 
The  heart  forgets  its  sorrow  and  ache  : 
The  soul  partakes  the  season's  youth 
And  the  sulphurous  rifts  of  passion  and  woe 
Lie  deep  'neath  a  silence  pure  and  smooth, 
Like  burnt-out  craters  healed  with  snow. 

— James  BusseU  Lotocll. 


The  National  Congress  of  Brewers  iu  Boston. 


This  body  which  held  its  sessions  June  3rd  and 
4th  in  Boston,  brings  statistics  to  sliow  that  there 
wss  an  increase  of  the  sales  of  light  fermented  liquors 
of  about  1 ,000,000  barrels  last  year;  that  fifty-five 
per  cent,  of  the  internal  revenue  tax  and  twenty  per 
cent,  of  the  whole  revenue  of  the  national  goyerBment 
came  from  taxes  on  the  manufacture  of  stimulating 
beverages. 

They  profess  that  their  business  is  a  great  blessing, 
affirming  that  light  fermented  liquors  are  the  one 
thing  needful  for  the  people  which  must  be  had. 
They  state  that  prohibitary  laws  are  a  failure.  They 
desire  the  national  government  to  pass  laws  for  their 
protection  against  those  who  are  i^norantly  and  un- 
justly their  enemies.  They  frown  at  and  otherwise 
oppose  the  appointment  of  a  United  States  commission 
to  examine  into  the  influence  and  tendency  of  the  use 
of  malt  liquors  in  the  country.  They  have  passed  res- 
olutions protesting  againat  the  course  of  temperance 
societies  in  teaching  that  the  use  of  light  fermented 
liquors  tends  to  immoralty,  vice,  crime  or  pauperism; 
that  they  will,  through  the  public  press,  through  lo- 
cal aESOciatiou^,  by  personal  effort,  and  through  offi- 
cial organs,  endeavor  to  influence  public  opinion  in 
favor  of  the  use  of  malt  liquors  as  a  wholesome,  nutri- 
tious and  absolutely  necessary;  and  that  they  will 
encourage  candidates  for  office  who  will  use  their  influ- 
ence in  promoting  the  sale  of  all  fermented  liquors 
under  discriminating  licenses. 

In  brief,  the  brewers  wish  to  prevent  any  investiga- 
tion by  which  truth  concerning  the  use  of  drink  may 
be  ascertained,  protest  against  any  kind  of  opposition 
from  those  who  look  on  fermented  liquors  as  evils  and 
at  the  same  time  claim  the  privilege  of  saying  and  do- 
ing all  they  can  to  increase  the  sale  of  the  beverages. 

A  few  years  among  the  Germans  who  freely  use 
beer  showed  us  a  pleasant,  shrewd,  fine  looking  young 
carpenter  changed  into  a  rough,  hoggish,  bloated, 
profane  neighbor,  thickheaded,  often  unable  to  work, 
evidently  because  he  had  taken  too  much  beer.  A 
German  woodsawyer  with  a  well  built  frame,  also  a 
neighbor,  was  unable  to  work  three-fourths   of  the 


time  because  of  the  same  reason.  His  son,  under  twen- 
ty years  of  age,  a  type-setter  competent  to  earn  six- 
teen or  eighteen  dollars  a  week,  was  out  of  work  much 
of  the  time  on  account  of  his  habit  of  using  these 
same  light  unfermented  liquors. 

The  boys  belonging  to  these  families  many  of  them 
were  vulgar  and  profane  in  their  language  on  the 
street,  following  the  example  set  by  those  older  who 
always  drank  freely  of  their  beer. 

Sabbath-breaking  dances  were  the  rule,  where  for  a 
party  of  twenty  or  thirty  persons,  from  one  to  three 
or  more  kegs  of  beer  were  essential;  and,  after  drinking, 
one  after  another  of  them  would  project  their  heads 
from  the  window  and  empty  the  contents  of  their  un- 
appreciative  stomachs  upon  the  ground  amid  the 
shouts  of  the  company.  The  midnight  songs  of  Ger- 
mans returning  from  beer  saloons  accompanied  by  a 
visit  to  their  homes  the  next  morning  would  not  raise 
the  opinion  of  the  disinterested  person  as  to  its  neces- 
sity. 

In  questions  of  politics,  society  and  morals  the  aver- 
age German  is  said  to  be  influenced  only  by  the  ques- 
tions. How  will  this  effect  my  health  and  how  will  it 
effect  my  property  ? 

It  was  stated  in  the  convention  that  men  were  not 
born  angels.  Which  conveyed  to  us  the  impression 
that  Germans  themselves  were  aware  of  the  fact  that 
beer  drinking  did  not  promote  angelic  tendencies  in 
those  who  used  it.  If  not  angelic  are  they  not  devil- 
ish? If  those  who  consider  beer  drinking  injurious 
will  work  as  honestly  and  vigorously  for  humanity  as 
these  brewers  work  for  their  pockets,  their  victory 
will  be  as  sure  in  God's  own  time. 

Was  it  Eight  2 


A  QUESTION  OF  FELLOWBHIP. 


Do  not  be  alarmed  at  the  novelty  of  my  topic.  I 
only  mean,  was  it  right  for  me  to  leave  the  M.  E. 
church  ?  But,  please  hear  my  reasons  for  so  doing, 
before  you  decide  the  question.  I  was  not  born  a 
Methodist.  Neither  was  I  trained  up  to  be  one.  But 
early  in  life,  I  found  my  heart  and  sympathies  were 
with  them,  and  I  soon  became  one  from  choice.  I 
suppose  no  one  ever  was  better  satisfied  with  a  choice 
they  had  made  than  I  was  for  about  fifteen  years.  I 
loved  all  their  usages.  Their  "means  of  grace"  seemed 
to  suit  my  very  nature.  I  thought,  and  still  believe, 
their  doctrines  are  the  doctrines  of  the  Bible.  Their 
worship  was  earnest,  spiritual,  and  lively.  The  church 
was  thrifty,  growing,  and  rsspectable.  Then  why  should 
a  man  leave  such  a  church  who  has  been  a  member 
for  more  than  twenty  years,  and  a  zealous  and  suc- 
cessful minister  for  over  twelve  years  ?  Simply,  dear 
reader,  because  the  light  has  shined  and  revealed  the 
monster  that  has  crept  into  that  church,  and  now  sits 
as  king,  and  is  the  ruling  power .  In  my  young  days, 
I  thought  nothing  about  secret  societies;  knew  noth- 
ing of  their  nature  or  designs;  had  no  idea  who  be- 
longed to  them  and  who  did  not.  But  when  I  became 
a  minister,  and  began  to  associate  with  ministers,  I 
soon  found,  to  my  surprise,  that  quite  a  number  of 
the  preachers  of  the  M.  E.  church  (especially  the 
itinerants)  were  not  satisfied  with  their  sound  doctrines, 
growing  church,  and  all  the  means  of  grace  known  to 
the  church,  and,  in  abort,  with  the  religion  of  Jesus 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Chri6t.  And  though  they  preach  to  us  that  the  re 
ligion  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  supplies  the  totality 
of  human  wants,  yet  in  their  own  case  they  say  by 
their  actions,  it  is  not  sufficient  for  thera.  They  must 
have  another  string  for  their  bow.  They  must  make 
"assurance  doubly  sure"  by  adding  oa  the  religion  of 
Masonry,  Odd-fellowship,  etc. 

These  known  facts  first  led  me  to  a  serious  and 
prayerful  consideration  of  the  subject  of  Masonry.  I 
reasoned  about  in  this  way:  Masonry  mu^t  be  of  Crod, 
of  man,  or  from  the  devil.  If  Masonry  is  of  God,  it 
is  good,  and  designed  to  be  a  blessing  for  mankind. 
Then  why  is  it  that  but  a  few  of  God's  children  can 
enjoy  this  blessing?  The  old  man  in  dotage,  the 
youn'^  in  nouage,  the  halt,  the  lame,  the  blind,  the 
deformed,  the  imbecile,  and  all  females,  are  entirely 
excluded  from  the  blessings.  So  I  concluded  that 
Masonry  and  the  Bible  were  not  both  from  God ;  for 
the  Bible  says,  "God  is  no  respecter  of  persons,"  and 
"He  is  a  God  of  justice."  And  if  he  instituted  Ma- 
sonry in  its  present  form  for  a  blessing  for  mankind, 
he  h  certainly  a  respecter  of  persons  by  bestowing 
p.pecial  favors  on  those  of  his  children  who  seem  to 
l6.ist  need  them;  and  manifestly  unjust  by  withhold- 
ing favors  from  them  who  most  need  them.  And, 
further,  I  nevar  heard  that  there  was  any  reason  for 
any  man  to  be  ashamed  of  any  of  God's  itistitutions, 
and  consequently  no  need  of  a  eecret-  So  I  conclud- 
ed Misonry  was  not  of  God,  and  yet  I  knew  it  to  be 
the  ruling  power  in  the  church  of  ray  choice. 

But  the  next  question  to  determine  was,  is  it  of  man  ? 
Mm  h:i6  sought  out  many  inventions,  and  instituted 
many  abominations  and  called  them  secret  societies;  but 
they  are  all  modeled,  more  or  less,  as  far  as  I  can 
learn,  after  the  old  parent  stock  (Masonry).  And  if 
the  old  slock  is  .'is  ancient  as  its  advocates  claim  it  is, 
and  had  been  of  man,  it  would  surely  have  come  to 
nought  long  ago.  If  it  is  not  so  ancient,  it  is  a  lie, 
and  we  know  who  is  the  father  of  lies  and  liars. 

But  while  these  unaided  investrgations  were  going 
on,  I  accidentally  met  with  the  Christian  Cynosure, 
and  immediately  became  a  subscrtber,  As  light  be- 
gan to  dawn,  and  I  learned  that  the  name  of  Jesus 
Chriot  wa-3  den'el,  or,  at  least  ignored  in  the  lodge, 
and  also  ihe  shameful,  degrading,  and  worse  than 
heathenish  cerenioulea  of  inUialion,  and  also  the  hor- 
rid oaths,  and  barbarous  and  inLuman  penalties,  I  be- 
came confirmed  in  the  cplntoa  that  Masonry  is  of  Sa- 
tanic origin,  I  believe  it  to  be  a  trick  of  that  old  de- 
ceiver: first,  to  get  God's  servants  to  do  something 
that  both  Jesus  and  his  inspired  Apostle  both  told 
them  not  to  do,  swear,  and  keep  on  sweariog;  sec- 
ondly, to  deny  the  07il>/  name  given  under  heaven, 
amofig  raea,  whereby  they  can  be  saved ;  and,  thirdly, 
by  influencing  them  to  act  the  hypocrite,  by  preach- 
ing Christ  to  th«  people,  praying  in  the  name  of 
Christ,  glorying  in  his  cross,  knowing  nothing  but 
Christ  and  him  crucified,  making  mention  of  his  right- 
eousness only, — and  then  go  right  out  into  the  lodce 
witli  infidels,  Jews,  or  Mohammedans,  and  pray,  and 
preach,  or,  teach,  perhaps,  and  have  no  more  Jesus  in 
it  than  the  others  have,  Buddah,  or  Juggernaut.  Is 
not  this  acting  the  hypocrite,  one  place  or  the  other? 

While  I  was  studying  this  subject,  I  askad  an  inti- 
mate friend  of  mine,  (who  was  a  good  brother  in  the 
church  aad  a  Mason)  the  question,  ''Do  you  ever  pray 
in  the  lodge?"  '-0  yes,"  was  his  ready  reply,  "Well, 
do  you  pray  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ?" 
At  which  his  fdce  colored,  and  hS  evaded  the  ques- 
tion. So  I  was  satisfied  it  was  a.  Christ-excluding  in- 
stitution. I  next  began  to  study  why  it  is  so  many 
preachers  are  ensnared  in  the  net.  In  conversation 
with  Ihc  preacher  in  charge  I  told  him  I  did  not 
like  to  pay  my  money  to  a  Mason;  for  he  might  pay 
lodge  dues  with  it,  and  then  I  would  be  supporting 
something  my  soul  abhorred,  "You  need  have  no 
fears  of  the  kind,"  said  he,  "I  have  been  a  Mason 
twenty-two  years,  and  it  has  never  cost  rae  $2 ;  but  I 
have  received  more  than  $200  from  the  lodge.  They 
take  in  preachers  free  and  give  them  degrees  free, 
and  when  I  fail  getting  my  salary  from  the  people, 
they  make    it    up    to  me,"     Now  here  was  a  lutle 


more  light.  The  enemy  comes  to  preachers  just  as 
he  did  to  the  Saviour;  promises  the  "kingdoms  of 
th6  world ,  and  the  glory  of  them," — free  initiation , 
promotion  in  the  church  and  in  the  lodge,  and  a  sure 
supiJort,  But  these  are  only  a  part  of  my  reasons  for 
leaving  the  M.  E.  church.  I  imay  show  how  the  fra- 
ternity used  me  in  a  future  letter,  J.  Williams. 
Majority  Point,  111, 

*  .  m 

Satan's  Suffar  Fills. 


BY    D.     F.     NEWTON, 


Whence  came  drunkards?  Came  they  not  from 
tippling,  moderate  drinking,  "intelligent temperance"? 
Who  questions  it  ?  Whence  proceed  obscene  publica- 
tions, soul-polluting?  From  religious  fiction,  novels, 
and  romances,  written,  published,  puffed  and  sold  by 
persons  professing  godliness?  Who  doubts  it?  The 
reliah  for  strong  drink,  the  cup  that  intoxicates,  the 
degrading,  poisonous  "Indian  weed,"  is  unnatural,  is 
created.  The  same  is  true  of  the  vices,  mental  taste 
formed  from  reading  fiction.  Is  not  this  forming  of 
the  unnatural  and  vicious  taste  in  both  cases,  the 
work  fif  Satan  ?  It's  a  question  yet  unsolved  whether 
the  enemy  of  all  the  good  succeeds  in  taking  more 
souls  to  perdition  through  the  instrumentality  of  rum 
and  tobacco,  or  that  of  the  light,  frothy  literature, 
popular  works  of  fiction,  novels  and  romances:  both 
are  intoxicating,  dissipating,  soul-ruinous. 

Mrs.  Swisshelm,  in  her  Saturday  Visitor,  declared 
unbetitatingly  that  the  whole  batch  of  fashion-plate 
magazines,  and  other  fictitious  writings,  spread  more 
domestic  misery  and  destruction  over  the  human  race 
than  ail  the  rum-aellers  in  the  nation,  "Yes,"  says 
she,  "they  instigate  more  murders  than  the  tyrannical 
bloody  Nero!"  The  beloved  Judson,  and  Sister  Vin- 
ton, missionaries  to  Burmah,  expressed  similar  senti- 
ments, weepingly. 

Says  Bishop  Littlejohn ,  *  'Among  the  pernicious  ac- 
tivities of  our  time,  is  the  prolific  production  of  novels 
and  romances.  These  are  of  every  grade  of  mischief 
in  their  composition,  but  they  have,  to  a  large  extent, 
a  property  in  common,  namely,  the  policy  of  artful 
disguise.  The  debasing  tendency  is  not  only  veiled, 
but  many  times  greatly  enhanced  by  the  arts  of  rhet- 
oric, and  an  elaborate  and  polished  diction. 

''Parents  and  teachers  seem  not  to  know,  that  the 
thirst  for  novel  reading  is  cultivated  by  novel  reading; 
or  they  seem  not  to  know  that  reading  fiction,  with  a 
little  sprinkling  of  religion,  prepares  children  to  love 
to  read  fiction,  though  it  may  have  a  sprinkling  of  ir- 
religion. 

"There  is  that  in  the  character  of  fictitious  writings, 
properly  called  novels,  whether  the  subject  be  secular 
or  religious ,  which  forms  a  taste  different  from  histori- 
cal, didactic,  or  any  of  the  other  classes  of  writing, 
and  this  taste  is  as  readily  formed  by  holding  the  child 
upon  religious  novels  in  his  younger  years,  as  if  he 
were  supplied  with  secular  novels. 

"By  our  religious  machinery  the  child  ^s  piously 
trained  to  seek  his  gratifications  of  mind  amid  elements 
of  grossest  corruption ,  If  the  enemy  of  all  good  should 
set  himself  to  devise  a  scheme  to  take  children,  out  of 
all  his  cunning,  he  could  hardly  contrive  a  better  way 
to  avoid  giving  alarm  and  to  secure  the  result.  'Stolen 
waters  are  sweat,  and  the  bread  eaten  in  secret  is 
pleasant.  But  he  knoweth  not  the  dead  are  there; 
and  that  her  guests  are  in  the  depths  of  hell.'  Prov, 
ix.  IV,  18, 

"In  the  Sabbath-school  library,  and  in  the  books 
purchased  for  children,  we  furnish  them  with  the 
means  of  cultivating  a  taste  for  novel  reading,  and   so 


Rev,  John  Foster,  an  eminent  Baptist  minister  in 
England,  says:  ''Novels  are  doing  incalculable  mis- 
chif,  I  wish  we  could  collect  them  all  together,  and 
make  one  vast  fire  of  them.  I  should  exult  to  see  the 
smoke  of  them  ascend  like  that  of  Sodom  and  Gomor- 
rah: the  judgment  would  be  as  just,"  The  fearful  re- 
sults of  novel  reading  are  a  standing  warning  against 
the  practice.  Let  the  pulpit  and  the  press  speak  out 
boldly,  and  arou-3e  the  untuspecting. 

You  are  familliar  with  the  high  standing  of  Dr.  W. 
H.  Vandoren,  of  Chicago,  as  a  minister  of  the  gospel. 
He  speaks  thus  on  religious  novels,  pushed  into  no- 
tice by  whom  ?  can  you  divine  ?  Alas !  for  the  aid  the 
"old  serpent,"  the  devil,  gets  from  the  church  or 
those  professing  godliness !  But  to  the  quotation  of 
Bro.  Vandoren.  Says  he:  "It  were  a  thousand  fold 
better  if  nine  out  of  ten  Sunday-school  libraries  were 
taken  from  their  shelves  and  committed  to  the  flames." 
Five  distinguished  elders  of  the  city  of  New  York, 
told  the  writer,  with  tears,  "We  are  compelled  to 
keep  our  children  out  of  Sunday-school  altogether, 
because  of  the  swarms  of  pious  novels  which  infest 
the  shelves." 

These  pious  novels  may  not  only  advocate  any  one 
bad  practice  or  evil  principle;  but  as  punches  and  va- 
rious drugged  wine  lead  directly  to  form  a  taste  for 
alcohol,  so  these  books  lead  to  novels.  The  fact  that 
some  professors  of  Christianity  and  so-called  ministers 
write  there,  is  no  more  an  argument  for  their  being 
harmless  than  our  reverend  forefathers'  use  of  brandy 
made  it  a  safe  precedent  for  their  children.  It  is  a 
well-known  fact  that  those  bearing  the  office  of  minis- 
ters have  proved  among  the  bitterest  curses  with  which 
our  race  has  ever  been  visited. 

The  morbid  desire  for  novelty  destroys  that  sobriety 
of  mind  inculcated  by  the  Holy  Ghost  upon  the  youth 
to  be  "sober-minded." 

The  wine  to  an  invalid  imparts  an  unnatural  glow. 
Young  minds,  depraved  in  all  their  energies,  soon 
reach  an  abnormal  state.  They  have  the  glow,  not  of 
health,  but  of  the  hectic. 

These  religious  romances  lead  our  youth  to  the 
broad,  gilded,  flowery  paths  of  modern  novels.  A 
novel  is  a  theatre  in  the  mind!  All  the  gorgeous  cur- 
tains, actors,  actresses,  enchantry,  facinating  the  de- 
praved heart,  kindling  all  its  passions,  fast  prepare  the 
road  to  the  theatre. 

It  makes  one  sick  at  heart  to  think  of  pleasure's 
siren  voice,  and  the  promises  given  of  joyous  days  and 
years  to  come. 

"Alas!  the  dead  are  in  her  house. 

Her  guests  in  depths  of  hell ; 

She  weaves  the  winding-sheet  of  souls 

And  lays  them  in  the  urn  of  everlasting  death," 


Why  not  Pray  for  Secretism? 


^prepare  them  greedily  to  devour  whatever  fictitious 
trash  may  fall  in  their  way,  and  then  waste  our  breath 
in  c'cploring  their  exposure  to  a  corrupt  literature." 

Goldsmith,  himself  a  novel  writer,  says:  "Above  all, 
never  let  your  son  touch  a  novel  or  romance .  How 
delusive,  how  destructive,  are  these  features  of  con- 
summate bliss!  They  teach  the  youthful  mind  to 
sigh  after  beauty  and  happiness  that  never  existed,  to 
lespise  the  little  good  that  Fortune  has  mixed  in  our 
cup,  by  expecting  more  than  she  ever  gave." 


Why  do  not  the  reverend  gentlemen  who  so  tena- 
ciously cling  to  secretism  in  view  of  the  great  and  in- 
creasing opposition  to  the  ancient  and  honorable  (?) 
institution,  raise  their  voices  in  humble  aud  faithful 
petitions  to  t'ae  great  Architect  of  the  "grand  lodge 
above"  for  iiis   help  in  this  hour  of  their  great  need? 

The  cowans  (that  is,  dogs,)  are  becoming  almost 
nervous  with  anxiety  to  drag  out  the  lovely  thing  to 
the  gaze  of  "the  vulgar,"  and  publishing  to  the  world 
its  secret  sajings  and  doings;  and  it  is  daily  and 
hourly  losing  power  and  influence;  and  all  their  ef- 
forts to  cover  it  up  and  hide  its  lovely  features  and  its 
blushing  modesty  are  vain.  Surely  men  would  be- 
come more  thoroughly  impressed  with  their  sincerity 
if  they  would  commence  calling  on  their  god  for  help 
,  n  presence  of  their  congregations.  This,  too,  must 
certainly  be  a  duty  if  it  be  a  thing  of  such  vast  utility, 
80  ennobling  and  elevating  ind  enlightening  as  they 
tell  us  it  is.  They  are  shamefully  negligent  of  this 
means  of  making  favorable  impressions  on  the  minds 
of  their  auditors.  It  always  impresses  us  with  a  man's 
attachment  to  and  confidence  in  a  cause  when  we  hear 
him  earnestly  praying  for  its  success. 

Then,  too,  they  ought  to  remember  that  there  are 
hundreds  who  daily  pray  for  the  oyerthrow  of  secret- 
ism.    .     .     .     This  surely  is  consistent  if  they  believe 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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it  to  be  as  Bishop  Weaver  said,  over  his  own  signa- 
ture, the  most  effective  earthly  power  "to  draw  the 
churches  away  from  Christ."  Perfectly  consistent. 
I  know  there  are  many  who  profess  to  hold  a  similar 
view  of  the  subject,  and  who  are  never  heard  present- 
ing the  matter  at  a  throne  of  grace,  but  rather  act  as 
though  it  would  be  wicked  to  pray  in  that  way.  But 
they  are  not  consistent;  their  prayers  do  not  harmo- 
nize with  their  profession.  Perliaps  it  is  because 
they  are  fearful.  A  Christian  has  no  right  to  be 
fearful.  'The  fearful,  and  unbelieving,  and  the 
abominable,  and  murderer?,  .  .  .  and  sorcerers, 
and  idolaters,  and  all  liars,  shall  have  their  part 
in  the  lake  which  burneth  with  fire  and  brimstone: 
which  is  the  second  death."  The  fearful  are  enumer- 
ated with  a  very  bad  crowd.  If  you  believe  that 
secretism  is  against  the  kingdom  of  Christ,  as  it  most 
certainly  is,  why  not,  in  this  dreadful  struggle  be- 
tween light  and  darkness,  call  incessantly  and  earnest- 
ly, publicly  as  well  as  privately,  on  the  ever-merciful, 
the  all-wise,  and  all-powerful  Father  of  all  for  help  ? 
He  is  a  prayer-hearing  God;  he  "will  be  inqu'rad  of." 
"Lest  they  think  mine  idol  hath  done  it."  It  will  in- 
timidate the  enemy;  it  will  stir  their  conscience,  it  will 
keep  them  in  remembrance  of  their  wrongs.  They 
will  gr6w  fearful  that  you  will  bias  God  against  them. 
In  our  nation's  greatest  troubles  and  their  advocates 
always  felt  alarmed  when  they  heard  Christians  pray- 
ing God  to  overthrow  their  wicked  institutions.  They 
claimed  to  be  in  a  righteous  cause,  and  to  believe  thai 
God  is  always  right,  and,  of  course,  on  their  side. 
And  yet  they  were  fearful  that  he  would  become  so 
engrossed  with  the  voice  of  men  on  their  knees  as  to 
forget  them  and  their  holy  cause,  and  even  finally 
(through  forgetfulness  or  sympathy,  perhaps,)  turn 
aciinst  them.  Ah,  it  is  true  that  prayer  has  power 
with  God  and  with  man.  But,  as  Prof.  C.  Blanchard 
said  at  Pittsburgh,  "It  is  discouraging  to  see  so  many 
chickens  with  boots  on,  and  some  of  them  in  the  pul- 
pit." 

The  word  says,  "Pray  without  ceasing."  Shall  we 
pray  continually,  and  pray  against  every  evil  except 
only  that  which  is  most  powerful  ?  Shall  we  forbear 
because  Satan  would  be  displeased  if  we  pray  against 
his  pet  institution?  If  he  has  a  pet  evil  on  earth, 
euiely  Freemasonry  is  that  pet;  and  I  pray  the 
blessed  God  to  bless,  strengthen,  protect,  help,  and 
increase  rapidly  the  number  of  the  men  who  stand  up 
to  expose  it. — </.  K,  Alwood,  in  the  Telescope. 


The  Sensuous  in  Worship. 


Ceremonies  addressed  to  the  senses  are  character- 
istics of  the  pagan  religion.  When  paganism  infected 
the  Christian  church,  as  it  did  to  a  lamentable  extent 
when  the  Roman  Empire  under  Constantine,  embrac- 
ed Christianity,  the  original  simplicity  of  worship 
gradually  disappeared.  Pagan  temples  were  changed 
into  Christian  churches,  in  many  instances  with  but 
little  change  of  order  and  ceremony  in  the  worship. 
Whole  communities  of  Roman  subjects  were  forced 
into  the  church  without  any  regard  to  their  knowledge 
and  belief  of  Christian  truth,  or  their  experience,  as 
individuals,  of  its  renewing  and  sanctifying  power 
When  the  church  became  largely  made  up  of  such 
members  and  of  officers,  if  not  entirely  of  the 
same  character,  yet  bo  ignorant  and  weak  as  to  be 
ready  to  accommodate  religion  to  the  tastes  and  de 
mands  of  such  a  membership,  it  is  not  wonderful  that 
the  Roman  Church  became  semi-paganized,  with  a 
worship  addressed  to  the  senses  in  all  manner  of  su- 
perstitious ceremonies.  In  that  way  came  into  exist- 
ence the  Roman  Catholic  Church. 

In  the  Reformation  the  church  was  brought  back 
near  to  its  original  order,  and  its  religion  to  much  of 
original  simplicity  and  purity.  Still,  there  lingered 
in  some  of  the  Reformed  churches,  most  noticeably  in 
that  of  England,  attachment  to  the  forms  of  a  ceremo- 
nious religion.  In  its  order  of  government  and  ritual 
of  worship,  as  finally  settled  under  Elizabeth,  there 
could  not  be  claimed  for  it  more  than  a  semi-reforma- 
tion.    It  has,  nevertheless,  been  an  influential  church, 


and  has  done  much  to  form  the  tastes  and  affrct  the 
order  of  worship  in  other  churches,  until  the  fashion- 
able religion  of  to-day  is  one  in  which  music,  archi- 
tecture, decoration  and  some  sort  of  showy  service  are 
he  chief  elements. 

The  Puritanism  that  so  long  and  so  stoutly  with- 
stood this  influence,  that  affirmed  and  enforced  sim- 
plicity in  worship  against  all  that  was  merely  sensu- 
ous, has  grown  unpopular.  The  name  has  become  a 
title  of  reproach.  It  has  become  but  another  name 
for  narrow-minded  bigotry  and  oppo3ition  to  every- 
thing beautiful  in  religion.  The  times  in  which  its  pow- 
er was  most  felt  developed  stalwart  Christian  characters. 
They  were  struggling  for  the  great  realities  of  religion^ 
and  did  not  conceal  their  contempt  for  all  time-servers, 
and  ceremoiiial  triflars.  Id  this,  it  may  be,  they  in 
dulged  too  much  in  the  severities  without  the  amenities 
of  religion,  and  were  carried  to  an  extreme  in  their 
opposition  to  legitimate  uses  of  architecture  and  music 
in  advancing  its  interests.  Sj  far  as  these  things  are 
true  of  Paritanism  they  were  but  the  incidents  of  its 
simplicity,  its  love  of  truth  and  its  intensity  of  zeal. 
In  growing  from  these  the  reformed  churches  are,  in 
some  instances,  getting  away  from  the  essential  ele 
ments  of  Puritanic  character  and  power.  The  present 
danger  is  of  the  opposite  extreme,  not  merely  in  indif- 
ference to  the  great  truths  of  religion,  but  the  empti- 
ness of  a  mere  sensuous  worship.  Great  piles  of  ar- 
chitecture with  their  "dim  religious  light,"  music  in 
which  worshipers  cannot  join,  ceremonies  in  which 
preaching,  unless  sensational,  is  of  the  least  account, 
audiences  beguiling  themselves  with  forms  of  religion 
that  pleaso  their  senses  without  touching  their  hearts 
or  disturbing  their  consciences — this  is  the  extreme 
to  which  present  tendencies  are  carrying  us. 

Give  us  Puritanism  with  all  its  austerity  rather  than 
the  laxity  of  principle,  weakness  of  Christian  character 
and  the  mere  sensuousness  of  much  of  the  religious 
service  of  the  times.  Bat  we  need  take  neither.  We 
may  be  steadfast  in  our  religious  convictions,  may  af- 
firm and  defend  them,  and  do  no  discourtesy  to  oth- 
ers. We  may  preserve  simplicity  and  spirituality  ia 
our  religious  worship  with  the  best  use  of  the  best 
order  of  music.  We  may  have  our  houses  of  worship 
comfortable  and  attractive  without  extravagance  or 
aims  at  superstitious  effect.  We  may  properly  have 
all  our  services  as  attractive  as  they  can  be  made  con 
gistently  with  the  nature  and  right  observance  of  God't 
ordinances. 

But  we  are  not  to  add  to  these  what  he  has  not  ap- 
pointed for  his  worship;  we  are  not  to  administer  them 
by  any  acts  or  accompaniments  unauthorized  by  him ; 
we  are  not  to  dishonor  them  by  association  in  any  way 
with  mere  mummeries  of  superstition — always  remem- 
bering that  our  religion  is  spiritual,  that  the  senses 
are  to  be  addressed  only  as  through  them  we  may  reach 
the  soul,  and  that  all  forms  of  mere  sensuous  gratifi- 
cation are  but  a  mockery  of  worship. 

In  short  we  must  remember  that  God  is  a  Spirit, 
and  they  that  worship  him  must  worship  him  in  spirit 
and  in  truth.  A  right  application  of  these  words  will 
rule  out  everything  unauthorized  in  worship,  especial- 
ly all  that  would  hinder  direct  communion  of  the  soul 
with  God,  all  forms  of  mere  sensuous  worship  whether 
by  images  or  instruments,  acts  or  ceremonies,  which 
so  far  as  they  affect  religious  feeling  keep  it  away 
from  the  supreme  object  of  devotioa. — Tlie  United 
Presbyterian. 

History  Travestied  and  Tortured. 


Mr.  Froude  wrote  a  history  some  time  since,  large- 
ly devoted  to  an  effort  to  prove  that  Henry  VIII.  was 
not  quite  the  lecherous  and  blood-thirsty  ruffian  he 
was  generally  believed  to  be;  and  other  writers  have 
exerted  their  ingenuity  to  show  that  Richard  the 
Third  instead  of  being  a  wry-necked  and  cruel  mur- 
derer was  comely  and  aimable.  Copying  this  ex- 
ample, we  learn  f/om  Frasefs  Magazine  and  The 
English  Independent,  that  the  "Christian  Brothers," 
as  certain  English  and  Irish  Jesuits  style  themselves, 
have  prepared  and  are  engaged  in   the  work   of  still 


further  edit'.cg  and  publishing  a  series  of  "L  sson 
Books"  intended  for  Roman  Catholic  children  and 
youths  at  school,  which  are  to  be  a  species  of  ''eras- 
ers," intended  to  rub  cut  from  the  pages  of  history  all 
those  blots  with  which  it  has  been  defaced  by  the  su- 
perstition or  the  sanguinary  cruelty  and  intolerance  of 
Roman  Catholics. 

The  aim  of  these  astute  Jesuits  is  to  create  a  de- 
nominational literature  and  place  it  in  the  hands  of 
all  their  echool-children,  in  which  the  Romish  church 
is  represented  as  having  been  distinguished  ever  by 
meekness  and  long-suffdring,  by  tolerance  and  broth- 
erly love,  and  by  an  ardent  admiration  for  and  pat- 
ronage of  literature  and  science;  while  it  is  further 
shown  to  have  been  uniformly  met  by  unprovoked 
cruelty,  oppression,  and  the  densest  and  most  obstruc- 
tive Ignorance  at  the  hands  of  ProtesUnts.  They 
dwell  on  the  harshness  of  the  English  penal  laws 
to  Irishmen,  and  suppress  the  story  of  the  massacres 
of  Protestants.  They  make  credit  to  Cardinal  Lang- 
ton  for  acting  with  the  English  cobles  in  opposition 
to  King  John,  but  say  nothing  of  the  fact  that  he  was 
suspended  by  Pope  Innocent  III.  for  the  stand  which 
he  made,  or  of  the  further  fact  that  this  same  pope 
declaref^  Magna  Charta  null  and  void,  and  anath- 
ematized all  those  who  had  taken  part  in  wresting  it 
from  the  tyrant.  Tne  '  'persecutions"  under  Elizs- 
beth  are  grossly  magnified,  but  the  facts,  to  quote 
the  language  of  Dt.  Doliinger,  that  a  "succession  of 
popes  sanctioned  the  assassination  of  heretical  sover- 
eigns, and  that  one  actually  instigaated  attempts  upon 
the  life  of  Qaeen  Elizibeth,"  are  sedulously  concealed. 
The  "burnings"  of  the  Protestant  martyrs  by  Mary 
are  softened  down  into  mere  "severities,"  the  details 
of  which  are  mendaciously  suppressed,  and  even 
these  are  attributed  to  the  civil  authorities,  who,  it  is 
ailedged,  were  "influenced  by  political,  not  religious 
motives,"  in  the  face  of  the  well-known  historical 
fact  that  Romish  archbishops  and  bishops,  composing 
an  ecclesiastical  court,  consigned  the  martyra  of  that 
day  to  the  flames.  It  is  claimed  that  the  fifty  thou- 
sand persons  who  were  hung,  beheaded,  or  burnt  to 
death  in  the  low  countries  on  account  of  their  religion 
only  suffsred  the  natural  consequences  of  a  civil  rebel- 
lion against  their  sovereign;  and  also  that  "religion 
had  nothing  to  do  with  the  massacre  on  St.  Bartholo- 
mew's-day;"  but  they  say  nothing  of  the  motives 
which  led  Philip  to  destroy  the  Protestants  in  the 
low  countries,  or  of  the  fact  that  Pope  Gregory  issued 
a  bull  approving  of  the  massacre  on  St.  Bartholo- 
mew's-day,  and  exhorting  Charles  IX.  to  complete 
tiie  work  which  he  had  so  well  begun;  nor  that  the 
cruel  slaughter  was  depicted  on  the  walls  of  the  Sis- 
tine  chapel,  nor  that  a  msdal  was  struck  by  the  pa 
pacy  in  honor  of  the  event.  But  even  this  miserable 
travesty  of  history  seems  tame  alongside  of  the  efforts 
of  the  "Christian  Brotherb"  to  paint  the  terrors  of  the  In- 
quisition in  ecchanting  colors.  With  unparalled  men- 
dacity and  audacity  combined,  they  undertake  to 
show  that  the  terrible  imprisonments,  mutilations, 
tortures,  aiitos  dafe,  and  other  atrocities  of  the  priests 
and  Jesuits  who  inspired  and  controlled  the  Icquision 
were  simply  "abuses,"  which  must  be  ascribed  *  'to 
the  civil  and  not  the  ecclesiastical  power,"  notwithstand- 
ing the  infamous  rescript  of  Innocent  VIII:  "We 
enjoin  and  command  the  said  secular  officers,  under 
penalty  of  excommunication,  that  within  six  days 
after  they  shall  be  legally  required,  they  regularly 
execute  the  sentence  pronounced  against  heretics, 
without  seeing  the  said  process  carried  on  by  you, 
and  without  allowing  any  appeal." 

We  are  curious  to  know  if  this  scandulous  and  un- 
blushing perversion  of  historical  evidence  ia  to  be  re- 
peated in  this  country;  and  whether  the  children  of 
the  Romish  church  in  the  United  States  are  also  to 
be  r^urtured  on  an  aliment  composed  of  impudence 
and  fraud.  As  the  old  Inquisition  tortured  and 
killed  its  victims,  so  this  new  Inquisition  puts  his- 
tory to  the  rack  and  the  thumb-screw,  and  crushes 
out  of  it  all  the  truth  that  gives  it  any  vitality.— 
Christian  JntelligencerWHEAlOU  COLLEG:  ulUtLAkf 

Wheaton,  Illinois 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


THE  SIXTH  ANNIVSESAHY  OF  THS  NATION- 
AL CHEI3TIAN  ASSOCIATION. 


THE  PKOCKEDINf^S  OF  THE  CONVEKTiON  AT 
SYIUCUSE,  JS.  Y. 


Miniitc!?,  Resolutions.  Or^aiiizatlouj  Etc. 


The  beautiful  Onondaga  Valley  of  central  New 
York,  18  a  fit  location  for  one  of  the  finest  inland  cities 
of  oar  countr}'.  Syracuse  has  a  population  oi  about 
50,000,  and  has  the  appearance  of  being  more  gener- 
ally inhabited  by  American  citizens  than  most  cities 
of  its  size  in  the  country.  The  Erie  Canal  and  exten- 
sive railroad  connections  aid  its  commerce;  three  daily 
papers  furnish  its  news;  and  numerous  churches  and 
schools  aid  in  spreading  morality  and  a  various  knowl- 
cdtre  among  the  people.  The  University  of  Syracuse 
is  located  in  the  outskirts  of  the  city.  Here  are  also 
the  headquarters  of  Wesleyan  Methodism;  the  Book 
Room  and  publishing  house  is  near  the  center  of  the 
city;  and  funds  are  nearly  subscribed  for  the  erection 
of  new  and  commodious  buildings,  which  will  cost 
§30,000. 

The  New  York  State  Christian  Association  opposed 
to  Secret  Sccieties  was  organized  here,  in  the  same 
Shakspeare  Hall,  in  November,  1870;  and  in  March, 
1873,  held  iu  the  same  place  its  second  annual  meet- 
ing. A  local  organization  also  has  added  largely  to 
the  zeal  and  information  of  the  citizens  on  this  reform. 
Through  the  energetic  efforts  of  the  committee  of  the 
State  Asscciation,  and  especially  its  actuary,  Rev.  L. 
N.  Stratton,  of  the  American  Wesleyan,  lecturers 
were  sent  through  large  portions  of  the  State  during 
May,  opening  the  way  for  a  large  place  in  the  prayers 
and  sympathies  of  Cbrifitian  people  in  bshalf  of  the 
national  meeting.  All  these  circumstances  combined 
to  make  a  great  and  useful  gathering. 

As  recommended  by  the  National  Executive  Com- 
mittee, the  usual  preiimiaary  meeting  for  prayer  and 
conference  was  held  iu  the  afternoon  of  Tuesday,  June 
2d,  a  report  of  which  from  the  secretary  will  be 
found  in  another  part  of  this  paper. 

In  the  evening  the  delegates  to  the  National  Con- 
vention assembled  at  an  early  hour,  and  before  the 
formal  introduction  of  business  a  time  was  spent  in 
earnest  prayer  to  God  for  guidance  during  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Convention,  and  in  thanksgiving  for  great 
mercies  of  the  year  past. 

At  8  o'clock  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard,  General  Agent  of 
the  Association,  called  to  order,  and  announced  that 
in  the  absence  of  the  President,  Rev.  J,  G.  Careon,  of 
Ohio,  the  Vice-president  from  Michigan,  Rev.  John 
Levington,  would  preside.  The  audience  by  request 
united  in  the  grand  old  hymn,  *'All  Hail  the  Pov/er 
of  Jesus'  Name"  with  fervor,  and  Rev.  A.  Crooks,  o( 
the  American  Wesleyan,  led  heart  and  thought  as  one 
to  the  tlirone  of  grace.  A  number  of  the  prominent 
members  of  the  Convention  v/ere  invited  to  seats  on 
the  platform :  Elder  David  Bernard,  author  of  Light  on 
Masonry;  President  Blanchard;  Dr.  D.  C.  McLaren, of 
Geneva,  N.  Y. ;  Ray.  ;E,  B.  Rollins,  former  editor 
of  the  Vermont  Luminary;  Rev.  B.  T.  Roberts,  of  Ro- 
chester, N.Y.,  General  Superintendent  of  the  Free  Meth- 
odist church;  Rev.  J.  L,  Barlow,  State  Agent  and 
Lecturer  for  N.  Y. ;  Rev.  D.  S.  Caldwell,  Ohio  State 
Agent;  Enoch  Honeywell,  of  Altay,  N.  Y. ,  and  others, 
The  appointment  of  committees  to  facilitate  the  buc- 
iness  of  the  Convention  was  first  taken  up,  Avith  the 
following  result: 

Oil  JiJnroUmcnt — Rev.  "William  Jackson  and  R.  II.  Morcy, 
of  New  York. 

To  Nvndnale  Officers— B.a\.  L.  N.  Station,  of  Syracuse, 
Kev.  Joseph  Travis,  of  Wiuuebago,  111.,  Rev.  J.  K.  Al- 
wood,  of  Metz,  lud.,  Rev.  William  Leuty,  of  Ligonier, 
Ind.,  Edward  B.  Rollins,  of  Vermont. 

Oil  Fiimnce—llGY.  Adam  Crooks,  D.  Kirkpatrick,  Mont- 
gomery Merrick,  of  Syracuse. 

Ou  Petitions  «nd  JiesQlutiom—RcY.  J.  L.  Barlow,  of  Sar- 
atoga, N.  Y.,  Rev.  John  Levington,  of  Detroit,  Zebulon 
Weaver  Esq.  of  Syracuse,  J.  G.  Mattoon,  of  Bryan,  O. 

The      remainder    of  the    evening     was    occupied 

with       brief      addrescs.       The      programme       was 

af rAtiged  ^   for      more'     extended      speeches      from 


the  presiding  officer  and  Rev.  B.  T.  Roberts, 
but  the  former  was  suffering  from  hoarseness  and 
wished  to  be  excused  from  long  speaking.  He  con- 
tinued, however,  stating  that  the  object  of  the  Conven- 
tion was  opposition  to  all  secret  societies  whatever. 
We  are  not  come  together  in  secret  with  closed  doors, 
but  we  invite  all,  even  the  oath-bound  clan?,  and  we 
will  do  them  good.  There  is  a  secret  empire  in  our 
midst,  plotting  against  our  republican  government, 
violating  law,  usurping  authority,  manifesting  a  power 
for  evil.  Against  this  power  we  are  enlisted  and  will 
never  abandon  the  field.  You  might  as  well  try  to 
stop  the  fall  of  waters  at  Niagara  with  your  hand  as  to 
stop  this  great  movement.  Our  country  has  but  one 
fla^,  ard  no  other  flag  should  be  permitted  to 
wave  in  this  land.  He  had  a  knowledge  of  the  work- 
ings of  secret  societies  and  knew  them  to  be  in  oppo- 
sition to  Christ's  religion,  and  he  was  ready  to  do  his 
part  in  rooting  from  this  land  secret  organizations  of 
every  kind. 

Rev.  B.  T.  Roberts,  editor  of  the  Earnest  Christian, 
Rochester,  N.  Y. ,  said  that  he  was  not  prepared  to  speak 
at  length  on  the  subject  of  secret  societies,  though 
regarding  them  as  a  great  evil.  He  had,  even 
in  boyhood,  experience  with  these  societies  which  sat- 
isfied him  of  their  character.  They  are  in  flat  contra- 
diction to  the  Scriptures  which  say  that  he  that  doeth 
truth  Cometh  to  the  light,  A  good  cause  does  not 
need  a  vail  to  cover  it;  bad  ones  do.  We  tear  away 
the  vail  and  uncover  the  hidden  iniquity.  When  a 
young  man,  engaged  in  school  teaching,  he  was  ap- 
proached by  an  Odd-fellow,  who  invited  him  to  join 
that  order  as  it  would  be  a  great  help  to  him  in  his 
profession.  He  was  indignant  at  such  a  proposition. 
Why  should  not  the  order  be  of  as  much  assistance  in 
forwarding  so  laudable  an  object  without  his  becoming 
a  member. 

Society  has  an  interest  in  having  honesty  rewarded. 
Secret  societies  take  away  this  inducement  to  success, 
because  they  crush  merit  and  elevate  men  who  are 
unworthy.  The  past  winter  in  New  York  and  other 
cities  men  have  been  reduced  to  starvation  because 
they  did  not  dare  go  to  their  work  for  fear  of  some 
trade  combination.  These  unions  proclaim  a  strike  and 
force  all  outside  to  obey  their  dictations ,  All  these  com- 
binations should  be  suppressed  by  law.  Hume  says  that 
at  one  time  in  the  history  of  Great  Britain,  these  or- 
ganizitions  were  made  punishable  and  finable  by  law; 
and  unless  they  had  been  thus  suppressed,  England 
would  not  occupy  to  day  her  positioa  among  the  lead- 
ing nations  of  the  earth.  Such  combinations  are 
especially  dangerous  in  our  own  country  where  they 
have  the  greatest  liberty  to  perfect  their  organization 
and  push  forward  their  schemes  of  ambition  and  so 
cial  disruption. 

So  far  as  secret  societies  have  any  influence 
they  promote  unworthy  men  to  office.  They 
are  made  to  elevate  bad  men  who  can  not 
elevate  themselves;  and  their  success  in  this 
is  sapping  the  very  foundations  of  our  govern- 
ment of  civil  and  religious  liberty.  A  minister 
of  his  acquaintance  while  connected  with  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church  wanted  a  high  position  in  the 
conference.  He  was  told  by  those  who  knew  his 
ability  and  ambition  that  he  was  unfit  for  the  position 
and  if  he  tried  he  could  not  get  a  vote.  But  he  re 
plied  that  there  were  enough  secret  society  votes  to 
elect  him ;  and  they  did  over  and  over,  year  after  year. 

These  secret  societies  interfere  with  the  administra- 
tion of  justice;  as  was  notably  the  case  with  a  mur- 
derer iu  Michigan,  [Vanderpool]  who  was  three  times 
tried,  and  V7as  cleared  by  Masonry.  Another  case  had 
come  under  his  own  observation  in  New  York  State 
only  a  few  years  af^o.  A  young  man  got  into  a  quar- 
rel with  an  inn-keeper.  The  latter  was  a  powerful 
man,  and  knocked  down  the  other  and  jumped  upon 
his  breast  bo  as  to  cause  his  death  in  a  short  time. 
The  coroner's  jury  headed  by  a  Mason  and  with  oth- 
er Masonic  members  decided  that  the  young  man  died 
of  consumption. 

It  is  high  time  people  were  aroused   on  these  ques- 


'^^ll|; 


tions.     Communism  is  only  another   branch  of  the  step  cost  him  $75  in  fees.     Col.   Totten  was  his  in 


secret  societies.  These'  may  repeat  the  scenes  of 
Paris  in  New  York,  Chicago  or  Syracuse.  Every  one 
should  think  on  these  matters  and  ask  the  Lord  what 
wilt  thou  have  me  to  do.  In  closing  he  suggested 
that  as  Bro,  Mathews  was  present  and  was  good  at 
exhorting  he  would  be  glad  to  hear  him. 

Rev.  James  Mathews,  of  Brooklyn,  was  called  for  and 
came  forward.  He  read  from  Exodus  xxi,  28,  29, 
concerning  the  ox  that  pushes  with  his  horns;  and 
remarked  there  was  once  a  great  ox  that  pushed 
William  Morgan,  and  that  it  was  his  wont  to  do  so 
thousands  acknowledged  by  coming  out  from  the 
lodges.  Charles  G.  Finney  was  one  of  these  and  his 
testimony  was  yet  clear  and  strong  against  the  lodge. 
He  had  some  experience  with  the  institution  in  Brook- 
lyn. After  he  had  preached  a  sermon  on  Masonry  a 
Masonic  editor  arose  in  the  audience  and  said,  "I  pro- 
nounce every  word  you  have  said  a  lie!"  But  the 
discourse  was  largely  made  up  of  extracts  from  Ma- 
sonic authors.  One  need  not  be  a  seceding  Mason  to 
incur  the  opposition  of  the  lodge.  If  a  man  only  acts 
out  his  Christian  principles,  if  he  only  lives  with  hon- 
or as  a  man,  he  will  meet  scorn  and  abuse  and  open 
opposition  from  the  lodge. 

President  Blanchard  arose  to  call  attention  to  the 
address  of  Mr.  Greene,  of  Indianapolis,  upon  the 
grange,  which  would  be  delivered  on  the  next  even- 
ing. When  the  English  Barons,  he  said,  extorted 
the  Magna  Charta  from  King  John,  the  tillers  of  the 
soil  were  left  out  of  the  arrangement,  as  their  rights 
were  considered  by  those  gentlemen  as  too  little  for  no- 
tice. Ever  since,  the  farmers  have  been  left  out  of 
every  movement  towards  social  advancement.  But 
when  at  length  they  learned  that  they  had  some 
rights  and  began  to  organize  in  clubs,  the  Masons 
broke  up  with  the  movement  and  gave  them  the 
grange,  which  is  the  last  hope  of  the  devil. 
Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  was  loudlyj^called  forand com- 
ing forward  spoke  briefly  and  hopefully  of  the  final 
triumph  of  the  reform.  There  are  times,  he  said, 
when  men  are  like  straws  upon  the  water,  like  mists 
before  the  rising  eun,  which  appear  a  moment  and 
are  gone.  So  those  who  stand  up  against  mighty 
wrongs  seem  to  pass  away  and  to  have  accomplished  no 
result.  But  though  the  men  are  lost  to  view,  wrongs 
are  being  righted.  This  fact  should  encourage  every 
worker  in  this  reform.  Another  comforting  thought 
is  that  the  same  God  who  numbers  the  hairs  of  our 
heads,  who  marks  the  sparrow's  fall,  who  has  broken 
the  shackles  from  the  human  mind  by  a  Luther,  who 
set  free  the  myriads  of  Russian  serfs  and  the  four 
million  slaves  in  our  own  land, — that  same  God  will, 
by  and  by,  bring  about  that  kingdom  which  is  "rieht- 
eousness  and  peace  and  joy  iu  the  Holy  Ghost,"  and 
every  right  word,  every  sincere  prayer  will  at  the  last 
be  found  to  have  its  place  in  the  great  work  of  ref- 
ormation. So  let  us  be  of  good  courage.  The  ban- 
ner of  Christ  shall  yet  float  over  all  nations,  and  all 
men  shall  be  the  free  men  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 

The  General  Agent,  in  announcing  the  programme 
for  the  morrow,  said  that  in  coming  through  Ohio 
about  a  month  ago  he  had  taken  pains  to  call  on  that 
venerable  man  of  God,  Charles  G.  Finney,  now  rap- 
idly descending  to  the  close  of  life.  He  sent  his  kind- 
est greetings  to  the  Convention  and  prayed  that  the 
spirit  of  the  Lord  would  rest  upon  it.  Especially  he 
sent  encouraging  words  to  the  younger  men  who  had 
espoused  this  cause.  Announcements  for  the  exercises 
of  the  next  day  were  made  and  a  cordial  invitation  ex- 
tended to  the  citizens  of  Syracuse  to  be  present. 

After  singing  the  doxology,  and    benediction  by  El- 
der J.  L.  Barlow,  the  session  adjourned. 
Wednesday. 

MORNIIJO  SESSION. 

The  hour  spent  in  prayer  and  conference,  before 
the  business  of  the  Convention  was  opened,  was  prob- 
ably the  best  meeting  of  the  day.  Among  the 
interesting  testimonies  given  that  of  Bro.  Givens 
of  Indiana  was  especially  interesting  as  from  a  seced- 
er.  He  said  that  when  21  years  of  age,  he  went  to 
California  and  was  led  into  the  Masonic   lodge.     This 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Btructor  in  the  work  of  the  order.  He  tried  for  years 
to  make  himself  an  infidel  through  Freemasonry. 
He  was  at  last  brought  to  see  the  inqiuity  of  such  at- 
tempts, and  also  of  the  institution,  and  fully  abandoned 
both.  He  had  suft'ered  persecution  and  almost  personal 
violence  for  this  step;  but  his  love  for  Christ  and 
truth  was   stronger  than  all  else. 

Business  was  at  length  commenced  with  Aaron 
Floyd,  of  Pittsburg,  Vice-president  from  Pensylvania, 
in  the  chair.  A  committee  was  selected  to  arrange 
and  present  the  voluminous  correspondence  from 
various   States:    M.   N.    Downing.  E.  P.  Sellew    and 

C.  A.  Blacchard.  The  committee  on  enrollment 
was  also  instructed  to  place  upon  the  roll 
the  names  of  all  who  were  present  with  the  intention 
of  becoming  members,  but  were  not  appointed  to 
represent  any  auxiliary  body  or  church.  A  committee 
to  arrange  the  business  of  the  Convention  was  also 
appointed,  consisting  of  J.  P.  Stoddard,  Rev.  I»f. 
Wardner  and  Elder  J.  L.  Barlow. 

President  J.  BlancharJ,  from  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, reported,  verbally,  its  action  in  securing  the 
incorporation  of  the  National  Christian  Association 
according  to  the  laws  of  the  State  of  Illinois.  The 
report  was  adopted  and  the  following  chosen  a  com- 
mittee to  suggest  what  further  action  mif^ht  be  neces- 
sary: B.  T.  Roberts,  J.  Blanchard  and  John  Leving- 
ton. 

The  Committee  on  Nominations,  through  Rev. 
Joseph  Travis,  presented  a  partial  report  as  follows : 

For  Preside>it— Rev.  B.  T.  Roberts,  of  New  York. 

Vice-Presidents— Rm .  L.  N.  Stratton,  of  New  York; 
John  M.  Rownds,  of  Ohio;  S.  B.  Erwin,  of  Indiana;  Dan- 
iel Brailey,  of  Vermont;  I.  L.  Buchwalter,  of  Iowa;  G. 
W.  Needles,  of  Missouri;  A.  C.  Chittenden,  of  Wisconsin; 
S.  B.  Allen,  of  Illinois;  George  Kipp,  of  Michigan;  Aaron 
Floyd,  of  Pennsylvania;  J.  A.  Conant,  of  Connecticut;  S. 

D.  Greene,  of  Massachusetts;  F.  Manter,  of  Maine;  P.  B. 
Chamberlain,  of  Washington  Territory;  Oren  Cravath,  of 
Minnesota;  N.  B.  Blanton,  of  Kansas;  Francis  Gillette  of 
Connecticut. 

Recording  Secj-etaries—B..  L.  Kellogg  and  Rev.  James 
Mathews. 

Corresponding  Secretary— Q.  A.  Blanchard. 
Lecturer  and  General  Agent— 3.  P.  Stoddard. 
Treasurer— 'B..  L.  Kellogg, 

At  request  of  its  chairman,  H.  L.  Kellogg  was  add- 
ed to  the  committee,  which  afterward  reported  the 
following: 

Directors— Vhiio  Carpenter,  J.  Blanchard,  Archibald 
SValifc,  I.  A.  Han,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  Ezra.  A.  Cook,  J.  G. 
TerriU,  O.  F.  Lumry,  J.  M.  Wallace,  Isaac  Preston,  Wil- 
liam Pinkney. 

Auditor — H.  A.  Fischer. 

The  nominations  of  the  committee  were  unanimous- 
ly voted.  At  the  request  of  Vice-president  Floyd  the 
President  elect  came  forward  and  took  the  chair,  and 
in  a  few  appropriate  remarks  asked  the  aid  of  the 
Convention  in  his  position  and  hoped  that  God  would 
guide  in  all  the  proceedings. 

The  Executive  Committee  reported  through  its 
chairman,  Pres.  J.  Blanchard,  that  no  progress  had 
been  made  to  secure  a  joint  stock  company  on  the 
basis  suggested  last  year.  The  report  was  accepted 
and  the  business  continued  with  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee for  their  further  action. 

Pres.  J.  Blanchard,  J,  L.  Barlow  and  L.  N.  Stratton 
were  appointed  a  committee  on  Political  Action  at  the 
last  anniversary.  The  chairman  reported,  verbally,  in 
favor  of  the  speedy  organization  of  The  American 
Party y  whicb  shall  be  the  political  agency  for  carrying 
out  the  objects  of  the  National  Christian  Association. 
He  explained  that  this  name  had  once  been  used  by 
the  "Koow-Nothings,"  but  it  is  so  broad,  all-embrac- 
ing and  significant  that  it  should  not  be  discarded  for 
that  reason.  The  name  embraces  all  our  people,  irre 
spective  of  their  original  nationalities.  He  would 
welcome  all  Americans  to  the  American  Party.  As 
the  fundamental  principle  of  this  organization  he  favor- 
ed the  adoption  of  the  declaration  that  as  ours  is  a 
Christian,  and  not  a  heathen  government,  this  fact 
ought  to  be  recognized  in  our  fundamental  law.  He 
read  a  number  of  letters  of  prominent  men  who  are 
in  sympathy  with  this  movement.  One  of  the  letters 
read  mentioned  as  a  fact  that  there  are  good  men  in 
the  lodge.  Rev.  John  Lsvington  arose  to  correct  so 
erroneous  an  idea  that  there  could  be  pious  and  good 
men  connected   with  secret  orders,  and  said,  **  I  tell 


you,  brethren,  we  must  get  rid  of  this  idea."  Presi- 
dent Roberts  suggested  that  the  remarks  were  not 
upon  the  question. 

Dr.  McLaren,  of  Geneva,  N.  Y. ,  said  that  the 
United  Presbyterian  church  to  which  he  belonged 
look  but  little  part  in  politics.  He  was  an  Anti-mason 
in  Morgan  times  End  expelled  persistently  adhering 
Masons  from  his  church.  This  reform  was  needed 
more  in  the  churches  than  in  government.  He  was 
in  favor  of  making  this  movement  non-sectarian,  and 
the  enforcing  of  Christian  principles  as  the  means  of 
modifying,  and  possibly  doing  away  with,  civil  govern- 
ment. 

Rev.  Mr.  Wilder,  of  New  York,  would  embody  in 
the  report  the  declaration  that  we  acknowledge  one 
God  and  are  a  Christian  nation. 

Rev.  Mr.  Foster,  of  Syracuee,  desired  careful  con- 
sideration of  the  question  of  carrying  this  movement 
into  political  action. 

The  report  was  finally  recommitted  to  be  presented 
in  writing. 

A  request  from  a  lady  delegate  to  know  whether 
the  Convention  would  recognize  female  suifrage  as 
part  of  its  platform  was  also  referred  to  the  committee. 

The  Treasurer's  report  was  then  read  and  referred 
to  the  Finance  Committee. 

The  report  of  the  Corresponding  Secretary  was  then 
called  for,  and  as  Rev.  I.  A.  Hart,  the  Secretary,  was 
unable  to  be  present,  his  report  was  read  by  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  Convention.  It  was  referred  to  the 
Secretaries  to  make  extracts  for  the  minutes  and  was 
afterward  voted  to  be  sent  to  other  papers  which  would 
publish  in  full  or  in  part. 

Bro.  L.  N.  Stratton  noticing  Mr.  George  W.  Clark, 
the  celebrated  "Liberty  Singer''  of  abolition  times,  in 
the  audience,  suggested  that  he  be  requested  to  favor 
the  Convention  with  a  song.  He  complied,  and  com- 
ing forward  said  he  wanted  to  take  a  text  from  a  fling 
of  the  Rochester  Democrat  at  this  Convention  whicb 
he  saw  on  coming  to  Syracuse.  Such  ridicule  by  the 
press  was  no  caus^J-  for  diecouragement.  He  would 
sing 

A  gONO  OF  PROORESa. 

The  world  is  on  the  move 
Look  about,  look  about. 
There  is  much  we  may  improve 
Do  not  doubt,  do  not  doubt. 
And  to  all  who  understand 
There's  a  warning  voice  at  hand 
Ringing  out,  ringing  out. 

Though  gloomy  hearts  despond 
At  the  sky,  at  the  sky. 
There's  a  sun  to  shine  beyond 
By  and  by,  by  and  by : 
Ere  the  vessel  that  wo  urge 
Shall  beneath  the  surface  merge 
A  beacon  on  the  verge 
Shall  be  nigh,  shall  be  nigh. 

Step  by  step  the  longest  march 
Can  be  done,  can  be  done; 
Single  stones  will  form  an  arch 
One  by  one,  one  by  one  ; 
And  with  union  what  we  will 
May  be  all  accomplished  still, 
Drops  of  water  turn  a  mill 
Singly  none,  singly  none. 

Brag  and  bluster  float  as  froth 
O'er  the  wave,  o'er  the  wave; 
Hoary  treason  worse  than  both — 
Pools  may  rave,  fools  may  rave; 
But  the  honest  hearts  tliat  think, 
And  the  hardy  hands  that  link, 
And  for  pikes  use  pen  and  ink 
Are  the  brave,  are  the  braye. 

Let  us  onward  then  for  right. 
Nothing  more,  nothing  more ; 
AnA\at  justice  he  tiiQmiglit 
We  adore,  we  adore ; 
Build  no  hopes  upon  the  sand, 
For  our  people,  heart  and  hand, 
Can  make  this  a  better  land 
Than  before,  than  before. 

Pres.  Blanchard  moved  that  the  Association  adjourn 
to-morrow  (Thursday)  at  12  o'clock  lo  give  opportuni 
ty  for  the  holding  of  a  mass  meeting,  at  two  in  the 
afternoon,  of  those  opposed  to  secret  societies,  to  take 
such  action  as  may  be  deemed  best  on  the  subject  of 
organizing  a  political  party. 

Rev.  E.  B.  Rollins,  of  Vermont,  aged  eighty-two 
years,  was  introduced  as  one  who  had  taken  seven  de- 
grees in  Masonry.  He  became  a  Mason  on  the  prom 
ise  that  it  would  render  him  more  useful  ae  a  minister 
of  the  Gospel.  He  found  himself  disappointed  and 
deceived,  and  for  more  than  two  years  was  silent.  Then 
he  heard  brother  Masons  boast  that  a  man  in  Western 
New  York  had  been  put  to  death  for  violating  the 
secrets  of  the  order.  Officers  of  the  order  held  that 
as  the  Masonic  fraternity  was  older  than  the  govern 
ment  of  the   United   States,  it  had  at  least  as  good  a 


right  to  punish  offendt-rs  against  its  laws.  He  then 
publicly  confessed  his  sin  in  taking  the  Masonic  obli- 
gations. The  greater  part  of  Mr.  Rollin's  remarks 
^ere  nearly  a  repetition  of  those  made  in  the  Tuesday 
afternoon  meeting  and  may  be  read  elsewhere.  An 
intensely  interesting  incident  which  he  had  from  his 
father-in-law  concerning  a  woman  who  was  compelled 
to  take  the  Misonic  oath  Mr.  Rollins  has  consented  to 
write  out  for  publication  hereafter. 

After  benediction  by  Pres.  Blanchard,  a  recess  was 
taken  till  two  o'clock. 

TUE  AFTERNOON  SESSION. 

opened  with  reading  a  portion  of  Scripture  and  prayer 
by  Rev.  D.  B.  Douglass  of  New  Yoik  and  singing  the 
hymn 

"A  charge  to  keep  I  have," 

After  some  preliminary  business,  reading  of  minutes. 
etc.,  an  address  from  Rev.  D.  P.  Rathbun  of  New 
York  was  next  on  the  programme.  Previous  to  his 
remarks  Mr.  Clark  was  called  on  for  another  of  his 
stirring  songs,  the  recollection  of  the  firBt  one  giving 
a  zest  to  the  inviiation.  Mr  Clark  remarked  fljat  we 
had  overcome  one  great  evil,  slavery,  but  the  one  we 
now  are  battUng  is  a  worse  enemy;  its  iron  bands  are 
stronger  than  those  of  intemperance.  He  sang  a 
beautiful  song,  "The  Freedom  of  the  Soul,"  adding 
to  a  clear  and  finely  modulated  voice,  such  wel'-fitting 
gestures  as  gave  greater  impressiveness  and  earnest- 
ness to  the  piece,  Mr.  Clark  never  sang  during  the 
meeting  without  reaching  every  heart,  and  tears  were 
often  seen  flowing  down  the  cheeks  of  aged  listener;. 
These  songs  will  all  appear  in  time.  Most  of  them 
will    necessarily    be    crowded     out    of  this     repon. 

The  remainder  of  the  afternoon  was  chiefly  occu- 
pied with  addresses  by  D.  P.  Rathbun  and  D.  S. 
Caldwell,  and  the  reading  of  a  valuble  historical  p». 
per  written  by  Elder  David  Bernard,  "Unpubiishy,! 
Reininiscencss  of  the  Morgan  Times.''  These  will  be 
published  hereafter.  After  Elder  Raihbun'.s  address 
Pres.  Roberts  said,  ''We  have  bad  a  war  speecli,  now 
let's  huve  a  war  song,"  and  called  on  the  audience 
to  sing  "Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  Cross,"  which  was 
done  with  great  carnestneEs.  Immediately  following 
Rev.  A,  Crooks  from  the  Financi^tl  Committee  report- 
ed that  about  $300  would  be  necessary  to  meet  all 
the  expenses  of  the  Convention.  It  was  proposed  to 
appoint  a  sub-committee  to  raise  this  amount.  Oth- 
ers suggested,  Father  Green,  of  Indiana,  especially, 
to  strike  while  the  iron  is  hot  and  raise  the  money  at 
once.  Subscriptions  were  calied  for  and  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Convention  responded  piomptly,  and  mean- 
while Mr.  Clark  added  to  the  interest  in  his  inimita- 
ble way  with  a  song.  The  amount  raised  in  cash  was 
$1Y2    and   $30  in  subscriptions. 

The  paper  of  Eider  Bernard  was  accompanied  by 
an  autograph  letter  of  John  Quincy  Adams,  express- 
ing satisfaction  on  reading  the  revelations  of  Masonry 
in  Mr.  Bernard's  great  work,  also  by  the  diploma  ib- 
sued  to  Elder  Bernard  by  a  Utica  lodge,  in  Utica,  N. 
Y.  On  account  of  feebleness  of  body  and  of  voiot. 
Elder  Bernard  had  requested  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard 
to  read  his  "Reminiscences;"  himself  rrmatklng  that 
many  facts  contained  in  the  paper  had  been  before 
publislied,  but  the  full  and  connected  statement  was 
now  first  written  out.  Of  the  three  persons  through 
whom  the  higher  degrees  were  given  to  the  world  he 
only  yet  remained  alive,  and  this  would  probably  be 
his  last  testimony  by  which  the  circle  of  proof  was 
made  complete.  The  thanks  of  the  Convention  were 
given  by  rising  vote  to  Elder  Bernard  and  the  paper 
ordered  to  be  printed. 

The  General  Agent  reported  nearly  7,000  names  to 
the  corner-stone,  and  moved  a  committee  to  arrange 
them  and  forward  to  President  Grnnt.  Pres.  Blanch- 
ard, D.  Kirkpatrick  and  G.  V/.  Needles  were  chosen 
to  that  duty.  Mrs.  M.  B.  Gage,  of  Fayetteville,  N. 
Y.,  had  been  appointed  to  make  some  remarks  upon 
Woman's  Work  in  the  Anti-secret  Reform,  but  the 
lateness  of  the  hour  caused  a  posiponemect  until 
evening,  and  after  announcements  the  Convention  ad- 
journed until  the  evening  session. 

CONTINUED  ON  12tH,   PAGE 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE; 


A  Chapter  on  Maimers. 


It  is  a  sign  of  bad  manners  to  look 
over  the  shoulders  of  a  person  who  is 
writing,  to  see  what  is  written. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  occupy  a  seat 
•while  other  people  stand  around  with- 
out a  seat. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  go  into  any  per- 
son's bouse  withoui,  taking  off  your  hat. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  uae  profane  lan- 
guage. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  use  your  own 
knife  at  meals  in  cutting  off  a  piece  of 
meat,  or  to  uie  it  on  '.he  butter  dish — 
get  a  clean  knife. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  go  into  any 
person's  house  with  mud  or  dirt  on 
your  shoes . 

It  is  bad  manners  to  talk  in  company 
when  others  are  talking,  or  to  talk  or 
whisper  in  church. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  talk  in  com- 
pany to  one  or  two  persons  about  some 
subject  which  the  others  do  not  under- 
Etand. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  stare  at  stran- 
gers in  company  or  in  the  street. 

It  is  bad  mauntrs  to  say  "yes"or 
"no"  to  a  stranger,  or  to  your  parents, 
or  to  aged  people;  let  it  be  ''yes,  sir," 
and  '"no,  sir." 

It  is  bad  manners  to  pick  your  teeth 
at  the  table,  and  bad  manners  to  pick 
them  with  a  pin  in  any    compmy. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  comb  your  hair 
and  brush  your  coat  in  the  eating  room. 

It  is  a  sign  of  low  breeding  to  make 
a  display  of  your  fiaery  or  equipage. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  boast  of  your 
wealth  or  prcsperily  or  good  fortune  in 
the  presence  of  the  poor  or  those  less 
fortunate  than  you  are. 

li  is  vulgar  to  talk  much  about  your- 
self, and  it  is  very  low  and  vulgar  to 
lie. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  stand  in  the 
middle  of  the  pavement  when  people 
are  passing,  or  to  make  remarks  about 
those  who  pass. 

It  is  bad  manners  to  spit  on  the  floor 
or  carpet,  or  to  spit  at  meals,  and  yet 
many  people  who  tl  ink  they  are  gen" 
teel  do  it.  If  you  must  spit  at  m  als, 
get  up  and  go  out.  Children  ought 
to  be  taught  at  school  that  spitting  is 
mere  habit. 


OUR  MAIL. 


J.  G.  Laughlin,  College  Springs,  la., 
writes: 

"Enclosed  find  $2.50  for  weekly  Cy?iosM»'e 
in  post-olBce  ordiT.  Wish  I  could  send 
you  one  hundred  subscribers.  Hurry  up 
that  political  p.irly  opposed  to  nil  secrecy, 
as  I  have  voted  my  last  vote  for  any  secret 
society  man.  I  indorse  the  Cynosure's  po- 
sition in  sweeping  the  whole  brood  of  se- 
crecy by  the  board." 

Mrs.  S.  B.  Allen,  Iforrisou,  111.,  writes: 
"Dr.  Donaldson,  our  Deacon  and  Super- 
intendent of  tbe  Sabbath-school,  joined  the 
Masons  three  weeks  ago.  He  expects  to 
go  to  Chicago  to  live.  I  sliall  nut  com- 
mune with  the  church  or  attend  the  Sab- 
bath schO'd  while  he  remains." 

E.  Manville,  Turner,  111.,  writes: 
"I  have  tried  to  get   some   subscriptions 
for  the  Cynosure,  but  I  have  not  got  any, 
but  may  in  the  luture." 

Persevere.  Good  seed  planted  and  prop- 
erly cared  for  will  surely  grow  and  the 
harvest  will  come  in  due  lime. 

Jacob  Ilaffner,  Donnellson,  la.,  quotes 
the  following  lines: 

"Kight  Is  right  eince  God  Ib  God, 

And  righl  tlie  day  must  win; 
To  doubt  would  be  v'lsloyally, 
To  (alter  would  be  iiu," 


Rev.  E.  P.  Selew,  Rome,  N.  T.,  writes: 
"Bro.  Barlow  lectured  in  my  church  last 
Friday  night.     The  meeting  was  a  success. 
This  is  a  strongly  Masonic  city.    But  the 
Anti  masonic  leaven  is  working." 

"Wm.  G.  "Walters,  Leslie,  Van  Wert  Co., 
O.,  writes: 

"I  love  to  read  it  (the  Cynosure)  and  I 
take  great  delight  in  handing  it  to  my 
neighbors  to  read.  Only  to-day  I  asked  a 
Freemason  to  subscribe  for  it,  gave  him  a 
copy  to  read,  told  him  to  read  and  pray 
when  he  read  it  and  then  pick  out  the  false 
parts  and  come  to  me  the  next  time  we 
meet.  Masonry  is  pretty  strong  here  and 
the  people  are  wonderfully  in  the  darkcon- 
c'^ruiug  the  Anti-masonic  movement.  May 
God  arouse  them.  I  distributed  all  the 
Ami-masonic  tracts  you  sent  me  at  our 
township  election  this  spring.  The  people 
were  jistonishcd  when  I  opmedfire  against 
the  lodge  by  handing  out  tracts  to  friend 
and  foe.  We  need  a  lecturer  here  in  this 
county  (Van  Wert)  bad.  I  have  been  so- 
liciting subscribers  for  the  Cynosure,  but 
it  is  a  very  busy  time  with  me  at  present, 
as  I  am  a  farmer  by  occupat  on.  I  have 
succeeded  in  getting  only  four  subscribers 
for  three  months,  but  they  all  promise  to 
renew  if  they  lik  ■  the  parer.  I  intend  to 
try  to  get  more  and  still  more." 

Curtis  Cogswell,  Deer  Lick,  O.,  writes: 
"I  have  now  spent  two  days  to  get  sign- 
ers to  yiur  petition  to  U.  S.  Grant  to  pre- 
vent the  Masons  from  laying  the  corner- 
stone in  Chicago.  But  I  am  about  discour- 
aged. I  have  only  got  twenty-seven  names 
as  yet.  But  I  will  tight  the  Masons  as  long 
as  I  live,  and  do  all  I  can  for  their  down- 
fall; because  I  have  been  a  Mason  and 
know  it  is  the  work  of  the  devil.  I  will  do 
all  I  can  for  your  paper  and  cause,  for  I 
know  you  are  on  the  right  track." 

"We  think  you  need  not  be  discouraged ;  if 
every  friend  of  the  cause  was  succeeding 
as  well,  we  would  make  a  strong  move- 
ment against  Masonry." 
G.  C.  Hinsdale,  "Wyanet,  111.,  writes: 
"We  cannot  give  it  (the  Cynosure)  up,  we 
believe  every  family  ought  to  take  one," 

Saml. Lilly,  Bronson,  Mich.,  writes: 
"I  hope  the  Anti-masons  will  have  suc- 
cess and  come  off  victorious." 

Benj.  H.  Binford,  Westland,  Ind., 
writes: 

'  'No  one  in  my  neighborhood  ever  saw 
the  paper  until  I  showed  it  to  them.  I 
think  I  will  get  some  more  new  subscrib- 
ers before  long." 

We  believe  there  are  many  neighbor- 
hoods which  have  not  seen  the  Cynosure 
that  will  welcome  it  gladly  if  a  friend  will 
only  introduce  it. 

C.  O.  Beatty.  Creenfield  0.,  writes: 

"I  have  a  petition  out,  am  doing  well, 
and  will  send  to  Syracuse  on  time." 

John  McLean,  Keokuk,  Iowa,  writes: 
"Some  say  they  will  send  for  the  paper 

soon.    I  will  do  all  I  can  for  it,  God  being 

my  helper." 

Rev,  Wm,  Bridgman,  Streator,  111., 
writes : 

"I  discard  all  secret  societies,  esppciallv 
Masonry,  which  I  regard  as  the  mother  of 
abominations,  in  all  secret  organizations." 

Jacob  Seammahorn,  Rockport,  Ind,, 
sends  one  three  months  subscriber  and 
writes: 

"This  is  a  small  business,  but  we  must 
not  despise  the  day  of  small  things.  Every- 
thing has  a  beginning,  The  Cynosure  is 
givmg  satisfaction  to  all  subscribers  as  far 
as  I  know.  ,  ,  I  hope  to  be  able  to  send 
more  soon." 

We  believe  great,  stupendous  movements 
have  sometimes  turned  on  hinges  as  small 
as  a  single  three  mouths  subscriber, 
Hope  Davis,  Carpenterville,  111.,  writes: 
"According  to  Presiaent  Blanchard's  re- 
quest I  liavcgot  fifiy-four  names  to  send  to 
the  Rev.  L,  N,  S' ration,  Syracuse,  Mason- 
ic influ'  nee  has  mufh  to  do  with  the  minds 
of  men  in  the  workshop  and  in  the  pulpit. 
One  man  told  me  if  he  should  puthisname 
on  that  paper  it  would  be  one  thousand 
dollars  damage  to  his  busiut  ss,  A  good 
many  Masons  trade  with  me;  at  the  same 
time  h'"  said  he  was  as  much  an  Anti-ma- 
son as  I  was.  One  Baptist  minister  in  this 
place  said  he  would  not  sign  it  for  a  thou- 
sand dollars," 

Philo  Millard,  Woodhull,  N,  Y„  writes; 

"I  have  succeeded  in  getting  you  twelve 
three  mouths  subscribers,  ,  .  ,  I  shall 
try  and  get  them  renewed," 

Hiram  Gardner,  Big  Rapids,  Mich,, 
writes; 


"I  consider  I  am  a  freeman  now,  and 
I  mean  to  spend  the  remainder  of  my 
days  in  opposing  secret  societies,  of 
which  Freemasonry  is  chief  on  account 
of  its  great  power  (deception).  ,  ,  I  am 
a  stranger  here,  do  not  know  what  can  be 
done  for  our  good  cause,  but  I  will  try  to 
keep  the  light  burning  in  my  own  heart,  so 
thai  otliers  may  see  it  and  flee  from  secret 
orders  of  all  kinds,  ,  ,  .  That  God  will 
take  the  work  into  his  own  Lands  is  my 
highest  wish," 

Eleazer  Smith,  Glengardner,  N.  J., 
writes: 

"I  never  had  any  sympathy  with  Mason- 
ry and  other  kindred  and  secret  associa- 
tions even  while  with  us  they  were  onlv 
mailers  to  talk  of,  but  now  we  feel  their 
evil  influences;  and  yet  I  would  not  fear 
the  evil  consequences  half  so  much  if  the 
church  was  free  from  their  secret  workings, 
if  the  clergy  kept  themselves  unspotted 
or  would  C'lme  out  from  among  them  and 
have  no  f  llowship  with  their  unfruitful 
works  of  darkness,  but  rather  reprove 
them,  and  were  leaning  on  an  arm  almighty 
rather  than  one  of  flesh,  then  would  I  feel 
as  if  we  had  a  place  to  flee  to,  a  place  of 
refuge.  But  now  are  they  wasting  the  vi- 
tals of  the  church  and  state  of  which  they 
profess  to  be  the  safeguard,  as  though  they 
wcu'd  'if  it  were  possible  seduce  even  the 
elect,'  I  never  fear  the  positive  power  of 
the  world  half  so  much  as  the  negative 
power  of  the  church." 

A  Friend  writes: 

Dear  Cynosure: — It  has  been  a  long  time 
since  I  saw  you,  but  have  not  forgotten 
your  ever  welcome  face.  Your  'Labor  in 
the  Lord  has  not  been  in  vain,'  I  could 
report  by  name  a  score  of  prominent  Ma- 
sons who  'talk  with  their  mouths'  of  Ma- 
sonry as  being  like  one  king  of  old,  'weigh- 
ed in  the  balance  and  found  wanting,' 
'Its  glory  is  departed.'  Go  on  and  may 
success  attend  you." 


mu  M 


Masonic  Blasphemy. 


From  tbe  New  Hampshire  Post. 
Mr,  Bunce: — There  is  something  so 
horrid  in  the  following  lines,  which  you 
have  given  us  in  the  Post,  August  3d, 
that  1  cannot  let  them  pass  without 
some  remarks: 

"  Let  every  man  take  glass  in  hand, 
Drink  bumpers  to  our  Master  Grand 
As  long  as  be  can  sit  or  stand  with  decency. 
The  Almighty  God  here  I'll  prove  to  be 
The  first  Grand  Master  of  Masonry  I" 

AJiiman  Bezon,  page  143. 
Here  the  drunken  club  assert  that 
Almighty  God  is  the  first  Grand  Master 
of  Masonry — an  awful  lie.  But  how 
do  they  worship  their  Grand  Master  ? 
By  drinking  bumpers  to  him  as  long  as 
ihey  can  sit  or  stand  with  decency. 
Thus  in  the  midst  of  tl^eir  revelry  is 
the  majesty  of  heaven  insulted.  Is 
this  profane  and  impious  ?  Is  this  the 
way  in  which  Masonic  ministers,  and 
deacons,  and  church  members  worship 
in  the  Masonic  temple  of  the  glorious 
God?  Be  astonished,  0  ye  heavens! 
and  let  all  the  churches  hear  and  trem- 
ble! "What  a  triumph  for  atheists! 
'Strike,  but  conceal  the  hand,'  should 
be  written  on  the  foreheads  of  such 
ministers  and  professors. 

It  may  be  said  that  ministers  and 
professors  never  join  in  such  songs.  I 
doubt  it.  But  admitting  that  some  of 
them  never  have,  they  are  the  approv- 
ed songs  of  Masonry,  sanctioned  by  her 
dignitaries  and  published  in  her  stand- 
ard books.  They  are  her  "beauties." 
All  that  support  her,  cling  to  her  skirts, 
and  worship  at  her  altars  are  partakers 
with  her  in  her  songs,  her  impiety,  her 
blasphemy,  and  in  her  deeds  of  blood. 
The  man  that  secretes  the  thief  is  a 
partaker  with  the  thief.  And  the  man 
who  countenances  Masonry,  and  always 
''  hails"  her,  is  a  partaker  with  Mason- 
ry in  ail  her  pollution  and  crime.  The 
conclusion  is  irresistible,  and  it  is  rain 
to  shuffle. 


Am  I  severe?  There  is  nothing  cuts 
like  the  truth.  This  has  two  edges, 
and  it  is  time  to  wield  it.  Ministers 
and  professors  of  religion  must  renounce 
Masonry  or  come  out  like  men  and  sup- 
port the  blasphemous  institution.  No 
flinching  in  this  business.  If  you  are 
in  heart  for  Baal,  then  sing  his  songs 
and  worship  at  Baal's  altar,  and  serve 
him  with  all  your  hearts. 

I  shculd  hke  to  know  how  a  Masonic 
minister  would  feel  who  knew  that  his 
hearers,  young  and  old,  had  been  read- 
ing these  Masonic  songs  when  he  met 
them  on  the  Sabbath,  and  presumed  to 
lead  in  Christian  worship.  What  asso- 
ciations must  flatter  round  the  assem- 
bly! 


Freemasonry  not  Dead  Yet. 


Many  nominal  Anti-masons  affect  to 
believe  that  Freemasonry  has  already 
ceased  to  live,  or  that  she  is  so  palsied 
in  every  limb  as  to  be  harmless.  And 
we  rejoice  that  it  is  so,  they  say,  for 
we  have  always  been  desirous  to  see 
her  laid  low !  If  any,  even  one,  sound 
and  conclusive  argument  could  be  ad- 
ducsd  to  support  this  belief,  we  ourselves 
should  be  behind  none  in  the  measure 
or  sincerity  of  our  rejoicings.  But 
what  say  the  grand  lodges  ?  Those  of 
Vermont  and  Rhode  Island  have  ex- 
pressed an  unalterable  determination  to 
sustain  their  institutions,  despite  of 
public  opinion,  and  that  of  Massachu- 
setts has  lately  pledged  itself  anew  to 
maintain  and  perpetuate  the  ancient  and 
useful  principles  of  the  craft.  Togeth- 
er with  these  determinations  and  pledg- 
es comes  the  fact  that  the  lodges  have 
their  '"regular  communications"  as  us- 
ual. It  is  true  no  public  notices  are 
given  as  heretofore,  but  we  confidently 
challenge  any  man  to  deny  our  position, 
that  Freemasons  Etill  cherish  the  hope 
of  perpetuating  their  lodge  meetings, 
and  for  that  purpose  efill  assemble  as 
they  have  been  wont  to  do.  We  say 
this  not  to  convince  or  even  undeceive 
any  one,  for  no  man,  who  has  ever 
given  himself  the  trouble  to  inquire,  at 
the  true  source  of  information,  has  any 
doubt  of  its  truth.  But  we  do  say  it 
is  the  expression  of  our  belief,  that  it 
behooves  those  who  are  so  confident  of 
the  decease  of  Freemasonry,  to  give 
some  other  proofs  of  the  fact  than  their 
own  ignorance  and  ipse  dixit,  or  to  re- 
linquish ihe'iT  pretended  Anti-masonry, 
join  heartily  in  the  cause  of  the  hand- 
maid, and  fight  her  battles  under  her 
proper  banner.  But  Freemasonry 
gains  no  proselytes  in  these  days,  ssys 
one  in  reply,  and  must  therefore  be 
extinct  with  the  present  generation. 
Now  this  is  a  gratuity,  without  a 
shadow  of  support  from  fact.  Freema- 
sonry, a  political  society,  will  always 
find  votaries  so  long  as  she  can  promise 
them  political  promotion.  And  she 
can  promise  them  such  promotion  so 
long  as  she  can  any  how  command  a 
majority  of  sufi'rages. — Miv  Bedford 
Courier. 


Some  persons  are  capable  of  making 
great  Facrifices,  but  few  are  capable  of 
concealing  how  much  the  effort  has  cost 
them,  and  it  is  this  concealment  that 
constitutes  their  value. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  tor  Secoad 
(Quarter,  1874. 


xx.  1-17 — The  Ten  Commands, 
xxxii.  l-H,  19,  20:  Golden  Calf. 
xxxiii.    12-90:   People    Forgiven, 
xl.  17-;30:  Tabernacle  set  up. 
vii.  37,  38:  The  Five  Offerings, 
xxii.  4-(),  15-21,  33-30:  The  Three 
Great  Feasts. 

iii.  5-13:  The  Lord's  Ministers. 
xix.  1-10:  Israel's  Unbelief. 
XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  Rock. 
xxi.4-9:  Serpent  of  Brass, 
xviii.  9-16:  The  True  Prophet, 
xxxiv.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses, 
w    (Suggest)  Deut.  viii.   Mercies 
Reviewed. 


L,ESSON  XXV. — JUNE  31,  1784. — THE  DEATH 
OP  MOSES. 


Apr. 

5th,  Ex. 

" 

12      " 

" 

19      " 

" 

25      " 

May 

3   Lev. 

" 

10      "    • 

" 

17  Num. 

" 

25      " 

'■^ 

81      " 

June 

7  Num. 

" 

14  Dcut. 

" 

21      " 

" 

28  Revie 

SCRIPTTJEE     LESSON. — DEUT.     XXXIV.      1-12. 

Commit  1-8  ;  Primary  Verse,  4. 

I  And  Moses  'went  up  from  the  plains 
of  Moab  nnto  the  mountains  of  Nebo,  to 
the  top  of  Pisgah,  that  is  over  against  Jer- 
icho: and  the  Lord  shewed  him  all  the 
land  of  Gilead,  unto  Dan. 

3  And  all  Naphtali,  and  the  land  of 
Ephraim,  and  Manasseh,  and  all  the  land 
of  Judah,  unto  the  utmost  sea. 

3  And  the  south,  and  the  plain  of  the 
valley  of  Jericho,  the  city  of  palm  trees. 
unto  Zoar. 

4  And  the  Lord  said  unto  him,  This  is 
the  land  which  I  sware  unto  Abraham, 
unto  Isaac,  and  unto  Jacob,  saying,  I  will 
give  it  unto  thy  seed  :  I  have  caused  thee 
to  see  it  with  thine  eyes,  taut  thou  shalt 
not  go  over  thitlier. 

5  So  Moses,  the  servant  of  the  Lord, 
died  there  in  the  land  of  Moab,  according 
to  the  word  of  the  Lord. 

6.  And  he  buried  him  in  the  valley,  in 
the  land  of  Moab,  over  against  Beth-peor  : 
but  no  man  knoweth  of  his  sepulchre  unto 
this  day. 

7  And  Moses  was  a  hundred  and  twenty 
years  old  when  he  died  :  his  eyes  was  not 
dim,  nor  his  natural  force  abated. 

8  And  the  children  of  Israel  wept  for 
Moses  in  the  plains  of  Moab  thirty  days 
so  the  days  of  weeping  and  mourning  for 
Moses  were  ended. 

9  And  Joshua,  the  son  of  Nun,  was 
full  of  the  spirit  of  wisdom ;  for  Moses 
had  laid  his  hands  upon  him,  and  the  chil- 
dren of  Israel  hearkened  unto  him,  and 
did  as  the  Lord  commonded  Moses. 

10  And  there  arose  not  a  prophet  since 
in  Israel  like  unto  Moses,  whom  the  Lord 
knew  face  to  face. 

II  In  all  the  signs  and  the  wonders 
which  the  Lord  sent  him  to  do  in  the  land 
of  Egypt,  to  Pharaoh,  and  to  all  his  serv- 
ants, and  to  all  his  land. 

13  And  in  all  that  mighty  hand,  and  in 
all  the  great  terror  which  Moses  showed 
in  the  sight  of  all  Israel. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "Precious  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord  is  the  death  of  his 
saints."— Ps.  cxvi.  15. 

TOPIC— Absent  from  the  body,  present 
with  the  Lord. 


HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Deut.    xxxi.      14-3U— The  Call  of  Joshua. " 
T.     Deut.    xxxil.      1-27— The  Song  of  Moses. 
W.   Deut.    xxxii.    28-52— The  Song  of  Moses. 
Th.  Deut.    xxxiii,     1  29— The  Tribes  Biassed. 
F.    Dent,    xxxiv.     1-12— The  Death  of  Moses. 
8.    2Kmg8ii.  1-18— Translation  of  Elijah, 

b.    Luke        ix.  27-36— The  Transfiguration. 
TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 

Shut  out  from  Canaan,  Num.  XX.  9-12. 

The  Land  iu  Sight,         Verses  1-4. 

The  Unknown  Grave,        "  5  6 

The  Days  of  Weeping         "  7-9. 

The  Mighty  PropHet  "  10-12. 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

Our  lesson  has  much  of  Scripture  geo- 
graphy. The  land  of  Moab  was  on  the 
east  of  Jordan,  a  little  north  of  the  Dead 
Sea.  Who  were  the  Moabites  ?  (Gen. 
xix.  37.)  What  is  the  land  called  in  Ruth 
1. 1,  3  ?  What  in  Deut.  i.  5  ?  What  two 
names  are  given  to  the  mountain  ?  The 
first  was  perhaps  the  mountain,  the  second 
the  peak. 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  Where  did 
Moses  first  learn  that  he  was  not  to  enter  ? 
How  many  sins  of  Moses  are  mentioned  ? 
{only  one.)  Ask  your  teacher  why  the  re- 
port of  Moses'  death  would  be  good  news 
to  the  people.  What  was  the  command 
as  soon  as  Moses  died  ?  (Josh.  1.  3.)  Did 
Moses  wish  to  enter  the  laud  ?  (Deut.  iii. 
23-27.  )How  many  sins  must  you  commit 
to  be  a  sinner  ?  (Gal.  iii.  10.) 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  What  com- 
mand was  given,  ch.  xxxii.  49  ?  Who  do 
you  think  pointed  out  the  land  to  Moses  ? 
Name  the  points  he  saw.  What  is  the 
name  of  the  sea  ?  How  many  cities  are 
mentioned  ?  Which  of  them  had  two 
names  ?    What  did  God  say  of  the  land  ? 

What  is  the  third  topic  ?  How  long 
had  Moses  lived  ?  How  many  years  ^as 
he  in  Egypt  ?  (Acts  vii.  33.)    How  many 


years  in  Midian  ?  (Acts  vii.  30.)  How 
many  years  in  the  wilderness '?  Who 
guarded  the  sepulchre  ?  (Jude  9.)  Where 
was  he  buried  ?  Did  they  know  the  exact 
place  ?  Ask  your  teacher  why  they  did 
not. 

What  is  the  fourth  topic  ?  How  long 
did  they  mourn  ?  They  made  great  pub- 
lic display.  See  Gen.  1.  3,  10,  11.  Had 
the  people  always  listened  to  Moses  ? 
How  do  you  think  you  would  feel  to  lose 
your  teacher  or  guide  ?  Who  was  chosen 
as  the  successor  of  l^ses  ? 

What  is  the  fiftfr  topic  ?  What  four 
things  are  mentioned  in  i^roof  of  the  great- 
ness of  Moses  ?  What  great  choice  did  he 
make  ?(Heb.xi.  24-26.) 

Lessons.  The  close  of  life.  The  view 
of  the  promised  land.  God  knows  the 
graves  of  all  his  children.  He  will  honor 
those  who  honor  him. — National  Sunday- 
school  TeacJier. 


Sabbath-scliool  Creed. 


1.  The  design  of  Sabbath-scliool  work 
is  the  immediate  conversion  of  souls, 
and  the  trainicg  of  them  for  God's  service, 

2.  The  Sabbath-school  is  not  exclu- 
sively or  primarily  for  children,  but  a 
Bible  school  for  all  irrespective  of  age; 
and  it  should  be  so  planned  and  con- 
structed as  to  attract,  interest  and  profit 
all, 

3.  The  school  is  but  a  sphere  in 
which  the  church  works  for  the  above 
ends;  the  pastor  is,  therefore,  by  virtue 
of  his  office,  respo;.sihle  for  the  eiBScien- 
cy  of  the  school;  he  can  neither  ignore 
nor  delegate  that  responsibiiity,  and 
must  therefore  exercise  a  personal  su- 
pervision and  take  an  8.cti?e  part  in  all 
its  work. 

4.  It  is  the  duty  of  every  Christian, 
without  regard  to  age,  to  be  regularly 
engaged  in  the  Sabbath -school,  either 
as  a  teacher  or  learner. 

5.  The  Sabbath-school  is  an  evange- 
lizer  for  the  masses,  and  every  Sabbath- 
school  should  be  a  mission  in  its  char- 
scter  and  work. 

6.  Christians  only  should  be  engaged 
as  teachers  in  the  Sabbath-schcol  if 
they  can  possibly  be  secured. 

7.  Teachers  should  be  discharged  if 
they  willfully  neglect  their  classes,  even 
for  one  Sabbath. 

8.  The  printing-press  is  a  means  of 
promoting  the  work  of  the  Sabbath- 
school, 

9.  All  instrumentalities  and  all  la- 
bor for  advancing  the  Redeemer's  king- 
dom, will  be  in  vain  without  the  re- 
generating and  sanctifying  influences 
of  the  Holy  Spirit. 


Once  Only. 


A  shy  little  girl  came  to  Sabbath- 
school.  She  was  poorly  dressed:  a 
calico  gown;  a  hat  trimmed  with  faded 
green  ribbons;  slippers,  not  boots,  thin 
clippers,  which  looked  as  if  somebody 
had  given  them  to  her,  and  a  small 
shawl  on  her  shoulders.  Miss  Jones 
brought  her  in,  and  she  was  in  Miss 
Jones'  class. 

Miss  Jones'  class  were  girls  very  nice- 
ly dressed.  They  had  feathers,  and 
fresh  ribbons,  and  fashionable  boots. 
Miss  Jones'  class,  too,  all  knew  each 
other.  Wei),  how  did  they  receive  the 
little  stranger?  Yery  glad,  of  course, 
to  welcome  her  to  the  Sabbath-school, 
and  their  class  too,  because  they  had 
often  heard  how  the  Lord  Jesus  became 
poor  for  their  sakes,  and  how  he  left 
the  poor  among  us  to  feed  and  care 
for. 

Did  they  receiva  her  kindly  ?    Not  a 


bit.  When  she  sat  down  on  the  teat 
beside  them  they  moved  away.  They 
glanced  their  eyes  at  her  dress,  then 
at  each  other,  and  laughed  contempt- 
uously. When  she  looked  wistfully 
up  to  them  for  a  look  of  kindness  they 
turned  their  faces  another  way. 

All  their  conduct  seemed  to  say, 
"We  are  ab  jvc  you,  and  what  busines-i 
have  you  here,  I  wonder  3"  Oh  was  it 
not  cruel  ? 

The  little  girl  never  went  again.  Per- 
haps she  was  driven  from  Sunday- 
school  forever.  Let  every  person,  great 
and  small,  remember  this,  that  all  who 
laugh  at  the  poor  laugh  at  God,  and 
he  will  not  always  be  mocked. 


Writing  to  Absent  Scholars. 

Rev.  H.  C.  Trumbull  says,  in  the 
Sunday-school  World: 

There  is  a  power  for  good  in  Sun- 
day-school correspondence  which  many 
have  not  realized.  If  you  are  away 
temporarily  from  your  scholars,  write 
to  them.  If  they  are  absent  for  a  sea- 
son from  the  class,  write  to  them.  If 
they  have  permanently  left  the  school, 
write  to  them.  If  you  have  left  them 
for  a  new  field  of  labor,  write  to  them. 
If  you  are  still  near  them,  write  to 
them.  If  you  love  them,  write  and 
tell  them  so.  If  you  want  them  to 
love  the  Saviour,  write  to  them  of  your 
desire.  If  they  are  your  fellow  disci- 
ples, and  you  would  cheer  and  instruct 
them  in  the  Christian  life,  write  to 
them  accordingly. 

'^^^  ntiti  ^^^\\^ 

Late-sown  Fodder. — Hungarian 
grass  or  millet  may  be  sown  for  a  fod- 
der crop  as  late  as  the  first  of  July.  It 
should  be  cut  before  the  frost  injures  it 
and  be  cured  as  hay  or  cradled  or  raked 
up  and  put  in  bundles,  like  oats.  These 
will  probably  be  the  best  fodder  crops 
to  raise  for  horses.  No  grain  is  neces- 
sary when  horses  are  not  worked  if 
they  have  plenty  of  this  feed ,  which  is 

nutritious  if  cut  early. — [Keystone. 

. .«-.-» 

Scientific  Memoranda. 


A  series  of  experiments  made  by 
Professor  Ville,  in  France,  show  that 
the  diseases  that  attack  the  potato  are 
in  part  the  result  of  a  deficiency  in  the 
supply  of  potash  in  the  soil.  For  five 
years  in  succession  the  Professor  plant- 
ed potatoes  in  the  same  soil  without 
any  fertilizer ;  to  other  plots  of  ground 
he  added  fertilizers  that  did  not  con- 
lain  potash.  In  all  these  cases  the 
fruit  became  diseased  in  the  month  of 
May,  while  the  other  plots  where  pot- 
ash was  supplied  in  sufficient  quantity, 
the  plants  were  healthy  and  yielded  an 

excellent  product.  — Selected. 
*. » 

Cure  fob  Uneasy  Cows — This  re- 
ceipt was  given  me  by  an  old  farmer 
and  stock  raiser.  I  have  applied  it 
successfully  for  several  years,  but  never 
saw  it  in  print:  The  best  method  of 
controllino-  cows  inclined  to  kick  while 
handling  or  milking  them  is  to  pass  a 
broad  strap  just  in  front  of  the  bag 
and  around  over  the  back  of  the  animal, 
draw  the  strap  tight  and  buckle  it. 
This  prevents  all  play  of  the  chords 
and  renders   the   animal   incapable  of 


kicking,  and  she  can  then  be  handled 
without  difficulty,  A  few  applications 
will  cure  the  worst  cises. — JV.  Y.  Tri- 
bune. 


CuRK  FOR  Currant  Worm. — By  the 
following  method  I  have  bucceKsfuHy 
destroyed  the  currant  worm:  Spread 
from  a  gill  to  bfjf  a  pint  of  the  carbo- 
late  of  lime  around  the  currant  busb, 
near  the  slock;  then  jar  off  the  worms. 
They  will  immediately  attempt  to  re- 
turn, but  unless  a  branch  touches  the 
ground  beyond  the  barrier,  as  a  bridge 
icr  tlem,  not  a  worm  will  get  back,  but 
they  will  perish  in  their  attempts  to 
pass  throu-h  the  lime.  Care  should 
be  taken  to  obtain  the  article  in  its 
full  strength,  which  can  be  bought  for 
about  ten  cents  per  pound  by  the  ten 
or  fifteen  pounds.  Much  of  the  carbo- 
late  of  lime  sold  for  dectroying  inECcts 
is  weakened  by  mixture  with  common 
air-slaked    lime. — iV;     F,     Tribune. 


Proper  Combinations  in  Soap. 

According  to  Mignot,  a  perfect  soap 
is  one  in  which  the  fatty  matters  and 
the  alkaline  have  been  so  thoroughly 
combined  as  to  leave  no  excess  of  either 
component;  a  desideratum  which  is 
very  seldom  reached,  as  the  soap  is 
either  too  alkilane,  in  which  case  it 
parches  and  dries  up  the  skin,  or  is  too 
fat,  and  thus  makes  the  skin  greasy, 
so  that  dust  readily  adheres  to  it.  The 
former  inconvenience  is  the  more  seri- 
ous of  the  two,  as  it  very  soon  leaves  its 
impress  upon  the  skin.  For  this  rea- 
son soap-makera  are  in  thehabit  of  em- 
ploying an  excess  of  fat,  notwithstand- 
ing the  inconvenience  mentioned.  Miw- 
not  now  informs  us  that  silica  intro- 
duced into  the  soap,  in  the  form  of  in- 
fusorial earth,  will  tend  to  neutralize 
any  excess  of  the  alkaline  elements  of 
the  soap,  as  it  is  soluble  both  in  soda 
and  in  potash,  and  it  will  at  the  same 
time  take  up  the  surplus  of  the  fatty 
matter  by  absorbing  it,  and  combining 
with  it  to  a  certain  extent.  Infusorial 
earth,  as  is  well  known,  occurs  in  dif- 
ferent parts  of  the  world  in  great  quan- 
tity, and  immense  deposits  are  known 
in  various  portions  of  the  United  States, 
especially  in  Idaho,  Mevada  and  Cali- 
fornia. — Exchange. 


A  Herkimer  Countv,  N.  Y.  ,  farmer, 
who  has  quite  an  extensive  hennery, 
took  especial  care  to  ascertain  what 
worth  there  really  was  in  a  certain 
number  of  hens.  January  Ist,  1873, 
he  selected  thirty-six  hens  connsticg 
of  different  breeds,  and  kept  an  ac- 
count of  the  harvest  they  would  yield. 
January  1st,  1874,  he  found  that  the 
thirty-six  hens  had  furniahed  him  with 
4,004  eggs,  and  in  addition  to  this  he 
had  raised  forty-seven  hens,  which 
are  now  at  work . 


How  TO  Kill  Potato  Bugs. — Take  of 
Paris  green  two  ounces,  wheat  flour  one 
quart,  add  enough  water  to  mix  it  to  a 
batter,  then  stir  this  into  three  gallons 
of  water  and  thoroughly  wet  the  tops 
of  your  potatoes  with  this  mixture  by 
the  use  of  an  old  broom,  or  broom  corn 
brusL.  This  is  the  best  mode  of  using 
Paris  green. 


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twn\t, 


Chicago,  Thursday,  June  11,  1874. 


THAT  MASONIC  BURIAL  AGAIN. 


See  special  lecture  notica  on  13th  page. 


The  dew  is  still  on  our  fleece  and  the  glory-cloud 
over  our  tabernacle.  Members  returning  from  Syra- 
cuse in  the  cars,  said,  one  to  another,  ''It  is  the  best 
meeting  yet."  And  in  my  judgment,  it  was  so.  The 
spot  where  truth  and  right  are  freest  from  human 
admixture  is  the  spot  where  mind  is  freest  and  the 
Spirit  of  God  has  most  room.  Hence  the  prayer-meetings 
at  Syracuse  were   Hke  meetings    with    Christ   in   the 

Mount. 

*-.-• — ■ 

From  fifteen  to  twenty  thousand  names  were  returned 
to  our  Convention  at  Syracuse  appended  to  petitions 
to  President  Grant  praying  him  by  his  Secretary, 
Bristow,  to  interfere  to  prevent  the  laying  of  the  cor- 
ner-stone of  the  people's  Custom-House  in  Chicago  by 
Freemasons.  Aaron  Fioyd,  Esq.,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Ellis, 
of  Pittsburgh,  go  on  to  Washington  at  once  with  the 

petition. 

-^ 

Mrs.  < '.  B.  Miller  gave  a  graphic  account  of  her 
honored  father's  (Victory  Birdseye)  teachings  to  her 
though  a  girl  of  sixteen.  He  was  a  lawyer  appointed 
by  the  New  York  Legislature  to  investigate  the  mur- 
der of  Morgan.  Mrs,  Miller's  appearance  on  the  stand 
was  lady-like,  her  diction  elegant,  and  her  paper  cle^r 
and  powerful.  It  is  to  be  printed.  I  wish  only  to 
criticize  her  theory  of  the  rise  of  Morgan' s  body  from 
the  bottom  of  the  Niagara  River,  months  after  his  death, 
and  its  fl Dating  ten  or  twenty  miles  to  Oak  Orchard 
Creek.  Morgan  was  eunk  Sept.,  182G.  In  the  win- 
ter following,  when  the  Legislature  was  appointing  a 
committee  to  drag  the  river  off  Fort  Niagara,  for  his 
corpse,  the  Masons  who  knew  where  he  sunk,  took 
alarm,  and  raked  up  the  corpse,  took  ofi  the  weights 
and  rowed  cut  into  the  lake  below,  and  threw  it 
overboard  by  night.  Sj  that  when  the  Legislatures 
Committee  went  and  raked  therft  no  Morgan  was 
found.  The  corpse  fljatcd,  as  others  have  done  in 
former  years,  on  the  lake  shore  at  Oak  Orchard, 
where  it  was  identified  as  the  body  of  Morgan,  as  Mrs. 
Miller  stated.  This  theory  of  his  removal,  besides 
being  the  most  natural,  was  confirmed  by  the  state- 
ments of  Masons  after  the  lodges  went  down. 


«0D  IN  THE  CONSTITUTION. 


Since  our  remarks  upon  the  Masonic  burial  of  Father 
Grover  were  sent  to  the  compositor,  an  obituary  notice 
of  him  has  appeared  in  the  local  paper,  the  Wheaton 
lllinoian,  in  which  it  is  asserted  that  it  was  by  his 
request  that  he  was  buried  in  Masonic  form.     We  as- 
serted that  it  was  believed  to  be  without  any  request 
from  him.     This  belief  was  founded  upon  the  fact  that 
he  died  away  from  home,  and  died  very  suddei^  from 
heart  disease;  and  also  from  the  fact  that  he  had  been 
for  years  a  non  affiliated  Mason.     He  had  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Wheaton   longer  than  ourself  and   had  not 
united  with  the  Wheaton  lodge  and  was  understood 
not  to  be  an  attendant  upon  its  communications.     This 
being  the  case,  as  we  understand  the  bylaws  of  Ma- 
sonry he  was  not  entitled  to  any  of  the  special  privi- 
leges or  distinguishing  honors  of  the  lodge.     As  the 
Odd-fel!ow8  would  say  he  was  not  ^'■beneficial."    But 
he  was   well  to  do  pecuniarily  and   was  universally 
esteemed  as  a  man  and  as  a  Christian.     It  would  hon- 
or Masonry  to  be  requested  by  such  a  man  to  bury 
him  with  their  forms.     And  could  Masonic  benevolence 
suffer  its  members  to  withhold  its  costless  benefits  from 
those  who  have  no  need,  when  the  fact  of  their  receiv- 
ing such  benefits  reflects  especial  honor  upon  Masonry  ? 
In  such  a  case  they  can  aSbrd  to  suspend  their  by- 
laws or  trample  upon  them  to  any  extent.     It  is  claim- 
ed indeed  that  a  private  agreement  of  long  standing 
existed  between  this  devoted  Christian  and  an  avowed 
unbeliever  that  which  ever  of  the  two  should   survive 
the  other,  should  see  the  one  first  dying  buried  with 
Masonic  honors.     That  a  true  and  earnest  Christian 
should  be  thus  yoked  together  with  such  an  unbeliever, 
seems,  if  not  improbable,  yet  certainly  unnatural  and 
very  revolting.     What  have  Christians  to  do  with  thus 
linking  themselves  in  death  with  wicked  men  ?     As  to 
whether  this  statement  of  mutual  covenant  of  long 
standing  between  these  men  is  a  true  statement  or  a 
Masonic   one;  or   whether  if  Father  G.  had  been  a 
poor  man,  leaving  a  dependent  family  and  a  reputation 
of  no  especial  celebrity  or  honor,  the  covenant  would 
have  been  remembered,  the  lodge  rules  stretched  or 
suspended  to  enable  the  surviving  party  to  redeem  his 
pledge,  people  will  entertain  their  own  opinions.     Cer- 
tain it  is  that  the  master  of  the  lodge  and  the  most 
prominent  members  were  not  present  in  the  proces- 
sion.    Only  about  twenty  aprons  were  displayed;  and 
the  wearers  carried  such  a  down  cast  and  sheepish  ex- 
pression, or   the    preacher   himself  felt   so    much   of 
what  such  a  look  usually  expresses,  that  when  he  came 


to  the  address  to  the  fraternity,  he  made  a  very  forced 

The  Associated  Pressdispaich  states  that  a  platform  I  effort  to  cheer   them   up.      "Hold   up  your   heads, 

th  a  plank  in  it  in  favor  of  recognizing    God  in   the  brethren,"    said  he.     "Don't  be  cast  down  because 

S.    Constitution  was  adopted  at  Syracuse.     This  ^^^  ^^^^^^  ^f  ^-^^^^^^  ig  assailing  you,  or  the  finger  of 

scorn  is  pointed  at  you.  You  are  in  good  company. 
The  Revolutionary  patriots,  the  heroes  who  carried 
the  nation  through  the  war  of  the  Rebellion,  the 
statesmen  who  wield  the  government,  the  scholars,  the 
great  and  wise  men  of  the  age  and  of  all  ages;  yea, 
and  the  divines  are  with  you.  Hold  up  your  heads 
and  repel  scorn  with  scorn.  Your  cause  is  one  of  the 
purest  and  noblest  of  causes  that  ever  engaged  the 
energies  of  the  noblest  of  men."  Ah,  when  men  are 
justly  frowned  upon  by  those  whom  they  themselves 
know  to  have  full  knowledge  or  all  the  reasons  which 
in  their  case  call  forth  and  justify  the  frown,  they 
must  needs  whistle  to  keep  up  their  courage.  And 
who  would  be  so  cruel  as  to  deny  them  this  small  re 
lief,  this  one  cooling  drop  amid  the  flames  that  torment 
them?  Yes,  hold  up  your  heads.  The  great  of  this 
world  are  with  you.  But  if  you  would  know  the  true 
value  of  this  kind  of  cheer  and  consolation,  reflect  upon 
this  fact:  you  can  have  the  same  in  hell  itself. 


wr 
U. 

is  inaccurate.  The  amendments,  which  we  adopted, 
recognizes  ours  "as  a  Christian  and  not  a  heathen  gov- 
ernment;" but  we  said  nothing  about  putting  such 
recognition  into  the  Constitution. 

I  have,  however,  no  doubt  but  we  shall  do  so.  If 
a  Mormon  in  Chicago  should  marry  twenty  wives,  he 
cannot  be  convicted  and  punished  for  that  crime  in  a 
United  States  court  under  the  Constitution  as  it  is. 
Because  polygamy  is,  boyond  a  doubt  or  question, 
part  of  the  Mormon  religion,  and  by  our  Constitution 
Congress  cannot  prohibit  "the  free  use  thereof."  No, 
nor  of  assassination  neither,  if  done  by  Mormon  Dan- 
ites  on  the  enemies  of  Mormonism.  For  they  are  a 
religious  order  of  assassins,  appointed  by  revelation  to 
slay  the  enemies  of  their  church.  Murder  of  this  sort 
is  therefore  their  creed  and  vocation.  And  if  Booth 
had  been  a  Danite,  and  President  Lincoln  had  been 
dealing  with  Mormonism  as  he  dealt  with  slavery,  and 
if  the  popular  rage  could  have  allowed  Booth  a  fair 
trial,  the  Constitution  would  have  shielded  him  in  the 
"exercise  of  his  religion  "  in  the  murder  of  Lincoln. 
But  the  amendment  was  agreed  to  because  that  united 
us  in  a  recognition  of  ours  as  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  country.  It  will  never  do  for  us  to  adopt 
the  policy  of  making  his  "creed  our  standard  who  be- 
lieves least  and  worst."  What  an  idea!  To  leave 
God  out  of  our  platform  and  then  go  to  work  to  es- 
tablish Christian  civilization] 


Freemasons  and  the  Corner-Stone. 


The  three  or  four  politicians  who  consider  the  laying 
of  the  corner-stone  of  a  public  building  a  strictly  pri- 
vate afl'air  of  their  own,  to  be  conducted  according  to 
their  prejudices,  and  solely  for  their  private  interests, 
have  invited  a  secret  society,  exclusive  lodges  of  a 
sworn  secret  society,  to  drive  the   tax   paying  public 


away  from  public  property,  to  usurp  the  official  place 
of  honor  on  this  purely  public  civic  occasion,  to  rep- 
resent the  government  of  the  United  States,  and  per- 
form an  act  which,  if  it  have  any  significance  what- 
evor,  has  a  public  significance  with  which  no  secret 
society  can  rightfully  have  anything  to  do.  A  more 
outrageous  insult  could  not  be  offered  to  the  communi- 
ty. In  the  extensive  ranks  of  the  nati<inal  govern- 
ment, could  no  men,  can  no  man,  be  found  fit  to  rep- 
resent the  nation  acceptably  to  all  taxpayers  ?  Are 
the  thousands  of  men  in  the  service  of  the  people, 
from  the  judges  of  the  supreme  court,  the  judges  of  the 
circuit  and  district  and  state  courts,  senators,  represent- 
atives, ministers,  governors,  and  secretaries,  down,  so 
ignorant,  so  rude,  so  uncivilized,  so  unpopular,  so  un- 
worthy of  their  distinction,  so  unfit  to  perform  a  public 
ceremony,  that  no  one  of  these  should  be  invited  to 
officiate  on  this  occasion  ?  What  a  nation  of  beggars 
and  blackguards  we  must  be ! 

Assuming,  as  this  ring  of  politicians  has  assumed, 
that  there  is  no  man,  that  there  are  no  men,  in  either 
the  judicial  or  legislative  departments  of  the  govern- 
ment, qualified  by  dignity,  learning,  repute,  or  re- 
finement, to  represent  the  United  States  government, 
have  Messrs.  Judd,  Rankin,  and  McArthur  done  a  de- 
cent and  credible  thing  in  deputing  this  elevated  pub- 
lic duty  to  a  secret  society  3  They  did  this  for  politic- 
al purposes.  Is  it  a  discreet  political  move  ?  Is  the 
vote  of  the  man  who  is  a  Freemason  more  desirable  than 
the  disgust  and  reasonable  indignation  of  nine  men  who 
are  not  Freemasons,  and  who  are  lost  in  angry  wonder 
that  a  public  act  should  be  performed  by  them,  with- 
out their  knowledge  or  consent,  by  an  organization 
sworn  to  secrecy,  whose  members  are  bound  by  oath 
to  protect  the  interests  of  each  other  against  the  inter- 
ests of  all  other  men  ?  Shall  the  government  cf  the 
United  States,  a  custom-house  building,  be  thus  di- 
verted to  the  private  interests  of  the  members  of  a  se- 
cret society,  and  the  politicians  who  bring  the  outrage 
and  scandal  about,  reap  personal  reward  and  profit 
from  it? 

Lo  ok  at  the  justice  of  the  proceeding.      The   Free- 
masons do  not  constitute  one-twentieth  part  of  the  pop- 
ulation cf  Chicago.      The  Roman  Catholics  are  about 
one-third  of  the  population,  — would    public  indigna- 
tion permit  Biuhop  Foley,  suave  and  dignified  as  he  is, 
to  officiate  at  the  laying  of  the  corner-atone  as  the  rep- 
resentative of  the  government  ?      It   certainly  would 
not.      The   bishop    would  run  considerable  risk  of  a 
shower  of  brickbats.       He  would  not  accept  any  such 
invitation,  because  he  has  too  correct  a  sense  of  public 
propriety.     The  Methodists  constitute   a   very   large 
and  very  influential  fraction  of  the  population.      But 
would  the  custom-house  ring  dare  to  invite  Dr.  Fowler, 
or  one   of  the  Methodist  bishops,  to  lay  the  corner- 
stone ?     The  Episcopalians  are  a  wealthy  and  respect- 
able part  of  the  community,  and  count   among   their 
representatives  men  distiiiguished  for  their  social  vir- 
tue.    Why  did  not  Mr.  Judd  and  his  Masonic  coadju- 
tors  invite   Bishop  Whitehouse,  Bishop  Cheney,  or 
Dr.  Powers  to  lay  the  corner  stone?     The  Presbyteri- 
ans— as   we   have   had   much  reason  Lo  know — are  a 
very  significant  part  of  the  city  of  Chicago.     If  any  ex- 
clusiveness  is  to  figure  in  the    laying   of  the   corner- 
stone, where  can  be  found  a  better  man  than  the  ven- 
erable Dr.  Patterson,  a  more  promising   man  than  the 
adolescent  Dr.  Patton,  a  more  loving  or  more  catholic 
man  than  David  Swing?     But  what  right  would  Pres- 
byterianism  have  to  lay  the  corner-stone  of  a   public 
building?      What  right  has  a  sworn  secret  society  to 
lay  the  corner-stone  ?      The  Unitarians  are  more  nu- 
merous, more  intelligent,  than  the  Freemasons.   Rob- 
ert Collyer  is   an  acceptable  man  in  all  places  except 
one.     That  one  place  is  to  represent  the    government 
of  the  United  States  on  an  official  occasion.    If  Robert 
Collyer  would  be  objectionable  in  that  capacity,  what 
is  to  be  said  of  the  chief  represenative  of  a  sworn  se- 
cret society  ? 

Is  this  a  democratic  government  ?  Do  the  people  own 
the  new  custom-house,  or  do  Judd  and  the  Freema- 
sons own  it? 

No  wonder  that  Henri  Rochefort  thought  that  we 
were  about  to  lay  the  corner-stone  of  a  great  Masonic 
Temple ! —  Chicago  Times. 


I 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


From  Jo  Dayeiss  Co.,  111. 


Warrbn,  111.,  June  4,  1874. 
Editor  of  the  Cynosure : 

I  wish  to  say  to  you  and  the  readers 
of  your  paper  that  Rev.  P.  Hurless  de- 
livered three  truthful  and  interesting 
lectures  in  Lincoln  Hall  in  this  place  on 
the  evenings  of  the  26th,  2'7th,  and 
28th  of  May,  1874,  showing  that  Ma- 
sonry, although  full  of  religion,  was 
anti-Christian.  Yet  they  have  smug- 
gled the  Bible  into  the  lodge  to  use  as 
furniture,  but  as  it  did  not  quite  fit 
their  purpose,  they  rejected  some 
parts  of  it  and  added  some  of  their  own 
make  so  it  would  suit  any  religion  but 
the  Christian,  stole  Jacob's  ladder, 
set  it  up  in  the  lodg«,  then  robbed  Paul 
of  his  faith,  hope  and  charity,  tacked 
them  on  the  ladder  and  claimed  to 
climb  that  way  to  heaven,  the  way 
guarded  by  the  tyler  with  a  drawn 
sword,  saying  to  wife,  sister,  old  father 
and  mother,  '  'You  can  stay  out  in  the 
cold  or  go  around  by  the  cross."  And 
again,  the  devil  believed  and  confessed 
that  they  know  Jesus  the  Son  of  God, 
and  quoted  Scripture  correctly.  Ma- 
sonry does  neither,  thus  Herod  is  out- 
Heroded.  B.  Williams. 


Anti-secrecy   Associatiou  of  De  Kalb 
COo  Indiana^ 


On  the  evening  of  May,  A.  D.  1874,  a 
meeting  was  held  according  to  previous 
notice,  at  the  Wesleyan  Chapel,  Wil- 
mington Township,  De  Kalb  Co.,  Indi- 
ana, for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a 
county  association  opposed  to  secret  so- 
cieties auxilary  to  the  State  and  National 
Anti-secrecy  Associations  of  Christians 
opposed  to  Secret  Societies.  The  meet- 
ing was  called  to  order  by  Rev.  C,  F. 
Wiggins,  opened  with  prayer  by  Rev. 
W.  O.  Dinius.  Rev.  Wm.  Burns  was 
chosen  chairman  pro  tern. ,  and  J.  P. 
Kester  secretary  pro  tem.  Bro,  Wiggins 
stated  briefly  the  object  of  the  meeting, 
the  necessity  of  the  Anti-masonrc  ele- 
ment uniting  their  eflbrts  in  putting  down 
the  old  harlot  with  all  her  numerous  off- 
spring. 

A  committee  of  three  was  chosen  to 
frame  a  constitution  and  appoint  perma- 
nent officers  for  the  Association.  Short 
and  pointed  speeches  were  made  by 
Revff.  W.  0 .  Dinius,  Wm.  Burns,  J.  D. 
Snyder  and  C.  F.  Wiggins. 

The  following  permanent  officers  were 
chosen:  President,  Henry  Gunsen- 
houser;  Vice  Presidents,  Franklin 
Woods,  J.  W.  Jeffords,  S.  Warpenbee; 
Secretary,  J.  P.  Kester ;  Treasurer,  Eli 
Welch. 

The  following  resolution  a'^d  consti- 
tution was  adopted  by  item : 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  undersigned 
citizens  of  Indiana,  believing  that  Free- 
masonry and  other  kindred  secret  organ- 
izations are  exerting  a  wide-spread  and 
evil  influence  in  the  churches  and  in  our 
civil  government,  and  believing  that  the 
best  way  to  destroy  this  influence  is  to 
freely  discuss  and  fearlessly  expose  the 
nature  and  working  of  these  orders, 
and  for  the  belter  prosecution  of  this 
work,  organize  ourselves  into  a  society, 
auxilary  to  the  State  and   National  As- 


sociation of  Christians  opposed  to  Secret 
Societies,  under  the  following  constitu- 
tion. 

Ist.  This  Society  shall  be  called  the 
De  Kalb  County  Association  opposed  to 
Secret  Societies. 

2d.  The  officers  of  this  Association 
shall  be  a  President  two  or  more  Vice- 
Presidents,  a  Secretary,  and  Treasurer, 
who  shall  perform  the  duties  usually 
assigned  to  their  offices. 

3d.  Any  person  opposed  to  secret 
societies  may  become  a  member  of  this 
Association  by  signing  this  constitution. 

4th.  The  officers  of  this  Apsociation 
shall  constitute  an  executive  committee 
who  shall  be  empowered  to  transact 
the  business  of  the  ^  ssociation  when 
not  in  session,  and  arrange  for  the  an- 
nual meeting,  &c. ,  &c. 

5th.  The  officers  of  this  Association 
shall  be  elected  for  one  year,  and  shall 
hold  their  respective  offices  until  their 
successors  are  elected.  They  shall  also 
keep  a  correct  record  of  all  their  pro- 
ceedings, and  submit  the  same  to  each 
annual  meeting. 

6th.  It  shi^Jl  be  the  object  of  this 
Association  to  encourage  a  free  and  full 
discussion  of  the  character  and  work- 
ings of  these  organizations,  and  while 
condemning  all  human  substitutes  for 
the  true  religion,  to  point  men  to  Christ 
as  the  Saviour  of  lost  souls. 

7th.  This  Association  shall  hold  a 
meeting  annually,  at  which  time  its 
officers  shall  be  elected,  and  such  other 
business  transacted  as  the  Association 
shall  deem  necessary  for  the  promotion 
of  its  work. 

8th.  This  constitution  may  be  altei^ 
ed  or  amended  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of 
the  members  present. 

Forty-one  names  were  secured  as 
members  of  this  Association,  thus  fear- 
lessly exposing  themselves  to  the  con- 
tempt and  insults  of  lodgemen. 

Rev.  C.  F.  Wiggins  was  elected  a 
delegate  to  the  National  Convention  to 
meet  in  Syracuse,  New  York,  June  2, 
1874. 

A  motion  was  unanimously  adopted 
to  publish  the  proceedings  of  the  meet- 
ing, together  with  the  constitution,  in 
the  American  Wesleyan,  Religious 
Telescope,  Christian  Cynositre,  Auburn 
Courier  and  Butler  News, 

Risv.  W.  BtjRNo,  Pres. 
Rev.  J.  P.  Kester,  Sec'y. 

From  Elder  Baird, 


A  Visit  with  the  Neishbors  of  William 
Morgan, 


Greenville,  Pa.,  June  1,  1874. 
Dear  Cynosure: 

Again  I  drop  into  your  columns  a  few 
lines.  For  a  number  of  years  I  have 
lived  under  the  constant  lash  of  the 
tongues  and  pens  of  Masonic  slanderers 
until  at  last  it  has  gone  beyond  the  pa- 
tience of  the  community  to  endure  it 
any  longer,  and  we  have  arrested  two 
editors,  and  bound  them  over  to  the 
September  court  for  slander.  The  one 
is  a  Freemason  and  the  other  a  Jack. 
The  Mason  has  already  employed  Ma- 
sonic council  to  see  him  safa  through. 
Dear  friends,  this  will  be  a  very  import- 
ant suit  for  me,  and  for  Mercer  county, 
and  for  the  cause  in  general.  Their 
boasted  design  is  to  fill  the  public  ear 
with  slander  and  to  stop  me  from  lec- 
turing. Elder  J.  R.  Baird. 


Batavia,  New  York,  June  1, 1874. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

When  I  left  Chicago  at  9  P.  M.  Fri- 
day, I  did  not  dream  of  stopping  in 
this  village  where  Captain  Wm.  Mor- 
gan's exposition  of  Freemasonry  was 
first  published,  and  where  Freemasons, 
forty-seven  years  ago,  seized  him  with 
murderous  intent  under  pretense  of  a 
legal  claim,  bore  him  from  his  young 
wife  and  family,  forced  him  into  a  stage 
and  hurried  him  away  to  Canandaigua , 
then  betrayed  by  a  professed  friend 
who  purchased  his  relase  from  jaU,  he 
is  seized  by  a  murderous  band  of  Free- 
masons, gagged,  forced  into  a  covered 
wagon  and  taken  by  his  merciless  foes 
{men  of  the  highest  respectahility  they 
are  called)  to  the  magazine  of  Fort  Ni- 
agara and  fiially  drowucd  in  Niagara 
River.  As  I  said,  I  had  no  idea  of 
stopping  in  this  place  when  I  left  Chi- 
cago, nor  indeed  till  within  two  hours 
of  the  time  I  reached  here.  My  inten- 
tion was  to  have  taken  the  5:15  after- 
noon train  for  Syracuse,  and  the  time- 
table said  I  would  reach  there  at  8:15 
Saturday  night.  I  took  much  pleasure 
in  the  expectation  of  sitting  under  the 
ministrations  of  my  fellow-student  and 
very  dear  friend.  Rev.  L.  N.  Sirattbn, 
editor  of  the  American  Wesleyan.  But 
God  had  ordered  otherwise.  I  found 
after  purchasing  my  ticket  that  the  train 
I  expected  to  take  made  connections 
with  a  road  that  my  ticket  did  not  call 
for.  I  at  first  thought  that  I  would  go 
straight  through  to  Syracuse,  although 
the  train  reached  there  about  two 
o'clock  Sabbath  morning,  particularly 
as  I  had  written  that  I  would  be  there 
over  Sabbath;  but  on  reflection  I  felt 
that  it  would  be  a  desecration  of  the 
Lord's  Day  and  I  then  determined  to 
stop  over  at  Rochester.  On  reaching 
Buffalo  I  found  that  the  train  reached 
Rochester  at  midnight,  and  as  to  go  on 
there  would  he  to  desecrate  the  Sabbath 
in  getting  to  a  hotel,  I  decided  to  stop 
at  Batavia,  and  I  am  fully  convinced 
that  the  especial  providence  of  God  h&s 
brought  me  here.  I  have  been  search- 
ing out  the  old  residents  to  talk  with 
them  about  Morgan  and  those  troub- 
lous times.  I  called  on  Deacon  Joseph 
Clarke.  Deacon  Clarke  canie  to  Batavia 
in  1824,  and,  to  use  his  own  expression, 
"was  obliged  to  buy  the  house  that  he 
still  occupies,  because  he  couldn't  find 
a  house  to  rent  in  the  whole  town." 
When  he  purchased  this  house  (on 
Jackson,  near  Main  street)  it  was  occu- 
pied by  a  family  by  the  name  of  Lorin, 
and  Mr.  Lorin  being  sick  the  two  fami- 
lies lived  together  till  Mr.  Lorin  recov- 
ered and  had  time  to  build  a  house  on 
the  same  street,  the  mxt  house  south 
of  their's.  Lorin  brought  Captain  Wm. 
Morgan  from  a  neighboring  town  to  lay 
the  cellar  walls  of  the  house,  for  Mor- 
gan was  a  stone  mason  as  well  as  a 
Freemason. 

About  ten  years  after  the  murder  of 
her  husband,  Mrs.  Morgan  married  a 
man  by  the  name  of  Harris  and  moved 
to  Terre  Haute,  Indiana.     Harris  after- 


wards joined  the  Mormons  and  went  to 
Salt  Lake,  leaving  his  wife  at  Terre 
Haute,  because  she  refused  to  go  with 
him  to  a  Mormon  harem  and  take  her 
chances  as  one  of  his  many  wives. 
Harris,  who  was  a  cunning,  gentlemanly 
knave,  scon  became  one  of  the  twelve 
Mormon  apostles  and  returned  to  Terre 
Haute  to  get  a  divorce  from  his  wife  on 
the  ground  of  desertion,  and  this  he 
readily  accomplished.  Judge  Pringle 
thought  it  very  probable  that  Tommy 
Morgan  and  his  mother  are  still  living 
at  Terre  Haute,  as  Mrs.  Morgan  was 
but  twenty-three  at  the  time  of  the 
abduction  of  her  husband. 

When  Loriu's  house  was  done,  Mor- 
gan and  his  wife  lived  in  the  house  with 
them.  When  Morgan  began  preparing 
his  exposition  of  Masonry  he  spent 
most  of  his  time  out  of  town  for  fear  of 
Masonic  vengeance.  He  was  at  home, 
however,  Monday  morning,  Sept.  11, 
182G,  and  on  the  street  was  seized  by  a 
number  of  Freemasons  under  the  pre- 
tense of  arrest  for  petty  theft.  Deacon 
Clarke  was  summoned  as  a  witness  in 
the  Morgan  trials  before  Hon.  John  C. 
Spencer,  of  Albion.  He  went  to  Mr. 
Spencer  three  times,  begging  to  be  re- 
leased so  that  he  might  return  to  his 
family  and  his  business.  At  last  Judge 
Spencer  told  him  that  he  must  stay,  as 
the  very  few  men  like  himseif,  were 
the  only  ones  that  would  tell  the  truth 
about  what  they  knew  concerning  the 
abduction  of  Wm.  Morgan.  So,  says 
Deacon  Clarke,  I  was  compelled  to  sit 
there  day  after  day  and  hear  the  testi- 
mony, or  the  refusal  to  give  testimony, 
which  was  very  common.  But  enough 
testimony  was  given  to  satisfy  Deacon 
Clarke  that  Morgan  was,  without  a 
shadow  of  doubt,  taken  to  Fort  Niagara 
Magazine  and  after  a  few  days  drowned 
in  the  Niagara  Riyer.  Deacon  Clarke 
knew  Samuel  D.  Greene  intimately,  as 
they  were  members  of  the  same  church. 
He  complained  that  Greene  and  other 
Anti-masons  persecuted  the  Freemasons 
belonging  to  the  church  with  him 
(Presbyterian). 

I  next  called  on  Samiiel  Holden,  who 
spoke  with  much  earnestness  of  those 
exciting  times,  and  said  that  he  saw 
Morgan  seized  and  forced  into  the  car- 
riage by  Freemasons,  on  the  11th 
day  of  September,  1826.  He  deplored 
the  return  of  Masonry  to  power,  but 
considered  all  opposition  to  it  as  hope- 
less. He  is  in  his  eightieth  year,  and 
but  the  day  before  had  witnessed  a 
grand  decoration  day  Masonic  display. 
He  remembered  Samuel  D.  Greene 
well,  but  disliked  him  because  he  was 
an  abolitionist,  "but,"  said  he,  "that 
is  all  over  now."  He  had  Greene's 
book — the  Broken  Seal.  I  gave  him 
some  encouraging  facta  about  the  pro- 
gress of  the  present  Anti-masonic  re- 
form and  next  called  on  P.  L.  Tracy, 
Esq.,  a  wealthy  Christian  lawyer, 
eighty-seven  years  old.  He  knew  Mor- 
gan and  Greene  both,  and  expressed 
pleasure  that  something  wa9  being  done 
to  check  the  alarming  growth  of  secret 
societies.  He  also  had  Greene's  book 
and  spoke  of  it  as  a  correct  account  of 
the  Morgan  abduction  and  the  trial  of 
the  murderers  engaged  in  it. 

Ezra  A.  Cook, 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE^ 


^\\t  %mt  intu. 


Who  are  the  Great  of  Earth  I 


Who  are  the  mighty  ?  sing, 
The  chiefs  of  old  renown, 

On  some  red  field  who  won  their  victor's  crown 
Of  tears  and  triumphing  ? 

The  Northmen  bold,  who   first  on   stormy  seas 

Sent  down  the  "raven"  banner  in  the  breeze? 

Not  these-Ouo— not  these  I 

Who  are  the  great  of  earth  ? 

The  mighty  hunters  ?  kings  of  ancient  line. 

For  ages  traced,  half  fable,  half  divine, 

Whose  stone-wrought  lions  guard   in   heathen 

pride 
Their  tomb-like  palaces  ?  where  now  we  read, 
They  lived,  and  reigned,  and  died  1 
Who    spoke,  and  millions   rushed  to   toil  and 

bleed  ? 

Not  these— not  these  indeed  I 

Who  are  the  mighty  ?  they. 

The  builders  of  Egyptian  pyramids  ? 

The  unknown  kings,  on  whose  stone-cofflu  lids 

Strange  forms  are  scrolled  ?  or  men,  whose  aw- 
ful sway 

Wrought  the  rock-temple,  reared  the  cromlech 
gray. 

Whose  smoke,  and  fire,  and  incense  darkened 
day? 

Not  they— O  no— not  they  1 

Who  are  the  great  of  earth  ? 
Mark,  where  yon  prophet  stands. 
The  loadstar  needle  trembles  in  his  hands. 
O'er  western  seas  he  finds  for  mind  a  throne— 
Or  ho  on  whoso  wrapt  sight  new  wonders  shone. 
Where  heavenward  turned,  his  glass  made  worlds 
his  own- 
Not  he — not  these  alone  I 

Who  arc  the  mighty  ?  see. 

Where  art's  a  wizard  ;  where  the  marble  strife 

With  grace  and  beauty  quickens  into  life— 

Or  where,  as  danger's  waves  beat  wild  and  free. 

Some  "glorious  arm"  like  Moses'  parts  the  sea. 

That  a  vexed  people  yet  redeemed  may  be— 

The  statesman  ?— sage  ?  It's  he  ? 

Oh  no— not  these  the  noble  triumphs  prove. 
Go  where  forgiveness  turning  like  the  dove 
Alights  o'er  life's  dark  flood  on  some  lone  heart- 
Where  men  to  men,  truth,  justice,  peace,  impart. 
As  best  interpreters  of  Godlike  love — 
Where  all  life's  noblest  charities  have  birth ; 
There  dwells  the  great,  the  kings  of  peerless 

worth — 

They  shall  subdue  the  earth  1 

—Selected. 


Our  Florida  Correspoudent. 


JOURNEYING  HOMEWARD. 


We  did  not  leave  Jacksonvine,  Fla., 
until  the  eighth  of  May  on  account  of 
cold  weather.  When  you  had  a  storm 
in  Chicago,  we  had  a  cold  snap.  My 
companion  kept  losing  flesh  and  spirits 
and  I  felt  I  could  not  leave  her  alone. 
I  would  never  advise  any  one  ia  poor 
health  to  come  here  alone.  It  is  done 
so  much. 

We  left  Florida  when  the  last  of  the 
cape  jasmine,  shortlived,  but  so  sweet, 
and  the  creamy  magnolias  were  among 
the  things  that  were.  The  mocking 
birds  were  in  tune  as  we  steamed  away, 
just  as  the  purple  mists  were  scat- 
tering from  the  morning  sun.  We 
started  at  six  o'clock,  A.  M.,  when  the 
tide  was  in,  to  avoid  the  sands  at  the 
bar  or  mouth  of  the  river.  We  saw  a 
few  porpoises,  sharks,  alligators,  itnd 
plenty  of  those  unsightly  jelly-fish. 

When  we  reached  the  ocean,  heavy 
swells  and  the  hot  sun  soon  scattered 
the  passengers.  Who  can  describe  sea 
sicknesK  ?  Such  a  limp,  nerveless, 
crampy,  horrid  feeling.  Our  boat 
hugged  the  shore  and  took  what  is  call- 
ed, the  inside  passage,  so  we  did  not 
have  to  suffer  but  about  two  hours  un- 
til the  next  morning  about  the  same 
length  of  time  before  getting  into  the 
Savannah  river.  We  skirted  so  near 
the  shore  as  to  surprise  the  wild  ducks 
and  a  few  birds.  Salt  marshes  extend 
many  acres  inland  and  I  suppose  yield 
nothing  but  ague. 


We  a.rrivod  in  Savannah  at  cine 
in  the  morning  and  proceeded  to  the 
Pavillion  Hotel,  It  has  a  fine  entrance. 
Front  yard  well  kept,  with  olives,  figs, 
magnolias,  and  other  smaller  trees  in  it. 
They  gave  us  room  and  board  for  both 
of  U3  at  ^iS.OO  per  day.  The  Presby- 
terian church  was  jast  in  front  of  the 
bolel;  the  Baptist  and  Methodist 
churches  in  the  next  block. 

The  first  sight  that  greets  you  is  the 
noble  trees.  Some  of  the  streets  have 
three  rows.  Then  the  parks  occupy- 
ing every  other  square.  The  brick 
walks  so  clean.  Fine  looking  police- 
men always  with  white  gloves.  Great 
numbers  of  little  children  from  three 
weeks  old  to  ten  and  twelve  years,  out 
of  doors  from  seven  in  the  morning  un- 
til 'seven  in  the  evening.  I  did  not 
hear  a  crying  child  while  I  was  there. 
Saturday  afternoon  we  went  out  to  see 
this  beautiful  city,  the  pride  of  the 
South,  with  its  fine,  large  stone  and 
brick  dwellings  and  its  gardens  enclosed 
with  brick  or  a  kind  of  plaster.  The 
people  have  noble  saddle  horses  but 
very  few  carriages.  The  gra/id  market 
was  worth  going  to  see.  Vegetables 
of  all  descriptions;  mammoth  fishes, 
especially  the  sturgeon  meats.  Black- 
berries and  strawberries  were  abund- 
ant. Women  were  sitting  on  the  side- 
walk with  bp-rriee,  cakes,  candies ,  cof- 
fee, lemonade,  rice,  beans,  etc.,  some- 
thing of  a  Babel  but  so  useful  and  ac- 
commodating. 

Sabbath  morning  we  attended  the 
Presbyterian  church.  The  pulpit  was 
high  and  plain,  made  of  mahogany. 
The  pastor  had  on  a  black  gown ;  his 
subject  was:  Mary  at  the  Well.  The 
church  was  plain,  high,  tiled  floor, 
with  two  or  three  memorial  windows. 
Went  to  the  Baptist  church  in  the 
evening.  The  pastor,  Mr.  Hardy,  was 
very  earnest.  His  subject,  Paul  be- 
fore Felix  and  Drusilla;  Righteousness, 
Justice  and  Judgment.  Both  pastors 
gave  a  very  concise  account  of  the  posi- 
tion, locality  and  moral  condition  of 
the  people,  particularly  of  those  classes 
they  spoke  of.  Their  sermons  were  in- 
structive and  entertaining.  I  tried  to 
imagine  the  kind  of  sermons  heard 
from  these  same  pulpits  (for  Savannah 
was  not  injured  by  the  armies)  twenty 
or  even  tea  years  ago.  Yoii  know 
there  was  great  reason  to  cry  out  against 
some  of  their  tenets  then. 

We  took  a  carriage  aud  drove  out  to 
Cape  Boniventura  and  Thunderbolt; 
places  that  looked  fine  from  the  boat  as 
we  came  up  the  river.  The  cape  be 
longed  to  a  gentleman's  grounds  and 
he  let  the  city  have  it  for  a  cemetery. 
Very  few  interments  have  been  made 
lately.  Its  massive  trees  with  their 
somber  pendant  moss,  resembling  a 
grand  cathedral,  have  made  it  one  of 
the  attractions  of  Savannah.  Thunder- 
bolt, a  town  on  the  bluff,  looks  as  if  it 
needed  some  of  the  western  spirit  and 
thrift.  Gnats  and  mosquitoes  infest 
those  places  and  fleas  are  the  torment 
of  our  lives, 

A  bird  store  which  I  visited  three 
times,  attracted  me  as  much  as  any- 
thing. Such  curious,  wise  looking 
birds.  The  cockatoos,  with  their  fine, 
white  feathers,  their  feet  set  well  back, 
with  a  lemon  colored  tuft  which  can  be 


spread  in  a  most  beautiful  shape,  well 
over  the  top  of  their  heads.  Austra- 
lian bir,;s,  price  $125.00.  "  The  affec- 
tionate blue  birds,  which  are  very  com- 
mon here.  Black  birds  with  crimson 
and  white  about  their  throats  and 
whose  double  note  always  amused  me. 
A  variety  of  pigeons  and  many  other 
birds. 

Leaving  Savannah  on  the  eleventh 
inst.,  w8  went  to  Augusta,  Ga.,  and 
thence  to  Aiken,  S.  C.  The  farther 
north  we  came  the  more  backward  we 
found  the  trees  and  flowers.  At  Au- 
gusta we  found  the  magnolias  were 
well  budded  and  the  roses  perfect  aud 
beautiful  ivies.  Coming  here,  we  pass- 
ed some  chalk  mines  worked  by  north- 
erners. 

The  Georgia  women ,  generally  speak- 
ing, are  not  educated.  Poor  eyes, 
skin  and  teeth,  and  round  shoulders. 
One  toldme  they  had  aood  schools  and 
paid  ten  cents  a  day  for  sending  their 
children. 

We  are  boarding  at  Aiken  now  with 
a  southern  planter.  He  feels  bitterly 
about  the  condition  of  the  country. 
Says  taxes  are  enormous.  His  school 
tax  is  six  cents  on  a  dollar,  which  is  the 
most  satisfactory.  Sixty-two  white 
men  own  Aiken  and  pay  her  taxes. 
Seventy-five  colored  men  who  paid  the 
tax  on  eleven  dollars  only  have  succeed- 
ed in  opposition  to  the  wishes  of  the 
tax  payers  in  levying  an  increase  of 
the  school  tax  recently,  altogether 
amounting  to  eleven  or  twelve  hun- 
dred dollars.  He  rents  his  plantation 
for  two  hundred  and  some  odd  dollars 
and  pays  about  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
seven  as  tax.  He  says  the  Governor 
has  gone  into  baakruptcv  to  save  what 
he  had  stolen,  and  Hon.  Mr.  Lee  (color- 
ed representative)  has  not  paid  his 
debts  for  several  years. 

His  wife  must  have  been  a  fine  look- 
ing woman.  She  is  brilliant,  plays  the 
piano  quite  trippingly.  Her  husband 
accompanies  her  on  the  violin. 

Here  we  have  good  water,  never 
short  in  sandy  soil.  In  clayey  soil,  in 
warm  weather,  the  wells  and  cisterns 
are  scant.  There  is  a  prospect  for  a 
harvest  of  peaches,  some  quinces,  and 
a  Hows  plum,  good  for  preserves. 
Strawberries  in  abundance  at  present. 
Here  they  have  good  cows .  In  Florida 
the  grown  cattle  were  not  larger  than 
calves  nine  months  old.  They  have 
very  little  milk  except  the  condens  ed. 
We  had  poor  milk  at  twenty  cents  a 
quart.  In  Savannah  you  might  see  a 
drug  store  in  every  block.  Here  every 
dry  goods  store  has  drugs,  boots  and 
iron  ware. 

We  are  invited  to  a  sabre  tournament 
next  Wednesday. 


The  Ties  of  Home. 


No  view  of  life  is  worth  anything 
which  does  not  recognize,  aa  a  funda- 
mental fact  of  human  nature,  the  ex- 
istence of  countless  ties,  which  bind 
each  man  to  his  fellows,  many  of  which 
he  did  not  make  and  yet  cannot  de- 
stroy. If  only  a  man  recognizes  in  any 
degree  the  reality  of  even  one  such 
tie,  it  raises  him  out  of  himself  from 
the  narrowness  and  pettiness  of  merely 
personal  aims.     Who  knows    not    the 


beatity.  and  even  holiness,  of  home  af- 
fections? The  labor,  and  watching, 
and  self-denial  of  parents  for  their  chil- 
dren ,  or  of  children  for  their  parents, 
are  not  evils,  tobe  cDmpensated  for  by 
a  return  in  this  world  or  the  next;  they 
are,  and  are  felt  to  be,  actual  blessings, 
in  which  ''it  is  blessed  to  give  rather 
than  to  receive,"  for  they  exalt  and 
widen  o'at  the  whole  nature  of  those 
who  make  the  sacrifice,  and  deliver 
them  from  that  worst  tyranny — the 
tyranny  of  selfishness  and  self-indulg- 
ence. Who  knows  not  the  blessings 
which  are  enshrined  in  the  sacredness 
of  patriotism  or  loyalty  ?  Look  at  th^m 
on  the  battle-field,  and  you  will  find 
them  the  only  bright  spots  in  its  dark- 
ness and  horror,  the  only  influences 
which  exalt  and  glorify  natures  other- 
wise ignorant  or  self-indulgent,  frivo- 
lous or  brutal.  Who  knows  not  the 
softening  and  glorifying  power  of  char- 
ity over  the  souls  of  those  who  prac- 
tice it  freely  and  as  a  matter  of  course? 
Look  at  the  nursing  sisters  of  a  hospi- 
tal ;  at  the  visitors  and  Bible  women| 
who  make  their  way  through  the  haunts 
of  vice  and  wretchedness ;  at  the  min- 
isters of  Christ,  who  (putting  their 
higher  character  and  mission  aside)are 
so  often  the  only  representatives  of  hu- 
man love  and  charity  amid  the  grind- 
ing of  the  great  machinery  which  we 
call  "business,"  and  you  will  see  in 
eachfand  all  of  them  a  beauty,  a  ten- 
derness, a  grace  and  peace  of  spirit, 
which  the  power  of  love  alone  can  give, 
and  the  world  cannot  take  away.  If 
we  could  conceive  a  community,  in 
which  such  brotherly  love  was  perfect, 
no  power  co'ald  stand  againstnt.  It 
would  need  no  miracle  (as  has  been 
well  said)  to  make  its  power  the  sov- 
ereign power  of  this  world,  and  its 
peace  the  earnest  of  the   happiness  of 

the  next. 

♦-»-• 

Five  Negatives. 


It  is  known  that  two  negatives  in 
English  are  equal  to  an  affirmative. 
They  destroy  each  other.  But  it  is 
not  BO  in  Greek.  They  strengthen  the 
negation,  and  a  third  negative  makes 
it  stronger  still,  and  so  a  fourth,  and 
a  fifth.  How  strong  five  negatives  must 
make  a  negation  I  Whether  they  ever 
occur  in  Greek  classics  I  do  not  know; 
but  in  the  Greek  of  the  New  Testament 
there  is  an  instance  of  the  kind.  And 
what  is  that  ?  Are  the  five  negatives 
used  to  strengthen  any  threatening? 
No.  They  are  connected  with  a  prom- 
ise, one  of  the  "exceeding  great  and 
precious  promises,"  which  are  given 
unto  us.  The  case  occurs  in  Heb,  xviii. 
5;  For  he  hath  said,  "I  will  never 
leave  Thee  nor  forsake  Thee."  There 
five  negatives  are  employed.  We  trans- 
late but  two  of  them,  but  there  they  all 
are,  as  one  may  see  who  looks  into  his 
Greek  Testament.  Now  they  need  not 
all  have  been  there;  they  are  not  all 
necessary  to  express  the  simple  idea 
that  God  will  never  forsake  his  people. 
There  must  have  been  design  in  multi- 
plying negatives  so.  I  do  not  believe 
the  phraseology  was  accidental,  and  I 
do  not  think  it  difficult  to  guess  the  de- 
sign. God  meant  to  be  believed  in 
that  thing.  He  would  secure  the  con- 
fidence of  his  children  in   that    partic- 


■  i 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


ular.  He  knew  how  prone  tbey  were 
to  doubt  hia  constancy,  how  strongly 
incUned  to  that  form  of  unbelief,  and 
how  liable  to  be  harraseed  by  the  dread 
of  being  forsaken  by  him,  and  he 
would  therefore  make  assurance  doub- 
ly sure;  so  instead  of  saying  simply,  "I 
will  not  leave  thee,"  which  alone  would 
have  been  enough,  he  adds,  "nor  for- 
sake thee;"  and  instead  of  leaving  it 
thus :  '  'I  will  not  leave  thee ,  I  will  not 
forsake  thee,"  he  uses  language  equiv- 
alent to  the  following:  ''I  will  not,  I 
will  not  leave  thee;  I  will  never,  never, 
never  forsake  thee."  There  is  a  etanza 
which  very  faithfully,  as  well  as  beau 
tifully  expresses  it: 

"The  soul  that  on  Jesus  hath  leaned  for  repose, 

I  will  not,  I  win  not  desert  to  his  foes: 

That  soul  though   all  hell  should  endeayer  to 

shake, 
I'll  never,  no  never,  no  never  forsake." 


^^ttt^  a«il  %ti!^l\k  "|(«lts* 


Hints  on  House-Fapering. 


Give  the  Boys  a  Cliauee. 


One  of  the  surest  methods  of  attach- 
ing a  boy  to  the  farm  is  to  let  him  have 
something  upon  it  for  his  own.  Give 
him  a  small  plot  of  ground  to  cultivate, 
allowing  him  the  proceeds  for  his  own 
use.  Let  him  have  his  ateers  to  break, 
or  his  sheep  to  care  for.  Ownership 
of  even  a  fruit-tree,  planted,  pruned 
and  brought  to  bearing  by  his  own 
hands,  will  inspire  him  with  an  interest 
that  no  mere  reward  or  wages  can  give. 
In  addition  to  a  taste  for  farm  life  which 
such  a  course  will  cultivate,  the  practi- 
cal knowledge  gained  by  the  boy  will 
be  of  the  highest  value.  Being  inter- 
ested, he  will  be  more  observant,  and 
will  thoroughly  learn  whatever  is  nec- 
essary for  his  success. 

Another  and  equally  important  ad- 
vantage will  be  the  accustoming  him 
early  to  feel  responsibility.  Many 
young  men,  though  well  acquaioted 
with  all  the  manual  operations  of  the 
farm,  fail  utterly  when  entrusted  with 
the  management  of  an  estate,  from 
Vfant  of  experience  in  planning  for 
themselves.  It  is  much  better  that  re- 
sponsibility should  be  gradually  assum- 
ed, than  that  a  young  man  should  be 
first  thrown  upon  himself  on  attaining 
his  majority. — Farm  mid  Fireside. 


Moral  Courage. 


Boiled  Potatoes, 


Have  the  courage  to  face  a  difficulty, 
lest  it  kick  you  harder  than  you  bar- 
gained for.  Difificulties,  like  thieves, 
often  disappear  at  a  glance.  Have  the 
courage  to  leave  a  convivial  party  at  the 
proper  hour  for  doing  so,  however  great 
sacrifice;  and  to  stay  away  from  one  up- 
on the  slightest  grounds  for  objection, 
however  great  the  temptation  to  go. 
Have  the  courage  to  do  without  that 
which  you  do  not  need,  however  much 
you  miy  admire  it.  Have  the  courage 
to  speak  your  mind  when  it  is  necessary 
that  you  should  do  so,  and  hold  your 
tongue  when  it  is  better  you  should  be 
silent.  Have  the  courage  to  speak  to 
a  poor  friend  in  a  seedy  coat,  even  in 
the  street,  and  when  a  rich  man  is 
nigh.  The  effort  is  less  than  many 
people  take  it  to  be,  and  the  act  is 
worthy  of  a  king.  Have  the  courage 
to  admit  that  you  have  been  in  the 
wrong,  and  you  will  remove  the  fact 
in  the  mind  of  others,  putting  a  desir- 
able impression  in  the  place  of  an  un- 
favorable one.  Have  the  courage  to 
adhere  to  the  first  resolution  when 
you  cannot  change  it  for  a  better  one, 
and  to  abandon  it  at  the  eleventh  hour 
upon  conviction. 


This  is  the  season,  among  good 
house-wives,  for  cleaning,  whitewash- 
ing, painting,  papering,  and  otherwise 
renovating  the  domicile. 

After  the   cleaning,    whitewashing, 
and  painting   is   accomplished,    comes 
the  process  of  papering  the  walls;  but 
the  first  thing,  frequently,  to    be  done 
is  the  removal  of  the  old  paper.     To  do 
this  successfully,    wet   the   wall   thor- 
ouffhly;  and,   when    well    soaked,   the 
old   paper  can   be   stripped    off    very 
quickly.     After   the  paper  is  removed, 
wash  the  wall  to  get  oil  all  the  particles  of 
paper  which  may  remain,  and  leave  the 
walls  till  nearly  dry   before   commenc- 
ing to  lay  the  new  paper.     If  the  walls 
have  been  whitewashed  instead    of  pa- 
pered, wash    the   walls   with    vinegar, 
which  will  make  the  paste    and   paper 
adhere  more  securely.   A  bench  is  eas- 
ily   made   for  measuring   and   cutting 
the  paper,  by  placing  boards  of  suitable 
length  across   twofloar-barrela.   The  pa- 
per should  be  unrolled  and  cut  to  a  prop- 
er length,  and  in  sufficient  quantity  to 
cover   the  rooms,    before   the    pasting 
process    commences.       These     sheets 
should  be   laid  one  over  the  other,    to 
be  readily  at  hand  when  the  paster   is 
ready  to  begin  work.     The  liability  of 
turning  the  edges  or  damaging  the  pa- 
per will  be  greatly  obviated  by    adopt- 
ing  this  cource.     Flour   paste    is   the 
usual  article  for  the  purpose,    and   rye 
flour  is  considered  better  than  wheat  as 
it  has  more  adhesion.     Mix  the  flour  in 
cold  water  thoroughly,  by  stirring,  un- 
til the  paste  has  a  thin,  creamy  coasist- 
erice,  and  then  boil,  when  it  will  thick- 
en, accordiag  to  the  length  of  time  it  is 
submitted  to  the    heat.     If  found    too 
thick  in  cooling,  add  boiling  water  until 
the  desired  degree  of   thickness  is    ob- 
tained; then  add  a  little    carbolic    acid 
to  prevent  the    paste  from   Bouring  or 
becom'mg   mould3?.     A    broad    white- 
wash brush  is  the   best   to   apply    the 
paste  with,  and  the  paper  should  belaid 
quickly  after  pasting,  to  prevent  its  be- 
coming too  soft  and  tender  to    handle. 
Two  persons  are  required  to  lay  on 
paper  with  rapidity,  one  ta    paste    and 
one   to  apply  the    paper.     When  the 
paper  is  pasted  it  should  be  handed  to 
the  person  on  the  ladder,  who  holds  it 
about  a  foot  from  the  top  end,  and  lays 
it  evenly  against  the  wall  at   the    top, 
allowing  the  upper  end    to  hang    over 
on  the  backs  of   the  hands.     Bj   look- 
ing down  the  wall,   it   may    be   seen 
when   it    matches   the  previously-laid 
length;  and   after  adjusting   to  match, 
it  should  then    be   brought    gently    to 
the  wall,  the  backs  of   the  hands  then 
pressed  against  the  wall  and  passed  up- 
ward   toward    the    ceiling,    spreading 
them    out   toward  the  corners   of   the 
length  of  paper.     The  scissors  are  then 
run  along  at  the  juncture  of   the    wall 
and  ceiling,  when  the  top  of  the  paper 
is  removed   for  a  little  distance,  and   it 
is  cut  off  even  and   replaced.     Then  a 
soft  cloth  is   gently  passed   downward 
and  the  paper  pressed  against  the  wall 
to  the  bottom,  where  it  is  cut  off  as  at 
the  top. — ScientifiG  American. 


As  I  don't  like  watery  potatoes,  I 
will  give  you  my  method  of  having  them 
mealy  and  good.  Pare  only  so  as  to 
have  them  ready  to  boil  by  the  time 
the  water  boils.  Wash  and  put  cook- 
ing immediately  in  enough  water  to 
cover.  Boil  fast  till  tender,  then  pour 
off  the  water,  set  the  kettle  back  upon 
the  stove  a  few  moments  ko  that  they 
may  Jsteam,  keeping  them  covered, 
shaking  two  or  three  times  so  they 
won't  dry  on,  and  they  will  be  fit  to 
eat.  Take  care  not  to  let  the  water 
from  the  cover  drip  back  on  the  pota- 
toes, when  you  take  it  off. 

Steam  Pudding. — One  pint  butter- 
milk, two  eggs,  two  tablespoonsful  of 
cream,  a  handful  of  any  dried  fruit; 
stew  it  first  though.  Stir  in  flour  till 
it  is  a  stiff  batter;  two  teaspoonsful  of 
soda  (it  is  full  as  good  made  of 'corn 
meal).     Steam  one  hour. 

Light  Feuit  Cake. — Three-fourths 
pound  butter,  one  pound  sugar,  one 
pound  eggs,  one  pound  flouer,  one 
pound  raisins,  stoned  and  chopped  a 
little,  half  pound  citron,  small  teaspoon- 
ful  soda,  no  spice.  Will  keep  all  sum- 
mer. 

CtKANiRG  Wood 
nothing  better  for 
wond-work  than  a 
India  rubber.  Rub  the  wood  as  if  you 
were  eraaing  pencil  marks,  and  then 
pass  a  dry  brush  over  it.  Fo  water  is 
necessary. 


hour  before  the  time  that  she  was  read- 
ing it,  she  said,  'It  is  a  hoax.  It  isn't 
possible  a  message  could  come  to  me 
that  way.' 

So  she  stayed  at  home.  The  follow- 
ing day  she  got  a  letter  saying,  'Rob- 
ert has  juat  breathed  his  last.  Oh, 
how  he  longed  to  see  his  mother!  We 
telegraphed  to  you  to  come,  and  if  you 
received,  and  had  started  immediately, 
you  might  have  seen  him  before  he 
died.' 

Sorely  she  reproached  herself!  Af- 
ter that  fihe  did  not  refuse  to  believe  a 
thing  which  she  could  not  understand. 
Now,  we  have  tbe  Word  of  God  tell- 
ing us  of  many  thingis  which  our  poor, 
weak  minds  can  no  more  understand 
tbaa  the  old  lady  could  the  telegraph, 
or  the  little  fly  which  crawls  on  my 
book  can  understand  the  words  printed 
there;  but  we  know  that  they  are  true, 
because  the  God  of  all  truth  tells  us 
they  are.  We  have  only  to  believe, 
and  in  many  cases  we  must  be  content- 
ed not  to  understand,  saying,  with  the 
Psalmist,  'Such  knowledge  is  too  won- 
derful for  me ;  I  cannot  attain  unto  it.' " 
—  Young  Reaper. 


Work. — There  is 
cleaning  painted 
piece    of  common 


^y[|iIifK«'$  4^nm, 


The  Trinity. 


'  'Little  girl?,"  said  Miss  Bell  to  he? 
Sunday-school  class,  ''What  do  you 
understand  by  the  Trinity  ?" 

''Three  persons  in  one  God;  the 
Father,  the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost," 
answered  the  children . 

"Do  you  understand  how  there  can 
be  three  persons  in  one  God,  and  all 
equal?"  asked  Miss  Bell. 

"No,  ma'am." 

"Do  you  think  any  one  does?" 

"I  suppose  you  do,  ma'am,"  said 
Sophie. 

"No,"  said  Miss  Bell,  "I  do  not  un- 
derstand how  the  Father,  the  Son,  and 
the  Holy  Ghost  are  one ;  and  perhaps  I 
never  shall,  even  if  I  get  to  heaven. 

You  do  not  understand  how  the 
flowers  grow;  or  how  one  kind  of  seed 
always  produces  one  kind  of  flower. 
You  know  the  sun  and  the  rain  make 
the  grain  grow,  but  how,  you  cannot 
teil. 

An  old  lady  in  one  of  our  quiet  vil- 
lages saw  the  telegraph  posts,  and  the 
wires  passing  through  the  village.  And 
she  s«id,  'They  tell  me  that  thing  car- 
ries a  message  from  New  York  lo  Bos- 
ton in  no  time  at  all;  but  I  don't  believe 
it,  and  I  never  will  believe  it.  It  is  not 
possible.' 

One  day  a  letter  came  to  the  old 
lady,  and  on  opening  it  she  found  it  was 
a  messsge  by  telegraph,  saying,  'Your 
son  Robert  is  very  ill;  come  immediate- 
ly.' She  asked  a  great  many  questions 
as  to  how  the  message  came;  and  when 
she  heard  that  the  'wires'  brought  it, 
and   when   she   saw   the  date  only  an 


Carrying'  a  Ladder. 


Did   you   ever  see  a   person   carry 
ladder  ?     He  puts  it  on  his  shoulder,  or 
it   may  be   puts  his  head   between  the 
rounds  and  has  one  of  the  sides  resting 
on  each  shoulder,  and   having  it  nicely 
balanced  walks  along.     A  man  with  a 
ladder   is   an    interesting    object   in   a 
crowded   street.     He   looks  at  the  end 
before  him,  but  the  end  behind  him  he 
cannot  see.     If  he  moves  the  front  end 
to  get  out  of  the  way  of  a  person,  away 
goes  the  rear  end  j  ust  as  far  in  the  op- 
posite direction,  and   the  slightest  turn 
of  his   body,  only    a   few   inches,  will 
give  the  ends  a  sweep  of  several  feet, 
and  those  in  the  way  may  look  out  for 
bruised  bats  and  bumped  heads,  while 
the  window  glass  along  the  street  is  in 
constant  danger  from   the  unseen  rear 
end  of  the  ladder.     When  a  small  boy, 
I  was  carrying  a  not  very  large  ladder, 
when  there  was  a  crash.     An   unlucky 
movement  had  brought  the  rear  end  of 
my  ladder  against  a  window.     Instead 
of  scolding   me,  my   father   made  me 
stop,  and   said    very  quietly  :     ' '  Look 
here,  my  son,  there  is  one  thing  I  wish 
you  always  to  remember;  that  is,  every 
ladder   has  two   ends."     I  never  have 
forgotten   that,    though   many,    many 
years  have  gone,  and  I  never  see  a  man 
carrying  a  ladder  or  other  long  thing 
but  what  I  remember  the  two  ende. 
Don't  we  carry   things  besides  ladders 
that  have  two  ends?     When  I  see  a 
young  man  getting  '  'fast"  habits  I  think 
ho  sees  only  one   end  of  that  ladder, 
and  that  he   does  not  kuow  that  the 
other   end    is   wounding   his    parents' 
hearts.     Many  a  young  girl   carries  a 
ladder  in  the  shape  of  a  love  for    dress 
and  finery;  she  only  sees   the  gratifica- 
tios  of  a  foolish  pride   at  the  forward 
end  of  that  ladder,  while  the  end  that 
she  does  not  see  is  crushing  true  mod- 
estv  and  pure  friendship  as  she  goes 
along  thoughdessly   among  the  crowd. 
Ah!    yes,  every  ladder  has  two  ends, 
and  it  is  a  thing  to  be  remembered  in 
more  ways  than  one. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


THE  SIXTH  ANNIVERSARY. 


[continued  fbom  fifth  page.] 

After  devotional  exercises  President  Roberts  an 
nounced  the  first  appointment  of  the  evening  an  ad- 
dress by  Mr.  Charles  W.  Greene,  publisher  of  the 
National  Crop  Reporter  and  American  Farmers'  Ad- 
vocate, Indianapolis,  Indiana,  and  late  Secretary  of 
the  American  Agricultural  Congress;  subject:  "The 
Grange  and  its  Relation  to  American  Principles." 
This  was  an  address  of  great  power  and  will  be  widely 
felt  by  the  secret  order  against  whose  operations  it  was 
directed.  Copies  were  sent  to  a  large  number  of  pa- 
pers throughout  the  country  and  widely  published. 

Mr.  Geo.  V/.  Clark,  at  the  close  of  the  address,  re- 
sponded to  the  call  for  a  song,  with  '  Men  of  Thought 
and  Men  of  Action,  Clear  the  Way." 

Mrs.  M.  J.  Gage  was  then  invited  to  the  platform 
and  was  accompanied  by  Zebulon  Weaver,  Esq.,  of 
Syracuse.  The  President  introduced  her  to  the  audi- 
ence and  announced  the  subject  of  her  remarks. 
Mrs.  Gage  spoke  in  a  clear  distinct  voice  so  as  to  be 
plainly  heard  by  the  large  audience,  and  her  easy 
manner  and  delivery  bespoke  former  experience  upon 
the  platform.  Her  arguments  were  pointed  and  drew 
out  frequent  applause.  At  the  close  of  her  remarks 
the  third  appointment,  an  address  upon  ''The  Litera- 
ture of  the  Reform,"  by  Prof.  Blanchard,  was  about 
to  be  postponed,  as  the  hour  was  late;  but  loud  calls 
for  the  speaker  showed  that  the  audience  was  un- 
wearied. At  the  close  of  the  address  the  speaker 
urged  on  all  the  necessity  of  supporting  the  publica- 
tions of  the  reform  and  especifilly  the  Christian  Cyno- 
sure,  the  organ  of  the  National  Association.  Cards 
had  been  circulated  in  the  audience  for  those  who 
would  act  as  agents  in  this  work  upon  which  some 
pledged  to  secure  as  high  as  seventy  five  subscribers 
during  the  year. 

Rev.  John  Levington,  editor  of  the  MetJiodist  Free 
Press,  wished  to  correct  a  mistake  made  by  the 
speaker  in  saying  that  that  paper  was  the  organ  of 
the  Anti-masors  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church; 
it  was  not  a  denominational  paper  for  a  Methodist 
Episcopal  Conference  had  voted  that  it  was  not  an 
organ  of  that  church.  He  wished  all  to  subscribe 
for  it. 

The  President  announced  that  Miss  Emma  S.  Allen, 
would  sing  Mrs.  Julia  Ward  Howe's  soul-stirring 
''Battle  Hymn  of  the  Repubhc."  Miss  Allen  pre- 
faced her  song  by  a  few  pointed  words,  and  the  audi- 
ence joined  in  the  chorus — 

"Glory,  glory,  lialleliijali, 
Glory,  glory,  hallelujah, 
Glory,  glory,  hallelujah, 
Our  God  is  marching  ou." 

^After  announcements  for  the  next  day,  the  audience 
adjourned  with  the  benediction. 
Thursday. 

MOBNING  SESSION. 

The  devotional  exercises  continued  an  hour  with 
great  interest  and  power.  Rev.  D.  B.  Douglass  led 
the  meeting. 

Business  was  taken  up  at  9  o'clock  with  the  read- 
ing of  minutes.  A  verbal  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Correspondence,  by  Rev.  M.  N.  Downing,  followed. 
The  report  was  accepted  and  the  correspondence  re- 
ferred for  publication,  it  being  too  volumnious  to  admit 
reading  to  the  Convention.  The  Committee  on  Reso- 
lutions then  presented  their  report  by  Elder  Barlow. 
This  report  as  finally  adopted  appears  on  another 
page.  An  excellent  paper  by  Enoch  Honeywell  had 
been  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  committee  and  was 
also  read.  It  was  received  with  enthusiasm  by  the 
Convention  and  was  afterwards  voted  to  be  printed  in 
such  papers  as  might  desire  to  do  so.  Further  con- 
sideration of  the  resolutions  was  deferred  to  hear  the 
report  of  the  Committee  on  Finance . 

[concluded  next  week.] 

<  ■  » 

The  Preliminary  Meeting  at  Syracuse. 


Delegates  to  the  Convention  began  assembling  at 
Shakspeare  Hall  a  little  before  2  o'clock  P.M.,  and 
Ezra  A.  Cook,  publisher  of  the  Cynosure,  made  it 
his  especial  business  to  announce  the  name  of  each 
one  as  he  came,  that  there  might  be  no  restraint  be- 
tween these  noble,  self-sacrificing  men  who,  coming 
from  all  parts  of  the  Unite  d  States,  were  greatly  cheered 
and  strengthened  by  making  the  acquaintance  of  those 
whom  they  had  often  heard  thro«gh  the  Cynosure. 
A  number  of  veterans  who  had  been  through  the 
Anti-masonic  campaign  *  'Forty  years  ago,"  were  pres- 
ent. The  letter  of  introduction  brought  by  father 
Rollins,  a  white-haired  veteran  from  Vermont,  who 
passed  his  8'2d  birthday  a  short  time  since,  awakened 
much  applause  and  many  congratulations  from  those 
present. 


After  about  an  iiour  spent  in  the  most  delightful 
social  converse,  the  meeting  was  called  to  order  by 
Ezra  A.  Cook,  and  our  venerable  brother  from  Ver- 
mont was  chosen  to  preside.  He  expressed  thanks  for 
the  honor  and  said :  "Never  have  I  more  clearly  felt 
the  especial  presence  and  guidance  of  God  than  when 
coming  over  the  Green  Mountains  to  attend  this  Con- 
vention." The  meeting  was  opened  by  a  most  ear- 
nest prayer  by  Rev.  John  Levington.  Ezra  A.  Cook 
spoke  with  much  feeling  of  the  wonderful  goodness  of 
God  as  shown  in  sustaining  him  in  boldly  attacking 
the  lodge  when  starting  in  business  with  a  small  capi- 
tal and  heavy  expenses;  of  the  blessing  of  God  on  the 
Cynosure,  and  of  the  marvelous  growth  of  anti-secret 
sentiment  during  the  first  five  years. 

Rev.  John  Levington  and  Ezra  A.  Cook  were  then 
elected  secretaries  of  the  meeting. 

Sidney  Wilder  spoke  of  the  petition  to  President 
Grant  against  the  Masonic  corner-stone  laying  of  the 
Chicago  Post-office. 

He  thought  it  perfectly  evident  that  no  secret  so- 
ciety had  a  right  to  thus  advertise  themselves  and 
thrust  upon  citizens  their  rites  and  ceremonies,  and 
he  thought  it  especially  an  outrage  that  a  secret  society 
based  on  murder,  as  was  the  Master  Mason's  degree, 
should  be  allowed  to  insult  the  public  with  their 
mummeries.  Bro.  Levington  endorsed  this  and 
thought  it  clear  that  such  a  vile,  wicked  institution 
should  not  be  thus  allowed  to  insult  all  intelligent, 
fair-minded  citizens;  but  further,  he  denied  its  right 
on  the  ground  that  it  is  heathenish  in  character  while 
ours  is  a  Christian  nation. 

The  chairman  suggested  that  it  might  be  well  to 
appoint  a  committee  to  draft  resolutions  on  this  sub- 
ject. A  brother  siiggeoted  that  the  petition  to  Presi- 
dent Grant  stated  our  objections  to  Freemasons  laying 
the  corner-stone  of  the  Chicago  Custom-House  and 
our  reasons  therefor.  Q.  W.  Needles,  of  Albany,  Mo., 
publisher  of  the  American  Freeman,  remarked  that 
he  thought  it  best  to  leave  the  matter  to  the  general 
committee  on  resolutions  which  would  be  appointed 
during  tlie  Convention. 

Bro.  A.  Worth,  of  Indiann,  spoke  of  the  progress  of 
the  cause  in  his  place  in  connection  with  the  labors  of 
Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard.  He  said :  '  'I  find  that  men 
will  talk  calmly  on  any  subject  but  this.  On  this  sub- 
ject there  is  no  middle  ground.  I  find  that  when  even 
those  who  were  Anti-masons  get  into  the  grange  they 
will  then  defend  all  secret  societies.  We  must  take 
strong  ground  on  this  subject." 

Bro.  Stoddard  thought  it  was  not  true  that  all 
grangers  defended  other  secret  societies,  but  instead 
of  that  many  who  soon  became  convinced  that  the 
grange  was  but  diluted  Freemasonry,  had  promptly 
left  it  and  denounced  it.  This  he  said  was  especially 
the  case  in  Minnesota.  He  admitted,  however,  tbat 
those  who  stuck  to  the  grange  soon  found  themselves 
obliged  to  defend  secret  societies  in  general.  Bro. 
Stoddard,  here  read  the  petition  to  President  Grant, 
and  remarked  that  he  had  already  counted  the  names 
of  nearly  five  thousand  signers  to  it  and  there  were 
many  yet  to  be  counted. 

Our  venerable  chairman  related  several  thrilling 
incidents  of  his  past  experience  in  the  Anti-masonic 
cause.  He  said :  "When  I  became  convinced  of  the 
great  evils  of  Freemasonry  I  felt  it  to  be  my  duty  to 
renounce  the  institution  publicly  before  my  people. 
I  was  in  a  Masonic  lodge  but  twice.  The  first  time, 
I  was  made  a  Master  Mason.  The  oaths  and  ceremo- 
nies were  so  disgusting  and  wicked,  that  I  resolved 
never  to  enter  the  lodge  again,  and  I  did  not  for  a 
year  and  a  half.  Still  I  did  not  then  realize  how 
abominable  were  the  oaths,  penalties  and  ceremonies, 
as  the  oaths  were  administered  but  part  of  a  sentence 
at  a  time.  I  understood  the  Master  Mason's  oath  to 
be  that  the  secret  of  a  brother  Master  Mason  given  in 
charge  as  such,  should  be  as  inviolable  in  my  breast 
as  his  in  own,  murder  and  treason  excepted  of  my  own 
election,  and  I  understood  the  of  to  leave  the  whole 
matter  of  keeping  secrets  at  my  election  or  judgment. 
About  a  year  and  a  half  after  f  took  the  first  three 
degrees  some  of  tte  members  of  the  lodge  called  on 


me  to  labor  with  me  about  my  non-attendance  on  the 
lodge,  etc.  When  I  stated  frankly  my  objections  to 
what  I  had  seen  of  the  institution  they  said  that  if  I 
would  only  take  the  Royal  Arch  degrees,  I  would  then 
see  good  reasons  for  all  of  the  ceremonies  of  the  first 
three  degrees,  and  they  were  sure  that  I  could  not 
help  liking  it.  I  consulted  several  ministers  of  the 
gospel  who  had  taken  those  degrees.  They  advised 
and  urged  me  to  take  those  degrees,  and  I  consented. 
I  resolved  to  note  carefully  the  oaths,  particularly 
about  keeping  secrets,  and  the  exceptions  named. 
They  cunningly  said  nothing  about  exceptions  either 
way,  asking  me  to  promise  that  a  companion  Royal 
Arch  Mason's  secrets  should  remain  as  inviolable  in 
my  breast  as  in  his  own.  After  retiring  from  the 
lodge  one  of  the  preachers  who  had  urged  me  to 
take  the  chapter  or  Royal  Arch  degrees  said:  "Icould'nt 
help  laughing  to  see  how  they  got  that  oath  down 
your  throat.  You  promised  that  the  secrets  of  a 
Royal  Arch  Maaon  should  remain  as  inviolable  in 
your  breast  as  in  his  own,  and  of  course  that  includes 
murder,  treason,  and  everything  else.  When  I 
took  the  oath  they  said,  "murder  and  treason  not 
excepted-"  but  you  are  just  as  strongly  bound  as  I  am. 
If  that  is  so,  sir,  I  replied,  I  am  done  with  Freema- 
sonry I  I  resolved  to  say  nothing  to  anybody  about 
my  feelings  and  I  kept  my  resolution  for  about  two 
years,  till  I  heard  of  the  murder  of  Wm.  Morgan, 
when  I  saw  that  I  could  not  innocently  be  silent  any 
longer,  I  publicly  renounced  and  denounced  the  in- 
stitution, as  I  felt  that  to  conceal  the  character  of 
Masonry  was  to  make  myself  accessory  to  the  murder 
of  Morgan.  Just  before  I  renounced  Freemasonry, 
when  I  first  saw  Morgan's  book,  I  one  day  heard  a 
man  speak  to  the  Master  of  our  lodge  about  Morgan's 
book,  when  the  Master  replied,  "It  is  a  counterfeit  bill, 
ask  Bro .  Rollins  if  it  is  not. "  So  the  man  asked  me,  and  I 
told  him  that  it  was  a  correct^elation.  The  Master 
expressed  great  astonishment  at  my  answer ;  but  I 
told  him  he  must  not  tell  men  to  ask  questions  of  me 
unless  he  expected  me  to  give  a  truthful  answer.  The 
day  after  I  publicly  renounced  the  institution,  the 
Master  called  a  special  meeting  of  the  lodge,  and  charges 
of  immoral  conduct  were  at  once  preferred  against  me ; 
but  to  this  a  shrewd  lawyer  in  the  lodge  objected,  for, 
said  he,  "If  you  prefer  such  cbrages  you  will  have  to 
sustain  them  outside  of  the  lodge  as  well  as  inside. " 
The  charge  was  then  changed  to  unmasonic  conduct, 
and  on  this  charge  I  was  expelled,  as  I  admitted  that 
the  charge  was  correct.  This  was  not  all,  however. 
A  large  crowd  of  rowdies,  all  Masons,  assembled  at  the 
store  of  the  Master  of  the  lodge  which  was  next 
door  to  me,  where  after  much  hooting  and  yel- 
ling, they  proceeded  to  bring  out  a  sort  of  scare- 
crow in  the  form  of  a  man,  on  which  they  put  a 
board  lettered  "preaching  done  here."  They  then 
commenced  shooting  at  the  board  as  a  mark.  I  came 
to  the  door  and  looked  on.  When  I  went  to  fill  my 
appointment  I  found  that  the  report  was  everywhere 
circulated  that  I  had  been  guilty  of  gross  immorali- 
ties. The  lodge  had  the  notice  'of  my  expulsion  pub- 
lished in  the  newspapers  in  the  neighboring  towns  as 
well  as  at  home,  and  they  sent  a  special  committee  to 
other  lodges  in  quite  remote  towns  with  a  view  to  a 
systematic  defamation  of  my  character. 

I  then  resolved  to  give  them  battle  and  in  tbe  name 
of  the  Lord  destroy  the  works  of  darkness,  if  it  be  his 
will.  I  purchased  a  press  and  type  and  started  a 
weekly  paper  called  the  Vermont  Luminary.  A 
State  Anti-masonic  Convention  was  held  at  Montpelier, 
where  a  State  ticket  was  put  in  the  field  with  He- 
man  Allen  for  Governor.  The  central  committee  were 
empowered  to  fill  the  vacancies  left  by  any  who  might 
refuse  the  nomination .  Heman  Allen  did  not  decline 
till  a  week  before  the  election.  I  took  the  responsi- 
bility of  nominating  Wm.  A.  Palmer  for  Governor,  and 
three  other  papers  with  whom  I  had  consulted  joined 
in  the  nomination.  It  was  impossible  to  get  the  com- 
mittee together  as  they  were  widely  separated.  We 
succeeded  in  polling  votes  enough  for  our  ticket  to 
make  a  tie  between  the  other  parties,  which  threw  the 
election  into  the  legislature.      On  the  33d  ballot  Wm. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


A.  Palmer  was  elected  Governor,  and  at  the  end  of  his 
term  we  re-elected  him  for  three  terms  of  a  year  each. 

A  petition  to  the  legislature  to  revoke  the  charter 
of  the  State  Grand  Lodge  was  at  first  received  with 
much  ridicule,  but,  strange  as  it  may  seem,  the  char- 
ter was  revoked  by  an  almost  unanimous  vote  during 
the  same  seesion.  After  consultation,  as  the  Free 
masons  saT  that  their  charter  must  finally  be  given 
up,  and  aa  they  hated  above  all  things  to  have  the 
character  of  this  institution  discussed,  they  finally 
voted  unanimously  for  the  bill  revoking  the  charter  of 
the  Grand  Lodge.  Freemasons  and  jack  Masons  often 
assure  us  that  the  institution  has  changed  since  those 
days,  but  it  is  merely  the  change  that  happens  to 
snake?.  In  the  sprinsj  of  the  year  they  change  their 
skin  and  come  out  a  beautiful  polished  serpent,  but  it 
is  the  same  old  snake  still. 

Rev.  D.  S.  Caldwell,  our  Ohio  State  Agent,  spoke 
of  our  crafty  foe  and  the  intimate  connection  of  all  the 
eeciet  orders. 

Rev.  J.  Levlngton  of  Masonic  vengeance  and  his 
own  experience  in  being  threatened  with  death  by 
poison,  shooting,  hanging,  etc.  Saml.  S.veet  of  his 
labors  in  this  reform  in  publishing  at  one  time  the 
Onondago  Republican  at  Syracuse,  and  at  another  a 
"Vermont  paper,  also  of  participation  in  the  political 
war  as  a  member  of  the  first  Anti-masonic  Conven- 
tion. 

Allusion  was  made  to  a  Masonic  dignitary  in  Ken- 
tucky, who  said  he  "would  not  exchange  his  Masonic 
rank  for  the  seat  of  the  angel  Gabriel  in  heaven."  G. 
W.  Needles,  of  Missouri,  said  the  opposition  to  Freema- 
sonry was  begun  in  his  section  about  eight  years  ago, 
on  the  ground  of  self-defense,  as  murders  were  of  al- 
most daily  occurrence,  and  it  became  so  notorious  that 
Freemasons  could  not  be  punished,  that  no  attempt 
was  made  to  even  arrest  the  guilty,  and  there  was  in- 
augurated a  perfect  reign  of  terror.  As  a  Freemason 
murderer  said:  "A  rope  wouldn't  stick  to  a  Maeon's 
neck."  Several  others  spoke  of  the  threats  of  the 
lodge.  Mr.  Needles  remarked  that  he  considered  the 
grange  the  worst  of  ail  the  secret  orderf,  as  he  knew 
that  in  his  section  of  country  its  object  was  the  pros- 
titution of  women,  and  many  respectable  women  had 
already  been  ruined  by  it.  One  woman  who  saw  the 
horrible  intentions  of  the  men  who  were  initiating  her, 
tore  herself  away  from  them,  fled  from  the  place,  and 
openly  denounced  the  vile  wretches. 


The  Sixth  Anniversary    Keport    of  the  Connnittee 
ou  Resolutions  as  Adopted. 


Whereas,  In  the  continued  existence  of  the  secret  oath 
bound  fraternities  we  recognize  a  conspiracy  against  all  who 
do  not  belong  to  them  and  a  standing  menace  to  the  relig- 
ion of  Jesus  Christ,  as  well  as  to  the  republican  institutions 
which  drew  their  life  from  it,  and 

Whereas,  Organized  resistance  to  Freemasonry  and  its 
kindred  clans  is  imperatively  demanded  of  all  who  love 
our  blood-bought  institutions:    Therefore 

Resolved,  That  loyalty  to  God,  and  the  government  be- 
queathed to  us  by  our  fathers,  and  thus  far  maintained  by 
the  blood  and  treasure  of  the  present  generation,  requires  of 
us  that  ceaseless  vigilance,  that  patient  investigation  of  in- 
stitutions and  principles,  and  that  consecration  to  the  de- 
fense of  truth  and  right,  without  which  the  overthrow  of  all 
we  hold  dear  is  inevitable. 

Resolved,  That  we  make  special  opposition  to  speculative 
Freemasonry,  not  simply  because  it  is  the  mother  of  most  if 
not  ail  other  secret  orders,  and  the  principal  generator  of  the 
virus  of  all,  but  because  of  its  deceptive  and  masterly  an- 
tagonism to  Christianity  in  the  following,  among  other  par- 
ticulars: 1.  The  exclusion  from  its^forms  of  prayer,  its  quo- 
tations of  Scripture  and  all  its  rituals,  of  the  name  of  the 
tLord  Jesus  Christ,  and  from  its  membership  of  "all  old 
men  in  dotage,  young  men  in  nonage,  all  imbeciles,  crip- 
ples and  maimed  persons,  all  in  feeblehealth,  and  all  wom- 
en,"— the  persons  above  all  others  most  needing  human 
sympathy  and  Christian  charity.  2,  The  welcoming  un- 
changed, unregenerate,  unsanctified  pagan,  Mohammedan, 
Jew,  infidel  and  nominal  Christian  to  the  same  altar  of 
worship  at  the  same  time,  which  Christianity  everywhere 
forbids,  3.  The  specialty  of  its  charities — its  so-called  ex- 
hibitions of  benevolence,  making  Masons  instead  of  Christ- 
ians objects  of  favoritism;  or,  in  other  words,  substituting, 
— substantially  '  '■Masons"  for  the  "household  of  faith"  thus 
making  an  anti-Christian  distinction.  4,  The  placing  upon 
its  altar  of  worship  the  Christian's  Bible,  the  Mohammed- 
an's Koran,  and  the  sacred  books,  so-called,  of  all  nations, 
as  the  books  of  the  "Masonic  law"  in  the  several  national- 
ities in  which  their  authority  is  severally  acknowledged, 
5.  The  exaltation  of  the  square  and  compasses  above  the 
Bible,  in  that  they  are  placed  upon  the  altars  of  the  lodges 
of  all  countries,  while  the  Bible  is  admitted  as  a  symbol  on 
the  altars  only  of  the  lodges  of  so-called  Christian  coun- 
tries.   6,  The  introduction  into  its  higher,  or  chivalric  de- 


grees, of  the  so-called  Christianity  of  the  sword — a  fight- 
ing religion.  7,  The  reintroduction  of  the  Aaronic  priest- 
hood, as  after  the  order  of  Melchisedec,  in  opposition  to 
the  all-important  fact  that  Christ,  the  crucified,  risen  and 
exalted  Saviour,  is  the  only  High  Priest  acknowledged  by 
Christianity. 

Resolved,  That  we  recognize  in  the  Patrons  of  Husband- 
ry, or  granges,  so-called,  which  are  springing  up  in  all 
parts  of  our  country,  children  of  secrecy,  having  Masonry 
and  Odd-fellowship  as  god-fathers  and  god-mothers,  which 
organizations  are  most  cunningly  devised  to  give  specula- 
tors at  head  centers  the  control  of  the  farming  interests  of 
the  country. 

Resolecd,  That  iu  the  secret  temperance  orders  we  see — 
however  honest  many  of  their  initiates  may  be — only  so 
many  stepping  stones  to  the  Masonic  temples,  whose  main 
influence  ou  the  temperance  cause  has  been  to  dishearten, 
disintegrate  and  weaken  its  friends,  while  giving  eucour- 
ment  and  strength    to  its  enemies. 

Resolved,  That  the  growing  interest  in  our  cause,  and  the 
success  which  is  crowning  our  eflorts  to  rouse  the  people 
to  a  sense  of  the  dangers  to  which  they  are  exposed  from 
organized  secretism,  calls  for  profound  gratitude  to  God , 
and  is  just  cause  for  encouragement  to  us  to  continue, 
and  increase  our  eiiwts  for  the  enlightenment  of  the  peo- 
ple, and  the  entire  overthrow  of  the  secret  despotisms  with 
which  we  are  at  war;  and  that  among  these  tokens  of 
growing  interest  since  our  last  anniversary,  we  recognize 
the  organization  of  State  societies,  auxiliary  to  this  body, 
iu  Kansas,  Ohio,  Wisconsin  and  Indiana,  and  that  Pennsyl- 
vania and  Iowa  are  soon  to  fall  into  line,  while  efficient 
work  is  being  done  in  nearly  all  thesu  States  by  State  lecturers 
and  others  through  whose  labors  the  people  are  fast  rising 
iu  their  might  against  the  powers  of  secrecy. 

Resolved,  That  with  the  light  we  now  have  on  the  princi- 
ples, obligations  and  tendencies  of  speculative  Freemasonry 
we  see  not  how  a  man  can  be  an  intelligent  and  adhering 
Freemason  and  at  the  same  time  be  a  consistent  Chrislian 
or  a  loyal  citizen;  and  that  we  are  compelled  by  our  con- 
victions to  withhold  from  all  such  the  same  confidence  and 
support  due  alone  to  those  free  from  Masonic  obligations. 

Resolval,  That  this  Association  recognizes  v;ith  gratitude 
the  past  services,  as  its  corresponding  secretarj^  of  Rev,  I. 
A.  Hart,  and  that  we  miss  his  person  and  voice  from  our 
present  Anniversary,  le-drnii\g  with  sadness  that  he  can 
serve  us  no  more  in  that  ofllce  he  has  so  long  and  so  use- 
fully filled,  and  that  in  tendering  him  our  thanks  for  his 
labors,  we  also  assure  him  of  our  continued  love  and  sym- 
pathy, and  our  prayers  for  the  divine  bkssiug  upon  his 
future. 

Resolved,  That  as  a  means  of  spreading  light  among  the 
people,  we  recognize  the  etficient  work  done  by  the  Ghristuui 
Cynosure,  Methodist  Free  Rress  American  Wesleyan,  the 
Free  Methodist,  the  Religious  Telescope,  and  other  valuable 
papers— -the  tracts  and  books  published  by  this  body,  and 
last,  though  not  least,  the  leaflets  sent  out  with  no  unspar- 
ing hand  by  our  co-worker,  Enoch  Honeywell;  and  that 
we  most  heartily  commend  these  papers  and  other  agencies 
to  the  continued  confidence  and  support  of  all  the  friends 
of  our  cause. 

Resolved,  That  a  general  agent  and  State  lecturer  in  each 
State,  organized  and  organizing,  is  an  absolute  necessity, 
and  that  a  fund  of  $10,000  for  their  support  is  equally  nec- 
essary and  pressingly  so,  and  that  we  take  immediate 
steps  for  raising  such  a  fuud. 

Resolved,  That  our  thanks  are  due,  and  are  hereby  cor- 
dially tendered  to  the  conductors  of  the  various  newspa- 
pers in  this  city  who  ha\  e  so  faithfully  and  courteously  re- 
ported the  doings  of  this  body,  and  that  in  this  we  have  an 
encouraging  "sign  of  the  times.'' 

Resolved .^\!]iaX  the  warmest  thanks  of  the  members  of  this 
body,  and  the  friends  attending  this  meeting,  are  hereby 
tendered  to  the  citizens  of  Syracuse,  who  have  so  hospit- 
ably entertained  us  during  our  present  session. 

J.  L.  Barlow. 
John  Levington. 
Z,  Weaver. 

Committee. 


Constitution  and  By-Laws  of  Iho  Kational  Christian 

Association. 


Art.  I. — This  Society  shall  be  called 

THE    NATIONAL  CHRISTIAN  ASSOCIATION. 

Art.  il-^ — Any  person  in  sympathy  with  the  objects 
of  this  Association,  and  co-operaiing  in  its  work  m«y 
become  a  life  member  by  the  payment  of  ten  dollars 
into  its  treasury  at  one  time,  or  an  annual  member 
by  paying  twenty-five  cents. 

Art.  in. — The  business  and  object  of  this  Associa- 
tion shall  be  to  expose,  withstand,  and  remove  secret 
societies.  Freemasonry  in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movements,  in  order  to  save  the  churches 
of  Christ  from  being  depraved,  to  redeem  the  admin- 
istration of  justice  from  perversion,  and  our  republican 
government  from  corruption. 

Ant,  17. — This  Association  shall  meet  annually  and 
each  meeting  shall  make  such  arrangements  for  the 
place  and  tidae  of  meeting  as  shall  be  deemed  for  the 
best  interests  cf  the  cause. 

Art.  v.-— The  oflScers  of  this  Association  shall  be  a 
President,  Vice-president,  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Recording  Secretary,  Treasurer,  Auditor,  General 
Agent  and  Lecturer,  and  eleven  Directors,  to  be  elect- 
ed at  the  annual  meeting  for  the  term  of  one  year  or 
until  their  successors  are  chosen;  these  oflScers  shall 
constitute  an  Executive  Commitee,  five  of  whom  shall 
be  a  quorum  at  any  regularly  called  meeting. 

Art.  vl — Any  Association  formed  on  the  principles 
of  the  Nation-il  Christian  Association,  (and  annually 
contributing  to  its  treasury,)  shall  be  considered  an 
auxiliary. 


Art.  vu. — All  meetings  of  the  Association  and  of 
the  Executive  Committee   shall  be  opened  by  prayer. 

Art.  viu. — Th's  constitution  may  be  altered  at  any 
annual  meeting  by  a  twc-thirds  vote  of  the  members 
prepent;  provided,  notice  of  the  proposed  alteration 
shall  have  been  given  at  a  previous  meeting. 

BY-LAWS. 

Sec.  1. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  President  to 
preside  at  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Association,  and 
to  see  that  the  rules  and  by-laws  of  the  National  body 
are  properly  enforced. 

Sec.  2. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Vice-president 
to  aid  the  President  in  his  cfficial  duties  and  to  preside 
during  his  absence.  In  the  absence  cf  both  the  Pres- 
dent  anrj  Vice-president  of  this  Au-scciation  the  annual 
meeting  shall  be  presided  over  by  one  of  the  State 
Vice-presidents. 

Seo.  3. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Recording  Sec- 
retary to  make  a  correct  record  of  all  business  trans- 
acted at  the  annual  meetings  of  the  Association  and  to 
keep  the  same  in  a  convenient  place  for  the  use  of 
the  members. 

Sec.  4. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  General  Agent 
and  Lecturer  to  have  general  supervision  of  the  lect- 
ure work  in  the  different  States. 

Sec.  5. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Correspond- 
ing Secretary  to  conduct  the  correspondence  of  the 
Association,  and  keep  a  careful  record  of  all  matters  of 
interest  and  importance  relating  to  its  conditio  ;  and 
work,  and  in  connection  with  the  General  Agexit  to 
submit  from  time  to  time  to  the  Executive  Committee 
such  matters  as  may  require  their  cojisideration.  He 
shall  sign  all  certificates  of  life  membership;  keep  a 
correct  iisi  of  the  same,  and  perform  such  other  duties 
as  v/culd  naturally  pertain  to  this  office. 

Sec.  6. — It  si  all  be  the  duty  of  the  Treasurer  to 
receive  all  monies  and  other  valuables  donated  to  the 
Association  and  receipt  for  the  same.  He  shall  keep 
a  correct  record  of  all  funds  received  and  pay  them 
out  as  directed  by  the  Executive  Committee.  He 
shall  be  rtquired  to  give  security  for  the  faithful  per- 
foimance  of  his  duties  in  such  sum  and  manner  as 
shall  by  the  Executive  Committee  be  deemed  sufficient 
10  guarantee  the  Associatiau  against  loss. 

Sec.  7. — It  ahail  be  the  duiy  of  the  Auditor  to  cx- 
amlne  the  financial  accounts  of  the  Association  and 
report  at  each  annual  meeting. 

Sec.  8. — It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Directors  to  act 
in  conjunction  with  the  other  members  of  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  as  provided  in  Art.  v.  of  the  Constitu- 
tion. 

Sec.  9. — The  Executive  Committee  shall  meet  as 
soon  as  may  be  after  their  election,  and  choose  their 
officers  and  transact  such  business  as  may  be  referred 
to  them  by  the  Association,  and  such  other  business 
a;5  may  be  necessary  in  the  prosecution  of  their  duties. 
Said  Committee  shall  have  control  of  all  the  funds  and 
property  for  the  uses  and  purposes  of  the  Association; 
and  shall  not  in  any  case  divert  such  funds  from  the 
•'business  and  objects"  of  the  Association  as  set  forth 
in  its  act  of  incorporation.  Said  Executive  Committee 
may  make  for  themselves  such  by-laws,  rules  aud  reg- 
ulations as  they  shall  deem  necessary;  provided, 
however,  that  they  contain  nothing  in  conflict  with 
the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the  Association,  Said 
Committee  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  their  proceed- 
ings and  shall  on  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  their 
office  deliver  to  their  successors  all  books,  documents 
and  valuables  in  their  possession  belonging  to  the  As- 
sociation. 

Sec.  10. — The  proceedings  of  the  preceding  year 
shall  be  reported  in  its  several  departments  by  the 
proper  officer  at  each  annual  meeting,  and  a  summary 
of  such  report  shall  be  published  in  the  organ  of  the 
Association. 

Sec.  11. — These  by-laws  may  be  altered  by  a  two- 
thirds  vote  of  the  members  present  at  any  annual 
meeting  of  the  AsDOciation. 


Special  Lectnre  Notice. 


Rev.  L.  N,  Stratton,  editor  of  the  American  Wes- 
leyian,  Syracuse,  is  expected  to  attend  the  annual 
commencement  of  Wheaton  College,  his  Alma  Mater^ 
as  member  of  the  College  Board  and  orator  for  the 
Alumni  Association.  He  desires  to  lecture  on  the 
secret  orders  at  various  points  on  his  way  and  return, 
and  correspondence  is  invited.  Mr.  Stratton  is  well 
known  as  one  of  our  best  speakers,  and  associations  in 
Ohio,  Indiana,  Michigan  and  Illinois  will  do  well  to  se- 
cure, so  far  as  possib'e,  his  services.  Address, 
Wesleyan  office,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


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COLLEGE  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 


CHAPTER  v.— CCONTINUED.) 


Berea  College,  Kentucky. 
Secret  societies  are  of  two  kinds,  those  which  aim  to  secure 
special  and  unequal  advantages  for  their  members,  in  social, 
civil,  political  and  business  relations;  and  those  which  seek  to 
promote  some  moral,  social  or  political  reform.  The  first, 
among  which  Freemasonry  is  the  most  prominent,  we  regard 
as  selfish  in  their  nature  and  essential  aim,  and,  hence,  an- 
tagonistic to  the  Christian  religion.  •  '  •  While  we  may 
heartily  sympathize  with  the  ostensible,  and  even  real  objecis 
of  the  other  class  of  secret  societies,  we  regard  them  as  not 
only  useless,  but  even  harmful  in  their  influence  upon  the 
reforms  they  seek  to  promote,  inasmuch  as  they  are  distaste- 
ful and  otherwise  objectionable  to  many  of  the  wise  and  good, 
and  thus  they  divide  and  cripple  the  forces  of  reform,  which 
might  otherwise  be  united.  They  also  promote  familiarity 
witli  the  habits  and  forms  of  secret  associations,  and  cultivate 
a  taste  for  them,  and  thus  become  training  schools,  in  wjiich 
multitudes  are  prepared  for  those  which  are  most  objectiona- 
ble. For  these  and  other  reasons  we  think  it  our  duty  to 
discountenance  them.  In  the  college  no  secret  societies  are 
permitted.  The  following  is  our  rule  in  reference  to  them: 
"No  student  is  permitted  to  meet  with  any  secret  society 
while  in  attendance  upon  school."        E.  H,  Fairchild, 

Fresident. 

Westfield  College,  Illinois. 

With  the  membership  of  these  orders  we  have  no  personal 
quarrel,  except  as  they  individually  take  the  war-path . 
Against  their  org-anization  and  their  pecuFiar  principles,  how- 
ever, we  are,  and  desire  to  be  known  to  be  hostile  and  ao-- 
gressive.  Deeming  them  (especially  those  best  known)  inju- 
rious to  all  the  best  interests  of  mankind,  and  destitute  of  all 
moral  right  to  an  existence,  we  cannot  but  pray  and  labor  for 
their  overthrow.  In  the  government  of  the  college  we  take 
no  further,  notice  of  them  than  to  prohibit  persons,  while 
students,  from  attending  lodge  meetings.  This  prohibition, 
while  it  is  morally  wholesome,  is  considered  necessary  to  the 
best  intellectual  progress  of  students.  College  secret  socie- 
ties do  not,  and,  by  the  help  of  God,  cannot  exist  among  us. 

S.  B.  Allen,  Pres.,  and  other  members  of  the  Faculty. 
Ohio  Central  College. 

No  secret  society,  it_is  believed,  has  ever  been  organized 
among  the  students  of  this  school,  and  it  is  determined  that 
none  ever  shall  be  with  the  knowledge  or  consent  of  the 
present  manageme-nt.  V/e  believe  secret  societies  to  be  anti- 
republican  as  well  as  anti- Christian.  E.  F.  Reid,  Pres, 
Em'lham  College,  Indiana. 

Earlham  College  is  opposed  to  secret  societies  of  every 
description.  Soon  after  the  organization  of  our  college  in 
1859,  it  became  necessary  to  pass  a  regulation  forbidding  all 
secret  organizations.  Such  fraternities  began  to  get  a  foot- 
hold before  we  were  aware  of  it,  and  for  a  year  or  two  were 
a  serious  evil,  socially,  intellectually  and  morally.  The  form- 
ation of  such  societies  by  our  students  will  sever  their  con- 
nection with  the  college  unless  they  should  abandon  the 
same.  As  to  Freemasonry,  while  all  admit- there  are  many 
good  men  among  them,  yet  we  believe  ,their  principles 
and  many  of  their  practices  to  be  incompatible  with  the 
highest  moral  character.  The  fact  that  Freemasonry  often 
thwarts  every  effort  to  enforce  the  law  against  an  offender 
who  is  of  the  fraternity,  shows  it  to  be  an  obstacle  to  moral 
and  civil  progress,  Joseph  Moore,  Pres. 

Lincoln  College,  Missouri. 

That  our  institution  is  under  the  government  and  control 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  Synod  of  Kansas,  and  one  of  the 
articles  in  our  charter  requires  that  its  exercises  shall  be  con- 
ducted in  accordance  with  the  order  and  distinctive  principles 
of  the  United  Presbyterian  church.  •  •  •  We  believe 
that  this  and  opposition  to  all  secret  associations  is  clearly 
based  upon  the  Word  of  God,  and  if  so,  then  we,  of  course, 
can  have  no  connection  with  fcuch,.and  wherever  our  influ- 
ence extends,  we  are  not  at  liberty  to  connive  at,  or  tolerate 
such  institutions.  •  •  •  Such  being  the  ecclesiastical 
connection  we  sustain  and  our  views  upon  this  subject  being 
as  Ave  have  thus  briefly  stated  above,  of  course  we  have  no 
secret  societies  in  connection  with  our  institution.  And  such 
is  the  public  sentiment  of  this  community  that  we  have  no 
secret  organizations  of  any  kind  in  our  village. 

Randall  Ross,  Pres. 
Eureka  College,  Illinois. 
What  are  the  evils  connected  with  Freemasonry  ? 

1.  Time  and  means  are  expended  unnecessarily. 

2.  The  attendant  upon  evening  conclaves  is  drawn  away 
from  the  family  circle  when  he  should  be  at  home,  and  to 
that  extent  the  social  tie  is  weakened. 

3.  The  pledge  and  obligation  of  secrecy  are  stronger 
than  required  for  the  legitimate  accomplishment  of  the  objects 
usually  set  forth  as  designed  by  the  institutions. 

4.  The  candidate  for  admission  is  in  the  most  solemn 
manner  initiated  into  that  of  which  he  has  not  before  com- 
plete knowledge;  and  if  he  shall  find  any  thing  fundament- 
ally wrong,  he  is  virtually  prohibited  from  denouncing  it. 

5.  No  human  institution  has  the  right  to  exact  oaths. 
Even  the  church  has,  formally,  none,  and  civil  governments 


if  they  require  them  can  only  do  so  because  they  themselves 
are  ordained  of  God.  Freemasonry  has  no  such  right,  hav- 
ing no  divine  oriain, 

_  t).     Freemasonry  gives  undue  sanctity  to  that  which  is  not 
divine. 

v.  It  performs  its  charitable  acts  not  in  the  name  of 
Christ. 

8.  Many  Freemasons  openly  contrast  the  church,  as  a 
means  of  good,  with  their  order,  and  thus  injure  the  influence 
of  God's  own  organization. 

9.  Selfishness  is  an  ingredient  of  the  philanthropy  of  the 
order,  since  it  distinguishes  in  its  benevolence  between  its 
members  and  other  men,  and  gives  rather  as  a  mutual  aid 
society  than  because  Christ,  who  has  commended  his  own 
love  to  us  by  the  infinite  gift  of  himself,  requires  us  to  love 
one  another. 

Though  Freemasons  regard  these  objections  as  unjust  and 
invalid,  thousand  are  influenced  by  them  who  may  not  openly 
oppose,  but  yet  cannot  conscientiously  attach  themselves  to 
the  organization,  and  will  always  regard  its  influence  as  det- 
rimental to  our  civil,  social  and  moral  life. 

A.  M,  Weston,  Pres. 


CHAPTER  VI. 


"I  shall  detain  you  no  longer  in  the  demonstration  of  what  we  should 
not  do,  but  straight  conduct  ye  to  a  hillside,  where  I  will  point  ye  out  the 
right  path  of  a  virtuous  and  noble  education;  laborious  indeed  at  the 
first  ascent,  but  else  so  smoothe,  to  green,  so  full  of  goodly  prospect, 
and  melodious  sounds  on  every  side,  that  the  harp  of  Orpheus  was  not 
more  charming." 

He  must  be  strangely  credulous  who  will  accept  the  theo- 
rizings  of  the  advocates  of  college  fraternites  against  the 
plain  argument  now  presented,  backed  as  it  is  by  such  testi- 
mony. Secretiveness,  as  a  menial  phenomenon,  every  one 
acquainted  with  intellectual  science  knows  to  be  what  Horace 
Mann,  while  president  of  Antioch  College,  so  forcibly  and 
clearly  taught — a  quality  pertaining  to  our  lower  nature,  the 
cultivation  of  which,  by  any  means,  and  especially  by  arbi- 
trary obligations,  degrades  all  manhood. 

Of  all  classes  of  men,  students  should  be  described  by  these 
words  from  the  author  of  "Paradise  Lost":  "Enflamed 
with  the  study  of  learning  and  the  admiration  of  virtue; 
stirred  up  with  high  hopes  of  living  to  be  brave  men  and 
worthy  patriots,  dear  to  God,  and  famous  to  all  ages."  But 
what  perversity  of  judgment  to  chose  instead  a  union  with 
these  associations — a  course  tending  to  physical  as  well  as 
moral  debility,  to  strengthen  the  animal  instincts  to  prostitute 
the  clear  intellect  and  tarnish  the  chaste  honor  of  youth.  To 
quote  Lord  Derby:  "Take  two  men,  if  they  could  be  found, 
exactly  alike  in  mental  and  bodily  aptitudes,  and  let  the  one 
go  on  carelessly  and  idly,  indulging  his  appetites  and  gene- 
rally leading  a  life  of  what  is  called  pleasure,  and  let  the 
other  train  himself  by  early  hours,  by  temperate  habits,  and 
by  giving  to  muscles  and  bi-ain  each  their  fair  share  of  em- 
ployment, and  at  the  end  of  two  or  three  years  they  will  be 
as  wide  apart  in  their  capacity  for  exertion  as  if  they  had 
been  born  with  wholly  different  constitution." 

But  how  shall  this  temptation  be  put  away  ?  Chieflj^  by 
the  means  suggested  by  Professor  Wilder. " 

First,  let  college  faculties  firmly  and  persistently  prohibit 
the  secret  societies.  Let  them  unite  in  this  if  possible,  but 
not  delay  for  the  sake  of  co-operation  only.  The  dwellers 
in  the  lowly  and  secluded  French  valley  united  their  eflbrts 
for  communication  with  the  world  beyond  their  mountains 
when  their  pastor,  Oberlin,  shouldered  a  pick  and  led  the  way. 

Second,  inform  the  student;  let  his  convictions  be  formed 
in  harmony  with  truth,  and  secure  in  him  a  conscientious 
obedience. 

Third,  let  parents  and  guardians  be  likewise  informed,  that 
home  influence  may  sustain  college  law. 

Fourth,  let  alumni  be  true  to  the  best  interests  of  Alma 
Mater,  and  use  their  acknowledged  influence,  hke  Evarts  at 
Yale,  to  secure  so  just  an  end.  Take  an  instance  of  what 
they  may  do.  Secret  societies  had  always  been  tolerated  in 
the  University  of  Lewisburg,  Pa.,  until  from  an  earnest  re- 
vival of  religion  in  the  fall  of  1865  sprang  a  strong  opposi- 
tion, manifested  particularly  in  the  societies  themselves,  many 
of  their  best  members  withdrawing.  At  the  suggestion  of 
the  faculty  the  trustees  made  the  connection  with  secret  soci- 
eties a  test  of  admission  to  college.  But  an  attempt  has  been 
made  to  repeal  this  wise  regulation  during  the  last  year;  and 
the  Alumni  Association  have  responded  with  proof  that  the 
University  has  been  signally  prospered  since  the  action  of  the 
Board,  snd  bj'  their  concurrent  eflbrts  nobly  sustain  that  body. 

Let  the  closing  words  in  an  address  of  Professor  Bascom 
of  Williams  College  to  his  pupils  be  remembered  by  every 
student:  "Bind  not  the  corrupt  to  your  very  bosom  with 
bonds  of  secrecy,  and  hope  to  escape  their  influence.  That 
breath  of  pollution  the  breath  constantly  on  you,  which  you 
draw  into  the  seats  of  life  as  if  it  were  air,  is  malaria,  ready 
to  creep  stealthily  through  soul  and  bodj'.  Those  who  cap- 
ture a  citadel  by  fraud,  hold  their  breath  until  their  work  is 
done;  then  comes  on  the  night  air,  the  shout  of  carnage. 
It  is  these  terrible  liabilities,  these  deep  pit-falls,  into  which 
every  one  fiimiliar  with  college  fife  has  seen  more  than  one 
plunged,  that,  strewed  al  'ng  the  paths  of  darkness,  of  secre- 
cy, make  them  most  of  all  to  be  shunned." 

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FREEMASONRY  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 

THE  GENUINE  OLD  MORGAN  BOOK:-republiBhed  with  en- 
gravings ehowing  the  Lodge  Room,  Dress  of  candidates,  Signs, 
Duo  Guards,  Gripe,  Etc. 

This  revelation  is  so  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered  the  au- 
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OB  PERSONAL  REMINISCENCES  Oil'  THE    ABDUCTION  AND 
MURDER  O  IT  Wm.  MORGAN, 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 

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•'AMasonio  Rbvbij^.tion.— Mr.  Samuel  D»:.Greene  is  a  venerable 

fentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  whose  statements  seem  to 
e  worthy  of  full  credence.  Tlie  liro/cen  tieai:  or,  i^etsonal 
Reminiscences  of  ihe  Morgan  sihduciion  and  Murder,  is  the 
title  of  a  book  of  some  three  hundred  pages  just  issued  by  him, 
purporting  to  give  a  full  and  accurate  account,  from  personal  knowl- 
edge, of  toe  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  other  masonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  a  Imost  half  a  century 
ago." — Co}tr/reffaiiona/isi  and  Hecorder,  Soston. 

"•  'Frbejiaso'krt  Developbd.'— 'The  Broken  Seal :  or.  Personal 
Eeminiecences  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,'  is  the  title  of 
a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  ol 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  The  book  contains  tho 
coui'esBion  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter' 
eating  matter,  including  tho  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
thor opposes  Freemasonry  as  inimical  to  good  government,  to  so- 
ciety, and  to  the  Church  ;  and  the  story  that  he  here  tells  will  make 
a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  be.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
Its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— £>««• 
ly  He  raid,  Sosloit.  ,i,,_   ,  ,, 

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account  is  entirely  reliable,  and  of  great  historic  and  moral  interest. 
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Tbact  No.  1,  Pakt  FirtST— Shows  the  origin  of  Speculative  Free- 
UKisonry,  and  's  entiled  "HISTORY  OP  MASONRY  '' 
TiiACT  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled  "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 

^IL"c!r'i5'o^TS'¥L;;n-Is  entitled  "FREEMASONRY  A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
translated  by  Prof.  A.  R;  CESVIN.    A  13-page  tract  at  $2.00 
per  100 ;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURDER, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD,  of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

who  has  taken  IT   degrees.    A  2page  tract  at  25  cents  per  100; 

$3.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  3: 

SECRETS  OF  MASONEY, 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
This  is  a   4-page  Illustrated   Tract,  showing  the  signs,  grips  and 
pass-words,  of  tne  flrst  three  degrees.    50  cents  per  100,  or  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  4: 

GHAHD!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
This  is  a  2-page  tract,  calling  the  attention  of  the  public  to  the 
despotic  and  ridiculous  titles  of  Freemasonry.  Price  25  cents  per  100 ; 
$2.00  per  1,000. 

TRACT.  NO.  5: 

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

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  is  a^jery 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Eon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

CSivisg  His  and  His  Father's  ©pinion  of  Freemasonry  (1831.); 
AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

GiTing  His  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 
Both  of  these  letters,  in  one  4-page  tract,  at  50  cents  per  100 ,  S4.oo 
per  1000. 


TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TOW. 

A  4-page  tract.  This  is  a  careful  analysis  of  the  character  of 
Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  be  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian; and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  the 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
SO  cents  per  100;  i;4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustrated."  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  '^Freema- 
s^nry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth.  ^ 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  Muriler  and  Treason  not 
Excepted,"  and  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Christian, 
Price  25  cents  per  lUO;  $2  per  lOOU. 

TRACT  NO.  9,  ILLUSTRATED: 
FREEMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  for.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  of  '^ Occidental  Sov- 
ereign Consistory  S.  P.  R.  .S',"  32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge — and 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Church  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TR.\CT  NO,  10: 
CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREliSIASONRT. 

A  2-page  tract,  (illusteated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  Tho  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "the 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority,  ascents  per 
100orS2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

Udrsss  of  Niagara  Csunly  km£%  Nsw  Ifork, 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  .cents  per 
100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  IKTHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Whitney's 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  char/^e  of  unma- 
sonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
An  8-page  tract,  .Jl.OOper  100;  $8.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEI.  COLVES,  ON  MASONRY, 

and 
HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 
Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  por  100;  $'.!.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 
ITS  EELATIOiTTO  CIVIL  COVEEMtENT  AND  THE  (THEISTIAITEELIGIOIT. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PEES.  J. 
BLAaCEAED  of  WHSaTOM  OOLLESE.     This  is  a  16-page   tract  at  $2.00 
per  100;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID. 

A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.  By  REV.  1.  A.  HART,  Secretary 
National  Christian  Association.  Published  by  special  order  of  the 
Association.    50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1(800. 

TRACT  NO.  16 : 

HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M. 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.  A  4- 
page  tract,  60  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

Jrigis,  Oijatisns  ani  lifim  ef  lie  Srinje, 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OP  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 
This  little  tractought  to  be  put  into  the  hands  of  every  Farmer  in 
the  United  States.    Four-page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4  00  per  1000. 

TRACT   NO.  18: 

KOK.  l^M.  H.  SS^^ARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Extracs  from  :i  Speacli  n  E':ci'--iiot'-ingirm  ia  the  U.  3.  Senate  in  1S55. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  yUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  -i-page  tract,  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 
BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,   HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  tho 
Lodge    A  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  20 : 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  xY  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 
This  tract  contains  many  strong  arguments  against  the  Lodge  dravni 
from  personal  experience,   observation  and  study  of  its   cnaracter. 
A  "l-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1,000. 
TRACT  NO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BT  EMMA  A,  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argument,  shows 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  who 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  with  approbation  of  this  institution, 
A  4-pagQ  tract  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1,000. 


GERMAN  CYNOSURE  TRACT  A. 

h  Imm  wlij  a  Christian  Mi  noils  aFrssnason 

By  REV.  A.  GROIiE,  Pastor,  German  M.  B.  Clinroh, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

This  is  our  first  German  tract,  and  it  is  a  good  one;    it  ought  to 
have  a  large  circulation.     Price  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

ENOCH    HONEY'WErX'S    TRACT 

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Tracts.  Tracts  Free. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


A  FEW    AROUMEKTB  FOR  TAKING    THE 
"CIIRIBTIAN  CYNOSURE." 

We  do  not  euppose  that  many  of  our 
agents  are  at  a  loss  for  arguments  to 
induce  people  to  subscribe  for  the  Cy- 
nosure.  But  we  will  recapitulate  a 
few.  First  of  all,  it  is  the  organ  of  the 
National  Association  opposed  to  Secret 
Societies,  the  chief  aim  of  which  is  to 
overthrow  Freemasoiiry  and  kindred 
orders.  This  Association  is  endeavor- 
ing to  destroy  one  of  the  deadliest  foes 
of  the  Christian  religion.  A  foe  which 
substitutes  itself  as  a  means  of  salvation 
(for  able  bodied  men  who  pay  their 
dues)  for  the  death  of  Christ.  Teach- 
ing men  to  show  their  charity  to  all 
members  of  their  order,  (and  their  fam- 
ilies,) substituting  aa  oath-bound  broth- 
erhood for  the  universal  brotherhood 
which  Christianity  teaches.  Destroy- 
ing the  Christian  unity  of  the  marriage 
relation  and  compelling  men  to  take 
oaths,  the  execution  of  whose  penal- 
ties require  the  fearful  mutilation  of 
their  bodies  and  (many  of  them)  the 
utter  ruin  of  their  souls. 


The  Association  also  endeavors  to 
overthrow  Masonry  as  an  enemy  of  all 
good  government;  working  secretly  on 
dishonest,  partial,  and  wholly  unrepub- 
lican  principles;  confusing,  and  so  far 
as  possible,  destroying  all  ideas  of 
equal  rights  in  the  minds  of  its  mem- 
bers. 

Setting  itself  up  as  a  despotic  gov- 
ernment independent  of  and  superior 
to  the  government  of  the  United  States. 
Promoting  intemperance  by  its  habits 
of  refreshmert  and  making  the  conceal- 
ment cf  crime  and  the  shielding  of 
criminals  a  virtue  instead  a  vice  when 
Masons  are  guilty. 

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taining subscribers  is  its  value  as  a  fam- 
ily paper  aside  from  its  specialty.  "The 
Sabbath-school"  departmeat,  the  "Fam- 
ily Circle,"  the  "Children's  depart- 
ment," the  "Farm  aiid  Garden,' 
'♦Health  and  Home"  corner,  the  ob- 
servance of  the  Sabbath,  and  the 
recognition  of  Christianity  in  our  Na- 
tional Constitution.  The  news  de- 
partment, market  reports,  etc.,  etc., 
reader  it,  acoordiog  to  the  testimony  of 
many  of  its  careful  readers,  the  most 
valuable  and  enterprising  newspaper 
they  receive. 

With  these  and  similar  arguments 
for  it3  support  will  not  all  friends  of 
honesty,  impartial  justice,  and  common 
morality  and  especially  of  pure  Christi- 
anity, aid  in  extending  the  circulation 
of  the  Cynosure? 


We  have  received  several  clubs  of 
twelve  three  months  subscribers  during 
the  last  week  for  which  we  were  thank- 
ful. We  expect  to  report  our  mail 
list  again  next  week.  Make  it  as  large 
as  possible.  We  hope  all  who  renew 
this  month  try  to  send  in  a  few  new 
subscribers  with  their  renewals. 


From  sixteen  to  twenty  thousand 
names  protesting  against  having  the 
corner-stone  laid  by  Masons  have  al- 
ready been  received.  Let  us  have 
more  still,  but  send  in  the  protests  to 
the  office  of  the  Cynosure  before  .lune 
fifteenth. 


Subscription  Letters  received  from 
June  1 — 6 . — J.  Andrus,  J.  Bowyer, 
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nett, C,  Cowles,  Mrs.  S.  Childs,  J. 
Chapin,  E.  J.  Chalfant,  J.  C.  Carith- 
ers,  W.  H.  Chandler,  C.  D.  Coppock, 
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MAREET  REPORTS 

Chioaso,  Jnne  6,  1874. 
The  followlnj?  are  the  latest  advices: 

Grain  Wheat— Spring,  No.  1 . .     $  1  22 

No.    2 1  19J4    1  20^4 

No.  8 1  11       1  1454 

"       Rejected 1  04i4 

Corn— No.  2 57^        58 

Rejected 5354       5() 

Oats— No.  2...  4514       46 

Rejected 42 

Eye— No.  2 8ti           89 

Flour,  Winter 5  50       '.)  00 

Spring  extra 6  25      6  00 

Superline 3  60       4  75 

Hay— Timothy,  prassed ,.  12  00     16  50 

"     loose 14  00  15  00 

Prairie,   "  10  00  12  00 

Lard   11         12J  | 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 17  60 

Butter 16          24 

Cheese  ^  12'^       14'^ 

Eggs 12          12/j 

Beans 215       2  50 

Potatoes,  per  t)u        ICO       1  40 

Broom  corn 04  O814 

Hides— Green  and  green  cured 06^      OS^ 

Full  enred  add  H  per  cent. 

Lumber— Clear 38  00     65  00 

Common 1150     13  00 

Lath 2  25 

Shingles 150       3  60 

WOOL— Washed 35           52 

Unwashed 23          32 

LIVESTOCK.  Cattle,  extra....  6  15       6  40 

Good  to  choice 5  40       6  00 

Medium 4  50       5  50 

Common 3  50       4  25 

Hogs, 4  65       5  75 

Sheep 3  00       6  00 

Nei;?  York  Market. 

Flour *  4  80  1100 

Wheat 1  44  1  64 

Corn 81  88 

Oats 62  69 

Rya 105  110 

Lard 11!4 

Mess  pork 15  00  16  50 

Butter 20  28 

Cheese 12i^  15 

■Ssr^B        14  16 

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Contents. 

Page. 

Editorial  Articles 8 

Funds,  Lecture-Work,  Etc The  National    PriiiHng- 

House ....  Wlieaton  College — Notes. 

The  Stracusk  Convention. 

Annual  Report  of  the  Secretary 2 

Men  of  'i  bought  and  Men  of  Action,  Clear  the  Way  (Po- 
etry)    3 

The  Grange  in  its  Relation  to  American  Principles  3 

Eecollections  of  the  Morgan  Trials  as  Related  by  V. 

Birdseye,  Esq 5 

Report  of  Proceedings (i 

Topics  op  the  Time.  1 

Reform  News 12 

Prof.  Blanchard  in  Canada Prom  the  Ohio  Accent 

The  North -East  Pa.  Association. 

COBBESPONDBNCB .  13 

The  Service  of  the  Christian  Church Our  Mail. 

Supper  Clubs 9 

The  Home  Circle 10 

Children's  Corner H 

The  Sabbatti  School 14 

Home  and  Health  Hints 11 

Farm  and  Garden 14 

Beligious  Intelligence 9 

News  of  the  Week ft 

Notices 1,9 

Publisher's  Department 16 

Advertisements 15,  16 

This  Wkbk  presents  another  part  of  the  National 
Convention,  the  Addresses  by  Mr.  C.  W.  Greene  and 
Mrs.  C.  B.  Miller  and  the  Secretary's  Report  ;  also 
the  report  of  the  proceedings  are  completed.  There 
are  several  addresses  yet  to  appear  beside  the  remark- 
able document  of  Elder  Bernard,  which  will  come  out 
next  week.  Every  one  should  read  his  "Reminiscen- 
ces." They  will  be  republished  in  convenient  form 
for  circulation.  The  paper  of  Enoch  Honeywell,  so 
well  received  by  the  Convention  will,  appear  soon. 


;t  is  a  matter  of  gratitude  and  encouragement.  The 
metropolitan  churches  on  this  side  the  ocean  seem  at 
times  likely  to  accomplish  the  same  object,  but  by  re- 
laxing doctrine  and  discipline  ;  so  that  were  all  in  the 
condition  of  a  considerable  minority,  Unitarianism 
would  die  for  want  of  a  mission. 


Member's  Iickets. — At  Syracuse  a  plan  was  devised 
for  raising  funds  for  the  prosecution  of  our  work. 
The  plan  is  this:  Tickets  of  membership  are 
issued  to  be  sold  at  twenty-five  cents  each.  When 
any  person  by  the  payment  of  this  sum  be- 
comes an  annual  member  of  the  Association  his  or 
her  name,  age  and  post-office  address  are  written  out 
in  a  book  prepared  for  the  purpose.  Persons  desiring 
life  membership  can  have  it  by  the  payment  at  one 
time  of  ten  dollars.  Five  thousand  member's  tickets 
were  printed  at  Syracuse  and  four  thousand  seven 
hundred  of  them  are  already  in  the  hands  of  agents 
who  will  endeavor  to  dispose  of  them.  Tickets  will 
be  sent  to  kaown  friends  of  the  cause  wlio  make  ap- 
plication, and  also  papers  for  the  enrollment  of  mem- 
bers names.  Now  let  all  who  want  to  see  these  se 
cret  lodges  overthrown  set  to  work.  Let  us  go  into 
the  churches  and  schools  and  get  the  names  and  ad- 
dress of  one  hundred  thousand  men,  women  and  chil- 
dren who  are  opposed  to  organized  secrecy  on  our  roll 
before  the  year  is  out.  This  will  give  us  twenty-five 
thousand  dollars  which  will  pay  the  salary  of  every 
lecturer  now  appointed  and  set  others  to  work.  Send 
at  once  for  members'  tickets  and  let  us  see  how  many 
we  can  get  on  record  against  the  lodge.  All  applica- 
tion for  such  tickets  and  all  lists  of  members  should 
be  sent  to  C.  A.  Blanchard,  Secretary  N.  C.  A.,  11 
Wabash  avenue,  Chicasjo,  111. 


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What  Sign  is  This? — Unitarianism  is  said  to  be 
dying  out  in  England.  No  less  than  four  of  the  prin- 
cipal pulpits  of  the  denomination  in  London  are  vacant 
and  no  one  accepts  the  responsibility  of  filling  them. 
A  division  on  the  subject  of  Theism  is  the  attributed 
cause,  but  it  is  also  affirmed  that  the  sect  will  return 
gradually  to  those  creeds  considered  orthodox,  with 
which  its  spirit  and  philosophy  are  entirely  harmonious. 
If  the  aggressive  spirit  of  Bible  Christianity  has 
brought  about  this  change  through  the  power  of  God. 


Commencement  Days. — The  dearest,  swiftest,  most 
filled  with  dread,  most  hopeful  hours  of  college  life 
are  here,  and  the  periodical  notices  of  the  embryo 
Demostheniau  spirit  begin  to  appear.  The  ubiquity 
of  the  modern  graduate,  the  frequency  of  the  occa- 
sion and  the  demands  of  our  severely  prosaic  times 
have  somewhat  militated  against  the  former  grand- 
eur "of  commencement  as  the  index  of  future  re- 
nown or  oblivion.  Instead  of  the  camel  that  has  suck- 
ed in  nourishment  for  a  desert  journey,  the  age  de- 
mands the  swift  engine  licking  up  water  from  between 
its  tracks,  siezing,  assimilating,  creating  with  tireless 
energy.  A  successful  man  on  leaving  college  will 
know  best  the  measure  and  application  of  his  own 
mind.  He  is  a  producer,  a  creator;  seizing  opportu- 
nities and  experiences  and  effecting  results  through 
other  men,  or  without  them,  by  the  force  of  his  own 
will  and  the  inspiration  of  his  own  enthusiasm.  It  is 
to  the  credit  of  our  colleges  that  such  men  look  back 
to  them  with  something  of  the  affection  of  sons. 


Indian  Commissioners. — The  Commissioners  ap- 
pointed by  President  Grant  to  improve  the  condition 
of  the  Indians  are  now  displaced.  Four  of  them  left 
the  board  some  time  since,  and  now  the  six  who  re- 
mained have  resigned,  being  compelled  to  do  so,  it  is 
supposedjby  the  conduct  of  Secretary  Delano,  a  Free- 
mason. The  Chicago  Tribiine  states  that  the  board 
refused  to  audit  accounts  that  the  Secretary  was  de- 
termined to  have  paid,  and  that  the  unpleasant  rela- 
tions resulting  from  the  desire  to  steal  on  the  one 
hand  and  to  deal  uprightly  on  the  other  have  forced 
the  honest  men  out  and  given  the  rogues  all  the  op- 
portunity they  desired.  In  this  connection  it  is  inter- 
esting to  note  that  as  these  unpaid  commissioners  go 
out,  an  Indian  war  comes  in;  and  that  United  States 
troops  are  already  on  the  march  to  punish  a  few  half- 
starved,  cheated  and  abused  red  skins.  We  have  not, 
on  the  one  hand,  the  slightest  sympathy  with  the 
sickly  sentamentalism  that  can  see  naught  but  noble 
red  men  in  the  debased  inhabitants  of  our  western 
mountains;  nor  on  the  other,  with  the  heartless  and 
savage  whites  who  would  first  steal  land  from  them, 
craze  them  with  villainous  whiskey,  and  then  from 
the  trading  post  or  distillery  beg  for  soldiers  to  shoot 
them  down.  Even  now  after  every  treaty  has  been 
violoted  and  every  pledge  made  to  them  has  been  falsi- 
fied, if  white  men  would  keep  ofi  lands  which  they 
yet  hold  and  fulfill  but  partially  the  promises  they 
have  made  there  would  be  no  trouble.  So  long,  how- 
ever, as  thieves  are  allowed  to  force  the  resignation  of 
unpaid  and  honest  men,  just  so  long  will  Indian  wars 
continue.  Soldiers  will  be  shot  down  in  an  ignoble 
warfare  and  corrupt  politicians  will  have  one  more  cord 
with  which  to  bind  the   people  they   profess  to  serve. 


As  it  Seems  to  aMosmon. — The  agitation  in  regard 
to  the  many-wived  has  come  up  again  on  a  movement 
to  expel  one  Cannon  from  his  place  as  territorial  rep- 
resentative in  Congress  because  of  his  having  more 
than  one  wife.  It  is  very  diflScult  to  understand  the 
apparent  ignorance  of  intelligent  men  respecting  this 


matter.  The  Constitution  expressly  declares  that 
there  shall  be  no  religious  test  required  as  a  qualifica- 
tion for  any  office  under  the  United  States,  and  to 
require  a  man  to  abandon  his  Mormonism  ag  a  con- 
dition of  occupying  a  place  in  Congress  is  as  uncon- 
stitutional as  it  would  be  to  pass  an  act  regarding  the 
establishment  of  religion  or  prohibiting  its  free  exer- 
cise. Under  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States 
men  may  marry  two  or  twenty  wives,  burn  widows, 
offer  human  sacrifices,  or  practice  any  other  religion 
they  choose.  Of  course  this  Constitution  is  wrong, 
and  equally  of  course  it  will  be  amended  by  the  au- 
thoritative recognition  of  the  true  God  and  the  Christ- 
ian religion,  or  our  beloved  nation  will  be  destroyed. 
Max  Muller,  the  great  philologist,  well  says:  *'It  is 
language  and  religion  that  make  a  people,  but  re- 
ligion is  even  a  more  powerful  agent  than  language." 
We  call  ourselves,  and  we  are,  a  Christian  nation, 
but  already  other  and  false  worships  are  coming  in 
upon  us.  The  Constitution  says  that  all  are  on  a 
level  before  the  law.  If  they  are,  any  one  man  has  the 
same  right  to  be  a  Mormon  that  another  has  to  be  a 
Methodist;  and  the  Ashantee  has  the  same  right  to 
offer  a  man  by  fire  to  his  Gjd  in  New  York  that  a 
Congregationalist  has  to  baptize  his  child,  or  a  Baptist 
to  celebrate  the  communion  in  Brooklyn.  The  thing 
to  be  done  is  to  alter  an  infidel,  atheistic  Constitution 
so  that  it  may  conform  to  the  Christian  laws  and 
Christian  hearts  of  the  American  people. 


The  Independents. — State  conventions,  supposed  to 
be  of  farmers,  were  held  in  Illinois  and  Indiana  on 
June  10th.  Judging  from  the  tone  of  the  press  the 
meetings  were  rather  disorderly  and  to  a  certain  ex- 
tent under  the  control,  or,  more  properly  influence, 
of  decayed  politicians  of  both  parties.  Admitting  all 
this,  however,  it  does  not  prove  that  the  movement 
they  represent  is  either  unnecessary  or  weak.  It  is 
always  the  fate  of  reform  enterprises  to  be  unfortu- 
nately represented  in  many  instances,  and  a  collection 
of  reformers  is  almost  if  not  always  a  turbulent  assem- 
blage. When  conventions  are  composed  of  men  who 
are  united  in  pursuit  of  selfish  ends  and  well  accustom- 
to  the  party  whip,  there  is  very  little  confusion. 
When  men  are  united  in  breaking  down  a  system  of 
injustice,  fraud  and  oppression,  individuality  is  strong- 
ly developed  and  would-be  managers  are  generally 
unfortunate.  The  farmers'  movement  at  present  is  the 
first  awaking  of  a  sleeping  giant  whose  slumbers  in  the 
past  have  made  it  possible  to  bind  him.     The  political 

flairs  of  this  country  have  of  late  years  been  managed 
by  a  set  of  small   post-masters   and  country   lawyers, 

overned  by  larger  post-masters  and  lawyers,  who 
have  been  controlled  by  the  dispenser  of  patronage. 
The  people  have  had  nothing  to  do  but  go  to  the  polls 
and  vote  for  these  little  wire-pullers  of  whom  nine- 
tenths  of  the  voters  knew  absolutely  nothing.  So 
long  as  this  state  of  things  continues  it  is  very  plain 
that  the  United  States  will  be  rendered  contemptible 
in  the  eyes  of  the  civilized  world.  Monopolies  will 
grow  stronger  and  the  masses  less  powerful  until  the 
liberties  of  the  people  are  subverted  and  the  Masons 
or  Jesuits  give  us  one  of  their  Grand  Masters  for  a 
king.  We  hail  this  farmers'  movement  as  an  omen  of 
good.  We  beseech  them  to  keep  clear  of  the  secret 
society  schemers  who  have  need  to  hide  their  work. 
If  the  men  who  till  the  soil  are  honest  and  true  to 
themselves,  they  can  make  this  country  the  purest, 
happiest,  strongest  in  the  world. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


THE    SYRACUSE     CONVENTION. 


ANNUAL  KEPOUT  OP  THE  CORRESrONDlNtt  SEC. 
IIETAKY. 

To  Uifi  National  ChriHtian  Association  in  Annxud  Convention 

at  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  June  2d  to  4th,  1874. 
Honored  and  Beloved  Bkethren  : — Having  attond- 
ed  the  Aurura  Conventiou  in  October,  1867,  and  the 
Pittsburgh  in  May,  1808,  where  this  Association  was 
organized,  and  ]iaving  attended  each  succeeding  Anni- 
versary, and,  in  the  capacity  of  your  Corresponding 
Secretary,  presented  at  each  an  Annual  Report,  and 
still  holding  nominally  the  same  position,  you  will  nat- 
urally expect  my  attendance  with  the  customary  re- 
port, or  at  least  a  good  and  sufficient  apology  for  failure. 

My  apology  is  threefold:  1st,  infirmity;  2d,  pover- 
ty; 3d,  other  reports  are  expected  which  will  supercede 
the  necessity  of  one  from  me.  The  last  reason  is  more 
than  the  other  two.  Although  with  me  the  almond 
tree  has  blossomed,  the  grasshopper  is  a  burden,  and 
there  are  fears  in  the  way,  yet  I  have  not  the  full 
apology  of  David's  friend  Barzillai  for  declining  a  jour- 
ney with  the  King  to  Jerusalem.  I  could  greatly  en- 
joy the  reunions,  the  meeting  face  to  face  of  the  true 
yoke-fellows  in  this  cause  whom  I  have  not  seen,  the 
deliberations,  the  prayers,  and  all  the  exercises  of  this 
most  important  Anniversary.  I  could  have  taken  from 
the  supply  of  the  necessaries  of  hfe  enough  to  cover 
the  expenses  of  the  journey,  had  there  seemed  a  ne- 
cessity, a  commensurate  good  not  hkely  otherwise  to 
be  secured.  In  prosecuting  the  work  of  the  Associa- 
tion by  the  Executive  Committee  there  has  seemed  to 
arise  tacitly,  perhaps  naturally  or  accidentally,  a  division 
of  labor  which  has  occupied  your  Corresponding  Sec- 
retary with  writing  for  the  press,  attending  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Executive  Committee,  and  ansAvering  such 
calls  for  lectures  as  he  has  been  able  to  fill.  The  aux- 
iliaries and  lecturers  have  been  requested  through  the 
Ci/nosure  to  report  to  the  General  Agent,  and  the 
contributors  to  the  Treasurer,  ivho  is  also  Recording 
Secretary.  None  of  these,  therefore,  have  reported  to 
the  Corresponding  Secretary.  The  important  business 
matters  of  Incorporation,  of  Organization,  and  of  Po- 
litical Action,  have  been  referred  to  special  committees. 
So  also  has  the  matter  of  Joint  Stock  Company  for  the 
purpose  of  estabhshing  a  Publishing  House.  The 
correspondence  in  reference  to  speakers  and  the  prepar- 
ation of  a  programme  and  other  arrangements  for  the 
Anniversary  have  been  also  assigned  to  special  commit- 
tees, your  Secretary  being  upon  none  of  them. 

Inasmuch,  therefore,  as  these  are  the  matters  of 
chief  interest  to  the  Association  at  this  time,  and  full 
reports  upon  them  may  be  expected  from  those  who 
liavc  them  in  hand,  a  report  upon  them  from  me  seems 
(juite  superfluous,  and  indeed  presumptuous,  since  my 
opportunities  of  information  must  necessarily  be  inferior 
to  that  of  those  Avho  hold  whatever  documentary  infor- 
mation exists  upon  the  topics. 

Yet  I  may  perhaps  be  indulged  a  few  general  state- 
ments and  a  few  parting  words. 

Since  our  last  Convention,  two  prominent  members 
of  the  Aurora  Convention,  Rev.  Milton  Smitli,  of  the 
Wesleyan,  and  Rev.  Lewis  Bailey,  of  the  Free  Metli- 
odist  church,  have  left  this  scene  of  conflict  with  the 
powers  of  the  darkness  of  this  world,  and,  we  doubt 
not,  have  gained  that  world  where  there  is  no  night, 
no  desire  for  unequal  and  unjust  advantages,  and  no 
guilt  to  demand  the  concealment  of  perpetual  or  oath- 
ensured  secrecy. 

Elder  John  G.  Stearns,  one  of  the  earhest,  ablest 
and  most  faithful  witnesses  against  Freemasonry,  has 
also  finished    his    testimony.     He  died   January  10th, 


aged  seventy-eight  years.  His  worth  entitles  him  to  a 
tribute  of  approbation  from  this  body.  A  tribute  he  is 
sure  to  receive  from  the  whole  world  when  once  the 
abominations  of  secretism  shall  be  fully  manifested  to 
all  men,  and  the  angels  of  God  shall  announce  that  this 
Babylon  has  fallen.  Meanwhile,  he  rests  with  Colver 
and  South  wick,  and  a  bright  company  of  witnesses  of 
like  enduring  faith  and  courage.  Let  it  be  our  conso- 
lation as  it  is  his  joy,  while  he  rests  from  his  labors 
that  his  works  do  follow  him.  His  testimony  has  been 
revised  and  put  on  record,  after  ample  opportunity  to 
vindicate  it  against  every  assault.  His  case  is  proved; 
and  the  proof  can  never  be  invahdated.  Should  the 
time  of  rendering  up  the  verdict  be  delayed,  should 
the  millions  continue  to  shout  the  praises  of  Masonry 
still  that  testimony  will  remain  to  confront  and  transfix 
and  bleed  it  until  the  giant  error  dies  amid  its  worship- 
ers. Thacher  and  Greene  and  Bernard  and  Finney 
are  sLill  with' us;  all  past  their  four  score  years,  yet 
their  eyes  are  not  dimmed  nor  their  natural  force 
abated,  able  to  say  "what  1  have  written  I  have  writ- 
ten." And  what  they  have  written  an  host  of  their 
coevals  still  remain  to  confirm.  That  so  many  of  these 
old  soldiers  remain  to  renew  the  war  after  a  more  than 
forty  years  armistice,  is  a  fact  worthy  of  especial  notice 
as  showing  the  working  of  Him  who  is  never  sparing 
of  time  in  accomplishing  his  designs,  and  whose  instru- 
ments and  agents  are  never  wanting  when  the  moment 
for  their  use  arrives.  Although  when  they  appear 
upon  the  scene  of  action  men  are  often  ready  to  exclaim, 
"These,  where  have  they  been  ?"  For  such  a  crisis  as 
this  were  these  veterans  reserved.  And  until  their 
allotted  parts  are  performed  they  are  immortal.  ""Should 
their  numbers  now  rapidly  decline  by  nature's  mortal 
process,  this  will  not  extinguish  their  ' '  light  on  Ma- 
sonry, "  nor  cement  again  the  seals  they  have  broken ; 
nor  relieve  Freemasonry  of  the  new  born  hosts  of  liv- 
ing witnesses  that  are  springing  up  on  every  hand  to 
confront  it  with  the  same  charges.  More  rapidly  than 
the  veteran  soldiers  fall,  are  the  youthful  recruits 
springing  to  the  front,  with  all  the  father's  early  fire 
and  energy,  and  better  opportunities  of  profiting  by 
the  experience  of  those  who  have  gone  before  in  this 
war. 

More  Freemasons  and  Odd-fellows  have  openly  re 
nounced  and  denounced  their  orders  during  the  last 
year  than  during  all  the  five  preceding  years  of  this 
reform  movement.  More  newspapers  have  spoken  out 
against  secret  societies.  More  lectures  have  been  de 
livered.  More  anti-secret  literature  has  been  circulat" 
ed.  More  startling  providential  events  favoring  the 
reform  have  occurred.  Such  as  the  Ithaca  tragedy 
and  the  Ithaca  mob,  the  mobbing  of  our  Agents 
in  Indiana  and  other  places,  the  discovery  of 
Masonically  mutilated  corpses,  and  the  attempts 
to  assassinate  seceding  Masons.  More  of  these 
things  have  characterized  the  past  than  any  pre- 
ceding year  since  our  organization.  The  labored  defens- 
es of  the  champions  of  secret  orders  have  less  and  less 
power  over  their  hearers  as  they  become  acquainted 
with  the  other  side  of  the  question.  The  grandilo- 
quence that  once  inspired  wonder  and  awe  now- often 
provokes  the  derisive  laugh.  And  so  do  the  pompous 
procession  and  mock  robes  of  royalty  and  titles  of  su- 
perlative majesty.  A  movement  to  glorify  Masonry  by 
the  grandest  of  grand  displays  in  laying  the  corner- 
stone of  a  pubhc  building,  now  calls  forth  indignant 
remonstrances  from  men  of  all  classes  who  are  naus- 
eated by  the  silly  make-believe  by  men  of  reputed  in- 
telligence with  respect  to  an  art  of  which  they  know 
no  more  than  street  scavengers;  remonstrances  from 
men  who  deem  their  religion  insulted  by  the  intrusion 
and  installation  of  deism  where  Christianity  of  right 
belongs;  and  from  patriots  who  see  in  such  institutions 
the  evidence  of  the  intent  of  these  secret  conspirators 
to  control  the  government,  slyly  to  usurp  the  offices, 
clutch  the  revenues,  and  leave  our  freedom  but  a  name. 
In  every  funeral  pageant  of  these  ordei-s  men  are  now 
discerning  the  intrusion  of  an  intensely  insolent  and 
mawkish  paganism,  Hke  the  abomination  of  desolation 
standing  where  it  ought  not.  When  a  Mason  denounc- 
es a  seceder  as  a  perjured  wretch,  multitudes  are  now 


sufficiently  enlightened  to  reply,  ' '  Then  his  testimony 
against  Masonry  is  true."  When  the  Odd-fellow  says, 
Our  institution  is  not  Christless,  for  in  our  lodges  we 
pray  in  the  name  of  Christ,  the  answer  is,  "Then  our 
accusation  is  true.  By  that  act  you  practically  confess 
that  the  fundamental  religious  basis  according  to  which 
the  prayers  prescribed  in  your  ritual  are  framed,  is 
anti-Christian,  and  those  prayers  are  unfit  for  a  Chris- 
tian to  use.  Else  why  do  you  not  use  them  ?  Why 
do  you  thus  trample  upon  the  fundamental  principle  of 
your  order  to  Christianize  it?  If  you  have  to  depart 
from  your  ritual  in  order  that  your  prayers  may  not  be 
Christless  is  it  not  a  confession  that  your  ritual  is 
Christless?"  Thus  their  weapons  rebound  upon  their 
own  heads. 

Even  the  mighty  effort  of  the  Masons  and  Odd-fel- 
lows to  organize  the  farmers  and  mechanics  on  the  ba- 
sis of  secrecy,  as  outer  lines  of  defense,  can  have,  in 
the  end,  but  the  same  result.  First,  it  shows  that  the 
brandishing  of  the  sword  of  truth  against  the  old  secret 
orders  has  inspired  them  with  no  common  terror.  Then 
the  sudden  and  tremendous  expansion  of  secretism 
demonstrates  the  presence  of  a  power  more  than  hu- 
man, even  of  the  prince  of  the  power  of  the  air,  who 
seems  to  have  come  down  having  great  wrath,  because 
he  knoweth  he  has  but  a  short  time.  But,  by  as  much 
as  we  know  that  Satan  is  against  us,' by  so  much  we 
know  that  Christ  is  with  us.  This  adversary  operates 
for  the  most  part  in  disguise,  as  Milton  in  poetic  vision 
saw  him  abject  and  loathsome 

"Squat  like  a  toad  close  to  the  ear  of  Eve," 
essaying  by  his  devilish  .  art  ''  to  reach  the  organs  of 
her  fancy,"  and  instil  his  moral  venom  through  her 
dreams.  But  touched  by  Ithuriel's  spear,  instantly 
'as  when  a  spark  lights  on  a  heap  of  nitrous  powder" 
and  inflames  the  air;  so  "started  up  in  his  own  shapb 
the  fiend."  In  like  manner  will  this  sudden  and  vast 
expansion  of  secretism  mightily  quicken  investigation 
and  aid  men  eventually  to  discern  the  real  character  of 
the  giant  evil  we  oppose.  This  done,  its  power  is  gone 
and  the  day  of  its  disgrace  and  overthrow  is  come. 
Whether  this  deliverance  will  be  reached  without  rev- 
olution and  blood  God  only  knoweth.  But  Christ  must 
reio-n  unti!   his  enemies  are  made  his  footstool,  and  all 

o 

their  violence  must  rebound  upon  their  own  heads. 

Not  to  be  further  tedious,  I  repeat  the  hope  that  the 
reports  of  the  General  Agent,  the  Treasurer,  and  Re- 
cordino-  Secretary,  together  with  those  of  the  special 
committees  heretofore  alluded  to,  will  put  the  Associa- 
tion in  possession  of  all  important  facts  in  reference  to 
the  business  of  the  present  session.  This  hope  goes 
far  towards  reconciling  me  to  an  absence  for  the  first  time 
from  your  annual  convention.  If  reahzed,  I  trust  it 
will  also  dispose  the  Association  to  accept  with  leniency 
my  apology  for  absence. 

Twice  you  have  re-elected  me  against  my  earnest 
request.  I  must  now  repeat  that  request,  and  must  be 
permitted  to  say  that  this  time  it  must  be  peremptory. 
The  weight  of  seventy-two  years  is  upon  me.  I  ask 
no  post  of  honor,  much  less  a  sinecure.  My  heart  is 
toward  the  brethren  of  this  Association.  I  can  never 
sufficiently  thank  them  for  their  kindness  to  me  per- 
sonally, while  I  have  endeavored  to  serve  them.  I  can 
never  sufficiently  love  and  honor'themjor  their  fidehty 
to  justice,  liberty  and  true  religion,  which  are  so  fear- 
fully imperiled  by  the  invasion  of  our  land  by  so  many 
leo-  ons  of  secret  societies.  While  I  live  I  hope  that 
my  prayers  and  counsels  and  whatever  aid  God's  prov- 
idence may  permit  me  to  render  shall  not  be  wanting 
to  your  cause.  But  the  wounded  and  enfeebled  soldier 
must  fall  out  of  the  ranks,  that  he  impede  not  the  ad- 
vance of  those  who,  if  not  more  valiant,  yet  are  more 
strong. 

On,  then,  brethren,  in  this  holy  war !  Only  see  that 
it  be  '  'the  fight  of  faith "  with  weapons  that  are  not 
carnal  but  mighty  through  God.  "  I  die  but  God  shall 
be  with  you. "  God  shall|hear  the  right.  Be  strong 
then  and  patient  unto  that  coming  of  the  Lord  whose 
brightness  shall  dispel  all  this  threatening  darkness  and 
destroy  its  author.     Farewell! 

And  the  Lord  of  life  and  light  be  with  you  to  give 
you  victory  in  his  own  best  time  and  way. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Secretary. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


Men  of  Thonffht  and  Men  of  Action,  Clear  the  Way. 

Sung  by  Mr.  Clark  in  the  Syracuse  Convention,  at  the  clou  of  Mr. 
Greene'' s  Address  upon  the  Orange. 

Men  of  thought  he  up  and  stirring, 

Night  and  day,  night  and  day,- 
Sow  the  seed,  withdraw  the  curtain, 

Clear  the  way,  clear  the  way; 
Men  ot  action  aid  and  cheer  them, 

As  ye  may,  as  ye  may. 
There's  a  light  about  to  beam. 
There's  a  fount  about  to  stream, 
There's  a  warmth  about  to  glow, 
There's  a  flower  about  to  blow, 
There's  a  midnight  blackness  changing 

Into  day,  into  day ; 
Men  of  thought  and  men  ot  action, 

Clear  the  way,  clear  the  way. 

Once  this  welcome  light  has  broken, 

Who  shall  say,  who  shall  say. 
What  the  nnimagiaed  glories 

Of  the  day,  of  the  day. 
What  the  evils  that  shall  perish 

In  its  ray,  in  its  ray. 
Aid  the  dawning  tongue  and  pen. 
Aid  it,  hopes  of  honest  men. 
Aid  it,  paper,  aid  it  type. 
Aid  it  for  the  hour  is  ripe. 
And  our  earnest  must  not  slacken 

Into  play,  into  play ; 
Men  of  thought  and  men  of  action. 

Clear  the  way,  clear  the  way, 

Lo !  a  cloud's  about  to  vanish 

From  the  day,  from  tha  day. 
And  brazen  wrongs  about  to  crumble 

Into  clay, into  clay. 
Lol  the  right's  about  to  conquer, 

Clear  the  way,  clear  the  way. 
With  that  right  shall  many  more 
Enter  smiling  at  the  door; 
With  that  giant  wrong  shall  fall 
Many  others  great  and  small. 
Which  for  ages  long  have  held  men 

For  their  prey,  for  their  prey ; 
Men  of  thought  and  men  of  action. 

Clear  the  way,  clear  the  way. 


The  Grange  in  its  Belation  to  American  Principles. 


ADDRESS  BY  CHARLES  W.  GRKENB. 


Mr.  President  : — In  discussing  the  subject  assigned 
me,  which  is  essentially  a  political  one,  I  do  not  desire 
to  arouse  passion  nor  to  appeal  to  prejudice.  Impress- 
ed as  I  am  with  the  great  responsibility  now  resting 
upon  every  good  citizen  of  our  Republic,  in  the  pres- 
ence of  an  impending  danger  which  seriously  threatens 
the  national  life,  I  ask  your  careful  and  prayerful  con- 
sideration of  the  thoughts  which  in  the  midst  of  other 
pressing  duties  I  have  hastily  thrown  together.  They 
can  at  best  be  only  suggestive.  The  subject  is  so  vast, 
and  the  influences  to  be  considered  so  ramify  through 
every  relation  of  society  that  the  time  which  is  permit- 
ted me  here  will  be  entirely  too  Hmited  to  allow  its 
careful  elaboration.  While  I  am  in  perfect  sympathy 
with  the  noble  purposes  which  have  banded  you  to- 
gether in  a  Christian  brotherhood,  it  is  not  now  neces- 
sary for  me,  even  though  I  was  prepared  to  do  so,  to 
devote  any  share  of  my  time  to  other  topics  than  the 
one  specially  assigned: 

THE    GRANGE  IN    ITS  RELATION    TO  AMERICAN    PRINCIPLES. 

The  question  arises,  naturally,  what  is  the  grange ; 
by  whom  conceived;  what  its  purposes;  who  its  spon- 
sors ?  Popular  uprisings  indicate  the  development  of 
progressive  ideas  or  of  latent  principles  of  governmental 
policy.     Does  the  grange  represent  either? 

There  has  never  been  any  official  announcement  of 
its  originators.  Whoever  they  really  are,  they  show  a 
degree  of  modesty  not  characteristic  of  the  American 
people  in  faihng  to  claim  the  distinguished  honors 
which  await  them.  There  is  a  significant  mystery  sur- 
rounding the  affair,  very  significant  in  view  of  some 
recent  developments. 

Its  birth  place  was  Washington,  D.  C.  The 
acoucheur  was,  so  far  as  known,  Mr.  Wm.  Saunders, 
Superintendent  of  the  Public  Gardens,  which  suggest 
that  its  origin  may  be  traced  to  some  foreign  land 
Perchance  it  is  the  development  of  one  of  those  nox- 
ious germs  which  have  been  so  freely  distributed  with 
Pennsylvania  garden  seeds  "grown  in  France,  express- 
ly for  the  Department  of  Agriculture. "  It  is  a  plant 
of  wonderfully  vigorous  growth,  even  excelling  the 
marvelous  Yankee  pumpkin  vine,  which,  springing 
from  the  prolific  soil  of  Cape  Cod,  crossed  the  State  of 


Rhode  Island  in  a  single  night,  and  the  Land  of  Steady 
Habits  next  day,  jumped  the  Hudson  at  a  single  bound 
and  wended  its  way  still  on  in  the  track  of  empire, 
bearing  fruit  as  it  went  as  convenient  for  habitation  as 
a  Pullman  Palace  Car.  Certain  it  is  that,  although 
nurtured  at  the  National  Capitol,  its  fruits  were  gar- 
nered in  the  far  off  Northwestern  States  of  Minnesota 
and  Iowa.  Just  here  let  me  remark  as  quite  singular, 
that  the  promoters  of  the  grange,  as  well  as  of  its  imi- 
tator, the  Sovereigns  of  Industry,  should  get  as  far  from 
home  as  possible  for  the  first  presentation  of  their 
beneficent  schemes  for  the  amelioration  of  all  human 
woe. 

It  is  difficult,  when  such  inviolable  secrecy  is  observ- 
ed, to  speak  with  exact  certainty  of  the  details  involved 
in  the  organization.  I  have  given  much  thought  and 
time  to  the  study  of  the  grange  organization,  and  have 
had  opportunity  to  converse  with  quite  a  number  of  its 
chief  officers  and  to  draw  from  them  materially  differ- 
ent constructions  of  certain  provisions  of  their  magna 
charta.  If,  in  the  history  I  give,  there  are  errors  of 
statement,  they  are  certainly  unintentional,  and  the 
secrecy  which  is  so  earnestly  persisted  in  is  chargeable 
with  any  misconstruction  or  misapprehension  as  to  the 
meaning  of  the  public  utterances. 

From  the  best  information  obtainable  the  present 
Secretary,  Mr.  0.  H.  Kelly,  a  department  clerk  at 
Washington,  was  sent  to  the  Carolinas  some  time  about 
1866  or  '67,  on  business  connected  with  the  Freedman's 
Bureau.  He  became  acquainted  with  a  small  colony 
of  Scotchmen  who  had  transplanted  an  old  country 
system  of  association,  of  a  purely  social  character,  and 
who,  to  keep  themselves  free  from  unpleasant  intru- 
sion, had  adopted  a  system  of  passwords  and  signals. 
This  was  called  a  o-ranoe  and  this  was  the  seed  which 
found  its  full  development  under  the  nurturing  care  of 
Messrs.  Kelly,  Saunders,  Grosh,  Trimble,  Thompson, 
McDowell,  Ireland,  Curtiss  and  Bryan. 

These  were  the  figure  heads  and  principal  operators, 
but  that  they  had  silent  partners  and  advisers  who 
were  to  receive  compensation  in  political  preference 
there  is  getting  to  be  quite  abundant  evidence.  Those 
above  named  were  apparently  the  investors  in  the  un- 
dertaking- and  their  chief  interest  was  the  profits  to 
arise. 

I  have  been  informed  from  various  sources,  and  in 
all  of  them  the  information  has  proceeded  directly  from 
grange  headquarters,  that  ex-President  Andrew  John- 
son was  consulted  in  the  incipiency  of  this  organization, 
and  that  he  expressed  the  opinion  that  any  system 
which  would  band  the  farmers  together  in  a  common 
brotherhood  would  certainly  wield  the  political  power 
of  the  country.  While  this  story  may  be  received  with 
some  grains  of  allowance  and  may  perhaps  be  told  to 
gratify  the  vanity  of  some  of  the  gentlemen  above 
named,  who  feel  a  pardonable  pride  in  having  convers- 
ed, in  private ,  with  the  '  'great  commoner, "  it  is  not 
lacking  corroboration  in  the  recent  movements  of  the 
irrepressible  "people's"  politician.  He  has  recently 
announced  himself  as  a  granger  candidate  for  United 
States  Senator  from  Tennessee,  and  as  he  places  im- 
phcit  confidence  in  the  combined  power  of  Freemasonry 
and  grangerism,  he  proposes  in  his  Memphis  speech  to 
substitute  for  the  legislative  selection  of  Senators,  an 
election  by  the  popular  vote. 

A  few  years  since  I  listened  to  a  speech  delivered  by 
the  then  lately  retired  ex-President  among  his  friends 
at  Jackson,  Tenn. ,  in  which,  for  a  full  half  hour,  he 
compared  his  trials  and  tribulations  to  those  of  the 
great  exemplar,  Christ.  He  traced  the  similarity  of 
circumstances  of  humble  birth,  and  gradual  elevation 
to  place  and  power,  and  of  the  persecutions  which  the 
victorious  North  were  heaping  upon  his  disciples  of  the 
South,  finally  culminating  in  his  political  crucifixion. 
Is  it  possible  that  he  expects  now  to  complete  the  sim- 
ile by  a  resurrection,  and  finally  by  a  translation  from 
the  floor  of  the  Senate  into  the  millenial  higher  life, 
foreshadowed  in  that  remarkable  declaration  of  princi- 
ples recently  adopted  by  the  apostles  of  the  National 
Grange  ? 

The  constitution  of  this  order,  though  drawn  in  care- 
ful detail,  has  proven  very  defective,  and   a  number  of 


amendments  were  submitted  at  the  St.  Louis  meeting. 
It  is  chiefly  notable  for  its  ingenious  provisions  looking 
to  the  perpetuation  of  power  in  the  persons  of  its  orig- 
inators. Installing  themselves  in  the  national  offices, 
as  grand  deputies;  they  go  forth  to  plant  the  seed  of 
the  order  and  make  a  living.  Thirteen  persons  consti- 
tute a  subordinate  grange  and  fill  the  thirteen  offices. 
These,  called  charter  members,  are  inducted  to  the  inner 
temple  without  superfluous  ceremony,  since  the  deputy 
performs  his  share  of  the  work  on  business  principles 
and  appreciates  the  value  of  time.  The  dues  are  paid 
immediately — the  business  of  the  grange  being  upon 
an  exclusively  cash  basis,  in  accordance  Avith  the  healthy 
principle  which  they  seek  to  inculcate.  The  officers 
are  elected  to  serve  one  year.  As  the  best  and  most 
substantial  men  are  cautious  and  slow  to  adopt  new- 
fangled ideas,  it  is  by  mere  accident  that  the  Ust  of  offi- 
cers can  include  any  of  tbat  class.  The  first  business 
in  order  is  the  appropriation  of  fifteen  dollars  to  the 
National  Grange,  to  pay  for  a  dispensation,  tin  box  and 
lock,  a  dozen  rituals,  some  specimen  song  books,  and 
regalia,^  and  the  never-forgotten  price  fist  of  articles 
furnished  at  the  office  of  the  National  Grange.  These 
are  represented  to  cost  about  $9.00  of  the  §15.00. 
They  should  cost  not  exceeding  $4.00.  Next  in  order 
is  an  appropriation  for  deputy's  fee,  and  the  balance,  if 
any,  and  [subsequent  dues  are  expected  to  go  to  the 
national  furnishing  store  for  seals,  ballot  boxes,  regalias, 
song  books  and  jewels — the  latter  furnished,  "without 
the  intervention  of  middlemen,"  by  Joseph  Seymour 
&  Sons,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Each  of  these  members 
are  solemnly  pledged  to  observe  the  constitution  and 
rules  of  the  order,  and  to  recognize  the  authority  of 
their  "Worthy  Masters"  in  the  several  degrees. 

Fifteen  of  these  subordinate  bodies  must  be  organiz- 
ed before  the  State  Grange  can  be  insUtuted.  Here 
again  are  thirteen  officers  elected  for  two  years  from 
among  the  masters  of  the  subordinate  grange,  who 
alone  are  entitled  to  seats  in  this  higher  body.  We 
have  seen  from  what  material  these  officers  have  been 
selected,  and  we  find  a  corresponding  quality  in  the 
State  offices. 

The  State  Masters  again,  who  appear  to  have  supreme 
power  over  their  respective  constituencies,  inasmuch  as 
their  rulings  are  at  wide  variance  one  with  another, 
constitute  the  National  Grange,  whose  officers  are  in- 
stalled for  a  term  of  three  years.  You  will  readily 
perceive  that  a  National  Grange  cannot  be  properly 
organized  until  at  least  thirteen  States  have  perfected 
the  State  organization,  which  was  not  the  the  case  un- 
til during  the  year  1873.  Hence  the  officers  of  the 
National  Grange  had  usurped  all  the  powers  of  a  con- 
stitution by  themselves  devised,  and  we  find  the  Grand 
Master  an  officer  who  has  never  served  as  a  subordi- 
nate or  State  Grange  Master.  They  have  had  full 
control  in  the  appointment  of  deputies  evidently  select- 
ed to  perpetuate  their  rule.  They  have  controlled  the 
disposition  of  the  entire  receipts  at  headquarters,  with 
nobody  to  hold  them  responsible,  and  even  now  re 
utterly  indifferent  to  the  demands  of  their  victims  for 
a  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures  for  the  past 
year. 

Notwithstanding  the  ingenuity  displayed  in  the  pre- 
sentation of  specific  inducements,  such  as  the  promise 
of  savings  in  the  exchange  of  farm  products  for  needed 
supplies,  and  the  shrewd  appeals  to  sectional  and  class 
prejudices,  the  business  languished  until  the  popular 
mind  became  indignantly  excited  by  the  exposition  in 
1872  and  1873,  of  astounding  municipal  and  national 
frauds,  perpetrated  through  the  agency  of  corrupt  leg- 
islators. Promptly  availing  themselves  of  the  favorable 
opportunity,  and  following  in  the  track  of  the  pioneers 
who  had,  by  boldness  and  enterprise,  blazed  the  way 
for  them,  they  have  encouraged  and  stimulated  the 
animosities  of  those  whose  information  is  most  limited, 
until  they  have  produced  a  superheated  enthusiasm 
which  is  sweeping  the  country  as  a  simoon,  threatening 
indiscriminate  destruction  to  good  and  evil  alike.  They 
claim  that  their  primary  purposes  are  social  and  educa- 
tional advancement,  and  yet  they  cut  themselves  aloof 
from  association  with  other  classes  than  their  own,  and 
from  the  poor  as  well  as  the  more  independent   among 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


themselres.     They  .are  inculcating  clannishness  amcng 
people  whose  boast  is  social  equahty.     Their  system  of 
education  is  as  original  as  their  social  system;  that  is,  it 
was  original  many  centuries  ago  when  narrow-minded 
bigotry    tolerated    no    departure  from  the    established 
creed  of  the  Jewish  church — ante-dating  the  Christian 
era.     They,  the  Masters,  presume  to  educate  the  farm- 
er in  his  political  duties    and  as  to  his  commercial  rela- 
tions, and  yet  carefully  preclude  a  presentation  of  both 
sides  of  the  question  under  discussion.      They  spend 
hours  and  days  in  learning  and  reciting  "the  beautiful 
unwritten    work"  of  the  order,  a  senseless    mummery 
and  waste  of  time.      They    utterly  ignore  the  progres- 
sive civilization  represented  by  the  remarliable  groAvth 
in  power  and  influence  of  the  pubhc  press.     If  their 
members  suggest  anj'-  good  ideas  they  are  monopolized 
for  their  exclusive  benefit  by  the  few  favored  ones  who 
have  paid  their  five  dollars  towards  the  support  of  their 
"Worthy  Masters"  and  itinerant  deputies.     The  ex- 
cessive waste  of  time  to  which  reference  has  been  made 
debars  the  discussion  of  topics  which  should  have  care- 
ful consideration,  and  which   discussion  more  than  all 
else  is  tlie  special  and  only  real    inducement  for  associ- 
ation.     Thus    the  educational  advantage  of  the  meet- 
ings is  sacrificed,  or  if  not,  is   perverted  to  the  inculca- 
tion  of  one-sided,  prejudiced  opinions.     The  constant 
alarm  manifested  by  managers  of  the  order  lest  some 
educator  with  views  at  variance  with  their  own,  should 
steal   inside    their   gates,  is   suggestive  that  there  is  a 
hidden  motive  prompting  their  rigid  exclusiveness. 

Let  us  now  for  a  moment  consider  the  nature  of  the 
obligation  which  pledges  each  member  to  inviolable 
secrecy.     Perhaps  my  own  experience  will  illustrate 


I  discovered  that  the  chaplain  not  onlj  prayed,  but 
indulged  in  vulgarity  in  common  with  his  businesB 
associates.  In  fact  I  discovered  that  they  were  men 
who  would  hardly  be  tolerated  in  refined  scciely. 

My  ardor  was  cooled   effectually,  and  it  occurred  to 
me    that  this  grand   order  which  was   presented  with 
such  a  flourish  of  trumpets,  its  merits  discoursed  of  in 
such  honeyed  phrase,  would,  like  some   other  of  the 
great  schemes  of  the  present  day ,  be  a  proper  subject 
for  investigation.     It  is  needless   to  say  that  further 
'•instruction"  into   grange   mysteries    was  not  sought 
in   the    regular    way.     For  a  time  I   hesitated  about 
making  a  direct  attack  upon  this  order,  into  which,  bj 
ihe  means  I  have  suggested ,  many  thousands  of  hon 
CBt  men  and  women  had  been  inveigled  under  the  im- 
pression that  they  were  promoting  the  public  interest. 
Careful  and   pleasant   criticism  of  the  most  obnoxious 
features  of  the   order  were  spoken  and   published,  in 
hopes   that  there  would    be  sufficient  integrity  among 
new  members  of  the  National  Grange  to  discard  these 
specially  objectionable  features.     These  criticisms  were 
published  m  the  St.  Louis  papers  just  previous  to  the 
meeting  of  the  National  Grange,  but  instead  of  receiv- 
ing  candid  consideration,  prominent   members  of  the 
order  pounced   upon  ma  with  envenomed  bitterness 
and  unbecoming  personality,  sought  to  cripple  my  op 
position  by  destroying  my  business  and  my  personal 
character.     Fortunately    the    chief  spokesman  was  a 
prolific  writer  and  promptly  noticed  everything  said  of 
the   order.     By  keeping   him  well  stirred  up,  he  has 
enlightened    the   people  somewhat   as  to   the  animus 
which   prompts   the   action   of  the  National  Grange. 
One  of  the  first  expressions  at  its  annual  meeting  was 


this  sufficiently.     As  an  early  advocate  of  farmers'  co-  decidedly  as  against  the  abolition  of  secrecy.     Such  a 


operative  associations,  my  attention  was  directed  to  this 
particular  organization.  Soon  after  it  began  to  make 
headway  in  Iowa,  some  editorial  comment  and  sug- 
gestive questions  called  forth,  very  promptly,  communi- 
cUions  from  the  Grand  Deputy,  Col.  Curtisp,  setting 
forth  in  glowing  language  the  high  purposes  which 
the  grange  was  organized  to  promote.  Names  o( 
those  whom  I  held  in  high  esteem  were  given  as  en- 
dorsers to  its  integrity.  I  regret  that  some  of  these 
are  now  monopolizing  grange  commission  agents, 
profiting  from  their  identification  with  the  order.  Af- 
ter a  while  the  Master  of  the  Mississippi  Slate  Grange 


proposition  could  never  be  entertained.  Annoyed 
beyond  measure  by  the  discussion  of  their  weaknesses, 
Master  Allen  at  last  charged  me  with  violating  mv 
solemn  obligation  and  admitted  that  my  8clion  in  ho 
doing  had  been  the  subject  of  discussion  by  other 
members  of  the  National  Grange  and  closed  his  article 
with  the  touching  appeal :  ''Take  the  advice  of  a 
friend  now,  and  let  us  alone.  I  have  no  desire  to 
harm  you,  and  know  that  you  cannot  harm  us.' 
Could  he  have  known  how  anxiously  I  had  awaited 
the  ofticial  announcement  of  that  construction  upon 
the  grange  obligation  he  would  probably  have  hesitat- 


came  to  Tennessee,  as  a  special  deputy   from  the  Na-  ed  before  putting  it  in  print.     Admitting  it  to   be  so 


tional  Grange,  to  orgijnize  a  sufficient  number  of  sub- 
ordinate granges  to  complete  a  State  organization. 
He  came  to  Jackson,  where  I  then  resided,  and  upon 
invitation  quite  a  number  of  gent'eraen  met  with  him. 
He  presented  the  plan  of  the  organization  and  made  a 
very  favorable  impression  upon  those  present.  Ques- 
tions were  asked  as  to  how  far  the  pledge  of  secrecy 
debarred  the  expression  of  individual  opinion,  and 
were  answered  by  a  full  disclaimer  of  any  intent  to 
debar  the  freest  discussion.  The  order  was  wholly 
good,  and  the  most  thorough  investigation  was  court- 
ed. It  was  further  stated  that  a  member  was  at  lib- 
erty to  withdraw  as  it  might  suit  his  pleasure. 
Prompted  by  a  desire  to  a'.sist  in  any  good  work,  and 
leeling  no  captious  antipathy  towards  any  organization 
which  was  engaged  in  the  cause  I  had  espoused ,  I 
consented  to  joining  the  grange.  As  there  was  not  a 
Bufticient  number  of  members  present  to  go  into  an 
election  of  ofiicers,  and  receive  the  private  instructions, 
only  the  pledge  was  administered  to  those  present 
and  a  future  day  set  lor  the  completion  of  the  cere 
mony. 

It  ras  just  before  the  convention  or  congress  at 
Indianapolis,  and  I  anticipated  much  pleav'tire  in  meet- 
ing and  forming  the  acquaintance  of  th  e  National 
Grange  dignitaries.  They  were  there,  and  I  did  meet 
them,  but  happily  under  circumstances  which  a.'forded 
me  nu  opportunity  to  discover  the  private  charact^^r  of 
several  of  them.  I  discovered  that  they  were  dig.^i- 
taries  without  dignity,  that  they  had  met  there  aO 
spies  upon  our  action,  and  as  'plotters  for  our  discom- 
fiture. As  they  expressed  it,  they  had  met  on  their 
own  business.  I  discovered  too  that  their  power  wat- 
so  absolute  that  when  they  said  to  a  subordinate. 
"Take  no  part  in  this  meeting,.  "  j\e  forthwith  obeyed. 


held,  there  are  a  million  or  more  of  American  citizens 
who  have  joined  an  organization,  and  in  so  doing  have 
pledged  themselves  to  refrain  from  all  criticism  of  theii" 
"worthy  masters,"  (as  all  are  entitled  to  be  designated 
in  the  State  and  National  Granges).  Can  we  compre- 
hend the  full  force  of  such  a  statement?  These 
masters  are  given  a  supreme  power  to  discipline  their 
members,  to  cast  them  out  in  disgrace,  as  they  did  the 
commission  merchants  of  the  Boston  grange  and  the 
deputy  who  organized  it.  These  oligarchs,  self-ap- 
pointed and  self  commissioned,  demand  and  receive 
tho  sweat-bedewed  earnings  of  the  toiling  farmer?,  re 
fusing  to  account  for  it.  They  trundle  themselves 
and  their  families  around  the  country  and  pay  for  it 
from  these  funds.  They  vote  themselves  fat  salaries 
in  addition  to  traveling  expenses,  and  probably  partici- 
pate in  quiet  commissions  from  the  furnishing  busi 
nees.  The  poor  farmer  is  compensated  by  the  privilege 
of  doing  as  he  is  bidden.  If  he  rebels  they  clap  on 
the  obligation  muzzle.  This,  then,  is  the  grange. 
Let  us  examine  now  its  relation  to  American  princi- 
ples. We  proudly  boast  that  ours  is  a  land  of  free- 
dom ;  that  we  are  citizens  of  the  grandest  republic 
ever  established.  We  laud  the  founders  and  fathers 
of  our  government  as  the  purest  of  patriots,  and  claim 
to  ourselves  the  inheritance  of  free  speech  and  the  right 
of  self-government,  which  they  bequeathed  to  their 
children.  We  say  it  is  a  government  of  the  people 
and  by  the  people,  and  it  is  assumed  that  the  geneial 
intelligence  of  our  citizens  is  an  assurance  of  good 
^"overnment  in  perpetuity.  We  indignantly  resent 
any  attempted  curtailment  of  our  privileges  by  legis- 
lators or  executive  ofiBcers,  or  any  proposed  usurpation 
of  our  p/erogatives. 


not  in  full  harmony  with  it.  We  have  been  almost 
criminally  careless  in  the  past  in  the  exercise  of  our 
citizenship,  and  we  find  that  instead  of  having  public 
servants  to  represent  us,  we  have  established  a  cordom 
of  office-holders,  whose  will  is  imperious,  who  consult 
their  own  interests,  act  their  own  pleasure  and  assur- 
iogly  ask  the  people  to  pay  them  for  it;  and  not  only 
this,  but  they  have  uonnived  with  the  money  changeri 
and  with  soulless  corporations  to  give  them  unheard- 
of  subsides  and  special  privileges,  dividing  with  them 
the  spoils.  This  lamentable  condition  of  afifairs  is  not 
of  recent  development.  It  has  been  steadily  encroach- 
ing upon  the  rights  of  the  people  until  vast  accumula- 
tions of  ill-gotten  wealth  has  rendered  the  money 
power  insolent  almost  beyond  endurance. 

The  people,  who  are  reading  more   than  they  used' 
to,  and  are,  consequently,  thinking,  are  kept  well  ad- 
vised  now    of    current   events.     They  have  become 
alarmed,  as  well   they    may   be,  at  the  unmasking  of 
rottenness   which  seems  to   abound    wherever   public 
funds   are  to   be    disbursed.     This   alarm   is  general 
throughout  the  country,  and  all    the  people    are   im- 
pressed   with  the  necessity  for  prompt   reform.     The 
evil  has  resulted  from  the  secret  methods  of  conduct- 
ing  our  political  campaigns,  and  in  due  sequence  the 
legislative   bodies   resulting   from    those   campaigns. 
We  have  elected  members  of  Congress  and  State  leg- 
islatures, but  it  is  only  in  exceptional  cases  that  they 
are  free  to  act  for  their  constituents.     Almost  invaria- 
bly they  have  bargained    for  the  ofiSce  with  the  politi- 
cal wire-pullers,  who  pull   when  and  where  it  pays 
best.     Not   only  is  the  preliminary   bargain   made  in 
the  caucus  or  committee  room,  but   it  is  enforced  in 
the  lobby  to  the    very   letter   of  the  contract.     Now, 
the  grange  proposes  to  remedy  this  evil.     It  says  leg- 
islators make  their  bargains  in  secret,  and  monopolists 
preserve  secrecy   in  their  business,  and  so  to   circum- 
vent them  the  farmers  must  retaliate  and  act  in  secret 
too.     What  have  we  as  a  result.     We  see  the  secret 
congress   and   legislatures  standing  aghast  waiting  to 
discover  how  the  secret  grange,  which  can  cast  a   half 
million  of  votes,  proposes  to  cast  them.     We  see  the 
secret  grange  by  its  masters   going  into  the  wire-pull- 
ing business,  bargaining  with  the  committees,  oflFering 
to  sell   their  votes  to  the  Democratic  party  or  the  Re- 
publican   party,  or  threatening  a  new  party  if  neither 
will  pay  liberally  enough.     We  see  the   secret  giange 
and  the  secret   monopolist  both  with    their   backs  up 
ready  for  war,  each  unfurling  the  black  flag  and  crying 
no   quarter.     We   see  the  secret   banking  associations 
scared  almost  out  of  their  wits,  hoarding  their  money 
in  the  vaults  and  refusing  to   pass  it  into  circulation 
lest  they  may  never  see  it  again.     We   see  the  manu- 
facturing establishments  closed   altogether,  or  running 
on  half  time.     We  see  commerce  stagnated  because  of 
the  uncertainty  attending  every  venture.     We  hear 
the  farmer  grumbling  because  he  cannot  find  consum- 
ers for  his  products.     Indeed  we  see  every  legitimate, 
honest   industry  paralyzed   by  the   lack  of  confidence 
between  man  and  man, — all  the  direct  result  of  this 
secret   action.     Europe  and    the  older   States  of  our 
republic    have  accumulated    surplus   capital,  and  it  is 
constantly  seeking   investment.     The  West  has   been 
the  favorite  field  for  their  investments.     The  holders 
of  it  have  been  content  with  a  moderate  rate  of  inter- 
est, and  private  and  public  enterprises  have  given  em- 
ployment  to  immense   sums.     MiUions  of  acres  have 
been  brought  under  profitable  cultivation;  thousands 
of  miles  of  railway  give  access  to  it  and  furnish  trans- 
portation for  its   products;  great   cities   and   thriving 
towns  are  dotted  all  over  the  immense  territory  known 
as   the   Northwest;  schools  and   churches   have  been 
established,  and   the  people  who  dwell   there  are  per- 
haps as  prosperous  and  happy  as  any  in  the    work. 
But  they  had  been  too  prosperous  and  money  had  been 
too  easily  obtained.     They  had  incurred  more  of  debt 
than    they  could    carry  comfortably,  and  two  or  three 
years  ago  the  reaction  commenced.     While  they  were 
so  prosperous  they  were   indifferent  to  the  corruption 
which    was  festering  in  public  places,  and  when  they 
became  embarrassed  they  failed  to  trace  their  troubles 


This  is  our    tlieory.     Unfortunately  our  practice  is]  to  the  true  source.     They  lost  their  senses  in  a  meai 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


B 


ure.  In  attempting  to  combat  corruption  and  real 
monopoly  they  indiscriminately  attacked  both  friend 
and  foe.  They  sowed  the  wind  and  are  reaping  the 
whirlwind.  Millions  of  capital  have  been  withdrawn 
and  credits  have  been  contracted  and  all  because  the 
capitalist  is  afraid  to  trust  his  money  where  the 
"masters"  of  a  million  people  are  ineiduously  incul- 
cating the  principles  of  the  commune.  Who  are 
these  masters?  Are  they  men  of  wealth?  None  of 
them.  Are  they  men  of  standing  in  their  respective 
communities  ?  None  of  them  were  ever  heard  of  until 
they  were  installed  as  "masters."  It  is  not  strange 
that  capital  is  timid.  I  have  somewhat  digressed  from 
the  line  of  thought  suggested  by  ray  subject,  but  1 
could  not  forbear  to  show  the  evil  effects  upon  our 
material  progress,  which  result  from  the  secret  action 
of  the  grange.  I  have  spoken  of  the  theory  of  our 
government,  which,  briefly  formulated,  recognizes  the 
citizen  voters  as  the  rulers  and  chief  actors.  Their 
votes  make  all  of  the  elective  officers  directly,  and  in- 
directly all  appointees.  The  duties  of  township, 
county.  State  and  national  officers  are  distinctly  defin- 
ed, and  there  is  no  conflict  of  authority.  Those  duties 
are  performed  in  the  service  of  the  people.  They  act 
as  instructed  by  their  constituencies,  and  they  sire 
supposed  to  keep  well  informed  of  their  desires. 
True,  we  haven't  experienced  much  of  such  a  system, 
not  so  much  as  we  expect  to  hereafter.  Do  we  find 
anything  here  which  has  a  counterpart  in  the  grange  ? 
We  ought  to,  as  it  proposes  to  be  the  great  reforming 
agency  of  the  government.  On  the  other  hand,  have 
we  not  found  it  to  originate  in  an  unknown  and  secret 
cabal,  which,  usurping  all  authority  at  the  outset,  has 
whipped  in  its  adherents,  tying  their  tongues  so  that 
they  cannot  raise  their  voices  in  complaint? 

The  Grand  Master  of  this  body  waves  his  hand  to- 
wards Washington  and  his  puppets  in  Congress  dance 
at  his  bidding.  He  says  he  cannot  understand  the 
transportation  question,  and  forth vsrith  hands  it  over  to 
Congress  with  instructions  to  resfulate  commerce  be- 
tween the  States.  The  House  of  Representatives  im- 
mediately passes  a  law  providing  that  all  the  railroads 
of  the  country  shall  be  consolidated  under  Ihe  contro 
of  nine  men.  This  is  a  mere  trifle  of  power  to  dele- 
gate to  such  a  body !  The  Senate  transportation  com- 
mittee spends  a  year  or  more  gathering  information  in 
regard  to  this  great  question,  and,  according  to  Master 
Maxwell,  of  the  National  Grange,  bowed  itself  humbly 
upon  its  knees  before  this  august  body  and  prayed 
them  to  designate  what  sort  of  a  report  they  desired 
them  to  make.  They  answered,  three  great  water 
routes  across  the  continent,  and  lo,  it  was  so  recom 
mended.  The  masters  of  the  grange  being  heavily  in 
debt,  and  conceiving  the  idea  that  the  Government 
printing  press  can  turn  out  money  for  general  distri- 
bution, which  will  pay  their  debts,  directs  Congress  to 
expand  the  currency.  Prominent  Senators  of  the 
dominant  party,  thinking  to  conciliate  or  capture  this 
great  voting  power,  lend  their  influence  to  the  scheme 
and  carry  it  triumphantly  through  both  branches  of 
Congress.  Their  action  no  more  represented  the  de 
sire  of  their  constituencies  than  it  did  in  the  passage 
of  the  salary  grab  law.  Had  it  not  been  for  the  un- 
suspected integrity  of  the  President,  or  because  he 
saw  a  promising  opportunity  to  kill  off  his  most 
formidable  rivals  for  the  next  nomination,  our  country 
would  have  been  disgraced  before  the  world  as  a 
virtual  repudiator. 

The  discussion  of  this  question  aroused  sectional 
animosities  almost  as  bitter  as  those  preceding  the  re- 
bellion, and  has  planted  seeds  of  dissension  which  will 
require  only  a  modicum  of  nourishment  to  develop 
into  a  fructifying  hostility.  We  wasted  oceans  of  prec 
ious  blood  and  millions  of  treasure  in  relieving  the 
country  of  a  system  which  every  thinking  slave-holder 
admitted  to  himself  was  an  unmitigated  evil,  and  one 
which  ought  to  be  eradicated ,  simply  because  dema- 
gogues kept  the  masses  in  a  foment  and  would  not 
permit  them  to  give  the  subject  dispassionate  consider- 
ion. 

The  Grange  Masters,  like  their  predecessors  the  se- 
cesMon  leaders  of  the  South,  are  uniting  elements 
over  which  they  may  not  long  retain  control,  and  are 
forming  such  a  combination  that  spontaneous  combus- 
tion may  at  any  moment  ensue.  And  here  a  word  of 
what  the  farmers'  movement,  eo-called,  really  means. 
I  asserted  editorially  more  than  a  year  ago,  that  op- 
position to  railway  or  other  monopoly,  was  only  a 
tangible  presence  which  was  being  made  available  to 
arouse  the  people;  that  the  relations  towards  middle- 
men must  be  reformed,  if  at  all,  through  the  adoption 
of  truer  business  principles  and  by  mutual  concession ; 
that  such  subjects  as  the  tariff,  taxation  and  finance 
could  only  be  legitimately  discussed  by  individuals  hav- 


ing special  fitneas.  I  insisted  that  the  movement  was 
the  assertion  of  the  intelligent  individuality  of  the  citi 
zen  ,gradually  evolved  through  the  gcner/il  diffusion  of 
common  school  educntion,  coupled  with  the  vivifying 
influences  of  the  steam  raoter  and  electric  telegraph, 
or,  as  Mr.  Schurz  has  recently  expressed  it  very 
pointedly  and  aptly,  the  question  is  simply,  "Shall  the 
people  govarn  themselves?"  It  is  an  effort  to  free 
themselves  from  the  chains  of  party  thraldom.  We 
have  seen  a  perfect  medley  of  locs.l  and  state  bolt^ 
from  established  parties,  meeting  with  varied  success, 
and  we  have  seen,  too,  one  abortive  national  move- 
ment, defeated  by  an  affiliation  with  a  defunct  party, 
which  one  of  its  old  organs  designates  as  a  "putrid 
reminiscence."  The  volcano  appears  now  to  be  at 
rest,  but  within  it  is  still  liubbling  and  seething,  gath- 
ering force  for  a  still  more  powerful  eruption.  Tht 
grange  with  its  secretly  a-iavshallei  forces,  will  toon 
attempt  to  assert  its  power  and  it,  too,  will  ignomini 
ously  fail.  Of  its  failure  there  can  be  no  doubt.  Tha 
enthusiasm  is  waning,  its  members  are  impatient  o 
restraiiat,  and  it  must  necessarily  do  something  in  the 
coming  canvass.  In  itself  it  is  not  strong  enough  to 
win  success, p.nd  it  must  necessarily  seek  a  combina- 
tion with  other  forces.  If  it  joins  with  the  Republi- 
can party  it  cannot  change  the  present  status  of  the 
government.  If  it  unites  with  the  Democrats  it  will 
certainly  be  disintegrated. 

Iq  'lis  failure  lies  the  dajiger.  So  long  as  the  slave 
power  could  rule  they  were  conteat,  but  when  defeat 
ed  they  attempted  to  ruin.  So  with  an  unscrupulous 
leadership  which  has  tasted  the  sweets  of  unlimited 
power,  the  incongruous  elements  of  the  grange  may 
bf  incited  to  any  violence  which  may  promise  to  yield 
to  the  masters  power  and  profit. 

Have  I  overstated  the  danger  ?  Are  my  conclusions 
not  legitimately  drawn  from  the  given  premises? 
Does  not  your  own  judgment  accept  them  as  just? 
Is  there  the  faintest  resemblance  between  the  inde- 
pendence of  thought  and  action,  the  freedom  of  speech 
and  of  the  press,  the  supremacy  of  the  people  as  self- 
rulers,  the  representative  character  of  chosen  officers, 
the  thorough"  discussion  of  public  questions  by  the 
masses,  which  enables  judicious  action  and  through 
which  the  public  officer  is  advised  of  the  popular  will, 
all  of  which  are  primary  principles  of  a  true  demo- 
cratic republicanism,  and  the  imperious,  dictatorial, 
one-man  power  of  the  grange  which  indirectly  assumes 
to  control  Congress  and  the  Stale  legislatures,  to  usurp 
all  local  authority,  to  monopohza  commerce  and  man 
age  the  transportation  companies,  to  gag  its  members, 
making  them  mere  time-servers,  and  virtually  eerfs, 
and  seeking,  too,  to  intimidate  the  Press  and  the 
forum  ? 

I  appeal  to  you,  here  before  me,  and  the  good  citi- 
zens of  our  noble  Republic  everywhere,  to  rise  in  your 
might  against  the  inciduous  encroachments  of  the  arch 
enemy  Secrecy,  the  monarch  of  darkness.  Christian 
duty,  love  of  country,  every  consideration  of  right, 
and  truth,  and  justice  demands  this  of  you.  And 
may  we  not  hope  that  the  better  day  has  already 
dawned  upon  our  nation,  when  wise  counsels,  mutu- 
al concessions  and  Christian  goodfellowship  may  sub- 
stitute the  stern  arbitrament  of  war,  which  in  the  ages 
past  has  appeared  to  be  the  only  agency  available  in 
combatting  error  and  upholding  the  truth. 


Recollections  of  the  Morgan  Trials  as  Related 
Hon.  Y.  Birdseye,  State's  Attorney. 


by 


ADDRESS  BY  MRS.    C.    B.  MILLER. 
Mr,  ^'resident.  Ladies  and  Gentlemen: 

Permit  me  to  recognize  the  courtesy  of  this  Conven- 
tion, in  according  me  a  seat  therein,  and  in  inviting 
me  to  address  it,  as  in  some  sort,  an  expression  of  its 
respect  for  and  interest  in  my  honored  father.  Victory 
Birdseye,  who  many  years  ago  helped  to  fight  Freema- 
sonry. 

I  have  been  impelled  to  put  in  writing  the  following 
record ;  partly  as  a  matter  of  interest  to  this  assembly, 
and  partly  from  a  more  private  motive,  namely,  that 
my  two  boys,  who  never  saw  their  grandfather,  may, 
when  they  are  old  enough  to  understand  it,  find  on 
record  the  lesson  of  his  experience  on  this  subject.  I 
do  not  propose  to  see  them  enter  a  lodge  if  any  influ- 
ence of  mine  can  prevent  it;  but  if  I  cannot  prevent  it, 
they  shall  not  need,  when  at  the  entrance  they  are 
asked  "Who  comes  there?"  to  reply,  "A  poor  blind 
candidate,  seeking  light;"  for  I  intend  to  throw  upon 
Freemasonry  all  the  light  I  possess  or  can  obtain,  that 
they  may  plainly  behold  it,  beforehand,  in  all  its  hid- 
eous deformity. 

The  murder  of  Morgan  took  place  before  my  birth, 


and  when  I  became  old  enough  to  understand  the 
conversation  of  oMer  people,  the  excitement,  political 
and  social,  which  the  event  created  had  in  a  meastire 
subsided.  I  v/as  about  sixteen  years  old  when  the 
following  incident  aroused  my  attention  and  taught 
me  a  lesson  that  will  never  fade  from  my  memory 
should  the  days  of  the  years  of  my  life  equal  in  num- 
ber those  of  Methuselah.  I  had  been  visioiua:  for  a 
fortnight  with  a  schoolmate  in  a  neighboring  county, 
and  on  my  return  I  was  detailing  to  the  family  my 
adventures,  and  the  occurrences  of  my  visit.  Among 
other  things  I  told  of  a  Tent  of  Rechabites  in  the  town 
I  had  visited,  and  of  the  goad  they  dldjin  reforming 
mebriates. 

"What  are  the  Rechabites ?'  asked  my  father,  with 
interest.  I  replied  that  they  were  a  secret  order 
whose  object  was  the  reformation  of  drunkards  and 
their  restoration  to  society.  That  they  took  their  name 
and  style  from  a  text  in  Judges  where  the  sons  of 
Rechab  are  spoken  of  as  dwelling  in  tencs  and  drink- 
ing no  wine.  ''But,"  said  be,  "why  are  ihey  a  secret 
order?''  "I  suppose  because  they  can  work  to  better 
advantage  secretly,"  I  said.  "But  if  their  object  is  a 
good  one,  why  is  it  not  better  to  work  openly,  and 
have,  as  they  might,  the  aid  and  countenance  ol  all 
g;ood  people ?"  '-I  suppose,"  I  replied,  "that  there  is 
danger  of  their  being  imposed  upon  by  those  who  act 
from  unworthy  motives,  or  who  would  use  the  influ- 
ence of  the  order  to  gain  private  ends.  Their  secrete, 
I  am  told,  are  only  for  the  identification  of  each  other 
and  for  the  maintaiaence  of  discipline."  Said  my 
father,  "If  their  aims  and  objects  are  ^ood,  they  can- 
not admit  too  many  to  the  ben'^fits  of  their  order,  and 
it  is  only  a  form  of  selfishness  to  be  exclusive.  And 
do  you  think  the  danger  of  their  being  imposed  upon 
greater  than  that  other  danger— that  they  may  them- 
selves be  tempted  to  use  the  machinery  of  the  order 
to  gain  private  ends?  Depend  upon  it,  my  daughter, 
there  is  a  screw  loose  somewhere  1  Organizations  for 
purposes  undeniably  good  don't  burrow  under  ground. 
They  are  willing  to  stand  upright  upon  their  merits 
before  an  intelligent  commuaity." 

I  suppose  my  father  thought  that  when  a  child  of 
his  had  begun  to  defend  secret  societies,  it  was  high 
time  she  was  taken  in  hand,  for  he  led  me  directly  to 
his  office,  showed  me  his  commission  from  George 
Throop,  appointing  him  Special  Counsel  in  the  Morgan 
case,  and  then  quietly,  but  with  a  restrained  vehe- 
mence that  impressed  me  deeply  with  a  sense  of  his 
earnestness,  he  entered  into  the  details  of  the  case. 
He  read  to  me  the  Masonic  oaths  published  by  William 
Morgan,  and  briefly  pointed  out  the  fact  that  when 
the  demands  of  justice  and  the  public  welfare  con- 
fl  cted  with  the  interests  of  a  brother  Mason,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  order  must  prefer  the  latter,  even  if  he  per- 
jured himself  by  so  doing.  He  painted  in  vivid  colors — 
the  puerility,  the  indecency,  the  blasphemous  nature 
of  Masonry.  He  detailed  the  abduction  and  murder 
of  Morgan,  giving  minute  particulars  of  his  enforced 
journey  from  Canaadaigua  to  the  Niagara  River,  his 
confinement  there  in  the  old  Arsenal,  and  the  final 
consummation  of  the  outrage  in  his  death,  by  being 
thrown  overboard  from  a  boat  in  the  middle  of  the 
river,  where  his  body,  heavily  weighted,  sunk,  as  his 
murderers  supposed,  to  rise  no  more.  He  told  me 
how  that  body,  after  lying  beneath  the  water  for  a 
year,  when  the  rope  had  decayed  became  loosened 
from  the  weight,  floated  to  the  surface,  was  cast  on 
shore,  and  afterwards  identified  by  certain  peculiari- 
ties of  the  skeleton  and  teeth,  as  the  body  of  Mor- 
gan. He  recited  this  harrowing  tale  with  a  vivid- 
ness and  force  that  caused  my  young  blood  to  curdle 
with  horror,  and  produced  upon  my  mind  an  im- 
pression never  to  be  effaced. 

He  then  entered  into  the  details  of  the  many  and 
vain  attempts  to  bring  to  justice  the  perpetrators  of 
the  deed ;  how  one  agent  after  another,  appointed  by 
the  State  on  the  part  of  the  people,  was  wearied  out 
with  the  treachery  and  perfidy  of  Masonic  judges.  Ma- 
sonic juries  and  Masonic  witnesses.  In  every  dir>  cl- 
ion   Masonry   presented   itself  to  defeat  the   ends  of 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE; 


justice,  covertly,  it  is  true ;  effectually,  nevertheless.  He 
told  me  of  that  "Sly  old  fox,"  Enos  T.  Throop,  who 
wfth  one  hand  patted  on  the  back  the  agents  of  the 
people,  while  he  kept  the  other  busy  pulling  wires 
behind  the  curtains  of  the  lodge  to  counteract  their 
efforts. 

He  showed  me  how  this  case  illustrated  the  ten- 
dency of  secret  oiders  to  make  use  of  their  machinery 
for  private  ends;  to  qain  for  their  members  unfair  ad- 
vp.ntarres  over  their  fellow-citizens ;  to  screen  the  crim- 

ID 

inal  from  the  penalty  of  the  law;  to  sacrifice  the  public 
good  to  the  private  interests  of  individuals;  in  short, 
that  their  tendency  is  diametrically  opposed  to  the 
perpetuity  of  republican  institutions  and  the  liberty  of 
the  people.  We  hold  up  in  its  true  light  the  sham 
benf:volence  that  receives  no  one  into  the  order  who 
cannot  pay  his  quota,  acd  then  disburses  not  to  the 
needy  alone,  but  likewise  to  the  wealthy;  thus  prov- 
ing itself  a  mutufvl  insurance,  not  a  benevolent  society, 
— that  hf-nevolence  that  uses  the  funds  of  the  oider, 
given  op.teneibly  for  doing  good,  for  the  purchase  of 
gew-gaws,  to  gratify  a  paltry  love  of  finery  and  parade 
that  is  unworthy  of  reasonable  beings.  In  less  time 
than  it  takes  me  to  tell  it  he  swept  away  that  refuge 
of  lies  by  which  Freemasonry  plays  the  role  at  a  be- 
nevolent society ! 

He  told  me  of  the  storm  of  popular  wrath,  that, 
after  the  murder  of  Morgan,  nearly  swept  the  order 
from  existence  in  this  country;  but  he  said  that  there 
was  enou^fh  left  of  it  for  a  nest-egg,  and  thnt  when 
the  generation  th^t  had  witnessed  this  affair  had  passed 
away,  he  feared  that  the  impression  would  be  lost; 
that  ;-i  fresh  brood  of  vipers  woulil  be  hatched  out  tu 
threaten  the  perpetuity  of  our  institutions.  And 
thrcui'h  his  honored  head,  white  with  the  snows  of 
three  score  and  ten  winters,  white  as  the  whitest  of 
these  crowns  of  glory  that  I  see  before  me,  has  not  yet 
laia  tweuty-one  years  beneath  the  clods  of  the  hillside, 
I  cannot  hut  believe  thjit  I  see  his  prediction  in  pro- 
cess of  fulfilment.  And  why  is  it  that  in  ibis  pro- 
fessedly Christian  land,  and  after  such  a  general  upris- 
ing of  the  people  against  th«j  baleful  thing,  why  is  it 
that  it  dare  again  to  raise  its  once  crushed  head  5 
What  pov/er  is  healing  its  wounds,  renewing  its  vigor 
and  covering  it  with  the  garment  of  respectability?  I 
grieve  to  say  that  this  service  isbeing  done  in  a  degree, 
at  least,  by  Christian  minieters  and  Christian  people. 
Can  Christian  ministers  befoul  themselves  with  these 
unclean  and  blasphemous  ceremonies  and  at  the  same 
time  keep Jhemselves  unspotted  from  the  world?  <Jan 
Christians  serve  God  with  all  their  heart  and  at  the 
same  time  keep  the  Masonic  oath?  Will  Christian 
pastors  be  beguiled  by  smooth  words  into  covering  thesa 
impurities  with  the  mantle  of  religion.  Freemasonry 
would  gladly  hide  her  bruised  and  battered  form  un- 
der the  priestly  robe.  Ministers  who  can  be  persuad- 
ed to  lend  it  their  countenance  will  generally  find 
some  worldly  church  member  ready  to  pay  their  initia- 
tion fee.  Are  you  ready  to  accept  the  bribe  and 
handle  the  accursed  thing? 

I  am  aware  that  I  have  but  feebly  portrayed  the  in- 
tensity of  my  father's  convictions  on  this  subject.  I 
do  not  think  that  the  Anglo-Saxon  tongue  is  capable 
of  embodying  the  sentiments  of  disgust  and  loathing, 
that  possessed  his  soul  when  Freemasonry  was  men- 
tioned. But  the  lesson  that  he  taught  me  on  the 
above,  and  other  occasions,  I  look  upon  as  a  sacred 
legacy,  to  be  handed  down  to  my  children  and  my 
children's  children, — the  lesson  of  perpetual  hostility  to 
secret  orders,  and  to  Freemasonry  in  particular. 

During  a  somewhat  protracted  residence  at  the 
South,  I  was  struck  with  the  remarkable  vigor  of  this 
order  there.  I  was  in  a  town  of  about  1800  inhab- 
itants, and  I  learned  that  there  was  scarcely  a  white 
man  of  full  age  in  the  town  that  was  not  a  Mason; 
and  I  learned  from  different  sources  that  this  state  of 
things  was  nearly  universal  throughout  the  South.  And 
when  the  secession  heresy  began  to  spread  before  the 
war,  and  State  after  State  either  lapsed,  or  was 
hounded,  into  rebellion,  I  could  not  but  recall  one  of 
my  father's  sayings,  that  Freemasonry  eats  out  the 
heart  of  a  man's  patriotism  till  it  is  a  mere  shell  that 
yields  to  the  first  approaches  of  treason. 


REPOKT  OF  THE    PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  SYRA- 
CUSE CONVEJVTIOS,  Concluded. 


The  Finance  Committee  reported  as  follows  : 

Your  committee  would  report,  that  they  have  had  under 
consideration  various  plans  contemplatiag  a  financial  sup- 
port which  shall  be  amply  sufficient  to  carry  forward  the 
great  and  important  work  of  this  National  Christian  Asso- 
ciation. It  requires  no  argument  to  prove  that  the  personal 
endeavors  of  the  active  officers  and  agents  of  the  Associa- 
tion, however  prompted  by  philanthropic  motives,  must  be 
seconded  and  fully  sustained  not  only  by  the  good  wishes 
but  by  the  contributions  of  the  friends  of  the  cause.  In  our 
endeavors  to  devise  a  plan  which  should  afiFord  ample  pe- 
cuniary support  we  have  thought  to  so  distribute  the  work 
that  the  burden  should  be  as  light  and  as  nearly  uniform 
to  all  as  possible,  and  at  the  same  time  to  secure  the 
active  co-operation  of  each  man,  woman  and  child  of  the 
many  thousands  in  our  broad  country  who  are  In  active 
sympathy  with  us  in  broadening  the  field  of  labor  and  in- 
creasing the  working  force. 

We  therefore  recommend  that  the  National  Christian 
Association  shall  be  composed  of  such  members  as  shall 
have  paid  into  its  treasurj'  the  sum  of  twenty-five  cents 
each,  as  an  annual  fee. 

We  recommend  that  a  system  of  membership  tickets 
shall  be  prepared  under  the  supervision  of  the  Executive 
Committee  which  shall  at  once  be  evidence  of  member- 
ship and  a  receipt  for  the  membership  fee,  the  same  to 
be  furnished  by  the  secretary  to  the  State  agents  and  other 
officers  of  the  Association  and  to  such  ministers  and  active 
friends  of  this  great  cause  will  interest  themselves  in  ex- 
tending the  membership.  All  tickets  so  issued  are  charg- 
able  to  the  parties  receiving  them  from  the  secretary  and 
should  be  accounted  for  by  them. 

It  is  recommended,  too,  that  an  enrollment  shall  be 
made  by  each  person  receiving  the  subscriptions  upon 
blanks  furnished  by  the  secretary,  setting  forth  the  name, 
age  and  fpost-office  address  of  each  individual  member, 
these  rolls  to  be  returned  and  to  become  matter  of  regular 
and  classified  record  in  the  office  of  the  secretary. 

Believing  that  this  plan  wUl  not  only  afford  an  ample 
financial  support  to  the  Association,  and  that  every  dele- 
gate here  present,  and  our  good  friends  who  are  not* able 
to  be  with  us,  will  interest  themselves  to  promptly  secure 
the  enrollment  of  the  one  hundred  thousand  members 
whose  names  should  be  on  record  before  the  next  annual 
meeting,  it  is  very  respectfully  submitted  to  your  consider- 
ation. 

At  the  request  of  the  chairman   of  -the   committee 

Mr.  C.  W.  Greene,  of  Indiana,  spoke  in  support  of 
the  report.  He  said  this  reform  should  be  conducted 
on  business  principles  if  we  would  secure  success. 
The  'reform  would  not  make  headway  unless  funds 
were  provided.  He  believed  this  to  be  surest  and 
speediest  way  of  securing  them,  and  if  this  matter 
was  pushed  there  might  be  100,000  annual  member- 
ships taken  out.  Multitudes  throughout  the  country 
would  join  and  help  on  the  reform  by  influence  and 
contributions. 

Mr.  Levington  saw  in  this  measure  something  that 
looked  like  imitation  of  the  secret  orders.  The  fee 
and  the  pledge,  he  said,  are  the  soul  of  the  secret 
societies,  and  now  they  are  embodied  in  this  plan; 
and  ii  was  besides  changing  from  the  voluntary  sys- 
i,em. 

Others  spoke  in  favor  of  the  plan  as  presenting 
nothing  really  different  from  the  voluntary  plan ;  every 
one  could  support  the  cause  in  this  way  or  any  oth- 
er he  might  prefer.  And  if  the  fee  and  pledge  were 
the  soul  of  secret  orders ,  what  account  is  made  of 
their  secrecy  which  is  the  main  issue  with  them  ?  The 
report  was  finally  adopted  without  dissent. 

The  resolutions  (published  in  last  week's  pa- 
per) were  then  read  and  acted  upon  separately. 
Several  of  them  called  out  much  discussion,  the  fourth 
and  sixth  especially. 

Upon  the  fourth  resolution,  respecting  temperance 
organizations,  Elder  Barlow  remarked  upon  his  con- 
nection with  the  Good  Templars.  He  found  it  amount- 
ed to  nothing  but  a  small  "sparking"  society  and 
learned  with  surprise  that  its  ritual  was  modeled  after 
the  Masonic;  and  he  left  it  as  soon  as  possible. 

Rev.  John  Levington  said  that  it  is  under  these 
disguises  of  temperance  and  Christianity,  that  Masonry 
is  creeping  into  power  and  recognition.  He  quoted 
from  the  Masonic  ritual  that  "the  strength  of  our  order 
lies  in  its  concealment." 

Rev.  Mr.  Dempsey,  of  Black  River,  N.  Y. ,  do- 
scribed  Masonry  as  a  tortoise  keeping  within  its  shell, 
while  Good  Templars  and  Odd  fellows  are  the  feelers 
doing  its  work  outside.  He  favored  open  temperance 
meetings  as  the  only  way  of  succeeding  against  the 
rum  power,  and  as  cutting  off  the  supplies  of  the  lodge. 

George  W.  Clark,  of  Dansville,  N.  Y.,  said  that  the 
temperance  cause  never  prospered  so  greatly  as  when 
it  was  advocated  openly.  The  dark-ohamber  system 
was  disastrous  to  that  cause. 


Rev.  C.  F.  Wiggins,  of  Indiana,  called  attention  to  the 
fact  that  under  the  impulse  given  by  the  Sons  of  Tem- 
perance, Masonry  increased  a  hundred  fold  in  a  single 
year. 

Rev.  N.  Wardner,  of  North  East,N.Y.,Baid  the  min^r 
secret  orders  are  a  shrewdly  devised  snare  of  the  dev- 
il to  catch  such  men  as  would  be  leaders  in  the  reform, 
but  for  their  former  connection  with  Good  Temp- 
lars, Sons  of  Temperance  and  like  secret  societies.  All 
good  causes  suffer  severely  by  the  ruinous  influence 
of  secrecy. 

Mr.  Richard  Greene,  of  Indiana,  congratulated  his 
co-workers  that  the  press  has  become  enlisted  in  their 
cause.  He  favored  thorough  work  and  believed  that 
not  only  Masonry,  but  Odd-fellowship,  the  temper- 
ance secret  orders  and  the  granges  should  be  ex- 
posed and  uprooted. 

Rev.  James  Mathews,  of  Brooklyn,  called  attention 
to  the  wiles  of  Masonic  preachers  who  artfully  induce 
men  to  join  the  order,  while  professing  service  to 
Christ  alone.  They  follow  our  workers  and  say  to 
converts,  ''Now  you  must  aid  the  temperance 
cause,"  and  get  them  to  join  the  Good  Templars  and 
then  soon  the  Masons,  and  thus  keep  them  from 
joining  Free  Methodist  or  Wesleyan  churches.  They 
have  even  pushed  the  matter  so  far  as  to  bring  the 
question  before  some  conferences  whether  members  of 
restricting  churches  may  not  join  the  Good  Templars. 
We  must  go  the  whole  thing  against  the  secret  or- 
ganizations. An  old  English  saying  is,  "  You  may  as 
well  eat  the  devil  as  to  drink  his  broth."  Temperance 
is  not  the  handmaid  but  a  part  of  Christianity,  and 
aecretism  is  its  death.  Masonry  has  stolen  temper- 
ance as  a  whitewash  to  cover  up  its  own  dark  deeds. 
The  resolution  was  unanimously  adopted.  Upon 
the  sixth  resolution  an  animated  discussion  arose,  es- 
pecially upon  the  last  clause  which  originally  read 
thus : 

"And  that  we  are  compelled  by  our  convictions  to  with 
hold  from  all  such  that  confidence  and  support  due  alone 
to  the  good  and  true." 

Mr.  C.  W.  Greene  thought  the  resolution  a  restate- 
ment of  what  was  already  contained  in  the  paper  and 
therefore  unnecessary.  It  was  also  passing  judgment 
upon  all  connected  with  secret  orders  of  any  kind,  class- 
ing them  as  evil  and  untrue  men,  which  was  more  than 
we  had  any  right  to  say.  Such  severe  judgment  would 
repel  many  who  might  otherwise  leave  the  lodge. 

Mr.  Levington  sustained  the  resolution.  He  said 
this  question  is  between  the  good  and  the  bad.  We 
must  give  confidence  and  support  to  one  or  the  other. 
Rev.  A.  Hard,  of  Painted  Post,  N.  Y.,  was  opposed 
to  the  use  of  such  severe  terms.  The  resolution 
seems  to  be  intolerant  and  uncharitable.  We  have 
come  to  renouncing  and  denouncing  all  not  agreeing 
with  us.  He  believed  all  who  used  severity  were  sin- 
cere, and  was  willing  to  divide  the  last  dollar  with 
those  who  suffer  for  righteousness'  sake.  He  protest- 
ed against  such  an  extreme  position  as  misrepresent- 
ing many  who  were  strongly  opposed  to  secret  societies. 
Elder  Barlow,  chairman  of  the  committee,  explained 
the  resolution.  He  believed  the  idea  presented  to  be 
right,  that  any  man  who  intelligently  adheres  to  Ma- 
sonry forfeits  his  claims  to  the  same  confidence  and 
support  as  a  Christian.  He  sets  Masonry  above 
Christ,  and  cannot  be  a  good  Christian. 

S.  B.  Erwin,  of  Brooklyn,  a  man  of  strong  frame 
and  great  earnestness,  had  been  a  member  of  five  se- 
cret societies,  and  seemed  from  his  remarks  to  have 
been  acquainted  with  other  forms  of  iniquity,  but 
saved  by  grace  from  them  all.  He  said  he  had  been 
connected  with  the  Masons  and  Odd-fellows.  He  had 
little  charity  for  those  who  come  so  slowly  to  the  light. 
He  believed  the  power  of  God's  grace  would  save  men 
from  these  secret  orders  and  break  off  their  chains. 
When  he  was  converted  the  minister  in  shaking  his 
hand  gave  him  the  Masonic  grip,  He  was  astonished, 
and  said  to  the  preacher,  '  'What,  are  you  a  Mason?' 
He  thought  every  man  as  soon  as  he  was  born  again 
would  give  up  Masonry  with  the  rest  of  his  sins,  and 
it  sorely  grieved  him  that  a  minister  should  be  still 
adhering  to  the  dark  institution.  Another  promi- 
nent preacher  who  was  at  the  meeting  when  he   was 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


converted  shouted  long  and  loud  for  joy,  but  soon 
afterward  said,  ''Erwin,  you  ought  to  be  Morganized;" 
because  the  speaker  had  publicly  renounced  the  lodge 
along  with  the  rest  of  his  evil  deeds.  The  Masons 
had  tried  to  break  public  confidence  in  his  statements 
about  them  by  accusing  him  of  lying  and  saying  that 
he  never  was  in  a  lodge  and  his  name  could  not  be 
found  on  the  lodge  rolls.  But  every  body  knew  bet- 
ter and  his  brother  owned  a  hall  where   lodges  met. 

Rev.  A.  L.  Post  suggested  that  the  words  "in  their 
official  relations  to  God  and  their  couptry"  be  added. 
He  believed  that  we  all  might  give  confidence  to  mem- 
bers of  secret  orders  personally,  but  in  offisial  relations 
in  the  church  or  government  we  might  not.  This 
was  made  as  an  amendment,  but  tabled. 

Rev.  John  Levington  spoke  again ;  said  he  was  sur- 
prised at  the  opposition  developed  at  this  resolution. 
He  would  pledge  himself  to  prove  that  opposition  to 
the  original  resolution  was  no  better  than  an  argument 
for  the  lodge. 

A  motion  to  lay  the  resolution  on  the  table  until 
taken  up  by  vote,  so  as  to  allow  members  to  think  o^ 
some  better  form  of  expression,  was  lost.  The  dis- 
cussion so  far  as  it  developed  any  difference  of  opinion 
seemed  to  be  more  on  the  form  of  words  than  the  idea 
to  be  expressed. 

W.  M.  Givens,  of  Indiana,  said  he  could  endorse  the 
resolution  as  it  stood,  and  he  believed  it  expressed 
the  sentiment  of  his  conference  (Lower  Wabash)  num- 
bering three  or  foiir  thousand  persons. 

Rev .  Joseph  Travis,  of  Illinois,  said  he  could  speak 
from  personal  experience  on  this  matter.  He  had 
been  a  seventh  degree  Mason,  but  left  the  order  when 
he  was  converted.  He  could  not  be  intolerant,  for  he 
knew  there  were  good  men  left  there.  He  would 
not  extend  official  confidence  to  them,  but  he  would  not 
withdraw  his  personal  confidence  from  men  at  whose 
hands  he  had  been  well  treated.  He  could  not  vote  for 
the  resolution  as  it  now  stands.  As  now  worded  it  not 
only  was  an  expression  of  our  opinion  that  we  were  good 
and  true,  and  members  of  the  lodges  were  not,  but 
also  drew  the  line  not  upon  the  fact  of  membership, 
but  of  moral  character,  and  the  Convention  would  be 
misjudged  by  thoughtful  men  outside.  We  all  be- 
lieved the  sentiment,  that  a  difference  should  be 
made  on  the  line  of  intelligent  membership,  but  this 
phrasology  should  not  be  forced  by  brethren. 

Prof.  C.  A,  Blancl^ard  said  we  must  distinguish  be- 
tween men  who  are  intelligently  and  of  purpose  connect- 
ed with  secret  orders  and  those  who  have  not  a  clear  ap- 
prehension of  such  membership,  many  of  whom  have 
honesty  enough  to  renounce  if  we  go  to  them  in  the 
spirit  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  show  them  the 
incongruity  of  such  membership  with  the  Christian 
profession  and  honest  citizenship.  He  had  found  such 
cases.  But  harsh  and  repelling  language  always 
shut  the  heart  and  prevented  any  hope  of  conviction. 
We  are  to  gain  these  men  if  we  are  to  succeed;  we 
have  a  mission  to  them,  not  to  those  who  agree  with 
us.     We  are  to  recall  those  who  have  been  misled. 

Rev.  L.  K  Stratton  spoke  to  the  same  effect.  We 
could  not  go  to  men  call  them  hard  names  and  ex- 
pect them  to  be  impressed  by  our  arguments  or  be 
won  to  our  views.  Christ's  mission  was  to  the  lost. 
We  must  follow  his  example  in  our  efforts  to  reclaim 
men.  He  believed  there  was  less  difference  of  opin  - 
ion  than  there  seemed  to  be  on  this  subject,  and  urged 
reconciliation  of  terms  so  as  to  come  upon  com- 
mon ground,  and  leave  us  in  the  best  shape  to  prose- 
cute our  cause. 

Rev.  J.  K.  Alwood,  of  Indiana,  said  he  believed 
the  resolution  was  not  so  unfortunate  in  expression  as 
to  prevent  his  voting  for  it  as  it  read;  and 
the  discussion  had  gone  so  far  that  a  modification  of 
the  resolution  might  be  construed  as  timidity  on  our 
part.  The  United  Brethren  churches  of  Indiana 
would  stand  by  it  - 

President  Roberts  suggested  the  words  "the  same 
confidence"  for  "that  confidence,"  which  was  accepted; 
and  a  second  amendment  to  read  "those  free  from 
Masonic  obligations"  for  the  words  "the  good  and  true" 
was  discussed,  assurances  of    substantial  agreement 


were  given,  and  the  reeolution  as  amended  passed. 
The  seventh  resolution  was  adopted  by  a  rising  vote, 
as  was  also  the  last.  The  time  of  adjournment  had 
been  already  postponed,  but  considerable  business  was 
yet  undone. 

Mr.  D.  Kirkpatrick,  from  the  committee  on  the 
memorials  to  the  President  protesting  against  the  Ma- 
sons laying  the  corner-stone  of  our  public  buildings  at 
Chicago  and  elsewhere,  reported  about  11,000  signa- 
tures returned  and  the  number  will  probably  be  in- 
creased to  15,000  at  least.  He  also  reported  the 
form  of  a  letter  to  the  President,  prepared  by  the 
committee,  which  was  approved  by  the  Convention. 
This  letter  is  to  be  signed  by  the  officers  of  the  Con- 
vention, and  the  Rev.  J.  W.  Ellis,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pa., 
is  delegated  to  present  the  letter  and  memorial  to  Presi- 
dent Grant.  Mr.  Kirkpatrick  and  Aaron  Floyd  were 
afterwards  associated  with  Mr.  Ellis  to  facilitate  the 
collection  of  signatures  and  assist  in  presenting  the 
matter  at  Washington. 

The  committee  to  whom  was  referred  the  matter  of 
Incorporation,  presented  a  form  of  Constitution  and 
By-laws  which  were  partially  adopted  after  slight 
amendments;  but,  on  account  of  the  lateness  of  the 
hour,  were  at  length  laid  on  the  table  for  future 
consideration.     A    notice  to   delegates   of    the   New 

York  State  Association  to  meet  in  the  afternoon 
was  given  by  Elder  Barlow,  and  the  Convention  ad- 
journed to  meet  at  the  call  of  the  chair,  after  benedic- 

ion  by  Pres.  Roberts, 

EVENING  SESSION. 

The  afternoon  of  Thursday  was  devoted  to  the  po- 
litical mass  meeting  according  to  the  vote  of  the  day 
before.  The  Convention  reassembled  at  the  call  of 
the  President  at  8  o'clock  in  the  evening,  with  a  large 
audience  present.  After  devotional  exercises  led  by 
Rev.  James  Mathews,  business  proceeded.  The  Fi- 
nance Committee  reported  through  Rev.  A.  Crooks 
ample  funds  for  all  the  expenses  of  the  Convention, 
which  statement  was  received  with  hearty  expression 
of  approval.  Their  further  recommendations  concern- 
ing the  raising  and  reporting  of  funds  by  State  lectur- 
ers were  adopted.     These  will  appear  hereafter. 

The  Committee  on  Organization  completed  the  re 
port  laid  over  from  the  morning  session.  The  remain 
ing  articles  of  the  constitution  and  by-laws  were  read 
and  adopted  separately,  and  finally  as  a.  whole.  The 
names  of  eleven  director*,  provided  for  in  the  Consti- 
tution, were  presented  by  the  Nominating  Committee 
and  elected. 

The  Committee  on  Enrollment  reported  200  names 
on  the  roll,  representing  nine  States  and  the  province 
of  Ontario,  Canada.  An  opportunity  was  also  given 
to  any  whose  names  might  have  been  omitted  to  be 
enrolled.     The  report  was  adopted. 

Where  shall  we  meet  next  year  ?  was  the  question 
then  brought  up,  and  the  following  cities  were  pre- 
sented as  having  claims  for  the  honor  of  entertaining 
the  seventh  anniversary:  Chicago,  Pitttburgh,  In- 
dianapolis, New  York  and  Aurora.  Pres.  Blanchard 
urged  the  claims  of  Chicago;  the  change  in  the  tone 
of  its  daily  press  for  the  better;  presidential  caudi 
dates  are  apt  to  be  named  there ;  and  there  is  room 
for  a  large  delegation.  Rev.  Mr.  Ellis  spoke  for 
Pittsburgh,  of  its  central  location,  large  number  of 
United  Presbyterian  churches  to  give  their  influence 
and  prayers  for  the  Convention  and  assurance  of 
warm  welcome.  Mr.  C.  W.  Greene  wanted  the  Con- 
vention at  Indianapolis.  The  final  vote,  however, 
was  strongly  in  favor  of  Pittsburgh,  and  that  city  was 
announced  as  the  place  of  holding  the  next  annua! 
meeting. 

Elder  J.  R.  Baird,  of  Pennsylvania,  was  then  called 
upon  for  the  first  address  of  the  evening  which  was 
given  in  his  usual  pointed  style,  and  drew  out  fre- 
quent expressions  of  satisfaction. 

Mr.  Clark,  at  its  close  favored  the  audience  with 
beautiful  song 

"If  I  were  a  toIco,  a  persuasive  voice. 
That  conld  travel  tlie  wide  world  through." 

Mrs.  C.  B.  Miller,  of   Syracuse,  was   invited  to  the 


address,  a  valuable  record  of  the  statements  of  her 
father,  Victory  Birdseye,  Esq  ,  the  attorney  appointed 
by  the  State  of  New  York  to  conduct  the  Morgan 
trials.  The  thanks  of  the  Convention  were  voted  to 
Mr3.  MiUer  and  a  copy  of  her  address  requested  for 
publication. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Ellis,  of  Pittsburgh,  was  introduced  and 
made  a  brief,  but  interesting  and  scholarly  address. 
He  said  he  had  been  greatly  instructed  by  this  Con- 
vention; had  received  anew  zeal,  an  inspiration  in 
the  reform  from  attending  its  sessions.  He  assured 
the  Convention  that  when  they  came  to  Pittsburgh 
next  year  they  will  be  cordially  welcomed  and  hoppila- 
bly  entertained ,  though  they  perhaps  could  not  be  pre- 
vented from  going  away  with  dirty  hands  and  faces. 
He  thought  the  Convention  should  take  decided  ground 
on  one  or  two  points.  One  of  these  was  the  ballot  for 
woman.  If  ever  a  political  party  was  formed  it  should 
accept  this  proposition  and  be  the  first  to  urge  it  before 
the  people  as  an  act  of  justice,  humanity  and  expedi- 
ency. -^ 

Mr.  J.  A.  Conant,  of  Willimantic,  Conn.,  also  spoke 
briefly  in  favor  of  the    ballot  for  womac.     It    would 
give  the  reform  a  new  impetus,  beside  he   considered    / 
it  an  act  of  justice.     He  spoke  toucningly  of  the   in-  • 
fluence  of  a  wife  in  preventing  her  husband  from   be- 
coming a  Mason. 

President  Roberts  resigned  the  chair  to  Vice-presi- 
dent Stratton,  it  being  necessary  for  him  to  leave  the 
meeting.  The  hour  was  late  and  time  for  adjourn- 
ment arrived.  Much  confusion  attended  the  transac- 
tion of  business  during  the  remainder   of  the  session. 

All  the  seceding  Masons  in  the  Convention  were  in- 
vited to  the  platform.  Six  came  forward  and  were 
presented  to  the  audience  and  the  year  in  which  they 
left  the  lodge  announced,  namely :  Elder  Bernard, 
1826;  J.  B.  Nessel,  1829;  Linus  Chittenden,  1828; 
William  M.  Givens,  1857;  J.  R.  Baird,  1858;  D.  P. 
Rathbun.  The  Recording  Secretary  was  appointed  to 
secure  the  signatures  of  seceding  Masons  throughout 
the  country  and  their  endorsement  of  Bernard's  reve- 
lations. 

A  motion  was  made  by  Mr.  Merrick,  of  Syracuse, 
to  appoint  Rev.  John  Levington  "a  National  Lecturer 
like  Mr.  Stoddard."  Mr.  Levington  remarked  that 
for  various  reasons  he  had  decided  to  leave  the  lect- 
ure field  unless  so  appointed  by  the  Convention.  This 
motion  passed  after  an  effort  to  refer  to  the  Executive 
Committee,  over  a  considerable  negative  vote.  This 
vote  was  evidently  a  mijtake  as  the  Constitution 
(which  see)  provides  for  but  one  lecturer  at  large. 

The  Convention  then  adjourned  sine  die,  after 
sinigng  the  doxology 

"Praise  Qod  from  whom  all  blessings  flow,'' 


platform  and  read  a  most  interesting  and  ably  wriltenjprove  them. — Telescope. 


Repugnance. — Dr.  Curry,  of  the  New  York  Chris- 
tian Advocate,  the  largest  and  the  best  of  all  the  Ad- 
vocate family,  in  a  late  editorial  on  the  temperance 
movement  after  stating  his  connection  with  the  old 
temperance  movement,  in  the  days  of  Washingtonian- 
ism,  and  his  support  of  legal  suasion  and  prohibitory 
laws,  says:  With  'Sons  of  Temperance,'  'Rechabilep,' 
'Good  Templars'  and  the  whole  race  of  'secret'  tem- 
perance associations,  we  have  had  no  connection,  both 
because  they  require  too  much  time  and  attenlion,  and 
because  we  have  a  decided  distaste,  not  to  say  con- 
scious repugnance,  to  all  secret  societies.  Here  are 
three  clear  thoughts.  First:  Secret  temperance  or- 
ders require  "too  much  time," — time  spent  in  the 
foolishness  and  superfluities  of  the  lodge.  Second : 
Every  noble-souled  man  ought  to  have  "a  decided 
distaste  to  all  secret  societies," — to  all  the  den- 
shaded  works  of  darkness,  where  underhanded  meas- 
ures are  prefered  to  the  open  plans  of  light  and  fair 
dealing.  Third :  Every  Christ-hke  soul  ought  to 
have  a  conscientious  repugnacce  to  fellowship  with 
any  and  all  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness.  Well  it 
is  that  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church  of  America  is 
blessed  with  one  editor,  at  least,  who  voluntarily 
speaks  out  words  so  noble  as  those  of  Dr.  Curry.  Es- 
pecially is  there  satisfaction  in  the  thought  that  he  is 
standing  at  the  very  head  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
press.  May  we  not  pray  as  some  of  old:  "Lord, 
grant  unto  thy  servants,  that  with  all  boldness  they 
may  speak  thy  word;"  and  counsel  thus:  "Have  no 
fellowship  with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness,  but 
rather  reprove  them."     Yes,   xhat   is  the  word,   re- 


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t^llt  4^^h\m  i^gm^W^ 


Chicago,  Tlmrstlay,  June  18,  1874. 


At  home  at  last.  Returning  from  Syracuse  several 
members  in  the  cars  bound  for  their  homes  in  Ohio 
and  Indiana,  said  of  the  Anniversary,  "It  is  the  great- 
est meeting  yet."  Donald  Kirkpatrick,  Esq.,  writes 
from  ayracuse,  since  the  meeting,  that  the  local 
effects  are  good  and  prospects  cheering.  Let  us 
thank  God  and  take  courage. 

m  ■  » 

The  Platform  Committee,  one  from  each  State,  held  a 
called  meeting  in  the  Hall,  after  the  Convention  ad- 
journed. Charles  M,  Greene,  Esq. ,  of  Indianapolis,  was 
chosen  Secretary.  We  voted  to  open  a  "Platform  Col- 
umn," and  publish,  in  the  Cynosure,  the  political  opin- 
ions of  all  who  will  take  pains  to  write  them.  Opinions, 
mind,  not  argument?.  I  have  received  a  single  let- 
ter on  politics  which  would  cover  a  page  or  two  of  the 
paper.  But  every  person's  opinions  shall  go  in.  "I 
also  will   show  m'ne  opinion." 

Next,  we  voted  to  hold  a  meeting  of  the  Platform 
Committee,  and  mass  meeting  of  citizens  at  Indianap- 
olis on  the  third  Wednesday  of  August:  this,  on  mo- 
tion of  Mr,  Greene.  It  will  be  remembered  that  I 
begged  to  be  excused  from  serving  as  chairman  of  the 
Platform  Committee,  but  the  Convention  declined  to 
excuse  me.  I  repeated  my  words  to  the  committee, 
that  I  could  not  be  relied  on  to  attend  the  Indianapo- 
lis meeting.  So  much  for  Platform, 
^ .  ^ 

The  Putman  Record,  Hennepin,  111.,  publishes  a 
very  sensible  sermon  by  Kev.  H.  V.  Warren,  of  Gran- 
ville, to  boys  and  young  men  on  tobacco,  loafinc,  an<^ 
cognate  vices.  Thoughtful  and  observant  people  be- 
gin to  see  that  the  rage  for  stimulants  of  other  kinds 
will  increase  as  the  rum  shops  goes  down.  Men  must 
be  kept  crazy  or  stupified  in  their  moral  sense,  in 
some  way,  or  they  will  come  to  Christ  and  be  saved 
eternally.  This  the  god  of  this  world  will  prevent 
if  he  can  do  it,  by  amusing  the  intellects,  bewildering 
the  consciencee,  and  exacerbating  and  enfl^mlng  the 
passionq  of  men.  Rev.  Mr.  Warren's  sermon  is  a 
center  shot  as  his  ''wiles." 


FUNDS,  LECTURE-WOKK,  ETC, 


No  pledges  were  taken  at  Syracuse  for  funds.  But 
6000  cards  were  distributed  to  execute  the  plan  of 
our  Constitution  to  raise  funds  by  memberships,  $10 
for  life,  and  twenty-five  cents  for  annual  member 
Bhipa.  One  hundred  thousand  twenty-five  cent  mem 
hers  would  give  ua  twenty-five  thousand  dollar's.  If 
this  money  is  put  promptly  into  the  treasury,  we  will 
show  you  next  year  at  Pittsburgh  twenty  State  Lectur- 
ers in  as  many  States.  And  the  year  following  we 
will  put  a  State  Lecturer  in  every  State  in  the  Union, 
and  face  the  question  who  shall  be  President?  Just 
twenty-five  cents  apiece  from  100,000  members  will 
do  this.  "But  how  do  we  know  that  there  will  be 
strict  honesty  and  rigid  economy  in  handling  funds?" 
I  answer,  you  must  trust  Mr.  Carpenter  and  the 
Committee.  A  man  who  gives  steadily  to  the  cause 
as  Mr.  Carpenter  does,  and  who  attends  every  meet- 
ing of  the  Committee,  is  not  going  to  look  on  and  see 
his  money  squandered  or  fooled  away.  For  myself,  I 
have  had  no  salary  as  editor  and  do  not  propose  to 
have  any.  And  if  I  never  touch  a  dollar  in  the  treas- 
ury for  my  support  I  shall  not  certainly  waste  our 
money. 

Now,  let  me  tell  you,  our  lecturers  must  be  paid 
and  paid  regularly.  If  we  have  money  to  promise 
and  perform  that,  then  we  can  get  men  into  the 
field  who  will  sustain  the  Cynosure  and  carry  the 
cause  through.  If  not,  we  cannot.  The  way  to  do  is 
to  distribute  those  membership  cards  and  send  in  five 
thousand  times  twenty  five  cents,  which  is  just  twelve 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars.  If  you  do  this  promptly 
fio  that  we  are  likely  to  have  something  to  pay  with 
I  will  at  once  call  an  Executive  Comnnittee  meeting 
and  venture  to  raise  a  distinct  understanding  with 
iiinman,  Caldwell,  and  Kiggiag    who    are    already    in 


the  employ  of  the  Committee;  and  when  those  men 
find  they  have  a  treasury  and  a  vigorous  Committee 
behind  them,  it  will  multiply  them  by  ten,  and  they 
can  look  the  enemy  in  the  face. 

Mr.  Stoddard  has  hitherto  done  something  more, 
[  believe,  than  to  raise  his  own  saliry.  He  has  alto 
attended  to  incorporating  the  Association,  written  our 
Constitution,  introduced  Kiggins  and  Caldwell  into 
the  field,  and  lectures  constantly  and  very  acceptably. 
He  will  continue  as  heretofore  to  have  general  su- 
perintendence of  the  lecture-work  and  co-operate  with 
the  State  Lecturers.  He  will  go  to  thtir  help  when 
needed  in  exigences;  look  up  and  recommend  new 
lecturers,  and  be  a  medium  of  communication  between 
the  State  Lecturers  and  the  Committee. 

Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  was  appointed  in  the  place  of  Rev. 
I.  A.  Hart  (resigned)  as  Corresponding  Secretary.  Hie 
duties  in  the  College  must  claim  his  firsi  attention.  But 
his  known  and  proved  devotion  to  the  cause,  and  his 
youth  and  vigor  make  him  an  acquisition.  He  will 
as  Corresponding  Secretary,  represent  the  National 
Association  in  religious  and  political  bodies;  counsel 
and  co-operate  with  the  General  Agent  and  Lecturer, 
and  do  what  speaking  he  can.  They  will  do  their  ut- 
most to  make  our  next  annual  meeting  in  Pittsburgh, 
on  the  eve  of  our  next  Presidential  canvas,  an  epoch 
in  the  hisiory  of  the  cause. 


THE  NATIONAL  PKMTIN«-HOUSli'. 


Rev.  a.  Hard,  of  Painted  Post,  N.  Y.,  said  to  rae 
on  the  cars  from  Syracuse:  "We  came  prepared  to 
do  our  part  toward  raising  the  $70,000  to  secure  Mr. 
Carpenter's  building,  so  that  this  great  cause  can  set 
up  house-keeping  and  have  a  national  center."  "Why 
is  nothing  done  to  meet  the  ofier  of  Mr.  Carpenter  and 
secure  the  building?" 

The  answer  is,  Because  nothing  is  done.  This 
naked  fact  is  all  there  is  about  it,  and  Mr.  Hard  is  the 
only  man  who  seems  to  comprehend  the  case  in  its 
importance  and  extent.  Unless  a  National  Printing- 
House,  Tract  Society,  and  daily  paper  can  be  given  to 
this  cause,  it  will  go  to  wreck.  Mark  these  words! 
And  if  this  cause  goes  to  wreck,  the  country  goes  with 
it.  The  cause  is  simply  opposition  to  the  Masonic 
shams  and  shelters  of  civil  and  ecclesiastical  despotism 
But  the  reality  ia  under  and  in  the  shams.  The  pow- 
er of  the  Beast  is  in  his  image. 

Now  the  grange  folly  is  crumbling;  bat  it  has  sent 
and  will  send  thousands  into  the  lodges;  and  folly  is 
not  exhausted,  nor  the  race  of  fools  dead.  Other 
granges,  with  new  names  and  jackets,  will  arise. 

Then,  opposition  to  secret  societies  is  already  be- 
coming popular,  and  its  popularity  will  prove  its  ruin, 
as  of  the  Morgan  movement,  unless  somebody  who 
anderstauds  it  shall  put  a  strong  hand  on  the  mind  of 
,he  United  States.  And  this  can  only  be  done  by  a 
national  center  and  Printing-House,  or  their  equiva- 
lent. If  the  Cynosure  goes  on,  as  a  weakling,  pub- 
lished under  a  skylight,  its  novelty  will  wear  oflF,  and 
we  shall  tire  of  it.  Political  and  religious  party-pa- 
pers will  publish  just  enough  against  secret  societies 
to  ease  their  consciences,  and  keep  the  children  of 
God  on  their  lists!  Sanballat,  and  Tobiah,  and 
Geshem  the  Arabian,  will  join  the  movement  to  spoil 
it,  as  they  proposed  of  old  to  help  Nehemiah  build 
the  city  of  God,  when  they  could  not  suppress  him. 
Freemasons  will  talk  against  Masonry  as  slave-holders 
did  against  slavery,  while  you  leave  them  in  the  jury- 
box,  court  house,  legislature  and  ai  the  communion- 
table, and  in  a  little  while  again  the  grip  of  the  lodge 
will  be  on  the  throat  of  the  nation. 

Now  the  thing  to  be  done  is  this.  Let  Mr.  Hard, 
all  who.  like  him,  understand  this  thing,  write  to  our 
Corresponding  Secretary  exactly  what  they  will  do, 
provided  Mr.  Carpenter  will  give  us  a  Printing-House, 
and  these  letters  will  be  laid  before  him  and  report 
made  through  the  Cynosure.     Hear  and  understand. 


Mks.  Miller's  Addrkbs  at  the  Syracuse  Convention 
appears  in  this  number.  It  will  be  read  with  eager 
interest  by  thousands.     It  is    another   strand   in  the 


cable  of  truth  that  is  relentlessly  dragging  this  monster 
from  its  abyss  of  secrecy  and  crime.  The  following 
paragraph  should  be  added  to  the  address  as  a  con- 
clusion : 

•'My  father  died  in  1853.  Had  he  lived  to  see  the 
rebellion  of  1861,  I  have  no  doubt  that  he  would  have 
said  that  Freemasonry  in  common  with  slavery  should 
bear  the  responsibility  of  that  terrible  war;  for  by  un- 
dermining southern  loyalty  it  brought  about  a  state 
of  things  without  which  the  rebellion  would  have 
been  impossible." 


WHEATON  COLLEGE. 


Every  reader  will  bear  witness  how  faithfully  the 
Cynosure  has  stood  by  colleges  and  theological  semi- 
naries which  exclude  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness. 
[  asaume  that  all  the  readers  wish  well  to  Wheaton 
College. 

One  year  ago  there  was  a  debt  on  our  new  and 
beautiful  buildings  of  close  to  $20,000.  The  trustees 
appointed  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  financial  agent  to 
pay  that  debt.  He  has  done  a  heavy  year's  work  in 
New  York,  Philadelphia  and  other  parts  of  the  coun- 
try, and  our  united  efforts  have  little  more  than  kept 
the  interest  down.  God  willing,  our  debt  must  be 
paid  this  year  ensuing.  He  or  I  will  lecture  against 
secret  societies  in  every  locality  where  $100  shall  be 
raised  toward  our  college  debt,  with  expenses  of  travel. 

This  can  easily  be  done.  Let  four  neighboring 
points  agree  to  raise  twenty-five  or  thirty  dollars, 
write  to  him  or  to  myself  at  Wheaton  forthwith,  and 
you  will  have  a  visit  from  one  of  us. 

I  need  not  repeat,  I  have  taken  no  salary  from  the 
treasury  of  our  National  Christian  Association,  and  I 
never  intend  to.  But  this  college  debt  has  my  pledge 
of  honor  that  it  shall  be  paid.  The  relation  of  the 
college  to  the  secret  societies  of  the  land  is  expressed 
in  the  fact  that  the  Master  of  the  Wheaton  Lodge 
sued  the  college  in  our  Circuit  and  Supreme  Courts. 
The  suit  was  an  application  for  a  mandamus  to  com- 
mand us  to  revoke  our  rule  against  secret  societies. 
This  suit  was  doubtless  the  result  of  a  general  under- 
standing among  the  lodge-leaders  of  the  State.  They 
surely  regard  the  college  as  standing  in  their  way  to 
seize  on  the  throat  of  this  country. 

Brethren,  help  us,  and  help  the  cause  by  raising 
$100  for  a  week's  lectures  in  any  locaUty.  I  speak  in 
Princeton,  111. ,  July  5th.  After  that  I  am  free  to 
come  and  see  you.  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  is  "rest- 
ing awhile,"  after  the  example  of  the  Master,  but  will 
soon  be  on  duty.  We  must  give  our  first  attention  to 
this  debt. 

Come  to  our  CommeiKiement,  July  Ist. 

J.  Blanchard. 


NOTES. 

— In  the  letter  from  Bro.  Samuel  Hale,  in  the  Cyn- 
osure of  May  28th,  page  6,  is  the  passage  "even  if  he 
does  carry  the  day  and  serves  on  their  committees." 
Read  "bag"  for  "day  ." 

— The  Peoria,  111. ,  Freemasons  consider  themselves 
snubbed  by  their  Chicago  brethren  about  the  corner- 
stone business,  and  have  arranged  for  an  opposition 
show  on  their  Masonic  saint's  day.  Invitations  have 
been  sent  throughout  central  IlUnois,  and  are  so  fa- 
vorably responded  to,    thai  5000  Masons  are  expected. 

— Protests  on  the  corner-stone  laying  by  the  Masons 
continue  to  pour  in ;  and  from  every  quarter  come  ex- 
pressions of  the  public  interest  in  the  matter.  Some 
say  they  could  get  one  hundred  names  per  day  if 
they  had  the  time ;  others  that  two-thirds  of  the  male 
population  of  their  counties  would  sign  if  an  opportu- 
nity was  given  them.  We  hope  to  report  the  number 
received  next  week.  Nothing  has  lately  shown  with 
such  force  the  wide-spread  heart-felt  hostility  to  the 
lodge. 

—The  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York  met 
during  the  first  week  in  June.  Grand  Master,  Chris- 
topher V.  Fox,  in  his  annual  address  calls  upon  the 
craft  to  be  very  cautious  as  to  the  qualifications  of 
andidates  for  initiations.     The  Secretary  reports  the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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number  of  lodges  as  682,  of  which  seventeen  received 
their  warrants  during  the  year,  while  fifteen  are  work- 
ing under  dispensation.  The  total  receipts  were 
$61,846,54,  including  $59,576.04  for  dues.  The  to- 
tal membership  is  79,840,  against  79,079  last  year. 
During  the  year  5,300  were  initiated,  some  1,777  ad- 
mitted, 49  expelled,  25  suspended,  2,840  stricken  off 
for  non  payment  of  dues,  495  died. 


Notice  of  Lectures  at  Howell,  Michigan. 


Rev.  L.  N.  Stratton,  editor  of  the  American  Weslei/an, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  will  deliver  a  course  of  lectures  against 
secret  societies  in  the  M.  E.  church  in  Howell,  Levington 
county,  Michigan,  on  the  23rd,  24th  and  25th  days  of  .June, 
1874.  Lectures  free  ;  all  friendly  to  the  cause  are  cordially 
invited  to  attend. 


Notice  is  also  requested  that  Rev.  J.  T.  Kiggins  is  to 
give  a  course  of  lectures  in  Waverly,  Iowa,  during  next 
week,  commencing  about  the  ICth.  A  local  Association 
will  be  formed  at  the  same  time. 


|[diflttrtt$  f{nt^lIJjJUtti|^, 


Do  NOT  KORGKT  to  Write  to  Rev.  L.  N.  Stratton, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. ,  for  lectures  on  his  way  to  Wheaton 
Commencement  and  back  again.  It  is  a  great  oppor- 
tunity for  good.     See  notice  of  meeting  in    Michigan. 


Commencement  at  Wheaton  occurs  this  year  July 
Ist.  The  exercises  of  the  week  will  oe  itie  Bacca- 
laureate sermon  on  Sabbath,  June  28th,  by  President 
Blanchard;  address  before  the  Society  of  Inquiry  by 
Rev.  Lyman  Whiting,  D.  D.,  of  Janesville,  Wis.;  ad- 
dress before  the  Literary  Societies  by  Rev.  R.  B.  How- 
ard, of  Princeton,  111. ;  annual  meetin;^  of  the  Alumni 
Association  with  an  address  by  Rev.  L .  N.  Stratton, 
of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ;  Master's  Oration  by  W.  B.  Lloyd , 
of  St.  Charles,  111.  Ample  entertainment  for  all 
friends  from  abroad,  who  are  cordially  invited. 


Supper  Clubs. 


The  following  article  appeared  in  the  New  York 
Semi-  Weekly  Tribune  of  June  2d.  As  that  paper 
can  be  taken  as  good  authority  I  send  it  to  you : 

"There' is  already,  as  we  have  previously  noted,  a 
little  dissention  among  the  grangers.  Some  of  'the 
embattled  farmers'  want  to  know  where  all  the  money 
goes  which  is  paid  into  the  grange  treasuries.  There 
are  12,000  granges,  it  is  urged,  in  existence,  with  an 
average  of  fifty  members  each,  and  $2,000,000,  it  is 
estimated,  have  been  paid  in  initiation  fees  and  dues. 
'What  has  become  of  all  this  cash  ?  Who  is  enriching 
himself  by  his  grangership  ? '  are  questions  which  the 
curious  are  beginning  to  ask.  It  is  not  a  point  upon 
which  we  can  give  any  information.  Perhaps  the 
estimates  are  too  high ;  and  possibly  the  granges  are 
too  much  like  supper  clubs. " 

I  have  no  doubt  that  the  grange  is  "too  much  like 
supper  clubs."  A  friend  told  me  the  other  day  that 
"secret  societies  are  a  nuisance.  The  members  pay 
their  money  to  the  lodge,  and  when  enough  money 
has  accumulated  it  is  used  by  some  of  the  big  ones  to 
pay  for  a  grand  supper,  and  not  one  of  the  common 
members  are  invited.  I  will  have  no  more  to  do  with 
them.  They  are  all  a  nuisance."  This  man  is  a  Ma- 
son, and  knew  of  what  he  spoke.  I  told  him  that 
Morgan's  book  sad  that  the  candidate  for  admission 
had  to  divest  himself  of  his  clothing  before  he  could 
be  initiated.  His  answer  was:  *'You  join  and  you 
will  find  that  you  have  to  take  your  pants  off. "  This 
is  evidence  worth  saving. 

I  do  not  wonder  that  members  want  to  know  where 
the  money  goes.  And  I  do  not  doubt  that  the 
$2,500,000  which  have  been  paid  by  hard  working 
farmers,  who  have  been  duped  to  join  the  grange, 
have  paid  the  bills  of  a  great  many  supper  clubs,  and 
perhaps  rum  clubs.  Every  farmer  had  better  be  at 
home  rooting  out  the  weeds  and  thistles  that  are  grow- 
ing in  his  crops,  or,  perhaps,  morally  speaking,  in  the 
hearts  of  his  children,  who  need  all  the  attention 
and  instruction  he  can  give  them.  He  had  better 
keep  grange  money  in  his  own  pocket,  or  buy  books 
with  it  for  his  family.  Then  he  will  know  where  his 
money  goes,  or  at  least  he  will  not  be  paying  the  bills 
of  supper  clubs.  Clark  D.  Knapp. 


—The  religious  statistics  of  Australia  now  show  73,700 
Epiacopalianp,  263,537  Presbyterians,  213  430  Meth- 
odists, 45,932  Independents,  388,412  Baptists,  49J500 
other  Protestants,  and  436,436  Roman  Catholics. 

— A  New  Haven  paper  states  that  the  Rev.  Dr. 
John  Hall  will  succeed  the  Rev.  Mr  Beecher  for  the 
next  year  as  the  lecturer  on  preaching  before  the  Yale 
divinity  students. 

— The  Rev.  Naryan  Shesliadri  proposes  to  estab- 
lish a  model  Christian  village  in  India,  to  be  called 
Bethel,  and  which  will  have  well-ventilated  houses,  a 
church,  manse,  industrial  schools,  etc.  It  will  cost 
about  $50,000. 

— Arrangement?!  have  been  made  for  holding-  at 
Montreal  next  October,  a  conference  of  the  Canadian 
branch  of  the  Evangelical  Alliance  to  which  the  lead- 
ing clergymen  and  laymen  of  the  various  provinces  of 
Great  Britain  and  the  United  States  have  been  invited. 

— It  is  said  to  be  a  fact,  that  one  of  our  Chicago 
aldermen  is  more  at  home  teaching  his  Sunday-school 
class  than  sitting  in  the  meetings  of  the  Common 
Council.  In  the  present  character  of  that  body  no 
respectable,  Christian  man  would  be  otherwise. 

—  The  National  Sunday-school  Teacher  says  that 
the  Ross  Street  Sund^Jy-schocl,  Brooklyn,  has  begun 
a  thorough  purification  of  its  literature,  and  has  com- 
mitted five  hundred  volumes  of  its  library  to  the  flames. 
''For  the  benefit  of  buyers  and  of  publishers  could'nt 
we  have  a  list  of  the  martyr  books  ?" 

— The  Wesleyaa  Missionary  Society  (England)  em- 
ploys 1,125  missionaries  and  assistant  missionaries, 
4,783  catechists  and  schoolmasters,  has  170,360 
church-members,  500,000  persons  attending  the  min- 
istry, and  270,000  in  the  [^schools.  It  has  874  prin- 
cipal stations  or  circuits  and  6,647  chapels  a&d  other 
preaching  places. 

— The  United  Presbyterian  General  Assembly  met 
at  Monmouth,  III,  during  the  last  week  in  May.  Res- 
olutions against  the  grange  and  the  use  of  tobacco 
were  passed,  although  an  effort  was  made  to  avoid 
raising  an  issue  on  the  first.  A  large  number  of  tlie 
members  signed  the  protest  on  Masonic  corner-stone 
laying  addressed  to  Pres.  Grant. 

— As  an  instance  of  modern  siiperstition  the  follow- 
ing from  Cardinal  CuUen,  in  his  May  pastoral  to  the 
clergy  of  Dublin,  is  somewhat  remarkable.  He  says: 
•'It  is  only  by  the  Cross,  which  triumphed  over  pagan 
persecutions,  that  the  church  c£m  overcome.  We  are 
engaged  in  building  a  new  church  in  which  is  to  be 
deposited  a  large  piece  of  the  real  cross  on  which  our 
Lord  died,  given  to  me  by  His  Holiness  Pius  IX." 

— The  Woman's  Union  Miss'onary  Society  is  doing  a 
great  work  through  its  thirty-two  missionaries 
in  India,  China,  Japan,  Turkey,  and  Greece.  It  directs 
the  labors  of  seventy-one  native  Bible  readers  or  teach- 
ers, and  maintains  about  seventy  day  schools,  contain 
ing  1,500  pupils.  Its  receipts  and  expenditures  the  past 
year  were  $46,1 78,  It  is  the  pioneer  in  the  very 
general  efforts  Christian  women  are  now  making  on 
behalf  of  their  heathen  sisters. 

■ — A  newspaper  which  has  gathered  some  statistics 
about  Roman  Ca'holic  pilgrimages  says  there  will  be 
seven  great  pilgrimages  this  year  in  France.  The 
first,  at  the  end  of  the  present  month,  to  Rome;  the 
second,  in  June,  to  Paray-le-Monial;  the  third ,  in  July, 
to  Ste.  Anne  d'Auray;  the  fourth,  in  August,  to 
Lourdes;  the  fifth,  in  September,  to  Notre  Dame  dela 
Garde,  Marseilles,  and  to  the  St.  Baume,  the  tomb  of 
Mary  Magdalene;  the  sixth,  in  October,  to  St.  Denis, 
and  the  seventh,  to  Tours  in  November. 

— That  good  Presbyterian  women  may  know  when 
it  is  meet  that  they  should  expound  the  Gospel  to 
fallen  humanity,  a  contributor  to  the  Evangelist  thus 
specifies  for  their  ben-. fit:  1.  Not  where  there  is  a 
sufficient  number  of  well-qualified  men.  2.  Not  where 
pride  is  the  prompter  and  vanity  is  the  result,  where 
notoriety  is  sought  and  a  morbid  curiosity  is  encour- 
aged. 3.  Not  till  the  duties  prescribed  by  their 
mental  and  physical  constitutions  and  circumstances 
are  performed,  and  it  shall  appear  that  they  can  preach 
better  than  men.  4.  Not  till  sons  of  thunder  are  ob- 
solete, and  daughters  of  thunder  are  demanded. 

— The  king  of  Siam,  who  was  crowned  in  1868,  on 
attaining  his  twentieth  birthday,  September  21,  made 
over  the  government  to  a  regent,  laid  aside  his  royal 
prerogatives,  entered  a  monastery,  and  was  ordained 
as  a  Buddhist  priest  in  conformity  with  the  require- 
ments of  that  religion.  As  a  priest  must  be  free  from 
all  family  and  secular  cares,  his  crown  wives  and 
children  had  to  be  renounced.  It  was  not,  however, 
for  life,  but  only  for  fifteen  days,  when  his  govern- 
ment, crown,  palace,  and  family  were  restored  to  him. 
The  people  were  pleased  that  he  conformed  to  their 
religious  customs,  and  Buddhism  was  strengthened  in 
its  hold  upon  them. 


$4ttr$  4  \\t  ''^h\. 


The  City. 

— The  great  Reunion  of  old  line  Abolitionists  came 
off'  last  week.  Numbers  were  present  from  nearly  all 
the  Northern  States,  and  took  part  in  the  meeting. 
Prominent  among  them  were  Dr.  Edward  Beecher, 
Hon.  Philo  Carpenter,  Hon.  Geo.  W.  Julian,  Hon. 
J.  B.  Grinnell,  C.  C.  Burleigh,  John  G.  Fee,  Pres.  J. 
Blanchard,  Dr.  J.  B.  Walker,  Geo.  W.  Clark  the 
''Liberty  Singer,"  Mrs.  Jane  G.  Swisshelm,  George 
Thomp8>^n,  Levi  Coffin,  Dr.  Morgan,  of  Oberlin;  prob- 
ably all  were  in  past  years  noted  men  in  their  localities. 
The  general  criticism  is  that  the  meeting  was  contin- 
ued too  long  and  topics  of  an  extraneous  nature 
brought  in.  At  the  request  of  a  number  of  citizens 
of  Wheaton,  Pres.  Blanchard  will  repeat  bis  address 
in  the  Chapel  of  Wheaton  College,  and  Mr.  Clark  will 
sing  on  the  occasion. 

— The  Masons  of  the  city  are  in  some  trepidation 
in  regard  to  their  corner-stone  elephant.  The  wide- 
spread opposition  to  their  arrogant  me?tiure3  has 
caused  the  issue  of  a  circular  carefully  prepared  with 
the  intent  to  entrap  non-Masons  into  consenting  to  the 
fraud.  An  enthusiastic  meeting  was  held  in  the 
basement  of  the  First  Congregational  Church  on  the 
10th,  immediately  after  the  closing  of  a  session  of  the 
Anti-Slavery  Reunion,  and  petitions  circulated  to  se- 
cure the  services  of  Vice-president  Wilson  or  some 
other  government  official  to  hy  the  stone. 
The  Capitol. 


— The  House  has  passed  the  bill  admitting  Colorado 
as  a  State.     The  vote  was  170  ayes  and  65  nays. 

— There  seems  to  be  general  satisfaction  at  the  ap- 
pointment of  Gen.  Bristow  to  succeed  Mr.  Richardson 

as  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

— The  President  and  moat  of  the  general  officers  of 
the  government  are  preparing  to  leave  Washington  on 
the  adjournment  of  Congress  next  week. 

— The  passage  of  the  Sundry  Civil  Appropriation 
Bill  has  put  out  the  life  of  the  Civil  Service  Reform 
by  withdrawing  all  funds  used  to  carry  it  on.  This 
Reform  has  long  been  in  the  way  of  ambitious  poli- 
ticians. 

The  Country. 


— During  the  great  storm  in  Central  New  York, 
the  steeple  of  the  Congregational  church.  Rev.  R.  T. 
Cross,  pastor,  was  blown  down  and  the  building  in- 
jured. 

— The  leading  saloon  keepers   of   Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
were  all  arrested  June  11th,    by    the    Young   Men's 
Temperance  League  on  a  charge  of  performing  com-, 
mon  labor  on  the  Sabbath. 

— The  Union  miners  of  the  Hocking  Valley,  Ohio, 
have  inaugurated  a  great  strike .  The  attempted  im- 
portation negroes  from  Memphis  to  work  the  mines 
last  week  was  only  partly  successful,  many  of  them 
being  per  suaded  to  join  the  strikers.  A  military 
force    has    been  on  the  ground  to  prevent  bloodshed. 

— During  the  second  week  in  June  terrible  storms 
were  experienced  in  various  parts  of  the  country. 
The  village  of  Tampico,  Whiteside  Co.,  Ill,,  was  whol- 
ly demolished,  twenty-one  dwellings  and  two  grain 
elevators  were  blown  down;  none  were  killed.  A 
number  of  persons  sailing  and  fishing  on  Oneida  Lake 
near  Utica,  N.  Y. ,  were  drowned  by  the  upsetting  of 
their  craft,  and  the  storm  was  one  of  the  most  severe 
known  in  the  region.  The  storm  visited  Troy,  N.Y., 
and  demolished  one  span  of  the  new  bridge  which  fell 
upon  and  sunk  four  canal  boats. 

— Among  the  large  gifts  for  scientific  and  philan- 
thropic purposes  those  of  Mr.  Thompson,  late  Presi- 
dent of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad,  and  Mr.  -lames 
Lick,  of  San  Francisco,  are  to  be  mentioned.  The  for- 
mer wills  $2,000,000  to  the  education  and  maintenance 
of  the  female  orphans  of  railroad  employees  who  may 
have  been  killed  while  in  the  discharge  of  duty.  Mr. 
Lickiias  given  $1,855,000  to  observatories,  monu- 
ments and  charitable  institutions,  reserving  a  homestead 
and  $25,000  a  year  for  himself. 

— News  from  the  far  West  of  Indian  outbreaks  are 
becoming  frequent,  a  dispatch  from  Bismark,  Dakota 
Ten,  says  that  400  Sioux  attacked  the  Ft.  Berthold 
Indian  Agency  lately  but  were  repulsed.  Four  agen- 
cy Indians  were  killed.  Reinforcements  were  sent 
from  Ft.  Stevenson  and  no  further  danger  is  anticipa- 
ted. During  the  last  week  of  May  Lieut.  Heyl  had 
a  fight  with  the  Apaches,  and  letter?  from  Alaska  tell 
of  civil  war  among  the  tribes  of  that  remote  region 
which  the  U.  S. ^troops  do  not  dare  interfere  to  pre- 
vent. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^f(^  ^mi  ^i^lt* 


The  Mocker, 


"Wine  is  a  mockor." 

It  will  smite  you, 

It  will  bite  yon. 
It  will  scorn  you  in  your  pain : 

It  will  burn  you, 

It  will  spurn  you. 
Though  In  madness  you  complain ; 
With  a  syren's  cruel  spell, 
With  a  purpose  deep  as  hell, 
It  will  lure  your  feet  away 
And  o'ercome  you  in  dismay. 

"Wino  is  a  mocker." 

In  its  smiling 

And  beguiling, 
It  will  sparkle  in  your  eye ; 

Ever  sipping. 

Ever  tipping, 
'Till  the  merry  glass  la  dry; 
It  will  turn  with  demons  rage. 
Sparing  neither  youth  nor  age: 
Look  not  then  upon  the  wine, 
Though  Sebright  its  beauties  shine. 

"Wine  is  a  mocker." 

'Twill  betray  you, 

Then  'twill  elay  you, 
Though  yon  cry  on  ruin's  brink; 

Hark  the  moaning 

And  the  groaning, 
AVhere  the  lost  ones  drop  and  sink; 
Turn  and  leave  it,  let  it  mock. 
Plant  thy  feet  upon  the  rock, 
Turn  away  from  ruins  edge. 
In  the  safety  of  the  pledge . 

—  Uev.  D.  WUliams. 


Continuance  in  Well-Doing. 


To  begin  some  good  work,  to  start 
out  upon  the  Christian  life,  to  com- 
mence to  train  one's  character  in  this 
particular  or  that — all  this  is  well. 
But  merely  this  is  not  enough.  To 
reach  a  journey's  end,  it  is  not  enough 
that  with  the  bright  and  chearful  light 
of  opening  day  you  set  out  upon  the 
road.  You  must  tramp  on  hour  after 
hour,  while  the  sun  mounts  to  the  aen- 
ith,  and  his  rays  come  down  with 
scorching  power,  and  the  path  is  dusty, 
and  water  fails  you.  Only  by  patient 
continuance  over  the  toilsome  way  will 
the  evening  hour  find  you  at  the 
proper  halting-place. 

We  need  not  wonder  that  the  Bible 
lays  great  stress  upon  continuance  in 
well-doing.  It  is  the  true  test  of  Chris- 
tian character;  it  is  the  only  way  of 
gaining  the  immortal  crown.  Not  he 
that  enters  upon  the  battle-field  simply, 
but  "he  that  over cometh,"  receives  the 
reward  of  victory. 

Here  is  the  matter  of  the  achieve- 
ment of  a  Christian  character.  A  great 
many  men  begin  well ;  they  enter  upon 
the  course  with  enthusiasm.  The  pros- 
pect seems  bright,  and  in  so  good  an 
endeavor  the  way,  they  think,  must  be 
easy.  But  soon  the  fact  that  they 
have  entered  upon  the  course  seems  to 
satisfy  them.  They  forgot  that  he  that 
putteth  on  the  armor  must  not  boast 
with  him  that  layeth  it  off.  Difficulties 
rise  about  them ;  unexpected  obstacles 
interrupt  their  easy  progress ;  dangers 
of  which  they  had  never  dreamed 
yawn  at  their  side. 

Just  here  is  the  test  of  character.  It 
turns  upon  the  question  whether  there 
shall  be  a  yielding  to  these  difficulties, 
or  a  patient  continuance  in  well-doing, 
and  thereby  "glory  and  honor  and  im- 
mortality." 

Heri»-is  the  matter  of  Christian  ac- 
tivity for  the  good  of  men  and  the  glory 
of  God.  How  many  enterprises  have 
been  entered  upon  only  to  be  aban- 
doned.     They   promised    well;    they 


were  adapted  to  do  good;  but  there 
was  no  patient  continuance  in  them. 
And  how  many  persons  there  are  that 
in  some  transient  .glow  of  enthusiasm 
enter  upon  some  good  work  already 
begun,  but  shortly  give  it  up.  They 
will  present  many  plausible  reasons  for 
their  course;  but  the  secret  of  it  is  they 
were  not  willing  to  persevere.  They 
were  vnlling,  even  anxious  to  do  well 
for  a  little  time;  but  they  did  not  con- 
tinue in  well-doing. 

The  real  labor  of  Christian  living  and 
Christian  doing  is  met  just  at  this  point 
of  continuance.  And  it  is  no  easy 
thing  to  hold  on  day  after  day,  year  in 
and  year  out,  in  the  face  of  mighty  ob- 
stacles, patiently  to  stem  wind  and 
tide,  slowly  and  painfully  to  "wrestle 
on  toward  heaven." 

But  there  is  encouragement  in  this 
thought,  that  the  work  is  not  all  to  be 
done  at  once,  but  piece  by  piece,  each 
day  witnessing  progress.  Continuance 
in  well-doing  accomplishes  wonders. 

And,  again,  there  is  encouragement 
in  this,  that  for  this  daily  continuance 
in  toil,  as  for  its  beginning,  we  can  have 
Divine  help.  '  'Mj  grace  is  sufficient 
for  thee,  for  my  strength  is  made  per- 
fect in  weakness,"  is  evermore  the  as- 
surance of  the  "present  Helper"  to  each 
one  of  his  struggling,  toiling  servants. 
— Am.  Messenger. 


Correct  Landmarks. 


As  I  was  riding  over  the  open  prai- 
ries of  Illinois,  east  of  the  village  of 
New  Rutland,  one  fine  spring  morning, 
I  came  across  some  men  who  were 
tearing  and  digging  the  earth,  in  the 
road  and  by  its  «ide,  with  picks  "and 
shovels,  as  if  they  were  searching  for 
something  very  valuable  that  was  cov- 
ered there  somewhere.  I  asked  them 
what  they  were  searching  for  so  care- 
fully. They  told  me  they  were  trying 
to  find  a  small  stone  that  was  covered 
there  somewhere.  Now  in  the  East 
this  would  be  needless,  for  the  stones 
are  plenty  there,  and  it  would  seem 
strange  to  find  a  place  where  there 
were  none,  but  on  these  prairies  they 
are  seldom  seen.  There  was  one  near 
where  these  men  were  digging,  but 
they  could  not  easily  find  it.  It  was 
only  a  common  stone.  I  asked  them 
what  they  wanted  it  for.  They  said  it 
was  put  there  for  a  landmark,  and 
they  wanted  to  find  it  so  they  could 
run  a  straight  line  from  it,  and  measure 
off  a  piece  of  land. 

I  asked  them  why  they  were  so  par- 
ticular. A  few  inches  was  not  much 
in  the  starting  point.  But  they  said  it 
would  make  many  acres  difference  in 
the  result.  They  would  not  measure  a 
sins:le  chain  until  they  found  that  stone, 
if  it  took  them  days  to  find  it. 

I  asked  them  how  they  knew  there 
was  a  stone  there.  They  said  the  rec- 
ords gave  an  account  of  its  being  there, 
and  the  records  were  true.  I  went  on 
and  left  them,  and  when  I  returned  in 
the  afternoon  the  stone  had  been  found, 
and  the  line  measured  for  the  land. 

And  as  I  rode  on  I  was  led  to  reflect 
on  this  as  an  illustration  of  the  necessity 
of  being  careful  of  the  old  landmarks  and 
measurements.  The  Lord  has  laid 
down  certain  landmarks   of  truth  by 


which  we  are  to  be  guided  in  our  serv- 
ice to  him,  and  yet  how  often  men  get 
careless  about  them. 

Christ  and  his  teachings  are  the 
landmarks  laid  down  for  us.  And  yet 
men  think  they  can  get  along  very  well 
without  Christ.  They  think  they  can 
choose  some  other  guide  and  do  just 
as  well.  But  the  result  in  the  end 
will  show  their  folly.  As  it  is  impos- 
sible for  men  to  measure  land  correctly 
without  due  regard  to  the  starting 
point  and  landmarks,  so  it  is  as  impossi- 
ble to  arrive  at  correct  results  in^the  way 
of  life  without  beginning  with  Christ, 
and  following  the  directions  given  in 
the  record,  which  is  the  Bible. 

These  men  were  looking  for  a  partic- 
ular stone  in  a  particular  spot.  No 
other  would  do,  for  that  place  was 
marked  by  that  one  stone  alone.  So 
in  the  Christian's  life,  Christ  must  be 
found,  and  no  other.  And  he  occupies 
the  very  place  the  record  indicates,  and 
no  where  else.  As  other  stones  might 
be  found  to  closely  resemble  the  one 
thess  man  were  looking  for,  so  other 
characters  may  be  found  resembling 
Christ  and  deceive  many. 

But  as  these  m«>n  wanted  the  stone 
that  lay  in  that  particular  place,  so  we 
must  find  the  Christ  of  the  Bible  if  we 
would  be  correct.  And  as  a  slight 
variation  from  the  stone  at  starting 
would  produce  serious  results  at  last, 
so  unless  we  start  with  Christ  we  shall 
certainly  fail  at  last. 

Then  let  us  be  particular  in  this 
work.  Have  we  found  Christ?  Is  he 
the  Christ  of  the  Bible  ?  And  are  we 
working  upon  the  line  the  record  gives 
us  ?  O  that  men  would  be  as  faithful 
in  eternal  things  as  in  temporal !  The 
kina;dom  of  God  is  to  be  reached.  A 
little  deviation  and  we  may  miss  it. 
Let  us  be  prayerful.  Some  have  tried 
to  hide  the  landmarks.  Let  us  find 
them  again.  Search  on  and  have  faith, 
as  these  men  had,  that  the  record  is 
true. 

0  for  a  church  with  overcoming 
faith!  Then  we  shall  have  the  correct 
landmarks. —  World's  Crisis. 


Religion  in  Daily  Life. 


ment,  is  part  and  parcel  of  the  divine 
scheme. 

Therefore,  the  man  who  bends  over 
his  bench  may  be  as  really  worshiping 
God,  fulfilling  the  will  of  God ,  and  do- 
ing God's  service,  as  ho  who  bends  over 
the  altar.  He  who  stands  at  the  black- 
smith's forge  may  be  as  really  render- 
ing God  service  as  he  who  reads  from 
the  Paalms  or  Gospels.  He  who  is 
rightly  performing  the  duties  of  life  is 
worshiping,  if  worship  means  render- 
ing acceptable  service  to  God. 

< « » 

The  Grace  of  God. 


The  great  duties  of  life,  as  they  are 
ordinarily  distributed,  both  in  the 
household  and  out  of  it,  are  indispen- 
sable to  the  development  of  the  whole 
nature  of  man,  and  of  the  prime  vir- 
tues ;  and  they  are  the  instruments,  or, 
to  employ  the  language  of  olden  times, 
the  ''means  of  grace,"  in  life.  The 
church,  the  lecture-room,  the  prayer 
and  conference  meeting,  the  commun- 
ion of  saints  were  once  spoken  of  as  "a 
means  of  grace."  They  are  means  of 
grace  when  they  produce  grace ;  but  it 
would  seem,  in  the  very  use  of  them, 
as  if  they  meant  to  exclude  common 
life,  common  duties,  common  occupa- 
tions; whereas,  in  the  divine  economy, 
everything  that  pertains  to  the  well- 
being  of  the  individual,  and  the  pros. 
perity  of  the  household,  and  the  wel- 
fare of  the  community  in  which  men 
live,  tends  to  the  amassing  of  force 
whichresults  in  civilization.  Every- 
thing, which  occupies  thought  and  ri- 
pens into  enterprise,  and  ripens  enter- 
prise into  success  and  fruitful  achieve. 


John  Dickinson  was  a  farmer  in  the 
parish  of  Ratho,  near  Edinburgh,  and 
was  for  a  long  time  negligent  and  ir- 
religious. It  pleased  God  to  take  away 
his  wife,  and  it  became  necessary  for 
him  to  have  a  nurse  in  the  house,  who 
happily  was  a  pious  woman, 

When  his  infant  daughter  was  about 
twenty  months  old,  she  was  in  the 
room  wtih  her  father  and  several  of  his 
profane  companions .  Most  unexpected- 
ly the  child  repeated,  in  its  infantine 
tones,  "0,  the  grace  of  God!"  an  ex- 
clamation she  had  often  heard  from  her 
nurse.  The  attention  of  the  father  was 
thus  excited,  the  Holy  Spirit  led  him 
to  deep  and  serious  reflections,  and 
thus  was  his  conversion  to  God  effect- 
ed. 


Murmur  at  nothing;  if  our  ills  are  irf\ 
repairable ,  it  is  ungrateful ;  if  remedi- 
less, it  is  vain;  a  Christian  builds  his 
fortitude  on  a  better  foundation  than 
stotcism ;  he  is  pleased  with  everything 
that  happens,  because  he  knows  that  it 
could  not  happen  unless  it  had  first 
pleased  God,  and  that  which  pleases 
him  must  bo  the  best.  He  is  assured 
that  no  new  thing  can  befall  him,  and 
that  he  is  in  the  hands  of  a  Father,  who 
will  prove  him  with  no  affliction  that 
resignation  cannot  conquer,  or  that 
death  cannot  cure. — Golton. 


Heroism,  of  the  Martyr  type,  arising 
from  the  love  of  Christ,  and  hence  su- 
perior to  any  mere  martial  heroism, 
was  exhibited  by  many  of  the  Friends 
in  North  Carolina  and  other  Southern 
States  during  the  late  war.  Long 
freed  from  the  burden  of  slave-holding 
themselves,  they  could  not,  even  if  not 
irreconcilably  greatly  opposed  to  war, 
take  part  in  the  contest  against  the 
government.  Therefore  they  were  ex- 
posed to  violence,  such  as  may  be  im- 
agined by  those  of  Andersonville  and 
Libby  Prison.  From  many  such  ac- 
counts within  reach,  we  extract  a  por- 
tion only  of  one,  from  the  Nashville 
Banner.  George  Vestal,  a  Quaker, 
refusing  either  to  enter  the  rebel  army 
or  to  pay  an  exemption  fee,  was  forced 
into  camp.  Unwilling  to  do  anything 
whatever  of  the  nature  of  military  du- 
ty, ''three  men  with  sharp  Enfield  bay- 
onets then  thrust  them  into  the  fleshy 
part  of  his  thighs,  inflicting  in  all  thirty, 
five  wounds,  ranging  in  depth  from 
one-forth  to  one  inch.  Frequently  he 
was  knocked  down  with  the  butts  of 
the  guns;  but,  as  long  as  he  had 
strength,  he  would  turn  one  side  and 
the  other  for  the  guards,  until 
finally  they  refused  to  inflict  further 
punishment.      At    this    juncture   the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


brave  men  who  composed  the  old  Four- 
teenth Regiment  became  loud  in  their 
condemnation  of  this  proceeding.  The 
excitment  wa8inten3e,and  bad  the  Brigs- 
dier  General  issued  a  second  order  of 
this  character  he  would  have  been  un- 
able to  have  it  executed.  Vestal  was 
afterwards,  upon  trial  by  court-martial, 
confined  in  Castle-Thunder.  At  the 
evacuation  of  Richmond  he  was  still  in 
prison,  and  secured  his  release  only 
by  the  down-fall  of  the  Confederacy. — 
Herald  of  Eeace. 

«>« 

Gerrit  Smith  on  the  Woman's  Temper- 
ance Moremont« 


I  rejoice  that  the  women  see  just 
where  to  strike  in  order  to  cripple  the 
enemy  and  leave  him  no  power  to  pro- 
long the  fight.  Would  that  the  tem- 
perance men  were  as  discerning,  and 
were  concentrating  their  force  in  the 
same  direction,  instead  of  striking  all 
around  the  compass  and  hitting  nothing 
effectually.  Women  see  that  it  is  dram- 
selling — the  selling  of  alchoholic  bev- 
erages to  be  drank  upon  the  premises, 
as  in  hotels  and  saloons — which  makes 
the  vast  majority  of  drunkards — and 
that  once  an  end  is  put  to  this  branch 
of  drunkard-making — to  this  which  is 
rather  the  very  tap-root  and  trunk  of 
the  Satanic  business — the  remaining 
victories  in  the  cause  of  temperance  will 
be  easily  achieved.  Let  the  men  fol- 
low in  this  wake  of  the  women,  and  in- 
sist at  the  ballot-box  that  Government 
shall  make  an  end  of  this  dramselling, 
and  a  very  few  years  would  pass  away 
ere  our  country  would  be  rejoicing  not 
merely  in  the  dawn  but  in  the  noonday 
brightness  of  temperance .  And  to  do 
this  they  need  not  call  upon  Govern- 
ment to  espouie  the  cause  of  temper- 
ance— for  it  is  admitted  that  Govern- 
ment has  no  right  to  espouse  any  mor- 
al reform.  They  need  but  call  on  it 
to  be  true  to  its  single  office  of  pro- 
tecting person  aad  property ^ — and  sure- 
ly it  cannot  be  true  to  it  so  long  as  it 
suffers  the  dramshop  to  peril  them  so 
frightfully.  Moreover,  whilst  the  dram- 
shop far  surpasses  all  things  else  in 
perilling  them,  no  plea  can  be  offered 
for  its  usefidness  in  any  respect  or  in 
any  degree.  The^temperance  men  have 
but  to  insist  on  this  duty  at  the  hands 
of  the  Government,  and  all  political 
parties  will  straightway  stand  with 
them— for  none  of  them  could  afford  to 
deny  that  the  suppression  of  the  dram- 
shop is  vital  to  the  protection  of  person 
and  property. 

Proverbs  may  be  regarded  as  the 
gems  of  language ;  not  only  in  the 
sense  that  they  are  small,  bright,  and 
universal  currency,  but  also  in  the  mys- 
tery of  their  composition,  as  being  a 
work  for  ages,  a  secret  birth  ^  It  is  as 
impossible  to  make  a  proverb  as  to 
make  an  emerald,  or  that  black  dia- 
mond which  constitues  the  more  famil- 
iar sparkle  of  material  life.  We  prob- 
ably none  of  us  know  how  much  we 
use  proverbs  Ln  our  daily  speech.;  but 
it  is  certain  thut  if  they  were  withdrawn 
from  the  language,  we  should  find  our- 
selves pulled  up  at  every  turn ;  for  we 
may  almost  say  that  a  language  is  not 
a  language  until  it  has  proverbs  imbed- 
ded in  it,  as  a  people  are  not  a  people 
till  they  haye  antiquities  and  a  past  to 
refer  to. 


|(^^ttH|ttmf  |(^aaif^iiti$. 


Heating  Church, 


The  proper  measure  of  heat  for  cold 
weather,  says  Dr.  W.  W.  Hall,  of  the 
Journal  of  Health,  is  about  sixty -five 
degrees  of  Fahrenheit,  at  a  height  of 
about  four  feet  above  tha  floor.  At 
the  close  of  the  sorvices  of  the  day, 
all  the  windows  and  doors  should  be 
opened  and  kept  open  for  two  or  three 
hours,  so  that  the  drafts  of  air  passing 
through  the  building  should  carry  with 
them,  out  of  doors,  the  immense 
amount  of  human  emanations  and  oth- 
er impurities  which  are  held  in  the 
air  of  any  public  building  after  its  oc- 
cupancy. If  this  is  not  done,  the  odors 
solidify  in  part,  and  dry  on  the  walls 
and  glass  and  woodwork,  to  be  recon- 
verted into  fumes  when  the  next  fires 
are  kindled,  and  to  be  rebreathed.  It 
is  a  great  mistake  to  suppose  that  it  is 
sufficient  if  the  house  is  ventilated 
without  h«afc  during  the  week,  or  just 
before  warming  again  for  the  next 
meeting,  for  the  reason  just  namsd.  In 
th*  common  churches  in  the  country, 
in  winter  time,  good  fires  ought  to  be 
lighted  on  Saturday  afternoon,  and 
kept  up  until  service  the  next  day,  m 
order  to  get  rid  "of  the  dampness  and 
closeness  observed  in  all  unoccupied 
buildiags.  In  city  churches,  which 
are  larger,  fires  are  kindled  in  ^very 
cold  waather  on  Fridays,  and  are  kept 
burning  until  Sabbath  service. 

Grapks  as  Food. — Men  can  live  and 
work  on  grapes  and  bread.  The  peas- 
antry of  France,  Spain  aad  Itiiy  make 
many  a  satisfying  meal  in  this  way; 
and  of  the  wholesomeness  of  the  diet 
there  can  be  no  doubt.  Medical  men 
constantly  recommend  tho  use  of 
grapes  for  their  patients.  Scarcely  any 
plant  can  equal  the  vine  as  regards  the 
beauty  of  its  leaves  and  fruit.  As  the 
covering  for  bare  walls  and  for  affording 
shelter,  it  is  a  climber  of  the  first  rank. 
To  sit  under  one's  own  vine  has  in  all 
ages  been  considered  the  acme  of  ru- 
ral happiness — an  emblem  of  peace,  a 
symbol  of  plenty,  and  a  picture  of 
contentment.  That  pleasure,  though 
perhaps  not  iu  all  its  fullness,  may  be- 
come the  heritage  of  thousands  in 
these  temperate  climes.  Neither  our 
latitude,  longitude  nor  leaden  skies, 
nor  erratic  climate  forbid  the  growth  of 
the  grape-vine  throughout  the  larger 
portion  of  the  kingdom. — Health  He- 
former. 


Dr.  Hull  says  the  best  medicines  in 
the  world,  more  efficient  than  all  the 
potations  of  the  materia  medica,  are 
warmth,  rest,  cleanliness  and  pure  air. 
Some  persons  make  it  a  virtue  to  brave 
disease,  "to  keep  up"  as  long  as  they 
can  move  a  foot  or  wiggle  a  finger,  and 
it  sometimes  succeeds;  but  in  others 
the  powers  of  life  are  so  completely 
exhausted  by  it  that  the  system  has 
lost  all  power  to  recuperate,  and  slow 
and  typhoid  fever  sets  in  and  carries 
the  patient  to  a  premature  grave. 
Whenever  walking  or  working  is  an  ef- 
fort, a  warm  bed  and  a  cool  room  are 
the  very  first  indispensables  to  a  sure 
and  speedy  recovery.  Instinct  leads 
all  birds  and  beasts  to  quiethood  and 
rest  the  very  moment  disease  or 
wounds  assail  the  system. 


^f{iI4<?i*tt'$  4^nm, 


Doing  and  Beings 


"There !"  eiclftimed  Marion  fretfully, 
as  she  turned  from  the  window,  '  'the 
day  is  all  gone,  and  I  haven't  done  any- 
thing. I  haven't  done  anything ,"  she 
repeated  discontentedly;  "and  I  meant 
to  do  so  much." 

"What  have  you  done?"  inquired 
Elizabeth,  closing  her  book-basket.  "Sit 
down  and  tell  me." 

"Well,"  assented  Marion,  seating 
herself,  "you  know  my  day  as  well  as 
I  do.  This  morning  I  read  three  chap- 
ters in  the  Bible,  as  usual.  I  do  want 
to  get  through  it  this  year.  Then  I 
WEB  gone  an  hour  on  that  errand  for 
father ;  then  I  wrote  three  letters,  mend- 
ded  Tom'a  mittens,  and  corrected  Nel- 
lie's composition;  then  mother  called 
me  to  Bet  the  dinner-table.  After  din- 
ner I  directed  a  magazine  and  two  pa- 
pers to  your  missionary;  then— oh! 
Nellie's  arithmetic — that  took  me  an 
hour,  she  was  so  stupid;  then  father 
asked  me  to  copy  a  deed  for  him,  and 
then  that  tiresome  Mrs.  Green  called, 
and  I  entertained  her  for  an  hour;  aad 
then— how  little  it  all  seems ! — I  went 
out  to  get  sewing-silk  for  mother,  and 
buy  that  bail  I've  been  promising  Geor- 
gia for  a  month ;  and  now  the  man  is 
lighting  the  gas  over  the  way,  and  my 
day  ia  gone !  I  can't  help  feeling  dissat- 
isfied; I  haven't  done  anything  good  to- 
day." 

Elizabeth  was  rocking  lazily  to  and 
fro  in  her  chair.  "You  think  a  great 
deal  about  doing,  don't  you?" 

"Yes,  and  so  do  you  I  You  are  al- 
ways at  work  doing  something." 

"It's  a  good  thing  to  be  so.  God 
gives  us  many  things  to  do;  but  don't 
you  think  be  gives  us  something  to 
be,  just  as  well?" 

''Oh  yes  I"  very  quickly.  ''Of 
course." 

'  'May  I  speak  plainly,  Marion  ?  May 
I  teil  you  all  about  your  unsatisfying 
day?" 

"You  dear  old  Elizabeth!"  Marion 
sprang  up  and  threw  both  her  arms 
around  her  neck,  "You  ought  to  have 
been  born  my  grandmother.  'Faith- 
ful are  the  wounds  of  a  friend.'  Shoot 
me  through  and  through,  I  will  not 
even  groan."  Nevertheless,  Marion's 
lips  trembled  as  he  dropped  down  on 
the  carpet  at  her  friend's  feet,  and  laid 
her  head  in  her  lap. 

Before  speaking,  Elisabeth  bent  over 
to  kiss  her.  '  'I've  been  thinking  all 
day  as  I  have  watched  you,  dear,  that 
I  would  like  to  say  this  to  you.  I  see 
that  in  trying  to  do  what  He  commands, 
you  forget  to  be  what  He  commands. 
I  know  all  about  it.  Firat,  about 
reading  the  three  chapters  every  day. 
How  did  you  read  them  f" 

"Hm-ried  through  the  last,"  confess- 
ed Marion ;  "and  I  did  look  to  see  if  it 
was  short.  I  feel  condemned  if  I  don't 
read  it  through  when  I  set  myself  to 
do  it." 

"You  poor  child!  we  will  talk 
about  that  some  other  time.  Then 
came  the  errand  for  your  father ;  you 
fretted  about  that  because  you  said  you 
were  wasting  your  time.  You  an- 
swered  your  mother  saucily  when  she 


inquired  whom  your  letters  were  writ- 
ten to;  you  scolded  Tom  for  burning 
his  mittens;  you  made  fun  of  Nellie's 
spelling,  and  set  her  lips  to  quivering. 
You  spoke  impatiently  to  yonr  mother 
about  setting  the  dinner  table." 

"And  Betsy  ought  to  do  it,  I  repeat 
it,"  interrupted  the  girl  wilfully. 

"And  you  slapped  Qeorgie  for  hal- 
ing the  paper  you  were  looking  for." 

"I  am  sorry  for  that,"  said  a  voice 
from  under  Marion's  flowing  curls. 

'  'You  scolded  NeUie  for  being  stupid, 
until  she  cried;  you  frowned  over  the 
paper  you  copied  for  your  father  ,  and 
did  you  not  make  fun  of  Mrs.  Green 
before  she  had  reached  the  corner  ?" 

"Oh  dear!  tell  me  about  being." 
Marion  looked  up  with  penitent  eyes. 
"I  will  think  about  being,  if  you  will 
help  me." 

"God  says,  'Be  kindly  affectioned 
one  to  another.' 

"  'Be  ye  also  patient.' 

"  'Be  ye  thankful.' 

"  'Be   not  conformed  to  this  world. 

"  'Become  little  children.' 

"  'Be  ye  therefore  perfect.' 

"  'Be  courteous.' 

"  'Be  not  wise  in  your  own  conceits.' 

Marion  listened,  making  no  reply. 

Twilight  grew  into  darkness.  The 
tea-bell  sounded,  bringing  Marion  to 
her  feet.  In  the  firelight  Elizabeth 
could  see  that  her  cheeks  were  wet. 

"I'll  have  a  better  day  to-morrow, 
God  helping  me,  I  see  that  doing 
grows  out  of  being." 

'  'We  cannot  be  what  God  loves  with- 
out doing  what  he  commands.  It  is 
easier  to  do  with  a  rush  than  to  be  pa- 
tient, or  kind,  or  forgiving,  or  unselfish, 
or  humble,  or  just,  or  watchful." 

''I  should  think  it  was,"  returned 
Marion  emphatically.  —  Lutheran 
Standard. 


How  to  put  Away  our  Faults* 

One  day  I  was  watching  a  great 
Newfoundland  dog.  He  had  been  told 
by  his  master  to  fetch  him  a  basket  of 
tools  that  the  gardener  had  left  in  the 
shed.  The  great  dog  went  to  obey 
his  young  master.  He  took  hold  of 
the  basket  with  his  mouth,  but  he 
could  not  lift  it.  What  did  he  do? 
Give  it  up  ?  No,  never !  One  by  one 
he  took  the  things  out  of  the  basket 
and  carried  them  to  his  master. 

One  by  one  I  That  is  the  way  we 
must  try  to  do  with  all  our  faults. 
Try  and  get  rid  of  them  one  by  one. 
Jesus  knows  how  hard  it  is  for  you  to 
do  this,  and  so  he  has  given  you  a 
word  that  will  help  you  to  do  it,  and 
that  word  is  "to-day." 

I  will  show  you  how.  Take  one 
fault, — we  will  call  it  bad  temper — and 
in  the  morning,  when  you  get  out  of 
bed,  ask  God  for  Christ's  sake  to  help 
you  "to-day"  to  overcome  that  bad 
temper.  Perhaps  by  and  by  some- 
thing will  begin  to  make  you  feel  an- 
gry ;  then  remember  your  prayer,  and 
try  and  drive  away  the  angry  feeling, 
and    say,  "Not  to-day." 

If  you  have  learned  any  bad, 
wicked  words  like  some  poor  children 
in  the  street,  who  do  not  know  any 
better,  then  ask  God  for  Christ's  sake 
to  help  you  today;  then,  when  you 
are  tempted  to  do  so,  remember,  "Not 
to-day;  I  will  not  say  wicked  words 
to-day." 

And  do  the  same  with  all  your  faults. 
Take  them  one  by  one,  and  try  for  one 
whole  day  not  to  give  way  to  them.  It 
will  come  much  easier  then. — Selected, 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


I 


[tUtix{  '^tm, 


Trofi  Blancliard  in  Canada. 


Editor  Cynosure: 

Doubtless  you  will  be  pleased  to  hear 
that  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard,of  Whcaton 
College,  111.,  on  the  evenina:  of  the 
7th  of  June,  lectured  on  secret  societies 
ia  the  U.  B.  church  at  Fort  Hill,  Oat. 
He  was  on  his  route  home  from  the 
National  Convention  and  stopped  off 
with  us.  Notwithstanding  the  short 
notice  the  people  had,  that  he  would 
lecture  at  this  point,  the  lower  floor  of 
our  church  was  crowded  to  [its  utmost, 
with  some  in  the  gallery  and  all  anx- 
iously and  respectfully  listened  to  the 
distinguished  speaker. 

We  were  highly  delighted  with  the 
manner  this  brother  treats  the  subject 
of  Masonry.  While  Bro.  B.  is  logical 
and  witty,  he  argues  his  points  from 
the  testimony  of  the  Bible  and  this 
gives  it  the  effect  on  his  audience.  We 
think  lovers  of  the  truth  could  not 
turn  away  from  his  lecture  without 
feeling  aroused  to  the  importance  of 
battling  against  this  mighty,  moulder- 
ing evil  of  the  day. 

Prof.  Blanchard  is  not  afraid  to  speak 
out  against  what  he  knows  and  feels  to 
be  militating  against  the  church  of 
Christ. 

We  pray  he  may  live  long  enough 
to  wave  a  palm  of  victory  over  secretism. 
J.  S.  Riddle. 


From  the  Ohio  Agent.— A  Mason  Helps 
iu  a  Fnblic  Initiation. 


Bro.  Kkllogo: — In  the  midst  of  a 
pressure  of  business  in  getting  ready 
for  our  State  Convention,  and  also  for 
the  National  Convention,  I  have  fallen 
behind  in  my  reports  to  your  columns. 
I  gave  some  four  lectures  in  Seneca 
Co.  just  before,  and  one  immediately 
after  our  State  meeting  (at  Flat  Rock) 
on  my  return  from  the  same.  The 
three  first  lectures  were  given  in 
Harmony  Church,  four  miles  south  of 
Tiffin,  the  county  seat. 

This  was  a  meeting  of  much  interest. 
I  shall  not  assume  to  say  whether  the 
interest  which  characterized  the  meet- 
ing was  infused  with  the  lecturer,  or 
whether  it  resulted  from  the  opposing 
elements  that  pervaded  among  Ma- 
sons, Odd-fellows  and  grangers,  for  it 
was  a  hot-bed  of  all  three.  On  the 
first  evening,  in  stating  my  premises  I 
took  occasion  to  say  that  I  was  not  a 
secret  man,  and  would  be  under  the 
necessity  of  founding  my  arguments 
upon  testimony  obtained  from  other 
Bjurces  than  that  acquired  by  personal 
experience  in  the  lod^c,  as  I  have  never 
been  there.  And  that  I  intended  to 
take  only  such  testimony  as  was  irre- 
fragable to  establish  what  I  should  say, 
and  in  regard  to  Masonry  I  shall  feel  my- 
self bound  in  duty  to  Masonry,  and  also 
to  outsiders,  to  reject  the  testimony 
of  adhering  Masons. 

First,  I  could  not  take  the  testimony 
of  Masons,  because  they  were  sworn 
not  to  give  truthful  testimony  touching 
their  institution;  but  upon  the  other 
hand  were  sworn  to  ever  conceal,  and 
never  reveal. 

Secondly,   my  responsibility  to  my 


fellow-beings  outside  of  the  order  pro- 
hibited me  from  practicing  deception 
upon  their  credulity;  and  further,  my 
position  as  a  public  lecturer  involved 
the  necessity  of  charging  Masons  with 
either  lying,  or  committing  perjury. 
By  rejecting  their  testimony,  I  simply 
say  to  them,  You  falsify ;  but  if  I  re- 
ceive as  truthful  testimony  what  adher- 
ing Masons  say ,  then  I  charge  them  with 
lying  under  the  solemnities  of  an  oath, 
and  hence  knowing  as  I  do,  that  they 
are  sworn  never  to  divulge,  by  accept- 
ing their  testimony  I  say  to  them  as 
plain  as  language  can  say  it,  that  you  are 
Masonically  perjured.  I  stated  that 
charity  prompted  me  to  prefer  the  les- 
ser of  these  charges  and  to  say  that 
Masons  simply  lie,  when  they  say  any- 
thing iu  the  presence  of  the  enemies 
of  their  institution  in  vindication  of 
their  principles. 

This  raised  an  excitement,  and  crea- 
ted quite  a  buzzing  in  the  Masonic  hive. 
One  man  by  the  name  of  Baker  sprang 
to  his  feet  and  said,  "I  move  that  a 
chairman  be  appointed,  and  that  this 
question  be  fairly  discussed,"  stating 
that  he  had  taken  seven  degrees  and 
was  proud  of  the  order,  etc,  I  said  to 
him,  "My  friend,  (for  I  did  not  learn 
his  name  until  afterwards)  do  you  in- 
tend to  challenge  me  for  a  debate  on 
this  question  ?  If  so,  I  accept  the  issue 
and  am  ready  to  second  your  motion 
for  a  chairman."  To  this  he  quietly 
replied  that  they  were  not  prepared  to 
enter  into  debate  now,  but  that  they 
would  meet  me  in  the  future  and  sat 
down.  After  telling  my  friend  that  I 
would  hold  myself  ready  to  meet  them 
when  they  notified  me  of  the  time  and 
place,  I  proceeded  to  give  the  evidence 
upon  which  I  relied  for  my  arguments 
against  Masonry.  In  giving  that  part 
of  the  Master's  degree  that  relates  to 
the  giving  of  the  Master's  word  on  the 
five  points  of  fellowship ,  I  stated  that 
as  there  were  a  good  many  Masons 
present,  I  should  like  to  give  that  part 
of  the  degree  intelligently;  and  asked  if 
a  Mason  would  step  out  and  assist 
me,  as  it  required  two  to  perform  it 
intelligently. 

At  this  juncture  I  paused  and  all  eyes 
were  turned  to  my  friend  Baker,  and 
he  being  somewhat  impulsive  sprang 
upon  his  feet,  when  I  urged  him  to 
come  forward  and  came  down  upon 
the  platform  to  meet  him.  A  Mr. 
Leese,  who  was  present  and  in  advance 
of  Baker  in  the  degrees,  admonished 
him  to  be  careful  in  what  he  did;  this 
caused  him  to  falter,  but  I  and  others 
urged  him  on,  and  as  he  was  so  far 
committed  he  came  to  the  platform 
when  I  approached  him  and  took  hold 
of  his  right  hand,  "taking  the  strong  grip 
of  the  lion's  paw"  upon  him.  I  ob- 
served that  he  became  tremulous  and 
feigned  utter  ignorance  of  the  part 
about  to  be  played.  I  then  gave  the 
words  of  command,  foot  to  foot,  knee 
to  knee,  breast  to  breast,  hand  to  back, 
and  mouth  to  ear,  and  then  explained 
that  the  words  about  to  be  uttered 
were  not  allowed  to  be  given  above  a 
whisper.  I  then  gave  loud  and  dis- 
tinctly the  Master's  word,  ^'Mah-IIah- 
Bone."  I  may  say  in  indication  of  Mr. 
Baker  that  he  kept  his  oath  in  that  he 
did  not  give  any   of  the  signs  nor  did 


he  give  the  Master's  word,  '^Mah-Hah- 
Bone."  The  only  violations  he  com- 
mitted of  the  principles  of  Masonry 
were  these:  he  failed  to  preserve  his 
jewel  of  silence,  and  aleo  inadvertently 
obeyed  the  first  command  in  setting  out 
his  right  foot  at  the  command  foot  to 
foot,  etc.. 

I  make  these  ptatements  for  the  ben- 
efit of  this  Royal  Arch  friend  and  hope 
this  may  be  a  sufficient  vindication  of 
his  Masonic  character  before  his  lodge. 
It  is  due  Mr.  Baker  to  say  further  that 
he  got  up  at  the  close  of  the  meeting 
and  apologized  for  his  conduct,  and 
gave  assurance  that  the  speaker  should 
be  permitted  to  go  on  with  his  series 
of  lectures  without  any  farther  inter- 
ruption and  hoped  that  all  would  for- 
give him  for  his  unbecoming  conduct 
and  with  emphasis  declared  that  there 
would  be  no  necessity  for  a  moderator 
in  the  future,  which  prediction  came 
true.  In  the  winding  up  of  the  part 
Mr.  Baker  played  in  giving  the  Mas- 
ter's word  I  presume  he  felt  that  some- 
thing would  be  expected  from  him,  so 
he  asked  what  "Mah-Hah-Bone"  meant. 
After  telling  him,  he  replied  that  he 
never  knew  before  the  meaning  of 
those  words.  Thereby  acknowledging 
the  truthfulness  of  the  degree,  i.e.,  that 
Masons  do  take  that  degree,  and  give 
those  words. 

On  the  next  evening  my  friend  Ba- 
ker was  absent,  likewise  the  third  and 
last  evenings.  Still  we  had  enough  of 
the  opposition  element  to  make  the 
meetings  interesting.  On  the  second 
evening  we  had  a  German  Mason  pres- 
ent, who  added  to  the  interest  by  his 
twitching,  and  strange  gesticulations. 
Unfortunately  he  could  not  understand 
fully  what  was  said,  and  he  conceived 
the  idea  that  I  was  a  Catholic  priest 
from  Italy,  come  for  the  purpose  of  do- 
ing the  pope  service,  and  making  pros- 
elytes to  the  Catholic  faith.  He  being 
a  German  Lutheran,  knew  that  the 
Catholics  and  his  church  were  at  en- 
mity upon  the  issue  of  Freemasonry, 
as  well  as  on  other  points.  Hence 
with  some  show  of  plausibility  he  in- 
ferred from  my  opposition  to  Freema- 
sonry that  I  must  be  a  Romish  priest 
working  in  the  interest  of  Catholicism. 
I  gave  one  lecture  at  Seneca  Union 
Church,  where  I  referred  in  a  brief 
way  to  Masonry,  the  grange,  and  the 
relation  existing  between  the  two. 
Gave  one  lecture  at  Honey  Creek 
Chapel,  Melmore;  subject,  The 
Anti-Secret  Character  of  Freema- 
sonry. I  trust  upon  the  whole,  that 
much  good  may  result  from  those 
meetings.  I  go  this  evening  to  Spring 
Hill  to  attend  the  firtst  annual  meeting 
of  Fulton  Co.,  and  to  elicit  what  fur- 
ther light  may  have  developed  in  the 
Masonic  tragedy. 

Yours  for  the  triumph  of  truth, 

D.  S.  Caldwell. 

Cary,  Ohio.  June  8th,  1874. 


The  North-East  Pennsylvania  Christ- 
ian Association. 


The  N.  E,  Pa.  Christian  AsEociation 
opposed  to  Secret  Societies  held  its  re- 
cent quarterly  meeting  at  Fell's  Hall, 
in  the  village  of  Waverly,  Pa.,  com- 
mencing on  Wednesday,  May  6th.     In 


the  absence  of  Rev.S.  E.  Miller,  Presi- 
dent of  the  Association,  Elder  Charles 
Parker  was  chosen  as  Moderator,  and 
Dr.  J.  C.  Miles,  of  Dalton,  Secretary. 
After  prayer  by  the  Rey.  A.  L,  Post, 
ten  minute  addresses  were  heard  from 
Elders  A.  L.  Post,  J.  W.  Ray  nor,  Na- 
than Callender,  J.  L.  Barlow,  and  other 
brethren.  Rev.  J.  L.  Barlow  read  an 
original  poem,  exposing  the  folly  and 
wrong  of  Masonic  corner-stone  laying. 
Elders  Post,  Raynor,  Barlow  and  Dr. 
Miles  were  appointed  a  committee  on 
resolutions.  Brethren  A.  C.  Reynolds 
and  C.  Parker  were  appointed  as  Fi- 
nance Committee. 

The  following  order  of  business  was  de- 
cided upon :  Ist.  The  first  half  hour  of  this 
evening's  and  to-morrow  morning's 
session  to  be  spent  in  prayer.  2d.  That 
Rev.  J.  L.  Barlow  deliver  public  ad- 
dresses this  and  to-morrow  (Thursday) 
evenings.  3d.  That  Thursday  A.  M- 
be  occupied  as  a  business  meeting;  and 
4th,  that  Thursday  P.  M,  be  devoted  to 
addresses  by  diflferent  members  of  the 
Association. 

After  a  profitable  afternoon  of  delib- 
eration and  counsel,  the  convention 
took  a  recess  till  7^  P.  M. 

WEDNESDAY  EVENING. 

The  first  half  hour  till  8  o'clock  was 
devoted  to  prayer,  after  which  Elder  J. 
L.  Barlow  addressed  the  assembly  on 
the  "Religion  of  Masonry,"  showing 
most  conclusively  from  Masonic  author- 
ities that  Masonry  is  a  false  religion, 
antagonistic  to  the  Christian  system  and 
by  its  lying  pretensions  keeping  many 
from  the  Church  of  Christ,  and  from 
accepting  the  doctrines  of  Bible  salvation. 

After  the  lecture  the  assembly  was 
dismissed  with   the  benediction. 

THURSDAY  MORNING. 

From  9^  to  10  o'clock  this  morning 
was  spent  in  social  prayer.  At  10  A. 
M.  business  was  resumed,  and  the 
resolutions  presented  by  the  committee 
were  discussed  preparatory  to  adopt- 
ion.    These   resolutions  are  as  follows: 

[The  greater  part  of  these  resolutions 
are  omitted  for  want  of  room. — Ed. 
Cynosure.  ] 

Resolved,  That  the  time  has  fully 
come  when  loyalty  to  Christ  and  to 
the  be«t  good  of  society,  requires  all 
opposed  to  secret  orders  to  take  politi- 
cal action  against  the  despotism  of  the 
lodge,  especially  because  Masonry  has 
usurped  nearly  all  the  offices  of  trust 
and  power  in  the  land. 

Resolved,  That  we  recommend  to  all 
opposed  to  secret  orders  more  thorough, 
prayerful,  earnest  effort  against  the 
works  of  darkness ,  by  organizing  town- 
ship  and  other  local  societies,  by  the 
circulation  of  books  and  tracts  bearing 
on  this  subject,  and  by  seeking  to  en- 
large the  circulation  of  the  Christian 
Cynosure,  the  organ  of  our  National 
Association,  and  by  letting  Christian 
light  shine  in  upon  these  hidden  dens 
of  organized  evil. 

Resolved,  That  we,  the  members  of 
this  Association,  and  citizens  of  the 
United  States,  object  most  decidedly  to 
the  laying  of  the  corner-stones  of  our 
pubhc  buildings  by  secret  oath-bound 
orders;  whereby  a  corrupt  institution 
like  Masonry  seeks  glorification  and  no- 
toriety at  the  expense  of  the  people  at 
large. 

Resolved,  That  we  immediately  in- 
augurate vigorous  measures  to  effect  a 
State  organization,  and  that  we  aim,  if 
practicable,  to  reach  this  result  at  our 
next  annual  meeting  in  the   fall,  and 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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parlment.  Not  that  he  made  choice  of 
that  our  Committee  of  Correspondence 
aim  to  reach  every  locality  in  this  State 
from  which  a  delegation  may  be  obtain- 
ed, and  to  this  end,  that  we  earnestly 
solicit  the  friends  of  the  cause  to  send 
the  committee  by  letter  or  through  the 
Christian  Cynosure  such  faces  as  we 
need  to  secure  a  State  organization 
against  the  mystery  of  iniquity. 

Resolved,  That  we  recognize  in  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  or  granges,  so- 
called,  which  are  springing  up  in  all 
parts  of  our  country,  children  of  se- 
crecy, having  Masons  and  Odd-fellows 
for  god-f  ithers  and  god-mothers,  which 
as  organieations  are  most  cunningly  de- 
vised to  give  speculators  at  "head  cen- 
ters" the  control  of  the  farming  inter- 
ests of  the  country. 

Resolved,  That  Revs.  A.  L.  Post 
and  J.  W,  Ravnor  be  a  committee  to 
prepare  a  circular  letter  on  the  Evils  of 
Secretism  to  the  ministers,  elders,  claes 
leaders  and  deacons  of  our  Christian 
churches  in  N.  E .  Pennsylvania. 

Resolved,  That  we  send  delegates 
to  the  Sixth  National  Convention,  to  be 
held  in  Syracuse  from  June  2d  to  5lh, 
1874. 

Resolved,  That  the  proceedings  of 
this  meeting,  together  with  these  reso- 
lutions, be  published  in  all  our  local 
papers,  and  in  the  Christian  Cy- 
nosure. 

The  members  of  the  Convention 
signed  a  petition  asking  the  President 
of  the  United  States  to  prevent  the 
laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  Chicago 
Custom-House  and  post-office  with  Ma- 
sonic ceremonies. 

THURSDAY     AFTERNOON. 

Association  convened  at  2  o'clock, 
and  listened  to  addresses  from  several 
brethren. 

The  following  persons  were  nomina- 
ted as  delegates  to  the  National  Con- 
vention to  be  held  at  Syracuse  June  2, 
1874:  Clark  Lowry  and  wife,  S.  A. 
Reynolds  and  wife,  Dr.  J.  C.  Miles 
and  wife,  Joseph  Powers  and  wife,  and 
Rev.  L.  N,  Callender,  A.  L.  Post,  and 
J,  W.    Ray  nor. 

It  was  further  resolved  that  our 
next  annual  meeting  be  held  in  the 
Free  Methodist  Hall,  in  Wilkes-barre, 
to  commence  at  2  P.  M.  on  the  first 
Tuesday  of  November. 

THURSDAY  EVMNING,    MAY     7tH. 

After  devotional  services,  Rev.  J. 
L.  Barlow  gave  his  second  lecture — 
Subject,  "  The  Secrets  of  Masonry." 
These  secrets  were  laid  bar  e,  and  their 
silly,  shameful  and  unholy  character 
plainly  exhibited,  to  the  disgust  and 
sorrow  of  respectable  people  and  the 
chagrin  of  secretists. 

All  our  sessions  were  deeply  inter- 
esting and  profitable  and  we  hope  by 
God's  blessing  "in  whom  we  trust," 
and  whose  truth  we  aim  to  vindicate, 
to  aid  in  enlightening  public  sentiment 
in  regard  to  the  evils  of  secretism,  so 
that  the  power  of  secret  orders  shall 
be  overthrown  and  the  church  and  so- 
ciety be  purged  from  their  defiling  and 
Belfisb  and  ungodly  influence, 

J.  W.   Raynor,  Secy. 


Along  with  the  local  expenses  of 
conventions  the  general  cause  should 
be  remembered.  The  Lowndes  Co. 
(Miss.)  Association  has  just  sent  $1.00 
from  its  funds  to  keep  up  its  auxiliary 
connection. 


C<yrwjsit<jn(f(nt4* 


The  Service  of  the  Christian  Churcli. 


NOKTHWOOD,    0. 

The  apostle  in  express  terms,  not 
only  claims  for  Christ  the  honor  of  the 
world's  creation,  but  asserts  the  pur- 
pose of  its  creation  to  terminate  in  him. 

''AH  things  were  created  by  him  and 
for  him."  Our  earth  was  selected  as 
the  chosen  spot  on  which  the  mystery 
of  redemption  was  to  be  displayed. 
The  advent  of  the  promised  Messiah 
took  place  here;  here  was  accomplished 
his  awful  decease,  and  i^ere  were 
achieved  his  glorious  victories  over 
men  and  devils,  over  sin  and  death. 

Redemption  is  the  grand  central  ob- 
ject of  the  Messiah,  upon  whose  shoul- 
ders is  the  government.  "Of  the  in- 
crease of  his  government  and  peace 
there  shall  be  no  end."  This  Son  of 
God  kings  are  required  to  kiis,  to  avoid 
his  anger.  He  is  "head  over  all  things 
to  the  church  which  is  his  body." 
Therefore  magistrates  are  to  receive 
their  authority  from  Christ  to  serve 
the  church.  If  they  do  not  Ferve  the 
cburch,  they  do  not  serve  him.  "He 
hath  purchased  the  church  with  his 
own  blood."  Acts  xx.  28.  The  church 
is  the  grand  object  of  his  care.  We 
read  in  the  40th  chapter  of  Isaiah,  12th 
verse: ''For  the  nation  and  kingdom 
that  will  not  serve  thee  [the  church] 
shall  perish;  yea,  those  nations  shall 
be  utterly  wasted." 

The  whole  duty  of  every  man  is  to 
serve  the  church.  The  civil  officer  is 
to  be  regulated  in  all  his  administra- 
tions by  God's  word ;  and  will  thereby 
in  all  his  services  serve  the  church. 

In  Deuteronomy  32nd.  chapter,  9th 
verse  we  read,  '  "For  the  Lord's  portion 
is  his  people;  jHcob  is  the  lot  of  his  in- 
heritance." The  institution  of  civil 
government  is  for  the  good  of  his  in- 
heritance, the  invisible  church.  The 
Scriptures  give  no  countenance  to  any 
relation  among  men  except  for  the  good 
of  the  church.  No  service  is  required 
of  any  man  except  that  which  will  favor 
the  church.  ''For  all  things  are  yours, 
whether  Paul,  or  Apollos,  or  Cephas, 
or  the  v/orld.  or  life,  or  death,  or  things 
present,  or  things  to  come;  all  are 
yours,  and  ye  are  Christ's,"  (1  Cor. 
iii.  21-23.)  There  is  a  complete  har- 
mony in  the  three  texts, — the  last, 
with  the  first  quoted  from  Col.  i.  1-16, 
and  the  one  in  Eph.  i.  1-22,  23. 
"And  hath  put  all  things  under  his 
feet,  and  gave  him  to  be  head  over  all 
things  to  the  church  which  is  his 
body."  Under  the  Old  Testament  ois- 
pensation  when  God's  people  ruled, 
both  in  church  and  state,  the  two  de- 
partments were  kept  perfectly  distinct. 
The  elders  that  sat  in  the  gate  durst 
not  intermeddle  with  the  priest's  busi- 
ness on  pain  of  death.  And  the  priests 
had  as  little  right  to  interfere  in  civil 
matters.  Then,  there  was  a  union  of 
church  and  state.  The  State  made  a  pro- 
vision for  a  house  of  worship,  and  sup- 
port of  the  ministry.  Jehoshaphat 
made  arrangement  for  carrying  out  of 
civil  and  ecclesiastical  government  by 
appointing  distinct   officers   in  each  de- 


ecclcsiastical  officers, 
ing  the  church. 


But  he  wasserv- 


James  Barnett. 


OUR  MAIL. 


H.  Johnson,  Delavan,  Wis.,  writes  : 
"Dele van  is  a  hard  place  in  which  to 
get  subscribers  for  a  paper  that  opposes 
the  craft.  The  ministers  are  mum  iipoa 
the  subject  of  secretism,  and  one  is  a  Ma- 
son and  Odd-fellow.  1  may  get  one,  two 
or  three  more.  1  shall  do  what  1  can  for 
the  cause.  I  said  from  its  first  start  it 
would  prove  a  success.  God  will  sustain 
the  right." 

J,  C,  Carithers,  Pittsburgh,  Ind.,  writes  : 
"I  send  you  the  uamesof  a  few  subscrib- 
ers.   There  are  a  few  here  who  oppose  se- 
cret societies,   but  they  seem  dull  and  life- 
less in  the  cause  of  reform.    May  the  good 
cause  increase," 
John  Hubbard,  Freedom,  111.,  writes  : 
"As  I  cannot  go  to   the  Convention.    1 
shall  try  and  see  what  I  can  do  to  aid  in 
this  way  (by  obtaiuiug  Gi/nosure  subscrib- 
ers.)       .     .     .     My  heart  is  in  this  work. 
,     .     .    All  seem  to  like  the  new  paper, 
and  I  rejoice  In  your  efi'ort  to  do  good." 
E.  E.  Morrison,  KIrkville,  la.,  writes : 
"It  Is  quite  refreshing  to  note  the  stir  the 
paper  and  -those  tracts  make  among  the 
haters  of  light." 

J.  A.  Lambert,  Correctionville,  la., 
writes  : 

"I  would  not  do  without  it  (the  Cynosure) 
for  four  times  the  price," 

Adiia  Lull,  Greeley,  la.,  writes  that  he 
has  obtained  one  hundred  and  twenty  sign- 
ers to  the  petition  concerning  the  govern- 
ment business  In  Chicago,  and  adds  : 

"I  think  if  there  is  a  paper  in  tlie  world 
that  ought  to  be  sustained  it  Is  the  Christian 
Cynosure.  .  .  I  like  it  better  and  better, 
therefore  you  may  consider  me  a  life  sub- 
scriber, and  I  hope  your  subscription  list 
will  increase  tenfold." 
^V.  E.  Henry,  Zig,  Mo.,  writes  : 
"Be  assured  that  I  prize  the  paper  in  Its 
enlarged  form.  With  Jesus  in  my  soul, 
the  BibU\  Religious  Telescope,  and  the  Cy- 
nosure, I  can  accomplish  a  good  worli  in 
the  strength  of  the  Lord.  My  struggle  is 
hard,  but  by  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  you 
may  expect  more  money,  and  perhaps, 
soon,  subscriptions  for  your  valuable 
paper." 
James  Audrus,  Amboy,  111,,  writes  : 
"I  am  eighty-one  years  old.  .  .  I  feel 
to  pray  for  the  success  of  our  cause,  and 
am  fully  satisfied  it  is  eventually  to  suc- 
ceed, or  our  country  is  doomed  to  become 
a  monarchy." 

He  orders  fifty    cents'  worth  of  extra 
copies  of  the  Cynosure  containing  a  report 
of  the  Syracuse  Convention  to  circulate 
among  '  'persons  who  need  to  be  informed 
what  their  duty  is,  and  learn  to  take  a  pa- 
per that  will  be  worth  more  than  all  the 
Republican  and  Democratic  papers  they 
can  find  to  read." 
B.  Williams,  Warren  111,,  writes  : 
"I  am  doing  all  I  can  to  circulate  Anti- 
masonic  papers  and  tracts  ;  but  the  people 
in  these  parts  are  so  infatuated  with  se- 
crecy that,  having  eyes,  they  see  not ;  ears, 
they   hear  not ;  and   hearts,   they  do  not 
understand.    They  will  hiss   at  you  and 
call  j'ou  a  silly   fanatic,    and  meddling 
about  that  whlcli  is  none  of  your  business. 
1  sliall  keep  up  work  and   if  possible  in- 
crease the  circulation  of  your  or  our  valua- 
ble Cynosure." 
Jas.  P.  Rogers,  Auburn,  Kan.,  writes  : 
"Dear  brethren  of  the  Cynosure,  I  have 
received  tlie  extra  copies  sent  me,  and  have 
distributed  the  same,  and  have  been  mak- 
ing some  efforts  to  get  subscribers,     .     .     . 
I  think  there  can  be  something  done  after 
a  while.    In  fact  I  have  the  promise  of  one 
subscriber.    The  movement  is  in  its  infancy 
here.    I  do  not  know  as  there  ever  was 
anything  said  about  it  until  since  I  came 
here  last  winter  and  circulated  a  number 
of  Cynosure  tracts,  and  shortly  after  my 
coming,   a  Brother  Shepherdson,   of  the 
AVesleyan  Church,  held  a  protracted  meet- 
ing and  gave  the  dark  orders  a  waking  up, 
or  rather  an  opiate,  as  they  have  made  but 
little  stir  s'nce  the  close  of  the  meeting  ; 
and  a  number  of  the  best  men  that  were  in 
the  lodge  have  ceased  to  be  active,  and 
some  of  them  say  that  a  Christian  has  no 
need  of  its  assistance.    I  would  to  God 
that  all  had  the  moral  courage  to  do-  the 
same,  not  only  to  leave  these  dark  abodes 
of  the  devil,  but  denounce  the  order  and 
sound  the  alarm  to  keep  others  out  of  this 
terrible  trap  for  destroying  souls.    All  of 
these  dark  orders  are  of  the  same  spirit. 
The  grange  is  stealing  away  time,  money, 
and  worse  than  all  that,  man's  and  wom- 


an's Independence  of  character  by  binciag 
them  to  keep  a  lot  of  worthless  secrets  and 
submit  to  the  childish  nonsense  of  initia- 
tion into  the  lodge.  God  being  my  helper 
I  intend  to  do  what  1  can  to  stop  this  terri- 
ble scourge  upon  the  church  and  world. 
There  are  some  that  sec  no  harm  in  the 
grange  ;  but  anything  that  is  carried  on 
under  the  vail  of  impenetrable  secrecj'  in 
opposition  to  the  Saviour's  command  to  let 
our  light  shine  is  not  of  God,  and  must 
therefore  be  of  tlie  devil,  although  It  seems 
hard  to  say  so.  I  refer  to  the  institution 
and  not  to  individuals  because  some  good 
people  belong  to  it.  The  only  way  is  to 
work  and  pray.  God  will  in  his  own  good 
time  overthrow  all  things  that  oppose  his 
authority.  May  he  hasten  the  glad  time  Is 
my  prayer." 

A  friend  from  Wis.,  writes  : 

"lam  determined  to  do  what  lean  for 
the  reform.  We  had  to  lock  horns  with 
secrecy  and  try  our  strength  to  keep  it 
from  ruining  our  Sabbath-school.  I  have 
been  wished  a  mobbing  ever  since  giving 
out  the  tracts  you  sent  me,  and  that  by  a 
preacher  ;  but  none  of  these  things  move 
me.     I  know  in  whom  I  trust." 

We  are  glad  to  see  the  light  struggling 
through  to  illuminate  dark  places.  A 
friend  from  Texas  sends  four  subscrip- 
tions at  his  own  expense,  renews  his  own, 
and  writes  : 

"Masonry  is  all  powerful  here,  and  you 
must  fight  it  secretly.  I  am  a  Mason  and 
Odd-fellow  both,  but  I  detest  Masonry." 

Artemas  Basset,  West  Chazy,  N.  Y., 
writes  : 

''I  have  tried  to  get  a  new  subscriber 
but  failed." 

"Try,  try  again." 

Rev.  J.  S.  Rice,  N.  Pownal,  Me.,  seems 
determined  to  have  as  wide  a  circulation 
for  the  Cynosure  in  his  State  as  possible. 
He  has  sent  us  twenty-one  subscriptions 
since  the  fourth  of  May.  In  his  first  let- 
ter containing  names,  he  wrote  : 

"I  shall  do  all  I  can  for  the  Cynosure." 

He  means  what  he  says.  Others  in  that 
State  are  at  work,  and  we  wish  to  eucour. 
age  them,  and  agents  In  other  States  by 
saying :  Truth  and  righteousness  needs 
your  help  in  promoting  this  reform.  The 
Cynosure  Is  in  great  need  of  your  earnest, 
intelligent  assistance,  and,  as  as  a  rule, 
almost  without  exception,  cool,  persever- 
ing and  energetic  effort  meets  with  success. 

Rev.  G.  S.  Bascom,  Peru,  111.,  writes  : 

'  'The  paper  is  proving  an  eye-opener  to 
me." 

Our  letters  are  a  source  of  great  encour- 
agement to  us,  and  judging  from  their 
tone  we  conclude  that  they  are  a  scource  of 
pleasure  to  those  who  write  them. 

Auti-masoulc  Lecturers. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.  Stod- 
dard, Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.KIggins, 
LIgonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturers  for  New  York,  Z.  Weav 
er,  Esq.  .Syracuse,  and  J.  L.  Barlow,  Be- 
mus  Heights,  Saratoga  Co.,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Senecaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.Rathbun,  Bath,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y. 
S.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfield,  O. 

L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 

J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 

Linus  Chittenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 

P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis. 
C.  F.  Haw  ley,  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y. 
Wm.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Clay  Co., 
Ind. 
J.  L.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  il.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Second 
(Quarter,  1874. 


XX.  1-17— The  Ten  Commands, 
xxiil.  1-8, 19,  20:  Golden  Calf, 
xxxiii.    12-20:   People    Forgiven, 
xl.  17-:j0:  Tabernacle  set  up. 
vii.  37,  38:  The  Five  0£fcriu!,'8. 
xxii.  4-C,  15-21,  33-30 :  The  Three 
Great  Feasts. 

iii.  5-13:  The  Lord's  Ministers, 
xix.  1-10:  Israere  Unbelief. 
XX.  7-13:  The  Smitten  liock.^ 
xxi.  4-'J:  Serpent  of  Brass, 
xviii.  n-16:  The  True  Prophet, 
xxxiv.  1-12:  Death  of  Moses, 
w   (Suggest)  Deut.  viii.   Mercies 
Reviewed. 


LESSON  xxvi. — JDNE  28,  1784. — god's  mer- 
cies. 


Apr. 

5tb,  Ex. 

*^ 

12      " 

'* 

19      " 

" 

25      " 

May 

3   Lev. 

10      " 

.. 

17  Num. 

" 

25      " 

(( 

31      " 

Jane 

7  Num. 

" 

14  Deut. 

" 

21      " 

" 

28  Revic 

SCRIPTDRE        LESSON. — DEUT.       viu.       l-SO. 

Commit  1-10  ;  Primary  Verse,  3. 

1  And  all  the  coinmamlinents  which  I 
command  thee  this  da.y  shall  ye  observe  to 
do,  that  ye  may  live,  and  multiply,  and  go 
in  and  possess  the  land  which  the  Lord 
sware  unto  your  fathers. 

2  And  thou  slialt  remember  all  the  way 
which  the  Lord  thy  God  led  thee  these 
forty  years  in  the  wilderness,  to  humble 
thee,  and  to  prove  thee,  to  know  what  was 
in  thine  heart,  whether  thou  wouldst  keep 
his  commandments,  or  no. 

3  And  he  humbled  thee,  and  sufTered 
thee  to  hunger,  and  feci  thee  with  manna, 
which  thou  knewest  not,  neither  did  thy 
fathers  know  :  that  he  might  make  thee 
know  that  man  doth  not  live  by  bread 
only,  but  by  every  word  that  j^roceedeth 
out  of  the  mouth  of  the  Lord  doth  man 
live. 

4  Thy  raiment  waxed  not  old  upon  thee , 
neither  did  thy  foot  swell,  these  forty  years. 

5  Thou  shalt  also  consider  in  tliiue 
heart,  that,  as  a  man  chasteneth  his  son, 
so  the  Lord  thy  God  chasteneth  thee. 

6  Therefore  thou  shalt  keep  the  com- 
mandments of  the  Lord  thy  God,  to  walk 
in  his  ways,  and  to  fear  him. 

7  For  the  Lord  thy  God  bringeth  thee 
into  a  good  laud,  a  land  of  brooks  of  water, 
of  fountains  and  depths  that  spring  out  of 
valleys  and  hills  : 

8  A  land  of  wheat,  and  barley,  and 
vines,  and  fig  trees,  and  promegranates  ;  a 
land  of  oil  olive  and  honey  ; 

9  A  land  wherein  thou  shalt  eat  bread 
without  scarceness,  thou  shalt  not  lack  any 
thing  in  it  ;  a  land  whose  stones  are  iron, 
and  out  of  whose  hills  thou  mayest  dig 
brass. 

10  When  thou  hast  eaten  and  art  full, 
then  thou  shalt  bless  the  Lord  thy  God 
for  the  good  land  which  he  hath  given 
thee. 

11  Beware  that  thou  forget  not  the 
Lord  thy  God,  in  not  keeping  his  com- 
mandments, and  his  judgments,  and  his 
statutes,  which  I  command  thee  this  day  : 

12  Lest  when  thou  hast  eaten  and  art 
full,  and  hast  built  goodly  houses,  and 
dwelt  therein  ; 

13  And  when  thy  herds  and  thy  flocks 
multiply,  and  thy  silver  and  thy  gold  is 
multiplied,  and  all  that  thou  hast  is  multi- 
plied ; 

14  Then  thine  heart  be  lifted  up,  and 
thou  forget  the  Lord  thy  God,  which 
brought  the  forth  out  of  the  land  of 
Egypt,  from  the  house  of  bondage  ; 

15  Who  led  the  through  that  great  and 
terrible  wilderness,  wherein  were  fiery 
serpents,  and  scorpions,  and  drought, 
where  there  was  no  water  ;  who  brought 
thee  forth  water  out  of  the  rock  of  tlint ; 

16  Who  fed  thee  in  the  wilderness  with 
manna,  which  thy  fathers  knew  not,  that 
he  might  humble  thee,  and  that  he  might 
prove^'thee,  to  do  thee  good  at  thy  latter 
end ; 

17  And  thou  say  in  thy  heart,  My  pow- 
er and  the  might  of  mine  hand  hath  gotten 
me  this  wealth. 

18  But  thou  shalt  remember  the  Lord 
thy  God  :  for  it  is  he  that  giveth  thee  pow- 
er to  get  wealth,  that  he  may  establish  his 
covenant  which  he  sware  unto  thy  fathers, 
as  it  is  this  day. 

19  And  it  shall  be,  if  thou  do  at  all 
forget  the  Lord  thy  God,  and  walk  after 
other  gods,  and  serve  them,  and  worship 
them,  I  testify  against  you  this  day  that 
thou  shalt  surely  perish. 

20.  As  the  nations  which  the  Lord  de- 
stroyeth  before  your  face,  so  shall  ye  per- 
ish; because  ye  would  not  be  obedient 
unto  the  voice  of  the  Lord  your  God. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "Bless  the  Lord,  O 
my  soul,  and  forget  not  all  his  benefits." 
Ps.  ciii.  2. 

TOPIC. — Four  points  of  knowledge. 

HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Deut.  vlii.    1-20— The  Mercieg  Revievi-ed. 
T.     Dent.  Ix.       1-2U— The  Charge  to  Israel. 
W.    Deut.  X.        1-22— The  Reasonable  Servico. 
Th.  Dett.  xl.       1-32-Tho  Children  Taught. 
F,    Deut.  xii.      1-S2— The  Place  of  Prayer. 
S.     Deut.  xxlx.  1-29— The  Covenant  Reviewed, 
S.    Dent.  XXX.  1-20— The  Way  of  Life. 


TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 
The  Knowledge  of  Ourselves,  verses  1,  2. 

The  Knowledge  of  God,  "         3, 4. 

Knowledge  of  our  Relationship,  "         5,  C. 

The  Knowledge  of  our  Hope,  "        7-10. 

SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 
Israel  was  about  to  exchange  the  desert 
for  a  land  of  abundance,  and  would  be  in 
great  danger.  God  causes  them  to  look 
back  over  the  past,  and  gives  them  warn- 
ings for  the  future.  This  chapter  is  like 
the  key  to  some  arithmetics.  The  answers 
are  written  here  to  the  hard  problems  they 
had  before  received.  So  we  shall  know  all 
by  and  by. 

What  is  our  lesson  called?  Have  you 
ever  tried  to  recall  the  blessings  of  God? 
How  many  have  you  had  during  the  past 
quarter?  Name  the  twelve  lessons.  Give 
the  Golden  texts.  Repeat  the  text  for  this 
lesson.    What  is  the  principal  topic? 

What  is  the  first  topic?  How  much  of 
the  way  had  God  led  them?  What  reason 
does  God  give  in  verse  3?  Did  not  God 
know  their  hearts?  Who  did  not  know 
them  ?  How  can  we  find  out  what  is  in 
our  hearts?  How  does  God  speak  of  our 
hearts?  (Gen.  vi.  5;  Jer.  xvii.  9;  Matt.  xv. 
18.)  Suppose  you  found  out  that  you  were 
sick,  what  would  you  do?  If  you  have  a 
bad  heart  what  can  be  done? 

What  is  the  second  topic?  Who  had 
humbled  them?  Who  fed  them  when 
they  were  hungry?  How  long  did  their 
clothes  last?  How  many  grew  foot-sore? 
Why  did  God  allow  them  to  grow  hungry? 
Did  you  ever  have  anything  of  your  own 
to  feed?  Did  you  eia joy  it?  How  mauy 
years  did  God  continue  to  bless  them? 
What  does  God  say  in  Deut.  ii.  7? 

What  is  the  third  topic?  What  relation 
does  God  acknowledge  to  Israel?  How  is 
it  proved  ?  Who  does  a  father  have  a  right 
to  punish  ?  If  he  is  a  good  father  why 
does  he  punish  his  child?  If  you  saw  a 
man  punishing  a  child  whose  child  would 
you  think  it  was?  If  you  see  Chris- 
tians sutler  do  you  think  it  is  because 
God  hates  them?  What  does  God  wish  us 
to  keep?  Spell  keeping-the-command- 
ments  in  one  word. 

What  is  the  fourth  topic?  Where  was 
God  leading  them?  Name  the  fourteen 
things  God  said  about  the  land.  What 
does  God  say  they  would  do  after  they  had 
been  in  the  land?  Read  the  rest  of  the 
chapter. 

Lessons.  The  knowledge  of  ourselves 
ought  to  lead  us  to  know  God.  When  we 
know  him  we  ought  to  trust  in  him.  When 
we  reach  the  good  land  we  shall  bless  God 
for  all  the  trials  by  the  way. 


Thy  Needs, 


BY  ETHSL  ORKY. 


"When  I  first  entered  the  Sunday- 
school  as  a  teacher,"  said  a  friend  to 
me,  only  yesterday,  "I  fanc'ed  that 
nothing  could  be  easier  or  more  delight- 
ful than  to  instruct  a  cisss  of  children 
in  the  truths  of  the  Bible.  I  was  sadly 
mistaken.  I  have  found  it  to  be  work, 
nothing  but  work,  and  oh,  the  hardest 
and  most  diseouraging  work."  For  my 
part,"  observed  a  lady  who  had  listen- 
ed with  interest  to  the  remark,  "I 
dread  the  work.  I've  been  out  of  the 
harness  for  some  time,  and,  while  I 
feel  that  I  ought  to  put  it  on,  I  yet 
fear  to  make  the  attempt.  I  nev«r  be- 
fore so  much  realized  my  own  needs. 
It  seems  to  me  that  a  Sunday-school 
teacher  needs  so  many  qualifications  in 
order  to  be  fitted  to  do  the  work  suc- 
cessfully." Both  of  these  friends  are 
Christian  workers;  both  sincere  in  their 
utterances;  both,  certainly,  imbued 
with  a  sense  of  great  responsibility  of 
a  Sunday-school  teacher,  yet,  evidently, 
both  were  forgetful  of  the  precious 
promise  so  cheering  and  comforting — 
''My   Ood  shall  supply  all  your  need." 

Have  you  need  of  wisdom?  ''If  any 
of  you  lack  wisdom,  let  him  ask  of  God 
that  giveth  liberally  and  upbradeth 
not." 

Do  you  say  you  have  need  of  pa- 
tience?    Consider  the  patience  of  God. 

Do  you  lack  earnestness?  Remem- 
ber tfie  time  is  thort. 


Have  you  not  sufhsient  forbearance? 
Think  again  of  the  Scripture  which 
saith  '  'Forbearing  one  another  and  for- 
giving one  another,  .  .  .  even  as 
God  for  Christ's  sake  hath  forgiven 
you." 

Do  you  feel  your  need  of  self-denial  ? 
Reflect  "Even  Christ  pleased  not  him- 
self." 

Do  you  say  "I  compare  so  unfavor- 
ably with  others  in  my  manner;  I  lack 
address?"  Dear  friend,  the  Bible  has 
\U  word  of  instructive  helpfulness  for 
you — "Be  pitiful,  be  courteous." 

'  But,  you  urge,  "I  have  so  little 
faith.  This  is  my  great  need."  Read 
the  eleventh  chfipter  of  Hebrews  and 
take  heart.  Remember  it  shall  be  unto 
you  even  as  your  faith, 

"But  1  do  not  love  my  work.  I  fear, 
after  all,  my  chief  need  is  love."  Then 
indeed  sore  is  your  need.  Without 
love  you  are  nothing.  With  it,  Christ 
strengthening  you,  you  can  do  all 
things.  Having  love,  it  seems  to  me 
you  may  have  all  these  other  qualifica- 
tions. For  ""love  is  the  fulfilling  of 
the  law." 

The  promises  are  sure.  "As  thy 
days,  so  shall  thy  strength  be."  You 
may  have  many  needs,  but  He  in  whom 
all  fullness  dwells,  is  faithful  to  supply 
them  all— iVai7.  S.  S.  Teacher. 

'^^^  ai|tj  ^^^% 

Birds  and  Bui^s. 


The  etomolcgists,  or  bug-hunters, 
who  go  about  hunting  butterflies  and 
bugs,  arG  an  institution.  Their  bus- 
iness is  to  study  the  nature  and  habits 
of  insects,  and  the  necessity  of  their 
work  is  shown  by  such  facts  as  are  to 
be  found  in  the  reports  to  Congrees. 

The  'army  worm,'  after  it  had  given 
but  little  trouble  for  a  hundred  years, 
destroyed  millions  of  dollars'  worth  of 
grain  in  1801.  The  wheat  midge  and 
Hessian  fly  destroyed  several  million 
dollars'  worth  of  wheat  in  New  York 
in  a  single  year.  It  is  said  that  Maine 
could  raise  100,000  bushels  of  wheat 
a  year  but  for  the  ravages  of  these 
two  insects;  and  the  loss  to  the  South- 
ern planters  by  the  'cotton-bol!  worm,' 
the  'army  worm,'  and  the  'chinch  bug' 
is  enormous.  The  'wire  worm'  alone 
consumed  in  one  department  in  France 
nearly  a  million  dollars'  worth  of  grain, 
and  caused  deficient  harvests  for  years. 
In  Germany  whole  forests  were  con- 
sumed by  the  lavee  of  a  species  of 
worm,  and  thousands  of  fir  trees  had  to 
be  cut  down.  These  are  facts  that 
make  entomology  aa  economic  study. 
The  agriculturalist  classifies  insects  in- 
to friends  or  foes  of  his  crops,  as  thej 
are  carniverous  or  herbiveroup.  The 
work  of  protection  is  well  done  by 
birds.  In  Fracce  the  government  ex- 
tends its  protection  even  to  buzzards 
and  rooks,  because  ench  of  the  former 
consume  about  6,000  field  mice  yearly, 
and  the  latter  an  incalculable  number 
of  white  worms.  In  Hungary,  and 
afterwards  in  Prussia,  to  the  discomfit- 
ure of  Frederick  the  Great,  the  spar- 
rows weje  found  to  be  the  farmer's 
beet  friend. 

Over  fifty  species  of  insects  prey  up- 
on cereals  and  gr&pea,  and  as  many  on 
our  fi«ld   crop*.     Thirty    well-known 


species  ravage  garden  vegetables,  and 
fifty  attack  the  grr.pe  vine,  and 
their  number  is  increasing.  About 
seventy-five  species  make  their  annual 
onset  upon  the  apple  tree,  and  as  many 
upon  the  plum,  pear ,  peach,  and  cherry. 
Over  fifty  species  infest  the  oak,  twenty- 
five  the  elm,  seventy  five  the  walnut, 
and  one  hundred  prey  upon  the  pine. 
Each  year  witnesses  the  attacks  of  new 
enemies.     The  killing   of  insect  eating 

birds  steadily  increases  noxious  insects. 

♦-»-• 

Cleanliness  iu  Milking. 


So  much  has  been  said  and  writen  in 
regard  to  cleanliness  "in  milking,  and  it 
is  so  obvious  that  milk  which  is  to  be 
used  for,  or  to  be  manufactured  into 
human  food  should  be  perfectly  clean, 
that  it  seems  almost  supeifluous  to  call 
attention  to  the  subject.  But  in  spite 
of  all  that  has  been  said,  filtiiy  practic- 
es creep  into  use.  One  of  these  is  milk- 
ing in  the  rain  or  when  the  cow  is  so 
wet  that  the  water  will  run  down  her 
sides  and  drip  into  the  milk  pail.  The 
hair  and  f-kin  of  the  cow  are  covered 
with  accumulations  of  perspiration, 
and  to  soak  these  up  aud  rinse  them 
down  her  sides  into  the  milk,  is  as  inju- 
rious as  it  is  filthy. 

Another  defect  sometimes  occurs 
from  not  thoroughly  cleansing  the  teats 
and  udder  before  commencing  to  milk. 
A  thorough  brushing  is  always  neces- 
sary to  get  off  the  loose  hairs  and  dirt, 
and  if  the  teats  have  become  otherwise 
filthy,  they  should  be  washed,  but  not 
milked  till  they  are  dry.  A  pail  of 
water  and  a  cloth  should  alv/ays  be  at 
hand  for  this  purpose.  When  milking 
is  done  in  a  stable,  there  is  sometimes 
a  neglect  to  provide  absorbents  to  soak 
up  liquid  excrement,  and  to  prevent 
spattering.  This  is  both  a  violation  of 
cleanliness  and  wasteful.  It  can  be 
easily  guarded  against  by  the  use  of 
straw,  saw-dust,  dried  muck,  or  some- 
thing of  the  kind.  Still  another  filthy 
practice  is  that  of  drawing  a  little  milk 
into  the  hand  and  wetting  the  teats 
with  it  before  beginning  to  milk.  Some 
milkers  insist  that  this  is  not  uncleanly ; 
to  which  is  only  necessary  to  reply 
that  any  person  whose  sense  of  neatness 
is  so  obtuse  as  not  to  discover,  v? ithout 
argument,  that  the  practice  is  a  filthy 
one,  is  unfit  either  to  milk  or  work 
about  a  dairy. 

Besides  objections  on  the  score  of 
filth,  the  first  milk  drawn  contains  so 
little  cream  and  so  much  saline  matter, 
that  it  makes  the  surface  of  the  teats 
dry  and  harsh,  and  inclines  them  to 
chap.  If,  after  the  milking  is  done, 
the  pail  is  set  aside  and  the  teats  wet 
with  some  of  the  very  last  strippings, 
that  are  little  else  but  cream,  there 
would  be  lefs  objection  to  the  practice. 
To  mention  in  detail  all  the  points 
that  offend  against  cleanliness  would  be 
tedious.  They  must,  for  the  most  part 
be  left  to  the  milker's  sense  of  neatness, 
which  certainly  ought  to  be  of  an  ap- 
preciative character.  Uncleanly  milk- 
ing is  quite  too  common.  If  all  the 
milk  of  which  butter  and  cheese  are 
made  could  be  taken  to  the  dairy-house 
as  undefiled  a«  it  exists  in  the  udder, 
the  price  of  those  luxuries  would  be 
at  once  materially  advanced.  —  Canada 

Farmer. 


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This  revelation  is  so  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered  the  au- 
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OK  PBKSONAL  EEMINISCENCES  OP  THE    ABDUCTION  AND 
MURDEKOF  Wm.  MORGAN, 

By  SAMUEL  D.  G-REENE, 

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"A  Masonic  Revelation.— Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 
gentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  whose  BtatementB  seem  to 
be  worthy  of  full  credence.  T/ta  broken  Seal;  or,  ^i^ersonal 
arm iniscencei  of  the  Morgan  slbduclion  and  Murder,  ia  the 
title  of  a  book  of  some  three  hundred  pages  just  issued  by  him, 
purporting  to  give  a  full  and  accurate  account,  from  personal  knowl- 
edge, of  ttia  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  other  masonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  almost  half  a  century 
ago." — CnngreyitlionaUsi  and  'jticcorder,  Sos/oji. 

"  'Frebiiasonrt  Dhtblopbd.' — 'The  Broken  Seal :  or,  Personal 
Eeminiscences  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,'  is  the  title  of 
a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  the 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter" 
esting  matter,  including  the  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
thor opposes  Freemasonry  as  inimical  to  good  government,  to  so- 
ciety, and  to  the  Church  ;  and  the  story  that  he  here  tells  will  make 
a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  bo.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
Its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— zJaj- 
ly  Herald,  jSosion.  ^   ^  .. 

"We  are  acquainted  with  Mr.  Greene,  and  have  no  doubt  that  his 
account  is  entirely  reliable,  and  of  great  historic  and  moral  interest. 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan  was  Mr.  Greene's  neighbor  i'>  Batavia,  N.  T,., 
and  a  member  of  the  same  lodge  with  him  at  the  time  of  the  great 
excitement  in  18?6.  The  titles  to  these  chapters  are  sufliciently  ex- 
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tually Revealed;"  "Confession  of  the  Murderer;"  "Allegation* 
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History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murder  of 
Cap't.  Wan.  Morgan, 

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twenty  persons,  including  Morgan's  wife,  and  no  candid  person 
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TRACT  NO.  l: 
HISTORY  OF  MASONRY., 

BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OF    WHEATON   COLLEGE. 
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Tkact  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled   "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
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Tract   No.  1,  Part  Third— Is    entitled    "FREEMASONRY    A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

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TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURDER, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD,   of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

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TRACT  NO.  8: 

SECRETS  OF  MASOKRY, 

BY  ELI  TAP  LEY. 

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TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
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TRACT.  NO.  6: 

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

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TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Qnincy  Adams'  Letter. 

eiving  His  and  His  Father's  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1831.); 

AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 
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TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TO\;ir. 

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Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  be  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian ;  and  the  Masonic  Gable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  the 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  loadinc  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
60  cents  per  100;  $4.09  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustrated.'  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  ''Freema- 
sonry is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  tho  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  Mnri^ar  and  Treason  not 
Exo«pt«d,"  ftnd  shows  that  tho  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
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TRACT  NO.  0,  ILLUSTRATED: 
FREEMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH.  . 

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which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  for.  Tlie  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  o{  "■Occidental  Sov- 
ereign, Consistory  S.  P.  S.  S,"  32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge — and 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Church  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TRACT  NO.  10: 

CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREEMASONRY. 

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Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
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cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "the 
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TRACT  NO.  11; 

kiimt  of  hm  Gsuiitj  Aisdcialioi,  Nsw  Ifork, 

TO  THE  PUBLIC ; 

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TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  "WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

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eonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
eubsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
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TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVER  ON  MASONRY, 

and 
HOWARD  CRQSBY,  D.  D., 

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TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  IjCDGE  MASONRY. 

ITS  EELATION  TO  CIVIL  QOVEENKEKT  AlTD  THE  raEISTIAN  EELIOIOK. 
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TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID. 

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TRACT  NO.  16 : 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 
PROOF  THAT  TUE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth   M, 
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Origin,  Oblifaiions  ani  l^lml  of  ?b  Sras^e. 

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HON.  "WM.  H.  SE'WARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

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CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  ia  added. 

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TRACT  NO,  19. 

BHICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
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OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Coruton,  Vermont. 
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TRACT  SO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA  A.  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argument,  shows 
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Sis  Eeasons  wlij  a  Clirisliaii  sbould  soils  aFrsesiason 

By  REV.  A.  GEOLB,  Pastor,  German  M.E.Cinrch, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

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OUR  SUBBOBIPTION    LIST. 

We  have  called  a  report  of  the  Cy- 
nosure circuktion,  "Our"  subscription 
list;  but  we  are  glad  to  feel  that  the 
pronoun  "our"  refers  not  only  to  the 
editors  and  publishers  but  to  every 
friend  who  reads  the  paper  and  is  try- 
ing to  promote  the  reform  which  it  ad- 
vocates. And  the  more  keenly  our 
friends  realize  that  the  success  of  this 
reform  depends,  under  God,  upou  their 
individual  effort,  the  more  success  will 
attend  the  Cynosure  and  the  cause 
generally. 

The  last  time  the  mail  list  was  count- 
ed (May  26)  it  numbered  4,607.  On 
June  15lh  the  number  is  4,780.  The 
average  daily  gain  is  a  little  less  than 
nine  subscriptions.  This  report  is  not 
so  good  as  it  oue;ht  to  be.  The  Cyno- 
sure in  its  present  form  deserves  and 
must  have  a  wider  circulation.  Not- 
withstanding economy  during  May,  it 
lacked  one  hundred  and  fifty-two  dol- 
lars of  paying  the  current  expenses. 
This  does  not  frighten  us,  but  it  leads 
us  to  the  conclusion  that  we  must  de- 


ny ourselves  a  little  more  and  work  a 
little  harder  during  the  rest  of  June 
and  through  July  and  August. 

Illinois  has  Cynosure  subscriptions 
in  seventy-eight  counties  and  has  more 
than  any  other  State,  eight  hundred 
and  eighty-five.  What  i«  the  least  she 
can  afford  to  do  fur  the  paper  this  sum- 
mer? Every  responsible  person  who 
desires  to  promote  the  reform  is  au- 
thorized to  act  as  agent.  Are  there 
not  four  hundred  and  forry-two  of  the 
Illinois  subscribers  who  can  send  in  one 
new  subscription  this  summer!  Let 
Illinois  do  her  duty  to  the  Cynosure 
between  this  time  and  the  time  of  the 
next  presidential  election  and  the  vote 
which  she  will  cast  for  upright  men  at 
that  time  will  certainly  be  worth  count- 
ing. 

Ohio  stands  next  on  our  list.  Six 
hundred  and  ninety-nine  Cynosures 
now  go  that  State. 

What  will  these  do  for  the  Cynosure  ? 
A  little  help  from  every  one  accom- 
plishes much  in  time. 

Indiana  stands  third.  She  has  five 
hundred  and  twenty-five.  The  fourth 
of  last  November  Mr.  Kiggins,  the 
State  Agent  wrote:  "I  am  going  to 
make  an  effort  to  get  one  thousand  Cy- 
nosures into  Indiana  by  next  yeai  this 
time."  He  called  on  all  who  favor  this 
cause  to  do  their  utmost  to  help  ac- 
complish this  result.  There  are  yet 
four  months  and  a  half  to  finish  up 
this  work  in  and  we  intend  to  let  you 
know  how  well  you  have  succeeded  at 
that  time.  One  man  in  the  State  has 
sent  i«  more  than  sixty  subscribers 
from  a  part  where  money  is  scarce.  In 
view  of  this  fact  is  it  asking  much  of 
five  hundred  to  send  in  five  hundred 
more  soon  ?  Do  not  fail  to  make  the 
number  a  full  thousand  by  next  No- 
vember, 

New  York  has  the  fourth  place  on 
our  list.  Iowa  the  fifth.  Wisconsin 
the  sixth.  Michigan  the  seventh. 
Michigan  reports  mora  than  20,000 
members  of  the  grange. 

Friends,  do  not  let  the  granges  work 
harder  than  you  do.  Vermont  has 
the  eighth  position  as  regards  num- 
bers. Missouri  the  ninth.  Kansas 
the  tenth.  Minnesota  the  eleventh. 
Connecticut  the  twelfth.  Massachu- 
setts the  thirteenth.  Is  she  contented 
to  hold  this  rank  ?  We  ask  her  fifty - 
seven  Cynosrue  subscribers  to  answer. 
Colorado  has  the  fourteenth  place. 
California  stands  next.  Then  comes 
Oregon.  New  Jersey  has  the  seven- 
teenth place.  Nebraska  the  eighteenth. 
Maine  the  nineteenth.  West  Virginia 
and  Washington  Territory  stand  to- 
gether with  nineteen  subscribers  each 
in  the  twentieth  place. 

We  have  reported  these  fully  now, 
as  the  summer  has  fairly  opened,  and 
intend  to  tell  you  the  relative  position 
(as  regards  Cynosure  subscribers)  of 
the  various  States  on  the  fourteenth  of 
September,  when  the  fall  has  fairly 
opened.  Will  you  not  do  all  you  can 
to  extend  the  influence  of  the  Cy- 
nosure in  your  respective  States  and 
Territories  in  that  time  ? 


We  are  just  isfuing  two  thousand 
copieB  of  the  Minutes  of  the  Syracuse 
Convention    in    pamphlet    form.     We 


hope  this  report  will  be  carefully  read 
all  over  the  country.  The  speech  of 
Chae.  W.  Greene  on  the  evils  of  the 
grange  as  alone  woith  all  the  book 
costs. 

Price  single  copy,po8t  paid,  is  twenty- 
five  cents;  two  dollars  per  dozen. 


THE  FOURTH  OF  JULY. 

Every  one  nearly  expects  to  spend  a 
little  money  about  the  Fourth  of  July 
in  honor  of  our  National  Independence. 
It  is  well  to  observe  that  day  in  a  sen- 
sible manner.  Cannot  our  auxiliary 
associations  opposed  to  secret  societies 
have  picnics  or  excursiona  and  if  pos- 
sible provide  a  speaker  to  show  the 
evils  of  secret  societies  ?  If  you  cannot, 
have  some  good  reader  read  one  of  the 
many  valuable addreijses  that  have  been 
already  published  either  in  tract  form 
or  in  the  Cynosure.  Will  you  not 
make  it  the  especial  business  of  the 
day  to  canvass  for  Cynosure  subscrib- 
ers? Provide  yourself  with  Cynosure 
tracts  and  subscription  papers  in  ad- 
vance. It  would  be  an  appropriate 
time  for  dissatisfied  members  of 
granges  and  other  secret  societies  to 
sign  declarations  of  independence  from 
their  despotic  rule.  We  will  be  glad 
to  publish  any  such  declarations  if  sent 
to  us.  Let  us  spend  this  National  hol- 
iday in  a  manner  befitting  a  free,  Chris- 
tian people. 


All  interested  in  American  Colleges 
will  be  pleased  to  read  the  new  book 
prepared  by  Henry  L,  Kellogg,  show- 
ing the  efforts  which  are  being  made 
in  the  country  for  the  suppression  of 
college  secret  societies.  We  trust 
through  Its  influence  these  efforts  will 
be  multiplied. 

The  price  of  a  single  copy  is  thirty- 
five  cents,  fifteen  dollars  per   hundred. 

Expressage  extra. 

.♦.♦ 

We  ask  all  who  have  CymoSMre  pub- 
lications on  sale  to  use  as  much  vigor 
as  possible  in  disposing  of  them.  The 
Fourth  of  July  will  be  a  good  time  to 
press  their  sale  in  some  localities. 


MAREET  RSFGRTS 

Chicago,  June  15,  1874. 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 
Grain  Wheat— Spring,  No.  1 . .     $    1  19^    1  20 

"       No.   a 1  18       1  18^ 

"       No.  3 112 

"       Rejected 1  03 

Corn— No.  2 62^        63 

Rejected 57H 

OatB— No.  2...   47       4714 

Rejected 43^    44 

Eye— No.  2 84           841^ 

Flour,  Winter.      5  50       0  00 

Spring   extra 5  12       6  00 

Snperline 3  50       4  75 

Hay— Timothy,  pressed 12  00      16  50 

"          loose 14  00     15  00 

Prairie,       "     10  00     12  00 

Lard   11% 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 17  25 

Butter 15           23 

Cheese  -  12H       14!4 

Eggs liVt       isa 

Beans. 215       2  50 

Potatoes,  per  bu       85       1  40 

Broom  corn 04  09 

UiDKB— Green  and  green  cured 06J4      095 

Full  cured  add  %,  per  cent. 

Lumber— Clear 38  00     55  00 

Common 1160      13  00 

Lath 3  25 

Shingles 150       3  60 

WOOL— Washed 36          53 

Unwashed 25          32 

LIVB  STOCK.  Cattle,  extra. ...  6  30       6  00 

Good  to  choice 5  65       6  30 

Medium 4  75       5  50 

Common 3  50       4  25 

Hogs, 5  10       5  90 

Sheep 4  00       6  5C 

New  York  Market,  "* 

Flour I  4  50  11  00 

Wheat 1  40  1  60 

Corn 83  84 

Oats 64  71 

Rye 105  108 

Lard ,^  ll!4 

Mess  pork 17  75 

Butter 20  28 

Cheese 12'^  15 

B«SB        -, ~        14  16 


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Executive  Coinmittee  Notice. — By  order  of  the  Presi- 
dent aud  Secretaries  of  the  National  Christian  Association 
a  meeting  of  the  Ex.  Com.  of  the  Association  will  be  held 
at  the  Oynosurc  office  on  Saturday,  June  27th,  at  11  A.  M. 

The  following  are  the  members  of  the  Committee:  B,  T. 
Roberts,  Pres.  N.  G  .  A.\  L.  N.  Stratton,  \st  Vice  Prea.; 
P.  Carpenter,  J.  Blauchard,  A.  Wait.  I.  A.  Hart,  C.  R. 
Hagerty,  E.  A.  Cook,  J.  G.  Tcrrill,  O.  F.  Lumry,  J.  M. 
Wallace  Isaac  Preston,  Wm,  Pinkney,  Directors;  C.  A. 
Blanchard,  Gor.  Scc'y. ;  J.  P.  Stoddard,  GenH  Agt.  <iud  Lec- 
turer; H,  L.  Kellogg,  Roc.  Bcc'y  and  Trcas.;  H,  A.  Fischer, 
Auditor. 


Contents. 

Editorial  Articles 

The  Americans Geo.  W.  Clark. 

Thb  Sykacuse  Convention. 

Unpublished  Reminiscences  of  the  Morgan  Times 

Address  of  Rev.  D.  P.  Rathbun 

Weapons  of  our  Warfare,  address  by  Prof .  Blanchard 

The  Freedom  of  the  Soul  (Poetry) 

Topics  op  the  Time 

Keporm  News 

From  Williams  Co.,  O Prom  the  Illinois  Agent.    The 

work  opened  in  Ottawa From  Washington  Co.,  111. 

Correspondence 

Store  about  the  Morenci  Tragedy  . .  .The  Corner-Stone 

Protest  in   Washington Did  Nathaniel   Colver   ever 

Renounce  the  Lodge? Corner-Stone    Laying Our 

Mail. 

A  Temple  of  Baal  in  Chicago 

The  Home  Cikcle 

The  Light  of  IMe  (.Poetry)  —  Our  Florida  Correspond- 
ent  I  Tolled  Betty The  Eyes Cheap  Things. 

Children's  Corner 

The  Sabbath  School 

Home  and  Health  Hints 

S'arra  and  Garden 

Keligious  Intelligence -. 

News  of  the  Week 

Notices 

Publisher's  Department 

Advertisements 


Page. 


13,14 


11 

7 

7 

7 

9 

12 

1,9 

16 

15,16 


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Two  Moke  Conventions. — The  Republican  Conven- 
tions of  Illinois  and  Indiana  have  come  and  gone. 
The  main  questions  before  them  were  on  the  financial 
and  liquor  issues.  The  attempt  of  the  Illinois  dele- 
gates seems  to  have  been  to  avoid  taking  any  position 
on  either  of  these  matters.  That  it  succeeded  admira- 
bly is  evident  from  the  fact  that  the  St.  Louis  Democrat, 
N.  y.  Herald,  and  Cincinnati  Inquirer,  think  they 
favor  inflation,  while  the  St.  Louis  Republican,  N.  Y. 
Tribune,  N.  Y.  Times,  and  St.  Louis  Olobe  are 
equally  sure  they  declared  for  honesty  and  hard 
money.  This  is  a  fair  sample  of  present  political  work. 
Our  statesmen  have  no  views  on  public  policy  which 
cannot  be  changed  to  accord  with  the  sentiments  of 
the  voters  of  their  district.  Senator  Logan  is  the 
father  of  the  ''Black  laws"  of  Illinois,  a  code  as  dark 
and  bloody  as  the  similar  one  of  South  Carolina.  He 
has  been  for  several  years  shouting  himself  hoarse 
over  the  liberation  of  the  slave.  He  went  into  office 
on  a  platform  promising;  the  country  hard  money  and 
fair  dealing.  He  has  been  doing  his  best  to  aid  spec- 
ulators by  further  paperizing  the  mediums  of  exchange. 
He  will  now  do  anything  or  be  anything  that  prom- 
ises future  success  in  office  begging.  The  Convention 
at  Springfield,  influenced  by  him  and  Representative 
Farwell  have  put  out  a  two  faced  platform  hoping  to 
fool  both  temperate  men  and  drunkards,  speculators 
in  gold,  {i.  e,  thieves)  and  working  men  to  vote  foi 
its  candidates.  The  Indiana  Convention  seems  to 
have  been  affected  in  the  same  way  to  a  less  extent, 
as  evidenced  by  its  cautious  endorsement  of  Morton 
and  its  declaration  for  "local  optica,"  "damages"  and 
the  existing  temperance  law.  Is  it  not  plain  that  we  have 
no  parties  at  present  saye  parties  of  office  beggars  ? 
that  the  affairs  of  the  country  are  managed  by  men 
who  if  they  should  be  awakened  at  midnight  (or  in 
the  morning)  by  a  movement  of  the  people,  would  in 
their  roles  de  nuit,  streak  for  the  nearest  fence  and 
sit  on  the  top  rail  until  they  could  guess  which  side 
would  have  the  largest  crowd,  when  they  would 
scramble  down  and  shout,  "We  were  always  on  this 
side;  serd  us  our  clothes  and  we  will  make  you  a 
speech?" 


Freedom  of  the  Press. — The  Senators  of  the 
United  States  have  passed  a  bill  by  which  any  news- 
paper having  an  authorized  correspondent  or  agent  in 
any  State,  Territory  or  the  D. strict  of  Columbia,  may 
be  sued  in  any  Federal  Court  having  jurisdiction  over 
the  territory  where  that  correspondent  lives  and  be 
summoned  by  service  of  process  upon  this  agent  or 
person  having  business  relations  with  the  paper. 

The  operation. of  this  law  would  be  as  follows:  If 
Gen.  Grant  should  get  drunk ;  Gen.  Butler  steal  tele- 
grams; Secretary  Richardson,  Assistant  Sawyer  and 
Solicitor  Banfield  conspire  with  Sanborn  to  defraud; 
Alexander  R.  Shepherd  rice  by  his  native  genius  from 
'  'a  poor  plumber  boy"  to  the  champion  robber  of  the 
District  of  Columbia,  all  these  things  to  come  to  ligbt 
on  the  first  day  of  May,  1874.  And  further,  if  oe 
the  same  day  it  should  be  ascertained  that  the  Collec- 
tor of  Customs  at  New  Orleans,  New  York,  San  Fran- 
cisco and  Chicago  were  Masonic  robbers  of  the  Treas- 
ury. And  once  more,  if  the  correspondents  of  the 
N.  Y.  Tribune  should  send  the  facts  in  each  case  to 
that  paper  and  they  should  be  published  in  it;  then 
the  N.  Y.  Tribune  might  be  made  defendant  in  six 
libel  suits  in  the  city  of  Washington,  and  one  each  in 
four  cities  named,  to  be  tried  if  the  courts  pleased 
on  the  same  day,  before  juries  composed  of  Govern- 
ment dependants,  with  no  appeal  possible  except  to  the 
Supreme  Couit  of  the  United  States.  It  requires  no 
argument  to  prove  that  the  strongest  newspaper  in  the 
United  States  could  be  killed  in  less  than  fire  years  by 
this  law  and  the  persecutions  made  possible  by  it. 
Congressmen  are  quite  accustomed  to  boast  of  the  in- 
vestigations that  have  resulted  in  the  discomfiture  of  a 
few  of  the  blood-suckers  of  Washington.  Now  if 
they  will  point  to  one  such  investigation  that  took 
place  before  the  newspapers  demanded  it,  time  and 
again,  they  may  escape  the  accusation  of  attempting 
to  abridge  the  freedom  of  the  press;  though  they  can- 
not escape  that  of  gross  ignorance.  Congressmen 
know  that  the  reforms  would  never  have  been  made 
without  the  persistent  demand  of  the  press.  They 
know  that  this  bill  could  have  no  other  effect  than  to 
render  freedom  of  speech  on  public  men  and  matters 
impossible.  The  men  who  in  the  Senate  voted  for  it 
are  subverters  of  the  Constitution  they  have  sworn  to 
uphold.     It  will  be  perfectly  safe  to  watch  such  men. 

Respecting  an  Establishment  of  Religion. — The 
movement  to  expel  delegate  Cannon  from  the  Houfc 
of  Representatives  becauee  he  has  more  than  one  wife 
has  failed.  Our  representatives  have  decided  that  the 
polygamist  can  stay  but  that  no  others  may  come. 
This  action  means  one  of  two  things;  either  that 
Mormonism  is  not  a  religion,  or  that  it  is  and  one 
who  practices  this  religion  cannot  be  a  territorial  rep- 
resentative. If  the  first  is  the  true  meaning,  the  act 
is  unconstitutional  because  it  is  one  respecting  an  es- 
tablishment of  religion.  For  if  Cone;ress  has  power 
to  say  that  Mormonism  is  not  religion  and  must  not 
be  practiced  it  may  go  through  the  entire  list  of  de- 
nominations. For  the  right  to  say  that  one  body  of 
religionists  are  no  religionists  involves  the  right  to 
declare  that  other  bodies  are  not,  and  when  they  have 
excluded  all  but  one,  it  is  the  religion  of  the  country. 
If  they  do  not  say  that  Mormonism  is  no  religion 
they  do  say  that  one  who  practices  this  religion  must 
be  excluded  from  a  certain  office  because  he  does  so. 
In  other  words  they  require  a  religious  test  as  a  qual- 
ification to  an  office  under  the   United   States,     This 


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also  is  forbidden  by  the  Constitution.  What  then 
ought  these  Congressmen  to  do  ?  Why,  to  say  in 
the  Constitution,  by  amendment  of  the  preamble  or 
otherwise :  "The  Christian  religion  is  the  fundamental 
law  of  the  United  States.  The  God  of  the  Bible  is 
the  God  by  whom  we  swear  and  to  whom  we  owe 
illegiance.  Men  who  worship  false  gods  and  practice 
false  religions  are  thereby  disqualified  for  offices  of 
honor  or  profit  under  these  United  States."  When 
this  is  done  you  can  stand  on  firm  ground  and  refuse 
to  admit  Mormons  to  Congress,  or  worshipers  of  the 
joss-house.  While  the  Constitution  remains  as  it  is 
all  such  endeavors  are  hostile  to  its  letter  and  spirit 
and  will  be  as  futile  as  the  laws  already  passed  prohib- 
iting polygamy,  which  everybody  knows  are  a  dead 
letter. 

The  Cornkr-Stone. — The  Masonic  brethren  are 
seemingly  a  little  troubled  at  the  petitions  against  their 
prospective imperiinence  over  a  Chicago  Custom-House. 
A  note  in  the  Chicago  Journal  lately  said  in  a  grum- 
bling undertone  that  so  far  only  one  hundred  and 
sixty  Masons  had  decided  to  take  part  in  the  exercises. 
A  little  while  ago  we  were  told  that  twenty-five  thous- 
and Masons  with  patches  of  white  linen  over  their 
stomachs  were  to  take  part  in  the  work,  and  now  one 
hundred  and  sixty  are  to  do  so.  '  'Oh !  what  a  fall 
was  there,  my  countrymen  !  "  There  will  doubtless 
be  more  than  that  number.  Certainly  such  great  and 
good  men  as  Reynold^,  Logan  and  Hurlbut,  should  un- 
derstand printiDg  and  inflation  well  enough  to  get  out 
something  of  a  crowd.  If  they  come,  why  will  they 
come  ?  Because  Masonry  is  in  a  decayed  condition  in 
Illinois,  and  something  must  be  done  in  the  way  of 
parade  and  show  to  impress  the  ignorant  and  bring  in 
money  from  ambitious,  weak  young  men.  The  order 
has  tried  the  "silent- tongue,  faithful-heart"  dodge  and 
is  losing  on  it.  Tiie  Cynosure  is  steadily  increasing 
its  circulation  and  influence.  Men  are  beginning  to 
speak  out  all  over  the  country.  Secret  societies  of 
every  sort  are  more  and  more  corrupt,  and  they  must 
strike.  They  have  already  so  far  as  possible  gagged 
the  churches,  but  are  not  gaining  power  in  that  direc- 
tion now.  They  have  begun  to  throw  Anti-masonic 
papers  out  of  the  mail  (the  writer  has  written  proof 
of  this  statement)  and  are  putting  Masonic  men  into 
every  Post  Office  and  Custom-House  that  they  can 
reach.  At  Wheaton  a  maimed  man  was  put  out  and 
a  Mason  put  in  lately,  and  similar  instances  are  common. 

The  leaders,  such  men  as  Pike  and  Mackey,  have 
nothing  to  lose,  and  we  are  entering  on  a  desperate 
struggle  which  will  be  settled  when  honest  men  and 
open  measures  are  victorious,  or  when  the  dream  of 
Ccoaarism  has  become  an  awful  reality  and  the 
lodge  has  throttled  the  Republic.  There  is  no  pos- 
sible communion  between  light  and  darknesF,  between 
Americanism  and  the  dark  despotisms  like  Masonry, 
Jesuitism  and  the  Internationals.  Be  wise  then  in 
time.  This  Chicago  Custom-House  is  the  point  where 
secretism  makes  her  first  advance.  The  protest  of  four- 
teen thousand  Americans  is  already  recorded.  Thus 
far  all  is  well,  but  we  must  be  active  and  vigilant. 
Freemasonry  and  its  like  live  only  in  the  dark,  they 
die  in  the  light.  Let  there  be  light  from  one  hundred 
thousand  Cynomres,  from  ten  thousand  tracts  and 
tongues  and  the  dark  dens  will  be  vacant.  The  hon- 
est deluded  victims  of  the  lodge  will  shake  off  their 
bonds,  one  more  triumph  will  be  achieved,  and  then, 
— we  will  take  the  field  against  the  n?xt  great  wrong. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


THE  SYRACUSE  CONVENTION. 


Ui\l'UBL£SHEI)    llEMlNISrENCES    OF    THE    MOR- 
GAN TIMES. 


BY  ELDER  DAVID   BERNARD. 


Everj'  Christian  is  or  should  be  afaitbful  witness  for 
God  and  tiie  truth.  As  my  aye  and  infirmities  indi- 
cate that  my  time  of  giving  testimony  will  soon  expire, 
I  embrace  the  opportunity  now  given  to  testify  of  some 
things  whicli  may  have  a  bearing  upon  the  doings  and 
results  of  this  Convention. 

Some  of  the  facts  you  may  know  already.  Of  these 
I  may  only  confirm  your  faith  or  refresh  your  memo- 
ries. But  I  may  speak  of  some  things  which  you  can 
only  know  from  my  lips,  as  of  all  who  once  knew  them 
I  alone  am  left  to  tell  you. 

Of  my  nativity  I  will  only  say  I  was  born  in  Utica, 
Oneida  county,  New  York,  on  the  24th  day  of  De- 
cember, 1798.  Most  of  my  early  life  was  spent  in 
Utica.  Some  part  of  my  time  was  spent  in  clerkships 
and  in  teaching  school.  A  portion  of  my  minority  was 
occupied  in  reading  laAV  with  the  Hon.  Felix  Grundv, 
of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  and  a  part  of  ni}'  time  was  occu- 
pied as  a  student  in  Columbian  College,  at  \A'ashing- 
ton,  D.  C.  I  was  baptized  in  Utica,  licensed  to  preach 
the  Gospel  in  Utica,  and  in  Utica  I  was  made  a  Free- 
mason. The  motives  urged  by  my  Masonic  friends  for 
my  union  with  the  order  were  very  plausible.  They 
said  that  Masonry  was  a  moral  institution,  benevolent 
and  religious.  They  said  that  the  order  embraced  in 
its  membership  men  of  the  greatest  intelligence  and 
highest  respectability  in  all  parts  of  the  world.  They 
said  that  if  I  should  become  a  minister  of  the  Gospel, 
which  I  then  had  in  view,  it  would  be  of  great  benetit 
and  doubtless  insure  raj'  success.  That  infidel  Masons 
would  attend-  on  my  ministry  and  aid  in  my  support. 
They  said  that  if  I  should  become  a  Mason  it  would 
render  my  pathway  through  life  more  desirable  and 
greatly  augment  my  usefulness.  And  they  said  also 
that  a  knowledge  of  Masonry  would  aid  me  in  expound- 
ing the  Word  of  God,  and  gave  me  for  an  example 
Rev.  ii.  17:  "To  him  that  overcometh  will  I  give 
to  eat  of  the  hidden  manna  and  will  give  him  a  white 
stone,  and  in  the  stone  a  new  name  written  which  no 
man  knowcth  saving  he  that  receiveth  it."  They  pre- 
tended that  this  secret  name  was  known  and  could  be 
explained  only  by  Freemasons.  That  the  initials  on 
the  key-stone,  II,  T.  W.  S.  S.  T.  K.  S.  indicated  the 
name  and  was  given  to  the  candidate  in  this  degree. 
But  this  is  all  ''gammon"  as  the  sequel  proves.  We  often 
see  these  letters  on  the  jewels  of  Mark  Master  Masons 
worn  upon  their  guards,  or  watch  chains,  or  bosom 
pins.  And  I  sometimes  read  them  to  these  wise 
Master  builders,  and  they  always  acknowledge,  directly 
or  indirectly,  that  I  know  that  much  ot  Masonry  at 
least,  '"Hiram  Tyrian  Widow's  Son  Sent  to  Kino-  Sol- 
omon."  Wonderful  light  this,  isn't  it?  Shining  from 
Masonry  upon  the  AVord  of  God  like  an  unlighted 
tallow  candle  shining  on  the  sun !  And  you  have  to 
swear  thirty-four  times  before  you  get  high  enough  to 
understand  the  import  of  these  wonderful,  myslicaj 
letters — and  they  prove  not  to  be  mystical  after  all — 
the  solving  of  which  would  not  give  you  one  ray  of 
light  from  God's  Word,  leaving  you  after  all  the  lioht 
that  Masonry  affords  in  the  condition  of  a  "numskull 
with  his  linger  in  his  mouth."  ]5ut  they  had  another 
inducement.  In  view  of  my  becoming  a  clergyman  I 
shoiMd  have  it  all  free  of  cost. 

But  I  had  an  objection  still.  They  imposed  oaths 
with  penalties  on  all  their  members,  and  I  had  consci- 
entious scruples  against  swearing  in  :iny  form.  But 
they  disposed  of  this  by  their  short  method,  "lying." 
They  said  that  no  oath  Avould  be  required  of  me!  And 
I  yielded,  and  thus  I  was  caught  in  an  evil  net.  Thus 
was  i  snared  in  an  evil  time.  And  thus  I,  a  young 
man,  an  aspirant  for  clerical  robes  and  an  immortal 
crown,  Avas  seeking  companionship  and  fellowship  with 
infidels.     And   now   behold   me    semi-denuded,  hood- 


winked and  cable-towed,  and  on  my  knees  invoking  the 
name  of  the  Lord  Almighty  and  swearing  extra-judi- 
cially,  with  no  sanction  or  authority  of  national  or 
Divine  law,  and,  consequently,  profaneljr.  Swearing  all 
along  at  every  step  of  the  Avay.  In  the  first  degree, 
three  times;  in  the  second  degree,  six  times;  in  the 
third  degree, seventeen  times;  and  in  the  four  chaptoral 
degrees,  forty  times;  making  in  sixty-seven  times  I 
swore  profanely  in  taking  the  first  seven  degrees  of 
Masonry.  And  no  one  is  excused.  All  who  ascend 
the  Masonic  ladder  seven  degrees,  descend  as  far  as 
sixty-seven  profane  oaths  will  take  them  in  sin.  And 
with  a  "so  help  me  God"  to  back  up  and  sustain  the 
oaths  of  each  degree.  ■  And  this  claims  to  be  a  moral 
institution,  the  handmaid  of  religion ! 

When  I  came  to  the  Royal  Arch  degree  and  to  the 
point  in  the  oath  which  obligates  to  aid  and  assist  a 
companion  Royal  Arch  Mason  when  engaged  in  any 
difficulty,  and  espouse  his  cause  so  far  as  to  extricate 
him  from  the  same  if  in  my  power,  whether  he  be 
right  or  wrong;  and  to  the  point  to  keep  his  secrets 
given  to  me  in  charge  as  such,  I  knowing  them  to  be 
such,  murder  and  treason  not  excepted,  I  stopped  and 
objected  to  the  oath.  Whereupon  a  number  of  my 
friends  ga'hered  around  me  and  gave  me  the  assur- 
ance that  it  was  all  right,  and  that  all  would  be  ex- 
plained to  my  satisftiction  at  the  end.  But  no  explana- 
tion was  ever  given  me.  And  the  reason  was  there 
was  none  to  give.  And  I  know  of  none  in  Masonry. 
And  if  there  were  any  I  ought  to  know  it,  for  I  have 
taken  forty-eight  degrees  of  Masonry  from  the  highest 
Masonic  authority;  all  the  unwritten  degrees  of  the 
Blue  Lodge  and  Royal  Arch  chapter,  in  due  form,  un" 
der  the  sanction  of  an  oath  Avitli  death  penalties;  and 
all  the  Inefl'able  degrees  from  the  Grand  Commander 
of  the  Lodge  of  Perfection  in  Schenectad}',  where  they 
were  conferred  under  the  sanction  of  an  oath;  making 
eighteen  degrees  Masonically  and  thirty  degrees  of  a 
higher  grade  in  manuscript  from  the  same  Grand 
Commander,  and  one  of  the  Sublime  Princes,  without  an 
oath.  And  every  Royal  Arch  Mason  knows  I  testify 
truly  when  I  affirm  that  the  oath  of  that  degree  obli- 
gates to  aid  and  assist  a  companion  Royal  Arch  Mason 
when  engaged  in  any  difiiculty,  and  espouse  his  cause 
so  far  as  to  extricate  him  from  the  same  if  in  my  power, 
whether  he  be  right  or  wrong,  and  to  keep  his  secrets 
when  committed  in  charge  as  such,  I  knowing  them  to 
be  such,  murder  and  treason  not  excepted;  or,  as  in 
some  chapters  given,  "without  exception,"  which  is 
the  same  thinn-. 

And  I  became  more  and  more  dissatisfied  with  Ma- 
sonry, and  saying  this  to  a  high  Mason  he  assured  me 
that  what  I  had  received  was  but  the  shadow  of  the 
thing,  and  founded  on  the  Old  Testament,  and  that  in 
the  Inefiable  degrees  which  were  founded  on  the  New 
Testament  I  should  find  the  substance.  And  that  if  I 
should  o'o  on  I  would  be  satisfied.  And  I  did  e"0  on, 
and  I  was  satisfied  with  a  vengeance,  for  I  found  that 
every  step  I  took  I  got  deeper  and  deeper  into  the 
mire.  In  other  words,  that  as  we  ascend  the  Masonic 
ladder  we  descend  in  degradation,  moral  corruption  and 
death. 

Take  some  of  the  penalties  for  example.  In  the  first 
degree  the  penalty  is  death. 

In  the  higher  degrees  the  penalty  is  death  in  more 
terrible  forms.  For  example,  the  penalty  of  the  Roy- 
al Arch  degree  is  having  the  ''  skull  smote  off  and  the 
brains  exposed  to  the  hot  rays  of  the  sun."  In  the 
Knight  of  the  Red  Cross  it  is  "  having  my  house  torn 
down  and  the  timbers  thereof  set  up  and  1  hanged 
thereon,  and  when  the  last  trump  shall  blow  that  I  be 
forever  excluded  from  the  society  of  all  true  and  court- 
eous Knights."  In  the  Knight  Templar's  fifth  liba- 
tion: "This  pure  Avine  I  now  take  (from  a  human 
skull,  remember)  in  testimony  of  ray  belief  of  the 
raortality  of  the  body  and  the  imraortaUty  of  the  soul. 
And  may  tliis  libation  appear  as  a  witness  against  me 
both  here  and  hereafter,  and  as  the  sins  of  the  world 
were  laid  on  the  head  of  the  Saviour,  so  may  all  the 
sins  of  the  person  whose  skiUl  this  was  be  heaped  upon 
my  head,  in  addition  to  my  own,  should  I  ever  know 
ingly  or  Avilfully  violate    or  transgress   any   obligation 


that  I  have  heretofore  taken,  take  at  this  time,  or  shall 
at  any  future  time  take  in  relation  to  any  degree  of 
Masonry  or  order   of  Knighthood,  so    help    me  God." 

Yes,  I  was  satisfied  that  Freemasonry  was  all  a 
hoax;  a  big  sell;  the  devil's  trap;  the  biggest 
humbug  the  world  ever  saw.  I  made  up  my  mind 
that  I  had  been  sold,  and  that  every  man  who  had 
taken  the  first  oath  in  Masonry  was  sold,  and  that 
there  Aras  no  escape  from  the  snare  but  by  renouncing 
and  denouncing  it  forever.  And  I  did  that  very  thing. 
And  a  clean  sweep  I  made  of  it  you  may  well  believe, 
death  penalties  to  prevent,  notwithstanding. 

In  the  month  of  August  (I  think  it  was),  1826,  about 
five  weeks  before  the  abduction  of  Captain  Morgan,  I 
met  the  Rev.  E.  M.  Spencer,  of  Middlebury,  Geneva 
Co.,  N.  Y. ,  and  he  informed  me  (of  Avhat  I  had  before 
heard)  that  one  William  Morgan,  of  Batavia,  was  writ- 
ing, with  a  view  of  publishing,  the  secrets  of  Masonry. 
He  said  that  it  was  the  greatest  piece  of  depravity  that 
he  ever  heard  of,  and  must  be  stopped;  Morgan  must 
be  disposed  of,  put  out  of  the  way.  He  should  be  willing 
to  be  one  of  a  number  to  do  it;  "to  lay  him  up  to  dry." 
"Why,  God  looks  upon  the  institution  of  Masonry  with 
so  mucli  complacency  he  never  Avould  bring  the  per- 
petrators to  light!"  Mr.  Spencer  was  a  highly  re- 
spectable clergyman,  j^astor  of  the  First  Baptist  Church 
in  Middlebury,  and  principal  of  the  Academy  in  that 
village.  Wc  had  some  discussions  in  the  public  journ- 
als and  he,  finding  himself  in  the  wrong,  backed  off 
the  course.  Years  afterwards  he  came  to  my  house 
humble  and  penitent,  and  1  freely  forgave  him  all  he 
had  ever  said  or  done  against  me.  And  I  asked  him 
to  preach  in  my  jnilpit,  which  he  did  a  number  of 
times,  and  Avith  much  acceptance.  I  saAV  him  again  in 
Jamestown,  coldj  in  death.  It  Avas  at  his  funeral,  in 
his  coffin,  o-oino-  to  his  arave,  to  his  lono-  home. 

I  mention  this  case  of  Mr.  Sj^encer  (one  of  many) 
to  shoAv  the  infatuating  spirit  of  Masonry.  Its 
blinding,  hardening,  alluring,  overwhelming  influence. 
To  show  hoAv  intelligent  and  good  minds  can  be  over- 
come by  it.  Indeed,  this  spirit  is  a  strong  element  of 
its  poAver,  and  this  renders  it  the  more  djmgerous,  for  it 
lures  but  to  destroy.  Indeed,  this  fascinating,  seducing 
spirit  is  so  subtle  that  the  captive  don't  know  when  he 
is  caught;  nor  by  Avhat  means  he  is  caught;  or  that  he 
is  caught  at  all.  Nor  does  he  realize  that  he  is  held  a 
Avilling  captive  in  the  coils  of  a  fell  destroyer  whose 
enchantments  are  fatal  and  Avhosc  victims  are  many. 
This  captive  is  like  a  man  sold  to  the  devil  and  don't 
know  it.  Mr.  Spencer  did  not  know  that  he  was -sold 
to  the  prince  of  darkness  and  the  power  of  the  air,  and 
was  led  captive  at  his  will.  He  did  not  knoAv  that 
Freemasonry  had  made  him  a  murderer  at  heart.  He 
was  "willing  to  be  one  of  a  number  to  put  him  out  of 
the  Avay!"  What  an  expression  for  an  intelligent, 
learned  and  highly  pohshed  minister  of  Christ! 
WiUing  to  put  Morgan  out  of  the  Avay  I  To  ' '  hang 
him  up  to  dry ! "  There  Avas  no  mistake  about  his 
meaning.  He  meant  just  Avhat  he  said.  And  he  was 
in  character  one  of  the  fairest  of  the  fair;  the  ob- 
served of  all  observers.  I  never  knew  a  man  Avho  was 
in  common  life  more  pure;  the  last  man  in  Avestern 
New  York  to  be  suspected  of  murder.  And  if  he  had 
taken  the  Ineffable  degrees  in  due  form,  he  had  sworn 
to  do  substantially  the  same  thing,  or  what  Avas  equiv- 
alent to  it.  And  he  had  taken  the  oath  of  the  Royal 
Arch  Mason.  He  had  sworn  to  aid  and  assist  the 
murderers  of  Morgan  if  they  Avere  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons, and  to  espouse  their  cause  so  ftir  as  to  extricate 
them  from  difficxdty,  Avhether  they  were  right  in  his 
murder  or  Avrong.  Every  Royal  Arch  Mason  Avas 
under  the  same  oath  to  do  the  same  thing  if  in  his 
power.  If  arrested,  those  murderers  of  Morgan  must 
be  delivered  from 'the  sheriflf;  if  in  prison  awaiting 
their  trial  for  murder,  they  must  be  delivered  from 
jail;  if  on  trial,  they  must  be  delivered  from  the  court 
room;  if  tried,  found  guilty  of  murder  and  under  sen- 
tence of  death,  they  must  be  delivered  from  the  jury's 
verdict,  from  the  sentence  of  the  judge,  from  the 
hangman's  cart  and  the  hangman's  halter.  If  there 
is  power  enough  to  deliA^er  the  murderers  it  must  be 
done,  and   by  Masonic  laAv.     And  if  Benedict  Arnold 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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and  Judas  Iscariot  were  among  these  murderers  they 
must  be  delivered  if  they  could  give  the  grand  hailing 
sign  of  distress  of  a  Royal  Arch  Mason ;  delivered  they 
must  be  if  power  to  extricate  them  is  possessed  by  the 
Masonic  arm. 

And  the  murderers  of  Morgan  were  deUvered  by 
Masonry.  One  of  them  came  to  New  York  city  and 
in  open  ]  lodge  confessed  his  crime  of  killing  Morgan, 
and  asked  for  help  to  escape  to  England.  They  re- 
sponded to  the  call  of  their  good  brother  in  distress, 
opened  their  arms  to  receive  him  graciously;  opened 
their  purses  and  paid  his  passage  to  England,  and  sent 
messengers  with  him  out  to  Coney's  Island  and  put 
him  on  board  of  a  vessel  for  Liverpool,  as  they  were  in 
duty  bound  to  do  as  aood  brother  Masons. 

So  says  Col.  Stone,  of  New  York  city,  a  Knight 
Templar,  in  his   "Defense  of  Masonry." 

The  introduction  of  Elder  John  G.  Stearns'  book, 
and  Captain  Morgan's  "Illustrations  of  Masonry' 
were  of  great  service.  They  did  much  good  in  en- 
lightening and  waking  up  the  people.  And  the 
churches  in  western  New  York  took  hold  of  the  subject 
witli  a  strong  hand,  especially  in  Genesee  county.  The 
church  in  Pavilion,  Elder  Bernard  pastor,  led  on  the 
battle.  Masonry  was  put  in  check  and  the  combat 
commenced.  The  pastor,  sustained  by  the  majority, 
arraigned  the  Masonic  members  and  a  large  council 
was  called.  The  result  of  the  council  being  in  favor 
of  truth  and  righteousness,  discomfited  the  Masons. 
Charges  against  Masonry  were  made  and  sustained. 
The  battle  was  lono-  and  the  fio-ht  a  hard  one.  But 
the  truth  was  prevalent  and  victorious. 

As  this  document  may  be  called  upon  at  a  future 
time  it  is  well  perhaps  to  say  that  the  result  of  the 
council  was  simply  this,  to-wit :  ' '  The  Anti-masons 
were  to  give  the  Masons  of  the  church  a  copy  of  our 
charges  against  Masonry  and  they  were  to  have  the 
privilege  of  employing  some  minister  as  counsel,  <ind  re- 
ply, and  we  to  reply  to  them  and  the  council  to  be  call- 
ed together  again  and  resolve  and  consult  in  view  of 
the  whole  thing,  the  charges  against  the  order,  the  re- 
plies and  rejoinders,  &c. ,  &c.  We  accepted  the  result 
and  offered  the  Masons  a  copy  of  our  objections  to 
Freemasonry.  But  they  did  not  think  it  best  to  accept 
the  result  of  the  council,  so  we  kept  the  copy  and  put 
it  on  file  for  the  next  rainy  day.  Our  sky  was  clear 
then;  our  sun  was  bright;  all  things  indeed  Avere  pro- 
pitious; heaven  and  nature  smiled,  and  now  order  and 
purity  reigned  in  the  house  of  God. 

But  not  so  among  tlie  oath-bound  brotherhood.  In 
the  lodge  measures  were  concocted  to  put  down  eccle- 
siastical domination  and  destroy  the  influence,  at  least 
of  the  man  who  had  the  aifrontery  to  stand  up  against 
the  order  of  Hiram  the  widow's  son  (who  sent  to  King- 
Solomon)  .  And  now  lodge  meetings  were  called  and  I 
felt  it  important  to  attend,  but,  as  true  as  you  live,  it 
seemed  a  little  like  going  into  the  lion's  den !  For 
lightning  gleamed  from  every  Masonic  eye.  The  mut- 
terings  of  distant  but  coming  thunder  were  distinctly 
audible  on  every  hand.  While  the  spirits  of  Morgan, 
Murdock,  Miller  and  others,  sighed  in  the  breeze,  and 
Masonry,  with  its  usual  brazen  front,  bloody  hands  and 
murderous  heart,  stalked  stately  across  the  valley  un- 
whipped  of  justice. 

Yes,  I  said,  I  will  go  up  to  the  battle,  and  I  will  go 
armed.  But  it  must  be  with  Christian  armor.  The 
Lord  must  be  my  "shield  and  buckler. "  "I  shall  not  be 
greatly  moved.  In  God  have  I  put  my  trust. "  "I  will 
not  be  afraid  what  man  can  do  unto  me."  For  God  is 
my  trust.  "  They  that  trust  in  the  Lord  shall  never  be 
confounded."  Amen  and  amen.  Lord,  help  me  this 
once.     And^he  did.  ;■ 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by  the  Worshipful 
Master,  who  very  graphically  announced  the  object  of 
the  meeting  which  he  said  (if  I  remember  rightly)  was 
to  harmonize  the  minds  of  the  members  on  the  subject 
which  was  creating  some  feeling,  the  abduction  of 
some  man  who  had  been  writing  with  a  view  of  pub- 
lishing what  purported  to  be  Freemasonry.  And  it 
was  important  that  there  should  be  harmony  of  views 
and  feelings  on  the  subject  among  the  eraft. 

A  very  mild  and  gentle  beginning  for   such  an  end- 


ing as  we  had.  Like  an  April  shower  before  a  hurri- 
cane. But  the  storm  soon  commenced  and  increased 
and  became  horribly  interesting.  In  the  most  emphatic 
manner  I  spoke  of  Morgan's  abduction  and  murder  as 
against  law,  order  and  justice.  That  it  could  not  and 
would  not  be  endured.  I  was  asked  what  riaht  I  had 
to  speak  freely  and  openly  as  I  had  done  in  Pavilion. 
And  I  answered  them  plainly.  I  was  asked  what  I 
had  against  Masonry.  I  replied:  "  In  the  first  place," 
said  I,  "  read  or  repeat  the  Master  Mason's  oath. "  And 
they  did.  A  bright  Mason  was  called  upon  who  gave 
it  correctly.  When  a  Mason  can  repeat  the  oaths  and 
lectures  readily  and  correctly  he  is  called  (though  a 
dough-head  or  a  knave  he  may  be  as  a  man) 
a  bright  Mason.  But  if  he  is  not  well  posted  in  his 
memory  of  the  secrets,  the  oaths  and  lectures  of  the 
order  he  is  called  rusty.  This  man  could  repeat  the 
oaths  and  obligations  readily  and  correctly.  He  was, 
therefore,  as  I  said,  a  bright  Mason.  When  he  came 
to  the  words:  "Furthermore,  do  I  promise  and  swear 
that  a  Master  Mason's  secrets,  given  to  me  in  charge  as 
such,  I  knowing  them  to  be  such,  shall  remain  as  se- 
cure and  inviolable  in  my  breast  as  in  his  own  when 
communicated  to  me,  murder  and  treason  excepted, 
and  they  left  to  my  own  election;"  ''That  will  do,'' 
said  I.  "  The  candidate  swears  to  keep  all  secrets — all 
criminal  secrets  must  be  included,  save  murder  and 
treason,  and  these  he  is  bound  by  his  oath  to  keep  if 
he  thinks  it  best — left  to  his  own  election. "  ' '  That  will 
do,"  said  I,  and  they  commenced  discussing  the  sub- 
ject. They  were  divided.  Truly  they  appeared  muz- 
zled. "  You  ask  me  what  right  I  have  to  speak  freely 
and  openly  of  Masonry.  The  right  of  opinion,  the  free- 
dom of  speech,  and  the  liberty  of  the  press,  are  dear- 
bought  privileges.  Our  God  gave  them,  our  fathers 
fought  for  them.  I  inherited  them  with  my  first  breath, 
and  I  will  only  lose  them  with  my  last.  The  Masons 
have  killed  one  man.  Now  let  them  kill  me  if  they 
dare.  But  lay  your  hands  on  me  at  your  peril.  Touch 
a  hair  of  my  head  and  your  lives  will  be  taken.  The 
community  is  aroused,  and  order,  law  and  justice  will 
be  maintained ." 

And  thev  "caved!"  A  hundred  strong  men  in  the 
wrong  cowed  before  one  man  in  the  right.  "They  did 
not  think  it  best  to  kill  me  just  then.' 

But  Elder  Leonard  Anson  arose  and  took  strong- 
grounds  for  Masonic  laws,  oaths  and  penalties.  He 
said  that  if  he  should  see  any  man  writing  Masonry  he 
should  feel  it  his  duty  to  stop  him.  That  as  cities  and 
churches  had  their  laws,  with  a  right  to  inflict  their 
penalties,  so  Masons  had  their  laws  with  the  right  to 
inflict  the  penalties  to  them,  and  the  lodge  is  the  place 
to  try  a  Mason.  And  he  said  that  if  Morgan  had  been 
writing  Masonry  and  his  throat  had  been  cut  from  ear 
to  ear,  and  his  tongue  was  torn  out  by  the  roots,  and 
his  body  was  buried  beneath  the  rough  sands  of  the 
sea  at  low  water  mark  where  the  tide  ebbs  and  flows 
twice  in  twenty-four  hours,  he  could  not  complain  of 
not  having  justice  done  him.  Amen,  amen,  amen, 
was  the  audible  and  emphatic  response  all  round  the 
room.  And  it  would  have  amused  you  to  have  seen 
their  eyes  all  glaring  with  vengeance  turned  towards 
me.  To  put  their  looks  into  words  I  need  but  repeat 
the  langurge  of  Mr.  Williams,  the  son  of  a  Baptist 
clergyman  of  Utica — it  was  in  the  house  of  God.  He 
put  his  fist  in  my  face,  saying  with  a  vengeance, 
"Damn  you,  you  ought  to  be  sent  after  Morgan."  But 
they  did  not  think  best  to  kill  me  just  then.  For, 
though  Morgan  was  dead,  his  soul  was  marching-  on 
And  I  went  out  from  among  them,  turned  my  back  on 
"that  proud  temple  to  destruction  doomed." 

That  lodge  room  was  a  fine  hall  then ;  the  welcome 
resort  of  a  hundred  guests  of  Hiram,  the  widow's  son. 

Now  it  is  deserted ;  a  dreary  habitation  of  bats  and 
rats  and  vermin  of  the  leper  gj-ades,  and  not  a  living 
man  to  do  it  reverence. 

In  a  short  time  after  I  left  the  room  a  gray-haired 
Mason  arose  and  said:  "Brethren,  Elder  Bernard  can 
write  and  he  will  write  against  Masonry,  and  we  must 
put  him  down."  "Amen,"  was  the  audible  approval. 
And  they  turned  me  out  of  their  synagogue — after  I 
had  gone  out.     And  they  immediately   published  me 


in  all  the  world  as  an  expelled  member,  for  unraasonic 
conduct,  for  speaking  against  Masonry.  And  in  so 
doing  commended  me  Ask  you  what  provocation 
I  have  had  to  testify  of  Masonry  as  vile,  corrupt,  ac- 
cursed, bad  ?  Humanity  degraded  and  murdered  by  it; 
the  wife  a  widow  made,  and  children  fatherless ;  the  Bible 
profaned  and  Christ  rejected;  the  grace  of  God  ignored 
and  another  gospel  proclaimed  to  man,  and  which  is 
not  another.  But  Freemasonry  would  destroy  the 
Gospel  of  Christ.  But  Christ  lives,  and  because  he 
lives  those  who  believe  in  his  name  and  do  his  will 
shall  live  also. 

But  nearly  all  that  body  of  Masons  a  e  gone.  The 
high  priest,  the  master,  the  tyler  who  carried  the 
sword  that  did  not  cut  my  throat  from  ear  to  ear,  and 
Elder  Leonard  Anson,  who  justified  in  a  full  lodge  of 
worthy  and  well  qualified  Masons,  the  death  of  Captain 
Morgan  for  writing  the  secrets  ^f  the  order,  with  the 
Entered  Apprentices,  the  Fellow  Crafts  and  Master 
Masons,  and  Mark  Masters,  and  Past  Masters,  and  Most 
Excellent  Masters,  and  lioyal  Arch  Masons;  for  some 
of  all  these  grades  were  there,  with  Knight  Templars 
— all  are  gone  to  the  grave  to  await  the  resurrection 
morning  and  the  judgment  of  the  great  day. 

Among  the  very  few  that  still  remain  is  one  of  the 
two  that  stood  by  me  in  my  hour  of  peril,  David  Snow, 
one  of  the  immortal  103  names  of  seceding  Masons 
who  signed  the  Declaration  of  Independence  from  Free- 
masonry July  4,  1828.  In  his  character  for  truth  and 
integrity  he  is  true  as  steel;  pure  gold  tried  in  the 
fire;  an  Anti-mason  of  forty-eight  years,  and  still  lives. 
Honor  to  whom  honor  is  due. 

I  went  to  Batavia,  but  Morgan  was  not  there; 
for  Masonry  had  gone  before  me,  and  Morgan  was  dead. 
The  myrmidons  of  the  order  had  struck  him  down  with 
the  poniard  of  Masonic  vengeance.  They  had  sunk  him 
beneath  the  dark  Avaters  of  the  Niagara.  But  his 
bereaved  family,  his  lovely  wife  and  sweet  babes  were 
there.  I  saw  them  in  the  light  of  day.  I  saw  them 
in  all  their  freshness  of  youth  and  beauty.  , Lovely  as 
spring  flowers.  And  thej^  Avere  lovely  in  their  Aveeds 
of  mourning  and  tears.  And  I  believe  in  my  inmost 
soul  that  they  Avere  alike  lovely,  both  mother  and 
children  in  their  innocence  and  virtue.  Mrs.  Morgan 
in  character  was  pure  and  unspotted  as  the  Virgin  of 
Bethlehem ;  Avithout  taint  or  blemish  or  any  such  thing, 
till  the  serpent  came;  spotless  as  the  snow-flakes,  until 
the  hydra-headed  demon  of  hell  appeared.  He  hissed. 
His  sibilant  voice  Avas  heard,  and  she  felt  the  Avound. 
Felt  it  in  her  Avidowed,  bleeding  heart  and  soul.  But 
I  must  leave  her  in  her  tears  and  sorrows  to  mourn 
herself  a  Avidow  and  her  children  fatherless.  Made 
so  by  Freemasonry.  But  after  a  suitable  time  a  re- 
spectable citizen  of  Batavia  espoused  Mrs.  Morgan  as 
his  honored  Avife,  and  she  proved  herself  to  be  Avhat 
she  really  Avas — a  crown  of  glory  to  her  husband.  No 
pearl  ever  lay  under  Oman's  green  water  more  pure  in 
jts  shell  than  her  spirit  with  his. 

The  inference  draAvn  by  the  order  that  the  Masonic 
murder  of  Captain  Morgan  was  justifiable  because 
Mrs.  Morgan  Avas  surmised  by  his  murderers  to  be  of 
doubtful  purity,  Avas  only  in  the  logic  of  Masonry  found, 
and  that  of  Satan's  coining.  And  this  proves  the  "deep 
damnation  of  his  takino-  oft", "  For  doino-  Avhat  the  laws 
of  his  country  justified  him  in  doing,  and  the  laAV  of 
high  heaven  required  at  his  hand,  these  hell-hounds  of 
Masonry  murdered  a  free  citizen;  murdered  the  patriot 
father;  murdered   the  kind  and    loving  husband. 

But  I  Avent  to  Batavia  to  obtain  Captain  Morgan's 
book,  and  calling  at  Col,  D.  C.  Miller's  ofiice,  Avhere  it 
was  printed,  I  found  the  doors  locked  and  the  ofiSce 
guarded  by  pistols  and  muskets  and  cannon  all  loaded 
and  the  inmates  ready  for  defence. 

The  oflSce  had  been  attacked  and  fired  and  they  were 
on  the  look  out  for  another  Masonic 'raid. 

Mr.  Scranton,  the  deputy  sheriflf.  introduced  me  to 
the  printers  and  the  door  flew  open  at  my  approach. 
My  position  on  the  subject  of  Masonry  had  reached 
Batavia,  and  they  Avere  glad  to  see  me.  They  asked 
me  into  the  office  and  requested  me  to  examine  a  copy 
of  the  "Illustrations  of  Masonry  "'by  Morgan.  Not  a 
copy  had  been  issued  from  the  office.     I  cave  the  Avork 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


sufficient  attention  as  to  be  confident  that  Morgan  was 
a  bright  Mason  and  had  made  a  correct  expose  of  Ma- 
sonry. I  purchased  the  copy  1  had  examined  and  Mr. 
Scranton  paid  for  it.  The  dollar  for  the  book  was  sent 
to  Mrs.  Morgan  with  the  message  that  it  was  for  the 
first  copy  sold,  and  that  it  had  been  examined  by  Elder 
Bernard,  a  Royal  Arch  Mason,  and  found  to  be  all 
right.  And  I  said  to  the  printers,  "It  is  all  right;  go 
ahead." 

This  was  the  first  copy  of  the  work  which  cost  Wm. 
Moroan  his  life.  And  you  have  a  transcript  of  that 
book  of  Morgan  with  the  typographical  errors  all  cor- 
rected in  my  Light  on  Masonry.  It  is  Morgan's  reve- 
lation as  he  wrote  the  degrees  in  Batavia,  and  they  are 
as  I  rpcci\ed  them  in  the  lodge  in  Utica,  and  as  Colonel 
William  Williams  for  me  in  Utica  published  them. 


the  unbelieving,  a  diploma,  signed  officially  and  sealed, 
commending  me  to  the  favorable  notice  and  protection 
of  every  Free  and  Accepted  Mason  on  the  globe.      This 


TJic  most  interesting,  the  most  important,  the  best 
thought  of  my  life — save  the  one  great  thought  of  Christ 
and  him  crucified  for  sinners,  revealed  to  me  and  in  me 
the  hope  of  glory,  and  for  all  the  world  who  will  receive 
the  gift,  without  money  and  without  price — was  the 
conception  of  "Light  on  Masonry."  The  one  is  the 
Balm  of  Gilead,  and  the  Great  Physician  there.  This 
is  "  the  treasure  hid  in  the  field."  This  is  the  "pearl 
of  great  price ;"  and  this  is  '  'the  hope  of  the  world  both 
now  and  forever."  And  for  this  I  have  labored  and 
toiled  in  nineteen  States  and  for  more  than  fifty  years; 
and  if  the  good  Lord  would 


give  me  life  and 


strength 


I  would  delight  to  kiss  his  feet,  bear  his  cross  and  glory 
in  his  name  a  thousand  years  longer.  Yes,  yes,  yes, 
and  forever  more.     Amen. 

And  against  the  sin  of  Freemasonry,  the  devil's  master- 
piece, the  deceiver  and  the  anti-Christ,  as  revealed  in 
"Light  on  Masonry,"  I  have  unwaveringly  borne  tes- 
timony for  forty-eight  eight  years,  enduring  the  perse- 
cutions of  the  wicked  and  enjoying  the  smiles  of  the 
Lord  all  the  way  through. 

It  may  not  be  uninteresting  to  this  Convention  to 
know  that  1  have  been  a  regularly  ordained  minister  of 
the  Gospel  in  the  Baptist  church  for  more  than  fifty 
years,  and  employed  nearly  thirty  years  of  that  time  as 
pastor  of  fifteen  different  churches,  three  of  them  city 
churches,  one  of  them  in  New  York  and  twelve  of 
them  village  and  country  churches;  and  fifteen  years  in 
auencies  for  the  Bible  and  Bible  societies.  And  it  has 
so  happened  by  the  grace  of  God  that  I  never  have  had 
the  least  charge  of  immorality  brought  against  me  be- 
fore any  tribunal,  civil  or  ecclesiastical,  in  all  my  life. 

But  do  not  for  one  moment  suppose  that  I  intend  to 
say  this  boastingly.  I  do  not.  For,  while  I  confess 
that  I  should  have  been  perfect,  1  acknowledge  I  have 
not  been  immaculate.  But  by  the  grace  of  God  I  am 
what  I  am.  And  if  1  have  ever  had  one  pure  thought, 
spoken  one  good  word,  or  done  one  good  act,  it  has 
been  the  fruit  of  grace  divine  through  Jesus  Christ  my 
Lord. 

1  am  a  life  member  of  the  N.  Y.  Baptist  State  Con- 
vention, of  the  Am.  Baptist  Home  Missionary  Society, 
of  the  Am.  Bible  Society,  of  the  Am.  Baptist  Union, 
and  a  life  director  of  the  Am.  &  Foreign  Bible  Society, 
and  also  of  the  American  Bible  Union. 

I  have  labored  in  many  revivals  in  Massachusetts, 
Connecticut,  New  York,  New  Jersey,  Pennsylvania  and 
Ohio,  and  with  much  success.  And  for  all  this,  life, 
health,  strength  and  prosperity,  to  God,  Father,  Son 
and  Spirit  be  all  the  glory,  now  and  forever. 

But  I  am  authentically  informed  by  letters  from  Mis- 
souri that  the  Masons  in  that  State  affirm  that  there  is 
no  such  person  in  the  world  as  Elder  David  Bernard, 
author  of  ' '  Light  on  Masonry."  One  said  to  my  friend 
Mr.  Root,  who  had  a  copy  of  my  book  with  him,  "the 
man  who  wrote  that  book  is  dead;  the  Masons  Avould 
not  suffer  him  to  live."  "Well,"  said  Mr,  Root,  "1 
see  Elder  IJernard  every  day  when  I  am  at  home.  He 
li\cs  directly  across  the  I'oad  from  ni}'  house."  The 
Mason  in  Missouri  could  not  see  how  that  could  be.  lie 
could  not  account  for  it.  We,  in  the  East,  can :  there 
is  a  God  in  Israel. 

But  for  the  edification  of  those  who  never  saw  me 
and  don't  believe  in  my  being,  I  will  say  that  I  hold  in 
my    hands,  open    to  the  inspection  of  the    curious  and 


diploma  is  from  the  lodge  in  Utica,  dated  May  15,  1822. 
And  I  hold  a  letter  from  John  Q.  Adams,  dated  Wash- 
ington, July  8,  1841,  thanking  me  for  publishing  '  'Light 
on  Masonry."  And  many  gentlemen  know  that  Mr. 
Adams  made  my  book  the  basis  of  many  letters  to 
Colonel  Stone  and  Edward  Lixdngstone,  Secretary  of 
State  of  the  United  States,  giving  Masonry  such  a  dress 
ing  as  it  had  never  received  before. 

I  have  said  that  next  to  the  Gospel  of  Christ  the 
great  desideratum  of  my  life  has  been  the  giving  to  the 
world  "Light  on  Masonry,"  and  chiefly  because  Mason- 
ry opposes  the  Gospel.  I  regard  it  as  the  great  enemy 
of  Christianity,  of  the  Bible  and  of  the  Church  of  God, 
And  this  is  no  fancy.  I  am  not  certain  if  II.  John,  7th 
verse,  "This  is  the  deceiver  and  the  anti-Christ,»  as 
given  by  the  best  modern  scholarship,  is  not  the  true 
and  proper  rendering  of  the  passage.  The  question 
then  arises.  Who  is  it?  or  What  is  it?  Barnum  called 
his  unique  animal  "  What-is-it,"  for  he  could  not  tell 
what  it  was ;  and  he  made  money  by  his  own  ignorance 
and  the  stupidity  of  his  patrons.  Now  put  this  animal 
on  the  table  and  dissect  him,  analyze  him — all  the  parts 
— and  he  comes  out  a  monkey.  Nothing  just  like  him, 
that's  true.  He  is  unique,  but  a  monkey  after  all,  even 
to  the  tail. 

Look  at  Masonry !  Look  up  to  it.  Look  down  upon 
it.  View  it  from  every  stand-point  that  is  possible.  Ana- 
lyze all  its  parts  separately  or  together;  and  can  you 
tell  what  it  is ?  Is  it  Christianity?  It  has  the  Bible. 
Yes,  but  it  has  the  Koran  also;  and  it  has  the  Shastas 
as  well ;  or  anything  else  you  please  that  will  corrupt 
your  will  and  bind  your  conscience.  Anything  that 
will  make  you  subservient  to  the  dominion  of  Masonry. 
No,  it  is  not  Christianity !  It  is  bound  to  destroy  that. 
It  has  sworn  to  do  it  I — "which  Masons  are  bound  to 
fight  against  and  destroy. "  That  is  its  language  and 
that  is  its  purpose  and  that  is  its  spirit. 

Is  it  Judaism  ?  It  has  the  Jewish  costume,  the  mitre 
of  Aaron,  his  breast-plate,  his  rod,  his  robes,  the  pot 
of  manna,  the  Ark  of  the  Covenant,  jthe  Old  Testament, 
the  burning  bush,  Solomon's  temple?  But  Judaism 
has  circumcision,  covenants  of  promise,  burnt  offerings, 
and  (had)  a  Saviour  to  come,  which  were  fundamental 
with  the  Jews.  Masonry  has  none  of  these.  It  has 
no  sacrifice  for  sin,  but  the  blood  of  its  victims — of  men 
— which  is  imclean  and  murderous ;  as  the  blood  of 
Morgan  and  Murdock  and  others,  which  is  unappeased 
and  cries  for  vengeance.  Cries  to  the  God  of  truth  and 
justice — not  in  vain.  Masonry  has  no  Saviour,  past, 
present  or  to  come.  Nor  has  it  any  god,  but  the  cold- 
hearted,  deistical  god.  Masonry  has  no  "God  my 
Saviour ;"  no  ' '  Lord  my  Redeemer. " 

No,  it  is  not  Christianity;  nor  Judaism.  Nor  is  it 
the  "hand-maid  of  religion;"  for  Christianity  is  the 
only  true  religion  and  that  needs  no  hand-maids.  She 
can  do  her  own  work  and  will.  JNor  will  she  admit  of 
any  twin  sister  to  the  fiimily.  She  ignores  all  such  re- 
lationships. Hear  the  voice  of  the  great  Captain  of 
our  salvation :  "I  am  God,  and  beside  me  there  is  no 
Saviour."  "I  have  trodden  the  wine-press  alone,  and 
of  the  people  there  w'as  none  with  me. "  This  is  plain 
and  needs  no  commentary.  * '  Mine  own  arm  brought 
salvation,"  saith  Jehovah  Jesus.  All  the  Bible,  missiona 
ry,  tract  and  publication  societies  are  his  servants.  But 
among  them  all  Masonry  has  no  place.  Nor  has  she 
an  angel  to  proclaim  her  character  or  mission.  Secret 
her  name,  character  and  mission ;  but  now  she  is  unveil- 
ed. She  is  secret  no  longer.  Now  she  is  revealed. 
Her  character  and  mission  are  known,  and  proclaimed 
upon  the  house-tops.  This  is  the  deceiver  and  the 
anti-Christ. 

But  again.  What  is  it  ?  for  here  is  the  square  and  the 
compass;  the  common  gavel  and  the  plumbing  line  and 
the  tressel  board;  the  hood-wink  and  the  cable-tow 
and  a  coffin;  "Jacob's  Ladder"  and  the  "Burning- 
Bush  "  of  hemlock  and  tow ;  the  ' '  skull  cup  "  of  wine 
and  the  mallet  and  the  chisel;  the  oaths  and  penalties; 
imprecating  death  penalties  and  damnation  penalties 
and  hand-cutting  penalties  and  ear-cutting  and  tongue- 


splitting  penalties !  And  there  are  the  Entered  Ap- 
prentices and  the  Fellow  Crafts  and  Master  Masons  and 
Mark  Masters  and  Past  Masters  and  Most  Excellent 
Masters  and  Royal  Arch  and  Knights  of  the  Red  Cross 
and  Knights  of  Malta  and  Knight  Templars,  Knights 
of  the  Holy  Sepulcher,  Knights  of  East  and  West, 
Knights  of  the  Eagle,  Knights  of  the  Sun,  Princes  of 
Jerusalem,  Sovereign  of  Sovereigns,  and  Deputy  Sov- 
ereign of  Sovereigns  of  Sublime  Princes,  Princes  of  the 
Royal  Secret,  and  Sovereign  Inspector  Generals  of  the 
33d  Degree.  And  then  there  are  representations  of  the 
four  Avinds  by  four  old  men  with  inflated  beeve's  blad- 
ders under  their  arms.  And  then  there  is  the  repre- 
sentation of  the  apostate's  doom  in  a  lake  of  burning 
fire,  human  beings  as  monsters  engulphed  in  flames; 
and  the  candidate  is  gravely  told  that  the  scene  is  but 
a  faint  representation  of  what  he  shall  suffer  in  case  of 
his  apostacy  or  in  case  he  violates  the  obligations  he  has 
taken. 

Then,  on  the  other  hand,  there  is  a  representation  of 
a  Mason  going  to  heaven  to  the  right  hand  of  God, 
having  washed  his  robes  in  his  own  blood !  And  then 
again  some  are  so  elevated  as  to  be  distingushed  by  a 
badge  upon  Avhich  is  inscribed  ' '  King  of  Kings  and 
Lord  of  Lords ! "  Is  not  this  like  the  man  of  sin,  de- 
scribed by  Paul  in  2  Thess.  ii.  4,  sitting  "in  the  temple 
of  God  showing  himself  that  he  is  God  ?"  And  a  great 
many  more  Avhich  I  have  not  the  time  to  memorize  or 
the  tongue  to  repeat. 

But  what  is  all  this  that  begins  in  folly  and  profani- 
ty, goes  on  in  degradation  and  deism  and  ends  in  blasphe- 
my, murder  and  death.     What  is  it  that  tramples  the 
cross  of  Jesus  under  foot  ?  that  makes  the  Bible  a   play 
thing,  giving  different  interpretations  to  the  same  sacred 
volume  and  by  the  Bible  swears  men  and  binds  them  to 
do   things   which   that  holy  book  forbids  ?     What  is  it 
that  sends  the    bald   headed  infidel  to  heaven  through 
his   own   blood  ?     What  is  it  that  inforces  by  oath  and 
obligation  a  restricted  and  partial  virtue  upon  some  and 
gives  a  plainly  implied  license  to  immolate  the  chastity 
of  all  others  ?  that  puts  the  Mason's  mother,  Avife,  sis- 
ter and  daughter  in  the  parlor  of  virtue  and  purity  and 
leaves  all  other  ladies  out  in  the  cold  ?  (See   Master  Ma- 
son's oath.)     What  is  it  that  declares   that  one   degree 
of  Masonry  Avill  prepare  a  man    for  futurity?     What  is 
it  that   declares  religion  to  be    "an  idol,"  a  "serpent," 
the  "daughter  of  hypocrisy,"  Avhich  Masons  are  bound 
to  fight  against  and    destroy  ?     And,  finally,  Avhat  is  it 
that,  Avhile  the  Bible  affirms  that  '  'other  foundation  can 
no  man  lay  than  that  is   Ifdd,  Avhich  is  Jesus  Christ," 
and  that  there  is   '  'no  other  name  given  imder   heaven 
among   men    Avhereby   Ave   can   be   saA'ed "  but  Jesus 
Christ, — Avhat  is  it  makes  itself  a  liar  by  saying  there 
is?  by    saying  that  the  mystical  use  of  the  common 
gavel  can  do  it  ?  the  mystical  use  of  Jacob's  Ladder  can 
do  it  ?  that  '  'an  attachment  to  the  statutes  and  rules  of 
the  order  "  Avill  make  Masons  deserAing  of  entering  the 
celestial  Jerusalem  ?     What  is  it  that  giA'es  God's   Word 
the  lie?  rejects  Jesus  Christ  as  the  Saviour,  does  despite 
to  the  spirit  of  grace,  counts  the  blood  of  the  everlast- 
ing covenant  an  unholy  thing,  and  sends  men  to  perdi- 
tion?    The  Apostle  Paul  says  he  is  "accursed."     Jesus 
Christ  says,    "He    that  despiseth    me  despiseth   Him 
that   sent  me ;"  and  the  Apostle  John  says,    '  'this  the 
anti-  Christ  that  denies  the  Father  and  the  Son. "     '  'This 
is  the  deceiver  and  the  anti-Christ."     Who  or  Avhat  does 
this  more  plainly  or  more  positively  or  perniciously  than 
Freemasonry  ?     And  Avhy  all  this  multiplicity  of  machin- 
ery   to  accomplish   moral,  benevolent  or  even  religious 
objects,  if  such  were  had  in  view  ?     Why  is  this   diver- 
sity   of  material,  this   complexity,  this  "hotchpotch' 
mixing?  this  mixing  of  the  common  Avith  the  uncom- 
mon, the  puerile  Avith  the  important,  the  sublime  and 
ridiculous,  the  laughable  and  the  grave,  the  foolish  and 
the  absurd,  the  repulsive  and  the  attractive,  the  moral- 
ities and  the  immoralities,  the  chaste  and  the  impure, 
the  vulgar  and  the  refined,  the  reverent  and  the  impi- 
ous, the  terrible  and  the  cruel,  the  degrading,  humiliat- 
ing, the  profane,  the  blasphemous — and  these  not  all  ? 
Why  all  this  but  to  conceal,   allure,   divert,   distract, 
overcome  and  destroj'  ?     What  but  in  the  language  of 
lUuminism  to    *  'destroy  all  gOA'crnments  and  all  relig- 


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jons?"  And  of  Christianity  especially  it  said,  "Crush 
the  wretch." 

And  this  is  the  great,  the  terrible,  the  accursed  design 
of  Freemasonry. 

It  is  anti-Christ,  body,  soul  and  spirit;  anti-Christ  from 
the  centre  to  the  circumference ;  from  the  foundation  to 
to  the  topstone.  Yes,  what  is  it  if  not  the  deceiver  and 
the  anti-Christ? 

How  much  of  the  old  serpent  there   is  incarnated  in 

this  mystery  of  iniquity !     I  don't  know,  but  if  Masonry 

is  the  body  of  this  incarnation,  then,  as  Christ  became 

incarnate  to  destroy  the  works  of  the  devil,  so  Satan 

has  taken  the  body  of  Masonry  to  destroy  Christ  and 

his   kingdom.      But  let  this  be  as  it  may,  it  is  certain 

that  "God  works  in  a   mysterious  way  his  wonders  to 

perform."     And  it  is  certain  in  my  mind  that  as  God 

destroyed  the  old  world  by  Avater  and  slavery  by  blood, 

so  he  will  destroy  this  mystery  of  iniquity  by  the  '  'spiiit 

of  his  mouth  and  by  the    brightness  of  his  coming." 

The  time  and    manner  of  his  coming  I  leave  with  Him 

who  worketh  all  things  after  the  counsel   of  his  own 

will,  and  will,  if  it  please  God,  work  for  him  while   the 

day  lasts.     The  night  comes  when  no  man  can  work. 

But  remember  Jesus  has  said,    ' '  Every  plant  which  my 

heavenly  Father  has  not  planted  shall  be  rooted  up." 

My  glorious  Lord,  I'll  work  for  Thee, 
For  Thou  didst  bleed  and  die  for  me . 

In  making  my  arrangements  for  the  publication  of 
"Light  on  Masonry,"  at  Utica,  I  called  on  the  Rev.  N. 
N.  Whiting,  pastor  of  the  Baptist  church  in  Yernon, 
Oneida  Co. ,  N.  Y.  Prof.  Whiting,  as  he  afterward  be- 
came, was  a  graduate  of  Union  College,  Schenectady, 
N.  Y. ,  in  both  departments.  He  graduated  in  the  col- 
lege proper  with  honor.  He  then  read  law  and  was 
admitted  at  the  bar  and  commenced  pi-actice,  professed 
religion  and  returned  to  college  and  went  through  a 
theological  course.  He  entered  the  ministry  and  was 
ordained  by  a  large  council  as  pastor  of  the  Baptist 
church  in  Schenectady.  My  acquaintance  with  Mr. 
Whiting  commenced  in  1823,  and  he  was  my  bosom 
friend  until,  in  18Y2,  forty-nine  years  after  our  acquaint- 
ance and  friendship  commenced,  he  passed  to  the  house 
of  many  mansions.  Prof.  Whiting  was  elected  and 
acted  as  President  of  the  Collegiate  Institute,  of  Plainfield, 
N.  J.  He  was  a  great  Bible  student;  was  a  profound 
Greek  and  Hebrew  scholar;  and  could  teach  thirteen 
languages.  He  was  one  of  the  revisers  of  American 
Bible  Union.  A  perfect  gentleman  in  his  deportment, 
modest,  retiring  and  unassuming ;  strictly  truthful,  con- 
scientious and  of  unwavering  moral  honesty.  Of  his 
sincere  piety,  deep  and  abiding,  I  have  no  doubt.  And 
had  he  had  half  the  tinsel  he  possessed  of  pure  gold 
he  would  have  been,  as  a  gentleman  and  scholar,  a  star 
of  the  first  magnitude. 

Prof.  Whiting  was  a  very  high  Mason ;  one  of  six- 
teen, the  highest  save  three  in  the  world.  These  three 
are  Sovereign  Inspector  Generals  of  Masonry.  Mason- 
ry has  divided  the  world  into  sixteen  parts,  and  appoints 
a  Deputy  Sovereign  of  Sovereigns  of  Sublime  Princes 
over  each  of  these  parts,  and  three  Sovereign  Inspector 
Generals  over  the  whole  earth.  These  are  Sovereign 
Inspector  Generals  of  the  33d  degree. 

In  1826  the  Rev.  Dr.  Frederick  Dalcho,  of  South 
Carolina,  was  one  of  these  three  Sovereign  Inspector 
Generals  of  the  order.  With  him  were  deposited  the 
written  manuscripts  of  Masonry  (all  above  the  Royal 
Arch  are  written)  of  all  the  higher  degrees.  When 
the  Lodge  of  Perfection  at  Schenectady  was  installed 
Dr.  Dalcho  furnished  the  manuscripts.  He  copied  them 
from  the  original  records  for  that  lodge  and  gave 
Mr.  Yates  of  Schenectady,  the  Grand  Commander,  the 
eleven  degrees  for  that  lodge,  and  all  the  rest.  Mr. 
Yates  held  them  in  connection  with  Prof.  Whiting  for 
some  years.  They  had  them  in  possession  alternately. 
As  Mr.  Yates  was  at  the  head  of  the  lodge  for  whom 
they  were  written  he  held  them  most  of  the  time.  But 
when  not  in  the  hands  of  Yates,  they  were  held  by 
Whiting.  When  I  called  on  Whiting,  Mr.  Yates  had 
them  in  possession ;  and  not  until  then  did  I  know  that 
any  such  manuscripts  were  in  existence.  I  indeed  had 
supposed  that  my  cup  was  full  already,  for  I  had  the 
first  three  degrees  of  the  Blue  Lodge  from  the  pen  of 
Captain  Morgan,  and  sealed  with  his  own  blood !     And 


I  had  the  four  chaptoral  degrees  and  the  degrees  of  the 
Cross  and  Encampment  of  tlie  Knight  Templars  from 
the  report  of  the  convention  of  one  hundred  and  three 
seceding  Masons  at  Leroy,  IST.  Y. ,  and  the  eleven  In- 
effable degrees  which  I  had  from  the  Lodge  of  Perfec- 
tion, making  twenty-three  degrees  of  pure  and  unmixed 
Masonry,  and  from  undoubted  authority.  I  felt  well, 
but  little  thought  I  was  destined  to  be  the  depository 
or  medium  through  which  all  the  treasures  of  "Solo- 
mon and  Hiram  the  Widow's  Son  "  were  to  flow  to  man- 
kind! Rather  through  which  and  by  whom  this  lady 
of  the  night,  and  of  the  darkness,  and  of  blood  should 
be  unveiled,  and  this  great  harlot  of  Hades  be  brought 
into  the  light  of  the  unclouded,  mid-day  sun.  Brought 
out,  denuded  of  all  her  jewelry,  her  silk,  lace  and 
pearls,  and  now  can  be  seen  with  her  hood-wink,  cable- 
tow,  skull-cup  of  wine,  and  dreadful  poniard  of  Masonic 
vengeance.  Seen  in  all  her  fulsome  nudity,  breathing- 
out  profanity,  blaspliemy  and  death ;  and  belching  forth 
fire  and  brimstone  and  double  damnation  on  all  of  her 
simple-hearted  and  honest-minded  victims,  who  refuse 
to  obey  her  laws  and  disobey  her  mandates.  Don't 
think  I  am  painting.  I  am  not.  I  don't  deal  in  furbe- 
loAvs  of  speech,  nor  speak  in  the  language  of  hyperbole. 
John  Quincy  Adams  called  the  inside  of  Masonry  made 
bare  in  my  book,  ' '  the  execrable  secrets  "  of  Masonry 
revealed.  In  other  words,  that  I  told  the  world  wljat 
an  accursed  old  hag  Masonry  was,  and  he  commended 
me  for  it.  And,  believe  me,  I  think  of  it  with  great 
humility,  and  I  say  it  with  much  diffidence,  that  if  the 
good  Lord  ever  approved  anything  that  I  have  ever 
done  for  him  or  his  truth  or  his  kingdom,  he  approved 
of  my  publishing  to  the  world  the  ' '  execrable  secrets  " 
of  Masonry. 

When  I  entered  the  house  of  my  friend  and  brother, 
Whiting,  although  knowing  his  views  were  all  in  favor 
of  Masonry,  and  that  he  was  one  of  the  highest  Masons 
in  the  world;  and  remembering  that  I  had  taken  the 
higher  degrees  of  Masonry  at  his  suggestion  and  by  his 
aid;  and  knowing,  too,  that  he  knew  as  well  as  I  that 
we  were  now  antipodes  on  Masonry,  and  possibly  might 
become  violent  belligerents,  yet  I  had  no  misgivings. 
I  knew  he  had  the  intelligence,  the  learning,  the  piety, 
the  knowledge  of  Masonry, — every  thing  in  advance 
of  myself,  save  truth,  common  sense,  conscience  and 
God.  On  the  great  question  at  issue  I  knew,  I  knew 
I  was  right.  No  hesitancy,  no  tremblings.  Not  a  bit 
of  it — but  a  perfect  confidence  in  the  truth  and  right- 
eousness of  my  mission. 

We  met  in  love.  The  Master  was  with  us.  Mr. 
Whiting  knew  I  was  about  to  publish  my  ' '  Light  on  Ma- 
sonry. "  I  told  him  all  about  it.  He  was  not  angry ;  nor 
was  I.  We  opened  the  subject,  pro  and  con.  The 
questions  at  issue  were :  1st,  Is  Masonry  wrong  ?  2d, 
should  Masonry  be  revealed?  3d,  are  the  oaths  of  Ma- 
sonry legally  or  morally  binding  ? 

The  first  question — Is  Masonry  Avrong? — I  gained 
without  a  flesh-wound;  for  he  helped  me.  He  said 
casually  and  rather  confidentially  in  the  course  of  re- 
marks, that  a  revelation  of  the  upper  degrees  of  Mason- 
ry Avould  do  more  to  pull  down  Masonry  than  all  the 
lower  degrees  which  I  was  going  to  publish  could  do. 
' '  How  so  ? "  I  asked.  ' '  Why,  they  are  anti-Christian. " 
"Indeed!  Well,  then,  upon  your  own  showing  Ma- 
sonry must  be  wrong."  And  so  there  I  had  him. 
' '  Masonry  is  wrong  is  it  ?  I  have  gained  the  first  point 
I  think;  and  gaining  that  I  have  gained  the  second 
also,  for  it  cannot  be  maintained  that  wrong  should  be 
concealed."  He  gave  up  both  points.  But  there  the 
third  point  was  involved  in  the  other.  But  on  this  came 
the  tug  of  war.  He  was  fastidiously  conscientious  on 
the  keeping  of  oaths  and  promises.  We  had  a  long 
and  hard  battle  on  this  point.  I  took  the  ground  that 
extra-judicial  oaths  to  do  wrong  were  neither  legally 
nor  morally  binding.  And  that  such  an  oath  should 
always  be  broken.  And  I  contended  that  the  existence 
of  Masonry  depended  on  the  keeping  of  its  secrets  in 
violate.  If  its  secrets  were  kept  it  would  continue  and 
we  should  be  responsible  for  the  evils  which  would  flow 
from  its  continuance. 

He  was  intelligent,  learned,  conscientious  and  pious ; 
an  astute  lawyer  and  a  sound  theologian.  And  after 
about  three  day's  and  night's  discussion,  I  laid  my 
hand  upon  his   heart  and  conscience,  and  appealing  to 


his  better  nature,  asked  him  if  he  was  vvilling  to  cherish 
an  enemy  to  the  Bible,  to  the  church  of  God,  to  the 
Lord  Jesus  who  had  bought  us  with  his  own  blood  ?  or 
would  he  aid  in  destroj-ing  this  great  reptile  from  the 
earth  ?  I  cannot  teU  you  half  that  was  said,  but  tlie 
battle  was  won  aud  the  truth  Avas  victorious.  ' '  I  can 
help  this  cause  now;  I  may  not  have  another  chance." 
And  by  this  servant  of  God  Mr.  Yates  was  gained,  and 
though  not  willing  to  assume  any  responsibility  in  the 
matter,  was  willing  to  give  iip  tlie  manuscripts  to  Mr. 
Whiting  to  dispose  of  as  he  thought  best.  And  my 
good  brother  Whiting  tliought  best  to  loan  them  to  me, 
and  to  me  for  publication.  I  copied  tliem  carefully  as  I 
could;  and  I  thought  best  to  give  them, — as  1  had 
nothing  else  to  give — and  myself  for  the  life  of  the 
world ;  taking  pattern  from  my  glorious  Lord. 

You  can  find  all  the  '  'secrets"  of  Masonry  up  to  the 
thirty-tliird  degree  as  I  received  them,  and  as  I  have 
here  testified,  from  the  hands  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Frederick 
Dalcho,  Sovereign  Inspector  General  of  the  thirty-third 
degree,  through  the  hands  of  the  Grand  Commander, 
Mr.  Yates,  of  the  Lodge  of  Perfection  in  Schenectady, 
N.  Y.,  and  Rev.  Prof.  N.  N.  Whiting;  and  if  intelli- 
gence and  learning  and  piety  and  official  standing  as  a 
Mason,  and  a  correct  knowledge  of  Masonry  are  essen- 
tial to  authenticity  and  belief,  then  we  have  full  and 
reliable  evidence  from  the  testimony  of  the  Rev.  N.  N, 
Whiting,  as  given  by  the  testimony  of  Elder  David 
Bernard,  of  the  truth  of  the  higher  degrees  of  Masoniy 
as  revealed  in  "Light  on  Masonry,"  by  Elder  David 
Bernard,  Grand  Elect  Perfect  and  Sublime  Mason. 

And  now  is  it  not  a  matter  of  congratulation  that  this 
Convention  is  in  the  possession  of  Masonry  in  its  details 
as  given  in  the  lodges  in  this  countrjr,  from  the  first  to 
the  thirty-third  degree,  obtained  from  the  highest  and 
purest  and  the  most  authentic  and  reliable  sources  of 
Masonic  authority  and  knowledge  in  the  world  ? 


Address  of  Kev.  D.  P.  llatLbun. 


Mr.  Rathbun  on  being  introduced  to  the  audience 
said  he  felt  deeply  such  sentiments  as  Ihose  just 
sung.  He  rejoiced  that  he  was  born  and  reared  in  a 
land  of  freedom,  and  his  soul  had  never  been  bound 
by  fetters  of  any  kind  long.  He  had  been  persuaded 
to  join  the  Masonic  fraternity,  but  had  enough  of  it 
in  the  Blue  Lodge;  he  never  went  beyond  the  third 
degree. 

We  must  not  deceive  ourselves  with  regard  to  this 
institution.  We  have  a  foe  that  is  strong.  Some 
great  men  told  us  that  the  late  war  would  be  short, 
that  there  would  be  no  hard  fighting;  but  what  sac- 
rifiLoes  were  made  ere  it  closed !  Who  can  tell  how 
many  martyrs  there  will  be  for  the  truth  before  Ma- 
sonry will  be  put  down !  Some  tell  U3  there  are  good 
things  about  Masonry,  and  pat  the  creature  a  little  so 
that  the  hard  things  said  of  it  may  not  hurt  so  badly. 
But  this  is  a  mistake.  It  must  be  given  up.  We 
must  learn  that  Masonry  is  darkness  and  nothing  else. 
Mackey  says,  that  as  a  secret  society  Masonry  has  ex- 
isted for  tfenturies,  but  as  an  open  institution  it  would 
not  live  as  many  years  as  it  has  centuries.  When 
men  say  that  individuals  enjoy  the  presence  of  God 
in  connection  with  their  Freemasonry,  I  believe 
them  greatly  mistaken.  The  institution  is  darkness 
itself  and  must  perish  in  the  light  of  truth.  I  believe 
that  such  assertiona  are  putting  a  weapon  into  the 
hands  of  the  enemy.  A.ny  man  may  see  if  he  will 
that  the  institution  is  anti-Christian  in  every  particu- 
lar. In  his  own  experience  he  remembered  that  he 
did  not  enjoy  religion  while  a  Freemason.  H«  knew 
he  was  not  honoring  God;  and  not  until  he  left  it  for- 
ever he  got  the  clear  light  of  heaven  upon  his  soul. 
He  could  not  understand  how  a  man  could  practice 
coRcealment  as  Masonry  requires  and  have  the  favor 
of  God. 

Some  object  to  the  use  of  severe  language  against 
Freemasonry.  But  we  must  apply  the  truth  without 
fear  or  favor.  You  may  put  your  heel  on  a  mud 
turtle  and  he  will  not  stir,  but  put  a  coal  of  fire  on 
his  back  and  out  come  his  legs  and  oS  he  crawls.  So 
we  must  apply  the  truth  boiling  hot  on  Freemasonry. 
It  cannot  be  aflfected  with  gentle  measures.  Common 
truth  will  not  touch  it.  It  must  be  hot  enough  to 
scald.  Ministers  of  nearly  every  denomination  are  con- 
nected with  the  institution,  and  were  so  filled  with  its 
spirit  that  they  do  not  hesitate  to  tell  bare-faced  lies. 
Their  lives  were  full  of  hypocrisy  in  the  sight  of  God. 

The  speaker  had  been  persecuted  by  the  lodge  be- 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


cause  of  his  firmly  maintained  position  against  it. 
One  seven-degree  Mason  who  bad  been  severe  in  hie 
persecutions  he  had  seen  repent  on  his  death-bed. 
This  Mason  has  been  a  bitter  opponent  of  all  eflForts  to 
enlighten  men  on  this  subject,  but  when  he  came  to 
die  he  called  for  R^ithbun.  I  went  to  his  bedside 
and  he  begged  me  to  forgive  the  persecuting  spirit  he 
had  shown  towards  me.  His  dying  request  was  not 
to  let  the  kdge  bury  me  with  Masonic  honors. 
They  would  not  come  near  me  in  my  sicknese,  with 
my  consent  they  shall  not  after  I  am  dead.  But  the  Ma- 
sons did  come  and  took  the  dead  man  almost  by  main 
force,  in  spite  of  the  dying  request  and  the  protest  of 
the  family.  The  Methodist  minister  who  was  as- 
sisting in  the  outrage  walked  with  the  Masonic  pro- 
cession laughing  and  j.king  on    the  way    to   church. 

We  are  told  that  we  must  live  Masonry  down.  Be 
pious  and  shame  them  out  of  it.  Such  an  attempt 
would  be  like  the  Irishman  trying  to  cure  his  dog  of 
barking  by  freezing  him  to  death.  Masons  always 
laugh  at  tuch  efforts.  I  am  opposed  to  Freemasonry 
because  it  binds  the  tongues  of  otherwise  free  men. 
A  Mason  will  hardly  speak  of  the  institution  in  the 
presence  of  its  enemies  lest  he  lose  his  precious  jewel. 
Shame  on  any  American  citizen  who  dnre  not  reply 
to  an  objf>ctor.  who  dare  not  defend  his  practices  ano 
yet  holds  1o  them. 

Masonry  professes  to  cleanse  a  man  from  all  %in,  as 
says  Mackey.  Even  the  Methodist  church  will  hard- 
ly claim  to  make  a  man  perfect  through  Christ,  but 
Masonry  does  without  him,  of  its  own  power.  The 
lodge  is  of  the  same  spirit  as  in  the  days  of  Morgan, 
vindictive,  murderous.  It  had  manifested  this  spirit 
upon  his  own  person,  in  efforts  to  kill  him  by  drag- 
ging him  through  a  mud  hole,  and  by  firing  upon  and 
wounding  him  from  a  thicket.  This  old  ox  has  gored 
many  a  young  man  in  his  left  breast.  Masons  make 
it  their  first  business  to  smite  with  the  tongue  of 
slander.  May  God  help  u"?  all  to  stand  firm  for  hi? 
truth  whatever  may  befall.  Men  cannot  harm  us. 
Let  us  be  fearless  for  Christ, 


The  Weapons  of  onr  Warfare. 


AUDRESS  BY  PHOF.  C.  A.  BLANCnARD. 


Ladies  (Did  flentleiiien: 

In  order  that  we  may  pl.in  for  the  future,  we  must 
carefully  study  the  past.  To  understand  what  to  do, 
we  must  know  what  has  already  been  done.  The 
careful  sailor  wishes  to  know  his  present  latitude  and 
longitude  as  well  as  the  destined  port.  What  then  is 
the  present  state  of  the  reform  against  secret  associa 
tions  ? 

We  have  learned  that  our  enemies  are  very  numer- 
ous and  very  strongly  entrenched.  They  are  counted 
only  by  hundreds  of  thousands.  They  include  every 
class  in  society  irom  the  most  refpectable  to  the  most 
debased  and  dangerous.  There  are,  in  their  ranks, 
men,  women  and  childrer,  and  they  are  united  by  a 
principle  of  selfishness  which  is  stronger  than  any 
other  except  the  love  of  Christ.  They  have  for  their 
wall  of  defense  the  worthy  individuals  who  have  been 
deceived  into  a  seeming  sanction  of  them,  and  for 
weapons  of  offense  the  bad  men  who  almost,  if  not  al- 
ways, control  them. 

These  armies  of  secrecy  and  darkness,  so  numer- 
ous, 80  iirraly  united,  so  strongly  sheltered,  and  so 
frightfully  cflicered,  are  really,  (many  of  them  blindly) 
entered  on  a  campaign,  which  ends  in  their  own  dis- 
solution or  onr  national  death.  It  matters  not 
whether  as  .lesuits  they  swear  allegiance  to  a  Pope, 
as  Masons  or  Odd-Fellows  to  a  Grand  Lodge,  oi  as 
members  of  the  Ku-lv!ux  Klan  to  Satan.  It  is  unim- 
portant what  regalia  they  select  or  in  what  words 
their  obligations  are  couched.  They  belong  to  the 
kingdom  of  darkness,  and  darkness  is  inconsistent 
with  light.  They  belong  to  the  domain  of  secrecy, 
and  secrecy  is  the  friend  of  vice,  not  of  virtue.  They 
all  tramjl;  upon  the  example  and  commands  of 
Christ,  and  most  of  them  cast  out  his  name  and  gag 
bis  friends  while  uiid  r  th(ir  irfluence. 

Not  satitfied  with  assassinating  Christianity  under 


the  pretense  of  friendship,  they  give  false  balances  to 
justice  and  take  the  sword  from  her  hand  to  hide  it  in 
the  lodge.  As  these  secret  orders  increase  in  numbers 
and  wealth,  social  ties  are  relaxed,  and  divorces  are 
multiplied,  thieves  who  steal  largely  snap  their  fin- 
gers at  the  judge,  and  murderers  laugh  in  the  face  of 
jury  ann  jail.  Forty  years  ago  Masonry  defied  the  whole 
legislative  and  judicial  power  of  New  York  State, 
and  lately  a  college  secret  society  murdered  a  young 
man  in  the  night;  and  so  demoralized  is  public  senti- 
ment that  the  society  that  caused  his  death  was  not 
suppressed;  and  young  men  are  still  permitted  to  at- 
tend the  institution  where  it  exists.  Teaching  de- 
ception, hypocrisy  and  fraud ;  binding  to  partial  be- 
nevolence and  honesty,  swearing  to  the  concealment 
of  crime  and  the  protection  of  every  villainy.  These 
orders  taken  as  a  whole  are  a  fearful  conspiracy 
against  men,  and  a  wicked  rebellion  against  God,  which 
must  be  revealed  and  restrained  or  certain  ruin  is  the 
result. 

That  they  do  not  at  once  produce  their  entire  re- 
sults on  men  or  society,  is  unquestionably  true.  So  also 
it  is  true  that  the  dam  on  Mill  River  had  held  back 
the  waters  for  years.  It  was  one  hundred  and  twenty 
feet  through  at  the  bottom  and  sixteen  feet  across  at 
the  top — people  had  lived  before  it  in  perfect  safety 
for  many  days.  But  all  the  while  little  streams  were 
doing  their  work  in  the  hidden  places,  and  the  restrain- 
ing power  was  undermined.  Then  the  angry  waters 
rushed  down  the  valley  in  an  awful  wall  thirty  feet 
high.  The  fljod  bore  in  its  f)aming  mouth,  factory, 
bouse,  man  and  woman  and  child,  and  when  the  night 
came  the  homes  were  empty,  and  the  wail  of  broken 
hearts  went  up  towards  the  watching  stars. 

So  we  may  pile  our  dam  of  morality  and  public  senti- 
ment against  these  waters  of  bitterness  and  death.  We 
may  seek  to  restrain  in  our  courts  of  law  the  takers 
and  receivers  of  extra-judicial  oaths,  and  we  may 
hope  for  the  best.  There  is  danger  even  then,  and 
when  these  orders  have  demolished  the  flimsy  barrier 
of  a  secretized  manhood,  they  will  sweep  away  the 
Christian  church,  overthrow  civil  government  and 
murder  those  whom  they  cannot  enslave. 

This,  then,  is  the  enemy  we  are  called  on  to  meet. 
The  tiger  of  human  selfishness  restrained  by  the  tow 
string  of  human  prudence.  Even  worse,  we  must  fol- 
low the  beast  to  his  darksome  den,  for  he  shuns  the 
sweet  light  as  men  fly  from  the  plague. 

But  in  our  contest  we  have  the  certainty  that  we 
are  on  the  side  of  Christ  and  this  confidence  is  the 
earnest  of  victory.  He  shall  reign  until  all  enemies 
are  under  his  feet,  and  though  the  weapons  of  our 
warfare  are  not  carnal,  they  are  mighty  through  God. 
Look  back  through  the  seven  short  years  m  which 
we  have  labored.  See  how  Masonry  and  her  kindred 
orders  grew  fat  and  flourishing.  See  how  silent  were 
the  newspapers  of  the  country,  including  the  organs 
of  churches  opposed  to  secretism.  See  how  univer- 
sally men  slept. 

Then  take  the  record  of  last  year.  Read  the  articles 
against  secret  orders  in  the  New  York  Tribune,  Watch- 
man and  Reflector,  Scientific  American,  Chicago 
Times  and  Trihune,  Springfield  Republican,  Amer- 
ican Wesleyan,  Relic/tous  Telescope,  United  JPres- 
byterian,  Christian  Statesman,  Methodist  Free  Press, 
Evangelical  Messenger,  Free  Methodist,  Covenanter 
and  Freshyterian,  Our  Banner,  and  many  others, 
while  over  them  all  shines  Tlie  Cynosure  undimmed 
by  the  smoke  of  two  fires  and  clouds  of  Masonic  curs- 
es. 

See  Finney  on  Masonry,  the  Broken  Seal,  Light  on 
Masonry,  Key  to  Masonry,  Secret  Societies;  together 
with  ten  thousands  of  tracts  going  each  on  its  mes 
sage  of  mercy  and  instruction.  Hear  the  earnest 
men  who  have  many  of  them  at  the  hazard  of  their 
lives  defended  and  declared  the  truth;  and  as  you  see 
the  descending  showers  and  remember  the  long  years 
of  drought  and  the  clouds  smaller  ihan  a  man's  hand 
bow  reverently  and  say,  '-Ah,  Lord  God;  behold  thou 
hast  made  the  heaven  and  earth  by  thy  great  power 
and  stretched  out  arm,  and  there  is  nothing  to  hard 
for  thee., 


Looking  then  to  the  past  and  present,  .we  need  have 
no  feeling  in  our  hearts  save  joy  and  gratitude,  as  we 
turn  to  the  future  we  should  be  inspired  with  hope 
and  determination.  The  cause  must  grow,  or  it  will 
cease  to  be  a  power;  for  when  growth  stops,  decay 
begins.  If  we  are  to  have  a  national  movement 
we  must  have  a  national  organ.  We  can  haye 
both  the  movement  and  the  organ  it  we  will 
do  our  part.  The  Cynosure  has  already  a  circula- 
tion national  in  extent.  It  must  be  made  national  in 
number.  W"e  need  denominational  papers  in  sympa- 
thy with  this  work  and  we  need  local  papers  as  co- 
laborers  in  the  field,  but  beside  them  all  we  need  a 
strong  non-sectarian  newspaper,  such  as  The  Cyno- 
sure was  and  is . 

One  paper  with  one  hundred  thousand  subscribers 
is  far  stronger  in  ordinary  circumstances  than  ten 
with  ten  thousand  each,  as  an  army  of  one  hundred 
thousand  men  could  easily  wipe  out  ten  armies  of  ten 
thousand  each  provided  the  men  were  equal  in  courage 
and  strength,  and  the  ten  are  acting  without  concert. 
Let  us  then  sustain  the  denominational  organs  which 
are  right  on  this  question  and  let  us  also  raise  Tne 
Cynosure  list,  so  that  the  work  in  which  we  are  en- 
gaged shall  command  the  attention  and  respect  of  the 
entire  American  people. 

I  might  justly  appeal  to  the  record  of  self-sacrificing 
labor  which  the  conductors  of  this  paper  have  made, 
but  I  do  not  do  so.  I  am  not  pleading  for  them,  but 
for  God's  cause.  Shall  we  give  this  paper  a  circula- 
tion that  will  enable  it  and  us  to  set  before  the  world 
the  f'-arful  evils  resulting  from  midnight  conspiracies 
of  weak  and  wicked  men,  or  shall  we  be  contented 
with  many  excellent  papers,  each  of  which  has  its 
own  denominational  interests  to  care  for? 

I  am  thankful  every  day  for  such  noble  witnesses 
for  the  truth  as  the  Religious  Telescope  and  Ameri- 
can Wesleyan  are  and  have  been.  I  only  speak  the 
minds  of  the  conductors  of  these  journals,  however, 
when  I  say,  that  this  paper  which  has  for  six  years, 
in  the  face  of  bitter  hostility  and  such  difficulties  as 
few  can  comprehend,  held  its  steady  course  toward 
the  haven  of  a  Christian  republic,  is  needed  by  the 
tmen  it  has  made  acquainted  with  one  another  and  by 
he  whole  American  nation. 

They  intend  to  keep  their  own  denominations  pure, 
but  they  believe  it  is  a  good  thing  to  come  together 
once  in  a  while  and  forget  minor  differences  in  a 
grand  effort  to  lift  the  race  up  towards  the  light.  So 
say  I.  So  say  well  all.  When  the  American  flag  was 
pulled  down  from  Sumter,  Abraham  Lincoln  did  not 
call  on  every  man  to  watch  his  own  hen  roost  and 
pig  pen.  He  called  for  seventy -five  thousand  men  to 
maintain  the  honor  of  the  United  States.  It  is  for 
this  reason  you  a  few  days  since  went  to  their  lowly 
tents  and  scattered  the  flowers  of  God  over  the  dead 
of  a  nation.  They  did  not  die  for  themselves,  or  a 
section ,  but  for  America.  None  the  less  were  they 
true  to  the  hamlets  where  they  were  born.  He  who 
is  true  to  his  country,  is  true  to  his  town,  and  he 
who  is  faithful  to  Christ,  is  faithful  to  humanity. 
This  then  is  the  work  in  which  I  am  permitted  to  of- 
fer you  a  share.  It  does  not  appeal  to  your  love  of 
self  or  your  demominational  preferences.  It  will  cost 
you  money.  It  appeals  only  to  your  love  of  the 
Master  and  men. 

To  some  of  you  it  speaks  strongly  I  am  sure.  I 
have  been  in  your  homes  and  have  known  of  your 
tireless  labor  in  defence  of  unpopular  truth.  All  oth- 
ers I  shall  be  glad  to  meet  in  so  glorious  a  work.  Let 
us  then  do  a  noble  work  for  this  noble  paper.  It  has 
now  four  thousand  six  hundred  and  fifty  subscribers. 
Let  us  make  it  another  thousand  to-night,  and  let  us 
so  labor  in  this  cause  that  very  soon  it  shall  surpass 
in  its  circulation  and  influence  the  sheets  which  now 
favor  and  apologize  for  the  lodge.  Sustaining  as  we 
must  and  will  all  denominational  orgars  hostile  to 
these  secret  conspiracies,  let  us  raise  our  National  or- 
gan to  a  place  from  which  it  may  speak  with  the  ene- 
my in  the  gates  and  turn  back  the  tides  of  evil  which 
almost  unobstructed,  swept  our  country  a  few  years 
since. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


l\^  i'M^ili  Mml 


iiESSON  xxvii. — JULY  5,  1784. — the  begin- 
ning OF  THE  GOSPEL. 


SCRIPTDRE  LESSON. — MARK  i.  111.     Com- 
mit 1-11  ;  Primary  Verse,  11, 

I  The  bcgiauiug  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ  tlie  Bon  of  God  ; 

3  As  it  is  written  in  the  prophets,  Be- 
hold, I  send  my  messenger  before  thy  face, 
which  shall  prepare  thy  way  before  thee. 

3  The  voice  of  one  crying  in  tVie  wilder- 
ness, Prepare  ye  the  way  of  the  Lord, 
make  his  paths  straight. 

4  John  did  baptize  in  the  wilderness, 
and  preach  the  baptism  of  repentance  for 
the  remission  of  sins. 

5  And  there  went  out  unto  him  all  the 
land  of  Judea,  and  they  of  Jerusalem,  and 
were  all  baptized  of  him  in  the  river  of 
Jordan,  confessing  their  sins. 

6  And  John  was  clothed  with  camel's 
hair,  and  with  a  girdle  of  skin  about  his 
loins  ;  and  he  did  eat  locusts  and  wild 
honey  ; 

7  And  preached,  saying,  There  cometh 
one  mightier  than  I  after  me,  the  lachet  of 
whose  shoes  I  am  not  worthy  to  stoop 
down  and  unloose. 

8  I  indeed  have  baptized  you  with  wa- 
ter :  but  he  shall  baptize  you  with  the 
Holy  Ghost. 

9  And  it  came  to  pass  in  those  days, 
that  Jesus  came  from  Nazarelli  of  Galilee, 
and  v/as  baptized  of  John  in  Jordan. 

10  And  straightway  coming  up  out  of 
the  water,  he  saw  the  heavens  opened,  and 
the  Spirit  like  a  dove  descending  upon 
him : 

II  And  there  came  a  voice  from  heaven, 
saying.  Thou  art  my  beloved  Son,  in 
whom  I  am  well  pleased. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "I  saw,  and  bear 
record  that  this  is  the  Son  of  God." — John 
i.  34. 

TOPIC— The  beginning  of  the  Gospel. 

HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Luke  i.        1-17— The  Foj-erunner  Promised. 
T.     Luke  i.      18-38 — The  Messiah  Anuounced. 
W.   Lnkel.      39-50— The  Promise  Believed. 
Th.  Luke  i.       57-80- Tlie  Birth  of  John. 
F.    Luke  ii.      1-20— The  Birth  of  Jesus. 
S.     Lukoii.      21-38 — The  Prophetie  Ilecoi:;nitioii. 
S.    Luke  ii.     39-52— The  Childhood  of  Jesus. 
TOPICAL  ANALYSIS . 

The  Message  of  Johu,       verses    1-.5. 

The  Baptism  of  Repentauee  "       4-8. 

The  Baptism  of   Jesus,      verse       9. 

The  Seal  of  the  Spirit,  "         10. 

The  leather's  Recognition,    "         11. 

SUGGESTIONS  TO~SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

What  is  the  name  of  our  lesson  ?  What 
does  Gospel  mean  ?  What  names  are 
given  to  the  writer  Acts  xii,  12,  25  ;  xiii. 
5,  13  ;  XV.  39  ?  What  event  occurred  at 
his  mother's  house,  and  what  was  her 
name  ?  This  Gospel  presents  the  Lord 
Jesus  in  the  character  of  a  servant,  doing 
the  will  of  God. 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  If  the  Gospel 
began  with  Jesus,  could  it  have  been  be- 
fore ?  Who  was  John  the  Baptist  ?  (see 
home  readings.)  What  is  he  called  in 
verse  2  ?  What  did  he  call  himself  ? 
(John  i,  23.)  What  was  is  message  ? 
(Matt.  iii.  2.) 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  Who  went 
out  to  hear  John  preach  ?  (Matt.  iii.  5.) 
What  did  they  do  ?  (Matt.  iii.  6.)  By  being 
baptized  what  did  they  say  ?  Who  would 
not  be  baptized  ?  (Luke  vii.  30  ?)  The 
reason  was,  they  would  not  take  the  place 
of  sinners. 

What  is  the  third  topic?  Where  did 
Jesus  come  from  ?  How  long  had  he  lived 
at  Nazareth  ?  (Luke  ii.  39,  51  ;  iv.  10.) 
We  found  out  that  people  came  to  be  bap- 
tized who  were  sinners.  Then  Jesus  came 
to  the  sinners'  place  ;  as  if  he  represented 
them,  or  was  identified  with  them. 

What  is  the  fourth  topic  ?  What  hap- 
pened when  Jesus  was  baptized  ?  Who 
was  it  that  saw  heaven  open,  in  a  dream  ? 
(Gen.  xxviii.,)  and  what  prophet  had  such 
a  visou  ?  (Ezek.  i.)  Never  before  had  they 
opened  like  this.  The  reason  is,  Jesus 
stood  in  the  sinner's  place,  and  yet  had  no 
sin.  Who  descended  upon  him  ?  The 
Spirit  came  to  abide  in  him  ;  Read  care- 
fully, John  xiv.  16  ;  Rom.  viii.  9. 

What  is  the  fifth  topic  ?  Whose  voice 
was  heard  from  heaven  ?  What  did  God 
say  ?  How  many  witnesses  are  here  to 
testify  of  Jesus.  Our  lesson  is  an  intro- 
duction to  him.  Do  you  know  him  ? — 
National  S.  S.  Teacher. 


scholars  and  their  lesson?,  it  is  rarely 
easy  to  obtain  a  sufficient  supply  for  all 
the  classes;  but  where  punctuality  is 
insisted  on,  and  attendance  at  the 
teacher's  meeting  is  made  imperative, 
there  is  seldom  difficulty  in  securing  a 
full  quota  of  good  teachers.  If  you 
want  more  teachers,  call  on  those  you 
have  to  do  better, — Independent. 


Cost  of  (Jrhne  aud  Sunday  Scliools. 


"|(<>«tia«il  f(jj(iltf{f(ii|t$. 


Care  of  the  Eyes. 


How  TO  Get  TE.iCHEES — -It  is  a- 
ways  more  difficult  to  get*  teachers  for 
a  poorly  managed  Sabbath-school  than 
for  one  conformed  to  a  high  standard. 
Where  teachers  are  permitted  to  be 
unpunctual  and  to  neglect  both  their 


Judge  Carpenter,  of  the  Supreme 
Court  of  Connecticut,  in  an  address  be- 
fore an  educational  institute,  said  of  a 
criminal  wLom  he  had  been  compelled 
to  sentence  to  the  gallows,  that  the 
cost  to  the  community  of  that  man's 
crime,  if  viewed  merely  as  a  matter  of 
dollars  and  cents,  was  enough  to  have 
met  the  expense  of  a  liberal  education 
for  at  least  fiv  e  young  men.  That  case 
is  one  of  many.  Crime  is  expensive. 
Education  is  economical.  A  Christian 
training,  which  is  likely  to  fit  a  man 
for  a  useful  and  a  happy  life,  costs  far 
less  to  the  community,  than  the  train- 
ing which  a  rogue  gets,  while  on  his 
way  to  the  prison  or  the  gallows. 
Stephen  Paxson,  at  one  time,  made 
careful  inquiry  into  the  expense  in- 
curred in  the  care,  and  trial  snd  execu- 
tion of  a  man.  in  Illinois,  after  his  ar- 
rest for  the  crime  for  which  he  was 
finally  hanged.  He  ascertained,  that 
in  the  salaries  of  officials,  the  expenses 
of  witnesses,  the  cost  of  the  prisoner's 
keeping  and  the  outlay  for  his  execu- 
tion, a  sufficient  sum  was  paid  to  have 
secured  the  organization  of,  say  forty 
new  Sundaj-ochools  in  frontier  neigh- 
borhoods, or  to  have  met  the  average 
expenses  of  a  country  Sunday-school  of 
one  hundred  scholars,  for  a  quarter  of 
a  century. 

Even    though    not    every    Sunday- 
school  boy  is  kept  from  crime,  it  is  cer- 
tainly  true,  that  he  is  less  likely  to  go 
widely  astray  with  than  without  the  re- 
ligious   training  which    the    Sunday- 
chool  affords,  and  it  costs  very  little  to 
give  him  this  advantage.   An  average  of, 
say  one  dollar  a  year  for    each  scholar, 
is  about  what   a  Sunday-school    ought 
to  have  now-a-days  for   its  ordinary  ex- 
penses.    This  small   sum   is    probably 
more  than  twice  the  actual  average   of 
Sunday-school     expenses     throughout 
the  United  States.     Ten  dollars  for  ten 
years    of   Sunday-school   training   to  a 
boy,  seems  but  a  trifling  outlay.     Yet 
there  are  churches    which     begrudge 
even    this   pittance   to    their  Sunday- 
schools;  and  there  are  well-to-do   peo- 
ple, in   the  vicinity  of  little   neighbor- 
hood   Sunday-schools,  who   think  that 
music  books,  and  teacher's  papers,  and 
teachers'  papers,  and  scholars'  papers, 
and  the  other  necessaries  and  helps  of  a 
well-managed     Sunday-school,    cost  a 
great  deal  of  money  in  this  extravagant 
age.     A  good  Sunday-school  does   cost 
something.     It  cannot  be  run  for  noth- 
ing, even  by  volunteer    teachers.     But 
it  costs  less  to  the    community,  where 
it  does  its  quiet  work  for   its    scores  or 
its  hundreds    of  boys  and  girls,   for  a 
whole  generation  of  youth ,  than  do  the 
crimes  and    their   punishment   of  one 
robber  or  murderer.     Hardly  anything 
that  is  done  for  boys  or  girls  costs  less 
than    Sunday-school    wort.       Hardly 
anything   pays   a  better   return,   in  its 
good  results  on  their  lives  and   charac- 
ters.—>S.  S.   World. 


Multitudes  of  men  and  women  have 
made  their  eyes  weak  for  life  by  the 
too  free  use  of  eyesight,  reading  small 
print,  and  doing  fine  sewing.  In  view 
of  these  things,  it  is  well  to  observe 
the  following  rules  in  the  use  of  the 
eyes: 

Avoid  sudden  changes  from  light  to 
darkness. 

Never  sleep  so  that  on  waking,  the 
eyes  shall  open  on  the  light  of  the 
window. 

Do  not  use  the  eyes  in  1  ght  so  scant 
that  it  requires  an  efl'ort  to  discrim- 
inate. 

Never  read  or  sew  directly  in  front 
of  the  light  of  the  window  or  door. 

Do  not  read  on  railway  cars  or  while 
traveling.  The  constant  jar  strains 
the  eye  severely. 

It  is  best  to  have  light  fall  from 
above  obliquely  over  the  left  shoulder. 

Too  much  light  creates  a  glare  and 
pain,  and  confuses  the  sight. 

The  moment  you  are  sensible  of  an 
eflFortto  distinguish,  stop,  and  talk,  and 
walk^  and  ride. 

As  the  sky  is  blue,  and  the  earth 
green  it  would  seem  that  the  ceiling 
should  be  a  bluish  tinge,  the  carpet 
green,  and  the  walls  of  some  mellow 
tint. 

The  moment  you  are  instinctively 
prompted  to  rub  your  eyes,  that  mo- 
ment cease  using  them. 

It  the  eyelids  are  glued  together  on 
waking,  do  not  forcibly  open  them, 
but  apply  the  saliva  with  the  finger, 
and  then  wash  your  face  and  eyes  with 
warm  water. 


A  good  way  to  clean  paint  is  to 
smearit  over  with  whiting,  mixed  to 
the  consistency  of  common  paste  in 
warm  water.  Rub  the  surface  to  be 
cleaned  briskly,  and  wash  oflf  with  pure 
cold  water.  Grease  spots  will,  in  this 
way,  be  instantly  removed,  .us  well  as 
other  marks,  and  the  paint  will  retain 
its  beauty    and  brilliancy  unimpaired. 

To  Mend  and  Clean  Kib  Gloves  . — 
Turn  them  on  the  wrona;  side  and  sew 
them  over  and  over  in  the  ordinary 
way.  They  will  last  longer  and  look 
better,  if  mended  on  the  wrong  side. 
Turn  them  back  again,  and  go.  over 
them  with  a  clean  towel  dipped  in 
skim  milk,  wearing  them  during  the 
process  and   until  tbey  are  quite    dry. 


fo.i-mer  with  six  ounces  of  powdered 
sugar,  and  the  same  of  flour,  whisk  the 
whites  and  then  mix  them  together, 
add  to  it  whipped  cream  in  proportion 
to  the  sugar  and  flour,  stir  it  carefully ; 
pour  this  into  moulds  or  paper  caser, 
and  bake. 


^itijiti  itini  ^^^n. 


Kindness  to  Animals. 


From  the  time  the  colt  is  born,  he 
should  be  taught  to  regard  man,  whom 
he  is  afterward  to  serve,  as  his  prc- 
tector  and  friend.  A  human  band 
should  first  lift  him  gently  to  his  feet, 
and  direct  hip  little  mouth  to  the  source 
of  maternal  nourishment.  With  the 
liuman  touch  he  should  thus  early  be 
made  to  associate  caresses  and  a  sup- 
ply of  all  his  wants.  Instead  of  yells, 
and  ojths,  and  kicks,  and  rude  blows, 
he  ehould  hear  ouly  gentle,  loving 
tones  from  the  attendant's  mouih,  and 
petlings  from  his  kindly  palm.  He 
should  be  taught  to  expect  and  watch 
for  man's  entrance  to  the  stall  or  pad- 
dock where  hi  is  kept,  as  a  dog.  wai;s 
for  the  coming  of  the  master,  as  the 
season  of  joy  and  happiness.  His  little 
deer  like  l;mb3  should  be  handled,  and 
he  be  taught  to  yield  them  promptly 
and  without  fear  to  the  master's  touch. 
In  short,  everything  that  loving  inge- 
nuity can  devise  should  be  done  to  im- 
press upon  his  mind  thus  early  in  life 
that  man  is  his  natural  protector  and 
friend,  between  whom  and  him  an  in- 
timate companionship  has  been  ordained 
by  benificent  nature,  which  insures 
that  he  shall  be  protected  and  cherished 
while  he  serves.  The  horse  has  a 
heart  claim  upon  us.  The  young  colt 
is,  in  some  sense  a  member  of  the  fam- 
ily, one  of  the  owner's  huusehold,  sec- 
ond in  rank  and  dignity  only  to  the 
children.  So  the  Arab  regards  him 
The  beautiful  young  thing,  with  its 
shining  coat  and  gazelle  eyes  and 
sprightly  antics,  so  full  of  bounding, 
but  docile  life,  is  literally  his  children's 
playmate.  He  shares  their  food,  and 
often  their  sleeping  mat:  and  a  blow 
dealt  him  is  as  promptly  resented  as  if 
it  had  been  dealt  the  oldest  son,  for 
whose  service  in  peace,  and  safety  in 
the  hour  of  battle,  the  young  thing  is 
being  ra.mei.— From  ^^The  Perfect 
Horse:' 


If  you  should  be  so  unfortunate  as  lo 
crush  a  berry  on  a  book  or  engraving, 
strike  a  brimstone  match  and  let  the 
fume  come  in  contact  with  the  stain, 
and    it  will  disappear  as  if   by  magic. 


Ckeam  Fritters. — Mix  a  pint  and  a 
half  of  flour  with  a  pint  of  milk;  stir  in 
six  well  beaten  eggs ;  add  half  a  nut- 
meg; then  two  teaspoonfuUs  of  salt, 
a  pint  of  cream;  stir  the  whole  just 
enough  to  intermix  the  cream,  then 
fry  in  small  cakes;  the  addition  of  a  few 
tender  apples  chopped  fine  improves 
the  ritters. 


Cream  Biscuits. — Break   six  eggs, 
separate  the  yolks  and  whites,  beat  the 


Waterloo  Cattle.  —  The  Ohio 
Farmer  sa.ys:  Anyone  who  does  not 
believe  that  the  manner  of  watering 
animals  has  anything  to  do  with  the 
health  and  prosperity  of  the  same,  pro- 
viding they  have  enough,  has  only  lo 
try  an  experiment  with  milch  cows. 
Take  two  cows  in  equal  health  and 
flesh,  and  which  give  about  the  same 
quantities  of  milk,  and  while  one  is 
watered  regularly  early  every  morning 
out  of  doors,  give  the  other  in  the 
stable  water,  at  the  same  hour,  from 
which  the  chill  has  been  taken,  and  our 
word  for  it  no  futher  argument  will  be 
necessary  to  convince  the  one  who 
makes  the  test  that  the  latter  course 
pays.  Cattle  which  remain  out  of 
doors  day  and  night  are  not  so  suscep- 
tible to  the  chill  of  cold  water,  and,  of 
course,  are  not  affected  so  unfavorably 
by  it. 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Cliicago,  Tlinrsday,  June  20,  1874. 


Tnis  NUMBER  contains  the  paper  of  Elder  Bernard  which 
will  be  read  with  great  interest.  To  every  worker  in  the 
reform  it  is  worth  twice  the  subscription  of  the  Cynosure. 
Two  of  the  addresses  at  Syracuse  and  a  song  also  appear. 
Next  number  will  contain  Enoch  Honeywell's  paper  and 
addresses  by  Baird,  Rollins,  Caldwell  and  Mrs.  Ga^e,  and 
the  report  of  the  political  meeting. 

Copies  of  the  Cynomire  containing  any  part  of  the  pro- 
ceedings or  addresses  will  be  sent  for  2  cents  per  copy, 
postage  extra  at  4  cents  for  five  papers. 

m  ■  » 

Formulated  Creeds. — We  shall  publish  at  length 
the  Religious  Telescope's  editorial  on  Formulated 
Church  Creeds.  It  is  decidedly  the  clearest,  ablest 
and  most  candid  writing  on  the  subject  we  have  lately 
seen.     Our  readers  will  think  so  when  they  read  it. 


The  "  Platform  Column"  voted  by  the  committee 
at  Syracuse  is  now  open.  Everybody,  man,  woman 
and  child,  shall  have  their  opinions  published,  with 
their  reasons,  so  far  as  one  little  column  can  give  them. 
If  found  practicable  the  Platform  Committee  will  meet 
at  Indianapolis  the  third  Wednesday  of  August,  as 
voted,  and  a  mass  meeting  of  citizens  held  at  the  same 
time.  If  not,  we  shall  report  a  political  platform  to 
the  mass  meeting  held  at  Pittsburgh  next  year. 

m  ■  »   ■ — 

Hon.  Gerritt  Smith. — A  note  from  this  gentleman 
reminds  me  that  his  check  for  $100  toward  the  ex 
penses  of  the  Syracuse  meeting,  though  mentioned  in 
Convention,  escaped  the  minutes.  This  is  to  be  re- 
gretted, as  Mr.  Smith  intended  his  contribution  to 
answer  for  his  speech,  to  say  to  the  people  of  New 
York  and  the  country  that  his  abhorrence  of  the  secret 
empire  attempted  in  our  midst  increases  rather  than 
lessens  with  his  years. 


The  Corner-Stone  of  the  United  Stales  Custom- 
House,  Chicago,  is  to  be  laid  by  Judge  Drummond ! 
The  Chicago  Journal  calls  this  a  compromise  with  the 
Anti-masons;  but  it  is  a  surrender  of  the  lodge  to  the 
gathering  indignation  of  the  American  people.  The 
thousands  who  have  petitioned  against  this  impudent 
attempt  will  hail  this  news  with  joy. 

*»THE  AMERICANS." 

strictures  of  the  religious  telescope. 


"President  Blanchard,  from  the  Committee  on  Po- 
litical Action,  reported  in  favor  of  the  speedy  organ- 
ization of  a  political  party  to  be  called  'The  American 
Party.'  We  regard  this  name  as  very  unfortunate, 
since  it  is  well  known  that  the  odious  'Know-Nothing' 
party  was  called  also  the  'American  Party.'  The 
name  'Americans'  will  have  no  other  tendency  than 
to  alieniate  foreign  citizens  and  make  a  direct  issue  of 
nationalities.  If  the  Christian  Association  is  going  to 
push  into  politics  so  soon,  it  should  be  very  discreet 
about  its  methods  and  name  as  a  political  party.  It  is 
our  opinion  that  our  ultimate  success  in  opposing  the 
evils  of  organized  secrecy  will  depend  more  upon  per- 
sistent Christian  action,  than  upon  hasty  political  ac 
tion.  Great  success  has  attended  the  seven  years  of 
the  Christian  work  of  the  National  Association.  The 
folly  of  nominating  a  distinguished  man  for  president 
and  annouDcinfi;  him  as  a  candidate^  though  he  utterly 
ignored  the  nomination,  ought  not  to  be  repeated. 
Let  the  agitation  of  this  question  continue.  But  let 
there  be  care  that  the  good  people  engaged  in  the 
movement  against  secret  societies  do  not  even  seem  to 
be  tending  themselves  toward  secret  organization  by 
the  adoption  of  a  doubtful  name,  or  by  anything  elpe. 
It  is  well  known  that  not  even  the  woman's  temper- 
ance movement  has  been  saved  from  untimely  decay 
in  many  places  caused  by  a  swift  degeneracy  into  se 
cret  leagues.  Let  all  Christian  workers  avoid  the 
very  appearance  of  this  corrupt  tendency  to  do  all 
things  through  the  channels  of  secrecy." 

We  publish  the  above  from  the  excellent  Beligious 
Telescope.,  with  some  feelings  of  wonder.  The  editor 
says,  "The  odious  Know-Nothing  party  was  called  also 
the  American  Party."  It  was  called  "The  Native 
American  Party."  That  excluded  foreigners.  We 
hail  and  welcome  them.  And  it  is  presuming  largely 
on  their  stupidity  to  suppose  they  cannot  at  once  tee 
the  difference;  or  on  their  prejudice  to  suppose  that 
Americans  by  adoption,  who  have  come  here  for  the 
love  of  America,  will  object  to  the  name,  because  the 


Know-Nothings  misused  it  against  foreign  born  popu- 
lation. 

Then  the  Telescope  is  utterly  mistaken  in  thinking 
that  Hon.  Chas.  Francis  Ad-ms  "utterly  ignored"  our 
nomination  of  him.  He  treated  us  ?,s  he  did  the 
"Liberal  Republicans"  and  everybody  else.  That  is, 
he  thanked  us  for  our  confidence  in  him,  but  refused, 
as  he  has  done  through  his  whole  consistent  life,  to 
accept  or  refuse  any  nomination  from  any  body.  His 
declared  principle  is,  if  elected  to  fill  any  post  by  the 
American  people,  to  accept  if  he  thinks  he  can  be  use- 
ful in  that  post.  And  in  his  eulogy  on  Secretary 
Seward  before  the  New  York  Legislature,  after  our 
nomination,  he  left  the  public  in  no  doubt  about  his 
principles  when  he  stated  that  "The  inconsistency  of 
the  principles  of  secret  societies  with  popular  institu- 
tions," placed  Mr.  Seward  in  the  State  Senate  and  in 
the  Governor's  chair. 

Then  the  Telescope  says :  '  'If  the  Christian  Associ. 
ation  is  going  to  push  into  politics  so  soon,"  etc. 

At  fault  again.  The  Christian  Association  never 
intends  to  "push  into  politics"  soon  or  late;  but  to 
oppose  whatever  distinctly  opposes  the  kingdom  of 
Jesus  Christ.  It  holds  civil  government  to  be  a  di- 
vinely authorized  league  to  repress  crime  and  main- 
tain civil  order  by  force;  a  league  in  which  the  unre- 
generate  children  of  this  world  have  duties  and  rights. 
Therefore  at  Oberlin  and  at  Syracuse,  the  National 
Christian  Association  adjourned  and  a  simple  mass 
meeting  of  citizens  did  the  politics.  True,  as  mem- 
bers of  the  Christion  Association,  we  we  do  not  lose 
our  lights  as  citizens;  and  we  do  not  wish  to  vote  for 
Freemasons  foresworn  to  the  heathenism  and  despot- 
ism of  the  lodges.  And  so  we  encourage  and  help 
start  a  political  movement  based  on  the  simple  original 
American  principles  of  known  opposition  to  all  man- 
made  religious  forms,  and  all  "titles,"  • 'degrees"  and 
"orders"  which  pack  men  in  higher  and  lower  casles. 
We  therefore  call  ourselves  ''Americans"  simply  and 
solely  because  we  are  Americans,  and  the  Declaration 
of  Independence  is  our  platform.  All  lodgemen  and 
their  jacks  are  foreigners  by  allegiance  to  secret  clans, 
Masons,  Odd-fellows  and  the  like,  which  clans  reach 
into  other  countries.  While  our  allegiance  is  to  Amer- 
ican principles,  American  courts,  and  American  laws; 
they  belong  to  a  secret  empire  extending  around  the 
globe. 

For  one  I  do  not  propose  to  be  a  political  partizan, 
but  an  American,  and  if  I  meet  an  American  who 
was  born  in  Ireland,  England  or  Germany,  who  will 
vote  with  me  against  the  secret  orders,  he  is  more  an 
American  than  I  am,  because  he  came  here  of  his  own 
choice  while  I  was  born  here  without  being  consulted. 
It  may  be,  I  incline  to  think  will  be,  that  a  political 
party  opposed  to  secret  societies  will  be  formed.  If 
so,  I  shall  vote  for  its  candidates  as  I  voted  with  the 
Liberty  Party  and  afterward  with  the  Republican,  till 
slavery  fell.  If  there  is  a  meeting  in  Indianapolis  on 
the  third  Wednesday  of  Ahgust  next,  it  will  not  be 
a  meeting  of  "The  National  Christian  Association," 
but  a  mass  meeting  of  American  citizen^  opposed  to 
secret  societies,  called  by  a  Platform  Committee  ap- 
pointed by  a  similar  mass  meeting  at  Syracuse. 


Geo.  W.  Clabk,  the  old  liberty  and  temperance 
vocalist,  who  has  been  singing  at  the  Anti-slavery 
Reunion  in  this  city,  and  last  week  at  Wheaton  Col- 
lege, entered  the  conflict  against  rum  and  slavery  as 
early  as  1832.  He  published  the  first  temperance 
paper  in  Michigan,  in  the  same  office  with  Wm.  M. 
Sullivan,  who  published  at  the  same,  time  a  radical 
anti-slavery  paper  at  Jackson  in  1839.  He  is  also  a 
a  radical  old  Anti-mason,  dating  back  to  the  Morgan 
times.  Mr.  Clark  was  living  in  Rochester  at  the  time, 
and  was  in  the  midst  of  the  scenes  and  the  excitement 
attending  the  abduction  and  murder  and  trials  thereof, 
and  was  from  that  day  an  opposer  of  Masonry.  The 
following  article  will  show  the  position  taken  by  him 
many  years  ago  on  that  same  subject,  and  which  he 
still  maintains: 

[From  the  Rochester  Express.] 
SECRET  OATH-BOUND  SOCIETIES. 

A  public  meeting  was  held  at  the  Monroe  Acade- 
my, Henrietta,  Tuesday  evening  the  24th  inst.,  and  a 
lecture  delivered  by  Geo.  W.  Clark,  exposing  the 
principles  and  practical  workings  of  secret  oath-bound 
societies,  and  calling  on  the  public  to  arouse  to  a  sense 
of  their  danger  and  their  duty  on  this  subject.  At 
the  clo^e  of  the  lecture,  a  Mr.  Tuttle,  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  but  who  had  recently  embraced 
Christianity,  came  forward,  exposed  and  denounced 
the  order,  certifying  to  the  truth  of  Morgan's  revela- 
tions, and  earnestly  warned  all  young  men  and  Chris- 
tians against  them.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting,  the 
following  preamble  and  resolution  were  presented  by 
Mr.  Clark,  and  adopted  with  but  one  dissenting  vote: 

Wkereas,  Secret  oathbound  societies  are  founded  in 
selfishness,  and  in  violation  of  the  laws  which  should 
govern  human  relations,  making  invidious  distinctions 
in  society,  cherishing  an  odious  caste,  building  up  a 
powerful  and  exclusive  order  of  men  dangerous  to  the 
best  interests  of  the  commonwealth,  coctroling  freedom 
of  thought  and  action,  influencing  elections,  menacing 
the  liberty  of  speech,  of  the  pulpit  and  the  press,  sub- 
verting the  course  of  justice  and  of  law,  endangering 
the  stability  and  perverting  the  legitimate  ends  of  gov- 
ernment and  of  free  institutions;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  it  is  the  duty  of  every  man  and 
every  woman,  every  friend  of  the  equal  rights  of  hu- 
man nature,  every  friend  of  his  country,  of  Christian- 
ity and  of  free  institutions,  to  oppose  the  existence  of 
such  cabals,  and  to  seek  to  obtain  a  legislative  enact- 
ment, making  all  such  secret  and  cath  bound  societies 
unlawful. 


If  the  25,000  Masons,  says  the  Aurora  Herald, 
who  expect  to  take  part  in  the  ceremonies  of  laying 
the  corner-stone  of  the  Chicago  Post-Office  will  take 
hold  and  perform  a  little  practical  masonry,  they 
could  erect  the  building  without  much  expense  to  the 
government.  25,000  days  work  by  good  masons 
would  go  a  great  ways  toward  finishing,  if  it  would 
not  wholly  complete   the  structure. 


An  exchange  says  that  Dean  Stanley,  Cannon 
Kingsley,  and  one  hundred  and  forty-four  other  min- 
isters of  the  Church  of  England  had  their  names  ap- 
pended to  a  petition  that  was  recently  laid  before  the 
House  of  Commons,  asking  for  the  opening  of  muse- 
ums, libraries,  and  art  galleries  on  Sunday  afternoons, 
and  declaring  that  this  '  'is  in  accordance  with  the 
meaning  of  the  Christian  Sunday.  It  might  be  in- 
teresting to  know  how  these  respected  clergymen  de- 
fine the  "Christian  Sunday."  Perhaps  the  definition 
might  be  modified  after  a  trial  of  their  plan  with  such 
a  measure  of  success  as  had  the  Mercantile  Library  of 
New  York  with  open  doors  on  Sunday  for  two  years, 
and  a  final  acknowledgment  of  failure.  "The  Sab- 
bath was  made  for  man"  most  truly,  but  for  man  in 
the  highest  and  holiest  sense  of  his  being,  not  as  a 
day  for  his  amusement,  or  mere  intellectual  acquisi- 
tions. 


Member's  Tickets. — At  Syracuse  a  plan  was  de- 
vised for  our  work.  The  plan  is  this :  Tickets  of 
membership  are  issued  to  be  sold  at  twenty-five  cents 
each.  When  any  person  by  the  payment  of  this  sum 
becomes  an  annual  member  of  the  Association  his  or 
her  name,  age  and  Post-Office  address  are  written  out 
in  a  book  prepared  for  the  purpose.  Persons  de- 
siring life  membership  cm  have  it  by  the  pay- 
ment at  one  time  of  ten  dollars.  Tickets  will 
be  sent  to  known  friends  of  the  cause  who 
make  application,  and  also  papers  for  the  enroll- 
ment of  members  names.  Now  let  all  who  want  to  see 
the  secret  lodges  overthrown  set  to  work.  Send  at  once 
for  member's  tickets  and  let  us  see  how  many  we  can 
get  on  record  against  the  lodge.  All  application  for 
such  tickets  and  all  lists  of  members  should  be  sent 
to  C.  A.  Blanchard.  Secretary  N.  C.  A.,  11  Wabash 
Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 


The  Charlotte  Democrat,  puts  it  in  this  way:  '^Se- 
cret business  and  political  societies  have  nearly  ruined 
and  bankrupted  France,  and  destroyed  thousands  of 
lives.  Riots  and  mobs  have  been  instigated  in  the 
Northern  States  by  secret  class  societies.  We  are  op- 
posed to  involving  the  people  of  the  South  in  riots  and 
bloodshed,  and  therefore  warn  the  people  against  join- 
ing secret  business  or  political  associations.  If  the 
farmer  is  crippled,  injured  or  deceived,    we   are    also 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


injured,  and  therefore  we  shall  continue  to  warn  the 
people  against  joining  secret  grange  societies," — Anti- 
masonic  Quarterly. 


The  Freedom  of  the  Sonl, 


Sung  by  3[i\  Claris  'before  Elder  Batlibmi's  AiMress. 
The  storm  wind  wildly  blowing 

The  bursting  billows  mock. 
As  with  their  i:oam  crest  glowing 

They  lash  the  sea  girt  rock; 
Amid  the  wild  commotion, 

The  revel  Of   the  sea, 
A  voice  is  on  the  ocean : 

Be  free,  O  man,  be  free  I 

Behold  the  sea-briue  leaping 

High  in  the  murky  air. 
List  to  the  tempest  sweeping 

In  chainless  fury  there  ; 
What  moves  that  mighty  torrent 

And  bids  it  flow  abroad. 
And  turns  the  rapid  current — 

What  but  the  voice  of  God? 

Then  answer — Is  the  spirit 

Less  noble  or  less  free  ? 
Prom  whom  does  it  inherit 

The  doom  of  slavery? 
When  man  can  bind  the  waters 

That  they  no  longer  roll, 
Then  let  him  forge  the  fetters 

To  clog  the  human  soul. 

Till  then  a  voice  is  stealing 

From  earth  and  sea  and  sky. 
And  to  the  soul  revealing 

Its  immortality ; 
The  swift  wind  chants  the  numbers. 

Careering  o'er  the  sea. 
And  earth  aroused  from  slumhera 

Reechoes— man,  be  free! 


A  Temple  of  Baal  in  Chicago. 


The  Chicago  Inter-Ocean  of  May  18th  contained 
the  following  description  of  a  Masonic  pagoda  in  this 
city.  Read  and  consider  the  power  and  wealth  dis- 
played in  this  one  building.  For  what  purpose  is  all 
this  magnificence.  In  connection  with  the  trumpeted 
Masonic  display  of  "tSt.  John's  day",  WedEesday,  and 
the  appropriation  cf  a  government  building  by  this 
fraternity,  this  description  is  very  suggestive.  Will 
this  country  ever  be  turned  over  without  reservation, 
to  the  lodge  ?  Kead  the  description  of  the  Asylum  oi 
the  Apollo  Commandery  of  Knights  Templar  : 

These  chambers  are  in  the  fine  and  massive  struc- 
ture recently  erected  by  the  American  Express  Com- 
pany on  Monroe,  between  State  and  Dearborn  streets. 
The  rooms  occupy  the  entire  portion  cf  the  two  upper 
stories  of  the  building,  ^¥ith  one  of  the  guards  of 
the  AppoUo  Commandery  as  his  cicerone,  an  Inter- 
Ocean  reporter  yesterday  inspected  the  lodge  rooms 
in  the  building,  commencing  the  tour  at  the  Blue 
Lodge  room.  This  room  rectijled  to  the  mind  of  the 
reporter  the  tragico-comedy  of  "Barbe  Bleue,"  only, 
instead  of  the  dark  chamber  with  the  heads  of  the 
unfortunate  wives,  the  delighted  eyes  of  the  journalist 
rested  upon  one  of  the  most  magoificenMy-turnished 
rooms  imaginable.  This  room  is  very  large  and  high. 
It  is  all  blue  ;  blue  carpets,  blue  frescoing,  blue  trim- 
mined  chairs.  In  the  west  end  is  a  fine  organ,  espec 
ially  constructed  in  Boston  for  the  room  at  a  cost  of 
$3,700.  Two  tiers  of  sofas,  covered  with  blue  velvet, 
ranged  around  the  side  of  the  room,  afford  seats  for 
the  members.  The  carpet  is  body  Brussels,  a  blue 
ground,  with  Mosaic  dedgns  in  blue  and  drab  and 
ashes  of  roses.  The  pedestals  in  the  center  of  the 
room,  and  at  the  side  of  the  officers'  chairs  ate  chefs 
d'oeuvres  of  fine  workmanship.  They  are  constructed 
of  black  walnut,  with  mahogany  veneerings,  and  in 
the  form  of  a  delicately  mottled  marble  top,  supported 
by  Corinthian  pillars  of  black  walnut.  In  the  center 
of  each  pedestal  is  placed  a  mirror.  The  large  chair 
in  the  east  is  covered  by  a  gothic  portico  or  canopy, 
supported  by  a  heavy  Corinthian  and  Tuscan  columns, 
with  elaborately  carved  volutes,  inlaid  with  gold.  At 
the  back  of  the  chair  is  frescoed  on  the  vjall  a  blue 
and  white  drapery  so  perfectly  executed  as  to  deceive 
the  most  practiced  gaze,  except  upon  very  close  in- 
spection. The  chair  itself  is  manufactured  of  heavy 
and  elaborately  carved  black  walnut,  with  veneer  of 
mahogany,  inlaid  with  gold  and  ornamented  with  a 
heavy  gold  fringe.  The  seats  of  honor  for  past  ofii- 
cers  also  accord  in  b<.auty  of  finish  to  the  chair  in  the 
eastern  portion  of  the  room.  The  area  within  the 
portico  is  covered  with  a  rod  velvet  carpet.  On  either 
side  of  the  last  chain  is  placed  the  desks  of  the  Record- 
er and  Treasurer.  In  the  front  of  the  chair  are  two 
bronze  antique  female  figures  on  a  raised  stand  sup- 
porting the  globe  lights.  The  chairs  in  the  south  and 
west  sides  of  the  room  are  somewhat  similarly  arrang- 
ed though  less  elaborate  than  the  east  chair.  The 
walls  are  frescoed  to  represent  panels,  alternated  with 


pilasters.  In  each  Equare  is  set  a  bracket  with  six 
lights.  The  upper  ceiling  is  beautifully  decorated 
with  Masonic  hieroglyphs  and  devicee.  In  the  center 
of  the  ceiling  is  a  large  dome,  arranged  for  ventilating 
purposes,  so  frescoed  as  to  represent  a  blue  sky  with 
golden  stars.  The  arrangement  for  second  degree 
work  in  this  lodge  chamber  is  said  to  be  the  most  per- 
fect in  the  country.  The  Blue  Lodge  chamber  was 
furnished  and  fitted  up  at  an  expense  aggregating 
near  $20,000.  This  room  is  occupied  by  several 
lodges.  Biair  Lodge,  No.  393,  meets  here  every 
Monday  evening  ;  Ashlar  lodge,  No.  308,  Tuesday 
evenings  ;  Blaney  Lodge,  No.  287,  Wednesday  e*en 
ings  ;  Thomas  J.  Turner  Lodge,  No.  409,  Thursday 
evenings  ;  Dearborn  Lodge,  No.  310,  Friday  even- 
ings ;  H.  W,  Bigelow  Lodge,  No.  438,  Saturday  even- 
ings. The  parlors  adjoining  the  Blue  Lodge,  for  the 
reception  of  visitors  belonging  to  the  craft,  are  prettily 
and  handsomely  furnished. 

Having  sufficiently  admired  the  beauties  of  the 
Blue  Lodge  room,  the  reporter  was  led  to  the  apart- 
ments occupied  by  the  Apollo  Commandery.  Ad- 
joining the  ma'n  hall  is  a  cosy  parlor  or  reception 
room,  hadsomc-ly  laid  with  a  soft-colored  carpet,  and 
furnished  with  massive  chair,-:  with  red  leather  cush- 
ions and  black  walnut  wood-work  in  appropriate  de 
signs.  Tha  asylum  of  Apollo  Commandery  is  a  richly 
furnished  and  str.king  room.  It  is  gothic  shaped,  the 
ceilings  being  ornamented  with  the  fleur-de-lis,  and 
the  walls  decorated  v/ith  the  emblems  of  Templar 
Masonry  ;  the  hemlet,  the  cross,  the  plume,  the 
riword,  and  the  gauntlet  of  Ctieur-de-Lion  and  the  cru- 
saders .  In  the  west  end  of  the  asylum,  elaborately 
frescoed,  is  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  commandery,  with 
the  motto  "Pro  Deo  Homine  Fraternitate."  The 
chairs  in  the  room  are  similar  in  design  to  those  oi 
the  parlor,  but  more  mapsive.  The  back  of  each 
chair  forms  a  triangle,  in  which  is  a  cross.  The  wood 
work  of  each  chair  is  very  highly  polished.  Frescoed 
on  each  side  of  the  room  on  the  wall  are  seven  shields, 
under  each  of  which  is  inscribed  the  name  of  a  past 
eminent  commander  of  the  body  :  Case,  Blaney,  Dr. 
Johnson,  Deering,  Hulburt,  Gurney,  Myers,  Taylor, 
Baird,  Mitchell,  Ranney,  Patrick,  Bower,  Miles,  The 
chair  of  the  eminent  Commander  is  covered  with  a 
canopy  of  red  brocatelle  ornamented  with  gold  fringe. 
The  chair  itself  is  made  of  massive  work  in  black  wal- 
nut, inlaid  with  gold.  An  organ  is  now  being  built 
for  the  commandery  at  a  cost  of  $5,000,  The  em- 
blems of  the  Knights  Templar  are  the  cross  and 
crown,  and  in  the  f  sylum  of  the  Apollo  Commandery 
every  gae-light  is  eo  made  as  to  represent  a  crown. 
The  amount  of  money  expended  in  fitting  up  this 
room  was  815,000. 

Immediately  adjoining  the  asylum,  and  connected 
with  it  by  means  of  a  short  passage  way,  ornamented 
with  all  manner  of  weird  shapes  and  devices,  is  the 
Egyptian  lodge  room.  What  merit  belongs  to  the  two 
rooms  already  described  on  the  ground  of  beauty  and 
richness,  certainly  belonojs  to  this  room  because  of  its. 
beauty,  convenience  and  uniqueness.  Strange  look- 
ing figures  greet  the  gaze  of  the  observer  on  all  sides 
of  the  room.  Characters  that  are  found  on  the  ruins 
of  Ninevah  and  Babylon,  androsphinx,  hieroglyphs, 
obelisks^  and  all  manner  of  peculiar  looking  designs 
are  frescoed  on  the  walls.  Nevertheless,  in  spite  of 
its  ''unco'  strange"  look  it  is  a  very  convenient  lodge 
room.  The  stage  properties  are  such  that  would 
make  a  manager  of  a  first-class  theater  envious  ; 
thunder  and  lightning,  and  the  elements  have  all 
tteen  subjugated  and  are  bottled  up  ready  for  the 
work  of  the  lodge  when  they  are  needed.  The  room 
is  carpeted  with  a  rich  Brussels  carpet,  similar  in  fig- 
ure to  that  of  the  asylum.  The  Oriental  Consistory 
meets  in  this  roam. 

Id  the  upper  story  are  the  guard  rooms,  the  ban- 
queting rooms,  and  the  kitchen  of  the  Commandery, 
Tfae  drill  room  is  located  on  the  same  floor.  It  is  ad- 
mirably fitted  up,  and  contains  apartments  for  the  uni- 
forms of  250  members. 

The  Apollo  Commandery  leases  the  chambers  to 
the  other  lodges  occupying  them.  The  officers  of  the 
Apollo  Commandery  lor  the  present  year  are  as  fol- 
lows : 

Eminent  Commander,  H.  A.  Stevens  ;  Generalissi- 
mo, T.  T,  Oviatt  ;  Captain  General,  E.  P,  Hall  ;  Pre- 
late, J.  H.  Miles  ;  Senior  Warder,  L,  B.  Dixon  ;  Ju 
nior  Warden,  F.  S.  Shewell  ;  Treasurer,  George  H. 
Laflin  ;  Recorder,  B.  B.  W".  Locke  ;  Sword  Bearer, 
W.  H.  Potter  ;  Standard  Bearer,  David  Coey  ; 
Warder,  D,  C,  W^allace  ;  Sentinel,  M,  W.  Fuller  ; 
Third  Guard,  George  Cohen  ;  Second  Guard,  J. 
Wooster  ;  First  Guard^,  W.  S.  Crosby. 


It  is  reported  that  the  German  Odd-fellow  ledges 
of  Chicago  are  opposed  to  the  Masonic  usurpation  and 
tomfoolery  of  Wednesday.  The  Cynosure  will  on 
that  day  be  preparing  for  the  mail.  Next  week  our 
readers  shall  know  the  result. 


I^^lijjiuuj  )[«ttI(i0iJit];t, 


— The  Ohio  Home  Missionary  Society  raised  $  7, 800 
during  the  past  year,  and  helped  forty  missionaries 
who  are  laboring  with  fifty  churches. 

— A  proposition  has  been  started  in  Bsptist  j'-ur- 
nals  to  endow  no  more  Baptist  colleges,  but  instead 
secure  Baptist  professorships  m  State  Universities. 

— Native  Christian  Chapels  have  been  so  far  con- 
structed along  the  2,  000  miles  of  the  seacoast  of  Chi- 
na that  for  800  mUes  of  that  coast  a  footman  might 
put  up  at  a  Christian  Chapel  each  night  of  a  journey. 

— The  Societe  Evangelique,  of  which  Dr,  Fisch  is 
the  head,  though  sorely  pressed  for  funds,  is  doing 
good  work  among  the  Romanists  of  France.  There 
have  been  revivals  of  religion  in  the  departm'nta  of 
Youne,  La  Nievre,  and  Marne. 

— The  Ashland  AvsPiue  Presbyteria'i  church  of 
this  city  owns  no  house  of  worship  and  instead  of  a 
Sunday  evening  service  mecticg-5  for  prayer  and  prai.ge 
are  held  from  house  to  house.  This  return  to  apos- 
tolic methods  illustrates  that  "man's  extremity  is  God's 
opportunity," 

— It  was  stated  recently  that,  there  are  at  least  50, 
000  people  in  Edinburgh,  Scotland,  who  do  not  attend 
any  place  of  worship.  The  late  revivals  attending 
Mr.  Moody's  preaching  may  have  diminished  this 
nurnb3r. 

— Four  new  lecturers  in  Yale  Divinity  School  have 
been  announced:  On  Preaching,  Rev.  John  Hall, 
D.  D;  on  Christian  Denominations,  Rev.  II.  W,  Bec- 
cher;  on  the  Eastern  Pteligions  aod  Missions,  Prof, 
Julian  H.  Seelye;  on  Preservation  of  Health,  Prof,  L. 
T,  Sanford, 

— The  second  Sunday  in  June  was  observed  by  the 
Methodist  church  as  "the  children's  day,"  in  which 
special  contributions  are  taken  in  Sunday  school  "to 
assist  scholars  of  either  sex  who  may  need  help  in 
obtaining  a  mere  advanced  education," 

— A  revival  of  great  interest  has  lately  taken  place 
in  Wooster  University,  Ohio,  Special  meetings  were 
held  at  the  President's  house  and  the  work  spread 
among  the  students  until  nearly  all  have  become 
Christians.  The  thirty  members  of  the  Senior  class 
were    among  the  number, 

— The  Ohio  Congregational  Conference,  lately  met 
in  Cincinnati,  moved  a  wise  measure,  to  recommend 
that  the  Home  Mission  boards  of  the  various  denomi- 
nations consult  in  regard  to  the  strifes  arising  from  the 
eflort  for  existence  of  several  small  churches  in  villages 
that  can  suppvort  but  one  or  two. 

— A  Correspondent  of  the  Christian  Worker,  tells 
of  an  interesting  religions  work  in  the  Northern  Indi- 
ana Prison  at  Michigan  City.  A  "Praying  Band"  has 
been  organized  with  thirty  and  more  memb'r'rs,  and 
there  is  great  encouragement  to  hope  for  the  salva- 
tion of  a  large  number  of  inmates. 

— Bishop  Russel,  writing  from  Ning  po,  gays  that 
in  the  Chinese  province  Che-Kiang,  with  its  25,000, 
000  of  population,  Protestant  missionaries  have  now 
labored  for  26  years.  la  that  time,  despite  of  bitter 
antagonism,  there  were  over  1,500  convened,  of 
which  at  least  100  are  now  ministers  and  teachers. 

— Within  the  past  eighteen  months  over  six  hun- 
dred of  the  Nez  Perces  Indians  in  Idaho  have  baen 
received  into  the  church  of  Christ,  and  that  of  the 
Spokans  tribe  living  north  of  Kamia,  two  hundred 
and  fifty-three  adults  and  eighty-one  children  have 
been  received.  There  haye  been  nine  hundred  and 
twenty  native  converts  among  Nez  Perces  and  Spok- 
ans. 

— Interesting  intelligence  comes  from  the  old  Syr- 
ian or  St,  Thomas  Christians  in  Travancore,  who 
number  about  200,000  souls.  There  has  recently 
been  aa  awakening  in  this  venerable  church.  It  has 
affected  both  priests  and  people.  A  deep  sense  of  sin 
is  felt  in  many  places.  The  Scriptures  are  eagerly 
bought  and  studied. 

—The  Bapt'sts  have  opened  a  new  out-station  at 
Thay-Bao,  near  Thongzai,  in  Burmah.  The  preacher 
is  a  former  Buddhist  priest.  At  this  place,  where 
water  was  once  refused  the  missionaries,  the  people 
have  given  their  monistary  for  a  chapel  and  school, 
and  the  necessary  water  tanks,  so  that  the  outlay 
from  the  mission  treasury  has  only  been  four   dollars. 

— Missionary  Riggs  of  Minnesota  writes  of  a  new 
field  among  the  agency  Indians,  which  he  argues  as 
worthy  the  efl'orts  cf  Christians.  These  are  three 
small  tribes  the  Ree?,  Mandans  and  Minnetares,  num- 
bering in  all  some  twenty-two  hundred.  They  are 
gross  idolaters,  but  are  driven  to  the  protection  of  the 
government  troops  from  the  department  Sioux,  and 
can  be  easily  reached  and  probably  impressed  with 
the  truth. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^l\t  f^mt  i^l^lt 


Tiie  Light  of  Life. 

Upon  tlic  inouiitain's  distant  head. 
With  IracliicsB  snows  forever  white, 

Wliore  all  is  atlll,  and  cold,  and  dead. 
Late  shines  the  day's  departing;  light. 

Bat  far  below  those  icy  rocks, 
The  vales,  in  summer  bloom  arrayed, 

Woods  full  of  birds,  and  fields  of  flocks. 
Are  dim  with  mist  and  dark  with  shade. 

'Tis  thus,  from  warm  and  kindly  hearts, 
And  eyes  where  generous  meanings  burn. 

Earliest  the  light  of  life  departs, 
But  lingers  with  the  cold  and  stern. 

—  William  Cullen  Bnjant. 


Our  Florida  Correspondent— The  Sa- 
hre  Tournament. 


AiKKN,  S.  C,  Miy  21. 

At  4  o'clock  Wednesday  morning 
we  were  on  the  stir  for  the  tournament 
and  picnic,  Tiie  mocking  birds  had 
already  j^roceeded  us  in  our  uprisings, 
the  dawning  in  the  east  reminding 
them  of  morning  carols.  A  carriage 
was  brought  to  the  door  in  which  nine 
persons  were  quicljly  seated,  for  we 
must  respect  "car  time."  In  the 
South  there  does  not  seem  to  be  that 
importance  attached  to  a  few  minute's 
time  as  at  the  North.  Even  at  this 
early  hour  it  is  intensely  hot. 

Soon  we  are  hurrying  over  the  rails 
leaving  the  disagreeable  red  earth  so 
common  in  Georgia,  and  coming  to 
the  lime  or  chalk  country  where  kao- 
lin is  fourid  in  considerable  quantities. 
A  manufactory  of  fine  crockery  is  be- 
ing carried  on  here  with  some  success. 
The  ware  whenfinished  has  a  clear,  bril- 
Uant  appearance  like  nice  china,  but  is 
as  heavy  aB  the  "iron  stone"  ware. 
Great  blocks  of  this  earth  are  shipped 
North  to  confectioners  and  grocers. 
Much  of  the  Gae,  white  candy  which 
you  give  so  freely  to  your  children  and 
think  wholly  harmless,  has  for  its  base 
this  same  kaolin. 

For  the  past  few  years  it  has  been 
imported  from  France  at  |50  a  ton. 
Twenty  years  ago  plenty  of  it  could 
be  had  for  $'2  per  ton.  It  adds  materi 
ally  to  the  bulk  of  candies  and  the 
weight  of  sugar  and  flour,  as  many  gro- 
cery men  will  admit. 

Soon  we  passed  a  cotton  factory, 
the  water  in  its  resevoir  glancing  and 
shimmering  in  the  morning  sun.  This 
mill  has  been  reared  by  English  capi- 
talists who  employ  400  people  about 
the  establishment.  One  young  lord 
spends  here  his  $25,000  yearly  income 
with  very  httle  trouble. 

At  eight  o'clock  we  reached  Edge- 
field, thirty  miles  from  Aiken,  and 
then  with  mule  teams  we  rode  the  re- 
maining two  miles.  Although  it 
was  a  well  traveled  road  the  numer- 
ous stumps  found  in  it  did  not  speak 
well  for  the  highway  functionaries. 
But  after  all  only  one  party  was  thrown 
from  their  carriage  because  they  would 
ride  fast. 

The  tournament  is  one  of  South  Car- 
olina's conventional  entertainments. 
A  large  platform  which  would  accom- 
modate five  hundred  people  was  situa- 
ted west  of  the  turf,  the  judge's  stand 
on  the  east  side  opposite,  more  than 
twenty  feet  high,  commanding  a  full 
view  of  the  riders  throughout  their  en- 
tire course.     The  ground  was  soft  as 


any  within  twenty  rods  of  a  stream 
could  be.  The  "points,"  five  in  num- 
ber, consisting  of  blocks  surmounted  by 
a  figure  representing  the  head  and 
shoulders  of  a  man  alternating  with 
rings,  were  placed  thirty  feet  apart. 
First  a  head  five  feet  high,  then  a 
ring  suspended  eight  feet  high,  then  a 
stooping  figure  three  fleet  high,  anoth- 
er ring  eight  feet  high  and  another 
head  five  feet  high.  The  contestants 
were  to  ride  the  three  hundred  yards, 
toss  the  two  rings  and  take  off  the 
three  heads  within  ten  minutes  of  the 
time  they  entered  the  course. 

Twenty-five  horsemen  presented 
themselves,  some  of  whom  had  ridden 
that  morning  thirty  miles  and  many 
of  whom  only  striplings.  The  one 
who  could  make  all  of  those  points, 
cutting  off  the  heads  and  lifting  the 
rings,  maintaining  a  certain  position  of 
the  body  and  going  the  distance,  three 
hundred  yards  in  ten  minutes,  manag- 
ing his  horse  skillfully,  should  have 
the  first  prize. 

The  crowd  sometimes  would  press 
too  near  and  frighten  the  horses  which 
were  work  horses  as  very  few  South- 
erners can  now  afford  pleasure  horses. 
At  the  sound  of  the  bugle  the  horse 
and  rider  sprang  forward — a  flash  of  the 
sabre  and  off  comes  the  first  head, 
the  sabre  is  then  pointed  directly  in 
front,  the  ring  is  taken  and  thrown, 
then  with  arm  and  body  well  over 
to  the  right  over  goes  the  kneeling 
figure,  the  second  ring  is  thrown, 
then  a  rapid  swing  to  the  left  and 
off  goes  the  last  head ;  all  this  at  the 
speed  of  the  wind.  Do  you  wonder 
that  bravoes  filled  the  air?  Every 
muscle  of  the  body  is  exercised  be- 
sides many  qualities  of  the  mind,  to 
say  nothing  of  the  will  of  the  own- 
er over  his  horse.  What  can  com- 
pensate the  poor,  toil-laden,  perse- 
vering son  of  the  North  for  the  want 
of  this  healthful  exercise?  Atten- 
dance in  this  society  is  not  compulso- 
ry, if  a  member  wishes  to  stay  away 
six  months  he  can  do  so.  Liquor  is 
prohibited  while  members  have  on 
their  uniform  and  very  few  accidents 
occur.  Only  one  has  been  thrown 
from  his  hors§^'  and  that  when  he 
had  to  throw  himself  well  on  to  his 
right  hip  to  reach  the  kneeling  fig- 
lye.  The  stiriup  then  broke.  But  a 
good  rider  would  not  be  thrown  then. 

(Here  little  children  use  the  sad- 
dle. It  is  no  unusual  sight  for  a 
child  seven  or  eight  years  old  to  ride 
alone  six  or  seven  miles  and  no  fear 
felt  for  him.) 

Col.  Geary  gave  the  prize.  Two 
competitors  had  an  equal  right  to  the 
iirst  prize.  They  rode  over  again  and 
one  made  one  more  point  than  the 
other.  The  successful  candidate  re- 
ceived a  very  handsome  flag  wrought 
by  the  daughter  of  the  late  General  Mc- 
Dowal,  also  a  beautiful  white  plume 
which  had  been  thrice  earned  before. 
The  presentation  speech  savored  of  a 
strong  State  feeling,  the  speaker  say- 
ing that  South  Carolina  was  first  to 
take  up  arms  in  defense  of  State 
rights,  and  the  last  to  lay  them  down. 
'•Never  forget  chivalrous  conduct,  or  if 
callQd  to   war  again  (which    God  for- 


bid) don't  forget  the  white  feather  of 
Marshsll  Ney  which  this  white  feather 
commemorates. " 

I  thought  the  significance  we  attached 
to  the  white  feather  was  one  quite  op- 
posed to  courage. 

But  this  is  a  long  long  letter  and  I 
will  write  you  about  the  barbacue  next 
week. 


"I  Tolled  Betty.' 


One  good  man  advised  a  newly- 
married  couple  never  to  be  angry  both 
at  once.  There  was  wisdom  in  the 
suggestion,  for  when  one  scatters  fire 
it  is  quite  time  the  other  should  start 
after  water.  A  colored  man  related  to 
a  friend  his  plan  for  avoiding  family 
jars,  as  follows: — 

"I  tolled  Betty  when  we  was  wed, 
dat  if  she  saw  me  getting  angry  like 
she  must  go  to  the  bucket  and  fill  her 
mouth  wid  water;  and  if  I  saw  her 
getting  out  of  herself,  I'd  go  to  the 
bucket  and  fill  my  mouth  wid  water. 
So  we  never  had  any  quarrels,  for  one 
can't  quarrel  alone,  and  anodder  can't 
quarrel  wid  you  when  his  mouth's  full 
of  water." 

"We  never  had  any  quarrels."  How 
many  married  people  can  say  that? 
And  yet  most  quarrels  proceed 
from  an  ungoverned  tongue.  Of  the 
ten  commands  which  God  gave,  two 
are  directed  against  the  offenses  of  the 
tongue;  one  in  the  first  table,  and  one 
in  the  second.  So  it  appears  that  an 
ungoverned  tongue  wars  against  God's 
glory  and  against  man's  peace.  Brid- 
ling the  tongue  is  a  duty  for  all,  and  of 
him  who  neglects  it,  it  is  said,  "that 
man's  religion  is  vain."  And  if  there 
is  no  other  way  to  do  it,  it  is  better  to 
fill  the  mouth  with  water,  than  to 
open  it  and  give  free  scope  to  a  tongue 
which  "is  a-fire,"  and  which  setteth  on 
fire  the  course  of  nature,  and  is  set  on 
fire  of  hen." 


The  Eyes. 


Of  all  features  the  eyes  are  the  most 
expressive ;  at  least,  the  most  capable 
of  expressing  any  kind  of  emotion  if  it 
be  real.  But  when  we  come  to  classify 
eyes  according  to  their  shape  or  color, 
etc.,  and  to  lay  down  rules  as  to  what 
these  indicate,  we  feel  ourselves,  com- 
paratively speaking,  circumscribed. 
Still,  there  are  a  few  general  rules 
which  may  be  laid  down  on  this  subject. 
About  the  shape  of  the  eyes  I  cannot 
say  much,  because  that  is  for  the  most 
part  tolerably  uniform;  nor  am  I  aware 
of  any  particular  indications  afforded 
by  such  variations  as  exist.  One  thing, 
however,  I  have  noticed,  i.  e. ,  that 
very  round  eyes  generally  express  dull- 
ness, heaviness,  and  want  of  character, 
like  those  of  the  bird  they  so  much  re- 
semble. A  prominent  pupil  is  said 
generally  to  produce  short-sight,  which 
is  so  often  accompanied  by  a  talent  for 
acquiring  languages,  that  we  cannot 
help  thinking  there  must  be  some  con- 
nection between  the  two.  Phrenolo- 
gists account  for  this  by  saying  that 
the  organ  of  language  pushes  the  pu- 
pil forwards.  This  may  usually  be  the 
case,  but  it  does  not  always  produce 
this  effect  (or,  if  it  does,  then  it  must 
follow  that  a  prominent  pupil  does  not 


necessarily  indicate  short  sight),  for  I 
have  known  two  persons  whose  talent 
for  languages  was  most  remarkable,  but 
whose  sight  was  not,  as  far  as  I  could 
judge,  short.  Eyes  which  are  situated 
very  far  apart  in  the  face,  are  said  to 
denote  a  certain  amount  of  deficiency 
of  intellect;  what  the  opposite  fault  de- 
notes I  cannot  exactly  say.  Eyes 
which  can  never  look  you  straight  in 
the  face  generally  indicate  a  want  of 
straightforwardness,  and  create  an  un- 
conscious feeling  of  mistrust  in  those 
who  look  at  them,  which,  like  the  rat- 
tle of  the  rattlesnake,  serves  as  a  sort  of 
providential  warning,  telling  us  that 
danger  is  near.  I  allow  that  a  similar 
effect  may  be  produced  by  shyness, 
but  in  that  case  it  is  not  unlikely  to 
wear  off  on  closer  acquaintance, — in 
the  other  case,  it  never  ■V9ears  off.  Eyes 
which  possess  the  opposite  characteristic 
of  this,  i.  e.,  that  of  looking  you  stead- 
fastly in  the  face  without  flinching,  are 
seldom,  perhaps  never,  found  in  persons 
of  an  artful,  underhand  disposition. 
A  steadfast  gaze,  if  it  be  not  (as  it 
sometimes  is)  an  unmeaning  stare,  or 
a  mere  wistful  look,  like  that  of  a  dog 
expecting  food,  but  of  a  searching, 
penetrating  character,  will  be  general- 
ly found  to  imply  a  great  power  of 
influence,  or,  perhaps  I  should  rather 
say,  it  gives  that  power;  e.  g.,  what 
an  effectual  auxiliary  to  a  preacher  is 
an  eye  of  this  description.  This  was 
one  great  secret  of  the  effectiveness  of 
Dr.  Guthrie's  preaching.  If  a  man 
wants  his  words  to  carry  weight  with 
his  hearers,  he  should  fix  his  eye  on 
them.  Such  indeed  is  said  to  be  the 
power  of  a  concentrated  gaze  that  I 
have  been  told  there  is  no  animal, 
however  ferocious ,  which  might  not  be 
kept  in  check  by  any  who  had  the 
courage  to  look  him  steadfastly  in  the 
face,  though,  as  few  could  trust  their 
own  hearts,  were  they  to  encounter  a 
wild  beast,  it  would  be  a  tempting  of 
Providence  to  try  the  experiment,  the 
more  so,  as  a  moment's  failure  of  cour- 
age might  be  fatal.  I  once  saw  Van 
Amburgh,  the  celebrated  lion  tamer,  in 
a  den  of  wild  beasts,  but  his  eyes  did  not 
exhibit  that  fixed  gaze  which  I  have 
noticed  as  being  so  powerful  in  its  ef- 
fects on  the  human  race ;  the  ball  seems 
to  be  in  a  state  of  perpetual  motion, 
such  as — had  I  not  seen  it,  I  should 
thought  the  human  eye  incapable  of 
sustaining,  where  there  was  no  motion 
of  the  head,  and  which  he  resorted  to 
because  he  was  obliged  to  encounter 
so  many  ferocious  beasts  at  the  time ; 
so  that  it  would  not  have  been  safe  for 
him  to  remove  his  gaze  from  one  of 
them  for  more  than  a  single  moment. 
It  would  be  needless,  and  indeed  near- 
ly impossible,  to  go  through  all  the 
phases  of  feeling,  all  the  various  emo- 
tions, which  display  themselves  in  the 
eye,  or  all  the  states  of  mind  which  it 
indicates,  for  there  is  nothing  in  buman 
nature  which  it  cannot  picture,  but  a 
great  many  of  these  indications,  though 
they  may  easily  be  recognized,  cannot 
be  described,  nor  can  we  lay  down  rules 
for  their  discovery ;  for  they  do  not  be- 
long to  any  particular  class  of  eyes; 
they  are,  many  of  them  totally  uncon- 
nected with  its  form  or  size,  color  or 
position.  —  Golden  Hours. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


"CJieap  Tilings. 

Just  so  long  as  purchasers  ask  for 
clieap  things  rather  than  pure  and  ser- 
viceable things,  we  shall  find  men  in- 
geniously endeavoring  to  meet  this 
popular  proclivity.  The  grocer  who, 
offerino:  pure  Bohea  at  a  dollar  and  a 
quarter  a  pound,  sees  his  customers 
abandon  him  en  masse  so  obtain  an  in- 
ferior article  of  another  dealer  at  a  dol- 
lar a  pound,  will  soon,  either  in  disgust 
or  in  self-defence,  adulterate  his  own 
stock  down  to  the  level  of  the  public 
wishes.  With  a  great  majority  of  peo- 
ple cheapness  is  seductive  beyond 
everything  else.  It  is  the  pressure  of 
this  class  for  lower  prices  that  leads 
to  so  much  inferior  production.  Wheth- 
er there  shall  be  adulteration  and  shod- 
dyism  or  not  remains  solely  with  con- 
sumers to  determine.  Producers 
are  certain,  and  indeed  are  compelled, 
to  cater  for  the  public  taste.  Buyers 
have  only  to  insist  upon  having  firet- 
rate  articles,  have  only  to  resist  the 
temptation  to  buy  inferior  things  be- 
cause they  are  cheaper,  to  reform  the 
evils  they  complain  of  altogether.  Cora- 
plaints  are  idle.  The  public  are  su' 
premely  masters  of  the  situation,  and 
may  enforce  their  wishes  to  the  ut- 
most.— Appletoni's  Journal. 


''Plow  Deep"  Again. 


We  exhort  deep  plowing  in  lesson- 
study.  But  there  is  another  sense  in 
which  the  Sunday-school  teacher, 
like  the  /armer,  must  thrust  the  right 
plow-3hare  farther  down,  if  he  would 
enrich  himself  and  his  class. 

There  is  an  inside  preparation  of  the 
teacher's  heart,  absolutely  indispensa- 
ble to  good  teaching.  Without  it  your 
knowledge  of  the  lesson  jingles  as  emp- 
tily as  "sounding  brass  and  tinkling 
cymbals."  Here,  above  all,  there  must 
be  ne  no  shallow  scraping  of  the  sur- 
face. Sink  the  sharp  plowshare  of 
God's  truth  down  under  the  crust  of 
your  habitual  and  formal  religious  life. 
Do  not  be  afraid  to  turn  up  into  the 
sun-light  every  hard  boulder  of  selfish 
worldliness,  every  root  of  bitterness, 
everything  that  you  have  suffered'  to 
hide  itself  away  beneath  the  surface. 
Do  not  spare  the  sod,  though  it  i§  cov- 
ered with  the  nodding  daisies  of  relig- 
ious sentiment.  If  you  would  have  a 
harvest,  plow  deep  in  your  own  heart; 
turn  it  all  up  to  the  fertilizing  influen- 
ces  of  God's  own  sweet  light  and  air. 
—Nat'l.  S.  S.  Teacher. 


Like  most  garments,  like  most  car- 
pets, everything  in  life  has  a  right 
side  and  a  wrong  side.  You  can  take 
any  joy,  and  by  turning  it  around,  fiad 
troubles  on  the  other  side;  or  you  may 
take  the  greatest  trouble,  and  by  turn- 
ing it  around  find  joys  on  the  other 
side.  The  gloomiest  mountain  never 
casts  a  shadow  on  both  sides  at  once, 
nor  does  the  greatest  of  life's  calamities. 


— Pure  and  brave  spirits  seek  not  a 
refuge  from  an  eternal  future  in  dis- 
graceful dissipation ;  they  court  un- 
bounded existence  rather  as  the  only  fit- 
ting sphere  for  the  unfolding  of  their 
latent  energies,  and  calmly  await  it 
clad  in  the  panoply  which  wise  mod- 
eration alone  can  provide.  Great  and 
good  virtues  are  never  matured  in  senr' 


ual  and  timid  spirits.  Terror  induced 
by  guilt,  chills  the  soul,  as  physical 
fear  chills  the  body,  destroying  all 
prospects  of  moral  excellence  in  the 
heart  from  which  self-government  is 
exiled. — [Z>r.  Magoon. 


^\\Uu\\'t  4^nm, 


Johnny  Burns  Himself  Without  Fire. 


Johnny  found  a  big  brass  button  the 
other  day,  and  set  to  work  to  make  it 
shine  by  nsbbing  it  on  a  piece  of  woolen 
cloth. 

"Isn't  it  bright?"  he  said,  after  work- 
ing away  awhile.      "Just  like  gold." 

He  rubbed  awav  again  for  a  moment 
as  hard  as  he  could,  then — to  brush  off 
some  chalk-dust  that  clung  to  the  but- 
ton, for  I  had  told  him  to  chalk  the 
cloth  to  make  it  brighten  the  button 
quicker — he  put  the  brass  to  the  back 
of  his  hand. 

''Ow!"  he  cried,  dropping  the  but- 
ton. 

"What  is  the  matter?" 

"It's  hot." 

"Hot,"  echoed  Mary,  laying  down 
her  book.     "How  can  it  be  hot? 

"I  don't  know,"  said  Johnny,  "but  it 
burnt  me." 

"Nonsense!"  replied  Mary,  'picking 
up  the  button.  "It's  as  cold  as  any- 
thing," 

"It  is  cold  now ,  may  bp,"  Johnny 
admitted.  "But  it  was  hot — warm, 
anyway." 

"What  a  silly  boy!  You  just  imag„ 
ined  it." 

"I  didn't,"  retorted  Johnny. 

Seeing  tliat  they  were  likely  to  do 
as  a  great  many  older  people  have 
done,  dispute  about  a  matter  that 
neither  understood,  I  took  the  but- 
ton and  rubbed  it  smartly  on  my 
coat  Sleeve,  and  put  it  to  Mary's 
cheek. 

"There?"  exclaimed  Johnny,  as 
Mary  cried  "Oh !"  and  put  her  hand 
to  her  face. 

"I  shouldn't  have  thought  your 
arm  could  make  it  so  warm,"  she 
said. 

1  rubbed  the  button  on  ihe  table 
cloth  and  placed  it  ^once  more  against 
her  cheek,  saying,  "It  couldn't  have 
been  my  arm  that  warmed  it  this 
time." 

"Of  course  not,"  observed  Johnny, 
patronizingly. 

'•What  did  warm  it?'  Mary  asked, 
her  interest  fully  awakened. 

"That's  a  good  puzzle  for  you  two 
to  work  at,"  I  said.  "Don't  rab  the 
button  on  the  varnished  furniture  or 
on  the  marble  table,  for  it  might 
scratch  t'nem;  but  you  can  try  any- 
thing else." 

They  worked  at  the  puzzle  a  long 
time,  and  still  were  puzzled. 

"  May  be  the  heat  comes  from  our 
fingers,"  Mary  suggested  at  lact. 

I  thrust  a  stick  through  the  eye  of 
the  button,  so  that  it  couid  be  held 
withoiit  touching  the  hand,  rubbed  it 
a  moment  on  the  carpet,  and  it  was 
as  hot  as  ever. 

**I  guess  it's  just  the  rubbing,"  said 
Johnny. 

"A  very  good  guess  indeed,  for  that 
is    precisely    where    the   heat   comes 


from,"  I  replied.  "How  it  comes  is 
not  so  easy  to  explain  to  those  of  your 
age.  The  simple  fact  that  heat  comes 
from  rubbing  is  enough,  perhaps,  for 
you  to  know  about  it  now.  We  say 
that  rubbing  makes  friction,  and  fric- 
tion developes  heat.  W)ien  you  are 
older  I'll  try  ta  make  it  nil  clear  to 
you," 

"I  thought  heat  al?/ayp  came  from 
fire,"  said  Mary,  "or  else  from  the 
sun." 

"Sun-heat  is  fire-heat,  too,  it  is  be- 
lieved," I  replied;  "but  tliere  are  still 
other  sources  of  heat — our  bodies,  for 
instance.  We  keep  wnrm  when  out  of 
the  sunshine,  and  away  from  the 
fire." 

"I  didn't  think  of  that,"  said 
Mary. 

"Do  you  remember  the  day  the  ma- 
sons were  pouring  water  on  a  pile  of 
quicklime  to  make  morter  for  the  new 
house  over  the  waJ^  The  lime  hissed 
and  crackled,  sending  up  great  clouds 
of  steam.  I  have  a  piece  of  quicklime 
here,  and  see !  when  I  pour  water  on 
it  how  it  drinks  up  the  water  and  grows 
hot.  I  saw  a  wagon  loaded  with  hme 
set  on  fire  once  by  a  shower  of  rain," 

"Fred  told  me  about  that,  and  I 
didn't  believe  him.  Who'd  expect  fii-e 
from  water  ?" 

'  'Get  me  a  small  piece  of  ice,  and  Di 
show  you  how  even  that  may  kindle  a 
fire." 

While  Mary  was  getting  the  ice,  I 
took  from  my  cabinet  a  small  vial  with 
a  metal  bead  at  the  bottom. 

"Is  it  lead?"  asked  Johnny,  when  I 
showed  it  to  him. 

"It  is  potassium,"  I  said,  and  I'm 
going  to  set  a  little  piece  of  it  a-fire 
with  the  ice  Mary  has  brought. 
There!" 

"Isn't  it  splendid !"  cried  Mary,  as 
the  metal  flashed  into  flame. 

"You  can  do  anything,  can't  you?" 
said  Johny,  admiringly.  Hia  confi- 
dence in  my  ability  is  something 
frightful.  Really,  if  I  were  to  tell  him 
I  could  set  the  moon  a-fire,  I  think 
he'd  believe  me ! 

"No,  Johnny,"  I  replied.  "There 
are  very  few  things  that  I  can  do  as 
you  will  discover  in  time.  But  novr, 
while  we  are  talking  of  heat,  let  me 
show  you  another  way  of  warming 
things.  Please  fetch  me  a  flat-iron, 
Mary ,  while  Johnny  brings  my  little 
hammer.  Thank  you.  Now  watch 
me  while  I  pound  this  piece  of  lead, 
and  put  your  finger  on  it  when  I  stop. 
Now!" 

"Does  the  pounding  heat  it?" 

"It  does.  I  have  seen  a  blacksmith 
take  a  piece  of  cold  iron  and  hammer 
it  on  a  cold  anvil  with  a  cold  hammer 
until  it  was  hot  enough  to  set  wood 
afire." 

"Where  did  the    heat  come    fnom?" 

'  'From  the  blacksmith's  arm,  but  in 
such  a  roundabout  way  that  I  should 
only  puzzle  you  if  I  tried  to  describe  it. 
You  have  seen  that  heat  does  come 
from  fire,  from  the  sun,  from  our 
bodies,  from  rubbing,  from  pounding, 
and  from  mixing  things,  such  as  quick- 
lime and  water;  how  it  comes  in  either 
case  you  will  learn  by  and  by,  when 
you  are  older.  But  we  have  got  a  long- 
way  from  Johnny's  button.     Can  you- 


think  of  any  other  time  you  have  seen 
things  heated  by  rubbing!" 

"We  rub  our  hands  v^hen  they  are 
cold,"  Mary  said,  seeing  Fred  go 
through  those  motions,  having  just 
come  in  from  out  doors. 

"I'll  tell  you  something  I  noticed 
coming  across  the  bridge,"  said    B'red. 

It  was  freezing  cold,  yet  the  snow  in 
the  sled  tracks  was  melted  when  a 
heavy  sleigh  passed,  leaving  the  boards 
bare  sometimes.  I  couldn't  think 
what  made  it;  was  it  friction?' 

"Evidently.  I've  noticed  the  same 
thing,  many  times.  The  snow  'wears 
out,'  as  the  teamsters  say — that  is,  the 
heat  of  the  rubbing  melts  it," 

"I've  read  of  savagea  making  fire 
by  rubbing  sticks  together,"  Fred  con- 
tinued, 

"They  have  several  ways  of  doing  it 
— or  rather,  different  savages  have 
dlflerent  ways ;  one  of  the  simplest  is  to 
rub  one  stick  in  a  groove  in  another, 
rubbing  briskly  and  baaring  on  hard. 
"There  is  a  bit  of  soft  pine  board  that 
I  tried  the  experiment,  with,  the  other 
day.  This  is  it .  See  I  when  I  plow 
this  stick  up  and  down  in  the  groove, 
the  fine  wood  dust  that  gathers  at  the 
bottom  begins  to  smoke  a  little  and 
turn  black.  By  working  long  enoucrh 
and  fast  enough,  I  should  set  the  dust 
on  fire;  but  it  is  too  tiresome  when  a 
match  will  do  as  well,  snd  one  can  buy 
a  whole  bunch  of  matches  for  a  penny. 
We  get  our  fire  by  rub'oing,  too,  only 
we  use  something  that  kindles  quicker 
than  wood,  so  that  a  single  scratch  on 
some  rough  surface  developes  heat 
enough  to  light  it." 

"What  is  it?"  Mary  asked. 

"Phosphorus,  I  h-.ve  some  in  this 
bottle.  Y'ou  rub  the  button,  Johnny, 
while  I  talvo  some  of  it  out  on  the 
point  of  my  knife.  Now  touch  it  with 
the  button.  See!  it  is  hot  enough  to 
set  the  phosphorus  a-fire.  We  might 
kindle  our  fires  that  way,  but  we  find 
it  more  convenient  to  put  the  phospho- 
rus on  the  end  of  a  stick  and  mix  it 
with  something  to  keep  it  from  light- 
ing too  easily.  Then  all  we  have  to 
do  is  to  rub  the  phosphorus  point 
againft  anything  rough,  the  friction 
heats  it,  it  takes  fire,  and  our  light  is 
ready.  Did  you  ever  hear  of  the  trav- 
eler who  was  stopped  by  some  barbar- 
ous people  who  knew  nothing  of 
matches?  They  would  not  let  him  go 
through  their  country,  and  while  they 
were  debating  whether  to  kill  him  or 
send  him  back,  he  grew  tired  of  wait- 
ing and  thought  he  would  take  a 
smoke.  So  he  filled  his  pipe,  and  tak- 
ing a  match  from  his  pocket,  struck  it 
against  his  boot,  lighted  his  pipe,  and 
thought  no  more  about  it.  To  his  sur- 
prise, the  people  who  were  watching 
him  suddenly  ran  off,  and  directly 
there  was  a  great  commotion  in  the 
village.  After  awhile  the  chief  men 
came  back  very  humbly,  bringing  him 
loads  of  presents,  and  begged  him  to 
go  his  way  iu  peace.  What  was  the 
reason  ?  They  had  seen  him  draw  fire 
from  his  foot,  as  they  thought,  and 
were  afraid  that  such  a  great  conjuror 
might  burn  t'nem  all  up  if  they  offended 
him.  That  was  a  lucky  match  for  the 
traveler !" — Sabbath  Recorder, 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


%m  4  tilt  "f  M> 


Tlie  Couwtrj'. 

— All  the  liquor  and  beer  saloons  in 
La  Salle  nnd  Pern,  111.,  were  kept  closed 
on  Sunday  la^t,  the  first  Sunday  in 
many  months;  and  over  half  of  the 
saloon  keepers  of  Ottawa  luve  appeared 
in  the  Circuit  Court  and  g  ven  security 
to  attend  the  trial  of  their  ca'es  on  the 
indictments  against  therfl.  They  have 
raised  about  ^"l,000  as  a  fighting  fund, 
and  will  contend  against  the  people  with 
the  best  legal  talent  in  the  State. 

— Crop  reports  from  the  central  ncd 
northern  parts  of  Illinois  give  promite 
of  a  large  increase  of  the  corn  crop,  a 
full  average  y'eld  of  wheat;  other 
grains  are  considered  as  pr^mifiing  well. 
Wheat  har'/esting  is  now  in  full  opera- 
tion in  Morgan  county,  and  if  the 
weather  continues  favor^.bla  mora  than 
half  will  be  done  this  week.  The  yield 
is  immense,  perhaps  the  largest  ever 
known. 

— The  coal  miners  of  La  Salle  county, 
III.,  have  inaugura'.ed  a  great  strike  un- 
der the  lead  of  uision  men. 

— Evans,  a  noted  criminal  and  mur- 
derer, was  taken  from  the  jail  at  Cor- 
rolton.  111.,  on  Sunday  by  a  ma&ked 
mob  ani  hung, 

— An  efitbrt  to  suppress  the  New  Or- 
leans Bulletin  was  made  last  week  it  is 
thought  by  the  State  authorities,  whose 
misdeeds  that  paper  has  tried  to  make 
public. 

'The  City. 


— As  the  oppanents  of  the  present 
municipal  authorities  prophesied  at 
their  election,  a  strong  effort  is  being 
made  to  rebuild  the  City  Hall  and 
Court-House  at  once.  This  means  the 
raising  and  expending  of  several  mill- 
ions, and  the  Chicago  Tweeds  are  anx- 
ious to  undertake  the  job  before  they 
pass  out  of  office. 

Tlie  Capitol. 


— Congress  set  the  time  for  adjourn- 
ment at  4  P.  M.  of  Tuesday.  Much 
of  the  work  of  the  session  has  been  de- 
layed by  seemingly  prufitless  discus- 
sions of  inflation  measures.and  bills  hur- 
ried through  at  the  last. 

— The  President  signed  the  new  cur- 
rency bill  on  Monday.  It  fixes  the 
maximum  of  legal  tender  notes  at 
$382,000,000 ,  and  provides  for  a  limited 
redistribution  of  the  currency  when 
demanded  by  the  exigencies  of  busi- 
ness .  It  also  provides  that  there  shall 
be  no  reserve  funds  left  in  the  Treasury. 

— The  House  passed  a  bill  on  Monday 
giving  $25,000  for  the  support  of  a 
Catholic  organization  of  Washington 
known  as  The  Little  Sisters  of  the  Poor ! 
What  means  this? 

Foroiffn. 

— The  Turkish  government  has  pro- 
hibited the  circulation  of  the  Bible  in 
that  country.  This  will  be  a  terrible 
blow  to  missionary  work  unless  Chris- 
tian nations  interfere;  for  the  Moslem 
has  not  forgotten  how  to  persecute  and 
slay. 

— The  submarine  Cible  from  England 
to  Brazil  has  been  completed,  and  dis- 
patches sent  from  Pennambuco  to  Lon- 
don. 

CoNSTANTiy  OPLK,  Juns  20. — Intel- 
ligeLce  has  reached  here  of  a  terrible 
disaster  in  the  Sea  of  Mormora.  A 
Turkish  vessel  was  ran  into  yesterday 
by  an  Egyptian  vessel  and  sunk  in  a  few 
minutes.  3-10  persons  were  on  board, 
including  passengers  and  crew,  and  of 
this  number  320  were  drowned. 


[t\m\\  '^Itm, 


From  Williams  County,  Ohio. 


Deer  Lick,  Ohio. 
Bko.  Kellogo  : — For  some  time 
past  there  has  seemed  to  be  an  idea 
afloat  in  our  community  that  our  move- 
ment here  would  "die  out  in  time," 
but  our  county  convention  cleaved  up 
that  mistake,  and  before  the  Knights  of 
the  cable-tow  had  time  to  quiet  the'r 
nerves  Bro.  Wm.  Givens,  of  Indiana, 
came  and  gave  us  four  lectures.  Bro. 
Givens  is  an  able  speaker,  his  lectures 
here  were  very  satisfactory.  He  is 
thoroughly  acquainted  with  the  sub- 
ject ;  being  a  eeceder,  he  brings  out 
modern  lodge  work  and  lets  the  light 
shine  clear  through  the  subject.  The 
Morenci  (Mich.)  murder  is  much  talked 
of  here  and  there  is  felt  a  settled  dis- 
trust and  loathing  of  the  institution 
which  clfiims  the  right  to  take  life  with- 
out law.  H.  S.  Kirk, 


From  the  Illinois  Agent.— The   Work 
Opened  in  Ottawa. 


Last  evening,  June  15th,  it  was  my 
privilege  to  lecture  in  Ottawa,  the 
county  seat  of  La  Salle  county.  111. 
Twenty-five  years  ago  I  resided  there, 
and  was  a  member  of  one  of  the  two 
Congregational  churches  ;  the  same 
one  over  which  Pres.  Blanchard  was 
afterwards  pastor.  It  was  pre-eminent- 
ly an  anti-slavery  and  reformatory 
church,  while  the  elder  had  the  reputa- 
tion of  being  conservative  and  aristo. 
cratic.  Since  then  the  two  churches 
have  united  and  built  a  fine  house  of 
worship,  the  finest  in  the  city.  I  ap- 
plied for  the  use  of  their  lecture-room 
and  was  refused.  I  then  made  ar- 
rangements to  lecture  in  the  Court- 
House  Square,  Notices  were  posted 
all  over  the  city  and  one  sent  to  each 
of  the  churches — Baptist,  Methodst, 
Presbyterian  and  Congregationalist. 
They  were  read  in  all  the  churches 
except  the  Congregational.  There  the 
leading  members  protested  against  it, 
and  gave  as  their  reason  that  one-half 
of  the  male  members  of  the  church  and 
society  were  Masons,  a'^d  they  could 
not  afford  to  offend  them.  Among 
those  who  would  not  permit  this  notice 
to  be  read,  were  some  who  twenty-five 
years  ago  helped  fight  the  anti-slavery 
battle,  when  it  was  a  great  reproach 
in  Ottawa  to  be  an  Abohtionist.  They 
cl  limed  then  and  still  claim  to  be  Anti- 
masons  ;  but  prosperity  and  worldly 
honor  have  come  and  their  present 
church  is  the  most  popular  and  aristo- 
cratic in  the  place.  They  seemed  to 
have  forgotten  that  God  has  said  that 
'The  friendship  of  the  world  is  enmity 
with  God  ;"  yet  there  are  some  even 
in  Ottawa  that  have  not  defiled  their 
garments,  and  who  mourn  over  the 
desolations  of  Zion. 

A  goad  audience  was  gathered  in 
and  about  the  Court-House  Square, 
who  were  generally  respectful  and  at- 
tentive. I  spoke  briefly  on  Masonry 
as  anti-Christian  and  anti-republican, 
and  gave  way  to  questions  or  remarks. 
Home  one  asked  me  to  say  something 
of  Odd-fellowship,  which  I  did  ;  and 
was  greeted  by  several  voices  with, 
•' FoM  lie,"  and    ^^Yoxiare  a  liar." 


After  the  close  of  the  meeting  I  ap- 
pealed to  a  Baptist  deacon,  who  is  an 
Odd-fellow,  to  eay  if  my  statements 
were  not  true.  He  replied  that  they 
were  "utterly  false."  But  a  leading 
citizen,  a  man  who  has  been  known  in 
Ottawa  for  more  than  twenty-five  years 
as  honest  and  incorruptable,  said  as  an 
Odd-fellow  he  knew  that  my  state- 
ments were  true.  At  least  they  were 
fifteen  years  ago.  He  said  this  in  the 
presence  of  this  deacon,  who  made  no 
reply. 

Notwithstanding  some  little  rowdy- 
ism the  meeting  waa  a  good  one,  and 
I  hope  will  produce  lasting  results. 
Several  of  my  books  were  stolen  from 
the  stand  while  I  was  speaking  ;  but 
I  trust  tbey  have  gone  to  shed  light  in 
dark  places,  and  they  will  I  trust  be 
like  ''Bread  cast  upon  the  waters." 
Yours  for  Christ, 

H.    H.    IIlNMAN. 

Farm  Ridge,  June  16th,  18Y4. 
* . » 

From  Washington  County,  111.— A  Good 
Work  Begnu. 


Nasuvillb,  111.,  June  18,  18'74. 

We  met  pursuant  to  notice  at  our 
school-house  on  the  evening  of  June 
1st,  our  audience  was  larger  than  it 
was  at  the  previous  meeting.  We  pre- 
sented a  good  preamble  and  constitu- 
tion, but  we  did  not  get  any  one  to 
come  forward  and  signify  their  willing- 
ness to  help  in  the  reform  movement, 
though  we  had  very  good  attention, 
and  we  find  that  we  are  getting  some 
of  the  people  to  thinking  and  inquiring 
about  this  matter  of  secrecy.  One  man 
utterly  refused  to  take  any  tracts  but 
finally  we  prevailed  on  him  to  take 
one  of  the  sermons  and  he  said  he 
would  read  it.  He  made  a  speech  in 
favor  of  the  lodge  and  brought  up  the 
leading  ministers  and  Gen.  Washing- 
ton, all  of  which  we  refuted.  He  is  a 
Methodist  preacher. 

Brethren,  one  thing  is  sure,  we  are 
stirring  up  the  minds  of  the  people  to 
some  extent,  and  we  count  on  some 
gain.  We  shall  continue  our  endeavors 
in  the  cause  of  right  and  truth.  We 
propose  to  meet  on  the  first  of  each 
month  for  a  year  and  see  what  we  can 
do.  We  intend  to  withhold  our  votes 
from  men  of  the  lodge  from  this  time 
on.  Yours  fraternally, 

T,  W.  J.  Logan, 

C.    M.    LiVESAT. 


^WmpMtW4> 


More  about  the    Morenci    Tragedy*- 
From  the  Ohio  Agent. 


Bao.  Kellogg:  Since  the  publica- 
tion in  your  columns  of  the  account 
from  my  pen  of  the  man  found  in  Bean 
Creek  near  Morenci,  Mich.,  nude  and 
terribly  mutilated ;  numerous  have  been 
the  inquiries  made  of  me,  both  oral- 
ly and  by  letter,  concerning  that  mys- 
terious circumstance;  and  some  have 
been  disposed  to  hint  that  it  was  a  fab- 
rication, gotten  up  in  the  interest  of 
anti-  screcy,  for  the  purpose  of  creating 
a  sensation  derogatory  to  the  institu- 
tion of  Masonry.  This  looked  the 
more  plausable  because  the  newspapers 
in  the  vicinity  generally  maintain  per- 
fect silence   in  regard    to   the  matter. 


True,  after  my  communication  had  ap- 
peared in  the  Cynosure,  the  Morenci 
Ura,  (I  believe  that  is  the  name)  then 
referred  to  it  lightly,  in  a  manner  that 
indicated  a  purpose  to  invalidate  the 
truth  of  the  statements  made  by  myself 
and  Bro.  Bundy,  and  to  obliterate  if 
possible  from  the  minds  of  the  people 
every  impression  previously  made  of 
foul  play  and  personal  violence. 

The  mysterious  circumstances  con- 
nected with  this  tragedy,  together 
with  the  doubts  in  which  my  commun- 
ication seemed  to  have  been  shrouded 
by  the  general  silence  of  newspapers, 
and  the  insinuations  of  the  Ura  has  led 
me  to  a  further  investigation  of  the  sub- 
ject, and  on  yesterday  I  visited  Moren- 
ci for  the  purpose  if  possible  of  getting 
the  facts  in  the  case  as  they  appeared 
to  one  who  was  an  eye  witness  to  the 
scene  at  the  time  of  the  discovery 
of  the  dead  body,  and  from  whom  the 
statements  made  in  my  former  commu- 
nication were  indirectly  obtained. 
And  now  I  will  give  you  the  fasts  as 
related  to  me  by  one  who  visited  the 
scene  at  the  time  the  body  was  lying  oa 
the  ground  near  where  it  was  discover- 
ed, and  who  also  visited  the  place  the 
next  day  after  the  body  had  been  de- 
posited in  the  hole  in  which  it  was 
placed  during  the  night  previous  to 
this  second  visit  by  my  informant. 

The  date  of  the  discovery  as  given 
by  this  informant  is  Saturday,  the  14th 
of  March,  1874,  in  the  afternoon,  or 
towards  evening.  I  will  give  it  now 
as  I  penciled  it  from  his  own  lipp,  and 
in  the  order  in  which  he  gave  it  to  me. 

His  statement  is  that  the  body  was 
severed  in  the  midst;  the  left  breast 
opened,  and  heart  and  lungs  absent; 
the  bowels  taken  out  and  done  up  sep- 
arately in  paper;  the  face  skinned,  com- 
mencing at  the  neck  under  the  chin, 
extending  to  the  forehead ;  the  head 
shaved  close,  bo  as  to  render  it  impos- 
sible to  distinguish  the  color  of  the 
hair;  and  another  most  brutal  mark  of 
mutilation,  which  I  suppressed  through 
delicacy  in  my  other  communication, 
but  which  truth  requires  me  now  to 
state,  viz.,  the  separation  of  these  parts 
by  which  i^x  is  distinguished.  This 
statement  differs  in  several  partic- 
ulars from  my  former  communication 
which  came  to  me  at  second-hand,  yet 
other  facts  given  makes  it  equally  if 
not  more  atrocious  than  the  former. 
One  other  fact,  and  not  given  before, 
is  that  the  legs  were  cut  off;  this  was 
necessary  in  order  to  get  the  body  into 
the  box  it  being  too  short  to  contain  the 
person  otherwise. 

My  informant  says  the  remains  were 
exposed  to  public  view  from  the  time 
found  in  the  afternoon  until  9  o'clock 
P.  M,  during  which  time  the  citizens 
thronged  the  place.  Later  in  the 
night  the  body  was  interred  on  the 
side  of  the  water  from  whence  it  was 
taken,  the  box  left,  and  seen  remain- 
ing on  the  spot  for  a  week  after.  On 
the  next  day  he  visited  the  place;  saw 
the  grave,  or  evidences  of  burial;  but 
the  bowels  were  not  buried,  but  left 
exposed  to  the  view  of  the  hundreds 
who  visited  the  spot  during  all  of  the 
Sabbath.  These  facts  as  given,  my 
informant  says  can  all  be  established 
by  numerous  credible  witnesses. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


The  occurence  of  siicli  an  incident 
most  naturally  led  to  various  conject- 
ures as  to  who  the  person  could  be,  and 
also  who  are  the  g;uilty  perpetrators  of 
so  gross  an  outrage.  There  are  those 
who  say  that  the  disparity  in  the  length 
of  the  legs,  the  abececce  of  a  front 
tooth,  and  the  height  or  length  of  the 
body,  all  point  to  a  man  who  had  been 
at  Morenci  prior  to  this  event,  who 
was  nicknamed  "Whispering  Charley" 
in  consequence  of  lung  weakness  which 
prevented  him  from  spealiing  above 
his  breath,  but  who  has  not  been  seen 
there  since.  This  suspicion  has  given 
rise  to  various  expedients  to  render 
this  conjecture  nugatory.  One  is  to 
the  effect  that  his  whereabouts  have 
been  discovered  and  that  he  is  living, 
and  that  intelligence  has  been  telegraph- 
ed to  this  eflfect  to  Morenci  and  accred- 
ited generally  in  Masonic  ciicles,  but 
questioned  outside  of  such  circles. 
This  subject  has  created  so  much  ex- 
citement that  a  father  who  had  !o6t  a 
son  some  time  previous  to  this  event, 
who  had  one  limb  crippled  and  several 
inches  shorter  than  the  other,  and 
bearing  some  resemblance  to  the  dead 
body  found,  had  him  disinterred  to  sat- 
isfy his  mind  that  it  was    not    his  son. 

Finally,  as  it  is  now  clear  that  it  was 
not  the  body  of  the  young  man  refer- 
red to.  and  as  the  fraternity  aver  the 
existence  of  whispering  Charley  at  a 
distance,  a  doctor  who  belongs  to  the 
order  claims  that  the  dead  man  was  his 
subject  sent  from  a  distance  for  profes- 
sional purposes.  This  I  find  to  b  s  pretty 
generally  discredited,  and  the  marks  of 
dissection  certainly  reflect  poorly  upon 
his  surgical  skill.  Again  another  cir- 
cumstance that  seems  to  contradict 
that  statement  is  that  the  box  contain- 
ing the  dead  body  bore  upon  one  side 
of  the  lid  the  name  and  address  of  one 
of  the  merchants  of  the  place.  Now 
if  the  statement  that  the  body  was 
sent  from  a  distance  was  true,  then  the 
circumstance  of  the  address  would  fix 
it  upon  the  merchant  as  the  owner 
of  the  dead  carcass,  and  the  question 
naturally  arises  what  does  a  merchant 
want  with  a  subject  for  dissection? 
But  an  attempt  is  made  to  meet  this 
exigency  by  the  doctor  in  this  wise ; 
He  says  now,  that  the  body  was  ship- 
ped to  him  in  a  barrel,  and  afterwards 
put  into  this  box  which  has  been 
shipped  to  the  merchant  with  dry 
goodp,  and  that  the  box  was  more  suita- 
ble to  the  purposes  of  decomposition 
than  the  barrel.  The  reply  of  discrim- 
inating persons  to  this  generaHy  is,  ''too 
thin,  too  thin." 

Now  my  advice  to  the  fraternity 
would  be  in  view  of  the  suspicion  that 
rests  upon  them,  to  send  for  Whisper- 
ing Charley  at  once.  Produce  the 
man !  This  will  satisfy  the  people,  but 
unless  you  do  this,  my  impression  is, 
that  public  sentiment  will  hold  the  fra- 
ternity responsible  for  the  act  of  inhu- 
manly disposin  g  of  a  fellow  being. 
Send  for  Whispering  Charley,  gentle- 
men, send  for  him  lyall  means.  Don't 
stop  for  a  little  expense  when  so  much 
is  at  stake.  Surely  to  silence  these 
busy  calumniators  will  amply  compen- 
sate you  for  all  your  pains-taking 

But  the  question  arises  involuntarily, 
why  Bhould  suspicion  look  in  the  direct- 


ion of  the  Masonic  fraternity  rather 
than  elsewhere  ?  I  answer  for  the  fol- 
lowing reasons:  First,  the  marks  of 
violence  inflicted  on  the  body  bear  so 
striking  a  resemblance  to  the  penalties 
known  to  be  attached  to  the  violations 
of  M'Monic  obligations ;  second.  Whisper- 
ing Charley  is  known  to  have  been  a 
Mason,  and  therefore  if  unfaithful  to 
his  obligations  incurred  the  penalty; 
third,  the  fraternity  in  the  person  of 
Justice  D.  and  Dr.  W.  discouraged  the 
holding  of  an  inquest,  and  contrary  to 
the  wish  of  the  citizens,  and  in  direct 
violation  of  law,  put  the  body  out  of 
sight  by  diging  a  hole  and  covering  it 
up  without  a  hwful  inquest;  fourth, 
since  sometime  before  the  hading  o^ 
the  body,  Whispering  Charley  has  been 
missing,  and  no  satisfactory  account 
has  been  given  of  him. 

Now  in  conclusion,  suppose  a  man 
to  have  had  his  barn  burnt  with  a  heavy 
insurance  upon  it,  and  that  man  a  Mi- 
son, and  he  confiding  in  a  brother  Mason 
tells  him  that  he  burned  his  own  barn, 
giving  him  this  as  a  Masonic  secret  on 
the  square ;  and  this  brother  Mason  un- 
true to  his  Masonic  obligation  divulges 
that  secret;  would  it  be  very  strange  to 
find  that  person  missing  before  a  great 
while,  and  would  it  not  be  rather  nat- 
ural to  expect  a  course  of  conduct  upon 
the  part  of  the  fraternity  corresponding 
very  nearly  to  the  Morenci  tragedy  to 
cover  up  all  traces  that  would  lead  to 
a  discovery  of  the  guilty  parlies?  Suf- 
fice it  to  say,  that  all  who  are  known 
to  have  acted  a  prominent  part  in  this 
tragedy  were  men  of  the  craft. 

D.  S.  Caldwell. 

Carey,   Ohio,  June  13th,  1874. 


Tlie  Corner-stone  I'rotest  in  Washing, 
ton. 


Mr.  Aaron  Floyd,  of  Pittsburgh,  one 
of  the  committee  appointed  at  Syracuse 
to  present  the  protest  to  Pres.  Grant, 
writes  after  his  return  under  date  of 
June  19th.     He  says: 

'•On  last  Friday  I  received  a  telegram 
from  Mr.  Kirkpatrick  saying  that  he 
would  send  the  memorial  next  day,  and 
as  it  had  not  arrived  on  Monday  at  1 
o'clock  I  telegraphed  to  him  to  know 
whether  he  sent  the  package  to  Pitts- 
burgh or  Washington,  but  failed  to  get 
an  answer.  So  on  Tuesday  I  took  the 
package  of  G43  names  you  sent  and 
100  others,  and  started  for  Washington, 
leaving  word  at  home  to  forward  to  me 
at  the  Arlington  House.  I  arrived 
there  about  nine  o'clock  the  same  even- 
ing. Next  morning  learned  of  the 
Secretary  of  the  President  that  there 
had  been  other  names  received  from 
West  Virginia,  and  they  had  been  re- 
ferred to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasu- 
ry. Next  morning  I  got  Gen.  Negley 
to  give  me  a  letter  of  introduction  to 
Gen.  Babcock,  who  introduced  me  to 
the  President.  I  soon  made  known  my 
business.  He  said  he  had  seen  the 
proceedings  of  the  Syracuse  Conven- 
tion. I  then  handed  him  the  heading 
[of  the  protest]  to  read,  and  told  him 
that  I  had  learned  from  his  Secretary 
what  course  such  papers  take ;  to  which 
he  assented.  I  then  bade  him  good- 
bye, and  went  to  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  Mr.   Bristow,  who  is  not  a 


Mason,  but  a  free  man.  He  referred 
me  to  the  Superintending  Architect's 
room,  who  read  them  and  put  them  on 
file  and  gave  his  receipt. 

When  I  got  back  to  the  hotel  Mr. 
Kirkpatrick's  answer  had  been  forward- 
ed and  hkewise  the  receipt  of  the  ex- 
press company,  showing  that  the  pack- 
age was  on  the  way  from  Pittsburgh ; 
and  at  3:30  o'clock  it  arrived.  At  4 
o'clock  I  had  a  receipt  for  it  and  parted 
with  them  on  the  square  and  took  the 
cars  at  5:50  for  home,  after  I  had  writ- 
ten to  Mr.  Kirkpatrick  that  the  long- 
looked-for  package  had  come.  Arrived 
at  home  this  morning  about  9  o'clock 
and  found  all  well.  Please  let  our 
friends  know,  for  I  know  they  feel  anx- 
ious, 

Mr.  Ellis  was  so  engaged  he  could 
not  go.       Yours  "on  the  square," 
A,  Floyd. 


Did  Nathaniel  Colver  Ever  Kenouuce 
the  Lodsfe  J 


Bemis  Heights,  N.  Y.  ,  June  16,  "7  4, 
Dear  Cynosure: 

Bro.  Hinraan,  State  Lecturer  of 
Illinois,  writes  me  under  date  of  May 
2Yth,  as  follows:  ''I  recently  gave  a 
lecture  in  Lockport,  111.  On  the  fcl- 
lowing  Sunday  evening  the  Bapt'st 
minister,  Elder  Breckenridge,  replied 
to  it.  He  said  that  Dr.  Nathaniel  Col- 
ver never  renounced  Masonry,  and  that 
the  statement  that  I  made  that  on  tak- 
ing a  certain  part  of  the  Royal  Arch 
oath,  he  said,  'Gentlemen,  I  will  never 
take  that  oath' — was  fake."  Bro.  Plin- 
man  wants  me  to  authenticate  his  state- 
ments thus  called  in  question. 

Now  I  don't  want  to  call  Eider  B. 
any  hard  names,  but  here  are  the  facts. 
I  Icnoio  that  Dr.  Nathaniel  Colver  did 
renounce  Masonry,  fori  conversed  with 
him  on  the  subject  while  on  his  dfalh 
bed  in  Chicago.  Perhaps  Elder  Breck- 
enridge  will  not,  however,  consider  this 
authentic,  so  I  will  quote  from  Dr.  Col- 
ver's  biography  written  by  Rev.  J.  A. 
Smith,  D,  D.,  editor  of  the  Standard, 
a  paper  I  suppose  Elder  B.  must  know 
something  about. 

His  biographer  says  (page  GO)  : 

"  He  [Dr.  Colver]  became  a  Mason 
simply  because  he  believed  that  in  so 
doing  he  could  be  more  useful  as  a 
minister  of  Jesus  Christ.  He  re- 
nounced  Masonry  because  he  had  come 
to  feel  that  instead  of  helping,  it  only 
hindered  such  usefulness,  and  because 
convinced  that  he  could  not  consistently 
be  at  the  same  time  a  Mason  and  a 
Christian." 

This  renunciation  he  published  in 
1829,  with  his  reasons  therefore. 

As  to  the  statement  regarding  the 
Royal  Arch  oath,  I  take  the  following 
from  the  same  work,  (page  75  and  76). 
Having  been  assured  positively  that 
there  was  nothing  objectionable  in  that 
oath,  Bro.  Colver  was  at  length  pre- 
vailed on  to  apply   for  "exaltation — " 

"The  ceremony  proceded  until  that 
part  of  the  oath  was  reached  which 
contained  the  words,  'murder  and  trea- 
son not  excepted.'  " 

' I  cannot  take  that  oath,'  said  Mr. 
Colver. 

'You  must  take  it,'  replied  the  chief 
official. 

Mr.  Colver  drew  himself  up  with 
holding  high  positions  in  society,  one 
of  them  a  judge.  It  was  hard  to  take 
a  step  hkely  even  to  alieneate  them, 
an   expression   of  strong   indignation, 


and  in  his  firmest  and  most  emphatic 
way,  answered:  'Gentlemen,  I  shall 
never  take  that  oath.' 

•You  cannot  leave  this  room  alive 
unless  you  do,'  was  the  reply. 

This  was  too  much.  Those  officiat- 
ing In  this  scene  were  mostly  his  per- 
sonal friends  of  long  standing,  men 
and  if  it  had  been  possible  to  yield  the 
point  now  at  stake,  their  personal  in- 
fluence apart  from  any  threats  would 
have  prevailed.  But  threats  and  the 
exhibition  of  a  drawn  sword  with  a  view 
to  intimidate  roused  all  of  Mr.  Colver's 
manhood.  In  a  few  emphatic  words 
he  set  before  them  the  enormity  of  the 
wrong  they  were  doina;and  the  outrage 
of  attempting  to  impose  a  burden  upon 
his  conscience  against  which  his  whole 
moral  nature  rose  in  protest,  and  then, 
turning,  walked  straight  past  tiia  drawn 
sword  lit  the  door  and  went  his  way. 
This  of  course  completely  ended  his 
connection  with  Masonry." 

But  see  the  book  for  the  whole  ac- 
count. Elder  Breckenridge  would  do 
well  to  add  ihis  book  to  his  library.     It 

would 

"From  many  a  foolish  notion  free  liijn.'' 
As  to  Bro.  Colver's  opinion  of  the 
institution  for  the  last  forty  years  of  his 
life,  I  give  the  following  extract  from  a 
letter  written  by  him  to  a  friend.  It 
will  be  found  on  page  287  of  the  biog- 
raphy. He  says  of  his  feelings  before 
his  renunciation : 

"I  did  not  suffer  more  while  under 
conviction  for  sin  tbau  I  did  in  that  ter- 
rible state.  While  thus  euflering,  I 
read  one  morning  in  the  providence  of 
God,  for  our  family  worship,  concern- 
ing the  forty  Jews  who  bound  them- 
selves under  oath,  not  to  eat  until  they 
had  killed  Paul .  It  struck  me,  and  un- 
fetiered  my  thought.  I  soon  arrived 
at  the  conviction  that  they  were  mor- 
ally bound, uot  by,  but  to  repent  of  their 
oath;  that  any  oath  which  contravenes 
the  law  cf  God  is  a  matter  of  repent- 
ance and  abandonment .  I  was  free  and 
my  happiness  and  relief  were  little  sur- 
passed, when,  in  view  of  Christ,  I  first 
found  the  burdcK  of  sin  removed. 
From  that  time  to  this,  I  have  neither 
honored,  obeyed  or  spared  that  lying 
impostor,  Free  and  Accepted  Masonry, 
I  got  out  of  the  snare  with  repentance 
and  brokeness  of  heart;  but  0,  1  thank 
God  1  am  oiit/^' 

There,  I  guess  that  will  do;  and  if 
Elder  Breckenridge  does  not  wish  to 
bear  the  name  of  "willful  deceiver," 
let  him  take  an  early  opportunity  to 
tell  his  congregation  that  in  those  state- 
ments of  his  he  was  "laboring  under  a 
mistake."  J.   L.  Barlow. 


Corner-stone  Laying. 


Palmyra,  Wis. 

Editor  of  the  Christian  Cynosure: 
The  cornerstone  laying  for  the  Cus- 
tom-House  in  your  beautiful  and  grow- 
ing city  seems  at  present  to  be  de- 
manding considerable  attention.  Should 
it  be  proposed  that  the  Roman  Catho- 
lic priesthood  of  the  United  States 
should  be  honored  with  this  coi-ner- 
stone  laying  business  there  would  be  a 
get  eral  uprising  and  a  just  and  right- 
eous indignation,  on  every  hand. 
"Native  Americans"  and  "Know-Noth- 
ings" would  be  as  numerous  and  noisy 
as  a  regiment  of  tree-toads  before  a  rain. 
But  would  it  not  be  fully  as  improper 
for  the  white-aproned  brigale  to  as- 
sume these  conspicuous  duties  as  for 
the  Knights  of  the  Cross  ?  It  seems 
strange  that  there  should  be:  1st,  Such 
an  apathy  and  "don't-care-ativeness" 
on  the  part  of  the  people  generally; 
and  2d,  It  is  passing  strange  that  so 
many  weak  men  and  vain  women  are 
found  to  give  such  a  move  their  warm 
approbation. 

John  Chapin. 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUK  MAIL. 


A  friend  in  Racine,  Wis.,  sends  two  sub- 
scriplious  witli  four  dollars,  and  M'rites  : 

"If  1  had  time  I  could  send  you  more 
names." 

Do  not  forget  to  i'orwurd  tlieiu  when  the 
rush  of  business  is  quieted  somewhat. 
Iliel  Lewis,  Amboy,  lil.,  writes  : 
"While  in  Kansas  I  tried  to  get  subscrib- 
ers, but  all  in  vaiu.  Masonry  and  other 
secret  societies  -were  considered  tlie  great 
power  of  C!od,  and  woe  to  the  man  that 
■would  not  bow  the  kuee.  My  name  and 
character  as  an  Antlmason  went  before 
mc,  and  the  lodge  men  were  acnuaiuted 
with  mc  before  I  got  there.  iSpmc  friends 
cautioned  me  to  be  quief  or  it  might  not 
fare  ^o  well  with  mo,  but  I  told  them  more 
truth  than  they  were  willing  to  hear," 

J.  R.  rihearer,  East  Nodaway,  Ind., 
writes : 

"Count  me  in  the  good  cause.  I  waut 
no  commission.  .  .  ,  AVill  try  and 
send  you  a  few  more  from  here." 

Aaron  C.  !^:ilisbury,  Cherokee,  Iowa, 
writes : 

"I  have  read  the  Ci/iio.surc  one  year  and 
endorse  the  principles  it  advocates.  I  am 
an  Anti-masim,  smil  ami  body.  (No  com- 
promise with  the  devil  or  his  pet  institu- 
tion, the  lodiie.) 

Do  not  be  discouraged,  fiieads  of  reform, 
God  is  raising  up  friends  for  the  cause 
every  day.  ...  I  can  get  some  more 
subscribers  after  harvest.  Yours  for  the 
trutli  as  it  is  in  the  Gospel  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ." 

E.  E.  Morrison,  Kirkville,  Pa.,  sends  us 
the  name  of  a  man  who  will  get  up  a  club 
for  tlie  Ci/iiomfc  if  we  send  him  sample 
copies.  We  rieed  more  agents  ready, 
willing  and  able  to  work  in  selling  books 
or  taking  subscriptions. 

James  Barnctt,  Northwood,  O.,  writes  : 
"One  thing  standing  in  the  way  of  ob- 
taining subscribers  is  the  sympathy  of  pro- 
fessors of  religion  of  all  classes.  Tliey  do 
not  like  to  hear  people  e.vposed  whom  they 
call  brethren.  With  a  great  portion  all 
Protestants  are  bretluen." 

For  the  satisfaction  of  such  persons 
please  tell  them  that  the  Gjjnosure.  not 
only  regards  all  Protestants  as  brethren, 
but  recognizes  the  principle  that  by  nature, 
we  are  all  one  family  ;  and  that  all  who 
show  that  they  believe  in  Christ  by  keep- 
ing his  commandments,  are  in  a  Christian 
brotherhood.  We  do  not  enjoy  exposing 
the  evil  deeds  of  our  brothers  (either  natur- 
al or  Christian) ;  we  wish  they  had  no  evil 
deeds  to  expose  ;  but  a  love  for  these  who 
are  ignorant,  innocent  and  honest,  together 
with  a  reverence  for  the  government  of 
God,  compels  us  to  choose  the  lesser  of  two 
evils,  viz  :  to  expose  falsehood,  conspiracy 
and  rebellion  in  our  great  human  family, 
thus  promoting  harmony,  justice,  and 
good  government,  rather  than  by  joining 
with  or  quietly  ignoring  the  acts  of  such 
rebels  to  support  their  conduct  which  will 
ruiu  all  correct  family  relations  based  upon 
the  principle  of  loving  our  neighbor  as 
ourself,  and  annihilate  the  closer  bonds  of 
Christian  fellowship. 

John  Christie,  Peuiield,  ().,  writes  of  the 
Cyiwsare  : 

"I  am  very  well  pleased  with  its  new 
form." 
Wells  Springer,  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  writes: 
"I  am  now  on  a  visit  to  this  place  and 
lind  a  few  congenial  spirits  with  my  own 
in  the  cause  you  are  nobly  coniliatting 
against  such  tearful  odds.  Little  heroic 
baud,  iierscvere  in  this  righteous  cause, 
if  the  great  n\asses  do  not  rtpi)reeiate  your 
t  llbrls  tlirough  fear  or  through  favor,  you 
have  a  consciousness  of  a  reward  that  will 
overbalance  the  vindictiveness  and  ma-_ 
lignity  of  a  power  that  has  greater  facilities' 
to  strike  the  blow  and  conceal  the  hand 
than  any  other  power  now  existing.  1 
have  planted  some  of  the  good  seed  ob- 
tained of  you,  in  this  place,  with  hopeful 
results.  Bernard's  Light  on  Masonry  is 
going  the  rounds  that  1  gave  to  a  friend 
here  some  two  years  ago.  Finney's  book, 
the  Confession  of  Valance,  and  a  selection 
of  your  tracts,  1  now  leave  here  to  corrob- 
crate  and  conlii'm  these  great  and  import- 
ant truths  that  Freemasons  are  so  success- 
fully denying.  The  worst  feature  of  the 
case  in  this  Hue  is,  that  people  at  largo 
seem  averse  to  light  on  the  magic  and 
uiysterio.us  bondage  they  are  under.  I 
have  a  degree  ©f  charity  for  the  j  outh  of 
our  laud  that  are  lured  into  its  mysterious 


folds  through  the  instrumentalities  of  the 

"ffuod  men"  (so-called)  that  give  character 
to  the  order.  But  should  there  be  any  ex- 
cuse for  the  intelligent  divine,  the  professed 
ambassador  of  Christ  Jesus,  to  unite  with 
such  and  hide  his  light  under  the  Masonic 
bushel  ?  For  myself  I  have  no  faith  in 
such  men  no  matter  what  their  antecedents 
aie,  apparently The  conclu- 
sion is  irresistible  that  the  "loaves  and 
tishes,"  etc.,  had  obscured  their  spiritual 
vision,  otherwise  they  were  wilfully  blind. 
Another  class  that  number  but  few  now 
living,  that  of  the  old  Anti-masons  like 
myself.  I  cannot  excuse  for  hiding  their 
light  by  keeping  entirely  mum  for  any 
consideration  whatever. 

I  hope  to  be  able  to  lend  you  (in  a  small 
way)  more  efficient  aid,  than  the  deep 
sympathy  that  pervades  my  bosom  in  this 
righteous  cause." 

A  friend  describes  many  localities  in 
writing  about  his  own  ;  he  says  that  Ma- 
sonry is  very  bad  in  his  place  ;  that  the 
people  will  do  nothing  until  war  or  a  sim- 
ilar calamity  rouses  them.  He  says  the 
Vi'omen  know  nothing  about  Masonry, 
and  the  churches  sleep,  all  but  one  pastor 
being  Masons. 

Such  a  report  may  discourage  the  feeble 
and  timid,  but  to  the  encourageous  and 
strong,  it  is  the  voice  of  a  trumpet  saying  : 
On  to  the  conflict.  Press  the  battle. 
David  Mumma,  Decatur,  Ind,,  writes  : 
"I  am  a  poor  man  but  I  have  a  dollar  to 
spare  just  now  to  extend  my  subscription 
another  si.x  mouths,  and  then  another 
dollar  will  make  its  appearance  I  trust.  I 
like  the  paper  very  well.  I  am  trying  to 
get  subscribers  for  it.  I  have  a  partial 
promise  of  two.  I  am  giving  my  papers  to 
my  neighbors  to  read.     Some  like  them." 

D.  C.  Cone,  Galva,  111.,  writes  : 

''I  will  not  do  without  my  Ci/iiosiire. 
You  may  put  me  down  as  a  life-long  sub- 
scriber, I  am  anticipating  some  subscrib- 
ers for  your  paper.  Am  opposed  to  the 
laying  the  corner-stones  of  the  Post-Olfice 
and  Custom-House  by  any  secret  organi- 
zation whatever," 

E.  B,  Parvin,  Cuba,  111.,  writes  : 

"I  am  well  posted  with  regard  to  the 
secrecy  influence  both  in  and  out  of  the 
church.  To  oppose  it  is  to  arouse  the  lion 
from  his  lair.  Its  influence  on  the  church 
is  baneful.  I  am  glad  therefore,  that  I  be- 
long to  a  church  whose  book  of  discipline 
forbids  the  union  of  our  members  in  secret 
conclave  with  libertines,  deists,  atheists, 
Jesuits  and  others  who  insult  and  hate  our 
Lord  .Jesus  Christ  and  his  church,  and 
compel  us  to  treat  1hem  as  brothers  in  the 
same  faith.  Although  our  church,  perhaps, 
has  never  been  without  law  on  the  subject 
yet,  however  demoralizing  it  may  be,  and 
nothing  can  be  more  so,  many  of  our  breth- 
ren in  high  authority  arc  slow  to  enforce 
the  rule. 

I  am  all  alone  in  this  place,  no  other 
anti-seciet  man,  the  spirit  of  Christ  help- 
eth  my  infirmities,  and  in  kindness  I  am 
giving  hard  blows." 

L.  Chittenden,  on  an  eastward  journey, 
writes  : 

"I  scattered  a  few  tracts  on  the  cars  af- 
ter I  left  Syracuse,  and  such  another  lime 
I  never  had  before.  I  find  they  are  greatly 
in  need  of  light,  even  if  it  is  candlelight." 

He  lectures  in  Clinton  Co.,  N.  Y.,  on 
his  way  East. 

S-  A.  Reynolds,  Waverly,  Pa.,  writes  : 

'  'My  heart  is  with  you  in  this  work  of 
truth  and  light." 

Caleb  Gray,  Halsey ,  Oregon,  writes  : 

"Mr. has  joined   the  grange  and 

can  find  no  further  use  for  the  paper." 

Grangers  generally  let  Masonry  alone, 
or  favor  it. 

Mr.  Baird,  Perry,  0.,  writes  : 

"I  will  suggest  one  thing  and  that  is, 
for  you  to  publish  in  the  Ci/nosiire  the  dif- 
ferent oaths  that  they  take  as  they  advance 
in  the  degrees  as  recorded  in  Bernard's 
Light  on  Masonry." 

AVc  are  now  about  to  publish  an  expo- 
sition of  Odd-fellowship  ;  iifter  that,  per- 
haps we  may  do  so  if  wc  can  make  it  con- 
venient. 

Thos.  Padden,  Laona,  N.  Y.,  writes  : 

"I  was  thirteen  years  old  when  Morgan 
was  murdered,  hence  my  aversion  (to  secret 
societies.)  .  .  I  obtained  twenty-eight 
names  to  the  petition.  AVorked  hard  for 
your  paper,  but  could  get  no  subscrip- 
tions." 

Perhaps  you  may  reap  the  fruits  of  this 
labor  in  the  fall.  Past  observation  shows 
that  hard  work  yersevered  in,  brings  an  in- 
crease after  a  time. 

M.  Allen,  Randolph,  AVis.,  writes  ; 


"I  am  in  sympathy  with  you.  Cannot 
do  much  here  yet.  I  am  sowing  seed  ; 
don't  know  what  the  crop  will  be.  Our 
fight  just  now  is  license  or  no  license  ;  our 
Board  don't  license  this  year,  and  beer 
men  are  howling.  Intemperance  and  Ma- 
sonry are  two  vile  creatures  with  me.  I 
am  in  for  the  fight,  and  have  been  for  the 
last  fifty  years." 

W.  Babcock,  Farmington,  N.  Y.,  writes  : 
_  "Your  circular  found  me  on  a  bed  of 
sickness,  and  since  I  received  your  last  pa- 
per I  still  circulate  the  protest  ;  though  un- 
well I  have  got  a  few  names  (he  sends 
sixty-eight)  and  should  have  got  many 
more  if  the  weather  had  permitted  me  to 
go  out.  The  farmers  and  country  people 
are  very  willing  to  sign,  but  in  our  vil- 
lages they  are  more  shy.  Some  Masons 
wanted  to  know  who  was  my  employer  ? 
They  thought  such  a  old  man  might  be 
better  employed.  God  bless  the  cause  and 
open  the  eyes  of  the  nation," 

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One  raj)  hy  the  Oavel  of  the  Noble  Grand,  repeated  by  the  Vice 
Grand^  commands  silence  and  oi'der. 

The  Noble  Grfind  having  callecl  the  lodge  to  order,  says: 
OlRcers,  take  your  respective  stations;  Guardian,  secure  the 
door;  Warden,  examine  the  brethren  iu  the  lodge  room. 

lu  some  lodges,  if  uo  one  is  suspected,  the  /Warden  says: 
all  riglit.  Noble  Grand.  But  in  others,  he  goes  round  and  holds 
his  car  to  each  one  in  tlie  room,  to  receive  the  quarterly  pass- 
word which  is  given  in  a  whisi^er.  The  Warden  returns  in  the 
same  manner  the  explanation  as  it  is  called,  i.  c.  The  pass- 
Avord  being  frater,  the  explanation  is  brother. 

It' all  have  the  correct  password,  the  Warden  says:  All 
right.  Noble  Grand.  If  uny  do  not  have  it  or  have  forgotten  it, 
the  Warden  reports  the  exception.  If  he  is  a  member  and 
good  on  the  book,  the  Noble  Grand  gives  him  the  word.  If  his 
dues  are  not  paid,  he  must  first  pay  them. 

Noble  Grand  to  Vice  Grand. — What  is  your  duly  iu  the 
lodge  ? 

Ans . — To  act  iu  conjunction  with  you  in  maintaining  order ; 
to  require  brethren  to  be  decorous  during  lodge  hours;  to  en- 
force iu  your  absence,  a  due  observance  of  the  laws,  and  to 
assist  you  iu  the  performance  of  your  duties. 

Noble  Grand  to  Vice  Grand. — Vice  Grand,  examine  your 
Supporters. 

Vice  Grand  to  Right  Supporter. — Right  Supporter,  what  is 
your  duty? 

Ans. — To  observe  that  Brothers  give  the  signs  correctly  and 
behave  projjcrly;  to  report  to  you  the  names  of  such  Brothers 
as  do  not  conduct  tliemselves  according  to  the  regulations  of 
the  order,  and  to  occupy  your  chair  temporarily,  when  vacated 
by  you  during  lodge  hours. 

Vice  Grand  to  Left  Supporter. — Left  Supporter,  what  is 
your  duty  V 

Ans. — To  act  in  conjunction  with  your  Right  Supporter  and 
to  olllciate  for  him  in  his  absence. 

Vice  Grand  to  Noble  Grand. — My  officers  are  correct.  Noble 
Grand. 

Noble  Grand  to  Secretary. — Secretary,  what  is  your  duty? 

Ans.  by  Recording  Secretary. — It  is  to  keep  accurate  min- 
utes of  the  transactions  of  this  lodge. 

Ans.  by  Permanent  Secretary. — To  keep  ciu'rectly  the  ac- 
counts between  this  lodge  and  its  members,  without  prejudice 
or  partiality;  to  receive  all  monies  and  pay  the  same  to  tlie 
Tieasurer.     (Some  Lodges  have  oulj^  one  Secretary). 

Noble  Grand  to  Warden, — Warden,  what  is  your  duty? 

Ans. — To  examine  the  Brethren  with  circumspection,  betore 
the  lodge  is  opened ;  to  give  the  charge  of  my  office,  on  the  in- 
itiation of  a  Brother ;  to  place  and  replace  the  regalia  in  a  care- 
ful Avay,  and  report  to  you  anj'  damage  it  may  have  received. 

Noble  Grand  to  Right  Supporter. — Right  Supporter,  what 
is  your  duty  ? 

Ans. — To  support  you  in  keeping  order ;  to  execute  your 
command;  to  assist  at  the  initiation  of  a  Brother;  to  open  and 
close  the  lodge  in  due  form,  and  to  see  that  the  signs  are  given 
correctly. 

Noble  Grand  to  Left  Supporter.  Left  Supporter,  what  is 
your  duty  ? 

Ans.  To  see  that  Brothers  who  enter  the  room  are  in  proper 
regalia,  and  give  the  signs  correctly;  to  officiate  for  your  Right 
Supporter  in  his  absence,  and  to  assist  at  the  initiation  of  a 
Brother. 

Noble  Grand  to  Outside  Guiirdian.  Outside  Guardian,  what 
is  your  dut^^  ? 

Aus.  Wlien  candidates  are  to  be  initialed,  or  Brotlicrs 
admitted,  to  see  that  they  are  orderly  and  qualified  according 
to  lodge  rules;  to  examine  aud  reject  any  one  I  suspect,  until 
your  opinion  is  taken ;  to  receive  the  pass-word  previous  to  ad- 
mission, and  to  guard  the  lodge  from  any  improper  intru- 
sion; to  prevent  the  admittance  of  any  one  during  tlie  oi^enius;- 
of  the  lodge,  the  initiation  of  a  candidate  "or  at  other  times, 
when  so  directed;  to  prevent  any  person  from  listening,  to  ac- 
quire a  knowledge  of  what  is  going  on  iu  the  lodge,  and  to  act 
in  conjunction  witii  the  Supporters  and  Inside  Guardian  in  the 
execution  of  your  commands. 

Noble  Grand  to  Inside  Guardian.  luside  Guardian,  what 
is  your  duty  ? 

Ans.  To  receive  the  explanation  of  tlie  pass-word ;  to  act 
in  conjunction  with  the  Outside  Guardian  ;  during  his  absence, 
to  officiate  for  him  and  obe3'  your  commands. 

Noble  Grand  to  the  lodge.  Otficers  and  Brothers,  I  hope 
and  expect  each  Officer  will  do  his  duty,  and  that  Brothers  will 
be  orderly  and  attentive  to  the  business  of  the  eveniug,  so  that 
we  may  not  be  under  the  necessity  of  enforcing  the  restrictive 
laws  or  fines.  It  is  a  duty  incumbent  on  the  Noble  Grand  to 
judge  impartially  of  every  transaction  and  to  admit  no  Brother, 
except  members  of  this  lodge,  Avho  has  not  received  the  pass- 
word of  the  current  quarter.  [This  charge  is  not  intended  to 
exclude  strangers  having  traveling  cards  of  the  order,  or  others 
having  indisputable  evidence  that  they  are  worth}'  Brothers] 
I  therefore  trust  that  all  will  act  with  prudence,  zeal  and  in- 
tegrity, as  on  these  virtues  depend  our  happiness  and  comfort ; 
keeping  in  view  that  philanthropic  principle  by  which  we  hail 
each  others  as  Brothers — regarding  our  lodge  as  as  our  family, 
and  whose  actions,  if   founded  ,oii  that  grand  principle,  are 


calculated  to  make  men  social  and  humane.  Officers  and 
Brothers,  I  will  thank  you  to  be  standing  aud  assist  my  Right 
Supporter  in  opening  the  lodge. 

OPENING   ODE. 

Brethren  of  our  friendly  Order, 

Honor  here  asserts  her  sway ; 
All  within  our  sacred  border 

Must  her  stern  commands  obey. 

Join  Odd  Fellowship  of  brothers. 

In  the  song  of  truth  and  love; 
Leavu  disputes  and  strife  to  others. 

We  in  harmony  must  move. 

Honor  to  her  court  invites  us, 

Worthy  subjects  let  ns  prove; 
Strong  the  chain  that  here  unites  us 

Linked  with  friendship,  truth  and  love. 

In  our  hearts  enshrined  and  ch<irislicd, 

May  these  feelings  ever  bloom; 
Failing  not  when  life  has  perished, 

Living  still  beyond  the  tomb. 

Right  supporter,  addressing  the  lodge.  By  direction  of  our 
Noble  Grand,  I  proclaim  this  lodge  duly  opened  for  the  transac- 
tion of  such  business  as  may  be  lawfully  brought  before  it,  and, 
for  the  diffusion  of  principles  of  benevolence  and  charity. 

Noble  Grand  to  the  Lodge.  During  which  time  we  admit 
of  no  political,  sectarian  or  (^Iher  improper  debate  under 
penalty. 

[Tlie  lodge  is  usually  opened  and  closed  by  prayer,  if  the 
Chaplain  is  present.  Some  lodges  have  a  Chapter  read  at  the 
openiug.] 

OPENING  I'BAYER.* 

"Thou  King  eternal,  immortal,  and  invisible!  the  only  wise 
God,  our  Savior !  Thou  art  the  Sovereign  of  Universal  nature, 
the  only  true  object  of  our  best  and  holiest  affections.  We  ren- 
der Thee  hearty  thanks  for  that  kind  providence  which  has  jare- 
served  us  during  the  past  week,  protecting  us  from  the  perils 
and  dangers  of  this  life,  and  for  fiermittiug  us  uow  to  assemble 
in  Thy  name  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

We  humbly  beseech  thee,  our  Heavenly  Father,  to  preside 
over  our  assembly,  to  breathe  into  our  hearts  the  spirit  of  love 
and  of  a  sound  mind;  and  may  each  and  all  be  governed  by 
an  anxious  desire  to  advance  Thy  glory  and  ameliorate  the  con- 
dition of  mankind.  Let  thy  blessing  rest  upon  our  Order,  ui)on 
all  the  Lodges,  Grand  and  Subordinate,  belonging  to  our  entire 
family  of  brothers.  Let  Friendship,  Love  and  Truth  prevail 
until  the  last  tear  of  distress  be  wiped  away,  aud  the  lodge  be- 
low be  absolved  by  the  glory  aud  grandeur  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
above. 

This  we  ask  in  humble  dependence  upon,  and  iu  most 
solemn  adoration  of  thy  One  mysterious  aud  glorious  Name. 
Amen." 

ORDER   OF   BUSINESS. 

One  rap  by  the  gifvel  of  the  Noble  Grand  repealed  liy  the 
Vice  Grand  commands  silence  and  order  for  the  transaction  of 
business. 

Noble  Grand  to  Secretary.  Brother  Secr'^.tary,  I  will  thank 
you  to  call  the  roll  of  officers,  aud  read  the  proceedings  of  last 
lodge  night.  [The  Secretary  reads  the  minutes,  which,  if  cor- 
rect, stand  adopted]. 

1st.  Noble  Grand  to  the  Lodge.  Does  any  Brt)ther  know 
of  a  sick  brother  or  a  brother  in  distress? 

2d.     Consideration  of  previous  proposals  for  membership. 
Admission  of  candidates  if  any. 
Proposals  for  membership. 
Unfinished  business  appearing  on  llie  minutes. 
Has  any  brollier  anything  to  offer  for  the  good  of  the 


3d. 
4th. 
5lh. 
6th. 
order  ? 
7th. 


Closing  of  the  lodge. 

INITIATION. 

The  candidate  having  been  accepted  by  vote  of  the  brothers, 
is  taken  into  the  ante-room  of  the  lodge  and  catechized  in  the 
following  nuinner  by  the  Vice  Grand  or  a  Past  Grand  especially 
deputied,  the  answers  being  recorded  in  a  book  with  printed 
queslions  and  a  blank  for  answers. 

1.  What  is  your  name  ? 

2.  Where  do  j'ou  reside  ? 

3.  What  is  your  occupation  ? 

4.  Plow  old  are  you  ? 

5.  Do  you  hold  membership  in  any  other  order  of  Odd 
Fellows  or  are  you  suspended  or  expelled  from  any  lodge  of 
this  Order? 

C.    Are  you,  so  far  as  you  know,  iu  sound  healtli  ? 

7.  Do  you  believe  in  the  existence  of  a  Supreme,  Intelli- 
gent Being,  the  Creator  and  preserver  of  the  Universe  ? 

8.  Are  you  willing  to  subscribe  to  the  trulliof  the  answers 
you  have  now  made  ? 

The  candidate  signs  liis  name  to  the  answers  given  aud  his 
examiner  attests  the  signature  with  his  ownuame  below. liShould 
the  candidate  give  an  unsatisfactory  answer  to  any  of  the  ques- 
tions, he  is  dismissed  from  the  room  aud  the  case  is  reported  to 
the  lodge.  Should  all  prove  satisfactory,  the  examiner  asks 
the  candidate:  Are  you  willing  to  enter  into  an  obligation  to 
keep  secret  all  that  may  transpire  during  your  Initiation?  If 
this  is  answered  in  the  affirmative,  the  candidate  repeats  after 
the  examiner  the  following  promise: 

"I  hereby  pledge  my  sacred  honor  that  I  will  keep  secret 
whatever  may  transpire  daring  my  initiation." 


*"Adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States,  to  exclude  prayers 
offensive  to  members  of  the  Order  in  m.auy  of  our  Lodges.  It  also  ordered 
that  on  all  occasions  of  the  Order,  the  same  spifit  as  observed  in  the  fore- 
going, shall  be  strictly  followed  by  the  officiating  clergyman  or  chaplain." 

"It  is  desiral)le  and  eminently  proper  that  all  Lodges  should  open  and 
close  with  prayer  1  Each  Subordinate  may  determine  for  itself  upon  open- 
ing and  closiog  its  session  with  pi-ayer,  and  may  determine,  upon  the  form 
to'be  used!"— Z'igssi  G.  L.  XI.  S.  p  123.  Grosr/rs  OddFelloiv's  Pocket  .}fan- 
ual  pp  249-50. 

(to  be  CONTINUED.) 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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ONE  THOUSAND    EUBSCRIUERS  IN  INDIANA. 

We  hope  every  one  of  our  Indiana 
Bubscribers  read  the  publisher's  depart- 
ment last  week. 

A  year  ago  last  May  we  wrote,  '  'In- 
diana is  fifth  in  the  list.  ...  If 
those  (states)  above  her  are  not  so  dili- 
gent she  will  go  above  them." 

This  has  become  a  fact.  Indiana  is 
now  third  on  our  list. 

Her  State  Agent  asked  the  people  to 
work  for  the  Cynosure  and  said  he  in- 
tended, if  possible,  to  have  a  thousand 
copies  taken  in  the  State  by  the  fourth 
of  November,  1874.  We  hope  and  be- 
lieve that    this  will   be  accomplished. 

Read  the  following  from  James  Mc'- 
Connell  of  Ligonier,  Ind. ,  recently  re- 
C3ived. 

'•We  are  taking  steps  to  organize 
clubs  in  the  several  townships  through- 
out this  County,  (Noble,)  the  object 
of  which  is  to  get  a  circulation  for  your 
paper  and  a  fund  to  purchase  anti-se- 
cret documents  for  distribution.  If 
you  will  send  me  twenty-  five  copies  of 
this  week's  Cynosure,  I  will  skk  that 


you  get  a  like  number  or  more  perma- 
nent subscribers  from  this  County,'' 
Who  is  the  next  to  lock  after  another 
twenty-five  or  more?  Organize  if  you 
can  but  get  eubscubers  whatever  else 
is  done. 

ANTI-MASONIC       CELEBRATIONS       ON       THE 
FOURTH  or  JULT. 

Those  who  cannot  obtain  speakers  for 
Atit'-masocic  celebrations  on  the  Fourth 
of  July,  can  probably  find  some  good 
reader  to  read  the  speech  of  Chas.  W. 
Greene  on  the  graag-es,  published  June 
18',h  in  the  Cynosure. 

Do  all  you  can  to  promote  this  cause 
on  that  day,  and  then  write  to  us  oi 
your  succ  ss. 


The  Minutes  of  the  Syracuse  Conven- 
tion will  be  published  in  pamphlet  form. 
Pricp,  single  copy,  25  cents;  $2.00  per 
dczen,  post  paid. 


The  season  of  college  commencements 
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postage  extra.  The  postage  is  one  cent 
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numbers  containing  the  complete  min- 
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We  have  nearly  a  thousand  copies  of 
back  numbers  of  the  Cynosure,  mostly 
May  21st  and  28th,  that  will  be  sent 
free  to  all  who  will  circulate  them  and 
to  canvassers  post  paid.  Those  who 
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requested  to  send  one  cent  each,  for 
postage  on  the  copies  desired. 


Subscription  Letters  received  dur- 
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1874.— TC  Appleton,  J  A  Brown.  J 
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sett,  B  A  Bailey,  A  J  Birdsall,  E  J 
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tie, E  A  Cook,  L  Chittenden,  D  C 
Cone,  P  P  Chapman,  J  Dickman,  J 
Dawson,  M  E  Fisk,  C  F  A  Gantzckow, 
R  Green,  S  D  Green.  C  Gray,  E  W 
Horr,  T  Hudson,  G  Helber,  Mrs  Jenks, 
S  B  Kimball.  D  King,  W  J  Knappen, 
H  H  Lin|o,  H  Lewis,  W  Leslie,  E  E 
Morrison,  D  Mumma,  VV  Mauchmer,  D 
McKee,  R  Mansfield,  W  Northup  (2), 
W  J  Patterson,  C  R  Paddock,  J  Pix- 
iey,  E  B  Parvin,  S  P  Poole,  T  Pad- 
den,  J  S  Rice,  J  Russel",  J  Remington, 
S  A  Reynolds,  S  Sv/eat,  J  H  Spohn,  W 
Springer,  A  C  Salisbury,  J  R  Shearer, 
J  Scott,  A  A  Stevens,  W  South  worth, 
N  Thomas,  N  Warren,  A  Willets,  VV 
G  Walters. 

Subscription  Letters  received  du- 
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Brooks,  T  P  Barker,  R  E  Bird,  J  W 
Baldridge,  J  L  Barlow,  T  Butler,  H  M 


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Ellen  Ewing,  J  Foley,  J  H  Frazee,  W 
Gilmore,  S  D  Greene,  J  S  Hickman, 
Rsv.  A  Hard,  GB  Hopkins,  DE  Jenks, 
H  L  Kellogg,  D  Keister,  W  B  Lloyd, 
W  M  Love,  J  Lautz,  T  Martin,  A  J 
Miller,  S  Murv'.y,  G  Mazs,  J  H  Ob^r, 
N  Perkins,  J  T  Rorabaugb,  J  W  Rcff, 
J  S  Rice,  H  SpafiFurd,  S  Schriver,  L  B 
Smith,  B  G  Stillojan,  W  N  Smith, 
Strong,  E  P  Sellew,  Mrs.  C  L  Stod- 
dard, Mrs.  M  C  Smith,  N  Smith,  A 
ShowaU.er.  A  C  Stanles,  I  Strong, 
B  Ulsh,  A  Willets,  S  Wilson,  D  W 
Wood  worth,  J   Yeager,  J  Ziegrler. 

MAKESJT  KliPOISTS 


Chicago,  June  22,  1S74, 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 
Grain  Wheat— Spring,  'No.  1 . .     $    1  20 

"        No.    2 1  22  1  22J4 

"       No.  3 1  17H 

"       Rejected 1  02  i  (!6 

Corn— No. 2 GO  G0?;£ 

Rejected 57H 

Oats— No.  2... 40       47;4 

Rejected 4314 

Rye— No.  3 85 

Flour,  Winter 5  50  8  00 

Spring   extra 5  12  5  75 

Snperiine 3  60  4  75 

Hay— Ticaotliy,  pressed 12  00  15  00 

"           loose 12  00  14  00 

Prairie,      "     9  00  12  00 

Lard   11 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 17  30 

Butter 15  21 

Cheese  lO/j  12'^ 

Eggs 12  13 

Beans 1  85  2  40 

Potatoes,  per  bu        75  1  30 

Broom  corn 04  09 

Hides— Green  and  green  cured —        0(J!4      09 
Pull  cured  add  li  per  cent. 

Lumber- Clear 38  00  B5  00 

Common 1150  13  00 

Lath 2  25 

Shingles 1  50  3  60 

WOOL— Vf^ashed 3S  53 

Unwashed 27  33 

LIVB  STOCK.  Cattle,  extra....  0  30  0  60 

Good  to  choice 5  65  6  20 

Medium 4  75  5  50 

Common 3  25  4  B5 

Hogs, 5  00  5  95 

Sheep 3  50  5  5C 

New  'Fork  Market. 

Flour $4  80  1100 

Wheat 143  152 

Corn 81  S3 

Oats 01  08 

sRye 105  1(9 

Lard ll'/4 

Mess  pork 17  75 

Butter 20  28 

ChCGEe 12V4  14% 

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State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
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C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A,  Wallace,  Senecaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Leviugton,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.Rathbun,  Bath,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y. 
S.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summeriieid,  O. 

L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 

J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 

Linus  Chittenden ,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 

P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton, Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Boui'bon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis. 
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Contents. 

Page. 

Editorial  Articles 8 

The  Corner-Stone:  Wholaid  it? Beecher-Tiltou  again 

Tlie  Independent  Church  of  Christ Notes 

'Thb  Stbacusb  Convention. 

The  Power  of  the  W\\\  (Poetry) 2 

Views  of  E.  Honeywell 2 

Address  of  Mrs.  M.  J.  Gage 3 

Address  of  Elder  J.  R.   Baird 3 

Address  of  Rev.  D.  S.   Caldwell i 

Proceedings  of  the  Political  Mass  Meeting 4 

Topics  of  tbe  Time 1 

Reporm  News 12 

From  the  General  Agent From  Williams  County,  O. . 

Correspondence 6,  13 

The  Lodge  Opposes  the  Gospel  ...Why  this  Objection  ? 

Onr  Mail The  "Christian  at  Work"   on  the    Syracuse 

Convention Progress  and  Threats The  Lodge  Op- 
poses the  Gospel The  Press  on  the  Chicago  Corner- 
stone Affair 9 

The  Home  CiKCLB 10 

Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbath  School 6 

Home  and  Health  Hints 7 

Farm  and  Garden 7 

Religious  Intelligence 12 

News  of  the  WeeK 5 

Publisher's  Department f  16 

Advertisements 15,  16 

Member's  Tickets. — At  Syracuse  a  plan  was  de- 
vised for  our  work.  The  plan  is  this  :  Tickets  of 
membership  are  issued  to  be  sold  at  twent5'-five  cents 
■each .  When  any  person  by  one  payment  of  this  sum 
becomes  an  annual  member  of  the  Association,  his  or 
lier  name,  age  and  post-office  address  are  written  out 
in  a  book  prepared  for  the  purpose.  Persons  desir- 
ing life  membership,  can  have  it  by  the  payment  at 
one  time  of  ten  dollars.  Tickets  will  be  sent  to  known 
friends  of  the  cause  who  make  application,  and  also 
papers  for  the  enrollment  of  members  names.  No?v 
let  all  who  want  to  see  the  secret  lodges  overthrown, 
set  to  work.  Send  at  once  for  member's  tickets,  and 
let  us  see  how  many  we  can  get  on  record  against  the 
lodge.  All  application  for  6uch  tickets  and  all  lists  of 
members  should  be  sent  to  C.  A.  Blanchard,  Secre- 
tary N.  C.  A.,  11  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 


Another  Leaf  Turned. — Theodore  Tilton  has  at 
last  broken  his  silence  and  spoken  the  word  that  has 
introduced  what  will  probably  prove  the  last  act  in 
the  fearful  draoia  commonly  called  Beecher  and  Tilton. 
This  result  has  been  directly  caused  by  the  ill-advised 
championship  of  Dr.  Bacon,  a  Congregational  minister 
of  New  Haven.  He  having  (apparently)  no  work  to 
do  in  saving  souls,  indites  a  series  of  articles  to  the 
N.  Y.  Independent  lauding  Beecher  and,  by  insinua- 
tion, condemning  'I'ilton.  Mr.  Tilton  in  self-defense 
prints  a  statement  of  the  matter  from  the  first,  includ- 
ing part  of  a  note  from  Mr.  Beecher  written  in  \B1\, 
in  which  he  begs  Mr.  Tilton's  pardon  for  a  grevious 
wrong,  and  wishes  that  he  were  dead.  Tilton  also 
says  that  Mr.  Beecher  has  committed  a  crime  against 
him  which  he  forbears  to  name  or  characterize.  There 
is  to  be  another  scene  in  this  act.  In  some  way  or 
other  this  nameless  wrong  is  to  be  named.  Its  truth 
jproved  or  disproved,  and  the  Christian  world  will  de 
plore  his  fall  or  rejoice  in  his  vindication.  The  end  is 
at  hand. 


Just  now  the  legislature  has  done  two  things:  passed 
an  act  abolishing  the  State  constabulary,  and  another 
licensing  rum.  Gov.  Talbot  has  also  done  two  things, 
that  is,  vetoed  both  these  acts.  What  is  the  State 
constabulary?  A  body  of  men  acting  under  a  chief 
constable  whose  duty  it  is  to  detect  and  arrest  violat- 
ors of  tbe  State  liquor  laws.  The  men  thus  employed 
are  many  of  them  Masons  and  have  neglected  to  en- 
force the  law  on  th«  Masonic  liquor-sellers.  They 
have,  however,  done  a  good  deal,  and  Massachusetts  is 
as  much  better  than  Pennsylvania  in  regard  to  this 
traffic  as  light  is  better  for  workmen  than  darkness.  The 
legislature  is  now  largely  in  the  hands  of  little  Free- 
masons and  G.  A.  R.  men  who  have  varied  their 
statesmanlike  practices  on  Sumner  by  acts  to  license 
lawlessness.  We  never  heard  of  Gov.  Talbot  before, 
but  give  a  "God  speed"  in  his  work  so  far  as  reported. 


Central  Baptist  Cuukcii.— This  bsautiful  building 
in  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ,  has  just  caused  the  death  of  four- 
teen persons  and  the  serious  injury  of  fifty  more.  As 
a  large  company  were  gathered  in  the  parlors  the 
floor  gave  way;  three  hundred  people  were  precipitated 
to  the  room  below,  and  then  the  cries  of  the  wounded 
rang  out  on  the  night  air.  The  newspapers  of  the 
country  are  making  this  the  text  of  sermons  on  incom- 
petent architects  and  penurious  people.  We  choose 
to  derive  another  lesson  from  it.  Is  it  or  is  it  not 
true  that  the  large  majority  of  men,  even  church  mem- 
bers, are  absorbed  in  pursuit  of  two  things,  money  and 
pleasure  3  Is  it  or  is  it  not  true  that  prayer  meetings 
are  almost  a  ''lost  means  of  grace,"  and  that  festivals, 
concerts,  operas  and  lectures  have  pushed  them  into  a 
very  small  corner  of  the  religious  world!  Is  it  or  is 
it  not  true  that  men  are  more  anxious,  many  of  them, 
to  have  a  large  church  than  a  pure  one  ?  To  have  a 
fine  building  than  one  less  costly  where  seats  are 
free !  To  have  a  popular  minister  than  one  who  is 
busy  about  the  living  reforms  of  to-day  ?  Is  it  or  is 
it  not  true  that  the  catechism  is  thrown  aside  for  the 
exceedingly  thin  Sabbath-school  book,  and  that  pasto- 
ral visits  have  degenerated  into  social  calls  ?  We  have 
no  answer  to  make  to  those  questions,  save  the  gen- 
eral one  that  the  churches  are  in  many  instances  los- 
ing thsir  spiritual  power  by  conformity  to  the  world. 
We  have  no  quarrel  with  innocent  festivals  like  the 
one  in  progrefs  when  this  fearful  event  took  place. 
We  only  wish  our  fellow  Christians  to  study  this  and 
the  many  like  providences  that  are  occurring,  to  ascer- 
tain if  we  are  not  in  danger  of  departing  from  our 
God.  Aside  from  his  service  there  is  no  security  for 
body  or  soul.  Let  us  build  up  the  prayer  meeting 
and  draw  near  to  our  Lord. 


of  small  thinsjs.  One  Mason  who  was  dodging  around 
behind  the  other  processions  took  up  his  apron  and 
followed  them  and  a  new  comer  or  two  helped  to  keep 
them  in  countenance;  but  it  was  a  plim  afiair.  After 
it  was  over  a  young:  gentleman  said  to  one  of  the 
"brothers"  "  Why  don't  all  the  Masons  turnout  in 
your  processions  ?  "  ''Well,  "  said  he,  "  they  have  got 
to  do  it.  We  ain't  going  to  have  men  any  longer 
that  are  ashamed  to  come  out  on  the  street  with  us." 
This  is  all  right.  By  all  means  let  us  know  who  they 
are,  and  let  any  man  that  is  ashamed  to  wear  his 
bib  be  turned  out  for  unmasonic  conduct.  We  have 
known  some  fellows  to  be  in  the  ring  for  years  and 
never  follow  the  apron  (in  public)  till  the  "greatest 
and  best  men  of  every  age"  would  extend  their 
privileges  by  getting  them  an  office.  These  men  who 
are  "endowed  with  a  competency  of  divine  (Ma- 
sonic) wisdom  so  that  they  can  get  office  before  they 
march  with  the  Masons  are  a  mean  set.  Make  them 
all  come  out  and  stand  up.  Every  good  Mason 
should  be  willing  to  march  whether  he  gets  an  office 
or  not.      Altogether  they  should   sweetly  sing: 

In  the  Mason's  bib  I  glory 
Stretching  o'er  my  abdomen ; 

All  the  innocence  of  ages 
It  describes  when  it  is  clean. 

Bribes  and  printing  steals  unending 
The  apron  still  doth  sanctify; 

Buy  it,  wear  it  and  then  wash  it. 
You  will  need  it  when  you  die. 


The  Gag  Law. — Senator  Carpenter  has  just  written 
a  long  letter  to  prove  that  his  "act  to  muzzle  the 
press"  was  not  intended  and  could  not  be  used  to  pre- 
vent free  publication  of  all  things  which  the  people 
require  to  know.  He  says  that  a  suit  against  a  New 
York  paper  could  not  be  prosecuted  in  Washington 
under  his  act.  He  then  goes  on  to  show  that  it  ought 
to  be  possible  to  prosecute  them  in  exactly  that  way. 
He  siys  that  the  law  of  libel  is  no  worse  than  a  law 
against  stealing,  and  that  neither  one  can  trouble  an 
honest  man.  Of  course  no  one  expects  a  Senator  of 
this  period  to  make  an  ambiguous  statement  when 
about  to  attempt  a  wholesale  destruction  of  the  liberty 
of  the  press.  The  second  section  of  the  act  is  an  in- 
volved and  unintelligible  jumble  of  words  which  seem 
to  mean  that  a  firm  doing  business  by  an  agent  in  any 
State  or  Territory,  may  be  called  to  trial  in  that  State 
or  Teri'itory,  including  the  District  of  Columbia,  by  a 
process  served  on  the  agent  and  his  principal.  Now 
if  the  apparent  meaning  is  the  true  one,  there  is  no 
reason  to  doubt,  and  every  reason  to  believe,  that  it 
would  apply  to  newspapers  and  was  designed  to  apply 
to  them.  As  to  his  statement  that  honest  men  need 
not  dread  the  action  of  a  law  they  do  not  violate,  that 


depends  wholly   on   circumstances.     When   laws  are 
Making  them  stand  Up. — Within  a  few  years    past  [administered  justly    and   swiftly,    it   is   true.     When 


To  License  Lawlessness. — Twenty  years  ago  Mae- 
sachusetts  had  a  stringent  and  effective  prohibitory 
law.  It  was  brought  in  by  the  reformation  in  the 
churches.  After  a  while  the  Washingtonians  pushed 
the  ministers  who  inaugurated  the  movement  one  side, 
and  then  the  secret  temperance  orders  pushed  out  the 
Washingtonians.  To-day  the  State  is  fuU  of  those  se- 
cret orders  and  the  temperance  sentiment  weaker  than 
it  has  been  since  the  first  prohibitory  law  was  passed. 


there  have  been  three  Masonic  funerals  in  Wheaton, 
Illinois.  At  the  first  of  the  three  there  was  hardly 
a  corporal's  guard  present.  When  the  second  came 
there  was  an  effort  made  to  have  a  good  turn  out. 
Masons  came  from  all  surrounding  villgaes,  washed 
their  faces  and  behaved  very  well  until  the  services 
were  over,  when  they  felt  so  badly  that  they  were 
compelled  to  fill  the  two  raloons  of  the  place  per- 
fectly full  of  their  white  linen  aprons  (the  emblem 
of  innocence  and  badge  of  a  Mason,  etc, ,)  to  obtain 
spiritual  consolation.  This  was  a  little  worse  than 
to  have  a  small  turn  out.  So  when  the  third  funer- 
al cams  they  fell  back  on  the  home  guard,  and  thi? 
time  again  we.  were  exhorted   iiat  to  despise  the  d.tv 


Barnad,  Carlozo,  and  their  ilk  are  on  the  bench,  it  is 
very  false.  To  call  a  Senator  to  trial  before  a  jury 
composed  of  that  Senator's  clerks  and  suppliants 
would  be  just  as  sensible  as  to  allow  that  Senator  to 
drag  one  against  whom  he  had  a  personal  spite  a 
thousand  miles  to  stand  trial  before  that  same  depend- 
ent jury.  In  neither  case  would  an  ordinary  man 
expect  to  see  justice  done.  There  is  one  apology  for 
the  Senate  possible.  They  tried  to  pass  an  inflation 
act  and  made  one  for  contracting  the  currency.  Then 
they  tried  to  pass  a  hard  money  act  and  made  one  for 
inflation.  If  they  have  done  as  well  as  they  knew 
how  they  are  not  to  be  blamed  for  an  honest,  insur- 
mountable cttir.i'iWTr  _^ --— 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


THE  SYRACUSE  CONVENTION. 


The  Power  of  Will. 


filing  liij  Mr.  Clark  in  the  Sijracuse  Mass  Meeliny. 

We  have  I'aitli  in  old  proverbs  full  surely, 

i'or  \vis<Ioin  hath  traced  what  they  tell, 
And  truth  may  bo  drawu  up  as  purely 

From  them  as  it  may  from  a  well ; 
Let  us  (luestion  the  thinkers  and  doers 

And  hear  what  they  honestly  say, 
And  you'll  llnd  they  believe  like  hold  wooers, 

That  where  there's  a  will  there's  a  way. 

The  hills  have  been  hi;rli  for  man's  mounting; 

The  woods  have  been  dense  for  his  axe; 
The  stars  liave  been  thick  for  his  counting; 

The  sands  have  been  wide  for  his  tracks; 
Tlio  sea  luis  been  deep  for  his  diving; 

The  poles  have  been  wide  for  his  sway; 
Yet  bravely  he's  proved  by  his  striving 

That  where  there's  a  will  there's  a  way. 

Have  you  poverty's  pinchings  to  copo  with? 

Does  suhering  weigh  down  your  might? 
Only  call  uji  a  spirit  to  hope  with. 

And  dawn  will  come  out  of  the  night. 
O,  much  may  be  done  by  defying 

The  boasts  of  despair  and  dismay, 
And  much  may  be  done  by  relying 

On— where  there's  a  will  there's  a  way. 

Eo  you  sec  afar  off  that  worth  winning, 

Set  out  on  tlie  journey  with  trust; 
And  ne'er  heed  it  your  path  at  beginning 

Be  filled  full  of  brambles  and  dust; 
Though  it  is  but  by  foot.'^tcps  ye  do  it. 

And  hardships  may  hinder  and  stay. 
Keep  a  heart  and  lie  sure  you'll  get  through  it. 

For  where  there's  a  will  there's  a  way. 


Views  of  E.  Honeywell, 


ON    SI'HKADING    Ff{EE    TRACTS    BEFORE     OUR    YOUTH,     AND 
VOTIKG  FOlt  FREE  MEN  TO  MAKE   O'JR  LAWS. 

Gentlemen: — If  we  want  to  abate  a  nuisance  we 
must  stop  the  fountain  that  feeds  tliat  nuisance;  else 
our  labor  is  vain.  So,  if  the  workings  of  Lucifer  in 
dark  dens  is  a  mystery  to  our  youth,  just  send  them 
a  leaflet  showing  what  that  dark  work  is,  and  their 
mysterious  puzzle  is  solved.  Then  that  itching  curios- 
ity impelling  them  into  a  lodge  is  abated,  and  they  will 
feel  a  deep  loathing  and  hatred  of  all  its  death  penal- 
ties. Therefore,  if  mystery  is  the  hfe-blood  of  Masonry, 
and  you  know  it  is,  we  have  only  to  remove  that  mys- 
tery and  our  Avork  is  done. 

Now,  as  one  of  the  measures  for  removing  it,  I  sug- 
gest that  this  Convention,  through  a  committee,  send 
out  its  own  tract,  directed  specially  to  our  5,000,000 
youno'  men,  showing  them  the  inside  workings  of  the 
lodge,  and  pledging  our  own  veracity  for  the  truth  of 
everv  word  given  in  that  tract;  so  that  no  honest  man 
could  any  longer  cavil  as  to  the  clearness  and  fulness 
of  its  testimony.  This  showing  would  remove  that 
mysticism — that  icjnlsfatuus — that  now  lures  our  sons 
into  the  lodge;  and  it  would  thus  stop  the  flood  of  new 
recruits, — a  result  which,  in  my  own  vicinity,  I  have 
already  seen.  Then,  if  the  lodge  gets  no  more  re- 
cruits, its  extinction  becomes  inevitable.  AVc.  know 
that  ignorance  is  the  strongest  weapon  that  Masonry 
has.  Shall  we  then  encourage  that  ignorance  by  let- 
ting our  sons,  for  want  of  information,  be  Avheedled 
away  into  sly  dens  where  banditti  will  chain  them  to 
servitude  for  life ;  and  we,  Galleo-like,  care  for  none  of 
these  things  ?  Heaven  forbid  it.  We  must  show  our 
boys  that  none  but  the  wicked  flee — into  dens — when 
no  man  pursucth,  for  the  righteous  are  bold  as  a  lion. 
(If  these  expressions  seem  jharsh,  just  compare  them 
with  threatenings  in  the  lodge  room,  to  tear  out  human 
vitals,  to  broil  their  brains,  to  burn  the  quivering  bow- 
els, and  to  gibbet  tlie  defaulter  on  the  highest  spire  in 
Christendom,  or  to  actually  drown  him  in  the  Niagara 
River!  and  I  think  you  will  then  complain  no  more  of 
my  words  being  harsh.) 

I  want  a  ticket  ready,  too,  so  that  each  man  may 
use  it  just  as  soon  as  he  can  sec  through  the  turbid 
inconsistencies  that  now  surround  him:  for  even  Anti- 
masons  have  long  been  voting  that  oath-bound  clans- 
men shall  lay  our  corner-stones  and  be  our  law  makers 
and  our  judges..  Is  not  this  a  glaring  inconsistency  ? 
If  we  pray  for  God's  kingdom  to  come,  why  not  vote 
down  the  obstructions  that  stand  in  its  way  ?  And  if 
the  vile  craft  that  mobbed  and  shot  brother  Rathbun  is 
no  obstruction  to  the  free  course  of  God's  kingdom, 
then  Lucifer  hiiiiself  has  no  weapons  that  will  obstruct 
it.  I  know,  for  I  have  seen  it,  that  timo-servers  who 
truckle  to  popular  opinion,  right  or  wrong,  will  not 
dare  use  a  truly  consistent  vote  till  they  are  enlighten- 
ed; for  they  think  if  their  great  "Diana"  should  be 
set  at  naught  and   be  despised   they  coidd   no   longer 


.sell  their  "silver  shrines."  Popular  sentiment  on 
popular  crimes  has  long  shown  itself  to  be  just  like 
that  of  the  hired  girl  at  my  house  twenty  years  ago, 
who  said,  "I  don't  want  slavery  abolished  if  it's  going 
to  mtike  calico  any  dearer."  This  was  a  true  type  of 
public  justice  to  the  slave.  Each  man  then,  as  now, 
wanted  to  sell  the  silver  shrines  of  his  Diana,  and  so 
gave  her  his  vote.  But,  knowing  as  I  did  thirty-seven 
years  ago,  that  somebody  must  strike  the  first  blow  in 
each  locality,  I  then  gave  ^one  solitary  Anti-masonic 
vote  in  old  Steuben,  N.  Y.  The  next  year  we  had 
two  such  votes;  and  the  fourth  6r  fifth  year  elected 
most  of  our  town  officers.  This  opened  the  ej'cs  of 
our  time-servers;  and  in  twentj'  years  more  that  same 
kind  of  ticket  elected  Abraham  Lincoln,  whose  right- 
eous fiat  buried  slavery  below  the  sordid  reach  of  a 
Jeff.  Davis,  or  even  of  that  Albert  Pike,  whose  mag- 
niloquent and  all  "puissant"  title  is  (as  published), 
"Thrice  illustrious  Sovereign  Grand  Commander  of 
the  Supreme  Grand  Council  of  Lispectors  of  the  33d 
degree  of  Masonry."  This  is  only  one  of  his  bombas- 
tic titles.  Just  imagine  then,  if  you  can,  the  predica- 
ment a  Masonic  President  of  pur  nation  must  be  in, 
when  an  order  is  ''handed,  sent,  or  thrown"  to  him 
by  such  a  prodigy  of  power  as  is  this  ex-traitor  Pike 
If  such  President  is  under  a  death-penalty  to  obey  that 
Masonic  order,  then  is  not  our  nation,  in  such  case 
ruled  by  secret  dens?  Shall  we  let  Masonry  continue 
to  give  us  just  such  Presidents  forever?  We  want 
men  in  office  who  dare  stand  up  straight  even  if  Luci 
fer  stand  before  them  with  a  bi'ibe  in  one  hand  and  a 
lash  in  the  other.  I  was  once  floating  with  the  current 
down  the  Mississippi  River,  and  that  current  ran  our 
boat  into  a  whirling  vortex,  where  it  took  very  hard 
rowing  to  get  it  out  again.  And  if  we  let  our  votes 
run  with  the  heedless  current,  they  will  soon  lead  us 


synagogue;"  "for  they   fear   the   face  of  men    more 


into  a  vortex  of  still  worse  danger  than  that  was. 


Is  it  not  a  lamentable  fact  that  popular  opinion  is,  in 
many  cases,  the  greatest  knave  and  the  silliest  novice 
that  we  have  ?  Twenty  years  ago  a  man  could,  and 
did,  sell  his  brother  man  into  heathenizing  slavery  for 
life,  and  then  send  that  price  of  his  brother's  blood  to 
Burmah  to  Christianize  heathen  there,  who  are  far 
better  than  himself! — and  the  unthinking  multitude 
called  him  a  saint.  Our  brother  TiHinghast,  of  Penn- 
sylvania, himself  stoned  for  preaching  liberty  to  the 
captive,  remembers,  he  tells  me,  when  Wm.  L.  Garri- 
son was  led  by  a  rope  round  his  neck  through  the 
streets  of  Boston,  because  he  would  not  join  the  wick- 
ed multitude  in  bowing  servile  homage  to  Southern 
slavery.  And  what  better  now?  For  it  is  a  well 
known  fact  that  men  in  broadcloth  may  decoy  our 
sons  into  a  garret,  there  blind-fold,  strip  and  halter 
them;  then,  while  the  door  is  still  watched  with  a 
drawn  sword,  make  the  initiate  sAvear  that  he  will  never 
tell  even  his  father,  his  mother,  or  his  wife  how  he  is 
befooled  on  penalty  of  having  his  throat  cut  and  his 
tongue  and  -vitals  torn  out !  At  a  following  election  the 
thoughtless  crowds  take  those  same  kidnappers  of  our 
children  and,  by  their  votes,  make  them  our  governors, 
our  senators,  and  even  the  wicked  incumbents  in  some 
of  our  sacred  pulpits.  This  shows  me  the  '  'Abomina- 
tion of  Desolation  "  standing  in  the  holy  place,  as  once 
seen  by  Daniel  the  prophet. 

Time  was  when  men  could  vote  to  droAvn  Avitches. 
Again,  they  could  vote  for  hounding  and  murdering 
slaves.  And  noAV  they  vote  for  legislators  who  protect 
and  promote  secret  clans  Avhere  our  innocent  children  are 
slyly  lured  in,  haltered  and  subjugated  to  bandits  for 
life.  Is  it  not  time  to  stop  such  wicked  voting  ?  If  we 
vote  for  either  Masons  or  their  sycophants  Ave  vote  for 
chartering  their  five  thousands  dens:  for  even  our  Con- 
gress has  chartered  a  Masonic  Hall  at  the  capital  of  our 
nation.  Masonry  was  the  sire  and  the  nurse  of  Amer- 
ican slavery;  and  the  basis  and  pedestal  on  Avhich  it 
rested  and  flourished.  And  Ave  must  vote  down  that 
sire  of  such  progeny,  or  it  will  again  batter  down  our 
Fort  Sumters;  and  then,  like  ^Escp's  fabled  snake, 
bite  our  children  till  Ave  are  compelled  in  self-defense, 
as  Lincoln  Avas,  to  slaughter  that  snake  Avith  the  sword, 


than  they  fear  the  face  of  God."  But  where  unfetter- 
ed freedom  becomes  popular,  men  Avill  be  as  much 
ashamed  that  they  were  ever  Jack-masons  as  they  now 
are  that  they  voted  fetters  on  the  slave  just  as  long  as 
such  voting  was  popular. 

I  believe  that  great  good  would  result  from  having 
the  demoniac  penalties,  the  loathsome  absurdities,  and 
the  blood-curdling  blasphemies  of  the  lodge  shown  to 
our  innocent  youth  before  they  are  enslaved  by  them. 
For  those  youth  are  soon  to  be  the  pillars  of  our  coun- 
try. And  not  a  man  among  them,  if  imbued  with 
good  sense,  would  ever  enlist  in  the  service  of  a 
'  'worshipful  master"  after  knoAving  that  a  sharp  sword 
would  thenceforth  hang  dangling  over  his  head  for  life 
by  a  single  hair. 

Though  every  secret  lodge  were  wiped  out  from  our 
land,  if  the  young  men  are  left  ignorant  of  lodge- 
workings,  they  would  soon  rush  into  such  seas  of  pol- 
lution and  again  endanger  our  country.  We  have 
already  done  much  to  enlighten  our  youth,  but  Ave  can 
do  more.  The  Cynosure  Office  has  sent  out  cart-loads 
of  Anti-masonic  literature,  and  I  have  myself  got  more 
than  300,000  pages  printed,  showing  to  our  eons  full 
and  positive  proof  of  the  vile  oaths,  death-penalties, 
and  traitorous  workings  of  Masonic  law  in  its  secret 
lodges.  But  we  ought  to  have  at  least  2,000,000  tracts 
put  into  the  hands  of  our  5,000,000  young  men,  each 
leaflet  showing  them  full  and  convincing  proof  that  the 
threatened  agonies  of  a  brutal  death  aAvait  the  initiate 
as  the  penalty  for  an  unguarded  word  or  an  act,  Avhich, 
in  either  civil  or  in  gospel  law,  would  be  a  virtue.  I 
want  each  young  man  should  knoAv  that  just  such 
threatenings  Avill  chill  his  soul  for  life,  and  perhaps 
longer,  if  he  goes  blindly  into  such  sly  dens — dens 
where  just  such  treason  as  bred  the  rebel  war  is  con- 
ceived, hatched  and  trained,  ready  for  other  bloody 
rebellions.  Sirs,  if  Ave  let  our  youth  fall  into  sly  pits 
for  want  of  light  that  we  can  give,  I  shall  say  to  you 
as  Cicero,  on  a  less  evil,  said  to  a  Roman  court,  ' '  Fa- 
thers, it  must  not  be ;  it  must  not  be ;  ituless  you  Avould 
undermine  the  very  founc'ations  of  social  safety,  strangle 
justice,  and  call  doAvn  anarchy,  massacre  and  ruin  on 
the  commonAA^ealth. " 

NoAv,  if  by  spreading  tracts  and  books,  Ave  can  en- 
lighten most  of  our  young  men,  then  traveling  lectur- 
ers Avill  be  in  less  danger  of  violence,  and  the  people 
more  disposed  to  hear  and  heed  them.  Each  tract 
will  also  advertise  the  Cynosure  and  Avill  break  ice  so 
that  the  paper  maj'  safely  foUoAV.  Some  of  our  leaflets 
Avill  fall  among  thorns,  and  some  under  the  feet  of 
SAvine  who  may  turn  and  try  to  rend  you;  but  others 
Avill  fall  on  good  ground  and  bear  fruit.  I  have  found 
good  Christian  friends  in  about  half  our  States  ready 
and  willino-,  as  scores  of  their  letters  tell  me,  to  take ' 
and  distribute  tracts.  And  Ezra  A.  Cook  Avrites  me 
that  he  has  calls  for  100,000  pages  a  month.  When 
slavery  Avas  riding  rampant  over  us,  as  Masonry  is  to- 
day, ' '  Uncle  Tom's  Cabin "  Avas  sent  out  broad-cast 
over  the  land ;  and  it  opened  the  eyes,  molUfied  the 
marbled  heart,  and  nerved  the  arm  of  millions  in  de- 
fense of  freedom.  God  has  said,  ' '  Let  there  be_light, " 
and  it  is  ours  to  help  spread  that  light  for  him  and  for 
our  country. 

All  sins  of  hoary  age  are  seen  through  a  deep 
mental  fog.  We  first  acquiess,  then  endorse,  and  at 
last  we  idolize  them ;  so  that  even  the  mote  must  be 
picked  from  the  eyes  of  our  best  men  before  they  can 
see  that  such  idolatry  is  any  sin  at  all.  Even  the 
burning  of  live  Avidows  has  in  some  places  been  popu- 
lar. The  pipe  is  now  the  idol  of  millions.  All  the 
grog  shops  in  Christendom  have  not  as  many  obsequious 
sycophants  as  the  pipe  has.  Full  proof  of  such  blind- 
ness is  now  before  us ;  for  Ave  see  the  world  in  commo- 
tion trying  to  stop  the  flow  of  intemperance ;  Avhile  the 
statute  laAv  in  perhaps  CA^ery  State  of  the  Union,  is  still 
selUng  indulgences  for  making  drunkards.  Our  good 
Avomen  Avho  are  fined  a  hundred  dollars  for  giA'ing  one 
vote  only,  are  out  by  the  thousands  trying  to  stop  that 
stream  of  pollution  now  flowing   legitimately  from  our 


Thousands  are  now  ready  to  help  vote  down  Masonry,  statute  books.      Our  legislatures  are  feeding  the  fount- 
only  that  they  are  afraid  of  being  "put  out  of  the  ain  while  our  women  are  trying  to  stop  its  nauseating 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


streams.  And  our  excise-boards  seem  to  serve  as 
the  street-gutters  through  which  those  streams  flow  to 
poison  the  nation.  Yet  not  one  man  in  fifty  can  see 
through  tl:e  fog  that  hides  that  polluting  fountain  of 
drunkenness  from  his  sight.  That  law,  through  its 
agents,  sell  license  to  a  set  of  men  for  making  other 
men  drunk.  Thus  the  grog-shop  sells  its  whiskey 
accordino-  to  law;  and  the  drunkard  is  made  drunk 
according  to  law.  Then  he  is  fined  according  to  law 
for  getting  drunk  according  to  law,  and  the  bread  is 
taken  by  law  from  the  mouths  of  his  wife  and  children 
to  pay  that  fine.  Thus  the  law  makes  a  public  example 
of  that  wife  and  her  children  to  show  the  rest  of  the 
world  the  importance  of  whiskey  law.  And  Satan,  J 
suppose  chuckles  in  a  glow  of  pomposity,  on  seeing 
theVheeles  of  his  machinery  play  together  so  smoothly 
in  support  of  his  laws.  Has  not  the  State  just  as 
much  right  to  license  me  to  steal  your  horse  as  it  has 
to  license  Jim  Boniface  to  make  your  son  a  drunkard! 
Yet  not  one  in  twenty  of  the  legislators  or  of  their 
constituents  can  pierce  the  murky  mist  that  hides  this 
legalized  serpent  of  intemperance  from  his  mental 
sight.  Neither  can  he  see  that  all  this  wickedness  is 
based  on  the  popular  vote — a  vote  given  for  a  national 
sin. 

And  yet  that  lurid  fog  which  Masonry  ejects  to 
blind,  cheat,  and  entrap  our  innocent  youth,  is  still 
more  congenial  to  Satan's  rule  in  the  earth  than  is  the 
above  anomalism  of  Avhisky  law;  and  our  national  vote 
still  says,  "  So  mote  it  be."  Can  we  any  longer  vote 
for  such  rule,  such  fog,  and  such  dark  dens,  and  not 
sin?  Let  a  tract,  as  first  suggested,  be  got  up  and  go 
to  the  world  by  autliority  of  this  Convention,  showing 
our  sons  an  exact  copy  of  the  servile  oaths,  the  fiend- 
ish penalties  and  the  sickening  obscenities  of  tliat  great 
fire  of  secretism  called  Masonry,  and  they  will  read  it, 
and  then  they  will  be  able  to  bid  bold  defiance  to  all 
the  Masonic  snares  that  are  now  set  for  them.  The 
tract  sliovild  show  plainly  (and  that  showing  should  be 
confirmed  by  this  Convention)  that  every  charge  made 
in  it  is  already  proven  by  hundreds,  perhaps  thousands, 
of  honest  ex-Masons  who  have  simply  reported  their 
own  practical  experience;  in  the  lodges.  Yet  some 
Masons  Avill  tell  us  they  have  no  such  oaths, — for  they 
are  sworn  to  deny  them.  I  ask  you  to  pity  such  men. 
But  when  they  murdered  Morgan  and  others  for  reveal- 
ing them,  they  sealed  the  fact  of  such  oaths  beyond 
the  possibility  of  refutation !  and  it  is  ours  to  spread 
these  facts  before  our  young  America.  Our  sons  could 
never  even  spell  their  own  names  if  never  told  how ; 
neither  can  they  ever  know  that  Masonry  cuts  human 
throats  and  tears  out  human  tongues  and  vitals,  till 
they  are  told.  But  many  Masons,  as  we  are  glad  to 
know,  would  recoil  from  Masonic  murders.  Yet  its 
laws  and  its  Danites,  like  those  of  Brigam  Young,  all 
working  in  dead  of  night,  are  inexorable  executioners. 
And  its  better  members  have  to  bow  submission  or  re- 
nounce Masonry  forever. 

The  Cynosure  office,  Chicago,  writes  mo  that  it 
would  find  paper  and  print— for  this  Convention — a 
half  million  such  tracts  as  this  [show  it]  for  sixty-three 
cents  per  1,000;  sixteen  full  tracts,  or  28,000  words, 
for  one  cent.  But  we  must  call  for  one  or  two  hundred 
thousand  at  each  issue.  Eighty-five  such  tracts  are 
mailed  to  Oregon  for  two  cents. 

Had  the  boys  of  Ithaca  first  read  all  the  oaths  and 
crimes  of  Masonry,  they  never  could  have  debased 
themselves  to  the  level  of  brutes,  as  those  did  who,  at 
Blanchard's  lecture  there,  crouched  to  the  service  of 
Satan,  by  acting  as  docile  employees  and  cats'-paws  at 
the  bidding  of  their  most  "  worshipful "  clan-made 
masters. 

Now,  brethren,  shall  we  let  other  millions  of  boys 
who,  in  their  innocence,  are  floating  along  the  public 
tide,  ignorant  of  the  fatal  gorges  so  near  them,  and  of 
the  still  deeper  pits  of  pollution  before  them — from 
which  bourn  none  who  enter  ever  escape  but  at  the 
peril  of  dear  life — shall  we,  I  ask,  let  them  fall  into 
such  pits  unwarned  ?  Shall  we  let  them  thus  sink  their 
manhood,  lose  their  honesty  and  self-respect,  pay  a 
heavy  tribute  to  ring-leaders,  become  servile  lackeys  to 
a   master,  and  have  a  lie  hermetically  sealed  on  their 


lips  for  life,  all  for  want  of  that  light  that  we  might 
give  ?  If  we  refuse  this  light  to  our  sons,  will  they  not 
lay  the  sin  of  their  ftill  at  our  doors,  and  we  be  com- 
pelled to  asstime  it  jtist  so  far  as  we  neglect  them  ? 

^  •  »■ 

Address  of  Mrs.  M.  J.  Gage. 


On  being  introduced  to  the  Convention  Mrs,  Gage 
remarked  that  she  was  an  accredited  delegate  to  this 
National  Convention  from  the  New  York  State  Asso- 
ciation. She  had  always  been  opposed  to  secret  socie- 
ties. Her  father  had  been  a  Mason,  but  seceded,  and 
was  active  ia  his  oppositioG  to  the  lodge.  Among 
her  early  recollectioEs  was  reading  Giddin's  Almanac 
which  her  father  used  to  circulate.  It  was  the  great 
grief  of  her  heart  that  her  husband  was  a  Mason; 
but  by  her  peisonal  efforts  her  son  was  kept  from  join- 
lEg  any  secret  fraternity. 

She  was  opposed  to  cecret  societies  for  many  reasons 
and  among  them  the  following:  These  societies  are 
the  worst  enemies  of  the  most  holy  and  precious  of 
human  relations,  that  of  marriage.  Lodge  nights  are 
prolific  ot  disasters  to  the  social  condition.  Secret  so- 
cieties destroy  perfect  confidence  between  man  and 
wife;  they  interfere  with  the  real,  true  family  circle; 
they  set  one  sex  against  another.  Masonry  was  ob- 
noxious in  lafif,  standing  in  the  way  of  justice.  It's 
operations  against  woman  in  this  respect  was  seen  not 
[ong  ago  in  a  very  celebrated  case  in  the  Pacific  coast, 
in  which  a  woman  oa  trial  for  her  life  could  not  get 
justice,  through  the  secret  workings  of  Masonry.  Her 
husband  had  been  a  Mason,  and  the  man  she  mur- 
dered was  a  Mason.  The  fraternity  endeavored  to 
obtain  her  conviction  in  revenge  for  the  murder  ol 
one  of  their  nuoaber. 

Masonry  excludes  women,  not  for  any  great  secretb 
it  may  have,  but  because  of  shame  for  its  indecent 
cfrcmonies.  How  could  any  honest  member  of  a 
Christian  church,  any  true  Christian  minister  take 
such  awful  obligations  and  m  such  au  immodest  man- 
ner I  The  whole  thing  ia  nothing  but  child's  play. 
For  instance,  the  questions  and  answers  given  at  the 
door  of  the  lodge  to  a  candidate  are  very  much  like 
the  children's  plays.  The  Masons  say  when  the 
knock  is  given,  "Who  comes  there?"  The  answer  is, 
"A  poor  blind  candidate  seeking  light."  Children 
have  a  game  in  which  they  use  similar  expressions. 

The  reason  for  admitting '  women  to  the  side  de- 
grees was  that  she  had  become  anxious  to  share  anj 
good  or  glory  that  her  brothers  might  obtain  from 
Masonry,  and  began  to  make  her  rights  as  an  equal 
known.  The  Masons  took  alaim,  bat  it  would  never 
do  to  admit  women  to  the  lodge  with  men  on  account 
of  their  immodest  ceremonies,  and  so  a  s'de  degree 
was  got  up  to  put  off  troublesome  applicants.  Masons 
were  compelled  to  admit  women  in  seme  way  or  admit 
themselves  falling  behind  the  age.  She  was  urged 
years  ago  to  becomfj  a  member,  but  she  would  not  be 
insulted  with  a  pretended  admission.  If  there  was 
any  good  in  the  institution  she  had  a  right  to  it  in 
common  with  other  members  of  society,  and  she  would 
have  the  whole  thing  or  non-".  Side  issues  were  only 
a  farce.      She  wanted  none  of  them. 

Masons  were  ac customed  to  dilate  and  wax  eloquent 
upon  the  ancient  and  mysterious  origin  of  their  order. 
If  she  had  the  tracing  back  of  the  ancient  origin  ol 
Masonry,  she  would  carry  it  to  the  time  of  Adam  and 
Eve  when  they  were  induced  to  put  on  aprons  by  a 
circumstance  not  very  creditable  to  them.  Tt.e  devil 
had  a  prominent  part  in  the  putting  on  of  those 
aprons,  and  no  doubt  he  had  much  to  do  with  the 
modern  aproned  fraternity. 

She  was  not  sure  but  the  love  of  finery  hmong  the 
men,  (not  being  confined  to  women  alone)  was  a  rea- 
son why  they  joined  the  Masons;  and  the  indulgence 
of  curiosity,  (not  alone  confined  to  women  either), 
might  also  be  another  reason  for  their  taking  the  vari- 
ous degrees.  She  liked  to  see  women  dress  nicely, 
and  put  on  ribbons  and  flowers  if  they  were  becoming 
and  ia  good  taste.     But  men  must  not  charge  women 


men  are  in,  the  oath  keeps  them  there.  If  they  have 
a  disgust  and  horror  of  the  whole  thing  they  feel 
bound  to  stay  and  finally  become  accustomed  to  the 
blasphemy  and  indecency.  At  the  time  of  the  French 
Revolution  in  1793  the  old  Bastile  was  destroyed,  and 
among  the  prisoners  released  was  an  old  rain  who  had 
been  for  many  years  in  the  dungeon.  He 
found  no  relatives  in  the  outside  wcrld,  no  old  friends, 
no  associations  agreeable  to  him,  so  had  his 
h:-.bit3  and  tastes  been  changed  by  long  associations 
with  his  dungeon.  He  had  got  used  to  the  darkness 
and  filth.  So  Masons  get  used  to  the  darkness  and 
wickedness  and  the  creeping  things  in  the  lodge. 

The  National  Association  was  urged  to  place  woman 
on  an  equality  with  man  in  its  noble  work.  The 
time  is  coming  when  fhe  will  receive  all  the  privileges 
now  denied  her.  If  this  reform  is  carried  into  politics, 
let  woman  have  a  share  in  the  deliberations  and  give 
her  the  ballot.  She  will  help  on  in  this  glorious  re- 
form. 

Address  of  Elder  J.  II.  Baird, 


On  the  third  evening  the  Convention  listened  to 
an  address  from  Elder  Baird,  of  Pennsylvania,  a 
seceding  Mason  of  seventeen  degrees.  He  began 
his  remarks  by  saying  that  he  should  not  personally 
attack  any  one,  but  the  principles  of  the  order  he 
should  not  spare  in  his  denunciations.  He  was  initia- 
ted a  member  of  St.  Andrew's  Ledge  of  F.  A:  A.  M. 
No.  13,  Canada,  in  1854.  He  continued  in  the  order 
eight  years,  attaining  seventeen  degrees,  when  he  was 
converted  to  God  and  forsook  the  rotten  concern. 
No  man  cin  be  a  Freemason  and  a  Christian, 
on  the  ground  that  the  obligations,  practices,  sympa- 
thies of  Masons  and  Christians  are  antagonistic.  He 
declared  that  Masons  were  worse  than  the  devils  in 
the  time  of  Christ,  because  the  devils  finally  acknowl- 
edged Christ;  they  believed  and  trembled,  but  the 
Masons  neither  believed  nor  trembled. 

He  believed  Adam  was  the  original  Masoa  in  this 
respect :  he  put  on  the  apron  of  fig  leaves  and  hid 
himself.  The  Misons  say  they  are  goins  to  heaven 
to  the  presence  of  their  Grand  Maeter  above.  But 
that  is  their  mistake.  They  deceive  themselves. 
Their  Grand  Master  is  below,  not  above.  For  the 
Scripture  saith  that  the  Father  hath  committed  all 
judgment  to  the  Son.  Therefore  all  things  are  under  his 
power  whether  in  heaven,  earth,  or  hell.  And 
again,  it  is  said  by  Christ,  Whosoever  denieth  me 
before  men  him  will  I  also  deny  before  my  Father. 
Now  the  Masons  as  such  reject  Christ,  cast  out  his 
name  and  Word.  How  then  c^.n  they  remain  iu 
heaven  where  Christ  is  to  reign  forever. 

They  say,  too,  that  they  are  going  to  heaven  on 
Jacob's  ladder.  But  here  they  fail  again  of  getting 
there,  for  Jacob  only  dreamed  of  a  ladder  and  when 
he  awoke  there  wasn't  any  ladder  there.  Hard  work 
they  will  fiad  climbing  in  by  that  way.  Jacob  acted 
hke  a  Maeon  only  once — when  he  cheated  his  brother 
and  got  the  birthrigtit.  When  he  was  old  aud  near 
to  die  he  said,  "Oh  my  soul,  come  not  thou  into 
their  secret;  unto  tbiir  a?sembly,  mine  honor,  be 
not  thou  united !"' 

The  innocence  of  Masonry  is  symbolized  by  the 
lambskin  apron.  Mackey  tells  us  that  in  France  the 
son  of  a  Mason,  who  has  reached  the  age  of  eighteen, 
may  be  taken  into  the  lodge,  but  until  he  reaches  his 
majority  he  wears  a  wolf's  head  misk,  no  that 
it  appears  from  this  account  that  Masonry  is  a 
wolf  in  sheep's  clothing  in  practice  as  well  as  name. 
Masons  claim  that  Masonry  is  a  system  from  God. 
It  is  true;  it  is  from  God;  but  it  is  a  long  way  from 
God.  For  it  is  as  far  removed  from  the  principles  of 
the  Bible  as  the  poles.  Masonry  is  as  truly  the  op- 
posite cf  Christianity  as  light  is  of  darkness.  They 
deceive  themselves  into  a  hope  of  reaching  heaven 
without  any  salvation  through  Christ,  for  thejr  reject 
him.  But  will  they  dare  to  come  before  God  at  the 
with  devotion  to  dress  and  finery  when  they  were  at- !  last  and  say.  Have  we  not  laid  many  corner-stones 
traded  to  the  lodge  for  the  same  reason.  But  it  is  in  thy  name  ?  Have  we  not  held  m my  festivals  in 
largely  curiosity  that  draws   to  the  lodge;  and   when  I  thy  name?     Have  we  not  destroyed  man:/  rrputatfons 


■\ 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


in  thy  name  ?  Have  we  not  lied  often ;  have  we  not 
put  seceders  to  death  in  thy  name  ?  Will  they  bring 
such  apologies  to  God?  And  yet  they  say  that  Ma 
sonry  is  from  God,  and  these  are  the  woris  of  Ma- 
sonry. 

He  had  taken  seventeen  degrees  in  Masonry,  how 
could  the  audience  believe  such  a  man — one  who  has 
taken  so  many  oaths  and  broken  them .  He  believed 
it  to  be  the  spirit  and  teaching  of  the  Bible  to  disre- 
gard every  Masonic  oath.  The  Bible  says  "Whatso- 
ever it  be  that  a  maa  pronounce  with  an  oath,  and  it 
be  Lid  from  him;  whun  he  knoweth  of  it,  then  he 
shall  be  guilty  in  one  of  these.  And  it  shall  be  when 
he  shall  be  guilty  in  one  of  these  things,  that  he  shall 
confess  tint  he  hath  sinned  ia  that  thing."  A  Mason 
when  he  tnkes  the  oath  is  blinded  in  mind,  his  eyes 
are  bandaged  and  lie  is  in  darkness — a  three-fold  blind- 
ness, a  darkness  that  can  be  felt.  In  this  condition  he 
has  no  business  to  make  promises  and  take  oaths  of 
obligation.  But  if  he  goes  on  and  makes  a  consign- 
ment of  himself  to  the  devil  what  is  there  left  of  him; 
God  says  we  must  confess  when  it  is  known  thai 
wrong  is  concealed  under  the  ob  igation.  So  let  man 
revile  and  persecute ;  but  let  me  honor  God.  It  is  the 
duty  of  Christian  men  to  expose  the  sinful  workings 
of  these  sinks  of  iniquity,  and  in  exposing  anything 
that  is  wrong  no  p^rj  jry  is  committed. 

Some  say,  Why  not  preach  the  Gospel  ?  What  do 
you  go  rambling  up  and  down  the  country  for  lectur- 
ing against  Masonry  ?  Why  don't  you  proclaim  the 
Gospel  and  let  Masonry  alone  to  die  out  of  itself?  Yee, 
that  is  the  cry  always.  Slave-holders  said,  Let  us 
alone;  Masons  cry  cut,  Let  us  alone;  the  grangers 
say,  Lst  us  alone ;  and  devils  prayed,  Let  us  alone, 
But  Christ  did  not  grant  their  prayer,  and  we  ought 
not  to  suffer  wickedness  to  go  on  uurebuked. 

Masons  make  a  great  handle  out  of  preachers,  and 
coax  them  in  by  offering  them  membership  free. 
If  you  join  us  it  will  not  cost  you  anything;  we'll  take 
you  in  I'ree.  The  preachers  who  join  the  lodge  are 
the  worst  talcen  in  set  of  men  in  the  world.  They 
make  themselves  thus  a  living  lie  to  their  own  mem- 
bers and  to  the  world ;  preaching  one  Gospel  in  church 
and  practicing  an  exactly  opposite  one  in  the  lodge.  The 
churches  are  full  of  wrangling  and  disturbance  and 
these  Masonic  ministers  make  a  great  part  of  it. 

The  higher  a  Mason  gets  in  the  order,  the  lower  he 
sinks  as  a  man.  He  had  taken  seventeen  degrees 
down,  instead  of  up,  and  knew  the  effect  on  the  char- 
acter. He  became  for  a  time  an  infidel  through  Ma- 
SDnic  teachings.  He  could  take  no  peace,  no  light,  no 
liberty  of  the  Holy  Ghost  until  he  gave  up  the  whole 
thing.  Then  God  blessed  Lim  and  took  from  him 
the  fear  of  man,  so  that  he  could  speak  boldly  the 
whole  truth  on  this  subject.  He  had  been  an  Orange 
mun,  a  Mason  and  a  Good  Templar.  All  secret  or- 
ders, no  matter  of  what  nature,  were  but  recruiting 
stations  for  Masonry.  He  had  often  seen  Orangemen 
go  home  drank,  and  yet  nothing  was  done  to  rebuke 
them.  Afterward  when  he  joined  the  Good  Temp- 
lars he  found  himself  in  a  strange  position.  He  did 
not  know  what  business  he  had  to  go  home  with  other 
men's  wives,  but  that  was  about  ali  he  saw  going  on. 
The  society  seemed  to  be  a  wholesale  sparking  school. 
In  conclusion  he  asked  the  prayers  of  the  Associ- 
ation for  his  safety,  as  he  was  a  subject  of  Masonic 
vengeance,  which  had  vowed  that  he  should  be  sup- 
pressed. He  did  not  know  whether  he  should  be 
alive  to  meet  with  them  again,  but  if  death  came  he 
would  meet  it  by  inches  rather  than  recant  a  single 
word,  and  so  long  as  God  spared  him  he  should  labor 
to  expose  the  sophistries  of  all  secret  organizations. 


son  he  was  not  one  at  heart,  for  he  often  expressed 
his  regret  at  having  ever  become  connected  with  the 
order.  The  last  time  he  saw  his  father  was  when  he 
saddled  his  horse  to  go  to  Middletown,  as  he  was  ac- 
customed to  do  pretty  regularly  to  attend  lodge  and 
transact  business.  He  never  returned.  Nor  did  any 
word  ever  com",  from  him  in  any  way.  His  mother 
always  thought  he  came  to  his  death  at  the  hands 
of  Freemasons.  He  had  openly  denounced  the  action 
of  the  order  in  connection  with  the  Morgan  murder 
and  some  unwary  word  may  have  brought  down  their 
vengenca.  He  had  ever  since  felt  an  opposition  to 
the  lodge. 

But  he  was  opposed  to  Freemasonry  and  like  as- 
sociations because  he  professed  to  be  and  was  a 
Christian.  He  believed  he  could  not  be  a  Christian, 
or  enjoy  the  love  of  God  in  his  heart  if  he  did  not 
regard  Freemasoary  as  a  great  evil.  The  Bible  calls 
it  an  evil  for  it  says  that  men  love  darkness  because 
their  deeds  are  evil.  The  Gospel  is  marked  for  its 
publicity,  its  openness;  that  is  its  very  nature.  In 
proportion  to  the  open  proclamation  of  the  Gospel 
does  Chrietianity  flourish.  But  Masonry  says  you 
preach  my  gospel  openly  to  the  world,  and  I  will  per- 
secute you,  I  will  destroy  you.  How  can  such  a 
thing  be  baptized  as  a  Christian  institution.  Mackey 
says  that  to  remove  the  land-mark  of  secrecy  would 
be  suicide  to  the  institution. 

Masonry  believes  in  a  God;  but  v/hat  one?  For 
God  the  Father,  Son  and  Holy  Ghost  is  rejected  by 
the  order.  I  am,  and  forever  shall  be  opposed  to  any 
system  that  rejects  my  Sayiour;  that  slights  the 
founder  of  Christianity. 

Masonry  swears  men.  Swears  them  without  legal 
sanction.  Swears  them  to  do  wrong  and  enforces  the 
oath  by  terrible  penalties.  Its  morality  is  that  it  is 
right  to  do  wrong.  In  spite  of  what  men  may  say, 
it  does  claim  to  be  a  religion ;  it  does  pretend  to  save 
men.  But  it  saves  them  how?  By  utterly  ignoring 
the  Gospel  of  Christ,  rejecting  the  office  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  and  denying  the  blood  of  the  everlasting  cov- 
enant. 

When  any  evil  is  being  taken  in  band,  the  ques- 
tion o?  cowardly  souls  always  is:  Will  it  be  saf^  to 
join  the  reform?  Others  ask  is  it  expedient?  But 
the  question  should  be,  Is  it  right?  It  is  always  ex- 
pedient to  do  right.  There  can  ba  no  question  about 
this.  And  always  when  right  and  truth  are  followed 
the  result  will  show  that  the  best  thing  has  been 
done. 

He  spoke  of  several  features  of  the  Masonic  oath 
and  gave  the  following  illustration  of  one:  A  foreign- 
er traveling  in  America  sees  a  notice  posted  in  a  car 
"  No  smoking  allowed  ia  this  car.  "  Now  he  must 
naturally  infer  that  Americans  smoke.  It  is  just  so 
with  the  clause  in  the  Masonic  oath  not  to  violate 
the  chastity  of  a  Master  Mason's  wife,  etc.  The  in- 
ference must  be  that  Masons  consider  each  other  as 
perfect  libertines  and  so  put  in  the  clause  as  a  means 
of  protection  from  each  other's  lusts.  When  rail- 
roads have  such  a  regulation  it  will  be  found  that  a 
car  for  smokers  is  provided;  and  in  so  doing  the 
railroad  company  gives  its  sanction  to  the  vile  habit. 
So  the  lodge  in  exempting  part  of  the  sex  from  the 
libertinism    of   its    members,    virtually   sanctions    in 

general,  and  so  far  as  it  is  able   legalizes  adultery. 

«  i  »  

The  Folitical  Mass  Meeting  at  Syracuse. 


Address  of  Kev.  1).  S.  Caldwell. 


[We  hoped  to  present  the  excellent  address  of  the  Ohio 
Agent  from  his  own  manuscript,  but  as  it  has  not  reached 
us  the  following  is  written  from  notes  taken  at  the  time, 
as  arc  the  two  preceding  addresses,  and  of  Elder  Rathbun 
last  week. — Ed.l 

Mr.  Caldwell  said  that  in  1827,  in  the  Morgan 
times,  he  was  a  boy  six  years  of  age.  His  father  was 
a  Freemason  and  a  hotel  keeper  in  Frederick  coun- 
ty, Maryland,  near  Middletown.     Though  a  Freema- 


On  Thursday  afternoon,  June  4th,  the  National 
Christian  Association  adjourned  to  permit  such  of  its 
members  as  desired  to  unite  in  a  mais  meeting  for  the 
diecussion  of  political  measures  against  the  lodge  pow- 
er. This  meeting  convened  in  Shakspeare  Hall  at  2 
P.  M.,  and  elected  Hon.  Donald  Kirkpatrick,  of  New 
York,  chairman;  J.  A.  Conant,  of  Connecticut,  Sec- 
retary, and  H.  L.  Kellogg,  of  Chicago,  assistant.  Rev. 
J.  P.  Stoddard,  of  Illinois,  led  in  prayer.  Before 
proceeding  to  business  the  chairman  remarked  that 
the  present  gathering  is  a  mass  convention  to  consider 
the  advisability  of  political  action  in  connection  with 
the  Anti-masonic  reform.  The  National  Christian 
Association  which  has  been  holding  its  annual  meet- 


ng  in  this  Hall  is  not  responsible  for  any  action  taken 
this  afternoon. 

Mr.  George  W.  Clark,  the  "Liberty  Singer,"  was 
called  on  for  a  song,  and  responded  very  appropriately 
with  "Where  There's  a  Will  There's  a  Way"  (see 
second  page),  remarking  that  he  used  to  sing  those 
words  to  encourage  the  true-hearted  men  of  anti- 
slavery  days  who  entered  the  political  field  with  as 
little  hope  of  success  as  had  the  present  reform. 

President  J.  Blanchard  said  that  a  committee  on 
political  action  was  appointed  last  year  at  Monmouth 
who  were  instructed  to  consult  and  appoint  a  national 
political  convention.  They  had  considered  this  the 
most  favorable  time  for  such  meeting.  The  committee 
had  considered  the  various  reforms  knocking  for  ad- 
mission to  the  platform,  as  temperance,  woman's 
suffrage,  etc. ;  but  it  had  been  deemed  wisest  at  pres- 
ent to  confine  ourselves  strictly  to  the  reform  against 
the  lodge.  He  then  read  a  preamble  and  resolutions, 
which,  as  finally  adopted,  read  as  follows: 

REPORT  OF  COMMITTEE. 

Whereas,  As  secrecy  concerning  all  questions  affecting  the 
public  welfare,  is  conducive  to  misapprehension  and  mis- 
construction, affording  facility  for  and  inducements  to  the 
prostitution  of  noble  agencies  to  ignoble  end ;  and 

Whereas,  We  recognize  secrecy  as  a  relic  of  barbarism 
and  the  chief  support  of  monarchical  and  Unjust  govern- 
ment and  Utterly  inconsistent  with  all  the  principles  on 
which  our  government  is  founded ;  therefore 

Resolved,  That  secret  orders  are  engines  for  selfish  and 
political  purposes,  and  are  the  chief  danger  and  curse  of 
the  nation. 

Resolved,  That  the  grave  truth  uttered  by  Lincoln  that 
no  nation  can  permanently  endure  part  slave  and  part  free, 
is  not  plainer  than  this  other  truth  that  no  nation  can  ex- 
ist permanently  with  conflicting  oaths  in  its  court-houses 
and  legislatures ;  we ,  therefore,  agree  to  the  following  prin- 
ciples of  political  action: 

1.  We  will  be  called  by  no  party  name  but  "Ameri- 
cans." 

2.  We  will  make  issue  against  all  known  adhering  Free- 
masons, when  practicable,  in  all  local,  county  and  State 
elections,  nominating  candidates  for  ourselves  against  for- 
sworn lodge  men,  and  will  do  our  utmost  to  put  an  electorial 
ticket  in  the  held  at  our  next  Presidential  canvass. 

3.  We  hereby  invite  the  friends  of  every  great  and 
wholesome  reform,  and  in  short  every  man,  wherever  born, 
who  has  a  vote  in  his  hand  and  an  American  heart  in  his 
bosom,  to  join  us  in  seeking  the  extirpation  of  that  organ- 
ized mystery  and  secrecy  which  has  proved  fatal  to  the 
republics  and  subversive  of  all  popular  rights  in  the  mon- 
archies of  the  Old  World. 

Resolved,  That  we  petition  Congress  and  the  legislatures 
for  the  repeal  of  the  Masonic  charters  and  the  prohibition 
of  extra-judicial  oaths. 

Resolved,  That  we  will  do  all  in  our  power  to  expose 
and  suppress  the  laying  of  corner-stones  of  buildings 
owned  by  the  people  of  the  United  States  by  lodges . 

Resolved.  That  we  proceed  at  once  without  waiting  for 
legislative  action  to  challenge  adhering  Freemasons  from 
juries,  and  in  case  of  litigation  to  take  change  of  venue 
from  Masonic  judges. 

Resolced,  That  we  recognize  the  fact  that  ours  is  a  Christ- 
ian, not  a  heathen,  nation,  protecting  us  from  the  pagan- 
ism, priestcraft  and  g  kingcraft  which ,  having  degraded 
manhood  and  extinguished  popular  rights  in  Asia ,  Africa 
and|  portions  of  Europe,  are  seeking  to  drag  us  down  to 
their  own  level  of  despotism  and  wretchedness. 

Before  dit cussing  the  resolutions  a  motion  was  car" 
ried  to  limit  the  time  of  each  speaker  to  five  minutes 
and  allow  no  one  to  speak  more  than  once  on  the 
same  motion. 

Mr.  C.  W.  Greene,  of  Indiana,  moved  to  consider 
the  resolutions  seriatim.  Farmer's  political  conven- 
tions, he  said,  were  to  be  held  in  Indiana,  Illinois  and 
Kansas  on  the  tenth  of  June.  These  conventions  were 
in  the  interest  of  the  grange.  Any  action  had  at  the 
present  time  should  be  carefully  taken. 

This  was  agreed  upon  and  the  preamble  adopted 
without  discussion. 

Upon  the  first  resolution  Pres.  Blanchard  remarked 
that  when  Brigham  Young  wanted  a  house  built  he 
pretended  to  have  a  revelation  from  God  that  it  should 
be  done  and  the  Mormons  obeyed.  This  is  priest- 
craft c.nd  kingcraft  the  world  over.  The  secret  socie- 
ties of  Africa  are  of  the  same  class.  Seward's  descrip- 
tion of  Asiatic  customs  explains  the  resolution. 

W.  M.  Givens,  of  Indiana,  read  from  an  Indianap- 
olis paper  the  notice  of  a  candidate  for  the  office  of 
sheriff  of  Marion  Co.  ,Ind.,  among  whose  recommend- 
ations was  his  Masonic  connection.  Such  things 
show  what  the  Masons  are  preparing  to  do. 

C.  W.  Greene  said  the  granges  get  together  and 
like  all  Americans  they  must  talk  politics.  All 
they  atnount  to  is  a  school  to  learn  subserviency  to 
masters.  He  was  opposed  to  the  resolution  because 
it  was  embodied  in  the  preamble  just  adopted.     Chris- 


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tians  should  not  stand  back  and  let  evil  men  lead  their 
politics.  We  are  not  ashamed  of  being  here.  He 
wished  that  the  National  Aesociation  had  continued  in 
its  capacity  and  taken  up  this  matter. 

Prof.  C.  A.  Blaachard  moved  to  amend  by  striking 
out  a  word  and  make  the  resolution  declarative. 

Mr.  G.  W.  Clark  moved  to  amend  by  omitting  the 
word  "religious."  These  amendments  werf^  agreed 
to,  and  the  resolution  adopted. 

The  second  resolution  was  adopted  after  being 
amended  on  motion  of  J.  A.  Conant  to  read  ''con- 
flicting" instead  of  "two  or  more," 

The  next  proposition  called  out  a  prolonged  discus- 
sion. Mr.  Greene  wished  the  name  might  b  3  stricken 
out.  We  were  better  off  without  any  name;  for  the 
name  "Americans"  suggests  the  defunct  Know-Noth- 
ing  party  and  would  have  the  opprobrium  of  the 
country. 

N.  Wardner  moved  to  amend  by  substituting  the 
name  "National  Reformers."  The  country  was  ripe 
for  reform  and  this  name  would  suggest  our    mission. 

Pres,  Blanchard  spoke  against  the  change.  The 
term  ''Americans"  expressed  just  what  we  stood  for, 
equal  rights,  freedom  of  speech  and  of  the  press.  The 
lodge  wants  a  secret  empire  to  destroy  these.  All 
who  favor  American  principles  should  be  Americans, 
and  let  all  the  rest  be  outsiders. 

Rev.  Jamea  Matthews  said  we  believe  in  the  Consti- 
tution. We  be  Americans.  I  was  born  io  Old  Eng- 
land, but  born  again  here,  and  I  am  glad  I  am  an 
American.  The  adoption  of  this  name  would  be  a  go- 
ing back  to  first  principles.  All  will  inquire,  What 
are  the  principles  of  the  new  narty.  We  can  answer, 
We  are  going  back  to  the  glorious  maxims  of  our  fa- 
thers, on  whose  justice  and  truth  the  whole  prosperity 
of  our  nation  depends. 

E.  B.  Rollins,  of  Vermont,  suggested  that  the  name 
*'Free  Americans"  would  be  more  appropriate,  as 
marking  a  distinction  from  lodge-bound  men  who 
claimed  to  be  Americans. 

J.  Levington,  of  Michigan,  objected  to  the  name 
"Americans,"  for,  first,  it  was  not  true,  and  we  have 
no  right  to  say  what  is  not  true.  Then  it  is  assum- 
ing that  we  are  Americans  and  others  are  not.  Re- 
formers is  better ;  we  are  all  reformers.  He  was  in  fa- 
vor of  that  name.  Free  Americans  is  a  good  name. 
Perhaps  we  had  better  adopt  that. 

Mr.  Rogers,  of  Lockport,  N.  Y. ,  spoke  in  favor  of 
the  name  ''Liberty  Party."  That  name  stirred  his 
heart  in  days  of  old  and  roused  the  same  feelings  now. 

Mr.  G.  W.  Clark  moved  to  amend  the  annendment 
by  using  the  term  "Free  American." 

Rev.  D.  B.  Douglass,  of  N.  Y.,  remembered  when 
the  press  of  the  country  was  in  the  control  of  slavery 
interests.  There  were  then  only  seven  papers  which 
dared  express  sentiments  hostile  to  the  slave  power. 
The  churches  were  closed,  the  ministers  silent.  At 
length  a  call  for  political  action  resulted  in  the  Liberty 
Party.  He  remembered  the  news  of  Birney's  nomi- 
nation and  voted  alone  for  him.  We  are  in  a  like 
condition.  The  press  and  the  church  is  in  bondage. 
When  the  Niagara  County  Association  was  organ- 
ized, it  was  hard  to  get  even  a  notice  into  the  papers. 
Three  years  later  the  editors  wanted  the  whole  pro- 
ceedings to  publish. 

Richard  Green,  of  Indiana,  wanted  the  word  "par- 
ty" added  to  the  name. 

S.  Wilder,  of  N.  Y.,  favored  the  term  American, 
and  said  the  word  "Free"  would  excite  feelings  at  the 
South  in  those  who  might  otherwise  be  with  us. 

D.  Dempsey,  of  Black  River,  N.  Y. ,  said  he  was  a 
foreigner  by  birth,  but  had  come  to  this  country  and 
been  adopted  as  a  citizen.  He  wanted  to  be  an 
American.  We  should  have  the  name  as  well  aa  the 
thing.  Every  foreigner  must  expect  to  adopt  Amer- 
ican principles  if  they  wish  to  become  Americans. 
There  is  danger  that  Americans  in  their  ambitious  lib- 
erality may  sacrifice  themselves  to  foreign  influences. 
We  should  take  a  name  expressive  of  our  principles 
and  maintain  both. 

C.  W.  Greene  spoke  in  favor  of  the  amendment. 
Others  were  Americans  as  well  as  ourselves,  in   the 


sense  of  allegiance  to  this  government.  But  the  word 
"Free"  gives  the  idea  we  want.  We  must  be  free 
from  all  slavery,  an  unshackled  people.  Every  man 
who  loves  the  right  and  truth  will  love  the  name. 

C.  A.  Blanchard  said  there  was  no  objeciion  to  the 
name  American  that  could  not  be  brought  against 
every  other.  If  we  say  Free  Americans  what  will 
men  understand  we  are  free  from  ?  We  are  Ameri- 
canel  What  does  that  name  signify?  It  means  free 
goyernment,  free  institutions,  every  precious  lioerty 
bequeathed  from  our  fathers, 

J.  Levington  spoke  in  favor  of  the  name  ''Free 
American."     He  thought  the  name  fresh   and    good. 

C.  G.  Corwin,  of  N.  Y.,  thought  neither  name  sug- 
gested definite  enough  and  moved  to  substitute  that 
the  title  should  be  "Anti-Secret  party."  A  vote 
failed  to  sustain  the  motion. 

A  rising  vote  on  the  amendment  ''Free  American" 
was  finally  taken  and  declared  a  tie.  A  division  of 
the  house  was  called  for  and  at  the  request  of  the 
chairman,  all  in  favor  of  the  name  took  one  side; 
those  in  favor  of  "Americans"  the  other.  The  Secre- 
taries were  appointed  tellers  and  the  vote  was  an- 
nounced as  against  ''Free  Americans." 

Mr.  Wardner  withdrew  his  amendment,  and  the 
name  "Americans"  was  finally  adopted  uaanimouely. 

The  fourth,  fifth  and  sixth  resolutions  were  adopted 
after  more  or  less  amendment.  The  seventh  also 
passed  after  striking  out  a,n  allusion  to  the  Chicago  Cus- 
tom-House  corner-stone.  The  eighth  was  adopted 
without  change;  the  ninth  laid  on  the  table;  and  the 
tenth  and  last  came  up  for  discussion  in  its  original 
form  thus: 

Resolved.,  that  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a  heathen 
government;  and  this  fact  should  be  recognized  in  its 
organic  law :  to  protect  us  from  paganism,  priest-craft 
and  king-craft,  which  having  degraded  manhood  and 
extinguished  popular  rights  in  Asia,  Africa  and  a  por- 
tion of  Europe,  are  seeking  to  drag  vs  down  to  their 
own  level  of  despotism  and  wretchedness. " 

Elder  Bariow  moved  to  refer  back  to  the  committee 
to  be  reported  on  next  year,  but  the  vote  did  not  fa- 
vor the  motion. 

President  Blanehard  said  the  Constitution  should 
define  itself  on  this  question.  It  should  say  that  the 
religion  of  this  country  is  the  Christian  religion,  which 
is  the  fact.  And  the  laws  which  are  based  on  this 
fact  should  be  backed  by  the  Constitution.  It  3hould 
be  understood  that  we  are  not  Mormons  or  atheists, 
and  that  the  oath  in  our  courts  is  by  the  living  and 
true  God,  and  not  like  a  Chinaman  by  a  dead  cock's 
head.  C.  W.  Greene  opposed  the  adoption  of  the 
resolution  as  bringing  in  a  religious  question, 
which  was  foreign  to  the  occasion.  We  are  treating 
matters  politically.  He  urged  that  the  framers  of  the 
Constitution  did  not  put  any  recognition  of  God  by 
name  into  that  instrument  ;  and  yet  ours  is  a  Chris- 
tian country  and  there  is  no  need  of  reaffirming  so 
plain  a  fact .  Such  a  religious  question  must  be  kept 
out  of  the  platform  if  success  is  locked  for. 

Elder  Barlow  said  that  he  had  convictions  on  the 
subject  which  would  not  allow  him  to  vote  for  the 
resolution  at  this  time.  He  had  studied  the  matter 
somewhat  but  his  mind  was  not  clear.  He  might  be 
ready  to  vote  next  year.  He  did  noi  like  to  have  the 
matter  forced  upon  his  conscience  before  he  was  ready 
for  it.  If  the  brethren  insisted  it  would  separate  good 
men  from  the  movement. 

J.  Levington  was  in  favor  of  the  resolution.  There 
ought  by  all  means  to  be  a  recognition  of  Almighty 
God  in  the  Constitution.  The  country  was  Christian 
anyway,  there  was  no  doubt  about  it  ;  and  if  China- 
men don't  like  it,  why  let  them  go  back  to  China. 

Sidney  Wilder  also  favored  the  resolution.  He 
was  fully  decided  that  we  should  not  cast  God  out 
of  our  politics,  and  there  should  be  a  proper  recog- 
nition of  his  authority  in  the  Constitution. 

N.  Wardner  said  the  chief  difficulty  in  the  minds  of 
those  who  opposed  the  resolution  he  presumed  to  be 
the  danger  of  a  union  of  church  and  state,  and  while 
the  project  was  right  we  must  approach  it  with  care. 


G.  W.  Clark  moved  to  amend  by  simply  expressing 
the  fact  of  the  Christian  character  of  the  country 
without  reference  to  the  Constitution.  This  was  con- 
sidered at  some  length  and  with  much  ardor  of  debate. 
President  Blanchard  said  that  for  the  sake  of  harmo- 
nious action  such  a  motion  might  pass,  but  it  would 
be  almost  a  disgraceful  retreat  from  the  position  held 
for  two  years.  It  was  a  late  hour  to  bring  up  ques- 
tions of  conscience  over  a  resolution  upon  which  mem- 
bers of  the  body  had  been  voted  for. 

James  Matthews  moved  to  refer  the  whole  subject 
to  a  committee  of  one  from  each  State  represented  to 
report  in  the  evening.  He  was  sorry  to  see  so  great 
diSerence  on  this  subject  and  believed  there  might  be 
harmony  if  there  was  further  consideration.  The 
motion  was  lost. 

The  debate  was  proceeding  with  considerable  warmth 
when  Mr,  Clark  arose  and  calling  attention  with  a 
word  sang  with  such  effect  the  following  beautiful 
song  as  to  calm  the  whole  house  : 

Be  kind  to  each  other, 

The  night's  coming  ou, 
When  friend  and  when  brother 

Perchance  may  be  gone, 
Then  midBt  our  dejection 

How  Bweet  to  have  earned 
The  blest  recollection 

Of  kindness  returned  1 

When  day  hath  departed. 

And  memory  keeps 
Her  watch,  broken  hearted, 

Where  all  she  loved  sleeps,  • 

Let  falsehood  assail  not, 

Nor  envy  disprove. 
Let  trifles  prevail  not 

Against  those  we  love. 

Nor  change  with  to-morrow, 

Should  fortune  take  wing, 
But  the  deeper  the  sorrow, 

The  closer  still  cling. 
O I  be  kind  to  each  other, 

The  night's  coming  on 
When  friend  and  when  brother 

Perchance  will  be  gone. 

The  amendment  was  passed  and  the  declaration  of 
principles  was  adopted  as  a  whole. 

A  motion  prevailed  for  the  appointment  of  a  com- 
mittee of  one  from  each  State  represented  to  prepare 
a  political  platform  and  report  at  a  national  political 
meeting  to  be  held  in  the  fall. 

President  Kirkpatrick  not  being  prepared  to  ap- 
point wished  until  evening,  when  he  announced  the 
following  as  the  committee  : 

Illinois,  J.  Blanchard  ;  Indiana,  C.  W.  Greene  ;  Mch- 
igan,  H.  Wilcox  ;  Ohio,  F.  D.  Parish  ;  Missouri,  G.  W. 
Needles  ;  Pennsylvania,  Aaron  Floyd  ;  Connecticut,  Fran- 
cis Gillette  ;  Vermont,  J.  W.  Phelps  ;  New  York,  J.  L, 
Barlow, 

The  meeting  then  adjourned. 


News  in  Brief. 


The  new  water  tunnel  for  Chicago  was  completed  on 
Monday.  This  extends  along  side  the  old  tunnel  two 
miles  into  Lake  Michigan,  and  will  nearly  double  the 

water  supply  of  the  city. During  a  storm  on  the 

afternoon  of  the  25th,  the  lightning  struck  a  man  at 
Circleville,  Ohio  ;  a  woman  at  Huntington,  West  Va. ; 
two  young  men  at  Kalamazoo,  Mich.  ;  the  postmaster 
at  Marion,  Ind.,  and  three  persons  at  Fort  AVayne, 

Ind. A    press    gag-law    was    finally     smuggled 

through  Congress  on  the  last  day  of  its  session.  It 
allows  suits  at  Washington  against  any  paper 
represented  there. — Rev.  Mr.  Snyder,  a  German  min- 
ister who  opposed  intemperance,  was  shamefully  beaten 
by  a  mob  of  German  Sabbath-breakers  and  beer- 
drinkers,  on  Sunday  last. The  press  of  the  coun- 
try is  thoroughly  discussing  the  Beecher-Tilton  mat- 
ter, and  demand  the  whole  truth,     Mr.  Beecher  and 

his  church  profess  to  utterly  ignore  the  matter. 

The  Spanish  Republicans  have  been  defeated  near 
Estella  with  a  loss  of  1,500  to  4,000  killed  and 
wounded,  and  their  Gen,  Concha. The  Monarch- 
ists are  making   some  gains  in  the  French  National 

Assembly. A  deputation  of  100  locked-out  farm 

laborers  have  started  on  a  pilgrimage  through  the 
agricultural  districts  of  England,  stopping  at  principal 
towns  to  plead  their  cause. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


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The  Lod^e  Opposes  tJie  Gospel. 


Editor  Cynosure: 

Permit  rae  to  give  you  a  few  ittm?  of 
interest,  by  stating  some  facts.  Facts 
are  what  the  people  want.  In  the 
town  of  W^st  Unity,  Williams  Co.,  0., 
a  humble  servant  of  Jesus  announced 
from  his  pulpit  that  at  a  stated  time  he 
would  commence  a  protracted  meeting 
for  the  good  of  the  place  and  the  salva- 
tion of  souls.  About  a  week  before 
the  timt)  for  its  commencement  the 
good  (?)  people  of  a  sister  denomina- 
tion organized  a  secret  lodge,  for  the 
good  of  the  people  of  course.  The 
(Masonic)  Rev.  C,  who  had  charge  of 
the  said  sister  denomination,  was  en- 
c/aged  in  a  meeting  out  of  town  and  did 
not  intend  to  hold  a  meeting  in  West 
Unity. 

As  scon  as  Rev.  S.  commenced  his 
meeting  sinners  came  to  it,  became 
convicted  and  prospects  of  a  re/ormation 
were  plainly  apparent.  This  state  of 
things  would  not  do  for  the  founders 
of  the  lodge.  So  they  commenced 
operations  in  full  blast;  told  the  young 
people  not  to  come  out  at  this  meeting 
for  they  would  have  to  leave  the  lodge 
and  give  up  their  good  times  there,  as 
Rev.  B.  would  not  admit  members  into 
the  church  tf  they  were  connected  with 
a  secret  society.  This  same  Masonic 
Rev.  C.  now  became  quite  conspicuous 
and  interested  in  the  lodge.  Told  the 
people  he  would  hold  a  meeting,  then 
they  could  get  a  religion  that  did  not 
interfere  with  the  lodge.  Rsv.  S.  find- 
ing how  his  pretended  friends  v/ere  his 
'•false  brethren,"  closed  his  meeting. 
Then  said  Rev.  Mason  C.  commenced 
operations,  but  after  weeks  of  ineffect- 
ual efforts,  closed  his  meeting  without 
any  c3nver8ion?.  Rev.  S.  is  a  minister 
of  the  U.  B.  church  and  Masonic  Rev. 
0.  of  the  M,  E.  church.  This  Rev. 
C .  and  his  friends  of  the  lodge  remind 
me  of  the  scribes  and  Pharisees  re- 
ferred to  by  the  blessed  Jesus,  as  re- 
corded in  Matthew  xxiii.  13:  "But 
woe  unto  you,  scribes  and  Pharisees, 
hypocrites !  lor  ye  shut  up  the  kingdom 
of  heaven  against  men :  for  ye  neither  go 
in  yourselves,  neither  suffer  ye  them 
that  are  entering  to  go  in."  This  same 
Masonic  Rev.  C.  while  in  Delta,  said 
publicly,  in  the  presence  of  his  congre- 
gation, when  about  to  receive  into  the 
church  a  minister  (who  had  been  tried 
and  found  guilty  of  charges)  "  there  is 
nothing  against  the  Bro."  As  the 
whole  proceedings  of  the  trial,  &c.,oc- 
«  curred  near  Delta,  I  concluded  that 
Father  Thomas  arrived  at  a  just  conclu- 
sion when  he  said,  ''When  I  get  a 
chance  I  am  going  to  ask"  Rev.  C, 
"  What  did  you  tell  that  lie  to  your 
congregation  for?"  These  facis  can  be 
proven  by  living  witnesses.  I  have 
more  to  say,  but  will  defer  till  some 
future  time.  Ottkrbein. 

Butler,  Indiana. 


Why  Tills  Ohjecliou? 


T  see  that  Bro.  McNary  and  others 
object  to  the  religiou  of  Masonry,  in 
that  it  refuses  to  offer  prayer  in  Christ's 
name,  espec'ally  when  dibbelievers  in 
Christ  are  present.  Why  this  objec- 
tion? Is  not  their  carrying  the  open 
Bible  in  their  processions  a  mockery 
and  sacrilege?  And  if  they  used  the 
nsme  of  Christ  in  their  mock  prayers, 
offered  up  by  infidels  and  profane  men, 
would  it  not  be  simply  a  desecration  of 
that  name  and  a  blasphemy?  Would 
the  use  of  Christ's  name  in  their  mid- 
night orgies,  be  either  acceptable  to 
Ohrist,  or  a  proof  that  their  secret 
workings  were  heaven-originated  ? 
W.   B.  Orvis. 


OUK  MAIL. 


Rev.  A.  Hard,  Painted  Post,  N.  T., 
writes  : 

"Would  it  not  be  well  to  print  a  card  or 
ticket  on  light  paper  and  send  it  out  by  the 
score  with  the  Uyiwsare,  annual  and  life 
membership  cards.  And  get  men  and 
women  to  go  at  it  all  over  the  nation  and 
raise  funds  ?" 

The  suggestion  is  in  the  right  direction. 
Do  not  wait  for  such  circulars,  however, 
but  commence  to  get  as  many  annual  mem- 
berships and  life  memberships  as  possible 
now.    Begin  at  home. 
W.  N.  Cofl'man,  Potomac,  III,  writes  : 
"I  believe  the  cause  in  which  you  are 
engaged  to  be  a  good  one,  and  it  has  my 
hearty  endorsmenl.    I  feel  unwilling  to  do 
without  the  Cyno»ure,  knowing  it  to  be  a 
fearless  defender  of  whatever  it  thinks  or 
sees  to  be  right,  and  that  hence  it  is  worthy 
of  a  good  support." 
Lois  B.  Smith,  Berea,  O.,  writes  : 
"Our  place  is  almost  entirely  under  the 
influeuce  of  secret  societies  so  that  those 
who  (I  know)  are  good  anti-secret  persons, 
were  afraid  to  have  their  names  seen  under 
those  petitions,  and  asked  me  if  I  was  not 
afraid  the  Masons  would  kill  me  ?    But  I 
am  strong  in  the  faith  that  good  can  be 
done." 
H.  Spaftord,  Fond  du  Lac,  Wis.,  writes  : 
"I  have  been  desirous  of  assisting  in  the 
circulation  of  the  Gi}ii<>»nre,  and  have  lent 
my  papers  to  some  of  my  neighbors  ;  but 
as  my  business  keeps  me  very  busy  I  have 
done  no  canvassing  as  yet.    Hope  to  do 
something  ere  long." 
J.  Buss  writes  from  Bear  Grove,  Iowa  : 
"I  am  out  here  on  a  visit  and  so  find  op- 
p.)rtunity  to  work  a  little  for  the  CyuoHure.'''' 
O.  Breed,  Elizabeth,  111.,  writes  ; 
"If  you  have  any  tracts  or  anything  for 
distribution  send  them  along,  for  the  deus 
of  darkness  are  strong  in  this  place,  and 
the  opposition  weak.    There  is  plenty  of 
opposition  to  the  works  of  darkness  if  it 
can  be  brought  out.    .     .    I  fee?  more  and 
more  encouraged  to  battle  for  the  right." 

W.  B.  Lloyd,  St.  Charles,  111.,  a  grad- 
uate of  Wheaton  College,  writes  : 

"I  look   for  that  (the   Ci/iiosnre)   every 
week  as  containing  the  words  and  works  of 
many  of  my  school  day's  friends." 
A.  H.  Ober,  Pringhas,  la.,  writes  ; 
"I  have  been  trying  to  get  some  sub- 
scribers for  your  good  paper,  but  it  is  up- 
hill business  after  a  grasshopper  raid.     I 
have    succeeded  in    getting    a    few  three 
mouth's  subscribers,  and  think  that  I  can 
raise  a  large  list  after  a  while.     ,     .    I 
mean  to  work  in  this  good  cause." 
J.  S.  Hickman,  AVellington,  111.,  writes  : 
"I  think  it  will  be  sometime  before  I 
drop  the    Ci/iwsure,    if  the    good  Being 
spares  me  and  gives  me  health." 
Benj.  Ulsh,  Silver  Lake,  Ind.,-  writes  : 
"I  am  anxious  to  do  good." 
Jas.  W.  Robb,  Millard,  Wis.,  writes  : 
"The  Christian  Cynosure  is  just  the  pa- 
per for  the  limes,  and   should  be  in  every 
family  in  the  United  States." 

Wm.  N.  Smith,  Wailsburgh,  Wash.  Ten, 
writes  : 

"With  the  grange, Masons,  Odd-fellows, 
Good  Templars  and  Red  Gross,  a  lodge  of 
each  in  the  village,  the  majority  of  the 
community  are  entire  members  or  adher- 
ents.   Consequently,  it  is  difficult  to  have 
light  to  shine  on  darkness." 
J.  Lautz,  Centerville,  Mich.,  writes: 
"I  like  the  Cynusiire  very  much  and  will 
try  and  get  some  subscribers  for  it." 
Daniel  Bermond,  Harvard,  Neb.,  writes  : 
"The  Christian:  Cynosure  is  a  very  good 
paper.    .     .    It  gives  my  doctrine  exactly. 
I  am  opposed  to  all  secret  societies  for  I 
really   think  they   are  the  ruin  of  many 
men." 

S.  D.  Greene,  Chelsea,  Mass.,  writes  : 
"When  Col.  Francis  Bailey,  of  Chel&ea, 
who  was  a  Freemason,  was  on  his  death- 
bed and  dying,  at  the  age  of  nearly  eighty 
years,  he  called  his  son,  who  was  a  Mason, 
and  said  to  him  :  "My  son,  my  sou.  Free- 
masonry may  do  to  live  by,  but  it  will 
not  do  to  die  by.  I  have  neglected  this  too 
long.  I  should  have  warned  you  long 
ago."  And  while  the  Rev,  Mr.  Plumb  was 
praying  with  him  holding  Mr.  Bailey's 
hand,  Mr.  Bailey  said  to  Mr.  Plumb,  'Stop 
my  son  !  I  want  to  live.  I  have  not  done 
my  duty.'  Mr.  Plumb  continued  his  pray- 
er, and  the  Colonel  said  again  to  him  : 
'Stop  my  son.  I  want  to  miike  an  expose 
to  the  church.  I  have  not  done  my  duty. 
But  I  must  die.  Pray  on.  1  am  ready.' 
And  under  these  circumstances  he  closed 
his  life.    I  had  this  statement  from  those 


who  stood  by  his  bedside  and  witnessed  it." 
I.    W.    Baldridge,     Cherry    Fork,    0., 
wjites : 

"I  am  circulating  the  Christian  Cynosures 
that  I  get.  A  soon  as  I  read  them,  I  hand 
them  to  some  of  my  neighbors.  I  trust 
the  people  will  get  their  eyes  open  after  a 
while.  The  grangers  are  making  consid 
erable  headway  here.  They  are  likely  to 
cause  some  trouble  in  our  church,  the 
United  Presbyterian.  Our  minister,  I  fear, 
has  failed  to  warn  his  people  of  the  dan- 
ger of  these  secret  orders  till  they  have  be- 
come so  numerous  and  popular  that  it  is 
now  too  late." 
Ellen  Ewing,  Xeuia,  O.,  writes  : 
"You  have  my  earest  prayers  that  God 
may  bless  you  in  pulling  down  this  strong- 
hold of  Satan.  May  you  live  to  see  it 
crumble  to  the  dust." 

Charles  T.  Collins,  Windsor,  Conn., 
writes : 

"The  pastor  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church    in    this   place  is    a    Mason.    He 
preaches  a  full  and  free  salvation  and  is 
very  much  liked.    But  how  he  can  recon- 
cile Masonry  t&  the  Gospel  I  don't  see. 
.     .     .    I  am  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal   church  here.     Have  some  Ma- 
sons that  are  members,  but  I  do  not  think 
they  understand  its  Christless  character." 
A.  C.  Staples,  West  Branch,  la.,  writes  : 
'!  You  may  stop  my  paper  when  the  last 
charter  for  a  Masonic  lodge  is  surrendered 
in  the  nation.    .    .    .    The  grangers  are 
the  hardest  things  to  fight  just  now." 
S.  B.  Daniel,  Ridge  Prairie,  111.,  writes  : 
"I  am  pleased  with  the  Cynosure  and  do 
not  wish  to  be  without  it.    I  prized  it  be- 
fore   its    enlargement,    but    since,    much 
more.    I  like  the  Sunday-school  lessons. 
Mary  Good,  Millersburg,  Pa.,  writes  : 
"I  like  my  papers.    After  I  have  read 
them  I  give  them  all  away  to  others  to 
read." 
Eliza  Bradbury,  Owego,  K  Y.,  writes: 
"I  am  much  pleased  with  the  enlargement 
and  style  of  the  paper,  and  I  am  trying  to 
circulate  it. " 

Welsey  Richie,  Oakland  City,  Ind., 
writes  : 

"Our  community  is  strongly  infested 
with  Freemasons  and  Odd-fellows.  Yet 
there  are  many  strong  workers  for  the 
right.  Rev.  T.  B.  McCormick  is  exerting 
all  his  influence  in  this  and  adjoining 
counties." 

Wm.  McKamy,  Flat  Rock.  Ill,  writes  : 

"We  sent  sixty  names  as  petitioners  to 
the  President  of  the  United  States  as  our 
expression  against  the  Freemason  move- 
ment in  Chicago." 

John  Jones,  Pha?uixville,  Pa.,  writes  : 

"May  the  Lord  be  with  you  and  pros- 
per you  and  not  allow  you  to  grow  weary 
in  the  good  cause.  My  age  forbids  my 
doing  as  much  as  I  would  like  to  do.  I 
believe  it  is  the  Lord's  cause  and  he  will 
carry  it  on  to  its  consummatiou,  though 
men  and  devils  may  conspire^to  oppose  it.'' 

S.  B.  McClelland,  Sulivan,  III,  writes  : 

"I  like  the  paper  better  than  before  the 
change.  .  .  I  think  it  is  one  of  the  most 
consistent  Christian  i:)apers  I  have  become 
acquainted  with." 

S.  H.  Edwards,  PleasantHill,  la.,  writes: 

"I  am  poor  and  have  but  little,  but  can- 
not very  well  afford  to  do  without  the  Cy- 
nosure. I  will  try  to  send  a  few  more 
names." 

Does  not  this  friend  practice  true  econ- 
omy in  appropriating  a  little  money  to 
food  for  the  soul  ? 

J.  Hubbard,  Freedom,  III,  writes  : 

"I  shall  do  what  I  can  for  you.  Be  of 
good  cheer,  there  is  a  better  time  coming." 

J.  N.  Lloyd  writes  : 

"It  is  the  one  paper  I  always  read. 
Though  taking  several  they  would  all  go 
before  the  Cynosure  should." 

T.  C,  Radabaugh,  Camden,  Mich., 
writes : 

"I  am  fighting  the  Beast  here  to  the  best 
of  my  ability.  My  means  are  small  but 
my  hope  in  God  is  large.  The  good  cause 
is  prospering  here  slowly,  but  steadily.  I 
bid  you  God  speed  in  your  labor  of  love." 

John  McCuUough,  Pella,  la.,  writes  : 

"I  rejoice  that  truth  is  mighty  and  will 
prevail.  May  the  blessing  of  the  Lord  at- 
tend the  ellbrts  made  for  the  doing  away 
of  these  secret  combinations  that  is  calcu- 
lated to  ruin  the  government  and  every- 
thing else." 

"Still  the  Cynosure  comes,"  writes  a 
gentleman  in  Iowa  to  a  friend  in  this  city, 
and  is  read  with  care  and  interest.  I  tried 
a  little  to  get  some  subscribers  to  it,  but  so 
far,  have  failed.  I  am  giving  them  to  a 
man  on  Buck  Creek  who  has  several  boys 


and  they  read  it,  so  that  your  favor  will,  do 
some  good  in  our  community.  I  pray  that 
its  cause  may  triumph  over  all  opposition, 
and  that  all  secret  rings  may  be  broken  to 
a  thousand  pieces  and  scattered  to  the 
four  winds  never  more  to  be  resurrected." 

J.  S.  Riddle,  Canning,  Ont.,  writes  : 

"Through  Mr.  A.  J.  Turner,  of  Canning, 
Ontario,  a  copy  of  the  Christian  Cynosure 
has  fallen  into  my  hands. 

I  am,  dear  sir,  glad  to  know  that  you  are 
willing  to  stand  erect  and  in  the  face  of 
such  a  mighty  mouldering  evil  as  Masonry, 
and  "cry  aloud  and  spare  not." 

I  have  been  shockingly  alarmed  at  the 
tendency  secret  societies  has  to  supplant 
the  church.  Yes,  the  church— the  institu- 
tion against  which  Jesus  Christ,  of  Nazar- 
eth, says,  "The  gates  of  hell  shall  not  pre- 
vail." 

Facts  are  now  being  disclosed,  thank 
heaven,  which  go  to  show  the  danger  in 
supporting  such  an  institution.  God  is  a 
jealous  God  and  should  not  his  people — 
most  especially  ministers  of  the  Gospel — 
to  whom  he  says,  "Zion  behold  your  God," 
become  jealous  of  such  a  prevalent  evil. 
The  church  has  the  power  to  put  it  down, 
and  God  will  hold  us  accountable  if  we  re- 
fuse to  make  use  of  the  power." 

schedule  of  Bible  Lessons   foi'T^ird 
(Juarter,  1874. 


July 
Aug. 


Gospel  OF  Mark. 
i.  1-1 1.     Beginning  of  the  Gospel, 
i.  16-27.     The  Antbority  of  Jesus, 
i.  45-48.     The  Leper  Healed, 
ii.  14-17.    The  Publican  Called. 
ii.  23-28,  iii.  1-5.    Jesus  and  Sabbath, 
iv.  35-41.    Power  over  Nature. 
V.  1-15     Power  over  Demons. 
V.  14-24.    Power  over  Disease. 
T.  22-23,  35-43.    Power  over  Death. 
vi.  20-23.    Martyrdom  of  the  Baptist, 
vi.  :i4-44-     Five  Thousand  Fed. 
vil.  24-30.    The  Phoaniclan  Mother. 
Review. 

L,ESSON   XXViii. — JDLY    13,    1784. — THE   AU- 
THORITY   OF   .TESUS. 


5. 
12. 
19. 
26. 
3- 
9. 
"  16. 
"  33. 
"  30. 
Sept.  6. 
"  1.3. 
"  20. 
"       27. 


SCRIPTURE  LESSON. — MARK  1. 16-27,    Com- 
mit 21-37  ;  Primary  Verse  23, 

16  Now  as  he  walked  by  the  sea  of 
Galilee,  he  saw  Simon  and  Andrew  his 
brother  casting  a  net  into  the  sea  :  for  they 
were  tishers. 

17  And  Jesus  said  unto  them,  Come  ye 
after  me,  and  I  will  make  you  to  become 
fishers  of  men. 

18  And  straightway  they  forsook  their 
nets  and  followed  him. 

19  And  when  he  had  gone  a  little  fur- 
ther thence,  he  saw  James  the  son  of  Zeb- 
edee,  and  John  his  brother,  who  also  were 
in  the  ship  mending  their  nets. 

20  And  straightway  he  called  them  : 
and  they  left  their  father  Zebedee  in  the 
ship  with  the  hired  servants, and  went  af- 
ter him. 

21  And  they  went  into  Capenaum  ;  and 
straightway  on  the  Sabbath  day  he  entered 
into  the  synagogue  and  taught. 

22  And  they  were  astonished  at  his 
doctrine  :  for  he  taught  them  as  one  that 
had  authority,  and  not  as  the  scribes. 

23  And  there  was  in  their  synagogue  a 
man  with  an  unclean  spirit  ;  and  he  cried 
out, 

24  Saying,  Let  us  alone  ;  what  have 
we  to  do  with  thee,  thou  Jesus  of  Nazar- 
eth ?  art  thou  come  to  destroy  us  ?  I  know 
thee  who  thou  art,  the  holy  one  of  God. 

25.  And  Jesus  rebuked  him,  saying, 
Hold  thy  peace,  and  come  out  of  him. 

26.  And  when  the  unclean  spirit  had 
torn  him,  and  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  he 
came  out  of  him. 

27.  And  they  were  all  amazed,  inso- 
much that  they  questioned  among  them- 
selves, saying.  What  thiog  is  this?  what 
new  doctrine  is  this?  for  with  authority 
commandeth  he  even  the  unclean  spirit, 
and  they  do  obey  him. 

G(5LDEN  TEXT.— "And  Jesus  came 
and  spake  unto  them,  saying,  All  power  is 
given  unto  me  in  heaven  and  in  earth." — 
SIatt.  xxviii.  18. 

TOPIC— The  Authority  of  Jesus. 
HOME  READINGS, 
M.    Matt.  iv.    1-25— The  Temptations  of  Jesus. 
T.     Matt.  V.     1-2 1— The  Sermon  on  the  Mount. 
VV.   Matt.  V.    25-48— The  Sermon  on  the  Mount. 
Th,  Matt.  vi.     1-34— 'i  he  Sermon  on  the  Mount. 
P.    Matt.  vii.  1-20— The  Sermon  on  the  Mount. 
S.    Lukeiv.    14-30— The  Sermon  at  Nazareth. 
S.    Lukeiv.    31-44— Sermons  in  Cities  and  Syna- 
gogues. 
TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 
Calling  with  Authority,  verses  16-20. 

Teaching  with  Authority,  "      21,22. 

Commanding  with  Authority,  "      22-26. 

Amazed  at  Authority.  verse        27. 

SUGGESTIONS  TO~SCHOLARS,  AND 

QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 
What  is  the  principal  topic?    What  does 
the  word  authority  mean  ?    Where  was  Je- 
sus at  this  time  (verse  14)?    Galilee  was 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


the  northern  division  of  Palestine,  and  in 
the  time  of  our  Lord,  had  about  sixty  little 
cities  and  villages  with  a  population  of 
three  millions. 

What  is  the  first  topic?  Where  had  Je- 
sus been?  (vease  13.)  The  place  isthous;ht 
to  have  been  Mt.  Quarantania,  in  the  wil- 
derness of  Judea.  What  had  happened  to 
John?  (verse  14.)  Where  was  Jesus  walk- 
ing? What  other  names  are  given  to  the 
Sea  of  Galilee?  (Num.  xxxiv.  11 ;  Josh.  xii. 
3;  Lukev.  1;  John  xxi.  1.)  Who  did  he 
call?  What  did  he  promise  them?  What 
did  they  leave?  (Luke  v,  11.)  How  long 
did  they  wait  before  they  obeyed  ?  Has 
Jesus  called  you?    Haveyoa  obeyed? 

What  is  the  scoad  topic?  What  city 
did  he  enter?  What  is  it  called  in  Matt. 
ix.  i.?  It  was  on  the  north-west  shore  of 
the  lake.  Many  wonderful  things  were 
said  and  done  here,  (see  Matt,  ix,  1-9;  Luke 
iv.  38;  vii.  1-10,  etc,)  Jesus  condemned  it 
Matt.  xi.  23,  24.)  Where  did  Jesus  go? 
This  was  the  usual  place  of  worship.  Try 
and  think  how  Jesus  taught,  what  he 
taught,  where  he  taught,  who  he  taught. 
Write  it  down  and  show  to  your  teacher, 
does  he  teach  now?  How?  What?  Where? 
Who? 

What  is  the  third  topic?  Who  was  in 
the  synagogue  besides  Jesus  and  the  peo- 
ple? Why  did  the  demon  go  to  church? 
Did  he  love  the  poor  man?  Did  he  wish 
to  hear  Jesus?  Did  he  like  the  sermon? 
What  did  he  do?  Did  he  know  Christ? 
What  did  he  ask  of  him?  What  did  Jesus 
do?  Did  his  command  have  authority? 
What  did  the  demon  do?  What  does  this 
prove? 

What  is  the  fourth  topic?  They  were 
filled  with  astonishment.  No  one  thought 
that  Satan  could  be  overthrown,  and  cast 
out,  but  they  were  glad.  What  do  you 
think  about  it? 

■  Lessons,  Jesus'  call  is  superior  to  all 
others;  we  ought  to  obey  at  once,  and 
follow  him,  2.  Jesus' commands  are  all  im- 
portant; we  must  not  take  the  words  of 
others  in  the  place  of  Christ's.  3.  Jesus, 
authority  is  supreme ;  all  will  one  day  be 
compelled  to  obey. — NaVl  S.  S.  2'encher. 


Truth  by  Thinking.' 

Most  persons  might  think  if  they 
would.  Religion,  as  a  system,  requires 
thought;  searching, intelligent  thought. 
Persons  pleased  with  a  dance,  a  frolic, 
or  a  feast,  are  not  prepared  to  enjoy  a 
study  of  God's  Word.  The  vocabulary 
of  fashionable  society  has  very  few 
words,  and  is  run  into  continuous 
talk  by  vain  repetions  and  inter- 
jections. Its  phrases  do  not  range  up 
with  the  intellectual  nature.  There  is 
a  disposition  to  take  things  for  granted 
in  the  churches.  People  say,  "I'll 
set  my  watch  by  your  clock,  if  you 
please,"  not  even  thinking  that  some- 
body's clock  has  been  timed  by  fome- 
body  else's  watch.  People  are  gener- 
ally led  hither  and  thither  by  the  ear. 

It  is  high  time  that  Christians  had 
quit  their  half  thinking,  their  tender, 
touch-me-not  thinking,  as  if  the  Bible 
would  explode  like  a  powder  magazine 
in  case  a  flaming  fact  should  dart 
athwart  its  pages.  For  God  intends 
that  we  shall  come  into  deliberate 
knowledge  of  him,  not  bj'  mere  tradi- 
tional introduction,  not  as  a  casual 
Sunday  acquaintance,  met  by  accident, 
continued  with  as  a  convenience ;  but 
that  as  in  prophecy  foretold,  prefig. 
ured,  typified ,  and  as  in  Jesus  Christ 
manifested,  he  shall  be  recognized, 
loved,  enjoyed,  and  served  in  willing 
and  uplifting  obedience. 

Hence  the  necessity  of  regular  and 
continous  lessons  day  by  day,  and  year 
by  year.  By  well-directed  thought 
we  grow  into  a  knowledge  of  our  Lord 
and  Saviour, 

Some  persons  who  have  proper  vis- 
ion of  material  objects,  are  singularly 
blind  or  double-sighted  when  they  are 
pointed  toward  spiritual  things.  Here 
they  stand  in  low  places,  and  under  the 


shadows,  and  look  only  at  the  corners 
or  cornices  of  great  objects,  losing  al- 
together the  beautiful  perspective  that 
opens  into  far  eternity.  They  glance 
to  and  fro  in  cross-light?,  in  flickering 
blazee,  self-confused,  or  sect-confound- 
ed, and  never  apprehend  the  true  pro- 
portions and  winning  symmetries  of  di- 
vine truth.  Then,  too  often,  because 
the  view  is  unsatisfying,  the  beholder 
imagnes  the  deformity  is  in  the  object 
observed  rather  than  in  the  observer 
himself.  The  religion  of  Jesus,  in  its 
antecedents,  in  its  history,  in  its  doc- 
trine, and  in  its  adaption  to  sinners, 
must  be  viewed  by  well-opened  eyes, 
eyes  brought  to  the  proper  stand-point, 
and  under  the  sanctifying  light  of  the 
Holy  Spirit.  The  Gospel  itself  says, 
"Come  and  see." 

So  the  Christian  has  a  higher, 
wider  range  of  thought  area  horizoned 
around  him  than  is  afforded  any  other 
student.  The  truth  invites  investiga- 
tion, and  has  the  power  to  make  men 
tree  indeed.  Here  are  subjects  for 
thought  which  concerns  everlasting 
interests  and  relations — matters  on 
which  profoundest  men  have  meditated 
with  adoration  and  delight— which  in- 
spired prophetr,  and  apostles  have  spo- 
ken of  with  bated  breath.  To  these 
grand  themes  the  teacher  leads  his 
class  and  to  meet  these  problems  and 
solve  them,  there  must  be  a  care- 
ful discipline  of  well  directed    thought. 

'■''Tliinli  on  these  things."  We  are 
liable  to  lapse  into  indolence,  to  be 
diverted  by  idle  tales,  to  be  warped  by 
predjudice;  and  there  is  danger  that 
we  may  miss  the  Way,  the  Truth  and, 
the  Life,  at  last.  We  must  think  and 
wateh  and  pray.  ''Give  us,  O  Lord, 
in  thy  light  to  see  light !  Open  thou 
our  eyes  that  we  may  behold  wonder- 
ous  things  out  of  thy  law." — Nat^l  S. 
S.  Teacher. 


Unconscious  Iniluencet 


On  this  theme  a  writer  in  the  S.  S. 
Times  suggests  a  freeh  instance : 

Probably  the  greatest  intiuence  we 
ever  exert  over  our  Sabbath-school 
classes  is  put  forth  at  times  when  we 
are  most  unconscious  of  exerting  any 
influence.  It  is  the  few  minutes  before 
the  school  opens,  and  those  which  fol- 
low its  closing,  which  tell  most  power- 
fully on  the  child's  heart. 

When  engaged  about  the  lesson,  it  is 
expected  that  the  teacher  will  be  seri- 
ous, and  will  speak  of  things  pertaining 
to  the  Sabbath.  But  how  does  he  de- 
port himself  at  other  times  on  the  holy 
day  ?  Do  his  teachings  and  example 
go  together?  If,  when  he  comes  in, 
he  begins  to  chat  lightly  with  a  fellow 
teacher  about  the  events  of  the  week, 
its  business  and  its  pleasures,  and  the 
prospect  of  the  week  to  come,  the  listen- 
ing scholar  will  feel  that  the  Sabbath 
sanctity  is  with  him  only  a  lesson  to 
be  conned  and  taught,  not  practiced. 

if  on  the  contrary,  he  is  devout  and 
serious  from  the  moment  he  enters  his 
seat;  if  he  seems  to  turn  naturally  to 
the  lesson,  as  the  great  matter  of  the 
hour  to  him;  if  he  improves  the  few 
moments  before  opening,  in  speaking 
an  earnest  word  of  counsel  or  sympathy 
with  one  of  his  scholars,  how  will  the 


heart   thrill,  and  the    contc'ience    bear 
witness  to  his  faithfulnees. 

A  minister  has  said,  that  his  first  re- 
ligious impressions  were  caused  by  the 
Christian  conversation  of  some  Sabbath- 
school  teachers,  ae  they  stood  around 
the  stove  one  winter's  morninof.  Years 
after,  the  conversation  was  as  distinct 
to  his  mind  as  on  the  day  it  was  utter- 
ed. It  is  needless  to  say  it  was  not  on 
frivolous,  worldly  subjects,  yet  they 
doubtless  had  no  idea  of  exerting  any 
influence  at  the  time.  They  were 
merely  speaking  to  each  other  from  the 
fullness  of  their  hearts. 

Cholera  Infantum  in   its    IncipLency. 


This  and  the  following  months  in 
years  past  has  struck  terror  and  dis- 
may into  many  an  household  as  the 
closed  windows  and  drapped  doors  in  so 
many  homes  will  testify ,  the  alarm  was 
well  grounded. 

So  much  might  ba  written  or  should 
be  concerning  this  nearly  fatal  disease 
among  infants,  that  it  seems  useless  to 
print  just  a  newspaper  paragraph,  but 
shall  this  hinder  us  from  lighting  our 
neighbor's  lamp  from  the  light  of  our 
experience?  You  should  remember 
however  bright  and  sparkling  your  lit- 
tle one  is  at  bed  time,  not  to  add  to 
its  already  excited  state,  but  should  en- 
courage sleep  and  freedom  from  joy  as 
well  as  sorrt  w.  While  grief  depresses , 
joy  exhilarates,  and  that  is  just  what  you 
would  wish  to  avoid.  When  the  child 
has  wrestled  with  sleep  so  long  in  com- 
ing, you  may  notice  a  blue  skin  under 
a  profuse  persperation.  This  shows  a  pro- 
found depression.  If  the  child  is  restless 
or  utters  sounds  or  words,  or  especially 
if  the  head  is  drawn  over  backward,  its 
lids  open,  or  balls  unusually  active  or 
drawn  up,  you  may  be  quite  sure 
your  child  must  have  care  for  a  few 
hours  at  least,  if  you  would  avoid  se- 
rious illness.  If  the  child  remains  cov- 
ered with  sweat  until  it  awakes,  have  a 
nice  tepid  bath  with  mustard  in,  and 
immerse  the  child  ten  minutes,  drying 
well  afterwards.  But  if  the  child  has 
lost  its  pallor  and  blueness,  is  rolling 
its  head  from  side  to  side,  pulse  quick  and 
hands  hot,  leave  out  the  mustard,  and 
give  the  bath  the  same  length  of  time. 
Have  the  room  quiet;  avoid  close  wrap- 
pings,— its  night  dress  is  its  most  com- 
fortable garment, — and  give  three  drops 
of  the  spirits  of  nitre  if  you  have  not 
aconite  or  belladonna  In  your  house.  If 
the  child  does  not  appear  better  in  one 
hour  after  its  bath,  these  medicines  are 
of  vital  importance,  of  course  a  sensible, 
honest  physician  would  be  your  help- 
er; but  mothers  or  nurses  are  derelic 
if  they  depend  entirely  on  physicians; 
the  mother  province  is  to  avoid  the 
sickness  which  she;  may  not  be  able 
to  control. 


The     great  secret  of    having  clean 
white  linen  is  thorough  rinsing. 


To  Keep  Insects  from  Canary 
Birds. — Suspend  a  little  bag  of  sul- 
pher  in  the  cage.  It  has  proved  an 
effective   preventative. 

Advantages  of  Uuder-Draining. 


One  drop  of  salt  butter  is  said  to  re- 
lieve the  earache  very  soon. 


An  exchange  says  hot  lemonade  is 
one  of  the  best  remedies  in  the  world 
for  a  cold. 


The  land  is  sooner  in  the  spring,  la- 
ter in  the  fall,  and  oflener  during  the 
year,  in  a  condition  to  be  worked. 
Then  a  longer  season  is  secured — a 
longer  time  for  the  farmer  to  do  bis 
work,  and  a  longer  time  for  plants  to 
grow. 

Under-draining  removes  stagnant 
water.  The  water  line  is  lowered  to 
the  depth  of  the  lowest  drain.  Stag- 
nant water  prisons  the  soil  and  thus 
the  crops.  It  lowers  the  temperature 
of  the  ground  and  thus  chills  and  re- 
tards growth.  It  invites  early  and 
late  frosts,  and  the  land  freezes  more 
readily,  oftener  and  harder.  Land 
freezes  not  only  according  to  the  degree 
of  cold  in  the  atmosphere,  but  espec- 
ially according  to  the  amount  of  moist- 
ure in  the  ground.  Dry  ground  will 
not  freeze  at  all.  Stagnant  water  poi- 
sons the  atmosphere  even  when  below 
the  surface,  and  the  health  of  the  lo- 
cality or  district  will  in  a  measure  be 
determined  by  the  amount  of  such  land 
lying  around. 

Under-draining  prevents  surface- 
washing,  for  drained  land  never  be- 
comes so  full  of  water  but  that  it  may 
absorb  more.  The  ground  becomes 
like  a  close  sieve,  letting  water  through, 
but  not  so  fast  but  that  its  fertilizing 
qualities  are  retained  and  carried  deep- 
er into  the  soil.  It  deepens  and  loosens 
the  soil,  enabling  the  full  natural 
spread  and  downward  growth  of  roots, 
giving  them  larger  feeding  space,  great- 
er firmness  against  winds,  and  protect- 
ion from  sun  and  drouth.  Under-drain- 
ing supplies  air  to  roots,  which  is  nec- 
essary to  enable  them  to  do  their  duty, 
and  which  comes  to  them  charged  with 
moisture.  Under-drained  land  is  al- 
ways much  more  moist  in  a  dry  season 
and  much  dryer  in  a  wet  season  than 
the  same  land  would  be  without  drain- 
ing. Any  one  who  understands  what 
is  meant  by  percolation  and  capillary  * 
attraction  will  know  why. 

Under-draining  produces  harmony 
of  appearance  in  crops,  no  mean  ad- 
vantage in  the  eyes  of  the  farmer  of 
esthetic  sensibility,  or  who  wants  to  sell 
his  farm,  or  only:  to  brag  about  it.  Bet- 
ter still,  it  secures  uniformity  of  quality 
of  higher  grade  of  crops,  which  means 
dollars  and  cents  in  the  market,  and  no 
more  outlay  to  get  it. 

Under-draining  unifies  the  farm.  It 
takes  out  all  the  barren,  wet  and  cold 
spots  which  must  be  plowed  round, 
and  be  left  uncultivated  because  not 
paying  for  cultivation.  Thus  the  sep- 
aration of  parts  are  removed,  and  the 
farm   becomes  connected.  —  Dr.  Geo. 

(J.  ffeckman. 

•  ■ » 

Don't  sell  thc  Pelts. — The  skin  of 

an  animal,  whether  cow,  calf,    colt,  or 

horse,  that  dies  on  the  farm   is   worth 

more   at  home   than  at  the   tanner's. 

Cut  into  narrow   strips,  and  shave   off 

the  hair  with  a  sharp  knife    before  the 

kitchen  fire,  or   in    your  workshop   on 

stormy  days  and  evenings.     You  may 

make  them  soft  by  rubbing. 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Chicago,  Thursday,  July  2,  1>74. 


THE  CORNER-STONE:    WHO  LAID  IT 


The  Chicago  Tribune  and  Times  Bay  that  Judge 
Blodgett  of  the  United  States  Court  laid  it.  The 
Chicago  Journal  says  the  lodge  laid  it.  Both  state- 
ments are  true.  It  was  twice  laid,  once  by  the  United 
States,  in  the  person  of  Judge  Blodgett,  and  once  by 
the  lodge,  with  its  heathen  ceremonies  and  prayers  to 
Baal  or  ''The  unknown  god." 

Mr.  Rankin,  the  superintending  architect,  is  a 
pleasant  man  and  weak-kneed  Freemason.  He  strove 
to  please  everybody.  He  aeked  President  Grant  to 
lay  it,  but  Grant  was  foxy,  and  would  have  nothing  to 
do  with  it.  He  next  tried  to  get  Vice-president  Henry 
Wilson,  who  is  an  Anti-masonby  conviction  and  prac- 
tice, but  he  too  shunned  it.  Judge  Drummond  was 
then  invited,  but  with  similar  result. 

The  Committee  were  divided.  They  grew  angry 
and  desperate  as  petitions  poured  in  upon  General 
Grant  at  Washington  ;  and  remonstrances,  by  such 
men  as  Mr.  Carpenter,  Matthew  Laflin,  Tuthill  King, 
and  other  old  citizens  and  large  property-owners  of 
Chicago,  were  sent  to  those  who  had  ihe  building  in 
charge,  praying  them  to  save  the  people  from  insult 
and  the  building  from  desecration  by  the  detestable 
despotism  of  the  lodge. 

Judge  Blodgett  was  at  last  induced  to  come  to  their 
relief.  He  was  assigned  a  high  seat  near  the  stone, 
and  the  people  had  been  promised  that  he  should  lay 
the  stone.  But  for  this  promise  it  is  not  impossible 
but  a  mob  of  United  States  citizens  might  have  been 
organized,  as  the  Chicago  Times  had  suggested,  and 
driven  the  lodge,  with  its  harlot  impudence  and  harlot 
finery,  off  the  ground. 

The  sweltering  Masonic  mass  wedged  in  and  around 
the  spot,  loaded  with  finery  and  feathers  bought  with 
money  wrung  from  their  besotted  and  befco";ed  dupes, 
American  mechanics  and  laborers,  who  have  sold 
their  birthright  of  liberty  for  the  pottage  of  the  lodge. 
The  awful  moment  came.  Then  poor  Mr.  Rankin, 
who,  like  all  waverers,  fell  to  the  wrong  side  at  the 
last,  arose  and  said  aloud  : 

"Most  Worshipful  Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  Illi- 
nois, in  behalf  of  the  National  Treasury  Department, 
and  in  the  name  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
of  America,  I  now  request  you  to  lay  the  corner-stone 
of  the  building  to  be  eiected  on  this  spot,  in  accord- 
ance with  the  formalities  of  your  ancient  and  honor- 
able institution." 

"  Grand  Master"  Hawley  bowed  and  with  mock  so- 
lemnity called  for  an  invocation  to  the  Masonic  deity, 
the  "Grand  Architect  of  the  Universe,"  Then  came 
the  high  priest  of  Baal,  Forrester,  a  Universalist 
preacher,  and  acting  Grand  Chaplain,  and  followed  in 
an  ice-cold,  Christless,  pagan  prayer  to  the  unknown 
god  of  the  lodge,  which,  if  it  could  have  aflfected  the 
bodies  of  the  sweltering  mass,  as  Lt  did  their  souls, 
would  have  cooled  them  in  spite  of  the  heat.  The 
prayer  was  the  same  as  that  of  Dr.  Tifiany  at  the  cor- 
ner-stone of  Douglas  Monument,  in  substance  and 
spirit,  with  the  exception  that  Tiffany  obeyed  the  laws 
of  the  lodge,  making  no  allusion  to  Christ,  while  For- 
rester had  the  brazen  impudence  to  wind  up  bis  heath- 
en prayer  with  a  violation  of  Masonry,  and  an  attempt 
to  swindle  and  impose  on  Christian  people  by  adding 
the  words  :  "■Through  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord, 
Amen."  Now  this  clerical  falsifier  knew  very  well 
that  such  allusions  to  Christ  are  unmaaonic,  and  have 
been  condemned  and  forbidden  by  lodge-authoritv 
again  and  again.  The  very  name  of  Christ  in  his 
lips  was,  therefore,  not  a  prayer,  but  a  falsehood  and  a 
blasphemy  1 

After  this  swindling  prayer  and  other  parts  of  the 
Masonic  farce  were  enacted,  came  the  part  of  Judge 
Blodgett  representing  the  United  States,  which  cut  no 
figure  beside  the  secret  empire.  Judge  Blodgett's 
part  is  thus  described  by  the  Masonic  Chicago  Joiir- 
nal : 

«*The  Grand  Master  spread  a  portion  of  the  cement, 


and  then  handed  the  trowel  to  Judge  Blodgett,  who 
finished  the  spreading,  a  nominal  operation.  This 
called  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone,  being  over.  Judge 
Blodgett  returned  the  trowel  to  the  Grand  Master, 
and  stepped  back  to  his  place,  having  no  further  play 
of  courtesy  to  respond  to." 

The  Chicago  Tribune,  which,  amid  the  general 
apostacy  shows  a  cleaving  to  the  Republc  against  the 
secret  empire,  gives  Judge  Blodgett's  part  thus: 

"  Grand  Master  Hawley  (addressing  Judge  Blodgett) 
— On  behalf  of  the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  llli 
(  o's,  I  invite  your  Honor,  as  one  of  the  Judges  of  the 
United  States  Courts,  to  assist  in  these  ceremonies 
by  spreading  a  portion  of  the  cement. 

Judge  Blodgett  came  down  from  his  seat,  and,  tak- 
ing a  trowel,  spread  some  mortar  on  one  corner  of  the 
base-stone. 

This  done,  the  Grand  Master  ordered  Grand  Marshal 
Duval  to  direct  the  craftsmen  to  lower  the  stone." 

Hail  impudence  !  Hail  political  harlotry  !  Hail 
treason  to  the  United  States  I  Human  effrontery  here 
reaches  its  acme  !  Judge  Blodgett's  father  was  an 
abolitionist  and  Anti-mason,  and  the  Judge  himself 
bas  been  supposed  to  inherit  the  principles  of  his 
sire.  He  is  here,  however,  simply  as  Judge 
Blodgett  of  the  United  States  Court,  and  invited  by 
this  shameless  committee  to  lay  the  corner-stone  of 
building  belonging  to  our  Christian  Republic.  This, 
the  people  demanded  through  their  thousand  mouths, 
the  press.  This,  thousands  of  petitioners  demanded 
of  President  Grant  by  their  petitions  taken  and  deliv 
ered  to  him  in  person  by  Aaron  Floyd,  Esq.,  of  Pitts- 
burgh. This  the  Chicago  Times  demanded  and 
threatened  a  mob  of  United  States  citizens  to  drive  off 
the  Masons  if  they  attempted  to  seize  on  United 
States  property  for  their  advertisement  and  display  ! 

And  what  do  we  see!  A  bustling,  consequential, 
unknown  lodge-master,  asking  Judge  Blodgett  to  as- 
sist in  these  ceremonies  by  spreading  a  portion  of  the 
cement.  And  Judge  Blodgett  instead  of  answering 
such  impudence  with  a  blow;  or,  what  more  becom- 
ing the  dignity  of  his  position, — walking  away  in  dis- 
gust, takes  up  the  trowel  and,  spreading  the  cement, 
subsides,  and  the  damning  farce  goes  on.  So  have 
we  seen  an  English  family  in  decay,  insulted  by  the 
bustling  strumpet  which  "my  lord"  has  brought  in 
to  patronize  and  degrade  and  insult  the  meek  mother 
of  a  Christian  household. 

People  of  the  United  States 

"Can  such  things  be 
And  overcome  us  like  a  summer   cloud, 
Without  our  special  wonder?" 
If  there  was  a  United  States  marshall  in  the  crowd, 
it  was  his  duty  to  have    extemporized  a  posse   of  citi- 
zens and  collared  and  walked  those  officious  meddlers 
off  the  ground,  and  allowed  the  Government  of  the 
United  Slates  in  the  person  of  Judge    Blodgett  to  lay 
that   corner-stone,  bought,  paid    for,  and  laid  by   the 
taxes  of  the  people. 

But  no!  Instead  of  this,  a  marshall,  not  of  the 
United  ribates,  but  of  that  secret  empire  which  defied 
and  defeated  the  judiciary  of  New  York  when  they 
murdered  Morgan,  and  which  hates  popular  govern- 
ment everywhere,  made  the  following: 

PROCLAMATION. 

''The  Grand  Marshal  was  ordered  io  make  proclama- 
tion of  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone,  and  did  so, 
shouting:  In  the  name  of  the  most  worshipful  Grand 
Lodge  of  Ancient  Free  and  Accepted  Masons  of  the 
State  of  Illinois,  I  now  proclaim  that  the  corner-stone 
of  the  structure  to  be  here  erected  has  thid  day  been 
fouid  squwe,  level  and  plumb,  true  and  trusty  and 
laid  accoraing  to  the  old  customs,  by  the  Grand  Mas- 
ter of  MasoDS." 

Then  Grand  Master  Hawley  arose  and  made  a  "re- 
port" commencing: 

''Gentlemen  representing  the  National  Treasury 
Department,  Fellow  Citizens  and  Brethren :  I  have 
the  honor  to  report  that  in  compliance  with  the  re- 
quest of  the  United  States  authorities, the  corner-stone 
of  the  new  Custom-House  and  Post-Office  building, 
here  to  be  erected,  has  been  laid  with  the  ancient 
ceremonies  of  the  craft." 

He  then  proceeded  through  some  minutes  of  fustian 
and  highfalutin  falsehoods  like  the  following: 

•'It  is  seldom  that  our  fraternity  appears  in  public. 
Freemasonry  shuns  notoriety.  Its  mission  lies  in  an- 
other direction.     But  when   the    Government,  under 


whose  protection  we  Hve,  requests  our  assistance  in 
the  performance  of  a  peaceful  and  honorable  duty,  we 
may  with  propriety  leave  our  quiet  streets,  perform 
our  work,  and  once  more  return  to  the  seclusion  of  our 
lodges.  We  may  have  no  more  monumerts  of  stone 
to  rear — yet  the  fraternity  which  exists  wherever  are 
round  ihe  civilized  haunts  of  man  will  march  on  in  its 
mission  of  rearing  higher,  broaHer  and  deeper  its 
great  living  principle  of  charity— which  shall  endure 
longer  than  stone  or  brick." 

And  so  with  a  benediction  from  the  high  priest 
of  Baal,  Forrester,  the  farce  closed,  and  like  slave- 
holders after  a  compromise  which  gave  all  to  slavery 
and  took  all  from  liberty,  the  Freemasons  went  their 
way  to  their  secret  dens  rejoicing. 

Citizens  of  the  United  States!  The  doings  of  that 
black  saints-day  must  and  will  be  reversed.  Those 
tramplers  on  the  national  flig,  the  national  honor  and 
the  national  judiciary,  must  be  driven  from  the  jury- 
box,  the  ballot-box,  and  from  the  halls  of  legislation, 
as  the  forsworn  janizaries  of  a  power  unknown  to  our 
laws  and  courts.  They  showed  you  at  that  corner- 
stone the  exact  theory  of  their  system,  which  is  that 
our  civil  and  religious  institutions  are  mere  subordi- 
nate creatures  of  the  lodge  ! ! — which  handles  your 
courts  as  its  "Master"  handled  Judge  Blodgett,  their 
representative. 

When  slavery  was  unearthed  and  the  people  saw 
what  it  was,  the  moral  indignation  of  mankind  sunk 
it.  So  if  the  lodges  were  uncapped,  as  in  the  day  of 
the  Morgan  outrage,  the  Masonic  masses  themselves 
would  leave  the  lodge  with  loathing.  They  will  yet 
do  so.  They  are  Freemasons  because  they  are  dupes. 
And  when  the  lodges  go  down,  as  1,500  of  them  did 
go  down  then,  they  never  will  rise  again;  for  their 
true  religious  nature  is  now  understood  as  it  was  not 
then.  But  now  the  Christian  religion,  which  under- 
lies and  supports  all  the  freedom  on  the  globe,  is  set 
against  this  Christless  phantom  and  ''Image  of  the 
Beast,"  and  it  is  surely  to  be  destroyed  by  the  bright- 
ness of  Christ's  coming. 


BEECH ER-TILTON  AGAIN. 


We  know  who  said,  "For  there  is  nothing  hid 
which  shall  not  be  manifested;  neither  was  anything 
kept  secret  but  that  it  should  come  abroad."  Mark 
iv.  22.  . 

The  great  Brooklyn  Council  decided  some  things 
about  Congregationalism  of  which  few  know  anything 
definite,  and  fewer  care  to  know  any  thing.  Deacon 
Bowen's  accusation  of  his  pastor  as  "an  unsafe  man  in 
families,"  that  is,  as  a  lewd  man,  was  totally  ignored. 
Tilton's  direct  charge  upon  H  W.  Beecher,  as  guilty 
of  adultery  and  fornication,  was  but  vaguely  hinted  at. 
Great  speeches  were  delivered ;  great  orators  praised ; 
Leonard  Bacon  is  toasted  as  "the  embodiment  of  Con- 
gregationalism," and 

"All  went  merry  as  a  marriage  hell." 

But  there  is  a  "day  of  judgment  and  perdition  of 
ungodly  men."  Dr.  Bacon,  in  his  zeal  to  mend  the 
battered  character  of  the  man  who  raised  the  money 
which  gives  him  his  bread,  denounces  Tilton  as  a 
cowardly  slanderer,  until  he  (Tdton)  will  no  longer 
stand  it;  and  though  he  has  shown  himself  willing  to 
pocket  the  indignity  and  insult  of  adultery  with  his 
wife,  so  far  as  the  crime  and  iasult  are  concerned,  he 
will  not  brook  being  called  a  coward  by  the  aged  Dr. 
Leonard  Bacon. 

He,  therefore,  comes  out  with  a  letter  to  the  trus- 
tees of  Beecher's  church,  offering  to  stand  trial  for 
slandering  thiir  pastor.  His  offer  is  rejected  by  the 
leaders  of  this  "free"  ''Congregational"  church,  with- 
out laying  it  before  the  membeiF.  Ttlton  then  pub- 
lishes, in  direct  language,  what  is  understood  to  mean 
that  Beecher  has  lain  with  his  wife;  and  gives  a  letter 
signed  by  Mr,  Beecher  ending  with  the  words: 

"  r  wish  I  were  dead.     H.  W.  Bekchkk." 

Now  comes  the  most  loathsome  of  all.  In  the  In- 
dependent, a  paper  be'cnging  to  Deacon  Bowen,  who 
himself  accused  Mr.  Beecher  of  lewdness,  the  hoary 
Dr.  Leonard  Bacon  is  cautiously  treading  backwards, 
and  with  his  hard,cunnirg  articles  covering  the  whole 
infamy,  and  writing  the  public  mind  into  confusion  on 
the  subject.  God  save  the  Christian  religion !  God 
save  the  Republic ! 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


THE  INDEPENDENT  CHCRCH  OF  CHIIIST. 


This  is  the  corporate  title  under  which  the  members  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  cburchof  Marengo,  111.  .opposed 
to  secret  societiep,  have  organized  themselves  into  a 
"body  of  Christ  which  is  his  church."  They  acted 
conscientiously  and  faUhfully  on  the  plan  of  remain- 
ing with  the  parent  body,  and  crowding  the  loathed 
lodge  out  of  their  way.  Ttiey  were  a  majority  of  the 
local  society ;  sent  a  delegation  to  conference  request- 
ing that  no  more  Freemasons  be  sent  to  decorate 
their  pulpit  and  deprave  their  young  men  by  his  ex- 
ample of  herding  with  the  rowdies  of  the  lodge  in 
oath-guarded  nightly  cabals;  and  showed,  as  they 
felt,  every  disposition,  to  remain  in,  and  seek  the  peace 
and  honor  of  the  church  of  their  choice.  Their  wish- 
es were  granted  by  sending  to  them  the  Rev.  N.  D. 
Fanning  under  whom  the  Marengo  church  bad  prosper- 
ity and  peace.  Either  this  was  a  feint  to  cover  their 
intentions  or  the  lodge-men  who  run  the  conference 
were  stung  by  the  alternative  which  they  saw  com- 
ing on  them,  when  they  mufst  soon  leave  the  leeks 
and  garlics  of  the  lodge,  or  be  put  at  a  discount  with 
their  own  churches,  which  were  like  to  do  as  the  Ma- 
rengo church  had  done,  and  refuse  to  receive  Free- 
masons as  their  pastors;  and  nearly  two-thirds  of  the 
preachers  of  the  Rock  River  Conference  were  Masons. 

The  conference  turned  sharp  on  its  heel ;  and  sent 
a  jack-mason  to  Marengo  who  is  the  tool  of  the  lodge. 
He  did  the  work  for  which  his  masters  sent  him  ably. 
He  turned  out  of  office  the  men  on  whom  the  church 
rested,  with  the  coolness  of  a  Jack  Ketch  chopping  off 
heads  at  the  mandate  of  royalty,  and  drove  the  Anti- 
mnsons  into  secession. 

They  have  built  and  paid  for  the  finest  church  buil- 
ding in  Marengo.  It  was  dedicated  to  the  worship  of 
God  in  Christ  on  Thursday,  Jane  26th.  The  new  and 
beautiful  building  was  crowded  full  as  it  could  well  be 
without  bringing  in  seats.  Rev.  W.  A.  Brewster, 
pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  Geneva,  III,, 
preached  the  sermon.  The  Presbyterian,  Baptist, 
and  Rev.  J.  Burch,  of  a  neighboring  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  took  part  in  the  pulpit  exercises;  and 
its  prayer  of  dedication  was  offered  bv  the  President 
of  Wheaton  College.  The  whole  occasion  was  full  of 
joy  and  hope.  The  new  church  is  fast  increasing  its 
membership  under  the  pastor  whom  they  love,  Rev. 
N.  D.  Fanning,  who  has  left  the  work  assigned  him 
by  the  lodge  masters  in  the  conference  to  be  their 
shepherd  under  Christ;  and  they  were  happy  as  un- 
caged birds  in  their  own  free  grove. 

The  following  is  their  testimony  concerning  secret 
societies,  which  is  a  model  for  all  churches  which  may, 
as  they  have,  escape  the  fangs  of  the   lodge    dragon: 

'  'Membership  in  secret  societies  shall  disqualify  for 
membership  in  the  church ;  but  one  who  publiclv  re- 
nounces his  relation  to  a  secret  order  and  ceases  affil- 
iation withit  and  attendance  upon  its  meetings,  shall 
not  be  held  to  be  a  member  in  such  a  sense  as  to  dis- 
qualify him  for  membership  in  the  qhurch." 


NOTES, 

— As  an  encouraging  feature  of  the  reform,  we  can- 
not overlook  the  wide  publication  of  the  Syracuse 
Convention.  The  Associated  Press  dispatches  giving 
brief  but  fair  reports  went  to  every  principal  city  in 
the  country.  Mr.  C.  W.  Greene's  speech  was  pub- 
lished in  the  Chicago  and  New  York  Tribunes,  and 
the  resolutions  appeared  in  the  latter.  The  N.  T. 
Evening  Post  also  published  the  resolutions  in  part 
and  speaks  editorialy  against  the  trade  unions  and  mi 
nor  societies.  The  '  'coruer-stone"  discussion  is  sharp 
est  however.  See  the  press  remarks  on  this  page,  and 
more  to  appear  next   week. 

— The  grange  has  found  a  [new  enemy,  if  we  may 
credit  the  following  from  the  Chicago  Journdl : 

The  grangers  of  Wisconsin  are  losing  some  of  their 
Catholic  members,  it  is  rumored  on  account  of  a  re- 
cent order  from  the  Bishop  of  Milwaukee,  who  d  - 
clares  their  unions  with  the  Patrons  unnatural  and 
against  the  laws  of  the  Catholic  church  regulating  its 
followers  in  the  matters  of  secret  organizations.  All 
the  Bishops  of  the   Catholic  church  in  this    country 


are  generally  expected  eoon  to  promulgate  orders  sim- 
ilar to  the  one  issued  from  Milwaukee.  This  action 
will  doubtless  hasten  the  abolition  of  secrecy  in  the 
order  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  the  establish- 
ment of  open  granges. 

— Over  five  hundred  subscriptions  expire  next 
month.  It  will  be  a  rare  time  for  some  workers  to 
pick  up  renewals  and  keep  roiling  on  the  ball.  We 
can  safely  promise  a  paper  worth  all  that  is  paid  for 
it.     See  the  publisher's  notes. 

— The  reports  of  the  Sixth  Anniversary  have  for 
several  weeks  compelled  postponement  of  contributed 
articles  and  many  letters  of  interest.  With  the  ex- 
ception of  a  few  items,  which,  though  related,  are  not 
properly  a  part  of  the  report,  the  whole  meeting  has 
now  been  placed  before  our  readers.  The  whole, 
which  is  Foon  to  be  published  in  pamphlet  form,  will 
be  of  great  value  to  the  workers  in  this  cause, 

— Among  the  memorable  incidents  of  Wednesday, 
the  24th,  was  the  bold  proclamation  of  Bro. 
I.  R.  B,  Arnold,  of  the  Beformer,  of  "  Down  with 
Masonic  Favoritism;  up  vnth  Equal  Mights.'"  Bro. 
Arnold  came  in  from  Sycamore  to  make  this  protest 
against  the  usurpation  of  the  lodge.  It  was  a  stand 
ard  printed  in  large,  bold  type,  so  that  the  crowd 
could  not  fail  to  read  it.  After  being  carried  through 
the  streets,  it  was  planted  conspicuously  in  the  crowd 
to  the  east  of  the  stone  in  full  view  of  every  eye.  Bui 
the  best  part  of  it  was,  that  the  great  *'  Oriental  Con- 
sistory "  of  thirty-two  and  thirty-three  degree  Masons, 
with  their  cockades,  stars,  plumes,  swords,  and  won- 
derful imaginary  dignity,  with  Dea.  T.  T.  Gurney  at 
their  head,  was  halted  and  put  through  such  evolu- 
tions immediately  in  front  of  and  withia  a  lew  feet  of 
the  awful  banner,  that  hardly  one  of  them  could  es 
cape  noticing  it.  The  effect  on  their  bloated  pompos- 
ity to  see  such  an  expression  of  popular  indigiiatioi],  is 
better  imagined  than  described.  All  honor  to  Bro. 
Arnold  for  so  boldly  setting  forth  the  protest  of  the 
people  ! 

The  Press  oa  the  Chicago  Corner-Stoise  Affair. 

From  the  various  ramarke,  editorial  or  otherwise, 
on  the  vain  glorious  attempt  to  display  the  virtues  of 
Freemasonry  on  Wednesday  of  last  week,  the  follow- 
ing extracts  will  be  read  with  interest.  There  are 
plenty  more  in  reserve. 

Letter  from  Dr.  Roy  to  the  Tribune. 
To  the  Editor  of  The  Chicago  Tribune: 

.  .  When  those  three  solid  men  of  Chicago, 
Matthew  Laflin,  Tuthill  King,  and  Philo  Carpenter, 
waited  on  the  Executive  Cocamittee  to  present  them 
the  petition,  it  was  replied :  ''We  would  state  that 
the  points  you  take  have  been  anticipated."  And 
this  was  by  securing  Judge  Blodgett,  which  shows 
their  purpose  to  accede  to  the  remonstrance.  A  still 
further  evidence  that  the  Committee  made  this  ar- 
rangement in  deference  to  the  remonstrants  is  the  fact 
that  in  the  programme  and  ritual  of  the  occasioa,  care- 
fully printed  in  the  papers  the  day  before,  no  mention 
of  the  United  States  Judge  was  made.  It  was  there 
made  to  yppear  wholly  as  a  Masonic  aff;ur.  But  in  an- 
ticipation of  the  call  of  the  delegation,  the  service  of  a 
Government  official  was  announced. 

But  the  Journal  seems  to  chuckle  over  Judge 
Blodgett's  part  as  "a  nominal  operation,"  a  "play  of 
courtesy."  Perhaps  many  others  thought  that  this 
had  been  a  smart  way  of  disposing  of  the  objections. 
But,  pray  tell  us,  gentlemen  of  the  regalia,  what  was 
your  whole  performance  but  a  "nominal  operation," 
''a  play  of  courtesy?"  The  mimic  trowel,  and  plumb, 
and  square, — wha*.  were  they  but  boy's  playthings? 

The  Committee  seem  to  be  answering  the  argument 
of  the  petitioners,  based  en  the  ground  of  partialitv 
as  between  sects  and  societies,  by^  representing  the 
Masonic  fraternity  as  a  "body  not  confined  to  creed, 
party,  or  sect."  But  they  are  confined  to  and  by  aw- 
ful extra-judicial  oaths,  and  are  themselves  a  sect  of 
the  straitest  sort,  with  temets  and  a  religious  ritual, 
which  makes  many  men  say  that  Masonry  is  a  good 
enough  religion  for  them, 

As  I  was  obseriiog  the  procession,  the  last  thing 
to  appear  was  a  banner,  born  aloft,  and  inscribed 
"Jesus  Christ  being  the  Chief  Corner-stone."  A  gen- 
tleman at  my  s^de,  viewing  it,  said  to  his  friend: 
"There's  a  fellow  iu  opposition  to  Masonry."  Now, 
why,  from  the  inscription  should  he  draw  such  a 
conclusion?     Simply,  of  course,  from    the   fact   that 


^uch  a  motto  was  inc:^ngruous  in  a  pageant  charscter- 
'zed  mainly  by  the  Maao.iic  order,  whose  ritual  in  de- 
ference to  Jewish,  Mahomedan,  and  Deistic  members, 
allows  no  place  to  the  name  and  offica  of  Jesus  Christ. 
That  exclamation  of  a  man,  iu  evident  sympathy  with 
that  fraternity,  was  a  striking  comment  of  the-  relig- 
ious element  of  Masonry.  "There'a  a  fellow  in  oppo- 
sition to  Masonry" — and  that  beciuse  he  carried  a 
Christian  banner!  On  the  other  side  of  it  we  read  : 
"Y.  M.  C.  A.;  Gospel-meeting  this  evening."  And 
next  was  a  cart  loaded  with  tracts,  and  behind  it  on 
foot,  in  dust  and  sweat,  that  indefatigable  worker  of 
the  Association,  Mr.  Cole,  dispensing  his  reading  mat- 
ter  

It  may  as  well  be  understood  by  gentlemen  who 
may  be  put  to  the  management  of  like  occ:isions  in 
the  future,  thtit  such  a  compromise  as  that  of  yester- 
day will  not  be  satisfactory  to  the  mass  of  the  people, 
who  believe  in  fair  play,  and  therefore  do  not  wish  to 
have  this  organization  put  forward  beyond  all  others 
in  such  obtrusive  place.  Nothing  but  eqital  treat- 
ment as  between  all  sects  and  societies  will  satisfy 
them.  Masonry,  like  all  other  systems ,  must  take  its 
chance  in  coming  to  the  light  of  reason  and  argurcent. 
So  do  the  Christian  Church  and  Christian  theology. 
So  do  ministers  of  the  gospel.  So  do  the  scientists 
and  all  other  orders  of  men  that  seek  recognition  as 
such.  Meantime,  and  always,  let  it  be  understood 
that  there  is  to  be  a  discrimination  between  good  men 
in  an  institution,  which  is  disapproved,  and  the  insti- 
tution itself.  J.  E.  Roy, 

Chicago,  June  25,  1874. 

Kew  York  Daily  Witness,  Jnue24th. 
We  are  glad  to  see  that  at  last  the  custom  of  en- 
viting  or  allowing  Freemasons  to  lay  corner-stones  of 
public  buildings  has  been  broken  up,  and  this  good 
result  we  owe,  like  many  olher  good  things,  to 
the  great  West,  Masons  Lave  no  more  right  to 
officiate  at  such  times  with  their  mummeries  than  Ro- 
man Catholics  or  anj  other  communion.  If  it  were 
a  committee  of  real  builders — masons,  brick] aj^^ers, 
plasterers,  and  carpenters — which  claimed  the  honor 
of  laying  corner-stones,  there  would  be  some  sense  in 
it;  but  for  a  lot  of  sham  Masons,  who  never  worked  a 
day  at  a  building  in  their  lives,  to  step  into  the  place 
of  honor,  tricked  out  in  masquerading  costume,  is  al- 
together at  variance  with  common  secce. 

From  the  Advance,  June  25th. 

Welcome  to  the  new  structure  whose  corner- 
stone is  just  laid  in  Chicag-o!  It  will  have  a  great 
mora!  and  social  as  well  as  artist'c  value.  It  will 
mark  a  new  epoch  in  our  public  history.  But  why 
should  its  corner-stone  be  laid  by  secret  societies? 
With  what  right  do  thore  whose  affairs  are  manipula- 
ted behind  curtains,  in  dark  conclaves,  and  with  a  host 
of  mysterious  tactics,  appear  so  prominent  on  any 
public  occasion  of  general  interest?  Public  celebra- 
tions should  be  conducted  in  the  most  straight-for- 
ward, open-faced  manner.  They  should  be  in  the 
hands  of  those  who  have  the  most  perfect  transparency 
of  heart  and  life,  and  who  are  in  the  most  manifest 
sympathy  with  our  free  institutions.  ^'■This  thing- 
was  not  done  in  a  corner."  It  did  not  require  any 
resort  to  such  arts  or  agents.  It  ought  to  have  been 
done  so  as  not  to  offend  those  who  look  upon  such  a 
parade  and  pomp  of  aprons,  scirfs,  and  pins,  as  mere 
boy's  play,  or  as  a  clandestine  and  fantastic  humbug. 

From  the  Christian  Union,  June  94th. 

Whatever  may  be  the  merits  or  demerits  of  Free- 
masonry, it  is  a  private  and  not  a  public  institution, 
and  embraces  in  its  membership  but  a  fraction  of  the 
male  inhabitants  of  the  country.  We  are,  therefore, 
at  a  loss  to  understand  on  what  principle  of  propriety 
or  common  sense  this  secret  fraternity  is  so  often  in- 
trusted with  the  duty  cf  laying  the  corner-stones  of 
public  buildings,  to  be  devoted  to  purposes  in  which 
ail  classes  of  the  community,  without  regard  to  sect 
or  party,  have  a  common  interest.  The  question  is 
now  a  subject  of  fierce  discussion  in  Chicago,  where 
the  ceremony  of  laying  the  corner-stone  of  a  new  U. 
S,  Custoa-House  has  been  confided  to  the  "craft," 
What  claim  to  such  official  recognition  has  Fn-emason- 
ry  over  Odd-Fellowship?  Or,  why  should  either  be 
selected  for  such  a  service  rather  than  the  Catholics, 
the  Episcopalians,  the  Presbyterians,  the  Baptists,  or 
the  Methodists?  Either  of  these  bodies,  we  suspect, 
13  as  truly  representative  of  the  whole  people  as  Free- 
masonry or  any  other  secret  society.  Moreover,  thou- 
sands of  people  are  conscientiously  opposed  to  secret 
societies,  and  the  use  cf  their  ceremonies  on  such  oc- 
casions is  to  them  an  offense.  Are  not  the  officers  of 
the  United  Stntes,  of  the  various  grades,  competent  to 
lay  corner-stones  of  bu'Idings  to  be  used  for  public 
purposes?  Why,  then,  call  in  the  aid  of  a  secret  as- 
scc'ation,  who-e  ceremonies,  however  beautiful  in 
themselves  or  in  the  eyes  of  the  "craft,"  are  yet  dis- 
tasteful to  multitudes  of  intelligent  and  conscientious 
people  ? 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^f|^  '^imt  4^¥t. 


Tlie  Desert  Kock. 


BY  HOBATIUS  BONAR. 

Rock  of  the  desert,  pouring  still 
Thy  stream  the  thirsty  soul  to  fill ; 
Rock  of  the  desert,  now  as  full 
Of  living  water,  pure  and  cool, 

We  stand  beside  thy  stream. 

Rock  of  eternity,  to  thee. 

In  thirst  and  weariness  we  llee ; 

Thy  waters  cannot  cease  to  pour; 

Thy  fullness  is  forevermore, 

Let  him  that  thirsteth  come. 

Bright  water  of  eternity 

We  come,  we  come,  to  drink  of  thee. 
The  voice  of  welcome  that  we  hear, 
The  voice  dispelling  every  fear, 
Is,  "Whosoever  will." 

River  of  life,  upon  thy  brink 
We  sit  and  of  thy  waters  drink; 
The  murmur  of  thy  sparkling  wave 
Speaks  still  of  him  who  came  to  save, 
Who  bids  us  drink  and  live. 

River  of  peace,  so  full  and  bright. 
Each  drop  clear-shining  with  the  light; 
And  still  the  voice  that  comes  from  thee. 
The  voice  that  telleth  all  is  free, 
Is,  "Whosoever  will." 

River  of  love,  so  deep  and  wide, 
All  heaven  is  in  thy  flowing  tide; 
For  all  the  love  of  God  is  here. 
The  love  that  casteth  out  all  fear,    ■    * 
The  "whosoever  will." 

River  of  God,  still  flowing  on, 
Thy  source  the  everlasting  throne ; 

River  of  heaven,  translucent  stream, 

Thy  fulness  ever  at  the  brim 
For  "whosoever  will." 

River  of  health,  thy  current  pours 
Its  freshness  on  these  leprous  shores ; 
■     Pure  Jordan,  bidding  all  draw  nigh, 
For  health  and  immortality. 

With  "whosoever  will." 

Dear  river,  what  a  sun  is  thine! 
What  glories  on  thy  waters  shine! 
What  freshness  in  thy  sparkling   drop! 
And  still  the  voice  that  cometh  up 
Is  "Whosoever  will." 

— Independent. 


A  Spark  Kindled. 


In  1829,  the  Rev.  Mr.  H— ,  passing 
through  Central  New  York,  preached  one 
day  to  a  small  congregation;  and  having 
delivered  his  message  of  love,  went  on 
his  way.  But  his  lips  had  oeen  touch- 
ed with  heavenly  fire,  and  that  fire 
reached  at  least  one  Christian  heart, 
and  quickened  it  to  renewed  zeal.  Mrs. 
W  in  that  solemn  hour  resolved  to 
improve  every  opportunity  to  work  for 
God. 

Two  carpenters,  Mr.  C —  and  Mr. 
N — ,were  spending  some  months  in  her 
family,  erecting  a  new  building.  She 
told  them  how  the  sermon  had  im- 
pressed her,  and  appealed  to  them  to 
begin  with  her  a  new  life  in  the  service 
of  God. 

The  two  carpenters  had  much  con- 
ference on  the  subject,  when  Mr.  N — , 
the  younger  one,  said  decidedly,  "Do 
as  you  will,  1  am  going  to  lead  a  new 
life." 

N — was  in  deep  earnest,  and  that 
night  he  soughi  a  retired  place  to 
pray.  There,  in  the  solemn  stillness, 
with  God's  Spirit  alone  to  aid  him,  he 
tried  to  find  his  way  to  the  cross ;  but 
instead  of  finding  the  relief  that  he  ex- 
pected, his  load   of  sin   only  became 


heavier.  He  sought  the  prayer-meet- 
ing and  every  available  help.  There 
was  a  gradual  change,  but  the  light 
was  so  faint  that  he  hardly  dared  call 
himself  a  Christian  Yet  he  observed 
every  known  duty,  and  there  was  a 
marked  change  in  his  outward  life  that 
could  not  be  gainsaid. 

His  severest  trials  were  the  jests  of 
his  partner  and  the  hands.  They 
asked  him  why  he  did  not  make  more 
ado  about  his  religion ;  why  he  did  not 
sing  and  shout,  as  well  as  pray.  But 
none  of  these  things  moved  him. 

Very  quietly  the  fire  burned  in  that 
heart;  and  though  for  the  first  three 
months  of  his  Christian  life  he  dared 
not  claim  adoption  as  a  child  of  God, 
yet  with  a  thankful  heart  he  ate  the 
crumbs  that  fell  from  the  Master's 
table. 

About  this  time,  while  at  a  prayer- 
meeting  one  evening,  he  seemed  under 
an  unusual  cloud.  The  heavens 
seemed  brass  over  his  head.  He  usual- 
ly offered  up  his  simple  prayer,  but 
that  night  he  felt  that  he  could  not 
pray.  He  knelt  by  the  side  of  a  color- 
ed man,  and  resolved  that  when  his 
brother  finished  his  prayer,  he  would 
try.  All  he  could  think  of  was,  ''0 
Lord,"  but  he  tried  to  say  these  two 
words;  and  when  he  opened  his  mouth, 
the  Lord  filled  it  with  prayer  and 
praise.  The  heavens  were  opened  and 
his  hungry  soul  filled. 

The  fire  no  longer  slumbered. 
From  that  time  N — ,  at  his  own  re- 
quest, prayed  with  the  ungodly  fa miliefi 
where  he  worked,  asked  a  blessing  at 
tneir  table,  and  he  and  a  handful  of 
other  Christians  held  little  prayer- 
meetings  from  place  to  place.  Thus 
they  strengthened  each  other. 

He  bore  the  ridicule  of  scoffers  silent- 
ly and  unmoved,  except  as  it  moved 
him  to  pray  more  earnestly  for  their 
conversion.  All  this  spare  time  was 
spent  in  reading  and  searching  the 
Scriptures. 

One  day  Mr.  C —  said  to  Mr.  N— , 
"You  don't  think,  do  you,  N— ,  that 
one  can  get  religion  just  when  he  is  a 
mind  to  ?" 

'  'Not  until  he  makes  up  his  mind 
to  it,  and  then,  if  ever,"  anrwered  N — . 
"God  is  willing  now,  and  only  waiting 
for  you  to  make  up  yotir  mincV' 

Several  days  passed,  and  K —  no- 
ticed that  Mr.    C. ,  instead  of  his 

usual  jovial   manner,  was   very   sober. 

One  day   he   found  Mrs.    C very 

much  troubled  about  her  husband.  She 
questioned  N —  closely ;  she  was  sure 
something  was  the  matter,  for  she 
said  C —  did  not  act  like  himself;  he 
groaned  nights  and  did  not  sleep,  and 
yet  he  would  not  own  he  was  sick. 

Three  weeks  from  the  time  the  two 
men  had  their  talk  at  the  carpenter's 
bench,  N —  saw  C —  coming  to  his  work 
one  morning  singing,  not  one  of  his 
old  songs,  but  singing,  with  a  radiant 
face,  one  of  the  songs  of  Zion.  One 
sentence  told  the  story.  C —  had 
found  Christ  precious  to  his  own  soul. 
It  is  needless  to  say  that  N —  was  over- 
joyed. The  year  that  had  been  full  of 
trials  ended  gloriously  with  the  young 
carpenter. 

The  fire  spread.  Mr.  C — 's  conver- 
sion was  followed  by  that  of  his   wife, 


two  sons,  two  daughters,  and  the  car- 
penter's apprentice.  Soon  conviction 
came  down  on  the  neighborhood.  The 
fire  broke  out  here  and  there,  and  that 
winter  a  general  revival  of  religion  was 
enjoyed.  A  congregation  was  formed 
noted  for  its  Christian  zeal.  It  was  a 
glorious  work,  a  work  over  which 
heaven  and  earth  mingled  their  rejoic. 
ings. 

A  spark  of  heavenly  fire  had  fallen 
from  the  lips  of  one  of  God's  htimble 
servant?,  and  had  been  kindled  to  this 
mighty  flame. 

How  often  ministers  are  tempted  to 
think  their  words  are  lost,  but  what 
joyful  surprises  there  will  be  for  God's 
faithful  servants  in  the  great  hereafter ! 
How  they  will  glorify  God  who  has  so 
magnified  their  work! 

But  my  story  is  not  yet  told.  It 
never  can  be  fully  told  until  the  pages 
of  eternity  reveal  it.  There  are  saints 
in  heaven  to-day  who  are  trophies  of 
that  revival.  Mr.  C — ,  faithful  to  the 
end,  is  one  of  those  who  have  gone 
home. 

N — ,  the  young  carpenter,  was  called 
from  the  carpenter's  bench  to  the  min- 
istry. That  true,  persevering  convert 
was  a  zsaloup,  successful  minister,  and 
no  pen  can  portray  the  blessed  results 
of  his  faithful,  laborious    Christian  life. 

Servant    of    Christ,     never  despair. 

You  cannot  now  see  the   full    fruit  of 

your  labor;  but    "what  thou    knowest 

not  now,  thou  shalt  know   hereafter." 

— Am.  Messenger. 


The  Striving-  at  the  Holy  Spirit. 


There  is  a  certainty  about  the  Spirit 
striving.  No  man  can  go  to  hell-fire 
till  the  Spirit  has  striven  with  him,  and 
given  him  up.  That  the  Spirit  strives 
with  all  is  evident  from  the  following 
considerations : 

1.  Christ  died  for  all.  2.  The  ex- 
perience of  both  saint  and  sinner  tes- 
tifies to  it.  3.  Salvation  is  impossible 
without  it,  4.  It  is  only  on  this 
ground  that  God  can  judge  and  con- 
demn the  wicked. 

Without  the  Spirit,  there  would  be 
as  m^uch  probability  of  Satan  becoming 
a  true  Christian  as  man.  Man  is  to- 
tally depraved;  therefore  the  "con- 
vincing him  of  sin,  of  righteousness,  of 
a  judgment  to  come,"  can  neither  be 
of  himself  nor  the  devil.  Nothing 
but  the  Spirit  can  teach  or  lead  him. 
(John  xiv.  16-2G.)  Oh,  that  all 
could  understand  the  wise  and  loving 
Spirit !  If  God  has  provided  through 
the  Holy  SpLnt  all  assistance  for  man 
necessary  to  free  him  from  the  grasp 
of  the  enemy,  and  lead  him  to  heaven, 
how  terrible  must  it  be  to  oppose  and 
rebel  till  the  Spirit  withdraws  and  ex- 
poses him  to  the  awful  sequel — God's 
wrath  and  hell's  fiends!  "My  Spirit 
will  not  always  strive." 

Under  the  Jewish  economy  there 
was  a  law  of  extremity.  There  was  no 
forgiveness  for  some  sins — no  blood, 
no  lamb,  no  sacrifice;  so  under  the 
Christian  economy ;  (Mathew  xii.  31.) 
"All  manner  of  sins  and  blasphemy 
shall  be  forgiven  unto  men,  but 
the  blasphemy  against  the  Holy 
Ghost  shall  not  be  forgiven."  This  is 
"quenching  the  Spirit." 

Dr  Chalmers  says;  The   sin  against 


the  Holy  Ghost  is  not  some  deed, 
around  which  a  disordered  fancy  has 
thrown  a  superstitious  array,  and 
which  beams  in  deeper  terror  upon  the 
eye  of  the  mind  from  the  very  obscur- 
ity by  which  it  is  encompassed."'  No! 
it  is  resisting  the  Holy  Wooer,  till  he 
has  left  us  alone.  Then,  being  left 
alone  by  the  Spirit,  there  is  but  one 
thing  more  awful  that  can  happen  to 
the  sinner,  and  that  is  damnation. 
Left  without  feeling,  left  without  de- 
sire, wrapt  in  carnal  security,  till, 
Sodom-hke,  he  is  swallowed  by  the 
flames  of  perdition. 

It  is  good  to  be  arrested  by  the 
Spirit;  but.  Oh!  what  a  germ  to  begin 
to  be  led  by  its  influence.  "For  as 
many  as  are  led  by  the  Spirit  of  God 
they  are  the  sons  of  God." — Am.  Wes- 
leyan. 


Heavenly  Economy. 


''Gather  up  the  fragments  that  re- 
main, that  nothing  be  lost."  Multi- 
tudes of  men,  women,  and  children 
perform  their  daily  labor  because  they 
must.  Their  necessities  compel  them. 
They  have  no  other  motives  than  to 
procure  food,  shelter  and  clothing. 
They  are  felaves.  Necessity  is  their 
master,  and  they  are  driven  to  their 
toil  by  his  whip.  They  get  nothing 
but  what  they  work  for — freedom  from 
the  lash  and  a  supply  ^or  their  natural 
wants.  They  get  no  intellectual  and 
moral  development.  There  are  no 
fragments  after  their  feast.  They  eat 
everything  to  the  bone.  Others  again, 
work  for  comfort,  for  elegance,  for  beau- 
ty, for  fashion,  for  equality  with  others, 
for  wealth,  honor, and  power.  Wheth- 
er they  succeed  or  not  in  the  thing  they 
work  for,  they  obtain  nothing  beyond 
it  if  they  work  for  these  alone.  There 
are  no  fragments  for  them — no  higher 
soul  within. 

Another  class,  and  I  fear  much  the 
smallest,  do  the  same  natural  things. 
They  cook  and  sew,  and  order  the 
household;  they  buy  and  sell;  they 
dig  in  the  field,  and  work  in  the  sooty 
shop;  they  make  money  and  hold  office 
and  gain  honors  and  power.  But  they 
do  much  more  than  this.  They  put  a 
higher  purpose  into  their  work,  and 
they  reach  a  much  larger  reward.  They 
do  not  work  any  harder,  they  do  not 
work  so  hard.  Their  ruling  motive  is 
to  do  good,  and  not  to  get  good.  They 
work  from  love  to  the  Lord  and  man, 
and  while  they  get  the  same  natural 
wages,  they  get  an  amount  of  spiritual 
good  that  far  exceeds  in  value  their 
natural  wages,  however  great  they  may 
be.  They  are  enlarging  their  souls, 
and  forming  them  into  the  image  of 
heaven,  and  preparing  them  to  receive 
heavenly  and  eternal  delights.  They 
reap  the  fullest  reward  of  their  labor 
on  every  plane  of  the  mind.  Every 
faculty 'is  fed,  and  there  is  more  than 
they  can  receive  that  will  last  to  etern- 
ity. Is  it  not  a  miserable  waste  to 
work  for  that  which  perishes  in  a  day, 
when  you  can  get  the  temporal  wages, 
and  gather  up  an  eternal  reward  be- 
sides ?  Can  there  be  any  other  econo- 
my than  that  which  calls  all  man's 
faculties  into  play,  from  the  highest  to 
the  lowest,  and  gathers  up  the  spiritual 
as  the  natural  reward  ? — Chauncn/  Giles. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


My  Lalbor-Saving  Husband. 

Some  husbands  are  more  plague  than 
profit,  and  make  vastly  more  work  than 
they  do  good ;  but  mine  is  one  to  brag 
about.  When  I  was  married — to  my 
shame  be  it  spoken— I  had  never  made 
a  loaf  of  bread  or  a  pie.  I  h<id  no  idea 
of  saving  time  or  of  saving  work.  But 
I  had  a  husband  who  had  love  enoua:h 
for  me  to  bear  with  my  simplicity,  and 
not  scold  when  the  bread  was  burned 
and  the  pies  not  fit  to  eat. 

Going  into  the  kitchen  one  morning, 
he  saw  me  baking  buckwheat  cakes, 
and  greasirg  the  griddle  with  a  piece 
of  pork  on  the  end  of  a  fork.  He  said 
nothing  but  went  into  the  wood  house 
and  soon  returned  with  a  smoothly 
whittled  stick,  about  six  inches  long, 
through  the  split  end  of  which  he  had 
passed  a  folded  strip  of  white  cloth, 
and  then  wound  it  around  the  end  and 
tied  it  with  a  bit  of  string.  Sj  I  had  a 
contrivance  which  could  be  dipped  in 
melted  grease  and  passed  smoothly 
over  the  griddle. 

One  day  he  saw  me  scouring  knives 
with  a  piece  of  cloth.  ''Dear  ms!" 
said  he,  "you  will  surely  cut  vour  fin- 
gers." So  he  contrived  a  machine  by 
nailing  a  broad  piece  of  cork  to  a  spool 
for  a  handle,-  sinking  the  head  of  the 
nail  into  the  cork  so  far  that  it  should 
not  touch  the  knife.  This  lifts  the  hand 
from  the  knife,  atod  does  not  cramp  the 
fingers. 

I  used  to  call  him  occasionally  to 
thwack  over  the  mattress  and  straw  bed 
for  me.  "What  a  nuisance  !"  he  ex- 
claimed, and  replaced  them  by  a  spring 
mattress.  Of  all  the  nice  things  for 
beds  this  is  the  best.  It  is  always  in 
place,  requires  no  shaking  up,  and  it 
always  looks  round  and  enviting,  and 
gently  yields  to  the  sleeper. 

He  saw  the  dish  towels  hanging  hel- 
ter-skelter around  the  kitchen  stove,  and 
forthwith  made  the  most  convenient 
hanging  frame  over  the  wood  box, 
where  it  can  take  up  no  room,  and  is 
near  the  stove.  Here  the  towels  hang 
smoothly,  and  are  always  in  place. 

I  fretted  because  my  refrigerator  had 
no  shelves,  and  I  could  not  make  room 
for  all  the  meat,  butter  and  milk.  So 
he  made  two  racks,  and  fitted  ventilated 
shelves  from  one  to  the  other.  The 
shelves  are  ventilated  by  being  bored 
thick  with  auger  holes,  and  can  be  re- 
moved for  scrubbing. 

He  is  troubled  to  see  me  sew,  sew, 
and  stitch,  stitch,  and  makes  sewing 
machines  the  constant  topic  of  conversa- 
tion. He  reads  to  me  every  advertise- 
ment and  every  letter  from  women  who 
praise  them  in  papers.  If  he  could 
make  one,  I  should  be  in  possession  of 
one  immediately;  but  as  be  cannot,  I 
must  wait  till  "the  ship  comes  in." 

These  are  some  of  the  ways  by  which 
he  lightens  the  labor  of  the  house. 
Would  that  more  husbands  were  like 
him.  — Ex, 


Monopoets. 


The  Boston  Transcript  coins  the 
above  word  to  designate  that  numerous 
class  of  writers  who  have  given  utter- 
ance to  but  one  memorable  poem,  and 
it  enumerates  the  following : 

"One  Henry  Carey  is  supposed  to  be 


the  author  of  'God  save  the  King,'  but 
who  remembers  the  name  of  the  young 
Lieutenant  to  whom  is  attributed  the 
'Marseillaise,'  or  has  heard  that  of  the 
inspired  private  soldier  who  conceived 
the  'Wacht  am  Rhein  ?  '  Is  it  on  rec- 
ord that  Hopkinson  and  Key  ever  made 
any  other  verses  than  'Hail  Columbia' 
and  the  'Star  Spangled  Banner'  re- 
spectively? John  Howard  Payne  did 
compose  some  unsuccessful  and  now 
forgotten  dramatic  pieces,  but,  so  far 
as  we  know,  'Sweet  Home' — thrown  off 
hurriedly  to  fit  some  music — was  his 
only  poetic  eff)rt.  Edgar  A.  Poe  was 
almost  a  monopoet,  but  the  'Bells' 
and  'Annabel  Lee'^  will  be  remem- 
bered nearly  as  long  as  the  '  Raven.  ' 
David  Everett's  'You'd  scarce  expect  one 
of  my  age,  '  Edward  Everett's  'Alaric,' 
Charles's  Wolfe's  'Burial  of  Sir  John 
Moore,'  Joseph  Rodman  Drake's  'When 
freedom  from  her  azure  heights',  and 
Albert  G.  Greene's' "Old  Grimes, '  are 
monopoems;  so  are  Charles  Kingsley's 
'Three  Fisher?, '  and  those  wonderful 
lines  of  Charles  Dickens  on  England's 
'Rare  old  plant  ''■ — so  replete  with  ten- 
der and  genuine  sentiment,  and  so 
free  from  the  morbid  fancies  and  dis- 
torted outlines  which  mar  the  prose 
works — at  least  the  latter  ones — of 
this  brilliant  author.  Miss  Julia  Ward 
Howard's  'Battle  Hymn  of  the  Repub- 
lic,' that  soul-stiring  strain,  is  the  only 
one  of  her  poems  which  even  now 
can   be  called  to  mind." 


Success. — My  friend,  if  thou  hast 
all  the  artillery  of  Woolwich  trundling 
at  thy  back  in  support  of  an  unjust 
thing,  and  infinite  bonfires  visibly 
waiting  ahead  of  thee,  to  blaze  centur- 
ies long  for  thy  victory  on  behalf  of 
it,  I  would  advise  thee  to  call  a  halt, 
fling  down  thy  baton,  and  say,  "In 
God's  name,  no!"  Thy  "success?" 
Poor  devil,  what  will  thy  success 
amount  to?  If  the  thing  is  unjust, 
thou  hast  not  succeeded;  n",  not  though 
bonfires  blazed  from  north  to  south, 
and  bells  rang,  and  editors  wrote 
leading  articles,  and  the  just  thing  lay 
trampled  out  of  sight  to  all  mortal  eyes 
an  abolished  and  annihilated  thing. 
Success !  In  a  few  years  thou  wilt  be 
dead  and  dark — all  cold,  eyeless,  deaf; 
no  blaze  of  bonfires,  ding-dong  of  bells 
or  leading  articles,  visible  or  audible 
to  thee  again  at  all  forever.  What 
kind  of  success  is  that! — Carlyle. 


Blessed  is  the  hand  that  prepares  a 
pleasure  for  a  child,  for  there  is  no  say- 
ing when  and  where  it  may  bloom 
forth. 


Libraries  are  the  shrines  where  all 
the  relics  of  ancient  saints,  full  of  true 
virtues,  and  without  delusion  or  impos- 
ture, are  preserved . 

*-»-* 

He  who  thinks  he  can  find,  in  him- 
self, the  means  of  doing  without  others 
is  much  mistaken;  but  he  who  thinks 
thai  others  cannot  do  without  him,  is 
st'll  more  mistaken. 


The  pledge  of  Harlan  Page,  the  suc- 
cessful tract  distributer  and  earnest 
Christian:  ''I  will  act  as  though  there 
were  no  other  one  to  act,  waiting  no 
longer  for  others." 


In  Gcd's  great  plan  there  is  nothing 
small  or  trivial;  the  humblest  life  cost 
the  death  of  the  son  of  God.  Does  it 
not  throw  a  yail  of  sanctity  around  the 
poorest  and  most  unworthy,  when  we 
think  of  the  ransom  paid  for  such  a 
life. 


On  a  Spanish  sun-dial  is  written,  "I 
mark  only  tne  bright  hours."  This  is 
wite.  There  is  more  sunshine  than 
shade,  more  bright  than  dark  hours  to 
be  remembered. 


%  mtm, 


Learuuiff  the  Verses. 


A  young  friend,*  who  had  been  for 
days  laying  at  the  gates  of  death,  re- 
marked one  Lord's  day  to  the  children, 
who  were  repeating  the  Bible  verses 
in  her  room: 

"Oh!  I  would  learn  all  the  verses  I 
could  now,  while  you  are  young. 
How  much  I  would  give  if  I  knew 
the  Bible  as  your  mother  doss  !  How  I 
should  like  to  say  it  over  to  myself  when 
I  lie  here,  too  weak  even  to  read !" 

The  poor  girl  was  early  left  an  or- 
phan, and  thrown  upon  the  tender 
mercies  of  worldly  people,  who  cared 
only  for  the  amount  of  labor  that  could 
be  got  out  of  her  young  hands.  There 
was  no  Christian  training,  no  blessed 
Sabbath  influences.  Yet  a  mother's 
prayers  followed  her,  and  even  then 
she  sometimes  prayed  most  earnestly 
to  herself,  and  made  resolutions  to 
seek  the  Saviour.  For  six  years  she 
has  professed  Christ,  and  he  does  not 
desert  her  in  this  hour  of  sorest  need 
that  ever  comes  to  mortals. 

I  wish  all  our  children  would  heed 
this  message  frona  Annie's  dying  bed- 
side. Learn  many  Bible  verses.  You 
do  not  know  how  much  nor  how  soon 
you  may  need  them.  It  is  thought  a 
piece  of  commendable  prudence  for 
children  to  begin  to  save  little  sums  of 
money,  and  put  them  in  the  savings 
bank.  It  will  be  useful  to  them  in 
maturer  years,  when  they  wish  to  set 
up  in  business  for  themselves.  It  may 
be  their  sole  dependence  in  some  time 
of  adversity,  when  fortune  frowns  or 
sickness  comes. 

But  what  fund  in  the  bank  could 
ever  compare  with  a  bank  of  golden 
texts,  all  payable  by  a  banker  so  rich 
that  no  possibility  of  a  failure  can  ever 
for  a  moment  exist?  Do  you  think 
that  millions  in  money  could  buy  from 
this  poor  dying  girl  her  mterest  in 
that  verse,  "The  blood  of  Jesus  Christ 
cleanseth  us  from  all  sin  ?" 

It  will  make  no  difference  a  century 
hence  whether  you  laid  up  money  in 
bank  or  not.  But  these  precious  verses 
are  enduring  treasure.  You  can  take 
them  with  you  when  you  leave  this 
world.  —  Christian  Intelligencer. 


I  Will  Stop. 


"I  shall  never  become  like  him,"  a 
young  man  said  to  me,  as  he  pointed 
to  a  poor,  reeling  drunkard  across  the 
street.  I  had  been  trying  to  warn  him 
of  the  danger  of  touching  alcohol  in 
any  form,  for,  alas!  he  sometimes  drank 
cider,  beer,  and  wine. 

"I  sh-all  never  become  like  him,"  he 
reiterated  earnestly  again. 


"Do  not  be  too  sure,  Charlie,"  I  an- 
swered, "for  you  have  taken  the  first 
few  steps  in  this  path  that  poor  L —  is 
now  traveling.  Unless  you  now  stop 
at  once,  you  will  become  the  same 
wretched  thing  that  he  is — a  drunk- 
ard." 

"No,  you  are  mistaken,"  the  young 
man  said,  "for  whenever  I  discover 
danger  ahead  I  will  stop;  1  know  that 
I  can." 

"••You  will  never  discover  it  until  it  is 
too  late  to  turn  about,  Charlie,  Poor 
L —  yonder,  was  lost  before  he  knew  it," 
I  answered. 

"Do  not  borrow  trouble  about  me," 
he  replied,  with  a  light  laugh,  as  he 
turned  away. 

Five  years  have  elapsed  since  the 
above  conversation  passed  between 
Charlie  S —  and  myself,  and  to-night 
he  sleeps  in  a  drunkard's  grave.  Poor 
Charlie  did  not  see  his  danger  until  it 
was  too  late,  and  so  he  went  to  ruin. 
He  did  not  possess  the  moral  courage 
that  he  was  sure  he  could  call  into  com- 
mand at  any  moment,  and  his  frail 
constitution  gave  way  in  a  little  while, 
and  Charlie  was  lost  in  darkness. 

"I  was  mistaken,"  were  ths  last 
words  he  ever  said  to  me,  '  'for  I  have 
become  just  such  a  wretch  as  poor 
L— ." 

Boys,  look  at  the  poor,  bloated 
wrecks  of  humanity  all  about,  and  be 
saved  while  it  is  possible.  You  will 
become  just  such  a  poor  object  of  pity, 
unless  you  leave  the  path  of  intemper- 
ance. Leave  it  now,  for  if  you  wait 
until  to-morrow ,  you  may  be  bound  in 
chains  that  never  can  be  broken. 

— Cross  and  Crown, 


He  Could  be  Trusted. 


Alfred  was  missing  one  night  about 
sunset.  Mother  was  getting  anxious, 
for  she  always  wished  him  to  be  home 
early.  A  neighbor,  coming  in,  said  a 
number  of  boys  has  gone  to  the  river  to 
swim,  and  he  thought  it  likely  Alfred 
was  with  them. 

'  'No,"  said  the  mother,  *'he  promised 
me  he  would  never  go  there  without 
my  leave,  and  he  always  keeps  his 
word." 

But  seven  o'clock  came,  then  eight, 
and  mother  was  still  listening  for  Al- 
fred's step;  but  it  was  half  past  eight 
before  his  shout  and  whistle  was  heard 
when  he  ran  in  at  the  gate. 

"Confess  now,"  said  the  neighbor, 
''that  you  have  been  to  the  river  with 
other  boys ,  and  so  kept  away  till  late  ?" 

How  the  boy's  eyes  flashed,  and  the 
crimson  mounted  to  his  cheeks ! 

"No,  sir!  I  promised  my  mother 
that  I  would  never  go  there  without 
her  leave  and  do  you  think  I  would  tell 
a  falsehood!  I  helped  James  to  find 
the  cows  that  had  strayed  in  the  wood, 
and  didn't  think  I  should  stay  so  late." 

James  coming  up  the  street  just  then, 
came  in  to  say  he  was  afraid  they  had 
been  alarmed;  he  and  Alfred  had  been 
so  far  in  the  wood  it  made  them  late 
in  getting  home. 

"I  think,"  said  the  neighbor,  turn- 
ing to  the  mother  as  he  took  his  hat  to 
go  home,  "there  is  a  comfort  in  store 
for  you,  by  him.  Such  a  boy  as  that 
will  make  a  noble  man." — Ux. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


|[(Iii(iitm$  ^itt!iniiji;iti;e> 


— The  numter  of  Baptist  churches 
in  London  is  127.  with  29,125  mem- 
bers againat  27,225  members  in  1873; 
a  gross  increase  on  last  year  1,900  or 
a    not    increase  of  911  m/mbers, 

— There  are  now  150  Presbyterian 
ministers  in  India,  ministering  to  a 
Christian  c:)mraunity  of  not  lets  than 
30,000  persons,  oi  whom  8,000  me 
the  fruits  of  m'ssionary  labor. 

— Tnere  are  said  to  be  about  250,- 
000  Friends  in  the  United  States,  12,- 
000  of  whom  reside  in  New  York  city 
and  Brooklyn,  and  worship  in  less 
than  half  a  dozen  meetiag-houses, 

— At  Rome  Protestantism  now  num- 
bers more  than  lo-ty  cbunels  or  places 
of  worship  open  every  Sunday,  and 
several  times  during  the  week.  A 
Scripture  Reader's  Association  has  been 
formed  for  the  purpose  of  reading  the 
Bible  from  houso  to  bouse. 

— The  Colored  Methodest  Episcopal 
church  in  America  has  four  Bishops, 
fifteen  annual  conferences.  G07  travel- 
ing preachers,  74,799  members,  535 
Sund;iy-3chools,  1,102  teachers,  49,- 
956  scholars,  and  i«  endeavoring  to  es- 
tabhsh  a  school  for  the  education  of  its 
young  ministers. 

— Some  French  cannon, "captured  in 
the  late  FranoPrussian  war,  now 
sound  out  each  Ssbbath  peaceful  invi- 
tations to  the  people  to  come  to  the 
house  of  prayer.  The  cannon  were 
given  by  the  Emperor  of  Germany  to 
the  St.  Mathew'c  German  Evangelical 
Church,  of  Baltimore. 

— A  convention  of  Preubyterian  lay- 
men of  New  York  is  to  be  held  at  Sara- 
toga Springs  in  August.  The  meeting 
is  called  for  the  purpose  of  avraking  a 
deeper  religious  interest,  for  discussing 
the  duties  of  Prcsbyterianism,  and  to 
consider  schemes  for  the  support  of 
feeble  churches. 

— Rev.  E,  P.  Hammond  is  at  Ma- 
comb, 111,,  and  prosecuting  the  good 
work  witl)  vigor.  The  whole  to^n 
seems  moved,  and  immente  meetings 
are  held  every  night.  One  hun- 
dred and  thirty-five  per;ons  arose  for 
prayers  in  one  evening,  and  about  three 
hundred  hopeful  conversions  are  re- 
ported. 

— "The  Journal  of  the  Disciple  of 
Satan,"  is  the  title  of  a  paper  which  has 
appeared  at  Pa'crmo,  Sicily.  The 
Young  Men's  Free  Thinking  Associa- 
tion of  that  city  hailed  its  appearance 
in  the  following  terms:  "We  salute 
the  birth  of  a  paper  which  bears  the 
name  of  the  true  god,  the  god  of  sci- 
ence, liberty  and  progress,  the  god  we 
■worship — Satan."  Italy  has  yet  to 
learn,  it  would  seem,  that  liberty  doss 
not  mean  license. 

— (!anon  Ryle,  of  England,  is  labor- 
ing to  curtail  the  autocratic  power  of 
the  Bishops.  "As  things  are  now," 
he  saye,  ''1  know  no  one,  hardly,  ex- 
cept a  Roman  Dictator,  or  a  Russian 
Czar,  who  is  such  a  thoroughly  irre- 
Bponsible  autocrat  as  an  English  Bish- 
op I  No  one  has  such  absolute  official 
power  as  he  has,  and  no  one  is  so  en- 
tirely nonaccountable  to  anybody  but 
himself!  I  believe  that  no  mortal  man 
is  fit  to  have  such  power.  The  result 
is  that  bold  and  rash  Bishops  often  do 
too  much  in  some  special  direction,  and 
make  immense  mistakes,  while  timid 
and  cautious  Bishops  do  nothing  at  all, 
from  the  very  fear  of  doing  wrong." 
He  would  have  these  ecclesiastical  dic- 
tators brought  down  to  the  level  of 
constitutional  monarchs  at  least,  and 
made  subject  to  the  advice  of  a  coun- 
cil. 


"^^tUx^  $«^ttt$. 


Notice  for  Organization  in  Jo  Diivciss 
Co.,  lil. 


The  friends  in  this  county  are  begin- 
ing  to  feel  the  necessity  of  organizing 
for  work.  In  order  to  learn  the  mind 
of  all  and  make  beet  arrangements  for 
time,  place,  etc. ,  of  meeting,  let  all  in- 
terested write  to  B.  Williams,  Warren, 
111.,  without  delay,  giving  their  best 
judgment  on  the  matter. 

{Methodist  Free  Press  please  copy.) 
There  are  twenty  or  more   subscrib- 
ers  of  the    Cynosure    in  Jo   Daveiss 
county.     If    they   alone  rally  a   good 

meeting  can  be  secured. 

♦-^-♦^ 

From  tlie  General  Agent. 


Saegahtown,  Pa,,  June  26,  1874. 

Dear  K.  : — 1  have  delayed  reports  of 
my  work  since  the  Convention,  know- 
ing that  you  had  matters  of  more  im- 
portance and  greater  interest  to  your 
readers,  I  will  send  a  brief  outline  of 
my  campaign  in  western  N.  Y.  ani 
Crawford  Cr. ,  Pa. 

From  Syracuse  via  Auburn  I  reached 
Le  Roy  on  the  evening  of  the  eleventh. 
After  taking  supper  at  the  hotel  men- 
tioned in  the  "Broken  Seal"  as  "Hall's 
Tavern,"  Mrs,  S.  and  myself  went  to 
the  Free  Methodist  church  where  we 
found  our  excellent  brother  and  true 
friend,  Rev.  Wm.  Jackson,  with  his 
praying  band  engaged  in  the  exercises 
of  their  regular  weekly  prayer  meeting. 
To  us  it  was  a  time  of  refreshing.  Be- 
fore the  meeting  closed,  arrangements 
were  made  and  notice  given  for  me  to 
speak  on  the  following  evening,  Bro. 
J.  took  us  to  his  house  where  we  were 
heartily  welcomed  by  his  excellent  wife 
and  where  we  eojoyed  every  kindness 
and  Christian  hospitality  which  could 
be  desired  during  our  stay. 

Le  Roy  is  historic  ground,  and  while 
there  I  made  the  acquaintarce  of  seve- 
ral of  the  now  aged  men  who  engaged 
personally  in  the  exciting  scenes  and 
thrilling  events  of  1826.  These  men 
recall  those  scenes  with  great  vividness, 
and  confirm  without  exception  what  Mr. 
Greene  has  given  to  the  public  in  his 
•'Broken  Seal."  It  seemed  strange  that 
this  book  had  not  found  its  way  into 
this  place  sooner ;  but  so  far  as  I  could 
learn  not  a  single  copy  had  ever  been 
read  or  offered  for  sale.  I  disposed  o^ 
several  before  leaving  and  arranged 
with  Bro.  Jackson  to  supply  those  who 
desired  with  this  and  other  of  our  re- 
form works.  At  the  P.  O.  I  made  the 
acquaintance  of  Mr.  John  H.  Stanley, 
deputy  poBt-miister  and  clerk  of  the 
town,  who  accompanied  me  to  several 
places  of  note.  He  showed  me  a  brick 
house  on  Lake  street,  two  buildings 
north  of  N.  Y.  C.  depot,  which  Mr. 
Morgan  built  during  the  summer  of 
1825.  It  is  a  square,  two-story,  brick 
structure,  evidently  "well  laid,"  and  is 
now  owned  and  occupied  by  Mrs.  E. 
W.  Blodget.  We  went  to  the  place 
where  Miller  was  rescued  and  put  inio 
the  stage,  and  Bro.  S.  pointed  out  the 
places  where  Miller  was  captured  by 
the  Masons  after  leaving  the  office  of 
Justice  Bartow,  where  his  sham  trial 
occurred ;  and  still  farther  up  the  street 


where  he  was  retaken  by  his  friends. 
We  visited  the  locality  where  the  f?." 
mous  Le  Roy  Convention  of  104  seced- 
ing Masons  was  held.  The  "Round 
House,"  as  it  was  called,  in  which  that 
meeting  convened,  has  been  removed 
and  the  around  is  occupied  by  a  church 
partly  built  of  material  taken  from  the 
old  Round  House.  I  also  saw  the  win- 
dow in  which  Solomon  Southwick  stood 
when  he  made  his  Fourth  of  July 
speech  to  an  immense  gathering  within 
and    outfide  the  Presbyterian   church. 

The  lodge  in  Le  Roy,  I  am  told,  is 
composed  mostly  if  not  entirely  of 
men  whose  morality  and  integrity  is, 
to  say  the  least,  of  a  very  questionable 
character.  They  are  the  "men  of 
business  "  who  paint  their  windows  and 
put  screens  just  inside  their  doors,  be- 
cause, as  Christ  says,  and  his  children 
believe,  "Their  deeds  are  evil."  I  was 
told  that  they  had  one  preacher  in  their 
lodge,  and  tried  to  imagine  how  he 
would  feel  when  surrounded  by  his  red- 
nosed,  bloated,  jolly  brothers,  saying 
grace  over  their  whiskey  bottles,  or 
uttering  Christless  prayers  at  the  mock 
funeral  services  of  the  unfortunate 
Hiram  Abiff,  right  in  the  very  town 
where  Freemasonry  had  shown  its  mur- 
derous and  true  character  by  taking  the 
life  of  one  peaceful  citizen  and  attempt- 
ing that  of  another  by  treachery  and 
deception  under  forms  of  civil  law.  How 
long  will  the  Christians  of  Le  Roy,  or 
elsewhere,  sustain  or  even  tolerate  such 
desecration  of  the  sacred  office  ? 

After  speaking  four  times  in  Le  Roy 
and  one  evening  at  Bethlehem,  an  ad- 
joining town,  we  took  the  cars  for  Buf- 
falo, from  thence  to  Dunkirk,  where  I 
stopped  off  and  Mrs.  S.  continued  her 
journey  toward  Chicago  and  to  our 
home  in  Illinois.  Bro.  Amsden,  of 
Findley's  Lake,  N.  Y .,  met  me  at  North 
East  on  the  morning  of  the  l7th,  and 
after  a  pleasant  ride  of  seven  miles 
through  a  very  picturesque  country,  we 
stopped  at  the  door  of  his  hospitable 
dwelling,  where  I  enjoyed  bountiful 
provisions  and  pleasant  associations 
during  the  three  days  which  I  spent 
there.  Our  meetings  were  well  attend- 
ed and  much  interest  apparent  at  this 
point.  Bros.  Amsden,  Thompson, 
Durfee  and  others  are  in  earnest  and 
extend  to  any  of  the  friends  who  are 
passing  that  way  a  cordial  invitation  to 
visit  them.  These  brethren  have  in- 
listed  for  life,  and  will  never  strike  their 
colors  before  the  army  of  the  lodge. 

I  reached  this  place  on  Saturday  a 
little  before  twelve  and  rapping  at  the 
door  of  Bro.  Robert  Shaw  soon  gained 
the  response,  "Who  is  there,"  Giving 
the  desired  information,  I  soon  found 
myself  in  comfortable  quarters  recup- 
erating for  the  work  before  me.  On 
Sabbath  morning  I  preached  for  Rev, 
Brown,  pastor  of  the  M.  E.  church  in 
this  villaare  whose  kindness  and  gentle- 
manly  treatment  of  our  cause  and  its 
agent  during  my  stay  here  are  worthy 
of  note  and  mention  with  special  grat- 
itude, as  .hIso  the  kindness  of  the  other 
two  resident  ministers  of  this  place. 
All  are  now,  through  the  generosity  of 
Bro.  Shaw,  readers  of  the  Cynosure, 
and  they  will  undoubttidly  become  more 
active  as  they  arc  better  informed  upon 
the  facts  and  features  of  our  reform. 


Bro.  Shaw  lias  been  indefatigable  in 
his  labors  scattering  the  good  seed  with 
a  liberal  hand.  Opposition  he  does 
not  fear,  but  his  faith  is  sometimes 
sorely  tried  by  the  listlessness  and  in- 
difference of  those  who  profess  friend- 
ship and  sympathy  with  our  work. 
Bro.  Shaw's  wife  enters  most  heartily 
into  her  husband's  views  and  feelings, 
and  their  children  have  inherited  the 
principles  of  their  parents.  Friends  of 
our  cause  passing  this  way  will  receive 
cordial  greetings  at  the  house  of  Bro. 
Shaw,  and  sitting  down  in  his  easy 
chair  will  find  the  Cynosure^  Free  Press, 
Wesley  an  BXid  other  reformatory  papers, 
testifying  to  his  sincerity  and  advertis- 
ing his  principles.  During  our  meet- 
ings here  Bro.  Shaw  has  devoted  his 
entire  time  to  helping  on  in  the  work, 
and  has  coveyed  me  whithersoever  I 
listed  with  his  carriage  and  "noble 
steeds." 

After  speaking  three  evenings  in 
Saegartown,  I  went  with  Bro.  S,  to  a 
Wesleyan  chapel  on  the  hill  near  Bro. 
Jones',  where  brethren  Crooks  and 
Stratton  are  both  kindly  remembered. 
Here  we  had  a  good  audience  and  sue" 
cessful  meeting.  The  "Patrons  o^ 
Husbandry"  have  spread  their  net  upon 
this  hill;  but  from  what  I  could  gather 
they  were  not  meeting  with  remarkable 
success.  The  real  object  of  the  inter- 
ested managing  patrons  at  headquarters 
has  been  detected  sooner  at  this  than 
at  some  other  points  and  there  is  already 
great  commotion  inside  the  hive,  and 
t!\Jk  out  side  of  bringing  suit  to  recover 
initiation  fees. 

Our  friends  generally  in  this  region 
favor  political  action,  direct  and  decided. 
I  have  not  as  yet  attempted  an  organi- 
zation, as  the  work  is  comparatively 
new  and  the  mass  of  the  people  need 
more  information  in  order  to  act  intel- 
ligently. I  have  taken  three  life  mem- 
berships and  enrolled  a  few  names  as 
annual  members.  I  have  great  confi- 
dence in  this  feature  of  our  work  and 
believe  if  our  agents  and  friends  will 
use  proper  effort  a  formidable  organized 
opposition  may  soon  be  presented  to 
the  lodge  and  the  lunds  necessary  for 
the  prosecution  of  our  work  secured, 

Bro.  Baird  is  to  meet  me  on  Saturday 
the  27th,  at  Meadville,  where  I  am  to 
speak  in  the  Court-House  at  2:30  on 
' '  Freemasonry  in  our  courts,  and  in  our 
civil  administration."  Bro.  B,  will 
probably  remain  to  hold  meetings  for  a 
time  in  this  county.  I  purpose  going 
on  to  Ohio  next  week. 

Respectfully  and  truly  your  Bro,, 
J,  P,  Stoddard. 


From  Williams  County,  0. 

West  Unity,  O,,  Jun«  20,  1874. 

Editor  Cynosure. 

The  Rev.  Wm.  M.  Givens,  of  lad, , 
has  just  closed  a  series  of  lectures  in 
our  place  on  the  subject  of  secrecy; 
subject  of  first  lecture,  The  Laws  of 
Masonry,  their  despotic  character,  its 
claims  to  antiquity,  etc,  The  subject 
was  handled  in  a  calm  and  fair  manner, 
his  quotations  were  exclusively  from 
Masonic  authors,  except  a  few  from  the 
Bible  and  Josephus.  His  comments 
were  fair,  and  it  seemed  to  be  the 
especial  aim  to  give  offence  to   no  one. 


^UMBl 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


After  the  lecture  -was  over  we  heard 
the  remark  from  quite  a  number,  >'How 
fair!"  '-Just  the  th'iDg  we  have  wanted 
for  a  long  time;"  and  ;yet  some  were 
very  much  offended.  One  in  particu- 
ar,  a  rather  prominent  church  member 
said  it  was  nothing  but  ''slang  whang;" 
that  he  got  perfectly  disgusted  with  it, 
and  left  before  the  lecture  was  half  out. 
Perhaps  no  one  has  occasion  to  quote 
theHines  of  Tom  Hood. 

"Alas  the  variety 

Of  Christian  charity 

Under  the  sun," 

oftener  than  Anti-masonic  lecturers. 
There  was  eome  talk  of  arresting  Bro. 
Givensfor  carrying  concealed  weapons, 
but  the  truth  was  he  carried  but  one 
weapon  and  that  was  the  truth,  and 
the  trouble  was  he  did  not  conceal  that 
enough. 

The  next  lecture  was  on  the  Religion 
of  Masonry.  It  being:  lodge  night, 
only  few  of  the  craft  were  present,  but 
the  house  was  well  filled  and  the  atten- 
tion good.  He  proved  from  its  own  au- 
thors that  Masonry  is  a  religiori ;  in  fact, 
it  is  no  uncommon  thing  to  hear  the 
remark,  ''Masonry  is  good  enough  re- 
ligion for  me;"  or  ihi?,  "If  I  am  ever 
compelled  to  leave  the  lodge  or  the 
church,  I'll  leave  the  church."  What 
a  glorious  thing  it  would  be  fjr  the 
church. 

Tuesday  night  he  told  the  audience 
how  Masons  were  made.  The  house 
was  full,  quite  a  number  were  obliged 
to  stand.  The  attention  was  good. 
He  spoke  over  two  hours  of  the  worte 
than  child's  play  of  the  initiating  cere- 
monies of  the  Entered  Apprentice  and 
Master  Mason.  We  think  Webb,  (of 
Masonic  Monitor  fame)  was  right,  when 
he  said  the  -'ceremonies  were  little 
more  than  visionary  delusions."  The 
lecturer,  after  proving  from  the  Bible 
and  Josephus,  that  Hiram  the  widow's 
son  was  not  killed  while  the  temple  was 
being  built,  but  that  he  wrought  all  of 
Kine:  Solomon's  work  (Ist  Kings  vii.  14,) 
deEcribed  the  farce  of  the  death-burial 
and  raising  of  Hiram.  We  cannot  see 
why  so  silly  a  farce  should  ever  have 
been  invented,  unless  it  wag  that  a  few 
fools  might  play  Solomon. 

Bro.  G.  told  the  members  of  the 
craft  at  each  lecture  that  it  was  not  his 
intention  to  misrepresent  them,  and  if 
he  made  any  misstatements,  it  was  not 
only  their  privilege,  but  their  duty  to 
correct  him.  After  he  got  through  he 
gave  an  opportunity  for  any  one  to 
make  any  remarks,  or  correct  any  mic- 
statements  made  by  him;  but  as  he 
was  not  corrected  it  is  generally  taken 
for  granted  that  he  told  the  truth.  We 
cheerfully  recommend  Brother  Givens 
to  all  who  need  lectures  on  the  subject 
of  secrecy. 

The  Toledo  Blade  speaks  of  our  con 
vention  at  Syracuse  as  a  small  affair, 
about  forty  delegates  present.  It  it  had 
been  held  at  the  '  'Confederats  X  Roads," 
perhaps  "Nasby"  could  have  done  bet- 
ter. The  Clevelind  Elain  Dealer 
speaks  of  us  as  a  few  fanatics,  or  some- 
thing to  that  effect,        J.  G.  Mattoon. 


Correction. 

In  the  Exposition  of  Odd-fellowship  on 
page  14,  following  the  paragraph  ending, 
Forget  it  not  ;  Forget  it  not,  the  account  of 
bringing  the  candidate  to  the  chair  of  the 
Vice  Grand  is  omitted  and  the  next  nara- 
grage  should  be  headed :  Vice  Gkand's 
Ghaege. 


The   '•■  Cliristian    at  Work  "  ou 
Sjraciise  CouveutiOH. 


Die 


"The  Kappa-Alpbas,  Pd-Kais,  Sig- 
raa-phis  and  the  '  secret '  debating 
clubs  and  chiliren's  secret  societies  will 
please  take  notice  and  disband  at  once! 
The  Great  National  Christian  Associa- 
tion have  organized  the  Great  Ameri- 
can Party  for  the  suppression  of  secret 
societies  and  'all  other  anti-Christian 
and  ani-republican  agencies.'  Free- 
masonry is  to  be  overthrown,  the  grang- 
ers dug  out  and  harrowed,  and  the 
Odd-fellows  are  to  be  snnihilated  by 
llie  odder  fellows  of  this  Great  Na 
tional  Organization.  The  Sons  of  Tem- 
perance and  the  Rechabites  lOo,  must 
sell  their  paraphernalia  and  stop  wink- 
ing at  each  other  and  shaking  hands 
with  thumbs  and  little  taagers  inter- 
laced. Christianity  depends  upon  the 
suppression  of  these  secret  cabals; 
the  life  of  the  nation  demands  the  sac- 
rifice,— the  great  American  eagle  soar- 
ing in  cirruy  and  cumuli  screams  for 
the  suppression  of  secret  societies.  Not 
till  this  movement  is  crowned  with 
success  win  this  be  a  happy  country; 
not  till  then  will  the  lion  lie  down  with 
the  kid  without  layiug  outside  of  him. 
The  Great  American  Party  orgatiized 
by  the  Great  National  Christian  Asso- 
cif.tioa  is  around,  and  its  voice  will  be 
heard  from  Mount  Desert  to  the  Golden 
Horn, — from  Alaska  to  Florida  reefs! 
if  you  belong  to  a  secret  society  get 
out  of  it;  if  husband  and  wife  have 
any  S' crets  between  each  other  let  ^,hem 
at  once  disband  or  publish  their  S3- 
crets  in  the  village  paper  having  the 
widest  circulation— for  .the  "Great 
Amer'can  Party"  is  coming  and  it  will 
prove  as  terrible  as  an  army  with  ban- 
ners " 

The  above  I  clip  from  ih.%  ^'Chri&tian 
At  Work''  by  T=  DeWitt,  Talmage, 
which  paper  I  have  been  reading  sev- 
eral years.  Mr.  T.  rather  recently 
came  to  its  throne  with  fljmbeau,  and 
aackbut,  and  cymbal,  and  other  attrac- 
tive things,  and  I  was  willing  "for  a 
season  to  rejoice  in  his  light."  Though 
less  gifted  yet  in  some  respects  he 
seem3  to  be  an  improvement  on  Beech- 
er,  whom  he  evidently  aims  to  outgo 
in  this  bid  for  ''popular  applause,"  fjr 
I  am  at  a  loss  on  reading  it  to  see  what 
other  object  a  man  of  his  pratentions 
could  have  in  writing  so  flippantly 
about  men  who  deserve  the  admiration 
and  gratitude  of  every  oas  who  loves 
his  God  and  his  country.  I  presume 
Mr.  T.  is  a  "Mason"  or  an  "Odd-fellow ;" 
first,  from  the  spirit  of  the  piece  and 
from  his  ready  use  of  the  title  "Great." 
It  is  sad  to  think  that  a  man  of  such 
opportunities  for  knowing  and  doing, 
and  such-  pretentions,  should  be  so 
ignorant  of  the  history  and  workings 
and  designs  of  Masonry  as  to  mention 
it  on  the  same  page  with  the  secrets 
between  husbands  and  wives,  and  vol" 
unteers  its  defense  in  the  oi^ly  way 
that  I  hear  Masons  doing,  i,  e,,  laugh- 
ing about  the  "greased  pole,"  ''riding 
the  goat  out  of  the  window,"  ''wink- 
at  each  other  and  shaking  hands  with 
the  thumbs  and  little  finger  interlaced." 

But  I  merely  sat  down  to  send  this 
extract  and  yet  I  had  such  a  mingled 
feeling  of  regret  and  oharne  and  sorrov? 
that  -such  a  paper  should  thus  not  only 
volunteer  such  an  unprovoked  ridicule 
of  the  Syracuse  Convention,  but  place 
itself  on  the  list  of  advocates  for  col- 
lege   and   all  other  -secret  societies,  I 


cou'd  but  express  it.  "They  that  gath- 
er not  with  us  scatter  abroad."  May 
Mr.  Talmsg.'i's  eyes  yet  ba  open  to  see 
these  thmgs  in  a  clearer  light!  Yours, 
in  the  life  work  of  overthrowing  the 
dominion  of  darkness,       R.   Faurot. 


Progress  and  Threats. 


Pine  Run,  Mich.,  Jurie  '20,  1874. 

Brother  Kellogg: — 

About  March  21st,  1874,  at  a  meet- 
ing of  the  Congregational  churcli  of 
Goodrich,  Mich.,  a  man  offered  hiiujelf 
for  admission  to  the  church,  when  your 
correspondent  asked  if  said  candidate 
was  an  adhering  member  of  any  secret 
society,  supplimenting  the  question  with 
remarks  respecting  the  anti-Christian 
character  of  the  lodge,  and  was  follow- 
ed by  two  other  members  holding  forth 
that  no  person  should  belong  to  both 
lodge  and  church  at  the  same  time. 

April  6th,  at  the  township  meeting 
held  in  the  same  village  of  Gocdrich, 
nearly  sixty  Anti-masonic  votes  were 
polled.  April  9th  I  found  an  unstamp- 
ed letter  in  the  post-office  directed  to 
me  as  follows : 

GooDSicH,  M'ch.,  March  7,  1874. 

Walter  Beden: 

Sra: — We  don't,  w'sh  to  injure  a  single 
hair  of  your  head  and  have  no  desire  to 
bring  harm  to  a  single  filament  fiourisb- 
ing  on  the  devoted  cranium  of  any  of  2?"  our 
imbeciiious,  self-aggrandizing  co-strug- 
gltirs  f-.>r  notoriety  and  appeliations  of 
hero,  martyrs  and  the  like.  We  have 
no  desire  to  work  any  of  jou  ill,  and  are 
possessed  of  no  spirit  calling  lor  the 
sheddiag  of  any  good  mau's  blood,  but 
we  must  have  less  lip !  A  word  to  the 
wise  is  sufficient;  and  if  you  and  your 
industrious  class  are  not  too  fool  hardy 
to  regard  this  bit  of  wise  council,  your 
families  and  friends  may  still  continue 
to  bask  in  the  sunshine  of  your  most 
illustrious  and  all  puissant  selves,  and 
still  dwell  in  the  halo  of  your  own 
great  glory ! 

In  conclusion  we  would  urge — nay, 
warn !  you  all  to  act  as  wise  men  and 
avert  the  etorm  now  gathering  which 
wi  1  be  so  etrong  and  so  terrible  that  it 
will  surely  prove  diastrous  to  many  of 
your  asp  ling  band!  In  the  language 
of  Holy  Writ  we  would  exclaim:  ''0 
that  ye  would;  but  ye  will  not;  and 
the  rod  must  fall !  " 

Friend  Moiutor,  E.  G,  G.  Mc. 

I  have  neglected  to  send  the  above 
that  I  might  first  ascertain  who  was  the 
writer;  and  if  haud-writing  and  circuin. 
stances  are  proof  the  writer  is  a  Miisoa 
living  near  Goodrich. 

The  original  I  keep  to  exhibit. 

Yours  truly,  Walter  M.  Beden. 

•-.-> 

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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ODD  FELLOWSHIP  ILLUSTRATED. 


KEGLLATIONS    FOK    OPKNING,     CONDUCl'ING    AND 


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SEC'Y 


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Plan  of  Lodge  Room 

OF   A 

Subordinate  Lod^e,  I.O.of  O.F. 

Adopted  by  the  Grand 

Lodge    of   the  United  States, 

Session  1872. 


The  loeation  of  the  Reception  and  Preparation  Room  and  the  various 
doors  are  of  course  different  in  different  lodges.  The  above  diagram  shows 
the  position  of  the  various  oihcers  of  a  Subordinate  Lodge,  but  the  place  of 
the  Treasurer  and  Secretary  are  interchangeable  and  the  Past  Grand  some- 
times occnpies  the  opposite  side  of  the  room,  but  the  Chaplain,  if  there  is 
one,  should  sit  opposite  the  Past  Grand. 

The  exauiincr,  termed  the  Conductor  or  Outside  Conductor 
now  blindfolds  the  candidate,  leads  him  to  the  door  of  the  lodge 
and  gives  the  usual  alarm,  or  entersign :  [Three  raps  on  Lodge 
room  door]. 

Inside  Guardian.    Who  comes  there  ? 

Ans.  by  Outside  Conductor,  A  Brother  with  a  friend  who 
desires  to  be  initiated  into  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows. The  Inside  Guardian  reports  this  to  Vice  Grand,  on 
whose  command  the  door  is  opened  and  the  candidate  is  led 
into  the  lodge  room,  where  he  is  received  by  the  proper  Con- 
ductor attended  by  the  Supporters. 

conductor's  charge. 

You  are  now  within  the  retreat  of  Odd  Fellows — here  the 

world  is  shut  out — you  are  separated  from  its  cares  and  distinc- 
tions— from  its  dissensions  and  its  vices.  Here  friendship  and 
Love  assert  their  mild  dominion,  while  Faith  and  Charity  com- 
bine to  bless  the  mind  with  peace  and  soften  the  heart  with 
Charity.  Those  who  surround  us  have  all  assumed  the  obliga- 
tions and  endeavor  to  cherish  the  sentiments  peculiar  to  Odd 
Fellowship  ;  but  before  you  can  unite  with  them  j'ou  must  pass 
through  au  initiatory  ceremony,  which  will  ultimately  lead  you 
to  primary  truth ;  be  patient  therefore  and  firm — Brothers,  the 
stranger  now  awaits  our  mystic  rites. 

Right  Supporter.    Then  at  once  the  chains  prepare. 

Left  Supporter.  Here  they  are — entwine  their  links  about 
him.    (Assists  in  placing  them). 

Wliile  Ihis  is  being  done  the  Conductor  says:  Man  in  dark- 
ness and  iu  chains — how  mournful  the  spectacle — yet  it  is  but 
the  condition  of  millions  of  our  race,  who  are  void  of  Avisdom 
though  they  know  it  not.  [Says  to  Supporters :  Lead  on  our 
friend].  'Wc  have  a  lesson  to  impart  to  him — one  of  great 
moment  and  solemnity;  a  failhliU  exhibition  of  the  vanity  of 
worldly  things — of  the  instability  of  wealth  and  power  of  the 
certain  decay  of  all  earthly  greatness. 

The  Conductor  is  careful  to  take  a  rout  and  gait  that  will 
occupy  the  lime  while  the  Conductor's  Charge  is  being  given. 

They  halt  before  a  collined  corpse  o7'  an  iiiiiiatioii,  vfhea  the 
Conductor  begins  to  take  off  the  blinds  and  says  to  the  candi- 
clate :  Be  serious  for  our  lesson  is  as  melancholy  as  it  is  truthful. 
[Blinds  are  noM'  off].  Behold  a  representation  of  the  effect  of 
sin  that  silent  yet  impressive  lecturer,  to  vice,  confusion,  but 
to  virtue,  peace,  is  all  that  remains  on  earth,  of  one  who  was 
born  as  you  were  born,  who  lived  as  you  now  live,  and  who  for 
many  days  enjoyed  his  possession,  his  power  and  his  pleasure 
But  now  alas!  nothing  is  left  of  him  save  that  sad  memorial  of 
man's  mortality.  The  warm  heart  which  throbbed  for  others' 
woes,  or  the  cold  one,  which  held  no  sympathy  has  now  moul- 


dered away  and  joined  its  kindred  dust.  Contemplate  the  scene ! 
Should  it  not  humble  man's  pride  ?  Should  it  not  awake  the 
soul  to  a  just  sense  of  responsibility  to  God,  of  duty  to  itself? 
And  iu  view  of  the  common  lot  of  all,  should  it  not  enlist  the 
tenderest  of  human  sympatliies  ?  My  friend,  that  gloomy  mon- 
itor is  but  an  emblem  of  what  you  are  sure  to  be,  and  of  what 
you  may  soon  become.  Sei'iously  meditate  the  solemn  admoni- 
tion it  affords  ponder  it  well,  and  see  that  your  own  heart  fos- 
ters no'  evil — the  fountain  of  all  wrong — the  progenitor  of  crime, 
hatred  and  violence,  whose  fearful  consequences  must  continue 
to  afflict  mankind  until  the  coming  of  that  period  (yet  hidden 
in  the  womb  of  time)  to  which  Hope  looks  forward  with  ardent 
jo3^  When  the  chains  of  human  bondage  shall  be  broken,  and  the 
tears  and  woes  of  this  world  be  submerged,  by  the  healing  tide 
that  shall  flow  from  the  Fountain  of  Benevolence  and  Peace. 
Then  one  law  shall  bind  all  nations,  kindreds  and  tongues  of 
the  earth ;  and  that  law  shall  be  the  law  of  Universal  Brotherhood. 

Right  Supporter.  Then  shall  the  "Wolf  dwell  with  the 
Lamb,  and  the  Leopard  lie  down  with  the  Kid,  and  the  Calf  and 
the  fatling  together  and  a  little  child  shall  lead  them;  and  the 
Cow  and  the  Bear  shall  feed,  and  the  Lion  shall  cat  straw  like 
an  Ox. 

Left  SuppoJ'ter.  And  he  shall  judge  among  the  nations, 
and  shall  rebuke  many  people,  and  they  shall  beat  tlieir  swords 
into  plow-shares  and  their  spears  into  pruuing-hooks.  Nation 
shall  not  lift  up  sword  against  nation,  neither  shall  they  learn 
war  any  more.  He  has  made  of  one  blood  all  nations  of  men, 
to  dwell  on  the  face  of  the  earth 

The  candidate  is  again  blindfolded  and  is  then  addressed 
as  follows,  by  the  Conductor:  "You  may  think  it  strange,  my 
friend,  that  we  thus  blindfold  you ;  its  symbolic  purpose  will, 
in  due  time,  be  fully  explained.  The  candidate  is  then  led  to 
the  Warden  where  the  blinds  are  removed  and  the  Conductor 
says:  This,  my  friend,  is  our  venerable  Warden;  he  has  a 
charge  to  deliver  to  you;  Listen  attentively  to  what  he  may 
say. 

Warden  to  Candidate.  Friend,  hear  the  voice  of  wisdom 
speaking  from  age  and  experience,  and  let  it  sink  deep  into 
your  heart.  These  trembling  limbs  and  this  wrinkled  brow 
betoken  that  the  weight  of  years  is  upon  me.  I  have  indeed 
seen  many  years,  and  many  solemn  scenes  have  passed  before 
me.  A  wise  man  has  said:  "I  have  been  young  b;it  now  am 
old,  yet  have  I  not  seen  the  righteous  forsaken  or  his  seed  beg- 
ging bread."  I  would  impress  this  upon  3^our  mind,  and  will 
add  another  maxim,  which  I  pray  you  heed  and  be  wise.  It  is 
this:  that  in  practice.  Friendship, Love  and  Truth  will  be  found 
the  best  safeguards  against  the  ills  of  life.  Forget  it  not ;  For- 
get it  not. 

Stranger,  having  entered  within  those  walls,  you  are  never 
to  make  known  the  secrets  of  this  order,  or  to  make  any  discov- 
eries to  any  ijerson  or  persons  upon  any  pretense  or  for  anj^  pur- 
pose.    Will  you  comply  with  these  rules  ? 

Vice  Grand  -to  Conductor:  Restore  him  to  light  and  liber- 
ty.    (Here  the  blindfold  is  taken  off  and  the  chains  also.) 

Vice  Grand  to  Candidate :  Stranger,  it  is  my  duty  to  ad- 
minister to  you  a  solemn  and  binding  obligation — one  which  we 
have  all  taken,  but  which  will  not  conflict  with  any  of  those 
exalted  duties  you  owe  to  your  God,  your  country  or  yourself. 

With  this  assurance,  are  you  willing  to  take  such  an  obli- 
gation ? 

Ans.    I  am. 

Vice  Grand  to  Candidate:  Place  your  right  hand  on  your 
left  breast,  and  repeat  after  me  the  following 

OBLIGATION  : 

I, ,  in  the  i^resence  of  the  brothers  now  assem- 
bled, do  solemnly  promise  that  I  will  never  communicate  to  any 
one  unless  directed  so  to  do  by  a  legal  Lodge,  the  signs,  tokens, 
pass-words,  or  grips,  belonging  to  the  Indcpendeut  Order  of 
Odd-fellows ;  that  if  any  books  or  papers  containing  anything 
relating  to  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd-fellows  should  be 
placed  in  my  hands,  I  will  never,  expose  or  lend  them  to  any 
person  or  persons,  except  to  one  legally  authorized  to  receive 
them.  Should  I  hereafter  be  thought  worthjr  of  receiving  any 
or  all  of  the  higher  degress  in  this  Lodge,  I  will  n-ever  commu- 
nicate the  same  to  any  one  not  legally  qualified  to  receive  them. 
I  furthermore  promise  ,  that  I  will  support  and  abide  by  the  hy- 
laws,  rules  and  regulations  of  this  Lodge,  and  of  the  Grand 

Lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd-fellows  of  the , 

or  any  other  Grand  or  Working  Lodge  to  which  I  may  be  attach- 
ed ;  that  I  will  not  improperlj^  communicate  the  qtmrterly,  trav- 
eling, or  other  pass-words  to  any  one.  I  also  promise  that  I  will 
never  wrong  a  brother,  nor  see  him  wronged,  without  aprizing 
him  of  approaching  danger,  if  in  my  power  so  to  do.  Should 
I  be  expelled,  or  voluntarily  leave  this  order,  I  will  consider 
this  promise  as  binding  out  of  it  as  it  is  in  it,  to  the  true  a-nd 
faithful  performance  of  which  I  pledge  my  sacred  honor. 

Vice  Grand  to  Candidate :  Stranger(s),  you  have  now  entered 
into  a  society  that  is  far  more  important  than  you  at  first  imag- 
ine. It  is  quite  comformable  to  law,  religion,  and  sound  moral- 
ity. Nor  does  it  permit  anything  contrary  to  the  allegiance  we 
owe  to  our  country,  or  the  duty  we  owe  to  ourselves.  Let  good 
conduct  procure  you  the  esteem  of  your  family  and  friends. 
Let  strict  caution  guard  }'ou  against  making  any  improper  dis- 
coveries to  the  uninformed,  so  that  hy  your  example,  j'ou  may 
convince  the  world  that  good  faith  and  virtue  are  the  peculiar 
characteristics  of  a  true  Odd-fellow,  for  according  to  our  laws, 
we  can  be  Odd-fellows  only  while  we  aqt  like  honest  men.  I 
will  now  recommend  you  to  the  Noble  Grand,  who  will  further 
instruct  you,  and  I  hope  your  deportment  will  be  such  after 
your  initiation,  as  to  give  us  no  cause  to  regret  that  we  have 
accepted  you  as  a  brother. 

Vice  Grand  to  Conductor:  Proceed  with  our  friend  to  the 
principal  chair,  there  to  be  iutroduced.to  the  Noble  Grand. 


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FREEMASONRY  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MOBG-AN. 

THE  GENUINE  OLD  MORGAN  BOOK:— republished  with  en- 
gravings showing  the  Jx»dge  Koom,  Dress  of  candidates,  Signs, 
Due  Guards,  (Jrips,  Etc. 

This  revelation  is  bo  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered  the  au- 
thor for  writing  it.  Thousands  have  testified  to  the  correctness  of 
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MURDER  OP  Wm.  MORGAN, 

-     By  SAMUEL   D.  G-REENE, 

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OPINIONS  OF  THE  PRESS. 

"A  Masokio  Kevelation.— Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 
gentleman  of  the  higliest  respectability,  whose  Btatements  seem  to 
toe  worthy  of  full  credence.  T/ta  Uroken  Seai;  or,  T'ersonal 
iiaminiscences  of  ihe  Morgan  ^bchtaiioti  and  Jinirder,  is  the 
title  of  a  book  of  some  three  hundred  pages  Just  issued  by  him, 
purporting  to  givea  full  and  accurate  account,  from  personal  knowl- 
edge, of  t&e  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  other  masonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now^almost  half  a  century 
ago." — Con</rcQali07ialist  and  'Jiecorder,  Sos/on. 

" 'Freejilaso'kbt  Dsvelopbd.'— 'The  Broken  Seal:  or.  Personal 
Eeminiscences  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,'  is  the  title  of 
a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  eeusalion 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  the 
confesBion  of  Morirau's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  iuter'^ 
esting  matter,  including  the  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
thor opposes  Freemasonry  as  inimical  to  good  government,  to  so- 
ciety, and  to  the  Church  ;  and  the  story  that  he  here  tells  will  make 
a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  bo.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— i»«j= 
Jy  Serald,  Sosion. 

"We  are  acquainted  with  Mr.  Greene,  and  have  no  doubt  that  his 
account  is  entirely  reliable,  and  of  great  historic  and  moral  interest. 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan  was  Mr.  Greene's  neighbor  i-- Batavia,  N.  T,., 
and  a  member  of  the  same  lodge  with  him  at  tho  time  of  the  great 
excitement  in  1S26.  The  titles  to  these  chapters  are  sufficiently  ex- 
citing to  give  the  hook  i.  large  sale:—'  Tho  Storm  Gathering;" 
"Abduction  of  Morgan;"  "Attempted  Abduction  of  Miller  and 
his  Rescue;"  "What  became  of  Morgan;"  "What  Morgan  Ac- 
tually Revealed;"  "Confession  of  the  Murderer;"  "Allegations 
against  Freemasonry,  etc."— goJtQw  Daily  JV'ews. 

History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murder  of 
Cap't.  Wsii.  Morgan, 

Ab  prepared  by  Seven  Committees  of  Citizens,  appointed  to  ascer- 
tain the  fate  of  Morgan. 

This  book  contains  jndisputabio,  legal  evidence  that  Freemasons, 
abducted  and  Murdered  Wm.  Morgan,  for  no  other  offence  than 
the  revelation  of  Masonry.  It  contains  the  sworn  testimony  of  over 
twenty  persons,  including  Morgan's  wife,  and  no  candid  person 
after  reading  this  book,  can  doubt  that  many  of  the  most  respecta- 
ble FREEMASONS,  in  the  Empire  State,  with  others  were  concerned 
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who  drowned  Morgan,  in  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the  hps 
of  the  dyint'  man  by  Di'.  John  C.  Emery,  of  Racine  County,  Wiscon- 
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21  CYNOSURE  TRACTS. 

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them  of  distinguished  ability,  on  the  subject  of  Secret  Societies. 

The  dangerous  tendency  and  positive  evil  of  organized  Secrecy 
is  here  shown  by  the  most  varied  and  powerful  arguments  and  illus- 
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ODD  FELLOWSHIP  ILLUSTRATED. 

A  new  illustrated  exposition  of  the  order.  The  Signs,  Grips,  &c., 
shown  by  engravings. 

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A  NEW  BOOK  OF  GREAT  INTEREST, 

Tills  work  is  particularly  commended  to  the  attention  of  Officers 

of  The  Army  and  Navy,  The  Bench  and  The  Clergy. 

TABIiE  OF  CONTENTS. 
"The  Antiqitity  op  Secret  Societies,  The  Life  of  Julian,  The 
Eleusinian  Mysteries,  The  Origin  op  Masonry,  Was  Washing- 
ton A  Mason?  Filmore's  and  Webster's  Defekenck  to  Masonry, 

A  BRIEF  outline  OF    TUE    rKOIilSFSS  OP    MASONRY    IH    THE    UNITED 

States,  The  Tammany  Ring,  Masonic  Benevolence,  The  uses  of 
Masonry,  An  Illustration, The  Conclusion."' 

Bfoikes  off  the  Pi-css. 

The  author  traces  back  the  origin  of  Masonry  and  ilsevil  influ- 
ences, particularly  as  seen  and  felt  in  our  own  country;  the  Tam- 
many Ring,  Credit  Mobiiier,  &c.  Ho  shows  the  subserviency  of 
some  of  our  public  men,  such  as  Fillmore  and  Webster,  to  its  dom- 
inating xiovfer.—  l/riUed   ^^reshtjterkm. 

The  author  has  presented  information  concerning  the  Old  Myster- 
ies and  their  antagonism  to  Christianity;  the  Masonry  of  Washington 
and  his  virtual  secession  from  it;  the  harlotry  of  Masonry,  English 
and  American,  in  assuming  charge  of  international  politics,  and  treat- 
ies between  England  and  the  United  States ;  the  disgusting  interven- 
tion of  the  lodge  at  the  close  of  the  French  and  German  war;  the 
Masonic  baptisms;  all  these  and  more  Gen.  Phelps  has  given,  accom- 
panied with  clear  philosophical  dissertations  of  his  own. 

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BIT  REV.  "W.  P.  M'NAIiy. 
Pastor  United  Presbyterian  Church,  Blooiidngton.  Ind. 
This  is  a  very  clear,  thorough,  candid  and  remarkably  consice 
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Their  Customs,  Oharaoter  and  tli9  Efforts  for  their  Suppression. 
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HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 
BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCH ARD,  OF    WHEATON   COLLEGE. 
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MASONIC  MURDER, 

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SECRETS  OF  MASONK¥, 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 

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TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
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TRACT.  NO.  5: 

llxtracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
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TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

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AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  Eis  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 

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SATAN'S  CABLE-TOW. 

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Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  loadiuij  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
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lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Freeman 
sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  nud  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth.  ^^ 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  Murner  and  Treason  no* 
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TRACT  NO.  0,  ILLUSTRATED: 
FREEMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  (OT.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  ot  '^Occidental  Sov- 
ereign Consistory  S.  P.  It.  /?,"  32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge — and 
was" ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Church  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TRACT  NO.  10: 
CHAKACTEK  AND  SYMBOLS  OF   FREEMASOSRT. 

A  2-page  tract,  (ini,DSTKATED)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "tho 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  per 
100  or  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

kiitm  of  bm  County  Aisssiaiis!!,  New  Ifork, 

TO  THE  PUBLIC ; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50iccnt8  per 
100 ;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  'WTHITNEir  AND  MASONRY. 

This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  .Judge  Whitney'a 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charge  of  unma- 
sonic  conduct  in  briuging  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney'a 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
An  8-page  tract,  $1.00  per  100 ;  $8.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COI.VEK,  ON  MASONRY, 

and 
HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 
Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  i25  cents  per  100;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 
ITS  EEIiATION  TO  CIVIL  GOVEEHilEKT  AND  THE  OBEISTIANEELIGION. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PEES.  J. 
BLANCHAED  of  WHSaTON  COLLEGE.     This  is  a  IB-page   tract  at  $2.00 
per  100:  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID 
A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.    By  liRY.   1.   A.  HART,   Secretary 
National  Christian  Association.     Published  by  special  order  of  thci 
Association.    50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1900. 

TRACT  NO.  16: 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M, 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.  A  4- 
page  tract,  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

Srifin,  Obligations  ani  hpm  cf  Tb  Sran^e. 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OP  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 

This  little  tract  ought  to  be  put  into  the  hands  of  every  Farmer  in 

the  United  States,    Four-page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4  00  per  1000. 

TRACT   NO.  IS: 

HOW.  WM.  H.  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Estracs  from  a  Speech  03  Enow-anot":ingi:m  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  in  1S55. 
The  testimony  of  .JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTiC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  -J-page  tract,  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 
BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    MARSHALL,    RUSH,   HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  tha 
Lodge    A  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100 ;  ,$2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 
This  tract  contains  m.any  strong  arguments  against  the  Lodge  drawn 
from  personal  experience,   observation  and  study  of  its   character. 
A  l-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1,000. 
TRACT  NO.  21 : 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  E3IMA  A,  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argument,  sho'n? 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  wh| 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  with  approbation  of  this  institution 
A  4-page  tract  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1,000. 


GERMAN  CYNOSURE  TRACT  A. 

Sii  Imm  wlij  a  Christian  should  noths  aFroomascn 


By  REV.  A.  GROLE,  Pastor,  German  M.  E.  Church, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

This  is  our  first  German  tract,  and  it  is  a  good  one;    it  ought     o 
have  a  large  circulation.     Price  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

ENOCH    HONEYWEIX'S    TRACT 

TO  THE  YOUNG   MEN  OF  AMERICA.     Postage,3  cents   pci  i; 
Traces.  Tracts  Free. 


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Chicago,  June  29,  1874. 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 
Grain  Wheat— Spring,  No.  1 . .     $   1  ?.3 

"       No.   2 1  21  1  211/, 

No.  3 1  09H 

"       Rejected 99H 

Corn— No.  2 m%  61 V4 

Sejected 57  57J4 

Oats— No.  2 aVi 

gia      Rejected 41V4 

Rye— No.  2 84 

Flour,  Winter        5  50  8  00 

Spring  extra 5  12  5  75 

Superfine 3  50  4  75 

Hay— Timothv,  pressed 1100  14  00 

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Prairie,       "     0  00  8  00 

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Mess  pork,  per  bbl 17  75 

Butter 15  23 

Cheese  lOH  12/j 

Eggs ll'/j  12 

Beans 185  2  05 

Potatoes,  per  t)u        1  10  1  50 

Broom  corn 04  00 

Hides— Green  and  green  cured 06H      09 

Full  cured  add  J4  percent. 

Lumljer— Clear 38  00  55  00 

Common 11  12  00 

Lath 2  25 

Shingles 150  3  SO 

WOOL— Washed 38  53 

Unwashed 27  33 

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Medium 4  75  5  50 

Common 3  25  4  50 

Uogs, 5  30  6  15 

Sheep 2  00  4  SC 

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Wheat 135  145 

Corn 78  87 

Oats 60  G8 

Rye 1  14 

Lard II/2 

Mesa  pork IS  37 

Butter 20  28 

Cheese.... 31  14 

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Showing  the  degrees  from  the  first  to  the  thirty- 
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Contents. 

Page. 

Editoki AL  Articles 8 

Bceclier-Tiltou.. Friends    Jourua].. Mooting  at    Tiidianapolis. 
.Journal  of  Commerce' Mistake— The  National  Printing  House. 

CONTniEUTBD  AUD   SELECT  ARTICLES  : 1,   3 

Proclaim  j,the     Truth    ( J"o«i!ri/).  .The  Chief    Corner-Stone.  .A 
-Wife's  Victory.  .Trouhlers  in     Israel.. Is  Doubt    more  Intel- 
lectual than  Faith.  .The  Corner-Stone  Kemonstrance.  .The  Press 
on  the  Chicago  Corner-Stone. 

Tories  OF  THE  Time 1 

Reform  News 4,  5 

Notices  from  the    Gen'l   Agent  and  th«  Xt.  Y-    State  Ass'n.. 
From  Green  Co.,  Iowa.  From  Fulton  Co.,  O, ..From  Vermont. 

GoBRESrONDENCE 5,  6.  12 

Colporteur  Work  in  New  York.  .Masonry 'T  ween  Decks..  Our 
Mail  Corner-Stone  Letters. 

POLITICAL  Column 6 

Commencement  at  Wheaton 12 

True  Doctrine  of  Creeds 8 

Platform  of  17T2  Revised 9 

Odd-fellowship  Illustrated 14 

The  Home  Ci)«ole 10 

Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbath  School « 

Home  and  Health  Hints 7 

Farm  and  Garden 7 

Beligious  Intelligence ; , 13 

News  of  the  Weelr 13 

Publisher's  Departmpnt Ki 


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Is  IT  Fair. —  Gen.  O.  0.  Howard  has  been  a  friend 
to  the  frsedms.i.  For  this  reason  those  who  hate 
them,  hate  him.  He  is  also  a  Christian; for  this  rea- 
son some  infidels  hate  him.  He  has  been  charged 
for  several  years  with  improper  administration  of  funds 
belonging  to  the  Freedmen's  Bureau.  He  sustained 
a  Congressional  examination  several  years  since  and 
was  acquitted.  His  enemies  called  this  whitewashing. 
They  reiterated  these  charges  until  he  demanded  a 
trial,  and  a  court-martial  consisting  of  General's  Sher- 
man, McDowell,  M8ig.=i,  Pope  and  Reynolds,  and 
Colonels  Miles  and  Getty,  all  of  the  rogular  army. 
After  a  long  and  careful  investigation  those  officers 
declare  that  General  Howard  has  not  violated  his 
trusts  in  fact  or  technically.  That  is  that  the  charges 
agaioBt  him  are  untrue.  He  then  asked  Congress  to 
pay  the  expenses  incurred  in  his  defense  and  they  re- 
fused. The  case  at  present  stands  thus:  If  a  "car- 
pet-bagger" contests  an  election,  solely  for  his  owfl  pe- 
cuniary benefit,  Congrejs  will  pay  his  expenses  and 
sometimes  even  his  salary,  whether  it  was  proved 
that  he  was  elected  or  not.  If  an  officer  who  has 
given  an  arm  and  oflFered  a  hfe  for  his  country  is  forced 
into  a  court-martial  to  defend  his  name  and  character, 
the  Congress  that  allows  Fernando  Wood  to  slander 
him  in  the  House  will  refuse  to  pay  the  costs  of  the 
suit  they  have  compelled  him  to  enter,  and  thus  is  ad- 
ded another  ounce  to  our  national  disgrace. 

The  Obder  of  Enoch. — Brigham  Young  has  lately 
sta.rted  a  new  order — "  The  order  of  Enoch."  We 
"say  started ;  more  properly  he  has  named  an  order, 
"The  order  of  Enoch,"  for  it  is  oaly  Masonry  modi- 
fied and  re-christened.  The  object  of  this  order  is  to 
get  possession  of  the  property  of  other  men.  That  is, 
the  leaders  constitute  "The  Church."  Then  thej? 
get  as  many  to  join  as  passible,  and  every  man  who 
is  initiated,  vows  to  give  his  property  into  the  hands 
of  the  church.  That  is  just  the  way  they  do  here. 
The  Mason  joins  the  lodge  and  expects  to  get  boosted 
up  in  various  ways.  He  hopes  first  for  an  office. 
Failing  in  thatj  he  wants  an  easy  place  to  work,  or  a 
place  where  he  can  get  a  living  by  loafing.  Some 
few  are  so  fortunate  as  to  realise  their  expf ctations. 
Most  of  them  find  that  they  have  got  into  the  order  of 
Enoch .  Dues  must  be  paid.  They  must  help  kill 
Hiram  AbifF  and  obey  the  man  who  hangs  his  hat 
"on  nature's  peg;"  but  when  they  die  the  lodge 
neither  gives  them  a  decent  burial  or  cares  for  the 
widow  and  orphan.     There   is  one  very  encouraging 


thing  about  the  present  aspect  of  this  matter,  and  that 
is,  that  so  many  are  leaving  this  order  of  Enoch. 
More  than  eleven  thousand  last  year  refused  to  pay 
dues,  and  counting  deaths,  dismissals,  etc. ,  thirty-five 
thousand  men  have  left  t'.e  order  of  Enoch  within 
twelvemonths.  Onward  then,  0  soldiers  of  Jesus; 
circulate  the  Cynosure;  speak  the  word  and  never 
faint  in  your  labor; 

For  conquer  we  must,  when  our  cause  it  is  just, 
And  this  be  our  motto,  In  God  is  our  trust; 
Till  the  Star-spangled  Banner  no  longer  shall  wave 
O'er  a  Freemason's  lodge  or  a  .Jesuit  slave. 

Taken  Suddenly  Siok. — In  Louisville  lately  <i  musi- 
cian died  suddenly  after  being  initiated  into  Boone 
lodge  of  Knights  of  Pjfchias.  His  attending  phy- 
sician testified  that  be  died  of  heart  disease  and  was 
sick  five  days.  His  wife,  however,  has  brought  suit 
against  certain  Knights  for  causing  the  death  of  her 
husband.  She  charges  them  with  conspiring  together 
to  persuade  and  induce  Frank  Lamadrld  to  enter  their 
secret  society,  and  that  they,  with  others,  to  her  un 
known,  did  beat,  drag  and  bruise  her  husband  in  going 
through  with  their  rites  or  pretendod  rites,  by  reason 
of  which  he  died.  She  therefore  asks  damages  for 
his  killing. 

This  is  not  so  unusual  a  thing  as  may  be  generally 
supposed.  The  Kappa- Alpha  fraternity  at  Cornell 
University  had  been  persuading  Mortimer  Leggett 
three  weeks  before  he  con,;ented  to  join  their  lodge 
and  was  killed.  So  in  a  little  town  called  Stillwater, 
in  New  York,  a  young  man  joined  the  Masonic  lodge, 
took  a  cold  while  stripped  for  the  initiation ,  from 
which  he  died  in  eight  days.  The  Masons  did  not 
bury  him,  nor  would  they  return  to  his  wife  the- 
money  he  hsd  paid  for  the  first  degree  that  killed 
him.  This  is  bad  enough,  but  there  is  something 
worse.  Every  man  who  joins  the  lodge  is  taken  sud- 
denly sick.  Some  are  taken  sick  of  the  senseless  in 
decent  mouthings  of  Masonry.  Ail  such  are  in  a  good 
way .  But  many  are  taken  sick  of  manhood  and  honor. 
The  average  Mason  or  Pythian  or  Odd-fellow  is 
belittled  in  heart  ani  mind  by  the  contemptible  and 
wicked  rites  of  the  lodge.  The  average  Mason  falsifies 
to  his  wife,  if  he  have  one,  and  to  his  neighbors  if  he 
has  not,  concerning  the  order;  and  associations  formed 
in  lodges  are  seldom  such  as  elevate,  almost  always 
such  as  degrade.  If  these  lodges  would  kill  men's 
bodies,  they  would  do  little  harm.  It  is  because  they 
injure  the  mind  and  ruin  the  soul  that  they  must  be 
destroyed. 


The  Land  of  the  Free  — Fourth  of  July  orators 
never  tire  of  talking  about  the  land  of  the  free  and  the 
home  of  the  brave.  They  used  to  do  so  while  Uni- 
ted States  Senators,  Represeatatiyes  and  judges  held, 
whipped  and  sold  like  cattle,  men  and  women  who 
were  far  better  than  themselves .  They  do  so  now, 
and  add  to  the  stanzas  they  used  to  repeat  some  very 
affecting  words  about  the  dark  stain  of  slavery  being 
washed  off  of  the  Star-spangled  Banner  with  the  red 
blood  of  her  sons  ''and  a'  that." 

If  this  means  anything,  it  means  that  nn  honest 
man  who  doss  not  interfere  with  his  neighbors  may 
work  for  a  living  if  he  gets  a  chance.  In  Ohio  at  the 
present  time,  there  are  a  large  number  of  men  who 
would  be  glad  to  earn  a  living  by  mining  coal.  They 
insult  nobody  and  ask  nothing  but  the  privilege  of  la- 
boring for  men  who  want  to  employ  them.  And  yet 
there  same  men  have  to  be  guarded  by  armed  senti- 
nels and  to  carry  revolvers,  as  if  they  were  outlaws. 
The  other  night  three  of  the  workers  were  caught  by 


the  roughs  and  ropes  put  on~  their  necks,  while  the 
other  end  was  passed  over  the  limb  of  a  tree.  In  this 
condition  they  were  compelled  to  accede  to  demands 
made  under  threats  of  hanging.  What  is  the  reaeon 
for  this  ?  Why,  a  secret  society  decided  that  none  of 
its  members  should  work  for  lejs  th^.n  a  certain  sum 
per  day.  They  also  decided  that  other  men  should 
not  work  for  lets  than  the  same  sum,  and  that  if  they 
undertook  to  do  so,  the  members  of  this  secret  order 
would  kill  them.  This  is  the  legitimate  work  of  a 
secret  society.  It  is  needed  for  no  good  purpose.  It 
can  be  used  for  any  bad  one.  Treason,  murder,  cheat- 
ing, gambling,  defrauding,  debauchery  and  common 
theft  all  depend  for  their  successful  accomplishment 
on  the  same  principles  which  are  Isught  in  Masonic 
lodges  and  societies  of  the  Jesuits — a  sil.nt  tongue, 
a  listening  ear,  and  a  heart  that  is  faithful  to  the  cUn. 
It  was  &uch  a  society  that  was  murdering  men  in  Liu- 
zerce  county,  Pennsylvania,  three  years  ago.  Now 
the  killing  is  in  Ohio,  and  next  year  it  may  be  in  Illi- 
nois or  New  York.  Secret  societies  are  in  their  na- 
ture conspiracies  against  all  who  are  not  connected 
with  them.  They  are  rebellions  against  God.  They 
must  cease  to  exist,  or  cur  liberties  will  be  subverted, 
and  our  land  destrojed. 


The  Province  cf  Beer. — The  Germans  have  lately 
had  a  festival  of  music  and  beer  at  Cleveland,  0.  The 
entire  space  below  the  stage  was  converted  into  a  vast 
bar-room  and  every  thing  was  ready  for  the  festival 
from  the  music  stands  to  the  beer  kegs.  Here  came 
in  a  trouble.  The  Ladies'  Temperance  League  becom- 
ing aware  of  the  state  of  things,  decided  that  they 
would  not  support  the  musical  interludes  because 
they  could  not  support  the  beer  play.  Nor  was  this 
all.  The  managers  wanted  to  have  a  children's  mati- 
nee c racer t  and  the  parents  protested  against  the 
concern  so  universally  that  it  began  to  be  feared  that 
the  chorus  would  be  a  failure.  The  Superintendent 
of  schools  then  gave  the  public  to  understand  that 
those  children  who  refused  to  sing  would  be  dismissed 
from  the  pubhc  schools.  He  afterwards  was  compelled 
to  state  that  he  didn't  mean  to  carry  out  the  threat. 
It  was  intended  according  to  the  explanation  to  scare 
and  not  kill.  This  is  all  very  interesting.  In  this  same 
Cleveland  the  Catholic  bishop  has  attempted  to  drive 
Catholic  children  from  the  public  schools.  Women 
have  beep  assaulted  for  praying  on  the  street,  and 
now,  children  of  Christian  parents  must  sing  for  beer- 
guzz'ing  infideb  or  be  turned  out  of  school,  or  threat- 
ened with  it.  Is  it  not  growing  reasonably  plain  that 
the  Christian  sentiment  of  the  American  people  must 
assert  itself  and  command  respect,  if  it  wishes  to  se- 
cure it.  Just  so  surely  as  tobacco  and  beer  ?re  eleva- 
ted to  the  place  here  that  they  occupy  in  Germany, 
just  so  surely  will  we  have  some  William  and  Bismarck 
to  manage  a  people  too  sluggish  and  besotted  to  gov- 
ern themselves.  Just  so  surely  as  we  are  an  infidel 
/nation  we  shall  fall  into-the  condition  of  France,  which 
has  climate,  soil,  minerals,  everything  but  Christiani- 
ty, out  of  which  to  make  a  happy,  prosperous  and  in- 
telligent nation.  The  farms  cf  our  people  will  be 
consohdated  to  make  possessio,.B  for  the  rich.  The 
cottages  of  our  laborers  will  become  the  property  of 
their  employers  and  the  workinc(  American  become  a 
serf,  unless  the  on <?aTd  march  of  the  rum  and  beer 
army  and  the  increase  of  practical  and  theoretic  athe- 
ism can  be  checked.  This  kind  goeth  not  forth  save 
by  fasting  and  prayer.  Let  us  rise  and  cry  mightily 
to  God.  His  arm  alone  is  sufficient  to  save  u?,  and 
his  arm  is  all  sufficient.  He  interposed  for  our  salva- 
tion when  we  were  poor  and  feeble.  He  raised  us  up 
when  we  were  low  down  in  the  du?t,  and  he  can 
avert  threatening  dangers  if  only  we  humbie  ourselyes 
before  him. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Proclaim  the  Trutii, 


[Huiir/  by  Mr.    Clark  in  the  Sijracuse  Conrentlon.'] 
For  the  truth  then  let  us  battle 

Whatsoever  fate  betide, 
Loni;  the  boast  that  we  arc  freemen 

Has  been  made  and  published  wide. 

He  who  has  the  truth  and  keeps  it 
Keeps  what  not  to  him  belongs, 

But  performs  a  scllish  action 
That  his  fellow  mortals  wrongs. 

He  who  knows  the  truth  and  places 
Its  hifth  promptings  under  ban 

Long  may  boast  of  all  that's  manly 
But  can  never  be  a  man. 

He  who  hears  the  truth  and  trembles 
At  the  danger  he  must  brave 

Is  not  lit  to  be  a  freeman. 
He  at  least  is  but  a  slave. 

Friend,  this  simple  lay  that  hcarest, 
Be  nut  thou  like  cither  them; 

But  to  truth  give  utmost  freedom, 
And  the  tide  it  raises,  stem. 

Be  thou  like  the  uoble  Roman, 

Scorn  the  threat  that  bids  thee  fear; 

Speak,  whatever  nuiy  betide  thee. 
Let  them  strike  but  make  them  hear. 

Be  thou  like  the  first  apostles; 

Be  thou  like  heroic  Paul; 
If  a  free  thought  seek  expiession, 

Speak  it  boldly;  speak  it  all. 

Face  thine  enemies,  accusers. 
Scorn  the  prison,  rack  or  rod, 

And  if  thou  hast  the  truth  to  utter 
Speak  and  leave  the  rest  to  God. 


Tile  Ciller  Coruer-Stone. 


Much  of  the  architocture,  both  of  the  old  and  new 
world,  includes  a  variety  of  buttresses,  transepts  and 
towers.  Indeed,  many  of  the  ancient  castles  were  a 
groitp  of  buildings  rather  than  single  edifices.  Par- 
ticularly is  such  the  case  with  some  of  the  imperial 
palaces  to  which  additions  have  been  made  from  age 
to  age  by  successive  sovereigns.  Such  architecture, 
of  course,  involves  many  angles  and  corners.  And  it 
is  evident  that  every  corner  of  such  an  edifice,  should 
be  firmly  supported,  and  especially  tliat  of  the  main 
body  or  principal  tower  of  the  building.  For  if  the 
corner-stone  should  work  loose  and  give  way,  the 
Avholc  superstructure  would  be  in  danger  of  falling  to 
the  ground. 

Hence,  by  virtue  of  its  office  and  relations,  the  cor- 
ner-stone has  been  magnified  and  dignified  by  refer- 
ences to  it  in  divine  revelation  as  one  illustration  of 
Him  who  constitutes  the  great  foundation  of  all  truth. 
"For  other  foundation  can  no  man  lay  than  that  is 
laid,  which  is  Jesus  Christ."  ''Behold,  I  lay  in  Zion 
a  chief  corner-stone,  elect,  precious,  and  he  that  build- 
eth  on  him  shall  not  be  confounded."  When  the 
Father  sent  the  Hon  into  the  world,  he  laid  the  foun- 
dation of  the  mightiest  and  grandest  superstructure  of 
the  universe,  and  which  in  the  process  of  its  erection 
is  presenting  a  scene  which  for  moral  subfimity  never 
has  been  and  never  can  be — excelled. 

Now  then,  in  the  initiation  of  any  great  human 
enterprise,  be  it  moral  or  material,  it  would  naturally 
seem  raiost  fit  to  employ  agents  of  some  practical 
knowledge  and  experience  in  the  work  to  be  done,  and 
then  to  recognize  in  a  suitable  manner  Him  who  con- 
stittites  the  only  safe  and  permanent  foundation. 
Nothing  could  appear  more  appropriate  in  the  erection 
of  a  great,  stately  edifice.  "  For,"  in  the  language  of 
Sacred  Writ,  "  E.xccpt  the  Lord  build  the  house  they 
labor  in  vain  that  build  it."  Nor  is  it  more  true  of 
private  than  ptibhc  enterprise.  Are  we  not  a  Chris- 
tian people  ?  Do  we  not  glory  in  a  government  based 
upon  Christian  principles  ?  Are  we  ready,  as  citizens, 
all  equal  before  the  law,  to  have  our  ptiblic  authorities 
lend  their  sanction  to  institutions  that  expressly  and 
designedly  eschew  the  great  foundation  of  all  success- 
ful enterprise  ?  Yet,  what  else  do  the}'-  do,  when  they 
allow  a  great  public  edifice  to  be  founded  or  dedicated 
under  the  auspices  of  speculative  Masonry;  whicli,  if 
Ave  are  to  believe  its  own  authorities,  ignores  the 
Christ  of  the  Scriptures  ?  What  can  be  more  incon- 
gruous with  the  whole  history  of  otir  nation,  and  the 
principles  that  gave  it  birth,  and  thus  far  have  con- 


tributed to  its  prosperity  and  its  rank  among  the 
nations  of  the  earth  ?  May  the  God  of  our  fathers 
forbid  it  I  Let  not  this  Christian  nation  become  an 
accomplice  with  an  institution,  which,  by  its  express 
:;tatutes,  turns  its  back  upon  the  Son  of  God.  Let  the 
nation  hear  what  Christ  himself  has  said,  "  Did  ye 
never  read  in  the  Scriptures,  'The  stone  which  the 
builders  rejected,  the  same  is  become  the  head  of  the 
corner;  this  is  the  Lord's  doing,  and  it  is  marvelous 
in  our  eyes  ?  Therefore  say  I  unto  you.  The  kingdom 
of  God  shall  be  taken  from  you  and  given  to  a  nation 
bringing  forth  the  fruits  thereof.  And  whosoever  shall 
fall  on  this  stone  shall  be  broken;  but  on  whomsoever 
it  shall  fall,  it  will  grind  him  to  powder. " 

Let  the  Americans  ponder  the  history  of  that  peo- 
ple who  said,  "Let  his  blood  be  on  us  and  on  our 
children,"  Avho  have  been  persecuted  as  no  other  peo- 
ple have  been,  and  to-day,  scattered  over  the  whole 
earth,  Avithout  any  local  habitation,  are  a  standing  and 
living  monument  of  the  disj:)leasure  of  the  Almighty, 
on  account  of  their  rejection  of  his  Son.  Yea,  ponder 
and  behold  the  final  doom  of  every  individual  and  in- 
stitution that  ignores  the  only  true  foundation,  as  Avell 
as  the  future  and  permanent  glory  of  all  men  and  na- 
tions that  build  tipon  the  chief  corner-stone. 

J.   C.    W. 


A  Wife's  Victory. 


WiLLiMANTic,  Conn.,  June  19,  '74. 
Editors  GhristiaM  Cynosure  : 

AVhile  at  our  late  Anniversary  in  Syracuse,  I  gave 
a  fittle  incident  of  my  hfe,  showing  how  I  was  saved 
from  joining  the  lodge,  which  I  Avas  asked  to  give  to 
the  Cynosure  for  publication. 

In  the  year  1858,  while  living  in  Litchfield  county, 
Conn. ,  I  formed  the  acquaintance  of  several  very  res- 
pectable men  Avho  were  Masons;  Avith  tAvo  of  whom  1 
was  in  daily  intercourse.  The  one  in  whose  company 
I  AT  as  the  most  constant  had  considerable  to  say  res- 
pecting Freemasonry,  and  of  course  he  always  spoke 
in  praise  of  the  order. 

1  used  to  state  to  him  such  objections  as  arose  in 
my  mind,  to  all  of  Avhich  he  Avas  always  ready  Avith  an 
ansAver.  Never  having  read  or  heard  much  upon  the 
subject,  I  Avas  ready  to  believe  the  statements  of  my 
friend  who  had  my  confidence,  and  I  often  listened 
witli  attention  to  his  recitals  of  the  good  and  charita 
ble  deeds  of  the  order,  until  I  was  induced  to  make 
application  to  become  a  member  of  the  ' '  ancient  and 
honorable    fraternity   of  Free  and  Accepted  Masons." 

In  due  time  I  was  informed  that  my  application  Avas 
unanimously  accepted,  and  the  lodge  Avould  be  ready 
to  confer  the  first  degree  on  a  specified  evening. 

Hitherto  I  had  been  in  the  habit  of  conferring  Avith 
a  faithful  and  loving  Avife  respecting  plans  for  the  fu- 
ture, but  in  relation  to  this  project  I  had  said  nothing 
to  her;  although  I  had  never  heard  her  say  anything 
upon  the  subject  Avhereby  I  should  be  led  to  think 
that  her  feelings  Avould  be  in  opposition  to  my  taking- 
such  a  step.  The  truth  is,  1  had  partially  fallen  into 
the  meshes  of  the  lodge;  the  fine,  silken  thread  of 
the  Satanic  spider  had  been  thrown  around  me  to 
draAv  me  away  from  that  which  was  good,  and  in  be- 
ing thus  charmed  by  the  old  serpent,  I  was  led  to 
keep  secret  from  my  best  earthly  friend  this  very 
questionable  step  I  was  about  to  take. 

But "  God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way."  When  I 
Avas  preparing  so  got  to  the  lodge,  my  wife  came  into 
the  room  and  aked  if  I  Avas  going  away.  I  said,  ' '  I 
am  only  going  up  toAvn. " 

"  But  you  don't  generally  fix  up,  just  to  go  up 
town,"  was  the  reply. 

' '  I  knoAv  I  do  not,  but  I  thought  I  Avould  make  a 
little  change  to-night,"  said  I. 

"Why,  John,  you  are  not  going  to  join  the  Masons, 
arc  you  ?" 

What  could  I  say  ? 

What  should  have  led  her  to  mistrust  anything  of 
that  sort  ?  Had  our  Heavenly  Father  put  that 
thought  into  her  mind  ? 

My  reply  to  her  Avas,  "  I  am  thinking  of  doing  so." 
She  threw  her  arms  around  my  neck,  and  bursting 


into  tears  she  plead  Avith  me,  saying,  "  0  don't,  John 
— don't."  Seeing  how  she  felt  about  it,  I  replied,  "I 
will  not  join  them  to-night,  Carrie. " 

She  says,  "  Don't  ever,  John ;  don't  ever." 

I  replied,  "You  will  think  and  feel  differently  about 
it,  after  we  have  talked  it  over,  but  I  promise  you  that 
I  will  not  join  them  to-night. "  Having  respect  for  her 
feelings,  I  deferred  joining  the  order  for  a  time;  still 
expecting  to  do  so  after  she  should  become  reconciled 
to  it. 

Truly  I  was  a  '*  poor.  Wind  candidate ; "  but  thanks 
be  to  God  for  opening  my  eyes  without  my  being 
stripped,  hoodwinked  and  cable-towed,  which  Avas  on 
this  wise:  I  was  a  subscriber  to  the  American  Wes- 
leyan;  Rev.  C.  Prindle  Avas  then  editor.  About  this 
time  there  was  some  discussion  in  the  Weslei/an  upon 
the  subject  of  Freemasonry.  Also,  Mr.  Prindle  ad- 
vertised a  tract  he  had  Avritten  upon  this  subject.  Re- 
alizing that  as  a  Christian  I  ought  to  be  wilUng'to 
read  the  objections  that  Christians  might  raise  to  the 
institution,  I  sent  for  the  tract  and  read  it  carefully. 
My  eyes  were  opened,  and  I  had  no  more  desire  to 
become  a  Freemason. 

I  now  thank  God  that  I  listened  to  the  pleadings  of 
a  loving  Avife — that  by  his  Providence  I  was  led  to 
read  the  little  tract,  ' '  Masonry  and  Odd  fellowship, " 
by  Rev.  C.  Prindle,  which  tract  is  about  to  be  re- 
printed Avitli  a  supplement,  by  Rev.  A.  Crooks, 
one  of  the  present  editors  of  the  American  Wesleyan. 
Let  all  who  read  this  article,  send  to  Rev.  A.  Crooks, 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. ,  and  get  this  tract — read  it  and  lend 

it  to  your  neighbors.                           J.    A.   Conant. 
*-»-» 

Troiiblers  In  Israel. 


BY    REV.     H.     II.     HINMAN. 

And  it  came  to  pass  that  when  Ahab  saw  Elijah  that  Ahftb  eaitl  un- 
to him,  "  Art  thou  he  that  troubleth  Israel  ?  "    (1  Kings,  18,  17.) 

In  conversing  with  a  pastor  of  a  neighboring  church, 
I  remarked  that  it  Avas  hardly  to  be  expected  that 
Masons  and  Anti-masons  would  live  together  in  the 
same  church  in  peace.  He  assented  to  this,  but  said 
that  it  was  the  Anti-masons  that  caused  all  the  trouble. 
He  did  not  -say,  but  left  it  to  be  inferred,  that  it  was 
not  the  Masons,  but  the  Anti-masons,  Avho  were  to  be 
turned  out  as  disturbers  of  the  peace. 

So  it  was  during  the  anti-slavery  struggle.  It  was 
the  abolitionists  that  were  charged  Avith  troublino- 
both  the  chtirch  and  the  nation.  The  slaveholders 
Avould  be  as  quiet  as  lambs,  if  left  undisturbed  and 
allowed  full  SAvay ;  but  the  abolitionists  Avere  like  the 
early  Christians,  "pestilent  felloAVS  and  movers  of 
sedition."  It  Avas  hardly  practicable  to  turn  out  of  the 
church  all  the  abolitionists,  for  the  infection  was  con- 
stantly spreading,  and  it  Avill  hardly  be  practicable  to 
turn  out  all  the  Anti-masons,  for  so  long  as  the  Spirit 
of  the  Lord  is  in  the  church,  this  iniquity  will  be  seen 
and  hated,  and  the  irrepressible  conflict  will  still  go 
on  in  this  case  as  in  the  other. 

In  the  estimation  of  the  class  of  men  of  Avhich  this 
minister  is  a  specimen,  it  is  ahvays  the  Elijahs  that 
trouble  Israel ;  Ahab  and  the  four  hundred  prophets  of 
Baal  never  give  the  least  trouble, — certainly  not  so 
long  as  they  are  permitted  to  carry  on  devil  Avorship 
without  rebuke.  It  never  occurs  to  this  class  of  men 
that  a  popular  sin  cam,  be  hatefid  to  God.  It  never 
occurs  to  them  that  the  Avay  to  secure  peace  in  the 
church  is  not  bydiscouraging  all  investigation,  and  con- 
senting that  sin  may  reign  unrebuked,  but  rather  by 
rebuking  and  excluding  it.  To  be ''first  pure  and 
then  peaceable,"  is  to  them  most  unpracticable.  They 
would  rather  be  first  peaceable  and  let  the  purity  take 
care  of  itself. 

0  when  will  the  church  learn  that  it  is  iniquity  and 
not  the  rebuking  of  iniquity  that  is  the  cause  of  all  the 
trouble ;  and  that  it  is  the  Ahabs,  the  Jezebels,  and 
the  four  hundred  prophets  of  Baal,  and  not  the  Ehjahs 
that  ought  to  be  rebuked  and  cast  out  !  0  that  there 
Avere  ten  thousand  Elijahs  who  Avould  not  only  rebuke 
Masonic  Baal-worship,  but  Avho  Avould  Avhen  rebuked 
for  such  rebuking,  reply  like  the  old  prophet,  "  I  have 
not  troubled  Israel,  but  thou  and  thy  father's  house, 
in  that  thou  hast  forsaken  the  commandments  of  God 
and  served  Baalim." 

Farm  Jiidcje,  III. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Is  Doubt  More  Intellectiial  than  Faitlil 


There  are  doubts  and  doubt?.  Not  so  many,  per- 
haps, a3  is  generally  supposed,  of  those  "'honest" 
ones  in  which  there  lives — according  to  TannyEon — 
"more  faith  than  half  the  creeds."  It  has,  in  fact, 
become  the  fashion  in  certain  quarters  to  over-com- 
passionate the  doubter,  to  accredit  him  with  a  greater 
depth,  and  even  with  more  thorough  conscientious- 
ness tban  the  man  convinced.  Bat  with  every  desire 
to  find  the  reasonableness  of  such  a  view,  we  have  en 
tirdly  failed  to  di9cov'er  why  the  holding  of  a  creed 
should  imply  a  smaller  share  either  of  intelligence 
or  honesty  than  the  holding  of  a  doubt,  ''redulity 
has  its  negative  side  as  well  as  its  positive  one,  aud 
there  is  as  much  room  to  slip  on  the  one  side  as  on 
the  other.  Clough — himself  the  most  conscientious 
of  poetical  skeptics — admits  that  it  on  the  one  hand 
"hopes  are  dupes,"  on  the  other  * -fears  may  be  liars," 
and,  in  short,  there  is  no  good  reason,  othe!-  things 
equal,  for  supposing  that  the  man  who  rejects  ei^i- 
deuce  may  not  be  quite  as  great  a  fool  as  the  man 
who  accepts  it.  Creeds,  no  doubt,  are  easily  adopied. 
Wo  in  a  sense  fall  heir  to  them.  They  lie  about  Ub 
from  our  very  infancy,  and  as  soon  as  we  are  able  to 
think,  they  are  recommended  to  us  by  those  whom  we 
naturally  respect.  la  this  way  it  is  not  to  be  denied 
that  we  are  apt  t)  creep  into  them  with  only  too  little 
inquiry.  But  on  the  other  hand,  are  the  great  msjor- 
ity  of  doubts  not  only  equally  weak  at  the  root 
and  held  with  in  finitely  more  self-complacency,  noi  to 
say  conceit?  Search  faith  for  its  foundations,  and  in 
too  m'ixiy  cases  we  dare  say  they  will  ha  found  loose 
and  flimsy  enough;  but  subject  doubt  to  alike  scrutiny 
— strip  it  of  all  the  mystical  generalities  it  seeks  to 
clothe  itself  in,  and  the  pensive,  practical  sadness  it  so 
frequently  affects — ind  in  all,  but  the  rare  exceptions, 
you  will  {ind  that  it  is  neither  more  nor  less  than  our 
old  friend  Sir   Oracle  in  a  new  disguise. — Blackwood 


The  following  lines  are  taken  from  Sir  Humphrey 
Davy's  Salmonia  :  ''  I  envy  no  quality  of  mind  aud 
intellect  in  others — be  it  genius,  power,  wit  or  fancy — 
but  if  I  could  choose  what  would  be  most  delightful, 
and  I  believe  most  useful  to  mo,  I  should  prefer  a  re- 
ligious belief  to  any  other  blessing;  for  it  makes  life  a 
discipline  of  goodness  ;  breathes  new  hopes  ;  varnishes 
and  throws  over  the  decay,  the  destructions  of  exist- 
ence, the  most  gorgeous  of  lights ;  awakens  life  even  in 
death;  and  from  corruption  and  deccy  calls  up  beauty 
aud  divinity;  makes  fortune  and  shame  the  ladder  of 
asCent  to  Paradise ;  and  far  above  all  combination  of 
earthly  hopes,  calls  up  the  most  delightful  visions  of 
palms  and  amaranths,  of  the  blest,  and  security  of  ever- 
lasting joys,  where  the  sensualist  and  skeptic  view 
only  gloom,  decay,  annihilation  and  despair. " 

—     ■♦  *  &• ■ — 

The  Corner-Stone  llemonstrance. 


The  following  report  is  from  the  Chicago  Tribune 
of  July  2'lth,  the  day  on  which  the  stone  was  laid  : 

A  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Cor- 
ner-Stone  Celebration  was  held  at  noon  yesterday  in 
the  office  of  Col.  J.  C.  Rankin.  The  chair  was  occu- 
pied by  Mr.  Geo.  M.  How. 

The  subjoined  communication,  which  caused  some 

sensation,  was  read  by  Col.  Rankin  : 

To  Gen.  John,  McArthur,  J.  G.  Ennklii,  George  31.  How, 
N.  B.  Judd,  H.  D.  Golviii^  and  John  C.  Dove,  Committee, 
etc.  : 

Gentlemen:  The  petition  inclosed  herewith  was 
adopted  by  a  large  and  respectable  consultation  of 
citizens,  inet  in  the  basement  of  the  First  Congrega- 
tional Church  of  this  city. 

It  is  circulated  for  signatures  to  be  presented  to 
yourselves. 

We  are  advised  that  petitions,  from  other  localities, 
bearing  near  20,000  names,  have  been  forwarded  to 
President  Grant,  against  laying  the  corner-stone  of  the 
United  States  Custom-House  of  this  city  by  the  repre- 
sentatives and  with  the  ceremonies  of  the  Masonic  or- 
der, and  asking  that  it  be  laid  by  one  of  the  Judges  of 
the  United  States  Courts,  or  some  representative  of 
the  Government. 

Relying  on  your  patriotism  and  sense  of  propriety, 
we  beg  to  add  our  personal  sohcitation  to  those  of  the 
petitioners.     In  this  request  we  think  we  express  the 


wishes  of  two-thirds,  if  not  nine-tenths,  of  our  entire 
population. 

Hoping  that  you   will   cheerfully  accord  with  a  re- 
quest so  general,  and,  as  it  seems  to  iis,  so  reasonable 
and  proper,  with  assurance  of  personal  conlidence  and 
regard,  we  remain  your  fellow-citizens. 
Mathew  Laflin,  James  M.  Horton, 

TuTHiLL  King,  W.  W.  Strong, 

Philo  Carpenter. 

Mr.  J.  Ward  Ellis  thought  that  the  document  ought 
to  be  answered  forthwith. 

The  Chair,  on  motion  of  Col.  Rankin,  appointed  the 
mover  and  Mr .  Ellis  to  draw  up  a  reply  to  the  com- 
munication, which  they  did  in  the  following  terms: 

Gentlemen  :  Your  communication,  numerously 
signed,  asking  that  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  United 
States  Courts  lay  the  corner-stone,  has  been  received 
In  reply,  we  would  state  that  the  points  you  take  have 
been  anticipated.  The  Presic'ent  of  the  United  States 
had  been  invited  to  lay  the  stone,  and  the  Vice-presi- 
dent also  was  communicated  with.  They  being  una- 
ble to  attend,  we  invited  Judge  Drummond,  who  is  de- 
tained at  Springfield.  Judge  Blodgett,  of  the  United 
States  Court,  the  highest  judicial  officer  now'present, 
has  kindly  consented  to  serve. 

The  Treasury  Department  requested  the  Masonic 
fraternity  to  lay  the  stone,  they  being  a  body  not  con- 
fined to  creed,  party,  or  sect,  and  being  accustomed  to 
officiate  at  the  laying  of  corner-stones,  from  the  laying 
of  the  corner-stone  of  the  Capitol,  at  which  George 
Washington,  the  fother  of  our  country,  officiated  as 
Grand  Master,  to  tie  present  day. 

We,  as  citizens,  decided  to  take  a  part  in  the  cere- 
monies, believing  that  all  our  cit'zens,  either  as  indi- 
viduals or  societies,  could  participate  in  them  Avithout 
prejudice,  and  we  have  endeavored  to  make  the  plat- 
form so  broad  that  all  persons  inspired  Avith  a  feeling 
of  patriotism  could  unite  in  the  ceremonies.  We  be- 
lieve we  have  fully  succeeded  in  our  endeavor,  and 
that  to-morrow  will  see  at  least  100,000  strangers 
present  in  our  city.  And  we  respectfully  invite  your 
petitioners  to  join  in  the  exercises  and  assist  in  enter- 
taining our  visitors.  Executive  Committee. 

To  this  communication  the  following  reply  appeared 
the  next  day  : 
To  the  Editor  of  the  Chicago  Trihune  : 

Dear  Sir:  The  letter  piejDai'ed  by  J.  Ward  Ellis 
for  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  Corner-Stone  cele- 
bration, and  published  in  your  columes  yesterday, 
states  that  George  Washington  officiated  as  Grand 
Master  at  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  ouv  National 
Capitol. 

W.  S.  Gardiner,  Grand  Master  of  Freemasons  in 
Massachusetts,  made  the  same  statement  in  a  speech 
delivered  at  the  laying  of  the  corner-stone  of  the  Bos- 
ton Post-Office  in  1871.  This  statement  appeared  so 
extraordinary  to  a  member  of  the  National  Christian 
Association,  opposed  to  secret  societies,  that  he  ad- 
dressed a  note  to  Mr.  Gardiner  requesting  to  be  in- 
formed on  what  authority  that  statement  was  made. 
A  courteous  answer  stated  that  his  authority  Avas  de- 
rived from  an  account  of  the  ceremony  of  laying  the 
corner-stone  of  the  Capitol  at  Washington  given  at  the 
lime,  in  a  paper  published  at  Georgetown.  This  ac- 
count is  published  in  fulU  in  Gen.  Phelps'  ncAv  book 
on  "  Secret  Societies,"  Avhich  can  be  bought  of  the 
Western  News  Company  for  50  cents.  A  careful  ex- 
amination of  it  shows  that  Washington's  Jilasonic  title 
Avas  Worshipful  (not  Grand)  Master  of  a  subordinate 
lodge,  and  there  is  evidence  that  he  did  not  even  hold 
that  office  at  the  time  the  stone  Avas  laid. 

After  quoting  the  article  from  the  GeorgetoAvn  paper 
in  full,  Gen.  Phelps  Avrites  : 

"  By  referring  to  the  order  of  procession,  Ave  see 
that  Washington  was  placed  between  the  Gi-and  Mas- 
ter pro  tempore  (there  Avas  no  full  Grand  Master  pres- 
ent) and  the  Grand  Sword  Bearer.  This  is  a  post  of 
honor,  and  not  of  Masonic  office ;  for  in  the  real  Masonic 
form  of  procession  there  is  no  higher  officer  behind  the 
Grand  Master.  The  prefix  given  to  Washington  is 
Brother,  and  not  his  Masonic  title.  The  letters  and 
words  following  his  name  are  W.  M.  No.  22  Virginia, 
These  letters  W.  M.,  stand,  Ave  presume,  for  V/orship- 
ful  Master;  but  this  does  not  imply  an  office  higher 
than  Grand  Master,  and  one  Avhich  qualifies  the  incum- 
bent to  lay  corner-stones  Masonically.  Besides,  we 
have  Washington's  own  statement,  made  five  years 
later,  in  1*798,  that  he  presided  over  no  lodge,  either 
of  English  Masonry  or  any  other,  and  that  he  had  not 
been  inside  of  a  lodge  more  than  once  or  tAvice  durins 
the  latter  thirty  years  of  his  life !  That  he  Avas  not 
the  Worshipful  Master  of  Lodge  No.  22,  Virginia,  is 
plain  from  the  statement  in  the  account,  that,  while 
the  procession  was  passing  through  the  open  ranks  to 
the  corner-stone,  the  Grand  SAvord  Bearer  led  the  van, 
followed  by  the  Grand  Master  P.  T.  (pro  tempore),  on 
the    left,  the  President  of  the  United   States  in  the 


centre,  and  the  Worshipful  Master  of  No.  22,  Virginia, 
on  the  left. 

Nor  is  there  any  evidence  that  Washington  officiated 
as  a  Mason  in  laying  the  corner-stone,  but  only  as 
President  of  the  United  States." 

Respectfully  yours,  Ezra  A.  Cook. 


The  Press  on  the  Chicago  Corner-Stoue. 


barbaric  remnants- 

Thfre  is  a  good  deal  of  barbarism  yet  extant  in  civ- 
ilzation.  Oiir  primeval  savagery  still  clings  to  us  and 
finds  expression  on  a  thousand  different  occasions. 
Such,  for  instance,  is  the  case  with  the  wearing  of 
jewelry. 

Of  the  Bsm'i  barbaric  origin  is  the  love  of  proces- 
sions and  public  displays.  The  savage  who  will  trade 
his  pony  or  his  wile  for  a  brass  button,  which  he 
hangs  about  his  neck,  is  inspired  by  exactly  the  same 
feeling  that  is  the  modern  Knight  Templar,  or  Knight 
of  Pythias,  and  the  like,  who  decorate  themselves  with 
plumep,  fancy  helmets,  and  glittering  baldricks. 

If  these  trappings  have  any  meaning  of  value,  any 
intrinsic  worth,  why  not  have  them  always?  Why 
should  not  our  senators  array  themselves  in  scarlet, 
add  waving  plumes  to  their  headdress,  and  buckle  on 
a  glittering  sword  ?  If  they  mean  anything,  why  not 
have  them  without  limit — in  the  pulpit,  on  the  stump, 
the  bench,  th'3  forum,  everyAvhere?  We  do  not,  sim- 
ply becpaise  in  the  major  portion  of  our  instincts  and 
our  feelings,  we  have  become  civilized.  We  recognize 
that  they  A70uld  be  an  abaurdity  on  ordinary  occasions; 
and  we  tolerate  them  en  other  occasions  only  because 
there  is  in  human  nature  an  element  of  savagery  yet 
unextinct.  It  would  be  aa  evidence  of  our  complete 
emancipation  from  barbaric  slavery,  were  Ave  to  abolish 
them  on  all  occasions.  There  is  nothing  to  be  done 
in  these  times,  in  the  nature  of  civic  performances, 
that  requires  the  absurd  ornamentation  characteristic 
of  war.  A  peaceful  Templar  or  Knight  of  Pythias 
has  no  more  right — estimating  the  matter  from  the 
stand-point  of  good  taste — to  wer.r  a  sword  orahclmet 
than  a  washer-woman  has  to  doa  a  shirt  of  mail. — 
Ghicago  Tirnes,  June  25. 

demagoguery  rebuked. 
When  the  Custom  House  ring  selected  the 
Freemasons  to  represent  the  government  of 
the  United  States  on  a  civic  occasion,  the.  ring 
did  not  intend  to  honor  the  fraternity,  but  to  profit 
themselves;  and  in  committing  so  manifest  an  impro- 
priety, they  alienated  from  the  pageant  every  other 
organization  which  could  boast  a  shadow  of  self-re- 
spect. That's  where  the  failure  came  in.  The  F;ee- 
masons  had  a  right  to  enter  the  procession  on  an 
equahty  with  ail  other  unions,  societies,  bunds,  or 
brotherhoods;  they  had  no  right  beyond  this,  und 
the  Custom  House  ring  could  not  morally  confer  any 
other  right  upon  them.  The  ring  impudently  tried 
to  do  it,  and  they  know  now  that  they  failed.  How 
much  better  would  it  not  have  been  if  the  ring  had  eo 
managed  this  important  affriir  of  humbug  that  all  the 
societies  of  the  city  might  have  participated  in  the 
(.eremony,  and  the  spectacle  have  been  thus  rendered 
worthy  of  the  cosmopolitan  and  democratic  city  of 
Chicao-o?  The  ring  cannot  say  the  Times  did  not 
warn  them. 

In  addition  to  the  greater  insult,  a  minor  one — a 
mean,  shabby,  petty  insult — was  perpetrated  at  the 
last  moment.  Thousands  of  citizens,  smarting  under 
the  Masonic  pre-emption  of  the  corner-stone,  presented 
a  respectful  protest  to  the  ring,  requesting  that  one  of 
the  United  States  Judges  be  invited  to  lay  the  stone. 
With  unequal  effrontery,  the  ring  responded  that  they 
had  tried  to  secure  President  Grant  and  Judge  Drum- 
mond; that  neither  of  these  g-mtlemen  could  come, 
and  that  the  request  of  the  protestants  would  never- 
theUss  be  complied  with,  for  the  stone  would  be  laid 
by  Judge  Blodgett.  The  protestaats  separated  satis- 
fied, unaware  of  the  fact  that  they  had  been  subjected 
to  the  smallest  and  meanest  lie  that  ever  emanated 
from  poUticians'  mouthe.  They  were  led  to  under- 
stand that  President  Grant  and  Judges  Drummond 
[continued  on  9th  page.] 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


[tU^  '^tm, 


— The  General  Agent  has  arranged  to 
return  to  Pennsylvania  in  August.  He  is 
now  speaking  in  Medina  county,  Ohio. 

— Bro.  L.  N.  Stratton,  of  the  Weslcynii, 
held  a  series  of  meetings  at  Howell,  Mich., 
during  the  last  week  in  June.  He  spent 
last  week  at  Wheaton,  at  the  College  Com- 
menceraeiit  and  is  now  in  Bureau  county  ; 
address,  Princeton,  111.  We  hope  friends 
in  that  direction  will  not  fail  of  securing 
him  for  a  series  of  lectures. 

— A  good  many  of  our  workers  will  see 
their  own  experience  in  Bro.  Nessell's  in- 
teresting letter. 

— And  all  will  be  rejoiced  at  the  bless- 
ings attending  Bro.  Kiggins  work  in 
Iowa.  Nothing  but  Ihe  jiowcr  of  God 
could  bring  about  such  results. 

— Very  interesting  letters  from  Alwood, 
Loggan,  Kelly  and  others  arc  waiting.  Ex- 
pect them  soon. 

■^-*-^ 

JVotlcc  from  the  General  Agent. 


To  THE  Friends  of  the  Anti-secue 
CT  Reform  in  Pennsylvania: — After 
holding  meetings  at  several  points  in 
Crawford  county,  I  have  arranged  to 
return  and  resume  the  work  after  hay- 
ing is  over,  (about  Aug.  lOtb).  la 
prosecuting  the  work  of  a  thorough 
canvass  and  organization  of  this  county, 
I  have  conditionally  secured  the  aid  of 
Rev.  J.  R,  Baird  whose  ability  is  estab- 
lished by  the  victories  which  he  has 
already  achieved  in  many  sharp  en- 
counters with  the  foe.  I  shall  be  glad 
to  c'jnfer  with  friends  in  different  parts 
of  Pennsylvania  with  reference  to  lec- 
tures in  the  State.  I  find  everywhere 
a  strong  opposition  to  the  "secret  ring 
power"  which  needs  to  be  brought  out 
and  organized  for  a  united  and  effective 
effort  to  rescue  this  government  and 
the  church  from  the  hands  of  their  co- 
vert enemies.  Let  me  hear  from  those 
interested  at  the  Cynosure  cilice. 

J.  P.  Stoddaud,  Oenl.  Agent. 


Notice  from  the   N.  Y,  State  Associa- 
tion. 


Particular  attention  is  hereby  called  lo 
the  fact  that  Elder  J.  L.  Barlow,  State 
Agent  and  General  Lecturer  of  "Th  e 
New  York  State  Ohristiau  Association 
Opposed  to  Secret  Societies"  is  now 
settled  in  the  city  of  Syracuse,  and  is 
ready  to  answer  calls  for  lectures  from 
any  part  of  the  State. 

Believing  that  the  time  has  come  for 
an  energetic  forwaid  movement  against 
Freemasonry  and  its  kindred  organiza- 
tions— and  that  the  providence  of  God 
points  the  way,  the  Association  has 
called  Mr.  Barlow  into  the  field  as  their 
agent,  believing  him  fitted  both  to  in- 
terest and  instruct  those  who  have  not 
hitherto  given  this  subject  the  attention 
which  its  importance  demands. 

The  Executive  Committee  trusts  that 
the  friends  of  our  cause  in  all  pans  of 
the  State,  pastors  of  churches  and  all 
others  will 

MAKE   A  note 

of  this  matter,  and  send  in  their  calls 
for  lectuiers  at  once,  and  we  Euortrest 
that  the  friends  in  the  different  locali- 
ties or  counties  consult  together  and 
furn'sh  a  list  of  appointments  running 
through  several  towns  by  which  means 
the  expenses  may  be  greatly  lightened. 

ORGANIZATIONS 

of  counties  and  towns  is  greatly  needed. 
The  enemy  is  thoroughly  organized, 
and  if  we  would  meet  him  on  equal 
terms  we -must  be  also.  Those  county 
associations  already   in   existence   will 


confer  a  favor  by  communicating  to  us 
through  Rev,  A.  F.  Dempsey,  Seneca 
Falls,  N.  y. ,  as  to  their  present  condi- 
tion, lime  of  next  meeting,  and  any 
other  matters  of  interest.  We  trust 
the  officers  and  members  of  these  bodies 
will  see  the  importance  of  this  and  re- 
spond promptly  to  this  appeal.  The 
State  Agent  will  hold  himself  in  read'- 
ness  to  attend  all  such  meetings  with 
words  and  deeds  of  help  and  cheer 
when  informed  of  time  and  place  in 
season.  The  sooner  this  information 
is  in  hand,  then,  the  better. 

WillJ.  B.  Nessel,  of  Chataugua;  D. 
B.  Douglass  of  Niagara;  H.  Gregory, 
or  some  other  brother  of  Ontario;  L. 
N.  Stratton,  of  Onondaga,  and  J.  M. 
Monroe  of  Chenango,  and  friends  from 
other  county  associations,  whose  names 
we  cannot  recall,  consider  themselves 
personally  respoijsible    for   this    work? 

The  committee  hope  to  be  able  to 
meet  all  calls  for  lecturers.  Should 
Mr.  Barlow  be  unable  to  fill  them 
all,  Zebulon  Weaver,  Esq.,  who  also 
holds  the  same  relation  to  the  As 
sociation,  will  be  in  readiness  to  re- 
spond as  will  also  other  competent 
brethren  well  known  tj  the  Afscciation 
and  its  friends. 

Our  cause  is  one  of  va^t  importance, 
or  it  is  not.  Let  the  friends  of  Chris- 
tianity and  republican  government  in- 
form themselves  and  then  judge.  If 
it  is,  then  let  us  be  up  and  doing;  for 
while  we  are  sleeping  the  powers  of 
secrecy  are  everywhere  vigilant,  ag- 
giessive   and    increasing    in    strength. 

Will  the  Methodist  Free  Eress^  the 
Free  Methodist,  Heliyious  Telescope, 
United  Presbyterian,  and  other  papers 
friendly  to  our  c  luse,  circulating  in 
this  State,  either  publish  the  above,  or 
give  it  prominent  mention  in  their  col- 
umns. 

Let  calls  for  lectures  be  directed  to 
Rev.  a.  CRooks,  Chairman  of  Ex. 
Committee;  Rev.  L,  N.  Stratton, 
Sec'y,  at  Am.  Wesleyan  office,  Syra- 
cuse, or  to  J.  L.  Barlow,  48  ilhestnut 
St.  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

By  order  of  Ex.  Com.  of  JSf.  Y.  S. 
C.  A.  0.  S.  S.  Syracuse,  July  3, 
1874. 


From  Green  County,  Iowa— Glorious 
News  from  Bro.  Kiggins'  Lectures. 

Jeffseson,  Iowa,  June  27,  1874. 

Editor  Cynosure: 

The  citizens  of  this  place  have  been 
highly  favored  with  lectures  from  Rev. 
J.  T.  Kiggins  which  told  terribly  on 
the  fraternity  in  this  section  of  the 
country.  They  are  trying  hard  to 
counteract  the  influence  on  the  minds 
of  the  people  by  false  reports  of  the 
meeting;  have  even  filled  up  quite  a 
space  in  the  county  paper  with  lies 
concerning  the  lecturer  and  others,  in 
order  to  falsely  impress  the  minds  of 
those  who  did  not  hear  the  lectures, 
but  I  am  satiffied  the  blow  will  fall  on 
their  own  heads.  All  who  heard  Bro. 
Kiggins  will  of  course  know  the  re- 
ports made  by  the  lodge  are  false  and 
only  false, 

It  had  been  the  brag  of  the  brother- 
hood of  the  widow's  son  that  it  would 
not  do  for  the  "Antis"  to  come  here 
to  lecture,  and  the  impression  had  been 
made  on  the  minds  of  many  that  it 
would  not  be  safe   for  any  man  to  get 


up  in  this  place  and  tell  the  whole 
truth  about  the  wicked  system  of  Free- 
masonry. But  all  at  onee  the  news 
was  sounded  forth.  Behold  the  man 
cometh  who  is  not  afraid  to  meet  this 
G.liatb.  Well,  after  being  refused  the 
use  of  the  Court-house  (to  which  we 
"Antis"  have  as  much  right  as  the 
grange  or  Masons)  we  finally  got  per- 
mission to  use  the  Congregational 
church,  and  Mason  preachers  had  the 
unpleasant  (ask  of  announcing  on  Sab- 
bath that  Rev.  J.  T.  Kiggins  would 
address  the  people  of  the  vicinity  on 
Wednesday  eve,  the  17th  of  June;  sub- 
ject. Secret  Societies,  The  people 
looked  amazed  and  the  faces  of  Masoas 
were  seen  to  turn  red . 

The  evening  of  the  I7th  drew  nigh, 
but  Bro.  Kiggins  was  not  here.  The 
friends  of  reform  were  disappointed 
but  not  discouraged,  for  we  knew  that 
God  was  on  our  side.  Of  course  the 
''wiaow's  son"  rejoiced  but  the  rejoic- 
ing was  short  Uved.  Thursday  even- 
ing's train  brought  Bro.  Kiggins  to  the 
place,  and  it  was  announced  that  on 
Friday  evening  he  would  commence  a 
series  of  lectures  on  the  subject  of  se- 
cret societies. 

Friday  evening  came,  things  looked 
rather  gloomy,  and  to  assure  the  peo- 
ple of  no  disappointment,  a  boy  was 
sent  through  the  streets  ringing  a  bell, 
announcing  the  lecture.  Quite  a  con- 
gregation soon  gathered  with  a  num- 
ber of  Masons  and  Odd-fellows.  Bro. 
K,  handled  his  subject  with  such  con- 
vincing arguments  that  the  people  were 
highly  edified,  and  the  Masons  were 
perplexed.  At  the  close  Bro.  K,  an- 
nounced that  next  evening  his  subject 
would  be,  "How  a  man  was  made  a 
Mason,"  and  very  cordially  invited  the 
Masons  to  be  on  hand  as  he  wanted  to 
take  their  testimony  as  to  the  truth  of 
the  statements  he  should  make.  He 
wanted  to  put  them  all  on  the  witness 
stand  and  make  them  testify;  and  they 
were  puzzled  to  know  how  he  could  do 
it. 

Saturday  evening  came  and  with  it  a 
large  congregation.  A  good  many 
Masons  were  present  and  Bro.  K.  after 
talking  awhile,  opened  the  lodge  and 
went  through  with  the  first  degree, 
showing  the  people  how  a  man  was 
made  to  take  the  first  step  in  the  ''an- 
cient and  honorable  institution."  But 
after  the  lecture  was  over  I  doubt  if  by 
many  it  was  thought  to  be  so  very 
honorable  and  exalting,  and  I  am  sure 
that  the  Masons  present  could  not  help 
feeling  ashamed  of  their  doings  and  the 
cut-throat  penalty.  When  Bro.  K. 
gave  them  a  chance  to  rise  and  testify 
if  what  he  had  said  was  not  true,  there 
was  nothing  but  silence,  thereby  testi- 
fying that  it  was  correct;  and  the  peo- 
ple took  it  for  granted  that  it  was  cor- 
rect. All  were  highly  pleased  except 
the  Masons  and  some  who  courted 
their  friendship.  On  Sabbath  the  Ma- 
sonic preachers  had  the  unpalatable 
duty  of  announcing  that  Bro.  Kiggins 
would  preach  at  three  o'clock  in  the  af- 
ternoon on  the  Religion  of  Freemason- 
ry, from  Eph.  v.  11,  12.  The  dis- 
course wes  heard  eagerly  by  a  large 
congregation  for  they  knew  it  was  the 
truth.  Two  Methodist  preachers  were 
present.     One  of  them,  a  Mason,  was 


much  affected,  and  seemed  to  be  drink- 
ing in  the  truth  while  the  man  of  God 
poured  it  out  to  them  by  the  measure 
full;  God  sustaining  the  word  by  the 
Holy  Spirit,  carrying  it  to  the  hearts  of 
all.  He  lectured  again  on  Sunday 
evening  to  a  house  full  of  attentive 
hearers. 

Arrangements  had  been  made  to 
close  up  the  lectures  on  Monday  even- 
ing at  Scranton  Station,  some  miles 
west;  but  the  friends  of  reform  thought 
they  must  have  one  more  lecture  in 
Jefferson.  So  Bro.  K.  went  to  Scran- 
ton, gave  the  nest  of  lodge  vipers  an 
awful  stirring  up;  returned  to  Jefferson 
on  Tuesday,  and  the  friends  having 
talked  the  matter  over,  concluded  to 
organize  themselves  into  an  anti-secret 
and  reform  aseociation,  and  according 
to  previous  announcement  the  friends 
of  reform  met  at  the  church  Tuesday 
evening  at  eight  o'clock  and  proceeded 
to  business  by  electing  a  chairmao  atd 
secretary.  A  constitution  had  been 
prepared  and  a  number  of  names  sub- 
scribed to  it ;  it  was  read  and  adopted 
as  a  whole  by  a  unanimous  vote,  and 
quite  a  number  gave  in  their  names  as 
members.  Permission  was  now  given 
to  any  one  to  speak  who  wished; 
whereupon  Bev.  S.  Ranks,  M.  E. 
preacher  got  up  before  the  audience 
and  said  he  had  been  a  Mason  for  sixteen 
years,  but  wished  now  to  newly  conse- 
crate himself  to  God  and  renounce  Ma- 
sonry now  and  forever.  -He  told  how 
he  was  persuaded  to  join  by  brethren 
in  the  ministry,  but  now  in  order  to 
walk  in  the  light  of  God  he  must  de- 
clare himself  free  from  its  obligations 
as  they  did  conflict  with  his  religion  if 
kept.  He  said  that  they  taught  him  in 
the  lodge  to  travel  east  to  get  light, 
but  he  had  found  it  by  traveling  west 
and  he  proposed  to  travel  still  farther 
west.  He  testified  that  Bro.  K.  had 
told  the  truth  concerning  Masonry  as 
he  had  found  it  by  experience,  so  far  as 
Master  Mason's  degree. 

This  renunciation  has  thrown  con- 
sternation and  bewilderment  into  the 
ranks  of  the  brotherhood,  and  helped 
to  fix  the  truth  into  the  minds  of  the 
people  as  to  the  anti-Christian,  anti-re- 
publican, Christ-rejecting,  and  soul- 
damning  influence  of  the  lodge. 

We  now  proceeded  to  elect  officers 
for  the  permanent  organization  as  fol- 
lows: Judge  Danl.  Mills,  Fresident', 
Rev.  L.  H.  BuffkinandN.  M.  WiUiams, 
Vice-presidents;  G,  W.  Hall,  Secreta- 
ry; Rev.  S.  Ranks,  Corresponding 
Secretary;  J.  Pilbeam,  Treasurer. 
After  which  we  listered  again  to  the 
truth  from  Bro  K.  on  the  third  degree 
of  Masonry,  plainly  showing  that  the 
lodge  was  opposed  to  the  laws  of  God 
and  to  the  laws  of  the  country. 

Rro.  K.  will  never  be  forgotton  by 
this  people.  May  the  blessings  of  God 
go  with  him  as  he  labors  in  the  vine- 
yard, pulling  up  the  weeds  that  are 
choking  out  the  corn. 

Our  county  paper  here  is  in  the 
hands  of  Masons  and  we  can't  get  a 
hearing  through  it.  But  its  columns 
are  open  for  all  the  lies  and  abuse  they 
wish  to  heap  upon  us.  May  God  for- 
give them;  they  know  not  what  they 
do.  Perhaps  they  have  forgotten  that 
all  liars  are  to  have  their  part  in  the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


lake  that  burns  with  fire  and  brimstone ; 
but  blessed  are  they  that  overcome  and 
receive  not  the  mark  of  the  beast  or 
his  image.  We  ask  the  prayers  of  all 
true  Christians  for  the  cause  of  truth 
in  Green  county,  Iowa. 

G.  W.   Hall,  Secretary. 


Meeting  in  Fulton  County,  Ohio. 

Delta,  O. 
Dear  Cynosure: — The  anti-secret  as- 
sociation of  this  county  held  on  Tues- 
day, the  sixth  of  June,  its  first 
annual  meeting,  and  we  had  a  grand 
time.  Bro.  Givens,  of  Indiana,  was 
with  as  and  also  Bro.  Caldwell,  of 
Ohio.  The  meeting  lasted  until  the 
evening  of  the  tenth.  Bro.  Givens 
gave  us  four  excellent  lectures,  in 
which  among  other  things  he  gave  us 
an  illustration  of  the  initiation  of  a  can- 
didate into  the  first  three  degrees  of 
modern  and  dishonorable  Freemasonry; 
delivered  in  Bro.  Givens  impressive  and 
eloquent  style,  they  made  them  doubly 
interesting  to  those  who  heard  him. 
The  fraternity  seemed  at  first  to  treat 
the  whole  matter  with  contempt;  then 
they  began  to  wonder  what  we  were 
doing;  then  they  came  out  to  see,  but 
they  came  at  a  bad  time  for  them,  for 
they  came  on  the  evening  that  Bro. 
Givins  killed  and  resurrected  Hiram 
Abiff,  and  they  looked  troubled  for 
they  did  not  like  to  have  their  manly 
sports  of  the  lodge  exhibited  to  an  in- 
telligent audience.  But  they  kept 
their  jewel  admirably,  perhaps  some 
of  them  remembered  replying  to  Bro. 
Caldwell  a  few  months  before. 

Taking  everything  into  the  account  I 
think  that  our  meeting  was  a  grand  af- 
fair, though  not  so  fully  attended  as  it 
ought  to  have  been. 

The  grange  is  very  quiet  here  at 
present.  One  man  got  a  bite  and  left 
the  other  day.  He  had  some  wheat  to 
sell  and  of  course  the  grange  must  sell 
it  for  him.  They  promised  to  give  him 
what  they  got  for  it  at  the  point  to 
which  they  shipped  it.  He  was  elated 
with  his  prospect  of  gain.  His  wheat 
was  sold,  he  got  his  money,  and  went 
to  town  no  doubt  to  brag;  but  found" 
upon  inquiring,  to  his  chagrin,  that  he 
had  been  swindled  out  of  just  twenty- 
three  cents  on  the  bushel. 

Wm.  Bundt. 


From  Yermont. 


William 5T0WN,  Vt.  ,  June  27th,  1874. 
Dear  Bro,  K. — I  would  say  through 
the  Cynosure  that  I  left  Syracuse 
after  the  Convention  and  came  straight 
to  Vermont.  After  resting  a  few  days 
started  for  the  quarterly  meeting  held 
at  Welltown,  stopping  on  the  way  with 
Bro.  Perham  in  Brookfield,  and  found 
him  a  faithful  worker  in  our  cause,  dis- 
tributing books  and  getting  subscribers 
for  the  Cynosure.  I  tried  to  get  a 
resolution  before  the  conference ;  but 
was  told  there  was  no  room  for  it,  there 
was  so  much  business.  So  it  failed. 
After  the  meeting  was  over  I  gave  out 
notice  that  I  would  examine  an  article 
written  against  a  lecture  I  delivered  last 
September  in  this  place.  The  people 
came  together  and  gave  a  candid  hear- 
ing. One  Mason  was  very  cross  and 
intimated  that  all  I  said  was  not  true. 
The  lodges  here  are  small,  and  there 


are  many  old  Anti-masons.  But  they 
appear  to  be  entirely  asleep  to  the  in- 
fluence of  the  lodge.  They  remember 
the  days  of  Morgan,  and  declare  they 
do  not  know  what  they  will  do.  They 
see  their  sons  going  into  the  lodge  and 
disappear.  They  see  the  influence  Ma- 
sons have  on  their  courts.  Some  of 
them  shut  their  eyes  rather  than  com- 
mence a  warfare  against  the  lodge.  I 
will  deliver  lectures  if  the  way  is  opened. 
My  address  is  W.  Randolph,  Vt. 

Elder  J.  Jackson. 


^fl(r^$lt<^tt4^ttf4. 


Colporteur   Work  in  New    York— In- 
teresting Keport  from  Bro. 
Nessell. 


Ellington,  N.  Y.  ,         ) 
June  26,  '74.    [ 

Mt  Dear  Friend  : — I  herewith  trans- 
mit my  report  of  proceedings  during 
my  abscence  from  home,  making  up 
three  weeks  lacking  two  days.  My 
first  business  was  to  attend  our  county 
anniversary  on  the  first  day  of  June. 
This  our  fifth  anniversary,  was  well 
attended,  and  the  form  of  the  Fourth 
was    present    to   bless  his  *•  peculiar 

PEOPLE  WHO  ABE   ZEALOUS   OF   GOOD 

WORKS "  and  are  heartily  opposed  to 
every  evil  work,  and  such  is  the  kind 
he  delights  to  bless.  The  order  of  the 
day — first,  singing;  2d,  prayer;  4th, 
singing  ;  5th,  a  prayer  meeting,  and 
changed  into  a  conference  meeting,  and 
was  followed  by  a  business  one,  elect- 
ing officers,  etc.,  for  the  ensuing  year. 
Speeches  were  made  by  a  young  seced- 
ing Mason,  and  two  older  ones. 

But  the  most  effective  speaking  was 
done  by  John  Levington,  of  Michigan, 
who  addressed  the  convention  both  af- 
ternoon and  evening,  and  the  address 
of  the  president  of  our  society.  Rev. 
S.  L,  Mead,  Forestville,  N.  Y. 

While  attending  the  Nation al  Con- 
vention, as  one  of  three  delegates  from 
our  county  society,  I  was  invited  by 
our  good  old  friend,  Hiram  Preston,  of 
the  town  of  Linklaein,  Chenango  Co. , 
to  lecture  in  the  meeting  house  in  Bur- 
dick  settlement.  I  agreed  to  go.  The 
time  set  was  Tuesday,  of  the  next 
week,  afternoon  and  evening. 

Directly  on  my  way  thither,  I 
reached  De  Ruyter  on  Saturday  in 
time  to  attend  worship  with  our  much 
esteemed  friend  and  brother  Stillman, 
of  Sabbatarian  persuasion,  with  whom  I 
was  agreeably  entertained  during  my 
stay  in  this  business  town. 

These  people  have  the  largest  meet- 
ing Louse,  and  much  the  largest  mem- 
bership of  any  other  denomination  in 
town.  We  secured  their  house  to 
speak  in  Sunday  evening.  Notice  was 
accordingly  given  out  by  the  ministers 
in  the  Methodist  and  the  regular  Bap- 
tist church,  and  everything  looked 
favorable  for  a  good  turnout.  But  that 
terrible  storm  that  unroofed  houses 
and  blew  down  steeples,  and  caused 
death  and  destruction  in  many  places, 
prevented  all  but  a  few  coming  to  hear 
what  we  had  to  say. 

Monday  morning  we  started  out  for 
a  peddling  trip,  from  house  to  house, 
to  sell  books  we  had  procured  of  E.  A. 
Cook  &  Co,     We  found  this  a   good 


means  of  making  new  acquaintances. 
The  first  man  I  met  in  the  street  was  a 
return  delegate  from  that  great  Mason 
splurge ,  lately  held  in  New  York  city, 
and  I  told  him  I  would  like  to  sell  him 
"Freemasonry  Exposed,"  by  Capt. 
William  Morgan.  He  hardly  answered 
me,  and  looked  as  if  he  would  rather 
hear  any  other  name  mentioned,  than 
that  of  Morgan.  On  this  same  street  I 
saw  two  men,  and  oflered  to  sell  them 
some  Anti-masonic  literature.  One 
was  a  Mason  and  the  other  an  Odd- 
fellow. The  latter  said  I  had  come  to 
a  poor  place  to  sell  such  books,  when 
the  farmer  began  calling  me  an  old 
perjured  villiin,  and  prefixing  those 
epithets  with  awful  profanity.  I  then 
asked  him  how  he  came  to  know  me — 
having  never  seen  me  before.  He  said 
in  reply,  "  Do  you  suppose  you  can  go 
through  the  country  on  the  business 
you  are  engaged,  without  being  known 
in  nearly  all  the  lodges  in  this  State  ? " 
I  apked  him  what  I  had  done  to  make 
me  a  perjured  villain.  This  question 
he  did  not  see  fit  to  answer,  but  imme- 
diately withdrew  from  the  field,  and 
left  me  and  the  Odd-fellow  to  finish 
out  the  interview,  which  was  soon 
done;  lie  of  course  taking  sides  with 
the  reptile  in  human  shape  who  had 
just  left.  My  next  place  to  make  sale 
was  at  a  house  on  the  other  side  of  the 
way,  where  lived  a  friend  Quaker 
family.  I  had  their  sycopathy,  but  no 
funds  to  purchase  books;  they  would 
gladly  do  so  to  help  the  good  cause 
along.  This  inspired  me  with  fresh 
courage  to  go  on  in  this  good  work. 
This  new  courage  was  destined,  how- 
ever, to  undergo  a  trial.  I  entered  a 
good  looking  house,  where  I  was  met 
by  a  middle  aged  woman,  rather  tall, 
somewhat  good  looking,  and  of  queenly 
bearing.  I  told  her  what  kind  of  books 
I  had  to  sell,  and  would  like  if  she 
would  purchase  some.  She  said  that 
was  out  of  the  question,  as  she  was  a 
Mason,  and  her  husband  was  also. 
Then  said  I,  ''  you  have  the  Star  de- 
gree, which  you  are  entitled  to,  if  your 
husband  is  a  Master  Mason ;  but  that  is 
no  part  of  the  Masonry  your  husband 
has  got,  which  he  is  bound  by  oath  to 
conceal  from  you,  while  at  the  same 
time  he  knows  all  abouty  our  little  Star 
degree.  This  is  all  unfair  between  man 
and  wife.  Now  I  ofl"er  you  the  real 
Morgan  book  for  25  cts,  having  in  it 
the  first,  second  and  third  degrees, 
that  will  make  you  equal  with  him  in 
the  sublime  mysteries;  and  by  securing 
this  boon  to  all  women  Morgan  sacri- 
ficed his  own  life.  He  was  murdered 
by  Masons.  She  said,  "  Good,  they 
served  him  right." 

In  holding  bo  many  combats  with 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Masons,  I  did  not  get 
over  much  ground,  but  soon  got  on  to 
another  street  where  I  did  much  bet- 
ter, and  sold  some  four  or  five  books 
and  talked  Anti-masonry  without  let  or 
hindrance.  About  4  o'clock  P.  M,,  I 
started  for  my  next  appointment  some 
three  miles  away.  We  did  not  get 
through  till  the  next  morning,  and 
when  we  got  within  a  half  mile  or  so 
of  our  friend  Preston's,  we  were  shocked 
with  the  sad  tidings  of  the  sudden 
death  of  his  wife  on  the  day  before. 
This  deprived  this  family  and  their  con- 


nections of  the  privilege  of  attending 
the  convention.  But  it  was  a  decided 
success  notwithstanding,  especially  the 
evening  session. 

We  learned  when  we  relumed  to  De 
Ruyter,  that  Miss  Thompson  had  been 
a  faithful  worter  in  the  cause,  and 
although  as  "  deaf  as  an  adder,"  she 
has  distributed  tracts,  bought  and  lent 
and  sold  books,  and  procured  sub- 
scribers to  the  Cynosure.  Her  re- 
mark that  a  Freemason  lodge  was  a 
good  school  to  learn  how  to  murder, 
was  a  very  correct  one,  and  I  thought 
it  a  little  in  advance  of  some  of  our  lec- 
tures. I  cannot  help  noting  the  difier- 
ence  between  her  and  that  other  wo- 
man who  had  taken  so  wide  a  leap  to- 
wards total  depravity,  as  to  uphold  and 
sustain  murder  ! 

I  left  De  Ruyter  on  Thursday  for 
Plymouth,  to  visit  some  of  our  old 
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Masonry  Tweeu  Decks. 


York,  Pa.,  May  29,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure: 

111  a  former  letter  I  told  yoa  how 
the  gunuer's  mate  mixed  things  when 
he  gave  the  vratches  their  arms  at 
night.  But  moat  of  the  time,  while 
the  "  Wi^sahikon "  was  in  Stono 
Inlet  and  Stono  River,  only  a  few  miles 
from  Charleston,  the  men  had  no  arms 
or  anything  to  fight  with,  day  or  night. 
The  sentinels  most  of  the  time  had  no 
arm^  or  ammunition.  At  times  they 
had  a  musket,  but  no  cartridges  or 
caps.  They  would  have  preferred  a 
broom-stick,  as  it  would  have  been 
lighter. 

The  crew  had  no  practice  in  the  use 
of  the  small  arms,  and  a  well-drilled 
crew  of  half  their  number  would  have 
captured  the  vessel  in  five  minutes,  as 
many  of  the  arms  were  breech-loaders, 
and  the  men  did  not  know  how  to  use 
them.  All  the  time  I  was  on  the 
vessel,  there  never  was  a  single  drill  in 
the  use  of  any  of  the  small  arras. 

Some  of  the  crew  were  entitled  to 
receive  a  Sharp's  rifle,  horse-pistol, 
cutlass  and  dagger,  while  the  whole 
powder  division  (about  ten  men)  had 
only  a  pike,  which  is  about  eight  feet 
long,  with  a  spear  on  the  end.  No 
man  could  defend  himself  with  it  after 
the  enemy  boarded  his  vessel. 

The  crew  of  this  vessel  had  no  confi- 
dence in  their  officers.  I  believe  the 
rebels  could  have  captured  us  without 
a  fight  at  any  time.  Several  of  the 
men  asked  me  if  I  would  resist  the 
rebels  if  they  tried  to  board  our  vessel, 
remarking  at  the  same  time  that  they 
would  not  knov/  what  to  do  in  such  a 
case.  I  told  them  that  I  would  do 
just  what  the  captain  ordered.  But 
the  feet  is,  we  all  felt  that  our  vessel 
was  not  to  harm  the  rebels,  and  we 
could  not  have  even  defended  ourselves 
very  energetically,  as  we  all  believed 
we  were  at  the  mercy  of  the  enemy  or 
our  officers. 

It  was  generally  believed  by  the 
crew  that  blockade-runners  passed  in 
and  out,  on  dark  nights,  without  any 
attempt  on  the  part  of  our  officers  to 
capture  them.  Some  of  the  men 
claimed  to  have  seen  them  while  on 
guard.     As  our  own  vessels  carried  no 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


lights  at  night,  our  s'ntinels  may  have 
mistaken  them  for  blockade  runners. 
But  still  there  was  sufficient  cause  for 
suspicion  that  all  was  not  right;  r.n^i 
rebel  gold  perhaps  was  a  great  tempta- 
tion. Rebels  in  citizen's  dress  several 
times  held  interviews  with  our  captain. 
The  gunboat  ' '  Waterwitch  "  was  cap. 
tured  by  the  rebels  without  a  fight. 
And  if  the  whole  of  our  squadron  was 
not  managed  according  to  the  square 
and  compass,  it  is  very  evident  to  me 
that  not  a  few  of  the  vessels  were. 
Yours  for  the  truth, 
Edward  J,  Chalfant. 

Our   riatform— (xoverumeut  and  Re- 
Li^iou. 


PiTTSFORD,  N.    Y.  ,  [ 

June  26tb,  1874.  j 
In  reference  to  the  connection  of 
government  and  religion;  reference  to 
acknowledging  God  and  the  Christian 
religion  in  our  Constitution,  I  hold  and 
have  lone;  held  the  following  views  : 

Government  should  ever  acknowledge 
its  dependence  on  the  great  and  in- 
finite, but  should  not  assume  the  pre- 
rogative of  God  in  enforcing  religious 
belief;  because  government  has  no 
power  to  look  into  the  heart,  or  know 
the  virtue  or  guilt  of  the  heart. 

1.  Human  government  only  deals 
with  outward  acts,  and  its  province  is 
especially  the  temporal  welfare  and 
happiness  of  men. 

2.  Government  may  and  should 
suppress  outward  acts  of  vice  and  im- 
morality, because  they  injure  the  tem- 
poral welfare  are  happiness  of  others, 
and  disturb  the  peace  of  society  as 
thef(,  Sabbath-breaking,  profanity,  sale 
of  intoxicating  drinks  (and  I  think  tve 
should  have  a  plank  in  our  platform  in 
favor  of  prohibiting  the  sale  of  intoxi- 
cating drinks,  except  for  medicinal  and 
mechanical  purpoess),  and  tobacco. 

3.  Governrfient  should  also  ac- 
knowledge the  temporal  and  moral 
benefits  of  religious  and  charitable  in- 
stitutions in  the  welfare  and  happiness 
of  society,  in  relieving  all  directly  re- 
ligious and  charitable  and  educational 
institutions,  from  the  burden  of  taxa- 
tion. The  temporal  benefits  of  these 
institutions  to  a  nytion,  tenfold  repay 
society  for  relieving  them  from  the 
burden  of  taxation. 

Polygamy  should  be  forbidden  be- 
cause it  injures  the  moral  welfare  of 
individuals  and  of  community  and  is  a 
crime  against  the  temporal  welfare  of 
society;  depriving  m-^ny  of  their  just 
rights  and  bringing  with  it  many 
evils. 

I  think  we  should  be  a  Christian 
nation  and  yet  allow  to  all  men  the 
free  exercise  of  their  religious  convic- 
tions where  it  does  not  lead  men 
to  commie  crimes  against  society,  or 
against  the  temporal  welfare  of  oth- 
ers. Wo  should  allow  pagans  and  Mo- 
hammedans in  their  conscientious  be- 
lief. But  if  a  person's  religious  belief 
should  lead  them  (o  burn  widows  on 
the  funeral  pile  of  the  husband,  or  to 
throw  infants  to  crocodiles,  govern- 
ments should  prevent  it  and  punish 
the    perpetrator.      Government    then 


should  acknowledge  its  dependence  on 
God,  but  should  not  enforce  religious 
convictions  or  belief,  but  should  repress 
external  acts  of  crime  which  disturb 
the  peace  and  injure  the  temporal  hap- 
piness of  individuals  or  of  community. 
I  think  this  is  God's  truth.  If  the 
bl'^ssings  of  good  government  are  not 
from  God,  then  we  should  not  acknowl- 
edge him.  But  if  these  blessings  are 
from  God  we  should  acknowledge  him 
in  all  our  wayi,  and  he  will  direct  our 
steps.  If  the  virtue,  honesty,  truth, 
happiness  and  prosperity  of  a  people 
are  the  effects  of  religion,  we  should  as 
a  people  and  nation  acknowledge  it- 
National  prosperity  comes  from  God. 
There  are  some  who  think  that  if  we 
acknowledge  God  ;)i5  a  nation  or  gov- 
ernment we  open  the  way  for  religious 
persecution  ;  that  as  years  ago  Baptists 
were  fined  and  whipped  and  imprison- 
ed in  New  England  and  Yirgiaia  for  be- 
lieving and  preaching  the  Gospel  con- 
trary to  law,  so  now,  if  we  acknowl- 
edge God  in  our  Constitution  they  may 
be  whipped  and  imprisoned  again. 
But  Bapt'sis  never  denied  their  depen- 
dence on  God  or  Christ  lis  their  Saviour. 
It  was  because  they  followed  so  closely 
to  Christ  that  they  were  pursccuted 
and  rtjscted  traditions.  There  is  a 
wide  diffirence  between  a  nation's  ac- 
knowledging their  dependence  and  ob- 
ligations to  God  and  persecuting  Bap- 
tist or  even  persecuting  Mohammed- 
ans or  pagsns.  A  nation  may  honor 
and  and  acknowledge  and  give  liberty 
of  conscience,  or  "soul  liberty"  as  Rog- 
er Williams  calls  it.  Hoping  to  hear 
from  others  upon  this  subject,  I  re- 
main yours  in  Christ, 

Sidney  "Wilder, 


OUll  MAIL. 


Pres.  Edward  H.  Magill,  of  Swarthmore 
College,  (see  notice  of  Catalogue)  writes  : 

"Please  find  enclosed  amount  of  bill  for 
twenty-five  copies  of  College  Secret  Soci- 
ties.  I  have  read  the  work  with  great 
pleasure. 

I  was  myself  iu  Yale  and  afterwards  in 
Brown  University,  a  secret  society  man  ; 
but  I  am  well  convinced  that  it  would  be  a 
blessing  to  the  young  men  in  colleges  if 
such  orgiinizations  were  given  up  entirely. 
There  is  some  good  in  them  ;  but  just 
enough  to  make  them  all  the  more  danger- 
ous, for  the  real  good  is  a  cloak  lor  the 
evil.  All  the  good  obtained,  can  be  ob- 
tained in  a  better  way  without  them.    .    . 

I  think  that  I  informed  you  that  in  this 
College  no  secret  societies  are  allowed. 
They  are  not  in  accordance  with  the  prin- 
ciples of  the  Societj'  of  Friends ;  under 
whose  care  this  institution  was  established." 

Wm.  Gray,  Albia,  Iowa,  writes  that  he 
thinks  that  quite  a  club  for  the  Cynosure 
can  be  got  at  Albia.    He  says  : 

"IFc  v>ill  do  our  best." 

F.  M.  Curtice,  Greeley,  Col.,  writes  : 

"The  cause  is  dear  to  me  because  it  is 
the  cause  of  Christ.  I  would  try  for  sub- 
scribers if  I  had  health.  .  .  I  sew  them 
(the  C//iiiisiiri's)  into  monthly  volumes  and 
lend  them  to  nty  neighlioi's.  A  Freemason 
is  reading  the  April  numbers." 

Elizabeth  Coleman,  Seneca,  Kansas, 
writes : 

"I  have  a  book  of  140  pages  written  by 
Solomon  Soulhwick  a  solemn  warning 
against  Frcemnsoury,  addressed  to  the 
young  men  of  the  United  States,  would 
like  to  have  it  republished  but  dare  no 
scud  it  to  you  for  tear  it  would  be  lo.'^t  as  I 
think  it  is  llie  only  one  left  unburnt. 

Perhaps  you  can  send  one  of  your  good 
men  out  here  uc.vt  fall  to  leclure  to  the  peo 
pic  in  this  dark  corner  of  Ivansas." 

Pros. H.  (lilliland,  Galesville,  Wis.,  writes 
of  the  new  book  on  College  Secret  Socie- 
ties : 

"lam  pleased  with  its  pointed,  truthful 
utterances.  If  possible,  make  it  even  sharp- 
er,   kiieel'print  it." 


T.  R.  Shiner,  Osterville,  Mo.,  writes  : 

"Eighteen  or  twenty  years  ago  Gov. 
Brownlow,  of  Teunesee,  burned  the  Relig- 
ious Telescope  for  its  anti-slavery  spirit, 
but  what  do  we  see  ?  Four  millions  of 
Southern  cattle  turned  to  American  citi- 
zens and  allowed  to  be  educated,  and  best 
of  all,  allowed  to  vote. 

Slavery  was  a  hard  foe  to  conquer.  We 
are  now  fighting  her  twin  sister,  and  the 
worst  of  it  is,  she  does  all  of  her  work  in 
the  dark.  But  let  us  not  be  discouraged, 
if  tlie  Lord  is  for  us  who  can  be  against  us?" 

L.  A.  Wickey,  Mt,  Top,  Pa.,  writes  : 

"The  anti-secret  cause  is  gaining  strength 
in  this  county.  AVe  preacli,  pray  and  work 
for  it.  Some  of  our  fellow  ministers  think 
we  do  wrong,  but  the  Lord  strengthens  us 
for  the  work." 

II.  M.  AVebb,  "Watkins,  Iowa,  writes : 

"May  God  hasten  on  the  day  when  all 
that  pretend  to  be  Anti-masons  will  be 
willing  to  show  their  colors." 

E.  Gould,  Pillar  Point,  N.  Y.,  writes  : 

I  am  going  to  do  all  I  can  in  circulating 
your  paper." 

Rev.  J.  L.  Barlow  has  just  moved  to 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.  He  writes  from  that  city 
as  follows  : 

"Arrived  here  last  night  with  wife — so 
tired.  Am  off  to-morrow  for  Broome 
county  to  start  the  fight  anew.  Am  told 
the  Masons  in  that  section  have  written 
me  not  to  come.  If  tliey  wish  to  make  up 
the  issue  as  to  free  speech  or  no  free  speech, 
I  am  as  good  a  subject  to  draw  their  fire 
as  any  one  perhaps." 

Wm.  Varey,  Marengo,  111.,  writes  : 

"I  thought  I  could  not  take  this  paper 
for  another  year,  but  I  find  we  do  not  like 
to  do  without  it.  God  bless  the  Associa- 
tion iu  their  noble  work,  is  the  language  of 
my  heart." 

John  Adair,  Indiana,  Pa.,  writes  : 

"I  like  the  paper  very  well  and  hope 
you  will  succeed  in  putting  down  these  se- 
cret societies.  I  have  opposed  them  for 
more  than  forty  years.  I  am  now  advan- 
ced in  age  and  not  able  to  do  much  ;  but  I 
will  endeavor  to  send  you  some  new  sub- 
scribers." 

John  Splitstone,  Linesville,  Pa.,  writes  : 

"I  have  been  an  anti-slavery  man  for 
more  than  forty  years,  and  also  an  Anti- 
mason. 

I  cannot  vote  for  a  Mason  while  the 
oaths  remain  as  they  now  are.  I  cannot 
see  how  a  man  can  swear  to  tell  the  truth, 
the  whole  truth,  and  nothing  but  the  truth, 
between  two  neighbors  when  one  is  a 
Freemason  and  the  other  an  Anti-mason, 
and  yet  swear  to  espouse  his  brother  Ma- 
son's cause  so  far  as  to  extricate  him  (if  in 
his  power)  whether  right  or  wrong." 

Ira  B.  Allen,  Three  Rivers,  Michigan, 
writes  : 

"No  compromise  with  sin  and  no  quart- 
ers to  the  devil." 

A.  Oldfield,  Bay  City,  Mich.,  writes  ; 

"I  intend  to  do  what  I  can  to  scatter 
Anti-masonic  literature  and  get  subscrib- 
ers for  the  Cynosure.  In  this  business  I 
feel  the  Divine  approbation  ;  and  by  this  I 
judge  it  to  be  my  duty  to  go  ahead,  I 
still  continue,  at  every  suitable  opportu- 
nity, to  testify  against  the  vile  craft.     .     . 

I  am  living  here  where  secret  society 
men  swarm  as  did  the  flies  of  Egypt  ;  yet  I 
do  not  fear  them.  I  am,  however,  aware 
that  they  can  do  me  much  harm. 

I  haA'^e  found,  in  this  city,  a  Methodist 
minister  whose  name  is  Springstein  who 
has  been  a  Mason  of  three  degrees,  and  he 
boldly  renounces  it,  I  think  he  will  soon 
make  a  good  yokefellow  with  J,  Leving- 
ton." 

We  hope  he  will  be  owned  of  God  in  ac- 
compKshiiig  much  for  light  and  truth. 

Rev.  A.  W.  Curtis,  Coldwater,  Michigan, 
writes  : 

"As  the  light  increases,  hope  brightens, 
and  the  lovers  of  light  have  great  reason  to 
expect  ultimate  success  and  triumph  in  the 
world's  illumination.  Go  on,  and  pros- 
per in  the  glorious  work  to  which  I  trust 
God  has  called  you,  and  be  assured  you 
will  reap  in  due  lime,  if  you  faint  not. 

I  ani  greatly  pleased  with  the  changes 
through  which  the  Cynosure  has  passeil  in 
its  enlargement,  and  its  improvements 
otherwise ;  and  I  trust  its  many  friends 
will  not  suffer  it  to  decline  for  want  of 
pecuuiay  aid,  or  from  lack  of  interest  in 
tiie  righteous  cause  which  it  so  nobly, 
ably,  and  so  fearlessly  advocates.  In  the 
name  of  the  I^ord,  I  say  again,  emphat- 
ically. Go  on  and  prosper." 

Henry  Kumler,  Lewisburg,  O.,  writes  : 

"lam  still  awake,  although  old,  to  do 
what  little  I  can  against  the  workings  of 
the  darkness  of  this  world.  The  grangers 
are  roping  many  into  the  mysteries  of 
heathenism  here. 


John  Stuart,  Stemton,  Pa.,  writes  : 
"I  shall  do  all  I  can  for  the  advance- 
ment of  the  cause." 
J.  N.  Cooper,  Timber  Creek,  la.,  writes: 
''We  want  a  good  lecturer.    We  have 
some   Masons,   a    great   many    grangers. 
There  are  many  that  do  not  belong  to  se- 
cret societies.   The  grange  is  going  down." 
Rev.   W.  H.  Chandler,    Haldane,   111., 
writes  : 

"I  am  very  much  pleased  with  the  Cy- 
nosure in  its  present  form.  It  has  a  wel- 
come place  on  my  table  :  a  warm  place  iu 
my  heart,  and  an  interest  in  my  prayers. 
I  will  do  what  I  can  for  its  circulation." 

Thos.  Moore,  Rocky  Fork.  O.,  writes  : 

"I  wish  my  paper  to  continue  as  long  as 
I  live.  .  .  I  have  never  taken  a  paper 
that  I  was  better  pleased  with." 

"I  am  now  almost  seventy-eight  years 
old,  stout  and  hearty,  but  troubled  with 
the  rheumatism  so  much  that  I  have  for 
more  that  twenty  years  had  to  walk  with 
two  canes,  and  I  feel  thankful  to  my  Mak- 
er that  I  can  get  along  that  way. 

I  believe  all  secret  oath-bound  combina- 
tions are  a  curse  to  Cliristianity  and  if  not 
stopped  will  prove  its  overthrow.  It  is  a 
worse  infidelity  than  Tom  Painism.  .  . 
It  is  as  impossible  for  Christianity  and  Ma- 
sonry to  dwell  together  as  for  Christ  and 
Belial  to  dwell  t.jgether." 

Curtis  Cogswell,  Deer  Lick,  O.,  writes : 

"I  am  doing  all  I  can  for  the  cause 
against secretisnr  in  circulating  your  tracts, 
and  books,  and  papers,  and  some  talk  be- 
sides ;  the  cause  lies  very  near  my  heart. 
I  shall  do  all  I  can  while  I  live,  in  moiiey 
and  labor,  to  destroy  Masonry.  I  got  sev- 
enty names  that  I  sent  to  Syracuse  against 
corner-stone  laying  by  the  Masons.  I 
shall  send  you  some  more  money  before 
long,  and  cheer  you  up  iu  your  labor  to  do 
good,  and  try  to  destroy  the  beast.  I  am 
about  seventy  years  old,  and  about  ready 
to  die,  but  my  heart  is  iu  the  cause.  I  will 
fight  Masonry  while  I  live  with  you,  God 
being  my  helper." 

Rev.  A.  Hard,  Painted  Post,  N.  Y., 
writes  : 

"  Be  full  of  courage. " 

E.  B.  Parvin,  Cuba,  111.,  writes  : 

"I  am  raising  a  cloud  with  some  small 
thunder-     Oh  !  for  more  lightning." 

J.  P.  Barllett,  Blackberry,  111.,  writes : 

'  'You  may  consider  me  a  life  subscriber. 
I  have  been  an  Auti-mason  more  than 
forty  years.  I  voted  for  "Wm.  Wirt  for 
President  in  1836." 

J.  W.  Thompson,  Engleman's  Mill, 
Mo.,  writes  : 

"In  my  humble  estimation  its  {Cynosxire's) 
value  is  allogeilier  beyond  value,  at  the  pres- 
ent time.  I  take  it  not  for  my  own  espec- 
ial good,  but  for  the  good  of  others.  I 
shall  try  and  iucrcase  its  circulation." 


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Schednie  of  Bible  Lessons   for  Third 
(Juarter,  1874. 


July 


Auc 


Sopt 


5. 

12. 

19. 

2G. 

2. 

9. 

16. 

23. 

30. 

.   G. 

1.3. 

20. 

27. 


Gospel  op  Mark. 
1-11.     Beginning  of  tlie  Gospel. 


lR-27;     The  Anthority  of  Jesus, 
i.  45-48.    The  Leper  Ileuled. 
ii.  14-17.    The  Publican  Called. 
li.  23-28,  iii.  1-,').    Jesus  and  Sabbath, 
iv.  35-41.    Power  over  Nature. 
V.  1-15     Power  over  Demons. 
V.  14-24.    Power  over  Disease. 
V.  22-23,  35-^13.    Power  over  Death, 
vi.  20-23.    Martyrdom  oJ  the  Baptist, 
vi.  34-44'     Five  Thousand  Fed. 
vii.  24-30.    The  Phceniclan  Mother. 
Reyiew. 


JULY  19,  1874. — THE  LEPER  HEALED. 

SCRIPTURE  LESSON. — MARK  i.  38-45.    Com- 
mit 40-45  ;  Primary  Verse  41, 

38  And  he  said  unto  them,  Let  us  go 
into  the  next  towns,  that  I  may  preach 
there  also  :  for  therefore  came  I  forth. 

39  And  he  preached  iu  their  syna- 
gogues throughout  all  Galilee,  and  cast  out 
devils. 

40  And  there  came  a  leper  to  him,  be- 
seeching him,  and  kneeling  down  to  him, 
and  saying  unto  him,  If  thou  wilt  thou 
canst  make  mc  clean. 

41  And  Jesus,  moved  with  compassion, 
put  forth  his  hand,  and  touched  him,  and 
saith  unto  him,  I  will  ;  be  thou  clean. 

43  And  as  soon  as  he  had  spoken,  im- 
mediately the  leprosy  departed  from  him, 
and  he  was  cleansed. 

43  And  he  straitly  charged  him,  and 
f orwith  sent  him  away  ; 

44  And  he  saith  unto  him,  See  thou  say 
nothing  to  any  man  :  but  go  thy  way, 
shew  thyself  to  the  priest,  and  oiler  for 
thy  cleansing  those  things  which  Moses 
commanded,  for  a  testimony  unto  them. 

45  But  he  weut  out,  and  began  to  pub- 
lish it  much,  and  to  blaze  about  the  mat- 
ter abroad,  insomuch  that  Jesus  could  no 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


more  openly  enter  into  the  city,  but  was 
without  in  desert  places  :  and  they  came 
to  him  from  every  quarter. 

GOLDEN  TEXT~"Lord,  if  toou  wilt, 
thou  canst  make  me  clean." — Matt  viii.  3. 
TOPIC— "I  will,  be  thou  clean." 

HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Lev.        xiv.    1-20.— The  Law  of  Leprosy. 
T.     Num.     xii.      1-lfi.— The  Leprosy  of  Miriam, 
W.  2  Kings  V.         1-27.— The  Leper  General. 
Th.  2  Kings  vii.     1-20.— The  Lepers  of  Samaria. 
F.  2  Chron.  xxvl.  1-23,— The  Leper  King. 
S.     Lulce      xvii.  11  19. — The  Ten  Lepers. 
S.     Mark     i.       29-45— The  Leper  Healed. 

TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 
The  Preaching  of  Jesus,  verses  .38,  39, 

The  Compassion  of  Jesus,  "       40,  41. 

The  Work  of  Jesus,  "  42-44 

The  Witness  for  Jesus,  verse        iS. 

SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

In  our  last  lesson  we  studied  the  author- 
ity of  Jesus.  What  was  the  result  of  his 
miracle  iu  casting  out  the  demon?  (verse 
28.)  Who  was  healed?  (verses  30,  31). 
Who  else?  (verse  33.)  What  happened  in 
verses  33,  34?  Where  did  Jesus  go  to 
pray?  (verse  35.)  Our  present  lesson  tells 
of  his  love.  The  Golden  Text  and  Princi- 
pal Topic  may  be  called  a  prayer  and  an 
answer. 

What  is  the  first  topic?  Where  did  he 
preach?  (verses  14,  38,  39.)  Think  of  his 
sermon  at  the  well,  (John  iv.)  The  sermon 
in  Simon's  house,  (Luke  xiv.)  The  one 
from  the  cross.  The  sermon  on  the 
mount,  (Matt.  v.  vii.)  How  do  you  think 
Jesus  preached.  Does  he  preach  now? 
Are  you  one  of  his  hearers? 

What  is  the  second  topic?  Who  came 
to  Jesus?  Were  lepers  permitted  to  ap- 
proach persons?  (Lev.  xiii.)  What  lepers 
are  mentioned  in  the  home  readings?  Why, 
do  you  suppose,  this  leper  dared  to  ap- 
proach Jesus?  What  four  things  are  said 
of  his  coming?  (verse  40.)  What  was  it  he 
doubted?  What  did  Jesus  do?  (verse  41.) 
Why  do  you  think  he  touched  him?  What 
did  Jesus  say  ?  How  long  did  Jesus  keep 
him  wailing? 

What  is  the  third  topic?  How  long 
was  it  after  the  Lord  spoke,  before  the  man 
was  healed?  (verse  43.)  Do  you  think  he 
was  healed  a  little  at  a  time,  or  all  at  once? 
Can  Jesus  heal  now  with  his  word?  Can 
he  heal  sinners  as  easily  as  he  healed  the 
leper?  Are  you  a  sinner?  Will  he  heal 
you  ?  What  did  Jesus  tell  him  ?  (verses  43 , 
44.)  He  did  this  because  the  law  required 
it,  and  the  man  dared  not  go  home  until  he 
had  the  testimony  of  the  priest. 

What  is  the  fourth  topic  ?  Did  he  testify 
for  the  Lord?  (verse  45.)  Would  he  have 
given  better  testimony  to  have  done  as  Je- 
sus said?  The  highest  testimony  is  obed- 
ience. 

Lessons.  Jesus  the  great  preacher.  His 
wonderful  sermons.  Jesus  the  compas- 
sionate Saviour,  heals  in  the  kindest  man- 
ner ;  has  a  tender  sympathy  with  the  suffer- 
ing. The  mighty  word  of  Jesus.  The 
power  in  the  word.  His  blessed  work,  to 
heal  the  leprosy  of  sin.  Jesus'  best  wit- 
nesses— those  who  obey  him. 


A  Possible  Excess. 


Hearth  and  Home  points  out  a  dan- 
ger that  is  worth  considering.  Of  this 
matter  it  may  be  said,  "  These  ought 
ye  to  have  done,  and  not  have  left  the 
other  undone." 

Sabbath-school  work  has  become  a 
profession,  and  the  professional  Sab- 
bath-school man  must  have  something 
to  give  for  his  money .  Hence  there 
is  a  tendency  to  depart  from  the  sim- 
plicity and  spiritual  character  of  the 
institution,  to  introduce  novelties,  and 
to  overload  with  appliances.  ShwUow 
nominalists  want  to  change  the  name 
to  "Blue-school,"  and  to  make  capital 
out  of  the  reverence  for  the  Scriptures 
by  the  advocacy  of  what  is  called 
'  'thorough"  teaching,  but  which  is  in- 
deed nothing  more  nor  less  than  a  sub- 
stitution of  knowledge  for  those  spirit- 
ual results  which  only  are  worthy  of 
being  sought.  The  fact  that  the  river 
Jordan  is  a  certain  number  of  miles  in 
length  is  of  no  more  consequence  in 
itself  than  that  of  the  Rhine  or  the 
Tombigbee  are  so  many  miles  in  length ; 
and  the  fact  that  Cain  killed  his  broth- 
er and  that  Hezekiah  was  king  of  Is- 
rael   have,  iu    themselves,    no    more 


to  do  with  the  religious  life  of  a  child 
than  auy  facts  in  Rollin's  Ancient  His- 
tory. When  Sabbath-school  men  lose 
sight  of  the  fact  that  the  real  analogy 
of  the  Sabbsth-school  is  not  with  the 
common  school  but  with  the  church, 
that  the  Scriptures  are  not  to  be  taught 
like  geography,  and  that  the  culture 
of  the  rrligious  and  morsl  nature  of 
the  child  through  the  Scriptures  and 
the  teacher's  personal  influence  is  the 
real  objective  point,  we  shall  no  longer 
be  able  to  point  with  approval  to  the 
great  results  achieved.  Not  by  a  dead 
uniformity  of  lesson  and  a  ponderous 
"curriculum"  of  study,  but  by  the 
quick  and  living  sympathy  of  teachers 
who  are  themselves  living  epistles, 
will  the  Sabbath-school  achieve  its  high- 
est result.  Aa  a  home  paper,  interest- 
ed in  all  that  makes  for  the  welfare  of 
childhood,  we  hope  to  see  the  Sab- 
bath-school reach  its  highest  effective- 
ness in  the  education  of  children. 


"  Dibble  it  in.  " — Teachers,  as  well 
as  preachers,  may  apply  to  themselves 
these  words  of  an  eminent  clergyman: 

Do  not  sow  the  Word  broadcast,  but 
as  the  Scotch  would  say,  "dibble  it 
in!"  Make  a  hole  in  the  ground  with 
your  sharpened  stick,  push  the  seed 
into  the  earth  with  your  heel.  Let 
every  sentence  tell.  Shoot  with  an 
aim.  Take  your  arrow  from  the  quiv- 
er, put  it  on  the  bow  with  your  eye  on 
the  soul  and  on  the  throne,  then  let  it 
go  home.  Do  not  pull  it  out.  Let  it 
be  a  distinct  and  separate  impression . 
Do  not  talk  to  human  beinsca  who  are 
asleep.  I  have  no  faith  in  somnam- 
bulism in  the  church.  Let  every  eye 
be  engaged  as  though  he  would  look 
you  through.  Give  the  children  some- 
thing worth  receiving,  and  send  the 
truth  home. 


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Borrowed  Out. 


Some  of  our  readers  will  appreciate 
the  following  story : 

A  family  in  a  certain  neighborhood 
were  great  borrowers,  but  seldom,  if 
ever,  returning  the  exact  amount  bor- 
rowed. An  old  Quaker  lady,  who 
lived  near,  had  endured  these  invasions 
for  a  long  time  patiently,  but  at  length 
hit  upon  a  very  philosophical  mode  of 
eventually  putting  a  stop  to  the  nui- 
sance. Keeping  her  own  counsel,  the 
next  time  her  good  man  went  to  town 
he  had  a  separate  and  express  order  to 
purchase  a  pound  of  the  best  tea,  and 
also  a  new  canister  to  put  it  in.  As 
he  knew  she  already  had  plenty  of 
tea,  and  also  a  canister,  he  was  puz 
zled  to  determine  what  the  old  lady 
wanted  of  more  tea  and  a  new  canis- 
ter, but  his  questioning  and  reasonings 
elicited  nothing  more  than  a  repeti- 
tion of  the  order. 

"  Jim,  did  I  not  tell  thee  to  get  me 
a  pound  of  the  best  tea  and  a  new  can- 
ister? Now  go  along,  and  do  as  I  bid 
thee." 

And  go  along  he  did,  and  when  he 
came  home  at  night,  the  tea  and  new 
canister  were  his  companions.  The  old 
lady  took  them  from  him  with  an 
amused  expression  on  her  usually  plac- 


id features,  and  depositing  the  tea 
in  the  canister,  set  it  on  the  shelf  for 
special  use.  It  had  not  long  to  wait, 
for  the  borrowing  neighbor  liad  fre- 
quent use  for  the  aromatic  herb.  The 
good  old  lady  loaned  generously, 
emptying  back  in  the  canister  any  re- 
mittance of  borrowed  leas  v/hich  the 
neighbor's  conscience  inclined  her  to 
make.  Time  went  on ,  and  after  some- 
thing iess  than  the  one  hundredth  time 
of  borrowing,  the  neighbor  again  ap- 
peared for  "just  another  drawing  of 
tea,"  when  the  oft-visited  tea  canister 
was  brought  out,  and  found  to  be  emp- 
ty, and  the  good  old  lady  and  obliging 
neighbor  was  just  one  pound  of  tea 
poorer  than  when  she  bought  the  new 
canister,  which  now  only  remained  to 
tell  the  story.  Then  she  made  a  little 
characteristic  speech, perhaps  the  first  in 
her  life.  She  said:  '*  Thou  seest  that 
empty  canister.  I  filled  it  for  thee 
with  a  pound  of  my  best  tea,  and  I  have 
lent  it  all  to  thee  in  dri'ulets,  and  put 
into  it  all  thou  hast  sent  me  in  return, 
and  none  but  thyself  hath  ta,ken  there- 
from or  added  unto  it,  and  now  thou 
seest  it  empty;  therefore  I  will  say  to 
thee,  thou  hast  borrowed  thyself  out, 
and  I  can  lend  thee  no  more." 


MuLTiTUDE'3  of  women  lose  health, 
and  even  life,  every  year  by  busying 
thcjmselves  until  warm  and  weary,  and 
then  throwing  themsleves  on  a  bed  or 
sofa  without  covering,  or  in  a  room 
without  a  fire,  or  by  removing  their 
outer  garments  after  a  long  walk,  and 
changing  their  dress  while  in  a  state 
of  perspiration.  If  you  have  to  walii 
and  ride  both,  do  the  riding  first,  and 
on  returning,  go  to  a  warm  room,  and 
keep  on  all  your  wraps  until  your  fore- 
head is  dry. 

I  was  much  struck  lately  with  the  won- 
derfully beautiful  eflect  prodacsd  by  sim- 
ply placing  a  handful  of  heads  of 
wheat  in  a  vase  of  water.  Each  grain 
sent  out  a  bright  green  leaflet,  and 
continued  to  replenish  the  fading  ones 
for  weeks  together.  Some  have  doubt- 
less seen  this  pretty  table  ornament, 
but  to  me  it  was  new,  and  perhaps 
would  be  so  to  many    others. 

^^^^  ^i  ^mi^^iu 

Tight  Barns. 


' 'W.  B.  J.,"  of  Hardwick,  Massachus- 
etts, who  has  kept  cows  for  nearly 
thirty  years,  and  who  has  tried  both 
open  and  tight  barnf,  writes  to  the 
Boston  Gulitvator  that  he  finds  the  lat- 
ter far  preferable  in  our  cold  climate, 
but  he  would  have  the  barn  so  con- 
structed that  it  can  be  thoroughly  ven- 
tilated at  pleasure.  He  says:  I  feed 
good  hay,  and  regularly ;  keep  my  cows 
in  the  barn  most  of  the  time  in  cold 
weather,  water  twice  a  day  in  the  barn ; 
keep  them  well  bedded,  clean  out  the 
stable  twice  a  day,  and  sometimes 
three.  I  find  farmers,  not  a  few  in 
this  town,  who  say  that  their  cows  will 
not  drink  but  once  a  day ;  I  say  to  such , 
I  guess  you  do  not  give  them  a  chance ; 
try  a  tight  barn ,  and  one  that  is  warm. 
Farmers,  when  you  begin  to  pinch 
your  cows  in  drink,  you  bring  leanness 
upon  them,  if  not  in  your  purses;  you 


might  as  well  pinch  in  feed  as  in  drink, 
for  either  or  both  will  cause  that  lean- 
ness of  which  farmers  so  much  com- 
plain in  these  days. 

''I  think  if  farmers  will  try  tight 
barns,  with  good  hay,  with  water  twice 
a  day,  and  clean  stables,  with  good 
warm  bedding,  that  two-thirds  of  the 
feed  used  in  an  open  barn  will  keep  the 
cows  in  a  much  better  condition.  I 
can  direct  you  to  a  farmer  in  town  who 
keeps  his  cows,  some  twelve  or  sixteen, 
in  the  barn  all  winter,  with  plenty  of 
water  in  the  stable,  and  he  told  me 
that  he  did  not  feed  two-thirds  as  much 
as  when  they  were  turned  out  to  shiver 
in  the  cold,  as  was  formerly  done;  and 
they  were  in  much  better  condition 
than  when  left  out  in  the  cold." 


The  Law  ol  the  Koad; 


The  great  leading  rule  is,  that  no 
one  has  the  right  to  be  in  the  middle 
of  the  road,  except  when  no  other  per- 
son is  present  to  claim  his  right  to  the 
use  of  one-half  the  high- way;  which 
claim  he  has  precisely  the  same  right 
to  assert,  when  traveling  in  the  same 
direction,  that  he  has  when  he  meets 
another.  This  is  the  law  of  every 
State  in  the  Union,  and,  so  far  as  we 
are  informed,  of  every  civilized  country; 
and  all  persons  violating  it  are  liable 
for  all  damages  resulting  from  their 
conduct 

When  teams  meet,  the  American 
law  is  that  each,  turning  to  the  right, 
shall  give  half  the  road.  The  custom 
and  the  law  of  England  requires  teams 
to  turn  out  to  the  left — as  expressed  in 
an  old  doggerel : 

The  rule  of  the  road  is  a  paradox  quite. 
In  riding  or  driving  aloug, 

If  you  keep  to  the   left ,  you  are  sure  to  go 
right; 

If  yon  keep  to  the  right ,  you  are  -wrong. 

In  passing,  the  party  in  front  is  re- 
quired to  turn  to  the  left,  so  as  to  allow 
the  person  in  the  rear  who  is  traveling 
at  a  more  rapid  rate  to  pass  by  on  his 
right. 

Where  teams  approach  at  right  an- 
gles, or  intersecting  roads,  it  is  the  du- 
ty of  the  party  who,  by  turning  to  the 
right,  would  pass  to  the  rear  of  the 
other  team,  to  pull  up  and  allow  the 
other  to  pas.s . 

A  person  with  a  light  vehicle  meet- 
ing or  desiring  to  pass  a  heavy  laden 
team,  especially  if  the  latter  is  going 
up  a  hill,  will  generally  turn  out  with- 
out requiring  the  man  with  the  loaded 
wagon  to  give  half  the  road;  but  the 
law  imposes  no  such  obligation  in  any 
case,  and  under  all  circumstances  re- 
quires each  party  to  give  half  the  road, 
unless  by  accident  or  some  obstruction 
it  is  found  impossible  to  do  so. 

If  a  party  happens  to  be  in  the  wrong 
place  on  the  road  or  street,  a  party 
coming  in  collision  with  him  is  not  en- 
titled to  damages,  if,  by  the  use  of 
ordinary  and  reasonable  diligence,  he 
could  have  avoided  it. — National  Live 
Stock  Journal. 


A  rawhide  halter  strap  an  inch  wide, 
will  hold  a  horse  better  and  last  longer 
than  an  inch  rope.  It  is  stronger  than 
hoopiron  and  more  durable,  and  can  be 
used  to  hoop  dry  casks  and  boxes,  and 
for  hinges.  Try  it  on  a  broken  thill, 
or  any  wood  work  that  has  been  split. 
Put  on  wet  and  nail  fast.  Thin  skins 
make  the  best  to  use  in  its  natural 
state.  Eor  other  purposes  it  may  be 
dressed , 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Cliicago,  Thursday,  July  9,  1874. 


National     Christian     Association. — Some     good 
friends  of  our  cause   in   remitting   the   fee  for  annual 
membership,  enclose  it  in  business  letters  to  the  edi- 
tor or  publisher  of  the  Cynosure.     Will   not   all   re- 
member  that  such  letters  should  be  addressed  to  C.  A, 
Blanchard,     11    Wabash   Ave.  ,    Chicago.      It   saves 
trouble  to  have  such  letters   go   to   tbe  place  at  once 
Let   every    Cynosure   subscriber   collect    twenty-five 
cents  from  all  the  Anti-masons   in   his  neighborhood. 
Let  fathers  and  mothers   send   the    fee  for  their  chil 
dren.    Then  put  the  amount  raised  into  a  draft,  postal 
order,  t3r  registered  letter.    Write  down  the  name,  age 
and  address  of  each  person,  and   send   to  the  Corres 
ponding  Secretary,   C.  A.   Blanchard,  as  above  stated, 
Don't  wait  for  cool  weather  to  begin.     Now  is  always 
the   best   time   to  do  good.      Two    life    memberships 
came  in  last  month,  and   a  large  number  of   annu-uls, 
while  nearly  five  thousand  members  tickets  are  now  in 
the  hands  of  devoted  laborers  in  this  cause.       Ssnd  in 
the  names  and  fees  at  once;  we  cannot  afford  to  delay, 


when  wo  were  there  in  1868,  open  and  strong  men 
said  to  us  :  "  You  are  too  late!  The  lodge  has  this 
nation  in  its  grip,  and  nothing  effectual  can  be  done 
against  it."  But  this  counsel  of  despair  forgets  God. 
I  move  that  Dr.  Julius  F.  Lemoyne  >,  of  Washing- 
ton, Pa.,  come  to  Pittsburgh  as  our  next  national 
chairman.     You  that  favor  it  say  Ayb. 

THE  JOURNAL  OF  XOMMEKCE'  MISTAKE. 


TnE  Beecher-Tilton  scandal  is  now  sweepmg 
over  the  American  press  like  the  Mill  River  deluge. 
The  Cynosure  has  no  need  to  say  anything  more,  ss 
we  have  put  that  matter,  long  ago,  where  the  press 
will  leave  it  when  it  gets  through.  If  anything  oc- 
curs important  to  them  or  the  cause  of  Christ,  our 
readers  shall  have  it.  The  one  grand  humiliating  fact 
is  that  Leonard  Bacon  and  H.  W.  Beecher  are  placed, 
by  the  superficial  and  UJidiscriminaling  press,  at  the 
head  of  American  Congregationalism  and  reform  ; 
whereas  no  two  men  on  the  continent  are  more  direct 
ly  in  the  way  of,  and  obstructing  the  cause  of  Christ, 
than  these  two  gentlemen,  who  are  confederates.     A 

few  years  will  verify  these  words. 

^  ■ » 

The  Frienhs'  "Journal"  of  Philadelphia  inserts 
our  editorial  in  favor  of  a  constitutional  declaration 
that  '  'Ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a  heathen  govern- 
ment," and  says  that  if  we  say  that  the  word  "relig- 
ion" in  our  Constitution,  meaas  the  religion  of  Christ, 
church-and-state  and  persecution  must  and  will  fol- 
low. 

The  very  opposite  of  this  is  true.  Christ's  is  the 
only  non-persecuting  religion  on  earth  ;  or  that  ever 
was  0!3  earth  ;  simply  because  he  commanded  men  to 
love  their  enemies,  and  forbade  explicitly  the  use  of 
the  civil  sword  for  religious  ends  ;  declaring  that  Lis 
kingdom  was  not  of  this  world,  "else",  said  he, 
"would  my  servants  fight."  "But  now  is  my  king- 
dom not  from  hence."  We  hope  the  Journal  will 
study  its  Bible  more  and  its  fears  less.  Rev.  A. 
A.  Miner,  D.  D. ,  (Universahst)  President  of  TufFts 
College,  Mass.,  is  one  of  the  Vice-presidents  of  the 
National  Association  seeking  a  recognition  of  Christi- 
anity in  our  Constitution.  Does  the  Journal  think 
the  host  of  men  like  Dr.  Miner,  who  are  in  this  move 
ment  mistaken  ? 

The  Jews  eaid  if  they  recognized  Christ,  "The  Ro- 
mans will  come  and  take  away  our  State  and  nation." 
They  rejected  him,  and  the  Romans  did  come. 

The  meeting  at  Indianapolis,  which  the  Platform 
Committee  at  Syracuse  voted  to  hold  on  the  third 
Wednesday  of  August,  is  hereby  recalled,  at  the  sug- 
gestion of  its  Secretary.  This  meeting  will  be  post- 
poned until  our  next  National  Anniversary  at  Pitts- 
burgh, when  we  shall  all  be  together,  and  each  have 
our  say  on  politics.  It  will  then  be  one  year  before 
the  next  Presidential  canvas,  and  if  anything  can  be 
done  to  put  our  national  administration  back  on  the 
path  where  our  fathers  started  it  in  177G;  the  recog- 
nition of  civil  government  as  "ordained  of  God;"  a 
Sabbath  for  man,  and  especially  for  the  poor  man; 
marriage  and  not  Mormonism;  open  popular  govern- 
ment and  uot  secret  despotism;  the  ten  command- 
ments and  not  the  dicta  of  priests ;  humanity  and  not 
sworn  secret  clans,  next  May  or  June  is  the  time,  and 
Pittsburgh  the  place  to  do  it.  There  are  eleven  or 
twelve  Scotch  Presbyterian  churches  in  Pittsburgh, 
wealthy,  clear-thinking  people,  who  are  all  pledged 
by  book  against  Freemasonry  and  its  whelps.     But 


The  persons  engaged  in  the  crueade  against  secret 
societies,  ought  to  be  ashamed  of  the  specious  pre- 
tence of  their  chosen  name — "The  National  Christian 
Association.  '  This  is  a  pharisaical  at>3umptlon  that 
secret  societies  are  necessarily  hostile  to  Christianity, 
as  they  are  far  from  being.  Some  of  these  societies 
are  political  in  their  aims,  like  the  grangers.  Others 
are  mutually  protective  and  social,  like  the  Freema- 
sons and  Odd-fellowp.  Others  have  reforms  to  work 
out,  like  the  temperance  brotherhoods.  And  othere, 
as  the  trade-unionists,  are,  besides  being  mutually 
assisting,  agitators  for  overturning  all  the  natural  laws 

of  labor  and  capital,  supply  and  demand 

There  can  be  no  objection  to  a  fair  stand-up  fi.sht,  on 
the  general  question  of  the  wisdom  or  folly  of  secret 
societies;  but  it  vexes  every  honest  mind  to  see  the  at- 
tack made  with  the  hypocritical  professions  which 
come  80  smoothly  from  a  few  fanatics  at  Syracuse. — 
N.    Y.  Journal  of  Commerce. 

We  thank  the  Jo^wnal  of  Commerce  for  the 
clear  statement  of  our  ground  principle,  viz:  Thai 
'secret  societies  are  necessarily  hostile  to  Christian- 
ity." This  principle  is  not  "  phar'saical,"  but  simple 
fact;  suflSciently  proved  by  the  olc  declaralioa  of 
Christ:  "la  secret  have  I  said  nothing."  This  he 
said  to  the  high  priest  who  asked  him  ''  of  his  disci- 
ples and  his  doctrine,"  whom  and  what  he  had 
taught  jujt  before  his  death.  All  his  methods  were 
open,  and  perfectly  democratic.  The  secret  despotic 
organs  are  jast  as  hostile  to  Christianity,  therefore,  as 
darkness  is  to  light.  E  ich  destroys  the  other.  We 
thank  the  Journal  also  for  endorsing  a  fair  'stand- 
up  fight  on  the  general  question.  This,  with  the 
JournaVs  help,  we  mean  to  give. 

By  the  way,  Lswis  Tappan,  his  brother  Arthur,  and 
a  knot  of  reformerr,  started  the  Journal  of  Com- 
merce "  to  exclude  theatre  bills,  bawdy  advertieements, 
etc. ,  before  the  day  of  abolition.  When  that  came. 
The  Journal  went  back  on  the  slave;  and  Lewis 
Tappan  dropped  the  paper,  saying  that  the  boy  left 
it  while  they  were  at  family  prayer.",  and  the  thought 
of  the  pr.per  "  disturbed  his  devotions." 


THE  NATIONAL  PRINTING  HOUSE. 

Mr.  Carpenter  will  not  be  behind,  as  his  works 
show;  but  he  does  not  wish  to  be  drawn  into  a  meas 
ure  which  flats  out.  And  not  even  Rev.  Mr.  Hand  or 
any  one  else  tells  what  they  will  obligate  themselves 
to  do.  Brethren,  "  Fine  words  butter  no  parsnips." 
Please  say  what  you  will  do  if  Mr,  Carpenter  will 
give  us  t"he  house. 

This  cause  must  succeed,  or  the  nation  perish. 
Slavery  was  not  more  certainly  destructive  of  it.  The 
lodge  is  the  devil's  wedge  to  divorce  the  nation  fronr 
God,  Its  date,  its  structure,  its  rites,  its  theory; 
its  practice  .-^ll  are  heathen;  not  Christian.  Free- 
masonry or  free  government  will  certainly  go  down. 
Now  what  will  destroy  Freemasonr}^  and  its  cognate 
orders  ? 

1.  Not  the  political  parties  and  papers.  They  aie 
run  by  Freemasons. 

2.  Not  the  churches.  They  depend  more  or  less 
on  hearers  who  are,  or  their  friends  are,  lodge-men. 

3.  Not  the  benevolent  societies.  There  is  not  a 
a  tract  scciety  that  dares  to  stand  in  open  antagonism 
to  the  lodge. 

There  must  be  a  printing  house;  a  tract  and  book 
society  ;  and  a  daily  presf.  Then  let  us  have  ' '  The 
United  Churches  of  Christ;" 

"  Distinct  like  the  billows,  and  one  like  the  sea." 

Excommunicate  every  church  which  harbors  the 
"accursed  thing,  "  after  sending  committees  of  love 
and  labor  to  their  conferences,  assembhes,  councils, 
synods  and  associations.  This  find  this  only  will 
cleanse  this  country  of  the  dark   and  damning  idola- 


tries of  the  lodge ;  which   is    Satan's   masterpiece  and 

last  card.     Brethren,  do  you  see  it?     Go    reiid   anew 

how   Moses    treated   the    calf-worship,  which   is   the 

same  as   the  lodge-worship,  with    names   and   forms 

changed.     Never  will  ycu   get   these  idolatries  out  of 

the  jury-box  and  communion  table  with  measures  less 

thorough  than  Moses  took  with  the  dancing,  p.vj-ading, 

befooled  worshippers  of  that  caif, — or  rather  the  devil 

under  the  image  of  a  calf;  a   sort  of  grange-worship, 

whose  pretense  was  agriculture,  but  its  god — Satan, 
«-..» 

— We  republish  the  platform  prepared  by  a  com- 
mittee appointed  for  that  purpose  at  Oberlin,  for  the 
iast  Presidential  campaign.  Some  amendments  were 
suggested  and  incorporated  in  the  revision  made  at 
the  recommendation  of  the  National  Executive  Com- 
mittee. Let  all  be  free  to  suggest  further  amend- 
ments through  the  Political  Column.      (Seepage  G.) 

— The  most  economical  way  of  obtaining  the  full 
report  of  the  Sixth  Anniversary  and  circulating  it 
widely,  is  through  the  Cynosure.  The  four  num- 
bers containing  the  report  will  be  sent  to  any  address 
for  12  cts., — actually  less  than  cost. 

— Soma  apprehensions  have  been  felt  by  friends  in 
Iowa  in  regard  to  Bro.  Kiggins  personal  safety.  The 
interesting  letter  from  Green  county  will  set  them  at 
rest. 

— The  incident  mentioned  on  the  first  page  of  a 
suit  against  a  Knights  of  Physias  lodge,  has  an  addi- 
tional interest  from  the  fact  of  the  good  health  of  the 
victim  who  yvasjive  days  dying  of  the  heart  disease. 
A  lithographer  in  the  employ  of  E.  A.  Cook  &  Co,, 
our  publishers,  was  well  acquainted  with  Lamadrid, 
and  thinks  the  story  of  heart  disease  wholly  manu- 
factured, 

— Rev.  J.  W.  Bain,  author  of  the  work  so  ably  de- 
fending the  position  of  the  United  Presbyterian 
church  on  secret  societies,  has  accepted  the  pastorate 
of  the  Memorial  U.  P,  church  of  this  city.  He  will 
be  a  welcome  addition  to  the  ranks  of  Christian  re- 
formers here.  The  "  Interior  "  says  of  him  :  ' '  Mr. 
Bain  has  some  prestige  as  a  pulpit  orator  and  vigorous 
thinker,  as  well  a^  an  active  worker  and  withal,  loyal 
to  the  distinctive  principles.  If  he  proves  faithful  in 
that  atmosphere,  and  makes  United  Presbyterianism  a 
success  in  Chicago,  he  will  do  well.  We  bid  him  Gcd 
speed." 


The  True  Doctrine  of  Creeps. 


We  respectfully  beg  the  Chicago  TVt&wMe  to  repub- 
lish the  article  below  taken  from  the  Religious  Tele- 
scope. The  writer  is  a  member  and  editor  of  the 
church  of  the  United  Brethren  in  Christ  founded  by 
Otterbein  some  century  and  a  qua.rter  ago.  This 
communion,  which  arose  in  Pennsylvania  and  Mary- 
land, never  swerved  or  relaxed  its  dic'pline  on  slavery, 
promptly  expelling  its  preachers  who  became  slave- 
owners. In  doctrine  it  has  never  been  pretentious; 
and  has  never  been  considered  Calvinistic. 

Will  the  Tribune   and    the   Chicago  secular  press, 

which  the  Pattcn-S  wing  controversy  has  led  into  creeds 

and  doctrines,  give  their  readers  the  sound  and   just 

views  of  this  able  and  honest  writer? — Sd.  Cynosure, 

formulated  creeds. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  much  trror  has  bten  form- 
ulated in  the  creeds  of  the  churches;  but  this  erior 
has  not  been  of  the  willful  kind.  It  has  been  the 
mature  conviction  of  the  wisest  man  of  their  times  aa 
the  right  interpretation  of  scripture.  The  men  who 
have  originated  creeds  of  the  most  worthy  nature  were 
men  who  were  the  farthest  from  being  fools  or  knaves. 
God  has  seemed  to  own  as  his  church  the  various  so-called 
"sects"  that  have  lived  by  creeds.  If  these  have  not 
composed  his  church  he  has  had  no  church  on  earth 
for  many  centuries;  for  outside  of  the  believets  in  the 
formulated  creeds,  we  have  no  sacred  or  profane  his- 
tory of  even  a  small  number  of  persons  who  would 
seem  to  constitute  God's  visible  church. 

It  is  not  consistent  with  God's  promises  that  there 
should  be  a  space  of  centuries  destitute  of  his  people 
organically  visible  to  the  world.  In  times  of  great  per- 
secution it  is  possible  for  the  church  to  be  fcattered, 
so  as  to  make  little  show  in  the  world ;  yet  a  promi- 
nence will  be  given  to  the  body  of  belieyers  by  the 
very  fsct  that  they  are  known  to  be  persecuted  and 
scattered. 

The  creeds,  then,  representing  Christians'  views  of 
scripture  and  duty,  are  not  to  be  treated  with  con- 
tempt by  every  one  who  may  be  favored  with  a  new 
and  better  view  cf  certain  parts  of  them.  If  he  is  an 
honest  man  he  will  be  far  from  setting   himself  up  as 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


9 


one  who  has  no  respect  for  what  thousands  of  Christ- 
ians have  believed.  That  he  should  seek,  by  proper 
means,  a  revision  of  the  creed  found  by  liim  to  be 
faulty  is  his  privilege.  The  proper  pla-^e  for  casting 
Lis  new  light  upon  the  faulty  instrument  of  belief  is 

not  before  a  mixed  crowd,  but  in  the  councils  of  his 
brethren.  The  unbelievers  are  all  glad  to  hear  ridi- 
cule of  the  creeds.  They  will  flock  to  the  churches 
of  the  preachers  who  indulge  in  ridiculing  the  very 
creeds  they  previously  declare  to  be  their  own  belief. 
The  proper  manner  of  seeking  a  change  is  to  b>3  pa- 
tient and  forbearing.  When  a  new  idea  strikes  a 
man  lie  should  not  strike  everyone  who  has  not  been 
smitten  as  him5elf.  He  may  be  a  lunatic  (moon- 
struck). WLo  knows  ?  He  must  bear  with  his  breth- 
ren, and  instruct  them  with  all  long-suffering  and 
doctrine.  He  should,  in  the  mean  time,  abide  by 
their  formulated  belief,  and  respect  it  as  the  creed  of 
a  number  of  wise,  good,  and  honest  brethren.  A 
great  number  of  glorified  saints  in  heaven  went  up, 
after  having  lived  many  years  in  the  full  indorsement 
of  this  creed. 

Now  after  be  has  shown  that  lie  is  not  a  lunatic 
(one  moon-struck),  he  will  begin  to  be  heard;  and  il' 
he  is  right  G-od  will  have  enough  of  interest  in  this 
part  of  his  church  to  cause  the  light  to  shine  upon 
the  faulty  creed,  so  thst  his  people  may  no  longer 
abide  in  this  little  error.  It  must  be  remembered 
that  the  errors  in  the  creeds  are  not  of  a  serious  na- 
ture ,  at  the  worst.  They  have  never  yet  sanctioned 
Sabbath-breaking,  murder,  stealing,  lying,  &c,,  tfcc. 
The  great  complaint  against  them  has  always  been 
that  they  are  too  severe,  requiring  too  much  strict- 
ness of  faith  and  works.  Calvinists  believe  that  there 
is  an  elect.  The  gist  of  this  creed  is  that  the  wicked 
cannot  be  saved.  It  does  not  mean  that  a  man  ma.y 
consider  himself  one  of  the  elect  and  then  do  as  he 
pleases.  If  some  take  this  view  they  are  sure  to  be 
of  the  reprobate  part.  A  church  believes  that  Christ- 
ians must  be  separate  from  the  world's  people.  Il 
adopts  a  stringent  test  of  membership.  This  test  is 
not  so  much  to  keep  people  out  of  the  church  as  to 
keep  members  out  of  the  world. 

The  creeds  do  not  deserve  ridicule  for  a  seeming 
severity  so  much  as  to  do  the  unsettled  fallacious  half- 
views  of  those  who  believe  little  of  anything.  The 
world  owes  its  progress  and  best  condition  to  those 
who  have  firmly  believed  somel,hiDg,  Men  who  have 
beliefs  of  some  kind  are  always  tending  toward  truth, 
and  will  find  it. 

But  it  is  not  best  that  all  who  hold  to  creeds  should 
let  go  and  disperse  in  search  of  new  belief.  Many 
cut  loose  from  their  moorings  would  never  again  find 
a  haven,  but  would  run  into  whirlpools  of  unbelief. 
Hence  there  should  not  be  too  great  impatience  of  the 
creeds.  If  these  do  not  formulate  absolute  truth — the 
"io  ow" — they  are  valuable  and  venerable  documents, 
approximating  honestly  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  It 
takes  years  to  build  up  churches  of  steadfast  princi- 
ples; and  though  they  may  not  make  the  way  to 
heaven  as  easy  as  some  would  like,  yet  they  have 
the  virtue  of  being  steadfast  in  theory,  and  generally 
right  in  practice,  if  they  do  formulate  some  error. 
Who,  therefore,  would  wish  to  break  down  all  the 
churches  that  the  horrible  creeds  of  the  severely  or- 
thodox may  be  crushed  out  as  things  unworthy  of 
the  age  ? 


PLATFORM  OF  1872  REVISED. 

The  following  revision  of  the  Platform  of  18Y2  was 
reported  to  the  Executive  Committee  by  a  sub-com- 
raittee  appointed  for  the  purpose  and  published  July 
17th,  1873. 

PEEAMBLE. 

Viewing  with  deep  concern  the  corrupt  and  unset- 
tled condition  of  American  politics,  and  witnessing 
with  alarm  the  fearful  prevalence  of  caste  and  clannish 
ness  by  which  our  citizens  are  being  arrayed  in  hos- 
tile bands,  working  secretly  to  compass  political  ends, 
a  method  directly  and  powerfully  tending  to  increase 
corruption,  to  destroy  mutal  confidence  and  hasten 


disruption  and  bloodshed;  and  having  no  hope  of  ade- 
quate remedy  for  these  evils  from  existing  parties, 
and  believing  the  foundation  of  a  new  party  based 
upon  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  Declaration  of 
American  Independence,  both  inevitable  and  indis 
pensable  ; 

We,  therefore,  a  portion  of  the  American  people, 
believing  with  our  fathers  that  we  have  our  rights 
and  liberties,  not  from  men  or  parties,  but  from  God  ; 
believing  in  the  Christian  marriage,  and  not  in  Mor- 
monism  ;  believing  in  the  religious  democracy  of  the 
New  Testament,  and  not  in  the  despotism  of  Jesuit 
ism,  of  priestcraft,  or  of  the  lodge  ;  believing,  also, 
with  our  Scotch  and  English  ancestore  that  civil  gov- 
ernment though  ordained  of  God  is  "founded  in  na- 
ture, not  in  grace,"  and  therefore  that  all  have  equal 
civil  rights,  while  we  abhor  the  idea  of  enforcing  re- 
ligion ,  or  controlling  conscience  by  human  laws  and 
penalties,  as  calculated  to  make  hypocrites,  not  Chris- 
tians, and  savoring  of  the  days  of  priestism,  the  fagot, 
and  the  stake,  we,  at  the  same  time,  as  firmly  believe 
that  atheism  and  priestcraft  are  twins,  and  both  alike 
foes  to  human  liberty  and  welfare. 

We  further  most  firmly  believe  that  a  government 
without  God  has  none  but  lynch  power,  and  is  desti- 
tute of  all  legitimate  authority  to  maintain  civil  order, 
to  swear  a  witness,  to  try  a  criminal,  to  hang  a  mur- 
derer, to  imprison  a  thief  ;  and,  while  we  consider 
government  without  God  as  mere  usurpation,  we  re- 
gard all  religions  and  worships  invented  by  men,  and 
so  having  no  higher  than  human  origin,  as  mere 
swindling  impositions  and  cheats. 

We,  therefore,  solemnly  adopt  and  present  the  fol- 
lowing, as  containing  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  princi- 
ples of  our  government,  by  which  we  intend  to  be 
governed  in  casting  our  votes  : 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold  :  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  government,  and  that  this  fact  should  be  rec- 
ognized in  its  organic  law. 

2.  That  God  requires,  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation  and  sale 
of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage  is  the  true  policy 
on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  charters  of  Masonic  lodges  granted  by  our 
Federal  and  State  Legislatures  must  be  withdrawn 
and  their  oaths  suppressed. 

5.  That  all  secret  lodges,  orders  or  clans,  affecting 
independence  of  our  Government  and  practically  claim- 
that  their  principles  and  rules  are  more  sacred  and 
binding  that  the  laws  of  the  land,  are  treasonable, 
dangerous  and  destructive  of  our  liberties,  legisla- 
tures and  courts. 

6.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13th,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amend- 
ed Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

7.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is  the 
most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  perpet- 
uating a  permanent  peace. 

8.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improv- 
ing the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  them  mere  adepts 
and  experts  ;  therefore  the  Bible  should  be  associated 
with  books  of  science  and  literature  in  all  our  educa- 
tional institutions. 

9.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
countenanced ;  and  that,  sympathizing  with  the  indus- 
trial masses  in  their  effort  to  escape  the  extortion  of 
secret  rin^s,  we  regret  to  see  them  controlled  and 
led,  through  the  intrigues  of  designing  men,  in  the 
lodge  and  grange,  by  the  very  power  against  which 
they  struggle. 

10.  The  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protec- 
tion to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  es- 
sential to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  That  reciprocal  free-trade  is  the  true  basis  of 
commercial  interchange  among  nations,  and  that  a 
gradual  approach  towards  free  competition  in  all  the 
marts  of  trade,  is  the  true  policy  on  the  tariff  question. 

12.  And  filially,  we  demand  for  the  American 
people  the  abolition  of  Electoral  College?,  and  a  direct 
vote  for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United 
o'tates. 


[the    press    on     the     corner-stone CONTINUED      FROM 

THIRD  PAGE.] 

and  Blodgett  had  been  severally  invited  to  lay  the  cor- 
ner-stone in  their  capacities  as  officers  of  the  United 
States.  The  fact  is,  they  were  invited  as  sops  to  pub- 
lic anger,  and  only  as  guests  of  the  Freemasons ! 
Moreover,  Judge  Blodgett  was  not  asked  to  hy  the 
stone,  and  did  not  lay  it.  He  was  invited — he,  a  rep- 
resentative of  the  government — to  participate  in  a 
public  ceremony  usurped  from  the  people  by  a  secret 
society;  and  he,  a  high  judicial  dignitary,  thought  so 
little  of  himself,  and  so  despises  his  high  office  that  he 
accepted  so  incongruous  an  invitation.  There  is  not 
another  United  States  judge  in  the  Northern  States 
who  would  have  stooped  so  low.  When  the  moment 
cftme  in  the  public  performance  of  the  Masonic  ritual, 
the  Grand  High  Worthy  Cockalorum — he  will  excuse 
us  for  not  knowing  his  title — said  to  the  Judge,  •'  By 
the  authority  of  the  ancient  and  venerable  order  of 
Masonry,  I  invite  you  to  scatter  a  little  mortar  on  this 
stone,  as  a  representative  of  the  judiciary," — or  words 
to  that  effect.  Judge  Blodgett  was  thus  publicly  af- 
fronted by  being  invited,  on  the  authority  of  a  secret 
society,  to  play  tenth  fiddle  in  an  affair  with  which 
this  society  had  no  proximate  relation.  Then  the 
Masonic  ritual  was  resumed.  Judge  Blodgett  thinks 
it  less  to  be  a  Judge  of  the  United  States  on  a  United 
States  occasion,  than  to  be  the  obedient  servant  of  a 
private  secret  society.  Alas!  It  is  not  the  first  time 
that  Judge  Blodgett  has  stooped. 

But  the  affair  was  a  failure,  closing  with  a  tragedy. 
The  Knights  Templar  were  banquetting  while  the 
worn-out  letter-carrier  was  dying — the  victim  of  the 
barbarism  called  a  procession.  But  in  heaven's  name, 
if  we  are  ever  to  indulge  in  this  folly  again,  let  the 
weather  be  October,  the  management  such  that  the 
people  will  respect.  If  there  be  any  role  to  which 
Chicago  objects,  it  is  that  of  the  public  fool, — Chic- 
ago Times ^  June  11th, 

FROM  THE  CHICAGO  TRIBUNE,  JUNE  25tH. 

The  effect  of  the  procession  upon  the  individual 
hardly  has  a  parallel  among  natural  phenomenon. 
Your  butcher  or  your  shoemaker  may  be,  and  proba- 
bly is,  a  very  ordinary  man ;  not  blessed  with  wealth 
or  beauty;  having  no  soul-cravings  or  yearning  de- 
sires for  the  Good,  the  True,  and  the  Beautiful;  the 
owner  of  a  brood  of  rather  dirty  and  promiscu- 
ous children ;  with  an  intellect  capable  of  the  scientific 
carving  of  a  sheep  or  skillful  cobbling  of  a  boot. 
There  is  nothing  majestic  or  awful  about  him.  You 
would  not  invite  him  to  your  soiree  asapurawon. 
Indeed,  in  his  morning  call  at  your  house,  your  servant 
receives  him,  and  they  goaip  together  in  a  friendly 
way.  But  once  array  your  butcher  in  a  plug  hat  and 
white  apron ;  throw  an  emblazoned  crimsoned  scarf 
about  his  muscular  shoulders;  put  a  boiled  shirt  on 
him  and  stick  a  rose  in  his  button-hole ;  hang  two  or 
three  tinsel  crosses  and  other  ornaments  on  his  manly 
breast;  and,  if  he  be  a  large  butcher,  let  him  carry  a 
banner  stuck  in  a  pouch,  looking  as  if  it  were  rooted 
in  his  ample  corpus,  and  he  becomes  metamorphosed 
into  another  creature.  As  he  marches  along  in  his 
stately  manner,  keeping  time,  time,  time,  in  a  sort  of 
Runic  rhyme,  to  the  tintinnabulation  of  the  band,  he 
is  an  awful  and  a  mBJestic  being,  who  towers  above 
you  as  you  stand  upon  the  curbstone  and  looks 
down  upon  you  as  one  the  of  the  sans 
culottes.  Yesterday  he  would  have  takenoff  his 
hat  to  you;  today,  if  he  sees  you  at  all,  he  only 
sees  you  as  an  atom ;  one  of  a  thousand,  admiring  him  as 
a  magnificent  being,  only  equaled  by  a  royal  poten- 
tate and  possibly  surpassed  by  a  Sultan  in  the  grand- 
eur of  his  bearing  and  the  gorgeousness  of  his  apparel. 
As  you  retire  to  your  chamber  at  night  with  the  con- 
fused pictures[of  flags,  banners,  crosses,  swords,  aprons, 
horse  collars,  trombones  and  guns  flitting  before  you, 
the  vision  of  this  majestic  creature  appears,  looming  up 
hke  Mont  Blanc  among  lesser  hills.  You  regret  now 
that  only  yesterday  you  vexed  his  very  soul  with  com- 
plaints about  tough  beef;  that  you  were  threatened  to 
discharge  this  awe-inspiring  creature  and  enjoy  anoth- 
er. You  regard  your  dullness  in  not  recognizing  the 
possibilities  lying  dormant  in  him.  and  you  mentally 
resolve  to  make  your  respects  to  him,  the  Thrice  IlJus- 
trous  Prince,  of  Most  Eminent  Grand  Seigneur,  or 
High  and  Top-Lofty  Baron,  commanding  the  Most 
Stunning  Knights  of  Pythagoras,  and  request  the 
pleasure  of  eating  tough  steak  hereafter. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


\\i:  "^^m  ^i^lt, 


Faitli. 

Faith  is  a  very  simple  thing, 

Tliougli  little  iiudcrstood. 
It  frees  the  soul  from  death's  dark  stiiis;, 

By  resting  In  the  iJLOOD, 

It  looks  not  on  the  things  aroun  d, 

Nor  on  the  things  within. 
It  takes  its  flight  to  scenes  ahove, 

Beyond  the  sphere  of  sin. 

It  sees  upon  the  throne  of  God, 

A  victim  that  was  slai  n. 
It  rests  its  all  on  His  shed  blood. 

And  says,  ".'m  born  again." 

Faith  is  not  what  wo  feci  or  see, 

It  is  a  simple  trust, 
In  what  the  God  of  love  has  said 

Of  Jesus,  as  "the  Just." 

What  Jesus  Is,  and  that  alone, 

Is;faith's  delightful  plea. 
It  never  deals  with  sinful  self, 
Nor  righteous  self, in  me. 

It  tolls  me  I  am  counted  "dead,"     . 

By  God  in  his  own  Word  ; 
It  tells  me  I  am  "born  again," 

In  Christ,  my  risen  Lord. 

In  that  He  died.  He  died  to  sin. 

In  that  He  lives— to  God  ; 
Then  I  am  dead  to  nature's  hopes, 

And  jiistifled  through  blood. 

If  He  Is  free,  then  I  am  free. 

From  all  unrighteousness; 
If  he  is  just,  then  I  am  jnst. 

He  is  my  righteousness. 

What  want  I  more  to  perfect  bliss? 

A  body  like  His  own, 
Will  perfect  me  for  greater  joys 

Than  angels  round  the  throne. 

— Select  ed. 


Our  Florida  Correspondent, 
becne. 


Tlie  Bar- 


The  barbecue  consisted  of  twenty 
carcasses  of  mutton,  pork,  pigs  and 
kids  ■well  dres3ecl,  but  entire.  These 
were  opened  along  the  spine,  put  each 
on  wooden  rods  about  five  feet  long, 
and  stretched  across  a  trsnch  which 
had  previously  been  dug  and  filled  full 
with  kindlings,  wood  and  logs.  When 
this  wood  had  all  been  converted  into 
coals  the  broiling  commenced.  Two 
colored  men  stood  on  either  side  taking 
care  that  the  meat  should  cook  evenly, 
and  in  the  mean  time  two  others  with 
long  handled  sops  basted  with  a  prep- 
eration  of  vinegar,  salt  and  water  the 
roasting  meat,  the  sight  of  which  filled 
me  with  amazement,  as  to  what  they 
could  do  with  it  all.  But  about  three 
o'clock  P.  M.  the  problem  was  solved. 
A  lonar  table  was  improvised  for  the 
occasion,  the  cloth  laid;  upon  it  was 
placed  here  and  theie  a  pUte,  pies  of 
all  sorts  and  sizes,  cakes  frosted  and 
plain,  bread  in  quantities,  stuffed  meats, 
stews  and  soups,  which  were  disposed 
of  regardless  of  spoon  or  plate  (you 
see  it  was  a  social  aflFair)  something 
after  the  manner  of  the  Chinese. 
Several  could  eat  from  the  same  plate, 
at  the  same  time.  Some  strange  com- 
binations appeared;  as  one  dish  (a  great 
luxury)  of  broiled  potatoes  prepared  in 
thickened  sour  milk.  Col.  Gary, 
while  playing  the  agreeable  to  our 
Northern  group,  entertained  hiixiscdf 
with  the  rare  combination  of  roast  pork 
and  cake  with  apparent  relish.  When 
the  third  table  full  had  been  jostled  and 
elbowed  to  their  heart's  content,  the 
generous  board  was  cleaned  off,  leaving 
a  meager  amount  for  the  colored  citi- 
zens who  then  crowded  around,  most 
of  them  in  linen  apparel  well  laundried. 
Several  unmistakably  oily  spots  in  the 
region  of  the  pockets  suggested  that 


they  were  willing   to   take    what  they 
could  get. 

By  this  time  thoac  who  had  the  hon- 
or of  the  first  table,  were  on  hand  for 
the  first  dauce,  as  they  had  a  band  en- 
gaged for  that  purpose.  This  had  to 
be  indulged  in,  even  though  the  gentle- 
men had  to  carry  parasols,  as  well 
as  the  ladies,  and  the  fans  were 
eagerly  caught  up  at  each  pause  of  the 
dance.  Ripe-walking,  dancing  and 
swinging,  sports  fool-hardy  enough  for 
the  most  daring,  whilcd  away  the  time 
until  four  o'clock,  when  we  reached 
the  station.  Some  kind  person  had 
hung  half  a  dozen  goards  on  the  sign 
post  at  the  t'lvern  for  the  swallow's 
nests,  and  the  little  birds  wore  just 
trying  their  wings.  They  chattered 
like  young  children.  Right  glad  were 
we  to  hear  the  sound  of  the  approach- 
ing train.  We  arrived  home  at  eight, 
P.M. 

The  Tuesday  following  we  started 
for  our  own  home,  running  back  to  Au- 
gusta and  thence  to  Chattanooga.  We 
had  dust,  cinders  and  sunshine  all  tlie 
way.  A  t  five  nest  morning  we  were  ap- 
proaching the  grand  old  Lookout 
Mountain.  The  country  here  has  a 
rich  soil,  well  wooded  and  watered, 
and  the  little  hamlets  seemed  bathed 
in  worlily  prosperity.  The  ecenery  is 
quite  varied,  rocks,  hille,  mountains, 
but  over  them  all  Lookout  keeps  a 
watchful  eye,  and  uiider  its  shadovv 
many  a  brave  heart  sleeps.  A  large 
cemetery  skirts  an  eastern  slope,  a 
peaceful  resting  place  for  those  who  have 
grown  aweary  in  this  battle  of  life;  and 
a  funeral  cortege  was  winding  its  nar- 
row paths  and  depositing  their  dead. 
The  quiet  of  the  morning  adds  to  the 
stateliness  of  Lookout  as  it  points  to  the 
Eternal  Hiils  where  rests  our  hope, 
while  the  friendly  bosom  of  our  mother 
earth  opens  to  receive  a  portion  of  i!s 
own. 

At  three  o'clock  there  came  a  few 
ominous  drops  and  soon  the  raia  fell  in 
sheets-bathing  the  parched  earth.  This 
called  together  half  a  dozen  planters, 
someofwiiom  followed  that  bminess 
before  the  war.  Most  of  them  were 
quite  grey.  One  could  raise  cotton  at 
ten  cents  a  pound  and  pay  his  help 
every  fortnight,  leaving  him  a  satisfac- 
tory margin,  as  liia  fece  indicated, 
while  others  thought  this  plan  of  regu- 
lar payment  perfectly  disastrous.  Did 
he  not  require  his  workmen  to  find 
their  own  tools  ?  also  to  replace  or  re- 
pair any  damages  ?  Yes,  was  replied 
to  the  last  query ;  no,  to  the  first.  I 
saw  a  little  feeling  exhibited  as  you 
might  suppose  would  be  shown  had  he 
been  a  Northern  man.  He  was  a  South- 
ernor,  however,  and  I  wished  to  thank 
him  for  the  noble  and  dignifisd  stand 
he  took  among  his  fellows  for  the  cause 
of  the  laborer.  May  his  workmen 
never  fail  him!  The  liberal  devviseth 
liberal  things. 

But  this  letter  is  too  long.  In  the 
meantime  the  cars  have  not  been  slow 
in  coming  forward  and  I  am  again  in  the 
smoky,  joyous  city  of  Chicago  once 
more;  for  what  can  take  the  place  of 
honest  work  for  satisfaction. 


A  Plain  Letter  to  a  Pleasure  Lover. 


"  My  Dear- 


Knowlkdgk — the   wing   wherewith 
we  fly  to  heaven. 


I  trust  you  will 
not  be  offended  at  my  speaking  so  faith- 
fully to  you  about  your  soul.  I  have 
been  watching  for  signs  of  grace  in 
you,  but  can  sec  none.  God-  forbid 
that  I  should  be  uncharitable,  but,  you 
know,  the  Lord  Jesus  says  a  tree  is 
known  by  its  fruits.  Now,  the  things 
I  have  seen  and  heard  concerning  you 
are  inconsistent  with  the  grace  of 
God. 

"The  Word  of  God  tells  us  that 
they  who  are  friends  of  the  world  are 
enemies  of  God.  If  any  man  love  the 
world,  the  love  of  the  Father  is  not  in 
him.  '  Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy 
God  with  all  thy  heart.'  '  No  man 
can  serve  two  masters:  ye  cannot  serve 
God  and  Mammon.'  '  Because  thou 
art  luke  warm,  and  neither  cold  nor 
hot,  I  will  spiew  thee  out  of  my  mouth.' 
Rev.   iii.   16. 

"  If  God  be  God,  serve  him.  If 
Batsl  be  God,  serve  him.  A  divided 
heart  God  will  never  accept.  Christ  is 
like  the  woman  mentioned  in  1  Kings 
iii.  20.  The  whole  child,  or  no  child. 
The  devil  is  like  the  other  woman  who 
wanted  the  child  halved.  He  wants 
sinners  to  enjoy  the  pleasures  of  the 
world,  and  hold  Christ,  too;  but  that 
will  never  do.  The  Lion  of  Judah  and 
the  lion  of  hell  can  never  be  yoked 
in  the  same  chariot.  The  Word  of 
God  says,  'Come  out  from  among 
them,  and  be  ye  separate;  touch  not 
the  unclean  thing,  and  I  will  receive 
you.'     2  Cor.  vi.  1*7. 

'*  The  men  who  set  their  affections 
on  the  earth  have  lean  souls.  Their 
Christianity  is  doubtful.  If  they  are 
Christians,  they  will  be  chastened  by 
God  for  serving  other  gods.  They  will 
be  saved  so  as  by  fire.  They  will  get 
a  tasting  of  hell  before  they  enter  heav- 
en. 

"I  hear  of  professing  Christians  who 
spend  six  or  seven  hours  dancing,  or 
in  singing  foolish  songs;  and  never 
spend  an  hour  with  God  in  tlieir  clos- 
ets. Shame  on  them!  I  would  not 
give  a  straw  for  their  chance  of  heav- 
en. They  are  lovers  of  pleasure  more 
than  lovers  of  God.  May  the  Lord 
open  their  eyes.  The  Lord  says  that 
some  fear  him  and  serve  their .  own 
gods.  2  Kings  xvii.  41.  These  are 
not  God's  dear  ones.  Another  set  are 
described  in  the  Word,  'And  they 
came  unto  thee  as  people  cometh,  and 
sit  before  thee  as  my  people,  and  they 
hear  thy  words,  but  they  will  not  do 
them;  for  with  their  mouth  they  show 
much  love,  but  their  heart  goeth  after 
their  covetousneas.'     Ezek.   xxxiii.  31. 

"  Dear ,  read  these  passages  for 

yourself.     You  are  convinced ,  but  not 

converted.     0  dear ,  at   the   peril 

of  your  soul  get  a  true  conversion. 
There  may  be  many  convictions,  and 
yet  no  conversion.  Satan  has  a  coun- 
terfeit grace  for  every  genuine  grace 
of  the  Spirit.  Examine  yourself. 
When  a  man  leaves  the  service  of  Sa- 
tan to  sorve  Christ,  he  gets  a  new  set 
of  tools  altogether,  and  a  new  set  of 
pleasures;  psalms  and  hymns,  and  spir- 
itual songs,  and  holy  joys;  but  the 
Bible  never  speaks  of  your  comic  and 
other  foolish  songfs.  and  there  is  not  a 


word  about  men  and  women  dancing 
country  dances  and  reels,  or  any  such 
thing,  except  they  were  godless  creat- 
ures like  Herodias'  daughter.  O,  now, 
for  your  very  life,  have  done  with  all 
such  things  as  these,  and  'get  holiness 
to  the  Lord.  And  if  once  you  are 
filled  with  the  Spirit,  you  will  have 
pleasures  tliat  will  last  forever. 
Yours,  in  Jesus,  "Robert  Annan." 
The  person  to  whom  he  wrote  the 
above,  acknowledged  he  was  right,  and 
sought  the  Lord  with  many  tears  and 
evidences  of  true  repentance.  Would 
that  many  others  might  hear  and  heed 
the  warning  of  the  man  of  God,  "by 
which  he,  being  dead,  yet  speaketh." 
— The  Christian. 


Care  for  Daughters. 


Would  you  show  your.?elf  really  good 
to  your  daughters  ?  Then  be  generous 
to  them  in  a  truer  sense  than  that  of 
heaping  trinkets  on  their  necks.  Train 
them  for  independence  first,  and  then 
labor  to  give  it  to  them.  Let  them,  as 
soon  as  ever  they  are  grown  up,  have 
some  little  money,  or  means  of  making 
money,  to  be  their  own,  and  teach  them 
how  to  deal  with  it,  without  needing 
every  moment,  somebody  to  help  them. 
Calculate  what  you  give  them  or  will 
bequeath  to  them,  not,  as  is  usually 
done,  on  the  chances  of  their  making  a 
rich  marriage,  but  on  the  probability  of 
their  remaining  single  and  according 
to  the  scale  of  living  to  which  you  have 
accustomed  them,  suppress  their  luxu- 
ries now  if  need  be,  but  do  noi  leave 
them  with  scarcely  bare  necessaries 
hereafter,  in  striking  contrast  to  their 
present  home.  Above  all,  help  them 
to  help  themselves.  Fit  them  to  be 
able  to  add  to  their  own  means  rather 
than  to  be  forever  pinched  and  econo- 
mizing till  their  minds  are  narrowed 
and  their  hearts  are  sick.  Give  them 
all  the  culture  you  can  to  every  power 
which  they  may  possess.  If  they 
should  marry  after  all,  they  will  be  the 
happier  and  the  better  for  it.  If  they 
should  remain  among  the  millions  of 
unmarried,  they'will  bless  you  in  your 
grave,  and  say  of  you  what  cannot  be 
said  of  many  a  doting  parent  by  his 
surviving  child :  '  'My  father  cared  that 
I  should  be  happy  after  his  death  as 
well  as  while  I  was  his  pet   and   toy." 


Does  it  Pay  ? — The  late  Rev.  Leland 
Howard,  of  Rutland,  Vt.,  in  the  faith- 
ful discharge  of  his  pastoral  duties, 
took  occasion  quite  often  to  urge,  per- 
sonally, on  one  of  his  hearers  an  at- 
tention to  religion.  At  length  the  re 
peated  conversation  became  so  distaste- 
ful that,  in  an  irritated  manner,  he  re- 
pelled all  further  advances  by  declar- 
ing most  emphatically  that  if  he  ever 
took  that  liberty  again  he  would  never 
pay  another  cent  toward  his  salary. 
With  no  fear  of  loss  in  this  respect, 
but  with  a  shrewd  knowledge  of  hu- 
man nature,  and  with  a  wisdom  often 
born  of  love,  he  forbore  all  further 
personal  conversation  when  they  met, 
but  he  would  tap  him  on  the  shoulder 
and  simply  ask,  "  Does  it  payf" 

Time  went  on,  and  the  good,  faith- 
ful pastor  crowned  with  years  and  the 
honors  of  a  long  and  useful  life,  went 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


through  the  gate  of  death  to  be  with 
Christ.  Bat  his  words  remained  hke 
a  nail  fastened  by  the  Master  of  as- 
semblies; and  the  man  whose  salvation 
he  so  often  soiiglit  to  eecure  became  a 
Christian.  Tlien  he  told  what  feelings 
that  brief  question  produced.  lie 
said,  '-I  had  rather  he  said  the  whole 
than  to  ask  the  question,  'Does  it 
pay?'  And  O,"  said  he,  *'if  he  were 
only  living  now,  that  I  could  te  11  him 
sojwhat  a  privilege  it  would  be.  ' 


A  llisulo  Story. 


A  tiger,  prowling  in  a  forest,  was 
attracted  by  a  bleating  calf.  It  proved 
to  be  a  bait,  and  th.e  tiger  found  him- 
self trapped  in  a  spring  cage.  There 
he  lay  for  two  days,  when  a  Brahmin 
happened  to  pass  that  way.  "  0 
Bralimin  ! "  piteously  cried  the  beast, 
"  have  mercy  on  me;  let  me  out  of  this 
cage."  "Ah  !  but  you  will  eat  me." 
"  Eat  you  !  devour  my  benefactor  ? 
JSTever  could  I  be  guilty  of  such  a  deed," 
responded  the  tiger.  The  Brahmin, 
being  benevolently  inclined,  was  moved 
by  these  entreaties,  and  opened  the 
door  of  the  cage.  The  tiger  walked  up 
to  him,  wagged  his  tail  and  said: 
"Brahmin,  prepare  to  die;  I  shall  now 
eat  you."  "Oh,  how  ungrateful  I  how 
wicked !  am  I  not  your  savior  ? "  pro- 
tested the  trembling  priest.  "True," 
said  the  tiger,  "  very  true ;  but  it  is  the 
custom  of  my  race  to  eat  a  man  when 
we  get  a  chance,  and  I  can  not  afford 
to  let  you  go. "  "  Let  us  submit  the 
case  to  an  arbitrator,Ji»gaid  the  Brah- 
min. ' '  Here  comes  a  fox.  The  fox  is 
wise;  let  us  abide  by  his  decision." 
"Very  well,"  replied  the  tiger.  The 
fox,  assuming  a  judicial  aspect,  sat  on 
his  haunches  with  all  the  dignity  he 
could  muster,  and  looking  at  the  dis- 
putants, he  said  :  ''  Good  friends,  I 
am  somewhat  confused  at  the  different 
accounts  which  you  give  of  this  matter; 
my  mind  is  not  clear  enough  to  render 
equitable  judgment,  but  if  you  will  be 
kind  enough  to  act  the  whole  transac- 
tion before  my  eyes,  I  shall  attain  unto 
a  more  definite  conception  of  the  case. 
Do  you,  Mr.  Tiger,  show  me  just  how 
you  approached  and  entered  the  cage, 
and  then  you,  Mr.  Brahmin,  show  me 
how  you  liberated  him,  and  I  shall  be 
able  to  render  a  proper  decision." 
They  assented,  for  the  fox  was  solemn 
and  oracular.  The  tiger  walked  into 
the  cage,  and  the  spring-door  fell  and 
shut  him  in.  lie  was  a  prisoner. 
The  judicial  expression  faded  from  the 
fox's  countenanee,  and  turning  to  the 
Brahmin,  he  said  :  ''I  advise  you  to 
go  home  as  fast  as  you  can,  and  ab- 
stain, in  future,  from  doing  favors  to 
rascally  tigers.  Good  morning,  Brah- 
min: sood  morninp-,  tia-er. " — Ex, 


wholesome  moderation.  Show  that 
you  care  for  cliaracter  above  all  else. 
—Rkv,  II.  W.  Foote. 


Most  people  need  all  the  strength 
which  a  high  toned  public  opinion  can 
give  them  to  keep  thc-ra  true  to  their 
conscience  and  their  God;  and  that 
opinion  is  partly  formed  by  what  we 
do  and  what  we  are.  Strive  earnestly, 
then,  to  order  your  life  with  a  wise 
simplicity.  Be  frugal  in  the  shows, 
and  generous  in  the  substances  of  life. 
Set  the  example,  so  greatly  needed,  o 


In  the  progress  of  the  Spanish  wars 
in  Italy  under  Gonsalvo,  it  was  ar- 
ranged that  a  contest  should  be  decid- 
ed by  a  tourney  between  eleven  French 
and  an  equal  number  of  Spanish  cav- 
aliers. Neither  party  gained  a  decided 
victory.  The  Spanish  knights  comfort- 
ed themselves  that  they  had  not  been 
defeated,  and  one  remarked,  "we  have 
shown  ourselves  as  good  horsemen  as 
the  French."  '^  I  sent  you  for  beiter" 
was  the  cool  and  reproving  reply  of 
Gonsalvo.  Christian  soldiers  should 
not  content  themselves  with  doing  no 
worse  than  men  of  the  world.  Their 
Lord  and  Leader  &ends  them  for  "brt- 
ter." 


Have  you  not  often  wondered  at  the 
human  utterances  of  the  Divine  Word? 
It  thunders  like  God,  and  yet  weeps 
like  man.  It  seems  impossiole.  that 
anything  should  be  too  liitie  for  the 
Word  of  God  to  notice,  or  too  bitter,  or 
even  too  sinful  for  that  book  to  over- 
look. It  touches  humanity  at  all  points. 
Everywhere  it  m  a  personal,  familiar 
acquaintance,  and  seems  to  say  to  itself, 
"Shall  I  hide  this  thing  from  Abraham 

my  frient!  ?"  — Spurgeon. 

«-♦-&. 

'if  the  ax  be  blunt,  and  he  do  not 
whet  the  edge,  then  must  he  put  to 
more  strength."  A  little  skill  expend- 
ed in  sharpening  the  edge,  will  save  a 
great  deal  of  strength  in  wielding  the 
hatchet. 


Cl|if{kit'$  imm. 


A  Little  Sliarp  Fellow « 


There's  a  bright  little  fellow,  dressed 
in  a  suit  of  brown,  that  lives  in  -your 
desk,  and  since  you're  getting  so  very 
learned,  of  course  you  want  to  know 
about  him. 

When  I  was  young  I  ufed  to  make 
them  for  myself,  but  it  takes — oh, 
dozens  of  men  and  women  and  boys  and 
girls  to  make  one  for  you. 

Mine  were  made  of  quills  from  the 
stately  goose,  but  the  material  for  yours 
is  dug  from  the  dark  holes  of  earth. 
I  must  admit,  though,  that  yours  are 
much  better  than  mine  were — as  cheap, 
and  a  thousand  times  leas  troublesome. 

You've  guessed  before  now,  haven't 
you,  that  I  mean  your  steel  pen  ?  I 
wish  you  could  go  in  Gillott's  manu- 
factory and  see  how  bars  of  steel  are 
cut  and  rolled  and  stamped  and  polish- 
ed into  dainty  pens.  But  you  have  to 
go  to  England  to  do  that,  and  I  don't 
believe  you  can,  just  yet.  So  I'll  tell 
you  about  it. 

The  steel  comes  from  the  Sheffield 
iron-works,  and  the  first  operation  in 
the  pen  factory  is  to  cut  it  into  strips 
a  yard  long  and  four  inches  wide. 

You  don't  see  how  they  can  cut  the 
steel.  Well,  they  couldn't  cut  it  if 
they  had  onl;v  the  strength  of  men; 
but  they  use  the  same  useful  servant 
that  carries  our  messages,  draws  our 
railroad-cars,  warws  our  houses,  and 
makes  nearly  everything  we  use — 
steam.  With  the  help  of  steam  power 
it  is  as  easy  to  cut  steel  as  for  you  to 
cut  an  apple;  and   not  only   to  cut  it 


into  strips  but  to  roll  it  out  thin  enough 
for  pens. 

And  that  isn't  all  steam  does.  It 
makes  all  the  rollers  and  stamps  and 
presses  and  grind  stones  and  chigelts 
that  I  am  going  to  tell  you  about. 

To  go  back  to  our  pens.  When  the 
steel  is  rolled  thin  enouf^h,  the  pens 
are  cut  out  just  as  you've  seen  cook  cut 
biscuits,  only  the  girl  who  uses  the 
cutter  holds  the  sheet  of  steel,  and  the 
cutter  goes  by  steam.  The  cutter  h 
made  of  hard  steel,  and  v^orks  all  the 
tim?^  up  and  dovrn  like  a  stamp.  The 
girl  moves  the  etsel  around,  and  every 
time  the  stamp  comes  down  it  bites  out 
a  pen,  or  the  outside  shape  of   a    p^n. 

As  it  is  cut  it  falls  into  a  box,  and 
from  that  goes  to  another  girl  at  anoth- 
er starcping  machine.  One  by  one  the 
girl  puts  the  flat  bits  of  steel  under  the 
stamp  which  comes  down  and  cuts  the 
hole  at  the  top  of  the  split — or  where 
the  split  will  be.  Then  thoueands  of 
them  together  go  into  a  mDffi?. 

That  has  a  mysterious  sound,  avid 
somthov/  suggests  EmotheriBg,  but  it 
really  is  merely  an  innocent  earth- 
em  box,  which  goes  into  a  furnace  for 
the  purpose  of  annealing  the  pens.  I 
needn't  tell  you  again  that  annealing 
is  only  Goftening. 

When  they  are  cool  they  go  to 
another  girl,  with  another  stamp,  and 
this,  coming  down  in  its  irresistible 
way,  prints  in  the  maker's  name. 

Have  you  a  pen  you  can  look  at? 
Let  me  see — I  hava  one.  The  stamp 
says,  "Joseph  Gillott's  Pen,"  and 
there's  a  ewao  and  the  number  332  on  it. 
Perhaps  your  pef,  if  you  find  one,  is 
number  303,  as  that  is  a  favorite  school 
pen. 

When  the  name  is  on  they  are 
ready  to  be  rounded  up:  for  till  now, 
you  know,  they  have  been  only  flat 
pieces  of  steel,  Another  girl,  with 
another  stamp,  presses  them  into  their 
half-round  shape  in  an  Instant,  aiid 
then  they  are  hardened  again, 

Do  you  know  how  they  harden  steel? 
I  told  you  how  they  soften  it.  Well, 
it  seems  rather  odd,  but  they  go  to 
work  in  exactly  the  same  way  that 
they  do  to  soften  it:  they  heat  the 
pens  again,  hi  another  muffle,  red-hot. 
Bnt  instead  of  letting  them  cool  slowly, 
as  they  do  to  soften  them,  the  work- 
men plunge  the  hot  pens  into  oil.  A 
greasy  bath,  it's  true ;  but  it  cock  them 
suddenly,  and  makes  them  hard  yet 
elastic,  so  they  will  bead  aa  you  write. 
They're  dreadfully  sticky  and  unpleas- 
ant to  handle,  however;  c-o  thoueanda 
of  them  are  put  into  a  tin  barrel  (did 
you  ever  hear  of  a  tin  barrel  ?)  and  shak- 
en violently  for  a  long  time  by  the 
same  stet-.m-power  that  drives  the 
stamps. 

All  this  snapping  of  stamps  and  rat- 
tling of  tin  barrels  full  of  pens  make 
a  horrid  noise,  I  can  tell  you.  You 
need  to  leave  your  nerves  at  home 
when  you  go  to  a  steel-pen  factory— 
that  is  if  you  have  any  nerves. 

The  mad  dance  of  the  pens  is  not 
yet  over.  They  come  out  of  a  barrel 
into  a  box  with  eand  and  other  scour- 
ing things,  and  there  they  have  anoth- 
er horrible  shaking, 

This  leaves  them  cleou  and  bright 
and  ready  for  another  lot  of  girls.     The 


first  one  takes  a  pen  in  a  pair  of  pliers, 
holds  it  an  instant  to  the  emery-wheel 
— which  does  nothing  but  fly  around 
all  day — that  grinds  off  the  point. 

The  next  girl  tak«es  it,  lays  it  in  a 
groove  msde  exactly  to  fit  it,  and  down 
comes  a  sharp  chisel  that  cuts  the  split 
in  a  second.  That's  the  last  stainp 
and  the  last  cut  for  the  little  pen. 

Now  it  mu&t  be  colored.  Perhaps 
you  don't  know  your  pens  are  colored, 
but  if  you  look  at  one  you'll  see  it  isn't 
the  color  of  your  knife-blade.  It  is 
blue  or  brown,  and  it  got  its  color  not 
in  a  dye  tub,  but  by  being  heated  in  a 
metal  box  over  a  chsrcoal  fire. 

The  workman — not  a  girl  this  time — 
watches  them  very  carefully,  and  when 
they  are  exactly  right  snatches  them 
eft',  They  now  have  their  color,  but 
they  must  have  a  luster,  a  "shine," 
before  they're  nice  enough  to  live  in 
your  desk.  For  this  they  go  into  a 
bath  of  some  liqaids.  and  are  dried 
again  before  being  shut  up  in  little  box- 
es, I  don't  know  how  many  dozens  to- 
gether. You've  seen  them  many  a 
time. 

There  are  some  funny  pens  in  Gil- 
lott's show  room,  some  so  large  as  to 
need  both  hands  to  hold  one,  and 
others  so  email  you  need  a  microscope 
to  see  the  split — regular  fairie's  pens?. 
Why,  a  gross  of  them  will  go  into  a  nut 
shell — not  a  cocoa-nut  either,  but  a 
Barcelona  nut  shell. 

The  first  st^l  pens  sold  for  one  dollar 
apiece;  now  you  can  buy  them  at  the 
factory  for  one  cent  a  gross ! 

Don't  tell  me  you  don't  know  that  a 
gross  is  tvj'clve  dozen ! 

I  want  to  tell  you  something  very 
wonderful  that  the  iron  and  steel  work- 
ers have  done  of  late.  It  is  almost  too 
wonderful  to  be  true. 

They  have  with  their  immense  roll- 
ers, made  iron  into  sheets  thinner  than 
the  thinnest  tissue-paper  you  ever  saw 
— of  which  sheets  it  would  take  forty- 
eight  hundred  in  a  pile  to  be  an  inch 
thick.  Why,  two  hundred  and  forty 
sheets  of  ordinary  note  paper  make  an 
inch.  Think  of  taking  twenty  of  the 
marvelous  iron  sheets  to  be  as  thick  as 
one  of  paper ! 

And  this  wonderful  paper,  as  it  is 
called,  can  be  written  on  and  sent  as  a 
letter. 

I  must  tell  you  the  story  of  the  iron 
cob-webb. 

To  the  W\-)rld's  Fair,  in  1851,  an 
American  in  Pittsburg  sent  a  sheet  of 
iron  paper  a  good  deal  thinner  than  let- 
ter-paper, but  not  so  thin  as  tissue. 
The  English  iron-rollers  did  not  like  to 
be  outdone  by  an  American,  of  course, 
so  Lhey  set  their  wits  and  their  rollers 
to  work  to  beat  this,  Gillott,  the  steel 
pen  man,  rolled  one  very  thin.  It 
took  eighteen  hundred  to  make  an 
inch, — but  another  English  factory — a 
tin  factory — made  the  very  thin  one  I 
told  you  of. 

So  far  in  the  contest  Eugland  is  a- 
head.  Whether  that  Pittsburgh  man 
will  allow  himself  to  be  beaten  by  an 
Eaalish  workman  we  shall  see,  I 
shouldn't  wonder  if  he  was  rolling 
away  now  night  and  day  to  beat  that 
Englishman.  Should  you? — Morning 
Star. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Commencemeut  at  Wlieaton. 


The  exercises  of  t'oe  fourteentb  anni- 
versary of  Wheaton  College  began  on 
Thursday  evening.  June  25tb,  with  an 
address  before  the  Society  of  Irquiry 
by  Dr.  Lyman  Whiting,  of  Janesville, 
Wis. 

On  the  Sabbatli  following  the  Bacca- 
laureate sermon  was  preached  by  Pres. 
Bianchard  from  Matthew  xxvii.  22  : 
"What  shall  I  do  then  with  Jesus 
which  is  called  Christ  ?"  This  question 
of  Pilate  was  applied  to  the  relation  of 
civil  governments  to  the  Christian  re- 
ligion. In  the  evening  he  preached  a 
companion  discourse  on  the  relation  of 
education  and  public  schools  to  Christi- 
anity. 

The  annual  exhibition  of  the  Liter- 
ary Union  on  Monday  evening  was  con- 
sidered one  of  the  best  of  its  kind. 

Tuesday  was  Alumni  day  and  was 
conducted  as  usual  with  a  social  reuni- 
on in  the  afternoon  and  literary  exer- 
cises in  the  evening.  The  latter  were 
an  essay  by  Miss  L.  A.  Wheaton, 
Lady  Principal  of  Hedding  College, 
111.,  and  an  address  by  L.  N.  Stratton, 
editor  of  the  Americafi  Wesleyan,  Syra- 
cuse, N.  Y.,  on  "Mastering  the  Situa- 
tion." The  essay  described  the  pro- 
gress of  modern  thought  the  growth  of 
ideas  and  ultimate  triumph  of  right 
principles  and  was  followed  very  ap- 
propriately by  the  song,  "Men  of 
Thought  and  Men  of  Action,  Clear  the 
Way,"  by  the  well-known  singer,  Geo. 
W.  Clark,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.  The 
address  was  a  masterly  one  delivered 
in  Mr.  Stratton's  enthusiastic  style  ; 
full  of  earnest  thought  and  apt  illustra- 
tions, not  among  the  least  of  which 
was  a  brief  history  of  his  own  experi- 
ence as  a  student  working  his  way 
through  difficulties  and  poverty. 

Commencement  followed  on  Wed- 
nesday. The  day  was  cool  and  beau- 
tifully bright,  in  pleasing  contrast  with 
the  fierce  heat  which  so  often  prevails 
on  such  occasions.  The  spacious  chap- 
el was  early  filled  with  a  fine  audience 
in  which  were  numerous  visitors  and 
friends  from  Chicago  and  the  towns  in 
northern  Illinois.  The  walls,  rostrum 
and  chandeliers  were  tastefully  decor- 
ated with  flowers,  evergreen  and  oak 
leaves. 

The  exercises  commenced  with  good 
old  "Cornation,"  in  which  all  joined, 
and  prayer  by  Rev.  Lucien  Farnham, 
of  Newark,  111.  The  exercises  of  the 
graduating  class  were  introduced  by 
Misa  Mercy  G.  Bailey  with  a  Saluta- 
tory and  essay  on  "To-day."  Com- 
mencement day  was  hailed  as  a  glori- 
ous one  not  on  acccount  of  the  achieve- 
ments of  the  class,  but  because  of  the 
possibilities  it  revealed.  The  influence 
of  men  and  principles  form  a  great  part 
of  the  living  present  ;  and  the  evils  in 
government,  religion  and  society  were 
pictured.  The  present  was  a  glorious 
day  because  it  would  usher  in  an  era 
of  justice  in  governments,  and  of  revi- 
val in  the  church.  The  spirit  of  great 
events  walks  before  the  body,  to-mor- 
row. 

Miss  Maud  L,  Bereman,  of  St.  Louis, 
Mo.,  followed,  after  a  finely  rendered 
anthem  by  the  college  choir  under  the 
lead  of  Prof.  Baker,  with  an  essay  on 


"Liberty  in  the  Last  Decade."'  The 
aspirations  of  the  human  loul,  as  each 
advancing  step  opened  new  vistas  of 
knowledge,  and  its  progress  toward 
liberty  in  our  own  emancipation  of  the 
slave,  in  the  unification  of  the  German 
States,  the  unshackling  of  Italy,  Spain 
and  France  were  well  described.  But 
the  direst  bondage,  of  sin,  must  yet  be 
shaken  ofi"  ere  the  conscience  is  free. 
Men  must  learn  that  the  great  Libera- 
tor is  Christ. 

Miss  Mary  E,  Nash,  of  Belvidere, 
III.,  read  a  poem  on  the  "Ideal  and 
the  Real."  The  work  of  the  imagina- 
tive faculty  in  leading  to  great  discov- 
eries, well  as  in  forming  individual 
character  were  displayed.  All  toilers 
for  the  good  of  their  kind  have  a  lofty 
purpose  in  their  souls  of  whose  great 
worth  they  are  assured 

"In  the  sweet  dawn  of  liberty  and  truth." 

Mr.  F.  J.  T.  Fischer,  of  Obeilin,  0, , 
pronounced  au  oration  on  '  'The  Franco^ 
Prussian  War  : — A  Conflict  of  Princi- 
ples, in  a  manner  to  interest  the  audi- 
ence. The  conflicting  principles  were 
Christianity  and  French  atheism.  Na- 
poleon said  he  could  by  a  single  bulle- 
tin change  his  army  into  Mohamme- 
dans. The  mind  of  the  French  people 
was  blinded  and  corrupted  by  atheistic 
principles.  Germany,  immediately  ad- 
adjoining,  was  a  Christian  nation,  and 
viewed  with  horror  the  position  of 
France.  Conflict  was  inevitable,  nor 
can  there  be  harmony  until  Christian 
principles  prevail  in  both  nations. 

The  Valedictory  with  an  oration  on 
the  "Philosophy  of  Plant  Life"  was 
pronounced  by  Royal  F.  Morgan,  of 
Aurora,  111..  The  subject  was  made 
interesting  by  a  consideration  of  the 
place  of  vegetable  life  in  the  economy 
of  nature,  in  providing  such  elements 
as  supported  animal  life,  and  by  a  wise 
distribution  gave  rise  to  many-winged 
commerce  and  its  multifoim  relations. 

The  Master's  Oration  by  W.  B. 
Lloyd,  of  St.  Charles,  111,,  on  "The 
Dignity  of  Labor"  was  a  worthy  theme, 
well  handled  and  appreciated.  Re?. 
R.  B,  HowarJ,  of  Princeton,  111.,  gave 
the  address  to  the  Literary  Societies  on 
"Manners."  He  deprecated  thecoarse- 
ness  and  ribaldry  of  the  press  and  of 
our  legislative  bodies,  and  related  a 
conversation  with  Thaddeus  Stevens  on 
his  death-bed.  Mr.  Stevens  said  to 
him  (the  speaker)  ''Pray  for  me!" 
"Why  do  you  wish  me  to  pray  for 
you  ?"  was  asked.  "That  God  may 
give  me  a  new  heart,"  he  replied.  The 
Catholics  crowded  around  the  dying 
man  and  performed  their  idle  ceremoni- 
es and  claimed  the  "Great  Commoner"as 
their  prey,  but  they  could  not  change 
the  honest  purpose  of  his  soul. 

Pres,  Blanchard  conferred  the  usual 
degree,  upon  the  graduating  class,  and 
also  that  of  A.  M,  on  W.  B.  Lloyd  and 
E.  H.  Killmer  of  "71,  also  on  Mrs.  M. 
E.  Cook,  of  Chicago,  Mrs.  Jennie  Cald- 
well, of  Shanahan,  111. ,  and  Miss  Read, 
Lady  Principal,  the  degree  of  "Artium 
Magistra." 

The  music  was  of  an  excellent  char- 
acter. Several  anthems  were  sung  in 
an  inspiring  manner  by  the  college 
choir  led  by  Prof.  Baker,  and  two  vio- 
lin solos  by  Mr.  Lewis,  of  Chicago, 
were  exquisitely  performed. 


A.n  efl'ort  to  secure  fucds  for  the 
College  Building  fund,  seconded  by  a 
song  by  Geo.  W.  Clark,  of  Rochester, 
N.  Y.,  resulted  in  subscriptions 
amounting  to  $850. 

The  customary  social  reunion  of  stu- 
dents and  friends  of  the  college  was  held 
in  the  college  parlors  in  the  evening  and 
was  an  occasion  enjoyed  by  all  present. 
Mr,  Clark  and  daughter  added  to  the 
pleasure  of  the  evening  by  their  pow- 
ers of  song. 

Correspondence. 


[concluded.] 
friends  in  that  town.  Two  years  ago 
we  formed  an  association  opposed  to 
secret  societies  in  this  place,  but  from 
what  we  could  learn  it  was  as  good  as 
dead. 

We  had  hoped  to  bring  it  to  life 
again,  but  Satan  hindered .  All  that  we 
did  here  was  to  sell  a  few  books  and 
speak  to  a  few  of  the  townsmen  from 
the  platform  in  front  of  the  store  and 
post-office,  and  sold  a  Morgan  book  to 
a  Freemason.  This  circumstance ,  with 
an  other  fact,  that  he  wished  to  have 
the  reading  of  the  "Broken  Seal,"  if 
any  one  would  bring  one  and  lend  it  to 
him,  that  he  will  find  his  way  out  of 
the  lodge,  and  as  I  understood,  he 
came  out  quite  bright  in  religion  last 
winter.  One  thing  is  very  evident,  if 
be  continues  to  cling  to  the  lodge,  he 
will  make  shipwreck  of  faith. 

I  am  more  and  more  convinced  of 
the  need  of  our  publications  being 
spread  broad  cast  ali  over  our  land. 
Their  tendency  is  remarkable  in  un- 
stopping deaf  ears,  and  opening  of 
blind  eyes,  and  thus  paving  the 
way  for  the  lecturer.  Like  our  holy 
Christianity,  there  must  be  "  line  upon 
line,  here  a  little,  and  there  a  little,' 
and  with  the  blessing  of  Him  who  said, 
"in  secret  have  I  said  nothing,"  may 
expect  to  see  this  whole  continent  re- 
deemed from  under  this  reign  of  ter- 
ror. We  must  admit  one  fact,  that 
this  curse  entailed  must  be  overcome 
or  removed,  or  civil  war   is   inevitable. 

The  church  as  well  as  the  state, 
must  be  relieved  from  having  any  com- 
plicity with  dramshops  and  secret  fra- 
ternities, or  both  will  go  to  ruin. 

It  has  been  said  that  every  dog 
must  have  his  day.  I  think  that  these 
two  dogs  have  been  allowed  to  run 
till  both  are  rabid,  and  now  for  the 
safety  '{pi  the  country,  let  them  both 
be  killed  buried  in  the  saine  dis- 
honored grave  by  the  side  of  that 
other  bad  dog,  that  had  to  be  dis- 
patched more  than  tea  years  ago,  and 
then  let  Heaven  and  earth  rejoice. 
J,  B.  Nesskll. 


Coruer-Stone   Letters. 


Chicago,  Juae  24th,  1874. 
Uds,  Cynosure: — The  big  jack-daws 
are  here  and  with  their  sole  stock  of 
capital  of  brass  and  impudence  have 
vanquished  the  citizens  and  learned 
them  to  keep  down  in  their  places 
when  the  most  worshipful  Masons  are 
about,  who  own  the  mud  silh  and  their 
Freemason  Hessians,  and  who  are  en- 
titled to  a  royal  court  circle  and  to  rule 
the  nations.  They  have  supplanted  the 
citizen,  in  what  was  his  right  and  forced 
themselves  upon  the  public,  creating  a 

X 


stench  in  the  nostrils  of  every  honest 
citizen.  The  craft  came  well  nigh  be- 
ing defeated  by  the  bold  discussion  and 
opposition  they  met  here,  and  were 
compelled  to  have  resource  to  strategy, 
brazen  impudence  and  unblushing 
falsehood.  They  chuckled  much  at 
their  assertion  that  they  would  get  a 
District  Court  Judge  to  do  their  job. 
The  time  having  come  Judge  Blodgett 
preceded  to  execute  the  task  assigned 
him — the  Grand  Worshipful  Master 
Mason,  in  the  most  dictorial  and  usurp- 
ing manner  moved  the  Judge  uncere- 
moniously away.  To  conciliate  the 
outraged  public  they  appointed  one  of 
the  outsiders.  If  they  were  appointed 
to  do  the  work  why  did  they  make  this 
dodge  and  concession.  Our  Republic 
must  organize  its  scattered  members 
opposed  to  secret  societies  and  their 
dupes  whom  they  plunder.  Let 
them  be  styled  Patriots  or  American 
Patriots,  for  upon  them  devolves  to 
sustain  this  free  government  and  com- 
mon schools  and  Christianity,  You 
have  a  prevaricating,  wily  foe  to  grap- 
ple with,  but  united  efl'ort  will  rend 
them  as  lightning  rends  the  gnarled 
oak.  Organize  to  give  them  no  votes, 
no  patronage  and  to  give  aid  to  obtain 
a  fair  trial  by  jury.  Remember 
it  is  almost  impossible  to  get  a  trial  by 
jury  in  Chicago  courts  by  one  not  be- 
longing to  a  nest  of  secret  societies — if 
the  opponent  is  a  Mason,  a  wink  sends 
the  case  to  the  dogs,  irrespective  of 
merit.  The  Masons  here  who  invited 
the  old  imbecile  (Richardson)  at  Wash- 
ington to  invite  them  to  lay  the  stone, 
must  be  inforURd  that  intelligence  is 
too  general  here  for  importing  the  des- 
potism of  foreign  countries, 

O.S.  O. 


Wellington,  111., 
June  30th,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure: 

We  specially  call  your  attention  to 
the  coolness  and  effrontery  with  which 
the  lodge,  through  its  representatives, 
replied  to  our  protest  from  Syracuse  to 
he  President,  Our  protest  should 
have  been  put  in  the  cornerstone  to- 
gether with  as  much  more  as  we  could 
have  got  in  there  including  all  our 
tracts,  "Morgan's  Illustrations"  and  a 
short  statement  of  the  murder  of  Mor- 
gan, and  the  ''cheek"  the  fraternity 
exhibited  after  having  murdered  Mor- 
gan in  ofi"6ring  to  support  Mrs.  Morgan 
and  her  children!  This  same  clan 
with  their  death  penalties  unchanged, 
with  their  "cut-throat"  oaths  and  de- 
grading initiations  have,  with  all  their 
modesty  and  disposition  '  'not  to  appear 
in  public,"  just  been  coaxed  and  in- 
duced to  lay  our  corner-stone  for  a 
great  building  in  the  chief  city  of  the 
north-west.  J.  S.  Hickman. 


m  ym 


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"The  most  Scbiptukal,  beautiful  and  appro- 
PBiATB  Marriage  Certiflcate  I  have  ever  seen."— 
Late  Rev.  H,  Mattisun,  D.D. 

"Something  nbw  and  beautiful,  which  we 
pronounce  the  handsomest  thing  of  the  kind  we 
ever  laid  eyes  on."— Jtfe^A.  Home  Journal,  Phila. 
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tlkku  mumnt^* 


— The  Reformed  Episcopal  cliuvch  established  by 
Bishop  Cummins  last  winter,  now  numbers  about 
twenty  ministers  and  thirteen  hundred  members. 

— In  1873  there  were  registered  in  England  and 
Wales,  the  names  of  2,317  Baptist  minlstert'.  The 
list  for  London  and  vicinity  numbers  tl9  names. 

— As  an  instance  of  the  retrenchment  in  mission 
boards  the  Baptist  Home  Mission  Board  have  dismissed 
its  three  secretaries  and  chosen  one  in  their  place,  Dr. 
E,  E.  L*.  Taylor,  This  saves  office  expense  to  the 
amount  of  $5,400. 

— The  Congregational  church  of  Henniker,  N.  11. , 
which  lately  celebrated  its  104th  anniversary,  has 
sent  out  from  its  little  baud  eighteen  ministers  and 
missionaries,  or  one  for  every  thirty  of  the  whole 
number  of  its  members  since  its  foundation. 

— The  amount  raised  for  foreign  missions  in  the 
Presbyterian  church  the  past  year  exceeded  that  of 
the  previous  jear  $5,000,  making  an  ago're^ate  of 
over  $653,  000.  Of  this  amount,  over  $87,000  were 
raised  by  the  Woman's  Missionary  Associations,  and 
over  $27,  OOO  by  the  children.  There  has  been  an 
ddition  of  about  1,400  members  to  the  mission 
hurches,  making  an  increase  of  about  25  per  cent,  on 
he  previous  membership, 

— The  EpiscopaJ  Convention  of  the  diocese  of  Vir- 
ginia, at  its  late  session,  had  a  warm  discussion  on  the 
subject  of  temperance.  The  report  offered  by  the 
minority  of  the  committee  on  that  subject  was  adopt- 
ed by  a  vole  of  385  to  38.  It  provides  as  an  amend- 
ment to  the  general  rules,  that  any  person  making, 
buying,  selling,  or  using  as  a  beverage,  intoxicating 
liquor,  shall  be,  upon  conviction,  debarred  from  mem- 
bership in  the  church. 

— The  New  York  Mail,  in  commenting  on  the  late 
ecclesiastical  trial  of  this  city,  says  forcibly :  "The 
clergy  of  aiy  denomination  are  bound  by  its  canons 
and  doctrines.  If  any  doctrine  is  too  harshly  ex- 
pressed, or  seems  in  the  way  of  Christian  growth,  let 
ita  amendment  or  ejection  be  discussed  and  agi'.ated 
until  the  written  creed  corresponds  with  the  actual 
belief  of  coramanlcants,  But  it  is  demoi-nlizing  for 
preachers  who  nominally  assent  to  a  creed  to  treat  any 
part  of  it  as  obsolete  and  of  no  effect.  If  any  one  of 
them  feels  the  bonds  of  this  creed  are  too  close  or  irk- 
some, let  him  exercise  the  American  right  of  bolting 
and  select  more  congenial  company." 

— The  work  of  Christianizing  India  has  not  been 
undertaken  in  vain.  A  late  writer  says  of  its  pros- 
pects: ''Statistical  facts  can  in  no  way  convey  any 
adequate  idea  of  the  work  done  in  any  part  of  India. 
The  effect  is  often  enormous,  where  there  has  not  been 
a  single  avowed  conversion,  and  is  manifested  in  very 
different  ways,  according  to  the  nationality,  the  creed, 
and  even  the  professions  in  life,  and  place  of  residence, 
urban  or  rural,  of  the  native  community."  And  an- 
other says :  ' '  A  revolutionary  change  is  in  progress, 
and  it  seems  not  improbable  that  this  generation  will 
not  pass  away  before  the  Christian  churches  of  India 
will  have  gathered  in  many  millions  of  the  population 
to  the  one  fold  and  the  one  Shepherd." 

— With  the  close  of  March,  the  Secretary  and  Gen- 
eral Agent  of  the  Missschusetts  Sabbath-school  So- 
ciety, Dr.  Bullard,  completed  forty  years  of  labor  in 
that  office.  During  this  period,  in  his  work  as  Gen- 
eral Agent,  he  made  2,933  visits  in  nearly  800  differ- 
ent towns  and  parishes,  preached  or  gave  addresses 
5,915  times,  and  travelled  about  230,000  miles.  He 
has  probably  addressed  between  a  million  and  a  hall 
and  two  millions  of  persons,  perhaps  more  than  five 
hundred  thousand  different  persons,  and  a  large  por- 
tion of  them  many  times.  For  ten  years,  at  the  com- 
mencement of  his  labors,  he  edited  "  The  Sabbath- 
school  Visitor,"  and  for  three  years  assisted  in  edit 
ing  "The  Congregational  Visitor,"  both  monthly  pe- 
riodicals of  the  Society ;  and  for  the  past  thirty  years 
he  has  edited  "  The  WeJl-Spring,"  which  is  published 
weekly. 


procession  with  a  man  guilty  for  the  first  time.  We 
were  in  the  golden  c'ty  six  weeks,  and  this  was  the 
only  drunken  man  we  saw.  They  are  forbidden  to 
use  opium  or  to  gamble."  And  we  presume  they 
have  no  laws  licensing  a  class  of  men  to  make  drunk- 
ards, for  a  congideratiou.  This  is  left  f^jr  civilized 
communities. 

— While  a  great  revival  has  been  and  is  still  going 
on  under  the  labors  of  brethren  Moody  and  Sankey,  in 
Sootlaud,  a  similar  work  has  been  undertaken  in 
Russia  by  an  English  Lord  Radstock.  Several  years 
ago,  literally  obeying  the  word  of  Jesus,  he  gave  away 
his  personal  fortune  and  devoted  his  life  to  the  work 
of  an  evangelist.  His  labors  in  St.  Petersburg  have 
been  among  the  aristocratic  classes,  mainly  with  the 
women.  A  St,  Petersburg  journal,  while  with  an 
effort  to  ridicule  this  revival,  states  several  interesting 
facts.  It  says:  "Balls  are  forgotten,  and  fine 
dresses  discarded;  the  fair  owners  having  taken  to  lov- 
ing Christ  and  receiving  instructions  from  a  modern 
English  apostle.  Even  the  male  portion  of  our  fash- 
ionable society  is  beginning  to  be  affected  with  a  pre- 
dilection for  ProtestEinti.sm."  It  also  mentions  re- 
marks lately  made  by  some  of  the  noble  ladies  about 

Lord   Radstock   and    his   doctriuee.      Princess  G 

exclaimed:  "I  only  now  know  what  the  religion  of 
Christ  really  is.  It  is  Protestantism."  Princess  P — 
declared:  "Protestantism  is  the  only  religion  I  ever 
understood.  It  is  based  upon  love;  not  upon  rite  and 
ceremony,  as  is  ours."  The  religioa  of  eacraments  is 
the  only  religion  these  people  have  hitherto  known. 
The  religion  of  personal  communion  with  a  living 
Saviour,  is  a  new  revelation  to  them. 


^m  4  iki  ^§u\, 


The  City. 


— Chicago  is  enjoyinsc  warm  weather,  at  the  rate  of 
102  to  104  dt'grees  ia  the  shade.  A  kind  Providence 
gives  a  coo!  lake  breeze  every  evenins^,  however, 
which  luaiiitains  the  equilibrium. 

— An  attempt  was  made  to  fire  and  blow  up  a 
building  on  Lake  street  adjoining  a  small  hotel,  Sun- 
day morning.  The  fire  was  discovered  in  time  to  pre- 
vent serious  damage. 

— The  new  water  tunn<  1  under  the  bed  of  Lake 
Michigan  was  formally  opened  on  Tuesday. 

The  Capitol. 


—A  fearful  wind  storm  swept  over  Washington  on 
Saturday  evening,  unroufiug  houses,  prostrating  trees, 
telegraph  poles,  etc.  The  damage  to  property  is  es- 
timated from  $250,000  to  $500,000, 

— Gen.  Howard  has  bten  ordered  to  duty  on  the 
Pacific  coast. 

• — Gen.  Bristcw,  the  new  Secretary  of  the  Treas- 
ury, is  cleaning  the  Augean  strsbks  of  his  prede- 
cessor. He  has  ordered  the  private  equip- 
pages  of  the  Treasury  stabler.  He  has  dis- 
charged several  hundred  needless  employees,  and  or- 
der-ad home  others  who  are  enjoying  themselves  in 
Europe. 

— Marshall  Jewell,  minister  to  Russia,  has  been  ap- 
pointed Post-m-d&ter  General,  and  accepts,  Mr.  Hale, 
the  first  appointee  having  declined. 

The  Country. 


— Mrs.  Ingalls,  a  Baptist  missionary,  in  a  recent 
letter  giving  an  account  of  her  visit  to  Upper  Buxmah, 
says  that  they  have  there  one  or  two  laws  wh^ich 
Christians  might  do  well  to  follow.  The  ' '  first  crime 
of  drunkenness  is  punished  by  the  offender  being  pa- 
raded through  the  streets  by  a  procession  of  State 
ministers,  under  golden  umbrellas,  who  strike  a  gol- 
den gong,  and  read  the  crime  at  the  corner  of  all  the 
streets,  and  lash  him  with  thongs.  He  is  then  taken 
to  the  high  court,  where  he  has  more  severe  blows, 
and  then  sent  to  his  home.  If  he  is  found  guilty  the 
second  time,  be  is  taken  out  in  the  same  way  and 
then  banished  from  the  country.     We   saw    such    a 


— The  great  railroad  bridge  over  the  Mississippi  at 
St,  Louis  has  been  tested  and  was  formally  opened  for 
travel  July  4th. 

— In  large  portions  of  Minnesota  it  is  believed  the 
grasshoppers  will  destroy  all  the  crops. 

— The  coroner's  jury  on  the  Mill  River  disaster  has 
rendered  a  verdict  censuring  the  Legitliture  of  tiie 
State,  the  mill  owners,  the  engineers,  the  contractors 
and  the  county  commissioners. 

— Theodore  Tilton  has  resigned  the  editorial  chair 
of  the  Golden  Age,  but  remains  a  contributor. 

— The  decision  of  Judge  Drammond,  of  the  United 
States  Court,  to  grr.nl  an  injunction  to  the  Chicago  & 
Northwestern  railroad,  against  the  actions  of  the  State 
authorities  of  Wisconsin  in  enforcing  the  new  railroad 
law,  was  adveres  to  the  road,  and  has  caused  some- 
thing of  a  panic  in  the  roads  operating  ia  that  State 
and  Iowa.  The  i^itter  has  just  passed  a  stringent 
law,  and  the  compaiiies  aver  they  cannot  operate  with- 
oui  loss.  Two  have,  how-over,  agreed  to  abide  by  the 
law,  but  under  strong  protest. 

— Hon.  Z.  Eastman,  of  this  city,  delivered  an  ad- 
dress ai  Elgin  on  July  4th,  ia  which  lie  advocated  a 
new  declaration  of  independence   from   party  bonds, 


and  an  era  of  bolters,  in  wh'ch  men  should  vote  inde- 
pendently and  honestly. 

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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ODD  FELLOWSHIP  ILLUSTRATED. 


REGULATIONS    FOR    OPENING,     CONDUCTING    AND 


CLOSING    A    LODCJK. 


NOTE.— This  illnstratert  cxpositiou  of  Odil-fellowfihip  will  be  publir^hcd  in 
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1NVITATI<;)N  ODE. 

[The  following  Avords  are  «uiig  in  .some  lodges  as  the  Ciuicii- 
diile  g(M;s  to  the  chair  of  the  Noble  C4raiid.] 

StraugerCs)  amid  a  band  of  Brothers, 
Here  you  stand, 
Firm,  -tried  and  true ; 
Here  Friendship's  power  is  shown  ; 
Uei-c  Love  and  Truth  arc  liuown  ; 
And  here  before  the  throne 
We  welcome  you 

Stranger(g),  you've  nought  to  fear, 
For'honor's  eourt  is  here  ; 
Love,  Peace  and  Joy. 
Hero  iu  good  faith  v/e  meet; 
Ilere  friends  and  brother's  greet; 
And  in  communion  sweet, 
The  hours  cmpUiy. 

(Arriving  at  tlie  Noble  Grand's  chair,  he  will  arise  and  give 
one  rap  with  his  gavel,  when  the  members  will  be  seated  and 
lay  oir  their  disguise.  In  some  lodges  there  is  a  curtain  in 
front  of  the  Noble  Grand,  which  is  drawn  aside  by  the  sup- 
porters, as  they  approach  liim.) 

■  Conductor  to  Noble  Grand.  By  direction  of  the  Vice  Grand, 
I  present  to  you  a  stranger  to  be  instructed  in  the  mysteries  of 
our  order. 

NOBLE  GRAND'S  CHARGE. 

My  friend:  I  welcome  you  among  the  frateruily  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, with  whose  customs  I  trust  you  Avill  become  better  ac- 
quainted. Under  our  disguise,  I  have  no  doubt  you  took  us  for 
odd  fellows  indeed.  Learn  from  this  that  men  are  not  always 
to  be  taken  for  wluit  they  a,ppear.  Some  may  have  a  rough  and 
unseemly  exterior,  but  a  good,  true  heart  within,  while  others 
I)ossessing  a  captivating  person  and  manners,  may  be  destitute 
of  all  genuine  principles.  I  hope  you  willpardou  us  the  inno- 
cent deception,  and  make  a  proper  applicalion  of  the  moral  it 
is  designed  to  convey. 

We  will  now  proceed  to  instruct  you  in  the  signs  peculiar  to 
a  Working  Lodge  of  this  order.     There  are  four  of  them: 

1.  Enteusign. — One  rap  on  the  Ante-Room  or  outside  door 
— three  raps  on  the  Lodge  Room  door. 

3.  CouNTBKSiGN. — Drop  right  arm  oblicjuely  liy  the  side,  ex- 
tending the  fingers  in  a  straight  line  with  'the  elbow,  close 
tliumb  in  palm  of  hand. 

raps  on  the  lodge  room  door  aif 


Without  these  signs  you  cannot  gain  admittance  into  this  or 
any  other  Lodge  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.    Be 
observant  therefore,  that  you  may  acquire  them,  and  be  careful 
that  you  do  not  improperly  reveal  them.     Remember  also,  that 
you  have  given  us  your  pledge  of  honor — a  pledge  which  is  the 
most  binding  of  any  that  can  be  given  or  received.    We  feel 
confident  that  you  will  keep  it  inviolate.     You  have  been  ad- 
mitted by  certain  forms  of  initiation,  in  which  there  is  deep 
significance.    You  were  blindfolded,  to  represent  the  darkness 
and  doubt  through  which  man  gropes  his  way  to  a  knowledge 
of  himself,  his  duty,  and  his  destiny:  a  dai'kness  not  only  of 
reason,  but  of  the  moral  nature.    And  you  were  encompassed 
with  chains,  to  illustrate  that  slavery  of  soul  to  sense — that  sub- 
jeelion  to  things  outward  and  perishable,  into  which  man  is 
In'ought  by  his  own  i^assions.    You  were  then  led  to  a  scene 
where  an  emblem  of  mortality  was  exhibited,  to  reiJresent  to 
you  the  end  of  this  servitvide,  to  remind  you  of  the  insignificant 
and  perishable  nature  of  all  these  outward  objects  which  so  of- 
ten excite  men's  passionate  ambitions.    After  this  representa. 
tion,  intended  to  reach  your  conscience  and  touch  your  Jieart 
you  have  been  restored  to  light  and  liberty.    One  of  these 
acts    is    emblematical    of    that    liberty    which    the    virtuous 
enjoy  when  conscious  of  being  disenthralled  from  sensuality 
md  passion ;  the  other  is  emblematical  of  the  light  of  that  truth 
which  reveals  to  us  Love  as  the  grand  remedy  for  all  social  evils 
as  it  is  indeed  the  foundation  of  all  good  towards  God  and  man. 
In  this  light  we  trust  you  will  ever  walk;  this  liberty  we  hope 
you  will  ever  maintain .    It  will  be  our  duty,  it  is  one  of  the 
great  ends  of  our  institution,  to  aid  you  in  so  doing.    We  claim 
the   privilege,  therefore,  of  watching   over  your   conduct,  not 
only  in  the  loclge-room,  but  in  your  intercourse  with  the  world 
at  large. 
Introduce  our  friend  to  the  Past  Grand. 


(In  some  lodges  the  Hire 
called  the  countersign.) 


Countcrsigu.  Countercign.  Countersign.       Countersign. 

1st  Position.  2d  Position.  3d  Position.  4th  Position 

2d  Position.— Raise  the  hand  iu  front,  keeping  the  fingers  in 
same  position,  pass  them  over  the  mouth,  elbow  resting  on 
stomach,  or  nearly  so. 

3d  PosiTioN.-Immediately  drop  hand  from  mouth  to  side,  while 
doing  so  close  all  except  the  fore  finger  over  the  thumb  keep- 
ing fore  finger  extended. 

4Tn  Position. — Raise  hand  again  and  bring  end  of  fore  finger 
to  outer  corner  of  right  eye,  nail  in  front,  with  the  elbow  ex- 
tending horizontally  therefrom.  Then  let  the  arm  fall,  opening 
the  hand  with  the  palm  to  the  front. 

(This  is  explained  as  follows:  The  fingers  covering  the  lips 
indicate  that  we  must  keep  secret  all  that  transpires  in  the 
Lodge  Room.  The  finger  applied  to  the  eye,  reminds  us  that 
the  all-seeing  eye  is  ever  upon  us.  The  last  motion  shows  that 
our  hand  is  always  open  to  the  wants  of  a  brother  Odd  Fellow.) 

This  sign  is  given  to  salute  both  of  the  principal  officers  im- 
mediately after  entering  the  lodge,  when  the  lodge  is  open  for 
business.    First  to  the  Noble  Grand;  then  to  the  Vice  Grand. 

3.  Password  Jonatluin: — Which  is  given  to  the  Outside 
Guardian  in  a  whisper,  (after  the  entersign)  who  then  admits  to 
the  ante-room 

Explanation,  Odd  Fellow,  which  is  given  at  llic  Lodge  Room 
door  to  the  Inside  Guardian,  through  a  wicket  or  slide  in  the 
door. 

QuAiiTEKLY  Pass  Woiid:— This  with  its  explanation  is  given 
the  candidate  privately,  during  the  evening,  by  the  Noble 
Grand,  who  alone  is  authorized  to  give  it,  or  cause  it  to  be 
given  to  members. 

This  pass  word  is  changed  every  three  months.  Should  it  be 
frater,  the  explanation  is  brother. 

Grip. — Two  fore  fingers  in  connection 
with  thumb,  advancing  right  foot  at 
ii*lifl^SE-iy    ^^— Hl^'same  time,  with  inside  of  knees  to- 
gether iu  form  of  knee  lock. 


PAST  CaiAND'S  CHARGE. 

My  friend :  You  are  now  initiated  into  and  made  acquainted 
with  the  organization  and  works  of  a  Lodge  of  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd-l'ellov>''s,  and  are  recognized  as  a  member.  The 
institution  of  Odd-fellowship  is  progressive  in  its  character. 
You  have  passed  its  threshold,  and,  after  a  reasonable  pro- 
bation, may  advance,  step  by  stei^,  through  all  its  gradations 
until  yoLi  shall  have  fully  obtained  a  knowledge  of  its  intrinsic 
excellencies, — ^its  adaptations  for  the  promotion  of  good  will 
among  men,  and  its  fitness  as  a  minister  to  the  trials  and  adver- 
sities which  are  inseparable  from  human  life. 

We  have  at  this  time  a  few  general  lessons  to  inculcate,  which, 
in  addition  to  those  you  have  received  in  your  progress  to  this 
chair,  will  serve  to  give  you  proper  views  as  to  the  character 
and  true  objects  of  Odd-fellowship. 

Odd-fellowship  is  founded  upon  that  eternal  principle  whicli 
recognizes  man  as  a  constituent  of  one  universal  brotherliood — 
teaches  him  that  as  he  came  from  the  hands  of  a  common  i)a- 
reut,  he  is  bound  to  clierish  and  protect  his  fellow  men.  It 
thus  presents  a  broad  platform  upon  which  mankind  may  unite 
in  offices  of  human  benef:Iction.  Under  comprehensive  influ- 
ences, all  the  nations-  of  the  earth  may  concentrate  their  ener- 
gies for  the  good  of  the  common  race.  Based  ui:»on  certain 
truths  which  are  like  axioms  among  all  nations,  tongues  and 
creeds,  its  sacred  tolerance  presents  a  nucleus  which,  by  its 
gentle  influence,  gathers  within  its  orbit  antagonistic  natures ; 
controls  the  elements  of  discord,  stills  the  storm  and  soothes  the 
spirit  of  passion,  and  directs  in  harmony  man's  united  eflbrts  to 
fraternize  the  world.  This  is  the  great  first  principle  of  our 
fellowshii),  which  we  denominate  fraternity:  a  universal  fra- 
ternity in  the  family  of  man.  Our  forefathers  have  wisely  made 
this  principle  the  corner-stone  of  Odd-fellowship.  Upon  its 
solid  basis  the  whole  superstructure  has  securely  rested  and,  as 
we  believe,  is  destined  immovably  to  rej^ose  till  time  shall  be 
no  more. 

From  this  principle  we  learn  to  regard  the  Great  Author  of 
our  existence  as  our  Father,  "  in  wliom  alone  we  live  and  move 
and  have  our  being," — to  recognize  each  other  as  alike  the  off- 
spring of  the  same  parent,  as  the  master-piece  of  his  handj^. 
work,  and  designed  as  such  to  reflect  in  our  nature  and  rela- 
tions the  image  of  him  after  whose  likeness  man  was  formed. 
We  arc,  therefore,  brothers,  and  iu  all  our  intercourse  we  illus- 
trate the  truthfulness  of  this  profession  by  reciprocal  relief  and 
kindly  ofiices  to  one  another  in  the  day  of  trial.  With  the  divi- 
sions and  classifications  of  human  society  our  order  holds  no 
fellowship.  While  it  inculcates  a  veneration  for  religion  and 
subordination  to  civil  government  and  its  laws,  it  studiously 
avoids  aflinity  with  systems  of  faith  or  sect,  whether  religious 
or  political. 

In  becoming  an  Odd-fellow  no  sacrifice  of  your  opinion — no 
change  of  your  relations  to  the  State — no  loosening  of  the  obli- 
gations which,  as  a  good  citizen,  you  owe  to  the  laws  and  insti- 
tutions under  which  you  live,  is  required.     . 

On  the  contrary,  learn  now  and  forever,  that  you  cannot  be- 
come an  Odd-fellow,  in  spirit  and  in  truth, unless  you  are  grate- 
ful to  your  Creator,  faithful  to  your  countiy,  and  fraternal  to 
your  fellow  man.  Within  the  walls  of  a  Lodge  room  we  meet 
for  mutual  counsel,  the  relief  of  distress,  and  the  elevation  of 
human  character.  With  pure  hearts  and  clean  hands  must  we 
come  to  such  offices.  Strife  and  discord,  party  and  sect,  which 
create  heart-burnings  and  divisions  among  men,  are  banished 
b.y  our  laws  without  this  counsel ;  and  if,  perchance,  some 
thoughtless  brother  should  so  far  wander  from  this  injunction 
as  to  permit  evil  influences  to  control  his  actions,  he  must  atone 
to  the  oftended  laws.  We  war  against  vice  in  all  its  forms. 
Friendshii)  towards  man  prompts  the  contest — the  gentle  influ- 
ences of  Love  supplies  the  weapons — Faith  consecrates  the 
eflbrt  and  leads  to  victory. 

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professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  the 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter' 
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a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  be.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  m.a.a."—Dai- 
ty  Herald,  Boston. 

"We  are  acquainted  with  Mr.  Greene,  and  have  no  doubt  that  his 
account  is  entirely  reliable,  and  of  great  historic  and  moral  interest. 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan  was  Mr.  Greene's  neighbor  i■^  Batavia,  N.  Y,., 
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HISTORY  or  MASONKT, 
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MASONIC  ESUUDBIJ, 

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GRAND!  GRBAT  GRAND!! 

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Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penaltiss,  as 
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TRACT  NO.  6: 

Eon»  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

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SATAN'S  CABLE-TOW. 

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sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

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CHIKACTEK  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREEMASOKRY. 

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JUBGE  WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

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DR.  NATHANIEI.  COI.VER  ON  MASONRY, 

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HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 

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MASONIC  OATHS  NULI^  AND  VOID. 
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HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

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Contents. 

Page. 

Editouial  Akticles 8 

Bditorial  Correspoudence.  .The  United  Churches  of 
Christ,  i^'irst  Illinois  District.  .Twenty  Thousand  Dollars 
,  Notes. 

CONTJJIBUTED  AND    SELECT    ARTICLES  I 1,  2,  3 

One  Hundred  Years  Hence  (Poetry).  .Charles  Suniuer's 
Father. .  Forty  Miles  in  a  Smoking  Car. .Origin  and  De 
sign  ofthe  CJrange. .  An  Unwilling  Initiate.  .Castes  in  So- 
ciety..A  frfindranco  to  Temjierance  Reform. 

Toi'icsoFTHE  Time 1 

JiiiFOUJiNEWs 4,  5 

Masonic  Cowardice.  .Shut  Out  of  Cbnrch.  .Opposition  to 
-the  Grange  in  Kansas,  .Meetings  at  Howell,  Mich. 

COBKESPONDENCE .5,  B,  12 

From  Southern  Kansas.  .Civiliaation  Among  the  Indians 

..RevE.  M.  Spencer.. Our  Mail. 

Political  Column 12 

Odd-fellowship  Illustkatbd 14,15 


College  Notices. 

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Heligious  Intelligence , 

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Four  Days  Dead  Already. — The  political  parties 
■of  the  country  have  been  four  days  dead  pJ.reU'ly. 
The  Dtjffiocratic  party  is  buried,  but  the  Republican 
bas  been  hitherto  denied  the  rights  of  sepulture  and 
yet  lies  on  the  surface  offending  the  nostrils  of  both 
enemies  and  friends.  Gen.  Logw!,  'n  fi'ludiag  to  this 
Rtate  of  thingts,  lately  aslied,  of  what  persons  could  a 
new  party  be  composed  if  the  old  parties,  including 
rd!  the  voters  of  the  country,  were  so  hopelessly  cor- 
rupt. The  answer  is  this:  the  word  party  does  not 
at  pre.sent  denote  the  men  who  vote  a,  certain  ticket, 
bat  the  oflije  holders  and  cffic-!  beggars  who  get  it 
up.  The  vast  mass  of  voters  in  this  country  are 
busy  attending  to  their  farm?,  stores  and  offices, 
and  vote  for  candidates  they  may  happen  to  prefer. 
There  is  no  iesue  on  which  men  vote  at  all.  Slavery  is 
gone  and  if  it  were  here,  nobody  would  vote  for  the  authos 
of  the  bl'ick  laws  of  Illinois  because  he  loved  the  slave. 
Whea-we  saj  that  both  parties  are  hopelessly  rotten 
we  mean  that  such  men  0,8  Butler,  Logan,  Salsburv, 
Wood,  Carpenter,  Cameron,  et  id  011111".  genus,  are 
men  who  have  only  one  care  and  that  to  retain  their 
places.  They  go  in(o  power  on  a  hard  money  platform 
and  inflate  the  currency  fifty -six  millions  of  dollars. 
They  promise  civil  service  reform  and  make  every  ap- 
pointment to  accomplish  a  political  end.  They  talk 
country,  and  mean  self.  This  is  the  trouble  with  ex- 
isting parties,  i,  e. ,  with  office  holders  and  office  beg- 
gars. Now  the  change  dedred  is  this:  To  send  .al-* 
most  every  present  incumbent  of  high  office  to  private 
life  and  then  let  the  people  bring  to  the  front  man  like 
Charles  Francis  Adams,  who  have  self  respect  enough 
to  keep  them  from  the  low  arts  of  demagoguery  by 
which  perhaps  two-:hird3  the  present  Senate  and 
House  have  attained  their  power.  When  once  offices 
seek  men,  and  men  who  seek  office  cease  to  obtain  it, 
a  vast  jrain  will  have  been  made. 


As  REsrECTs  Cows. — The  papers  of  the  country 
have  lately  been  full  of  the  Mifses  Smith's  cows,  that 
is,  of  remarks  cuncerniag  them.  The  case  stands 
thus  ;  Some  maiden  ladies  in  Massachusetts  believe 
that  taxation  without  representation  h  tyrannj'-.  They 
hence  refuse  to  pay  taxf  s  on  their  property  until  they 
are  permitted  to  vote.  The  authorities  believing  it  is 
right  to  tax  women,  whethev  they  are  represented 
or  no',  have  sold  the  cows  belonging  to  these  iadief. 
Hence  these  cows  are  in  all  the  papers.  It  is  inter- 
esting to  note,  however,  that  a  large  majority  of  the 
editorial  comments  are  simply  funnyisms.    No  attempt 


is  made  to  discuss  the  ieeue  raisedwhether  or  rot  tax- 
ation without  repre.=ientatlon  is  unjust.  A  plea  for 
personfil  liberty  is  dismissed  with  a  joke  about  Massa- 
chusetts spinsters.  It  io  useless  tCi  dismiss  a  real,  vitil 
question  in  this  way.  in  Boston  property  worth 
mora  than  fifty  millions  is  taxed  in  the  names  oi 
women.  If  a  like  amiunt  belonging  to  men  fhoulti 
be  tixed  and  its  owners  be  deprived  of  a  vote  in  thi 
distributio  1  ofthe  tax  it  would  cause  a  rebellion. 
We  have  yet  to  see  any  rational  objection  to  woman 
suffrag<\  I^  it  said  than  many  women  are  phyncaliy 
incapable  of  exercising  the  right  ?  So  are  many  men. 
Is  it  assertJd  that  large  numbers  of  women  do  not 
want  to  vote,  and  would  not  if  they  were  allowed  to 
do  so?  S>  many  men  do  not  vote,  and  by  reason  of 
this  fact  we  have  seen  New  York  under  the  rule  oi 
the  ring  ;  Pittsburgh  locking  up  praying  women  ; 
Cleveland  knocking  them  down  in  the  street  anc 
Chicago  mob  hissing  them  from  the  coundi  chambei 
to  the  church.  Is  it  said  that  women  cju't  go  u- 
war  ?  Hundreds  of  them  did  go  to  the  front  and  do 
service  that  saved  the  lives  of  thousands  of  soldiers, 
while  multitudes  of  blood-sucking  offi  ids  were  drink- 
ing, smoking;  and  saving  the  country  at  home.  It  is 
about  time  to  have  a  reason  for  ssUing  the  Misses 
Smith's  cows.  If  it  is  jii',t  and  right  to  tax  womerv 
and  then  let  men  who  do  not  p^.y  taxes  expend  the 
money,  all  rght  ;  only  let  us  have  a  dffiaite  under 
standing  ofthe  matter.  A  good  solid  reason  we  w.im.' 
and  no  coarse  j  >ke  or  fs'lly  moonshine  talk  about  the 
bloom  of  the  lily  and  b'ush  of  the  peach.  If  m^n  an- 
the  God-ordained  rulers  of~  women,  all's  well.  If  not, 
all's  wrong.  And  wronttB  cRnaot  be  perpefnai.  They 
contain  in  themnelves  the  seeds  of  their  own  di-ssolu 
tion. 

The  Rail-road  War, — Toe  late  deciBion  of' ".  United 
States  Circuit  Court  resnecting  the  railroads  of  Wis 
consin  is  attracting  nniversal  attention  .•tnd  various 
opinions.  The  state  of  the  case  is  this.  Tbo  legisla- 
ture of  Wisconsin  pT,ssed  a  law  reducing  the  passen- 
ger aud  freight  tariffs  of  the  raiiroads  cf  the  State. 
The  companies  refused  to  obej'  this  law.  Its  agents 
were  proscciited  for  violating  if,  convict' d  and  fined. 
Certain  sto-3kholders  appealed  to  the  United  States 
coiirt  for  an  injunction  to  restrain  the  State  courts 
from  enforcing  the  law.  The  argument  for  ihe  ic- 
junction  was  that  the  law,  if  enforced  would  prevent 
the  railroads  from  paying  interest  on  tbeir  bonds,  /.  e  , 
was  a  law  impairing  the  obligations  of  contractN.  The 
argument  against  it  was  that  by  a  clause  in  the  con- 
stitution of  the  State  the  charters  of  the  roads  could 
be  altered  or  repealed  by  the  Legislature.  Th^  at- 
torney-general said  that  the  Slate  could  compel  the 
roads  to  pay  over  their  entire  gross  rectipts  as  taxef, 
if  it  was  so  disposed.  The  dec'sion  was  that  the  it- 
junction  could  not  issue,  and  that  the  State  courts 
might  enforce  the  law. 

In  this  controversy,  'is  in  every  other,  there  are  two 
sidles.  The  rail-roads  have  unquestionably"  b^en  guilty 
of  extortion  and  irjastice  Im  many  C3sf«.  They  have 
received  aid  from  towns  and  (hen  built  up  other  sta- 
tions so  near  by  as  to  rival  and  destroy  them.  They 
have  by  bruta!  employees  assaulted  and  injured  pac- 
senger.-;  refusing  to  make  the  wrong  right  until  com- 
pelled by  the  courts  vo  do  so.  0;-.  the  other  liand 
they  have  run  risks  themselves.  They  have  ai.'ed  in 
natios^al  defense  and  deyelopmcnt.  The  movement 
against  thjem  arises  primarily  from  the  injustice  which 


they  have  pr.icticed.  It  is  now  engineered  by  polit- 
ical schemers  wh">  take  advantage  of  a  just  popular  in- 
dignation to  preserve  or  procure  political  power.  The 
roads  should  be  compelled  to  respect  the  laws  and  in 
cases  where  they  are  gudty  of  extortion  they  should 
be  punished.  On  the  otlicr  hand  the  average  legis- 
lator of  Illinois,  Iowa  oi-  Wisconsin  is  just  about  as 
well  qualified  to  arrange  a  rad-road  tariiT  as  Matt,  H. 
Carpenter  or  Jo'in  A.  Logan  are  to  If-clureon  pditicfl 
moral".  Tue  whole  question  of  rall-road  management 
IS  a  v-ist  one  ,  one  that  can  only  bo  comprehended 
after  long  study.  To  ( If  ct  a  parcel  of  men  to  regu- 
late ra  l-rosds,- is  to  (Let  a  parbel  of  demagogues. 
The  State  has  the  same  right  to  confiscate  farn^s  that 
it  has  ra  l-roads  It  ba=5  a  right  to  do  neither,  and  if 
it  \a  attempted  only  evil  can  result. 


One  Hundred  Year.s  Hence. 

AS  SUNCi  BT  GEO.  W.  CLAKK  IN  THE  SVKA.C'USE    CONVENTION. 

One  hundred  years  hence,  what  a  change  will  be  made 
In  morals,  in  Masonry,  religion  and  trade- 
in  men  who  now  falter  aud  ride  ou  the  fence; 
These  things  will  be  altered  a  hundred  years  hence. 

A  hundred  years  hence  I 
Lying,  cheating,  and  fraud  will  be  laid  on  the  shelf, 
Men  will  neilher  sell  ''Rum,"  nor  be  wrapped  up  in  self— 
But  all  live  together  as  neighbors  and  friends, 
Just  as  good  people  ouglit  to— a  hundred  years  hence. 

A  hundred  years  hence  I 
Instead  of  speech-making  to  justify  wrong, 
'  All  will  join  iu  the  chorus,  swelling  freedom's  glad  song; 
The  Maine  law  shall  then  be  a  temperance  defence — 
We'll  keep  time  to  that  music  a  hundred  years  hence. 

A  hundred  years  hence  ! 
Our  laws  then  will  l)e  just  and  equitous  rules, 
Our  prisons  converted  to  National  schools ; 
The  pleasures  of  sinning — 'tis  all  a  pretense, 
And  the  people  will  tin's  it  so,  a  hundred  years  hence. 

A  hundred  years  hence  ! 
Then  woman,  man's  equal,  a  voter  shall  stand. 
While  beauty  and  harmoay  govern  the  laud  ; 
To  think  for  one's  self  shall  not  he  an  oU'ensc, 
For  the  world  will  be  thinking  a  hundred  years  hence. 

A  hundred  years  hence  ! 
The  reign  of  the  demon  shall  orusli  us  no  more. 
Nor  the  foot  of  a  slave  leave  its  print  on  our  shore  ; 
To  "Rush  to  the  battle,"  be  a  needless  expense. 
For  mankind  will  be  Brotuehs,  a  hondrkd  years  hbncp, 

A  HUNDRED  TEARS  HENCE  I 

Rochester,  N.  Y. 


Charles  Sumner's  Father. 


The  father  of  the  .great  Senator,  lately  deceased,  was 
a  conspicuous  Anti-ma.son  during  the  struggle  that 
took  place  from  1828  to  1832;  not  that  he  Avas  espe- 
cially active  as  a  partizan;  butbecause  at  an  earlj'  date 
he  publicly  renounced  his  Masonic  obligations,  and 
withdrew  from,  all  connection  v.-ith  the  institution.  This 
was  at  that  time  a,;  very  brave  act  for  Masonry  was 
powerful  in  Massachusetts,  and  Mr.  Sumner  held  the 
important  office  of  Sheriff  of  Suflblk  county ;  was  a  man 
of  high  standing,  and  had  .;nucli  to  lose  Irom  persecu- 
tion. 

Nevertheless,  he  gave  his  view's  in  a  frank  manner, 
and  in  such  a  spirit  of  candor  and  kindness,  that  his 
testimony  had  great  weight. 

This  course  on  the  part  of  Sheriif  Sumnoi-,  drew 
iupon  him  the  hostility  ofthe  fraternity,  but  his  char- 
acter and  position  wei-e  such  that  he  was  able  to  stand 
firm,  and  passed  safely  through,  the  storm. 

We  have  not  seen  this  fact  alluded  to  in  any  of  the 
eulogies  that  have  been  passed  upon  liis  illu.strious 
son;  but  those  who  were  avcU  acquainted  with  the 
facts  regard  it  as  a  striking  evidence  that  the  gener- 
ous, self-sacrificing  spirit  that  characterized  the  latter, 
had  been  manifested  in  a  .scarcely  less  striking  man- 
ner, by  his  father. 

Charles  Sumner  came  honestly  by  his  love  of  free- 
dom and  justice,  and  his  hatred  of  ;dl  oppression  and 
wrong.  His  mother  was  a  noble  woman,  and  Charles 
inherited  many  of  her  characteristics.  In  size,  for  slie 
was  a  stately  person,  in  features,  he  greatly  resembled 
her;  and  it  is  gratifying  to  know  that  she  lived  to  see 
her  son  the  most  conspicuous  statesman  in  the  nation. 

W. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Forty  Miles  in  a  "Smoking  Car." 


1!V   KKV.    N.    CALLE.'VUEB. 


A  sninkiiK/  car!  And  what's  lliat?  No  one  would 
guess  it  to  be  a  place  where  men  (not  women,  tliank 
(iod  I),  but  males  of  tlie  human  race,  made  in  the  like 
ness  of  God,  "  a  1  t(Ie  lower  than  the  angels"  congre- 
gate to  Huck  the  smoke  of  a  deadly  poison  weed,  riiht 
into  their  mouths!  To  an  eye  unaccustoniod  to  the 
sight,  what  a  strange;  scene!  Hut  to  lis,  cigars,  huge 
])ipeK,  called  by  pet  names,  sp'ttoons,  smoking  car^, 
and  smoking  caps  and  suits,  are  as  common  as  j^ellow 
bugs  and  apple-lrcc  worms  in  summer. 

Let  us  tiieii,  dear  reader,  go  into  i\\ni  svi  Icing  car, 
.■uid    whilr    there  rellect — if  we  can   in    such   a  place. 


societies!  Men  high  in  the  church,  devising  ways  aud 
means,  bj-  self-sacrificing  efforts,  to  convert  the  poor 
heathen  from  sinful,  sensual  habits  to  a  holy  life! 

Could  we  imagine  the  millenium,  with  the  elect 
gathered  from  the  east  and  the  west,  the  north  and 
the  soutli,  in  grand  convocation  with  ■' palms  in  their 
hands,"  crowns  on  their  heads,  and — and — tell  it  not 


fraternity,  that  the  only  object  of  that  order  at  pres- 
ent, is  to  perpetuate  itself.  VVc  are  also  told  by  Ma- 
sons, that  the  rights  and  ceremonies  of  the  grange 
have  been  taken  from  the  Masonic  and  Odd-fellow  rit- 
uals. It  is  also  held  by  Masons  and  Odd-fellows,  that 
many  will  eventually  join  their  orders  thiough  the  in- 
fluence thrown  around  them  in  the    grange,  and  the 


Come  we  lirst,  tiicn  to  the  two  whosmokcd  incessantly  'i'^i'k    yc    of  the  conversion  of  the  world  ?     Were  the 


in  Zion— (|uids  pipes  and  cigars  in  their  mouths!  curiosity  excited  by  its  lidiculous  ceremonies.  Jt  is 
This  the  millenium?  Not  yet.  The  day  is  postponed 
by  consent  of  the  church  and  the  clergy.  "The 
King  of  Glory  would  come  in,"  but  the  ga'tes  arc  held 
down  by  tobacco,  and  the  everlasting  doors  blockaded 
by  the  tobacco  divines.  Will  not  the  temperate  out- 
side ones,  and  even  the  inlempejatc,  say  to  these  to- 
bacco-smitten   D.     D's,   "Physician,    heal     thyself?" 


through  the  wlr  le  forty  miles  of  our  smoking-car  expe- 
rience. One  of  these  we  must  call  the  little  pale  man 
— not  pail  though  his  pij)e  was  in  size  a  pail;  not  so 
very  small,  with  a  huge  horizontal  bail  stuck  in  the 
side,  the  oilier  end  of  which  the  j)a.le  man  held  in  his 
teeth.  Whether  this  man  was  so  very  small  or  pale, 
could  not  be  so  easily  settled  in  a  cloud  of  .^moke,  and 
ill  juxt ij)ositio)i  witJi  a  black  pipe  so  large  as  to  render 
things  around,  in  appeara.nce,  small.  '  This  man,  we 
take  it,  wiis  the  most  d(n'out  and  self-sacrificing  -wor- 
shipper of  the  tobacco  god  in  the  car,  as  he  burned 
more  incense,  in  a  larger  censer,  than  any  other  one 
and  seemed  hims--lf  to  be  gradually  going  into  the  in- 
cense of  devotion  t^  this  tobacco  god.  The  other  one 
which  smoked  iierpetually,  wa.s  the  engine;  but  for 
this  tiiei'e  seemed  to  be  an  adecjuate  reason. 

We  will  next  look  at  a  genteel  man  two  seats  in 
fr,oii(,  with  a  short  cigar,  whose  devotion  was  nearly 
ended,  judging  by  the  length  of  his  ritual.  He  was 
so  near  .us  wc  longed  to  sec  him  through,  that  we 
might  catch  a  breath  of  pure  air.  Soon  a  halt  is  made, 
when  out  goes  the  man  with  the  short  ritual,  and  there 
comes  another  to  the  same  Ecat  with  one  of  full  leno-th 
just  lighted.  AVhen  we  saw  that  t''e  number  of  wor- 
shi])]iers  was  kept  good,  though  continually  changing, 
our  hopes  of  a  respite  from  the  sickening  fumes  gave 
out  and  we  left  the  car,  feeling  sad  and  nearly  sick. 

From  the  facts  \\  hicli  stiHiok  our  senses  whil;  in 
th.at  smoking  car,  we  took  the  following  conclusions; 

1.  The  average  number  of  worshippers  in  the  car 
through  the  forty  miles,  amounted  to  about  ten.  Ten 
men  continually  burning  incense  in  every  such  car,  to 
the  tob-icco  god !  What  ;i  host  of  these  worshippers 
there  must  be !  What  a  sacrilice  of  money  and  life, 
mental  and  moral ! 

'2.  These  tobacco  devotees  are  drawn  from  the 
widest  range  of  social,  moral,  and  religious  standing 
and  life.  Men  of  high  and  classic  brow,  clal  in  finest 
of  suits,  mi.\(.'cl  up  with  the  most  brutish  of  men, 
squinting  far  down  toward  a  Darwinian  ancestry. 
Men  high  in  the  churches,  of  lofty  religious  training 
and  views,  wearing  titles  too  lofty  for  fallen  man, 
''  meeting  on  the  level  "  of  a  smoking  car  Avith  inlidels 
and  libertines  in  common  devotion  to  the  filthy  to- 
b:icco  deity,  and,  seeming  at  least,  to  "  part  on  the 
spiare"  of  e(iual  debauchery  and  degradation. 
Where,  save  in  the  sniciking  car  and  in  the  lodge,  do 
men  so  wide  apart  in  evei-y  social,  intellectual,  and  re- 
ligious (]u:ility,  '-meet  on  the  level  and  part  on  the 
s  pi  are  ?  " 

;>.  The  uncleanly  character  of  tobacco-usini;-  struck 
cuir  senses.  See  that  fine  looking  young  man,  with  a 
v(n-y  costly  suit  of  bruad-cloth,  all  new,  Avith  his  arm 
on  the  window-sill,  lie  spits  through  the  window^ 
Now  a  large  mass  of  ashes  falls  from  the  cigar  on  the 
window  sill,  into  which  lie  drojis  his  arm  with  the  fine 
coat.  l>nt  what  of  that?  Only  soiling  line  cloth. 
Look  at  the  manhood, — soiled  inside  and  all  over! 

I.  "What  vile  and  idolatrous  practices  are  fostered 
in  Christendom — in  so-called  Christian  churches  ! 
Men  in  their  sacred  oflices,  wearing  high  titles,  talk  of 
the  coming  mdlenium  in  words  of  eloquence  almost 
seraphic,  while  in  the  pulpit,  having  just  left  their 
tobacco  quid  or  cigar-stump  in  the  basement  of  the 
church  to  be  swept  up  by  the  poor  se.vton .     Such  was 


world  converted  to  the  level  of  the  churches  as  they 
now  stand  out  to  human  view,  it  would  be  less  than 
half  converted.  "  A  pure  Christianity  is  the  world's 
only  hope."  Our  churches  have  embraced  only  a 
weak  dilution  of  the  "glorious  gospel  of  the  blessed 
God." 

Covetousness,  secretism  and  intemperance:  now  con- 
stitute a  triune  devil,  who  has  joined  the  church  and 
now  carries  letters  of  commendation  from  thousands  of 
church  dignitaries.  'Lord,  save,  for  the  godly  man 
ceasetli." 


Origin  and  Design  of  llie  (irauge. 


Having  been  in  the  West  for  several  years,  we  have 
seen  almost  every  phase  of  the  "  farmers'  movement," 
from  the  first  organization  of  the  "farmers'  clubs,"  to 
the  "  Patrons  of  Husbandry  "  or  grange. 

"We  have  tr'ed  since  the  or£>'anization  of  the  orange, 
to  find  out,  if  possible,  its  real  origin  and  design. 

The  deputies,  who  organized  the  granges  in  the 
West,  heUrout  the  idea  to  the  farmers  that  the  grange 
was  an  investment  that  would  yield  thcai  large  returns 
for  capital  and  labor  expended;  in  securing  to  them 
'  cheap  transportation  of  their  products  East;"  ''in  buy- 
ing supplies  at  wholesale  prices;  in  advancing  their 
knowledge  of  the  science  of  agriculture,  and  in  increas- 
ing their  social  enjoyment."  These  were  some  of  the 
advantages  that  were  claimed  to  be  afforded  by  the 
grange. 

If  the  first  of  these  advantages  has,  to  any  consider- 
able extent,  been  realized,  we  are  not  aware  of  it.  If 
the  second  has  been  realized  to  any  greater  extent,  we 
would  ask  any  candid  business  man,  whether  the  same 
could  not  have  been  accomplished  without  the  grange^ 
That  it  has  been  done  in  many  parts  of  the  country,  is 
a  fact  that  cannot  be  set  aside.  We  claim  that  the 
farmers' clubs  deserve  the  credit  of  "  bringing  down 
prices,"  about  which  the  grangers  prate  so  much  and 
so  loud.  That  the  third  advantage  could  be  as  well 
secured  by  any  other  organization  as  the  grange,  ap- 
pears to  us  an  indisputable  fact;  for  what  advantage 
can  secrec}'  be  to  tiic  advancement  of  agricultural 
knowledge  ?  As  to  sociability,  wc  think  every  one 
must  admit  that  a  secret  organization  <  f  any  kind  can- 
not claim  the  ad\'antages  in  this  respect  that  could  be 
afforded  by  an  open  society.  And  especially  is  this 
the  case  where  the  masses  arc  to  be  reached  with  this 
sociability'. 

Having  shown  tluit  the  grange  has  not,  and  can  not 
accomplish  its  pretended  objects,  we  ask  what  then  is 
the  real  ohject  of  Patrons  vf  Huahavdnj  ?  Like  Her 
schel,  who,  after  finding  so  many  hypotheses  false,  at 
last  discovered  the  truth,  so  we  have  thought  of  one 
which,  so  far  as  avc-  have  examined,  promises  to  solve 
the  problem  and  show  the  real  origin  and  design;  not 
only  of  the  grange,  but  of  many  other  secret  societies. 

Tlie  grange  appears  to  have  originated  in  the  orders 
of  the  Freemasons  and  Odd-fellows,  and  to  contribute 
directly  and  indirectly  to  their  support  and  existence. 
It  may  be  asked,  ''Why  suppose  this  its  origin? 
Flow  docs  it  support  these  orders;  either  directly  or  in- 
directly ?     How  does  the  grange  perpetuate  Masoni-y 


or   Odd-fellowship  ? "     These  questions  we  have   pre- 
supposed, and  purpose  giving  them  a  reasonable,  and 
to  us,  a  ve'v  satisfactor}'  answer.      It  has  been  admit- 
the  case  in  a  late  anniversary  of  one  of  our  missionary  ted  by  some  of  the   learned   members  of  the  Masonic 


also  a  noticeable  fact  that  those  who  have  opposed  the 
grange  have  been  treated  by  Masons  and  Odd-feliows 
as  their  common  enemies  It  is  upon  these  facts,  and 
the  observation  of  several  years,  that  we  have  based 
our  hypothesis,  and  founded  the  theory  now  under 
consideration.  And  here  allow  us  to  remark  that  our 
information  has  been  "ained  throuiih  lemtimate 
sources,  and  generally  unsolicited  by  us. 

THE   OKIUIN  OF  THE  ORANGE 

is  shown  to  be  in  Odd-fellwship  and  Masonry,  from  the 
fact  that  a  large  proportion  of  the  lecturers,  State  and 
National  deputies  were  either  Masons  or  Odd-fellows; 
a,nd  from  the  fact  that  but  few  members  of  these  or" 
ders  belong  to  these  subordinate  granges.  It  is  also 
noticeable  that  the  political  papers  (and  local)  edited 
by  Masons  and  Odd-fellows,  have,  from  the  first,  used 
every  measure  in  their  reach,  to  render  the  grange 
popular  with  the  farmers.     The    advantages    of  using 

MASONIC  AUD  ODD-FKLrOWS  CKKEMOSIES 

are,  that  they  are  more  easily  understood  by  those  of 
these  orders  who  should  join  the  grange,  and  conse- 
quently would  be  more  Ukely  to  be  elected  to  the 
highest  offices  of  the  grange,  especially  "masters." 
The  way  this  is  usually  managed,  is  for  some  one  (the 
deputy  or  some  other  Mason)  to  suggest  that  the  cere- 
monies are  somewhat  like  those  of  Masonry,  and  of 
course  if  an  influential  Mason  is  present,  he  is  elected 
•'  master"  of  the  grange. 

There  are  (as  stated  above)  usually  but  few  Masons 
or  Odd-fellows  who  are  members  of  the  subordinate 
orane.es,  and  these  are  members  wlio  arc  thought  to 
exert  the  greatest  influence  with  grangers  who  are 
not  Masons  or  Odd-fellows.  These  manage  to  control 
the  votes  of  the  grange  so  that,  in  case  of  an  election 
in  the  township  or  county.  Masons  are  elected  to  the 
most  important  offices,  purporting,  of  course,  to  be 
grangers.  In  case  a  Mason  or  Odd-fellow  outside  the 
srani'e  is  a  candidate  for  office,  then  Masons  in  the 
o'ranoe  raise  the  demao-ooue  howl  that  "  the  araniic  is 
not  a  politica  institution,  imci  we  must  elect  the  best 
men  to  office,  regardless  of  party  affiliation." 

The  "county  CO  unci's  "  meet  once  a  mo^ith  or  of  t- 
ener,  and  are  composed  of"  masters  and  past-masters" 
of  the  stibordinato  granges  (Masons  of  course.)  Thej' 
plan  the  political  campaign,  and  arrange  with  the 
"  State  Agent "  (a  Masorh  or  Odd-fellow)  to  purchase 
supplies  for  the  cotuity  and  subordinate  granges.  The 
"  State  Grange  "  is  composed  of  delegates  from  the 
subordinate  granges,  masters,  past-masters  (Masons 
usually),  and  their  wives.  These  make  laws  Ibr  the 
subordinate  granges,  and  elect  officers  for  the  ''  State 
(irange,  "  and  delegates  to  the  •'  National  Grange," 
from  their  own  ranks;  appoint  the  "  State  Agent," 
who  arranges  with  Masonic  and  Odd-fellow  firms  to 
furnish  supplies  for  the  granges  of  his  State.  The 
officers  of  the  National  Grange,  State  granges,  State  and 
county  agents,  get  large  salaries,  and  the.e,  together 
with  "  mileage  and  per  die'm  paid  delegates  to  State 
and  National  grange  and  other  contingent  expenses," 
absorb  f  11  the  funds.  So  here  i;  whtre  that  Iowa 
twent)-cent  corn  we^t  to.  Just  behold  that  magnificent 
'•Ma'^onic  Temple  "  in  Philadelphia,  that  cost -^1,500, - 
000,  and  others  in  Boston  and  Chicago,  This  is  what 
these  Masons  and  Odd-fellows  want  with  the  money  of 
Good  Templars',  granges,  land  leagues.  Sovereigns  of 
Industry,  bes'des  the  uses  of  these  orders  cited  above. 

Farmers  of  the  grange,  do  not  be  discouraged, — the 
Centennial  celebration  of  these  United  States  will  be 
held  in  Philadelphia  in  1876,  and  we  want  something 
that  will  interest  those  monarchial  Europeans  who 
cross  the  briny  deep  to  get  an  idea  of  the  political  im- 
portance and  state  of  civilization  to  which  this  "  glor- 
ious Republic  "  has  attained.     The  grange 


J. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


PERPETUATES  MASONRY    AND  ODD-FELLOWSHIP, 

by  introducing  a  secret  society  which  pretends  to  meet 
the  Avants  of  the  farmers,  and  thus  breaks  down  the  al 
ready  strong  sentiment  againt  secrecy.  At  the  same 
time  it  awakens  in  the  youth  of  our  land,  a  curiositjr 
to  go  further  into  secret  societies  and  tempts  them 
to  join  the  Odd-fellows  or  Masons,  being  told  it  is 
"  much  better  than  the  grange. " 

It  also  prepares  the  way  for  other  secret  societies 
controlled  by  Masons  and  Odd-fellows,  which  cont-ib- 
ute  in  the  same  way  to  the  perpetuation  and  support 
of  there  societies.  Some  of  these  have  already  been 
introduced  in  the  West;  such  as."  Farmers  Protective 
Associations  "  (land  leagues),  ' '  Sovereigns  of  Indus- 
try," and  many  others.  It  is  through  this  vast  system 
of  secret  societies,  that  Masonry  wields  its  political  in- 
fluence and  accumulates  vast  sums  of  money,  on 
which  to  carry  on  its  work  of  darkness.  The  Odd- 
fellows are  among  its  first  emissari  s.  We  have  con- 
vei'sed  with  Odd-fellows,  Good  Templars  and  grangers, 
who  have  had  ample  opportunity  of  knowing  persons 
who  can  be  relied  on,  and  such  are  iheir  v.ews.  Our 
own  observations  and  experience  for  several  years, 
abundantly  proves  the  same  facts. 

What  then  is  t)  be  done  in  order  to  stay  this  great 
maelstrom  of  corruption,  aud  save  the  country  from  an- 
archy, and  the  church  from  infidelity  and  paganism? 
We  know  of  but  one  course  to  pursue,  and  that  is  to 
raise  the  standard  of  the  Cross  against  all  secret  socie- 
ties, of  whatever  name  or  pretention;  and  to  go  for- 
ward in  the  strength  of  the  Lord  against  the  hosts  of 
Satan,  until  his  kingdom  shall  have  been  subdued  -and 
the  kingdom  of  Christ  shall  have  overcome  all  opposi- 
tion, and  He  be  acknowledoed  the  only  Lord  and  Mas- 
ter of  earth,  and  the  Supreme  Ruler  of  the  Universe. 
This  then,  is  our  only  hope,  .'' We. must  fight  if  we 
would  reiy^n,"  and  our  prayer  should  be, 

"Increase  our  courage,  Lord, 
We'll  bear  the  toil,  endure  the  pain, 
Supported  by  thy  word."  * 


Au  Unwilling  Initiate. 

Editor  Cvno-^ure  : — -Agreeably  to  your  request,  i 
forward  a  slatement  of  an  int;ilent  that  transpired  in 
the  Misonic  lodge  in  Strafford,  Vermont,  some  sixty 
or  seventy  years  a-jo,  as  they  were  related  to  mg  by 
some  of  the  members  of  the  lodge,  who  were  then 
present,  and  witnessed  the  circumstanceF. 

A  certain  wealthy  farmer  built  a  large  dwelling 
liouse,  aid  constructed  a  l^rge  hall  in  it,  for  the  ac 
commodation  of  the  lodge  of  Freemasons  in  the  town 
of  Strafford,  Vt.  A  certain  young  hdy  who  worked 
as  a  house-maid  in  the  family  of  the  landlord,  havincr 
occasion  to  sweep  the  hatl,  discovered  a  small  hole  in 
the  plastering  overhead,  and,  putting  lip  her  broom 
stick,  made  the  apperlure  a  little  larger,  and  when 
the  lodge  met;  ,?.gain  she  went  up  garret,  and  as  there 
was  no  door  in  the  garret  she  crept  over  the  hall  on  a 
wide  collar-beam,  and  looked  down  through  the  hol- 
to  Sfe  tbenr.  initiate  a  candidate.  She  saw  on  the 
altar  three  lighted  candles,  and  saw  the  candidate  led 
lound  the  room  with  a  rope  round  his  neck,  hood- 
winked with  a  bandage  oyer  his  eyes,  'neither  naked 
nor  clad,  bare-footed  nor  shod;"  having  one  arm  out 
of  Ms  shirt  sleeve;  his  pants  stripped  above  his  knees; 
a  shoe  on  one  foot  without  any  stocking,  and  a  stock- 
ing on  the  other  foot  without  any  shoe.  They  then 
ordered  him  to  kneel  at  the  altar,  and  placed  his 
hands  on  the  square  and  compass  lying  on  the  BiblC; 
to  receive  the  oath'  of  an  Entered  Apprentice  Mason. 

The  Worship.'"ui  Master  then  administered  the  oath 
to  him,  and  then  called  upon  the  brethren  to  reach 
forth  a  helping  hand,  and  assist  him  in  bringing  this 
poor  blind  candidate  from,  darkness  to  light.  All  the 
members  of  the  lodge  then  stood  in  a  circle  around 
the  candidate  at  the  altar,  and  one  stood  behind  hijc 
untieing  the  hcoiwink.  When  the  Mistjr  said, 
"  Brethren,  as  I  do,  so  do  ye,"  then  made  two  noise- 
less motions  with  his  hands  and  foot,  all  the  breriiren 
imitating  his  motions;  and  at  the  third  mttion  they  all 
clapped  their  hands  and  stamped  their  feet  on  the 
floor,  making  such  a  loud  noise  that  the  poor  gul  was 


so  frightened  that  she  suddenly  jumped  off  from  the 
beam  on  to  the  la'hing,  which  gave  way,  and  down 
she  fell  among  them;  and  instead  of  bringing  the  can- 
didate from  darkness  to  light,  he  and  all  the  lodge 
were  in  total  oarkness;  for  the  falling  plaster  Lad  put 
out  the  candles  on  the  alt\r,  aud  screams  of  the  girl, 
together  with  the  dust  of  the  plaster,  frightened  then-i 
all,  and  some  choked,  and  others  fainted,  and  before 
they  could  get  light  by  opening  the  windows,  they 
began  to  think  that  the  old  grind  master  of  the  fra- 
ternity had  come  for  them,  and  tbe  smoke  of  the  bot- 
tomless pit  filling  the  hall  was  stjffjcating  th'.  m. 

After  they  were  all  brought  from  Masonic  darkness 
to  the  light  of  day,  'and  these  who  had  fainted  were 
revived  by  being  held  with  their  heads  out  of  the 
windows,  ar.d  the  free  circulniion  of  the  air  of  heaven 
had  reheyed  those  who  were  choking,  the  Worshipful 
Master  ordered  them  to  seize  the  eves-dropping  girl, 
and  never  to  let  her  go  out  of  the  lodge  alive  I  She 
screamed  and  begged  them  to  spare  her  life,  and  at 
the  intercession  of  her  friends,  who  were  present,  he 
revoked  his  order,  and  proposed  that  she  should  take 
an  oath  to  keep  secreL  and  never  reveal  anything  fhe 
had  seen  or  heard  in  the  lodge-room,  with  which  she 
complied,  and  kept  the  secret  til!  she  read  Morgan's 
book,  and  then  she  concluded  she  was  under  no  obli- 
gation to  keep  it  any  longer. 

QoERY. — C^n  this  be  the  circumstance  on  which 
the  new  degree  was  founded  for  the  admission  cf 
women  to  Masonic  lodges  ?  Or  was  that  degree  in- 
stituted for  the  purpose  of  imposing  upon  the  ladses 
by  making  them  believe  they  know  tbe  secrets  o! 
Masonry,  when  they  don't  know  a  sj liable  of  them? 
Wonder  if  Freemasons  remero.ber  their  oath  never  to 
be  present  in  any  lodge   at  the  initiation  of  a  woman  ? 

E.  B.  Rollins. 


Castes  in  Society. 

Caste  is  a  particular  grade  of  society  produed  by 
hereditary  distinctions,  attainments,  profession,  or  oc- 
cupation. These  castes  are  elevated  or  depressed  ac- 
cording to  popular  opinion.  In  some  communities, 
that  which  would  produce  nubility  and  honor,  in  an- 
other community  would  produce  ignominy  and  dis- 
o-race.  Human  scales  which  nrofess  to  o-ive  us  the 
relative  value  of  the  character  of  different  classes  of 
men  vary,  according  to  the  rules  by  which  those  values 
are  determined.  The  divine  scales  never  vary,  but 
give  us  exactly  the  same  decision  at  all  times  and  with 
all  classes.  It  presents  but  two  castes — the  righteous 
and  the  wicked.  Its  decisions  are  not  varied  by 
hereditary  distinctions,  worldly  attainments,  pro- 
fession, or  occupation;  but  are  governed  entirely  by 
the  purity  or  impurity  of  the  heart.  The  human 
standard  of  valuation  of  the  castes  never  recoffnizes  the 
spiritual  status,  but  the  worldly — the  external. 

The  Gospel  allows  no  distinctioris  or  castes  among 
its  adherents.  No  one  is  allowed  to  say' to  his  fellow, 
•'  master,"  or  "  father";  for  they  are  all  one — breth- 
ren or  equals — in  Christ  Jesus.  When  any  member 
of  Christ's  church  allovfs  himself  to  be  elevated  above 
his  brethren  by  title,  or  in  spirit,  by  consenting  to  re- 
ceive honors  of  superioritj'-,  or  coveting  the  applause 
of  men,  he  is  drinking  in  the  spirit  of  the  world,  and 
will  lose  his  first  love.  A  church  governed  by  such  an 
influence  will  be  divided  into  high  and  low  castes,  just 
like  the  world. 

The  advancement  of  true  Christianity  and  real  civ- 
ilization in  a  community  may  be  known  by  the  equali- 
zation of  society.  The  exalted  will  be  brought  down, 
and  the  abased  will  be  elevated.  But  wlien  society  is  by 
any  means  made  more  unequal  in  its  advantages  and  en- 
joymentSjit  is  receding  from  Christianity  and  drifting  in- 
to heathenism. ,  With  God  there  is  no  partiahty  iu  the 
government  of  his  creatures,  therefore,  the  nearer  men 
s'.et  to'him,  the  less  partiahty  there  will  be  Avith  them. 

AVhen  a  nation  is  drifting  into  a  position  of  inequal- 
ity among  its  citizens,  as  to  profit,  privileges  and  honor, 
it  is  going  down  in  civilization,  and  -tending  to  revolu- 
tion and  destruction  A  governraeut  that  will  enact 
laws  tending  to  elevate  the  higher  and  oppress  the 
lower  classes,  is"  committing  suicide.      When  a  nation 


elevates  as  rulers  scheming  speculators  and  grasping 
misers,  it  is  weaving  its  ov>ir,shroud,  and  digging  its 
own  grave. 

According  to  these  principles — the  truthfulness  of 
which  we  think  but  few  will  dispute — the  world  to-day 
is  rapidly  drifting  to  the  vortex  uf  ruin.  Why  is  there 
such  a  universal  cry  of  oppression  among  the  lower 
classes  ?  Why  such  convulsive  throes  among  the  hun- 
dreds of  miUions  for  more  equality?  It  is  because  the 
gulf  between  the  higher  and  lower  classes  is  becoming 
wider  and  more  impassable  every  day.  The  hioher 
caste  have  more  than  heart  could  wish,  and  their  eyes 
stand  out  with  fatness,  while  the  lower  grade  are  lean 
with  hunger,  aud  starving  where  there  is  fulness  of 
bread.  A  few,  companitively,  are  hoarding  up  the 
bounties  of  Providence,  whicli  were  given,  not  for  the 
few,  but  for  all. — Urisis. 

A  Hindrance  to  Temperance  Keform. 


The  following  testimonial  is  from  an  oration  deliv- 
ered in  the,  chapel  ol  the  University  of  Ruchester 
N.  Y.,  May,  1873,  by  E.  G.  Paine: 

Another  great  reason  of  this  apathy,  is  the  ineffi- 
ciency of  existing  temperance  organizations.  This  in- 
efficiency proceeds  from  two  causes — one  radical,  the 
other  adventitious.  When  Father  Matthew  came  to 
this  country,  after  reforming  drunken  Irrland,  and 
found  secret  societies  sujjplanting  the  Washingionian 
movement,  he  said  :  "What  do  we  want  of  secret 
temperance  societies?  We  want  all  the  world  to  know 
about  temperance,  and  to  have  it. "  Gerrit  Smith,  in 
his  appeal  to  the  anti-drara-shop  party,  chStes  the  de- 
cline of  the  temperance  reform  from  tlie  organization  cf 
such  societies,  and  says  that  it  was  due  princijially  to 
their  influence.  For  purposes  both  of  preveotion  and 
reform,  the  principle  of  secrecy  is  radically  defective. 
It  encourages  a  man  to  lean  upon  others,  and  thus 
weakens  his  self-control,  which  is  his  on')-  hope.  "  If 
you  want  to  reform  a  rran,"  says  Senator  Pomcroy, 
"do  not  ask  hira  out  of  si.ht  of  the  woiid,  but  commit 
him  before  men.  -Put  liis  ariii  iu  yours  and  vralk  with 
him  before  the  world,  and  let  him  feel  the  honor  and 
dignity  of  the  new  position," 

A  natural  outgrowth  of  this  principle  is  the  idola- 
trous feeling  manifested  by  members  of  these  orders, 
wliich  leads  them  to  sacrifice  the  interest  of  the  cause 
to  the  prosperity  of  tlieir  society.  This  feeling  is 
evinced  by  their  pohtical  wire-puUing,  and  by  their 
opposition  to  the  format'on  of  open  societies,  and  in- 
deed, to  every  form  of  temperance  work  which  does 
not  expend  its  money  aud  energies  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  lodge. 

In  proof  that  they  are  not  workin;?  for  the  temper- 
ance cause,  but  against  it,  let  me  cite  a  comparison  of 
votes  and  voters  instittited  by  a  Good  Templar.  Ac- 
cording to  his  shovv^ing,  there  are  '7.5,000  Good  Tem- 
plars in  the  State  of  New  York,  and  the  temperance 
candidate  for  governor  in  the  last  election  received,  in 
all,  only  1,4-89  votes.  He  admitted,  also,  that  these 
could  not  all  have  been  cast  by  Good  Templars.  jVI- 
lowing  them  one  thousand  of  those  votes,  aud  that  two- 
thirds  of  those  seventy-five  thousand  members  were 
not  voters,  still,  only  one  out  of  twenty-five  thought 
enough  of  the  cause  to  vote  for  it. 

"  Nothing  is..more  clearly  inculcated  in  the  Sci-ip- 
tures  than  that  if  we  are  not  advancing  v.-e  arc  ndro- 
o-rading.  '  From  him  that  hath  not  .sliall  be  taken 
away  even  that  which  he  hath,'  figuratively  expresses 
that  what  we  do  not  use  for  advantage  shall  be  to  us  a 
loss.  If  a  man  lias  attended  to  religious  observances, 
without  having  become  stronger  in  foiih,  and  more 
ready  for  self-sacrifice  in  the  performance  of  duty,  he 
has,  in  fact,  been  growing  Pharisaic,  and  under  an  ex- 
terior of  piety,  will  become  selfish  and  callous;  but  this 
change  may  be  so  gradual  as  to  be  unobserved  by  him- 
self. He  may  be  self-deceived — perhaps  will  rest  in 
the  behef  that  the  external  form  has  intrinsic  merit, 
perhaps  be  satisfied  v.'ith  the  estimate  in.Avhich  others 
hold  him,  which  estimate  is  based  on  his  exterior  life 
— but,  by  the  judgment  of  God,  as  predetermined  in 
the  Scriptures,  he  will  be  pronounced  a  hypccrile.''^ — 
Dana. 


4: 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Notices  of  Meetings. 


Hamiltou  County  Association,  Ind., 
July  22.  (No  I'lice  f^ivon.) 

Ohio  State  mseting,  at  Darby  'Jhap 
el.  Union  Co. ,  0.,  Tucsd  »y,  August 
4th,  1874. 

Annual  M.^eting  N.  E.  P^.  Abso 
ciation,  Nov.  3.1,  in  Free  Methoiist 
Hal),  Willi  b.irre,  P,i., 

AddresH  by  \l:v  Jj.  N.  Stratton,  in 
the  Chapel  of  Whoaton  Collcgf^,  Fji- 
day  evening,  July  I7ih. 

Secretaries  uf  auxiliary  associati'  n^, 
and  otbor  friends  firraPijtrig  for  meet- 
ingE,  will  do  well  to  send  notices  two 
or  three  weeks  b-^fore  hand.  Notices 
received  up  to  Monday  night  will  hi 
inserted  in  the  next  p^p?r. 


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The    National   Chrislian    Association. 


OiiJECT.  —  '-To  expose,  withstand 
and  remove  secret  societies,  Frecnaa- 
sonry  in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movements  in  order  to  save 
the  churches  of  Christ  from  being  de- 
praved; to  redeer,  the  administration 
of  justice  from  perversion,  and  o\ir 
republican  government  from  corrup- 
tion." 

Presiukst. — J).  T.  Robert",  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y. 

DiRKCToKS. — Philo.  Caroenter,  J. 
Elanchard,  A.  Wait,  I.  A.'  Hart,  C. 
R.  Hagerty,  E.  A  Cook,  J.  G.  Terrill, 
0.  F.  Lumry,  ,J.  M.  Wallace,  Isaac 
Preston,    Wm.    Pmkney. 

CoRHESrONDINU  Seck5.tarv. — C.  A. 
lilanchard,  11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Recoudixg  Skcretahv  and  Treasur- 
ER.— H.  L.  Keihgg,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

General  Agent  and  IjEctirkb. — 
J.  P.  Stoddard,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chi:ago. 

Life  meinberKhip,  ijii  1 0.00;  annual  do  , 
2.5  cts.  0  ders  for  memberships  aud 
general  correspondence  of  the  as  ojia- 
tion  should  be  sent  to  the  Correspond- 
ing Secretary.  All  doDatioas  or  be- 
uests,  to  the  Treasurer, 


— The  Ckrhliiui  Worker,  of  New  Vien- 
na, O.,  organ  of  t)ic  Friends,  speaks  of  Bro. 
McCormick,  of  Princeton,  Ind.,  with  whom 
our  readers  arc  acquainted  as  "a  Congre- 
gational minister  of  r.-inceton,  Tud.,  who, 
during  the  agitation  of  the  slavery  (lues- 
tlou,  liad  to  leave  his  home  because  he 
espoused  tlie  cause  of  ihe  slave,  is  preach- 
ing every  (Sunday  in  destitute  places,  and 
lecturing  during  the  week  against  secret 
societies." 


Address   of    Anti-masonic    Lecturers. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. Stod- 
dard, Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

yiate  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligouicr,  Noble  Co.,  Lid. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  II.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LuSaile  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturers  for  New  York,  Z.  Weav- 
er, Esq.,  aud  J.  L.  Barlow,  48  Chestnut 
St.,  both  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  \Vl\eaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Whcaton,  111. 
P.  Eizea,  Whcaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Seaecaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Leviugton,  Detroit.  Mich. 

D.  P. Kathhun,  Lisbon  Cnitcr,  N.  Y. 
S.  Smith,   Ionia,  Iowa. 

li.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfield,  0. 

L.  N.  Si  ration,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 

J.  II.  Timmons,  Tarentuni,  Pa. 

Linus  C;\iltend(^u,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 

P.  Hurlcss,  Polo,  111. 

.T.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick.  Princeton,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggin«,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Boiirbou,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancv  Creek,  Wis 
C.  F.  Hawley,  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y. 
W.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Ind. 
.1.  L.  -Indrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bi?ho]i,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 


— Workers  in  New  York  will  notice  that 
Eider  .J.  L.  Barlow  lias  eh.inged  his  resi- 
dence to  better  accomodate  himself  to  bis 
held.  Misaddress  is  now  48  Clicslnnt  St., 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Let  tim  have  plenty  of 
work  and  encouragement. 

—Friend  A.  M.  Durfee,  of  Sherman, 
N.  Y.,  wishes  Bro.  Stoddard  to  know  that 
his  lectures  at  Findley's  Lake,  N.  Y.,  had 
the  right  eftect.  The  lodge,  like  Bunyan's 
giant,  Pope,  gnashes  her  teeth,  but  the 
brethren  who  oppose  are  clad  in  truth's 
panoply,  and  fear  not,  Bro.  Durfee  says 
he  will  give  the  Masons  tracts,  etc.,  till 
they  have  enough,  if  it  takes  $100. 

— Elder  Dempsey  lectured  June  I'Jth  at 
Altay,  N.  Y.  A  brief  report  says  it  was 
well  appreciated  by  those  who  liked  its 
doctrine.  Probably  lodge  men  had  some 
appreciation  also,  though  of  an  unwilling 
kind. 

— A  convention  was  appointed  to  meet 
in  the  court-house  iu  Marion,  Grant  Co., 
Ind.,  on  the  last  ^Vednesday  in  June  (34th), 
to  consider  political  action  aud  nominate 
county  officers.  Friends  outside  Grant 
Co.  want  to  know  what  has  been  done. 
Any  report,  brethren? 

— Bro.  L.  N.  Stratton  spoke  in  Tiskilwa 
last  week,  and  has  an  appointment  in 
Wheaton  on  Friday  evening. 


Masonic  Cowardice — From    the    Ohio 
Agent. 


Bro.  Kellogg: — 1  returned  last 
night  from  Srindusky  county,  where  I 
lecturc'd  and  jroachrd  eight  times  fr(  m 
Sabbath  morning  until  Tliurtday  even- 
ing; three  tines  on  S  ibbath,  twice  on 
Monday,  once  on  Taesdav,  AVedufsday 
and  Thursday  each.  My  labors  were 
somewhat  scattered,  so  that  I  spoke  at 
five  differant  points  in  lh*;  time;  three 
times  at  South  Riley,  twice  at  North 
R'ley,  once  at  East  R  by,  and  twice  in 
Townsend.  My  last  lecture  on  Thurs- 
day night  wats  at  North  R-ley,  where  it 
seems  the  Masons  or  their  "  Jacks  " 
were  determined  to  wreak  vengeance 
upon  me;  but  not  having  courage  suffi- 
cient to  inaugurate  a  conSest  openly,  in 
which  I  could  act  a  part  in  the  drama, 
tbey  made  use  of  their  characteristic 
expedient,  aud  pr-^ferred  darkness  and 
secrecy,  "  bec/\use  (of  course)  thdr 
deeds  were  evl  "  So  while  1  was  lec- 
turing they  had  the  raagnmim'ty  (?) 
to.nnploy  some  one  of  their  serfs 
sworn  to  ebey  every  sign,  eucpmons, 
nod.  or  beck  that  their  mapters  might 
communicate,  to    turn  my  horse  Ido^c. 

Well,  finding  my  horse  gone,  and  it 
being  a  borrowed  one,  and  1  being 
come  six  or  sevp.n  miles  from  the  depot 
where  I  interded  to  take  the  train 
next  mornincr.  of  course  my  cogitations 
were  anything  but  the  most  pleasant, 
and  I  was  not  sparing  in  my  denuncia- 
tions of  the  man  who  was  either  the 
originator  or  the  perpetrator  of  so  base 
and  cowardly  an  act.  However,  a  gaod 
young  brothe]-  soon  had  a  horse  and 
conveyance  ready  and  took  m  :  to  Mr. 
Miller's,  from  'shorn  I.  had  borrowed  the 
horse.  After  some  search  the  hone 
was  found  on  tlie  premises  about  mid- 
night, minus  tho  caddl.-bhnket  and 
the  bridl°.  Well,  upon  the  whole,  our 
friends  are  hopeful,  ?nd  feel  .?an^uine 
that  the  heaven  is  working,  and  that 
our  ou^fl  is  progressing  and  d»"s 
lined  to  uliiiiale  succesp,  in  despite  of 
the  rage  of  th<^  opeti  enemies,  and  the 
under-tone  croaking  of  sycojihants.  I 
proraisfd  to  f^ive  another  series  of  lec- 
tures in  other  pirts  of  the  county  afier 
the  busy  time  of  harvest  is  past,  when 
I  hop?  we  shfiil  be  able  to  organize  the 


county,  and  get  it  in  a  position  to  do 
more  aggressive  and  eCBjient  work 
The  Rev's  C.  Hepler  and  S.  II.  R;de- 
baugh,  were  with  'a->,  and  they  are 
both  wide-awake,  active  co-workers 
with  us  in  the  cp.use  of  truth  aud  righl- 
eousnesF,  iu  opposition  to  the  works  of 
darkness. 

The  only  draw-back,  is  the  difficulty 
in  getting  our  friends  to  see  that  the 
cause  can  on\y  be  prosecuted  to  a  suc- 
cessful issue  by  all  giving  it  a  hearty 
tinaccial :  nd^rsement.  There  certainly 
is  no  clasr.  of  men  any  where  to  be 
found,  who  are  making  greater  sacrifi- 
ce?, and  brooking  mjre  formidable  op- 
position, and  uurelenting  hate,  from 
unprincipled  demagogues,  and  their 
allied  slaves,  than  those  men  who  have 
thrown  themselves  into  the  j awning 
chasm,  that  threatens  the  demolition 
both  of  church  and  state.  Bi't  for  this 
rather  dark  feature  in  the  work,  1  could 
say  that  it  is  most  pleasureable  to  me 
to  be  thought  worthy  to  take  a  part  in 
this  most  magnanimcus  and  commend- 
able work  in  conjunction  with  my 
wonby  co-laborers.  May  Heaven  in- 
terpose to  so  overrule,  as  to  avert  this 
ominous  cloud,  and  let  gleams  of  light 
and  sure  presage  of  immediate  relief  in 
this,  as  well  as  in  all  other  depart- 
ments of  our  reform,  dawn  upon  us. 
Your 3  mcompromisin.gly ,  ' 
D.  S.  Caluwell. 
Carey,  C,  July  4,  '74. 


Shut  out  of  Church,— From  the   Illi- 
nois iffcnt. 


Farm  Ridgk,  III,  July  S,  1874. 
De.vr  Bro.  K: — I  do  not  know  that 
any  village  in  Illinois  has  grown  so 
rapidly,  and  considering  its  age,  is  a 
place  of  so  much  imp  :r'.anco  as  Streator, 
La  Balls  Co.  As  might  be  cxpect^'d  the 
ferret  orders  are  numerous  and  power- 
ful, theMaions  holding  the  first  rank. 
There  is,  however,  quite  a  strong  Anti- 
maeonio  sentiment  and  it  is  glowing. 
The  United  Brethrer,  the  Evangelical 
Association  (A!brecht^)  are  each  build- 
ing a  house  of  wcrabip,  and  the 
Free  Methodists  are,  I  learn,  preparing 
to  build.  Throuah  the  assistance  of 
Rev.  W^n.  Bridgcman  I  had  obtained 
the  consent  of  three  out  of  tive  of  the 
trustees  of  the  Park  Presbyterian 
chur.'h  to  lecture  in  their  house  on  the 
( vening  of  July  2J.  The  lecture  was 
announced  by  the  paster,  and  bills 
were  posted.  I  went  to  fulfill  my  ap- 
pointment and  found  the  hotise  locked 
againet  me.  It  ser  ms  that  one  of  the 
trustees  — who  is  a  Mason — was  ab- 
sent when  the  consent  was  given,  and 
on  his  return  prototte:!  against  it. 
Without  giving  us  any  notice,  and  too 
late  to  get  another  place  the  order  of 
the  trustees  was  revoked.  I  lectured 
on  the  steps  to  a  fair  aud  encp,  who 
did  not  fail  to  see  (bat  the  despo  ism 
of  this  lodge  respects  no  one's  rights, 
and  tba'-  if  Masonry  is  tolerated  in  any 
church  it  will  rule  or  ruin.  Since 
then  I  have  lectured  twice  in  the  vicin- 
ity, and  obtained  some  fourteen  sub- 
scribers for  the  Cynosure,  which  is 
pretty  well  for  this  sultry  weather. 
Yours  for  Christ, 

H.  II   Hinman. 


Opposition  to  the  Grange  in  Kansas. 


Clifton,  Washington  Co  ,  Ka". 
I  will  give  you  a  brief  account  of  ray 
labors  and  experience  in  the  cause  of  rr- 
form  on  secrecy.  I  am  traveling  on 
the  north-west  district  of  the  K  lusas 
Conference  of  the  United  Brethr-n  in 
Christ,  and  in  view  the  Ftrenuous  ffforts 
of  lecturers  aid  deputies  of  the  grange, 
to  extend  their  order,  w'thout  regard 
to  the  feeling  or  interests  of  members, 
or  the  division  of  churches,  I  have  felt 
it  my  duty  as  a  "watchman  on  the 
walls  of  Zion,"'  to  give  warning  to  the 
people.  Hence  I  have  spoken  or  lec- 
tured on  the  suhj  ct  of  secrec3^  chiftly 
on  (he  principles  of  the  "Patrons  ol 
Husbandry,"  twenty-one  limes  since 
our  Conference  last  fail;  besides  assist- 
ing Rev.  J.  Dodds,  of  Winchester,  in 
the  discussion  of  the  secrecy  question, 
with  two  Masons  of  Leavenworth,  last 
January,  a  brief  notice  of  which  was 
published  in  the  Cynosure. 

At  some  points  where  1  spoke  on  the 
subject,  before  the  grange  secured  an 
organization,  thougli  many  of  the  peo- 
ple were  intending  to  join,  i;hc  icflu- 
ence  hf-s  turned  against  them,  and  they 
have  utterly  failed  to  secure  an  organi- 
Zatior;.  In  other  places  where  they 
had  granges,  it  has  silenced  the 
boastings  of  the  order;  stopped  their 
increau';and  erased  some  to  openly 
renuurcj  them.  I  verily  beliei'e  that 
a  fair  expose  of  their  organizition  and 
constitution  in  each  neighborhood,  be- 
fore they  organized,  would  have  e-itect- 
uaily  hindered  them  from  getting  more 
than  one-half  the  number  of  organ'zs- 
tions  which  they  have. 

I  find  that  a  large  m.vjority  of  the 
members  are  almost  utteily  ignorant  of 
their  constitulion,  i.  e. ,  of  the  Nation- 
al Grange;  although  they  are  sworn  to 
confcrm  to,  and  abide  by  if.  Many 
have  ssid  they  had  not  seen  a  comtitu 
lion,  except  tbe  one  the  deputy  had 
when  he  organized  iheir  grange.  A 
circumstance  or  two,  illustrating  this, 
may  not  hi  uninteresting  to  the  read- 
ers of  the  Cynosure. 

Last  winter,  after  preaching  one 
Monday  night  at  Cedaiville,  in  Smith 
county,  a  number  lequested  I  should 
talk  to  them  a  while  on  the  principles 
of  the  grange.  The  question  being 
submitted  to  the  audierce  whether  they 
wished  to  hear,  all  voted  for  ma  to  pro- 
ceed, except  the  chaplain  of  the  grange. 
I  then  proceeded  to  speak  en  the  nib- 
ject,  and  gave  opportunity  for  any  one 
to  mike  rtmarkf,  or  ;o  a?k  for  <  xplana- 
tions.  One  man  roce  and  said  he  had 
been  much  interested  in  hearing  the 
remarks;  but  he  1  ked  fair  play,  and 
would  hke  to  hear  from  the  grange 
side,  anei  therefore  he  called  on  Mr. 
Clark  (the  chaplain.)  Mr.  Clark  arose 
and  remarked  (I  believe  the  words  fol- 
lowing are  those  he  said):  •' 1  difier 
with  the  gentleman,  and'  think, his  ar- 
guments can  easily  be  overihr.wn; 
and,  if  the  pi  oplo  will  cjme  out," 
(naming  a  night)  'next  week,  1  wi  1 
knock  them  higher  than  a  kite;"  an  J 
he  rat  down.  His  closing  remark 
caused  a  smile.  1  arose  and  rtmirked 
that  if  the  gentleman  succseded  in 
overthrowing  my  arguments,  or  knock- 
ing them  higher  than  a  kite,  he  would 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


have  to  buy  cr  borrow  a  constitution; 
for  he  told  me  yesterday  lie  had  never 
seen  one;  but  he  expected  they  would 
get  one  in  the  grange  sojn.  This 
brought  the  audience  down  on  him 
with  stamping  and  laughter;  and  he 
had  no  more  to  say. 

Another  circumst'ince,  showing  thai 
they  are  afraid  to  have  their  ccnstiiu- 
tioa  investigated;  although  it  is  not 
claimed  to  be  required  to  be  kept  se- 
cret. List  sprirg.  in  consequence  of  a 
snow-storm,  I  failed  to  get  to  a  quar- 
terly appointment,  and  in  corapany 
with  a  Bro.  Bowerf^,  stopped  for  the 
night  with  a  master  of  a  grange.  He 
was  in  great  glee  over  the, order,  hav- 
ing had  a  county  council  meeting  in 
their  school-house  the  fore  part  tf  the 
week.  After  listening  to  his  boast- 
ings for  some  time,  I  ventured  to  quote 
a  little  from  the  constitution;  not  being 
prepared  to  defend  it,  he  said  he 
thought  I  had  not  got  that  correct.  I 
told  him  I  had  read  it,  and  from  ray 
observation  they  did  not  circulate  the 
constilution  so  tbat  the  people  might 
know  whattheir  principles  were.  Here- 
marked,  "  0,  yes,  everybody  could 
have  it — it  was  not  secret;  he  had  four 
or  five  laying  around  loose."  In  the 
course  of  conversation,  I  quoted  again, 
and  he  said  I  was  mistaken ;  that  the 
one  I  quoted  from  was  not  genuine.  1 
then  drew  the  constitution  fiom  my 
pocket  and  asked  him  to  get  one  of  his 
and  compare  them.  He  withdrew  and 
looked  this  way  and  that,  and  finally 
fiaid  he  had  given  them  all  away.  So 
I  could  not  get  a  coraparison.  Thus 
we  see,  the  spirit  of  dissimulation  is 
fostered  by  secret  obhgatious. 

Permit  me  to  give 'another,  and  a 
lamentable  evidence  of  ilie  corrupting 
influence  of  the  secret  obligations.  At 
the  close  of  my  remarks  at  the  Ballard 
school- house,  in  Washington  Co.,  an 
officer  of  a  grange  in  Marshall  Co., 
who  came  to  speak  for  the  grange,  af- 
ter talking  quite  confusedly  for  some 
time,  and  meeting  none  of  the  objec- 
tions I  had  presented,  finally  said  the 
constitution  from  which  I  read  was  not 
genuine,  but  gotten  up  for  the  purpose 
for  which  I  was  using  it.  Immediately 
his  backers  commsnced  a  heavy  stamp- 
ing in  confirmation  of  what  he  had 
said.  I  arose  and  remarked  that  I  un- 
derstood such  argument  as  the  stamp- 
ing of  their  feet,  and  I  proposed  to  set- 
tle that  question  by  comparing  my  con- 
stitution with  theirs;  but  they  would 
not  do  it.  It  was  the  first  the  people 
in  that  community  bad  heard  against 
the  grange,  and  persons  in  and  out  of 
the  church  were  shocked  at  the  com- 
bined manifestation  of  falsehood  by 
the  grange.  The  language  of  inspira- 
tion came  forcibly  to  my  mind,  and  I 
felt  as  I  suppose  Jeremiah  did  when 
he  said,  "  Oh !  that  my  head  were  wa- 
ters, and  mine  eyes  a  fountain  of 
tears,"  Some  of  them  were  professors 
of  religion. 

At  another  place,  the  Ontario  school- 
house,  Nemeha  Co.,  having  traced  the 
ancestry  of  the  grange  through  Ma- 
sonry, the  secret  order  of  the  middle 
or  dark  ages,  and  the  Eleuysinian  and 
Dyonisian  mysteries,  back  to  the  mys- 
teries of  Isis  and  Osiris  in  Egypt;  and 
shown  some  of  the  doinge  of  Masonry 


in  the  last  century,  as  quoted  from 
"Robineoii'd  Proofs  of  a  Conspiracy ,"  in 
"  Levington's  Key  to  Masonry,"  some 
Masons  being  present  became  very  an- 
gry, and  one  rose  and  asked  if  I  in- 
tended to  insult  Masonry.  I  answered 
that  I  did  not  think  tbat  any  person 
could  reasonably  consider  it  an  in=iult 
to  read  from  well  authenticated  his- 
tory, facts  set  forth  therein.  He  said 
that  Masonry  and  Odd-fellowship  were 
above  suspicion,  and  did  not  need  de- 
fense, I  spoke  of  the  Masonic  author- 
ities which  I  had.  He  said  they  never 
wrote  anything  they  wished  kept  se- 
cret. 

When  the  meeting  was  closed  a 
strange  lady,  who  with  her  husband 
Lad  moved  into  the  neighborhood,  re- 
marked to  sister  Wilson  that  she  wou^d 
like  to  relate  a  circumstance  to  me. 
Sister  Wilson  introduced  me  to  her, 
and  she  related  the  following:  When 
she  was  about  fifteen  years  old,  she 
worked  awhile  in  the  family  of  an 
Odd-fellow,  At  one  time  he  left  one 
of  his  books  out.  She  got  the  book 
and  read  it.  As  £0on  as  he  found  she 
had  read  it,  he  sent  for  four  of  his 
brethren  and  they  compelled  her  to 
take  a  terrible  oath  with  the  penalty 
of  death,  if  she  ever  revealed  any- 
thing that  was  in  the  book.  Before 
the  congregation  went  out  I  called 
their  attention,  and  told  the  circum- 
stance without  giving  her  name.  It 
seemed  to  make  impression. 

Last  week  I  leaned  the  grange 
ritual,  for  subordinate  granges,  con- 
taining the  form  and  arrangement  of 
a  lodge  or  grange :  the  initiatory  c-3re- 
monies  and  oaths  in  the  four  degrees; 
installation  of  officers,  and  burial  servi- 
ces; also  their  toast  song,  harvest 
dance,  etc.     I  copied  it  entire. 

I  did  not  intend  to  write  so  much 
when  I  began;  but  permit  me  to  add  a 
part  of  "the  Patron's  toast"  at  the 
"  harvest  feast  :" 

'•  Here's  to  the  grange !  O  brothers  true, 
And  sisters  fair  and  sweet; 

Fill  up,  and  pledge  yourselves  anew 
As  round  the  board  we  meet. 

We've  Flora  crowned  with  fragrant  flow- 
ers, 
To  Ceres  brought  the  corn ; 

Pomona's  fruits  ^om  garden-bowers, 
Our  table's  to  adorn. 

"  Here's    to    the    grange,   the    dearest 
place, 
For  us,  save  Heaven  and  home; 

We  greet  with  joy  each  well-known  face, 
And  friends  we  all  become; 

We  link  our  hands  the  altar  round, 
With  emhlematic  chain, 

The  solemn  oath  by  which  we're  bound, 
Was  taken  not  in  vain." 

R.    LoflGAN. 


Meetings  at  HoweH,  Mich., 

Bro.  L.  N.  Stratton  writes  to  the 
Wesleyan  of  the  meetings  at  this  place 
as  follows : 

"We  found  found  Howell  over-run 
with  a  circus.  The  meeting  for  the 
evening  had  been  insufficiently  adver- 
tised, ae,  for  the  last  two  weeks,  in- 
cluding this,  the  notice  had  been  omit- 
ted from  the  village  papers.  The 
posters  had  not  been  seen  by  even  half 
the  friendf,  and  a  part  of  th;3  one  hun- 
dred they  had  were  thrown  loosely  into 
the  wagons  of  farmers.  Numbers  of 
friends  did  not  know,  or  had  forgotten 
there  was  to  be  a  meeting.  But  by 
the  kindness  and  assistance  of  the 
brethren,  we  went  around    the  streets 


and  announced  a  meeting  for  Wednes- 
day afternoon  and  evening,  and  Thurs- 
day afternoon  and  evening.  We  had 
good  meetings,  though  not  large. 

Oa  Thursday  we  were  gladdened  by 
thecopiingcf  Rev.  J.  H.  Canfield,whom 
though  not  having  see  we  loved.  On 
one  evening  of  our  meeting  as  adver- 
tised, was  the  circus  conliniied;  on  the 
second  a  well  advertised  strawberry 
festival.  On  the  last  evening  the  larae 
Union  School  held  an  exhi'oition.  We 
had  all  these  to  co)itend  against.  But 
the  battle  of  life  is  always  fought  up 
hill,  and  to  know  defeat  is  not  within 
the  power  of  Goa's  truth,  nor  should 
be  of  his  servants.  This  is  a  local  ty 
where  Bro.  John  Levington's  influence 
is  very  much  felt,  as  his  last  charge  be- 
fore he  became  "insane"  (!)  is  the  next 
station  below.  The  brethren  of  the  M. 
E,  church  here  in  Howell  and  down  at 
Brighton,  are  daily  pray'.ng  that  more 
of  the  ministers  may  become  crazy  in 
the  same  way.  And  their  prayers 
are  being  answered.  Rev,  Mr.  Spring- 
stein,  an  able  and  useful  pastor  has  rt- 
nouaced  Masonry,  is  being  persecuted, 
and  i3  on  the  high  road  to  increased 
usefulness  and  heaven.  Another  min- 
ister 01  the  same  kind  whose  name  is 
forgotten,  adds  one  more  to  the  list. 
The  brethren  here  at  Howell  have 
their  private  prayer-meelings  refusing 
to  favor  Masonry  any  farther  in  the  M. 
E.  church.  They  are  very  anxious  to 
be  organized  into  a  Wesleyan  or  Free 
Methodist  church  if  they  can  get  a  pas- 
tor. We  understood  that  they  pre 
ferred  the  Wesleyans  on  the  whole. 
Certainly  some  one  should  seek  to  save 
them,  as  there  is  a  large  company  that 
soon  "will  fcatter  as  sheep  having  no 
shepherd.  They  are  sighing  for  Bro. 
Rathbun  still,  who  lectured  and 
preached  here,  and  whom  they  had 
strongly  hoped  would  come.  Brother 
Canfield,  who  organized  fit  Brighton 
and  Pleasant  Valley,  has  nosy  a  charge 
of  near  one  hundred  members,  ha^ 
built  with  'the  brethren  a  church  at 
Pleasant  Valley,  which  will  be  dedi- 
cated soon.  Another  at  Brighton  is 
contemplated  this  autumn." 


|;flt«$l)W4^ttf4. 


From  Southern  Kansas. 


CcFFETViLLE,  Kaus. ,  Juae  18,  "74. 
Editor  Cynosure  : 

While  the  Masons  of  southern  Kan- 
sas— and  I  presume  nearly  everywhere 
else  in  the  United  States — are  prepar- 
ing a  big  advertisement  for  themselves 
on  the  24th  of  this  month,  and  the 
grange  and  the  lesser  orders  of  darkness 
are  preparing  for  a  grand  display,  their 
doings  being  puffed  gratis  by  nearly 
every  paper,  and  endorsed  by  nearly 
all  the  ministers, — I  say  while  all  this 
is  being  done,  the  agitation  against  se- 
cret orders  is  steadily  going  on,  and 
there  is  no  power  on  earth  that  can 
stop  it 

The  South  Kansian,  published  at 
Independence,  reports  among  other 
outrages  at  that  place  that  an  old  man, 
named  Perkins,  was  knocked  down  for 
saying  that  a  Mason  was  no  better  than 
a  horse-thief.  If  friend  Perkins  had 
said  that  a  good  Mason  was  no  better 


than  a  horse  thief  he  would  have  been 
about  right,  for  it  (akc-s  a  very  bad 
man  to  make  a  good  Mason,  I  learn 
from  a  man  just  from  Independence, 
that  Mr.  Perkins  went  to  Justice  Scott 
of  that  place,  and  tried  to  get  out  a 
warrant  for  the  arrest  of  the  man  who 
kc»cked  him  down  ;  that  Scott  told 
him  that  he  was  a  Mason  and  that  he 
must  mind  how  he  talk.s  hereafter,  and 
then  told  him  that  ho  must  go  some- 
where else  for  a  Avarrant.  That  is  Ma- 
sonic justice. 

A  stranger,  a  little  intoxicated  on 
the  street  a  few  days  ago,  sii^l  that  he 
would  not  believe  a  Mason  on  oath 
Tfhere  another  Mason  was  interested, 
and  said  that  Masons  commit  nearly  all 
the  crimes  and  all  get  clear.  Another 
man  that  I  had  heretofore  thought  a 
Mason  said,  "When  I  m;>.ke  up  my 
mind  to  be  a  rascal  and  a  thiel  then  I 
will  fortify  myself  so  as  to  be  success- 
ful by  joining  the  MasonR,  Odd-fellowr, 
grangers  and  the  M.  E.  church  ;  then 
they  can  never  get  a  jury  lo  convict 
me.''* 

We  have  a  little  lodge  of  Masons  iu 
this  city,  orgacizad  last  fall.  They 
have  been  busy  ever  since  roping  in 
''green  horns  ;"  so  this  little  flock  of 
goats  have  not  had  any  chance  to  ad- 
vertise themselves  and  make  a  display 
of  regalia  until  the  recent  death  of  one 
of  their  members,  Esq.  Hnzard.  This 
occurrence  allowed  them  for  the  firet 
time  to  my  knowledge  to  show  off ; 
and  a  very  poor  show  it  was.  The 
most  Becsibje  of  the  Masons  did  not 
turn  out.  The  procession  was  com- 
posed of  old  men  tnat  looked  as  if  they 
ought  to  have  better  sense,  a  few  sim- 
pletons, and  a  few  nice  young  men 
who  might  have  made  brilliant  men 
had  they  not  enslaved  their  souls  to 
the  dictate  of  a  secret  order.  The  cere- 
monies at  the  grave  were  about  equally 
divided  between  tlie  pagn.ns  and  Chris- 
tians, only  the  pagans  get  the  Rev. 
Hedges,  an  Odd  fellow,  Macouic  M.  E. 
minister  to  conduci  the  Christian  part 
and  seemed  to  make  the  t,wo  religious 
harmonize  by  leaving  out  Christ  in  the 
hymn  and  prayer ,  They  went  through 
with  the  u&ual  amount  of  blasphemy 
by  calling  God  a  Grand  Master  and 
heaven  a  Grand  Lodge.  Rev.  Hedges 
tells  me  that  he  is  a  Mason  and  an  Odd- 
fellow, and  thit  he  never  has  seen  any- 
thing wrong  in  either.  I  pity  him,  as 
being  very  dishonest,  or  very  ignor- 
ant ;  and  fear  he  is  both. 

The  Masons  are  to  have  a  grand  time 
at  Independence  (m  this  county)  on 
the  24th  inst.  (St.  John's  day  eo-called). 
Invitations  are  tent  to  all  the  lodges 
near  here.  In  view  of  so  much  grand 
display  I  sent  a  short  article  to  the 
South  Kansas  Tribune  last  week, 
calhng  on  the  Masons  to  turn  out  in 
mass  ;  that  I  wanted  to  see  them  all 
and  to  hear  their  speaker  tell  which  St, 
John  was  a  Mason  and  how  he  could 
be  a  Mason  when  Masonry  is  only 
157  years  old.  I  also  called  on 
the  grange  to  turn  out  and  try  and 
learn  something  from  its  parent,  Ma- 
sonry, and  requested  "Anties"  to  turn 
out  and  see  the  heathens,  and  closed 
with  the  following  lines  : 

"Don't  get  frightened  nor  surprised, 
At  pagans  dressed  to  advertise  ; 

For  its  only  Satan's  brigade 
Going  out  on  dress  p:irade." 

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6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUll  MAIL. 


J.  Laufz,  Burlington,  ]\Iicli.,  writes  : 
"I  will  try  and  I'aise  some  subscribers 
for  the  Ci/iniHiirc,  hoi'lng  you   may  soon 
have  the  required  number.    May  God  add 
his  blessing  to  your  labors  of  love." 

Philip  Bacon,  Whcatogue,  Conn.,  writes: 

"Since  I  have  been  reading  the  ('i/iio^re 
(three  months)  I  have  become  very  much 
interested  in  the  subject,  and  feel  a  strong 
desire  to  be  more  enlightened  in  reg.ird  to 
Masonry,  a.s  I  am  satislied  tliat  it  is  the 
cause  of  much  that  is  evil  in  <iur  commu- 
nity. There  has  not  been  within  my  re- 
membrance any  public  orii)osition  to  the 
craft,  and  ihcy  iiavc  had  it  much  their 
own  way  both  in  church  and  state.  I  be- 
came ac(piainted  with  Mr.  J.  A.  Couaut, 
of  W'illmautic,  last  winter,  and  through 
him  my  attention  has  been  called  to  the 
.subject.  There  arc  none  in  this  section 
wlio  interest  themselves  in  your  work  ex- 
cept Mr.  Kcid  and  m^'self ;  .  .  .  but 
wc  mean  to  do  all  that  we  can.  AYben  we 
have  read  the  papers  we  give  them  a  circu- 
hition,  and  hope  that  aii  interest  may  be 
aroused  and  that  many  more  will  become 
subscribers.  .  ,  Wc  hope  to  be  able 
soon  to  send  you  a  list  of  twenty-five  cent 
members." 

lie  also  sends  for  e.xlra  papers  and  tracts. 
Uustin  Reed,     Seneca   Castle,    N.    Y., 
writes  : 

"I  have  fought  the  enemy  almost  forty- 
eight  }'ears.  lean  last  but  a  little  lonp:er. 
I  was  born  in  June,  1780.  I  can  do  but 
little,  but  I'll  keep  trying.  I  think  I  shall 
get  some  more  subscribers  in  the  course  of 
this  season." 

Seward  liob.son,  Italy  Hollow,  N.  Y., 
writes  : 

"I  have  uses  enough  for  my  money  but 
cannot  do  without~your  paper.  Prof, 
Blanchard  made  music  for  the  secretists  at 
Hamilton  when  he  lectured  there." 

Aaron  Phipps,  Eagle  Harbor,  N.  Y., 
writes  of  a  conversation  he  had  with  an 
old  sick  man  at  T/awlon  who  said  he  had 
been  a  JMason  forty  years,  and  that  living 
up  to  the  first  three  degrees  of  Masonry 
will  carry  any  man  to  heaven. 

W.  Banks,  Phoenixviile,  Pa,,  writes  : 

The  Gliriatian  Cyiioswre  has  a  great 
work  before  it.  .  .  I  had  become  afraid 
to  distribute  tracts  -till  last  Sunday  after- 
noon, I  went  out  and  found  I  gathered 
strength  as  I  proceeded,  thanks  be  unto 
God." 

Wm.  A.  Bartlelt,  El  i^aso.  111.,  writes  : 

"I  want  you.  to  continue  the  paper  until 
notified  to  stop  it." 

He  says  that  he  has  been  working  for 
tliis  reform  for  over  forty  j'ears  as  a  teced- 
iug  Mason. 

Edward  Brown,  Mcdford,  Jlinu.,  writes: 

"I  do  not  agree  with  you  on  the  Consti- 
tutional Ameudment  (luesiion  ;  but  I  am 
with  you  heart  and  baud  on  the  anti-secret 
order  question,  in  all  ils  forma." 

A  subscriber  at  La  Grange,   O.,  asks: 

"How  is  it  that  Elder  Bernard  should 
become  a  KOyal  Arch  Mason  and  be  but 
twice  in  the  lodge-room  ;"  and  also,  "does 
tract  number  seven  give  the  Master  Jlasou's 
oath  whicli  is  now  used  by  Freemasons  ?" 

By  referring  to  Uie  C'linosure  of  June 
"11th,  page  13,  he  will  see  that  it  is 
stated  that  it  was  old  Mr!  Rollns  from 
Vermont,  not  Elder  Bernard,  that  was 
la  a  lodge-room  but  twice.  He  says 
the  first  time  he  was  in,  he  took  the  first 
three  degrees  ;  and  the  second  time,  he 
took  the  Chap/cr  (Irrjrces  and  was  made  a 
Royal  Arch  Mason.  Tract  number 
seven  (Satan's  Cable  Tow)  gives  the  Mas- 
ter Mason's  oath  as  it  is  now  administered 
in  Masonic  lodges.  Masons  now  make 
(we  have  heard)  some  verbal  alterations  in 
it,  but  it  is  ///  siiJiKlimrr  the  same  thing. 

Rev.  A.  ^Y.  Paul,  Summer  Hill,  N.  Y., 
writes : 

''Tlie  Ci/iioi^iii'c  is  always  welcome,  and 
since  its  (mlargcmcut  is  is  more  welcome, 
if  possible,  than  ever.  Ever  since  1  have 
been  a  subscri])cr  I  have  made  it  a  rule  to 
not  allow  it  to  be  u.^cd  as  waste  paper,  but 
scatter  them  as  tracts  among  the  jieople 
with  whom  I  labor.  When  I  am  riding  to 
my  difterent  appoiutmenis  I  hand  out  the 
papers  to  the  people  I  meet  with  on  the 
road,  and  sometimes  send  one  to  a  friend 
through  the  mail,  when  I  tjiink  of  one 
who  has  never  read  a  copy.  Sometimes  I 
have  the  satisfaction  afterwards  of  seeing 
their  names  in  the  letter  list." 


I.  W.  Lowman,  Auburn,  Ind.,  writes  : 
"I  expect  to  do  more  for  the  paper.     I 
love  it  and  the  cause  It  advocates.   It  meets 
with  many  sympathizing  friends  and  will 
do  great  good." 

David  J.   Ellsworth,    Windsor,    Conn., 
writes': 

"I  have  been  in  receipt  of  your  paper, 
the  C't/ndSiire,  the  past  three  months,  and 
have  got  much  iiitercsled  in  the  work  and 
object..  I  will  remit  the  subscription  price 
($2.)  for  a  year.  I  have  kept  clear  of 
secret  societies,  but  wish  to  aid  in  eulight- 
cning  others  and  warning  them  against  this 
foul  aiul  loathsome  carcass,  "Freema- 
sonry." I  have  just  fiaished  reading  El- 
der Bernard's  expose  before  the  Syracuse 
Convention.  Its  enough  to  make  one's 
blood  boil !  And  my  mind  is,  that  it 
should  be  put  in  tract  form,  and  scattered 
like  autumn  leaves  from  one  end  of  the 
continent  to  the  other,  let  the  cost  be  Mdiat 
it  may.  The  Ci/nofiure  is  my  style.  I  am 
a  free  man  in  Christ,  and  will  not  be 
brought  under  the  power  of  any.  Am  de- 
cided and  outspoken,  and  love  the  truth.  I 
feel  like  enlisting  in  this  warfare,  to  fight 
while  life  shall  last,  not  fearing  what  man 
ma}'  say  or  do  unto  me.  There  are  two 
important  items  Elder  Bernard  does  not 
mention  in  his  paper,  viz  :  the  time,  and 
money,  worse  than  thrown  away.  M}--  next 
neighbor  is  a  Mason,  and  he  declared  to 
me  the  other  day  that  Masonry  had  never 
been  revealed  ;  that  no  true  Mason  bad 
ever  uttered  any  of  its  secrets  to  the  world, 
etc.,  etc.  There  is  a  lodge  in  this  town; 
and  three  ministers  (?)  in  it." 

Bennet  Chalfant,  Mt.  Vernon,  Iowa, 
writes  : 

"I  prize  this  paper  so  that  I  cannot  af- 
ford to  miss  one  number.    You  may  count 
on  me  for  a  life  stibscriber." 
T.  F.  Hallowell,  Haldane,  III,  writes  : 
"I  like  your  paper  well,   too  well  to  do 
without  it." 
P.  W.  Tainlor,  writes  from  Chapiu,  111 : 
"I  think  that  you  soon  will  get  some 
more  subscribers  from  about  Springfield. 
It  is  a  stronghold  of  Freemasonry.    Many 
men  about  there  are   strongly  opposed   to 
it,  but  are  not  well  enough  posted  on  the 
disclosures  to  feel  independent  enough  to 
take  a  decided  stand." 
Jas.  Springer,  Springertou,  111.,  writes : 
"We  intend  to  make  a  stir  against  secret- 
ism  in  this  corner.     We  are  not  organized, 
however,  and  hence  cannot  work  as  effect- 
ually as  we  could   wish.    Yet  we  mean 
business  just  now." 
Dr.  L.  C.  Cook,  Albion,  Ind.,  writes  : 
"Please  call  the  attention  of  Rev.  J.  P. 
Stoddard  to  Mr.  C.  W.  Reeves,  Plymouth, 
Ind.,  who  luay  be  a  valuable  a:ccession  as 
a  political  help  in  our  cause.    He  is  a  law- 
yer, and  shocked  the  fraternity  here  on  the 
Fourth  by  hitting  them  hard  in  the  face  on 
the  secrec.y  question  in  a  public  speech." 

As  we  all  wish  to  know  ou^  friends  we 
quote  this  here.  There  are  no  C/jriosiircs 
taken  at  Plymouth.  Cannot  some  one 
commence  a  club  there  with  Mr,  Reeves 
name  ? 
J.  Pink,  Mt.  Vernon,  Iowa,  writes  : 
"Please  put  me  down  as  a  life  member. 
I  will  do  all  I  can  for  you." 
H.  H.  Lingo,  Beahville,  O.,  writes  : 
"When  I  wrote  you  a  month  ago,  send- 
ing you  tliree  new  subscribers,  I  was  hur- 
ried, and  did  not  tell  you  about  the  petit- 
ions you  sent  me.  A  delay  in  the  mail 
caused  them  io  be  late  reaching  me.  I 
only  had  one  day  to  operate  in,  but  I  got 
on  my  horse  and  started  out  in  the  morn- 
iiig,  and  at  night  I  had  sixty-seven  names 
to  the  petition^  three  subscribers  for  the 
Gi/ifosinr  which  I  seut  you.  Yesterday  I 
rode  all  day  to  see  our  three  month's  rueu 
whose  time  is  out  and  to  get  new  subscrib- 
ers, but  had  bad  luck  ;  the  times  are  so 
hard  here  money  is  almost  out  of  the  ques- 
tion ;  we  have  had  no  rain  here  to  amount 
to  anything  since  the  first  week  in  May. 
Consequently,  our  grass  and  oat  crop  is  a 
failure.  The  farmers  cannot  sell  their 
cattle,  from  the  fact  that  the  pastures  are 
so  burned  out  they  cannot  get  them  fat, 
and  yon  can't  give  thin  stock  away  here 
now.  J.  M.  renews  for  three  months 
more.  He  is  an  Odd-fcllovv  and  says  you 
do  know  something  about  secret  societies, 
but  he  won't  tell  wliat  it  is." 

We  are  glad  you  have  called  on  the 
three  month's  subscribers.  During  these 
months  while  luindreds  of  such  subscrip- 
tions are  expiring,  we  hope  so  far  as  con- 
venient, those  who  sent  them  in,  will  ob- 
tain, if  possible,  renewals,  if  not  new  sub- 
scriptions to  take  their  places.  This  is  a 
good  time  also  for  those  who  have  not 
commenced  to  work  to  begin. 


ftm  M, 


The  Influence  of  a  Paper. 


In  an  open  letter  published  in  Aug- 
ust, 1S2S  i'rcm  Heniy  Jones,  pastor  in 
Cabot,  Vt  ,  is  the  followiug  paragraph: 

'^Considering  Masonry  as  I  have  for 
Ecveral  yes^rs,  it  has  been  my  endeAVor 
to  occupy  the  position  of  neutrality  re- 
specting it,  not  encouragiog  its  celebrs- 
tions,  fuceral  formalities,  etc.,  until 
perhaps  the  fore  part  of  April  last; 
when,  riceiving  something  of  an  Auti- 
masonic  lecture  frcma  Christian  friend, 
not  fh  raeinbcr  of  cur  religious  society, 
I  soon  consented  to  take  up,  as  I  called 
in  at  a  neighbors,  the  North  Star,  which 
reprc^senled  the  Masonic  institution  to 
be  immoral  and  corrupt;  and  on  being 
told  that  one  of  the  editors,  who  had 
formerly  been  a  Maton,  had  now  re- 
nounced it,  and  declared  its  secrets  to 
be  out,  on  obtaining  satisfaction  with 
regaid  to  the  credibility  of  the  man, 
my  mind  was  at  once  altracted  to  see 
what  reasous  he  had  assigned  for  such 
a  course.  Frcm  this  time,  being  cut  of 
the  sccipty  of  the  fraternity  and  alone, 
as  it  were.  I  continued  to  borrow  and 
refd  that  paper,  atid  examined  that 
subject  until  I  becEme  satisfied  that  tbe 
time  had  corae  when  it  was  my  duty, 
at  least,  to  withdraw  my  connection 
srcm  the  lodge." 

He  accordingly  sent  a  letter  to  that 
(tiecL  to  the  lodge  with  which  he  had 
been  connected,  which  published  in  the 
Vermont  papers,  that  King  Hiram 
Ledge  of  Waitsfield  had  "voted  unani- 
moush'  that  Henry  Joncp,  now  resid- 
ing in  Cabot,  a  Master  Mason,  and  a 
menhir  of  said  lodge,  be  expelled 
thfrefrcm  for  unworthy  and  unmasonic 
conduct.  Printers  in  the  United 
States,  friends  to  the  cause  of  Masonry, 
are  rf  quested  to  insert  thic  in  their 
papers.  ' 

No  man  is  arswerable  for  having  in 
years  past,  been  a  Freemason.  But 
the  time  h;.s  Brrived  that  has  produced 
a  new  era  in  the  sffairs  of  the  institu- 
tion. The  people  are  determined  to 
put  it  down  and  they  will  never  desist 
till  the  object  is  accomplished.  Yet 
Masons  who  confcientiousiy  and  hon- 
estly renource  their  idol,  are  every- 
where joyful'y  received  by  the  good 
and  the  virtuous  with  open  arms. — 
Seneca  Farmer. 


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Schedule  of   Bible  Leissons   for  Third 
(Juarter,  1874. 


July 


GosPBL  OP  Mark. 
B.     i.  1-11.     negiiining  of  tbe  Gospel. 


12.     i.  Irt-ST.     Tlie  Autliorityof  Jesus. 

19.  i.  45-48.     Tlie  Leper  Healed. 

20.  ii.  l'U17.    The  Publican  Called. 
2.     ii.  2;3-2S,  iii.  l-.").    Jesus  aiifl  Sabbatb. 
9.     iv.  35-41.    Power  over  Nature. 

V.  1-1.5      Power  over  Demons. 
V.  14-24.    Power  over  Disease. 
V.  22-23,  35-t:i.     Power  over  Death, 
vi.  2(1-21.    Martvrdornof  the  Baptist. 
vi.  :i4-44-     J'MveTboHsana  Fed. 
20.     vii.  24-30.    The  Pho-niclan  Mother. 
"      27.    KevicNV. 

LESSON    XXX. — JULY    2G,    1874. — THE    PUB- 
LICAN CVLLED. 


Any:. 


"  lU. 
"  23. 
"  30. 
Sept.  6. 
"     1.3. 


scKTPTUKE  LESSON. — MAUK  II.  13-17,   Com- 
mit 13-17  ;  Primary  Verse  17, 

13  And  he  went  forth  again  by  the  sea 
side  ;  and  all  the  muliitude  resorted  unto 
him,  and  he  taught  them. 

14  And  as  he  passed  by,  he  saw  Levi 
the  sou  of  Alpheus  sitting  at  the  receipt  of 
custom,  and  said,  Follow  me.  And  he 
arose  and  followed  him. 


15  And  it  came  to  pass,  that,  as  Jesus 
sat  at  meat  in  his  house,  many  publicans 
and  sinners  sat  also  together  with  Jesus 
and  his  disciples ;  for  there  were  many, 
and  they  followed  him. 

10  And  when  the  scribes  and  Pharisees 
saw  him  eat  with  publicans  and  sinners, 
they  said  unto  his  disciples.  How  is  it  that 
he  eateth  and  drinketh  with  publicans  and 
sinners  ! 

17  Wlien  Jesus  heard  it,  he  said  unto 
them.  They  that  are  whole  have  no  need 
of  the  physician,  but  they  that  are  sick :  I 
came  not  to  call  the  righteous,  but  sinners 
to  repentance. 

GOLDEN  TEXTT^'Tor  they  have 
wholly  followed  the  Lord. — Num.  xxxii. 
12. 

TOPIC. — He  came  to  call  sinners. 


HOME  READTNG.S. 

vl.      C-24— Gideon  the  Farmer. 

xvi.  1-13 — David  the  thepherd. 
xlx.    1-10— Zaccheus  tbe  Publican. 

Ix.     1-20— Saul  the  Persecutor. 

vii.  30-50 — Tbe  Pharisee's  ctipper. 

xiv.  1-24— The  Two  Feasts. 

ii.     1-17 — Eating  with  Sinners, 

TOPICAL  ANALYSIS, 
by  the  Sea  Side, »     versa       13. 
all  of  Matthew,  "  14. 

I  with  Sinners         verses  15,  Ifi. 
reut  I'hj'siciau,        verse         17. 


M. 

Jud«. 

T. 

1  Saml. 

V'/ 

Luke 

Th 

Acts 

F. 

Luke 

S. 

Luke 

S, 

Mark 

.lesus 

The  C 

Eating 

The  G 

SUGGESTIONS  TO,  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

At  the  beginning  of  this  chapter,  Jesus 
has  returned  from  his  first  preaching  tour 
of  Galilee.  If  you  have  a  map,  by  draw- 
ing a  line  around  tlie  outer  towns  and  cit- 
ies you  can  tell  nearly  where  he  went.  As 
he  came  back,  many  scribes  and  Pharisees 
came  to  hear  and  see.  \7e  have  next  "the 
healing  of  the  sick  of  the  palsy."  Find 
out  who  the  helpers  and  who  the  hinderers 
were,  who  was  the  healer,  and  who  was 
healed.  Are  you  helpless  or  healed,  a  hel- 
per or  hinderer  ? 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  What  sea  was 
this  ?  Who  followed  him  ?  Why  ?  (Mark 
iii.  8.)  Did  all  that  follow  him  believe  on 
him  ?  Will  following  save  if  we  do  not 
believe  ?  Really,  we  cannot  follow  if  we 
do  not  believe  ! 

AVhat  is  the  second  topic  ?  "What  name 
is  given  him.  in  Luke  v.  27  ?  What  in  ]Mat- 
thew  ix.  9  ?  Thepublicans  were  tax-gath- 
erers for  the  Romans,  and  were  very  much 
disliked  by  the  Jews.  They  often  oppress- 
ed the  people,  aid  extorted  money  from 
them.  What  did  Jesus  say  to  him  ? 
What  does  Luke  say,  chapter  v.  28  ?  Did 
he  v/ait,  or  bargain,  or  ask  questions  ? 
Does  Jesus  call  individuals  now  ?  Did  he 
ever  call  you  ? 

What  is  the  third  topic  1  Probably  this 
was  some  little  time  after  the  call.  What 
happened  'i  Whose  house  was  the  feast 
in  ?  Who  were  called  ?  The  publicans 
and  sinners  were  old  friends  of  Matthew. 
Why  do  you  think  he  invited  them  to  eat 
with  Jesus  ?  Is  that  a  good  way  to  bring 
sinners  ?  Who  do  }'ou  thiok  were 
pleased?  Was  Jesus  pleased  V  "Who 
were  displeased  ?  Did  they  wish  to 
go  to  the  feast  V  (I  think  not.)  Did  they 
wish  others  to  go  ?  No.  Do  you  think 
Jesus  ever  eats  with  people  now  ?  ■  Does 
your  papa  or  mamma  ask  "a  blessing  ?" 
Ask  them  to  invite  Je^us.  Do  you  think 
he  boarded  with  the  widow  in  1  Kings 
xvii.  9-1(5  ?  Has  he  made  any  feasts  ? 
Will  you  be  there  ''. 

What  is  the  fourth  topic?  Wiio  heard 
what  the  grumblers  said  ?  Does  he  always 
hear  ?  (Do  you  ever  find  fault  ?)  Did  he 
answer  ?  Repeat  his  answer.  Who  is  the 
physician  for  ?  Wlio  is  the  sick  man  fi'r  ? 
Who  is  Jesus  for  ?  Are  you  for  Jesus? 
We  find  Jesus  when  we  believe  that  we 
are  sinners. 

Lessons.  Christ  calling  sinners  by 
name.  The  way  to  follow.  The  feast  a 
sinner  made  for  Jesus.  Asking  other  sin 
ners  to  meet  him.  The  people  who  found 
fault .  The  feast  Jesus  spreads  for  sinners. 
— National  !^uinlay-l<clwol  TeacJnr. 


The    Social  Nalurc   of  the    Sabbath- 
School. 


The  Sunday-school  can  be  a  success, 
only  where  all  elements  of  strength 
are  duly  worked.  Its  social  fp'rit  must 
be  warm  and  cheerful,  yet  thoughtful 
and  reverent. 

It  is  not  the  awfully  good  people, 
who  win  the  ycung  to  Chrisi,  nor  the 
light,  trivial  people,  but  the  true,  geu- 
uine,  earnest  people. 

The  Sibbath-school  should  bo  like  a 
home.  We  do  not  enjoy  visitino', 
where  a  frozen  respt  ctability  stifltens 
every  moment,  nor    where  a   course, 


THE  c  CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


rollicking  fam'liarity  disgusts  us,  but 
where  an  easy  rcfineinenc  makes  a 
gen'al  alraosphere  of  kindnes?.  The 
Sabbath-scliool  ought  not  to  be  con- 
ducted like  a  state  funer;:),  Neiih'^r 
ought  it  to  be  1  epL  in  a  perpetual  t'tter; 
- — the  Superintendent  teilicj:;  stories 
with  far  more  fun  tl  atx  piety  in  them, 
and  all  the  t  xercises  cairled  on  upon 
the  ''high  pressure"  pnuc'p'e  of  txcitt- 
ment  and  hilarity. 

There  is  an  atrnotpbere  of  home-like 
cheerfulness  in  the  schocl  where  the 
social  eleoieut  is  properly  used;  officers 
and  teachers  greet  each  olhi^r,  and  the 
scholars!,  warmly,  cordially,,  heartily. 
DiilVrences  of  social  standing  that,  eke 
where,  keep  the  poor  lenainded  of  the 
shabbincss  of  their  clothing,  «nd  the 
coarseness  of  ihtir  m;uiners,  are  entirely 
ignored  here. 

In  the  model  Sabbath  school,  eveiy 
body  is  kind  to  everybody,  because 
everybody  loves  everybody,  for  Jesue' 
sake,  who  cares  for  us  all  with  such' 
an  iuficite  tenderness.  Everybody's 
face  retiects  the  beaming  of  his  kind- 
ness, in  a  way  that  is  altogether  good 
and  pleasant;  ''iike  the  dew  of  Heaven, 
when  the  Lord  commanded  his  bless- 
ing, even  life  forever  more." 

Children  are  specially  susceptible  to 
these  influoiices.  They  attract  them  as 
certainly  as  do  pretty  clothes,  dainty 
food,  bright  dower-,  or  sweet  music. 
They  know  intuitivt  ly  whether  your 
cordiality  is  sincere,  or  whether  you 
are  condecending  and  kind,  from  a  sense 
of  duty.  Only  the  plenitude  of  the 
love  of  Jefu',  cm  make  Sabbathshool 
workers  genuinely sccal. — Nail.  S.  S. 
Teacher. 


Now  prayer  is  alvrays  appropriate, 
but  it  is  not  the  only  thing  to  be 
thought  of.  We  may  cry  to  God  till 
our  voices  fail.  He  will  not  do  fcr  us, 
what  we  ought  to  do  for  ourselv  s. 
Such  efforts  remind  one  of  a  priest  who 
was  walking  over  the  tields  of  his  peas- 
ant parishoners,  blessing  them,  and 
praying  for  good  crops.  "No  use  in 
praying  here,"  he  said, ^  when  he 
came  to  the  land  of  an  indolent  farmer; 
"This  ground  must  be  worked  better." 


A  Sabbath-school  scholar  who  does 
not  study,  goes  to  schocl  at  a  great 
disadvantage.  There  are  many  chil- 
dren who  think  the  lesson  paper  is  so 
easy  and  so  handy,  that  it  needs  no 
study.  All  they  want  to  do  is  to  look 
over  it  for  five  minutes,  and  then  run 
away  to  school,  thinking  they  know 
something  about  it.  If  these  children 
would  catch  their  teachers  at  this  sort 
of  work,  they  would  raise  a  great  com- 
motion about  it.  If  it  is  the  duty  of 
the  teacher  to  know  the  lessoa  when 
lie  comes  to  the  class,  it  is  as  much  so 
of  the  child.  A  studious  child  makes 
a  studious  teacher;  for  if  the  child 
knows  something  about  the  lesson  he 
compels  the  teacher  to  keep  up  at  least 
even  with  him.  If  there  are  four  or 
live  children  in  the  house,  it  is  pleasant 
to  study  the  lesson  together ;  and  if 
father  and  mother  will  help  them,  and 
do  it  pleasantly,  it  will  be  ail  the  bet- 
ter. 


}{$t^  hujI  %M\  %n\h, 


A  Timely  Toyic. 


What  is  true  with  regard  to  the  ne- 
cefsily  of  adapting  one's  regimen  to  a 
chwge  of  country  has  its  application 
also  to  variations  in  ihe  weather  at 
home.  The  diet  of  summer  should 
vary  from  that  of  winter,  and  the  in- 
stincts of  m.iny  persona  direct  them 
rightly.  They  are  careful  t)  modify 
their  food  as  well  as  their  clothing 
when  warm  weather  comeson.  Olhere, 
however  are  no  so  careful  and  sensible. 
The  substances  that  develop  caibir, 
such  as  fat  meat,  are  eaten  as  largely/ 
in  June  as  in  D jcember,  and  the  fruits, 
which  are  in  a  double  sense  se;isonable, 
are  neglected.  Hence  mnny  of  the 
cases  of  diseases  of  the  digestive  organs, 
so  coraDQon  in  summer  are  produced, 
while  pet  sons  of  more  than  ordinary 
strong  constitutions  are  far  more  warm 
and  feverish  than  they  need  le. 

It  is  not  our  purpose  to  dilate  c  ii  facts 
wh'ch  may  be  found  in  any  popular 
work  on  sanitary  science. 

We  have  meiely  glanced  at  a  few 
points  as  a  reminder  of  the  truth  that 
people  can  so  adapt  themselves  to  ex- 
treme heat  as  to  be  measurably  com- 
fortable with  the  tfiercury  at  above 
ninety  iu  the  shade.  It  is  scarcely 
necessary  to  add  that  exposure  to  the 
sun  and  excessive  muscular  exertion 
are  to  be  avoided.  Drinking  profusely 
of  iced  beverages  by  persons  in  a 
heated  slate,  the  danger  has  been  so 
plainly  shown  by  repeated  inslaaces  of 
sudden  death,  that  no  warning  ought 
to  be  required.  Yet  it  is  only  a  few 
days  since  a  St.  Louis  barkeeper  sought 
to  check  his  perspiration  and  cool  his 
blood  by  getting  into  a  hrge  ice-chest. 
He  succeeded  in  effecting  his  object, 
but  the  artificial  chill  thussupeiinduced 
was  soon  followed  by  the  coldneps  of 
death  -  To  wind  up,  we  would  advise 
all  sufferers  from  the  ''heated  term"  to 
keep  cool,  if  they  car,  and,  at  ail 
events,  to  be  careful  not  to  fall  into 
such  mistakes  in  diet,  drink,  or  expos- 
ure as  to  help  the  weather  in  making 
thc-m  uncomfortable.  —  Cincinnati  Ga- 
zette. 


If  your  child  is  naturally  feverish  and 
restless  at  night,  let  its  diet  through 
the  day  be  principally  oat-meal.  This 
affects  the  kidneys  most  decidedly,  and 
will  be  far  better  than  a  doss  cf  nitre 
that  physicians  so  frtquently  prescribe 
for  this  trouble.  If  this  feverish  state 
be  from  worm.',  which  you  can  soon 
find  out  by  observing  if  the  upper  lip 
is  swollen  or  blue,  the  nose  pinched  or 
white,  if  the  child  rubs  the  nose,  es- 
pecially at  about  sun  down;  the  child 
getting  more  irritable  at  that  time, 
freakish  at  the  table  and  perhaps  vom- 
iting its  food,  with  or  without  a  pendu- 
lous stomach,  some  or  all  of  these  char- 
acteristics being  present,  a  glass  of 
sweetened  milk  will  seem  to  quiet  the 
worms  and  allow  a  restful  night  for 
the  little  one.  If  you  are  sure  it  may 
be  from  this  parasite,  drinking  freely 
three  or  four  times  of  summer  savory 
tea,  if  the  child  will  take  it,  or  the 
same  quantity  of  the  herb,  dried, 
stirred  into  syrup,  may  be  received  by 


the  child  satisfactorily.  If  this  is  not 
effectual,  santonin,  six  powders  in 
one-eighth  orain  doses,  four  hours 
apar*,  should  be  sufficient  for  any 
child  between  tea  months  and  four 
years  of  age. 

O-H* 

For  tiih;  Sydenham  ScAKLirr  Feveii. 
— Thi?,  in  its  incipiency,  generally  re- 
quires nothing  but  a  nice  pack  iu  tepid 
water,  or  a  bath  is  better,  if  the  child 
will  takti  it.  Putting  several  compresses 
upon  the  back,  changing  as  frtquently 
as  they  get  heated,  plenty  of  gruel, 
corn  meal  is  b:st.  wiihiut  milk,  well 
salted.  If  the  child  ahcu'd  be  delirious, 
as  is  upual  at  n;g'it,  one  or  two  drop 
doses  of  belladonna  may  be  given,  if 
you  give  the  atteDuttions  g>ve  them  in 
wat'^rastbey  will  give  a  more  salis- 
facl.ry  result.  If  Ihe  child  is  of  a  resl- 
lesg,  irritable  habit  and  will  n  jt  keep 
still  from  habit  as  well  as  from  thi.s 
trouble,  rub  the  spine  well  with  lard  or 
bacon  oi). 


For  icflimed eyelids,  pulverizo  fctarch 
finely,  put  into  a  little  thin  muslin 
sack  and  place  over  the  lids  at  night, 
this  has  been  useful  when  cerates  and 
lotions  have  irritated. 

Under-Mraiiiing'. 

Abstract  of  the  address  of  Dr.  Geo. 
C.  HeckicaT,  President  of  Hanover 
College,  to  the  Farmers'  Club  of  Han- 
over Township: 

UNDEti-DRAININO,      TnB      PcOR      PAKMEk's 
MINE. 

All  lands  do  not  need  artificial  drain- 
ing to  produce  fair  crops;  but  there  is 
very  little  land  that  would  not  be  im- 
proved by  under-draining.  All  high 
lands  that  contain  too  much  water  at 
any  season  require  dr<ainagf,  if  the  wa- 
ter injures  the  particular  crop,  or  pre- 
vents the  ground  being  prepared  in 
time  for  the  crop.  Such  land  may  be 
used  permanently  for  grass,  with  top 
dressing,  and  occasional  plowing  and 
seeding,  but  even  for  this  use  it  would 
pay  to  under-drain.  Careful  attention 
to  the  color  of  crops  will  show  where 
draining  is  especially  needed.  Their 
yellow  spots  and  slow  growths  a:e  na- 
ture's prayer  for  tiles;  they  do  not 
show  bad  soil  as  often  as  watered  soil. 

DOES  UNDER-DRAINING  PAY  ? 

*'Hovv  much  its  cost  per  acre"  de- 
pends on  Qircumstances,  and  will  vary 
therefore  according  to  locality  and  the 
amount  of  labor  that  could  be  done  by 
permanent  hands  on  the  faim.  The 
elements  of  the  estimate  are  these: 

The  cost  of  engineering  and  super- 
intendence, and  excavation,  depending 
on  price  of  labor,  nature  of  soil,  and 
depth  of  drains;  cost  of  tiles,  deter- 
mined by  size  and  frieght;  and  the  lay- 
ing and  filling.  If  laid  in  stone  it  is 
easy  to  determine  the  comparitive  cost. 
Stone  only  to  be  preferred  when  ou  the 
ground,  and  tile  too  expensive  on  ac- 
count of  distance. 

Where  the  work  is  well  done,  it  is  a 
permanent  work,  there  being  reason 
for  thinking  it  may  last  a  hundred 
years.  Will  it  pay  ?  So  far  as  I  know, 
I  never  knew  of  a  case  wherein  it  did 
not?     The  increase  of  one-sixth  aver- 


age productiveness  has  been  the  lowest 
report  I  have  heard.  In  miny  cases 
twenty-five  per  cent,  on  the  invest- 
ment, is  reported.  In  a  heavy  clay 
soil  one  reports  from  six  to  ten  bushels 
of  wheat  txtri.  A  farmer  near  Indi- 
anapolis tells  me  all  his  farm  hsa  been 
under-drained  but  what  was  CHlurally 
the  best,  and  new  that  is  the  least  uio- 
ductive. 

There  are  other  Vrtluable  ways  in 
which  it  pays.  It  makes  farming  more 
regular  as  to  seasons  because  less  de- 
pendent on  weather.  It  makes  farm- 
ing easier,  because  it  gives  more  time, 
fnm  fuur  to  six  weeks  annually,  for 
work.  The  soil  is  diyer,  more  friable 
aud  therefore,  more  easily  Avorked. 
There  are  no  spots  to  work  around, 
or  to  be  worked  oVer  without  return, 
but  the  plow  has  a  stra'gtit  stretch. 
Any  practical  farmer  ran  take  the  above 
facts  and  cipher  out  for  hiais^df  how 
— not  only  are  there  far  larger  returns 
for  the  labor  and  expense  of  working 
the  farm — but  how  the  labor  and  ex- 
pense are  viaiblv  reduced. 


CLAY  SOILS, 


pecially, 


invite 


under-drainint 


They  need  it  more;  it  can  be  done 
cheaper  than  in  any  other  soils — the 
drains  are  far  more  permanent — and 
the  land  generally  provides  the  kind  of 
clay  needt-d  for  tile  making. 

To  sum  up — other  things  being 
equal,  a  well  under-drained  larm  may 
be  regarded  as  the  poor  farmer's  mine, 
and  the  rich  farmer's  bank. 

Fattening  Cattle. — The  editor  of 
the  CuUivator  and  Govmiry  Gentk- 
ma^tsajs:  Bousingalt  estimates  that 
an  ex  we'ghing  748  pounds,  fed  on  40 
pounds  per  diem,  will  increase  in 
weight  about  2  poutuls  daily.  Accord- 
ing to  Mr.  Low,  an  ox  weiuhing  7*70 
pounds  aud  consuming  2,  223  pounds 
of  turnips  per  week,  if  he  thrives,  will 
gain  in  the  same  I'mo  nearly  a  stone, 
14  pounds  in  weighs  All  iwing  lOi) 
pounds  of  hay  to  bi  worth  GTO  pounds 
of  turnips,  the  ii^crease  is  still  about  2 
pounds  a  day.  Mr  Dubois  suys  the 
quantity  of  green  fodder  consumed  by 
an  ox  during  the  eight  months  when 
he  is  fattening  is  equivalent  to  U,600 
pounds  of  dry  hay.  The  average  ra- 
tion of  green  forage  per  diem  ho  calcu- 
lates, therefore,  as  eq  uvaleut  to  about 
twenty- seven  pounds  of  hay.  But  this 
average  ia  evidently  too  email,  partic- 
ularly for  cold  weather,  whic'n  was 
proven  in  the  valley  of  Auge  in  Nor- 
mandy. Mr.  Stephenson  estimates 
that  57  per  cent,  of  the  whcle  animal 
will  be  butcher's  meat;  8  per  cent.'  td- 
low;  0  per  cent:  hide;  and  29  per  cent, 
entrails.  This  of  course  depends  upon 
the  condition  of  the  beef — a  fat  one 
will  yield  a  greater  per  cent,  than  a 
lean  one.  Others  give  the  per  cent, 
of  meat  at  53  to  02  per  cent. 


Grain  for  Poultry. — There  is  no 
other  grain  that  is  relished  so  well  by 
fowls  as  Indian  corn.  It  must  always 
continue  to  be,  as  now,  the  American 
poulterer's  main  reliance,  for,  although 
for  fattening  to  use  in  certain  cases,  it 
possesses  more  nutriment  for  the  price 
than  any  other  grain,  and  is  always  to 
be  obtained .  Corn  can  be  given  ground 
and  unground,  raw  and  cooked.  Oats 
we  prefer  ground  fine,  as  otherwise  the 
hulls  are  too  harsh  and  bulky.  With 
wheat-bran  and  middlings,  wheat  in 
the  kernel,  barley  and  buckwheat, 
there  need  be  no  difficulty  in  avoiding 
monotony,  Rye,though  the  poorest 
grain  of  all,  may  be  given  oc  as'on^illv, 
and  orewers'  grain  if  convenient.  —  7'/te 
Poultry  World, 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


1^  ^(tt|j$tw«  %«(r$ittj^, 


Cliicaaro,  ThuvMlay,  July  1«,  1874. 


KDITOHIAL  t'OKUESPOM)ENCE. 


Phincbton,  ilL.July  8,  1874. 
Dear  Cynosure  : 

FreemaFonry  is  slruggliog  for  the  control  of  tbis 
country  by  conlrolliiig  \U  centLrs  of  icfluercij:  town, 
county  and  Slate.  Every  minister,  and  especially 
every  Congregational  naiuister,  wLo  will  not  bow  the 
knee  to  its  idolatries  in  tbe  lodge,  or  make  biraself  an 
outside  Buppoiter  of  it,  is  marked  and  quietly  slan- 
dered down;  bis  congregation  is  thinned  by  an  irvisi- 
ible  band;  bis  excellence  ignored;  bis  faults  and  frail- 
ties magnified,  and  himself  put  at  a  discount 

Since  I  left  honje  I  stopped  with  a  minister,  who 
has  given  little  attention  to  and  taken  no  part  in  tbe 
lodge-discussion,  but  who  is  an  honest  man.  An  old 
college  comrade  called  on  him,  who  is  a  Knight  Tem- 
plar. He  was  rejoiced  to  see  him;  told  him  be  "bfid 
not  been  in  a  lodge  for  three  years,"  and  tbe  minister 
thought  his  friend  eared  little  for  Masonry.  I  asked 
him  if  he  bad  not  been  in  a  "  cominandery  "  vsiibin 
three  years?  He  blushed  and  stammered  out,  *1 
have  been  in  a  commandery  once  iu  tiiree  yeavp." 
But  mark,  he  did  not  say  he  bad  not  been  in  more 
than  once, — he  has  probably  been  a  constant  at- 
tendant. Thus  this  old  college  friend  was  deceiving 
tbe  man  whose  bread  he  was  eating,  and  whose  hos- 
pitality he  enjoyed! 

Tiie  moment  a  youns-;  man  hets  bis  face  to  seek  sue 
cess  in  life  by  secret  advaniRges,  he  is  a  disboneBt 
man  entering  on  ihe  })atbway  of  dishonesty. 

I  learned  from  this  KoigbtTtrnplar  that  Mr.  Poweb, 
of  Aurora,  nominated  as  State  Superintendant  of  our 
schools,  is  also  a  Knight  Templar.  Of  course  be  has 
drunk  the  fifth  libation  from  a  human  skull,  invoked  a 
double  damnation  on  his  soul,  if  he  violates  any  one  of 
the  seventy-two  oaths  which  he  h^s  taken,  which 
oaths  bind  him  in  confederacy  with  the  worst  of  man- 
kind. Are  the  scbcols  of  tbe  Sute  of  Illinois  to  be 
guided,  and  our  boyo  influenced  by  such  an  example 
as  this  ?  If  our  schools  and  youth  are  to  be  corruptee^ 
by  such  examples,  we  are  certain  to  follow  the  lost 
nations. 

I  hope  measures  will  be  taken  to  question  Mr. 
Powell,  and  udLss  be  will  leave  so  wicktd  and  coi- 
rupt  a  ccmbination,  be  should  be  opposeJ  as  vigor- 
ously as  we  opposed  the  desecration  of  tbe  Chicago 
Custom-House.  Tbe  Ecbool  lost,  all's  lost.  As  I  write, 
word  has  come  by  the  pnpRr  that  the  savage  punsuit 
of  Gen.  0.  O,  Howard  ttili  continues.  President 
Grant  has  r.iven  him,  however,  the  important  depart- 
ment of  Oregon,     Yours  truly,  J.    B. 


THE  UiMTED  CHURCHES  OF  CHRIST, 


The  lodge  is  a  confederacy;  not  a  brotherbooJ.  By 
no  explanation,  pbyt>ieal  or  moral,  can  that  name  be 
anything  but  an  assumed  one.  Sworn  allies^. offen- 
sive and  defensive,  the  supreme  principles  of  love  and 
law  have  no  recognition  iu  their  union.  The  oath 
makes  the  boud,  and  pride,  f.ar  and  eeltasbuess  rivet 
it.  The  cunning  and  deceit  of  the  devil  in  giving  tbe 
name  "brother"  to  the  dupes  of  the  lodge  had  its 
purpose — to  carry  out  the  false  and  soui-deatroying 
system  in  every  particular.  Christ  applied  the  word 
to  his  followers  in  the  new  and  glorious  relation  per- 
fected by  the  Cross  and  the  Resurrection;  but  the  race 
in  general  are  "  neighbors"  by  his  uniform  use  of  the 
word.  What  then  must  complete  the  lodge  system, 
after  a  substitution  for  the  death,  burial  and  resunec- 
tion  of  Jesus,  the  new  birth,  tbe  allegiance  of  the 
soul  to  God  as  the  highest  authority,  and  his  Word 
as  supreme  law,  but  to  steal  and  misuse  that  name, 
which,  aside  from  tbe  limited  natural  relation,  belongs 
solely  to  the  family  of  saints. 

So,  as  the  couocience  of  the  churches  is  awakened 
to  the  dark  system,  and  Christians  become  separate 
from  it  by  disfellowship,  must  we  expect  tbe  true  idea 


of  brot'ierbood  to  prevail  ?  The  soul  struggles  that 
go  before  such  separation  from  sinful  fellowship;  pre- 
pare tbe  way  for  that  which  is  true  and  holy.  The 
churches  £.nd  denominations  which  have  re;iched  thif 
ground,  must  feel  a  unioa  with  each  other,  a  mulurj 
reliance,  which  the  progress  of  our  cause  will  develop 
and  strengthen;  in  denominations  that  foster  indepen- 
dence, individual  churcher,  as  they  put  away  the 
lodge  will  be  drawn  to  each  other,  spite  of  doctrinal 
lines,  and  in  the  more  centralized  systems  churches 
will  become  independent^  or  take  themselves  by  inde- 
pendent action  from  tbe  tainted  pastures  of  one  de- 
nomination to  the  pure  fijlda  of  another.  And  in  pro 
portion  as  the  lodg,',  system  is  seen  to  be  the  darkesi 
and  nio.st  opposed  to  the  kingdom  of  our  Lord  and 
Saviour  Josus  Christ,  will  the  fellowship  of  those 
churches  and  Christians  who  thus  recognize  and  op- 
pose it,  be  confiimed  and  blessed  of  God.  The  breth- 
ren who  lately  dedicated  a  house  to  tbe  unmixed  wor- 
ship of  Jebovr.h  in  Marengo,  those  whom  Bro.  Travis 
assisted  in  a  like  joyful  occasion  ir  Ohio,  the  praying 
bands  Bro.  Stratton  found  in  Michigan,  all  feel  a  quick- 
ening of  their  loie  toward  those  who  by  God's 
help,  will  not  countenance  this  conspiracy  of  Satan. 

And  tbis  brotl  erly  f,flection  stiould  be  cherished 
and  strengthened.  It  should  be  felt  year  by  year 
more  strongly  in  our  annual  meetin|>8.  For  its 
growth  and  perfection  let  iis  pray  and  work  until  all 
who  are  in  Christ,  "  called  to  be  saints  "  and  breth- 
ren of  our  L)rd  Jeaus  Christ,  see  eye  to  eye  on  this 
question. 

The  First  Illinlis  Distuict. — This  district  is  com- 
posed of  seven  wards  in  Chicago,  fourteen  towns  in 
Co.k  county  and  tbe  county  of  Du  Page.  Its  present 
representative  in  Gongreas  is  a  gcMutleman  by  the 
name  of  Rice.  He  has  thus  far  attained  to  fame  in  but 
a  single  inttar.ce.  A  post-master  in  his  district,  a 
maimed  man,  was  turned  out  and  a  Freemason  put  in 
bis  ykce.  For  this  courageous,  high-toned  act  he 
will  doubtl'iss  expect  to  receive  the  votes  of  the  in 
ferior  class  of  Freemasons  in  Du  Page  county.  Th( 
better  members  of  tbe  fraternityj  however,  will  des- 
pise the  author  of  such  a  meanne.«8  as  others  will,  and 
if  a  decent  man  is  nominated  a  heavy  vote  can  be 
ptllcd  against  him;  enough  at  least  to  throw  the 
election  into  the  hands  of  another  candidate.  The 
question  h  not  whether  U  was  a  manly  thing  to  do 
not  whether  Fre(  masons  are  proper  persons  to  hold 
office,  but  whether  Mr.  Rice  owns  the  past  offices  in 
Du  Page  county  and  can  use  them  for  his  own  indi 
vidn:;l  aggrandiz"m(nt  or  not.  The  detestable  doc 
trine,  that  men  whom  we  elect  to  serve  us  are  to  be 
our  '-Right  Worshipful  Masters''  and  distribute  offices 
around  among  those  who  will,  work  to  re  elect  them. 
has  gone  about  far  enough.  Thero  are  a  hundred 
men  in  Du  Page  county  who  are  superior  to  Mr.  Rice 
in  ability  and  incapable  of  the  mean  act  by  which  be 
has  gained  the  only  laurels  he  wears — turning  out  a 
man  who  uses  a  crutch  to  put  in  a  personal  retainer, 
against  the  will  of  the  people  of  the  town.  Let  every 
American  citizen  in  the  first  district  who  loves  fair 
play  look  around  for  some  fair  man  to  (ill  this  Coi 
grectman's  place. 


NOTEy. 


Twenty  Thuusand  Dlu.aks. —  A  paragraph  has 
been  going  the  rounds,  fetaiing  that  the  congregation 
of  Prof.  Swing  had  lately  raised  twenty  thousand  dol 
lars  to  discharge  a  debt  resting  on  the  Fourth  Presby- 
terian Church  of  Chicago.  Tne  impression  created 
was  that  the  money  was  given  under  the  inference 
to  be  drawn  was  as  any  one  pleased.  If  a  man  chose 
to  eay,  '-What  a  great  man  Prof.  Swing  is!"  no 
one  would  probably  object.  It  seems,  however,  that 
the  money  was  not  given.  A  set  of  ten  per  cent 
bonds  were  issued  and  these  bonds  were  sold  on  the 
Subbath.  In  other  words  the  church  became  for  the 
•moment  a  Chamber  of  Commerce,  and  the  congrega- 
tion a  Board  of  Trade.  "How  long,  O  Lord,  how 
long!"  Is  this  the  Christianity  of  to-drty.  God  in 
his  great  mercy  give  us  humility  for  our  sin  and  grant 
his  spirit  to  lead  us  nearer  to  himself  I 


— The  Masons  of  Philadelphia  are  more  modest 
than  their  allies  of  Chicago.  The  latter,  after  secur- 
ing an  invitation  from  tbe  government  authorities  to 
lay  the  Custom-House  corner-stone  some  months  affo. 
put  off  thfcir  ceremony  to  June  24th,  their  fabled 
saint's  day,  thus  to  im-pire  ihe  gaping  crowds  more 
fully  with  their  supreme  dignity,  and  fix  in  their 
minds  the  anniversary  of  their  order.  In  Philadel- 
phia the  corner-stone  of  the  public  buildings  of  the 
city  were  to  be  laid.  It  was  an  event  of  public  inter- 
est and  a  public  day,  July  4 lb,  was  chosen  ;  but  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  Pennsylvania  were  at  length  called 
in  to  parade  their  rites,  so  loathsome  to  every  Amer- 
ican heart.  The  "order,"  as  usual,  faced  out  their 
assumption  of  superiority  in  tbe  procession  and  exer- 
cises. But  it  must  have  sounded  slruigely  on  a  free- 
man's ears  to  hear,  alter  the  Mksjus  were  threugh, 
the  words  of  the  Declaration  of  Independence  recited, 
and  the  orator  of  the  day  say  :  'One  hundred  and 
eighty  years  ago,  when  this  city  and  this  province 
was  a  wilderness,  William  Penn,  then  tie  proprietor, 
dedicated  this  very  spet  of  ground  as  the  suitable  site 
for  the  Public  Buildings  of  his  projected  city."  That 
was  before  the  "birth  of  Masonry,  but  had  the  revered 
Quaker  surmised  the  desecration  of  the  time  and  place 
he  would  no  doubt  have  made  his  gift  a  provisional 
one,  and  the  transactions  of  Independence  day  would 
have  been  the  forfeit. 

— On  corner-sfoacs,  a  correspondent  in  Kansas 
City,  Mo.,  writes  :  '-We  have  just  had  another 
Chicago  cate  of  corner-3tone  layirg  here.  The  Sia'e 
is  building  an  orphanage,  and  the  Masons  were  called 
upon  to  perform  thtir  ungodly  ceremonies  on  the  oc- 
casion of  laying  tbe  corner-stone,  one  of  cur  leading 
ministers  performing  the  high  effice  of  orator.  There 
were  on  the  platform  to  my  own  knowledge,  f  react- 
ers  of  all  denominailons  (for  all  the  preachers  ia  this 
city  I  believe  are  Masons)  infidels,  Mormons,  Jewp, 
and  a  goodly  array  of  saloon  keepers."' 

— A  very  remarked  feature  of  the  Chicago  proces- 
sion was  the  conirast  in  the  physical  and  intellectual  ap- 
pearance of  the  various  bodies.  The  more  dignity,  the 
more  titles,  degrees,  badge?,  plumes,  cro-sesand  lodge 
fustian,  the  lower  seemed  the  individual  in  the  mornl 
scale.  Deacon  T.  T.  Gurney,  33d  deg  ,  w^o  mai- 
shalled  the  ''Oaental  Consistory"  (32d  and  3od  deg. 
Masons)  might  not  urjustly  have  been  charged  with 
disgracing  his  '  order"  by  putting  at  their  bead  those 
whose  countenances  and  persons  showed  most  beast- 
iality.  The  Odd  fellows  were  much  better  looking 
men  than  the  Masots,  and  the  Knighis  of  Pythias  ex- 
celled either. 

— Bro,  Travis  report?  to  the  Free  Mtthodist  the 
dedication  of  a  new  bou^e  of  worship  in  Sammorfielu, 
0.,  by  the  brethren  who  refusing  ioftUowship  the 
lodge  formed  a  Free  Metholist  cburch'in  tiiat  place  a 
year  ago.  The  church  was  dedicated  June  2  let.  It 
is  of  convenient  s'z?,  tasteful  in  appearance  and  well 
constructed.  Bro.  J.  M.  Rownds  acted  aa  building 
Committee  and  pushed  for^yard  the  work  to  a  com 
pletion  in  two  months.  Of  the  dedication  Bro.  Trav- 
is writes: 

We  preached  on  the  occasion  from  Psalms  xciii. , 
final  clause  of  5th  verse, — "Helness  bece.meth  thy 
house,  0  Lord,  forever."  God,'  who  by  bis  blessed 
Spirit  hai  visited  us  in  the  love-feast,  owned  the  word; 
but  it  was  at  the  sacramental  board,  after  the  4  o'clock 
preaching,  that  th«    richer  anointing  was  given; 

"When  heaven  came  down  our  souls  to  greet. 

And  glory  crowned  Ihe  mercy  seat." 
The  prayer  of  our  people  is  earnestly  requested  for 
the  dear  brethren  and  sisters  in  that  locality,  wbo  in 
their  isolation  from  any  other  foeiety,  and  without 
knowing  us  except  as  set  forth  in  our  Disciphne — not 
baving  met  any  of  our  preachers,  except  the  writer — 
have  from  principle,  and  with  desire  to  glorify  God, 
thus  come  out  to  be  a  separate  people;  and  this  in  the 
face  of  bitter  opposition,  in  the  very  midst  of  tobacco- 
raising  portion  of  the  State. 

— We  call  attention  to  the  letter  from  the  wife  of 
a  respected  Baptist  minirter  of  New  York  and  cc-la- 
borer  in  the  reform  on  Rev.  E.  M.  Spencer.  The 
conversation  related  by    Elder  Beiuard  will  be  recol- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


lected.  If  the  lodge  can  exercise  such  stultifying 
power  over  such  men  how  must  it  doubly  harden  the 
heart  untouched  with  the  love  of  God  ! 

— The  late  annual  meeting  of  the  German  Baptists, 
commonly  known  as  Dunbards,  held  in  this  State. 
discussed  at  some  length  one  of  their  customs  regard- 
ing the  private  examination  of  those  seeking  admissict) 
to  their  denomination.  Many  argued  that  it  should 
be  public  to  prevent  the  accusations  of  secretists  that 
they  were  a  secret  society.  On  every  hand,  during 
the  discussion,  the  principles  of  the  body  in  opposi- 
tion to  the  lodge  were  shown. 

— S.  A.  Hurlbut,  of  Belvidere,  111.,  a  prominent 
defender  of  Masonry  in  the  Ellen  Slade  murder  case, 
is  now  working  up  a  convention  in  ihe  fourth  congress- 
ional district  of  this  State  for  a  renomination  lo  Con- 
gress. Honest  men  of  that  district  will  be  recreant  to 
duty  if  he  is  allowed  to  return  to  Congress. 

National  Christian  Association. — Some  good 
friends  of  our  cause  in  remitting  the  fee  for  annua] 
membership,  enclose  it  in  business  Jetltrs  to  the  edi- 
tor or  publisher  of  the  Cynosure.  Will  not  all  re- 
member that  such  letters  should  be  addressed  toC.  A. 
Blanchard,  11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago.  It  saves 
trouble  to  have  such  letters  go  to  tbe  place  at  once. 
Let  every  Cynosure  subscriber  collect  iwonty-five 
cents  from  all  the  Anti-masons  in  his  neighborhood. 
Let  fathers  and  mothers  send  the  fee  fur  their  chil- 
dren. Then  put  the  amount  raised  into  a  draft,  postal 
order,  or  registered  letter  Write  down  the  name,  age 
and  address  of  each  person,  and  send  lo  the  Corres- 
ponding Secretary,  C.  A.  Blanchard,  as  above  stated. 
Don't  wait  for  cool  weather  to  begin.  Now  is  always 
the  best  time  to  do  good.  Two  life  memberships 
came  ia  last  month,  and  a  large  number  of  annuals, 
■while  nearly  five  thousand  members  tickets  are  now  in 
the  hands  of  devoted  laborers  in  this  cause.  Send  in 
the  names  and  fees  at  once;  we  cannot  afford  to  delay. 


The  Vail  Rkmovkd  is  the  title  of  a  new  book  by  a 
classmate  of  H.  W.  Beecher.  being  a  review  of  the 
council  w^hich  sat  not  long  since  in  Brooklyn,  and  of 
the  public  utterances  and  writings  of  Mr.  Beecher. 
Though  not  written  in  connected  style,  on  nearly  ev- 
ery page  it  brings  Bible  truth  to  bear  in  an  impres  - 
sive  way  upon  the  doctrines  and  known  practices  of  the 
Brooklyn  pastor.  No  one  can  read  it  without  feeling 
conscience  qu'ckened  and  fpiritual  life  deepened.  Thou- 
sands of  such  volumes  should  be  circulated  to  stay  the 
churches  from  lapsing  into  liberalism  and  infidelity. 
Single  copies  50  cts. ;  per  dozen,  $5.00.  Ad  drees  D.  F. 
Newton,  303.  West  20th  St.  ,  New  York. 


ANOTHER  GREAT  OHIOAaO  FIRE. 


OVER  FOUR  MILLION  DOLLARS 

LOSS ! 


The   "  Cj^nosure "   Office   Safe. 


Chicago,  Wednesday,  July  15th. 

Just  as  the  Cynosure  was  being  prepared  for  the 
press  (a  little  before  5  P.  M.)  last  night,  a  fire  broke 
out  among  a  lot  of  wooden  buildings  near  Twelfth 
street,  and  soon  assumed  the  magnitude  of  a  great 
fire,  but  few  who  laughed  at  the  calamity  to  "Niger- 
dom,"  as  that  part  of  the  town  was  familiarly  called, 
had  any  idea  that  those  fl^mes  would  devour  the  great 
buildings  on  Clark,  State  street,  Wabash  and  Michigan 
avenues,  with  one  of  the  finest  churches  in  the  city, 
and  the  post-ofiice  budding,  and  terrify  the  whole 
town. 

By  eight  o'clock  horror  filled  every  breast  as  the 
fire  swept  on  in  the  majestic,  incontrollable  ava- 
lanche of  flame  which  marked  the  9th  of  October, 
1871,  Wagons,  omnibuses,  hacks,  even,  were  char- 
tered by  the  merchants  to  lake  their  goods  to  a  place 
of  safety,  and  millions  of  dollars'  worth  of  property 
was  soon  ''on  wheels."  All  around  the  Cynosure 
y  office  merchants  were  removing  their  goods,  and  our 
faithful  horse,  Idaho,  took  away  three  loads  of  our 
most  valuable  stock  to  a  placie  of  safety. 

On  swept  the  flames  with  unabated  fury,  sweep- 
ing away  some   of  the  finest  blocks  on  this  contiuent. 


About  midnight  the  wind  turned  from  south-we.st  lo 
west,  blowina;  the  fire  into  the  lake,  and  hoped  dawn" 
ed  on  the  terrible  scene.  An  hour  more,  and  all  be- 
gan to  feel  that  G:d  had  graciously  interposed  to  save 
the  remainder  of  the  city.   Glory  be  to  his  holy  name! 


Rtantinlly  adopts  the  free  seats  plan  without  giving  up 
th^-  reserved  seat  svsvem. 


t\l^m$  mUiy\^n\i{t, 


— The  Presbyterian  chufch  raised  ^018,000  for  for- 
eign missions  last  year,  being  the  largest  turn  ever 
raised  for  in  one  year  for  this  purpose  by  any  single 
denomination. 

— Rev.  E.  P.  Hammond,  the  revivalist,  after  ccn 
ducting  a  series  of  meetings  in  Macomb.  111.,  in  which 
300  persons  were  converted,  has  returned  to  his  hom-. 
in  Vernon,  Conn. 

— The  stated  circulation  of  all  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal weeklie",  official  and  unofficial,  is  219,700;  of 
which  the  Christian  Advocate,  of  New  York,  Las  the 
largest  share  of  any,  being  42,000. 

— It  is  said  that  an  cfl'ort  is  being  made  to  have  the 
evangelists.  Moody  and  Sankey,  return  from  their 
work  in  Scotland  and  begin  a  series  of  meetings  in 
Chicago,  for  the  evangelization  of  the  city, 

— The  Presbyterian  church  at  Lambertsville,  N.  J., 
(the  Rev.  P.  A.  Studdlbrdj  pastor)  hr^s  been  blessed 
with  a  copious  outpouring  of  the  Holy  Spirit  during 
the  past  few  months.  One  hundred  and  seventy- 
three  have  united  with  the  church  since  Jaauary. 

— It  was  stated  in  ,ii  recent  meeting  of  the  German 
Lutheran  churches  of  New  York,  that  the  number  of 
Geiman  Lutheran  churches  in  the  Uiiited  States  is 
1,450,  the  number  of  communicants,  550,000,  and 
the  number  of  ministers  6, COO. 

— The  Moravians  must  be  considered  the  leading 
missionary  denomination  in  the  world.  One  out  of 
every  fifty  of  its  members  is  engaged  in  the  mission 
service,  and  there  are  three  members  in  the  mission 
Qelds  to  one  at  home. 

— The  Inter-national  convention  of  the  Young  Men's 
Christian  Associations,  lately  met  in  D.^ytou.O. ;  thoi!,->b 
not  so  full  as  usual,  the  meeting  was  a  good  one. 
Richmond,  Va.,  is  selected  for  the  noxt  pki'^e  of  meet- 
ing, and  after  1875  the  conventions  will  he  held  only 
once  in  two  yeais. 

—On  the  decline  of  doctrine  in  England,  the  Con 
gregailonalist  says  there  is  a  good  deal  of  drifiinw 
among  Congregationalista  of  England ,  and  hints  that 
many  of  the  most  prominent  teacheis  of  its  theology 
are  leaning  strongly  towards  univer.sal  salvation. 
Some  affirm  that  there  is  but  an  inconsiderable  per- 
centage of  the  London  Congregational  pastors  who 
would  be  willing  to  preach  anything  resembling  the 
old  theology  on  that  subject. 

^— The  statistics  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church 
for  the  year  ending  May,  1874,  are  thus  reported: 
Synods,  8;  pretbyteries,  56;  ministers,  595;  licen- 
tiates, 53;  congreg'itions,  77 G;  roomberf!.  74,833; 
Sabbath-schools.  625;schokrs,  4  0,086;  total  contribu- 
tions, "$863,293  ;  contributions  per  member,  $11.40; 
live  theolog.cal  sfitninaries  with  86  rUudents,  two  col- 
leges with  521  students;  and  property  in  seminaries, 
c(  llegep,  churches  and  parsonages,  valued  at  $5,- 
675,000. 

— A  Methodist  missionary  ia  Lucknow,  India, 
writes  as  follows  of  some  of  the  difficulties  yet  to  be 
overcome  in  that  country:  "  In  Lucknovir  there  are 
no  less  than  seventeen  printing  establishments.  One 
boasts  of  selling  twenty  thousand  Korans  in  a  year. 
All  are  engaged  throwin.f,'  out  abominable  trash,  an- 
tagonistic to  the  Christian  religion  and  good  morals 
Amid  this  work  of  death  we  must  act,  our  part  well, 
and  throw  off  our  sheets  of  life  faster  than  we  have 
done  in  the  past.  The  demand  is  large,  and  as  we 
have  the  opportunity  we  must  meet  it.  The  govern- 
ment is  not  neutral,  as  it  professes  to  be,  but  m  the 
use  of  text-books  and  emplojment  of  teachers,  lends 
its  influence  to  Mohammedans  and  Hindus. 

— A  new  style  of  free  sittings  has  been  introduced 
by  the  Harvard  Cor gregational  church  of  Brooklyn, 
Mass.  It  is  substantially  this:  All  who  had  pre 
viously  purchased  pews  have  relinquished  them  to  the 
society,  which  now  owns  the  whole  without  incum- 
brance; but  these  original  pew  owners  are  to  have  the 
right  to  lease  them  aa  long  as  they  or  any  of  their  de- 
scendants continue  to  worship  with  the  society,  and 
pay  such  assessments  as  are  necessary  to  meet  any  de- 
ficiency in  the  current  expenses,  for  defraying  which  a 
collection  is  to  be  taken  up  on  the  fourth  Sunday  of 
every  month.  Three  ushers  are  to  be  annually  ap- 
pointed, who  must  keep  a  record  of  all  pews  and  sit- 
tings not  leased,  and  shall  direct  lo  them  persons  de- 
siring seats.  It  would  appear  that  the  leases  are  not 
lo  be  paid  for,  but  that  they  simply  secure  permanent 
seats  to  those  wishing  them;  so   that  the  church  sub- 


'^^m  4  \\\t  "fw^. 


T iie  City. 


— A  number  of  the  prominent  business  men  of 
Chicago  are  takiug  m-asures  to  provide  picnic  excur- 
sions for  the  poor  children  of  the  city. 

— The  communists  of  this  city,  who  attempted  to 
!^ecure  a  Fitting',  under  the  title  of  the  Woikingman's 
Party  of  Illinois,  in  the  ladepyndent  Political  Conven- 
tion held  at  Springiield  last  month,  met  on  Sunday 
la-t  avid  ungratefudy  resolved  to  abandon  the  farmcis 
to  political  destruction. 


The  Capitol 

— Uuderthe  new  press-gag  Uw,  the  notorious  ex- 
Gov-  Slieprord  has  brought  two  .suits  for  libel  a:^aint't 
the  New  York  Sun. 

— The  now  government  \i  making  a  clean  sweep  in 
the  badly-managed  ?.ffairs  of  the  district,  in  reduction 
of  laboring  force,  horses,  carriages,  rents,  etc. 


The  Country. 

— The  city  of  Bloomiogton,  111.,  is  enfo:c'i;jg  its  cr- 
diraaces  against  liquor-S'illing,  with  uuccess. 

— There  is  no  longer  any  doubt  that  the  Indinns  are 
on  the  war-pi5th  iu  considerable  bodies.  News  from 
Ft.  Sill,  in  the  western  pait  of  Indian  Territory,  and 
from  points  in  south-western  Kansas  and  Wyoming 
Territory,  tells  of  depradations  and  the  slaughter  of 
detached  pai-ties  of  whiles.  The  settlers  are  prepa;- 
ing  to  defend  themselves  in  towns,  or  are  fleeing  to 
the  rai!-ro.i.d  stations.  Gov.  Osborn  and  Gen.  Pope 
are  active  in  riaeeting  the  eraer'^'ency  and  protecting  the 
settlements.  No  doubL  the  occasion  of  the  uprising 
may  be  found  in  depredations  from  the  whites. 

Couutry. 

— Ground  was  broken  for  the  Centennial  building.^ 
iu  Philadelphi:>,  on  July  4th.  Mayor  Stokley  for- 
mally inaugarat':d  the  work  by  throwing  three  shovels- 
ful  of  dirt  into  a  cart. 

—-The  Scient'Jic  American  estimates  the  annual 
losses  from  fire  in  New  York  city,  including  the  cost 
of  maintaining  the  fire  department,  at  86,000,000. 

— Several  of  the  largest  printing  houses  in  New 
York  have  dircharged  all  their  compositors  belonging 
to  the  secret  union,  and  have  employed  roa-union 
men, 

— The  country  was  surprised  to  leans  last  Saturday 
that  Mr.  H.  W.  Beecher  had  addressed  a  letter  to  the 
Examinatirjg  Committee  of  his  church,  asking  for  an 
investigation,  and  enclosing  another  letter  dated  June 
27th  (the  dav  on  which  Tilton's  charges  appeared  in 
ih.e  0-olden  Age.)  The  latter  was  addressed  to  .six 
oeutiemen  in  his  chutch  and  society,  whom  he  named 
as  an  inveEt5g,iting  committee.  These  are  persons  of 
standing  In  New  York  and  Brooklyn,  and  v/ere  imme- 
diately authorized  to  act  by  the  Examijjing  Com- 
mittee. A  careful  and  f&ir  statement  of  the  whole 
case  is  prcm'sed.  On  Monday  Mr.  Tdton  published  a 
letter  promisii  g  to  present   the  matter  from  his  stand- 


point in  full,  supported  by  sffidavits. 

— On  Sunday  afternoon  two  more  rotten  dams  gave 
way  in  MissachusettF,  twenty-five  miles  west  of 
Springfield.  No  lives  were  lost  this  time,  owing  to 
the  slower  motion  of  the  flood  and  due  alarm  given, 
but  about  S;350,000  worth  of  properly  is  destroyed,  of 
which  the  Boston  and  Albany  railroad  loses  $175,000 
by  destruction  of  bridges  and  road. 

— The  prospect  of  abundant  crops  throughout  the 
northwest  is  generally  very  good.  Heavy  rains  last 
week  turned  the  apprehensions  of  the  drought.  The 
wheat  harvests  of  Michigan  are  reported  as  liard'y  ex- 
celled, and  from  Ohio,  Indiana,  Illinois,  Wisconsin  and 
lows,  comes  a  generally  favorable  report.  South- 
western Minnesota  is  being  severely  ravaged  by  grass- 
hoppers and  crops  destroyed.  Gov.  Davis  is  using 
every  eflort  to  supply  the  people,  many  of  whom  are 
in  great  riesiitution. 

Foreigu. 

— In  London  on  the  9th,  Minister  Schenck  laid  the 
corner-stone  of  Lincoln  Tower,  which  is  to  be  erected 
in  commemoration  of  the  emancipation  of  the  negro 
slaves  in  the  United  States.  Speeches  and  friendly 
interchange  of  sentiment  in  the  presence  of  a  large 
gathering,  were  featuies  of  the  occasion.  The  struc- 
ture will  stand  in  a  prominent  position  in  South 
London, 

— The  afl'rtirs  of  the  French  government  remain  in  a 
very  unsettled  condition.  MacMahon  has  sent  a 
message  to  the  Assembly,  in  which  he  announces  his 
intention  to  retain  his  office  for  the  full  term  of  seven 
years  by  all  the  powers  conferred  on  him  by  the  laws. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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^iXiU, 


Oue  by  One. 

One  by  one  the  sands  are  flowing, 
One  by  oue  the  moments  fftU; 

Some  are  coming,  some  nre  going; 
Do  not  strive  to  grasp  tUem  all. 

One  by  one  thy  duties  wait  thee. 
Let  thy  whole  strfjigth  go  to  eaeli ; 

Let  no  future  dreams  elate  thee. 
Learn  thou  first  what  these  can  teach. 

One  by  oue  (bright  gifts  from  heaven) 
Joys  arc  sent  llioe  here  below  ; 

Take  them  readily  when  given, 
Heady,  too,  to  let  them  go. 

One  by  one  thy  griefs  shall  meet  thee; 

Do  not  fear  an  armed  band  ; 
Oue  will  fade  as  others  greet  thee  ; 
Shadows  passing  through  the  land. 

Do  not  look  at  life's  long  sorrow ; 

See  how  small  each  moment's  palu; 
God  will  help  thee  for  to-morrow, 

So  each  day  begin  again. 

Every  honr  that  tleets  so  slowly 

Has  its  task  to  do  or  bear: 
Luminous  the  crown,  and  holy. 

When  each  gem  is  set  with  care. 

Do  not  linger  with  regretting. 
Or  for  jjassing  hours  despond  ; 

Nor,  the  daily  toil  forgetting. 
Look  too  eagerly  beyond. 

Hours  are  golden  links,  God's  token. 
Reaching  heaven ;  but  one  by  one 

Take  them,  lest  the  chain  be  broken 
Ere  the  pilgrimage  be  done. 

A.  A.  Proctor. 


Elijah  Ucildiii^ 


In  a  sermon  preached  nt  Sea  Cliff, 
Dr.  Armitage  of  N.  Y. ,  related  the  fol- 
lowing touching  story: 

One  of  the  most  lovely  beings  on 
earth,  ii  man  enthroned  in  my  memory 
as  no  other  is — there  is  no  man,  living 
or  dead,  that  has  done  so  much  for  me, 
except  my  old  father — was  a  poor 
Methodist  bishop.  As  I  see  him  now, 
O  how  beautiful  his  face !  how  beauti- 
ful his  life!  I  mean  the  venerable 
Elijih  Iledding.  What  marvelous 
power  he  exerted  over  the  young  men 
who  were  entering  the  ministry. 

I  wp.nt  to  tell  you  one  incident. 
When  1  was  a  young  m^n  I  was  at- 
tending the  Conference  at  Schenecta- 
dy, and  Bishop  Hedding  presided;  he 
stayed  with  a  friend  of  m'ne,  next  door 
to  the  church.  It  was  very  hot  weather 
in  summer,  and  a  brother  was  preach- 
ing who  spoke  quite  loud.  The  Bishop 
could  not  go  out,  but  remained  in  his 
room.  After  meeting  we  went  to  his 
room  to  see  if  he  waated  anything, 
and  we  found  him  sitting  by  the  open 
window,  where  he  had  been  listening 
to  the  sermon.  And,  as  one  of  our 
number  said  to  him, 

"Can  we  do  anything  for  you?" 

He  replied  with  a  tremulous  voice, 
"Nothing,  my  son." 

•'Are  you  sick?" 

•'No,  dear  child,  no,  no." 

•'Can  we  do  anything  for  you?" 
Tears  Avere  falling,  and  his  breast  was 
heaving  and  shaking,  and  he  seemed 
bowed  down  with  agititiou.  We  were 
alarmed,  and  anxiously  inquired: 

"What  is  amiss,  Bishop?" 

"O,"  said  he,  "I  will  tell  you.  I  have 
been  sitting  here  listening  to  that 
brother  while  he  was  preaching.  I 
could  hear  every  word,  and  I  have 
been  examining  my  poor  old  heart  to 
see  whether  I  loved  the  Lord  Jesus  as 
much  now  as  I  did  I  was  of  your 

age,  my  boys." 


As  he  spoke,  bis    lips  quiver  d,  and 
tears  ran.     I  said. — 

"And  what,  Bishop,  is  the    result  of 
the  hour's  investigation  ?" 
•  "0,  my  child,  the  result   is    written 
in  the  word;  I   can,  with   Peter,    say, 
'Thou  knowest  that  I  love  thee!'  " 

I  had  rather  have  such  wealth  as 
that  than  all  the  wealth  of  the  world. 
— Sthcted, 


Sit  Down  for  Jesug, 


'Stand  up  for  Jesus"  has  often  been 
quoted  by  the  professed  followers  of  the 
Lamb,  both  in  the  ministry  and  in  the 
membership  of  the  Church  of  Clirist, 
and  we  have  the  brief  and  pungent 
words  freighted  as  they  are  with  so 
much  of  feeling  and  meaning.  They 
have  proved  a  rallying  cry  to  the 
Christian  host  in  past  ages;6o  may 
they  continue. 

But  may  not  a  thought  be  submitted 
here  conversely  ?  Does  not  evil  arire 
from  too  much  standing — from  stand- 
ing up  too  long  and  too  frequently  ? 
Not  long  since  we  listened  to  a  long 
drawn  out  pulpit  effort,  in  which  there 
was  much  beating  of  the  air  and  the 
Bible,  but  with  no  indications  'of  milk 
for  babes  or  of  strong  meat  for  men — 
and  with  but  little  appearance  of 
thought,  save  of  a  failure  on  the  part 
of  the  speaker.  We  secretly  wished 
some  one  of  his  church  or  deacons 
would  whisper  in  his  ear,  "Sit  down 
for  Jesus";  and  I  have  no  doubt  but  the 
Saviour  would  have  been  more  eflicient- 
ly  and  acceptably  served  at  that  time, 
than  by  his  standing  up  in  the  pulpit 
any  longer.  I  must  say,  if  I  was  not 
edified  it  was  instructive  tome  to  be  on 
my  guard,  when  called  to  stand  up  for 
Jesus  before  the  people,  not  to  "beat 
the  air,  or  the  Bible,"  for  the  want  of 
matured  thoughts  on  the  words  of  God. 
For  more  than  forty  years  I  have  tried 
to  stand  up  for  Jepus  and  his  word,  and 
now  I  have  more  sense  than  to  think 
that  noise,  and  stamping,  whirling,  and 
violent  demonstrations,  are  sure  evi- 
dences of  grace;  or  when  seeing  and 
hearing  sxich  discordant  sights  and 
sounds,  I  would  say,  Brother  (or  sister), 
sit  down  for  Jesus.  Or,  when  in  prayer 
meeting  a  brother  prays,  "standing 
up,"  for  the  space  of  twenty  minutes, 
bewailing  his  "coldness,  and  indiffdr- 
cnce,  and  ingratitude,  and  want  of 
faith,  and  doubts  of  his  acceptance,  and 
informing  God  what  a  great  sinner  he 
is,  and  that  he  cannot  speak  one  word 
or  think  one  good  thought,"  I  would 
say,  Sit  down  (or  get  down)  for  Jesus. 
Another  repeats  for  ihe  hundredth 
time  his  or  her  experience — that  even 
the  children  have  gotten  by  heart 
Let  such  an  one  sit  down  in  the  closet 
and  commune  with  the  Father,  through 
Jesus  Christ,  tdl  he  shall  recieve  some 
fresh  and  rich  gems  of  Christian  expe- 
rience. Then  may  we  expect  God  will 
be  glorified  in  us  and  we  in  him. 

Once  more,  when  we  sing,  we  may 
"Stand  up  for  Jesus,"  by  singing  in  the 
Spirit  and  understanding  also.  But 
when  a  brother  or  sister  "breaks  forth 
singing"  the  longest  hymn,  and  in  a 
tone  unknown  to  all,  or  nearly  so,  the 
thought  will  come  and  struggle  for  ut- 
terance. Sit  down  for  Jesue. 


It  is  a  difficult  point  to  know  just 
bow  long  one  should  stand  up  for 
Jesus,  but  as  a  general  rule,  we  think 
the  gate  should  be  shut,  when  the 
tide  is  out — in  which  case  it  is  safe  to 
'  'Sit  doiyn  for  Jesus^' — Free  Methodist. 


'•Is  That  tlic  Way  Yon  Pray?' 


The  worst  man  in  the  village  was 
Jack  Ranney.  He  has  a  comfortable 
home,  but  it  was  not  a  happy  one. 
As  soon  as  the  big  gate  opened,  his  two 
children,  Nilly  and  Bob,  ran  into  the 
house,  exclaiming,  ''Father  has  come," 
and  into  the  corner  they  crouched, 
and  there  they  s'layed  until  ordered  to 
bed.  There  was  no  clapping  of  hands, 
no  ruby  lips  turned  up  to  receive  fa- 
ther's evening  kiss  in  Jack's  home. 
No,  his  children  stood  in  terror  of  him, 
for  often  after  his  daj's  work  was  done 
did  he  go  home  drunk,  and  then  he 
was  cross  and  would  strike  the  first  one 
who  came  in  his  way. 

One  day  Jack  was  driving  his  cart 
and  the  harness  broke,  and  his  cart 
wasliMcked  into  a  ditch.  Jack  sprang 
from  his  seat  and  began  to  beat  his 
horses  most  unmercifully  with  bis  whip 
handle,  while  oath  after  oath  rolled 
from  his  tongue,  calling  on  God '"to 
damn  his  sou!."  A  little  boy  had 
been  rolling  his  hoop  up  and  down  the 
pavement;  but,  when  he  beard  the  aw- 
ful words,  he  caught  his  hoop  in  his 
hand,  and  stopped,  saying,  in  a  trem- 
bling voice, 

"Is  that  the  way  you  pray,  Mr.  Rin- 
ney?" 

Jack  turned  in  perfect  astonishment, 
but  said  nothing. 

The  words  of  the  boy  set  him  to 
thinking  and  so  troubled  his  conscience 
that  in  a  little  while  he  became  a 
changed  man.  No  swearing  is  Beard 
now  from  his  lips,  and  his  home  is 
no  longer  a  Jiome  of  drunkenness.  Who 
will  doubt  that  in  his  own  way  Gjd 
will  reward  that  littleboy  for  his  brave 
yet  gentle  and  considerate  words  ? — 
Maryland  Republican. 


Judi^e  Not. 


Beware,  says  John  Wesley,  of  form- 
ing a  hasty  judgment  concerning  the 
fortunes  of  others.  There  may  be  se- 
crets in  the  situation  of  a  person,  which 
few  but  God  are  acquainted  with.  Some 
years  fcince  I  told  a  gentleman,  ''Sir,  I 
am  afraid  you  are  covetous."  He  ask- 
ed me,  "What  is  the  reason  of  your 
fears?"  I  answered,  "A  year  ago, 
when  I  made  a  collection  for  the  ex- 
pense of  lepairing  the  Foundry,  you 
subscribed  five  guineas.  At  the  sub- 
scription made  thisyear  you  subscribed 
only  half  a  guinea." 

He  made  no  reply,  but  after  a  time 
asked,  "Pray,  sir,  answer  me  a  ques- 
tion: Why  do  you  live  upon  potatoes?" 
(I  did  BO  between  three  and  four  years.) 
I  replied,  "It  has  much  conduced  to 
my  health."  He  answered,  "I  believe 
it  has."  ''But  did  you  not  do  it  likewise 
to  save  money  ?"  I  said  I  did,  '  'for 
what  I  save  from  my  own  meat,  will 
feed  another,  that  else  would  have 
none."  "Bat,  sir,"  said  he,  "if  this  be 
your  motive,  you  may  save  more.  I 
know  a  man  who  goes  to  market  at 
the  beginning  of  every  week ;  there  he 


buys  a  pennyworth  of  parsnips,  which 
he  boils  in  a  large  quantity  of  water. 
The  parsnips  serve  him  for  food,  and 
the  water  for  drink,  during  the  ensuing 
we<.k,  so  that  his  meat  and  drink 
together  cost  him  only  a  penny 
a  week.  This  he  constantly  did,  though 
he  had  two  hundred  pounds  a  year,  to 
pay  the  debts  he  had  contracted  be- 
fore he  knew  God  !"  And  this  is  he 
whom  I  set  down  to  be  a  covetous  man ! 


Keep  up  i'amily  Attachmeutsi 

One  of  the  saddest  things  about  a 
large  family  who  have  lived  happily 
together  for  years  under  the  old  roof- 
tree,  is  the  scattering  to  distant  homes, 
which  takes  place  as  they  grow  up,  one 
by  one,  to  years  of  maturity.  It  is 
often  the  case  that,  in  the  cares  and 
bustle  of  business,  letteis  grow  more 
and  more  infrequent,  and  fjaaliy  broth- 
ers and  tiisters  will  sometimes  entirely 
bse  sight  of  each  other. 

These  kindred  ties  are  much  too  sa- 
cred to  be  thus  lightly  severed.  It 
takes  such  a  little  while  to  write  a  let- 
ter, and  the  expense  is  so  trifling,  that 
there  can  hardly  be  an  excuse  for  the 
neglect. 

A  loving  f  mily  circle,  thus  widely 
severed,  adopted  a  curious  but  beauti- 
ful plan  for  keeping  informed  of  each 
other's  welfare.  The  two  most  re- 
mote, on  the  first  of  each  month,  write 
a  part  of  a  page  on  a  large  sheet  con- 
taining the  principal  news  of  the 
month,  and  this  's  soiled  and  forward- 
ed to  the  family  next  in  order.  Some 
member  of  the  household  adds  a  little 
contribution,  and  sends  it  on  to  the 
next,  and  so  on  t'U  the  circle  is  com- 
plete. Thus  the  family  letter  goes  its 
rounds  twelve  times  a  year,  and  each 
one  is  kept  well  informed  of  the  joys, 
sorrows,  plans  and  pursuits  of  the 
others.  Family  gatherings  are  fre- 
quent in  such  households,  and  the  old 
ome  attachments  never  grow  cold. 

Sons  in  particular,  away  from  home, 
are  apt  to  grow  neglectful  of  letter- 
writing.  0  if  they  knew  how  many 
heart-aches  such  neglect  often  causes  to 
the  loving  breast  that  pillowed  their 
tired  heads  in  childhood,  they  would 
not  be  60  thoughtless.  If  they  knew 
the  joy  that  a  letter  brought,  and 
could  see  how  its  lightest  words  were 
dwelt  over,  and  talked  over  by  the  fire- 
side, they  would  not  be  so  sparing  of 
those  messages. 

Are  not  some  of  us  sadly  in   arrears 

in  this  particular  ? — Star  in  the    Wtat. 

•-•-♦^ 

Av.ersion  to  Manual  Labor.   • 


The  practice  of  educating  boys  for 
the  professions,  which  are  already 
overstocked,  or  for  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness, in  which  statistics  show  that 
ninety  five  in  a  hundred  fail  of  success, 
is  fearfully  on  the  increase  in  this  coun- 
try. Americans  are  annually  becom- 
ing more  and  more  averse  to  manual 
labor;  and  to  get  a  living  by  one's  wits, 
even  at  the  cost  of  independence  and 
self-respect,  and  a  fearful  wear  and  tear 
of  conscience,  is  the  ambition  of  a  large 
proportion  of  our  young  men.  The 
result  is  that  the  mechanic  \1  professions 
are  becoming  a  monopoly  of  foreigners, 
and  the  ownership  of  the  finest  farms , 


1^ 


THE,  CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


even  in  New  England,  is  passing  from 
Americans  to  Irishmen  and  Germans. 
Fifty  years  ago  a  lather  was  not  ashamed 
to  put  his  children  to  the  plow  or  to  a 
mechanical  trade;  but  now  they  are 
''too  feeble"  for  bodily  labor;  one  has  a 
pain  in  his  side,  another,  a  slight  cough, 
another  "a  very  delicate  constitution," 
another  is  nerrous;  and  so  poor  Bobby 
or  Billy  or  Tommy  is  sent  off  to  the 
city  to  measure  tape,  weigh  coffee  or 
dVaw  molasses. 

It  seems  never  to  occur  to  their  fool- 
ish parents  that  moderate  manual  labor 
in  the  pare  and  bracing  air  of  the 
country  is  just  what  these  puny,  wasp- 
waisted  lads  need,  and  that  to  spJnd 
them  to  the  crowded  and  unhealthy 
city  is  to  send  them  to  their  graves. 
Let  them  fallow  (he  plow,  pwing  the 
sledge,  or  shove  the  fcreplane,  and 
the'r  pinched  chests  will  be  expanded, 
their  sunken  cheeks  plunaped  out,  and 
their  hings,  now  ''cabined,  cribbed, 
and  confined,"  will  have  room  to  play. 
Their  nerves  wi  1  be  invigorated  with 
their  muscles;  and  when  they  shall 
have  cast  off  their  jackets,  insteaed  of 
being  thin,  pale,  vapid  coxcombs,  they 
shall  have  spread  out  to  the  size  and  con- 
figuration of  men.  A  lawyer's  office,  a 
counting  room,  or  a  grocery  is  about 
the  lust  place  to  which  a  sickly  youth 
should  be  sent.  The  ruin  of  health  is 
assure  there  as  in  the  mines  cf  Eng- 
land. Even  of  those  men  in  the  city 
who  hive  constitutions  of  iron,  only 
five  per  cent  succeed,  and  they  only 
by  "living  like  hermits,  and  working 
like  horses";  the  rest,  after  years  of 
toil  and  anxiety,  become  bankrupt  OP- 
retire:  and  having  meanwhile  acquired 
a  thorough  disgust  and  unfitness  for 
manual  labor,  bitterly  bemoan  the  day 
when  ihey  forsook  the  peaceful  pur- 
suits of  the  country  for  the  excitement, 
care,  and  sharp  competition  of  city  life. 
—  What  Next. 


Games  of  Chance. 


The  "passion  for  play"  is  fatal.  Yet 
there  is  no  end  to  the  number  of  games 
that  are  nothing  without  dice.  But 
the  antidote  is  not  always  found  in 
indiscriminate  and  wholesale  cmdem- 
nation.  When  Talleyrand  wished  to 
bring  the  Cross  of  the  Legion  of  Honor 
into  contempt  he  had  it  conferred  right 
and  left  on  whoever  did  any  act  in  the 
least  degree  meritorious.  The  conse- 
quence was  that  this  badge,  o\\<e  so 
highly  prized,  speedily  sunk  into  con- 
tempt. 

Cards  are  the  resource  of  Eoldiers  whose 
time  hangs  heavy  on  their  hands,  of 
sailors  becalmed  in  raid-ocean,  of  friv- 
olous girls,  who  have  no  idess  in  their 
heads,  of  htt^rogeneous  social  gather- 
ings. For  an  intelligent,  rational  be- 
ing to  waste  time  in  throwing  dice, 
shuffling  carde,  oh,  it  makes  life  seem 
such  a  farce.  Is  there  nothing  nobler 
to  occupy  this  immortal  being?" 

An  occasional  like  dose  of  moralizing 
always  administered  with  wisdom  and 
discretion,  will  take  the  undue  fascina- 
tion out  of  these  games,  if  in  connec- 
tion with  this  another  course  is  pur- 
sued. Boys  and  girls  must  have 
amusement,  and  that   parent   who    is 


part  and  parcel  of  the  jolly  circle  of 
which  his  children  form  a  segraent,  will 
control  the  hearts  of  those  children  as, 
by  enchantment.  We  ail  remember 
the  story  of  that  lame  Athenian  poet 
who  was  chosen  to  lead  the  army  of 
the  Spartans  to  victory,  and  did  it  by 
the  inspiration  of  the  songs  he  com- 
posed for  them  to  tsing  as  they  marched 
against  the  enemy. 

In  administering  moral  antidotes  we 
need  constantly  to  remembtr  the  para- 
ble of  the  tares  and  the  wheat,  and 
iJike  care  ihat  in  rooting  out  the  tares 
we  do  not  uproot  the  wheat  also,  j  Ex. 


A  Good  Reputation. 


John  Quincy  Adams  was  noted  for 
bis  habit  of  punctuality.  Every  du(y 
was  performed  promptly,  at  its  proper 
time,  and  his  vast  knowledge,  and  his 
succe.>s  in  many  and  various  offices, 
was  due  largely  to  this  habit.  His  rep- 
utation at  Washington  was  so  well  ee- 
tablished  that,  if  he  failed  to  be  in  his 
seat  at  the  proper  hour,  it  was  at  once 
supposed  he  must  be  unwell  or  out  of 
the  city.  On  one  occasion  when  the 
Representatives  were  assemblirg  in  the 
capitol,  the  clock  struck  twelve,  the 
hour  for  business. 

One  of  the  members  said  to-  the 
Speaker,  "It  is  time  to  call  this  house 
to  order." 

"No,"  said  the  Speaker,  "Mr.  Ad- 
ams is  not  yet  in  his  seat." 

The  next  moment  Mr.  Adams  en- 
tered, und  the  house  was  called  to  or- 
der. Mr.  Adfini3  was  a  better  regu- 
lator than  the  clock,  for  the  latter 
proved  to  be  three  minutes  too  fast. 


Men  have  an  idea  that  a  clever  wo- 
man must  be  disputable  and  dictatorial, 
not  considering  that  it  is  only  pretend- 
ers who  are  either,  and  that  this  ap- 
plies as  much  to  one  fcx  a^    the  other. 

— Byron. 


A 


{\n\\%  %nm, 


The  Life  of  a  Factory  Boy. 

A  STORY  FOR  THE   CIIII.DRKN. 

It  was  about  the  year  1823,  that  a 
little  boy  was  asked  if  he  would  not 
like  to  go  to  work,  and  learn  the  way 
to  earn  his  own  living. 

"Yes,"  s^id  the  boy;  for  he  was  al- 
ways ready  for  anything,  and  he  was 
especially  fond  of  work.  And  yet,  even 
at  that  time,  it  seemed  as  if  he  had 
quite  enough  to  do.  Boys  are  not  very 
big  at  ten  years  old,  and  he  had  to 
grow.  Neither  are  they  wise,  so  he 
had  to  study.  Neither  do  they  know 
how  to  guide  themselves,  so  he  had  to 
obey.  Boye,  too,  are  fond  of  playing, 
walking,  and  climbing,  and  there  were 
plenty  of  beautiful  hills  not  far  from  his 
home.  But  though  he  was  so  much 
engaged,  he  was  quite  ready  to  go  to 
work.  In  the  place  where  he  lived 
there  were  large  cotton  factories. 
"You  can  go  as  a  piecer,  David." 
"Yes,  I  should  like  to  do  that." 
So  every  morning  when  the  sun  was 
up,  and   sometimes  perhaps  before    it 


was  light,  thi.':.  little  boy  went  to  his 
work,  and  tt'ed  to  do  it  as  wll  as  the 
bigger  boys  did,  so  that  his  master  vyas 
quite  saiiified,  and  his  parents  pleased. 

But  because  he  had  some  new  work 
to  do  he  did  not  mean  to  neglect  the 
old  work.  If  he  had  to  be  n  factory 
boy,  he  was  not  obliged  to  remain  an 
ignorant  one.  Ho  had  to  leave  the 
day-Ech-Jol,  but  he  could  •io  to  a  night- 
schod,  and  so  he  did. 

Was  he  not  tired  1 

Yes;  but  he  worked  all  the  taine. 

How  cou'dhe  do  both  things? 

Well,  boj^s  and  girls,  I  am  not  sur- 
prised that  you  should  ask  this  question, 
for  no  doubt  you  fee!  that  you  could 
not  work  hard  all  day  in  a  factory,  and 
then  work  hard  &!!  the  evening .  at 
school.  But  this  boy  did  so,  and  you 
will  see  that  he  must  have  loved  work. 

He  learnt  Latin  and  Greek,  so  he 
passed  far  beyond  many  children  who 
have  nothing  to  do  but  learn  through 
all  the  year. 

He  grew  up  as  boys  will,  and  aviiry 
year  added  to  his  kuowledge.  But  he 
did, not  want  to  be  in  a  cotton  factory 
all  his  life ;  and  often  while  he  was  at 
work,  or  when  he  had  time  for  a  walk 
on  the  banks  of  th3  beauti.''ul  river 
Clyde,  his  thoughts  were  busy  about 
the  future  life  which  he  hoped  to  live, 
and  the  good  work  which  he  hoped  to 
do. 

But  he  was  not  yet  satisfied  with  his 
knowledge.  He  wanted  to  know  some- 
thing about  medicine  and  many  other 
things.  So  he  made  up  his  mind  to 
go  to  college, 

"College!"  do  vou  fay?  "How 
could  a  poor  factory  lad  go  to  college  V 

Well,  many  factory  lads  have  done 
so,  and  some  of  them  became,  as  this 
one  did,  very  clever  and  industrious 
men. 

He  went  to  college,  though  his  going- 
was  no  expense  to  his  parents;  and 
there  is  a  simple  rule  which  will  enable 
almost  any  one  to  get  lo  college  if  he 
wishes  it.  Shall  I  tell  you  the  ru'e? 
"Eirn  as  muc'i  money  and  spend  as 
little  as  possible."  David  knew  how  to 
go  without  many  things  which  he 
wanted,  and  the  knowledge  v/as  of  great 
seivice  to  him  in  after  1  fe. 

You  see  that  he  was  industrious, 
self-denying  and  persevering,  but  he 
was  something  more — ^be  was  a  Clirist- 
iau.  He  loved  iho^  Lord  Jesus  Christ, 
and  he  wanted  other  people  to  love  him 
too.  "I  will  be  a  misbionary."  So  when 
he  left  college  he  said  ''gocd-bye"  to 
Blantyre,  the  place  where  he  lived, 
and  Scotland,  which  he  never  ceased 
to  love,  and  he  went  to  the  fjondon 
Missionary  Society. 

"1  would  hke  to  be  a  medical  mic- 
sionary,"  he  said,  '•!  have  learned 
how  to  cure  people's  bodies,  and  I 
want  to  go  and  tell  those  who  have 
never  heard  of  the  Saviour,  of  One  who 
can  cuie  their  souls." 

So  the  London  Missionary  Society 
said  they  were  glad  to  have  the  young 
man,  and  he  should  go  away  to  work 
for  Jesus  in  Africa. 

So  away  he  went,  and  nobody  knew, 
not  even  himself,  of  the  good,  great 
work  which  he  was  going  to  perform  ; 
but  I  will  tell  you  what  you  will  notice 


as  you  grow  older.  When  a  person  is 
very  willing  and  glad  to  work,  when  he 
doer,  the  little  tasks  as  well  as  they  can 
possibly  be  done,  then  God  trusts  him 
to  do  great  things. 

David  Livingstone— for  it  is  of  him 
I  am  tellirg  you— went  away  \o  Africa 
with  an  earnest  face  and  resolute  her.ri. 
He  nsked  God  to  bless  him  and  make 
him  a  bleising,  to  teach  him  the  best 
ways  of  winning  the  iove  ai.d  cor.C- 
dence  cf  the  poor  negroes  among  whom 
he  was  going  to  live,  and  to  give  him 
the  joy  O'f  doing  his  work  v/eli  and  huc- 
cossfully. 

He  was  very  happy  in  Africa.  He 
married  the  daughter  of  D.--.  Moffat,  the 
venei able  rn'svorary,  and  he  lived  on 
terms  of  gre-'it  intimacy  with  the  black 
people,  for  he  v/anted  them  to  feci  that 
he  was  their  friend  and  brother  as  well 
as  their  teacher.  For  sixteen  years  he 
worked  a^  a  mission  iry,  and  during  this 
li'ne  he  made  some  vtry  important  cc- 
ographic;  1  discoveries.  la  1850  hs 
came  back  to  England,  to  tell  what  he 
had  done.  He  was  able  to  teach  his 
country  more  than  they  had  ever 
known  before  about  South  Africa,  and 
he  wrote  a  book  which  is  invaluable. 
He  went  back  Hgain,  and  became  even 
yet  more  famous  aa  an  explorer  and  dis- 
coverer. Then,  when  years  had  passed, 
he  paid  another  visit  to  England,  aud 
again  returned  to  Africa.  [le  went  up 
the  country,  finding  oui  about  fresh 
places,  endeavoring  to  civilize  the  peo- 
ple, teaching  them  to  love  his  Saviour 
by  his  own  gentleness  and  kindnesR, 
and  longing  to  see  all  the  slaves  set  free. 
There  are  no  roiadsor  post-cffiees  v^liere 
he  was,  and  we  heard  notliing  about 
him  for  nxwi-j  yenra,  until  Mr.  Stanley 
went  over  and  sought  and  found  him. 
He  was  the  last  white  man  who  saw 
him  alive.  Livingstone  would  no':  re- 
turn with  him,  for  he  had  not  done  all 
the  work  that  he  hoped  to  do,  and 
stayed  to  fiaish  it.  Bat  God  took  him 
away  from  his  labors  and  travels  to  rest 
in  heaven  with  h'm. 

He  was,  a?  you  know,  brought  over 
to  England,  though  it  could  not  be  ac- 
complished until  a  year  after  his  death, 
and  was  buried  in  Westminister  Abbey 
on  April  IStb. 

And  then  it  was  proved  how  much 
he,  who  had  been  a  poor  factory  boy, 
was  beloved.  Fo>r  many  thousands  of 
m  las  his  remains  were  brought  safely 
through  Afiica.  Then  they  were  met 
at  Soulhampton  by  many  great  and 
learned  men,  while  the  mayor  and  town 
people  showed  in  ra^.ny  ways  how  they 
esteemed  the  memory  of  him  who  had 
lived  Eo  nobly,  and  died  so  bravely 
among  the  people  of  .A.frica.  And 
when  the  day  of  his  funeral  came, 
Westminister  Abbey  was  filled  with 
crowds  of  those  who  mourned  his  death, 
and  admired  and  loved  him  for  what  he 
had  done. 

Oh,  boys,  do  not  some  of  you  wish 
to  be  like  Dr.  Liviugsto;ie?  Surely  you 
would  be  glad  to  live  as  grandly,  and 
accomplish  as  much  good?  Do  you 
know  the  way?  It  is  to  love  God,  and 
for  hi-i  sake  to  love  work,  and  to  pity 
and  long  to  bless  the  dowc-trodden 
and  oppressed. — London  Christian 
World. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


CoiTCspoiidencc. 

[continued  fhom  Sth  hage.] 
The  editor  refused  to  publish  this 
article  nnd  I  ordered  him  to  slop  my 
paper  at  oace.  1  have  now  made  the 
same  rult;  with  newspapers  that  I  did 
with  Masonic  ministers.  I  take  a  half 
dozen  papers  and  intend  to  give  each 
an  opportunity  to  publ  sli  a  communi- 
cation against  secret  societitf,  and  as 
fast  as  ihey  refuse  to  publish  they  shall 
be  skipped.  As  to  ministers  I  will  not 
give  a  nickel  to  one  that  belongs  to  a 
secret  order,  nor  go  to  hear  such 
preach.  When  a  new  j  racher  comes 
around,  I  go  and  hear  Lim  and  I  ask 
him  if  he  is  a  member  of  any  tecret 
order.  It  he  n^ys  yeP,  I  do  not  go  any 
more  to  hear  him.  So  it  is  seldom 
now  that  I  attend  cliurch. 
Yours  truly, 

N.  13.  Blanton. 


[*Th)8  remark  is  inserted  as  the  mere 
opiuioa  of  the  speaker.  The  Oyno.mre 
does  not  endorse  such  allusions  to  church- 
es of  Christ.— Ed] 


CiviliZiitiou  among-  the  Indians. 


O.-AUK    Agencv,    Inuiin   Territory, 
7th  Mo.  5th,  1874. 

Editor  of  the  Cynosure :  I  am  still 
a  reader  of  the  Cynosure  and  feel  an 
earnest  interest  in  the  cause,  although 
situated  where  I  cannot  do  much  for 
its  advancement  There  are  not  many 
adhering  Masons  in  the  employ  of  the 
Agency,  but  there  are  a  great  many 
freighters  and  Texas  cattle  drovers  who 
wear  a  Masonic  badge  and  generally  ac- 
companied by  one  or  more  revolvers  and 
bowie-knives;  and  as  a  general  thing 
it  would  be  like  casting  "pearls  before 
swine"  to  attempt  to  reform  them,  if  it 
did  not  prove  to  be  dangerous,  for  I 
fear  their  vengeance  much  moret[han  I 
do  the  Indians.  I  am  located  about 
sixteen  miles  south  of  the  Agency  as 
manager  of  one  of  the  out-po»t8  to 
teach  the  Indians  farming  and  other 
work,  which  I  think  they  are  making 
as  much  progress  in  as  could  be  expect- 
ed under  the  circumsiances.  There 
are  about  :V500  of  the  Osages  scattered 
over  their  Reservation,  which  contains 
about  2,500  square  miles.  There 
are  400  or  500  in  the  band  that 
I  have  charge  of,  and  most  of  them 
are  trying  to  have  a  little  breaking 
done  so  they  can  raise  something  to 
Uve  on  without  depending  on  the  hunt. 
I  have  been  here  about  fourteen 
months  and  they  Lave  just  commenced 
breaking,  and  now  there  are  oyer  thir- 
ty small  fieldF  within  thrie  miles  of  me 
varying  from  three  to  sixteen  acres 
each;  some  of  them  fenced  with  good 
rails,  making  an  aggregate  of  over  21, 
000  rails  made  and  laid  up  in  fence 
since  I  came  here.  There  are  three 
other  posts  besides  the  main  Agency 
which  are  doing  a  much  larger  busi- 
ness than  we  have  here,  as  they  com- 
menced from  one  to  two  years  sooner. 
We  started  a  school  at  the  Agency 
last  winter  about  New  Year's  which  is 
doing  a  good  business  with  about  fifty 
scholars.  The  Catholics  have  done 
their  best  to  break  it  up  so  they  can 
get  full  possession,  but  the  reappoint- 
ment of  the  present  agent,  Isaac  T. 
Gibion    for    the    next  four   years   has 


cooled  their  z'^al  so  I    think   they    will 
be  more  quiet  in  future. 

I  did  not  commence  this  with  a 
view  of  its  publication  but  wanted  to 
let  you  see  that  the  peace  policy 
(which  I  know  you  advocate)  is  not  a 
failure  when  cccompanied  by  practical 
woik;  and  if  a  majority  of  the  press 
who  are  cordemning  that  policy  as  a 
failure  would  take  as  much  pains  to  pub- 
lish the  good  results  of  the  labors  of 
peace  news  as  they  do  to  herald  the  news 
of  the  taking  of  a  white  man's  scalp, 
T'.'bo  perhaps  deserved  to  be  in  the  peni- 
tentiary for  stealing  horses  or  some 
other  crime,  (not  that  I  doubt  that 
there  have  been  a  great  many, innocent 
white  people  murdered,  for  the  guilty 
and  innocfiot  are  all  alike  to  the  savage 
when  once  on  the  war  path),  there 
would  be  a  very  diflferent  public  senti- 
ment.      Yours  truly, 

Moses  Vahney. 


'Die  Fearful  Power  of  the  Lodge- 
Kev.  E.  M.  Spencer. 


Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

In  looking  over  the  columns  of  a  late 
issue  of  tl^e  Cynosure,  I  notice  in  "Re- 
minibcences  of  the  Morgan  Times," 
mention  iis  made  of  Rev.  E.  M.  Spen- 
cer, a  prominent  Baptist  minister  of 
these  days.  This  E.  M.  Spencer  was 
a  near  relative  of  mine — my  mother's 
brother,  a  dear  uncle.  I  do  not  doubt 
what  Eider  Bernard  says  of  him,  but 
it  seems  to  me  the  more  startling  be- 
cause I  knew  him  to  bs  a  man  who 
was  not  only  kind-hearted,  but  ie'nder- 
hearted. 

I  never  knew  him  personally,  til!  the 
summer  of  1841.  many  years  after  the 
Morgan  excitement.  He  had  then  re- 
cently recovered  from  an  attack  of  in- 
sanity of  six  years  duration.  His  wife, 
to  Avhom  he  was  tenderly  attached,  had 
just  died,  and  as  he  was  in  no  condi- 
tion to  take  the  pastorial  charge  of  a 
church,  he  came  to  board  in  my  fath- 
er's family,  bo  that  I  knew  him  inti- 
mately. He  seemed  to  be  a  man  of 
fervent  piety,  and  so  amiable  in  his  de- 
portment— always  treating  everybody, 
no  matter  what  their  age  or  condition, 
or  standing  in  life,  with  the  most  per- 
fect civility — that  he  was  beloved  by  all 
who  knew  him.  He  very  strictly  and 
conscientiouoly  adhered  to  the  precept, 
"  Speak  evil  of  no  man,"  never  allow- 
ing himself  to  utter  a  syllable  against 
any  individual,  whatever  his  character. 
I  knew  him  once  to  administer  reproof 
to  my  mother,  than  whom  very  few 
could  be  found  who  were  more  oreful 
of  the  reputation  of  their  fellow-men 
under  gll  circumstances,  because  she  in 
conversation  alluded  to  some  well- 
known  fact  (I  think  it  was)  that  reflect- 
ed dishonor  upon  the  individual  of 
whom  she  was  speaking.* 

Now  that  s«c/i  a  man  could,  under 
the  blinding,  infatuating  influence  of 
Masonry,  become  a  murderer  and  not 
know  it;  be  conscientious  in  it;  even 
go  so  far  as  (o  suppose  that  God  him- 
self would  interfere  in  the  interests  of 
the  system  by  screening  the  murderers, 
is  one  of  the  most  astonishing  and  re- 
volting things  that  can  be  conceived  of! 

*He  was  bo  tender-liearted  that  he  would 
BometimeB  take  a  drowning  fly  from  a  dish  of 
milk  and  place  it  carefully  where  It  could  dry 
itself  and  Uve, 


That  a  Christian  minister  of  his  stand- 
ing and  reputed  piety  and  knowledge 
of  divine  things  could  under  this  terri- 
ble influence,  come  to  suppose  that 
wretched,  fallen  man  could  concoct  a 
system  so  supremely  excellent  that  it 
could  invest  those  who  are  connected 
with  it  with  the  moral  right  to  nullify 
God's  laws  at  pleasure,  in  order  to  sus- 
tain it,  is  perfectly  astounding!  The 
laws  of  Masonry  are  then  paramount 
in  importance  and  obligation  to  the 
laws  of  God. 

In  the  light  of  such  facts  we  can 
scarcely  conceive  of  anything  more 
fearfully  demoralizing  in  its  tendency, 
not  even  in  Mormonism .  It  seems  to  so 
debauch,  and  benumb,  and  stultify  the 
conscience,  so  to  blunt  the  moral  per- 
ceptions and  pervert  the  understand- 
ing", that  the  individual  seems  incom- 
petent to  judpe  of  the  moral  quality  of 
actions,  if  they  in  any  way  eflfect  the 
interests  of  Masonry.  "Wo  unto 
them  that  call  evil  good  and  good  evil, 
that  put  darkness  for  light,  and  light 
for  darkness."     (Isa.  5.  20.) 

Is  it  any  wonder  that  men  who  have 
their  understanding  darkened  this  way, 
can  declare  that  they  have  been  all 
through  Masonry  and  see  nothing 
wrong  in  it  ?  "  Alas !  that  our  spiritual 
guides  should  become  blind  leaders  of 
the  blind,  and  thus  contribute  to  the 
ruin  of  immortal  souls ! 

E.  C.  A. 


4.  Opposition  to  all  monopolies  by 
which  the  laboring  classes  are  op- 
pressed. Pktkr  Rich. 


|}^IitkitI  ^if\m\u 


''Mine  Opinion." 


9. 
10. 
11. 
12. 

13. 
14. 

15. 

16. 
17. 

18. 


Government,  badly  demoralized. 
Cause — Ring  and  Rum  power. 
Remedy — Political  Reformation. 
Civil  reform,  a  duty. 
All  duties  are  possible. 
Existing  parties  ignore  them. 
A  new  one  demanded. 
Must  have   a  substantial    Plat- 
form. 

Platform  to  have  but  few  Plankf. 
Planks  to  be  of  Lignum  Vitte. 
Vitce,  from  Everlasting  Hills. 
Plankf,  bound  by  upright,  Me- 
tallic center. 

Center — Righteous  CivilPolity. 
No  side-issues,  or  "deceitful 
bows." 

Framerp,  to  work  without 
Brandy. 

Raiser.^,  hoist  without  Lager. 
No  lodge  or    trades  union   fear. 
Name,  Civil  Reform  Party. ' 
Citizen. 


Wkstfield,  Ind., 
Cth  month,  24tb,  1874. 
I  was  in  hopes  to  have  seen  our  po- 
litical platform  come  out  all  right  and 
square  from  the  Syracuse  Convention. 
As  our  county  convention  is  to  be 
held  on  the  221  of  next  month,  we 
want  to  be  able  to  tell  our  citizens  what 
kind  of  platform  we  expected  them  to 
stand  on.  I  will  give  in  brief  the  body 
of  a  platform  which  we  of  Hamilton 
county,  Ind.,  desire  to  vote  for. 

1.  Opposition  to   all  secret  orders. 

2.  Opposition  to  intemperance. 

3.  For  settling  all  national  diffi- 
culties by  arbitration,  or  High  Court  of 
Nations. 


Den\^r,  Col. 

I  think  your  platform  contains  two 
fatal  errors.  You  propose  to  give  us 
no  opportunity  to  vote  against  secrecy 
unless  we  indorse  free  trade  and  female 
suflFrage.  Now  every  man  in  the 
United  States  might  wish  to  oppose  se- 
crecy, and  still  vote  down  your  piaf- 
form,  simply  because  they  will  not 
swallow  the  free  trade  and  female  suf- 
frage pill,  however  thickly  coated  with 
sugar. 

I  am  certain  that  more  than  one 
half  of  the  enemies  of  secretism  are 
quite  as  hostile  to  free  trade  and  female 
suffrage,  and  will  always  oppose  them 
no  matter  in  what  company  they  are 
found. 

Unless  those  planks  are  dropped  the 
cause  will  fail.      Raspectfully  yours, 
Edward  A.  Washbcrn. 

[In  a  subsequent  rote  Bro.  M.  says 

that   he  mistook  the   platform   printed 

with  ours  for  ours. — Ed.] 

*-»-• 

College  Notices. 


Catalogues  have  been  received  from 
the  following  institutions: 

Monmouth  College,  Monmouth, 
111.,  has  had  during  the  past  year  in 
all  departments  378  students.  Al- 
though the  faculty  has  been  reduced 
by  the  death  of  Mrs.  Smeal'e,  the  es- 
teemed lady  principal,  and  the  resigna- 
tion of  Dr.  Black  of  the  theological  de- 
partment, the  college  is  in  a  prosper- 
uis  condition.  A  map,  showing  the 
railroad  connections  of  Monmouth  is 
contained  in  the  catalogue.  Fall  term 
opens  Sep.  1st. 

SwARTHMOHE  CoLLEGE,  Swarthmore, 
Pa.,  ten  miles  from  Philadelphia,  is  a 
large  institution  in  charge  of  the 
Friends.  During  the  past  year  there 
have  been  twenty-six  officers  of  instruc- 
tion and  269  students  in  classical,  sci- 
entific and  preparatory  departments. 
The  institution  was  chartered  in  1864, 
and  has  large  new  buildings.  Fall 
torn  opsns  Sept.  4th. 

Westfield  College,  Westfield,  IlL, 
has  been  afx^nded  the  past  year  by  206 
students  in  the  classical,  scientific  and 
preparatory  departments.  Its  board 
of  trustees  is  selected  from  Illinois, 
Central  Illinois  and  Lower  Wabash 
Conferences  of  the  United  Brethren 
church.  This  is  the  centennial  year  of 
the  denomination  and  an  efl"ort  is  being 
made  to  increase  the  endowment  of 
the  institution.  Fall  term  opens  h  ugust 
26th. 

Wheaton  College, located  pleasantly 
twenty-five  miles  west  of  Chicago  has 
enjoyed  a  good  degree  of  prosperity 
during  the  year.  There  were  288 
students  in  attendance ;  the  new  build- 
ings are  completed  for  the  accommoda- 
tion of  a  large  number  of  female  stu- 
dents. An  earnest  effort  is  being  made 
to  remove  the  indebtedness  of  the  in- 
stitution and  increase  the  number  of 
students,  of  whom  four  to  five  hundred 
are  hoped  next  year.     Fall  term  opens 

Sep.  lOih. 

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FREEMASONRY  -. ^, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 

THE  GENUINE  OLD  MORGAN  BOOK  :-republished  with  en- 
graviugs  Ehowiiig  the  .Txtdge  Room,  Dreaa  of  candidates,  Sicns 
Due  Giiartle,  Gripe,  Etc.  '^     ' 

This  revelation  is  so  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered  the  au- 
thor for  writing  it.  Thousands  have  testified  to  the  correctness  of 
the  revelation  and  this  book  therefore  sells  very  rapidly. 

.r,     .^       „                                                             Price  25  cents. 
Per  Do5!.  Post  Paid $2  00 

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OK  PERSONAL  EET«nNISCENCES  OP  THE    ABDUCTION  AND 
MURDER  OF  Wm.  MORGAN, 

By  SAMUEL   D.  G-REENE, 

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"A  Masonic  Revelation. — Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 
gentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  whose  statementB  seem  to 
be  worthy  of  full  credence.  T/ie  Urokcn  Heal;  or,  T'ersonal 
Hfi/iiniscences  of  ihe  JIforffan  vihduoiion  and  Jl'furder,  is  the 
title  of  a  book  of  some  three  hundred  pages  just  issued  by  him, 
purporting  togivea  full  and  accurate  account,  from  personal  knov/1- 
edge,  of  tue  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  other  masonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  almost  half  a  century 
ago."' — Conffre;/ii/ionalitt  and  Hecorder,  Sustoii. 

"  'Fbeehlasonrt  Dkvblopbd.' — 'The  Broken  Seal :  or.  Personal 
Eeminiscencea  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,'  is  the  title  of 
a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  tho 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter' 
esting  matter,  including  the  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
thor opposes  Freemasonry  as  inimical  to  good  government,  to  so- 
ciety, and  to  the  Church  ;  and  the  story  that  he  here  tells  will  make 
a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  be.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— .2)at- 
iy  Seratd,  Sosion. 

"We  are  acquainted  with  Mr.  Greene,  and  have  no  doubt  that  his 
account  is  entirely  reliable,  and  of  greathistoric  and  moral  interest. 
Oapt.  Wm.  Morgan  was  Mr.  Greene's  neighbor  i->  Batavia,  N.  Y,., 
and  a  member  of  the  same  lodge  with  him  at  the  time  of  the  great 
excitement  in  18'26.  The  titles  to  these  chapters  are  sufficiently  ex- 
citing to  give  the  hook  a  large  sale: — '  Tho  Storm  Gathering;" 
"Abduction  of  Morgan;"  "Attempted  Abduction  of  Miller  and 
his  Rescue;"  "What  became  of  Morgan;"  "What  Morgan  Ac- 
tually Revealed ;"  "Confession  of  the  Murderer;"  "Allegation* 
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History  of  The  Abduction  and  M-arder  of 
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twenty  persons,  including  Morgan's  wife,  and  no  candid  person 
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KTARRATIVESIAND  ARGUMENTS,' 

shov.'ing  the  Conflict  of  Secret  Societies  with  the  Constitution    and 
Laws,  of  the  Union  and  of  the  States. 

Iby  FRANCIS  SEMPLE  of 

Dover,  lo'wa. 

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them  of  distinguished  ability,  on  the  subject  of  Secret  Societies. 

The  dangerous  tendency  and  positive  evil  of  organized  Secrecy 
is  here  shown  by  the  most  varied  and  powerful  arguments  and  illus- 
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ODD  FELLOWSHIP  ILLUSTRATED. 

A  new  illustrated  exposition  of  the  order.  The  Signs,  Grips,  &c.. 
shown  by  engravings. 

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A  NEW  BOOK  OF  GF„EAT  INTEREST. 

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of  The  Army  and  Wavy,  The  BeneJa  and  The  Clorgy. 

TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 
"The  Antiquitt  OP  Seckbt  Societies,  Tin:  Life  of  .Tn.i.^N,  Thk 
Eleusinian  Mysteries,  The  Okigin  op  JiAsoNJiv.  W.\m  \Vmjiii.ni;- 
TON  A  Mason?  Fii-more's  and  Webstbk's  Defbkenck  to  JIashnhy, 

A  I'.KIEP  OUTLINE  OP    THK    PlIOGUFSS  OP    Ma.'IONKI'    I'J    THE    UNIT?:!) 

States,  The  Tajimany  King,  Masohio  Bknevolenoe,  The  uses  op 
Masonry,  An  Illustration, The  Conclusion."' 

Ko<.!«€s  of  liliD  PrcPs 

The  author  traces  back  the  origin  of  Masonry  timl  ifscv'.t  influ- 
encRS,  jiarticulat'ly  as  seen  ami  felt  in  our  own  counlry;  the  TtU!:- 
niany  King,  Credit  Mobilier.  Ac.  He  ehows  the  snliservienrv  v! 
some  of  our  public  men,  such  as  Fillmore  and  Webster,  to  its  dom- 
inating powur.—  Uiiilcd   Presbyterian. 

The  author  has  presented  information,  concerning  the  Old  Myster- 
ies and  their  antagonism  to  Christianity  ;  the  Masonry  of  Washineton 
and  his  virtual  secession  from  it;  tho  harlotry  of  Masonry,  En-i'lij'h 
and  American,  in  assuming  charge  of  international  politics,  and  treat- 
ies between  England  and  the  United  States ;  the  disgusting  interven- 
tion of  the  lodge  at  the  close  of  the  French  and  German  war;  the 
Masonic  baptisms;  all  those  and  more  Gen.  Phelps  has  given,  accom- 
panied with  clear  philosophical  dissertations  of  his  own. 

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SERMON  OH   MASONRY, 

BY  KEV.  W.  P.  M'NARY. 

Pastor  iiiiited  Presbyterian  U/iiuch,  Bionmington,  Ind. 
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COLLEGE  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

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BY   H.  L.    KELLOliG. 

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TRACT  NO.  1: 
HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 
BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OF    WHEATON   COLLEGE. 
This  is  now  published  in  three  tracts  of  four  pages  each.     Price 
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Tract  No.  1,  Part  Fikst— Shows  the  origin  of  Speculative  Free- 
uw^onry,  and'S  entiled  "HISTORY  OF  MASONRY." 

Tract  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled   "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
TER OF  FREEMASONRY " 

Tract   No.   1,  Part  Third— Is    entitled    "FREEMAGONRY    A 
CIIKIST-KXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
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TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURDER, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD,   of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

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TRACT  NO.  3: 

SECRETS  OF  MASONRY, 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 

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TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!   GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
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despotic  and  ridiculous  titles  of  Freemasonry.  Price  25  cents  per  100 ; 
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TRACT.  NO.  5: 

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

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  is  a  very 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

Giving  His  and  His  Fatlier's  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1831.); 

AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 

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TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TOVT. 

A  4-p3ge  tract.  This  is  a  careful  analysis  of  the  character  of 
Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  be  mot^t  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian; and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  tho 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  lOllO. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustrated.''  The. first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonoerful  wisdom  and  benevO' 
lence  of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "S'l-eema" 
sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  tho  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  "Mnr'lor  and  Treason  not 
Exo<>ptod,"  and  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Christiani 
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TRACT  NO.  0,  ILLUSTRATED :     * 

FREEMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH, 

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INVITATION  ODE. 

I'.^ST   IJKAKJJ'.S   CilAHUE   CONTINIED. 

Siifli,  my  iViuiid,  arc  iiinoui;'  Uiy  first  principles  of  Odd-fel- 
lowsliip;  its  objccl.s  you  will  more  clciirly  understaiul  as  you 
adviinct-  in  the  order.  If  you  have  become  iuitiated  into  this 
iiislilutioii  from  the  inllneucc  of  a  too  common  error,  namely, 
1  hat  Odd-fellowship  is  iim(>re  heneflcial  society,  having  for  its 
single  i)uri)ose  tJie  relief  of  its  memhevs  iii  the  struggle  inci- 
dent to  human  life — if  you  have  united  3'ourseJ.f  with  the  great 
hro'herhood  from  the  promptings  of  idle  cariosity,  he  at  once 
undeceived.  Mutual  relief,  it  is  true,  is  a  leading  oliice  in  our 
idlilialions.  To  visit  the  sick,  relieve  the  distressed,  to  bury  the 
dead  and  educate  the  or])l)an,  is  the  coir.mand  of  our  laws,  and 
au  imperative  duty  wliich  Odd-fellovi'shij)  enjoins.  But  these, 
although  its  frequent  and  almost  daily  ministrations,  are  but  a 
lithe  of  tlic  intrinsic  virtues  of  our  beloved  order.  "We  seek  to 
improve  and  elev.-ite  the  character  of  man — to  imbue  him  with 
conceptions  of  his  capabilities  for  good;  to  enlighten  his  mind 
— to  enlarge  the  s])here  of  his  affections — in  ;i  word,  our  aim  is 
to  lead  uia.u  to  the  cultivation  of  the  true  fraternal  relations, 
designed  by  tiie  Great  Author  of  his  bei)ig.  Brother,  for  by 
that  endearing  name  you  are  now  privileged  to  be  hailed,  I 
greet  j'ou  as  an  OJd-fcllow  of  the  Independent  Order,  and  wel- 
come you  as  a  member  of  • —  Lodge  No.  — ,  under  the  Juris- 
diction of  the  X3rand  Lodge  of .  May  you  evei'' be  ani- 
mated by'  the  pure  iiriuciplcs  of  Odd-fellowship,  and  may  your 
life  and  conduct  afford  no  reproach  to  the  new  character  wliich 
you  have  this  night  voluntarily  assumed. 

Conduct  the  candidate  to  the  Secretary. 

After  attending  on  the  Secretary  the  candidate  is  conducted 
to  Ante-Room,  clothed  Mith  an  apron,  and  told  tci  work  his  way 
into  llie  Lodge,  which  is  done  bj'  giving  the  entersign,  countei- 
sign,  i)ass-v»rord  and  grip,  in  which  he  has  just  been  instructed. 
.\rriving  in  tlie  Lodge  room  he  is  greeted  as  a  brother  by  the 
Noble  (Trand,  who  iirocecds  to  instruct  luin  in  the  general  hail- 
ing or  sea  sign,  after  -^vliich  he  is  introduced  to  the  brethren  in 
Ihc  room. 


Gkniohal   Hailtn 


Sea  Sign. — Raise  rigiil 


land  above 
1;  e  a  d  a  n  d 
drop  it  three 
limes  upon 
llie  head.— 
This  is  used 
as  a  signal  at 
a  d  i  s  tance. 
Aksweb. — 
liaise  lioth 
h.ands  up  to 
llie  head. 
2])  Position. 
Lethandsfall 
to  the  side. 
G.  ll.or  Sea  Sijn.        Answer.        Hands  falling  to  side. 

(Tlie  regalia-  of  the  luitialory  degree  is  a  white  apron  oi\]y.) 

The  can(lid;ite  is  now  nn  Initiatory  member  of  the  m^'stic 

bi-ollierho'-,d,  ;ind  having  received  the  quarterly  pass-word  Of  the 

Noble  Grand  in  a  whi.sper  during  the  evening,  is  supposed  to 

be  liappy  in  his  newly  acquired  privileges  and  knowledge. 

Thousands  go  no  further  in  tlie  order. 

c:losikg. 
After  the  l)usiness  of  the  evening  has  been  transacted  the 
Lodge  is  closed  with  the  following  ceremonies: 

Noble  Grand  to  the  Lodge:  Officers  and  Brothers,  I  will 
thank  you  to  rise  and  assist  me  in  closing  this  Lodge. 

CLOSING  ODE. 

[Other  odes  are  in  eoinmou  use.] 

Ant  ''(fond  night,  and  joi/  he  wi'  ye  a\" 

"  Depart  in  peace  I "'  ye  favor'cl  few. 

For  night  now  calls  us  to  repose: 
In  pleasant  dreams  may  you  renew 

The  joys  that  havejonr  evening  closed 
May  /'^riendfhip's  visions  round  yon  press. 

And  Lone^f!,  more  tender,  warm  each  h;art. 
To  make  refreshing,  sweet,  your  rest 

•■  Depart  in  peace !  "  dear  friends,  depart  I 

'•  nojiart  in  ))eace  !  "  for  knowledge  here 

lias  sbed  abroad  her  radiant  light. 
The  heart  to  warm    the  mind  to  cheer. 

Through  slumbers  of  the  peaceful  night. 
And  when  to-morrow's  sun  sball  rise, 

Oh,  be  that  Truth  to  practice  giveu. 
Till  life  shall  end    then  hear  the  voice, 

•■/Jf-pa/l  m-pc(ue,from  earlh  to  hcaEcii.'" 
C'I.O.'-I.M;  pu.wer. 

[Tlie  following  or  a  .';iiuilar  prayer  is  sometimes  used  if  the 
chaplain  is  present.} 

Almighty  Father!  "dismiss  t^s,  Tjfe- implpre  thee,  with  thy 
blessing.    Let  all  we  have  done  upon  this  occasion  meet  accept 


ance  and  favor  in  thy  sight;  and  may  we  still  continue,  through 
thy  aid  and  assistance,  to  increase  the  usefulness  of  our  institu- 
tion to  ourselves  and  to  all  mankind.    Amen. 

Noble  Grand  to  Vice  Grand :  Vice  Grand,  I  will  thank  you 
to  perform  the  last  dut3'  of  3  our  station. 

Vice  Grand  to  the  Lodge:  Brethren,  we  thank  you  fm- 
your  attendance  this  evening,  and  in\ite  the  company  of  as 
manv  of  j^ou  as  can  make  it  convenient  to  attend  at  any  future 
meeting. 

Nolile  Grand  to  Warden:  "\7arden,  what  is  the  last  dul}-  of 
y(nir  station  ? 

Ans.  To  collect  the  regalia  iun\  deposit  it  in  its  proijcr 
place. 

Noble  Grand  to  Guardian  :  tkiardian,  what  is  the  last  duty 
of  your  station  ? 

Ans.     To  open  the  door  and  let  the  brothers  depart  in  peace. 

Noble  Grand:  I  will  thank  you  to-d«that  duty  as  soon  as 
the  Lodge  is  closed. 

Guardian:    I  will. 

Noble  Griuul  to  Right  Su)>porler:  Right  Supporter,  I  will 
thank  you  to  [)erform  the  last  duty  of  your  station. 

Riglit  Supporter:  By  the  direction  of  our  Noble  Grand,  I 
proclaim  this  Lodge  closed  until  next  Lodge  night  at  —  o'clock, 
when  it  will  be  reojiencd  for  the  fransacticni  of  such  business 
as  may  be  lawfully  brought  before  the  Lodge,  and  for  the  dif- 
fusion of  the  iirineipie's  of  Bsnevoleuce  and  Charity. 

Noble  Grand:  I  therefore  declare  this  Lodge  closed  [One 
rap  with  gavel  repeated  by  Vice  Grand.] 

FIII.ST  OK   WHITE  DEGREE. 

[The  candidate  is  received  in  the  ante-room  by  the  Con- 
ductor, taken  to  the  Ntfble  Grand's  chair  and  introduced  to  him.] 

Noble  Grand  to  candidate:  Brother  (s),  in  jiresenting  your- 
self ibr  advancement  in  our  order,  it  becomes  my  duty  to  remind 
you  of  the  importance -of  the  step  3'ou  propose  to  take,  and  to 
caution  you  against  making  engagements  that  you  may  be  un- 
willing to  fulfill,  or  for  the  gratification  of  idle  curiosity,  taking 
upon  yourself  obligations  which  may  hereafier  prove  burthen- 
som?. 

II  Aviil  be  necessaiy,  previous  to  instructing  j'ou  in  this,  or 
anj'  other  degree  of  Odd-fellowship,  for  you  to  take  a  solemn 
obligation,  pledging  yourstif  not  to  disclose  any  of  the  myste- 
ries to  perscms  whom  you  do  not  know  to  be  lawfully  in  posses, 
sion  of  them,  and  binding  j'ourself  to  the  jiihibrmance  of.Ihe 
duties  prescrilied  in  the  degrees,  so  far  as  it  is  in  your  power  to 
perform  them.  Have  j^ovi  duly  considered  the  .'Uibject,  and  are 
j'ou  now  prepared  to  advance?  (If  the  candidate  replies  in  the 
affirmative,  the  Noble  Grand  continues.)  Then  place  yourself 
in  the  altitude  in  which  3'OU  were  initiated  into  this  order,  and 
repeat  after  ine : 

OBLIGATION. 

I^ ^  of  my  own  free  will  anil  accord,  do  in  the 

presence  of  tlie  members  of  the  White  Degree  of  this  order  now 
assembled,  most  solemnly  promise,  declare  and  say,  that  the 
signs,  secrets  and  mysteries  of  Odd-fellowship  which  have  been 
or  are  about  to  be  entrusted  to  my  kcejiing,  I  will  conceal  and 
will  never  reveal  them,  or  any  of  them,  to  any  person'  or  persons 
under  tlie  high  canopy  of  heaven,  unless  it  be  to, a  just  and 
lawful  brother,  or  in  a  lawful  Lodge  of  brothers,  that  I  shall 
liud  on  due  trial  and  examination  ]>roperly  insfriicted  therein, 
or  legally  authorized  to  receive  tliem.  I  further  jiromise  that 
I  will  not'  write,  indite,  print,  stamp  or  engrave  them,  or  any 
of  them,  upon  anything  movable  or  immovable,  so  (hat  the 
least  character  or  letter  may  be  unlawfully  obtained.  All  this  I 
promise  with  atixcd  determination  to  perform,  and  without  au^- 
hesitation,  mental  reservation  or  self  evasion  of  mind  in  me 
whatever,  under  no  less"  a  penalty  than  being  held  throughout 
the  globe  by  every  good  Odd-fellow  as  a  man  void  of  the  jirin- 
ciplea  of  honor,  to  the  true  and  faithful  pefonnance  of  all  which 
I  pledge  my  most  sacred  honor. 

P.^ss  Word. — 7'V-to,  given  atdooi-ol  Lodge  Room 
after  entersign,  which  is  one  rap  on  the  lodge  room 
dox>r  when  the  Lodge  is  opened  on  tliis  degree. 

Sign.— Take     hold   of    chin    with    right    hand, 
(liunib  under  and  fingers  over  the  chin. 
Guir. — Same  as  Initiate  Grip. 

Noble  Grand  to  candidate:  Brother,  hefore  en- 
tering into  an  exposition  of  Die  principles  of  the 
White  Degree,  a  few  general  remarks  in  explana- 
tion of  the  objects  of  Odd-fellowsliij)  may  not  be 
inajiin'opriate. 

We  know,  in  whatever  circunistances  men  may 
be  placed,  ti»at  there  are  mme  so  destitute  of  friends 
Mgii  as  not  sometimos  to  have  (heir  londerest  sj'mpatliies 
Wliite  Degree  called  into  active  exertion  in  ministering  to  a  lim- 
ited circle,  by  merely  natural  aficclions;  but  unhappily  in  (he 
rugged  journey  of  life  it  too  often  occurs  Ihat  those  kindlier 
sensibilities  either  become  blunted  by  time,  causing  the  heart 
to  contract  as  friend  after  friend  is  snatched  away,  or  else  Uiat 
selfish  pursuits  absorb  the  mind,  which,  iiv,the  mistaken  hope 
of  finding  solid  happiness  in  them,  forget  the  sutterings,  (he 
interests,  and  sometimes  even  the  rights  of  others.  These 
things,  which  .ire  the  inevitable  lot  of  Jvuman  existence,  no  in- 
siitution,  however  admirable  its  contrivance,  can  liopc  to  banish 
from  society  at  large;  for  the  noblest  institutions  can  exert  but 
a  circumscribed  infiucnce  in  comi)ari.«;on  with  the  society 
amidst  which  it  acts;  still  by  lia.bits  of  closer  association  in  ob- 
jects of  an  enlarged  and  animated  jihilanthro))}-,  mucli  may  lie 
done  without  risk  of  iujurj-  to  individual  fortunes,  to  make  men 
more  useful  to  their  kind — more  helpful  to  ihe  distressed — ^more 


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regularly  thoughtful  of  the  happiness  of  those  around  them. 
Such  is  the  aim  of  Odd-fellowship;  and  hence  by  enforcing-  an 
observance  of  social  and  huniau  duties,  we  strive  to  reanimate 
those  purely  benevolent  faculties  which  it  has  pleased  au  All 
Wise  Providence  to  confer  upon  man,  and  the  practice  of  which 
contributes  so  eminently  to  the  elevation  and  happiness  of  all- 
We  now  invite  your  attention  to  the 

LKCTUKE   OF   THE  FIKST  OU  WHITK  UE(iKEE. 

Question.— What  do  the  laws  of  Odd-fellowship  teach  usV 

Answer.— they  teach  us  io  unite  in  the  bonds  of  Brotherly 
Love. 

Q.— H(.\v  are  we  to  show  this  duty  of  our  Order? 

A.— By  meeting  together  as  Brothers,  and  in  case  of  atHic- 
tion  or  distress,  relieving  the  wants  of  each  otlier,  and  admin- 
tering  all  tlie  consohbtion  we  can  to  the  attiieted. 

Q. — What  are  our  duties  as  Brothers '? 

A. To  meet,  together  frequently  in  our  Lodges,  as  members 

of  one  great  family,  and  thus  cultivate  the  principles  of  friend- 
ship and  love. 

Q._What  do  our  Lodge  rules  require  of  us? 

A. — To  pay  all  due  respect  to  our  officers— to  obey  their 
reasonable  injuncti(ms— to  receive  their  instructions,  and,  to  the 
utmost  of  our  power,  assist  them  with  our  advice  and  support. 

Q._What  do  the  duties  of  Odd-fellowship  prescribe? 

A. — They  enjoin  a  strict  observance  to  temperance,  sobriety 
and  chastity. 

Q.— In  what  light  do  our  laws  consider  drunkenness. 

A, — As  the  vilest  and  most  pernicious  of  all  vices.  The 
drunkard,  deprived  of  the  reason  given  him  by  God,  lowers 
himself  to  the  condition  of  brutes.  He  contracts  ruinous  en- 
gagements, neglects  his  business,  squanders  his  property,  abuses 
his  health,  tills  his  house  with  trouble,  and,  if  not  cut  oil"  by  a 
premature  death,  is  doomed  to  an  old  age,  comfortless  and  dis- 
eased. 

Q_What  are  the  chief  attributes  of  our  inslilution? 

A.— Benevolence,  brotherly  love  and  charity. 

Q — What  arc  we  to  understand  by  benevolence  ? 

A. — Benevolence  is  the  s(>urcc  of  all  good  actions.  Tlie 
man  of  benevolence  feels  for  tlie  v,'oes  of  all  mankind ;  his 
heart  is  open,  tender,  sym])athetic;  he  heals  the  wounds  of  the 
athicted  by  his  kindness,  fortities  the  minds  of  the  weak  by  his 
example  and  advice,  and  cheerfully  administers  the  balm  of 
charity  to  those  whose  distresses  call  for  assistance. 

Q.— How  may  we  promote  brotherly  love  ? 

A. — By  frequently  meeting  together  in  friendly  association, 
the  members  of  our  fraternity  become  mutually  interested  in 
tlie  welfare  of  each  other.  A  kindlier  sentiment  is  thus  en- 
kindled in  the  breasts  of  all,  which,  expanding  into  a  generous 
sympathy,  is  ever  rcadj'-  to  relieve  a  brother  when  oppressed  by 
afhiction.  Bound  togetlicr  by  the  ties  of  honor  and  morality  as 
well  as  humanity,  we  encourage  no  secrecy  as  a  cloak  for  evil, 
n<n-  do  we  keep  any  thing  hidden  except  what  is  necessary  to 
give  efficacy  to  our  works  and  permanency  to  our  Order  by  pre. 
serving  its  unity  and  guarding  it  against  imposition.  The  moral 
precepts  which  govern  us,  and  according  to  which  we  would 
have  Jill  regulate  their  conduct,  are  the  laws  ot  God;  these  we 
would  solemnly  impress  upon  the  riiinds  of  all ;  keeping  in 
view  especially  that  gi-eat  and  universal  law,  that  whatsoever 
ve  would  that  others  should  do  unto  you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them. 
Aetin"-  upon  this  principle,  we  cannot  be  far  in  error;  and  ex- 
perience has  demonstraled  that  a  great  earthly  good,  and  one 
among  the  first  objects  of  our  institution,  may  be  thus  attained 
in  strengthening  the  bonds  of  friendship  and  laying  bro;id  and 
deeg  the  foundation  of  brotherly  love. 

Q. — Whence  tiows  charity,  and  what  are.ils  attributes? 

Av — Charity  springs  from  the  heart,  softens  the  atfections 
and  incites  to  good  actions.  It  is  a  generous  virtue  wliose  deeds 
inspire  the  utmost  pleasure.  It  atfor.dji  real  gratification  to  its 
possessor,  and  delights  to  dispense  its  bounties  in  aid  of  the 
needy  and  distressed.  By  its  acts  meritorious  men,  and  some- 
times whole  families  are  raised  from  impending  misery  and  re- 
stored to  peace,  happiness  and  contentment.  True  it  is,  that 
charity  may  often  be  bestowed  on  undeserving  objects,  but  the 
worthy  should  not  be  confounded  with  the  unworthy,  for  this 
would  render  hopeless  indeed  the  fate  of  manj'  a  poor  sufferer. 

To 'derive  pleasure  from  conferring  good  on  our  fellow 
creatures  is  an  exalted  attribute  of  humanity,  which  can  only 
be  manifested  in  deeds  of  charity ;  and  in  the  practice  of  this 
moral  excellence  the  charitable  man  lays  up  for  himself  an 
abundant  store  of  substantial  hapjiiness.  The  objects  which 
have  received  his  assistance,  stand  as  monuments  of  his  good- 
ness, and  God  blesses  him  with  that  peace  which  the  selfish  and 
unfeeling  can  never  enjoy.  He  lives  in  the  hearts  of  those  who 
have  shared  his  bountj'-,  and  his  own  conscience  assures  him 
that  he  has  discharged  the  duties  of  a  man.  He  is  respected  by 
all  ranks;  his  humane  acts  secure  him  the  esteem  of  the  rich 
while  his  charities  calls  forth  the  blessings  of  the  poor;  his 
home  is  tlie  mansion  of  peace,  and  his  household  the  subjects 
of  content.  He  is  a  tender  husbaad,  an  affectionate  parent,  a 
kind  master,  a  considerate  neighbor,  living  in  peace  with  all 
mankind  and  possessing  (heir  confidence  and  regard;  his  grey 
hairs  are  crowned  with  honor,  and  he  sinks  into  the  grave  obe- 
dient to  the  will  ot  God,  attended  by  the  prayers  of  all  who 
knew  him  under  the  full  hopes  of  a  blessed  immortality. 

Noble  Grand  to  candidate(s):  Brotlier(s),  thus  ends  the  first 
degree ;  and,  in  the  name  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd-fel- 
loMS,I  declare  you  duly  admitted  a  member  thereof,  the  em- 
blematic color  of  which  is  white. 

The  regalia  Of  the  first  degree  is  a  ri^hite  collar  trimmed  with 
white  fringe  or  ribbon.  A  ichite  rosette  may  be  worn  at  the 
point  or  joining  of  the  collar  in  front.  (Aprons  are  abolished 
in  this  and  subsequent  degrees  (and  offices)  of  Odd-fellowship). 


SECOND  OR  COVENANT  DEGIiEE. 

[The  candidate  having  been  received  in  the  ante-room,  is 
conducted  to  the  chair  of  the  Noble  Grand.] 

Noble  Grand  to  candidate(s) :     What  is  your  errand  here? 

A. — To  obtain  the  mysteries  of  the  Covenant  Degree. 

Noble  Grand  to  candidate(s):  Previous  to  receiving  that 
degree,  are  j'ou  willing  to  enter  into  a  solemn  obligation  with 
us  ? 

A. — I  am  willing  to  t.ake  any  obligation  within  m.y  power  to 
perlbrm. 

Noble  Grand  to  candidat.e(s):     Then  repeat  after  me: 

OliLIGATION. 

I,  [name]  in  the  presence  of  the  members  of  the  Covenant 
Degree  of  this  Order  assembled,  most  solemnly  promise,  declare 
and  say,  that  I  will  never  divulge  the  secrets  of  the  degree  about 
to  be  entrusted  to  my  keeping,  I  will  not  wn-ite  them,  or  cause 
them  to  be  written,  printed  or  engraved  in  any  manner  or  form 
whatever;  and  pledge  my  sacred  honor  that  I  will,  to  the  best 
of  my  knowledge  and  full  extent  of  my  power,  perlbrm  all  the 
duties  I  am  therein  instructed  to  do. 

Noble  Grand  to  candidate(s):  Brother(s),  in  the  first  degi-ee 
we  had  the  pleasure  to  discourse  of  charity ;  it  now  be(;omes 
our  duty  in  furtherance  of  the  great  cause  of  humanity,  to 
treat  of  mutual  relief,  or,  in  other  words,  of  mutual  assistance 
in  times  of  distress,  danger  or  difficulty.  In  fulfillment  of  tliis 
purpose,  we  resume  our  instructions  by  reciting  from  Holy 
Writ,  as  aptly  illustrative  of  our  pre^ient  subject,  the  beautiful 
story  descriptive  of  the  love  of  Jonathan  and  David,  to  which 
we  invite  your  serious  consideration. 

THE    NAllllATIVE. 

And  the  soul  of  Jonathan  was  knit  with  the  soul  of  David' 
and  Jonathan  loved  him  as  his  own  soul.  Then  Jonathan  and 
David  made  a  Covenant,  because  he  loved  him  as  his  own  soul. 
And  Jonathan  stripped  himself  of  the  robe  that  was  upon  him, 
and  gavf,  it  to  David,  and  his  garments,  even  to  his  sword  and 
to  liis  bow  and  to  his  girdle.  And  Saul  spake  to  Jonathan,  his 
son,  and  to  his  servants,  that  they  should  kill  David;  but.  Jena- 
than,  Saul's  sou,  delighted  much  in  David,  and  Jonathan  told 
David:  Srul,  mj^father,  sceketh  to  kill  thee;  now,  therefore,  I 
pray  thee  take  haed  to  thyself  until  the  morning  and  abide  in  a 
secret  place  and  hide  thyself,  and  I  will  go  and  stand  beside  my 
father  in  the  field  where  thou  art,  and  I  will  commune  with  my 
father  of  thee,  and  what  I  see  that  will  I  tell  thee.  And  Jona- 
than spake  good  of  David  unto  Saul,  his  father,  and  said  unto 
him,  Let  not  the  King  sin  against  his  servant,  against  David, 
because  he  hath  not  sinned  against  thee,  and  because  his  works 
have  been  to  theeward  very  good  ;  for  he'  did  jjut  his  life  in  his 
hand  and  slew  the  Philistine,  and  the  Lord  wrought  a  great  sal- 
vation for  all  Israel.  Thou  sawest  it  and  did  rejoice,  wlierefore 
then  wilt  thou  sin  against  innocent  blood,  to  slay  David  without 
a  cause.  And  Saul  hearkened  unto  the  voice  of  Jonathan,  and 
Saul  sware,  as  the  Lord  liveth,  he  shall  not  be  slain.  And  Jona- 
than cidled  David,  and  Jonathan  shewed  him  all  these  things, 
and  Jonathan  brought  David  to  Saul,  and  he  was  in  his  pres- 
ence as  in  times  past.  And  David  fied  from  Naioth,  in  Ra'uudi, 
and  said  before  Jonathan,  ¥/hat  have  I  done?  what  is  my  ini. 
quity  ?  and  what  is  uu"  sin  before  thy  fatlier,  tlust  he  seeketli  lu}- 
lifeV  And  Jonathan  said  unto  him,  Gi^l  forbid,  thou  shalt  not 
die;  behold  my  father  will  do  nothing  either  great  or  small  but 
that  he  will  show  it  me;  and  why  should  my  father  hide  this 
thing  from  me?  It  is  not  so.  And  David  swilre  moreover  and 
said,  Thy  father  certainly  knowcth  that  I  have  found  grace  in 
thine  eyes,  and  ho  saith.  Let  not  Jonathan  knovv^  this,  lest  he  lie 
grieved;  but  trulj-,  as  the  Lord  liveth,  and  as  thy  soul  liveth, 
there  is  but  a  step  between  me  and  death.  Then  said  Jonathan 
unto  David,  Whatsoever  thy  soul  desireth,  I  will  even  do  it  for 
thee.  And  David  answered  :  Thou  shalt  deal  kindly  with  thj^ 
servant,  for  thou  liast  brought  thy  servant  into  a  Covenant  of 
the  Lord  with  thee;  iiotwithstanding,  if  there  be  iniquity  in 
me,  slay  me  thj'self,  for  why  shouldst  thou  bring  me  to  thy  fa- 
tlier? And  Jonathan,  said.  Far  be  it  from  thee;  for  if  I  knew 
certainly  that  evil  were  determined  by  my  father  to  come  upon 
thee,  then  would  not  I  tell  it  thee  ?  Then  said  David  to  Jona- 
than, Who  shall  tell  me,  or  what  i:"  thy  father  answer  tliee  rough, 
ly?  And  Jonathan  said  unto  David,  Come  and  let  us  go  into 
the  field.  And  Jonathan  said  unto  David,  O,  Lord,  God  of 
Israel,  when  I  have  sounded  mj  father  about  to-morrow  any 
time,  or  the  third  day,  and  behold  if  there  be  good  towards 
David,  and  I  then  send  not  un  to  thee  and  show  it  thee,  the  Lord 
do  so  and  much  more  to  Jonathan;  but  if  it  please  my  father 
to  do  thee  evil,  then  I  will  shew  it  thee  and  send  thee  away,  that 
thou  mayest  go  in  peace;  and  the  Lord  be  with  thee  as  he  has 
been  with  mj^  father ;  and  tliou  shaft  not  onlj^  while  I  live  show 
me  the  kindness  of  the  Lord,  that  I  die  not,  but  thou  shalt  not 
cut  oft'  thy  kindness  from  my  house  forever ;  no,  not  when  the 
Lord  hath  cut  oif  the  enemies  of  David,  every  one  from  the 
face  of  the  earth.  So  Jonathan  made  a  Covenant  with  the  house 
of  David,  saying,  let  the  Lord  ever  require  it  at  the  hands  of 
David's  enemies;  and  Jonathan  caused  David  to  swear  again, 
because  he  loved  him,  for  he  loved  him  as  he  loved  his  own 
soul.  Then  Jonathan  said  to  David,  To-morrow  is  the  new 
moon,  and  thou  shalt  be  missed  because  tiiy  seat  will  be  empty. 
And  when  thou  hast  stayed  three  days,  then  thou  shalt  go  down 
quickly  and  come  to  the  place  where  thou  didst  hide  thyself 
when  the  business  was  in  hand,  and  shall  remain  by  the  stone 
Ezel,  andlAvill  shoot  three  arrows  on  the  side  thereof,  as  thougJi 
I  shot  at  a  mark.  And  behold  I  will  send  a  lad,  saying.  Go  find 
out  the  arrows ;  if  I  say  expressly  unto  the  lad.  Behold  the  ar- 
rows are  on  thi«  side  of  thee,  take  them;  then  come  thou,  for 
there  is  peace  Io  thee  and  no  hurt,  as  the  Lord  liveth.  But  if  I 
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OuK  ISui)  CKU'rios  Li5-i'. 


Tho  success  of  our  warfare  ngainst 
Secret  Bccieties  is  go  well  understood 
to  depend  primarily  on  the  general  cir- 
cuLilion  of  the  Cynosure,  thai  we  bw- 
■  lieve  our  agents  iind  friends  who  thor- 
oughly imdertttnd  the  siluation  consid- 
er a  j^i'od  report  of  tho  muii  list  one  of 
the  most  encouraging  features  in  our 
work.  That  the  i>>p8r  is  worlhj'  of  a 
large  c'rcu'.atiou  is  lest'fied  to  by  many 
of  our  readers.  That  it  is  couiidered 
a  wi'le  awake,  honcFt,  practiced  paoer 
neither. trashy  or  stupid  nor  superticial 
can  be  readily  seen  by  those  who  read 
the  extracts  from  letters  in  "our  mail." 
Wc  occasionally  receive  a  friendly  ciii- 
ic'sm  which  is  by  no  naeans  disre^arJcd 
and  o'lr  constant  aim  's  to  make  the 
paper  more  nearly  perfect.  Our  read- 
ers by  sr-nding  in  new  subFcnber.-,  pro- 
mote this  samu  ohj'cl,  be.sidcs  putting 
information  of  vital  importance  to  the 
holiness  to  the  church  and  the  purity 
of  tho  Ljovern'-'.'.er^',  into  the.  hands  of 
the  people, 

The  deeirc  ^i  vur  Xric^nds  to  knew 
how  8ub-.CfiptioD8   aro   coming  in   we 


suppose  to   ba  rao.-e  than  usual    ii:  cs 
IJiey  know  tli.^t  twelve  iiundrkd  sub- 
ccRii'TioN.^  expire  during  July  ;  n  1  An 
gust. 

The  proraplness  with  which  r^iew- 
als  have  come  during  the  last  week  has 
been  very  gratifying  and  encouraging. 
Often  the  reuewah  are  iiccompinied 
with  one  or  more  recruits  to  fill  up  the 
vacant  places  vrhich  unrenewed  sub- 
scriptions make. 

The  promises  which  come  in  the 
loiters  such  as  "I  w  11  do  all  I 
can  to  incrcasv.'.  llie  circub'-tion,"  "1 
think  I  can  seiitl  more  subcribers 
soon,'  lead  us  lo  think  that  a  great  en 
iargetncr.t  of  tho  mail  litt  may  be  tx- 
ptcled  Ceiiivassiug  for  .  the  paper 
allliough  sell"  denjnog  anJ  iaboricus 
(liki'all  work)  when  vignrou^ly  done, 
}et  aiToid-i  n  peculiar  sattsfaclio:! 
to  those  who  engage  isj  i(.  An  agest 
in  Indiana  who  has  c-ent  in  more  sub- 
scriptions tliis  year  than  any  one  el.->e, 
perhaps,  writ.'s,  when  he  forwards  the 
last  five  nanus,  that  these  almost  com- 
plele  the  first  hundred,  and  the-n  he 
says  "for  aiK;t.lier  hundred.''  The 
wholesouled  good  will  and  earnei-t  de- 
sire for  the  overthrow  of  secret  socie- 
ties is  a  n:arked  feature  in  a  .Urge  pro- 
portion of  our  litters.  Some  on  ac 
count  of  sickuefcs  or  extreme  a^e  can- 
not do  as  much  as  others;  yet  old  peo- 
ple have  had  a  rem-jrkable  degree  o! 
tucccBS  in  c\nva<;sing.  One  ni-ja  about 
eighty-two  years  old  sent  in  eight 
dollars  from  Washington  Territory  Itst 
week  and  s^iid  if  ho  had  more  strength 
he  might  do  much  more. 

We  iiope  tliosc  who  scat  in  three 
mo-i  11^  cubicripti  '  v-i  will  remen-.'ir 
ta.  m  .;•;  ;  if  !!■)  sib;>'.  ^eii  I  iu  their  re- 
U'w.r-'.  We  hop  ^  *,nt  those  5vlH)e 
tiu!-'  i':i'!-  i!i  Jul\  wu  5  have  n  i  yc 
i.j  li !  will   d'..  bj  pr.-iuatii  ;  anu 


est  to  a'.l  friends  of  the  cau^e.  Be- 
sides the  report  of  the  proceedings 
with  the  resolutions  and  tJjtielitution 
of  tlio  Association,  there  are  the  ad- 
dresses of  half  a  score  of  our  most 
earnest  leclurers,  which  ludYcs  the 
book  of  very  great  value  as  a  campa'gn 
document.  The  address  of  E'der  Ber- 
nard is  alone  worth  ihi  price  of  the 
bjok.  We  have  been  persuaded  to 
publisii  this  wonderful  document  of 
E'der  Bernnrd'is  in  a  pamphlet  of  about 
30  piges.  It  wi  1  bejeady  eoon,  Tho 
minutes  of  the  Syracuse  Convention 
which  cont-tin  this  address  cost  but 
^1'2,00  per  100,  by  express,  ^2,00  per 
d(z    and  25  cts,  eaci,  by  mail. 


The  Fourth  cf  July. 


W  have  received  one  report  of  work 
done  on  the  Fourth  of  July,  some  sub 
scribers  obtained,  books  ordered  and  a 
movement  started  for  obtaining  lectures 
and  or^an'zng  an  auxiliary  assooiation 
opposed  to  secret  societies.  Are  others 
yet  to  come?  We  fho  heard  of  a 
speech  delivered  ou  that  day  by  Mr. 
R"C-ve3  of  Plymouth,  Indiicjs,  ia  whkh 
secret  societies  were  considered  our 
nation's  enemieo. 

Mr.  Eastman  in  a  speech  at  Elgin, 
on  that  dny  adTocated  bolting  parly 
ncminations  for  a  good  reason;  and 
showed  that  slavery  to  party  nomiha 
tions  w.js  a  danger  that  we  must  fear 
and  avoid.  The  Chicago  Tribune 
justly  commended  that  feature  of  his 
addrcES. 


Cy.nosurk  Tkacts. 


wri ;  t. 

thar,  t>:e  six  hundj^d  uad  t-eventy 
whoso  rub  jripti-,*'  s  end  in  Au^'Ust  ar 
all  usin,7  \  h'^tever  time  that  thjy  can 
get,  witht  ut  neglect'ng  other  dune: ,  it 
c«n\.isnEg  their  h.c-lites  for  new  cu'.- 
scriptii  n^  to  forward  with  their  rer.ew- 
aisi.e.>.t  ui/!itl!.  vN'e  ^.cad  circn.,'!is, 
subscription  papers  and  coptys  of  the 
Cynosure  free,  for  canvassing  purposes 

About  the  middle  of  Septe.Tiber,  you 
know,  the  exact  siz^  ot  the  subscrip- 
tion I'Gt  is  again  is  be  reported  so  that 
wecuit'l!  what  <  ur  sumnaer's  work 
amounted  to. 

Willi  the  blessing  of  (rod  oii  your 
persevering  eiforts  you  can  make  that 
reporl  very  encouragincr.     Tuen 

"'Work,  forthe  night  is  coming; 

'\Vork  through  the  sunny  noon; 
Fill  brightest  hours  with  labor; 

Rest  comes  sure  and  soon. 
Give  every  dying  minute 

Something  to  keej)  in  store; 
Work;  for  the  night  is  coming, 

When  man  works  no  more. 
"Work,  for  the  uightis  coming. 

Under  the  sunset  skies; 
While  their  bri-ht  tints  are  glowing, 

">Vork,  for  daybght  flies. 
Work,  till  the  last  beam  ladeth, 

Fadeth  to  slunc  no  more; 
Work,  while  the  night  is  darkening, 

AV'lien  man's  work  if?  o'er." 


The  demani  for  Cynosure  'i'racts 
for  gratuitous  distribution  ircreases 
much  more  rapidly  than  do  the  contri- 
butions to  the  Tract  Fan  J,  although 
a  friend  has  pledged  a  dollar  for  ev<  ry 
o  tier  dollar  donated.  Th?re  is  now  a 
cjeu!  iud  from  earnest  laborers  in  the 
cause  for  fully  One  Hund/ed  thousand 
pag.  s  of  tracts  per  month  and  to£ali.>fy 
th)8  demand  we  need  in  new  si.b  crip 
lions?,  ii  ly  dollsrs  nor  month,  lu  many 
iastancds  a  single  Anti-masonic  tract 
has  saved  a  young  man  from  the  soul 
slavery  of  the  lodge.  Ic  is  sad  not  to 
be  able  to  supply  the  demand  for  these 
leaflets  for  want  of  funds. 

Readers  has  not  G--^  '  b'essed  3  ou 
with  the  ability  and  (•  ^  re  to  contri- 
bute something  to  th,  .   ■    i;-  ? 


Minutes  of  thb  Syracuse  Convkntion  . 

This    i«  a  p?.mphlot   of   ].50  pages, 

cont'iining  matter  of  TCry  grea^   inler- 


SunscKiPTioN  LETTJiH.  recf', "I  luring 
the  week  ending  Jul ,'  titii.  1874. 
J  A  Allen,  R  E  A  iara?,  C  Arery,  J 
M  Adair,  J  G  Baldu-ui,  Mr;  E  Bdes. 
SD  Cosner,  D  S  UaU:w.ll  S  L  Cook, 
B  Chalfani,  L  B  Collns,  U  P  Ches.- 
bro',  A  M  Durfee,  J  Dduny,  D  J  Els- 
worth,  H  Elder,  L  F.....!  c. ,  W  Fenier, 
S  H  F^hey,  J  Fink,  S  GulDiuyJer,  L 
Glover,  11  Hinman  (2)  P  H  Hoffman,  G 
W  Mall,  E  E  Holaies,  W  J  Iligley, 
0  Jennings,  H  H  Lingo,  J  W 
L>wu^an,  M  F  Lauffer,  C  AV  Levander, 
A  Lathrop,  J  W  M  Pcerson,  E  Miller, 
F  Mirlow,  J  L  Manley,  W  P  Martin 
L  H  Morey,  E  E  Morrison,  D  MrKali, 
D  K  McKnight,  Jr.,  J  Pd;e,  A  W  P;iul, 
L  Piper,  J  Reed,  Mri  E  Ridy,  S  R-n- 
ircm  J  VV  R-ner,  Wm  Reed,  J  Springer, 
H  .  Smith,  M  Skinner,  H  W  Stdl- 
man,  J   P  Stoddiird,  O  0    Stoughton, 


Wm  Saunders,  J  G  Smith,  S  M  Tom- 
linson,  G  Taylor,  P  W  Taintor,  J  Wil- 
kins,  A  Walker,  J  S  Whitney,  S 
Wright,  D  Wctks,  N  Warren,  S  Ward- 
ner.  E  W  ])  Wuiie.  J  T  Walsh,  Mrs. 
M  E  Wilson,  Z  Wepvor,  M  Varney. 

maBSJBT  H£PORTS 

CniOAOO.  July  13, 1874. 
The  following  arc  tho  latest  auviceB: 
Grain  Wheat— .Spring,  No.  1..      $    lis 

No.    2 1  15!-',  1  IG's 

"        No.  3 1  08  1  10 

Rejected 98  99 

Corn— N0.2 tilfi  02'4 

Rejected 58H  59J4 

Oats— No.  2 48  48!4 

Rejected 4GJ4 

Kye— No.  2 80  .S8 

Flour,  Vi^jnter         5  25  7  75 

Spring  extra 5  00  5  50 

Superline 3  .'50  4  64 

tlay— Timothy,  pressed 11  50  Itt  50 

"           loose 8  00  15  00 

Prairie,       "      ti  no  9  00 

Lard    11  ?a 

Mess  pork,  per  blil 19  40 

Bntter 16  25 

Cheese  lO'/j  12 

ii^gs ISKj  14 

Beans 185  2  10 

Potatoes,  porbri,  new  4.50  5  50 

Broom  corn 04  00 

HiUBS—Greeu  and  green  cured 07  00'4 

Pull  cured  iidd  14  percent. 

Lumber— Clear 38  00  .55  00 

Common 11  12  00 

Lath 2  25 

Shingles t  .50  3  50 

WOUi.— W.ished 38  32 

Unwashed 27.  33 

LIVESTOCK.  Cattle,  extra....  B  2o  0  50 

Good  toenoice 5  40  6  10 

MedKum 4  75  5  25 

Common 3  25  4  50 

Hogs, S  75  6  35 

Sheep 2  75  5  25 

Now  York  sSSarkct 

Flo\ir #  4  no  11  CO 

Wheat..'. 1  3(t  145 

Corn 77  87 

Oats «0  02 

Rye.....'..: ...    1  OS  113 

Lard UH 

Mess  port 19  50 

Butter 17  27 

Cheose  10  15!^ 

3qriri.                                                                 ■    24  25 


I  SOMETHING  NEW.  | 

A  CHART  OF  MASONRY 

Showing  the  degrees  from  the  first  lo  the  thirty- 
third,  entitled 

l)cg'rec3  of  Ancient  Accepted  Scotlisli  Freemasonry, 

According  to  a  Manual  by  Wm.  M.  Cunningham, 
33d  Degree. 

Designed  by  lieiK  P.  Stoddard,  to  explain  Free- 
masonry, as  shown  by  Morgan's  Exposition  and 
liichardson's  Monitor. 

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Classical  and  Scientiflc  Departments,  open  t 
both  Soxes.  Also  instruction  iu  Music,  Drawino 
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Apr  24(i  m  1  '.<-..  B.  .^.m,b-j,  P.-'M  V  jth 

J.  L.  MAWLEY, 
ATTORNEY-AT-IiAW, 

And  Notary  Puliiio, 

MILLS  CORNERS,  Jay  County,  Indiana. 
'    Prompt  Attention   given  to   the  collection   ot 
Claims,   sotlliug  estai^es  and  all  other  business 
entrusted  lo  his  care.  6  mo  Nov.  20. 

WHEATON   COLLEGE! 

WilEATOX.  ILLIiNOlS, 

Is  well  known  by  the  readers  of  Tke  Cynosure 
Faculty,  same  as  last  year,  -with  the  addition  of 
two  gentlemen.  Those  wanting  information 
should  apply  to    J.  Blanohart),  Pres't. 


scdsior  Mms's  StrU. 

It  is  decidedly  the  most  beautiful,  tasteful 
and  SENSIBLE  thing  of  the  kind  I  have  ever 
'seen."— iJfW.F.  O.  llibbard,  D    D. 

"The  most  ScitTrruuAL,  beautiful  aud  appko- 
pkiate  Marriat;e  Certiflcate  I  have  ever  seen." — 
Late  Rev.  H.  Matli.itm,  D.  D. 

"Something  new  and  beautiful,  which  we 
pronounce  the  handsomest  thing  of  the  kind  we 
ever  laid  eyes  on." — Meth'.  Home  Journal,  Pliila. 
Contaim  two  Ornamental   Ovals,  for  P/ioUgraj.hs, 

A    EAUTIPnL LITHOaEAPH  Hl-4  b?  18  1-4 inches. 

25  cts  each,  $2.25  per  dcz-  $1S  per  100. 
For  Sale  by  Ezra  A.   Cook  &  Co..  CHICAGO. 


"Jn  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing." — Jesus  Christ, 


EZRA  A.COOK  &  CO.,  Publishers, 
NO  13  WABASH  AVENUE. 


CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  JULY  23,  1874. 


VOL.  VI.,  NO.  41.— WHOLE  NO  224, 

WEEKLY,  $3  00  A  YEAR. 


Contents. 

Page. 

EUITOKIAL    AkTICLBS 8 

Editorial    Corresponclence The  Interior  on  FalsoKe- 

Jigious Notes. 

COWTRIBUTED  AND  SELECT  ARTICLES  : 2,  3 

The    Vision  (Poetry). ..  .Masonic    Vengeance — Rxperi 

ence  of  Kev.  J  ...  A  Question  lor  Churches What.  Wo 

Expect  to  Do Civil  Rights  Bill  and  West  Point  Acad- 
emy. 

■Topics  op  the  Time 1 

iREFOBMNEWS 4,  5 

Notices L.  N.  Strattou  at  TiskiUva  and  Wheaton 

J.   T.  Kiggins  in   Iowa From  Elder  Baird From 

Crawford'Oo.,  Pa.   .  Missouri  Baptists  Awaking, 

fOOBRESPONDBNCE 5,  li,  12 

Around    the    Lakes Manufacturing    Popularity A 

Nohle  Woman  ...Our  Mail. 

Political  CoLDMK 12 

'OoD-FKLLOwsHir  Illustrated 14,15 


re'oRTv  YEi>Rs  Ago— Action  of  a  Methodist  Conference. 

The  Home  Cdicle 

'Ohii.di!en"s  Corner 

'iThe  Sabbatli  School 

FHome  and  Health  Hints 

'Farm  and  Garden 

Keligious  Intelligence 

"News  of  the  WeeK 

IPublisher's  Department 


i^\\%  4  i\t  %m. 


The  Fawn-skin  Pouch. — Every  good  granger  has 
a  fawn-skin  pouch,  and  every  good  granger  knows 
what  it  is  used  for.  Other  parties,  however,  may  be 
ignorant  in  this  respect,  and  among  those  thus  de 
ficient  we  are  compelled  to  reckon  Gov.  Davis,  of  Min- 
nesota. The  way  it  came  out,  was  this  :  The  grass- 
hoppers went  to  work  in  one  corner  of  the  State  and 
devoured  almost  every  green  thing.  Crops  of  course 
were  gone  and  the  farmers  were  in  want,  Go7. 
Davis  thea  published  an  appeal  for  aid  to  these  starv- 
ing familicF,  and  among  the  rest  asked  the  grangers 
ito  help.  He  probably  supposed  that  the  patrons 
used  their  fawn-skin  pouches  to  take  up  collections  for 
starving  farmer?.  The  grange  in  Hennepin  county 
iset  him  right,  told  him  that  he  had  the  S;ate  money 
:svnd  ought  to  help  them  himself ;  at  all  events  that 
•helping  starving  men  and  women  was  not  their  busi- 
ness .  The  fawn-skin  pouches  were  to  carry  a  pencil, 
Ibook,  and  knife  in,  not  to  take  up  collections.  Besides 
ithat  what  money  grangers  can  raise  is  needed  to  8up- 
ipoft  0.  il.  Keily  and  the  other  self  sacrificing  labori- 
fous  Freemasons  and  Odd-fejiows  who  manage  the  Pa- 
Irons  for  the  g'ory  ot  Pomona  and  Flora  and  the  ben- 
■otit  of  their  pockets.  There  is  one  comfort  about  this 
grange  business.  It  is  a  lying  fraud,*  but  not  so  much 
•of  a  lying  fraud  as  Masonry  and  Odd-fellowship.  The 
diiference  is  this  :  The  grange  admits  seltishness  as 
its  motive  power.  It  does  not  profess  the  selfishneBs 
of  its  managers.  There  is  where  lying  and  fraud  come 
in.  The  ordinary  graflgar  says  directly,  We  run  the 
the  grange  to  get  pecuniary  benefit.  While  these 
wet  nurses  of  the  grange  profess  universal  benevo- 
lence, and  then  shut  out  every  unfortunate  creature 
on  the  face  of  earth.  The  grange  is  bad  enough,  but 
the  lambskin  (?)  linen  apron  is  worse.  Long  live  the 
fawn-skin  pouch  ! 


Bismarck's  Bullet. — On  the  fourteenth  of  the  pre- 
eent  month  a  second  attempt  was  made  to  assassinate 
Prino3  Bismxrck.  A  Citholic  enthusiast,  who  has  of- 
ten been  ii  close  consultatio.i  with  his  priest,  fired  at 
him  from  a  crowd  at  Kissengen  and  wounded  him  in 
the  wrist.  As  the  aC:  of  a  religious  lunatic,  this  act 
has  no  significance;  as  the  consistent  continuation  of 
religious  assassination,  and  as  the  logical  result  of  re- 
ligious teaching,  it  has  an  impjrtance  far  reaching  as 
the  iDfl,aeDce  of  the  Catholic  church.  By  some  means 
or  other,  it  has  happened  that  the  Roman  church 
has  freely  used  fire  and  sword  to  enlarge  her  domin- 
ions. Kings  and  nations  have  been  tolerated  only 
when  they  submit  cheerfully  to  the  power  c^  the  pope. 
The  Inquisition,  called  in  horrible  irony,  "The  Holy  Of- 
fice," St.  Bartholomew's  day,  and  the  eighteen  attempts 
on  the  life  of  Henry  Quatre,  have  made  this  so  plain  that  1  information  concerning  them 


he  may  run  that  readetb.  In  attempting  to  kill  Bs- 
marck,  this  young  man  at  Kissengen  well  understood 
that  he  was  acting  in  accord  with  the  history  and 
spirit  of  his  church,  and  that  if  he  perished,  having 
accomplished  his  object,  m-isses  wouid  be  said  for  the 
repose  of  his  soul  aiiover  the  pspil  world.  This  con 
sideration  alone  would  prove  the  necessity  and  justice 
of  the  stand  Prussia  has  taken  against  the  Komaa 
anti-Christ.  A  church  having  a  singla  earthly  hesid, 
believed  by  the  uainteiligent  majority  to  be  infallible, 
to  whom  without  exception  the  membership  swear  al- 
legiance, is  a  standing  menace  to  any  governinect,  free 
or  despotic,  on  the  face  of  e;'.rth.  Tlie  Rttempc  is 
made  at  first  to  coatrol  by  the  rulers.  Thus  for  hun- 
dreds of  years  all  Kurope  was  under  the  heel  of 
kings,  and  all  kings  were  under  the  heel  of  the  pope. 
Then  was  there  such  a  carnival  cf  ignorance,  lust  and 
blood  as  the  w  )rld  had  seldoni  saen.  Now  that,  tire 
kings  are  freed  from  fear  of  tho3'e  curses  which  im 
innocent  old  man  chatters  in  Italy,  the  people  will 
be  free  too  unless  the  church  can  excite  the  people  to 
resist  the  monarch.  This  is  the  attt  mpt  thai.  Rome 
is  now  making  in  Europe.  'I'he  only  thing  on  which 
Bismarck  insists  is  that  the  priests  obey  the  laws,  and 
admit  the  supremacy  of  the  Siate  in  things  secular. 
This  they  refuse  lo  do,  and  hence  they  endeavor 
to  assassinate  the  representative  of  a  iaw  that  they 
are  determined  to  trample  under  foot. 

In  kvebt  Clime  a  Home. — Masons  "are  accustomefl 
to  boast  of  the  universal  extent  of  their  order,  as  il 
that  fact  proved  the  good  character  of  the  institution 
was  established  forever.  A  slight  inspection  of  the 
work  performed  by  the  secret  orders  in  other  lauds 
will  perhaps  make  Mssons  in  the  country  a  lit'lj  raorfj 
circumspect  in  their  boastings.  An  IraMan  letter,  lately 
printed,  contains  an  account  of  five  robberies  and  aiue 
murders,  and  the  following  sentence  :  ''The  secret 
societies  seem  agai'/i  at  work,  and  men  have  to  f-aar 
the  dagger  if  they  offend  against  the  mysterious  sect." 
We  challenge  the  world  to  produce  a  single  ease 
where  a  secret  society  h?."?,  been  productive  of  auy 
permanent  good.  la  Sgypt  they  had  their  myster- 
ies where  immoralities  not  to  be  named  were  prac- 
ticed. So  alao  in  India  and  Greece.  The  Jeijuite, 
calling  themselves  '-The  Society  of  Jesus,"  by  mur- 
ders and  assassinations  proved  themselves  children  of 
the  devil.  The  Friends  of  the  People,  with  Freema- 
sons, organized  the  French  Revolution,  which  was 
simply  a  carnival  of  lust  and  blood.  The  Magona, 
Jesuits,  trades  unions  and  other  orders  of  this  countjry 
are  as  fast  as  possible  extinguishing  the  very,  ideas  of; 
manhood  and  independence.  The}  are  trsining  men' 
to  delight  in  aprons,  collars,  roisetteg,  little  ii-am- 
mers,  tin  hats,  feathered  chapeau,  ritmls,  silly  euough 
to  make  a  half-starved  dog  split  wlih  laughter,  and 
prayers  impious  enough  to  call  down  lighteing  from 
heaven.  Let  them  work  here  as  loni,-  as  they  have 
in  Italy  and  any  man  who  oflonds  th'  m  will  have  to 
fear  the  dagger.  Reader,  the  tight  w«'.  wage  against 
these  loJgvs  is  a  fight  for  nation  d  existence.  It 
seems  very  harmless,  the  procession  of  a  {i^v^  men 
in  linen  aprons  through  a  village  etree'.  and  ^he  meet- 
ing of  these  few  men  over  a  blackmiitli  shop,  or  a 
gr(  eery  store,  to  kill  Hiram  Abiff,  and  sinac  ''Hail 
Masonry  Divine."  But  when  these  men  can  send  on'^. 
of  their  members,  and,  without  the  knowledge  or 
consent  of  the  people,  turn  out  one  postmaster  and 
put  in  another  ;  when  lhe\r  can  clear  Jurjpertz  in 
Chicago  and  Vanderpooi  in  Michigin  by  signs  'xn 
known  to  half  the  people  in  the  court  room  ;  when 
they  can  tamper  with  miih  and  use  the  machinery  ot 
government  for  the  advantage  of  a  chin,  your  life, 
property  arid  reputation  are  in  daugar  Tne  age  oi 
bandits  and  assassins  is  coming.  It  is  cheaper  and 
better  to  wake  up  than  to  skep.  Ho.^  csn  we  over- 
come these  orders  'i     Only  by    the  aissemination    of 

They  live  in  darkness 


and  ignorance.'    They    die  in  intelligence  and  hght. 
Circulate  the  papers  opposed  to  these  associations  of 
darkness.     Lot  the  young  men  be  warned  and  they 
can  be  saved. 


The  DisyxKca  to  Rome. —While  Austria  and  Prussia 
are  leaving  tiie  porter's  lodge  of  the    Catholic  church, 
expelling  the  Jesuits    and  setting    up  for    themselves, 
America  is  journeying  to  Rome;  has   already    reached 
the  Three  Taverns  and  will  soon  be  delivered  up  to  the 
captain  of  the  guard,  unless  a   change   of  direction  is 
made .     AVhil3  just  at  this  point,  it  will  not  be  uninter- 
esting to  find  out  who  Hve  in  these  Three  Taverns.  In 
one    abides    Mr.     Infidel-sdiool;  in  the    second,   Mr. 
Qod-haling-nation;    and    in    the  third,    Mr.   Formal- 
church.      Mr.  Infidel-school   invit<es  us   to  rest   in  his 
lofty  temples  and  dilates  on  the  beauties   of  a  secular 
education.     Leave  tha  Bible,  he  says,    to   the  church 
and  the  women  and  childr.'n  at  home.     You  will  ruiu 
the  common  luetruction  of  the  m.Msees  if  jou  insist  on 
having  Scripture  and  prayer  in  the    class-room.     Let 
the  teacher  insist  upon  having  the  child  instructed  re- 
specting the  fossils  that  lie  deep    down   between    the 
rocky    foundations   of  the  earth.     Lit    the   children 
count  the  Joints  in  the  lobster's  tail.      Let  them  learn 
of  vertebrates  and  invertebrates'.     Teach  them  of  rhiz- 
odontsand  ihizopods.     Lat  them  read  the   follies   of 
De  Natura  Beortcm.     <Jive   them    the    philosophies 
ot  Aristotle  and  Socrates.     Teach    them  about   their 
minds  and  their  bodies.     But  don't  for  the  world  say 
anythin.g  about    their    souls.     It  will   be   proper  for 
them  to  understand  the  m'^jor  and  miaor  premise  and 
the  conclusion  so  that  they  may    detect  a  fallacy,  but 
teachers  should  let  their  pupils  find    out   about  lying 
some  where   else.     Mr.    GoJ-bating-nation   cordially 
endorses  ail  Infidel-school  hay  said  and  continues  that 
we  shall  only  reach  the  place  we  should  occupy  when 
religion  and  government  are  entirtly  divorced.    Away 
with  this  praying  in    Congress.     Kick   out  the  chap- 
lains,     Down    with    your    S.ibbath    laws.     Welcome 
the  milleniura  of    secularization,  v.'hen  this    God  shall 
no  longer  interfere    with    the    alfurs    of  men.      Mr. 
ForKsi-church  comes   up    dressed  in   irreproachable 
broad-cloth  and  kidp,  rubs  the  whitest   of  hands  and 
sayp.:  "Gentlemen,    I  of  course   cannot  assent  to   all 
y<8U  eay,  but  in  the  mT.in,  no  doubiyouarc  right.  The 
fact  is  religion  rests  on  .  reason  and  love,    not,  on  law. 
God  of  course  had  to   rjive  som'i    laws  to  the  ignorant 
'oarbarians  of  eighteen    hundred    years  ago.      A  t  pre- 
sent, however,  we  need  ooly  to  appeal  to    the   nobler 
manhood  and  say  pleasant    thiugs    to  people  to  make 
them  as  good  as  they  need  be . 

As  a  nation  we  are  listening  to  this  sort  oFtplk  and 
while  we  listen  Rome  laughs.  The  Jc3uits  who  lay 
deep  down  in  the  ground  the  foundations  of  their 
prisons,  know  that  if  our  schools  are  without  the  Bi- 
ble, our  nation  without  God,  and  our  Protestantism 
without  the  Holy  Ghost.we  are  certain  to  fall  bodily  into 
the  arms  of  the  man  of  sin.  Even  to-day  the  pious  Pius 
says  that  he  is  really  p-.pe  nowhere  save  in  the  United 
States.  Catholic  sbojls,  hka  that  at  Notre  Dam3, 
where  a  priest  presides  over  every  boating  club  and  ball 
play,  ai-e  increasing.  More  than  350,000  girl^ 
are'  la  such  schools  tc-Jay  in  this  country,  and 
the  number  gro  ^s  larger  constantly.  What  la  to  be. 
don<3?  SomethiEg,  or  wc  will  soon  witness  the  decay 
of  our  comEJon  schools,  the  coDV^rsion  cf  cur 
ciiurches  into  priest's  houses,  the  tubverjion  of  cur 
governicent  end  the  celebration  o^  '^^'^  ^""^  f/«  fe. 


2 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  Vision, 


BY  A.  THOMPSON. 


The  bright  stars  blossomed  iu  the  blue. 

The  moon  was  sailing  high, 
And  like  a  silver  ship  slid  through 

The  fleecy  cloudlets  of  the  sky ; 
As  in  the  border  of  a  wood, 

In  rumination  deep  I  stood. 
The  5«jphyr8with  their  drowsy  wiug 

The  opening  leaflets  gently  fanned. 
And  many  a   queer  and  humming,  thing 

Flew  past  me  upon  either  hancT, 
And  I  was  tliinkino;  of  the  fate 

In  store  for  our  dear  Ship  of  State, 
Within  the  wood  I  heard  a  sound ; 

And  coming  from  the  leafy  screen, 
With  Freedom's  gleaniiug  banner  wound, 

I  saw,  wliO  might  have  been  a  queen, 
A  maid  of  more  majestic  port 

Ne'er  crowned  the  splendors  of  a  court. 
I  looked,  and  in  the  flickering  light 

Her  noble  features  shone  severe. 
As  close  she  drew  her  mantle  bright, 

And  mutely  motioned  me  to  hear; 
Then  through  the  gloom  ,  her  order  flew — 

Attend,  'lis  Freedom  speaks  with  you. 
Here  by  the  great  Almighty's  will 

His  truth  I  published  free  and  broad, 
Its  echoes  spread  to  every  hill  ^J 

And  hamlet  that  the  Pilgrims  trod ; 
Till  every  soul  was  as  a  fort 

Where  freedom  held  her  royal  court. 
Here  firm  and  true  the  fathers  stood 

Against  oppression's  siormy-rage, 
And  iu  their  manly  h^ardihood. 

Feared  not  the  tyrant  to  engage; 
Till  through  the  battle's  blood  and  toil 

They  saw  fair  Fieedom's  cheering  smile. 
But  now  Corruption,  foul  and  dark; 

The  plunging  8hip  of  State  commands. 
And  honest  Honor  crushed  and  stai-k 
Lies  murdered  by  his  slimy  hand ; 
And  there  is  scarce  a  man  to  tlraw 
The  bow  of  right  and  shaft  of  law. 

And  would  you  blame  the  buzzard  crew,, 
Who  hold  the  place  of  power  to-day 'i 

'Tis  you,  the  people,  only  you, 
And  none  but  you  whom  they  obey; 

'Tis  with  the  people  Freedom  lies, 
And  with  them  ever  lives  or  dies. 

Who  send  the  villians  to  the  front? 

Who  keep  in  power  the  scum  of  men. 
The  base,  unblushing  knaves  who  flamit 

In  open  view  their  stolen  gain? 
Who,  but  the  people,  by  whose  will 

A  Butler  rulca  the  nation  still. 
I  know  your  mind,  butxleeper  far 

Than  you  have  thought  the  evil  lies ;. 
'Tis  general  wrong  that  is  at  war 

With  Freedom's  holy  harmonies, 
And  men  must  teach,  and  live  the  right 

If  they  would  bask  in  Freedom's  light. 

Else  in  the  time  that  is  to  come 

AVhen  down  the  starry  flag  is  torn 
When  wild  Confusion  beats  her  drum, 

Or  blows  for  blood  her  battle  horn; 
Away  I'll  fly,  and  bare  with  me 

The  blessed  boon  of  liberty. 
Beware  of  dogs  that  scofl'  at  God ; 

Beware  of  knaves  that  prey  or  steal ; 
Beware  of  treason's  dark  abode;, 

AVhere  rites  deceive  and  grips  conceal  i 
Beware,  or  all  that  blood  has  cost 

Shall  be  in  blood  and  tumult  lost. 
Thus  spoke  the  maid  and  o'er  her  face 

A  smile  of  angel  sweetness  played. 
And  all  her  grave,  majestic  grace 

Was  brightly  in  the  beams  displayed. 
Not  all  is  lost,  while  some  are  true, 

Shesmiling  said,  and  then  withdrew. 

Masonic  Vengeance— Experience  of  Rct.  J. 

BV  HEV.    J.    K.    .^LWOOl). 


I  recently  obtained  several  scnips  of  the  experience 
of  Rev.  J.,  a  ojicc  able  and  successful  revivalist,  but 
now  feeble  with  the  weiglit  of  years  and  much  afflic- 
tion. When  health  is  sufricient,  lie  still  loves  to  tell 
the  story  of  the  Cross,  and  the  people  of  ]\h  com- 
munity love  as  Avell  to  bear  him. 


The  experience  which  I  give  below  is  from  his  own 
lips.  He  would  write  you  himself  ovf  r  his  own  signa- 
ture, but  fears  the  consequence  in  view  of  his  pecu- 
liar situation  and  feeble  health.  While  I  was  taking 
items  from  his  lips,  he  several  times  exclaimed,  "0! 
brother  Alwood,  if  I  had  health  as  3'ou  have,  I  would 
go  out  and  lecture  against  secretism."  And  his  deep- 
blue  eye  would  flash  with  the  fire  of  an  intelligent  and 
once  vigorous  manhood.  lie  seemed  like  an  eagle  ac- 
customed to  lofty  flights  on  powerful  wing,  but  caught 
and  cooped  in  a  narrow  cage,  lie  is  quietly  awaiting 
the  crumbling-  of  the  cage,  and  an  opportunity  for  the 
redeemed  and  unfettered  spirit  to  take  a  loftier  flight 
to  a  fairer  clime  than  mortal  man  or  eagle's  eye  hath 
ever  seen.  He  was  weary  and  gave  the  following  in 
scraps : 

Ho  joined  the  o;der  called  Freemasons,  about  the 
year  A.  D.,  1834,  in  a  city  in  the  western  part  of 
Pennsylvania.  (He  gave  me  the  name  of  the  city,  but 
wishes  rae  to  withhold  it,  from  fear  that  the  sleepless 
enemy  might  track  him  up. )  He  was  then  a  young- 
man  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  was  induced  to  take  the  awful  step  by  the  persua- 
sions of  Christian  friends,  especially  a  preacher  in 
whom  he  had  great  confidence.  He  was  much  dis- 
pleased and  dissatisfied,  and  troubled  with  remorse  at 
first.  But  his  frinds  ( ?)  quieted  his  conscience  with 
the  assurance  that  all  Avould  be  satisfactory  in  the  end. 
They  said,  "  You  have  not  yet  learned  the  nature  and 
character  of  the  institution.  It  is  ancient,  honorable 
and  benevolent.  Jt  harmonizes  beautifully  Avith  the 
Gospel.  You  Avill  find  it  so  when  you  come  to  under- 
stand it  more  fully."  Thus  he  went  on  until  he  had 
taken  six  degress.  But  Bro.  J.  is  tooc.nscientlous  for 
durable  Masonic  material.  Conscience  would  awake 
at  the  sight  and  thought  of  so  many  young  men,  the 
flower  of  the  Jand,  taken  by  this  snare  of  the  enemy  of 
all  righteousness.  His  remorse  over  what  he  had 
done;  his  grief  over  the  destructive  influence  and 
effects  of  the  inst'tution;  his  love  of  truth  and  desire  to 
do  good,  resulted  in  a  scatLing  Anti-masonic  sermon. 
This  was  the  sip-nal  for  Masonic  veno-eance. 

Soon  after  this,  as  he  was  returning  from  a  meeting 
to  Plymouth,  Ohio,  over  a  muddy  road,  he  saw  a  man 
against  the  fence  by  the  wayside.  He  had  scarcely 
passed  when  the  man  fired  a  pistol  at  him,  Said  J. , 
"  You  have  missed  your  aim  this  time,"  and  puttin 
spurs  to  his  horse  he  hastened  away.  Next  day  it 
was  ascertained  that  this  man  was  a  Freemason.  And 
a  Mr.  S.,  a  member  of  the  German  Reform  Church, 
said  to  brothel-  J.,  "I  oifered  twenty  dollars  'ast  night 
to  have  you  mobbed  on  your  way  home;  but  they 
were  all  too  big  cowards.  But  you  will  catch  it  yet." 
"  Catch  what  ?  "  said  J.  ' '  You  know  what 
broken  vow  dem-inds,"  said  S. 

Brother  J.  Avas  in  Mansfield,  Ohio,  hearing  the  trial 
of  Bowlaud,  charged  Avith  the  murder  of  Barker,  his 
brother-in-laAv.  Barker  had  said  of  Bowland's  Avife, 
•'  If  she  is  received  into  church,  I  shali  go  out."  This 
was  his  only  offense.  But  BoAvland  was  a  Mason. 
While  Barker  Avas  standing  on  the  side-Avalk  talking 
with  several  gentlemen,  BoAvland  came  along  and  gave 
him  the  fatal  stab.  He  was  arrested,  tiled,  convicted 
of* murder,  imprisoned,  and  set  at  liberty  in  less  than 
tAvelve  months.  While  in  Mansfield,  hearing  said 
trial,  Bro.  J.  had  a  very  impressive  dream.  He 
dreamt  that  he  received  a  severe  bloAv  on  his  left  arm. 
He  aAvoke  AAath  a  sensation  of  numbness  in  th?.t  arm, 
which  continued  aH  day.  Went  home  that  day.  That 
night,  Avhile  sitting  alone  in  his  room,  a  shot  was  fired 


your 


man,  f.r  he  had  made  the  boots  that  made  those 
tracks  in  the  snow.  Another  neiahbor  had  seen  the 
peculiarly  roan-rumped  horse,  owned  by  the  same 
man,  rapidly  pass  his  door  late  at  night,  and  queried 
why  the  neighbor  was  out  so  late,  and  Avhy  he  rode 
so  swiftly..  This  man  was  a  Avell-known  Mason;  and 
doubtless  had  attempted  to  fulfill  the  prophecy  uttered 
byMr,  S.,  "  You'll  catch  it  yet." 

Here  brother  J.  paused  and  said  pitifully,  "  0 ! 
brother  Alwood,  it  is  a  fearful  thing,  a  fearful  thing  to 
get  into.  And  if  anything  tries  a  man's  soul,  it  is  to 
know  hoAV  to  get  out  of  it.  1  have  been  driven  from 
place  to  place  ever  since  that  sermon.  They  are 
sworn  to  follow  a  man,  0 !  I  get  so  discouraged  some- 
times. They  are  sworn  to  take  vengeance.  If  I 
shoflld  come  out,  I  do  not  suppose  my  life  would  be 
safe  one  Aveek — situated  as  I  am — they  Avould  have 
such  a  good  chance." 

Reader,  I  would  that  you  could  see  as  I  saAv,  and  as 
in  memory  I  still  can  sec,  that  pitiful  look  of  weary 
despair — weary  Avitli  suspense,  long-lingerina",  painful 
suspense,  as  it  lingered  on  the  face  of  this  good  man, 
who,  for  conscience'  sake  has  suffered  frequent  losses. 
As  pants  the  hart  for  the  cooling  stream,  or  the 
wounded  deer  before  the  bray  ng  hounds,  so  pants  the 
soul  of  this  good  man  for  a  place  of  safe  repose. 

Having  returned  fr.;m  the  far  Northwest  several 
years  ago,  brother  J.  found  that  a  box  of  his  most  val- 
uable goods  had  been  opened,  and  goods  stolen  to  a 
considerable  amount.  The  very  Masonic  rogue  who 
doubtless  took  them,  came  into  his  room  one  day  and 
proposed  to  track  up  the  goods  or  obtain  remuneration 
from  the  railroad  company.  Requested  to  see  the  Avay, 
bill,  snatched  it  and  left  the  room  regardless  of  repeatfd 
and  most  positive  remonstrances  on  the  part  of  Rev.  J. 
He  Avas  arrested  for  grand  larceny,  proA^en  guilty  and 
bound  over.  A  brother  of  the ,  cable-tow  bailed  him, 
and  he  runs  at  large  Avithout  a  trial  at  court,  although 
repeated  efforts  have  been  made  to  have  his  case 
brought  up.  Six  years  have  elapsed,  and  there  is  no 
prospect  of  his  case  being  tried  until  it  comes  up  be- 
fore the  judgment  seat  of  Christ. 

Recently  brother  J.  was  called  on  to  officiate  at  a 
jMasonic  burial.  He  dechned,  and  has  since  been  the 
object  of  bitter  persecution,  slandered  and  threatened. 
One  of  the  SAvorn  revengers  declares  he  has  already 
injured  hint  in  his  business  to  the  extent  of  a  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars,  and  Avill  do  as  much  more.  Bro.  J. 
thinks  the  design  in  calling-  on  him  to  officiate  at  the 
burial,  was  simply  to  induce  him  to  rencAv  his  obliga- 
tions. For  it  must  be  remembered  that  his  name  does 
not  stand  recorded  on  any  lodge  roll;  the  lod^e  where 
he  joined  having  burned  in  a  fire  which  consumed  a 
considerable  portion  of  tlie  city  in  which  it  Avas  lo- 
cated. They  ki^^ow  not  certainly,  in  his  present  lo- 
cality, that  he  has  been  a  Mason;  but,  he  says,  they 
declare  the  fact  is  obvious  from  his  walk  and  motions. 
Surely  this  and  other  similar  cases  AA'hich  are  fre- 
quently coming  to  light,  ought  to  warn  young  men 
against  leaping-  before   they  know  certainly  Avhere  they 


are  agoing  to  alight. 

Just  recently  the  cable-towed  gentry  haA'e  found  it 
expedient  to  "  shove  "  the  thief  above  referred  to,  for 
his  frequent  interference  with  goods  on  transit.  He 
gave  them  too  much  trouble. 

In  the  tOAvn  of  B n,  several  years  since,  brother 


through  the  AvindoAV,  j)assed  through  his  clothes,  o-raz- 
mg  his  stomach  and  Avounded  his  left  arm  just  at  the 
spot  where  he  had  dreamt  of  being  struck.  (I  saAv 
the  scar  on  his  arm  and  the  flattened  bullet  which  he 
carefully  preserves.)  The  villain  ran  diagonally  across 
the  field  from  the  wiudoAv  Avhere  he  had  been  stand- 
ing, and  there  took  his  horse,  Avhich  he  had  tied  by 
the  fence,  and  rode  rapidly  away.  The  nearest  neio-h- 
bor,  who  was  a  shoemaker,  Avent  with  J.,  and  saw  the 
track  of  the  murderous  man  across  the  field;  saAv 
where  he  had  tied  his  horse;  declared  he  knew  the 


J.  became  so  aroused  by  the  sophistry  and  falsehoods 
of  some  twenty  Masons,  uttered  in  sujjport  of  their 
wicked  conspiracy,  that  he  could  not  refrain  from  tell- 
ing them  the  truth  to  their  teeth,  declaring  that  he 
knew  more  about  their  craft  than  any  of  them.  This 
caused  several  to  lose  their  jewels  and  equanimity  to- 
gether. And  it  is  probable  that  brother  J.  would 
have  lost  his  life  on  the  spot,  had  not  good  brother 
D.,  who  heard  the  roAV,  rushed  in  and  forced  brother 
J.  from  the  room.  He  had  become  reckless  with  ia- 
digmation,  and  was  giving  them  their  change  in  good 
style,  lie  says,  "  1  Avas  bound  to  tell  them  the  truth, 
if  they  had  killed  me. "  One  of  them  said,  ''  I  could 
see  the  heart  cut  out  of  a  man  who  would  reveal 
Masonry."  How  '' beneyolent  and  honorable !  " 
Metz,  Jnd.,  June  16ih,  1874. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


3 


The  (Question  for  Clmrclics. 


SYRACUSE    CONVENTION    CORRESPONDENCE, 


Dear  Friends  of  the  National  Association  of  Chris- 
tians opposed  to  Secret  Societies  : — In  behalf  of  the 
Association  of  Lownds  county,  Miss.,  I  send  you 
greeting  in  the  Lor  J.  We  wish  to  say  that  we  regret 
not  to  be  able  to  send  a  delegate  to  your  meeting, 
but  conclude  that  we  are  cot  able  to  undertake  eo 
much.  We  have  distributed  tracts  and  k^pt  up  cur 
testimony  m  the  Christian  Rejmblic,  and  in  our 
church,  and  have  the  consolation  to  know  that  some 
have  been  kept  out  of  the  lo'.'ge  by  our  means. 

The  qvicFtion  for  churches  to  answer,  seems  to  be, 
Snail  we  fellowship  the  members  of  secret  societies  ? 
Shall  we  admit  them  to  membership  in  our  churches? 
The  pract'ce  of  our  church  (Congregational)  has  been 
to  rcfu?e  membership  to  all  members  of  secret  orders--. 
We  take  the  pisit'on  th^t  secreiism  is  inconsistent 
with  the  genius  of  Ghrisfciinity  ;  that  he  that  doeth 
truth  comctii  to  the  light  ;  and  that  it  is  only  the 
wicked  who  'love  darkness  rather  than  I'ght  because 
their  deeds  were  evil."  For  ''shat  fellowship  hath 
hght  wiih  (^iskneES,"  ''or  he  that  believeth  with  an 
intidel,"  Even  if  it  were  a  temperance  society,  or  a 
church  as  spol^ss  a;  a  secret  church  could  be,  it 
would  be  rebellion  ag.inst  the  Saviour's  command, 
"Let  your  light  so  shine  that  they  miy  see  your  good 
works,  and  glorify  your  Father  which  is  in  heaven." 
Let  us  not  give  phce  to  them  at  all,  but  take  a  de- 
cided stand.  What  if  the  secretists  should  cast  out 
our  names  as  evil.  It  matters  not  if  we  are  only 
doing  right.  The  churches  tesiify  against  gaming 
and  dancinr,  but  the  arguments  by  which  they  arf 
condemned  (thougii  sound)  are  "not  half  so  ciesr  in 
our.  est  mation  as  the  arguments  that  separate  the 
church  irom  secretism. 

I  would  be  patient  with  those  who  were  blnded. 
I  would  give  thera  time  and  space  for  repentanc?,  but 
I  would  also  be  lirm.  Oae  who  swears  or  pledges  al- 
leg'ance  to  a  secrt-t  clan  can  never,  while  that  oath 
or  pledge  is  honored,  be  propejly  p.  voter  or  a  com 
inunicant  in  the  church  of  Christ.  Let  me  digress 
and  say  liuLher  cui  one  holding  to  such  obligation  be 
trusted  with  a  vote  or  office  in  the  State,  without  do 
ing  violence  to  the  mutual  confidence  implied  in  re- 
publican government.         "  S.  C.  Feemster. 

Jn  behalf  of  Executive  Committee. 


From  the  Rochester  Democrat,  Juue  17,  '74. 

What  We  Expect  to  Do. 


BY  REV.    B.    T.  ROBSKTS. 

What  do  you  propose  to  do  in  your  opposition  to 
secret  societies,  is  a  question  that  has  been  asked  us 
many  times  since  the  Syracuse  Convention.  The 
question  is  a  proper  one.  We  aj?swer,  we  propose  to 
rid  the  land  of  a  great  curse  which  is  cripphno-  individ- 
ual energy,  deranging  business,  perverting  our  courts 
of  justice,  demorahzing  the  people  and  corrupting  the 
Christianity  of  tlie  age.  At  the  bar  of  public  opinion 
we  indict  the  various  secret  societies  as  guilty  of  these 
atrocious  ofl'ences  against  the  public  welfare.  The  in- 
dictment is  a  grave  one,  but  if  permitted  the  space  we 
hold  ourself  responsible  to  make  it  good. 

SECRET  SOCIETIES  CRIPPLE  INDIVIDUAL  ENERGY. 

For  men  to  do  their  best,  they  need  to  be  stimulated 
"^y  the  hope  of  seeing  their  toil  and  pains  rewarded. 
If  the  skillful  fave  no  belter  than  the  careless,  then 
few  will  be  at  the  pains  to  become  skillful.  The 
trades  unions  demand  that  all  their  members  receive 
the  same  wages.  The  ambition  is  to  get  into  the  un- 
ions and  then,  as  a  rule,  the  eifort  of  the  artisan  to  per- 
fect himself  in  his  trade  ceases.  Why  should,  he 
study  to  improve  ?  Any  further  improvement  will  be 
no  benefit  to  him.  Regard  for  the  union  supplants 
the  ambition  to  excel  in  his  calling.  Henceforth  the 
study  is  how  to  get  the  largest  Avages  for  the  least 
work.  The  evenings  are  spent — not  in  the  family — 
but  in  the  club-room,  discussing  the  all-absorbing- 
question  how  to  bring   employers  to  their  terms.     A 


steady  pressure  is  employed  to  increase  wages  and 
diminish  work,  imtil  the  limit  of  endurance  is  reached 
and  a  collapse  takes  place.      Hence 

SECRET      SOCIETIES     DERANGE     THE      BUSINESS      OF      TH 
COUNT BY. 

If  the  demands  of  the  union  are  not  complied  with 
str'ikeis  pr(*c!a'med,  and  work  ceases.  Men  who  are  dis- 
posed to  work,  da:e  not  work  at  the  risk  of  the'r  lives. 
Their  families  may  be  starving.  Then  they  must  beg 
or  starve.  The  husband  and  father  must  not  work 
for  anything  less  than  the  lodge  has  said  he  might, 
even  to  save  from  starvation  those  most  dear  to  him. 
This  is  a  tyrany  of  the  most  execrable  kind.  Let  it 
be  exercised  by  the  govei-nment,  and  a  rebellion 
would  speedily  follow. 

Shall  S;cret  conclaves  be  permitted  to  put  chains 
upon  us,  which  we  would  not  wear  for  an  hour  if 
forged  by  the  authority  of  the  State  ? 

The  national  anti-secret  society  association  liolds 
that  every  man  has  the  inalienable  right  to  work 
where  he  pleases,  for  whom  he  pleases,  and  for  Avhat 
wages  he  pleases.  In  this  right  he  should  be  pro- 
tected by  the  law  of  the  land.  Every  combination  to 
control  the  price  of  labor,  or  transportation,  or  pro- 
duce, or  merchandise,  shouli  be  declared  to  be  a  con- 
spiracy against  the  public  welfare,  and  should  be  pun- 
ished by  fine  and  imprisonment. 

Of  all  trades  unions  Freemasonry  is  the  parent.  It 
was  originally  nothing  more  than  a  trade  union,  but 
the  organization,  being  a  strong  one,  .was  soon  em- 
ployed for  other  purposes.  Manufacturers  copied  af- 
ter it  to  make  a  monopoly  of  their  goods  and  extort 
for  them  the  largest  possible  price.  The  workmen 
soon  followed.  But  whatever  Freemasonry  is  now, 
more  than  a  trade  union,  is  a  sham  and  a  farce.  Why 
call  men  "  Masons  "  when  not  one  in  a  thousand  can 
lay  a  w^all  or  build  a  chimney  or  planter  a  house  ? 
Why  call  preachers  and  rum-sellers,  and  merchants, 
and  lawyers,  and  black-legs  Masons  ?  Then  why,  af- 
ter they  are  bound  by  the  most  horrid  oaths — bound 
as  no  sla' e  was  ever  bound — do  you  call  them  "free?" 


Civil  Kiglits  Bill  and  West  Point  Academy. 


LETTER    FRJM     GERRIT    SMITH    TO     FKEDERICK    DOUGLASS. 


Pbterboso,  June  '2lth,  1874. 
Hon.  Frederick  Douglass,  Washington,  D.  C  : 

Mr  Old  and  Much  Esteemed  Friend: — So  Con- 
gress has  again  adjourned  without  passing  the  bill  on 
which  our  hearts  had  so  long  been  set ! 

Much  prejudice  was  wrought  up  against  the  bill  by 
persistently  declaring  it  to  be  a  bill  for  social  rights. 
None  of  its  friends  regarded  it  in  this  light.  All  they 
sought  in  it  was  the  equality  of  civil  rights.  Soc  al 
rights  they  left  to  take  care  of  themselves — wisely 
judging  that  these  do  not  fall  within  the  scope  of  legis- 
lation. 

This  prejudice,  however,  was  not  the  only  nor  the 
worst  form  of  opposition  to  the  bill.  As  is  usual  in 
cases  where  the  protection  of  fundamental  human 
rights  is  the  object,  this  bill  had  to  encounter  the  con- 
stitution scare-crow.  On  the  surface  of  the  constitu- 
tion, simple  birth  in  this  nation  makes  a  citizen  of  the 
nation.  But,  in  the  New  Orleans  Slaughter  case,  the 
Supreme  Court  dug  down  below  the  surfece  and  taxed 
its  ingenuity  to  discover  tVi^o  kinds  of  citizens — a  State 
kind  as  well  as  a  national  kind.  This  mischievous  dis- 
covery, though  made  by  but  five  of  the  nine  judges, 
has,  in  the  present  instance,  furnished  the  enemies  of 
equal  rights  with  their  most  effective  weapon.  But 
this  dual  citizenship  is  fanciful — fanciful,  if  only  be- 
cause impracticable.  I  would  ar^ue  its  impracticable- 
ness  somewhat  as  I  argued  it  in  my  letter  to  Mr. 
Downing. 

Of  all  the  instances  in  which  the  court  asserts  the 
paramount  ri.ht  of  national  ciiizeship,  there  is  not 
one  where  this  right  could  not  be  defeated  in  a  State 
which  is  guilty  of  discriminating  between  its  people. 
One  of  these  instances  is  the  coming  to  the  seat  of  gov- 
ernment to  transact  business  with  it.  But  how  could 
cultured  and  self-respecting  colored  gentlemen  and  re- 
fined colored  ladies  cross  such  a  State  as  Georgia  on 
their  way  to  transact  b'asiness  in  Washington?  De- 
nied its  vehicles,  save  on  terms  too  degrading  for  them 
to  submit  to,  instead  of  riding  they  must  walk:  and  de- 


nied its  hotels,  save  on  similarly  degrading  terms,  they 
must  depend  upon  the  bread  and  cheese  in  their  pock- 
ets, and  find  what  sleep  they  can  by  the  roadside.  Is 
^  it  said  that  they  must  be  supplied  with  proofs  that 
-"they  are,  at  such  times,  in  the  capacity  of  national 
[citizens?  But  the  expense  of  giving  effect  to  such 
proofs,  they  might  not  be  able  to  bear.  Moreover, 
however  conclusive  the  proofs,  and  however  humiliat- 
ing to  exhibit  them,  there  would,  probably,  be  but  few 
persons  to  give  an  open  eye  or  a  hsteningear  to  them. 
In  s])ite  of  these  proofs  they  would  find  themselves 
helpless  in  an  enemy's  country.  Alas,  how  many  a 
colored  brother  and  colored  sister  have  felt  their  hearts 
die  within  them,  whilst  traveling,  or  attempting  to 
travel,  through  this  still  caste-cursed  and  still  Satan- 
swayed  land! 

My  soul  is  sick  of  this  running  to  constitutions  for 
authority  to  outrage  man.  That  one  is  a  man  proves 
that  he  is  entitled  toall  the  rights  of  a  man,  whatever 
constitutions  or  aught  else  may  say  to  the  contrary. 
Our  courts  and  Congress  have  not  yet  risen  up  out  of 
the  world's  atheism.  They  still  war  against  God  by 
still  refusing  to  accept  and  protect  man  as  he  presents 
him.  Their  highest  crime  was  in  tolerating  the  turn- 
ing of  God's  man  into  man's  slave:  and  now,  they  fol- 
low up  this  crime  by  still  tolerating  his  partial  enslave- 
ment. We  are  to  welcome  every  man  because  every 
man  comes  from  God,  and,  whatever  his  race  or  com- 
plexion, is  the  child  of  his  and  our  Father.  Human 
laws  are  needed  to  regulate  many  of  the  external  rela- 
tions and  interests  of  men; — but  the  men  themselves 
we  are  to  accept  as  they  are  given  to  us,  and  to  hold 
their  high  being  witli  all  its  essential  rights,  to  be 
sacred  and  unassailable.  Come  quickly  the  day  when 
throughout  our  country  and  throughout  the  world, 
the  citing  of  a  law  to  justify  the  invasion  of  fundamen- 
tal human  rights  shall  be  instantly  arrested  and  sternly 
rebuked  as  treason  against  man  and  contempt  of  the 
law  of  his  being  and  the  law  of  his  God! 

There  are  t-^vo  concessions  to  our  insulted  colored 
c  untrymen  v/hich  admit  of  no  delaj^.  One  of  these  is 
the  passage  of  the  Civil  Rights'Bill,  and  the  other  is 
the  breaking-  up  of  the  Academy  at  West  Point.  The 
great  Father  in  Heaven — the  equal  Father  of  his  white 
and  colored  children — cannot  be  at  peace  with  our 
guilty  nation,  until  the  abominations  against  which 
his  bill  is  aimed,  and  tho  kindred  abominations  which 
exist  at  that  Academy,  are  blotted  out.  To  this  end 
the  school  itself  must  be  blotted  out.  It  cannot  be  re- 
formed. The  pro-slavery  spirit,  which,  in  subserv- 
ience to  the  wishes  and  interests  of  the  slave-power, 
has,  for  more  than  fifty  years,  been  fostered  and  ram- 
pant there,  will  die  only  with  the  death  of  the  school. 
Government  is,  always,  more  or  less,  complained  of  for 
its  money  matters.  But  these,  in  their  worst  aspect, 
sink  out  of  sight  in  comparisou  with  its  wrongs  against 
man.  Money  in  comparison  with  man  is  of  no  ac- 
count. Nothing  meaner  nor  more  wicked  has  govern- 
ment ever  been  guilty  of  than  suffering  the  numerous 
white  cadets  to  league  themselves  for  insulting,  at  ev- 
ery turn  and  corner  and  in  every  possible  way,  the 
handful  of  colored  cadets.  It  is  because  the  govern- 
ment stands  back  of  this  league,  and  suffers  it,  if  in- 
deed it  does  not  positively  encourage  it,  that  not  one 
member  has  had  the  manliness  to  break  out  from  it 
and  deal  justly  with  his  colored  brothers.  Surely,  a 
school,  pervaded  so  thoroughly  by  this  mean  and  cruel 
spirit,  is  not  the  place  for  training  up  patriots  and 
Christians.  This  school,  which  the  whole  American 
people  are  compelled  to  support,  wars  frightfully  upon 
all  true  sense  of  justice  and  fair-dealing,  it  is  an  in- 
sult to  the  nation — an  insult  to  the  grand  old  hills 
v,rhich  surrousid  it  ar.d  frown  upon  it  These  sublime 
highlands,  which  rank  so  high  amongst  the  glories  of 
nature,  can  have  no  affinity  for  a  thing  so  violative  of 
nature  and  so  steeped  in  meanness  as  the  Academy  at 
West  Point. 

My  complaint  of  the  state  of  things  at  West  Point 
may,  to  some  minds,  appear  inconsistent  with  what  I 
have  hitherto  and  repeatedly  said  against  legislating 
for  social  rir-hts.  But  the  insults  and  abuses  at  AYest 
Point  are  much  more,  much  Avorse,  than  the  mere  de- 
nial of  social  rights.  Moreover,  there  are  no  rights, 
either  civil  or  social,  that  government  should  be  al- 
lowed to  trample  under  foot.  A  government  school 
must  be  opened  to  all — for  it  represents  all,  and  is 
supported  by  all.  If  Irishmen  or  Germans  arc,  ss 
such,  S)^stematically  insulted  and  outranged  in  it,_ then 
it  cannot  be  said  to  be  open  to  them.^ 
sa 


Nor    can  it   be 
aid  to  be  open  to  persons  of  African  blood  unless  they 
can  be  in  it  on  selfrespecting  terms. 

This  refusal  to  pass  the  Civil  Rights  Bill  and  this 
reio-ning  of  the  diabolical  caste-spirit  a^  West  Point  arc 
buUi  poor  atonement  ibr  our  ages  of  crime  against  the 
poor  black  man,  and  but  a  poor  recompense  for  _ his 
mao-nanimous    services    to    our  country 


in   the  late 


war. 


With  o-reat  regard,  cordially  yours, 


Gerrit  Smith. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Notices  of  Meetings. 


Ohio  State  meeting,  at  Darby  <Jhap 
el,  Union  Co. ,  0.,  Tuesday,  August 
4th,  1874.  (See  notice  below.) 

Annual  Meeting  N.  E.  Pa.  Asso- 
ciation, Nov.  3d,  ia  Free  Methodist 
Hall,  Wilk.barre,Pd., 

Secretaries  of  auxiliary  aESOciaticni, 
and  other  friends  arranjjing  for  meet- 
ings, will  do  well  to  send  notices  two 
or  three  weeks  bjfore  hand.  Notices 
received  up  to  Monday   night    will    be 

inserted  in  the  next,  paper. 

♦-»-» 

A'iagaru  County,  N.  Y. 


central,  let  us  have  a  general  rally  and 
a  full  attendance  of  all  in  sympathy 
with  this  movement. 

D.  S.  Caldwell, 
Slate  Agent  and  Lecturer. 
Carey,  0..  July  20,  1874. 


The  second  quarterly  meeting  of  the 
Niagara  County  Association  opposed  to 
secret  societie?,  will  be  held  Aug.  4th 
and  5th J  at  Royalton  Center,  in  the  M. 
E.  church,  commencing  Tuesday  even- 
ing. Bro.  Rathbun  is  to  address  us  on 
the  occasion.  T,  Cokliss,  Sjc. 


Ohio  State  Meeting. 


The  Ohio  Stale  Anti-secret  Conven- 
tion for  the  orgaaiz^tioa  of  the  State 
will  convene  at  Dirby  Chapel,  Uuioa 
Co.,  Ohio,  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday 
Augirst  4lh,  1874,  and  coutinue  until 
Thursday  evening.  Friends  of  the 
cause  every  where  are  invited .  Come 
one;  ccme  all. 

Those  coming  frotti  the  north  and 
,  west  will  coma  by  the  way  of  Urbana, 
Champaign  Co,  0.  Thence  east  on 
Broadguage  raiirjad,  to  North  Lowis- 
burg.  Those  from  the  cast  by  Maryon 
on  same  road  to  Potter's  Station .  There 
will  be  conveyances  at  those  points  on 
the  afternoon  of  the  4ih, 

Yours  in  haste, 
James  Wilkinson. 

Mr.  Editok: — PI  ase  say  ii  the 
friends  of  our  reform  that  the  conven- 
tion held  at  Flat  Rick,  May  19,  1874, 
preliminary  to  a  meeting  for  permanent 
organization  of  the  Stale,  adjourned  to 
meet  at  Daiby  Chape!,  Union  Co.,  0., 
on  Tuesday  evening,  the  4th  of  Aug., 
1874,  and  coniinue  uatil  Thursday 
evening,  the  G  h.  At  this  meeting  a 
constitution  will  be  submitted  to  the 
convention  for  adoption,  from  the  com- 
mittee appointed  at  the  previous  meet- 
ing to  draft  Haid  instrument,  and  it  i'? 
hoped  the  officers  necessary  to  such  an 
organization  will  then  and  there  be  duly 
elected,  and  all  other  business  necessary 
to  place  the  Stale  in  an  agressive  posi- 
tion against  all  dark  and  secret  con- 
claves will  be  properly  provided  for. 
In  the  meantime,  as  committees  have 
been  previously  Appointed  to  prepare 
what  business  may  be  necessary  to  be 
submitted  a "d  ratified  by  the  conven- 
tion, this  will  give  us  sufficient  time  for 
one  lecture  the  first  evening  and  three 
each  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday, 
making  in  all  seven  regular  lectures. 
We  expect  to  be  favored  with  the  pres- 
ence and  labors  of  our  old  and  experi- 
enced lecturers.  I  have  just  received 
a  promise  to  that  effect  from  the  Na- 
tional Agent,  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard,  also 
from  Bishop  Weaver,  it  it  is  at  all 
practicable  for  bira  to  be  present.  Oth- 
er particulars  will  be  given  over  the 
aignatute  of  Rev.  J.  Wilkison,  who  will 
describe  the  place  and  line  of  travel  to 
reach  the   same.     As  this  is  sornewhat 


'%i\n%  1\m%, 


Key.    L.   N.    Strattou    svt    Tisliilwa. 


L.  N.  Stratton,  of  Syracuse,  N.  Y. , 
has  just  delivered  two  lectures  in  this 
place  agairst  Freemasonry,  and  some 
notice  respecting  them  may  be  of  in- 
terest to  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure 
and  a  benefit  to  the  cause. 

We  will  first  give  a  brief  history  of 
the  movement  as  it  pertains  to  this 
plice.  During  the  summer  of  1872, 
two  young  men,  W.  I.  Phillips  and  J. 
L.  Stratton,  were  employed  by  the 
National  Association  Opposed  to  Se- 
cret Societies  to  work  for  the  State  plat- 
form and  ticket,  to  canvass  for  the 
Cynosure  and  distribute  trade.  They 
alternated  with  each  other,  mostly  in 
the  towns  which  they  visited  along  the 
railroads  over  which  they  were  direct- 
ed to  pass.  Tis'kilwa  was  visited  by 
Phillips,  while  Slratton  went  on  to  Pe- 
ru. It  was  with  difficulty  at  first  that 
Phillips  was  abla  to  find  an  Anti-mason 
in  Tiskilwa  but  at  last  he  was  directed 
to  Rev.  Almon  Baker,  where  he  found 
warm  friends  and  ready  assistance. 
Brethren  Fosdick  and  Piersoa  were 
then  called  upon  and  with  them  he  also 
met  a  hearty  welcome. 

During  the  two  years  paat  a  steady 
growth  in  the  cause  has  been  manifest, 
and  the  hearts  of  the  few  faithful  ones 
have  been  slrengthened,  and  the  light 
has  began  to  dawn  over  the  bills  which 
protects  the  beautifully  situated  town  of 
Tiskilwa.  Although  the  night  has 
been  long  and  dark,  yet  God  has  been 
with  his  people,  and  his  enemies  have 
felt  the  strength  of  his  arm. 

Same  time  since,  word  was  sent 
from  here  by  the  M,  E.  church  to 
conference  that  they  did  not  wish  a 
minister  who  was  a  Masoa.  Notwith- 
standing their  request,  a  Mason  was 
sent;  and  although  he  tried  "to  keep 
it  dark,"  yet  "his  sin  found  him  out;" 
and  we  learn  thit  they  afterwards  an- 
nounced him  in  their  posters  as  one  of 
the  managers  of  a  Masonic  ball.  He 
found  it  convenient  to  leave  town  for 
that  night. 

When  it  was  .-iunounced  that  Rjv,  L. 
N.  Stratton,  editor  of  the  Araerican 
lVesl€yan,vfQ\x]d  speak,  this  same  M..E. 
minister  repoi-ted  through  town  that 
he  had  known  Stratton  in  school,  and 
that  if  he  could  lecture,  or  edit  a  pa- 
per he  must  have  improved  wonderful- 
ly, as  he  never  was  considered  very 
bright. 

He  attended  the  lecture  and  took 
notes,  and  assHrted  on  the  last  evening 
that  the  speaker  had  not  quoted  the 
Master  Mason's  oath,  that  it  never  was 
written,  that  it  had  no  such  penalty  at- 
tached. A  half  hour  later  he  said  to 
Mr.  Stratton  that  the  death  penalty  was 
attached  to  civil  laws  and  divine,  and 
that  perjury  or  lying  was  punished 
by  death  in  divine  law — for  ''all  liars 
shall  have  their  part  in  the  lake  which 
burns  with  fire  and    brimstone," — and 


the  Masonic  obligation  was  no  worse 
than  that.  That  Masonic  law  must 
have  a  penalty  in  order  to  insure  obed-^ 
ience  to  the  fraternity;  thus  admitting 
that  thti  Master  Mason's  oatb  has  a 
death  penalty  attached  to  it. 

Tiie  speaker  quoted  Masonic  oaths 
as  sworn  toby  Masons,  aad  as  recorded 
in  WendeWs  Supreme  Court  Reports, 
Vol. ,  xii.,  pages  9  to  2l).  These  reports 
are  authorized  by  the  Legislature  of  the 
State  of  New  York  and  it  is  not  profit- 
able for  any  man  to  attempt  to  gainsay 
them. 

The  lecturer  spoke  on  the  first  eve- 
ning concerning  Masonry  as  a  Christ- 
less  religion.  Proving  this  from  Ma.- 
sonic  works.  On  the  second,  showing 
that  Masonry  is  antagonistic  to  the  prin- 
c  pies  of  our  free  government. 

These  lectures  were  delivered  Monday 
and  Tuesday  evenings  of  July  13lh, 
and  14lh.  They  were  well  liked  and 
attenlively  listened  to  by  the  majority 
of  those  present.  Some  came  from  five 
to  seven  miles  to  attend,  although  the 
niahts  were  dark  and  the  weather  very 
warm. 

There  are  now  eleven  copies  of  the 
Christian  Cynosure  taken  in  Tiskilwa, 
and  Gad's  people  are  hearing  the  martial 
drum  beat  of  the  assembling  battalions 
of  reform,  and  lifting  their  hearts  to 
Christ,  and  their  feet  in  the  march, 
the  enemy  are  fearing  the  '"tramp, 
tramp,"  of  the  coming  army,  which  is 
sure  to  conquer,  since  truth  and  right- 
eousness must  prevail.    An    Observer. 

Tiskilwa,  III.,  July,  1875. 


AT     WHEATON. 

Bro.  Slratton,  on  his  return  from  Tis- 
kilwa stopped  by  invitation  at  Wheaton 
and  spoke  on  Friday  evening  last  ia  the 
College  Chapel  in  his  usual  instruct- 
ive and  interisting  style.  Kov,  I.  A. 
Hart  led  in  prayer  and  introduced  the 
speaker,  who  said  itshould  be  the  duty  of 
public  speakers  in  this  reform  to  prepare 
addresses  for  those  already  converted  to 
its  principles  and  co-operating  with  its 
worker?,  to  encourage  their  faith,  quick- 
en their  zeal  and  guide  their  endeavors. 
The  following,  among  other  suggestions 
for  fcucccEsful  work  against  the  lod</e, 
were  given  and  illustrated  by  the  fresh 
and  rich  experience  of  the  speaker. 
Ist.  It  is  often  best  in  our  work  to  put 
arguments  first,  and  the  proposition 
last,  lest  otherwise  we  Rtartle  and 
put  in  a  defensive  attitude  the  mind  of 
the  hearers.  2d.  We  must  work  when 
we  have  an  opportunity,  whether  with 
lew  or  many.  The  beginning  of  the 
work  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y. ,  was  mention- 
ed; when  Shakespeare  Hal!  was  rented, 
Rev.  W.  Post,  then  of  Rjchester,  en- 
gaged to  speak  and  notice  given  far 
and  near,  and  only  about  twenty  were 
present.  But  the  lecture  was  given 
and  though  the  efforts  of  one  gentle- 
man who  came  in,  not  knowing  before 
as  a  person  in  the  city  was  opposed  to 
the  lodge,  copies  of  the  address  were 
circulated  all  over  the  city  and  an  asso- 
ciation organized. 

The  many  encouraging  features  of 
our  work  were  placed  in  goodly  array, 
and  any  down  hearted  friends  would 
make  a  good  investment  to  send  for 
Bro.  Stratton. 


J.  T.  Kiggins  in  Iowa.— Organization 
in  Bremer  County. 


Waverly.  Iowa,  July  19,  1874. 
Dear  Cynosure: — Our  lecturer,  Bro. 
KiggiuF,  came  on  a  few  days  sooner 
than  we  expected,  for  the  reason  tliat 
he  did  not  visit  another  county  which 
he  intended  to  do  before  he  came  here. 
This  found  us  with  no  preparationa 
made, no  hall,  and  no  advertisements, 
posted.  But  we  immediately  set  to> 
work;  got  some  -hand-bills  struck  and' 
soon  Lad  the  satisfaction  of  seeing  peo- 
ple look,  read,  laugh  and  talk  abjut 
'■'Masonry  Exposed,''^  etc.  The  Lord 
seemed  to  so  arrange  affairs  that  it  was 
well  advertised,  many  people  being  in 
town,  as  there  always  are  on  ''circus 
day."  We  procured  the  largest  hall  in 
the  city  and  at  an  early  hour  en  Friday 
evening,  June  12th,  two  days  after  the 
speaker  arrived,  the  hall  was  filled  to 
overflowing.  During  the  day  it  had 
been  rumored  that  the  lodge  would 
turn  out  e»  wiass;  ana  indeed  Bearly 
all  the  front  seats  were  occupied  by  the 
craft,  laughing  and  joking  over  tliew 
expected   treat. 

When  the  speaker  arrived  they  i  no. 
mediately  began  st  imping  and  cheer- 
ing very  Masonically.  However,  the 
calm,  manly  minner  of  Bro.  Kiggins 
as  he  took  his  position  at  the  stand 
seemed  to  change  things  at  once.  Af- 
ter singing  and  prayer,  he  stated  that 
his  lecture  should  be  some  what  pre- 
liminary, answering  some  objections 
usually  urged  against  agitating  this  sub- 
ject and  arguments  usually  brought  up 
ia  defense  of  Freemasonry.  It  was 
truly  a  lecture  worth  hearing;  the 
laugh  turned  upon  Masonry  aad  its 
weak  objections  and  weaker  arguments. 
Now  frequent  and  loud  applause  greeted 
the  speaker,  showing  t'uere  wer  ~  those 
present  who  did  appreciate  truth.  On 
Saturday  it  was  said,  there  will  be  not 
one  Freemason  present  to  night;  and 
sure  enough,  they  were  'few  and  far 
between."  The  subject  as  stated  the 
preceeding  evening  was  "How  a 
man  is  made  a  Mason."  This  was 
truly  a  most  convincing  lecture,  and  I 
have  heard  of  several  who  had  intended 
joining  the  Masons,  who  now  have 
changed  their  minds  aud  are  with  us; 
one  man  had  sent  in  his  name.  I  wish 
every  man,  woman,  and  young  person 
in  the  laud,  could  have  heard  the 
burning  words  as  they  fell  from  the 
lips  of  the  speaker.  May  the  Lord 
send  many  such  heroes  out  into  the 
field !  On  Sabbath  afternoon  we  listen- 
ed to  a  sermon  on  the  '  'Religion  of 
Freemasonry,  and  Monday  evening  to 
a  lecture  on  the  ceremonies  and  obli- 
gations of  the  Master  Mason's  degree. 
While  he  was  getting  into  the  merits  of 
the  subject  in  walks  the  high  priest  of 
the  chapter  and  sat  down  in  front  of 
the  speaker  on  the  platform,  evidently 
for  a  discussion  or  interruption,  but  he 
sat  there  very  meekly  under  a  scathing 
fi^e.  After  the  lecture,  however,  he  felt 
very  funny ,  and  staid  to  our  meeting 
of  consultation  for  organization. 

It  was  voted  to  form  a  County  Asso- 
ciation, auxiliary  to  the  National  Asso- 
ciation. Thei-e  was  then  a  committee 
appointed  to  meet  next  day  to  draft  a 
constitution. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


On  Tuesdsfy  evening  a  lecture  on 
Grange  Masonry,  Female  Masonry,  and 
Odd-fellowship;  good  hoiise  and  good 
order.  After  the  lecture  the  house 
was  called  to  order  and  the  constitution 
brought  forward  for  signatures  (it  hav- 
ing been  adopted  before  the  lecture  be- 
gan). Quite  a  number  signed  and  we 
now  have  an  organization  of  about 
twenty- five  members.  We  called  a 
meeting  on  the  14th  of  July  for  the 
election  of  officers,  with  the  following 
results:  David  Clark,  Pres't;  G.  W. 
Welcher  and  J.  A.  Westbrook,  Vice- 
presidents;  T.  Dean,  Recording  Sec- 
retary; P.  Woodring,  Corresponding 
Secretary;  H.  M.  Woolford,  Treasurer. 
We  have  meetings  now  once  a  week. 
Since  I  wrote  the  above,  which  I  have 
delayed,  to  give  you  the  particulars  of 
the  organization,  we  have  heard  of  the 
labors  of  Bro.  Kiggins  at  Jefferson,  and 
feel  very  much  encouraged.  This  is 
what  we  need  and  the  only  thing  that 
insures  us  success,  viz.  Organization. 
We  need  a  State  lecturer  very  much, 
and  we  are  ready  to  do  our  duty  in  this 
direction.  Bro.  Kiggins  has  done  a 
great  work  in  his  flying  trip  through 
Iowa  and  wherever  people  are  so  for- 
tunate to  secure  his  services  the  lodge 
power  will  wane  and  the  kindgom  of 
Christ  be  built  up.  May  thj  blessing  of 
God  go  with  him  is  the  prayer  of 
many.  P.   Woodring,  Sec, 


From  Elder  Bairt!. 

Gbkbnville,  Pa.,  July  13,  1874, 
DEjyj  Cvnosurk:  On  the  27th  of 
June  at  half  past  2  P.  M,,  I  had  the 
great  pleasure  of  hearing  an  able  lect- 
ure on  the  government  of  ilie  Lodge 
by  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard,  in  the  Court- 
house at  Meadville,  Pa.,  after  which 
we  parted.  On  Monday,  June  29th, 
I  lectured  in  the  U.  B.  church  at 
Mount  Pleasant,  Crawford  Co.,  Pa  ,  to 
a  good,  attentive  audience,  and  also  on 
Tuesday  evening.  As  there  were  no 
further  arrangements  matured  and  the 
hurry  of  harvesting  and  haying  just 
beginning,  I  returned  home  to  prepare 
other  points  for  the  present. 

Elder  J.  R,  Baird, 


From  Crawforfl  County,  Pa. 


GLTNDON.Pa.,  July  18,  1874, 
Mr,  Editor: — I  would  wish  to  say 
through  the  columns  of  your  paper 
that  Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard  was  at  the  U. 
B.  Oil  Creek  i^hapel  on  the  1st.  of 
July  and  gave  us  two  Anti-masonic  lec- 
tures which  I  hope  will  be  as  good 
seed  sown  on  good  ground.  There  are 
some  good  Anti-masons  here.  This 
was  proved  by  the  * ' Amens,"  and  ap- 
plause during  the  lectures.  I  have 
faith  to  believe  that  there  will  be  many 
more  brought  into  this  cause.  It 
is  plain  to  be  seen  that  secrecy  is  near- 
ing  its  final  doom,  and  there  should  be 
a  desperate  eflFort  now  made,  as  the 
whole  length  of  the  secrecy  chain  is 
about  run  out.  I  expect  to  live  to  see 
the  last  secret  society  buried,  and  writ- 
ten on  their  tombstone,  "  No  resurrec- 
tion." I  bid  you  God  speed  in  this 
great  work. 

S.  C.  Williams. 


Missouri  B.iptists  Awaking-.— The  All- 

conqnoriag     Trutli    Purging 

the  Churches. 

Barer,  St.  Clair  Co.,  Mo. 

Dear  Cynosure: — As  it  strengthens 
me  to  read  in  your  columns  the  pro- 
gres£3  of  the  reform,  I  have  thought 
that  perhaps  there  are  others  engaged 
in  the  same  righteous  work  who  would 
be  glad  to  know  that  even  here  in 
south-west  Missouri,  light  has  began  to 
shine  on  Missouri.  And  it  is  the  ear- 
nest prayer  of  the  writer  that  the  light 
which  is  now  beginning  to  shine  on  the 
works  of  dnrkoess,  like  sending  fires 
all  over  the  land,  may  be  so  increased 
in  radiance,  and  augmented  in  power, 
as  to  dispel  secretism  from  our  once 
happy,  but  now  "secret  society-cursed" 
land. 

Four  years  ago  the  writer  moved 
into  the  vicinity  of  Baker,  Mo.,  and 
brought  with  him  a  heart  opposed  to 
Masonry,  a  tongue  that  was  by  no 
means  a  "silent  jewel''  on  the  subject, 
and  also  a  copy  of  '  'Adam's  letters  on 
Masonry";  to  tbia  was  soon  added  Fin- 
ny on  Masonry,  and  subsequently 
"Light  on  Masonry."  I  am  thus  par- 
ticular to  enumerate  the  forces  in  order 
to  show  how  any  section  may  be  ar- 
roused  to  a  sense  of  duty  by  the  circu- 
lation of  a  few  of  the  right  kind  of 
works  on  the  subject.  The  books  were 
read  by  one,  then  passed  to  another, 
until  for  quite  a  section  around  the  peo- 
ple learned  that  they  could  read  and 
talk  Anti-masoury,  and   ''.still  live." 

The  Baptist  churcli  (Prairie  Grove) 
in  this  vicinity,  of  which  church  I  be- 
came a  member  four  years  ago,  was 
fieezing  along  under  the  charge  of  a 
Masonic  pastor.  He  soon  learned  that 
the  "Pet"  was  not  a  universal  pet,  and 
hatched  an  excuse  for  quitting.  The 
church  had  at  that  time  a  membership 
of  over  thirty ,  and  no  ordained  minister. 
But  to  be  brief,  I  will  only  add  that 
by  the  first  of  the  present  year,  under 
the  blessing  of  God  she  had  an  active 
and  working  membership  of  seventy- 
two,  and  four  ordained  ministers,  and 
every  one  of  them  solid  against  Ma- 
sonry, And  why  delay  the  much 
dreaded  conflict  longer,  so  thought 
some  of  the  judicious  members,  and  ac- 
cordingly on  the  first  Saturday  of  Feb- 
ruary, 1874,  the  first  gun  was  fired  by 
Elder  R.  H.  Love,  from  the  text 
"Prove  all  things,"  etc.  This  was 
followed  by  the  introduction  of  a  reso- 
lution, declaring  non-fellowship  with 
the  teachings  of  Freemasonry.  The 
next  regular  meeting  day  was  set  apart 
for  the  investigation  of  the  subject  of 
Masonry,  and  a  general  investigation 
given  to  all  to  attend,  but  particularly 
to  the  Baptist  ministers  who  worship 
at  the  shrine  of  the  "ancient  and  hon- 
orable institution." 

The  day  came,  and  being  very  in- 
clement but  Uttle  was  done;  enough, 
however,  to  indicate  that  the  enemy 
was  bristling  somewhat  for  the  fray. 
The  investigation  was  laid  over  until 
Friday  and  Saturday  before  the  first 
Sabbath  in  April. 

Friday  came  and  with  it  came  the 
people,  anxious  to  see  whether  the 
"most  ancient"  institution  of  earth 
would   stand    the   fire  and  silence  the 


batteries  that  a  few  of  God's  people 
were  bringing  against  her.  The  fight 
was  made  free,  and  at  first  the  enemy 
seemed  disposed  to  enter  the  field ;  but 
this  was  only  a  feint.  A  few  well  di- 
rected shots  showed  them  that  the 
best  thing  they  could  do  was  to  use 
that  precious  jewel,  a  silent  tongue. 
Their  efibrts  were  now  directed  to  the 
end  of  cauFing  a  difscnsion  among  the 
members,  by  the  "button-holing" 
process,  butthiswas  nipped,  and  Othel- 
lo's occupation  was  gone.  They  be- 
came grum,  but  sat  and  twisted  until 
evening,  when  they  began  to  go  out 
one  by  one  like  the  woman's  accusers; 
and  like  them  doubtless  felt  that  they 
were  not  without  eia. 

Saturday  came  ;  the  Masons  though 
less  in  numbers  seemed  somewhat 
more  disposed  to  try  to  rescue  Christ- 
ianity's "hand-maid"  from  the  hands 
of  her  mistress,  who  was  giving  her  a 
severe  chastizing,  and  letting  her  know 
that  unless  she  soon  produced  a  better 
character  they  would  soon  have  to  part 
company  forever,  at  least  in  Prairie 
Grove  Church.  These  were  new  men, 
and  knew  not  of  yesterday'd  discomfit- 
ure. But,  alas !  the  sun  was  shining 
and  the  plants  from  green-houses  must 
scon  wilt;  and  wilt  they  did.  The  field 
was  won,  and  for  the  satisfaction  of  a 
few  members,  who  wished  some  further 
proof  concerning  the  standing  of  Ber- 
nard and  Finney  the  question  was  de- 
ferred until  the  May  meeting. 

The  day  came;  the  proof  was  there, 
but  no  Masons;  the  arguments  were 
briefly  rehearsed,  the  question  put;  and 
Prairie  Grove  Church  declared  she 
would  no  longer  fellowship  the  teach- 
ings of  Freemasonry ;  only  four  mem- 
bers dissenting.  What  has  taken  place 
since  will  form  the  subject  of  another 
letter,  when  the  result  of  the  second 
engagement,  which  will  take  place  in 
Tebs  Church,  Henry  Co.,  Mo,,  on  the 
23  and  24th  of  this  month,  and  a  gen- 
eral account  of  the  success  of  the  work 
here  will  be  given. 

Yours  in  the  cause, 

W.  M.  Love. 


Around  the  Lakes. 


Milwaukee,  Wis.,  July  15.  1874. 

When  our  boat  left  Chicago  at  seven 
o'clock  last  night  the  prospects  of  your 
city  for  another  conflagration  were  quite 
bright.  The  flames  could  be  clearly 
seen  and  the  wind  piled  up  the  smoke 
directly  over  us  and  on  the  other  side 
it  sank  into  the  waves;  so  that  our 
company  sailed  under  a  complete  arch 
of  black  smoke,  fringed  with  gold  by 
the  rays  of  the  setting  sun. 

When  we  arrived  here  in  the  morn- 
ing we  were  glad  to  learn  that  the 
flames  had  been  arrested  and  the  city 
and  Cynosure  saved.  I  cannot  say 
how  glad  my  fello77  passengers  were  to 
have  the  Cynosure  saved,  because  I 
hardly  had  time  to  become  acquainted 
when  I  "stopped  off"  to  visit  some 
friends  in  the  "Cream  City."  Fortu- 
nately or  unfortunately  I  left  the  pack- 
age of  Cynosures  on  the  boat  and  they 
may  do  a  missionary  work  in  my  ab- 
sence. Can  you  send  some  more  to 
Oberlin  ? 


Our  trip  was  rendered  disagreeable 
by  the  disproportion  between  the  size 
of  the  boat  and  the  number  of  passen- 
gers. The  comical  little  three-story 
state  rooma  (or  rather  '  boxes')  were  all 
taken  and  a  few  passengers  had  to 
sleep  on  the  floor  in  the  cabin.  About 
four  or  five  miles  from  the  city  a  swarm 
of  'dead  heads'  took  possession  of  our 
boat.  They  quartered  themselves  on 
the  decks;  entered  the  cabin  and  many 
of  the  state  room?;  swarmed  into  the 
hold  and  stole  rides  in  almost  every 
nook  and  corner  of  the  boat.  The 
Captain  called  them  soldiers,  others 
called  them  June  flies,  and  otheni  still 
gave  them  a  name  more  forceable  than 
elegant.  They  are  very  disagreeable 
little  things,  lighting  anywhere  and 
on  everybody  and  not  leaving  until 
brushed  away  which  operation  gener- 
ally crushes  them.  In  the  morning 
they  were  gathered  together  in  heaps 
like  the  frogs  of  Egypt,  and  thrown 
overboard. 

Milwaukee  is  rather  a  lively  city, 
more  noted  for  dust  than  cream  just 
now.  It  takes  its  name  ''Cream  City," 
from  the  color  of  Milwaukee  brick  of 
which  many  of  the  buildings  are  erect- 
ed. 

If  during  my  stay  hero,  or  in  the 
furcher  progress  of  my  rambles,  I  find 
or  see  anything  that  may  be  of  interest 
to  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure,  it  will 
give  megreat  pleasure  to  cultivate  their 
acquaintance  by  further  communica- 
tion. H.  A.  Fischer. 


Manufacturing  Popularity. 


Linden,  Mich. ,  June  26,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure: 

The  exposition  of  the  secrets  of  Ma- 
sonry here  by  Brn.  Stoddard  and  Baird 
was  the  means  of  arousing  the  mem- 
bers to  a  considerable  extent;  so  much 
so,  that  large  bills  were  printed  and 
sent  far  and  near,  reading  thus: 
"Grand  Rally?  Masonic  picnic  at  Lin- 
den, June  24th.i— A  general  invitation 
is  extended  to  all — The  Meeting  to  be 
addressed  by  the  Hon.  Hugh  McCur- 
dy,  attended  with  other  ceremonies  too 
numerous  to  mention."  As  the  time 
drew  near  matters  among  the  brethren 
grew  lively,  and  on  the  24th,  the 
Knight  Templar's  band  made  their  ap- 
pearance, and  the  crowd  began  to  as- 
semble. Near  the  middle  of  the  day 
the  procession  was  formed  for  a  march 
to  the  grove,  in  which  it  was  expected 
to  see  from  five  to  ten  thousand  and 
which  amounted  to  about  as  many 
hundred.  Among  those  were  about 
one  hundred  and  fifty  of  the  white- 
aproned  patrons.  I  suppose  they  had 
a  good  time,  with  plenty  to  eat  and 
drink,  accompanied  with  a  speech  from 
the  Hon.  McCurdy,  who  informed  the 
community  at  large  that  they  were  a 
fraternity  that  asked  no  favors  and 
granted  none. 

If  Masonry  is  not  exposed,  its  secrets 
divulged  to  the  world,  its  damnable 
and  unholy  oaths  laid  bare,  but  all  as 
gloriously  secret  with  them  as  ever, 
why  should  they  feel  so  troubled? 
Why  be  to  such  great  eflbrt  and  ex- 
pense to  show  the  world  their  inde- 
pendence and  safety — ask  no  favors  and 
grant  none.     Idle    boast,   for   if   they 

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6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUB  MAIL. 


Holmes  Smith,  Hebron,  N.  Y.,  writes  : 

"The  town  of  Hebron  was,  in  Ihe  Mor- 
gan times,  and  succeeding  years.  Anti-ma- 
sonic, as  well  as  AVashingtou  county  in 
which  it  is  located  ;  but  thougli  ihe  Anti- 
masonic  element  of  former  years  is  not 
all  destroyed,  yet  it  sleeps,  and  wants 
waking  by  lectures  and  the  circulation  of 
intelligence,  and  may  God  S!)eed  the  day 
when  this  shall  be  done  to  tiie  pulling 
down  of  this  strong  Babel  of  iniquity,  the 
confounding  of  its  languages,  (the  grips 
and  signs)  and  the  total  ex'in(-tion  of  its 
horrid  and  blasphemous  oaths,  together 
■with  the  extinction  of  its  rnany  religions. 
May  its  devotees,  though  now  infidel,  be- 
come the  servants  of  our  Lord  and  his 
Christ." 

John  Denny,  Seattle,  Washington  Ter- 
ritor.v,  writes : 

"Much  more  could  be  done  if  I  were 
able  to  go  arouud  and  attend  to  the  busi- 
ness. I  wish  to  be  considered  a  life  mem- 
ber as  I  am  in  my  eighty-second  ye;ir,  and 
"the  lime  will  not  be  long."  There  is, 
evidently,  not  the  harmony  in  the  ranks 
of  the  mystic  brotherhood  that  there  was 
two  years  ago.  I  thiuk  they  have  seen 
their  best  days.  The  friends  of  law  and 
liberty  and  Christianity,  will  be  looking 
with  great  interest  for  the  news  from  the 
National  Convention  at  Syracuse." 

We  hope  our  readers  who  have  the  vig- 
or of  youth  will  be  stimulated  by  the  earn- 
ncstness  and  success  which  attends  the 
efforts  of  the  veterans  in  this  struggle,  and 
complete  the  work  they  begin .  Is  there  a 
young  friend  in  Seattle  who  will  consult 
with  Mr.  Denny,  and  attend  to  the  busi- 
ness of  getting  all  the  subscribers  possi- 
ble, in  that  locality,  for  the  Cynosure  ? 
Thos.  Marlow, Kennonsburg,  O.,  writes: 
"This  is  a  hard  place  for  men  that  will 
do  anything  for  the  cause." 

For  the  encouragement  of  others  who 
live  in  hard  places,  we  would  say  that  he 
has  sent  in  $12.80  for  the  Cynosure. 
D.  Weeks,  Wauseon,  O.,  writes  : 
"I  circulated  those  tracts.     The  people 
are  waking  up." 
J.  L.  Manley,  Geneva,  lud.,  writes  : 
"I  had   a  conversation   with    a  M.   E. 
minister  a  few  days  ago,  who  is  an  adher- 
ing Mason,  and  when  we  closed  our  con- 
versation, he  said,  in  answer  to  a  question 
that  I  asked  him,  that  he  would  dare  to 
say  that  Masonry  had  never  been  any  ad- 
vantage to  him  in  his  Christian   journe}', 
and  that  he  did  not  know  that  he  ever 
would  enter  the  lodge  again.    He  regarded 
it  as  fighting  against  God  to  fight  against 
many  good  people." 
J.  G.  Smith,  Beverly.  Mass.,  writes : 
"Count  on  me  as  a  subscriber  as  long  as 
I  can  live  on  sawdust  and  thrive,     I  will 
try  to  get  some  new  subscribers.     Those 
tracts  you  sent  me,  I  thiuk,  have  done 
good." 

We  expect  Massachusetts  will  yet  do  her 
duty  on  the  secret  society  question.  Al- 
though she  moves  slowly,  the  Cynosure 
has  a  few  subscribers  in  ten  of  her  four- 
teen counties.  If  they  will  so  far  as  possi- 
ble enlarge  this  circulation,  it  will  bo  an 
important  step  towards  the  advancement 
in  other  respects. 

W.  W.  Kelley,  Kewanee,  111.,  writes  : 
"I  never  felt  so  much  as  now  that  God 
is  in  this  work." 

He  says  not  to  stop  his  paper  so  long  as 
he  can  get  fifty  cents  to  pay  for  three 
months. 

Eleanor  Bales,  Plainfield,  Ind.,  writes  : 

"I  want  your  paper  not  only  for  my 
own  perusal,  but  to  send  abroad  to  my 
friends  and  acquaintances,  hoping  thereby 
to  add  to  your  list  of  subscribers." 

C.  H.  Read,  Breckenridge,  Mo.,  writes : 

"I  have  felt  very  much  interested  in  the 
cause  in  which  you  are  working.  I  sup- 
pose more  soon  account  of  being  acquaint- 
ed with  so  many  of  those  who  are  leading 
in  the  great  movement.  I  sec  often  ^mc 
notice  of  school  friends  with  whom  I  as- 
sociated at  Wheaton  and  had  lost  track 
of.  I  like  the  Cynosure  better  than  ever, 
and  believe  that  God  is  blessing  the  eflbrts 
which  are  being  made  for  the  putting  down 
of  the  stronghold  of  Satan." 

John  T.  Walsh,  New  Berne,  North 
Carolina,  writes : 

"The  cause  of  anli-secrecy  is  looking 
up  in  this  section.  I  shall  soon  lecture  ou 
the  subject." 

E.  E.  Morrison,  Dea  Moines,  la.,  writes  : 

"There  is    quite    a  strong    anti'secret 


element  liereabouts.  A  grand  chance  to 
get  subscriptions  ;  so  please  send  some  of 
those  back  numbers  and  I'll  do  the  best  I 
can  for  you.  ...  I  have  often  been 
told  I'll  lose  popularity  by  opposing  Ma- 
sonry. I  am  aware  of  the  fact,  but  do  not 
feel  very  bad  about  that  as  I  value  princi- 
ple more  than  popularity.  I  do  not  value 
any  one's  Jrihulsldp  that  I  would  lose  hy 
doing  riyht.'''' 

(We  italicise  the  last  sentence  ourselves 
because  we  think  it  worth  remembering.) 
Geo.  Avery,  Galesburg,  111.,  writes  : 
"I  wish  you  much  success  in  bringing 
to  light  the  deeds  of  darkness  of  all  secret 
societies." 
J.  N.  Renton,  Wales,  111.,  writes  : 
"I  am  a  poor  man  in  my  seventy-eighth 
year,  and  afllicted.    I  can  see  to  read  but 
little,  and  to  all  appearances  my  time  is 
short.    A  few  months,  at  most,  must  close 
time  with  me  ;  but  I  bid  you  a  Godspeed 
in  your  noble  work." 

Hope  Davis.  Carpenterville,  111. ,  has 
been  looking  after  the  three  months  sub- 
scriptions that  he  sent  in,  and  asks  us 
to  read  the  second  chapter  of  3d  Thessalc- 
niaus  iu  connection  with  Nahum,  3d 
chapter,  third  and  fourth  verses.  They 
may  inspire  some  who  are  working  for 
Christ  to  a  more  earnest  life,  so  we  men- 
tion the  circumstance  here. 

Horace  Divoll,  East  Topsham,  Vt., 
writes : 

"Reminiscences  of  the  Morgan  times  by 
Elder  Bernard,  I  liked  exceeding  well." 

G.  W.  Bethers,  Corvaliis,  Oregon,  sends 
five  new  subscribers  for  a  year,  and  writes: 
"I  find  it  hard  work  to  get  subscribers 
for  the  paper.  It  is  hardly  known  in  this 
State.  .  .  The  lodgemen  are  bold  and 
overbearing.  I  hope  you  will  organize  a 
polilickl  party.  Bring  out  good  men ; 
get  up  a  good  platform  ;  have  it  so  we  can 
elect  the  President  and  Vice-president  and 
United  States  Senators,  direct  by  the  peo- 
ple. ...  I  wish  you  could  send  a 
shrewd  lecturer  out  on  the  coast  to  oren 
the  eyes  of  the  people  on  secrecy.  The 
grange  especially." 

Can  any  friend  who  reads  this  extract 
aid  Mr.  Bethers  in  obtaining  the  right 
man  to  lecture  ?  Cannot  a  good  lecturer 
report  himself  who  is  already  out  in 
Qregon  or  Washington  Territory  ?  If  the 
fifty-eight  Cynosure  sub.scribers  in  these 
two  sections  can  by  any  means  co-operate, 
with  God  on  their  side,  they  can  accom- 
plish a  great  deal  for  light  and  truth. 

Isaac  W.  Lowman,  Auburn,  Ind., 
writes  : 

"I.  am  still  talking  reform  and  circulat- 
ing tracts  among  the  people,  and  expect  to 
do  all  I  can  to  advance  the  Anti-masonic 
cause." 
N.  Perkins,  Rolliu,  Mich.,  writes  : 
"There  is  quite  a  stir  in  this  part  of  the 
country  on  account  of  Masonry,  and  there 
needs  to  be  more  of  a  stir  in  this  place.  I 
only  live  twenty  miles  from  Morenci, 
where  that  murder  was  perpetrated.  I 
have  friends  living  there,  and  they  say 
you  told  the  truth  in  what  you  published 
in  the  Cynosure  of  the  25lh  of  June.  .  . 
The  whole  craft  have  made  a  raid  on  me. 
The  preacher,  the  craft,  and  the  devil,  or 
all  three  in  one,  have  put  their  heads  to- 
gether to  destroy  me  and  my  business 
(milling)." 

We  hope  that  the  grace  of  God  and  well 
ground  flour  and  meal  will  save  your  bus- 
iness, and  that  the  truth  which  you  sup- 
port will  have  a  glorious  victory. 
Wells  Springer,  Rochester, N.  T.,  writes: 
"I  look  upon  any  man,  or  set  of  men, 
strangers  though  they  be,  as  confiding 
friends  ;  that  have  the  moral  courage  to 
stand  upon  their  manhood,  with  a  bold 
and  defiant  front,  in  behalf  and  in  defence 
of  the  truth  and  the  right,  as  you  and  your 
little  heroic  band  are  so  nobly  doing  in  the 
locality  of  which  you  are  the  soul  and 
center.  Shame  ou  the  city  of  Rochester, 
and  of  the  blood  stained  district  of  wes- 
tern New  York,  tliat  this  locality  is  not 
ioremo.st  in  the  battle.  Of  all  the  places 
ou  God's  earth  this  .should  be  the  last  to 
bow  its  neck  to  the  behest  of  Freemasonry. 
My  Anti-masonry  dates  back  to  the  time 
that  Freemasonry  was  disgraced  and  de- 
graded as  a  common  felon  for  the  mur- 
der of  a  brother  ;  murdered  for  what  the 
laws  of  the  land  were  in  duty  bound  to 
protect  him  in.  I  have  lived  to  see  this 
murderer  fellowshiped  in  some  of  the 
most  popular  churclies,  where  William 
Morgan's  cries  might  uave  been  heard,  if 
not  suppressed  by  Masonic  fiends,  when 
taking  him  through  the  city  of  Rochester 
in  the  dead  watches  of  the  night  to  his 


final  destination,  gagged  and  bound.  This 
was  uothing  more  or  less  than  the  legiti- 
mate fruits  (Masonically)  of  the  seven 
devilish  oaths  he  had  taken  in  accordance 
with  the  blood-thirsty  code  of  Freema- 
sonry. I  mourn  for  my  country  and  for 
the  fallibility  of  human  nature,  that  such 
a  state  of  things  should  exist  in  a  land 
professedly  Christian.  The  church  wed- 
ded to  an  unrepenting  murderer  is  an  un- 
equivocal and  stubborn  fact,  virtually, 
when  fully  analyzed.  And  now  that  it  is 
permitted  to  glory  in  its  shame ,  is  fearful- 
ly humiliating  and  ominous  of  the  future 
destiny  of  the  best  government  on  earth. 
The  sanctuary  is  oft  polluted  by  its  tread 
with  a  bold  efirontery  unparalled,  and 
this,  too,  throughout  the  blood  stained  dis- 
trict of  the  martyred  and  murdered  Mor- 
gan. Aud  still  worse,  the  cup  of  our  in- 
iquity is  filling  fast,  as  the  magician  wand 
of  this  clandestine  beast,  with  its  score  of 
horns  (oaths)  and  its  hydra-heads  without 
number,  are  awing  the  people  into  silence 
through  such  fear  or  favors  as  it  can  com- 
mand. Having  greater  facilities  to  strike 
the  blow  aud  conceal  the  hand  than  any 
other  power  under  the  broad  cano^  of 
heaven.  Our  great  champion  of  Freemason- 
ry in  the  church ,  in  the  person  of  the  Rev. 
D.  H.  Muller  in  his  extraordinary  sermon 
on  the  28th  of  December  last,  and  reviewed 
in  the  Cynosure,  stands  endorsed  in  silence 
in  our  Christian  city  to  this  day.  I  want 
no  better  proof  than  public  sentiment 
manifest  iu  regard  to  this  montrosity  than 
that  there  was  not  a  word  of  rebuke  from 
professing  Christians  of  this  city.  No  bet- 
ter proof  that  Christianity  worthy  of  the 
name  is  at  a  very  low  ebb  here.  Now,  to 
put  you  right  on  the  record,  I  am  not  a 
professor  of  religion.  At  the  same  time, 
at  the  risk  of  being  thought  inconsistent,  I 
do  believe  the  Christian  religion,  (pure  and 
undefiled)  is  "the  salt  of  the  earth  ;"  aud 
that  Freemasonry  cannot  be  a  substitute, 
as  they  delude  themselves  to  believe." 
Milo  Stark,  Lee  Center,  111.,  writes  : 
"As  I  have  been  reading  your  paper  for 
two  years,  and  heartily  agree  with  you  in 
sentiment  as  regards  the  mystical  order. 
Freemasonry,  and  have  been  so  intimately 
acquainted  with  the  venerable  family  as 
to  know  their  proceedings  ;  and  having 
become  dissatisiied  therewith,  have  taken 
my  departure  from  the  (dis)  honorable  pa- 
rental roof,  I  desire  to  record  my  eternal 
abhorrence  of  the  Father  (lodge)  who  did 
nothing  for,  and  recfiiired  everything  of, 
me.  I  am  a  member  of  the  body  of 
Christ's  church,  called  by  the  name  of 
Episcopal  Methodists,  and  glory  in  the 
cross  so  valiantly  borne  by  many  of  its 
ministers  ;  but  with  you  can  note  the  de- 
ficiency, the  lack  of  power  and  efficiency 
with  God  and  man ,  apparent  in  those  who 
adhere  to  Mammon  (the  lodge)  while  they, 
try  to  serve  God  ;  which  the  Bible  plainly 
declares  they  cannot  do.  Be  not  deceived; 
God  is  not  mocked.  The  time  is  coming 
when  the  Cross  will  triumph  over  every 
foe.  God  will  send  a  Lincoln  or  a  Luther, 
or  perhaps  a  Cynosure,  at  least,  some  in- 
strument though  it  be  as  simple,  yet  will 
be  as  efi'ectual  as  David's  sling  to  lay  Go- 
liath low.  The  church  of  the  living  God 
must  and  will  be  purified,  though  it  be  by 
fire.  I  would  not  leave  my  family  and 
home  to  be  destroyed  by  some  unruly 
members  who  might  help  to  constitute  it, 
but  would  exclude  those  that  happiness 
might  reign  again.  Neither  would  I  leave 
the  church  as  though  I  stood  alone  in  this 
matter.  There  are  many,  very  many  who 
are  laying  aside  their  mystical  robes,  aud 
donning  the  robes  of  Christ's  righteous- 
ness ;  coming  up  to  the  help  of  Christ 
against  this  mighty  evil.  I  stand  with 
them  to  fight  or  die.  My  motto  is,  Holi- 
ness and  heaven.  To  such  Christ  says, 
come  out  from  among  them  and  be  ye 
separate." 


Mil  ^tm  linTi 


Action  of  a  Methodist  Conference. 


We  are  informed  on  respectable 
authority  that  at  tbe  late  general  con- 
ference of  (he  Ohio  Methodist  church, 
the  subject  of  Freemasonry  incidental- 
ly came  up  for  discussion. 

When  the  question  was  first  men- 
tioned in  that  pious  and  venerable 
body,  a  deep  and  unusual  sensation 
pervaded  those  members  present,  who 
belonged  to  the  masonic  society.  Sev- 
eral of  those  worthy  men  had  been  en- 
trapped into  lodge  rooms,  by  the  pleas- 
ing allurement  of  religion,  held  forth 
to  them  by    Freemasons,  and   by    the 


secret  policy  of  the  Grand  Ledge  of 
Ohio,  which  authorized  its  subordinate 
lodges  to  bsstow  en  licensed  preachers 
thefirft  three  degrees  (y/'afe.  By  these 
arts  several  ministers  of  the  Methodist 
church  had  been  induced  to  join  the 
fraternity.  But  the  time  had  now  ar- 
rived when  the  principles  of  the  order 
were  before  the  conference  for  invesu- 
gat;on,  and  the  doctrines  of  the  pious 
Wesley  were  to  be  contrasted  with  the 
secret  (Obligations  which  led  to  the 
murder  of  a  fellow  citizen,  it  was  no 
wonder,  then,  that  the  feelings  of  the 
members  were  excited,  and  that  the 
heavy  sigh  was  heard  to  burst  from 
those  bo.soms  on  which  rested  Masonic 
obligations,  The  Rev.  James  0.  Tay- 
lor was  the  first  to  cast  tft'  the  shackles 
that  bound  his  conscience.  He  rose 
andbri(fly  stated  that  it  had  been  his 
misfortune  to  be  led  imo  the  masonic 
society — but  that  he  now  openly  le- 
nouneed  it  forever.  The  effdCt  which 
this  declaration  produced  was  all  pow- 
erful. The  Masonic  members  of  the 
conference  instantly  withdrejv,  and 
with  the  same  spirit  which  actuated 
Mr.  Taylor,  formed  a  written  declarrt- 
tion  that  they  would  never  attend  a 
Masonic  lodge,  or  participate  in  a  Ma- 
sonic festival;  to  which  declaration  they 
foimally  subscribed  iheir  names. 

Thus  had  the  Ohio  conference  at 
once  wiped  away  a  stain  from  the  puri- 
ty of  its  character,  and  proved  itself 
worthy  the  the  pious  exertions  of  the 
great  i'ounder  of  their  creed,  who  in- 
dured  labor  and  pain  and  persecution 
to  erect  the  church. — Tuscarawas 
Chronicle. 


The  Grand  Jury  of  Niagara  county 
last  week  found  bills  of  indictment 
against  Jeremiah  Brown  and  Solomon 
C.  Wright  for  participating  in  the  ab- 
duction of  William  Morgan.  These 
bills  were  found  the  testimony  of  a  wit- 
ness who  was  called  upon  by  Wright 
to  assist  in  guarding  Morgan  iu  W's 
barn  while  the  bandits  were  waiting 
for  the  Lockport  reinforcement.  Th  a 
witnees  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason.  He 
has  been  in  Canada  ever  since  the  out- 
rage.,  Great  exertions  have  been 
made  to  get  his  testimony,  but  had 
here  tofore  failed.  He  states  thf.t  Mor- 
gan '^&s  pinioned,  UindfMed  and  gag 
qed. — Anli-masonic  Christian  Htrald, 
Jan.  29th,  1829. 


^'j^  MhhWi  i^iml 


Schedule  of   Bible  Lessons   for  Third 
(Quarter,  1874. 


GosrEL  OF  Mark. 


July 


An  2 


Sept 


5. 
12. 
19. 
26. 

2. 

0. 
16. 
2.3. 
30. 
6. 
1.3. 


i.  1-11. 
i.  16-27. 
1.  45-48. 
ii.   W-17. 
ii.  23-28, 
iv.  35-41. 
V.  1-15. 
V.  14-54. 
V.  2-i-23, 
vi.  20-23, 
vi.  3444- 
vii.  24-30 
Review. 


Beginning  of  tbe  Gospel. 
TlTe  AntUority  of  Jesus. 
The  Leper  Healed. 

The  Publican  Called, 
iii.  1-5.    Jesus  aud  Sabbath. 
.    Power  over  Nature. 
Power  over  Demons. 

Power  over  Disease. 
35-43.    Power  over  Death. 
,    Martyrdom  Of   Ibe  baptist. 

Five  Thousand  Fed. 
.    The  Phoiniclan  Mother. 


LESSON    xxi. — Aug.   2,  1874. — jesus  and 

THE  SABBATH. 


SCRIPTUBE  LESSON. — MARK   ii.  23-28,  aud 
iii.   i-5.    Commit  Verses  27,28. 

23.  And  it  came  to  pass,  that  he  went 
through  the  cornfields  on  the  Sabbath  day; 
and  his  disciples  began,  as  they  went,  to 
pluck  the  ears  of  corn. 

24.  And  the  Pharisees  said  unto  him. 
Behold,  why  do  they  on  the  Sabbath-day 
that  which  is  not  lawful? 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


25.  And  he  said  unto  them,  Have  ye 
never  read  what  David  did,  when  he  had 
need  and' was  an  hungered,  he,  and  they 
that  were  with  him  ? 

26.  How  he  went  into  the  house  of 
God,  in  the  days  of  Abiathar  the  high 
priest,  and  did  eat  the  shew-bread,  which 
is  not  lawful  to  eat  but  for  the  priests,  aud 
gave  also  to  them  which  were  with  him  ? 

27.  And  he  said  utito  them,  The  Sab- 
bath was  made  for  man  and  not  man  for 
the  Sabbath: 

28.  Therefore  the  Bon  of  man  is  Lord 
also  of  the  Sabbath. 

1.  And  he  entered  again  into  the  syna- 
gogue ;  and  there  was  a  man  there  which 
had  a  withered  hand. 

2.  And  they  watched  him,  'whither  he 
would  heal- him  on  the  Sabbath-day;  that 
they  might  accuse  him. 

3.  And  he  saith  to  the  man  which  had 
the  withered  hand.  Stand  forth. 

i.  And  he  saitli  unto  them.  Is  it  lawful 
to  do  good  on  the  Sabbath  days,  or  to  do 
evil?  to  save  life,  or  to  kill  ?  But  they  held 
their  peace. 

5.  And  when  he  had  looked  round 
about  on  them  with  anger  being  grieved 
for  the  hardness  of  their  hearts,  he  saith 
unto  the  man.  Stretch  forth  thine  hand. 
And  he  stretched  it  out ;  and  his  hand  was 
restored  whole  as  the  other. 


GOLDEN  TEXT.— I  gave  them  my 
Sabbaths,  to  be  a  sign  between  me  and 
them. — Ezek.  xx.  12. 

Central  Truth. — The  Son  of  man  is 
Lord  of  the  Sabbath. 

Home  Eeadings. — Ex.  xx,  8-11;  Deut. 
xxiii.  24,  25;  Ex.  xxix.  31-'67;  1  Sam.  xxi. 
1-9;  Matt. xii.  1-14:  Luke  vi.  1-11 ;  John  v. 
1-16. 


In  this  lesson  we  may  study  the  true  idea 
of  the  Sabbath,  as  shown  in  the  words 
and  works  of  Jesus  Christ.  The  Phari- 
sees and  Christ  referred  to  the  law,  (vs.  24 
and  4).  We  learn  (1)  of  the  (qypuintment  of 
the  Sabbath  by  God  and  his  estimate  of  it: 
Gen.  ii.  1-3;  Ex.  xvi.  22-30  andxxxi.  12-17; 
vs.  viii.  18;  and  the  first  home  reading. 
Christ's  followers  observed  the  Sabbath. 
Lnke  xxii.  56.  The  commandment  given 
to  the^ews  was  for  the  seventh  day;  and 
there  is  no  dilBculty  as  to  time  if  that  na- 
tion only  was  to  observe  the  day,  because 
they  occupied  a  limited  territory.  When 
the  keeping  of  one  day  of  rest  was  given  to 
all  the  world  it  is  evident  that  all  could  not 
be  keeping  holy  the  same  space  of  time. 
So  when  the  Christian  religion  was  given 
to  all  the  world,  the  disciples  neglected 
the  seventh  day  and  kept  the  first,  the 
day  of  Christ's  resurr£ction  (John  xx.  19- 
26),  which  is  appropriately  called  the  Lord's 
day.  Rev.  i-10.  "The  practice  of  the  courts 
is  the  highest  law"  in  thecase.  But  (2)  the 
Sabbath  was  7nacUfov  man.  Men  and  ani- 
mals need  a  period  of  rest  and  recupera- 
tion. The  seventh  day  is  the  best,  and 
has  been  proven  so  by  instances  too  numer- 
ous to  be  gainsaid.  The  French  nation 
tried  by  law  to  establish  a  tenth-day  rest, 
but  failed.  The  Lord's  day  "is  the  poor 
man's  day,"  The  Sabbath  was  made  for 
man  in  his  highest  being — for  his  soul. 
Giving  rein  to  appetite  and  passion,  or  any 
indulgence  is  disregarding  it;  so  does  any 
mere  attempt  to  cultivate  taste  and  intelli- 
gence. 

We  should  learn  (1)  the  Sabbath  is  im- 
portant under  both  Testaments.  (2)  The 
day  changed,  but  the  seventh  part  of  the 
time  is  holy.  (3)  Not  idleness  for  idleness' 
sake,  but  rest  from  work  for  the  sake  of 
the  soul  and  body  is  required.  (4)  Keep 
the  dayas  to  the  Lord. 


The  Satobatli. 


In  connection  with  the  Sunday- 
school  lesson  read  the  following  extract 
from  an  opinion  delivered  by  Judge 
Brown,  of  Michigan,  in  a  case  involving 
the  Sunday  ordinances.  It  had  been 
argued  that  these  could  no  more  be 
considered  a  police  regulation  than  any 
other  social  question  on  which  some 
enthusiast  might  imagine  the  happiness 
of  the  people  to  depend.  To  this  the 
Judge  replied :  '  'It  must  not  be  forgot- 
ten that  we  live  in  a  Christian  country, 
and  that  the  observance  of  the  Christian 
Sabbath  has  been  a  subject  of  legisla- 
tion ever  since  the  establishment  of  our 
government.  The  profanation  of  tue 
Lord's  day  was  punished  by  the  mu- 
nicipal law  of  England  long  before  we 
had  an  existence  as  an  independent  gov- 
ernment.    The   laws   of  King  Athel- 


stane  forbade  merchandising  on  that 
day.  By  the  statute  27  Hen.  VL,  C, 
5,  no  fair  nor  market  could  be  legally 
held  on  Sunday  (except  the  four  Sun- 
days in  harvest.)  The  statute  of  1  Car. 
1.,  C.  1,  was  to  restrain  sports  on  that 
day;  and  by  29  Car.  11.,  C.  7,  no  per- 
son is  allowed  to  'work  on  the  Lord's 
day,  nor  use  any  boat  or  barge,  or  ex- 
pose any  goods  to  sale,  except  meat  in 
public  Louseg,  milk  at  certain  hourF, 
and  works  of  necessity  and  charity.' 
In  4  Wend,  B'l  Com.  63,  we  find  the 
following:  'Besides  the  notorious  in- 
decency and  scandal  of  permitting  any 
secular  business  to  be  publicly  tr  nsact- 
ed  on  that  day  in  a  country  professing 
Christianity,  and  the  corruption  of 
morals  which  usually  follows  its  prof- 
anation, riie  keeping  of  one  day  in 
seven  holy,  as  a  time  of  relaxation  and 
refreshment,  as  well  as  for  public  wor- 
ship, is  of  admirable  service  to  a  state , 
considered  merely  as  a  civil  institution; 
.  it  imprints  on  the  minds  of 
the  people  that  sense  of  their  duty  to 
God,  to  necessary  to  make  them  good 
citizens.'  Our  own  statute  forbids  any 
secular  business  on  the  Sabbath.  Or- 
dinary libor  on  that  day  is  deemed  a 
misdemeanor.  Can  it  be  said  that  the 
making  of  drunkards,  widowp,  and  or- 
phans on  that  day  is  less  criminal." 


I^jttl^  ui  %tM\  ^^n\\%, 


Our  Tcetli. 


.BY  DR.    J.   H.  HANAFORD. 


Since  it  is  a  well  known  fact  that  the 
body  is  constantly  decaying,  wasting 
away,  it  follows  that  the  waste  occa- 
sioned by  such  transformations  must 
be  supplied  by  our  daily  food.  If  this 
food  contains  all  of  the  elements 
needed  in  the  body  to  reproduce  its 
bones,  muscles,  tissues,  etc.,  the  work 
of  demolishing  and  reconstructing  gees 
on  without  interruption.  But  it  is  too 
often  true  that  some  of  the  most  im- 
portant elements  are  wanting,  are  not 
found  in  the  food  used  by  a  large  class 
in  almost  every  community. 

Among  the  most  important,  or  some 
of  these,  are  carbon,  or  heat-producing  ; 
nitrogen,  or  the  muscle-producing  ; 
phosphorus,  or  the  nerve  and  brain- 
sustaining  and  the  bone-producing  ele- 
ments. In  the  bill  of  fare  for  the  epi- 
cure it  is  quite  certain  that  tbe  carbon 
will  always  be  abundant,  as  found  in 
the  oils,  sweets  and  starch,  at  in  ardent 
spirits  ;  while  we  should  be  surprised 
to  find  this  class  anxious  about  the  sup- 
ply of  brain  food.  It  follows  that  the 
muscular  system — really  the  basis  of 
power,  and  endurance,  if  not  of  men- 
tal and  moral  vigor — is  sadly  neglected? 
while  the  whole  bony  structure,  in- 
cluding cur  teeth,  of  course,  is  in  a 
constant  state  of  starvation.  As  a  re- 
sult, or  the  natural  and  necessary  re- 
sult, the  muscles  are  slight,  fliccid  and 
nerveless,  the  skin  yellow,  cadaverous 
and  unnatural,  the  bones  porous  and 
brittle,  and  the  teeth — who  can  des- 
cribe them  ?  They  scarcely  appear. 
The  first  set,  before  they  waste  away 
like  the  morning  dew,  crumble,  wear 
away  with  the  slightest  use,  a  constant 
source  of  discomfort — neither  useful 
nor  ornamental.     They  are   too  often 


suggestive  of  a  mass  of  ruins,  such  as 
are  seen  when  the  devouring  element 
sweeps  over  a 'city  ;  disgusting  ruing 
of  what  should  have  been  a  coveted 
ornament,  now  black,  dilapidated,  irre- 
gular, corrupt  and  corrupting  ;  like  a 
gloomy,  unsightly  cave  in  which  are 
decaying  the  bone's  of  the  dead  slaugh- 
tered there  by  beasts  of  prey. 

As  a  legitimate  reault,  by  far  too 
many  ^re  supplied  with  false  teeth  be- 
fore reaching  majority  ;  before  which 
time  they  must  bear  about  with  them 
the  evidences  of  uncleanness  that  might 
put  even  the  swine  to  blush  ;  from 
whcse  mouths  a  fetor  almost  unendura- 
ble by  the  fastidious  is  ever  emanating, 
highly  suggestive  of  the  "Augean 
stables,"  which  even  Hercules  found  it 
so  difficult  to  cleanse. 

Indeed,  no  one  can  be  regarded  as 
beautiful,  especially  females,  without 
good  teeth.  Lavater  says  that  "  the 
contenance  is  the  theatre  on  which  the 
soul  exhibits  itself;"  and  adds,  "  as  are 
the  teuth  of  a  man,  so  are  his  tastes." 
•'The  teeth  are  the  finest  ornaments  of 
the  human  countenance  ;  their  regu- 
larity and  whiteness  constitute  their 
chief  attraction.  Even  when  the 
mouth  exceeds  its  ordinary  siz?,  fine 
teeth  serve  to  disguise  this  defect." 

A  writer  says  :  "  Let  a  woman  have 
fice  eye?5  a  pretty  mouth,  a  handsome 
nose,  a  well-turned  forehead,  elegant 
hair  and  a  charming  complexion,  but 
only  let  her  teeth  be  bad,  blackened  by 
caries,  or  covered  with  tartar  or  vicid 
accretions — let  them,  in  a  word,  exhale 
a  contaminated  breath,  and  the  mo- 
ment she  opens  her  mouth  she  will 
cease  to  be  thou2ht  beautiful. 

That  our  teeth — the  permanent  set — 
were  intended  to  last  during  life,  seems 
evident,  not  only  from  their  peculiar 
structure,  but  from  the  nature  of  the 
case,  since  there  is  no  provision  for 
their  reproduction.  This  fact  is  highly 
suggestive  of  the  imperative  duty  to 
exercise  care  in  protecting  thf  ra,  and 
also  to  nourish  them  by  a  proper  sup- 
ply of  the  elements  needed  in  their 
growth.  This  idea,  however,  is  too  of- 
ten ignored  in  the  selection  of  our  food, 
which  is  generally  selected  principally 
in  reference  to  taste  rather  than  with 
due  regard  to  health.  Our  fine  food  is 
nearly  destitute  of  the  elements  need- 
ed to  sustain  both  the  muscles  and  the 
bones.  These  elements  in  the  grains, 
are  found  principully  in  the  hull  and 
the  outer  crust ;  that  inclosing  the 
central  mass  of  starch,  the  fine  and 
white  part  of  all  cereals.  Even  the 
husk  or  hull  contains  iron,  silex,  etc., 
while  nine-tenths  of  all  the  muscle-mak- 
ing elements  reside  in  the  red  crust, 
with  the  phosphates  of  soda  and  lime, 
of  which  the  bones  are  made. 

If,  therefore,  we  wish  to  be  muscu- 
lar and  strong,  if  we  would  have  good 
bones  such  as  will  not  easily  break,  we 
must  nourish  them.  To  do  this  it  will 
be  necessary  in  the  use  of  the  grains  to 
use  them  in  accordance  with  the  design 
of  the  Creator,  receiving  all  of  the  ele- 
ments of  nutrition  made  for  our  use. 
Oat-meal,  graham  and  the  meals  of  all 
the  grains  will  nourish  the  brain,  mus- 
cles and  bones  far  more  than  the  fine 
flour.  The  wheat, as  a  whole,  is  regard- 
ed as  the  best,  and  I  know   of  no  pre- 


paration equaling  that  called  "Smith's 
crushed  white  whesf  made  at  Brook- 
lyn, N.  Y,,  at  once  palatable,  whole- 
some, nourishing,  easy  of  digestion, 
particularly  favorable  for  the  sick,— 
good  for  all  classes. 


\m  {^Hti  ^^^^, 


How  to  Manage  Manure. 


A  writer  in  the  American  Agricul- 
turist says  that  when  horse  manure 
has  been  allowed  to  mould,  or  become 
covered  with  a  light  white  fungus,  it  is 
in  the  condition  known  as  firefanged, 
and  has  parted  with  its  chiefly  valuable 
quslity  and  cannot  be  restored.  Fresh 
manure,  if  kept  under  cover,  should 
be  turned  whenever  it  has  become 
heated  so  that  steam  arises  from  it.  If 
outside,  it  should  be  laid  up  in  a  broad 
pile,  with  dishing  top,  so  as  to  catch 
the  rain  that  falls.  If  plenty  of  rain 
falls  while  the  pile  is  heating,  so  that 
it  be  kept  moist,  it  will  not  become  fire- 
fanged; if  i!ot,  it  should  be  turned  once 
or  twice.  Sods  may  be  rotted  for  pot- 
ting purposes  by  piling  them  in  a  heap 
aud  leaving  them  during  the  summer. 
Animal  manure  is  not  the  best  for 
lawns,  on  account  of  the  weed  seeds 
contained  in  it.  Guano  or  blood  ma- 
nure, at  t!ie  rate  of  250  pounds  per 
acre,  with  a  bushel  of  plaster  each 
spring,  is  the  best  dressing;  wood  ash- 
es also  are  an  excellent  fertilizer. — Ru- 
ral. 


Cultivating  Raspberries  and 
Blackberries. — After  fruiting  the  old 
canes  may  be  cut  away,  or  may  be  left 
to  aspist  in  supporting  the  new  canes, 
as  they  make  growth.  When  this  new 
growth  has  reached  three  or  four  feet, 
according  to  circuKistances,  the  ends 
should  be  clipped,  which  will  tend  to 
strengthen  the  laterals  when  they  ap- 
pear and  promote  fiuit  growth.  This 
will  also  cause  the  vines  to  stand  up 
better.  They  should  in  no  case  be  al- 
lowed to  ramble  at  will. 


Summer  Blankets  for  Horses. 


Blanketing  horses  in  summer  is  now 
an  acknowledged  necessity;  and  light 
blankets  are  now  an  important  portion 
of  the  harness-maker's  stock.  The-ma- 
terials  used  for  these  are  brown  and 
bleached  linen,  scrims,  fljiunel  and  light 
cotton  duck.  Muslin  sheets  are  also 
used;  but  these,  as  well  as  those  made 
of  duck,  are  not  popular.  Linen  and 
flannel  are  the  favorite  goods;  they 
cost  more,  biit  are  durable  and  look 
well.  Twilled  braid  is  used  for  bind- 
ing and  joining  and  some  of  the  finer 
qualities  have  monograms  or  the  name 
of  the  horse  worked  on  with  very  nar- 
ow  brade  of  the  same  shade  as  the 
binding.  Scrims  is  used  more  as  a 
protection  against  flies  than  for  any 
other  purpose;  and  being  very  loosely 
woven,  requires  to  be  well  bound  at 
the  seams,  A  strip  of  light  leather 
should  be  stitched  on  under  the  braid, 
either  on  the  back  of  the  scrims  or  be- 
tween \t  and  the  braid.  The  edge  must 
be  turned  in  so  that  the  outer  row  of 
stitches  will  pass  through  two  thick- 
nesses ;  if  this  is  not  done  it  will  ravel 
and  the  binding  will  come  ofl". — Rural. 


s 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Chicago,  Thursday,  July  23,  1874. 
EDITUK  IlL  C'OKllESPONDESCl!;. 


Sterling,  111.,  July  16,  ]874. 

Dear  Cynosure  :— I  am  here  to  address  the  Ladies' 
Temperance  Association,  which  held  a  very  full  mass 
meeting  in  the  CoDgregailonal  churcli  of  this  beauti- 
ful town  last  night.  The  audience  was  very  intelli 
gent  and  attentive,  and  the  usual  vote  tf  thanks  and 
request  of  copy  for  the  press  was  taken  by  rising. 

As  Rev.  Mr.  Stoughton,  (Freemason),  and  Gen. 
Samuel  Carey,  Good  Templar,  have  spoken  here  be- 
foreTme,  and,  as  the  people  here  are  almost  *'  wholly 
given"  to  secret  societies,  I  wondered  at  the  request 
for  a  speech  from  myself.  Bat  this  is  an  age  of  won- 
ders, and  the  people  ot  Sterling  are  intelligent  and 
wish,  doubtless,  to  hear  all  sorts.  Mr3.  Dr.  Gordon 
is  president,  and  Mrs.  Jenne,  secretary  of  their  aasc- 
ciation,  and  the  sentiment  of  this  plj<ce  ij  strongly 
temperance.  Ilock  River,  at  this  place,  is  beautiful, 
and  the  water-power  perfect.  An  artesian  well  is 
nearly  completed,  and  a  soft,  clear,  beautiful  stream 
of  water  pours  steadily  forth  from  the  well  already. 
Would  that  every  town  in  Illinois  had  the  like ! 

I  meet  my  old  students  here,  and  almost  every 
where,  and  it  is  very  grateful  lo  be  greeted  by  then 
with  no  cloud  on  our  memories.  Very  many  talk  of 
sending  to  Wheaton  next  September,  and  I  hope  our 
nice  rooms  in  Wheaton  College  will  all  be  filled ;  but, 
above  all,  that  God  will  meet  and  continue  with  us  as 
heretofore.  " 

S.  V.  White,  Erq  ,  one  of  Mr.  Beecher's  investiga- 
ting committee,  is  one  of  the  Knox  College  gradiiatep, 
and  a  noble  and  upright  man.  He  has  admired  and 
loved  his  pastor,  but  I  sball  be  disappointed  if  hit 
part  of  the  decision,  at  least,  is  not  as  jupt  as  he  can 
make  it.  I  learn,  as  I  pass  along,  that  the  so-called 
"liberals,"  which  means  infidels  and  spirit- worshiping 
admirers  of  Henry  Ward  Beecher,  rejoice  in  the  in- 
creasing evidence  of  the  guilt  and  shame  of  their 
idol,  because  the  churches  and  religion  of  Jesus  Christ 
are  to  suflfer  by  it. 

^The  Rev.  Lucien  Farnham  was  buried  last  week  at 
Princeton, III.,  where  he  was  an  original  abolitionesf, 
the  first  pastor  of  the  church  there,  and  always  a 
good  and  consistent  man,  and  active  friend  of  the 
Cynosure  reform.  He  was  75  years  old  the  day  he 
died,  and  said  to  Mrs.  Farnham,  "I  shall  spend  part 
of  my  birthday  in  heaven." 

Mr.  J.  V.  Farwfll  is  here  in  Sterling,  visiting  his 
good  mother.  He  was  out  to  hear  me  last  night  at- 
tended by  his  sister.     His  father  died  here. 

The  more  I  see  of  this  great  and  glorious  country 
of  ours,  the  less  I  wonder  that  Satan  strives  for  it. 

In  haste,  J.  B. 

THE    REFORM     IN     MOLINE— U.    B.     CHURCH— MINISTERIAL 
MASONS — FREEMASON    PRESIDENT     FOR    KNOX    COLLEGE 

THE  CANDIDATE  FOR  STATE  SCHOOL  SUPERINTENDENT 

ENLARGEMENT  NEEDED. 

MoLiNE,  111.,  July  18,  1874. 

Dear  Ci-nobure  :— In  still  times  things  follow  their 
tendencies ;  and,  as  a  rule,  in  this  world,  the  tenden 
« ies  of  things  is  dowaward.  Not  one  motion  has  been 
attempted  against  these  secret  orders  in  this  beautiful 
city  of  Moline  since  I  spoke  here  some  years  ago  in 
the  United  Brethren  church.  This  society  was  almost 
extinct  then,  and  it  has  about  held  its  own.  Their 
pastor  loathes  the  lodge.  But  he  is  building  a  par- 
sonage here,  and  depends  on  outsiders  to  help  him 
pay  for  it,  and  so  is  under  implied  bonds  to  keep  the 
peace  with  the  secret  orders  wlych  rule  here,  at  least 
till  his  parsonage  is  paid  for.  This  may  be  wise  for  a 
little  while,  but  it  is  a  mistaken  policy  as  a  rule.  The 
"god  of  this  world"  keeps  his  children  posted,  and 
the  lodge  discusBes  every  church  and  every  other  in- 
stitution on  the  soil  which  has  a  bearing  on  itself. 

I  hear  of  several  fearless  and  decided  anti-secret 
order  men  here  in  Moline,  and  if  there  was  only  a 
leader  here  who 


prayer  here  for  the  overthrow  of  the  modern  Dagon- 
worships,  those  who  sigh  in  secret  for  the  desolations 
coming  on  the  country  and  cause  of  Christ  from  the 
multitude  of  strange  oaths  and  strange  worships, 
would  rally,  and  something  would  be  done.  Now 
all  is  silent  as  the  grave.  There  is  not  life  enough 
in  the  United  Brethren  church  here  even  to  ask  me 
to  lecture,  now  I  ara  present.  And  the  pastor  saye 
he  has  let  his  Cyriosure  run  out,  and  that  when  he 
came  here  he  found  but  three  working  United  Breth- 
ren and  two  sisterp.  He  got  rid  of  the  male  members 
who  did  not  agree  among  themselve  ,  and  started 
anew.  As  he  is  a  resolute  and  good  man,  he  has 
gained  a  little,  and  but  a  little,  strength. 

When  I  was  here  before,  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
minister  (Tullis)  was  complimentary  to  me  ;  said  he 
was  an  old  student  of  mine  ;  and  acted  the  usual  role 
of  pretended  indifference  to  the  lodge.  But  these 
Masonic  preachers  have  anything  under  the  he  wens 
but  indifference.  They  are  calm  and  silent  on  the 
subject  in  ordinary  society,  or  among  their  Christian 
brethren  ;  but  the  moment  they  are  alone  with  Free- 
mpsonE  a  change  parses  over  their  whole  moral  and 
intellectual  being,  analagous  to  the  galvanic  change 
which  comes  over  a  tleepy  rat -terrier  when  put  in  a 
grain  bin  which  smells  of  vermin  and  promises  prey. 
When  will  true  and  faithful  United  Brethren,  and 
other  ministers,  learn  that  our  duty  and  our  interest 
are  one  on  earth  and  one  in  heaven.  That  every  dol- 
lar given  by  adhering  Masons  who  love  their  lodge  to 
aid  a  Brethren  church  will  be  given  with  a  sneer  or 
remonstrance,  in  hope  to  bribe  or  intimidate  the 
preacher,  or  to  break  the  force  of  his  testimonj 
against  gecretism,  by  accusing  him  of  getting  money 
from  Masons  to  help  him,  and  then  abusing  them. 
As  "A  lit!.le  that  a  righteous  man  hath  is  bettei 
[mightier]  than  the  riches  of  many  wicked,"  so  the 
contribution  of  a  poor  widow  arflounting,  in  all,  to 
'Hwo  mites  which  make  a  farthing,"  will  do  mote  to 
bulla  up  a  church  of  Christ  than  the  donations  of 
"many  that  are  rich"  who  "cast  m  much." 

I  see  by  the  papers  that  W.  S.  Powell,  Knight 
Templar,  stands  the  beet  chance  to  be  Superintendent 
of  Schools  in  Illinois,  as  the  successor  of  Hon.  New- 
ton Bateman,  who  is  talked  of  as  President  of  Knox 
College  !  Only  think  of  an  adhering  Freemason 
President  of  Koox  College  ;  an  institution  committed 
to  the  cause  of  reform  by  the  prayers  and  tears  and 
tolls  of  the  best  men  on  earth  !  Even  my  successor, 
Dr.  Gulliver,  bathed  the  College  secret  orders  and 
attempted  (ineffectually.)  their  tuppression  through 
the  College  Association. 

But  to  return  to  Mr.  Powefl.  Must  a  Knight 
Templar,  a  man  with  seventy-two  blasphemous  oaths 
in  his  conscience  ;  oaths  which  he  recognizes,  and 
swears  over  again,  virtually,  every  time  he  enters  a 
commandery, — is  such  a  mind  a  fit  guide  for  the 
schools  of  Illinois  ?  Is  a  man,  with  the  fifth  libation 
from  a  human  skull  at  his  lips,  and  a  double  damna- 
ion  invoked  in  his  prayer,  or  imprecation, — is  such  a 
man  a  fit  model  for  our  raising  young  men  in  the 
popular  school  system  of  Illinois  3 

But,  what  can  we  do  ?  We  have  one  weekly  pa- 
per and  the  lodge,  as  a  rulr,  has  the  presF. 

I  answer,  We  ran  do  all  things  through  Christ 
strengthening  us.  The  change  in  the  few  short  years 
since  our  first  convention  in  Aurora  City  Hall,  is  vast, 
wonderful,  far  beyond  anything  wrought  by  the  anti- 
slavery  discussion  during  the  first  six  years  of  its  exist- 
ence. 

Neverthelesp,  we  must  push  steadily  to  proportion 
our  means  to  the  proposed  ends.  We  ought  to  have 
monthly  prayer-m3etingp,  or  turn  the  old  "Monthly 
Concerts"  into  meetings  to  pray  for  the  downfall  of 
heatheni'^m  and  spread  of  Christianity,  "beginning  at 
Jerusalem,"  here  in  the  United  States.  Then  we 
ought  to  have  a  tract  society,  larger  than  that  of  Cin- 
cinnati, or  New  York,  which  will  not  shun  to  declare 
the  whole  counsel  of  God  to  men  ;  and  also  a  central 
daily  press  in  the  city  of  Chicago  (unless  Satan  burns 
it  down)    to  impress  the   living  mass  of  mind   which 


Meantime,  let  us  stand  by  our  gians  and  look  steadily 
for  help  to  Him  who  made  heaTen  and  earth.   "^ 

I  am  to  preach  here  to  morrow,  in  the  beautiful 
Congregational  church,  on  the  duty  of  national  rec- 
ognition of  Christ  and  Christianity.  To  this  a  Christ- 
less  lodge  never  will  consent.  It  must,  therefore,  fall 
before  Christ  shall  reign  on  the  earth. 

Yours  in  Christ,  J.  B. 

THE  « INTERIOR  "  OX  FALSE  RELIGIONS. 


The  week  after  the  Masonic  corner  stone  laying  at 
the  Chicago  Custom-House,  the  organ  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  for  the  northwest  published  at  some 
length  the  ceremony  and  the  odes  sung  on  the  occa- 
sion, OQ  which  are  based  the  following  deductions  and- 
remarks: 

These  ceremonies  and  symbol?  prove  that  Masonry- 
is  a  system  of  religion.  If  not,  then  all  the  tests  and 
traits  of  a  religious  organism  go  for  nothing,  and  there' 
is  no  method  of  distinguishing  between  a  religious 
system  and  a  literary  or  social  club,  or  a  co-operative 
union  of  any  sort.  Masonry  is  a  monotheistic  sypteni, 
requiring  subscription  to  a  creed,  the  chief  article  of 
which  is  the  belief  in  the  existence  of  God  and  his 
dirfct  government  of  men.  It  is  eminently  a  religion 
of  emblems,  and  speaks  to  the  understanding  after  the 
manner  of  the  primitive  ages,  maUng  implements  and 
many  curious  designs  the  representatives  of  articles  of 
belief  and  of  sundry  virtues.  It  very  clearly  teaches 
the  attainment  of  immortal  life  through  the  practice 
of  lofty  virtues  and  obedience  lo  a  system  of  pure 
morals.  It  is  claimed,  and  we  doubt  not  with  truth, 
that  obedience  to  the  precepts  of  Masonry  will  lead  to 
a  benevolent  and  irreproaichable  life  in  all  the  relations, 
domestic,  social  and  civil. 

We  shall  not  claim,  nor  do  we  believe,  that  the  pro- 
fession and  practice  of  Masonry  canrot  co  exist  with 
the  profession  and  practice  of  Christianity.  But  every 
system  of  religion  is  exclusive  in  its  character,  and  is 
a  rival  and  an  opponent  of  all  other  systems ;  and 
whether  Freemasons  intend  it  or  not,  they  are»far- 
nishing  to  the  world  a  religion  which  tends  to  satisfy 
the  religious  nature  of  man,  and  to  exclude  the  relig- 
ion of  Jesus  Christ.  A  very  common  remark  to  be: 
heard  from  individuals  in  nearly  all  Masonic  communi- 
ties, is  that  "  Masonry  is  as  good  a  religion  as  1  want. 
If  1  square  my  life  to  Masonry  1  shall  be  a  good  and 
worthy  man."  We  doubt  if  there  is  a  member  of 
that  order  anywhere  who  has  not  heard  similar  ex- 
pressions. It  is  undeniable,  and,  eo  far  as  we  know, 
not  denied,  that  Masonry  holds  cut  to  its  membership 
the  promise  of  a  blessed  immortality  as  /.he  reward  of 
obedience  to  its  mnxims  and  the  practice  of  its  virtues. 
This  excludes  salvation  through  the  atonement  of 
Jesus  Christ. 

No  man  can  give  hearty  adherence  to  two  or  more 
rival  religious  systems.  A  church  member  will  ba  a 
more  zsalous  Chrstiao  for  not  being  a  Miison,  and  a 
Mason  will  be  more  devoted  to  his  craft  for  not  beii^g 
a  church  member.  We  have  no  passionate  war  to 
wage  upon  Freeoiasonry,  nor  have  we  any  crimination, 
or  disparagement  to  heap  upon  them.  On  the  con- 
trary, we  are  by  no  means  blind  to  the  high  standard 
of  their  code  of  moral-",  and,  as  an  outside  observer, 
have  known  instances  in  which  it  was  rigorously  ap- 
plied in  the  exclusion  of  applicants  and  the  suspension 
cf  members.  They  are  entitled  to  r.s  respectful  treat- 
ment as  any  other  religious  system,  and  pjust 
expect  and  respect  sharp  criticism  and  earnest  opposi- 
tion from  evangelical  Christianity.  It  is  true  that 
some  members  of  that  order  honestly  disavow  any 
claims  for  their  organization  as  a  n-li^ious  sect,  or  any 
rivalry  with  religious  denominations.  We  accept  their 
disavowals  as  sincere  and  yet  dispute  the  truthfulness 
of  their  opinion  oii  iL's  point.  The  facts  are  against 
any  such  view ;  and  it  is  due  to  all  parties  concerned 
both  in  the  Masonic  bodies  and  the  Christian  churches, 
that  their  natural  and  necessary  relations  to  each  other 
should  be  fully  undeistood. 

For  a  logic  which  has  dropped  its  morality  but  not 
the  dread  of  opposition,  the  above  is  not  a  bad  speci. 
men.  Thai  Freemasonry  ''teaches  the  attainment  of 
immortal  life,"  "  tends  to  satisfy  the  religious  nature 
of  man,  and  to  exclude  the  religion  of  Jesus  Christ," 
"  holds  out  to  its  membership  the  promise  of  a  blessed 
immortality"  to  those  who  are  faithful,  "excludes 
salvation  through  the  atonement  of  Jesus  Christ,"  is 
a  "rival  religious  system,"  and  must  expect  "earnest 
opposition  from  evangelical  Christianity "  are  just 
conclusions  from  the  performances  described;  and 
every  lover  of  truth  must  rejoice  that  the  Interior  has 
observed  and  published  them  to  the  churches.     Doubt- 


would  get  up  a  monthly  concert  of  j  flows  and  counteiflowe  from  the  Atlantic  to  the  Pacific]  less  the  same  clear  mental  percfptions  led  Prof.  Patton, 


■■i 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


& 


its  editor,  to  engage  with  the  liberalism  of  Prof.  Swing. 
But  does  liP,  when  he  enters  his  office,  leave  his  con- 
science with  his  umbrella  at  the  door?  The  Interior 
is  supported  for  a  religious  paper,  and  must  often  per- 
form the  office  of  pastor  in  warning,  exhortation  and 
counsel.  Why  then  hesitate  to  make  practical  appli 
cation  of  its  conclusions,  if  honestly  drawn?  How  ex- 
plain the  claim  of  believing  that  "the  profession  and 
practice  of  Masonry"  may  "co-exist  with  the  profes- 
sion and  practice  of  Christianity,"  whose  great 
Founder  expressly  says  that  such  professions  and  prac" 
tices  cannot  co-exist  ? 

No  one  has  required  the  Interior  to  wage  a  *'  pas" 
eionate  war"  on  the  lodge,  least  of  all  Jesus  Christ, 
whom  it  professes  to  serve.  But  it  will  not  be  denied 
that  he  demands  an  opposition  to  this  system  com- 
mensurate with  the  knowledge  of  its  evil  principles 
and  tendenc'ee,  and  no  Christian  editor  in  our  country 
and  time  can  be  excusably  ignorant  on  this  subject. 
Were  the  apostles  of  Brigham  Young,  or  of  Mohammed, 
or  Loyola  proselyting  by  the  hundred  from  the  Pres 
byterian  church,  casting  their  mantles  on  its  ministers, 
reflecting  their  baleful  light  upon  its  hearth-stones, 
there  would  be  no  delay  in  bringing  a  courageous  war 
against  them.  There'  would  be  no  acknowledgements 
paid  to  their  "precepts"  or  the  "  high  standing  of 
their  code  of  morals,"  but  such  apparent  virtues  would 
be  given  their  just  due.  For  only  the  restraints  of 
the  true  religion  curb  the  vices  of  all  false  systems 
and  compel  them  to  simulate  its  virtues.  Unless  the 
Interior  fears  the  effect  of  its  words  and  wishes  to 
blunt  them  with  such  expressions,  it  is  bard  to  explain 
their  meaning ;  and  it  should  know  that  sin  is  is  not 
abandoned  by  the  world  by  objections  made  from  our 
knees.  And  if  anything  is  a  sin  in  a  Christian  land, 
it  is  the  practice  of  a  false  religion. 


NOTES. 


— Rev.  John  Levington  in  the  Methodist  Free 
Press  complains  of  inaccuracy  in  the  minutes  of 
the  J  last  annual  meeting.  The  Cynosure's  report 
represented  that  Mr.  Levington  said  he  would 
leave  the  lecture  field  unless  appointed  national 
lecturer  by  the  convention.  He  says  that  he  said  he 
would  not  "accept"  unless  so  appointed.  The 
motion  to  appoint  him  a  national  lectur- 
er was  made  after  ten  o'clock  when  the  audi- 
ence had  largely  retired  and  members  of  the 
convention  weie  preparing  to  leave.  There  were 
several  other  things  which  Mr.  Levington  says 
he^  did  not  hear.  Thus  the  expression  in 
the  motion  to  appoint  him  a  national  hcturer 
"like  Mr.  Stoddard,"  he  siys  he  did  not  hear. 
The  report  also  states  that  an  effort  was  made  to  refer 
the  appointment  to  the  Executive  Committee.  Mr. 
Levington  complains  that  the  came  of  the  mover  of 
reference  was  not  given.  It  was  Mr.  Stoddard  who 
made  the  motion. 


In  the  heading  of  the  Exposition  of  Odd-Fellowship 
page  14,  of  this  number,  for  ''Narrative  White  De- 
gree continued"  read  narrative  Covenant  Degree 
continued. 


Tho  attention  of  correspondents  is  called  to  the  ne- 
cessity of  condencing  as  much  as  possible.  Our  letters 
are  so  numerous  that  it  will  be  otherwise  impossible 
to  publish  a  large  part  of  them. 

.»->-* 

In  regard  to  the  grasshoppers  in  Minnesota  we  have 
seen  a  letter  from  A.  Fancher,  the  clerk  of  the  Dis- 
trict Court  of  Martin  county,  in  which  the  writer  says : 
■"Of  23,000  acres  sown  in  this  county,  not  one  acre 
remains  to  be  harvested.  Hundreds  are  leaving  to 
obtain  work  in  the  eastern  portion  of  the  State,  while 
others  cannot  leave  without  sacrificing  their  all.  Our 
governor  is  doing  what  he  can  to  aid  in  this  our  ex- 
tremity. There  are  15,000  people  in  the  devastated 
district,  consisting  of  five  counties.  Martin  county 
contains  4,000  of  that  number."  A  committee  ap- 
pointed by  the  citizens  of  the  county  have  published 
an  appeal  for  aid  to  the  country  at  large,  and  their  ur- 
gent need  should  have  a  prompt  response.  Aid  may 
be  sent  to  the  Board  of  county  commissioners,  Fair- 
moat,  Martin  Co. ,   Minn. 


— Milton  Woodard  of  AdHim,  Jefferson  county,  N. 
Y. ,  a  former  Vice-president  of  the  New  York  State 
Association,  died  at  his  home  on  the  7th  of  May  last, 
aged  85  years.  He  was  one  of  the  ''old  line"  Anti- 
masons  and  was  steadfast  in  his  opposition  to  the 
lodge  to  the  last. 

— The  letter  on  the  Civil  Rights  Bill  from  Gerril 
Smith  to  Frederick  Douglas  on  our  third  page  will  be 
read  with  interest  as  an  opinion  of  a  life-long  and  zeal- 
ous toiler  for  the  redemption  of  the  colored  race.  Mr. 
Smith  has  lately  led  the  way  toward  Minnesota  by  a 
contribution  of  $1,000  to  the  sufferers  from  the  grass- 
hopper scourge  in  that  State  and  Iowa. 

— The.ambition  for  title,  place,  a  "little  brief  auth- 
ority," so  well  exemplified  by  the  lodge  and  every 
other  system  of  religious  error,  is  a  source  of  disquiet 
in  the  Jewish  church.  There  is,  it  is  claimed,  an  ex- 
cess of  synagogues  in  all  our  large  cities,  for  the  rea- 
son that  the  Jews  consider  themoelves  created  a  nation 
of  priests,  and  each  wants  a  chief  seat,  an  cfficiial  re- 
cognition as  a  "Prince  in  Israel."  Hence  discord  and 
separation.  A  love  of  vain-glory  is  a  leading  virtue  of 
Masonry  so  far  as  we  may  judge  of  its  fruits.  But 
the  Gospel  of  Jesus  and  the  fellowship  of  saints  knows 
but  one  "Master,"  one  ''Priest,"  one  ''Prince,"  and 
all  the  rest  are  '^brethren." 

—If  anything  in  our  work  could  inspire  a  shout  of 
Praise  the  Lord !  it  is  such  a  letter  as  may  be  read  on 
another  page  from  Bro.  Love,  of  Missouri.  The  an- 
gels rejoice  when  a  sinner  repents,  do  they  riot  also 
when  saints  go  on  to  perfection  in  holiness  ?  There  is 
no  opposition  to  this  dark  system  of  the  dev'l  so 
necessary,  so  glorious  in  result,  so  difficult  of  accom- 
plishment, humanly  speaking,  as  the  redemption  of 
a  church  from  the  lodge.  And  we  must  never  cease 
to  regard  this  as  the  first  great  objective  point  in  our 
work.  And  the  Lord  seems  every  where  working 
with  us ;  his  Spirit  even  far  out  runs  our  efforts.  The 
other  day,  on  the  cars,  a  good  Methodist  brother  from 
Minnesota,  who  knew  nothing  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation, told  us  of  the  opposition  to  the  lodge  in  hia 
church,  and  their  refusal  of  Masonic  ministers. 
We  need  more  workers  to  find  out  these  scattered 
friends,  and  secure  their  co-6'peration  and  second  their 
efforts  for  the  truth. 


preachers  increased  fr-om  97  to  225;  the  number  of 
churches  or  coni/regations  from  971  to  '2,278,  and  the 
number  of  c-cmmuhicants  from  24,976  to  52,816. 

— In  1845  the  first  missionaries  settled  in  the  Chota 
Nagpur,  India,  among  the  Kols.  For  five  years  they 
labored  without  vitible  fruits.  At  last  four  men  came 
who  were  r.nxious  fo  see  Jesus.  These  became  the 
first  fruits  of  the  mission.  Novv  the  converts  number 
more  than   10,000. 

— A  remarkable  religious  revival  occured  last  year 
among  the  Syrian  Christians  at  Malabar.  The  revival 
was  of  great  power,  and  seems  to  have  partaken  of 
the  characterislicB  of  the  revivals  of  the  times  of  Ed- 
wards in  New  England.  One  great  centre  of  super- 
stition and  taict  worship  was  effected,  The  results  of 
the  revival  are  of  the  happiest  kind  on  the  priests  and 
the  people. 

— Dr.  Schaff  at  the  late  commencement  of  Hamilton 
College,  N.  Y. ,  deliveied  an  address  on  the  relations 
of  church  and  state.  He  said  that  though  the  two 
were  divorced,  as  in  this  courtry,  yet  the  State  is 
bound  to  maintain  four  things  based  upon  Christianity 
namely,  monogamy,  the  quiet  and  order  of  the  Sab- 
bath, the  Bible  in  the  schools,  and  exempt.ion  of 
church  property  from  taxation. 

— The  General  Synod  oC  tlia  Reformed  Presbyterian 
church  met  in  Poughkeepfcie.  N.  Y.,  June  3d.  There 
were  75  ministerial  and  44  lay  delegates  present,  rep- 
resenting four  particular  Synods,  34  classes  and 
about  65,000  members.  Tha question  of  union  witii 
other  bodies  was  warmly  discussed,  but  no  plana  for 
organic  union  were  favorably  received.  A  revised 
Litergy  was  adopted,  wh'ch  indicated  a  legiiiug  to- 
ward ritualism.  The  grange  was  condemned  and 
the  temperance  movement  was  moderately  endor:-ed. 

— Before  he  went  to  England  Mr.  Moody  organized 
a  benevolent  enterprise  in  Chicago  urcier  the  name  of 
'•Bible  Work."  It  contists  of  a  daily  morning- 
school  for  children  a  sewing  school  on  each 
Saturday,  and.  Bible  reading  from  house  to 
house  and  visiting  the  sick;  also  mother'd  meetings 
and  cottage  prayer- meetings.  At  the  departure  of 
Mr.  Moody  the  work  was  eDtnisted  to  the  superinten- 
dence of  Miss  E.  Dryer  and  has  been  prosecuted  vig- 
orously. For  the  month  of  Juue  the  sewing  school 
had  an  entire  attendance  of  862;  the  number  of  reli- 
gious and  Bible  visits  690;  visits  lo  tie  eick  55,  and 
other  departments  of  the  work  in  like  proportions. 


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— Jesuit  missionaries  are  making  their  way  into 
Madagascar.  They  claim  74  places  of  worship  and 
44  priests  in  the  central  province. 

— The  second  "Union  convention  for  the  Promotion 
of  Holiness"  has  opened  at  Ocean  Grove,  N.  J,, and  is 
attended  by  numerous  ministers  from  New  York. 
The  town  is  celebrated  as  a  watering  place  as  well  as 
for  its  camp-meeting. 

— A  portion  of  the  congregation  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church,  Chicago,  met  in  the  ruins  of  their  once  beauti- 
ful building  (burned  in  last  week's  fire)  last  Sunday 
evening,  and  held  an  interesting  service,  conducted 
by  B.  F.  Jacobs,  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath- 
school. 

— There  are  forty-eight  missionary  societies  among 
American,  British  and  other  European  Protestants, 
connected  with  which  are  9,418  missionaries,  colpor- 
teurs, etc.,  having  under  their  care  518,000  pupils  in 
missionary  schools.  The  annual  receipts  of  these 
societies  are  14,600,000. 

— A  convention  was  held  in  Geneva,  0.,  June  27th, 
Rev,  H.  Kinsley,  Moderator,  to  consider  and  protest 
against  the  prevailing  and  increasing  desecration  of  the 
Sabbath.  Committees  were  appointed  to  visit  the 
cheese  factories  in  several  localities,  and  to  present  an 
appeal  to  the  managers  of  the  L.  S.,  and  Mich.  South- 
ern railroad. 

— In  Liberia  there  are  52  ordained  Baptist  minis- 
ters, all  of  whom,  with  one  exception,  are  men  of  col- 
or. Six  of  them  are  converts  from  heathen  tribes. 
Besides  these,  ninety  men  and  women,  not  ordained, 
are  employed  in  the  work  of  the  Gospel .  One  king 
in  the  vicinity  has  offered  8,000  acres  of  land  for  a 
mission  station. 

— From  1861  to  1871,  the  number  of  Baptist  mis- 
sionaries in  India  was  increased  by  only  nine,  from 
479    to  488.     But  the  number   of    ordained    native 


i^m  4  il\t  %4 


— The  second  great  confia^ration  of  Chicago,  July 
14th,  ourned  over  some  sixty  acres  of  ground  and  de- 
stroyed property  eslini.ated  at  three  and  a  quarter 
million  dollars.  Five  persona  are  known  to  have  per- 
ished. The  fire  began  near  the  corner  of  12th  and 
Cla5k  streets  in  a  building  owned  by  a  Jewish  rag- 
picker, and  stored  with  his  wealth.  A  large  oil  re- 
finery was  near  and  was  en  fire  before  the  first  engine, 
manned  by  a  colored  company,  was  at  work.  The 
exploding  oil  spread  the  fl-mes  for  rods  in  every  direc- 
tion, destroying  the  engine  and  giving  the  fire  uncon- 
trollable headway  among  low,  crowded  wooden  build- 
ings, dry  as  tinder.  The  fire,  driven  by  a  strong 
south-west  wind,  burned  ovor  a  space  nearly  one- fourth 
of  a  mile  wide  and  twice  as  long.  The  firemen  are 
generally  believed  to  have  worked  well,  but  were  un- 
able to  stop  the  fire  until  the  brick  walls  of  the  newly 
built  portion  of  the  city  gave  them  an  advantage. 
Nearl  y  five  blocks  swept  by  the  fire  of  1871  were 
burned.  The  First  Baptist  Church,  two  colored 
churches,  two  Jewish  synagogues,  four  hotels,  a  thea- 
ter and  the  V/abash  Ave.  M.  E.  church,  used  as  the 
Post-office,  were  the  prominent  buildings  burned.  The 
city  is  wholly  aroused  to  the  danger  of  fires.  Large 
meetings  of  cit'zena  have  been  held,  and  the  daily 
papers  devote  page  after  page  to  the  subject.  On 
Monday  night  the  Common  Council  took  the  first  step 
by  psssing  an  ordin-nce  extending  the  fire  limits  to' 
the  bounds  of  the  city.  Other  measures  for  the  re- 
form of  the  fire  department  and  further  protection  by 
wide  streets,  increase  of  water  supply,  will  doubtless 
follow.  The  houseless  people  are  receiving  all  neces- 
sary aid.  The  classes  burned  out  are  largely  colored 
people  and  Jews.— While  Chicago  is  busied  with  fires, 
New  York  is  thoroughly  excited  over  the  Becchor-Til- 
ton  matter.  On  Monday  night  Tilton  made  a  sworn 
statement  supported  by  strong  documentary  prodf  of 
Beecher's  unlawful  intimtcy  with  Mrs,  Tilton  Mr. 
Beecher  has  not  yet  made  his  defense,  but  is  with  the 
help  of  able  lawyers  preparing  it.  It  is  said  that  even 
Ben  Butler's  aid  has  been  sought.  There  is  general 
confidence  in  the  investigating  committee,  and  their 
verdict  is  anxiously  awaited.  Whatever  the  result 
God's  truth  will  not  in  the  end  suffer.  No  one  will 
wish  to  be  an  adulterer  and  havf;  Beecher's  punish- 
ment, or  an  advocate  of  free  love  and  suffer  its  results 
with  Tilton. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


I|^  mm  ^i^U* 


Alone  With  Jesus. 


Alone  with  Jesus!  There  will  he 
Show  me  his  feet,  his  side,  his  hands; 

Tell  mo  he  suffered,  died  for  me, 
And  as  a  Saviour  now  he  stands. 

Alone  with  Jesus!  "Peace"  he  speaks; 

''  Neither  do  I  comdemn,"  be  cries; 
And  thus  I'm  blest,  forgiven,   saved, 

And  wait  my  Saviour  from  the  skies. 


A  rialu  (Jnestlon. 

I  went  to  visit  a  lady  in  an  anxious 
slate  of  mind.  She  was  a  stranger  to 
me,  but  attended  upon  my  ministry, 
and  T  had  been  requested  to  call  upon 
her.  Arrived  at  the  house,  I  rang, 
and  a  kdy  came  forward  to  meet  me. 
I  aalied  if  she  were  Mrs.  M . 

"No,"  she  said,  Mrs.    M is  not 

in;  but  if  you    have  any  message   for 
her,  I  will  recieve  it." 

I  was  somewhat  embarrassed,  not 
knowing  exactly  what  to  pay; but  I  an- 
swered, "I  wanted  particularly  to  see 
Mrs.  M- ." 

Again  she  said,  "If  you  have  any 
message  for  her,  you  can  leave  it  with 
<me. 

I  replied,  "I  have  come  to  converse 
vf'iih  Mrs.  M ,  on  the  subject  of  re- 
ligion. But  perhaps,  after  all,  my 
Master  has  sent  me  to  you.  Will  you 
allow  me  to  ask  if  you  have  peace 
with  God,  because  your  sins  are  for- 
given through  the  Lord  Jesus  Chrifet?" 

The  lady  seemed  very  much  over- 
come by  the  inquiry,  and  answered : 
"No,  I  have  not,"  and  sank  into  a  chair. 
At  the  same  time  slie  asked  me  to  be 
seated. 

''Do  you  really  desire  to  be  a  Christ- 
ian ?"  I  said. 

"I  do,"  she  replied. 

"Are  you  willing  to  do  just  what 
God  requires,  that  you  may  be  a 
Christian?" 

"I  think  I  am  willing  and  anxious 
to  do  what  God  requires  of  me.  What 
am  I  to  do  ?" 

"Only  believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  as  your  Saviour  with  all  your 
heart." 

"And  is  that  all  ?"  she  asked. 

"Yes,  that  is  all.  Now  will  you  be- 
lieve in  him  ?" 

"I  will  try  to  do  so." 

"Ah,  that  will  not  do.  You  must 
not  try,  but  you  must  believe  in  him. 
You  must  trust  him.  Now  suppose  I 
came  here  and  told  you  that  1  would 
do  something  for  you  which  you  were 
very  anxious  to  have  done ,  and  sup- 
pose you  should  then  say  to  me,  I  will 
try  to  believe  you — would  you  think 
you  treated  me  well  V 

"No,  sir;  certainly  not." 

'  'Then  will  you  treat  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  as  you  would  not  treat  me,  a 
poor  fellow  mortal  ?" 

'  'No,  I  will  not.  That  would  be 
very  sinful." 

"Indeed  it  would." 

"Then  how  am  I  to  believe  on  him?'' 

*'True,  you  are  unworthy,  utterly 
unworthy  of  the  least  favor  from  God. 
Your  whole  life  condemns  you.  You 
have  not  loved  and  honored  God  as  he 
deserves." 


"How,  then,  can  I  hope  to  be 
saved  ?" 

"Your  hope  must  be  in  the  mercy  of 
God  through  Christ  Jesus.  Salvation 
is  of  pure  grace.  No  mortal  deserves 
it." 

"But  God  is  a  holy  aud  righteous 
Judge,  and  he  is  angry  with  sin." 

"Yes;  but  he  loves  the  sinner;  and 
he  has  sent  his  only  begotten  Son  into 
the  world  to  die,  'the  just  for  the  un- 
just.' God  has  judged,  condemned, 
and  punished  sin  in  the  person  of  our 
Substitute,  so  that  he  can  now,  in  his 
infinite  goodness,  freely  pardon  and 
receive  us." 

"But  how  may  I  know  that  he  will 
receive  me?" 

"Because  He  sends  you  his  message, 
which  is  recorded  in  his  word,  that  it 
is  His  will,  'that  whosoever' — whoso- 
ever of  all  the  sinful  race  of  man — 'be- 
lieveth  in  Him' — that  is,  in  Jesus  as  his 
Saviour — should  not  perish,  but  have 
everlasting  life.'  Is  not  that  warrant 
enough  for  you  to  hope  for  salvation? 
Does  not  'whosoever'  take  in  your 
case?  Can  you  receive  that  word, 
whosoever,  and  shut  yourself  out." 

She  was  silent  for  a  short  time;  and 
then  laying  hold  of  the  promise  as  she 
repeated  the  words,'  'that  whosoever 
believeth  on  Him  should  not  perish," 
her  countenance  brightened  up  with 
joy,  and  she  exclaimed,  "I  receive 
God's  message  as  a  message  to  myself. 
I  do,  I  will  accept  of  Christ  as  my  Sa- 
viour.    I  will,  I  do  trust  in  Him." 

"And  trusting  in  Him,"  I  added, 
you  will  never  be  confounded.  Trust 
in  Jesus,  and  pardon  and  peace  are 
yours." — Pastor. 


Anecdotes  of  Isaac  T.  Hopper. 


What  Philadelphian  of  forty  years 
ago  does  not  remember  Isaac  T.  Hop- 
per ?  He  was  a  bold  and  unshrinking 
friend  of  freedom.  On  one  occasion 
he  followed  a  slaveholder  who  was  car- 
rying a  free  man  into  slavery.  Over- 
taking him  near  Gray's  Ferry  bridge, 
he  requested  him  to  return.  The 
slaveholder  presented  his  pistol,  and 
swore  that  if  any  one  molested  him  or 
said  another  word  he  would  blow  his 
brains  out 

"If  thou  wert  not  a  coward,  thou 
wouldst  not  try  to  intimidate  me  with 
thy  pistol,  which  thou  hast  no  inten- 
tion of  using,"  said  Isaac,  with  a  calm 
gravity  that  could  not  be  shaken.  "It 
is  in  vain  for  thee  to  think  of  taking 
that  man  to  Maryland;  and,  if  thou 
wilt  not  turn  back,  voluntarily,  thou 
shalt  be  stopped  at  the  bridge." 

Friend  Hopper  once  went  to  the 
lodgings  of  a  slaveholder,  who,  in  the 
arrest  of  a  slave,  had  violated  a  law  of  the 
State,  with  a  warrant  and  two  oflScers 
for  his  arrest  They  found  him  at  a 
table  writing  with  a  pistol  on  each  side 
of  him.  He  seized  a  pistol  and  ordered 
them  to  withdraw  or  he  would  shoot 
them. 

"These  men,"  said  Isaac, "are  officers* 
and  have  a  warrant  to  arrest  thee.  I 
advise  thee  to  lay  down  thy  pistol  and 
go  with  us.  Remember,  thou  art  in 
the  heart  of  Philadelphia,  and  a  pistol 
is  a  very  unnecessary  article  here, 
whatever  it  may  be  elsewhere.     Thou 


dost  not  attempt  to  use  it  for  any  other 
purpose  than  to  frighten  people,  and 
thou  hast  not  succeeded  in  doing  that." 

Rage  could  do  nothing  with  such 
resolute  calmness,  and  the  slaveholder 
consented  to  go.  Isaac  was  a  Quaker, 
and  hs  appealed  to  the  law ,  as  he  him- 
self said,  with  no  vindictive  feelings; 
but  only  to  hedge  in  slavery  with  all 
the    difficulties    the    law    could    give. 

Isaac  T.  Hopper  was  not  a  sectarian, 
but  a  friend  of  humanity.  The  poor 
and  the  suffering  always  found  a  friend 
in  him.  He  visited  prisoners  in  their 
lonely  cells,  when  they  were  cast  oflF 
and  forsaken  by  .the  world.  So  much 
confidence  did  Governor  Young,  of  New 
Y'^ork,  place  in  his  judgment  and  his 
honesty,  that  he  once  wrote  to  him : 
"Friend  Hopper,  I  will  pardon  any 
convict  whom  you  say  you  conscien- 
tiously believe  I  ought  to  pardon." — 
The  Journal. 


Christian  Cheerfulness. 


The  language  of  the  religion  of 
Christ  truly  in  the  heart  is  that  of  re- 
joicing. "I  will  joy  in  the  God  of  my 
salvation,"  said  Habakkuk.  Joy  and 
peace  are  the  fruits  of  believing.  "Be- 
lieving," said  Peter,  "ye  rejoice  with 
joy  unspeakable  and  full  of  glory." 
Paul,  too,  closes  one  of  his  epistles 
wi<h  the  charge  to  all  saints,  saying: 
"Rejoice  evermore."  All  these  and 
the  multiplied  similar  expressions  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  show  in  the  clearest 
terms  that  cheerfulness  and  joy  are 
divinely  intended  to  be  among  the  most 
marked  characteristics,  and  should  be 
regarded  as  among  the  most  constant 
of  the  privileges  and  duties  of  every 
true  Christian. 

Yet  how  far  is  all  this  practically 
from  many  that  bear  the  Christian 
name  ?  Their  countenance  looks  as  if 
it  were  seldom  or  never  lighted  up 
with  the  comfort  and  bliss  of  a  joyfuj 
heart  within.  Their  very  coming  into 
the  social  circle  is  not  unfrequently  the 
signal  for  every  sign  of  cheerfulness 
and  joy  to  fise  away  as  dangerous  or 
forbidden  things. 

But  why  should  such  things  be  ?  If 
a  man  has  truly  had  his  sins  forgiven, 
been  reconciled  to  God,  and  made  to 
have  a  good  hope  of  its  being  certainly, 
and  in  the  best  of  all  senses,  well  with 
him,  both  in  this  life  and  in  that 
which  is  to  come,  has  he  not  of  all  per- 
sons some  ground  upon  which  he  may 
have  joy,  and  if  he  has  it  as  the  fault 
of  his  faith  in  Christ  and  through  his 
religion,  ought  he  not  to  show  it  to 
others  'i—Ex. 


Regular  Habits  in  Children. 


A  large  number  of  parents  either 
underestimate,  or  in  their  domestic  reg. 
ulations  neglect  to  recognize  the 
great  Importance  of  regular  habits  in 
children.  The  injunction  of  the  wise 
man,  "Train  up  a  child  in  the  way  he 
should  go,"  so  that  "when  he  is  old  he 
will  not  depart  from  it,"  is  not  more 
important  or  more  imperative  than  his 
command  to  "ponder  the  path  of  thy 
feet  and  let  all  thy  ways  be  establis- 
ed,"  and  through  thy  ways  the  ways 
of  thy  children  also.  Repetition  is 
natural.     Nature  is  repetition,  subject 


only  to  the  laws  of  progression  and  de- 
velopment. There  is  in  all,  and  es- 
pecially in  children,  an  indwelling  force, 
which  inclines  us  to  repeat  past  exper- 
ience. Why  oppose  this  force;  Why 
not  regulate  it  and  take  advan- 
vantage  of  its  propelling  power  to  se- 
cure greater  progress  in  discipline  and 
education?  A  change  is  a  shock, 
especially  to  a  child.  In  adults  the 
will  power  is  more  fully  developed, 
and  they  can  more  readily  overcame 
the  effects  of  change  of  habit  A 
child's  reflective  powers  are  not  ma- 
tured— he  cannot  philosophize  to  ac- 
count for  the  depressing  e£Fects  of 
change.  He  is  mystified  and  irritated, 
and  consequently^his  disposition  suffers. 
We  often  speak  deprecatingly  of  the 
force  of  haoit  This  is  only  because 
the  habit  is  bad.  If  the  habit  be  good, 
the  greater  clinging,  to  it  the  better. 
Some  persons  have  habits  they  would 
not  part  with  for  a  fortune.  In  a  river 
whose  course  is  direct  or  only  subject 
to  the  general  slope  of  the  land,  the 
current  has  many  times  the  velocity 
and  power  that  it  has  in  one  which  is 
constantly  fretted  by  short  turns.  Ma- 
chinery which  moves  steadily  forward 
does  not  require  more  than  half  as 
much  propelling  power  as  that  whose 
action  is  frequently  reversed.  Both 
these  cases  are  analogous  to  the  one 
we  are  trying  to  make  out,  viz :  that 
children  who  have  regular  habits, 
through  the  wise  direction  and  super- 
vision of  vheir  parents,  will  have  better 
dispositions — will  make  better  progress 
in  acquiring  an  ^education,  an3  will 
have  more  established  character  than 
those,  the  current  of  whose  lives  is 
continually  at  the  mercy  of  circumstan- 
ces. Without  speaking  here  of  a 
child's  other  habits,  I  will  say  that  it  is 
especially  important  that  he  should 
have  a  fixed  time  for  home  study  after 
having  received  a  proper  age — say  past 
nine.  If  this  be  the  case,  when  the 
usual  time  arrives,  his  mind  will  in- 
tuitively turn  to  the  usual  subjects  of 
his  study,  instead  of  being  compelled 
to  reach  them  through  a  confused  med- 
ley of  other  things. — Ex. 
•  ■ » 

Preaching. — Lawyers  do  not  care 
to  hear  preaching  upon  law,  nor  doc- 
tors upon  physic,  nor  artists  upon  care 
nor  business-men  upon  banks  and  cot- 
ton and  railroad  securities.  They 
know  more  of  these  things  than  minis- 
ters do.  They  want  the  pure ,  fresh, 
aud  simple  Gospel,  applied  with  all 
wisdom  to  the  regulation  of  human 
motives,  words,  and  deeds,  and  to 
the  wants  of  living  men.  But  they 
want  it  also  as  "spiritual  refreshment," 
the  manna  of  the  desert  pathway,  the 
stream  that  follows  them  from  its 
source  in  the  smitten  Rock.  They 
have  enough  of  secular  things  all  the 
six  days  of  the  week,  but  on  the  Lord's 
day  let  them  have  some  of  his  "heav- 
enly meat  and  drink."  Every  pastor 
of  an  educated  and  intelligent  people 
will  testify  that  their  most  learned 
Christian  parishoners  are  less  critical, 
less  exacting,  and  far  more  inspiringr 
hearers  than  those  who  have  only  a 
smattering  of  science  or  of  literature. 

Let  the  pulpit  do  its  own  legitimate 
work.     That  work  only  has  the  prom- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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ise  of  tLe  Spirit.  The  preacher  who 
subordinates  the  Gospel  to  any  human 
science  is  more  likely  to  make  sceptics 
than  believers. — Intelligencer. 


— A  Christlike  gentleness  of  manner 
is  aa  excellent  thing  in  a  man,  espec- 
ially in  one  who  is  set  to  lead  the  flock. 
If  one  hes  not  this  gift  by  nature,  he 
may  have  it  by  grace,  and  he  should 
seek  after  and  pray  and  labor  for  it  un- 
til he  attains  it.  He  can  never  have 
nearness  to  Christ  witLout  it.  It  is  a 
distinguishing  trait  of  those  who  have 
been  eminent  in  piety.  It  is  said  of 
James  Braiuard  Taylor  that  you  could 
observe  this  trait  even  in  his  manner  of 
closing  a  door.  You  see  quite  the  op- 
posite spirit  manifested  in  the  way  some 
professing  Christions  close  doors  when 
annoyed  or  provoked.  Somebody  has 
called  the  latter  style *of  closing  a  door 
"a  wooden  oath."  The  suggestion  is 
forcible,  at  least,  and  should  lead  us 
to  self-rtflection. 

There  are  some  who  count  gentle- 
ness as  a  weakness,  and  sneer  at  it  in  a 
man.  Remember  that  in  so  doing  you 
condemn  Christ,  and  the  whole  tenor 
of  his  teachings. 


Driving  and  Leadingr. 

There  was  a  good  deal  of  sound 
sense  and  sound  doctrine  in  the  re- 
mark of  the  Methodist  brother,  who 
remarked,  after  having  received  a  pre- 
cious baptism  of  divine  love  and  life, 
'*  I  have  been  a  Class-driver  long 
enough ;  now  1  am  going  home  to  be  a 
Glass-leader. "  A  large  proportion  of 
the  religious  labor  of  the  day  is  done  by 
men  who  are  drivers  rather  than  lead- 
ers. Like  Shakspeare,  they  find  it 
easier  to  tell  twenty  men  what  to  do, 
than  to  be  one  of  the  twenty  to  go  and 
do  it  They  tell  what  ''v/e ought  to  do," 
what  "we  shoulddo,"  "where  we  should 
be,"  and  "  how  we  should  labor;"  but 
their  feet  do  not  take  hold  upon  the 
heavenly  path,  neither  do  they  run 
with  delight  in  the  way  of  God's  com- 
mandments. They  drive,  or  try  to 
drive  others,  but  they  do  not  lead  them 
in  the  way  of  life. 

Christ  was  a  leader.  He  called  his 
servants  to  follow  him.  And  the  Apos- 
tle says:  '"Be  ye  followers  of  me,  as  I 
follow  Christ."  In  proportion  as  men 
become  imbued  vrith  the  spirit  and 
power  of  Jesus  Christ,  they  are  pre- 
pared to  heleaders  in  the  work  of  God, 
and  to  win  others  from  the  ways  of 
death  to  the  paths  of  ppace. 


Echoes  in  the  Air. 


In  a  series  of  experiments  made  to 
determine  the  distance  to  which  the 
air  would  convey  the  sounds  produced 
by  trumpets,  whistles,  and  guns.  Pro- 
fessor Tyndall  found  that  the  power  of 
conveyance  of  the  air  varied  greatly 
with  its  condition.  On  a  clear  day,  for 
example,  the  sounds  could  only  be 
heard  to  about  one-third  the  distance 
they  readily  penetrated  a  foggy  day. 
In  discussing  the  cause  of  this  phe- 
nomenon the  Professor  says:  Hum- 
boldt, in  his  observations  at  the  Falls  of 
Orinoco,  is  known  to  have  applied  the 
following  principles.  He  found  the 
noise  of  the  Falls  three  times  louder  by 
night  than  by  day.  The  plain  between 
him  and  the  Falls  consisted   of  spaces 


of  grass  and  rock  intermingled.  In 
the  heat  of  the  day  the  temperature  cf 
the  rock  was  30  higher  than  the  grass. 
Over  every  heated  rock  a  column  of 
air  rarefied  by  heat  arose,  and  he 
ascribed  the  deadening  sound  to  the 
reflections  which  it  endured  at  the  lim- 
iting surfaces  of  the  rarer  and  denser 
air.  But  what,  asks  Professor  Tyndall, 
could  on  July  3d,  over  a  calm  sea, 
where  neither  rocks  nor  grass  exist,  so 
destroy  the  homogeneity  of  the  atmoE- 
phere  as  to  enable  it  to  quench  in  so 
short  a  distance  the  vast  body  of  sound 
with  which  we  were  experimenting? 
As  I  stood  upon  the  deck  of  the  Irene, 
pondering  this  question,  I  became  con- 
scious of  the  exceeding  power  of  the 
sun  beating  against  my  back  and  heat- 
ing the  objects  near  me.  Beams  of 
equal  power  were  falling  on  the  sea, 
and  must  have  produced  copious  evap- 
oration. That  the  vapor  generated  should 
so  arise  and  mingle  with  the  air  as  to 
form  an  absolute  homogeneous  mixture, 
I  considered  in  the  highest  degree  im- 
probable. It  would  be  sure,  I  thought, 
to  streak  and  mottle  the  atmosphere 
with  spaces,  in  which  the  air  would  be 
in  diflferent  degrees  saturated,  or  it 
might  be  displaced  by  the  vapor.  At 
the  limiting  surfaces  of  these  spaces  or 
invisible  c'ouds  we  should  have  the 
conditions  necessary  for  the  production 
of  partial  echoes,  and  the  consequent 
waste  of  sound.  But,  granting  this,  it  is 
incredible  that  so  great  a  body  of 
sound  could  uttesly  disappear  in 
so  short  a  distance  without  aa  ac- 
count of  itself.  Suppose,  then,  instead 
of  placing  ourselves  behind  such  an 
acoustic  cloud,  we  were  to  place  our- 
selves in  front  of  it,  might  we  not  in 
accordance  with  the  law  of  conversa- 
tion, expect  to  receive,  by  reflection, 
the  sound  which  had  failed  to  reach  us 
by  transmition?  The  case  would  be 
strictly  analogous  to  the  refleclion  of 
light  from  an  ordinary  cloud  to  an  ob- 
server placed  between  it  and  the  sun. 
Putting  thjs  idea  to  the  test  of  experi- 
ment, we  took  a  position  in  which  the 
body  of  the  air  had  already  shown 
such  an  extraordinary  power  to  in- 
tercept sound  was  placed  in  front 
of  us.  On  it  the  sonorus  wavfts  im- 
pinged, and  from  it  they  were  sent 
back  to  us  with  astonishing  inttnsity. 
The  instrumsnts  hidden  from  view, 
were  on  the  summit  of  a  cliff  235  feet 
above  us;  the  sea  was  smooth  and  clear 
of  ships;  the  atmosphere  was  without 
a  cloud,  and  there  was  no  object  which 
could  possibly  produce  the  observed 
effect.  From  the  perfectly  transpa- 
rent air  the  echoes  came,  at  first  with 
a  strength  appearently  with  but  little 
less  than  that  of  the  direct  sound,  and 
then  dying  gradually  and  continually 
away.  The  remark  of  my  companion, 
Mr.  Edwards,  was:  ''Beyond  saying 
that  the  echoes  seemed  to  come  from 
the  expanse  of  ocean,  it  did  not  appear 
possible  to  indicate  any  mofe  definite 
point  of  reflection. "  Indeed,  no  such 
point  was  discoverable;  the  echoes 
reached  us  as  if  by  magic,  from  abso- 
lutely invisible  walls,  Argo's  notion 
that  clouds  are  necessary  to  produce 
atmospheric  echoes  is  therefore  unten- 
able.— Scribner's  MontJily, 


Cfjil((w«'$  4^r«w. 


Country  {  hildrcu. 

Little  fresh  violets. 

Born  in  the  ■wild-wood  ; 
Sweetly  illustrating 

Innocent  childhood ; 
Shy  as  the  antelope, — 

Brown  as  a  herry, — 
Free  as  the  mountain  air, 

Romping  and  merry. 

Blue  eyes  and  hazel  eyes 

Peep  from  the  hedges, 
Shaded  by  .sun-bonnets, 

Prayed  at  the  edges ! 
Up  in  the  apple  trees. 

Heedless  of  danger, — 
Manhood  in  embryo 

Stares  at  the  stranger. 

Out  in  the  hilly  patch 

Seeking  the  berries, — 
Under  the  orchard  tree, 

Feasting  on  cherries, — 
Trampling  the  clover  blooms 

Down  'mong  the  grasses. 
No  voice  to  hinder  them. 

Dear  lads  andlasses! 

No  grim  propriety, 

No  introduction; 
Free  as  the  birdlings 

Prom  city  restriction ! 
Coining  the  purest  b>ood. 

Strengthening  each  muscle. 
Donning  health's  armor 

'Gainst  life's  coming  bustle. 

Dear  little  innocents  I 

Born  in  the  wild  wood ; 
Oh,  that  all  little  ones 

Had  such  a  childhood  I 
God's  blue  spread  over  them, 

God's  green  beneath  thein, 
No  sweeter  heritage 

Could  we  bequeath  them. 


-Selected. 


The  Bo«3y. 


Did  you  ever  sit  down  five  minutes 
in  your  life  and  think  ovOr  this  won- 
derful body  of  yours?  Let  us  examine 
it. 

Think  of  your  eyes,  those  little  or- 
gans that  unconsciously  give  you  so 
much  pleasure  every  day    of  your  life. 

When  you  ride -in  the  c^.rs,  how  of- 
ten do  you  look  with  delight  at  the 
mountains  towering;  in  the  sky,  the 
river  running  ''  like  a  silver  ribbon" 
through  the  land,  the  rainbow  span- 
ning the  heavens,  the  fields  of  waving 
corBj  and  the  flowers  that  bloom  be- 
neath your  feet  ! 

As  you  sec  those  millions  of  worlds 
above  you,  the  moon  and  &tars  shirjing 
on  a  clear,  still  night,  reflect  that  two 
liny  little  pieces  of  God's  workmanship 
enable  you  to  see  all  this  grandeur  ; 
and  wiil  you  cease  to  wonder  at  hia  in- 
fitite  skill? 

There  are  your  ears,  that  lie,  placed 
like  litlle  shells,  on  the  side  of  your 
head.  You  are  delighted  with  music, 
with  the  sweet  sound  of  the  piano  or 
guitar.  Perhaps  nothing  gives  ydu  so 
much  enjoyment  as  to  sit  and  listen  for 
hours  to  the  strains  of  an  organ.  Do 
you  ever  stop  to  praise  God,  to  thank 
him,  for  his  loving  kiLdness  in  creat- 
ing those  eard  ? 

There  is  your  nose.  That  you  pro- 
bably consider  quite  an  unimportant 
part  of  our  face.  Very  likely  you 
haven't  thought  anything  about  it, 
save  when  people  around  you  have 
talked  about  noses,  bent  or  crooked, 
Roman  or  dug.  How  could  you  per- 
ceive the  fragrance  of  the  rose  ?  Where 
would  be  the  perfume  of  the  apple-blos- 
soms, the  odors  of  the  modest  arbutus 
and  tiny  white  violet  ? 

There  is  your  mouth  and  its  internal 
help-meets, — tongue,   and   teeth,    and 


throat.  What  would  you  do  if  you 
could  not  talk,  or  if  others  could  r.ot? 
— if  we  were  like  animals,  who  can  on- 
ly make  their  wants   known  by  noises? 

Think  of  the  soft  tones  of  the  voice, 
the  love  expressed  by  one  tender  word 
spoker,  by  your  mother! 

Think  of  your  hands,  willing  servants 
to  perform  all  you  wish  ;  your  feef, 
which  take  you  where  you  will! 

Observe  hor,'  God  has  joined  all 
these  together  in  one  piece  of  machin- 
ery,— your  body;  and  then  renaember 
how  Qcd  hath  given  these  to  you  for 
life,  to  enjoy  not  only  here,  but  in  the 
great  hereafter.  Ought  we  to  'sreary 
of  praising  the  Giver  of  til  these  gifts? 

The  bird  doth  carol  from  morn  till 
nfght.  How  much  more  ought  we  to 
praise  Him  who  hath  multiplied  our 
pleasurts  ten  thousand-fold! — Will 
Spring. 


The  Precious  Little  Plant. 


Two  little  girls,  Bridget  and  Wal- 
burgia,'went  to  the  neighboring  town, 
each  carrying  on  her  head  a  basket  of 
fruit,  to  tell  for  money  enough  to  buy 
the  family  dinner.  Bridget  murmured 
and  fretted  all  the  wa.y,  but  Walbur- 
gia  only  joked  and  laughed.  At  last 
Bridget  got  out  of  all  patience  and 
said   vexedly: 

''  How  can  you  go  on  laughing  so? 
Your  basket  is  as  heavy  as  mine,  and 
you  are  not  a  bit  stronger.  I  don't 
understand  it." 

"Oh lit  is  easy  enough  to  under- 
stand," replied  Walburgia. 

"  How  so  ?" 

"  I  have  a  certain  little  plant  that  I 
put  on  the  top  of  my  load,  and  it 
makes  it  so  light  that  I  can  hardly  feel 
it.     Why  don't  you  do  so  too?" 

"  Indeed  it  must  be  a  very  precious 
little  plant.  I  wish  I  could  lighten  my 
load  with  it.  Where  does  it  grow? 
Tell  me.     What  do  you  call  it?" 

''  It   grows  wherever   you  plant  it, 

and  give  it  a    chance  to  take   root,  and 

there  is  no   telling   the  relief  it  gives ! 

Its  name  is  patience !" — I^erder. 

«-*-fr 

"  That's  How." 


After  a  great  snow  storm,  a  little 
fellow  begn.n  to  shovel  a  path  through 
a  krge  snow-bank  before  his  grand- 
mother's door.  He  had  nothing  but  a 
small  shovel  to  work  with. 

"  How  do  you  expect  to  get  through 
that  drift?"  asked  a  mnn passing  along. 
"  By  keeping  at  it,"  said  the  boy 
cheerfully.      "That's  how." 

That  is  the  secret  of  mastering  al- 
most every  difiBculty  under  the  sun. 
If  a  hard  task  is  before  you,  slick  to  it. 
Do  not  keep  thinking  how  large  or 
how  hard  it  is;  but  go  at  it,  and  little 
by  little  it  will  grow  smaller  until  it  is 
done. 

If  a  hard  lesson  is  to'be  learned,  do 
not  spend  a  moment  in  fretting;  do  not 
lose  breath  in  saying,  "  I  can't"  or  ''I 
don't  see  how,"  but  go  at  it,  and  keep 
at  it — study.  That  is  the  only  way  to 
conquer  it. 

If  you  have  entered  your  Master's 
service  jnd  are  trying  to  be  good,  you 
will  sometimes  find  bills  of  difiBculty  in 
the  way.  Things  will  often  look  dis- 
couraging, and  you  wiil  not  seem  to 
make  anv  progress  at  all ;  but  keep  at 
it.     Never  forget  ' '  That's  how. " 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Correspondeucc. 


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were  not  favored  to  live  and  have  a 
being,  bound  by  oaths  opposed  to  the 
living  God,  and  the  religion  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  Chriet,  hoys'  long  could  they 
exist?  I  often  wonder  why  they  are 
permitted  to  remain,  but  God's  coun- 
cils are  hidden  from  us  in  this  respect 
as  well  as  other-',  but  he  will  work  it 
right  in  the  end  in  acccrdance  with  the 
mystery  of  his  own  will;  and  I  believe 
the  means  now  being  used  are  fast 
undermining  the  whole  structure  of  the 
unholy  combination. 

One  of  the  worst  features  to  over- 
come is,  tJiat  men  who  join  the  Christian 
churches  are  permitted  to  remain  as 
members,  and  yet  are  bound  to  pro- 
tect all  the  unholy  conduct  of  a  broth- 
er Mason,  be  the  crime  ever  so  henious, 
murder  included;  and  among  them, 
ministers  who  profess  to  be  called  to 
preach  the  true  Gospel  of  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ  to  all  the  world.  Look 
at  the  idea!  A  minister  of  the  Gospel 
bound  by  Masonic  oaths  to  protect  a 
brother  in  his  deviltry,  right  or  wrong, 
to  favor,  conceal  and  never  reveal  the 
same,  and  to  the  best  of  his  ability  if 
within  the  length  of  his  cable  tow 
warn  him  of  approaching  danger  of  all 
characters  and  k'nds,  even  to  protect 
him  from  justice  under  the  laws  of  our 
country,  and  yet  professing  to  be  a 
true  minister  of  the  sanctuary  of  Christ, 
Horrible !  Horrible !  This  I  say,  is  the 
greatest  impediment  to  overcome  in 
overthrowing  the  wicked  comination. 
Renovate  the  churches  first,  the  bal- 
ance is  easy. 

Many  Masons  claim  to  b?  honest 
men,  but  I  ask,  Is  this  the  case  ?  Many 
Masons  are  the  worst  of  men,  dis- 
honest, drunken,  lying,  and  disreput- 
able, yet  these  good,  honest  men  and 
*  Christians  have  bound  themselves  by 
those  abominable  oaths  to  fellowship 
them,  and  protect  them  in  all  their 
sayings  and  doings.  A  beautiful  idea 
of  honesty  indeed! 

I  feel  that  I  cannot  rest  while  living 
and  see  and  know  they  are  prospering. 
That  they  are  exposed  and  now  trem- 
bling at  this  prospect  of  a  great  over- 
throw is  evident  from  the  efforts  to 
keep  by  addition  of  numbers,  as  they 
are  receiving  back  suspended  and  ex- 
pelled members  without  any  precepti- 
ble  change  of  character  or  conduct,  and 
added  to  this  is  the  number  of 
"Jacks"  they  are  working  into  their 
interest,  who  are  far  more  despicable 
than  a  full  blown  Mason.  Some  are 
afraid  of  them,  and  I  am  not  sure  but 
they  should  be,  for  one  thing  is  mani- 
fest, and  that  is  a  person  is  not  sure  of 
the  benefit  of  the  laws  of  his  country 
if  Masonry  is  opposed  to  him,  and  again 
they  do  not  scruple  to  undermine  the 
character,  good  reputation  and  busi- 
ness of  any  good  citizen,  and  that  in  a 
sly,  stealthy  way.  All  this  I  know  to 
be  true,  for  I  have  seen  its  operations 
and  atfects  on  good  citizens,  who  can 
not  be  brought  to  believe  that  the 
Christless  institution  is  not  a  righteous 
one.     More  anon.  S.   S^\rKAT. 


A  Hoble  Woman. 


A  good  letter  on  Circulating  Anti- 
masonic  documents  in  the  Publisher's 
dep't,  16th  page.  Read  and  do  like- 
wise. 


Mr.  Editor: — A  few  days  ago  I  was 
credibly  informed  that  a  man  in  Con- 
nersville,  Ind.,  had  "sent  up"  his 
name  and  money  preparatory  to  join 
"Masonry,"  and  an  intelligent,  reading 
and  thinking  lady  who  had  read  Charles 
G.  Finney's  truthful  and  convincing 
book,  hearing  of  his  awful  and  immi- 
nent danger,  and  prompted  by  philan- 
thropy and  patriotism,  sought  and  per- 
suaded him  to  read  this  book  before 
he  joined  the  lodge.  After  reading 
that  book  he  demanded  the  restoration 
of  the  money  which  he  had  "sent  up," 
which  demand  was,  after  consultation, 
complied  with.  Persons  who  are  ac- 
quainted with  Masonry  need  but  little 
sagacity  to  tell  why  his  demand  was 
complied  with,  especially  those  know- 
ing of  his  patriotism  and  power  of 
muscle.  Noble  woman!  thus  to  be  the 
means  of  saving  from  Masonic  bondage 
and  degradation  a  hard  working  man 
and  loving  husband.  For  that  liberal 
and  patriotic  act  she  merits  ten  thous- 
and times  as  much  eulogy  as  is  deserved 
by  all  of  the  Masonic  "  Knights  of  the 
East  and  West,  and  the  Perfect  Prince 
Freemasons  of  H-R-D-M, ,  and  the 
Knights  of  the  Eagle  and  Pelican,  and 
the  Grand  PontiflF,  and  the  Master, 
ad  vitam,  and  the  Patriarch  Noachites, 
and  the  Libanus,  and  the  Chief  of  the 
■Tabernacle,  and  the  Prince  of  the  Tab- 
ernacle, and  the  Knights  of  the  Brazen 
Serpent,  and  the  Prince  of  Mercy,  and 
the  Commanders  of  the  Temple,  and 
the  Knights  of  the  Sun,  and  the  Patri- 
archs of  the  Crusades,  and  the  Grand 
Elect  Knights,  K.  H. ,  and  the  Grand 
Inspector  Inquisitor  Commander,  and 
the  Knights  of  the  White  and  Black 
Eagle,  and  the  Sublime  Prince  and 
Commander  of  the  Royal  Secret,'  for 
all  of  the  Masonic  benevolence  they 
have  practiced  or  bestowed  since  the 
birth  of  Speculative  Freemasonry  in 
Apple-tree  Tavern,  in  London,  on  the 
24th  of  June,  A.  D.  I7l7.  Was  I  a 
citizen  of  Connersville  I  would  gladly 
be  one  of  ten  thousand  persons  to  each 
give  that  noble  and  patriotic  woman  a 
' '  one  dollar  greenback "  to  encourage 
her  in  similar  patriotic  and  Christian 
acts. 

If  one  woman,  by  timely  warning  a 
man  of  such  impending  danger,  can  be 
the  means  of  saving  him,  how  many 
men  can  all  our  women  thus  save? 
That  act  is  more  praiseworthy  than  the 
act  of  a  noble  woman  praying  in  a 
saloon;  because  men  have  learned  to 
drink  intoxicating  drinks  in  a  Masonic 
lodge-room !  The  act  of  that  patriotic 
woman  in  Connersville  is  so  praise^ 
worthy  that  I  will  try  to  see  her  when 
I  go  there,  and  if  I  learn  that  I  have 
heard  the  truth  (and  I  have  no  cause 
to  doubt  it),  I  will  aid  in  encouraging 
her  in  such  good  and  Christian  acts. 
That  man  thus  saved  should  ever  re- 
member her  with  gratitude;  and  I  be- 
lieve his  gratitude  to  her  will  increase 
in  proportion  to  his  increase  in  knowl- 
edge of  the  principles  of  Masonry, 
which  teaches  what  is  much  worse  than 
useless.  Is  it  not  strange  that  some 
young  men  will  work  hard  and  pay  to 
the  lodge  millions  of  money  to  get  rid 
of  their  precious  and  blood-bought  lib- 


erties, and  to  learn  in  nightly  conclaves 
that  which  they  can  leavn  in  David 
Bernard's  ''Light  on  Masonry  and  Odd. 
fellowship,"  which  can  be  had  for  only 
two  dollars?  It  is,  indeed,  strange! 
M.  Kelly. 


■y^Iiiial  4^tfhmu 


Rio,  Wis. 
As  the  opinions  of  your  readers  are 
solicited  in  regard  to  the  platform  of 
the  National  Association,  I  would  say 
that  I  like  it  very  well  with  the  excep- 
tion of  the  free  trade  plank,  which,  to 
my  mind,  is  very  objectionable;  as  it  is 
my  firm  belief  that  a  well  regulated 
tarifif  is  of  vital  importance  to  the  wel- 
fare of  our  country.  There  jire  others 
of  x^our  readers  here  who  believe  in  a 
well  sustained  tariff. 

Yours  for  the  right, 

A.  C.  Jennings. 


Ambot,  111. 
Editor  of  the  Cynosure: 

I  learn  in  the  Cynosure  that  you 
propose  to  have  any  one's  opinion  giv- 
en on  politics.  Mine  is  that  we  must 
have  a  better  party  in  power  than  we 
have  lately  had,  or  we  shall  not  long  be 
able  to  pay  our  taxes;  and  the  piiaci- 
ples  the  Cynosure  advocates  are  such 
that  if  men  can  be  sent  to  make  laws 
that  would  harmonize  with  them,  we 
might  expect  to  be  blessed  as  those 
were  who  gained  our  liberties.  May 
our  God  give  the  Anti-masons  wisdom 
to  be  a  means  in  his  hands  of  bringing 
about  the  death  of  all  secret  societies ! 
Yours  for  the  right, 

James  Andruss. 


Comets  and  tlie  Earth. 


In  a  letter  to  the  New  York  Tribune 
on  the  now  vanished  visitor  to  the 
northern  heavens,  Mr.  Parkhurst,  the 
astronomer,  presents  some  calculations 
on  that  comet.  He  says  that  its  near- 
est approach  to  the  earth  was  on  the 
20th  when  it  was  26,000,000  miles 
distant.  Its  tail  is  26,000,000  miles 
long  and  its  speed  4,000,000  miles  per 
day.  T'nough  comparatively  so  near 
it  was  estimated  that  there  would  be 
no  contact  with  the  e&rth,  and  even  in 
the  event  of  such  contact  it  would  be 
unobservable  to  any  but  scientists. 
Mr.  Parkhurst  gives  the  following  in- 
stance of  what  is  conuidered  by  scien- 
tific men  as  an  actual  collision  : 

It  was  formerly  supposed  that,  if 
the  head  of  a  comet  should  strike  the 
earth,  it  would  destroy  it.  Modern 
discoveries  proye  that  even  such  fears 
have  little  foundation.  Less  than  two 
years  ago  the  earth  actually  was  struck 
by  the  head  of  a  comet ;  and  probably 
very  few  of  your  readers  know  it,  and 
not  one  of  us  knew  it  at  the  time.  It 
had  been  ascertained  that  certain  me- 
teoric showers  followed  the  track  of 
certain  comets,  and  Prof.  A.  S.  Her- 
schel  suspected  that  there  might  be 
such  meteoric  showers  in  the  track  of 
Biela's  comet,  especially  as  it  had  been 
known  to  divide  into  two  portions  and 
had  subsequently  disappeared  entirely. 
He  requested  observers  to  watch  es- 
pecially for  these  meteors  in  the  last 
week  of  Nov.,  1872.  Prof.  Klinker- 
fues  saw  the  shower,  of  unusual  bril- 
liancy, and  thinking  it  possible  that  it 
might  be  visible  as  a  comet,  immediate- 
ly telegraphed  toProf.Pogson,  Madras: 
"Biela  touched  earth  on  27  th  ;   search 


near  Theta  Centauri,"  that  star  being 
nearly  in  the  direction  toward  which 
the  meteors  were  moving.  Prof.  Pog- 
son  searched  and  found  the  comet, 
which  he  saw  on  two  successive  even- 
lags  ;  but  it  was  so  faint  that  it  was 
not  again  seen.  In  this  instance,  there- 
fore, the  earth  passed  directly  through 
the  head  of  a  comet  which  was  after- 
was  afterward  seen,  and  the  only  eflfect 
was  a  brilliaat  shower  of  meteors. 


The  Secrets  of  the  Bowl. 

A  former  Brooklyn  saloon  keeper, 
who  has  been  converted  by  the  Quaker 
ladies,  has  printed  the  receipes  he  used 
to  keep  secret.  He  says  bourbon  or 
rye  whiskey  is  manufactured  from  high 
wines  commonly  called  fusel  oil  whis- 
key, made  to-day  and  drank  three  days 
after.  It  also  contains  vinegar,  syrup, 
oil  of  bourbon,  French  coloring,  blue- 
etone,  and  other  poisonous  chemicals. 
It  costs  from  80  cents  to  $1  a  gallon , 
and  retails  for  $5  and  $6  a  gallon. 

Cognac  brandy  is  made  from  French 
or  Cologne  spirits,  burnt  sugar,  oi  of 
cognac,  vinegar,  bluestone,  Jamaica 
rum,  honey  syrup,  port  wiae,  French 
coloring,  alum,  and  akes.  It  costs  $2  a 
gallon,-  and  retails  from  |6  to  $10  a 
gallon. 

Irish  or  Scotch  whiskey  is  made  from 
Canada  highwines,  or  new  distilled 
whiskey,  one  week  old,  saltpeter,  fine 
salt,  essence  of  oil  of  Scotch  or  Irish 
whiskey,  fusel  oil,  syrup,  bluestone, 
St.  Croix  rum,  some  imported  Irish  or 
Scotch  whiskey  for  flavor.  It  costs 
$1,50  and  retails  for  $6  a  gallon. 

What  sells  for  the  best  old  Holland 
gin  is  made  from  French  spirits,  water, 
oil  of  juniper,  syrup,  white  wine  vine- 
gar, bluestone,  New  England  rum, 
peach  pips,  with  some  imported  gin  for 
flavor. 

Old  Tom  gin  is  made  from  the  same 
ingredients,  but  double  syrup  is  added 
to  make  it  sweeter.  It  costs  $1.  25  a 
gallon,  and  retails  for  $5.  It  is  also 
bottled  as  a  medicine,  and  sold  for  the 
kidney  disease. 

Jamaica  and  St.  Croix  rum  is  made 
of  double  refined  highwines,  French 
coloring,  oil  of  rum,  fusel  oil,  vinegar, 
bluestone,  burut  sugar,  molasses  syrup, 
with  some  imported  Jamaica,  Cuba  or 
St.  Croix  rum  for  flavor,  alum,  aloes, 
and  prune  juice. 

Stock  ale  or  porter  is  diluted  with 
oil  of  vitrol,  strychnine,  and  aqua  fortis 
to  make  it  keep.  New  ale  is  diluted 
with  oil  of  vitrol  and  damaged  molas- 
ses. Lager  beer  contains  a  little  malt, 
plenty  of  water,  some  inferior  hops, 
resin,  tar,  saleratus,  soda,  with  four 
different  chemicals  to  make  it  keep  after 
brewing. 

An  ex-liquor  dealer  said  recently  that 
fluids  sold  over  two-thirds  the  bars  in 
New  York  and  Brooklyn  are  compoun- 
ded as  above. — iV.  Y.  Witness. 


The  Wine  and  Liquor  interest  have 
just  organized  a  new  society  to  protect 
the  trade.  It  is  to  '  'rescue  the  wine 
and  liquor  dealing  interest  from  the 
yaning  jaws  of  the  monster  teetota- 
lism,"  and  then  ''mainttiin  the  charac- 
ter of  this  land  as  the  great  home  of 
individual  hberty."  Whence  this  ne- 
cessity ?     0,   whence  ? 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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FREEMASONRY  EXPOSED, 

hj  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN 

THE  GBNUINE  OLD  MORGAN  BOOK:— republished  with  en- 
gravings ehoning  the  i/0<lge  Koom,  Dreas  of  caudidates  Si-'na 
Due  Guards,  Grips,  Etc.  °     ' 

This  revelation  is  fo  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered  the  au- 
thor for  writing  it.  Thousands  have  testified  to  tile  correctness  of 
Ihe  reyelation  and  this  book  therefore  sells  very  rapidly. 

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TH!E  BROK!EM  SEAI.. 

OR  PEKSONAL  EEMINISCENCES  OP  THE    ABDUCTION  AND 
MUKDEliOF  Wm.  MORGAN, 

By  SAMUEL   D.  ailEEiq"E, 

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OPINIONS  OF  TH]a  PRESS. 

*'A  Masonic  Kevelation.— Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 
gentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  whose  statements  seem  to 
be  worthy  of  full  credence.  T/ie  'Jii-oA:en  Scai;  or,  T'etxona/ 
'Heminiscenves  of  ike  Jiforffati  vibduoiion.  a?i<i  JlfuT(ie>%  is  the 
title  of  a  book  of  eome  three  hundred  pages  just  issued  by  him, 
purporting  to  give  a  full  and  accurate  account,  fromperpoDal  knowl- 
edge, of  the  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  ot.hormasonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  almoEl  half  a.  century 
ago." — Conr/refjutionalist  and  iiecordcr,  iSostoii. 

" 'FBEBsiAsoNBT  DEVELOPED.' — 'The  Bro'iien  Seal:  or.  Personal 
Keminiscences  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,'  is  the  title  of 
e  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  tho 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inlcT' 
«sting  matter,  including  the  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
thor opposes  Freemasoury  as  inimical  to  good  government,  to  so- 
ciety, and  to  the  Church  ;  and  the  story  that  he  here  tells  will  make 
a  sensation  in  the  order,  it  its  stiiteraeuts  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  bo.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."--J9aj- 
iy  Ilerald,  Boston. 

"We  are  acquainted  with  Mr.  Greene,  and  have  no  doubt  that  hiB 
account  is  entirely  reliable,  and  of  great  historic  and  moral  interest. 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan  was  Mr.  Greene's  neighbor  i--' Batavia,  N.  Y,., 
and  a  member  of  tho  same  lodge  with  him  at  the  time  of  the  great 
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tually Revealed;"  "Confession  of  the  Murderer;"  "Allegations 
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History  of  Ths  Abduction  and  Murder  of 
Gap't.  'Wm.  Morgan, 

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twenty  persons,  including  Morgan's  wife,  and  no  candid  person 
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of  the  dying  man  by  Dr.  John  C.  Emery,  of  Racine  Cotmty,  Wiscon- 
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es  of  Nianra  Counlj  km'im^  Nsw  Ifork. 

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JUDGE  -WHITNEy  AND  MASONRY. 

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DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVER  ON  MASONRY, 

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HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

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[namiative  white  degree  continued.] 
.say  thus  unto  the  young  man,  Behold  the  arrows  are  bcj'ond 
thee,  go  thy  way,  ibr  the  Lord  hatli  sent  thee  away ;  and  as 
touching  the  matter  which  thou  aud  I  have  spoken  of,  behold 
the  Lord  be  between  tliee  and  me  forever. 

And  it  came  to  pass  in  the  morning  tliat  Jonathan  Avent  out 
into  the  field  at  the  time  appointed  witli  David,  and  a  lad  with 
him;  and  he  said  unto  the  lad,  Run,  find  out  novv^  the  arrows 
which  I  shoot.  '  Aud  as  the  lad  ran  he  shot  an  arrow  beyond 
him.  And  when  the  lad  was  come  to  the  place  of  the  arrows 
whicli  Jonathan  had  shot,  Jonathan  cried  after  the  lad  and  said. 
Is  not  the  arrow  beyond  thee  ?  And  Jonathan  cried  after  the 
lad,  Make  speed,  haste,  stay  not.  And  Jonathan's  lad  gathered 
up  the  arrows  and  came  to  liis  master ;  but  the  lad  knew  not 
anything — only  Jonathan  and  David  knew  the  matter.  And 
Jonathan  gave  his  artillery  unto  the  lad  and  said  unto  him.  Go, 
carry  them  to  the  city.  And  as  the  lad  Avas  gone  David  arose 
out  of- a  place  towards  the  south  and  fell  on  his  face  to  the 
ground  and  bowed  himself  three  times ;  and  they  kissed  one 
another,  and  wept  witJi  one  another  until  David  exceeded.  And 
Jonathan  said  luito  David,  Go  in  peace;  forasmuch  as  we  have 
sworn  both  of  us  in  the  name  of  the  Lord,  saying,  the  Lord  be 
between  me  aud  thee,  aud  between  my  seed  and  thy  seed  forev- 
er.    Aud  he  arose  and  departed,  aud  Jonathan  went  into  the  city. 

NOBLE  GRAND'S  CHARGE. 

Sucli  are  the  duties  and  objects  of  the  degree  of  the  Cove- 
nant. In  addition  to  what  has  just  been  read,  you  will  doubt- 
less remember  the  beginning,  the  progress  and  the  sequel  of  the 
laudable  example  and  undeviating  friendship.  At  its  com- 
mencement David  was  known  only  as  a  humble  shepherd,  with- 
out title  or  honor,  while  Jonathan,  a  prince  of  acknowledged 
piety  and  distinguished  valor,  was  the  son  and  heir  of  Saul, 
tiien  the  Hebrew  king.  But  in  spite  of  the  seeming  dispai^ty 
of  condition,  the  ties  which  bound  Jonathan  to  David,  im- 
pelled him  to  lose  no  opportunity  of  honoring  or  comforting 
his  friend,  or  of  vindicating  his  character  to  his  augiy  father, 
wdiose  enmity  had  been  excited  against  David  through  jealousy 
of  his  noble,  and  daring  exploits.  Though  Jonathan  did  not 
live  to  receive  any  adequate  return  for  his  own  devoted  faith- 
fulness, yet  David,  in  his  day  of  prosperity  and  power,  neglected 
not  to  seek  for  the  household  of  Saul,  that  he  might  show  them 
kindness  for  Jonathan's  sake.  And  having  found  a  maimed 
son  of  his  former  beloved  friend,  he  treated  him  witli  marked 
favor  and  distinction,  making  him  an  inmate  of  his  house  be- 
sides bestoviing  upon  him  the  ample  inheritance  of  Saul. 

Now  place  your  right  hand  on  your  left  breast  and  repeat 
after  me  another 

OBLIGATION. 

I  [name]  in  the  presence  of  the  Covenant  brothers,  do  sol- 
emnly pledge  myself  to  help  and  si(2)port  my  afflicted  or  perse- 
cuted brotlier,  and  warn  him  of  approaching  danger,  whether  it 
be  from  his  own  imprudence,  or  from  the  evil  designs  of  others 
or  from  some  accidental  cause.  I  wall  point  out  his  advantao-e 
and  interest,  where  they  do  not  conflict  with  the  rights  of  others 
if  it  sliould  be  in  my  power  so  to  do.  I  will  prated  his  prop' 
erty,  assist  his  family,  defend  his  character,  and  savehis  life  and 
limb,  should  opportunity  offer. 

[Here  the  candidate  will  place  his  left  liand  on  the  arrows 
in  conjunction  with  two  brothers  of  tlie  Covenant  deo-ree  and 
repeat  as  follows :]  '^      ' 

And  I  do  acknowledge  myself  solemnly  bound  in  an  especial 
covenant  with  all  the  brothers  who  can  and  do  prove  thein- 


are  as  ancient  as  the  first  inhabitants  of  the  earth,  and  have 
been  sanctioned  at  all  times  by  the- highest  authority.  We  read 
in  the  Scriptures  of  one  especially  by  our  heavenly'  Father  with 
Noah,  of  which  we  have  a  perpetual  token,  giving  assurance 
that  this  earth  shall  no  more  be  deluged  by  the  waters  of  a 
flood.  Of  this  the  rainbow  is  the  seal.  We  read  of  others 
by  the  .'-ame  high  power,  with  Abraham  and  the  Hebrews  at 
large.  And  tracing  history  through  ages  we  find  that  cove- 
nants liave  existed  among  persons  as  well  as  among  nations. 
They  are  iudispensible  in  all  the  regulations  of  society ;  because 
the  necessities  of  human  nature  are  such  as  to  render  every  man 
dependent  upon  his  fellow-man.  Look  abroad,  embracing  in 
your  scope  the  entire  world;  behold  every  city  and  hamlet 
— the  operations  of  labor  and  traffic — business  of  the  land 
and  the  sea; — ever^'where  you  witness  the  truth  not  only  of 
men's  dependence  upon  eacli  other,  but  of  the  existence  of 
Covenants  in  all  the  vast  concerns  of  government  and  life. 
But  in  most  cases  thej'  are  mere  business  compacts  protect- 
ed by  law;  and  whilst  fully  recognizing  their  utility,  we 
would  win  men  into '  a  covenant  of  a  different  sort — one 
that  dispenses  a  yet  more  beneficial  influence.  We  would  win 
tliem  into  a  Covenant  of  friendship  and  love,  even  such  as  that 
of  Jonathan  and  David,  pledging  the  kindest  of  offices,  sealed 
alone  in  honor  and  affection,  and  having  for  its  foundation  the 
great  truth  of  human  brotherhood — a  truth  which  is  scarcely 
yet  felt  in  the  mass  communities,  as  is  apparent  from  the  slow 
and  reluctant  responses  to  the  claims  of  charity,  even  when  pre- 
sented in  the  most  imposing  forms — tlie  breaking  of  bread  to 
the  hungry — the  cup  of  cold  water  to  the  thirsty — watching  by 
the  sick  bed — comforting  the  afflicted — cherishing  tlie  stranger 
— visiting  the  imprisoned — succoring  the  enfeebled.  How  sadly 
are  all  these  tender  duties  neglected  bj'  a  large  portion  of  .our 
race.  Acting,  then,  on  the  principles  of  mutuality,  and  as  the 
result  of  a  covenant,  it  is  the  pride  of  Odd-fellowship  to  use  its 
influence  to  extend  the  sentiments  of  brotherhood,  and  by  this 
means  remove  the  obstacles  that  interpose  between  the  hearts 
of  men.  Hence,  its  members  having  before  them,  in  the  Cove- 
nant of  Jonathan  and  David,' not  a  romantic  fable,  but  a  verita- 
ble and  practical  example  of  the  beneficial  cft'ccts  of  such  an 
obligation,  binding  themselves  in  like  friendly  relations  not  to 
shield  or  countenance  wrong  doing,  but  to  assist  each  other  in 
distress,  help  each  other  in  want,  counsel  each  oth^ir  in  difii- 
culty,  and  by  this  association  to  realize  as  far  as  possible  those 
benefits  which  would  ensue  were  the  souls  of  all  men  truely 
knit  together  in  the  bond  of  universal  benevolence,  lirother, 
such  is  the  instruction  of  the  Covenant  degree,  to  which  in  the 
name  ef  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd-fellows,  I  declare  you 
duly  advanced,  its  emblematical  color  being  pink. 

The  regalia  of  the  Second  or  Covenant  degree  is  a  ^chite  collar 
trimmed  with  pink  fringe  or  ribbon.  It  may  be  ornamented 
with  a  pink  and  white  rosette  worn  at  its  point  in  front. 

OPENING  CHARGE,  ROYAL  BLUE  DEGREE. 


selves  such. 


in    wi!h 


Pass  WoR-D.—Quiner,  given  same 
as  former  passwords. 

Sign.— Draw  hand  in  a  circle  across 
forehead,    thumb    closed 
fingers. 

Answer.— Bring  right  hand  up  to 
left  shoulder,  as  if  to  take  hold  of 
left  ear  with  the  thumb  and  fore  fin- 
ger, or  to  draw  an  arrow  from  the 
quiver. 

Token— Rainbow. 

Memento — Arrows. 

No  grip  in  this  degree. 


Sign  Gov't 
Degree. 


Answer  . 


CONCLUDING   CHARGE. 


Noble  Graud  to  Candidate  (s).  Brother  (s),  in  the  liistorical  nar- 
ative  of  the  love  of  Jonathan  and  David,  we  have  a  most  happy 
aud  impressive  illustration  of  mutual  relief  as  the  result  of  a 
covenant.  In  this  world,  where  selfishness,  violence  and  aftlic- 
tion  so  widely  prevail,  such  relief  is  often  needed,  as  may  be 
seen  in  all  forms  of  social  life,  for  that  all  men  are  strong  when 
in  health  and  prosperity,  yet  all  are  feeble  when  in  adversity 
and  affliction;  therefore,  none  can  say  they  may  not  need  as- 
sistance, and  none  that  they  are  too  poor  to  render  it.  On  this 
basis  rests  our  social  covenant — tending  good  faith  and  kindlj' 
interests  in  the  welfare  of  each  other.    Covenants,  you  know, 


Noble  Grand  to  Candidate  (s).  Brother  (s),  in  the  first  degree, 
through  which  you  have   passed,  calling  your   attention  to  the 
source  of  all  kindly  actions,  we  attempted   to  portray  the  beau- 
ties of  charity ;  not  such  as  that  virtue  which  usually  displays 
itself  to  the  world  in  cold  alms-giving,  but  warm  with   active 
benevolence — a  universal   good   will — a  ready  sympathy  in  the 
afflictions  of  mankind.     Then  in  the  second  degree,  as  illustrat- 
ing the  tendencies  of  attachments  founded  so  purely,  we  set  be- 
fore you  a  wortliy  example  of  natural  afiections  and  mutual  relief 
in  the  memorable  friendship  of  Jonathan  and  David,  as  recorded 
in  the  sacred  Scriptures.    Aud  now  having  reached  the  third,  or 
Royal  Blue  Degree,  the  lesson  which  we  desire  especially  to  im- 
press upon  you  is  Friendship ;  and  if  necessary,  even  self-sacri- 
ficing Friendship, — i^ur  general  views  of  which  may  be   ascer- 
tained by  attention  to  our  worthy  assistants. 
Noble  Grand.    Brother,  what  is  Friendship  ? 
A.     It  is  disinterested,  mutual  regard. 
Noble  Grand.    What  is  the  surest  test  ot  friendship  ? 
A.    Adversity. 

Noble  Grand.  Why  is  adversitj'  the  surest  test  of  friendship  ? 
A.  Because,  in  time  of  prosperity,  as  it  is  then  easy  to  as- 
sume a  friendly  demeanor,  mere  professions  of  love  and  esteem 
may  exist  with  the  most  hollow  and  superficial  sentiments;  but 
in  the  seasons  of  adversity,  the  professed  friend  is  called  upon 
to  shovv'  the  depth  of  his  attachment,  to  abandon  ease,  ^o  part 
with  a  portion  of  his  goods,  or  even  to  risk  his  life.  Genuine 
friendship  will  endure  this  test  ;  aud  when  all  adventitious  cir- 
cumstances are  removed  it  will  abide  the  storm  and  shine 
brightest  in  the  darkest  hour. 

Noble  Grand.    Brother,  are  you  willing  to  enter  upon  an  ob- 
ligation that  may  expose  you  to  such  tests  of  friendship  as  have 
been  described  ? 
[Ans.  by  the  candidate.]    I  am. 

Noble  Grand.  [Presenting  a  blue  rod.]  Then  receive  this 
rod,  which  is  emblematical  of  the  rod  of  Moses,  one  whose  life 
exhibited  a  just  illustration  of  true  friendship  and  self-sacri- 
fice; for  he  forsook  honor  and  riches  to  deliver  from  captivity 
his  i)ersecuted  brethren,  whose  aftlictions  he  willingly  shared 
for  the  love  he  bore  them.  Holding  that  rod  as  a  memorial  of 
his  virtues,  repeat  after  me  the  obligation  appropriate  to  this 
degree. 

Noble  Graud.  I  [name]  of  my  own  free  will  and  accord,  do, 
in  the  presence  of  the  brothers  of  the  degree  of  the  Royal  Blue 
now  assembled,  most  solemnly  promise  declare  and  say,  that  I 
will  conceal  and  never  reveal,  tlie  signs,  secrets,  or  mysteries  of 
the  degree  of  the  Royal  Blue  to  any  person  or  persons,  no,  not 
even  to  a  brother  of  any  ©♦Iter  degree,  unless  instructed  so  to  do 
in  a  lawful  manner;  and  that  I  will  by  no  means  whatsoever 
make  them  or  any  of  them  illegally  known.    With  steady  de- 


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termination  to  fulfill  all  which,  I  hereby  pledge  my  most  sacred 
honor. 

Pass  Woed.— if <?. 
ses. 

Sign  .-Drop  riglit 
hand  over  left,  both 
spread. 

Answer.  —  Left 
hand  over  right 
hand. 

PniNcirAL  Sign. 
— Right  hand  over 
left,  then  raise 
hands  and  eyes  in 
form  of  supplica- 
tion to  heaven. 

Token.  — Moses' 
Rod. 


Sign  R.  B.  Degree.    Answer.         Principal  eign. 
Grip. — Press  second  knuckle  of  right 
hands  bv  ball  of  thumbs. 


In  this  degree  a  sign  is  introduced  called  the  auctioneer's  or 
trading  sign. 

Auctioneer's  Sign. — Double  up  left  hand,  bringing  it  up 
above  left  hip. 


Auctioneer's  Sign. 


Auc't.  sign, 
"good  bargain." 


Auc't.  sisn, 
"bad  bargain,' 


To  signify  "good  bargain,"   put  right  hand   inside  of  left 

To  signify  "well,"  put  right  hand  on  left. 

To  signify  "bad,"  put  right  hand  over  on  left  side. 

To  gain  the  attention  of  a  Bro.,  draw  riglit  hand  from  left. 

Noble  Grand.  Brother,  we  have  yet  some  further  instructions 
to  communicate  which  will  increase  your  knowledge  of  the 
principles  and  mysteries  of  the  Royal  Blue  degree.  Again  give 
heed  to  my  assistants. 

Noble  Grand.    What  are  you  ? 

A.    An  Odd-fellow. 

Noble  Grand.    How  may  I  dnow  you  are  an  Odd-fellow  ? 

A.     By  my  password,  together  with  my  sign  and  token. 

Noble  Grand.    Will  you  give  me  your  password? 

A.    I  did  not  obtain  it  it  so  myself. 

Noble  Grand.    What  do  you  intend  to  do  with  it? 

A.    Letter  it  with  a  brother  of  the  Royal  Blue. 

Noble  Grand.    Then  begin. 

A.    No,  you  begin. 

Noble  Grand.    M-o — 

A.    S-e-s— 

Noble  Grand.    Moses. 

Noble  Grand.    Why  did  you  take  Moses  for  your  password  ? 

A.    Because  it  is  associated  with  true  friendship. 

Noble  Grand.    What  else  is  associated  with  it'? 

A.  Theten  commandments  and  sundTy  other  laws  whereby 
every  Odd-fellow  should  regulate  his  conduct. 

Noble  Grand.    Does  it  remind  us  of  anything  else  ? 

A.  Of  our  duty  to  reverence  that  eternal,  infinite  and  incom- 
prehensible Being,  the  Creator  of  all  things,  who  preserves  and 
governs  all  things  by  his  almighty  power  and  wisdom,  and  is  the 
only  proper  object  of  our  worship. 

Noble  Grand.  Did  Moses  leave  any  charge  concerning  dis- 
tressed brethren? 

A.  Yes. 
,   Noble  Grand.     Repeat  it. 

A.  If  thy  brother  be  waxen  poor  and  fallen  in  decay  with 
thee,  thou  shalt  relieve  him.  Yea,  though  he  be  a  stranger  or  a 
sojourner,  that  he  may  live  wi'h  thee. 

Noble  Grand.    Have  you  the  sign  of  this  degree? 

A.    Yes. 

Noble  Grand.     Advance  it. 

Noble  Grand.    What  is  your  token  ? 

A.    Moses' rod. 

Noble  Grand.    Why  did  you  take  Moses' rod  for  your  token? 

A.  To  remind  me  of  Moses  and  the  virtues  which  he  illus- 
trated. 

Noble  Grand.  How  did  Moses  illustrate  the  peculiar  virtues 
to  which  you  allude  ? 

A.  By  the  sympathies  he  manifested  for  his  brethren,  the 
Jews,  when  they  were  in  affliction ;  for  notwithstanding  his  po- 
sition at  the  court  of  Pharaoh,  he  was  true  to  his  dearest  obli- 
gations. 

Noble  Grand.  Have  you  the  principal  sign  of  the  Royal  Blue  ? 

A.    I  have. 

Noble  Grand.    Advance. 

Noble  Grand.  Are  there  not  some  words  peculiar  to  that 
sign  ? 

A.    Give  ear,  O,  ye  heavens. 

Noble  Grand.    What  is  the  use  of  that  sign  ? 

A.    That  1  may  know  a  brother  in  distress. 


Noble  Grand.  Thus  terminates  the  lecture  of  the  Royal  Blue 
degree,  in  which,  among  other  things,  has  been  rehearsed  the 
appropriate  manner  of  proving  members  of  our  order,  when 
they  are  personally  unknown  to  us.  Friendship,  its  leading 
subject,  is  truly  a  noble  sentiment  and  one  that  well  deserves 
the  'exalted  rank  which  Odd-fellowship  assigns  to  it.  Heathen 
nations  even  liave  not  been  strangers  to  its  cultivation.  That 
the  Greeks  held  in  high  honor  the  formation  of  ties  of  particu- 
lar friendship  among  their  braves  and  warriors,  is  attested  by 
tlieir  mythology  as  well  as  their  history.  The  noblest  of  their 
poets,  whose  immortal  verse  is  still  the  chief  wonder  of  all  lit- 
erature, though  incomplete  the  character  of  Achilles  Iiimself, 
until  adorned  with  a  devoted  attachment  to  a  cotemporary  chief- 
tain. Among  many  of  the  States  of  Sparta  every  generous 
character,  that  the  youths  were  encouraged  by  the  law  and  by 
public  precept  to  form  betimes  some  honorable  individual  at- 
tachments and  to  signalize  through  life,  not  only  at  home,  but 
in  the  dangers  of  the  field,  their  mutual  fidelity  to  the  chosen 
brother  of  their  career  as  citizens  or  solders.  A  like  practice, 
though  to  a  less  extent,  prevailed  with  the  Romans.  Among 
that  people  the  friendship  of  some  of  the  most  learned  and  dis- 
tinguished citizens  Avas  publicly  honored  and  celebrated.  But 
what  in  connection  with  this  degree  we  would  more  especially 
cite  your  admiration  and  invitation,  is  the  yet  nobler  instance 
of  friendship,  because  acting  on  a  much  larger  scale,  as  exhib- 
ited in  tlie  life  of  the  Great  Law  Giver  of  the  Jews.  Moses, 
though  brought  up  amidst  all  the  delights  of  court,  not  only 
loved  better  than  honor,  or  fortune,  or  pleasure,  his  own  humble 
paternal  household,  but  chose  rather  to  share  the  wretchedness 
of  his  despised  countrymen  than  to  enjoy,  the  utmost  favor  of 
the  master  who  opposed  them.  Though  the  adopted  child  of 
Pharaoh's  daughter,  though  bred  in  all  the  learning  and  admit- 
ted to  all  the  confidence  which  Egypt  could  confer  upon  him 
only,  of  all  his  injured  race,  yet  he  forgot  not  that  he  was  an 
Israelite ;  naj^,  remembered  it  the  more  becicuse  of  all  his  nu. 
merous  kinsmen  and  countr3anen  he  alone  was  fortunate.  And 
therefore  inspired  of  heaven  and  yielding  to  his  affections  for 
liis  enslaved  countrymen,  he  hazarded  all  his  brilliant  pros- 
pects of  an  ca.sy  personal  eminence  to  deliver  them  from  their 
bondage.  So  faithful  and  tender  in  him  was  the  large  brother- 
hood that  bound  him  to  his  race.  And  here,  brother,  we  con- 
clude the  degree  of  the  Royal  Blue,  and  by  the  authority  of  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd-fellowship,  I  declare  you  entitled  to 
all  its  privileges. 

The  regalia  of  the  Third  or'^Royal  Blue  Degree  is  a  white  col- 
lar trimmed  with  Uight  blue  fringe  or  ribbon.  Tlie  collar  may 
be  ornamented  with  a  rosette  of  white,  pink  and  blue  at  its  point. 

The  color  of  this  degree  is  Boyal  Blue. 

FOURTH,  OK  REMEMBRANCE  DEGREE. 

[The  conductor  having  brought  the  candidate  to  the  door  of 
the  Lodge,  gives  the  usual  alarm.] 

Inside  Guardian.     Who  comes  there? 

Answer  by  Conductor.  I  conduct  to  the  Lodge  a  brother 
who,  having  been  duly  elected,  is  desirous  of  obtaining  the  de! 
gree  of  Remembrance. 

Noble  Grand.     Admit  him. 

Conductor  brings  candidate  in  and  presents  him  to  the  prin- 
cipal chair. 

Noble  Grand  to  candidate.  To  what  have  you  advanced  in 
Odd- fellowship? 

A.    To  the  Royal  Blue  Degree. 

Noble  Grand  to  Worthy  Warden  and  Conductor.  Examine 
the  brother(s). 

[They  examine  the  candidate(s)  and,  if  such  be  the  fact,  re- 
port] All  right. 

Noble  Grand  to  Candidate.  Have  you  studied  well  the  prin- 
ples  intended  to  be  planted  in  your  mind  by  the  degrees  you 
have  passed  ? 

A.     I  have. 

Noble   Grand.     Then,  in   rembx'ance   of  the   obligations  by 
wliich  you  are  bound  to  this  order,  repeat  after  me  another, 
suitable  to  the  degree  upon  wliich  you  are  entering. 
obligation. 

I,  [name],  in  the  presence  of  the  brothers  of  this  degree  now 
assembled,  do  solenily  promise,  declare  and  saj',  that  I  will  hold 
in  secrecy,  the  signs,  password  and  grip  of  the  degree  of  Re- 
membrance; that  I  will  neither  give  nor  reveal  them,  or  any 
of  them,  or  allow  any  person  to  give  or  reveal  them,  or  any  of 
them,  except  when  legally  authorized  so  to  do.  To  the  per- 
formance of  which  I  pledge  my  most  sacred  honor. 

Noble  Grand  to  Candidate.  Brother,  in  this,  the  Fourth  De- 
gree, we  wish  to  impress  upon  you  the  great  principles  of  uni- 
versal love;  that  goes  behind  the  distinction  of  sect,  party  and 
nation.;  recognizes  all  men  as  brothers  and  bids  us  do  unto 
others  as  we  would  that  they  should  do  unto  us.  The  neglect 
or  violation  of  this  principle,  is  the  source  of  all  the  social 
evils  that  afflict  mankind  and  disturb  the  general  harmony. 
Persecution,  fraud,  illiberality,  oppression  and  countless  other 
wrongs,  all  issue  from  a  prevailing  selfishness,  which  locks  up 
man's  affections  in  his  own  breast,  paralj^zes  the  nerve  of  sym- 
pathy that  should  bind  him  to  others ;  makes  him  careless  of 
all  interests  but  his  own;  causes  him  to  forget  the  demands  of 
the  social  law  upon  him,  and  even  blinds  him  to  the  fact  that 
his  own  comfort  and  welfare  are  interwoven  with  the  well-being 
of  the  great  aggregate  of  man.  Man  needs  a  closer  association 
with  man  the  world  over. 

Of  social  ideas  we  may  be  tenacious.  These  in  their  legiti- 
mate operations  are  right,  and  even  sacred,  but  when  they  seal 
our  visions  to  other  and  more  comprehensive  truths,  we  should 
remember  that  our  relations  are  exceedingly  broad  and  far- 
reaching.  The  love  of  familj^  of  country,  and  of  party  is  a 
natural  and  beautiful  sentiment.  It  holds  us  to  obligations  of  a 
peculiar  character  that  should  never  be  disregarded.  But  we 
must  not  stop  with  these;  we  must  not  array  them  in  direct 
conflict  with  other  and  more  comprehensive  duties;  we  should 
not  forget  that  all  men  are  of  one  family ;  that  there  is  but  one 
country,  the  earth;  but  one  nation,  the  human  race.  All  men 
are  one,  from  the  monarch  on  his  throne,  to  the  beggar  in  his 
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On  2'BquareB  5  per  cent,  On  8  squarcslO  per  cent 
On  4        "  15    "      "        On  5        "    20     " 
On  Vi  col.  25  per  cent    On  ouo  col.  30  per  cent 

Circulate  the  Documents, 

Mr.  Kditgu  : — About  a  year  a<^o 
Merchant  Ktily  and  1  biught  nearly 
live  hundred  copies  of  Fmney'B  work 
on  Masonry  and  (JistribiUtd  them 
among  the  people.  The  Masors  said 
that  it  would  help  their  cause. 

Not  lone;  since  h  man  by  the  name  ' 
of  Frank  Reed,  of  Cunnersvilh'',  sent  up 
seven  dollars  to  the  Masooic   Lodge  in 
Connereville    for     lh«    initialion    fee. 
Boon  after   he  mentioned  the  fact   to 

Mrs.     Springer,     of    C .       She 

handed  him  a  copy  of  Finney  •which  1 
bad  lent  her  r.nd  requested  him  to  read 
it  before  he  joined  them,  lie  complied 
with  her  request,  and  then  srnt  for  his 
seven  dollars.  The  lodge,  after  mature 
deliberation,  concluded  it  best  to  dis- 
gorge. Mr.  Reed  is  a  man  of  great 
bravery  and  independence  of  character. 

Previous  to  this  I  lent  Mr.  Peters, 
the  C&tholic  priest  at  Coi'norsville  a 
copy  of  Finney,  and  also  lent  his  broth- 
er a  copy.  Since  the  priest  died,  and 
a  Mr.  Wo! from  who  lately  came  to  the 
place  cfficiated  in  the  priest'c  stead, 
until  the  church  members  found  cut 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


that  he  was  a  Mason,   and  then    they 
repudiated  him. 

The  cafe  of  repudiation  and  the  one 
of  disagreement  abjve  m';ntioned,  came 
cfiF  about  two  months  since,  and  I  un. 
deraiand  that  it  made  a  great  flurry 
among  the  wearers  of  the  sheep-skin 
aprouF.  • 

Albeut  Honeywell,  Sk. 

H.iRRiSBUUQ,  Ind. 

[Merchant  Kelley  adds  a  note  to  the 
abo\c  that  frcm  the  nominations  in 
tbeir  county,  Fayette,  he  hopes  there 
wdl  not  be  .t  Mason  ekcted  to  ^  county 
office.  This  is  a  further  result  of  cir- 
culating documents.  —  Ed.] 
♦ » » 

A  bingle  Cynosure  tract  has  saved  a 
young  man  from  ihe  ledge  and  probably 
from  eternal  ruin.  Can  n  at  v  u  spare 
a  tm^iU  sum  for  the  tr^ct  fund  ? 


The  labor  of  dislribuurg  one  thous- 
and pages  of  tracts,  if  paid  for  at  a 
fiir  rate,  is  usually  worth  two  or  three 
dollars,  yet,  although  a  neio  contnbu- 
t'on  of  fifty  cents  complcles  the  pay- 
ment for  1,000  pages,  our  trad  furd  is 
exhausted. 


For  every  five  dollars  contributed  to 
the  tract  fund  a  friend  adds  another 
fi'/e,  "0  that  for  every  five  dolhrs  receiv- 
ed, we  now  send  out  ten  thou-^and 
pages  of  tracts.  We  have  calls  for 
one  handred  thousand  pages  p^r  month 
for   gra'uitous  distribution.     AVho  will 

help  sustain  lh'3  .<'und? 

— ■ ^-♦^ 

TEN  DOLLARS  FOR    TUB  TRACT  fUND. 

Since  the  above  appeal  for  the  tract 
fund  wa3  set  up,  and  just  as  the  Cyno- 
fiitre  w-',s  going  to  pres?,  we  received 
Ten  Dollaks  from  Welh  Springs,  E:iq  , 
of  Roclveeter,  N.  Y. ,  accompiinied  with 
earnest  woids  of  cheer  and  orders  to 
'  nse  it  in  any  luay  it  ivill  do  ihe  most 
goG(V  We  know  of  no  way  of  doing 
more  good  with  it  than  to  pay  it  into 
the    traot   fund    to   send   out  twenty 

inOUS.iND  PAGES  OF  AnTI-MA.SONIC  LEAF" 

LETS.     '-Who   speaks   next?"      Orders 
fjr  free  tracts  are  in  order  now. 


E/ery  contribution  to  the  tract  fund 
helps  the  Cynosure  becaus.^  those 
tracts  prepare  the  way  for  the  Cynosure. 
For  every  addition^il  ten  dollars  sent  to 
this  fund  wo  send  out  twenty  thousand 
pages  of  tracts.  Who  sends  the  next 
ten  ? 


Subscription  Letters 
for  the  week  ending  .July  18th. 
John  Ah'ord,  L  Aiden,  W  W  Ames, 
Briggs  Alden.  J  B  irtlett,  G  W  Bothers, 
J  Beattie,  J  T  Brendell,  J  M  Bryant, 
Jaa  Brawor,  Barbar  &  West,  P  Brink- 
erhcff,  N  B  Blanton,  W  BUkesley, 
Thos  Barland,  Rev  J  Croker,  J  B  Cook, 
Mrs  M  E  Cook,  W  T  Caeebolt,  J  A 
Coniint,  H  Divol',  H  Davis,  J  ADjdds, 
G  W  Eliiuwood,  A  Gdbert,  C  Hepler, 
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W  W  Martin,  J  H  Markey,  Wm  McCul- 
lough.HMohler,  P  J  Martin,  WH  OHs, 
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J  P  Stoddard,  M  Stark,  W  H  Smylie, 
C  S  Spaulding,  J  0  Stearns,  J  Q 
Stauffer,  B  UIbL 


The   National  Christiau   Association. 


Object.  —  "To  expose,  withstand 
and  remove  secret  societies,  Freema- 
sonry in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movements, in  order  to  save 
the  churches  of  Christ  from  being  de- 
praved; to  redee.n  the  administration 
of  justice  from  perversion,  and  our 
republican  government  from  corrup- 
tion." 

President. — B.  T.  Robert",  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y. 

Directors, — Philo  Carpenter,  J. 
Blanchard,  A.  Wait,  I.  A.  Hart,  C. 
R.  Hagerty,  E.  A  Cook,  J.  G.  Terrill, 
0.  F.  Lumiy,  J.  M.  Wallace,  Isaac 
Preston,    Wm.   Pinkney. 

Correspondi.ng  Secrstauv.  —  C.  A. 
Blanchard,   11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Recording  Secretary  and  Treasur- 
er.—H.  L.  Kelbgg,  11  AVabash  Av?., 
Chicago. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer. — 
J.  P.  Stoddard,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

Life  membership,  $10.00;  annual  do  , 
'25  cts.  Oiders  for  memberships  aud 
general  correspondence  of  the  As  o:ia- 
tion  should  be  sent  to  the  Correspond- 
ing Secretary.  All  donations  or  be- 
quests, to  the  Treasurer, 

^^ 

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General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P. Stod- 
dard, Christian  Cynosure  Office.  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggius, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturers  for  New  York,  Z.  Weav- 
er, Esq.,  and  J.  L.  Barlow,  48  Chestnut 
St.,  both  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

1.  A.  Hart,  Wheatou,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Whcaton,  111. 
P.  Blzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Seneca ville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.Rathban,  Lisbon  Center,.  N.  Y. 
8.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summertield,  0. 

L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 

J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 

Linus  Chittenden ,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 

P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Faucv  Creek,  Wis. 
C.  F.  Hawley,  Seneca  Falls,  N.  Y. 
W.  M.  Qivens,  Center  Point,  Ind. 
J.  L.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
.T  .M.  Bisho)).  Chambersburg.  Pa. 

mARKlSt  K£iPQBTS 

Chioaqo.  July  -20, 1874. 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 
Grain  Wheat— Spring,  No.  1. 

No.   9 

No.  3 

"       Rejected 

Corn— No.  8 

Eejected 

Oats— No.  2...   

Rejected 

Rye— No.  2 

Flour,  "Winter        

Spring  extra 

Superfine 

Hay— Timothy ,  pressed 

"  loose 

Prairie,       "     

Lard   

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 

Bntter 

Cheese  


14 

11^ 


68  H 
BO 
40  H 
80 
5  25 

n  00 

3  50 

8  00 
C  00 


22 

lOH 

14 
180 
4  50 

04 
2  65 
0  20 


Beans 

Potatoes,  per  bii,  new 

Broom  corn 

oeeds — Timothy 

Clover 

Flax 

Hides— Green  and  green  cured 

Full  cured  add  J4  percent. 

Lumber— Clear 38  00 

Common 11 

Lath 

Shingles 

WOOi/— Washed 

Unwashed 

LIVE  STOCK.  Cattle,  extra. . 

Good  to  choice 

Medium 

Common 

Hogs, 

Sheep 


07- 


I  50 
38 
27 
«  20 
5  30 
4  75 
8  25 
B  80 
3  00 


1  12!4 
1'04 

'94 
80 
5914 
52 

88 
7  75 
5  SO 

4  ei 
13  00 
15  00 

9  50 
119s 
19  40 

27 

12 

U% 

2  05 

5  60 
09 

3  30 
B  30 

1  75 
09« 

55  00 
12  00 

2  25 

3  50 
02 
83 

6  40 
6  00 

5  25 

4  ,50 
(i  (M 

6  00 


Now  York  Market. 

Flour J  4  90     11  ro 

Wheat 1  27        1  55 

Corn rts%       SB 

Oats ;63«       70 

Rye 1  CO       112 

Lard 12 

Mess  port 20  25 

Batter is  28 

Cho«ae 09  12 

BgH       20  S8 


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Ihird,  entitled  . 

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VOL.  VI.,  NO.  43.— WHOLE  NO  225. 
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Contents. 


Editorial  Articles 

Editorial     Correspondence ninting    at    Reform 

Proof  at  Last Notes. 

CONTRIE0TBD  AND  SBLBCT  ARTICLES 

Belonginftto  Two  Churches  —  Should  Lodges  be  Ruled 

from  the  Church? Jewish  Masons  of  New  York 

Secret  Societies  iu  China Right  and  Reputation 

Recognizing  Christianity. 

Topics  of  tub  Time 

Reform  News 

^otice8...  From  the  Illinois  Agent Grant    County, 

Ind.,  on  Politics. 

Correspondence 

Around   llie    Lakes A  Campbellite  Preacher  Riding 

two  Horses Grangerism  in  Jroquis  Co.,  Ill A  Ques- 
tion of   Fellowshii) From   Henry   Co.,   Iowa Oar 

Mail. 

Odd-fellowship  Illustrated 

Forty  Years  Ago— The  Early  Semblances  of  Masonry 

Political  Platform 

The  Home  Cikcle 

Children's  Corner 

The  Sabbath  School 

Home  and  Health  Hints 

Farm  and  Garden 

Religious  Intelligence 

News  of  the  Wecl^ 

Publisher's  Department 


Page. 
.     8,9 

2,3 


4,5,6 


14,  1,5 

7 

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10 

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7 

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12 

10 

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To  Seceding  Odd-fellows. 


In  this  Cynosure  's  the  conclusion  of  the  exposition 
of  the  first  five  degrees  of  Odd-fellowship.  AVe  want 
a  correct  exposition  of  the  Encampment  degrees,  and 
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it?  or  do  you  know  of  any  one  else  who  can  and  will 
furnish  it?  It  so,  please  write  to  us  at  once. 
Ezra  A.  Cook  &  Co., 
13  Wabash  Avenue,  Chicago. 


\m\\%  4  \\i  %m, 


How  Can  it  be  Done  ?- — Dr.  Schaff,  in  a  late  ad- 
dress, eaid  the  state  was  bound  to  maintain  four 
things  bised  on  Christianity,  viz  ,  monogamy,  Sab 
bath,  Bible  in  schools,  and  untaxed  churches.  We 
believe  the  state  bound  to  do  more  than  this,  but  for 
a  starting  point,  take  these  four  things.  In  regard  to 
them,  most  civilized  people  will  agree.  We  ought  to 
have  laws  prohibiting  polygamy,  desecration  of  the 
Sabbath  and  neglect  of  the  Bible  in  our  national 
schools.  We  should  not  tax  benevolence  ;  and  almost 
all  the  churches  in  the  United  States  are  built  and 
maintained  by  laborious,  benevolent  self-sacrifice.  But 
we  ask,  how  can  the  state  maintain  these  things 
''based  on  Christianity,"  when  the  supreme  law  of 
the  laud  declares  there  shall  not  be  laws  prohibiting 
the  freo  exercise  of  religion,  and  that  Congress  may 
not  declare  what  is  and  what  is  not  religion.  As  we 
stand  at  pre.'cnt,  whatever  any  set  of  men  choose  to 
call  religion,  is  religion,  and  they  may  practice  it 
freely  in  any  part  of  the  United  States.  If  state  law=i 
interfere  an  appeal  to  the  Supreme  Court  will  declare 
them  unconstitutional.  Where,  but  in  this  fact,  can 
3"ou  find  an  explanation  for  the  inability  of  Congress 
to  pass  an  effective  act  against  Morraonism  ?  While 
all  religions  are  tolerated  you  can  claim  no  pre-emi- 
nence for  Christianity.  We  must  be  Christian  or 
heathen.     Which  shall  it  be  ? 


So  A3  BY  Fire. — If  there  is  one  thing  more  strongly 
insisted  upon  in  God's  word  than  another,  it  is  that 
he  will  certainly  purdsh  thoee  who  transgress  his  law. 
This  is  a  lesson  that  men  are  slow  to  learn  and  un- 
willing to  heed.  After  the  first  stun  of  the  Chicago 
fire  in  1871  was  over,  newspapers  and  men  in  general 
went  on  in  the  old  way  of  bragging  and  money - 
worshipping.  It  was  not  a  judgment  for  sins  but  for 
shingle  roofs,  we  were  told.  God  had  nothing  to  do 
,with  it.  Mrs.  O'Leary's  cow  did  the  business.  Well, 
right  soon,  as  an  apparent  answer  to  these  wicked  and 
profane  denials  of  God's  providence,  a  fire  started  in  a 
granite  and  iron  store  in  Boston  and  burned  ninety  to 


a  hundred  millions  of  property.  And  now  a  tire  cost- 
ing from  three  to  fiye  millions  occurs  in  Chicago 
again.  What  lesson  is  to  be  learned  ?  The  lesson  of 
penitence  and  humility.  Just  so  sure  as  the  respect- 
able people  of  Chicai^o  keep  on  in  their  mad  race 
after  money,  just  so  surely  they  will  be  disappointed 
by  a  just  and  angry  God.  It  is  better  to  worship  in 
small  churches  and  old  clothes  than  to  insult  God 
with  empty  furms  and  magnificent  hollowness.  No 
one  asserts,  that  the  people  of  Chicago  are  worse  than 
others.  All  through  our  land  to-day  we  are  cureed 
with  a  formal  religion  that  is  useless  to  men  and  of- 
fensive to  our  Maker.  God  can  easily  destroy  Chicago 
by  fire  and,  if  he  choose,  cause  an  earthquake  to 
swallow  her  up.  He  has  destroyed  nations  that  for- 
get him.  He  says  that  he  will  do  so  and  will  keep 
his  word.     It  Ib  vain  for  us  to  fight  against  God. 


Bkecher's  Defense. — Theodore  Tilton  has  charged 
H.  W.  Beecher  with  the  crime  of  adultery.  He  has 
sustained  this  charge  by  a  series  of  letters  written 
both  by  Mr.  Beecher  and  Mrs.  Tilton.  Mr.  Beecher 
admits  that  the  letters  said  to  be  written  by  him  were 
so  written,  and  only  objects  to  the  <  xpianation  made 
of  them.  He  gets  together  a  parcel  of  lawyers  and 
seveiai  of  his  deacons,  and  after  some  hours  comes 
out  with  a  statemint  reading  far  more  like  the  plea  of 
an  inferior  lawyer,  than  iho  heartfelt  answer  of  an 
honest  man.  We  do  not  attempt  to  decide  on  the 
merits  of  the  case  till  the  evidence  is  all  in  ;  but  if 
Mr.  Beecher  wishes  the  confidence  of  the  Christiac 
public  he  will  deal  less  with  lawyers  and  more  with 
letters  written  by  his  own  hand.  He  has  said  that 
he  was  ''sitting  on  the  ragged  edge  of  remorse  ;" 
that  he  did  not  expect  to  be  alive  another  Sabbalh, 
and  that  he  wishes  lu  was  dead.  There  miy  be 
some  explanation  of  such  expressions  which  wil!  clear 
him  of  the  charge  now  made.  If  there  is  such  an 
explanation,  let  us  have  it.  It  answers  no  good  pur- 
pose to  get  a  lot  of  lawyers  and  deacons  to  consult  in 
the  matter.  Mr.  Beecher  ought  to  know  what  he 
meant.  If  he  does  let  him  tell.  To  abuse  Mr.  Tilton 
until  his  accusation  is  disproved  is  an  unprofitable 
thing.  If  Beecher  and  Mrs.  Tiiton  want  to  provt 
Theodore  Tilton  an  adulterer  the  divorce  courts  are 
open.     Just  at  present  Mr.  Befcher  is  on  trial. 


Its  Effect  on  the  Churches. — There  are  frequently 
expressed  rejTrets  for  the  effect  of  the  Beecher-Tilcon 
matter  on  the  interests  of  religion.  It  seems  to  U8 
that  whatever  the  verdict  that  the  public  sball  declare, 
the  cause  of  true  religion  will  not  suffer  materially. 
Mr.  Beecher  has  never  been  the  examplar  or  advocate 
of  a  self-denying,  cross-bep.rirg  Chris  ianity.  He  has 
preached  a  gospel  of  sentimentalism  He  has  been 
an  actor,  doing  in  the  pulpit  as  other  men  does  on  the 
stage,  for  effect.  He  was  never  known  as  an  abo- 
Utionist  until  the  danger  wa^  over  ;  then  none  so 
brave  as  he.  Muskets  and  cannon  bails  were  a  part 
of  sermons,  whils  dancing  and  billiardi  were  the  ob- 
jects of  his  laudation  in  lectures  to  his  own  and  other 
people.  This  combination  of  circumstances  made  him 
the  favorite,  not  so  much  of  Christians  ss  of  world- 
lings. The  men  who  would  appkud  his  "Manhood 
and  Money"  lecture,  are  not  the  men  who  support 
the  Christian  religion,  but  the  religion  called  mam- 
moc-worahip.  His  praises  have  been  more  often  and 
more  loudly  sounded  by  papers  making  no  pretense 
to  Christianity  than  by  others.  Now,  matters  are  re- 
versed. The  secular  press  which  toadied  him  with- 
out stint,  are  beginning  to  curse  him  without  decency 


or  limit,  and  the  religious  press,  showing,  imperfect  as 
it  is,  the  spirit  of  the  Master,  speaks  calmly,  and  hopes 
for  the  best.  Henry  Ward  Beecher  has  deeply 
wronged  the  churches.  He  has  watered  and  twisted 
the  plain  teachings  of  the  Bible  until  avowed  atheists, 
infidels  and  stock  gamblers  have  been  his  warmest  ad- 
mirers. He  has  sneered  at  those  who  insist  on  non- 
conformity to  the  world,  thus  grieving  those  who  be- 
lieve that  we  ought  to  come  out  and  be  separate. 
But  now  that  beseems  likely  to  fail  the  Christian  sen- 
timent of  the  cjuntry  walks  sadh,^  backward  to  cast 
the  mantle  of  charity  over  what  seems  to  be  his  shame, 
while  his  quondam  admirers  are  delighting  to  pro- 
claim it  to  the  world.  The  Christian  churches  will 
not  lose  but  gain  if  the  charges  are  proved  true,  and 
yet  they  will  sorrow.  They  will  not  give  but  lose  if 
the  charges  are  shown  to  be  falfe,  and  yet  they  will  be 
glad. 

The  Gods  and  other  Lectures. — This  is  the  title 
of  a  bock  by  Robert  G.  Ingersoil,  better  known  as 
'Bob  Ingersoil,"  of  Peoria,  111.  We  have  read  only 
the  lecture  which  givea  title  to  the  book,  ''The  GT)ds." 
Of  it  little  need  be  said.  It  is  valuable  chiefly  as 
showing  what  a  bopelesg,  muddy  thing  the  human 
mind  is  when  without  God  and  without  hope  in  the 
world.  Had  the  rage  for  authorship  ceized  on  some 
poor  fellow  withering  in  the  grip  of  delirium  tremens, 
a  similar  work  might  h«>ve  resulted.  He  cannot  sat- 
isfy himself  by  his  denunciation  of  the  Bible  and  its 
God.  He  seems  to  wander  all  over  the  dictionary  to 
secure  a  good  round  cursing  for  the  (Jhristian  church. 
Now  the  thought  will  occur  to  many  persons,  "Why 
does  Bob  Ingerfcoll  stay  in  such  fearfully  dangerous 
company  ?  There  are  about  five-sixths  of  the  human 
race  who  do  not  live  in  Christian  lands,  who  are  not 
troubled  with  the  Christian's  Bible  or  by  the  Chris- 
tian's God.  Cannot  this  worthy  gentleman  find  con- 
genial company  seme  where  outside  of  Christendom, 
Of  course  we  should  be  sorry  to  spare  such  a  man. 
One  who  labored  so  long  for  the  elevation  of  the 
world,  whose  fame  as  a  echolar,  an  inventor,  a  phil- 
anthropist and  statesman  is  so  wide-spread.  If  he 
should  decide  to  settle  among  the  free-thinkers  of 
Patagonia  or  the  Ashanlee  realm,  we,  of  course, 
would  miss  him  ;  but  if  he  thinks  his  condition  among 
Christian  churches  so  fearful,  we  can  let  him  go. 
Eulogizing  Thomas  Paine,  he  says,  addressing  the 
Christian  church  :  ''You  have  imprisoned  the  hu- 
man mind  ;  you  have  been  the  enemy  of  liberty  ; 
you  hHve  burned  us  at  the  stake, — roasted  us  upon 
slow  fires, — torn  our  flesii  with  iron  ;  you  have  cov- 
ered us  with  chains, — treated  us  as  outcasts  ;  you 
have  filled  the  world  with  fear  ;  you  have  taken  our 
wives  and  children  from  our  arms  ;  you  have  confis- 
cated our  property  ;  you  have  denied  us  the  right  to 
testify  in  courts  of  justice  ;  you  have  branded  us  with 
infamy  ;  you  have  torn  out  our  tongues  ;  you  have 
refused  us  burial.  In  the  name  of  your  religion  you 
have  robbed  us  of  every  right  ;  and,  after  having  in- 
flicted upon  us  every  evil  that  can  be  inflicted  in  thie 
world,  you  have  fallen  upon  your  knees,  and,  with 
clasped  hands,  implored  your  God  to  torment  us 
forever."  When  this  good  and  great  man  has  gone 
to  eat  roast  missionary  -vith  his  brother  religionists  in 
the  South  Sea,  we  will  look  at  the  vast  hbraries  he 
has  built,  the  homes  for  the  poor  and  bhnd  he  has 
founded,  and  one  small  boy  will  say  to  another  : 
Who  is  there  to  mourn  for  Bob  Ingersoil  ?  Not  one. 
No,  not  one. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


JiV    IITCV.    N.     CAI.LKNDKIl. 


Beionjfijig  to  Two  Churches.  was  not  tlic  jcsiill  of  the  muider  of  oue  of  its  members 

by  the  Masonic  fraternity;  nor  of  the  social,  })oiitical  or 

rehgious  fxeilt'inent    tbut  grew    out    of  said    murder. 

Why  do  Masons  isfrk  the   fdhw.lop  of  Christians  ?  I^^t  it  was  the  result  of  honest    and    mature    delibera- 

Why  desire  a    place  among  any    than    their    Masonic  |tions,  coupled  ^vith  the  e.xperience  of  some  of  the  fath- 


bretliren?  What  otiier  relioious  sect  beside  the  Ma- 
sonic sect,  ever  think  of  belonging  to  more  than  one 
church  at  the  same  time?  What  if  a  Presbyterian 
sliould  propose  to  hold  membership  at  the  same  time 
in  his  own.  and  in  the  Congregational  church?  Who 
could  tell  which  would  be  iiis  own  church  ?  But  there 
would  be  such  an  absurdity  in  such  a  double  member- 
ship that  sol)er  men  would  never  think  of  tolerating  it. 
It  remains  for  Kreemasons  and  such  churches  and 
church  members  as  contenance  this  duplicity,  10  perpe- 
trate this  assault  upon  reason  and  sober  sense. 

Is  the  Mason  afraid  to  trust  himself  exclusively  Avith 
his  own  religion,  and  therefore  seeks  the  bcneiit  of  two 
distinct  and  mutually  antagonistic  religions?  As  it  is 
no  credit  to  Masonry  for  a  Mason  to  seek  the  aid  of  an- 
other religion  which  is  essentially  antagonistic  to  Ma- 
sonry (as  Christianity  surely  is),  so  it  is  an  insult  to 
Christ,  the  Author  of  the  Gospel,  bordering  upon  pro- 
fanity, for  a  professed  disciple  of  Jesus  to  seek  the  aid 
of  the  Masonic  religion.  Is  the  Gospel  of  Christ  insuf- 
JiciepWi  As  he  who  joins  a  Christian  church  after  he 
becomes  a  Mason,  betrays  a  want  of  i'aith  in  the  saving 
efficacy  of  Masonry,  so  he  who  joins  the  ^Masons  after 
he  professes  to  be  a  Christian  shows  a  want  of  reliance 
upon  Christianity  border'ng  close  upon  aposlacy.  We 
are  by  no  means  sur.i  that  every  such  man  is  not  gone 
into  apostasy  from  the  hour  he  forms  his  Masonic  pur- 
pose. As  we  view  the  subject,  we  would  uot  for  a 
thousand  worlds  take  the  peril  of  such  a  position.  Once 
weTjaw  about  a  score  of  souls  deliberately  vote  against 
the  church  for  the  lodge.  The  issue  was  fiiirly  made. 
It  was  the  saddest  sight  t.-i  us  we  ever  beheld.  Was  it 
anapost'.cy?  This  we  must  leave  to  the  judgment  of 
the  great  day.  May  God  grant  repentance  unto  life, 
is  the  prayer  of  our  heart.  Perhaps  they  knew  not 
what  thev  did,  but  to  us  the  lesson  was  one  of  a  life; 
burned  by  the  deepest  emotions  into  the  very  soul  for 
all  lime. 

If  it  would  be  ;in  inconsistency  too  great  to  be  thought 
of,  for  men  to  belong  to  (wo  churches  of  the  same 
faith,  fundamentally,  then  it  is  supreiaely  inconsistent, 
if  not  absolutely  absurd  for  men  to  belong  to  two  reli- 
gions tvhich  are  radically  and  esscnUaWv  avtqwdes,  as 
are  Masonry  and  Christianity. 

As  strongly  analagous  to  the  foUv  we  are  exposing 
take  the  following  anecdote,  headed  "A  Vagabond:" 

•'Where  do  you  go  to  Sunday-school,  Jimmy?" 

"Why,  marm,  I  goes  to  Paplisses  and  the  Metho- 
(lisses  and  t!ie  Presbyterinms  but  I've  been  tryinji' the 
'Piscopals  for  (he  last  (wo  or  tlii'ee  weeks." 

'"You  don't  seem  to  belong  anywhere  then,  Jimmy  S" 

"Wlrr,  }'es  marm,  don't  you  see?  I  belong  to  'cm 
all  e.vcejitin  the,  'Piscopals,  but  I'm  to  jine  them  too, 
now." 

'•Well,  Jivnmy  what  is  your  idea  in  going  to  so 
many  i" 

"VV!\y,  ytni  see,  I  gets  a  little  or  what's  going  on  at 
'em  all,  niirm,  1  ^ets  libraries,  and  hymn-books,  and 
all  that;  and  when  they  h^ve  ])icnics  I  goes  to 
every  one  of  'em.  " 

"(V  sort  of  religious  vaga'xnidism"  not  confined  to 
poor  Jimmy  but  too  often  seen  with  full  grown  and  hi  ,ih- 
ly  educated  men  and  women,  including  pastoi's  and' 
deacons. 

S!iiuil(!  iiOd.sjces  be  iliiled  froiii  the  €iuuTh. 

i!V    W.     M.      CIVENS. 

From  the  very  commencement  of  the  United 
Brethren  in  Christ,  they  as  a  church  opposed  secret 
societies  aod  refused  to  receive  members  of  such  socie- 
ties, however  unexceptional  their  character  in  other 
respects,  except  on  condition  that  they  severed  their 
relation  with  secret  orders.  This  posKion  was  taken 
before      the     abducuon    ..Hi)d    .niUnler      of      -fergau 


which  "Ccurcd  in  6ij)Urnib' i,-     !f32G. 
J'he  a  lopti'iii  o    Uus    ruK- i       oni' 


■hu 


rch     (11.--C1  i)iii;e 


ers  of  the  church,  who  in  liicir  younger  days    became 
entangled  in  its  deceitful  mashes. 

For  a  number  of  years  no  one  thought  to  say,  why 
do  you  oppose  secret  societies  ?  The  reason  of  our  op- 
position was  apparent  to  all.  Ihtt  within  the  last 
twenty  years.  Freemasonry  and  Odd-''ellowship  have 
made  rapid  advances  in  numbers  and  influence,  Avhile 
numerous  other  secret  organizations  of  a  minor  charac- 
ter, have,  as  if  by  magic,  sprang  into  existence,  thus 
popularizing  secrecy  by  numbers.  Men  of  every  rank 
and  station,  in  life,  from  the  President  to  the  meanest 
rough  of  the  brothels  of  death  and  sinks  of  vice,  to- 
getlier  with  many  churchmen,  such  as  bishops,  elders, 
preachers,  exhorters,  class-leaders  and  laymen,  have 
become  members  and  abettors,  aU  of  which  has  had  a 
tendency  to  popularize  those  secret  orders  of  dar/cness. 
And  to-day,  the  world,  the  chui-ch,  and  those  minions 
ot  darkness,  demand  of  us  to  erase  or  modify  our  po- 
sition upo!i  secrecy,  or  show  some  good  reason  why 
we  retain  it.  The  latter  they  demand,  however,  with 
an  air  of  triumph  ss  much  as  to  say.  You  are  old  fo^y, 
you  have  no  good  reason  for  retaining  the  rule.  You 
do  not,  and  cannot  know  anything  about  these  orders. 
Poor  dupes,  they  think  thcit  because  they  have  had 
to  learn  at  the  school  of  experience  that  everybod}'  else 
who  may  desire  to  know  must  go  to  the  same  master 
for  light. 

But  I  pro])ose  to  present  a  few  good  reasons  why 
we  ought  not  to  lay  down  our  rule  on  seo'ecy  of  these 
orders. 

First.  The  claim  of  the  ordos  to  antiquity  is  an  abomi- 
nable fraud  and  an  offense  to  Cod  and  man.  But  how 
far  back  do  Masons  trace  the  existence  of  their  order? 
If  we  believe  their  traditional  history,  their  institution 
is  an  old  wrinkled,  gray-bearded  man,  yet  retaining  all 
the  life  and  vigor  of  manhood.  Hear  the  testimon}'  of  one 
of  their  own  accredited  witnesses,  Thomas  Webb,  who 
wrote  his  "Fi-eemason's  Monitor,  "about  the  year  1779, 
when  Masonry  was  just  sixty-two  years  old.^  Pie  pre- 
pared his  book  from  Mr.  Preston's"  "lUusti-ations  of 
Masonry,"  which  wa.s doubtless  written  soon  after  the 
organization  of  the  institution  of  Masonry  in  1717. 
Mr.  Webb  says,  ''From  the  commencement  of  the 
world,  we  may  trace  the  foundation  of  Masonry.  Ever 
since  symmetry  began,  and  harmony  displayed  her 
charms,  our  order  has  had  a  being."  (Monitor,  pages 
17,   18). 

Does  Mr.  'Webb  mean  to  say  that  Masonry  had  its 
origin  before  man  was  created?  iiis  language  implies 
tha,t,  nay,  asserts  it.  Can  any  living,  sane  Mason 
believe  that  Webb  ui(ered  a  truth  when  he  made,  the 
above  declai-atiou?  ])ut  such  is  the  creduilty  of  m-ajn, 
that  when  once  fully  in  the  clutches  of  the  mystic  de- 
iiiou  of  Masonry,  he  is  ready  to  believe  any  dogma 
that  the  fraternity  niay  require.  I  and  remfemberhear 
ing  the  Master  of  Prairie  Lodge,  No.  1^,  Paris,  IlUoois 
stated  in  open  lodge  that  Christ  was  a  Mason,  and  that 
he  was  in  a  Freemason  lodge  when  twelve  years  of 
age,  and  that  the  astonishment  expressed  by  tha  law- 
yers and  doctors  was  occasioned  by  his  abilitjr  to  an- 
swer their  questions  (Masonically)  having  never  learn- 
learned,  i.  e.,  never  been  initiated.  I  afterwards 
beared  some  of  the  abominable  sycophants  assert  pub- 
licly that  Jesus  was  a  Mason,  and  (hey  could  prove  it. 
Why  ;Xre  men  so  incoufistent?  so  dishonest? 

Let  us  put  Mr.  Albe^-t  Gf.  Mackey  on  the  stand  and 
interrogate  him  in  regard  to  the  antiquity  of  specula- 
tive Masoniy.  lie  says,  in  the  beginning  of  the  eigh- 
teenth century,  an  important  change  was  made  which 
had  a  remarkable  effect  upon  the  character  of  the  grand 
lodges.  "A  prop.sion  was  agreed  to  that  the  privileges 
of  Masonry  should  no  longer  be  restricted  to  operative 
Masons,  but  extended  to  me li  of  various  professions." 
(Mackev's  Masonic  Jurisprudence,  page  414.)     Again  In 


in  tlie  order,  and  the  society  from  that  time  devoted  it- 
self to  the  pursuits  cf  speculative  science,  leaving  the 
construction  9f  cathedrals  and  palaces  to  operative 
woikmen,  (see  Mackey 's  Masonic   Jurisprudence,  page 

415).  ,.  ; 

Thus  Mackey  tells  us  that  speculative  Masonry  had 
its  origin  in  the  beginning  of  the  eighteenth  century, 
but  he  tells  us  more.  On  the  24th  of  June,  17 17, 
the  four  lodges  of  operative  Mast)ns  met  at  the  Apple- 
tree  Tavern  (whose  name  has  been  rendered  famous  for 
all  time).  They  resolved  themselves  into  a  grand  lodge. 
Here  we  have  the  organization  of  speculative  Masonry, 
since  which  time  they  celebrate  the  ■24th  day  of  June 
as  St.  John's  day,  but  in  reality  it  is  the  anniversary 
of  the  origin  of  their  order. 

In  the  short  space  of  four  years  this  new  organiza- 
tion, under  the  labors  of  such  ministers  as  Anderson 
and  Desaguilliers,  (God  save  us  from  such !)  had  increas- 
ed to  such  magnitude  that  its  old  place  of  meeting  was 
inadequate  to  their  demands;  so  in  1821  the  assembly 
was  removed  from  the  Goose  and  Gridiron  yilehouse 
to  Stationer's  Hall  (See  Mackey,  page  417).  It 
will  be  seen  that  the  former  place  of  meeting  was  very 
significant,  as  an  appropriate  place  to  obt'un  refresh- 
ments for  the  benefit  of  the  weary  craft  when  called 
from  labor  to  refreshments. 

Again,  we  may  set  it  down  as  a  fact  that  speculative 
Freemasonry  had  its  origin  in  an  ale-house,  and  not- 
withstanding such  were  the  environs  of  Freemasonry, 
yet  within  a  few  yearns  after  its  origin  we  hear  it  boast 
of  antiquity  and  of  its  honorable  patrons;  even  minis- 
ters are  found  associated  with  it  in  its  infancy.  And 
now  it  is  one  hundred  and  fifty-seven  years  old  it  can 
count  its  ministers  by  the  thousands,  togther  with  it 
bishojjs,  elders,  laymen,  drunkards,  liars,  gamblers, 
whore-mongers,  and  all  grades  of  men  mixed  in  on 
common  brotherhood,  bound  by  an  oath  with  horrible, 
heathenish  penalties.  Thus  forming  one  hetero- 
geneous mass  of  men  Avho,  as  Masons,  dare  not  recog- 
nize Christ.  A  vast  organization  whose  mouths  are 
padlocked!  What  a  fearful  reckoning  there  will  be 
when  all  this  corruption  is  revea'ed!  May  God  in  his 
mercy   save  us  from  this  terrible  evil ! 

Tiic  Jewish  Masons  of  New  York. 


The  Hehreiv  Leader,  New  York,  Jrdy  11th,  pub- 
lishes the  following  article  which,  from  the  fact  that 
the  editor  is  recognized  as  a  leading  Mason  by  Grand 
Master  Fox,  is  a  truly  remarkable  document  to  proceed 
from  the  bosom  of  a  "fraternity"  where  nothing  but 
harmony  prevails.  If  20,000  Masons  in  a  single  State 
can  secede  for  a  tradition,  how  many  ought  to  for  the 
unmixed  v/ickedness of  the  order? 

nK\^  ISHAELITKS  A]«    BIGHTS  AS  MASONS? 

Nearly  twenty  thousand  Masons  under  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  State  of  New  York, 
have  been,  and  still  are  petitioners  for  justice  at  the 
haiuls  of  the  rulei's  of  the  craft. 

It  has  been  denied  them. 

F«r  seven  yeaj-s  they  have  vainly  petitioned,  resort- 
ed to  every  tactic  that  ingenuity  could  devise,  remon- 
sti'ated  with  and  urged  upon  the  assembled  wisdom  of 
New  York  Masonrjr  to  give  them  a  fair  hearing. 

It  has  been  refused  them. 

For  seven  years  they  have  appealed  to  the  good 
sense,  t'he  fratt^rnal  feeling  of  their  brethren,  to  the 
conscience  of  those  pure-minded  exemplars  of  Mason- 
ry who  run  the  ''Grand  Lodge  machine"— to  do  what? 
To  make  Masonry  what  it  professes  to  be — a  cosmopol- 
itan and  not  a  Christian  institution — to  make  it  a  liv- 
ino-  triith,  and  not  a  bare-fiiced  lie— to  make  Masons 
trutb-seekers  and  not  gospel-mongers. 

Their  efforts  have  been  useless. 

They  have  been  sneered  at  and  derided,  and  year 
after  year.  Masonic  justice,  pure  and  undefiled,  liberal 
and  enlightened,  intelligent  and  progressive,  closes  her 
ears  as  well  as  her  eyes,  to  the  earnest  demand  of 
twenty  thousand  men  for  their  Masonic  rights. 

Has  one  single  Mason,  among  the  thousands  that 
7  7.  and  verv  sno  after,  we  find  such  men  as  Ander- 1  are  enrolled  in  the  Grand  Lodge  archives,  ev^rat  empt- 
son and  Desja  u  Ifiers  who  vvere  cleriiynieri  anil  pliilos()  lesl  t()  comb  t  the '  position  w6  hive  assumed?  Has 
iihers,  holding  high  position   and   taking   acuve  ^ari-|ihere  been  oue  among  the  wise  Masters,  whose    large 


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squares  flash  so  brightly  on  their  breasts,  or  even 
amon.iy  those  high  dignitaries  proudly  seated  upon  the 
platform,  and  holding  up  their  hands^  year  after  year, 
' '  to  lay  upon  the  table, "  and  chuckling  at  the  momen- 
tary success  their  cowardly  hypocrisy  has  achieved, 
who  can  ofl"er  a  single  argument  in  opposition  to  our 
propositions — 

1.  That  the  St.  Johns  never  were  Masons. 

2.  That  the  Saints  John  were  unknown  to  Masonry 
prior  to  the  year  iVl?. 

3.  That  the  introduction  in  t'  e  Masonic  ritual 
of  the  Johns,  either  as  "saints"  or-  ''holy  saints,"  is  a 
pious  fraud  upon  the  fraternity,  and  in  direct  conflict 
with  the  well-known  cosmopoliian  principles  of  the  in- 
stitution— • 

But  who  seeks  to  quiet  his  conscience  by  the  sooth- 
ing plea  of  "expediency,"  shelters  himself  behind  the 
flimsy  breast-work  of  "ancient  land-marks,"  and  trem- 
bles in  his  boots  lest  ''Solomon's  resolution"  be  not  an 
entering  wed:e  for  further  '-innovations," creating  con- 
fusion in  the  craft? 

The  action  of  the  Grand  Lodge  upon  the  question  of 
sectariauisin,  insulting  as  it  has  been  to  the  intelligence 
and  }espectability  of  the  Masons  who  support  the 
measure,  compels  us  to  deduce  the  inference  that  jus- 
tice is  denied  the  Mason  because  he  is  an  Israelite — 
that  the  shadow  of  the  church  crosses  the  threshold 
of  the  lodge,  and  though  Masons  may  wear  squares 
and  jewels  upon  their  breasts,  they  have  forgotten  the 
first  lesson  of  the  Apprentice,  "  to  learn  to  subdue 
their  passions" — the  passions  of  bigotry  and  the 
hatreds  it  engenders. 

Show  us  any  other  reason,  ye  worshippers  of  the 
Holy  Saints  John? 

Be  honest;  confess  the  trutb,  and  say  openly  and 
above-board  that  you  wish  to  Christianize  the  Institu- 
tion in  all  its  workings.  Is  this  your  vaunted  tolera- 
tion ?  this  your  boasted  liberality  ?  this  your  pretend- 
ed cosmopolitanism — your   love  of  justice    and  truth? 

If  you  wish  to  force  twenty  thousand  Masons,  good 
and  true,  out  of  the  institution,  your  desire  may  too 
soon  be  gratified;  but  when- the  banner  of  Justice  will 
be  unfurled,  thousands  (Christians  as  well  as  Jews) 
Avill  gather  beneath  its  folds  who  are  Masons,  not  for 
'•  expediency,"  but  for  "right,"  and  who  are  now  dis- 
gusted at  the  vacillating  policy  pursued  by  so  august  a 
body  upon  a  question  of  such  vital  importance  to  the 
cr;ift. 

We  are  }'0ur  superiors,  for  we  say,  "Convince  us  of 
our  error,  and  we  will  forever  hold  our  peace,"  but 
you  know  we  are  right,  yet  you  dare  to  trample  upon 
us  and  laugh  at  us,  secure  in  the  confidence  of  your 
bigoted  majority. 

The  cloud  is  now  no  larger  than  a  man's  hand. 
Whether  it  shall  continue  to  increase,  until  the  whole 
Masonic  horizon  is  darkened  by  the  impending  storm 
that  follows  it,  is  not  for  us  to  say. 


stood  by  the  initiated.  They  are  sworn  to  secrecy 
and  though  some  of  them  have  been  detected  and  put 
to  torture'  before  execut'on,  they  have  never  been 
known  to  divulge  their  object  or  their  associates." 


Kii^lit  aud  Repiilation. 


Secret  Societies  in  China. 


The  following  is  taken  from  an  article  on  the  Chinese 
in  the  London  Quarterly  Review  of  July,  1836: 

"There  exists  certain  secret  associations,  under  var- 
ious names,  in  spite  of  the  vigilance  of  the  government 
to  whom  they  give  considerable  uneasiness.  Like  Free- 
masons they  style  each  other  brothers;  and  indeed 
they  seem  to  be  not  unlike  Freemasons  in  other  res- 
pects. The  oath  of  secrecy  is  taken  before  an  idol  and 
a  sum  of  money  given  to  support  the  general  ex- 
pense. There  is  a  ceremony  called  kuo-keaou,  passing 
the  bridge,  which  bridge  is  formed  of  swords,  either 
laid  between  two  tables,  or  else  set  up  on  the  hilts  and 
meeting  at  the  points,  in  form  of  an  arch.  The  per- 
sons who  receive  the  oath  take  it  under  this  bridge, 
and  the  chief  brother  reads  the  articles  of  th.e  oath, 
to  each  of  which  an  affirmative  response  is  given;  af- 
ter which  he  cuts  ofl'  the  head  of  a  cock,  which  is  the 
usual  form  of. i  Chinese  oath,  intimating,  'Thus  perish 
all  who  divulge  the  secret'  Certain  motions  of  the 
fingers  constitute  a  class  of  signs.  They  have  a  com- 
mon seal  consisting  of  a  pen  agonal  figure,  in  which 
are  insciibed  certain  characters  in  a  s-.nse  only   under- 


Most  men  possessed  of  any  character  or  influence, 
have  sometimes  to  choose  between  ri-ht  and  reputa- 
tion. Two  courses  are  open  before  them.  To  go  in 
one  of  them  will  be  to  retain  positiori,  win  respect, 
and  acquire  influence.  To  go  in  the  other  will  be  to 
sacritice  friends,  forsake  honor,  and  imperil  worldly 
prospects.  And  at  the  parting  of  these  ways,  some 
stand  hesitating  until  the  hour  of  decision  is  past, 
while  others  promptly  cho  se  their  course,  whether 
for  evil  or  for  good.  An  honorable  reputation  is  a 
precious  treasure.  A  good  name  is  better  than  great 
riches.  It  is  the  result  of  long  and  faithful  labor,  the 
fruits  of  a  lifetime's  work.  It  wins  attention  and  re- 
spect, and  gives  to  its  possessor  influence  and  posi- 
tion. As  a  means  of  good  it  becomes  a  sacred  trust, 
to  be  guarded  with  unceasing  vigilance.  But  it  is  an 
uncertain  possession  and  may  pass  away  like  a  dream. 
A  single  indiscreet  word  or  act  may  sully  or  ruin  a 
reputation  that  has  been  built  up  through  many 
years;  and  no  man  has  a  right  thus  to  waste  his  repu- 
tation, or  from  mere  willfulness  and  wantonness 
imperil  his  good  name.  No  man  can  afford  to  defy 
pubhc  opinion  when  pubUc  opinion  is  right;  no  man 
can  afford  to  defy  it  unless  it  is  clearly  wrong.  No 
man  has  a  right  to  do  as  he  pleases,  regardless  of  the 
common-sense  judgment  of  mankind.  Men  are  to 
respect  the  feelings  and  wishes  of  others,  and  every 
ruan  is  bound  to  please  his  neighbor,  for  his  good 
and  his  edification.  When  we  say  what  we  like, 
others  will  answer  v.'ith  something  we  do  not  like. 
If  we  move  according  to  the  law  of  selfishness  and 
willfulness,  others  will  do  likewise,  and  that  to  our  dis- 
advantage. 

There  is,  however,  for  the  Christian,  a  higher  law 
than  the  law  of  expediency ;  a  loftier  principle  than 
the  care  for  personal  repute.  High  above  the  stand- 
ards of  public  opinion  and  public  propriety,  rises  the 
Christian's  banner,  on  Avhich  is  blazoned,  "Holiness 
unto  the  Lord."  Conscience  is  more  stringent  in  her 
rules  than  society ;  and,  in  following  the  word  of  God, 
the  Christian  will  keep  his  inner  l;te  more  pure  and 
spotless  than  the  Avorld  will  ask  that  ,h!s  outward 
conduct  shall  be.  He  walks  before  God,  and  the 
consciousness  that  his  fellowship  is  with  the  heaven- 
ly Father,  gives  to  his  whole  existence  an  elevation 
which  the  world  can  never  comprehend.  The  world's 
rebuke  to  such  a  man  is  for  his  fidelity  rather  than 
for  his  sin.  They  ask  him  to  come  down  to  their 
level,  and  to  agree  with  their  lower  standard  of  pro- 
priety and  mortality.  And  failing  in  their  eflbrts 
!;o  degrade  him  from  his  high  estate,  they,  like  Poti- 
phar's  wife,  accuse  him  of  the  very  crimes  they  have 
vainly  tried  to  induce  him  to  commit. 

It  is  then  that  the  Christian  must  choose  between 
right  and  reputation.  He  cannot  satisfy  the  world's 
demands.  No  matter  what  concessions  he  makes,  its 
exactions  increase  from  day  to  day.  Each  compliance 
is  the  basis  of  a  new  demand,  and  Satan  is  satisfied 
with  nothing  less  than  the  whole.  Somewhere  this 
compliance  must  stop,  an.d  when  it  steps,  reputation 
must  suffer,  and  hurricanes' of  abuse  and  reproach  may 
be  expected.  And  the  best  place,  the  surest,  and  the 
easiest  place  to  stop  the  whole,  is  at  the  bL-ginninj;. 

A  Christian  man  can  Avell  defy  public  opinion  in  a 
righteous  cause ;  he  can  brave  public  scorn,  if  he  is 
sustained  by  a  conscience  void  of  offence  towards  God 
and  man.  Character  is  more  than  rrputation,  and 
what  a  man  is,  is  of  raor.,-  importance  than  what  he 
is  said  to  be. 

He  who  has  given  himself  to  the  Lord,  has  not  held 
back  his  reputation.  Thou<:h  he  would  not  valUngly 
do  anything  that  should  bring  reproach  upon  his  fair 
name,  yet  when  the  great  batteries  of  hell  are  opened 
upon  the  hosts  of  Immanuel.  he  expects  to  smell  pow- 
der, and  to  be  blackened  with  the  smoke  and  grime  of 


war.  And  between  Right  and  Reputation  it  does  not 
take  him  lung  to  choose.  He  has  a  character  written 
on  high  of  which  man  can  never  rob  him ;  he  is  but  a  pil- 
erim  here ;  his  life  and  his  honors  take  hold  upon  the 
ages  of  eternit}'-,  and  what  cares  he  fjr  t'  e  plau- 
dits of  a  single  hour;  or  for  the  reproaches  that  rise 
like  a  windy  tempest,  and  die  away  like  the  nuirmur 
of  a  passing  gale. 

Man's  judgment  is  a  light  thing,  and  man's  day  is 
very  brief.  And  in  a  world  like  this,  the  Christian 
has  little  of  honor  to  expect.  The  orly  AuiUless  being 
that  ever  trod  this  earth,  '"made  Himself  of  no  reputa- 
tion," was  hated  without  a  cause  and  hung  between 
two  thieves.  And  He  marks  out  for  His  followers  a 
path  cf  shame  and  sorrow,  of  cross-bearing  and  tribula- 
tion. And  the  man  who  follows  Christ  has  no  time 
to  turn  back  and  see  what  the  devil  has  to  say  about  it. 
Let  him  keep  on  his  way,  careful  of  God's  honor,  and 
careless  of  men's  reproach,  earnest  to  do  right,  but  in- 
different to  the  clamor  of  those  who  impugn  his  mo- 
tives, or  condemn  his  acts. 

"The  Day"  will  reveal  all  things.  High  among  the 
thousand  conquerors  who  shall  shine  in  the  light  of 
God  in  the  great  Hereafter,  will  be  men  of  no  reputa- 
tion, who  were  unhonored  and  unsuno^  at  home,  and 
whose  acquaintances  were  hardly  willing  to  acknowl- 
edge that  they  knew  them.  But  their  reward  is  sure. 
The  book  of  God's  remembrance  records  acts  that  never 
were  printed,  published,  praised,  nor  acknowledged. 
The  book  of  life  holds  names  that  have  been  expunged 
from  sectarian  church-rolls,  that  have  figured  in  court 
writs  and  jail  commitments,  in  prison  records  and  in 
death  warrants ! 

"  A  little  while!"  ah,  how  this  brief  hour  will  change 
all  que  stions  of  reputation,  and  exalt  all  followers  of 
right.  Hov7  hypocrisy  shall  shrink,  and  self  exalta- 
tion dwindle,  before  the  glance  of  Him  whose  eyes  are 
as  a  flame  of  fire.  A  few  brief  days  will  tell  the  story, 
and  we  shall  see  as  we  are  seen,  and  know  as  we  are 
known.  Let  us  cling  then  to  the'  right,  no  matter 
how  reputation  m-y  suft'er;  and  let  us  ''judge  nothing 
before  the  time,  till  the  Lord  come,  who  shall  both 
bring  to  I'cht  the  hidden  things  of  darkness,  and  man- 
ifest the  counsels  of  the  hearts." — The  Ghristian. 


ilecogiiiziiig  Lliriistlauity. 


At  Syracuse,  the  follo'siDg  resohition  being  under 
discussion,  Mr.  Leyiugton  spoke  as  follows  : 

Resolved,  That  as  ours  is  a  Ghristian  nation,  that 
fact  shocld  be  rtcogniz-d  in  our  organic  laws. 

Here  John  Levington  expressed  bis  astonishment 
and  regret  that  any  Cbristian  man  fbcnld  hesitate  to 
indorse  the  resolution  under  discussion,  wondered  that 
any  man  ebouhl  exclude  from  the  princlpks  or  plat- 
form of  ii  Christian  nation  the  name  of  the  Christian's 
God;  denounced  the  idea  of  consultit-g  the  poor  idola- 
trous Chinese  as  to  whether  we  should  r<.co  fuize  God 
in  the  orgatiic  laws  cf  our  country ;  did  (he  asked) 
China  or  any  oth^ir  country  cousuir,  us  r^s  to  who  their 
God,  or  w;.at  their  lawij  should  be  ?  Tne  Chineee, 
he  added,  are  welceme  to  come  here,  but  we  are  under 
no  obligationa  to  become  heathens  because  they  are.  If 
they  do  not  hke  our  couulrj''  and  our  l&ws',  let  them  go 
back  whence  they  came.  You  are  etran  ;e  reformers, 
he  excialmed.  You  have  so  far  backslidden  in  one 
year,  that  you  no^f  propo-e  to  exclude  wiiat  you  then 
adopted  as  a  fundamental  priTicipl-!  You  oppose  the 
Masons  became  they  exclude  the  name  ci  cur  God 
from  the  lodge,  and  now  you  vronid  exclude  him 
Jrom  the  nation  !  Take  God  from  us  and  wiust  h.ave 
we  It.' ft?  Nothing.  The  very  distinction  between 
right  and  wrong  is  annibihted  ! — Meth.  Free  Press. 


"Changes  are  constaniiy  going  ou,  but  they  pro- 
ceed in  an  orderly  progression.  Like  the  bodily 
organism,  whose  constituent  elements  •■xe  incessantly 
being  ejected  and  replaced,  so  human  life  is  in  no  iRO 
periods  precisely  the  same.      It  varies  with  the  exter- 


aai  conditions  by  which  it  is  environed;  it  is  also 
ject  to  change  by  progression  incident  to  Us  very 
nature  from  infancy  to  old  age.  The  cjfij.'iion  idea 
that  eld  age  is  a  mere  decline,  a  wasting  away  of 
vigor,  wi'.h  no  new  accession  to  cb?.racter  by  later 
experieiicg,  is  a  misconception.  It  would  make  it  a 
negative  existence,  in  which  what  had  been  previously 
acquired  is  merely  ploughed  slkaj;  or  like  a  tablet 
abrased  by  paat  attrition,  and  beccmicg  daily  more 
indistinct." — Dana. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


%ifitm* 


A  letter  to  C.  A.  Blanchard,  received 
at  the  Cyno»ure  office  July  25,  has 
been  lost.       Can  the  writer  replace  it? 


Ohio  State  Meeting'. 


t\n^^  %m 


The  Ohio  State  Anti-secret  Conven- 
tion for  the  organization  of  the  State 
will  convene  at  Darby  Chapel,  Union 
Co.,  Ohio,  on  the  evening  of  Tuesday 
August  4th,  1874,  and  continue  until 
Thursday  evening.  Friends  of  the 
cause  everywhere  are  invited .  Come 
one;  come  all. 

Those  coming  from  the  north  and 
west  wvjl  come  by  the  way  of  Urbana, 
Champaign  Co.,  0.  Thence  east  on 
Broadguage  railroad,  to  North  Lewis- 
burg.  Those  from  the  east  by  Marion 
on  same  road  to  Potter's  Station.  There 
will  be  conveyances  nt  those  points  on 
the  afternoon  of  the  4th. 


Niagara  County,  J?f,  Y. 


The  second  quarterly  meeting  of  the 
Niagara  County  Association  opposed  to 
secret  societief,  will  be  held  Aug.  4th 
and  5th,  at  Royalton  Center,  in  the  M. 
E.  church,  commeneing  Tuesday  even- 
ing. Bro.  Rathbun  ia  to  atddress  us  on 
the  occasion.  T.  CoRLiae,  Sec. 


State  Convention  in  Missouri, 


After  consulting  »-ith  many  of 
our  most  earnest  co  laborers,  in  the 
field  of  reform,  we  have  decided  to  call 
a  State  Convention  to  be  held  at  Bra- 
shear,  Adair  county, 'Mo  ,  commencing 
Sept.  1st,  1874.  This  Convention  is 
auxilary  (o  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation, opposed  to  secret  societies, 
and  we  solicit  the  co-operation  of  all 
persons  throughout  the  State  of  Mis- 
Bouii,  in  sympathy  with  this  movement, 
to  aid  in  making  this  convention  a 
grand  success.  Let  every  county 
throughout  the  State,  send  one  or  more 
delegates  to  the  convention,  and  in 
counties  where  no  action  is  taken,  let 
some  one  come  that  is  in  favor  of  reform. 
The  convention  will  immediately  suc- 
ceed the  session  of  the  annual  confer- 
ence of  the  U.  B.  Church.  Some  of 
our  National  renowned  lecturers  will 
be  present.  G.  W.   Needles. 

Vice-president  for  the  State  of  Miss- 
ouri. 


Notice   from   D.  P.  Bathbuu* 


Lisbon  Cmntrk,  St  Lawrence  Co.,  N.  Y. 
July  18,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure  :  —  Please  say, 
through  your  columns,  that  I  have 
consented  to  vi&it  the  friends  of  our 
cause  in  Ohio,  spending  the  first  two 
weeks  of  September  with  them.  My 
charge  has  kindly  given  me  a  leave  of 
absence  for  a  few  weeks;  and,  as  I  have 
had  calls  from  lime  to  time  to  visit  in 
several  of  the  Western  States,  I  will 
say  to  those  needing  or  wishing  my 
services  that  I  will  be  at  liberty  to 
attend  to  their  call  during  the  latter 
part  of  September  and  first  of  October 
by  having  my  expecses  borne  to  and 
from  the  different  places  where  I  may 
be  called.  Those  desiring  my  labors 
address  me  at  once  at  Lisbon  Centre, 
St.  Lawrence  county.  N.  Y. 

D.  P.  Rathbun. 


— Friends  in  the  West  will  notice  Elder 
Rathburn's  letter.  We  learn  that  there  is 
an  effort  to  have  him  go  so  far  as  North- 
western Missouri  before  he  returns  to  his 
charge  in  New  York. 

— A  State  lecturer  for  Iowa  has  been 
suggested  to  members  of  the  Executive 
Committee.  An  earnest  effort  should  be 
made  to  secure  a  good  man  for  that  im- 
portant field.  What  say  the  Iowa  breth- 
ren? 


From    the  Illinois  Agent. 


Farm  Ridge,  111.,  July  22,1874. 
Dear  Bro.   K.  : —  Odelj,  Livingston 
county,  111.,  is  a  beautiful    village   on 
the  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  railjoad,  about 
one    hundred    miles    southwest   from 
Chicago.     Like  most  such  villages,  it 
is    abundantly    supplied    with    secret 
orders,  of  which,   the   Freemasons  are 
most  prominent.      There  is  a  loda;e  and 
chapter,  including  nearly  all  the  busi- 
ness men,  but,  I  am  glad  to  say,  none 
of   the  ministers.      I   lectured   in   the 
Congregational    church    on    Saturday 
evening,  July  18th,  to  a  good  audience, 
including  a  large  number  of  Masons. 
;  Good   attention  was  paid,   though  the 
'  wrath  of  the  fraternity  was  very  appa- 
rent.    I  spoke  briefly,  and  gave  oppor- 
tunity for  reply.     A    lawyer,  who   in- 
formed us  that  he  is  "high  prieSt  of  the 
chapter,'"  responded  in  a  opeech  of  some 
length.      He    told    us    that   the   Bible 
affirmed!    the  existence  of  Masonry  in 
the  time  of  Solomon,  and  that  he  had 
taken    the   first  three   degrees  as  they 
came  from  King  Solomon.     I  called  his 
attention  to  the  fact  that  the   Entered 
Apprentice  and  Mark  Master's  degrees 
contained    quotations    from   the   New 
Testament,    and    that    the    legend    of 
Hiram  AbiflF  was  in    conflict  with    the 
express  teachings^  of  the  BiblC)  besides 
being  self-contradictory  and   intrinsic- 
ally absurd,  and  therefore  the  professed 
historical    basis   of   Masonry   was   but 
lying  absurdities.     He   admitted   this, 
but  said  it  did  not  make  any  difiference 
whether  Masonry  was  ancient  or  mod- 
ern.    A  spirit  of  inquiry  was  awakened 
which  will   not    sleep;   and   copies   of 
nearly  all  the  Anti-masonic  publications 
were  purchased   and  placed  in  a  circu- 
lating   library,    where   all   may    have 
access  to  them. 

I  have  recently  mat  a  Royal  Arch 
Mason,  who  told  me  that,  while  he  had 
not  renounced  Masonry  openly,  yet  he 
viewed  it  with  perfect  abhorrence;  that 
its  obligations  were  blasphemous,  and 
that  he  did  not  see  how  a  Christian 
could  take  them.  He  took  Morgan's 
Exposition  and  read  over  the  first  and 
third  degrees,  commenting  on  them  as 
he  went  along.  He  pointed  out  some 
slight  verbal  changes,  but  affirmed  that 
in  every  essential  patticular  it  has 
remained  unchanged.  He  bid  me  a 
hearty  God  speed  in  my  work,  and  said 
he  meant  to  quietly  drop  out  of  the 
institution.     Yours  for  Christ, 

H.   H.  HiNMAN. 


Grant  County,  lud,,  on  Politics, 


At  the  county  Anti-masonic  Conven- 
tion held  in  Marion,  Ind. ,  June  24tb, 
last,  a  clear  and  honest  declaration  of 
principles  and  the  following  platform 
was  adopted.     The  latter  re.ids  : 

Resolved^  Ist.   That  we  pledge  our- 


selves that  we  will  support  no  man  for 
any  oflBce  of  trust  and  profit,  nor  will 
we  support  any  man  to  represent  us  in 
the  State  or  National  Legislatures, 
who  cannot  give  us  sufficient  evidence 
that  he  is  decidedly  and  sincerely  on 
the  side  of  Temper^^nce,  Anti-secrecy, 
purity  of  Morals,  the  Bible,  and  the 
Christian  Religion,  with  all  the  natu- 
ral sequences  that  follow  therefrom.  , 
2nd,  That  in  our  opinion  it  is  un- 
wise to  send  (as  has  been  too  much 
the  custom)  young  upstarts  of  peti- 
fogers  to  legislate  for  us  in  our  State 
Legislature, 

The  third  and  fourth  sections  are  a 
demand  that  the  inflated  salary  of  State 
and  county  officers  and  the  Legislature 
be  properly  reduced. 

5th.  That  we  heartily  endorse  the 
temperance  cause,  and  we  hold  that 
the  licensing  of  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors  to  be  drank  as  a  beverage,  as 
being  wholly  wrong  and  that 
such  sales  for  such  a  purpose  should  be 
prohibited  by  law,  and  the  violation 
thereof  punishable  with  fine  and  im- 
prisonment, and  we  pledge  ourselves  to 
use  our  utmost  endeavors  to  bring 
about  said  result. 

6th.  That  while  we  heartily  extend 
the  hand  of  sympathy  to  the  oppress 
ed  foreigner  of  every  nationality,  and 
bid  him  welcome  to  our  shores  and  a 
home  among  us,  and  to  partake  of  the 
blessings  of  our  Republican  Govern- 
ment, and  to  worship  God  according 
to  the  dictates  of  each  individual  con- 
f  cience,  yet  we  are  unalterably  oppos- 
ed to  such  foreigner  bringing  the  vici- 
ous habits  of  the  country  from  which 
they  have  fled,  and  engrafting  them  up- 
on our  free  institutions;  in  short,  we 
are  opposed  to  free  whisky,  free  lager, 
free  Sabbath,  free  love,  Freemasonry, 
with  all  their  concomitant  abominations. 


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Around  the  Lakes. 


Lake    Michigan,     off  Milwaukee, 
July  16,  1874. 

We  are  just  leaving  the  beautiful  bay 
of  which  Milwaukee  is  justly  proud, 
and  are  about  to  cross  the  Lake.  Some 
interesting  recollections  related  to  by 
an  old  time  abolitionist  (none  of  your 
modern  patriots  who  so  exultingly  shout 
"we  killed  the  bear')  have  prompted 
me  to  converse  for  a  few  minutes  vnth 
my  old  friend  the  Cynosure,  as  I  have 
no  acquaintancf!  on  board. 

It  was  my  privilege  to  call  on  uncle, 
aunt,  and  cousins  at  the  home  of  A.  H. 
Bielfeld,  Esq.,  one  of  the  early  resi- 
dents of  Milwaukee,  and  a  prominent 
citizen  during  the  time  that,  as  he  said, 
"  tried  the  souls  of  men."  He  was  al- 
ways a  friend  of  the  oppressed,  and 
the  old  fire  re-animated  him  as  he  spoke 
of  the  scenes  of  '54.  A  slaveholder 
had  claimed  as  a  runaway  slave,  Joshua 
Glover,  a  colored  man  who  had  been 
living  in  Racine  Co.,  Wis.,  for  several 
years.  Mr.  Glover  was  arrested, 
brought  to  Milwaukee,  and  confined  in 
the  Milwaukee  county  jail.  S.  M. 
Booth,  a  liberty  editor  of  the  city,  re- 
ceived a  despatch  from  Racine  stating 
the  facts;  and  after  assuring  himself 
that  the  man  was  really  in  the  jail  he 
mounted  a  horse  and  galloped  through 
the  streets  of  the  city  shouting  at  the 
top  of  his  voice,  '^ To  the  rescue."  Be- 
fore night  5,000  men  had  gathered 
around  the  court-house,  among  them  a 
delegation  of  one  hundred '  men  head- 
ed by  the  sheriS"  of  Racine    Co.,  deter- 


mined to  free  Mr,  Glover  if  possible. 
The  citizens  organized  by  electing  Dr. 
E.  B.  Wolcott.  chairman,  and  Mr.  Biel- 
feld, secretary.  Speeches  were  made 
by  Mr.  Booth,  Mr.  Paine  and  others, 
and  lastly  Mr.  Bielfeld  made  an  enthu- 
siastic appeal  to  the  liberty-loving  Ger- 
mans.    He  closed  with  these    words, 

"  Der  Mann  muss  gerettet  sein  ehe 
die  Sonne  untergehV — the  man  must 
be  freed  before  the  sun  goes  down. 
The  masses  caught  the  inspiration,  and 
before  Mr.  Bielfeld  could  reach  the 
ground,  a  modern  battering  ram  (a 
large  piece  of  timber),  in  the  willing 
hands  of  stalwart  freemen,  with  their 
souls  on  fire,  burst  the  prison  door. 
Mr.  Glover  was  again  a  man,  and  by 
men  was  soon  carried  out  of  the  reach 
of  the  slave  hounds. 

Mr.  Booth  was  arrested  and  kept  in 
confinement  for  many  months,  but  so 
great  was  the  excitement,  and  so 
thoroughly  were  the  Germans  aroused, 
that  it  was  not  deemed  expedient  to 
molest  Bielfeld  very  much.  He  was 
arraigned  before  the  Grand  Jury,  and 
when  asked  if  his  hands  were  on  the 
battering  ram,  he  said,  "No;  but  they 
would  have  been  had  I  reached  the 
ground  in  time."  He  was  also  asked 
why  he  accompanied  the  carriage  which 
took  Glover  away;  his  answer  was,  "I 
wanted  to  see  how  a  man  looks  when 
taken  from  the  right  of  slavery  into 
the  light  of  freedom."  Notwithstanding 
these  bold  utterances  he  was  acquitted . 

It  unnecessary  to  say  that  Mr.  Biel- 
feld is  opposed  to  secret  as  well  as  pub- 
lic de'spotiEm,  but  alas !  he  has  not 
learned  the  great  lesson  that  "  He  is 
free  whom  the  truth  makes  free."  Thy 
word,  0  God ,  is  truth. 

H.  A.  Fischer. 


Detroit,  Mich. ,  July  20,  1874. 

Dear  Ctnosuiie: — For  a  number 
of  hours  I  have  been  indulging  in 
the  luxury  of  wailing  for  a  boat. 
I  ^took  a  Woodard  avenue  car, 
and  went  as  far  as  it  would  carry  me 
and  back,  enjoying  the  sights  of  the 
magnificent  dwellings  and  pleasant 
yards  that  line  the  street  on  both  sides, 
while  the  driver  and  conductor  enter- 
tained me  with  a  relation  of  names,  oc- 
cupation and  financial  "worth"  of  the 
owner.  I  then  started  off  at  right  an- 
gles on  a  Fort  street  car,  which  landed 
me  at  Fort  Wayne,  where  a  boy  in  blue 
paced  up  and  down  before  the  gale 
without  interfering  with  auy  one  who 
wished  to  pass  in  or  cut.  I  sauntered 
over  the  grounds  enclosed  in  the  walls 
for  some  time,  then  strolled  through 
the  officer'.s  barracks,  examined  some 
mounted  guns  and  empty  ammunition 
boxes,  wondered  "much  how  the  sol- 
diers manage  to  spend  their  time ;  then 
I  returned  to  the  city  and  am  finally 
wielding  the  sometimes  potent  pen. 

The  trip  around  the  lakes  affords 
some  beautiful  scenery,  and  a  good  op- 
portunity for  studying  the  proper 
study  of  mankind,  according  to  Pope. 
The  scenery  at  Mackinaw  straits  is  quite 
pretty;  the  shore  at  the  right  is  lined 
with  lofty  pines  and  at  the  left  green 
islets  dtlight  the  sight.  At  Glen  Ha- 
ven our  boat  stopped  long  enough  to 
Jet  us  examine  several  saw-mills  briefly 
one  of  which  interested  me  very  much. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


It  seemed  like  a  single    machine  with  a 
diversity   of  fi^ifts.     The   lake  on   one 
side  of  it  was   covered   with  pine   logs 
about  16  to  20  feet  long;  a  man  with  a 
hook  was  walkins;  about  on  these,  drag- 
ging them  one  by    one  to   an  inclosed 
plane,  over  which  they  were  drawn  into 
the  mill  by  steam.     Here  several    gang 
saws,  and  several   circular  saws   sliced 
them  into  boards  about   an  inch  thick, 
these  were  passed   through  the  plan- 
ing mills,  and  through  a  machine   cut- 
ting off  the  ends  so  as  to  make  them  of 
equal  length,  then  they  were  piled  up 
on  a  one-horse  cart  on  rails  leading  to 
the  dock.     One  man  was  setting  saws 
by  steam  and  another  filing   them.     In 
passing  through  the  St.    Clair  and  De- 
troit river  the  passengers  have  an  excel- 
lent opportunity  to  compare  our    own 
with  a  foreign  shore,  but  I  mmst  confess 
that  I  was  either  not  observing  enough 
or  not  imaginative  enough  to  notice  any 
striking  difference,  except  that  close  to 
the  Canada  shore  there  were  a  number 
of  Catholic  churches,  and   on  our  side 
no  churches  of  any  kind  near  the  shore. 
On  board  I  was  interested   in  study- 
ing the  effects  of  Catholicism,  Masonry, 
wordliness,  on  the  one  hand,  and  a  lit- 
tle of  Christianity.      The    most  inter- 
esting representative  of  the  former  was 
an  intelligent  Irishman  who  had  been  a 
sort  of  a  wanderer  for  some  years.     He 
spoke  German  quite  readily,   and   un- 
derstood   some   French.     He   seemed 
well  educated  in  other  respects,  but  for 
all  that  was  entirely  dependent  on  the 
Pope  for  his  hope   of  salvation.      One 
of  his  most  remarkable  statements  was 
something  like  this:     "The  Pope  may 
in  his  prinate    capacity  be  a  very  bad 
man  or  a  very  good    (we    happen   to 
have  a  very  good   one  just   now),    yet 
when  he  speaks  from  the  altar  it  is  im 
possible  for  him  to  ear."     After   bring- 
ing to  bear,   as  I  thought,    argument 
enough   from    Scripture   and  common 
sense  to  crush  him  unless   he   yielded 
the  position,  he  said,  '  'There    we  have 
it  again ;   you  may    convince  a  man's 
judgment  a  thousand  times  a  day  that 
the  church  of  Rome   is  the   only    true 
church,  and  unless  God's  grace    works 
in  his   heart  he  will  not   believe. "     I 
yielded  to  this  argument,  and  thanked 
him  for  telling  me  that  he  had  a  great 
deal  of  charily  for  a  man    who   never 
was  a  Catholic,  but   that  he  once   cut 
up  an  apostate  terribly   who   rewarded 
him  for  his  fidelity  hj   two  glasses   of 
brandy.     I  was  aided  in  this  contest  by 
a  member  of  the  Christian   church  at 
Cleveland,  who  was  once  a  Mason,  but 
finding  it  altogether  unnecessary  had 
not  attended  the  lodge  for  ten  years, 
H.  A.  Fischer, 


cal  the  prayers  of  the  lodge,  and  re- 
fuses obedience  to  that  law  or  principle 
of  the  order  which  requires  the  name 
of  Christ  to  be  excluded  from  its  devo- 
tions. His  course'on  the  occasion  of 
laying  the  corner-stone  secured  him 
the  following  notice  in  the  Feople,  of 
the  5th  instant.  It  appears  in  their 
answers  to  correspondents : 

"Jew — In  reply  will  say  Grand 
Chaplain  W.  F.  Black's  ignor- 
ance of  Masonic  jurisprudence  is 
truly  refreshing.  The  fag  end  of  his 
invocation  to  the  Diety,  defivered  at 
Chamber  of  Commerce  ceremonies,  the 
other  day,  was  as  much  out  of  joint  as 
a  Fourth  of  J  uly  oration  would  be  on 
Christmas.  Will  the  Grand  Chaplain 
hereafter  construct  his  invocations  on 
such  occasions  so  that  all  present  will 
respond,  *'So  mote  it  be." 

Mr.  Black  is  by  far  too  candid  a  man 
to  make  a  first-class  Mason.  He  volun- 
tarily acknowledged  in  presence  of  the 
profane  that  he  knew  all  about  Masonry 
before  he  joined  the  lodge.  He  evident- 
ly had  been  reading  Morgan  or  Ber- 
nard. An  excuse  assigned  by  Mr. 
Black  for  connecting  himself  with  the 
order  is  the  facility  for  missionary  labor 
among  a  wealthy  class.  He  illustrat- 
ed his  argument  in  nearly  these  words : 
"There  is  brother  Smith,  a  member  of 
my  lodge,  a  whole-souled,  generous 
fellow,  a  wealthy  and  influential  citi- 
zen, but  an  infidel;  I  told  him  he 
would  certainly  be  damned  unless  he 
changed  his  belief.  Now  I  would  not 
have  taken  this  liberty,  only  he  is  a 
Mason." 

When  brother  Black  joins  a  band  of 
counterfeiters,  or.  a  Credit  Mobilier,  or 
the  Mormon  church ,  for  the  purpose  of 
converting  them ,  the  readers  of  the 
Cynosure  will  hear  'rom  me  again,  es- 
pecially if  he  accepts  a  chaplaincy  in 
connection  with  his   missionary  labors. 

R. 


It  seems  that  Fountain  Creek  Grange 
had    some    trouble   of  late    getting    a 
lady    to    join   them.       A    committee 
was    first   appointed   to   wait    on   her 
and  persuade  her  to  come  in,  this  lect- 
urer and   preacher   being   one   of  the 
committee.     And  if  reports  are  to  be 
credited,    the   grange  took   a  vote  to 
dispense  with  the  hoodwinking,  as  she 
positively  refused    to    be  hoodwinked. 
She  is  a  fine  lady  and  sensible  woman, 
and    the   poor  grangers  while  in  bating 
her   had  to  drop  all    their  tom-foolery 
and  pow-wow.     This  much    should  be 
credited  to  the  an  ties  in  the  neighbor- 
hood.    The  grange  in  this  community 
is  fast  becoming  a  hiss    and  a  by-word. 
The  Masons  and  Odd-fellows  are   init- 
iating few  if  any,  and  they  are  not  the 
ones   they  want,   but  the  ones  we  are 
willing  they  should  have,  as   the  more 
of   them  they  get  the  better,  as   such 
accessions   will  only  hasten   the  early 
down-fall  of  the  secret  orders. 

J.  S.  Hickman. 


these   reasons:    The    Free    Methodist 
brethren  may  differ  in  some  respects 
from   his  ideas   of  doctrine,    but  they 
hold  with  him  the  fundamental  truth  of 
separation  of  truth  from  falsehood,  and 
he  will  find  differences  of  doctrine  fad- 
ing away  if  Christ  dwells  in  him  and 
them.      Opposition   to  this   anti-Christ 
is  more  effectual  in  a  community  if  it 
is  not  feliowshipped.      So   long  as  we 
live  in  a  world   of  imperfect  men  and 
imperfect  Chistians,  we  can  best  serve 
the  Kingdom  of   Christ  in  connection 
with  those  who   fear  him  and  hate  sin 
most.     This  is  a  safe  rule;  the  applica- 
tion of  it   in  various  cases  must  be  left 
to  the  individual  conscience  guided  by 
the  Holy    Spirit.     As   for   lectures  an 
effort  will  be  made  to  help  Brc.  Beden 
in    his    battle  for    truth.  —  Ed.    Cyn- 
osure. ] 


Prom  Henry  County,  Ohio. 


A  Question  of  Fellowship. 


Grangerism   in  Iroquois  County,  111. 


A  Campljellite  Preacher  Riding  Two 
Horses. 


Indianapolis,  Ind.,  July  20,  1874. 

About  three  weeks  ago  the  corner- 
stone of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce 
building  of  this  city  was  laid  according 
to  the  ritual  of  Freemasonry.  In  the 
absence  of  the  Grand  Chaplain,  Thomas 
H.  Lynch,  (Methodist),  the  duties  of 
the  oflSce  were  discharged  by  W.  F. 
Black,  pastor  of  the  largest  and  most 
fashionable  Campbellite  church  in  this 
city.  Mr.  Black  is  not  a  very  consis- 
tent Mason;  he  characterises  as  deisti- 


Wellington,  III.,  July  15,  1874. 
Editor  Ckristian  Cynosure : 

The  grange  in  this  vicinity  is  not  mov 
ng  along  as  smoothly  as  its  friends  would 
perhaps  desire,  and  for  the  purpose  of 
heahng  up  dissentions  with  the  ob- 
ject of  strengthing  their  cause,  they 
imported  a  lecturer  who  is  a  Methodist 
preacher.  In  his  lecture  in  the  grange 
he  asserted  (as  I  am  told)  that  the  Odd- 
fellows could  date  their  origin  far  in 
the  past,  the  Masons  back  to  Solomon's 
time,  but  that  the  grangers  datea  their 
origin  as  an  order  clear  to  Adam !  We 
think,  perhaps,  the  reverendsgentleman 
was  slightly  mistaken  in  dates  as  well 
as  in  some  other  minor  matters  as  we 
should  suppose  the  Masons  have  a  bet- 
ter claim  on  Adam  and  Eve  than  the 
grangers,  from  the  simple  fact  that 
Adam  and  Eve  wore  aprons  fashioned 
somewhat,  perhaps,  like  the  aprons  that 
Masons  now  wear. 

The  grangers  in  this  vicinity  usually 
have  their  meetings  of  Saturday  nights 
and  stay  out  so  late  that  the  next  day 
they  are  unfitted  for  church.  I  heard 
Rev.  Mr.  Seals  give  them  a  good  round 
scolding  for  sleeping  in  church.  It 
looks  simple  for  a  preacher  to  preach 
to  a  lot  of  men  and  women  sound  asleep 
every  Sabbath,  and  it  would  annoy 
preacher  and  hearers  less  if  they  would 
take  their  naps  at  home.  j 


Pink  Run,  Mich.,  July  15,  1874. 
Dear  Cynosure  : — In  May  last  I  came 
to  this   place  bringing  a    letter   recom- 
mending  myself  and  wife  to  the  Con- 
gregational church   of  Pine  Run,   but 
before  I  had  an  opportunity  io  present 
said   letter  I  was  notified  by  a  deacon, 
who  had  formerly  known  me  as  an  op- 
poser  of  secret  societies,  that  if  I  came 
into  said   church  I  must  stop   harping 
about  secret   societies.     At  this   time 
this  church  was  without  a  minister,  and 
a  society  meeting  was  called    to  decide 
whether  to  hire   Mr.  Kidder,   an   anti- 
secret  Congregational  minister,  or  Mr. 
Thompson,  a   Methodist  preacher  and 
chaplain  of  a  Masonic  and   an  Odd-fel- 
low lodge,   both  in  this  village.     Said 
meeting   was   mostly  composed  of  Ma- 
sons   and      Odd-fellows,      who      with 
said    deacon   agreed    to    employ   this 
double  chaplain,   who  at  a   Congrega- 
tional church  meeting  held  last  Friday, 
on  presentation  of  a  paper  from  the  M. 
E.  presiding   elder,    certifying  that  he 
was  in  regular   standing  in  the  M.  E. 
church,  was  received    into  said  Congre- 
gational church. 

I  now  ask  wiser  heads  than  mine,  is  it 
my  duty  to  present  my  letter  to  said  Con- 
gregational church  ?  Besides  this  church 
and  two  lodges  in  this  village,  there  is 
a  Disciple  church  with  a  lodge  man  for 
minister.  At  Celis,  one  mile  west  of 
here,  is  a  Congregational  church  ruled 
by  Freemasonry,  and  an  M.  E., 
church  ruled  by  Odd-fellows.  One 
mile  north-west  of  here  is  a  Free-will 
Baptist  church  with  a  Freemason  min- 
ister, and  a  Free  Methodist  church, 
where  I  have  been  invited  to  go  and 
speak  and  act  in  opposition  to  the 
"image  of  the  beast,"  and  they  say 
they  will  stand  by  me.  We  want  a 
lecturer  here,  and  I  have  got  the  prom- 
ise of  the  Congregational  house  for  lee 
tures,  if  I  can  get  a  speaker.  Can  one 
be  had  with  but  small  prospect  of 
pecuniary  pay?     Yours, 

Walter  M,   Beden. 
[The  advice  of  the   Cynosure   to  the 
brother    might   be   anticipated.       Let 
him  join  the  church  that   does  not  fel- 
lowship the  devil  and  his  works.     For 


Liberty,  0„  July  23,  1874. 
Bro.  Kellogg  : — We  are  much  pleas- 
ed with  the  Cynosure  in  its  new  and 
improved  form.     Long   may  it  live  to 
battle  for  the  right ! 

As  I  have  not  seen  anything  in  your 
paper   from   Henry  county,  0.,  permit 
me  to  say  there  are  a  few  here  who  are 
not  "bowing  the  knee  to  Baal,"  and  do 
not  propose    to  worship    the    creature 
instead  of  the  Creator.     We  earnestly 
desire  "more  light,"  but  do  not  propose 
to  go  into  the  dark  corners  of  the  earth 
in  quest  of  it.     What  the  people  very 
much    need   is   more   light,  as    many, 
especially  young  men,  are  induced  to 
enter  the  lodge  without  a  knowledge 
of  its  real  character.      Members  of  the 
fraternity  do  willfully  misrepresent  and 
mislead.     Why  will  Masons  persist  in 
saying   "they  do  not  try  to  persuade 
men  to  enter  the  lodge"  ?     It  might  be 
thought  impolite  to  call  them  liars,  but 
if  the  truth  be  told  in  relation  to  the 
above  it  is  simply  this :   More  or  leBs  of 
them    do  tell    what   they  know  to  be 
false.     An  acquaintance,    who  resides 
in    the    county  of  Steuben,  Indiana,  a 
man  of  truth  and  veracity,  though  not 
at  the  time  a  professed  Christian,  stated 
to   me    that   a   certain    minister    had 
repeatedly  tried  to  induce  him  to  enter 
the  lodge.     Said  he:    ''He  did  not  ask 
me  to  become  a    Christian,  but  he  did 
ask  me  to  join  the  Masons."     Shame 
on  such  ministers  1 

I  was  glad  to  see  in  the  Cynosure 
ihe  name  of  C.  Cogswell,  of  Williams 
county,  who,  at  an  advanced  age,  is 
helping  to  carry  forward  the  work  of 
reform.  He  has  long  been  a  staunch 
advocate  of  the  anti-secrecy  cause.  He 
has  some  personal  knowledge  of  the 
* '  Morgan  tragedy,"  having  lived  in  the 
vicinity  at  the  time.  He,  too,  was 
duped  by  Masons,  who  induced  him  to 
enter  the  lodge,  assuring  him  that 
Morgan's  statements  in  regard  to  it  were 
false.  But  in  taking  several  degrees, 
he  found  that  those  Masons  were  guilty 
of  falsehood,  and  Morgan's  statement 
true  to  the  letter.  He  left  them  in  dis- 
gust. 

We  have  a  great  work  to  do  in  Ohio 
just  now.  We  are  engaged  in  a  war- 
fare with  the  cohorts  of  rum.  The 
liquor-dealers  and  their  minions  are 
rallying.  The  battle  will  be  sharp.  It 
^l|continuep^Y^o^  "iJiSiR? 

.^Mton.  Jllinok 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUK  MAIL. 


James  H.  Bcrryman,  of  Thompson,  Jo 
Daveiss  Co.,  Ill,  writes  : 

"The  sentiments  of  j^our  paper  and  its 
supporters  in  tlieir  noble  attempts  to  sup- 
press the  evil  inliuences  of  all  secret  orders 
meet  my  hearty  concurrence  ;  but  we  must 
lay  aside  those  fond  delusions  of  hope  in 
which  mankind  is  so  apt  to  indulge  ;  and 
'with  malice  toward  none  and  charity  for 
all,'  work  with  untiring  energy  to  impress 
upon  the  hearts  of  our  countrymen  the 
evil  working  of  secret  orders.  To  accom- 
plish these  ends  you  have  labored  long  and 
hard,  l)ut  do  not  despond.  You  have 
more  friends  than  you  know  of.  The 
cause  is  growing  stronger  and  brighter 
around  liere  ;  let  us  keep  the  ball  in  mo- 
tion, and  multitudes  who  now  regard  Anti- 
masonic  truths  as  an  idle  tale  will  ere  long 
help  on  the  noble  cause  which  is  no  other 
than  right." 

We  shall  not  lose  our  faith  in  this  cause, 
for  it  is  God's  ;  and  the  indications  of  his 
hand  in  it  would  condemn  all  doubts. 
There  are  many  no  doubt  who  cherish  the 
sentiments  of  the  GynoHurc  in  secret.  They 
should  be  using  their  iuHuence  for  God's 
truth.  Searcii  them  out,  friends,  and  get 
them  interested. 

Rev.  J.  W.  Raynpr,  Uniondalc,  Pa., 
writes : 

''I  would  sooner  part  with  all  my  other 
papers  than  with  the  Ci/nonnrcy 

Geo.  Raynor,  Jessu]),  Iowa,  writes  : 

"I  think  tJie  (JhrMidn  Cy)ioi<vre  the  best 
paper  published  in  defense  of  the  truth." 

W.  H.  Smylie,  Cadiz,  Ohio,  writes  : 

"I  cannot  think  of  doing  without  the 
(UjwiHura.  I  wish  that  it  was  in  every 
family  in  existence,  and  Freemasonry  and 
all  other  oath-bound  .societies  abolished 
from  our  land." 

Rev.  Joel  Martin,  Lambertville,  Mich., 
writes  : 

"I  wish  you  might  have  a  hundred  thou- 
sand subscribers.  The  paper  is  worthy  of 
a  very  liberal  patronage.'' 

John  Morrison,  Mt.  Palatine,  111.,  writes: 

"I  want  to  .see  some  others  that  I  think 
will  take  your  paper.  ...  I  like  it 
better  than  any  paper  I  have  seen  since 
William  Goodell  stopped  printing  the  Aho- 
litioniat .'''' 

John  A.  Dodds,  Mt.  Chestnut,  Pa., 
writes : 

"Send  me  your  'burning,  flying  Roll'  for 
another  year.  I  did  not  know  my  time 
was  out  till  I  received  the  last  number.  I 
hardly  see  the  tab  on  the  wrapper  from 
one  year's  end  to  another.  Wife  and  chil- 
dren are  so  anxious  to  read  the  Gynosvve, 
it  is  torn  open  on  sight." 

He  jocosely  adds  that  a  penalty  is  in 
store  for  us  if  the  paper  is  stopped  without 
express  orders,  such  an  one  as  was  the 
dread  of  school-boy  days,  and  the  recollec- 
tion of  it  secures  to  the  brother  a  faithful 
promise  to  obey. 

Mrs.  C.  B.  Hall,  Paw  Paw,  Mich., 
wiites : 

"I  remember  Southwick's  papers,  and 
was  interested  in  them,  and  was  taught  to 
abhor  works  of  srcrecy  and  do  still.  I  was 
met  by  a  doctor  a  few  days  ago  in  Paw 
Paw,  and  asked  if  I  took  the  Cynomrc. 
I  told  him,  yes.  He  had  seen  one  at  our 
Baptist  minister's.  I  give  them  to  him  to 
read  and  circulate.  The  doctor  said  he 
had  been  a  Mason,  but  did  not  meet  with 
them  now  ;  although  it  was  a  good  thing, 
it  saved  so  n\any  in  time  of  the  war." 

Mrs.  Hall  is  a  daughter  of  Moses  Wood- 
ward, whose  death  was  noticed  last  week. 
Faithful  instructions  were  not  lost  to  her. 

p.  J.  Martin,  Crawfordsvillc,  Ind..  send- 
ing a  subscription,  writes  : 

"I  will  subscribe  for  myself  again  soon, 
I  think.  Have  been  without  ucaily  a  year. 
Will  do  what  I  can.    Success  to  you." 

Francis  Hull,  Lenoxville,  Pa.,  say.s  : 

"The  Cynomire  is  a  good  Christian  pa- 
per. I  have  taken  it  wlien  it  was  small, 
it  is  now  a  first  rale  paper.  I  shall  take  it 
myself  as  long  as  it  opposes  wrong  and 
advocates  truth  and  righteousness.  I  am 
a  farmer  and  very  busy,  but  will  try  to 
help  the  cause.  ...  I  can't  vote  for 
men  of  the  craft  if  I  don't  vote  at  all." 

Thos.  Barland,  Eau  Claire,  "Wis.,  says 
that  with  the  co-operation  of  other  friends 
he  liopes  to  have  lectures  again  ere  long 
in  that  place. 

Rev.  C.  Helper,  Clyde,  O.,  writes  : 

"I  do  not  want  my  paper  stopped.  I 
expect  to  take  it  as  long  as  I  am  able  to 
pay  for  it.    I  not  only  expect  to  take.^it 


myself,  but  I  do  and  shall  try  to  get  others 
to  take  it,  as  I  do  believe  that  every  man 
should  read  the  Cywmire,  whether  he  be  a 
Freemason  or  not :  for  I  verily  believe 
that  there  are  hundreds  of  men  who  have 
been  entrapped  in  the  cursed  institution 
who  would  come  out  if  they  knew  just 
how  to  get  out  and  save  their  lives.  I 
think  if  they  could  read  the  C'ynomre  it 
would  help  them  very  much  in  getting  free 
from  the  terrible  slavery  under  which 
they  are  living." 

This  is  undoubtedly  the  case,  and  those 
who  help  circulate  the  paper  and  other 
documents  are  truly  ".co-workers  with 
God"  in  bringing  men  into  true  soul-lib- 
erty. It  is  a  now  great  honor,  even  among 
men,  to  have  suffered  and  labored  to  free 
the  colored  race  from  the  bondage  men 
had  placed  on  their  bodies  ;  how  much 
greater  honor  shall  we  have  before  God 
and  the  holy  angels  for  rescuing  a  soul 
from  the  chains  of  hell ! 

N.  B.  Blanton,  Cotreyville,  southern 
Kansas,  writes  : 

"The  signs  of  the  times  are  bet'er  here 
now  for  our  cause.  The  great  trouble  is 
that  money  is  very  scarce  and  our  friends 
as  a  general  thing  are  among  the  poorer 
class.  There  is  more  inquiry  for  tracts 
than  I  have  ever  had  before.  The  Masons 
have  lost  ground  here  and  at  Independence 
by  reason  of  their  parades." 

J.  A.  Conant,  Willimantic,  Conn.,  sent 
some  time  since  a  large  list  of  three  months 
subscribers.  He  has  lately  written  to  them 
all,  explaining  how  the  paper  came  to  be 
sent  them,  and  requesting  a  renewal.  Such 
efforts  for  the  cause  will  have  their  reward. 

He  says  : 

"I  am  anxious  that  there  should  be  an 
organization  in  this  Stale,  but  it  is  hai'd, 
up-hill  wo|d<,  and  I  must  make  use  of  all 
the  facilities  I  can  obtain  in  accomplishing 
the  result  ;  not  forgetting  that  God  reigns 
and  will  finally  bless  all  earnest  and  hon- 
est labors  for  the  advancement  of  his 
cause." 

Briggs  Alden,  Fontanelle,  Iowa,  writes  : 

"I  long  to  see  the  day  come  when  all 
secret  combinations,  religious  heresies  and 
priestcraft  come  to  an  end  ;  yet  I  am  sor- 
ry to  see  you  work  M'ith  such  blunt  tools, 
when  there  are  so  many  that  are  sharp. and 
good,  and  if  properly  used  would  make 
much  shorter  work  of  what  you  have  be- 
gun. If  you  want  to  know  what  tools  I 
recommend  I  will  say  use  the  new  transla- 
tion of  the  Bible  and  the  Book  of  Mormon 
and  you  will  learn  that  the  first  murder 
that  was  committed  upon  the  earth  was 
done  by  a  secret  oath  made  with  the  devil. 
It  was  oy  Cain  who  slew  his  brother.  The 
Book  of  "Mormon  informs  us  that  secretism 
laid  the  foundation  for  the  drowning  of 
the  world,  and  that  the  same  curse  was 
on  this  continent  and  has  always  been  on 
the  earth  ;  that  secret  combinations  will 
be  among  the  Gentile  nations,  and  they 
get  into  the  lodge  by  being  led  by  a  flaxen 
cord  around  the  neck." 

It  is  interesting  to  know  that  the  Book 
of  Moimon  mentions  secret  societies.  The 
will  qf  God  revealed  in  the  Old  and  New 
Testaments  are  tools  which  we  prefer, 
however,  for  through  the  help  of  the  Spirit 
we  know  their  use.  They  are  truly  "a 
two-edged  sword,  piercing  even  to  the  di- 
viding asunder  of  the  soul  and  spirit," 
and  discerning  "the  thoughts  and  intents 
of  the  heart."  Do  we  want  anything  bet- 
ter ? 


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Jnii  %tm  |u«. 


The  liarly  Semblances  of  Masonry. 

[Prom  an  address  by  Dr.  WaterbouEe, 
Jan,  1,  ISVS,  before  aa  Anti-masonic 
convention  at  Dedharo,  Mass.] 

Th.ere  was  a  combination  of  great  in- 
fluence and  celebrity  in  Greece,  that 
generally  met  at  Athens,  denominated 
the  Eieusinian  Mystery,  conducted  with 
deep  Bolemuity  and  secrecy.  If  any  of 
the  initiated  revealed  the  secrets  of  it, 
it  was  thought  unsafe  to  live  in  the 
fame  house  with  him,  lost  it  should,  by 
the  wrdth  of  the  gods,  be  struck  with 
lightninff.  and  the  wretch  was  put  to 
death.  Yet  the  sagacious  Socrates, 
that   wonder   of    his  age,    that  light 


shining  in  a  dark  place,  denounced  that 
seciet  Masonry  of  the  Greeks  as  im- 
pious toward  heaven  and  mischievous 
towards  the  community  at  large;  and 
it  is  well  known  that  for  this  attack  on 
their  eecret  society  he  was  condemned 
to  drink  the  fatsd  hemlock. 

It  is  remarkable  that  Masonry  com- 
menced in  that  early  and  dark  period 
of  the  world,  when  the  priest,  the  con- 
jurer, and  the  physician  were  united  in 
the  same  person.  It  was  so  among 
the  Egyptians,  Babylonians  and  people 
of  the  East  generally.  It  grew  up  in 
like  manner  among  the  ancient  Grecians 
and  the  French.  It  was  so  among  the 
ancient  Britons,  but  chiefly  among  the 
Druids.  It  was  so  among  the  Mexicans 
and  Peruvians,  and  the  like  sort  of 
Masonry  prevails  at  this  day  among  our 
savage  Indians;  so  prone  are  men  of  a 
certain  cast  of  mind  to  wrap  themselves 
up  in  a  cloud  of  mystery,  that  they 
may  more  easily  govern  their  fellow 
creatures,  a  striking  instance  of  which 
may  be  seen  in  the  history  of  the  first 
Popes  of  Rome,  who,  during  several 
hundred  years,  bound  in  chains  the 
human  understanding,  till  Martin 
Luther  and  other  reformers  broi^e  the 
spell,  and  freed  the  human  mind  from 
a  degree  of  slavery  and  thralldora  that 
is  scarcely  Credible.  Reason  was  co'- 
founded  by  mystery,  image-worship, 
awe,  dread  and  ignorance,  while  the 
most  degrading  superstition  and  priest- 
ly violence  upheld  for  ages  a  debasing 
system  of  mental  oppression. 

If  we  recur  to  the  oldest  book  we 
have,  the  Bible,  we  shall  find  that  the 
Jewish  system  was  made  up  chiefly  of 
ceremonies,  types  and  figures,  denotirg 
intellectual  things  and  moral  duties. 
This  mode  of  teaching  morality  was  at 
that  early  period  of  the  world  neces- 
sar}',  absolutely  necessary;  and  why? 
Because  then  not  one  person  in  ten 
thousand,  beside  the  priesthood,  could 
read.  The  people  were  not  then  able 
to  exhibit  thoughts  to  the  eye  by 
means  of  writ'ng;  hence  the  necessity 
arose  of  teaching  by  signs  and  sjmbols, 
that  when  these  struck  the  eye  they 
should  raise  corresponding  ideas  in  the 
mind,  and  thus  convey  moral  truths 
and  duties  by  the  sight  and  by  the 
operation  of  tools  and  mechanical  in- 
struments. 

This  is  the  fulcrum  on  which  rests 
and  turns  the  most  fascinating  part  of 
Masonic  instruction,  which,  from  its 
simplicity  and  manifest  adaptation,  de- 
lights a  young  and  uninformed  mind 
predisposed  to  wonder. 

The  pleasing  analogy  between  things 
material  and  intellectual  strikes  with 
admiration  the  imperfectly  educated 
mind,  and  Moses  was  permitted,  if  not 
enjoined,  to  use  it  in  governing  the  six 
hundred  thousand  Jews  whom  he  led 
out  of  Egypt;  and  modern  Masons  have 
imitated  the  lighter  parts  of  it.  I  say 
the  lighter  parts  of  it;  for  the  Persians, 
if  not  the  Egyptian,  mode  of  teaching 
the  most  weighty  and  important  truths 
was  of  a  higher  standard  and  of  a  more 
sublime  nature.  This  was  the  secret 
literattire  of  the  ancient  kings,  taught 
them  in  str'ct  confidence  by  the 
Magi,  or  "wise  men  of  the  East,"  who 
were  the  masters  of  the  symboHcal 
school.     While  modern  Masons  make 


a  structure  or  temple  the  symbol  or 
emblem  of  society,  the  Magi  made  the 
order  and  government  of  the  material 
world  a  mirror  or  ]oo!<ing-3la6s  for  the 
political  government  of  a  state. 

But  all  this  typical  or  mechanical 
morality  was  swept  away  by  Christian- 
ity, which  substituted  intellect  in  its 
place.  Instead  of  tangible  and  visible 
things,  it  made  the  Christian  heaven, 
not  a  material  structure,  the  work  of  a 
slowly  progressive  architect,  laying  one 
hewn  stone  upon  another  (which  the 
Bible  forbids,  Ex.  xx  25),  but  a  temple 
"not  made  with  bands,"  and  therefore 
•'  eternal." 

We  neither  censure  nor  deride  thore 
who  are  enraptured  with  a  system  that 
addresses  itself,  like  the  worship  of 
images,  to  the  eyesiglit.  Yet  we  may, 
I  hope,  be  allowed  to  express  surprise 
and  wonder,  and  even  astonishment, 
that  clergymen,  ministers  of  the  Christ- 
ian religion,  should  be  so  attached  as 
some  are  to  a  system  of  ceremonies, 
forms,  types,  figrures  and  instruments, 
and  b?  aiding  in  gstting  up  a  sudden, 
theatrical  contrivance  to  effect  amaze- 
ment, instead  of  exhibiting  the  inward 
man  of  the  heart.  We  lament  that  any 
teacher  of  the  spiritual  religion  should 
take  up  with  the  husks  and  the  shell 
instead  of  the  meat;  or  that  he  should 
ever  mix  the  words  of  Christian  wor- 
ship with  the  jargon  of  Masonry,  since 
it  is  forbidden  m  the  Bible  to  mix  linen 
with  woolen,  or  to  plough  with  an  ox 
and  an  ass. 

Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Third 
Quarter,  1874. 

Gospel  OP  Makk. 

.July      5.  i.  1-11.     Beginning  of  tlie  Gospel. 

"       12.  i.  16-27.     The  Auttiority  of  Jesus. 

"      19.  i.  45-48.     The  Leper  HealeJi. 

"      26.  ii.  14-17.    Tlie  Publican  Called. 

Aug.     2.  ii.  23-28,  iii.  1-5.    Jesus  aurl  Sabbatli 

"        9.  iv.  .35-41.    Power  over  Nature. 

"     16.  V.  1-15     Power  over  Demons. 

"     23.  V.  14-24.    Power  over  Disease. 

"     30.  V.  22-23,  35-43.    Power  over  Deatli. 

Sept.  e.  vi.  20-23.    Martyrtlom  of   tlieLaptist. 

"    13.  vi.  34-44-     FiveTliousand  Fed. 

"      20.  vii.  24-30.    Tlie  Phffiuiclan  Mother. 

"      27.  Review. 

LESSON    xxxii. — Aug.     9,     1874. — powek 

OVER  NATUKE. 


SCRIPTURE  LESSON. — MARK  iv.  35-41  ;  Com- 
mit 35-41  ;  Primary  Verse  39. 

35  And  the  same  day,  when  the  even 
was  come,  he  saith  unto  them,  Let  us  pass 
over  unto  the  other  side. 

36  And  when  they  had  sent  away  the 
multitude,  they  took  him  even  as  he  was 
in  the  ship.  And  there  were  also  with 
him  other  little  ships. 

37  And  there  arose  a  great  storm  of 
wind,  and  the  waves  beat  into  the  ship,  so 
that  it  was  now  full. 

38  And  he  was  in  the  hinder  part  of 
the  ship,  asleep  on  a  pillow  :  and  they 
awake  him,  and  say  unto  him.  Master, 
carest  thou  not  that  we  perish  ? 

39  And  he  arose,  and  rebuked  the 
wind,  and  said  unto  the  sea,  Peace,  be 
still.  And  the  wind  ceased,  and  there  was 
a  gi'eat  calm. 

40  And  he  said  unto  them.  Why  are 
ye  fearful  ?  how  is  it  that  ye  have  no  faith  ? 

41  And  they  feared  exceedingly,  and 
said  one  to  another.  What  manner  of  man 
is  this,  that  even  the  wind  and  the  sea 
obey  him  ? 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "He  maketh  the 
storm  a  calm,  so  that  the  waves  thereof 
are  still."— Ps.  cvii.  29. 

TOPIC— "Fear  not,  for  I  am  with  thee." 


HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Joliu  ii.        1-11— Water  Turned  to  Wine. 
T.     Lnke  v.        1-11— The  Draught  of  Fishes. 
W    Malt.  xiv.  14-2.3— Feeding    Five  Thousand. 
Th.  Mark    vi.  45-56— Walking  on  the  Water. 
F.    Mark    viii.  1-1(1— Feediut:  Four  Thousand. 
S.    Mark   xi.  12-24— The  Fig  Tree  Withered. 
S.    Matt  xxxvil.  45-67-  Scenes  at  the  Cross. 
TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 

The  Stormy  Voyage,   verses    35-37. 

The  Sleeping  Lorfl,       verse  S8. 

The  Great  Calm,  verse  39. 

.The  Wondering  Disciples,  vrs.  40,  41. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  Jesus  and  his 
disciples  were  going  across  the  lake  from 
Capernaum  to  Gadara,  about  seven  miles. 
What  had  Jesus  been  doing-  ?  What  lime 
was  it  when  they  started  ?  How  many 
boats  were  there  ?  What  happened  on 
the  voyage  ?    What  occasioned  the  danger  ? 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  Do  you  sup- 
pose the  disciples  were  good  sailors  ? 
What  was  their  business  before  Jesus  call- 
ed them  ?  Did  they  know  the  lake  well  ? 
How  did  they  feel  in  the  storm  ?  Where 
was  Jesus  ?  The  pillow  was  probably  the 
•boat  cushion.  What  did  they  say  to  the 
Lord  ?  Was  there  any  danger  of  Jesus 
being  drowned  ?  If  they  were  with  him 
would  they  not  be  safe  ? 

What  is  the  third  topic  ?  What  did 
Jesus  do  ?  What  did  he  say  ?  Repeat 
the  Golden  Text.  Read  Ps.  cvii.  25-28. 
This  is  illustrative  of  our  voyages  ;  if 
Jesus  is  with  us  we  are  safe.  Did  you 
ever  take  a  journey  ?  Were  you  ever 
afraid  ?  Are  we  not  often  afraid  when 
there  is  no  real  danger  ?  If  we  had  more 
confidence  in  the  Lord  would  we  not  es- 
cape fear  ?  What  is  the  fourth  topic  ? 
What  did  Jesus  say  to  them  ?  Why  ought 
they  to  have  felt  safe  ?  Where  had  he 
told  them  they  were  to  go  ?  (verse  35.) 
Would  he  fail  to  bring  them  there  ? 
Where  has  he  promised  that  his  own  shall 
be  ?  (John  xiv.  2,  3.)  Will  he  surely  bring 
them  across  ?  E[ow  did  the  disciples  feel? 
They  did  not  fully  know  Jesus,  and  were 
amazed  at  his  power. 

Lkssons.  The  world  is  like  that  sea  of 
Galilee.  The  church  is  like  the  little  ship 
which  held  Jesus  and  his  disciples  ;  there 
are  many  winds  and  storms,  but  he  will 
bring  us  safely  to  land.  Our  hearts  are 
like  the  sea  ;  even  when  we  are  Christians, 
winds  of  temptation  and  storms  of  trial 
sweep  down,  and  in  a  moment  the  waters 
are  troubled,  and  the  waves  rise.  Let  us 
remember  Jesus  is  near,  and  careth  for  us 
(1  Pet.  V.  7.)  He  can  speak  peace,  and 
there  will  be  a  gi'cat  calm. — Nattonal  8.  8. 
Teacher. 


The  (Jospel  by  Mark. 

Matthew  sets  forth  our  Saviour  as  « 
New  Testament  King  of  the  Jewf,  in 
whom  the  Old  Testament  has  been 
completely  and  throughout  fulfilled; 
Mark,  on  the  other  hand,  exhibits  him 
in  his  independent  personality,  as  that 
new  and  absolute  manifestation,  of  the 
Deity  in  Israel  which  the  whole  Old 
Testament  was  designed  only  to  pre- 
announce  and  make  ready  for.  The 
first  evangelist  delineates  for  us  the 
life  of  Jesus  in  its  theocratic  aspect  and 
as  bearing  upon  universal  history ;  the 
second  shows  that,  besides  this  human 
bearing,  the  life  of  Jesus,  both  in  its 
nature  and  working,  carries  the  direct 
impress  of  divinity.  Thus  the  Gospel 
of  history  is  followed  by  the  history  of 
the  Gospel;  the  Gospel  which  details 
mighty  suffering  by  the  Gospel  which 
delineates  mighty  achievement. 

The  deeds  of  divine  heroism  which 
he  describes  find,  as  it  were,  an  appro- 
priate body  in  peculiarities  of  express- 
ion, whether  by  an  accumulation  of 
strong  negatives  and  by  rapid  transit-^ 
ions,  or  by  rapid  succession  in  the  nar- 
rative. In  fact,  the  word  straightway 
may  be  designated  as  the  appropriate 
watchword  of  our  Gospel.  While 
Matthew  transports  us  gradually  into 
the  events  of  his  time,  as  he  relates 
what  "  came  to  pass  in  those  days,"  the 
peculiar  expression  "immediately," 
"forthwith,"  "straightway,"  employed 
by  Mark,  hurries  us  from  one  event  to 
another.  But  while  the  evangelist 
rapidly  sketches  his  great  picture,  he 
also  greatly  delights  to  dwell  on  those 
particular  events  which  form  its  essen- 
tial features. 

The  second  Gospel  may  be  charac- 
terized as  that  of  a  rapt  beholding  of 
the  Son  of  God  manifesting  his  divine 


power  by  his  divine  working.  The  vic- 
torious work  of  Christ  passes  before  us 
in  a  series  of  great  life  pictures,  rapid- 
ly succeeding  each  other.  His  miEsioii 
of  pardon  and  grace  is  accomplished 
in  a  few  great  stages,  each  the  result  of 
deepest  energy  and  zeal,  and  the  man- 
ifestation of  his  intnost  Ufe.  it  is  as  if 
the  heavens  were  rent  asunder,  and 
were  eternally  pouring  down  their 
richest  showers  of  bleesiog. 

Mark  was  the  son  of  an  influential 
Christian  matron  of  Jerusalem,  called 
Mary,  in  whose  bouse  the  disciples 
were  wont  to  meet  for  united  worship, 
accordinfj  to  the  custom  of  those  days. 
(Acts  xii.  12.)  Mary  had  wholly  de- 
voted herself  to  the  c-iuse  and  service 
of  Christ;  for  at  a  t;me  when  James  the 
Elder  had  just  fallen  by  the  sword  of 
Herod  Agrippa,  and  Peter  lay  in  piiaon 
awaiting  a  doom  from  which  he  was 
only  delivered  by  a  miracle,  she  risked 
her  all  by  converting  her  house,  so  to 
speak,  into  the  principal  church  of 
Jerusalem.  Indeed,  so  well  was  this 
understood,  that,  after  his  miraculous 
liberation  from  prison,  Peter  at  once 
directed  his  steps  to  her  house,  as  the 
great  center  and  meeting-place  of  the 
disciples.  The  son  of  such  a  woman — 
a  worthy  companion  of  the  other  heroic 
Marys  of  the  Gospels — could  not  but 
be  early  acquainted  with  the  blessed 
truths  of  Christianity. — Lange. 


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Dr  Hal!  says  that  ia  the  absence  of 
fruits  or  berries,  butter-milk  is  a  good 
substitute;  its  acid  affecting  the  liver 
healthfully;  also  that  all  root  beers  are 
pernicious. 

Eating  freely  of  asparagus  is  said  to 
be  a  good  remedy  for  rheumatism  and 
gout.  Every  farmer  ehould  raise  it. 
Select  one  year  old  roots,  dig  a  trench 
18  or  20  inches  deep.  Into  this,  heap 
well  rotted  compost,  throw  on  sand, 
press  the  soil  well  around  the  roots, 
which  should  be  placed  at  right  angles 
with  the  plant;  heap  high  the  surface 
soil,  so  rains  will  not  make  the  row 
lower,  as  water  is  detrimental  to  a 
large  full  stalk .  Cut  carefully ;  do  not 
hit  or  injure  the  young  shoots. 

To  Cook  Poultry.  — All  kinds  of  poul- 
try and  meat  can  be  cooked  quicker 
by  adding  to  the  water  in  ^hich  they 
are  boiled,  a  little  vinegar  or  a  piece  of 
lemon.  By  the  use  of  an  acid  there 
will  be  a  considerable  saving  of  fuel ,  as 
shorteninj^'  of  time.  Its  action  is  ben- 
eficial on  old,  tough  meats,  rendering 
them  quite  tender  and  easy  of  digest- 
ion. Tainted  meats  and  fowl  will  lose 
their  bad  taste  and  odor  if  cooked  in 
this  way,  and  if  not  used  too  freely  no 
taste  of  it  will  be  acquired. 

All  vegetables  may  be  cooked  much 
quicker  if  a  small  piece  of  soda  is  drop- 
ped into  the  boiling  water. 

Apple  Fritters. — Sour  milk,  one 
pint;  saleratns  one  teaspoonful;  flour, 
to  make  a  batter  not  very  stiiff; 
six  apples  pared  and  cored;  three 
eggs.  Dissolve  the  saleratus  in  the 
milk,  beat  the  eggs  and  put  in, 
then  the  flour  to  make  a  soft  batter, 
chop    the    apples  to   about  the  size  of 


smrdl    pea?,  and   mix    them  well    with 

the  batter.  Pry    in  lard  ap  you  would 

doughnuts.  Eaten    with  butter   and 
KUgar. 

Custard  without  Eggs. — Boil  a 
quart  of  milk,  except  a  teacupful  in 
which  to  put  fourtablespoonsful  of  flour. 
When  it  boils  put  in  a  very  little  salt 
and  stir  the  flour  just  as  for  starch. 
Add  two  tablespoonsful  of  sugar  and 
Guch  spice  as  you  like. 

To  Prepare  Woodkj.<j  Pails.  —  If  a 
common  wooden  pail  receives  three 
coats  of  common  copal  varnish  on  the 
inside  before  being  used,  it  will  never 
become  water-soakeJ,  cor  will  it  give 
any  disagreeable  flavor  to  water  that 
may  be  allowed  to  stand  in  it  for  any 
length  of  time.  Thus  its  usefulness 
and  durability  are  greatly  increased, — ■ 
Hearth  and  Home. 


Useful  Items. 


Sixty  drops,  one  teaspoonful,  or 
drachm. 

Four  teaspoonsful,  one  tablespoon- 
ful. 

Four  tablespoonsful,  one  ounce. 

Sixteen  ounces,  one   pint,  or  pound. 

Four  ounces,  one  gill. 

Two  gills  make  half  a  pint. 

Two  pints  make  one  quart. 

A  common  tumbler  holds  half  a  pint. 

One  wine  glass  is  half  a  gill. 

A  teacup  is  one  gill. 

Wheat  flour,  one  pound  is  one  quart. 

Indian  meal,  one  pound  two  ounces 
are  one  quart. 

Butter,  when  soft,  one  pound  is  one 
quart. 

White  sugar,  powdered,  one  pound 
one  ounce  are  one  quart. 

Loaf  sugar,  broken,  one  pound  is 
one  quart. 

Best  brown  sugar,  one  pound  two 
ounces  are  one  quart. — Journal  of 
Health. 


'^^^  ^i  ^^^t^n, 


£dncation  of  Horses. 


The  education  of  horses  is  going  to 
characterize  an  important  epoch  of  the 
nineteenth  century.  After  the  benev- 
olent Creator  had  told  father  Adam  to 
have  dominion  over  the  beasts  of  the 
field  through  love,  Adam's  depraved 
decendants  began  to  tyrannize  over  the 
poor  horses,  so  that  the  primeval  dom- 
ination remaining  has  been  maintained 
only  by  cruel  brute  force.  Horses 
have  been  knocked  and  whanged  about 
as  if  they  were  foot^balls. 

Such  a  thing  as  educating  horses 
has  scarcely  been  thought  of.  The 
rule  has  been  when  a  young  horse  was 
first  harnessed,  if  he  did  not  move  right 
along  before  he  had  been  taught  where 
to  go  and  what  to  do,  to  whip  him. 
If  he  acted  awkwardly,  the  lash  was 
laid  on.  If  he  spra,ng  at  the  uncere- 
monious abuse,  the  cruel  driver  repeat- 
ed the  abuse.  If  the  horse  ran,  he 
was  whaled.  If  he  trembled  with  fear 
the  driver  would  lick  him.  If  he 
failed  to  start  before  he  had  been 
taught  to  go,  a  severe  cut  was  given 
him  with  the  lash.  If  he  stumbled 
on  a  rough  ground,  he  got   licked  for 


it.  If  he  slipped  down  for  waat  of  be- 
ing properly  shod,  he  was  licked.  If 
he  fell  exhausted  beneath  a  cart-rung, 
be  was  cracked  over  (he  head.  If  he 
whoaed  too  soon  when  told  to  whoa, 
he  got  licked  again  for  it.  If  he  mani- 
fested any  resentment  to  c•ru^l  treat- 
ment, he  received  abusi:  without  meas- 
ure. But  the  day  of  raiUeimiai  glory 
will  soon  dawn,  when  our  horses  will 
be  educated  to  render  service  forafloct- 
ion;  the  miserable  bridles,  bits  and 
cruel  winkers  will  be  thrown  aside  and 
without  lines  or  whip,  even  the  chil- 
dren may  sit  in  the  carriage  and  direct 
the  spirited  Charify  or  Jack  by  gentle 
words,  with  safety  and  confidence. 
The  day  is  about  to  dawn  when  schools 
will  be  established  all  over  our  country 
for  preparing  competent  instructors  to 
educate  our  horses.  It  h  a  philanthro- 
pic enterprise  and  all  good  people  will 
hold  up  both  hands  for  the  coming  of 
that  eventful  day.  —  Y,  F.  Rural. 


The  Destruction  of  Our  Forests. 


Thirty  years  ago  in  the  valley  of  the 
Genesee,  New  York,  village  merchants 
were  in  the  habit  of  receiving  pine 
lumber  from  customers  at  the  rate  of 
$5  per  thousand  feet,  and  giving  there- 
for "store  pay"  as  value  received.  To- 
day, in  some  portions  of  the  Genesee 
valley,  there  are  a  few  acres  of  pine 
yet  standing,  and  single  trees  are  worth 
from  fifty  to  one  hundred  dollars  each 
as  they  stand.  The  present  develop- 
ment of  the  West  is  as  rapid ,  propor- 
tionately, as  that  of  the  East  has  been 
during  the  past  thirty  years.  Owners 
of  pine  lands  in  the  West  have  been 
anxious  to  realize  the  greatest  immedi- 
ate profit  from  their  valuable  acres 
rather  than  adopt  measures  whereby 
a  reasonable  return  would  result  from 
labor  and  investment,  and  at  the  same 
time  fully  utilize  the  timber  cut. 


Profit  in  Poultry. 


It  is  often  asked  if  there  is  any  profit 
in  poultry  keeping.  In  keeping  raven- 
ous flocks  of  from  forty  to  fifty  fowls, 
which  lay  no  more  than  that  number 
of  eggs  during  the  whole  winter, 
there  certainly  is  no  more  profit.  But 
a  flock  of  some  twenty  to  thirty  well- 
cared-for  hens,  laying  summer  and 
winter,  will  more  than  pay  their  way, 
as  any  skeptic  will  be  convinced  on 
trial.  Nor  is  there  any  doubt  that 
large  numbers  of  fowls  may  be  kept 
with  proportionate  profit,  if  no  more 
than  thirty  are  confiaed  in  a  single 
house  and  yard.  Every  family  having 
the  use  of  a  plot  of  ground  of  sufiBcient 
size,  should  keep  a  few  fowls  for  the 
children,  under  whose  charge  they 
should  be;  and  no  matter  if  they  are  a 
dead  loss  pecuniarily,  the  advantages 
of  the  care-taking  habits  thus  gained, 
will  be  incalculable  to  the  children. 


George  Twkedle,  President  of  the 
Albany  County  Agricultural  Society, 
calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  there  are 
in  a  standard  legal  barrel  only  one  hun- 
dred quarts,  while  the  ordinary  flour 
barrel  most  in  use  among  the  farmers 
in  the  sale  of  potatoes  and  apples,  con- 
tains nearly  one-eighth  more. 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Cliicago,  Tlinrsday,  July  30,  1874. 


KDITOllIAL  CORKESrOSDENCE. 


whkatok  college. 
Dear  Ctnosure: — Some  years  since,  your  readers 
■will  remember  I  appealed  for  help  to  build  the  new 
and  beautiful  buildings  of  Wheaton  College.  The 
appeal  was  not  in  vain.  A  beloved,  dying  brother, 
(Mr.  W.  0,  Willard)  then  at  the  Rochester  Water 
Cure,  saw  Bro.  Post's  Cynostire,  and  sent  us  one 
thousand  dollars.  Good  brother  L.  Foster  sent  us  a 
like  sum  from  Blue  Isiand.  He,  too,  is  gone  home. 
And  while  others,  living  and  departed,  gave  larger 
amounts  a  multitude  of  smaller  sums  came  from  equally 
large  hearts.  They  were  duly  acknowledged  and  paid 
over,  and  the  buildings  are  up,  and  everybody  if 
pleased  with  them.  But  there  is  the  old  story  of  ex- 
penses exceeding  estimates.  The  building  has  left  ub 
in  a  debt  of  twenty  thousand  dollars,  and  I  am  abroad 
asking  help  to  remove  this  debt.  I  meet  friends 
wherever  I  come.  I  have  never  asked  aid  in  a  single 
church  and  been  refused.  But  I  em,  of  course,  not 
admitted  to  churches  controlled  by  Freemasons. 
At  Princeton,  Wyanet,  Maiden,  and  Moline,  I  have 
received  aid  and  the  most  friendly  reception.  But  to 
raise  twenty  thousand  dollars,  in  small  sums,  and  keep 
down  two  thousand  dollars  annual  interest  is  a  long 
ro'id  in  this  hot  weather.  Who  will  abbreviate  my 
work  by  sending  contributions  to  this  debt,  so  that  I 
can  meet  our  students  Sept.  10th?  Write  me  at  Whea 
ton.  J.  Blanchard. 


THE       WOMEN  S         TEUPEHANCK       MOVEMENT REV.       MR. 

STOUGHTON THE     CORRUPTION     OF     SECRET    CEREMO- 
NIES— A  FEW  W0RD8  TO  REV.    MR.    COLLINS. 

Cambridge,  III.,   July  21,  1874. 

Dear  Cynosure: — I  spoke  in  Moline  last  Saturday 
evening  from  a  stand,  to  people  in  the  streets,  by  re- 
quest of  the  ladies' ' '  Temperance  League."  The  crowd 
Avas  respectable  and  respectful,  with  some  minor 
exceptions  ariMng  from  the  natural  ignorance  and  bad 
manners  of  the  suloon.  On  the  next  day  Dr.  John 
Hall,  of  New  York  city,  tool^ occasion  to  endorse  very 
handsomely  the  woman's  temperance  movement,  in 
his  plain  and  popular  address  on  Sunday-schools. 

The  chief  promoters  of  the  women's  temperance 
movement,  both  at  Sterling  and  at  Moline,  are  mem- 
bers of  secret  societies.  Rev.  Mr.  Stoughton,  who 
had  been  spealiing  at  Sterling  before  me,  while  pastor 
of  the  large  Methodist  Episcopal  churck  at  Freeport, 
111 .,  some  years  since,  told  me  he  had  left  the  Masonic 
lodge  eight  years  before,  because  he  saw  that  it 
endangered  and  was  almost  certain  to  destroy  the 
souls  of  unregenerate  men  who  trusted  in  it  for  their 
religion,  as  the  unregenerate  Irish  rely  on  popery  and 
the  mass.  Within  a  few  years  the  same  Rev.  Mr. 
Stoughton  invited  and  took  Mr.  Freeman,  of  the  south 
part  of  Du  Page  county.  111.,  with  him  to  a  Masonic 
lodge  in  the  city  of  Aurora. 

Now  had  the  Rev.  Mr.  Stoughton  chang.3d  his 
mind  concerning  the  tendency  of  the  lodge  to  destroy 
Bouls?  Or  had  he  become  indifferent  to  the  salvation 
and  damnation  of  men!  Or,  is  his  conduct  to  be  set 
down  to  the  soicery  of  the  lodge,  whose  Grand  Master 
was  "a  liar  from  the  beginning?"  So  Gen.  Sam. 
Carey,  of  Cincinnati,  who  had  just  preceded  me  in 
addressing  the  ladies  at  Sterling',  has  made  a  very 
indifferent  record  as  a  Christian,  and  a  worse  record  as 
an  Andrew  Johnson  politician.  But  he  has  a  fine 
person,  good  voice,  and  speaks  well  on  temperance. 
These  are  all  ''Good  Templars." 

But  secrecy,  and  ceremonies  intended  to  be  solemn 
and  impressive,  instead  of  reforming  men  corrupt 
them.  This  is  their  nature  and  their  history.  Jesuit- 
ism and  popery  are  nothing  but  secret  oaths  with 
priestly  "orders,"  titles,  regalia,  and  human  rights, 
added  to  the  Christian  religion,  whose  author,  Christ, 
"in  secret  said  nothing."  A  very  child  in  reasoning 
can   see    that   secret  ceiemonies,    though   originally 


intended  for.good,  to-day  befool  and  enslave  the  old 
nations.  Loyola,  the  founder  of  the  Jesuits,  was  one 
of  the  sincerest  of  men.  So  is  Brigam  Young.  He 
prays  in  his  Harem,  and  believes,  like  other  epiritual- 
iste,  the  devih  whom  he  consults.  Mormonism  was, 
and  is,  what  is  technically  csl'ed  ''Clandestine  Mason- 
ry." This  Major  Powell  admitted  in  conversation  with 
me  when  he  was  fresh  from  Salt  Lake.  Jo  Smith  was 
a  Mason,  and  made  the  Mormon  lodge  "  clandestine  " 
by  a  stop-degree,  which  kept  other  Masons  out  of 
Mormon  lodges.  And  yet,  in  the  face  of  these  living 
facts;  in  the  face  of  history,  which  with  one  voice, 
through  the  countries',  proclaims  that  simple  secrecy 
and  solemn  ceiemonies  are  Satan's  "  strongholds," 
which  Christ's  open  and  equal  religion  is  to  '"pull 
down,"  experiments  which  have  ruined  Asia  we  are 
repeating  here  in  Illinois, 

Rev.  Mr.  Collins,  Methodist  pre-acher  in  charge  here 
at  Moline,  is  a  pleasant  and  agreeable  man.  He  had 
charge  of  the  ladies'  open  air  nieeting  last 
Saturday  night,  which  he  conducted  remarkably 
well;  and  he  politely  and  earnestly  invited  and 
urged  me  to  preach  to  his  large  congrega- 
tion at  night.  This  I  would  gladly  have  done,  but-for 
two  reasons:  The  first  was,  my  strength  was  not 
sufficient.  The  second  was,  I  must  have  taken  up  a 
labor  with  my  brother  Collins,  for  whose  eye  I  am 
writing  this.  For  the  man  that  "brothers  "  blacklegs 
and  rowdies  in  a  lodge  cannot  properly  "brother"  me 
in  the  church  of  Christ.  Because  the  church  wor- 
ships Christ,  while  the  prayer  and  creed  of  the  lodge 
exclude  him. 

When  Dr.  Forrester,  at  the  laying  of  the  corner- 
stone of  the  Chicago  Custom-House,  prayed  to  God 
through  Christ,  he  was  a  hypocrite,  and  deceived 
the  people.  For  he  knew  that  a  multitude  of  Chicago 
Jews  belong  to  the  lodge,  as  members  in  full;  and 
those  Jews  hate  Christ  and  will  not  worship  him. 
Masonry  ignores  Christ. 

Now  I  was  told  that  this  brother  Collins,  Methodist 
preacher  in  charge  at  Moline,  is  not  only  a  Freemason, 
but  a  member  of  several  other  lodges.  If  he  is  not, 
his  brethren  in  the  ministry  are  mistaken.  If  he  is, 
I  beg  him  to  consider,  prayerfully,  the  following: 

1.  Is  it  right  and  fair,  as  between  you  and  your 
brother  ministers,  for  you  to  take  secret  advantages  of 
them  by  joining  lodges  which  they  cannot  conscien- 
tiously join.  Is  it  not  what  is  called  "  running  with 
the  hare  and  barking  with  the  hound  ? " 

2.  Do  you  not  destroy  and  profane  God's  meaning 
of  the  word  '•  brother"  by  giving  it  to  the  members 
of  a  secret  lodge  which  excludes  Christ  from  its  creed  f 

3.  When  a  young  man  sets  his  face  towards  suc- 
cess by  taking  secret  advantages  of  his  fellow  men, 
does  he  not  "go  beyond  and  defraud"  them,  and  so 
disobey  the  injunction  of  Christ  by  Paul? 

4.  If  you  know  the  nature  of  the  lodge,  do  you 
not  know  that  it  is  idolatrous  ? 

I  write  this  for  the  benefit  of  the  ladies  of  Sterling, 
who  appeared  to  me  to  be  clear-minded  and  capable 
women,  as  well  as  for  the  earnest  and  Christian  women 
of  Moline.  I  am  sure  they  will  yet  *'  Have  no  fellow- 
ship with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darkness,  but  rather 
reprove  them."  May  God  reward  their  candor  and 
kindness.     Yours  in  Christ,  J.  B. 


SUBSCRIPTIONS  TO  WHEATON    COLLEGE DESPERATION  OF 

OF  THE  LODGE THE   '"'NATIONAL    HOLINESS"    MEETINGS 

AND  THE  M.  E,   CHURCH. 

Malden,  111.,  July  24,  1874. 
I  have  found,  besides  smaller  subscriptions,  eighteen 
persons,  within  about  a  fortnight,  who  have  subscrib- 
ed or  paid  $25  each  to  liquidate  the  debt  of  Wheaton 
College,  all  of  whom  have  given  because  they  are 
opposed  to  secret  "orders";  and  in  several  instances 
parents  are  purposing  to  send  their  children  to  be  with 
us  at  the  opening,  September  lOth.  I  am  encouraged 
by  this,  but  far  more  by  the  cheerfulness  and,  in  some 
instances,  by  the  eagerness  with  which  they  do  it. 
The  lodge,  on  the  contrary,  is 

GROWING     DESPERATE. 

Instead  of  the  jolly  greeting  which  used  to  meet  me 


in  every  village,  the  lodge-leaders  look  wild,  and  con- 
cerned, like  the  shrine-makers  whose  craft  is  in  danger. 
And  their  violent  and  desperate  efforts  to  proselyte 
are  like  the  reckless  throws  of  ruined  gamblers .  An 
old  Knox  College  student,  who  is  a  thriving  and  rising 
man,  told  me  he  had  almost  concluded  to  go  behind 
their  curtain,  just  to  see  what  there  was  there  to  keep 
such  a  multitude,  many  of  whom  are  good  men  and 
patriots.  I  told  him  I  could  send  him  the  whole  thing 
for  20  cts,,  revealed  and  resting  on  just  such  evidence 
as  hangs  men.  He  instantly  pulled  out  the  money, 
and  said:  "That  information  is  what  I  want;  send  it." 
He  subscribed  $25  to  our  College  buildings. 

I  went  from  him  to  a  neighbor  of  bis,  who  stopped 
in  the  harvest-field  to  subscribe.  He  said :  Since  I 
came  out  of  the  army  with  my  leg  drawn  up,  they 
have  been  urging  me  to  go  in,  and  assured  me  I 
should  '^stand  a  good  show  for  a  county  office  if  1 
would  join  the  lodge."  The  same  bait  is  thrown  out  to 
one  hundred  others,  perhaps,  though  there  are  not 
above  half  a  dozen  offices;  and  they  belong  to  the 
people,  one  would  think,  not  to  the  lodge.  I  found 
that  the  Masons  had  lied  to  this  friend  and  told  him 
that  his  neighbor  from  whom  I  had  just  come  had 
joined  the  lodge.  This  they  doubtleps  told  him  to  get 
him  to  send  in  his  application,  when 'the  lie  would 
have  done  its  work  and  he  would  have  repented  too 
late.  This  I  call  "growing  desperate."  Such  infamy 
cannot  last  long. 

Yesterday,  at  Galva,  waiting  for  the  cars,  I  con- 
versed with  Rev.  Mr.  Brown,  Methodist  Episcopal 
preacher  at  Victorip,  111.  He  told  me  he^as  a  Knight 
Templar,  had  gone  up  to  that  (12tb)  degree  to  please 
his  brother-in-law.  Col.  D.  D.  Irons,  of  Peoria,  now 
dead.  But  he  was  sick  of  it;  and  he  assured  me  many 
others  were,  and  had  forsaken  it.  He  was  at  the 
national  camp-meeting  at  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  last 
year,  where  two  ministers  renounced  "the  hidden 
things  of  dishonesty,"  by  name,  saying:  "I  mean 
Masonry  and  Odd-fellowship !"  and  the  camp  rang  with 
the  loud  "Amen!"  "Amen!''  from  all  sides.  This 
"holiness"  will  do,  if  it  separates  from  the  world  and 
its  dark  leligiom.  I  believe  this  brother  is  a  sincere 
man  and  minister,  and  that  when  enlightened  on  the 
true  nature  of  the  hateful  sorceries  through  which  he 
was  dragged,  he  will  loathe  as  well  as  forsake  the 
lodge. 

While  we  sat  CDUversing  a  brother  Methodist  Epis- 
copal preacher  came  up  to  us,  who  is  stationed  at  Bur- 
lington, Iowa.  He  joined  in  the  conversation;  said  he 
had  been  in  early  life  fooled  into  almost  every  tecret 
society  but  the  Freemssocs;  had  become  disgusted 
with  and  forsaken  the  whole,  and  was  rejoiced  that  he 
had  escaped  the  Masonic  lodge. 

Both  these  brethren  lamented  the  growing  weak- 
ness of  spirituality  in  a  portion  and  rejoiced  in  the 
increased  spirituality  and  desire  after  holiness  of 
another  portion  of  their  church.  I  was  rejoiced  and 
comforted  by  the  interview.  They  both  agreed  that 
the  "Inskip  National  Holiness"  movement  was  hostile 
to  the  secret  orders.  They  will  be  mistaken  in  the 
hope  that  the  lodge  will  let  go  its  hold  of  their  church 
without  first  rending  it.  But  it  io  a  comfort  to  find 
good  men.     Yours  ever  in  Christ,  J.   B. 


HINTING  AT  REFORM. 


"Masonry  VS.  THE  Church. — This  is  brief,  but  to 
the  point: 

A  home  missionary  in  the  deep  interior,  making 
his  quarterly  report,  states  that  in  their  thriving  town 
the  Masonic  members  outnumber  the  male  church 
members  five  to  one;  that  many  openly  claim  that  Ma- 
sonry is  better  than  religion ;  that  those  who  do  not 
go  80  far  are  not  prepared  to  go  to  meeting  on  the 
Sabbath  after  having  spent  a  large  part  of  Saturday 
night  in  the  lodge-room;  and  that  one  who  was  him- 
self a  Mason  of  high  degree,  had  stood  up  in  the  last 
prayer-meeting,  and,  referring  to  his  experience,  had 
said  that  he  had  sought  to  benefit  himself  by  associ- 
ation with  good  men  in  different  societies,  some  of 
them  secret,  and  last  of  all  he  bad  become  a  Christian 
and  joined  the  church,  and  found  this  society  the  best 
of  alJ,  embracing  all  the  good  of  the  others  and  a  great 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


deal  more.     This  now  was  sufficient  for  him,    and  he 
wished  that  he  had  embraced  it  first,  and  it  only." 

J.    E.   R. 

The  above  from  Dr.  Roy  in  the  Advance  (July  16,) 
is  very  suggestive.    The  following  for  instance: 

1.  Is  it  not  plain  on  the  above  showing,  that  the 
lodge  is,  in  the  words  of  John  D.  Caldwell,  "Grand 
Secretary"  of  "Select  Masters"  in  Ohio,  "disintegra- 
ting THE  CHURCH." 

2.  The  brother  who  "wished  he  had  embraced  it 
first,  and  it  only,"  might  have  added:  'But  my  pastor, 
my  religious  paper,  even  home  missionaries,  said  noth- 
ing on  the  subject,  while  I  paid  them  both  to  warn 
me  against  whatsver  was  hostile  to  Christianity.  My 
friends  who  joined  the  lodge  had  their  lips  oath-sealed, 
as  mine  now  are,  and  were  silent.  And  I  shall  be  per- 
secuted and  proscribed  for  this  present  cautious  and 
feeble  utterance. 

I  saw  my  rivals  in  business  prospering  and  was  ad- 
vised to  join  the  lodge.  I  joined;  as  many  Congrega- 
tional clergymen  had  done,  including  the  Secretary 
of  the  "National  Congregational  Council,"  who  was 
a  Freemason  chaplain;  known  to  be  such,  when 
voted  for  by  good  men  to  that  all  controlling  office 
in  and  over  our  denomination!  Yes;  I  joined.  I 
paid  fifty  dollars  for  being  hazed  through  the  degrad- 
ing first  three  degrees;  which,  as  I  swore  away  my 
manhood,  I  dare  not  now  reveal,  even  to  save  my 
son  who  is  now  being  drawn  into  the  lodge  as  I  was! 
And,  as  no  efi^ectual  means  is  being  taken,  or  likely  to 
be  taken  to  save  our  children,  giris  as  well  as  boys, 
from  being  sucked  into  the  secret  whirlpools  of  recruit- 
ing orders,  I  see  nothing  but  ruin  to  our  churches  and 
destruction  to  the  country  ahead. ' 

THE    REMEDY. 

Let  us  now,  dear  brethren,  look  this  anti-Christ 
firmly  in  the  face,  as  Christians  and  as  men.  Let  us 
request  our  theological  seminaries  to  give  us  their 
learning  on  the  subject  as  >Andoveronce  did  when  the 
lodge  went  down.  Let  us  meet  it  with  means  of  en- 
lightenment commensurate  with  its  terrible  impor 
tance.  Let  Qen.  Howard  and  Rev.  Mr.  Chamberlain, 
committee  for  the  purpose  of  procuring  an  essay,  se- 
cure a  full,  frank  and  fearless  discussion  on  the  subject 
before  their  next  State  Association,  and  let  the  young 
men  who_  are  being  swindled  and  sworn  into  the  lodges 
know  what  they  are,  and  sbun  them  as  caves  of 
death. 

"For  if  thou  altogether  boldest  thy  peace  at  this  time, 
then  shall  there  enlargement  and  deliverence"  arise  to 
God's  people  from  some  other  place;  "but  thou  and 
thy  father's  house  shall  be  destroyed:  and  who  know- 
eth  whether  thou  art  come  to  the  kingdom  for  such  a 
time  as  this?"     Esther  iv.  14. 

PROOF  AT  LAST. 


It  has  long  been  conjectured  that,  in  spite  of  its 
opposition,  the  Romish  church  was  at  headquarters 
closely  related  to  Freemasonry.  The  grounds  for  this 
conjecture  have  never  amounted  to  positive  proof 
until  now.  A  lodge  journal.  The  Voice  of  Masonry, 
publishes  the  following  action  of  an  Italian  Grand 
Lodge  V 

At  the  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Masons,  Scottish  Rite  of  the  Orient  of  Palermo,  Italy, 
on  the  27  th  of  March  last,  Pope  Pius  IX.  was  expelled 
from  the  order.  The  decree  of  expulsion  was  pub 
lished  in  the  official  Masonic  paper  at  Cologne,  Ger- 
many, and  is  preceded  by  the  minutes  of  the  lodge  in 
which  he  was  initialed,  and  is  as  follows: 

"  A  man  named  Mastai  Ferretti,  who  received  the 
baptism  of  Freemasonry,  and  solemnly  pledged  his 
love  and  fellowship,  and  who  afterwards  was  crowned 
pope  and  king,  under  the  title  of  Pope  Nino,  has  now 
cursed  his  former  brelhren  and  excommunicated  all 
members  of  the  order  of  Freemasons.  Therefore, 
said  Mastai  Ferretti  is  herewith,  by  a  decree  of  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  Orient,  Pdermo,  expelled  from 
the  order  for  perjury." 

The  charges  against  him  were  first  preferred  in  his 
lodge  at  Palermo,  in  1865t  and  notification  and  copy 
thereof  sent  to  him,  with  a  request  to  attend  the  lodge 
for  the  purpose  of  answering  the  same.  To  this  he 
made  no  reply,  and,  for  diver.s  reasons,  the-  charges 
were  not  pressed  until  he  urged  the  bishops  of  Brazil 
so  aggressively  towards  the  Freemasons.    Then  they 


were  pressed,  and,  after  a  regular  trial,  a  decree  of 
expulsion  was  entered  and  published,  the  same  being 
signed  by  Victor  Emmanuel,  king  of  Italy,  and  Grand 
Master  of  the  Orient  of  Italy. 

The  Pope  evidently  believes  in  but  one  secret  socie- 
ty, and  that  is  the  papal  church ;  but  he  will  not  lack 
for  information  of  them  all,  even  the  grange.  There 
is  no  doubt  the  prohibition  of  the  grange  by  the 
Catholic  bishops  of  Wisconsin  and  California  is  under- 
stood and  endorsed  at  Rome.  A  few  years  since  Pius 
IX.  signed  a  letter  excommunicating  Victor  Emmanuel; 
the  latter  now  has  his  petty  revenge.  If  both  these 
systems  were  not  filled  with  falsehood,  the  lodge  from 
its  very  base,  these  acts  of  excision  miglit  be  of  some 
importance;  but  it  is  pitiful  to  see  personages  of  the 
world's  regard  bandying  about  these  mock-solemnities 
with  the  gravity  of  fate.  There  is  nothing  like  the 
simulation  of  a  false  religion  to  destroy  all  perception 
of  the  true.     It  bewilders  men  into  hell. 


Notes. 


— Dr.  Curry,  editor  of  the  Christian  Advocate, 
New  York,  lately  had  an  interview  with  Parson 
Brownlow,  of  Tennessee,  and  thus  reports  his  opinion  of 
the  grange. 

"At  Kaoxville  I  called  upon  and  had  an  hour's  in- 
terview with  the  hero'c  ex  Methodist  preacher,  ex 
Editor  of  the  famous  Knoxville  Whig,  ex-Govorner  of 
Tennessee,  and  now  U.  S.  Senator,  'Parson  Brownlow,' 
whose  failing  health  has  cornpeiled  him  to  come  home 
for  recuperation.  I  asked  him  of  the  political  feeling 
in  East  Tennessee.  'Some  rebels  left  here,  but  they 
are  down,  never  to  rise,'  was  his  answer.  I  then  spoke 
of  the  indications  of  feeling  I  had  noted  farther  South 
'Overpowered  but  not  subdued;  rebels  at  heart  now 
as  much  as  ever,'  was  the  reply.  'How  about  the 
grange  movemeniS'  'A  political  machine — Democra- 
cy in  disguise — organizing  powerfully  for  resuscitation 
and  victory  at  every  cost  of  principle.'  'How  is  the 
movement  regarded  at  Washington  ?'  'Understood  per 
fectly;  watched  closely,  but  quietly.'" 

— The  Masons  are  everywhere  this  yearmanufactur 
in?  the  bread  of  popularity  from  the  corner-stones  of 
public  buildings.  Our  Indianapolis  correspondent 
telle  of  one  elsewhere;  the  same  kind  of  performance 
was  made  at  the  new  court-house  of  Richland  county , 
this  State,  July  4th ;  and  a  friend  has  sent  a  flaming 
poster  announcing  a  Masonic  ceremony  over  the  cor 
aer-stone  of  a  Methodist  Protestant  church  in  Roxbury, 
Pa.,  July  15th.  Masons,  Odd-fellows  and  Red  men  are 
invited  by  the  committee  of  arrangements,  but  simple 
Christians  are  left  out. 

— A  Cijlifornia  correspondent  of  the  Free  Methodist 
says  the  Govornor  of  that  State,  and  Senator  elect  of 
the  Anti-monopcly  party,  Newton  Booth,  is  one  of  the 
largest  Tquor  dealers  in  the  State.  He  was  lately  v 
ited  by  a  delegation  of  ladies  to  secure  his  influence 
for  temperance,  but  he  declined,  saying  he  couid  not 
work  against  hie  own  interest.  This  is  the  man  over 
whom  so  great  trumpeting  was  made  last  fall  as  the 
man  of  the  people,  who  had  rescued  the  State  from 
the  grasp  of  rings,  and  is  now  prominently  talked  of 
for  the  next  Presidency.  May  God  save  the  nation 
from  such  Presidents ! 

— G.  W.  Needles,  editor  of  the  American  Free- 
man, of  Albany,  Mo. ,  and  well  known  as  among  the 
leaders  of  the  reform  in  that  State,  is  engaged  in  a 
controversy  with  some  of  the  editors  of  his  locality, 
and  plainly  not  to  their  advantage,  except  by  fixing 
in  their  memories  some  wholesome  truth.  They 
spread  the  dictionary  of  vituperation  over  their  pages 
at  the  remarks  made  by  Mr.  Needles  in  the  Syracuse 
Convention  on  the  frequency  of  murders  in  north- 
western Missouri,  the  escape  of  criminals  through  Ma- 
sonic connivance,  and  the  prostitution  of  women  by 
the  grange,*of  which  he  has  information  from  parties 
who  should  be  reliable.  (The  mention  of  this  author- 
ity was  inadvertantly  omitted  from  the  first  report  in 
our  columns.)  The  last  item  is  especially  grievous  to 
the  defenders  of  female  virtue  in  the  lodge.  These 
parties  affect  not  to  know  that,  after  filling  the  pock- 
ets of  the  leaders,  the  grange  has  in  reality  no  object 
but  to  popularize  Masonry,  which  in  principle  up 
holds  prostitution.  And  he  is  ignorant  or  unscrupu- 
lous who  can  say  that   the  ritual   of  the   grange ,   its 


grips  signs,  and  secrecy  have  not  a  direct  tendency 
to  break  down  the  modesty  and  virtue  of  the  female 
character. 

— The  Jewish  Chronicle,  an  English  paper,  mourns 
the  decline  of  Judaism  and  especially  the  negligence 
manifested  in  the  instruction  of  Hebrew  youth  in  the 
language  and  forms  of  ihat  efi'ete  system.  The  better 
culture  and  broader  and  more  rational  views  of  the  re- 
ligion of  Jesus  is  supplanting  its  first  and  most  bitter 
antagonist.  An  American  Society  for  the  Promotion 
of  Christianity  an3ong  the  Jews  is  located  in  New 
York  city.  Rev.  J.  C.  K.  Miliigan,  President.  This 
society  is  striving,  through  the  efibrts  of  missionaries 
and  by  distributing  tracts  in  German,  Hebrew  and 
English,  Bibles,  Testaments  and  other  reading  matter, 
to  bring  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  to  the  remnant  of 
the  ancient  and  chosen  people.  In  New  York  alone 
there  are  60,000  Jews  who  haye  ten  more  synagogues 
than  even  in  London.  Pecuniary  aid  for  this  work 
may  be  sent  to  the  treasurer,  Wm.  H.  Jackson,  Box 
1729,  New  York  city. 

— Another  disbanded  grange  is  reported  by  the 
Peoria  Transcript — the  Good  Hope  Grange,  Good 
Hope^  McDonough  Co.,  III.  The  reason  given  for 
the  action  are  the  expensiveness  of  the  order,  and  the 
fact  that  there  is  a  disposition  among  the  higher  offi- 
cers in  this  State  to  make  their  organization  a  political 
party,  contrary  to  itP  original  spirit  and  design.  Con- 
cerning the  first  named  cause,  the  members  say  that 
their  grange  has  only  been  in  existence  about  one 
year, ,  and  that  during  that  time  it  has  collected  as 
dues  from  members  8522,66  and  has  paid  out  $454.- 
31,  besides  having  about  $'i50  dues  as  fees  from  delin- 
quent members.  The  grange  decided  to  divide  the 
amount  in  its  treasury  among  the  Sunday  schools  of 
Goad  Hope  township. 

— Gov,  Hartranft  of  Pennsylvania,  is  reported  in  a 
stage  of  seige  by  the  lodge,  which  wants  him  to  par- 
don the  criminal  in  the  Udderzook  murder  case,  the 
law  having  failed  to  set  him  free.  A  Norristown  pa- 
per says  it  is  all   to  make  good  the    saying,  that    "no 

Freen^ason  ever  gets  hanged. " 

»  ■  » 

The  German  Evangelical  Lutheran  Synod,  of  the 
West,  comprising  four  districts,  with  over  five  hundred 
ministers,  all  opposed  to  secret  societies  and  their 
Theological  Seminary,  numbering  over  two  hundred 
students,  soon  to  enter  the  ministry,  is  a  force  for 
God  and  his  truth  not  to  be  overlooked.  The  General 
Conference,  composed  of  860  ministers,  publishing 
five  papers,  ako  takes  a  decided  stand  against  the 
secret  orders.  The  Cynosure^ s  opposition  to  these  is 
warmly  noticed  and  approved  in  the  German  church 
paper,  the  Luiheraner.  Says  one  of  their  strong  men : 
"  All  true  Lutherans  who  stand  to  the  Bible  and  their 
confession,  are  with  heart  against  secret  societies. "  Let 
U3  thank  God  and  take  courage.  "They  that  be  for 
UB  are  more  than  they  that  be  against  us."    M.  A.  B. 

CONVENTION  WORK. 

Two  State  and  other  county  conventions  are  soon  to 
be  held.  In  all  these  it  should  be  a  great  work  to  ar- 
range for  the  wider  circulation  of  Anti-masonic  litera- 
ture. Books,  papers,  and  tracts  are  often  as  convinc- 
ing as  the  living  speaker  and  can    be  taken  anywhere. 

HARVEST  HELP. 

The  publishers  want  to  engage  ten  thousand  harv- 
est workers,  not  to  gather  sheaves  of  grain,  but  sub- 
scriptions for  the  Cynosure.  There  is  a  great  deal 
of  circulating  around  among  neighbors  at  this  time  of 
the  year  although  the  busiest.  Farmers  exchange 
work  and  hire  extra  help.  In  many  ways  opportuni- 
ty occurs  to  present  this  reform  and  eniist  honest  men 
for  the  truth.  It  is  not  by  great  occasions  that  this 
battle  is  to  be  won,  but  by  continual  and  repeated 
use  of  little  opportunities,  pressing  home  on  individuals 
the  facts  of  this  reform  and  circulating  the  paptr. 
Don't  miss  one  of  them. 


— A  great  falling  off  in  railroad  building  in  this 
country  appears  in  the  figures  presented  in  the  annual 
report  of  the  Iron  and  Steel  Association.  The  num- 
ber of  miles  of  new  track  laid  in  1873  was  3000 — a 
decrease  of  fifty  per  cent,  in  one  year.  In  1870, 
when  the  highest  point  Tvas  reached,  7,779  miles 
were  laid. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE: 


^\t  %ifm  i¥t. 


Home  Missionary  Hymu. 

Hark!  the  sound  of  angel  voices, 

Over  Bethlehem's  star-lit  plain  ; 
Hark!  the  heavenly  host  rejoices, 

Jesus  comes  on  earth  to  rcigu. 
See  celestial  radiance  bi-aming. 

Lighting  up  tho  midnight  sky; 
'Tis  the  promised  day-star  gleaming, 

'TiS  the  day-spring  from  on  high. 

Westward,  all  along  the  ages, 

Trace  its  pathway,  clear  and  bright; 
Star  of  hope  to  Eastern  sages. 

Radiant  now  with  gospel  light. 
Angels  from  the  realms  of  glory, 

Peace  on  earth  delight  to  sing; 
Christian,  tell  the  wondrous  story, 

Go,  proclaim  the  Saviour  King. 

Where  the  woodman's  ax  is  ringing. 

Where  the  hunter  roams  alone. 
Where  the  prairie  llowors  are  springing. 

Make  the  great  Redeemer  knovm. 
While,  from  California's  mountains. 

Pure  and  sweet  the  anthem  swells, 
Oregon's  dark  wilds  and  fountains 

Ilail  the  sound  of  Sabhath-hclls. 

Like  an  armed  host  with  hannerSt 

Terrible  in  war  array, 
Zion  comes  with  glad  hosannas. 

To  prepare  her  monarch's  way. 
Unto  him  all  power  is  given. 

All  the  world  his  sway  shall  own. 
And  on  earth,  as  now  in  heaven. 

Shall  his  will  be  done  alone. 

—Home  Wissionary. 


The  Furnace. 


Somewhere  on  his  path,  be  you  sure, 
tHe  man  who  will  live  godly  in  this 
world  shall  find  a  furnace  heated  for 
him.  There  will  be  times  with  every 
conscientious  soul  when  fidelity  to  the 
right  must  pay  a  price.  Such  a  crisis 
will  face  a  young  man's  honesty  in  a 
business  career,  and  if  he  fail  to  keep 
his  honesty  he  must  forfeit  the  favor  on 
which  he  is  dependent,  or  his  rever- 
ence for  the  divine  name  will  be  out- 
raged, and  if  he  will  protect  his  filial 
sensibilities  he  must  walk  the  gauntlet 
of  mocking  lips  and  pointed  fingers  of 
scorn.  Or  his  regard  for  the  sanctity 
of  the  Sabbath  will  be  tested,  and  if  he 
will  do  homage  to  the  old,  unrepealed 
statute,  "Remember  the  Sabbath  day 
to  keep  it  holy,"  he  must  give  up  for 
hia  conscience  his  daily  trade.  He 
walks  with  young  eompanions  not  in 
sympathy  with  his  notions  of  purity, 
consistency,  and  good  morals;  if  he  will 
be  true  to  these  convictions  he  must 
forego  the  friendships  of  yeare.  He 
is  the  only  witness  for  God  in  a  godless 
home;  if  he  would  screen  the  light  and 
use  the  common  wordly  dialect  in  that 
circle,  all  would  be  peaceful  and  pleas- 
ant; but  if  he  -will  obtrude  his  fealty  to 
his  Master,  and  make  his  devotion  a 
working  force  in  that  sphere,  contra- 
vening the  currents  of  wordhness,  he 
shall  speedily  and  continuously  find 
himself  in  rough  waters.  He  is  asso- 
ciated with  his  fellow-men  for  the  prose- 
cution of  various  interests  pertaining  to 
this  life;  if  Le  will  oppose  unscrupulous 
measures  and  uncandid  demonstrations, 
he  must  submit  to  social  ostracism.  lie 
stands  in  the  society  cf  his  peers  on 
festive  occasions;  if  he  will  breathe  out 
around  him  the  element  which  is  the 
continual  atmosphere  ol  his  spirit, 
gathered  upon  him  in  the  closet  and  in 
hours  of  converse  with  heavenly 
themes,  he  must  become  conscious  of 
the  constraint  his  presence  carries  about, 
and  the  "  attraction  of  repulsion " 
which  Hows  from  his  person. 


How  endlessly  may  these  eituations 
in  life  be  multiplied,  and  how  surelv  in 
some  of  these  manifold  ways  as  a  pious 
parent,  or  partner,  or  child, — as  a  pious 
friend,  companion,  and  yokefellow, — as 
a  pious  man  of  business  and  man  of 
society,  will  the  furnace  be  encountered, 
its  flaming  mouth  opening  right  in  the 
path  of  sincerity,  trueheartedness  and 
Christian  fidelity. 

But  don't  fear  the  furnace !  Though 
it  be  heated  seven  times  hotter  than  it 
is  wont,  don't  be  afraid  of  it !  It  will 
not  burn  you, — no,  not  a  hair  of  your 
head.  It  may  purge  away  your  dross, 
but  you,  yourself,  your  true  life,  your 
real  treasures,  it  cannot  consume.  Let 
them  bind  you  and  cast  you  in;  the 
flames  have  lost  their  power,  and  that 
which  you  dreaded  will  produce  no 
smart.  All  those  penalties  for  Christian 
faithfulness,  loss  of  favor,  and  of  pat- 
rons ,  and  of  income ;  tire  mocking  and 
ridicule;  banishment  from  place,  from 
friendship,  from  good  fellowship,  and 
social  popularity,  will  seem  to  you 
trifles  light  as  air,  compared  with  that 
great  burden  of  conscious  falsehood 
which  would  have  crushed  you  to  the 
earth.  And  in  your  destitution  and 
solitude  a  shining  one  will  come  to  you. 
You  are  really  plunged  into  the  furnace, 
— you  are  alone,  unbefriended  and  un- 
provided; and  before  you  have  learned 
the  meaning  of  words,  you  are  no  longer 
alone,  unbefriended  or  uncared  for. 
Christ  is  with  you, —  his  friendship, 
never  in  longest  life  so  palpable,  so 
sweet,  so  assuring;  his  promised  inter- 
ventions and  providential  bestowments 
never  so  signal  and  rich. — Rev.  A.  L. 
Stone. 


"Revealed  to  Babes." 


There  now  resides  in  Paris,  associat- 
ed with  Pastor  Firch  in  his  church 
labors,  a  minister  widely  known  as  a 
university  professor  in  that  city,  a  cele- 
brated journalist,  and  author  of  a 
volminous  history  of  Spain.  He  is  ever 
found  unweariedly  among  the  poor,  the 
sick  and  the  dying,  teaching  that  faith 
which  he  once  sought  to  destroy.  His 
history,  written  on  the  basis  of  an 
infidel  in  the  four  volumes  published 
previous  to  his  conversion,  was  com- 
pleted from  the  standpoint  of  a  Christ- 
ian. His  case  not  merely  proves  the 
insufficiency  of  the  human  intellect  to 
find  out  Grod,  but  that  he  often  selects 
the  humble  taught  by  the  Spirit  to 
teach  the  proud  taught  by  science. 

This  man,  some  years  ago,  went  to 
Pastor  Fisch  with  his  skeptical  objec- 
tions. The  good  pastor,  to  prove  to 
him  that,  under  the  illuminations  of 
the  Holy  Ghost,  the  illiterate  often 
understood  the  Bible  better  than  the 
scientists,  referred  him  to  a  cobbler  in 
Lyons  for  conversation  on  religion.  The 
professor  of  history  in  the  first  univer- 
sity of  Europe  is  found  for  one  forenoon 
in  the  poor  cobbler's  stall  conversing 
with  his  humble  instructor  on  Paul's 
Epistle  to  the  Hebrews.  He  listened 
with  astonishment,  and  he  came  away 
with  new  ideas  on  the  mysteries  of 
redemption.  He  told  Pastor  Fisch, 
with  an  emotion  he  could  not  conceal, 
that  he  had  a  lesson  on  theology  that 
day  such  as  he  had  never  had  before. 


The  Romanism  and  skepticism  of  his 
intellect  lay  prostrate  before  the  faith 
of  the  cobbler.  From  that  hour  a  new 
light  broke  in  upon. him,  and  he  went, 
forth  to  extend  the  discomfiture  of 
error  through  the  streets  and  squares 
of  the  godless  city. — Am.  Messenger. 


Etiquette  Toward  the  Poor. 


A.  circle  of  richly-dressed  young 
people  were  gathered  about  a  stove  in 
a  ferry-house  awaiting  rather  impatient- 
ly a  delayed  boat.  A  shabbily-dressed 
old  man,  who  was  standing  back  in 
the  cold,  volunteered  some  civil  remark 
in  a  pleasant  tone,  but  his  only  reply 
was  a  cold  stare  and  an  occasional  sneer 
at  his  rags  from  one  or  another  of  the 
group.  Oh,  how  those  glances  .pierced 
through  the  worn  coat,  to  the  very 
depths  of  the  old  man's  heart.  More 
cutting  than  the  fiercest  blast  of  the 
north  wind  are  the  shafts  of  ridicule. 
The  old  man  quickly  drew  back  with  a 
hopeless,  dejected  air,  shutting  back 
the  mystery  in  his  own  bosom  which 
the  thoughtless,  unfeeling  conduct  had 
occasioned. 

A  youth,  sitting  apart  from  the  rest, 
had  read  with  a  glance  of  his  honest 
eyes  the  whole  story.  He  saw  the 
pain  which  was  traced  on  the  furrowed 
brow  and  an  answering  throb  was 
awakened  in  his  own  basom.  Drawing 
nearer,  he  gave  him  a  suitable  remark 
and  drew  hipa  into  a  little  further  con- 
versation. 

It  was  delightful  to  see  the  quick 
and  glad  surprise  which  lighted  the 
old  man's  eye  at  this  attention.  The 
unkindness  of  the  moment  before  was 
forgotten,  so  were  his  age  and  infirmi- 
ties, and  he  seemed  to  feel  that  he  was 
not  so  wholly  shut  of  from  the  sympa- 
thies of  the  world  as  he  had  just  now 
seemed. 

In  all  our  books  of  behavior  for 
young  people  how  few  directions  they 
ever  get  about  proper  etiquette  in  their 
conduct  toward  the  poor.  All  seems 
to  refer  to  their  intercourse  with  equals 
or  superiors  in  rank  or  station. 

Net  BO  did  our  divine  Master  walk 
among  men.  He  laid  down  a  very 
different  class  of  directions  from  these 
which  the  world  gives,  when  he 
gave  rules  about  making  feast?. 

He  who  haughtily  sends  his  charity 
by  the  hand  of  another,  and  disdains  to 
speak  to  him  on  whom  he  bestows  it, 
will  not  reap  the  reward  of  him  whose 
"prayers  and  alms  came  up  for  a  mem- 
orial before  God." 

Let  us-teach  our  children,  from  infan- 
cy, respectful  behavior  toward  the  poor 
and  the  aged,  and  the  lessons  will  stay 
by  them  when  they  have  gone  out 
from  under  our  roof. — Arthufs   ffome 

Magazine. 

♦»-• 

What  Harm  2 

It  is  often  aslied,  what  harm  is  it 
for  a  lady  to  wear  a  modest  flower  ? 
The  manner  in  which  the  question  is 
put,  implies  that  it  is  unanswerable. 
To  oppose  the  practice  now  become 
general  among  professing  Christians,  is 
denounced  as  narrow-mindedness  and 
bigotry.  A  secular  paper  furnishes  us 
with  one  answer. '  It  states  that  fifteen 
millions  of  dollars  are  expended  in  this 


country  annually  for  artificial  flowers. 
Is  there  no  harm  in  spending  this 
enormous  sum  every  year,  for  that 
which  can  possibly  answer  no  other  pur- 
pose except  to  minister  to  vaLit3r  and 
pride  ? 

What  should  a  denomination,  profes- 
sing the  self-denying  religion  of  Jesus, 
think  of  their  piety,  when  the  men 
spend  more  money  for  tobacco,  and  the 
women  for  artificial  flowers,  than  they 
can  raise  by  every  possible  effort,  for 
the  conversion  of  the  heathen  ?  Is  this 
a  mark  of  spiritual  life?  "Where  shall 
the  line  be  drawn?"  Where  the  Bible 
draws  it.  There  can  be  no  mistake. 
Pass  over  this  line,  and  v/ho  shall  say 
where  to  stop?  "Whose  adorning  let 
it  not  be  that  outward  adorning  of 
plaiting  the  hair,  and  wearing  of  gold, 
or  of  putting  on  of  apparel:  but  let  it 
be  the  hidden  man  of  the  heart,  in  that 
which  is  not  corruptible ;  even  the  or- 
nament of  a  metk  and  quiet  spirit, 
which  is  in  the  sight  of  God  of  great 
price."!  Pet,  iii.  3,4. — Living  Epistle.. 


Instrumental  music  in  Church. 


Dr.  Adam  Clarke,  in  his  comment 
on  Amos,  vi.  5,  says:  "I  believe  that 
David  was  not  authorized  by  the  Lord 
to  introduce  that  multitude  of  musical 
instruments  into  the  divine  worship  of 
which  we  read  ;  and  I  am  satisfied  that 
his  conduct  in  this  respect  is  most  sol- 
emnly reprehended  by  this  prophet; 
and  I  rather  believe  that  the  use  of 
such  instruments  of  music,  in  the 
Christian  church,  is  without  the  sanc- 
tion and  against  the  will  of  God;  that 
they  are  subversive  of  the  spirit  of  true 
devotion,  and  that  they  are  sinful.  If 
there  was  a  woe  to  them  who  invented 
instruments  of  music,  as  did  David  un- 
der the  law,  is  there  no  woe,  no  curse 
to  them  who  invent  ihem  and  intro- 
duce them  into  the  worship  of  God  in 
the  Christian  church?  I  am  an  old 
man,  and  an  old  minister;  and  I  here 
declare  that  I  never  knew  them  pro- 
ductive of  any  good  in  the  worship  of 
God ;  and  have  had  reason  to  believe 
they  were  productive  of  much  evil. 
MusiCj  as  a  science,  I  esteem  and  ad- 
mire; but  instruments  of  music  in  the 
house  of  God  I  abominate  and  abhor. 
This  is  abuse  of  music,  and  here  I  reg- 
ister my  protest  .ngainst  all  such  cor- 
ruptions in  the  worship  of  the  Author 
of  Christianity.  The  late  venerable 
and  most  eminent  divine,  the  Rev. 
John  Wesley,  who  was  a  lover  of  mu- 
sic and  an  elegant  poet,  when  asked 
his  opinion  of  instruments  of  music 
beirg  introduced  into  the  chapels  of  the 
Methodists,  said,  in  his  terse  and  power- 
ful manner,  'I  have  no  objection  to 
instruments  of  music  in  our  chapels, 
■provided  they  are  neither  heard  nor 
seen."  I  say  the  same,  though  I 
think  the  expense  of  purchase  had 
better  be  spared." 


CnARACTER  la  Capital. — What  you 
can  eflect,  depends  on  what  you  are. 
You  put  your  whole  self  into  all  that 
you  do.  If  that  self  be  small,  and 
lean,  and  mean,  your  entire  life-work 
is  paltry,  your  words  have  no  force, 
your  influence  has  no  weight.  If  that 
self  be  true  and  high,  pure  and  kind, 
vigorous  and  forceful,  your  strokes  are 
blows,  your  notes  staccatos,  your  work 
massive,  your  influence  cogent, —  you 
can  do  what  you  will .  Whatever  your 
position  jou  are  a  power,  you  are  felt 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


as  a  kingly  spirit,  you  are  as  one  hav- 
ing authority.  Too  maay  think  of 
character  chit  fly  in  its  relation  to  the 
life  beyond  the  grave.  I  certainly 
would  not  have  less  thought  of  it  Vi-ith 
reference  to  that  unknown  future,  on 
the  margin  of  which  some  of  us  un- 
doubtedly are  at  this  moment  standing; 
but  I  do  wish  that  more  consideration 
were  bestowed  upon  its  earthly  usee. 
I  would  have  young  men,  as  they  start 
in  lile,  regard  character  as  capita],  much 
surer  to  yield  full  returns  than  any 
other  capital,  unaffected  by  panics  and 
failures,  fruitful  when  all  other  invest- 
ments lie  dormant,  having  as  certain 
promise  in  the  present  life  as  in  that 
which  is  to  come,  —  A.  P.  Peabody. 


The  fact  is,  work  is  the  best  thing 
we  have  gof,  and  the  more  we  can  do, 
the  better  it  is  for  us;  not  in  a  money 
point  of  view  alone,  but  from  a  moral 
and  intellectual  point  of  view.  Work 
is  not  a  hardship;  it  is  the  want  of  it 
that  is  the  hardship. 

How  good  work  is  to  U5 !  how  many 
good  things  it  brings  us!  It  lightens' 
our  griefs,  soothes  our  disappointments, 
and  brightens  the  darkest  day  as  noth- 
ing else  can.  It  gives  us  home,  friends, 
good  things  to  eat,  clothes  to  waar, 
pleasant  objects  for  the  eyes  to  rest 
upon.  It  makes  us  able  to  gratify  the 
wishes  of  those  nearest  and  dearest  to 
us,  and  it  constantly  makes  the  world 
better  to  lock  at,— better  to  live  in. 

Let  us  magnify  work,  then;  love  and 
honor  work,  not  whine  over  it  and 
complain  of  it.  Let  us  eing  its  praiees, 
rejoice  over  it  and  show  our  real  appre- 
ciation of  all  it  is  an<i  all  it  does  for  us 
by  doing  our  share  of  it  well,  by  putting 
the  best  that  is  in  us  into  our  work,  and 
leaving  it  as  a  memorial  of  which  we 
shall  not  be  ashamed. — Hearth  and 
Home. 


The  Religion  of  the  LapLanders. 


The  church  was  full  of  Lapps,  and 
although  I  caw  here  ard  there  as  fine 
a  young  fellow  as  I  would  wish  to 
meet,  the  major  part  of  them  were  lit- 
tle, brown,  weather-beaten  figures, 
standing  about  five  feet  nothing,  all 
clad  in  real  Lapp  costume.  Has  it 
ever  been  the  reader's  luck  to  attend  a 
benefit  at  a  low  fighting-bouse  in  Lon- 
dor,  and  to  t^ke  a  note  of  the  count- 
enances of  the  smslley  class  of  fighting 
men  who  form  the  principle  actors  in 
the  scene  ?  If  so,  he  can  form  a  very 
good  idea  of  the  general  character  of 
L^ppy  physiognomy.  One  and  all  seem 
to  have  been  cast  in  the  same  pugilistic 
mould, — bullet  heads,  high  cheek- 
hones,  low  fore headf,  bright,  sunken 
eyes,  and  flattened  noees.  In  fact,  if 
they  had  only  been  cropped  close,  and 
dressed  in  tight  trousers  and  Newmar- 
ket coats,  I  would  have  challenged  all 
London  to  pick  out  a  bunch  of  more 
thorough-paced  little  blackguards  than 
I  could  have  collected  from  this  con- 
gregation. The  women  were  ranged 
in  pews  on  one  side,  the  men  on  the 
other  (and  this  is  the  fashion  in  all 
Sweed'sh  churches),  and,  except  that 
the  former  kept  their  high-peaked 
sugar-loaf  caps  on  during  the  ser- 
vice, you  could  see  little  diflfer- 
ence  between  the  two.     None  of  these 


ladies  could  boast  of  much  person- 
al attraction,  their  countenances  be- 
ing exactly  like  those  of  the  men,  and 
quite  as  brown  and  knotty.  But  there 
was  one  face  which  peeped  down  from 
the  gallery,  from  which  I  could  hardly 
take  my  eyes,  and  which  even  haunts 
me  to  this  day.  It  was  that  of  a  little 
flaxen  haired  Lapp  girl,  about  seven 
yeavs  old;  and  a  sweeter  or  more 
cherub-looking  face  I  never  set  my 
eyes  on;  and  the  little  blue-peaked  cap, 
braided  with  silver,  perched  jauntily 
on  her  head,  gave  a  lively  kind  of  ex- 
pression to  perhaps  the  sweetest  face  I 
ever  saw  in  my  life.  I  never  yet  saw 
a  child  so  beautiful  as  this  wild  Lapp, 
and  a  painter  might  have  made  his  for- 
tune if  he  could  only  transferred  the 
expression  of  that  countenance  to  his 
canvass.  Certainly  there  can  be  no 
truth  in  breeding  if  such  a  little  angel 
came  from  the  rough  stock  that  filled 
the  body  of  this  church.  The  service 
passed  ofiF  quietly  enough;  the  com- 
munion began  and  a  curious  sight  it 
was  to  see  these  little  vagabonds  run 
along  the  tops  of  the  pewe,  like  so 
many  rats  on  a  plank,  in  hot  haste  to 
reach  the  altar;  and  now  commenced  a 
scene  such  as  I  never  "witnessed  in  the 
house  of  God,  and  trust  I  shall  never 
witness  again.  It  seems  that  within 
the  last  few  years  a  kind  of  fanaticism 
has  crept  in  among  these  Lapps,  and 
the  word  of  God  instead  of  "pouring 
oil  upon  a  bruified  spirit,"  as  every  one 
is  taught  to  believe  who  will  read  the 
Scriptures  aright,  only  fills  them  with 
imaginary  terrors;  and,  far  different 
from  the  creed  of  the  rpal  Christian , 
they  seem  to  think  the  best  atonement 
they  can  make  for  their  sins  lies  in  out- 
ward shew.  I  have  seen  a  little  of 
this  kind  of  humbug  in  other  churches 
in  Sweeden,  where  at  certain  parts  of 
the  service  the  women  all  commence 
groaning  and  sobbing  so  Joud  that  you 
can  scarcely  hear  the  clergyman. 
This,  however,  soon  pastes  off,  and  is 
scarcely  worth  notice.  These  Lapps, 
however,  must  have  been  far  more  sus- 
ceptable,  or  far  more  wicked,  for  all  at 
once,  when  the  communion  service  be- 
gan, two  or  three  women  sprang  up  in 
different  parts  of  the  church,  and  com- 
menced frantically  jumping,  howling, 
shrieking,  and  clappiag  their  liands, 
1  observed  one  middle-aged  female 
particularly  energetic,  and  who  sank 
down  in  a  kind  of  fit  after  about  five 
minutes,  two-thirds  of  the  congrega- 
tion ''joined  in  the  cry,"  and  all  order 
was  at  an  end.  Five  or  six  would 
cluster  around  one  individual,  hug- 
ging, kissingj^wteping,  and  shrieking, 
till  I  really  thought  some  would  be 
smothered.  One  old  patriarch  in  par- 
ticular, who  sat  close  behind  me,  seem- 
ed gn  object  of  particular  veneration, 
ar.d  the  Lapps  crowded  from  all  parts 
of  the  church  to  hug  him.  How  he 
stood  it  I  cannot  imagine ;  but  he  sat 
meekly^enough  and  at  one  time  I  count- 
ed no  less  than  seven  ''miserable  sin- 
ners" hanaring  about  the  old  man.  all 
shrieking  and  weeping.  The  religious 
orgies  of  the  wild  aborigines  in  Austra- 
lia round  their  camp  fire  are  not  half 
so  frightful  as  this  scene,  for  they  at 
least  do  not  desecrate  a  place  of  wor- 
ship with  their  mad  carousals.' — Shil- 
ling Magazine. 


Father  Snip;  or,  Coals  of  Fire,  and 
how  they  Burned. 


Even  if  we  were  to  tell  ycu  where- 
abouts in  England  the  village  of  Lock- 
sken  was  situated,  you  might  still  fail 
to  fiud  it  on  the  map;  so  we  will  say 
nothing  about  it,  except  that  it  was  a 
good-sized  place,  not  quite  so  straggling 
and  old-fashioned  as  many  Engnsh 
villages,  and  with  a  few  neat  little 
shops,  as  well  as  a  street  or  two  of  cot- 
tages. 

In  one  of  these  cottages  ttiere  lived 
a  laborer  and  his  wife,  and  their  only 
child,  a  boy  of  nine  or  ten  years  of 
age. 

Tommy  RuCFhed  was,  we  are  sorry 
to  say,  a  most  troublesome  fellow.  His 
eaucy  face,  with  his  apple-cheeks  and 
twinkling  eyes,  was  known — not  alone 
in  his  own  village,  but  for  several 
miles  around — as  the  face  of  the  most 
tiresome,  naughty  boy  in  the  country. 

Even  the  dumb  animals  knew  Tom- 
my, and  this  not  at  all  in  a  flattering 
way.  Widow  Brown's  cow,  that  grazed 
so  quietly  on  the  green,  and  never 
looked  up  when  other  folks  went  by, 
became  quite  angry  and  active  when 
Tommy  appeared;  and  she  frightened 
him  on  one  occasion  terribly  by  gal- 
loping after  him  half-way  down  the 
street. 

The  cocks  and  hene  ranaway  as  quick- 
ly as  they  could  as  soon  as  they  saw  Tom. 
The  ducks  took  to  the  water,  the  dogs 
ran  to  their  kennels  and  growled  until 
he  was  out  cf  sight;  and  even  the  geese 
stretched  out  their  long  necks  and 
hissed  as  he  went  by.  So,  inyva  all 
this,  we  may  see  that  Tom  was  not  a 
favorite  in  the  village;  but  that,  in  fact, 
he  was  reckoned  the  greatest  tease  and 
torment  of  the  whole  place. 

Now,  not  far  from  Mr.  RufFhed's 
cottage,  stood  a  small  shop  kept  by  a 
barber,  a  good  old  man,  who  common- 
ly went  by  the  name  of  "Father  Snip," 
and  who  did  a  pretty  fair  business  upon 
the  thriving  heads  and  beards  of  the 
villagers  and  farmers. 

The  barber  had  a  ne-^t  little  garden 
at  the  back  of  bis  house,  and  a  fine 
apple-tree  that  grew  there  had  long 
been  a  great  attraction  to  Tom.  Au- 
tumn drew  on  apace,  and  the  fruit 
with  which  the  tree  was  laden  began 
to  turn  rosy,  and  to  glisten  in  the  red 
sunset  whenever  Tom  came  out  of 
school  and  glanced  up  with  longing 
eyes.  The  temptation  grew  stroogar 
every  day,  as  all  temptations  do  when 
they  are  not  resisted,  and  soon  the  boy 
felt  that  he  could  not  rest  until  he  had 
secured  some  of  the  apples. 

One  day,  when  he  was  quite  sure 
that  the  barber  was  busy  with  a  cus- 
tomer, he  went  to  the  back,  climbed 
over  the  low  fence  into  the  garden, 
and,  in  a  moment  more,  was  under  the 
apple-tree  and  filling  his  pockets  with 
the  fruits.  His  pockets  held  a  good 
many,  and  he  was  so  busy  stuffing 
them  in  a  little  bag  he  had  brought 
with  him,  he  did  not  notice  that  he 
dropped  his  handkerchief,  a  tmart 
printed  one,  and  marked  with  his  full 
name  across  one  corner.  When  Tom 
had  picked  as  many  as  he  could  carry, 


he  saw  that  he  had  nearly  stripped  the 
lower  branches.  "The  barber.will  never 
find  out  who  took  them,"  said  the  boy 
to  himself,  as  he  got  over  the  little 
fence  and  started  off  towards  home, 
But  Tom  had  forgotten  how  many  se- 
cret things  are  brought  to  I'ght  through 
the  overruling  power  of  God,  and  how 
ma^.y  faults  are  suffered  to  lead  to 
their  own  deteetion. 

'•Toro,  my  boy,"  said  Mrs.  Ruffhed, 
one  morning  a  week  or  two  after  Tom's 
visit  to  the  Bpple-tree,  "your  hair  is 
growing  very  long  and  untidy,  and 
you  had  better  step  in  at  tije  barber's 
on  your  way  home  from  school,  add 
have  it  cut."  Tom,  of  course,  made 
some  obj<:ctions;  but  his  mother  insist- 
ed, and  so  there  was  nothing  for  it  but 
to  put  a  bold  face  on  the  matter  and 
do  as  he  was  told. 

He  had  not  courage,  however,  to  go 
alone,  but  after  school  ai.kod  a  small 
boy,  a  friend  of  his,  to  go  with  him, 
"I  needn't  beso  afraid,"  said  Tom  to 
himsf.'ir.  as  the  two  boys  entered  the 
shop  together;  "no  one  saw  me  take 
the  apples." 

Father  Snip's   manner  was  just   as 
usual;  he  was  as    pleasant  and   chatty 
as  ever;  and  Tom  breathed  more  freely. 
as  the  old  man  clipped  the  untidy  ends 
of  hair,  and  tr.Iked  so  kindlj-  to  him. 

"Just  one  moment,"  said  the  barber, 
as  Tom,  with  hjs  neatly  cropped  head 
was  making  for  the  door  after  paying 
his  Iwc-pence;  "I  have  something  for 
you,"  And,  opsniag  ■\  cupboard,  he 
took  out  a  little  basket  and  put  it  into 
Tom's  hands,  saying  gently :  "I  have 
lately  come  to  know  that  you  are  fond 
of  apples;  please  take  these  home  end 
enjoy  them." 

Tom  stared  a  minute;  but  he  man- 
aged to  say  "thank  you,"  and  then  ran 
cut  of  tV^e  shop  and  home  as  fast  as 
possible. 

He  carried  the  basket  up  to  his 
room,  emptied  the  apples  upon  the  bed, 
and  with  them  out  fell  his  handker- 
c'aief,  of  which  he  had  never  once 
thought  since  the  day  that  he  had  ta- 
ken it  out. 

A  good  thrashing  would  have  hurt 
Tom's  feelings  far  less  than  this  kind 
action.  As  it  was,  he  was  quite  over- 
come, and,  sitting  down  on  the  side  of 
his  bed,  he  fairly  cried  with  shame  and 
self-reproach. 

"There's  only  one  thing  I  can  do," 
cried  he,  at  length,  starling  up  and 
drying  his  eyes;  "I  must  go  and  tell 
him  what  a  kind  man  he  is,  and  how 
sorry  I  am ! ' 

Tom  did  not  wait  for  second  thoughts, 
but  seizing  his  cap  ran  down  stairs 
and  out  at  the  door,  .".nd  in  a  few  mo- 
ments be  stood  on  the  threshold  of  the 
shop.  The  eld  man  was  alone,  and, 
looking  up  as  (he  boy  entered,  he  saw 
the  flusiied.  wet  cheeks  ;.nd  eager 
eyes,  took  in  the  whole  story  of  repen- 
tance and  softened  feeling  which  tongue 
could  not  express,  held  out  both  hands 
to  him. 

During  the  quarter  cf  an  hour  which 
followed,  the  briber  talked  to  Tom  as 
the  boy  had  never  been  spoken  to  be- 
fore. 

We  cannot  repeat  what  passed;  but 
it  may  be  well  to  state  that  Tom  never 
forgot  the  lesson  of  the  apple?,  and 
that  a  change  began  in  his  character 
and  conduct  which,  after  a  while,  made 
every  one  love  instead  of  dislike  him. 
—  Christian   Weekly. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Correspondence. 


■  [continued  from  5tii  page.] 
behooves  tlie  friends  of  tempereance  and  humanity  to 
gird  tlicir  armor  about  them  and  figLt  valiantly. 
Meantime  we  will  not  forget  the  Cynosure  and  the 
cause  it  represents.  And  when  the  question  of  "li- 
cense or  no  license"  in  Ohio  shall  have  been  settled, 
if  spared,  we  will  endeavor  to  do  more.     J.  Porter. 


TLATFOKM  OF  1872,  HE  VISED. 


The  following  revision  of  the  Platform  of  1872  was 
reported  to  the  Executive  Committee  by  a  sub  com- 
mittee appointed  for  the  purpose  and  published  July 
I7tb,  1873. 

PREAMBLE. 

Viewing  with  deep  concern  the  corrupt  and  unset- 
tled condition  of  American  politics,  and  witnessing 
with  alarm  the  fearful  prevalence  of  caste  and  clannish- 
ness  by  which  our  citizens  are  being  arrayed  in  hos- 
tile bands,  working  secretly  to  compass  political  ends, 
a  method  directly  and  powerfully  tending  to  increase 
corruption,  to  destroy  mutal  confidence  and  hasten 
disruption  and  bloodshed;  and  having  no  hope  of  ade- 
quate remedy  for  these  evils  from  existing  parties, 
and  believing  the  foundation  of  a  new  party  based 
upon  the  fundamental  principles  of  the  Declaration  of 
American  Independence,  both  inevitable  and  indis- 
pensable ; 

We,  therefore,  a  portion  of  the  American  people, 
believing  with  our  fathers  that  we  have  our  rights 
and  liberties,  not  from  men  ov  parties,  but  from  God  ; 
believing  in  the  Christian  marriage,  and  not  in  Mor- 
monism  ;  believing  in  the  religious  democracy  of  the 
New  Testament,  and  not  in  the  despotism  of  Jesuit- 
ism, of  priestcraft,  or  of  the  lodge  ;  believing,  also, 
with  our  Scotch  and  English  ancestors  that  civil  gov- 
ernment though  ordained  of  God  is  "founded  in  na- 
ture, not  in  grace,"  and  therefore  that  all  have  equal 
civil  rights,  while  we  abhor  the  idea  of  enforcing  re- 
ligion ,  or  controlling  conscience  by  human  laws  and 
penalties,  as  calculated  to  make  hypocrites,  not  Chrie- 
tians,  and  savoring  of  the  days  of  priestism,  the  fagot, 
and  the  stake,  we,  at  the  same  time,  as  firmly  believe 
that  atheism  and  priestcraft  are  twins,  and  both  alike 
foes  to  human  liberty  and  welfare. 

We  further  most  firmly  believe  that  a  government 
without  God  has  none  but  lynch  power,  and  is  desti- 
tute of  all  legitimate  authority  to  maintain  civil  order, 
to  Bwear  a  witness,  to  try  a  criminal,  to  hang  a  mur- 
derer, to  imprison  a  thief  ;  and,  while  we  consider 
government  without  God  as  mere  usurpation,  we  re- 
gard all  religions  and  worships  invented  by  men,  and 
80  having  no  higher  than  human  origin,  as  mere 
swindling  impositions  and  cheats. 

We,  therefore,  solemnly  adopt  and  present  the  fol- 
lowing, as  containing  a  brief  synopsis  of  the  princi- 
ples of  our  government,  by  which  we  intend  to  be 
governed  in  casting  our  votes  : 

PLATFORM. 

We  hold  :  1.  That  ours  is  a  Christian  and  not  a 
heathen  government,  and  that  this  fact  should  be  rec- 
ognized in  its  organic  law. 

2.  That  God  requires,  and  man  needs  a  Sabbath. 

3.  That  the  prohibition  of  the  importation  and  sale 
of  intoxicating  drinks  as  a  beverage  is  the  true  policy 
on  the  temperance  question. 

4.  That  charters  of  Masonic  lodges  granted  by  our 
Federal  and  State  Legislatures  must  be  withdrawn 
and  their  oaths  suppressed. 

6.  That  all  secret  lodges,  orders  or  clans,  affecting 
independence  of  our  Government  and  practically  claim- 
that  their  principles  and  rules  are  more  sacred  and 
binding  that  the  laws  of  the  land,  are  treasonable, 
dangerous  and  destructive  of  our  liberties,  legisla- 
tures and  courts. 

6.  That  the  civil  equality  secured  to  all  American 
citizens  by  articles  13lh,  14th  and  15th  of  our  amend- 
ed Constitution  should  be  preserved  inviolate. 

7.  That  arbitration  of  differences  with  nations  is  the 
most  direct  and  sure  method  of  securing  and  perpet- 
uating a  permanent  peace. 


8.  That  to  cultivate  the  intellect  without  improv- 
ing the  morals  of  men,  is  to  make  them  mere  adepts 
and  experts  ;  therefore  the  Bible  should  be  associated 
with  books  of  science  and  literature  in  all  our  educa- 
tional institutions. 

9.  That  land  and  other  monopolies  should  be  dis- 
countenanced ;  and  that,  sympathizing  with  the  indus- 
trial masses  in  their  effort  to  escape  the  extortion  of 
secret  rin^s,  we  regret  to  see  them  controlled  and 
led,  through  the  intrigues  of  designing  men,  in  the 
lodge  and  grange,  by  the  very  power  against  which 
they  struggle. 

10.  The  maintenance  of  the  public  credit,  protec- 
tion to  all  loyal  citizens,  and  justice  to  Indians  are  es- 
sential to  the  honor  and  safety  of  our  nation. 

11.  That  reciprocal  free-trade  is  the  true  basis  of 
commercial  interchange  among  nations,  and  that  a 
gradual  approach  towards  free  competition  in  all  the 
marts  of  trade,  is  the  true  policy  on  the  tariff  question. 

12.  And  fi daily,  we  demand  for  the  American 
people  the  abolition  of  Electoral  College?,  and  a  direct 
vote  for  President  and  Vice-president  of  the  United 
dtates. 


— William  and  Mary  College,  Virginia,  is  next  to 
Harvard,  the  oldest  college  in  the  United  States. 
It  has  given  the  country  four  signers  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence,  two  Presidents  of  the  United 
States,  one  Vice-President,  one  acting  President, 
Cabinet  officers.  Senators,  Judges,  officers  of  the  army, 
including  Gen.  Scott,  and  of  the  navy.  In  its  nation- 
al character  and  iiervices  it  has  exceeded  all  literary 
institutions. 

— During  the  reheating  'of  the  furnaces  of  an  iron 
establishment  in  England,  says  the  British  Journal 
of  Science,  the  men  worked  when  the  thermometer, 
placed  so  as  not  to  be  influenced  by  the  radiation  of 
heat  from  the  open  doors,  marked  120  degrees.  In 
the  Bessemer  pits,  the  men  continue  a  kind  of  labor 
requiring  great  muscular  effort  at  140  degrees.  In 
some  of  the  operations  of  glass-making,  the  ordinary 
summer  working  temperature  is  considerably  over  100, 
and  the  radiant  heat  to  which  the  workmen  are  sub- 
jected far  exceeds  212  degrees.  In  the  Turkish  bath, 
the  shampooers  continue  four  or  five  hours  at  a  time 
in  a  moist  atmosphere  at  temperatures  ranging  from 
105  to  110  degrees.  In  enamel  works,  men  labor 
daily  in  a  heat  of  over  300  degrees.  On  the  Red  Sea 
steamers,  the  temperature  of  the  stoke  hole  is  145 
degrees.  And  yet  in  none  of  these  cases  does  any 
special  form  or  type  of  disease  develope  itself. 


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— The  Cincinnati  Gazette  says  there  are  now  five 
Episcopal  churches  in  New  York  which  use  the  con- 
fessional and  teach  penance  as  one  of  the  sacraments. 

— The  Second  Baptist  Church,  of  Chicago,  has  about 
1,340  members,  240  of  whom  were  added  the  past 
year. 

— Rev.  Joseph  Travis,  superintendent  of  the  Illinois 
Free  Methodist  Conference,  assisted  at  the  dedication 
of  a  Free  Methodist  church  in  Ridgeway,  Mich.,  on 
Sunday. 

— Twenty-two  different  missionary  societies  are 
laboring  for  the  redemption  of  China.  They  have 
established  more  than  300  mission  staitons  and  out- 
stations,  and  the  number  of  church  members  is  vari- 
ously estimated  at  from  G,000  to  10,000. 

— The  American  Wesleyan  has  interesting  reports 
of  camp-meetings  at  lona,  Iowa,  and  in  Vernon  Co., 
Wis.,  which  were  attended  by  manifestations  of  God's 
presence  in  the  conversion  of  many  souls  and  confirm- 
ing the  faith  of  the  churches.  The  anti-secret  princi- 
ples of  the  church  were  vindicated. 

— The  following  notice  in  a  religious  journal  is  indic- 
ative. Such  things  are  less  strange  every  day,  and 
the  churches  will  ere  long  learn  that  they  are  of  the 
right  kind :  '  'Pastors  Desired.  —  By  the  First  Baptist 
church,  Stillwater,  N.  Y.  No  friend  to  secret  so- 
cieties need  apply." 

— Ex-President  Finney's  health  is  somewhat  re- 
stored and  he  is  delivering  a  course  of  lectures  on  re- 
vivals in  the  Oberlin  Seminary  this  summer.  Although 
in  the  eighty-second  year  of  his  age,  he  seems  no  less 
vigorous  in  the  lecture-room  than  formerly;  and  his 
discourse  is  listened  lo  with  interest. 

— Rev.  Mr.  Bevan,  a  successor  of  Whitfield,  in  Tot- 
tenham Court  Roacl  Chapel,  London,  is  now  preach- 
ing in  the  Congregational  Tabernacle,  Brooklyn,  to 
the  united  congregations  of  Dr.  Scudder  and  Dr. 
Duryea.  His  preaching,  says  the  iV.  Y.  Witness,  is 
of  the  spiritual  order,  so  much  needed  to  correct  the 
glittering  but  popular  generalities  of  the  day  that  have 
misled  many,  and  especially  the  young. 

— Unitarian  journals  are  rejoicing  at  the  lately 
reported  decision  of  the  Bible  Revision  Committee 
for  the  rejection  of  part  of  1  John  v.  The  words 
as  they  are  to  be  found  in  King  James'  verision, 
are  the  latter  part  of  the  seventh  verse,  and  the  be- 
ginning of  the  eighth,  thus:  "in  heaven,  the  Father, 
the  Son,  and  the  Holy  Ghost,  and  these  three  are  one. 
And  there  are  three  that  bear  witness  in  earth." 
This  passage  has  the  authority  of  the  Latin  Vulgate 
and  was  almost  unquestioned  until  1777,  when  Gries- 
bach  rejected  it  on  the  authority  of  the  oldest  and  best 
Greek  manuscripts.  Almost  all  echolars  since  that 
time  have  not  considered  it  genuine. 

— A  Methodist  missionary  writing  to  the  New  York 
Witness  from  New  Mexico  gives  a  gloomy  view  to  the 
religious  character  of  the  masses  of  the  people  there 
and  especially  of  the  natives,  He  says:  '"We  need  a 
very  great  reform  here  in  New  Mexico;  the  people  are 
very  ignorant  and  superstitious,  and  a  good  deal 
like  those  in  Mexico  who  murdered  Rev.  Mr.  Stephens. 
Only  God  can  change  their  nature  and  make  them  like 
lambs.  The  people  along  the  beautiful  valley  of  the 
Rio  Grande  are  all  Mexicans,  true  sons  of  Montezuma. 
They  have  not  got  rid  of  savage  nature,  but  are  In- 
dians both  in  color  and  practice.  The  only  difference 
I  see  is,  that  formerly  they  worshipped  idols,  now 
they  worship  Virgin  Mary  and  thesaints." 

— The  woman's  temperance  movement  in  Chicago 
is  being  carried  on  in  a  quiet  but  effective  way.  Cer- 
tain streets  are  chosen  and  districted  and  the  ladies, 
two  by  two,  visit  every  saloon,  even  the  lowest.  A 
small  sheet  has  been  printed,  both  in  English  and 
German — upon  one  page  is  an  appeal  to  licensed  sa- 
loon-keepers, on  the  other  a  number  of  statistics  con- 
cerning the  liquor  traffic.  Sometimes  they  simply  ask 
the  proprietors  to  read  the  sheet  carefully.  If  there 
is  an  opportunity  they  talk  with  them  in  a  kind  and 
quiet  way.  The  effect  of  this  work  is  sometimes  re- 
markable. One  of  the  ladies,  a  teacher  of  some  ce- 
lebrity, thus  relates  an  instance:  We  had  in  our 
meeting,  a  few  days  ago,  a  saloon-keeper  who  has 
given  up  his  business.  He  was  visited  by  two  Qua- 
ker ladies.  After  handing  him  the  leaflet,  one  of  them 
felt  moved  to  say  something  to  him,  and  asked  him 
this  question,  "Friend,  dost  thou  know  what  thou  art 
doing  ?"  He  said,  after  they  left,  their  words  came  to 
him  with  still  greater  meaning,  and  every  one  who 
came  into  the  saloon  brought  up  the  question,  '  'Dost 
thou  know  that  thou  art  destroying  souls  ?"  He  closed 
his  saloon  and  went  home  early  in  the  afternoon,  and 
during  the  night  was  so  troubled  he  could  not  sleep. 
The  result  was  that  he  closed  his  saloon  not  to  open  it 
again,  and  says,  by  the  help  of  God  he  will  never 
again  engage  in  this  unholy  traffic. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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BOOKS. 

FREEMASONRY  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 

THE  GENUINE  OLD  MORGAN  BOOK:— republished  with  en- 
pravingB  shovving  the  l/Odge  Koom,  Drees  of  candidates.  Signs 
Due  Giuirds,  Gripe,  Etc. 

This  revelation  is  bo  accurate  that  Freemasons  murdered  the  au- 
thor for  writing  it.  Thousands  have  teetilied  to  the  correctness  of 
the  revelation  and  this  hook  therefore  sells  very  rapidly. 

„                                                                         Price  25  cents. 
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THE  BROKEN  SEAI.. 

OR  PERSONAL  REMINISCENCES  OP  THE    ABDUCTION  AND 
MURDER  OF  Wm.  MORGAN, 

By  SAMUEL   D.  GREENE, 

Price  in  clotli,  $1.00.  Paper  covers,  50  cents. 

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That  the  book  is  one  of  great  iaterest  and  value  is  shown  by  the 
following 

OPINIONS  OF  TH.B  FREgS. 

"A  Masonio  Revelation.— Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 
gentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  whose  statements  seem  to 
be  worthy  of  full  credence.  TAe  Sroken  Heai;  or,  T'ersonal 
Siemi/tiscences  of  the  Jfiorffan  sihduclion  and  Murder,  is  the 
title  of  a  book  of  some  three  hundred  pageo  juet  issued  by  him, ' 
piirporting  togiveafuU  and  accurate  account,  from  personal  knowl- 
edge, of  tue  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  other  masonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  almost  half  a  century 
ago." —  Conf/rer/dlioiial isi  and  Uiecordcr ,  Soston. 

"  'Fkebjiasonbt  Developed.'— 'The  Broken  Seal :  or.  Personal 
Eemiuiscencea  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,'  is  the  title  of 
a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  The  book  contains  the 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter' 
esting  matter,  including  the  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
thor opposes  Freemasonry  as  inimical  to  good  government,  to  so- 
ciety, and  to  the  Church  ;  and  the  story  that  he  here  tells  will  make 
a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  be.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  In 
Its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— .^a*- 
ly  Jlerald,  Tiosion. 

"We  are  acquainted  with  Mr.  Greene,  and  have  no  doubt  that  his 
account  i3  entirely  reliable,  and  of  great  historic  and  moral  interest. 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan  was  Mr.  Greene's  neighbor  i-^  Batavia,  N.  Y,., 
and  a  member  of  the  same  lodge  with  him  at  the  time  of  the  great 
excitement  in  1826.  The  titles  to  these  chapters  are  sufficiently  ex- 
citing to  give  the  book  a  large  sale:— "The  Storm  Gathering;" 
"Abduction  of  Morgan;"  "Attempted  Abduction  of  Miller  and 
his  Rescue;"  "What  became  of  Morgan;"  "What  Morgan  Ac- 
tually Revealed;"  "Confession  of  the  Murderer;"  "Allegation* 
against  Freemasonry,  etc." — "Boston  3)aity  JVefft. 

History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murder  of 
Cap't.  "Wm.  Morgan, 

AB  prepared  by  Seven  Committees  of  Citizens,  appointed  to  ascer- 
tain the  fate  of  Morgan. 

Thin  book  contains  indisputabls,  legal  evidence  that  Freemasons, 
abducted  and  Murdered  Wm.  Morgan,  for  no  other  offence  than 
the  revelation  of  Masonry.  It  contains  the  sworn  testimony  of  over 
twenty  persons,  including  Morgan's  wife,  and  no  candid  person 
after  reading  this  book,  can  doubt  that  many  of  the  most  respecta- 
ble FREEMASONS,  in  the  Empire  State,  with  others  were  concerned 
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who  drowned  Morgan,  in  the  Niagara  River,  was  taken  from  the  lips 
of  the  dyin"  man  by  Dr.  John  C.  Emery,  of  Racine  County,  Wiscon- 
sin in  1848 ;  °  The  confession  bears  clear  evidence  of  truthfulness. 

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The  Mystic  Tie  or  Freemasonry  a  League 
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Elkhart,  Indiar- ,  for  refusing  to  support  a  Reverend  Freemason; 
and  their  very  able  defence  presented  by  Mrs.  Lucia  C.  Cook,  in 
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NARIIATIVESIAND  ARGUMENTS, 
showing  tho  Conflict  of  Secret  Societies  with  the  Constitution    and 
Laws,  of  the  Union  and  of  the  States. 

Iby  FRAMCIS  SEMFLE  of 

ISover,  loTsra. 
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CONSISTING  OF 

21  CYNOSUEE  TRACTS. 

In  this  book  arc  the  views  of  more  than  a  Score  of  men,  many  of 
them  of  distinguished  ability,  on  the  subject  of  Secret  Societies. 

The  dangerous  tendency  and  positive  evil  of  organized  Secrecy 
is  here  shown  by  the  most  varied  and  powerful  arguments  and  illus- 
trations that  have  ever  been  given  to  the  public. 

Lecturers  and  others  who  wish  to  find  the  best  arguments  against 
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ODD  FELLOWSHIP  ILLUSTRATED. 

A  new  illustrated  exposition  of  the  order.  Th»  Signs,  Grips,  &c. 
shown  by  engravings. 

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A  NEW  BOOK  OF  GREAT  INTEREST. 
This  work  is  particularly  commended  to  the  attention  of  Officers 
of  The  Arsny  and  Navy,  The  Bench  and  Tho  Clergy. 
TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

"The  Antiquitt  of  Secret  Societies,  The  Life  of  Julian,  Tub 
Eleusinian  Mysteuies,  The  Origin  of  Masonhv,  Was  Washing- 
ton A  Mason?  Filmore's  and  Webster's  Deference  to  Masonhy, 

A  BRIEF  outline  OP    TUF,    PROGBFSS  OF    MASONRY    IN    THE    UnITEO 

States,  The  Tammany  Ring,  Masonic  Benevolence,  The  l-sls  op 
Masonry,  An  Illustration,  Tub  Conclusion." 

No<!ccs  ©f  tlic  Press. 

The  author  traces  back  the  origin  of  Masonry  and  its  evil  influ- 
ences, particularly  as  seen  and  felt  in  our  own  country;  the  Tam- 
many Ring,  Credit  Mo.bilicr,  &c.  lie  shows  the  subserviency  of 
some  of  our  public  men,  such  as  Fillmore  and  Webster,  to  its  dom- 
inating power.— iJjii^ed  'Preshtjlerian. 

The  author  has  presented  information  concerning  tho  Old  Myster- 
ies and  their  antagonism  to  Christianity;  the  Masonry  of  Washington 
and  his  virtual  secession  from  it;  the  harlotry  of  Masonry,  English 
and  American,  in  assuming  charge  of  international  politics,'  and  treat- 
ies lictween  England  and  the  United  States ;  the  disgusting  interven- 
tion of  the  lodge  at  the  close  of  the  French  and  German  war;  the 
Masonic  baptisms;  all  these  and  more  Gen.  Phelps  has  given,  accom- 
panied with  clear  philosophical  dissertations  of  his  own. 

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SERMOH  OH   MABOHRY, 

BY  REV.  "W.  P.  M'NARY. 
Pastor  United  Presbyterian  Church,  Bloomiiigton,  Ind. 
This  is  a  very  clear,  thorough,  candid  and  remarkably  coneice 
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COIil^EGE  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Tieir  Customs,  Ohanctsr  and  tha  Efforts  forthoir  Suppression. 
BY  H.  L.  Kbllogo. 
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TRACT  NO.  l: 
HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 
BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OF    WIIEATON   COLLEGE. 
This  is  now  published  in  three  tracts  of  four  pages  each.     Price 
of  each,  50  cents  per  100;  $4  per  1000. 

Tract  No.  1,  Part  First— Shows  the  origin  of  Speculative  Free- 
masonry, and  's  entiled  "HISTORY  OP  MASONRY." 

Tract  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled  "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
TER OF  FREEMASONRY  "  „„^„,,.    .^„T,,r      » 
Tract   No.  1,  Part  Third— Is    entitled    "FREEMAbONRY    A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
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per  100 ;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  M  ORDER, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD,   of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

who  has  taken  17    degrees.     A  3-page  tract  at  35  cents  per  lUO; 

$2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  3: 

SECRETS  OF  MASONRY, 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 

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1000. 

TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
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despotic  and  ridiculous  titles  of  Freemasonry.  Price  25  cents  per  100 ; 
$2.00  per  1,000. 

TRACT.  NO.  5: 

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

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  is  a  very 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

CiTing  His  and  His  Father's  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1831.); 

AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 
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TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TO\r. 

A  4-page  tract.  This  is  a  careful  analysis  of  the  character  of 
Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  tie  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian; and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  the 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustrated.  "  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimiing  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Freeman 
sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old."  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  "Murder  and  Treason  not 
Exonpted,"  and  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Chri8tian< 
Price  23  cents  per  100;  $3  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  9,  ILLUSTRATED: 

FREBMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayeclloi.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  oi  "Occidental  Sov- 
ereiqii  Consistory  S.  P.  li.  ,S\"  32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge— and 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Church  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TRACT  NO.  10: 

CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREEMASONRY, 

A  2-page  tract,  (illustkated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "tho 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  autliority.  25  contB  per 
100orS?2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11 ; 

kiitm  of  Emn  Gountj  Associaiiss,  h  hi 

TO  THE  PUBLIC ; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  Icents  per 
100 ;  $4,00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUBGE  -WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 
This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Whitney's 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charge  of  unma- 
Bonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney'a 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
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TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVER  ON  MASONRY, 
and 
HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 
Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES, 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY, 
ITS  EELATIOiTTO  CIVIL  GOVEENiJENT  AND  TEE  CEEI3TIAN  EELIQION. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PEES.  3. 
BLAN0HA3D  of  WHSiiTOH  OOLLSaE.     This  is  a  16-page   tract  at  $2.00 
per  100;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID- 
A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.    By  REV.   1.   A.  HART,   Secretary 
National  Christian  Association.    Published  by  special  order  of  th« 
Association.    50  cents  per  100 ;  $1.00  per  1600. 

TRACT  NO.  16: 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This' is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M, 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.  A  4- 
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TRACT  NO.  17: 

Qrip,  Pilifaiigns  anl  hpmi  cf  Tbe  Eras^o. 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OP  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 

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TRACT   NO.  18: 

HOW.  WM.  H.  SSW^ARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES, 

Estrics  from  a  Speeci  n  Know-'ilnotungi^ia  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  in  1S5D. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIG  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  -i-page  tract,  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 
BEIICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  th« 
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TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 
This  tract  contains  many  strong  arguments  against  the  Lodge  drawn 
from  personal  experience,   observation  and  study  of  its   character. 
A  ^.-nage  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1,000. 
TRACT  ISO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

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If  these  truths  were  iiuiversally  received  and  acted  upon, 
the  state  of  society  would  be  changed,  its  sounds  of  discord 
would  die  away,  its  ancient  wrongs  would  disappear,  and  its 
millenial  glory  arise.  Brothers,  we  call  this  tlic  Remembrance 
degree,  because  we  wish  it  in  the  first  phice  to  remind  you  of 
tho.se  truths  which  we  are  taught  to  in  other  degrees,  as  well  as 
to  impress  ttpon  your  undersLaading  those  duties  which  are 
enjoined  by  the  spirit  of  universal  love.  Attend  now  to  the 
voice  of  divine  wisdom. 

[past  GRAND  READS.] 

Hear  ye  children,  the  instruction  of  a  Father,  and  attend 
to  know  understanding;  for  I  give  you  good  doctrine,  that  ye 
may  keep  knowledge.  Forsake  ye  not  my  law,  for  length  of 
days  and  long  life  aud  peace  shall  they  add  unto  you.  Let  not 
mercy  and  trutli  forsake  you ;  bind  them  about  your  neck,  write 
them  on  the  tablets  of  your  heart.  So  shall  ye  find  favor  and 
good  understanding  in  the  sight  of  God  and  man.  Hear,  for  I 
will  speak  of  excellent  things,  and  the  opening  of  my  mouth 
.shall  be  of  right  things.  For  my  mouth  shall  sf)eak  truth,  and 
wickedness  is  an  abomination  to  my  lips.  All  the  words  of  my 
mouth  are  in  righteousness.  There  is  nothing  froward  or  per- 
verse in  them.  They  are  all  plain  to  him  that  understandeth, 
and  right  to  him  that  findeth  knowledge.  Wis.dom  is  better 
than  rubies,  and  all  the  things  that  may  be  desired  are  not  to  be 
compared  with  it.  The  fear  of  the  Lord  is  to  hate  evil.  Pride 
and  arrogance,  and  the  evil  way,  and  the  froward  mouth  do  I 
hate.  Counsel  is  mine,  and  sound  wisdom.  I  am  understand- 
ing ;  I  have  strength.  The  Lord  possessed  me  in  the  beginning 
of  bis  wdj,  before  his  works  of  old.  I  was  set  up  from  ever, 
lasting,  from  the  beginning  or  ever  the  earth  was.  When  there 
was  no  depth  I  was  brought  forth,  when  there  was  no  foun- 
tains abounding  in  water,  before  the  mountains  were  settled, 
before  the  hills,  was  I  brought  forth.  While  as  yet  He  had  not 
made  the  earLh  nor  the  fields,  nor  the  highest  parts  of  the  dust 
of  the  world.  When  He  prepared  the  heavens  I  was  there, 
when  He  set  a  compass  on  the  face  of  the  depth,  when  He 
strengthened  the  foundations  of  the  deep,  when  he  gave  to  the 
sea  His  decree  that  the  waters  should  not  pass  His  command- 
ments, when  he  appointed  the  foundation  of  the  earth,  then  I 
was  by  Him,  as  one  brought  up  with  Him,  and  I  was  daily  His 
delight,  rejoicing  always  before  Him,  rejoicing  in  the  habitable 
parts  of  the  earth,  aud  my  delight  was  with  the  sons  of  men. 
Now,  therefore,  hearken  unto  me,  O,  ye  children,  for  blessed  are 
they  that  keep  my  ways.  Hear  instruction  and  be  wise,  and  re- 
fuse it  not.  Blessed  is  the  man  that  heareth  me,  watching  daily 
at  my  gates,  watching  at  the  posts  of  my  doors,  for  whoso  find- 
eth me  findeth  life,  and  shall  obtain  favor  of  the  Lord,  but  he 
that  sinneth  against  me  wrongetli  his  own  soul.  All  them  that 
hate  me  love  death. 

[one  of  the  assistants  reads.] 

All  things  whatsoever  ye  would  that  others  should  do  unto 
you,  do  ye  even  so  to  them,  for  this  is  the  law  and  the  prophets. 
Thou  shalt  love  the  Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart,  and  with 
all  thy  soul,  and  with  all  thy  mind.  This  is  the  first  and  great 
commandment, and  the  second  is  like  unto  it:  Thou  shalt  love 
thy  neighbor  as  thyself,  love  your  enemies,  bless  them  that  curse 
you,  do  good  to  them  that  hate  you,  aud  pray  for  them  that  de- 
spitefuUy  use  you,  and  persecute  you,' that  you  may  be  the  chil- 
dren of  your  Father  which  is  in  Heaven,  for  He  makes  His  sun 
to  rise  on  the  evil  and  on  the  good,  and  sendeth  the  rain  on  the 
just  and  unjust.  For  if  you  love  them  that  love  you,  what  re- 
ward have  ye  ?  do  not  even  the  publicans  the  same  ?  And  if  ye 
salute  your  brother  only,  what  do  ye  more  than  others  ?  do  not 
even  the  publicans  so  V  Be  ye  therefore  perfect  as  your  Father 
which  is  in  Heaven  is  perfect. 

NOBLE  GRAND'S  CHARGE. 

Such,  my  friends,  are  some  of  the  instructions  of  divine 
wisdom  which  inculcate  the  great  principles  of  love,  in  the 
spirit  of  which  you  will  remember  that  you  have  certain  duties 
to  perform  and  discharge  to  yourself  aud  to  others.  Be  just,  be 
temperate,  be  loving  to  j'ourself  and  connections.  Be  just  to 
your  neighbor,  be  just  to  all  men,  be  considerate  of  your  duty 
to  the  common  weal,  and  strive  according  to  your  knowledge 
and  ability  to  promote  the  general  prosperity,  remembering  that 
in  all  labor  there  is  profit,  and  that  an  idle  soul  is  a  cumbrance 
to  the  earth.  Be  temperate  in  the  enjoyment  of  all  good  things 
with  whicli  Providence  may  favor  you;  be  temperate  in  the 
exercise  of  all  the  passions  of  the  body  and  mind;  be  temper- 
ate in  the  exercise  of  any  right,  prerogative  or  influence  you 
may  possess.  Be  temperate  in  forming  your  opinions,  in  ex- 
pressing j'our  thoughts  and  in  attempting  to  gain  your  wishes. 
Be  temperate  in  your  appetites;  wine  is  a  mocker,  strong  drink 
is  raging,  and  whoso  is  deceived  tliereby  is  not  wise.  He  that 
loveth  pleasure  shall  be  a  poor  man,  and  he  that  loveth  wine 
aud  oil  shall  not  be  rich.  Be  not  among  wine-bibbers,  among 
riotous  eaters  of  flesh,  for  the  drunkard  and  glutton  shall  come 
to  poverty,  and  drowsiness  shall  clothe  a  man  in  rags.    Who 


hath  woe,  who  hath  sorrow,  who  hath  contentions,  who  hath 
babbling,  who  hath  wounds  without  a  cause,  who  hath  redness 
of  eyes  ?  Thej'  that  tarry  long  at  the  wine,  they  that  suck  mix- 
ed drinks.  Better  is  a  little  with  the  fear  of  the  Lord,  than 
great  treasure  and  trouble  therewith.  Better  is  a  dinner  of 
herbs  where  love  is,  than  a  stalled  ox  and  hatred  therewith.  Be 
loving,  relieving  the  wants  of  the  distressed  aud  of  your  breth- 
ren, and  by  cherishing  this  sentiment  of  atlection  for  all  in 
every  relation  that  it  indicates,  and  the  whole  circle  of  duties 
which  it  enjoins.  For  this  is  that  charily  of  which  it  is  said: 
Charity  suffereth  long  and  is  kind.  Charity  vaunteth  not  itself 
and  is  not  pufled  up,  does  not  behave  itself  unseemlj-,  seeketh 
not  her  own,  is  not  easily  provoked,  rejoiceth  not  in  iniquity, 
butrejoicetli  in  the  truth,  beareth  all  thing?,  believeth  all  things, 
hopeth  all  things,  endureth  all  things,  and  charity  never  faileth. 


Pass  Word. — Re-cord.  ««. 

G  rip. — Thumb  lock,  by  putting  inside 
jf  thumbs  together  and  bringing  fin  gers 
in  form  of  a  grapple. 


Sign. — Close  hands  except  fore  fin- 
ger, bring  that  up  in  front  aud  place 
the  ball  of  the  finger  on  the  organ  of 
remembrance,  between  the  eyes. 


Sign 
Remembrance  Degree. 


having  now  been  in- 
emblematic  color  of 


Noble  Grand  to  Candidate :    Brother, 
structed  in  the  Remembrance  degree,  the 

which  is  green,  I  pronounce  j'ou,  in  the  name  of  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd-fellows,  to  be  duly  received  as  a  member  of 
said  degree. 

The  Regalia  of  the  Fourth  or  Remembrance  Degree  is  a 
white  collar  trimmed  with  c/reeii  ribbon  or  fringe.  It  may  be 
ornamented  with  a  rosette  of  white,  pink,  blue  and  green,  usu- 
ally worn  in  front  at  tha  iDoint  of  the  collar. 

FIFTH  OR  SCARLET  DEGREE. 

The  candidat,e,  clothed  in  a  white  robe,  is  brought  from  the 
ante  room  to  the  lodge  room  door,  when  the  Conductor  gives 
the  signal, — five  loud  raps. 

Guardian :     Who  comes  there  ? 

Conductor :  A  brother  who  begs  to  receive  the  honor  of 
being  initiated  into  the  Scarlet  degree. 

Guardian: — Has  he  proved  himself  Avorthy  in  the  degrees" 
he  has  already  passed,  and  is  he  one  that  is  likely  to  perform 
with  fidelity  the  duties  of  the  Scarlet  degree? 

A. — I  find  him  in  all  respects  worthy  of  our  confidence. 

(Guardian  opens  the  door  saying:)  Thej'come;  be  serious 
and  listen  to  the  charges  about  to  be  given  to  you. 

[The  Conductor  leads  to  the  Vice  Grand's  chair.] 

Vice  Grand  to  Conductor: — Have  you  carefully  examined 
the  brother  in  the  preceding  degrees? 

A. — I  have,  and  find  him  correct. 

Vice  Grand  to  Candidate : — Brother,  you  are  now  entering 
upon  the  last  degree  of  a  Subordinate  Lodge — that  which  crowns 
the  fabric — and  we  devote  it  to  the  principles  of  truth,  which  is 
appropriately  introduced  in  this  portion  of  our  work,  for  it  fol- 
lows close  after  love,  and  has  an  intimate  ccmnection  with  it. 
It  is  the  sijontaneous  result  of  genuine  aud  constant  love.  If 
you  are  faithful  to  the  duties  enjoined  in  the  last  degree,  truth 
will  appear  in  all  you  say  and  do,  as  an  intrinsic  ormament  of 
your  character.  If  love  is  the  fundamental  element  of  all 
morality,  truth  is  the  imperial  virtue.  It  is  the  treasure  for 
which  the  candid  mind  ever  seeks,  the  consumation  for  which 
we  apply  in  all  our  investigations;  it  is  the  sanction  of  every 
appeal  that  is  made  for  the  good  and  the  right.  It  condemns 
the  wrongs,  the  sins  and  the  ftilsehoods  of  the  world.  It  may 
be  long  in  achieving  the  victory,  but  it  is  omnipotent  and  must 
triumpli  at  last.  The  man  of  truth  is  the  best  and  strongest 
man;  his  soul,  like  a  spring  of  clear  water,  reflects  the  light  of 
heaven  and  is  full  of  life.  His  speeches  and  his  actions  are 
always  just;  he  wins  involuntary  respect;  he  blesses  aud  puri- 
fies all  around  him ;  he  is  a  solid  land-mark  amid  the  waves 
of  faction,  the  storms  of  passion  and  the  conflicts  of  error. 
Conduct  him  to  the  Noble  Grand. 

Noble  Grand  to  Candidate(s): — Brotlier(s),  in  view  of  what 
has  been  intimated  of  this  degree  by  our  worthy  Vice  Grand, 
are  3'ou  willing  to  enter  into  an  obligation  with  us  ? 
A. — I  am. 

OBLIGATION. 

I  [name],  in  the  presence  of  the  members  of  the  Scarlet  de- 
gree now  assembled,  do  most  ^olemnlj'  promise,  declare  and 
say  that  I  will  conceal  aud  never  reveal  the  signs,  secrets  and 
mysteries  of  this  degree  to  any  person  or  persons,  unless  it  be 
to  a  just  and  lawful  brother,  in  a  just  and  lawful  Lodge  of 
brothers,  wliom  I  shall  find,  on  due  trial  and  examination,  to  be 
legally  authorized  to  receive  the  same;  and,  furthermore,  I 
promise  that  I  will  never  wrong  a  brother  or  see  him  wronged 
without  apprising  him  of  approaching  diinger,  if  in  my  power 
so  to  do ;  and  that  I  will  attend  every  legal  summons  unless 


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prevevented  by  sickuess  or  absence.    To  tlie  true  performaiice 
of  •which  I  pledge  my  mosi;  sacred  honor. 

Pass  Wokd. — Aaron. 

Sign. — Place  the  two  fore  fingers 
of  right  hand  on  left  arm,  nearly 
Inllf  way  from  elbow  to   shoulder. 

Pkincipal  Sign. —  Phice  riglit 
tliiunb  on  pit  of  siomach,  then  span 
th)\vii,  then  span  to  left  side. 

Gkip.— . 
Press  third 
knuckle  of 
rigiit      hand 

■wiih  ball  oi'  thumb,  t:ikiug  hold  of 
hands  as  if  to  shalce  bauds,  l)ut  uo 
_  shake  should  be  made. 

Sign  P'p'l  sign 

Scartet  Degree,  Scarlet  Degree. 

NOBLE   GRAND'S    LECTURE. 

You  are  noAv  admitted  to  the  fifth  degree,  Vvdiich  you  have 
already  been  told  is  devoted  to  the  principles  of  truth.  You 
are  robed  in  white;  tliis  represents  the  purity  of  truth;  but  the 
emblematic  color  of  this  degree  is  scarlet,  implying  that  truth 
is  a  cardinal  or  royal  vii'tue.  In  accordance  with  this,  I  present 
you  with  a  scarlet  badge.  Also,  in  reference  to  this  a  scepter 
w-as  put  in  your  right  hand — he  who  goes  for! h  with  the  truth 
ixpon  his  lips  and  iii  his  heart  is  a  king,  and  Is  entitled  to  do- 
minion. You  are  now  placed  in  a  position  among  us  to  gain 
rank,  the  highest  in  the  Lodge ;  it  therefore  becomes  your  duty 
to  enforce  by  example,  as  well  as  precept,  the  tenets  of  our 
■order.  Its  mysteries  are  confided  to  your  charge ;  you  are  to 
preserve  them  inviolate.  Duty  and  honor,  your  own  solemn 
vows,  all  require  that  you  be  faithful  and  that  you  also  guard 
yoiu-  brethren  again'st  any  breach  of  fidelity.  Be  true  and 
steadfast  in  this  as  well  as  in  all  other  things,  and  tJius  demon- 
strate that  merit  constitutes  the  gre'xt  title  to  our  privileges,  and 
that  on  you  they  Jiave  not  been  undeservedly  conferred.  Thus 
much  by  way  of  admonition.  I  will  uow  proceed  to  explain 
the  propriety  and  significance  of  the  various  colors  of  the  de- 
grees tlu'ougli  which  you  have  p)assed.  White,  the  color  which 
represents  the  first  degree,  has  ever  been  regarded  as  emblem- 
atic of  purity  and  siacerit;,'-.  Thus  in  the  Apocalypse  it  is  said, 
I  will  give  him  a  white  stone,  and  in  it  a  nev»'  name  written 
which  no  man  knoweth  saving  he  that  receivetli  it.  He  that 
overcometh,  tlie  same  shall  be  clothed  in  white  raiment.  Near 
the  Capitol  of  Rome  stood  the  the  Temple  of  Fides.  When  the 
priests  ottered  their  bloodless  sacrifices  to  her  their  faces  and 
hands  were  shrouded  in  white  clothes,  thereby  intimating  that 
faith  or  fidelity  should  be  alone  and  secret.  She  is  called  by 
Virgil,  Gana  Fides,  because  candor  is  essential  to  fidelity.  One 
of  the  symbols  of  this  goddess  was  a  grou]!  of  two  young  vir- 
gins, clad  in  snowy  vestments,  and  joining  hands,  which  act 
signifies  a  pledge  of  faith  for  future  friendship.  In  physics 
white  is  the  rj^sult  of  a  union  and  refraction  of  all  the  primary 
rays  of  light.  Hence  it  is  metaphoricallj^  used  to  signify  a  col- 
lection and  reflection  of  the  graces  and  virtues  which  adorn 
and  dignify  the  character. 

Pink,  which  distinguishes  the  second  degree,  w,as  tlie  hue 
by  which  the  ancients  represented  youth  and  modesty.  It  de- 
notes in  poetry  the  spring  time  of  life,  when  faith  is  the  most 
confiding,  the  affections  most  vigorous,  and  friendshifi  is  the 
most  constant.  Nature  lierself  seems  to  have  dictated  thechoice 
of  this  hue,  as  figurative  oi  those  very  qualities  with  which  the 
imagination  has  coupled  it.  In  the  prismatic  spectrum  the  red 
ray  (of  wdiich  pink  is  but  a  modification)  is  the  most  calorific, 
and  the  least  refrangible  of  all  the  par-;illels.  Our  Covenant 
love  should  be  ardent  and  never  turn  from  its  purpose. 

Blue  is  the  characteristic  color  of  the  third  degree.  Popu- 
lar usage  has  assigned  to  it  the  representation  of  that  which  is 
true — faithful.  Beautifully  apposite  with  its  ideal  use  is  the 
chemical  effect  of  the  blue  ray;  when  it  is  made  to  fall  some- 
time on  the  needle,  the  rod  acquires  polarity,  and  points  true  to 
its  mysterious  attraction  in  the  chambers  of  the  north. 

Green  is  the  enlivening  shade  that  appropriately  represents 
the  fourth,  or  Remembrance  degree.  It  is  the  most  widely  dif- 
fused of  all  the  tints  which  adorn  the  material  world.  Nature 
has  clothed  herself  in  this  rich- garniture  throughout  her  solid 
domain.  Yet,  although  it, is  lavishly  spread  before  us  Irom 
mountain-top  to  dell,  the  eye  never  rests  u  pon  it  without  a  sense 
of  refreshment  and  delight.  In  very  remote  ages  green  was 
happily  chosen  from  all  its  sister  rays  to  be  the  symbol  of 
memory  and  eternity.  As  an  oasis  is  never  forgotten  by  a 
traveler  who  crosses  the  arid  plains  of  Sahara,  so  we  are  accus- 
tomed to  speak  of  tliose  scenes  and  associations  on  which  the 
mind  lingers  with  peculiar  fondness  as  things  dwelling  greenlj^ 
in  our  memories,  or  as  verdant  spots  in  the  desert  of  our  days. 
The  evergreen  which  lifts  itself  over  the  grave  of  some  loved 
one,  seems  to  respond  to  our  sighs  with  an  instinctive  language, 
he  is  not  dead  but  sleepeth ;  thy  brother  shall  rise  again. 

We  have  alreadjr  spoken  of  truth  as  the  imperial  virtire. 
You  will,  therefore,  see  the  application  of  scarlet  as  the  em- 
blematic color  of  the  fifth  degree, — as  a  token  of  glory,  rank 
and  power.  It  was  worn  npt  less  extensively  bj^  monarchs  than 
the  purple.  It  was  also  used  among  the  garments  Moses  was 
commanded  to  make  for  Aaron! 

Scarlet  was  ordained  to  be  a  constituent  part  of  the  girdle 
of  the  ephod — the  curious  girdle  of  the  ephod  and  of  the  breast- 
phite  of  judgment. 

Such  is  the  significance  of  the  various-  colors  which  you 
are  entitled  to  wear.    Let  them  never  be  false  colors  with  yon- 


Let  them  represent  the  moral  sentiments  of  your  mind  and  the 
affections  of  your  heart. 

You  will  also  observe  that  in  tliis  order,  and  especially  in 
tliis  degree,  you  are  surrounded  by  various  emblems. 

This  is  appropriate,  because  truth  is  taught  tlirough  sym- 
bols ;'  we  never  see  it  in  its  naked  essence ;  it  lies  behind  some 
form  and  needs  expression.  Language  is  fossil  poetry;  words 
themselves  are  but  symbols.  The  natural  word  is  full  of  em. 
blems;  it  utters  no  articulate  voice,  it  writes  no  legible  alpha- 
bet. Yet  the  human  mind  understands,  and  the  human  heart 
appreciates  the  meaning  of  its  myriad  forms.  Symbols  consti- 
tute a  universal  language.  They  are  older  than  Babel,  and 
survive  its  discord;  they  are  the  representation  or  signs  of 
something  by  images  or  properties  of  natural  things,  and  should 
always  represent  what  is  really  behind  them.  But  they  may  be 
made  to  convey  false  intelligence ;  they  may  counsel  evil  under 
the  garb  of  good;  so  with  men,  they  often  speak  and  act  as  if 
they  were  virtuous,  and  give  to  the  world  merely  the  semblance 
of  a  righteous  character ;  but  alas !  the  symbol  in  this  instance 
is  deceptive ;  the  heart  holds  out  false  signals.  Let  not  this  be 
your  case.  Let  hand,  and  heart,  and  speech  harmonize  in  the 
consistency  of  a  sincere  and  upright  nature.  Be  ever  what  you 
seem. 

Our  time  will  not  permit  us  now  to  explain  the  truths  con- 
tained in  each  emblem  that  should  decorate  a  Lodge  room. 
Some  have  been  explained  in  your  progress  through  the  de- 
grees, and  much  more  you  must  learn  for  yourself.  They  will 
make  a  profitable  study  for  you,  in  which  it  will  be  our  pleas- 
ure to  assist  you.  Each  of  them  either  illustrates  some  duty  of 
man,  or  inculcates  some  lesson  ot  virtue  or  morality;  and 
amongst  them  are  some  which  forcibly  proclaim  the  mysteries 
of  man's  destiny:  for  instance  there  is  a  most  significant  sym- 
bol,* teaching  with  solemn  eloquence,  that  great  truth  which  is 
too  little  heeded,  but  which  underlies  and  terminates  all  the 
vanities — all  the  circumstances  of  life;  it  tells  the  end  of  all 
that  live — how  all  the  distinctions  of  life  are  leveled — how  the 
rich  and  the  poor — the  proud  and  the  humble  sleep  together. 
The  King  with  his  crown — the  warrior  with  his  banner  and 
spear — the  wise  man  in  his  wisdom,  and  the  fool  in  his  folly — 
they  are  all  there,  nor  have  they  part  or  lot  in  all  that  is  done 
beneath  the  skies.  In  a  few  more  j^ears  at  most,  you  shall  be 
with  them — your  voice  shall  be  as  silent— your  arm  as  power- 
less as  theirs.  Then  all  that  shall  remain  of  you  on  earth,  will 
be  the  good  or  evil  you  have  done.  If  you  have  done  your 
duty,  your  name  shall  be  embalmed  in  many  hearts,  and  your 
example  exert  an  influence  on  others  yet  unborn ;  but  if  you 
prove  recreant  to  your  duty,  your  name  shall  be  despised. 

Another  thing  may  require  a  little  explanation.  Moses 
was  the  voice  or  agent  of  God,  in  the  olden-time ;  he  was  the 
oracle  of  truth — so  should  you  be — your  words,  like  his  should 
be  true  words.  Never  be  swerved  from  this  duty  by  any  temp- 
tation. To  speak  the  truth  in  love,  is  the  cardinal  distinction 
of  a  good  Odd-fellow.  As  to  j^our  brothers  of  this  order,  feel 
that  you  are  authorized  by  the  high  position  you  now  occupy, 
to  correct  their  errors  and  irregularities.  As  to  your  brothers 
of  the  human  race,  be  true  everywhere  and  to  all. 

Thus  should  you  manifest  the  attention  you  liave  given  to 
the  lessons  of  this  order — thus  shall  you  show  to  the  world  that 
ours  is  an  institution  of  true  moral  influence,  rising  upon  the 
broad  basis  of  universal  brotherhood — opening  its  doors  on  the 
right  hand  and  on  the  left — imparting  the  beautiful  and  sacred 
sentiments  of  friendship  and  love,  it  sends  forth  its  initiates, 
clothed  with  the  dignity  of  truth,  ■ndthout  which,  all  professions 
are  uncertain  and  insincere,  in  which  they  became  harmonious 
and  effectual. 

Brother,  you  have  now  been  instructed  in  j^our  duties  and 
privileges  as  a  member  of  the  Scarlet  Degree,  and  in  conclusion, 
I  declare  you  in  tlie  name  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  by  its  authority  duly  promoted  to  the  fifth  or  Scar- 
let Degree. 

The  Regalia  of  the  Fifth  or  Scarlet  Degree  is  a  white  collar, 
trimmed  with  scarlet  ribbon  or  fringe.  It  may  be  ornamented 
wdth  a  rosette  of  white,  pink,  blue,  green  and  scarlet.  Usually 
worn  at  the  point  of  the  collar  in  front. 

*Tiie  Death  Scene. 


HUM  AND  TOBACCO. 


The  old  idea  that  alcohol  ig  food  has  been  utterly  explod- 
ed, aad  the  Frtish  Medical  Journal  says  that  it  is  &imply 
eliminated  as  ;ilcoaol  from  the  body,  and  retards  the  process 
of  digest'oa.  Poiitical  economists  declare  against  the  mon- 
ster alcohol,  «.nd  aver  that  instead  of  increasing  the  national 
wealth,  it  &iLks  it  by  the  million  every  year.  The  penal, 
reformatory  and  charitable  institutions  of  the  country  are 
filled  with  the  \'iclims  of  the  drinking  custom,  and  honest 
men  pay  the  taxes. 

The  progress  of  temperangehas  made  the  liquor-venders 
and  the  liquor-drinkers  ashamed  of  the  appropriate  names  of 
their  resorts.  No  one  hears,  in  this  country,  of  an  ale-house, 
a  porter-house,  a  gin-shop,  a  dram-shop,  but  only  of  restau- 
rants, offices,  saloons,  sampk-iooms,  etc.  It  would  be  half 
the  battle  if  we  could  compel  the  liquor  sellers  to  put  up 
truthful  ."igns;  if,  where  there  are  license  laws,  a  man  was 
required  by  law  to  have  in  large  letters,  on  the  front  of  his 
house,  "  Lioer-sed  Liquor  Store,"  or  the  words,  "License 
to  Sell  Intoxicating  Liquors! "  Why  not?  It  would  be 
simply  the  statenaent  of  the  truth;  as  when,  in  some  States, 
we  see  si2;ns,  ''Licensed  to  Sell  Gumpowder."  And  it  were 
no  more  than  the  truth,  could  the  liquor-dealer  be  made  to 
=i°e.  wh'^npvf-r  he  looked  up  to  n(.=;  pign.  some  such 
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16 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  City. 


The  excitement  about  fires   does  not 
quencli    bo    easily    as    the  tlaniee,  for 
no  sooner  is  one  fire  out  than   another 
kindles.     Two  dayr,  after  the  last  great 
fire,  over  a   block   of  buildings  in  the 
north-western    part   of  the    city    was 
burned.     They  were   all  of  wood,  and 
chitlly  small  cot(ages  or  stores  of  wood 
occupied    by    foreigners.      On  Wednes- 
day   jdst,    the    large  jewelry    etore    of 
Giles   Bros.,    and    Hollister'ti  carpeting 
establishment  on  State  St.,  near  Madi- 
son, was    totally  destroyed,    and    only 
the  stab'htj'  of  the  walla  on  either  side 
prevented  the    destruction    of   a    large 
wholesale  dry  goods  house  on  one  side, 
and  the  book  store  of  Jansen,  McClurg 
&  Co.,  on    the  other.     The    lobs     was 
near  half  a   million.     On   Sunday  the 
oil  ware-house  of  the  Michigan  Southern 
R.  R,  took   fire,    it  is   supposed    by  in- 
cendaries,  and  was   totally    consumeci, 
all  that  the  fire  department  could  do  bt- 
ing  to  save  elevators   and  ficiories  near 
by.     On  Monday  morning   a   fire    was 
discovered  in  a   store   on  North  Clark 
St  ,  and  was  extinguished;  when  it  was 
discovered  that  preparations  had    been 
carefully  made    to  barn  and    blow    up 
the  building.      The  owner   ia  under  ar- 
rest.    The   National   Board  of  Under- 
writers has  recommended  all  insurance 
companies  to  withdraw    from    Chicago 
after  October  lot,  unless  the  city  aui.h- 
orilies  take  further   measures    to    pre- 
vent coniiagration.     Eleven  companies 
have  already  temporarily  withdrawn. — 
Two  of  the   Chicago   marning   papers 
have  commenced  stjnding  theu-  Sunday 
editions  to  the  country  by  fipecial  trtUQu. 
This  wholesale  Sabbath  liasecratiou  be- 
gan with   a   train    to    Milwaukee    last 
Sunday. 


Couutry. 
A  fearful  calamity  visited  the  vicini- 
ty of  Pittsburgh  on  Sunday  last.  A 
terrible  storm  burst  over  the  western 
and  northern  portiona  of  the  city,  and 
especially  over  Allegheny  and  suburbs. 
The  abrupt  and  narrow  defiles  between 
the  bills  on  which  these  cities  are  large- 
ly built  were  gorged  with  the  fl'jod 
which  swept  houses,  bridges  and  all 
things  in  its  way.  The  loss  of  life  was 
mainly  among  the  poorer  portion  who 
lived  in  the  lower  lands.  One  hun- 
dred and  six  dead  bodies  were  recover- 
ed Monday,  and  the  loss  is  supposed 
to  be  between  two  and  three  hundred. 
— Heavy  and  destructive  atorms  wwept 
over  Milwaukee  on  Friday  lasi,  and 
over  Michigan  during  the  night  and 
Saturday. — Much  damage  wan  done  in 
various  localities.  St.  Joseph,  East 
Saginaw,  Ann  Arbor,  Ft.  Wayne,  Ind., 
by  wind  and  ligixtning.  A  severe 
siorm  visited  portions  of  northern  Illi- 
nois on  Sunday  doing  great  damage. 
The  loss  ot  property  from  storms  along 
the  Ohio  in  the  vicinity  of  Cincinnati 
is  great  from  a  storm  on  Sunday  night. 
The  Ohio  rose  nearly  five  feet  in  a  few 
hours. — The  Beecher-Tilton  scandal  is 
yet  undecided,  although  the  report  of 
the  committee  is  expected  this  week. 
The  opinion  of  the  press  generally  is 
that  Beecher's  letters  and  actions  in 
the  case  indicate  guiit. — Gen.  Custer, 
who  is  leading  a  military  expedition 
westward  through  an  unexplored  por- 
tion of  Montana  has  sent  back  his  first 
report.  The  expedition  is  progressing 
finely  with  plenty  of  grass  and  water 
on  the  way.  The  Indians  are  iiostile 
in  that  section,  but  have  not  yet  op- 
posed the  march. — A  waterspout  burst 
over  the  town  of  Eureka,  Nev.,  Friday, 
killing  twenty  persons,  destroying  a 
great  deal  of  property,  and  washing 
out  the  Central  Pacific  railroad  track. 
Thirty  houses  were  swept  away,  the 
flood  lasting  half  an  hour. 


Foreign. 

Despatches    from    Vienna   dated 

July  27Lh,  tell  of  destru.otive  storms  on 
the  borders  of  Moravia.  The  town  of 
Azall  was  overwhelmeJ  by  a  torrent. 
Sixty-four  houses  were  demolished, 
and  but  few  of  the  iubabitauts  escaped 
with  their  lives.  The  railroads  were 
badly  damaged  in  every  direction. 

Madrid,  July  26. — A  terrible  land- 
slide occurred  at  Alarra,  in  the  Province 
of  Navarre.  The  overhanging  rocks 
tell  upon  and  utterly  destroyed  the  vii- 
lar'e.     The  di.'^aster  was  bo  sudden  that 

O 

fewifivny  of  the  inhabitants  escaped. 
Two  hundred  corpses  have  already 
been  recovered.  A  Carlist  magazine 
explcd'id  last  week  at  Quisa.  Thirty 
men  were  killed  and  a  lar^e  numbor 
wounded. 

— Advices  froai  Indi:;  represent  that 
there  are  fe.ars  that  the  cholera  has 
broken  out  aoiong  the  60,000  pilgrims 
who  are  assembled  in  Poore  tor  the 
Juggernaut  festival. 

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Contents. 


Page. 


Editorial  Articles 

Editorial  Correspondence Bcecher,  Bowen  and  Til  ton, 

It  must  be  discussed Notes. 

CONTBIBUTKTD  AND  SELBCT  ARTICLES 

The  JCorner-Stone  Laid  (Poetry) From  the  Pews  to 

the  Pulpit Not  the  Christian  Deity. .  .TheiCompromise 

Line The  Grange  Promotes  Worldliness Roman- 
ism  Peace  and  War. 

Topics  op  the  Time 

Kbform  News 

Notices Lectures  in  Middlebury,  Ind. 

CORRESrONDENCB 

Great  Granger  Demonstration  in  Gentry  Co.,  Mo Col- 
lege Secrecy Around  the  Lakes  —  Elder  Knapp 

Ciucstions   for   Anti  Masons A    Masonic    Minister's 

Defense. . .  .Our  Mail. 

Forty  Years  Ago — Important  Renunciations Wm.  Morgan 

Freemasonry  Contrary  to  the  Christian  Religion 

The  Home  Circle 

Ohildebn's  Corner 

The  Sabbath  School 

Home  and  Health  Hints 

Farm  and  Garden 

Keligious  Intelligence 

News  of  the  Weelr 

Publisher's  Department 


1,2,3 


4,  5,6 


^^\i^%    4    \\t    fitttiJ, 


TiLTos's  Arrest  for  Libel. — The  fearful  case  in 
Brooklyn  drags  its  slow  length  along.  Mr.  Beecher 
still  maintains  a  silence  that  ought  to  be  very  painful 
to  his  friends.  He  says  that  he  may  have  given  bad 
advice  to  Mrs.  Tilton,  but  never  did  or  said  anything 
wrong.  His  friends  say  he  may  have  insulted  her  but 
never  committed  adultery.  Oliver  Johnson  of  the 
Christian  Uniov,  the  New  York  Herald  and  World, 
with  a  few  reUgious  papers,  are  down  on  Tilton 
ill  the  most  approved  fish-woman  style.  A  few  news- 
paper correspondents  are  very  much  concerned  for 
Christianity  if  the  charges  are  proved  true.  Frank 
Moulton  won't  testify  because  the  Committee  have 
pre-judged  the  case.  Frank  Carpenter  gives  the  lie  di- 
rect to  Oliver  Johnson.  Tiltoa  is  now  under  arrest  for 
libel  ;  and  chaos  reigns.  Meantime,  the  whole  country 
is  sick  and  tired  of  the  awful  story  and  longs  for  its 
definite  proof  or  disproof.- 


College  Boating. — Now  that  the  betting,  drinking 
and  swearing  attendant  on  the  College  Regatta  are 
done  for  a  year,  it  will  do  no  hurt  to  spend  a  moment 
in  considering  the  relation  of  such  sports  to  education 
and  religion.  Young  men  in  college  need  exercise. 
Boating  and  ball  play  are  forms  of  amusement  where 
interest  is  excited,  muscle  developed,  and  the  general 
effects  are  good.  Let  them  be  continued.  College 
regattas,  base-ball  matches  and  other  like  things  take 
too  much  time  from  books,  make  animals  instead  of 
men,  promote  drunkenness  and  ill  nature,  are  gen- 
erally demorahzing.  At  Worcester,  Mass.,  on  the 
regatta  week  the  Bay  State  House  used  to  be  filled 
with  a  crowd  of  drunken  rowdies  from  Boston  and 
New  Haven,  whose  conduct  would  have  been  a  dis- 
grace to  a  parcel  of  Modoc  Indians.  What  can  be 
done  ?  Colleges  can  prevent  these  things  just  as  they 
can  wipe  out  college  fraternities,  if  they  choose.  Why 
don't  the  faculties  do  it  then  ?  Because  people  patro- 
nize them  while  they  continue  their  shamefully  inefla- 
cient  management.  What  shall  we  do  ?  Send  your 
children  to  Wheaton,  Oberhn,  Otterbein,  or  some  like 
institution  where  Christianity  and  education  go  hand 
in  hand. 

Patton  vs.  Swing. — This  case  is  still  attracting 
pubUc  attention,  the  latest  developments  being  an  ar- 
ticle in  the  Evangelist  and  a  rejoinder  in  the  Jnterior. 
The  whole  case,  as  it  seems  to  us,  is  a  very  plain  one, 
and  the  division  of  sentiment  respecting  the  matter 
seems  strange.  Mr.  Swing  was  in  a  church  that  has 
standards  affirmino:  that  certain  things  are,  and  certain 


others  are  not  taught  by  the  Bible.  To  these  stand- 
ards Mr.  Swing  has  pledged  himself  by  his  ordination 
vow,  which  is  a  solemn  oath.  His  preaching  seemed 
inconsistent  with  these  standards  to  one  of  his  brother 
ministers,  and  he  asked  presbytery  to  decide  whether 
they  were  or  not.  At  the  trial  the  defendant  saved 
the  presbytery  the  trouble  by  asserting  that  he  did 
not  believe  what  the  standards  asserted,  and  that  other 
members  of  presbytery  were  in  the  same  boat.  That 
is,  Mr.  Swing  don't  believe  that  the  Confession  of 
Faith  teaches  Bible  truth ;  though  in  order  to  get  into 
the  body  that  tried  him  he  must  assert  that  he  did, 
and  his  defense  was  that  they  didn't  believe  it  any 
more  than  he  did.  Synod  is  now  to  decide  whether 
presbytery  did  right  in  acquitting  a  man  of  any  wrong 
who  told  them  to  their  faces  that  the  Book  of  Discip- 
line they  affirmed  to  be  founded  on  and  consonant  with 
God's  Word  was  a  lie,  and  that  they  knew  it.  Of  the 
parties  to  the  case  we  know  but  little.  We  heard  Dr. 
Patton's  inaugural  and  it  seemed  like  an  ambitious  at- 
tempt to  say  a  great  many  words.  He  seemed,  how 
ever,  to  be  candid  and  to  suffer  most  for  lack  of  a  defi- 
nite object.  Prof.  Swing  we  have  heard  preach  sev- 
eral times,  and  have  read  some  sermons  that  we  did 
not  hear.  We  think  him  a  dangerous  man.  Danger- 
ous not  because  of  his  abilities,  which  are  not  likely  to 
cause  alarm,  but  because  he  preaches  a  gospel  of  sen- 
timent, flowers  and  pictures,  and  art  and  goodishness 
that  is  perfectly  welcome  to  the  carnal  heart  and  en- 
tirely hostile  to  the  Gospel  of  Christ. 


The  War  of  Racks. — The  Governor  and  Lieut. 
Governor  of  Mississippi  have  asked  for  United  States 
troops  to  control  the  next  election;  they  say,  in 
order  to  make  it  just.  The  people  of  Vicksburg 
protest  against  the  request.  Say  they  don't  want 
any  United  States  soldiers  there  and  never  did. 
If  outsiders  don't  interfere  there  will  be  no  trouble. 
The  press  of  the  country  is  of  course  divided  in  sen- 
timent. Those  that  believe  we  have  no  reason  to 
complain  of  the  Republican  party,  and  something- 
dreadful  will  happen  if  the  men  who  stole  four  or  five 
thousand  dollars  apiece  are  not  all  sent  back  to  Wash- 
ington, want  the  soldiers  sent  down.  The  opposition 
seem  to  think  it  unnecessary.  There  is  a  lack  in  the 
South  of  a  proper  feeling  toward  the  freedmen.  This 
is  proved  by  the  wild  outcry  against  the  Civil  Rights 
bill  and  mixed  schools.  The  intermlno-lino-  of  blacks 
and  whites  is  a  fearful  thing,  and  one  that  cannot  be 
permitted.  If  attempted  it  will  break  up  the  whole 
educational  system.  This  is  the  talk  of  men  who  were 
nursed  by  black  women,  hundreds  of  whom  have  chil- 
dren whose  yellow  skins  prove  that  their  fathers  have 
been  able  to  endure  at  least  the  remote  presence  of 
Africans.  For  such  people  to  bawl  out  about  persecu- 
tion because  they  are  required  to  treat  black  men  with 
common  decfency  sounds  very  much  like  the  yells  of  a 
cross  pup  when  well  whipped.  The  northern  States 
paid  the  bills  for  the  South  in  times  of  peace,  protect- 
ed them  in  times  of  war,  and  got  such  men  as  Ben. 
Butler  and  John  A.  Logan  to  look  up  their  slaves 
when  they  ran  away.  As  the  fitting  return  for  this 
contemptible  dough-face-ism,  the  South  made  a  rebel- 
lion and  killed  five  hundred  thousand  men.  They 
were  whipped  ;  lost  their  slaves,  and  had  to  go  to 
work.  Now  they  are  in  mortal  fear  lest  the  '  'niggers" 
get  too  close  to  their  children.  It  is  about  time  such 
nonsense  was  stopped^  and  if  Federal  troops  can  ac- 
complish the  end,  send  them  down. 


The  Corner-stone  Laid,  and  Wliat  Came  of  It. 


[A  Dream.] 


BY  J.  L.  BARLOW. 


All  past  was  St.  John's  day  !  It's  daylight  was  gone! 
Completed  the  farce,  and  the  actors  withdrawn ; 
And  sweetly  a  quiet  was  nursing  the  air. 
Late  shaken  by  drum  and  the  trumpet's  rude  blare. 
I  sought  for  my  couch,  and  as  swiftly,  it  seems. 
My  spirit  passed  on  to  the  valley  of  dreams, — 
Where,  struggling  and  noisy,  were  gathering  together, 
The  kings  and  the  knights  of  the  apron  and  feather; 
Who  now,  as  matter  of  import,  seemed  weighing 
The  probable  end  of  that  corner-stone  laying; 
For  yet  upon  some  pressed  the  troublesome  thought 
That  little  of  good  to  their  craft  had  been  wrought, 
By  this  reckless  endeavor  to  strengthen  their  sway 
O'er  a  free,  thinking  people,  by  pomp  and  display. 

And  true,  'twas  a  sight,  then  and  there  to  behold 
The  weaker  ones  swagger  and  try  to  look  bold. 
As  Past  Master  Reynolds  spoke  up  and  said — 
(While  all  the  soul  in  him  was  shaking  with  dread,) 
"Hurrah  for  our  craft!    The  stone  we  have  laid. 
In  spite  of  all  etibrts  the  cowans  have  made. 
Let  Carpenter  plead — the  Blanchards  look  sad — 
Stoddard,  and  Stratton,  and  others  feel  bad ; 
Let  now  their  petitions  like  snow  flakes  flow  in  — 
Papers  and  lectures  all  add  to  the  din; 
Yet,  though  the  people  as  one  should  agree, 
Nothing  can  stay  what  the  craft  shall  aecrec. 
We've  a  half  million  men,  all  sworn  to  obey, 
And  never  a  secret  to  cowan  betray ; 
And  knights  by  the  thousand,  all  armed  and  all  drilled, 
Awaiting  the  edicts  their  masters  have  willed. 
Our  men  now  the  best  of  the  offices  hold : 
The  rest  by  our  cunning  and  skill  are  controlled. 
Ours  be  the  task  all  the  leaders  to  lead ;  • 

Each  one's  strong  passion  to  culture  and  feed; 
With  a  'good  place'  bait  the  minister's  soul. 
While  a  'fat  brief  shall  the  lawyer  control; 
Give  the  physician  his  coveted  'ride' ; 
Set  the  politician  an  'oflBce'  astride  ; 
Let  the  editor's  subscription  list  grow; 
And  the  merchant  brother's  'coflers'  o'erflow ; — 
Look  well  to  these,  and  the  masses  will  be 
Pliant  as  wax  in  our  hands,  and as  free." 

Thus  to  the  craft  did  the  brother  declaim, 
Striving  the  Grand  Master's  zeal  to  inflame; 
But  he  like  a  statue  sat  still  in  his  place, 
And  vacantly  smiled  in  the  Past  Master's  face ;_ 
Till,  rousing  at  length,  he  spake  out  on  this  wise. 
And  much,  I  perceived,  to  the  other's  surprise: 

"Brother,  give  me  your  attention. 
And  a  thing  or  two  I'll  mention 
'Bout  the  work  we've  just  now  ended 
And  the  craft  you've  loud  commended. 
Y  our  strong  zeal  is  quite  inspiring ; 
And  we  know  you've  been  untiring 
To  make — in  and  out  of  season — 
Th'  worse  appear  the  better  reason. 
We've  had,  'tis  true,  our  nice  parade. 
And  beautiful  the  show  we  made ; 
Rousing  much  the  rabble's  wonder. 
And,  too,  something  much  like  "thunder." 
And  the  'Antis' — Yes,  we've  beat  'em ; 
Or,  at  least,  we  tried  to  cheat  'em ; 
But  we  meanly  tried  to  dodge  it 
By  our  use  of  Justice  Blodgett. 
May  the  fiends  all  blow  their  blast  on't, 
For  we  ne'er  shall  hear  the  last  on't. 
Then,  the  prayer  of  our  Grand  Chaplain! — 
Bend  we  like  a  youthful  sapling  ? — 
Stupid! — Let  a  panic  seize  us, 
When  we  pray  in  name  of  Jesus! 
Shall  the  cowan's  din,  though  awful. 
Make  us  do  what's  so  unlawful? 

Much  I  fear  their  profane  barking 
Is  gaining  fast  the  people's  harking. 
List  you,  brother,  and  be  weighing 
All  the  words  to  you  I'm  saying; 
Though  my  thought  your  spirit  soften, — 
Don't  we  come  to  light  too  often? 

We  forget  the  maxim  taught  us. 
And  the  'Antis'  nigh  had  caught  us. 
You  know  the  strength  of  Masonry 
Lies  in  the  deepest  secrecy ; 
So,  we'll  backward  now  be  reaching 
To  sublime  and  ancient  teaching. 
Though  you've  spoken  well  and  truly, 
There  are  many  yet  um-uly ; 
Still  some  pastors  we  can't  euchre 
With  position  or  with  lucre. 
Who,  nor  man  nor  devil  fearing. 
Will  not  turn  for  threat  or  sneering. 
There's  more  conscience  than  we  thought  for, 
When  the  thing  is  fairly  sought  for ; 
And  very  much  we  are  surprised, 
The  Press  is  not  all  subsidized. 
Churches,  too,  have  broke  th"*"'**'*''"' 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Binding  them  to  our  bell-wether ; 
And,  my  brother,  I'm  suspicious 
That  these  sigus  are  unpropilious! 

We  are  troubled ,  as  the  seas  are ; 
While  the  "Antis,"  as  the  bees,  arc 
Busy  with  their  type  and  presses, 
Prin  ing  oil'  their  sharp  addresses. 
Long  we've  lauiihed,  and  tried  to  flatter, 
But  'tis  now  no  laughing'  matter; 
For  our  foes  are  having  feeders — 
Fast  are  growing  through  seceders. 
None  can  tell  our  real  number, 
Counting  out  the  useless  lumber. 
We  may  strut  and  ciow  like  bauties; 
Still,  each  meeting  of  the  "Antis" 
Finds,  despite  our  execration. 
Some  to  break  their  obligation. 

Shall  we  take  this  thing  iu  season — 
Nip  in  bud  the  growing  treason? 
Or  in  weakness  and  submission 
Let  profaues  push  on  their  mission?" 

Thus  the  Grand  Master,  halt  fiercely,  half  sighing, 
Ended  at  once,  and  for  all,  his  replying. 
Then  I  turned  me  to  hear  what  the  other  would  say; 
And  waking,  the  vision  fled  swiftly  away. 

^  ■  — 

From  t]ie  Fews  to  tiie  Pulpit. 


AN  ADDRESS  BY  DEACON  SILVANU3  TOWNE,  AURO- 
RA, ILL,  BfiFORK  AURORA  CONGREGATIONAL  ASSOCIA- 
TION. 

Beloved  Brethren: — We  recognize  in  you  a  class  of 
men  called  of  God,  r.s  was  Aaron.  We  believe  that 
God  the  Father  and  Jesus  Christ  gave  you  the  re 
sponsible  and  solemn  charge  of  watching  for  souls  as 
they  that  must  give  account.  We  feel  that  it  illy  be- 
comes us  to  dictate  to  you,  as  you  are  to  preach  the 
preaching  that  God  bids  you,  and  to  your  own  Master 
you  stand  or  fall.  Yet  it. can  nevtr  be  a  matter  of 
indifference  to  us  hoAV  you  fulfill  your  solemn  charge. 
For  it  is  the  church  of  the  hving  God,  the  pillar  and 
ground  of  the  truth  of  which  you  have  the  oversight, 
and  when  you  so  preach  the  word  that  God's  law  and 
character  are  vindicated,  aud  the  Gospel  is  so  unfolded 
that  sinners  arc  convinced  of  their  guilt  and  danger, 
and  are  led  to  the  Saviour  for  refuge,  we  can  but  re- 
joice, and  are  led  to  exclaim  with  the  prophet:  "How 
beautiful  upon  the  mountain  are  the  feet  of  him  that 
bringelfc  good  tidings  of  good;  that  publisheth  salva- 
tion; that  saith  untj  Zion,  Thy  Godreigneth." 

As  you,  through  your  committee,  unsolicited  and  un- 
thought  of  by  me,  have  given  me  this  appointment,  it 
may  not  be  presumptuous  in  me  to  make  a  few  sug- 
gestions in  regard  to  the  advancement  of  the  Kingdom 
of  Christ. 

And,  first,  we  think  that  the  law  of  God,  Avhich  is 
a  schoolmaster  to  bring  us  to  Christ,  is  not  sufficiently 
imfolded.  God  the  Father  is  in  a  measure  shorn  of 
his  justice  and  judgment  while  his  loving  kindness  and 
mercy  are  unduly  exalted.  The  consequence  is,  that 
the  convert  of  to-day  does  not  experience  that  deep 
sense  of  guilt,  and  does  not  find  that  relief  in  the  Gos- 
pel which  will  lead  him  to  exclaim: 

"Oh !  wliat  mercy  flows  from  heaven, 

Oh!  what  joy  and  happiness, 
Love  I  much,  I've  much  forgiven, 
I'm  a  miracle  of  grace." 

And  hence  they  go  more  readily  to  the  beggarly 
elements  of  the  world  for  enjoyment.  They  get  up 
clubs  of  jolly  sisters  and  introduce  into  church,  socia- 
bles, theatricals  and  other  vain  amusements. 

Second,  when  you  address  the  pews  we  think  you 
sometimes  unnecessarily  burden  the  conscience.  You 
are  apt  to  quote  the  example  of  a  Moody  or  Burnell  oi- 
a  Whittle  for  us  to  imitate.  Now  we  do  not  say  that 
these  brethren  are  out  of  the  path  of  duty.  We  cer- 
tainly rejoice  in  all  of  the  good  they  are  accomplishing, 
but  we  do  believe  that  it  will  be  a  sad  thing  for  the 
church  and  especially  for  the  ministry,  should  their 
number  be  greatly  mulitplied.  AVc  think  the  ten- 
dency of  the  age  is  to  undervalue  the  settled  ministry ; 
the  sanctuary  wliere  God  forever  dwelleth,  and  the 
church  which  Christ  has  purchased  with  his  own  blood. 

Our  opinion  is  that  Christian  associations  and  oven 
Sabbath-schools  should  be  kept  in  subordination  to 
this  institution-  If  the  children  of  the  church  cannot 
attend  the  sanctuary  and  the  Sabbath-school  both, 
they  should  abandon  the  latter,  and  leave  them  as  mis- 
sion schools  for  those  who  have  no  other  instructions. 
AVc  also  beheve  that  the  true  condition  of  the  church  is 
to  be  set  in  families,  which,  under  the  blessing  of  a  cove- 


nant keeping  God,  shall  rear  and  train  a  holy  genera- 
tion, aud  thus  cause  the  church  to  grow  within,  in- 
stead of  spending  all  their  energies  in  making  conquests 
witJiovt.  'rhere  are  needed  Christian  farmers,  mechsnics, 
merchants  and  manufacturers  to  sustain  the  institutions 
of  God's  house.  In  order  to  be  successful  they  must 
devote  much  thought  and  labor  to  thuir  employments, 
aud  have  capital  to  carry  on  their  business.  True, 
there  are  times  and  seasons  when  God  calls  his  chil- 
dren to  spend  labor  on  his  spiritual  vineyard,  but  we 
serve  the  Lord  by  being  diligent  in  business,  as  well 
as  by  being  fervent  in  spirit. 

Third,  We  are  constrained  to  feel  that  you  err  in  not 
leading  the  church  in  the  reforms  of  the  day.  Here 
let  me  say,  that  it  is  not  true  that  these  reforms  have 
been,  or  are  carried  on  outside  of  the  evangelical 
church.  So  far  as  my  experience  or  observation 
goes,  all  reforms  have  been  commenced  and  mainly 
carried  on  by  evangelical  Christians,  ministers  as  well 
as  laymen.  But  it  has  been  a  Gideon's  band.  It  was 
so  at  an  early  day  in  the  cause  of  temperance.  Espe- 
cially when  we  abandoned  the  old  pledge  that  exclud- 
ed only  distilled  spirits,  and  adopted  what  was  called 
the  teetotal  one  in  its  place.  It  was  so  in  the  early 
anti-slavery  struggle.  In  the  city  of  Troy,  N.  Y.,  Dr. 
Beeman  was  the  only  minister  who  stood  up  with  The 
odore  D,  Weld,  who  was  lecturing  then,  and  received 
the  peltings  of  the  mob.  Here  in  the  northwest  at  a 
later  day,  we  had  more  help  from  ministers  because 
we  had  a  strong  infusion  of  Oberhn  men,  whom  we 
could  always  count  on  as  true  reformers.  Here  I 
would  say  that  I  could  not  sgree  with  Pres",  Blan- 
chard  and  others,  who  criticised  the  meeting  of  the 
council  at  Oberlin.  I  thought  that  God  had  sustained 
Oberlin  and  brought  the  council  there.  In  anti-slav- 
ery times,  an  Oberlin  minister  could  with  difficulty,  if 
at  all,  be  received  into  any  association,  East  or  West; 
aud  at  this  council,  the  men  who  had  opposed  Oberlin 
principles  came  and  d  d  honor  to  them  in  the  hour  of 
their  triumph. 

I  am  sorry  that  the  cause  of  peace  is  not  advocated 
by  you,  as  the  subject  seems  to  demand.  The  suc- 
essful  termination  of  the  arbitration  of  the  difficulties 
between  our  own  country  and  England  appears  to  mie 
to  be  one  of  the  greatest  triumphs  of  Christianity  in 
modern  times,  and  yet,  the  man  to  whose  influence 
more  than  any  other  we  are  indebted  for  this  success 
received  very  few  votes  for  President,  while  the  man 
who  never  would  have  been  thought  of  for  any  high 
office  had  he  not  been  a  successful  warrior ,  was  elected. 

Nor  can  we  understand  how  it  is  that  you  have  so 
little  to  say  in  public  against  secret  oath-bound  socie- 
ties, when  their  influence  is  so  pernicious.  They  are 
;lrawiug  our  young  men  into  their  lodges  by  scores, 
and  once  in,  they  are  rarely  ever  converted .  There  is 
just  about  religion  enough  to  satisfy  the  carnal  mind, 
and,  as  they  purposely  exclude  Christ  from  their  wor- 
ship, there  can  be  no  salvation  in  them  though  they 
profess  to  go  from  the  lodge  below,  to  the  lodge 
above.  We  believe  the  time  is  coming  when  we 
would  no  sooner  allow  one  of  the  membus  of  our 
churches  to  frequent  a  lodge  and  assist  in  degrading 
the  manhood  of  others   by   denuding  them  of  most  of 

3ir  clothing,  hoodwinking  and  cable-towing  them, 
administering  to  them  their  horrid  oaths  and  then 
playing  the  ridiculous  farce  of  raising  Hiram  Abiff  af- 
ter he  is  dead  and  rotten,  and  then  slaying  his  mur- 
derers,— I  say,  I  believe  the  day  is 
will  no  sooner  allow  our  members  to  do  these 
thau  we  would  permit  them  to  enter  an  idol's  temple 
and  worship  a  senseless  God.  I  know  you  say  that 
the  lodge  cannot  be  so  bad  because  some  good  men, 
and  even  ministers  belong  to  it.  Why,  brethren, 
there  never  has  been  an  evil  under  the  sun  since 
Aaron  made  the  golden  calf,  that  could  not  have  been 
justified  in  this  same  way.  Our  fathei-s,  and  some  of 
us,  used  to  drink  and  sell  intoxicating  liquor.  John 
Newton  was  engaged  in  the  slave  trade.  Dr.  Nelson 
came  from  a  meeting  where  he  was  weeping  over  sin- 
ners and  went  into  his  back  yard  to  whip  a  female 
slave;  so  blind  and  inconsistent  is  poor  human  nature 
when  partially  enlightened  and.sanctified    Now  breth- 


ren, what  we  devoutly  desire  is  that  you  should  lead 
on  the  sacramental  hosts  of  God's  elect  to  battle  against 
all  sin  of  faith  and  practice,  in  and  oat  of  the  church, 
until  the  peaceable  ffingdom  of  the  Redeemer  shall  be 
established  on  the  ruins  of  Satan's  empire,  and  then 
shall  nothing  be ,  left  to  hurt  or  destroy,  in  all  God's 
holv  mountain.     Amen!  amen! 


Not  the  Cliiistiau  Deity. 


coming  when  we 
things 


The  religion  of  Freemasonry  is  a  compound  of  pa- 
ganism, Judaiiica,  natural  religion  and  a  great  number 
of  idolatrous  symbols,  such  as  the  gavel,  square,  com- 
pass, level,  piunab,  trowel,  bee-hive,  hour-glass, 
scythe,  etc.  This  vile  compound  is  about  as  far  re- 
moved from  the  religion  of  Christ  as  hell  is  from 
heaven,  and  all  who  put  their  trust  in  it  may  look  for 
an  eternal  residence  in  the  blackness  of  darkness. 

The  god  of  the  Freemasons  is  not  the  Gjd  of  the 
Bible.  They  recognize  and  worship  a  phantom  of 
their  own  imagination  called  by  them  an  '^•Architect," 
a  siagiilar  'without  a  plurality,  which  was  unknown  to 
the  inspired  writers.  Whereas  the  God  of  the  Bible 
and  of  the  Christiaas  is  a  plurality  in  unity ;  so  revealed 
throughout  the  whole  Scriptures.  The  first  verse  ia 
the  Hebrew  Bible  contains  the  name  of  the  Supreme 
Beingia  the  plural  form.  The  Hebrew  name  Elohim, 
translated  God,  is  a  masculine  noun  plural,  regularly 
formed  from  its  singular  Eloah^  and  occurs  about 
2 ,500  times  in  this  form  in  the  Hebrew  text,  and  is 
frequently  constructed  with  verbs,  aCjecUves  and  pro- 
nouns plural.  •'All  which  belnc  written  by  inspiration 
must  necessarily  convey  the  true  idea  cf  the  Supreme  ' 
Beinij. 

The  plurality  is  most  clearly  and  indisputably  reveal- 
ed in  the  New  Testament  by  the  usmes,  Father,  Son 
and  Holy  Spirit  three  persons  ia  one  G^d.  Now  the 
Son  and  Holy  Spiritare  ignored,  dishonored  and  discard- 
ed in  the  religion  ofMasonry,aai],V/hatever  indignity  is 
cast  upon  any  one  person  of  the  adorable  Trinity,  is 
most  assuredly  cast  upon  all.  If  one  is  rejected  all  are" 
rejected,  as  the  three  are  one.  Ali  who  thus  blasphe- 
mously insult  their  Redeemer,  and  deny  the  Lord 
who  bovght  them  seem  to  be  in  the  broad  way  to  the 
damnation  of  hell.  — .Spectator 


The  Compromise  Line. 


While  standing  oja  the  platform   in  froctof  the  de- 
pot, in  the  beautiful   city    of  G ,    a   few    days 

since,  1  saw  the  passenger  train  bourd  for  a  distant 
city  roll  m;*jestically  up  aud  halt  for  a  few  minutes  for 
the  accommodation  of  passengers.  Aa  the  train  halt- 
ed the  engineer  jumped  to  the  ground,  oil  can  in  Land, 
to  oil  up  the  machinery.  I  approached  him  saying, 
■I  see  on  many  of  the  ears  the  word  'Compromise.' 
You  arc  a  railroad  man,  I  wish  you  would  tell  me 
what  it  means."  "It  means,"  he  replied,  '*that 
those  cars  are  so  arranged  as  to  lun  either  on  a  broad 
or  narrow  track."  We  began  to  rt fleet,  aud  as  we 
looked  around  we  could  almost  see  the  letters  compro- 
mise written  on  everything  that  man  has  had  any- 
thing to  do  with.  There  is  one  thing,  however,  that 
has  no  compromise  iv.  it,  and  that  is  salvation.  An 
uncompromising  hostility  to  the  devil  and  all  his  works 
is  the  glory  of  the  gospel  of  the  Son  of  God.  The 
broad-gauge  track  cu  which  the  devil  runs  his  compro- 
mise cars,  freighted  with  a  iiberal,  popular,  spurious 
Christianity,  begins  with,  and  ends  in  hell.  .  . 
The  compromise  tob<xcco  car  (there  isn't  any  on  the 
salvation  track)  is  fa,irly  jammed  full,  and  0!  the 
stenoh  is  terrible.  These  D.  D.'s  are  the  pas- 
tors of  those  costly  chuiches  on  therear  of  the  train. 
See  them  with  compromise  written  ail  over  ihem.  It 
IS  seen  ia  their  ''memorial  windows"  of  stained  glass, 
in  the  costly  furniture,  in  the  organ,  in  the  kitchen, 
in  the  diniDg  hall,  and  in  fact  it  is  everywhere.  The 
Young  Men's  Christian  Associations  with  their  rooms 
for  pious  gambling  are  on  this  line.  Tiiere  is  one  in 
Cincinnati,  where  mere  boys  congregate  and  take 
their  first  lessons  in  gambUng  and  games  of  chance. 
The  gambliiig  shop  is  within  a  few  feet  of  the  room 
devoted  to  prayer,  and    as  both  are  under  the  control 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


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of  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  of  this  Christian  city,  we  may 
lock  for  the  time  soon  to  come  that  a  Rev.  Doctor 
wished  for  in  making  a  speech  before  this  same  society, 
namely,  that  we  should  soon  have  ''  regenerated  bow- 
ling alleys,  and  baptized  billiard  tables." 

I  would  suggest  to  the  managers  that  they  put  up 
over  their  doors  the  following 

NOTICE. 

"The  way  to  heil  made  respectable  and  sanctified  by 
prayer. " 

Not  long  since  I  saw  ayo'ing  man  brought  before 
the  police  court  and  fined  $200,  for  keeping  a  gambling 
house.  His  gaming  implements  were  before 
the  court  and  looked  as  innocent  as  those  furnished 
by  the  Young  Mea'u  Caristian  Association  of  Cincin- 
uat'.  It  appears  a  little  singular  to  eonae  that  these 
representatives  of  a  p-ogrossive  Christianity,  under  a 
prrs'deat  of  national  reptviatioii,  should  so  fcir  degrade 
the  name  of  Christian  and  step  aside  from  their  proper 
and  legitimate  work  of  saving  mea,  as  to  do  the  dirty 
v/ork  of  the  devil  oy  instilling  into  the  hearts  of  ycung 
aiea  and  boys  a  love  for  games  of  chance.  Wouldn't 
it  bo  well  for  the  Mayor  to  have  Ms  police  look  a  little 
after  the  institution  on  Vine  street. 

However,  this  is  an  age  of  progress,  and  this  is  the 
''ooaipromise  Jino,"  and  if  a  dozen  young  men  and 
bjya  do  go  to  ruin,  why  you  know  there  arc  a  good 
many  who  don'i;  and  a  good  many  of  these  managers 
h;we  a  reputation  yet  to  make,  and  the  thing  must  be 
made  popular. 

That  preacher  is  on  the  compromise  train  who,  in 
nearly  a  nud  ;  slate,  submits  to  be  led  around  a  iodge- 
!com  with  a  rope  around  his  neck  and  then  binds 
himself  to  ob'.erve  and  keep  the  Christless  oath  he 
hm  taken,  under  the  penalty  of  having  his  throat 
cut  acro3F,  his  tongue  torn  out  by  the  roots,  and  hie 
body  buried  in  the  rough  sands  of  the  sea;  or,  his  left 
breast  torn  open  and  his  heart  and  vitals  plucked  from 
thence,  or  his  body  severed  in  twain  and  divided  to 
the  north  and  south,  his  bowels  burned  to  ashes  in 
their  midst,  and  scattered  to  the  four  winds,  or  the 
top  of  his  skull  smote  off,  etc 

Finally,  we  want  to  say  to  compromisers  of  all 
grades;  your  conductor,  the  devil,  has  been  deceiving 
you  all  along.  Your  train  is  not  able  to  run  the  nar- 
row track  at  all.  Instead  of  taking  you  through  the 
pearly  gates  of  the  New  Jerusalem  into  the  grand 
depot  of  glory,  it  lands  its  passengers  in  ;he  blackness 
of  darkness  forever. — Free  Methodist. 


The  Grange  rromotcs  Worldliness,, 


It  is  very  often  said  that  religious  questions  have 
never  had  a  stronger  hold  upon  men's  minds  than 
now,  and  that  if  unbelief  be  prevalent,  it  is  not  from 
indifference.  President  Porter,  of  Yale  College,  is 
not  of  this  opinion.  In  his  recent'  address  to  the 
graduating  class,  he  says:  '-The  real  cause  of  thepre- 
vsllng  unbelief  of  thinking  men,  at  the  present  time, 
is  the  want  of  moral  earnestness— this  and  nothing 
more."  We  believe  he  is  right  in  this.  Of  course  the 
question  of  God,  of  creation,  of  immortality ,  cannot 
be  wholly  ignored  by  any  one  discussing  the  great 
problems  which  life  and  nature  present;  but  the  dis- 
cussion is  mainly  of  such  a  character  as  shows  that 
only  an  intellectual  or  speculative  interest  is  felt  in 
them.  Earnest  men  grapple  with  them  as  questions 
far  more  important  than  any  other  questions,  quest- 
ions of  very  li''e  or  death.  But  the  light,  airy,  not  to 
say  flippant  way,  in  which  the  gravest  problems  that 
can  occupy  the  human  mind  are  treated  by  those 
who  claim  to  be  the  leaders  of  thought,  shows  that 
all  real  and  deep  sense  of  their  importance  is  wanting. 
Men  conscious  of  their  spiritual  need,  hungering  and 
thireting  after  righteousness,  seeking  after  God,  pen- 
etrated with  the  majesty  of  an  eternal  existence,  are 
never  dilettanti  delighting  themselves  with  fine  phrases 
and  glittering  theories.  Sin  and  death,  heaven  and 
hell,  God  and  eternity,  are  not  matters  to  be  played 
with,  and  in  all  truly  earnest  souls,  doubts  aa  regards 
them  will  fill  the  soul  with  agony.  In  ten  thousand 
journals  and  magazines,  men  are  talking  about  relig- 
ion, but  their  easy  self-satiefied  tone  is  the  best  proof 
that  it  has  no  real  hold  oa  their  spirits. — Churchman. 


The  Constitution  of  America  granti  its  citizens  to 
worship  Gol  according  to  the  dictates  of  their  own 
conscience.  When  the  grange  or  any  other  society 
resorts  to  indirect  threats  to  starlk  those  not  favorable 
to  it,  it  becomes  every  true  citizen's  and  Christian's 
duty,  spiritually  to  rally  to  the, rescue  of  those  who 
contend  for  our  cherished  iibertief,  and  "fight  a  good 
fight  with  good  fiiith,"  thus  becominj^  entitled  to  the 
welcome  plaudit,  enter  ye"iuto  the  joys  of  thy  Lord," 
fearing  ''not  them  which  kill  the  body,  but  are  noi 
able  to  kill  the  soul,  but  rather  fear  Him  which  is  able 
to  destroy  both  soul  and  body  in  hell." 

The  grange  is  looking  forward  to  the  day  when  it 
expects  to  control  national  affairs,  suppress  railroad 
monopolies  and  political  rings.  This  it  does  not  hope 
to  accomplish  by  rendering  good  for  evil.  It  is  rap- 
idly rising,  and  with  its  big  "I,"  floating  high  in  its 
banners  it  expecLS  all  arrayed  against  it  to  clear  tiie 
track  as  it  comes  along. 

It  is  said  the  grangers  expect  to  establish  their  own 
echools  and  churches.  It  is  acknowledged  to  be  a  se- 
cret society.  They  also  claim  not  to  be  a  political  so- 
ciety, but  in  a  recent  article  in  the  Cincinnati  2'imes 
it  is  stated  that  "ihey  finally  expect  to  revolutionize 
a  political  world."  Here  is  another  conglomeration  of 
truth  and  falsehood  to  which  the  devil  resorts  to 
allure,  more  successfully,  those  who  are  not  steadfast 
and  easily  driven  by  every  wind  from  a  new  doctrine. 

I  cannot  see  how  one  has  renounced  the  world  and 
put  on  the  Lord  and  bim  crucified,  can  join  the  grange 
without  crucifying  the  Lord  anew  and  putting  him 
to  open  shame.  I  have  known  brethren  to  prefer  the 
grange  meetings  and  festivals  to  church  meetings. 
Alas !  where  the  treasure  is  there  will  the  heart  be 
aldo,  and  where  the  carcass  is,  there  will  the  esg-les 
gather,  together. 

The  object  of  the  grange  is  to  ecihance  worldly  in- 
terests. Therefore,  those  who  lay  up  treasures  in  the 
grange,  lay  up  treasures  upon  earth  instead  of  in 
heaven  where  neither  moth  nor  rust  doth  carrupt,  and 
where  thieves  do  not  break  through  nor  steal.  He 
that  is  of  the  earth  is  earthly,  and  he  that  soweth  unto 
the  flesh  shall  reap  of  the  flesh  corruption,  but  he  that 
soweth  unto  the  spirit  shall  reap  of  the  spirit  life 
everlasting,  0!  "Go  to,  now,  ye  rich  men,  weep  and 
howl  for  your  miseries  that  shall  come  upon  you." 

Those  who  join  the  grange  have  erred  from  the  faith 
and  pierced  themselves  through  with  many  sorrows. 
The  great  teacher  said  it  is  easier  for  a  camel  to  go 
through  the  eye  of  a  ncedio  than  for  a  rich  man  to 
enter  the  kingdom  of  God.  Ye  grangers,  know  ye 
not  that  je  cannot  regain  one  lost  soul  were  ye  to 
gain  the  whole  world. 

He  that  forsaketh  not  father  and  mother,  etc. ,  is  not 
worthy  of  me.  Take  no  thought  saying,  what  shall 
we  eat,  or  what  shall  we  drink;  wherewithal 
shall  we  be  clothed  ?  Wherefore  be  net  too  much  con- 
cerned in  temporal  aSairs,  being  fully  assured  that  he 
heareth  the  ravens,  and  that  a  sparrow  faiieth  not 
without  his  rotice.  SuQicient  unto  the  day  is  the 
evil  thereof. 

To  the  mortification  of  manj'  I  have  known  breth- 
ren whose  chief  theme  even  before  and  after  meeting 
was  the  grange.  Alas !  of  the  fulintss  of  the  heart 
the  mouth  speaketh,  and  how  can  a  fountain  yield 
water  both  bitter  and  sweet. 

The  grange  is  highly  esteemed  among  men,  and 
that  which  is  highly  esteemed  among  men  is  abomi- 
nation in  the  sight  of  God.  Now  how  can  his  follow- 
ers belong  to  that  which  is  an  abomination.  Be  not 
deceived,  God  is  not  mocked. 

In  latter  days  perilous  times  shall  come.  The  love 
of  many  shall  wax  cold.  Many  shall  give  heed  to 
seducing  spirits.  Cyrus  Bueher  asks,  "Do  those  that 
join  the  grange  become  better  according  to  the  word  of 
God  ?" 

As  soon  as  a  member  begins  to  sympathize  with 
the  grange  there  is  a  falling  away,  and  the  minute 
church  members  join  the  society  they  maaifesta  spirit 
foreign  to  that  possessed  by  the    Lord.     The    grange 


has  a  seal  by  which  they  buy  and  sell  among  them- 
selves, and  those  who  have  not  the  seal  cannot  trans- 
act business.  Mark !  The  grange  surely  is  the  beast 
spoken  of  in  the  Rsvelaticne,  that  shall  lise  and  all 
those  who  have  not  the  mark,  or  the  name  of  the  beast, 
can  neither  buy  nor  sell.  — /.  O.  Yoder  in  the 
Christian  Family  Companio'it. 


Romanism. — The  chuich  of  Rome  is  the  same  ev- 
ery where ;  elastic  in  form,  unbending  in  aim.  There 
is  a  dream  on  our  soul  when  we  imagine  there  is  a 
Romish  church  different  frcni  that  to-day  amongst  us. 
It  is  no  different  here  from  there.  Its  priests  are 
largely  imported ;  its  increase  is  from  abroad ;  its  liturgy 
of  another  time;  its  cpirit  ps  foreign  to  that  one  of  this 
country  as  death  to  life.  It  may  talk  about  protec- 
tion or  recognition,  it  means  lordship.  It  is  cunning 
enough  to  wait  the  best  opportunity.  It  means  to  de- 
feat self-government  whenever  it  can.  Its  attacks 
upon  our  public  schools  show  its  hatred  toward  en- 
lightenment of  the  miiS£e.-i,  aad  were  we  to  "feel"  the 
public  sentiment  toward  its  policy,  with  nothing  but 
desires  for  the  purification  of  popery,  we  must  cry  an 
alarm  to  America.  We  are  in  peril !  The  same  influ- 
ences are  operating  here  as  there.  With  a  cunning 
that  has  grown  shrewder  for  centuries  of  practice,  this 
enemy  of  progress  has  planted  itself  here  to  create  its 
deathly  influences.  The  quiet  of  the  past  has  been 
on  account  of  feebleness.  Know  ye  not  that  its  agents 
have  hovcrad  about  our  legislative  halls,  greedily  gath- 
ering the  larger  share  of  all  donations  to  charity ;  that 
priests  have  amassed  millions  by  assessments  on  day 
laborers  and  housemaids,  showing  what  they  could 
get  if  they  had  the  wealthy  to  beg  from,  that  they 
are  buildiug  everywhere  for  future  victories? — Rev. 
O.  M.    Griffin, 

Peace  and  Wak. — Sydney  Sm'th  describes,  as  on- 
ly Sydney  Smith  could,  the  coiiseqiiences  of  being  too 
fond  of  ''grory."  And  by  "glory"  be  meant  war  with 
all  the  attendant  and  consequent  evils.     He  says: 

"We  can  inform  Jonathan  what  are  the  inevitable 
consequences  of  being  too  fond  of  glovy.  Taxes  upou 
every  article  y/hich  enters  into  the  mouth,  or  covers 
the  back,  or  is  placed  under  the  foot;  taxes  upon 
every  thing  which  it  is  plesssnt  to  see,  hear,  smell, 
fee],  taste;  taxes  upon  everything  that  comes  from 
abroad  or  is  grown  at  home ;  taxes  on  the  raw  mater- 
ial; taxes  on  every  fresh  value  that  is  added  to  it  by 
the  industry  of  man;  taxes  on  the  sauce  that  pampers 
man's  appetite  and  the  drug  that  restores  him  to 
health,  on  the  ermine  which  decorates  the  judge  and 
the  rope  which  hangs  the  criminal,  on  the 
poor  man's  salt  and  tbe  rich  man's  spice, 
on  the  brass  nails  of  the  coflin,  and  the  ribbons  of 
the  bride,  at  bed  or  board,  couchant  or  levant,  we 
must  pay.  The  school-boy  whips  his  taxed  top;  the 
beardless  youth  manages  his  taxed  horse  with  a  taxed 
bridle  on  a  taxed  road;  and  the  dying  Engishman, 
pouring  his  medicine  which  has  paid  seven  per  cent, 
into  a  spoon  that  has  paid  fifteen  per  cent. ,  flings  him- 
self back  upon  his  chintz  bed  vrhich  has  paid  twenty- 
two  per  cent,  and  expires  in  the  arms  of  an  apothecary 
who  has  paid  a  license  of  a  hundred  pounds  for  the 
privilege  of  putting  him  to  death.  His  whole  prop- 
erty is  then  immediately  taxed  from  two  to  ten  per 
cent.  Besides  the  probate,  larg^  fees  are  demand- 
ed for  burying  in  the  chancel;  Ins  virtues  are  handed 
down  to  posterity  on  taxed  marble,  and  he  is  then 
gathered  to  his  fathers  to  be  taxed  no  more. 


The  man  whose  heart  is  set  oa  an  office  will  find  an' 
opportunity  at  every  turn  and  corner  to  throw  his 
lines  around  a  voter.  So  the  man  who  sincerely  de- 
sires to  bring  men  to  Christ  will  find  his  chance  to 
talk  to  men,  without  cant  and  without  whine,  in  the 
field,  at  the  forge,  behind  the  counter,  in  the  court- 
room, on  the  street,  wherever  he  is  thrown  in  person- 
si  contact  with  them.  Only  let  him  follow  tha  Spirit's 
leading  and  he  will  be  surprised  how  frequent  are  the 
opportunities  too  sow  good  seed  ^hen  one  really  wawte 
to  sow  it. — Advance. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


t^^m^ 


State  Conventiou    for  Missouri  Sep, 
l8t,  1874,  at  Bra8he<ar,  Adair  County. 
Annual  Meeting  of  the   North-east 
Pa.  Association,  Nov,  3d,  in  Free  Meth- 
odist Hall,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 

«-»>* 

Wanted. — More  men  to  go  and  do 
likewise.  Samuel  Hale,  of  Medina 
County,  Ohio,  has  been  an  indefatiga- 
ble worker  in  our  good  cause.  Among 
other  commendfible  deeds,  Bro.  H.  se- 
cured a  number  of  Cynosure  tracts 
on  the  grange,  and  distributed  them  in 
several  townships  in  this  county,  and 
as  a  result,  where  the  tracts  went  in 
advance,  not  a  single  lodge  of  grangers, 
so  far  as  I  can  learned,  has  been  form- 
ed, although  efforts  have  been  made 
to  do  sc.  It  is  only  necessary  to  give 
the  farmers  a  few  facts  in  advance  and 
they  will  escape  the  snares  of  these 
sharpers  snd  swindlers. 

J.  P.  Stoddard. 


tUt^  mm, 


state  Conventiou  in  Missouri. 


After  consulting  i^ith  many  of 
our  most  earnest  co-laborers,  in  the 
field  of  reform,  we  have  decided  to  call 
a  State  Conventiou  to  be  held  at  Bra- 
shear,  Adair  county,  Mo. ,  commencing 
Sept.  1st,  1874.  This  Convention  is 
.■luxilary  jo  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation, opposed  to  secret  societies, 
and  we  solicit  the  co-operation  of  all 
persons  throughout  the  State  of  Mis- 
EOHii,  in  sympathy  with  this  movement, 
fo  aid  iu  making  this  convention  a 
^rand  succesai.  Let  every  county 
throughout  the  State,  send  oae  or  more 
delegates  to  the  convention,  and  in 
counties  where  no  action  is  taken,  let 
some  one  come  that  is  in  favor  of  reform. 
The  conv«ntioa  will  immediately  suc- 
ceed the  session  of  the  annual  confer- 
ence of  the  U.  B.  Church.  Some  of 
our  National  renowned  lecturers  will 
be  pre.sent.  G.  W.   Needles. 

Vice-president    for  the  State  of  Miss 
ouri. 


Conventiou 


Work,    La  Salle  Co«nly, 
111. 


We,  the  undersigned  citizens  ofLa- 
Salle  county,  III.,  believing  that  secret 
societies,  and  especially  those  bound 
by  oath,  are  contrary  to  the  principles 
of  Christianity  and  subversive  of  repub- 
lican equality;  and  believing  that  the 
time  has  ccme  for  an  earnest  and  united 
ellbrt  to  resist  the  intiuence  of  ihe  sec- 
ret orders,  both  in  church  and  state, 
do  hereby  call  a  convention   to  meet  in 

Ottawa  on day  of ,    1874,  to 

devise  means  to  effect  this  object,  and 
to  transact  such  other  business  as  may 
come  before  the  convention.  To  the 
Cynosure  subscribers,  and  all  ohers 
opposed  to  the  secret  orders  in  La  Salle 
county. 

It  is  proposed  to  call  a  county  con- 
vention to  meet  in  Ottawa  some  time 
during  the  coming  fall.  We  wish  the 
names  of  at  least  a  hundred  citizens  of 
the  county  signed  to  the  above  call  be- 
fore the  time  and  place  are  fixed,  and 
the  call  published.  Will  all  those  who 
favor  buch  a  convention  send  me  their 
names,  and  such  other  names  as  they 
can  procure,  to  be  signed  to  foreG;oing 
call.     Direct  to  H.  H.  Hinman, 

Farm  Ridge,  111. 


— Rev.  Joseph  Travis,  delegate  to  tlie 
National  Convention  at  Syracuse  from  the 
Illiuois  Conference,  lectured  in  Brooklyn 
on  the  Relation  of  Freemasonry  to  Ameri- 
can Civilization  to  a  good  audience,  many 
of  whom  were  Masons. 

— The  General  Agent,  J.  P.  Stoddard,  is 
attending  the  Ohio  State  Convention, 
wliich  began  on  Tuesday  in  Darby  Chapel, 
Union  county. 

— Bro.  Kiggins  will  confer  a  favor  by 
sending  to  this  office  his  present  address. 

— Bro.  Stoddard  writes  that  he  has  been 
speaking  constantly  since  the  Syracuse 
Convention.  Successful  meetings  have  re- 
cently been  held  in  Ohio  at  Brunswick, 
York,  Lodi,  Chatham,  River  Styx,  Berea, 
Wadsworth,  Strongsville  and  Dover. 
There  are  many  items  of  interest  and  en- 
couragement which  he  has  not  time  to  re- 
peat, but  mentions  a  vast  change  for  the 
better  in  Medina  county. 


Lectures  iu  Middlebury. 


Ckntkr  Point,  Ind.,  July  27, 1874. 
Editor  Christian  Gynosyre: 

Rev.  W.  M.  GIvens,  of  Center  Point, 
Ind.  has  delivered  three  lectures  against 
secret  societies  in  Middlebury,  Clay.Co. , 
Ind.  His;  first  lecture  on  Odd-fellow- 
ship was  well  arranged,  and  proved  that 
this  secret  organization  of  a  very  late 
date,  was  unscriptura),  not  benevolent, 
and  on  a  poor  financial  basis.  He  was 
fiercely  attacked  by  some  of  the  valiant 
young  adherents  of  the  lodge;  but  he 
showed  them  by  their  own  books  and 
reports  that  they  were  a  Christless, 
lifeless,  and  bankrupt  organization,  de- 
trimental to  the  social,  political,  and 
religious  progress  of  the  American  peo- 
ple. 

His  second  lecture  on  Freemasonry 
was  principally  devoted  to  the  subject 
of  the  religious,  social,  and  political 
bearings  of  the  hydra-headed  society. 
His  quotations  were  entirely  from  their 
own  authors  and  lecturers,  wherein  he 
showed  that  they  positively  exclude  the 
name  of  Christ  from  their  books  and 
organizations.  His  third  lecture  re- 
vealed the  initiatory  ceremonies  of 
the  first,  second  and  third  degrees.  The 
initiatory  of  Master  Mason,  is  especial- 
ly barbarous,  cruel,  and  unbecoming 
in  an  enhghtened  age.  Mr.  Givens 
understands  his  business  as  a  lecturer, 
and  knows  whereof  he  speaks,  having 
been  in  his  younger  days  a  member 
for]  twelve  years  in  this  craft.  He 
was  favored  with  large  audiences  and 
good  behavior,  with  the  exception  of 
last  lecture,  an  old  Mapon  behaved  in 
an  unbecoming  manner.  Middlebury 
is  a  hot  bed  of  secrecy,  but  the  lodges 
found  the  lecturer  firm  and  resolute. 
W.  H.  Long. 


^mu%p\{ku\, 


Wreat  Granger  Demoustratiou  in  Gen- 
try Co.,  Missouri. 


Albany,  Me,.   July  22,  1874. 

Yesterday  was  big  granger  day  in 
Gentry  county,  and  all  the  faithful  at- 
tended— and  ^more  of  the  unfaithful — 
to  hear  what  T.  R.  Allen,  the  state's 
great  talker  had  to  say  about  the  mid- 
dleman. 

THB  day 

Came,  and  was  all  that  could  be  wish- 
ed, being  cloudy  enough  to  keep  the 
atmosphere  cool  and  comfortable,  and 
with  it  came  Allen,  so,  also,  came  the 
various  grange  organizations.  Banners 
trimmed  with  flowers,  others  decorated 


with  agricultural  impliments,  painted 
by  home  artists,  carrying  us  back  full 
fifty  years  to  the  days  of  wooden 
mould  boards  and  pruning  hooks,  before 
the  inventer,  manufacturer  and  middle- 
man had  brought  utility  and  comfort 
to  the  granger's  door,  were  held  aloft 
by  men  and  women  who  looked  flat — 
yes  highly  flattered,  by  the  conspicu- 
ous positions  they  occupied  in  the  pro- 
cession. The  morning  was  consumed 
in  processioning  through  the  public 
streets  of  this  village,  and  thence  to  the 
grove,  where  a  basket  dinner  was 
jumped  through  without  ceremony, 
most  of  the  grangers  being  hungry 
enough  to  eat  a  middleman  without 
salt  or  pepper.     Then  was 

ORDER    CALLED 

and  the  crowd  assembled  about  the 
speaker's  stand  to  the  number  of  full 
one  thousand,  when  T.  R.  Allen  was 
introduced  to  the  audience,  who  found 
him  to  be  a  seedy  looking  individual, 
ofrather  an  easy  manner,  but  no  ad- 
dress, spoj-ting  on  his  vest  the  Masonic 
skull  and  cross-bones.  Under  the  efii- 
cacy  of  his  voice  the  concourse  soon 
dwindled  down  to  about  two  hundred. 
For  three  long  hours  the  occupant 
of  the  platform  continued  to  harrangue 
the  ever  changing,  tired-looking,  weary- 
acting  members  of  the  grange,  who  felt 
they  must  hang  on  or  leave  their  State 
speaker  without  hearers.  The  address 
was  a  mere  repetition  of  the  cry  we 
read  in  every  granger  paper  and  hear 
from  every  granger  mouth.  He  advanc- 
ed nothing  new,  except  it  was  to  urge 
the  members  of  the  grange 

TO  political  ACTION 

in  that  sly  Masonic  manner  all  obser- 
vers can  easily  discover  and  appreciate, 
telling  them  it  was  their  duty  to  act  in 
politics  all  together,  but  at  the  same 
time  to  keep'political  discussions  outside 
the  grange  door.  Now  this  simply 
means — grangers  must  all  support  the 
ticket  "  put  up"  for  them,  and  that 
those  who  object  will  be  made  to 
feel  the  pressure  of  the  institution  bear- 
ing upon  them  to  a  degree  that  will 
keep  them  outside  the  lodge  door, 
where  discussion  can  take  place.  Like 
Masonry  in  the  church  it  is  those  who 
object  that  create  all  the  trouble  and 
who  are  to  be  "brought  to  the  block." 

THE  SYRACUSE  CONVENTION 

and  the  gentlemen  there  assembled 
gave  Mr.  Allen  a  great  deal  of  trouble. 
Immediately  after  paying  a  high  trib- 
ute to  the  Masonic  organization,  he 
swooped  down  upon  that  convention 
wit'n  all  the  terror  of  his  eloquence. 
Especially  severe  was  he  upon  Mr. 
Greene,  whom  he  stated  he  knew  per- 
sonally, and  gave  the  following  as  his 
reason  for  knowing  that  gentleman  can 
not  be  trusted. 

THE  AMERICAN  FABMEr's   CONGRESS 

was  organized  in  Tennessee  a  few  years 
since  and  the  organ  of  that  congress, 
The  American  Farmer^s  Advocate, 
was  published  by  Mr.  Greene  at  Jack- 
son, Tennessee.  A  movement  was  in 
augurated  to  combine  this  association 
and  the  grange  in  that  State,  and  while 
the  matter  was  in  debate  Mr.  Greene 
visited  St.  Louis  and  in  the  office  of 
Colemati's  Rural  World  met  this  fel- 
low, Allen,  and  then  and  there  he 
succeeded  in  drawing    Greene   into  a 


statement  that  the  consolidation  was 
about  to  take  place  and  that  he, 
Greene,  expected,  in  that  event,  to  be 
made  secretary  of  the  State  Grange, 
and  his  paper  to  be  made  the  State  or- 
gan of  that  institution,  Tnis  is  the 
amount  of  the  indictment  made  by  Al- 
len against  Greene.  Now  hear  the  lat- 
ters  exact  words :  "I  did  not  either 
acceed  to  or  oppose  Mr.  Greene's 
views  while  he  was  present,  but  imme- 
diately, on  his  leavicg  me,  I  turned  to 
the  desk  and  wrote  to  Gen.  Vaughn,  of 
Mississippi,  who  had  been  appointed 
by  the  National  Grange  to  organize 
Tennessee,  warning  him  against  giving 
Greene  the  offices  mentioned,  and  this 
is  how  the  grange  soured  on  Greene's 
otomach." 

Now  this  unblushing  scoundrel,  Al- 
len, as  shown  by  his   own   statement, 
has  the   impudence     to   go  about   the 
country  putting  his  name    to  his    own 
infamy,  and  denounce  the  man  to  whom 
he  played  the  part  of  Judas  as  untrust- 
worthy, and  at  the  sam^  time    he   ad- 
vances not  one  iota  of  evidence  against 
Mr.  Greene's  honesty  or    integrity  of 
character.       The   words   of  Dogberry 
should  be  changed  by  Mr .  Allen  to — 
"write  me    down   a  sneaking   villa'.n." 
"Oh,  shame,  where  is  thy  blush?"  Al- 
len well  knew  Greene  to     be  an    Anti- 
mason.     He  and  the   Mississippi  Gen- 
eral are  both    Masons,   and   again   the 
bond  of  brotherhood   was  used   to  des- 
troy an   honest   man's    character   and 
business.  This  same   organization,  has, 
without  doubt,    followed  Greene   from 
place   to   place,  for   Alien  continued: 
"Greene  then  continued  to   denounce 
the  grange   movement  as  he  had  done 
before,  and  was  driven  from  Jackson  to 
a  little  town  in  Illinois,    out  of  the  fry- 
ing pan  into  the  fire ;  for   still  continu- 
ing his  abuse  of  the  order  he  was  driv- 
en from  here  and  is   now,    I    believe, 
located  at  Indianapolis,  Indiana,  where 
I  suppose  he  will    be   permitted  to  re- 
main, if  he  behaves   himself  and  quits 
abusing  his  betters." 

Could  impudence  go  farther.  A 
man  going  about  the  country,  stirring 
up  strife  and  discord  among  communi- 
ties himself,  dictating  what  others  shall 
say  and  how  they  shall  conduct  them- 
selves? Mr.  Allen  will  find  that  any 
and  all  order?  that  cannot  bear  discus- 
sion will  eventually  go  down ,  and  that 
the  blood  and  treasure  expended  so 
lately  to  secure  free  speech  and  protec- 
tion to  all  men  was  not  in  vain.  Cer- 
tainly, Allen  is  the  right  sort  of  a  man 
to  preach,  not  to  one ,  but  to  ail  secret 
organizations. 

THE  DUTY  OF  MOBBING 

objectionable  persons  was  indirectly 
urged  upon  the  grangers  by  Allen,  the 
object  of  his  speech  being  Geo.  W. 
Needles,  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the 
American  Freeman,  an  anti-lodge  pa- 
per published  at  this  place.  Said  Al- 
len: "It  is  a  wonder  to  me  the  thing 
has  not  been  done;  but  it  speaks  well 
for  you  as  a  Christian  community  that 
you  permit  this  man  to  dwell  in  peace 
among  you."  Put  this  on  top  of  the 
fact  that  this  question  of  mobbing  Need- 
les has  actually  been  discussed  in 
grange  meetings,  you  have  the  incite- 
ment to,  and  the  spirit  of  mobocracy  ful- 
ly   developed    in      the     community. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


(^ 


But  Mr,  Needles  is  well  posted  in  this 
same  style  of  eloquence.  A  few  years 
ago  he  stood  up  as 

af  abolitionist 
in  a  slave-holding  community  and  ut- 
tered his  sentiments  in  spite  of  the 
same  Mnd  of  threats  that  are  now  hurl- 
ed at  him.  He  was  then  almost  alone, 
now  he  can  depend  upon  a  small  army 
of  supporters  who  neither  fear  to  be 
seen  or  heard  when  occasion  offers,  and 
who  will  know  how  to  make  themselves 
felt  if  pressed  to  the  wall.  If  a  mob  war 
is  to  be  inaugurated  we  know  of  no  better 
place  in  North  Missouri  for  the  trial  to 
be  made  than  Gentry  county. 

HE  CAME  AND  18  UONE 

and  not  a  ripple  remains  to  tell  where 
the  great  gun  of  the  State  Grange  fired 
his  blank  cartridges.  All  are  disap- 
pointed, for  all  expected  something  ex- 
tra fine  from  the  long  heralded  Allen, 
and  were  regaled  with  the  same  "clap- 
trap" every  granger  has  at  his  tongue's 
end.  On  the  grounds  were  several 
gentlemen  who  had  left  the  order  who 
denounced  this  thing  as  a  piece  of  the 
same  old  humbug. 

POLITICAL  CONCUSSING 

l)egan  immediately  oa  the  dispersion 
of  the  crowd,  arrangements  being  made 
to  send  representatives  to  the  Democrat- 
ic State  convention,  and  in  local  pol- 
itics the  fathers  of  the  grange  and 
leading  Democrats  have  combined  en  a 
Democratic  ticket  composed  mostly  of 
grangers  which  the  farmers  of  the 
lodge  are  expected  to  rally  to.  Last 
evening 

A   FESTIVAL 

for  the  benefit  of  the  South  Methodist 
Church  was  given,  in  the  expectation 
that  it  would  be  well  patronized  by  the 
grangers  from  the  county.  Few  of  them 
however,  attended,  as  a  wag  remarked, 
they  evidently  employed  no  middlemen, 
expecting  to  hand  their  contributions 
direct  to  the  Lord ,  to  avoid  having  it 
tolled  by  trustees, 

Zekikl  Homespun. 


College   Secrecy. 


AMHERST  COLLEGE. 

Amherst,  Mass,,  June,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure  : 

Dear  Sir  : — There  are  at  present  the 
following  Greek-letter  fraternities  rep- 
resented in  Amherst :  The  Delta  Kappa 
EpsiloD,  Alpha  Delta  Phi,  Psi  Upsilon, 
Chi  Pal,  Chi  Phi,  Delta  Upsilon.  All 
the  first  five  are  secret  and  the  latter  is 
an  anti-secret  fraternity.  As  a  member 
of  the  latter,  which  has  been  ever  at 
swords'  points  with  all  the  former,  my 
opinion  must  be  taken  with  allowance. 

In  the  first  place,  the  Alexandrian  and 
Athenian  societies,  the  open  ones,  to 
which  most  of  the  students  belong. 
Lave  been  nearly  ruined  by  the  diver- 
sion of  the  ability  and  interest  of  the 
college  to  the  secret  societies.  Thus 
"Oudens"  have  little  opportunity  for 
improvement  in  debate,  and  this  i|tter 
result  is  most  cruel  in  its  eflfects. 

All  the  Greek-letter  societies,  the 
anti-secret  among  them,  require  only  a 
few  negative  votes,  two  or  three,  to 
reject  a  candidate ;  hence  you  can  notice 
the  selfish  and  exclusive  tendency  of 
them  all.  Let  a  man  be  a  little  peculiar ; 
let  him  be  wanting  in  social  standing  ; 
let'  him  come  undeveloped,    or    have 


the  misfortune  of  coming  from  a  coun- 
try high  school  instead  of  a  fitting 
school,  and  thus  let  his  abilities  be  un- 
known, and  the  chance  is  that  he  will 
find  himself  throughout  his  course 
excluded  from  all  opportunity  for  im- 
provement and  practice  in  debate. 

The  exclusive  spirit  thus  shown  at 
first  becomes  constantly  more  and  more 
developed  into  a  feeling  of  caste,  which 
will  do  anything  and  everything  for  a 
brother,  and  anything  and  everything 
against  a  member  of  another  society. 
Manhood  and  its  demands  for  respect 
are  ignored,  and  an  aristocratic  feeling 
developed,  which  is  ruinous  to  religious 
interest  and  false  to  all  true  self-respect. 

But  if  it  stopped  here  we  might  be 
thankful.  There  has  not  been  an  elec- 
tion since  I  have  been  in  college,  four 
years,  that  has  not  been  planned  and 
run  by  secret  societies.  They  have, 
though  constituting  less  than  one-half 
of  the  students  and  not  two-thirds  of 
the  talent ,  absorbed  nine-tenths  of  the 
important  ofiSces.  A  single  one  has 
had  orator  for  three  years.  ''Oudens" 
and  '  'Delta  Ue,"  the  anti-secret  society 
men,  are  excluded  from  all  positions 
that  are  elective.  F,  S.  Hatch  well 
said,  in  a  speech  on  the  college  stage, 
"The  Olio  Board  and  editors  of  the 
Student  should  be  chosen  for  ability. 
They  are  chosen  to  keep  the  peace." 
Not  a  year  but  sees  class-harmony  des- 
troyed by  a  clique  in  the  graduating 
class.  My  own  is  no  exception.  At 
the  election,  Merrill,  the  "Ouden"  and 
anti-secret  candidate,  received  thirty- 
two  votes  (counted  by  six  tellers  from 
the  different  societiee,)  in  succession. 
He  was  declared  elected.  The  secret 
society  men,  whose  slate  had  been 
broken  by  being  discovered,  were  very 
angry.  Some  of  their  own  men  had 
gone  back  on  them  secretly,  and  some 
did  the  same  openly  in  disgust  at  the 
trick  and  in  hopes  ofiice  might  be  saved 
them  for  their  aid  in  electing  Merrill. 
The  secret  society  men  best'vred  them- 
selves and  induced  men  enough  to 
swear  they  had  voted  for  the  other 
candidate  to  invalidate  Merrill's  election ; 
•and  though  there  had  been  two  evident 
frauds  on  their  side,  the  class  declared 
the  election  void,  and  class  day  was 
broken  up.  There  had  been  a  revival 
interest.     How  lonrr  did  it  last? 

It  is  an  undoubted  fact  that  the  se- 
cret element  favors  making  these  socie- 
ties ^^  bumming"  institutions.  The 
secret  oath,  the  absence  of  all  witnesses, 
the  natural  tendency  to  use  facilities 
for  vice,  the  tendency  of  evil  to  the 
dark,  explain.  One  secret  society  wag 
deprived  of  its  charter  in  my  Fresh- 
man year  for  its  excess.  To-day  two 
others  stand  before  the  faculty  on  a 
similar  charge.  At  the  "Psi  Upsilon 
Drunk"  last  week,  the  men  were  noisy 
and  threw  bottles  at  the  policeman's 
head,  refused  admittance  to  the  faculty 
and  probably  some  will  be  expelled. 
Only  two  societies  in  college  work  and 
do  not  "bum,"  the  D-K-E.  and  the 
anti-secret  society.  The  culture  ob- 
tained in  these,  judging  from  the  record 
of  their  debaters  and  writers  and  de- 
claimers,  is  most  invaluable.  But  I 
don't  see  but  we  anti-secret  society  men 
hold  our  own  with  any  of  them,  and 
that  without  secrecy.     Our    fellowship 


is  as  close  and  we  are  as  ready  to  drill 
each  other  as  any  of  them.  I  know 
we  work;  that  our  debates  are  inspir- 
ing, and  this  for  three  years  has  given 
us  the  first  Hardy  prize  in  debate.  The 
faculty  are,  eays  Prof,  Snell,  *  'convinced 
that  the  societies  are  an  evil,  but  they 
feel  powerless  to  meet  it,  and  think 
they  would  exist  clandestinely  if  they 
did  not  openly.''  Prof.  Clark  Seelye 
styled  them  a  "  nuisance,"  and  Pres. 
Stearns  says  he  "  wishes  there  wasn't 
one  in  college."  The  younger  men  in 
the  faculty  feel  differently. 

Of  course  the  oaths  of  the  different 
societies  are  unknown.  We  sometimes 
hear  of  men  roughly  used  at  initiation. 
Most  of  them  are  very  expensive.  A 
D-K-E.  from  Yale,  present  at  the 
D-K-E.  initiation  at  Amherst,  said 
their  oath  was  too  shocking  for  him  to 
take;  that  he  heard  them  promise  to 
vote  for  each  other  and  stand  by  each 
other  through  thick  and  thin.  And 
they  do  it!  There  was  a  prize  debate 
recently — a  D-K-E.  on  the  committee 
of  award,  and  one  on  debate.  Every 
one  thought  the  D-K-E.  spoke  poorly, 
and  yet  this  D-K-E.  committee  voted 
for  him  every  time.  They  took  advan- 
tage of  a  meeting  recently  to  elect  sev- 
en out  of  eight  * '  Social  Union  Debat- 
ers." Such  is  the  selfish  spirit  gene- 
rated in  men ,  unconsciously  perhaps 
even  to  themselves.  I  have  seen 
Christian  men  so  blinded  by  society 
ties  that  they  did  the  meanest  things, 
and  were  not  ashamed.  Our  own  anti- 
secret  society  is  exclusive  and  selfish, 
more  than  I  wish,  but  it  is  open  and 
cliques  are  forbidden  in  its  constitution. 
Its  numbers  are  full;  there  are  forty 
members,  and  we  mean  business.  But 
if  all  these  pests  of  societies  could  go 
down  I  could  see  my  own  go  without 
a  regret,  dearly  as  I  love  it. 

Yours  truly,  Geo.  Y.  Washburn. 


DKNISON   UNIVERSITY. 

Granville,  O.,  June,  1874. 
Editoi'  Cynosure  : 

For  the  past  two  years  there  have 
been  in  operation  in  this  institution  laws 
forbidding  students  to  join  college 
secret  societies.  Strong  efforts  have 
been  made  for  the  repeal  of  the  laws. 
At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Board  of 
Trustees  in  June,  1873,  the  two  frater- 
nities here,  the  Sigmi  Chi  and  Beta 
Theta  P',  sent  in  a  joint  remoi'strince 
to  the  Board.  This  might,  perhaps 
have  helped  their  cause,  had  they  not 
shown  the  "cloven  foot"  by  adding  a 
threat  with  the  remonstrance.  The 
trustees  were  given  to  understand  that, 
unless  the  obnoxious  laws  were  repeal- 
ed, the  combined  influence  of  the  two 
fraternities  throughout  the  country 
would  be  used  against  the  college. 

Within  a  few  hours,  however,  they 
concluded  that  to  threaten  was  poor 
policy ;  so  they  sent  in  a  request  to  have 
the  threat  removed  from  the  paper. 
The  request  was  granted,  but  the  laws 
were  not  repealed.     , 

The  spirit  of  fraternity  men  and  their 
sympathizers  has  been  shown  lately  in 
another  instance.  Candidates  to  the 
Freshman  class  are  required  to  sign  a 
pledge  not  to  join  a  college  secret 
society.  It  has  transpired  that  nearly 
all  of  the  class  which  is  to  enter  the 


coming  year  have  signed  an  agreement 
to  leave  college  rather  than  pledge 
themselves  not  to  join  secret  fraterni- 
ties. A  desperate  attempt  was  made 
by  appeals  to  "class-spirit,"  by  intrigue, 
by  flattery  and  by  brow-beating,  to  get 
the  entire  class  to  rebel ;  which  might 
have  succeeded  but  for  the  decided 
stand  of  a  few  men,  who  saw  that  the 
scheme  was  planned,  not  "to  secure  the 
rights"  of  the  class,  but  to  help  the 
failing  fortunes  of  the  secret  orders. 
Several  who  were  seduced  into  the 
agreement  are  sick  of  it  now.  By  its 
exposure  and  failure,  the  scheme  bids 
fair  to  help  rather  than  hinder  the 
progress  of  truth  in  this  college, 

Geo,  L.  Mason. 


Around  the  Lakes. 


Oberlin,  July  25,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure: 

In  my  last  communication  I  mention- 
ed a  Master  Mason  who  aided  me  in 
combatting  Romanism.  I  had  some 
talk  with  him  regarding  his  Masonry, 
found  that  for  ten  years  he  had  not  at- 
tended the  lodge,  thinking  it  unneces- 
sary; that  during  the  war,  Masonry  did 
him  good  service,  though  he  admitted 
that  arguments  drawn  from  the  benefits 
received  were  based  on  the  selfishness 
of  men.  He  read  the  Cynosure  I 
handed  him  through,  and  read  the 
"College  Secret  Societies"  until  he  was 
thoroughly  converted,  as  he  said.  He 
thought  it  would  hardly  do  for  a  man 
n  his  position  to  subscribe  for  the  Cyno- 
sure. Altogether  I  found  him  a 
pleasant  acquaintance  and  a  maa  who 
will  rejoice  in  the  triumph  of  the  cause 
for  which  we  labor,  but  is  not  quite 
ready  to  deny  himself  suflacientiy  to 
bear  his  share  of  the  burden.  One  of 
the  two  adberiiig  MasonB  whose  acquain- 
tance I  found  was  a  bright,  merry  Irish- 
man, a  former  studeiit  of  Trinity  Col- 
lege, Dublin,  who  had  advanced  to  the 
dignity  of  Royal  Arch  m  the  Emerald 
Isle ;  but  did  not  seem  to  care  whether 
the  Masonic  "school  koeps"  in  America 
or  not.  He  played  cards,  danced, 
smoked,  flirted,  enjoyed  himself,  and, 
like  a  true  Irishman,  tried  to  make 
everybody  else  enjoy  himself.  I  shared 
a  three-foot  berth  with  him  without 
the  least  incouvenienr-o.  H-i  never 
swore,  and  after  I  had  once  declined 
the  offered  cigar  aad  the  rgg 'wiah  a 
'little  brandy  on  it,'  as  well  as  the  invi- 
tation to  jo'n  in  the  dance  or  at  the 
card  table,  he  was  too  polite  '.o  annoy 
me  with  further  solicitations  of  like  na- 
ture. 

I  might  have  accepted  the  last  two 
invitations  without  compromising  my 
reputation  with  the  boat's  company  as 
a  Christian  or  gentleman,  for  cards  and 
dancingseemed  to  be|induloed  in  equally 
by  saint  and  sinner,  ladies  and  gentle- 
men, young  and  old.  From  observa- 
tion and  conversation  with  some  of  the 
church  members,  it  seemed  to  rne  that 
when  away  from  home  on  a  pleasure 
trip,  Christians  are  apt  to  throw  oft' 
wholesome  restraint  together  with 
their  usual  cares  and  perplexities. 
Pardon  me  for  -wearying  your  readers 
with  such  an  extended  account  of  my 
trip.  I  will  close  here  and  at  some  fu- 
ture time  give  some  account  of  Oberlin 
■^'^  fcoNTiNUEn  ON  12th  page.] 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUK  MAIL. 


James  A.  Clark,  Prospect,  Pa.,  writes : 
"Let  us  encourage  one  another's  hearts 
and  strengthen  oue  another's  hands,  believ- 
ing and  rejoicing  that  Jehovah  reigns  and 
must  reign  till  he  hath  put  all  enemies 
under  his  feet.  I  will  be  pleased  to  for- 
ward subscriptions  to  your  office.  So  far 
as  I  know  we  have  no  anti-secret  associ- 
ation in  our  county,  but  we  have  thirty- 
three  United  Presbyterian  congregations 
which  may  be  regarded  as  anti-secret  so- 
cieties, whose  session  (the  pastor  and  rul- 
ing elders)  may  be  rei,^arded  as  their  ex- 
ecutive committee,  when  no  special  com- 
mittee has  been  appointed." 

This  is  certainly  a  strong  force,  and  if 
its  works  and  faith  are  in  proportion  to  its 
capabilities,  Butler  county  and  vicinity 
should  be  thoroughly  converted  to  the  evil 
nature  of  the  lodge. 
A.  Bruce,  Dillsboro,  Ind.,  writes  : 
"In  our  village  we  have  two  small 
churcheu,  Methodist  and  Presbyterian, 
struggling  for  life.  When  asked  the  rea- 
son, I  point  to  no  less  than  four  secret  so- 
cieties, two  of  them  to  my  knowledge  loan- 
ing money  by  the  thousands  at  ten  per 
cent.  And  just  so  long  as  we  worship 
God  and  Mammon,  fellowship  Christ  and 
Belial,  commune  light  with  darkness,  just 
80  long  the  church  must  go  to  the  wall,  for 
the  children  of  darkness  are  wiser  in  their 

feneration  than  the  children  of  light, 
'ress  on  in  your  noble  work,  God  is  with 
us.  I  was  an  abolitiouLst  in  the  good  old 
days  of  rotten  eggs  and  boulders,  and 
never  dreamed  to  see  slavery  destroyed  in 
my  days.  Behold,  what  hath  God 
wrought  ?  Is  it  possible  I  may  live  to  see 
the  church  in  this  land  arise  in  her  purity 
and  might,  and  in  the  Master's  name,  shake 
off  this  other  league  with  death  and  cov- 
enant with  hell.  Let  us  work  on.  Who 
knows  how  soon  wc  may  reap  the  victory." 

David  Mumma,  Decatur,  Ind,,  writes  : 

"lam  doing  what  I  can  for  the  Cynomrc. 
It's  just  the  paper  for  the  times.  Let  the 
banner  against  secrecy  be  unfurled." 

J.  H.  C.  Lowe,  Ft.  Branch,  Ind.,  says  on 
renewing  : 

"I  thought  I  would  not  take  it  [the  pa- 
per] any  longer,  but  the  men  of  secret 
lodges  are  so  down  on  the  paper  I  thought 
I  would  continue.  It  hurts  their  feelings 
every  time  they  see  it.  I  keep  it  lying  on 
my  counter  free  to  all." 

W.  C.  Day,  Greenwood,  Ind.,  writes  : 

"I  hope  to  be  able  ever  to  assist  in  the 
good  work  in  which  the  Cynosure  is  en- 
gaged." 

Rev.  S.  H.  Kellogg,  Swansea,  Minn., 
writes : 

"Please  continue  the  paper.  I  remem- 
ber, with  pleasure,  your  visits  to  Wayne, 
111." 

Hiram  Sears,  Pearson,  Coftee  county, 
Ga.,  writes  : 

"I  have  taken  the  Gynosvre  two  years 
and  like  it  very  much,  and  wish  it  could 
be  circulated  all  over  the  world.  I  have 
been  waiting  to  get  subscribers  to  send 
with  my  renewal,  but  have  failed  to  get 
more  than  one.  This  is  a  hard  place  to 
get  subscribers,  as  it  is  a  thinly  settled  part 
of  the  country,  besides ,  Freemasonry  has 
considerable  influence  here." 

J.  Beattie,  West  Zanesville,  O.,  writes  . 

"There  is  not  much  light  in  this  place  in 
regard  to  the  craft,  but  hope  if  we  get 
your  paper  circulated  we  will  stir  up  some 
of  them." 

James  Squier,  Trempeleau,  Wis.,  says  : 

"I  have  no  idea  of  stopping  the  Cyno- 
sure. I  fully  sympathize  with  you  in  your 
work  against  secret  organizations,  and, 
aside  from  that,  I  have  no  paper  whose  re- 
ligious tone  so  fully  harmonizes  with  my 
own  views  of  Christianity.  I  like  it  be- 
cause it  is  not  afraid  to  speak  out  against 
the  revelations  which  are  eating  out  the 
vitality  of  Christianity,  making  it  a  social 
form." 

Isaac Halsted,  Johnstonville,0.,  writes  : 

"I  find,  many  times,  that  it  is  very  incon- 
venient to  be  poor,  but  si  ill  feel  that  I  can 
hardly  spare  the  Cynosure.  I  sec,  by  the 
papers,  that  Chicago  has  again  been  visited 
by  a  terrible  fire  ;  hope  you  are  not  very 
heavy  losers  this  time." 

Poverty  is  truly  an  inconvenience  often, 
but  also  a  blessing  to  the  humble  and  con- 
tented follower  of  Jesus.  The  (ire  did  not 
come  within  half  a  mile  of  the  Cynomre 
office. 

S.  Davis,  Ansonia,  Cotm.,  writes  : 

"I  should  be  glad  to  see  in  the  Cynosure 
a  paper  so  truthful,  so  temperate,  so  con- 
sistent with  the  word  of  God,  and  yet  so 
convincing  that  I  could  not  really  read  it 
myself  but  recommend  it  to  others." 


Rev.   S.    A.    Gilley,    Plalteville,    Wis., 
writes  : 

"The  Cynosure  is  becoming  one  of  the 
best  family  papers  published.  Every  de- 
partment is  well  supplied  with  good,  pro- 
fitable matter." 
John  Cassiday,  Charleston,  Iowa,  writes : 
"I  should  like  to  have  about  twenty  of 
tlie  twenty-five  member's  tickets.  I  think 
I  could  dispose  of  them,  and  if  I  succeed 
may  call  for  more." 

This  request  has  been  handed  to  the 
Secretary  of  the  National  Association. 
Correspondents  will  notice  that  it  is  a 
great  convenience  here  to  have  such  mat- 
ters on  different  pieces  of  paper.  There 
should  be  a  thousand  friends  at  work  in 
this  way  getting  members. 
Isabel  Barland,  Eau  Claire,  Wis.,  writes: 
"I  cannot  get  along  without  the  Cyno- 
sure ;  we  think  it  the  best  and  bravest  pa- 
per that  comes  to  the  house.  Wc  hope  to 
be  staunch  supporters,  and  we  regret  that 
we  are  not  able  to  do  more  for  it  in  pro- 
curing subscribers." 
B.  Williams,  Warren,  111.,  writes  : 
"I  am  doing  what  I  can  for  the  reform 
by  scattering  tracts  and  papers  on  the 
cars,  in  the  streets,  on  the  4th  of  July,  and 
amongst  the  show  caravans.  I  think  El- 
der Bernard's  Reminiscences  of  the  Mor- 
gan Times  a  real  clincher." 
B.  J.  Cole,  Jacksonville,  111.,  writes  : 
"I  have  been  busy  circulating  'Thirteen 
Reasons  why  a  Christian  should  not  be  a 
Mason'  among  the  so-called  Christians  of 
the  Masonic  order.  I  happened  in  the  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  meeting  the  other  night,  and,  af- 
ter meeting,  I  circulated  several  of  the 
above.  One  very  enthusiastic  member,  a 
higli  Mason,  and  who  holds  a  very  "soft" 
position  here  as  a  Doctor  in  one  of  our 
State  Institutions,  remarked,  upon  reading 
the  title  of  the  pamphlet,  that  Masonry 
was  the  right  bower  of  tlie  Association,  or 
words  to  that  effect.  I  am  surprised  upon 
looking  about  me,  that  there  are  so  many 
professing  Christians  who  are  Masons. 
They  are  the  ones  I  am  working  on,  and 
tliinli  I  can  count  on  one  or  more  who  are 
thinking  over  the  matter  strongly.  It  has 
astonished  me  the  way  some  Christians 
treat  the  subject.  I  have  offered  more 
than  one  hooks  to  read,  and  they  would'nt 
touch  them  more  than  they  would  fire.  I 
am  satisfied  that  some  portions  of  Finney 
are  true.  I  have  had  very  good  Masons 
lie  to  me  to  keep  their  secrets,  and  to  jus- 
tify Morgan's  murder.  Send  me  the  paper 
as  I  shall  anxiously  look  for  each  and 
every  number,  and  may  God  bless  you 
in  vour  work." 


im  t^m  %p. 


Important  Renunciations. 

The  Anti-masonic  Christian  Herald^ 
Feb.  10,  1829,  contained  the  following: 

We,  the  undersigned,  having  formally 
associated  with  the  Freemasons,  deem 
it  cur  duty,  without  intending  to  in- 
crease excitement  or  to  wound  the 
feelings  of  our  Masonic  brethren,  pub- 
licly to  declare  that  the  system  of  Free- 
masonry is,  in  our  judgment,  of  a  ten- 
dency, on  the  whole,  pernicious  to  the 
moral  habits  and  dangerous  to  the  civil 
and  religious  institutions  of  our  coun- 
try. 

Leonard  Bleecker,  New  York. 

Lewis  Tappan,*  " 

Rev.  Matthew  LaRue  Perrine,  D.D. 
Auburn. 

Rev.  Joel  Parker,  Rochester. 

Rev.  Chauncey  Eddy,  PennYan. 

Henry  Bradley,  Esq.,  " 

Leander  Reddy,  '' 

Sam.  Bockingham,  " 


*Mr.  Tappan  had  not  long  before  renounced 
Unitarianisiii. 


William  Morgan. 

[The  following  letter,  dated  Linden, 
Ala.,  .Jan.  8,  1829,  was  sent  to  the 
editor  of  the  Niagara  Courier,  N.  Y.] 

Fourteen  years  ago  this  day  I  fought 
by  the  side  of  Capt.  William  Morgan  at 
the  battle  of  New  Orleans;  and  you 
may  judge  of  ray  feelings  when,  a  few 
days  since,  I  first  learned,  from  reading 
one  of  Gidden's  almanacs    (our  news- 


paper editors  suppressing  all  informa- 
tion of  a  nature  tending  to  expose 
Masonry),  that  he  had  fallen  a  victim 
to  Masonic  vengeance  for  exposing  the 
mysteries  of  the  order. 

Although  my  acquaintance  with 
Capt.  Morgan  was  not  of  long  duration, 
it  W88  yet  necessarily  of  such  a  nature 
as  to  induce  me  to  form  a  high  opinion 
of  him  as  a  man  of  sound  and  honest 
principles;  and,  as  a  soldier,  none  sur- 
passed him.  Whatever  reaeons,  there- 
fore, may  be  asrigned  for  publishing 
his  revelations  of  Masonry  by  those 
who  have  removed  hirn  from  the  midst 
of  society,  I  am  satiefied,  from  my  per- 
sonal knowledge  of  the  man,  that  it 
was  something  beyond  the  mere  desire 
of  gain, — he  must  have  conceived  it  a 
duty  which  he  owed  to  a  deceived  and 
endangered  community  to  expose  a  sys- 
tem of  wickedness  and  folly,  or  he 
never  would  have  braved  the  fate 
which  he  must  have  been  aware  awaited 
him — loss  of  character,  if  not  of  life. 
Let  this  be  as  it  may,  however,  he  has 
rendered  a  service  to  his  country  that 
should  entitle  his  memory  to  respect. 
With  my  regret  for  the  untimely 
removal  of  a  fellow-being  to  the 
world  of  spirits,  and  for  the  .  perver- 
sion of  the  rule  of  right  which  could 
induce  men  of  respectable  standing  in 
sf-ciety  to  plan  and  execute  so  great  an 
outrage  upon  the  laws  of  their  country, 
still  I  cannot  but  rejoice  at  tie  effects 
which  are  resulting  from  this  unlawful 
proceedure.  The  institution  of  Mason- 
ry is  shaksn  to  its  center;  its  pillars  are 
broken,  never  to  be  restored;  and  it  is 
fast  coming  to  naught,  as  well  here  as 
elsewhere.  May  He  *'who  rides  in  the 
whirlwind    and     directs     the     storm" 

speedily  work  its  utter  ruin ! 

Wm.  p.  S.  Simons. 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Third 
({uarter,  1874. 


Gospel  of  Mark. 

5.  i.  1-11.     Beginning  of  the  Gospel. 

12.  i.  IC-aT.    The  Authority  of  Jesus. 

"      19.  1.45-48.    The  Leper  Healed. 

"      26.  ii.  14-17.    The  Publican  Called. 

Aug.     2.  ii.  23-28,  iii.  1-5.    Jesus  and  Sabbath 

"        9.  iv.  35-41.    Power  over  Nature. 

"     16.  V.  1-15.    Power  over  Demons. 

"     23.  V.  14-24.    Power  over  Disease. 

30.  V.  22-23,  35-43.    Power  over  Death. 

6.  vi.  20-23.    Martyrdom  of  the  Baptist. 

13.  vi.  34-44-     Five  Thousand  Fed. 

20.  vii.  24-30.    The  Phceniclan  Mother. 

27.  Review. 


July 


Sept. 


LESSON  xxxiii. — Aug.   16,'   1874. — power 

OVER  DEMONS. 


SCRIPTUEE  LESSON. — MARK  v.  1-15  ;  Com- 
mit 8-15  ;  Primary  Verse  15. 

1  And  they  came  over  unto  the  other 
side  of  the  sea,  into  the  country  of  the 
Gadarenes. 

2  And  when  he  was  come  out  of  the 
ship,  immediately  there  met  him  out  of 
the  tombs  a  man  with  an  unclean  spirit. 

3  Who  had  his  dwelling  among  the 
tombs  ;  and  no  man  could  bind  him,  no, 
not  with  chains  ; 

4  Because  that  he  had  often  been 
bound  with  fetters  and  chains,  and  the 
chains  had  been  plucked  asunder  by  him, 
and  the  fetters  broken  in  pieces  :  neither 
could  any  man  tame  him. 

5  And  always,  night  and  day,  he  was 
in  the  mountains,  and  in  the  tombs,  crying, 
and  cutting  himself  with  stones. 

6  But  when  he  saw  Jesus  afar  ofl",  he 
ran  and  worshiped  him. 

7  And  cried  with  a  loud  voice,  and 
said,  What  have  I  to  do  with  thee,  Jesus, 
thou  Son  of  the  most  high  God  ?  I  adjure 
thee  by  God,  that  thou  torment  me  not. 

8  (For  he  said  unto  him.  Come  out  of 
the  man,  thou  unclean  spirit.) 

9  And  he  asked  him.  What  is  thy 
name  ?  And  he  answered,  saying,  My 
name  is  Legion  :  for  we  are  many. 

10  And  he  besought  him  much  that  he 


would  not  send  them  away   out  of  the 
country. 

11  Now  there  was  there  nigh  unto  the 
mountain  a  great  herd  of  swine  feeding. 

12  And  all  the  devils  besought  him, 
saying,  Send  us- into  the  swine,  that  we 
may  enter  into  them. 

13  And  forthwith  Jesus  gave  them 
leave.  And  the  unclean  spirits  went  out, 
and  entered  into  the  swine  :  and  the  herd 
ran  violently  down  a  steep  place  into  the 
sea,  (they  were  about  two  thousand,)  and 
were  choked  in  the  sea. 

14  And  thej^  that  fed  the  swine  fled, 
and  told  it  in  the  city  and  in  the  country. 
And  they  went  out  to  see  what  it  was  that 
was  done. 

15  And  they  come  to  Jesus,  and  see 
him  that  was  possessed  with  the  devil,  and 
had  the  legion,  sitting,  and  clothed,  and  in 
his  right  mind  ;  and  they  were  afraid. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "For  this  purpose 
the  Son  of  God  was  manifested,  that  he 
might  destroy  the  works  of  the  devil. — 
John  iii.  8. 

TOPIC. — "Deliverance  to  the  captives." 
— Luke  iv.  18. 

HOME  READINGS. 
M.     Matt,  iv.        1-11 — The  Temptation  of  Jesus. 
T.     Matt.  xii.    22-27— 'I  he  Blind  and  Dumb. 
W.    Matt.  XV.    21-29— The  Gentile  Girl. 
Th.  Matt.  x\-iii.  14-21— Th'e  Lunatic  Boy. 
F.     LuUe  viii.   26-40— The  Man  In  the  Tombs. 
S.     Acts    xvi.  lft-34— The  Spirit  of  Divination. 
S.    Rev.    XX.      1-10— The  Devil  Destroyed. 
TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 

The  Slave  of  Satan,         verses    1-  3. 

Human  help  Unavailing,    "         4,5. 

Afraid  of  Jesus,  "         6, 7. 

Delivered  from  Bondage,    "         8-13. 

At  the  Lord's  Feet,  "        14,15. 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

On  the  south-east  of  the  Sea  of  Galilee, 
about  seventy-five  miles  from  Jerusalem, 
were  ten  cities  (called  Deccqiolis,  a  word 
meaning  ten  cities),  Gadara  was  one  of 
these  ;  It  was  the  capital  of  ancient  Perea. 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  Who  was  the 
first  to  meet  Jesus  ?  (verse  2.)  What  is 
meant  by  an  unclean  spirit  ?  (verse  12  ; 
Luke  viii.  27.)  Have  we  had  a  lesson 
about  men  possessed  with  devils  before 
this  ?  (July  12  ;  Mark  i.  21-27).  Where 
did  the  men  dwell  ?  (verses  3,  5.)  What 
was  he  doing  ?  (verse  5.) 

AVhat  is  the  second  topic  ?  What  had 
men  tried  to  do  for  him  ?  (verses  3,  4.) 
Had  it  done  Jiim  any  good  ?  Do  men  ex- 
pect to  cure  sin  ? 

What  is  the  third  topic  ?  Who  had 
invited  Jesus  to  the  country  of  the  Gadar- 
enes ?  Why  do  you  suppose  he  went  ? 
Who  invited  him  to  come  down  from 
heaven  ?  Why  did  he  come?  (John  iii. 
10  ;  1  Tim.  i.  IC.)  How  did  the  man  feel 
towards  Jesus?  (verse  7.)  Why  do  you 
think  he  was  afraid  ?  Are  not  sinners 
generally  airaid  of  Christ  ?  Who  has 
made  them  afraid  ? 

What  is  the  fourth  topic  ?  Had  Jesus 
come  to  torment  the  man  ?  What  did  he 
do  ?  (verses  7-13.)  What  did  Jesus  come 
to  destroy  ?  (Heb.  ii.  14  ;  1  John  iii.  8.) 
Will  he  do  it  ?  (Rev.  xx.  10,  14.)  How 
did  he  cast  out  the  devil  ?  (verse  8.) 

What  is  the  fifth  topic?  When  they 
came  out  to  see  the  man,  what  changes 
had  occurred  ?  (verse  15  ;  Luke  viii.  35.) 
How  many  exchanges  had  the  man  made  2 
(See  how  many  you  can  name.)  Was  he 
free  now  ?  Who  was  his  master  ?  How 
many  masters  are  there  ?  (Only  two  ?) 
Whom  do  you  serve  ?  How  did  the  peo- 
ple feel  towards  Jesus  ?  (verse  15.)  What 
request  did  they  make  (verse  17.)  What  re- 
quest did  the  healed  one  make  ?  (verse  18.) 
— National  S.  S.  Teacher. 


The  Uses  of  Miracles. 


In  the  Old  Testament  they  mainly 
helped  men  to  see  and  know  God  in 
greater  reality.  Aids  they  were  to 
knowledge  and  faith — as  the  visitation 
of  angels;  or  as  "God  spake  unto" 
Abraham  and  Jacob;  as  the  "bush 
burned  and  was  not  consumed,"  as  one 
fleece  was  dry  and  one  wet,  etc.  Spec- 
ial usefulness  and  help  to  the  men  was 
often  their  end,  also,  as  the  ram  caught 
in  the  tkicket  beside  Abraham's  altar; 
the  rift  of  the  Red  Sea,  doubly  useful 
to  help  the  Hebrews  and  to  bury  the 
Egyptians.  The  New  Testament  mira- 
cles were  mainly  for  special  benefit  to 
persons:  as  bread  for  five  thousand  out 
of  five  loaves;  "healing  all  manner  of 
sicknesses,"  and  raising  the  dead,  etc. 
The  Gospel  and  Acts  are  cabinets 
stored  with  these  wonders.    But  some 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


of  the  New  TeetaiHect  miracles  were 
YJliolIy  for  signa  and  seals,  as  the  "star 
in  the  east;"  the  dove  at  Christ's  bap- 
tism; the  voice  from  the  cloud,  which 
the  people  thought  -was  thunder;  cruci- 
fixion scenes,  etc.  A  child  might  be 
allowed  to  put  it  thus:  Goa  is  so  full 
of  goodness  to  man,  that  his  goodness 
spilled  over;  the  common  ways  are  not 
enough  in  which  to  bless  men ;  so  he 
has  extra  ones  called  miracles.  Surelv 
all  of  Jesus'  miracles  were  to  do  extra 
good  to  people.  He  never  did  a  mira- 
cle to  hurt  finy  one  but  Satan  and  that 
herd  of  swine  the  evil  spirits  elected  as 
tenements;  and  hadn't  they  better  be 
in  the  sea  than  that  two  men  be  ra- 
ging among  the  tombs  ?  Those  men, 
cured  and  cleansed  from  foul  spirits, 
were  thej-  not  wcrth  the  race  of  swine  ? 
Evermore,  somis  good  to  man  comes 
from  the  miracles  of  our  blessed  Jesus. 
Good  and  only  good  was  in  and  from 
them. — Illustrated  Bible  Studies. 


ZioinJs  Berald  thus  epitomizes  what 
it  considers  necessary  to  make  the  San- 
daj-Echooi  service  a  fruitful  one:  With 
much  more  tho<Jght  and  common  sense, 
and  infinitely  less  machinery;  with 
more  the  aspect  of  a  school  for  study, 
of  careful,  fresh  wc>a.  interesting  instruc- 
tion, and  less  that  of  a  singing  school, 
a  festival,  or  a  public  holiday;  by 
thoughtful  arrangement;  by  adequate 
provision  of  text  books;  by  the  prets- 
ence,  hearty  co-operatioo,  and  personal 
service  of  the  pastor  (his  Sabbath  la- 
bors in  Feme  other  way,  if  necessary, 
lightened) ;  the  hour,  or  two  or  three, 
for  Eacred  study  and  exposition  may  be 
made  the  mo^t  fruitful  of  present  and 
ultimate  good  of  any  of  the  appropriate 
services  of  the  Sabbath. 


-^In  connection  with  the  Sunday- 
school  lesson  the  views  of  Martin  Lu- 
ther on  the  appearance  of  evil  spirits 
found  on  the  11th  page  will  be  profit- 
able. Also  read  the  encounter  of 
Chrietian  and  Apol'.yon  in  ''The  Pil- 
grim's Progress." 


Tomatoes. — This  is  the  season  for 
stomach  disorder  among  adults,  as  well 
as  cholera  among  children.  To  meet 
this  condition  nature  and  art  (for  toma- 
toes were  classed  as  poisonous  before 
cultivation,)  have  contributed  a  safe 
remedy.  Chemists  say  the  tomato 
possesses  a  substauce  analogous  to  cal- 
omel, and  call  it  vegetable  calomel;  and 
prescribe  its  use  for  a  stagnant  liver.  It 
excites  the  glandular  system  of  that 
organ,  opening  up  its  sluices  and  urging 
the  elimination  of  bile ;  as  it  has  been 
found  a  larger  quantity  of  bile  secreted 
and  worked  into  the  food  in  process  of 
digestion  insures  a  better  state  of 
health.  For  this  reason  they  advise  a 
free  use  oftthe  tomato. 

Onions  are  not  used  one-tenth  as 
much  as  they  should  be,  said  an  emi- 
nent professor  to  his  class.  They  con- 
tain a  substance  identical  with  arsenic, 
which  is  known  to  aid  so  materially  in 
the  case  of  nervous  diseases  and  weak- 
nesses, skin  disorders  and  general  good- 
for-nothingness.  It  is  said  even  horse- 
jockeys  understand  some  of  its  virtues, 
so  they  pin  a  small  parcel  of  arsenic  to 


the  horse's  bridle,  and  are  not  surprised 
at  seeing  a  poor  old  superannuated  beast 
measure  his  course  on  the  race  ground, 
or  draw  heavy  loads,  with  comparative 
speed  and  ease.  It  brightens  the  eye, 
and  makes  the  hair  sleek  and  glossy. 
Workmen,  living  or  working  near  an 
arsenic  mine,  have  been  known  to  in- 
crease in  flesh  and  strength ;  and  guides 
in  mountainous  districts  have  been 
known  to  go  for  days  with  only  a  few 
berries  or  herbs  and  a  small  allowance 
daily  of  arsenic.  This  may  account  for 
the  brilliancy  of  skin  among  the  Jews. 
Probably  four  days  out  of  the  seven 
their  food  is  prepared  with  onions  or 
garlic;  and  a  very  beautiful  gir),  of 
Chicago,  once  told  me  in  confidence, 
that  this  beauty  of  skin  in  herself  and 
four  sisters  was  due  mainly  to  their  fore- 
noon nap  and  onions  twice  a  week.  I 
write  this  especially  for  the  mothers 
and  farmer's  wives;  for  if  it  will  bring 
this  much-abused  fruit  into  more  con- 
stant use,  I  shall  feel  repaid  for  the 
time  spent  in  writing  this  article. 

Pick  Your  Flowers. — All  lovers  of 
flowers  must  remember  that  one  blos- 
som allowed  to  mature  or  "go  to  seed" 
injures  the  plant  more  than  a  dozen 
buds.  Cut  your  flowered,  then,  all  of 
them,  before  they  begifi  to  fade.  Adorn 
your  rooms  with  them;  put  them  on 
your  tables;  send  bouquets  to  your 
friends  who  have  no  flowers,  or  exchange 
favors  with  those  who  have.  You  will 
surely  find  the  more  you  cut  cfi"  the 
more  you  will  have.  All  roses,  after 
they  have  ceased  to  bloom,  should  be 
cut  back,  that  the  strength  of  the  root 
may  go  to  forming  n€w  roots  for  next 
year.  On  bushes  not  a  seed  should  be 
allowed  to  mature.  Violets  will  bloom 
longer,  and  sweet  peas  will  bloom  all 
summer,  if  no  pods  are  allowed  to  ma- 
ture. When  lilies  are  picked  as  they 
bloom  it  has  the  effect  of  strengthening 
the  bulbs  and  hence  of  improving  the 
growth  for  the  succeeding  year.  —  Y. 
F.  Rural. 

A    SUBBTITUTB    FOR    WATERPROOF. 

Good  Scotch  tweed,  which  has  been 
rendered  impervious  to  rain,  is  recom- 
mended in  the  place  of  ordinary  water- 
proofs. The  process  of  treatment  is 
given  as  follows:  In  a  bucket  of  soft 
water  put  half  a  pound  of  sugar  of  lead, 
half  a  pound  of  powdered  alum;  slir 
this  at  intervals  until  it  becomes  clear; 
then  pour  it  ofl"  into  another  bucket, 
and  put  the  tweed  therein,  and  let  it  be 
in  for  twenty-four  hours,  and  then 
hang  it  up  to  dry  without  wringing  it. 
Garments  thus  treated  are  said  to  with- 
stand the  wildest  siorms  of  wind  and 
rain. 

Early  Breakfast. — What  has  that 
to  do  with  farming?  A  good  desl. 
When  a  boy,  we  were  taught  by  hear- 
ing it  repeated  over  and  over  again, 
that  it  was  a  good  and  healthful  thing 
to  get  up  early  and  work  before  break- 
fast; not  only  to  do  the  chores,  but  saw 
wood,  hoe,  mow,  and  do  many  other 
kinds  of  work  that  must  be  done  on  a 
farm.  We  didn't  believe  it  exactly 
then ,  but  thought  it  might  possibly  be 
because  we  did  not  like  to  get  up  early. 
We  had  heard  the  old  saying  that  "the 
early  bird  catches  the  worm,"  and  we 
were  perfectly  willing  he  should  do  so. 


and  take  him  for  his  breakfast,  after 
which  he  might  be  in  good  condition  to 
enter  upon  the  regular  daily  duties 
that  devolve  upon  every  well-behaved 
and  prosperous  bird .  We  tried  work- 
ing before  breakfast  for  many  years, 
from  sheer  necessity,  and  in  obedience 
to  the  commands  of  parents,  who  cer- 
tainly meant  well;  and  then  we  tried  it 
for  several  years  afterwards,  because  we 
were  poor,  and  needed  to  work  all  we 
could,  and  we  are  bound  to  say,  after 
so  many  years  of  early  experience,  that 
it  is  not  well  for  mankind  to  do  much 
before  the  morning  meal,  and  we  would 
not  advise  fnrmers  to  do  it. 

Washing  Bed  Clothes. — It  is  said 
by  some,  wash  in  warm  water;  by 
others,  in  ccld  water.  We  know  that 
water  will  cause  shrinking.  A  large, 
fine  rose  blanket,  washed  at  three  dif- 
ferent times,  shortened  six  to  seven 
inches  each  washing.  In  the  centre  it 
pulled  up  and  made  a  shapeless  thing. 
We  were  told  to  wash  in  warm  water, 
and  rinse  in  water  of  the  same  temper- 
ature. It  was  done,  and  with  perfect 
success,  The  blanket  is  even  longer 
and  more  even.  The  shrinking  seems 
to  take  place  on  the  sudden  change  of 
the  temperature  from  warm  water  to 
cold.  The  gradual  cooling  and  drying 
afterward  dees  not  eeem  to  aftectit  any ; 
so  the  slow  change  in  the  temperature 
of  frozen  fruit  leaves  the  fruit  unhurt. 


spi;  n,i  ^^^% 


Seasonable  Uints. 


It  will  not  be  too  late  except  in  cer- 
tain localities,  to  plow  up  a  poor  past- 
ure field  or  meadow  afier  the  grass  is 
removed  and  sow  corn  for  fodder. 
There  are  thousands  of  acres  covered 
with  dasies  chiefly  (six  daisies  to  one 
grass), which  would  yield  a  bountiful 
crop  of  excellent  corn-fodder  if  the  seed 
were  not  put  in  sooner  than  the  middle 
of  July.  If  not  wanted  for  fodder,  let 
the  crop  be  plowed  in  for  green  manure 
Last  season  the  writer  sowed  four 
bushels  of  corn  and  four  bushels  of 
oats  (eight  bushels  per  acre)  on  the 
15th  of  July,  and  plowed  the  heavy 
crop  under  about  October  1st. 

Do  not  neglect  to  furnish  domestic 
animals  of  ail  sorts  with  a  constant  sup- 
ply of  pare  water.  Cows  cannot  yield 
a  full  fljw  of  milk  when  they  do  not 
have  access  to  water  when  they  are 
thirsty.  The  writer's  cows  drink 
more  than  half  a  barrel  of  water  every 
day.  When  a  cow  is  thirsty  she  needs 
all  the  clean  water  she  can  drink.  A 
pailful  of  pure  water  is  quite  as  refresh- 
ing to  a  cow,  and  a  horse  also,  as  a  cup 
of  cold  water  to  a  person  when  he  longs 
for  a  draught  from  the  cool  mountain 
spring.  Water  should  be  kept  con- 
stantly in  the  metallic  fountain  in  our 
poultry  yard,  where  every  fowl,  evea 
the  smallest  chickens,  can  drink  with- 
out difficulty.  It  is  surprising  to  note 
how  frequently  fowls  want  water  dur- 
ing the  hot  days,  when  their  viings 
droop  and  their  tongues  are  extended. 

Do  not  fail  to  wage  an  incessant  war- 
fare against  the  horde  of  noxious  insects 
that  are  making  fearful  ravages  in  the 
fields,  gardens,  and  Iruit-orchards. 
Crush  every   tent    caterpillar   before  a 


clump  of  eggs  are  deposited  for  a  brood 
next  season. 

If  your  cabbages  are  infested  with  any 
of  the  seventeen  species  of  worms  and 
bugs  which  prey  upon  the  cabbages  in 
New  Jersey,  spenc'  a  few  minutes  now 
and  then  (o  cru?h  the  pests. 

Finch  back  the  long  canes  of  the 
raspberry  and  blackberry  bushes,  or 
they  will  injure  their  hardiness  and  vi- 
tality by  overgrowth.  By  pinching  off 
Lalf  an  inch  of  the  terminal  buds,  the 
canes  or  twigs  of  any  sort,  they  will 
ceaee  to  grow  longer  for  a  few  days, 
and  will  grovr  stalky  and  more  hardy. 
Let  the  buds  of  all  luxuriant  grape- 
vines also  be  pinched  ofi".  There  can 
be  nothing  gained  by  allowing  vines  to 
grow  to  an  undue  length. 

Pinch  off' two -thirds  of  the  fruit  on 
young  trees.  Many  small  fruit-trees 
are  ruined  by  being  allowed  to  over- 
bear. The  growth  of  a  young  fruit- 
tree  ia  of  far  more  value  than  a  few 
specimeos  of  fruit. 

If  ornamental  tre?s  or  frait-trees  of 
any  sort  have  nearly  ceased  to  grow  for 
want  of  moisture  in  the  soil,  pile  grass, 
weeds,  straw,  coarse  manure,  coal-ash- 
es, or  saw-dust  around  them  a  few 
inches  deep  and  over  an  area  of  six  to 
ten  feet  in  diameter,  then  apply  a  few 
pails  of  water,  and  the  fading  trees  will 
revive  and  grow. 

If  you  wish  to  produc9  large  and 
hard  cabbage-heads,  place  a  box  or  board 
on  a  bench,  fill  it  with  rich  stable  ma- 
nure ,  then  pour  on  water  until  a  high 
colored  liquid  begins  to  leak  out.  At 
evening  pour  a  p;nt  of  this  liquid  fer- 
tilizer around  each  growing  plant.  Dur- 
ing hot  and  dry  weather  the  soil  should 
be  drawn  back  from  the  plant  co  the 
depth  of  about  one  inch,  and  the  liquid 
applied  and  covered  with  the  mellow 
dirt. — N.    Y.    Observer. 


How  to  Feed  Fowls. 


At  this  season  of  the  year,  feed  corn 
morning  and  evening;  but  in  cold 
weather  give  warm  feed,  such  as  small 
potatoes  boiled,  and  corn  meal  mixed 
with  them;  give  them  occasionally 
chopped  onions.  Give  them  some- 
times, aho,  pepper  or  ginger  in  their 
feed.  Chickens  should  drink  from  a 
running  stream;  but  also  keep  a  couple 
of  small  troughs,  putting  clabber  milk 
in  one,  and  in  the  other  water.  In  the 
water  put,  pow  and  then,  a  little  cop- 
peras. 

Their  nests  may  be  square  boxes 
filled  with  cut  Btraw.  For  nest  eggs 
use  imitation  eggs  made  of  clay  b.nked 
hard  in  the  oven.  These  last  four 
years,  co  there  is  no  need  to  leave  a 
real  egg  in  the  nest. 


A  Word  of  Advice. — Remember, 
young  farmers,  that  every  forkful  of 
manure  wasted  is  an  ear  of  corn  thrown 
away.  Every  load  of  manure  that  is 
permitted  to  leach  out  and  run  down 
the  hollow,  is  a  load  of  corn  thrown 
into  the  river.  Remember  that  every 
time  you  raise  fifty  bushel?  per  acre, 
when  you  might  have  raised  seventy- 
five,  you  add  fifty  per  cent,  to  the  cost 
of  producing  your  crop.  This  fifty  per 
cent,  is  what  makes  the   rich    farmers. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Chcago,  Thursday,  Angnst  6,  1874. 


EDITOKIAL  CORllESPOJJDEKCE. 


TI8KILWA  AND  PROVIDEKCK. 

July  27,  1874. 

Mr,  Pierson,  Mr.  Fosdick,  and  Rev.  Mr.  Baker  and 
wife  are  the  chief  reliance  of  the  cause  in  Tiskilwa. 
Both  of  the  latter  have  preached  as  '-United  Brethren 
in  Christ,"  and  always  shut  the  church  against  Free- 
masons. And  now  that  health  has  failed  and  years 
increased,  they  are  living  here  as  a  sort  of  minutemen 
for  God.  They  are  blessed  in  their  children  who  are 
settled  in  life  according  to  the  "desire  of  their  hearts,' 
as  those  who  delight  themselves  in  the  Lord  have  the 
promise. 

I  preached  yesterday  at  Providence  in  the  morning 
to  a  fair  congregation  in  the  Congregational  church, 
and  here  in  Tiekilwa  in  the  Baptist  church  last  night 
to  a  good  congregation.  I  have  done  but  little  for  the 
College,  but  I  preached  directly  on  the  relation  of  se- 
cret societies  to  the  cause  and  kingdom  of  Christ, 
and  something,  I  trust,  has  been  accomplished. 

Rev.  David  Todd,  of  Providence,  is  a  blameless  Is- 
raelite in  whom  is  no  guile.  He  makes  religion  res- 
pected by  a  consistent  life ;  and  if  he  had  health  equal 
to  his  talents,  he  would  be  more  than  an  ordinary 
minister  of  Christ.  His  congregation  is  interesting 
and  intelligent,  and  are  of  the  sort  of  people  who  loathe 
the  lodge.  But  this  dark  force  makes  its  way  into 
every  such  church  as  Satan  did  into  Eden.  And  the 
grange  folly  has  humbugged  some  of  Mr.  Todd's  peo- 
ple. They  will  soon  quit  that,  but  its  slime  will 
linger  on  their  souls  after  the  serpent  is  gone. 

Here  at  Tiskilwa,  there  is  a  little  accumulation  of 
property,  and  the  lodge  reigns  over  it.  The  Baptist 
minister,  Dr.  Webb,  a  Mason,  is  said  not  to  have  been 
near  the  lodge  for  thirteen  years.  If  not,  it  must  be 
he  sees  something  wrong  in  it,  and  he  is  sinning 
against  God  and  his  people  by  keeping  silent  on  the 
subject  of  Masonry  and  allowing  his  young  men  to  be 
sworn  and  swindled  in  the  lodge.  But  if  he  sees 
nothing  wrong  in  the  lodge,  it  is  his  duty,  as  a  man, 
to  come  oixt  and  defend  it  from  our  attacks.  Rev. 
Mr.  Tullis,  whom  I  met  at  Moline  a  few  years  since, 
is  here  in  the  Methodist  church,  as  Masonic  and  wily 
as  ever.  Meantime  there  are  good  and  holy  men  here. 
I  have  just  visited  an  old  Methodist  brother,  Mr. 
Fosdick,  who  says  his  people  are  "shutting  up  their 
eyes  hard  because  daylight  is  c^ing."  And  daylight 
is  coming.     Yours  in  Christ,  J.  Blanohard. 


these  institutions,  after  they  have  become  engaged  in 
the  active  duties  of  life,  upon  sober  second  thought, 
are  ready  to  declare  that  with  all  the  advantages, 
amusement 5  and  fascinations  connected  with  these  so-i 
cieties,  yet  it  would  be  better  in  the  aggregate  that j 
they  were  not  in  existence  at  all ;  or,  that  the  evils 
connected  with  them  far  counterbalance  the  advan- 
tages; and. 

Whereas,  Such  societies,  in  their  workines,  neces- 
sarily create  an  aristocracy  of  interests,  which  operates 
more  or  less  against  the  rights  of  the  uninitiated, 
founding  the  claims  and  opportunities  of  promotion 
upon  other  grounds  than  those  of  true  merit;  and. 

Whereas,  The  great  proportion  of  the  founders, 
supporters  and  friends  of  the  college  are  sincerely  and 
deliberately  opposed  to  the  existence  of  these  institu 
tion«  and  desire  their  entire  absence  from  the  ccUege, 
many  of  whom  refuse  to  contribute  to  the  endowment 
fund  while  these  societies  continue  toeiist;  therefore, 
resolved: 

1.  That  the  Senate,  with  a  sincere  desire  for  the 
best  interests  of  the  students  and  the  college,  does 
hereby  most  earnestly  request  these  societies  to  dis- 
band as  soon  as  practicable,  and  all  students  to  refrain 
from  all  connection  with  secret  college  fraternities 
whilst  members  of  this  college;  and  we  make  this  re- 
quest upon  the  ground  of  our  confidence  in  the  honor, 
candor  and  magnanimity  of  the  members  of  these 
associations,  and  of  all  students,  and  upon  assurance 
of  their  loyalty  to  and  ambition  for  the  entire  and 
triumphant  success  of  Monmouth  College. 

2.  That  it  shall  be  unlawful  for  any  student  of  this 
college  hereafter  to  become  a  member  of  any  secret 
college  fraternity,  or  to  connect  with  any  chapter  of 
such  fraternity." 

It  was  ordered  that  the  last  resolution  be  added  to 
the  Statutes  of  the  college  as  Sec.  4  of  Chapter   xiii. 

This  subject  has  been  for  years  earnestly  discussed 
by  the  friends  of  the  college.  It  was  pressed  on  the 
attention  of  the  faculty  and  senate  by  earnest  remon 
strances  of  individuals,  and  by  the  action  of  various 
ecclesiastical  bodies,  and  particularly  by  that  of  the 
Synod  of  Illinois.  The  position  taken  has  been 
reached  after  careful  deliberation  and  protracted  dis- 
cussion. Those  who  have  an  undoubted  right  to  de- 
termine the  policy  of  the  college,  have  laid  down  the 
law;  it  only  remains  for  the  students  to  yield  to  it 
implicit  obedience  and  for  the  faculty  to  enforce  it 
faithfully.  The  assurances  given  the  undersigned  by 
members  of  different  fraternities,  that  there  will  be  no 
attempt  at  resistance  or  evasion  on  their  part,  and  the 
determination  of  the  faculty  to  enforce  the  law  as  fully 
and  impartially  as  any  other,  warrant  the  hope  that 
the  views  of  the  founders  and  friends  of  the  college, 
as  expressed  by  the  Synod  and  Senate,  will  be  faith 
fully  carried  out,  and  that  all  such  fraternities  will 
speedily  disappear  from  the  college.  It  is  proper  to 
remark  here  that  this  policy  is  not  peculiar  to  Mon 
mouth  College.  It  was  adopted  long  ago  by  some  of 
the  oldesi  and  largest  colleges  in  the  land,  and  scarce- 
ly an  institution  lias  been  established  by  any  denomi- 
nation within  the  last  few  years  that  has  not  incorpor 
ated  the  principle  of  the  absolute  exclusion  of  secret 
fraternities  in  its  fundamental  law. 


MONMOUTH     COLLEGE. — THE     SECRET      FRATERNITIES      NO 
LONGER  ALLOWED. 

Monmouth  College,  of  Monmouth,  111.,  is  among 
the  strongest  and  best  of  the  Western  colleges.  Certain 
apostles  of  the  secret  fraternities  are  said  to  have  visit- 
ed Monmouth  from  K,nox  College  in  Galesburgb,  and 
left  the  eggs  of  mischief  and  folly  which  mako  up 
these  mimic  brotherhoods  of  the  old  pagan  mysteries. 
The  College  Courier  (Monmouth)  was  brave  and  de 
iiant  before  our  national  meeting  at  Monmouth,  de- 
claring that  "  faculties  had  found  they  must  choose 
between  tolerating  these  fraternities  and  empty  halls,'' 
etc.  Since  our  meeting  the  Senate  of  the  College 
have  taken  the  action  quoted  below  from  a  late  circular : 

SECRET  COLLEGE  FRATERNITIES. 

The  relation  of  the  college  to  secret  fraternities  was 
brought  before  the  Senate  at  its  special  meeting  in 
March.  The  whole  subject  was  referred  to  a  commit- 
tee, consisting  of  James  Dawson,  Esq. ,  of  Washing- 
ton, Iowa,  Rev.  R.  A.  McAyeal,  of  Oskaloosa,  Iowa, 
and  R.  W.  McClaughry,  Esq.,  of  Monmouth;  who 
reported  at  the  late  meeting  in  June.  The  report  was 
adopted  by  a  vote  which  was  nearly  unanimous.  It 
is  as  follows : 

*'  Whereas,  The  existence  of  secret  fraternities  in 
the  colleges  and  universities  of  our  country,  with  all 
the  private  advantages  that  may  be  claimed  for  them, 
are  felt  and  conceded  to  be  an  evil  by  most,  if  not  all , 
boards  of  instructors  and  directors  conducting  and 
controlling  their  instructions;  and, 

Whereas,  The  large  majority  of  the  graduates  of 


BEECHEK,  BOWEN  AKD  TILTON. 


The  readers  of  the  Cynosure  have  enough  of  the 
above  persons  in  the  deluge  of  moral  defilement  which 
now  overwhelms  the  American  press.  In  ten  thou- 
sand villages  the  question  is  mooted  anew  over  every 
daily  paper,  "Is  the  greatest  light  of  the  American 
pulpit  an  habitual  adulterer  and  unclean  person?" 
While  the  country  was  still,  and  the  three  persons 
above-named  were,  as  I  profoundly  believed,  destroy- 
ing the  churches  of  this  country  with  a  religious 
literature  in  which  the  "god  of  this  world"  had  so 
mingled  lies  with  truth  that  the  whole  compound  was 
a  lie,  the  Cynosure  kept  holding  up  the  truth  on  this 
subject  so  that  it  grieved  some  who  hated  to  believe 
that  the  families  all  over  this  great  country  were  tak- 
ing moral  and  religious  poison ,  every  week,  from  the 
columns  of  the  Independent  and  Christian  Union, 

It  is  hoped  that,  now  the  avalanche  of  filth  has 
turned  to  a  water-spout  and  burst,  those  friends  will 
see  that  it  was  well  that  the  people  of  this  country 
should  know  that  all  the  religion  of  the  country  was 
not  represented  by  H.  W.  Beecher,  as,  in  fact,  none  of 
it  was.  If  Mr.  Beecher  were  dead  to-day,  who  would 
know  what  he  believed  or  taught,  a  year  or  two 
hence  ?  But  the  vain  and  shallow  thing  which  the 
Bible  calls  "the  world,"  is,  and  constantly  has  been, 
represented  by  himi 

The  weak  and  foolish  multitude   clamor,  and  the 


presF,  the  multitude's  echo,  discusses,  through  dreary 
columns  of  scandal,  the  question.  Is  Beecher  guilty 
of  adultery  with  a  wretched  woman,  who  says  he  is 
and  that  he  is  not,  and  then  flies  right  to  Beecher's 
side  from  her  home,  her  children  and  her  husband ! 

Well,  these  three  things  are  true,  and  have  been 
published  and  known  long  since: 

1.  That  Bowen  hired  Oliver  Johnson  and  Theodore 
Tilton  to  edit  the  Independent,  while  he  knew  that 
neither  of  them  believed  the  Bible,  and  even  took  a 
written  bond  of  Johnson  not  to  publish  his  infidelity 
in  the  paper. 

2.  Theodore  Tilton  pretends  to  no  belief  or  morals 
even,  but  says  he  has  "acted  like  a  fool,"  which  is 
true. 

3.  Beecher,  from  his  entrance  on  public  life,  has 
acted  on  the  same  selfish,  atheist  principle,  which  led 
him  to  stand  up  and  marry  Mrs.  McFarland  to  Rich- 
ardson, when  she  had  stolen  an  illegal  divorce  from 
Indiana,  by  keeping  her  debased  husband  ignorant  of 
her  acts;  though  he  and  everybody  knew  there  was 
no  pretense  of  adultery  in  the  case,  which  Christ  says 
is  the  only  cause  of  divorce. 

What  principle  has  a  man  who  sets  Chrfet's  authori- 
ity  at  nought,  to  keep  him  back  from  anything  which 
inclination  calls  for  and  policy  deems  safe? 


It  Must  Be  Discussed. 


Mr.  Dougall,  of  the  New  York  Witness,  lately  spent 
three  days  at  the  Ocean  Grove  meeting,  and  on  return- 
ing to  his  office  found  a  huge  pile  of  communications 
awaiting  him;  among  them  were  six  on  Masonry.  He 
publishes  the  full  list,  with  some  judicious  remarks  to 
correspondents,  and  writes  thus  of  the  lodge  dis- 
cussion : 

"Masonry  appears  to  be  the  most  interesting  topic 
with  letter-writers.  Six  of  the  above  articles  are  to 
be  added  to  a  score  or  more  on  this  subject  previously 
received,  for  which  we  haye  not  yet  found  room. 
About  half  of  the  whole  are  in  favor  of  Masonry  and 
about  half  against  it.  Those  in  favor  generally  scout 
all  arguments  on  the  other  side,  for  the  simple  reason 
that  the  writers,  not  being  Maeonn,  know  nothing 
about  Masonry. 

The  progress  of  Christianity  will  sweep  away  all 
the  works  of  darkness,  among  which  we  reckon  the 
secrecy  of  secret  societies.  This  is  an  element  which 
can  never  be  necessary  in  any  free  country  where  the 
object  and  the  means  used  to  attain  that  object  are 
good.  The  one  hundred  more  or  less  of  different 
kinds  of  secret  societies  by  which  the  community 
North  and  South  is  honey-combed,  to  the  injury  of  its 
general  interests  and  of  equal  justice,  must  fall  before 
the  advance  of  enlightenment  and  Christian  principle, 
but  they  will  fall  faster  by  promoting  Christianity 
than  by  direct  opposition. 

Some  of  the  letters  take  exception  to  an  alleged 
charge  that  Freemasons  cannot  be  Christians,  a  charge 
which  was  never  made  so  far  as  our  knowledge 
extends.  There  is  no  saying  what  Christians  may 
not  be  or  do  without  ceasing  to  be  Christians.  We 
have  no  doubt  that  there  have  been  Chrisiians  engag- 
ed in  selling  intoxicating  drinks,  Christian  slave- 
holders. Christian  polygamists,  and  Christian  Masons; 
but  that  does  not  make  rum  selling,  slave-holding, 
polygamy  or  Masonry  consistent  with  Christianity." 

The  Witness  is  emphatically  a  people's  paper  and 
has  for  some  time  published  communications  both  for 
and  against  the  lodge.  The  fact  is  evident  that 
secrecy  is  before  the  people,  and  must  stand  the 
examination  of  reason  and  experience.  It  is  hardly 
necessary  to  predict  the  end. 


NOTES. 


— The  corner-stone  of  the  City  Hall  of  Oswego,  N. 
Y.,  was  laid  by  the  Masons,  who  had  their  pagan  date 
and  a  notice  of  their  work  chiseled  into  the  stone. 
Close  by  on  the  building  is  the  warning,  ''Post  no 
Bills,"  which  keeps  off  all  other  advertisers,  thus  giv- 
ing the  order  a  complete  and  perpetual  monopoly. 

— The  First  Baptist  Church,  whose  fine  building  was 
destroyed  in  the  late  fire,  have  decided  to  rebuild  in 
the  vicinity  of  Thirtieth  street,  two  miles  and  a  half 
south  of  the  old  location.  This  will  leave  a  large  and 
central  portion  of  the  city  with  a  single  church,  the 
First  Methodist 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


— From  the  letter  of  Bro.  Harris,  of  Delevan,  Wia., 
we  learn  that  Eider  Jacob  Knapp,  who  died  last  win- 
ter at  Rockford,  111.,  was  a  worthy  cotemporary  of 
Colver,  Stearns,  Bernard,  and  others  of  the  Baptist 
denomination.  He  stood  with  them  in  opposition  to 
the  lodge.  Their  teachings  cannot  have  been  wholly 
lost;  the  Baptist  churches  will  yet  return  to  their  pure 
principles,  and,  as  in  the  first  grapple  with  the  lodge, 
dis-fellowship  the  iniquity. 

— A  monthly  reform  prayer  meeting  has  lately  been 
started  in  Tiskilwa,  111.,  against  the  anti-Christ  of  the 
lodge.  There  are  others  held  at  Wheaton,  and  at 
Howell,  Mich.  Would  there  were  one  regularly 
maintained  in  every  community.  The  redemption  of 
our  churches  and  nation  waits  only  until  our  faith 
gains  this  victory.  Why  should  there  not  be  in  every 
neighborhood  where  "two  or  three"  may  meet,  a 
meeting  of  this  kind  ? 

— The  United  Presbyterian  thinks  the  Interior,  of 
this  city,  "on  United  Presbyterian  ground"  on  the 
subject  of  Masonry.  The  latter  says,  "We  like  that 
way  of  putting- it,  because  on  that  theory  a  survey  of 
the  situation  would  show  that  we  cover  their  ground 
so  completely  that  there  are  only  one  or  two  little 
patches  tticking  out  to  show  that  they  are  under  us." 
If  one  of  these  patches  is  dis-fellowship  of  the  lodge,  it 
must  be  confessed  that  is  neither  a  small  one  or  of  lit- 
tle importance.  But  the  Presbyterian,  and  all  other 
churches  of  Christ,  must  soon  see  and  abhor  this  sys- 
tem of  abominacions. 

— Last  winter  a  suit  for  libel  was  decided  against  an 
Odd-fellow  lodge  in  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Lately  a  suit 
for  damages  has  been  brought  against  a  lodge  of  the 
Knights  of  Pythias  in  Cincinnati  by  a  widow,  for 
alleged  mal-treatment  of  her  husband's  person  in  the 
initiatiot,,  causing  his  death.  But  now  we  have  the 
greatest  case.  A  Major  Burrell  some  time  since  took 
the  first  degree  in  a  Masonic  lodge  in  Hoboken,  New 
Jersey,  but  being  unable  to  take  the  second  and  having 
enough  of  the  sham  fraternity,  he  has  instituted  a  suit 
to  recover  the  initiation  fee  with  interest. 

— J  F.  Phillips,  of  Hendricks  County,  Ind.,  sent 
us  extracts  from  the  Indianapolis  Journal  of  June  27th, 
giving  some  account  of  anew  political  secret  organiza- 
tion of  that  city  called  "The  Enlisted  Men."  The 
leaders  of  this  organization  are  represented  as  office- 
hungry  plunderers,  the  vice-president  having  served 
two  years  in  the  penitentiary  for  forgery.  This  order 
may  never  achieve  the  success  of  the  "Grand  Army," 
or  of  the  grange,  in  politics,  but  the  fact  of  its  exist- 
ence for  this  avowed  purpose  is  alarming.  The  "Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic  has  been  found  out  and  its  ca- 
pacity and  actual  Tise  for  political  chicanery  has  sunk 
it  in  some  of  the  States,  but  it  yet  flourishes  in  New 
York.  Seven  new  organizations  and  1,200  members 
are  reported  in  that  State  for  the  last  six  months. 

— One  of  the  leading  newspapers  of  the  country , 
the  Cincinnati  Daily  Oommercial,  of  July  10th,  1874, 
contains  the  following  protest  against  the  laying  ol' 
the  corner-stone  of  the  Chicago  Custom-House  hy 
Freemasons,  and  the  exposure  of  theft  of  a  valuab'ie 
painting  by  "brothers  of  the  mystic  tie"  in  Cincin- 
nati. Murat  Halstead,  editor  and  proprietor  of  'ihe 
Commercial,  does  not  believe  in  secret  societies. 

A  QUB8T10K  WB  CAn't  ANSWER. 

"Chicago  has  laid  the  corner-stone  of  her  new  Cus- 
tom-House with  grand  Masonic  ceremonies,  A  beau- 
tiful set  of  implements  was  provided  for  the  occasion, 
of  which  the  most  noticeable  were  a  $200  gavel,  of  eb- 
ony and  ivory,  mounted  with  gold,  and  a  silver/trowel 
costing  ^75,  helved  and  ornamented  with  simjlar  ma- 
terials. " 
To  the  Editor  of  the  Commercial:  j 

By  what  right  or  authority  does  the  Masonic/  order  as- 
sume the  right  to  direct  and  control  the  public  ceremony 
of  laying  the  corner-stone  of  any  public  buVldinof,  the 
common  property  of  the  people,  and  to  be  paid  for 
with  money  taken  out  of  the  Treasury  of  the  United 
States  ?  The  Masonic  body  represents  but  a  small  mi- 
nority of  this  country,  and  it  is  in  ant;j.goui8m  to  a 
large  majority  of  the  voters,  yet  on  all  occasions  like 
that  at  Chicago  it  has  most  presumptuoTuisly  assumed 
the  direction  and  control  of  a  purely  public  ceremony, 
placing  its  tools  and  emblems,  at  the  public  expense, 


as  the  chief  memorials,  in  the  corner-stone  of  a  build- 
ing the  property  of  the  v/hole  people  of  the  United 
States,  It  is  about  time  that  the  pretentious  assump- 
tions of  this  antidemocratic  fraternity  should  be 
looked  to  by  the  outside  millions.  As  a  Cincinnati 
specimen,  about  thirty  years  ago  a  large  number  of 
Ohio  Democrats,  as  such,  raised  a  fund  by  subscrip- 
tion, and  sent  Miner  T,  Kellogg  to  the  Hermitage  to 
print  for  them  a  portrait  of  General  Jackson,  which 
he  did,  and  it  wat  one  of  his  finest  pictures.  It.  re- 
mained on  public  view  for  nearly  a  year,  and  was 
then  spirited  into  a  Masonic  Lodge  hereabouts,  and 
the  general  outside  subscribers  have  not  been  permit- 
ted to  look  at  it  since.   This  is  hardly  "on  the  square." 

MORGAN. 


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— The  Young  Men's  Christian  Associations  of  Illi- 
nois hold  their  second  annual  coavention  in  Aurora, 
commencing  August  6tb, 

— An  Indian  camp-meeting  is  to  be  held  near  the 
village  of  Saugeen,  Canada,  commencing  August  13. 
The  meeting  is  appointed  by  order  of  the  Methodist 
Indian  Council, 

— It  was  estimated  that  about  10,000  people  at- 
tended the  camp-meeting  &t  Embury  Park,  near  Day- 
ton, O.,  last  Sunday.  The  services  lasted  twelve 
hours,  and  were  conducted  in  English  and    German. 

— There  are  about  150  Presbyteiian  ministers  in  In- 
dia, connected  with  churches  in  Europe  and  America, 
who  minister  to  a  Christian  community  of  not  less 
than  30,000,  of  whom  8, 000  are  the  fruits  of  mission- 
ary labor, 

— A.  powerful  revival  last  winter  in  Fulton,  Mo., 
made  an  addition  of  over  a  hucdred  members  to  the 
Presbyterian  church.  Nearly  all  the  students  oi 
Westminister  College  not  aheady  converted  were 
brought  to  Christ. 

■ — Mr.  Shreve,  a  clergyman  of  Locus  Bottom,  Va., 
was  lately  about  to  engage  in  family  worship  during  a 
thunder  storm,  when  himself  and  wife  were  struck 
with  lightning  and  instantly  killed.  Others  in  the  room 
were  uninjured. 

— There  are  about  470  churches,  chapels  and  mis 
B  on-houses  in  this  city,  N,  Y,  If  all  who  are  old  and 
well  enough  were  to  go  to  church  to  morrow,  it  is  esti- 
mated that  about  1.50,000  persona  would  not  find  seats, 
and  would  be  forced  to  stand  in  the  aisles  or  stay  out- 
side the  doors. 

— Monmouth  College  has  an  endowment  of  nearlj 
one  h  undred  thousand  dollars,  only  four  thousand  are 
lacking.  Prof,  E.  H,  Reed,  President  of  the  Central 
College,  Ohio,  has  accepted  the  professorship  of  Latin 
and  Hebrew  lately  resigned  by  l3r,  Doig. 

— The  Reformed  Episcopal  church  has  two  organi- 
zations in  the  Province  of  New  Brunswick  lately  es 
tablished.  Bishop  Cummins,  the  founder  ot  the 
chfirch  has  lately  been  formally  deposed  from  the 
office  of  bishop  in  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church  oi 
America. 

— Forty-eight  thousand  persons  have  been  added  to 
t,he  membership  of  the  United  Brethren  church 
through  the  agency  of  its  Missionary  Society,  which 
was  organized  m  1853.  The  Society  has  a  debt  ot 
$5,000  which  will  soon  be  removed  if  present  efforts 
are  an  indication. 

—A  great  Sunday-school  convention  was  opened 
at  Chautauqua  Lake,  N.  Y. ,  on  Tuesday.  A  part  of 
the  grounds  are  prepared  to  represent  Palestine,  a 
Biblical  museum  is  erected,  and  some  ofthe  most  noted 
Sunday-school  men  and  preachers  of  the  country  are 
to.  be  present, 

— Tlie  ship  which  carried  the  first  Baptist  mission- 
aries to  India,  fifty  years  ago,  also  carried  a  sailor-boy, 
named  James  Christie,  who  was  converted  during  the 
voyage.  The  sailor-boy  rose  in  due  time  to  be  a 
Christian  captain,  and  at  his  recent  death,  in  Albion, 
N.  Y.,  bequeathed  $10,000  to  the  Baptist  Missionary 
Union , 

— The  Prussian  Protestant  Church  Gazette  speaks 
of  the  dwindhng  number  of  students  of  divinity  at  the 
German  Universities.  It  fears  that  if  the  decrease 
continues,  half  the  Protestant  churches  in  Prussia  will 
be  without  ministers.  The  principal  difficulty  is  the 
lack  of  sufficient  salary  and  the  consequent  liability  of 
starvation. 

— A  meeting  for  the  discussion  of  ''ministerial 
Christianity  unity"  was  held  in  New  Bedford,  Bureau 
Co.,  111.,  June  24th,  and  conducted  by  clergymen 
from  the  Wesleyan,  Free  Methodist,  United  Brethren 
and  Methodist  Episcopal  denominations,  and  was  of 
an  interesting  and  profitable  nature,  A  permanent 
organization  was  formed  and  will  hold  its  next  meet- 
ing at  Manlius  111, ,  August  25th  and  26th. 


—The  open-air  meeting  of  England  is  a  diflfeient 
institution  from  the  American  camp-meeting.  With 
U9,  the  attendants  on  camp-meetings  pitch  their  tents 
and  stay  several  days.  The  English  open-air  meet- 
ings are  generally  held  in  the  fields  or  in  groves, 
and  only  for  a  day  at  a  time.  Sometimes  the  preach- 
ing is  from  a  stand  erected  for  the  occaeion;  sometimes 
from  a  wagon  or  a  rock.  The  p?ople  come  with  their 
lunch-baskets,  prepared  to  stay  all  day  and  go  home 
in  the  evening.  Often  there  is  a  deep  religious  inter- 
est among  the  people  at  these  meetingF,  and  many 
conversions  follow. 

— The  ladies  of  one  of  the  Boston  churches  have  un- 
dertaken the  work  of  removing  worthless  books  from 
Sunday-school  libraries.  It  is  said  that  out  of  4,000 
examined,  only  1,000  have  b6en  accepted.  Other 
churches  had  better  follovr  this  example.  An  immense 
amount  of  worthless  trash  is  to  be  found  in  many  of 
our  Sunday-school  libraries,  and  more  harm  than  can 
be  estimated  is  done  thereby.  The  sensational  novel 
is  just  at  harmful,  whether  it  come?  from  the  Sundav- 
achool  or  the  news-stand,  and  yet  our  young  people, 
and  sometimes  the  parents,  are  apttojubtify  the  read- 
ing of  such  books  on  the  ground  that  nothing  hurtful 
can  come  from  such  a  good  institution. 

— The  Bethany  Institute  of  New  York  is  an  institu- 
tion for  the  training  of  Christian  women  for  humane 
and  missionary  v/ork  in  this  and  other  lands.  The 
practical  knowledge  needed  for  nurses,  city  mission- 
aries, and  religious  teachers  generally,  is  acquired,  not 
only  by  lectures  and  oral  instruction  by  eminent  pro- 
iesBors,  but  by  three  hours'  daily  practice.  The  In- 
stitute is  at  69  Second  avenue,  corner  of  Fourth  street, 
Rev,  A.  F.  Rulifi"Bon,  Superintendent.  No  charge  is 
made  for  tuition  of  accepted  members,  their  daily  ser- 
vice in  philanthropic  work  meeting  their  expenses  at 
the  Institute.  Last  year  twenty-seven  were  in  train- 
ing, and  positions  of  usefulness  are  waiting  for  more 
than  that  number  of  ladies  to-day  in  New  York,  to 
say  nothing  of  the  calls  from  other  cities  and  other 
lands. 


a^m  4  1^^  %4> 


The  City. 

Last  week  from  3:30  o'clock  on  Wednesday  to  4, 16 
the  next  day  there  were  no  less  than  thirteen  fire 
alarms  sounded  in  Chicago,  all  of  them  for  actual  fires 
and  four  for  serious  confl-igrations.  The  largest  fire 
was  a  wholesale  grocery.  No.  57  and  59  South  Water 
Street,  the  rear  extending  back  to  the  ally  from 
Wabash  Avenue  which  flanks  the  building  occupied 
by  E.  A.  Cook  &  Co. ,  publishers  of  the  Cynosure, 
The  burning  building  wag  only  the  second  from  this 
oSioe.  Two  heavy  brick  walls  intervened  however, 
and  the  efforts  of  the  fire  department  confined  the  fire 
to  the  three  upper  stories  of  the  burning  buildinr. 
The  loss  on  building  and  contents  is  placed  at  $40, 000. 
Many  of  the  late  fires  are  believed  to  be  the  work  of 
incendiaries.  There  is  much  fault  found  with  the  in- 
surance companies;  a  number  of  these  are  bogus 
affairs  with  little  capital,  but  plenty  of  officers  and 
agents  to  feed.  These  insure  without  scruple  or  re- 
gard to  valuation  of  property,  and  thus  present  a 
temptation  to  incendiary  owners.  The  whole  business 
of  fire  risks  and  fire  fighting  evidently  needs  reorgani- 
zation  in   Chicago. The    Common    Council,  as 

was  presumed  at  the  time  of  their  election,  have  taken 
steps  for  the  erection  of  the  new  City  Hall  by  electing 
two  architects  last  week  Monday.  These  were  a  Ger- 
man and  an  Irishman,  political  men  merely,  for  neither 
of  their  plans  had  the  first  award.  The  Tribune  soon 
showed  the  illegality  of  the  proceeding,  and  to  calm 
the  public,  the  Council  at  their  next  meeting  elected 
a  third  architect.  Rumors  have  been  current 
of    heavy   briberies    in    the   matter,  which  are   not 

unprecedented     wiih     Chicago     aldermen. To 

offset  municipal  abuse  a  Citizen's  Association 
has  lately  been  formed  whose  object  is  not  political, 
but  to  further  the  interests  of  the  city  in  aiding  the 
administration  of  law,  perfecting  arrangements  for 
prevention  of  loss  by  fire,  and  furthering  enterprises 
of  importance.  Many  of  the  leading  citizens  are  con- 
nected with  the  Association. In  spite  of  a  State  law 

against  them,  two  ''corners"  in  grain  were  engineered 
through  last  month.  The  culmination  and  settlement 
on  Friday  last  was  marked  by  great  excitement  among 
the  grain  gamblers.  The  price  of  corn,  to  be  deliver- 
ed, by  warehouse  receipts,  during  July,  was  run  up 
to  90  cts.  from  06  cts. ,  the  closing  price  of  the  day 
before.  Oats  fluctuated  from  53  to  85  cts  during  the 
day.  It  is  likely  these  speculations  have  aided  the 
country  at  the  expense  of  the  gamblers,  as  millions  of 
bushels  have  been  moved,  and  it  is  estimated  th-at  on 
corn  alone  8  cts.  per  bushel  will  be  realized  on  12,000,- 
000  bushels  by  the  farmers  of  the  north-west. 
[continued  on  12th  page.] 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE^ 


^\t  "^^m  ^i^U, 


Mrs.  Teredo  and  her  Family. 


"This,"  said  Deacon  Hayg,  *'is  prob- 
ably the  last  ship  I  shall  ever  build, 
and  I  intend  to  have  her  as  perfect  as 
possible." 

So  he  selected  a  beautiful  model, 
and  knoviring  that  the  owner  wanted 
something  very  superior,  he  spared  no 
time  nor  money  in  procuring  the  best 
timber  to  be  had,  and  the  beet  work- 
men to  be  found.  And  then  he  watch- 
ed over  every  stick  as  it  was  hewn  and 
fitted  in  its  place,  every  plank  that  was 
spiked  on  the  timbers,  and  every  spar 
that  was  prepared.  When  they  came 
to  put  the  copper  sheathing  over  the 
bottom  of  the  ship,  the  deacon  watch- 
ed it  very  closely.  At  one  spot  he 
found  the  head  of  the  iron  nail  which 
fastened  the  sheathing  split.  The  dea- 
con's eyes  were  becoming  rather  poor; 
but  he  saw  the  broken  head. 

"Jim  Spiker,  I  see  a  nail  broken, 
isn't  there  a  little  hole   by  its   side  ?" 

"Not  a  bit  of  it,  I'm  saitin.  There 
couldn't  a  drop  of  water  get  in  there 
in  a  century." 

So  the  word  of  Jim  was  accepted, 
the  ship  was  finished,  and  launched,  and 
made  two  or  three  prosperous  voyages. 
During  one  of  these,  she  lay  at  a  wharf 
in  Calcutta.  Now  these  waters  swarm 
with  little  pests,  the  ship-worm.  They 
crawled  all  over  the  ship,  but  could 
not  get  through  the  copper  sheathing. 
At  length  Mrs.  Teredo,  a  very  small 
specimen  of  her  tribe,  lit  upon  the  bro- 
ken nail,  found  the  little  hole,  and 
squeezed  herself  in.  Then  she  began 
to  eat  the  timber,  and  lay  her  eggs  in 
it.  Soon  they  hatched,  and  increased 
till  that  timber  was  full  of  the  little 
Teredoes,  and  then  the  next,  till  every 
stick  in  the  whole  ship  was  full ,  and 
eaten  almost  iijto  powder.  Still  the 
ship  looked  sound,  sailed  well,  and 
made  her  long  voyages.  At  length, 
when  in  the  middle  of  the  great  ocean, 
a  terrible  storm  met  her.  The  wind 
howled  through  the  rigging,  as  if  sing- 
ing a  funeral  dirge.  The  waves  rolled 
and  writhed  as  if  in  agony.  Every 
spar  was  bent,  and  every  timber  and 
spike  strained  to  the  utmost.  The  car- 
go which  filled  the  ship  was  of  immense 
value.  The  crew  was  large,  and  the 
passengers  many.  Worse  and  worse 
grew  the  storm,  till  at  last  a  huge  wave 
struck  her  with  all  its  power.  The 
poor  ship  staggered,  groaned  once,  and 
crumpled  up  like  a  piece  of  paper.  She 
foundered — at  sea — in  the  dark  night 
— by  the  awful  storm !  The  rich  cargo 
all  went  to  the  bottom  of  the  ocean. 
The  drowned  men  and  women  sank 
down,  down — miles  before  they  rested 
on  the  bottom  I  All  done  through  the 
neglect  of  Jim  Spiker,  who  was  too  un- 
faithful to  mend  the  hole  by  the  broken 
nail. 

There  were  watchings  and  anxieties 
by  those  on  shore —  all  wondering  why 
the  richly-laden  ship  did  not  arrive. 
The  cargo  and  ship  were  all  gone,  and 
many  were  made  poor,  because  the 
broken  nail  was  not  replaced ! 

The  wife  waited  long  and  tearfully 
for  the  husband,  the  children  longed 


for  the  father  who   never   came.     The 
little  hole  had  been  left! 

The  poor  widow  who  depended  on 
her  only  fon,  a  kind,  dutiful,  manly 
youth,  her  stay  and  staff — looked  out 
of  her  humble  dwelling  in  vain.  Her 
boy  never  came.  The  nail  had  been 
broken ! 

Scores  of  homes  were  desolated,  and 
many  had  their  earthly  hopes  crushed 
by  the  sinking  of  that  ship,  and  all 
because  the  little  hole  was  left !  Mrs. 
Teredo  and  her  great  family  had  never 
brought  all  this  ruin  had  not  Jim  Spik- 
er been  unfaithful. 

0  how  often  is  a  child  ruined  by 
some  neglect  as  to  his  temper,  his  easi- 
ly besetting  sin !  The  little  foxes  creep 
io  easily  and  spoil  the  vines.  The 
worm  that  eats  up  character  and  wrecks 
all  the  hopes  of  life  can  crawl  into  a 
very  small  hole.  A  mother  neglected 
to  punish  or  even  reprove  her  boy  for 
stealing  an  egg,  and  that  neglect,  as  he 
said  Oil  the  gallows,  brought  him  to  that 
shameful  death.  A  single  bow  or  a 
single  smile  may  win  the  good  will  of 
a  child,  that  will  lead  him  to  Christ. 
A  single  visit  to  the  sick-chamber,  to 
the  Sabbath-school  scholar — a  single 
conversation  or  a  single  word  dropped, 
may  result  in  the  salvation  or  the  ruin 
of  an  immortal  soul.  The  spiritual 
leredoes  are  multitudinous,  and  they 
enter  any  hole,  however  small,  and 
sink  the  ship.  All  great  effects  grow 
out  of  small  beginnings.  The  loosen- 
ing of  a  single  grain  of  sand  may  end 
in  the  sweeping  away  the  daib,  carry- 
ing oflF  the  mills,  and  ruining  a  village. 
Beware  of  the  first  lewd  word,  the  first 
profane  expression,  the  first  taste  of 
strong  drink,  the  first  neglect  of  your 
Bible,  the  first  neglect  of  prayer,  the 
first  breaking  of  the  Sabbath.  You 
are  leaving;  holes  for  the  Toredo  family 
to  ruin  you  forever. — Exchange. 


Hiding  Behind  Jcsns. 


About  fifteen  years  ago  a  student  in 
the  Theological  Seminary  in  Columbia, 
being  on  a  visit  of  a  few  days  to  a  ven- 
erable and  beloved  minister  of  Harmony 
Presbytery,  was  invited  by  him  to  con- 
duct the  usual  Friday  afternoon  prayer- 
meeting  at  the  ''church  in  the  woods" 
as  he  was  wont  to  call  it,  situated  about 
half  a  mile  from  his  residence.  The 
young  man  consented,  and  selected  as 
the  basis  of  his  remarks  the  first  ten 
verses  of  the  second  chapter  of  Mat- 
thew, showing  that  from  the  very 
beginning  of  his  life  upon  earth  Jesus 
was  the  victim  of  persecution,  pain  and 
sorrow,  and  that  in  him,  whom  con- 
tinued opposition  and  persecution  failed 
to  destroy,  was  the  sinner's  hope  for 
acceptance  with  God  and  eternal  life. 
At  the  close  of  the  meeting,  and  when 
the  congregation  had  dispersed,  the 
venerable  father  deliberately  locked  the 
doors  of  the  church  on  the  inside,  in- 
vited the  young  man  into  the  pulpit, 
carefully  and  tenderly  removed  the  lin- 
en cloth  that  protected  the  Bible  from 
the  dust,  and  then  bade  him  stand  in 
the  place  where  he  himself  was  accus- 
tomed to  8tand;Sabbath  after  Sabbath. 
After  a  pause  he  asked  his  young 
friend :  '  'What  do  you  see  ?"  ''Nothing 
but  empty  benches,"   was   the  reply. 


'Just  what  I  wanted  you  to  see,"  said 
the  minister.  ''And  now,  my  young 
brother,  you  have  done  a  great  thing. 
A  little  while  ago  these  benches  were 
full  of  life.  Precious  souls  were  there, 
and  you  were  feeding  them.  You 
held  up  Jesus  to  them  and  they  have 
gone  away  to  think  about  him,  and, 
I  hope  to  love  and  trust  him  more. 
Let  me  urge  you  to  hold  up  Jesus 
always  before  you.  Hold  him  up  so 
that  the  people  can  see  him  and  only 
him.  The  devil  will  often  tempt  you 
to  show  a  little  bit  of  yourself — your 
head  or  your  hand  or  little  finger.  But 
don't  let  him  deceive  you.  The  more 
you  sliow  of  yourself,  the  less  will 
Jesus  .bo  seen.  Hide  behind  Jesus,  my 
young  brother,  hide  every  bit  of  your- 
self bebiiid  him.  Don't  let  the  people 
see  that  yon  are  there,  but  only  Jesus, 
and  the  Lord  will  bless  you  in  saving 
souls." — Sdeded. 


Worldliness  — liie  Great  Sin. 


If  I  were  called  to  point  out  the 
most  aiarmin  ^sins  to-day — those  which 
are  most  deceitful  in  their  influence, 
and  most  souliiestroying  in  their  ulti- 
mate effects — I  would  not  •  mention 
drunkenness  with  all  its  fearful  havoc, 
nor  gambling  with,  its  crazed  victims, 
nor  harlotry  with  its  hellish  orgies; 
but  the  love  of  money  on  the  part  of 
men,  and  the  love  of  display  on  the 
part  of  women.  While  open  vice  sends 
its  thousands,  these  fashonable  and  fa- 
vored indulgences  send  Iheir  ten  thou- 
sands to  perdition.  Tibey  sear  the  con- 
science, incrust  the  savtl  "with  an  im- 
penetrable shell  of  worldlinest? ,  debauch 
the  affection  from  ever}'' high  and  heav- 
enly object,  and  make  man  or  woman 
the  worshiper  of  self.  While  doing  all 
this,  the  poor  victim  is  al  lowed  by  pub- 
lic opinion  to  think  himssJf  or  herself 
a  Christian;  while  the  i^rankard,  the 
gambler,  or  the  prostitute  is  not  de- 
ceived by  such  a  thought  fc>ra  moment. 
— Dr.  Crosby.  ^ 


Music  as  an  Element  of  >  Worship. 


There  is,  perhaps,  no   subj  ect  in  the 
world  which  has  been  more  i  oisappre- 
hended  than  music   in   its   co  nnection 
with  Divine  worship.     In   our     princi- 
pal churches  it  is  neither  parti  icipated 
in  by   pastors  or   congregations..      The 
beauty   of  churches    pleases  th  e  eye, 
but  the  music  is  not   comprehem  led  or 
appreciated.     Ought  we  not  to  usi  >  any 
legitimate  means   to    draw    people  •    to 
places  of  worship  and  raise  them  ri  ?ar- 
er  to  God?     When  the  weary  week    of 
labor  is  ended,  and  we  rise  on  the  Sa  b- 
bath  morning  to  that  solemn  and  peac  8- 
ful  sense  of  quiet   which   pervades  th>  ? 
air,  and  we  march     to   church    to  the 
sound   of   Sabbath   bells,  we  are    in  a 
frame  of  mind  in  which   our  emotional 
nature  is  most  easily   acted   on.     Reli- 
gion in  its  highest  sense  is   emotional. 
In  the  musical  worship  of  God  we  have 
one  of  our  highest  sources  of  emotion- 
al power  known  to  the  world.     I  have 
have  assisted  in  establishing  a  series  of 
free  concerts  in  the  north  end  of  Bos- 
ton.    Some   of  the  best  artists   have 
sung  before   an  audience  composed  of 
men  and  women  with  whom  your  lives 


would  scarcely  be  safe  when  their  pas- 
sions are  aroused,  and  yet  by  the  pow- 
er of  heavenly  music  I  have  seen  these 
people  melted  into  tears  of  repentance 
and  grief.  In  mission  work  I  have 
never  found  anything  wake  up  the 
heart  with  more  effect  than  music. 
The  church  has  no  right  to  disregard 
any  means  of  salvation.  Music  as  '  a 
means  of  worship  has  been  in  common 
use  in  all  ages.  It  was  heard  in  the 
early  days  of  Israel.  In  the  temple  of 
Solomon  the  glorious  praises  of  the 
Lord  of  Hosts  were  sung.  In  the  New 
Testament  the  same  is  to  be  observed. 
Our  Saviour  commends  music  to  us.  St. 
Paul  advises  the  choral  worship  of 
God.  The  early  church  recognized 
song  in  the  practice  of  devotion.  Dur- 
the  first  three  hundred  years  of  the 
Christian  church  nothing  but  congre- 
gational singing  was  known.  In  the 
ypar  315,  choral  services  were  first  cel- 
ebrated. After  that,  in  the  dark  ages 
of  the  church,  to  more  completelly  ex- 
clude the  congregation,  the  singing  was 
rendered  in  Latin,  and  the  whole  wor- 
ship of  God  was  surrendered  to  the 
priests.  In  the  sixteenth  century 
Martin  Luther  appeared  and  roused 
the  whole  world  by  singing  with  up- 
lifted voice  the  praises  of  God.  In 
Germany,  both  choir  and  congregation- 
al singing  is  practiced.  In  America, 
with  but  few  exceptions,  the  singing  is 
confided  to  the  choir,  and  the  congre- 
gation sits  mute  and  criticises  its  efforts. 
We  should  have  church  music  that  the 
congregation  with  one  accord  can  join 
in.  A  great  mistake  is  made  by  those 
who  in  congregational  singing  look  for 
exact  time,  or  even  tune .  The  very 
roughness  of  it  is  part  of  its  charm. 
No  true  musician  will  object  to  it  be- 
cause it  is  rude.  Nor  will  He  to  whom 
it  is  offered  condemn  its  rude  simplici- 
ty. The  union  of  choir  and  congrega- 
tional singing  will  be  found  the  most 
effective,  the  choir  to  lead,  sustain  and 
supply  the  harmony.  I  visited  Beilin, 
some  few  years  ago,  and  there  in  the 
great  church,  where  the  music  had 
been  supplied  by  Mendelssohn,  artis- 
tic and  beautiful  beyond  anything  I 
ever  conceived,  the  congregation,  num- 
bering over  three  thousand,  rose  and 
burst  into  the  glorious  melody,  "For  a 
Strong  Castle  is  our  Lord,"  with  irre- 
sistable  power.  I  was  overcome,  and 
stood  motionless,  over-powered  by  the 
new  revelation  that  had  entered  my 
soul,  and  my  humble  efforts  since  have 
been  to  make  congregational  singing 
the  strength  and  power  of  our  wor- 
ship. But  how  is  congregational  sing- . 
ing  to  be  produced  ?  Grown  up  people 
say  they  cannot  sing.  But  very  few 
children  are  unable  to  sing.  It  remains 
for  the  church,  by  the  aid  of  children's 
voices  to  foster  the  spirit  of  song.  The 
house  of  God  ought  to  be  resonant 
with  children's  voices.  Let  the  clergy 
be  educated  in  music.  Who,  if  not 
they,  should  initiate  the  great  reform  ? 
1  'juther  says,  next  to  theology  sacred 
a  usic  has  the  highest  place  in  religion. 
Tl  le  inappropriateness  of  most  of  the 
mi  isic  furnished  in  our  churches  leads 
the  thoughts  astray  from  God.  The 
mus  ic  of  the  concert-room  and  the 
oper;  *  is  not  fit  for  the  house  of  God. — 
To-wrj  '««• 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


Martin  LutUer  on  Evil  Spirits. 

We  should,  therefore,  with  good  con- 
fidence hold  up  these  three  witnesses 
of  the  Scriptures  to  the  rapping  spirits. 
First,  Moses,  who  says,  Deut.  18,  11: 
"There  shsll  not  be  found  among  you 
a  necromancer"  (or  one  that  asks  the 
dead.)  Second,  Isaiah,,  who  save, 
chap.  8,  V.  20:  Thou  shalt  rather  seek 
to  the  law  and  to  the  testimony  than  to 
the  dead.  Third,  Abraham  and  Christ, 
Luke  16,  29:  "They  have  Moses  and 
the   prophets;   let  them   hear   them." 

All  this  is  the  earnings  and  wages  of 
our  prying  spirit,  which  did  not  content 
itself  with  God's  Scripture,  and  consid- 
ered our  faithful  God  and  Father  a  fool 
and  a  joker  who  undertook  to  teach  us 
in  his  Scripture  whilst  he  did  not  know 
how  to  teach  us  what  we  need  to  know. 
He   therefore   does  right  in  letting  us 
become    the   devil's  scholars,  since  we 
despise  his  school.     You  then  say:  Are 
we  not  to  believe  that  wandering  spirits 
stray  about  asd  seek  help?     I  answer: 
Let  wander  what   is  wandering;   you 
hear  what  your   God  commands   you. 
If  you  regard  all  these  spirits  with  sus- 
picion, you  commit  no  sin  at  ail ;  but  if 
you  regard  one  of   them  a  good  one, 
you  are  already  in  danger  of   erring. 
Why  so?     Because  God  will  not  have 
you  learn  from  the  dead  and  seek  unto 
them   for  the   truth.      He  himself  will 
be  your  living  and  all-sufficient  teacher. 
Hold   to   bis   word.     He   knows  very 
well  what  he  must  tell  you  about  the 
dead  and  the  living;   for  he  knows  all 
things.     But  what  he  does  or  will  not 
tell  you,  you  should  not  desire  to  know, 
and  show  him  so  much  honor  as  to  be- 
lieve that  he  knows  it  is  not  necess<iry, 
useful,  nor  good  for  you  to  know  it.  .  . 
The   words  of   God   upon  which  you 
should  bravely  stand  are  recorded,  Luke 
16,  31,    where   Abraham   spoke   with 
the  rich  man  in  hell  when  he  desired 
the  dead  Lazarus  to4)e  sent  to  his  liv- 
ing brethren  upon  the  earth,  and  re- 
fused him  his  petition,  and  said :  "They 
have  Moses  and  the  prophets;  let  them 
hear  them."     From  which  text  it  clear- 
ly follows  that  God  will  not  teach  us 
through  the  dead,  but  have  us  bound 
to  his  Scriptures,     Therefore,  in  what- 
ever manner  or  place  a  spirit  comes  to 
you,  do  not  ask  at  all  whether  he  be  a 
bad  or  a  good  spirit,  but  without  any 
ceremony  and   with   contempt   thrust 
this   word    under    his    nose    bravely : 
"They  have  Moses  and  the  prophets," 
and  he  will  soon  feel  what  you  mean.  ,  . 
If  it  be  a  good  spirit,  he  will  like  you 
so   much   the  better,  because  you  tell 
him  God's  word  fearlessly  and  cheer- 
fully ;  if  he  be  not  a  good  one,  as  they 
all  are  that  knock  or  rap,  he  will  soon 
say:  Good  bye!     The   other  word  is 
recorded,  Deut.  18,  9-11,  where  God 
says :     '  'When  thou  art  come  into  the 
land  which  the  Lord  thy  God  giveth 
thee,  thou  shalt  not  learn  to  do  after 
the  abominations  of  the  nations.    There 
shall  not  be  found  among  you  a  necro- 
mancer."    Here  you  hear  that  it  is  a 
heathen  abomination  to  ask  the  dead  or 
the  spirits,  and  that  it  is  sharply  for- 
bidden.    It  is  on  account  of  this  word 
that  Abraham  will  not  let  Lazarus  go 
to  the  living.     Hence  you  can  use  this 


text  against  these  spirits  and  say :  God 
says.  Thou  shalt  not  ask  the  dead  (or 
be  a  necromancer.)  God  has  stiffly 
seen  to  it  that  there  might  be  no 
example  or  history  in  the  Scriptures, 
in  which  the  saints  asked  anything  of 
the  dead. 

Dr.  Martin  Luther  was  asked :  When 
king  Saul  desired  the  witch  to  let  Sam- 
uel appear,  was  it  the  real  prophet 
Samuel  that  appeared  ?  1  Sam.  28,  14. 
He  answered :  No,  it  was  a  ghost  and 
evil  spirit;  and  this  is  proved  by  the 
fact  that  God  has  forbidden  in  Moses, 
Deut.  18,  10-12,  to  ask  the  dead  for 
the  truth  ("necromancer.")  It  was 
only  a  spectre  of  the  devil  in  the  form 
of  the  man  of  God,  just  as  the  abbot  of 
Spanheim,  a  sorcerer  and  necromancer, 
brought  it  to  pass  that  Emperor  Maxi- 
milian saw  all  the  dead  emperors  and 
mighty  heroes  pass  in  his  chamber  one 
after  the  other,  just  as  each  one  looked 
and  was  clothed  in  his  life-time,  among 
whom  were  Alexander  the  Great,  Julius 
Cfesar,  and  Emperor  Maximilian's 
bride,  whom  Charles  VIII. ,  king  of 
France,  had  taken  away  from  him. 
(Table  Talk.     W.  xxii.    11V4-1175. 


Too  Much  Drudgery  in  Churches. 
— An  estimable  Christian  woman  writes 
in  a  private  letter  at  the  close  of  the 
year  and  says,  in  summing  matters  in 
her  own  immediate  neighborhood: 

"Looking  from  my  standpoint  to-day, 
I  am  convinced  that  Christian  women 
are  overworked  by  churches  in  these 
times.  Ig  is  drive,  drive,  drive,  and  we 
are  kept  at  fever  heat,  doing  some  big 
thing  all  the  time.  Is  it  right  ?  That 
is  the  question.  Talk  about  "  the  ex- 
travagance of  dress ! "  Look  at  the 
church-dinners,  festivals  and  everything 
else.  Where  will  it  end?  I  believe 
there  is  more  sin  than  religion  in  much 
of  the  church  work  now  a-days.  If  the 
noble  women  who  are  dropping  down 
with  paralysis,  or  committing  self- 
destruction,  couli  only  rest  and  have 
more  quiet,  I  believe  that  these  cases 
of  slow  suicide  would  diminish.  I  can- 
didly think  it  calls  for  reformation  as 
much  as  any  evil  of  the  day.  I  believe 
in  progress  and  activity,  but  the  ten- 
dency now  is  to  excess." — Ex. 


Mercf  and  Truth.-— Mercy  must  be 
joined  with  truth.  Truth,  in  that  re- 
spect that  we  think  it  our  duty  to  ex- 
ercise a  just  severity  as  well  as  to  apply 
kindness  and  mercy.  And  truly, 
righteousness  and  mercy  must  kiss  each 
other.  If  we  will  have  peace  without 
a  worm  in  it,  lay  we  foundations  of 
justice  and  righteousness.  And  if  it 
shall  please  God  to  move  you,  that  you 
marry  this  redoubtable  couple  together, 
mercy  and  truth,  righteousness  and 
peace,  you  will,  if  I  may  be  free  to  say 
so,  be  blessed  whether  you  will  or  no. 
—  Oliver  Cromwell,  in  a  speech  before 
Parliament. 


Love  is  the  crowning  of  grace  and 
humanity,  the  holiest  right  of  the  soul, 
the  golden  link  which  binds  us  to  duty 
and  truth,  the  redeeming  principle 
that  chiefly  reconcdes  the  heart  to  hfe, 
and  is  prophetic  of  eternal  good. — 
Petrarch. 


^\Mxt\{%    4^tfun, 


Saturday  Niglit. 


Placing  the  little  hats  all  in  a  row, 
Ready  for  charch  on  the  morrow,  you  know; 
Washing  wee  faces  and  little  black  fists, 
Getting  them  ready  and  fit  to  he  kissed; 
Putting  them  into  clean  garments  and  white, — 
That  is  what  mothers  are  doing  to-night. 

Spying  ont  holes  in  the  little  worn  hose, 
Laying  by  shoes  that  are  worn  through  the  toes. 
Looking  o'er  garments  so  faded  and  thin, — 
Who  hut  a  mother  knows  where  to  begin? 
Changing  a  button  to  make  it  look  right, — 
That  is  what  mothers  are  doing  to-night. 

Calling  the  little  ones  all  round  her  chair. 
Hearing  them  lisp  forth  their  soft  ev'ning  prayer. 
Telling  them  stories  of  Jesus  of  old. 
Who  loved  to  gather  the  lambs  to  his  told ; 
Watching,  they  listen  with  dreamy  delight, — 
That  is  what  mothers  are  doing  to-night. 

Creeping  so  softly  to  take  a  last  peep, 
After  the  little  ones  all  are  asleep; 
Anxious  to  know  if  the  children  are  warm, 
Tucking  the  blanket  round  each  little  form; 
Kissing  each  little  face,  rosy  and  bright, — 
This  is  what  mothers  are  doing  to-night. 

Kneeling  down  gently  beside  the  white  bed. 
Lowly  and  meekly  she  bows  down  her  head. 
Praying  as  only  a  mother  can  pray, 
"God  guide  and  keep  them  from  going  astray; 
God  help  them  always  to  strive  for  the  best; 
And,  after  this  turmoil,  God  give  them  rest." 

— Selected. 


Obedience. 


Little  boys  and  girls,  unless  you  have 
the  mind  of  Christ  you  cannot  be  obe- 
dient. This  you  say  is  strange.  I 
certainly  can  be  if  I  want  to.  Can  you  ? 
God  says,  "Your  heart  is  deceitful 
above  all  things  and  desperately 
wicked."  With  such  a  heart  can  you 
be  obedient?  No,  you  must  have  a 
new  heart.  This  Christ  gives  to  all 
who  believe  in  him.  With  the  heart 
that  he  gives,  you  have  him ;  and  if  you 
think  of  him,  if  you  are  occupied  with 
him,  you  can  have  no  mind  of  your 
own,  but  the  mind  of  Christ;  no  will 
of  your  own,  but  like  that  blessed  Jesus 
it  will  be  said,  "He  pleased  not  him- 
self." 

A  great  many  boys  and  girls  have 
wills  of  their  own.  They  like  to  do  as 
they  please.  They  are  not  obedient. 
They  promise  to  do  better  next  time, 
but  their  sinful  hearts  desire  to  do  their 
own  will.  As  long  as  you  let  them  do 
as  they  please  they  are  happy,  but  let 
papa  or  mamma  speak  to  them  to  try 
to  have  them  do  their  will,  and  now 
soon  trouble  comes.  They  have  a  will 
of  their  own ;  they  have  a  mind,  but  it 
is  not  the  mind  of  Christ.  With  broth- 
ers and  sisters  they  must  have  their 
own  will;  with  playmates,  no  will  but 
their  own.  They  must  have  a  great 
deal  of  mind,  but  not  the  mind  of 
Christ.  I  was  talking  with  a  friend, 
the  other  day,  when  a  young  girl  came 
up  and  spoke  to  her.  As  she  turned 
away  my  friend  said  to  me:  She  has 
but  little  mind,  but  she  knows  the  dear 
Jesus,  always  talking  of  him.  She  does 
a  great  deal  for  him.  O,  I  thought, 
here  is  no  mind,  but  a  heart  full  of 
Christ.  O  that  we  each  had  less 
mind  of  our  own  and  more  the  mind  of 
Christ,  occupied  not  with  ourselves, 
but  with  Christ! — Selected. 


Learning  will  accumulate  wonderful- 
ly if  you  add  a  little  every  day.  Do 
not  wait  for  a   long  period  of  leisure. 


Pick  up  the  book  and  gain  one  new 
idea,  if  no  more.  Save  that  one  and 
add  another  as  soon  as  you  can.  Says 
the  old  Scotch  adage :  "Many  a  little 
makes  a  mickle." 


Magg'ie's  Fault. 


I  have  a  little  girl  whose  great  fault 
is  forgetting.  She  forgets  to  hang  up 
her  dresses ;  she  forgets  to  put  buttons 
on  her  shoes;  she  forgets  where  she 
left  her  mittens,  or  the  hammer,  or  her 
thimble;  she  forgets  to  do  her  errands; 
she  forgets  to  come  home  when  she  is 
told  to.  Yet  she  always  eeems  sorry 
when  I  talk  to  her,  and  means,  I  think, 
to  improve,  but  she  does  not.  Every 
week,  if  it  finds  her  no  worse,  does  not 
find  her  better.  I  often  wonder  how 
it  happens.  In  other  respects  Maggie 
is  a  good  girl.  She  is  an  industrious 
little  girl,  and  speaks  the  truth.  But 
all  these  fine  qualities  are  alncost  spoiled 
by  forgetfulness.  It  leads  to  much  dis- 
order, as  you  may  suppose.  I  should 
not  like  you  to  see  her  room;  and  I 
cannot  depend,  of  course,  that  what  I 
tell  her  will  bs  done.  I  could  not  for 
a  long  time  think  now  she  could  forget 
so.  I  have  found  it  out  now;  the  Bible 
told  me.  God  says  in  it:  "My  sen, 
forget  not  my  law;  but  let  thine  heart 
keep  my  commandments."  Whatever 
is  done  from  the  heart  is  done  quickly, 
and  done  well.  Poor  Maggie,  alas! 
has  no  heart  in  it,  therefore  she  forgets 
and  disobeys.  And  many  a  mother  is 
grieving  over  this  same  fault  in  her 
dear  child;  and  perhaps  many  a  poor 
child  is  grieving  for  it  too.  "How  shall 
I  remember  what  mother  says  ? '  "How 
came  I  to  forget?" — feeling  ashamed, 
and  sorry,  and  mortified  as  can  be. 
My  dear  child,  I  can  only  teil  you  to 
fall  down  on  your  knees  before  God, 
and  beg  him  to  give  you  that  "new 
heart"  which  the  Bible  tells  of,  filled 
with  the  spirit  of  humble,  faithful  love. 
That  will  remember;  that  will  try  hard, 
and  will  assuredly  succeed,  you  may 
depend  upon  it. — Christian  Union. 


Strike  tiie  Knot. 


"Strike  the  knot!"  said  a  gentleman 
one  day  to  his  son,  who,  tired  and 
weary,  was  leaning  on  his  axe  over  a 
log  which  he  had  been  trying  to  cleave. 
Then  looking  at  the  log,  the  gentleman 
saw  how  the  boy  had  hacked  and  chip- 
ped around  the  knot  without  hitting  it. 
Taking  the  axe,  he  struck  a  few  sharp 
blows  on  the  knot  and  split  the  log 
without  difficulty.  Smiling,  he  return- 
ed the  axe  to  his  son,  saying: 
"Always  strike  the  knot!" 
That  was  good  advice.  It  is  good 
for  you,  my  children,  as  it  was  fcr  the 
boy  to  whom  it  was  first  given.  It  is 
a  capital  maxim  to  follow  when  in 
trouble.  Have  you  a  hard  sum  to  do 
at  school  ?  Have  you  to  face  a  difficul- 
ty? Are  you  leaving  home  to  live  for 
the  first  time  among  strangers  ?  Strike 
the  knot !  Look  your  trouble  in  the 
eve.  as  the  bold  lion-hunter  looks  in  the 
face  of  the  lion.  Never  shrink  from  a 
painful  duty,  but  step  right  up  to  it 
and  do  it.  Yes,  strike  the  knot!  boys 
and  girls,  and  you  will  always  conquer 
your  difficulties. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Correspondence. 

[continued  from  5tii  page.] 
and  the  inopreEsioDS  it  makes  on  an,  as 
Ij;  trust,   impartial,  though    interested 
observer.  H.  A.  Fischer. 


Elder  Knapp,  the  Eyangelist. 


Delevan,  Wis.,  July  17,  1874. 
Editor  of  the  C'ynoa^ire: 

I  have  noticed  several  sketches  re- 
cently of  the  life  of  the  great  evangel- 
ist, Elder  Jacob  Kuapp;  but  none  in 
which  full  credit  is  given  him.  Being 
personally  acquainted  with  him  I  can 
safely  say  he  was  no  policy  man.  On 
all  the  refoim  questions  his  position 
was  clear  and  marked.  At  one  time, 
in  1841  or  '2,  he  was  holding  a  meeting 
at  Richmond,  Va.  A  good  degree  of 
interest  was  secured  and  many  asked 
prayers.  Elder  K,  drew  the  line  of 
reciprocal  duties  bo  ciearly  that  after 
meeting  a  committee  waited  on  him  to 
ask  him  to  modify  his  discourse,  say- 
ing, "Our  people  will  not  bear  it."  He 
replied,  *'I  came  here  to  preach  God's 
truth;  I  shall  preach  nothing  less." 
Unable  to  bear  his  searching  truth  they 
chose  to  have  him  leave ;  and  thus  end- 
ed the  revival. 

g;  So,  upon  secrecy  his  converts  were 
faithfully  warned.  At  the  close  of  a 
meeting  held  at  Delevan  in  the  winter  of 
1863,  he  bade  the  converts  beware  of 
secret  societies,  and  in  particular  of 
Masonry,  which  he  said  was  objectiona- 
ble: first,  from  its  horrid  oaths;  sec- 
ondly, because  it  excludes  Christ.  He 
closed  by  urging  the  converts  to  never 
go  where  Christ  could  not  be  introduc- 
ed. Thus  our  cause  has  lost  one  more 
faithful  friend.  E.  L.  Harris. 


Questions  for  Anti-masons. 


There  are  three  ways  in  which  the 
lodge  will  seek  to  deaden  and  destroy 
the  reform  movement  which  our  asso- 
ciation has  undertaken.  One  of  these 
ways  will  be  to  lie  low,  keep  dark,  and 
say  notliing  about  our  movement,  try- 
ing to  kill  it  by  silent  contempt.  An- 
other way  will  be  to  bring  to  bear  the 
silent,  secret  influence  of  the  lodge 
upon  the  newspaper  press  and  the  pul- 
pit of  the  country.  Threatening  them 
through  hints,  winks,  and  thunderous 
frowns  with  the  disapprobation  of  the 
sly  craft  if  they  dare  to  utter  a  word 
in  favor  of  Ami-masonic  reform,  and 
finally,  the  third  way  will  be,  to  be 
more  active  in  pushing  forward  their 
own  lectures,  under  the  new  guise  of 
the  grange,  pretending  to  be  great 
friends  of  the  farmers  all  at    once. 

Will  the  readers  of  the  Cynosure 
please  to  give  us  information  on  the  fol- 
lowing points: 

1.  Dare  the  newspapers  of  your 
county  ever  to  point,  grave,  mark 
etc .,  anything  against  Masonry  ? 

2.  How  many  times  a  year  do  they 
print  puffs  for  Masonry. 

3.  Does  any  preacher  of  your  town 
ever  dare  to  raise  his  voics  against  the 
foulest  and  most  blasphemous  iniquity 
of  the  age,  viz. ,  Masonry. 

4.  Does  not  your  news-vender  al- 
ways have  Masonic  books  to  sell,  which 
he  will  furnish  you  with  smiles  and  fa- 
vor? 

5 .  Did  you  ever  see  a  news  depot 
where,  if  you  should  ask  for  Anti-ma- 
Bonic  works,  you  would  not  be  treated 
with  insolence  ?  Antimabon. 


A  Masonic  Minister's  Defense, 

West  Unity,  0.,  July  24,  1874. 
Editor  Cynoiure: 

In  your  issue  July  2d  is  a  communi- 
cation from  "Otterbein"  that  seems  to 
have  provoked  the  ire, — or  the  mirth, 
we  can  hardly  tell  which  from  his  arti- 
cle,—  of  the  Rev.  J.  R,  Colgan,  pastor 
of  the  M.  E.  church  of  our  place,  to 
such  an  extent  that  he  forgets  his  Ma- 
sonic jewel,  a  silent  tongue,  and  goes 
into  print.  As  to  the  controversy,  we 
have  nothing  to  say ,  not  being  acquaint- 
ed with  the  circumstances,  only  the 
spirit  of  his  article  and  some  of  his  ad- 
missions. 

He  starts  out  with  a  joke  on  the 
rebel  flag,  and  concludes  by  calling  the 
Cynosure  "The  Christian  dog's  tail;" 
says  that  is  what  it  means  in  Greek, 
and  of  course  he  ought  to  know.  He 
thinks  Diabolus  would  have  been  the 
"emblematic"  signature  of  such  an  ar- 
ticle. He  concludes  that  the  author 
is  one  Snyder,  formerly  a  U.  B.  minis- 
ter of  our  place,  and  adds,  "his  machine 
failed  to  run  with  much  force  in  this 
region."  So  much  for  the  humorous 
part  of  it 

In  reference  to  the  lodge,  or  lodges, 
he  writes,  "I  am  hapy  to  own  that  I 
have  been  a  member  of  all  of  the  tem- 
perance societies,  both  open  and  secret, 
that  I  could  find;"  and  "in  my  way 
from  Entered  Apprentice  to  that  of 
Royal  Arch,  I  find  nothing  that  I 
feel  to  be  inconsistent  with  my  call- 
ing. The  same  ig  true  of  Odd-fellow- 
ship." 

We  have  perhaps  attached  too  much 
dignity  to  the  sacred  calling,  posdbly 
more  than  it  deserves,  certainly  more 
than  the  Rev.  Mr.  Colgan  does;  for  we 
do  think  that  it  would  be  inconsistent 
with  a  much  lower  calling  for  a  man  to 
enter  a  lodge  composed,  in  part  at  least, 
of  scoffers,  skeptics,  libertines,  and 
drunkards,  and  there  suffer  himself  to 
be  divested  of  his  clothing,  and  thus 
suffer  himself  to  be  led  about  the  room 
in  search  of  light,  and  to  have  an  oath 
administered  to  him,  binding  him, 
among  other  things,  to  keep  a  brother 
Mason's  secrets,  if  given  to  him  as  such, 
murder  and  treason  excepted,  and 
these  left  to  his  election .  We  have  al- 
ways thought  that  the  exception  (if  it 
be  an  exception)  showed  what  the  na- 
ture of  the  secrets  would  be  most  likely 
to  be.  Why  not  swear  him  to  keep  a 
brother's  secrets,  feeding  the  hungry, 
and  defending  the  right  only  excepted, 
and  these  left  to  my  election?  Every 
school  boy  knows  that  secrets  are  not 
generally  of  that  kind,  and  that  the 
man  would  generally  elect  to  tell  them. 
We  do  not  consider  it  inconsistent  with 
the  sacred  calling,  for  a  minister  to 
take  an  oath  not  to  violate  the  chastity 
of  any  man's  wife,  daughter,  sister  or 
mother,  or  suffer  it  to  be  done  in  his 
presence  if  the  person  really  thinks  it 
necessary  for  the  safety  of  community 
that  he  bind  himself  thus ;  but  to  con- 
fine it  to  the  female  relatives  of  a  Mas- 
ter Mason,  instead  of  making  it  univer- 
sal, is  in  our  estimation  beneath  the 
dignity  of  any  one  who  has  made  any 
considerable  progress  in  the  "Darwin- 
ian" scale  of  development.  We  think 
it  beneath  the  dignity  of  an  embassador 


of  Christ  to  remain  with  an  organization 
that  deems  it  unwise  to'pledge  its  sup- 
port of  the  suppression  of  evil.  Now 
listen  to  the  M.  W.  Grand  Master  of 
Masons  in  Ohio,  under  date  of  April 
18th,  1874.  "That  the  evils  of  intem- 
perance are  among  the  greatest  with 
which  the  earth  is  cuised,  is  not  to  be 
denied.  Intemperance  in  the  use  of 
alcoholic  driuks  is  evil  only  and  evil 
continually,  without  a  single  palliating 
circumstance  or  a  particle  of  benefit  to 
counterbalance,  or  counteract  it.  It  is 
productive  of  wretchedness,  ruin,  crime, 
misery,  starvation  and  moral  and  phys- 
ical death."  To  which  we  trust  every 
reader  of  the  Cynosure  is  ready  to  re- 
spond. Amen.  But  what  is  the  duty 
of  the  lodge  in  the  case?  In  the  same 
letter  he  says :  ''As  lodges,  it  is  unwise 
in  my  opinion  to  pledge  by  resolution 
or  otherwise,  our  support  and  influence 
to  any  particular  organization  having 
for  its  object  the  suppression  of  evil," 
signed,  Asa  H.  Battin,  Grand  Master. 
We  copy  from  the  Toledo  Blade . 

We  all  know  the  influence  of  the 
lodge;  some  of  us  have  felt  it;  probably 
none  more^ithan  the  friends  of  the  Cyno- 
sure, and  yet  it  is  unwise,  according 
to  the  highest  Masonic  authority  in  the 
State  of  Ohio,  to  pledge  that  influence 
to  save*  the  world  from  moral  death, 
and  nothing  inconsistent  with  the  sacred 
calling. 

He  says,  "Any  one  has  the  privilege 
of  hating  secret  societies. "  If  this  had 
always  been  the  sentiment  of  the  lodge, 
Morgan  might  have  died  a  natural  death ; 
good  old  Elder  Bernard's  last  visit  to 
the  lodge  during  the  Morgan  excitement 
might  not  have  been  so  "horribly  in- 
teresting" as  he  described  it  to  us  at 
Syracuse;  John  Levington  might  still 
be  preaching  the  Gospel;  Rathbun 
might  have  one  less  scar;  our  lectur- 
ers would  be  free  from  insult,  and  their 
friends  free  from  anxiety  as  to  their 
personal  safety.  J.  G.  Mattoon. 

'  NEWS. 


[continued  from  page  9.] 
The  Country. 

The  grass-hoppers  are  extending  their 
visit  eastward  through  Mionesota  and 
it  is  feared  they  will  reach  Wisconsin 
and  perhaps  Illinois  on  their  devastating 
route  before  the  flying  season  is  past. 
Great  quantities  of  them  are  reported 
in   western   Kansas,    where   they   are 

causing   wholesale    destruction. 

July  31st  was  celebrated  as  the  Cen- 
tennial of  chemistry.  One  hundred 
years  ago  Dr.  Priestly,  in  England,  dis- 
covered oxygen,  which,  with  the  in- 
vestigations of  Lavoisier,  in  France, 
overthrew  the  then  existing  theories 
and  estabhshed  that  now  received. 
Priestly  was  driven  from  England  and 
died  in  Northumberland,  Pa.,  where  a 
large  number  of  scientists  met  last  Fri- 
day to  celebrate  with  appropriate  exer- 
cises the  interesting  occasion. M. 

L.  Sullivan,  the  great  Illinois  farmer,  is 
expecting  to  gather  a  million  bushels  of 
corn  from  a  20,000  acre  field  next  fall. 
Twenty  cases  of  sun  stroke,  one- 
half  of  them  fatal,  occurred   in  Boston 

last  week. Muskegon,  Mich.,  was 

visited  by  a  destructive  fire  on  Satur- 
day morning  between  1  and  5  o'clock. 
About  one-fourth  of  the  city  was  de- 
stroyed with  a  loss  of  over  $600,000, 
and  over  200  families  rendered  home- 
less.  The    Indian   raids    become 

more  frequent.  Reports  of  their  late 
attacks  come  from  Salt  Lake,  Texas  and 
Fort  Sill.     The  agent  at  Fort  Totten, 


Dak. ,  asks  that  a  company  of  cavalry 
be  sent  there  to  keep  the  Indians  in 
check.  Another  fight  occurred  near 
Jacksboro,  Texas,  on  Saturday  last,  be- 
tween the  Montague  Rangers  and  a 
body  of  the  Tenth  United  States  Cav- 
alry and  the  Indians,  the  latter  number- 
ing 500.  The  Rangers  lost  twelve 
killed  and  several  wounded.  The  cav- 
alry lost  several  men  and  their  com- 
mander killed.  The  report  says  the 
combined    force   were   driven    back  to 

Jacksboro. A  waterspout  burst  in 

the  mountains  back  of  Eureka,  Nevada, 
July  24,  and  a  vast  body  of  water 
rushed  down  the  valley  in  which  the 
town  is  built.  Between  twenty  and 
thirty  lives  were  lost.  From  a  like 
cause  the  track  of  the  Central  Pacific 
railroad  was  washed  away  twenty-eight 

miles   fast  of  Humboldt  Wells. 

The  little  son  of  a  Philadelphia  mer- 
chant was  kidnapped  some  two  weeks 
since  and  no  trace  of  him  has  been  yet 
found.     It  is   believed  the  villains  are 

wailing  for  a  large  ransom. The 

probable  loss  of  life  from  the  Pittsburgh 
storm  is  150,  and  of  property  several 
millions. — 


-The  Beecher  investiga- 
tion will  probably  close  during  the 
present  week.  From  the  refusal  of 
some  witnesses  to  testify  except  under 
compulsion  of  law  it  is  not  believed 
this  examination  can  be  so  thorough  as 
to  give  general  satisfaction. 

The  Capitol. 

It  is  said  that  there  is  not  now  an 
employee  in  the  Treasury  Department 
who  is  not  provided  for  by  law,  and 
the  payment  of  whose  salary  is  not 
provided  for  in  the  regular  appropria- 
tion bill.  It  has  been  many  years  since 
the  Treasury  has  been  in  this  precise 
condition  with  reference  to  its  large 
list  of  clerks  and  other  employees.  In 
rearranging  his  department,  Secretary 
Bristow  has  found  a  severe  task,  and 
it  is  said  he  would  have  declined  the 
position  had  he   known   its   wretched 

condition. From  a   summary    of 

the  expenses  of  Congress  it  appears 
that  each  member  of  that  body  is 
credited   with    eighty-four   pounds   of 

toilet  soap  during  each    session. 

It  is  reported  that  the  new  District  Gov- 
ernment is  walking  in  the  ways  of  its 
predecessor,  and  some  of  the  old  spoils- 
men are    thought  to   yet  be   at   work. 

The  new  5  per  cent,    loan  was 

disposed  of  last  week.  A  considerable 
amount  was  taken  in  New  York,  but 
the  larger  part  by  the  agents  of  the 
Rothschilds. 

Political. 

The  Democratic  State  Committee  of 
Illinois  has  suggested  a  platform  which 
is  commended  for  its  sensible  points. 
It  strongly  advocates  specie  payments. 

The  New  York  Times  having  lately 

shown  an  independent  spirit,  a  new 
journal  to  support  the  administration  is 
about  to  be  started  in  New  York. — 
There  is  considerable  excitement  in 
Minnesota  at  the  nomination  of  Dunnell, 
by  the  Republicans  for  re-election  to 
Congress.  He  is  one  of  the  "salary- 
grabbers.  " 
Foreign. 

The  assistance  rendered  the  Carlists 
of  Spain  by  France,  is  exciting  much 
attention  among  the  European  govern- 
ments, and  there  is  a  considerable 
movement  towards  recognizing  the  re- 
public of  Spain.  It  is  reported  that  a 
loan  of  $6,000,000  has  been  com- 
menced for  the  Carlists  in  Paris.  A 
manufactory  has  been  allowed  to  un- 
dertake contracts  for  supplying  the 
Carlist  army  with  boots  and  shoes. 
Thousands  of  armed  recruits  have 
crossed  the  frontier  for  the  Carlists 
and  two  cargoes  of  arms  from  France 
have  been  landed  for  them. Ger- 
man   dispatches  state   that   Bismarcks 

health    is    improving The    Roman 

Catholic  Bishop,  of^Poen,  has  been 
arrested  for  violation  of  the  ecclesiasti- 
cal laws,  and  been  condemned  to  15 
months'  imprisonment. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


Freemasonry  Coutrary  to  the  Christian  Religion. 


The  sacred  Scriptures  require  us  to  '■^ Prove  all  things  and 
hold  fast  that  (Which  is  good."  (1  Thess.  v.  21.)  In  carrying 
out  this  injunction  I  was  led  to  investigate  the  history,  princi- 
ples and  tendency  of  speculative  Freemasonry ;  and  after  a 
somewhat  proLracted  examination  of  the  subject,  I  finally  came 
to  the  conclusion  that  it  is  the  most  enormous  system  of  hum- 
buggery,  delusion  and  blasphemy  ever  invented  by  tlic  devil. 

We  have  no  record  of  any  other  system  so  well  adapted  to 
impose  on  the  credulity  of  mankind  and  lead  ihem  down  to 
eternal  ruin.  It  appears  to  be  composed  of  lies  from  stem  to 
stern;  it  is  founded  in  lies;  its  whole  superstructure  is  lies; 
and  it  is  propagated  by  lies^.  Its  boasted  antiquity  is  all  lies 
from  beginning  to  end.  Not  a  trace  of  it  can  be  found  in  the 
Holy  Scriptures ;  not  a  trace  of  it  in  the  Apocryphal  writings, 
nor  in  the  Targum  or  Talmud  or  any  other  Rabbinical  writings 
of  the  Jews ;  not  a  word  about  it  in  the  writings  of  Josephus, 
who,  as  a  historian,  was  very  minute  in  giving  an  exact  account 
of  all  the  institutions,  sects,  and  parties,  whether  civil  or  relig- 
ious, in  the  Jcwisli  nation.  How  did  it  happen  that  he  never 
wrote  a  word  about  Freemasonry?  Plainly  because  it  did  not 
exist  iu  his  day.  Freemasons  tell  us  the  institution  existed  in 
the  days  of  Solomon,  and  yet  the  words  of  Jesus  (Matt,  xviii. 
30)  are  quoted  in  the  first  degree,  and  these  words  were  not 
uttered  till  1,000  years  after  the  death  of  Solomon.  In  the  third 
degree  we  have  the  names  of  three  ruffians,  Jubela,  Jubelo, 
Jubelum ;  now  these  are  Latin  names,  and  we  know  there  was 
no  Latin  in  Palestine  in  the  days  of  Solomon.  The  language 
used  by  the  Jews  was  Hebrew.  On  a  close  investigation  I  found 
fift^'-seven  lies  in  the  third  degree  alone,  which  I  am  prepared 
to  exhibit  and  prove  if  necessary.  In  the  lecture  on  the  fourth 
degree  we  are  told  that  tliat  degree  was  founded  by  King  Solo- 
mon, Hiram,  King  of  Tyre,  and  Hiram  Aliiff.  In  this  degree 
quotations  are  made  from  the  New  Testament  which  clearly 
shows  the  falsehood  of  the  pretended  antiquity  of  the  degree. 
The  Jews  were  certainly  wicked  enougli  without  saddling  them 
with  the  invention  of  the  infernal  sj'stem  of  speculative  Free- 
masonry. It  was  invented  by  Gentiles  in  a  grogshop  in  London, 
July  24,  1717.  I  shall  show  that  Freemasonry  is  as  far  from  the 
Christian  religion  as  tlie  North  Pole  is  from  the  South,  and  that 
the  one  can  no  more  associate  with  the  other  than  light  and 
darkness,  or  oil  with  water. 

1.  The  doctrines  and  principles  of  the  Christian  religion 
are  to  be  proclaimed  openly  and  imUtclij  to  all  the  world.  Under 
the  Jewish  dispensation  the  Divine  Being  said  "I  have  not 
spoken  in  secret  from  the  beginning."  (Is.  xliii.  16.)  Our  bless- 
ed Savior  said,  "I  spake  openly  to  the  world  *  *  *  and  «'» 
secret  have  J  said  nothing."  (John  xviii.  20.)  And  when  he 
sent  out  his  apostles  to  establish  the  Christian  church  he  said, 
"Go  ye  into  all  the  world  and  preach  the  gospel  to  every  crea- 
ture." (Mark  xvi.  15.)  It  may  be  confidently  affirmed  that 
God  never  requires  anything  to  be  kept  secret  that  emanates 
from  him. 

Freemasons,  on  the  contrary,  are  sworn  to  conceal  thciv  prin- 
ciples from  a  very  large  majority  of  tlie  human  race.  The  En- 
tered Apprentice,  stripped  all  but  his  shirt  and  a  pair  of 
drawers,  blindfolded,  with  a  rope  around  his  neck,  on  his  left 
knee,  with  the  left  hand  under  the  Holy  Bible,  square  and  com 
pass,  and  his  right  hand  on  the  top  of  them,  says,  "I  most  sol 
emnly  and  sincerely  pi-omise  and  swear,  that  I  will  always 
hail,  ever  conceal,  and  never  reveal,  any  part  or '  parts,  art  or 
arts,  point  or  points  of  secrets,  arts  and  mysteries  of  ancient 
Freemasonry,  which  I  have  received,  am  about  to  receive,  or 
may  hereafter  be|instructed  in,  *  *  *  binding  myself  under 
no  less  penalty  than  to  have  my  throat  cut  across,  my  tongue 
torn  out  by  the  roots,"  etc.  The  penalties  annexed  to  the  higher 
degrees  are  equally  ferocious  and  barbarous.  Among  those  de- 
nied the  benefits  ( V)  of  Freemasonry  are,  boys  under  age,  all 
women  old  men,  cripples,  etc.  On'  a  moderate  calculation 
nine-tenths  of  the  human  family  are  absohitely  excluded  from 
the  institution  of  Freemasonry.  The  very  fact  that  secrecy  is 
essential  to  its  existence  is  prima  facie  evidence  of  its  diabolical 
.  origin. 

2.  The  '.Christian  religion  discards  and  rejects  all  use  of 
the  sword,  as  being  inimical  to  the  principles,  object,  nature 
and  design  of  the  Christian  system.  In  the  millennium,  and 
when  the  kingdom  of  Christ  is  fully  established,  "the  people 
shall  beat  their  swords  into  plowshares  and  their  spears  into 
pruning  hooks ;  nation  shall  not  lift  up  the  sword  against  na- 
tion, neither  shall  they  learn  war  any  more."  (Isa.  ii.  4.)  All 
use  of  the  sword  is  excluded  from  the  kingdom  of  Christ. 
(Matt.  xxvi.  52.) 

Freemasons,  on  the  contrary,  ttse  the  sword  as  an  essential 
element  in  their  institution.  We  see  it  naked  in  the  hand  of 
the  tyler  at  the  door  of  every  lodge  room.  It  is  exhibited  in  all 
their  public  processions ;  in  their  laying  the  corner-stone  of 
public  buildings,  etc.  The  Knights  Templars  kneeling  on  two 
cross-swords  with  their  hands  on  the  Bible  on  which  two  cross 
swords  are  laid,  "  Promise  and  swear  to  use  their  sword  "  in 
defense  of  the  Christian  religion.  Poor,  deluded  fanatics ! — 
binding  themselves  with  a  barbarous  oath  to  use  the  armor  of 
Satan  in  defense  of  the  religion  of  Christ,  not  knowing  that 
Christ  rejects  both  their  oath  and  their  sword.  Should  they 
fail  to  fulfil  their  oath,  they  forfeit  their  lives.  The  penalty  is 
to  have  the  head  struck  ofl'  and  placed  on  the  highest  spire  in 
Christendom ! 

3.  The  Christian  religion  positively  forbids  all  swearing 
[except  as  prescribed  by  law. — Pub.]  The  great  Head  of  the 
Church  has  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  Jerusalem,  for  it  is  the  city  of  the  great  King.  Neither  shalt 
thou  swear  by  thy  head,  because  thou  canst  not  make  one  hair 
•white  or  black."    (Matt,  v.  34r-36.     The  apostle  James  says 


'"Above  all  things,  my  brethren,  swear  not,  neither  by  heaven 
neither  by  the  earth,  neither  by  any  other  oath."      J  as.  v.  13. 

Freemasons,  on  the  contrary,  have  their  whole  system  in- 
terlarded with  oaths  of  the  most  ferocious  and  profane  descrip- 
tion. They  are  interposed  between  eacli  degree,  and  operate  as 
cement  to  hold  the  heterogeneous  mass  together.  A  greater 
mi.xture  of  discordant  elements  perhaps  never  met  in  one  mass. 
It  includes  the  follies  of  heathendom,  the  ceremonies  of  Juda- 
ism— long  since  set  aside  by  the  light  of  divine  revelation — per. 
verted  and  misapplied  quotations  from  the  Scriptures,  vain, 
empty,  high-sounding  titles  and  abject  servility  by  the  majority 
to  the  minority. 

If  the  outlandish  oaths  that  now  serve  to  hold  these  dis- 
cordant materials  together  as  with  a  band  of  iron  and  brass 
were  dispensed  with,  the  whole  system  would  go  to  fragments 
in  a  short  time.  The  Entered  Apprentice,  in  direct  violation  of 
the  command  of  Christ,  on  his  knees,  with  his  hand  on  the 
Bible,  says,  "I  promise  and  swear,"  three  times;  the  Fellow 
Craft,  in  a  similar  plight,  says,  "  I  promise  and  swear,"  six 
times;  the  Master  Mason  says,  "I  promise  and  swear,"  seven- 
teen times;  the  Mark  Master,  seven  times;  the  Past  Master, 
eleven  times ;  the  Most  Excellent  Master,  seven  times ;  the  Roy- 
al Arch  Mason,  fourteen  times.  The  Royal  Arch  Mason,  count- 
ing all  the  lower  degrees  through  which  he  has  passed,  has  said 
in  the  presence  of  Almighty  God,  "I  promise  and  swear,"  six- 
ty-eight times ;  the  Most  Excellent  Master,  fifty-one  times ;  the 
Past  Master,  forty-four  times;  the  Mark  Master,  thirty -three 
times ;  the  Master  Mason,  twenty-six  times ;  the  Fellow  Craft, 
nine  tim'es.  When  the  circumstances  under  which  tliese  oaths 
are  taken  are  coiftidered,  including  a  rope  round  the  neck,  eyes 
bandaged,  partial  nudity,  encircled  with  drawn  swords,  they 
must  be  shocking  to  humanity;  and  when  their  elementary 
principles  are  examined,  they  will  be  found  to  be  contrary  to 
the  laws  of  God  and  man,  and  admirably  adapted  to  overthrow 
all  civil  government  and  undermine  the  foundation  of,  the 
Church  of  Christ. 

4.  The  Christian  religion  considers  all  men  as  brethren,  in 
subjection  to  one  supreme  head,  wliicli  is  Jesus  Christ.  "Be 
not  ye  called  Rabbi  {Master),  tor  one  is  your  Master,  even  Christ; 
and  all  ye  are  brethren."  (Matt,  xxiii,  8-10.)  Christ  on  one 
occasion  said,  "Ye  call  me  Master  and  Lord;  and  ye  say  well, 
for  so  I  am."  (John  xiii.  13.)  "For  to  this  end  Christ  both 
died,  and  rose,  and  revived,  that  he  might  be  Lord  both  of  the 
dead  and  living."  (Rom.  xiv.  9.)  Christ  is  the  head  of  the 
Church,  which  is  his  figurative  body,  and  believers  are  members 
of  his  body  iu  subjection  to  him.  He  has  the  exclusive  com- 
mand and  control  over  all  his  servants.  If  other  lords  have 
the  command  or  dominion  over  them,  in  whole  or  in  part  or 
degree,  they  are  none  of  his."  (Sec  Eph.  i.  22,— iv.  15,  Col.  i. 
18,  ii.  19.) 

Freemasons,  on  the  contraiy,  and  in  direct  violation  of  the 
above  command,  call  one  another  "Master,"  "Grand  Master," 
"Most  Excellent  Master,"  "Worshipful  Master,"  "Perfect 
Master,"  "Royal  Master,"  "Prince  of  Mercy,"  "Chief  Prince," 
"High  Priest,"  "Grand  PontiflF,"  "King,"  "Captain  of  the 
Host,"  "Most  Puissant,"  " Sovereign  of  Sovereigns,"  &c.  Sev- 
eral of  these  titles  belong  exclusively  to  Christ,  and  cannot  be 
assumed  by  sinful  mortals,  without  a  degree  of  pride,  insolence 
and  blasphemy  unsurpassed  in  magnitude  this  side  the  gates  of 
the  lower  regions. 

5.  The  Christian  religion  commands  and  requires  all 
Christians  to  come  oxit  from  among  tlie  wicked  of  the  world  and  he 
separate.  This  duty  is  taught  everywhere  in  the  Scriptures. 
"  Blessed  is  the  man  that  walketh  not  in  the  counsel  of  the  un- 
godly, nor  standeth  in  the  way  of  sinnei's,  nor  sitteth  in  the 
seat  of  the  scornful."  (Ps.  i.  1.)  The  Psalmist  again  says  in 
Psalm  xxvi.  4,  5,  "I  have  not  sat  with  vain  persons,  neither  will 
I  go  in  with  dissemblers.  I  have  hated  the  congregation  of  evil 
doers,  and  will  not  sit  with  the  wicked."  "Forsake  the  foolish 
and  live."  Prov.  ix.  6.  "  Flee  out  of  the  midst  of  Babylon 
and  deliver  every  man  his  soul."  Jer.  ii.  6.  "A  companion 
of  fools  shall  be  destroyed."  Prov.  xiii.  20.  "Wherefore 
come  out  from  among  them  and  be  ye  separate,  saith  the  Lord, 
and  touch  not  the  unclean  thing,  and  I  will  receive  you."  II. 
Cor.  vi.  14.  "Come  out  of  her,  my  people,  that  ye  be  not  par- 
takers of  her  sins,  and  that  ye  receive  not  of  her  plagues.  Rev- 
xviii.  4.      This  is  all  very  plain. 

Freemasons,  on  the  coutrary,  unite  tcith  and  patronize  all 
sorts  of  characters  to  be  found  this  side  the  gates  of  the  infern- 
al regions.  The  world  knows  that  a  very  large  portion  of  the 
Masonic  brotherhood  is  composed  of  liars,  robbers,  drunkards, 
swearers,  thieves,  swindlers,  blasphemers,  fornicators,  adulter- 
ers, cutthroats,  perjured  persons  by  the  thousand,  Jews,  Pagans, 
Mohammedans,  barbarians,  traitors,  infidels,  apostate  Christian, 
rascals.  Deists  without  number,  gamblers,  loafers,  and  murder- 
ers by  the  hundred.  Let  us  hear,  however,  what  Masons  them- 
selves have-  to  say  on  .the  subject,  as  their  testimony  must  be 
unquestionable.  .  One  Mason  says,  "  The  lodge  is  a  cage  of  un- 
clean birds."  Another  says,  "  It  is  a  house  of  refuge  for  rascals 
and  backslidden  Christians."  Another,  "We  know  Masons 
whom  we  would  not  believe,  in  the  lodge  or  out  of  it,  under 
oath  or  without  an  oath."  Another,  "A  Masonic  lodge  is  the 
strangest  medley  of  priests  and  murderers,  deacons  and  whore- 
masters,  church  members  and  gamblers,  decent  men  and  loaf- 
ers, drunkards  and  rowdies  that  the  All-seeing  Eye  looks  down 
upon."  Judge  Whitney,  Worshipful  Master  of  Belvidere 
Lodge,  111.,  Says :  "  I  find  myself  associated,  as  a  Mason,  with 
drunkards,  blackguards,  loafers,  gamblers,  whoremasters  and 
murderers,  and  their  aiders,  abettors  and  accessories."  What 
a  society  for  the  minister  of  the  gospel  to  unite  with  and  prom- 
ise, on  oath,  to  defend  in  all  their  criminal  conduct,  as  every 
Royal  Arch  Mason  does ! 

[to  be  continued.] 


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14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


*Uai  AKD  TOBACCO. 


. — The  Canadian  Parliament  have  adopted  a  wise  plan  in  the 
appointment  of  a  cominittce  to  ascgrtain  the  operations  and 
results  of  license  laws  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating  liquors. 

— Significant  words  are  these  of  the  London  Times:  "If 
pauperism  is  to  be  diminished,  thrift  encouraged,  and  crime 
depressed,  half  the  profits  of  the  liquor  traflSc,  to  say  the 
least,  must  go."     Think  of  it,  ye  apologists  for  drink. 

— Several  members  have  recently  been  expelled  from  the 
Presbyterian  churches  in  Scotland  because  they  would  not 
partake  of  intoxicating  wine  at  communion.  An  appeal 
has  be-.-n  taken  to  the  Synod. 

Qijx  pievailina;  and  appalling  drunkenness  would   soon 

be  a  thing  of  the  past  were,  first,  the  absurd  and  abomina- 
ble license  system  abolished,  and  ''local  option"  kicked  out 
of  sight.  Second,  the  dramseller  forbidden  to  carry  on  his 
work  of  death  and  damnaiion — and  forbidden  it  under  effect- 
ual penalties — pecaities  reaching,  if  i"ouiid  necessary,  even 
as  far  as  cofffiaement  in  the  State  prison.  Third,  and  the 
drunkard  punished  as  he  should  be,  for  periling  by  his  re- 
sponsible insanity  the  rights  of  others.  —  Oerrit  Smith. 

— In  the  United  States,  during  the  financial  year  1872-3, 
the  following  amounts  were  p:-iid  as  excise  duty  on  intoxi- 
cating liquors  and  tobacco;  Spirits,  852,099,372;  tobacco, 
$34,386,303;  fermented  liquora,  $9,324,937;  total,  $95,- 
810,012.  This  does  not  include  the  amount  raised  on  for- 
eign wines,  brandies,  ales,  whiskey,  tobacco,  etc.,  which 
would  be  very  large. 

— A  c^se  of  tobacco  poisoning  occurred  in  New  York 
recently  ar;d  a  gentleman  in  communicating  an  account  of  it 
to  a  journ?.l,  remarks  as  follows:  "The  victim  was  exactly 
of  my  own  years,  and  a  companion  from  early  boyhood. 
For  thirty  years  at  least  he  has  been  a  daily  smoker  of  the 
choicest  cigars,  but,  in  all  his  other  habits  temperate  and 
regular,  and  of  excellent  constitution — one  who,  of  all  men, 
would  have  laughed  at  the  suggestion  that  tobacco  was 
killing  him.  A  week  ago  last  Sunday  night  he  was  stricken 
with  the  progresaive  paralysis  characteristic  of  nicotine, 
and  on  Sunday  night  he  diei.  His  death  was  most  pitiful. 
First,  sight  was  lost,  then  speech,  then  motion  of  the  neck, 
then  motion  of  the  armF,  and  so  on  throughout  the  body, 
and  he  lay  for  a  week  unable  to  move  or  make  a  sign,  save 
a  pitiful,  longuekss,  inarticulate  sound,  which  sometimes 
rose  to  almost  frantic  effori;,  all  in  vain,  to  make  known  Avhat 
he  wished  to  say  to  his  f-imily  or  friends,— for  his  conscious- 
ness and  mental  faculties  were  left  unimpaired  till  within 
tw(/  hours  of  the  last  to  aggravate  to  the  utmost  the  horror 
of  his  siti'uilion, — ?.  living  eoui  in  a  dead  body.  Tiie  tense 
of  hcarino-  was  left  unimpaired,  so  that  he  was  conscious  of 
all  around  him,  v/hiie  as  incapable  of  communication  with 
them  as  if  dead,  save  by  a  slight  sign  of  assent  or  dissent 
to  a  queslion.  The  doctors  were  fuUy  agreed  that  tobacco 
was  the  sole  cause  of  his  stroke." 

The  New  York  Trilune  says:     Commissoner  Stern,  in 

a  report  to  the  Bureau  of  Charities  and  Correction,  makes 
some  statements  concerning  habitual  drunkenness  in  this 
city  which  ought  to  arrest  general  attention.  He  says  that 
during  three  years  ending  January  1,  1874,  560  men  were 
committed  for  habitual  drunkenness,  and  that  9,006  women 
were  committed  for  the  same  offense  during  the  same  time. 
These  figures  are  appalUng  to  contemplate.  They  become 
more  so  when  we  learn  that  some  of  these  debased  creatures 
have  been  '-sent  up"  a  great  many  times,  some  of  them  as 
often  as  100  hundred  times.  More  than  500  men  and  9,000 
women  passing  through  the  courts  as  confirmed  drunkards! 
If  any  text  for  temperance  sermons  favoring  the  suppression 
of  dram-shop?  were  needed,  it  is  found  here. 

— D,  L.  Moody  threw  a  well-aimed  shell  into  the  great 
Christian  Convention,  assembled  in  the  Free  Assembly  Hall, 
Edenburgh,  a  whiiesince.  Several  noblemen  and  hun- 
dreds of  clergymen  were  present.  Among  the  practical 
questions  proposed  for  Mr.  Moody  to  answer,  was  this  one: 
*'What  should  be  done  in  regard  to  the  intemperaace  among 
us?"  This  touches  Scotland  right  "on  the  raw,"  for  the 
national  curse  is  the  bottle.  Brother  Moody  gave  this  con- 
densed reply:  "Th>*t  is  a  large  question,  and  would  take 
a  lono-  time.  Bat  as  I  come  from  a  land  where  the  ministers 
scarcely  ever  touch  the  infernal  stuff,  I  think  it  will  be  a 
happy  day  for  Scotland  when  every  minister  hurla  the  intox 
icating  cup  from  his  own  table.  Then  they  would  have 
great  influence  with  their  people." 

MISCKLLA-NliOUS; 


— In  Paris  the  consumption  of  horse  flesh  is  rapidly 
growing.  In  1867  there  were  2,152  horjes  consumed,  in 
1873,  9,000;  the  latter  including  1,092  asses,  and  fifty-seven 


mules.  One  establishment  in  1873  converted  500  horses 
into  sausages — for  exportation,  also.  The  price  of  horse 
flssh  is  about  one-half  that  of  ordinary  meat. 

— A  Berlin  correspondent  of  the  London  Times  compares 
the  armies  existing  in  Europe  in  1859  with  those  of  to  day 
with  this  result:  The  total  army  of  Austria  has  advanced 
from  034.000  to  856,980;  of  Russia,  from  1,134,200  to 
1,401,510;  of  Italy,  from  317.650  to  605,200;  of  Germa- 
ny, from  836,000  to  1,261,160;  of  France,  from  640,500 
to  977,600;  of  England,  from  245,800  to  478,820.  The 
number  of  German  troops  to  be  used  for  offensive  war 
reaches  the  total  of  710,130  men;  of  the  Russian  665,810; 
Italian,  322,000;  and  the  French,  525,000.  Voa  Moltke 
said  last  winter  that  what  Germany  had  won  in  six  months 
she  must  keep  by  watchfulness  and  "the  hand  on  the 
sword"  for  fifty  years. 

— A  great  efjel  bridge  is  just  completed  at  St.  Louis. 
The  arches  of  the  bridge  are  of  iron.  The  immense  hollow 
blocks  were  cast  in  a  Pittiburgh  foundry.  So  nicely  was 
the  work  done  that  every  block  but  the  keystone  filled  its 
space  perfectly.  It  was  found  that  the  keystone,  which 
weighs  many  tons,  had  expanded,  owing  to  the  heat,  and 
was  an  inch  too  large  for  the  vacancy.  The  solidity  of  the 
work  was  such  that  jio  clipping  or  cutting  would  surmount 
the  difficulty.  In  this  dilemma  the  keystone  was  wrapped 
in  over  thirty  tons  of  ice,  where  it  remained  twenty-fuur 
hours.  "When  uncovered  it  was  found  that  the  cold  had 
contracted  the  key&tine  to  such  a  size  that  it  dropped  to  its 
place  in  the  magnificent  arch,  exactly  filling  the  space  re- 
quired. 

— The  alphabet  of  the  Sandwich  Islands  has  twelve  let- 
ters; the  Burmese,  nineteen;  the  Italian,  twenty;  the  Ben- 
galeee,  tv7enty-one;  the  Hebrew,  Syriac,  Chaldee,  Samari- 
tan and  Lalic,  twenty-two  each;  the  French,  twentj'-three; 
the  G'^rman  and  Dutch,  twenty-six  each;  the  Spanish  and 
Slavonic,  twenty-seven  each;  the  Arabic  twentj -eight;  the 
Persian  and  Coptic,  thirty  two;  the  Georgian,  thirty-five; 
the  Armenian,  thiriy-eight;  the  Russian,  fort^z-one;  the 
Muscovite,  forty-three;  the  Sanscrit  and  Japanese,  fifty  each; 
the  Ethiopfc  and  Tartarian,  two  hundred  and  two  each. 

— The  following  wise  provision  is  among  the  laws  of 
Pennsylvania:  That  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  minor, 
unless  accompanied  by  his  parents  or  gu?.rdian,  to  visit  any 
of  the  variety  theatres  or  places  for  the  exhibition  of  negro 
minstrekv,  singing  or  ballet,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia, 
and  any  one  who  violates  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be 
guilty  of  a  mitdemeanor,  and  upon  conviction  thereof,  shall 
be  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  $100,  or  tindergo 
an  imprisonment  not  exceeding  three  months  or  both  or 
either,  at  the  discretion  of  the  court. 

— Of  the  648  living  alumni  of  Andover  Theological  Sem- 
inary graduated  in  the  last  twenty-five  years,  only  thirty- 
five  are  to  be  regarded  as  unfit  for  ministerial  service.  So 
shows  Prof.  Phelps;  and  he  says  that  this  ''repreeenis  an 
astonishingly  small  amount  of  wasted  power  and  culture  and 
money.  It  is  less  than  five  and  a  half  per  cent,  of  the 
whole  number.  What  other  profession  or  business  or  trade 
can  show  so  fair  a  result  of  twenty-five  years  of  experiment 
in  the  tug  of  real  life?  Furthermore,  so  far  as  there  is  any 
difference  between  the  class  of  beneficiaries  and  that  of  the 
self-supporting,  the  advantage  is  heavily  on  the  side  of  the 
beneficiaries.  Of  those  who  have  abandoned  their  ministe- 
rial purpose,  the  self-supporting  are  proporiioued  to  the 
beneficiaries  as  twelve  to  five.  And  the  entire  ''waste"  in 
the  two  clasees,  while  it  is  less  than  ten  per  c^utin  the  self- 
supporting  clasp,  is  less  than  three  and  a  half  per  cent.. of 
the  beneficiary  class." 

— Appleton's  Journal  furnishes  the  following  statement 
respecting  normal  schools  in  the  United  States:  "Every 
State  of  the  Union  has  normal  schools  except  Texas  and 
Nevada.  Massachusetts  has  one  normal  school  for  every 
208,192  of  her,  population.  Illinois  ranks  next,  having  one 
normal  achool  for  every  254,941 ,  Ohio  has  ono  for  296,140, 
and  New  York  has  the  greatest  number  of  normal  school?, 
yet  only  one  for  every  398,43'!  of  her  population.  The 
whole  number  of  normal  institutions  in  the  United  States  is 
114,  of  which  fifty  one  are  State  schools,  sixteen  city  schools, 
twenty-seven  "connected  with  colleges  and  universities  and 
the  remainder  supported  in  various  ways.  There  are  10,922 
pupils  in  these  schools  and  445  teachers.  Nearly  one-tenth 
of  all  the  normal  pupils  in  the  country  belong  to  the  Female 
Normal  College  of  New  York  City.  During  the  three 
years  that  the  college  has  been  in  existence  not  a  single 
student  has  been  expelled,  not  one  suspended,  and  not  more 
than  half  a  dozen  cases  of  discipline  have  been  reported  to 
the  president,  and  these  were  but  for  trivial  offenses." 


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TABLiE  OF  CONTENTS. 
"The  Antiqitity  op  Secret  Societies,  Tub  Life  of  Julian.  The 
Eleustnian  Mysteries,  The  Okigik  op  Masonht,  Was  Wabuing- 
TON  A  Mason?  Filmoke's  and  Weestek's  Defeuenck  to  Masonuy, 
A  nniEP  outline  op  the  pkogiitss  of  Masonky  i.v  the  United 
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The  author  traces  back  the  origin  of  Masonry  and  its  evil  influ- 
ences, particularly  as  seen  and  felt  in  our  ov.n  country;  the  Tam- 
many King,  Credit  Mobilier,  &c.  He  shows  the  subserviency  of 
some  of  our  public  men,  such  as  Fillmore  and  Webster,  to  its  dom- 
inating vower.— United  Presbyterian. 

Tho  authoYhas  presented  information  concerning  tho  Old  Myster- 
ies and  their  antagonism  to  Christianity ;  the  Masonry  of  Washington 
:ind  his  virtual  secession  from  it;  the  harlotry  of  Masonry,  English 
and  American,  in  assuming  charge  of  international  politics,  and  treat- 
ies between  England  and  the  United  States ;  the  disgusting  interven- 
iiouof  the  lodge  at  the  close  of  the  French  and  German  war;  the 
Masonic  baptisms;  all  these  and  more  Gen.  Phelps  has  given,  accom- 
panied with  clear  philosophical  dissertations  of  his  own. 

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TRACT  NO.  1 : 
HISTORY  OF  MASONRY, 
BY  PRESIDENT  J.   BLANCHARD,  OF    WHEATON   COLLEGE. 
This  is  now  published  in  three  tracts  of  four  pages  each.     Price 
of  each,  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4  per  1000. 

Tract  No.  1,  Part  Pikst— Shows  the  origin  of  Speculative  Free- 
masonry, and  ^s  entiled  "HISTORY  OP  MASONRY." 

TiiAoT  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled  "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
TER OB"  FREEMASONRY  " 

Tract   No.   1,  Part  Third— Is    entitled    "FREEMASONRY    A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
translated  by  Prof.  A.  Ri  CERVIN.    A  15-page  tract  at  $2.00 
per  100 ;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURDER, 

By  REV.  J,  K.  BAIRD,   of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

who  has  taken  17    degrees.     A  3-page  tract  at  25  cents  per  100; 

$2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  3: 

SECRETS  or  MASONRY, 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 

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pass-words,  of  tne  nrst  three  degrees.    50  cents  per  100,  or  $4.00  per 

1000. 

TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
This  is  a  2-page  tract,  calling  the  attention  of  the  public  to  the 
despotic  and  ridiculous  titles  of  Freemasonry.  Price  25  cents  per  100 ; 
$2.00  per  1,000. 

TRACT.  NO,  B: 

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

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  is  a  very 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter.' 

fliTing  His  and  His  Father's  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1831.); 
AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 
Both  of  these  letters,  in  one  4-page  tract,  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00 
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TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TOW. 

A  4-page  tract.  This  is  a  careful  analysis  of  the  character  of 
Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  he  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian; and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  tho 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
50  cents  per  lUO ;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustuated.'  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Freoma«i 
sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  Murtler  and  Treason  npt 
Excnptod,"  ftud  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Christiani 
Price  25  cents  per  100;  $2  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  9,  ILLUSTRATED: 

FREEMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  for.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  of  '^Occidental  Sov- 
ereifjn  Consistory  .?.  P.  R.  .S,"  .32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge— and 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Church  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TRACT  NO.  10: 

CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OP   FREEMASONRY. 

A  2-page  tract,  (illustrated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "the 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
iu  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  per 
100or?2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

iibm  of  hnn  Sount;  Associaiion,  Hew  fork, 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  icents  per 
100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  ■WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Whitney'3 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charge  of  unma- 
sonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  EUeu 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
An  8-page  tract,  $1.00  per  100;  $8.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  1.3: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVER  ON  MASONRY, 

and 
HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 
Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  a-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  I.CDGE  MASONRY. 
ITS  RELATION  TO  CIVIL  GOVEEHMENT  AND  TEE  OHKISTIANEELiaiOl-I. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PBE3.  J. 
BLANOHAED  of  WHEaTOH  OOLLEQB.    This  is  a  16-page  tract  at  $2.00 
per  100;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID- 

A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.  By  REV.  1.  A.  HART,  Secretar:; 
National  Christian  Association.  Published  by  special  order  of  thd 
Association.    50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1600. 

TRACT  NO.  16 : 
HON.  SSTH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M, 
Rates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
lary  of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.  A  4- 
page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

Orip,  Oilifaiions  ani  Expenses  of  Tie  Erases. 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OP  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 

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the  United  States,    Four-page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4  00  per  1000. 

TRACT   NO.  18: 

HON.  -WM.  H.  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Estracs  from  a  Speech  os  Znow-SnotUngi^m  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  in  1855. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  «-page  tract,  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 
BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  ths 
Lodge    A  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Comton,  Vermont. 
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from  personal  experience,   observation  and  study  of  its  character. 
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TRACT  NO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA  A.  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argument,  sho^ 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature,  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  wh# 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  with  approbation  of  this  institntio* 
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GERMAN  CYNOSURE  TRACT  A. 


h  Imm  wlij  a  Ctrislian  should  nolbo  arree!!iasc& 

By  RBV.  A.  QROLB,  Pastor,  German  M.  E.  Cinrch, 

WORCBSTBR,  MASS. 

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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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•read  this  letter  from  a  worker  in  Penn- 

sjlvania. 

Veil  Need  It. 

I  mean  you  need  the  Cynosure, 

Every  true  anti-secrecy  person  ought 
to  read  it. 

Those  twelve  hundred  whose  sub- 
scriptions to  the  Cynosure  expire  du- 
ring July  and  August  ought  to  renew 
immediately  if  they  have  not  already 
done  so. 

There  is  a  large  class  of  persons  who 
say  we  are  ''sound  in  thie  faith;  good, 
true  anti-secrecy  men."  "There  is  no 
danger  of  oar  backsliding  hence  we 
don't  need  it. 

Now  this  is  not  good  reasoning.  If 
you  are  true  to  this  cause  you  do  need 
to  be  informed,  and  where  so  much  in- 
I'ormatioa  for  two  dollars,  on  tbis  quest- 
ion, as  in  t!ie  Cynosurel  As  well 
refuse  a  light  in  a  dark  night  or  say 
you  do  not  need  the  compass  crossing 
the  desert.  You  ncay  know  you  are 
in  the  desert  but  cannot  tell  your 
whereabouts.  Suppose  you  reason  the 
same  way  with  your  pohtical  and 
church  papers,  snd  where  will  you  land  ? 
In  darkness  upon  those  questions.  I 
cannot  understand  how  a  person  can 
be  a  consistent  and  intelligent  member 
of  church  without  reading   his  church 


publications:  The  same  is  true  in  this 
case.  If  you  are  not  ready  to  read 
anti-secrecy  periodicals  I  "stand  in 
doubt  of  you." 

You  need  the  Cynosure, 
let,    for    your  owa    sake,    2d,    for  the 
sake  of  your  family,  friends  and  neigh- 
bors, and  3d,  for  the  sake  of  the  cause. 

1st  For  your  sake.  You  ought 
to  be  informed  what  isbeiog  done 
for  and  against  the  cause.  Now 
things  are  brought  out  every  week. 
We  learn  more  and  more  of  the  work- 
ings of  the  order.  The  cloven  foot  is 
seen.  The  sheep-skin  ie  too  narrow 
and  short  to  conceal  the  wolf.  0 !  it 
stirs  one's  inmost  soul  to  read  such  ai ti- 
des as  Bernard's  address  at  Syracuse, 
Again,  it  is  ciieering  to  learn  that  the 
cause  is  meeting  with  success,  gaining 
ground.  I  am  made  to  say,  ''Praise 
the  Lord,  0  ray  soul,''  for  he  is  doing 
'•great  things  for  us  whereof  we  are 
glad."  Then  beingposted  helpsoueto 
be  firmer,  you  get  yourself  iurlified . 
The  enemy  finds  difficulty  in  routing 
3'ou,  you  have  knowledge  of  facts  and 
facts  are  stubborn  things,  If  you  love 
the  truth  you  need  to  have  liberty  and 
boldness  to  defend  it,  yes  to  be  aggres- 
sive. I  fear  there  are  too  many  cow- 
ards in  the  ranks  who  keep  silent  at 
this  Bnal  worship,  and  padlock  the 
truth.  Fighting  their  battles  the  rea' 
soldiers  may  be  as  in  Judges  vii,  com- 
paratively few. 

You  need  it 

2ud.  For  the  sake  of  your  family, 
friends  and  neighbors. 

If  you  do  not  provide  your  famiiy 
with  suitable  literature  they  will  pro- 
vide themselves  with  such  as  is  oflFered 
them,  which  is  generally  unhealthy 
and  dangerous. 

Plant  anti-secrecy  principles  in  the 
minds  of  your  childres,  and  when 
you  sleep  in  death  tb(y  will  bless  your 
memory  that  you  saved  tbera  from  the 
sbame  and  wickedness  of  the  lodge. 
After  the  Cynosure  is  read  in  my  fami- 
ly it  is  sent  out  upon  missions  of  good 
to  others. 

Th«  money  you  give  to  this  cause 
will  save  many  times  that  amount  from 
the  lodge  in  your  family  and  commun- 
ity. Some  parents  and  wives  will 
read  theee  lines  whose  hearts  are  bur- 
dened because  of  enslaved  sous  and 
husbands.  An  ounce  of  prevention  is 
worth  a  pound  of  cure." 

You  need  it 

3d.   For  the  sake  of  the  cause. 

It  is  worthy  of  your  patronage. 

The  paper  is  worth  what  it  cost?,  yea 
much  more.  It  contains  much  useful 
information  on  other  subi'.cts,  I  am 
wonderfully  pleased  with  its  new  style 
and  arrangement.  It  is  a  much  needed 
light  on  a  very  dark  question.  The 
Cynosure,  these  lecturers,  these  books 
and  tracts,  and  the  army  of  earnest 
workers  in  this  cause  will  carry  away 
''the  gates,  ports  and  all"  of  this  city'  of 
darkness  and  destruction.  It  is  God's 
cause.     It  will,  it  must  succeed. 

J.  P.  Antuoni', 

July  30th,  1874. 


OUIl    COLLEGE  SOCIETIES. 

This  number  will  be  found  of  special 
interest  (see  editorial  and  correspon- 
dence). The  following  letter  from  a 
graduate  of  Indiana  State  University 
and  teacher  in  Tennessee  tells  below 
his  experiences  in  college.  Has  not 
the  reader  of  this  same  student  fr  lend 
who  would  be  benefitted  by  reading 
the  little  work  on  College  Secret  Socie- 
ties? 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

Lincoln,  June  17,  1874. 

For  some  time  past,  every  week  has 
brought  me  a  very  welcome  friend, 
namely,  The  Christion  Cynosure.  My 
whole  soul  is  with  you  in  your  noble 


work,  and  I  shall  henceforth  labor  in 
your  behalf.  Had  I  been  acquainted 
with  your  paper  when  I  entered  the 
University  of  Indiana,  it  would  have 
prevented  me  from  being  duped  into  a 
Greek  fraternity.  And  it  would  havu 
proved  an  invaluab'e  auxiliary  to  me 
while  using  my  pan  and  influence 
against  them  during  my  senior  year, 
after  voluntarily  withdrawiiig  from 
them  near  the  close  of  my  junior  year, 
April  25, '72,  having  been  a  passive 
member  for  the  greater  part  of  two 
years. 

Soon  as  I  read  your  notice  of  the 
pamphlet  ou  "College  Fraternities,"  I 
resolved    to   have   a   copy.     Enclosed 

liad • —  for    which  plc:aso    send  to 

my  address  four  copier,  one  for  myself, 
and  three  for  my  studentp. 

Meantime  I  am  very  truly  yours, 
Jno.   a.  Ramsey. 


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Oi3JECT. — "To  expose,  withstand 
and  remove  secret  societies,  Freema- 
sonry in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Ghiistian  movements, in  order  to  save 
the  churches  of  Christ  from  being  de- 
praved; to  redce^i  the  administration 
of  justice  from  perversion,  and  our 
republican  government  from  corrup- 
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President,— B.  T.  Robert-,  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y. 

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0.  F.  Lumry,  J.  M.  Wallace,  Isaac 
Preston,    Wm.   Piukney. 

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Contents. 


. Gen.  O   O.  Howard  affain. 


2.3 


Page 

Editokial   Articles f 

Editorial  Correspondence 
Notes. 

CONTRIEUTETD  AND    SELBCT  AkTICI.ES 

Heathenism  and  Cliristianity Kniglits  of  Pythias. ... 

A  Tract  —  Distinguislied  Opinions  ou  War. 

Reform  News 4 

From  the  Illinois  Agent. ..  .The  Oliio  State  Coiivention. 

Correspondence 5  g  12 

Temperance    and     Freemasonry.  ...A    Book  I  shouid  ' 

Lilce  to  See  —  From  IJroonio  Co.,   N.  Y Secrecy  in 

Soutliern  111.  ...Masonry  an  Anti-Christ...- How  the 
Masons  of  Medina  Co.,  O.,  Treat  their  Poor ....  CampbcU- 
ites  —  Masonry  'tween  Decks...  Our  Mail. 

Topics  OF  toe  Time .                1 

Freemasonry  Contrary  to  the  Christian  Reiigion. .'...'..'.'.'.'. ...  13 

The  National  Christian  Association 4 

B'oRTY  YEi>RS  Ago— An  Illustration fl 

Young  Men  in  Cities 9 

Contemporary  Notes 8 

Political.    A  Single  Aim ...,.,!...!!..!!......!!...  12 

The  Home  Cikcle ................  10 

Children's  Corner U 

The  Sabbath  School '..'.'.'.'.'.".'".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.  fi 

Home  and  Health  Hints 7 

Farm  and  Garden l.l...] ...[.......... ........  7 

Rnm  and  Tobacco ..     ..............'........  13 

Facta  and  Figures ......................'.....,.  13 

Meligious  Intelligence 12 

News  of  the  Weetc 16 

Publisher's  Department .[...".W.]. ......... ......  10 


THE  Tone  OF  THE  TISIE. 


There  are  many  present  items  of  interest  to  the 
readers  of  the  Cynosure.  The  tiling  which  principal- 
ly engages  their  attention  is  the  movement  against  the 
lodge.  To  state  clearly  what  this  movement  is,  how 
it  is  to  be  advanced,  and  what  means  are  needed,  is  the 
purpose  of  tliis  article. 

WEIAT  IS  YOUR  0I3JECT  ? 

There  are  half  a  miUion  Freemasons  in  the  United 
States,  and  about  four  hundred  thousand  Odd-fellows. 
In  addition  to  these  principal  orders  there  are  Jesuits, 
trades  unions,  Knights  of  Pythias,  granger?,  Ku-Klux 
klans,  Red  Men,  Sovereigns  of  Industry,  Advocates  of 
Justice,  Internationals,  etc.  The  avowed  objects  of 
these  various  secret  orders  are  praiseworthy.  But  if 
the  avowed  object  were  the  real  ones  no  secrecy  would 
be  needed  or  wanted,  hence  to  ascertain  what  the  real 
purposes  of  the  secret  clans  are,  we  must  use  our  own 
intelligence  and  the  testimony  of  seceders.  Using 
such  means  of  information  as  are  within  reach,  we  find 
that  these  orders  are  chiefly  engaged  in  two  enterpri- 
ses: first,  rivaling  and  destroying  the  -churches  of 
Christ;  and  second,  over-riding  or  using  for  their  own 
purposes  the  civil  government  under  Avhich  they  exist. 

They  rival  the  churches  of  Christ  by  inventing  re- 
ligious ceremonies  designed  and  adapted  to  satisfy  the 
religious  cravings  of  unconverted  men  without  leading 
them  to  Christ.  Some  of  them  mention  his  name,  e. 
g.,  the  Jesuits  and  Good  Templars  ;  but  none  such  re- 
quire obedience  to  his  precepts  as  a  condition  of  mem- 
bership. More  of  them  exclude  Christ  and  the  Christ- 
ian's God,  as  for  example,  the  Masons  and  Odd-fel- 
lows. In  either  case  the  orders  are  hostile  to,  and 
subversive  of,  Christ's  churches  and  God's  law. 
While,  however,  they  are  thus  enemies  to  our  Lord 
and  Saviour,  they  profess  to  be  his  friends.  Judas- 
hke,  they  always  betray  with  a  kiss.  They  at  the 
earliest  opportunity  throw  their  net  over  a  young- 
man  ;  profess  to  be  moral,  but  not  religious  ;  tempt 
him  as  Satan  did  Christ  with  offers  of  woi-ldly  advance- 
ment; give  a  few  prayers  to  make  him  think  he  is 
worshipping  something  ;  a  dance  to  please  and  other 
more  dangerous  pleasures  that  accompany  it;  occupy 
him  thus  through  the  little  round  of  fife ;  and  where 
without  God  and  without  hope  he  dies,  they  say  they 
hope  to  meet  him  in  the  Grand  Lodge  above,  recite  a 
Christless  prayer  over  his  lifeless  clay,  and  leave  him 
till  the  great  Day  of  Account. 

It  is  probable  there  are  two  millions  of  men  and 
women  in  the  United  States  to-day  undergoing  this 
infidelizing  process,  that  is  sure  in  a  vast  multitude  of 


cases  to  end  in  spiiitual  and  everlasting  death.  Rival- 
ing in  this  manner,  they,  so  far  as  their  influence  ex- 
tends, destroy  the  churches  of  Christ,  for  it  is  not  pos- 
sible to  serve  two  masters,  Christ  and  a  Christ-rejecting 
order.  Either  they  will  love  Christ  and  hate  the 
lodge,  or  love  the  lodge  to  hate  Christ. 

Their  action  on  civil  government  is  diflerent,  yet 
the  same.  The  churches  they  seek  to  svpplant.  The 
offices  they  seek  to  wse.  In  every  community  there 
is  a  certain  set  of  men  who  continually  hanker  after 
office.  They  have  sometimes  a  sort  of  cunning  smart- 
ness, and  very  often  nothing  but  a  faculty  of  persist- 
ent begging.  Too  lazy  to  work  and  too  cowardly  to 
steal  they  are  never  ashamed  to  beg.  Now  these 
men,  in  perhaps  seven  cases  out  often,  belong  to  some 
secret  order  which  helps  them  into  place  and  they  in 
turn  help  the  lodge.  Masonic  judges,  sheriffs,  con- 
gressmen, architects,  post  masters,  et  a?.,  are  but  links 
in  a  great  chain  of  corruption  that  costs  the  people  of 
the  United  States  millions  of  dollars  every  year,  and  a 
little  time  ago  cost  them  thousands  of  lives;  lives 
sacrificed  to  the  Masonic  incapacity  that  was  so  highly 
exalted  from  1861  to  1805.  In  the  end,  of  course,  the 
plan  is  to  do  away  with  voting  and  let  some  of  the 
"Sovereign  Grands"  of  Masonry  or  Jesuitism  rule. 
At  present  they  are  contented  to  do  by  winks,  nods, 
grips  and  signs  what  they  fear  to  attempt  by  force. 
Now  the  object  of  the  National  Christian  Association 
is  to  do  away  with  these  secret  lodges.  No  matter 
what  the  name  may  be ,  we  wish  to  make  secrecy,  as 
a  badge  of  organization,  disreputable  ;  to  save  the 
church  and  the  state  from  their  demoralizing  influence. 

now  C.\N  IT  BE  DONE  ? 

It  can  be  done  by  enhghtening  the  masses  and  in 
that  way  alone.  There  should  be  one  hundred  thou- 
sand subscribers  to  the  Christian  Cynosure,  and  an 
Anti-masonic  organ  in  every  State  beside.  There 
must  be,  to  come  anywhere  near  this  end,  an  immense 
amount  of  labor  performed.  The  readejs  of  this  pa- 
per have  done  and  are  doing  much,  but  to  accomplish 
our  object  we  want  at  least  thirty  lecturers,  and  three 
hundred  colporteurs.  Sending  one  able  lecturer  into, 
and  engaging  ten  colporteurs  in  each  one  of  thirty 
States,  would  revolutionize  the  sentiment  of  the  entire 
country  in  less  than  five  yeai-s.  We  have  already 
done  a  great  work  under  God  bj'  his  help.  But  the 
spirits  of  evil  that  control  the  lodge  are  only  cast  out 
by  fasting,  prayer  and  work.  The  dark  leader  of  these 
black  orders  aims  at  nothing  but  the  subjugation  of 
the  world,  and  he  will  never  give  up  his  grip  on  the 
American  nation  without  a  fight  To  bring  about 
such  a  sentiment  as  shall  make  the  Methodist,  Congre- 
gational, Presbyterian  and  other  churches,  cast  out 
the  secret  idolatries  of  this  day,  will  be  a  herculean 
labor.  To  make  voters  see  that  to  put  Masons  in 
office  is  to  cut  the  throat  of  free  institutions  is  a  still 
greater  one  ;  but  both  these  things  can  be  done  and 
the  men  and  women  who  take  the  Cynosure  can,  by 
God's  help,  do  them. 

AVH.'i.T  MEANS  ARE  NEEDED? 

Lecturers  should  be  paid  a  thousand  dollars  per 
year  and  their  expenses.  Sometimes  good  men  can 
be  had  for  less,  but  this  is  no  more  than  should  be 
paid  a  man  who  works  hard  three  hundred  and  sixty- 
five  days  in  a  year.  The  salaries  of  these  men  should 
be  paid  by  the  society,  their  expenses  by  the  people 
to  whom  they  lecture.  This  requires  an  annual  in- 
come of  thirty  thousand  dollars.  There  should  be  a 
secretary    giving  his  whole   time    to  t.lsR    work   who 


could  earn  and  should  be  paid  two  thousand  dollars  a 
year.  For  other  expenses,  such  as  printing,  postage, 
room  rent,  etc.,  at  least  three  thousand  dollars  should 
be  added. 

Now  where  are  we  to  raise  thirty-five  thousand  dol- 
lars? There  are  one  thousand  men  in  the  United 
States  able  to  pay  ten  dollars  per  year  who  hate  Ma- 
sonry and  the  other  dark  societies.  If  they  do  so,  we 
have  a  revenue  of  ten  thousand.  There  are  one  hun- 
dred thousand  men,  women  and  children  who  can 
give  each  twenty-five  cents  per  year  which  would 
make  twenty-five  thousand  dollars.  This  would  do 
the  work.  Now  how  can  we  reach  these  one  hundred 
and  one  thousand  men  ?  It  must  be  by  the  subscrib- 
ers of  the  Cynosure.  If  each  one  of  them  should  get 
twenty-five  neighbors  to  send  twenty-five  cents  to  the 
Chicago  office  the  work  would  more  than  be  accomplish- 
ed. These  names  must  be  sent  to  tlie  Corresponding 
Secretary.  Meantime,  friends,  let  us  trust  in  the  God 
of  light  in  whom  is  no  darkness  at  all,  and  rouse  uj!)  to 
overcome  the  enemies  of  God  and  man  who  crowd 
upon  us.  They  come  to  us  with  apron  and  sword, 
let  us  go  against  them  in  the  name  of  the  God  of  Is- 
rael, whose  Son  they  crucify  and  whose  churches  they 
deride. 


George  Alfred  Townscnd,  the  talented  correspond- 
ent, has  written  a  letter  to  the  Chicago  Tribune  in  which 
occurs  the  following  estimate  of  Henry  Ward  Beecher's 
theology  and  preaching: 

"A  great  man  walks  Ou  a  perilous  ridge,  and  Beecher 
walked  there  with  his  forehead  in  the  heavens,  shining 
with  the  light  thereof.  He  was  always  drawing  us  up 
toward  him,  and  he  made  religion  a  kind  of  Fourth  of 
July, — squibby,  and  audacious,  and  explosive.  Brought 
up  in  a  plain  way,  and  having  no  religion  of  my  own, 
but  a  sort  of  bel  ef  that  what  my  fiithers  had  was  pretty 
rehable  for  squalls,  I  was  always  afraid  of  Beecher. 
He  was  too  generous  with  his  beatitudes.  He  didn't 
blister  anything.  There  was  neither  Sinai  nor  Ge'h- 
semane  in  his  theology.  Ho  praised  fast  horses,  bil- 
liards, ten-pins,  and  rich  men.  ■  He  discovered  that  a 
rich  man  was  the  most  available  conservator  of  Chris- 
tianity ;  and,  in  this  respect,  advanced  upon  an  old  be- 
lief, that  it  was  harder  for  a  camel  to  go  through  the 
eye  of  a  needle  than  for  a  rich  man  to  enter  the  King- 
dom of  God." 

"The  style  oi  Mr.  Beecher  did  not  evolve  either  relig- 
ious or  heroic  characters  as  examples  to  men ;  for  to  all 
such  there  should  be  a  sternness  at  times,  such  as 
Moses  and  Mahomet,  Clirist  and  Calvin,  Knox  and 
Cranmer  had.  You  cannot  beautify  your  Divinity  by 
painting  im  Hin  and  in  till,  in  the  softness  of  your 
tints,  the  portrait  loses  the  outline  of  the  God.  This 
world  that  Christ  left  with  pain  on  his  face,  promising 
to  return,  and  never  yet  doing  it,  must  still  wear  a  lit- 
tle of  that  cloud  in  which  the  sun  Avas  veiled.  •  '  * 
Entering  life  with  pain,  leaving  it  with  pain,  life  must 
not  be  the  highest  we  were  meant  for,  nor  heaven  too 
hke  the  worid.  And  yet  there  has  long  been  a  silent 
sensuality  of  this  form  in  Mr.  Beecher's  gospel;  his 
Prodigal  Son  did  not  repent,  but  had  the  good  time; 
his  Dives  was  a  very  good  parishioner;  he  baptized 
with  lavender  and  read  the  burial  service  out  of  a 
pastoral.  Things  had  gone  to  be  so  volatile  in  his  faith 
that  whatever  was  Beecher  was  the  whole  solemn 
mystery  of  our  religion;  and,  in  our  idolization  of  the 
m=in  for  his  many  noble  but  too  frequent  Hberalizations, 
Ave  played  the  holiday  in  church,  and  lost  the  princi- 
ples of  piety  and  restraint." 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Ueatheiiisiu  versus  Christianity. 


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BY  H.    H.  HINMAN. 


A  prominent  Congregational  minister  in  Wisconein, 
who  bad  taken  the  Entered  Apprentice  degree  and 
then  withdrawn  from  Masonry,  said  that  he  regarded 
Masonry  as  a  system  of  heathen  religion.  A  careful 
consideration  of  the  character  of  this  institution  will 
show  that  this  opinion  was  well  founded. 

What  is  it  that  distiDguishes  Christianity  from 
heathenism  and  all  other  systems  of  religion?  It  it- 
not  in  the  fact  that  Christians  recognize  a  Supreme 
Being.  Jews,  Mohammedans,  and  almost  the  entire 
heathen  world  recognize  a  great  Creator  as  truly  aB 
we.  Nor  in  the  fact  that  Christians  have  forms  oJ 
prayer  «nd  stated  periods  of  religious  worship.  Many 
of  the  heathen  manifest  far  more  earnestness  and  de- 
votion, build  costlier  temples,  and  expend  more  time 
and  means,  than  the  majority  of  Christians.  Nor  is 
it  that  our  religion  teaches  a  pure  morality,  for  though 
the  teachings  of  the  Bible  are  incomparably  pure  and 
grander  than  any  other  book,  yet  it  is  doubtless  true 
that  there  are  in  the  Koran,  the  writings  of  Confucius, 
and  in  the  old  heathen  philosophers  much  that  is  in 
common  with  Christ/an  morality.  Not  even  the  doc 
trine  of  the  oietv  birth  distinguishes  ours  from  the 
religion  of  heathenism.  In  the  Eleusinian  mysteries 
men  were  said  to  be  reganerated.  They  became  dead 
to  the  outer  world,  and  alive  to  a  new  and  hidden 
life.  The  same  word  signified  both  to  die,  and  to  be 
initiated. 

In  modern  heathenism  we  find  precisely  the  same 
thing.  The  tribes  of  West  Africa  have  their  myster- 
ies which,  in  this  respect  are  in  striking  analogy  with 
the  ancient  heathenism.  The  Purroh  is  an  institution 
that  prevails  along  almost  the  entire  coast  of  West 
Africa,  and  extends  an  unknown  distance  to  the  inter- 
ior. When  a  candidate  is  admitted  to  its  mysteries 
he  is  laid  on  the  ground;  his  head,  it  is  pretended,  is 
broken  to  pieces ,  and  he  remains  for  some  time  dead. 
He  is  then  awakened  to  a  new  life,  as  a  new  creature 
and  receives  a  naw  namg  by  which  he  is  ever 
afterwards  known. 

In  all  these  respects  heathenism  but  apes  the  true 
religion.  Fallen  man  everywhere  feels  the  need  of 
pardon  and  regeneration ;  and  ail  these  forms  of  heath- 
enism are  but  Satan's  phm  by  which  he  professes  to 
meet  a  real  want,  and  yet  secures  to  himself  the  wor- 
ship due  to  the  Creator. 

Now  does  Freemasonry  correspond  in  these  respects 
with  both  ancient  and  modern  heathenism?  It  recogni- 
zes a  "  Great  Architect  of  the  Universe,"  but  does 
not  recognize  Christ,  the  Mediator.  So  do  the  heath- 
en. It  teaches  men  to  pray,  but  not  to  pray  in  the 
name  of  Jesus  of  Nazareth.  So  do  the  heathen.  It 
enjoins  a  morality,  but  not  the  morality  of  the  Gospel 
of  Christ.  It  holds  up  no  perfect  pattern  for  the 
imitation  of  its  members.  In  this  respect  it  is  like 
heathenism.  It  professes  to  regenerate  men,  to  make 
them  holy,  and  prepare  them  for  heaven,  and  it  pro- 
poses to  do  this  in  almost  precisely  the  same  methods 
of  the  ancient  and  modern  heathenism.  Dr.  Mackey 
says  (Mackey's  Ritualist,  page  23),  of  the  candidate 
for  Masonry  that  "Having  been  wandering  amid  the 
errors  and  covered  with  the  pollutions  of  the  outer 
and  profane  world,  he  comes  inquiringly  to  our  doors 
seeking  the  new  birth,  and  asking  a  withdrawal  of 
the  vail  that  conceals  divine  truth  from  his  uninitiated 
Bight;  and  here  as  with  Moses  at  the  burning  bush  the 
solemn  admonition  is  given,  'Put  off  thy  shoes  from 
off  thy  feet;  for  the  place  whereon  thou  standest  is  ho- 
ly ground.'  He  is  indeed  to  commence  with  new  les- 
sons in  a  new  school.  There  is  to  be  not  simply  a 
change  for  the  future,  but  an  extinction  of  the  past, 
for  initiation  is  as  it  were  a  death  to  the  world,  and  a 
resurrection  to  a  new  life.  The  world  is  left  behind, 
the  chains  of  error  and  ignorance  which  had  previous- 
ly restrained  the  candidate  in  moral  and  intellectual 
captivity  are  broken,  the  portal  of  the  temple  has 
been  thrown  widely  open,  and  Masonry  stands  before 
the  neophyte  iu  all  the  glory  of  its   form  and  beauty. 


to  be  fully  revealed  to  him,  however,  only  when  the 
new  birth  has  been  fully  accomplished."  This  new 
birth  is  said  to  be  fully  accomplished  in  the  third,  or 
Master's  degree.  It  is  there  that  the  candidate  enters 
the  holy  of  Holies  (see  Mackey's  Lexicon  Art,  Master 
Mason).  It  is  then  he  is  raised  from  the  grave  of  ini- 
quity to  the  faith  of  salvation.  It  is  then  he  is  inspir- 
ed with  the  most  lively  hopes  of  an  inheritance  with 
the  just  made  perfect." 

Now  let  us  see  how  this  is  accomplished.  When 
the  candidate  first  enters  the  Master's  lodge  the  work 
of  death  is  not  yet  accomplished,  but  when  he  perso- 
nates Hiram  AbifT,  he  is  struck  on  the  head  with  the 
common  gavel;  u  (symbolically)  killed,  laid  in  the 
grave,  when  he  is  said  to  remain  fourteen  days ;  is  rais- 
ed from  the  dead  on  the  five  points  of  fellowship,  and 
thus  according  to  Sickels  (see  Sickel's  Monitor)  he  "is 
quickened  into  a  new  and  better  existence,"  and 
"Nothing  more  can  be  suggested  that  the  soul  of  man 
requires."  Now  this  is  heathenism,  just  as  truly 
heathen  worship  as  the  ancient  Grecian  or  the  modern 
African  mysteries.  Indeed,  there  are  but  two  religions 
in  the  world,  the  Divine  and  Satanic, — the  Chris- 
tian and  the  heathen.  Leave  Christ  out  of  our  reli- 
gion and  it  is  simply  heathenism.  The  essential  dis- 
tinction is  simply  this:  as  Christians,  we  recognize  one 
God  and  one  Mediator,  the  Man  Christ  Jesus."  On 
him  alone  do  we  depend  for  salvation.  Through  him 
alone  do  we  have  access  to  the  Father.  Leave  out 
Christ  and  whatever  else  we  may  include,  our  religion 
is  anti-Christ.  Hence  John  says  (2r.d  John  ii.  7  10) 
"Many  decievers  are  entered  into  the  world  who  con- 
fess not  that  Jesus  Christ  is  come  in  the  flash.  This 
is  a  deciever  and  an  anti-Christ."  "If  there  come  any 
unto  you  and  bring  not  this  doctrine,  receive  him  not 
into  your  houses,  neither  bid  him  God  speed,  for 
he  that  biddelh  him  God  speed  is  partaker  of  his  evil 
deeds." 

Farm  Jiulge,  III. 


The  Kuighls  of  Tytliias, 


BV   AN  KX-MEMnEB. 


The  organization  known  as  the  Knights  of  Pythias 
had  its  origin  at  or  about  the  close  of  the  war.  It  is 
a  legitimate  offspring  of  Freemasonry.  The  first  lodge 
formed,  which  was  at  Washington,  D.  C,  was,  if  1 
mistake  not,  totally  made  up  of  Masons  of  high  stand- 
ing, and  the  membership  of  the  order  to-day  is  large- 
ly represented  by  Masons.  One  of  the  inducements 
held  out  to  a  person  joining  the  order  is  that  in  case 
of  sickness  he  is  to  receive  a  weekly  stipend,  and  the 
lodo[e  is  bound  to  see  that  he  has  nightly  attendance. 
The  friends  of  the  order  claim  for  it  a  growth  second 
to  none  (except  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic), 
and  among  '  'society"  men  it  is  quite  popular. 

The  organization  commenced  with  three  degrees, 
and  in  the  spring  of  1871,  it  had  only  the  three,  but 
more  were  to  be  added.  This  was  the  subordinate 
lodge.  To  be  a  member  of  the  Grand  Lodge  com- 
prehended something  more.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  New  York  was  organized  Oct.  2!)th,  ISGS; 
and  I  was  duly  initiated  into  the  three  degrees,  called 
"Page,"  "Esquire,"  and  "Knight,"  in  the  spring  of 
1871,  and  was  an  acceptable  member  until  my  con- 
version to  Christ,  in  the  following  summer,  when  I 
took  a  card,  and  said  card  bears  witness  to  the  above 
facts  in  regard  to  membership,  and  it  bears  the  stamp 
of  the  Supreme,  Grand,  and  subordinate  lodges.  Our 
lodge  was  named  Spartacus  Lodge,  No,  51,  K.  of  P., 
Yonkers,  N.  Y.  The  lodge  or  insignia  of  the  order 
is  a  Knight's  shield  and  visor  so  placed  that  at  a  short 
distance  you  would  think  it  was  to  represent  a  Ma- 
son's trowel;  two  swords  cross  the  shield  in  the  center, 
«nd  at  the  bottom  of  the  pin  is  a  skull  and  cross-bones. 
In  the  right  hand  corner  of  the  shield  is  the  letter 
"F,"  directly  opposite  this  the  letter  "C,"  and  at  the 
bottom  the  letter  "B,"  signifying.  Fidelity,  Caution 
and  Bravery.  I  was  in  Rome,  N.  Y. ,  a  short  time 
after  I  joined  the  order,  and  a  gentleman  seeing  the 
badge  I  wore,  asked  if  I  was  traveling  to  the  East;  but 


he  soon  learned  his  mistake.     He   thought  I   was  a 
Mason.        ^     1     T 

FIRST  DEGREE. 

A  candidate,  after  having  been  duly  voted  upon  and 
accepted  at  some  previous  meeting,  ig  admitted  to  the 
ante-chamber,  and  after  having  been  relieved  of  some 
of  his  outer  garments  he  is  clothed  in  white  and  hood- 
winked, when  the  "  page"  takes  him  in  charge,  and  after 
the  proper  number  of  raps,  and  giving  the  pass-word, 
he  is  admitted  into  the  lodge  room.  He  is  conducted 
a  number  of  times  around  the  room  in  perfect  silence, 
when  he  is  presented  to  the  "Worthy  Chancellor,"' 
who  is  the  presiding  officer  of  the  lodge. .  After  he 
has  asked  him  a  number  of  questions  and  imparted 
some  instructions,  he  is  taken  to  the  different  officers 
of  the  lodge.  The  ceremonies  and  the  instructions 
and  obligations  are  of  some  length,  and  the  object,  of 
the  first  degree  is  to  impress  the  mind  of  the  candi- 
date with  the  necessity  of  fidelity  to  the  order;  and  to 
this  end  a  strong  effort  is  put  forth  in  the  closinn-  cere- 
mony.  The  lodge  is  all  clothed  in  white,  the  whole 
person  being  covered,  except  holes  for  the  eyes.  The 
room  is  darkened  and  the  candidate  commanded  to 
kneel,  when  the  lodge  kneels  around  him,  his  eyes 
are  unbandaged  for  the  first  time  since  entering  the 
room.  He  finds  himself  kneeling  at  or  beside  a  coffin 
in  which  is  a  human  skeleton.  Directly  above  the 
breast  of  the  skeleton,  supported  by  two  swords  cross 
ing  the  coffin,  is  an  open  Bible.  The  candidate  is  or- 
dered to  place  one  hand  upon  his  heart  and  the  other 
upon  the  open  Bible,  when  the  final  oath  and  obliga- 
tion is  administered.  After  which  he  has  to  kiss  the  Bible 
as  it  lays  over  the  t^keleton,  and  to  say  the  lea^t  the 
attempt  has  been  made  ta»  make  it  binding.  After 
this  the  signs,  countersigns,  and  pass-words  are  given 
and  the  candidate  is  a  "Page." 

SECOND  DEGREE. 

The  candidate  enters  the  room  in   the  same   condi- 
tion   as      before,     (each   degree,    however,       differs 
in  number  of  raps  and   pass-word)  and  after    lie    has 
been  conducted  around  the  room  as  before  in  the  first 
degree,  he  is  brought  to  theW.  C,  for  the  final  oath 
and  obligation.     These  grow  stronger  and  stronger  in 
each  degree.     The  desire  in  the  second  degree  is  to 
teach  the  man  caution,  which  word  represents  the  de- 
gree.    They  now  proceed    to  accomplish  it  in  tha  fol- 
lowing manner:     The  candidate    in  his  obligation  has 
solemnly  sworn  that    he  never   will  write    upon   any 
thiug,  movable  or  immovable,  the    word    caution,    or 
uitei-,   or  give  expression  in  any    way  outside   of  the 
lodge  room  to  the  word.     The  hoodwink  has  been  re- 
moved just  before  this,    and   while  the   candidate   is 
standing  before  the    W.    C,   he  is    handed   a  blank 
which  he  is  told  to  fill  out  to  be  returned  to  the  Grand 
Lodge,     The  candidate  is  seated  at  a  common  writing 
desk.     The  blank  is   regularly   headtd,  commencing, 
I  think,   with  the  number  and  name  of  lodge  or  some- 
thing to  that  effect,  and  after  a  little    he    comes   to  a 
column    beaded   "Watch-word,"  which    he    has  just 
bound  himself  never  to  write  under  any  circumstances. 
The  candidate  is   surrounded  by  men,    one   sitting  at 
each  side,  and  almost  every  case  the  man  commences 
to  write  the  word  and  is   caught,  when  a   pistol  con- 
cealed inside  the  desk  is  discharged,  and  the    lid    of 
the  desk  flies  open,  and  in  large   letters    written  upon 
the  lid  la  the  word  "Caution."     The   young  man  who 
was  taking    this  degree  at    the  time  I   was    initiated 
fainted  away  at  this  point,  and  it   caused  a  little  com- 
motion for  a  few  moments.     After  this  occurs  the  W. 
C,  commences  to  upbraid  the  candidate  with  violating 
his  oath  which  is  all    too  evident  to    the    unfortunate 
man.     He  turns  to  the  lodge  and  makes    the  inquiry, 
"  What  shall  be  done    with    this    man?" — and   after 
numerous  things  have    been  proposed  and    the   man 
caused  to  feel  extremely  small,  they  re-.idminister  the 
oath  and  let  him  go.  After  which  he  is  an  "Esquire." 

THIRD  DEGRKS. 

"Bravery"  being  the  word  of  this  degree,  initiatory 
services  are  arranged  so  as  to  test  a  man  in  this  direc- 
tion. The  lodge  is  clothed  in  black  during  the  work- 
ing of  this  degree.     After   a  number  of  unimportant 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ceremonies  have  been  passed*  through,    and  the  oath 
and  different  questions  have  been  asked  and  answered, 
the  nnn  is  condactcd  to  the  W.  C,  where  he  is  hand- 
ed a  piece   of  two-icch    plank  about   eighteen  inches 
fquare,    filled    with     iron     spikes     about      four   in- 
ches long  and  very  sharp,     The  W.  C,  questions  him 
in  regard  to  the    material     which    composes  it.     He 
raps  upon  the  sp'.kes  with  his  sword  so   that  there  can 
be  no  misttake,  aad  after  the   candidate  is  fully  satisfi- 
ed in  regard  to  its  make,  he   is    commanded  to  take  i! 
and  pir.ce  it  in  the  ce?!t?r  of  the    room    on  the   floor; 
when  the  lodge  gathers  round  him,  and  he  is  ordered 
to  puil  dF  his  boots  and  take  his  position  in  a    chair 
ailuated  about  four  or  fivo    feet  from    the  instrument. 
Then  the  W.  C,  and  other  ofH.'ers  advance,  some  with 
drawn  swords,  and  uom^  with    spears    and   axes.     In 
this  condition  the  W,  0.    exhrrtsliim  to  be  a  man  and 
show  his  bravery,  etc..  after  which  they  ad yance  closer 
ami    with   uplifted  swords,    and      weapons   pressing 
ii;m  a',  all  pnintp,  be  is   coramaiided  to  jump    neither 
to  the  right  nor  (o  the  loft,    but   directly  upon   those 
iron  spikes.     But  few  are   foolish   enough    to  attempt 
it.      It  he  docs  not   jump    lie    is  taunted   and   railed 
upon  by  the  whole  lodge,  and  four   strong   men  sieze 
him  and  raise   over  their  heads  and  bring  him  down 
as  Laid  as  they  can  upon  the  bofird,     But  lo!  the  iron 
has  suddenly   become  rub'ber.     Just   before  the    W. 
C. ,  advances    to  cocimaud    the  candidate   to  jump, 
he  asks  him  a  question  that  takes  his    attention,  and  h 
secoad  boa'd  of  equal  s'zs  with    rubber  spikes  is  sub- 
stituted in  place  rf  the,  iirst,  of  which  fact    the    candi- 
date is  ignoiant.     This  r.iTords  a  great    deal  of  sport 
to  the  lodge,  bat  the  subject  is   in  a    peculiar   state  of 
mind.      After  this  the  person  ia  a  '-Knight."       * 
Spring  Arbor,  Mich.       '  N.   R.  Wood. 


Distinguished  Opinions  on  War. 


A  Tract. 


BY  M.    KELLY. 


Remember  that  God  is  truth,  and  the  devil  a  liar, 
and  any  system  that  requires  secrecy  and  deception  to 
sustain  it  has  Satan  for  its  father.  And  such  is  Free- 
masonry, which  is  also  considered  a  heatherdsh  sys- 
tem of  religion,  aud  is  used  for  worldly  advantages 
and  to  protect  men  in  crime,  and  is  so  shameful  and 
wicked  that  Masons  get  angry  if  we  attempt  to  pub- 
licly examine  it,  which  it's  our  duty  to  do.  It  professes 
to  show  the  way  to  heaven  without  Christ  as  a  Me- 
diator. Ail  such  is  devil  worship.  Their  blasphe- 
mous Oftths,  meek  murders,  and  barbarous  death  pen- 
alties tetch  them  depravity,  sear  their  consciences, 
harden  their  hearts,  and  prepare  th'^m  for  Saian's 
work. 

Judge  Whitney,  master  of  the  lodge  at  Belvidere, 
Hi. ,  says:  "It  is  worse  than  useless  for  any  man  or 
set  of  men  to  preach  to  me  that  a  '.ran  is  not  in  more 
da,uger  among  infurated  Masons  than  among  iafurated 
outsiders."  He  also  (ndorsee  the  following  declara- 
tion made  by  a  high  Mason  that  "A  Masonic  lodge  ie 
thestrangdstraedlay  of  priests  and  murderers,  dea- 
cons and  whoremasLars,  church  members  and  gamb- 
lers, drunkards  and  rowdies  that  the  AU-seeing  Eye 
louks  down  upon."  (Washington  had  virtually  seced- 
ed. He  says:  "I  have  been  st  a  lodge  not  more  than 
once  or  twice  in  30  years.") 

The  wise  and  £Cood  have  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  so  long  as  church-members  and  preachers  will 
crucify  Christ  by  belonging  lo  a  conspiracy  which  en- 
ables them  to  cheat  and  rob  outsiders  of  their  rights, 
so  long  we  will  be  cursed  with  this  devil  worship 
aniong  us. 

The  principles  of  our  Government  are  founded  up- 
on the  Golden  Rule,  and  to  sustain  them  we  have  free 
speech  and  press  guaranteed  to  us  in  the  Constitution. 
But  Freem  eonry  forbids  free  cpeech  and  press. 
Therefore  it  exists  in  direct  opposition  to  the  funda- 
mental and  vital  principles  of  our  government. 


LiTERATUBE  is  A  fragment  of  a  fragment.  Of  all  that 
ever  happened,  or  that  has  been  said,  but  a  fraction 
has  been  written ;  and  of  this  but  little  is  extant . — 
Goethe. 


Lord  Burleigh  in  a  leUer  to  his  .?on  Robert,  says: 
"I  am  uol  content  that  thou  shall  train  up  thy  sons  in 
wars.  For  ho  that  sets  up  his  rest  to  live  by  that 
profestion  can  hardly  be  an  honest  man  or  a  good 
Christian." 

Jefferson  says:  "War  is  tin  inatrutn-nt  entirely  in- 
sufficient towards  redressing  wrong,  and  multiplies 
instead  of  indemnifyinir  losses." 

Franklin  says:  "I  have  been  apt  to  think  that  there 
never  has  been,  nor  ever  will  be^  any  such  thing  as  a 
good  war  or  a  bad  peace."' 

Lord  Brougham  fays:  "I  abominate  war  as  unchrist- 
ian. I  hold  it  the  greatest  of  human  crimes.  I  deem 
it  to  i:  elude  all  other  crimes,  violence,  bleed  ,  rapine, 
fraud,  every  thing  which  can  deform  the  character. 
alter  the  nature,  and  debase  the  name  of  man." 

Jeremy  Bentham  says:  "Nothing  can  be  worse 
than  the  genera!  feeling  on  the  subject  of  war.  The 
church,  the  state,  the  ruling  (ew,  the  subject 
many;  all,  in  this  case,  seemed  to  have  combined  to 
patronize  vice  and  crime,  in  their  widest  sphere  of 
evil."  ■ 

Soame  Jenyns  says:  ''If  Christian  nations  were 
nations  of  Christians,  all  war  would  be  impossible  and 
unknown  among  them." 

Archbishop  Whatcly  s.ays:  ''War  is  a  great  disgrace 
to  civilized  men  and  Christians." 

Ward,  the  missionary,  ti&yt:  ''Either  cur  religion  ie 
a  fabric,  or  there  are  unanswerable  arguments  against 
war  and  in  favor  of  peace." 

Adam  Clark  gays,  that:  War  is  as  contrary  to  the 
spirit.of  Christianity  s.s  mwrder.  Nothing  can  justify 
nations  in  shedding  each  other's  blood." 

Binney  says:  ''I  turn  with  loathing  from  the  prooiT 
and  circumstance  of  war.  W^ar  is  a  fearful  thing, 
ruinoua  to  life,  property,  aad  virtue;  it  has  an  arm 
for  blood,  and  a  moufcli  for  blasphemy." 

Albert  Barnes  says:  "Who  ha?  ever  tola  the  evils, 
and  the  curses,  and  the  criiXies  of  war  ?  Who  can 
deBcribe  the  horrors  ef .  the  c;:rn2ge  of  battle  ?  \Vho 
can  portray  the  fiandish  passions  which  reign  there? 
If  there  is  anything  in  which  earth,  more  than  any 
other,  resembles  hell,  it  is  in  its  wars." 

J.  C.  Ryle,  clergyman,  says:  "Men  of  the  most 
eminent  abilities,  and  exSeasive  erudilior,  have  never 
yet,  nor  ever  will  produce  arguments  sufficient  to 
prove  that  the  profession  of  a  soldier  is  consistent 
with  the  profession  of  Christianity.  " 

Judson,  the  missionary,  says:  "I  have  for  some 
lime  determined  to  make  whatever  tfForts  were  neces- 
sary to  comply  with  the  dictates  of  conscience  and 
wash  my  hands  of  the  blood  that  is  shed  ih  war,  a 
measure  which  appears  to  me  the  indiBpsusable  duty 
of  every  Christian. 


ing  been  abandoned  by  him  to  the  hurry  of  their  own 
furious  lusts  and  paesions." 

Sydney  Smith  says:  '-The  greatest  curse  that  can 
be  entsiled  on  mankind  is  a  slate  of  war.  All  the 
atrocious  crimes  committed  in  years  of  peace  .  .  . 
are  mere  trfles  compared  with  the  gigantic  evils  of 
war.  God  is  forgotten  in  a  state  of  war;  and  every 
principle  of  Christianity  is  trampled  upon." 

John  Angel  James  says:  "A  hatred  of  war  is  an 
essential  feature  of  practical  Christianity;  and  it  is  a 
shame  upon  what  is  called  the  "Ci'ristian  World" 
that  it  has  not  long  since  born  universal  and  indignant 
testimony  against  this  enormous  evil." 

John  Bowriug,  in  his  Iranflation  of  Russian  poetry, 
aajs  in  reference  to  the  marlial  exploits  of  a  celebra- 
ted Russian  General:  ''I  have  no  sympathies  with 
the  poet  in  the  admiration  he  expresF.es  of  the  warlike 
character.  I  can  see  but  few  distinctions  between  the 
conquerer  and  the  executioner.  I  would  as  soon 
think  of  celebrating  the  carousals  of  a  horde  of  canni- 
ble?,  as  of  giving  the  attractions  and  decorations  of 
song  to  those  dreadful  scenes  of  sin  and  misery  which 
men  call  victories;  «nd  I  blush  for  my  country  and 
my  race  when  I  rtli^ct.  thnt  in  the  very  proportion  of 
the  wickedness  implied  and  the  wretchedness  pro- 
duced, are  they  made  the  subj-jc'-s  of  pride  and  con- 
gratulation, and  honored  with  the  designation  'great,' 
and  'tilorious.'  Man  was  surely  born  to  nobler  and 
better  thiuiTs  than  these." — The  Journal, 


John  Locke  says:  "Ail  the  entertainment  and  talk 
of  history  is  mostly  about  fighting  and  kdiiag,  and  tke 
honors  and  renown  which  arc  bestowed  on  conquerers, 
who,  for  the  most  part,  mere  butcaers  of  mankind, 
mislead  growing  youth,  who  by  these  means  come  to 
think  slaughter  the  most  laudable  b'usiaess  of  mankind 
and  the  most  heroic  of  virtues." 

Sir  David  Brewster  says;   ''Nothing  in  the  historv 
of  our  species  appears  more  ir.explicable  than  that  war, 
the  child  of  barbarism,  exists    in  an  age  enlightened. 
and  civilized." 

Southey  says:  "Whence  is  it  that  wars  still  disgrace 
the  Christian  world  ?  It  is  owing  to  the  doctrine  of 
expediency.  If  Christians  had  boldly  looked  in  the 
face  of  their  duty  as  developed  in  the  New  Testament, 
this  senseless  and  infernal  system  of  wholesale  b"atch- 
ery  must  long  ago  have  ceased." 

Jeremy  Taylor  says :  ''If  men  be  subjects  of  Christ's 
law,  they  can  never  go  to  war  with  each  other.  As 
contrarv  as  cruelty  and  tyranny  is  to  mercy  aad  char- 
ity, so  is  war  and  bloodshed  to  the  meekness  and  g-'n- 
ieaess  of  the  Christian  religion." 

John  Howe  says:  ''It  is  very  plain  that  war  is  the 
mark  of  the  apostacy,  and  stigmatizes  man  as  fallen 
from  God  in  a  degenerate,  revolted  stats ;  it  is  a  horrid 
result  Q,fiaan'9  kaving  forsaken  God,  and  of  their  hav- 


Wh AT  Alcohol  WILL  do. — Tt  may  seem  strange, 
but  it  is  nevertheless  true,  that  alcohol  regularly  ap- 
plied to  a  thrifty  farmer's  stomach,  v;ill  remove  the 
boards  from  the  fence,  let  cattle  into  bis  crops,  kill  his 
fruit  trees,  mortgage  his  farm,  and  sow  his  fields  with 
wild  oats  and  thistles.  It  will  take  the  paint  cffhis  build- 
ings, break  the  glass  out  of  the  windows  and  fill  them 
with  rags.  It  will  take  the  gloss  from  his  clothes  and 
the  polish  from  his  manners,  subdue  his  reason,  arouse 
bis  passioDS,  bring  sorrow  .and  diegrace  upon  his  fami- 
ly, and  topple  him  into  a  drunkard's  grave.  It  will 
do  this  to  the  artisan  and  the  capitalist,  the  matron 
and  the  maiden,  as  well  as  to  the  farmer;  for  in  its 
deadly  emnity  to  the  human  race  elcohol  is  no  respec- 
ter of  persons. — The  Ttmperance  Worker. 


Tlnre  is  a  good  deal  of  ill-considered  talk  about  a 
free  Gospel.  Certainly  the  gifts  of  God  are  offered  to 
us  witl-out  money  and  without  pric?.  But  when  peo- 
ple mean  by  a  free  Gospel,  a  Gospel  which  it  costs 
nothing  to  have  preached  and  propagp.ted,  they  mean 
nonsense.  It  does  cost  something  to  keep  up  the 
church  and  support  its  ministry,  and  those  who  shrink 
frcm  the  duty  of  giving  for  this  purpose  have  never 
righ'ly  embraced  and  understood  the  free  Gospel. 
God  charges  us  nothing  for  h's  gifts,  but  it  costs  a 
good  deal  to  have  them  properly  administered  among 
men,  as  the  laborer  is  wor'.by  of  his  hire.  The  fact 
that  God  gives  us  our  bread  freely  does  not  enable 
the  farmer  to  get  along  without  money. — Lutheran 
Standard. 


Let  U3  look  unto  Jesus,  and  not  to  the  apparent  suc- 
cess of  our  efforts.  Apparent  success  is  not  always 
the  measure  of  real  succesr.;  and,  besides,  God  has  not 
enjoined  success  upo;>  U3,  but  only  labor.  He  will 
ask  an  account  of  our  labor,  but  not  or  our  success. 
Why,  then,  should  we  be  too  much  concerned  about 
it?  We  must  sow  the  seed,  God  will  gather  the  fruit; 
if  not  to-day,  it  wilt  be  to  morrow;  if  not  for  us,  it  will 
be  for  others.  Even  if  success  were  to  be  granted  us, 
it  would  always  be  dangerous  to  look  complacently 
upon  it.  On  the  one  hand,  we  are  tempted  to  claim 
for  ourselves  some  of  the  glory ;  on  the  other  hand  we^ 
.are  too  prone  to  elacken  our  z'al  when  we  cease  to 
see  good  results  arising  from  it;  that  is,  at  the  same 
time  when  we  ought  to  put  forth  double  energy.  To 
look  at  our  success  is  to  walk  by  sight;  to  look  unto 
Jesus,  and  to  persevere  in  following  and  serving  him 
despite  all  discoijragements,  is  to  walk  by  faith. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


National  Christian  Association. 

Below  will  be  found  the  names  of 
those  who  have  paid  the  fee  for  annual 
or  life  membership  since  the  Syracuse 
Convention  and  whose  names  have  been 
sent  to  C.  A.  Blau chard,  Corresponding 
Secretary. 

Thus  far  none  of  those  who  agreed 
to  act  as  asjents  to  dispense  of  ticljetB 
have  reported  except  J.  P.  Stoddard 
and  A.  D.  Freeman,  Greenwood,  Hi. 
E.  J.  Chalfant,  of  York,  Pa.,  has  sent 
in  $1.25  and  is  doing  more.  State 
agents  should  send  the  names  of  mem- 
bers as  soon  as  possible,  the  fees  they 
can  retain,  sending  receipts. 

LIFE     MEMBERS. 

AmoB  Hard,  Painted  Post,  N.  Y. 

Merchant  Kelly,  Bentonville,  lud. 

M.  R.  Britten,  Vienna,  Wis. 

Wm.  Hoobler,  Veedersburg,  Ind. 

Ashcr  Thompson,  Findley's  Lake, 
N.  Y. 

James  W.  Shaw,  Franklin,  Pa. 

A.  Pomeroy,  Strongsville,  0. 

Mrs.  L.  G.  B.  Hills,  (paid  ^5.)  Ober- 
lin,  0. 

A.  Miller,  Milbury,  0. 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Bingham,  Mallet  Creek,  0. 

A  few  life  members  whose  fees  were 
paid  before  the  annual  meeting  at  Syra- 
cuse are  not  here  reported,  as  the  letter 
from  the  General  Agent  containing 
them  has  been  mislaid.  They  will  be 
published  hereafter.  Of  the  abpve 
named  persons  the  first  four  sent  their 
names  and  fees  to  the  Corresponding 
Secretary,  who  handed  the  fees  to  the 
Treasurer  and  has  his  receipt  for  them. 
The  last,  six  were  obtained  by  the  Gen- 
eral Agent,  and  the  fees  have  been 
receipted  for  by  him  to  the  Treasury, 
$45.00  being  paid  to  Rev.  D.  S.  Cald- 
well, State  Agent  for  Ohio. 

ANNUAL    MEMBERS. 

Ccdifornia. 
James   H.  Clark,  Hueneme,  Ventura 

Co. 

Illinois. 
Mrs.  C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,Du- 

Page  county. 

Isaac  Preston ,  Lockport,  Will  county. 
Mrs.  J.  P.  Stoddard,  Byron,  Ogle  Co. 
James  Andruse,  Amboy. 
Joseph    Catterlin,  Kewanee,  Henry 

county. 

Indiana. 
C.W.  Greene,  Indianapolis,  Marion 

county. 

Rev.  W.   M.   Givens,  Center   Point, 

Clay  county. 

Robert  Chambers,  Albion,  Noble  Co. 
E.  M.  Chambers,         "         ''       " 
Chalmers  Chambers,   "         »'       •« 
Eleanor  Cook,  "  "       «' 

Wm.  McKee,  "         "       '« 

G.  W.  Black,  "         "        " 

John  Bartzfield,  Semnn,  Delaware  " 
Jacob  Ring,  Marion,  Grant  ■' 

Iowa. 
Rev.   T.   D.   Adams,  Council   Bluffs. 
Rev.  Henry  Howe,        "  " 

Wm.  H.  Clawson  '«  " 

James  Young.  "  *' 

Kentucky. 

Mary  A.  Read,  Columbus,  Hickman 
county. 

Middgan. 
A.    Gilbert,    Hickory  Corners. 
Araunah  Gilbert,   "  ■  < 


New  York. 
H.T.  Hooker,  Syracuse,  Onandaga  Co. 
Rev.  E.  Owen,         "         " 
Rev.  0.  M.  Owen,    " 
Abuer  Bates,  "  "  '' 

H.  V.  Miller,  *' 

Mrs.  C.B.  Miller,    " 
Daniel  Brockway,    "  "  " 

Montgomery      Merrick,      Syracuse, 
Onandaga  county. 

Charles  Merrick,  Syracuse,  Ouanda- 
ga  county. 

Elder  M.   N.   Downing,  New  York 
city. 

Rev.    Wm.  Manning,  West   Kendal!, 
Orleans  county. 

R.  H.  Morey,  Windsor,  Broome,  Co. 
Rev.    A.  H.    Benuelt,    Kenyonvillf, 
Orleans  county. 

A.  M.  Durfee,  Sherman.  Chaut.  Co. 
Rev.    0.  W.   Young,    East   Boston, 
Madison  cjunty. 

Geo.    W.  Clark,    Dansville,    ijiving- 
stone  county. 

Rev.  L.  W.  Cronk,  Alton,  Wayne  Co. 
Rhv.    D.  B,  Douglass,  Lewiston,  Ni- 
agara county. 

Rev.  J.  L.  Barlow,    Berais   Heights, 
Saratoga  county. 

Rev.  S.  Wilder,  Pittsford. 
J.  S.  Amidon,  Findley's  Lake. 
E.  B.  Haven  (fifty  cents),  Mansville, 
Jefferson  county. 

S.    Havin,    Mansville,  Jefferson  Co. 
J,  C.  Woodard,  Adams,       "         " 
A.  Carley,  Rodman,        .      "  " 

Marcus  Woodard,  Rodman   "         " 
E.  Oalman,  Adams,  "         *' 

N.  Knight,         "  "         " 

H.  Loveland,     "  "         '' 

Ohio. 
James  Auteu,  Gallon,  Crawford  Co. 
Fraukhn  Paine,  Painesville. 
John  Russeil,  Ilammondsville,  Jeffer- 
son county. 

Robert  Moodie,  Paineeville. 
Albert  Psine,  '* 

Rev.  Isaiah  Rider,     " 

FeiuDiyleania. 
Rev.  P.  S.    Slanson.    South    Creek, 
Bradford  county. 

Rev.  S.  Bedford,  Ridgebury. 
Rev.  J.  R.  Baird,   Gre'eaville. 
Emma  Raad}',  Wall«.cetcn. 
John  Love,  Rose  Point. 

Vermont. 
E.  B.  Rollins,  East  Braintree. 
From  the  above  roll  of  members  it 
caii  be  seen  tiiat  we  have  now  only 
eleven  States  on  the  list,  while  the 
Cynosure  has  subscribers  in  thirty- 
seven.  It  is  also  evident  that  the  an- 
nual fee  of  twenty-five  cents  is  sufficient 
to  all  the  needs  of  the  Association  if 
only  the  anti-secret  men,  women  and 
children  send  it  in.  Heretofore  we 
have  asked  for  contributions  to  the 
work.  Philo  Carpenter  has  given 
thousands  of  dollars,  and  individuals 
scattered  all  over  the  country,  tens  and 
twenties  and  some  'hundreds.  The 
church  of  Christ  in  Wheaton  gave,  last 
year,  $140  to  the  cause.  What  we 
now  want  is  to  distribute  the  burden  so 
widely  that  it  shall  bear  heavily  on  no 
one.     Send  in  your  names. 


State  Convention  for  Missouri  Sep, 
Ist,  1874,  at  Brashear,  Adair  County. 

Annual  Meeting  of  the  North-east 
Pa.  Association,  Nov.  3d,  in  Free  Meth- 
odist Hall,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 


''^t\n\([  %m%. 


— Rev.  Jolm  Levington  has  lately  been 
speaking  in  Susquehanna  county,  Pa. 
From  the  correspondence  of  the  Wesleyan 
we  learn  that  during  the  first  part  of  July 
he  was  in  Bradford  county  where  he  spoke 
in  several  localities  in  the  North  Bradford 
circuit. 

— H.  H.  Hinman,  Illinois  State  agent, 
was  quite  unwell  last  week,  being  several 
days  conflRed  to  his  house.  We  hope  to 
hear  of  his  recovery  and  renewal  of  his 
important  work.  Who  are  the  friends  in 
Illinois  who  pledged  funds  to  the  General 
Agent  for  the  Illinois  State  work,  but  are 
yet  behind  in  their  prayments?  There  are 
a  number  who  should  report  without  de- 
lay. 

. — -♦-.-♦ 

From  tlic  Illinois  Agent. 


Farm  Ridge,  111.,  Aug.  1. 
Dear  Bko.  K. — Quite  unexpectedly 
to  myself  I  met  Pres.  Blanchard  at 
Wenona,  at  the  houpe  of  that  veteran 
reformer,  Peter  Howe.  I  hsid  expected 
to  speak  there  on  Sabbath  evening,  but 
as  Pres.  B.  was  advertised  to  speak 
both  morning  and  evening,  it  was 
thought  best  that  I  should  go  to  New 
Rutland,  the  next  station  south  on  the 
I.  C.  R.  R,  I  met  here  a  cordial  recep- 
tion and  formed  many  warm  friends, 
although  it  is  but  a  short  time  since 
this  question  began  to  be  agitated.  I 
spoke  to  a  full  house  in  the  Advent 
church,  and  received  the  closet  atten- 
tion. I  also  heard  from  both  of  Pre*.  B's 
sermons  in  Wenona  as  largely  attended 
and  characteristically  impressive.  I 
left  Monday  morning  to  meet  Pres.  B. 
at  Streator,  and  to  arrange  to  have  him 
preach  and  lecture  there.  The  arrange- 
ments'were  accordingly  made,  and  the 
church,  which  shut  its  doors  against 
me,  opens  them  to  one  who  is  more  thor- 
oughly acquainted  with ,  and  more  ter- 
ribly hostile  to  the  lodge,  than  perhaps 
any  man  in  America.  So  truth  makes 
progress  and  the  right  is  indicated. 
Yours  for  Christ, 

H.  H.  Hinman. 


The  Ohio  State  Convention.— Tlie  Or- 
ganization and  Coustitntiou. 


North  Lkwiston,  Aug.  7,  1874, 

Dear  K, — The  State  Convention  has 
just  adjourned.  The  meeting  from 
first  to  last  were  a  success,  and  was 
lirgcly  attended  day  and  evening.  The 
spirit  and  interest  of  the  meetings  was 
bimilar  and  perhaps  equal  to  that  at 
Syracuse.  After  the  adoption  of  the 
constitution  over  an  hundred  signed  it, 
and  arrangements  were  made  for  a 
thorough  canvass  of  the  State  for  sig- 
natures. The  following  were  elected 
oflicers  for  the  ensuing  year: 

President,  Rev.  Wm.  Wishard,  On- 
tario, 

Ist  Vice  President,  Rev.  L.  Moore, 
Oceola. 

Recording  Sec'y,  Rev.  Wm.  Dillon, 
Dayton. 

Correspording  Sec'y,  Rev.  D.  S. 
Caldwell,  Carey. 

Treasurer,  Samuel  Hale,Esq.,  Mallet 
Creek. 

Executive  Committee,  Rev.  Geo. 
Clark,  Oberlin;  Rev.  R.  B.  Taylor, 
Summerfield. 

God  is  deahng  graciously  with  his 
people  and  the  delegates  return  to  their 
homes  rejoicing.        J.  P.  Stoddard. 

PRKAMBLK  and  CONSTlTnTIGN  ADOPTED  AT 
DARBY  CHAPEL,  O. ,  AUG.  StH,  1874. 

WJiereaSy   All  secret  associations,  es- 


pecially the  oath-bound,  tend  to  origi- 
nate and  promote  distrust,  caste,  cor- 
ruption and  class  hostility;  and 

Whereas,  The  oaths  and  penalties  by 
which  Freemasonry  binds  its  members 
to  secrecy  and  mutual  succor  are  far 
more  terrible,  and  therefore  more  po- 
tent, than  any  known  to  "civil  law," 
there  is  no  guarantee  for  equal  justice 
in  the  courts  to  t'ue  life,  liberty,  char- 
acter or  property  of  any  citizsn  not  a 
Mason,  where  his  opponent  and  his 
judge,  his  lawyer,  a  witness,  or  a  juror 
is  a  Mason ;  and 

Whereas,  The  Masonic  system,  its 
rights,  oaths,  laws,  penalties  and  moral- 
ity, all  are  borrowed  from  ancient  hea- 
thenism and  are  contrary  to  Christian 
.morality;  and, 

Whereas,  Its  organic  despotism,  with 
its  '  'head  center"  more  absolute  than 
Herod,  is  more  attractive  to  bad  men 
than  to  good,  and  the  bad  more  natu- 
rally aspire  to  and  control  it,  while 
the  good  swindled  into  it  are  snared  by 
its  foresworn  oaths;  and 

Whereas,  It  thus  becomes  an  anti- 
republican  training  school  to  our  young 
men,  with  its  titles  of  nobility  hostile 
to  free  speech,  subsidizing  or  awing 
into  silence  most  of  the  pulpits  and 
the  press;  armed  and  drilled,  and 
grasping  for  power,  already  counts  its 
annual  revenue  by  millions,  holds  most 
of  the  offices  of  every  grade  and  depart- 
ment, usurps  the  prerogatives  of  the 
Government  and  people  in  dedicating 
their  public  buildings,  and  holds  its 
own  laws  superior  to  the  civil  laws, 
executing  its  own  death  penalties  when 
it  dares  on  conscientious  members,  who 
like  Morgan,  expose  it;  and 
-  Whereas,  Self-defense  and  protect- 
ion against  such  secret  combinations  so 
potent  for  evil  is  an  imperative  duty  to 
ourselves,  our  families,  our  country  and 
the  God  of  nations : 

Therefore,  we,  the  undersigned  citi- 
zens of  the  State  of  Ohio,  for  reasons 
above  recited  and  others  not  herein 
named,  associate  ourselves  under  the 
following 

CONSTITUTION  : 

Art.  1st.  This  Association  shall  be 
called  the  Anti-secret  Association  of 
the  State  of  Ohio  and  shall  be  auxiliary 
to  the  National  Christian   Association. 

Art.  2d.  The  object  of  the  Associa- 
tion shall  be  to  enlighten  the  public 
mind  respecting  the  evils  set  forth  in 
the  preamble  of  this  constitution  and 
to  seek  by  all  lawful  means  to  remove 
them  from  both  church  and  state. 

Art.  3d.  The  officers  of  this  Associa- 
tion shall  be  a  President,  Vice-presi- 
dents, Corresponding  and  Recording 
Secretaries,  Treasurer  and  an  Executive 
Committee  of  two;  who  shall  be  chosen 
by  ballot,  and  perform  the  duties  us- 
ually attached  to  their  respective  offices 
until  their  successors  are  elected. 

Art.  4th.  The  President,  First  Vice- 
president,  Secretaries  and  Treasurer 
shall  be  ex-officio  members  of  the  Exe- 
cutive Committee  a  majority  of  whom 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  at  any  meet- 
ing. 

Art  5th.  This  Association  shall  meet 
annually  at  the  time  and  place  desig- 
nated by  vote  of  the  previous  annual 
meeting. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Art.  6th.  Any  person  in  sympathy 
with  the  object  of  this  Association  may 
become  a  member  by  signing  this  con- 
stitution. 

Art.  7th.  This  Constitution  may  be 
altered  or  amended  at  any  annual  meet- 
ing, two-thirds  of  the  members  present 
concurring,  provided  notice  of  the  pro- 
posed change  has  been  given  at  least  one 
day  previous. 


C^ifw$p*«<l«w4. 


TemperaHce  and  Freemasonry. 


Dear  Editor: — la  the  village  of 
Morris,  Otsego  Co.,  N.  Y.,the  temper- 
ance people  undertook  in  a  most  decid- 
ed mancer  to  prevent  the  sriving  of  li- 
cense to  the  liquor  dealers  and  rum 
holes  of  that  place.  Two  of  the  most 
prominent  of  the  liquor  dealers  in  the 
villiage  were  prosecuted  for  selling 
liquor  to  minors  who  were  members  of 
the  families  of  temperance  people. 
This  violation  of  the  law  was  perpetra- 
ted on  the  Sabbath  as  well  as  other 
days  of  the  week.  These  liquor  vend- 
ers were  accordingly  prosecuted  and 
arraigned  before  the  grand  jury  and 
had  it  not  been  for  the  interference  of 
the  Masonic  brotherhood  they  would 
have  been  fined  and  made  to  suffer  the 
just  penalty  of  the  law,  for  the  district 
attorney  said  to  a  lawyer  at  the  bar  that 
there  was  proof  enough  against  these  men 
to  convict  forty  persons.  And  for  the 
defense  of  these  criminals  they  brought 
forward  prominent  leading  characters 
of  the  village,  who  were  Masons,  and 
who  there  stated  under  oath  that  the  inn- 
keeper kept  the  best  public  house  thatwaii 
ever  kept  in  Morris.  So  "they  thought 
he  ought  to  be  excused  for  his  violation 
of  the  law. "  One  of  the  firm  of  an  apoth- 
ecary shop  wen>,  on  to  the  stand  and 
swore  that  he  had  sold  liquor  by  the 
drink  and  in  small  and  large  measure 
just  as  they  liked  or  wanted  it,  and 
yet  these  criminals  were  cleared  by  a  Ma- 
sonic  and  sin-loving  jury  and  left  to  pur- 
sue their  impious  traffic  in  defiance  of 
law.  And  what  is  a  little  astonishing 
is  regarding  the  Baptist  minister 
of  this  place,  who,  when  the  char- 
ter election  came  off  here,  was  holding 
a  protracted  meeting  in  Jacksonville,  or 
Mount  Vision  as  it  is  called,  aided 
by  other  ministers,  one  or  two  of  whom 
were  either  Masons  or  sympathizers. 
We  say  the  Baptist  minister  of  ttis 
place  left  that  meeting  to  come  home, 
twelve  miles,  (not  within  the  length  of 
his  cable-tow ,  for  we  understand  he  is  a 
Royal  Arch  Mason)  to  vote  with  and 
for  the  Masonic  rum-dealers  for  license, 
and  against  the  temperance  law-abiding 
men. 

We  ought  not  to  forget  to  mention 
the  efforts  of  the  ladies  who  labored 
hard  with  the  villagers.  One  young 
lady  in  particular,  a  member  of  the 
Episcopal  church,  took  her  dissipated 
father  by  the  hand  (who  is  a  Mason 
and  member  of  the  same  church)  clung 
to  Ms  arm  and,  entreating  him  to  vote 
a  no  licsnse  ticket.  And  yet,  the  lov- 
ing secret  brotherhood  deceived  her  at 
last,  a  Mason  slipped  a  license  ticket 
into  his  Land  behind  him,  which  he 
willingly  voted  unknown  to  his  daugh- 
ter; and  then   they  gloried   over  their 


success  to  her  great  distress  and  disap- 
pointment. This  is  the  work  in  which 
this  Masonic  Baptist  minister  participa- 
ted and  went  twelve  miles  out  of  the 
midst  of  a  revival  meeting,  in  which  he 
claimed  that  God  was  regenerating 
souls  through  his  instrumentality,  to  do 
it.  Yes,  to  give  aid  and  contribute  to 
the  success  of  the  Masonic  whiskey 
riag  in  the  place  where  he  lives!  And 
yet  this  was  the  Masonic  Good  Temp- 
lar lecturer,  who  in  Montrose,  or  near 
there,  in  a  lecture  before  the  lodge  told 
the  G.  T.  young  ladies  not  to  receive 
the  addresses  of  young  men  who  were 
not  members  of  the  lodge,  thereby  to 
more  effectually  use  their  influence  to 
draw  them  into  the  lodge.  This  is  the 
argumentnm  ad  femininuin. 

James  L.  Andrus. 


A  Book  I  Should  Like  to  See. 


Dear  Cynosure  : — I  should  like  very 
much  to  see  a  book  of  the  following- 
description  :  A  book  containing  fine 
engravings  illustrating  the  penalties  at- 
tached to  the  violation  of  Masonic  obli- 
gations. For  instance,  let  one  repre- 
sent the  penalty  attached  to  |the  Enter- 
ed Apprentice's  oath.  It  would  take 
three  cuts  to  represent  it  properly  : 
one  showing  a  man  in  the  act  of  having 
his  ''throat  cut  across;"  another,  hav- 
ing his  tongue  torn  out;"  and  another 
being  ''buried  at  low  water  mark." 
Then  let  another  cut  represent  the  Fel- 
low Craft  receiving  the  penalty  attached 
to  his  degree  ;  having  his  ''left  breast 
torn  open,"  his  "heart  and  vitals  taken 
from  thence  and  thrown  over  his  left 
shoulder,  then  exposed  to  wild  beasts 
and  vultures  in  the  valley  of  Jeliosa- 
phat?"  Let  another  represent  the 
Master  Mason,  separated  in  the  middle 
— two  parts  of  a  man — a  man  in  the 
condition  that  ''Whispering  Charley" 
at  Morenci,  Michigan,  was  found,  in 
a  box  in  Bean  Creek.  Let  it  represent 
two  savage  [Masons,  one  dragging  the 
lower  half  of  a  man  southward,  and 
the  other  dragging  the  upper  half 
northward;  a  third  between  with 
fiendish  brow  sheathing  the  bloody 
steel  which  severed  the  parts  of  the 
unfortunate  dupe;  a  fourth  stirring  and 
punching  the  slugglish  fire  with  one 
hand  and  piling  on  fuel  with  the  other, 
to  consume  the  bowels,  and  a  fifth 
anxiously  waiting  with  dish  in  hand  to 
gather  up  the  ashes  and  scatter  them 
to  the  four  winds.  So  let  the  penal- 
ties all  be  well  illustrated,  so  that  a 
child  can  soon  comprehend,  with  the 
assistance  ot  explanatory  notes  at  the 
foot.  Let  each  illustration  have  an 
appropriate  title  in  large  letters,  so 
that  "he  who  ruins  may  read." 

One  chapter  should  be  devoted  to 
the  more  important  passages  in  several 
of  the  oaths.  And  aiyjther  should 
give  a  brief  account  of  all  the  known 
Masonic  murders.  In  all  cases  refer- 
ences should  be  given  to  the  standard 
works  where  the  quotations  could  be 
found. 

A  work  of  this  kind  would  do  good 
faster  just  now  than  any  other  extant. 
It  would  do  more  to  save  and  properly 
indoctrinate  the  youth  of  our  land  than 
any  other  plan  I  can  think  of.  The 
people,  old  and  young,  are  asleep  on 
this   awfully  important   subject.     The 


(S 


land  is  flooded  with  cheap  and  attract- 
tive  and  thrilling  literature.  The  pul- 
pit and  the  press,  speaking  in  general 
terms,  are  sold,  basely  sold.  Nothing 
but  vigorous,  ingenious  and  well  con- 
certed effort  will  save  us  from  ruin. 
Have  we  not  a  helper,  a  brother,  with 
means  to  spare  to  get  up  a  beautifully 
illustrated  expose  of  the  more  important 
features  of  the  craft? 

What  is  FretmaBonry  ? 

Answer — A  pystem  of  arrangmenta 
for  the  protection  of  men  in  crime. 

What  is  the  secret  cf  Freemasonry  ? 

Answer — The  fact  stated  in  the  above 
answer.  The  system  is  adapted  to 
minor  purposes,  and  the  great  secret  in 
involves  minor  stcretf. 

Metz,  Ind.  J.  K.  Alwood. 


From  Broome  Co.,  N.  1. 


Union  Centre  is  a  borough  ten  miles 
northwest  of  Bringhampton,  Broome 
Co.,  N.  Y.  It  has  a  Congregational 
church  of  some  100  members,  who  lost 
their  oldest  deacon,  and  only  Mason, 
last  March.  ■  The  lodges  for  miles 
north  and  south  gathered  to  bury 
the  brother,  with  their  sworda,  staves, 
white  aprons  and  gloves,  and  hemlock 
brush  in  their  button  holes.  It  being 
the  first  performance  of  the  kind  in  the 
place,  the  crowd  was  out.  Two  dis- 
missed M.  E.  preachers,  who  were 
Masons,  read  the  Scriptures  and  did 
the  preaching.  The  M.  E.  prejjcher  in 
charge  is  said  to  be  a  Mason,  but  refus- 
ed to  wear  the  trappings.  He  tried  to 
make  a  Christlesa  prayer,  but  it  was 
evident  he  turned  Jew  with  much  em- 
barrassment. A  Univerealist  led  the 
lodges,  and  has  circulated  a  subscription 
for  the  brother  Mason,  M.  E.,  dismissed 
preacher  who  is  now  preaching  to  that 
church.  We  have  a  M.  E.  church 
with  some  seventy-five  memberp,  two 
Masons,  with  Masonic  preacher  sent 
them  from  year  to  year. 

I  was  old  enough  to  read  the  Anti- 
masonic  papers  sent  to  my  father  by  a 
brother-in-law  who  was  an  Anti-mason 
at  the  time  of  the  abduction  of  Wm. 
Morgan,  consequently  became  early 
opposed  to  all  secret  combinations. 
They  work  evil  and  only  evil  to  our 
country  and  its  liberties. 

The  press,  the  preacher,  lawyer, 
merchant,  dare  not  call  it  a  sin  or  sell 
books  that  condemn  it,  or  speak  their 
thoughts  about  it  any  more  than  they 
did  about  slavery,  for  fear  it  may 
jeopardize  their  several  interests. 
Preachers  are  destined  to  go  to  live 
f.mong  strangers.  They  join  the  lodge 
to  give  the  grip  to  find  sworn  friends 
among  strangers.  Black  legs  and 
knaves  join  for  the  same  purpose. 
Masonic  oaths  take  the  preference  of 
judicial  because  the  penalty  for  violation 
is  greater.  Finally  not  more  than  one 
press  in  100  dare  to  put  this  in  their 
columns  so  great  is  the  fear  of  exposing 
sin.  A.  K.  Ketcbum. 


Secrecy  in  Southern  Illinois. 


Elkville,  111. 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

Permit  me  to  say  a  few  words  in  the 
columns  of  your  most  valuable  paper 
concerning  secrecy  in  southern  Illinois. 
I    have    been  laboring  here  for  a  short 


time  as  an  itinerant  preacher  ih  the 
church  of  the  United  Brethren  in 
Christ.  Lately  I  have  become  a  read- 
er of  the  Cynosure,  and  I  think  is  i8 
just  such  a  paper  as  everybody  ought 
to  read,  and  I  expect  to  labor  for  its 
circulation. 

There  are  a  great  many  personr,  in 
this  country  who  know  nothing  about 
the  evils  of  secrecy ;  while  there  are 
others  who  have  learned  to  know  by 
observation  that  there  is  something  iu 
this  business  which  ought  to  be  brought 
out.  There  are  still  others  who  claim 
to  know  much  about  the  Masonic  order, 
and  are  .nstonished  at  the  U.  B.  church 
for  excluding  secrecy;  and  sometimes 
we  hear  one  ask  the  reason.  I  tell 
them  the  re.ison  is  simply  this,  because 
it  is  an  evil .  It  stays  the  hand  of 
justice;  it  turns  loose  horse  thieves, 
murderers,  bursjlarp,  kidnappers;  and, 
like  the  fiends  of  hell,  it  moves  about 
in  darkness.  It  not  oi>]y  needs  to  be 
kept  out  of  the  church  but  out  of  ex- 
istence. I  mean  oath-bound  secret  so- 
cieties of  all  descriptions. 

A  short  time  ago  in  this  part  of  the 
State  a  rnaii  met  a  neighbor  in  the  road 
and  said  to  him,  "  Sir,  you  stole  my 
meat;"  v/hich  the  neighbor  broadly 
denied.  But  no  sooner  denied  than  the 
man  fell  at  him  and  kicked  him  and 
beat  him  till  he  died.  What  do  you 
suppose  was  done  with  the  man  for 
committing  such  a  crime? — Done  with 
him  ?  What  could  be  done  with  him, 
for  he  was  a  Mason,  and  he  ran  among 
his  friends,  who  said  to  the  law.  Touch 
him  not,  for  he  is  one  of  us.  Present- 
ly the  grand  jury  met  and  some  honest 
fellow  called  for  an  investigation  of 
Mr.  Mason  case.  But  no  sooner  called 
than  jurymen  were  seen  winking  and 
nodding  and  moving  their  hands  in 
bome  strange  way,  and  finally  one  re- 
marked, "We  will  have  to  let  that  case 
pass,  for  there  cannot  be  sufficient  evi- 
dence produced  to  find  a  bill."  "But 
hold  on  !  Let  us  investigate  and  see," 
says  another.  "I  think  it  would  be 
imprudent  to  spend  time,"  observes 
the  chair,  and  we  will  pas's  that  for  the 
present.  The  majority  of  the  jurors 
were  Masons,  so  tl\ey  let  it  pass,  and 
it  passes  yet. 

There  are  hundreds  of  such  cases 
transpiring,  and  the  wonder  is  why  the 
world  can't  see  the  point,  and  set  their 
feet  on  the  neck  of  the  beast,  and 
smother  him  out.  Gud  speed  the  time 
when  secrecy  shall  be  wiped  out  and 
judge  and  juror  shall  be  free  men,  to 
deal  out  justice. 

H.  J.    MuLIIOLLiND. 


Masonry  au  Anti-Christ, 


Eaulville,  Iowa,  Aug.  G,  1874. 
Editor  Christ iun  Cynosttre: 

I  now  see  how  it  is  that  a  Freemason 
cannot  be  a  Christian.  Last  night  in 
conversation  with  a  Congregational 
minister,  he  said  that  Masonry  supplied 
a  want  which  is  felt  in  the  churches, 
and  that  some  of  the  best  citizens, 
merchants  and  Christians,  are  Masons. 
"  But,"  I  remarked,  "  they  have  a 
form  of  religion  in  which  they  ignore 
Christ." 

"O  yes,"  he  said,   "  but  they  believe 
in  the    one  God  and    leave    out  Christ 
[continued    on  12th    page.] 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE/ 


OUK  MAIL. 


Samuel  D.  Greene,  Esq.,  autlior  of  the 
Broken  Seal,  has  lately  been  visiting  in 
Portland,  Me.,  and  writes  of  his  experi- 
ences in  that  city  : 

"I  have  found  one  meeting-house  where 
v?e  can  have  lectures  delivered,  if  any  lec- 
turer should  please  to  use  it,  the  truth 
may  be  spread.  I  have  also  found 
that  the  "Broken  Seal"  is  sold  by  a 
Mr.  Colby  in  his  bookstore.  Every  other 
bookstore  is  kept  by  Masons.  I  went  and 
saw  them  all  and  had  a  long  talk  with 
them,  telling  them  they  could  not  hide  the 
light  if  all  the  bookstores  and  all  papers 
withheld  the  truth.  One  man,  with  a  con- 
siderable amount  of  intelligence,  when  I 
mentioned  to  him  what  Mr.  Sumner  said 
about  ]\[asonry,  replied,  "Put  Mr.  Sumner 
with  all  his  sagacity  and  power  into  a  dark 
cellar  in  which  there  was  no  light,  could 
he  read  or  see  better  than  other  men." 
No,  sir.  But  you  don't  infer  by  this  that 
Freemasonry  is  a  secret  ?  It  is  all  before 
the  world;  and  let  the  sun  shine  in  his 
meridian  brightness  into  that  cellar,  think 
you  Sumner,  John  Q.  Adams,  Daniel  Web- 
ster, Edward  Everett,  and  thousands  of 
others  could  not  read  it  ?  And  again  the 
Saviour  declares  that  that  is  done  of  you 
in  secret  shall  be  published  upon  the  house 
top.  Don't  you,  my  friend,  rather  show  a 
weak  spot  in  suggesting  the  idea  that  you 
can  take  or  perform  anything  that  you 
cannot  expose  ?  What  did  the  Masons 
murder  Morgan  for  ?  'Did  they  ?'  says  he. 
'Yes,'  says  I.  'And  that  is  what  I  want 
you  to  sell,  to  tell  the  public  that  Freema- 
sons murder  folks  for  telling  the  truth,  and 
that  there  is  a  class  of  respectable  men  in 
our  midst  that  have  laws  perfectly  at  anti- 
podes to  the  laws  of  our  republican  gov- 
ernment, holding  honest  men  by  wicked 
oaths  in  silence,  while  the  powerful  and 
the  malicious  carry  tliem  into  execution. 
All,  too,  for  sellish  purposes.'  He  heard 
me  without  opening  his  mouth,  when  a 
man  dressed  in  grey,  came  in  with  a  pack 
of  letters  and  papers  whom  I  suppose  was 
a  letter  carrier,  and  when  he  saw  I  had  si- 
lenced the  other,  he  opened  a  vial  and 
poured  out  a  little  Masonic  liquid,  saying, 
'AVho  would  believe  a  man  (though  you 
are  much  older  than  I  am)  who  would 
take  oaths  and  then  violate  them  ?'  You, 
sir!  for  your  very  expression  declared  I 
have  told  the  truth,  or  I  have  not  broken 
au  oath  ;  and  such  an  oath  as  you  refer  to 
as  taken  in  a  Masonic  lodge,  the  Bible, 
which  is  one  of  the  great  lights  in  Mason- 
ry, as  great  as  the  square  or  compass,  re- 
quires you  should  break  it,  and  repent  that 
you  ever  took  it,  and  perhaps  you  only 
keep  it  because  you  can  be  a  post-offlce 
carrier.'  This  wound  him  up,  for  he  said 
he  was  no  carrier,  but  going  from  the  post- 
olflce  with  his  business  papers,  and  felt 
the  shock  so  sensibly  that  he  made  an 
apology  for  interfering  and  went  about  his 
business.  The  other  man  commenced 
again,  and  said,  'It  seems  that  you  are  not 
murdered  yet?'  'No,  it  is  not  because  you 
don't  desire  to  do  it.  But  I  hope  to  show 
its  wickedness  upon  house  tops.'  This 
ended  the  talk,  and  I  bought  a  couple  of 
Bibles  of  him  to  give  away.  I  told  him  I 
am  not  opposed  to  you,  but  Freemasonry." 

S.  P.  Reed,  Suez,  111.,  writes  : 

"I  cannot  do  without  your  paper.  You 
will  please  continue  to  send  it  to  me. 
Yours  in  the  cause  of  truth." 

Chaa.  Mundhenk,  Pyrmout,  O.,  thinks 
that  secrecy  is  a  greater  curse  to  this  coun- 
try than  was  slavery. 

A  physician  of  Waynetown,  Ind.,  writes: 

"One  of  your  agents  called  on  me  and 
presented  several  tracts  and  pamphlets 
whicli  have  interested  me  very  much, 
therefore  I  wish  your  paper  on  trial," 

The  friend  who  was  distributing  tracts 
in  Waynetown  will  be  glad  to  learn  of  this 
result  of  his  labors.  Those  who  are  work- 
ing and  see  no  fruit  should  not  be  discour- 
aged. Only  the  great  reckoning  Day  will 
reveal  all  results.  Paul  said  that  he  plant- 
ed the  seed  of  truth,  but  he  did  not  wait  to 
see  what  would  come  of  it.  Another 
Christian  preacher,  Appollos,  watered  it, 
encouraged  those  who  were  serious  cou- 
cerniug  their  salvation.  But  their  work 
was  nothing.    God  gives  the  increase. 

J.  A.  Marsh,  Albany,  Mo.,  writes  that 
he  must  discontinue  the  paper  for  the 
present,  but  will  renew  as  toon  as  possible, 
nis  reason  is  nearly  the  only  good  one  that 
could  be  given  for  stopping  the  Cynosure, 
and  one  that  many  of  us  feel  in  sympathy 
with— want  of  present  means.  But  he 
says  encouragingly,  "I  shall  do  all  in  my 
power  for  your  paper.  I  have  been  circu- 
lating it  in  my  neighborhood.     It  is  liked 


very  well.  I  think  I  can  get  some  sub- 
scribers." Last  week's  paper  is  a  good 
one  for  Gentry  county.  Bro.  M.  would  do 
well  to  get  some  copies  to  circulate. 

Jacob  L.  Kennamer,  of  Keunamer's 
Cove,  Ala.,  writes : 

"I  do  not  see  how  I  can  do  without  your 
paper.  It  deals  the  lodge  some  heavy 
blows.  The  Masons  and  grangers  are 
quite  numerous  in  this  country.  The 
masses  of  the  people  are  not  informed  in 
regard  to  the  workings  of  the  lodge." 

S.  P.  Stroup,  Huntertowu,  Ind.,  writes  : 

"I  have  been  a  reader  of  the  paper  al- 
most ever  since  it  has  been  published. 
Money  matters  are  pretty  close  with  me 
nevertheless  I  must  have  the  paper." 

T.  C.  Wallace,  Cambridge,  N.  Y.,  writes 
for  the  paper  at  first  sight,  and  adds  : 

"Masonry  is  very  strong  hereabouts.  In 
this  village  is  a  large  and  flourishing  lodge, 
and  many  of  our  best  citizens  are  members. 
Misguided  men !  I  think  if  they  should 
read  the  Cyuosure  they  would  withdraw  at 
once,  as  they  would  immediately  have 
their  eyes  opened  to  the  enormity  of  Ma- 
sonry whicli  they  have  no  opportunity  of 
doing  while  actively  engaged  in  the  duties 
devolving  upon  them  as  members  of  a 
lodge." 

W.  W.  Stringer.  Ridge,  O.,  writes  : 

"Push  on  the  cause,  for  it  is  certainly 
gaining," 

R.  H.  Powell,  Winnebago,  111.,  writes  : 

"There  are  a  good  many  Anti-masons  in 
this  vicinity,  but  it  is  hard  work  to  get 
them  to  subscribe  for  the  Cyiiostire.  They 
are  not  sufficiently  awake  to  the  magnitude 
of  the  evils  of  the  secret  orders.  Masonry 
in  particular.  May  God  grant  you  favor 
iu  his  sight,  as  an  instrument  to  help  over- 
throw these  orders,  is  the  prayer  of  your 
unworthy  servant  in  Christ." 

Alfred  Beecher,  Oberlin,  O.,  writes  : 

"I  take  many  good  papers,  but  no  one 
that  I  prize  equally  with  your  paper." 

J.  Baldwin,  Ransom,  Mich.,  writes  : 

"A  granger  handed  me  his  own  and  one 
new  subscription  and  says  he  will  do  all  he 
can  for  its  [the  Gi/nosure]  circulation .  Look 
for  some  j'early  subscriptions  soon." 

Jas.  A.  Clark,  Prospect,  Butler  Co.,  Pa., 
writes : 

"I  will  be  very  glad  if  the  General 
Agent,  J.  P.  Stoddard,  would  come  into 
Butler  county  this  fall  and  organize  a 
county  anti-secret  association  or  several 
township  organizations.  Since  the  oil  de- 
velopment here  the  various  secret  orders 
have  extended  almost  throughout  the  whole 
country,  and  the  grange  and  other  trades- 
men's combinations  are  just  feeders  or 
nurseries  for  them,  and  the  anti-secret 
need  to  be  called  out  and  united." 

Bro.  Stoddard  will  remember  this  field. 


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f«tg    |aW    ||ja. 


[From  the  Aut-masoiiic  Enquirer.  1S29] 


An  Illustralion  of  Masonry. 


The  causes  of  Masonic  violence  snd 
ferocity,  exhibited  at  our  town  meet- 
ing poll  has  excited  fearful  apprehen- 
sions for  personal  safety  and  public 
peace.  A  frightful  crisis  in  our  history 
has  arrived.  The  peaceful  discharge 
of  our  elective  duties  is  obstructed  by 
the  hand  of  violence.  Freemen  are 
kept  from  the  ballot  boxes  by  brute 
force.  Outcasts  and  bullies  are  hired 
by  the  fraternity  to  create  disorder  and 
riot.  The  fraternity  were  all  winter 
inflataing  and  preparing  their  hirelings 
for  the  outrages  which  have  been  com- 
mitted. Early  in  the  day,  the  frater- 
nity made  a  rush  to  the  polls,  secured 
the  passages,  and  in  defiance  of  all 
civil  authority,  kept  their  ground 
through  the  day.  The  disorder  was 
£0  great  that  the  polls  were  forced  to 
close  for  some  time.  A  large  number 
of  citizens  after  several  efforts  to  vote, 
were  forced  back  and  compelled  to 
abandon  it.  At  n'ght  it  being  known 
that  at  least  one-fourth  of  our  votes 
were  not  in,  the  board  adjourned  over 
till  the  next  mornin?-. 


Immediately  after  closing  of  the 
poll-',  the  abuse  and  menaces,  which 
had  been  kept  up  through  the  day, 
were  turned  into  blows  and  bloodshed. 
In  the  course  of  the  brutal  conflict,  at 
least  four  men,  with  fists,  feet  and 
stones  attacked  one  individual.  In  the 
evening  one  of  the  regular  bullies  of 
the  fraternity,  attacked  a  man  with  a 
heavy  cane  and  inflicted  three  danger- 
ous wounds  upon  his  bare  head.  This 
wretch  v/as  bailed  by  two  highly  res- 
pectable Freemasons. 

Fredrick  Whittlesey,  Esq  ,  was  want 
only  assaulted,  knocked  down  and 
jumped  upou  at  the  town  meeting, 
lie  was  standing  alone  and  unconscious 
of  anv  design  to  attack  him.  He  had 
been  engaged  most  of  the  day  in  his 
ofBiO,  and  had  neither  molested  or  of- 
fended any  one.  But  he  is  a  member 
of  the  Morgan  Committee,  and  has  for 
nearly  three  years  devoted  his  lime 
and  talents  to  the  investigation  of  Ma- 
sonic outrages.  For  this  offense,  it 
woul.l  seem,  that  his  person  and  life 
are  in  jeopardy.  This  ferocious  and 
unprovoked  assault  upon  Mr.  Whittle- 
sey l(?ads  us  to  a  train  of  the  most 
painful  reflections.  If  men  who  oppose 
Freemasonry  aie  to  be  thus  knocked 
down  and  trampled  upon,  how  long 
shall  we  be  able  to  boast  of  law  and 
t'reedoRi.  The  fraternity  seemed  de- 
termined to  impress  its  Woody  sign 
upon  all  its  opponents.  The  outrage 
will  receive  a  judicial  investigation  and 
we  forbear  further  comments. 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Third 
quarter,  1874. 


July 


Auc 


Sept 


5. 
12. 

10. 

2«. 

2. 

9. 

10. 

2S. 

30. 

.  0. 

13. 

20. 

27. 


Gospel  op  Mark. 
i.  1-il.     Beginning  of  the  Gospel, 
i.  10-27.    The  Authority  of  Jesns. 
i.  45-48.    The  Leper  Jlealed. 
ii.  14-17.    The  Puhlican  Called, 
ii.  23-28,  iii.  1-5.    Jesus  and  Sabbath 
iv.  35-41.    Power  over  Nature. 
V.  1-15.    Power  over  Demons. 
V.  14-24.    Power  over  Disease. 

V.  22-23,  35-43.    Power  over  Death. 
vi.  20-23.    Martyrdom  of  the  Baptist. 

VI.  34-'14'     Five  Thousand  Fed. 
vii.  ^1-30.    The  Phoenician  Mother, 
lleviow. 


LESSON  xxxiv. — Aug.   23,    1874. — power 

OVER  DISEASE. 


SCRIPTCTRE  LESSON. — MARK  V.  24-34  ;  Com- 
mit 24-29  ;  Primary  Verse  28.' 

24  And  Jesus  went  with  him  ;  aiid 
much  people  followed  hiin,  and  thronged 
him. 

25  And  a  certain  woman  which  had  an 
issue  of  blood  twelve  years, 

26  And  had  suflered  many  things  of 
many  physicians,  and  had  spent  all  that 
she  had,  and  was  nothing  bettered,  but  ra- 
the)' grew  worse, 

37  When  she  had  heard  of  Jesus,  came 
in  the  press  behind,  and  touched  his  gar- 
ment. 

28  For  she  said,  If  I  may  touch  but  his 
clothes,  I  shall  be  whole. 

29  And  straightway  the  fountain  of  her 
blood  was  dried  up  ;  and  she  felt  in  her 
body  that  she  was  healed  of  that  plague. 

30  And  Jesus,  immediately  knowing  in 
himself  that  virtue  had  gone  out  of  him, 
turned  him  about  in  the  press,  and  said, 
^Vho  touclied  my  clothes? 

31  And  his  disciples  said  unto  him, 
Thou  seest  the  multitude  thronging  thee, 
and  saycst  thou,  Who  touched  me  ? 

32  And  he  looked  round  about  to  see 
her  that  had  done  this  thing. 

33  But  the  woman  fearing  and  tremb- 
ling, knowing  what  was  done  in  her,  came 
and  fell  down  before  him,  and  told  him 
all  the  truth. 

34  And  he  said  unto  her,  Daughter, 
thy  faith  hath  made  thee  whole  ;  go  in 
peace,  and  be  whole  of  thy  plague. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "And  as  many  as 
touched  him  were  made  whole." — Mark 
vi.  50. 

TOPIC— "Thy  faith  hath  made  thee 
whole." — Verse  84. 


M. 

Num. 

T. 

2  King 

W. 

Isa. 

Th 

Matt. 

P. 

Lulce 

S. 

Luke 

S. 

John 

The 

The 

The 

Tlie 

The 

HOME  READIMG3. 
xil.        1-16 — The  Cure  of  Miriam, 
s  V.  1-14 — The  Leper  General. 

xxxviii.  1-22— The   Iving  Restored, 
ix.  1-13— The  Sick  of  the  Palsy, 

vll.  i-io- Tije  Centurian"9  Servant 

xviii.  35-43- The  Blind  Beggar. 
V.  1-18- The  Impotent  Man. 

TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 
Great  Sufferer,      verses      24-20. 
Hearing  of  Faith,  verse  27. 

Touch  of  Faith,  verses  28,29. 
Confession  of  Faith,  "  SO-Ss! 
Blessing  of  Faith,    verse         S4, 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

Where  was  Jesus  in  our  last  lesson  ? 
Why  did  he  leave  the  healed  man  there  ? 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  Who  was  the 
sufferer  ?  How  long  had  she  sulYered  ? 
(verse  25.)  How  much  had  she  expended 
on  physicians  ?  Did  she  i^row  better  V 
(verse  26.)  How  is  the  sinner  like  this 
woman  ? 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  How  did 
this  woman  know  of  Jesus?  (vr.  27.)  Some 
one  that  had  been  healed  had  probably 
told  her.  AVhy  did  she  think  Jesus  would 
heal  her  when  her  money  was  all  gone  ? 
Probably  many  heard  of  Jesus  and  did  not 
go.  What  different  kinds  of  hearing  are 
there  ?    What  does  it  say  in  Rom.  x.  10. 

What  is  the  third  topic  ?  What  did  she 
do  when  she  heard  V  (verse  27.)  What  did 
she  say  ?  (verse  28.)  How  did  she  know 
she  would  be  healed  ?  What  happened  to 
her  when  she  touched  Jesus  ?  How  long 
was  it  before  she  was  healed  ?  (verse  29.) 
How  many  were  near  Jesus  ?  (verse  31.) 
Is  it  probable  that  others  touched  him  ? 
What  was  the  difference  in  the  touch  ? 

What  is  the  fourth  topic  ?  How  did 
Jesus  know  that  any  one  touched  him  ? 
(verse  30.)  Did  the  disciples  know  it  ? 
(verse  31.)  AVhat  did  Jesus  do  ?  (verse  33.) 
What  did  the  woman  do  ?  (verse  33.)  What 
did  she  know  ?  (verse  33.)  How'  was  slie 
like  the  man  at  Gadara  ?  Do  you  think 
Jesus  wants  witnesses  now  ? 

What  is  the  fifth  topic  ?  Wliat  did  Jesus 
say  to  her  (verse  34.)*  Was  his  a  blessing  ? 
Suppose  the  woman  had  gone  away  and 
not  confessed  Jesus,  wliat  would  she  have 
lost  ?  Name  the  three  words  of  blessing. 
— National  ti.  B.  Teacher. 


The  Duly  of  Con tessiu?  Christ. 


This  may  he  profitably  dwell  upon 
in  connection  with  the  above  ItSton. 
The  Illustraled  Blhle  Studies  has  this 
remark  on  the  eul'ject:  This  is  some 
times  delayed.  She  might  easily  have 
withdrawn,  and  been  unnoticed  in  the 
crowd.  She  would  have  gone  healed 
of  "that  plague;"  but  there  was  stili 
another  plague  of  which  ale  needed  to  be 
cured.  Jesus  would  have  her  healed 
of  that  also.  He  5S  msrciful  to  her  be- 
yond her  utmost  thought.  Conceal- 
ment, in  such  a  case,  would  be  wrong, 
and  would  bring  harm  upon  herself,  at 
least  prevent  her  from  obtaining  an 
inffnately  greater  blessing,  as  clearly 
within-feacb,  as  easj'  for  him  to  bestow, 
as  that  already  received.  The  wonder- 
ful fkdl  and  most  gracious  mingling  of 
firmness  and  delicacy  with  which  our 
Saviour  arrested  her  attention,  detain- 
ed her  departure,  questioned  her,  re- 
veiiled  her  heart  to  herself,  caused  her 
to  see  what  she  had  done  and  thought 
of  doing,  made  her  feel  that  he  knew 
all,  assured  her  confidence,  emboldened 
her  trust,  so  that  she  could  not  help 
but  "tell  him  the  truth,"  and  right 
there  openly  witnessa  good"confes6iv;u." 
This  o'racious  tact  and  wisdom  of  Jesus 
has  always  been  peculiarly  admired. 
It  has  especially  made  this  impression 
upon  thoughtful  minds  in  all  ages, 
that  Jesus  is  the  best  cortjldante  that 
one  can  possibly  have;  and  that  he 
understands  exactly  how  to  deal  with 
us  in  a  way  precisely  suited  to  the  pe- 
culiarities of  each  one's  condition  and 
disposition.  Besides  that,  does  it  not 
teach  that  no  naturally  shrinking  timid- 
ity is  a  good  excuse  ''or  one's  refusing 
to  confess  Christ  before  the  world? 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Cultiyatia?  Benevolence. 


Ie  Dr.  Murdock's  essay  on  ' '  Devel- 
oping the  Mission  Spirit"  in  Sabbath- 
school  instruction  occurs  this  paragraph, 
which  may  furnish  food  for  thought  to 
those  who  are  trying  to  cxiltivate  a 
^spirit  of  benevolfince  in  the  minds  of 
.the  young : 

You  all  aim,  I  assume,  to  cultivate 
"^he  grace  of  giving  in  the  members  of 
your  schools.  But  a  simple  mention  of 
the  motives  by  which  you  seek  to  stim- 
ulate this  grace  is  enough  to  show  a 
false  method,  if  not  an  ignoble  end. 
In  many  instances  there  is  the  simple 
i^pring  of  competition;  which  scholar 
or  which  class  shall  give  the  most  to 
the  funds  of  the  school.  You  thus  en- 
s;ender  a  spirit  in  your  holy  work  which 
is  little  better  than  that  evoked  by  a 
running  or  a  rowing  match.  Or,  it 
may  be,  you  set  before  your  schools 
some  local  improvement — the  adorn- 
ment of  the  school  room,  or  the  increase 
of  the  library,  or  some  other  object 
which  lies  on  the  plane  of  individual 
or  of  social  self-seeking.  I  have  not 
consulted  the  statistics  of  all  the  schools 
in  the  State  on  this  head ;  but  guided 
by  a  somewhat  extensive  personal  ob- 
servation, I  am  led  to  the  belief  that 
the  larger  part  of  all  that  our  schools 
contribute  at  their  weekly  gatherings, 
is  expended  in  one  form  or  another  on 
themselves;  on  books,  on  illustrated 
papers,  which  are  prized  chiefly  for 
their  pictorial  attractions,  or  on  festi- 
vals and  picnics.  It  is  better,  doubt- 
less, that  the  money  of  your  children 
should  be  amassed  in  your  treasures, 
even  for  public  ends  like  these,  than 
that  they  should  be  left  to  spend  it  on 
personal  tastes  and  pleasures  of  a  lower 
sort;  but  until  you  do  something  more 
than  to  coax  the  boy  oxit  of  his  candy 
or  his  toys  for  the  sake  of  a  new  book, 
or  a  better  fitted  school  room,  do  not 
persuade  yourself  that  you  are  train- 
ing his  benevolent  affections,  or  leading 
iiim  into  the  ways  of  Christian  benefi- 
cence. 


Household  Helps. 

No  inteUigent  farmer  or  mechanic  of 
modern  times  thinks  for  a  moment  of 
successfully  carrying  on  his  business 
without  the  aid  of  all  the  machinery 
that  can  really  be  of  advantage  to  him. 
Every  well-appointed  farm  has  its 
mower  or  reaper,  its  tedder,  its  hay- 
fork, its  improved  plows,  its  hay-cutter, 
its  apparatus  for  steaming  food,  if  it  be 
a  stock  farm,  and  all  the  lesser  appli- 
ances that  supplement  the  skill  and  in- 
dustry of  the  workman.  This  is  as  it 
should  be.  But  when  we  leave  the 
precincts  of  the  farm-yard  and  stables 
and  cross  the  threshold  of  the  kitchen 
and  dining-room;  what  are  we  sure  of 
hearty  meals  to  provide  punctually  at 
the  appointed  hour  every  day,  children 
to  look  after,  a  baby  to  take  care  of, 
butter  to  work,  calves  to  feed,  chickens 
to  attend  to,  besides  the  inevitable 
washing,  ironing  and  mending  that 
comes  every  week,  it  does  seem  as 
though  she  should  have  every  possible 
aid — a  good  stove  or  range,  to  begin 


with,  as  this  is  really  the  central  point 
of  the  household  machinery,  with 
abundance  of  fuel  ready  for  use  and 
not  far  away.  A  poor,  small  stove, 
though  the  best  of  fuel  is  provided,  is 
a  continual  aggravation;  a  good,  large 
stove,  with  poor  fuel,  is  equally  unsat- 
isfactory. We  knew  a  lady  once,  a 
clergyman's  wife,  who  lived  in  a  village 
where  dry  wood  could  not  be  obtained, 
as  everybody  found  boot  making  more 
profitable  than  wood  chopping.  On 
baking  day  she  would  go  regularly  to 
her  husband  and  say,  laughing,  '-Now, 
Brother  B. ,  I'm  going  to  bake ;  you 
must  begin  to  pray."  That  didn't 
always  give  a  nice  brown  to  the  loaves 
or  keep  the  under  pie  crust  from  being 
soggy.  How  much  it  had  to  do  with 
the  uniform  cheerfulness  of  the  tried 
housewife  it  would  be  difficult  to  tell. 
The  smiles  that  wreated  her  face  in  the 
midst  of  such  trials  were  those  of  a 
saint. 

Even  when  farm  work  presses,  on 
Monday,  the  housekeeper,  if  she  has  no 
hired  girl,  ought  to  have  the  services 
of  one  of  the  hired  men  at  least  part  of 
a  day,  to  work  the  washing  machine  if 
she  has  one,  or  stand  at  the  poundina- 
barrel,  to  turn  the  wringer,  pump  the 
water,  empty  the  tubs,  and  keep  the 
6re  hot;  so  that,  if  possible,  the  wash- 
ing may  be  out  of  the  way  in  time  to 
get  dinner  in  season,  and  no  return  to 
wash-tubs  be  necessary  when  dinner  is 
over.  Some  women  have  so  much 
sweetness  of  disposition,  and  such 
abounding  health  that  they  can  bear 
everything  with  equanimity;  those 
who  are  not  thus  blessed  should  not,  as 
a  matter  of  policy,  be  called  on  for  the 
manifestation  of  amiability  of  which 
they  are  incapable.  An  energetic, 
ambitious  housekeeper  must,  to  keep 
up  her  spirits,  see  a  way  through  her 
work,  and  if  "Alps  on  Alps  arise,"  and 
there  is  no  possibility  of  scaling  them, 
she  will  become  either  melancholy  or 
ill-tempered — either  of  which  states  of 
mind  is  most  unhappy  for  all  concern- 
ed. "Thou  shalt  not  muzzle  the 
mouth  of  the  ox  that  treadeth  out  the 
corn.  Doth  God  care  for  the  oxen  ?" 
Much  more  than  they  should  the  wo- 
man who  works  hard  enjoy  the  fruit 
of  her  labor;  turning  her  poultry  and 
eggs,  butter  and  honey  into  whatever 
may  aesist  in  making  her  work  light, 
keeping  her  young  in  feeling  and  buoy- 
ant in  spirit. — iV.   Y.  Tribune. 


vessels  will  continue  sweet  four  or  five 
hours  longer  than  it  will  in  vessels  of 
any  other  material. 


The  Selection  of  Fruit. — The  fla- 
vor and  delicacy  of  fruit  depends  upon 
its  being  gathered  when  in  its  '  'apogee 
of  esculence."  There  is  one  supreme 
hour  when  it  is  just  ripe,  and  that 
hour  should  be  seized  for  its  preserva- 
tion. The  reason  Trhy  fruit  canned  in 
the  household  is  often  so  much  better 
than  that  bought  in  the  stores  is  that  it 
was  in  a  more  perfect  condition — neith- 
er over  ripe  nor  under  ripe — when  it 
was  put  in  the  cans.  Some  fruits  are 
more  perishable  than  others,  but  as  a 
general  rule  the  sooner  fruit  is  canned 

after  it  is  ripe  the  better  it  will  be. 

•-»« 

Zinc  Milk  Pans. — Experiments  in 
England  have  recently  been  made  re. 
garding  the  effects  of  zinc  upon  milk, 
and  it  was  found  that  milk  kept  in  zinc 


Hydrophobia. — The  Kansas  City 
Times  gives  the  following  remedy  on 
the  authority  of  a  gentleman  who  has 
had  large  experience  with  dogs  and 
who  has  been  bitten  by  rabid  animals 
no  less  than  three  times,  and  been 
cured  by  this  means: 

After  being  bitten  take,  immediately, 
warm  vinegar  and  wash  the  wound 
well,  then  dry  it  thoroughly,  and  pour 
upon  the  wound  a  few  drops  of  muri- 
atic acid,  which  destroys  the  poison  of 
the  saliva.  Then  take  one  and  a  half 
ounces  elecampane  root,  and  boil  down 
to  a  hall  pint.  Of  this  decoction  take 
a  small  quantity  every  morning,  eating 
no  food  until  afternoon,  and  then  spar- 
ingly. This  treatment  should  be  kept 
up  one  week. 

The  earliest  symptoms  of  hydropho- 
bia in  a  dog  is  restlessness  and  a  con- 
stant desire  to  turn  round.  The  eyes 
become  bloodshot,  countenance  anxious; 
sees  objects  in  the  air,  and  frequently 
snaps  at  imaginary  things;  has  a  de- 
praved appetite,  displays  an  unusual 
fondness  for  his  master,  and  an  intense 
desire  to  lick  his  bands  and  face.  The 
sooner  such  a  dog  is   killed  the  better. 

'$^^^  at|t!  ^^^% 

Doing  Farm-work  well. 


There  is  no  department  of  industry 
where  doing  work  well  pays  better 
than  in  farming.  We  all  admit  the  ne- 
cessity with  regard  to  other  branches 
of  business,  but  many  and  perhaps 
most  times  practically  deny  it  in  this. 
There  is  not  one  farmer  in  fifty  that  is 
as  careful  with  his  crops  as  the  manu- 
facturer is  with  his  wares.  The  cloth 
we  buy  has  no  broken  threads  in  warp 
or  woof,  and  the  tailor's  stitches  mean 
business  every  time  or  he  does  not  get 
a  second  job.  The  carriage  in  which 
we  ride  is  not  thrown  together,  but  fit- 
ted part  to  part  so  that  the  whole  ve- 
hical  is  almost  as  much  one  piece  as 
though  it  grew  together — iron  and 
wood.  So  of  all  industries  upon  which 
the  world  writes  success. 

Take  a  few  Tacts  about  farming. 
One  year  ago  the  writer  employed  a 
man  to  plow  an  acre  of  land,  and  for 
special  reasons  wanted  it  done  well. 
While  the  owner  was  in  the  field,  and 
a  part  of  the  time  holding  the  plow, 
each  furrow  was  cut  exactly  the  same 
width  and  depth,  the  whole  mass  prop- 
erly disintegrated,  and  left  in  the  best 
condition  that  the  plow  could  leave  it. 
Afterwards  the  furrows  were  cut  some 
four  inches  wide  and  some  ten,  meas- 
uring in  depth  all  the  way  from  one 
inch  to  eight,  always  deepest  in  the 
lightest  soil.  There  was  no  brain  put 
into  the  business,  and  as  little  strength 
as  the  nature  of  the  work  would  allow. 

Of  course  the  harrow  followed  the 
plow,  but  it  could  not  remedy  the 
wrong,  and  the  consequence  was  that 
nearly  twice  as  much  time  wasrequired 
to  make  the  field  plantable  as  under 
other  circumstances  would  have  been 
necessary;  and  when  the  grain  was 
harvested,  the  four  rows  on  the  out- 
side, where   the  breaking   up   was  as 


perfectly  done  as  could  be,  bore  at  least 
a  quarter  more  corn  than  the  slighted, 
outraged  interior.  Now,  take  the 
farms  from  Maine  to  California.  On 
what  proportioa  is  the  primary  work 
of  plowing  done  in  the  best  posjsible 
manner  ?  And  vet  no  part  of  the  prep- 
aration or  after  culture  is  so  important 
as  this,  or  bears  so  direct  relations  to  a 
good  yield. 

Take  another  department  of  farm 
work.  Several  years  ago  the  owner 
of  a  confaiderable  dairy  was  perplexed 
beyond  measure  at  the  meagerness  of 
the  yield  of  butter  from  a  certain  num- 
ber of  cows.  The  milk  was  as  abund- 
ant as  usual,  the  house  manipulation 
was  good,  and  yet  when  he  should 
have  marketed  from  fifty  to  sixty 
pounds  a  week,  he  rarely  ever  went 
over  forty.  His  perplexity  grew  apace 
until  happening  to  go  into  his  yard 
after  his  two  hired  men  had  completed 
the  night's  milking,  he  found  from  a 
pint  to  a  quart  of  milk  in  the  udder  of 
each  cow — the  practice  of  the  milkers,  as 
he  afterwards  learned,  being  to  stop 
the  moment  the  flow  abated,  leaving  the 
very  best  portion  behind. 

A  radical  change  in  the  mode  of 
milking  added  several  pounds  of  butter 
a  week  to  his  product  at  once,  and 
solved  forever  a  perplexing  problem. 

Now,  take  all  the  cows  in  this  coun- 
try— millions  on  millions — what  propor- 
tion of  them  are  milked  as  they  should 
be  ?  Some  are,  but  a  vast  number  are 
not.  And  yet,  it  requires  not  more 
than  a  minute  of  additional  time  to 
each  animal — perhaps  four  hours  in  a 
summer,  or  six  at  most. 

Not  to  mention  other  neglects  equal- 
ly; and  even  more  costly,  suppose  that 
the  plowing  in  these  United  States 
could  be  done  as  perfectly  as  possible, 
and  the  milking  as  well  as  it  can  be, 
would  not  the  aggregate  of  the  increase 
of  products  be  immense,  perhaps  turn 
the  scale,  that  is  now  about  evenly  bal- 
anced, in  favor  of  farming  as  a  money- 
making  business? — Neio  York  Wif. 
ness. 


The  large  draft  made  upon  milch 
cows  to  supply  the  ex'.ra  nutriment  re- 
quired to  make  their  milk,  so  sharpens 
their  appetites  that  they  are  often 
found  cropping  greedily  what  other 
cattle  will  not  touch.  This  is  especial- 
ly true  of  large  milkers.  They  are, 
too,  more  sensative  to  disturbing  influ- 
ences, such  as  unwholesome  or  poison- 
ous food,  than  other  cattle,  because  so 
much  of  the  strength  of  their  food  is 
carried  away  in  their  milk  that  they 
are  not  as  well  nourished,  and  hence 
have  not  the  vigor  to  ward  off  and  bear 
up  against  adverse  agencies.  Hence 
they  often  become  the  victims  of  mis- 
fortune when  others  in  the  same  field, 
and  apparently  surrounded  by  the  same 
circumstances  and  liabilities  escape.  I 
have  twice,  in  my  dairy  experience, 
had  some  of  my  best  milkers  taken  with 
symptoms  as  described  from  eating  loo 
freely  of  a  certain  species  of  dw.^rf 
wild  cherry.  The  prussic  acid  con- 
tained in  the  kaves  and  bark  of  ;  the 
twigs  was  sufficient  to  poison  them. 
Such  food  the  less  voracious  LHppelites 
of  the  rest  of  the  flock  would  not  induce 
them  to  taste,  and  they  were  conse- 
quently unharmed. — Jfs^ew  York  Tri- 
bune. 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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Cbcago,  Thursday,  Aug:ust  13,  1874. 


EDITOKIAL  COKKESPOMHiNUE. 


AC- 


MASONIC     FUNERAL RENEWAL     OF     A     RKMABKABLT! 

QUAINTANCK TUE    ILLINOIS   A(;BNT. 

Grand  Ridge,  111.  Aug.  7,  1874. 

I  preached  hst  Sabbath  to  the  United  Presbyterian 
and  the  General  Assembly  Presbyterian  churches  in 
Wenotia,  to  good  and  attentive  audiences.  To-night  1 
am  to  speak  in  the  City  Hall,  Ottawa,  and  preach  next 
Sabbath  morning  in  the  Presbyterian  church,  Streator, 
and  at  night  in  a  public  ball  there,  I  received  $1^0 
in  Wenona  for  the  college,  and  hear  of  students 
wherever  I  go  who  expect  to  attend  next  fall.  These 
are  but  tokers  and  symptoms  of  the  progress  of  truth 
against  the  loathesome  and  dangerous  conspiracy  of  the 
secret  orders  against  our  government,  religion  and  the 
outside  world  generally.  Meantime  the  Freemasons 
are  galvanized  by  the  discussion  into  new  Hfe  and 
vigor.  Day  before  yesterday  they  held  their  pagan 
fooleries  over  a  dead  man  in  Ottawa,  and,  as  on  all 
such  occasions,  a  multitude  came  together  to  keep  each 
other  in  countenance  and  keep  up  courage.  The  idea 
of  an  assembly  of  a  hundred  or  two  of  Masons  and 
Sir  Knights  to  bury  the  corpse  of  a  private  citizen 
argues  desperation,  shallowness  and  absurdity  all  at 
once. 

At  Farm  Ridge,  near  here,  I  met  Rev.  J.  P.  Hiester, 
who,  thirty-eight  or  nine  years  ago,  saved  me  from  a 
mob  and  took  me  from  Mercersburgh  to  Green  Castle, 
Pa.,  when  it  was  unsafe  for  me  to  ride  in  the  stage. 
A  meeting  of  friends  after  thirty-nine  yearo'  absence 
is  as  impressive  as  it  is  unusual.  Rc-v.  Mr.  Hiester 
stood  firm  through  our  national  agony  and  now  taken 
the  Cynosure  for  his  interesting  family  to  read,  and 
laarn  to  stand  with  their  husband  and  father  on  the 
frontier  of  reform.  I  hope  Mr.  Hiebter  will  post  him- 
self thoroughly  in  this  movement  and  speak  publicly 
in  its  behalf. 

Rev.  Mr.,  Hinman,  our  Illinois  agent,  lives  at  Farm 
Ridge.  I  met  him  at  Wenona,  pushing  the  good 
cause  on  with  singular  sincerity  and  earnest  good 
sense.  I  called  for  an  hour  at  his  residence,  and  my 
acquaintance  with  him  and  his  family  justifies  tbe 
choice  of  the  committee  in  his  appointment.  He  is 
doing  well  for  the  Cynosure  and  other  publications. 

J.  B. 

^  ■  » . 

GEN.  0.  0.  HOWAllD  AUAIN. 


NOTES. 


— The  following,  from  the  Chicago  Ttmes,  is  simply 
loathsome  and  detest'ible.  Gen  Howard  took  charce 
of  millions  of  public  property  in  time  of  war.  He  has 
been  twice  arraigned  upon  the  same  facts  for  mal-ad 
ministration  or  embezzlem3nt,  and  fully  cleared  and 
exhonerated  both  times, though  meeting  every  charge 
squarely  and  affording  every  facility  to  the  investiga- 
tion. To  charge  such  a  man  by  sneer  and  implication 
as  below,  is  only  worthy  of  a  paper  once  suppressed 
for  treason,  and  baved  by  the  interposition  of  politi- 
cians : 

*'Gen.  O.  0.  Howard,  recently  assigned  to  the  de- 
partment of  the  Columbia,  leaves  for  his  new  field  of 
duty  on  Thursday.  List  night,  at  the  invitation  of 
a  score  of  members  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation, he  was  treated  to  a  farewell  banquet.  The 
party  felicitated  themselves  upon  the  heavy  amounts 
they  had  amassed  from  the  public  in  divers  ways 
through  the  medium  of  the  Associaliou.  Gen.  Leo-- 
gett,  the  Commissioner  of  patents,  presided.  The 
Commissioner  of  Indian  aflVirs,  who  admired  Howard's 
system  of  bringing  to  Washington  half-breed  Indians, 
and  palming  them  ofl"  as  noble  chiefs,  mingled  his 
prayers  with  Howard's  for  the  success  of  ihe  new  deal, 
Frank  H.  Smith,  president  of  the  Association,  and  a 
notorious  ring  contractor,  in  addition  to  being  oflicial 
reporter  of  the  House  of  Representatives,  was  present 
It  is  a  singular  fact  that,  with  one  or  two  exceptions, 
all  those  who  engineered  or  partook  of  the  gastrona- 
raic  feats  have  figured  for  the  past  several  years  as 
cootractors  and  bidders  for  almost  every  class  of  work 
solicited  by  the  Government.  They  have  profited  well, 
over  all  the  expense  of  the  Association  of  which 
they  are  members." 


— Let  every  reader  turn  to  the  first  page  and  read 
the  article  from  the  Corresponding  Secretary  of  the 
National  Associatiori,  and  also  his  report  of  member- 
ships received  since  tha  Syracuse  Convention  on  page 
fourth.     Read  and  improve  diligently. 

— Tbe  exposition  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  given 
on  our  second  page  will  be  read  with  an  interest  ap- 
proaching disgust  at  the  foolishness  of  the  proceedings 
described.  It  is  a  bolder  swindle  than  Freemasonry 
because  shallower  and  lesn  full  of  solemn  mockery  ol 
sacred  things,  The  friend  who  furnished  it  to  us  is 
a  member  of  the  Free  Methodist  church  and  his  stale- 
msnt  may  be  considered  reliable, 

— The  following  item  occurs  in  the  abstract  of  the 
minutes  of  the  thirty-fourth  meeting  of  the  eastern 
district  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Joint  Synod  of 
Ohio  and  adjacent  States: 

"It  was  also  remarked  that  in  many  congregations, 
there  are  yet  members  who  belong  to  secret  socie- 
tiep.  Pastors  have  in  general  been  faithful  in  bearing 
testimony  against  such  orders,  so  that  this  evil  is 
gradually  growing  less;  yet  it  would  be  well  if  con- 
gtegations  would  co-operate  more  with  their  pastors, 
by  taking  a  more  decided  stand  and  making  a  public 
confession  against  secret  society  ism." 

— Grange  Grand  Master  Allen,  of  Missouri,  who  was 
photographed  by  our  Gentry  county  correspondent 
last  week,  is  farming  his  State  with  double  industry, 
[t  is  said  that  he  has  traveled  20,000  miles  in  his  work 
and  of  the  one  hundred  and  fourteen  counties  he  has 
visited  nearly  every  one,  and  left  but  two  without  his 
mark.  The  Missouri  farmers  should  next  appoint  a 
commission  to  estimate  the  cost  of  this  unexampled 
"drumming,"  and  they  will  do  well  to  take  into  con- 
sideration what  may  be  the  moral  itifluences  of  this 
apostle  of  secrecy   and  defamation. 

— The  Freemason  cf  St.  Louis  says  that  the  proces- 
ion  at  the  Chicago  corner-stone  laying  was  eight 
miles  long  notwithstanding  the  Anti-masonic  pro- 
test. It  is  fortunate  for  the  credibility  of  the  Editor 
of  the  Freemason  that  he  was  not  here,  but  took  his 
report  from  hcresaj .  The  number  of  Freemasons 
was  not  over  one  thousand.  We  estimated  the 
number  carefully  at  diflerent  points  in  the  march. 
The  Oddfellows  and  Knights  of  Pythias  formed  about 
as  many  more.  No  other  secret  societies  were  in  the 
procession.  Officials,  uands,  firemen,  employees  of 
of  the  pest  office,  workmen  on  tbe  Custom-House,  and 
street  boys  who  bad  a  free  ride  formed  a  procession 
not  two  miles  long. 

—  The  Methodist  Free  Press  came  to  us  last  week 
from  Sycamore,  III.,  y/hereithaa  been  removed  from 
Rockford.  G.  L.  and  I.  R.  B.Arnold,  of  the  Re- 
former will  be  the  future  publishers  and  managing 
editorp,  while  the  corresponding  editors  remain  as 
before*  January  1st,  the  two  will  be  consolidated  into 
The  Reformer  and  Free  Press,  and  will  be  issued  week- 
ly. This  union  will  doubtless  aid  the  cause,  for  the 
union  of  two  struggling  enterprises  will  give  strength 
and  vigor.  The  friends  of  the  reform  everywhere  are 
well  acquainted  with  the  Arnold  Brothers,  and  there 
will  be  no  lack  of  confidence  in  their  fidelity  to  the 
principles  of  the  reform.  They  will  stand  by  God's 
truth,  and  we  sincerely  trust  they  may  be  blessed  and 
successful  in  their  work.  The  cauae  will  not  lose  the 
efforts  of  Bro.  Lemley,  who  still  continues  the  Golden 
Censer. 

— We  are  informed  that  one  of  the  Congregational 
churches  of  northern  Illinois  received  a  number  of 
members  kst  spring  as  the  ingathering  of  a  reviva] 
season,  A  number  of  these  would  agree  to  unite 
with  the  church  only  on  condition  that  such  of  the 
articles  of  faith  as  were  objectionable  to  them  should 
be  omitted  when  they  were  received.  One  of  the 
number,  who  is  a  high  Masor,  demanded  the  omission 
of  reference  to  the  eternal  punishment  of  the  wicked, 
which  he  did  not  believe.  This  gentleman  has  been 
appoiQted  by  his  ministerial  association  as  delegate  to 
the  National  Congregational  Council  to  be  held  in  New 
Haven  in  the  fall.  If  that  council  contains  any  amount 
of  such  an  element,  the  less  churches  of  Jesus  Christ 
have  to  do  with  it  the  better. 


— A  gentleman  who  has  been  traveling  in  Iowa 
lately  says  that  it  is  a  common  opinion  with  people  of 
intelligence  that  the  granger  movement  has  set  that 
State  backward  from  five  to  ten  years.  Doubtless 
Minnetota  and  Wisconsin,  the  latter  especially  on  ac- 
count of  its  rail-road  quarrels,  will  suffer  equally.  The 
extortions  of  middlemen  and  rail-roads  are  a  tr  fle 
compared  with  the  wholesale  swindling  practiced  by 
grange  leaders  on  our  farming  communities  through 
the  agency  of  ambitious,  Quixotic  men,  whose  virtues 
are  absorbed  by  their  indiscretion.  The  single  item 
of  its  expense  should  condemn  the  grange  with  every 
sane  man.  The  Good  Hope  Grange,  McDonough 
county,  111.,  lately  disbanded,  reports  yearly  expenses 
for  less  than  100  members  of  $775.  The  Waukegan 
Gazette  well  says,  "  The  men  at  Springfield  and  Wash- 
ington who  grant  charters  and  make  quarterly  assess- 
ments are  the  ones  most  likely  to  make  money  out  of 
the  grange  movement." 


Cotemporary  Notes* 


There  appears  to  be  a  deficiency  in  secret  societies. 
To  arrest  this  mighty  evil  it  requires  earnest  labor  and 
not  the  novelty  of  entering  the  lodge-ioora.  But 
thanks  be  to  God  for  the  praying  women  trusting  in 
the  Eternal,  and  praying  for  a  victory.  ThuF,bya 
power  above  that  of  the  inventor  of  sin,  the  curse 
that  has  blighted  families,  ruined  talent,  defeated  ar- 
mies, disgraced  nations,  and  damned  souls,  may  be 
swept  from  the  land,  and  our  brothers  and  children 
saved  from  the  fatal  poison  of  the  s^erpeut's  fang,  and 
wounded  hearts  be  healed,  and  sad  families  made 
to  rejoice  over  the  salvation  secured  to  their  dear  ones 
from  the  bondage  of  intemperance. — From  Report  of 
Rochester  N.  Y.  Wesleyan  Conference. 

A  man  came  before  the  Presbytery  of  Chartiers, 
not  long  since,  complaining  that  he  had  been  wrong- 
ed by  the  session.  It  seems  he  joined  the  order  of 
the  Freemasons,  and  knowing  he  Lad  violated  the  law 
he  went  to  the  session  and  told  them  of  it.  The  ses- 
sion of  the  church,  considering  the  matter,  suspended 
him,  refusing  his  request  at  the  same  time  that  he  be 
furnished  with  a  certificate  of  good  standing.  Of  this  he 
would  complain.  The  Presbytery,  in  a  kind  but  very 
decided  way,  informed  him  that,  being  a  violator  of 
the  law,  he  was  not  entitled  to  acertificate,  and  re-af- 
firmed the  action  of  the  session.  This,  of  course,  was 
all  it  could  do,  and  it  is  all  considerate  men,  whatever 
their  opinions  might  be  about  the  propriety  of  the 
law,  would  expect  it  to  do. —  United  Presbyterian. 

Suppose  we  did  pursue  a  policy  by  which  we 
gathered  large  crowds  of  rationalists,  secrot-society- 
iste,  and  various  other  errorisls  into  congregations 
which  we  agreed  to  misname  Lutheran;  of  what  ad- 
vantage would  that  be?  What  good  could  could  come 
such  impious  policy,  which  sets  aside  the  Word  of 
God  to  make  room  for  human  sin  and  folly?  .  . 
We  would  like  to  have  it  well  understood  that  we  are 
perfectly  willing  to  leave  the  policy  of  setting  aside 
the  will  of  the  Lord  for  the  purpose  of  getting  a  mul- 
titude into  church,  to  those  who  have  a  heart  for 
such  business.  .  ,  .  .  We  will  none  of  it. 
Rationalists  and  deiests  are  not  of  us,  and  so  long  as 
they  remain  such  we  don't  want  them, — Lutheran 
Standard. 

Deeply  as  all  will  feel  such  a  fall,  if  fall  it  be,  we 
think  Christendom  can  get  on  jwithuut  Mr.  Beecher 
or  any  other  man,  and  that  Christianity  can  stand 
even  his  defection,  whether  from  the  faith  once  deli- 
vered to  the  saints  or  from  the  decalogue.  There  is 
no  doubt  that  he  is  a  great  preacher,  but  he  has  nev- 
er been  regarded  as  a  sound  preacher,  and  his  errors 
have  latterly  been  becoming  more  and  more  apparent, 
until  they  culminated  recently  ia  discrediting  the  story 
of  Eden,  which  he  calls  a  parable  or  fable.  With  that 
story,  of  course,  goes  the  fall  of  man  and  the  need  of  re- 
demption by  the  blood  of  Christ,  and,  in  fact,  all  the 
foundations  of  the  system  commonly  called  evangelical 
Christianity.  The  grief  of  the  followers  of  Tyndal 
over  anything  that  discredits  Mr.  Beecher's  preaching 
is  likely  to  be  more  poignant  than  that  of  earnest 
Christians,  although  the  latter  will  doubtless  feel  more 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


d 


deeply  for  him,  and  pray  more  earnestly  for  his  re- 
covery from  error  of  all  kinds. — Daily  Witness. 
Of  the  same  matter  tl  e  Witness  eays  3 gain  : 
♦'Many  are  deploring  the  effect  upon  families  of  all 
the  flcandalous  particulars  of  this  case  going  into  them 
in  the  public  jourualB;  but  the  re  is  another  side  to 
that  question.  If  there  is  any  more  tremendous,  ard 
at  the  same  time  instructive  warning  against  undue 
familiarities  or  intimacies  with  the  wives  or  husbands 
of  others  than  this  case  presents,  we  know  not  where 
it  is  to  be  found.  For  both  sexes  it  is  alike  instruc- 
tive, and  that  without  assuming  any  absolute  guilt; 
for  if  indiscretion  can  lead  to  such  agonizing  conse- 
quences as  have  already  resulted  from  this  case,  who 
would  dare  to  be  indiscreet? 

Another  great  lesson  is  taught  by  this  case.  Il 
shows  the  tremendous  power  of  the  law  c  f  God,  and  that 
the  greatest  preacher  and  most  popular  man  of  the  age 
may  be  suddenly  bereft  oflame,  honor,  and  influence, 
if  it  be  proved  that  he  has  come  into  collision  with  one 
of  the  ten  commandants." 


Young  Men  in  Cities. 


City  life  holds  out  attractions  which  continually 
draw  young  men  from  their  rural  homes  into  our  large 
cities,  where  the  enemy  of  souls  is  ever  on  the  alert 
to  allure  them  into  sin  by  the  multitudinous  devices 
and  agencies  which  abound  in  the  city,  and  which  are 
not  suspected  by  the  unsophisticated  until  too  late. 

We  desire  to  save  all  such  from  ruin,  and,  in  the 
the  furtherance  of  this  objeC',  wish  to  call  the  atten- 
tion of  clergymen,  parents  and  friends  to  our  rooms  and 
the  privileges  which  can  be  secured  to  young  men, 
strangers  coming  into  our  city,  that  they  may  have 
letters  of  introduction  to  us.  To  become  acquainted 
with  proper  associates  and  mingle  in  good  society  upon 
their  first  arrival  in  the  city,  is  a  matter  often  of  vital 
importance. 

We  are  prepared  to  introduce  all  young  men  into 
any  church  of  the  denomination  which  they  have  been 
accustomed  to  attend,  where  they  will  be  at  home  at 
once  and  under  good  influences. 

Our  association  is  as  a  vestibule  to  the  church,  to 
receive  and  distribute  the  strangers  that  come  into  our 
midst,  and  we  shall  be  pleased  to  meet  every  young 
man  that  enters  our  city  as  a  stranger. 

Our  reading  rooms  are  at  No.  148  Madison  street, 
near  La  Salle,  open  every  day  from  8  A.  M.  to  10  P. 
M.,  having  the  principal  papers  and  magazines  on  file, 
and  a  well-selected  library  of  2,500  volumes. 

Our  boarding  house  list  has  upon  it  nearW  100 
good  Christian  homes,  from  which  strangers  can  select 
free  of  charge. 

We  conduct  the  following  meetingrs  at  our  room«,  to 
which  all  strangers  are  cordially  invited,  until  they 
get  settled  in  their  own  church  home: 

Noon-day  Prayer  Meeting  daily  for  forty-five  min- 
utes; Young  Men's  Prayer  Meeting  every  Saturday 
evening;  Gospel  Meeting  ever;/  Sunday  evening; 
Strangers'  Meeting  every  Monday  evening,  wJien 
young  men,  strangers,  can  make  tlie  acquaintance  of 
members  from  the  different  churches  in  the  city,  who 
will  be  present  as  delegates  from  the  respective  churches 
to  look  after  them. 

Conversational  Bible  Class  every  Sunday  morning 
for  one  hour  before  the  regular  church  services. 

Young  men  wishing  to  spend  their  evenings  pleas- 
antly as  well  as  profitably,  are  invited  to  the  Lyceum 
for  debates,  music,  readings,  etc. ,  every  alternate 
Tuesday  evening.  Lectures  after  the  completion  of 
our  new  hall  every  Thursday  evening.  Other  enter- 
tainments will  be  provided  early  in  the  fall,  and  what- 
ever is  most  practical  and  feasible  will  be  undertaken 
to  supply  young  men  with  a  pleasant  place  of  resort 
to  spend  their  evenings,  and  if  possible  draw  them 
from  the  many  avenues  of  amusement  which  are  of  a 
questionable  character. 

Our  Employment  Bureau  is  at  No.  145  Fifth  ave- 
nue, in  charge  of  Mr.  J.  M.  Hitchcock,  who  has  been 
the  Superintendent  of  that  branch  of  the  work  for 
several  years,  and  will  do  all  he  can  toward  finding 
young  men  employment.  We  would,  however,  sug- 
gest to  young  men  not  to  ccme  to  Chicago  for  work, 
as  there  are  at  the  present  time  thousands  of  persons 
without  employmsnt. 

But  our   latch  string  is  always  out   to  all   strangers 
visiting  the  city,  and  we  cordially  invite  them  to   call. 
In  behalf  of  young  men, 

W.  W.  Van  Arsdale, 
Sup't  Young  Men's  Christian  Association. 


|[ulifiwu$  f(iit^nii)[ett^ij+ 


— Tne  National  Congregational  Council,  formed  at 
Oberlin  in  1871,  will  hold  its  second  meeting  in  New 
Haven,  September  30Lh. 

— Bishop  Edwards  of  the  U.  B,  church  h?s  return- 
ed from  a  mission  to  the  Pacific  coast.  He  represents 
the  work  of  that  church  to  be  progressing  on  the 
western  slope, 

—Rev.  J.  W.  Bain,  late  of    Allegheny  City,  Pa., 
who  has  accepted  the  pastorate    of  the  Memorial  Uci- 
ted  Presbyterian  church  of   Chicago   will    be  installed 
on  the  last  Wednesday  of  August. 

— The  northermost  Congregational  church  of  the 
United  States  is  in  Calumet,  Lake  Superior  region. 
They  dedicated  a  new  house  of  worship  on  the  first 
Sabbath  of  July.  This  church  is  about  a  year  old 
and  has  some  forty  members. 

— The  bishops  of  the  M.  E.  church,  South,  have 
appointed  a  week  of  prayer,  which  is  to  be  duly  ob- 
served by  the  whole  church,  beginning  Friday,  Au- 
gust 21st,  for  the  enlarging  and  strengthening  of  the 
borders  of  their  Zion. 

— The  colored  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in 
America  ha'i  four  bishops,  fifteen  annual  conferences, 
607  traveling  preachers,  74,799  menibers,  535  Sab 
,  balh-schools,  1,102  teacliers,  49,955  scholars,  a 
monthly  paper,  with  1,500  subscribers,  and  a  book 
store.  It  is  endeavoring  to  establish  a  school  for  the 
education  of  its  young  ministers. 

— The  Presterian  church  shows  the  following  in- 
crease: Communicants,  495,034  iu  1874.  against  446, 
161  in  1870.  Members  of  Saaday-schools,  516,971 
in  1874,  against  448,855  in  1870.  During  the  same 
time,  owing  to  the  union,  the  number  of  Synods  h^s 
decreased  from  51  to  35,  and  the  number  of  Presby 
teries  from  250  to  174.  The  number  of  ministers  and 
churches  has  slightly  increased. 

— The  Christian  Union  and  the  Watchman  and  Re- 
Jlector  endorse  P.  T.  Barnura's  circus  and  menagerie 
as ''unique  and  pre-f  mlnently  moral"  and  managed 
''witfi  so  much  skill  and  organizing  ability  that  criti 
cism  is  quite  disarmed. "But  Barnum  himself  advertis- 
es in  the  latter  that  he  has  one  thousand  men  and 
women,  and  seven  hundred  horses,  one  hundred  be- 
ing used  "specially  for  the  great  hurdle  and  flat  races, 
by  young  and  daring  lady  riders."  And  yet  these 
jounialB  would  consider  their  religious  character  dis 
graced  if  a  notice  of  a  low  comedy  theater  should  get 
into  their  columns. 

— The  movement  among  the  "Oid  Catholica"  of 
Switzerland  is  working  very  great  reformation  in  some 
of  the  Cantons.  Public  services  will  no  longer  be 
performed  in  Latin,  but  in  the  spoken  tongue  of  the 
people  who  assemble  for  worship.  Parish  priests  r.re 
to  be  elected  by  their  congi-egation^,  instead  of  being 
appointed  over  them;  and  are  to  be  free  to  marry 
when  and  whom  they  please.  Both  the  bread  and 
wine  are  to  be  administered  to  each  communicant,  and 
the  Bible  is  '  solemnly  and  publiclj''  adopted  as  the 
standard  of  the  truths  to  be  taught." 

—-The  Moravian  Missionary  Society  was  formed 
nearly  one  hundred  years  ago,  chiefly  through  the  in- 
strumentality of  the  eminent  Count  ZiDzandori'. 
Through  all  their  history  this  people  have  been  distin- 
guished for  their  successful  missionary  labors.  They 
have  stations  in  Greenland,  Labrador,  amcng  the 
North  American  Indians,  in  eight  of  the  West  India 
Islands,  in  Central  America,  jiu  Surinam,  iu  South 
West,  and  East  Africa,  in  Australia  and  in  Northern 
India.  The  number  of  converts  now  living  is  estima- 
ted at  seventy  thousand. — Christian  Advocate. 

— New  York  has  a  Young  Ladies  Christian  Associa- 
ciation,  with  rooms  at  No.  G4  Irving  Place. 
This  association  has  been  organized  three  years,  and 
is  composed  of  young  ladies  from  the  wealthiest  and 
most  iLfluential  families  in  the  city,  who  give  their 
time  and  contribute  of  their  resources  to  aid  their  sis- 
ters less  wealthy  iu  silyer  and  gold  than  they  to  pro- 
cure homes  and  situations  in  intelligent  and  respec- 
tMe  families.  There  is  no  expense  attending  applica- 
tions to  this  association  either  to  families  or  individuals 
desiring  its  friendly  offices,  but  its  operations  are  con- 
fined to  the  higher  order  of  Protestant  industrial  wo- 
men. References  of  an  unquestionable  character  are 
required  of  all  who  make  application  to  the  associa- 
tion. Connected  with  it  are  free  schools  of  reading, 
drawing,  writing,  book-keeping,  singing,  and  michine 
sewing. 

— We  have  to  do  our  part  in  saving  a  nation  and  a  na- 
tion to  which  God  has  given  a  great  power  in  shaping 
the  destiny  of  the  world.   If  we  reflect  a  moment  we  are 


overwhelmed  by  the  possibilities  of  our  national  future. 
We  have  cnly  j'jist  begun  to  possess  the  land.  Our 
treasuries  of  soil  and  mine  are  scarcely  explored.  From 
our  older  States  and  from  foreign  sources  the  tide  of 
population  is  rolling  on  to  new  homes  in  the  heart  of 
the  continent,  beyond  the  Mississippi  and  beyond  the 
Rocky  Mountains.  All  this  mass  of  busy  life  constir 
tutes  an  integral  element  of  our  national  existence. 
We  contemplate  it  with  a  feeling  of  awe,  and  even  of 
apprehension.  It  must  be  reached  by  the  GospeL 
It  must  be  evangelized  by  self-denying  effort.  The 
idea  of  its  being  left  to  itself  is  simply  appalling.  If  bar- 
barism is  not  "  the  first  danger,"  it  is  one  of  the  first, 
and  barbarism  of  a  kind  the  more  terrible  for  the  civi- 
iiz^.iion  which  it  leaves  behind  it. — iV.  Y .  Evangelist. 


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The  City. 

Considerable  delegations  of  Mennonites,  the  self- 
exiled  peace  lovers  of  Russia,  have  passed  through 
Chicago  on  their  way  to  Dakota  and  Manitoba.  Some 
350  passed  through  lately  while  other  companies  are 
on  the  way.  Unless  they  are  more  fortunate  than 
other  whites,  their  peace  punciples   will  be  tested  by 

the  Indians. The  Chicago  elevators,    according 

to  official  figures,  contain  1,119,807  bushels  of  wheat, 
1,063,955  bushels  of  corn,  109,031  bushels  lF  oats, 
23,888  bushels  cf  rye,  and  13,012  bushels  of  barley, 
making  a  total  cf  2,929,093  bushels  against  3,746,451 

at  this  time  last  year. A  strange  chu'^ch  imbrog- 

io  is  that  of  the  Ada  Street  M.  E.  church,  Rev.  Dr. 
Dandy,  pastor,  and  Freemason.  The  church  was  in 
.^naccial  embarrassment  and  the  pastor  wanted  more 
salary.  Ira  Brown,  the  leading  financial  member  and 
supporter,  used  severe  language  concerning  the  man- 
agement cf  the  church,  and  charges  were  preferred 
against  him  by  Dandy.  He  retaliated  with  charges 
against  the  character  of  the  latter,  of  which  two  seem 
to  be  proved — the  use  of  tobacco  and  patronage  of  a 

dancing  school. The  city  and  corporation  counsel 

having  decided  that  the  action  of  the  Common  Council, 
in  appelating  arcbittcts  fjr  the  new  City  Hall,  was 
illegal,  has  been  forced  to  resign;  one  is  wanted  more 
suitable  for  the  purpose  of  the  present  administra- 
tion. The  Mayor  has  vetoed  the  action  of  the  Coun- 
cil.  The  Inter-State  Industrial  Exposition  which 

was  so  successful  last  year  opens  again  September  9th, 
continuing  to  Oct.  10th.  The  building  has  been  en- 
larged to  a  length  of  1,000  f^et  and  is  240  feet  wide. 
The  Country. 

From  September  1st  to  November  State  Fairs  will 
be  held  in  nearly  all  the  northern  half  of  the  Union, 
and  grand  Expositions  in  Indianapohs,  Cincinnati, 
Kansas  City,  and  Chicago,  which  will  continue  from 
two  to  four  weeks  each.  The  annual  exhibition  of 
the  Americaa  Institute  opens  in  New   York  city  Sept. 

9th  and  closes   Nov.  14th. — The    main  reservoir 

which  supplies  Trenton,  N,  J.,  with  water  gave  way 
last  week  and  flooded  the  streets  and  cellars  with  30,- 

000,000  gallons  of  water.     No  lives  were  lost. 

The  large  reservoir  at  Clarksburg,  Mass. ,  supplying 
the  power  for  the  North  Adams  factories,    is  leaking, 

and  people  are  looking   for   another  flood. The 

Beecher  investigation,  though  the  end  was  promised 
last  week,  seems  yet  far  IVom  c'osed.  Moulton,  a  busi- 
ness man  of  some  standing  in  New  York  and  mutual 
fiiend  of  both  Tiltou  and  Beecher,  has  been  trying  to 
avoid  examination,  but  made  indignant  by  the  publi- 
ation  of  correspondence  with  the  latter  has  agreed  to 
tell  the  whole  story  as  confided  to  him  by  both  par- 
ties, and  present  the  letters  committed  to  his  care. 
He  was  to  come  before  the  conimittee  on  Monday. 
Mr.  Beecher  has  not  made  his  statement.  The  at- 
tempt to  bring  the  case  into  court  was  made  by  an 
outside  party  and  was  a  mere  farce;  but  it  is  thought 
the  whole  matter  will  be  brought  to  trial  ere  lo7ig. 
Mrs.  Swhsshelm  has  written  a  letter  exhonerating  Til- 
ton. The  National  E  lucat^onal  Convention  closed 

in  Detroit  last  Thursday.  About  500  delegates  were 
in  attendance,  among  them  many  educators  of  late 
celebrity.  Sex  in  education  and  a  national  university 
weie  leading  topics  cf  discussion.  The  German-Ameri- 
can teachers  held  a  convention  in  Detroit  at  the  same 
time  from  which  the  English  language  was  prohibited. 
The  grasshopper  plague  has  spread  from  Min- 


nesota southward  through  western  Iowa  and  Kansas. 
In  the  latter  State  the  small  grains  are  harvested  and 
spfe,  but  the  corn  crop  will   be  lost  in    large  sections. 

Reports  from  various  points   in  Illinois,    Iowa, 

and  Kansas,  estimate  for  the  first  State,  a  corn  crop 
somewhat  below  the  average,  wheat  fair,  oats  one- 
half  to  two-thirds  crop.  In  Iowa,  oats  and  corn  promise 
a  good  crop.     Dry  weather    and    grasshoppers    have 

made  a  prospect  of  very  light  yields  in  Kansas. 

A  steamboat  was  burned  in  the  Ohio  river  near  Au- 
rora, Ind.,  last  week  and  some  twenty-five  perished. 
It  is  thought  the  fire  was  the  work   of  an  indendiary. 

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10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


\i\t  i^mt  ^i^H, 


Keslin^  in  God. 


Since  tby  Father's  arm  sustains  thee, 

Peaceful  be; 
Wlieii  a  chastening  hand  restrains  thee, 

It  is  he. 
Know  Ills  love  in  full  completeness 
Fills  the  lacaeiiro  of  thy  weakness; 
If  ho  wound  Ihy  spirit  sore, 

Trust  Uini  juore. 

Without  murmur,  uncomplaining 

In  his  hand 
Lay  whatever  things  thou  canst  not 

Undcrdti'.ud. 
Though  the  world  thy  folly  spurnclh, 
F'roni  thy  faith  in  pity  turnelh, 
Peace  thy  inmost  soul  shall  fill, 

Lying  still. 

Fearest  sometimes  that  thy  Father 

Ifath  forgot? 
When  the  clouds  around  thee  gather 

Doubt  him  not. 
Always  halh  the  daylight  broken, — 
Always  hath  he  comfort  spoken,— 
Better  hath  he  been  for  years 

Thau  thy  fears. 

Therefore,  whatso'er  betideth. 

Night  or  day,— 
Know  bis  love  for  thce'provideth 

Good  alway. 
Crown  of  sorrow  gladly  take. 
Grateful  wear  it  for  his  sake , 
Sweetly  bending  to  his   will ; 

Lying  still. 

To  his  own  thy  Saviour  giveth 

Daily  strength ; 
To  each  troubled  soul  that  liyeth  ; 

Peace  at  length. 
Weakest  lambs  have  largest  share 
Of  this  tender  Shepherd's  care: 
Ask  him  not,  then  ,  "When?  "  or  "How?" 

Only  bow. 

— Selected. 


Is   the   Bible   Pioliibited  in  Turkey? 


[Letter  frorallsaac  U.  Dliss,  Constantinople.] 
During   the   month  of  January  last 
passt,    2,276    copies     of     the    sacred 
Scriptures  were  sold  at  our  depot    and 
by  means   of  colporteurs    in  this  city. 
Of  these  over  1,000  were  single  Gospels 
in  the   Turkish  language  sold  to  Mos- 
lems.    This  unprecedented  sale  of  the 
sacred  Scriptures   was   due   in  a  great 
measure   to  the  earnest  labors   of  the 
■colporteurs.     Ifc   was  noticed   and  com- 
mented upon  by  one  of  the  local  Turk- 
ish jotivnals  in  such  a  way  as   to  arouse 
the  bigoted  Moslems .     The  police  were 
notified,  and  one  of  their  number  visit- 
ed the  new  Bible  House  to  make  inqui- 
ries and  if  possible  find  out    who  was 
the  instigator  of  the  movement.     He 
was  politely  received  and  shown  around 
the  building.     He  was  amazed  at  the 
slock  of  Bibles,  books  and  tracts  in  va- 
rious languages   in   the  diflferent  store- 
rooms.    He  evidently  had  not  dreamed 
that    the    world   contained   so   many 
books.     He  remarked  to  the  person  in 
attendance :  "You  may  think  that  there 
are  20,000  books  in  this  building,  but 
I  say   there   are  more   than  100,000. 
I'he  building  is  full  to   the  very    top." 
He  inquired  for   the    director  and  was 
told  that  he  was  absent  in  Egypt.     He 
asked  where  the  man  was  who  printed 
the,  Turkish  Testament,  and  received 
the  answer   that  he    was  dead.       He 
then  said :     "Where  is  the  head  of  the 
printing  establishment   in  this    build- 
ing?" and  the  reply  was  made  that  he 
too  was  away  for  the  day.     The  Turk 
was   greatly  mystified,  and    could   not 
comprehend    why    responsibility  hap- 
pened to  be  so  intangible  just   at   that 
time.     He   was  accordingly  informed 
that  if  he  would  call  again  in   a  few 
days  he  would  be  able  to  see  both  the 
director  and  the  present  printer. 


Doubtless  the  report  of  this  gentle- 
man to  his  superiors  deeply  impressed 
them  with  the  idea  that  such  a  num- 
ber of  Bibles  and  Testaments  and  re- 
ligious books  and  tracts  implied  the 
purpose  of  proselyting  that  could  not 
be  tolerated.  Accordingly,  the  Minis- 
ter of  Instruction,  a  bigoted  Moslem, 
was  appealed  to,  and  bicked  by  the 
Sheik  ul  Islam,  decided  that  the  sale  of 
the  Turkifh  Gospels  must  be  stopped. 
So  without  notice  that  the  Government 
could  not  allow  the  sale  of  such  books, 
one  of  the  colporteurs  was  arrested,  his 
books  taken  from  him,  and  the  sale  of 
Turkish  sacred  Scriptures  prohibited. 
It  is  said  that  about  this  time,  at  a 
meeting  of  the  Sultan's  Cabinet,  the 
Sheik  ul  Islam  came  in  with  great  dig- 
nity, and  taking  from  his  bosom  one  of 
the  Gospels  that  a  colporteur  had  sold 
to  a  Moslem ,  and  placing  it  on  the  ta- 
ble, asked  with  great  solemnity: 
'  'Which  of  you  gentlemen  gave  per- 
mission for  the  printrng  and  sale  of  this 
book?"  All  shrugged  their  shoulders. 
One  said,  "It  was  not  I,"  and  another 
said,  ''I  know  nothing  about  the  mat- 
ter." About  this  time  Mr.  Bliss,  the 
agent  of  the  American  Bible  Society, 
returned  to  this  city  after  the  absence 
of  two  months.  Finding  the  sale  of 
Turkish  sacred  Scriptures  was  prohib- 
ited, and  that  the  police  were  making 
trouble  about  the  printing,  he  address- 
ed a  memorial  to  the  American  and 
English  legations,  asking  for  the  im- 
mediate removal  of  the  injunction  on 
the  ground  that  the  Ottoman  Govern- 
ment had  fourteen  years  before  an- 
nounced to  the  representatives  of  the 
English  and  American  Governments 
then  in  Constantinople,  that,  as  these 
books  had  for  many  years  been  freely 
circulated  in  all  parts  of  the  empire, 
there  was  no  objection  to  the  printing 
of  the  Turkish  sacred  Scriptures  in 
Constantinople. 

Hon.  G.  H.  Boker,  the  American 
Ministor,  took  up  the  matter  vigorous- 
ly, called  on  the  Minister  of  Foreign 
Affairs  and  complained  of  the  conduct 
of  the  police  in  prohibiting  the  sale  of 
books  belonging  to  Americans  which 
had  received  the  approval  of  the  censor 
and  on  which  customs  had  been  paid 
to  the  Government.  Rashid  Pasha 
was  in  a  difficult  position.  Moslem  big- 
otry was  crowding  him  to  put  an  entire 
stop  to  the  circulation  of  Turkish  sa- 
cred Scriptures,  and  our  own  legation 
and  the  English  embassy  were  demand- 
ing the  removal  of  the  injunction. 
Rashid  Pasha  admitted  our  right  to 
print  the  sacred  Scriptures  and  sell 
them  in  book  shops,  but  said  colportage 
could  not  be  allowed  on  the  ground 
that  it  would  lead  to  disturbance  of  the 
peace.  To  this  it  was  replied  that  in 
the  sixteen  years  505,387  Bibles, 
Testaments,  and  portions  in  various 
languages  had  been  sold  in  the 
empire  for  1130,905.35.  Of  these 
20,282  were  Turkish  sacred  Scriptures, 
and  no  disorder  nor  disturbance  of  the 
peace  had  resulted  from  the  sale,  and 
that  Turks  generally  reverenced  the 
book  and  were  glad  to  purchase  it. 
It  was  further  stated  that  full  three- 
fourths  of  these  books  had  been  sold 
by  means  of  colporteurs,  and  that  this 
method  of  sale  could  not  be  given  up. 


on  account  of  the  danger  which  would 
result  to  our  work  and  also  because  it 
was  the  method  in  which  ail  articles 
of  commerce  to  a  great  extent  were 
disposed  of. 

Under  this  pressure  the  Minister  of 
Foreign  Affairs  receded  a  step  and  said 
that  colportage  would  be  allowed,  but 
not  by  loud  street  cries  that  would  bo 
offensive  and  insulting  to  Moslems. 
This  was  of  course  at  once  acceded  lo. 
The  Minister  of  Foreign  Affairs  then 
sugg^-sted  that  all  Bibles  and  mission 
books  be  stamped  by  the  Government, 
and  that  no  books  not  bo  stamped 
should  be  offered  for  sale  by  colpor- 
teurs. 

To  this  it  was  replied  that  if  the  reg- 
ulation shoull   be  made  general,   and 
applied   to   all   books   by   whomsoever 
printed  in  the  empire  or  imported  from 
abroad,  and  so  secured  that  there  wotild 
be  no  difficulties  at  custom-houses  in  the 
provinces,    that  we  might  assent  to  it. 
In  the  meantime  the   Shiek  ul  Islam 
and  other  bigoted   Moslems    were    at 
work,  and  as  it  is  believed    persuaded 
the  late  Grand  Vizier  to  issue  an  order 
to  the  police  to  visit  the    Bible   House 
and  seize  all.the  Turkish  books.     The 
police,  however,    did  not   attempt  to 
carry  out  the  order  until  Monday  last, 
two  days  after  the  change  in  the  minis- 
try. Abotit  half-past  ten  in  the  morning 
of  February  IGth,  three  police  men  enter- 
ed the  Bible  depot  and  said  to  the  sales- 
man that  tbey  were  sent  to  sg ize  all  the 
books  in  Turkish  in  the  building.     The 
salesman  replied    that    while  he  was 
himself  a  subject  of  the  Ottoman  Govern- 
ment,the  books  were  not  his,  and  that  he 
must  report  to  hie  employers.     This  he 
did  at  once.     One   of  the   three   then 
came  up  stairs  and   showed  the    order 
under  which  he  acted.     They  were  po- 
litely  informed   that  the  warrant  was 
contrary  to  treaty  stipulations,  that  the 
books  beloBged  to  American  and  Eng- 
lish   societies,   and  the  seizure  of  the 
books  could  not  be  allowed,  unless  force 
was  used,  except  as  the  warrant  came 
endorsed  by  the  English  and  American 
ambassadors.     After  some  further  con- 
versation the  police  concluded  to  retire 
and  send   their  demands   lo  the  lega- 
tions.    This  was   done  in  such   terms 
that  Mr,  Boker  felt  called  upon  to  go  at 
once  to   the  Porte  and   demand   satis- 
faction for  the  insulting  terms  of  the 
document  itself  and  also  for  the  unjust- 
ifiable   trespass    upon    the   rights    of 
American  citizens.     Mr.    Locock,    the 
Secretary  of  the  English  Embassy,  in 
the    absence    of  the   Embassdor,     Sir 
Henry   Elliot,   also   made  strong  com- 
plaint for  trespass  upon   the   rights   of 
English   subjects.       The    Minister   of 
Foreign  ;Affair3   and   the   new  Grand 
Vizier  were  exceedingly  annoyed   and 
expressed  great  regret  at  the  occurence, 
of  which  they  denied    all   knowledge. 
They  ordered   a  searching  inquiry  to 
be  made,  and  pledged  both  to  Mr.  Bo- 
ker   and    Mr.     Locock    that    redress 
should   be  given  in  the  severe  punish- 
ment of  the  real  offenders, — Christian 
Intelligencer, 


of  time,  assume  the    mechanical   regu- 
larity without  the  dull   monotony  of  a 
set  habit.     He  who  prays  and  reads 
his  Bible,  attends  church  and  the  prayer 
meetings  regularly,  comes  in  the  course 
of  time  to  feel  the  force  of  these  exer- 
cises and  duties  in  the  form  of  a   habit 
as  certainly  and  imperatively  as  he  feels 
the  need   of  his   meals  or  sleep  at  the 
period  when  habit  not  less  than  nature 
demand  them,  and  so  far  as  habit  goes, 
his  punctuality  in  religious   observance 
is   not   due  to  the  same  law  which  de- 
mands regular  rest  and   food.     To  this 
we  have  no   objection.     We  rejoice  to 
see  principle  grow  into  habit  and  become 
steady  and  strong   by    laying   iiold  of 
that   power   of    conformity   within  us 
which  gives  rise  to  habit.      A   mistake 
is  made  when  this  is  regarded  as  mere 
haHit.     It   is   only  a   principle  formed 
into  systematic  and   vigorous   activity. 
But  over  against  this, and  different  from 
it,  though  very  similar  to  it  in  externa 
appearance,   is   the   religion   of  habit. 
This   is  the  habit  without  the  religion. 
It   is  the  result   of  study    or  education 
and  not  conversion.     It  grows  up  un- 
der tuition  at  home  or  school  or  by  as- 
sociation, and  comes  to  assert  its  place 
with  a  force  that  looks  like  the  strength 
of    genuine   piety.     Thus   a  friend  of 
ours  known  only  for  his   worldlineos  in 
the   day   time   never   retired   at  night 
without  kneeling  and  saying  "Now  I 
lay  me  down  to   sleep."     When    asked 
whether  he  professed  to  be  religious  he 
said   no,   but,  said   he,   "My   mother 
taught  me  this  and  I  can't  sleep  unless 
I  say  my  prayers,"     He  declared  that 
if,  by  chance,  he  went  to  bed   without 
saying   his   prayers,  he  would,  get  up 
and   repeat  his  nursery  petition  befcre 
going  to   sleep.     This  is  a   case  of  the 
religion  of  habit. 

We  have  no  doubt  that  mtich  church 
attachment  and  church  attendance  and 
Sunday  observance  are  due  to  the  same 
law  of  habit.  We  have  nothing  to  ob- 
ject to  the  habit,  only  to  the  religion 
of  the  habit.  We  think  it  devoid  of 
life-saving  power.  Nay  more,  it  often 
becomes  an  accepted  substitute  for  that 
which  is  real  and  divine.  It  also  tends 
to  deaden  the  religious  sensibilities,  for 
the  soul  is  lulled  into  indifference  by 
the  force  of  frequent  repetition.  It  is 
hard  lo  break  up  the  dead  routine  of 
formal  religion  and  introduce  the  truth 
in  some  new  and  startling  relation ,  The 
points  are  worn  smooth  and  souls  are 
dull  to  feel  their  power, — Christian 
Work. 


The  Religion  of  Habit. 


This  is  different  from    habitual  relig- 
ion.    Religion  as  a  life  must,  in  process 


Luther  and  his  Servant. 

Luther  had  a  domestic  residing  in 
his  house  by  the  name  of  Elizabeth, 
who,  in  a  fit  of  displeasure  left  without 
giving  the  family  any  notice.  She 
subsequently  fell  into  habits  of  immor- 
ality, and  became  dangerously  ill.  In 
her  sickness  she  requested  Luther  to 
visit  her.  On  taking  his  seat  by  her 
bed-side  he  said. 

"Well,  Elizabeth,  what  is  the  mat- 
ter?" 

"I  desire,"  she  replied,  "to  ask  your 
pardon  forj  leaving  your  family  so 
abrupt.fy;  but  I  have  something 
weighing  heavily  on  my  conscience, — 
I  have  given  my  soul  away   to  Satan. " 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


"Why,"  said  Uxiher,  "that's  of  no 
great  consequence ;  vrbat  else  5" 

"I  have,"  she  continued,  ''done 
many  ■wicked  things;  but  what  oppres- 
ses me  most  is,  that  I  have  deliberately 
sold  my  poor  soul  to  the  devil.  0,  tell 
me,  sir,  how  can  such  a  crime  ever  find 
mercy  ?" 

"Elizabsth,  listen  to  me,"  rejoinrd 
this  man  of  Gjd,  ''Suppose  while 
you  lived  in  my  houae,  you  had  sold 
and  transferred  all  my  children  to  a 
stranger,  would  tte  sale  or  transfer  have 
been  lawful  or  binding  F' 

"0  no,"  said  the  deeply  humbled 
girl,  "for  I  could  have  no  right  to  do 
that." 

•'V^ery  well,  you  had  still  less  right 
to  give  your  soul  to  the  archenemy— - 
it  no  more  belongs  to  you  than  my 
children  do;  it  is  the  exclusive  proper- 
ty of  the  Lord  Jesus  Chri£t.  He  made 
it;  when  lost  he  redeemed  it;  it  is  his 
with  all  its  powers  and  faculties,  and 
you  can't  give  away  or  sell  what  is  not 
yours.  If  you  have  attempted  it,  the 
■whole  transaction  was  unlawful  and 
void.  Now,  do  you  go  to  the  Lard, 
confess  your  guilt  with  a  broken  heart, 
and  contrite  spirit,  and  entreat  him  to 
pardon  you,  and  take  back  again  what 
is  wholly  his  own;  and  as  for  the  siu  of 
attempting  to  alienate  his  rightful  prop- 
erty, throw  that  back  upon  the  devil, 
for  that,  and  that  alone,  is  his  " 

The  girl  obeyed,  was  converted,  and 
died  full  of  faith  and    hope. — Selected, 


Won't  Tell  the  Cliildreii. 


Don't  tell  the  little  one,  who  may  be 
slightly  . willful,  that  "the  black  man 
will  come  out  of  the  dark  cellar  and  car- 
ry it  off,  if  it  does  not  mind. "  Doit  create 
a  needless  fear  to  go  with  the  child 
through  all  the  stages  of  its  existence. 

Don't  tell  the  little  five-^^^ear-old  Jim- 
my "the  school  ma'am  will  cut  off  his 
ears" — "puilouthis  teeth" — "tie  him 
up,"  or  any  of  the  horrible  stories  that 
are  so  commonly  presented  to  the  child- 
ish imagination.  Think'you  the  little  one 
will  believe  anything  you  tell  him  after 
he  becomes  acquainted  with  the  gentle 
teacher  who  has  not  the  least  ide'a  of 
putting  any  of  those  terrible  threats  in- 
to execution  ? 

Don't  tell  the  children  they  must  not 
drink  tea  because  it  will  make  them 
black,  while  you  continue  the  use  of  it 
daily.  Your  example  is  more  to  them 
than  precept;  and  while  your  own  face 
is  fair  as  a  June  morning  they  will 
scarcely  credit  the  oft-told  tale.  Either 
give  up  drinking  the  pleasant  beverage 
or  give  your  children  a  better  reason 
for  its  non  use. 

Don't  tell  them  they  must  not  eat 
sugar  or  sweetmeats  because  it  will  rot 
their  teeth.  Pure  sugar  does  not 
cause  the  teeth  to  decay;  and  sugar 
with  fruits  is  nutritious  and  healthy, 
notwithstanding  the  "old  saw"  to  the 
contrary.  The  case  of  city  children 
is  often  cited;  the  cause  of  their  pale 
faces  and  slight  const! tutiocs  being  an 
over  amount  of  sweetmeats  with  their 
diet,  when  the  actual  cause  is  want  of 
pure  air  and  proper  exercise. 

Don't  tell  the  sick  one  that  the  med- 
icine is  not  bad  to  take,  when  you  can 
hardly  keep  your  own  stomach  from 
turning  '  'inside   out"  at  the  smell  ^f  it. 


Better  by  far  teil  him  the  simple  truth, 
that  U  is  disagreeable,  but  ntcessary  to 
his  heelth,  acdyou  aesire  him  to  take 
it  and  at  once.  Ten  to  one  he  will 
swallow  it  with  hslf  the  trouble  of  coax- 
ing and  worry  of  words,  atd  love  you 
better  for  your  Srm,  decided  manner. 
Don't  teach  the  children  by  example 
to  tell  white  lies  to  each  other  and  to 
their  neighbors.  Guard  your  lips  and 
bridle  your  tongue,  if  ycu  desire  to 
have  the  coming  generation  truthful. 
Turthfulnees  is  one  of  the  foundation 
stones  of  heaven.  Remember  the  did, 
old -Book  Pays  "no  liar"  shall  enter 
withm  the  gates  of  the  beautiful  city. 
There  is  no  distinction  made  betweer. 
white  lies  and  these  of  darker  hue.  A 
fiilsehood  is  an  untnnh  whether  the 
matter  be  great  or  small. — JSx. 


Education  in  Europe'. 


In  Saxonj'  educ?.tiou  is  compulsory; 
all  inhabitants  of  the  kingdom  can  read 
and  write,  and  every  child  attends 
t^chool. 

In  Switzerland  all  can  read  and  write, 
and  have  got  a  good  primasy  education. 
Education  is  obligatory,  and  greater 
efforts,  in  proportion  to  its  means,  are 
made  to  impart  primary  instruction 
than  in  any  other  European  nation. 

In  all  the  smaller  Slates  of  North 
Germany  education  is  compulsory,  and 
all  the  children  attend  school. 

In  Denmark  the  same  is  true.  All 
the  Danes,  with  a  kw  exceptions,  can 
read,  write  and  keep  accounts.  The 
children  attend  echool  until  the  age  of 
fourteen. 

In  Prussia  almost  all  the  children  at- 
tend school  regularly,  except  in  some 
of  the  eastern  districts.  An  officer 
who  had  charge  of  the  miiit'iry  educa- 
tion of  the  Landwehr,  in  twelve  years 
had  only  mot  three  young  soldiers  who 
could  neither  read  nor  write.  An  in- 
quiry having  been  instituted,  it  wes 
found  thst  those  three  were  the  chil- 
dren of  bailors,  who  had  been  born  on 
the  river,  and  had  never  settled  in  any 
place.     Instruction  is  obligatory. 

In  Sweden  the  proportion  of  inhab- 
itants \¥ho  can  neither  read  or  write  is 
one  in  a  thousand.  Instruction  is  ob- 
ligatory. 

In  Baden  every  child  receives  instruc- 
tion; and  in  Wuvtemburg  there  is  not 
a  peaeant  or  a  girl  of  the  lov/est  ciase, 
or  a  servant  ia  an  inn,  who  c?.nnot  read, 
write  and  account  correctly;  every 
child  goes  to  Ecaool,  instruction  being 
obligatory. 

In  Holland  public  assistance  is  taken 
away  from  every  indigent  family  that 
neglects  to  send  its  child  to  school.  It 
is  estimated  that  the  number  of  illiter- 
ate is  three  per  cent. 

In  Norway  almost  all  the  Norwegians 
can  read,  write  and  account  passibly 
well.     Instruction  obligatory. 

In  Bavaria,  among  100  conscripts, 
but  seven  whose  education  was  incom- 
plete, or  entirely  wanting,  were  found. 
Instruction  also  obligatory. 

France,  -with  its  twenty- three  illiter- 
ate conscripts  in  100,  comes  next,  and 
is  followed  by  Belgium,  Italy,  J\ustria, 
Greece,  Spam,  Portugal,  Moldo  Wal- 
lachia,  Russia  and  Turkey ,  in  the  order 
named. — JiJx. 


mm, 


Rubbed  Out. 


Tom  was  not  a  bad  boy — indeed,  his 
teacher  classed  him  among  the  pretty 
good  boys.  He  nad  his  taults.  but  I 
am  not  going  to  tell  them  to  you.  One 
day  he  got  "all  twisted  up,"  as  he 
called  it.  Things  went  wrong,  and  he 
disobeyed  his  teacher.  I  c>nnot  tell 
tales  out  of  school,  so  you  shall  not 
know  just  what  he  did,  but  it  was 
something  very  wrong. 

The  next  morning,  instead  of  a  pleas- 
ant smile  and  cheery  greeting,  Miss 
Hall,  his  teacher,  saw  only  a  hurried 
glance  and  a  troubled  downward  look. 
After  devotions  Tom  was  sent  to  a  re- 
citation room,  that  he  might  think  and 
decide  what  to  do.  He  was  not  to  re- 
cite till  he  had  decided.  Tom  thought. 
He  knew  that  he  had  done  wrong.  He 
was  sorry,  for  he  loved  his  teacher, 
and  seldom  had  been  punished;  but 
Miss  Hall  felt  that  his  offense  could 
not  be  overlooked.  At  recess  she  said, 
"Well,  my  boy,  what  shall  we  do?" 

"I  don't  know,  teacher,"  he  replied. 
''I  did  very  wrong,  and  am    sorry." 

'•I  know  you  are  sorry,"  said  the 
teacher,  "anel  I  dislike  to  punish  you, 
but  I  do  not  see  how  I  can  help  it;  do 


you 


8" 


'  'No  ma'am.  I  know  I  ought  to  be 
punished." 

"What  shall  it  be,  my  boy  ?' 

"Just  what  you  sa'7,  teacher." 

"Are  you  willing  in  some  way  to 
tell  the  boys  what  you  have  told 
me  ?" 

''I  am  willing,"  Tom  eagerly  an- 
swered. 

"3V111  you  -write  it  on  the  board,  or 
say  it?" 

"I  had  rather  w  rite  !t,teacher." 

So  together  Tom  and  his  teacher 
went  back  to  the  school-room,  and  on 
the  blackboard,  back  of  the  teacher's 
table,   Tom  wrote : 

"I  disobeyed  my  teacher  yesterday:  I 
fwi  sorry ^  and  will  try  to  do  as  she  wishes 
in  future.  Thomas  Cabk." 

You  may  be  sui-e  the  room  was  very 
still  while  Tom  was  writing.  You 
could  hear  the  clock  tick.  Tom  felt 
rather  flustered  by  the  unusual  silence, 
and  could  not  remember  to  spell  as  well 
as  usual.  He  stopped  at  the  word  sor- 
ry, and  looking  up  to  his  teacher,  said 
in  a  low  voice, '  'How  do  you  spell  sor- 
ry. Miss  Hall — with  two  'r's'  or  one  ?" 
He  will  never  forget  how  to  spell  that 
word,  I  know. 

When  his  confession  was  written  he 
slipped  back  into  the  recitation  room, 
and  let  the  blackboard  tell  its  own  sto- 
ry, the  teacher  only  adding,  ''I  know 
you  all  will  be  generous  enough  to  say 
nothing  of  this  to  the  one  who  has  so 
nobly  confessed  his  wrong,"  Then  she 
wrote  Res — meaning  Reserve — above 
the  words,  and  there  they  stood  all 
day.  .  Tom  saw  them  every  time  he 
looked  up,  and  often  when  he  didn't, 
too,  and  he  thought,  "Oh,  dear,  if  I 
had  not  done  wrong,  if  I  could  only 
take  it  back,  and  rub  out  those  hateful 
words." 

The  next  morning  Tom  dreaded  to 
go  to  school,  thinking  of  the  hand- 
writing on  the  wall.      He  did  not  even 


look  at  the  blackboard  till  the  bell  rang 
and  the  teacher  said,  ''I  have  rvbled 
oat  the  words  that  were  written  here 
yesterday.  Will  the  scholars  get  their 
Bibles  and  read  -R'halis  in  their  place?" 
for  in  place  of  Tom's  confession  the 
teacher  had  written  the  text  in  Isaiah 
43:25. 

Every  Bible  was  quickly  turned  and 
the  passage  silently  read,  and  many 
a  quick,  intelligc-^nt  glance  turned 
toward  the  desk.  "Please,  teacher, 
let  us  read  it  together,"  f-aid  one. 

So  all  read  iii  a  subdued  tone  these 
beautiful  words: 

''1,  even  I,  am  he  that  blottcth  out 
thy  tratiBgressions  for  mine  own  sake, 
and  will  not  remember  thy  sins." — >S. 
5^.  Times. 


Dott't  Harm  tlie  Little  Birrts. 


D,    F.     NEWTON. 


We  love  the  song-birds,  and  feel  that 
if  they  were  taken  away  the  earth 
would  lose  one  of  its  richest  and  most 
wonderous  charms.  We  love  them 
and  wonder  at  them,  for  of  all  God's 
irrational  creatures  they  are  the  most 
wonderous  and  beautiful.  They  .are 
the  choristers  of  heaven,  and  constant 
ministers  of  that  worship  which  goes 
up  continually  unto  God,  the  unpaid 
and  faithful  preachers  of  an  unselfish 
and  beautiful  piety. 

Look  at  them,  as  swaying  on  flowery 
sprays  they  gush  cut  those  strains 
which  chime  with  the  songs  of  angels; 
aye,  look  at  them  as  they  sing,  with 
upturned  head,  rapt,  soft,  and  half- 
closed  eyes,  their  frail  forms  quivering 
in  the  ecstatic  joy,  and  say  if  you  do 
not  feel  your  cold  and  selfish  heart 
melting  into  reverential  awe  aud  rising 
up  to  God  on  the  wings  of  praise  and 
prayer ! 

How  thankful  should  we  be  that 
God  has  given  us  the  dear  birds  to  be 
our  fellow-laborers  and  comforters,  and 
the  laborer  is  surely  worthy  of  his  hire. 
Why  grudge  him  his  pay  ?  Why  cheat 
him  of  his  soring  and  summer  work? 
Soon  we  shall  see  them  very  busy. 
Many  have  already  begun. 

"Don't  shoot  the  birds,  the  joyous  hirds, 
That  charm  the  traveler's  way." 

Many  children  have  abundant  religi- 
ous instruction  at  home  and  in  churches 
acd  Sabbath -schools,  and  yet  are  suf- 
fered to  grow  up  with  the  idea  that 
there  is  no  harm  in  robbing  birds' 
nests,  or  torment  the  bugs,  snakes, 
toads,  and  the  lower  species  of  animal 
life. 

The  exercise  of  this  spirit  is  sure  to 
engender  a  tyrannical  love  of  power 
and  dominion  over  everything,  either 
brute  or  human,  that  is  weaker  than 
themselves,  and  generally  leads  to 
wickedness  and  cruelty. 

"The  Lord  who  gives  ns  daily  bread 
Supplies  their  wauts  aud  hears  Ihcir  cry, 

And  every  wrong  which  they  endure 
Is  marked  by  his  paternal  eye. 

"And  should  you  cruelly  betray 

Your  trust  o'er  those  who  can't  complain. 
Beware  the  measure  that  yon  mete 

May  be  returned  to  you  again." 


— We  should  accustom  the  mind  to 
keep  the  best  company  by  introducing 
it  only  to  the  best  reading. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Correspondencet 


[continued  fbom  5th  page.] 
because  of  the  Jews  being  in  the  com- 
mon brotherhood." 

This  has  completely  opened  my  eyes. 
I  am  forever  an  Anti-mason.  We 
know  that  the  Jews  of  to-day  say  that 
Jesus  Christ  was  an  impostor,  and  they 
justify  his  crucifixion,  and,  doubtless, 
they  would  crucify  him  again  were  he 
to  come  to  their  synagogues  as  he  did 
1800  years  ai^o;  because  the  same  re- 
lations exist  between  them  and  the 
Siviour  now  as  existed  then.  Hence 
the  Masons  with  their  Masonic  chaplains 
and  religious  ceremonies  are  forging 
the  nails  and  driving  them  into  the 
hands  and  feet  of  the  Saviour.  While 
they  call  themselves  Christians,  they 
join  the  Jews  in  the  cry,  ''Crucify 
him!"  "Crucify  him!"  "Away  with 
him!"  Therefore,  I  say,  a  Mason  can- 
not be  a  Christian. 

I  was  thinking  of  Mary  at  the  Sav- 
iour's tomb,  weeping  because  she  found 
not  the  Saviour;  and  of  the  disciples,  as 
they  held  him  by  the  feet;  and  of  Pe- 
ter and  John,  as  they  ran  to  the  sepul- 
chre; of  the  walk  to  Emmaus;  of  the 
exclamation  of  Thomas,  "My  Lord  and 
my  God;"  of  many  of  the  wonderful 
burning  words  of  Jesus.  And  oh  !  can 
I  be  so  cruel  as  to  join  in  the  cruel  cry 
of  Masonry,  ''Away  with  him!" 
"Away  with  him!"  Nay,  let  this 
bady  be  burned, — let  it  be  burned 
over  the  slow  fires  of  the  Inquisition, 
but  never  let  me  seem  to  fellowship 
those  '  who  do  as  the  Masons  do,  deny 
Jesus  a  place  in  their  religion  and  join 
the  Jews  in  the  cry  of  "Crucify  him." 

Most  cordially  and  truly  yours  against 
Masonry,  William  Fknton. 

[By  "  a  Mason  cannot  be  a  Christian," 
the  brother  doubtless  means  one  who 
understands  and  accepts  Masonry. 
There  are  doubtless  Christians  who 
bear  the  name  of  Masons,  without  un- 
derstanding what  it  represents.  Such 
can  always  be  saved  if  shown,  in  the 
spirit  of  Christ,  their  equivocal  position- 
They  will  flee  the  snare  when  they 
know  of  it. — Ed.] 


How  the  Masons  of  Medina  Co.,  Ohio, 
Treat  their  Poor. 


From  Samuel  Halej  of  York,  I  ob- 
tained the  following  instances  of  Ma- 
sonic benevolence,  which  are  confirmed 
by  the  testimony  of  others  acquainted 
with  the  fact.  Major  Randel.a  citizen  of 
York  Township,  Medina  county,  was  a 
man  of  property  at  one  time,  but  subse- 
quently became  reduced  in  circumstan- 
ces so  that  he  had  no  means  of  support. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Medina 
Lodge  of  Freemasons,  Before  he 
ceased  to  pay  his  dues,  his  "myctic 
brethren"  allowed  him  to  go  to  the 
poor-house  where  he  died  and  was 
buried  among  the  common  paupers,  and 
the  citizens  paid  the  bill.  The  best 
article  of  value  which  he  possessed  was 
a  cow  which  he  sold  before  going  to 
the  poor-house  and  deposited  the 
money  with  a  Masonic  brother  to  pay 
his  quarterage  as  it  came  due.  The 
amount  I  suppose  was  insufiicient  or  he 
unfortunately  lived  too  long,  and  so 
passed  away  unattended  by  his  brethern 


and   was  buried    without   the    solemn 
mockery  of  Masonic  rights. 

A  second  instance,  from  the  same 
town,  county  and  lodge,  was  that  of 
Ezekiel  J.  Bruce.  Before  the  county 
had  a  poor-house  for  its  paupers  ,  Mr. 
Bruce  was  sold  at  public  sale  to  the 
lowest  bidder.  He  was  kept  for  a 
time  by  a  man  living  some  distance 
from  town.  Being  unable  to  shave  him- 
self, the  old  man  used  to  go  to  Medina, 
when  he  could  occasionally  secure  a 
ride  with  some  one  passing,  and  the 
Masons  showed  their  benevolence  and 
recognized  the  "mystic  tie  of  brother 
hood"jby  paying  the  barber  for  his  serv- 
ices. When  the  lone  poor  were  gath- 
ered into  a  common  dwelling  place,  the 
old  man  was  among  them.  His  son, 
before  ging  west,  arranged  with  a  friend 
to  bury  his  father  by  the  side  of  his 
mother  in  the  cemetry  of  the  neigh- 
borhood. When  the  old  man  died 
Masons  applied  to  Mr.  Branch,  who 
was  to  see  to  his  burial,  requesting 
that  his  body  might  be  conveyed  in 
the  hearse  to  the  place  of  interment, 
and  8iG;nifying  a  purpose  to  take  part 
in  the  funeral  services.  Mr.  B.  agreed 
to  pay  what  it  would  cost  to  brine:  the 
body  to  the  grave  from  the  poor  house 
in  a  common  wagon,  which  the  Masons 
accepted  and  then  procured  a  Masonic 
miaister  who  accompanied  the  body  to 
the  grave,  which  Mr.  B.  had  dug,  and 
after  making  some  display  and  scatter- 
ing 'a  few  hand-fulls  of  dirt  on  the 
coffin,  they  took  their  departure  leaving 
Mr.  Branch  to  fill  the  grave  which  he 
had  dug. 

Two  other  cases  have  been  reported 
tome  in  this  same  county,  viz,,   Chas. 
Olcott,  and  Mr.  Shawl,  but  the  above 
will  suffice  as  specimens. 

J.  P.  Stoddard. 


'*Campbellites." 


Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

My  Dear  Sir: — In  the  Cynosure  of 
July  30th  an  article  appears  headed, 
"A  Campbellite  Preacher  Riding  two 
Horses."  I  do  not  object  to  what  is 
eaid  about  Mr.  Black,  but  solely  to  the 
nick  name  applied  to  a  large,  intelligent 
and  zealous  people  every  where  known 
as  "Disciples  of  Christ"  or  ''Christians ;" 
and  among  whom  are  thousands  oppos- 
ed to  secret  societies.  Mr.  Campbell 
himself,  as  you  very  well  know,  was 
always  opposed  to  them,  and  opposed 
them  strongly  in  his  writings.  Mr. 
Black  cannot  be  a  "Campbellite,"  for 
if  he  was  he  would  be  opposed  to  all 
"dark lantern  societies,"  as  Mr.  Camp- 
bell was,  Mr.  Campbell  followed 
Christ  in  this  matter,  and  when  Mr. 
Black  makes  the  Lord  Jesus  his  exam- 
ple in  all  things  he  will  never  be  found 
"riding  two  horses"  again. 

The  Cynosure  claims  to  be  ucn-ssc- 
tarian,  and  to  oppose  all  man-made 
rites  and  ceremonies;  and  I  hope  it  will 
not  compromise  its  character  in  this  re- 
spect by  applying  approbious  epithets 
to  those  who  have  the  cause  of  anti- 
secretism  at  heart,  and  many  of  whom 
are  co-operating  with  you  in  this  mat- 
ter. No  ''Disciple  of  Christ"  can 
advocate  or  practice. secretism  without 
stultifying  himself  before  God  and  man. 
They  cannot  be  Masons,  Odd-fellows 
or  any  thing  else  of  that  sort,  without 


repudiating  the  principles  for  which 
they  contend.  Let  their  inconsistency 
be  held  up  to  them,  and  I  will  help  to 
do  it,  but  do  not  call  them  nick  names 
and  so  arouse  their  opposition  to  a  good 
cause,  or  induce  them  to  cease  their 
co-operation  with  you. 

For  one,  I  am  for  Christ,  and  him 
alone,  first  and  last,  and  will  oppose 
every  thing  that  opposes  him  while  life 
shall  last.  Yours  for  Christ, 

Jno.  T.  Walsh. 

JVewberne,  JV.  C. 


Masonry  "f  ween  Decks. 


YoRk,  Pa,,  Julyl7,  1874. 
Editor  Cynosure : 

There  were  about  ten  negroes  on 
board  the  gunboat  Wissahickon.  One 
of  these  was  a  Canadian.  He  had  a 
very  good  education  and  was  naturally 
of  good  mind.  As  he  was  very  kind  and 
polite  in  his  disposition,  I  was  fond  of 
conversing  with  him.  His  name  was 
Thomas  McPherson. 

One  evening  I  went  up  on  deck  and 
saw  McPherson  looking  up  towards  the 
rebel  batteries.  I  entered  into  conver- 
sation with  him,  and  we  soon  got  to 
talking  of  our  good  chance  to  get  to 
Andersonville.  I  told  him  I  feared  it 
would  go  hard  with  him  if  the  rebels 
should  get  him.  You  can  imagine  my 
surprise  when  he  told^e  that  he  was 
safer  than  I;  and  that  it  would  go  hard- 
er with  me  if  we  were  taken.  I  asked 
hira  how  that  could  be.  He  replied 
by  pulling  out  of  his  bosom  a  Mark 
Master's  mark,  and  informing  me  that 
it  would  save  him  at  any  rebel  prison. 
This  mark  was  exactly  like  Eider  Ber- 
nards' description  in  Light  on  Masonry. 
And  my  sable  friend  certainly  had 
great  faith  in  his  mark. 

This  Freemason  regarded  Masonry 
.with  great  reverence;  and.  made  it  his 
religion.  The  hated  Catholics,  and  on- 
ly gave  the  right  hand  of  fellowphip  to 
those  that  were  worthy.  When  we 
parted  I  offered  him  my  right  hand, 
and  was  greatly  surprised  to  get  only 
his  left,  and  an  explanation  that  his 
right  could  only  be  given  to  those  who 
were  tiquare,  plumb  and  level. 

Now,  in  conclueion,  I  will  add  that 
the  day  may  not  be  far  distant  when 
some  negro  Sumner  will  lay  before  the 
United  States  Senate  a  civil  rights  bill, 
giving  such  as  myself  the  right  to  shake 
the  right  hand  of  a  full-blooded  negro 
Freemason.  Then  I  shall  be  happy, 
and  will  try  to  forget  how  I  was  polite- 
ly outraged  by  my  old  Masonic  ship- 
mate with  the  magic  mark. 
Yours  for  the  truth, 

Edward  J.  Chalfant. 


^ 


l^ifHJial  iit^mw^ 


A  Singrle  Aim. 


I  desire  to  say  that  my  suggestions 
and  views  proceeded  from  a  humble 
source  and  from  one  who  seeks  not  for 
notoriety  or  to  be  officious  in  the  plan- 
ning or  dictating  this  great  movement, 
but  from  one  who  has  spent  time  and 
money  in  the  cause,  and  has  suflFered 
accordingly  in  business  and  reputation. 

First,  are  you  not  undertaking  to 
carry  too  great  a  load,  or  too  many  ar- 
ticles to  market  for  the  strength  of 
your  team  ?  Freemasonry  is  looked 
upon  by  many  as  a  power  too  great  to 
be  controlled  by  all  the  people  outside 
of  it.  It  has  surrounded  itself  with 
fortifications  like  Odd-fellows,  Knights 
of  Pythias,  workingmen's  unions.  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  Good  Templars, 
etc.,  till  you  cannot  reach  the  grand 
entrenchment  or  fort  of  secretism  till 
you  have  broken  through  these  outside 


posts  and  guards.  Ought  we  not  to 
lay  aside  every  weight  that  we  may  be 
able  to  meet  the  secret  foe,  disencum- 
bered, with  ail  the  combined  foi-ce  that 
can  be  marshaled  against  him  ?  Is  not 
Masonry  with  its  brood  of  secret  sup- 
porters the  greatest  enemy  of  Christi- 
anity, morality  and  civil  law  in  the 
United  States  ?  Can  you  then  produce 
any  other  great  reform  while  secrecy  is 
alive  and  present  to  corrupt  and  poison 
in  the  dark  all  your  efforts?  Is  not 
intemperance  nurtured  and  encouraged 
in  the  secret  hall,  in  the  saloon,  in  the 
legislature  and  before  the  courts,  by 
Freemasons?  Is  not  the  church  cor- 
rupted, the  Sabbath  desecrated,  chasti- 
ty outraged,  young  men  demoralized, 
and  law  and  order  trampled  under  foot 
by  Masons?  Are  not  the  rings  that 
appropriate  our  public  lands,  rob  our 
treasuries,  bankrupt  our  citiee,  ppecu- 
late  in  our  public  works  and  lay  heavy 
burdens  of  taxation  upon  the  people, 
composed  mostly  of  Masons  ? 

Why  not  in  a  political  point  of  view 
drop  all  side  issues,  aim  all  the  guns 
at  the  head  of  the  great  serpent,  and  in 
the  name  of  Jehovah,  by  the  voice  and 
votes  of  the  good  people  send  him  back 
whence  he  came?  In  the  meantime 
conduct  all  the  other  issues  as  moral 
and  religious  reforms. 

D.  W.  Eldkkkin. 

NEWS. 

[continued  from  9th  page.] 
Political. 

An  election  is  to  be  held  August 
ISth  in  Ohio  on  the  adoption  a  new 
consiitution.  Of  the  130  papers  of  the 
State,  38  are  in    favor  of  adoption,  4C 

are  opposed  and  4G  are  neutral. 

A  new  reform  party  has  lately  held  a 
convention  and  organized  in  Michigan. 
It  declares  war  on  existing  political 
parties  for  their  extravagance,  corrup- 
tion and  fraud,  aud  is  against  inflation. 

The  Democrats  have  carried  the 

election  in  North    Carolina. ■. — The 

election  at  Vicksburg,  Mis?,  of  wbich  the 
Governor  of  that  State  was  so  appre- 
hensive as  to  request  a  body  of  U.  S., 
troops  to  keep  the  peace,  passed  off  in 
an  orderly  manner  last  week. 
Foreign. 

Murat  Halstead,  editor  of  a  Cincinna- 
ti daily  writes  from  Paris  that  there  is 
a  revival  of  imperialism  among  shop- 
keepers. The  windows  exposing  pho- 
tographs far  sale  always  have  pictures 
of  the  late  Emepror  or  his  family.  ''The 
shopkeepers"  he  says  "want  a  strong 
government,-  and  remember  dolefully 
the  fleshpots  of  the    Imperial   Egypt." 

The  so-called    "Lord"   Gordon, 

one  of  the  most  successful  swindlers  of 
modern  times  shot  himself  through  the 
brain  while  under  arrest  in  Manitoba. 
His  career  was  chiefly  in  this  country. 
He  was  in  collusiou  with  the  Tammany 
Ring,  and   at   one  time   swindled   Jay 

Gould    out    of    $500,000. It    is 

rumored  that  an  alliance  between  Ger- 
many, Spain  and  Italy,  in  which  the 
former  agrees  to  assist  in  suppressing 
the  Carlists  and  undertakes  to  secure  the 
recognition  of  the  Republic  of  Spain, 
aud  is  pledged  the  alliance  of  Spain  in 
the  event  of  war  with  France.  It  is 
also  rumored  that  the  German  govern- 
ment are  bargaining  for  the  port  of 
Santona,  on  the  Bay  of  Biscay,  of 
which  it  is  proposed   to  make  a  second 

Gibraltar. It    is    reported    from 

Berlin  that  the  Roman  Catholic  Bishops 
have  forwarded  to  the  government  a 
protest  declaring  that  they  cannot  sub- 
mit to  one-sided  laws,  aud  claiming 
that  the  legislative  power  in  matters 
concerning  the  church  belongs  to  the 
Pope  alone. The  Chinese  Gov- 
ernment is  about  to  establish  a  consu- 
late in  San  Francisco,  the  six  Chinese 
companies  there  having  agreed  to 
defray  the  expenses  of  the  consu- 
late. It  is  believed  that  an  American 
will  be  appointed,  with  a  Chinaman  as 
Vice-Consul. 


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government  of  the  order;    the  instructions  of 

each  degree  and  duties  of  every  station  and  office 

vritU  engravings  of  the  emblems  of  the  orders,  etc. 

Pirce  in  Cloth, S2  59. 

"      Tuck,  abridged  edition, 1  00 . 


— Rev.  Mr.  Beecher,  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
Cincinnat',  stated  in  a  recent  discourse  that  he  was  told  the 
evening  before  by  a  polit'cian  of  that  city,  "that  he  would 
rather  have  the  influence  of  one  Paloon  in  his  favor  on  any 
question  before  the  people,  than  the  influence  of  the  largest 
church  in  Cincinnati."  This  is  a  practical  fact  in  all  our 
large  cities  where  the  foreign,  drinking  and  vicious  classes 
are  numerous  enough  to  hold  the  balance  of  political  power. 
Is  it  nny  wonder  that  judges  and  other  cfiioers  eltcted  by 
whiskey  and  l&ger,  obstruct  and  prevent  the  enforcement  of 
the  laws  against  those  upon  v/hose  votes  they  depend  for 
their  po.^itious?  la  view  of  this  and  many  other  similar 
factp,  we  regard  an  elective  judicary  an  abominatioD. 

—  "And  ye  have  taken  the  teetotal  pledge,  have  ye?" 
said  somebody  to  an  Irishman. 

"Indade  I  have,  and  am  not  ashamed  of  it  ither." 

"Ami  did  not  Paul  tell  Timothy  to  take  a  little  wine  for 
his  stomach?" 

'•So  he  did;  but  ray  name  is  not  Timothy,  and  there's 
nothing  the  matter  with  my  stomach."  . 

— One  of  the  most  hopeful  and  encouraging  of  the  recent 
incidents  in  connection  with  the  temperance  reform  is  the 
praiseworthy,  conscientious  action  of  the  Rev.  Mr.  Clagget, 
a  Presbycori'in  clergyman,  of  Louisville,  Kentucky,  who  re- 
signed his  charge  rather  than  continue  in  fellowship  with  a 
church  which  persists  in  retaining,  against  his  earnest  pro- 
test, a  liquor-selling  deacon.  When  churches  and  clergy- 
men generelly  deal  with  liquor  trtiffickers  in  this  uncompro- 
mising spirit,  the  hour  of  victory  will  be  near  at  hand. 

— Hydrophobia  has  been,  for  a  time,  the  metropolitan 
sensation.  From  the  bites  of  rabid  dogs  less  than  half  a 
dozen  persons  have  died.  Yet  many  columns  in  our  daily 
journals  have  been  filled  with  the  details  of  the  brutal  tor- 
turing to  death  of  hundreds  of  dogs  in  no  wise  tainted  with 
the  disease,  and  with  the  expei-iments  and  opinions  of  learn- 
ed physicians,  Meanwhile,  another  disease — delirium  tre- 
mens— not  less  dreadful,  and  the  cause  of  an  immensely  lar- 
ger death  rate,  prevails,  and  daily  sends  its  victims  to  the 
drunkard's  shocking  doom,  and  little  comment  is  excited. 
There  are  no  muzzles  ana  no  death  torturing  tanks  even 
suggested  for  those  who  wound  and  poison  unto  death  by 
alcohol,  but  instead  thereof  they  are  licensed  and  shielded 
by  law. 

— The  Encyclopedia  Americana  says  of  tohiLcco:  "It  is 
a  nausfcous  and  poisonous  weed,  of  an  acrid  taste  and  a  dis- 
agreeable odor,  whose  properties  are  deleterious."  Webster 
says:  "As  a  medicine  it  is  a  narcotic,  emetic  and  carthar- 
tic." 

— The  women  have  an  influence  as  powerful  to  suppress 
this  evil  as  the  liquor  tralic.  If  they  would  discourage  the 
i?se  of  tobacco  by  every  means  in  their  power,  the  day  would 
not  be  far  distant  when  the  filthy,  unhealthy,  waetoful  and 
offensive  habit  would  be  numbered  among  the  things  of  the 
past. 

— California  is  coming  into  the  ranks  as  a  tobacco  grow- 
ing district  likely  to  rival  Connecticut  and  Cuba.  She  has 
plantations  of  as  much  as  375  acres  and  of  all  sorts  of  sm  all 
er  sizes  down  to  five  acres  are  common,  and  the  yield  is  said 
to  be  2,000  pounds  per  acre  of  cured  tobacco. 

— Hezekiah  Butterworth,  in  the  Watchman  and  Hejlector, 
says:  ''There  are  five  hundred  less  liquor  saloons  in  Boston 
to-c!ay  than  there  were  two  years  ago.  and  three  hundred 
less  than  one  year  ago.  The  temperance  meetings  during 
the  past  winter  at  the  North  End  Mission  and  at  Father 
Cook's  Bethe',  and  those  held  under  the  direction  of  the 
Temperance  Album  in  Tremont  Temple  and  in  Music  Hall, 
have  attracted  larger  and  mare  enthusiastic  audiences  than 
were  ever  gathered  for  a  like  purpose  in  the  city  before. 
Never  did  the  cause  of  temperance  here  appear  more  prom- 
ising than  now.  To  one  who  has  watched  this  gradual  ad- 
vance of  public  sentiment  in  favor  of  temperance,  it  would 
seem  that  the  cause,  having  right  and  the  civil  law  on  its 
side,  only  lac'^ed  Christian  power  to  make  it  a  success. 
Not  the  passive  power,  which  is  already  everywhere  exert- 
ed, but  active,  aggressive  power." 

— Dr.  Bowditch,  the  wise  man  of  Bo!;toa,  advises  the 
planting  of  vineyards  and  the  sale  of  mild  ale?,  beer  and 
light  wines  as  a  temperance  measure,  and  even  the  Rev. 
Mr.  Murray  thinks  sweet  cider  a  delicious  and  harmless 
drink.  On  the  other  hand,  rehable  witnesses  say  that  this 
ox  is  an  old  offender,  and  that  one  hundred  thousand  annu- 
ally, both  men  and  women,  in  this  country  alone,  are  sacri- 
ficed to  this  appetite  for  human  wretchedness.  A  writer  in 
the  New  York  Medical  Journal  states  that  in  the  last  ten 
years  the  use  of  spirits  has  imposed  upon   the  nation  a  di- 


rect expense  of  $600,000,000;  caused  an  indirect  txpenee 
of  $700,000,000;  destroyed  300,000  lives;  sent  100,000 
children  to  the  pcor-house ;  committed  at  least  1 50, 000  to  pris- 
ons and  work-houscH;  caused  the  loss  by  fire  or  violence  of  at 
least  $10,000,000  of  property;  made  200,000  widows  and 
1,000,000  orphans,  besides  the  deep  sea  of  agony  beneath 
the  surface  whose  area  can  never  be  computed. 

FACTS  AND  IIGUKES. 


— A  number  of  Chinamen  in  SanFrancisoo  have  bought, 
for  $24 ,000,  a  building  to  be  used  as  a  Joss-house.  A  col- 
lection of  idols,  valued  at  $30,000,  was  shipped  from  China. 
The  delay  of  the  steamer  bringing  them  caused  much  anx- 
iety among  the  Chinese  in  the  city. 

— In  Chili  there  are  1, 190  schools,  of  which  720  are 
public  and  4G4  private.  In  the  towns  there  is  on  an  aver- 
age one  school  for  every  1,769  persom^,  and  in  the  country 
one  school  for  every  3,020  inhabitants.  In  1872  these 
schools  were  attended  by  82,152  pupils,  and  the  amoant 
expended  by  the  government  for  educational  pup. sts  amount 
to  414,127  piastres.  The  number  of  teachcij  in  the  primary 
schools  was  896  males  and  65  7  females. —  Galaxy. 

— It  would  be  well,  if  the  Centennial  could  show  in  some 
form,  graphic,  symbolic,  or  literary-historical,  the  charac- 
teristics of  the  several  decades  since  the  Duclaraticm  of  Inde- 
pendence. In  any  such  representation,  we  should  have  the 
years  immediately  preceding  and  succeeding  1840  grouped 
into  what  might  be  called  the  'yeasty  period,'  when,  alono- 
the  anti-slavery  agitation,  the  temperance  agitation,  the  in- 
cipient stages  of  the  woman's  rights  agitation,  was  witnessed 
with  the  rise  cf  a  cloud  of  isms  which  enveloped  there- 
former  like  a  mist. — Nation, 

— The  immigration  for  1873,  judging  from  the  arrivals 
reported  at  New  York,  is  not  so  large  as  during  1872.  Du- 
ring 1873,  down  to  December  20tb,  there  were  26(3,011 
immigrants  landed  at  New  York,  the  number  for  the  corres- 
ponding period  of  1872  having  been  292,932.  The  bulk 
of  the  immigrants  this  year  came  from  Germany  and  Ireland, 
as  usual,  the  former  sending  us  105,749,  and  the  latter, 
76;083.  England  sent  32,713,  France,  5,197,  Sweden, 
10,173,  and  Italy,  6,770.  There  were  2,437  xMormon  ar- 
rivals this  year  (777  more  than  hst  year),  and  Enrdand, 
Denmark,  and  Sweden  furnish  the  most  of  them.  The 
Southern  Emmigration  Society  in  1873  succeeded  in  getting 
a  larger  immigration  to  the  Southern  States  than  formerly 
was  the  case,  though  the  number  who  go  in  that  direction 
is  still  small. 

— In  the  population  of  the  world,  China,  stands  first, 
with  426,213,152,  the  British  Empire  with  199,817,000, 
and  Russian  third,  with  82,172,022.  The  United  States 
are  fifth.  In  density  of  population  Belgium  comes  first' 
with  451  per  square  mile.  England  is  next,  with  389, 
Belgium  has  one  mile  of  railroad  to  6  square  miles  of  terri- 
tory; Great  Britain  1  to  8  square  miles,  and  the  United 
States  are  eleventh,  with  1  mile  of  rond  to  56  of  territory. 
Of  eclectric  telegraphs,  Great  Britain  has  1  to  every  4 
square  miles;  Belgium  1  to  5,  and  the  United  States  one  to 
36.  The  mercantile  navies  of  the  world  comprise  01,429 
vessels,  and  a  total  tonage  of  18,514,029.  Of  these,  Great 
Britain  has  3,061  steamers  and  20,832  Eailing  vessels,  the 
United  States  coming  next,  with  403  steamers  and  5,7  86 
sailing  vessels. 

*  ■  » 

rreemasonry  Contrary  to  the  Christian  Religlou. 


[continued  from  august  Gth.] 

C.  Tlic  Christian  religion  requires  us  to  take  the  7uily  Scrip- 
tures alono,  as  the  rule  of  our  faith  and  morals.  "All  Scripture," 
says  the  great  apostle  of  the  Gentiles,  by  divine  direction,  "is 
given  by  inspiration  of  God,  and  is  profitable  for  doctrine,  for 
reproof,  for  correction,  for  instruction  in  righteousness,  that  the 
man  of  God  may  be  perfect,  and  thoroughly  furnished  unto  all 
good  works."  3  Tim.  iii.  16,17.  "The  law  of  the  Lord  is 
perfect,  converting  the  soul."  Ps.  xix.  7.  "We  have  a  more 
sure  word  of  prophecy,  whereunto  ye  do  well  to  take  heed." 
2  Pet.  i.  19.  "To  the  law  and  to  the  testimony;  if  they  speak 
not  according  to  this  word,  it  is  because  there  is  no  light  in 
them."  Is.  viii.  30.  No  man  has  any  liberty  to  add  anything 
to  the  Holy  Scriptures  or  take  au3'thing  from  them.  "  Ye  shall 
not  add  unto  the  word  which  I  command  you,  neither  shall  j-e 
diminish  aught  from  it."  Deut.  iv.  2.  For  I  testify  unto  every 
man  that  heareth  the  words  of  the  prophecy  of  this  book,  [that] 
if  auy  man  shall  add  unto  these  things,  God  shall  add  unto  him 
the  plagues  that  are  written  in  this  book ;  aud  if  auj^  man  shall 
take  away  from  the  words  of  the  book  of  this  prophecy,  God 
shall  take  away  his  part  out  of  the  book  of  life,  and  out  of  the 
holy  city,  and  from  the  things  that  are  written  in  this  book. 
Rev.  xxii.  18, 19. 

Freemasons,  on  the  contrary,  take  the  mallet,  square  and 
compass  as  a  rule  of  their  life,  which  may  mean  anything  or 
nothing,  us  caprice  or  fantastic  humor  may  dictate.  In  the  lee  - 
ture  on  the  first  degree  we  are  told  that  by  due  attention  to  the 
compass  we  are  taught  to  limit  om*  desires,  curb  our  ambition, 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


subdue  our  irregular  appetites  and  keep  our  passions  and  prej- 
udices in  due  bounds  with  all  mankind,  especially  with  the 
))rcliiren.  Again  in  Sickles'  Monitor,  page  32,  we  are  told  tha 
n»  square  is  to  square  our  actions,  and  the  compass  to  circum- 
scribe our  desires,  and  keep  our  passions  in  due  bounds  witli 
all  mankind,  especially  with  the  brethren.  In  the  Entered  Ap- 
prentice degree  we  ai'e  told  that  Freemasous  use  the  gavel  or 
mallet  for  the  more  noble  and  glorious  purpose  of  divesting 
their  iiearts  and  consciences  of  nil  the  vices  and  supcrfufities 
of  life,  thereby  fitting  their  minds'as  lively  stones  for  that  spir- 
itual building,  Ihat  h<msc  not  mach;  with  hands,  eternal  in  tlie 
heavens.  If  this  is  not  a  formal  rejection  of  the  word  of  God 
as  a  rule  of  life,  I  know  not  what  is.  If  it  is  not,  it  is  an  addi- 
tion to  it,  which  is  equally  criminal.  The  word  of  God  accom- 
Danicd  by  the  agency  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  is  the  only  means  ap- 
pointed in  tlie  Divine  government  to  subdue  and  root  out  the 
vile  alfetlions  of  the  human  heart;  and  if  these  means  are 
rejected  it  is  absolutely  certain  that  no  means  devised  by  man 
can  acconiplisii  llie  object.  All  Freemasons  who  rely  on  the 
mallet,  square  and  compass  to  subdue  their  vile  affections,  are 
under  the  most  consommate  delusion  of  the  devil. 

7.  The  Cliristian  religi(m  teaches  us  to  show  benevolence 
and  kindness  to  all  mankind,  but  more  particularly  to  true 
Christians,  because  Christ  takes  whatever  is  done  to  them  as 
l)eing  done  to  himself.  See  Matt.  xxv.  35-40.  The  apostle 
Paul  says,  "As  we  have,  therefore,  opportunity,  let  us  do  good 
unto  all  men,  especially  to  them  who  are  of  the  household  of 
faith."    Gal.  vi.  10. 

Freemasons,  on  the  contrary,  act,  as  such,  entirely  on  sultish 
principles.  The  system  is  founded  on  selfish  and  exclusive 
principles,  anil  its  object  is  to  take  undue  advantage  of  all  out- 
side its  pal(\  and  swindle  them  out  of  their  rights  so  far  as  can 
be  done  witii  tlie  safety  of  the  members  of  the  institution.  In 
the  third  oljligation  of  the  Knights  of  the  Cross  the  candidate 
uses  the  following  language :  "  I  swear  to  advance  my  brotlier's 
best  interest  by  always  sni)porting  his  military  fame  and  politi- 
cal prelcrment  in  opposition  to  another."  The  preference  is 
given,  not  to  the  household  of  faith,  but  to  the  members  of  the 
lodge,  who  may  be,  and  frequently  are,  liars,  thieves  and  ruffians 
of  the  worst  description.  There  is  no  restriction  imposed  on  a 
Mason  in  robbing  and  swindling,  providing  he  does  not  cheat 
a  Mason  t)r  a  Masonic  lodge.  Tliere  is  no  restriction  in  forni 
cation  and  adultery,  provided  he  docs  not  violate  the  chastity  of 
a  Master  Mason's  wife,  mother,  sister  or  daughter,  he  knowii 
lliem  to  be  such.  Tliese  are  all  the  exceptions;  all  the  world 
besides  is  clear  game. 

■■  ■-.  8.  The  Christian  religion  requires  us  io  forgive  our  enemies 
and  treat  theiii  well.  "If  thine  enemy  be  liungry,  give  hijn 
bread  to  eat;  if  he  be  thirsty,  give  him  water  to  drink.  Prov. 
xxv.  31.  Again,  "If  tliine  enemy  hunger,  feed  liim;  if  he 
thirst,  give  iiim  drink."  Rom.  xii.  30.  The  Great  Head  of  the 
Church  has  said,  "I  say  unto  you,  love  your  enemies,  bless  them 
that  curse  you."  Matt.  v.  44.  ''For  if  ye  forgive  men  their 
trespassPS,"your  heavenly  father  will  also  forgive  you.  But  if 
ye  forgive  men  not  their  trespasses,  neitlier  will  your  Father 
forgive  you."  Matt.  vi.  14,  15.  This  is  so  plain  that  all  can  un- 
derstand it. 

Freemasons  on  the  contrary,  mete  out  vengeance  to  their  ene- 
mies. In  tlve  lirst  obligation  of  the  Thrice  Illustrious  Knights 
of  the  Cross,  the  candidate,  under  oath,  receives  the  following 
injunction:  "To  the  end  of  your  life  you  will  use  your  utmost 
decided  endeavors  to  bring  such  person  to  the  strictest  and  most 
condign  punishment,  agreeably  to  the  usages  of  our  mostancient 
fiafornily,  and  this  by  pointing  him  out  to  the  world  as  an  un- 
worthy vagabond,  by  opposing  his  interests,  by  deranging  his 
business,  by  transfuriug  his  character  after  him  wherever  he 
may  go,  and  by  exposing  him  to  the  contcmi:)t  of  the  whole 
fraternity  and  of  the  world,  during  the  whole  of  his  natural 
life."  In  the  third  obligation  of  the  same,  the  candidate  says: 
"I  swear  to  iook  on  his  [a  brother  Mason's]  enemies  as  my  ene- 
mies, his  friends  as  my  friends,  and  stand  forth  to  mete  out  ten- 
der kindness  or  vengeance  accordingly." 

9.  The  Christian  religion  requires  us  to  ahstain  from  taking 
laman  life.  The  divine  command  is,  -'Tliou  slialt  not  kill."  Ex. 
XX.  13.  "AVhoso  sheddeth  mini's  bloody  by  man  shall  his  blood 
be  slied."  Gen.  ix.  6.  "He  lliat  killetli  a  man  shall  surely  be 
put  to  death.''  'Lev.  xxiv.  17.  These  scriptures  need  no  com- 
ment. 

Freemasons,  on  the  contrary,  are  governed  by  laws  that 
require  the  taking  of  human  life.  This  is  universally  confessed 
by  all  seceding  Masons.  In  the  initiation  of  a  candidate  as  an 
Elected  Knight  of  Nine,  he  goes  through  the  form  of  murdering 
a  traitor,  and  swears,  "I  will  revenge  the  assassination  of  our 
worthy  Master,  Hir;iin  AbifF,  not  only  on  the  murderers,  but  also 
on  all  who  may  betray  the  secrets  of  this  degree,"  etc.  In  the 
degree  of  Knights  Adepts  of  the  E*glc  and  Sun,  there  is  an  ex- 
position of  Masonhc  emblems.  One  of  these  emblems  is  that 
of  a  man  peeping,  of  which  the  exposition  is  this:  "  The  man 
peeping,  and  who  was  discovered,  and  seized,  and  conducted  to 
death,  is  an  emblem  of  those  who  come  to  be  initiated  into  our 
secret  mysteries  through  a  motive  of  curiosity,  and  if  so  indis- 
creet as  to  divulge  their  obligations,  we  are  hound  to  cause  their 
dmth,  and  take  vengeance  on  the  trcasim  hy  tha  de.Ur  at  ion  of 
the  traitor."  •  •  •  •  In  pursuance  of  these  diabolical  prin- 
ciples, many  worthy  men  have  been  assassinated ;  among  whom 
were  the  author  of  a  book  called  "Three  Distinct  Kno.ks;" 
and  the  author  of  a  book  called  "Jachin  and  Boaz,"  in  J^ng- 
land ;  AVilliam  Miller,  of  Belfast,  Ireland,  for  saying  Jachin  ;;nd 
Boaz  was  a  true  book;  Smith,  of  Vermont,  who  re-published 
Jacliin  and  Boaz;  AVillianr  Morgan,  of  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  who  dis- 
closed the  first  three  degrees  of  Masonry ;  Murdoch,  of  Rcns- 
seleai-ville,  N.  Y.,  who  was  supposed  to  have  revealed  something 
of  Masonry ;  and  one  Forgie,  an  Ii'ishman,  in  a  lodge  in  Cana- 
da,   •    •    •    •    Kow  many  more  liave  been  hurried  into  eternity 


by  Masonic  executions  will  remain  unknown  till  the  day  of 
j  udgmcnt. 

10.  The  Christian  religion  teaches  ns  that  tiiere  is  no  other 
way  to  God  the  Father,  but  Jesus  Christ.  "Jesus  saith  unto 
him,  I  am  the  way,  and  the  truth,  and  the  life;  no  man  cometli 
unto  the  Father,  but  by  me."  Jojm  xiv.  G.  Tlie  apostle  Peter, 
when  preaching  Christ,  said,  "There  is  none  other  name  under 
heaven,  given  among  men,  whereby  we  must  be  saved."  .Acts 
iv.  13. 

Freemasons,  on  the  contrary,  ajiproach  God  as  the  Great 
Architect  of  the  universe,  M'ithout  the  intervention  of  any  me- 
diator whatever.  In  this  thejr  err  in  two  respects.  First,  they 
offer  an  indignity  to  God  bordering  on  blasphemy  by  ;ipi)!ying 
to  him  the  term  architect,  which  was' never  done  by  any  of  the 
inspired  writers,  and  which  is  the  ollicial  name  of  a  man  who 
lays  down  plans  and  directs  workmen.  Second,  by  approaching 
God  without  a  mediaUir.  But  this  is  not  all.  The}-  teach  that 
all  good  Mas(ms  who  will  not  disclose  the  secrets  of  the  lodge, 
will  at  last  arrive  at  the  Grand  Lodge  above,  wiierc  God  sits  as 
Grand  Master.  God  never  did  and  never  will  hear  the  prayer 
of  any  man  who  rejects  and  despises  the  mediation  of  Clirist; 
consequently.  Freemasons  are  under  a'  delusion  about  the 
"Grand  Lodge"  above.  It  is  seriously  to  bo  feared  that  they 
are  in  the  broad  road  to  the  grand  lodge  below,  outside  the  gates 
of  the  New  Jfu-usalcm. 

11.  The  Christian,  religion  teaclics  us  to  jjray  to  God  the 
Father  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ.  Our  blessed  Saviour  while 
instructing  his  disciples  said,  "Ye  have  not  chosen  me,  but  I 
have  chosen  you,  that  ye  should  go  and  bring  forth  fruit,  and 
that  your  fruit  should  remain;  that  whatsoever  yc  shall  ask  of 
the  Father  in  my  name,  he  may  give  jt  you."  John  xv.  IG. 
Again,  "Verily,  verily  I  say  unto  you,  whatsoever  ye  shall  ask 
the  Father,  in  mj^  name,  he  will  give  it  you."'  John  xvi.  33.  In 
conformity  witli  this  teaching,  all  Christian  churches,  so  far  as 
my  knowledge  extends,  pray  to  God  the  Father,  in  the  name  of 
Christ. 

Freemasons,  on  the  contrary,  carefully  e.cclude  Christ  from 
all  their  cercinouies.  In  the  Royal  Arch  degree,  the  "  High 
Priest"  while  reading  a  portion  of  Scripture  (3  Tliess.  iii.  8 — 
18.)  carefully  omits  the  name  of  our  blessed  Savior.  ["  Richard- 
son's Monitor,"  page  07,  does  not  omit  the  name  of  Christ  in 
this  passage. — Pun.]  The  name  of  Christ  is  cautiously  omitted 
in  the  Masonic  prayers  in  the  secrecy  of  the  lodge  room  and  in 
their  public  assemblies.  Should' this  be  doubtecl  or  denied,  the 
reader  is  referred  to  the  Miii'ates  of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
State  of  Georgia  for  the  year  ISGG,  p.  348,  where  it  will  be  seen 
to  be  a  rcgulatipn  of  the  lodge  tliat  no  Mason  shall  offend  a 
Jew,  Mohammedan  or  deist,  by  praying  to  God  in  the  name  of 
Christ.  TJic  Master  Mason,  on  his  naked  knees,  with  his  two 
hands  on  the  Holy  Bible,  sqviare  and  compass,  says :  "  Further- 
more do  I  promise  and  swear  that  I  will  support  the  constitu- 
tion of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  this  State,  and  conform  to  all  tlie 
by-laws,  rules  and  regulations  of  tliis  or  any  other'  lodge  of 
which  I  may  at  any  time  hereafter  become  a  member."  One  of 
the  rules  is  not  to  pray  in  the  name  of  Christ.  The  Master  Ma- 
son swears  to  conform  to  all  the  rules;  consequently  the  minis- 
ter of  the  Gospel  who  is  a  Mason,  has  either  a-enounced  Christ 
as  a  Mediator  with  God,  or  he  is  perjured.  He  may  take  which 
horn  of  the  dilemma  he  pleases. 

13.  The  Christian  religion  teaches  us  that  Clirisl  claitn.i, 
requires  and  demands  the  entire,  coinpleie  and  uninterniptcd  alleg- 
iance, homage  arul  service  of  the  lohole  human  race.  This  he  de- 
mauds  on  two  grounds.  First,  that  he,  as  God,  is  their  Creator, 
and  they  his  creatures  in  absolute  dependence  on  him.  Second, 
on  the  ground  that  he  assumed  human  nature  and  laid  down 
his  life  on  the  cross  as  a  ransom  for  them.  His  claim  is,  tlierc- 
fore,  in  strict  accordance  with  unsophisticated  reason  and  the 
eternal  principles  of  justice.  In  perfect  harmony  with  this  the 
apostle  Paul  says:  "Yo  are  not  your  own,  for  ye  are  bouglit 
with  a  price ;  therefore  glorify  God  in  your  body  and  in  your 
spirit  which  are  his."     1  Cor.  vi.  30. 

Freemasons,  on  the  contrary,  reject,  deny  and  repudiate  all 
allegiance,  homage  and,  service  as  being  due  to  Christ.  All  those 
oaths  taken  by  them  of  absolute  and  unlimited  obedience  to 
unknown  laws,  powers  and  authorities,  imply  and  include  a 
rejection  of  Christ  as  their  rightful  sovereign  and  lawgiver- 
All  those  penalties  that  include  the  destruction  of  human  life; 
such  as  to  have  the  throat  cut  across,  the  tongue  torn  out  by  the 
roots,  the  left  breast  opened,  the  heart  and  vitals  taken  out  and 
thrown  over  the  left  shoulder,  the  body  severed  in  two,  and 
divided  to  the  north  and  south,  the  bowels  burned  to  ashes  and 
scattered  to  the  four  winds  of  heaven.  All  such  penalties,  I 
say,  in  their  very  nature,  discard,  reject  and  repudiate  the  legal 
authority  aud  jurisdiction  of  Christ.  Consequentl}-,  every  man 
who  has  taken  Masonic  oaths,  has  renounced  his  allegiance  to 
Christ  as  the  Sovereign  of  the  universe.  Head  and  Lawgiver  of 
the  church.  This  is  so  plain  that  cver3'  man  who  will  not  sutTer 
his  eyes  to  be  blinded  by  the  smoke  of  the  bottomless  pit,  must 
see  it.  If  Christ  is  our  rightful  sovereign,  as  he  most  assuredly' 
is,  and  our  entire  service  is  due  to  him,  can  we,  without  the  high- 
est degree  of  criminality  and  treason,  swear  obedience  to  anoth- 
er master  ?  Can  we  serve  two  masters  at  the  same  time '?  If  our 
life  belongs  to  Christ,  aud  is  not  our  own,  what  right  have  we 
to  put  it  in  jeopardy,  or  place  it  on  a  contingency  ?  In  other 
words,  what  right  have  we  to  dispose  of  what  is  not  our  own '? 
The  rejection  of  Christ  is  more  clearly  expressed  in  the  Order 
of  the  Cross.  The  candidate  says,  "  I  swear  forever  to  give  my- 
self to  this  hoi)'  and  illustrious  Order,"  etc.  It  legitimately 
follows  that  Freemasonry  is  an  invention  of  the  devil,  designed 
to  undermine  tlie  Christian  church  aud  usurp  its  place,  and  by 
this  means  bring  innumerable  millions  of  the  human  race  down 
to  the  dark  regions  of  perdition. 
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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 
^'TnE  Antiqottt  of  Secuet  Societies,  The  Life  op  .Iulian,  The 
Eleusinian  Mysteries,  The  Origin  of  Masoxky,  Was  WAgjiiNc- 
TON  A  Mason?  Filiiore's  and  Wbhster's  Deperenok  to  SIasonuy, 
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States,  The  Tajimany  Ring,  Masonic:  Benevolence,  The  uses  or 
SlAsoNEY',  An  Illustration, The  Conclusion." 

Koiites  ®f  the  Pr«ss. 

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HISTORY  OF  MASONRY", 
BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OP    WIIEATON   COLLEGE. 
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Tract  No.  1,  Part  Fikst— Shows  the  origin  of  Speculative  Free- 
masonry, and  is  entiled  "HISTORY  OF  MASONRY." 

TitACT  No.  1,  Part  Second-^Is  entitled  "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
TER OP  FREEMASONRY  "  „„^„„ .  ^r.„-r.^r     . 
Tr4,ot   No.   1,  Part  Third— Is    entitled    "FREEMAoONRY    A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RISLIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
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TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURDER, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD,   of  Pleasantvillc,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

who  has  taken  17    degrees,     A  2-page  tract  at  25  cents  per  100; 

$2,00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  3: 

SECRETS  OF  MASONRY, 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY, 

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1000. 

TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
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despotic  and  ridiculous  titles  of  Freemasonry.  Price  25  cents  per  100 ; 
$3.00  per  1,000, 

TRACT,  NO,  5: 

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

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  is  a  very 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4,00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

CiTing  His  and  His  Fatlier's  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1881.); 
AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 
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TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TOW. 

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Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  be  most  blasphemous  ami  un- 
christian; and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  tho 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
«0  cents  per  100;  $-1.00  per  lODO, 

TRACT  NO,  8: 

Is  a  2-pagc  double  tract,  "iLi,asTR.^TKD,''  The  first  p.igc  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "jFroexaR-i 
sonry  ia  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  lime  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  Mur.lor  aud  Troagon  not 
Ext5«ptod,"  and  shows  that  the  Masonic  onler  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  ia  lioth  anti-Republican  and  anti-CUristian, 
Price  25  cents  per  100;  62  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  0,  ILLUSTRATED: 
FRE3MASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerate?!  and 
prayed  for.  The  Copy  was  jirintcd  for  the  use  oi '^Occblental  liov- 
ereiijn  Consixtory  S.  P.  II.  -S',"  32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge— amj 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  -Jhurch  who  is'  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  III, 

TRACT  NO.  10: 
CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FEEKMASOHET. 

A  2-page  tract,  (illusteated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitos 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "tho 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,' '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  per 
lOOor  §2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

iibm  cf  Imm  hh  kiM\%  iw  Ifsrk. 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  cents  per 
100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 
This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  .Judge  'Wliitney'3 
Defense  before  the  <!rand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charge  of  unma- 
sonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen, 
Slade,  .and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whituey'K 
subseciuent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
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TRACT  NO.  13: 

BR.  NATHANIEI.  COI,VES.  ON  MASONRY, 

and 
HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 
Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  ceuts  per  100;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  I.OISGE  MASONRY. 
ITS  EELATIONTO  CIVIL  GOVBSH;.'ENT  AND  THE  OHEISTIANESLISION. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PSES.  J. 
BLANOEAED  of  WHSaTON  OOLLEaE.     This  is  a  16-page  tract  at  |;2.0« 
per  100  ;,S15. 00  per  1000. 

TSACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATKS  NULL  AND  VOID- 
A  clear  and  conclusive  ar-'iiineiit  proviug  the  invalidity  tif  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  tV)  evil.    By  REV.   1.  A.  UART,   Secretarj' 
National  Christian  Assucifttion.    Published  by  special  order  of  thii 
Association.     60  cents  per  100 ;  $4,00  per  It'OO. 

TRACT  NO.  16: 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASOHHY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
"*  IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CUARACTEK 

This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M, 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheiitf  of  Genesee  Couuty,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction,  A  4- 
page  tract,  50  ceuts  per  lOu;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

flri^in,  Ollifalions  and  Imiii  of  \k  Srasje. 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OP  A  FARMERS'  CLUB, 

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TRACT   NO,  18: 

HON.  -WM.  Ho  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Estracs  from  a  Speoch  on  E!iow-':iiott:nsi.-m  in  tie  U.  3,  Senate  ia  1S55. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  tJUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLAIO)  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added, 

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TRACT  NO,  19.      - 
BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

"WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    SIARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
ADAMS   AND  WEBSTER,   give  brief  clear   te.niiuony  against  tha 
Lodge    A  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100 ;  $-3,00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  20 : 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Coruton,  Vermont. 
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from  personal  e.xi)crience,   observation  and  study  of  its   character. 
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TRACT  NO.  21 : 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA  A,  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wouderf  iilly  clear  illustration  and  argument,  show? 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  v.'hl 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  with  approbation  of  this  institntioii' 
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Wanted  — More  naen  to  go  r,nd  do 
likewise.  _^  Samuel  Hale,  of  Medina 
County,  Ohio,  hzs  been  au  indefatiga- 
ble worker  ia  our  go  ;d  cause.  Among 
other  commendiible  deeds,  Bro.  H.  se- 
cured n,  number  of  Cynos  we  tracts 
on  the  grange,  and  dislributed  them  in 
several  townships  in  this  county,  and 
as  a  result,  where  the  tracts  went  in 
advance,  not  a  single  lodge  of  grangers, 
so  far  as  I  can  learned,  has  been  form- 
ed, although  efforts  have  been  made 
to  do  so.  It  is  only  necessary  to  give 
the  farmers  a  few  facts  in  advance  and 
they  will  escape  the  snares  of  these 
aharpers  and  swindlers. 

J.    P.    SXODDAKD. 


fjtalc  Convention  in  JVtissowri. 


After  consulting  vriLh  many  of 
our  most  earnest  co  laborers,  in  the 
field  of  reform,  we  have  decided  to  call 
a  State  Convention  to  be  held  at  Bra- 
shear,  Adair  county,  Mo.,  commeccing 
Sept.  1st,  1874.  This  Convention  is 
auxilary  to  the  National  Christian  As- 
sociation, opposed  to  secret  societies, 
and  we  solicit  the  co-operation  of  hII 
persons  throughout  the  State  of  Mis- 
souri, in  sympathy  with  this  movement, 
to  aid  in  making  this  convention  a 
grand  success.  Let  every  county 
throughout  the  State,  send  one  or  more 
delegates  to  the  convention,  and  in 
counties  where  r.o  action  is  taken,  let 
some  CDC  come  that  is  in  favor  of  reform. 
The  convention  will  immediately  suc- 
ceed the  seesion  of  the  annual  confer- 
ence of  the  U.  B.  Church.  Seme  of 
our  National  renowned  lecturers  will 
be  present.  G.  W.   Needles. 

Vice-president   for  the  State  cf  Miss- 


Object.  —  "To  expose,  withstand 
and  remove  secret  societies,  Freema- 
sonry in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movements, in  order  to  save 
the  churches  of  Christ  from  being  de- 
leaved; to  redeeai  the  administration 
of  justice  from  perversion,  and  our 
republican  government  from  corrup- 
tion." 

President. — B. 
ester,  N.  Y. 

DiRKCToiiS,  —  Philo  Carpenter,  J. 
Blanchard,  A.  Wait,  I.  A.  Hart,  C. 
R.  Hagerty,  E.  A.  Cook,  J.  G.  Terrill, 
0.  F.  Lumry,  J.  M.  Wallace,  Isaac 
Preston,    Wm.    Pinkney. 

Corresponding  Seckrtary.  —  C.  A. 

Blanchard,   11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Recording  Secretary  a^d  'J'heasur- 

ER.— H:.  L.  Kellgg,  11  AVabash  Ave., 

Chicago. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer. — 
J.  P.  Stoddard,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

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<.-♦ 

Address   of    Anti-masonic    Lectui'cr.s. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
DAED,  Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggius, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

Btate  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carej'',  O. 

State  Lecturers  for  New  York,  Z.  Weav- 
er, Esq.,  and  J.  L.  Barlow,  48  Chestnut 
St.,  both  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

1.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Senecaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.Rathbun,  Lisbon  Center,  N.  Y. 
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T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

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E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis. 
C.  F.  Hawley,  Seneca  Pails,  N.  Y. 
W.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Ind. 
J.  L.  .ludrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Charabersburg,  Pa. 
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The  Most  FoRuiviKc  Man. — The  elasticity  of  Repub- 
lican institutions,  so-called,  has  an  illustration  in  South 
CaroUna  politics.  Governor  Moses,  of  that  State,  is  a 
self-nominated  candidate  for  re-election  in  November. 
A  poRtician,  to  have  any  confidence  in  such  a  move, 
must  be  conscious  of  vast  and  useful  abililies  which  are 
necessary  to  tlie  public  weal  and  are  so  recognized  by 
the  electors.  Governor  Moses  presents  the  following 
claim,  as  the  records  of  the  State  will  show :  Four 
hundred  and  twenty-one  pardons  granted  during  the 
nineteen  months  ending  July  22d.  They  are  classified 
as  follows:  Murder,  21;  manslangliter,  25;  rape,  16; 
infanticide,  5;  burglary,  33;  forgery,  4;  arson,  24; 
highway  robbery,  3;  perjury,  4;  larceny,  110;  bigamy, 
6;  assault  and  battery,  107;  lior.se  and  mule  stealinc, 
(>;  libel,  1;  kidnapping,  1;  abduction,  1;  trespass,  4; 
miscellaneous,  38;  official  misconduct  and  malfeasance 
in  office,  12.  Besides  this  brilliant  statesmanship  be 
is  said  to  have  taxed  and  robbed  the  already  impover- 
ished Stale  in  tlie  most  approved  carpet-bagger  liishion. 
He  is  not,  however,  a  carpet-bagger,  like  the  notorious 
Warmoth,  of  Louisiana,  but  an  original  secessionist. 
Nor  does  he  represent  himself  only,  but  he  is  candidate 
for  re-election  on  the  Repubhcan  ticket. 


The  President  of  Frakck. — The  still  unappeased 
struggles  in  the  French  National  Assembly  have  opened 
niany  eyes  to  the  fact  that  the  man  upon  the  pedestal 
of  France  is  not  understood.  MacMahon  is  only  re- 
membered for  the  Mamelon  and  Magenta,  but  the  man 
who  played  the  fortuitous  part  of  hero  in  those  events 
is  little  understood.  E.  Keclus,  in  the  September 
Oalaxy,  has  an  interesting  review  of  tlie  leading  events 
of  MacMahon's  career,  and  estimates  the  French  Pres- 
ident as  no  leader  or  originator,  but  of  "  mediocre  tal- 
ent" and  "subaltern  soul."  His  eftbrts  to  harmonize 
the  factious  Assembly  prove  the  estimate  correct.  He 
is  neither  a  Republican  or  a  statesman,  but  a  soldier 
elect  to  the  magistracy  of  France  for  seven  years; 
which  position  he  ' '  will  maintain  by  all  the  powers  at 
his  command "  is  his  final  answer  to  the  Assembly. 
His  career  in  kingdom,  empire  and  repubhc  proves  how 
well  he  learned  the  maxims  of  a  Catholic  discipUne. 
His  education,  says  Recluse,  ''  imparted  the  science  of 
mental  reservation,  the  art  of  having  principles,  of  re- 
specting them,  and  of  avoiding  their  consequences;  an 
accomplishment  that  is  learned  to  perfection  only  in  the 
school  of  the  Jesuit  fathers;"  Avho  teach  their  pupils 
' '  how  to  derive  advantage  from  all  cases  of  conscience, 
and  how  to  reconcile  worldly  honor  and  personal  self- 
respect  in  deciding  upon  points  of  justice,  fidelity  and 
loyalty." 


Taxing  Churches. — A  minister  lately  stated  in  an 
address  that  the  movement  for  taxing  the  churches 
was  princi])ally  urged  by  evangelical  glergymen  who 
feared  the  growing  power  of  Rome.  We  cannot  know 
what  means  of  information  he  may  have  bad,  but  so 
far  as  we  can  ascertain,  his  statement  is  very  inaccurate. 
The  movement,  we  believe,  originated  with  the  New 
York  Independent,  and  was  instantly  caught  up  by 
a  paper  of  similar  character  called  the  Indea,  of  Toledo. 
By  this  latter  organ  it  was  kept  before  the  people  until 
the  Infidel  Association,  represented  by  it,  put  it  among 
the  demands  of  liberalism  Avhere  it  now  stands.  To 
suppose  that  Catholics  are  to  be  seriously  affected 
by  such  an  arrangement  argues  profound  ignorance 
of  the  character  and  customs  of  popery.  Wliile  this 
church  holds  three  millions  of  public  property  at  an 
annual  rental  of  three  dollars  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
and  gets  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  in  cash  from  the 
United  States  Treasury  by  vote  of  the  Senate  and 
House,  men  who  hope  to  hurt  it  by  taxes  seem  to  be 
in  the  green  and  callow  period  of  life.  No,  it  won't 
injure  the  Romish  church  nor  will  it  seriously  affect 
churches  called  evangelical  where  the  only  condition 
of  membership  is  willingness  to  pay.  What  it  will 
do  is  this:  cripple  and  destroy  thousands  of  poor 
churches  where  men  who  labor  long  and  hard  take 
from  their  scanty  earnings  a  little  money  to  build  a 
chapel,  buy  a  stove,  and  barely  support  a  self-sacrifi- 
cing minister.  The  infidels  and  a  very  few  ministers 
ask  the  Christians  to  pay  taxes  on  a  church-building 
as  if  it  were  a  store  or  a  saloon,  while  were  it  not  for 
tlie  sentiment  developed  by  those  Christians  neither 
the  property  nor  lives  of  those  infidels  would  be  safe 
for  a  single  hour. 


Our  National  Shame. — The  manner  in  which  the 
Indians  arc  treated  by  the  American  people  is  a  lasting 
disgrace  to  a  iieople  calling  themselves  civilized.  There 
is  a  region  commonly  called  the  Black  Hills  country 
which  was  in  1868  solemnly  set  apart  to  the  Indians. 
Former  treaties  had  given  them  lands  west  of  the 
Mississippi.  These  lands,  piece  by  piece,  had  been 
stolen  away,  but  now  the  government  of  the  United 
States  said  that  this  country  should  be  sacred  to  the 
original'lproprietors  of  the  whole  country.  Now,  in 
1874,  only  six  years  since  this  National  j)romise  was 
made,  the  soldiers  of  the  United  States  under  directions 
from  the  Secretary  of  AVar,  who  is  under  control  of  the 
President  of  the  United  States,  go  into  this  same 
country  and  endeavor  to  find  gold  and  other  induce- 
ments to  white  immigration.  If  they  succeed  the 
miners,  gamblers  and  prostitutes  will  rush  in,  the  In- 
dians will  resist,  and  the  cry.  '  'Exterminate  the  red- 
skins," will  go  up  from  a  parcel  of  murderers  and 
thieves.  There  is  absolutely  no  excuse  for  this  mean- 
ness. To  send  soldiers  there  is  national  lying.  To 
allow  a  white  man  to  settle  there  is  national  stealing. 
To  kill  an  Indian  on  such  an  expedition  is  national  mur- 
der. Our  present  possessions  are  not  half  occupied  or 
developed,  and  if  they  were  crowded  full,  stealing 
would  be  just  as  wrong  as  it  is  now.  So  long,  how 
ever,  as  our  people  elect  such  apologies'  for  men  as  dis- 
grace the  public  service  at  present,  this  will  be  the 
order  of  things.  While  President  Gaant  was  receiving 
the  Evangelical  Alliance  last  October  one  member 
noticed  (perhaps  more  than  one)  that  his  eves  were 
watery  and  his  face  bloated,  while  his  voice  was  almost 
inaudible.  As  this  gentleman  sat  at  dinner  at  Willard's 
Hotel,  he  asked  another  gentleman  near  Lim  what  was 
the  trouble.  Said  he,  ' '  With  a  commou  man  it  would 
be  whiskey ;  but  with  Grant  it's  headache  and  a  hard 
cold. "  There  is  only  one  remedy.  If  we  elect  honest 
men  they  will  neither  lie  nor  steal.  If  we  elect  drunk- 
ards and  bad   men  they  will    do  both.      You  cast  your 


Tote  and  take  your  choice.  Now  we  don't  say  that 
Grant  is  a  drunkard.  We  know  that  he  is  responsible 
for  this  outrage  on  the  Indians.  How  long  will  it  be 
before  we  can  do  justice  and  love  mercy? 


State  Universities. — At  the  National  Teachers' 
Association  just  met  at  Detroit,  a  paper  favoring  State 
Universities  was  read  by  Andrew  D.  White,  President 
of  Cornell  University.  Had  he  confined  himself  to 
advocating  the  craft  by  which  he  gets  bread,  no  one 
could  complain ;  but  when  he  goes  out  of  the  way  to 
insult  the  Christian  colleges  of  the  United  States  as 
sectarian  little  affairs  without  means  to  do  the  work 
they  undertake,  and  as  things  sustained  by  denomina- 
tional beggars,  we  have  a  word  to  say.  In  the  first 
place  State  schools  must  be,  while  society  is  in  its 
present  condition,  irreligious;  they  are  generally  infi- 
del and  atheistic.  Suppose  that  they  should  be  re- 
formed so  as  to  be  merely  neutral — irreligious — then 
suppose  you  put  pubhc  money  in  until  buildings,  li- 
braries, apparatus  and  instructors  are  the  best  that  can 
be  obtained;  what  then?  Why  then,  we  have  a  place 
where  the  intellects  and  bodies  of  young  men  are  to  be 
trained  and  developed,  but  where  the  soul,  like  an 
unpruned  vine,  is  allowed  to  get  on  as  best  it  can.  It 
will  not  cease  to  develop,  but  will  in  too  many  instan- 
ces become  depraved  and  very  often  ruined.  If  Mr. 
White  was  better  acquainted  with  the  institution  of 
which  he  is  nominal  President,  he  would  know  that 
the  money  spent  at  Cornell  has  not  prevented  the 
murder  of  Leggett  or  corrected  the  ill-manners  of  one 
hundred  and  fifty  young  barbarians  who  are  ostensibly 
under  his  care.  Comparing  Michigan  and  Ohio,  this 
gentleman  says  that  Michigan  has  a  great  university 
wiiile  Ohio  has  not  a  single  strong  college.  He  may 
honestly  believe  what  he  said.  It  is  to  be  supposed 
that  he  did,  but  it  evinces  an  ignorance  that  we  hardly 
looked  for  even  in  Mr.  White.  Oberlin,  with  only  the 
college,  academy,  and  seminary,  has  had  this  year 
thirteen  hundred  students.  Ann  Arbor,  with  colleges 
of  arts,  law  and  medicine,  about  the  same  number, 
probably  fewer.  Oberlin  teaches  as  well  as  Ann 
Arbor.  Oberlin  students  will  average  far  higher  than 
those  of  the  Michigan  school.  The  reason  is  obvious. 
At  Ann  Arbor,  rushes,  secret  societies  and  rowdy  be- 
havior are  in  fashion,  or  were  until  a  few  months  ago; 
At  Oberlin,  young  men  and  women  restrained  by  re- 
ligious influences  rush  less  and  learn  more.  Another 
thing  to  be  noted  is  that,  as  a  rule,  the  same  sort  of 
men  get  office  in  the  State,  get  oflSces  which  the  State 
confers.  In  other  words,  if  we  have  State  Unirersities 
the  chairs  in  them  will  be  largely  filled  by  small- 
minded,  wire-working  politicians,  instead  of  strong 
and  able  men.  If  President  White  has  not  ascertained 
this  fact  his  powers  of  intro  and  circumspection  are 
sadly  limited.  Faculties  for  instruction  do  not  educate 
men.  Men  are,  as  a  rule,  educated  by  overcoming  the 
want  of  them.  Harvard  and  Yale  are  turning  out  a 
weaker  class  of  men  to-day  than  they  did  when  they 
were  poor  and  strugghng.  And  the  Christian  col- 
leges of  the  United  States,  though  many  of  them  are 
deficient  in  libraries  and  other  advantages,  are  teaching 
the  students  the  noblest  of  all  arts,  that  of  self-denial. 
Learning  this  well  they  are  toughened  in  mental  and 
moral  fiber.  Then  intellects  are  quickened;  their 
hearts  are  enlarged;  their  hands  take  strong  hold  of 
fife's  work.  If  every  such  institution  as  Cornell  were 
to  be  taken  one  hundred  miles  out  into  the  Atlantic 
Ocean  and  dropped,  and  the  students  distributed  in 
small  numbers  among  the  Christian  colleges  of  the 
countrjf,  the  cause  of  simple  learning  would  be  vastly 
benefitted.  We  are  not  saying  there  are  no  good  men 
in  Cornell.  Doubtless  there  are  many.  We  honestly 
believe  that  State  Universities  are  a  curse  and  danger 
to  our  country. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


An  Interview  with  Charles  Snmner. 


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I 


[Letter  to  Samuel  X>.  Greene,  Esq.] 

I  ?      '  Waltham,  Mass.,  June  30,  1874. 

Dear  Fathkr: — About  the  first  of  September,  1873^ 
I  called  upon  Hon.  Charles  Sumner  at  the  Coolidge 
Houee  in  Boston.  I  had  made  several  previous  visits, 
being  one  of  the  public  speakers  in  the  Liberal  Re- 
publican movement.  Upon  this  occasion  I  called  to 
find  out  his  physical  condition,  and  see  if  he  had 
strength  enough  to  make  a  £;rand  rallying  speech  in 
Fanueil  Hall  to  give  a  fresh  impetus  to  the  new  polit- 
ical faction.  After  discussing  the  matter  some  time, 
and  having  examined  him  as  a  physician  by  his  request, 
I  made  to  him  the  following  statement: 

'  'Mr.  Sumner,  your  eating  but  two  meals  a  day  is 
unnatural,  and  disturbs  the  normal  action  of  the  digest- 
ive faculties.  Your  pulse  indicates  that  you  make 
every  day,  say  four  pounds  of  blood.  As  you  know 
it  is  the  life,  the  principle  that  makes  all  the  tissues 
of  the  body,  constantly  invigorates  and  reforms  us  as 
we  are  constantly  being  unmade,  or  using  up  our 
vitality,  our  body.  If  you  require  the  four  pounds  to 
perform  your  necessary  duties  of  the  day,  and  you 
should  use  up  four  and  one-half  pounds,  symptoms  of 
angina  pectoris  would  be  likely  to  make  their  appear- 
ance. " 

"Just  so,"    he  said.     "No  one  ever  described  it  to 
ma  in  such  language. " 

'•Now,  Mr.  Sumner,  if  you  can  keep  your  great 
brain  and  body  under  your  will,  and  perform  only 
such  labor  as  you  have  the  requisite  blood  to  fulfill, 
no  trouble  will  ensue.  When  you  go  beyond  your 
strength  you  take  possoBsion  of  dangerous  grounds. 
I  do'nt  think  you  well  enough  to  speak  at  Fanueil 
Hall." 

He  then  made  this  magnanimous  remark:  ''Noth- 
ing so  annoys  me,  as  to  have  my  countryman  misjudge 
me  and  misunderstand  my  actions.  In  my  present 
position,  I  only  act  in  concert  with  my  honest  convict- 
ions of  right;  hostility  to  persons,  or  to  anj  pohtical 
body  has  never  possessed  me.  My  aim  is  the  welfare 
of  man.  If  my  speaking  in  Fanueil  Hall  would  bene- 
fit the  great  human  family,  and  at  the  close  of  my 
speech  I  should  die  at  once,  I  would  undertake  it." 

He  was  sitting  upon  a  lounge  with  his  back  to  the 
window,  and  the  expression  of  his  countenance  re- 
mains vivified  in  my  memory. 

Ho  then  asked  me  concerning  your  health  as  he 
had  on  former  occasions,  hs  said,  "I  have  watched 
your  father's  progress  since  I  first  made  his  acquain- 
tance when  connected  with  the  Antimasonic  Christ- 
ian Herald,  and  the  Moore  and  Seavy  trials.  He  has 
always  had  my  sympathy,  and  I  have  always  admired 
his  steadfast  course  in  the  Anti-masonic  ranks.  I  have 
corresponded  with  him,  and  sent  him  various  public  doc- 
uments. I  have  never  publicly  acted  with  the  Anti- 
masonic  party,  notwithfitanding  my  conviction  of  the 
hostility  of  secret  organizations  to  a  republican  form 
of  government,  for  one  reason  only :  I  conceived  it 
my  duty  to  give  my  whole  energies  to  the  .dethrone- 
ment and  abolition  of  slavery,  and  the  procurement  of 
all  necessary  legislation  for  the  amelioration  and  ad- 
vancement, socially,  morally  and  politically,  uf  this 
much  abused  people."         Your  affectionate  son, 

Chas.  a.  Greene. 


a  harm .     They  aim  to   blow  at   the  very  economy  of 
the  social  organism,  is    the  first   objection.     They  do 
not  seem  to  consider  that  a  community  is  made  up  of 
different  classes,  engaged  in  diverse  pursuits,  and  that 
each  and  all  are  dependent  upon  each  other — that  the 
interests  of  the  constituent  elements  of  society  are  so 
ramified  and   interwoven  with   each    other,    that  you 
cannot   disturb  the  vitalitv  of  one   without  affectino- 
the  other.     The  war  upon  "middle-men"  is  illogical  and 
revolutionary,  and  is  calculated  to  germinate  and  foster 
a  spirit  of  hostility  and   animosity,  which  must  dem- 
onstrate into  orgacized  conflict,  distractive  cf  the  har- 
mony and  well-being  of  society.     If  the  farmers  pro- 
pose to   live  to  themselves — to  cut   loose  from  every 
other  branch  of  industry,  in  their  business  transactions, 
they  must  weaken,  if  not  destroy  the  bond  of  sympa- 
thy   that  holds  society  together,  and  erect  a  wall    of 
partition  that   w,li  forbid  the  generous  intercourse  of 
friendship,  acd  divide  community  into  unsympathetic, 
distinct    and  antagonizing   element?.      It   was  never 
designed,  at  least  in  this  age  of    enlightened    civiliza- 
tion,   that  (Use  should  war   upon  class.     No   people 
can  prosper  where  there  is  no  community  and  homo- 
geneity of  interes',,  and  the  mutual  obligations  of   va- 
riant occupations  are    not   recognized   and   observed. 
Social  discord  will  follow  warring  interests,  and    this 
will  foment  the  worst  passions  of  human  nature  until 
pandemonium  itself  would  be  a  pleasant  retreat    from 
the  broils  of  society. 

We  see  it  stated  that  the  costs  of  initiation  and 
membership  for  one  year  to  be  about  $15  to  each  pat- 
ron. If  this  be  true,  will  it  recompense  the  great 
mass  of  the  grangers  to  dispense  with  '-middlemen  ?" 
There  is  not  more  than  one  in  (en,  who  purchases 
farm  machinery  for  general  use.  Tee  articles  pur- 
chased may  bs  reduced  in  prices,  but  for  whose  bene- 
fit ?  The  nine  small  farmers  are  paying  the  difference 
in  the  machinery  purchased  by  the  one  large  farmer. 
It  is  the  old  story  of  making  the  poor  poorer,  and  the 
rich  richer.  The  contributions  of  a  few  years  will 
amount  to  the  difierence  jn  the  article  purchased  di- 
rect from  the  manufactories.  There  wo"uld  then  be 
really  no  saving,  at  the  same  time,  an  industrious  and 
useful  class  of  community  will  have  been  proscribed, 
and  probably  driven  to  want,  or  out  of  the  State. 

A  very  pertinent  inquiry,  what  becomes  of  the  ag- 
gregated $15?     It  will  be  a  huge  pile  in   the   course 


Temperance  Address, 

DELIVERED  AT  STERLING,    ILL.,    JULY  15tH, 


BY    PRE8.    J. 


BLANCHARD  OF  WHEATON  COLLEGE. 


of  time,  and  will  be  very  apt  to   attract  the    attention 


Social   and    Financial   Difficulties   of    the   Grange. 

[From  the  Valley  Virginian,  Staunton,  Va.,] 
We  do  not  question  the  motives  of  any  one  who  has 
joined  or  may  join  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  We  have 
no  doubt  all  who  have  done  so  believe  they  are  destined 
to  do  good  for  themselves  and  the  country.  We  have 
our  opinion,  however,  about  the  order,  and  the  ten- 
dency of  such  class  organizations.  It  is,  just  at  this 
time,  when  they  are  in  the  flood  tide  of  prosperity 
and  sweeping  over  the  country  in  a  huge  volume  un- 
paralleled in  the  histAry  of  secret  or  any  other  kind  of 
organizations,  unpopular,  and  probably  injudicious, 
to  say  ought  against  them.  But,  as  we  have  our 
■opinion  about  the  granger  association,  we  intend  to  ex- 
press it,  respectfully  but  plainly.  Instead  of  a  ben- 
efit, we  think  the  result  will  show  that  they  will  affect 


of  shrewd  financier?,  such  as  Boss  Tweed. 

According  to  our  understanding,    the  organization 
is  conceived  in  a  spirit  antagonistic  to  the  best  interests 
of  community.      It  strikes  at  the  social  and  industrial 
economy  of  the  country.     It    draws  the    lines,    bold, 
bread  and  severe  between  the  producer  and  consumer, 
and  throws  the  wager  of  battle  for  a  war  of  ex'.ermi- 
nation.     It  raises  the  black  flag,    and  makes   it  a  ne- 
cessity for  the  class  asc ailed  to   enter  the  contest  for 
the  preservation  of  material   life'.     It  is   a  species  ol 
feudalism  that  will  eventually  revolt  the  popular  Kind, 
and  spring  into  existence  embittered  factions,    grow- 
ing  out  of  class  affiliation,    until  the  harmony   and 
peace   of   the  country  will    be    shaken  to  their  very 
foundations.     It  was  never  intended  in  this  free  coun- 
try that  any  one  class   should   dominate    and  control 
another.     Even  in  the  days    of    the    Norman    Kings, 
the  despotism  of  the  Barons  combined  to  enforce  class 
privileges,  shook  the  pillars  of  state  and   church,  and 
bad  to  be  checked  by  an  appeal  to  arms.     We  want 
no  mimic  baronies  in  this  couDt^3^     We  ought  to  be, 
if  we    are  not,   a   homogeneous    people,    each   class 
working  in  its  sphere,    tor   the  common  good.     We 
cannot  be  prosperous  and  at  the  same  time  war  upon 
each  other. 

The  organization  may  become  the  nursery  of  a  few 
tom-tit  politicians,  whose  aspiring  gifts  have  never 
been  recognized  by  their  fellow-men  in  open  competi- 
tion. Through  the  plaster  agencies  of  fawning 
and  trickery,  they  may  succeed  in  achieving 
an  ephemeral  distinction,  and  be  instrumen- 
tal in  inflicting  upon  the  body  politic  some  very  bad 
legislation.  But  such  excess  will  soon  correct  itself, 
for  the  farmers  themselves  will  not  be  long  in  discov- 
ering the  ears  that  protrude  from  the  deceptions  con- 
cealment. 


/'.n  Encomium  upon  Woman's  Work— A  Legislator's  Opinion— The 
Curse  Lights  on  the  Woman— Some  County  Statistics  of  Illinois 
—The  Deluge  of  Liquor  in  the  Country— Woman's  Faith— The 
Bible  Methods  of  Suppressing  Evil— The  Work  that  has  been  Un- 
dertaken. 

"I  have  never,"  said  the  American  Lsdyard,  after 
traveling  in  most  countries  on  the  globe,  "addressed 
a  woman  in  the  langusge  of  decency  and  friendship, 
without  receiving  a  decent  and  friendly  answer."  And 
the  encomium,  of  which  this  is  a  part,  and  which, 
more  tbaa  all  the  rest  he  wrote,  made  its  author  cele- 
brated, has  found  no  exception  in  the  ''woman's  tem- 
perance movement." 

Phariiiees  have  pitied  her  indiEcretion;  a  pres?, 
venal  to  the  liquor  traffic,  has  derided  her  zeal;  rum- 
bloated  and  gambling  officials  have  imprisoned  her 
person;  and  the  street-mob,  "who  cried  out  and  cast 
dust  in  the  air"  at  the  Saviour  of  mankind,  have  be- 
spattered her  with  mud  as  she  had  been  led  to  the  jail 
for  praying  in  the  streets,  which  the  same  mob  has 
ever  revered  in  Pharisees :  yet,  in  this  mighty  strug- 
gle to  snatch  their  husbands,  soacj,  and  brothers  from 
the  whirlpools  that  flow  from  the  stili,  and  to  break 
up  the  dens  where  they  lur'',  and  drive  off  the  snakes 
which  make  the  delirum  tremens,  so  far  as  I  have 
read,  in  ail  the  cruel  extremes  to  which  they  have  been 
driven,  there  has  not  escaped  from  the  lips  of  the  "pray- 
ing women,"  as  they  are  contemptuously  called,  one  un- 
(jind,  or  indecent,  or  unfriendly  word;  and  if  one  such 
word  had  been  uttered,  a  thousand  hireling  pens 
would  have  written  it,  and  the  liquor  men  learned  it 
by  heart. 

But  what  has  called  these  women  to  the  front? 
Why  not  keep  to  their  knitting  and  leave  this  reform 
to  men  ?  It  were  a  sufficient  anewer,  that  men  are  the 
persons  to  be  reformed.  Though  an  intemperate 
woman  is  found  here  and  there,  in  the  general  conta- 
gion as  a  rule,  the  liquor  is  drank  by  men  and  boys. 
In  my  present  journeyings,  anticipating  this  meet- 
ing, I  asked  a  member  of  a  late  legislature,  who  lives 
in  Bureau  county,  for  statistics;  and  be  wrote  me  this 
letter,   which  I  transcribed  and  will  read: 

Malden,  July  12th,  1874, 
President   Blanchard — Dear  Sir: — '-At  your  re- 
quest I  give  you  a  few  reasons  why  I  became    favora- 
ble to  the  Woman's  Temperance  Movement, 

Reading  the  statistics  of  the  liquor  traffic  for  1870, 
(which  I  herewith  enclose)  I  was  led  to  study  its  ter- 
rible working  in  my  own  lownHhip,  county  and  State. 
I  live  in  a  township  where  there  is  no  licensed 
saloon.  Agriculture  is  the  business  of  nearly  all;  and 
yet  I  can  count  in  this  farming  township,  fifty  boys 
under  tiventy-one  years,  who  are  drinking  beer  &rd 
whiskey,  and  most  of  these  are  sors  of  respectable 
parents  I 

Bureau  county  has  twenty-five  townships,  and  it 
is  reasonable  to  suppose  that  the  number  drinking  in 
large  towns  is  in  excess  of  the  town  I  live  in.  This 
too  low  estimate  would  give  this  county  twelve  hund- 
red and  fifty  drinking  boys.  But  the  alarming  fact  is, 
that  Bureau  county  is  to-day  rearing  and  bringing 
lip  over  fifteen  hundred  drinking  boys!  This  compu- 
tation would  give  the  State  of  Illinois  over  one  hund- 
red and  fifty  thousand  drinking  boys  and  it  is  quite 
safe  to  Eay  that  the  real  number  will  reach  two  hun- 
dred thousand ! 

These  figures  and  facts  so  true,  so  alarming  for 
the  future  history  of  our  great  Stale,  lead  me  to  cry 
to  the  women  and  mothers  of  Illinois,  "Stand  upon 
the  house-tops,  at  the  corners  of  the  streets,  in  the 
by-ways  and  hedges,  and  cry  mightily,  and  pray  fer- 
vently, day  and  night,  until  this  great  tide  of  boy- 
drinking  is  stayed.         Yours  truly, 

Charles  G.  Bsed. 


In  your  behalf,  ladies  of  Sterling,  I  tbank  Mr. 
Reed  for  this  letter.  The  man  who  can  look  coolly 
on  what  he  properly  terms  '  'this  tide  of  boy-drink- 
ing," and  cavil  at  some  minor  errors  in  the  women 
who  are  striving  to  stay  it,  are  besotted  themselvep, 
either  with  liquor  or  the  love  of  gain. 

If  further  warrant  for  this  woman's  movement  were 
wanted  it  is  at  hand.  When  the  Saviour  of  men  was 
being  led  to  crucifixion,  and  a  Cyrenian   bearing  his 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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■cross,  "There  followed  him  a  great  comp^^ny  of  people, 
and  of  wonaeB,  which  also  bewailed  and  lamented 
him." 

"But  Jesus,  turning  unto  them,  said,  Daughters  of 
Jerusalem,  weep  not  fur  me,  but  weep  for  yourselves 
and  for  your  children." 

If,  since  the  cruciGxion  of  Christ,  and  the  horror 
which  followed  to  the  women  ;u!d  children  of  Jeru^a- 
ien),  this  dying  comrcaad  ef  Christ  ever  had  a  legit- 
imate application  oa  earth,  the  United  Slates  is  the 
country,  and  this  liquor  business  is  the  cage.  It  h  the 
women  and  children  which  this  1  quor  traffic  curses, 
and  will  curse,  unless  arrested,  t'U  these  prairies,  like 
the  steppes  of  Asia,  and  the  pampas  of  Spain  and 
S.iulh  America,  n-y,  even  the  hilis  of  Pa'eftine  itself, 
an;  roamed  over  by  beggirs  and  bandits,  until  owle 
ihoot  in  the  ruins  of  the  barns  now  crowded  with  plen- 
ty, and  prairie  wolves  rear  their  young  unscared 
iwliere  now  the  farmer  folds  lils  fl)cks! 

Let  CO  one  sneer  at  this  a?  rhetoric.  The  chart  of 
the  glob3  and  the  history  of  dead  nation^  prove  it 
■reality  and  truth.  A  tipplirg  people  and  free  institu- 
tions never  did  and  never  wiil  long  co-exist.  It  was 
the  whitk-^y,  made  from  the  corn  of  Pennsylvania, 
Ohio,  Indiana,  and  Iliinoia,  which  fired  the  Southern 
brain  and  mide  them  long  for  an  empire  with  slavery 
for  its  orner-ston",  Ls',  us  summon  the  two  hun- 
dred thousand  tippling  boys,  in  this  single  Stat?  of 
Illinois,  before  us;  march  ihem  a  little  down  into  the 
future.  SupyoJG  thcec  ycuug  mui  to  marry;  then 
two  hundred  thousand  girls  in  thi-5  Stnto  have  put  out 
4o  sea  on  life's  ocean  in  matrimonial  crafts,  eHch  with 
s>,  tippling  pilot  at  the  helm!  They  may,  it  is  true, 
weather  the  gales  which  beset  mpr/ied  life,  and  make 
•the  ports  of  respectability  and  Fuccess;  but  it  will  not 
he  because  tiuy  sal  by  the  lights  at  the  doors  of  eve- 
ning dfaffi-sbops. 

A  young  man  wlio  driuks  intoxicatirg  1  quovs  habit- 
ually or  fcca  i>nal!y  at  the  present  day,  ought  not  to 
be,  and  will  not  be  trusted.  In  the  billletf  lift;  he  is 
like  those  soldiers  in  our  war  v?ith  slavery  who  loved 
and  recdved  favors  from  the  rebel  side.  It  la  not  now 
one  State  wli^h  has  laws  against  iiquor,  but  many; 
not  a  '' Maine  law,''  but  almost  all  our  legislatures 
have  passed  the  mcst  stringent  laws  against  dram-sell- 
ing to  men  ia  health ;  and  the  courts  enforce  them. 
And  wh.at  is  th;ifc  young  maa'^;  r^'hability  worth  who 
knowingly  and  h.abitua!iy  gives  money  to  mea  who  he 
knows  are  violating  the  laws  of  the  land?  Aye!  pays 
them  for  violating  law?  Will  they  do  any  better  in 
the  jury-box,  in  the  legifiiaturf,  at  the  bar,  or  on  the 
bench  ?  Will  it  be  e-isler  for  them  to  say  "  No  "  ta  a 
man  with  a  bribe  in  his  hand  than  to  a  boon  compan- 
iaa  who  is  in  for  an  evening's  revel?  No.  It  is  not 
that  young  men  diink  liquor,  though  thrU  were 
enough;  but  that  they  drink  it  against  law,  and  light, 
and  love;  this  is  what  plj,ys  mischief  with  their  moral 
nature  and  darkens  the  future  cf  our  land. 

I  have  not  the  saloon  statistics  cf  Whiteside  county, 
but  I  suppose  the  neighboring  county  of  Bureau  may 
serve  as  a  mirror  fjr  thi^,  and  I  take  from  the  Bureau 
Bepublioan  the  following  facts: 

"Princeton  has  eight  saloons  which  pay  a  license 
of  $250  a  year,  each,  making  $2,000.  Room  rent 
and  other  expenses  are  as  much  more,  making  i^4,000. 
To  realize  the  above  expenses,  $3,000  worth  of  liquors 
must  be  sold  v.i  a  proQt  of  fifcy  per  cent.,  which  would 
increase  the  amount  to  $L'!,000.  Then  it  must  be 
remembered  that  saloon  keepers  engage  in  the  liquor 
traffic  to  make  money.  Put  the  average  profits  of  each 
saloon  at  $250 — some,  doubtless,  make  four  times  that 
amount — and  we  h*ve  $2,000  more,  or  a  total  of  over 
§16,000  spent  for  diialcs  annually  in  the  saloocs  of 
Princeton. 

That  the  foregoing  esiimates  are  very  moderate,  no 
one  acquainted  with  the  facts  wiil  deny.  Now  kt  us 
consider  the  amount  of  liqiior  sold  in  Bureau  county. 
Just  how  many  saloons  there  are,  we  cannot  positively 
state,  but  as  high  as  sixteen  saloon-keepers  have  been 
indicted  at  one  term  of  court,  which  added  to  the 
Princeton  lot  would  make  twenty-four .  But  in  round 
numbers  let  us  put  down  twenty  saloons  for  this  coun- 


ty.    There  are  300  business  days  in  a  year,  and  if  even 

we  estimate  the  average  sales  at  the  low  figures  of  $5 
each  per  day,  we  have  an  aggregate  of  $30,000  worth 
of  liquor  sold  by  the  saloons  of  the  county. 

Let  us  now  consiler  the  estimates  of  the  Htate  of 
Illinois  on  this  basis.  There  arc  101  counties  ia  the 
State.  Call  the  number  even  100  and  throw  in  Cook 
county  with  her  2,500  saloons,  and  we  have  is  a  re- 
sult over  $3,000,000  a  year  spf.nt  in  the  sr.loons  of 
Illinois  for  driak.  If  wc  could,  get  at  the  exact  ftcts 
and  figures  we  have  no  doubt  but  what  the  business 
of  Chicago  alone  would  nearly,  if  not  quite,  readi  the 
aggregate  above  given. 

However,  lit  us  carr/  thj  foregoing  low  es'itnates 
further.  Say  the  even  number  of  States  are  thirly-S'x 
— throwing  in  the  odd  one  and  all  th'3  territorieE — ?,cd 
the  grand  aggregate  for  the  United  States  looms  up 
to !?  108^000,000  !  This  much  is  spent  at  saloons  aloae, 
besides  the  immease  aaiount  spent  at  drug  Etores  aud 
other  places." 

These  are  not  the  ■estimates  and  words  of  somt;  f5eu- 
sational  lecturer,  bai  fdcts  and  inferences  stated  by  a 
respected  citizen  to  his  neighbors,  and  published  ap- 
provingly in  the  county  paper. 

"Notliing,  geatiemen,  is  so  dry  as  statistics,,"'  aaid 
Daniel  Webster  to  the  merchants  of  Baltimore^  And 
yet  he  was  ijivinc,-  statistics  at  the  time. 

I  will,  therefore,  beg  your  palisnce,  ladies  a«<I  gon- 
tilemen,  while  1  read  another  iisper  takcR  Crosii  the 
New  York  Evenirxj  Post,  (Mr.  Bryanfrj  pape?),  giving 
the  slatistica  of  the  liquor  trafFia  and  ceasampiiju  in 
our  whck  country,  not  appr<sima£ed  %  estimates 
only,  but  taken  from  official  records  for  <th«/year  1870, 
It  is  the  paper  sent  me  by  Mr.  Chanties  J.  Head,  late 
member  of  our  legieliture  from  Bujfmu  couniy.  it  is 
entitled  "A  Chapter  of  Statisiica*.  Horrors,"  and  is  at; 
follows : 

''  The  aggregate  of  imported  and  domGstic  distilled 
and  spirituous  hquors,  brewed  sad  fermented  liquors, 
and  imported  and  domestic  wines  for  that  year  (1870), 
amounted  in  valuation  to  the  enounjus  sum  of 
$1,483,491,805,  To  lliia  $90,000  must  bs  added  for 
the  cjst  of  litigations,  crimfs  and  impr'^sonmente,  etc., 
caused  mainiy  by  the  aseof  intoxicating  hquors,  swell- 
ing the  expenditure  to  $1,573,491,005  for  a  single 
year.  The  liquor  saloons  in  the  United  Statts  were 
140,000,  each  having  by  estimate  forty  da'iy  custom- 
ers, making  in  ali  5,600,000  dram  drinkers,  spending 
for  this  purpose  during  the  year  $1,575,000,000. 

"  The  quantity  of  hquors  of  all  kinds  drank  wss  euffi 
cient  to  tiil  a  canal  four  feet  deep,  fourteen  i^xX  wide 
and  eighty  miles  in  length.  The  drinkerp,  if  standing 
in  a  procession,  five  abreast,  would  make  ivK  army  100 
miles  long.  The  destruction  of  life  by  i\\Q  use  of  in- 
toxicating liquors  was  at  the  rate  of  -S^O  persons  per 
dav.  The  places  where  liquors  were  sold,  if  arranged 
in  rows  in  direct  lines,  would  make  a  street  100  miles 
m  length.  The  total  number  of  persons  engaged  in 
the  liquor  business  was  500,000,  of  whom  56,663 
were  (mployed  in  manufi^cturiDg  and  selling  5,685,633 
barrels  of  beer.  This  nnmbor  exceeds  by  more  than 
400,000  the  whole  num.ber  of  ail  the  penons  in  the 
United  States  devoted  to  prea-^hing  the  {Jospei  and 
school-teaching.  The  elf«cta  we  have  in  100,000 
drunkards  imprisoned  annually  for  crime,  150,000 
more  consigned  to  a  drunkard's  grave,  and  200,000 
helpless  children  reduced  to  beggary  and  want. 

"The  amount  spent  for  intoxicating  liquors  in  the 
single  State  cf  New  York  in  1870  was  $240  617,520; 
that  in  Pennsylvania  was  $152,663,495;  that  iu  Ohio 
was  $151,734,875;  and  that  in  Ilanois  was  $119,933,- 
945.  These  four  States  were  the  banner  States  in  the 
hquor  traffic  and  consumption. 

'New  York  city  was  also  the  banner  city  of  the 
country.  Its  7 ,000  licensed  saloons,  if  placed  in  rows 
in  direct  Hnes.  would  h'fve  made  a  street  thirteen  mdes 
long.  The  expenditure  for  liquors  during  the  year 
was  $60.0(30,000,  giving  employment  to  35,000  per 
sons,  while  its  churches,  chapels  and  public  ;ind  pri 
vate  schools  cost  but  $4,500,000.  The  consumption 
of  beer  per  day  was  40,000  kegs.  The  persons  ar- 
rested for  intoxication  were    65,000.     The    capital   in 


vested  in  the  liquor  business  of  all  kinds  amounted  to 
$140,010,000,  of  which  $60,000,000  were  invested  m 
the  businufja  oi"  manufacture. 

"These  figures  m-iy  be  only  proximately  accurate ;  yet 
they  arc  sufficiently  so  to  make  a  table  of  the  most 
horrible  ctatist'cs.  While  the  lotal  expense  iq  the 
United  States  during  187^  for  Hour  and  meal,  cot- 
ton goods,  boots  and  slices,  clothing,  woolen  goods, 
newspapers  and  j-A  printing  was  $905,000,000,  the 
single  term  c  f  lit^sor  consumption  cost  $1,575,000,000, 
paid  by  5.6fia,0V)0  drinkers.  Can  there  be  any  doubt 
whether  tike  liquor  business  is  a  pubic  nuisance,  act- 
ing as  tfee  most  deadly  enemy  of  human  society,  that 
ought  to  be  abated  by  the  strong  ami  of  law?  The 
way  to  regulate  this  nuisance  is  not  to  license  it  on  the 
tlteory  of  restraiainor  it,  but  to  prohiteit  it  altogether 
under  severe  pevsaftve?..  F.ir  the  most  expensive  and 
destructive  evil  of  the  whole  iaud  is  liquor  drinking; 
and  nothing  cm  be  elf  arer  than  that  law  cdiould  aj-rike 
at  the  sources  of  this  otupendous  evil." 

Ladies  and  genikmn),  the  mind  becomes  giddy  in 
such  whivpoch  of  horror.  Let  us  see  if  we  can  find 
rock.  As  Christians,  we  know  that  Christ  is  yet  to 
rule  this  earth.  That  his  two  all-embracing,  a'l-eman- 
cipating,  a'lharmonizng  principles,  supreme  love  to 
God  and  cqaal  love  to  man,  must  yet  displace  and 
throw  out  every  thing  which  thwarts  and  contravenes 
them — tbi?  liquor  business  included.  And  knowing 
this,  that  he  must  rcigu  until  ali  enemies  are  under 
his  friet,  dram-drinking  inciud;(!,  the  vatt  dimensions 
and  mighty  power  of  these  evils  need  give  us  no  par- 
ticular concern.  Mountains  give  way  before  him  as 
easily  as  mole  hil  s.  We  have  seea  him  turn  a  pro- 
."■lavery  nation  into  an  anti-c-'.avery  nation.  He  can 
turn  a  ration  of  tippl  ts  iato    a  nation  of  sober    men. 

But  I  sm  hare  to  address  the  Sterling  L-dies'  Tem- 
perance Association.  When  ihi  serpent  invaded  Eden 
and  turned  our  parents  out  into  a  world  whose  spon- 
taneous productions,  literal  and  moral,  sre  thcrns  and 
thistles,  as  we  daily  see,  it  was  said,  ''The  seed  of  the 
woman  should  bruise  the  serpent's  head."  It  must  be 
so  with  the  serpent  of  the  still.  Ia  the  wordi  of  a 
successful  warrior  and  king:  ^'•Owx  help  cometh  from 
the  Lord,  which  made  heaven  and  earth."' 

And  wh«n  this  promised  ceed  of  wom,*n  came,  as 
Christ ttve  S  >a  of  Miry;  and  when  he  was  "crucified, 
dead,  and  burled"  by  the  haads  of  men;  when  the  sun 
m  the  heavens  had  grown  dark  and  tirkly,  and  the 
dead  had  come  up  out  of  their  graves  in  their  aston- 
ishment; when  all  his  male  disciples  had  forsaken  him 
and  fljd,  and  John  and  Peter,  the  laving  and  the 
brave,  had  left  even  tlis  sepulchre  in  despair,  then 
when  the  hope  of  the  world  was  gasping,  and  despair 
itself  seemed  at  full,  then  the  destiny  of  this  globe 
turned  on  women,  who  would  not  give  up,  bat  stood 
looking  into  Christ's  euspty  sepulchre  through  her 
tears!  And  thus  ha3  it  been  ever.  In  the  family,  in 
the  state,  in  veligioa,  and  ia  reform,  the  iliith  of  wo- 
man haa  been  the  hinge  of  the  world's  hope.  Such, 
manifestly  is,  and  is  to  be  the  history  of  this  reform 
from  strong  drink. 

There  are  three  Bible  raethodi  of  repressing  evil:  By 
opinion,  by  law,  and  by  separating  from  and  shunning 
the  evil  doer.  Of  these  three  methods,  opinion  inflicts 
disgrace;  law  cxjrts  force;  but  teparaling  from  wrong- 
doers fiiia  them  with  consternatioi  and  drtjad.  It  is 
Christ's  method  of  saving  the  world  by  Christians: 
''Come  ye  out  from  among  them  and  be  ye  separate, 
s<iith  the  Lord."  Is  he  not  eayiag  to  the  lulies  of 
Sterling,  Come  ye  out  from  among  the  sellers  and 
drinkers  of  drsms  ? 

luthc  world's  childhood,  when  society  had  no  lights 
cf  history  and  education  to  walk  by,  then  God  guided 
a  few  men  and  empowered  them  to  restrain  the  rest. 
Chrislless,  cslf- worshipping  men,  like  those  of  old  at 
the  foot  of  Mt.  Sinai,  rau't  stiil  be  left  lo  the  restraint 
of  the  civil  arm.  But  tiiougb  Christ  did  not  repeal  or 
terfere  with  civil  government,  but  left  desperate  men 
to  be  dealt  with  by  the  msgistrate,  he  directed  his 
chlilren  to  save  the  world  simply  by  total  abstinence 
from  its  evils,  arid  evil-doers. 

[continued  on  9th  page.] 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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^^tHP* 


— iState  Convention  for  Missouri  Sep. 
Isf,  1S74,  at  Brashear,  Adair  county. 

— Annunl  meeting  of  the  North-east 
Vii  Association,  Noy.  3d,  in  Free 
^Lthodist  Hal!,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 

— All  friends  of  the  reform  in  La. 
S:ille  county,  Illinois,  arc  requested  to 
writfc  without  delay  to  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Rid^e,  111.,  authorizing  him  t) 
place  their  names  to  the  call  for  a 
county  convention,  and  making  such 
Buggestions  as  to  time  of  meeting  in 
Oitawa,  etc,  as  may  be  of  assistance 
to  liim. 

— llcv.  A.  F.  Dcmpsey  of  Seneca  Falls, 
N.  Y.,  lectured  in  June  at  Altay  on  the  in- 
vitalion  of  Enoch  Honeywell  and  olhera. 
He  has  been  requested  to  visit  them  again 
and  will  give  three  lectures  on  the  "i'dd  and 
24lh  of  the  present  mouth,  Monday  and 
Tuesday  next,  beginning  Monday  cveuiug. 
Friends  of  ychuyhu-  county  will  take  no- 
tice. 


Indiana  State  3Ieetiujf. 


Dear  FniENDfs: — At  the  last  meet- 
ing of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
Slate  Aes' elation  held  at  Westtieldin 
April,  the  committee  left  the  work  of 
])reparing  for  the  State  meetint*  in  my 
bands.  Among  tbe  things  to  be  de- 
cided upon  are  the  time  and  p!ac3  of 
holding  said  meeting. 

Now  let  every  one  who  has  the  work 
at  heart  assist  us  in  organizing  the 
State  thoroagiily,  by  having  every 
neighborhood  so  fnr  as  practicable  elect, 
and  send  a  delegate  to  the  iState  meet- 
ing, wbidi  wid,  1  think,  \>e  at  Dublin, 
Wayne  county.  All  whc  have  any 
advice  to  give,  or  (juestious  to  ask, 
please  write  me  at  once,  at  L'gottier, 
Noble  county,  Ind. 

Yours  in  the  work, 
John  T.  KiaaiNS. 

Aug.  11,  1874. 


[<foi*tt(  1to$. 


— J-  T.  Kiggins,  State  Lecturer  for  Ind- 
ianii,  has  returned  from  his  Kansas  visit, 
and  plunges  into  the  work  at  home  with 
energy.  He  attended  the  Jay  County  As- 
sociation on  the  12th,  and  is  making  ready 
for  tlie  Stale  Convention.    Sec  his  notice. 

— While  in  Kansas  Bro.  K.  lieM  several 
meetings  in  Jellersou  county,  and  formed 
an  interesting  acquaintance  with  Bro. 
Dodds,  a  Reformed  Presbyterian  co-work- 
er. On  his  return  he  spoke  several  times 
in  Warren  county,  111. 

— Bro  Stoddard  has  been  speaking  in 
Ontario,  Union  and  Mansfield.  Ohio,  since 
ihc  Ohio  State  meeting.  He  preached  in 
the  Un.  Pres.  church,  Dr.  Wishart's, 
Ontario  on  Sabbath,  Aug.  Dlh,  and  in 
Mansfield  on  the  IGth.  He  has  addressed 
forty-one  dill'ereut  audiences  since  the  Syr- 
acuse Convention,  right  through  the  hot 
weather,  and  feels  the  need  of  some  rest. 

— The  (ieneral  Agent  has  arranged  with 
Ero.  Caldwell,  of  Ohio,  to  till  his  "appoint- 
ments in  Pennsylvania,  Degiuuing  Aug. 
lOth,  continuiog  one  a  day  for  Ihtrty-onc 
days. 


From  Soullmesteru  Missouri. 


LKCTUKE8  IN     BT.      CLAIK     ANU     AUJACENT 

COUNTIES TLIK  BAPTIST  OrURCUEB  AND 

TIIK    LODOK  CANNOT     WALK    TOGKTHKK. 

Baker,  St.  Clair  Co.,  Mf>.,  / 
Aug  5,  1874.  j 
Dear  Cynosure; — With  your  per- 
mission I  will  lay  before  your  readers 
a  brief  account  of  the  progress  of  the 
cause  of  the  reform  in  this  part  of  Mis- 
souri. Since  the  declaration  of  Prairie 
Grove  Church,  declaring  a  non-fellow- 


ship with  Masonry,  she  has   been  the 

object  of  scorn  and  persecution  by  those 
who  are  friends  of  the  (un)ancient  and 
(di6)honorable  institution.  But  as  fire 
tries  tbe  melal,  so  does  persecution  try 
God's  people,  and  in  our  trial  we  have 
every  assurance  that  God  is  with  us  and 
that  the  truth  is  taking  deeper  hold  in 
hearts  of  his  servantr,  eo  that  now 
those  who  were  fearful  at  the  start,  say 
they  cvn  see  the  anti- Christian  spirit  of 
Masonry,  and  this  spirit  un  the  pare  of 
the  Masons  ii;  doiog  more  to  arouse  the 
people  than  cither  lectures  or  litera- 
ture. 

li  seems  to  mo    that  the   htst   and 
most   important  duty    of  the    chuFch 
members  of  the  different  churches  who 
favor  the  reform,  should  be    to  demand 
in  their  respective  churches  an  investi- 
gatiou  of  Masonry,  and  if  the  churches 
cannot  be  cleansed    by   this   process  I 
would  advise,  as  uhe  last  resort,  obedi- 
ence to  the  command  of  the  Holy  Spir- 
it, 2   CorinthiacB   vi.  17.     '-Wherefore 
come  out  from  among  them,  and  be  ye 
separate  saith  the  Lord,  and  touch  not 
the  unclean    thing  and   I    will   receive 
you."     It  may  be  a   hard  task  to  sever 
associations  of  long    standing,   but  one 
thing  is  evident  from  the    past   history 
of  the   church,   and    that  is    that   no 
church  will  long  remain    pure  without 
continually  recurring  to,  and  acting  up- 
OD  the    directions     of    the   Spirit      to 
the   primitive    churches.      If  churcbes 
and  church  members  would  thus  act,  it 
would  not  be  long  until   from  Maine  to 
Texas,  ther<!  would  be  a  living  witness 
in  every  locrility  to    testify    against  the 
sham,  the  imposition,  and  the  spiiilual 
wickedjACss  of  the  lodges.      Those    wit- 
nesses would  coutinue  their  testimony 
against    fecretiem  until  it   ceases   from 
(siirth,  or    until    the    Lord   destroy  it 
"wUh  the  brightness    of  the  coming." 
BiiJ.  I  Bin  digressing  from  tbe  design 
of  this  letter.     The  work   here  is    wid- 
ening, deepening  and  producing   fruit. 
On  Saturday,  the    18th  of  July,    I   left 
home  to  speiid  a  week   lecturing  in  the 
adjoining  counties  of  Benton  and  Hen- 
ry.    Saturday  evening   spoke  to  an  in- 
telligent and  attentive    audience.     The 
lecture  was  well  received,    and  the  be- 
havior good.      Mondav   night  spoke  at 
Zion    church  (Methodist),  Benton    Co. 
Attendance  gtwd.      Quite  a  number  of 
the  white-apron    brotherhood  present. 
They  gave  good  attention  to   the    first 
partofihe    lecture    which    treated  of 
Masonry  as  a  historical  imposition;  but 
when  the  second  part,  Masonry   a  false 
religion,  was  presented  they  were  soon 
filled  to  the   o-?erllowiug;    the    ''jewel" 
was  gone.      Tiny    congregated   at  the 
door  .'\nd  comme»wd    to  disturb.     But 
it  availed  nothing.   The  unitiated  were 
eager  to    hear,    and    all     the   consola- 
tion the  pC'or  '  'SolomonB"  had  that  night 
consisi'id  in    venting  their    pent  up  ia- 
di-'watiow  i»  cries  of  ''Take  him  down  ! ' 
'  'Take  Mb*  U<>wn !"     But  as  the  people 
didn't    v'^at   K'^    'Mown,"  and    they 
hadn't  the  c^mra-^?.^  ^'-  "'as  left  up    for 
the  space  of  150  mijflu.^^^-     '^^>"""    con- 
duct sealed    home   the    arguments    to 
minds  and  hearts  of  the  j,,""!^*^?  '■•"" 
mar>7  plainly  saw  that  if  such  »^  "^  iristt- 
tutioa  was  allowed  to  exist,  ijreedi.  ™  '^^ 
speeah  would   soon  be    no   loBe^f  ,^^ 
American  privilege. 


Tuesday  night,  spoke  at  Grand  Riv- 
er Church,  (Baptist),  to  a  crowded  house 
and  to  a  great  many  out  of  the  house. 
Behavior  excellent; people  wellpleaned. 
Thursday,  day  and  evening,  and  Fri- 
day were  spent  at  Tebo  Church  (Bap- 
tist), where  aided  by  several  brethren 
of  the  reform,  the  merits  and  demerits 
of  Freemasonry  were  laid  clearly  be- 
fore the  people.  It  was  at  this  place, 
a  month  before,  that  the  iinvisible  arm 
of  Masonry  was  raised  to  crush  the 
movement  in  Tebo  Church. 

Elder  James  Briggs,  a  man  of  God, 
who  had  for  seven  years  alone  and  un- 
aided spoken  out  against  Masonry,  de- 
clared a  non-fellowship  with  Masonry 
and  asked  the  church  to  exclude  him 
or  Masonry,  as  one  or  the  other  was 
an  illegitimate  child.  The  church  did 
neither  directly ;  but  gave  him  a  letter 
stating  Ihe  cause?,  which  was  tanta- 
mount lo  exclusion.  And  did  we  not 
know  that  Tebo  had  to  a  great  degree 
repented  of  this,  we  would  not  like  to 
record  it.  Here  it  was  that  a  Masonic 
pastor  allowed  Masonic  members  from 
other  churches  to  speak,  and  refused 
the  sime  privilege  to  Anti-masons.  This 
was  at  the  June  meeting. 

On  the  2oth  of  July,  the  day  after 
our  investigation  closed,  the  church 
had  the  pleasure,  or  mortification,  of 
hearing  their  pastor  "rage  bke  a  heath- 
en" and  like  the  people  ''imagine  a  vain 
thing."  He  said  we  "Antis"  were  en- 
emies to  the  church  of  Christ;  exhaust- 
ed his  vocabulary  of  detestation,  and 
said  "he  had  no  words  to  express  what 
ought  to  be  done  with  us.  I  thought 
of  the  Masonic  penalties,  and  wondered 
if  it  were  possible  that  a  man  could  be 
a  minister  of  the  '  'meek  and  lowly 
Jesus"  and  have  in  his  heart  so  much 
essence  of  distilled  hell-fire,  as  not  to  be 
satisfied  with  the  execution  of  those  bar- 
barous penalties  upon  his  brother  in 
Christ  who  chanced  to  be  a  poor  Anti- 
mason.  Every  one  of  his  own  friends 
said,  "certainly  he  was  led  that  day 
by  the  spirit  of  the  devil."  After  meet- 
ing, several  called  for  letters,  and  there 
exists  a  deep  dissatisfaction,  and  there 
will  doubtless  soon  be  two  bodies  where 
there  should  be  but  one.  Such  things 
are  painful,  but  while  lodge  members 
keep  asserting  that  they  intend  to  keep 
on  etting  Masonic  meat,  no  matter 
how  many  brethren  it  may  cause  to  of- 
fend, it  seems  the  only  remedy  is  to 
withdraw.  The  end  of  the  work  at 
Tebo  is  not  Eeen  yet. 

On  last  Saturday,  Elder  R.H.Love, 
lectured  toa  large  crowd  at  Liberty,  in 
this  county.  The  Masons  had  a  "Jack" 
there  to  consume  time  for  them.  But 
as  Bro.  Love  was  pouring  the  red  hot 
truth  in  on  them  the  second  round, 
Masonic  silence  became  exhausted. 
Their  unrighteous  souls  could  contain 
no  more.  The  result  wassuch  a  distur- 
bance on  their  part,  as  to  break  up  the 
meeting.  Thus  giving  the  people  an- 
other positive  evidence  of  the  intoler- 
ancy  of  the  spirit  of  Masonry.  "They 
whom  the  gods  would  destroy,  they 
first  make  mad."  I  have  an  appoint 
ment  for  Friday  night  where  they  are 
threatening  to  egg  me,  but  we  shall 
see.         Yours  for  the  truth, 

W.  M.  Love. 


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Commencement  ut  Oberliu. 

Obbrlin,   Aug.    1st,  1874. 
Editor  of  the  Gyi\o%ure: 

The  exercises  at  the  close  of  the  col- 
lege year  are  so  numerous  and  interest- 
ing, that  it  would  be  impossibfe  lo  da 
justice  to  them  in  detail,  so  I  will  only 
attempt  to  make  some  general  remarks. 
During  my  stay  thus  far,  I  have  attend- 
ed, among  others,  several  recitations 
and  examinations  of  classes;  public  ex- 
ercises of  the  various  literary  societies ;. 
a  musical  exhibition;  exhibition  of  the 
Senior  Preparatory  class;  students" 
prayer-meetings;  sessionii  of  the  Theo- 
logical Institute,  and  the  anniversary  of 
the  Theological  Seminary. 

Class  exercises  are  always  opened 
with  prayer  or  singing,  and  when  I  sit 
at  the  open  window  of  the  house  that 
has  generously  received  me,  it  does  me 
good  to  hear  the  old  famili^tr  hymns  is- 
suing frcm  the  several  recitation 
rooms.  From  what  I  have  seen  I  am 
convinced  that  these  opening  services  are 
followed  by  good,  faithful  work  on  the 
part  of  teachers  and  pupils.  The  stud- 
ents are  also  improving  well  the  disci- 
pline their  societies  affjrd.  This  disci- 
pline has  especial  value  for  those  who^ 
expect  to  appear,  regularly  or  occasion- 
ally, as  public  speakers  in|after  life.  The,' 
charms  of  music  are  fully  appreciated! 
by  the  students  and  the  community^ 
The  high  order  of  exercises  and  crowd- 
ed, appreciative  audience  at  the  exhi- 
bition of  the  Conservatory  of  Music  bore 
testimony  to  this.  The  gift  of  oratory 
is  not  neglected  by  tbe  preparatory  de- 
partment. Individually  the  orations  of 
the  Senior  Preparatory  class  possessed 
considerable  merit,  but  monotony  of  de- 
livery was  made  still  more  tiresome  by 
the  fact  thai  successive  orations  were 
sometimes  delivered  in  the  same 'key. 
A  little  more  variety  in  the  style  of  the 
productions  and  manner  of  delivery- 
would  have  greatly  increased  the  inter- 
est, and  lessened  the  tediousness  of  the 
exercises. 

The  students'  prayer-meetings  will 
need  no  further  commendation  to  miny 
of  your  readers  than  that  they  remind 
you  of  Wheaton.  I  heard  tbe  same 
earnest  prayers,  brief  exhortations, 
simple  experiences  and  joyous  hymna 
that  have  profited  me  so  much  at  the 
students'  meetings  there.  If  I  might 
be  permitted  to  give  two  recommenda- 
tions respecting  the  manner  of  tarry- 
ing on  a  pray* r-meeting  I  should  say 
''be  prompt  and  be  natural."  Be  prompt 
in  opening  the  meeting  and  ecjually 
prompt  in  closing,  except  on  rare  spe- 
cial occasions ;  begin  to  speak  or  pray 
without  waiting  for  others,  and  s<Oj) 
viktn  you  yet  through,  so  as  not  to  keep 
others  waiting  for  you.  Be  natural. 
Make  no  endeavor  to  manifest,  neither 
to  conceal  feehng.  When  you 
pray,  remember  that  you  are  praying 
to  God  and  not  to  men ;  when  you  ex- 
hort, remember  that  you  are  speaking 
to  immortal  souls,  not  to  intellects 
merely:  when  you  give  your  testimo- 
ny, remember  that  God  and  the  holy 
angels  hear  you,  as  well  as  your  friends 
about  you,  and  when  you  sing,  sing  with 
the  spirit  and  understanding,  and  not  to 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


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display  a  fine  voice  or  artistic  skill.  No 
other  prayer-meeting  that  I  have  yet 
attended  have  so  nearly  come  up  to  my 
idea  as  those  of  \Vheaton  and  Oberlin 
students. 

The  Theological  Institute  consists  of 
Alumoi  of  the  Theological  Department 
and  other  Congregational  ministers  who 
:siga  the  constitution,  and  evangelical 
(ministers  of  other  denominations  when 
^admitted  by  special  vote.  Seesiocs  are 
Iheld  the  week  preceding  Commence- 
Bnent,  at  which  papers  are  read,  follow- 
ed by  discussions,  on  various  subjects 
conaected  with  the  work  of  the  Chris- 
tian mioieitry.  The  sessions  that  I  at- 
tended did  not  fail  to  interest  or  in- 
struct. 

On  Friday  evening  the  Senior  Theo- 
logians gave  their  parting  words,  and 
rfceived  thtir  final  instructions  togeth- 
er with  their  diplomap.  All  who  listen- 
ed carefully  to  the  orations  ol  the 
^graduates  must  have  felt  gratified  and 
^benefitted.  There  was  thought  in  the 
{productions  themselves,  a  pleasing  var- 
tiety  fo  delivery,  and  more  than  this,  a 
tspirit  of  earnestneBS  pervaded  thought 
and  expression. 


Monday,  Aug.  3. 
DordWess  the  exercises  connected 
with  the  dedication  of  Council  Hall  last 
Siturday  were  the  most  interesting 
Oberlin  has  had  for  a  longtime.  Prof. 
Mead  gave  an  interesting  account  of  the 
enterprise;  Dr.  Post,  of  St.  Louis,  de- 
livered a  brief  address,  and  then  re- 
imarks  were  called  for  from  some  of  the 
patriarchs  who  had  known  and  loved 
Oberlin  from  its  origin.  The  tall,  erect 
iform  of  the  venerable  Finney  appeared 
§rst,  and  all  ears  were  intent  to  hear 
the  annals  of  his  simple  story  about 
the  hedge-hogs  and  bears,  and  people 
more  bristling  with  prejudices  than  the 
hedge-hog  with  quills,  and  more  sav- 
age lowardp  Oberlinites  than  bears. 
Rev.  Geo.  Clark,  a  member  of  the 
.first  class,  next  told  us  about  Father 
iShepherd,  Presidents  Mahan  and  Fin- 
mey,  and  their  pioneer  hfe.  Then  oth- 
lers  followed,  keeping  the  audience  vi- 
t>rating  between  smiles  and  tears.  A 
(mighty  change  has  come  over  Oberlin 
since  those  days.  Instead  of  the  old 
slab  'barracks,  a  number  of  convenient 
and  tasteful  brick  buildings  cover  and 
surround  the  college  square.  Instead 
of  being  known  only  fo  be  despised  and 
rejected  of  men,  her  students  gather  by 
hundreds;  her  children  are  scattered 
over  the  land  by  thousands ;  her  friends 
innumerable  provide  for  her  wants  by 
tens  of  thousands  (over  $50,000  were 
donated  within  a  few  years  for  Council 
Hall),  and  even  her  former  enemies 
join  in  the  general  laudation.  Yet  I 
could  not  |help  wishing  that  I  might 
have  seen  Oberlin  in  the  time  of  her 
hard  struggles  (  and  earnest  prayers. 
The  institution  was  founded,  as  Pres, 
Finney  said,  to  oppose  not  only  slavery 
but  every  other  work  of  the  devil.  No- 
bly did  she  perform  the  first  part  of  her 
work;  but  with  the  fall  of  slavery,  her 
peculiar  mission  seems  to  have  ceased 
also.  ^Possibly  the  millenium  has  come 
and  no  more  suffering  truths  require 
defense ;  perhapsJPres.  Finney  misjudg- 
ed Masonry,  and  perhaps  you,  dear 
'Cynosure,  are  engaged  in  a  quixotic 


attack  on  harmless  and  even  useful 
windmills.  Certain  it  is  that  as  an  in- 
stitution, Oberlin  has  no  hand  in  this 
fight.  During  the  discussion,  lectures, 
sermons,  orations  and  other  exercises 
which  I  heard  the  degeneracy  of  past 
and  present  times  was  frequently  de- 
scanted on  in  general  terms,  and  many 
not  exceedingly  popular  evils  were 
mentioned  by  name,  but  as  it  seemed, 
no  one  knew  of  the  institution  of  Mas- 
onry, or  else  all  considered  it  too  harm- 
less or  too  dangerous  to  be  mentioned. 
If  I  may  believe  some  of  the  student?, 
none  of  the  officers,  either  in  the  col- 
lege or  Theological  Seminary,  except 
Prof.  Morgan,  ever  instruct  the  stu- 
dents concerning  the  evils  of  secret  so- 
cieties. In  private  conversation  the 
gray-headed  professor  told  me  that  he 
considered  secret  societies  among  the 
greatest  evils  of  the  time.  The  gener- 
al feeling  seems  to  be  that  Oberlin  is 
no  longer  called  on  to  take  the  van  in 
unpopular  reforms,  or  to  be  in  any 
sense  a  peculiar  institution.  Whether 
this  position  is  right  or  not,  I  will  leave 
for  older  and  wiser  heads  to  decide. 
My  own  convictions  are  that  it  is  always 
safest  and  best  to  be  on  Christ's  side  of 
every  moral  question    and   to  be  there 

entirely.  H.  A.  Fisciikk, 

«-•-* 

Alexander  Campbell  on  Masonry. 


Fancy  Crkbk,  Wis. ,  August  7,  1874. 
Editor  Christian  Gynomre: 

I  observe  a  communicaticn  in  your 
issue  of  July  30th,  "A  Campbellite 
Preacher  Riding  two  Horses,"  a  mem- 
ber of  a  Masonic  lodge  at  Indianap- 
olis, Ind., — also  "a  Disciple  church 
with  a  lodge  man  for  a  minister,"  at 
Pine  Run,  Michigan. 

I  have  reason  to  know,  that  no  man 
belonging  to  a  Masonic  lodge,  is  either 
a  "Campbellite,"  or  "Disciple"  of  Alex- 
ander Campbell,  much  less  a  disciple 
of  the  Great  Teacher,  who  "in  secret 
said  nothing."  Mr.  Campbell  was 
president  of  Bethany  College,  Va. ,  and 
died  in  186G,  aged  78.  Mr.  C,  and 
I.  were  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Mahoning  Baptist  Association  of  east- 
ern Ohio  and  western  Pennsylvania, 
from  1827  to  1831.  I  was  acquainted 
with  him  from  1826  until  1850;  heard 
him  preach  frequently,  and  have  read 
most  of  his  publications,  and  have  many 
volumes  of  his  writings  in  my  possec- 
sion.  No  public  teacher  of  religion 
known  to  me,  was  more  earnestly  op- 
posed to  professors  of  religion  uniting 
with  secret  associations,  than  Mr.  C. 
In  his  '^  Millennial  Harbinger"  of  Dec. , 
1848,  and  Jan.,  1849,  on  concluding  his 
essays  on  "Moral  Societies,"  he  remarks : 
"We  have  now^  heard  on  our  pages, 
the  respective  apologies  of  Sons  of  Tem- 
perance, Freemasons,  Odd-fellows,  pro- 
fessing Christianity,  for  their  double, 
treble,  and  quadruple  positions  of 
Christians,  brother  Masons,  Odd-fel- 
lows, and  Sons  of  Temperance,  their 
philosopby  is,  that  Christianity  and  the 
Christian  brotherhood  have  been,  and 
still  are,  inadequate  to  the  wants  of  hu- 
man nature  as  the  world  is  now  consti- 
tuted." 

"I  make  no  assault  upon  these  as 
worldly  institutions, — I  simply  oppose 
•Christians  joining  them  at  all.  I  would 
just  as  soon  plead    for   polygamy   be- 


cause there  are  so  many  women  without 
husbands,  as  for  new  allies  to  assist  the 
church  in  being 'the  light  of  the  world' 
and  'rfalt  of  the  earth,'  because  many 
Christians,  so-called,  are  as  much  in 
need  of  reformation  as  the  world  itself, 
A  human  substitute  for  Christ's  church 
is,  to  my  mind,  quite  as  conceivable 
and  possible  as  a  human  auxiliary  to 
it.  Such  an  idea  is  not  in  the  whole 
BiUe.  And  that  a  Christian  man 
could  seek  membership  in  :in  institution 
intentionally  and  avowedly  composed 
of  Turk,  Jew,  infidel,  or  slieptic,  is  one 
of  the  most  palpable  evidences  of  the 
bewildering  influence  of  the  present 
apostacy  that  has  '  befallen  under  my 
observation. 

"I  simply  affirm  that  no  Christian 
mat,  is  under  any  sort  »>f  obligation  to 
join  any  of  them;  nay,  that  he  cannot 
as  a  Christian,  become  a  member  of 
any  one  of  them  without  dishonoring 
the  church  of  Jesus  Christ;  or  himself, 
and  the  founder  of  it."  Such  were  the 
sentiments  of  Alexander  Campbell  un- 
til his  death. 

If  the  "righteous  scarcely  be  saved," 
where  shall  Masonic  "disciples"  appear , 
who  claim  to  have  been  immersed  for 
the  remission  of  sins  and  gift  of  the 
Holy  Spirit,  as  on  the  day  of  Pentecost; 
yet  uniting  with  Masonic  lodges  where 
the  name  of  Jesus  Christ  is  reject- 
ed, yet  falsely  and  profanely  pro- 
claiming that  John  the  Baptist,  and 
the  Apostle  John  were  Freemasons ! 
Also  intentionally  mutilating  the  com- 
mands contained  in  2.  Thess.  vi.  12, 
virtually  erasing  the  words  ''our  Lord 
■lesus  Christ,"  by  omitting  these  words 
in  the  lodge  ritual,  and  substituting  the 
commands  of  the  lodge  instead!  and  ail 
without  fear  of  the  solemn  announce- 
ments that  "whosoever  shall  deny  Je- 
sus Christ  before  mc;n,  him  will  he  also 
deny  before  the  Father  who  is  in  hea- 
ven," and  if  we  deny  him  he  will  also 
deny  us".  Matt.  x.  33;  2.  Tim.  2:  12. 
[Psalms  120:  3,  4.] 

How  can  such  Masonic  disciples  en- 
tertain a  reasonable  hope  of  enjoying 
a  *  'part  in  the  first  resurrection  ?"  Can 
they  have  assur.-icce  that  their  knees 
shall  not  "smite  one  against  another," 
when  "they  see  the  Son  of  Man  com- 
ing in  the  ciotids  of  heaven  and  every 
eye  shall  see  him,  and  they  who  pierced 
him  shall  wail  and  say  to  the  mountains 
and  rock?,  fall  on  us,  and  hide  us  from 
the  face  of  him  that  sitteth  on  the 
Throne,  and  from  the  wrath  of  the 
Lamb,"  Then  blessad  shall  they  be, 
to  whom  shall  be  given  "a  white  stone 
and  in  the  stone  a  new  name  written, 
which  no  man  knoweth  saving  he  that 
receiveth  it."  J.  McCasket. 


Moline,  111.— A  Correction; 


HALDANK,OgleCo.,Ill.Aug.  G.1874, 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

Dear  Sir:  I  want  to  say  a  word  in 
reference  to  the  "Editorial  Correspon- 
dence" from  Moline  III.,  in  your  issue 
of  July  23.  The  remarks  made  refer- 
ring to  the  pastor,  and  present  state  of 
the  U.  B,  church,  I  felt  sorry  to  hear. 
That  the  pastor  and  church  should 
suspend  opposition  to  what  they  "loathe' 
as  an  evil,  to  secure  aid  in  building 
a  parsonage,  and   that    there  was   not 


"life  enougtt  in  the  U.  B.  church 
there  to'  ask  Bro.  Blanchard  to  lecture" 
against  secret  oi'gaili2ations,  seems  to 
exhibit  a  change  with  past6r  and  church 
of  a  serious  kind;  if  Bro.  B,  is  not  mis- 
taken. But  I  think  in  justice,  Bro.  B, 
siiould  have  said  something  about  the 
pastor  and  congregation  of  the  Congre- 
gational church  there;  while  naming 
the  U.  B,  church  and  M.  E.  pastor. 
The  pastor  of  said  church  professes  to 
be  opposed  to  Masonry,  I  believe,  and 
as  Bro,  Blanchard  knows,  refused  Ihr; 
writer  some  years  ago  to  publish  in  his 
church  a  lecture  against  Masonry,  by 
Bro ,  Blanchard.  Why  not  allude  also  to 
Rev.  Barnes?  or  to  his  church  beinj^ 
closed  to  Anti-masonic  lecturers  ?  or  to 
the  Masonic  symbols  on  tho  etained 
glass  of  his  church  windows  ? 

Again,  Bro.  B.  is  in  error  when  ho 
says,  "not  one  motion  has  been  at- 
tempted against  these  secret  orders  in 
this  beautiful  city  of  Moline  since  I 
spoke  here  some  years  ago,  in  the 
United  Brethren  church.  Since  then 
Rev.  P.  Hurless  has  delivered  three 
lectures  in  the  same  church  (good 
ones.)  And  the  writer  circulated 
some  Anti-masonic  literature,  "The 
Broken  Seal,"  "Finney  on  Masonry," 
and  some  tracts  and  the  Cynosure. 
So  that  some  tfForts  have  been,  made 
in  the  anti-secrecy  reform  in  Moline 
since  Bro.  Blanchard  lectured  there. 
Possibly  there  is  but  little  fruit  visible 
yet  from  any  of  the  cffjrts  against  se- 
cret orders  there.  Yet  we  believe 
some  good  has  been  done,  and  we  trust 
will  yet  bring  a  rich  harvest, 

T,  F.  Hallowki.l. 

[We  cheerfully  insert  the  above  as  a 
justice  in  the  case.  The  Moline  U,  B. 
pastor  is  an  excellent  man  in  a  close 
pUce.  I  had  had  a  somewhat  sharp 
passage  with  the  Congreg.'itional  min- 
ister on  the  Masonic  window  and  other 
matters  and  did  not  wish  to  seem  spite- 
ful or  vindictive, — J.  B.  ] 


Masonic   Charity— A    U.    B.   Pustor's 
Experience. 

Silver  Lake,  Koscimko  C.\,    Ind., 
June  2(5,  1874, 
Editor  Christian  Cynosnre  : 

Suffer  a  few  thoughts  from  one,  not 
a.  contributer  to  your  p.aper  though  a 
patron.  I  have  been  for  some  time 
rather  a  compromising  anti-recrecy 
m<in.  A  number  of  years  ago  I  was 
very  ultra  upon  the  secrecy  question. 
At  that  time  I  had  two  brothers  who 
stood  by  my  side  in  defense  of  what 
we  thought  was  right;  but  since, they 
have  all  deserted  me,  confessed  their 
error,  united  with  the  Masonic  fraterni- 
ty, and  assured  me  that  I  was  laboring 
under  a  delusion.  Seeing  they  were 
so  well  pleased  and  zealous  in  the 
cause,  my  views  were  modified.  I  con- 
cluded my  stand-point  might  be  wrong, 
trusting  in  those  who  have  a  better 
right  to  know,  and  not  wishing  to  op- 
pose a  good  institution  as  they  claimed 
it  to  be. 

One  of  my  brother?,  as  he  was  of 
considerable  note  and  importance,  be- 
came very  popular  with  the  ordev;  tcld 
me  he  had  taken  several  degrees.  I 
do  not  remember  the  number,  but  to 
the  amount  of  $45.      His  wife  and  fami- 

[CONI'INUED  ON  12X11  PAGE.] 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUK  MAIL. 


A  correspondent  in  Gentry  Co.,  Mo., 
writes  : 

"We  intend  to  give  the  lodge  a  political 
pull  when  tlie  proper  time  comes.  We  are 
growing  in  strength  every  day,  and  our 
friends  are  daily  becoming  more  out- 
spoken and  fearless." 

Rev.  (i.  S.  Shepardson,  a  conference 
evangelist  of  Kansas,  writes  of  tlie  C'/j no- 
sure  : 

"I  prize  it  highly  and  am  not  a  hearer 
only  of  those  things  advocated  by  your  pa- 
per, but  am  a  doer  as  far  as  my  iuliuence 
goes.  God  is  shaking  secrecy  here,  but  we 
need  a  moral  tornado  lo  take  things  by  the 
roots.     God  send  it  through  our  land." 

Ella  Reidy,  Wallacetown,  Pa.,  writes  : 

"Secrecy  has  quite  a  strong  hold  here, 
but  it  is  with  joy  that  I  would  say  there 
are  friends  of  tiie  cause  raising  up  all  over 
the  country.  There  was  a  United  Breth- 
ren preiicher  here  some  time  ago  who 
joined  tue  lodge,  and  his  appointments 
through  the  country  were  so  disgusted 
that  they  refused  to  support  him  unless  he 
withdrew  from  it  and  showed  them  his 
withdrawal.  Let  us  not  trust  in  our  own 
strength  in  trying  to  crush  this  hydra- 
headed  monster,  but  let  us  ever  have  this 
work  presented  to  God  who  can  work  aud 
none  can  hinder,  and  he  will  work  to  his 
own  glory." 

H.  G.  Sauer,  Mobile,  Ala.,  says  : 

"Your  paper  aught  to  be  spread  all  over 
the  South,  for  our  poor  South  with  almost 
all  its  Christian  ministers  is  in  the  hands 
of  secret  societies.  Hoping  that  the  noble 
cause  you  are  battling  for  will  finally, 
with  the  help  of  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  be 
victorious  in  every  State  of  the  Union.  I 
remain,  etc." 

J.  W.  Thompson,  Dadeville,  Mo.,  writes: 

"I  cannot  forbear  exclaiming,  Was  not 
the  act  of  Bro.  Arnold  at  Chicago,  on  the 
24th  of  June,  the  act  of  a  moruLhcro?  0 
for  more  such  men!'''' 

Mrs.  C.  G.  Cowell,  Plainfleld,  111., 
writes  : 

"I  take  the  Cynosure  instead  of  the 
North-western _  because  I  Know  it  must  have 
for  its  supporters  many  like  Prcs.  Fowler, 
who  are  reverend  gentlemen,  yet  are  trying 
to  serve  two  masters;  and  from  whom  con- 
science will  not  permit  me  to  take  tlie  sac- 
rament. I  have  lor  years  set  my  hand  and 
seal  against  this  "beast  that  was  and  is  not, 
and  yet  is,"  and  am  willing  to  contribute 
to  the  support  of  the  paper  which  con- 
demns it  even  in  high  places." 

Prof.  P.  S.  Feemster  writes  from  Home, 
East  Tenn. : 

"I  feel  that  your  cause  is  the  cause  of 
God,  and  I  wish  to  keep  in  hearty  sympa- 
thy, and,  as  God  gives  me  strength  and 
opportunity,  in  active  co-operation  with 
it." 
H.  Divoll,  East  Topsham,  Vt.,  writes  : 
"It  is  hard  getting  subscribers  for  the 
Cynosure  in  this  part  of  the  country.  My 
wife  succeeded  in  getting  her  aged  father 
(86  years)  to  subscribe  one  year.  He  well 
remembers  the  Morgan  times  and  was  an 
earnest  worker  in  the  Anti-masonic  cause 
at  that  time.  He  is  an  Anti-mason  to  the 
backbone  yet." 

There  are  yet  hundreds  of  elderly  men 
in  the  country  who  are  veteran  Antima- 
sons  but  have  not  learned  of  the  present 
movement.    Hunt  them  up. 

P.  Woodring,  of  Waverly,  Iowa,  writes 
of  the  subscribers  in  his  locality  : 

"I  think  they  will  almost  all  renew  after 
harvest.  Times  arc  so  hard  just  now  that 
it  is  very  difficult  to  get  money  or  sub- 
scribers. I  will  try  for  a  large  addition  to 
our  club  as  soon  as  times  are  easier,  I 
think  I  can  get  the  number  up  to  twenty- 
five.  Only  a  few  weeks  and  wheat  will  be 
coming  to  market  when  money  will  be 
plenteous." 

This  is  a  persevering  worker  and  he  will 
have  success  no  doubt. 

John  Bortzfield,  Selma,  Ind.,  says  he 
"cannot  do  without  the  Gyiiosuro.  Ton 
can  set  me  down  for  a  life  subscriber.  I 
bid  you  God  speed  ;"  and  S.  K.  Young,  of 
Mt.  Vernon,  Iowa,  says  he  had  "rather  do 
without  my  dinner  every  day  for  three 
months,"  than  lose  the  paper.  With 
such  helpers  who  are  willing  to  sacrifice 
self  for  the  cause  it  cannot  fail. 

Curtis  Cogswell,  of  Deer  Lick,  O..  where 
the  reform  has  a  number  of  warm  friends, 
tells  us  below  how  he  consecrates  and  uses 
his  properly  for  the  Lord.  Let  every  read- 
er of  this  paper  think  if  he  may  not  in 
some  like  way  liolp  on  in  this  way.    Have 


you  doubts  whether  God's  truth  will  be 
best  advanced  in  this.  Examine  carefully 
before  you  decide  not.    Read  this  letter  : 

"I  am  an  old  man  gndpoor  ;  in  my  70th 
year.  I  joined  the  Masons  soon  after  they 
killed  poor  Morgan  ;  took  three  degrees, 
and  found  Morgan's  book  true.  1  then 
left  them  forever,  and  told  them  I  would 
fight  Masonry  as  long  as  God  spared  my 
life.  I  am  still  doing  all  I  can  against 
Masonry.  I  laid  aside  last  fall  $47.70  cents 
to  put  into  the  treasury  of  the  Lord  this 
year.  I  studied  the  matter  over  what  to  do 
with  the  money— to  do  the  most  good  in 
the  cause  of  religion.  I  decided  to  lay  it 
out  against  Masonry.  I  sent  $15  to  you 
for  tracts  and  books  to  distribute.  I  have, 
sent  seven  dollars  more  for  fourteen  copies 
of  the  Cynosure  for  tliree  months  to  difier- 
cnt  persons.  I  shall  spend  the  balance  of 
the  $47.70  cents  in  the  same  way.  I  be- 
lieve, in  so  doing,  I  am  serving  God.  I 
shall  do  all  I  can  in  this  cause  while  I 
live." 

Christian  reader,  have  you  done  all  God 
desires  you  should  in  this  cause.  If  not,  do 
not  tarry. 


Hm  M^ 


Illiiminisni  aud  Masonry. 

In  1802  a  work  was  published  in 
CharksLowri,  Mass.,  entitled  "Proofs 
of  the  Real  Existence  acd  Dangerous 
Tendency  of  lllumiaism,"  by  Seth 
Payson,  A.  M.  This  work  contained 
an  abstract  of  the  more  interesting 
parts  of  Robinson's  and  Barreui's  works. 
The  following  extract  was  published  in 
the  Anti-masonic  Christian  Herald, 
Boston,  1829: 

"  Seriously  ri  fltfct  upon  the  nature 
and  tendencies  of  secret  societies. 
Weishaupt  himself  proposes  the  ques- 
tion, '  Have  you  any  idea  of  the  power 
of  secret  societies  V  It  is  obvious  at 
first  view  that  they  are  not  friendly 
to  that  harmony  and  cordial  union 
which  are  so  desirable  in  every  society. 
Should  some  of  the  children  in  a  family 
form  themselves  into  a  club,  exclude 
their  brethren  from  their  private  meet- 
ings and  coi  fidence  and  be  often  whis- 
pering their  secrets,  it  is  easy  to  foresee 
that  an  undue  partiality  among  the 
confederated  brethren,  and  jealousy, 
distrust  and  alienation  of  affection  on 
the  other  part  would  be  the  natural 
consequences.  The  effects  will  be  sim- 
ilar, and  equally  certain,  though  they 
may  be  less  visible,  in  larger  societies. 
From  the  notorious' tendency  of  such 
combinations  many  weighty  and  inter- 
esting objections  were  made  to  the 
establishment  of  th«  order  of  the  Cin- 
cinnati; but  the  development  of  the 
mysteries  of  lliuminism  has  given  ad- 
ditional weight  to  these  arguments  and 
placfd,  in  a  glaring  light,  the  danger- 
ous tendency  of  exclusive  confederacies. 

I  am  not  ineensib'e  that  these  remarks 
criminate,  in  a  degree,  the  order  of 
Masonry.  The  respect  I  feel  for  many 
gentlemen  of  thiw  order  among  my  ac- 
quaintance, who,  I  doubt  not,  entered 
tlie  society  with  pure  intentions,  and 
yet  remain  free  from  their  contamina- 
tion, and  my  belief  of  the  uncorrupt- 
ness  of  the  New  England  lodges  in 
general,  have  made  it,  to  me,  an  un- 
grateful task  to  relate  the  dark  designs 
to  which  their  order,  after  so  long  pre- 
serving its  lustre,  has  been  subjected. 
I  can  assure  them  that  views,  to  which 
every  private  consideration  must  yield, 
have  been  my  sole  inducement  to  un- 
dertake this  duty.  Thip,  in  the  minds 
of  those  of  the  order  whose  approba- 
tion ia  most  to  be  valued,  1  doubt   not,  I 


will  appear  a  sufficient  apology.  To 
these  candid  Masons  I  hesitate  not  to 
say,  that  to  me,  a  suspension,  at  le^at, 
of  Masonic  operations  appears  to  be  a 
measure  which  the  safety  of  society  in 
its  present  state  recommends;  and  it  is 
difficult  to  conceive  how  any  person 
who  admits  the  Iruth  of  the  foregoing 
statements  can  dissent  from  this  idcH. 
It  is  the  sentiment  of  many  respictable 
Masons;  and  several  lodges  in  Germany 
have  already  closed  their  proceedings 
on  this  principle.  It  is  with  pleasure  I 
transcribe  an  extract  from  a  Masonic 
oration  on  such  an  occasion,  hoping 
that  the  example  and  the  sentiments 
will  have  their  due  influence:  '  Breth- 
ren and  companions,  give  free  vent  to 
your  sorrow;  the  diyn  of  innocent 
equality  are  gone  by.  However  holy 
our  mysteries  may  have  been,  the 
lodges  are  profaned  and  sullied.  Breth- 
ren, companions,  let  your  tears  flow ; 
attired  in  your  mourning  robes  attend, 
and  let  us  seal  up  the  spates  of  our 
temples,  for  the  profane  have  found 
measures  of  penetrating  into  them. 
They  have  converted  them  into  retreats 
of  impiety,  into  dens  of  conspiratorF. 
Within  the  eacred  walls  they  have 
planned  their  horrid  deeds,  and  the  ruin 
of  nations.  Let  us  weep  over  our 
legions  which  they  have  seduced. 
Lodges  that  may  serve  as  hiding  places 
for  these  conspirators  must  remain  for- 
ever shut,  both  to  us  and  every  good 
citizen, ' " 


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Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Third 
(Quarter,  1874. 


GospBLOP  Mark. 


July 

Ang. 

(( 

Sept. 


6. 
12. 
19. 
26. 

2. 

9. 
16. 
33. 
30. 
0. 
13. 
20. 
27. 


i.  1^1. 

i.  16-27. 
1.45-48. 
11.  14-17. 
11.  23-28, 
iv.  35-41. 
V.  1-15. 
V.  14-24. 
V.  32-2:5, 
vi.  20-23. 
vi.  34-44- 
vii.  24-30, 
Review. 


Beginning  of  the  Gospel. 
The  Authority  of  Jesus. 
The  Leper  Healed. 

The  Puljlican  Called. 
Hi.  1-5.    Jesus  and  Sabbath 
.    Power  over  Nature. 
Power  over  Demons. 

Power  over  Disease. 
35-43.    Power  over  Death. 
.    Martyrdom  of  the  Baptist. 
Five  Thousand  Fed. 
The  Phmniclan  Mother. 


LESSON   XXXV.— Aug.   30,    1874.— power 

OVER  DEATH. 


SCRIPTURE  LESSON.— MARK  V.   22-23,  35-43. 

Commit  35,  36  ;  Primary  Verse  36. 

23  And  behold,  there  cometh  one  of 
the  rulers  of  the  synagogue,  Jarius  by 
name  ;  and  when  he  saw  him  he  fell  at  his 
feet, 

23  And  besought  him  greatly,  saying. 
My  little  daughter  lieth  at  the  point  of 
death  :  I  pray  thee,  come  and  lay  thy 
hands  on  her,  that  she  may  be  healed  ;  and 
she  shall  live. 

35  While  he  yet  spake,  there  came  from 
the  ruler  of  the  synagogue's  house  certain 
which  said.  Thy  daughter  is  dead;  why 
troublest  thou  the  Master  any  further  ? 

36  As  soon  as  Jesus  heard  the  word 
that  was  spoken,  he  said  unto  the  ruler  of 
the  synagogue.  Be  not  afraid,  only  believe. 

37  Aud  he  suflered  no  man  to  follow 
him,  save  Peter,  and  James,  and  John  the 
brother  of  James. 

38  Aud  he  comelh  to  the  house  of  the 
ruler  of  the  synagogue,  and  seeth  the  tu- 
mult, and  them  that  wept  and  wailed 
greatly. 

39  And  when  he  was  come  in,  he  said 
unto  them.  Why  make  ye  this  ado,  and 
weep  ?  the  damsel  is  not  dead,  butsleepeth. 

40  And  they  laughed  him  to  scorn. 
But  when  he  had  put  them  all  out,  he  tak- 
cth  the  father  and  the  mother  of  the  dam- 
sel, and  them  that  were  with  him,  aud 
entereth   in  where  the  damsel  was  lying. 

41  And  he  took  the  damsel  by  the 
hand,  aud  said  unto  her,  TaliLlia  cumi  ; 
which  is.  being  interpreted.  Damsel,  (I  say 
unto  thee,)  arise. 

43  And  straightway  the  damsel  arose, 
and  walked  ;  for  she  was  of  the  age  of 
twelve  years.  And  they  were  astonished 
with  great  astonishment. 

43  And  he  charged  them  straitly  that 
no  man  should  know  it ;  and  commanded 


that  something  should  be  given  her  to  eat. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "The  dead  shall 
hear  the  voice  of  the  Sou  of  God  ;  and 
they  that  hear  shall  live." — John  v.  25. 

TOPIC— "There  -  shall  be  no  more 
death." — Rev.  xxi.  4. 


HOME  READINGS. 
2  Kings  iv.  ]8.37— The  Shunammite's  Son. 
JIatt.      ix.  lS-2a— The  Ruler's  Daughter. 
Luke     vii.  11-23— The  Widow  of  Naiu's  Son. 
,  John      xi.  30-4.5— Lazarus  from  the  (Irave. 
Matt,  xxviii  1-20— The  Resurrection  of  Jesus. 
Acts        Ix.  3J-13 — Dorcas  raised  to  Life. 
1  Cor.    xv.  .3.5-58— Resurrection  from  the  Dea4 
TOPIJAL  ANALYSIS. 
The  Anxious  Father,  verses  22,  33. 
The  Death  Message,    verse  35. 

The  Comforting  Word,  verses  86-37.   - 
Wailing  and  Moclcing,        "      38-40. 
The  Word  of  Life,  "      41-43. 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

What  is  the  first  topic  ?  What  was  our 
last  lesson  about  ?  Where  was  Jesus  go 
ing  when  he  healed  the  woman  '?  (verse  22- 
24.)  Who  was  this  man  ?  (verse  22.) 
Who  was  sick  ?  How  many  daughters 
did  he  have  ?  (Luke  viii.  42.)  What  did 
he  think  Jesus  must  do  to  heal  her  ?  (verse 
23.) 

What  is  the  second  topic  ?  Who 
brought  it  ?  (verse  35,)  What  was  Jesus 
doing  when  the  message  came  ?  (verse  34.) 
What  did  the  messenger  say  ?  (verse  35.) 
Why  did  he  think  Jesus  could  not  help 
her  ?  (Probably  this  was  the  first  instance 
of  Jesus'  raising  the  dead.) 

What  is  the  tlilrd  topic  ?  Did  Jesus  an- 
swer the  message  ?  Who  did  he  speak  to  ? 
and  what  did  he  say  ?  (verse  30.)  Do  you 
suppose  the  ruler  was  sorry  that  Jesus 
stopped  to  heal  the  woman  ?  As  Jesus 
knew  the  girl  was  dying,  why  do  you 
think  he  stopped  ?  Was  it  not  to  teach 
the  father  more  faith  ?    What  do  we  need  ? 

What  is  the  fourth  topic  ?  What  were 
they  doing  when  Jesus  arrived  ?  (verse  38.)' 
AVhat  did  he  say  to  them  ?  (verse  39.) 
What  did  they  do  ?  (verse  40.)  Why  did 
they  do  this  ?  Those  who  believe  his  word 
do  not  need  to  wail  and  make  ado.  What 
did  Jesus  do  ?  (verse  40.)  Did  any  of  the 
scorners  see  his  great  work  ?  None  such 
will  ever  see  any  of  his  blessed  work. 

What  is  the  iifth  topic  ?  What  did  the 
Lord  do  ?  (verse  41.)  What  did  he  say  ? 
What  was  the  result  ?  (verse  42.)  How 
did  he  calm  the  sea  ?  How  cast  out  dev- 
ils ?  How  heal  the  sick  ?  How  raise  the 
dead  ?  We  have  his  word  now. — National 
a.  S.  Teacher. 


Order  ia  Sabbath-School. 


There  are  many  of  the  Sabbath- 
Ecbools  of  our  country  that  could  be 
materially  improved  by  tlie  observing  of 
b?tter  order.  Sometimes  managers  of 
Sabbath-schools  make  great  efforts  to 
preserve  order  in  their  schools.  This 
usually  spoils  it.  You  may  now  aud 
then  hear  superintendents  speak  imper- 
atively, declaring  that  they  "  will  have 
order."  Good  order  is  not  to  be  found, 
generidly,  where  such  language  is  much 
used.  Indifferent  management  is  the 
cause  of  confusion.  The  best  order  is 
to  be  found  where  apparently  the  least 
effort  is  made  to  secure  it.  The  work 
of  the  school,  and  the  kind,  quick  and 
faithful  labor  of  the  superintendent 
will  secure  the  desired  end,  without  a 
special  eS'int  to  induce  children  to  be- 
have well. 

If  a  minister  can  )iot  interest  a  con- 
gregation and  secure  the  attention  of 
the  people  without  repealed  calk  for 
their  sympathy  and  attention,  it  is  t 
pretty  good  evidence  that  he  is  not  in  a 
proper  condition  for  the  responsible 
work  in  hand,  or  that  it  is  time  for  him 
to  quit.  And  if  the  superintendent  of 
a  Sabbath-school  cannot  secure  the  at- 
teuttoa  aod  good  purposes  of  the  chil- 
dren to  the  work  of  the  Sabbath-school, 
there  is  a  strong  probability  that  he  had 
better  get  out  of  the  way  and  permit 
some  one  to  try  whose  facilities  may  be 
better  than  his.  Let  the  work  of  the 
Sabbath-school,  with  the  pleasant  tasks 
of  the  hour,  fully  employ  the  hearts  of 
the  little  ones,  and  there  will  be  no  dis- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


order  in  the  schools.  Order  is  not  to 
be  secured  by  coercion,  but  by  faithful 
study  to  make  the  Sabbath-school  a 
place  of  refined  association  and  sacred 
duty. — Missionary  Visitor. 

The  International  Lessons  are  pub- 
lished in  Constantinople  in  the  Arme- 
nian, Turkish  and  Greek  characters. 
These  are  also  published  regularly  in 
the  Sandwich  Islands. 


The  Sunday-school  workers  value 
most  the  religious  influences  of  a  godly 
home.  Teachers  want  the  help  of  pa- 
rents while  they  are  giving  help  to  pa- 
rents in  training  the  children  of  their 
charge,  and  many  a  teacher's  heart  is 
made  glad  by  what  he  finds  in  the 
homes  of  his  scholars  as  he  visits  them 
in  his  efforts  to  secure  parental  co  ope- 
ration. 


Very  Good  Rules. — A  very  skillful 
and  successful  teacher  of  children  is 
wont  to  express  her  indebtedness  for 
much  of  her  success  to  the  following 
rules,  which  were  first  put  into  this 
shape  by  Jacob  Abbott:  "When  you 
consent,  consent  cordially."  "When 
you  refuse,  refuse  finally  •"  ' '  When 
you  punish,  punish  goodnaturedly ." 
■'Commend  often."     "  Never  scold." 


|{^r«|U  ttttll  %^\\\\    %\\%, 


Health  Without  Medicine. 


The  progress  that  has   been  made  in 
the  past  fifty  years  in  the  spread  of  the 
truths    of  Hygiene,    and  in   the  pop- 
ular knowledge  of  anatomy,  gives  great 
hop3  for  the  future  of  the  race.   Blood- 
letting, purging,  salivation,  tartar  eme- 
tics, and   Thompsonian   emetics,   with 
their  train  of  horrors,  have  quite    gone 
out  of  fashion.     Now  we  have  cooling 
acid  beveradges,  and   baths  instead  of 
phlebotomy,  tomatoes   for   calomel,  in- 
nocent powders,  sugar   pills,    and  pre- 
scribed dietetic   regimen,   in    place   of 
these  awful  emetics.     Who  can  say,  in 
view  of  all  th.ese  facts,    that   the  world 
does  not   move?     Cholera  we  disarm 
with  cleanliness,  simple    dry  earth  and 
proper  drainage  give  the  typhoids   no 
chance  for  a   footing ;   vaccination  robs 
emall-pox  of  its  terrors;  and  as  to  the 
minor  scourges,  diet,  sleep,    and  prop- 
er clothing   extract   their   siing.     Ten 
years  ago  oat-meal  and   cracked  wheat 
as  food  for  human   beings  were  almost 
unknown  in  this  country ;  now  they  are 
as  regularly  found  in  the  breakfast  bills 
of  fare  of  our  first-class  hotels  as  steak 
or  coffee,  and  are  rapidly  making  their 
way  into  private  families.     Fifty  years 
ago  earnest  students  tried  to   accustom 
themselves  to  four,  five,  or  six  hours  of 
sleep  and  a  low   diet;  crushing   down 
the  body  in  order  that  the  soul  might 
attain  a  more  heroic  stature.    Only  the 
foolish  and  ignorant  do   that  now.     It 
is  or  ought  to  be  well    understood  that 
the  person  who  works  with  his  brain, 
whether  at  mathematics,  finance,  liter- 
ary composition,  politics,  or  even  mere 
worry,    requires   eight  or  nine    hours 
sleep  to  knit  tip  the  t  raveled  sleave  of 
care  and  keep  his  brain   in  high  work- 
ing condition. 

The  analyses  made  by  our  chemists 
of  blood,  bone,  nerve,  tissue,  muscle, 
and  all  the  various  foods,  render  it  easy 


for  the  intelligent  mother  to  feed  the 
members  of  her  household  with  food 
"convenient  for  them"  and  suited  to 
reinforce  the  particular  wastes  of  body 
they  may  individually  suffer.  She  may 
know,  if  she  will,  how,  by  the  obser- 
vance of  hygienic  laws  to  prevent  dis- 
ease, and  how  to  cure  it  in  its  earliest 
stages  without  medicine;  how  to  pass 
from  winter  to  spring  without  getting 
spring  fever;  how  to  get  through  the 
heated  term  and  escape  fevers  and 
bowel  complaints;  how  to  pass  from 
autum  to  spring  and  not  suffer  serious 
inconvenience  from  coughs  and  colds. 
It  is  within  the  power  of  every  woman 
to  know  all  these  things  just  as  she 
knows  how  to  adjust  her  clothing  to 
the  various  seasons.  And  when  the 
conscientious  mother  reflects  how  al- 
most the  entire  well-being  of  her  hus- 
band and  children  depends  on  her  po- 
sessing  this  knowledge,  she  wiil  not 
be  contented  until  she  is  thoroughly 
furnished  for  the  discharge  of  the  duties. 
Surely  no  object  is  worthy  of  greater 
devotion.  Full  are  the  books,  ample 
are  the  means,  by  which  a  thoroughly 
practicle  knowledge  of  ail  the  laws 
which  govern  body  and  soul  may  be 
attciined;  observmg  which  health  ,  hap- 
piness, longevity,  shall  be  the  rule  and 
not  the    exception. — iV.   Y.    Tribune. 


To  Kill  Insects  use  hot  alum- water. 
It  will  destroy  red  and  black  ants,  cock- 
roaches, spiders,  chinch  bugs,  and  all 
the  crawling  pests  which  infest  our 
houses.  Take  two  pounds  of  alum  and 
dissolve  it  in  three  or  four  quarts  of 
boiling  water;  let  it  stand  on  the  fire 
until  the  alum  disappears ;  then  apply 
it  with  a  brush  while  nearly  boiling  hot 
to  every  joint  and  crevice  in  your  clos- 
ets, bedsteads,  pantry  shelves,  and  the 
like.  Brush  the  crevices  in  the  floor 
o^  the  skiriting  or  mop-boards,  if  you 
suspect  they  harbor  vermin.  If,  in 
whitewashing  a  ceiling,  plenty  of  alum 
is  added  to  the  lime,  it  will  also  serve 
to  keep  insects  at  a  distance.  Cock- 
roaches will  flee  the  paint  which  has 
been  washed  in  cool  alum  water.  Su- 
gar barrels  and  boxes  can  be  freed  from 
ants  by  drawing  a  wide  chalk  mark 
just  around  the  edge  of  the  top  of  them. 
The  mark  must  be  unbroken,  or  they 
will  creep  over  it,  but  a  continuous 
chalk  line  half  an  inch  in  width  will 
set  their  depredations  at  naught. 
Powdered  alum  or  borax  will  keep  the 
chinch  bug  at  a  respectable  distance, 
and  travelers  should  always  carry  a 
package  of  it  in  their  hand-bags  to  scat- 
ter over  and  under  the  pillows  and  in 
places  where  they  have  reason  to  sus- 
pect the  presence  of  such  bedfellows. — 
Germaniown  Telegraph. 


strike  a  match  and  shut  your  hands 
around  it  so  as  to  catch  the  smoke,  and 
the  stain  will  disappear. 


An  experienced  housekeeper  says 
that  flies  may  be  kept  out  of  a  butter 
plate  on  the  table  by  a  simple  and 
novel  expedient — by  planting  in  it  a 
thin  slice  of  bread,  cut  columnwise,  and 
inserted  in  a  perpendicular  positiou. 
Whether  the  bread  scares  off  the  flies 
the  lady  cannot  say,  but  she  declares  it 

certainly  keeps  them  off. 

• » » 

If  you  have  been  picking  or  handling 
acid  fruit  and  have  stained  your  hands, 
wash  them  in  clear  water,  wiping  them 
lightly,  and   while   they  are  yet  moist 


A  WiEconsin  man  says  that  the  flames 
of  burning  kerosene  can  be  extinguish- 
ed by  throwing  on  flour.  It  seems 
reasonable  that  any  absorbent  material 
not  readily  combustible  might  be  effec- 
tive for  such  a  purpose. 


One  square  inch  of  a  lilac  leaf  has 
120,000  mouths,  whose  office  is  to  give 
out  the  moisture  in  which  the  food 
absorbed  by  the  roots  has  been  dis- 
solved. 

Recent  experiments  show  that  water 
which  remains  over  night  in  lead  pipes 
contains  one-tenth  of  a  grain  of  lead  to 
the  gallon. 

'^^^  81(4  ^^^% 

Horticulture  for  the  People. 


I  f  !el  desirous  on  this  occasion  to 
urge  the  truth  that  an  intelligent  atten- 
tion to  horticulture  will  enable  any  man 
who  owns  a  square  rod  of  land  to  pro- 
vide more  of  domestic  comfort,  and  to 
gather  around  his  home  more  of  real, 
substantial  attraction,  than  by  an  equal 
amount  of  labor  and  expenditure  in  anv 
other  way,  I  have  seen  men  build  for 
themselves  dwellings  costing  from  $5,- 
000  to  $10,000  or  more,  who  seemed 
wholly  unaware  of  the  almost  intioite 
amount  of  attraction  which  might  be 
added  by  ornamental  planting,  and  by 
the  cultivation  of  the  yearly  circle  of 
fruits.  A  neighbor  built  a  handsome 
brick  mansion  which  would  now  cost 
$15,000.  He  then  went  to  a  neigh- 
boring nursery,  and  by  a  great  stretch 
of  liberality,  as  he  thought,  expended 
in  ornamental  trees  and  shrubs  the 
huge  sum  of  $5,  currency.  He  had 
been  taught,  or  had  taught  himself,  to 
believe  that  it  was  a  waste  of  funds  to 
buy  trees  that  were  merely  '  'good  to 
look  at,"  although  he  had  put  several 
thousand  dollars  in  piles  of  brick  and 
stucco  for  no  other  purpose  whatever 
than  show,  for  his  house  would  have 
been  really  more  convenient  and  comfort  ■ 
able  if  he  had  reduced  its  size  and  pre- 
tentions, and  made  it  cost  at  least  $5,- 

000  less.  A  twentieth  part  of  the 
amount  thus  eaved  would  have  given 
him  a  valuable  fruit  garden,  and  have 
invested  his  dwelling  with  a  paradise 
of  rich  foilage,  and  with  the  bloom  and 
perfume  of  flowers.  The  truth  was 
he  had  never  read  a  horticultural  book 
or  journal,  nor  cultivated  the  dormant 
tastes,  often  smothered  down  and  un- 
developed, which  naturally  exists  in 
the  bosom  of  nearly  every  human  being. 

1  say  nearly  every  one,  for  there  seem 
to  be  a  few  in  whom  from  some  defi- 
cient phrenological  development,  or 
from  some  other  cause,  a  refined  taste 
for  these  beauties  of  nature  seems  to 
be  totally  extinct — and  should  claim 
our  pympathy  for  this  natural  depriva- 
tion. In  the  case  I  have  mentioned , 
the  taste  of  the  owner  of  the  elegant 
brick  mansion,  if  he  had  possessed  it, 
seemed  hidden  far  down  under  a  pon- 
derous heap  of  greenbacks,  bonds  and 
mortgages,  whfch  he  had  worked  30 
years  to  accumulate.  I  have  had  occa- 
sion to  contrast  this    bleak  and  stately 


mansion  with  some  neat  and  small 
dwellings  erected  at  a  tenth  the  expense 
surrounded  with  all  the  attractions  of 
soft  masses  of  green  foliage  and  cluster- 
ing flowers. 

Every  man  in  this  country  has  these 
delights  and  advantages  within  his 
reach.  N.  P.  Willis  very  justly  ob- 
served that  ''Nature  lets  the  tree  grow 
and  the  flower  expand  for  man,  with- 
out reference  to  his  account  at  the 
bank."  Every  man  in  health  in  this 
country  can  have  land  enough  and 
means  enough  to  exercise  his  skill  in 
cultivation.  We  too  often  fall  into  the 
error  of  thinking  that  one  must  be  pos- 
itively wealthy  in  order  to  enjoy  a  well- 
planted  and  well-kept  home.  Every 
person  may  have  as  comfortable  compe- 
tence as  he  advances  in  years.  Sup- 
pose that  a  young  man  at  21  begins 
merely  as  a  day  laborer.  If  he  can  lay 
up  only  $100  yearly,  and  add  interest 
to  interest  at  7  per  cent,  he  will  in  40 
years,  or  at  the  age  of  61,  have  ac- 
cumulated no  less  than  $20,000.  Many 
however,  will  easily  lay  aside  $200  a 
year,  in  which  case  they  would  have  at 
61  years  ;  $40,000,  There  are  some 
leaks  which  a  prudent  man  will  stop, 
and  thus  add  to  the  accumulations. 
Suppose,  for  example,  he  is  willing  to 
forego  the  use  of  tobacco,  which  may 
happen  to  cost  him  but  $20  yearly — 
this  saving  alone  will  amount  to  $4,000 
in  his  lifetime  of  40  years.  These  facts 
shows  that  every  industrious  person  at 
least  may  secure  for  himself  a  pleasant 
and  comfortable  horns.  If  a  mechanic 
he  can  purchase  a  small  lot  of  land ;  if 
a  farmer,  a  few  acres  will  suffice  to 
gather  around  his  home  all  that  may 
be  desired  of  fiae  fruit  and  blooming 
ornamentals. — Frof,  Thomas. 


A  correspondent  expresses  the  rea- 
sonable opinion  that,  considering  the 
value  of  a  cord  of  hard  wocd  has  ad- 
vanced during  the  last  50  years  from 
$1  to  $8,  it  would  be  a  good  thing  if 
every  farmer  should  at  once  plant  a 
wood  lot  for  his  children .  He  further 
says  he  is  now  cutting  pine  saw-logs, 
18  inches  in  diameter,  which  30  years 
ago  were  saplings  only  five  feet  iahight. 
One  of  his  neighbors  40  years  ago, 
bought  a  lot  ofnewly  cleared  woodland 
for  two  dollars  per  acre  which  is  now, 
with  its  natural  second  growth  worth 
over  forty  dollars  per  acre. 


The  last  idea  about  fencingis  to  plant 
trees  for  posts,  and  when  they  are 
strong  enough,  string  wires  from  one 
to  another.  The  kind  of  tree  is  un- 
important, but  of  course,  fruit,  nut  and 
maple  trees  will  be  more  profitable 
than  others  On  the  plains  where 
fruit  trees  will  not  grow  without  shel-' 
ter-belts,  cotton-wood  and  white  golden 
willow  may  be  planted. 

In  extensive  farm-yards,  where  fowls 
have  a  wide  range  and  plenty  of  food, 
they  may  be  kept  in  flocks  of  consider- 
able size,  and  so  long  as  they  have 
their  liberty  they  will  thrive  and  yield 
liberal  returns.  But  when  it  becomes 
necessary  to  shut  them  up,  in  order  to 
prevent  their  doing  damage,  large  flocks 
speedily  becomes  diseased,  and  cease 
to  be  productive. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ExecntiTe  Committee  Notice.— The  Executive  Com 
mittee  of  the  National  Christian  Association  will  meet  at 
the  Cynosure  office  on  Friday,  August  21st,  at  11  o'clock 
A.  M.,  for  the  transaction  of  deferred  business,  and  such 
other  matters  as  may  be  brought  up. 

By  order  of  the  Chairman. 

i*  ■  » 

A  MODEL  CYNOSURE. 

"I  should  be  glad  to  see  in  tlie  Cynosure,  a  paper  so  truth- 
ful, 80  tempe'rate,  so  consistent  with  the  Word  of  God,  and 
yet  so  convincing  that  I  could  not  only  read  it  myself,  but 
recommend  it  to  others."  S.  Davis. 

Ansonia,  Conn. 

We  are  so  pleased  witli  the  above,  piiblislied  under 
the  heading,  "Our  Mail,"  that  we  reinsert  and  make 
it  our  model.  The  writer,  we  assume,  does  not  ex- 
pect us  to  overthrow  a  dark  system  of  falsehood  which 
men  have  joined  to  get  secret  advantages  of  their 
neighbors,  in  a  manner  "so  temperate  and  convincing" 
that  Freemasons,  and  those  who  wish  the  money  and 
moral  support  of  Freemasons,  will  not  be  angry.  Tliis 
would  not  be  "consistent  with  the  Word  of  God 
Witness  the  uproar  at  Ephesus  of  those  whose  "craft" 
was  in  danger. 

The  question  is.  Are  the  American  churches  now  in 
a  state  so  identical  with  that  of  the  corrupt  Jewish 
church,  in  the  days  of  the  prophets,  that  similar  treat- 
ment is  required  ?  We  verily  beheve  that  our  state  is 
morally  and  spiritually  identical  with  theirs.  While 
some  of  them  worshipped  and  served  the  true  God  in 
sincerity,  except  under  Josiah,  Hezekiah  and  a  few 
such  kings,  the  Hebrews  all  practiced  strange  worships 
invented  by  such  men  as  Jeroboam,  "who  made  Israel 
to  sin."  The  result  was,  the  oath  came  to  mean 
nothing;  justice  went  down,  and  Isaiah  said,  "Oh 
fooHsh  nation !  a  people  laden  with  iniquity. "  "The 
whole  head  is  sick  and  the  whole  heart  faint." 
'  'Truth  is  fallen  in  the  street  and  equity  cannot  enter." 
It  will  not  be  denied  that  there  is  a  similar  relaxation 
of  morals,  in  church  and  state,  among  us. 

And  the  causes  are  the  same.  A  Master  Mason 
swears  to  conceal  all  crimes  but  two  ;  and  a  Royal 
Arch  Mason  all  crimes,  without  exception,  in  a  Ma 
sonic  brother,  if  given  him  as  secrets.  And  divers 
side-worships  work  the  same  moral  confusion  here  as 
among  the  Jews  before  their  nation  fell. 

Now  liow  did  men  inspired  and  sent  of  God  treat 
that  case.  With  the  greatest  possible  violence  of 
language  the  prophets  denounced,  not  only  corrup- 
tion in  general,    but  men  in  particular  and  by  name. 

Their  style  ran  thus :  ''The  ancient  and  honorable, 
he  is  the  head ;  and  the  prophet  that  prophesieth  lies, 
he  is  the  tail."  They  told  the  popular  court-preach- 
ers squarely  to  their  faces,  that  they  "prophesied  lies 
in  the  name  of  God.^^  And  they  assured  the  whole 
population,  from  the  king  down,  that  those  false- 
worships  would  be  the  certain  death  of  the  nation  un- 
less they  were  stopped.  They  succeeded  by  the  help 
of  the  Babylonish  captivity,  in  overthrowing  the  wor- 
ship of  false  gods ;  but  they  could  not  and  did  not  sup- 
press the  false  worships.  In  Christ's  day,  the  pop- 
ular preachers  thought  more  of  human  "traditions" 
and  "commandments  of  men,"  such  as  make  up  our 
lodge-worships,  than  they  did  of  the  law  of  God. 
John,  Christ's  harbinger,  when  he  saw  such  men  in 
his  congregations,  called  them  a  "generation  of  vipers" 
which  fell  on  the  popular  ear  as  '  '0  seed  of  snakes !" 
would  fall  on  ours. 

Now  those  "Pharisees  and  Sadducees"  were  gentle- 
manly men  for  the  most  part.  But  they  taught  the 
people  a  religion  consistent  with  sin.  And  they 
taught  the  true  religion  in  the  spirit  of  the  world  ; 
"the  fear  of  God  by  the  precepts  of  men."  Tiie  re- 
sult was,  public  conscience  died  out.  The  oath  lost 
its  sacredness,  marriage ,  its  sanctity.  They  became 
a  "sinful  and  adulterous  generation,"  and  their  nation 
went  out  in  blood  as  ours  is  going,  when  corruption 
and  rottenness  go  a  little  father  among  the  people  and 
their  representatives. 

Christ  told  those  preachers,  whose  chief  objects  were 


gain  and  promotion,  and  who  shunned  unpopular 
truth  under  the  idea  of  saving  their  reputations  to  do 
good  with,  that  they  were  "hypocrites,"  actors  of  a 
part  in  life.  And  when  Paul  met  a  lodge-man  of  this 
sort,  who  practiced  the  spiritualist  sorceries  of  that 
age,  he  soluted  him  thus  :  "0  full  of  all  subtlety 
and  all  mischief,  thou  child  of  the  idevil,  thou  enemy 
of  all  righteousness,  wilt  thou  not  cease  to  pervert  the 
right  ways  of  the  Lord?" 

Now  will  our  good  Connecticut  brother  give  us,  in 
a  written  article,  (no  matter  how  long,  we  will  print 
it,)  the  proof  that  A.  H.  Quint,  of  Massachusetts, 
Henry  D.  Moore,  of  Springfield,  Illinois,  and  other 
adiiering  Freemasons  who  are  ministers,  and  who  are 
filled  with  the  oaths  and  blasphemies  of  the  lodge,  are 
not  to  be  treated  in  just  this  way.  In  an  age  of  form 
and  of  force,  Moses  said  of  these  worships  and  worship- 
pers, "Consecrate  yourselves  to-day  to  the  Lord, 
every  man  upon  his  son,  and  upon  his  brother."  But 
Paul  said,  "Have  no  fellowship  with  the  unfruitful 
works  of  darkness. " 


THE  REASON  AND  THE  REMEDY. 


The  art  of  Satan  is  to  puzzle  the  intellect  while  he 
depraves  the  heart  and  deteriorates  the  man.  Ever 
since  the  Fox  girls'  rappings  in  1849  at  Hydeville? 
N.  Y. ,  men  have  been  discussing  the  question,  "What 
makes  ihe  rappings  and  tippings?"  One  weak  and 
superficial  writer  early  gave  us,  "Modern  Mysteries, 
Examined  and  Exposed."  Others  deny  there  are 
any  mysteries  to  this  day;  and  while  this  *'seeTcing 
unto  familiar  spirits'^  goes  on,  corrupting  and  des- 
troying thousands,  the  vain  and  shallow  quid-nuncs  go 
on  settHng  the  never  settled  question.  What  makes 
the  phenomena;  while  the  snake  Hes  hid  in  the  very 
dust  of  discussion  which  he  raises. 

So  with  this  loathesome  Beecherism.  To-day,  ten 
thousand  thousands  pore  daily  over  the  question  of  his 
adultery,  who  care  little  or  not  at  all  whether  he  is 
guilty  or  not;  or,  indeed,  any  one  else.  They  amuse 
themselves  with  crime,  and  are  making  this  nation  a 
cock-pit  and  beer-garden  of  religion,  and  a  brothel  of 
souls.  The  cause  of  this  state  of  things  is  the  absence 
of  God's  truth  and  the  presence  of  the  world  in  press 
and  pulpit.  The  Congregationalist,  Independent, 
and  the  (Un)  Christian  Union  have  long  been  flying 
devils'  kites  with  religious  tails  to  them.  "The  proph- 
ets prophesy  falsely  and  the  priests  bear  rule  by  their 
means,"  now,  just  as  of  old. 

The  only  remedy  now  is  that  practiced  by  Ezra  and 
Nehemiah  of  old.  We  urge  the  reading  of  the  books 
of  those  two  good  men. 

Let  us  meet  next  year  at  Pittsburgh  as  a  "National 
Christian  Association,"  and  observe  a  season  of  "prayer 
and  fasting"  over  fallen  doctrine  and  fiillen  morals  in 
this  great  nation.  Meantime,  let  there  be  monthly 
meeting's  of  prayer,  everywhere,  for  personal  humili- 
ation, prayer  and  supplication  for  deliverance  from  the 
open  shams  and  secret  oaths  and  blasphemies  of  the 
lodge. 

. m  ■  » 

Bishop  Whitkhouse. — Henry  J.  Whitehouse,  Epis- 
copal Bishop  of  Illinois,  died  at  his  residence  in 
Chicago,  Aug.  10th  inst. ,  aged  71  years. 

He  was  appointed  Bishop  here  twenty-three  years 
ago.  In  these  years  so  eventful  iu  the  history  of  this 
country  and  the  world,  he  took  no  part  at  all  in  the 
questions  of  the  age;  unless  praying  in  a  "secesh" 
convention  was  such  part.  Newspaper  editors  praise 
his  learning,  without  telling  us  how  that  learning- 
showed  itself  to  men.  He  devoted  his  whole  time 
and  strength  to  produce  the  belief  that  his  branch 
(Episcopal)  of  the  church  was  "the  church  of  Christ;" 
though  he  knew  that  it  was  shaped  as  it  now  is,  sub- 
stantially, by  an  act  of  the  British  Parliament.  A 
clergyman  of  his  diocese  was  charged  by  the  oath  of 
respectable  women  with  attempting  to  lead  them  to 
adultery  and  fornication;  and  the  Bishop  showed  no 
zeal  or  desire  to  sentence  him.  Another  of  his  minis- 
ters refused  to  say  that  an  infant  was  regenerated 
when  baptized  by  one  of  his  priests,  and  regenerated 
by  that  baptism  ;  and  Mr.  Cheney  was  pushed  by  his 


bishop  with  that  "will-power"  which  the  Chicago 
Journal  gives  him  credit  for.  When  visiting  Rome, 
he  was  r  ported  by  the  papers  to  have  kissed  the  toe 
of  the  Pope  or  knelt  before  him,  we  forget  which. 
Wixs  it  not  of  such  men  that  Christ  said,  "Except 
your  righteousness  exceed  the  righteousness  of  the 
scribes  and  Pharisees  ye  cannot  enter  into  the  king- 
dom of  God?" 


A  GRANGE  FIGHT. 


Good  Hope  Grange,  of  McDonough  county,  lUinoia, 
was  reported  not  long  since  as  disbanded,  and  the  rea- 
sons therefor  published  to  the  world,  with,  we  are 
sure,  the  approval  of  reasonable  men.  The  grange 
disbanded  June  20th,  and  expressed  itsgrievancfs  by 
the  decided  vote  of  twenty -five  to  two.  Grand  Master 
Golder  and  his  lackeys  have  tried  to  patch  up  the  af- 
fair before  the  public  as  a  more  secession  of  an  unruly 
faction  ;they  have,  moreover,  worked  up  another  grange 
in  the  eame  locality,  which  organized  August  Ist, 
and  expelled  the  disaffected  members.  The  latter  al- 
so held  a  meetins:  at  the  same  time  and  after  a  full 
discussion  of  their  form  A  action  passed  the  following: 

Whereas,  One  or  two  members  of  said  grange, 
[Good  Hope]  aided  by  the  editor  of  the  Illinois  Gran- 
ger, havs  seen  fit  to  publish  and  scandalously  promul- 
gate vile  and  slanderous  terms  and  epithets  against  the 
brethren  of  said  grange,  denying  their  right  to  dissolve 
all  relations  whatsoever  with  the  order  of  P.  H. ,  there- 
by demonstrating  to  the  world  the  truth  of  our  allega- 
tion in  our  resolutions  of  the  20lh  of  June:  "That 
they  have,  and  do  now,  exercise  unwarranted  and  sys- 
tematic autocratic  authority,  ruling  as  with  a  rod  of 
iron,  from  whose  edit  there  is  no  appeal;"  and  further 
we  now  present  to  the  world,  in  proof  of  our  allega- 
tion in  said  resolution,  that  the  order  was  beir.g  used 
by  men  for  their  pergonal  political  purposes,  the  fol- 
lowing extracts  from  a  letter  sent  to  the  offi'^ers  of  this 
grange  by  the  present  Overseer    of  the  State  Grange. 

"We  think  we  have  resoluted  long  enough,  and 
the  time  has  come  when  we  ought  to  act  and  enforce 
many  of  our  resolutions;  we  are  aware  there  is  noth- 
ing to  be  gained  at(1873)  fall  election  in  point  of  having 
our  laws  corrected,  but  would  it  not  be  well  to  try  our 
strength  as  soon  as  possible  at  the  ballot-box."  I  see 
some  counties  in  the  State  have  already  called  a  con- 
vention. &c.  I  only  set  out  to  ask  your  opinion  on 
the  subject  of  calling  a  convention,  and  the  best  way 
to  accomplish  the  most  good." 

From  the  tenor  of  the  foregoing,  and  the  persistent 
personal  efforts  made  by  a  few  of  the  members  of  Good 
Hope  Grange|to  make  it  a  political  organization,  we 
were  forced  to  the  conclusion  expressed  in  said  pream- 
ble and  resolutions;  and  from  the  course  subsequent- 
ly pursued  by  the  few  members  who  have  persistently 
impugned  the  motives  of  the  brethren,  and  the  mis- 
statement of  the  facts  in  the  letter  of  A.  Golder,  Mas- 
ter of  State  Crrange,  in  asserting  there  were  but  four- 
teen members  present,  whereas  the  records  of  the 
grange  show  there  were  twenty-five  voting  aye  and 
but  two  in  the  negative,  therefore,  be  it 

Resolved,  That  we  still  adhere  to  the  sentiment  ex- 
pressed in  the  preamble  and  resolution  adopted  at  a 
lawful  meeting  of  Good  Hope  Grange,  held  on  the 
20th  day  of  June  last  and  claim  that  said  grange  has 
been  regularly  and  lawfull  disbanded  by  a  large  ma- 
jority of  members  present. 

This  is  signed  by  thirty-nine  male  and  eleven  female 
members  of  the  said  grange.  Their  example  will  have 
a  large  following  in  due  time,  for  sensible  men  of  in- 
dependent spirit  who  are  not  wanting  in  the  rural  dis- 
tricts are  not  supposed  to  submit  to  a  perpetual  impo- 
sition and  swindle.  It  is  a  insignificant  fact,  which  is 
being  frequently  corroborated,  that  wherever  a  com- 
munity becomes  enlightened  on  the  grange  question, 
the  busy  agents  of  the  lodge  beseige  it  in  vain. 


NOTES. 

— During  a  pleasant  visit  from  Bro.  J.  T.  Kiggins, 
[i  diana  State  Lecturer,  on  Tuesday  of  last  week,  we 
learn  that  he  ha3  entered  a  homestead  claim  in  west- 
ern Kansas,  near  to  his  father,  and  proposes  to  remove 
thither  in  October.  This  will  be  a  serious  loss  to 
Indiana,  where  Bro.  Kiggins  has  had  great  success  in 
organizing  associations.  If  a  man  can  be  found  to  do 
it,  this  place  should  be  filled  without  delay.  The 
workers  in  Kansas  will  profit  by  the  removal  and 
will  no  doubt  have  something  for  Bro.  Kiggins  to  do 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


in  the  way  of  lectures  when   his  lonely   left  arm   is 
wearied  with  the  plow. 

— The  Telescope  thus  notices  the  efforts  of  anti-lodge 
churches  to  obtain  aid  from  lodge-members:  "We 
have  heard  it  said  by  Ututed  Brethren  lips  that  such 
and  such  a  United  Brethren  church  was  built  by  secret 
society  men.  Some  also  think  tliat  we  can  not  hope 
to  get  much  outside  aid  for  our  benevolent  enterprises 
while  we  maintain  our  present  attitude  on  secrecy.  It 
would  be  a  blessing  to  the  church  if  the  outsiders 
would  drive  the  members  to  build  up  their  institutions 
with  their  own  money  and  then  be  able  to  say  that 
Ihey  own  them."  The  end  of  Asa,  King  of  Judab, 
who  forsook  the  Lord  for  his  physicians,  should  be  re- 
membered by  churches  of  Christ  who  are  in  financial 
embarrassment. 

— The  Ohio  S  tate  meeting,  the  General  Agent 
writes,  was  lipe  in  earnest  feeling,  even  rivaling  the 
late  National  Convention.  The  State  Association  was 
fully  organized  with  a  Vice-president  in  nearly  every 
county,  who  is  expected  to  act  as  agent  in  his  county 
to  secure  signers  to  the  Constitution.  "The  expecta- 
tions of  the  most  sanguine  were  more  than  realized 
and  the  whole  community  is  stirred  to  the  bottom. 
To  God  be  all  the  glory !"  These  are  cheering  words 
and  full  of  promise  for  the  work  in  Ohio.  The  Unit- 
ed Presbyterian  churches  of  central  Ohio  are  taking 
hold  with  vigor,  and  Bio.  Caldwell  is  greatly  encour- 
aged.     He  was  heartily  endorsed  by  the  Convention. 

For  other  notes  of  the  work  in    Ohio  see  the  ''Reform 

News." 

— The  New  Yojk  Times,  lately  the  leading  Repub- 
lican journal  of  tl»e  country,  says  very  reasonably  of 
the  college  fraternities,  "  The  growth  of  secret  socie- 
ties in  colleges  is  much  to  be  deprecated.  They  are 
a  source  of  heart-burning  and  jealousy;  they  tend  to 
separate  young  men  from  their  fellows;  they  create 
unjust  distinctions;  and,  finally,  they  waste  time  and 
money.  It  should  be  the  settled  policy  of  this  coun- 
try to  discourage  all  secret  organizations;  and  if  they 
are  allowed  to  exist  iu  college,  they  are  not  to  be 
resisted  outskle  of  it.  Nothing  worth  doing  in  college 
can  be  any  better  done  by  means  of  a  secret  organiza 
tion;  and  nothing  which  can  justly  be  sought  for 
outside  of  college  needs,  in  America,  to  hide  its  objects 
or  its  actions  behind  a  veil  of  secrecy.!' 

— Masonic  orators  who  prate  of  the  chivalry  of  the 
lodge,  its  regard  for  woman,  and  the  special  arrange- 
ments for  her  reception  to  its  fold,  may  read  the  fol 
lowing  quoted  by  the  Freemason  from  the  Key  Stone. ■ 

"The  Masoaic  Tidings  admits  that  the  'Order  of 
the  Eastern  Star'  is  a  failure,  in  this  language :  'This 
extra-official,  or  Adoptive  Degree,  is  conferred  on  a 
wife,  sister,  or  daughter  of  a  Master  Mason,  by  a 
brother  of  the  Masonic  order,  who  officiates  as  the 
founder  or  patron  of  a  Chapter — that  being  the  name 
given  to  each  subordinate  body,  the  full  organization 
being  known  as  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  But 
like  many  other  adoptive  degrees  in  use,  the  work  of 
instruction  pertaining  to  the  Eastern  Star  is  found  un- 
satisfactory— a  result  mainly  attributable  to  the  unin- 
Btructive  character  of  its  ceremonies  and  language, 
marring  even  the  most  sacred  invocations.  So  deter- 
mined is  this  grave  obstacle  to  the  success  of  an  other- 
wise useful  degree,  that  many  excellent  Masons  refuse 
to  permit  their  wives  or  other  eligible  relatives  to  join 
the  Eastern  Star  Chapters.  It  proposes  to  remedy 
the  evil  by  indulging-  in  another,  to-wit,  the  establish- 
ment of  the  'Older  of  the  Mystic  Star,'  with  a  revised 
ritual.  Any  new  order  that  seeks  to  affiliate  Ancient 
Craft  Masonry  with  itself,  more  especially  if  it  be  a 
female  order,  merits  what  it  usually  attains — an  earlj 
death.'" 

— A  correspondent  of  the  Western  Hural  has  a  few 
sensible  words  on  the  grange  in  a  late  number.  He 
Bays : 

"In  my  life  I  have  been  invited  to  join  the  'Ma- 
sons.' the  'Good  Templars,'  the  'Odd-fellowSs'  ^^^ 
the  'American  Nationals;'  and,  even  the  'Grand 
Order  of  Sons  of  Malta '  proposed  to  give  me  a  ride 
on  their  goat;  but,  always  remembering  my  earlj 
training  of  giving  freely  to  the  world  what  little  I 
knew  or  could  learn,  without  regard  to  nation  or 
character,  I  declined  them  all ;  even  to  the  request  of 
Secretary  Kelley,  of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  that 
1  would  act  in  their  ranks.     I  declined  this  last  honor 


because  I  do  not  belieye  that  any  number  or  mass  of 
men  should  bind  themselves  together  to  aid  their  in- 
terest at  the  risk  of  destruction  to  others.  We  take 
this  as  a  free  country,  each  man  of  credit,  industry 
and  intelligence  having  a  vote  in  its  management  oi 
general  and  local  guidance.  No  restriction  is  now  put 
upon  property  or  cilor,  and  when  any  bond  or  oath 
of  secrecy  comes  into  a  part  and  parcel  of  an  organi- 
zation, it  violates  all  of  cur  national  republican  princi- 
ples. Generally,  as  a  writer,  I  have  kept  pretty  quiet 
upon  this  matter  of  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  because  1 
could  see  that  it,  like  any  other  grand  humbug,  was 
bound  to  have  its  day ;  as  the  masses  generally  read 
but  little,  while  in  every  community  there  are  a  few 
men  ready  to  take  advantage  of  the  ignorance  of  the 
people  provided  it  enures  to  their  benefit." 


Temperance  Address. 


[concluded  from  3d  pauk] 
Whatever  be  the  cause  of  it,  nothing  fills  those  who 
are  engaged  in  a  wrong  practice  with  such  consterna- 
tion and  dread,  as  to  see  others  firsakiug  the  practice, 
and  honestly  striving  to  avoid  all  responsible  connec- 
tion with  it  and  with  them  who  follow  it.  The  very  in- 
stinct of  a  man  tells  him  that  it  is  no  grate- 
ful task  to  oppose  wicked  conduct  and  shun 
wicked  men.  Tiiey  kaow,  therofjre,  that  those 
who  do  this  are  honest  men.  This  is  what  gives  sep- 
aration from  the  world  its  power.  There  is,  it  is  true, 
a  sort  of  fanatic  temperament  which  finds  a  furious 
pastime  in  opposing  eyil.  But,  to  a  wise  and  feeling 
mind,  next  to  the  pain  of  remorse  for  sin  itself  is  the 
pain  of  opposing  sinners.  And  this  is  what  makes  his 
opposition  so  terrible  to  wrong-doers.  Nor  is  this  all 
Numbers  embolden  crime,  and  when  his  associates  be 
gin  to  forsake  an  incorrigible  man,  he  feels  as  if  he 
was  to  be  left  alone  in  his  sins.  For  who  can  tell  but 
his  remaining  partners  may  forsake  him  next?  The 
righteous,  though  forsaken  of  the  whole  world,  still 
has  the  infinite  God  ou  his  side.  But  the  transgressor, 
when  forsaken  by  his  associates,  being  abhorred  ol 
God  and  meeting  no  sympathy  even  from  Satan, 
stands  isolated  and  alone,  and  is  filled  with  insecurity 
and  dread. 

Such  is  the  mighty  power  by  which  Christ  propos- 
es to  bring  the  world  back  to  goodness  and  to  God — 
''Come  ye  out  from  among  them,  and  be  ye  separate, 
eaith  the  Lord;  and  touch  not  the  unclean  thing;  and 
I  will  receive  you.  And  I  will  be  a  Father  to  you, 
and  ye  shall  be  my  sons  and  daughters,  saiththe  Lord 
Almighty."  And  such  is  the  might  of  this  woman's 
movement.  Opinion  enlightened  by  discussion,  had 
poured  on  the  dram-seller  and  his  landlord;  but  what 
cares  avarice,  with  its  clutch  on  gain,  for  opinion!  The 
law  has  marshaled  its  terrors,  but  the  bandits  of  all 
ages  have  deemed  it  smartness  to  escape  penalty,  hero- 
c  to  defy  law.  The  dark  battallions  of  grog,  backed 
by  the  invisible  ruler  of  the  world's  darkness,  walked 
proudly  among  men,  while  wealth  made  them  masters 
of  opinion  and  the  law.  And,  shivering  in  the  back 
ground  of  our  national  picture,  hid  behind  clouds  of 
tobacco  smoke  sEcending  from  the  haunts  of  business 
and  regiments  of  boosy  boys,  stand  the  shrinking 
forms  of  women  worse  than  widows,  and  children 
poorer  than  orphans.  The  very  war  which  has  saved 
our  flag,  has  sunk  our  morals,  while  even  the  professed 
sentinels  of  God,  the  ministers  of  religion,  have  stood 
silent  or  quailed  before  the  deluge  of  strong  drink,  and 
dealt  with  their  hearers  in  sentiment  and  trash.  Then 
came  woman ;  her  heart  bleeding  for  her  country ;  pale 
with  the  untold  agonies  of  the  wives  of  drunkards,  and 
with  horror  at  the  possible  fate  of  her  own  sex,  her  eyes 
meekly  turned  upward  towards  heaven,  and  her  foot 
firmly  planted  on  the  promises  of  God,  she  has  enter 
ed  this  arena,  as  Wellington's  men  went  into  battle, 
''to  die^but  not  to  yield  !"  And  the  very  angels  of 
God,  who  stood  guard  at  that  sepulchre  which  the 
women  would  not  leave  till  they  had  found  the  Con 
queror  of  the  world's  evils,  shall,  at  the  coming  of 
these  women  also,  again  roll  away  the  stone  from  the 
sepulchre  of  human  hope,  and  another  Penticost  shall 
usher  in  another  dispensation  of  glory  to  God,  and 
good  will  to  men. 


tW^ku  mtWm^t, 


— Ttiis  year  the  first  colored  student  will  graduate 
from  the  Theological  school  at  Yale  College,  and  also 
from  ihe  Academical   Depn.rt'nent, 

— It  is  said  th.it  thern  nre  now  niaety-eight  Protes- 
tant churches  in  Mexico,  an  increase  of  ninety-two  m 
five  years.  Romanicin  but  little  removed  from  pagan- 
ism, is  the  worship  of  the  nation. 

— Prcf.  Patton,    editor  of  the    Interior,   has    been 

severely  ill,  a  probable  result  of  hisefleort  ns  prosecutor 
in  the  Swing  trial.   He  ih  now  reported  fiblp,  however. 


P  resby terian '  Theological 


to  resume  his  duties  in  ; 
Seminary  of  Chicago. 

— "A  depleted  treasury  is  the  argument  of  mean 
men  for  a  change  in  the  pastorate,  and  tbe  murmurs 
that  are  heard  over  the  ma(,ter  compel  multitudes  of 
good  ministers  to  migrate,  whose  permanency  in  the 
pastoral  re  ation  might  be  attended  with  untold  bless- 
ing." 

— A  great  camp  meeting  has  been  held  at  Battle 
Creek,  Mich.,  by  the  Seventh  day  Adventists,  The 
crowds  iu  attendance  have  niimbercd  thousands,  and 
a  large  number  have  professed  conversion.  A  lady 
speaker  created  intense  enthusiasm. 

— Bishop  Whipple,  of  Minnesota,  having  refused  to 
ordain  an  insane  divinity  student  was  attacked  by  the 
latter  in  the  Episcopal  church  of  Fairibault.  The  bishop 
forced  the  would-be  assassin  into  a  chair  and  held  him 
until  his  pistol  was  taken  from  him. 

— Antioch,  the  cradle  of  the  Gentile  Church,  has 
Fcarcely  any  record  in  tbe  modern  missionary  enter- 
prise which  is  reviving  Chfistianity  in  the  East.  It  has 
a  small  mission  congregation  of  10  or  15  members, 
without  settled  pastor,  and  at  present  ministered  toby 
a  student  from  the  Bebek  Seminary. 

— Myah  Sah  Pokway,  a  convevter!  Karen  from 
Burmah,  was  ordained  to  the  Gospel  ministry  by  a 
Baptist  council  in  Plainfield,  N,  J.,  dur'ng  the  last 
week  in  July.  He  is  the  son  of  a  Karen  preacher  and 
has  been  educated  in  this  country  at  Hamilton  college 
and  Crozen  Theological  Inrtitute. 

— Rev.  T.  A.  Goodwin,  a  Methodist  minister  of  In- 
diana, is  to  be  tried  on  a  charge  of  heresy  by  his  con- 
ference for  writing  a  book  on  "The  Mode  of  Man's  im- 
mortality," in  which  his  opinions  are  understood  to 
discard  the  common  doctrine  of  tbe  resurrection  and 
to  hold  that  the  entire  personality  of  the  believer 
passes  to  the  presence  of  God  immediately  after 
death. 

—The  co-laborers  of  Mr.  Hammond  in  his  work  at  St. 
Louis  lafst  winter,  to  continue  at  brief  intervals  in 
that  city,  to  conduct  religious  meetings  on  the 
street  corners  and  court-house  steps  and  in  the  market 
places.  In  several  instances  they  have  met  with  op- 
position from  soma  of  the  roughs  from  the  streets,  and 
once  or  twice  have  been  egged,  l^hey  have  applied 
to  the  city  authorities  for  relief  from  such  abuse. 

— In  twelve  years  Mr.  Wilder,  of  the  Kolapur  Mii!- 
sion,  has  visited  and  preached  in  2,464  towns,  with  a 
total  population  of  more  than  two  millions.  In  2,114 
of  them  he  found  no  trace  of  any  previous  rnissionary 
labor,  in  2,062  there  was  not  even  r.  school,  and  in  960 
not  a  tingle  resident  was  found  who  could  read  his 
own  languao'e.  However  much  has  been  done  for  In- 
dia,  it  is  but  little  compared  with  what  yet  remains  to 
be  accomplished. 

— At  the  recent  annual  conference  of  Evangelical 
Christians  in  London,  it  was  stated  that(l)  there  were  in 
England  and  on  the  Continent  between  twenty  and 
thirty  thousand  converted  Jews,  araong  whom  there 
were  four  hundred  ministers  of  the  Gospel,  one  hun- 
dred of  these  being  Church  of  England  clergymen,  and 
one  hundred  of  them  being  missione-ries  to  their  own 
people.  (2)The  Jewish  mmd  seemed  now  opened  to 
the  reception  of  the  truth,  and  the  prejudices  were 
dying  out.  (3)  The  New  Testament  was  now  being 
very  extensively  read  by  the  Je-ivs.  (4)  Jews  and  even 
Jewish  rabbis  and  editors  were  now  speaking  in  the 
most  respectful  terms  of  Jesus  of  Nazareth. 

— The  ladies  of  St.  Louis  have  instituted  a  home 
missionary  society  for  the  visitation  of  the  _  various 
public  institutions  of  the  city  by  miesionnries  and 
tract  distributors,  who  should  talk  to  the  inmates, 
whether  patients  or  criminals,  upon  their  condition 
and  preparation  for  tho  life  beyond,  and  conduct  reli- 
gious services  as  they  had  opportunity.  Six  in- 
stitutions are  now  regularly  and  systematically  visited, 
and  three,  county  house,  city  work-houee  and  quaran- 
tine hospital,  have  small  temporary  libraries  provided, 
and  reading  is  carried  weekly  by  some  of  the  mem- 
bers of  the  mission  to  the  other  three,  viz:  the  jail, 
city  hospital  and  house  of  refuge. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE^ 


^\t  i^mt  ^\^k* 


The  Workinau's  Cry. 


Rest,  rest,  from  Sunday  trftdingl 

God's  way  for  man  Is  best ; 
Six  days  for  honest  labor, 

The  seventh — God's  day — for  rest. 

Rest,  rest,  from  Sunday,  labor ! 

The  laborer  has  a  soul  I 
God  gives  to  him  the  Sabbath, 

Oh,  let  him  have  the  whole. 

Rest,  rest,  from  Sunday  tra'vling! 

let  railroads  keep  the  day; 
'Twould  hinder  many  accidents 

That  now  oft  "block  the  way." 

All  need  the  precious  Sabbath, 
God  knows  man's  nature  best; 

He  says,  "Sis  days  for  labor. 
The  seventh  the  day  for  rest." 

British  Workman. 


Responsibility  of  Society. 


An  excellent  civine  of  this  city — a 
friend  of  ours,  said  to  ub  one  day,  "We 
have  not  yet  learned  the  reepoDEibility 
of  society  to  individuals.  We  talk 
much  of  the  responsibility  of  individu- 
als to  society ,  but  we  forget  that  so- 
ciety is  bound  to  protect  all  her  chil- 
dren." 

I  was  dining  some  time  since  with 
a  distinguished  judge  of  the  Queen's 
bench  in  London.  The  conversation 
turned,  as  you  may  imagine,  on  the 
condition  of  thei  poor.  I  said  to  the 
judge : 

"Did  you  observe  those  poor  chil- 
dren, ragged  and  encruEted  with  filth, 
which  you  passed  to-day  driving  from 
your  house  to  Westminister  Hall  ?" 

''No,  I  observed  none." 

'  'You  must  have  passed  some  hun- 
dreds." 

"It  is  very  likely,but  it  did  not  occur 
to  me  to  observe  them." 

"And  what  must  be  the  fate  of  those 
poor  children  3" 

"Some  of  them  will  die  of  disease, 
some  will  emigrate,  and  some  I  shall 
probably  hang." 

'  "What  means  can  they  have  of  ob- 
taining an  honest  and  honorable  liveli- 
hood?" 

"I  am  sure  I  do  not  know." 

"Is  there  any  alternative  for  them 
but  to  beg,  steal  or  starve  S" 

"I  presume  not." 

"  And  have  you  considered  their  con- 
dition, ascertained  their  wantr,  and 
done  what  you  could  to  avert  the  evils 
to  which  they  are  exposed?" 

"Not  at  all.  I  have  been  otherwise 
engaged." 

"Let  me  tell  you,  then,  sir,  that  I 
would  rather  take  my  stand  at  the  day 
of  judgment  with  those  you  hang  than 
with  yourself." 

"Sir,  do  you  intend  to  insult  me?" 

"By  no  means.  I  would  simply  as- 
sure you  that  those  you  condemn  to  be 
hung  arc  less  guilty  than  yourself. 
God  has  given  you  talents,  education, 
wealth,  a  commanding  position  in  so- 
ciety, and  yet  you  can  pass  daily,  un- 
noticed, hundreds  of  young  beings, 
who,  as  they  grow  iip,  must  necessarily 
beg,  steal  orstarve.  You  do  not  see  them ; 
you  do  not  think  of  their  wretched 
condition ;  you  do  nothing  to  saye  them 
from  that  crime,  on  whicTi  you  hereaf- 
ter sit  in  judgment,  and  am  I  to  regard 
them  as  guilty,  and  you  as  innocent  ? — 
you,  who  might,  had  you  put  forth 
your  hand,  have  saved  them  from  fall- 


ing victims  to  acorruptirgsocial  organ- 
izition." 

The  rich  man,  the  man  of  talents 
and  education,  occupying  a  honorable 
and  important  post  in  society,  who  can 
forget  the  poor  iind  exposed,  fjil  to 
observe  the  thousands  growing  up  for 
the  prison  and  the  gallows,  and  refuse 
to  labor  day  and  night  to  save  them 
from  the  doom  which  must  await  them, 
is,  of  all  the  victims  of  society,  the  one 
mostly  to  be  pitied,  and  whose  hard  lot 
is  the  one  least  of  all  to  be  envied. — 
Quarterly  Review. 


A  Working  Man's  Flea  for  the 
Sabbath. 


"Suppose  the  Sabbath  were  to  bo, 
by  all  people,  instantaneously  abol- 
ished; let  the  railway  trains,  as  on 
other  days,  dart  athwart  the  land ;  let 
the  tide  of  commerce  unarrested  flow ; 
let  the  hives  of  industry  still  swarm ; 
let  the  clangor  of  machinery  and  the 
deafening  roar  of  trade  continue  to  re- 
sound; let  the  tramp*  of  traffic  still 
go  on;  let  the  greedy  grasp  their 
gains,  and  the  slaves  go  groaning  be- 
neath their  fetters;  in  short,  let  the 
contentious  world  proceed  as  at  other 
times.  And  what  would  be  the  upshot 
of  all  this  ?  Should  we  be  the  happi- 
er? the  healthier?  the  freer?  the  rich- 
er ?  Would  any  one  of  the  ends  of  our 
terrestrial  existence  be  in  any  degree 
facilitated  thereby?  Would  the  sel- 
fishness of  man,  unchecked  and  unre- 
proved,  be  less  grinding  or  cruel? 
Would  the  oppressor  be  less  tyrannical  ? 
Would  any  of  the  acknowledged  evils 
of  society  be  diminished  one  iota  ? 
Would  the  competitions,  the  rivalries, 
the  heart-burnings  of  men  be  less 
crushing  and  ruinous?  Alas!  no. 
Every  evil  under  which  we  now  trrithe 
would  be  aggravated ;  every  carnal  pas- 
sion would  then  have  full  swing;  every 
undamped  lust  would  then  burn  with 
increased  intensity ;  health  would  be 
prematurely  blasted;  the  nobility  of 
man  would  be  annihilated;  and  the 
glorious  energies  of  his  immortal  spirit 
would  be  hopelessly  imprisoned. 
Mammon  and  Bacchus  might  continue 
to  be  dilligently  served; but  God  would 
be  unworshiped.  Mankind,  thus  in- 
gloriously  wedded  to  the  world,  would 
through  all  their  lives  grovel  in  the 
dust,  and  never  devoutly  raise  their 
foreheads  to  the  temple  of  the  sky. 
Help,  ye  wearied  children  of  labor! 
Help,  ye  Christian  ministers  and  phi- 
lanthropists !  Help,  ye  statesmen  and 
legislators!  Help,  ye  patriots,  whose 
hearts  yearn  for  the  welfare  of  your 
sufifering  kind !  Help !  that  the  most 
distant  approach  to  such  a  state  of 
things  as  we  have  just  surmised  may 
be  prevented,  and  that  the  blessed  ad- 
vantages chartered  by  the  Sabbath  may 
be  faithfully  preserved  and  zealously 
extended." 


How  Should  a  Child  be  Trained. 

Train  with  .this  thought  continually 
before  your  eyes — that  the  soul  of  your 
child  is  the  first  thing  to  be  considered. 
Precious,  no  doubt,  are  these  little  ones 
in  your  eyee;  but  if  you  love  them, 
think  often  of  their  eouh.  No  interest 
should  weigh  with   you  so  much   as 


their   eternal   interests.       No   part   of 

t^em  should  be  so  dear  to  you  as  that 

part  which  will  never  die.     The  world, 

with  all  its  glory,  shall  pass  away;  the 

hills  shall  melt;  the   heavens   shall   be 

wrapped  together  as  a  scroll ;    and    the 

sun  shrJl  cease  to  shine,  but   the  spirit 

which  dwells  in   those   little  creatures, 

whom  you   love  so  well,    shall    outlive 

them  fill,  iiiid  whether  in  happiness  or 

misery  (to  speak  as  a  man)  will  depend 

on  you. 

•'  « 

This  is  the  thought   that  should  be 

uppermost  in  your  mind,  in  all  you  do 
for  your  children,  Iti  every  step  you 
take  about  them,  in  every  plan,  and 
scheme,  and  arrangement,  that  con- 
cerns them,  do  not  leave  out  that 
mighty  question,  How  ivill  this  affect 
their  souls  ?" 

Soul  love  is  the  soul  of  all  love .  To 
pet,  and  pamper,  and  indulge  your 
child,  as  if  this  world  was  all  he  had 
to  look  to,  and  this  life  the  only  sea- 
son for  happiness, — to  do  this  is  not 
true  love,  but  cruelty.  It  is  treating 
him  like  some  beast  of  the  earth,  which 
has  but  one  world  to  look  to,  and  noth- 
ing after  death.  It  is  hiding  from  him 
that  grand  truth,  which  he  ought  to 
be  made  to  learn  from  his  very  infancy, 
that  the  chief  end  of  his  lifd  is  the  sal- 
vation of  his  soul. 

A  true  Christian  must  be  no  slave  to 
fashion,  if  he  would  train  his  child  for 
heaven.  He  must  not  be  content  to 
do  things  merely  because  they  are  the 
custom  of  the  world ;  to  teach  them  and 
instruct  them  in  certain  ways,  merely 
because  it  is  usual;  to  allow  them  to 
read  books  of  a  questionable  sort,  mere- 
ly because  every  body  reads  them;  to 
let  them  form  habits  of  a  doubtful  ten- 
dency, merely  because  they  are  habits 
of  the  day.  He  must  train  with  an 
eye  to  his  children's  souls.  He  mast 
not  be  ashamed  to  hear  his  training 
called  singular  and  strange.  What  if 
it  is?  The  time  is  short — the  fashion 
of  this  world  passeth  away.  He  that 
has  trained  his  children  for  heaven 
rather  than  for  earth, — for  God  rather 
than  for  man, — he  is  the  parent  that 
will  be  called  wise  at  the   last.  — Bev. 

J.  C.  Ryle, 

«  •  » 

Milton's  Daily  Life. — Milton  lived 
in  a  small  house  in  London,  or  in  the 
country  in  Buckinghamshire.  Of  all 
consolations,  work  is  the  most  fortifying 
and  the  most  healthy,  because  it  so- 
laces a  man,  not  by  bringing  him  ease, 
but  by  requiring  effort.  Every  morning- 
he  had  a  chapter  of  the  Bible  read  to 
him  in  Hebrew,  and  remained  for  some 
time  vn  silence  grave,  in  order  to  medi- 
tate on  what  he  had  heard.  He  never 
went  to  a  place  of  worship.  Independ- 
ent in  religion  as  in  all  else,  he  was 
sufficient  to  himself.  He  studied  till 
mid-day ;  then,  after  an  hour's  exercise, 
he  played  the  organ  or  bass  violin. 
Then  he  resumed  his  studies  till  sixj 
and  in  the  evening  enjoyed  the  society 
of  his  friends.  When  any  one  came 
to  visit  him ,  he  was  usually  found  in  a 
room  hung  with  old  green  hangings, 
seated  in  an  arm  chair  and  dressed 
quietly  in  black.  He  had  been  very 
beautiful  in  his  youth,  and  his  English 
cheeks,  once  delicate  as  a  young  girl's, 
retained  their  color  almost  to  the  end. 


Few  men  have  done  such  honor  to 
their  kind.  Amidst  so  many  trials  (a 
scrivener  caused  him  to  lose  $10,000; 
at  the  Restoration  he  was  refused  pay- 
ment of  $10,000  due  from  the  excise 
office;  his  house  was  burned  in  the 
great  fire ;  when  he  died  he  only  left 
$7,500,  including  the  produce  of  his 
library) ;  a  pure  and  lofty  joy,  altogether 
worthy  of  him,  had  been  granted  to 
him:  the  poet,  buried  under  the  Puri- 
tan, had  re-appeared,  more  sublime 
than  ever,  to  give  to  Christianity  a 
second  Homer. — Taine. 

•This  is  probably  a  mistake.— Ed.  Ctn. 

.  . 

The  Human  Heart* 


The  influence  of  the  intellect  upon 
the  heart  is  similar  to  that  exercised 
over  voluntary  muscles. 

The  direction  of  thought  to  the  heart 
has  very  generally  an  embarrassing  in- 
fluence on  its  regular  action. 

Sir  Henry  Holland  says :  ' '  There  is 
cause  to  believe  the  action  of  the  heart 
is  often  quickened  or  otherwise  disturb- 
ed by  the  mere  centering  the  conscious- 
ness in  it,  without  any  emotion  or 
anxiety."  On  occasions  where  its  beats 
are  audible,  observation  will  give  proof 
of  this,  or  the  phys'cian  can  very  often 
infer  it  while  feeling  the  pulse;  and 
where  there  is  liability  to  irregular 
pulsation  such  action  is  seemingly 
brought  on  or  increased  by  the  effort  of 
attention ,  even  though  no  obvious  emo- 
tion be  present. 

I  have  observed  the  phenomena  in 
hysterical  women  who  imagine  they 
have  heart  disease.  In  these  cases  a 
morbid  attention  to  the  action  of  the 
heart  would  bring  on  palpitation  and 
irregular  action.  Upon  the  removal  of 
all  anxiety  by  a  decided  assertion  from 
me,  after  a  careful  pliysical  examina- 
tion, that  the  heart  was  not  deceased, 
it  would  quickly  resume  its  normal 
action. 

From  the  same  cause  medical  stu- 
dents, when  their  studies  are  directed 
to  this  organ,  are  frequent  sufferers 
from  its  disturbed  action.  Anxiety,  no 
doubt,  comes  in  here  to  aggravate  the 
disorder,  and  will  be  referred  to  again, 
under  emotions. 

Peter  Frank  himself,  even  in  advanc- 
ed life,  while  devoting  especial  attention 
to  the  subject  of  heart  disease  during 
the  preparation  of  his  lectures,  was  at- 
tacked with  severe  palpitations,  accom- 
panied by  an  intermittent  pulse,  and 
felt  certain  that  he  was  affected  with 
aneurism.  The  symptoms  did  not  cease 
until  some  tjme  after  the  completion  of 
his  labors,  after  he  had  enjoyed  the  re- 
laxation and  diversion  of  a  journey.  In 
fact,  it  is  quite  a  common  remark,  that 
medical  men  often  die  from  a  disease 
that  they  have  made  a  special  study 
through  life. 

The  question  now  naturally  arises,  is 
it  possible  for  hysterical  or  hypochon- 
driac persons  to  bring  on  permanent 
structural  disease  of  the  heart  by  a 
morbid  concentration  of  the  mind  on  it  ? 

It  is  the  opinion  of  most  medical 
writers  that  it  is  not  probable  that  such 
a  result  would  occur.  They  admit, 
however,  that  it  would  be  likely  to  ag- 
gravate any  previous  mischief  and  in- 
duce irregular  action,  and,  ultimately, 
hypertrophy,  or  some  other  disease  de- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


cidedly  organic.  Tiie  physician  should, 
therefore,  in  treating  such  patients,  ox- 
ercise  his  influence  and  ingenuity  to  di- 
vert their  minds  from  the  heart  to  some 
other  object  or  organ. 

Numerous  interesting  ca  es  are  re- 
corded showing  the  specific  effects  of 
the  intellect  over  the  heart's  action,  as 
one  of  a  medical  student  being  initialed 
into  the  rites  of  a  Masonic  society;*'  his 
eyes  were  bandaged,  a  ligature  bound 
around  his  arm,  and  the  usual  prepara- 
tions made  for  bleeding.  A  pretense 
of  opening  the  vein  was  made,  and  a 
stream  of  v/ater  spurted  in  a  bowl  to 
represent  the  sound  of  the  flowing 
blood  expected.  As  a  result  the  stu- 
dent soon  became  pale  and  fainted. 

There  is  the  well-known  case  of  the 
man  being  bled  by  the  prick  of  a  pin, 
arid  warm  water  running  down  his  arm, 
who  actually  died  as  a  result. 

The  daughter  of  Sir  Charles  Lee,  at 
2  o'clock  ou  a  certaia  morning,  saw  be- 
tween the  curtains  of  her  bed  a  little 
old  woman,  who  told  her  that  at  12 
o'clock  the  next  day  she  would  be  with 
her  in  the  next  world.  She  immedi- 
ately dressed  herself  very  carefully, 
went  into  her  private  closet  and  did  not 
come  out  till  9  o'clock,  when  she  went 
to  her  aunt,  hauded  her  a  letter  direct- 
ed to  her  father,  with  the  request  that 
it  be  sent  to  him  immediately  on  her 
.  death,  telling  hear  aunt  about  the  ap- 
parition. A  physician  and  a  surgeon 
were  sent  for,  but  could  discover  no  dis- 
ease, but  on  the  urgent  solicitation  of 
the  aunt,  bled  her  slightly.  She  then 
took  a  chair  and  played  on  her  guitar 
and  sang  some  favorite  pieces,  and  a 
few  minutes  before  twelve  went  to  a 
large  arm  chair,  sat  in  it,  and  at  twelve 
raised  her  hand  toward  her  heart  and 
was  dead. 

Another  case  of  a  young  lady  who 
received  a  similar  warning,  only  it  cnme 
a  year  before  the  appointed  time.  She 
became  anemic,  lost  flesh  and  strength ; 
nothing  could  apparently  be  done  to 
save  her  life,  although  no  organic  or 
structural  disease  could  be  found  by  the 
closest  examination  by  skillful  physi- 
cians. The  day  before  the  time  set  for 
her  death  a  young  physician  who  had 
Eome  tact  gave  her  a  very  heavy  ano- 
dyne and  she  slept  under  its  influence 
during  the  entire  day  of  her  expected 
death.  When  she  returned  to  con- 
sciousness the  next  day,  and  was  mak- 
ing a  few  final  preparations,  she  was 
assured  that  the  time  had  passed  for  her 
to  die,  and  that  the  oracle  knew  noth- 
ing of  such  matters  and  was  an  impos- 
ter.  She  got  up  from  her  bed  and 
rapidly  regained  both  flesh  and  strength. 
—Dr.  Hall. 


Fay  Your  Small  Be1)ts. 


There  are  two  causes  which  enter 
into  add  increase  the  severity  of  a  fi- 
nancial pa'  ic.  One  is,  that  men  will 
require  payment  where  it  cannot  be 
be  made,  the  other  is,  that  they  will 
neglect  to  pay  where  they  can.  The 
one  applies  to  large  debts,  the  other  to 
small  ones. 

la  times  when  money  is  felt  to  be 
such  a  valuable  commodity,  and  every- 
body, seeks  it,  an  immense  amount 
leaves  the  channels   of   trade  and  goes 


into  men's  pockets.  Everybody  clings 
to  it,  and  pays  it  out  grudgingly.  There 
is  hence  a  temptation  to  neglect  small 
debts,  and  to  hourd  what  business  is 
dying  f  jr  the  want  of.  When  each  one 
neglects  a  Email  debt,  the  aggregate 
becomes  enormous. 

Forbearance  in  preBsing  the  payment 
of  large  demands  is  nececsary,  and 
ought  to  be  shown,  but.it  alone  cannot 
give  complete  relief.  The  small  streams, 
each  of  which  &eems  insignificant,  make 
up  the  mighty  river;  and  the  small 
sums  whicii  many  people  owe,  and 
which  they  can  pay  if  they  try,  would, 
if  paid  promptly,  put  an  amount  of 
money  in  circulation  that  would  be  of 
incalculable  ber.,efit  to  the  country. 
Pay,  then,  ycur  small  debts,  even  if  it 
requires  an  eflFort  to  do  so.  Pay  them 
at  once,  and  owe  no  man  anything  but 
love.  Do  not  be  too  anxious  for  the 
future;  do  right,  and  trust  in  God.  In- 
stead of  croaking  abaut  hard  times  and 
putting  off"  thos«  whom  you  owe,  pay 
djwn  to  the  bottom  dollar,  and  trust 
Providence  for  more.  The  only  way 
to  pump  up  what  is  the  bottom  of  the 
well,  is  to  empty  out  what  ia  in  the  top 
of  the  pump.  And  there  is  no  pocket 
so  ready  for  money  as  one  that  has 
been  emptied  in  the  payment  of  just 
demands.  Remember  that  the  obliga- 
tion to  make  times  easier  rests  upon 
every  man  in  proportion  to  his  ability, 
and  that  every  one  will  share,  in  a 
nearly  proportionate  degree,  in  the 
blessings  of  that   prosperity   he   helps 

to  bring  about.                  — Selected. 
♦-»♦ 

Those  who  feel  compelled  to  com- 
mence work  early,  before  breakfast, 
will  do  well  to  prepare  for  it  by  taking 
a  light  lunch,  a  cup  of  milk  or  warm 
coffee. 


^;P4wn'$ 


'nuti 


Thank  tiod  lor  Little  Children. 


BY  MnS.  FRANCIS  E~  W.  HAEPBR. 


Thank  God  for  little  children 
Bright  flowers  hy  eartli's  wayside, 

The  dancing,  joyoiiB  lifeboats 
Upon  life's  stormy  tide. 

Thank  God  for  little  children; 

When  our  skies  are  cold  and  gray, 
They  come  as  sunshine  to  our  hearts, 

And  charms  our  cares  away. 

I  almost  tbink  the  angels. 

Who  tend  life's  garden  fair, 
Drop  down  the  sweet  wild  blossoms 

That  bloom  around  us  here. 

It  seems  a  breathless  haven 

Round  many  a  cradle  lies, 
And  every  little  baby 

Brings  a  message  from  the  skies. 

The  humblest  home  with  children 

Is  rich  in  precious  gems. 
That  shame  the  wealth  of  monarchs, 

And  pale  their  diadems. 

Dear  mothers,  guard  tljese  jewels, 

As  sacred  offerings  meet, 
A  wealth  of  household  treasures 

To  lay  at  Jesus'  feet.  —Witiiess, 


A  Story  for  the  Children. 


''Wait  outside  forme,  Harry;  I  shall 
not  be  long,  and  I  shall,  perhaps,  want 
you  to  carry  a  parcel  for  me." 

"Very  well,  Lizzie;  only  be  as  quick 
as  you  can." 

Hairy  looked  about  to  see  how  he 
could  amuse  himself  until  his  sister 
was  ready  for  him,  and  presently  he 
saw  a  toy-shop. 

'  'I  shall  see  Lizzie  when  she  comes," 


he  thought,  '-and  I  can  run  to  her  if  I 
want  her." 

But  why  should  a  strong  little  boy 
want  to  run  to  his  sister? 

Well,  the  fact  was  that  Harry  was 
easily  frightened,  and  when  anything 
alarmed  him  his  first  impulse  was  to 
run  to  some  one  to  protect  him.  He 
had  not  been  very  long  looking  in  the 
toy-shop  before  a  man  came  up.  The 
man  was  evidently  not  a  teetotaler,  for 
he  had  taken  too  much  drink,  and 
could  neither  look  nor  walk  quite 
straightly.  It  was  very  sad  to  see  a 
man  in  this  state;  but  there  is  no  rea- 
son why  any  one  should  be  frightened 
by  him,  for  generally  he  is  too  stupid 
to  hurt  another  even  if  he  should  be 
so  disposed.  This  man  came  near  to 
Harry  before  he  was  aware  of  it. 

"Hullo,  my  little  man,"  he  said,  "do 
you  want  a  penn'orth  of  marbles? ' 

He  had  no  sooner  spoken,  than  Har- 
ry darted  av?ay,  and  ran  into  the  shop 
where  Lizzie  was. 

"Why,  Harry,  what  is  the  matter?" 
she  said. 

''Oh,  there  is  a  drunken  man  after 
me,"  he  said,  panting. 

"After  you?  what  nonsense!  Is 
that  the  man  standing  by  the  window, 
yonder?" 

"Yes." 

"He  is  not  after  you." 

"No;  bat  I  was  afraid  he  wae, 
though,"  said  Harry. 

Lizzie  laughed  at  her  brother,  and  so 
did  several  persons  in  the  shop,  who 
seemed  to  think  it  was  very  good  fun. 
But  though  Harry  found  that  the  poor, 
foolish  man  was  harmless  enough,  it 
did  not  cure  him  of  his  fear. 

That  night,  after  he  had  gone  to 
bed,  he  sprang  out  again,  ran  down 
stairs  as  fast  as  he  could,  and  suddenly 
appeared  in  the  midst  of  his   friends. 

"What  is  the  matter  now?"  they 
cried  together. 

''Oh  I"  said  Harry,  ''I  dare  not  stay 
up  stairs.  I  am  almost  sure  some  one 
is  there." 

"Are  you  I  How  silly  you  are, 
Harry!"  said  his  father.  "Come  back 
with  me  and  see." 

"Oh,  no!"  said  Harry;  -'please,  fath- 
er, will  you  go  up  first?  I  am  so 
frightened." 

So  Harry's  father  went  up  stairs 
and  looked  all  around.  Then  he  called 
him. 

"Have  you  found  him,  father?" 

''Yes." 

''Oh,   I  am  so  glad!     Is   it  a  man?" 

"Come  and  see  for  yourself,  Harry." 

Harry  went  up,  and  there,  w.ilking 
across  the  boards,  and  making  certain- 
ly a  good  deal  of  noise,  for  so  small  a 
thing,  was  a  black  beetle, 

"Is  that  all?" 

"Yes,  that  is  all." 

"I  do  not  think  the  beetle  could 
have  made  so  much  noise, " 

''Listen." 

When  it  began  to  move  Harry  knew 
that  it  was  that  which  he  had  heard, 
and  he  certainly  felt  a  little  ashamed 
of  himself. 

Everybody  laughed  at  him ;  and  no 
one  likes  to  be  laughed  at,  bo  Harry 
told  his  father  that  he  wished  he 
could  overcome  his  timidity. 

"Do  you  know  how  I  could  conquer 


myself,  father?  I  should  be  so  glad  if 
I  could." 

"Will  you  follow  my  advice  if  I  give 
it  to  you,  Harry?" 

"Yes,  indeed,  father,  I  will  try." 

"Then,  in  the  first  place,  never  get 
up  in  the  morning,  or  go  to  bed  at 
night  withoul  prayer.  Ask  God  to 
take  care  of  you,  and  believe  that  he 
will  do  that  which  ycu  ask  him.  And 
then  never  run  away  from  that  which 
frightens  you;  but  always  go  up  to  it 
and  3ee  what  it  is." 

"Oh,  father,"  said  Harry,  "how 
could  I  do  that?" 

"My  boy ,  make  yourself  do  it.  Be 
sure  that  God  will  not  let  anything 
really  hurt  you,  and  do  Lave  the  courage 
to  investigate  that  which  you  cannot  at 
first  understand." — Selected 


Helping  the  Minister. 


'One  thing  helped  me  very  much 
while  I  was  preaching  to-day,"  said  a 
clergyman. 

"What  was  that?"  inquired  a  friend. 

"It  was  the  attention  of  a  little  girl, 
wao  kept  her  eyts  fixed  on  me,  and 
seemed  to  try  to  understand  every 
word,  said.  She  was  a  great  help  to 
me." 

Tnink  of  that,  my  little  ones;  and 
when  you  go  to  church  or  chapel,  fix 
your  eyes  on  the  minister,  and  try  to 
understand  what  he  aays,  for  he  is 
speaking  to  you  as  well  as  to  grown  up 
people.  He  is  telling  about  the  Lord 
Jesus,  wlio  loves  the  little  ones. — Mis- 
sionary Ucko. 


Manners. 


Manners  are  more  important  than 
money.  A  boy  who  is  polite  and  pleas- 
ant in  his  manners  will  always  have 
friends,  and  will  not  often  make  ene- 
mies. Good  behavior  is  essential  to 
prosperity.  A  boy  feels  well  when  he 
does  well.  If  you  wish  to  make  every- 
body pleasant  about  you  and  gain 
friends  wherever  you  go,  cultivate 
good  manners.  Many  boys  have  pleas- 
ant manners  for  company  and  ugly 
manners  for  home. 

We  visited  a  small  railroad  town,  not 
long  since,  and  were  met  at  the  depot 
by  a  little  'ooy  of  about  eleven  or  twelve 
years,  who  entertained  and  cared  for 
us  in  the  absence  of  his  father,  with  as 
much  polite  attention  and  thoughtful 
care  as  the  most  cultivated  gentleman 
could  have  done.  We  said  to  his 
mother  before  we  left  her  home,  "You 
are  greatly  blessed  in  your  son,  he  is 
so  attentive  and  obliging." 

"Yes,"  said  she: — "I  can  always  de- 
pend on  Charley  when  his  father  is  ab- 
sent. He  is  a  great  help  and  comfort 
to  me."  She  said  this  as  if  it  did  her 
heart  good  to  acknowledge  the  clever- 
ness of  her  son. 

The  best  manners  coat  so  little,  and 
are  worth  so  much,  that  every  hoy  can 
have  them.— C/tiMren's  Advocate. 


"A  person  converted  ii:  youth,"  says 
John  Angell  James,  "  is  like  the  sun 
risino-  on  a  summer's  morning  to  shine 
through  the  long,  bright  day;  but  a 
person  converted  late  in  life  is  like  the 
evenino'  star — a  lovely  object  of  Chris- 
tian contemplation,  but  not  appearing 
till  the  day  is  closing,  and  then  but  for 
a  little  while. " 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Correspourteuce. 


[continued  from  6TI£   I'AOE.] 

ly  generally  became  very  warm  advo- 
cates of  Masonry,  believing  it  to  be 
8ecot?d  to  nothing  in  tbe  world  politi- 
cally or  ecclciiastically ;  V.e  thougb  a 
prominent  ratinber  of  the  M.  E.  church 
claimed  the  Masonic  order  possessd  facil- 
iteg  above  the  church.  This  one  also 
joined  the  OJd-fellows.  He  lived  in 
high  expectations  of  a  "better  day 
coming;"  had  a  good  influence  in  com- 
munity, paid  his  dues  promptly  and 
seemed  fully  baptized  into  the  faith  of 
those  orders  of  charity  and  benevolence 
as  they  called  them.  He  trained  up  his 
children  to  believe  that  when  he  should 
die,  (though  at  that  time  he  was  well 
to  do  in  the  world)  the  surviving  fami- 
ly should  find  in  the  lodge,  fathers  and 
plenty  of  friends,  homes,  schools  and 
book'G,  and  everything  that  could  make 
one  happy  iu  this  world;  but  alas! 
death  came  in  a  very  unexpected  mo- 
ment. He  was  sitting  in  a  chair  pre- 
paring to  gj  to  Sabbath-Bchool,  which 
he  superintended.  He  complained  of 
feeling  bad,  wished  to  be  helped  on  the 
bed,  and  believed  he  was  a  going  to  die. 
Help  was  readily  at  hand.  They  laia 
him  upon  the  bed  a  lifeless  corpse.  I 
was  not  present  to  witness  the  funeral 
occasion,  but  learned  that  the  Masons 
and  Odd-fellows  showed  their  respect 
for  the  debeased  and  family  very 
promptly.  Both  claimed  their  share 
of  the  ceremonies  of  his  burial.  One 
carried  him  to  the  grave,  the  other  con- 
signed the  body  to  its  last  resting  place. 

Now  comes  the  issue.  His  financial 
affairs  being  not  in  a  condition  for  a 
stranger  to  understand,  although  the 
administrator  was  a  brother  of  the 
lodge,  he  is  impeached  witt  injustice. 
Soon  the  widow  with  her  family  moved 
"West.  "I  knew  but  little  about  their 
condition  whatever.  Not  long  since  I 
received  a  letter  frona  her,  making  piti- 
ful appeals  for  help.  She  appealed  to 
the  higher  courts  who  would  meet  out 
judtico  to  those  who  had  dealt  so  unjust- 
ly with  her  and  her  family.  I  wished 
to  know  if  the  pledges  those  orders  had 
made  in  other  years  had  been  verified 
and  how  it  came  that  she  was  in  such 
a  condition.  She  answers.  No,  she  has 
not  received  a  cent  from  either  lodge. 
She  asked  the  Master  for  help.  They 
made  a  big  fuss  and  said  her  relatives 
ought  to  help  her.  She  would  never 
ask  them  again  if  she  starved  to  death. 
How  is  that  for  charity.  She  says  she 
can't  send  her  children  to  school,  for 
want  of  books;  or  to  Sabbath-school  for 
want  of  clothes,  and  that  it  is  no  un- 
common thing  for  her  children  to  o-o 
to  bed  hungry  and  cry  for  something 
to  eat. 

I  have  pursued  this  topic  long  enough. 
I  am  willing  to  vouch  for  most  of  this 
statement,  being  personally  familiar 
with  tt)e  facts.  I  have  heard  of  simi- 
lar cases,  but  the  Masons  always  claim- 
ed justification,  as,  the  deceased  was 
delinquei  t,  or  was  of  but  little  conse- 
quence while  living,  and  as  he  was  but 
little  known  iu  life  they  would  not 
make  him  conspicuous  in  death  by 
their  charity. 

I  am  requested  not  to  use  these  facts 
against  these  orders,   but  give  them  a 


chance  to  redeem  themselves;  but  I 
think  all  of  those  cataracts  or  whirl- 
pools should  be  marked  so  that  our 
young  mariners  just  launching  out  on 
the  voyage  of  life  can  take  warning. 
An  anti-secrecy  brother  for   the  truth, 

(r.    W.  ?IUTCIIING8. 


strange  Doctrine. 


In  a  recent  letter  Bro.  Hinman,  the 
Illinois  agent,  writes:  Yesteiday  at  a 
Methodist  (not  M.  E.)  quarterly  meet- 
ing held  here,  the  officiating  minister 
told  the  people,  that  among  the  good 
institutions  whicli  are  doing  good  in  the 
land  he  would  enuraorate  Freemasonry, 
Odd-feliowship,  the  grange,  etc. ,  and 
that  he  had  no  fellowship  with  the 
croakers  who  deride  those  institutions. 
Doubtless  the  poor  brother  thought 
he  would  thus  gain  the  f^ivor  of  the 
ungodly  men  who  control  these  insti- 
tutions; and  perhaps  he  will.  But  still 
the  words  of  the  ancient  prophet  are 
true:  "Woe  unto  them  that  call  evil 
good  and  good  evil,  that  put  light  for 
darkness  and  darkness  for  light." 


(xmnd  Jury  Business.' 


Fall  River,  Wis.,  Aug;  12tb,  1874. 
Editor  Chriaiiayi  Cynosure: 

Some  ten  or  twelve  years  ago  I  was 
numbered  with  the  grand  jury  in  Eau 
Claire  county.  A  case  was  brought 
before  us  for  adultery  (the  man  was  a 
Mason.)  and  after  examining  witnesses, 
the  foreman  said:  "What  have  you  to 
say.  gentlemen?"  "Find  a  bill  of 
course,"  says  one.  This  foreman  re- 
plied "What  good  will  it  do?"  Anoth- 
er asks  "Is  not  the  evidence  sufficient?" 
He  answered,  "Yes,  and  no  one  doubts 
his  guilt.  He  is  more  noted  for  this 
than  anything  else."  ''Why  not  find 
a  bill  then?"  He  answered,  "The 
court  will  not  convict  him  and  only 
make  the  county  costs  for  nothing." 
After  a  parley  of  an  hour  the  foreman 
and  seven  other  Masons  voted  against 
a  bill  and  six  that  were  not  Masons  for 
it.  JosiAu  Shaw. 


A.  K,  Tnllis,   of  Tibkilwa,   111.,   Ex- 
plains. 

Mr.  Editor  :-7rWill  you  give  this 
short  artical  a  place  in  your  column's 
by  way  of  correcting  some  verry  serious 
mistake  which  occur  in  the  number  of 
July  23,  under  the  head  of  Reform 
News,  which  refers  to  the  Lecture  of 
the  Rev  L  N  Stratton  at  Tiskijwa  The 
statement  that  the  M  E  church  of  this 
place  i-equeated  the  conference  not  to 
send  them  a  minister  that  was  a  mason ; 
These  are  the  facts  Three  years  ago 
this  fall  I  came  here  by  request  of  the 
church;  Two,  years  ago,  By  a  unani- 
mos  request  I  was  returned  One  year 
ago  T  was  returned,  by  a  second  invi- 
tation which  was  also  unanimous  I 
was  Icnoivn  as  a  mason  before  I  came 
here;  I  had  no  reasons  for  keeping  it 
dark,  if  fact  it  was  known  here  and  no 
man  thought  any  less  of  me  for  it 

The  statement  that  ray  name  appear- 
ed on  masonic  posters  as  a  manager  of 
a  masonic  ball  is  both  fals  and  unjust, 
and   that  I  left  town    that   night   is   a 


cowardly  misrepresentation  I  was  at 
home  (and  your  informcnt  is  an  anti 
maroii)  the  night  of  the  only  masonic 
ball,  in  this  place,  since  I  lived  here; 
But  if  possible  a  still  wors  misrepre- 
sentation if  made  in  the  articl  In  slate 
ing  that  I  did  report  through  town  that 
Bro  Stratton  was  not  considered  verry 
blight  at  school,  and  the  inference  was 
that  he  was  not  much  of  an  editor  or 
Lecturer;  The  statement  is  untrue; 
I  did  say  that  I  was  glad  he  was  to  lee 
ture,  and  did  chearfuUy  read  a  notice 
in  my  Pulpit  of  his  Lectures  That  I 
attended  the  lectures  is  true;  and  that 
I  differed  in  my  views  from  the  lectures 
is  also  true. 

But  these  diff'erences  caused  me  to 
misrepresent  and  prejudice  the  minds  of 
the  peopl  against  Bro  Snre  not  the  facts, 
I  invited  Bro  Stratton  to  my  house,  he 
came  and  to  me  and  my  family  it  was 
quite  agreeable. 

All  I  ask  and  it  seems  to  me  but 
Just,  that  I  and  my  church  be  truth- 
fully represented,  in  the  matter;  and 
I  am  prepaired  to  meet  the  above  here 
at  home;  And  with  this  prayer  on  my 
lips;  Lord  Let  thy  kingdom  come,  and 
over  all  prevail,  I  close  with  charity 
to  all,  A  K  TuLus 

Pastor   of    M   E  Church    in    Tiskilwa 
Illinois. 
A.ng,  11;  1874. 


Note — We  have  endeavored  to  give 
friend  T.  the  full  benefit  of  his  correct- 
ion in  his  own  language  and  style,  and 
he  must  not  blame  us  if  it  is  not  under- 
stood. There  is  more  to  be  said  in  the 
case  which  is  best  in  connection.  It  is 
difficult  to  understand  how  Mr.  T. 
could  have  been  twice  returned  by 
"unanimous"  request  of  his  people. 
It  might  have  been  so  on  the  part  of  a 
few  Masons  who  sent  the  request.  But 
that  the  church  was  unanimouj,  as 
would  be  inferred  from  the  above,  is 
doubted. 

As  to  the  Masonic  ball,  we  believe 
this  to  be  the  true  statement:  Mr  T. 
has  preached  strongly  against  dancing 
(for  which  his  people  should  thank 
him,);  as  chaplain  of  the  Tiskdwa  lodge 
he  was  expected  to  make  the  prayer  at 
the  Masonic  ball,  or  entertainment  of 
which  dancing  was  to  be  a  part.  He 
had  the  consistency  to  absent  himself. 
Whether  he  left  town  or  not  is  imma- 
terial. As  for  the  story  about  Bro. 
Stratton's  wit,  it  is  known  that  it  was 
circulating  about  Tiskilwa,  and  what 
other  individual  could  have  known  ''all 
about  Stratton  and  the  Blanchards," 
but  Mr.  Tullis,  who  was  with  them  a 
few  weeks  at  college  before  he  went  to 
Evanston  to  complete  his  education. 
Some  one  else  may  have  been  so  de- 
ceived in  Bro.  Stratton,  until  they  heard 
him.  We  hope  it  was.  The  Anti-ma- 
sonic brethren  of  Tiskilwa  should  be 
grateful  for  the  notice  of  the  lectures. 
Ministers,  not  Masons,  often  refuse. 
We  hope  they  will  follow  up  the  work 
so  well  begun  until  the  Tiskilwa  lodge 
disbands,  and  its  members,  Mr.  Tullis 
among  them,  learn  to  abhor  its  very 
name,  There  will  then  be  no  more 
need  of  lectures  from  Bro  Stratton  or 
for  letters  correcting  misstatements, 
and  every   body  will  feel  better. — Ed. 


^t^m  4  Hit  i^u% 

The  City. 

The  Times  and  Staats-Zeituyiy  daily 
papers  have  been  engaged  of  late  in  a 
lively  war  with  the  peculiar  grossness 
of  speech  they  know  well  how  to  use. 
Hesing,  proprietor  of  the  German  paper 
kicked  a  Times  reporter  down  stairs 
the  other  day. — A  large  and  successful 
picnic  for  the  poorchildrenof  the  North 
Side  was  brought  about  last  week 
through  ihe  aid  of  a  number  of  wealthy 

citizens.      Others  will  follow  soon. 

Lord  Dufferin,  Governer  General  of 
Canada,  paid  Chicago  a  visit  of 
sever<»l  days,  arriving  in  a  Do- 
minion steamer    on  Saturday  last. 

Judge  Williams  has  rendered  a  decis- 
sion  in  the  celebrated  church  quarrel 
over  Rev.  Mr.  Cheney.  Its  effect  is  to 
put  the  bill  of  the  ccmplainants  out  of 
court,  and  to  dechiro  that  Mr.  Cheney 
was    not    lawfully    deposed    from   the 

Episcopal    ministry. The    remains 

of  a  woman  were  lately  found  in  clear- 
ing away  the  ruins  of  the  great  fire  of 
'7l,  on  Kinzie  street.  This  is  probably 
another  victim  cf  that  calamity. 

Tlie  Beecher  Case. 

The  Investigiting  Committee  heard 
Mr.  Beecher's  defense  and  cross-exami- 
nation two  hours  on  Thursday  last.  A 
denial  is  made  of  all  the  charges  brought 
against  him  and  direct  blackmaihng 
laid  to  the  charge  of  Tilton.  The  ex- 
planation of  the  letters  is  weak  and 
generally  unsatisfactory  to  the  public. 
The  press  of  the  country  is  not  changed 
in  tone  by  the  document.  A  few  jour- 
nals in  New  York  think  Beecher  has 
cleared  himself,  but  throughout  the 
country  the  opposite  opinion  prevails. 
Moulton,  tbe  "mutual  friend,"  had  pre- 
pared a  fall  statement  for  the  commit- 
tee, to  be  presented  on  Monday,  the 
10th,  but  a  long  consultation  on  Mon- 
day forenoon  with  Ben  Butler,  Tracy, 
Beecher's  lawyer,  and  one  or  two  otn- 
ers,  led  him  to  suppress  it  and  substi- 
tute a  brief  statement  presenting  no 
facts  01  letters  not  before  published. 
A  previous  interview  with  a  correspond- 
ent of  the  Chicago  Tribune  which 
could  not  be  suppressed,  and  a  chal- 
lenge from  Mr.  Beecher  to  all  men  to 
publish  all  they  can,  may  yet  bring  out 
Moulton's  whole  document,  which  is 
now  said  to  be  in  the  hands  of  Ben. 
Butler. 

Political. 

Judge  E.  R.  Hoar  has  written  a 
letter  to  the  electors  of  the  Seventh 
Congressional  District  of  Massachusetts 
declining  a  renomination  to  Congress. 
Georgetown  county.  South  Caro- 
lina, is  at  present  the  scene  of  a  dan- 
gerous contest  between  two  Republican 
negro  factions.  Scrae  fighting  occurred 
last  week. The  elections  in  Tennes- 
see have  generally  gone  Democratic. 
During  the  canvass.  Senator  ("Par- 
son") Brownlow  took  a  bitterly  hostile 
position  to  the  Civil  Rights  Bill. 

Foreign. 

— There  is  now  confirmation  of  the 
report  of  the  recognition  of  Spain  by 
England,  France  and  Germany.  The 
announcement  caused  general  rejoicing 
in  the  capital.  A  special  dispatch  from 
Berlin  reports  that  Austria  and  Italy 
have  also  recognized  the  Republic. 
The  London  Times,  in  an  editorial  ar- 
ticle, says  England  would  have  recog- 
nized Spain  some  time  since,  but  the 
reluctance  of  France  and   the   indiflfer- 

ence  of  Germany  prevented. There 

was  considerable  excitement  in  Paris 
last  week  at  the  escape  on  the  9th  of 
Marshal  Bazaine  from  his  confinement 
in  the  island  of  St.  Marguerite.  It  is 
believed  that  the  authorties  of  the  is- 
land guarding   him   were  bribed. 

The  latest  war  reports  are  of  trouble 
between  Russia  and  China.  The  lat- 
ter power  is  sending  troops  to  the 
north. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


Couulrj, 

One  hundred  find  forty  thousand 
houses  in  Philadelphia  were  searched 
by  the  police  laleiy  to  find  the  miesing 
boy,  Charley  Ross,  but  without  success. 
The  latest  opinion  from  the  detectives 
who  are  at  work  on  tha  case  is  tbat  th'^ 
family  are    privy  in    some  way    to  the 

abduction  or  stcretion  of  the  boy. 

Collisions  between  the  whiles  and 
blacks  occurred  last  week  at  AuBtin, 
Miss. ,  and  the  week  before  at  Somer- 
viile.  il?i)ort5  were  full  of  horror  at 
the  number  of  killed  aad  wounded,  but 
it  seems  that  but  one  or  two  fell  in 
in  either  case.  Such  altercations, 
though     now    of    small     proportions, 

threaten  to  increase  in   the  South. 

On  Saturday  an  excursion  train  on  the 
Trenton  (N.  J.)  Kailioad  ran  into  a 
freight  tram  and  five  persons  wore  killed. 
Tile  t'apitol. 

A  despatch  to  the  N.  Y,  Tribune 
tells  the  followiag  story  of  official  cor- 
ruption :  The  Attorney  General's  office 
is  not  the  only  one  against  which 
charges  of  a  mifappropriauon  of  public 
property  has  been  made.  Every  other 
department  providts  carriages  at  the 
public  expanse,  and  some  of  them  are 
quite  as  elegant  and  costly  as  the  now 
famous  landauieL  Each  of  the  Justices 
of  the  Supreme  Court  of  the  United 
States  has  a  room  in  his  residence 
lurnished  by  the  goveruinent  complete, 
from  a  library  to  a  carptt,  book-casef, 
chairs  and  fcofa,  with  a  servant  who 
waits  on  him  at  the  court  ard  at  hia 
res  dence.  The  same  courje,  Komewiiat 
modified,  is  pructicfd  in  Ooih  Houses  of 
Congress.  Senators  and  members  have 
iheir  secretaries  a,nd  short-band  writers 
quartered  o'l  the  government,  and  fine 
stationery  and  newspapers  are  supplied 
almost  beyond  limit.  Wurkmeu  and 
messengers  at  the  capiiol  are  employed 
as  house  servanlL;,  and  the  carriages  of 
the  govcrumant  are  used  as  market 
wagons  ai.d  private  vehicles  for  the 
families  of  pubic  ofhcers.  Following 
in  the  practice  of  the  Supreme  Court 
are  membeis  of  the  Cabinet,  each  of 
whom,  with  perhaps  one  exception,  has 
a  room  in  his  private  residence  very 
handsomely  furnished  by  the  govern- 
ment. In  many  cases  members  and 
senators  have  in  their  houses  furniture 
belonging  to  the  United  States,  which 
they,  no  doitbt,  intend  to  return;  and 
other  abuses  of  a  simdir  nature  are  on 
every  hind.  The  latest  abuse  which 
Secretary  Bristow  has  discovered  in  the 
Treasury  Department  is  the  employ- 
ment by  the  supervisois  and  collectors 
of  iutei-iial  revenue  of  members  of  their 
families  in  sinecure  pobiiioas  at  the  ex- 
pense of  the  government.  The  prac- 
tice, it  seemSi  has  been  quite  general 
and  lucrative.  One  revenue  officer  has 
carried  the  name  of  his  wife  on  the 
rolls,  paying  her  $1,000  a  mouth ;  an- 
other has  employed  his  daughter,  eight 
years  old,  al  a  salary  id"  $75  a  month; 
and  other  ca^es  are  mentioned  of  an 
equally  impioper  character.  The  Sec- 
retarji  has  diiecled  that  supervisors, 
collectors  ard  other  officers  shall  not 
employ  their  relatives  on  behalf  cf  the 
government,  and  ih^tno  accounts  for 
them  shall  be  passed,  da'ia^;  from 
Aug.  1. 


Church's  Musical  Magazine  is  -an 
excellent  journal  of  its  kind.  Its  de- 
partment of  musical  news  is  full  and 
interesting.  J.  Church  &  Co,,  Cincin- 
nati. 


The  Galaxy  for  September  has  a  few 
good  pieces,  chief  of  which  is  the  first 
part  of  a  sketch  of  MacMahon,  Presi- 
dent of  France,  and  an  entertaining 
history  of  events  connected  with  the 
celebrated  Holland  House  in  London.; 
Gen.  Custer  tells  how  he  fights  Indians 
and  despises  the  peace  commissioners. 
Several  useless  stones  fill  up  the  maga- 
zine.    Sheldon  &  Co.,  New  York. 


ODD  FELLOWSHIP  ILLUSTRATED. 


Note.— This  illustrated  exposition  of  Odd-fellowijhip  will  be  published  iu 
book  form  before  Sept,  ist,  1874.    (See  Advertieemcnt.) 

REBEKAH,  OR  LADIES'  DEGREE. 

HISTORY   OF   THE  DEGREE. 

The  dcffrec'of  Rcbekali  was  originated  by  Schuyler  Colfax, 
of  Soutli  Bend,  Indiana,  and  was  authorized  by  the  Grand 
Lodge  of  tlie  United  States  in  September,  1851.  The  coniniiltc  e 
ai)pointed  by  the  Grand  Sire  to  prepare  it  was  Schuyler  CoH'ax, 
of  Indiana,  William  T.  Martin,  of  Mississippi,  and  JE.  G.  Steele, 
of  Tennessee.     The  degree  went  into  operation  January  1,  1853 

OBJECTS   OP  THE   DEGREE. 

Mr.  Colfax,  in  Donaldson's  Pocket  Text  Book,  p.  410,  gives 
the  following  reasons  for  the  establishment  of  this  degree: 

''1.  It  will  tend  to  increase  the  resources  of  subordinate 
lodges  by  the  advance  of  members  in  the  degrees.  It  aflbrds  an 
additional  incentive*  for  brethren,  and  an  additional  argument 
for  those  allied  to  them,  to  induce  them  to  progress  upward  iu 
the  order. 

2.  It  will  complete  the  present  imperfect  system  in  force 
in  most  of  the  jurisdictions  by  which  wives'  and  widows'  cards 
arc  now  authorized. 

3.  It  will  lessen  and  ultimately  destroy  the  prejudice  felt 
against  the  order  by  many  of  the  fairer  sex  in  various  portions 
of  the  Union;  and  which,  undeniably,  often  tends  to  prevent 
accessions  of  members  iu  subordinate  lodges. 

4.  It  can  be  made  to  assist  Odd-fellowship  in  peculiar  cases 
of  brothers'  sickness.  In  many  such  the  kindly  nursing  of 
woman  is  needed  far  more  than  the  assiduous  and  constant  at- 
tendance of  man :  for  she  was  formed  to  minister  at  the  couch 
of  atlliction;  and  in  the  watchiug  which  our  laws  so  strictly 
provide  for,  we  only  strive  to  compel  the  observance  of  what  is, 
in  her,  instinct — the  promptings  of  nature,  the  impulse  of  the 
heart." 

QUALIFICATIONS   FOR   MEMBERSHIP  in  THE    LADIES'    DEGREE. 

''The  degree  of  Rebckah  is  an  honorary  degree,  to  be  con- 
ferred on  such  Scarlet  members  and  their  wives  as  may  desire 
to  receive  it.  ••  •  •  •  And  it  ma}^  be  conferred  upon  the  wid- 
ows of  Odd-fellows  who  were  in  good  standing  at  the  time  of 
their  death,  upon  application  therefor  in  open  lodge — they  Tjcing 
accompanied  by  other  ladies  who  have  received  or  are  to  re- 
ceive the  degree." — Grosh^s  Pocket  Manual,  p.  326. 

Donaldson's  Pocket  Text  Book  says  in  a  note,  p.  414 :  "  The 
degree  of  Rebckah  is  an  honorary  degree  to  be  conferred  under 
the  rcffulatious  adopted  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  United  States 
upon  such  Scarlet  members  and  their  wives  as  may  desire  to 
receive  it;  but  the  othcers  of  all  lodges  which  are  iu  possession 
of  the  work  ought  to  be  iu  regular  possession  of  the  degree, 
upon  the  same  principle  that  they  are  required  to  assume  other 
obligations  belonging  to  their  olHcial  stations.  The  annual 
pass-word  of  the  Ladies'  Degree  should  be  given  at  the  outer 
door,  and  the  lodge  may  sing  any  part  of  the  odes  at  the  time 
that  ladies  are  introduced  by  the  Conductor. 

Widows  (of  brothers  in  good  standing  who  may  have  de- 
ceased after  the  adoption  of  the  degree,  September  20,  1851),  if 
they  still  remain  widows,  may  receive  the  degree  in  the  lodge 
of  which  their  husbands  were  members,  by  the  assent  of  the 
lodge,  and  providing  that  other  ladies  with  their  husbands  arc 
also  ju'csent  for  the  purpose  of  initiation  in  the  degree. — Decis- 
ions of  the  G.  L.  of  the  U.  S.,  Session  of  1852." 

MALE  MEMBERS  OF  THE  LADIES'  LODGE. 

It  is  the  privilege  of  every  member  of  the  Scarlet  Degree, 
in  good  standing,  to  have  the  Degree  of  Rebckah  conferred 
upon  him  if  he  shall  desire  it,  but  it  can  only  be  conferred  at  a 
special  meeting  called  for  that  purpose.  The  brother  receiving 
it  is  not  required  to  give  previous  notice  to  the  Initiatory  Lodge 
ot  his  intention  to  take  the  degree,  but,  if  present  at  such  a 
meeting  as  is  above  described,  whether  it  be  of  his  own  or  any 
other  lodge,  he  may  receive  the  degree,  on  assuming  the  obliga- 
tion attached  to  it.if    '    " 

In  the  absence  of  applications  to  have  tlie  degree  conferred 
upon  ladies,  the  members  of  a  lodge  can  have  a  special  meeting 
called  for  the  purpose  of  having  the  degree  conferred  upon  such 
of  themselves  as  are  qualified  to  receive  it. — Instructions  of 
Grand  Sire,  Grand  Lodge  U.  S..  dated  January  27,  1852. 

SISTERS  SUFFER  FOR  THEIR  HUSBANDS'  SHORTCOMINGS. 

"As  the  daughter's  standing  depends  on  her  husband's,  it  is 
her  interest  (and  her  right)  to  know  that  ho  is  '  free  from  all 
charges,'  moral  and  pecuniary,  that  she  may  retain  her  '  good 
standing '  and  the  benefits  and  advantages  accruing  to  her 
family  through  his  connection  with  the  order." — Grosh's  Pocket 
Manual,  p.  227. 

THE  REBEKAH  DEGREE  NOT  GENUINE  ODD-FELLOWSHIP. 

"No  business  whatever,  except  that  of  conferring,  can  be 
done  in  the  degree  of  Rebekah.  Tlie  preliminaries  must  all  be 
settled  in  the  subordinate  lodge.  We  particularly  make  this 
statement,  because  an  erroneous  impression  has  prevailed  that 
'  women  are  to  be  introduced  to  the  lodges  1' " — Donaldson's  0. 
F.  Pocket  Text  Book,  p.  413. 

"The  simple  truth  is  this:  Woman  is  not  entitled  to  and 
seeks  not  a  place  among  us.  Our  institution  was  originally 
intended  and  framed  exclusively  for  men,  and  the  various  mod- 
ifications it  has  undergone  have  not  adapted  it  to  the  other  sex. 
They  could  not,  with  propriety,  in  conformity  with  the  usages 
of  the  world,  take  part  in  our  private  assemblages,  without  ex- 
posing themselves  to  the  censoriousness  of  the  age." — Donald- 
son's 0.  F.  Text  Book,  p.  416. 

*None  but  Scarlet,  or  Fifth  Degree  Odd-fellows  and  their  wves  are  en- 
titled to  this  degree.  , 

JFrom  this  it  is  plain  that  nine-tenths  of  the  members  of  a  Ladies' 
Lodge  may  be  men. 


-see  ye 


Same  book,  page  418:  ''It  is  a  secret  socictj  for  f/entlemen 
only.'" 

0rENIN(;   CEREMONY,  KEEEKAH  DEGREE. 

[Noble  Grand  takes  his  position,  gives  one  rap,  and  calls 
upon  the  oliiccrs  to  take  tlicir  stations.]" 

Noble  Grand  to  the  Lodge.  Officers  and  Members :  Wc  have 
assembled  for  the  purpose  of  transacting  business  iu  the  degree 
of  Reljckah,  and  iu  this,  as  in  all  other  degrees  of  the  order,  we 
are  enjoined  to  keep  inviolate  our  secret  work,  and  see  that  no 
unworthy  person  is  allowed  to  be  present  at  the  performance  of 
our  sacred  rites.  Therefore,  those  who  are  not  entitled  to  a  seat 
with  us  in  this  degree,  are  kindly  requested  to  retire  to  the  ante- 
room. The  Guardian  will  close  the  door,  and  the  Warden  will 
prove  those  present  according  tb'our  laws  and  usages. 

[Warden  examines  and  reports.] 

Noble  Grand  to  Inside  Guardian.  Inside  Guardian,  what 
is  your  duty  V 

Answer. — To  see  that  none  but  the  qualified  are  idlowed  to 
enter,  and  permit  all  members  to  pass  out  on  the  order  of  the 
proper  ofiicer.  . 

Noble  Grand  to  Conductor.  Conductor,  what  are  the  duties 
of  your  office  ? 

A. — To  conduct  candidates  through  the  mysteries  of  the 
degree,  and  to  assist  the  Warden  in  the  duties  of  his  office. 

Noble  Grand  to  Warden.     AVarden,  what  is  your  duty? 

A. — To  see  that  the  room  is  neat  and  in  order,  that  members 
may  be  comlbrtable  and  spend  a  pleasant  as  well  as  a  profitable 
evening  whenever  they  meet  together. 

Noble  Grand  to  Secretary.    Secretary,  what  is  yourdnlyv 

A. — To  keep  accurate  minutes  of  all  transactions  and  busi- 
ness of  the  lodge  when  open  in  this  degree. 

Noble  Grand  to  Vice  Grand.  Vice  Grand,  what  are  the 
duties  of  your  station? 

A. — To  ofliciate  in  my  station  and  for  the  Noble  Grand  in 
his  absence,  and  to  give  my  assistance  in  the  performance  of  the 
business  of  the  lodge. 

Noble  Grand  to  Chaplain.  Worthy  Chaplain,  what  ai'c  the 
general  duties  prescribed  for  our  members  ? 

A. — To  live  peaceably  with  all  men— to  do  good  unto  all 
men  as  we  have  opportunity,  and  especially  to  obey  llie  Golden 
Rule :  "As  ye  would  that  others  should  do  unto  you,  do  ye  even 
so  to  Iheni." 

Noble  Grand  to  the  Lodge.    Such  are  the  duties- 
that  they  are  duly  performed. 

[Calls  up  the  lodge.] 

Noble  Grand  to  the  Lod.2;e.  The  members  will  sing  the 
opening  ode. 

OPENING  ODE. 

Brethrcu  of  our  mystic  Union — 

Sistcr.s  of  our  social  Baud— 
Here  in  peaceful,  pure  communion. 

We  at  FniENDSHip's  altar  stand. 

Love  unfurls  her  banner  o'er  us — 

Tkutii  will  guide  us  on  our  way— 
Faith  illume  the  path  before  us — 

HorE  a  future  bright  display. 

Charity  that  faileth  never, 

Falls  to  worship  at  her  shrine. 
Here  wo  bow  and  pledge  forever. 

Labor  iu  her  cause  divine. 

When  the  clouds  of  sin  and  eaduess. 

Shroud  in  gloom  the  weary  head. 
There  in  peace,  and  joy,  and  gladness. 

Shall  the  light  of  iovB  be  shed. 

Noble  Grand  to  Chaplain.  Worthy  Chaplain,  will  you  in- 
voke the  blessings  of  the  Suijremc  Ruler  of  the  Universe  upon 
our  convocation. 

[Prayer  by  Chaplain.] 

Noble  Grand  to  Warden.  Warden,  you  will  proclaim  this 
lodge  duly  opened. 

Warden.  By  order  of  the  Noble  Grand  I  proclaim  this 
lodge  open  in  the  degree  of  Rebckah  ftu-  the  transaction  of  any 
business  that  may  be  legally  brought  before  it. 

Noble  Grand.     Ofncers  and  members,  so  be  it, 

Members.    So  be  it! 

[Noble  Grand  calls  down.] 

INITIATION,  REBEKAH  DEGREE. 

The  lodge  being  regularly  opened  in  this  degree,  with  the 
officers  and  such  brethren  of  the- Scarlet  Degree  as  see  fit  to  at 
tend,  clothed  in  full  regalia,  the  Warden  shall  examine  the 
brethren  in  the  pass-v,'ord  of  this  degree,  and  if  any  brother  of 
the  Scarlet  Degree  present  is  found  wanting,  he  shall  be  requir- 
ed to  take  the  obligation  of  this  degree  before  instructing  him 
therein  or  permitting  liim'to  remain. 

Upon  the  Inside  Guardian  announcing  the  ladies  asAvaiting 
admission  in  the  ante-rocmi,  the  Noble  Grand  shall  call  the  lodge 
up,  and  direct  the  Conductor  to  introduce  them  (after  ihey  have 
removed  their  bonnets  and  shawls)  to  the  hall,  entering  with  one 
rap,  which  is  the  usual  alarm  of  this  degree.  After  passing 
once  around  the  hall,  two  by  two,  the  brethren  remaining  stand- 
ing, the  Conductor  shall  present  them  to  the  Vice  Grand,  which 
officer  shall  call  the  brethren  dovv'n. 

Conductor  to  Vice  Grand.  Worthy  Vice  Grand,  I  present 
to  you  these  ladies,  who  are  desirous  of  obtaining  the  privileges 
and  honors  of  a  degree  that  will  enable  them  more  fully  to  co- 
operate in  the  work  of  our  beloved  order. 

Vice  Grand :  Ladies,  are  you  desirous  to  unite  in  this  de- 
gree of  Odd-fellowship  with  those  who  have  devoted  themselves 
through  life  to  death— in  sunshine  and  in  storm— through  good 
or  evil  report — to  visii  the  sick — relieve  the  distressed — bury 
the  dead— and  protect  'and  educate  the  orphan  ? 

A.  by  Conductor — We  are !     [The  ladies  also  bow  assent.] 

[to  BE  CONTnroED.] 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Facts  and  Figures. 


— The  basis  upon  which  CongresR 
figures  for  army  appropriations  is  about 
$1,000  per  man.  The  Britifih  army  is 
said  to  cost  $400  per  man. 

— The  following  items  were  contained 
in  the  last  report  of  Post  Master 
General  Cresswcll:  During  the  year 
302  persojis  were  arrested  for  various 
offenses  agriinst  postal  laws  and  regula- 
tions. Of  thedP,  ninety  four  have  been 
convicted,  and,  of  course,  sent  for  longer 
or  shorter  periods  to  State  prisons  and 
penitentiariep,  and  have  thus  had  their 
characters  among  men  ruined,  and  all 
their  prospects  blighted.  Twenty  have 
been  acquitted,  193  are  awaiting  trial, 
and  ninety-five  have  been  discharged 
for  want  of  proof  euffi^ent  to  insure 
conviction.  The  number  of  miasing 
letters  for  the  past  year  is  6, 165,  of 
which  3,980  were  unregistered,  2,185 
registered.  The  former  contained  bonds, 
currency,  etc.,  to  the  amount  of  $309,- 
123.50.  The  latter,  $70,421.90.  Thus 
about  $400,000  were  lost  in  letters. 

— There  were  nine  col'eges  in  Am=?r- 
ica  before  the  Rjvolutiooary  War  broke 
out.  The  first  was  Harvard  College. 
The  second,  that  of  Willian)  and  Mary, 
founded  in  1G92,  and  Virginia  and 
Yale  colleges  are  of  the  eeveateenth 
century.  Princeton  College  was  estab- 
lished in  174G.  Eight  years  after  the 
New  Jersey  College  was  founded,  and 
New  York  city  took  its  turn  by  found- 
ing the  King's  College.  A  huge  iron 
crown  was  placed  upon  it  as  the  em- 
blem of  royalty,  but  this  badge  was 
subsequently  removed,  and  the  uistitu- 
tion  took  the  name  of  Columbia  College. 
In  1775  Philadelphia  procured  a  char- 
ter for  the  University  of  Paunsylvania 
Then  Rhode  Island  OolU-ge  was  estab- 
lished, but  it  aftewards  took:  the  name 
of  Nicholas  Brown,  and  is  known  as 
Brown  College.  In  Connecticut  there 
lived  a  devoted  pastor,  named  WiUard, 
in  the  town  of  Hanover,  and  this  man 
took  it  into  his  head  to  do  something 
for  the  red  men.  Ho  founded  a  school 
in  New  Hampshire,  and  out  of  that 
school  there  grew,  in  1 705,  the  ir.stilu- 
tion  known  .t.3  Dartmouth  College. 
There  was  one  more  founded  in  New 
Jersey,  in  1770,  and  called  the  Queen's 
College,  so  named  by  King  George,  in 
honor  of  his  wife ;  but,  fifty  years  after 
the  Revolution,  this  instiuuion,  i-.ke  the 
King's  College,  changed  its  natiie,  and 
took  the  citizen  a  name  of  llutger's  Col- 
lege. 

— The  Racaish  clergy  of  St.  Louis 
are  engaged  in  a  most  unministerial 
warfare.  For  some  time  an  indebted- 
ness of  $70, 000  has  been  hanging  over 
the  congregation  of  Si.  Alphonsus 
Church  of  that  city.  The  people  were 
not  wealthy,  and  the  priest  set  about  to 
discover  some  plan  by  which  the  debt 
could  be  cancelled  without  opprcsbing 
the  laymen.  Well  knowing  the  super- 
stitious estimation  in  which  masses  for 
the  future  safety  of  their  souls  were 
held  by  their  ignorant  followers,  they 
decided  to  reduce  this  commodity  to  a 
present  value  and  sell  it  for  any  sum  it 
might  briug.  The  city  was  divided  in- 
to districts;  over  300  collectors  were 
appointed  to  solicit  and  guther  m;  cards 
were  printed  for  the  use  of  the  collect- 
ors bearing  the  promise  that  200  masses 
should  be  said  for  each  person  contrib- 
uting one  dollar  or  more  for  the  liqui- 
dation of  the  church  debt.  These 
promises  were  signed  by  Father  Mere- 
dith, the  priest  of  St  Alphonsus,  and 
the  offer  was  published  in  the  St.  Louis 
papers.  Thus  far  all  went  swimmingly. 
But  operations  were  hardly  commenced 
■when  Father  Henry,  pastor  of  St.  Law- 
rence O'Toole's  Church,  published  a 
protest  ia  the  Globe  denouncing  the 
scheme  and  warning  the  people  not  to 
contribute.  The  committee  having  the 
collection  in  charge  followed  and  brand- 
ed Father  Henry  as  willful  and  mali- 
cious  falsifier.     Father  Phelan,  editor  I 


of  the  Watchman  (Romish),  also  wrote 
an  article  denunciatory  of  Father  Henry. 
Now  the  latter  has  demanded  an  apolo- 
gy from  Father  Phelan  and  has  insti- 
tuted suit  against  the  committee  .'or  libel, 
laying   his  damages  at  $20,000. — Ji^x. 


Temperance— Barley  Raisin;: 


It  is  not  of  the  bsst  methods  of  grow- 
ing and  marketing  barley,  of  which  we 
are  thinking,  but  the  question  of  right 
to  raise  and  sell  it  in  the  general  mark- 
et, with  the  expectation  that  it  is  going 
into  the  manufacture  of  alcoholic 
drinks. 

We  do  not  deem  it  necessary  at  this 
diy,  to  prove  that  making  intoxicating 
drink?  is  a  crime.  The  great  wave  of 
desolating  ruin,  like  the  death-plague 
of  Egypt,  has  left  one  dead  in  every 
house  and  blotted  out  the  love-lights 
from  millions  tf  hearts.  This  is  a  stand- 
ing witness  to  the  criminality  of  manu- 
fdcturing  and  deaUng  in  this  a^ent  of 
ruin. 

There  seems  to  be  a  strange  and  aw- 
ful moral  darkness  gathered  over  the 
minds  of  thousands  who  are  engaged  in 
this  horrid  work.  Good  moral  men, 
even  professed  Chiistian8;yes,  even  the 
official  membsrsbip  of  our  churches, 
year  sfoer  yea,  are  earnestly  pushing 
on  the  manufacturing  of  lager  and  ale, 
in  tihe  raising  of  barley,  hops  and  other 
porducts,  with  the  full  expectancy  of 
their  produce  being  made  into  intoxicat- 
ing drinks. 

What  is  the  moral  difference  of  posi- 
tion, between  the  man  who  is  produc- 
ing the  material  and  the  one  who  takes 
up  the  uncompleted  work  where  the 
former  leaves  it,  and  puts  on  the  finish- 
ing mitiipulations  that  realize,  to  both, 
ihe  end  sought,  viz:  drunk-material. 

Lager  and  ale  are  the  results  of  a 
process  beginning  with  the  fitting  the 
soil  for  the  barley-crop,  continued 
through  the  sowing  of  seed,  harvest- 
ing, thres'ning,  marketing,  malting,  and 
brewing, — all  one  work,  one  gang  of 
hands — the  devil's  husbandry —  are  en- 
gaged in  it. 

No  matter  how  benevolent  some  of 
the  members  of  this  fraternity  may  be ; 
it  matters  not  what  their  professions  of 
Christianity  or  even  morality  are;  no 
matter  what  their  excuses  are;  this 
work  of  ruin  is  of  them,  and  God  will 
hold  them  accountable. 

One  word  to  that  prcfessing  Chris- 
tian farmer.  When  the  coming  spring 
opens,  we  advise  you  to  go  out  to  that 
ten  or  more  acres  that  you  were  going 
to  devote  to  barley -raising,  on  your 
knecj!,  afk  God's  direction  in  this  mat- 
ter, and  then  sow  the  barley  if  you 
dare. — The  Reformei . 


The  Chicago  Tribune  reports  the 
following  remarkable  case  at  Woodstock 
HI.  "A  well-dressed  stranger  walked 
into  one  cf  the  saloons  of  this  place 
leading  a  little  boy  by  the  hand  and 
called  for  a  drink  of  whiskey.  The  lit- 
tle fellow  burst  into  tears  and  begged 
ti?  father  not  to  drink,  and  the  saloon- 
keeper, to  his  credit,  be  it  said,  refused 
Mm,  whereupon  the  man  jumped  be- 
hind the  bar  and  seized  a  bottle  cf  the 
article  in  question.  The  bar-keeper 
attempted  to  take  the  bottle  from  him, 
and  a  scuifle  ensued,  during  which  the 
liquor  was  ppilled,  and  the  stranger 
ejected.  A  man  of  family  who  was 
present  was  eo  struck  by  the  conduct 
cf  thr  boy  that  he  left  the  saloon,  an^J 
caade  oath  that  he  would  never  drink 
another  drop. 


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FREEMASONRY  EXPOSED, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN, 

THE  GENUINE  OLD  MORGAN  BOOK:— republished  with  en- 
gravings showing  the  ;,ckdge  Koom,  Dreaa  of  candidates.  Signs. 
Due  Guards,  Gripe,  Etc. 

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gentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  whoae  statements  seem  to 
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title  of  a  book  of  some  three  hundred  pages  just  issued  by  him, 
purporting  to  give  a  full  and  accurate  account,  from  personal  knowl- 
edge, of  tne  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  other  masonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  almost  half  a  century 
ago." — Congreffaiiotialisi  and  Recorder,  Soston. 

" 'Pbeemasonby  Dhtelopbd.' — 'The  Broken  Seal:  or.  Personal 
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a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  The  book  contains  the 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter- 
esting matter,  including  the  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
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ciety, and  to  the  Church  ;  and  the  story  that  he  here  tells  will  make 
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port to  be.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— .2)a». 
iy  Serald,  jBosion, 

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History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murder  of 
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NARRATIVESSAND  ARGUMENTS, 
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Laws,  of  the  Union  and  of  the  States. 

Fi&AWCIS  SEMPEE  of 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS, 
"The  Ahtiqtjitt  of  Secret  Societies,  Tub  Life  op  Julian,  The 

Ei.EDSINIAN  My.STEKIES,  TuB  ORIGIN  OP  MASONRY,  WaS  WASHING- 
TON A  Mason?  Filmore's  and  Webster's  Deference  to  Masonry, 
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tion of  the  lodge  at  the  close  of  the  French  and  German  war;  the 
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BY  HSV.  W.  P.  M'NART, 
Pastor  United  Presbyterian  Church,  Bloomington,  Ind. 
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TRACT  NO.  7:' 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TO^W. 

A  4-page  tract.  This  is  a  careful  analysis  of  the  character  of 
Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  be  most  blat-phemons  and  un- 
christian;  and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  cluarly  shown  to  be  the 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leadins  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
80  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-pagc  double  tract,  "illustrated.'  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  tho  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Fpeema« 
sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives. the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth; 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  "Murder  and  Treason  not 
Excepted,"  and  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Christian. 
Price  25  cents  per  lUO;  $2  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  9,  ILLUSTRATED: 

FREEraASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  for.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  of  "-Occidental  Sov- 
ereign Consistory  S.  P.  li.  S,"  32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge— and 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Church  Who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TRACT  NO.  10: 

CHARACTEll  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREEMASONEY, 

A  2-pago  tract,  (illustrated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  Tho  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "tha 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  ner 
160  or  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

kibm  of  hnn  Esunlj  kmM\%  In  h± 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  icents  ner 
100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDQE  "WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Whitney's 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charge  of  unma- 
Bonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
An  8-page  tract,  $1.00  per  100;  S8.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVEK  ON  MASONRY, 

and 

HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 

Chancellor  of  tha  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIBS. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $2.00  per  1000. 
--  TRACT  NO.  14: 

GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 
ITS  EELATIONTO  OIVII,  QOVEEKiiEKT  AND  THE  OHEISTIAN  EBLIGION. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PEE3.  J. 
BLANOHAEC  of  WHSaTOM  COLLEGE.    This  is  a  IG-page  tract  at  $2.00 
per  100;  $16.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULI,  AND  VOID. 
A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.    By  REV.   1.  A.  HART,   Secretary 
National  Christian  Association.    Published  by  special  order  of  thu 
Association.    50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1600. 

TRACT  NO.  16: 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  lion.  Seth  M, 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.  A  4- 
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TRACT  NO.  17: 

Origin,  Obligations  ani  lifmi  of  !b  Erasgo. 

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TRACT   NO.  18: 

HON.  WM.  H.  SEW^ARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Eztrics  from  a  Spesoh  on  Eno'jr-Enotlineiim  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  in  1855. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  y,UINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  -J-page  tract,  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 

BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,   HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  th« 
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TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 
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TRACT  NO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA.  A,  WALLACE, 

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Chioaqo,  Aug.  17, 
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Grain  Wheat— Sprinr?,  No.  1 . .  J  1  07 

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"        No.  3 

"       Kejectod 

Corn — No.  2 

Rejected 64 

Oats— No.  2 

Rejected 

Kye— No.  2 72 

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Spring  extra 5  00 

Superllne 3  50 

nay— Timothy,  pressed 11  00 

"  loose 

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r.ard 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 

Butter 23 

Cheese  la 

Kggs 11 

Potatoes,  perbrl,  new 2  00 

Broom  corn.     04 

Seeds— Timothy 2  25 

ClovcT (i  60 

Flax    1  75 

Hides  —Green  and  green  cured . .  07 
Full  cured  add  ^i  percent. 

Lumljer— Olear 38  00 

Common 11 

Lath 

SbiD);Ics I  50 

WOOjCr-Washed 3S 

Unwashed -; 27 

LIVESTOCK.  Cattle,  extra....  6  25 

Good  to  choice 5  25 

Medium 4  .W 

Common 2.50 

Hogs, 5  50 

Sheep 3  00 

New  York  Market. 

Flour $  4  40 

Wheat 1  24 

Corn 81 

Oats 45 

Kye 90 

Lard 

Meas  pork 24  ro 

Butter 20 

Cheese 10 

Knira       „       17 


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Contents. 

Page. 
Editorial  Articles 8 

The  Need  of  Secretaries Rob  Morris  as  a  Crusader. 

.   .  No  Interference  in  Politics  or  Religion Notes. 

Topics  OF  TDB  Time 1 

OONTKIBnTED    AND    SblECT  ARTICLES 1,2,3 

Build  Well  the  State  (Poetry). . . .  A  Dumb  Devil. . . .  Let- 
ter from   D.  McAllister Weapons   of  the  Papacy 

Selfishness  Destructive  of  Free  Government. 

Reform  News  and  Notices 4,9 

A.  Trip   over  the  Praries The  Reform  in  Adams  and 

York  counties.  Pa Prom  Elder  Barlow, 

ColtBBSPONDENCE 5,6,12 

From  C.  W.  Greene Masonic  Outrage  in  Wisconsin. 

Letter  from  a  Non-afUiiating  Mason  and  Reply 

Enforcing  Discipline Reforming  the  Church. 

Forty  Years  Ago — History  of  Masonry 0 

Odd-f cUo wehip  Illustrated 13,  16 

The  Home  Cikcle 10 

Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbath  School 6 

Home  and  Health  Hints 7 

Farm  and  Garden 7 

Beligious  Intelligence 9 

News  of  the  WcoK 9 


To  ALL  Seceding  Masons. — Tlio  National  Christian 
Association  at  its  late  meeting  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y. , 
appointed  to  the  Recording  Secretary  the  duty  of  se- 
curing the  names  of  all  the  seceding  Masons  of  the 
country  with  their  endorsement  of  Bernard's  Revela- 
tion. In  accordance  with  this  vote  all  seceding  Ma- 
sons are  requested  to  send  their  names  and  the  en- 
dorsement as  stated  ;  and  they  are  desired  in  order  to 
make  the  statement  more  complete  to  send  also  their 
post-ofEce  address,  the  number  of  degrees  taken,  num- 
ber of  years  connected  with  the  lodge,  the  date  of 
their  leaving  it,  and  where  residing  when  they  joined. 
These  facts  will  be  preserved  with  the  records  of  the 
National  Association,  and  their  value  in  the  future 
progress  of  the  reform  will  be  undoubtedlj'^  great. 

Friends  of  the  reform  everywhere  are  earnestly  de- 
sired to  co-operate  in  extending  this  notice  and  seem- 
ing the  desired   information,  which  should  be  sent  to 

H.  L.  Kellogg, 
Becording  Se(yretary  N.  C.  A., 

11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago, 


Moulton  are  preparing  replies  to  Beecher's  charge  of 
black-mail  for  the  public.  Tilton  has  entered  suit 
against  Beecher  for  $100,000,  and  suits  for  libel  against 
several  New  York  journals  are  said  to  be  in  prepara- 
tion. The  Investigating  committee  were  to  have  re 
ported  on  Friday  evening,  but  the  publication  of  Moul 
ton's  statement  caused  a  postponement  for  a  week.  It 
is  understood  that  they  will  oxhonorate  ]3eecher  of  the 
crime  of  adultery,  and  there  is  a  report  that  two  mem- 
bers, Sage  and  S.  V.  White,  will  not  sign  it.  The 
evidence  is  probably  now  all  before  the  public,  which 
after  all  will    be  the  final  earthly  tribunal. 

Mr.  Beecher's  statement  was  apparently  candid  and 
truthful,  but  the  explanation  of  his  letters  weak  and 
unsatisfactory;  his  lawyers  have  dallied  and  petifo.'ged 
from  the  beginning;  and  the  testimony  against  him 
is  uniform.  The  fact  of  his  guilt  seems  to  be  the  only 
satisfactory  explanation  of  the  whole  vile  affair. 


Build  Well  the  State. 


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The  Beecher  Scandal. — The  developments  of  the 
week  in  this  vile  business  are  chiefly  the  publication  of 
Moulton's  statement,  which  is  generally  believed  to 
weaken  Beecher's  case.  Its  importance  rests  on  the 
fact  of  the  mediatorial  position  of  its  author,  the  con- 
fidence placed  in  him  by  both  parties,  and  its  dispas- 
sionate character,  being  prepared  before  Mr.  Beecher's 
statement  was  published.  Moulton  is  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Woodruff  and  Robinson,  the  heaviest  dealers 
in  salt  and  salt  fish  in  the  country.  He  is  a  friend  of 
Tilton  from  boyhood,  and  has  been  acquainted  with 
Beecher  four  or  five  years,  having  attended  Plymouth 
Church  part  of  that  time.  He  is  not,  however,  a 
member  nor  a  Christian,  but  is  a  profane,  shrewd  man 
of  the  world.  In  his  letters  he  is  called  by  Mr. 
Beecher  "my  dear  Frank,"  and  "the  friend  whom 
God  has  sent  me, "  etc.  His  statement  was  prepared 
for  the  committee,  but  suddenly  suppressed  and  a  very 
brief  paper  with  a  few  letters  submitted  instead.  Mr. 
Beecher's  challenge  to  all  men  for  evidence  brought 
the  first  paper  to  light  on  Friday  last.  It  contains  the 
direct  assertion  that  both  Mrs.  Tilton  and  Beecher  con- 
fessed their  guilt,  and  explains  letters  and  transactions 
in  that  light.  This  he  aiSrms  is  the  only  and  acknowl- 
edged basis  of  all  the  negotiations.  His  statement, 
therefore,  stands  over  against  Beecher's,  and,  though 
discredited  by  the  latter's  friends,  the  regard  shown 
him  by  Mr.  Beecher  in  letters  written  hardly  a  month 
ago  greatly  strengthen  the  evidence.     Both  Tilton  and 


Liberal  Theologv. — The  standing  of  Unitarianism 
in  this  country  in  comparison   with   other  denomina- 
tions is  noticeable  for  nothing  probably  but  a  retro- 
grade.    Dr.   Bellows,   of  New  York,  for  a  long   time 
the  Nestor  of  the    denomination,  has  dropped  out    of 
active  service  in  its  rank,  and  no  man  seems  willing  to 
undertake    the    management    of    his    church    in    the 
metropoUtan  city.      At  the  meeting  of  the  American 
Unitarian  Association  lately  in  Boston,  Freeman  Clarke 
called  attention  to  the  fact  that  out  of  forty  cities,  one- 
half  did  not  contain  a  single  Unitarian  society  ;   and 
out  of  New  England  these  were  very  weak.      If  this  is 
the  actual  condition  of  the  Unitarian  church,    the  fact 
is  explanable.     This  denomination  since  it  broke  off 
from  the  old  churches  of  New  England,  has,  not  un- 
reasonably, been  considered  heretical.     Its  doctrines 
have  sheltered  the  subtlest  and  most  dangerous  infi- 
delity.    Rev.  Mr.  Schermerhorn,  the  former  pastor  of 
Unity    Church,    Boston,     describes    it    as    that    body 
"composed  of  Universalists,  Unitarians,  Orthodox,  Free 
Religionists,  Spiritualists  and  Atheists,    with  a   large 
percentage  of  Nothingists.     The  evident  decline  of  the 
denomination,  which  is  said  to  have  its  parallel  in  Eng- 
land, must  be  caused  by  the  agressive  influence  of  true 
spiritual  poper  in  the  churches  called  orthodox,  or  the 
latter  must  have   become  so  conformed  to   Unitarian 
practices  that  the  masses  recognize  little  or  no  difter- 
ence,   and  choose  those   churches  whose  names  and 
history  still  have  some  attractive  power.     No  one  who 
has  carefully  noted  the   drift  of  the  churches  for  the 
past  ten  years  can  hesitate  at  the  reason.     Many  pul 
pits  in  Massachusetts  have  been  open  to  the  preachers 
of  Unitarianism.      Clarke    and    Bellows    and    Collyer 
have  popularized  the  humanitarianism  of  their  system, 
while  Beecher,  Swing,  Fowler  and  a  score  of  popular 
preachers  of  opposite  professions  have  met  them  more 
than  half  way.     "Liberalism,"  falsely  so-called,  is  fiist 
taking  the  place  in  Christian  thought  and  discussion 
which  Bible  charity  should  fill,   and  the  distinctions, 
once  existing   between  those  who   "love  the   world" 
and  those  "born  of  God,"  are  losing  their  sharpness 
and   outline.     The     great  shock    some    well-meaning- 
people   are  experiencing  in  the  Brooklyn  scandal  will 
do  good  if  it  biings  a  calm  and  Scriptural  examination 
into  the  causes  that  have  for  years  been  operating  to 
produce  that  vile  eruption.     The  churches  everywhere 
need  to  be  called  back  to  their  ''first  love,"  to  purge 
out  the  Balaam  doctrines,  befo-?   the   swift  coming  of 
the  Son  of  God. 


BY  OBORGE  W.  BCNQAY, 


Oh,  builders  of  the  State, 
Be  brave  and  wise  and  great. 

Malic  equal  riglits  for  all — the  base. 
Mortice  the  granite  deep, 
True  to  tlie  plummet  keep. 

Build  above  clique,  or  caste,  or  race. 

Wall  out  the  trust  in  creeds. 
Wall  iu  the  faith  in  deeds. 

Wall  out  the  traitor's  corner-stone. 
Wall  in  the  church  and  school, 
Wall  out  the  tyrant's  rule. 

Wall  iu  lair  Freedom  on  her  throne. 

Oh,  men  in  Washington, 

Build  in  the  rock  and  on. 
Build  well— build  for  all  future  time. 

Let  all  the  nations  see 

Justice  and  Liberty 
Clasp  hands  above  a  task  sulJlinie. 

— Eveniwj  Post. 

The  Dumb  Devil. 


FKOM  A  DI8C0UR8E  BEFORE  THE  EPISCOPAL  CHURCH, 
BETHLEHEM,  CONN.,  BY  X,  A.  WELTOF,  PASTOR,  A  RE- 
NOUNCING MASON. 

There  is  no  intimation  in  Scripture  that  the  devil 
now  possesses  men's  bodies  in  the  same  manner  he  did 
when  Christ  was  on  earth ;  but  that  his  dominion  over 
men's  minds  still  continues,  is  too  evident  to  require 
proof.  And  this  power  is  gained  through  the  yielding 
up  of  the  human  will.  When  men  consent  to  have 
the  organs  of  speech  fettered,  so  that  they  cannot  tell 
the  whole  truth,  but  only  a  part  of  it,  or,  when  they 
consent  to  hide  some  truth  from  the  church  and  the 
world,  are  they  not  ,  in  a  measure,  ruled  by  a  dumb 
spirit? 

Says  old  Bishop  Hall :  *  'Such  a  dumb  devil  as  our 
Saviour  found  tyrannizing  over  ihe  bodies  of  posseEsed 
men,  is  in  the  pulpit  when  the  prophets  of  God  smoth- 
er or  halve  or  adulterate  the  message  of  their  Mas- 
ter. When  we  hold  back  the  truth  which  we  should 
speak,  for  the  information  of  our  brethren,  we  yield 
to  this  dumb  devil."  And  we  might  add  that  such  a 
dumb  devil  do  men  invite  into  their  hearts,  whenever 
they  bind  themselves  by  unholy  bonds  not  to  speak 
the  truth  concerning  any  matter  whatever,  or  to  keep 
other  people's  secrets  without  knowing  what  those  se- 
crets will  be ;  for  such  a  vow,  if  kept,  must  render  him 
that  is  bound  thereby,  incapable  of  telling  the  whole 
truth,  whenever  God's  ministers,  of  religion  or  of 
justice,  have  a  right  to  know  it.  Such  a  man's  tongue 
is  partially  paralyzed ;  not  from  causes  beyond  his  con- 
trol, but  through  a  voluntary  yielding  up  of  his  own  , 
will  and  conscience.  Men  whose  lips  are  sealed  by  the 
obligations  of  secretism  are  perhaps  the  truest  repre- 
sentatives among  us  in  this  age  and  people,  of  those 
who,  in  our  Saviour's  day,  were  possessed  with  a 
dumb  devil,  and  their  only  hope  of  deliverance  is  the 
same  incarnate  Son  of  God. 

The  oaths  and  obligations  administered  in  secret 
assemblies,  are  all  of  the  same  kind;  however  much 
they  may  differ  in  degree,  all  hinder,  more  or  less,  the 
progress  of  the  truth  as  it  is  in  Jesus.  Secretism  is  a 
dumb  spirit,  whose  influence  is  so  wide-spread  and 
powerful  that  it  has  very  nearly  muzzled  both  press  and 
pulpit;  and,  of  all  the  secret  fraternities,  the  best  known 
and  most  respectable,  is  the  Masonic;  which  is  called 
the  mother  of  all  the  other  secret  societiee.  I  shall 
therefore  speak  of  It  as  the  representative  of  them  all, 
using  the  word  "secretism"  as  synonymouB  with 
"Freemasonry."     ^^    com ne ring    secretism    to  the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


dumb  devil  spoken  of  in  the  text,   I   have  broadly  in. 
sinuated  that  the  "geniua  of    Masonry,"  so-called,  is 
an  evil  genius,  or  spirit,  opposing  and  obstructing  the 
work  of  Jesus  Christ  in  men's  Balvation.   I  shall  endeav- 
or to  make  good  this  charge,  by  proving  that  the  giv- 
ing and  taking  of  Masonic  obligations  is  the  very  pro- 
cess of  binding  the  organs  of  speech  and  the  placing 
of  them,  to  some  extent,  under  the  control  of  a  devil 
that  is  dumb.     If  the  word  "devil"  seem   too  strong, 
the  Freemasons  in  their  temples  sing  hymns  of  praise 
to  a  personification  which  they  call   the  "Genius   of 
Masonry."     A«'genius"   is  a  spirit,  and  "Every  spirit 
that  confesseth  not  that   Jesua  Christ  is  come  in  the 
flesh  is  a  deyil;  and,  1  may  add,  that  all  religious  wor- 
ship that   is  not  offered  in  the  name  and  through  the 
merits  and    intercession  of    Jesus    Christ,  is,  in    the 
Scriptures,  called  the  worship  of  devils.     (Compare  1. 
Cor.  X.  20.    with  Rev.   ix.    20;  Lev.    xvii.    1,    Deut. 
xxxii.  17;  Ps.  cvi.  37.) 

The  gift  of  speech  is  from  God,  and  to  be  used  for  his 
glory,  and  man's  good ;  and  it  is  the  standing  boast  of 
every  Ireeman  that  "freedom  of  speech  is  one  of  the 
dearest  of  all  God-given  rights.  No  man  has  a  right 
to  assume  an  obligation  that  curtails  or  abridges  this 
freedom.  And  besides  therestrJiint  is  all  in  the  wrong 
direction.  Masonic  oaths  hinder  men  from  telling  the 
truth  but  do  not  hinder  them  from  telling  what  is 
not  true,  except  of  and  to  Masons.  The  Mason'is  actual- 
ly bound  to  decieve  all  the  rest  of  the  world,  in  regard 
to  Masonry.  Bat  what  are  the  obligations?  I  reply. 
The  essence  of  the  oaths  of  the  first  three  degrees  in 
Freemasonry  is,  in  brief,  to  obey  the  power  of  the 
lodge,  and  to  succor  and  defend  each  other  as  mem- 
bers of  that  body.  Now,  if  we  should  admit,  for  the 
sake  of  argument,  that  there  is  nothing  wrong  in  the 
matter  or  substance  of  these  obligations,  still  it  can  be 
shown  that  the  manner  of  them  is  wrong,  and  this  1 
shall  proceed  to  do. 

1.  All  oaths  administered  in  secret  assemblies  art 
profane:  (a)  because  the  men  who  give  them  are  not 
legally  qualified  to  administer  oaths — i.  e. ,  not  author- 
ized by  the  civil  government;  (b)  and,  because  the 
oaths  themselves  are  not  required  by  church  or  state. 
They  are  the  taking  of  God's  name  in  vain,  to  no  pur- 
pose, or  unnecessarily;  and  are  therefore  a  violation  of 
the  third  commandment  of  the  Decalogue, — the  moral 
law  that  binds  all  Christian  men. 

2.  They  are  that  "vain  and  rash  swearing"  which  is 
the  subject  of  our  39th  art'cln  of  religion.  (See  also 
Art.  25th  M.  E.  church.)  They  are  "rash"  as  well 
ae  "vain, "  because  they  are  of  the  same  nature  of  that 
oath  of  King  Kerod,  to  give  a  wicked  woman  "what- 
soever she  should  ask."  How  did  Herod  know  she 
would  ask  him  to  commit  murder  ?  And  how  does 
the  "Entered  Apprentice  know,  when  he  swears  to 
keep  undefined  secrets,  that  he  will  not  sometime  be 
required  to  conceal  crime  ?  If  these  oaths  bound  men 
to  do  good  only  and  not  to  do  evil,  they  would  still 
be  vain  and  therefore  profane.  They  are  "rash"  also, 
because  they  do  not  limit  or  define  the  duties  of  those 
whom  they  bind.  We  have  no  right,  perhaps,  to  sup- 
pose— at  least  Christian  charity  does  not  require  us  to 
suppose — that  Masons  intend,  when  taking  these  oaths, 
to  put  upon  them  the  worst  construction  they  will 
bear;  but  it  is  certain  that  they  will  bear  an  evil  con- 
struction, quite  as  clearly  as  a  good  one.  Few  men 
we  may  believe,  would  assume  them  at  all,  if  they 
were  not  told  beforehand  that  they  would  not  conflict 
with  their  duty  to  God  or  their  country.  But  every 
man  who  has  taken  the  obligations  of  the  first  three 
degrees  in  Masonry  has  sworn  under  penalty  of  death, 
to  obey  all  signs  and  summons,  from  the  lodge,  or 
by  the  hand  of  a  brother;  to  apprise  a  brother  of  all  ap- 
proaching danger,  when  in  his  power;  to  go  on  a 
brother's  errand,  within  a  limited  distance ;  and  to  keep 
his  secrets,  (when  given  in  charge  as  such,)  murder 
and  treason  excepted.  There  are  some  things  he 
swears  not  to  do;  but  I  have  given  the  positive  part 
of  these  obligations.  Now  it  is  plain  that  to  help  a 
man  to  escape  the  penalty  due  to  crime,  would  be  to 
obstruct  the  administration  of  those  who  are  called 
the  "ministers  of  God,"  and  to  keep  the  secrets  of  a 


guilty  brother  might  be  to  refuse  to  testify  against 
him  in  a  court  of  justice.  To  go  on  his  errand,  (two 
or  three  miles)  might  be  to  go  on  a  wicked  errand  to 
help  him  to  do  evil;  and  to  apprise  him  of  approach- 
ing danger,  might  prevent  his  arrest  and  trial  for  an 
infamous  crime, — sven  murder  or  treason, — for  these 
are  not  positively  excepted.  The  pledge  ia  not  lim 
ited. 

I  know  how  good  men  would  construe  their  oaths 
in  such  cases;  but  I^do  not  know  how  far  wicked  men 
apply  them  in  the  service  of  Satan.  The  n^ost  harm- 
lees  of  these  obligations  will  admit  of  an  evil  interpre- 
tation, and  may  be  used  as  an  engine  of  wickedness. 
But  when  one  is  made  to  swear  to  "keep  a  brother 
Master  Mason's  secrets,  murderand  treason  excepted," 
"and  these  left  to  his  own  election  or  option,"  there 
can'be  no  doubt  of  the  intention  of  the  framers  of  this 
oath.     .      .     . 

The  least  objectionable  of  these  obligations  is  so 
framed  that  it  makes  no  distinction  between  right  and 
wrong,  between  virtue  and  vice;  but  the  last  named, 
demands  the  commission  of  sin,  the  violation  of  the 
law  of  God.  The  spirit  of  any  and  every  body,  or 
corporate  institution,  is  to  be  looked  for  in  its  obli- 
gations.  I  have  r-ow  shown  that  the  Masoaic  obliga- 
tions are  positively  evil;  the  spirit  of  Masonry  is  there- 
fore an  evil  scirit;  the  "Genius  of  Masonry"  is  an  evil 
genius, — it  is  a  deaf,  a  dumb,  and  a  blind  devil.  And 
the  matter  of  this  discourse  is  of  vital  importance,  be- 
cause it  relates  to  the  grand  distinction  that  the  Sa- 
viour himself  makes  between  those  who  serve  him, 
and  those  who  serve  him  not.  If  a  man  will  not  be  a 
Christian,  let  him  be  a  M^soa;  but  if  he  be  a  Christ 
ian  he  "must  renounce  the  devil  and  all  his  works." 
He  should  put  no  bond  but  that  of  heaven  upon  hi 
liberty  of  speech;  and  when  set  free  from  the  bondage 
of  the  devil  let  him  go  and  tell  what  great  things  the 
Lord  hath  done  for  him.  But,  whether  Christians  or 
not,  my  hearers,  do  you  not  see  that  when  a  freeman 
binds  himself  to  keep  undefined  and  unlimited  secrets, 
or  to  obevr  a  power  whose  constitution  and  limitations 
he  knows  nothing  about;  he  has  yielded  up  his  man- 
hood and  become  a  bond  servant  or  slave  ?  May  God 
preserve  or  deliver  ycu  from  such  a  snare  sa  this, 
and  from  every  other  device  of  the  enemy  of  souls,  for 
Christ's  sake !     .     .     .     , 

The  testimony  I  have  now  laid  before  you  against 
the  evil  spirit  of  "secretiism,"  I  have  given  on  the  au- 
thority of  an  embassador  of  Christ;  in  God's;  own 
house  and  in  his  presence.  It  is  your  duty  to  recleve 
it  as  by  his  authority.  But  it  is  you  precious  privilege, 
and  probably  also  your  duty,  to  verify  this  testimony 
by  the  study  of  the  Scriptures,  and  all  other  books 
within  your  reach,  that  contain  evidence  for  and 
against  secret  societies.  Nearly  fifty  years  ago  a  con- 
vention of  a  hundred  Freemasons  published  to  the 
world  what  were  commonly  called  the  secrets  of  the 
institution.  Their  work  has  been  often  endorsed  as 
true.  Examinations  of  Masons  under  oath  by  commit- 
tees of  the  legislatures  of  several  States  verified  these 
revelations,  as  fir  as  the  first  three  degrees.  All  these 
records  are  accessible  to  the  searcher  after  truth.  Alj 
publications  of  this  sort  may  be  tested  by.the  ordinary 
rules  of  criticism.  They  may  be  shown  as  reliable  or 
unreliable  by  the  same  process  we  would  employ 
in  regard  to  any  other  book.  You  have  a  right  to 
weigh  all  such  testimony.  You  ought  to  do  it  if  you 
are  not  already  confident  that  it  is  true.  But  you 
must  not  be  deceived  by  those  advocates  of  '  *the  myS' 
teries,"  who  tell  you  it  is  impossible  for  any  one  to 
know  what  Maeonry  is,  unless  he  has  been  in  the 
lodge;  and  that  if  he  has  been  in  the  lodge  it  is 
thenceforth  impossible  for  him  to  tell  the  truth  about 
Masonry.  This  bold  and  unscrupulous  assertion  has, 
no  doubt,  done  much  to  deceive  the  public;  but  as  it 
proves  too  much,  it  proves  nothing;  for,  as  when  the 
ancient  poet  of  Crete  branded  all  Cretans  as  liars,  he 
left  the  question  of  his  own  veracity  forever  doubtful; 
so  if  it  is  impossible  for  an  initiated  Mason  ever  to 
tell  the  truth  about  Masonry,  then  what  do  these  ad- 
vocates, but  confess  their  own  untruthfulness  ?  And  if 
they  are  really  bound  to  conceal  the  reality  of  what 


is  hidden  in  the  lodge,  how  can  they  do  this  unless 
they  either  keep  silence  or  falsify.  They  certainly 
do  not  keep  silence.  You  will  see,  from  these  facts, 
.that  Masons  cannot  defend  their  Ijved  mysteries 
without  falling  by  their  own  sword. 

But,  on  the  other  hand,  the  seceder  from  the  lodge 
is  the  most  reliable  of  all  witnesses,  because  he  testi- 
fies against  his  own  worldly  interest, — he  bears  wit- 
nesses against  himself, — publishes  his  own  shame. 
No  man  will  be  likely  to  do  this  except  from  a  sense 
of  duty;  for  how  can  he  expect  any  earthly  reward  or 
advantage  in  the  doing  of  what  he  knows  will  bring 
upon  himself  the  hatred  of  all  the  evil-disposed  mem- 
bers of  a  powerful  fraternity  ? 

Once  more.  Do  not  allow  yourselves  to  be  deceived. 
by  the  presence  of  good  men  (so-called)  in  the  Ma- 
sonic ranks.  "How  can  an  iaslitulion  be  essentially 
evil,"  they  ask,  "which  is  patronized  by  so  many  great 
and  good  men  from  all  ranks  of  society  V  I  have 
shown  that  the  essence  of  Masonry  is  in  its  obligations, 
as  much  so  as  the  essence  of  Christianity  is  in  the 
laws  of  God  which  every  Christian  solemnly  swears  to 
obey.  If  good  men  adopt  bad  principles,  their  indi- 
vidual uprightness,  honesty,  or  piety,  will  net  sanctify 
those  principles.  Men  are  sometimes  better  than  their 
principles,  when  their  characters  were  formed  before 
they  adopted  thostd  principles.  No  man  can  be  a 
Freemason  till  he  is  twenty-one  years  of  age;  and 
many  are  not  till  they  are  much  older.  But  it  is  for 
those  good  men  themselves,  and  not  for  me,  to  recon- 
cile their  Masonic  oaths  with  their  civil,  or  Christian, 
or  miaisterial  obligation?.  Yet  we  may  say,  in  pass- 
ing, that  this,  the  strongest  argument  put  forth  by  the 
lodge  against  adverse  criticism,  also  proves  too  much, 
and,  therefore,  proves  nothing.  For,  if  the  institution 
be  good  because  some  of  its  members  are  good,  then 
by  the  same  rule  it  is  a  bad  institution  because  some 
of  its  members  are  bad.  The  one  inference  is  as  logi- 
cal as  the  other.  No  doubt  the  good  Christian  men 
that  are  in  the  lodge  are  the  salt  that  preserves  it  from 
utter  corruption.  But  these  are  stolen  jewels, — the 
livery  of  heaven  that  the  dumb  devil  puts  ou.  They 
are  the  lamb-skin  that  hides  the  wolf. 

But  let  me  ask,  are  you  or  I  a  competent  judge  of 
who  ia  or  who  is  not  a  good  man?  The  Bible  defini- 
tion is,  one  "full  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  of  faith." 
We  cannot  presume  to  be  infallible  judges  of  men's 
characters  or  motives;  but  we  may,  and  can,  and 
ought  to  jadge  of  the  character  of  every  instij.utioa 
that  professes  to  make  men  wiser  or  better.  We  are 
exhorted  by  that  St.  John  to  whom  the  lodges  are 
dedicated,  to  try  all  such  spirits  whether  they  are  of 
God.  We  have  tried  the  spirit  of  Masonry  and  found 
that  it  is  not  of  God. 

It  is  enough  for  me  to  kaow  that  every  one  of  its 
secret  oaths  are  forbidden  by  God's  law,  and  the  testi- 
mony of  Jesus.  It  ought  to  be  enough  for  every 
free-born  American  to  know  that  if  he  bind  himself 
by  an  oath  of  secrecy,  he  renounces  his  liberty  of 
speech,  and  just  so  far  impairs  his  manhood;  and, 
however  much  he  may  vaunt  his  freedom,  he  is  really 
a  slave.  I  wish  I  could  say  he  ia  nothing  worse  than 
the  slave  of  men.  I  wish  I  could  honestly  believe  he 
is  not  the  bond-servant  of  a  dumb  devil !  What  if  he 
has  not  given  up  all  his  liberty !  Why  should  he  give 
up  any  part  of  it?  If  he  is  a  good  man,  would  he 
not  be  a  better  man  still  if  he  were  not  thus  "  une- 
qually quoked  with  unbelievers?" — if  his  tongue  were 
altogether  free,  so  that  he  might  tell  the  whole  truth, 
and  at  all  times  ? 

People  DOW  are  filled  with  wonder  when  they  see 
a  man  actually  freed  from  the  spirit  of  dumbness — de- 
livered from  a  bond  which  they  are  told  cannot  be 
broken.  But  they  should  remember  that  even  "  this 
kind"  may  "come  forth  by  prayer  and  fasting." 
Jesus  Christ  is,  even  now,  both  able  and  willing  to 
deliver  every  slave  of  Satan,  whatever  form  the  bond- 
age may  have  assumed.  Come  to  him,  then,  and  ask 
him  to  pardon,  cleanse  and  save  you.  And  if  any  of 
you  have  a  friend  near  and  dear  who  is  so  hopelessly 
bound  that  he  cannot  come — cannot  even  cry,  "  Lord, 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


save  me," — bring  him — not  os  did  the  friends  of  him 
that  was  bodily  possesEcd  of  a  devil  that  was  dumb, 
for  Christ  is  not  physically  present  on  earth — but 
bring  them  in  the  arms  of  earnest,  importunate,  inter- 
ceFsing  prayer.  Ask  the  ministers  of  Christ  and  the 
whole  church  to  plead  for  liim  befare  the  tlirone  of 
Him  that  is  mighty  to  eave.  It  may  be  the  Lord  wiii 
hear  your  prayers  and  grant  to  all  Euch  a  bappy  de- 
liverance, and  enable  them  to  sing  with  the  holy  David, 
"Our  soul  is  escaped  as  a  bird  out  of  the  snare  of  the 
fowlers;  the  snare  is  broken  and  we  are  delivered." 


Conventloa  Correspondence; 

LETTER  FROM  SEV.  D  .  MCALLISTER. 

245  West  49th  St.,  New  York,  Msy  27,  1874, 
Dear  Bro.  Stoddard: — Other  duties  and  engacje- 
ments  prevent  me  from  complying  with  your  request. 
If  the  way  were  open  both  duty  and  inclination  would 
draw  me  to  the  Convention  at  Syracuse.  The  move- 
ment in  the  interest  of  which  the  Convention  is  to 
meet  is  one  of  the  most  important  of  our  land  and 
day.  It  is  the  cause  of  light  against  the  works  of 
darkness;  of  simple  and  earnest  manhood  against 
puerile  trickery  and  display;  of  liberty  and  patriotism 
against  bondage  and  social  wrong;  of  Christ's  church 
against  a  rival  and  supplanter.  One  consideration  is 
sufficient  to  show  the  essential  hostility  of  secret  broth- 
erhoods to  the  church  of  Christ.  That  divine  society 
Deeka  to  gather  within  its  benificent  embrace  all  mem- 
bers of  our  racp,  that  .ill  alike  may  share  in  the  full- 
ness of  ber  blessings.  So  with  every  subsidiary  or- 
ganization w.orthy  of  support.  On  the  contrary,  the. 
very  spirit  of  secret  brotherhoods  is  their  exclusiveness. 
They  are  possible  only  when  a  part,  of  the  human 
family  i!  separated  and  distinguished  from  the  rest. 
They  profess  to  confer  blessings,  like  the  church  o 
Christ,  but  the  actual  commuuicallon  of  the  boasted 
favors  and  privileges  to  all  men  and  women  and  chil- 
.dren,  in  the  spirit  of  the  Gospel,  woiild  utterly  oblit- 
erate secret  associations  from  the  earth.  Professing  to 
do  what  would  be  necessarily  suicidal  to  themselves, 
their  whole  hfe  is  a  falsehood.  Unlike  the  Sabbath 
and  every  other  divine  institution,  they  are  not  made 
for  man,  but  for  themselves.  Man  is  of  importance 
to  them  only  as  they  can  use  him  for  their  purposes. 
They  are  in  principle  the  final  end  of  their  own  exist- 
ence. Hence  they  cannot,  as  they  never  in  fact  do, 
carry  out  their  professions  of  benefjeence  toward  suf- 
fering humanity.  Whatever  incidental  good  they  may 
do  they  sacrifice,  by  the  law  of  their  being,  the  wel- 
fare of  men  in  every  true  and  universal  relation  in 
the  family,  the  state  and  the  church,  to  their  selfish 
and  narrow  interests. 

May  the  Convention  hasten  their  extirpation. 

Truly  yours,                            D,  McAllister, 
■ -» «  » 

Weapons  of  the  Tapacy— Is  tUo  Dagger  one  of  Them? 


Jesuit  history  is  strangely  mixed  up  with  gunpow- 
der plots,  conspiracies  and  assassinations.  The  code 
of  Roman  casuistry  is  very  indulgent  to  the  knights  of 
the  dagger  when  they  use  it  in  behalf  of  the  church. 
In  1570,  when  Knox  had  become  enfeebled  with  age, 
and  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Scotland,  re^eolute, 
but  beset  with  foe.',  was  making  strong  its  position  by 
the  aid  and  counsels  of  ''The  good  Regent"  Murray, 
and  when  every  attempt  by  open  hostility  to  over- 
throw the  regent's  power  had  failed,  the  nephew  ol 
the  Archbishop  of  St.  Andrews,  whose  life  the  regent 
had  spared,  sent  a  musket-ball  through  his  body,  and 
while  his  victim  was  sinking  in  his  death  agony,  flsd 
to  the  Archbishop,  -vrhere  he  was  received,  it  is  said, 
"with  great  applause  by  the  base  instigator  of  his 
crime."  But  though  Murray  fell,  the  cause  of  the  Gos- 
pel did  not  perish  with  him.  Scotland  suffered,  and 
the  church  suffered,  but  in  1572,  Andrew  Melville 
came  back  from  Geneva  to  hold  aloft  the  banner  which 
could  not  perish  by  the  shot  of  the  assassin. 

On  the  15th  of  March,  1582,  William,  of  Orange, 
on  whose  wisdom  and  valor  the  fate  of  the  Dutch  Re- 
public had  often  depended,  and  who  stood  like  a  bar- 
rier in  the  ■ffiay  of  the  restoration  of  the   inquisition 


aad^the  Spanish  power,  was  leaving  his  dining-room  on 
his  way  to  hia  private  chamber,  when  a  young  man 
stepped  up  to  him  on  pretense  of  presenting  a  peti- 
tion. While  in  the  act  of  reading  the  paper  handed 
to  him,  the  treacherous  suppliant  discharged  a  pistol 
at  his  head.  The  ball  struck  under  his  left  ear,  and 
pa^ised  out  at  the  right  cheek.  As  he  tottered  and 
tell,  the  assassin  drew  a  poignard  to  add  suicide  to  his 
crime.  He  was  arrested  in  the  act,  and  the  papers 
found  on  him  revealed  the  instigators  of  the  crime. 
Besides  the  20,009  ducats  promised  by  Philip  II,  to 
the  perpetrator  of  the  deed,  it  was  found  that  he  had 
been  urged  forward  by  a  Dominican  monk,  too  great 
a  coward  to  be  himself  the  murderer.  He  had  duly 
heard  mass  and  received  the  sacrament  before  making 
the  attempt,  and  in  his  pocket  Avas  found  a  catechism 
of  the  Jesuits  and  tablets  of  prayers,  one  of  which, 
addressed  to  the  Angel  Gabriel,  implored  his  interces- 
sion with  God  and  the  Viigin  to' aid  him  ia  his  attempt. 
Two  of  his  accomplices  confessed  their  complicity,  and 
all  were  executed.  It  is  significant  th&t  some  yeais 
after,  the  Jesuits  solemnly  gathered  the  remains  of  the 
three  pretended  martyrs,  and  exposed  them  as  rtlics 
for  holy  veneration. 

The  Prince  of  Orange  recovered  from  what  threat- 
ened to  be  a  fatal  wound,  but  within  little  more  than 
a  year  the  attempt  upon  his  '  life  was  renewed.  The 
second  asmesin,  Bathasar  Gerard,  seeking  a  similar 
opportunity  with  the  first,  was  more  successful.  lie 
lodged  three  balls  in  the  Prince's  body,  and  this  time 
the  deed  was  accomplished.  The  greatest  statesman 
of  his  time,  beloved  of  a  whole  people,  perished,  that 
Rome  and  Spain  over  his  corpse  might  pass  on  to 
crush  the  liberties  of  the  States  of  Holland. 

Five  years  later,  1589,  Henry  III.  of  France,  who, 
to  resist  Spain  and  the  League,  had  united  himself 
vvith  Henry  of  Navarre,  fell  by  the  stroke  of  the  assat- 
sia  Jacques  Clement.  This  ma.i  was  himself  a  monk, 
and  another  monk  had  purchased  for  him  the  knife 
ihat  was  to  be  used^upors  the  occasion,  and  which  was 
consecrated  with  considerable  ceremony.  The  Je- 
suits took  interest  in  the  matter.  Clement  was  often 
with  them,  and  some  of  them  accompanied  him  on 
his  way.  A  Dominican,  who  gives  the  details  of 
Clement's  execution,  adds  'nhat  his  soul  did  not 
fail  to  ascend  to  heaven  with  the  blessed."  As  to  the 
murdered  king,  he  adds,  ''I  pray  God  that  the  same 
may  befall  all  those  who  are  against  the  Catholic  re- 
ligion, and  who  now  unlawfully  besiege  us. 

Five  years  later,  in  1594,  an  attempt  was  made  up- 
on the  life  o?  Henry  IV, ,  then  endeavoring  to  vindi- 
cate his  title  to  the  throne  of  France.  His  would  be 
assassin,  Jean  Chatel,  aimed  his  blow  at  the  throat  of 
'the  King,  but  as  the  latter  stooped,  he  received  the 
blow  in  his  mouth,  Chatel  had  studied  with  the  Je- 
suits, and  alarmed  by  conscience  for  his  depravitie?, 
sought  to  accomplish  a  work  that  would  expiate  his 
crimes,  It  is  not  surprising  to  read  that  it  was  with 
difficulty  that  the  people  were  restrained  from  taking 
vengeuce  on  the  Jesuits. 

Fourteen  years  later  the  dagger  of  Ravailiac  accom- 
plished the  fatal  deed  to  which  Chatel  had  aspired, 
and  though  he  denied  having  accomplices,  he  found 
eulogists  and  others  who  envied  the  distinction  he  had 
acquired.  In  the  courts  of  law  and  at  meetings  in  the 
market  place  the  Jesuits  were  believed  to  have 
prompted  the  assassin. 

Here  we  pause  in  that  record  suggested  by  the  re- 
cent attempt  to  revive  what  we  might  haye  fancied 
was  one  of  the  lost  arts — the  assassination  of  Princes. 
In  each  instance  the  criminal  deed  took  place  at  a 
critical  as  well  as  opportune  moment.  The  death  of 
Henry  IV,,  paralyzed  the  energies  of  the  Protestant 
States  of  Europe,  who  looked  to  him  as  their  military 
head.  Had  he  lived,  there  would  probably  have  been 
no  * -Thirty  years'  war"  to  disgrace  the  civil'zition  and 
humanity  of  the  seventeenth  century,  and  by  its  hor- 
rors to  inspire  the  protest  which  found  expression 
through  Grctius'  pen.  But  a  necessity  that  can  scarce 
be  said  to  have  existed  since  his  death,  demands  that 
Rome  should  exhaust  every  resource  la  order  to  arrest 
h he  course  of  German   legijlation.     The    spirit  there- 


fore that  was  incarnate  in  Gerard,  Clement,  Chatel, 
Ravailiac,  and  so  many  others,  reappears  at  the  very 
moment  when  it  is  of  the  highest  importance  to  Rome 
th&t  Bismarck  should  be  out  of  tho  way.  This  will 
scarcely  be  accounted  an  accident.  If  it  should  tura 
out  thst  the  assailant  of  Bismarck  is  a  Jesuit,  or  a 
tool  of  the  Jesuits,  it  would  occasion  no  surprire,  but 
be  accepted  as  new  evidence  that  the  Roman  church 
and  Jetuits  of  the  sixteenth  century  are  the  proper 
precursors  of  those  of  tlie  nineteenth. 

Altogether  this  record  of  princely  assassinations  is 
G  sore  matter  for  Rome  to  handle.  It  has  an  ugly 
lock.  That  twice  the  Prince  of  Orange  and  Henry 
IV.  were  assaulted  before  the  fatal  issue  was  reached, 
Bugg'esta  tc-day  a  repetition  of  the  attempt  that  has 
just  been  msde  to  justify  the  glowing  vaticinations  of 
the  Pope  by  means  tf  the  dagger.  But  it  is  late  in 
the  day  to  put  on  the  old  armor,  and  fight  with  the  old 
weapons.  There  are  blows  to  give  as  well  as  to  take, 
and  Bismarck  will  not  be  conciliated  by  the  failure 
that  spared  his  life. — JVew  York  Evangelist. 


Selfishness  Destructive  of  Free  (Jovernment- 


[Extract  from  the  Qunual  address  'before  the  American  Home 
Missionary  Society  by  Dr.  T.  M.  Post.] 

Thus  Christ  invests  society  with  a  law  strong  and 
indestructible,  and  which  is,  at  the  same  time,  a  gar- 
meat  of  life.  With  this  order  only,  have  our  Amer- 
ican liberties  been  able  thus  far  to  stand  the  wear  of 
time,  and  the  shock  of  political  commotion  and  civil 
war.  Remove  this  order,  and  they  are  certain  to  per- 
ish. No  genius,  no  riches,  nor  brilUancy  of  eiviliza- 
tion,  no  wisdom  of  constitutions,  nor  strength  of  arm- 
iesjcan  eave  us.  Christ  alone,  by  new  creating  human 
souls,  rejuvenates  society.  He  alone  gives  to  nations 
immortal  youth;  without  him  as  new  creator  and  re- 
storer, we  go  down  as  the  Old  World  went  down,  to 
death ;  it  had  no  second  birth,  no  cure  for  decay. 

No  scheme  of  society  or  polity  grounded  on  mere 
selfishness,  can  permanently  endure.  J^djust  your 
constitutions  with  checks  and  balances  never  so  nicely, 
the  machinery  worked  by  the  mainsprins  of  selfishnew 
will  ultimately  clash,  and,  at  last,  run  down.  No 
governmental  mechanism  man  has  ever  devised  is  per- 
petually self-acting  and  self-conservative.  It  has  to  be 
wrought  somewhere, ultimately,  by  human  spontaneity, 
by  the  wills  of  men;  and  if  these  wills  are  merely  eel- 
fish,  it  will  be  wrought  ultimately  to  corruption,  col- 
lision and  decay. 

But  Christ  opens  a  hfe  fountain  of  unselfish  action 
in  the  bosom  of  nations.  He  baptizes  men  into  a 
solemn  covenant  of  seK-devotion  and  self-sacrifice  for 
the  good  of  others.  Hence  ia  bred  a  true  unselfish 
public  spirit,  a  pure  philanthropy,  a  genuine  patrio- 
tism and  the  heroism  of  love.  The  church  is  an  associa- 
tion of  such  men,  in  such 's.  covenant;  so  that  if  nations 
are  not  all  ChristianizBd,  a  class  at  least  of  the  self- 
devoted  is  consecrated  within  them,  and  thereby  a 
true  public  spirit  may  be  created,  by  which  alpne  n»- 
tions'may  perpetually  live.  _ 

The  order  of  despotism  may  susbist  by  the  self-love 
of  the  despot,  who  is  himself  the  State;  "but  to  be 
free,"  aa  De  Tocqueville  profoundly  observes,  "nations 
must  believe."  So  if  the  Repubhc  is  to  live,  to  live  ia 
its  liberty  and  live  in  its  order,  it  must  bdieve. 

i»«0-- 

No  man  will  properly  develop  as  a  Christian  who 
lives  in  a  state  of  quarrel.  In  emnity  against 
God,  he  is,  of  course,  not  a  Christian  at  all;  but  re- 
conciled to  him,  he  must  remain  a  dwarf,  unless  he 
secures  peace  with  those  around  him.  Fighting  the 
brethren,  fighting  angrily  in  behalf  of  reform,  con- 
tending with  bitter  words  and  hard  strife  for  even  the 
best  of  doctrines,  he  will  stunt  the  growth  of  a  divine 
life  within  him.  Even  fighting  against  sin  is  not  to 
be  done  in  a  quarrelsome  way,  but  in  a  spirit  of  hon- 
oring God  while  abhorring  the  sin  and  pitymg  the 
sinner.  We  are  to  conduct  a  warfare,  but  our  fight 
is  to  be  a  "good"  one,  which  means  that  it  is  to  be  di- 
rected against  wrong  and  in  favor  of  right,  but  also 
that  it  is  to  be  waged  so  that  in  the  darkest  day  of 
defeat  we  may  be  able  to  say,  ''Father,  forgive  theia, 
for  they  know  not  what  they  do."— United  Fresly^ 
terian. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


To  All  ludianians. 


LiGONiKR,  Ind. 

Dear  Brethren  : — Not  quite  a  year 
has  passed  since  we  organized  a  State 
Association  for  the  purpose  of  bringing 
to  bear  a  united  efiFort  against  the  hyd- 
ra-head of  secretism  as  it  exists  in  our 
State  and  nation.  Our  first  annual 
meeting  will  be  held  soon,  and  we  de- 
sire the  co-operation  of  every  reader  of 
the  Cynosure,  and  as  many  more  as 
we  can  get,  to  make  this  meeting  a  suc- 
cess. 

What  is  desired  of  you  is,  that  you 
call  a  church  or  neighborhood  meeting 
at  once,  and  see  to  having  one  or  more 
delegates  elected  to  attend  the  State 
meeting,  and  a  way  provided  for  them 
to  attend  it.  If  there  is  not  suf- 
ficient interest  in  your  community  to 
warrant  you  in  calling  a  meeting,  then 
come  yourself,  if  at  all  practicable. 

Besides  this,  'in  order  to  successfully 
prosecute  its  work,  the  State  Assc- 
ciation 

NEEDS    FUND3. 

Can  you  not  secure  a  small  amount 
and  send  to  Peter  Rich,  Westfield, 
Hamilton  county,  Ind?  Sand  twenty- 
five  cents,  fifty  cents,  or  one  or  more  dol- 
lars, and  get  as  many  more  to  contrib- 
ute as  you  can.  Consider  this  an  ap- 
peal to  jourself  and  attend  to  it  imme- 
diately, lest  it  be  neglected  or  forgot- 
ten. In  all  probability,  the  meeting 
will  be  at  Xenia,  Miamia  Co.,  about  the 
Ist  of  October.  Let  us  work,  brethren^ 
and  look  to  God  for  a  blessed  time. 
Yours  sincerely, 
John  T.  Kiggiks, 

Slate  Agent. 


'%i\m\  %m%. 


—The  General  Agent  returned  to  Chica- 
go last  week  after  an  absence  of  between 
three  and  four  months.  He  returned  this 
week  to  Indiana  and  Ohio  to  fill  appoint- 
ments, one  of  them  being  at  Silver  Lake, 
Ind. 

—Brethren  Bnrlow  and  Kiggins  speak 
again  this  week.  Be  sure  to  read  their  let- 
ters. Elder  Barlow's  communication  came 
so  near  to  the  time  of  closing  our  colums 
that  it  is  crowded  from  this  page  of  news 
to  the  editorial  pages. 

— Philo  Elzea  has  originated  a  new  fea- 
ture to  accompany  his  lectures— a  series  of 
paintings  representeng  the  Masonic  initia- 
tion. He  begins  a  series  ofMneetings  at 
two  or  three  points  in  DuPage  county  in 
this  State. 


A  Trip  oTcr  the  Prairies  of  the  "Great 

West."— Our  Reform  Progress- 

ing  in  a  Goodly  Laud. 

Alva,  Kansas,  July  25,  1874. 
In  these  days  of  steam  and  lightning 
one  can  scarcely  realize  the  vastness  of 
the  territory  through  which  he  passes 
in  a  few  hours,  much  less  have  any 
correct  conceptions  of  its  various  re- 
sources. Stopping  occasionly,  taking  a 
view  of  different  localities,  measuring, 
mentally,  the  extent  of  the  resources 
of  each,  and  comparing  the  whole  with 
the  probable  character  of  what  has 
been  passed  over  so  rapidly,  assists 
greatly  in  gaining  an  approxmiately 
correct  knowledge  of  this  great  coun- 
try of  ours.  I  reached  Morning  Sun 
in  Louisa  Co.,  Iowa,  on  the  5th  of  June 
where  arrangements  had  been  made  for 
me  to  speak,  I  found  Bro.  S.  Y.  Orr 
alive  to  the  interests  of  the  cause,  and 
full  of  faith  in  the  ultimate  triumph  of 
truth.     He  is  doing  good  work  for  the 


Cynosure.  (Reader,  what  are  you  do 
ing  in  this  direction  ?)  I  spoke  twice 
here,  on  Saturday  and  Monday  eve- 
nings. 

Early  on  Tuesday  morning  I  receiv- 
ed a  telegram  from  Brother  Woodring, 
of  Waverly,  the  county  seat  of  Bremer 
Co.,  in  the  north-east  part  of  the  State, 
requesting  me  tovitit  ihat  place,  which 
I  did,  arriving  there  oa  Wednesday 
afternoon.  Arrangements  for  lectures 
were  made  at  once,  and  as  Thursday 
was  "circus  day"  an  excellent  opportu- 
nity was  presented,  (and  right  well 
improved),  to  publish  the  meetings. 
Bro.  P.  Woodring  has  given  you  a  re- 
port of  the  meeting?,  and  it  only  re- 
mains for  me  to  say,  that  I  have  sel- 
dom labored  for  a  more  liberal  and 
earnest  people  than  the  Anti-masons 
of  Waverly  and  vicinity;  nor  have  I 
ever  addressed  more  attentive  audien- 
ces through  a  series  of  meetings  than 
here.  True,  the  Masons  attempted  a 
game  of  '  'bluflT,"  on  the  first  evening  as 
I  entered  the  hall,  by  starting  a  mock 
applause,  stamping  and  clapping  vigor- 
ously as  if  bringing  some  poor  blind 
candidate  to  light.  But  it  was  soon 
made  to  rebound  upon  them  with 
double  force.  All  in  all,  G-od  gave  us 
a  gracious  victory  here.  Of  the  coun- 
try I  will  say,  that  for  natural  beauty 
of  scenery,  fertility  of  soil,  and  the  ad- 
vantages common  to  Christian  civiliza- 
tion, it  is  seldom  surpassed. 

Taking  the  train  here,  I  csme  to  Jef- 
ferson, the  county-seat  of  Greene  Co., 
situated  on  the  great  Chicago  and 
North-western  rsilrosd. about  one  hun- 
dred miles  east  of  Council  Bluffs.  I 
passed  througli  Waterloo,  a  very  fiae, 
clean  little  city,  oa  the  Cedar  river,  and 
Ft.  Dodge,  a  very  delapidated  old  city 
(in  appearance)  on  the  Des  Moines. 
Here  I  found  John  and  Wesley  Hall 
working  like  "good*  fellows" — which 
they  are — to  keep  the  dear  people  cool ; 
for,  be  it  remembered,  it  was  "circus 
day"  again,  and  hundreds  of  people, 
who,  on  such  a  sultry  day  as  this  was, 
could  by  no  msanis  have  been  prevailed 
upon  to  go  to  meeting  or  Sunday- 
school,  had  come  from  miles  away  '  'to 
see  the  show," — the  more  pious  ones 
having  come  expressly  ''to  see  the  ani- 
mals." Well,  these  brethren  were  en- 
gaged in  allaying  the  thirst  and  fever 
of  the  dusty,  sweating  multitude  who 
crowded  their  lemonade  and  ics  cream 
rooms.  Bro.  Wesley  Hall  has  reported 
our  meetings  here,  which  certainly 
were  a  success.  But  one  thing  remains 
for  me  to  say  to  the 

FRIENDS  IN  IOWA. 

You  doubtless  read,  with  joy,  of  the 
public  renunciation  of  Rev.  S.  Ranks, 
of  the  M.  E.  church  at  Jefferson.  Bro, 
Ranks  is  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary 
mind,  of  good  education  and  nearly 
thirty  years  experience  in  the  ministry 
of  the  Methodist  church,  and  of  sixteen 
years  experience  as  a  Master  Mfison. 
Add  to  this  that  he  is  a  good  speaker, 
and  has  thoroughly  examined  the  rudi- 
mentary teaching  of  Masonry  as  com- 
pared with  the  Gospel,  and  you  will 
find  in  him  a  valuable  acquisition  to  the 
working  force  of  Anti  masonry  in  Iowa. 
If  you  desire  lectures  write  to  Rev.  S. 
Ranks,  Jefferson,  Greene  Co.,  Iowa,  and 
secure  the  services  of  this  brother  who, 


as  a  seceding  Mason  knows   personally 
what  the  vile  system  is. 

Havirg  finished  my  lectures  at  Jef- 
ferson, I  next  bent  my  way  to  Highland, 
Doniphan  county,  Kansas,  passing 
through  Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  and  St. 
Joseph,  Missouri.  The  scenery  about 
Council  Bluffs  is  very  impressive, 
though  not  beautiful.  The  city  lies 
nestling  among  the  bold  bluffs,  and 
stretches  out  upon  the  bottom  lands  of 
the  Missouri  river,  on  the  opposite 
side  of  which,  in  full  view,  lies  the  me- 
tropolis of  Nebraska,   Omaha. 

Highland  lies  about  four  miles  west  of 
Highland  Station,  on  the  Atchison  and 
Nebraska  road,  and  is  ''beautiful  for 
situation."  Brother  Alvin  Acker  re- 
sides about  four  miles  south-west  of 
town,  and  bad  made  arrangements  to 
have  me  taken  out  to  his  place.  I  found 
Bro.  Acker  busily  engaged  in  harvest- 
ing his  wheat,  of  which  he  had  about 
sixty  acres,  that  would  yield  an  aver- 
age of  twenty  bushels  per  acre,  or  an 
aggregate  of  1,200  bushels.  Now 
this  will  bring  him  at  least  $12,00,  less 
the  expense  of  raising,  harvesting  and 
threshing  it, — say  $200, — leaving  him 
as  profits  one  thousand  dollars.  Then 
he  has  a  good  corn  crop,  and  hogs  and 
cattle  besides.  Well,  here  is  the  point 
I  wish  you  to  notice:  This  brother 
came  here  from  Flat  Rock,  Ohio,  five 
years  ago,  and  bought  a  quarter-sec- 
tion of  land  which,  at  that  time,  had 
never  had  a  furrow  turned  upon  it — 
"raw  prairie" — without  a  house  upon 
it,  and  now  he  has  it  all  in  a  tillable 
condition,  with  a  good  house  upon  it, 
and  is  msking  money  rapidly.  He 
sold  forty  acres  of  land  of  a  doubtful 
quality  in  Ohio,  and  now  owns  a  large 
farm,  pleasantly  situated  in  an  exceed- 
ingly healthful  region  of  country.  Mor- 
al:  "Go  thou  and  do  hkewife." 

"But,  say  you,  how  about  the 
drouth  ?  Is  not  Kansas  apt  to  suffer 
from  drouth  V  No  more  so  than  many 
other  parts  of  the  country.  I  was  told 
by  many  of  the  "old  settlers,"  who 
have  been  in  Kansas  for  many  years, 
that  this  is  the  dryest  summer  they 
have  had  since  "sixty-one;"  and  yet  I 
never  saw  a  greater  amount  of  good 
wheat  and  oats,  in  proportion  to  the 
amount  of  land  farmed,  than  I  have 
seen  in  the  different  parts  of  Kansas 
through  which  I  passed.  Corn  has 
been  somewhat  injured  by  the  drouth, 
but  not  BO  much  as  it  has  in  northern 
Indiana.  But,  pardon  this  digression 
and  I  will  "resume  the  thread  of  my 
narrative." 

I  stayed  at  the  residence  of  Bro.  A. 
till  Sabbath  and  rested,  having  circula- 
ted handbills  publishing  a  meeting  in  the 
Congregational  church  on  Sunday  eve. 
Owing  to  a  dedication  meeting  in  the 
M.  E.  church,  our  audience  was  not 
large.  I  lectured  on  Monday  and 
Tuesday  evenings  to  respectable  audi- 
ences, though  I  had  not  the  liberty  to 
speak  I  could  have  desired.  Brother 
Zabriski,  a  U.  B.  minister,  was  with  us 
on  Tuesday  evening,  and  proved  his 
loyal t}'  to  the  principles  of  the  church 
by  aiding  in  the  meeting  fearlessly. 
The  meetings  were  not  such  as  could 
have  been  wished  for, — so  I  felt, — but 

"Al)Ove  onr  broken  aims  and  plans, 
God  lays  with  wiser  hands  than  man's 
The  corner-stone  of  Liberty." 


And  then,  as  now,  I  felt  in  my  heart 
what  Wordsworth  so  beautifully  ex- 
presses,  that— ' 

"  Nought  shall  prevail  against  us,  or  disturb 
our  cheerful  faith,  that  all  which  we  behold 
isfuU  of  blessings. ^^ 

On  Wednesday  I  rested  again  at  Bro. 
Ackers,  where  I  wes  made  to  feel  at 
home,  by  himself  and  his  kind  family, 
and  on  Thursday  morning  before  start- 
ing Bro.  A —  gave  me  twenty  dollars, 
for  my  poor  services,  of  which  I  felt 
unworthy,  but  thanked  the  Lord  and 
Bro.  Acker  for  it,  as  I  needed  it  very 
much.  I  have  been  very  much  pained 
at  the  contrast  between  the  liberality 
of  this  brother  (and  a  few  others  like 
him)  and  the  manifest  stinginess  of 
many  others.  I  have  in  my  mind  sev- 
eral Anti-maEons  who  are  possessed  of 
vastly  more  means  than  this  brother 
who  have  joined  in  sending  for  a  lec- 
turer, to  spend  his  time  away  from  his 
family,  and  his  money  on  the  railroads, 
and  then  sending  him  away  without 
even  paying  his  expenses.  I  know  of 
one  instance  in  which  a  lecturer  (and 
one  of  the  ablest  ia  the  field,  too),  paid 
out  eight  dollars  to  get  to  and  from  a 
wealthy  ohurch  to  speak  in  defense  of 
its  principles,  and  all  he  received  in 
return  was  a  ''nickle !"  One  of  the 
wealthy  members  of  this  church  ap- 
proaching him  after  a  meeting  said: 
"Well,  friend  S — ,  I  believe  I  have  a 
"five-striker,  for  thee."  Others  who 
are  able,  often  give  fifty  cents,  or  one 
dollar,  thinking  they  are  doing  pretty 
well.  They  forget  that  the  lecture 
has  given  his  time,  and  sacrificed  the 
society  of  family  and  friends,  b8ing|ab- 
sent  from  boms  the  greater  part  of  his 
time,  to  advance  a  cause  in  which  he 
is  no  more  interested  than  they  should 
be, — a  common  cause.  Sometimes 
when  I  am  pressed  for  funds,  and  my 
family  are  living  on  "half  rations,"  I 
think  such  detestable  stinginess  is  as 
bad  as  Freemasonry  itself,  and  have 
half  a  mind  to  announce  myself  ready 
to  lecture  on 

"COVETOUSNESS,       WHICH     IS     IDCLATKY ; 

but  then,  I  fear  my  audiences  would 
be  Email,  Well,  I  am  glad  there  are 
a  great  many  who  are  more  liberel; 
but,  like  the  kcturers.  they  are  bur- 
dened by  reason  of  those  who  do  little 
or  nothing.  I  will  give  you  the  re- 
mainder of  my  story  next  week. 
Yours  for  the  war, 
JohnT.  Kiggins, 


The  Kcform  lu  Adams  and  York  Coun- 
ties, Pa. 


York  Springs,  Pa. 
The  work  of  reform  in  this  commun- 
nity  is  progressing  finely.  We  have  old 
and  tried  ant'-secrecy  men  here,  but  it 
is  now  only  about  one  year  since  the 
opposition  assumed  any  form  of  activity, 
and  I  feel  perfectly  safe  in  saying  that 
in  this  time  a  good  work  has  already 
been  accomplished.  I  know  of  a  num- 
of  young  men  who  would  to-day  be 
entangled  in  the  web  of  secrecy  if  it 
had  not  been  for  our  persistent  opposi- 
tion ,  which  not  only  kept  men  out  of 
the  lodge  but  also  influenced  some  who 
had  joined  to  forsake  and  renounce  the 
"unfruitful  works  of  darkness,"  Who 
would  not  feel  like  giving  thanks  to 
God  for  such  success  ?  Before  Bro.  Bish- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


op's  lectures  the  cry  wa?,  'You  will 
be  ruined — repulation — business — and 
all"-but  the  effect  was  just  the  reverse. 
Since,  the  subject  is  being  agitated  we 
find  tliat  the  majority  of  the  people 
are  with  us  in  sentiment,  and  notwith- 
standing the  apparent  strength  of  secre- 
cy,it  is  a  common  thing  here  to  moet 
with  seceding  Odd-fillovrs.  The  con- 
gregations of  Wickey  and  Weidler  are 
not  diminishing,  as  predicted  by  some, 
but  are  on  the  increase,  and  their  cir- 
cuits are  more  prosperous  than  they 
have  been  for  many  years,  hence  it  is 
very  plain  that  no  minister  looses  any- 
thing by  bcldly  opposing  an  evil.  A 
few  days  ago  Bro.  Wickey,  at  one  of  his 
appointments,  preached  a  sermon  from 
the  text,  "My  son,  if  sinners  entice 
thee,  consent  thou  not;"  in  wh'ch  he 
dealt  some  telling  blows  oa  secretism. 

In  less  than  six  months  we  haye  se- 
cured about  fifteen  Cynosure  subscri- 
bers, and  the  list  is  not  yet  complete, 
and  I  trust  it  never  will  be,  at  least  so 
long  as  any  lodge  is  in  existence.  In 
the  language  of  Bro.  Anthony,  I  would 
say  "It  is  God's  cause;  it  will,  it  must 
succeed."  I  trust  every  Cynosure 
reader  will  profit  by  his  noteworthy  let- 
ter containing  so  much  undeniable 
truth,  found  on  the  sixteenth  page  in 
Cynosure  of  August  6th.  He  is  a  no- 
ble worker  in  the  cause,  with  a  high 
standing  Christian  character,  and  added 
not  a  little  to  our  encouragement  in 
this  community,  where  he  is  well 
known. 

I  would  like  to  give  a  more  definite 
account  of  the  work  here,  but  dare  not 
trespass  on  too  much  space  now ;  but  if 
spared,  at  some  future  time,  I^will,  for  the 
encomagementofother  communities,  try 
and  give  some  of  our  experience  in 
commencing  and  continuing  the  oppo- 
sition. The  Lord  has  most  graciously 
beenSwith  us.  Dear  friends,  let  us 
never  say  fail  so  long  as  the  Lord  is  on 
our  side.         H.   T.  Slauohbnhaupt. 

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Letter  from  C.  W.  Greene. 


Indianapolis,  Aug.   10,  1874. 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

I  notice  by  the  correspondence  in  a 
number  of  your  paper  that  T.  R.  Allen, 
the  Grand  Master  of  the  Missouri  Gran- 
gers, is  still  making  capital  of  a  most 
outrageous  falsehood  in  representing 
me  as  a  defeated  candidate  for  the  sec- 
retaryship of  the  'Tennessee  Grange. 
As  I  have  frequently  stated,  I  was  so- 
licited by  Gen.  Vaughn,  Master  of  Mis- 
sissippi State  Grange,  to  become  such 
a  candidate,  and  in  conversation  with 
Mr.  Allen  soon  afterward,  I  so  stated 
to  him.  His  perfidious  interfer- 
ence which  he  so  unblushingly  acknowl- 
edges^ was  altogether  unnecessary. 
My  conversation  with  him  was  while 
en  route  to  Indianapolis,  where  I  dis- 
covered the  true  character  of  the  chief 
officers  of  this  "great  moral  humbug." 
My  pronounced  antagonism  immediate- 
ly thereafter  is  a  sufficient  answer  to 
his  utterly  false  charges. 

But  really  my  shafts  must  have 
touched  a  tender  spot  that  he  should 
be  irritated  to  such  constant  and  vio- 
lent denunciation  of  one   who  has  said 


but  little  in  opposition  to  his  much-lov- 
ed order.  Is  it  not  evident  that  he  rec- 
ognizes the  weakness  of  his  position? 
and  is  it  not  just  as  evident  that  an  or- 
ganizition  which  must  bolster  itself  up 
by  concerted  onslaught  upon  an  individ- 
ual who  has  only  ventured  to  openly 
criticise  some  of  its  objectionable  fea- 
tures is  a  very  rotten  affiir?  The  truth 
of  my  assertions  and  of  my  conclusions 
is  being  affirmed  every  day.  While 
the  grange  leaders  are  learning  caution 
and  are  hiding  their  schemes  more  care- 
fully, there  are  still  gaps  enough 
through  which  is  discovered  the  cloven 
foot. 

A  few  days  since  we  hed  a  grand 
grange  picnic  at  our  exposition  grounds. 
It  was  amusing  to  note  the  grace  and 
apparent  pride  with  which  they  parad- 
ed their  "regalias ."  It  certainly  does 
seem  surprising  that  men  and  women 
possessing  one  grain  of  God-given  sense 
should  so  forget  that  they  are  citizens 
of  a  civ'lized  country;  and  that  they 
are  supposed  to  stand  higher  in  the 
scale  of  manhood  than  the  aborignes 
whose  tastes  for  flashy  orn£iment  they 
so  closely  imitate.  Do  these  gewgaws 
contribute  to  that  higher  education  which 
they  talk  so  much  about?  It  would 
rather  seem  to  me  as  good  evidence 
that  they  are  lowering  the  standard  of 
their  own  mental  qualification  in  thus 
sacrificing  sense  to  show,  and  in  the 
public  acknowledgement  of  their  sub- 
ordination to  human  masters. 

But  it  is  not  likely  that  they  will  ever 
be  taught  except  by  their  own  folly  and 
this  may  take  time.  The  final  result 
may  easily  be  predicted  without  any 
special  gift  of  prophecy. 

Chas.  W.  Greene. 


Masonic   Outrage  Committed   in   the 
State  of  Wisconsin. 


It  was  in  the  year  1872  that  a  thrifty 
merchant  died  who  willed  all  his  prop- 
erty to  his  wife,  including  his  store, 
goods  and  debts  due  him.  The  widow, 
inexperienced  in  mercantile  business 
and  books,  employed  a  sober  looking 
member  of  a  low  lodge  of  Freemasons 
in  the  village  where  said  store  and 
property  were  situated,  who  collected 
her  store  debts,  sold  her  goods  and  re- 
ceived and  paid  out  her  money  at  will 
— the  unfortunate  woman  trusting  him 
with  an  unlimited  confidence.  An 
opportunity  now  arrived,  which  seldom 
happens  in  a  lifetime,  to  swindle  and 
make  one's  self  rich.  The  clerk  could 
not  resist  the  temptation.  He  kept 
the  books  containing  all  accounts  and 
balances  on  both  sides. 

At  intervals  the  unsuspecting  widow 
would  go  into  the  store-  and  ask  the 
said  clerk  in  regard  to  some  collections, 
payments,  etc. ;  but  he  was  ill-humored 
on  all  such  occasions,  and  soon  became 
angry  whenever  she  endeavored  to  en- 
quire of  anything  concerning  her  busi- 
ness. He  did  not  want  her  to  look 
into  the  matter.  His  conduct  would 
have  been  a  warning  to  a  shrewd  busi- 
ness man ;  but  the  thoughtless  widow 
allowed  this  manner  of  proceeding  to 
go  on. 

A  year  or  more  passed  away,  during 
which  time  the  astonished  widow  was 
kept  at  a  distance  by  the  uncivil  con- 
duct of  her  dear  clerk,  who,  when  she 


appeared,  would  frown  upon  her,  or,  if 
he  answered,  would  say,  ''  Here  are 
the  figures" — which  he  represented  as 
law  and  gospel — she  then  not  knowing 
that  figures  could  be  manipulated  to 
establish  or  cover  an  infamous  fraud. 
Besides  said  clerk  would  frequently  in- 
sinuate that  she  was  a  fcol,  and  ask  the 
question,  "What  do  you  know  about 
boek-keeping?" 

When  the  general  business  of  the 
widow's  property  was  finished,  her 
sacred  clerk  made  up  the  accounts  be- 
tween them,  and  served  them  upon  the 
luckless  widow,  who  suddenly  discov- 
ered that  she  had  lost  much  of  her 
money  and  goods — the  whole  amount 
of  bis  business  and  claims  were  only 
balanced  by  hers  and  called  even !  But 
it  BO  happens  in  the  practice  of  villainy 
when  no  exposing  evidence  seems  to  be 
near,  that  the  first  cautious,  trembling 
fear  will,  by  lapse  of  time,  relax  its 
criminal  vigilance  and  expose  the  kaav- 
ery  it  meant  to  conceal;  and  the  more 
so  in  this  case,  as  the  widow  in  question 
was  not  capable  of  perceiving  the  ab- 
surdity of  the  accounts  and  figures. 
At  this  point  in  the  aflfciir  the  disap- 
pointed and  betrayed  widow  informed 
her  awe-struek  clerk  that  she  should 
have  some  knowledge  of  this  matter  if 
money  would  buy  it.  The  clerk  turned 
pale,  and,  apprehending  that  the  books 
would  go  into  other  hands,  soon  re- 
turned with  a  new  account  of  moneys 
which  he  had  colkcted  and  retained, 
but  had  ingeniously  fabricated  little 
items  of  money  which  he  claimed  he 
had  paid  over  to  her  to  balance  them — 
determined  to  keep  the  money  at  any 
hazard. 

The  widow  felt  sad  and  grieved  at 
this  outrage.  She  put  her  accounts 
and  papers  in  the  hands  of  an  able 
lawyer  for  examination;  and  also  the 
accounts  which  the  clerk  had  presented. 
The  clerk  had  exposed  himself  I  Rents, 
which  were  due  to  the  widow  from  the 
clerk,  that  he  had  paid  to  her,  were  se]. 
down  as  a  debt  against  her  and  then 
subtracted  from  other  funds  which  he 
owed  her;  much  money  which  had 
been  advanced  to  the  clerk  to  pay  debts 
due  from  t'ne  estate,  was  set  down  es 
debts  against  her  without  credit,  and 
again  subtracted  from  funds  which  he 
had  collected  for  her  back  into  his  own 
pocket;  thus  compelling  her  to  pay 
these  debts  twice  over. 

Besides  these  methods  of  fraud  the 
said  clerk,  on  proposing  to  buy,  with  a 
partner,  a  portion  of  this  widow's  goods, 
made,  secretly  and  without  authority,  a 
second  invoice  to  cover  goods  whic'n  he 
had  not  bought,  amounting  to  several 
hundred  dollars — the  whole  visible 
fraud  beina  about  $000.  Lawyers  who 
looked  at  it  pronounced  it  an  outrage 
which  the  said  clerk  would  not  allow  to 
go  into  court. 

A  suit  was  commenced  by  the  widow 
(not  a  Mason's  v/idow !)  to  recover  her 
rights.  At  this  moment  the  said  clerk 
suspecting  that  a  large  judgment  would 
be  obtained  against  him,  sold  out  his 
store  and  everything  tangible  upon 
which  an  execution  might  levy.  A 
low  lodge  of  Freemasons  existed  in  the 
village,  whose  charter  for  unmasonic 
conduct,  should  long  ago  have  been 
withdrawn  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 


State  of  Wisconsin.  But  the  clerk's 
reputation,  as  well  as  his  purse,  was  at 
stake.  Masonry  was  on  the  qui  vive. 
They  could  not  bs  hired  to  look  at  the 
clerk's  accounts.  He  was  right  any 
way;  and  he  mu«i,  be  protected.  Ma- 
sons offered  him  money  to  carry  on 
his  suit,  aiid  spread  iheir  noisy  influence 
and  calumny  against  the  widow.  If 
the  clerk  had  got  her  money,  she  was 
not  a  Mason's  widow !  From  every 
Mason's  mouth  came  a  storm  of  obloquy 
and  censure.  Women  were  sent  to 
her  to  coax  or  frighten  her  to  withdraw 
her  suit.  The  attorney  of  the  be- 
sieged widow  lived  some  distance  oS", 
and  could  not  be  readily  consulted. 
Crafty  Masons  were  sent  to  inform  her 
that  lawsuits  were  doubtful  and  hazard- 
ous things;  and  if  she  should  be  beaten 
it  would  cost  her  $1,000;  that  the  de- 
fendant was  going  to  swear  so  and  so, 
and  then  she  must  be  defeated.  She 
withstood  fjr  a  while  this  perpetual 
harassment.  But  her  spirit  was  break" 
ing  down.  At  last  a  Masonic  widower, 
with  glittering  pquare  and  compass  on 
his  breast,  was  engaged,  who,  with 
soft,  cooing  voice  and  expected  friend- 
ship, succeeded  in  persuading  ihe  em- 
bezzled widow  to  drop  her  suit.  Then 
Masonry  triumphed  in  in'quity,  and 
the  heartless  scoundrel  with  the  widow's 
imoney  passed  on  with  his  vile  spirit, 
uncondemned  by  a  court  of  justice. 

EUSKBIUS. 


Letter  from  a  Non-afliliatiug    Mason 
and  Keply. 


Saint  Louis,  Mich.,  1874. 
Dear  Bro.  Faurot  :  — Your  card 
dated  24th  inst.  and  the  Cynosure 
came  last  evening.  I  am  in  sympathy 
with  the  object  of  the  Cynosure,  but 
feel  that  it  is  entirely  vain  to  battle 
with  such  odds  against  us.  I  have 
seen  the  evil  influences  of  secret  socie- 
ties for  many  yearp,  and,  until  1854,  I 
kept  aloof  from  them  and  in  sympathy 
with  Uncle  John  Hutchings,  who  was 
a  staunch  Methodist,  but  would  not  at- 
tend Methodist  meetings  for  whole 
years  on  the  "circuit"  in  which  he 
lived,  when  both  the  ministers  sent  on 
that  circuit  were  Masons ;  and  only  on 
alternate  appointments  when  one  was 
a  Mason.  I  remember,  too,  the  excite- 
ment about  Morgan's  murder,  and  how 
Uncle  John  rejoiced  at  the  success  of 
the  Anti-masons  whom  he  led  in  that 
section .  He  died  soon  after  that  in  the 
belief  that  Masonry  was  dead. 

In  1854  I  joined  a  secret  society, 
and  have  joined  several  since,  and  learn- 
ed that  the  secret  gave  increased 
power  to  efforts  for  good, —  as  witness 
the  success  in  former  years  of  the  Sons 
of  Temperance,  etc. 

In  1870  I  took  the  first  degree  in 
Masonry  with  the  purpose  to  learn 
what  Masonry  was.  I  learned  then 
that  I  conld  not  do  any  good  in  the  or- 
der except,  perhaps,  to  myself.  I 
wished  to  carry  out  my  pet  scheme 
of  controling  caucuses,  believing  that 
at  least  seventy-five  per  cent,  of  real 
choice  at  every  election  was  at  the  cau- 
cus. For  after  that  it  was  at  most  but 
a*'Hopkin's  choice."  I  wished  that 
men  should  be  nominated  possessing 
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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


OUR  MAIL. 


L.  Landon,  of  Kennebec,  Russell  Co., 
Kansas,  writes  of  the  terrible  grasshopper 
plague  : 

"I  wish  I  could  send  more  but  I  cannot, 
tbs  a  large  portion  of  our  State  has  been 
visited  with  drouth  since  June  10th,  and 
all  crops  are  ruined  except  wheat  and 
oats ;  tlie  latter  is  very  poor.  Last  of  all 
the  grasshoppers  came  upon  us  in  such 
numbers  as  to  destroy  every  living  thing. 
Not  a  vegetable  in  all  the  land  of  any  l?ind, 
nor  a  bushel  of  corn  in  fifty  miles  square. 
The  citizens  must  have  help,  leave  the 
country,  or  starve.  Great  excitement  pre- 
vails about  what  they  are  to  live  on  in  fu- 
ture. I  have  never  seen  such  destitution 
in  my  life  as  prevails  at  this  time.  Meas- 
ures are  being  taken  to  provide  for  the  suf- 
fering. I  wish  my  name  continued  as  a 
life  subscriber  to  the  Gynosnre  and  the  pay 
will  be  forth-coming  in  some  way,  I  have 
not  a  doubt.  There  are  few  advocates  for 
the  cause  here.  Light  only  is  wanted  and 
the  work  would  go  on." 

Jacob  Heaton,  Salem,  Ohio,  writes: 

•'However  tight  money  matters  may  get 
in  the  future,  they  will  never  be  so  tight 
but  the  engine  against  secret  corruption 
must  be  kept  running.  Now  that  slavery 
is  dead,  Masonry  is  the  next  most  deadly 
foe  to  civil  and  religious  liberty.  The 
Cynosure  must  be  sustained." 

Rev.  A.  Springstein,  Bay  City,  Mich., 
writes: 

"I  would  not  be  without  the  Cynosure. 
I  wish  that  such  papers  were  taken  by  all 
our  people.    May  God  bless  you." 

O.  0.  Stoughton,  Maquoketa,  Iowa, 
says: 

''One  subscriber  in  two  years!  I  am  en- 
couraged ;  thank  the  Lord!  This  is  a  fear- 
ful dark  corner,  but  I  believe  day  light 
begins  to  dawn.  Let  us  have  the  State 
lecturer  by  all  means.  We  must  have 
"light"  here.  Pray  for  us.  Let  this  work 
be  done  in  the  name  of  the  Lord.  I  hop§ 
to  send  you  more  subscribers  soon. 

Let  us  remember  this  brother's  request 
and  try  to  catch  his  patient,  hopeful  spirit. 

John  Collins,  Carryall,  O.,  writes  : 

"I  want  you  to  continue  sending  the  pa- 
per, and,  the  Lord  willing,  I  will  send  my 
own  subscription  and  as  many  more  as  I 
can  get  before  the  mouth  is  out,  for  I  want 
to  see  your  publications  circulated  and 
read  in  this  county,  for  I  believe  you  ad- 
vocate that  which  God  approves.  Our 
town  of  Antwerp  is  full  of  Masons  and 
Odd-fellows,  and  the  grangers  here  lately 
organized  a  lodge  in  this  township.  I 
hope  to  see  the  day  when  tliese  secret 
clans  shall  be  broken  up,  for  I  believe  the 
devil  is  the  founder  of  them  all. " 

According  to  this  brother's  faith  the 
Lord  helped  him.  Before  his  letter  was 
mailed  money  came  in  which  he  sent  on. 

Bro.  A.  Mayn  who  sends  the  following 
will  see  the  reply  to  his  valuable  sugges- 
tion in  another  part  of  this  paper  : 

"I  would  suggest  that  you  publish  the 
names  and  renunciations  and  post-offices 
of  as  many  seceding  Masons  as  possible. 
Masons  tell  us  we  know  nothing  of  the 
institution,  and  we  can  point  to  none  that 
have  been  Masons.  Now  let  the  list  of 
seceders  be  published  and  extended  until 
their  influence  shall  be  felt.  We  should 
work  to  get  at  least  one  seceder  in  every 
neighborhood  who  would  be  a  living  wit- 
ness for  the  truth.  I  rejoice  at  the  success 
of  the  cause,  and  at  your  prosperity,  dear 
Cynosure,  and  have  no  fear  of  the  issue  if 
we  only  depend  upon  God." 
J.  S.  Yankey,  Fayctteville,  Pa.,  writes  : 

"In  June  I  sent  you  with  my  name  thir- 
teen   three  months'   subscribers.      I   will 
eee  them  and  try  to  have  them  all  renewed, 
and  perhaps  can  get  some   new   ones.     I 
feel  deeply  interested  in  the  cause,  for  it 
is  the  cause  of  Christ." 
Thank  the  brother  for  his  efforts. 
T.  J.  Gordon,  Osterville,  Mo.,  writes  : 
"Times  are  hard,  but  I  don't  see  how  I 
can  get  aloug  without  the  paper." 

D.  Crawford,  of  Crestline,  O.,  writes 
thus  about  lectures: 

"We  cannot  do  much  here  unless  you 
could  send  a  lecturer  to  wake  up  the  people. 
Could  you  not  send  us  one  once  in  a  while. 
Send  them  to  me  and  it  shall  not  cost 
them  anything,  no  dilTerence  how  long 
they  may  stay  in  Crestline.  As  they  pass 
through  Crestline  have  thera  to  stop." 

The  Cynosure  does  not  send  out  lectur- 
ers although  very  closely  connected  with 
them.  The  direct  and  proper  way  to  se- 
cure a  single  lecture  or  a  course  is  to  write 
either  to  Bro.  J.  P.  Stoddard  at  this  ofiice, 
or  to  the  State  agent  where  there  is  one. 

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Circumstances  may  make  it  more  conven- 
ient to  secure  some  other  person.  A  list  is 
published  in  every  number  of  this  paper 
of  those  who  lecture  more  or  less.  There 
are  also  mauy  pastors  scattered  through 
the  country  who  are  informed  on  the  ques- 
tions of  this  reform  and  can  present  it 
ably.  Crestline  will  no  doubt  be  visited 
by  Bro.  Stoddard  or  Caldwell  who  will 
gladly  avail  themselves  of  the  generous 
offer  of  the  brother. 
Silas  Y.  Gillan,  Lilly,  111.,  vrrites  : 
''Do  not  stop  the  paper  on  anj^  account 
without  notifying  me.  I  read  it  with 
great  interest  and  then  give  it  to  others. 
The  book  I  got  from  you  last  winter  (Ber- 
nard's Light  on  Masonry)  has  been  in  al- 
most constant  use  ever  tince  I  got  it.  As 
soon  as  one  reads  it  another  has  spoken 
for  the  loan  of  it.  My  best  wishes  are  for 
the  success  of  the  Cynosure  and  the  prin- 
ciples which  it  advocates." 
C  G.  Cole,  Lyons,  Iowa,  writes: 
"My  time  is  too  much  taken  up  to  allow 
me  to  get  subscribers,  but  I  have  on  hand 
about  twenty  copies  of  Morgan's  Expose 
which  I  will  distribute.  And  I  am  intend- 
ing to  get  a  copy  of  Odd-fellowship  Illus- 
trated and  loan  it  to  a  young  man  who 
said  to  me  the  other  day,  'I  am  going  to 
join  the  Odd-fellows  as  soon  as  1  am  of 
age,'  Perhaps  it  will  enlighten  him  some- 
what, and,  I  hope,  keep  him  from  their 
clutches." 

That  is  the  right  way.  Interest  a  young 
man  in  the  truth,  and  he  will  not  care, 
unless  of  a  villainous  nature,  to  connect 
himself  with  the  lodge. 
Elder  Faurot,  of  Newville,  Ind.,  writes: 
"I  am  more  and  more  pleased  with  the 
Cynosure,  and  do  not  feel  willing  to  spare 
the  space  from  its  great  work  for  "Hints 
on  Home  and  Health',  farming,  or  any 
other  pieces  on  subjects  found  in  any 
paper  that  will  not  'print,  engrave,  inarlt,^ 
etc.,  anything  on  secrecy.  Prom  my  re- 
lation to  and  esteem  for  Elder  W.  F.  Black, 
of  Indianapolis,  I  feel  more  than  mortified 
that  he  t^hould  have  so  stultified  himself 
before  the  world  and  lodge  too.  I  hope  he 
he  is  'far  too  candid'  to  make  a  first-class 
(or  any  other)  Mason.  I  equally  regret 
the  spirit  with  which 'R.'  styles  his  church 
— 'a  Campbellite  church.'  This  is  an  in- 
sult to  a  large  and  respectable  body  of 
Christians,  the  great  majority  of  whose 
ministers  are  not  only  no  secretists,  but 
opposed  to  secret  societies.  I  don't  believe 
Mr.  B.  'knew  all  about  Masonry  before  he 
joined,'  or  that  he  now  knows,  and  it 
would  only  add  to  my  mortification  to 
know  that  with  such  knowledge  he  would 
take  such  a  step.    Yours  truly, 

R.  Faurot." 
Our  correspondent  "R."  is  very  careful 
of  his  data  and  his  statement,  painful  to 
every  Christian,  we  think  reliable.  He  is 
also  a  man  who  would  not  willingly  give 
offense,  much  less  in  the  use  of  a  single 
word.  We  can  safely  say  for  him  that 
he  would  have  been  more  guarded  had  he 
thought  the  name  objectionable.  The  term 
"Campbellites"  is  very  commonly  used  in 
connection  with  the  Disciple  church  and 
is  not  considered  reproachful  outside  its 
pale.  An  experience  of  several  years 
shows  that  the  departments  that  give  vari- 
ety to  the  Cynosure  increase  its  value,  and 
help  carry  its  principles  into  many  famil- 
ies otherwise  ignorant  on  secrecy.  Bro. 
F.  of  course  finds  much  matter,  such  as  he 
refers  to,  in  the  journals  he  is  able  to  take. 
Mauy  families  are  not  so  priveleged.  We 
endeavor  to  make  these  departments  as  in- 
teresting to  all  as  they  are  to  us.  A  young 
lady,  a  graduate  of  a  medical  college  of 
this  city,  and  of  large  and  successful  expe- 
rience as  a  nurse,  frequently  contributes 
to  the  "Home  and  Health  Hints"  such  in- 
formation as  may  be  priceless  in  some 
families. 


%t\i  %im  %p^. 


History  of  Freemasonry. 


The  early  liistory  of  Freemasonry, 
like  that  of  Rome,  is  involved  in  obscur- 
ity. The  conquerors  of  the  world  were 
not  satisfied  with  the  plain  truth  of 
their  national  origin.  They  taughf 
that  the  "Eternal  City"  was  founded 
and   first  ruled   by  the   sou   of  Mars, 


whose  name  wan  RomuIuB;  who  was 
taken  to  tlie  gods  in  a  tempest  of  lia;ht- 
nlng,  and  became  Qdirihus,  the  p&t- 
ron  saint  of  the  city,  and  one  of  the 
chief  gods  of  Rosae.  This  was  lofty 
and  sonorous,  and  unczceptionable,  had 
it  been  true. 

Our  modern  power,-  which  seeks, 
with  Rome  ambition,  to  lord  it  over  the 
whole  habitable  e.>irth,  also  etyles  itself 
eternal,  as  did  Rome;  deduces  its  origin 
from  heaven;  claims  the  wisest  man  for 
lavf giver;  and  some  mighty  thing  in 
the  nature  of  the  phiiosopher'o  stone 
for  its  secret — ail  which  is  equally  cred- 
ible and  as  well  attested  aa  that  Romul- 
us was  nursed  by  a  wolf,  or  Jupiter  was 
a  god  that  could  save.  And  the  Ma- 
sonic fables  are  told  to  cover  the  mean- 
ness of  Freemasonry's  ougin;  for  she, 
too,  sprung  from  a  confederacy  of  law- 
less plunderers:  and  it  mortifies  the 
pride  of  the  high  priest'-,  it  tops  the 
vanity  of  the  grand  masters,  and  makes 
the  puissant  sovereigns  of  Freemasonry 
to  tremble  for  the  security  of  their 
thrones,  to  be  told  th^  their  boasted 
order,  spruog  from  the  mire  of  the 
Rosicrucians,  and  spread  abroad  over 
the  face  of  the  earth  upon  the  licentious 
cupidity  of  its  speculative  fathers;  that 
it  originated  within  the  18th  century, 
among  men  capable  of  the  most  atroc- 
ious falsehoods, and  base  enough  to  sell 
their  reputation  for  moaey,  and  to  bar- 
ter a  good  conscience  for  the  delusion 
of  a  lodge  room ;  men  who  sold  Masonic 
charters  for  an  appearance  of  mastery, 
but  of  E  truth  for  gold. 

Stone  Masons, in  common  with  ninety- 
one  other  crafts  and  trades  in  the  cil}' 
of  London,  have  been  in  the  habit  for 
centuries,  of  meeting  in  club,  for  the 
purpose  of  imp)  ovf  meat  in  the  elements 
of  their  buEinesd  and  craft.  Jilach  craft 
has  its  public  hall,  its  admission  fee,  its 
coat  of  arms,  and  its  charity  fund.  The 
companies  sre  given  by  name  in  the 
order  of  their  rank,  in  Ree's  Encyclope- 
dia, Art.  Company;  and  out  of  only 
eighteen  whose  form  of  government  is 
particularly  mentioned, sixteen  are  gov- 
erned by  a  Master,  two  Wardens,  and 
a  various  number  of  other  assistants. 
So  Freemason's  Iclges  arc  governed ; 
and  the  titles,  Worshipful,  and  Most 
Worehipfu),  now  peculiar  to  Masonic 
oflScers,  were  common  to  gentlemen  of 
the  16th  and  l7th  centuries,  as  Esquire 
and  Honorable  and  common  at  the 
present  day. 

The  Lord  Mayor  of  London,  at  his 
election  usually  makes  himself  free; 
?.  e.  becomes  a  member  cf  one  of  the 
twelve  principle  societies,  if  he  were 
not  a  member  of  one  of  them  before: 
"for  these  twelve,"  says  the  Cyclopedia, 
".ira  r.nt  nnly  the  oldest,  buL  the  rich- 
est; many  of  them  having  had  the  hon- 
or of  kings  and  princes  to  be  their 
members,  and  the  apartments  of  their 
halls  being  fit  to  entertain  a  monarch." 
But  Masons  are  not  among  the  first 
twelve:  their  rank  is  31,  hall  in  Basing 
Ilall-street,  charter  Charles  2d,  1G77- 
Some  of  these  societies  meet  by  pre. 
Ecriptive  right,  the  oldest  charter  is 
that  of  the  Parish  Clerks,  A.  D.  1233, 
Henry  3d,;  the  Bakers,  A.  D.  1307. 
Edward  5d.  Six  were  chartered  in  the 
14tb  century,   40,    (and   among  them 


the  Stone  Masons,)  in  the  17th  century  , 
and  some  in  the  1 8th  century. 

Handicraft  Masonry,  is  an  ancient 
trade,  and  has  ever  received  the  foster- 
ing attention  of  ciitinguished  princes, 
Both  in  France  and  in  Scotland,  the 
craft  were  allowed  a  peculiat  jurisdict- 
ion over  all  disputes  growing  out  of  the 
exercise  of  their  trade.  (Lawrie's  His- 
tory of  Masonry,  y.  110,  and  p.  297.) 
This  was  granted  in  France,  A.  D, 
1645;  and  in  Scotland,  nearly  two  hun- 
dred yg?.rs  earlier,  to  real  builders. 
— Anti-masonic  Review,  1829, 
[to  bk  continued.] 

Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons   for  Third 
(Juarter,  1874. 


GOSPBLOP  MAKK. 


July 
Aug. 

Sept. 


5. 
12. 
19. 
2G. 
2. 
9. 
10. 
23. 
30. 
6. 
13. 
20. 
27. 


1.  l-ll. 
i.  l«-27. 
i.  45-4S. 
li.  14-17. 
il.  23-38, 
iv.  35-41, 
V.  1-15. 
V.  14-24. 
V.  22-23, 
Yi.  20-2r?. 
vi.  :^,4-44- 
vii.  24-30 
Keview. 


Beginning  of  tlie  Gospel. 
The  Authority  of  Jesus. 
The  Leper  Healed . 

The  Puljllcan  Called, 
iii.  1-5.    Jesus  and  Sabbath 
,    Power  over  Nature. 
Power  over  Demons. 

Power  over  Disease. 
35-43.    Power  over  Death. 
,    Martyrdom  of  the  Baptist. 
Five  Thousand  Fed. 
The  Phoenician  Mother. 


LESSON     XXXVi. — SEPT.    6,   1874.- 
DOM  OF  THE  BAPTIST. 


-MAUTTR- 


SCRIPTURE  LESSON. — MARK  vi.  20-29.  Com- 
mit verse  20. 

20  For  Herod;  feared  John,  knowing 
that  he  was  a  jusi  man  and  an  holy,  and 
observed  him  ;  and  when  he  heard  him, 
he  did  many  things,  and  heard  him  gladly. 

21  And  when  a  convenient  day  was 
come,  that  Herod  on  his  birthday  made  a 
supper  to  his  lords,  high  captains  and  chief 
estates  of  Galilee  ; 

23  And  when  the  daughter  of  the  said 
Herodias  came  in,  and  danced,  and  pleas- 
ed Herod  and  them  that  sat  with  them,  the 
liing  said  unto  the  damsel.  Ask  of  me 
whatsoever  thou  wilt,  and  I  will  give  it 
thee. 

23  And  he  sware  unto  her,  Whatsoever 
thou  shalt  ask  of  me,  I  will  give  it  thee, 
unto  the  half  of  my  kingdom. 

24  And  she  went  forth,  and  said  unto 
her  mother,  What  shall  I  ask?  And  she 
said,  The  head  of  John  the  Baptist. 

25  And  she  came  in  straightway  with 
haste  unto  the  king,  and  asked,  saying,  I 
will  that  thou  give  me  by  and  by  in  a  char- 
ger the  head  of  John  the  Baptist. 

26  And  the  king  was  exceedingly  sorry  ^ 
yet  for  his  oath's  sake,  and  for  their  sakes 
wliich  sat  with  him,  he  would  not  reject 
her. 

27  And  immediately  the  king  sent  an 
executioner,  and  commanded  his  head  to 
be  brought :  and  he  went  and  beheaded 
him  in  the  prison. 

28  And  brought  his  head  in  a  charger, 
and  gave  it  to  the  damsel ;  and  the  damsel 
gave  it  to  her  mother. 

29  And  when  his  disciples  heard  of  it, 
they  came  and  took  up  his  corpse,  and 
laid  it  in  a  tomb. 


LEADING  TEXT.— Be  thou  faithful 
unto  death,  and  I  will  give  thee  a  crown  of 
life  —Rev.  ii.  10. 

CENTRAL  THOUGHT.— The  world  is 
not  worthy  of  saints. 

BIBLE  READINGS.— (1)  Matt.  xiv.  1- 
14;  (2)  Ezek.  xxxiii.  23-33;  (3)  Luke  vii. 
19-30;  (4)  Esth.  V.  1-8;  (5)  Isa.  viii,  9-22; 
(6)  Matt,  xi,  2-15;  (7)  Mark  vi.  20-29. 


Introduction. — No  mere  man  has  high- 
er honor  in  the  [Scripture  than  the  Baptist. 
Devout,  of  a  priestly  family,  his  birth, 
name  and  work  announced  by  an  angel; 
he  was  a  Nazarite,  bold  as  Elijah,  dressed 
like  the  old  prophets,  plain  and  timely  as 
a  preacher,  crowds  listened,  he  pointed  to 
the  coming  Messiah.  His  fidelity  as  a 
preacher  led  to  his  death.  Look  at  the 
actors  in  this  tragedy. 

Analysis. — I.  A  thoughtless  girl.  Sa- 
lome, grand-daughter  of  Herod  the  Great, 
brought  up  in  Rome;  bad  school  for  a 
nominally  Jewish  girl ;  danced  before  the 
king;  gets  a  bad  promise  from  him,  II. 
A  tciclxd  woman.  Herodias,  mother  of  Sa- 
lome and  niece  and  sister-in-law  to  Herod, 
with  whom  she  now  lived ;  hated  John  for 
his  reproof  of  Herod  and  herself  for  sin, 
advised  her  daughter  to  request  John's 
head.  ///•  A  criminal  king,  feared  John, 
was  very  sorry  for  his  rash  promise,  but 
orders  John  beheaded,  and  his  head  given 
to  the  girl  for  her  mother. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Lessons. — (1)  Fidelity  like  John's,  may 
cost  one's  life.  (2)  Conscience  will  feel  the 
truth,  even  though  the  man  is  bent  on  sin. 
(3)  The  need  of  a  judgment-day  to  redress 
the  balances  of  this  life. 

Topics  for  Study. — The  name — birth 
— parentage — dress — character — work  of 
the  Baptist — his  fidelity  to  the  king — Her- 
od's sin — how  John  probably  imprisoned 
— efifect  of  his  preaching  on  the  king — his 
bitter  enemy — how  he  was  protected — oc- 
casion of  his  deatli — the  influence  on  the 
king — by  whom — her  relationship  to  him 
— his  promise— how  confirmed — the  prin- 
cess' counsellor — the  demand — its  effect  on 
Herod — his  compliance — why — the  execu- 
tion— the  presentation,  and  the  lesson  to 
us. — Am.  S.  S.  Union  Lessons. 

Teachers  should  not  forget  in  connection 
with  this  lesson  to  point  out  the  nature  of 
Herod's  oath.  It  was  false,  wicked  and 
every  consideration,  except  that  of  false 
pride,  would  have  led  him  to  dishonor  it. 


Where  are  tlK>  Large  Boys? 


Why  Eo  few  grown-up  boys  in  the 
schools?  Is  it  their  fault  entirely  that 
they  are  not  there  in  hrger  numbers  ? 
Lei  it  be  remembered  that  heretofore 
the  notion  has  been  allowed  to  prevail 
that  the  Sunday-Echool  is  for  young 
people  only — and  how  long  do  boys 
consider  themselves  young?  Only  so 
long  as  society  permits  them.  If  they 
could  run  their  free  course  there  would 
be  something  of  ingenuous  boyhood  in 
them  to  the  end  of  their  days.  Bishop 
Hobart,  we  notice,  has  recently  made 
an  admirable  and  timely  address  on  this 
subject,  coming  to  the  defense  of  boy- 
character  and  showing  how  it  is  snubbed 
before  its  lime;  and  just  in  this  connec- 
tion a  few  of  his  words  have  their  point. 
*' You  all  know,"  he  says,  "for  you 
ought  to  know,  what  the  feeling  is  that 
brings  the  blood  to  a  boy's  cheek  when 
he  is  suddenly  made  the  object  of  at- 
tention. He  enters  a  room  full  of  com- 
pany, and  is  coneclous  of  that  feeling. 
He  is  called  by  name,  and  is  aware 
that  his  tell-tale  face  proclaims  it.  He 
ascends  a  platform,  perhaps,  of  some 
public  exhibition,  and  actually  grows 
hot  in  the  fc-cus  of  so  many  eyes.  What 
does  all  this  show  ?  Simply  his  sense 
of  modesty ;  and  I  may  add  a  phrase 
which  people  often  use  when  they  ob- 
serve sucli  tokens — '  Very  becoming  to 
his  years' — though  there  is  an  implica- 
tion in  it  that  will  keep  me  from  using 
it  myself.  It  touches  the  very  point 
where  too  many  young  persons  make  a 
mistake.  Very  becoming  a  boy's  years, 
but — her?  is  the  implication — very  un- 
becoming a  man."  The  foice  of  this 
will  not  be  questioned,  and  it  explains 
la  a  measure  the  first  query  of  this 
paragraph.  ^  There  is  no  use  of  hiding 
the  fact  that  many  boys  think  the  Sun- 
day-school not  au  institution  for  men, 
and  men  they  are  encouraged  to  become 
too  Boon.  Two  common  ideas  are  ac- 
cordingly to  be  fought  against — one, 
that  the  school  is  for  children  only,  and 
the  other,  that  boys  become  men  before 
they  cease  to  be  boys. —  Christian 
Union. 


It  is  related  that  when  Thorwaldsen 
returned  to  his  native  land  with  those 
wonderful  marbles  which  have  made 
his  name  immortal,  chiseled  with  patient 
toil  and  glowing  aspiration  during  his 
studies  in  Italy,  the  servants  who  open- 
ed them  scattered  upon  the  ground  the 
straw  in  which  they  were  packed.  The 
next  summer,  flowers  from  the  garden  of 
Kome  were  blossoming  in  the  streets  of 


Copenhagen  from  the  seeds  thus  acci- 
dentally planted.  The  genius  that 
wrought  grandly  in  marble  had  uncon- 
sciously planted  beauty  by  the  wayside. 
Sabbath-school  teacher,  what  thinkyou  ? 
Do  weeds  or  rare  flowers  blossom  from 
accidental  sowing? 


The  estimated  reoult-;  of  the  half- 
century's  work  of  the  American  Sun- 
day.School  Union,  so  far  as  figures  can 
measure  them,  is  given  as  follows: 
Schocls  organized,  61,000;  teachers, 
404,000;  scholars,  2,650,000.  But 
tuch  figures  are  no  more  than  mere 
hints  of  the  good  actually  done. 


Keeping  Eg^gs. 


a  jar;  add  a  pint  of  molasses  and  four 
quarts  of  water;  mix  well  together, 
and  set  near  the  stove.  In  two  days  it 
will  be  good  beer;  in  two  or  three 
weeks  it  will  be  first  rate  vinegar.  Th^ 
same  corn  will  do  for  several  months. 
When  the  vinegar  is  made,  pour  it  off 
and  add  molasses  and  water  to  the  corn. 


How  TO  Take  a  Pill. — Place  it  nuder 
the  tip  of  the  tonge  and  take  a  drink 
of  water.  The  biggest  bolus  will  go 
down  almost  without  your  knowing  it. 
The  taste  left  in  the  mouth  after  taking 
such  bitter  medicines  as  quinine,  aloes, 
nux-vcmica,  etc. ,  is  instantly  neutralized 
by  chewing  a  piece  of  liquorice  root. 


The  Farrker's  Advocate,  London, 
Ontario,  oflFered  a  prize  for  the  best 
method  of  keeping  eggs  over  winter. 
This  reciept  took  the  prize: 

"Whatever  excludes  the  air  prevents 
the  decay  of  the  egg-.  What  I  have 
found  to  be  the  most  successful  method 
of  doing  BO  is  to  place  a  small  quantity 
of  salt  butter  iq  the  .palm  of  the  left 
hand  and  turn  the  egg  round  in  it,  so 
that  every  pore  of  the  shell  is  closed ; 
then  dry  a  sufiQcient  quantity  of  bran 
in  an  oven  (be  sjire  you  have  the  bran 
well  dried,  or  iewillfust).  Then  pack 
them  with  the  fimali  ends  down,  a  layer 
of  bran  and  amther  of  eggs,  until  your 
box  is  full; /hen  pkce  in,  a  ccol,  f^^/ 
place.  If  dme  when  new  l^^'^^j  ^^-J 
will  retain  t/e  sweet  milt  and  curd  of  a 
new  laid  /fegg  for  at  least  eight  or  ten 
months.  /Any  oil  will  do,  but  salt  but- 
ter ^neve/  becomes  rancid,  and  a  very 
small  qu/ntity  of  butter  will  do  a  very 
large  qjantity  of  eggs.  To  insure 
freshness,  I  rub  them^  when  gathered 
in  from  the  nests;  then  pack  them 
when  there  is  a  sufficient  quantity." 

A  similar  receipt  is  given  in  the  fol- 
lowing: 

Eggs   can   best  be   preserved   by  a 
coating  of  drying  oil,  such  as  linseed  or 
cotton-seed  oil.     Eggs   have  been  kept 
perfectly  well  preserved  for  six  months 
by  being  smeared   with  either  of  these 
oils  by  the  fingers  in  such  a  way  as  to 
give  a   perfect  coating,  and   being  then 
packed  upon  their  ends  in  bran.     Dur- 
ing that  period  the  loss  of  weight  was 
trifling,  and  the  flavor  was  equal  to  that 
of  fresh    eggs.     Whether   or   not  this 
process  could  be  econonically  used  in 
keeping  eggs  for   market ,  la  a  question 
to  be  decided  by  experimenf,  but   that 
it  may  be  used  in  a  small  way  for  fam- 
ily purposes  is  very  well  decided.     The 
usual  method  practiced  by  dealers  is  to 
pack  the  eggs  in  barrels  or  vats  of  brick- 
work in  the   milk  of  lime,  which   is   a 
thin  sort  of  whitewash.     They  acquire, 
however,  under  this  process,  a  peculiar 
flavor,  which  depreciates  their  value  to 
some   extent  in  the  market,  but  that  is 
unavoidable.     It  is  necessary,  in  what- 
ever way   they   are   packed,  that  they 
should   be  kept  in  a  cool,  dry  place. — 
S.  H.,  Stroudsburg,  Penn. 

Home-made  Vinegar. — To  one  pint 
of  strained  honey  add  two  gallons  of 
soft  water.  Let  it  stand  in  a  moderate- 
ly warm  place.  In  three  weeks  it  will 
be  excellent  vinegar.  2.  Boil  a  pint 
of  corn  till  it  is  a  little  soft;  put  it  into 


To  remove  mildew,  make  a  wea^< 
solution  of  chloride  of  lime  water — 
pbout  a  heaping  teaspoonfid  to  a  quart 
of  water — strain  it  carefully,  and  dip 
the  spot  or  the  garment  into  it,  and  if 
the  mildew  does  not  disappear  immedi- 
ately, lay  it  in  the  sun  for  a  few  min- 
utes, or  dip  it  again  into  the  lime-water. 
The  work  is  effectually  and  speedily 
done,  and  the  chloride  of  lime  neither 
rots  the  cloth  nor  removes  delicate  col- 
ors, when  sufficiently  diluted,  and  the 
article  rinsed  afterward   in  clear  water. 


Kome-inatie  Soda-Water. 

^  pleasant  summer  drink,  equal  w 
gQjjg.nater,  can  be  made  in  any  farmer's 
iouse  in  two  minutes  with  the  fallow- 
ing ingredients :  White  sugar,  2^  or 
three  teaRpoonfula ;  tartaric  acid,  ^  tea- 
spoonful  ;  water,  half  tumbler,  stir  the 
sugar  and  acid  until  it  is  dissolved,  then 
add  half  teaspoonful  bi-carbonate  of  so- 
da (common  baking  soda),  stir  this 
well,  and  when  it  affervesce  drink  it 
off.  No  pleasanter  or  more  refresh- 
in  o-  drink  can  be  enjoyed  on  a  hot  sum- 
mer day,  and  there  is  not  a  particle  of 
intoxicating  matter  about  it. 

The  eflervescence  is  caused  by  the 
chemical  union  of  the  soda  and  tartaric 
acid.  The  latter  also  imparts  a  elighlly 
sour  taste.  If  too  much  is  uaed  it  will 
cause  too  much  sourness,  and  the 
quantity  must  be  reduced.  The  exact 
amount  of  sugar  to  be  used  will  depend 
on  the  person's  taste.  What  is  wanted 
is  an  efFervcEcent  drink,  and  for  this 
the  soda  and  acid  are  indespensable, 
white  sugar  and  flavoring  essences  can 
be  added  to  suit  the  taste. 

There  are  various  receipts  for  making 
syrups  from  which  this  pleasant  drink 
is  produced,  but,  except  where  want- 
ed in  considerable  quantities  on  some 
special  occasion,  asyrup  is  unnecessary. 
It  is  made  by  dissolving  sugar  in  water, 
adding  tartaric  acid  until  a  little  tart- 
ness appears,  and  the  flavoring  with 
some  essence,  wiutergreen,  lemon, 
strawberry  &c.  &c.  When  brought 
out  for  use  water  must  be  added,  and 
then  the  soda.  On  the  whole,  when 
required  only  occasionally,  the  receipt 
in  the  first  paragraph  above  answers 
every  purpose — and  an  excellent  pur- 
pose too.  SlOUA. 


The  Farmer's  Diet. 

Some  writers  for  the  so-called  •'agri- 
cultural papers"   are   making  a  sort  of 


crueade  against  certain  articles  of  diet 
common  to  farmers'  tables.  Pork  is 
condemned  by  one  writer;  pies  and 
cakes  by  another;  buckwheat  cakes  by 
a  third;  and  still  another  anathematizes 
chickens  as  unfu  for  hursan  food.  The 
frying  pan  comes  in  for  a  hrge  share  of 
criticism — or  abuse  it  might  as  well  be 
called,  because  there  is  no  harm  in  fry- 
ing meat  if  the  work  is  well  done. 

These  onslaughts  on  farmers  because 
their  diet  does  not  conform  to  the  tastes 
or  habits  of  wiiters  who,  in  most  cases, 
never  did  a  day's  work  at  farming,  are 
in  the  main  silly.     If  they  can  eat  only 
what  press  writers  say  is  good  for  them 
they  will  certainly  starve,  because  there 
is  hardly  a  single  article  of  food  which 
somebody  does    not  condemn.     While 
one    man  says  they  must  quit  salt  pork 
and  patronize   fresh  beef  or  mutton  or 
mo^-e  poultry  and  eggs,  the  grahamites 
shout  out  that  he  must  abjure  all  meats ! 
Wheat  bread,  they  say,  too,  is  unhealthy 
and  body-killing.     Only  bran  bread  and 
vegetables  are  fit  for  the  human   stom" 
ach.     And  as  t)  vegetables,  there   is 
not  much   chance   for  agreement  as  to 
their  merits.     Potatoes  are  abjured  by 
one    set  of  writers,  cucumbers,   green 
beans  and  green  corn   by  another;  and 
so  on  through  the  whole   list.     Fruits    - 
are  pretty  much  in  the  same  C3^t~  '■'' 
What  then  shall  the  farmer  eat?     It 
he  wants  my  advice,  it  is  to   eat  what 
he  knows  agrees   with  him-     Another 
man   nannot  jud2«   for  tim  in  this  re- 
spect     If    pork   in   moderation   suits 
him,   then   eat   pork.     Possibly   some 
other  meat  might  be  better  as  a  "  stand- 
by "  than  salt  pork,  but  the  same  might 
be  said  of  many  other  things  pertaining 
to   the   f^armer's  life.     He  might  enjoy 
better  health  perhaps  in  case  he  worked 
less.     If  he   lived   in   a  ten   thousand 
dollar   house,  and   rede  to  town  and  to 
church  in   a  thousand   dollar   carriage 
instead  of  a  farm  wagon,  it  might   pro- 
long his  life  somewhat.    But  the  trouble 
is  he  pursues  a  vocation  the  profits  from 
which  do  not  enable  him  to  hve  exactly 
as  he  would  like.     For  the  articles   he 
produces  and  sells  he  must  accept  other 
people's  prices,  and  not  those  which  he 
knows   will   secure   him  a  profit.     On 
the   whole,  f.rmers   are  poor.     When 
they  get  money  ahead   it  is  by  saving, 
by    rigid   econcmy,  by    denying  them- 
selves  and    their   families   many  little 
pleasures   and   luxuries.     The   farmer 
who    would  "get  ahead"— get  ahead 
of  an   ugly   mortgage   perhaps— must 
not  live  on  "  butcher's   meat."     That 
may  do  for  business  men,  who,  in  some 
way,  directly  or  indirectly,  make   their 
living   out   of  him,  but   he,  not  being 
able   to  set   his   prices  at  a   profit,  and 
forced  to  pay  profits  to  all  other  classes 
with  whom  he  deals,  must  live  econom- 
ically.    That  explains  why   pork  is  so 
common  at  the  farmers'  tables.     When 
farmers  get   their   "rights"  it   will  be 
diflisrent. 

No  man  should  adopt  or  continue 
dietetic  habits  which  he  knows  are  cer- 
tain to  shorten  life,  but  in  the  midst  of 
so  much  disagreement  of  doctors  what 
other  guide  so  safe  as  your  own  obser- 
vations as  to  what  agrees  or  disagrees 
with  you?  If  a  better  rule  can  be 
shown,  let  us  have  it.  Sigma. 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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Chicago,  Thursday,  August  27,  1874. 


Rev.  D.  P.  Rathbun  is  expected  to  be  at  Albany, 
Gentry  county,  Mo.,  to  attend  the  State  Association 
there.  He  is  notified  that,  if  going  or  returning,  he 
-will  turn  aside  and  lecture  at  Wenona,  Illinois,  all 
expenses  will  be  paid  fiom  Mendota  or  La  Salle  on  the 
C,  B.  &  Q.  or  Rock  Island  railroad  and  back  and  a 
trifle  over.      Write  to  Pelcr  Howe,  Esq.,  Wenona,  111. 

THJb:  JVEtl)  OF  8ECRETA11IES* 

Tlie  Interior  has  a  funny  man.   He  goes  like  childrens' 
tovs  where  a  string  being  pulled  legs  and  arms  make 
contortions  that  are  too  funny  for  any  use.     The  string- 
that  moves  the   Inierio'i''s  little  joker  is  a  patent  Mc- 
Coimick  attachment, — that  is,  "Money  makes  the  man 
go."     This  pleasant  little  jumping-jack  has,  in  the  is- 
sue of  McCormick's  paper  for  August  13th,  a  joke  on 
secretaries  eighteen  inches  long.     Not  about  secretar- 
ies for  Presbyterian  Boards  or  Social  Science  Associ- 
ations, but  about  the  heeds  for  secretaries  in  several 
reform  enterprises    which    are   pushed  by  poor    men 
and  neglected  by  most  others.     Now  we   wish  to  ask 
what  is  the  need  of  Apti-masonic  secretaries,  or  rather 
of  Anti-masonic  societies,  fdr,  of  course,  if  there  are  so- 
cieties there  must  be  officers.     The  answer  is  a  very 
simple   one.     When  an  evi\  grows  strong  iv,  as  well 
as  outside  of,  the  Christian  churches,  Christians  who 
see  the  real  ch-aracter  of  the  evil  must  organize  arrainst 
•i-ud  when  they  do  so  they  -will  need  a  secretary, 
ihus,    wu^v,   Presbyterian   doctors   of  divinity   were 
whipping  female  slaves  with  iiand-saws  before    going 
to  preach,  this  sort  of  peo^jfe  Avho  get  so  merry  over 
secretaries   were  looking-  on  in  silence  while  "impecu- 
nious reformers"  were  rornalng  societies  and    holding- 
prayer-meetings  to  free  the  oppressed,     Again,  at  the 
present  time.    Freemasons  are   monopolizing  the  civil 
oflSces,  trampling   upon  justice    and   killing  out   th 
Christian  church.     The  Interior  lately  contained  an 
article  proving  clearly  and  well  that  Freemasonry  was 
a  religion  Avithout  Christ.      It  stated  that  it  was  a  rival 
religion.     This  is  true.     Now  the  /nienor  knows  that 
there  are  Masons  in  Presbyterian  churches,  North  and 
South,  just  as  there  were  slaveholders  fifteen  years  ago, 
and  would  be  now  if  it  was  lawful  to   hold   slaves. 
What  does  the  Interior  propose  to  do  about  it?   Why, 
its  funny  man  makes  a  joke  on   the    Cynosure   and 
another  on  Masonic  aprons  and   chicken-tail  cockades, 
and  the  whole  work  is  finished  so  far  as  they  propose 
to  accomplish  it.     Now  if  a  member  of  the  Congrega 
tional  church  should  be  mean  enough  to  join  a  Pres- 
byterian church  so  as  to  get  helped  from  both,    the 
Interior  would  set  up  the   war-whoop  and  hunt  him 
out;  but  when  a  man  joins  a  church  which  the  Interior 
proves  to  be  a  Christless  one,  and  then  the  Presbyter- 
ian church  too,  the  Interior  is  like  the  little  boy  whose 
clothing  was  damaged  by  a  cyclone ,  or  wateVspout, 
or  something,  and  as  nothing  to  say.     As  long  as  our 
religious  papers  are  conducted  in  this  way,   we  have 
need  of  secretaries  for  Anti-masonic  societies.     When 
they  do  their  duty  we  may  get  along  without  tliem. 


vain.     He  thereupon  chiseled  in  two  or  three  places, 

where  the  fraud  would  not  be  detected,  the  emblems 

of  the  lodge.     This  he   owned,  "on  the  square,"  while 

afterward  lec'uring  in  Indiana,  and  the  Evergreen,    a 

Masonic    journal,    took  him  severely  to   task  for  his 

contemptible  lying  work.      Morris  has  now  entered  on 

a  new  campaign  in  the  Holy  Land,  which  he  evidently 

aims  to  restore,  not  to  the  .lews,   but  to  the  followers 

of  the  •  widow's  son." 

The  New  York  Tribune  of  July  1st  describes  this 

crusade  on  Palestine  : 

"A  Masonic  expedition  to  the  Holy  Land,  -which  will  in- 
clude the  principal  cities  and  localities  of  interest  in 
Europe,  Asia,  and  Africa,  -will  leave  this  port  on  Sept.  12. 
The  party  will  consist  of  at  least  fifty  Mastei-  Masons, 
under  the  Icndership  of  Robert  Morris,  L.  L.  D.,  Past  Grand 
Master  of  Kentucky.  The  trip  will  occupy  144  days,  and 
will  embrace  Egypt,  Palestine,  Syria,  Asia  Minor,  Greece, 
Italy,  Switzerland,  France,  England,  Scotland,  and  Ireland. 
The  firsl  part  of  tlie  expedition  leaves  New  York  on  Satur- 
day Sept.  12,  and  will  arrive  at  Liverpool  on  Sept.  22, 
proceeding  to  London  the  same  evening.  After  occupying 
two  days  in  examining-  the  objects  and  places  of  chief  in- 
terest iu  London,  the  party  will  start  for  Paris  and  stop 
one  day,  leaving  on  the  27th  for  Turin,  Italy,  where  they 
will  remain  until  Sept,  29,  when  they  will  start  for  Venice, 
via  Milan ,  stopping  a  short  time  in  the  latter  place.  After 
remaining  in  Venice  all  Thursday,  Oct.  1,  they  will  leave 
that  city  for  Trieste,  from  which  city  they  will  sail  on  Sat- 
urday for  Greece,  a  steamer  having  been  secured  for  the 
purpose.  On  the  way  the  party  will  stop  at  the  Island  of 
Syria,  landing  on  Oct.  8,  at  Piraeus,  and  will  proceed  thence 
to  Athens,  where  they  will  visit  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Greece,  and  inspect  the  ruins  of  classic  times.  On  Oct.  13, 
the  party  will  return  to  Piraeus,  and  sail  to  Constantinople, 
arriving  there  on  Oct.  13,  and  remainina;  seven  days,  in 
order  to  visit  the  twelve  lodges  of  Masons,  composed  of  all 
nationalities  in  that  city.  The  party  will  sail  from  Con- 
stantinople on  Oct.  22,  arriving  at  Smyrna  on  the  24th; 
then  by  rail  to  Ephesus,  returning  to  Smyrna  in  time  to 
meet  in  convention  witli  the  seven  lodges  of  that  place. 
Ti^ay  -^vill  then  gg  to  Beyrout,  Syria,  where  they  will  arrive 
on  Oct.  2y.  From<  his  point  they  will  begin  their  tent  life, 
which  is  to  continut  thirty  days,  during  which  time  the 
party  will  visit  Gebal  Tyre,  Hiram's  Tomb,  Baalbec,  Da- 
mascus, Mount  HoriQou,  the  Sea  of  Galilee,  Nazareth,  I«'ab- 
lous.  Bethel,  Jerusaio„i_  Bethlehem,  the  Dead  Sea  md 
River  Jordan,  Hebron,  ai^i  joppa.  During  this  tent  He 
the  lodge  will  be  opened  wii„,ever  opportunity  occuis 
under  the  traveling  warrant  of  iv,yal  Solomon  Motha 
Lodge  of  the  city  of  Jerusalem.  Whiic  sj,t  Damascus  an( 
Beyrout  the  party  will  be  received  by  the  niD^dons  in  those 
places.  In  Jerusalem  it  is  proposed  to  lay  the  corner-stone 
of  the  New  Masonic  Hall,  to  be  erected  in  that  city.  On 
Nov.  28  tJie  expedition  will  sail  from  Joppa  for  the  mouth 
of  the  Suez  Canal,  where  the  party  will  arrive  on  Nov.  30 
and  examine  the  locality  of  the  supposed  crossing  of  Moses 
and  his  people  from  Egypt  and  Arabia,  and  the  next  day 
Dec.  1,  they  will  proceed  by  rail  to  Cairo,  where  they  will 
remain  lour  days  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  the  Pyramids 
Ptartine  for  Alftxandrin.  on   \)pn    r.      Tl.o  r>o^+T,  ™;n  i .' 


starting  for  Alexandria  on  Dec.  5.  The  party  w'ill  leave 
Egypt  on  Dec.  7,  and  arrive  at  Naples  on  Dec.  11,  remain- 
ing there  five  days  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  Pompeii 
Vesuvius,  and  other  objects  of  interest,  leaving  for  Rome 
on  Wednesnay,  Dec.  16.  Six  days  will  be  occupied  in  the 
'Eternal  City'  in  the  inspection  of  the  various  antiquities 
after  which  the  party  will  proceed  to  Florence  and  remain 
there  three  days.  On  Christmas  Day  they  will  start  for 
Turin;  thence  for  Geneva,  where  they  will  remain  one  day 
thence  to  Berne  and  Basle,  arriving  in  Paris  on  Dec  31 ' 
where  they  will  remain  six  days.  On  Jan.  7,  1875  they 
will  start  for  Loudon,  remaining  until  Jan.  12,  giving  the 
days  to  sight-seeing,  and  the  evenings  to  visiting  the  nu- 
merous Masonic  lodges  of  the  city.  Tliey  will  then  pro- 
ceed to  York,  and  Edinburgh,  and- will,  on  Jan.  15  visit 
Glasgow  and  Cyr.  On  Jan.  18,  they  will  proceed  to  Bel- 
fast, and  the  next  day  to  Dublin,  sailing  from  Liverpool 
on  Jan.  20,  in  order  to  take  the  steamship  for  New  York 
on  Jan.  2] .  Should  no  unforaeen  accident  occur,  the  whole 
party  will  arrive  in  this  city  on  Feb.  1,  and  dissolve  the 
'Most  Traveling  Lodge, " ' 


KOB  MOKllIS  AS  A  CRUSADJSK. 

The  illustrious  Mason  who  wrote  "We  meet  upon 
the  level"  and  several  other  hymns  for  Masonic  worship, 
and  edited  an  edition  of  Webb's  Monitor,  has  long  been 
infatuated  with  the  idea  that  Masonry  must  prove  its 
glorious  origin  in  the  days  of  Solomon  in  accordance 
with  its  legends,  or  somebody  would  begin  to  believe 
the  institution  a  lie.  He  luis  undertaken  to  demon- 
strate the  verity  of  Masonry  by  scouring  the  Holy  Land 
in  search  of  a  square  and  compass.  He  spent  time 
and  money,  and  when  the  latter  failed,  made  a  strike 
for  Sunday-school  pennies,  and  sent  bugs  and  bottled 
water  in  exchange.  But,  aside  from  a  few  grips  with 
a  Bedouin,  he  found  only  Masonry  of  the  genuine, 
stone-and-mortar  kind.  This  would  not  do.  He  must 
Lave  Masonry  of  another  sort  or  the  world  would 
shame  him,  and  the  Sunday-school  fund  be  spent  in 


NO    INTERFERENCE  IN  POLITICS  OR  RELIGION. 


The  Beacon  Light,  of  Guthrie  Center,  Iowa,  of 
August  5th,  has  the  following  letter,  remarkable  for 
its  rarity,  but  not  for  the  nature  of  the  facts  it  ex- 
plains. It  is  a  sufficient  answer  to  the  hypocritical  and 
universal  claim  of  non-intervention.  The  letter  reads 
thus : 

Mr.  Editors  : — By  your  consent  I  will  for  the  bene- 
fit of  such  of  my  friends  that  have  not  been  made  ac- 
quainted with  the  issue  that  was  made  by  the  F.  A.  M. , 
in  the  late  primaries  that  came  off  at  the  Center,  Pa- 
nora,  Casey,  Stuart  and  Guthrie,  and  a  few  inland 
townships,  favored  by  "The  Ring,"  manipulated  for 
the  defeat  of  one,  who,  under  all  circumstances,  has 
stood  by  and  defended  the  truth,  irrespective  of  con 
secjucnces.  That  defeat  culminated  in  the  rejection  of 
the  present  recorder  as  a  candidate  for  re-election.  On 
no  other  issue,  than  that  he  was  not  sound  on  Free- 
masonry. Our  Royal  Arch  Mason  declaring  that  no 
man  had  a  right  to  allow  his  name  to  be  used  before 
the  Republican  Convention,  who  advocates  such  re- 
ligious sentiments  as  he,  the  said  subscriber,  felt  it  ;is 


duty  to  defend.  Since  when  have  Freemasons  set 
themselves  up  as  our  judge  as  to  what  our  religious 
sentiment  should  be,  to  entitle  us  to  a  place  in  the  Re- 
publican ranks  ?  I  never  knew  the  Republican  party 
to  deprive  its  members  of  the  free  exercise  of  the  right 
of  judgment  in  all  such  matters,  and  whenever  a 
church  body  or  organization,  though  they  be  the  F. 
A.  M. ,  take  a  stand  that  is  prejudicial -to  the  best  in- 
terest of  society  and  our  country,  it  becomes  us  as  a 
champion  of  right,  to  arouse  the  public  to  look  after 
their  best  interest  and  check  the  progress  of  this  mon- 
ster usurper.  In  order,  therefore,  to  give  the  public 
the  facts,  the  truth  and  the  whole  in  the  premises,  I 
submit  the  following  :  In  the  summer  of  1872,  I  sent 
my  name  to  the  lodge  of  Freemasons  for  membership, 
which  was  favorably  accepted,  and  in  due  season  was  let 
into  the  mysteries  of  the  first  degree  of  Freemasonry, 
and  -was  ground  out  an  '  'Apprentice  Mason,"  and,  as 
such,  entitled  to  the  tender  care  of  a  newly  fledged 
Mason.  All  things  ran  lovely,  until  I  informed  my 
brethren  in  the  church,  that  my  Christian  training  en- 
tirely disqualified  me  from  becoming  a  "good  Mason," 
and  that  I  could  and  should  not  support  the  order,  as 
my  religious  convictions  were  such  that  I  could  not 
serve  God  and  Mammon,  and  that  as  far  as  I  was  con- 
cerned, should  call  the  thing  square.  Notwithstand- 
ing all  this,  after  repeatedly  refusing  to  go  to  the 
lodge,  they  would  still  insist  on  my  going  when  I 
thought  it  entirely  out  of  place.  After  all  these  en- 
treaties failed  to  bring  me  back  to  the  fraternal  fold, 
they  tried  at  the  last  resort  in  a  terrible  dilemma,  to 
bait  as  I  verily  believe,  with  a  bait  that  would  be  like- 
ly to  win — which  in  large  letters  read  "OFFICE" — 
which  of  course  was  a  big  bait  for  a  man  that  had  never 
earned  a  dollar  except  by  hard  work.  And  the  Father 
of  the  Brotherhood  came  smiling  around  as  a  Ma  on 
alone  can  smile,  when  he  has  a  pretty  thing  to  tell  a 
brother,  and  most  affectionately  requested  me  to  run 
for  Recorder  of  Guthrie  county.  At  the  same  time 
tssuring  me  that  they  would  see  that  I  would  get  the 
nomination,  for  which  nomination  I  always  gave  my 
biethren  in  the  order  credit.  But  thanks  to  the  peo- 
ple of  Guthrie  county  for  my  election.  After  my 
election,  the  pressure  was  brought  to  bear  to  bring  me 
into  the  lodge  and  have  me  take  the  next  two  degrees. 
I  refused  and  that  was  the  last  of  that  fraternal  love 
that  they  so  much  talk  about. 

Ever  since,  I  have  expressed  myself  freely  as  a 
Christian  should  on  the  mora',  or  rather  immoral,  side 
of  Masonry,  for  which  I  was  given  to  understand  that 
they  would  spot  me  at  the  earliest  date,  which  came 
off,  at  the  primary  on  Saturday  last,  at  Guthrie  Centre 
and  other  favorable  places  in  the  county,  where  the 
master  of  the  ring  dictated.  They  tell  us  that  Masonry 
does  not  interfere  with  a  man's  ''conscience,  his  poli- 
tics or  rehgion."  Oh  no.  When  your  conscience 
takes  no  offense,  and  your  pohtics  builds  them  up  in  . 
places  of  honor  like  in  our  own  country*  and  your 
religion  is  so  broad  that  Satan  himself  could  not  object 
to  it.  Yet  strange  to  say,  when  our  primary  came  off, 
our  Masonic  friends  forgot  to  vote  for  us.  All  against 
us  with  hardly  an  exception.  Yet,  these  fellows  set 
themselves  up  as  models  of  morahty,.  attempting  to 
save  the  world  by  a  system  of  moral  training,  w^hich 
sometimes  shows  the  cloven  foot  in  the  lodge  room  in 
the  form  of  some  member  in  a  state  of  beastly  in- 
toxication. Yet  we  are  told  Christ  is  in  in  it  When 
oh  when  will  deity  cease  to  be  thus  insulted  at  such 
sacrifice!  Renj.   Lkvan. 


NOTES. 


— The  editor  of  the  Cynosure  started  for  Iowa  and 
Missouri  on  Saturday  last  in  the  interest  of  Wheaton 
College.  He  will  probably  attend  the  organizing  con- 
vention for  the  Slate  of  Missouri  to  be  held  at  Brashear, 
>Ldair  county,  Wednesday  neict,  September  Ist. 

— Our  readers  will  be  pained  to  learn  of  the  afflic- 
tion of  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  and  wife  in  the  loss  of 
an  infant  son,  which  passed  peacefully  to  the  arms  of 
a  waiting  Saviour  on  Saturday  last  It  was  about  a 
month  old,  and  had  already  become  the  center  of 
many  and  great  hopes. 


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9 


— Tlie  Fi  ee  Methodist^  which  was  moved  to  Aurora, 
111.,  in  1871  by  Rev.  Lewis  Bailey,  from  New  York, 
has  since  h's  death  last  fall  beea  continued  by  Mrs. 
Bailey.  The  number  for  last  week,  however,  comes 
from  Sycamore,  Hi.  D.  P.  Baker  and  T.  B.  Arnold 
have  become  the  proprietors  and  have  removed  the 
publication  office.  Both  these  brethren  are  preachers 
in  the  Free  Me^thodist  church,  and  are  recommended 
to  this  work  by  responsible  brethren.  They  propose 
to  associate  with  them  as  corresponding  editors,  seve- 
ral ministers  of  the  church,  throughout  the  country. 
Brethren  J.  Traviss  and  J.  M.  Y.  Smith,  have  already 
accepted  that  po3ifcion.  The  Free  Methodist  has 
steadily  grown  in  value  siace  Joseph  Mackey  removed 
it  to  New  York,  and  the  new  management  look  for  a 
continued  increase  in  material  worth  and  in  the  power 
of  divine  grace.     May  God  grant  their  desires. 

— At  a  Masonic  Knight  Templar  celebration  on  last 
Thanksgiving  Day  at  Stubeiiville,  Ohio,  one  of  the  or- 
ators, 0.  H.  Battin  by  name,  made  some  statements 
in  relation  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  that  State.  That 
body  was  organized,  he  claimed,  in  Chillicothe,  Jan 
uary  4th,  1808,  and  numbered  among  its  members  the 
following  person?,  some  of  whom  obtained  pohtical 
celebrity:  Louis  Cass,  Rufus  Putnam,  Henry  Brush, 
Sam'l  Huntington,  Jacob  Burnet,  Dan'l  Symms, 
Elisha  Whittlesey,  Lincoln  Goodale,  Thomas  Corwin, 
John  M.  Goodenow,  Chas.  R.  Sherman,  Joshua  R. 
Giddings,  Dan'l  McOook,  and  Jesse  R.  Grant.  "We 
should  be  pleased  to  receive  any  reliable  information 
disproving  the  statement. 


Reform  Kews. 


[continued  from  4th  page.] 
From  Elder  Barlow. 
Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  Aug.  21,  1874. 

Dear  K: — It  is  a  long  time  sicce  the  readers  of  the 
Cynosure  have  heard  of  my  where-abouts  and  my  do- 
abouts;  but  this  silence  is  not  the  result  of  inactivity 
by  any  means.  My  work  has  been  more  a  prepara- 
tion for  work  than  actual  service  in  the  field.  I  have 
been  corresponding  with  friends  in  various  directions, 
and  looking  for  openings  where  the  "fallow  ground', 
might  be  broken  up  and  the  seed  cast  in,  which  shall 
bring  forth  a  plentiful  harvest  by  and  by.  This  work 
is  beginning  to  tell,  and  I  am  already  engaged  in  more 
active  work  which  will  increase  with  the  length  of  the 
evenings,  and  the  passing  by  of  the  pressing  labors 
of  haying  and  harvest. 

During  this  week  I  have  spoken  to  good  and  atten- 
tive audiences  in  Smyrna  and  Beaver  Meadow,  both 
in  Chenango  county.  In  the  former  place,  I  spent 
the  Sabbath,  and  preached  in  the  morning  for  the 
Baptist  pastor.  Rev.  Mr.  Jones.  In  the  evening  it 
was  my  pleasure  to  listen  to  a  lecture  on  the  Holy 
Land,  by  Rev.  Dr.  Campbell,  of  Rochester.  The 
speaker  gave  us  a  vivid  picture  of  the  land  itself  and 
of  his  experiences  while  passing  through  it. 
pleasing  the  -masons. 

Among  other  things,  he  said  he  would  relate  one 
circumstance  which  would  undoubtedly  please  the 
Masons,  He  thought  that  some  stones  of  the  temple 
foundation  were  still  to  be  found  there;  and  that  he 
saw  on  one  of  these  old  stones  a  well-defined  Masonic 
"square  and  compass."  "But,"  said  the  Doctor,  "I 
must  tell  the  whole  story.  I  learned  that  it  was 
scratched  on  the  face  of  the  rock  a  short  time  previ- 
ous by  a  boy  with  a  rusty  nail!"  Query:  Was  not 
this  one  of  those  marks  chiselled  on  the  ancient  rocks, 
by  that  pink  of  Masonic  Knighthood,  Rob  Morris !  I  sus- 
pect, yes.  How  long  will  our  American  Sunday-schools 
permit  themselves  to  be  hitmbugged  by  this  monte- 
bank,  with  his  dried  grasshoppers,  Jordan  water,  etc  ? 
The  friends  in  Smyrna  not  expecting  me  so  soon, 
were  not  prepared  for  me,  and  so  I  gave  but  one  lect 
ure  where  I  expected  to  have  given  three.  I  expect 
to  visit  them  again  ere  long.  At  Beaver  Meadow, 
good  work  was  done  and  foundation  laid  for  more.  In 
a  few  weeks,  the  people  in  the  rural  districts  will 
have  more  leisure  to  attend  to  lectures,  and  more 
money  to  pay  for  them. 

TERRORISM   OF   THB   LODGK. 


This  is  fearful.  I  see  mare  and  more  of  this  as  I 
go  about  the  country.  It  settles  down  over  the  church- 
es like  a  dark  pall,  and  is  rapidly  closing  the  church- 
es against  us.  Even  where  there  are  no  Masons  in  the 
membership  churches  are  held  against  us;  the  trus- 
tees and  others  saying,  "Why  should  we  open  our  house 
to  you  and  bring  down  upon  cur  heads  the  anger  of 
the  fraternities?"  I  endeavored  last  week  to  secure  a 
United  Presbyterian  house  of  worship  for  a  lecture. 
One  brother  said  it  would  injure  their  church  to  do 
so;  said  their  minister  was  now  suffering  loss  in  salary 
on  account  of  their  position  against  secret  societies; 
said  one  member  had  been  expelled  for  joining  the 
Masons,  but  stood  ready  to  come  back  when  the 
church  would  give  up  its  position!  Another  member 
was  sure  it  would  injure  the  church  to  open  it  for 
lectures;  would  rather  give  five  dollars  to  pay  for  a 
hall  to  lecture  in  than  to  open  their  house;  told  him 
I  would  call  on  him  for  that  five   dollars    by  and  by. 

One  of  these  brethren  wanted  some  of  my  books, 
which  I  promised  to  bring  to  him,  not  having  mj 
satchel  with  me.  I  called  on  him  soon  after  with  Light 
on  Masonry  and  Broken  Seal  in  my  hand.  He  was 
in  the  back  part  of  his  store,  and  in  going  to  him  I 
had  to  pass  a  man  sitting  in  a  side  door  smoking. 
The  brother  looked  up  from  his  writing,  and  saw  me 
coming,  and  just  as  I  passed  the  smoker,  he  cast  a 
glance  over  my  shoulder  at  the  man  and  made  a  warn- 
ing gesture  with  his  fore  finger.  When  I  reached 
him,  I  said,  "I  have  brought  you  those  books." 
Again  he  raised  that  fore  finger,  and  shaking  it  nerv- 
ously, he  leaned  forward,  and  with  bated  breath,  said, 
"That  man  is  a  Mason;  I  will  take  that  fifty  cent 
book,"  at  the  same  time  pushing  toward  me  fifty  cent 
note  with  a  manner  which  said  "now  be  off;"  which  I 
did  as  speedily  as  was  consistent  with  my  225  pounds 
avoirdupois,  and  my  desire  not  to  be  afraid  of  that 
terrible  Mason  who  sat  there  smoking  and  eyeing  the 
expressive  pantomime  through  which  my  friend  and 
I  had  been  passing. 

How  long  is  this  state  of  things  to  continue?  How 
long  will  the  U.  P.  and  other  Christian  churches  pro- 
fessing to  believe  that  Freemasonry  is  an  anti- 
christ leading  men  to  perdition,  continue  to  shut  out 
from  their  pulpits  those  who  would  warn  the  people. 
Let  such  churches  pull  down  their  anti-secret  flag,  or 
else  rally  to  its  defence.  In  this  copdition  of  things 
how  long  will  that  expelled  member  have  to  wait  for 
the  flag  to  come  down,  and  the  gates  to  open  for  him 
to  enter  the  church  with  the  Masonic  cloak  around 
him  ?  How  long  will  the  church  of  the  living  God 
continue  to  cower  in  abject  fear  before  these  hosts  of 
Baal? 


tian  church.  The  chaplain  has  not  been  satisfied  with 
being  a  mere  official,  but  has  become  the  advisor  and 
pastor,  and  during  his  service  of  three  or  four  years 
the  institution  has  undergone  a  great  change. 

— Prof.  Blaikie  writes  of  the  revivals  in  Scotland  dur- 
ing the  past  winter,  and  still  continuing  undeiithe  la- 
bors of  Moody  and  Sankey,  says:  "It  is  certainly 
not  beyond  the  mark  to  say  that  in  point  of  extent, 
power,  and  wide-spreading  influence,  the  religious 
movement  of  the  last  six  months  is  unprecedented  in 
the  history  of  Scotland.  We  m5an  that  never  within 
the  same  space  of  time  has  so   large   a   harvest   been 

gathered  into  the    Christian  garner In 

Glasgow  the  work  has  been  on  a  larger  scale  than  in 
Edinburgh,  especially  among  young  men.  Such  a 
result  as  seventy  young  men  in  Glasgow  and  thirty  in 
Edinburgh  declaring  themselves  willing  for  foreign 
service  in  the  church  of  Christ  speaks  volumes  for  the 
movement.  The  class  among  whom  the  work  has 
chiefly  gone  on  are  those  who  have  been  well  brought 
up — the  children  of  Christian  parents,  mainly  in  the 
middle  walks  of  life.  In  many  cases  apt  to  be  counted 
as  conversions  the  saving  impression  had  probably 
been  made  before ;  but  the  change  from  timid  disciple- 
ship  to  bold  decision,  and  from  unconscious  to  consci- 
ous grace,  has  been  so  great  that  the  subjects 
of  it  have  been  disposed  to  think  that  only  now  they 
have  begun  to  live." 


|[4i)5i^«$  f(ttUni0^n|*t 


— The  Congregationalists  of  England  have  raised  a 
fund  of  $500,000  for  retired  pastors,  and  are  now  en- 
gaged in  raising  a  fund  for  widows  of  deceased  minis- 
ters.    It  already  amounts  to  over  $80, 000. 

— Rhode  Island  has  twenty-five  Congregational 
churches  which  report  4,442  members  of  whom  about 
400  united  last  year.  A  plan  of  pastoral  visitation 
was  carried  out  last  year  with  considerable  success  and 
interest. 

—The  Concordia  (German  Lutheran)  Theological 
Seminary  of  St.  Louis,  recently  graduated  fifty  stu- 
dents who  will  immediately  enter  the  work  of  the 
ministry.  They  are  opposed  to  the  lodge  of  whatever 
name,  and  their  influence  in  this  direction  will  be 
felt. 

— A  great  evangelical  work  has  been  going  on  in 
the  Ohio  State  prison  at  Columbus.  A  correspon- 
dent of  the  Presbyterian  says  that  462  out  of  about 
1,000 — the  average  number  of  prisoners  from  year  to 
year — have  been  received  into  the  prison  church  in 
in  the  past  three  years .  Of  this  number  two  hundred 
and  forty-six  have  gone  out  of  the  prison  by  serving 
out  their  term,  or  by  pardon  from  the  Governor,  and 
by  watching  their  after-course  it  has  been  found  that 
a  majority  of  them  have  remained  faithful  to 
their  religious  professions.  Many,  according  to 
the  last  reports  of  both  chaplain  and  warden,  are  liv- 
ing upright,  exemplary  lives,  and  it  is  the  testimony 
of  both  that  no  more  of  these  discharged  prisoners  fall 
away  from  the  covenant  than  is  ordinary  in  the  Chris 


4  \\\t  wu\, 


The  City. 

A  severe  storm  passed  over  Chicago  last  Friday 
with  an  abundance  of  rain.  Several  buildings  were 
struck  and  one  man  killed  by  lightning.  Off  the  Cal- 
um'it river  the   storm  assumed    the   proportions   of  a 

water  spout. The  Chicago  post-office  twice  burned 

out,  moved  last  Saturday  into  commodious  quarters 
in  a  new  hotel  building  across  the  street  from  the  new 

government  building  of  corner-stone  notoriety, It 

is  a  significant  and  notorious  fact  that  the  city  author- 
ities are  doing  little  or  nothing  to  prevent  or  put  out 
conflagrations.  The  new  ordinance  is  not  enforced  and 
necessary  measures  to  provide  water  and  engines  are 
not  taken.  So  inefficient  a  set  of  aldermen  seldom 
were  got  together. 

Foreign. 

Spanish  advices  dated  August  24 ,  report  that  a 
ministerial  crisis  is  again  existing  at  Madrid,  and  that 
the  inhabitants  of  that  city  refuse  to  submit  to  a  fresh 
conscription.  Disturbances  are  imminent.  Sweden 
has  formerly  recognised  Spain. The  latest  esti- 
mates in  regard  to  the  extent  and  effects  of  the  famine 
in  India,  show  that  8,000,000  of  the  natives  are  still 
dependent  on  charitable  relief.  Further  distress  is 
threatened  in  Tirhoot  where  the  weather  has  been 
excessively  dry.     Unless  rain  falls  soon   the    harvest 

will  prove  a  failure. The    Carlists   have  met  with 

recent  successes  in  the  capture  of  the  city  of   Leo  de 

Urgel,   and   of  a  citadel  with  its  entire  garrison. 

There  is  prospects  of  war  between  Brazil  and  the  Ar- 
gentine Republic.  A  Brazilian  ironclad  bombarded 
the  town  of  Alvear  because  of  alleged  ill-treatment 

of  her  officers  by  the  town  authorities. Pere  Hya- 

cinthe  has  resigned  his  pastorate  at  Geneva,  Switzer- 
land. He  states  in  a  published  letter  that  he  is 
warmly  attached  to  the  Catholic  church,  whose  reform, 
not  its  overthrow,  he  greatly  desired.  But  the  liberal 
Catholicism  of  Geneva  is  neither  hberal  in  pohtics  or 
religion. 

Country. 

The  Freeman's  Journal  (Catholic)  recently  publish- 
ed the  story  that  the  Prussian  government  some  time 
since  had  negotiai^ed  with  Spain  for  the  island  of 
Porto  Rico  and  that  the  opposition  of  the  Spanish 
minister  at  Washington  occasioned  his  removal.  The 
story  is  wholly  denied   by   Secretary   Fish   and    the 

Spanish   authorities. The   people   of    Ohio  have 

rejected  the  new  Constitution  proposed  for  that  State 
by  a  heavy  vote.  The  convention  which  prepared  it 
was  presided  over  by  Chief  Justice  Waite  until  his 
present  appointment  and  continued  its  sittings  nearly 
a  year.  The  result  was  a  document  of  forbidding 
length.    The   unofficial   returns  in  .33  counties  give 

50,000  majority  against  its  adoption. Proprietors 

of  Pennsylvania  coal  mines  have  agreed  to  stop  work 
for  a  week  or  so  in  order  to  advance  the  price  of  coal. 
It  is  proposed  to  share  the  profits  of  the  higher  rates 
with  the  miners — a  visionary  scheme  for  them.  The 
evil  effects  of  an  idle  week  will  be  poorly  compensated 

by  such  plans. The  reports  of  political  violence  at 

the  South  are  made  a  subject  of  considerable  agitation 
by  Republican  journals,  which  claim  that  in  that 
party  only  is  salvation  for  the  freedmen.  These 
troubles  have  not  yet  reached  alarming  proportions, 
and  generally  there  is  as  much  blame  on  one  side  as 
the  other. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^\t  "^mt  ^i^tU, 


Tired. 

O  for  winga,  that  I  might  soar, 
ASittle  way  above  the  floor— 
A  little  way  beyond  the  roar— 

A  little  nearer  to  the  Blcy! 
To  the  blue  hills,  lifted  high, 
Out  of  all  our  misery. 

Where  alone  is  heard  the  lark," 
Warbling  in  the  infinite  arc, 
From  the  dawning  to  the  dark. 

Where  the  callow  eaglets  wink 
On  the  bare  and  breezy  brink, 
And  slow  pinions  rise  and  sink. 

Where  the  dim  white  breakers  beat, 
Under  cloud-drifts  at  our  feet, 
Singing,  singing,  low  and  sweet. 

Where  we  see  the  glimmering  bay 
Greyly  melting  far  away, 
On  the  confines  of  the  day. 

Where  the  green  larch-fringes  sweep 
Kocky  defiles ,  still  and  steep. 
Where  th?  tender  lichens  creep. 

Where  the  gentian-blossoms  blow, 
Set  in  crystal  stars  of  snow; 
Where  the  downward  torrents  flow. 

To  the  plains  and  yellow  leas, 

Glancing,  twinkling,    through  the    trees, 

Pure,  as  from  celestial  seas. 

Where.the  face  of  heaven  has  smiled, 
Aye  on  freedom,  sweet  and  wild. 
Aye,  on  beauty  undeflled. 

Where  no  sound  of  human  speech, 
And  no  human  passions  reach ; 
Where  the  angels  sit  and  teach. 

Where  no  troublous  foot  has  trod ; 
Where  is  impressed  on  the  sod 
Only  Hand  and  Heart  of  Godl 

—  /Sunday  Magazine. 


The  Modern  Canaanites. 


In  th%  mountains  which  form  a  geo- 
graphical connection  between  the  sys- 
tems of  the  Taurus  and  Lebanon,  lying 
along  the  Syrian  coast,  reside  a  strange 
people.  Subject  to  Turkish  rule,  they 
still  keep  up  their  tribal  organization; 
and  though  ignorant  alike  of  the  ori- 
gin of  their  race  and  religion,  they 
maintain  with  great  tenacity  their  hold 
upon  their  nationality  and  their  creeds. 

In  A.  D.  1163,  Benjamin  of  Tudela 
calls  them  "assassins,  who  do  not  be- 
lieve in  Islam,  but  follow  one  like  unto 
the  prophet  Karmath."  During  the 
crusades,  they  were  at  war  with  the 
Christian  princes.  In  1697,  the  Turks 
called  them  "Neceres,  who  adhere  to 
no  certain  religion,  but  assume  that  of 
the  people  with  whom  they  converse, 
being  such  Proteuses  in  religion  that 
none  could  discover  what  shape  their 
consciences  are  really  of."  Some  writ- 
ers have  atttributed  to  them  a  Persian, 
while  Volney,  in  1780,  adopted  the 
idea  of  a  Gnostic  origin.  Later,  Renan, 
in  his  report  to  the  Emperor  Napoleon 
in  1860,  says:  "  The  Nosairees,  or 'little 
Christians,'  have  more  in  common  with 
Christians  than  with  Moslems,  and  are 
the  most  degraded  population  in  Syria. 
Wo  were  informed  that  they  worship  a 
woman.  They  are  called  at  times  a 
Qnosticsect,  having  passed,  in  these 
centuries,  through  all  the  alterations- 
that  a  religion,  denuded  of  sacred  books 
and  of  a  church  organization,  could  not 
fail  to  undergo." 

These  strange  people  are  probably 
descendants  of  those  sens  of  Canaan 
who  were  in  possession  of  Arka,  Arvad, 
Zimra  and  Sin,  on  [the  sea  shore,  and 
Hamath,  when  Abraham  came  from  Ur 
of  the  Chaldees.  Driven  by  successive 
conquerors    from     their    towns,   they 


found  a  refuge  in  thete  dark  mountains 
and  have  there  remained,  and  doubt- 
less many  of  their  brethren,  fleeing 
from  Joshua,  joined  them  in  their  inac- 
cessible retreat.  This  accords  with  a 
tradition  among  the  Noeairec-s,  that 
the  anceetora  were  expelled  by  Jo.  hua 
from  Palestine.  Many  of  their  caslles 
now  standing  bear  Jewish  names,  such 
as  Joshua,  Solcmon,  Z'on,  and  the 
like.   . 

The  Nosairees  are  not  identical  with 
the  ''  Assassins,"  who  were  famous  in 
the  days  of  the  Crusades,  for  the  former 
existed  in  Syria  previous  to  the  arrival  of 
the  l8maileytb,or  Assassins,  who  came 
frons  Persia;  and  whatever  each  may 
owe  to  the  Carmathians  in  the  mosaic 
of  their  creeds,  they  have  ever  been 
distinct  and  hostile  peoples.  The  pa- 
gan worship  of  Venus,  or  Aslitaroih, 
erronecualy  attributed  to  this  people 
by  Disraeli  and  a  host  of  other  writers, 
pertains  rather  to  the  Ismaileyeh,  and 
there  is  no  reason  to  believe  that  these 
descendenls  of  the  Canaanites  are  a 
whit  more  immoral  than  any  other  non- 
Christian  sect  in  Syria.  Woman  not 
only  has  no  place  in  their  religious  sys- 
tem, buf  is  not  allowed  even  to  wit- 
ness the  religious  rites,  which  are  cele- 
brated only  by  the  initiated  among  the 
adult  males.  They  hold,  however,  in 
their  doctrine  of  metempsychosis,  that 
certain  men  who  have  failed  in  this  life 
to  accomplish  anything,  after  death  be- 
come women,  under  certVm  conditions , 
may  appear  as  men  in  the  next  life . 

Recent  discoveries  of  MSS.  show 
that  the  creed  of  this  people  ie  a  cor- 
fused  melange  of  idolatry,  Judaism, 
Christianity  and  lelam^sm.  The  recog- 
nize the  prophetic  character  of  Jesus 
Christ,  frequently  quote  the  names  of 
the  Apostles,  and  many  passages  from 
the  Psalms  and  New  Testament.  They 
revere  the  name  of  Mary,  observe  the 
feast  of  Christmas  and  New  Year's 
Day,  according  to  the  calendar  of  Ju- 
lian; they  celebrate  Epiphany,  Palm 
riunday,  Easter,  and  some  of  the  apos- 
tles' and  saints'  days;  and  in  their  com- 
munion service  they  use  consecrated 
wine.  From  the  Jews  and  Moslems 
they  have  borrowed  ablution  and  cir- 
cumcision, and  have  adopted  Moslem 
names,  except  those  of  Omar  and  Abu 
Beker,  whom  they  curse  and  abhor. 
They  quote  much  from  the  Koran,  but 
obtain  many  features  from  the  Sabians 
and  Magians,  as  appears  from  the  re- 
spect they  pay  to  light,  fire,  and  the 
heavenly  bodies.  In  their  writings, 
Mohammed  and  Christ  are  referred  to 
as  the  same  person,  matiifesting  him- 
self at  different  epochs. 

The;  Nosairees,  as  a  sect,  derived 
their  creed  from  Abu  Shuaib  ibn  Nu- 
sair,  in  A.  D.  840.  The  suggestions 
of  Renan,  that  the  name  Nosairee  is  a 
diminutive  of  Nusara,  meaning  "little 
Christian,"  and  that  of  the  Jesuit  mis- 
sionaries who  translate  the  word  into 
"bad  Christians,"  do  not  appear  to  be 
well  founded.  The  author  of  one  MS. 
requires  of  the  Nosairees  that  they  dis- 
cover nothing  of  their  religion  to 
strangers;  that  they  love  their  brethren 
and  be  charitable,  abataining  from  theft 
and  oaths;  that  they  suffer  poverty  pa- 
tiently, and  bear  ill  treatment  on  the 
part  of  their  women.     A  Nosairee,  with 


whom  I  have  conversed,  says  that  his 
people  hold  among  other  thing?,  that 
God  of  thftir  sins  created  devils,  of 
the  sins  of  devils  he  created  women, 
and  consequently  prayers  are  not 
taught  their  women.  The  souls  of 
learned  Moslems,  after  death,  pass  into 
donkeys;  those  of  Christians  into  pigs, 
and  those  of  Jews  into  monkeys,  wicked 
Nossirees  into  eatable  animals;  good 
■but  skeptical  men  into  monkeys ;  and 
those  who  do  both  good  and  evil,  into 
human  beings  of  other  sects.  They 
accept  no  proselytes,  except  from  the 
Persians,  who  with  them  believe  that 
Ali  was  a  manifestation  of  God.  My 
Nosairee  informant  intimated  his  belief 
that  his  people  originated  in  Persia, 
but  said  that  iu  Jewish  history  they 
were  called  Philistines.  His  people 
put  on  at  will  any  religion,  but  remain- 
ed Nosairee  at  heart.  They  know  each 
other  by  signs.  One  of  the  six  ques- 
tions being:  "If  your  uncle  is  thirsty, 
from  whence  do  you  give  him  drink?" 
the  proper  answer  h:  "From  the  high 
fountain."  Their  heaven  is  the  place 
of  stars  which  are  very  near  together. 
Mars  is  the  angel  of  death,  and  disap- 
pears whenever  a  person  dies.  Thun- 
der is  the  voice  of  ''Ali. " 

In  my  visit  to  their  mountain  homes, 
I  found  that  they  got  on  well  with  the 
Christians,  but  not  with  the  Motlems, 
who  regard  them  as  pagans,  and  do  not 
receive  their  testimony  in  courts  of  jus- 
tice. The  tribes  are  allied  to  each 
other,  but  are  not  at  peace.  The  blood 
feud  is  the  curse  of  their  land.  Always 
armed,  they-are  ready  for  attack  or  de- 
fence; but  as  individuals,  they  are  not 
inhospitable.  They  live  in  great  pov- 
erty; and  being  in  constant  rebellion 
against  the  Turkish  government,  many 
have  taken  to  robbery  as  a  profession. 
It  was  for  many  years  the  custom  of 
the  government  to  impale  the  Nosairees 
instead  of  beheading  or  hanging  them. 
This  was  not  distasteful  to  the  sect,  as 
the  soul  could  thus  leave  the  body  by 
the  mouth. 

I  spent  several  days  among  this  in- 
teresting people,  seeing  them  in  their 
homes,  at  their  work  and  at  their  play. 
The  men  and  women  mingle  freely  to- 
gether, and  here  only  in  the  East  have 
I  seen  men  and  women  dancing  togeth- 
er around  a  bonfire.  The  dancers  form 
a  line  with  hands  clasped,  each  person 
pressing  the  right  shoulder  against  the 
left  breast  of  the  one  in  advan:e.  The 
leader  flourishes  a  handkerchief  to  keep 
time,  while  all  sing  and  advance  in  a 
lock-step,  two  steps  advance  and  a  little 
side-jump,  which  they  emphasize  a  la 
varsouvienne.  An  occasional  discharge 
of  heavily  loaded  flint-locks  close  to  the 
heads  of  the  girls  created  no  nervous- 
ness on  their  part,  but  kept  up  the 
spirits  of  the  party. 

The  women  dress  very  much  like 
the  men,  all  affecting  red  stripes  in  their 
gowns.  The  breasts  of  the  women 
were  covered  and  their  faces  unveiled, 
thus  reversing  the  custom  in  Palestine . 
I  gathered  from  the  young  men  who 
were  inclined  to  talk,  the  iollowing 
points:  "A  man  may  take  as  many 
wives  as  he  can  support,  and  may  di- 
vorce them  at  pleasure.  We  beat  our 
wives  when  we  are  angry  with  them, 
and  when  they  deserve  it.     Ali  is  our 


God,  and  is  now  in  the  moon,  in  which 
his  face  is  visible." 

During  our  trip  through  their  moun- 
tains, I  saw  many  whitewashed  tombs 
or  '  'mszars"  of  saints,  but  seldom  met 
any  one  on  the  road,  or  laden  animals, 
as  in  Mount  Lebanon;  very  little 
ground  was  under  cultivation,  and  that 
only  in  the  vicinity  of  the  villages. 
Their  mountains  are  much  inferior  to 
the  Lebanon  and  the  Taurus  range  in 
height  and  grandeur,  although  report- 
ed to  be  of  great  fertility;  their  outline 
is  tame,  and  the  sub-conical  hills  rise  not 
more  than  1,000  feet  above  the  general 
elevation.  The  chain  is  steep  towards 
the  Orontes  on  the  east,  while  to  the 
west  it  descends  in  low  irregular  hills 
to  the  coast  It  seems  to  be  a  contin- 
uous range  of  chalk  with  occasional 
gypseous  marls,  and  extends  from  Ko- 
let  el  Husen  on  the  extremity  of  Jabel 
Akkar  (Lebanon)  on  the  south,  to 
Mount  Cassius  (of  the  Amanus)  on  the 
north.  The  highest  point  reached  by 
me,  as  ehown  by  my  aneroid,  was  2,- 
378  feet  above  the  sea;  but  a  higher 
ridge  lay  beyond,  between  my  camp 
and  the  Orontes  river  at  Mudik,  the 
ancient  Apamise.  Burchardt  speaks  of 
Webby  Metta  as  5,000/eet  high.  Benja- 
min cf  Tudela  says  that  the  extent  ofthe 
Nosairee  country  is  eight  days'  journey, 
or  about  250  miles. 

The  principal  feudals  of  to-day  are 
Beit  Hassoon,  Ali  Jerkis,  Ahmed 
Aloosh,  El  Alley,  Tarboosh  ofthe  Kel- 
bie  district.  These  are  children  of  the 
same  ancestor.  Other  houses  are  call- 
ed Sheik  Maroof,  Yashoot,  Karaite, 
Hama,  etc. 

The  Turkish  troops  have  recently 
penetrated  these  mountains  and  reduc- 
ed these  people  to  subjection;  and  their 
position  is  most  abject  and  pitiable. 

The  only  mission  work  among  the 
Nosairees — who  have  been  greatly  slanj 
dered  and  greatly  neglected  By  Chris- 
tendom— was  commenced  at  Latakiyeh 
and  B'hamra  by  Rev.  Mr.  Lyde,  of  the 
English  Church,  v/ho  died  in  1850. 
The  American  missionaries  at  Latakiyeh 
Rev.  Mr.  Beattie  and  Dr.  Metheny, 
took  up  the  work  subsequently  and 
have  been  useful  to  them  in  many  ways, 
especially  in  promoting  a  bettei;  under- 
standing between  them  and  the  Turk- 
ish authorities.  Missionaries  may  go 
among 'the  Nosairees  without  fear.  It 
is  true  that,  in  the  absence  of  tribu- 
nals, they  take  the  law  into  their  own 
hands,  and  exact  an  6ye  for  an  eye. 
They  have  preserved  vestiges  of  the 
worship  of  Bsal,  the  Syrian  Apollo;  of 
Astarte,  the  Syrian  Venus;  of  fire,  and 
of  the  heavenly  bodies,  and  they  have 
also  retained  traces  of  the  Jewish  laW; 
but  they  have  no  cities  of  refuge,  where 
protection  can  be  found  from  the  aven- 
ger of  blood.  Hence  it  is  to  be  feared 
that  until  their  patch-work  creed  shall 
give  place  to  a  purer  faith,  the  mounl 
tains  and  valleys  of  Jebel  Nosairee  wil- 
continue  to  drink  the  blood  of  these 
poor  creatures. — Evangelical  Messen- 
ger. 


Example  is  the  softest  and  least  in- 
vidious way  of  commanding. 

The  best  Christians  have  need  to  be 
warned  against  the  worst  sins. 

The  holiness  of  the  people  is  in  the 
crown  ofthe  minister. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Fragmeuls  Gathered  Uy. 


11 


If  an   angel  were   sent  to   find   the 
most  perfect  man,  he  would   probably 
not  fiad    him  composing  a  body  of  di- 
vinity, but  perhaps  a  cripple  in  a  poor- 
house,  whom  the  parish  wish  dead,  and 
humbled  before    God,  with    far   lower 
thoughts  of  himgeif  than    others   have 
of  him.     Let  us  be  satiified  with  what 
we  know,  and  be  willing  to  leave   the 
mysteries  to   be  solved  when,  as  schol- 
ars, we  sit  at  His  feet  and    learn   from 
His  lips  the  complete  story  of  redeem- 
ing    love.       Many    talk   familiarly   of 
oanctificatioa  in  the    lump,  who  know 
but  little  of  it  in  the  pie-ie.     The  read- 
iest way  to  know  whether   you  are  in 
Christ    is    to    know    whether    Christ 
be     in    you.        Revenge     hurts    bo'h 
offerer  and  sufferer;  as  we  see  in  a  bee, 
which  in    her  anger,  loseth    her  sting, 
and   lives  a  drone  ever  after.     A    pru- 
dent man,  is   like  a  pin ;  his  head  pre- 
vents him  from  going  too  far.     A.  prom- 
ise should   be  given  with  cautioB,  and 
kept  with  care.     A  promise  should  be 
made  by  the   heart,  and  remembered 
by  the  head.     A  promise  and   its  per 
formanco  should,    like   the  scales  of  a 
true  balance,  always  present  a  mutual 
adjustment.     A   promise  neglected   is 
an  untruth  told.     A  promise  attended 
to  is  a  debt  settled.     God  crowns  with 
mercy,  but  a  swollen  iiead    is  not  fit  to 
have  thatcown  put  upon  it.     A  proud 
man,  is  seldom  a  greatfal  man ;   for  he 
never  thinks  he  gets  as  much  as  he  de- 
serves.      When    any    mercy   falls,    he 
says,  "Yes;  but  it  ought  to  be  more. 
It  is   only  manna  as  large  as  a  corian- 
der seed,  whereas,    it  ought   to  be  like 
a  baker's  loaf."     ''I  am  a  heme  mission- 
ary," once  observed  a  Christian  mother, 
"six  pairs  of  little  eyes  are  daily  watch- 
ing my    looks,  as.  well    as  listening  to 
my  words;  and  I  wish  my  children  nev- 
er to  see  ia  me    that  which    they  may 
not  imitate."     Live  to  be  useful.     Live 
to  give  light.      Live   to  accomplish  the 
end  for  which  you  were  made,  and  qui- 
etly and  steadily  shine  on,  trying  to  do 
good.     If   we    would    have    powerful 
tmuds,    we  must  think;    if  we  would 
have  faithful  hearts,  we  must  love;  if 
we   would   have    strong    muscles,    we 
must  kbor.     These  include  all  that  is 
valuable  in  life.     A  preached    Gospel 
by  men  whose  life  is  such  as  to  destroy 
all  confidence  in  them,    is  like  tender- 
ing water  in  a  defiled  cup,    it   disgusts 
rather  than   pleases.  —  The    Christian. 


If  you  would  be  converted,  you  must 
understand  from  what  you  must  turn ; 
and  this  is,  in  a  word,  from  your  carnal 
self,  which  is  the  end  of  all  the  uncon- 
verted; from  the  flesh,  that  would  be 
pleased  before  God,  and  would  still  be 
enticing  you;  from  the  world,  that  is 
the  bait;  and  from  the  devil,  that  is  the 
angler  for  soul,  and  the  deceiver.  And 
60  from  all  known  and  wilful  sins. 

Next,  you  must  know  to  what  you 
must  turn ;  and  that  is,  to  God  as  your 
end ;  to  Christ,  as  the  way  to  the  Fath- 
er; to  holiness,  as  the  way  appointed 
you  by  Christ;  and  to  the  use  of  all  the 
helps  and  means  of  grace  afi'orded  you 
by  the  Lord. 

Lastly,  you  must  know  hy  lohat  you 
must  turn;  and  that  is  by  Christ,  as  the 
only  Redeemer  and  Intercessor;  and  by 
the  Holy  Ghost  as  the  Sanctifier;  and 
by  the  Word  as  his  instrument  or  means ; 
and  by  faith  and   repentance,  as  the 


means  and  duties  on  your  part  to  bo 
performed.  All  this  is  of  necessity. — 
Baxter. 


ScuL  Saving. — Do  you  not  now  re- 
call some  dead  one  whom  you  fear  is 
lest,  and  with  whom  you  failed  to 
plead?  A  heart-broken  mother  bent 
over  her  dead  child,  and  refused  to  be 
comforted.  Friends  sought  to  adminis- 
ter consolation,  and  turn  her  away 
from  her  grief;  but  '*Ah!"  she  said,  "I 
could  yield  her  up,  although  she  was 
the  joy  of  my  home,  if  I  knew  she  was 
saved.  Having  often  felt  that  I  should 
converse  with  her  on  religion,  I  kept 
putting  it  off,  until  she  was  taken  sick. 
Then,  thought  I,  I  will  talk  to  her 
about  her  soul;  but  delirium  came.  I 
prayed  in  vain  for  a  moment  of  reason ; 
but  she  died,  and  I  fear  she  is  lost." 
What  a  joy  is  the  work  of  saving  souls! 
A  missionary  sat  by  the  death-bed  of 
his  first  convert.  Said  the  dying  mtin, 
"You  preached  about  heaven  last  night, 
but  I  could  not  be  present;  I  am  go- 
ing to  heaven  to-day.  When  I  get 
there  I  shall  immediately  go  to  Jesus 
and  thank  him  for  sending  you  tome, 
and  then  will  take  my  station  at  the 
gate  and  wait  for  you.  When  you  come 
I  shall  take  you  to  him  and  say  'Lord, 
here  is  the  man  that  saved  me.'"  Who 
would  not  have  such  a  greeting  as  this 
on  arriving  at  heaven  ?  Heaven  would 
be  fclmost  joyless  did  we  not  fiad  there 
some  whom  we  had  led  from  sin  to  ho- 
liness. 


Sammy  Hicks  and  his  Pipe. 


It  is  said  of  that  good  man,  Sammy 
Hick=!,  the  Macclesfield  blacksmith, 
that  "as  he  understood  the  words  of  the 
Lord  Jesns,  it  was  quite  enough  for 
him  to  see  the  path  of  duty  steadfastly 
to  travel  in  it," 

An  instance  of  this  feature  of  his 
character  was  exhibited  in  his  sudden 
abandonment  of  tobacco.  One  day  he 
gave  sixpence  to  a  poor  widow.  She 
blessed  him,  and  coiild  hardly  find 
words  enough  which  to  express  her 
thanks. 

He  said  to  himself ''Well,  if  s'xpence 
makes  that  poor  creature  so  happy,  oh 
how  many  sixpences  have  I  spent  in 
filling  ray  mouth  with  tobacco  !" 

He  made  a  vow  instantly  never  to 
let  a  pipe  enter  his  lips  again.  Soon  af- 
terwards he  was  taken  very  ill,  and  a 
doctor  said  to  him,  "Mr.  Hicks,  you 
must  resume  your  pipe." 

"I  will  not,"  he  replied. 

"Then,"  said  the  doctor,  ''if  you  do 
not,  you  will  not  live." 

"Bless  the  Lord,  then,"  said  Sammy. 
1*1  have  made  a  vow  to  the  Lord  that 
the  pipe  shall  never  enter  my  mouth 
again;  and  it  never  shall." 

Sammy  Hicks  kept  his  vow,  and 
lived  to  be  an  old  man. — Rev.  T.  E, 
Thorsby. 


— Meekness  is  a  virtue  by  which  a 
man  may  know  a  Christian  better  than 
by  his  name. 

— He  who  has  no  money  is  poor; 
but  he  who  has  nothing  but  money  is 
poorer. 

— Temptations  and  trials  are  neces- 
sary as  teachers. 

— To  seek  the  redress  of  grievances 
by  going  to  law,  is  like  sheep  running 
for  shelter  to  a  bramble  bush. 


mux. 


Obedience. 


If  yon  are  told  to  do  a  thinpf. 

And  raeaii  to  do  it  really. 
Never  let  it  be  by  halves; 

Do  it  fully,  freely  1 

Do  not  make  a  poor  excuse, 

Waiting,  weak,  unsteady; 
All  obedience  worth  the  name 

Must  be  prompt  and   ready. 

—Phehe  Cary. 


"  'Twas  My  Mother." 

A  company  of  good  children,  who 
had  gathered  out  of  the  alleys  and  gar- 
rets of  the  city,  were  preparing  for 
their  departure  to  new  and  distant 
homes  in  the  West.  Just  before  the 
time  fjr  the  starting  of  the  car.3,  one  of 
the  boys  was  noticed  aside  from  the 
other.=,  and  apparently  very  busy  with 
a  cast-off  garment. 

The  superintendent  stepped  up  to 
him  and  found  that  ha  was  cutting  a 
small  piece  out  of  the  patched  jioing. 
It  proved  to  be  his  old  jacket,  which, 
having  been  replaced  by  a  new  one, 
had  been  thrown  away.  There  was  no 
time  to  be  lost.  "Come,  John,  come ! ' 
said  the  superintendent,  "what  are 
you  going  to  do  with  that  piece  of  old 
calico?" 

''Please,  sir,"  said  John,  "I  am  cut- 
ting it  to  take  with  me.  My  dear  dead 
mother  put  the  lining  into  this  old  jack- 
et for  me.  This  was  a  pitce  of  her 
drees,  and  it  is  all  that  I  shall  have  to 
remember  her  by."  And  as  the  poor 
boy  thought  of  that  dear  mother's  love, 
and  of  the  sad  death-bed  scene  in  the 
old  garret  where  she  died,  he  covered 
his  face  with  his  hands  and  sobbed  as 
if  his  heart  would  break. 

But  the  train  was  about  leaving,  and 
John  thrust  the  little  piece  of  calico 
into  his  bosom  "to  remember  big  moth- 
er by,"  hurried  into  ft  car,  and  was 
soon  far  away  from  the  place  where  he 
had  seen  so  much  sorrow. 

Many  an  eye  h^s  moistened  as  the 
story  of  this  orphan  boy  has  been  told, 
and  many  a  heart  prayed  that  the  God 
of  the  fatherless  and  motherless  would 
be  his  friend.  He  loved  his  mother, 
and  we  cannot  but  believe  that  he  obey- 
ed her  and  was  a  faithful  child. 

Will  our  little  readers,  whose  parents 
are^yet  spared  to  them,  always  try  to 
show  thoir  love  by  cheerful  obedience, 
knowing  this  is  pleasing  to  the  Lord? 
Will  the  boys,  especially,  always  be  af- 
fectionate and  kind  to  their  mothers  ? 

Will  you  keep  in  mind  that  if  you 
should  some  day  hav3  to  look  upon  the 
face  of  a  "dear  dead  mother,"  no 
thought  would  be  so  bitter  as  to  re- 
member that  you  have  given  her  pain 
by  your  willfulness  or  disobedience? 
Herald  and  Presbyterian 


A  i'olite  Dog. 


Trip  is  a  little  terrier,  with  a  black 
coat  and  a  white  collar.  Like  "Old 
Dog  Tray, "  he  "  is  ever  faHhful,"  and 
his  sympathy  for  any  one  who  seems 
to  be  suffering,  is  touching.  Some- 
times, when  grandpa  has  a  hard  turn 
of  coughing,  he  will  stand  beside  him 
and  cry  like  a  child. 

Trip  is  always  delighted  to  see  his 
friends,  and  when  asked  to  shake  hands, 
will  put  out  his  white  paw  as  gracefully 
as  any  city  belle.     But  his  real    polite-  I 


ness  shows  itself  in  another  and  better 
way.  His  fivorite  place  for  a  nap  is  in 
grandpa's  easy  chair.  There  he  will 
curl  himself  up  on  the  leather-covered 
cushion,  and  take  more  comfort  than  a 
kicg  on  a  bed  of  down.  But  at  the 
firot  sound  of  grandpa's  step,  he  is  wide 
awake.  Up  go  the  pretty  black  ears, 
and  in  an  instant  he  is  on  his  feet,  look- 
ing at  Lis  master,  as  much  as  to  say, 
"Will  you  have  the  chair,  sir!"  If 
grandpa  eayf ,  ''  No,  I  thank  you,"  he 
goes  back  and  settles  himself  for  another 
nap;  but  if  grandpa  Beems  inclined  to 
sit  down,  the  htt'e  dog  at  once  retires. 
—  Our  Dumb  Animals. 


Clean  Uauds. 


Philip  and  Katy  were  much  more  to- 
gether than  brothers  and  sisters  com- 
monly are.  Though  very  unlike,  they 
liked  each  other's  society,  and  were  a 
mutual  benefit  to  each  other. 

Katy,  who  was  delicate,  grew  strong- 
er and  healthier  by  living  so  much  out 
of  doors  with  Philip.  And  the  boy, 
who  was  inclined  to  be  rough  and  care- 
less, was  daily  trained  and  trimmed  by 
his  bright,  kind  little  sister.  Boys  who 
have  not  the  benefit  of  such  loving, 
little  pruning  shears  to  snip  off  the 
crooked  twigs  as  they  sprout,  miss  a 
great  deal. 

Aunt  Lois  was  "  dreadful  'fraid  Cath- 
erine would  get  to  be  a  tom-boy,"  but 
her  brother,  Katy's  father,  said,  "he 
hoped  she  would.  Just  think,  Lois, 
how  much  sickness  and  trouble  it  would 
have  saved  you  if  you  had  been  allowed 
to  fish  and  drive  around  with  me 
through  the  woods  and  meadows  at  her 
age." 

Aunt  Lois  shook  her  head  gravely. 
Little  girls  ought  to  be  "little  ladies," 
at  any  cost. 

But  al!  were  glad  to  see  the  glow  of 
health  flush  up  on  Katy's  cheeks,  even 
if  it  was  a  little  brown. 

She  used  to  play  and  work  in  the 
garden,  and  get  her  hands  sandy  and 
muddy,  but  when  she  came  in  she  al- 
ways put  them  in  the  neatest  possible 
order.  She  kept  a  strict  look  out  for 
careless  Philip,  in  this  respect,  also. 

"Let  me  turn  back  your  wristbands, 
Phil,"  she  would  say.  "You  can't 
half  wash  with  them  buttoned."  She 
was  sure  to  shove  his  cuffs  as  far  back 
as  she  could,  and  see  that  his  hands  and 
wrists  were  perfectly  clean. 

' '  Will  you  take  my  knife  to  clean 
your  nails  ? "  she  would  ask. 

"No,  thanks,"  said  Phil,  accepting 
the  hint,  "I  will  use  my  own;  it  an. 
swers  well  enough.  There,  how  will 
that  do  ? "  and  he  spread  his  hands  out 
for  inspection. 

"Nicely,"  was  Katy's  answer,  as  they 
walked  into  dinner. 

What  a  blessing  if  some  other  boys 
I  know  had  tidy  little  sisters  they  were 
willing  to  hear  to,  who  would  give  them 
line  upon  line  as  patiently,  for  it  takes 
it  to  make  the  average  boy  keep  his 
hands  neat.  And  depend  upon  it, 
boys,  clean  hands  tell  a  great  deal  about 
your  character  and  future  fortune — a 
great  deal  more  than  the  little  crooked 
lines  inside  of  them  which  the  gypsy 
fortune-teller  makes  so  much  account  of. 
What  sort  of  a  story  do  your  hands 
tell? — The  Schoolday  Magazine, 


la 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


CorresponUence. 


[continued  from  5th  page.] 
the  very  best  qu-ilificalions  for  the  place 
in  each  of  the  parties;  and  felt  sure  if 
the  order  of  Masons  would  undertake 
the  job  and  work  it  up  the  best  they 
could,  that  they  could  control  the  nom- 
ination of  every  important  ofiicer.  I 
learned  that  if  they  did,  none  but  Ma- 
sons would  be  nominated,  and  that 
would  defeat  the  object  I  had  in  view, 
since  if  all  nominations  were  Masons  it 
would  unite  Anti-masons  against  it  so 
the  Masonic  nominees  coald  not  be 
elected.  But  I  did  not  desire  the  nom- 
ination nor  election  of  Masons,  but  of  the 
best  men,  irrespective  of  Masons  or  any 
other  clan  or  clique .  And  I  am  satisfied 
that  if  the  object  of  Masonry  was  as  all 
the  instinction,  prompting,  hints,  etc, 
would  imply  received  in  taking  two  de- 
grees, it  would  be  practical  through  that 
order  to  revolutionize  our  system  of 
politics  so  that  none  but  suitable  per- 
sons would  be  nominated  for  office. 
But  as  I  found  the  order  did  not  seek 
to  accomplish  anything  of  that  sort,  I 
have  become  satisfied  to  quit,  for  I 
would  not  pay  dues,  spend  time  to  at- 
tend meetings,  etc.,  with  any  society, 
even  the  church,  if  I  did  not  tbink  I 
could  do  more  good  to  others  than  my- 
self. 

The  reason  I  say  it  is  vain  to  battle 
against  secret  societies  is  because  they 
increase  in  strength  and  influence  by 
the  opposition  they  receive.  Every 
effort  to  show  their  ''cloven  foot"  but 
adds  to  their  number.  I  know  the 
same  argument  is  used  against  the 
temperance  movement;  and  rummies 
Bay  that  the  harder  you  (temperance 
men  and  women)  work,  the  more  liq- 
uor there  is  drank.  And  I  could  al- 
most believe  thatthe  more  there  is  said 
against  the  use  of  tobacco  the  more 
there  is  used  of  the  weed.  But  Free- 
masonry, when  men  meant  what  they 
said,  and  speculation  and  bribery  in  this 
then  virgin  Republic  were  unpopular; 
and  when  for  men  paid  their  debts  if  they 
could,  and  a  bankrupt  was  not  esteem- 
ed higher  the  larger  his  defalcation ; 
and  when  for  a  man  to  ask  for  an  office, 
was  the  sure  way  not  to  get  it — Anti-ma- 
sonry over-rode  Masonry  and  caused  it 
to  hide  and  skulk  for  many  years.  But 
now  they  defy  opposition,  and  if  you 
would  make  an  expose  of  their  princi- 
ples and  give  the  public  evidence  of  the 
iniquity  wrought  by  designing  men 
through  the  power  secret  society  gives, 
you  must  proceed  single-handed,  while 
they  will  content  themselves  by  denying 
that  any  seceders  from  the  fraternity 
tell  the  truth,  but  all  men  (not  Masons) 
are  liars,  etc.  They  march  boldly  on 
gaining  in  numbers,  strength  and  influ- 
ence by  every  turn  of  the  thumb-screw 
their  opponents  see  fit  to  make. 

I  am  not  acquainted  with  the  higher 
degrees,  but  am  satisfied  tnat  as  far  as  I 
have  gone  in  Masonry,  the  evil  wrought 
out  through  Masons  is  not  in  the  sys- 
tem, but  In  the  hearts  of  individuals 
who  have  sinister  motives  and  use  the 
power  the  order  gives  to  carry  out 
those  motives.  The  grangers  orie;inat- 
ed  from  good  motives,  no  doubt,  as  did 
Masonry ;  but  they  have  (in  this  place) 
•hown  the  cloven-foot  right    on    the 


start,  and  have  got  to  tack  about  and 
become  less  selfish  in  ail  their  aims  or 
never  be  a  power  for  good  in  this  sect- 
ion. You  asked  me  what  I  thought 
of  the  Cynosure,  and  indirectly  what 
I  thought  of  Masonry.  The  foregoing 
is  my  reply,  to  which  I  hope  you  will 
respond.  Yours  with  the  best  wishes 
for  the  development  of  truth,        T.  H. 

REPLY    TO    THE    ABOVE. 

Dear  Brother:  As  you  have  given 
me  liberty  to  make  what  use  of  your 
very  frank  and  candid  letter  I  thi^k 
proper,  I  will  ask  the  privilege  of  some 
spare  corner  of  the  Cynosure,  hoping 
I  may  repeat  some  thoughts  that  may 
be  of  service  to  you  and  others  in  a 
similar  situation.  I  am  pleased  that 
you  are  in  sympathy  with  the  object  of 
the  Cynosure,  for  while  it  indicates 
that  your  commital  to  Masonry,  in  two 
degrees,  has  not  -completely  warped 
you,  or  destroyed  that  candor  for 
which  I  always  gave  you  credit,  it  aug- 
urs for  an  increase  of  light  which,  I 
trust,  will  soon  lead  you  to  see  that 
you  have  not  only  made  a  sad  mistake 
in  joining  the  lodge,  but  committed  a 
sin  which  I  believe  your  goodness  of 
heart  will  lead  you  thoroughly  and 
openly  to  repent  of. 

The  Morgan  excitement  that  raged 
around  the  homes  of  our  boyhood,  it 
seemed  to  me,  was  enough  to  forever  pre- 
vent any  one  who  knew  it,  from  be- 
coming a  Mason.  You  think  it  ''vain 
to  battle  with  such  fearful  odds."  No, 
sir.  I  would  rather  battle  it  single-hand- 
ed all  my  days  and  fall  with  my  armor 
on,  like  Moses,  short  of  the  promised 
land,  than  enter  the  "covenant  with 
death  and  hell"  which  even  the  En- 
tered Apprentice  does.  "Shall  we  do 
evil  that  good  may  comeS"  But  I 
question,  very  seriously,  that  "secrecy 
gives  increased  power  to  efl'orts  for 
good."  It  does  for  evil,  but  the  very 
nature  of  good  demands  reliance  on  God 
alone  for  increased  power. 

You  say  you  are  not  acquainted  with 
the  higher  degrees,  nor  can  you  be  as 
a  Mason,  since  each  degree  is  sworn  to 
keep  its  secrets  from  every  preceding 
one.  But,  had  you  been,  you  would 
not  have  submitted  to  the  degradation 
of  being  stripped  and  haltered  and 
sworn  to  so  fearful  and  abject  a  slavery. 
You  will  remember,  in  the  second  or 
Fellow-Craft  degree,  you  swore  to  be 
"cbsdient  to  the  Grand  Lodge."  But 
do  you  know  what  this  Grand  Lodge 
is?  Not  one  Mason,  as  such,  knows 
until  he  becomes  a  member  of  it;  and 
not  even  then,  unless  he  has,  (accord- 
ing to  Weishaupt,  one  of  the  principal 
founders,  as  quoted  by  Levin gton,) 
proved  himself  a  Brutus,  or  Cataline, 
and  ready  to  go  every  length"  and 
"laid  aside  all  his  prejudices"  (or  relig- 
ion). In  other  words,  Grand  Lodge. 
Masonry  which  is  the  only  Masonry 
of  America,  is  a  scheme,  concoct- 
ed by  the  rankest  infidels  for  the 
overthrow  of  all  religion  and  civil  gov- 
ernment, as  is  clearly  proved  by  Lev- 
ington.  He  shows  clearly  that  Ander- 
son, a  Scotchman,  and  Desaguillier,  a 
Frenchman,  both  infidels,  worked  on 
the  first  three  degrees  from  1717, 
when  the  first  Grand  Lodge  was  formed, 
till  about  1740,  wheii  they  added  oth- 
ers.    Voltaire  joined  them  about  1760, 


and  began  to  boast  of  the  power  of  se- 
crecy, to  accomplish  what  they  had 
failed  in,  openly,  i.  e.,  overthrow  the 
church.  He  was  wont  to  say,  "lam 
weary  of  hearing  people  say  twelve  men 
established  Christianity.  I  will  show 
that  one  can  overthrow  it," 

I  have  not  time  to  look  up  page  and 
authority;  but  from  Lavington,  and 
Bernard,  and  Greene,  and  Morgan,  and 
Finney,  and  Richardson,  and  Sickles, 
and  Mackey,  and  Duncan,  and  Oliver, 
and  a  number  of  other  books  in  my 
possession,  I  am  satisfied  this  is  correct; 
that  Masonry  aims  to  destroy  the  con- 
science, familiarize  to  scenes  of  blood, 
and  murder  and  sacrilege,  and  the  final 
overthrow  of  religion  and  civil  govern- 
ment. The  Grand  Lodge,  made  up  of 
such  men  as  described,  control  the 
whole  thing,  while  thej-  are  utterly 
irresponsible,  having  absolute  power 
over  the  lives  and  property  of  all  under 
them,  while  they  are  not  only  free  from 
taxation  and  all  question,  but  absorb 
three-fourths  of  the  fees  of  the  lower 
members,  to  carry  on  their  nefarious 
business ,  to  feast  themselves,  and  arm 
their  Knights  of  which  they  boast 
there  are  300,000  armed  to  the  teeth, 
and  ready  to  burst  forth  at  a  moment's 
warning,  to  do  the  bidding  of  "The 
Great  Grands,  High  Priests,  Kings,  and 
All-Puissant  ones"  who  set  at  the  head. 

As  for  Masons  choosing  '  'suitable 
persons  as  candidates  for  election,"  your 
idea  of  such,  and  the  Masonic  idea,  dif- 
fer. A  Voltaire,  or  Weishaupt,  are 
their  beauideal  of  suitable  persons. 
The  French  Revolution  was  no  doubt 
a  legitimate  Masonic  fruit.  (Leving- 
ton  quotes)  ''A  member  of  that  lodge 
(Wisdom)  boasted  that  he  belonged  to 
a  lodge  in  Germany,  in  which  the 
French  Revolution  was  planned."  "Fif- 
ty thousand  Knights,  armed  and  train- 
ed, burst  forth  upon  France  like  a  river 
of  burning  lava. "  And  Masons  boast 
that  300,000  are  now  ready  for  similar 
work.  A  Mr.  Paine,  of  Boston,  shows 
"that  Aaaron  Burr's  conspiracy  was 
carried  on  by  the  Royal  Arch  cypher, 
under  the  secrecy  of  Masonry.  Your 
charity  leads  you  to  beheve  "that  the 
end  is  not  in  tjie  system"  but  by  your 
own  showing,  the  whole  thing  is  better 
for  bad  men,  than  good.  Good  men 
don't  need  it;  bad  men  do.  The  very 
presence  of  good  men,  hke  yourself,  is 
a  hindrance  to  the  work  of   the  lodge. 

With  me  it  is  not  a  question  wheth- 
er opposition  will  increase  the  number 
of  Masons.  I  leave  that  with  God,  and 
want  to  do  what  is  right.  As  to  the 
"grangers"  I  will  not  now  speak.  I 
want  you  to  read  the  Christian  Cyn- 
osure, carefully,  criticise  boldly,  speak 
candidly,  and  remember  the  time  is 
coming  when  that  which  was  whispered 
in  the  ear  in  secret  shall  be  proclaimed 
openly,"  And  if  you  find  you  have 
done  wrong  joining  such  a  brother- 
hood, repent  as  you  hope  for  heaven, 
and  do  what  you  can  to  save  others. 
I  can  respond  "in  best  wishes  for  the 
development  of  the  truth." 

R.  Faubot, 


Enforcing  Discipline. 

Elm  Grove,  Holt  Co. ,  Mo.,       [ 
Aug.   11,  1874.  \ 
Bro.  K: — ^We  are  of  late  having  con- 


siderably excit*meut  in  regard  to  the 
"grange."  It  became  my  duty  as  a 
minister  of  the  Uoited  Brethren  church 
to  see  that  her  laws  were  enforced. 
AccordiLgly  I  went  to  work.  Those 
of  our  members  who  had  joined  the 
grange  were  called  to  report  to  the  rule, 
which  caused  a  terrible  squirming 
among  the^bigand  little  granger?,  male 
and  female. 

Not  being  well  drilled  in  secrecy, 
they  lost  their  jewel  (a  silent  tongue) 
and  came  forward  in  defense  of  their 
heathen-derived  institution.  One  man 
was  loud  in  prsise  of  its  virtues,  and 
the  dear  sisters  nodded  amon.  I  told 
the  latter  it  was  my  impression  if  their 
lady  officer  "Ceres"  knew  the  character 
of  the  goddess  she  represented,  she 
would  be  ashamed  of  her  namesake. 

I  referred  to  works  used  in  the  insta- 
lation  of  their  chaplain  as  beiug  blasphe- 
mous, viz.,  "Through  you  we  expect 
to  hold  converse  with  the  Master  of  the 
great  grange  above. "  This  was  vehem- 
ently denied  as  being  a  true  quota- 
tion, but  when  I  pressed  the  question, 
their  main  spokesman  said,  he  didn't 
think  it  was  there.  How  is  it  ?  Will  some 
one  conversant  with  the  grange  ritual 
inform  us  ?  A  number  in  the  country 
have  declared  the  grange  anti-Christian 
and  a  humbug,  and  left  the  institution 
forever.  A  few  months  ago  a  granger 
in  this  county  died,  the  grange  at  once 
gave  him  a  hoist  to  the  '  'grange  above," 
I  wonder  if  our  grange  fiiends  expect 
to  follow'jtheir  favorite  occupation,  farm- 
ing, when  they  get  to  heaven.  How 
would  it  look  to  see  a  granger  plowing 
up  the  golden  streets  of  the  New  Jeru- 
salem ? 

I  write  more  particularly  to  say 
something  in  regard  to  our  political 
movement.  I  have-  cast  my  last  vote 
for  a  secret  society  man,  and  am  anx- 
iously awaiting  the  "coming  man."  I 
wish  to  say  if  it  is  our  object  to  unite 
men  of  all  parties  in  opposition  tp  lodsje 
tyranny,  it  should  be  so  represented  in 
our  platform,  and  our  C^/'JOSiire  audits 
correspondents  say  less  in  regard  to 
past  differences.  While  our  paper 
plainly  indicates  that  it  is  Republican 
and  has  so  many  references  to  past 
abolitionism,  we  cannot  hope  to  gain 
many  from  other  parties  into  our  ranks, 

I  love  the  Cynosure.  Individually  it 
is  none  too  radical  for  me,  but  let  us  un- 
furl our  banner  to  the  breeze,  urge  men 
of  all  parties  to  unite  with  us  in  our 
contest  with  the  secret  foe  and  lifting 
our  cries  to  God  for  victory  we  shall 
succeed.     God  grant  it.     Amen. 

John  B.  Davis, 


Reforming  the  Church. 

The  Methodist  Free  Press  not  long 
since  published  a  letter  from  John  G, 
Rownd,  preacher  in  charge  of  the  new 
Free  Meshodist  church  of  Summerfield, 
Ohio,  The  occasion  of  the  letter  is  a 
communication  from  a  mother  whose 
sons  have  been  converted,  but  are  in 
danger  of  being  led  into  the  pithole  of 
the  lodge  by  Masonic  preachers.  Bro. 
R.  sajs: 

"Well  can  I  call  to  mind  when  my 
oldest  son  was  happily  converted  to 
God;  and  without  my  knowledge  one 
of  the  Jesuits  of  the  M.  E.  church,  the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


preacher  in  charge  of  the  circuit,  de- 
coyed him  away  into  the  Masonic  lodge , 
by  telling  him  '  that  it  was  a  good 
thing" — next  to  Christianity.  Why 
not  tell  him  that  it  was  next  to  the  M. 
E.  church  and  tell  the  truth  ?  For  the 
M.  E.  church  to-day  is  the  great  cen- 
tral power  of  Masonry  upon  this  conti- 
nent. But  I  thank  God  that  my  son 
got  to  see  the  deception  and  fraud  into 
which  he  had  been  led  by  the  Jesuitical 
minister  of  the  church,  and  I  thank 
God  that  he  bad  the  courage  to  come 
out  and  "haye  no  fellowship  with  the 
unfruitful  works  of  darkness,  but  rath- 
er reprove  them."  But  0,  dear  broth- 
er, how  bis  faith  is  weaker ed  in  the 
ministry.  No  doubt,  brother,  you  think 
that  you  are  doing  something  for  the 
reformation  of  the  M.  E.  church;  but 
are  you  not  aware  that  for  years  she 
ha3  been  sinking  deeper  and  deeper  in- 
to the  unhallowed  voitex  of  Masonic 
guile?  And  is  not  it  sometimes  im- 
pressed upon  your  mind  that  in  your 
earnest  pleading  with  dissatisfied  per- 
sons as  in  the  case  of  this  dear  lady  that 
they  nevertheless  continue  within  the 
pale  of  the  M.  E.  churcb,  that  you  are 
becoming  partakers  in  other  men's  sins, 
binding  tte  conscience  of  such,  and 
measurably  encouraging  the  anomalous 
beings  known  as  Masonic  Methodist 
preachers  and  thereby  encouraging  the 
institution  they  apparently  love  better 
than  Christ,  the  church,  or  human 
souls?  Have  you  not  learned  that  the 
unhallowd  affections  of  the  church 
and  the  Masonic  lodge  is  S.itan's  master- 
piece of  strategy  ?  I  w!sh  you  success 
in  reforming  the  church  of  your  choice, 
but  can  give  you  little  encouragement; 
point  us  to  a  successful  attempt  of  the 
kind  recorded  on  the  pages  of  h'story, 
unless,  perhaps,  the  Jewish  church  in 
the  Babylonish  captivity,  but  remem- 
ber that  WES  in  captivity  and  not  in 
prosperity;  under  f!ie  Jaw  and  not  un- 
der the  Gospel,  which  says,  "  Come  out 
from  among  them  and  be  ye  separate, 

etc. 

♦-»-• 

Paper  from  Hops.  — The  hop  vine, 
as  a  material  for  making  paper,  is  re- 
ceiving increased  attention,  and  is  Ijke- 
ly  to  repay  trouble  and  cost  of  experi- 
ments. Under  chemical  treatment  it 
is  found  to  yield  a  long,  strong,  and 
fine  fiber.  The  process  of  preparation 
is  said  to  be  of  a  novel  character. 

The  Life-saving  Ssuvioe. — There 
are  at  present  81  stations,  extending 
from  Cape  Cod  to  Cape  May  :  32  wrecks 
were  reported  last  year,  235  Jives  were 
imperilled,  but  only  one  life  lost.  The 
cost  of  maintaining  the  service  was  $87, 
893.  Contracts  have  been  made  for 
the  establishment  of  21    new  stations. 

Of  the  60,000  miles  of  railway  in 
the  United  States  one-sixth  center  in 
Chicago,  representing  a  capital  of  $400,- 
000,000,  and  earn  over  $82,000,000 
yearly;  wholesale  business  of  1873 
amounted  to  $430,000,000,which  was 
a  gain  of  18  per  cent,  on  1872,  and  31 
per  cent,  on  1870;  25,000,000  bushels 
of  wheat  was  received  in  1873.  The 
receipts  of  stock  yards  for  1873  was  7G1-, 
428 cattle,  4,337,750  hogs,  and  291-, 
734  sheep,  and  total  value  of  receipts, 
$91,321,162.  Manufacturers  for  1873, 
$179,831,000,  which  shows  an  increase 
in  the  last  three  years  of  137  per  cent, 
and  in  the  last  13  years  1230  percent. 


ODD  FELLOWSHIP  ILLUSTRATED. 


Entered  according  to  Act  ot  Congress  in  the  year  1874,  by  Ezra  A.  Cook 
&  Co.,  with  the.  Librarian  of  Congress  Washington,  D.  C. 

REBEKAH,  OR  LADIE3'  DEGREE  (continued). 

Vice  Grand:  Such  is  tlie  response  of  true,  heroic  woman, 
for  these  are  duties  to  which  your  sex  have  ever  been  the  most 
faithful.  But,  in  Holy  Writ,  where  these  tender  duties  arc  taught 
us,  it  also  declares,  nay,  more,  co7nmands,  "when  thou  doest 
thine  alms,  let  not  thy  left  hand  know  what  thy  right  hand 
docth."     Can  you  perform  these  duties  thus? 

A.  hy  Conductor. — We  can. 

Vice  Grand :  Ah !  but  icill  you  ?  Will  you  devote  your- 
selves to  this  work  in  our  way?  Will  you  silently  do  good,  as 
good  ought  always  to  be  performed ;  and,  in  spite  of  envyings 
or  calumny,  keep  your  charities  and  your  labors  of  love  secret 
from  the  selfish  world  ?  Will  you  pursue  the  thorny  pathway 
that  we  have  trod,  where  the  slanders  of  prejudice  and  bigotry 
assail  on  every  side,  still  doing  good  for  its  own  sake  alone — 
returning  kindness  for  hostility — and  ever  striving,  quietly  and 
vinboastingly,  to  mitigate  the  vast  amount  of  suffering  and  pain 
in  our  world  ? 

A.— We  will. 

Vice  Grand:  Tou  must  be  warned  before  you  proceed. 
We  seek  to  impose  on  you  no  obligation' that  in  after  life  you 
may  regret.  No  reluctant  vows  are  asked  for  here.  Pause, 
therefore!  for  you  may  not  think— you  cannot  realize  how  difii- 
cult  is  the  duty  you  are,  in  common  with  us,  about  to  assume. 
It  is  a  constant  war  with  selfishness,  unaided  by  even  human 
praise,  for  which  alone  so  many  toils  are  daily  undertaken. 
Our  law  is,  "  let  thy  works  of  duty  be  secret,  and  thy  Father 
which  seeth  in  secret  shall  reward  thee  openly."  Behold  in 
that  law  the  only  recompense  you  can  hope  for — the  only  praise 
to  which  you  can  aspire.  We  have  none  other  to  oiler.  Still 
more.  Consider  the  sacrifice  implied  in  that  second  great  com- 
mandment— "Thou  shalt  love  thy  neighbor  as  thyself."  You 
are  yet  free.  Pause,  then,  before  you  consent  to  take  upon 
yourselves  obligations  that  will  bind  you,  as  they  have  bound 
us  before  you,  to  duties  like  these.  Pause  and  reflect — for  it 
mat/  happen  that  you  shall  be  called  upon  to  give  up  the  pleas- 
ures of  life  to  minister  at  the  couch  of  suffering — you  may  be 
summoned  from  the  whirl  of  gayety  to  stand,  with  brethren 
and  with  sisters,  at  a  bedside  of  anguish — you  may  be  asked  to 
forego  the  pleasures  of  some  social  evening  circle  to  watch 
through  the  long  vigils  of  night,  the  struggle  between  Life  and 
Death,  and  to  pour  oil,  if  possible,  into  the  expiring  lamp  of 
Life. 

(Aloud  to  the  Inside  Guardian)— Worthy  Guardian :  Un- 
bolt the  door,  and  let  it  open  for  any  lady  who  desires  to  retire. 

A. — I  will,  worthy  Vice  Grand. 

Vice  Grand  to  Conductor — (after  a  pause):  What!  not  one 
left  us.  Oh !  how  firm  is  woman  in  the  cause  of  sorrow  and 
humanity.  How  often  has  she  trodden  the  wine-press  of  bitter- 
ness to  share  the  woes  of  him  who,  with  her,  toils  through  the 
rugged  pathways  of  life?  How  quick  is  she  tolly  to  relive, 
when  she  hears  the  wail  of  the  heart-brokeu,  or  the  moau  of 
the  destitute.  And  it  is  not  strange,  therefore,  that  when  sus- 
picion and  bigotry,  selfishness  and  contempt,  leagued  together 
to  stifle  our  existence  and  crush  our  order,  the  bright  eye  of 
woman  cheered  us  on  in  our  labor  of  love.  Some  few,  indeed, 
joined  those  Pharisees,  who  declared  that  no  good  thing  could 
come  out  of  our  Nazareth.  But  woman,  as  a  sex,  true  to  her- 
self, her  instincts  and  her  impulses,  smiled  upon  our  labors,  re- 
joiced as  we  prospered,  defended  our  principles  and  honored 
our  name.  Grateful  for  her  thus  becoming  a  shield  to  ward  off 
all  attacks,  we  have  established  this  degree,  as  a  testimonial 
that  the  confidence  thus  reposed  in  us  is  most  cordially  and 
heartily  reciprocated.  While  conferring  it  upon  her,  we  not 
only  honor  and  confide  in  the  sex  as  we  should,  but  we  also 
realize  a  long-cherished  plan  of  an  organized  co-operation  with 
us  iu  visiting  the  sick — relieving  the  distressed — and  protecting 
the  orphan. 

Before,  however,  imparting  the  secrets  of  this  degree  to  you, 
it  is  your  duty  to  take  a  solemn  obligation  with  us,  both  to  im- 
press on  your  mind  and  conscience  the  humane  duties  of  our 
order,  and  also  to  rivet  on  your  remembrance  the  deep  import- 
ance of  strictly  guarding  the  tests  of  your  degree,  that  you 
may,  while  enabled  by  them  to  recognize  a  brother  or  sister  of 
this  degree,  also  protect  yourselves  and  us  from  imposition 
and  deceit. 

With  this  explanation  of  our  object  in  asking  you  to  pledge 
to  us,  and  to  each  other,  your  word  of  honor,  for  no  further 
bond  do  we  ask,  are  you  willing  to  enter  into  an  obligation 
with  us  ? 

A.  (by  the  candidates) — We  are ! 

[The  Vice  Grand  will  then  call  the  husbands  of  the  candi- 
dates forward,  who,  with  the  ladies,  will  place  their  right  hands 
on  the  Bible,  which  is  to  be  open  at  the  15th  chapter  of  Exodus, 
and  the  ladies  will  each  repeat  the  following  obligation — the 
lodge  standing.] 

I, ,  in  the  presence  of  the  members  of  the  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd-fellows  of Lodge,  No.  — ,  of  the 

State  of ,  do  most  solemnly  promise  that  I  will  never 

reveal  to  any  one  this  degree,  or  the  pass  words,  signs,  counter- 
sign and  token  belonging  to  it,  and  now  about  to  be  entrusted 
to  me,  except  to  a  member  of  this  degree  of  Odd-fellowship, 
whom  I  may  find,  on  due  trial,  to  be  equally  in  possession  of 
them ;  or  when  in  the  discharge  of  otHcial  duties  within  the 
lodge ;  and  to  all  due  secrecy  in  this  respect,  I  hereby  pledge 
my  sacred  word  of  honor,  without  any  mental  reservation  what- 
ever, and  with  a  full  determination  to  preserve  my  plighted 
faith  inviolate  until  the  end  of  life.  i 


Sisters'  Trial  Si?u. 


Vice  Grand  to  Conductor :  Conductor,  you  will  now  pre- 
sent these  sisters  to  the  Noble  Grand  for  the  necessary  instruc- 
tions. 

Conductor.— I  will,  worthy  Vice  Grand. 
[The  Vice  Grand  will  give  one  rap,  the  brethren  will  re- 
sume their  seats,  the  husbands  of  the  ladies  also,  and  the  Con- 
ductor will  then  proceed  with  ladies  to   the   Noble   Grand's 
chair.] 

Conductor  to  Noble  Grand :  Noble  Grand,  I  have  the  pleas- 
ure of  presenting  to  you  these  ladies,  wives  of  enterprising 
brothers  of  our  order,  for  further  instruction  in  the  work  of 
this  degree.  They  have  passed  honorably  through  all  our 
ordeals,  and  have  pledged  to  our  worthy  Vice  Grand  their  sacred 
honor  never  to  reveal  the  secrets  now  about  to  be  intrusted  to 
their  keeping. 

Noble  Grand :  Reposing  confidence,  ladies,  in  your  plight- 
ed faith — I  now  proceed  to  give  you  such  instructions  as  apper- 
tain to  this  degree,  and  as  will  also  enable  you  to  know  a  broth- 
er or  sister  who  has  received  it. 

1st.  The  Permanent  Pass 
WoKD. — Miriam. 

2d.  The  Test  or  Trial 
Sign  for  a  Sister. — Close 
thumb  and  little  finger  of  right 
hanti  and  place  the  three  open 
fingers,  sprmcZ  out,  on  anything 
except  your  own  person. 

8d.       The    Countersign    or 
Brother's    Answer. — Close    all 
but  index  finger  of  right  hand 
over  thumb  ;  raise  hand  and  put 
ball  of  index  finger  on  side  of 
nose,  about  an  inch  above  the 
end.     [This  is  also  the  salute  to 
the    "Chair'"    given    by    both 
brothers  and  sisters  on  entering 
a  lodge  of  this  degree.    Broth- 
Salute  to  officers  ers  recognize  each  other  in  this 
and  Bros.' Sign,  degree  by  the  same  sign,  but  it 
is  seldom  used  for  that  purpose.] 
Let  me  state  to  you  distinctly  and  emphatically  that  these 
signs  are  never  to  be  idly  used,  merely  for  pleasure  or  curiosity. 
They  arc  intended  for  useful  purposes  only ;  and  though  you 
are  at  liberty  to  practice  them  in  the  secret  privacy,  with  others 
whom  you  may  know,  of  your  own  knowledge,  to  have  re- 
ceived them  legally,  you  are  not  allowed  to  use  them  at  home 
or  abroad,  without  some  practical,  useful  end  in  view.     In  times 
of  distress,  or  peril,  or  difiiculty,  you  are  not  only  at  liberty  to 
use  them,  but  are  also  instructed  to  do  so. 

4th.    The  annual  pass-word  of  this  degree  for  the  present 

year  is .     [MaRoah,  or  whatever  has  been  appointed  for 

the  year  by  the  G.  L.  U.  S.] 

This  last  word  is  intended  as  a  further  proof  test,  not  only 
of  membership,  but  also,  and  specially,  of  good  standing.  It 
is,  therefore,  changed  annually  by  the  Right  Worth  Grand  Lodge 
of  the  United  States,  and  goes  into  operation  on  the  1st  of  Jan- 
uary of  each  year.  You  will  receive  all  new  annual  pass-Avords 
from  your  husbands,  who  alone  can  instruct  you  therein  here- 
after ;  and  you  will,  therefore,  see  the  importance  of  the  exer- 
cise of  your  influence  with  him,  that  he  shall  preserve  his  good 
standing  in  the  lodge,  morally  as  well  as  pecuniarily;  as  if 
either  is  forfeited,  your  rights,  which  are  dependent  on  his,  will 
be  lost  with  them.  This  annual  pass-word  is  used  as  a  test 
thus :  After  having  received  some  sign,  which  would  seem  to 
indicate  membership  in  this  degree,  you  are  at  liberty  to  ask 
her  or  him  for  the  pass-word,  and  upon  being  answered,  "  com- 
mence 3'ourself,"  you  will  commence  with  the  last  letter  of  the 
word.  This  is  replied  to  by  the  person  you  challenge  wi'h  the 
first  letter  of  the  word,  and  you  then  respond  with  the  middle 
or  any  of  the  middle  letters,  to  be  replied  to,  "even  so."  The 
pass  word  is  never  to  be  given  in  full  under  any  circumstances 
whatever — never  to  be  written — never  even  to  be  spoken  as  a 
word,  except  in  giving  instructions  as  in  the  present  case;  and 
especially  no  experiments  arc  to  be  tried  with  it  for  the  mere 
sake  of  experiment,  without  some  useful  or  friendly  purpose  in 
view. 

The  Noble  Grand  of  the  lodge  with  which  your  husbands 
are  connected  will  communicate  the  annual  pass-word  to  you, 
in  case  of  their  accidental  absence;  or,  if  they  should  be  de- 
ceased, the  same  officer  will  continue  to  place  youin  possession 
of  it  so  long  as  you  remain  Avidows  of  Odd-fellows. 

[Practice  the  ladies  in  this,  and  then  prove  them  in  the 
signs,  &C.1 

Noble  Grand  (i-esuming) :  Our  sisters  can  now  be  seated, 
fronting  this  chair. 

Noble  Grand:  He  who  reads  the  page  of  Holy  Writ  intel- 
ligently, often  finds  his  memory  wandering  back  to  those 
sketches  of  the  women  of  the  Bible,  which  appear  as  delightful 
episodes  in  the  great  history — linking  it,  by  a  chain  that  all  can 
see  and  feel,  with  our  own  realizations  of  domestic  life.  And 
woman  needs  no  higher  eulogy  than  to  be  judged  by  those  no- 
ble specimens  of  her  sex,  immortalized  by  having  their  names 
embalmed  in  the  book  of  books.  What  a  glorious  galaxy  glitter 
on  those  sacred  pages. 

We  point  you  not  alone  to  the  beautiful  and  graceful  Be- 
BEKAH,  the  daughter  of  BetLuel— who,  pointed  out  by  God 
himself  to  Eliezer  as  the  fitting  wife  for  Isaac,  goes  forth  from 
the  vale  of  Harau  at  that  bidding,  turning  her  back  upon  home, 
family  and  friends  to  travel  the  journey  of  life  with  a  stranger 
of  a  distant  land.  ■.    ,j  ,- 

Nor  yet  alone  to  the  Mother  of  Sajifson,  who  held  dis- 
course, timid  yet  confiding,  with  the  angel,  whose  name  is 
Wonderful.  ^      ,  . 

Nor  yet  alone  to  Hannah,  who  dedicated  her  first-born  to 
that  illustrious  service  of  the  Almighty,  which  has  linked  the 
name  of  Samuel  to  all  our  briglitest  recollections  of  prophecy 
and  priesthood. 

[continued  on  16  PAGE.] 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


«Sl.  John's  Day." 

[From  the  Watcbman  and  Reflector.] 
Dear  Watchman, — As  I  am  a  Baptist, 
I  may  be  allowed  to  have  a  special  in- 
terest in  the  history  of  John  the  Bap- 
tist. It  is  claimed  largely,  thoui^  not 
universally,  by  our  Masonic  friends, 
that  this  distinguished  Forerunner  of 
our  Saviour  was  born  on  the  24tb  of 
June,  and  also  that  he  was  a  an  emi- 
nent Freemason.  From  both  of  these 
assumptions,  however,  I  am  compelled 
to  dissent;  and  for  the  following  rea- 
flons:  According  to  the  narrative  in 
Luke,  first  and  second  chapters,  the 
birth  of  John  was  about  six  months  be- 
fore that  of  Jesus;  and  as  it  is  very 
certain  that  the  birth  of  Jesus  was  not 
so  late  in  the  year  ao  the  winter  month 
cf  December,  when  no  flocks  with  their 
shepherds  were  "abiding  in  the  open 
fields  by  night,"  so  the  birth  of  John, 
being  six  months  earlier  than  that  of 
Christ,  could  not  have  been  in  the 
month  of  June.  And  this,  too,  aside 
from  the  fact  that  the  New  Testament 
gives  no  information  whatever  as  to 
which  month  of  the  year  the  birth  of 
either  took  place. 

But  was  John  the  Baptist  a  Free  ma 
son?  Sarely  not.  For  there  is  not 
the  least  proof  in  the  Gospel  history  to 
Eupport  any  such  claim;  nor,  I  may 
add,  in  any  other  reUable  history. 
More  than  this,  Freemasonry  itself  had 
no  existence  for  n;any  centuiies  after 
John  the  Baptist.  This  being  so,  all 
the  pretences  that  Solomon,  and  Hrc'.ra, 
of  Tyre,  were  Masons,  fall  to  the  ground. 
In  support  of  this  I  give  the  following, 
from  the  oration  of  my  talented  friend, 
Eev.  William  S.  Stuley,  delivered  at 
the  dedication  of  the  Masonic  Temple 
in  Boston,  June  24,  18G8,  as  reported 
in  the  Boiiton  Journal  of  the  next  day: 
"It  is  not  a  pleasant  task  to  disturb 
the  complacency  of  men  who  are  de- 
termined to  enroll  Nimrod.  and  Moses, 
and  Solomon,  and  the  King  of  Tyre, 
and  his  namestike,  the  widow's  son, 
among  the  actual  past  members  of  our 
order;  but  I  am  constrained  to  believe 
that  these  distinguished  men  were  not 
Freemasons,  except  in  the  Pickwickian 
intimations  of  our  ritual,  to  which  inti- 
mations no  man  of  research  will  intist 
upon  giving  a  literal  construction. 

TRUE  ORIGIN  OF  THE   ORDER. 

"But  according  to  the  best  authorities 
our  order  had  its  origin  among  opera- 
tive Masons,  in  the  early  part  of  the 
middle  ages.  It  sprang  from  the  diffi- 
culty of  finding  enough  men  of  skill  in 
any  one  country  of  Europe  to  build 
the  cathedral  and  other  ecclesiastical 
structures  of  that  period.  To  obviate 
this  difficulty,  skilful  men  from  various 
countries  formed  a  fraternity  of  archi- 
tects and  builders  or  masons,  and  they 
traveled  from  country  to  country,  as 
their  services  were  required.  They 
encamped  in  tents  or  huts  by  them 
selves,  and  framed  regulations  for  their 
own  government  according  to  the  pecu- 
liar circumstances  of  their  occupation 
and  the  itinerant  lives  they  were  called 
to  lead.  They  styled  themselves 
''Free,"  because  they  were  at  liberty 
to  work  whenever  they  chose.  Many 
of  the  public  buildings  of  England,  in 
the  Gothic  style,  were  erected  by  men 


in  companies  of  this  sort;  and  it  is  quite 
reasonable  to  suppose,  as  some  distin- 
guished historians  have  done,  that  the 
institution  of  speculative  Freemasonry 
was  derived  from  this  professional 
brotherhood  of  traveling  arnhitect3  and 
artisans.  They,  doubtless,  had  eigns, 
and  tokeus,  and  emblems,  by  which 
they  might  know  one  another,  and 
which  tended  to  promote  mutual  as- 
sistance and  good  feilowship. 

AN  ANCIENT  LODGE. 

"In  the  tenth  century  the  Freemasons 
of  England  enjoyed  the  special  protec- 
tion of  King  Athelstane,  receiving  from 
him  a  charter  to  hold  their  stated  as- 
semblies and  to  enact  laws  for  their 
corporate  government.  As  early  as 
the  year  926,  a  lodge  v/as  instituted  in 
Yorkshire,  believed  to  havi;  been  con- 
tinued in  regular  succession  at  that 
place  down  to  the  present  day." 

Although  the  orator  in  the  above 
extract  pretty  deci-Jedly  repudiates  the 
pretence  that  Freemasonry  existed  so 
long  ago  as  Solomon,  cr  John  the  Bap- 
tist, and  even  confines  the  fraternity  of 
operative  Masons,  in  which  speculative 
Freemasonry  had  its  origin,  to  a  period 
bug  after  the  Christian  era,  he  does 
not  attempt  to  prove  that  Masonry,  as 
it  now  exists,  even  in  its  simplest  ele- 
ments, was  known  until  many  centuries 
after wardii.  The  period  when  the  in- 
stitution of  Freemasonry  as  we  now 
have  it,  began,  cannot,  we  think,  by 
any  reliable  authori  y,  be  dated  further 
JQ  the  past  than  the  early  part  of  the 
last  century.  Hence  all  its  pretences 
that  "  Solomon,  and  the  King  of  Tyre, 
and  his  namesake,  the  widow's  son," 
and  John  the  Bapti^.t,  nnd  John  the 
beloved  disciple,  were  Freemasons,  are 
too  pueiiie  to  be  admitted  by  any  •'  man 
of  research."  T. 


FOR  SALE  AT  TH£  CYNOSURE 
OFFICE. 


Mutually  Dcpcudent. 


This  country  has  so  long  enjoyed  a 
high  state  of  prosperity  that  it  will  be 
hard  work  to  come  down  to  lower  gains, 
or  perhaps  to  loss  or  ruin.  To  any  re- 
flecting mind  the  proposition  that  the 
country  can  be  very  long  prosperous 
while  one  part  is  in  distress,  is  almost 
self-evident.  New  York  has  perhaps, 
thought  it  had  nothing  to  do  in  this 
great  contest  between  the  farmers  and 
the  railroads,  but  I  think  New  York,  a 
well  a"?  any  other  large  supply  points 
will  find  out  that  if  the  farmer  is  not 
prospering,  then  nobody  can  long  p.os- 
per.  The  towns  and  cities  may  live  off 
of  each  other  for  a  while,  but  when  the 
farmer  finally  finds  himself  without 
money,  and  unable  to  go  into  the  town 
and  buy  the  dry  goods,  boots  and  shoes, 
hardware,  etc.,  of  the  country  dealer — 
the  country  dealer,  of  course,  can't  sell 
the  good4,  can't  pay  for  them,  and  what 
is  more  to  the  point,  can't  buy  any 
more.  It  seems  to  roe  that  this  state 
of  aflairs  must  in  the  end,  tell  upon 
not  only  the  retail  dealer,  but  upon  the 
wholesale  dealer  and  importer.  One 
thing  is  now  very  certain,  let  the  couse 
be  what  it  may,  the  fjirmers  of  the 
West  have  no  money.  If  the  rest  of 
the  country  can  prosper  while  the  far- 
mers are  in  distress,  then  there  need 
be  no  anxiety  jor  fear  as  to  the  future 
business,  everything  will  go  on  pros- 
perously.— Cor.  N,  Y.  Tribime. 


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States,  Toe  Tammany  King,  Masonio  Benevolence,  The  uses  oa" 
Masonry',  An  Illustration, The  Conclusion." 

Notices  of  the  Fresp, 

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many Ring,  Credit  Jlobilior,  &c.  Ho  shows  the  subserviency  of 
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HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 

BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OF    WHEATON   COLLEGE. 

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MASONIC  MURDER, 

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GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

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Extracts  From  Masonic  Oaths  and  Penalties,  as 
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TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

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SATAN'S  CABX.E.TO'W. 

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sonry  ie  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
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TRACT  NO.  n,  ILLUSTRATED : 
FREEBflASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

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CHARACTEK  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREEMASONEY. 

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TRACT  NO.  11; 

kibm  of  hmi  Countj  Associalioa,  Now  7ork. 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

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JUDGE  "WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

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TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVEK  ON  MASONRY, 

and 
HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 
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GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 
ITS  EELATION  TO  CIVIL  GOVEENMZKT  AND  THE  raEISTIAN  EBLIOIOH. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PEES.  J. 
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TRACT  NO.  15: 

aaASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID- 

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TRACT  NO.  16 : 

HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
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Sri^in,  Oigatioss  ani  lifim  of  The  Eraa^o. 

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HON.  WM.  H.  SEW^ARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

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BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

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OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
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MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA  A.  WALLACE, 

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Nor  yet  alone  to  Deborah,  who,  as  has  been  so  beautifully 
said,  in  that  era  of  her  widowhood,  rose,  in  times  of  trouble, 
like  a  morning  star  over  the  night  of  Israel's  calamities;  and 
at  whose  word  the  stars,  in  tlieir  courses,  fought  against  Sisera. 

Nor  yet  alone  to  that  unselfish  and  queenly  Esther,  who 
promptly  risked  station  and  life  to  shield  her  people  and  her 
race. 

pr?  Nor  would  we  point  attention  and  thought  alone  to  Ruth, 
whose  character  is  enshrined  in  tlie  pastoral  record  that  bears 
her  name,  and  that  has  handed  down  to  us  her  fortitude,  her 
aflection,  and  her  piety  in  a  simple  narrative  more  thrillingly 
fascinating  than  tlie  most  highly  wrought  scenes  of  fiction. 
Need  we  even  allude,  in  passing,  to  that  heroic  and  well  remem- 
bered decision  she  exhibited  in  her  sad,  but  fearless  reply  to 
Naomi,  when,  in  spite  of  the  dangers  of  toil  and  exposure,  of 
poverty  and  trial,  of  frowning  and  adverse  prospects,  she  at- 
tested her  filial  piety  in  that  strain  of  as  lofty  and  impassioned 
eloquence  as  ever  fell  from  human  lips— "Entreat  me  not  to 
leave  thee,  for  whither  thou  goest  I  will  go— where  thou  lodgest 
I  will  lodge— thy  people  shall  be  my  people— and  thy  God  my 
God.  Where  thou  diest  will  I  die,  and  there  will  I  be  buried. 
The  Lord  do  so  to  me,  and  more  also,  if  aught  but  death  part 
thee  and  me." 

Nor  yet  alone  would  we  cite  you  to  the  history  of  Sarah, 
emphatically  chief  among  the  mothers  of  the  Bible— the  ances- 
tress of  Israel's  hosts— the  wife  of  the  patriarch  of  patriarchs— 
at  whose  tent  the  angels  of  the  Lord  sat  down  at  meat— and  who 
was  indeed  the  most  specially  honored  of  God. 

Nor  yet  alone  to  the  vestal  prophetess, Miriam,  the  sister  of 
Moses  and  Aaron,  who  stands  forth  inferior  to  none  in  whatever 
makes  a  true  woman  memorable  in  action  or  suffering — who,  in 
the  afHictions  of  Egypt,  in  the  triumph  of  the  Bed  Sea,  and  in 
the  perils  of  the  Wilderness,  towers  resplendent  in  her  zeal  and 
her  devotion.  From  the  time  that  at  the  river's  bank  she 
watched  her  infant  brother's  ark,  through  that  long  journey, 
where  quails  and  manna  mysteriously  fed  the  wandering  hosts, 
and  water  poured  from  the  flinty  rock  to  assuage  their  thirst, 
till  the  hour  that  entombed  her  in  her  sequestered  grave,  she 
proved  herself  a  woman  in  all  that  is  noble  and  pure  and  holy. 
And  it  was  no  unmeaning  song  of  rejoicing  that  poured  from 
her  lips,  when,  at  the  head  of  the  Hebrew  women,  on  the  bank 
of  the  rapidly  closing  Red  Sea,  her  clear,  loud  voice  rang  forth 
in  notes  of  rejoicing  and  praise  to  God — 

Sound  the  loud  timbrel  o'er  Egypt's  dark  sea, 
Jehovah  has  trlumplied— his  people  are  free. 

But  the  history  of  these  and  others  tliat  we  might  name, 
whom  the  inspired  penmen  felt  must  be  recorded  to  make 
their  testimony  perfect— such  a  record,  taken  in  the  aggregate, 
is  a  nobler  testimony  to  woman,  a  worthier  eulogy  of  her  rank 
and  honor  than  she  can  find  in  the  histories  of  thousands  of 
earth's  mightiest— of  Elizabeth,  of  Cleopatra,  of  Catharine,  or 
Isabella.  Sudi,  we  do  not  cite  for  your  emulation  and  imitation. 
But  rather  the  record  of  those  whom  the  Bible  commends— who 
signalized  their  lives,  not  by  bloody  victories  on  fields  of  carn- 
age and  of  death— not  by  despotic  sway  over  a  nation  of  mil- 
lions— not  by  the  meretricious  charms  of  beauty — but  by  their 
zeal  in  doing  good — in  vindicating  the  true  modesty  and  worth 
of  woman's  natural  character — in  pouring  the  oil  of  consolation 
into  tlie  wounds  of  the  afHicted— in  whispering  the  words  of 
sympathy  in  the  ears  of  the  heart-stricken. 

Such,  too,  is  woman's  noblest  work!  It  is  a  duty  that 
heavenly  angels  might  not,  nay  do  not,  scorn  to  perform.  It  is 
that  sphere  in  whicli  your  sex  has  gathered  its  most  unfading 
laurels.  It  is  the  promptings,  too,  of  that  warm  and  genial 
benevolence,  which,  though  in  woman  is  the  instinct  of  her  na- 
ture, we  band  together  in  lodges  and  societies  to  cultivate  and 
enforce  by  precept  and  by  law,  in  tlie  more  sterile  liearts  of  the 
sterner  sex.  Nobly,  right  nol)ly,  has  she  performed  her  mission. 
Poets  have  sung  in  glowing  numbers  of  her  constancy  in  hours 
of  trial,  of  darkness  and  of  peril — of  her  labors  at  the  bedside 
of  the  sick  and  the  afflicted — of  her  patient  endurance  of  life's 
roughest  lot  when  shared  by  him  for  whom  she  has  given  up 
all  else  this  side  of  heaven.  Wherever  sorrow's  cry  is  heard, 
wherever  sickness  lays  its  paralyzing  hand — follow,  ladies,  the 
innate  sympathies  of  your  nature.  Wherever  the  hardships  of 
adversity  fall  the  heaviest  upon  those  about  you,  be  it  yours,  as 
far  as  possible,  to  soften  the  blow.  Wherever  misery  can  be 
ameliorated,  or  keen  anguish  assuaged,  remember  that  you  are 
women ;  and,  if  further  promptings  to  duty  could  be  needed, 
remember  tlic  solemn  obligation  you  have  tliis  night  voluntarily 
taken,  and  write  upon  the  tablet  of  your  hearts  that  Golden 
Rule—"  Whatsoever  ye  would  that  others  should  do  unto  you, 
do  ye  even  so  unto  them." 

While  we  shall  expect  the  prompt  and  cheerful  performance 
of  these  duties  by  tliese  now  aflSliatcd  with  our  order  as  you 
are,  we  pledge  to  you  duty  in  return.  The  benefits  of  our 
Order  are  not  confined  to  our  own  brethren,  nor  indeed  to 
our  own  sex.  Look  at  that  anguished,  grief-stricken  widow, 
as  she  returns  from  the  drear  solitude  of  the  grave-yard  and 
the  tomb  to  her  desolate  home.  How  lonely  are  its  silent 
rooms.  Every  echo  of  her  footsteps,  as  she  passes  through 
them,  reminds  her  of  him  whose  welcome  step  no  mortal 
ear  shall  ever  listen  to  again.  Every  glance  rests  on  some 
object  which  awakens  memories  of  the  past,  and  every  thought 
turns  back  upon  that  loved  one  whose  love  was  of  her 
very  life  a  part.  How  dark  and  melancholy  the  prospect  be- 
fore her— gloomy  and  sad  as  the  heart  within.  Bereft  of  him 
to  whom  she  looked  with  sucli  trusting  confidence,  she  is  to 
struggle  with  a  desolate  heart,  for  that  stinted  and  grudged  pit- 
tance which  is  too  oft  the  widow's  recompense  for  her  hours  of 
cheerless  toil.    But  no!  the  widow  of  the  Odd-fellow  is  pre- 


served from  such  a  gloomy  lot.  At  that  hour,  when  life  to  the 
bereaved  one  seeems  almost  a  burden — when  it  seems  as  if  hope 
and  happiness  had  both  been  entombed  with  the  loved  but  de- 
parted one — when  the  future  seems  clouded  in  impenetrable 
gloom — when  loneliness,  sad  and  drear  and  dismal,  seems  the 
widow's  lot — our  order  comes  like  an  angel  of  peace  and  throws 
across  the  gloomy  prospect  bright  rays  of  liglit  and  happiness. 
It  comes!  and  that  bereaved  widov/ feels  that  she  has  thrown 
around  her  a  protecting  cordon  of  warm  hands  and  hearts,  wlio 
will  cherish  her  and  hers  for  tlie  sake  of  him  wliose  love  slie 
cherishes  beyond  the  grave.  It  comes !  and  she  feels,  or,  if  she 
does  not,  she  may  feel,  that  whenever  the  rougli  winds  of  ad- 
versity strive  to  smite  her,  slie  has  a  rock  upon  which  slie  can 
lean  with  trusting  confidence — ready,  wlien  needed,  to  open,  as 
at  the  touch  of  Moses'  rod,  and  afford  comfort  and  sustenance. 
And  she  finds  at  last,  if  prejudice  has  darkened  her  vision  be- 
fore, that  our  order  is  indeed  a  father  to  its  fatherless, — that 

We  seek  to  dry  the  widow's  gushing  tears. 

We  seek  to  calm  the  trembling  orphan's  fears, 

We  peck  to  raise  humanity  above 

The  ills  of  life  by  ministries  of  love; 

And  when  the  tale  is  told,  and  man  resigns  his  trust. 

We  seek,  in  Friendship's  name,  to  monument  his  dust. 
But  we  need  not  add  inore.  We  liave  alluded  to  some  of  the 
duties  enjoined  by  Odd-fellowship,  It  is  strange  in  a  cold,  cal- 
culating world  like  ours,  where  so  many  walk  through  life  with 
ears  hermetically  sealed  against  the  calls  of  humanity,  encased 
in  a  frozen  garb  that  repulses  all  approacli — petrifying  what 
little  heart  and  soul  they  own — we  saj'  ft  is  odd,  to  see  a  society 
like  ours,  banded  togetlier  for  the  benevolent  duties  we  have 
bound  ourselves  to  perform.  Hence  we  are  Odd-fellows.  To- 
night, you  have  entered  with  us  into  a  closer  bond  tlian  ever 
before — you  have  assumed  a  part  of  our  obligations — j'ou  are 
become  of  us  and  with  us.  Learn  then,  in  conclusion,  that  to 
rectify,  to  correct  this  besetting  sin  of  selfishness  is  one  of  the 
highest  aims  and  objects  of  our  order.  It  teaches  us  that  there 
is  but  one  family,  the  whole  human  race — and  that  we  are  sent 
here  together — the  rich  and  the  poor — the  haughty'  and  the 
humble— not  as  cumberers  of  the  earth,  but  as  sharers  of  eacli 
other's  burdens.  It  teaches  us  that,  wherever  we  hear  the  sigh 
of  sorrow,  the  moan  of  the  heart-broken,  the  appeal  of  the  des- 
titute, or  the  wail  of  the  miserable,  we  should  be  quick  in  our 
ministrations  of  mercy,  not  i^assing  by  on  the  other  side,  but 
flying  to  relieve.  It  teaches  us  that  we  are  sent  here  to  labor 
for  our  fellow-men,  for  our  age,  tor  our  country.  That,  when 
we  shall  have  passed  away  into  the  stern  realities  of  the  here- 
after, we  may  leave  behind  us  a  name ;  honored  and  beloved 
for  the  good  we  have  sought,  even  if  inellectually,  to  accom- 
plish— for  the  happiness  we  have  striven  to  create — for  the  mis- 
ery we  have  labored  to  ameliorate — a  history  more  valuable  in 
the  sight  of  Him  above  than  that  of  chieftain,  warrior,  or  sage. 
Teaching  such  lessons  within  its  walls — built  on  these  im- 
mutable corner-stones.  Friendship,  Love,  and  Truth,  the  mighty 
fabric  of  Odd-fellowship  rears  its  stately  form  towards  the 
skies ;  and  though  the  storms  of  opposition  may  beat  around 
its  base,  and  tlie  surges  of  prejudice  strive  to  engulph  it  in  the 
billows  that  they  hurl  upon  it,  its  stately  and  majestic  form  will 
still  remain  unharmed  amid  the  contending  tempests;  and 
crumble  into  atoms  only  when  the  earth  upon  which  it  stands 
yields  in  the  wreck  of  matter  and  the  crash  of  worlds.  There 
it  will  stand 

As  some  tall  cliff  that  lifts  its  mighty  form, 
Swells  from  the  vale,  and  midway  leaves  the  storm;  ■ 
Though  round  its  breast  the  rolling  clouds  may  spread, 
Bternal  sunshine  settles  on  its  head. 
Noble  Grand  (to  the  ladies) :     You  will  now  rise. 
Noble  Grand:     Having  entered  within  our  sacred  circle, 
and  assumed  with  us  obligations  like  those  we  have  spoken  of, 
it  now  becomes  my  pleasurable  duty  in  the  closing  ceremony 
of  your  initiation  to  confer  on  you  the  badge  appropriate  to 
this  degree.    It  is  a  pink  and  green  ribbon,  emblematic,  as  you 
well  know,  of  steadfast  Friendship  and  eternal  Love,  twisted  or 
intervvined  together  like  this;  and  this  combination  of  colors 
may  be  tlius  worn  whenever  you  see  fit  to  do  so,  as  a  bow,  a 
collar,  a  bracelet,  or  on  any  part  of  the  dress  as  a  trimming. 
When  you  see  such  a  combination  you  may  prove  the  wearer  as 
has  been  stated  to  you. 

To  Conductor:  You  will  now  present  the  ladies  in  turn, 
and  by  name. 

[As  each  lady  is  presented  she  will  advance  in  front  of  the 
Noble  Grand's  chair,  and  bend  forward  so  that  he  can  invest 
her  gracefully  with  a  badge  or  collar  of  pink  and  green  ribbon 
of  about  an  inch  in  width,  a  number  of  which  must  be  provid- 
ed by  each  lodge  for  this  purpose — kept  in  the  private  recepta- 
cle of  the  degree  books,  and  never  exposed  except  when  con- 
ferring this  degree.  When  the  lodge  is  closed  each  lady  will 
divest  herself  of  this  regalia,  and  leave  it  in  the  lodge.  The 
Noble  Grand  will  confer  the  badge  on  each  lady  separately 
thus — stepping  down  from  his  seat  for  that  purpose.] 

Mrs. ,  receive  this  collar  as  a  token  of  the  De- 
gree of  Rcbekah,  to  which,  in  the  name  and  by  tlie  authority 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd-feilows,  I  now  declare  you 
admitted.  Faithful  to  your  own  obligations,  you  will  ever  find 
us  faithful  to  ours.  Fail  not — falter  not — weary  not  in  well- 
doing. 

Noble  Grand  (resuming) :  I  now  declare  this  Degree  Lodge 
closed  in  Friendship,  Love  and  Truth. 

CLOSING  CEREMONY. 

Noble  Grand  to  the  Lodge:  OlBcers  and  Members:  Our 
business  being  concluded,  you  will  please  be  standing  and  assist 
in  the  performance  of  the  closing  ceremonies. 

[Calls  up.] 

CLOSING  ODE. 

Good  night  I  a  truthful,  kind  adieu ; 

"May  joy  be  with  you  all," 
Who  here  the  social  bond  renew, 

And  love  our  sacred  hall. 

Good  night!    Our  Order's  triple  chain. 

Keep  cvor  strong  and  bright; 
Each  evil  act  and  thought  restrain, 

Adieu  1    Good  night  I    Goodnight! 

Noble  Grand  to  Chaplain :  Our  Worthy  Chaplain  will  please 
perform  the  duties  of  his  ofiice. 

[Prayer  by  Chaplain.] 

Noble  Grand  to  Warden :  Warden,  you  will  please  declare 
this  lodge  closed  in  the  Degree  of  Rebekah. 

Warden :  By  order  of  the  Noble  Grand  I  declare  this  lodge 
closed  in  the  Degree  of  Rebekah. 

Noble  Grand :    Oflicers  and  members,  so  be  it. 

Members:    So  be  it! 

[Noble  Grand  gives  one  rap.] 


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The  followlnK  are  the  latest  adyices: 

Grain  Wheat— Spring,  No.  1 . .  $               99 

"       No.   a 93>4     95H 

"       No.  3 90 

"       Rejected 85 

Corn— No,  2 G."»!4 

Rejected Gt?i 

Oats— No.2 4.3'/4    44 

Rejected il% 

Rye— No.  2 74 

Flour,  Winter.. 5  25       7  75 

Spring  extra 6  00       5  75 

Superfine 3  50       4  75 

Hay— Timothy,  pressed 1100     15  .50 

"          loose 14  00 

Prairie,       "     9  00     12  00 

Lard 14  Ji 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 32  CO 

Butter 23           3J 

Cheese  18          13^ 

KKgs 12            l%% 

Potatoes,  per  brl,  now 1  50       2  00 

Broom  corn .' 04          09 

Seeds— Timothy 2  30        2  70 

Clover C  60       6  70 

Flax   1  75      1  80 

UiDES— Green  and  green  cnred..  09           10 
Full  cured  add  %  percent. 

Lumber— Clear 38  00     65  00 

Common 11  12  00 

Lath 2  25 

Shingles 150       3  50 

WOOL— Washed : 38           63 

Unwashed 27          83 

LIVESTOCK.  Cattle,  extra....  6  25       6  50 

Good  to  choice 5  25       6  10 

Medium 4  50       4  90 

Common 2  60       4  00 

Hogs, 5  00       7  80 

[Sheep 2  50      4  75 

New  York  Market. 

Flour $4  50       9  00 

Wheat 118       137 

Corn 80          93 

Oats 50          55^4 

Rye 90         102 

Laid 14^ 

Mess  pork 23  00 

Butter 21          23 

Ohease 10         13 

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Notice. — All  persons  desirine;  to  consult  with  the 
Oorresponding  Secretary  of  the  N.  C.  A.  conceraing; 
lectures  or  any  oiher  topic  connected  with  the  work 
of  opposing  secret  sccieties,  can  see  him  or  his  as- 
sistant al  the  Christian  Cynosure  office,  No.  13  Wa- 
bash Ave.,  from  9  to  11  o'ciocir,  A.  M.  any  day  in 
the  week  except  Sunday.  C.  A.  Blancuard, 

Gor.  Sec'y. 


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"The  poor  always  ye  have  with  you,"  said  Christ, 
implying-  that  their  necessities  should  never  be  spurned. 
The  free  excursions  to  tlie  country  for  poor  children  in 
several  of  our  large  cities  is  a  commendable  effort  in 
this  direction.  In  New  York  they  have  been  carefully 
managed  by  a  board  of  responsible  business  men  who 
report  that  subscriptions  to  the  fund  this  year  have 
enabled  tlie  trustees  to  give  eleven  excursions,  in  which 
over  22,000  boys  and  girls  have  left  the  hot  and  dustj' 
streets  of  the  city  for  the  country.  These  children 
have  been  well  fed  as  well  as  amused  at  the  small  cost 
of  about  thirty-six  cents  each,  while  the  food  furnished 
has  been  abundant  in  quantity  and  the  best  of  its  kind. 
Two  more  excursions  are  to  be  undertaken  before  the 
season  closes.  In  Chicago  the  project  is  comparatively 
new  and  the  Jidy  conllagration  was  a  temporary 
check,  but  three  successful  excursions  have,  been  given 
by  rail  and  steamer.  One  for  the  children  of  each 
division  of  the  city.  Appetites  whetted  by  want  keenly 
appreciated  the  ride,  the  romp  and  the  refreshments. 
Every  such  brief  acquaintance  with  the  country  is  a 
capital  investment  in  health  and  morals  for  a  great 
city. 


Indian  Wrongs. — Bishop  Whipple,  of  Minnesota, 
Avrites  thus  of  the  abuses  of  aboriginal  rights  in  the 
North-west,  to  which  Gen.  Custer's  raid  into  Dakota 
gives  a  present  and  forcible  interest:  "Over  one-half 
of  our  vast  territory  once  belonged  to  the  Chippewas, 
It  was  an  Indian  paradise.  Its  lakes  and  rivers  were 
filled  with  fish,  and  each  autumn  brought  the  wild  rice, 
God's  manna,  for  the  red  man.  The  forest  and  prairie 
were  full  of  game,  and  the  gaunt  fiimine  never  came 
to  the  hunter's  wigwam.  We  bought  it  all  for  a  few 
cents  an  acre.  We  made  pledges  of  everything  a 
Christian  people  can  do  for  a  heathen  people.  I  Avill 
not  speak  of  the  way  human  cupidity  was  enriched  by 
the  treaty.  We  did  not  keep  our  faith.  Our  politic- 
ians made  the  agencies  the  reward  of  pohtical  favorites. 
We  not  only  permitted  dishonesty  and  fraud — the  fire- 
water flowed  like  a  stream  of  death  into  their  country, 
their  wives  and  daughters  were  corrupted,  and  the 
heathen  were  dragged  to  a  depth  of  degradation  their 
fathers  never  knew.     Worse  than  this ,  while  we  per- 


mitted every  evil  to  destroy  them,  we  left  them  wholly 
without  law.  No  white  man  has  ever  been  punished 
for  the  robbery,  seduction,  or  murder  of  an  Indian. 
We  have  never  attempted  to  give  them  law  to  protect 
the  innocent,  or  punish  the  guilty.  They  have  killed 
each  other  on  the  streets  of  our  cities  and  villages — no 
questions  were  asked.  We  have  never  attempted  to 
redress  their  wrong-^." 


Fall  Politics. — Fourteen  State  governors  are  to  be 
elected  between  September  1st  and  the  3d  of  Novem- 
ber. Two  State  elections  were  held  in  August  for 
congressmen,  and  the  whole  sisterhood  of  the  Union, 
excepting  New  Hampshire,  Connecticut  and  Oregon 
will  follow.  Twenty  of  these  States  also  elect  minor 
State  officers.  To  carry  on  these  elections  there  are 
already  in  the  field  the  Independent,  Republican, 
Democrat  (old  line),  Liberal  Republican  Democrat  and 
Temperance  parties,  which  Avill  work  against  monopo- 
lies, against  the  "war  of  races,"  for  simple  existence, 
for  hard  money,  and  against  the  saloon.  At  the  South 
there  seems  to  be  approaching  a  struggle  for  the  su- 
premacy of  race.  In  the  midst  of  these  conflicting 
elements  another  element  is  showing  a  brighter  hglit 
on  the  sombre  horizon.  Party  independence  and  in- 
telligent use  of  tliQ  ballot  is  more  and  more  talked 
about,  and  it  is  hoped  will  ^become  a  power  against 
which  the  strategy  of  political  charletans  and  beggars 
will  be  blunted. 


Equality  Before  tiik  Law. — Quite  a  number  of 
newspapers  in  commenting  on  the  Civil  Rights  bill 
have  denounced  it  as  an  attem^jt  to  force  the  whites 
into  social  relations  with  blacks.  Such  is  not  its  ob- 
ject and  what  it  really  designs  may  be  seen  by  the  fol- 
lowing incident:  Bishop  Haven,  of  the  M.  E.  church, 
while  traveling  in  Georgia  was  of  course  allowed  a  seat 
in  the  first-class  car,  while  members  of  his  church, 
well  dressed,  well  beliaved  persons,  who  had  paid 
their  fare  and  were  guilty  of  nothing  but  the  color 
God  had  given  them,  were  forced  into  what  Mr,  Haven 
indignantly  denominates  "the  cattle  pen."  This  is 
the  state  of  things  that  the  Civil  Rights  bill  is  designed 
to  correct.  It  says  to  common  carriers  and  all  other 
individuals  and  corporations  transacting  public  busi- 
ness. You  must  not  discriminate  against  a  man  because 
he  is  dark  colored,  or  has  been  oppressed.  It  is  a 
depth  of  injustice  which  devils  might  envy,  to  degrade 
men  and  women  two  hundred  and  fifty  years;  to  whip 
and  brand  and  bruise  them  until  life  is  a  heavy  load 
which  they  would  gladly  lay  down;  to  clothe  them  in 
rags,  to  feed  them  on  pig's  food,  and  put  him  in  the 
penitentiary  who  should  teach  them  to  read;  and 
then  say  you  are  low,  ignorant,  degraded  men  and  so 
you  must  keep  off  by  yourselves  and  ride  in  ''the  cat- 
tle pen,"  while  we,  your  oppressors,  who  stole  and 
whipped  you  and  made  you  ignorant  and  debased,  go 
in  the  first-class  coach.  So  long  as  this  state  of  things 
continue,  there  is  no  equahty  before  the  law  for  black 
men.  So  long  as  this  injustice  is  maintained  there 
will  be  wars  and  rumors  of  wars.  If  the  whites  of  the 
South  do  not  repent  their  centuries  of  cruelty,  and 
even  at  this  late  hour  do  what  is  fair  and  right  by  the 
patient  and  long-suffering  negro,  their  land  will  be 
burned  with  fire  and  sowed  with  salt.  The  curse  of 
God  and  indignation  of  honest  men  will  abide  on  its 
deserted  fields  and  the  wild  beast  of  the  forest  will 
seek  their  prey  in  desolate  cities  whose  foundations 
were  laid  in  blood. 


Patience. 

Let  me  not  dream  In  valudlspalr. 

That  progress  stays  her  steps  for  me; 
The  puny  leverage  of  a  hair 
A  planet's  Impulse  well  may  spare, 
A  drop  of  dew  the  tided  sea. 

Tbo  loss,  if  loea  there  be,  1b  mine ; 

And  yet  not  mine,  if  understood; 
And  one  shall  grasp,  and  one  resign, 
One  drink  life's  rue,  and  one  Its  wine, 

Aud  tJod  shall  make  the  balance  good. 

Oh  power  to  do  1  oh  baffled  will  I 

Oh  prayer  and  action,  yc  arc  one. 
What  may  not  serve  may  yet  fulfill 
The  hardest  task  of  standing  still: 
Aud  good  but  wished,  with  God  is  done. 


W/UUier. 


Yale  Secret  Societies— Their  Effect  on  tlie  Discipline 
aud  Study  of  tlie  College. 


,  [From  the  Boston  Globe,  July  2.] 

New  Havkn,  June  29,  1874. 

At  the  graduates'  dinner  recently  held  at  Alumni 
Hall,  the  venerable  and  much-revered  ex-President 
was  called  upon  to  respond  to  the  toast,  "Yale — Its 
Past,  Preoent  and  Future."  His  remarks  were  very 
facetious  and  full  of  wisdom.  Toward  the  close  of  his 
address,  he  raised  his  voice  in  warning,  urging  that,  in 
the  midst  of  substantial  splendors  rising  around,  care 
must  be  taken  to  maintain  the  vigor  of  the  intellectual 
growth,  to  that  it  should  keep  pace  with  the  material 
developement  of  the  college.  Further  endowments 
of  profesBorshipa  should  be  made,  new  scholarships 
established,  so  that  the  price  of  tuition  need  not  be 
raised ;  for  the  college  was  intended  not  merely  for  the 
sons  of  the  rich,  but  for  the  sons  of  the  poor  as  well. 
This  had  been,  and  always  should  be,  the  policy  of 
the  institution. 

It  is  true  that  the  college  has  always  been  pervaded 
with  a  democratic  spirit,  and  the  rich  and  the  pooi  have 
stood  on  equal  footing;  but  this  has  of  late  years  been 
changed  to  a  considerable  extent  by  the  existence  o" 
secret  societies  within  her  borders,  which  modify  some- 
what the  old  time  rule  of  equality.  At  the  alumni 
meeting,  last  summer,  a  loud  and  vigorous  protest  was 
raised  by  the  old  graduates  against  the  secret  societies, 
particularly  the  societies  of  Senior  year,  because  to 
their  growth  in  power  and  influence  was  mainly  attrib- 
uted the  gradual  decay  and  final  overthrow  of  the  open 
literary  societies,  Livonia  and  Brothers  in  Unity. 
Several  prominent  graduates  urged  most  eloquently 
that  the  ancient  literary  societies  should  be  revived, 
and  demanded  the  abolition,  if  it  were  necessary,  of 
all  class,  narrow  and  exclusive  secret  organizations 
which  might  prevent  their  resuscitation  and  retard 
their  growth.  It  was  universally  conceded,  and  is,  to- 
day, by  everybody  at  all  conversant  with  college  affairs, 
that  the  secret  societies,  particularly  the  Senior  society 
of  Skull  and  Bones,  and  a  rival  organization  of  later 
birth,  and  a  feeble  imitation,  Scroll  and  Key,  were 
mainly  instrumental  in  bringing  about  their  destruc- 
tion. 

It  would  certainly  seem  as  though  some  remedy 
ought  to  be  proposed  for  the  wrongs,  injuries  and 
mischiefs  entailed  by  the  secret  eocieties;  for  not  alone 
have  their  evil  workings  resulted  in  the  overthrow  of 
the  open  societies,  but  their  deadly  influence  is  exhib- 
ited in  numberless  other  directions.  In  the  Fresh- 
man societies  but  little  harm  is  done  because  they  are 
not  of  an  exclusive  character,  and  the  exercises  are  al- 
most wholly  of  a  literary  nature.  They  are  instituti  one 
of  a  mild  and  inoffepsive  type.^  The    Sophomore  so- 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


cietiesare,   however,  almost  wholly   given  up  to  the 
species  of  entertainment  which,  in  the  popular  slang 
phrase,  Is  denoaainatod    "bumming,"  and  with  thcni 
begins  the  process  of  selection.     The   Junior  societicB 
are  devoted  p-irlly  to  literary  culture,  and  partially  to 
the'  cultivation  of  conviviality.     In  this   year  somo  of 
the  worst  features  of  the  system  crop  out.     Much  in- 
justice is  done  by  the  coalitions.  Holy  or  un-Holy  Al- 
liances on  a  small  scale,   in  which  two   societies  join 
against  the  non-society  men  or  neutrah;  or  one  societv 
with  the  neutrals  agninst  the  other  society   in  parcel- 
ling out  the  lion's  share  of  the  elective    class   honors. 
This  last-named  evil  appears  also  in  the  societiea  of 
Senior  year,  although  it   is  only  one  and  among    the 
least  of  their  many  disagreeable    and   injurious   fea- 
tures.    They  are  in  number  only   two,  and  the  mem 
bersbip  of  each   ia   limited   to  fifteen,  but  in  wealth, 
power,  exclusiveneos  and  a  certain    haughty    intoler- 
ance they  are  beyond  comparison.      Indeed,    they  are 
nothing  more  nor   leES  than   two   aristocraciec   whicli 
are  destroying  root  and  branch  the.Bpiritof  democratic 
equdity,   wliich    has   been  old   Yale's    proudest   and 
highest  title  to  distinction.      One  of  these  societies, 
Skull  and  Bones,  was  founded  ia    1883,  although    it 
puts  in,  not  out,  a  claim  of  antiquity  extending    back 
to  somewhere  near  the  time  of  the  deluge.     Scroll 
and   Key  was  not  organized  until  1852.     The   latter 
society  is  much  inferior  in  prestige  to  the  former,  but 
both    together  wield  a  terrible  and  greatly  dispropor- 
tionate power  in  all  college  affairs.     This  is  not  known? 
or,  at  leaatj  fully  understood  and  appreciated  by  the 
older  graduates.     The  old   members  talk  quite  freely 
in  regard  to  thu  societies  and  discuss  their  distinctive 
features  with  little  reservation,  but  the  active  members 
and  graduates  of  only  a  few  years  standing  assume  au 
air  of  lofty  superiority,  which,  if  latent,  is  always,  al 
least,  perceptible.     The  slightest  allusion  to  the  socie- 
ty, either  in  name  or  existence,    is  considered   ia  the 
light  of  an  affront,  which  he  who  receives  at  once  re- 
sents by  taking  his  departure.     Poor  offended  mortals ! 
What  an  outrage  on  courtesy,  to  say  nothing  of  decen- 
cy and  self-respect,  this  law  of  silence  imposes  upon 
him  who  is  in  every  way  the  equal  of  the  gentleman 
who  demands  its  observance  ia    his  august   presence ! 
The  rule  of  silence   is  often  exacted  by   graduates  of 
many  years'  standing,    to  their  infinite  shame,   be  it 
said.     The  matter  would   be  trivial  and  of   little  mo 
ment  were  it  not  a  most  striking  illustration  of  the  big- 
oted intolerance  of   these  societies  which  in  this  way 
seek  to  overwhelm  and  overawe  and  keep  at  a  distance 
public  opinion.     Yet  the  charm  is  powerful    while' it 
lasts,  and   the  weak  or  ignorant  or  easily  terrified  are 
crushed  into  insignificance,  while  all  others,  from  mo- 
tives of  good  breeding,  abstain  from  offendiog.     This 
bauble  of  mystery,  it  is  true,  loses  much  of  the '  force 
of  its  attraction   as  the    years  roll  on,  but,  for   the 
time  being,  it  is  omnipotent.     This  injury  is  wrought 
before  the  novelty  has  worn  off.     The  confidence  and 
independence  of  the  individual  is  liable  to  be  impaired 
from  the  very  nature  of  a  college  training  and  discip- 
line which   is  at  all   strict  and    rigorous,  and   it  mus 
be   both    strict  and   rigorous  to  be  of   worth;  but   it 
would  certainly  seem  that  outside  and  factitious  influ- 
ences should  not  aggravate  and  intensify  this  tendency. 
Thes3  are  personal  matters  apparently,  but  they  serve 
to  explain  the   deep,  bitter   and  constantly    growing 
indignation  which  the  law  of  silence,  the  air  of  super- 
iority and  the   clannish  spirit   have   aroused   against 
the  societies,  which  finds  vent  in  expressions  both  loud 
and  deep  at  ail   times  and  places.     Why   should   two 
sets  of  young  men  selected  as  members  of  two  collecre 
societies,  whether  because  of  real   talent  or   ability, 
precociously  displayed,  or  because  of  wealth  inherited , 
or  social  qualities  early  developed,  arrogate    to  them- 
selves so  much    consideration,   elevate   themselves  al- 
most to  the  rank  of  derai-gods,  assume  more  privileges 
and  immunities   than  so  many   Emperors   of  China? 
It  is  not  to  be  denied,  however,  that  the  tacit  consent 
of  th«  students  and  the  silent  approval  of  the  faculty 
hav«  encouraged  the  loftiness  of  their  pretentions.     It 
ia  not  to  be  denied  that  the   honor  of  an  election   is 


esteemed   the   highest  boon  college  affords. 


there  any  good,  substantial  reason  for  it?  Indeed,  is 
it  not  rather  an  anomaly  that  so  much  stress  and  im- 
portance should  be  attached  to  so  simple  a  matter? 
ft  is  au  unhealthy  state  in  the  college  body  politic, 
and  the  excresceBcs  which  ccc;«ion  it  should  be  lopped 
off. 

This  feeling  against  the  societies  has  been  gaining 
ground  with  their  growth  in  hauteur  and  arrogance  and 
power.  The  students,  last  fall,  published  a  paper  called 
the  Iconodasi,  which  made  fierce  attacks  upon  their 
selfish  indifference  and  assumptions  of  superiority. 
When  the  elections  are  given  out,  the  whole  college 
world  is  in  a  turmoil  of  uproar  and  confusion,  which 
breeds  disorder  and  almost  riot.  At  the  initiation, 
this  summer,  the  neutra'e,  gathered  about  the  hall  of 
Skull  and  Bones,  occisioned  so  great  a  disturbance 
that  the  active  iuterference  of  a  professor  and  the  po- 
lice was  required  to  disperse  the  ss3cmll:ige.  A 
member  of  one  Senior  society,  who  had  sanguiuely 
expected  some  position  to  be  bestowed  by  the  class 
frcim  which  he  v/as  debarred  because  of  a  coalition  be- 
tween the  other  society  and  the  neutrals,  refused  to 
attend  his  class  reunion,  several  years  after  graduation, 
and  wrote  to  the  secretary  declaring  that  he  wished  the 
cla?s  to  consider  his  connection  with  them  severed  for- 
ever. Another  gentleman  of  ability  and  good  standing, 
i'ailing  to  secure  an  election  which  he  thought  he  de- 
served, left  his  cliss,  and,  after  an  absence  of  a  year, 
joined  the  next  class,  just  in  season  to  secure  the  cov- 
eted honor.  Such  is  the  power  and  influence  nnd 
prestige  of  those  societies  that  to  be  in  them  is  every- 
thing; to  be  without  their  sacred  and  mystical  borders 
13  nothing. 

Then  the  organiz'^d  power  of  these  two  cliques  ex- 
erted actively,  or  only  silently  felt,  carries  too  great 
weight.  A  fundamental  rule  of  Skull  and  Bones  forbids 
the  united  action  of  th«  society  in  political  matters, 
but  pTactically  it  amounts  to  nothing.  Their  control 
is  apparent,  not  merely  in  the  distributiou  of  honors 
in  college,  but  in  all  matters  outside  and  after  gradu- 
ation. The  evils  they  inflict  are  not  merely  present 
and  future,  but  they  strike  back  and  affect  the  class 
from  which  the  selection  of  membership  is  to  be  made. 
The  honor  of  au  election  is  so  great  that  the  Juniors 
strive  by  every  means,  fair  and  un  fair,  to  achieve  the 
successful  dietinction.  This  frequently  is  productive 
of  the  most  disgusting  toadyism  and  disreputable 
tricks.  It  is  true,  it  also  serves  to  stimulate  the  de- 
velopement  of  talent;  fjr  Skull  and  Bones— I  beg  par- 
don, the  so-called  scciety  of  Skull  and  Bonos — the 
most  pernicious  and  objectionable  of  the  two,  so  far 
as  its  cximple  is  concerned — is,  family  reasons  apart 
or  the  hereditary  qualification  left  out,  quite  fiir  in 
the  mode  of  determining  its  membership.  It  casts 
about  for  the  fifteen  men  which  it  esteems  the  best  in 
the  lower  class,  and  to  each  of  these  an  election  is  of- 
fered by  some  single  member  of  the  august  fraternity 
ucder  cover  of  a  dark  lantern,  with,  I  believe,  one 
minute  allowed  for  a  decision.  It  seeks  three  qualifi- 
cations— ability,  sociability,  wealth ;  a  combination  of 
the  three  or  of  two,  if  possible.  There  is,  moreover, 
one  most  excellent  feature  in  this  society.  The  poor 
man  within  her  walls,  when  the  case  occur.",  is  never 
made  to  feel  his  poverty.  His  endowments  arc  am- 
ple. 

Indeed,  the  wealth  of  these  several  societies  is  one 
of  the  most  difficult  (juestions  to  consider  in  dealing 
with  them.  The  Skull  and  Bones  Club  own  a  window- 
less  building  of  free-stone  on  High  street,  which  cost 
$15,000  in  the  days  when  labor  and  material  were 
cheap.  Much  money  has  since  been  lavished  upon  it. 
The  interior  is  furnished  in  a  style  of  sumptuous  mag- 
nificence. The  building  with  the  lot  upon  which  it 
stands  is  probably  worth,  to-day,  at  least,  $30,000. 
Its  endowments  are  ample.  The  society  was  incorpor- 
ated in  185G  under  the  name  of  the  Russell  Trust 
Association,  with  power  to  hold  property,  real,  per- 
sonal and  mixed,  to  the  value  of  $16,000.  In  July, 
1870,  an  additional  act  was  passed  allowing  the  asso- 
ciation to  hold  property  to  tho  amount  of   $350,000. 


der  the  name  of  the  Kingelcy  Trust  Association,  with 
power  CO  hold  property  to  the  amount  of  $20,000. 
[n  June,  1808,  additional  legislation  authorized  the 
association  to  hold  property  to  the  value  of  §50,000, 
and  in  1870  the  aesociation,  by  au  act  of  the  Connecti 
cut  Legislature ,  was  authorized  to  hold  real  estate  and 
other  species  of  property  to  the  amount  of  $300,000. 
The  latter  society  has  an  elegint  and  elaborately  or- 
namented hall,  of  white  marble,  on  College  street, 
which  cost  at  least  $60,000.  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon, 
one  of  the  Junior  societies,  has  a  hail  on  York  steet 
which  cost  $12,000.  Pa  Upsilon  has,  within  two  or 
three  years,  erected  a  building  after  the  usual  society 
mode',  on  High  street,  which  cost  probably  $25,000. 
It  is  not  pretended  that  figures  are  stated  with  abso- 
lute exactness.  Neither  of  the  Junior  societies  have 
any  considerable  endowments,  however.  Without 
doubt  the  property  of  the  several  societies  would 
amount  to  at  least  $200,000.  Is  it  not  natural  to 
suppose,  therefore,  that  the  allurement  of  wealth  is 
somewhat  greater  than  the  inducement  of  poverty  in 
the  selection  of  membership  ?  It  is  not  too  much,  per- 
haps, to  add  that  the  Wookey  Fund,  that  most  noble 
benefaction  and  monument  ever  proposed  for  the  col- 
lege, would  have  been  much  increased  had  iit  not  been 
for  these  societies,  which  have  claimed  so  large  a  share 
of  pecuniary  favor?  Their  possessions  are  now  so 
numerous  and  their  power  so  great  that  a  decree  of 
the  faculty  suppressing  their  existence  and  diverting 
their  property,  although  this  latter  proceeding  might 
not  easily  be  accomplished  without  subverting  the 
government  of  Connecticut,  would  probably  meet 
with  as  much  opposition  as  the  decree  of  Henry  VIII. 
abolishing  the  monasl/ic  title. 

Affairs  are,  however,  coming  to  a  crisis  when  some 
remedy  must  be  proposed.  These  overgrown  and 
bloated  little  aristocracies  are  destroying  the  true  Yale 
spirit.  They  elevate  themselves  above  class  and  col- 
lege. It  requires  all  the  love  and  devotion  developed 
in  the  non-society  graduates  while  under  the  foster- 
ing care  of  their  grand  old  Almv  Mater,  and  of  grati- 
tude Eince  experienced  for  obligations  to  revisit  her, 
so  repugnant  and  disagreeable  is  the  action  and  bear- 
ing of  these  societies,  so  haughty  and  insolent  and 
self-sufTicient  their  claim  to  superiority.  Their  power, 
or  the  power  of  one,  at  Ieas%  is  deeply  grounded  in 
the  councils  of  the  faculty.  Hence,  whispers  of  favor- 
itism are  heard,  which,  utterly  untrue  and  without 
foundation,  except  as  proceeds  from  silent  sympathy 
and  the  law  of  associations,  are  nevertheless  miscbiev- 
ious  in  rumor,  and  tend  to  injure  the  morale  of  the 
undergraduate,  to  tho  detriment  of  the  best  interest  of 
the  colleges. 

Is  it  not  about  time  that  the  scales  should  be  pluck- 
ed from  the  eyes  of  the  undergraduate  ?     Ought  not 
real  merit  to  be  made  the  test  from  the  beginning  to 
the  very  end  of   the  college  course,   instead  of  having 
quite  so  much  veneration  and  worship  paid  to  two  so- 
cieties ?     What  matters  it  if  the  hail  of   one  contains 
some  corrugated  old  skull  and  cross  bones,  dubbed  the 
akull   of  Demosthenes,    a   truly   Pythagorean    fable, 
which  is  sacredly  guarded  within  its  precincts  ?    What 
matters  it  that  the  gold  emblem    of  a  skull  and  cross 
bones  each    member  wears  on  his  persof,    right  and 
day,  in  the  most  foolish  and  ridiculous  fashion,  is  typ- 
ical of  that  skull,  and  the  figures  denote  thai  the  society 
was  first  established  322  years  B.  C.  ?  the  worst  bosh 
and  nonsense  extant.   Let  them  prove  their  antiquity, 
that  we  may  bow  down  and  do  them  proper  homage.  Yet 
is  any  one,  would  any  one,  be  wiser  or  better  for  such 
truly  supernatural  knowledge?     ''Knowledge  comes, 
but  wisdom  lingers, "     Would  it   not  be   much  better 
and  fairer  to  divide  the  whole  Senior  class  between  the 
two  societies?     Thus  might  be  done  away  with  all  the 
preposterous  nonsense,  the  ridiculous  absurdities,  the 
insults  which,  as  they  are  at  present  constituted,  they 
are  ever  offering  to  equals,  possibly  equals.   So  might  be 
inaugurated  the  -era  of    fair  play,  equality  and  courtesy 
and  regard  for  others,  that  first  rule  of  good  breeding. 
All  might  be  partakers  and  sharers  in  their  benefits  and 
dread  mysteries,  and  secret  wisdom  and   pleasant  ea- 


But  is j  Scroll  and  Key  was  incorporatdd,  May  30,    18C9,  un-  terlainments  and  delightful  gatherings  to  enjoy  bone 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


teas.  So  might  Livonia  live  again  ia  the  guise  of 
Skull  and  Bonep,  and  her  light  gleam  through  those 
empty  sockets,  and  a  miscellaneous  band  of  brothers 
united  be  enrolled  on  the  cabalistical  tablet  of  Scroll 
and  Key.  Probably;  though  the  powers  that  be  will 
not  act  upon  or  heed  in  any  way  the  advice  so  ireely 
and  kindly  cffjred,  and  the  storm  of  indignation  nmst 
still  gather  aad  accumulate  against  these  societies  un- 
til they  are  swept  out  of  existence. 


Fellowshiping  Frccnuasonry  Viowod  from  Iho  Stand- 
poiut  of  a  Baptist* 


BT  NATHAN  CALLENDER. 

That  this  question  of  sacramental  communion  is  just 
now  attracting  unusual  attention  in  our  own  churches, 
and  in  many  of  the  other  orthodox  bodies,  is  too  well 
known  to  demand  proof,  or  even  statement.  We  are 
not  now  so  anxious  to  settle  the  question  as  to  the 
Scriptural  rectitude  of  the  practice  of  the  regular  ( ?) 
Baptists  upon  this  subject,  us  to  inquire  whether  our 
course  is  regular  and  consistent. 

That  we  do  not,  as  a  denomination,  hold  sacrainenta^ 
communion  with  churches  which  we  love  and  honor  as 
Christ's  people,  is  a  fact,  made  conspicuous  by  its 
seeming  inconsistency.  Whether  or  not  there  is  any 
wrong  in  this,  there  is,  to  my  m'nd,  a  gross  inconsis- 
tency in  the  practice  of  such  of  our  churches  as  refus( 
the  sacrament  to  the  most  evangelical  and  godly  of 
Pe do-baptists,  because  they  do  not  see  with  us  on  the 
subject  of  baptism  and  church  polity,  and  then  extend 
the  hand  of  church  fellowship  to  Freemasons,  Odd-fel- 
lows, etc.,  and  make  them  our  deacons  and  pastors. 

Freemasonry  is  a  religion  as  really  and  obviously  as 
is  the  papal  rehgion.  By  its  standard  books  it  claims 
to  do  for  man  all  that  Romanism  does,  and  has  every 
essential  feature  of  a  religion.  Its  lodge  service  is 
woKSHip,  as  much  so  as  the  acts  of  devotion  now  in 
use  by  the  Roman  Catholics,  differing  only  in  the  fact 
that  lodge  woi-ship  is  far  less  orthodox  and  Scriptural 
than  the  papal.  This  we  hold  ourselves  ready  to  prove. 
Regular  Baptists,  then,  can  commune  with  members  of 
the  Masonic  church,  take  them  to  be  their  deacons  and 
pastors,  though  less  evangelical  than  the  devotees  of 
the  papacy,  while  at  the  same  time  they  refuse  the 
sacramental  emblems  to  the  most  devoted  and  godly  of 
Presbyterians  or  Congregationalists! 

If  this  is  not  a  monstrous  inconsistency  then  the 
eyes  of  my  undei-standing  are  of  no  more  use  to  me 
than  the  sightless  eyes  of  a  blind  man.  As  a  regular 
Baptist,  I  challenge  our  doctors,  who  fellowship  the 
Baal-worship  of  the  lodge  and  then  turn  their  backs 
on  men  of  unquestionable  godliness  and  soundness  in 
the  Christian  faith,  to  defend  their  strangely  inconsist- 
ent proceedure  if  there  is  any  plea  for  it.  Their  plea 
for  fellowshiping  the  religion  of  the  lodge  bewilders 
me. 


An  Old  Man's  Dream. 


BY  K,    B.    R. 

A  few  nights  since,  while  a  lodge  of  grangers  were 
assembled  near  my  house,  and  the  frogs  were  musical 
in  A  mill-pond  contiguous,  I  was  sleeping  in  my  room 
alone;  and  in  my  slumbers  J  dreamed  that  I  heard  a 
conglomeration  of  noises,  and  inquired  what  it  was. 
And  I  heard  a  voice  saying.  It  is  the  peeping  of  the 
three  unclean  spirits  like  frogs,  coming  out  of  the 
mouth  of  the  dragon,  and  out  of  the  mouth  of  the 
beast,  and  out  of  the  mouth  cf  the  false  prophet.  I 
the  innquired,  What  are  those  three  unclean  Bpirits! 
And  the  voice  answered,  saying,  They  are  Jesuitism, 
Freemasonry,  and  Spiritualism:  and  they  are  now  go- 
ing forth  unto  the  kings  of  the  earth  and  of  the  world 
to  gather  Ihem  to  the  battle  of  that  fi;reat  day  of  God 
Almighty. 

I  then  walked  down  to  the  pond  to  see  them,  but 
the  stagnant  waters  were  so  full  of  green  slime  that 
I  could  not  discoYer  them;  and  I  remarked  they  had 
BO  polluted  the  water  that  I  could  not  see  them.  To 
which  the  voice  replied,  They  are  amphibiouB,  and 
like  stagnant  waters  better  than  pure,  clean,  running 
waters;  for  they  are  spirits  of  devils. 


I  then  walked  up  toward  the  place  where  the 
grangers  were  operating,  and  eaw  a  very  small  puddle 
of  water  drying  up,  and  on  the  bottom  of  it  a  multi- 
tude of  small  fungous  animals  wiggling  in  and  out  of 
the  mudJ}?  water.  And  the  voice  said.  They  are  the 
progeny  of  Jesuitism,  Freemasonry  and  Spiritualism, 
properly  called  the  tadpol*js,  and  when  their  legs  grow 
out,  and  they  shed  their  tails,  they  will  be  frogs,  and 
peep  and  mutter.  And  I  asked,  What  are  they  ? 
And  the  voice  which  spoke  unto  me  said.  They  are  the 
youn;)-  secret  societies,  instigated  by  the  policy  of 
secret  oath-bound  societies,  and  they  are  rightly  nam- 
ed legion;  for  there  are  verily  a  thousand  and  one  of 
them  got  up  by  clandosiine  m;inagement  to  cover  the 
deformities  of  their  progenitors,  aad  to  serve  aa  pri- 
mary nurseries  to  raake  recruits  for  their  parent  fra- 
ternities. And  though  many  of  them  may  apostalize, 
like  Eome  tadpoles  that  die  out  when  tht  ir  dirty  waters 
die  up;  yet  some  that  have  been  pampered  with 
promotions  and  lucrative  gain,  will,  like  prosperouB 
tadpolee,  become  frogs,  by  metamorphosing  into  some 
of  the  parent  fratcrniiies,  and  engage  in  the  diabolical 
work  of  the  unclean  spirits  in  Armageddon. 

Bfciug  awakened  by  the  rattling  of  the  carriages, 
when  the  lodge  of  grangers  broke  up,  I  considered 
the  vision,  and  lo!  it  wac  a  dream. 

Oa  reviewing  my  dream,  I  ?-m  impreBScd  with  the 
fact  that  Jesuitism,  Freemasonry  and  Spiritualism  are 
the  only  clandestine  hierarchies  that  extend  to  the 
kings  of  the  earth  and  of  the  whole  world  to  instigate 
opposition  to  pure  Christv?,tiity. 

t'urityand  Feace.^^ 


"Anything  for  peace."  "V/o  do  not  want  any 
difficulty."  "Anything  rather  than  have  a  fuss.'' 
Such  are  some  of  the  pleas  of  time-servers  aad  chick- 
en-hearted leaders,  who,  to  avoid  reproach,  retain  po- 
sition, or  secure  the  praise  of  men,  consent  to  white- 
wash, and  cover,  and  conceal,  and  tolerate  sins,  er- 
rors, and  wrongs,  against  which  they  should  pour 
forth  their  earnest  protest  in  behalf  of  truth  and  right- 
eousness, and  their  indignant  rebuke  iigainst  craft  and 
iniquity. 

Their  pohcy  is  wrong  and  ineffectusl.  Their  effort-B 
fail,  and  deserve  to  fail.  They  sell  out  truth  and 
principle  for  place  and  pelf,  and  the  peace  that  they 
patch  up  u=?ually  ends  in  the  fiercest  warfare.  Their 
daubing  with  untempurcd  mortar  is  vain;  the  wall 
they  have  builded  falls,  and  they  are  buried  in  its 
ruins. 

"If  we  publish  this  we  shall  have  a  fuss,"  said  nn 
editor  to  one  who  importuned  him  to  admit  to  his  col- 
umns a  stern  rebuke  of  error  and  false  doctrine  which 
was  being  spread  on  every  side. 

"Don't  you  know  that  you  have  got  to  have  'a  fuss,' 
and  the  sooner  you  have  it  the  less  you  will  have  of 
its"  was  the  instant  reply. 

But  the  man  who  feared  'a  fuss'  had  his  way,  and 
the  first  he  knew  he  was  tumbled  neck  and  heels  out 
of  his  place ,  his  chair  was  filled  by  an  advocate  of  the 
very  notion  that  he  had  feared  to  attack,  and  mis- 
chief was  done  such  as  only  the  day  of  judgment  can 
reveal;  in  the  spread  of  error,  which  has  since  been  re- 
pudiated by  some  of  these  who  were  foremost  in  its 
advocacy,  but  who  are  powerless  to  undo  the  damage 
which  they  have  inflicted. 

There  is  no  peace  to  the  wicked,  and  there  is  no 
peace  to  be  madi  with  wickedness.  God  has  sent  his 
servants  into  this  world  to  fight  the  fight  of  faith,  not 
to  make  leagues  withAmalek;  to  wield  the  sword  of 
the  Spirit,  not  to  enter  into  treaties  with  the  Canaan- 
ite?,  nor  to  wink  at  their  abominations.  Gad  will  nev- 
er make  bargains  with  sin  nor  Sitan,  and  Satan  will 
never  keep  promise  with  God  nor  man,  no  matter 
what  he  may  agree  to.  Crafty  men  may  patch  up 
compromises,  besme-:ir  each  other  with  lying  compli- 
ments, and  flatter  Christians  into sgreements  and  con- 
cetssions,  but  all  treaties  between  good  and  evil,  be- 
tween right  and  wrong,  are  without  authority  on  the  part 
of  God,  and  without  force  on  the  part  of  Satan.  When- 
ever Christians  trade  with  the  davil,  they  get  cheated. 
No  matter  what  the  terms  are,  no  matter  how  fair  the 


understanding  is,  no  matter  how  good  a  bargain  Sa- 
tan makes,  the  result  is  ever  the  same.  Whoever 
djes  business  with  the  d-ivil  is  bound  to  get  "b-^at." 
He  is  tooshrevsd  for  mortals  to  deal  with;  he  cannot 
be  conquered  with  his  own  weapons;  there  is  but  one 
way,  do  right,  mnke  no  bargains,  stand  firm  as  a  rock, 
have  no  fellowship  with  ths  unfruitful  works  of  dark- 
ness, resist  evi',  aad  trust  in  G)d.  The  safe  way  is 
the  right  way;  first  pure  then  peaceable.  This  is 
wisdom's  way;  the  way  of  the  wisd)mthat  com^th 
from  above.  Do  not  be  deceived  with  pleas  for  peace 
and  harmony.  Do  not  mistake  cowardice  for  long- 
suffering.  You  may  abandon  your  rights,  but  you 
must  not  sell  out  the  Lord's.  You  may  yie'd  your 
prefcrencis  for  peace's  Fake,  but  you  must  not  barter 
away  God's  eternal  truth;  nor  consent  to  sin  or  wrong 
in  any  form.  Do  right,  or  do  nothing.  Have  no 
parley  with  the  devil;  no  follow ihip  w  th  his  works; 
no  compromise  with  wrong,  or  craft,  or  guile.  Live 
so  tliat  cralty  schemers  cannot  use  you,  and  dire  not 
undertake  it.  Do  nothing  that  you  arc  a3hamed  of. 
Do  nothing  in  secret,  nor  by  craft,  which  you  dare 
not  do  openly  and  avowedly.  And  do  not  try  to  evade 
the  just  confiequencc's  cf  your  own  acts;  but  accept 
them  manfully,  bear  the  blame  that  belonas  to  you, 
and  seek  to  do  better  in  the  future,  finding  strength 
in  the  intergity  of  an  honest  heart  and  a  righteous 
purpose. 

This  may  cost  something,  but  any  other  course  will 
eventually  cost  much  more.  When  once  your  feet 
have  found  rest  upon  the  eternal  rock  of  truth  and 
rigliieousness,  you  have  fought  a  hund'-td  battles  in 
one,  and  gained  a  victory  that  will  give  you  joy  for- 
ever. Men  who  deal  in  tricks  and  lies,  in  frauds  and 
jobbery. ,  will  bw  repelled  from  your  very  presence, 
and  win  slink  away  into  dirkness  with  their  craltineBS 
and  guile,  for  you  will  be  known  as  one  who  cannot  be 
bought  nor  flittered,  and  the  tempters  will  not  even 
dare  to  approach  you  with  their  bribe?. 

"I  have  heard,"  said  Senator  Sumner  one  day, 
''that  there  is  corruption  in  Wa8hins;ton.  I  have 
lived  in  Washington  many  years,  and  have  seen  no 
corruption.^''  Once  out  of  the  region  of  fogs,  jobs, 
hypocrisies,  lies,  and  villlanies,  and  you  have  sunshine 
and  peace.  But  there  is  no  peace  possible  with  lies, 
mid  sins,  and  deviltries  covered  up  at  the  'bottom. 
The  house  ia  on  the  sand,  and  it  will  surely  f;ill. 
Wickedness  ends  in  war.  It  has  been  said,  "There 
never  was  a  he  but  what  ended  in  a  broken  hesd  for 
somebody."  Sooner  or  later  the  dire  result  is  reached, 
the  bitter  ftuit  is  borne.  The  hail  shsll  sweep  away 
the  refuges  of  lies,  and  the  waters  shall  overflow  the 
hiding  places,  ai:;d  the  storms  of  judgment  sha'l  batter 
into  eiernnl  ruin  every  structure  of  human  pride  and 
hope  which  haa  been  f  lunded  upon  craft  and  false- 
hood, upon  trickery  and  deception.  But  with  truth 
as  a  fouDditioa,  the  superstructure  is  secure;  for  "the 
work  of  righteousness  shall  be, peace,  and  the  effoct  of  . 
righteousness,  quietness  and  assurance  for  ever." 
Isa.  xxxii,  ll.—The  Christian. 


A  softened  phraseology  may  suit  the  tastes  of  a 
degenerate  age,,  but  it  kindles  no  inspiration,  corrects 
no  great  wrong,  conquers  no  giant  evil.  Rugged  men, 
like  John  the  Baptist,  Luther,  Calvio,  John  Knox, 
Hugh  Latimer,  and  John  Wesley  have  been  the 
world's  reformers.  Every  one  of  them  was  a  the- 
ologian who  believed  and  preached  and,  fought  for  the 
pure  dc^trines  of  the  Word  of  God.  Sentimental  opin- 
ions, diluted  interpretations  of  holy  Scripture,  indiffer- 
ence to  the  primal  principles  of  religion  without  re- 
gard to  the  analogy  of  faith  .and  the  history  of  doctrine, 
never  yet  made  any  positive  mark  in  the  church  of 
God.  Creedless  cburches  do  not  grow.  Negative 
preaching  does  not  feed  the  soul.  "Liberal  Christ- 
ianity" has  little  or  no  reproductive  power.  With 
the  disguise  of  the  terms  conversion,  regeneration,  and 
other  cardinal  words,  it  has  lost  everything  which  they 
signify;  and  it  ia  dying  of  inaction.  Humanitarian 
Cnristianity  exaults'man,  but  lowers  the  scriptural 
ideas  of  God  and.of  redemption.  It  boasts  of  its  widen- 
ing horizon,  but  its  vision,  is  earth-bound.  It  has  no 
evangelizing  spirit  or  strength.  It  only  leaves  the 
pagan  in  his  blindness.  The  nations  cf  the  earth 
would  never  have  had  the  Bible  in  their  own  tongues 
had  its  translation  been-  left  to  the  "blind  guides" 
who  ignore  the  great  commission  as  persistently  as 
they  oppose  th$  entire  evangelical  system  of  faith. 
We  greatly  mistake  the  tendency  of  human  nature  if 
those  who  are  not  clamoring  ag^nst  theology  do  not 
rapidly  drift  into  the  same  channel  of  inefficient  relig- 
ionism-—  Christian  JnteUigence'r. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


To  All  Indianiaus. 


LiGONlBK,    lud. 

Dear  Bkkthkkn  : — Not  quite  a  year 
Lao  passed  since  wo  organized  a  State 
Association  for  the  purpose  of  bringing 
to  bear  a  united  eflort  against  the  hyd- 
ra-head of  secretism  as  it  exists  in  our 
State  and  nation.  Our  first  annual 
meeting  will  be  held  soon,  and  we  de- 
sire the  co-operation  of  every  reader  of 
the  Cynosure,  and  as  many  more  as 
we  can  gat,  to  make  this  meeting  a  suc- 
cess. 

What  is  desired  ofycuis,  that  you 
call  a  church  or  neighborhood  meeting 
at  once,  and  sec  to  having  one  or  more 
d'ilogites  elected  to  attend  the  State 
meeting,  and  a  way  provided  for  them 
to  attend  it.  If  there  is  not  suf- 
ficient interest  in  your  community  to 
warrant  you  in  calling  a  meeting,  then 
come  yourself,  if  at  all  practicable. 

Besides  this,  in  order  to  succesefully 
prosecute  its  work,  the  State  Asso- 
ciation 

NKED3    yUND3. 

Can  you  not  secure  a  small  amount 
and  send  to  Peter  Rich,  Westfield, 
Hamilton  county,  Ind?  Send  twenty- 
five  cents,  fifty  cents,  or  one  or  more  dol- 
lars, and  get  aa  many  more  to  contrib- 
ute as  you  can.  Consider  this  an  ap- 
peal to  yourself  and  attend  to  it  imme- 
diately, last  it  be  neglected  or  forgot- 
ten. In  all  probability,  the  meetiug 
will  be  at  Xenia,  Miamia  Co. ,  about  the 
Ist  of  October.  Let  us  work,  brethren, 
and  look  to  God  for  a  blessed  time. 
Yours  sincerely, 
John  T.  Kiggins, 

State  Agent. 


\t\m\  Mm, 


Lectures  iu  Warren  County,  111. 

Alexis,  Warren  Co.,  111.        [ 
Aug.  2G,  1874,  \ 
I  wish  to  say  through  your  columns 
that  brother  Kiggins  delivered  two  lec- 
tures in  this  town  the    6th    and  7th  of 
this  mouth  on  the  suiiject   of  Masonry. 
The     first    lecture    was  in    the  U.    B. 
church    to  a   large    audience,   quite   a 
number  of  whom  were  Masons  and  Odd- 
fellows.    This  lecture  was  rather  of  an 
introductory  character,    perparatory  to 
the  second  evening.     Brother  Kisro-ina 
told  his  audience  how  a  man  was  made 
a  Mason,  gave  an  outline  of  the  foolish 
ceremonies  of  the  lodge,  and  the  terri- 
ble and   stringent  oaths   a   man  must 
take  in  order  to  be  a  Mason.   Of  course 
the  members  of  the  lodge    went   away 
saying ''Its  all  a  he;"  knowing  at    the 
same  time  that  they  were  lying. 

The  second  evening  the  lecturer 
dwelt  on  the  principles  of  Masonry 
which  he  proved  to  be  unchristian, 
immoral,  and  anti-republican.  He  told 
bow  the  lodge  acted  out  the  legend  of 
Hiram  AbifFtUe  widow's  son,  and  prov- 
ed by  the  Bible  clearly  to  every  c^indid 
mind  that  this  legend,  upon  which  the 
foundation  of  Masonry  seems  to  rest, 
waa  a  lie  fabricated  by  the  lodge  and 
imposed  upon  the  unsuspecting  public 
as  a  truth.  After  he  was  through  his 
remarks  he  challenged  the  lodge  to 
testify  against  what  he  had  said  if  it 
was  not  the  truth ;  but  there  were  none 
of  all  the  royal  eona  of  the  widow  to  re- 


spond. The  lecturer  then  held  up  to 
them  of  the  cowardly  meaa  spirit  of 
going  away  and  stating  that  these 
things  were  false. 

I  have  not  heard  of  a  single  state- 
ment from  them  that  they  were  other- 
wise than  truth.  I  accompanied  Bro. 
Kiggins  from  here  on  Sabbath  to  the 
U.  B.  church,  six  and  a  half  miles  east 
of  here,  where  he  preached  on  the  re- 
ligion of  Masonry,  clearly  showing  it  to 
be  a  false  system  of  religion.  From 
thence  brother  K.  went  to  Henderson 
to  lecture  in  the  evening.  I  think  these 
lectures  have  done  a  great  deal  of  good. 
May  the  Lord  blesi  the  speaker  and  for- 
ward the  work.  Yours  truly, 
P.  R.  Adams. 


From  North  Missouri. 


THE  MORALE     OF    THR    LODGE    OPPOSITtON 
DISCUSSION    KEBDKD POLITICAL  AG- 
ITATION. 

Albany,  Mo,,  August  19,  1874. 

THE    WOBK 

in  North  Missouri  coatinues,  and  with 
increasing  vigor.  A  few  months  since 
every  eflForti  made  to  effect  an  organiza- 
tion in  opposition  to  ''secret  societies" 
was  slaughtered  at  the  outset,  by  those 
interested  in  keeping  down  discussion. 
The  truth,  however,  cannot  be  entirely 
crushed  and  to  day  the  cause  is  strong- 
er and  more  widespread  than  at  any 
previous  time  in  this  locality.  True, 
there  is  a  timidity  of  purpose  in  some 
who  feel  an  interest  in  the  good  labor, 
but  lack  the  courage  to  stand  up  for  it. 
Others  mix  with,  only  to  mar  it,  and 
while  professing  <o  be  friendly  and 
deeply  interested  in  its  welfare,  are 
constantly  operating  so  as  to  strangle 
every  movement  made  towards  its  ad- 
vancement. Many  there  are  who  can- 
not be  cowed  by  bluster,  or  discour- 
aged by  either  treachery,  or  want  of 
strength  in  others; and  these  men  have 
faced  discufsion  and  have  not  been 
drawn  from  the  leal  question  in  contro- 
versy by  insolence  of  manner  or  sub- 
tility  of  purpose  on  the  part  of  the 
opposition.     The  efforts  of  these 

EARNEST    MEN    . 

have  met    with  more  than    hoped   for 
success,  inasmuch  as  they  have  brought 
the  subject  before  the  people  and  made 
it  one  of  the    leading  questions   of   the 
hour  in  this  locality.     No  longer  do  the 
members   of  secret   organizations   ex- 
claim:   "You   don't   know    what  you 
talk  about,"    as  a   bluflf  to   discussion. 
They    know    the    men   who   challenge 
them  do   know  what  they    talk  about, 
that  they,  too,  have   learned    to  main- 
tain a  "quick  eye,  a  listening  ear,  and 
a  silent  tongue"  in  the  vicinity  of  mem- 
bers of  the  craft,  and  that  by  so  doing 
they  have   pricked  up  a   mountain   of 
evidence  in  regard  to  the  immoral,  un- 
christian, and   selfish    nature  and   ten- 
dency of  secret   organizations.     Now, 
when   considerate  men  meet   and   this 
question  is  broached,  earnest  discussion 
follows;    the  matter   being  handled  on 
its  merits.     Among  most  opponents  of 
the  lodge  "the  battle  of  words"  is  now 
fought  from  a  business  stand-point,  the 
object  being  to   bring  outa  confession, 
— and   it   usually  succeeds — that   the 
chief  motive  of  each  individual  in   join- 
ing one  of  those  secret  hordes  is 

SSLF-1NTEHE8T, 


and  it  is  self-interest  only  that  holds 
them  in  faithful  hondarje.  They  find 
it  pays  them  to  be  members;  that  they 
have  an  advantage  over  the  mass  of 
mankind  in  all  transactions,  public  and 
private;  and  that  all  who  do  not  pos- 
sess their  particular  gesture  and  grip 
are  common  prey,  subject  to  their 
greedy  pilferings.  This  fact  of  self-in- 
terest established,  all  the  evils  which 
the  "Antis"  charge  follow  in  direct  or- 
der; for  that  man  who  seeks  self-eleva- 
tion by  leagueing  against  his  fellow 
man,  cannot  be  truly  moral  or  Christ- 
ian in  his  heart. 

IT    18    A    FACT 

most  observing  men  will  subscribe  to, 
that  the  really  intellectual  class  of  man" 
kind  no  longer  seek  admission  into  se- 
cret societies.  Their  chief  influx  now 
is  from  that  class  who  find  themselves 
distanced  in  the  race  of  life  by  inde- 
pendent and  self-dependent  men,  who 
rely  upon  the  intelligent  cultivation  of 
the  powers  and  faculties  God  has  en- 
dowed them  with,  in  surmounting  the 
rough  and  rugged  path  which  leads  to 
peace,  plenty  and  domestic  happiness. 
The  weaklings  of  the  earth  band  to- 
gether, and  by  multitude  of  council, 
directed  solely  to  the  one  purpose  of 
self-interest,  roam  like  wolves,  as  they 
are,  over  the  land  in  packs,  subsisting 
upon  the  noble  game  they  dare  not, 
single  handed,  cope  with. 

THIS    IS    THE    CURSE 

which  weighs  upon  the  nation  at  the 
present  time  and  cripples  all  industries. 
By  aid  of  secret  combinations  inferior 
men  in  intellect  and  morality  fill 
about  all  public  positions  and  control 
the  entire  interests  of  the  people,  and 
moved  them,  not  for  the  general  good, 
but  for  the  advancement  of  some  par- 
ticular party  or  order.  What  wonder, 
then,  that  dissatisfaction  is  witnessed 
everywhere;  that  the  spirit  of  discon- 
tent and  rebellion  is  spreading  over  the 
entire  earth,  and    only  awaits  a  daring 


soul  to  fan  it  into  a  blaze,  which  will 
never  die  out  until  might  ceases  to 
make  right,  and  cliques  and  clans  rule 
no  more. 

IN    DISCUSSION 

the  power  of  the  lodge  falls.  For  a 
short  time  it  may  appear  to  gain  in 
numbers,  because  wherever  opposition 
to  it  is  open  and  intelligent,  it  makes  a 
stupendious  effort  to  ring  in  the 
young,  the  weak,  and  the  thoughtless, 
and  secures  this  class  before  the  light 
reaches  them.  But  soon  statistics  will 
show  that  secret  societies  no  longer 
keep  pace  with  the  increase  of  popula- 
tion; and  the  day  is  rapidly  approach- 
ing when  their  total  extermination  will 
be  written  on  the  pages  of  history. 
So,  when  the  enemy  proclaims,  as  it 
does  here,  that  their  lodges  neyer  flour- 
ished so  rankly  as  now,  do  not  be  dis- 
couraged but  redouble  your  efforts, 
assured  at  the  outset  that  a  desperate 
attempt  is  being  made  to  strengthen 
their  ranks  before  the  truth  prevades 
the  community  and  destroys  their 
bloom.  All  secret  organizations  here 
are 

IN    A    STATE    OF  FERMENTATION, 

not  knowing  when  nor  where  to  strike 
in  the  approaching  political  campaign, 
now  only  ten  weeks   distant,    and   no 


candidates  in  the  field.  The  Anti-ma- 
sons hold  the  balance  of  power  and 
you  may  in  due  time  be  informed  "no 
clansman  need  apply"  for  office  in  Gen- 
try county.  Of  coarse,  careful  and  ju- 
dicious handling  will  be  required  in 
order  to  triumph,  but  it  is  a  pofsible 
and  highly  probable  event.  This  is 
one  thing  that  troubles  the  lodges  and 
parties;  they,  also,  fear  one  another, 
and  are  very  carefully  surveying  the 
field,  before  placing  their  men  in  posi- 
tion. Well,  let  them  plan  and  figure, 
who  knows  who  will  put  the  finish  to 
the  edifice ! 

IT    IS    DULL 

in  the  grange  camp  since  Allen  came 
and  struck  the  organization  a  deadly 
blight.  Externally  and  internally  it 
has  a  sickness — a  worm  in  the  bud^ — 
which,  at  least,  sicklies  the  whole  thing 
over ''with  the  pale  cast  of  thought"  and 
despondency.  The  grand  mass  meet- 
ing was  not  a  success,  either  in  num- 
bers or  voters  gathered  to  overawe  the 
parties  and  force  them  to  fall  down  and 
worship  the  grange,  nor  in  the  peace 
and  harmony  the  "great  babbler"  was 
expected  to  instill  into  the  breasts  of 
those  who  are  still  backward  about  ex- 
tending their  hands  over  the  "bloody 
chasm."  Oil  and  water  will  not  mix. 
The  old  blood  still  boils  and  bubbles. 
The  flushed  face  gives  the  lie  to  the 
tongue  that  pronounces  all  serene. 
Principles  are  eternal  and  neither  party 
will  unreservedly  swallow  an  amalga- 
mation of  inherent  and  detested  oppo- 
sites.  To"  sum  up,  and  slightly  alter  an 
old  song: 

"A  granger  sat  on  the  old  tow  line. 
And  Master  Allen  came  up  behind 
Aud  yanked  him  off  that  old  tow  lino," 

since  which  time  he  has  crippled  around 

in  search  of  something  substantial   to 

tie  too.  Zekiel  Homespun. 


Keeping  up  the  Interest. 


Nashville,  III.,  Aug.  25,  1874. 
Editors  Ghristiaii  Cynosure: 

Dear  Brethren  : — We    have    been 
somewhat  delayed    writing   to  you  on 
account  of,, the   press  of  work,    as  this 
is  a  very  busy  time   of  year.      We  are 
still    holding    our   meetings   monthly 
and  giving   the    people    all    the   light 
on  the  question   of    secrecy   that  we 
can,    by    reading  the    best   selections 
from  tlio  Cynosure  and  Rometimes  nuik- 
ing  some  explanations,  and  also  by  cir- 
culating tracts,    papers   and   sermons. 
There  is  quite  a  number  of  persons  that 
are  taking  an  interest  in  the   question. 
We  invariably  open   our  meetings  with 
appropriate  religious  songs  and  prayer, 
and  we  also  have    good   songs  at  inter- 
vals during  the   exercises.     Wo  would 
suggest  that  other  friends  of  the  cause 
at  other   places   throughout   the  coun- 
try, would  undertake  a  similar  plan  of 
work.     It  has  a  marked  effect.     Breth- 
ren, pray  for  us  that   we  may  be  cour- 
ageous to  do   battle  for  our   Lord  and 
Saviour  Jesus  Christ.     Yours  fraternal- 
ly, T.  W.  J.  Logan. 
C.  M.  Livesay. 


—The  General  Agent,  after  a  few  days 
spent  in  this  office,  started  on  Monday  for 
Indiana  and  Ohio  to  fill  several  appoint- 
ments. He  hopes  to  attend  the  Indiana 
State  Convention. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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^^l!W$l)l>tt^Uttiftt 


An  Expusitiou. 


Xenia,  Ind. ,  Aug.  24,  1874, 
Editor  CliviKtian  Cynosure: 

Occasionally  duty  requires  us  to  re- 
cord a  few  criticisnn  on  officers  of  the 
church  which  are  unpleasant.  Such 
a  task  we  have  now  before  us,  and 
nothing  but  the  general  good  prompts 
us  to  the  duty;  believinsr  that  when  a 
trust  is  committed  to  an  officer  of  church 
or  state,  he  should  use  it  for  the  bene- 
fit and  welfare  of  his  coustitufency, 
and  that  should  he  fail  to  so  use  it  he 
subjects  himself,  and  of  li^ht  should 
be  reproved,  being  in  that  sense  public 
property. 

December  20th  will  be  two  years 
since  13ro.  J.  P.  Stoddaul  was  here 
and  organized  our  auti-seoret  aaaocation. 
The  U.  B.  church  bouse  is  the  original 
home  (f  the  society,  where  it  met 
twice  the  first  year,  and  monthly  since, 
with  the  exception  of  meeting  a  few 
times  in  the  Friend's  church.  Not  long 
since  Kaid  church  underwent  repairs, 
and  03  last  Sabbath  was  dedicated  by 
Rev.  Thomas  Evans,  an  eider.  The 
society  b^ing  few  in  numbers  contem- 
plated in  the  dedication  a  financial  pinch, 
and  as  a  preparatory  step  to  meet  this 
emergency,  they  commenced  first  by 
selling  their  church  principles  to  the 
devil  in  the  election  cf  a  man,  good 
enough  as  a  neighbor,  but  a  member 
and  strict  adherent  of  two  secret  socie- 
ties, Masons  and  Odd-fellows,  and  not  a 
member  of  any  church,  to  the  office  of 
trustee.  The  elder  above  named  was 
present  at  the  election,  being  the  pre- 
siding officer,  and  was  made  known  to 
the  facts  as  above  stated,  by  a  member 
of  his  own  church  who  warmly  oppos- 
ed this  election. 

•Shall  we  turn  the  anti-secret  socie- 
ty out  of  the  church  house,  as  a  mat- 
ter of  finaucial  policy  ?"  seem-s  to  have 
been  the  all-absorbing  question  existing 
in  the  minds  of  the  eider  and  trustees, 
as  the  sequel  plainly  shows.  On  the 
day  before  the  dedication  (Saturday) 
this  was  made  a  question,  and  two  out 
of  three  of  the  trustees  gave  their  voices 
against  us.  As  the  act  was  done,  it 
must  now  be  patched  and  plastered  to 
the  best  advantage,  and  I  understand 
that  the  elder  in.  dedication  discourse 
had  much  to  say  about  the  ''danger 
of  running  the  anti-secret  question  to 
an  extreme,  and  that  we  preachers  can 
say  all  that  is  necessary  to  be  said  on 
the  subject,"  etc.  He  has  also  said, 
or  otherwise  deplorably  misrepresented, 
that  the  anti-3ecret  movement  was  do- 
ing more  harm  than  good,  making 
more  Masons  than  would  otherwise  be 
done,  and  anti-secret  men  were  making 
a  hobby  of  the  question. 

To  show  beyond  mistake,  that  the 
leading  object  in  this  affair  was  to  raise 
means  to  liquidate  the  debt  of  the  church 
one  of  the  trustees  told  me,  and  has 
told  others,  that  one  of  the  two  favor- 
able to  the  act  said  to  him  that  he 
had  assurances  from  secret  society  men, 
that  in  case  they  turned  us  out,  they 
would  assist  in  paying  off  the  debt. 
The  same  trustee  that  made  this  un- 
holy proposition  also  said  that  in  case 
they  did  not    turn  the  society   out   he 


would  not  assist  farther  in  the  payment 
of  the  debt.  And  be  it  furtheimore 
stated  to  the  shame  of  the  two  trustees 
who  conceived  and  did  thus  act,  they 
both  signed  a  call  for  a  convention  to 
organize  the  anti-secret  association  at 
this  place;  but  did  not  attend  the  con- 
vention, nor  have  they  been  at  any  of 
the  society  meetings.  In  denying  the 
use  of  the  house  to  the  society,  they 
made  this  honorable  exception,  that 
the  "regulavly  appointed  lecturers 
might  uBo  it."  What  would  Bro.  Kig- 
gins  or  Stoddard  think,  on  coming  to 
our  place  to  give  a  lecture,  and  find 
that  the  society  was  turned  out  of  its 
fold? 

We  now  ask  in  all  cmdor  of  soul, 
what  the  effect  of  this  act  has  been 
and  will  be  ?  To  answer  minutely 
we  cannot,  and  could  we  give  its  ef- 
fects, we  have  not  the  space.  I  know 
not  of  a  man  or  woman,  in  all  the 
community,  outside  of  secretists,  and 
the  parties  who  perpetrated  the  deed, 
with  whom  I  have  conversed,  who 
does  not  condemn  the  act,  as  incon- 
sistent with  thepiinciplesof  thechurch. 
They  made  a  sad  mistake  even  in  the 
matter  of  dollars  and  cents,  losing,  to 
my  certain  knowled^jc,  more  than  they 
gained.  Besides  this,  they  have  for- 
ever, in  my  opinion,  lost  their  influence 
at  this  place .  Anti-secret  men  have  no 
more  to  do  with  the  church,  they  can- 
nct  expect  to  build  up  a  church,  either 
in  numbers  or  influence,  from  the  ranks 
of  the  enemy — secret  orders.  Where, 
we  ask,  must  they  look  for   Influence  ? 

To  bIiow  further  the  influence  that 
this  act  has  already  had,  we  may  cite 
to  the  fact,  that  th«  hoodwinks  of  sec- 
recy have  been  rampant  on  the  track 
of  ihe  most  earnest  workers  against 
secrecy  ever  since  an  inkling  was  drop- 
ped in  community  that  the  society 
would  be  denied  the  use  of  the  house. 
One  of  the  trustees  could  be  seen  stand- 
ing around  with  Icdgites,  and  it  was 
said  by  friends,  although  Masons,  that 
they  were  "posting  this  poor  weak- 
kneed  trustee  and  Christian  on  the 
character  of  anti-secret  men." 

In  conclusion,  let  me  say,  that  a  few 
words  from  the  Elder  would  have 
corrected  til's  entire  affair,  and  there- 
by saved  the  church  from  disgrace.  If 
the  doctrine  of  anti-secrecy  be  truth,  as 
found  in  the  law  of  the  U.  B,  church, 
they  cannot  be  the  losersfrom  its  prop- 
er discussion.  If  it  is  not  the  truth, 
they  had  better  repeal  the  law.  But 
the  truth  is,  that  the  church  is  theoret- 
ically right,  and  some  of  its  members 
practically  infidel  on  the  question.  Had 
its  ministers  stood  up  like  men  of  God, 
and  given  to  the  world  the  reasons  why 
they  would  not  give  secret -society  men 
a  membership  in  their  church,  I  have 
no  doubt  but  to-day  they  might  have 
doubled  ^heir  members  and  the  commu- 
nity have  been  much  better  advised  of 
the  great  error  of  secrecy.  But  in 
spite  of  the  betrayal  of  friends  from  the 
household  of  faith,  and  Masonic  "jacks," 
we  live,  and  expect  to  live;  and  if  nec- 
essary will  push  the  battle  to  the  very 
gates  of  hell.  Our  faith  being 
founded  in  the  Christians'  God,  we  do 
not  expect  to  fail. 

Yours  in  the  conflict, 

J.  M.  Darby,  and  others. 


Masonry  in  Court. 


Stevensville,  Ont, 
I  have  found  from  what  I  haye  seen 
as  regards  Freemasonry  that  the  Cyno- 
sure tells  the  truth.  I  was  in  court 
where  a  man  was  tried  for  murder  and 
he  was  allowed  to  have  the  trial  ad- 
journed by  swearinej  that  he  had  wit- 
nesses in  Chips-Flats,  CaUfornia,  on 
which  he  was  kept  till  next  court.  And 
he  (being  a  Mason  m  was  well  known) 
had  men  to  come  and  swear  that  he 
was  in  California  at  the  time  the  mur- 
der was  committed,  and  also  that  ho 
was  not  the  man  charged  with  having 
committed  the  murder.  Though  there 
were  eighty  witnesses  that  swore  as  to 
his  being  the  identical  man  who  had 
committed  the  murder,  he  had  eighty 
witnesses  to  swear  that  he  was  not  the 
man.  At  last,  after  a  long  trial,  he  was 
allowed  to  go  free,  and  may  be 
amongst  a  gang  of  robbers  at  this  time. 
There  was  a  very  general  impression  in 
the  country  that  Freemasonry  cleared 
this  man.  This  occurred  a  number  of 
years  ago  in  the  county  of  Welland, 
Ontario.  Names,  dates  and  facts  can 
be  given  of  this  case. 

Peter  Shislkr. 


Mr.  TuUis  Explains  A^ain. 


Mr,  Editor: — I  wish  to  extend  my 
thanks  to  you  for  publishing  my  arti- 
cle of  the  11th  of  August.  But  it 
seems  to  me  quite  proper  to  correct  the 
statements  you  make  in  your  editorial 
note.  You  say  "It  seems  quite  difficult 
to  understand  how  Mr.  Tullis  could 
have  been  twice  returned  by  unanimous 
request  cf  his  people."  Your  expla- 
nation is  that  it  might  have  been  so  on 
the  part  of  a  few  Masons  who  sent  the 
request.  I  suppose  it  will  be  a  matter 
of  surprise,  and,  yet,  satisfaction  to 
you,  to  learn  that  there  are  no  Masons 
in  the  M.  E.  church  at  Tiskilwa;  nor 
has  there  been  for  over  two  years. 

You  seem  to  feel  quite  satisfied  that 
you  have  the  true  explanation  of  the 
Masonic  ball  question,  Y'^ou  say,  as 
chaplain  of  the  Tiskilwa  lodge  I  wa^ 
expected  to  make  the  prayer  at  the  Ma- 
sonic ball.  But  the  fact  is,  I  am  not, 
nor  have  I  been  chaplain  of  the  lodgi\ 
There  was  a  festival  and  lecture  to 
which  I  was  invited.  But  the  ball  was 
no  part  of  these.  No  more  than  my 
acquaintance  with  Bro.  Stratton  and 
the  Blanchards  has  to  do  with  the  story 
you  say  was  circulated  about  Tiskilwa 
with  reference  the  men.  That  such  a 
story  obtained  in  this  place,  I  do  most 
emphatically  deny,  and  your  informant 
does  your  paper,  and  the  cause  of 
Christ,  great  injustice  by  such  misrep- 
resentations. A.  K.  TaLLis. 


Failure  in  Time  of  Need. 

Silver. Lake,  Ind. 
Editoi-  Christian  Cynosttre: 

Some  years  ago  I  was  invited  to  join 
the  Masonp,  and  had  nearly  made  up 
my  mind  to  do  so.  My  wife  also 
thought  it  would  be  well  for  us,  as  Ma- 
sonry was  shown  in  all  its  beautiful 
colors.  But  as  all  questions  have  two 
sides,  we  thought  best  to  examine  the 
whole  case,  and  as  we  did  not  know  of 
any  tracts  or  papers,  or  Anti-masonic 
books,  we  could  not  detect  the  evils  so 
readily.     But  I  remembered  some  Ma- 


sonic funerals  in  Pennsylvania,  also 
some  in  Indiana,  and  also  in  Louisiana, 
and  seeing  their  money  was  not  saved 
in  making  a  nic3  display,  but  when 
it  comes  to  buy  bread  for  the  poor  and 
needy,  it  is  scarce  tnough.  As  this 
matter  was  examined  carefully, 
among  the  poorer  classes  were  found 
Mason's  widows  and  children  left 
in  need.  From  C.  G.  Finney's  book, 
page  141  to  147  and  also  170  to 
174  and  also  page  177  to  183,  any 
one  can  see  that  MiSJnry  is  a  swindle 
and  a  cheat.     Yours,  etc.,  Benj.  Ulsh, 


Masonry  Settles  the  raster. 


While  I  was  pastor  in  Lewis  county, 
N.  Y. ,  in  a  flouriRhlng  village  some 
three  miles  distant,  the  seat  of  a  very 
respectable  academy  tliat  had  been  in 
existence  over  half  a  century,  there 
was  a  Masonic  lodge  of  about  150  mem- 
bers. The  Baptist  church  of  this  place 
was  strong  and  ii.fluential.  The  pastor 
of  this  church  at  the  time  of  which  I 
am  speaking  had  bet^n  an  accjuaintance 
and  friend  of  mine  while  I  was  in  col- 
lege. When  he  came  to  this  church 
on  trial  some  of  the  Masons,  whose 
wives  were  members  of  the  church, 
came  to  the  committee  appointed  by 
the  church  to  procure  a  pastorj  and  told 
them  if  they  would  employ  this  man 
they  (the  Masons)  would  help  support 
him.  The  bait  was  swallowed  and  he 
became  their  pastor.  Having  heard 
that  he  was  a  Mason  I  soon  called  upon 
him  and  offered  him  one  of  ''Stearns' 
Speculative  Freemasonry."  At  once 
he  became  enraged  and  began  to 
traduce  brother  Stearns,  saying  "there 
are  no  such  oaths  in  Masonry  as  Stearns 
has  recorded  in  his  book."  and  "he 
could  not  get  into  a  Mosonic  lodge  to 
save  his  soul  from  hell."  This  assertion 
shocked  me,  as  I  was  personally  ac- 
quainted with  brother  Stearns  and  knew 
him  to  be  a  man  of  undoubted  truth 
and  veracity.  Soon  after  I  called  upon 
an  old  seceding  Mason  of  my  acquaint- 
ance and  spoke  of  the  attempt  of  this 
clerical  gentleman  to  filaify  the  oaths 
of  Freemasonry  as  recorded  by  brother 
Stearns.  To  which  he  replied,  ''I 
have  read  Steam's  on  Masonry  and  as 
far  as  I  went  in  Masonry  that  book  is 
true  and  whoever  says  it  is  not  true  is 
a  liar;  I  don't  care  who  he  is."  He 
farther  adds,  "When  I  was  a  Mason 
we  used  to  get  together  and  studv 
Jacliin  and  Boaz  in  order  to  become 
bright  Masons."  Before  I  lolt  him  he 
warned  me  to  beware  of  the  Masons; 
for,  said  he,  "you  don't  know  anything 
about  the  feelings  among  them  in  re- 
gard to  you.  If  you  are  not  careful 
they  will  kill  you." 

Masonry  st  tiled  this  man  over 
this  influential  church  and  through 
its  intrigue  and  wire  pulling  re- 
tained him  there  some  three  years, 
though  his  literary  attainments  were 
less  than  ordinary.  He  was  teen  pa- 
rading the  streets  locked  arm  in  arm 
with  drunken  rowdy  Masons  to  the 
great  disgust  of  many  of  the  members 
of  his  church,  and  toward  the  LUt  of 
his  pastorate  there  he  was  found  in  a 
ball-room,  not  to  dance  but  to  look  on. 
Soon  after  leaving  that  place  he  was 
knoTrn  to  be  in  a  drunken  bar-room 
broil  and  caught  up  a  chair  to  knock 
one  of  his  drunken  associates  down. 
Surely  Masonry  is  a  good  thing  to  help 
such  ministers  of  Belial,  is  it  not  ? 

James  L.   Andkus. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Hope  lor  Kiiusas. 


CoFFEYviLLE,  Kail.,  Aug.  23,  1874. 
Editor  67(1  idian  UynoHurc  : 

L  see  from  the  last  number  of  tlie 
Cynosure  that  Vjro.  Kiggins  is  coming 
to  Kansus.  This  is  good  news  for  tlie 
friends  of  reform  in  this  State,  so  com- 
monly termed  the  rotten  commonwealth 
of  the  Union,  a  State  that  is  wholly 
in  the  hands  of  rings,  where  nearly 
the  whole  raassca  of  the  people  have 
g;one  over  to  secret  societies,  where  the 
people  are  over-taxed,  stupKied  and 
robbed;  where  cr'nij  is  so  common  that 
it  is  baldly  noliced  and  the  punishment 
is  not  expecten,  where  courts  and  leg- 
islatures nave  bten  charged  with  cor- 
ruption, and  justice  is  issued  according 
to  the  will  ot  the  rings,  where  all  the 
offices,  or  nearly  so,  arc  held  by  mem- 
bers of  the  craft.  We  want  Bro.  Kig- 
gins for  State  lecturer.  We  want  just 
such  a  man  to  visit  every  county  in  the 
State,  and  believe  our  friends,  though 
few  and  far  between  will  support  him. 
The  signs  of  the  times  arc  better.  I 
know  of  a  number  who  are  getting 
sick  of  secret  societies  and  will  take 
the  Cynosure  as  soon  as  able. 

Yours  truly,  N.   B.  Blanton. 


From  North-western  Missouri. 


Alantiius,  Mo.  July  8,  1874. 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

Nortb-western  MisBouri  is  moving  to- 
ward a  knowledge  of  secret  societies 
and  their  evil  iiiflaenco.  Honest  men 
are  rapidly  falling  into  line  with  those 
who  see  tho  need  of  opposing  midnight 
conspiracies.  Ask  a  respectable  man 
the  question.  Are  you  a  Mason?  he 
will  answer,  Why  do  you  ask  that? 
Who  told  you  to  ask  rae  ?  You  certain- 
ly do  not  take  me  to  be  a  Mason,  etc. 
We  think  this  a  happy  symptom,  yet 
Masonry  is  aoing  her  utmost  to  drag 
men  into  its  embrac  i.  Men  that  have 
received  tho  title  "Honorable"  by  whis- 
ky votes  and  Masonic  tickets,  etoop  to 
urge  young  men  to  bow  to  this  modern 
harlot,  and  evea  offer  to  furnish  the 
money  for  initiation  aad  let  them  work 
it  out  after  the  humiliating  event  oc- 
curs. 

Some  three  yeara  ago  I  was  induced 
to  unite  with  the  Good  Templars.  My 
connection  with  that  order  led  me  to 
observe  this  fact  among  others:  three- 
fourths  of  the  young  men  who  become 
connected  with  this  society  join  Masonry 
or  become  "jacks."^  Circumstances  in- 
duce one-fourth  to  investigate.  They 
see  the  issue  and  assert  their  manhood 
by  becoming  opposed  to  secret  societies. 
Nearly  three  years  ago  some  unknown 
it  fluence  induced  a  young  man  of  these 
parts  (a  tippler,  if  not  worse),  to  go  out 
into  the  * 'highways  and  hedges"  and 
notify  the  temperate  and  intemperate 
that  they  should  immediately  become 
Good  Templars.  Many  followed  him, 
and  I  have  heard  him  orate  as  follows 
in  the  lodge  room:  "Young  man, 
stand  upon  your  honor.  He  who 
would  break  this  vow  I  would  not  trust 
with  my  horse."  But  ah !  with  him 
honor,  pledge  and  vow  have  departed. 
He  18  now  a  tippling  Mason.  Such  is 
the  honor  of  Masonic  Good  Templars, 
and  their  motive  is  to   make  Masons. 

As  cause  produces  effect,  so  does 
Masonry  produce  liars.  A  short  time 
since  a  Methodist  preacher  said  (o  me, 
"No  Mason  can  reveal  Masonry  "  Wc 
think  such  preachers  should  be  arrest- 
ed and  prosecuted  by  the  fraternity  for 


slander.  Surely  it  is  slander  in  the 
superlative  degree  to  say  that  a  man 
cannot  ttll  when  out  upon  God's  green 
footstool  what  has  been  tokl  to  him 
when  in  the  lodge,  blindfolded,  cabled- 
towed  and  denuded.  I  fail  to  see  the 
point  unless  it  is  true  that  Masonry 
takes  the  mind  as  well  as  the  manhood 
of  its  dupes. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  when  with  us  two 
years  ago,  did  commendable  service  in 
greatly  incteafeing  the  number  of  hon- 
est investigators!.  Those  that  are  now 
uniting  with  the  swearing  biigade  are 
such  as  have  been  doing  the  comlemp- 
tibls' service  of  "jack"  Masons,  until 
they  are  ta'ken  in  through  pity.  For 
to  refuso  them  longer  woukl  hi  base 
ingratitude. 

But  the  grangers, — Ah!  there's  the 
rub, — to  realize  that  fallen  men  ssek  to 
be  gulled  and  swindled  you  have  only 
to  look  around  and  see  how  grangers 
are  multiplying.  But  sonifl  are  already 
perceiving  thai  this  is  adulterated  Ma- 
sonry. I  observe  that  it  is  a  matter  of 
fact  that  the  leading  grangers  put  for- 
ward those  to  defend  the  grange  who 
were  formerly  Anti-masons.  1  notice, 
too,  that  C.  W.  Greene's  address  has 
proved  a  quietus  with  those  who  have 
been  induced  lo  read  it.  Thu-3  through 
the  influence  of  "men  of  thought  and 
men  of  action"  the  way  is  being  clear- 
ed J.   P.  Needles. 


Masonry  lor  Travelers. 


I  often  hear  men  say  '-if  I  was  giv- 
ing to  travel  much  I  would  be  a  Ma- 
son." Ill  most  such  cases,  if  you  apeak 
of  the  process  they  must  pass  through 
to  be  "made  a  Mason,"  and  the  many 
horrible  oaths  they  must  impose  on 
themselves,  as  well  as  the  obligations 
they  will  be  under  to  every  Mason, 
whether  drunkard,  thief  or  murderer, 
th(y  will  retract  their  position.  Those 
who  take  such  obligations,  knowing 
beforehand  what  Masonry  demands, 
must  be  of  those  that  fear  not  God  or 
regard  the  equal  rights  of  man,  and  ex- 
pect as  Masonic  authority  assists  that 
it  will  introduce  them  to  the  fellowship 
of  "corsairs,  pirates  and  mauraudirs 
that  will  treat  them  as  brothers." 

It  is  not  strange  that  men  who  be- 
lieve such  statements  and  calculate 
to  engage  in  crime  and  have  Masonic 
help  to  get  clear  of  the  law,  should 
consent  to  be  "made  a  Mason."  But 
what  is  most  strange  is  to  hear  men 
professing  the  Christian  religion  mak- 
ing such  assertions.  One  professing 
Christian  says  to  me,  speaking  of  its 
advantage  in  traveling,  "if  I  was  not  a 
Mason  I  think  I  would  join  for  selfish 
reasons."  Another  said  to  me  that 
when  his  son  asked  him  if  he  had  bet- 
ter join  tho  Masons  he  said.  No;  be- 
cause it  turned  the  mind  away  from  the 
Christian  religion,  but  remarked  farther 
that  if  he  was  going  to  travel  much  he 
would  join.  I  ofter  hear  such  asser- 
tions, but  what  do  they  imply?  Do 
they  think  Masonry  can  do  moro  for 
them  than  the  government  which  looks 
after  the  interests  of  its  subjects  the 
world  over,  or  do  they  think  it  best  for 
travelers  to  abandon  Christianity  and 
trust  a  league  with  wicked  men  for 
protection.     Our  good  brother  Hinman 


soon  after  his  return  from  Africa-where 
he  had  spent  several  years  as  a  mis- 
sionary, publicly  remarked  that  he 
went  to  Africa  trusting  in  Christ  alone, 
and  he  sustained  and  protected  him. 
In  conversation  with  a  chap'ain  of  a 
marine  hospital  in  Massachusetts  he 
said  to  me,  "My  father  was  a  Mason, 
and  when  I  was  a  young  man  I  asked 
him  if  I  had  better  join,  and  he  said 
No."  He  said  that  he  had  often  been 
tokl  that  as  he  was  traveling  so  much 
ho  ought  to  join  the  Masons  and  he 
would  find  friends  everywhere;  but  he 
bad  always  adhered  to  his  father's  ad- 
vice and  although  he  had  crossed  the 
ocean  more  than  eighty  times  and  been 
master  of  a  vessel  he  had  never  lacked 
for  friends.  A  minister  that  had  spent 
several  years  in  China  said  to  me  that 
he  did  not  thick  Masons  could  affiliate 
with  any  secret  societies  there.  He 
hated  ail  secret  societies  and  said  te  call- 
ed the  lodges  the  devil's   work-shops. 

One  man  lately  told  me  that  he  took 
three  degrees  in  Masonry  and  paid  no 
farther  attention  to  it  until  he  was 
about  to  come  to  this  State  and  was 
told  that  as  he  was  going  West  he 
ought  to  take  higher  degrees,  and  he 
did  go  on  to  the  Royal  Arch  degree, 
but  be  had  not  been  known  at  all  in 
this  State  as  a  Mason.  ''Only  think." 
he  says  "what  an  idea — sustain  one 
another  right  or  wrong."  I  hear  many 
make  statements  similar  to  the  forego- 
ing. 

Masons  boast  so  much  of  favoritism 
in  traveling  by  getting  berths  on  boats 
when  others  had  been  refused,  etc. 
That  I  cannot  di-spute  but  under  exist- 
ing circumstances  such  may  be  the 
case.  But  where  is  the  Christian  man 
that  wants  or  would  even  accept  of 
such  favoritism.  Any  man  that  would 
take  from  a  traveler  his  rights  as  a 
traveler  is  just  as  dishonest  as  though 
he  took  his   money  in  the  same  crafty 

way.  Oren  Cravatii. 

«-»♦ 

Masonry   'Tween  Decks. 


York,  Pa,,  Aug.  22,  18V4, 
Editor  Christian  Cynosvre: 

Acting  Ensign  C.  F,  Deering  of  the 
Wissahickon,  who  was  not  a  Freema- 
son, told  me  at  the  Brooklyn  navy 
yard,  that  whilj  we  were  in  the  S.  A. 
B,  squadron  he  had  been  advised  to 
join  the  Masonic  order  so  as  to  be  fa- 
vored by  promotion.  He  also  told  me 
that  nearly  all  naval  officers  were  raem- 
mers  of  the  fraternity;  and  that  they 
became  members  to  get  promoted.  I 
know  it  to  be  true  that  seamen  who 
are  Masons  get  all  the  non-commission- 
ed offices  in  the  navy;  and  that  most 
of  the  commissioned  offices  are  filled 
by  the  craft- 
While  I  served  in  the  S.  A.  B. 
squadron,  I  was  told  that  the  black- 
book  system  was  in  force  in  the  navy, 
rt  was  said  that  the  admiral  put  offend- 
ing vessels  and  officers  on  his  black  list 
and  punished  them  in  regular  Masonic 
style,  excepting  the  death  penalty.  I 
know  it  to  be  true  that  the  black-book 
system  was  enforced  on  the  Wabash 
and  the  Wissahickon,  as  far  ai  the  crew 
were  concerned.  Many  of  the  crews 
of  both  vessels  were  black-listed  and 
punished  iu  various  ways.  I  myself  was 
black-listed  on  both    vessels.     Masters 


Mate  Gregory  of  the  Wissahickon  told 
me  I  was  "spotted,"  and  I  had  hardly 
got  fairly  into  the  naval  service  before 
I  was  attacked  by  the  Freemasons.  I 
know  it  to  be  a  fact  too  that  the  Masons 
of  York,  Pa.,  conspired  with  the  Ma- 
sons in  tho  squadron  to  hound  me  in 
legular  Masonic  black-book  style.  I 
will  give  particulars  hereafter. 
Yours  for  the  truth, 

E.  J.  Chalfant. 


I'ulpit  Slanf». 


SrRINGKIlTON,  111.,  Aug.  l7,  1874.' 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

During  the  last  week  or  two  I  have 
been  listening  to  the  preaching  of  a 
venerable  father  of  the  church.  Many 
years,  they  say,  he  has  been  engaged 
in  tearing  down  the  strongholds  of  Sa- 
tan. His  head  has  long  sinca  "blos- 
somed for  tho  tomb,"  to  which  ere  long 
he  must  pass;  the  persons  and  places 
that  now  know  him,  shall  shortly  know 
him  no  more  forever.  Many  whole-, 
some  truths  have  been  indellibly  stamp- 
ed on  the  minds  of  bis  hearers;  but 
with  those  truths,  interspersed  ever 
anon,  such  phrases  as  "  sap-head," 
"water-brained,"  "baboons,"  "up  Salt 
river,"  "blab-mouth  preachers,"  and 
last,  but  not  least,  ''hell-scooting." 

It  does  seem  to  me  that  men  who 
preach  the  Word  of  God  could  find 
fome  more  appropriate  "figures  of 
speech"  with  which  to  embellish  their 
etlbrts.  On  some  subjects  this  might 
be  tolerated;  on  this  never.  Men  and 
women  of  good  sense  cannot  appreciate 
such  words  in  the  pulpit,  and  they  have 
shown  it  in  this.  After  a  week's 
preaching  he  has  not  received  a  single 
admission  to  his  church.  We  hope 
that  men  will  see  the  injury  done  to 
the  church  in  thus  acting,  and  with 
one  voice  put  it  down.  If  their  pas- 
tors will  not  be  the  first  to  try  to  bring 
about  this  change,  let  the  members  see 
to  it. 

This  same  old  father  is  a  Freemason, 
or  claims  to  be  one  at  least,  and  to  that 
fact  most  probably  his  actions  are  to  be 
attributed. 

I  have  given  no  name  in  this  commu- 
nication, because  I  do  not  wish  to  be 
personal ;  yet  the  foregoing  ttatements 
are  strictly  true. 

Yours  in  the  good  cause,    F.  L. 


OUll  MAIL. 


Mrs.  8.  B.  Allen,  Morrison,  III,  writes: 
"Truly  your  paper  as  well  as  persons 
are  liuown  by  tlie  company  lliey  keep. 
Tlie  most  firm,  fearless,  seff-sacriticing 
Christians  arc  the  most  permanent  sup- 
jiorters  of  the  Christian  Cynosure.  Two 
such  valuable  subscribers  we  have  lately 
lost,  though  our  loss  is  their  gain.  Mrs. 
Allen  S.  Tripp  and  Mrs.  Jacob  Baker. 
.  .  .  .  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tripp  were  op- 
posed to  slavery,  drunkenness,  tobacco, 
and  all  secret  societies.  He  deeply  mourna 
the  loss  of  his  worthy  and  faithful  com- 
panion. As  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  were 
early  settlers  iu  Whiteside  county,  their 
labors  of  love  and  Christian  benevolence 
are  well  known  and  remembered  by  man3^ 
They  were  the  undeviating  friends  of  the 
oppressed,  were  temperate  in  all  things, 
and  decidedly  opposed  to  all  secret  combi- 
nations. Mrs.  Baker  possessed  great  rev- 
erence for  God  and  his  holy  laws.  She 
watched  with  deep  interest  the  progress  of 
the  anti-secret  society  cause  ;  liad  taken 
the  Cynosure  a  number  of  years.  .  .  . 
Bister'Baker  will  long  be  remembered  as  a 
steadfast  and  devout  Christian.  Blessed 
arc  the  dead  that  die  in  the  Lord  and  their 
works  do  follow  them." 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


7 


Jas.  Reide,  Simsbury,  Conu.,  writes  : 

"I  am  in  full  sympathy  with  you  in  your 
blessed  work.  I  believe  secret  societies 
are  evil  and  only  evil,  arid  that  continually. 
It  is  like  leading  a  forlorn  hope,  but  truth 
opens  a  clear  passage  to  the  fortress,  and 
it  will  fall." 

Franklin  Pierce,  West  Albany,  Vt., 
writes  : 

"I  was  in  hopes  something  would  be 
done  for  Vermont  in  es'ablishing  lectures, 
etc.,  at  the  Ccmvcntion  in  Syracuse.  I  see 
Vermont  was  represented  in  the  Conven- 
tion, but  I  see  nothing  done  for  her." 

We  rejoice  to  see  Vermont  growing 
weary  of  tlie  place  she  occupies  in  this  re- 
form. This  is  not  the  first  earnest  voice 
that  we  have  heard  from  there,  calling  for 
an  onward  movement.  Some  of  our  read- 
ers have  put  forth  noble,  self-denying  and 
successful  efforts  there  already,  but  fev^ 
compared  with  the  whole  numbers.  Fdi- 
nois  obtained  a  State  lecturer  in  this  way  : 
A  friend  said,  "I  will  be  one  of  ten  to  pay 
five  hundred  dollars  for  a  lecturer  in  Illi- 
nois." Others  followed,  and  the  lecturer 
is  now  in  the  field.  V/e  have  about  one 
hundred  subscribers  in  Vermont.  Cannot 
ten  of  them  give  or  collect  fifty  dollars  each 
to  start  a  State  lecture  fund  ?  Perhaps 
you  can  be  responsible  for  twenty-five, 
fifteen'  or  ten  dollars,  if  not  fifty.  Wo 
think  one  of  the  best  ways  to  prepare  the 
sentiment  of  Vermont  for  a  successful  war- 
fare against  the  secret  orders  is  to  extend 
the  circulation  of  the  Cynosure.  Let  each 
subscriber  send  in  an  average  of  ten  new 
ones  before  January  1st,  making  one  thou- 
sand, and  you  will,  we  believe,  have  a 
State  lecturer  and  a  State  organization  be- 
fore next  June.  Begin  to  canvass  for  sub- 
scribers now.  Persevere.  Do  not  grow 
discouraged  if  your  success  seems  small  at 
first.  God  gives  the  increase.  A  hundred 
fold  in  this  present  time  and  in  the  world 
to  come  life  everlasting  to  those  who  seek 
first  his  kingdom  and  its  righteousness. 

Wm.  Matthews,  Ambrose,  Pa.,  writes, 
(referring  to  the  Cynosure): 

"We  get  nothing  like  it  since  the  New 
York  Pvincipia  edited  by  Dr.  Cheever." 

Samuel  Gill,  Irwin  Station,  Pa.,  writes: 

"I  pray  that  God  in  his  infinite  good- 
ness may  bring  about  something  that  will 
speedily  explode  the  whole  system  of  ini- 
quity. .  .  When  your  convention  meets 
io  Pittsburgh  I  hope  the  good  effects  may 
spread  all  over  Westmoreland  county,  and 
especially  in  the  brough  of  Iowa." 

Harry  M.  Whyte,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y., 
writes : 

"I  like  the  Cynosure  in  its  present  form 
very  much." 

Samuel  McCluer,  Lexington,  O.,  writes: 

''The  sentiment  of  the  people  here  was 
generally  in  opposition  to  secrecy  until 
the  grangers  commenced  operations.  It  is 
thought  they  are  working  for  the  good  of 
community  and  against  monopolies.  Will 
they  not  monopolize  when  they  get  the  as- 
cendancy? Some  good  men  are  joining 
for  curiosity.  Others  for  pecuniary  ad- 
vantages. Bad  men,  for  popularity  and 
respectability.  I  am  an  anti-slavery  man 
of  '30.  I  have  seen  it  (slavei'y)  fall,  and 
although  seventy-two  years  of  aee,  hope 
to  see  secret  societies  go  the  same  way, 
never  more  to  pollute  our  beloved  country." 

F.  W.  Arndt,  N.  Chili,  N.  Y.,  writes  : 

Now  brethren  be  encouraged,  for  there 
are  more  for  us  than  there  can  be  against 
us.  .  .  .  As  for  me  it  is  settled  and 
fixed.    I  will  die  in  the  army  of  Jehovah." 

A.  S.  Davis,  Lone  Rock,  Wis.,  writes: 

"I  work  and  fight  here  alone,  bound  to 
do  all  I  can  for  Christ  and  his  cause." 

To  this  brother  and  all  his  disciples, 
Christ  says:    "Lo!  I  am  with  you  alway." 

P.  D.  MacElroy,  Mora,  New  Mexico, 
writes: 

"Please  continue  the  Cynosure.  It  is 
too  good  a  thing  to  lose." 

Philip  Shook,  Po,  Ind.,  writes: 

"I  cannot  do  without  the  Cynosure. 
When  I  do  not  have  it  there  is  something 
missing." 

Jacob  J.  Snyder,  Muscatine,  lowaf 
writes: 

'  'I  hope  that  your  labors  for  love  may 
result  in  the  salvation  of  precious  souls 
and  the  salvation  of  our  beloved  country." 

Jesse  Calvert,  Milford,  Ind.,  writes  : 

"I  delivered  a  short  lecture  on  Masonry 
at  the  close  of  my  sermon  Sabbath  even- 


ing. ...  It  caused  some  research.  I 
hope  the  good  work  may  go  on  until  none 
may  be  left  to  advocate  Satan's  cause." 

S.  B.  Ilouton,  Pittsburgh,  Ind.,  writes: 

"0  that  the  day  may  soon  appear  when 
the  church  shall  cease  to  be  a  safe  retreat _ 
for  crying  sins;  when  she  shall  arise  in' 
the  dignity  and  grandeur  of  her  might;  in 
the  name  of  her  glorious  King  gird  on  her 
glittering  armor  and  go  forth  and  battle 
against  the  giant  monster,  secrecy." 

Jas.  Donaldson,  London,  Ont.,   writes: 

"I  received  your  circular  and  other  pa- 
pers and  have  been  using  them  as  best  I 
could.  But  my  steps  are  watched  wher- 
ever I  go,  and  every  word  is  repeated  to 
my  injury.  The  attempt  has  been  made 
to  cut  otl"  all  means  of  support  from  me  if 
I  shall  say  a  word  on  the  subject  of  Free- 
masonry. This  has  not  stopped  my  mouth, 
but  renders  me  more  earnest  in  the  cause." 

Should  not  a  system  that  thus  persecutes 
those  who  oppose  it  receive  the  earnest  op- 
position of  all  who  approve  of  free  speech  f 

Dr.  E.  E.  Burnside,  Earlville,  N-  Y., 
writes: 

"While  in  Worcester,  Mass.,  recently, 
I  learned  that  a  minister  living  there.  Rev. 
Mr.  Converse,  was  a  high  Mason  ;  and 
also  that  within  the  last  year  ho  has  been 
reduced  to  the  necessity  of  goini?  out  to 
saw  wood  by  the  day.  "What  would  ho 
do  now,"  exclaimed  my  informant,  "if  it 
were  not  for  the  Masons?  They  help  him 
some,  but  the  churches  do  but  little  for 
him."  I  replied,  "If  he  has  been  trusting 
Masonry  all  these  years  rather  than  the 
Lord,  is  it  not  just  that  the  Lord  leaves 
him  to  depend  upon  it  in  his  old  age?" 
Upon  my  return  I  happened  to  meet  good 
Bro.  Fisher,  'of  Chaseville.  He  has  been 
ill  for  two  or  more  years,  unable  to  preach, 
and  really  poor  in  this  world's  goods.  He 
has  quite  a  family,  but  lie  assures  me  that 
the  Lord  has  taken  care  of  them.  Churches 
and  individuals  have  sent  liberal  donations, 
and  he  says  he  is  entirely  satisfied  with 
trusting  God,  and  has  no  need  of  secret 
societies." 

[From  tho  Antl-masouic  Review,  1829. 

History  of  FreemasonrY. 


[continued  fkom  last  week.] 
In  the  rude  times,  when  men,  ignor- 
ant of  chirography,  impressed  the  seal 
of  their  parchments  with  the  tooth  in 
their  head  for  their  signature,  it  was 
usual  for  master  masons  to  give  their 
apprentice  a  grip  or  sign,  by  which  he 
should  make  himself  known  to  any 
mason  as  a  regular  entered  apprentice 
to  the  trade;  and  another  when  he  had 
completed  his  apprenticeship  and  pass- 
ed to  the  rank  of  &  journeyman  or  fel- 
low-craft; and  a  third  when,  by  assidu- 
ity, experience  and  skill,  he  had  become 
himself  a  master  of  work,  took  build- 
ings to  rear,  hired  fellow-crafts  or 
journeymen,  and  received  apprentices. 
The  word,  the  sign  and  the  grip,  in 
those  unlettered  ages,  were  the  .certifi- 
cate of  the  craft  to  its  regular  taught 
members ;  and  in  Germany  were  com- 
mon before  Freemasonry  was  imported 
from  England.  (See  Prof.  Robisou's 
Proofs,  p.  54.) 

Masonic  historians  claim  the  men  to 
be  Freemasons  against  whom  the  stat- 
ute was  papsed  in  the  25th  of  Edward 
3d,  and  again  in  the  reign  of  Henry 
6  th,  forbidding  them  to  assemble  in 
lodges  Rnd  chapters,  (See  F.  M.  Li- 
brary, p.  25;  Hardie's  Monitor,  p.  20; 
Lawrie,  p.  04;  Encyclopedia  Brittanica, 
Art.  Masons,  Sec.  62. )  Now  Edward 
3d  dealt  with  Englishmen  of  that  day 
as  George  8d  would  have  dealt  with 
Americans  in  his  day,  as  if  they  had 
been  slaves.  A  plague  had  swept  away 
a  fearful  portion  of  the  English  popu- 
lation, and  jthe  scarcity  of  laborers 
caused  all  classes  of  mechanics  to  de- 
mand an  increase  of  wages.  Edward 
had  ^several  castles    and    magnificent 


edifices  in  building,  and,  to  make  his 
money  hold  out,  must  compel  the  ma- 
sons and  mechanics  to  work  at  lue  old 
rates.  He  issued  bucIi  an  ordinance 
and  enforced  it  by  his  sheriffs.  Under 
that  ordinaiice  masons  were  returned 
from  the  several  counties  of  England 
to  work  on  Windsor  Castle,  as  jurors 
were  returned  to  s^rve  in  the  king's 
courts.  (See  Hume's  History  of  Eng- 
knd,  reign  of  Ed,  3d.)  This  was 
equally  sgreeable  to  the  Lords  of  Par- 
liament and  to  hims*  If,  and  accordingly 
it  was  enacted  A.  D.  1350,  that  "as 
servants,  not  willing  after  tho  pestilence 
to  serve  without  taking  t.ixcessive  wages, 
had  been  required  to  serve  in  their  ac- 
customed places  at  the  rate  they  had 
received  in  the  20th  year  of  Edward 
3d;  and  as  it  is  given  tho  king  to  un- 
derstand in  this  present  Parliament, 
that  the  said  servants  have  paid  no  re- 
gard to  the  said  ordinance,  but  to  their 
ease  do  withdraw  from  the  service  of 
great  men  and  others,  unless  they  have 
livery  and  wages  to  the  double  or  treble 
of  that  they  were  wont  to  take  in  the 
said  20th  year  and  befare,  to  the  great 
damage  of  the  great  men,  &a.  be  or- 
dained and  established  the  things  un- 
der written." 

Chap.  1.  Fixes  the  day  and  year 
wages  of  Farm  servants. 

Chap.  2.  The  price  of  threshing  all 
sorts  of  corn  by  the  quarter. 

Chap.  3.  Prescribes  tho  wages  of 
several  sorts  of  .artificers  and  laborers ; 
among  whom  carpenters  aud  masons 
are  particuarly  specified. 

Chap.  4.  Requires  artificers  to  make 
oath  that  they  will  use  their  crafts,  as 
they  did  in  tho  20th  year  of  the  same 
Edward  3d.  (See  Ruffhead's  ICnglish 
Statutes,  Vol.  1,  p.  251.) 

Seventy-four  years  after  the  enact- 
ment of  this  statute,  which  plainly  is 
applicable  only  to  handicrafts ,  Henry 
Gth,  in  Parliament  at  Westminster,  or- 
dained that  ''no  confederacies  and 
congregations  shall  be  made  by  Masons 
in  their  general  chapters  and  assemblies, 
whereby  the  good  course  and  effects  of 
the  statute  of  laborers,  (25th  Ed.  3d,) 
are  violated  and  broken,  in  subdivision 
of  law;  and  if  any  be,  they  that  cause 
such  chapters  and  corgregations  to  be 
assembled  and  holden,  shall  be  a'ljudg- 
ed  felons."     Coke's  3d  Ins.  p.  09. 

The  common  pretence  of  Freema- 
sons, that  these  statutes  were  levelled 
particularly  against  their  mystic  order, 
by  the  infiuence  of  bigoted  priests,  be- 
cause the  secret  was  not  portrayed  in 
the  office  of  auricular  confession,  is  too 
shallow,  after  once  reading  these  stat- 
utes, to  cover  the  nakedness  of  the 
falsehood,  or  to  conceal  the  evident  du- 
plicity of  its  first  publishers.  But  one 
thing  these  statutes  conclusively  show 
with  the  aid  of  Masonic  historians,  viz. 
— that  in  the  reign  of  Ed.  8d  and  Hen- 
ry Gth,  there  were  no  Freemasons  in 
England,  but  stone  masons;  who  met 
in  general  chapters  and  assemblies,  not 
to  cultivate  tho  knowledge  of  a  wonder- 
ful mystery,  but  to  impede  the  execu- 
tion of  the  laws,  and  to  violate  the 
statutes  of  their  country. 

With  this  view  faithful  history  fully 
concurs.  That  a  society  claiming  the 
glories  of  Freemasonry  should  have  ex- 


isted for  ages  unnoticed  by  any  writer, 
noble  or  contemptible,  foolish  or  learn- 
ed, is  wholly  incredible,  and  unworthy 
of  belief.  The  Puritans  and  the  Pres- 
byterians, tho  Cabalists  and  the  Rosi- 
crueians,  the  gypsies  and  the  necro- 
mancers, the  alchymists  and  the  Jes- 
uiets,  are  each  liberally  noticed  in  the 
works  of  various  authors  during  the 
16th  and  l7th  centuries;  but  Freema- 
sonry had  not  so  much  as  a  name,  until 
the  L8th  century.  To  any  historical 
sch'jlar,  this  alone  is  enough.  VVe 
read  of  the  Fraternitas  laihomorum, 
or  company  of  bricklayers;  but  it  re- 
quires not  a  lawyer  to  discern,  that 
these  are  the  men  aoainst  whom  the 
statute  of  laborers  was  directed  in  the 
25th  year  of  Edward  3d,  and  are  not 
the  men  who  have  at  tiiis  «iay  in  their 
lodges  the  langusge  of  Eden,  and  the 
mysteries  of  the  antediluvian  world. 
This  ia  irresistible  t'uth,  and  I  chal- 
lenge any  man  to  turn  its  edge,  or  to 
break  its  point,  or  to  show  one  particle 
of  evidence  to  the  contrary,  except  it 
proceed  from  the  v&iagicrious  boast- 
ings of  the  mystic  order  itself,  which  is 
not  evidence,  the  witness  being  con- 
feesedly  interested,  and  standing  pub- 
licly convicted  of  shamf'less  duplicity 
and  of  atrocious  falsehood.  See  Illus- 
trations of  Masonry  by  Wm.  Morgan, 
compared  with  the  standard  works  and 
authorized  pretentions  of  the  order. 

Of  the  fame  tenor  ia  the  fact  that 
Papacy  and  Freemasonry  cannot  dwell 
together  in  peace ;  but  we  hear  not  a 
word  of  their  disagreement,  until  the 
18th  century.  Certainly  Papacy  is 
older  than  100  years;  and  if  Freema- 
sonry be  much  above  that,  how  did  is 
previously  escape  a  onfl  ct  which  has 
never  ceased  since  it  commenced,  A. 
D.  1730  to '40?  The  canons  of  the 
church  require  full  and  free  confession 
to  the  priests  from  all  good  Catholics. 
The  oaths  of  Freemasonry  require  ab- 
solute secrecy  upon  the  transactions  of 
the  brethren  from  every  good  Mason. 
Now,  these  canons  and  oaths  no  where 
abide  together  without  discord  and  a 
deprivation  of  church  privileges,  and 
they  never  could  li.irmonize  for  one 
moment.  Therefore,  the  time  when 
they  first  fell  out  and  conlr.idicted  each 
other,  must  have  been  near  the  begin- 
ning of  one,  or  both  of  them.  That 
time  is  determined  by  the  bull  of  the 
Pope,  1738,  1739.  Wring  and  twist 
the  bother  Mason  may,  but  there  is 
no  Of  cape;  tho  date  is  correctly  stated, 
seventeen  hundred  thirty-eight,  issued 
by  Clement  12th.  (See  Lawrie's  Hist. 
Mas.  p.  122;Ency.  Brit.  Art,  Masonry, 
last  edition.) 

What  has  been  said  io  proof,  not 
only  that  the  account  which  Freema- 
sonry gives  of  itself,  is  erroneous,  but 
grosdy  erroneous;  not  only  that  Ihe 
order  was  not  organized  by  Solomon 
and  patronized  by  St.  John,  but  that  it 
had  no  existence  even  in  the  days  of 
Edward  3d,  and  of  Henry  Gth  of  Eng- 
land. The  question  becomes  interest- 
ing, whence  did  it  originate?  and  who 
first  promulgated  its  falsehoods? 
[to  be  continued.] 


Sand  on  for  the  paper  while  the  sub- 
ject is  in  mind.     Read  the   last  psige. 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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Chicago,  Tlinrsday,  September  3,  1874. 
EDITOUIAIi  COUltESrONDENCE. 


AN    EPISCOPAL    SAINT ADULTERY    "bEING    WORTHY,"  AND 

A    BISHOP    IN    TROUBLE. 

Oalesburo,  111.,  Aug.  24,  1874. 

I  preached  here  yesterday  to  crood  audiences  in  two 
churches,  the  last  in  my  old  pulpit.  On  the  cars  I 
met  an  old  chiss-mate,  once  a  Congregational  minister, 
now  an  Episcopal  clergyman,  and,  he  informed  me,  a 
Knight  Templar  and  of  Malta.  He  gave  me  much 
useful  information ;  so  much  that  his  life  would  not  be 
safe  in  some  Masonic  jurisdictions,  if  all  he  said  to  me 
were  knoAvn.  John  Forgie  Avas  murdered  for  less  Ma- 
sonic offense. 

I  asked  him  why  the  Kniglit  Templar's  degree  was 
considered  and  called  the  twelfth  by  some  authorities 
and  only  the  ninth  by  |others.  He  said  the  degrees 
between  RoyJl  A^cli  and  Knight  Templar  were  unim- 
portant. ''There  were  three  of  them  that  I  did  not 
take."  "That  explains  it,"  I  replied.  '  Omitting  those 
three  and  it  is  the  ninth  with  them  the  twelfth." 

"But,"  said  T,  "brother,  I  am  getting  to  regard 
ministers  of  the  Gospel  who  are  adhering  Masons  with 
horror.  When  you  were  made  a  Master  Mason,  you 
swore  to  conceal  all  a  Master  Mason's  crimes  but  two. 
And  in  the  seventh  degree  you  swore  to  conceal  all  a 
Royal  Arch  Mason's  crimes  without  exception,"!!! 
Why  then  am  I  not  to  regard  you  as  a  sworn  confed- 
erate with  Masonic  felons  ?" 

''You  do  not  understand  it,"  he  rephed.  You  for- 
get the  words:  'He  being  worthy.'  If  he  is  guilty, 
and  I  know  it,  he  is  not  a  'v\orthy'  Mason,  and  I  am 
not  bound  by  the  oath  to  conceal  his  crime. 

Shocked  at  his  easy  gullibility  and  the  "deceivable- 
ness"  of  the  lodge,  I  replied,  "Oh  brother! — that 
would  make  the  Mason's  oath  a  blasphemous  nullity. 
You  swear  to  conceal  his  crimes,  and  then  pretend 
that  if  he  has  crimes  to  conceal  your  oath  is  not  bind- 
ing. This  won't  do.  Besides  Stephen  A.  Hulbut, 
M.  C. ,  raised  this  same  question  on  Judge  Whitney, 
when  Whitney  was  Master  of  Belvidero  Lodge;  and 
the  Grand  Master  of  this  State  decided  that  the  lodge, 
not  the  individual  Mason,  was  to  decide  who  is 
•worthy;'  and  that  an  individual  Mason  cannot  set  up 
a  plea  of  conscience  in  a  given  case,  but  is  bound  by 
the  letter  of  his  oath.  The  Grand  Lodae  sustained 
Hu  Ibut  and  turned  out  Whitney." 

"Well,"  said  my  friend,  ''I  have  so  understood  it. 
And  some  nine  or  ten  years  ago,  Bishop  Vail,  of  Kan- 
sas, was  at  my  house,  and  wished  to  take  the  Masonic 
degrees.  We  got  a  dispensation,  gave  him  the  En- 
tered Apprentice  degree  in  the  afternoon,  and  the 
other  two  that  night,  and  got  through  about  11 
o'clock.  Bishop  Vail  slept  at  my  house.  Next  morn- 
ing he  said  to  'Brother,  I  am  feehng  bad.  My  oaths 
last  night  bound  me  to  conceal  the  crime  of  an  adul- 
terer, if  given  to  me  as  a  secret.'  I  immediately 
called  his  attention  to  the  words,  'He  being  worthy ;' 
and  thougli  a  man  of  tender  conscience,  lie  wjis  satis- 
fied." 

Will  our  subscribers  in  Kansas  note  this,  and  see 
what  their  Bishop  Vail  has  been  through.  And  note 
the  morals  of  the  lodge  which  can  suppose  a  man  a 
"worthy  Mason"  who  is  guilty  of  adultery.  And  let  all 
readers  of  this  article  see  that  Masonry,  hke  Jesuitism, 
is  a  complete  repeal  of  all  ordinary  moral  obligation. 

My  good  Episcopi^l  brother,  who  is  a  sincere,  inof- 
fensive person,  went  on  to  declare  that  he  never  in  all 
his  life  had,  to  his  mind,  so  striking  an  illustration  of 
the  sinner's  entire  dependence  on  Christ,  as  he  had  in 
the  lodge  where  the  candidate  is  denuded  and  de- 
prived of  money,  raiment  and  everything  whereby  he 
could  help  a  distressed  brother.  In  short  this  Episco- 
pal clergyman  who  has  been  the  pastor  of  such  men  as 
Judge  Lawrence,  is  a  blinded  and  complete  tool  of  the 
lodge.  I  wish  to  send  this  article  sent,  marked,  to 
Judge  Lawrence,  that  I  may  say  to  him  that  if  he 
countenances  his  Episcopal  clergymen  in   such  blas- 


phemy and  folly,  he  deserved  to  be  beaten  by  Craig, 
who,  whatever  he  is,  is  no  hypocrite,  but  joined  the 
lodge  and  goes  with  it  for  buncombe. 

It  is  these  Episcopal  and  other  bishops  and  saints 
who  swear  to  conceal  adulterers,  ''they  being  worthy," 
who  keep  the  lodge  in  countenance  and  enable  it  to 
grind  the  moral  natures  of  our  young  men  into  its 
devil's  grist.     Yours  in  Christ,  J.  B. 


LODGE    CONSPIRACY    TO  CONTROL    EDUCATON    IN    ILLINOIS. 

Villisca,  Iowa,  Aug.  25,  18/4. 

Hon.  Newton  Bateman,  Superintendent  of  Schools 
in  Illinois,  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  in 
Springfield,  111.  He  is  a  Freemason,  and  as  such, 
must  have  been  lodge-brother  with  Harmon  G.  Rey- 
nolds of  Springfield,  who  was  in  the  late  printing  frauds, 
and  who  has  so  lon£j  run  the  Grand  Lodge  of  this 
State.  Mr.  Bateman  has  discharged  the  duties  of  his 
office  respectably,  and  until  I  found  that  he  was  en- 
deavoring to  get  young  men  who  were  teachers  under 
him  into  the  lodge,  I  was  inclined  to  ignore  his  Ma- 
sonry as  a  means  used  by  him  to  get  office;  though 
the  example  of  a  State  Superintendent  of  common 
schools  who  is  in  secret  sworn  brotherhood  with  the 
gamblers  and  swindlers  who  belong  to  the  lodge  can- 
not but  bo  disastrous  on  every  rising  young  man  in 
the  profession  of  teaching  in  Illinois.  But  Mr.  Bate- 
man is  a  lodge-propagandist.  True,  he  has  seldom 
spoken  in  public  for  the  Masons,  only  just  enough  to 
keep  his  lodge-standing  good.  But  in  private,  he  has 
advised  young  men  to  join  the  lodge  as  a  means 
of  rising  in  the  profession.  The  Jesuits,  before  they 
made  the  attempt  on  the  governments  for  Avhich  they 
were  expelled  from  the  Christian  States  of  Europe, 
first  obtained  control  of  the  schools. 

Judge  then  of  my  anxiety  as  I  came  through  Gales- 
burg,  to  learn  that  Newton  Bateman  had  just  been 
elected  President  of  Knox  College,  and  that  Kev. 
Flavel  Bascom  voted  for  him,  knowing  that  he  was  a 
lodge-propagandist.  Mr.  Bascom  is  professedly  hos- 
tile to  the  lodge.  How  he  answers  to  his  conscience 
for  that  vote  I  know  not.  Other  members  of  the  Col- 
lege Board  assure  me  they  were  ignorant  of  Mr.  Bate- 
man's  connection  with  the  lodge.  Wm.  J.  Phelps, 
Esq. ,  of  Elmwood,  I  am  sure,  never  would  have  voted 
knowingly  to  place  Knox  College  in  the  hands  of  a 
man  who  is  roping  the  young  men  who  teach  our 
schools  into  the  dens  of  sworn  and  swindled  secrecy. 

Bramwell  Powell,  of  Aurora,  Republican  candidate 
for  Mr.  Bateman's  place  of  Superintendent  of  common 
schools,  is  a  Knight  Templar,  as  we  have  heretofore 
published.  His  nomination  as  Bateman's  successor  is 
a  matter  of  course  the  result  of  lodge  consultation. 
And  as  the  Congregationalists  of  Illinois  have,  in  their 
General  and  local  associations,  voted  against  the  secret 
orders;  this  is  a  plain  conspiracy  against  the  Congre- 
gational churches  of  the  State.  They  have  wormed 
Rev.  Henry  D.  Moore  in  as  pastor  of  the  Congrega- 
tional church  at  Springfield.  Mr.  Moore  is  a  Freema- 
son of  twenty-one  degrees.  With  Moore  at  the  seat 
of  the  State  government,  Newton  Bateman  in  Gales 
burg,  and  Bramwell  Powell  as  State  Superintendent 
of  common  schools,  and  Harmon  G.  Reynolds  to  lob- 
by for  them,  the  school  legislation  and  the  instruction 
of  the  children  of  Illinois  are  sold  to  this  accursed  con- 
spiracy. 

Of  course  I  do  not  accuse  Bateman  and  Powell  of 
being  wicked  and  corrupt  men.  What  they  want 
is  office.  But,  as  Master  Masons,  they  are  sworn  to 
conceal  all  crimes  but  two;  and  as  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons, all  crimes  without  exception  of  their  brethren. 

Are  the  people  of  Galesburg  and  of  the  State  going 
to  look  on,  like  sheep  in  a  slaughter  yard,  while  this 
scheme  is  completed?  Are  the  Congregational 
churches  of  the  State  willing  to  stand  still  and  see 
their  congregations  depleted  and  their  pastors  sent 
adrift,  which  now  is  being  done  all  over  the  State 
by  this  silent,  secret  process  ?  Will  not  the  colleges  of 
the  State  and  especially  that  at  Monmouth,  awake  and 
struggle  at  least  before  this  devil's  net  encloses  them? 
Nothing  is  left  us  but  to  join  the  lodge,  to  be  silently 
run  down  by  i^  or  to  oppose  it. 

Yours  in  Christ,  J.  Blanchaud. 


NOTES. 

— One  of  the  two  State  officer*  to  bj  elected  in  Illi- 
nois on  the  third  of  November  is  a  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Schools.  The  Republicans  have 
nominatfd  Mr.  Powell,  whose  lodge  standing  has 
been  d'scusstd  in  our  columns.  The  Fanner's  Con- 
vention put  forward  S.  M.  Etter  for  the  position.  The 
latter  has  taught  many  years  in  the  State,  but  what- 
ever success  he  miy  have  attained  is  due  to  his  con- 
nection to  the  Maeonic  lodge  as  well  as  to  his  ability 
in  his  profession.  Our  judgment,  based  on  persoi.Hl 
observation,  rates  these  two  forces  at  nearly  an  equal- 
ity. Mr.  Etter  wants  the  office  and  is  working  for  it. 
He  has  succeeded  in  getting  the  late  Democratic  con- 
vention (old  line)  to  endorje  his  nomination,  whereat 
the  independent  farmers  are  justly  indignant,  their 
motto  being  the  man  for  the  office  and  not  the  office 
for  the  man.  They  might  do  a  worse  thing  than 
to  change  their  candidate. 

—In  the  correspondence  of  this  number  is  a  second 
letter  from  Mr.  TuUis,  of  Tiskilwa.  We  were  informed 
that  he  was  chaplain  of  the  lodge  and  absented  him- 
self as  stated  from  a  Masonic  bail  by  a  gentleman  in 
whose  word  we  had  confidence.  He  was,  it  seemp, 
mistaken,  as  he  thinks  Mr.  T.  correct  in  this  particu- 
lar. As  for  the  denial  of  other  items,  it  is  made 
against  the  statement  of  responsible  persons.  Bro. 
Stratton  is  not  a  man  to  report  manufactured  stories. 
Nor  from  personal  acquaintance  do  we  think  the 
brethren  who  attend  the  M.  E.  church  in  Tiskilwa 
would  sign  a  petition  for  the  return  ot  a  pastor  known 
to  be  a  Freemason  in  order  to  make  it  unanimous. 
Improbable  as  it  appears  they  may  have  done  so.  If 
true,  it  is  somewhat  surprising  and  yet  gratifying  if 
the  Methodist  church  of  Tiskilwa  has  no  member  con- 
nected with  the  lodge.  But  it  is  a  shame  to  a  pastor 
to  boastingly  claim  allegiance  to  an  order  foxind(  d  in 
infidelity  and  maintained  by  deception,  whose  only 
graces  are  blasphemous  mockeries  of  true  religion, 
where  he  is  an  equal  and  willing  companion  of  Mo- 
hammedans, Jews,  pagans  and  vile  men.  It  is  the 
duty  of  those  Christian  brethren  to  labor  for  the  ex- 
trication of  their  pastor  from  this  devilish  snare,  and 
if  his  conscience  is  so  d'  filed  that  the  truth  spoken  in 
love  hasnoeffect,  the  Word  of  God  is  plain.  Not 
only  is  he  now  living  in  open  and  continual  violation  of 
lis  precepts,  but  also,  we  believe,  of  the'  discipline  of  his 
church,  in  spirit  if  not  in  letter. 

— The  following  statistics  may  be  of  interest. 
There  were  reported  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  New 
York  at  its  meeting  in  May  last,  5,300  initiations,  310 
less  than  in  1873;  demits  1,777,  for  1873,  1,781;  ex- 
pulsions 49;  suspend  jns  25;  stricken  from  roll  for 
nonpayment  of  dues  2,840,  to  2,403  the  year  before, 
increase  437;  restorations  352;  deaths,  945;  total 
membership  79,849,  an  increase  of  770  for  the  year, 
less  than  one  per  cent;  the  receipts  from  all  sources 
$61,890.54,  about  $400  more  than  the  year  before. 
The  stat'eticsof  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Connecticut  are: 
initiations,  695;  reinstated,  11 ;  demitted,  164 ;  stricken 
from  roll,  257;  suspended,  9;  expelled,  0;  died,  162; 
present  number  14,943.  The  Grand  Lodge  of  Utah 
reports  09  initiations,  13  demits,  300  Masons.  Of  Col- 
orado, 19  lodges,  123  initiations,  52  demits,  21  strick- 
en from  roll,  1,079  Masons. 

— The  National  Grange  has  discontinued  its  weekly 
bulletin  of  the  progress  of  the  order.  The  following  is 
said  to  be  a  correct  statement  of  the  number  of  gran- 
gers on  the  first  of  June: 


Alabama 004 

Arkansas 421 

California 200 

Connecticut 3 

Delaware 10 

Florida 54 

Georgia 040 

Illinois 1,481 

Indiana 1 ,908 

Iowa 1,994 

Kansas 1,333 

Kentucky 1 ,191 

Louisiana 128 

Maine 27 

Maryland 101 

Maasachusettts 58 

Michigan 460 

Minnesota 5 


Mississippi 592 

Missouri 1,929 

Nebraska 587 

New  Hampshire 31 

Ne-\\'  Jersey 78 

New  York 21« 

North  Carolina 399 

Ohio 947 

Oregon 104 

Pennsylvania 284 

South  Carolina 293 

Tennessee 933 

Texas 400 

Vermont 130 

West  Virginia 55 

Virginia 200 

Wisconsin 497 

Total 18,960 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


An  Irisli  Roman  Catholic  named  John  Scallon,  one 
of  Prince  Harry  Genet's  supporters,  fell  back  down 
astair  when  trying  to  Vet  his  key  into  his  door  one  night 
not  longag-o,  in  the  upper  part  of  this  c'ty.  He  was, 
it  seems,  a  Freemason  (and  doubtless  a  good  example 
of  the  purity,  temperance,  and  so  forth,  enjoined 
by  the  rules  of  the  Masonic  fraternity).  On  aoount 
of  his  being  a  Mjscn,  it  is  said  that  no  priest  would 
have  anything  to  do  with  his  funeral.  The  Masons 
oflfered  to  provide  a  Protestant  chaplain,  probably  a 
member  of  the  fraternity,  but  this  the  widow  declined, 
«nd  the  deceased  was  buried  in  his  own  ground  under 
protest;  but  whether  his  ground  was  a  lot  in  the  con- 
secrated part  of  the  Cemetery  of  the  evergreens,  or 
somewhere  else,  and  who  it  was  that  protes  ted,  we 
are  not  informed. — N.  Y.  Witness. 


— The  National  Camp-meeting  Association  has 
made  arrangements  for  a  vigorous  campaign  through 
the  Southern  States.  They  will  take  their  mammoth 
tent  with  them,  and  pitch  it  wherever  they  see  a  good 
opportunity. 

— It  is  proposea  to  raise  among  the  Baplijts  of 
Pennsylvania  a  half  million  of  dollars  for  educational 
purposes,  $300,000  of  which  is  to  be  for  Lewisburg 
University,  and  $200,000  for  academies  in  the  State. 
An  effort  is  to  be  ra-\de  to  raise  $75,000  for  Peddle 
Insiitute,  at  Hightstown,  N.  J. 

— A  camp-meeting  waT  held  during  August  in  Du- 
page county,  this  State,  under  the  direction  of  a  coun 
tv  association.  Such  lay-workers  as  Whittle,  Cole, 
De  Golyer  and  Bundy  were  the  principal  speakers. 
Dr.  Walker,  of  Wheaton,  also  participated,  A  number 
were  believed  to  have  been  born  again  and  the  graces 
of  many  behevers  qu'ckened. 

— The  perseciition  of  Protestants  in  the  Turkish 
Empire  has  drawn  the  missionaries  of  all  denomina- 
tions and  nationalities  more  closely  together.  They 
have  joined  in  aa  appeal  to  the  Christian  Powers  of 
Europe  and  America  in  behalf  of  the  missionaries  and 
colporteurs  whose  work  has  been  seriously  interfered 
with.  Some  converts  to  Christianity  have  been  im- 
prisoned and  otherwise  iJltreated,  and  some  have  been 
forcibly  enrolled  in  the  Turkish  army  for  the  offense 
of  becoming  Christians. 

—Rev.  David  Todd,  pastor  of  the  Congregational 
church  of  Pi-ovidence,  111.,  died  Aug.  10  at  Granville, 
II).  He  had  been  pastor  of  this  church  for  a  quarter 
of  a  century,  with  the  exception  of  an  intermission  of 
two  or  three  years,  while  engaged  in  teaching  in  the 
South  among  the  freedmen,  where  he  contracted  the 
disease  which  renewed  its  attack  upon  him,  and  in  less 
thau  one  week  finished  its  work.  He  was  universally 
beloved  by  his  people  and  was  a  steadfast  supporter  of 
the  truth  against  the  lodge. 

— The  triennial  General  Convenlioaof  the  Epis- 
copal church  is  to  bs  held  in  New  York  in  October 
next.  The  Convention  is  composed  of  .the  House  of 
Bishops,  comprising  all  the  diocesan  and  missionary 
bishops,  and  the  House  of  Clerical  and  Lay  deputies. 
The  last  consists  of  four  clergymen  and  four  laymen 
from  each  of  the  fortj-one  dioceses,  and  are  appoint- 
ed by  the  local  conventions  of  the  same.  The  House 
of  Bishops  holds  its  sessions  for  the  most  part  in  se- 
cret, except  in  the  case  of  matters  of  a  public  charac- 
ter, when  the  doors  are  thrown  open.  How  to  check 
the  growth  of  Ritualism  will  be  one  of  the  foremost 
and  most  difficult  questions  for  consideration. 

— The  Rev.  O.  Green,  a  Presbyterian  mssionary 
to  Yokohama,  denies  that  the  Government  of  Japan 
gives  unhmited  freedom  to  the  Christian  missionaries 
to  teach.  He  says:  "The  law  against  Christianity 
has  not  been  abrogated.  There  is  no  reli'^ious  tolera- 
tion. The  people  are  somewhat  restrained  by  fear  cf 
the  law  from  resorting  to  missionaries  to  be  taught. 
We  foreigners  are  prevented  by  law  from  living 
among* the  natives,  nor  can  we  live  anywhere  save  in 
a  little  corner  in  each  of  the  opsn  ports,  called  the 
'Foreign  Concession,'  but  we  dare  not  go  among  the 
people  to  the  limit  of  25  miles  from  each  of  these 
seven  cities — there  is  the  legal  boundary." 

— Prof.  Julius  H.  Seeley  has  been  delivering  a 
course  of  lectures  on  Foreign  Missions,  to  the  students 
and  citizens  of  Andover,  M?ss.  After  taking  a  gen- 
eral outlook  over  the  subject,  he  showed  that  civiliza- 
tion apart  from  religion  is  wholly  inadiquate  to  supply 
the  needs  of  the  heathen.  Neither  art  nor  science 
nor  systems  of  education  and  culture,  however  perfect, 
have  anything  in  them  competent  to  the  task.  Noth- 
ing but  Christianity  will   prevail  to  put  the  leaven  of 


reform  into  those  people  and  their  institutions.  Only 
that  form  of  Christianity  which  has  implicit  faith  in, 
and  is  based  in  action  upon  the  command:  "Go 
preach  the  gospel,"  can  ever  hope  to  coBquer  the 
world  for  Christ. 

— The  Christian  Leader  says  the  work  of  the  Mo- 
ravian missionaries  in  Labrador  that  tl,ey  mike  but 
little  of  a  sensation  in  their  mission  work,  but  keep  at 
what  they  undertake  with  remarkable  persistency. 
They  select  the  least  comfortable  fields  of  labor  in  tlu: 
world.  Their  work  iu  Greenland  is  well  known. 
Now  they  have  opened  a  new  station  in  the 
southern  part  of  Labrador,  where  the  thermoraeicr 
as  low  as  sixty  degrees  below  freezing  point  in  Janu- 
ary. The  missionaries  sometimes  lose  their  way  in 
snow  drifts,  and  their  Esquimaux  dogs  give  out  with 
weariness;  but  though  the  Esquimaux  population  re 
gard  Christ  as  bat  little  better  than  one  of  thei/  own 
sorcerers,  the  work  is  pushed  bn  as  bravelv  as  if  the 
encouragement  were  greater.  When  we  think  of  the 
comparitive  ease  with  which  our  home  evangelical 
work  is  managed,  the  labors  of  these  half-frozen  Mo- 
ravians seem  the  very  concentration  of  all  human  self- 
sacrifice. 

— 0.fi  Wednesday  evening  of  last  week  Rev.  J.  W. 
Bain  was  irslalled  pastor  of  the  United  Presbjterian 
church  of  this  city.  Rov.  J.  D.  Smith,  of  Hanover, 
111.  preached  the  sermon,  taking  as  his  theme  Christ's 
promises  and  the  interest  the  world  ba^  in  them.  Rev. 
W.  T.  Moffett,  of  Somonauk,  propounded  the  usual 
questions  to  the  pastor  elect  and  to  the  church,  and 
gave  the  pastoral  charge  to  visit  the  sick  and  preach 
the  whole  Gopsol.  Rev.  R,  W.  French,  of  Petione, 
charged  the  congregation,  that  they  render  every 
possible  aid  to  their  minister,  who,  he  believed, 
would  maintain  the  priucipics  of  the  church.  On 
Thursday  evening  a  reception  was  tendered  Bro. 
Biin  by  the  congregation  at  the  church,  corner  of 
Monroe  and  Paulina  streets.  Prof.  Bliss  conducted 
the  excellent  singing,  and  an  a  idress  from  the  pastor 
formed  part  of  the  exercises.  The  relation  thus  hap- 
pily begun,  all  hope  and  pray  may  coiilinue  long  and 
usefully. 


"^^m  4  ^^*  '^f^^h 


Coujilry. 

Gen.  Custer's  expedition  to  the  Black  Hills  Indian 
country  has  returned  safely  to  Hbrt  Abraham  Lincoln. 
The  reports  of  gold  producing  and  fertile  country  in 
the  region  traversed  has  already  started  the  organiza- 
tion of  mining  companies;  but  Gen.  Sheridan  has  giv- 
en notice  to  such  parties,  that  they  will  not  be  permit 
ted  to  go  unless  by  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  the 
Interior  or  of  Congress.  But  why  did  the  govern- 
ment first  permit  its  armed  troops  to  become  marauders 
and  set  an  example  to  the  cupidity  of  mining  compa- 
nies?—  Henry  Babb,  a  railroad  engineer,  has   been 

arrested  for  murder  in  causing  a  fatal  railroad  acci- 
dent near  Springfield.  Mass. ^Ann  Eliza  Young  vi^ho 

left  the  harem  of  her  husband,  Brigham,  some  time 
since,  has  brought  a  suit  for  divorce  and  alimony. 
Brigham  replies  in  court  that  he  has  an  income  cf 
only  $6,000  per  month  and  has  to  ^support  a  family  of 

69  persons. The  actual  damage   in  some    parts  of 

the  West  by  grasshoppers  has  been  exaggerated.  Gov. 
Pennington  of  Dakot-i  has  traversed  a  great  portion 
of  that  State,  including  the  devastated  districts,  and 
pronounces  the  impression  of  a  general  devastation 
utterly  false.  The  aggregate  yield  of  wheat  will  be 
greater  than  ever.  Potatoes  have  suffered  slightly, 
oats  considerably,  and  but  one-half  of  the  corn  crop 
will  be  harvested.'  Altogether,  the  damage  done  will 
not  exceed  20  per  cent,  of  the  crops,  and  may  be  less 
than  10.  Gov.  Osborn,  of  Kansas,  says  that  although 
some  portions  of  that  State  have  suffered  severely, 
yet  there  will  be  no  actual  want  and  the  State  will 
be  able  to  care  for  the  sufferers  without  aid  from  with- 
out. 

Southern  Disfurhanees. 

Dispatches  dated  Nashville,  Tenn.,  Aug,  26,  state 
that  the  negroes  at  Pickettsville,  Gibson  County,  6 
miles  from  Humboldt,  last  Saturday,  threatened  a  riot 
on  account  of  some  supposed  wrong  done  to  them, 
and  manifested  a  strong  desire  to  kill  two  or  three 
citizens,  and  fire  and  sack  the  town.  Yesterday  six- 
teen of  the  ringleaders  were  arrested  and  taken  to 
Trenton  and  placed  in  jail  for  safe  keeping.  About  1 
o'clock  Wednesday  morning,  between  75  and  100 
masked  men  enterec^  the  town,  rode  up  to  the  jail  and 
compelled  the  Sheriff  to  deliver  the  keys  to  them. 
The  sixteen  prisoners  were  taken  from  the  jail  and 
brought  to  the  edge  of  the  town  where  four  were  shot 
dead  and  two  wounded,  one  mortally.  The  remain- 
ing ten  negroes  were  taken  to  Forked  Deer  river  bot- 
tom and  shot  dead .     The    gang  of    murderers  were 


masked  whites.  This  massacre  has  thoroughly 
aroused  Western  Tennessee,  A  large  indigna°tion 
meeting  was  held  "in  Memphis  on  Friday  night. 
Speeches  were  made  by  leading  citizens  all  denounc- 
ing the  slaughter  of  the  negro  prisoners  at  Trenton. 
The  committee  reported  resolutions  condemning  the 
outrages,  and  caHicg  for  the  crrest  and  punishment 
of  the  murderers.  A  copy  of  the  resolutions  wa-s  sent 
to  Governor  Brown,  and  asking  ihat  the  power  of  the 
Siate  be  exercised  in  discovering  acd  bringing  to  jus- 
tice the    assassins. During  the  previous   week    a 

serious  encounter  occurred  al  Lancaster,  Ky,  On  the 
morning  of  Aug.  22  some  negroes  shot  a  Mr,  Yeakly. 
Th's  (.'xasperftted  the  whites  who  took  possession  of 
the  town,  and  firing  was  kept  up,  both  parties  fortify- 
ing themselves  in  buildings.  Four  companies  of  mili- 
tia were  sent  from  Louisville  and  quiet  was  finally  re- 
stored.     Several  negroes    were   reported    killed. 

Last  week  a  disturbance  arose  near  Shreveport,  La., 
and  both  whites  and  blacks  numbering  hundreds  were 
under  arms.  The  leaders  of  the  latter  were  finally  ar- 
rested. The  latest  reports  state  that  on  Monday  as 
the  prisoners  were  being  taken  to  Shreveport,  a  party 
of  Texana  overtook  the  party  and  murdered  the  pris- 
oners.  On  last  Friday  a  mail  train  on  the  Alaba- 
ma and  Chattanooga  road  was  stopped  by  desperadoes 

and  the  colored  mail  agent  was  murdered. The  New 

Tribune  remarks  on  these  outrages:  "There  has 
been  no  riot  or  violence  anywhere  which  a  decent  lo- 
cal government  out  not  to  have  suppressed  in  half  an 
hour.  Nevertheless  we  do  regard  the  situation  at  the 
Soutli  as  full  of  peril.  The  danger  is  not  from  the  tur- 
bulence of  the  negroes,  but  from  the  recklessness  and 
folly  of  the  whites.  Every  httle  disturbance  is  follow- 
ed either  by  a  musteriag  of  regulars  or  a  call  for  Fed- 
eral troops.  The  white  citizens  seem  to  have  no  con- 
fidence in  the  officers  of  the  law,  and  no  dispo.sition  to 
strengthen  their  hands  by  the  regular  methods  which 
the  law  itself  provides  for  emergencies.  If  a  negro 
turn  Highway  robber,  a  whole  county  must  fly  to  arms 
and  the  United  States  must  restore  order.  And  for 
this  feverish  condition  of  society  the  conservatives  of 
tne  South  seem  to  imagine  only  two  remedies.  One 
is  to  keep  the  negroes  out  of  politcs;  the  other  is  to 
re-elect  General  Grant.  Nothing  can  cure  the  misfor- 
tunes of  the  Southern  States  but  a  reform  in  their  lo- 
cal governments.  There  is  only  one  way  to  peace 
and  prosperity,  and  that  is  by  the  union  of  all  parties 
and  both  colors  in  setting  up  and  sustaining  honest  ad- 
ministrations. " 

The  Beccher  Inyestlgation. 

The  Committee  of  Investigation  reported  to  Ply- 
mouth church  on  Friday  evening  last.  The  church 
was  crowded  with  a  vast  audience,  and  but  one  senti- 
ment seemed  to  prevail — intense  sympathy  for  Mr. 
Beecher.  The  report  occupied  an  hour  in  reading 
and  the  parts  referring  to  the  innocence  of  Mr. 
Beecher  were  received  with  tumultuous  applause.  It 
bears  evidence  of  legal  authorship,  reviews  the  whole 
testimony,  and  takes  the  pains  to  step  aside  to  drive 
at  Tilton  and  Moulton.     It  concludes  thus : 

"First:  We  find  from  the  evidence  that  the  Rev. 
Henry  Ward  Beecher  did  not  commit  adultery  with 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  R.  Tilton,  either  at  the  time  or  times, 
place  or  places,  set  forth  in  the  third  and  fourth  sub- 
divisions of  Mr.  Tilton's  statement,  nor  at  any  other 
time  or  place  whatever. 

Second:  We  find  from  the  evidence  that  Mr.  Beech- 
er has  never  committed  any  unchaste  or  improper  act 
with  Mrs.  Tilton,  nor  made  any  unchaste  or  improper 
remark,  profier,  or  solicitation  to  her  of  any  kind  or 
description  whatever. 

Tliird:  If  this  were  a  question  of  errors  of  judg- 
ment on  the  part  of  Mr.  Beeoher,  it  would  be  easy  to 
criticise,  especially  in  the  light  of  recent  events.  In 
such  criticism,  even  to  the  extent  of  regrets  and  cen- 
sure, we  are  sure  no  man  would  join  more  sincerely 
than  Mr.  Beecher  himself. 

Fourth:  We  find  nothing  whatever  in  the  evidence 
that  should  impair  the  perfect  confidence  of  Plymouth 
church  or  the  world  in  the  Christian  character  and  in- 
tegrity of  Henry  Ward  Beecher. 

And  now  let  the  peace  of  God  that  passeth  all  un- 
derstanding rest  and  abide  with  Plymouth  church  and 
her  eminent  pastor,  so  much  and  so  long  afflicted." 
It  is  signed  by  Henry  W.  Sage,  Augustus  Storrs, 
Flenry  M.  Cleveland,  Horace  B.  Claflin,  John  Wins- 
low,  S,  V.  White,  the  committee  of  investigation.  At 
the  conclusion  remarks  were  made  by  Mr.  Blair  and 
Prof.  Raymond.  The  latter  took  occasion  to  use  per- 
sonal and  abusive  remarks  concerning  Moulton  who 
was  in  the  front  part  of  the  audience.  The  latter  arose 
acd  charged  him  with  lying,  and  on  attempting  to 
leave  the  house  was  hooted,  hissed,  and  set  upon  by 
the  crowd  who  might  have  killed  him  but  for  the  vig- 
orous efforts  of  the  police.  H.  C.  Bowen  has  enter- 
ed suits  against  two  Brooklyn  papers  for  statements 
growing  out  of  the  scadal. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


^\\t  %mt  ^ntU. 


With  all  lour  Might. 


If  yon've  any  taek  to  do, 
Let  me  wlilsv>or  frlond,  to  yon, 
Dolt 

If  you've  anything  to  say 
Tnio  and  needed,  yea  or  nay, 
Say  It. 

If  you've  anything  to  love 
As  a  bleesiuij  from  above. 
Love  It. 

If  yon've  anything  to  give 
That  auollier'B  joy  may  live, 
Give  it. 

If  yon  Icnow  what  torch  to  llglit, 
Onidiug  others  through  tlio  night. 
Light  it. 

If  you've  any  debt  to  pay, 
ReBt  you  neither  night  nor  day, 
Pay  it. 

If  you've  any  Joy  to  hold. 
Next  your  lieart,  lest  it  grow  cold. 
Hold  it. 

It  you've  any  gift  to  meet 
At  the  loying  Father's  feot. 
Meet  it. 

If  yon've  given  light  to  see 
What  a  child  of  God  should  be. 
See  it. 

Whether  life  be  bright  or  drear, 
There's  a  message  sweet  or  clear 
Whispered  down  to  every  ear: 
Hear  it. 

—  Selected. 


The  Family  a  DiYino  Onllnaucc< 


Instead  of  the  human  species  being 
consigned  to  solitary  separation  on  the 
one  hand,  or  being  congregated  into 
large  promiscuous  companies  or  herds 
on  ihe  other  hand,  we  find  them  allot- 
ted along  the  surface  of  this  wide  world 
into  little  communities,  living  under 
the  same  roof,  and  connected  by  a 
thousand  gentle  offices  which  they  dis- 
charge one  towards  another,  and  to 
which  they  are  prompted  by  interest- 
ing ties  of  feeling  and  afiection.  The 
system  is  in  admirable  adaption  to 
our  state  and  our  nature.  We  come 
into  the  world  not  like  the  young  of 
Bome  animals,  able  to  act  for  ourselves, 
but  in  utter  helple8sne8s,,and  we  find 
that  God  has  provided  for  us  kind  pa- 
rents who  delight  to  minister  to  our 
infirmities,  and  who  feel  as  if  the  in- 
fant's smile  was  a  sufficient  reward  for 
all  their  _^  toilsome  days  and  waking 
nights.  The  heart  responding  to  heart, 
the  reciprocal  tenderness  expressed  in  a 
thousand  practical  ways,  are  fitted  be- 
yond anything  that  man  can  devise  or 
conceive,  to  draw  forth  the  feelings  and 
to  train  the  affections  of  the  infant  and 
juvenile  mind.  The  memory  guided 
by  the  heart,  here  comes  to  the  aid  of 
the  judgment  and  renders  all  lengthen- 
ed argument  unnecessary ;  for,  far  as  our 
memory  goes  it  calla  up  scenes  of  un- 
wearied watchfulness  and  melling  love, 
and  tells  us  that  no  nature  could  be 
so  bountiful,  as  none  could  bo  so  pleas- 
ant, as  that  which  takes  place  under 
the  dews  of  a  mother's  kindness  and 
the  shelter  of  a  father's   counsels. 

Wild  theorists  have  labored  to  over- 
turn this  system,  but  God  in  his  pro- 
vidence has  inscribed  folly  on  all  their 
mad  and  profane  attempts  to  disturb 
his  arrangements;  and  it  has  been 
found  that,  after  producing  not  a  little 
temporary  misery,  these  parties  have 
been  obliged  to  abandon  their  schemes 
as    prejudicial     or  impracticable.    In 


ancient  Sparta,  Lycurgus  substituted 
public  education  for  family  training, 
and  tlie  experiment  terminated  in  ren- 
dering a  whole  nation  cold-hearted  and 
selfish.  Socialism,  under  some  of  its 
forms,  has  proposed  to  exchange  a 
household  for  a  promiscuous  life;  but 
as  might  have  been  anticipated,  the 
change  when  carried  into  effect  has  led 
to  caprice  and  cruelty,  and  opened  the 
flood-gates  to  every  form  or  vice. — Dr. 
McCosh  on  the  Divine  Oovernment. 


Finding  a  (jirl^in  the  Bible. 

An  English  town  missionary  a  short 
time  ago  related  a  remarkable  incident 
which  may  interest  many  readers  of 
the  Wesleyan.  There  was  a  lodging- 
house  in  his  district,  which  ho  had  long 
desired  to  enter,  but  was  deterred  from 
so  doing  by  his  friend,  who  feared  that 
his  life  would  be  thereby  endangered. 
He  became  at  length  so  uneasy  that  he 
determined  to  risk  all  consequences  and 
try  to  gain  admission.  So  one  day  he 
gave  a  somewhat  timid  knock  at  the 
door,  in  response  to  which  a  coarse 
voice  roared  out,  "Who's*  there?"  and 
at  the  same  moment  a  vicious-looking 
woman  opened  the  door  and  ordered 
the  man  of  God  away.  *'Let  him  come 
in,  and  see  who  he  is  and  what  he 
wants,"  growls  out  the  sams  voice. 
The  missionary  walked  in,  and  bowing 
politely  to  the  rough-looking  man 
whom  he  had  just  heard  speak,  said, 
"I  have  been  visiting  most  of  the 
houses  in  this  neighborhood  to  read 
with  and  talk  to  the  people  about  good 
things.  I  have  passed  your  door  as 
long  as  I  feel  I  ought,  for  I  wish  also 
to  talk  with  you  and  your  lodgers." 
"Are  you  what  is  called  a  town  mis- 
sionary?" "I  am,  sir,"  was  the  reply. 
"Well  then,"  said  the  fierce-looking 
man ,  "sit  down  and  hear  what  I  am 
going  to  say,  I  will  ask  you  a  ques- 
tion out  of  the  Bible.  If  you  answer 
me  right,  you  may  call  at  this  house, 
and  read  and  pray  with  us  or  our  lodg- 
ers as  often  as  you  like;  if  you  do  not 
answer  me  right,  we  will  tear  the 
clothes  off  your  back  and  tumble  you 
neck  and  heels  into  the  street.  Now 
what  do  you  say  to  that  ?  for  I  am  a 
man  of  my  word."  The  missionary 
was  perplexed,  but  at  length  quietly 
said:  ''I  will  take  you."  "Well  then," 
said  the  man,  "here  goes.  Is  the 
word  girl  in  any  part  of  the  Bible  ?  if 
HO,  where  is  it  to  be  found,  and  how 
often  ?  That  is  my  question. " 

"Well,  sir,  the  word  girl  is  in  the 
Bible,  but  only  once,  and  may  be  found 
in  the  words  of  the  prophet  Joel,  iii .  3. 
The  words  are,  'And  sold  a  girl  for 
wine,  thatjthey  might  drink.'" 

"Well,"  replied  the  man,  *  'I  am  dead 
beat;  I  durst  have  bet  five  pounds  you 
could  not  have  told." 

'  'And  I  could  not  have  told  yester- 
day," said  the  visitor.  "For  several 
days  I  have  been  praying  that  the  Lord 
would  open  me  a  way  into  this  house, 
and  this  very  morning,  when  reading 
the  Scriptures  in  my  family,  I  was  sur- 
prised to  find  the  word  f/irZ,  and  got  the 
Concordance  to  see  if  it  occurred  again, 
and  found  it  did  not.  And  now,  sir,  I 
believe  that  God  did  know,  and  does 
know  what  will  come  to  pass,  and  sure- 


ly his  hand  is  in  this  for  my  protection 
and  your  good." 

The  whole  of  the  inmates  were 
greatly  surprised,  and  the  incident  has 
been  overruled  to  the  conversion  of  the 
man,  his  wife,  and  two  of  the  lodgers. 
— American  Wesleyan. 


False  Hnmility. 


What  we  think  is  humility,  is,  after 
all,  frequently  only  pride  turned  wrong 
side  out. 

You  say,  * '  I  believe  in  Ghrist,  but  I 
am  so  unworthy  that  I  do  not  dare  to 
believe  that  I  am  a  saved  man."  Un- 
worthy ?  Most  assuredly  you  are. 
And  if  you  live  to  be  the  veriest  saint, 
you  will  be  so  still.  And  that  is  the 
reason  why  God  has  chosen  to  save 
you  by  One  who  is  worthy.  It  is  not  a 
question  of  what  you  deserve,  but 
what  Christ  deserves.  And  for  you  to 
refuse  to  take  the  place  which  God 
assigns  you  in  redemption,  because  of  a 
sense  of  unfitness,  that  is  not  humility, 
but  unbelief.  It  is  putting  self  in  the 
place  of  the  cross.  And  that  is  always 
to  set  aside  Christ.  I  care  cot  whether 
it  be  a  proud  self  or  an  humble  self;  a 
self-righteous  self  or  a  self-condemning 
self;  the  moment  you  put  it  in  the 
place  of  the  cross,  you  throw  the  atone- 
ment into  eclipse,  and  Christ  is  made 
of  no  effect  to  you. 

It  is  a  fact,  that  we  are  slow  to  com- 
prehend that  the  Gospel  is  designed 
and  just  fitted  to  meet  men  at  the  low- 
est point  of  their  moral  degeneracy. 
It  names  no  degree  of  improvement 
that  he  must  attain  before  it  can  help 
us.  It  prescribes  no  dispensation  of 
self-preparation ;  it  has  no  betterment 
act  which  must  be  enforced,  in  order  to 
get  us  ready  for  calling  on  Jesus.  It 
stipulates  to  take  men  at  their  worst  or 
at  their  best  And  it  matters  little 
which.  It  has  to  do  the  same  work  for 
both.  It  costs  the  government  just  as 
much  to  uniform  a  well-dressed  recruit 
as  it  does  a  ragged  one.  In  either  case 
the  recruit  must  put  off  his  citizen's 
dress  and  put  on  the  army  blue.  And 
so  it  is  not  worth  while  for  a  volunteer 
to  spend  his  labor  and  pains  to  get  a 
new  suit  to  enlist  in.  There  is  likewise 
no  necessity  for  a  sinner's  waiting  to 
get  a  better  moral  garb,  a  more  respect- 
able wardrobe  of  frames  and  feelings, 
before  he  may  como  to  Christ.  For  in 
any  event  he  must  put  off  the  old  man 
with  his  dress,  and  put  on  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  who  of  God  is  made  unto 
him  wisdom  and  righteousness  and 
sanclification  and  redemption.  —Selected, 


A  Strange  Providence. 


' '  Do  let  me  take  these  corsets  off, 
mamma,"  I  heard  a  young  girl  pleading 
with  her  mother;  "they  make  my 
side  ache,  and  my  heart  beats  so  hard 
against  them  that  it  tires  me.  Please 
let  me  take  them  off" 

"Nonsense I  You  ought  to  have 
pride  enough  to  wear  them.  You  will 
grow  «p  as  round-shouldered  as  a  camel 
without  them.  Do  you  want  people  to 
think  you  are  deformed  ? " 

"  But  it  hurts  me  to  breathe,  mamma. 
I  can't  breathe  down .  And  I  can't 
help  trying  to,  I  feel  as  if  I  was  stifl- 
ing." 


"  Say  no  more  about  it.  Other  girls 
breathe,  and  you  are  not  made  differ- 
ently from  them,  I  suppose.  Lock  at 
Martha  Aberiy.  Thers's  a  pretty  fig- 
ure for  you.  A  regular  dumpling. 
Her  mother  does  not  believe  in  corsets. 
When  your  figure  is  properly  formed, 
it  will  be  time  enough  to  talk  about  it." 

It  is  four  years  since,  but  the  frail, 
lovely  girl  has  for  three  years  been 
wearing  the  dress  which  reqiiires  no 
lacing  to  make  it  fit.  A  white  marble 
cross  in  the  burial-place  shows  the  grave 
where  she  rests .  It  is  called  a  sad 
providence  that  thus  removed  an  only 
daughter,  so  sweet  in  temper,  so  prom- 
ising in  talent.  But  Providence  had 
nothing  to  do  with  it,  in  my  opinion. 
I  think  that  there  are  many  careful, 
chu?ch-going  mothers  who  will  be  ter- 
ribly dismayed  when  the  day  of  final 
reckoning  shnll  come,  to  see  the  wealth 
of  fresh,  happy  life  that  God  meant  to 
blossom  out  in  excellence  and  beauty 
upon  the  earth,  but  which  was  untimely 
crushed  and  blighted  by  their  own  in- 
sane worship  of  fashion. 

If  left  to  themselves,  young  people 
are  seldom  over  anxious  in  regard  to 
dress.  It  does  not  give  them  sleepless 
pillows  or  diminished  appetites.  Youth 
does  not  always  of  its  own  accord, 
take  to  tight  lacing.  It  is  the  mother's 
hand  that  often  puis  on  the  corsets, 
and  it  is  the  mother  who  should  herself 
be  put  into  a  strait-jacket  in  all  those 
places  where  insanity  is  the  stereotyped 
plea  for  the  murderer. 

Th^  Sunday-School  Times  tells  of  a 
lady  who  had  charge  of  a  young  ladies' 
Bible  class,  who,  in  speaking  of  defec- 
tive home  training,  said  that  her  best 
pupil,  eighteen  years  of  age,  had 
caused  her  the  most  acute  anxiety. 
Rain  or  shine,  she  was  always  at  her 
post.  The  girl's  whole  soul  seemed  to 
be  absorbed  in  the  straightening  out  of 
intricate  theological  problems;  "and 
yet,"  said  the  teacher,  "the  girl  was 
so  pale  and  wan  that  I  was  afraid  every 
Sabbath  would  be  her  last  in  class. 
One  day  she  fainted,  and  in  trying  to 
restore  her  I  loosened  her  dress,  and 
what  do  you  think  I  found  ?  Corsets 
so  tightly  drawn  that  a  full  respiration 
was  impossible.  I  removed  them,  and 
found  that  the  girl's  ribs  actually  lap- 
ped I  I  took  her  to  her  mother,  a  very 
prominent  and  useful  church  member,, 
and  stated  the  case  without  reserve. 
"Well,  you  see,"  said  the  parent, 
"Fanny  never  had  any  figure.  I 
shouldn't  be  surprised  if  the  lacings 
were  drawn  a  little  too  tight.  Her 
waist  is  naturally  so  large  that  it  is  im- 
possible to  make  anything  fit  genteelly 
on  her.     How  is  your  class  prospering. 

Miss ?     I  hope  you  are  drawing 

many  souls  to  Christ !" — The  Christian. 


Cromwell  and  the  Shoemaker. 

When  Cromwell  entered  Glasgow,  in 
1650,  he  attended  divine  service  in  the 
High  Church;  but  the  Presbyterian 
divine  who  officiated,  poured  forth,  with 
more  zeal  than  prudence,  the  vials  of 
his  indignation  upon  the  person,  princi- 
ples, and  cause  of  the  Independent  gen- 
eral. One  of  Cromwell's  officers  rose 
and  whispered  to  hia  commander,  who 
seemed  to  give  him  a  short  and  stern 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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answer,  and  the  ■  sermon  was  con- 
cluded without  interruption.  Among 
the  crowd  that  were  associated  to  gaze 
at  the  general,  as  he  came  out  of  the 
church,  was  a  shoemaker,  the  son  of 
James  the  Sixth's  Scottish  footman. 
This  man  had  been  born  and  bred  in 
England,  but  after  his  father's  death 
had  settled  in  Glasgow.  Cromwell 
eyed  him  among  the  crowd,  and  imme- 
diately called  him  by  name.  Th«  man 
fled ;  but  at  Cromwell's  command  one 
of  his  retinue  followed  him,  and 
brought  him  to  the  general's  lodgings. 
A  number  of  the  inhabitants  remained 
at  the  door,  waiting  the  end  of  this  ex- 
traordinary scene.  The  shoemaker 
BOOQ  came  out  in  high  spirits,  and 
showing  some  gold,  declared  he  was 
going  to  drink  Cromwell's  health. 
Many  attended  him  to  hear  the  parti- 
culars of  his  interview,  among  others, 
the  grandfather  of  the  narrator.  The 
shoemaker  said  he  had  been  a  playfel- 
low of  Cromwell's  when  they  were 
both  boys,  their  parents  residing  in 
the  same  street;  that  he  had  fled  when 
the  general  first  called  him,  thinking 
he  might  owe  him  some  ill-will  on  ac- 
count of  his  father  being  in  the  service 
of  the  Royal  family.  Ho  added,  that 
Cromwell  had  been  so  very  kind  and 
familiar  with  him  that  he  ventured  to 
ask  him  what  the  officer  had  said  to 
him  in  church.  '*He  proposed,"  said 
Cromwell,  *'to  pull  forth  the  minister 
by  the  ears;  and  I  answered,  that  the 
preacher  was  one  fool  and  he  an- 
other." 


A  Wonderful  Nation. 


Capt.  W.  C.  Manning,  of  the  U.  S. 
army,  accompanied  General  Crook  last 
year  in  a  campaign  against  the  Apaches 
of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico.  He  gave 
the  following  particulars  to  a  corres- 
pondent of  an  ancient  race  discovered 
in  that  unexplored  region,  whose  towns 
he  visited,  conversing  with  their  rulers 
and  studying  their  customs.  Some  of 
the  cities,  probably  once  inhabited  by 
this  race,  were  discovered  by  Major 
Powell  in  his  celebrated  excursion  down 
the  Colorado.  This  interesting  people 
is  thus  described: 

The  largest  settlement  is  in  New 
Mexico ,  about  thirty  miles  south  of  the 
border  line.  It  is  a  type  of  the  rest. 
A  strong  wall  surroiinds  it  Within 
are  houses  for  about  4,000  people. 
The  population  has  dwindled,  however, 
to  about  1,800.  The  place  was  men- 
tioned by  a  Spaaish  Jesuit,  who  pub- 
lished in  1529  a  description  of  his 
wanderings  in  America.  About  1635 
another  Jesuit  wrote  a  minute  account 
of  it.  This  account  is  true  in  nearly 
every  detail  to-day.  The  language 
resembles  the  Chinese.  So  au  ardent 
archasologist  who  visited  that  city  a 
year  ago  says.  Some  of  the  minor 
customs  correspond  to  those  of  the 
Chinese.  The  women  are  of  the  true 
Celestial  type — almond  eyes ,  protuber- 
ant bodies,  little  feet,  &c.  They  dress 
their  hair  and  themselves  in  Chinese 
fashion. 

Their  religion  is  barbariously  mag- 
nificent. Montezuma  is  their  deity. 
His  coming  is  looked  for  at  sunrise  each 
day.    Immortality  is  part  of  their  creed. 


The  priests  have  heavily  embroidered 
robes  which  have  been  used  for  unnum- 
bered years.  The  ceremonies  of 
worship  are  formal  and  pompous. 
The  morality  of  this  strange  people,  as 
far  at  least  as  foreigners  are  concerned, 
is  irreproachable.  It  u  probable  that 
they  keep  a  record  of  events  by  means 
of  tying  peculiar  knots  in  long  cords. 
This,  if  true,  seems  to  establish  some 
kinship  or  remote  acquaintanceship  be- 
tween them  and  the  Aztecs.  Their 
government  is  a  conservative  republic. 
Po9?er  is  vested  in  a  council  of  thtrteen 
Caciques.  Six  of  them  are  selected  for 
life.  Old  men  are  generally  chosen,  in 
order  that  their  term  of  office  may  not 
be  inordinately  long.  Tde  remaining 
seven  are  elected  from  time  to  time. 
One  is  the  Executive,  another  is  a  sort 
of  Vice  President.  There  is  a  War 
Chief,  a  Chief  of  Police,  &c.  These 
seven  Caciques  are  usually  young  men. 
They  serve  but  a  few  months.  Suffrage 
is  universal. 

It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  supplement 
these  facts  with  the  statem^ent  that 
these  dwellers  in  towns  are  quite  ad- 
vanced in  civilization.  On  this  point 
one  fact  _speaka  volume?.  Woman  is 
not  a  beast  of  burden  with  them,  as 
she  is  with  all  Indian  tribes.  She  is 
held  in  high  respect.  Her  tasks  are 
confined  to  those  of  housekeeping.  The 
written  records  which  we  have  men- 
tioned show  that  this  community  has 
maintained  its  traditions  unbroken  for 
at  least  three  and  a  half  centuries.  Its 
history,  carefully  studied,  may  prove  a 
clew  to  the  problem  of  the  aboriginal 
Americans.  The  mound  builders  of 
the  North  and  the  city  builders  of  the 
South  may  be  represented  in  the  town 
dwellers  of  New   Mexico  and  Arizona. 


Rkoipb  for  a  Haffv  Home. — Six 
thingf,  says  Hamilton,  are  requisite  to 
create  a  happy  home.  Integrity  must 
be  the  architect,  and  tidiness  tlie  up- 
holsterer. It  must  be  warmed  by  affec- 
tion and  lighted  with  cheerfulness;  and 
industry  must  be  the  ventilator,  renew- 
ing the  atmosphere  and  bringing  in 
fresh  salubrity  every  day,  while  over 
all  a  protecting  canopy  of  glory,  and 
nothing  will;suffice  except  the  blessing 
of  God. 


^jjlldwn'*   ^imtt, 


The  Camel  and  the  Desert. 


It  was  early  in  the  morning  that  the 
caravan  started;  the  twilight  was  grow- 
ing into  day. 

The  camels  had  been  saddled  and 
burdened  and  chained,  some  ten,  some 
twenty,  in  a  row.  There  were  pre- 
cious things  on  those  camels'  backs- 
silks  from  India,  pearls,,  ivory,  gum, 
perfumed  oils,  myrrh,  feathers,  an- 
gora shawls  and  velvet.  First  among 
the  heavily-burdened  animals  was  an 
old  camel-mother;  she  carried  ice  from 
Tartary  for  a  pasha's  cellar,  a  burden 
that  would  not  appear  very  valuable 
to  a  European  child.  By  her  side 
trudged  her  little  camel ;  it  was  three 
years  old,  and  ran  nimbly  by  her  side. 

"Mother,  are  the  burdens  very 
heavy  ?"  asked  the  little  camel,  won- 
deringly. 

"Yes,  but  not  too  heavy.  Your  turn 


will  come  next  year,  little  camel ;  every 
child  has  to  lake  up  a  heavy  burden  in 
time." 

"It  will  be  hot  journey  for  us  all 
and  that  little  one,"  said  a  thin,  aged 
camel,  next  in  row;  "'but  I  prefer  car- 
rying perfumes  to  fighling  ihe  Be- 
douins; my  cousin  and  I  went  many 
years  ago;  they  ran  away  before  us, 
the  Bedouins,  but  they  killed  my 
cousin." 

A  cry  of  dismay  escaped  from  the 
camels  near,  and  then  nothing  more 
was  said,  for  it  was  growing  hot. 

Many  days  did  they  journey,  nothing 
but  hot  sand  everywhere. 

It  was  midday ;  the  sun  stood  hori- 
zontal, and  seemed  to  hang  like  lead 
over  man  and  animal.  The  owners  of 
the  raeiohandiGO  had  wrapped  tliem- 
eelvea  close  in  their  burnos;  only  their 
black  eyes  were  visible.  The  drivers 
crept  slowly  by  their  camels,  every 
now  and  then  speaking  a  kind  work  to 
them,  or  singing  a  song,  and  the  faith- 
ful creatures  turned  and  licked  their 
hands,  and  hastened  their  pace,  as  if 
they  knew  that  on  them  depended  the 
safety  of  all. 

"I  am  tired,"  said  the  little  camel 
very  often ;  but  the  mother  answered, 
"It  is  ffood  to  become  inured  to  hard- 
ships  when  you  are  very  young;  I  have 
had  many  journeys  more  weary  than 
thir,  and  reached  the  end." 

"Mother,' '  continued  the  little  camel, 
"some  01  the  camels  behind  us  won't 
go  on;  the  drivers  are  scolding    them." 

'  'Never  be  unwilling  to  carry  your 
burden,  and  you  will  not  get  scolded." 

Yesterday  the  drivers  cheered  their 
camels  with  kind  words  and  songs,  but 
to-day  liot  a  sound  was  heard  but  sighs 
here  and  there.  It  was  the  fifth  day 
since  the  camels  tasted  any  water;  the 
precious  ice  on  the  camel-moiher's  back 
had  long  been  consumed.  What  wes 
to  be  their  fate  2 

Just  then  a  groan  was  heard  in  the 
rear,  the  voice  of  a  driver  in  anger, 
then  a  moan  less  loud  and  one  more 
feeble,  and  the  angry  voice  of  the  dri- 
ver again.  He  had  picked  a  parcel  of 
silken  shawls,  cast  away  by  a  merchant 
to  ease  his  animal's  load,  and  the  dri- 
ver had  put  them  on  his  own  camel, 
intending  to  appropriate  them,  and 
the  overburdened  animal  had  sunk  un- 
der the  weight 

"It  is  a  punishment  for  avarice,"  said 
the  old  camel  to  the  little  one;  ''he  has 
learned  his  lesson  too  late. " 

The  driver  took  the  burden  off  the 
poor  camel ;  he  coaxed  it,  he  whipped 
it,  in  vain ;  it  did  not  rise.  With  mourn- 
ful eyes  it  watched  the  caravan,  that 
slowly  moved  on,  sadly  it  stretched  it- 
self in  the  sand,  as  if  it  knew  its  fate. 
The  avaricious  driver  had  to  sacrifice 
the  merchandise  and  camel  unless  he 
would  share  the  fate  of  his  beast  of  bur- 
den. 

'  'Mother,  look  at  those  angry-look- 
ing birds  flying  around  us !"  cried  the 
terrified  little  camel. 

'  'They  are  sent  as  a  warning  to  keep 
steadily  together  and  not  to  flag.  We 
are  the  first,  aad  must  keep  up,  not 
give  in." 

''Why  do  we  not  reach  any  water?" 
asked  the  weary  little  camel  again. 

At  that   moment  a   glorious   vision 


presented  itself  to  the  weary  caravan. 
In  the  distance  a  sea  showed  itself, 
then  arose  walls  with  flowing  flags, 
peaceful  huts  and  sunny  gardens. 

"O  mother,  let  us  hasten  there," 
cried  the  little  camel. 

"Beware,  Uttle  one,"  said  the  old 
camel;  "it  is  a  wicked  illusion,  more 
cruel  than  the  birds  of  prey  that  hover 
around  us  to  devour  us;  if  we  were  to 
follow  it,  it  would  lead  us  father  into 
the  hot  desert.  More  dangerous  are 
the  pleasures  th^t  would  lead  ua  to  des- 
truction than  the  open  dangers  that 
beset  our  path.  What  you  see  is  a 
mirage." 

The  little  camel  did  not  understand, 
but  tried  to  keep  up  bravely  by  its 
mother's  side. 

The  caravan  was  dragging  wearingly 
along;  sometimes  in  despair  a  cheering 
word  arose  from  one  of  the  drivers  to 
the  patient  animals  upon  whose  strength 
the  fate  of  the  whole  caravan  depended. 
Even  the  lion's  voice  would  have  been 
acceptable  now,  for  it  would  have 
betoken  the  nearness  of  vegeta- 
tion. 

Listlessly  the  guidance  was  left  to 
the  camels,  whose  instinct  was  a  sure 
guide. 

Alas !  the  old  camel-mother  looked 
very  anxiously  at  the  hot  sands  stretch- 
ing before  them,  and  then  at  her  little 
one.  Was  it  instinct  or  mother's  love 
that  made  her  keep  on,  and  not  lose 
hope? 

The  sun  was  sinking  and  the  shadows 
falling  over  the  yellow  sand  when  the 
camel-mother  stretched  her  neck  high 
into  the  air,  sniffed  and  cried.  With 
a  wild  effort,  as  if  she  would  burst  her 
bonds,  she  rushed  forward.  A  cry  of 
joy  broke  from  the  caravan,  for  they 
knew  the  unerring  instinct  of  the  camel 
that  can  perceive  water  at  a  few  hours' 
distance.  AW  eyes  looked  bright,  all 
limbs  were  full  of  life.  It  might  be  a 
few  hours,  but  yet  they  would  reach  it 
sometime,  and  on  they  pushed,  forget- 
ful of  all. 

At  length  a  well-known  sight  offered 
itself  to  their  eyes.  A  few  palm  trees 
arose  in  the  distance,  and  between  the 
grass  bubbled  the  fountain.  The  poor 
tired  ones  drank  and  rested,  the  little 
one  by  the  mother's  side.  The  camels 
were  unburdened,  and  the  next  morn- 
ing they  started  again  refreshed.  In  a 
few  days  they  reached  their  journey's 
end,  bearing  with  them  costly  mer- 
chandise destined  for  European  mar- 
kets.— Cliildreri's  Hour. 


Bk  Industrious. — You  must  learn 
to  be  industrious;  you  must  always 
try  to  be  helpful  to  your  parents.  Wii 
say  learn  to  be  industrious ;  for  there  are 
many  lazy  boys  and  girls  who  are  un- 
willing to  do  anything  far  their  parents, 
or  any  one  else.  Many  of  the  wicked 
men  and  women  who  are  in  our  pris- 
ons and  houses  of  correction  are  there 
because  they  were  lazy  when  they  were 
young.  They  were  then  unwilling  to 
work.  They  would  not  learn  to  be  in- 
dustrious; they  would  not  leirn  some 
useful  trade  as  they  grew  older  so  that 
they  they  could  earn  their  living  in  a 
respectable  manner;  and  soon  we  hear 
that  they  are  living  lives  of  wickedness, 
have  learned  to  drink,  have  stolen,  lost 
character,  and  are  in  prison. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Tobacco. 

It  is  eetimatPd  that  nearly  three 
hundred  million  or  about  one-fourth 
of  the  entire  human  family,  use  tobac- 
co. It  is  used  by  men  of  every  nation, 
civilized  and  unfivilized;old  and  young; 
learned  and  unlearned;  rich  and  poor; 
saint  ai^d  sinner;  Christian  ,  Turk  and 
heathen.  No  pope,    prince,    presi- 

dent or  king  wields  a  cepttr  over  so 
wide  an  empire.  It  is  computed  that 
the  vf  hole  numbar  of  smokers,  enuffers 
and  chewers,  coiifuiue  five  hundred 
thousand  tons  of  tobacco  annually,  or 
one  billion  of  pounds  v?eiglit.  The  expen- 
diture of  time,  labor  atd  money  laid 
out  one  way  ard  another  for  tobacco  is 
prodigious.  The  aggregate  of  all  these 
that  enter  into  the  rising  of  the 
weed  making  it  into  plugs,  snuflf  and 
cigars;  the  transporting,  the  buying, 
and  selling,  and  using,  is  a  problem 
for  mathematicians  who  know  how  to 
compute  figures  that  rise  beyond  mil- 
lions. 

The  time  spent  by  a  single  individu- 
al in  taking  chewp,  and  lighting  and 
puffing  pipes  or  cigars,  would,  if  prop- 
erly improved,  in  many  in^tance8,  be 
sufficient  to  acquire  a  thorough  knowl- 
edge of  several  sciences.  Multiply 
this  by  the  whole  number  of  tobacco 
chewers,  and  it  will  amount  to  centu- 
ries of  precious  time  consumed,  not  on- 
ly in  useless,  but  in  degrading  practi 
ces.  The  labor  of  producing  tobacco 
and  preparinac  it  for  use  is  amazing. 
Five  and  a  half  millions  of  acres  are 
cultivated  in  this  soil-impoverishing 
crop  through  the  world.  In  one  great 
tobacco  factory  in  Seville,  Spain,  five 
thousand  young  girls  are  employed  in 
a  single  room.  In  the  city  of  Ham- 
burg, ten  thousand  persons,  many  of 
them  women  and  children,  are  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  cigars.  A  print- 
ing-press is  occupied  entirely  in  print- 
ing labels  for  the  boxes  of  cigirs,  and 
other  matters  connected  with  the  im- 
mense tobacco  business  of  that  city. 

A  church  member,  known  to  the 
writer,  uses  seventy-five  dollars'  worth 
of  tobacco  yearly.  A  young  man  in  a 
neighboring  town  confessed  to  smoking 
ninety-one  dollars'  worth  of  cigars  in  a 
year.  In  an  aranual  report  of  a  State 
Alms  House  there  is  the  following  item 
of  expenditure:  "Nineteen  dollars  for 
tobacco,  snuff  and  pipes."  Communi- 
ties must  be  taxed  additional  in  order 
to  provide  tobacco  for  paupers!  It  is 
estimated  that  the  clergy  cost  the 
United  States  six  hundred  thousand 
dollars  annually;  criminals,  nineteen 
million  dollars ;  tobacco,  forty  million 
dollars;  rum,  one  hundred  million, — 
nearly  seven  times  as  much  for  tobacco 
as  for  preaching  of  the  Gospel,  and 
enough ,  if  applied  for  sixty  years,  to 
wipe  out  the  stupendous  national  debt. 

What  dees  tobacco  cost  you?.- — The 
Christian. 


Odd- fellowship  Illuslrated. 


Wiite  fo  (ico.  'I'rask,  Fitchburg, 
Mass.,  for  tracts  and  documents  on 
Tobacco.  Uy  all  means  if  you  use  the 
vile  stuff  write  to  him,  read  his  argu- 
ments and  be  convinced. 

— Scotland  consumed  nearly  seven 
million  gallons  of  British  proof  spirits 
last  year,  more  than  Ireland,  and  more 
in  proportion,  than  England. 


[continued  from  15th  pagb.] 

nigh  Priest:     flow  shall  I  know  that  you  arc  siicli  ? 

A.  by  Junior  Warden. — By  tlic  signs,  pass  words  and  tokens 
of  (uir  order. 

Higli  Priest:  I  will  thank  j-on,  Brother  .Junior  Warden,  to 
prove  him  in  the  pass  word  of  the  first  or  WJiite  Degree. 

[Tlic  Junior  Warden  examines  the  candidate  in  the  pass 
word.] 

High  Priest:     To  what  does  it  allude? 

A.  by  Junior  Warden. — Faith,  the  first  pillar  in  Odd-fellow- 
ship. 

High  Priest:  Right.  Without  faith  it  is  impossible  to 
please  God.  I  will  thank  j'ou  to  prove  him  in  the  tokens  of  the 
second  or  Covenant  Degree. 

[The  Jnnior  Warden  obtains  the  token  from  the  candidate.] 

High  Priest:  That  sign  should  always  remind  us-  of  the 
solemn  covenant,  which  binds  us  as  brethren  of  a  worthy  order. 
Prove  him  now  in  the  principal  sign  of  the  Royal  Blue  Degree. 

[Junior  Warden  obtains  the  sign.] 

High  Priest:  What  is  the  use  of  that  sign  and  the  words 
accompanying  it? 

A.  by  Junior  Warden. — That  I  may  know  a  brother  in  dis- 
tress. 

High  Priest :  You  will  perceive,  my  brother,  that  the  order 
of  the  Royal  Blue  is  founded  upon  principles  of  the  most  de- 
voted friendship.  The  character  of  Moses  was  a  beautiful 
typo  of  the  true  Odd-fellow ;  exposed  to  danger  and  distress,  he 
yet  exhibited  the  most  amiable  qualities.  How-constant  and 
devoted  his  friendship  to  his  oppressed  and  afflicted  brethren: 
how  beautiful  his  meekness :  how  exalted  his  fidelity :  how  con- 
sumate  his  prudence :  how  fervent  his  zeal !  What  a  glorious 
leader!  No  instance  of  moral  heroism  can  ever  eclipse  his 
elevated  character — so  worthy  of  our  imitation.  B3WCopying 
his  exalted  example,  the  sea  of  life  stricken  by  the  rod  of 
friendship,  shall  open  to  give  us  passage  to  the  enjoyment  of 
the  promised  land  of  fraternal  peace  and  love. 

I  will  thank  you.  Junior  Warden,  to  sec  that  our  brother 
has  studied  the  Degree  of  Remembrance. 

[.Junior  Warden  examines  him  in  the  signs.] 

High  Priest:  It  is  right  and  proper  that  we  often  reflect 
upon  our  duties,  that  wc  fail  not  in  the  observance  of  our  solemn 
vows.  You  will  now  please  prove  him  in  the  Pass  Word  of  the 
Fifth  Degree. 

Junior  Warden  examines  him. 

High  Priest  to  Candidate :  My  brother,  I  am  satisfied  with 
your  proficiency  and  hail  you  as  a  brother  of  the  Priestly  order. 
Ever  remember  that  Aaron  was  the  representative  of  the  oracle 
of  truth,  and  that  it  behoves  you  to  form  your  character,  by 
that  expressive  symbol,  which  has  been  selected  as  the  basis  of 
the  Scarlet  Degree.    What  is  it  you  now  desire  ? 

A.  by  Junior  Warden. — To  bo  admitted  to  the  privileges 
and  honors  of  the  Patriarchal,  Degree. 

High  Priest:  Arc  you  willing  to  assume  the  solemn  duties 
of  the  Patriarchal  order  ? 

A. — I  am. 

High  Priest:  Then  kneel  at  the  altar  and  repeat  after  me 
a  solemn  pledge  of  honor.. 

OBLIGATION,  TATRIAKCnAL  DEGREE. 

I, ,  do  most  solemnlj'-  promise  never  to  reveal  the 

secrets,  signs,  pass  words,  or  grips  of  the  Patriarchal  order  to 
any  person  or  persons  except  to  a  legal  Patriarch.  I  will  never 
reveal  directly  or  indirectly  any  transaction  of  this  Encamp- 
ment or  of  any  other  Encampment  throughout  the  globe  which 
relates  to  any  brother  or  brothers  or  to  anything  else  that  by 
the  regulations  of  the  order  should  be  kept  secret.  And  if  I 
know  that  a  brother  has  violated  this  duty  I  will  report  him  at 
the  first  meeting  of  the  Encampment  thereafter.  To  the  keep- 
ing and  performance  of  all  this,  I  pledge  mj^  most  sacred  honor. 

[The  candidate  still  kneeling  at  the  altar,  the  Chief  Patriarch 
reads  tlie  following :] 

And  God  spake  all  these  words,  saying,  I  am  tlic  Lord  thy 
God,  which  have  brought  thee  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt,  out  of 
the  house  of  bondage. 

1.  Thou  shalt  have  no  other  gods  before  me. 

2.  Thou  shalt  not  make  unto  thee  any  graven  image,  or  any 
likeness  of  anything  that  is  in  heaven  above,  or  tliat  is  in  the 
earth  beneath,  or  that  is  in  the  water  under  the  earth.  Thou 
shalt  not  bow  down  thyself  to  them,  nor  serve  them:  for  I,  the 
Lord  thy  God,  am  a  jealous  God,  visiting  the  iniquity  of  the 
fathers  upon  the  children  unto  tlie  third  and  fourth  generation 
of  them  that  hate  me;  and  showing  mercy  unto  thousands  of 
them  that  love  me,  and  keep  my  commandments. 

3.  Thou  shalt  not  take  the  name  of  the  Lord  thy  God  in 
vain :  for  the  Lord  will  not  hold  him  guiltless  that  taketh  his 
name  in  vain. 

4.  ^Remember  the  Sabbath  day  to  keep  it  holy.  Six  days 
shalt  thou  labour,  and  do  all  thy  work:  but  the  seventh  day  is 
the  Sabbath  of  the  Lord  thy  God :  in  it  thou  shalt  not  do  any 
Avork,  thou,  nor  thy  son,  nor  thy  daughter,  thy  man-servant,  nor 
thy  maid-scrvunt,  nor  thy  cattle,  nor  thy  stranger  that  is  within 
thy  gates:  for  in  six  days  the  Lord  made  heaven  and  earth,  the 
sea  and  all  that  in  thom  is,  and  rested  the  .seventh  day:  where- 
fore the  Lord  blessed  tlie  Sabbath  day,  and  hallowed  it. 

5.  Honor  tliy  father  and  thy  mother;  that  thy  days  may 
be  long  upon  the  laud  which  the  Lord  thy  God  givelh  thee. 

C.  Thou  shalt  not  kill. 

7.  Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery. 

8.  Thou  shalt  not  steal. 

9.  Thou  shalt  uot  bear  false  witness  against  thy  neighbor. 

10.  Thou  shalt  not  covet  thy  neighbour's  house,  thou  shalt 
not  covet  thy  neighbour's  wife,  nor  his  maii-scrvant,  nor  his 

\ 


maid-servant,  nor  his  ox  nor  his  ass,  nor  anything  that  is  thy 
neighbour's. 

HIGH   PRIEST'S   CnARGE,   PATRIARCHAL  DEGREE. 

[Candidate  still  kneels.]  , 

In  this  solemn  moment,  while  prostr.itc  at  this  altar,  you 
are  forcibly  reminded  of  that  rule  of  duty,  by  which  your 
future  action  is  to  be  governed.  You  have  toiled  through  the 
waj's  of  doubt  and  error  to  the  bosom  of  our  Patriarch.'il  family. 
You  have  proved  j^ourself  ardent  in  the  pur.suitof  truth  and  we 
now  have  instructed  j-ou  in  the  unerring  law  by  which  you  arc 
to  be  governed.  Virtue  should  be  the  great  end  of  your  life; 
th.at  virtue  which  gives  whatever  is  great  and  good  in  man. 
Honor,  probity,  fidelity,  sympathy,  friendship,  social  and  do- 
mestic happiness  are  but  empty  sounds  in  the  mouth  of  any 
but  a  virtuous  man.  Virtue  gives  joy  which  vice  with  all  her 
flattering  promises  never  pretends  to  offer;  and  bestows  a  zest 
upon  those  joys  that  arc  common  to  all,  which  they  can  never 
have  without  it.  Its  influence  spreads  through  life,  diverges  in 
every  direction  and  penetrates  every  condition.  It  is  the  guard- 
ian of  youth;  the  honor  of  manhood  and  the  crown  of  age; 
the  shield  of  prosperity;  the  prop  of  aflliction ;  our  guide" in 
active  life;  our  solace  in  retirement.  It  holds  the  keys  of  life 
and  will  finally  open  to  us  the  gates  of  immortality. 

[The  candidate  will  now  rise  and  be  instructedin  the  alarm 
at  the  inside  door  or  enter-sign,  check  word,  pass  word,  check 
sign,  sign,  grip,  emblems  and  significations.] 

Enter  Sign.— Two  raps  on  inside  door;  given  on  entering. 

Check  Word.— (This  is  changeable  and  is  the  same  for  all 
the  Eucampment  Degrees.     Given  at  inside  door.) 

Permanent  Pass  Wonv.—Adnm  (pronounced  Au-dan.) 

Check  Sign. — On  entering  an  Eu- 
campment the  member  walks  to  the 
center  of  the  room  and  salutes  the 
"chairs"  as  folloAvs:  Facing  Chief 
Patriarch,  bring  right  arm  with  open 
hand  across  breast;  fingers  extending 
to  left  shoulder.  Next  turn  to  Senior 
Warden  and  salute  him  in  same  man- 
ner. Then  turn  to  Chief  Patriarch 
again  and  salute  him  with  the 

Sign  op  the  Patriarchal  De- 
gree.— Place  back  of  right  hand  in 
left  hand,  closing  all  but  index  finger 
of  left  hand  over  right  hand.  Raise 
index  finger  of  lef't  hand  and  both 
thumbs  perpendicularly.  Answered 
in  same  manner.     This  sign  refers  to 

the  Three  Pillars,  the  Emijlem  of  the 

Patriarchal  Degree. 


Check  Sign,    Sign  Patriarcli- 
Encampment       al  Degree. 
Desfrees. 


Grip. — Same  as  in  ordinary  shaking  of 
hands,  extending  thumb  across  fiugers> 
between  knuckles.    No  shake. 

High  Priest  to  Candidate:  I  now  invest  you  with  this 
black  aprou  and  these  gloves,  the  peculiar  badges  of  the  Patri- 
archal order.  They  will  ever  serve  to  remind  you  of  that  can- 
dor which  should  always  distinguish  the  intercourse  between 
brethren  of  this  sublime  degree.  Brother  Junior  Warden,  con- 
duct the  brother  to  our  Worthy  Chief  Patriarch,  to  be-further 
instructed  in  the  mysteries  of  this  branch  of  our  order. 

The  candidate  is  conducted  to  the  Chief  Patriarch. 

Junior  Warden  to  Chief  Patriarch :  Most  Worthy  Chief 
Patriarch,  I  present  you  a  wortliy  brother  who  has  been  admit- 
ted to  our  tent  and  now  asks  to  be  further  instructed  in  the 
mysteries  of  the  Patriarchal  Degree. 

Chief  Patriarch:  How  shall  I  distinguish  you  from  a 
brother  of  the  inferior  degree  ? 

A.  by  Junior  Warden.— By  the  Signs  and  Tokens  of  a  Pa- 
triarch. 

Chief  Patriarch :    Advance  the  Patriarchal  sign. 

Junior  Warden  gives  the  sign. 

Cliicf  Patriarch :    What  does  it  represent. 

A.  by  Junior  Warden.— The  three  pillars  of  the  order.  Faith, 
Hope  and  Charity. 

Chief  Patriarch:    What  else  does  it  represent? 

A.  by  Junior  Warden. — The  motto  of  our  order:  Friend- 
ship, Love  and  Truth. 

Chief  Patriarch :    Have  you  the  Pass  Word  ? 

A.  by  .Tuuior  Warden. — I  have — Adam. 

Chief  Patriarch:  My  brother,  I  commend  your  skill  and 
trust  that  the  remembrance  of  these  symbols  and  the  moral 
virtues  they  imply,  will  never  fade  from  your  mind.  Our  insti- 
tution is  a  science  of  symbols,  conveying  by  striking  emblems 
the  most  exalted  and  interesting  truths.  There  are  moments  in 
the  experience  of  the  most  virtuous  life,  when  incentives  are 
needed  to  dispel  the  letharg}^  of  the  soul  and  excite  it  to  .action. 
Behold  the  symbolic  language  of  our  order.  Unrolls  the  can- 
vass upon  which  are  painted,  in  regular  succession,  the  em- 
blems of  the  order.  With  the  aid  of  the  Junior  Warden  I  will 
instruct  you  in  their  secret  meaning.  Brother  Junior  Warden, 
how  are  our  emblems  divided  ? 

A. — Into  three  divisions ;  the  first  teaching  our  dutj'^  to  God , 
the  second  to  our  fellow  men,  the  third  to  ourselves. 

Chief  Patri.arch:    What  constitutes  the  first  division? 

A.— The  All-Seeing  Eye,  the  Bible  and  the  Altar  of  Incense. 

Cliicf  Patriarch :  My  brother,  they  arc  thus  appropriated 
because  the  All-seeing  E3'e,  enveloped  in  a  blaze  of  light  and 
glory,  reminds  us  that  the  scrutinizing  eye  of  Omnipotence  is 
ever  upon  us ;  that  our  thoughts,  words  .and  actions  arc  open 
to  His  view.  The  light  of  the  morning  and  tlie  darkness  of  the 
night  are  alike  to  Him;  and  he  tricth  the  reins  and  searchcth 
the  hearts  of  the  children  of  men.  Yet  it  at  the  same  time 
illustrates  that  sleepless  goodness  which  looks  down  in  mercy 
upon  our  families  and  kindly  ministers  to  our  ever  rcturniug 
wants. 

The  Bible  is  an  exhaustless  fouutaiu  of  truth ;  the  store- 


d.M 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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house  from  which  all  our  priuciples  arc  derived.  Guided  by 
its  instructions  we  may  approximate  that  golden  age  when  the 
fetters  of  ])rejudice  Avill  be  broken,  the  shackles  of  mental  and 
moral  bondage  fall  off;  and  man,  redeemed  and  disenthralled 
from  the  slavish  life  of  passion,  will  assert  his  high  birthright 
and  own  the  ties  which  bind  him,  in  universal  consanguinity 
with  his  brother  man. 

The  Altar  of  Incense,  reminds  us  of  the  rude  altar  of  the 
Patriarch  and  the  simplicity  of  that  true  worship,  wliich  the 
Ruler  of  the  Universe  requires  of  His  intelligent  creatures.  No 
costly  oblation;  no  rendering  of  the  fruit  of  tlie  body  for  the 
sin  of  tlie  soul,  but  to  act  justly,  love  mercy  and  walk  humbly 
with  God.  Brother  Junior  Warden,  which  emblems  constitute 
the  second  great  division  ? 

A. — The  Heart  and  Hand,  the  Scales  and  Sword,  the  Bow 
and  Arrows,  the  Bundle  of  Sticks  and  Three  Links,  the  Skull 
and  Cross  Bones  and  the  Tent. 

Cluef  Patriarch :  Tlxe  Heart  and  Hand  imply  that  when 
we  greet  our  brethren,  it  should  be  with  that  sincerit}^  and  af- 
fection wliich  proceeds  from  the  heart.  This  emblem  also  re- 
minds us  of  that  constant  and  uniform  desire  for  the  -welfare  of 
our  brothers  whicli  should  impel  us  to  action  in  the  furtherance 
of  those  plans  that  will  most  promote  their  happiness. 

The  Scales  and  Sword  are  emblematic  of  justice,  which 
jutlges  with  candor  and  rewards  with  impartiality.  Partiality 
may  exist  in  the  world  but  among  Odd-tellows  both  justice  and 
mercy  are  administered^Without  regard  to  false  distinctions  of 
society.  In  the  lodge  room  the  high  and  the  low,  the  rich  aud 
the  poor,  tlie  learned  and  the  unlearned  meet  as  brothers  and 
unitedly  engage  in  the  promotion  of  benevolence  and  Irutli. 

By  the  Bow  and  Arrows,  we  are  reminded  of  the  covenant 
between  Jonathan  and  David  and  are  taught  to  put  forth  every 
laudable  eflbrt  to  save  a  In-other  from  the  -wrath  of  an  enemy. 
They  also  remind  us  (being  implements  of  warfare)  that  we 
should  always  be  ready  to  do  battle  in  the  cause  of  truth  aud 
justice. 

The  Bundle  of  Sticks  is  a  beautjful  emblem  of  union,  and 
teaches  the  importance  of  that  virtue  in  our  benevolent  enter- 
prises. Separate  the  sticks  and  the  strength  of  a  child  may 
desti-oy  them,  but  while  united  a  giant's  power  miglit  be  exerted 
in  vain  to  break  them.  Separated  we  should  be  speedily  broken 
aud  destroyed  by  the  accumulating  tide  of  worldly  selfishness, 
but  united  as  brothers  we  bid  defiance  to  all  opposition  and 
triumph  over  the  greatest  difliculties.  The  chain  which  con- 
fines the  bundle  of  sticks  is  composed  of  three  links.  Welded 
in  the  fires  of  purity.  Friendship,  Love  aud  Truth,  thus  bound 
with  the  indissoluble  chain  of  sincere  friendship,  unfeigned 
love  and  simple  truth  we  niay  live  in  bonds  of  peace  and  har- 
moniously pursue  our  labors  for  the  melioration  of  our  race. 

The  Skull  aud  Cross  Bones,  allude  to  the  desire  expressed 
by  tlie  Patriarchs  Jacob  and  Joseph  to  have  their  bones  remov- 
ed from  Egypt  to  the  land  of  Canaan.  They  most  forcibly 
remind  us  that  we  are  bound  by  solemn  engagements  to  give  to 
the  mortal  i-emains  of  a  departed  brother  decent  sepulture,  and 
while  wo  lay  his  body  in  the  tomb  to  cherish  a  lively  recollec- 
tion of  his  virtues,  and  bury  all  his  imperfections  beneath  the 
clod  which  rests  upon  his  bosom. 

The  Tent  reminds  us  of  the  duty  of  hospitality,  a  virtue 
ihat  was  highl^^  esteemed  among  our  ancient  brothers.  It  also 
teaches  the  mutability  of  life;  that  we,  like  those  who  have 
gone  before  us,  are  traveling  to  the  Jordan  of  death.  Soon  will 
these  earthly  tents  of  ours  be  taken  down  aud  we  like  them 
pass  beyond  the  swelling  waters.  Work  then  while  it  is  day, 
for  the  night  of  death  cometh,  in  which  no  mau  can  work. 

Brother  Junior  Warden,  what  emblems  constitute  the  third 
division  ? 

A.— The  Sun,  the  Moon  and  Seven  Stars,  the  Three  Pillars, 
the  Lamb,  the  Dove,  the  Serpent,  the  Globe,  the  Ark,  the  Bee 
Hive,  the  Hour  Glass,  the  Sythe  and  the  Golfln. 

Chief  Patriarch:  The  Sun,  Moon  and  Stars  are  striking 
emblems  of  harmony  aud  regularity.  As  they  move  in  their 
appointed  orbits,  so  should  we  pursue,  uudeyiatingly,  the  course 
of  duty  pointed  out  by  the 'rules  of  our  order.  The  Sun  is 
symbolical  of  that  universal  love  by  which  we  are  distinguish- 
ed, shedding  its  blessed  light  without  distinction  upou  all. 

The  Moon  represents  the  sorrowing  aud  the  destitute, 
shining  in  the  night  and  gloom  of  their  misfortune,  with  the 
rays  rellected  by  the  active  benevolence  of  Odd-fellowship. 
And  the  Seven  Stars  represent  the  seven  primary  virtues  by 
which  all  faitliful  Odd-fellows  are  distinguished:  Friendship 
Love,  Truth,  Honor,  Probity,  Tempei-ance  and  Chastity. 

The  Three  Pillars  represent  Faith,  Hope  and  Charity.  They 
direct  to  an  enlightened  faith  in  God,  the  Father  of  our  spirits, 
the  Maker  and  Preserver  of  the  Universe,  aud  to  that  well 
groujuled  hope,  which  alone  can  cheer  the  soul  when  the  taper 
of  life  is  fiickering  in  the  the  socket  of  mortality,  lighting  up 
the  countenance  with  joy  amid  the  sorrows  of  time,  and  giving 
serenity  and  peace  in  the  moment  of  dissolution.  They  em- 
phatically declare  that,  although  -we  may  possess  every  other 
qualification,  if  we  arc  destitute  of  Charity  we  are  but  as  the 
sounding  brass  and  tinkling  cymbal.  They  impress  upon  us 
the  necessity  of  always  wearing  the  robe  of  charity  and  broth- 
erly afiection,  the  cherished  badge  of  the  faithful  and  true. 

The  Lamb  is  an  emblem  of  innocence^  and  purity.  It 
teaches  that  innocence  of  motive  and  purity  of  action,  by  which 
we  should  be  distinguished  in  the  transactions  of  life. 

The  Dove  is  an  emblem  of  that  harmlessness  of  pursuit 
whicli,  guided  by  love,  sends  forth  its  messages  of  mercy  with 
the  green  leaves  of  healing  to  the  sorrowful  and  disconsolate. 

The  Serpent  is  an  emblem  of  wisdom,  and  is  placed  among 
our  symbols  to  indicate  the  necessity  of  a  wise  caution,  which 
will  protect  our  mysteries  from  improi^er  disclosure  and  guide 
us  in  the  proper  regulation  of  our  life  and  conduct. 

The  Globe  represents  the  extensive  field  of  labor.    It  not 


only  teaches  that  we  are  to  move  onward  in  our  work,  until 
misfortune  has  no  want  to  relieve  and  sorrow  no  tear  to  dr}', 
but  also  that  from  whatever  nation  our  brethren  may  come,  they 
are  not  to  be  sent  empty  away. 

The  Ark  reminds  us  of  the  receptacle  of  the  two  tables  of 
stone,  upon  wliich  the  ten  commandments  were  written.  Aud 
as  the  prosperity  of  the  ancient  Israelites  depended  upou  tlie 
observance  of  that  law,  deposited  in  the  ark  of  the  covenant, 
so  M'ill  our  happiness  be  promoted  by  an  observance  of  our 
good  aud  wholesome  law. 

The  Bee  Hive  is  a  sirikiug  emblem  of  industry.  It  admon- 
ishes us  to  avoid  indolence,  and  wisely  to  improve  our  time, 
remembering  that  they  who  would  enjoy  a  green  old  age  and 
pass  the  winter  of  their  days  in  comfort  aud  cheerful  abund- 
ance, must  improve  the  summer  of  tlieir  being,  under  the  guid- 
ance of  economical  and  well  directed  industry. 

The  Hour  Glass  points  to  the  rapid  flight  of  time  and  the 
frailty  of  human  life.  Like  the  sands  of  the  hour  glass  we  are 
passing  away — how  important  that  we  improve  our  fleeting 
hours  in  (U-der  that  we  may  meet  our  end  with  peace. 

The  Scythe,  the  universal  emblem  of  time,  is  to  us  the 
symbol  of  death.  As  the  grass  falls  before  the  mower's  scythe, 
so  man  like  the  flower  and  grass  of  the  field,  must  wither  be- 
neath the  touch  of  time,  and  fall  before  the  scythe  of  the  king 
of  terrors. 

Tlie  Coffin  points  to  the  last  home  of  man.  However  great 
or  small,  high  or  low,  all  must  meet  on  this  common  level,  all 
must  submit  to  the  dominion  of  death.  How  cheerless  the 
home  of  the  dead  unenlivened  by  the  prospect  of  immortal 
life,  but  hope  bends  over  man's  last  resting  place  a  bow  bright 
with  immortality,  which,  based  ujion  earth,  soars  away  towards 
God.  Thus  closes  a  brief  interpretation  of  our  expressive  em- 
blems. May  their  lessons  be  iudellibly  impressed  upon  your 
heart. 

Chief  Patriarch  to  the  Encampment:  Brethren  you  will 
rise  and  join  our  Most  Excellent  High  Priest  in  the  duties  of 
his  oflice. 

PRAYER. 

O  Thou  God  of  the  Holy  Patriarchs,  lift  upon  us  the  light 
of  Thy  countenance,  impress  upon  our  hearts  the  precepts  of 
our  order  and  bless  us  in  all  our  efforts  to  innu-ove  the  family 
of  mankind,  to  the  honor  and  glory  of  Thy  holy  name.    Amen. 

CONCLUDING  CHARGE,  PATRIARCHAL  DEGREE. 

Chief  Patriarch:  I  now  present  you  the  Crook,  it  was 
used  by  the  Patriarchs  of  old,  and  strikingly  reminds  us  of  tlie 
simplicity  of  their  lives  and  purity  of  their  faith.  They  dwelt 
in  tents  and,  surrounded  by  their  flocks  and  herds,  speut  their 
lives  in  the  inculcation  of  the  most  exalted  social  virtues.  The 
onward  march  of  civilization  and  the  advance  of  human  socie- 
ty, have  deprived  the  world  of  much  of  that  simplicity  and  vir- 
tue which  gave  its  richest  charm  to  the  Patriarchal  life.  Here 
is  the  sacred  retreat.  We  would  revive  that  simplicity  and  in- 
culcate that  purity.  Here  we  wouuld  lay  the  broad  foundation 
of  that  universal  brotherhood  which  shall  link,  in  the  golden 
chain  of  an  ever  expanding  sympathy,  heart  with  heart;  man 
to  man,  until  the  vices  which  defile  and  the  passions  aud  preju- 
dices, which  separate  the  children  of  a  common  father,  shall  be 
extiri)ated  from  the  earth,  and  the  abodes  of  sorrow  and  sufler- 
ing be  lighted  with  the  lienignant  beams  of  peace  and  love.  To 
cfTect  this  great  moral  and  social  revolution  in  our  selfish  world, 
individual  action  is  combined  with  associated  effort.  Tliat 
each  should  do  his  individual  duty  is  essential  to  the  integrity 
of  the  whole.  Ever  let  that  principle  of  generous  benificencc 
dwell  in  your  heart  which,  silently  and  unseen  like  the  dews  of 
heaven,  blesses  and  refreshes  the  wasted  and  tlie  poor  with  the 
gentle  droppings  of  its  bounty.  Clierish  the  beautiful  teachings 
of  our  ritual,  which,  falling  upon  the  heart  like  rays  of  light 
upon  the  rose,  shall  color  every  affection  of  our  nature  and 
dictate  every  act  of  our  lives.  Succor  the  stranger  in  distress; 
aud  give  him  food  and  rest  when  he  is  hungry,  without  inquir- 
ing his  country  or  his  creed;  by  whatsoever  vice  he  may  have 
fallen;  by  what  destiny  he  may  be  controlled.  With  your 
brother  Patriarch  guard  against  jealousy  and  strife.  Remem- 
ber that  he  is  your  brother ;  if,  under  the  influence  of  imper- 
fection, the  common  lot  of  mortals,  he  wrongs  3'ou,  go  to  him 
and,  in  the  language  of  affection,  tell  him  his  fault  between  him 
and  you.  If  he  repent,  forgive  him.  Enter  no  harsh  judgment 
against  him ;  conscious  of  your  own  frailty,  remember  that  to 
err  is  human,  to  forgive,  divine.  These,  my  brother,  are  the 
principles  we  should  not  only  profess,  but  practice.  A  man  may 
enter  our  camp  aud  dwell  beneath  our  tent.  Mistaken  confidence 
may  invest  him  with  our  mysteries  and  clothe  him  with  the 
badge  of  our  order.  He  may  be  exalted  to  official  station 
among  us,  but  all  this  does  not  make  him  an  Odd-fellow  unless 
he  behave  and  act  as  becomes  an  Odd-fellow. 

You  will  now  take  rank  in  our  Encampment  as  a  brother  of 
the  Patriarchal  Degree. 

INITIATION,  GOLDEN  RULE  DEGREE. 

In  this  degree  the  Patriarchs  are  dressed  in  costumes 
to  represent  diflerent  nations,  with  the  various  emblems  of  their 
government  and  religion,  manners  aud  customs.- 

The  candidate  is  received  and  blindfolded  in  the  ante-room 
by  the  Junior  Warden  or  some  one  specially  deputed  and  is 
then  addressed  as  follows: 

Junior  Warden  to  Candidate :  You  are  now  to  be  initiated 
in  the  Degree  of  the  Golden  Rule.  There  is  a  solemn  and  im- 
pressive ceremony  through  which  you  must  pass.  You  will  be 
candid  a-nd  firm,  and  answer  truly  and  without  hesitation,  such 
questions  as  may  be  put  to  you. 

[They  now  come  to  the  inside  door  of  the  Encampment 
and  the  Junior  Warden  gives  the  Enter  Sign — three  raps.] 

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14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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'^^^  ai(ti  4»i!rt4«. 


Whistle  and  Hoc. 


There's  a  boy  Ju9t  over  the  garden  fence, 
Who  Ib  whistling  ull  through  the  livelong 
day; 
And  his  work  la  not  just  a  mere  protonec. 
For  you  bcc  the  weeds  he  has  cut  away. 
Whistle  and  hoe, 
Sing  as  you  go. 
Shorten  tlie  row 
By  the  songs  you  know. 

Not  a  word  of  bemoaning  his  task  I  liear, 

lie  has  scarcely  time  for  a  growl,  f  know. 
For  his  wlilstle  sounds  as  merry  and  clear, 
lie  must  And  some  pleasure  in  every  row; 
Whistle  and  hoe, 
Sing  as  you  go, 
Shorten  the  row 
By  the  songs  you  know. 

But  then  while  you  whistle,  bo  sure  that  you 
hoe, 
For  if  you  are  idle  the  briars  will  spread  ; 
And  whistle  alone  to  the  end  of  the  row 
May  do  for  the  weeds,  hut  is  bad  for  the 
bread. 
Whistle  and  hoo. 
Sing  as  you  go. 
Shorten  the  row 
By  the  songs  you  know. 

—Mural  New  Yorker. 


Grass  and  Hay  for  MUcU  Cows. 

A  correspondent  of  tbe  Utica  Herald 
holds  the  following  ground  in  relation 
to  the  feedinj^  of  milch  cows  on  grass 
and  bay.  The  important  point  to 
Western  dairymen  is  one  made  in  rdi- 
tion  to  cutting  hay  when  young, 

I  find  that  graes  alone,  whether 
green  or  cured,  answers  all  purposes 
the  year  round  (by  grr^ss,  I  include 
clover),  with  this  oaa  important  qualifi- 
cation— that  it  be  cut  green  and  well 
cured.  This  makes  about  half  differ- 
ence; that  is,  there  is  about  as  much 
available  substance  in  one  pound  of 
green  feed  dried,  as  in  two  pounds 
when  ripe.  I  know  instacces  where 
cows  have  been  kept  daring  the  winter 
on  twenty-five  pounds  of  ripe  hay  per 
day.  They  were,  of  course,  not  in 
good  condition.  But,  instead,  double 
the  available  nutritive  substance,  which 
an  equal  weight  (twenty  five  pounds) 
of  green-dried  hay  would  have  furnish- 
ed, and  you  would  have  had  double  the 
nutritive  benefit,  which  wouid  h?.ve 
brought  your  cows  to  a  high  condition. 
Or  supply  the  deficiency  by  grain,  suffi- 
cient to  reach  this  condition,  and  the 
amount  would  have  been  considerably 
more  than  is  usually  fed  with  old  ripe 
hay,  showing  thus  that  good  green 
hay  takes  the  precedence  over  the  usual 
ripe  hay  and  grain,  being  besides  much 
cheaper. 

Grass,  green  or  dried,  if  of  a  good 
quality,  and  fad  all  that  is  wanted,  will 
produce  a  maximum,  or  very  nearly  a 
mixinium  quantity  of  milk,  the  superi- 
or quality  of  the  milk  more  than  mak- 
ing up  what  may  be  lacking  in  quantity, 
so  that  ao  far  as  milk  alone  is  concerned, 
grass  (green  or  dried)  stands  first  as  a 
feed,  surpassing  all  other  feeds,  wheth- 
er single  or  combined.  And  it  will 
sustain  the  animal  while  giving  milk 
and  while  in  calf,  and  fat  her  when 
free  of  the  drain.  Grain  doubtless 
would  aid  in  the  fattening  process. 


Take  Care  of  the  Grindstone. 

A  good  grindstone  is  worth  saving. 
If  you  leave  it  in  the  sun  the   top  gets 


hard  and  glassy.  If  the  lower  portion 
is  kept  in  a  trough  of  water,  the  por- 
tion so  saturated  will  wear  fast  and  con- 
sequently become  flfit.  If  you  have 
the  stone  hung  true,  and  keep  it  under 
cover,  it  wiil  remain  as  sound  as  it  came 
from  the  quarry;  that  is,  if  it  wa?  uni- 
form in  quality  then,  it  will  remain  so. 
If  you  have  a  water  tight  vessel  sus- 
pended over  the  stone,  with  a  faucet  or 
other  arrangement  for  letting  the  water 
on  the  stone  regularly,  to  be  graduated 
at  pleasure,  it  will  be  found  not  only 
economical,  but  very  much  more  pleas- 
ant for  grinding  than  on  the  stone  as 
usually  kept. 


The  Happy  Farmer. 


That  graceful  writer,  Sumner  Elli«, 
says  of  a  happy-natured  tiller  of  tlie 
soil,  "  I  knew  a  farmer  who  thought 
all  weather  the  best  weather;  a  birren 
year  good  as  a  fruitful  one,  as  giving 
the  earth  a  needed  rest  or  sort  of  Sab- 
bath, and  who  never  quarrelled  with 
the  capacities  of  the  soil,  but  took  it 
gladly  as  it  was,  and  accepted  white 
beans  with  the  same  grace  as  he  would 
wheat.  BloBsed  is  the  man  who  can 
contentedly  give  up  what  he  must." 

Falling  Hair. — The  hair  like  the 
nails,  is  very  much  effictfd  by  the  var- 
ious conditions  of  the  physicr»l  frame. 
One  of  the  first  indications  of  failing 
vigor  is  in  the  dryness  of  the  hair,  its 
failing  off  or  turning  gray.  Ii  is  said 
that  washing  the  hair  with  sage  tea, 
will  prevent  its  falling,  others  recom- 
mend water  with  ahttle  ammonia  in  it; 
a  diet  of  coarse  food,  of  bread  made  of 
the  whole  grain  and  of  the  great  varie- 
ty of  mushes  is  said  to  improve  the  col- 
or of  the  hair.  Iroa  and  sulphur  which 
give  the  hair  its  color,  iron  predominat- 
ing in  black  hair,  and  sulphur  in  red 
and  chestnut,  are  found  in  the  husk  of 
the  grain,  the  part  rejected  by  those 
who  eat  only  fine  flour.  Unventilated 
hats  and  head-gear  which  is  heavy  as 
well  as  warm,  are  apt  to  make  the  hair 
fall.  Italian,  Greek  and  Spanish  wo 
men,  who  never  wear  hats,  and  are 
much  in  the  open  air,  have  abun- 
dant and  luxuriant  growth  of  this  much 
prized  ornament  of  women.  But  we 
warn  our  readers  against  all  patent  nos- 
trums that  pretend  to  restore,  dye,  or 
stimulate  the  growth  of  the  hair.  They 
contain  either  Spanish  flies,  or  bismuth, 
or  lead,  which  are  poisons — the  miner- 
als producing  paralysis  and  sometimes 
death,  and  the  cantharides  rising  min- 
ute blisters  or  irritating  the  surface, 
and  ultimately  doing  more  harm  than 
good. — N.    Y.  Tribune. 


Hints  to  Housewives. 

There  are  three  things  which  a 
housewife  should  never  forget  to  see 
that  her  family  have  plenty  of — sun- 
shine, pure  air,  and  a  wholebome  and 
varied  diet,  as  the  health  of  her  family 
depend  in  a  groat  moacuro  upon  them. 
Sunshine  and  fraah  air  are  in  many  lo- 
calities easily  obtained,  but  tbe  food 
question  ia  one  that  requires  more 
thought  and  labor.     Food  oontuning 


much  phosphorous  is  best  for  students 
and  business  men,  and  for  all  who  use 
their  brain,  for  "thought,  even  in  the 
manual  exercise  of  writing,  exhausts 
the  vital  fluid  with  incredible  rapidity." 
Graham  bread,  oat-meal  and  fish  are 
the  best  food  for  such  persons-^in  fact, 
for  all  persons,  as  they  are  equally  good 
to  restore  the  waste  of  the  tissues,  and 
if  growing  children  use  them  daily, 
their  teeth  will  be  stronger  and  less 
likely  to  decay. 

Many  cooks  use  soda  to  excesp,  for- 
get'Jng  tiiat  grea?e  and  soda  combined 
make  soap.  "Soda  or  saleratus  should 
never  be  used,  unless  bread  or  pastry 
is  sour,  or  unless  you  add  to  the  flour, 
before  mixing,  a  proportionate  quanti- 
ty of  a>5id,  such  as  cream  of  tartar.  If 
you  add  sodi  alone  to  perfectly  sweet 
material,  it  has  no  more  effect  in 
making  it  rise  than  so  much  salt. 
When  using  soda,  be  cireful  to  use  on- 
ly enough  to  neutralize  the  acid.  There 
are  those  who  consider  the  use  of  soda 
as  beneficial  to  health.  They  make  a 
serious  mistake;  the  free  use  of  sola 
for  a  length  of  time  will  result  in  an 
impaired  digestion.''  For  rtceipts 
which  call  for  a  level  teaspoonful  of 
cream  of  tartar  aad  a  half  teaspoonful 
of  soda,  I  occasionally  use  one  heaping 
teaspoonful  of  baking  powder.  If  the 
baking  powder  is  good,  it  will  be  sufli- 
c'ent. 

Eggs  and  yeast  are  heathful  and 
pure,  and  should  be  used  to  raise  all 
kinds  of  bret-id,  muffins,  etc.  Some 
will  say,  I  cannot  afford  eggs  for 
such  purposes.  Can  you  afford  to 
lose  your  health  and  pay  d  <;tors' 
bills? 

Bread  should  be  queen  of  every  kitch- 
en. It  should  not  bo  neglected  for  an 
instant  after  it  is  ready  to  make  up,  and 
those  having  charge  of  it  should  not 
forget  that  bread  sweetened  with  soda 
will  not  have  the  same  kind  of  sweet- 
ness that  it  had  before  turning  four. 
As  bread  rises  slightly  while  baking, 
it  should  not  be  quite  light  enough 
when  put  into  the  oven.  I  know 
what  I  am  saying,  for  I  have  had 
much  experience  in  this  branch  of 
cookery.  It  makes  me  sad  to  happen 
in  at  a  neighbor's  at  meal"  time,  and 
see  the  family  eat  fried  meat,  hot  soda 
biscuit,  or  bread  so  light  that  all  its 
sweetness  is  lost,  even  if  it  is  not  abso- 
lutely sour.  It  is  the  first  duly  of 
every  woman  who  has  charge  of  domes- 
tic affairs,  to  see  that  good,  wholesome 
food  is  regularly  prepared  for  her  fam'- 

ly. — Country  Gentleman. 

«-»-» 

To  Dry  Swbkt  Corn. — When  the 
corn  has  become  beat  for  table  use,  re- 
move all  husks  and  silks.  With  a  sharp 
knife  cut  just  the  ends  of  the  kerna' 
off,  and  with  the  knife  scrape  the  milk 
and  balance  of  the  corn,  leaving  the 
hull  on  the  cob.  Now  put  the  corn  in 
pie-tins,  or  on  plates,  an  inch  thick, 
and  place  in  the  oven  and  just  scald  the 
milk;  then  place  in  tt.e  sun,  or  any 
warm  place,  to  dry.  When  wanted 
for  use,  put  in  warm  water  and  let 
soak  some  time,  and  cook  slowly. 
When  done,  add  a  little  sweet  milk,  a 
small  piece  of  butter,  salt  and  popper 
to  taste.  This  is  far  ahead  of  the  old 
way  of  cooking  before  drying. 


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Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons   for  Tlilrd 
(Quarter,  1874. 


July 
Aug. 

Sept 


QospBLOF  Mark. 

S.  5.  1-11.     Beginning  of  the  Gospel. 

12.  1.1(5-27.     The  Authority  of  Jesus. 

10.  i.  45-48.    The  Leper  Healed . 

20.  ii.  W-17.    The  Publican  Called. 

2.  11.  23-28,  111.  1-6.    Jesus  and  Sabbath 

fl.  Iv.  35-41.    Tower  over  Nature. 

10.  V.  1-16.    Power  over  Demons. 

2.^.  V.  14-24.    Power  OTcr  Disease. 

80.  V.  2-2-23,  36-43.    Power  over  Death, 

n.  vi.  2n-2J.    Martyrdomof  the  Baptist. 

13.  vi.  34-4't'     Five Tliousand  Fed. 

20.  vii.  21-30.    The  Phceniclan  Mother. 

27.  Keview. 


LESSON  XXXVii. — SEPT.  13,  1874. — THE  FIVE 
THOUSAND  FED. 


SCBIPTUBK  LESSON. — MAUK  vi.  34-44 . — Com- 
mit verse  34. 

84  And  Jesus,  when  he  came  out,  saw 
much  people,  and  was  moved  with  com- 
passion toward  them,  because  they  were 
as  sheep  not  having  a  shepherd  :  and  he 
began  to  teach  them  many  things. 

Es  And  when  the  day  was  far  now 
spent,  his  disciples  came  unto-him,  and 
said.  This  is  a  desert  place,  and  now  the 
time  is  far  passed  : 

36  Send  them  away,  that  they  may  go 
into  the  country  round  about,  and  into  the 
villages,  and  buy  themselves  bread  :  for 
they  liave  nothing  to  eat. 

37  Ue  answered  and  faid  unto  them. 
Give  ye  ttiem  to  eat.  And  they  say  unto 
him.  Shall  we  go  and  buy  two  hundred 
pennyworth  of  bread,  and  give  them  to 
eat? 

88  He  said  unto  them.  How  many 
loaves  have  ye  ?  go  and  see.  And  when 
thoy  knew,  they  say,  Five,  and  two  fishes. 

89  And  he  commanded  them  to  make 
all  sit  down  by  companies  upon  the  green 
grass. 

40  And  they  sat  down  in  ranks,  by 
hundreds,  and  by  fifties. 

41  And  when  he  had  taken  the  five 
loaves  and  two  fishes,  he  looked  up  to 
heaven,  and  blessed,  and  brake  the  loaves, 
and  gave  tJmn  to  his  disciples  to  set  before 
them  ;  and  the  two  fishes  divided  he 
among  them  all. 

42  And  they  did  all  eat,  and  were  filled. 
48    And  they  took  up  twelve  baskets 

full  of  the  fragments,  and  of  the  fishes. 

44  And  they  that  did  eat  of  the  loaves 
were  about  five  thousand  men. 


LEADING  TEXT.— Thou  openest  thy 
hand,  and  satisfiest  the  desire  of  every  liv- 
ing thing. — Ps.  cxlv.  16. 

CENTRAL  THOUGHT.— Jesus  filleth 
the  hungry  with  good  things. 

BIBLE  READINGS.— (1)  Matt.  xiv. 
18-21;  (2)  Luke  ix.  10-17  ;  (3)  John  vi.  1  14; 
(4)  Num.  xi.  4-23,  31,  82  ;  (5)  2  Kings  iv. 
38  44;  (6)  Matt  xv.  «2-39  ;  (7)  Mark  vi. 
34-44. 


Inthodtjction. — The  cruel  death  of  the 
Baptist  by  order  of  Herod,  caused  Jesus  to 
depart  into  a  desert  place,  near  Bethsaida 
Gaulouitis,  supposed  to  be  on  the  north- 
east side  of  the  sea.  The  multitude  follow 
him,  he  teaches  them. 

Analysis. — J.  The  universal  question. 
How  feed  them?  A  lad  has  five  loaves 
and  two  fishes;  nothing  among  so  many. 
How  shall  starving  souls  be  fed?  //.  T/is 
mifficient  ansvxer.  Give  ye  them  to  eat  • 
Tne  multitude  seated  in  order,  the  loaves 
taken,  blessed,  broken,  distributed,  all  eat, 
have  enough,  and  twelve  baskets  full  left 
over. 

Lessons.- (1)  Value  of  order ;  (2)  of  pa- 
tience ;  (3)  of  thanks  before  eating.  Spir- 
ihuil  Lessons. — (1)  Jesus  the  living  bread. 
(2)  Trust  God  for  all  we  want.  (3)  Fear 
not  to  lose  earthly  in  search  of  heavenly 
comforts. 

Topics  for  Btcdy. — The  circumstances 
—why  rest  sought— the  place — the  feeling 
of  Jesus— the  question — why  put — the  an- 
swer— by  whom — the  resources  of  the  dis- 
ciples— in  whose  poasession — the  Lord's 
order — why  in  companies — the  lesson  to 
us— his  act— the  lesson  to  us — the  attend- 
ants—the number  fed- the  fragments- 
lesson  to  us — the  peculiarities  of  this  mir- 
acle— of  the  record— the  questions  often 
asked — the  answer  it  suggests  to  us— the 
lesson  it  teaches  us  on  the  lower  plane, 
and  on  the  highei. —ATuerican  S.  S.  Union 
Lessons. 


Do  not  allow  three  or  fourchildern  to 
do  all  the  talking,  questioning,  and  an- 
swering. If  there  is  a  precocious 
child  in  the  class,  see  that  he  answers 
only  his  share.  If  there  is  a  dull  child, 
be  sure  to  get  something  from  him  and 
enlarge  upon  it  a  little  for  his  encour- 
agemeflt. — JRaiph  Wdl$. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


15 


REGULATIONS,  CHARGES  AND  LECTURES 


WITH   THE 


SIGNS,  GRIPS  AND  PASS-WORDS 


SUBORDINATE    ENCAMPMENT; 

AS  ADOPTED  BY  THE 

GRAND  LODGE  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  I.  O.  of  O.  F. 

«  Session,  of  1851  at  Baltimore,  Maryland. 

COMMITTEE   OF  REVISION. 

Past  Grand  Master,  James  L.  Ridgely,  of  Maryland ;  Past 
Grand,  James  1).  McCiibc,  of  Virginia;  Past  Grand  Sire,  J.  A. 
Kennedy,  of  Now  York;  Past  Deputy  Grand  Sire,  Wm.  W. 
Moore,  of  District  of  Columbia. 

BY-LAW   OF  GRAND  LODGE  U.  S.  RELATING  TO   ENCAMPMENTS. 

All  State,  District  or  Territorial  Grand  Lodge  Grand  En- 
campments shall  [enforce  upon  tlieir  subordinates  a  strict  ad- 
liorance  to  the  work  of  the  order,  according  to  the  forms  furn- 
ished by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  tlie  United  States,  and  sliall  bo 
held  responsible  for  any  irregularities  that  they  may  allow  un- 
der their  jurisdiction.  Tliey  shall  neither  adopt  nor  use  or 
suffer  to  be  adopted  or  used  in  tlicir  jurisdiction  any  other 
Charges,  Lectures,  Degrees,  Ceremonies,  Forms  of  Installation 
or  Eegalia  than  those  prescribed  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the 
United  States. 

OPENING  CEREMONY,  PATRLA.RCHAL  DEGREE. 

{One  rap  by  the  Chief  Patriarch  commands  order.) 

Chief  Patriarch  to  Junior  Warden:  Junior  Warden,  see 
that  all  present  arc  Patriarchs  and  that  the  Watches  arc  set  and 
the  Pass  Word  given. 

Junior  Warden :  Chief  Patriarch,  the  Watches  arc  set  and 
the  Pass  Word  given. 

Chief  Patriarch :    Has  the  High  Priest  assumed  his  station  ? 

Answer  by  Junior  Warden  according  to  the  fact. 

Chief  Palriach  to  the  Encampment:  The  Oilicers  and  Pa- 
triarchs will  rise,  while  the  Junior  Warden  assists  me  in  open- 
ing the  Encamijment  in  the  Patriarchal  Degree. 

Junior  Warden :  By  the  direction  of  the  Chief  Patriarch  I 
proclaim  this  Encampment  open  in  the  Patriarchal  Degree. 

Chief  Patriarch  to  Senior  Warden :  Senior  Warden,  what 
is  your  duty  in  the  Encampment? 

A. — It  is  my  duty  to  perform  the  ceremonies  entrusted  to 
me  and  to  support  the  Chief  Patriarch  and  the  High  Priest  in 
the  discharge  of  their  duties. 

Chief  Patriarch  to  Junior  Warden :  Junior  Warden,  what 
is  your  duty  ? 

A. — To  examine  the  Patriarchs  prior  to  opening  the  En- 
campment, and  to  assist  the  Chief  Patriarch  and  High  Priest, 
according  to  my  oUice,  and  to  see  that  the  signs  are  given  cor- 
rectly. 

Chief  Patriarch  to  Scribe :     Scribe,  explain  your  duty. 

Scribe:  It  is  my  duty  to  record  all  proceedings  of  the  En- 
campment and  to  receive  all  its  monies  and  pay  them  to  the 
Treasurer,  taking  his  receipt  for  the  same. 

Chief  Patriarch  to  Sentinel:     Sentinel,  explain  your  duty. 

Sentinel:  It  is  my  duty  to  prove  every  Patriarch  before  he 
is  admitted ;  to  report  his  name  to  the  Chief  Patriarch  and  to 
suffer  none  to  retire  without  the  Pass  Word  of  the  evening  or 
to  return  without  that  Pass  Word  or  the  Pass  Word  of  the  de- 
gree in  which  the  Encampment  is  opened. 

Chief  Patriarch  to  High  Priest:  Most  Excellent  High 
Priest,  explain  the  duty  of  your  office. 

High  Priest:  It  is  my  duty  to  counsel  the  members  of  the 
Encampment  to  improve  and  perfect  themselves  in  the  lectures 
and  charges  as  well  as  in  the  practice  of  their  doctrines;  to 
conform  to  the  General  Regulations  and  thus  preserve  the  uni- 
form mode  of  working  in  this  Encampment,  and  to  give  such 
instructions  to  newly  initiated  members  as  the  good  of  the 
Fraternity  may  require. 

•  Chief  Patriarch  to  Encampment:  Patriarchs,  my  office 
gives  me  charge  of  this  Encampment  and  requires  me  to  see 
that  the  respective  officers  and  brethren  perform  their  duties  in 
a  proper  manner.  It  is  unnecessary  now  to  recapitulate  those 
duties  or  to  enlarge  upon  the  relations  which  we  all  bear  to 
each  other.  Our  own  experience  has  established  the  value  of 
our  laws  and  regulations  and  we  are  pledged  strenuously  to 
support  them  and  be  ready  at  all  times  to  aid  in  their  execution. 
We  are  all  not  to  palliate  or  aggravate  the  ofl'enses  of  our  breth- 
ren, but  in  the  decision  of  every  trespass  we  should  judge  with 
candor,  admonish  with  friendship  and  reprehend  with  justice. 
Such  is  the  nature  of  the  engagements  which  we  are  bound  by 
the  most  sacred  ties  to  perform. 

Officers  and  Patriarchs,  be  attentive  while  the  Most  Excel- 
lent High  Priest  offers  up  a  prayer. 

OPENING  PRAYER,  PATRIARCHAL  DEGREE. 

Heavenly  Father,  we  pray  thee  look  with  favor  upon  this 
meeting,  guide  us  in  our  etibrts  to  improve  the  time  before  us. 
Let  thy  care  and  the  good  we  receive  at  thy  hands  instruct  us 
in  our  duties  toward  each  other,  and  so  direct  all  our  acts  that 
thy  name  may  be  magnified  now  and  forever.  Amen. 

ORDER  OF  BUSINESS. 

{Two  raps  by  the  Chief  Patriarch  calls  the  Encampment  to  order 
for  the  transaction  of  business.} 

1.  Scribe,  you  will  call  the  roll  lof  officers  and  read  the 
proceedings  of  our  last  meeting. 


2.  Does  any  brother  know  of  a  Patriarch  who  is  entitled 
to  our  aid  or  sympathy  ? 

3.  Previous  proposals  for  membership  will  now  be  consid- 
ered. 

4. 
5. 
C. 
7. 


Admision  of  candidates  and  conferring  of  degrees. 
Proposals  for  membership  received  and  referred. 
Unfinished  business  shown  by  the  minutes. 
New  business. 


SCRIBE. 


TKEAS. 


t      1 

,  1      1 

"^ 

PLAN    OF 

SUBORUIMTE  EIVCAMPMENT 

ROOM. 

GUIDE. 


The  above  diagram  shows  only  the  relative  positions  of  the 
officers  of  the  Encampment  and  tent  of  the  High  Priest.  The 
Lodge  and  Encampment  often  use  the  same  rooms  in  com- 
mon ;  of  course  holding  their  meetings  on  different  evenings. 

INITIATION,  PATRIARCniAL  DEGREE. 

[The  candidate  having  been  received  in  the  Ante  Room  by 
the  Junior  Warden,  is  blindfolded  and  led  to  the  door  of  the 
Encampment  when  the  Junior  Warden  throws  open  the  door 
and  enters  with  the  candidate.] 

Sentinel:  The  camp  is  assailed!  (Repcateil  by  others 
while  the  blindfold  is  removed.) 

Chief  Patriarch:  Guards!  Protect!  Protect  our  camp! 
(The  Guards  rush  upon  him.) 

Junior  Warden :  Hold !  this  is  no  enemy,  ho  is  a  brother 
and  a  friend. 

Sentinel :  Do  friends  thus  linger  in  the  ways  of  error  ?  He 
can  not  pass  but  as  a  captive. 

Junior  Warden:  Bind  him  then  (while  this  is  being  done 
the  Junior  Warden  continues.)  True  friendship  will  sustain 
him  in  all  his  trials,  and  remember,  tliough  Prejudice  impose 
bonds  and  fetters  'that  Justice  will  award  the  greetings  of  a 
Brother.  [The  candidate  is  bound,  blindfolded  and  again  the 
Junior  Warden  takes  charge  of  him.] 

Junior  Warden  to  Candidate:  My  brother,  the  trial  to 
which  you  are  subjected  will  serve  to  test  your  faith  and  sincer- 
ity, be  not  weary  in  well  doing,  for  in  due  season  you  shall  reap 
if  you  faint  not.  You  are  as  one  entering  a  pathless  forest  re- 
lying on  patience  and  perscverence  for  his  guides,  but  all  cause 
for  gloom  and  doubt  will  soon  be  dissipated,  for  here  we  ap- 
proach the  Patriarchs,  among  whom  the  true  God  is  acknowl- 
edged and  reverenced.  Here  is  one  of  their  tents  let  us  apply 
for  food  and  rest 

First  Guard  of  Tent :    Who  comes  there  ? 

A.  by  Junior  Warden. — A  traveler  who  needs  both  food  and 
rest 

High  Priest:  The  door  of  a  Patriarch's  tent  is  never  clos- 
ed against  a  stranger  in  distress.  [The  Candidate  is  conducted 
into  the  tent  and  the  bonds  and  blindfold  are  removed.]  Stran- 
ger, rest  beneath  the  covering  of  this  tent,  [High  Priest  sits 
down  and  presents  bread  and  water.]  Partake  of  this  bread  and 
drink  of  this  pure  water.  Hospitality  to  the  stranger  is  a  sol- 
emn duty  acknowledged  and  practiced  among  the  Patriarchs. 
The  God  whom  we  worship  is  the  father  of  all  men ;  he  sends 
his  rain  and  his  sunshine  alike  upon  the  evil  and  the  good. 
The  ties  of  a  common  humanity  unite  us  with  every  creature 
and  stamp  the  character  of  brothers  upon  the  whole  intel- 
ligent creation.  But  while  this  is  our  duty»and  should  ever  be 
our  practice,  it  is  equally  imperative  upon  us  to  admit  no  traitor 
or  spy  into  our  camp,  to  mar  our  happiness  or  disturb  our 
peace.  It  is  necessary,  therefore,  having  relieved  your  present 
wants,  that  you  should  now  undergo  a  strict  examination,  to 
prove  that  you  are  no  enemy  in  disguise,  but  a  true  and  an  honest 
man.    Are  you  an  Odd-fellow  ? 

A.  by  Junior  Warden. — I  am. 

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The  hurry  of  harvest  is  over  with  all 
its  anxieties,  disappointments  or  glad 
surprise.  The  summer  vacations  are 
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to  God  for  his  tenderness  aod  mercy. 
It  has  brought  unexpected  afflictions  to 
many  of  our  readers,  the  death  of 
friends,  the  loss  of  property,  disap- 
pointed expectationf,  yet  these  are  only 
the  thorns  among  our  beautiful  flowers 
of  love,  peace  and  prosperity.  With 
heart  and  voice  we  can  say  his  "mercy 
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ance all  that  could  be  desired.  They 
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God's  approbation,  has  strengthened 
us  and  njade  us  hoptsfui  when  the  Cyn- 
osiLre  cash  receipts  were  mucli  less 
than  enough  to  pay  the  Cynosure  ex- 
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"In  Secret  Have  I  Said  Nothing."— /esws  Christ, 


EZRA.  A.COOK  &  CO.,  ruBLiSHEKS, 
NO  13  WABASH  AVENUE. 


CHICAGO,  THURSDAY,  SEPTEMBER  10,  1874. 


VOL.  VI.,  NO.  48.— "WHOLE  NO  231 
WEEKLY,  .$2  00  A  YEAR. 


Contents. 

Page. 

Editorial  Articles 8,  9. 

Krlitorial  Correspondence..     Masonic  Politics 

The  Bloocl-tliirsty  Lodge— Notes 

Topics  of  the  Time 1 

Contributed  and   Select  Articles 1,2,  3 

A  Voice  in  Canada... How  not  to  do  it Two  Examples, 

Keporm  News  and  Notices 4 

The  Ohio  State  Convention Anti-Secrecy  in  Kansas. 

Correspondence 5,6 

From  Vermont From  Minnesota The  Slave  power 

and  the  Lodge The   Evil   Leaven A   Comparison 

....E-xperiences Birds  of  a  Feather  Flock  Togettier 

Our  Mail 

Forty  Yea  rs  Ago— History  of  Masonry 7 

Odd-fellowship  Illustrated 14 

The  Home  Chicle 10 

Chii^dren's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbath  School 6 

Home  and  Health  Hints 13 

It^arm  and  Garden 13 

Keligious  Intelligence 12 

News  of  the  WecH: 13 

Publisher's  Department 10 

Execntire  Committee  Notice. — The  Executive  Commit' 
tee  of  the  National  Christian  Association  will  meet  at  the 
Cynosure  office  on  Saturday,  September  19th,  at  11  o'clock 
A.  M.,  for  the  transaction  of  business.  A  full  attendance 
is  requested.  By  order  of  the  Chairman. 
<  ■  » 

Notice. — -Al!  persons  desiring  to  consult  with  the 
Corresponding  Secretary  of  the  N,  C.  A.  concerning 
lectures  or  any  other  topic  connected  with  the  work 
of  opposing  secret  societies,  can  see  him  or  his  as- 
sistant at  the  Christian  Cynosure  office.  No.  13  Wa- 
bash Ave.,  from  9  to  II  o'clocli,  A.  M.  any  day  in 
the  week  except  Sunday.  C.  A.  Blanchard, 

Cor.  Sec^y. 

• w  ■  » 

Our  seventh  annual  meeting  is  to  be  held  in  Pitts- 
burgh next  May  or  June.  Seven  years  previous  to 
this  date  the  first  convention  of  the  N-a','!  Christian 
Association  was  lield  io  that  city  and  at  one  of  its 
sessions  passed  the  following  resolution:  Resolved, 
That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  convention  that  we  need  a 
paper,  promptly  started,  ably  edited,  and  widely  cir- 
culated, which  shall  make  opposition  to  secret  socie- 
ties a  speciality.  The  Cynosure  was  started  to  meet 
the  requirements  of  that  convention.  It  was  "prompt- 
ly started."  It  is  "ably  edited."  Let  us  have  it 
"widely  circulated,"  before  we  return  to  Pittsburgh 
after  seven  years'  of  labor  to  give  account  of  our 
stewardship. 


t^i^p\%  4  %  t^mu 


The  Twin  PtELic  of  Barbarism.— ^Brigham  Young 
has  replied  to  the  charges  in  court  of  his  nineteeenth 
and  lately  seceded  wife,  that  he  has  but  one  lawfully 
wedded  wife ;  the  others  are  celestial  wives  after  the 
manner  and  belief  of  the  Mormon  church.  This  re- 
luctant admission  from  the  head  of  a  family  of  sixty- 
nine  women  and  children,  whom  he  meagerly  supports 
on  an  income  of  $6,000  per  month,  is  strangely  sig- 
nificant. Although  a  mere  dodge  to  avoid  punishment 
for  bigamy,  it  reveals  the  disgraceful  and  slavish  posi- 
tion of  the  Mormon  women,  and  the  utter  hollowness 
of  the  Mormon  pretensions.  Polygamy  has  been  the 
corner-stone  of  their  system  and  a  Biblical  right  was 
claimed  for  the  'practice.  Men  were  driven  out  from 
Salt  Lake,  were  persecuted,  were  murdered  for  not 
subscribing  to  the  doctrine.  But  now  that  the  exam- 
ples of  Abraham  and  Jacob  have  failed  to  exhonorate 
Brigham  Young,  his  power  must  certainly  wane  among 
his  miserable  dupes,  when  the  plural  wives  understand 
that  they  have  no  legal  claim  on  their  husbands  nor 
the  husbands  on  them,  and  that  the  ceremony  of  mar- 
riage was  of  a  mere  spiritual  nature.  What  effect  this 
new  feature  may  have  in  court  it  is  too  early  to  antici- 
pate. 

Church  Work  for  Temperance. — The  late  General 
Assembly  of  the  United  Presbyterian  church,  under  a 
conviction  that  the  existing  evils  of  intemperance  are 


largely  due  to  the  negligence  of  the  cliurchcf,  and  may 
be  removed  by  harmonious  action  on  their  part,  ap- 
pointed a  committee  to  suggest  action.  The  report 
proposes  an  narly  convention  to  organize  a  National 
Alliance,  and  carry  into  effect  such  measures  as  shall 
make  the  work  of  the  church  what  it  should  be.  In 
many  States  the  temperance  laws  make  prohibition  the 
work  of  individual  towns.  A  church  alliance  could 
only  remotely  assist  them.  But  in  State  and  national 
work  it  may  find  a  field  of  action  suited  to  its  nature, 
where  the  wind-mills  are  giants.  So  long  as  the  gen- 
eral government  licenses  the  brewer,  the  distiller  and 
the  tobacco  factory,  and  a  State  remains  without  a  law 
which  provides  for  local  prohibition,  there  is  a  great 
work  open  for  the  church  organizations  which  must 
not  be  neglected. 

A  New  Contbovekst. — Prof.  Tyndall,  the  leading 
English  scientist,  some  lime  ago  .set  the  world  agog  by 
a  challenge  that  revealed  more  ignorance  tlian  original- 
ity, viz. ,  the  ' '  prayer  test. "  He  is  anxious  that  the 
current  of  religious  controversy  shall  not  stagnate,  and 
has,  therefore,  put  forth  another  proposition  in  an  ad- 
dress before  the  British  Association  for  the  Advance- 
ment of  Science,  of  which  he  is  President.  Stated 
briefly,  it  is  that  matter  is  self-existent;  that  all  hving 
forms  are  derived  from  organisms  less  complex,  that 
all  have  developed  from  some  single  original  form  by 
processes  only  material,  and  that  this  form  sprung,  in 
some  way  yet  unknown,  from  matter  itself,  and,  there- 
fore, the  intervention  of  a  Creator  is  superfluous.  He 
recognizes  religion  as  a  simple  emotion,  but  useful  as 
such  in  the  regulation  of  society.  This  materialism  is 
no  new  thing.  Nearly  the  same  ideas  were  held  be 
fore  the  time  of  Epicurus,  and  Cicero  held  that  the 
Latin  religion  was  chiefly  useful  in  the  hands  of  gov 
ernment  for  the  control  of  the  populace.  There  need 
be  no  alarm  over  the  expression  of  such  sentiments 
except  for  their  author.  Those  who  say  in  their  hearts 
"  there  is  no  God  "  will  sometime  come  to  be  of  a  bet- 
ter mind,  and  the  refutation  of  their  arguments  will 
strengthen  our  reasons  for  the  hope  of  a  better  life. 


A  Voice  In  Canada. 


Iceland's  Thousand  Years. — If  antiquity  were 
proof  of  virtue  the  sixty-six  thousand  dwellers  in  the 
ice-guarded  island  of  th«  north  Atlantic  might  turn  mis 
sionaries  to  the  race.  For  during  the  first  week  of 
August  they  were  celebrating  the  thousandth  anniver- 
sary of  their  settlement  amid  volcanoes,  geysers  and 
icebergs.  Though  so  old,  Iceland  is  yet  a  dependency 
of  Denmark,  whose  King,  Christian  IX.,  attended  the 
celebration,  with  other  visitors  from  Europe  and  Amer- 
ica, bearing  to  his  subjects  the  present  of  a  new  consti- 
tution. The  celebration  began  on  Sunday  with  services 
in  the  three  hundred  Lutheran  churches  of  the  island 
and  continued  until  Friday  with  dancing  and  festivities. 
Thouo-h  not  attended  with  great  magnificence,  the  cel- 
ebration was  suflSciently  impressive  for  the  simple- 
minded  islanders.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  new  con- 
stitution will  not  engender  political  strifes,  such  as  the 
younger  nations  have  learned  to  dread,  among  a  people 
who  have  lived  in  a  quiet  and  almost  patriarchal  style  so 
many  years.  The  isolation  of  the  Icelanders  has  saved 
them  from  many  temptations.  The  art  of  war  is  un- 
known, and  the  simple  pleasures  of  the  household 
flourish  in  perfection.  But  should  the  civil  polity  prac- 
ticed by  more  pretending  peoples  obtain  a  foothold 
their  millenium  is  at  an  end. 


an  essay  on  secret  6CC1ETIES  READ  BY  REV.  DANIEL 
POMEROY,  before  THE  BRASTFJXU  DISTRICT  MINIS- 
TERIAL ASSOCIATION  OF  THE  M.  K.  CHURCH,  HELU  AT 
BPRINGFORD,  OST.  ,  AUG.   C,   1872. 

Every  intelligent  man  must  regard  secret  organized 
power  as  dangerous  to  the  well  being  of  conuQunity. 
The  strifi%  bloodshed,  and  commotion,  found  in  every 
country  and  age  where  Jesuits  carry  on  tlieir  secret 
correspondencies,  are  evidenct^s  of  the  unholy,  with- 
ering nature  of  their  crganizaiion.  The  Kii-klux 
Klan  is  surely  of  no  advantage  to  community  in  the 
United  States.  The  Fenian  organization  ha'?  Bprfad 
terror  and  alarm  all   over  this   dominion. 

Many  in  the  United  States  might  say,  ''Oh !  be 
■■harilable  to  the  Ku  klux  Klan.  Their  aims  and  mo- 
tives are  innocent.  There  is  no  cause  of  alarm. 
True,  they  have  their  secret  lodges  and  arc  bound  by 
oath  to  be  true  to  their  purposes,  but  no  person  knows 
that  they  are  planning  evil.  Many,  however,  suspect 
evil,  and  the  evil  has  been  felt  and  seen  in  riot,  plun- 
der and  blood. 

Many  in  Canada  were  offended  when  Jesuit  and 
Fenian  organizations  were  denounced  and  proFcribed 
as  dangerous,  and  said,  ''These  are  controlled  by  holy 
priests,  ministers  of  the  most  high  God."  Go  and 
•isk  those  families  who  are  bereaved  of  their  loved 
ones  who  were  shot  down  Hke  dogs  at  Ridge  Way,  if 
Jesuit  and  Fenian  organizations  are  not   dangerous. 

Another  oath-bound  organized  secret  faction  under 
the  name  of  Freemasonry  is  in  existence  in  our  conn- 
try  which  we  have  a  reasonable  right  to  suspect  and 
proscribe.  The  very  act  of  taking  a  secret  oath  which 
binds  to  8ecrec7  in  connection  with  system  of  false- 
hood, should  awaken  suspicion  in  every  thinking  mind. 
There  is  no  propriety  in  making  any  society  secret 
unhas  some  undue  or  improper  advantage  is  intended. 
The  first  great  truth  of  society  is  the  equality  and 
unity  of  the  human  family;  and  the  first  great  lie  of 
society,  including  almost  every  possible  wrong,  is 
partiality  of  favoritism  between  man  and  man,  where 
both  have  acted  alike.  The  simple  fict  that  men 
possess  common  human  attributes  makes  humanity  a 
unit.  God  as  the  father  of  all  mankind  made  all  men 
equal  in  their  wants  and  interests,  and  with  equal 
rights  adapted  to  the  social  state  in  which  he  placed 
them.  Some  of  these  rights  are  rights  of  life,  con- 
science, property  and  commerce,  and  any  act  that  in- 
terferes with  this  equality  of  rights  is  impious.  To  de- 
prive a  fellow  man  of  life  is  murder.  To  deprive 
bim  of  this  liberty  of  conscience  is  tyranny.  To 
deprive  him  of  property  is  robbery ;  and  to  deprive 
him  of  his  equal  and  just  rights  of  commerce  is  cijual 
robbery.  We  repeat  it.  To  aFsert  favoritism  in 
public  transactions  on  the  more  grounds  of  a  secret 
confederacy  is  a  great  lie,  and  when  reduced  to  prac- 
tice is  unjust  and  impiously  cruel ;  and  when  sworn  to 
is  in  itself  a  moral  perjury .  Itswears  special  favorit- 
ism to  confederates  as  just. 

We  are  not  left  without  proof  with  regard  to  the 
oaths  and  actions  of  these  secret  organizations.  Rev- 
elations have  been  made  upon  theee  subjects  which 
alarmed  thousands  of  rescectable  men,  and  men,  too, 
of  stout  heart  and  sound  mind.  All  readily  concede 
that  Feniaoism  and  Ku-kluxism  are  unmitigated 
•ursesin  society,  and  the  revelations  that  have  been  made 
on  Masonry  prove  to  it  to  be   of   the   same  character. 

In  the  year  1826  Wm.  Morgan,  of  the  village  of 
Batavia,  N.  Y.,  wrote  a  book  exposing  the  secrets  of 
Masonry.  As  soon  as  it  became  known,  Morgan  was 
seized,  '(Sept.  11th,  1826)  and    <;arripd  off,  no  person 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


could  tell  whitber.  CooiinUtees  of  vigilance;  were 
formed  and  an  inve8ti2atioa  was  inatituled  whicb  re- 
sulted in  tracing  t'ue  abductors  and  tbeir  victim  to  Fort 
Niagara;  and  it  ultimately  appeared  from  the  confes- 
sion of  Valance  and  other  evidenceB  thst  be  was  ta- 
ken out  on  L-.k^  Ontario  and  nink  in  it?  depths.  Our 
venerable  Bishop  RichardFon  of  the  M.  E.  church 
in  Canada,  ihea  a  traveling  minister,    wag   lodging  al 

the  house  of  Mr. who  was  an  aclor  in  (he  crime; 

and  he  (the  Bishop)  was  disturbed    by  Mr. riaing 

from  his  bed  and  going  away  in  the  night.  Oa  th< 
next  morniiig  the  Bishop  asked  the  cause  of  the  dis- 
turbance, when  Mr. appeared  confused.  Subse- 
quently when  conversing  with  him  about  the  murder, 
the  Bishop  asked  him,  "Why  did  you  not  save  thai 
man's  lite  ?"  To  which  he  made  no  reply, 

Prosecutions   were    instituted    against   those    who 
were  connected  with   the  atrocious  murder,  which  re- 
sulted in   the  conviction  on  some  minor  ch-:?rges,  and 
imprisonment  of   Loton   Lawsoa,  N.    G.    Cheesbro, 
Edward  S-iwyer  and    John  Sheldon;  and  .although  no 
murder  was  judicially  establlshecJ,    it    was  made  evi- 
dent that  oaths  are  administered  and  taken    by  tho?t 
who  are  admitted  into  some  of   the  higher   degrees  of 
Masonry  which  discjuiliiy  tUaoi    for  serving  as   jurors 
or  witnessts  where  a  brother   Mason  of  like  degree  i 
a  party,  and  his  antagonist  is    Lot  a  Mason.     Judges, 
both  ia  Canada  and  the  United  Stages  liave  given  thip 
decisicn.     In    1828  in  western   New   York    Anti-ma- 
sonic Bccieties  were    farmed  which  cast,    in   the    year 
1830,  28,000  voces    for  Mr.  Granger   for    Govenior. 
Similar  societies  wore  formed  in  other    States  number- 
ing hundrtdj  of  thousinds.     Fifteen  hundred    lodges 
auspended,  forty-five  thousand  of  their  number  became 
Anti-jnesons.     All    these  Anti-maeonic  societies  were 
convinced   that   Morgan    was  murdered  a;;  described. 
That  Morgan  was  m'bs  id  is  true ;  that  Masons  tried  to 
establish  that  he  was  still  alive  is  equally  true ;  that  they 
failed  to  produc?.  him  to  save  their  brethren    from  im- 
piisonment  is  also  true;  and  whoever  makes  an    inve?. 
ligation  of  the  subject  and  says  that  he  does  not    be- 
lieve that  Morgan  was  murdered  by   Masons,  commu- 
nity is  compelled  to  q'-iestion  his  judgment    or   his  va 
raeUy.     Books  are  in  the  hands  of  the  public,  publish- 
ed by  Morgan,  Elder  Bernard  and   other,    professing 
to  make  true  revelations  of  the  oiths  and  practices  of 
Masons.     These  revelations   prompted    thousands    of 
the  citizens  of  Rbodo  Island  to  petition  the  Legislature 
of  Ihat  State  to  make  inquiry  into  Freemasonry.  .  The 
Legislature  appointed  a  committee  with    power  to  ex 
amine   Freemasons    to  ascertain    whether    the   oaths 
taken  by  Freemasons  were    the  same  as  published  by 
Morgan  and  Beruard.     The  committee    succeeded   in 
bringing  before  them  men  who  had  taken  the  first  ten 
degrees  of  Masonry,  who  were  still  adhering   Masons. 
They  put  them  on  their  oath  under  the  pains  and  pen- 
alties of  perjury;  in  these  circumstances    they  owned 
that  Morgan  aud    Bernard  had  published  the  oaths  of 
Masons  word  for  word.     Here  under   oath  they  dare 
not  deny  the  truth  because  there  were  thousands  ol 
seceding   Masons  who  were  ready  to  confront    them 
and  prove  their  guilt. 

In  the  year  1833,  petitions  w^^re  seat  to  the  Legie- 
lature  of  the  State  of  Connecticut,  signed  by  thou- 
sands, praying  for  legislative  enactment  against  taking 
oaths  not  appointed  by  law.  The  petitions  were  re- 
ferred to  a  committed  whose  sittings  were  open  to  the 
public  and  resulted  in  bringing  Masonic  oaths  to  light. 
The  committee  examined  Messrs,  Hanks,  Welsh  and 
Hatch,  ail  men  of  high  reputation,  and  who  had  taken 
many  degrees  in  Masonry.  These  men  stated  under 
oath  that  Masons  swear  to  conceal  the  secrets  of  Free 
masons,  and  in  some  degrees  treason  and  murdf  r  are 
not  excepted.  They  swear  to  deliver  each  other  from 
trouble  or  difficulties  without  exception  of  right  or 
wrong,  even  at  the  peril  of  their  own  lives.  They 
Bwear  to  favor  each  other  in  political  action  and  busi- 
ness transactions.  They  swear  to  retaliate  and  per- 
secute until  death  the  violation  of  Masonic  obligations. 
The  report  of  the  committee,  was  that  the  administra- 

?°°_*?u:l^?^j°"^^^  ^^""^   highly  improper,  and  should 
l8t>  Beoause  they  were  unauthor- 


bo  prohibited  by  law : 


ized  by  law:  2d,  Because  they  obligate  the  person  so 
taking  them  to  violate  and  disregard  the  law;  3d,  Be- 
cause the  administration  of  extra-judicial  oathw  is  blns- 
phemous.  ThisJreport  agrees  with  the  25th  article 
of  the  Articles  of  Religion  of  the  Methodist  Epitcopal 
ohurch,  which  read's:  "'As  we  confess  that  vain  and 
rash  swearing  is  forbidden  Christian  men  by  our  Lord 
Jksue  Christ  and  Jam(js  his  apostle,  so  Ava  judge  thst 
the  Christian  religion  doth  not  prohibit,  that  a  mw 
may  nwcar  when  the  niagisJrate  rcquireth,  in  a  cause 
of  faitli  and  charity,  3o  it  bo  done  according  to  the 
prophet's  teaching,  in  justice,  judgment  and  truth." 
The  Rev.  Mr.  F)nney,  well  kaown  ia  the  Christian 
work',  in  a  late  work  published  by  him,  btJtes  that 
he  had  taken  the  three  first  degrees  of  Masonry  and 
that  the  o^ths  pub'ished  by  Morgan  and  Bernard  are 
as  he  took  them  in  a  Masonic  lodge,  and  as  they  were 
uniforraily  taken. 

If  there  is  any  faith  in  which  Christians  agree,  it  is 
that  we  should  love,  obey  and  promote  truth,  and  hate, 
reptl  ard  destroy   falsehood.     Truth   has  two  mer^n- 
'.ng3:  Ist,  The  correct  understanding  of  a  thing;    2d, 
The  correct    representation  of    a    thing    to    others. 
Fdaehood  is  the  opposite  of   truth,  and  means  either 
the  wrong  understanding  of  a  subject,   or  the  wrong 
representation  of  a  subject  to   others.      All  truth    in- 
valuable according    to   its    truencss,    all  falsehood    is 
evil  in  proportion  t3  its  falsity.     Truth   begets  perfec 
lion  .     Falsehood  begets  deformity.     Truth  begets  life. 
Falsehood   begets   death.     Every   truth  has  a  value. 
Every  falsehood  is  dangerous.     We  do  not  believe  that 
doctrine,  that  a  pleaaing  lie  is  better  than  an  unpl'^as- 
ant   truth.     Give   us   the  truth    though  it   be  bitter. 
God  loves  the   truth  and   hates   falsehood.     To   love 
truth   is   God  like.     To  love   error  is   perversion,  de- 
pravity, devilish.     JesU'?  says  lie  not  at  all,  rsnd  if  one 
single  lie  was  established  against  hira  we  would  reject 
iiim.     Paul  would  not  have  told  one  single  lie  to  have 
converted   the  whole  Roman   Empire  to  Christianity. 
How  disgraceful  to  Christianity,  aud  how  reproachful 
to  its   founder  that  a  word  derived  from  the  name  ol 
Jesus,  Jesuitism,  signifies  chicanery  and  lies.     Jesuits 
teach  that  telling  lies  with  good  intentioas  is  not  only 
right   but   meritorious;  that   it  is   the  intention  that 
makes  the    character  of  the  act;  that   good  intention 
purifies   lying  and   perjury.     They  regard  it  insulting 
to   their  church  to  call  their  false  histories  lying,  and 
their  false  swearing  when  done  in  favor  of  the  church, 
perjury.     They  cill  these  things  expediencies  for  good- 
But   expediencies   for  a  canfederacy,   and    truth    and 
right  are  dififdrent  thiags.     Nothing  should    be  expe- 
dient which  is  either  false  or  unjust.     It  is  as  sinful  to 
swear  falsely  in  favor  of  Romanism  as  in  any  other  mat- 
ter.  It  is  as  sinful  to  commit  a  moral  pejury  in  a  Freema- 
son lo'Jge  on  your  knees  before  a'minister,  it  maybe, 
as  to  commit  purjury  in  a  court-house  before  a  ji-'dgd. 
It  is  as  sinful  to   lie  about  the  history  of  the  Romish 
church,  or  about  the  history  of  Freemasons,  as  to  lie 
in  relation  to  anything  else;  and  it  is  as  much  a  crime 
to  blaspheme  in  a  Freemason   lodge  as  it  is   to   blas- 
pheme in  a  bar-room.     Every  man  who  has  read  his- 
tory and  the  popular  works  of  Freemasons   and  who 
has  listened  to  Masonic  lectures  knows   that   Freema- 
sonry is  a  syotem  of  falsehood.     William  Preston  in  a 
treatise  on  Masonry,  published  in  the   year  1Y92,   re- 
gards it  as  coeval  with  creation,  and  states  that  God  is 
a  Mason.     One  of  our  own   doctors  in  one  of  his  pop- 
ular lectures  represents   it  as    having  its  origin  in  the 
building  of  the  Tower  of  Babel.     Others  more  mod 
erate  fix  its  origin  at  the  building  of  Solomon's  Tem- 
ple, when   as   they   say    Hiram  sent   an  archilect    to 
draw  the  design  of  the  temple,  and   a  band   of  work 
men,  among  whom  was  a  widow's  son  who   formed  a 
Freemason's  lodge  Trhich  met  in    the    temple.     Solo- 
mon's  Temple    figures    prominently    among    Masonic 
symbols,  and   Masonic   writers  and  orators   abound  in 
allusions  to  it.     Every  intelligent  man    knows  that  all 
these  pretentions   to   antiquity   are  black  falsehood. 
The  Bible  informs  us   that  the  design   of  the    temple 
was  given  by  God  himself.     From  the  best  and    most 
learned  sources  we  know  that  operatiye   Masonry  had 


builders  engaged  in  erecting  bridges  and  Roman  edi- 
fices obtaii;ed  a  Papal  bull  securing  to  them  certain_ 
privilegetj.  Subtequcnily  for  their  advantage  they  ad. 
mitted  in  to  their  number  common  laborers  to  assist  ia 
the  work  of  building,  and  those  Romish  priests  who 
traveled  with  them  for  the  purpose  of  giving  direc 
tio!"rs  and  managing  the  fiaacces.  Through  the  in- 
fluence and  advice  of  these  priests,  that  they  might  have 
easier  access  to  their  pockets,  men  of  wealth,  wh  ->  were  in- 
terested in  tLiese  edsficea  were  also  admitted;  here  be- 
gan speculative  Masonry.  Gradually  this  coaliton  of 
operative  and  speculative  Masonry  declined.  Ia 
the  year  1717  four  lodges  met  at  th-3  celebrated  Ap- 
ple-tree Tavern,  London,  and  organized  speculative 
Freemasonry ,  using  some  of  the  old  rules  and  adopt- 
ing some  new  ones.  All  pretentions  to  farther  antiq- 
uity is  positively  false. 

Freemasonry  professes  to  be  benevolent.  This,  too, 
ia  a  false  pretense.  Masons  may  pay  to  each  other 
some  stipulated  sums  as  debts,  as  insurance  compan- 
ies do,  but  do  the)'  build  asylums  for  the  poor  and 
destitute?  The  opposite  is  the  fact.  The  halt,  the 
maimed,  the  blind,  the  old — the  real  objects  of  char- 
ity are  bv  them  excluded,  neither  do  they  send  the 
Gospel  to  their  brother  pagan  Masons.  Where  and 
when  have  they  given  the  first  example  of  true  benev- 
olence ? 

It  also  professes   to   be  Christian.     What   a   false- 
hood I     To  come   at  once    to  tho  point.     It  is   easily 
proved  that  papal    Christianity  is  only  another   title 
for  pagan  idolatry.     It   is  a  syttem  of  idolatry   in  a 
Christian  name,   whose  costume  is  a  strange    mixture 
of  paganism,  Judaism    and  Christianity..    From   the 
Hindoo,  Romanism  borrows  her  masses    for  the   dead 
and  multiplicity  of  intercessions    of  the  dead   for  the 
living,  .<'rom  Apollo's  ever-flaming  shrine  she  gets  her 
ever-lighted  candles  to  iliumo   her    altars,    from    the 
Persian    priests    she    stole  her    tiara,       from     .  the 
Jewish       Rabbins    she       took      her      embroidered 
mantle,     and     her   name   from    Christianity.    Were 
we  here  to  go  into  detail  we  could    easily    .verify  the 
identity  of  Romish  and  pagan  idolatry .     Masonry  be- 
ing the  offspring  of  Romanism  is  a  motley  mixture    of 
pagan  Romanism  and   Chistian   Romanism,   between 
whidi  there  is  littledifference.  Captain  George  Smith, 
a  Masonic  writer,  remarks  on  the  origin    of  Masonry: 
"We  deduce  it  regularly    from  the   first  astronomers 
on  the  plains  of  Chaldea,  to  the  wise  and  mystic  kings 
of  Egypt,   the  sages  of  Greece    and  the    philosophers 
of  Roine."     The   ancient  Druids   of  Europe   and  the 
Magii  of   Persia  were  priests  of  the  sun.     In  Masonry 
many  of  their  ceremonies  are  preserved  in  their  origi- 
nal state.     Masonic  lodges,  if    built  for   the    purpose, 
are  constructed  to   correspond  with  the  apparent  mo- 
tion of  the  sun,   and  in   the   roof  or  ceiling  the    sua 
should  be  represented.     In   some   of  the   ceremonies 
the  Master  asks   the    Apprentice  the   following  ques- 
tions and  gets  the   following   answers:    Q. — How  is  a 
lodge  situated?  A. — East  and  West.     Q. — Why  so? 
A. — As  the  sun  rises  in  the   East  and    opens  the  day 
etc.     Q. — Where  stand  your   Wardens?    A. — In  the 
West.  Q.  — W  hat  is  their  business  ?  A.  —As  the  sun  sets 
in  the  West,  etc.    "Egypt,"  says  Smith,  "from  whence 
we  derive  many  of  our  mysteries,  has    always  born  a 
distinguished  rank  in  history.     In  their  system  their 
principal  hero-gods,  Osiris  and  Idie,  theologically  rep- 
resented the  Supreme  Being  and  universal  nature,  and 
physically  the  two  great  celestial   luminaries,   the  sun 
and  moon,  by  whose   influence  all  nature    was  actuat- 
ed.    The  experienced    brethren   are    well  informed 
what  affinity  these  symbols   bear  to  Masonry  and  why 
they  are  used  in  all  Masonic  lodges."     In  speaking  of 
the  apparel  of  Masons   l^e   says:  "The  Druids   were 
appareled  in  white  at  the    time  of  their   sacrifices  and 
the  Egyptian  priests  Osiris   wore   snow-white  aprons. 
As  Masons  we  imitate   their  apparel   and   assume  the 
badge  of  innocence," 

Again,  in  their  lodges  they  do  not  pray  in  the  name 
of  Christ.  A  nd  again,  persecution  as  a  distinguished 
feature  of  Masonry  is  surely  of  pagan  and  Roman  ori- 
gin.    From  all  these  and   thousands  of  other  eviden- 


its  origin  in  the  Berenth  century,  when  a  company  of  ces  it  is  proven  thatMasonryie  a  summation,  a  concen- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


tratioa  of  paganism  and  RomanisDO,  modified  to  serve 
the  scLemea  of  designing  men.  One  minute  its  advo- 
cate telh  us  that  it  is  Christiaa,  and  the  next  th&t  it 
is  found  in  every  land  whether  pagan  or  Christian. 
"Well  does  R^v.  E.  B ristorremark  that  it  is  hke  Vol- 
tare'u  ''Laire,"  a  Christian  in  Italy,  a  free-thlakor  at 
Paris,  and  a  Mussulman  on  the  shores  of  the  Nile, 
and  yet  it  is  Christian !  What  a  falsehood  3  and  what 
base  hypocrisy  in  ministers  of  Christ  to  be  one  day  at 
hii?  altar  administering  the  Lord's  Supper  and  the  next 
day  worshipping  in  a  Freemason  lodge  with  infidels, 
Jews,  Pagans  and  Mohammedans  and  have  no  more 
Christ  in  the'r  prayers  than  the  worshippers  of  Bud- 
dha or  Juggernaut. 

It  professes  to  have  and  to  reveal  mysteries.  This 
is  tilso  untrue  unless  it. is  a  mystery  to  the  subordinates 
what  is  done  with  their  mo'iey.  It  professes  not  to 
persuaJe  man  to  join  its  ranks.  So  Romanism  pro- 
fc'ssc-s  perfect  liberality  in  their  convent  Ecbools — no 
coercion,  no  proselyting  allowed.  But  they  lay  (heir 
■plans  silent  and  deep.  They  p.ppe:il  to  the  worst  pas- 
sions of  th«  human  heart,  arcibiticn,  vanity,  luxury 
and  excitement;  with  a  rash  of  holy  diys,  costumes, 
processions,  emblems,  images  and  mysteries  which 
keepa  the  youthful  mind  iu  a  constant  whirl  until  it 
is  whirled  into  the  vortex  of  Romanism.  In  Masonry 
the  powerful  tendency  of  all  these  false  pretensions 
to  mysteries,  to  antiquity,  to  benevolence  and  to  ad- 
vantage both  for  time  -and  eternity,  is  to  excite  the 
curious,  to  delude  the  credulous,  to  bribe  the  avarici- 
ous, to  induce  the  ambitious  and  yet  it  does  not  per- 
suade. IIow  false!  These  tecrot  societies  are  an 
offence  to  society.  They  come  in  between  the  most 
sacred  relations  of  life.  The  Roman  wife  has  deep 
confidences  with  her  priest  that  she  does  not  confide 
with  her  husband.  Freemasons  have  confidences  with 
others  which  they  d'^re  not  confide  in  their  own  faml 
lies.  They  u>5e  their  m  )neY  for  secret  purposes,  and 
in  mmy  ways  m'^ke  their  own  families  secondary  con- 
eideraiiop.?.  Shame!  The  scenes  at  some  Christian 
funerals  are  oflensive.  The  minister  of  the  Gospel 
reverently  and  solemnly  reads  a  Christian  bwrial  ser- 
vice. He  is  then  crowded  back  by  a  gang  of  swear- 
ers, drunkards,  infidels  and  deists  who  commence  a 
pagan  service  to  which  the  whole  aproned  herd  re- 
spond, "So  mote  it  be.  So  mote  it  be." 

Masonry  is  a  system  of  blasphemy.  It  represents 
God  as  a  Freemason  and  honors  extra-judicial  oaths 
administered  by  even  pagans  or  deists.  These  secret, 
offeuaJve,  sinful,  blasphemous  organizations  are  in  fa- 
vor of  somebody  and  agairst  somebody  else;  they 
must  be  in  favor  of  their  members  and  against  those 
who  are  not  members.  Those  who  are  not  members 
have  given  them  eo  cause  for  their  organization.  They 
have  attacked,  wronged  nnd  insultsd  society  for  low 
and  sordid  purposes.  Society  has  born  the  wrong 
until  the  forbearance  is  no  longer  a  virtue  and  now  it 
becomes  the  duty  of  every  honest  ma,n,  in  the  fear  of 
God,  to  adopt  measures  to  protect  society  from  organ- 
izitions  whose  members  are  sworn  to  be  partial  be 
tween  man  and  man,  between  brother  and  brother,  to 
conceal  wrong  and  to  persecute  some  classes  of  men  until 
death.  It  becomes  imperative  duty  to  protect  socie- 
ty from  secret  factions  based  upon  filsehood,  perpe- 
tuated by  falsehood,  and  bound  together  by  ex- 
tra-jadicial  oaths.  And  while  we  war  with  the 
wroag  we  should  pity  the  men  who  have  stained  their 
moral  conscience,  insulted  injured  society  and  brought 
reproach  upon  the  cause  of  God.  Old  Sir  Thomas 
Brown  pitied  the  very  devil  as  a  fallen  angel.  Every 
noble  nature  pities  a  fallen  one.  Then  with  our 
hearts  moved  with  natural  compassion  let  us  defend 
the  great  truth  of  the  unity  of  humanity,  and  pro- 
mote the  equal  rights  of  all  men.  If  we  give  a  silent 
assent  to  these  secret  societies  and  allow  them  to  de- 
lude the  unthinking  and  credulous  to  swear  fidelity  to 
their  false  systems,  and  to  pour  monthly  into  their 
hands  their  hard-earned  dollars  by  the  thousand ;  and 
allow  them  to  work  through  the  church,  by  petitions, 
by  lawyers,  by  judges,  by  juries,  and  by  their  mem- 
bers for  their  crafts;  and  if  we  handle  the  subject  at 
all,  handle  it  tenderly,  shutting  our  eyes  to  the  bitter 


truth  that  they  aim  at  supremacy  ia  commerce,  stale  and 
church,  until  they  have  their  blightoning  hands  upon 
our  altars,  upon  our  public  education,  upon  our  politi- 
cal system,  upon  the  liberty  of  the  x>resF,  upon  the 
liberty  of  the  pulpit — then  we  may  write  Ichabod  up- 
on all,  and  our  betrayed  children  will  wail  curses  up- 
on our  unfaithfulnesp.  May  God  bless  the  right  and 
remove  the  wrong. 

Stand  Like  an   Anvil. 


"Stand  like  an  anvil!"  When  the  strokes 
Of  stalwart  etrongth  full  flercu  and  fast; 

Storms  but  more  deeply  root  the  oats 
Whose  brawny  arms  embrace  the  blast. 

"Stand  like  an  anvil,"  when  the  eparks 
Fly  far  and  wide— a  flcry  shower; 

Virtue  and  truth  must  slill  be  marks 
W^here  malacc  proves  Its  waut  of  power. 

•'Stand  like  an  anvil,"  when  the  bar 
Lies  red  and  glowing  on  its  breast; 

Duty  shall  be  life's  leading  star ; 
And  conscions  innocence  its  rest. 

"Stand   like  an  anvil,"  when  the  sound 
-  Of  ponderous  hammers  pains  the  car; 
Tbiue  but  the  still  and  stern  rebound 
Of  the  great  heart  that  canuot  fear. 

"Stand  like  an  anvil;"  noise  and  heat 
Are  born  of  earth  and  die  with  time; 

The  soul,  like  God,  its  source  and  seat. 
Is  solemn,  still,  serene,  sublime. 


—  Selected. 


flow   BOt  to  1)0  It. 


BY  n.    H,    UINMAN. 

One  cf  the  most  amusing  representations  cf  Dick- 
ens was  h'iS  Circumlocution  Society,  the  object  of 
which  was  to  teach  ''How  not  to  do  it." 

It  would  seem  as  though  a  simiiar  cocisty 
had  been  gotten  up  for  the  benefit  of  the  Chrisliaii 
ministry  to  aid  them  in  evading  questions  of  Christian 
reform.  Take  for  instance  the  Congragaticaal  min- 
istry of  Wisconein  and  Illinois,  Th^j  as  a  body  stand 
stroiQgly  committed  agiinst  Masonry  and  kindred  so- 
eieties.  As  individuals  they  are  almost  unanimously 
opposed  to  them.  And  yet  in  view  of  the  fact  that  a 
Isrge  and  increasing  percentage  of  the  membership  of 
our  churches,  especially  in  the  cities,  are  already  Ma- 
sons, and  that  MKsonry  rules  these  churches  with  ab- 
solute despotism  (so  far  at  least  as  relates  to  that  iu- 
stitution)  they  do  nothing  but  oppose  their  paefjjve 
iiiflueace  to  every  effort  to  break  the  spell  that  ha? 
come  over  the  churches  and  save  them  from  the 
abomination  that  maketh  desoLte, 

When  we  who  are  in  earnest  in  this  work  present 
ourselves  andour  cause  before  them,  they  tell  us— but 
with  many  expressions  of  grave  doubt  and  question- 
ing fear — "that  they  are  opposed  to  Masonry  .is  much 
33  we ;  but  they  do  not  approve  of  our  methods  of 
action."  In  reply  we  ask  for  their  methods  and  ex- 
press a  willingness  to  adopt  any  method  which  is  le- 
gitimate and  gives  prospect  of  success,  and  it  comes 
out  that  they  have  no  method ;  no,  they  are  to  busy 
in  their  works  to  devise  plans  for  carryin/j  on  this  re- 
form. We  suggest  diffjient  ways,  but  none  suitb 
them.  If  we  pipe  unto  them,  they  will  not  dance. 
If  we  mourn  they  will  not  lament.  They  admit  the 
justice  of  the  cause,  but  simply  take  no  stcck  iu  it. 

The  gi'and  result  of  all  the  circumlocution  of  Anti- 
misonic  resolutions  in  both  State  and  local  associa- 
tions is  to  teach  these  good  brethren''"How  not  to  do 
it." 

Well,  it  used  to  bo  so  in  the  anti-slavery  reform. 
Some  whom  God  had  appointed  as  watch  men  on  the 
walls,  did  see  the  sword  coming  and  did  not  warn  the 
people,  and  yet  he  saved  the  nation,  but  the  watch- 
men are  yet  to  be  judged.  So  it  will  be  to-day.  God 
may  know  how  to  save  a  guilty  nation  even  thoucrh 
her  watch-men  shall  fail  to  warn  the  people  of  thei? 
danger,  and  even  confederate  with  her  enemies. 

Farm  Ridge,  111,,  Aug.  8th,  1874. 


Two  Examples. 


counting-house,  and  the  church.     R-belUoiis  and  un- 
r-^pentf-nt  characters,  who  have  repeatedly  shown  that 
tbey  are  beyond  the  ii.fl  jgnce  of  persuasion  and  io?e, 
need  to  have  a  bit  put  into  their  mou  ths. 

The  l-45t  few  months  have  brought  to  light^two 
modes  of  treatment  of  clmrch  ofTjnders,  Bjth  cases 
btiong  to  Brooklyn; both  occurring  in  the  largest  con 
Ljregations  in  that  ci'-y  of  churohes.  It  is  profitable, 
we  think,  to  look  at  the  different  maivvfremont  and 
the  results.  The  crimes  wc-rb  the  saaic,  each  cff.;nder 
originating  and  circulating  wicked  accusations  against 
the  brethren.  lathe  one  church,  where  liberty  is 
misunderstood,  the  mrm  of  the  cffender  wes  allowed 
to  be  quietly  dropped  frc  m  the  roll  and  cturch  connec- 
tion, although  the  church  auihoritijs  knew  well  that 
ihe  tffjnier  had  broken  the  divine  commindmmts 
and  was  reveUng  in  kip..  Here  wi^s  pre-tmioent  con- 
iddration  for  the  feelings  of  ths  uT^orthy  member. 
Love  and  charity,— a  spurious  kicd  which  is  found  out- 
side cf  the  Bible, —was  supposed  to  bo  cqurd  to  the 
emergency.  Ths  present  cand  lioa  of  affur',  ia  that 
unhappy  church  proves  how  iQadequi^ti  thi.i  new  hu- 
man treat  m3nt  is  to  the  work  of  ind.vidual  amiad- 
m?nt  and  church  harmosy. 

In  iha  other  church,  the  offt;nder,  who  haiTorgot- 
te,p  St.  Paulv,  description  of  the  toague  and  wbat  a 
mighty  fire  it  kindles,  was  cited  promptly  before  the 
church  courts  to  ancwcr  for  his  canduct.  He  skulked 
the  investigation,  although  maay  opportunities  were 
afforded  him  of  c-xp]anauoa  R.au  defense.  Whereup- 
oa,  in  the  presence  of  a  congreg.^^tion  nuGab^ring  five 
thousand|people,'  the  cfTender  was  declared  to  be  no 
longer  worthy  of  cjnatciion  with  the  church.  That 
church  has  peace  now. 

We  think  it  must  be  apparent  to  all  which  is  the 
wi.?er  and  more  Scriptural  procedure  of  the  two,  and 
which  course  is  the  correct  one  iox  churches  tJ  follow 
when  tormented  with  offonding  members.  Chrisliani- 
iy  toes  not  eraasculato  from  its  system  the  attributes 
of  justice  and  severity.  They  are  the  reserve  force 
to  be  brought  into  operation  when  the  gtntler  over- 
tures of  mercy  and  brotherhood  are  pe.-sistently  dis- 
regarded .  The  only  consideration  which  should  be 
allowed  to  enter  into  the  case  is  the  requirements  of 
the  Bible  asd  the  welfare  and  peace  of  the  church.  If 
cfifenders  are  to  be  allowej  to  escaoe  punisi^ment 'the 
number ,;  will  increase  oa  our  handp.  The  churches 
^!lS  presently  be  full  of  trouble  and  corfusioa.  After 
kindness  has  failed  to  procure  apology  and  repentance 
from  church  oflenders,  we  recomaieDd  the  exercise  of 
excommunicatiori  and  the  harehsr  things  of  the  law. 
The  spectacle  in  Brooklyn  where  the  contrary  course 
has  been  pursued  for  years  in  atrulv  sorrowful  one.— 
iV.    Y.    Wiiness. 


Troth  Will  Live.— Philosophy  has  sometimes  for- 
gotten God;  a  great  people  never  did.  The  scepti- 
cism of  the  last  century  could  not  uproot  Christianity, 
because  it  lived  in  the  hearts  of  the  millions.  Do  you 
think  that  infidelity  is  spreading?  Christianity  never 
hved  in  the  hearts  of  eo  many  millions  as  at  this  mo- 
ment  The  forma  under  which  it  is  professed  may 
decay,  for  they,  like  all  that  is  the  work  of  man's 
hands,  are  subject  to  the  changes  and  chances  of  mor- 
tal being;  but  the  spirit  of  truth  is  incorruptible;  it 
may  be  developed,  illustrated  and  applied;  it  never 
can  die;  it  never  can  decline.  No  truth  can  perish. 
No  truth  can  pass  away.  The  flame  is  undying, 
though  generations  disappear.  Wherever  moral 
truth  has  started  into  being,  humanity  claims  and 
guards  the  bequest.  Each  generation  gathers  togeth- ' 
er  the  imperishable  children  of  the  past,  and  incre&ses 
them  by  new  sons  of  light  alike  radiant  with  immor- 
tality.— Bancroft. 


That  sharp  dieoipline   is   a  good   thing  is  evidenced 
by  ite  need  in  the  family,   the  army,  the  school,  the 


For  many  walk  of  whom  I    have    told   you   often 
and  now  tell  you  even  weeping,  that  they  are  the  en- 
emies of  the  cross  of   Christ;  whose  end   is   destruc- 
tion,  whose    God  is    their  belly,  and    whose  glory  ia 
their  .shame,  who  mind  earthly  things.      Phil.  iii.    18 
19.  ^  '      "        ' 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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Tiie   National    Cliistian    Association. 


Object. — "To  expose,  withstand 
and  remove  secret  societies,  Freema- 
sonry in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movementSjin  order  to  save 
the  churches  of  Christ  from  being  de- 
praved; to  redeem  the  administration 
of  justice  from  perversion,  and  our 
republican  government  from  corrup- 
tion. " 

President. — B.  T.  Robert",  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J. 
Blanchard,  A.  Wait,  I.  A.  Hart,  C. 
R.  Hagerty,  E.  A.  Cook,  J.  G.  Terrill, 
0.  F.  Lumry,  J.  M.  Wallace,  Isaac 
Preston,    Wm.    Pinkney. 

Corresponding  Secretary. — C.  A. 
Blanchard,  11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Recording  Secretary  and  Treasur- 
er.— H.  L.  Kellogg,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

General  Agent  and  Lecturer. — 
J.  P.  Stoddard,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

Life  membership,  $10. 00;  annual  do  , 
25  cts.  Orders  for  memberships  aud 
general  correspondence  of  the  Associa- 
tion should  be  sent  to  the  Correspond- 
ing Secretary.  All  donations  or  be- 
quests, to  the  Treasurer. 


Address   of    Anti-masonic    Lectnrers. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
dard, Christian  Cynosure  OfSce,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligouier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturers  for  New  York,  Z.  Weav- 
er, Esq.,  and  J.  L.  Barlow,  89  Mulberry 
St.,  both  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

1.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Senecaville,  O. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.Rathbun,  Lisbon  Center,  N.  Y. 
8.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfleld,  O. 

L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 

.J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 

Linus  Chittenden ,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 

P.  Hurless,  Polo,  III. 

.T.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  Johrtson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancv  Creek,  Wis. 
C.  F.  Hawley,  Millbrook  Pa. 
W.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Ind. 
J.  L.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 


Annual  Meeting  of  the  North-eaBt 
Pa.  Association,  Nov.  3d,  in  Free 
Methodist  Hall,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 

The  Indiana  State  meeting,  we  learn, 
will  probably  not  be  held  until  near  the 
last  of  October.  Meanwhile  let  every 
worker  in  the  State  do  everything  pos- 
sible for  the  success  of  the  meeting. 
Correspondence  and  Euggestions  should 
be  sent  to  the  State  Agent,  J.  T.  Kig- 

gins,  Ligonier,  Ind. 

*-»♦ 

ToBro.  J.  T.KiGGiNB,  Indiana  State 
Lectdrkb:  — A  note  in  the  Cynosure 
of  the  20th  ult.  states  that  you  have 
entered  a  homestead  claim  in  western 
Kansas.  As  I  reside  in  western  Kan- 
sas and  am  interested  in  the  interest  of 
reform  as  advocated  by  the  Christian 
Cynosure,  and  as  you  are  a  lecturer  on 
those  principles,  I  wish  to  form  your 
acquaintance.  Please  communicate  in 
the  Cynosure  where  the  place  of  your 
future  home  is.  This  will  give  others 
an  opfortunity  of  forming  your  ac- 
quaintance, and  uniting  in  pushing  on 
this  battle.     We  do  not  intend  if  you 


come  to  Kansas  to  allow  you  to  entire- 
ly retire  from  the  conflict.  Lecturers 
are  much  needad  in  this  western  coun- 
try. Yours  respectfully, 

H.  T.  Bes?e. 
Peace,  Rice  Co,  Kas. 


To  THK  Friends  or  the  Christian  Rk- 

.FORM  IN    FrSKDOM     AND     PrAIRIE     CeN- 

tkr,  La  Sallk  eoujfjY,  III.: — I  intend 
(D.  V.)  to  leciuye  on  the  subject  of 
Freemasonry  and  kindred  societ'es  at 
Freedom  on  Tuesday  and  Wedneedw 
evenings,  Sept.  22'f5  and  23d;  on 
Thursday  evening,  the  24th,  at  Free- 
dom Center,  and  on  Frit^ay  and  Satur- 
day evenings,  Sept.  25th  and  26th,  at 
Prairie  Center.  H.   H.  Hinman. 


'^^fm'ttt  %tm,\ 


— Bro.  Stoddard  spoke  at  the  Weslcyau 
Conference,  Fairmount,  Ind.,  on  Monday 
evenimg  and  Tuesday  afternoon;  also  on 
Saturday  last.  He  expects  to  visit  Hamil- 
ton county  this  week,  stopping  at  Marion 
on  Saturday.  Next  week  on  Wednesday, 
the  16th,  he  has  an  appointment  at  Silver 
Lake,  Kosciasko  county. 

— Elder  D.  P.  Rathbun  was  anuounccd 
to  speak  at  Senecaville,  Ohio,  on  Friday, 
Saturday  and  Sundaylast.  For  particulars 
of  the  latest  attempt  on  his  life  see  editorial. 

—J.  F.Phillips,  of  Coatsville,  Ind.,  has 
been  preparing  to  comineacc  work  as  a 
local  lecturer  at  llie  earnest  rcc[ucst  of  Bro. 
Kig'gins.  His  idea  of  the  necessity  of 
neighborhood  lectures  are  good.  Men  are 
needed  in  every  county  in  the  United 
States  to  make  a  stand  against  the  lodge 

— A  letter  to  the  Wesleijan  tells  of  an  ad- 
dress in  the  court-house  in  the  city  of  Elmi- 
ra,  N.  Y.,  on  the  evening  of  July  Sod  by 
Rev.  John  Levington.  The  various  lodges, 
of  which  that  has  an  abununt  supply, 
worked  hard   to  snufl"  out  the  meeting. 

— The  General  Agent  writes  that  there 
are  some  six  counties  in  Indiana  wliich 
have  organized  politically  and  have  a  tick- 
et in  the  field.  The  work  will  be  pushed 
vigorously  in  these  localities  iinlil  the 
State  election  which  occurs  October  13th. 

— For  interesting  news  from  Missouri 
and  South-western  Iowa  read  the  editorial 
correspondence  on  the  eighth  page. 

»  ^'  « 

The    Ohio    IStnte    Convention — Letter 

from  Dr.  Wishart,  President  of 

the  State  Association. 


Editor  Gliristiaii  Cynoaure: 

Some  account  of  the  Ohio  State  Con- 
vention has  already  appeared  in  the 
Cynosure.  As  it  was  my  privilege  to 
be  there,  I  feel  like  adding  a  word  or 
two  to  what  has  already  been  said. 
There  were  many  things  noteworthy 
at  this  convention  and  I  do  not  propose 
to  notice  everything  of  this  kind.  But 
among  the  things  deserving  notice,  I 
would  mention  the  cordial  and  kind 
reception  extended  to  us  by  the  genial 
pastor  of  Darby  Chapel,  and  the  abund- 
ant entertainment^  given  by  the  good 
people  of  his  charge.  These  things 
indicated  that  both  the  pastor  and  the 
people  were  in  cordial  sympathy  with 
the  cause  that  had  called  us  together. 
There  was  quite  a  large  attendance  du- 
ring the  cessions  of  the  Convention; 
especially  in  the  evening  of  each  day 
the  church  was  crowded  to  its  utmost 
capacity.  The  Convention  was  charact- 
erized by  a  spirit  of  earnest  devotion ; 
many  most  fervent  and  importunate 
prayers  went  up  to  that  God  who  is 
light  and  in  whom  is  no  darkness  at 
all,  and  who  has  commanded  his  peo- 
ple to  have  no  fellowship  with  the 
unfruitful  works  of  darkness. 

The  first  evening  of  the  Convention 
was  spent  in  hearing  an  address  from 
Rev.  J.  P.  Stoddard,  in  which  he 
showed  '  'How  a  Man  is  Made  a  Mason ;" 


how  it  inlerferfs  with  his  liberty, 
changes  his  relation  to  his  family,  etc. 
This  address  was  most  clear  and  forcible 
in  style,  was  delivered  in  a  most  im- 
pressive manner,  and  will,  1  think,  not 
BCou  be  forgotten  by  those  who  heard 
it,  not  even  by  the  Masons  themselves 
who  were  present  on  that  occasion. 
On  the  following  morning  some  friends 
from  Logan  county  came  to  me  to  in- 
quire whether  they  could  get  brother 
Stoddard  to  lecture  a  while.  They 
wished  to  have  this  same  address  and 
some  others  like  it  delivered  in  various 
parts  of  their  own  county.  They  were 
accordingly  introduced  to  brother  S. 
and  I  suppose  entered  into  an  arrange- 
ment by  which  they  could  obtain  their 
request. 

The  second  day  of  the    Convention 
was  spent   in  devotional    exercises,  in 
busineiis    matters,   and    in  hearing  ad- 
dresses from  various  delegates.     After 
one  of  those  addresses  in  the  forenoon, 
an  opportunity  was  given    for  the  pre- 
sentation of  objections,  when-a  gentle- 
man arose  in  the  audience,  and  with  a 
pretentious    shake  of  the  head    and  a 
countenance  threatening   great  things, 
expressed  his  approbation  of  Masonry 
and  announced    himself  as  willing  and 
ready    to  maintain  the  affirmative    of 
the    propo.sitioa  that  a  man  may  be  a 
Mason  and  a  Christian  at  the  same  time. 
I  thought  witli  myself,  so  he  may,  but 
if  he  is  a  genuine    Mason  he  will  only 
be  a  nominal  Christian,  and  if   he  is  a 
genuine  Christian,    he  will  only   be  a 
nominal  Mason.     For  that  the    princi- 
ples of  Masonry  are  in  conflict  with  the 
principles  of  Christianity    is  a  proposi- 
tion susceptible  of  tLe  clearest  demon- 
stration.    And  to  suppose   that  a  man 
csn  intelligently    and    honestly  main- 
tain and  carry  out  each  of  these   prin- 
ciples at  the  same  time,    is  to  suppose 
that  he  could    be  an  honest  hypocrite. 
This  gentleman  with  the    threatening 
countenance,  I  was  afterwards  inform- 
ed is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraterni- 
ty and  at  the  same   time   professes   to 
be  a  minister  of  the  Gospel  of   Christ. 
Can  he  or  any  other   Masonic  minister 
say  with  the  great  Apostle   "That  he 
has  renounced  the  hidden    things   of 
dishonesty,   not   walking    in  craftiness 
nor  handling  the  Word  of  God  deceit- 
fully, but  by  manifestation  of  the  truth 
commending    himself  to  every    man's 
conscience  in  the  sight  of  God."     It  is 
strange  that  there  should  be  such  min- 
isters, but  I  remember  that  during  the 
days  of  slavery,  there  were    not   only 
advocates  of  the  '  'peculiar  institution," 
but  actual  slave-holders,  who  professed 
to  preach  the    Gospel  of  the  merciful 
and  compassionate  Saviour. 

But  to  return.  I  may  farther  state, 
that  Rev.  Wm,  Dillon,  of  Dayton,  pro- 
posed to  meet  our  Masonic  friend  in 
debate  at  any  time,  upon  a  fair  state- 
ment of  the  point  at  ijsue.  But 
whether  this  mystic  brother  will  ever 
consent  to  meet  him  upon  such  a 
statement — a  statement  that  will  guard 
against  prevarication  and  evasion  and 
lead  to  an  honest  discussion  of  facts, — 
is  to  me  very  doubtful.  If  I  mistake 
not  there  is  more  boast  than  debate  in 
this  gentleman. 

In  the  evening  of  this  day  the  audi- 
ence was  very  large  and   most  of   the 


time  was  spent  Jn  hearing  an  address  K 
from  Rev.  William  Dillon  of  Dayton.. 
This  address  was  clear  and  logical  and 
was  listened  to  with  marked  attention. 
On  the  following  morning  after  at- 
tending to  the  election  of  officers  and 
some  other  matters  of  business,  the 
audience  was  againjaddressed  by|broth- 
er  Stoddard.  In  this  address,  the  sub- 
ject of  which  had  been  announced  the 
day  before,  he  maintained  the  affirma- 
tive of  the  following  'proposition:  "Re- 
solved, that  no  man  can  be  a  true 
Christian,  and  at  the  same  time  carry 
out  the  principles  of  Masonry .  We 
are  sure  that  we  only  express  the  sen- 
timent of  all  or  nearly  all  who  heard 
this  address,  when  we  say  that  it  was 
characterized  not  only  by  clear  and  log- 
ical reasoning,  but  in  some  parts  by 
the  most  persuasive  and  stirring  elo-^ 
quence;  the  audience  was  not  only  in- 
terested and  impressed,  but  sometimes 
deeply  moved;  and  we  only  assert  what 
the  audience  declared  by  their  vote  at 
the  close  of  this  address,  when  we  eay 
that  our  good  brother  S.  completely 
demonstrated  his  position. 

At  this  point  it  became  necessary  for 
us  to  leave  the  convention  and  return 
home,  though  we  did  so  with  reluc- 
tance. But  before  leaving  we  were 
much  pleased  to  find  that  brother  Stod- 
dard had  come  to  the  conclusion  that 
he  would  come  up  to  our  place  on  Sat- 
urday, spend  the  Sabbath  with  us,  and 
rest  a  few  days.  He  came,  but  cur 
people  did  not  permit  him  to  rest  very- 
long.  They  made  an  appointment  for 
him  to  lecture  on  Tuesday  afternoon, 
and  though  there  was  not  much  time 
to  circulate  the  word  and  some  of  the 
farmers  were  yet  busy  in  harvesting  their 
oats,  yet  there  was  quite  a  good  attend- 
ance. This  lecture  was  followed  by 
another  one  that  evening,  when  the 
audience  was  quite  large,  and  this  again 
by  another  the  following  afternoon, 
when  the  audience  was  not  so  large, 
but  still  quite  respectable.  1  only  speak 
the  mind  of  this  community,  when  I 
say  that  these  lectures  were  all  excel- 
lent, eminently  calculated  to  instruct 
and  confirm  the  friends  of  our  cause  and 
to  C3nvince  and  silence  gainsayers. 
They  were  in  my  judgment  a  good 
specimen  of  the  leniter  in  verliset  for- 
titer  in  rehis,  soft  words  and  hard  ar- 
guments. The  friends  here  have  made 
arrangements  to  have  brother  S.  spend 
one  month  lecturing  in  this  county  the 
coming  fall.  Thus  the  work  goes  on — 
the  truth  is  mighty  and  shall  prevail. 
Wm.  Wishart. 


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Anti-secrecy  in  Kansas. 


Winchester,  Kas.,  Aug.  24,  18/4. 

Dear  Cthobure: — Opposition  to  se- 
cret orders  is  making  itself  felt  in  var- 
ious parts  of  this  State.  Bro.  Kig- 
gins  in  his  recent  visit  to  these  west- 
ern prairies  has  done  good  service  to 
the  cause  in  various  localities.  He 
spent  several  days  in  this  vacinity  in 
the  first  week  of  this  month.  He  de- 
livered a  course  of  four  lectures  in  this 
village,  on  four  several  evenings,  which 
were  listened  to  by  large  and  apprecia- 
tive audiences.  He  showed  up  in  vig- 
orous and  lively  style  the  unchristian 
and  iinrepublican  character  and  evil  in- 


v?f 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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:fluences  of  secret  orders  in  general  and 
of  Freemasonry  and  Odd-fellowship  in 
particular.  Very  few  of  the  mem- 
bers of  secret  fraternities  attended.  An 
opportunity  was  given  for  defending 
these  orders  but  no  defense  was  of- 
ifered.  Since  the  debate  here  last  win- 
ter, the  friends  of  secrecy  appear  to 
he  strongly  inclined  to  carry  out, 
practically,  the  Masonic  virtues  of 
''secrecy  and  silence."  In  these  lies 
their  strength. 

On  the  4th  inst.  our  County  Anti- 
secret  Association  held  its  annual  mieet- 
ing  at  Round  Grove,  about  seven  miles 
south  from  this  village.  An  anti-se- 
•cret  meeting  was  rather  a  novelty  in 
that  community.  Curiosity  brought 
out  a  large  assembly.  The  grangers 
were  out  in  force,  with  a  sprinkling  o^ 
the  memberehip  of  other  secret  frater- 
nities. In  the  forenoon  Bro.  Kio-p-ins 
gave  us  a  somcAvhat  lengthy,  able  and 
eloquent  address  in  which  he  showed 
up  in  a  telling  manner  the  tomfooler- 
ies, evils  and  dangerous  influences  of 
the  grange.  In  the  afternoon,  after 
the  electiort  of  officers  for  the  ensuing- 
year,  a  preamble  ar.d  resolutions  were 
presented,  upon  which  a  lively  discus- 
ion  arose.  The  grangers  have  not  yet 
become  so  eminent  in  the  virtues  of 
secrecy  and  silence  as  their  senior  Ma- 
sonic brethren,  and  consequently  they 
rstood  up  in  their  own  defense.  Though 
their  speakers  claimed  (o  be  only  plain 
farmers,  untrained  an!  unpracticed  in 
public  speaking,  yet  they  did  the  beat 
they  could.  And  we  must  say  they 
made  about  as  good  a  defense  as  their 
cause  admits.  Speakers  were  lustily 
cheered  by  their  friends  on  either  side, 
ibut  good  order  prevailed  throughout 
the  entire  day.  One  principle  appears 
to  be  established  here,  and  we  presume 
.elsewhere,  and  that  is,  secret  orders 
anay  be  discussed. 

The  following  preamble  and  resolu- 
lions  were  adopted : — 

Whereas,  Secret  societies,  of  every 
name  and  grade,  which  require  their 
members  to  pledge  or  obligate  them- 
selves to  keep  certain  secrets,  which  at 
the  time  the  pledge  is  taken  are  un- 
known to  the  individual,  are  in  conflict 
with,  sound  morality  and  good  govern- 
ment; and, 

Whereas,  We  regard  Freemasonry 
■as  a  deep-laid  conspiracy  against  the 
Christian  religion  and  human  rights, 
to  which  all  the  "minor  orders"  are 
tributary  and  auxiliary;  therefore. 

Resolved,  1st,  That  it  becomes  all 
patriotic  citizens  to  oppose  the  pro- 
gress of  these  orders  by  assisting  and 
co-operating  with  each  other,  in  dis- 
seminating a  true  knowledge  of  the 
character  and  principles  of  these  socie- 
ties. 

2d.  That  we  will  not  support  by  our 
influence,  means,  or  votes  any  minister 
who  worships  at  the  Christ-rejecting 
altars  of  the  lodges;  or  any  man  for  an 
ofEce  of  honor  or  trust  who  is  bound  by 
secret  oaths  or  pledges,  believing  that 
the  first  requisite  to  be  a  servant  of  a 
free  people  is  that  the  man  himself 
be  free. 

3d.  That  the  grange  movement  is  a  de- 
ceptive and  swindling  child  of  the 
thing  called  Masonry,  carrying  with  it 
no  advantages  that  may  not  be  secured 


by  open  organization,  and  with  im- 
mensely less  expense;  adapted  to  the 
use  of  scheming  demagogues  and  dishon- 
est, knavish  persons.  And  we  will  raise 
our  voices  in  prayers  and  protest  against 
it,  J.  DoDDS,      Sec?ii. 


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From  Vermont. 

Bentonville,    Vt.,  Aug.  28,  18V4. 
Editor  Gliristian  Cynosure: 

When  I  came  to  Vermont  it  was  with 
the  intention  of  entering  the  field  as  ;t 
lecturer.  I  spoke  a  number  of  iimcfi 
with  apparent  sucsess;  but  my  health 
has  failed,  and  so  for  the  present  I 
have  cep-sed  that  work.  I  have  travel; 
ed  over  a  large  territory  and  have  dis- 
tributed and  sold  many  book?,  have 
obtained  some  subscribers,  and  found 
many  true-hearted  men  and  women  who 
are  opposed  to  the  lodge.  Many  re- 
member the  days  of  Morgan;  how  Ma- 
jor Fhnt  of  Randolph  and  ot!;ers  went 
tiirough  the  State  and  lectured,  and 
how  Elder  Adams  of  Windsor  appoint- 
ed a  meeting  in  the  east  part  of  Brook- 
field,  and  told  the  people  that  he  could 
initiate  a  man  if  they  would  bring  him 
forward.  A  young  man  was  found 
who  consented  to  go  through  the  cere- 
mony,and  many  remember  the  circum- 
stances. Othera  tell  of  men  who  were 
sent  for  and  great  crowds  that  came 
together  to  hear  the  revelations  of 
Freemasonry.  But  a  few  years  since 
the  order  was  stigmatized  but  now  it 
shows  its  head  yn  moat  of  the  large 
towns. 

But  a  few  years  ago  the  Free-WilI 
Baptist  denomination  would  not  receive 
a  Freemason  into  its  membership; 
neither  would  they  ordain  such  a  man 
to  preach  the  glorious  gospel  of  Jesus 
Christ;  neither  would  they  organize  a 
church  without  examining  all  its  mem- 
bers concerning  Masonry.  But  now  a 
preacher  comes  here  from  New  Hamp- 
shire and  leads  the  young  preachers 
and  others  into  the  lodge.  One  preach- 
er one  in  of  our  first  churches  went  for- 
ward and  took  one  degree,ftnd  the  church 
was  so  aroused  against  his  action,  that 
he  promised  to  go  no  farther.  Bat  he 
met  with  the  lodge  slily,  and  went  to 
another  State  where  he  took  other  de- 
grees. 

But  most  of  the  members  of  our 
churches  and  the  mlnisteis  are  opposed 
to  this  system  of  darkness,  but  dare 
not  show  their  colors.  Some  have 
brothers,  some  sons,  some  husbands, 
in  the  lodge.  One  preacher  whom  I 
talked  with  said  he  was  an  Anti-mason 
and  the  first  time  he  voted  it  was 
against  the  lodge,  but  now  his  son  had 
become  a  Mason,  and  he  would  not 
consent  to  examine  ihe  subject. 

What  we  want  here  is  an  able  lect- 
urer, and  a  State  convention,  held 
somewhere  near  the  center  of  the  State. 
I  would  suggest  Randolph  Center, 
which  was  noted  in  years  past  for  its 
opposition  to  the  lodge ,  and  there  are 
a  goodly  number  of  the  Cynosure  ta- 
ken in  the  place.  Will  the  brethren 
of  our  cause  express  their  mind  con- 
cerning this  plan  and  report  so  that  we 
can  have  a  meeting  this  fall. 

I  lately  saw  a  man  from  the  town  of 
Warren.     He  told   me  that  his  father 


was  a  Mason  when  Morgan  was  mur- 
dered, and  he  never  renounced,  yet 
does  not  now  go  with  the  Masons.  He 
also  had  an  uncle  who  lived  in  Hart- 
land  and  belonged  to  Windsor  lodge. 
They  met  to  choose  a  man  to  go  to 
Batavia,  N.  Y. ,  to  help  dispose  of  Mor- 
gan. This  uncle  was  then  young  and 
belonged  to  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter. 
He  was  chosen  to  go.  He  was  gone 
three  weeks  and  returned.  In  a  short 
lime,  he  took  poison  and  destroyed 
himiself.  The  man  who  gave  me  this 
information  is  surrounded  with  the 
V7hite  aprons;  but  he  is  one  of  the  right 
stamp,  and  Vermont  is  alive  with  such 
men;  but  there  are  few  who  have  heard 
of  our  reform.     Eldsr  Isaac  Jackson, 


From  Miiinesota. 


Mantorville,  Minn. 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

I  am  in  full  sympathy  with  the 
anti-secret  movement  and  have  taken 
the  Cynosure  from  the  very  first  re- 
sue  and  am  alwajs  ready  and  glad  to 
stand  and  to  act  in  defense  of  its  prin- 
ciples. I  cannot  remember  when  I 
was  not  opposed  to  the  principles  of 
secrecy,  because  I  have  always  believed 
it  is  of  the  devil.  I  am  especially 
grieved  by  the  course  intelligent 
Christians  and  ministers  take  in  regard 
io  sworn  secret  organ'zitions.  They 
seem  to  be  so  loth  to  even  talk  of,  dis- 
cuss, or  even  to  examine  the  subject; 
aad  it  really  seems  to  me  for  no  other 
reason,  (if  the  truth  Avas  known,)  than 
that  their  own  conscience-  and  better 
judt^raent  would  foi-ce  them  to  give 
their  influence  against  them.  I  know 
cf  no  person  actively  engaged  in  oppo- 
hiiion  to  sworn  secrecy  in  all  these 
parts  except  myself  and  I  often  feel 
condemned  for  being  so  half-hearted  in 
the  matter.  I  think  it  is  very  doubt- 
ful if  another  copy  of  the  Cynosure  is 
taken  in  this  county  (Dodge,  Minn.) 

I  firmly  believe  the  secret  orders  are 
doing  more  (o  retarel  true  i/hrisiianity 
than  most  if  not  ail  other  means 
which  the  devil  now  has  em- 
ployed. Time  and  space  would  fail  me 
to  speak  of  the  multitudinous  vrays  by 
which  this  destroyer  of  men's  souls  oper- 
ates and  no  one,  not  a  reader  and  thinker 
on  the  subject  could  believe.  At  various 
covenant  and  busineBS  meetings  of  the 
Baptist,  I  never  have  heard  a  single  inqui- 
ry made  other  than  by  myself  in  relation 
to  whether  candidates  to  be  received 
into  the  church  or  dismissed  from  the 
church,  or  ministers  ordained  for  the 
sacred  ministry,  whether  they  were 
sworn  subjects  of  another  order.  But 
I  have  many  times  known  a  great  so- 
licitude manifested  by  ministers  and 
others  to  have  a  letter  granted  if  there 
was  any  danger  of  the  person  uniting 
with  any  other  order  of  Christians;  and 
in  case  this  was  apparent,  refuse  to 
grant  such  letter. 

This  of  course  is  the  dark  side.  I 
hope,  however,  in  the  mind  of  others 
and  in  other  parts  the  case  is  difl'er- 
ent.  I  know  that  Paul  said  on  a  cer- 
tain occasion  as  he  stood  up  for  truth, 
he  was  forsaken  of  all,  but  he  prayed 
that  it  might  not  be  laid  to  their 
charge.  I  am  glad  that  in  other 
places  the  cause  of  truth  is  gaining 
ground.     I   hope     and  pray    it  may 


grow  and  increase  until  the  principle 
of  sworn  secrecy  is  driven  back  to  the 
evil  one  from  whence  it  came. 

Yours  for  the  truth  spoken  openly, 

S.     HiLLMAN. 


The    Slave    Tower   and    the    Lodge. 

Salem,  Ohio. 
Editor  Ohristiaii  Cynosure: 

In  1843  the  leading  religious  influ- 
ences ard  nearly  all  the  popular  preach- 
ers in  the  country  were  on  the  tide  of 
slavery,  and  prophesied  falsely  in  pro- 
claiming peace  to  the  wicked,  and 
denouncing  the  abolitiou'sts  for  demand- 
ing that  the  slave  had  a  right  to  himself, 
to  hia  wife  and  his  children.  And 
however  high  to  ecclesiastical  authority, 
whoever  failed  in  demand  the  liberation 
of  the  slave,  as  the  duty  of  the  master 
and  the  right  of  the  slave,  was  ve:ily 
guilty  concerning  his  brother. 

Alas !  that  a  similar  slate  ot  fads 
should  exist  tc-day  touching  another 
institution  existing  all  over  this  l^nd. 
How  many  church  officers  are  allied  to 
the  secret  oath-bound  inslilulious  of 
the  country,  and  swear  oaths  that 
common  sinners  would  stagger  at;  oaths 
which  if  heard  in  the  streets,  would 
make  the  swearer  1  able  to  be  arrested 
for  blasphemy;  oaths  not  known  iu 
formula  to  tha  laws  c^f  the  land  1  And 
these  ministers  bind  theccselves  in 
wicked  covenant  with  the  deadliest  and 
most  insiduous  enemies  of  Christ  and 
his  religion  to  do  things  utterly  opposed 
to  Christianity  and  even  good  citizen- 
ship. For  they  swear  to  make  a  crim- 
inal's secrets  their  own,  ''murder  and 
treason  not  excepted,"  and  this  deep, 
dark  and  damning  work  they  call 
'■The  hand-maid  of  religion,"  and  false- 
ly pretend  that  its  origia  is  most  an- 
cient and  most  honorable,  a  religion  thus 
allied  cannot  prosper ;  and  we  should 
dispa'r  were  it  not  for  our  faith  in  that 
same  hand  of  Ood  that 'overthrew,  that 
haughty,  insolent  slave  power  and  re- 
buked the  false  teachers  who  preached 
peace  to  the  oppressers  when  destruct- 
ion was  at  hand.  So  that  when  they 
saw  that  Ood  "was  still  m'ghty  to  save", 
then  they  said  to  their  congregations, 
"we  want  you  to  understand  that  we 
are  abolitionists.  God  grant  to  hasten 
the  day  when  these  same  men  shall 
say  to  the  people,  "These  sfcret  com- 
binations are  the  'hand-maid  of  the 
devil'  and  we  are  Anti-masons." 

J.  Heatjn, 


The   Evil   Leaveu. 


Gilford  Village,  N.  H. 
There  are  many  true  men  in  New 
England,  but  they  are  isolated.  They 
have  no  means  of  communicating  with- 
each  other  and  ate  situated  about  as 
abolitionists  were  in  the  South  before 
the  war,  save  only  the  fear  of  actual 
violence.  I  need  not  tell  you  the  se- 
cret and  subtle  devices  employed  against 
every  man  who  dares  openly  to  oppose 
this  gigantic  and  deep-rooted  scheme  of 
iniquity.  The  very  acts  you  record  as 
of  constant  occurrence  in  the  West  are 
also  frequent  here.  But  the  most  of 
the  people  are  asleep  as  to  the  cause. 
They  see  unworthy  men  elected  to  of- 
fice, condemned  convicts  pardoned,  the 
worst  criminals  suffered  to  escape  un- 
tried or  acquitted  by  a  disagreeing 
jury,  the  laws  powerless  against  a  cer- 
tain class  of  men ;  and  yet  they  know 
not  the  cause.  The  same  shameful 
clannishness  crops  out  even  in  our 
eccleeiastical  assemblies.  It  pervades 
the  whole  social  atmosphere  like  a  pes- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE, 


ti!eto3.  It  has  corrupted  oar  republi- 
can syetera  of  g-overnment;  it  has  in- 
fused its  subtle  poison  even  into  the 
Christian  churches;  it  clogs  the  wheel 
of  justice;  it  creates  a  Botanic  schism 
in  the  Christian  brotherhood ;  it  tends 
to  subvert  morality  and  to  extinguish 
vital  Christiunity  pmorg  rafn.  God 
bless  the  Cynosure  and  the  noble  men 
of  the  West  who  are  doing  signal  ser- 
vice for  the  church  and  the  world. 

S.  C.  KiMDALL. 


A    foiiipurlsoii. 


Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

1  vas  presented  a  copy  of  Odd-fel- 
low's Manual  by  one  of  the  order  to 
see  "how  1  liked  it."  The  gentleman 
who  handed  ms  the  hook  is  a  member 
oftheM.  E.  church,  but  tells  me  he 
expects  to  reach  heaven  by  attending  to 
the  duties  envoived  in  the  manual. 
This  book  ia  about  the  size  of  our  com- 
mon ten-cent  Testament,  and  sells  to 
secret-hunters  at  the  (imi)  moderate 
price  of  one  dollar  and  fil'ty  cents.  Of 
course  since  I  had  accepted  the  Christ- 
ian Scriptures  as  the  rule  of  faith  and 
practice,  I  ftlt  called  upon  to  examine 
the  relative  claims  of  the  two  little  books ; 
which  resulted  thus: 

The  author  of  th^  manual  is  one 
James  T.  R^dgely,  G.  S.  G.  L.  United 
States.  I  soon  began  to  suspect  that 
perhaps  ics  high  sounding  titles  as 
well  as  its  teachings  had  originated 
"when  foily  and  eupeistition  every 
hope  have  blighied"  and  not  cue  ray 
of  light-divine  appearp.  It  abounds 
with  vain,  vague  and  foolish  human- 
•fims,  secret  signs,  tokens  and  emblems 
which  they  claim  must  first  be  learned 
before  we  can  fully  understand  the  sa- 
cred Scriptures.  Hail  mysterious  sci- 
ence !  L'^,  hither  come,  for  we  are 
most  worshipful,  not  meek  and  lowly, 
ah !  none  of  that.  Come  and  be 
saved  in  the  Grand  Lodge  above.  Our 
only  condition  of  salvation  is  obedience 
to  the  things  written  in  this  manual. 

But  I  must  notice  this  little  ten  cent 
volume.  Its  author  is  "Jesus  Christ 
the  Son  of  God."  The  Father  with  his 
voice  from  heaven  says,  "This  is  my 
beloved  Sod,  hear  him."  This  book 
treats  of  the  divinity  of  Christ  who 
left  us  this  word,  "All  power  in  heav- 
en and  earth  is  given  into  my  handd;" 
no  power  left  for  other  hands  as  re- 
gards the  plan  of  human  redemption. 
'•  Go  ye  therefore  and  preach  the  Gos- 
pel"— not  tell  ;idle  tales  about  pictures 
and  signs.  *'No  sie;n  shall  be  given 
you."  ''None  other  name  given  under 
heaven  nor  among  men  whereby  you 
can  be  saved ;"  secret  orders  to  the  con- 
trary not  excepted.  "By  me  if  any 
manenter  in  he  shall  be  saved."  Hail 
Saviour  of  sinners,  King  of  kings  and 
Lord  of  lords!  ''Speak  Lord,  thy 
servant  heareth."  "He  that  climbeth 
up  some  other  way  the  same  i3  a  thief 
and  a  robber." 

There  it  is,  gentlemen.  You  will 
have  to  excuse  us.  We  don't  wish  to 
climb  to  three  nor  thirty-three  de- 
grees. You  may  do  all  the  climbing, 
we  hope  to  enter  by  Christ  the  Door. 
You  speak  well  of  yourselves  and  ycyir 
other  ways;  but  never  a  word  for 
Chriat,   You  speak  of  God  igncrantly — 


on  page  109  you  have  it,  '  Sar<h,  the 
wifi  of  God!"  What  rfcklese,  vile  in- 
solence I  Odd-fellow  human  independ- 
ancp.  "Why  do  the  heathen  rage, 
and  the  people  imagine  a  vain  thing?' 
Your  if^nCTUige  ia  that  of  Ashdod  and 
not  the  language  of  Canaan.  Will  you 
not  ceawe  to  pervert  the  right  ways  of  the 
Lord?  Jesus  is  our  Captain.  "The 
good  tim<^  comJEg"  will  surely  come. 
Ever  reign,  Jesus  King  of  heaven! 
Put  down  al!  rule  and  authority.  Dev- 
ils may  transform  themselves  in;o  an- 
gels of  light,  but  our  Christ  forever 
eclipses  the  '  Great  Lights"  of  secret 
mongers,  so  much  so  that  they  are 
very  darkness, — "How  great  is  that 
darkness?  I  had  rather  bo  a  door- 
keeper in  the  house  of  the  Lord,  than 
to  bs  worshipful  master  ("call  no  man 
master"')  in  the  tents  of  the  wicked 
(lodges),  I  have  no  reason  for  joining 
you.  You  will  never  be  troubled  to 
"vouch  for  mo."  I  regard  that  you 
"deny  the  very  Lord  that  bought 
you;"  and  ask  me  to  accept  your  teach- 
ing, based  on  no  better  authoiity  than 
heathenish  folly.  '  'You  make  void  the 
commandments  of  God  by  your  tradi- 
tions. "  You  "  teach  fjr  doctrines  the 
commandments  of  man."  This  is  Bi- 
ble language  and  aptly  applies  to  all 
who  teach  humanism?!,  either  in  church 
or  in  secret  cliques,  leagues,  lcd;j;es  or 
other  combinations,  'If  any  man 
love  not  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  let  him 
be  accursed  when  he  cometh.  " 
Yours  truly, 

James  Sprikgbb. 


Experiences. 


Eagle  Harbor,  Mich. 
Editor  Christian  Cynoture: 

I  hear  much  said  at  the  present  day 
about  the  benevolence  and  brotherly 
love  of  the  order  of  Freemasons.  With 
your  permission  I  will  give  a  short 
chapter  thai  has  come  under  my  ob- 
servation. An  acquaintance,  a  Mason, 
who  in  an  early  day  came  from  Eng- 
land to  Albany,  on  entering-  the  lodge 
found  he  had  taken  more  degrees  than 
any  other  man  there.  As  it  was  his 
intention  to  travel  through  the  then 
wilderness  to  western  New  York  to  lo- 
cate on  a  new  farm,  he  thought  it 
would  be  safe  to  deposit  hie- surplus 
money  in  said  lodge  for  safe-keeping. 
He  did  so.  After  flnding  a  home  he 
went  to  work,  being  very  careful  to 
send  ia  his  monthly  dues  by  letter,  to 
rective  acknowledgment  of  it  from  the 
proper  authoritiea  of  the  lodge.  After 
a  year  or  two  he  crippled  himself  with 
an  axa,  and  lay  on  expense  until  he  be- 
came in  want.  He  made  his  request  to 
the  lodge  for  help;  no  answer  now. 
After  several  applications  he  wrote  for 
hi«  money  depoaited  in  the  lodge.  He 
could  get  no  reply.  SuflBce  it  to  say 
that  mfin  has  ever  since  been  a  strong 
Anti-mason. 

Now  another  case  of  the  much  ap- 
plauded institution.  In  1823  I  became 
acquainted  with  a  ffimily  in  which  were 
several  boys  and  girls.  The  three  eld- 
est boys  as  fast  as  they  became  of  sge 
joined  the  Masons.  The  sisters  being 
beautiful  singers  used  to  attend  on  SL 
John's  day  and  all  the  public  festivities 
to  sing  for  them.     As  time  wore  away 


the  eldest  brother  became  somewhat 
noted  in  the  lodge  for  lecturing  ability. 
The  second  moved  to  Michigan  in  an 
early  day ;  became  one  of  the  associate 
judges;  died  young,  leaving  a  widow  end 
a  family  of  helpless  little  children  in 
want.  Not  the  first  cent  of  lodge  mon- 
ey helped  that  family.  The  third  brother 
toiled  hard  to  bring  up  a  large  family 
of  children  always  keeping  up  his 
lodge  dues.  His  wife  fell  sick  with  in- 
fl'imatory  rheumatism.  The  husband 
after  lifting  and  toiling  over  her  some 
seven  or  eight  years  day  and  night, 
wore  out  and  died;  yet  in  good  stand- 
!Dg  in  the  lodge.  This  poor  woman 
was  left  to  suffer  on  some  two  years 
more,  and  finally  was  gobbled  up  and 
carried  to  the  poorhouse.  After  lodg- 
ing there  one  night  kind  friends  found 
her,  took  her  home  with  them  and 
cared  for  her  tenderly  through  life. 
The  eldest  brother  became  entangled 
by  signing  bank  paper  for  friends;  lost 
his  farm.;  became  dependent  on  friends 
and  is  now  an  old  man  fourscore  and 
not  a  penny's  help  from  the  lodge. 
Aaron  Phipps, 


Birds  of  a  Feather  Flock  Together. 


Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

I  have  before  ma  a  pamphlet  of 
which  the  following  is   the  title  page : 

Thb  Occult  Scibnces. — Catalogue 
of  a  singularly  curious  collection  of 
above  700  works  on  Alchemy,  Astrol- 
ogy, Magic,  Necromancy,  Sorcery,  and 
Witchcraft,  Appartions,  Ghosts,  and 
Second  Sight,  Geomancy,  Chiromancy, 
and  Metoposcopy,  Fortune-telling  and 
Juggling,  The  Cabbala,  The  Rosicnian 
Doctrine,  Freemasonry  and  Mystics, 
Animal  Magnetism  and  Mesmerism, 
Dreams,  Popular  Superstitions,  (kc.  Ac, 
on  sale  by  George  Bumstead,  205  High 
Holborn,  London. 

The  date  of  this  catalogue  is  the  year 
of  our  Loid  1846,  Among  the  books 
given  in  this  catalogue  is  one  which  is 
thus  announced: 

Ahiman  Reson  (The),  containing  a 
view  of  the  History  and  Polity  of  Free- 
masonry, together  with  the  Rules  and 
Regulations  of  (he  Grand  Lodge,  and  of 
the  Grand  Holy  Royal  Arch  Craft  of 
Pennsylvania,  8  vo,  calf,  68.  Philadel- 
phia, 1825, 

By  the  above  announcement  we  see 
that  the  Grand  Royal  Arch  Chapter  of 
Pennsylvania  is  considered  "Holy,"  or 
was  so  considered  in  1825;  and  doubt- 
less "the  ancient  land-marks  of  the  or- 
der has  been  preserved."  The  question 
occurs  to  us  that  if  other  "ancient  and 
honorable"  institutions  come  to  thrive 
among  uo  as  Masonry  has  done,  wheth- 
er, by  the  year  1925,  the  word  "holy" 
may  not  be  apKed  to  alchemy,  astrol- 
ogy, magic,  fortane-telling,  jugglery, 
witchcraft,    et    id    omne   genus. 

A.  Rkadkr. 


OUK  MAIL. 


Rev.  M.  Matthieson,  Socorro,  New  Mex- 
ico, writes: 

"I  could  not  get  you  any  subscribers  as 
the  people  hero  all  arc  Mexican  and  can- 
not read  English.  I  never  did  and  never 
shall  belong  to  any  secret  order.  I  love 
the  M.  E.  church  and  shall  preach  the 
Gospel  in  It,  likely,  as  long  as  the  Lord 
giveth  me  health.  We  have  to  work  hard 
here  and  wish  the  prayers  of  Cliristians. 
The  Romanists  arc  hard  on  our  track. 
But  the  Lord  helping,  we  will  prosper." 

Rev.  J.  S.  Yockey,  Fayettville,  Ohio, 
sends  thirteen  new  subscrjptioruj  and  five 
renewals  as  th(i  result  •!  fo«r  d$iys'  hard 


work.  (A.re  there  not  other  friends  who 
can  devote  some  time  to  hard  work  for  the 
Cynosure  subscription   list?)    He  writes: 

"I  have  succeeded  in  getting  some  re- 
newals and  some  new  subscribers  for  your 
excellent  paper,  by  three  or  four  days  of 
hard  work.  Some  that  are  getting  the  pa- 
per for  three  months  and  will  stop  this 
month  if  not  renewed,  did  not  renew  for 
various  excuses ;  but  I  believe  not  one  ob- 
jected to  the  Cynosure.  The  Knights  of 
Pythias  are  pretty  strong  in  this  place  ; 
also  the  Good  Templars,  a  few  Freema- 
sons and  Odd-fellows.  The  hall  where 
the  Knights  of  Pythias  and  Good  Temp- 
lars meet  is  right  opposite  our  church, 
(U.  B.)  and  I  think  we  shall  open  siege 
against  them  this  coming  winter  by  getting 
a  lecturer  to  lecture  in  our  church." 

M.  L.  Cavanaugh,  Seattle,  Washington 
Territory,  writes: 

"I  read  your  paper  and  send  it  out  to 
my  neighbors.  I  tell  them  to  read  it  and 
give  it  to  their  neighbors.  As  soon  as  I  can 
learn  the  names  of  some  Iowa  people  that 
have  settled  about  twenty-five  miles  east 
of  me  I  want  to  have  two  or  three  copies 
taken  out  there." 

In  company  with  another  friend,  he 
sends  twelve  three  months'  subscribers, 
and  says: 

"I  hope  you  will  hear  from  me  again 
soon." 

The  Cynosure  needs  the!efiforts  of  many 
such  earnest  workers.  The  publishers 
and  the  editors  are  doing  all  they  can  to 
make  the  paper  [valuable.  The  people 
also  need  the  paper  just  as  greatly  as  the 
publishers  need  the  money  to  pay  the  bills 
for  paper,  ink,  press  work,  type-setting,  etc. 

E.  Harrow,  Yuba  City,  Gal.,  writes: 

"They  (Masons)  are  trying  to  breeze  me 
out.  Gan  you  have  a  lecturer  on  this 
coast?"  ^ 

We  hope  so,  before  long. 

Joseph  McKelvey,  Solomon  Rapids, 
Kan.,  writes. 

"I  wish  we  had  an  able  lecturer  in  this 
section  for  a  few  months,  but  am  not  able 
to  bear  expenses.  Some  able  man  is  very 
much  needed,  one  who  is  thoroughly  mas- 
ter of  the  subject  and  acquainted  with  all 
the  forms  of  interruption  that  are  some- 
times made  in  the  course  of  a  lecture  by 
the  opposition.  Could  some  one  be  sent 
in  this  section?  I  would  pledge  myself  to 
pay  ten  dollars  towards  expenses.  What 
more  could  be  had  I  would  not  say.  .  . 
We  are  not  very  well  off  out  here  on  the 
prairie,  but  wish  to^be  instructed  as  well  as 
strengthened  and  will  pay  what  we  can." 

If  any  one  who^reads  the  above  can  go 
and  answer  Mr.  McKelvey's  requirements 
we  ask  him  to  communicate  the  terms  to 
the  Corresponding  Secretary,  at  18  Wa- 
bash Ave.,  Chicago. 

Allan  Wright,  Joliet,  111.,  sends  $7.25 
and  writes: 

"Quite  hard  times.  The  dry  weather 
was  very  bad  for  us.  Money  scarce.  Wish 
I  could  do  more," 

A  gentleman  suggested  to  us  yesterday 
that  the  cause  of  the  general  drouth  might 
be  found  in  the  general  profanity  of  the 
people.  ,"By  reason  of  swearing  the  land 
mourneth.", 


MM  %M^i\  %\\nl 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons   for  Third 
Quarter,  1874, 


July 


Aug 


Sept 


Gospel  op  Mark. 

5.  i.  1-11.    Begiuning  of  the  Gospel. 

12.  i.  16-27.    The  Authority  of  Jesus. 

19.  1.45-48.    The  Leper  Healed. 
26.  11.14-17.    The  Publican  Called. 

3.  II.  23-28,  ill.  1-5.    Jesus  aud  Sabbath 

9.  Iv.  35-41.    Power  over  Nature. 

16.  V.  1-15.    Power  over  Demons. 

93.  V.  14-24.    Power  over  Disease. 

80.  V.  22-23,  35-43.    Power  over  Death. 

0.  vl.  20-23.    Martyrdom  of  the  Baptist. 

13.  vl.  .34-44-     Five  Thousand  Fed. 

20.  vli.  24-30.    The  Phconiclau  Mother. 
87.  Review. 


LESSON  xxxviii. — SEpr.,20, 1874. — thestk- 

OPHdNICAN  MOTHER. 


SCRIPTDUE     LESSON. — MARK     Vli.     24-30. — 

Commit  verses  28,  29. 

24  And  from  thence  he  arose,  and  went 
into  the  borders  of  Tyre  aud  Sidon,  aud 
entered  into  an  house,  aud  would  have  no 
man  know  it:  but  he  could  not  be  hid. 

25  For  a  certain  woman  whose  young 
daughter  had  an  unclean  spirit,  heard  of 
him,  and  came  aud  fell  at  his  feet: 

26  The  woman  was  a  Greek,  a  Syro- 
phenioan  by  nation;   and  she   besought 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


him  that  he  would  cast  forth  the  devil  out 
of  her  daughter. 

27  But  Jesus  said  unto  her,  Let  the 
children  first  be  filled:  for  it  is  not  meet  to 
take  the  children's  bread,  and  to  cast  it 
unto  the  dogs. 

28  And  she  answered  and  said  unto 
him,  Lord:  yet  the  dogs  under  the  table 
eat  of  the  children's  crumbs. 

29  And  he  said  unto  her,  For  this  say- 
ing go  thy  way;  the  devil  has  gone  out  of 
thy  daughter. 

30  And  when  she  was  come  to  her 
house,  she  found  the  devil  gone  out,  and 
her  daughter  laid  upon  the  bed. 


LEADING  TEXT.— Then  Jesus  an- 
swered and  said  unto  her,  O  woman,  great 
is  thy  faith:  be  it  unto  thee  even  as  thou 
wilt.— Matt.  XV.  28. 

CENTRAL  THOUGHT.— All  things 
are  possible  to  the  believer. 

BIBLE  READING.- (1)  Matt.  xv.  Sl- 
31;  (2)  Acts  xvi.  16-34;  (8)  Ps.  ii.  1-12;  (4) 
Isa.  xlii.  1-16;  (5)  Luke  xiv.  15-33;  (6)  Acts 
X.  9-45;  (7)Markvii.  24-30. 

Introduction. — The  Evangelists,  guided 
by  the  Holy  Ghost,  select  events  and 
truths  that  fall  in  with  their  particular 
aim.  Matthew  writing  for  the  Jews  gives 
this  miracle,  because  it  has  a  message  for 
them.  Mark  writing  for  Gentile  converts, 
finds  in  this  a  fitting  lesson  for  them  also. 

Analysis. — /.  The  woman,  by  race  a 
Syrophoenician,  by  religion  a  Greek,  by 
residence  of  the  borders  of  Tyre  and  Hidou, 
her  name  not  known.  II.  Her  affliction, 
a  suffering  child,  possessed  of  a  devil,  in 
great  misery,  the  case  hopeless  for  human 
help.  III.  Her  request  of  Jeaus,  inquinng 
him  out,  for  "he  would  have  no  man 
know,  »&c.,"  ask  the  cure  of  her  daughter. 
IV.  Her  graces,  though  seemingly  turned 
aside,  she  presses  her  request,  willing  to  be 
counted  as,  "heathen,"  "dogs,"  and  to 
take  the  crumbs  as  dogs  do.  V.  Her  re- 
ward— healing  for  her  child,  and  com- 
mendation for  her  faith. 

Lessons. — (1)  The  lowly  may  come  to 
Jesus.  (2)  The  sufferings  of  the  afflicted 
may  be  God's  means  of  bringing  them  to 
the  Saviour.  (3)  The  timid  are  encour- 
aged to  seek  Jesus.  (4)  The  prayerful 
may  learn  to  persevere  in  prayer  though 
the  answer  is  delayed. 

Topics  for  Study.— The  treatment  Je- 
sus received — its  effect — whither  he  retired 
— why — the  locality — the  people — this  ap- 
plicant— race— religion — affliction — her  ap- 
peal— its  reception  by  the  Master — by  the 
disciples — her  renewed  plea — our  Lord's 
direct  commission — her  acceptance  of  the 
lowest  place— -meaning  of  her  words — the 
Lord's  assurance — the  deliverance — its 
probable  results — and  the  lessons  to  vari- 
ous classes — the  lowly — the  afflicted — the 
timid — the  prayerful. — American  Sunday- 
ScJiool  Union  Lessons. 


A  correspondent  makes  out  that  it 
was  Bishop  Asbury ,  of  the  Methodist 
church,  who  first  iatroduced  the  San- 
day-school  into  this  country,  or  at  least 
into  Virginia  where  he  established 
them  in  1786,  five  years  after  Robert 
Raikes  started  his  schools  in  GHoucester, 
The  Friends  took  up  the  idea  soon  after 
in  Philadelphia,  and  in  1791,  the  good 
Bishop  White,  of  the  Episcopal  church, 
became  president  of  a  school  in  that  city. 
The  next  year  it  seems  they  were  in- 
troduced in  to  the  far  West  at  Campus 
Mar tius,  a  stockaded  fort  at  Marieite, 
Ohio,  by  Mrs.  Lake,  a  Christian  wo 
man,  who  couldn't  bear  to  see  the 
children  of  tho  garrison  spending  Sun- 
day after  Sunday  in  frivolous  amuse- 
ments. She  accordingly  gathered  as 
many  as  she  could-about  twenty  in  all-- 
and  taught  them  the  Westminister  Cate- 
chism and  lessons  from  the  Bible.  The 
accommodations  for  the  echool  were  of 
a  primary  sort,  consisting  of  only  a  few 
low  benches,  such  a  thing  as  a  chair 
being  unknown  in  the  garrison.  The 
top  of  a  meal  chest  was  the  nearest  ap- 
proach to  a  cushioned  seat  in  the  good 
woman's  room.  This  school,  our  cor- 
respondent states,  was  the  first  Sunday- 
school  started  in  the  West.  These  facte 
are  interesting  in  view  of  the  immense 
number  of  schools  that  have  grown 
out  of  these  small  beginniags.     Rob- 


ert Raikes  and  Asbury,  and  Mrs.  L^ke, 
and  all  the  other  Sunday-school  pioneers 
need  no  memorial.  They  have  a  monu- 
ment in  every  class  that  meets  on  Sun- 
day the  world  over. — Christian  Union. 


t«ii 


t  »»'»  MH 


[From  the  Anti-masouic  Review,  1829.] 

History  of  Freemasonry. 


[concluded.] 

The  Rosicrus^^ian  mania  sprung  up  in 
Germany,  A.  D.  1610,  nearly  and 
overspread  Christendom.  This  puff 
of  indefinable  extravagance  origi- 
nated from  the  writings  of  John  Val- 
entine Andrea,  a  celebrated  theolo- 
gian of  Wirtemberg;  (see  London 
Mag.  1824,  Vo!.  9,  p.  143,)— who 
amused  himaelf  with  tales  of  spirit- 
ual wonder  and  mystical  glory,  as  a  lit- 
erary hoax,  in  the  si  vie  of  Munchau- 
sen's wonderful  ftdvontures  in  his  me- 
moirs. The  visioDAry  minds  of  that 
day  took  his  work  in  earntsL  They 
claimed,  in  general,  for  the  rosy  cross 
philosophy,  whatever  is  now  particular- 
ly claimed  for  Freemasonry,  s  heavenly 
origin,  a  magic  icfluence,  a  wonderful 
secret,  and  unbounded  excellence.  The 
univers.il  medicine  and  the  philoso- 
phei's  stone,  were  gravely  professed  for 
tl\e  glory  of  its  mystical  laboratory; 
aad  to  so  great  a  pitch  of  extravsgance 
did  its  vain  professors  run,  that  mod- 
ern Freemasons  are  sober  men  in  the 
comparison.  This  folly  was  greatly 
admired  in  England  by  some  men  of  a 
strange  fancy,  and  of  great  learning; 
and  by  others  publicly  profesaiiig  the 
black  art.  Among  the  \  former,  the 
name  of  Elias  Ashmole,  the  Antiquary, 
stands  conspicuous;  and  among  the 
latter,  Wm.  Lilly,  the  Astrologer;  and 
somewhere  between  them,  is  Robert 
Fludd. 

This  Ashmole  is  greatly  accounted 
of  as  a  brother  by  Musonic  historians, 
and  is  the  first  accepted  Freemason 
claimed  by  Professor  Robinson.  Ash- 
mole says  he  was  '  'elected"  in  Mason's 
Hall,  Basing  Hall  street,  A.  D.  1646. 
(Sec  Biog.  Brit.)  This  is  the  hall  of 
the  London  company  of  stone  masons, 
chartered  167 7,  thirty-one  years  after 
Ashmole's  admission  into  its  livery,  and 
remainiag  to  this  day,  as  it  ever  has 
been,  in  the  possession  of  the  stone 
masons ;  a  society  from,  and  independ- 
ent of  the  modern  Freemasons.  And 
it  is  evident  that  Ashmole  was  only 
free  of  the  mason's  company  as  hia 
friend  Lilly  was  made  free  of  .the  salt- 
ter's  company,  and  as  the  Lord  Mayor 
is  usually  made  free  of  some  one  of  the 
twelve  principal  companies  of  trades- 
men or  mechanics  in  the  city  of  Lon- 
don; and  that  Ashmole  was  not  initia- 
ted, passed,  and  raised  to  the  sublime 
degree  of  Master  Mason,  and  in  a  mod- 
ern lodge  of  Freemssons.  Therefore 
we  think  the  record  must  be  wrong, 
which  makes  Ashmole  a  Freemason  of 
modern  type. 

It  is  an  undeniable  fact  that  the  con- 
ceited mystery  of  the  Rosicrucians,  and 
their  vainglorious  pretenses  to  every- 
thing good  and  great  and  magical,  or 
holy,  are  united  with  the  emblems  and 
working  tools  of  a  handicraft  mason, 
the   compasses  and  level  and   square 


and  leather  apron,  to  form  that  lying 
wonder  cf  the  nineteenth  century 
which  is  comraoniy  called  Freenissonry . 
This  union  did  not  take  pljC3  in  one 
day;  nor  until  the  filpe  pliilosophy  of 
the  Rosicrucians  fell  into  merited  dis- 
grace, and  tho  sect  ran  out.  Ashmole 
died  A.  D.  1C92,  and  with  hitn  the 
last  of  the  rosy  cross  philosophers;  but 
the  fcpirit  of  this  order,  after  lirgvr- 
ing  a  few  years  among  men  of  less  note, 
parsed,  by  a  species  of  meterapsychosis, 
into  a  new  body,  the  company  of  ma- 
sons, with  whom  it  first  appears  in  the 
early  part  of  the  oighteeath    century. 

When  Ashmole  died,  1692,  Sir  Chris- 
topher Wren  was  at  the  head  of  the 
Englieh  architects,  holding  the  tlfice  of 
Deputy  Surveyor  of  the  king's  build- 
injjs:  in  1698  he  was  made  by  Williajn 
in.  Suveyor  General  of  public  works; 
and  in  1714  to  1718,  for  political  con- 
siderationp,  he  was  removed  from  office 
by  George  I.  All  Masonic  historians 
call  Sir  Christopher  Wren  Deputy 
Grand  Master  at  the  time  when  he 
was  Deputy  Surveyor,  and  Grand  Mas- 
t(-r  of  Freecassons  at  the  time  when 
he  was  Surveyor  General  to  the  throne. 
But  in  doing  this  they  make  a  very 
short  rope  to  harg  themselves;  for  by 
their  own  showiog  the  first  Grand 
Lodije  was  formed  in  1717;*  then, 
how  could  Sir  Christopher  Wren  be 
Grand  Master  in  1698,  nineteen  years 
before  there  was  a  Grand  Lodge  ? 

During  this  period,  the  RosicruKian 
pretensions  were  seeking,  like  a  troub- 
led spirit,  for  some  resting  place.  The 
aije  is  one  of  the  most  extravagant  spec 
ulition:  and  moved  with  a  strange  de- 
sire of  fame  and  money  and  convivial- 
ity, four  companies  of  stone  masons, 
who  were  left  of  those  that  had  been 
associated  in  buiidiag  the  proud  edifi- 
ces of  London  after  the  fire  of  1616, 
met,  the  lodge  that  had  worked  on  St. 
Paul's  Church  being  at  the  head,  and 
formed  the  Grand  Lodge  of  London,  in 
February,  and  elected  their  officers 
June  24th,  A.  D.  1717.  With  a  view 
to  fill  up  their  ranks,  and  to  increase 
their  consequence,  they  voted  to  accept 
men  of  other  trades  and  professions,  as 
members  of  the  society.  (Vide  Prea- 
ton.  Smith,  Lawrie,  Hardie,  Tannehil!, 
et  alias  particularly  the  Ahiman  Rezon 
of  Law^euce  Dermott,  quoted  in  the 
fourth  number  of  the  A.  M.  Review 
and  Magazine.)  Three  years  they 
struggled,  accommodating  the  Rosicru- 
cian  pretensions  to  the  emblems  of  a 
handicrait  mason;  and  then,  in  1720, 
burnt  their  papers  for  the  beneflt  of 
the  mystery.  (Seo  all  the  above 
writers.)  They  gave  out  that  this  bon- 
fire was  made  "by  some  too  Kcrupulous 
brethren,"  who  feared  that  the  secrets 
of  Masonry  would  be  exposed  in  the 
Book  of  Constitutions  about  to  be  pub- 
lished ;  but  the  smoke  cf  that  fire  was 
not  thick  enough  to  envelope  the  origin 
of  their  mystic  order  in  impenetrable 
obscurity,  No  doubt  they  hoped  by 
burning  their  pretended  parchments, 
to  destroy  all  evidence  disproving  their 
claim  to  immemorial  customs  and  im- 
prescriptibls  rights,  which  claim  was 
iu  a  course  of  preparation  for  the  pub- 
lic in  the  dreaded  Book  of  Constitutions. 
After  three  years  more,  the  volume 
came  forth  from  the  bands  of  Anderson 


and  Dssaguilliers,  or  Desaguliers,  and 
blowed  the  first  strain  of  Masonic  vain- 
glory and  unearthly  mjstery,  which  is 
heard  from  any  book  or  printed  treat- 
ise! 

Anderson  and  Desaguilliers,  a  Scotch- 
man and  a  Frenchman,  in  London,  were 
the  men  who  first  published  to  the 
world,  the  high  pretensions  of  Freema- 
sonry; men  of  low  charfccler,  and  of  a 
base  spirit,  whose  Book  of  Constitutions 
of  Masonry,  was  ushered  from  the 
presa,  A.  D.  1723,  and  is  hardly  older 
than  our  grandftithera  I  (See  Robin- 
son's Proofs  of  a  Con;piracy,  p.  19, 
and  page  60;  L:iwrie,  p.  92.)  This 
volume  of  meek  constitutions  is  the 
basis  cf  all  Masonio  history,  and  its  de- 
lusive statements  have  been  servilely 
copied  and  greatly  magnified,  until  the 
mystic  wonder  has  grown  beyond  the 
size  and  power  of  the  fitbled  monsters 
of  antiquity. 

Now  the  false  spirit  of  the  losy  cross 
philcsopliy  was  fairly  emboditd  with 
the  emblems  of  a  mechanici'  society; 
and  was  brought  forth  ,by  the  Book  of 
Constitutions  in  the  form  of  Freema- 
sonry. From  the  time  of  its  birth  the 
lying  wocdrr  began  to  run  to  and  fro 
in  the  e.''.rth,  wherever  British  com- 
meice  could  convey  it;  and  charters 
for  holding  Masonic  lodges  were  every- 
where sold  at  a  cash  price,  and  an  an- 
nual stipend,  by  the  Grand  Lodge  of 
Loudon.  To  that  Grand  Lodge  the  in- 
habitants of  most  parts  of  continental 
Europe,  of  the  East  and  West  Indies, 
of  Africa  and  of  America,  paid  an  an- 
nual tribute  for  the  right  to  confer  the 
three  degrees  oi  Morgan's  Freemasonry ! 
The  date  and  Grand  Master  who  issued 
the  warrant,  are  carefully  recorded,  in 
Preston,  Smith,  Tannehd!,  and  others, 
for  holding  lodges  in  all  quarters  of  the 
earth.  A,  D.  1729,  Freemasonry  was 
first  introduced  into  the  East  Indies; 
1730  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Ireland  was 
formed;  1731  a  patent  was  seat  from 
England  to  erect  a  lodge  at  the  Hague; 
1733  Freemasonry  established  itself  in 
North  America  at  Boston;  1736  at 
Cape  Coast  in  Africa,  and  at  Geneva 
io  Europe;  in  Scotland  the  same  year 
the  first  Grand  Master  was  elected: 
and  so  the  triple-headed  monster,  En- 
tered Apprentice,  Fellow  Craft,  and 
Master,  went  deceitfully  round  the 
earth  while  it  was  yet  in  its  tetn?. 

Thiss  is  the  nucleus  of  the  history  of 
Freemasonry.  Arotiad  it  we  shall 
aather  distinct  dissertations  upon  the 
Ro3tcruciauF,  upon  the  Scotch  masons 
upon  the  York  Masons,  and  upon  the 
Ancient  atd  Modern  Masons.  We 
shall  hereafter,  if  life  is  spared,  trace 
upon  it  the  rise  of  the  degrees  of 
Knighthood,  the  chapters,  the  councils, 
and  the  sublime  sovereignties  of  sub- 
lime FrceriiiisoRry,  even  to  thut  lying 
"under  the  celestial  canopy  of  the  ze- 
nith, 32  deg.,  45  sec,  north  latitude." 
We  will  unravel  the  labyrinth  of  this 
boasted  mystery;  we  wdi  expose  the 
falsehood  of  its  sppenrances,  and  put 
the  light  of  truth  in  the  place  of  its 
misty  darkness;  that  all  the  world 
may  know  how  utterly  worthless  in  its 
history  is  this  modern  Bethaven,  this 
houie  of  vanity ;  and  how  despicably 
false  it  is  in  its  divine  importance  and 
assumed  antiquity. 


*S8c  any  Mftsonle  history  of  that  year;    Pres. 
t*n,  D*rni«(t,  hmfrU,  et  aVits. 


8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Chicago,  riniraday,  September  10,  1874. 


'•Tlie  National  Congregational  Council"  meets  in 
New  TTaven,  Conn  ,  the  COth  of  this  montli  (SOtli.) 
Mr.  llinman,  our  lecturer  for  Illinois,  thinks  the  form- 
ing of  this  Council  at  Oberlin  under  the  hand  of  a  Ma- 
sonic cliaplalu  (Quint)  the  heaviest  blow  our  cause  has 
received  yet.  We  shall  see  what  Bacon,  Quint  and 
Dexter  will  do  to  fluid  the  churches  to  the  great  ques- 
tion. 


EDITOKIAL  CORKESPONDENCE. 


tOUTII-WESTERN  IOWA ADDRESSEE mE  DENOMINA- 
TIONS, METHODIST  EPISCOPAL,  COVENANTBR,  BAPTIST, 
ETC  -THEIR  MISSION THE  UKITED  CHURCHES  OF  CHKIiT. 

Clarinda,  Page  Co.,   Iowa,  Aug.  28,  1874. 
To  the  ReacUrs  of  the  Cynosure: 

I  am  amongst  an  interesting  people.  Covenanters, 
Congregationalists,  Presbyterians,  Baptists,  Metho- 
dists, United  Brethren,  are  the  denominational  names 
here.  But  the  people  are  those  whom  enterpri:e  has 
drawn,  and  perhaps  in  some  instances  misfortune  has 
driven,  from  the  older  settlements,  to  start  human  so- 
ciety amid  these  rolling  prairies  artd  bluffs.  For  the 
earth  seems  here  to  have  been  in  a  state  of  fusion,  and 
when  you  approach  the  Rocky  Mountains,  it  has  set- 
tled into  ridge  and  hardened  into  bluffs. 

I  have  spoken  to  large  audiences,  in  College  Springs 
once,  here,  at  Claiinda,  twice.  (This  is  the  county 
seat).  To-night  I  speak  in  the  Covenanter  church 
(Rev.  Mr.McKee's).  To-morrow  night  in  the  Congre- 
gational church  at  College  Springs,  and  on  Sabbath, 
in  the  United  Presbyterian  church  at  the  same  place. 
The  haven  of  opposition  to  the  devil-worships  has  per- 
vaded all  the  denominations  here.  Even  the  Episco- 
pal Methodists  are  not  excepted.  I  spoke  in  their 
church  at  Clarinda,  and  several  important  members  of 
that  great  denomination  here  are  setting  themselves 
strongly  toward  Christ  and  against  the  human  substi- 
tutes for  his  atonement,  in  the  shape  of  secret  rituals 
and  mock-solemn  rites.  But  it  must  in  truth  be  said 
that  the  Methodist  Episcopal  preachers  in  Iowa,  so  far 
as  I  learn,  are  almost  all  Masons  and  Odd-fellows.  In- 
deed they  could  scarcely  be  otherwise.  Many  of  them 
are  half-reclaimed  rowdies,  caughtat  camp-meeting  and 
set  to  preaching,  with  little  knowledge  in  their  under- 
standings, and  one  article  in  their  creed,  viz  ,  belief  in 
the  M.  E.  church  as  an  expedient  to  get  to  heaven  by. 
Some  of  them  seem  to  be  converted  to  Chri:t;  and 
these  are  seeking  holiness;  lean  toward  the  Inskip  na- 
tional movement,  and  begin  to  understand  ^  and  hate 
the  lodge.  Others  liave  no  religion  but  emotions, 
nothing  to  teach.  These  join  the  lodges,  and,  by  the 
acquired  cunning  of  peddlars  and  travehng  agents  they 
become  the  worst  members  of  the  community.  They 
are  apostles  of  the  world,  the  flesh  and  the 
devil  in  the  shape  of  the  lodge.  They  1  ght 
on  every  religious  excitement,  and  by  tact, 
by  grips,  and  tokens  of  secret  recognition,  draw  to- 
gether a  group  of  hearers  on  class  papers,  and  form, 
in  the  community,  a  sort  of  religious  pigeon-net  by 
which  the  lodge  catches  and  controls  its  victims.  But 
the  Methodist  people  proper  begin  to  penetrate  this 
craft,  and  tire  of  this  sort  of  amphibious  preachers,  who, 
like  the  ''frogs"  of  the  apocalypse  are  at  home  alike 
in  both  elements,  church  and  lodge;  and  who,  like  the 
mongrel  Samarilans  of  old,  ''fear  the  Lord  and  serve 
their  own  gods." 

I  more  and  more  admire  the'  ScotchjPresbyterians, 
especially  the  Covenanters.  They  are  a  sharp ,  clear- 
cut  sect  who  liave  aimed  to  present  the  Christian  re- 
ligion, pure  and  simple,  to  the  eyes  and  understandings 
of  mankind,  as  the  tlieory  of  their  denominational 
practice.  Their  fathers  knelt  down  by  a  tomb-stone 
table  in  Grey  Friar's  church-yard,  and  signed  a  ''sol- 
emn league  and  covenant"  to  stand  "for  Christ's  crown 
rights,"  against  king,  priest  and  pope.  They  stood 
square  against  the  crushing  power  of  the  British 
crown,  and  when  crushed,  hid  in  wild  moors  and  wor- 


shipped in  caves  and  glens.  Had  they  understood 
Cromwell  they  would  have  accepted  him.  But  the 
Bible  said  "king,"  and  Cromwell  was  not  one.  They 
were  slaughtered  by  Charles  II.  because  they  despised 
and  rejected, his ''Tulkan,"  or  fifth  calf-bishops.  They 
would  not  own  ''William  and  Mary"  at  the  Revolution, 
because  they  claimed  Christ's  headship  in  the  church. 
They  were  willing  the  king  should  rule  in  the  things 
Ctesar,  but  not  in  the  things  of  God,  conscience,  wor- 
ship, and  faith .  And  when  they  got  to  this  country, 
they  stood,  and  still  stand  aloof  from  the  United  States 
constitution,  because  it  recognizes  no  God  but  the  peo- 
ple, and  puts  the  religion  of  the  Bible  on  a  level  with 
a  Ho.tentol's  worship  of  a  monkey,  or  a  Chinaman's 
worship  of  a  cock,  or  a  devil  supposed  to  be  represent- 
ed by  one.  When  urged  that  this  fault  of  the  con- 
stitution does  not  vitiate  it,  they  reply :  Defects  do  not 
vitiate  and  destroy  a  family  or  government,  but  fun- 
damental defects.  As  if  a  railroad  corporation  should 
put  its  funds  into  a  woolen  factory,  it  would  forfeit  its 
charter.  So  they  hold  that  our  government  charter 
is  forfeit  by  ignoring  God,  and  running  the  government 
in  the  apparent  human  interests  of  the  hour.  And 
to  me,  there  is  something  sublime  in  a  set  of  farmers, 
out  in  these  prairies,  refusing  to  vote  or  hold  ofEce^un- 
der  the  United  States  constitution,  till  it  shall  acknowl- 
edge its  power  to  rule  men  to  be  ;^deiived  from  God. 
For  this  end  they  are  laboring  in  the  cause  of  national 
reform.  God  grant  them  speedy  success.  Their  pas- 
tor ,  Rev.  David  McKee,  is  a  clear,  thinking  man,  be- 
loved by  his  own  people,  and  respected  by  the  en- 
tire community. 

The  Baptists,  too,  are  here  an  excellent  people  like 
those  in  north-eastern  Pennsylvania;  and,  with 
the  United  Presbyterians,  who  are  are  a  sort  of  voting 
Covenanters,  and  the  Congregationalists,  under  a  calm 
and  determined  pastor,  with  some  little  discount  in 
their  membership,  are  all  opposed  to  the  lodge  as  an 
opposition  government  and  a  rival  religion.  The  Gen 
eral  Assembly  Presbyterians  here,  have,  in  some 
prominent  instances,  been  roped  into  the  lodge. 

Deacon  R.  E.  Adams,  who  left  Wheaton  and  settled 
here  a  few  years  since,  has  acted  as  a  general  agent  and 
missionary  for  Christ  against  the  "unfruitful  works  of 
darkness"  here,  and  God  has  greatly  owned  and  bless 
ed  his  exertions.  In  "the  battle  day  of  God"  ap 
proaching,  when  these  limbs  of  popery  and  priestcraft 
shall  fall  into  one  party  against  Christ  and  popular  gov- 
ernment, the  children  of  these  bluffs  and  prairie  up- 
lands, reared  to  see  that  Christ  is  the  only  way  to  God 
and  to  reject  the  pit'ful  falsehoods  and  swindles  of  the 
Freemasons,  Odd-fellows  and  the  grange,  will  form  a 
leoion  of  light  against  the  "rulers  of  the  darkness  of 
this  world."     The  Lord  hasten  it! 

I  muse  on  these  various  denominations.  What  is 
their  relation  to  goodness  and  to  God  ?  I  half  incline 
to  think  God  has  chosen  eachfor  its   specific  mission 

and  end;  and  thus, 

"BuililB,  on  wants,  »nd  on  defects  of  mind 
The  glory,  peace  and  virtue  of  mankind." 
But,  when  I  see  how  the  devil  dodges  between  them 
and  hides  his  dark  worships  under  the  name  of  Christ 
and  the  wings  of  his  churches,  had  not  history  proved 
its  folly,  I  should  be  almost  tempted  to  form,  for  the 
hundrdeth  time,  a  sect  whose  creed  is  that  there  shall 
be  no  sects.  As  it  is,  I  still  hope  that  Bro.  Crooks' 
supp-estion  that  there  be  an  organization  of  "The 
United  churches  of  Christ"  which  shall  exclude  the 
worshipers   of  the   devil,  will  yet  be  realized. 

Yours  in  Christ,  J.   Blanchard. 


THE  MISSOURI  STATE  CONVENTION A  FORTUNATE  MISTAKE 

THE    MEETINGS    AT    ALBANY,    AND    IN    PAGE    COUNTY, 

IOWA THE  TRIP  TO  MISSOURI. 

On  Board  the  C,  B.  &  Q.  R.  R.  Train, 
Friday,  September  4,  1874. 
On  Monday  last  a  company  of  four  of  us  left  College 
Springs,  Iowa,  for  Albany,  Gentry  county,  Missouri, 
under  the  mistaken  impression  that  the  Missouri  SUite 
Convention  was  to  meet  there.  The  mistake  resulted 
admirably  for  the  good  of  the  cause.  The  State  Con- 
vention was  held  at  Brashear,  Adair  county.  About 
seventy-five  members    participated;  a   State    Associa 


tion  auxiliary  to  our  National  Associalion  was  organ- 
ized; between  three  and  four  hundred  dollars  pledged 
for  a  State  lecturer;  three  Odd-fellows  present  se- 
eded, and  declared  their  ritual  revealed  as  they  re- 
ceived it;  one  Freemason,  who,  within  three  years, 
had  been  Master  of  a  local  lodge  in  Missouri,  did  the 
same  for  the  Masonic  order  which  the  Odd-fellows  had 
done  for  theirs;  and  this  effective  meeting  was  held, 
and  a  great  success  achieved  with  no  help  from  abroad. 
Even  Rev.  D.  P.  Rathbun,  who  was  confidently  ex- 
pected, failed  to  appear.  The  Conference  of  the 
United  Brethren,  Bishop  Glosbrenner  presiding,  held 
its  annual  session  in  Brashear  at  the  time,  and  such  of 
its  members  as  were  zealous  against  the  secret  orders, 
aided  the  cause  and  good  speaking  was  had. 

Meantime,  instead  of  reaching  that  meeting,  we 
went  to  Albany,  Gentry  county,  the  home  of  G.  W. 
Needles,  Esq. ,  and  the  place  of  publication  of  his  pa- 
per, 2'he  American  Freeman.  T  spoke  to  a  fair  congre- 
gation called  out  by  posters,  in  the  M.  E.  church  on 
Tuesday  night.  Wednesday  forenoon  we  had  a  pray- 
meeting  in  the  same  place,  and  at  night,  I  addressed 
a  large  crowd  in  an  Advent  tent  which  was  courteous- 
ly offered  us  by  the  preachers.  Meantime,  Rev. 
Mr.  Barker,  pastor  of  the  Congregational  church  of 
College  Springs,  Iowa,  addressed  an  audience  in  a 
school-house  some  ten  miles  out.  I  heard  Mr.  Bar- 
ker's address  warmly  commended  by  some  of  those 
who  attended  it. 

Thus  three  meetings  were  held  in  Missouri  instead 
of  one,  by  reason  of  our  mistake.  And  to  crown  all, 
Mr.  Needles  himself  came  home  from  the  State  Con- 
vention^at  Brashear  on  Wednesday,  in  time  to  furn- 
ish his  interesting  report  for  the  great  meeting  in  the 
tent,  which  gave  it  the  character  and  effect  of  ajratifi- 
cation  meeting,  called  by  the  Providence  of  God. 
Friends  in  Albany,  taken  by  surprise  by  our  unex- 
pected coming,  sent  our  Iowa  parly  to  the  two  hotels, 
paid  for  our  handsome  entertainment,  and  Mr. 
Needles  also  insisted  on  making  a  private  collection  to 
meet  our  expenses  on  the  journey  there. 

In  Missouri,  the  ballot-box  stands  close  behind  the 
Bible;  and  the  friends  in  Albany  express  the  opinion 
that,  if  they  put  a  county  ticket  in  nomination  there, 
the  Republicans,  who  are  in  a  dead  minority,  would 
favor  it,  and  they  would  draw  Anti-masons  enough 
from  the  Democrats  to  run  them  hard  if  not  defeat 
them.      "To  this  complexion  it    must  come  at  last." 

I  wish  I  could  describe  mj'-  visit  at  the  College 
Springs  so  that  our  readers  might  enjoy  it  as  I  have 
done.  I  spoke  seven  times  in  six  days  in  Page  county. 
At  Clarinda,  the  county  seat,  the  audiences  were  fair 
as  to  size,  respectable  and  attentive.  The  other  meet- 
ings were  crowded  in-doors,  and,  in  some  cases,  many 
stood  outside  at  the  windows.  I  have  not  seen  so 
many  horses  and  vehicles  together  on  the  Sabbath,  for 
years,  as  at  College  Springs.  An  extensive  revival 
last  winter  had  prepared  the  public  mind  to  receive 
the  truth;  and  the  crowded  audiences  at  the  ordinary 
meetings  at  the  churches  there  contrast  strikingly 
with  meetings  in  other  places  where  the  ministiy 
shuns  questions  of  reforni. 

Our  route  to  Albjiny,  Missouri,  sixty  miles,  lay 
through  high  rolling  prairies  streaked  with  wooded  ra- 
vines, blufls  and  headlands.  Cabins  and  stables  of  de- 
cayed logs,  shingled  with  rived  clapboards  and  guard- 
ed by  troops  of  dogs  still  linger  as  land-marks  of  the 
old  era  of  slavery.  We  stopped  over  night  in  one  vil- 
lage Avhich  Nasby  only  could  properly  describe. 
There  was  neither  church,  nor  Sabbath-school,  nor  pub- 
lic worship  of  any  kind.  But  there  are  a  post-office, 
three  grog-shops,  and  a  cluster  of  dwellings,  whose 
misery  was  enlivened  by  a  wedding  and  a  "chevairee" 
the  night  we  stopped  there.  The  land-lord  of  the  for- 
lorn hotel  was  either  absent  or  drunk,  and  his  two 
bright  but  profane  boys  were  at  the  "chevairee."  We 
slept  in  the  reception  room  in  two  beds,  and  were 
warned  not  to  be  discomposed  when  the  boys  should 
return  to  sleep  in  the  same  room  on  the  floor.  A 
couple  of  travelers  came  in  after  we  had  retired,  and 
as  I  had  my  clothes  on  I  officiated  as  hostler  and  pilot- 
ed them  to  the  crazy  apology  for  a  stable.     A  Uttle 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


9 


sorrowful  Virginia  woman  keeps  the  house;  and, 
strange  to  say,  keeps  it  well.  Her  cooking  was  re- 
spectable ;  her  words  few ;  her  demeanor  warj^  and  re- 
spectable; and  she  glided  around  among  the  male 
specimens  of  humanity  who  infest,  rather  than  inhabit, 
the  place,  as  I  have  seen  a  shrivelled  and  rueful  hen 
guiding,  sheltering,  and  feeding  a  litter  of  half-feath- 
ered, hard-drinking  ducks. 

But  slavery  has  left  Missouri  and  the  rail-road  has 
come  there :  and  the  finger-marks  of  enterprise,  re- 
form, and  rising  energy  and  vigor  are  seen  all  along 
the  road. 

We  passed  one  quarter-section,  surrounded  by  a 
beautiful  half-grown  hedge  in  the  open  prairie.  Flocks 
of  sheep,  and  herds  of  improved  cattle  were  ruminat- 
ing over  the  near  prospect  of  change,  when  they  must 
take  the  cars  and  follow  their  fellows  to  Chicago. 
And  although  knots  of  lazy,  idle  men,  not  over  cleanly 
clad,  still  chng  to  the  shop-doors  and  "shady-sides"  in 
the  villages,  I  have  seldom  seen  better  looking,  more 
intelligent  and  attentive  audiences  than  I  addressed  in 
Missouri. 

The  pastor  of  the  Methodist  church  South  said  he 
was  a  Freemason;  but  he  was  more  frank  and  gen- 
tlemanly than  the  same  sort  of  a  person  manufactured 
out  of  a  Yankee;  and  his  colleague  in  the  North 
church  at  Albany  was  neither  a  Mason  nor  Odd-fellow ; 
and  his  wife,  who  came  with  him  to  our  prayer-meet- 
ing, said  she  was  preparing  an  essay  against  the  secret 
temperance  orders. 

In  short,  if  Gentry  county  is  to  be  taken  as  a  specimen, 
Missouri  bids  fair  to  be  redeemed  from  the  blight  and 
curse  of  the  lodge,  before  Massachusetts.  I  conversed 
with  some  of  their  law3^ers  in  the  court-house,  and 
found  their  leading  men  at  heart  opposed  to  the  mean- 
ness and  secrecy  of  the  dark  orders;  and  if  Mr.  Nee- 
dles, with  The  Fretman,  is  sustained,  as  I  hope 
and  trust  he  may  be,  the  politics  of  Missouri  will  soon 
feel  the  weight  of  his  hand.  Are  there  not  among 
the  subscribers  to  the  Cynosure^  and,  among  their  ac- 
quaintance, some  who  can  spare  one  dollar  and  fifty 
cents  a  year  to  take  his  paper  a  few  years  till  it  con- 
quors  a  large  local  subscription  list? 

Yours  in  Christ,  J.  B. 


preventing  his  outcries,  dragged  him   through  a  mud 
hole,  kicking  and  stamping;  him    into  the  mud,   only 
leaving  him  when  alarmed   by  the   cries    cf  his  wife. 
In  the  winter  of  1872,  while  riding  home  from  an  An- 
ti-masonic meeting  with  Rev.  J,  L.    Audrus,     a  Bap- 
tist minister,  he  was  fired   upon  from  a  roadside  thick- 
et several  times,  one  shot  wounding  him  in  tlie  wrist. 
These  murderous  assaults  were    with    great   clearness 
traced  to  the  Masonic  order,  but  no   effort    was  made 
to  bring  the  perpetrators  to  justice.     This  is  now  the 
third  and  most    villainous   attempt   at   assassination. 
We  adore  with  gratitude  the  God  who  keeps  the  steps 
of  this  good  man,  and  suffers  no  device  formed  against 
him  to  prosper.   But  we  are  reminded  that  unless  this 
fearful  business  is  stopped  some   valuable  life  may  yet 
be  sacrificed  to  the  demon  of  the  lodge.   And  besides, 
the  public  will  be  persuaded  by  the  ever  busy  tongue 
of  the  lodge  that   Freemasonry   is    slandered  unless 
some  of  these  deeds  are  brought  home  to  its  doors  and 
proved  in  court.     But   once  establish  a   case,  and  the 
nation  will  arise  to  crush  the  blood-thirsty   Jesuitry  of 
the  lodge .     It  will  be  an  unanswerable   argument  for 
the  abolition  of  secret  orders   which  every   paper  will 
publish  and  every  American  read  and  ponder.      As  a 
matter  of  self-defense  every  active    man  in  this  reform 
has  an  interest  in  having  the  culprit   convicted  no  leps 
than  for  the  interest  of  the  cause  he  has  espoused,  and, 
if  the  present    one  will  not,    at  the  first   attack  where 
the  proof  will    warrant,  we     should    unite  to   strike 
a  deadly  blow  at  the  h'dous  devil   of  Freemasonry. 


THE  BLOOD-THIRSTY  LODGE. 


Rev.  A.  Crooks  writing  to  the  American  Wesleyan 
from  the  Central  Ohio  Conference  telU  of  a  third  and 
monstrous  attempt  on  the  life  of  Rev.  D.  P.  Rath- 
bun,  well  known  as  a  seceding  Mason  and  lecturer 
against  the  lodge.  The  account  is  given  briefly 
as  follows: 

"As  indicated  above,  brother  Rathbnn  was  in  attendance 
from  New  York;  but  it  was  at  the  expense  of  fearful  peril. 
Taking  the  boat  at  Ogdeusburgh,  New  York,  for  Cleveland, 
Ohio,  Thursday  the  l3th  inst.  (Aug,)  he  anticipated  an  en- 
joyable trip.  But  these  hopes  were  doomed  to  sad  re- 
verses. After  earnest  and  repeated  debate  with  Masons  on 
the  subject  of  Masonry,  a  member  of  this  most  charitable 
fraternity  presented  him  with  an  apple,  which  was  received 
with  thanks  and  eaten  without  suspicion .  In  a  few  minu- 
tes, agonized  and  delirious  with  intensest  pain,  our  brother 
fell  helpless  to  the  floor.  The  apple  had  been  impregnat 
ed  with  a  virulent  poison.  A  young  German  physician 
nobly  came  to  the  rescue ,  gave  him  powerful  emetics, 
causing  violent  vomiting  and  the  expulsion  of  the  deadly 
deposit  from  his  stomach,  and  giving  almost  instant  re- 
lief. But  this  was  not  all.  The  mere  attempt  to  take  life 
was  not  enough  to  appease  Masonic  vengeuce.  In  addition, 
reputation  must  be  pierced  through  the  heart.  When  con- 
fronted by  brother  Rathbun  and  accused  of  putting  poison 
into  the  apple  and  thus  attempting  murder,  the  vile  wretch 
denied,  and  stoutly  denounced  his  victim  for  being  beastly 
intoxicated,  and  was  ready  to  bet  fifty  dollars  that  there 
was  a  whisky -flask  in  his  satchel.  "I  am  not  a  betting 
character,"  said  brother  Rathbun  unsuspectingly,  "and 
neither  ami  a  drinking  man.  There  is  no  flask  there." 
The  satchel  was  produced  and  opened,  and  to  the  utter  sur- 
prise of  its  owner,  sureeoough,  there  was  a  flask!  Through 
forgetf uluess  the  key  was  left  at  home  and  the  satchel  not 
locked,  and  the  double  conspirator  against  life  and  reputa- 
tion had  stealthily  made  this  deposit,  and  hence  his  con- 
fident readiness  to  bet.  Warned  of  an  arrest  so  soon  as  the 
boat  touched  at  Cleveland,  and  a  man  called  "Buffalo 
Bill,"  declaring  that  he  had  seen  the  would-be  murderer 
"below  fixing  an  apple,"  the  boat  was  run  to  the  Canada 
side,  and  the  monster  who  gave  the  apple,  "Bufi'alo  Bill," 
and  every  member  of  the  crew  but  two,  deserted ;  these 
two  having  to  mann  the  boat  as  best  they  could  and  bring 
her  to  Cleveland . 

Those  familiar  with  the  brief  history  of  our  reform 
will  recollect  the  brutal  assault  on  Mr.  Rathbun  in  the 
summer  of  1870  while  preaching  in  Beuna  Vista,  N. 
Y.     Several  rufla5.ns  waylaid  him   near  his  home  and, 


MASONIC  POLITICS. 


On  this  day,  Sept.  lOlh,  a  Congregressioni^l  Con- 
vention meets  at  Rockford  to  re-nominate,  if  the  symp- 
toms do  not  deceive  us,  General  Hurlbut  for  Congress. 

When  Judge  Whitney  was  swearing  in  a  Uniyer 
salist  preacher  to  make  him  a  Master  Mason,  the 
preacher  stopped  at  the  prayer  to  conceal  all  a  Mas- 
ter Mason's  crimes  but  two.  Whitney,  to  induce  him 
to  go  forward,  repeated  the  assurance  that  his  oath 
was  not  intended  to  bind  him  to  do  anything  against 
his  duty  as  a  citizen  or  a  Christian,  and  added,  "of 
which  you  are  to  be  the  judge."  The  preacher  then 
went  through  with  the  oath. 

After  he  was  led  out  to  put  on  his  clothes,  Hurl- 
but  arose  and  asked  Whitney,  who  was  Master  of  the 
lodge,  whether  he  meant  to  say  that  a  Mason  could 
judge  for  himself  and  refuse  any  act  which  he  thought 
inconsistent  with  his  duty  as  a  Christian  or  a  citizen? 
Whitney  replied.  Yes.  Hurlbut  dissented  and  insisted 
that  the  lodge  was  to  judge,  and  the  individual  had 
no  discretion,  but  was  bound  by  the  judgment  of  the 
lodge.  This  happened  in  Belvidere  Lodge,  No.  00, 
Boone  county,  III.  After  long  controversy  the  lodge 
sustained  Hurlbut  and  denied  the  right  of  private 
judgment,  holding  Masons  bound  to  conceal  the  crimes 
of  Masons  unless  otherwise  decided   by  the  lodge. 

When  afterwards  Ellen  Slade  was  murdered  in 
Belvidere  this  same  Hurlbut  took  the  ground  that 
Masons  were  bound  to  screen  her  murderer  because 
he  was  a  Mason.  Whitney  took  the  other  side,  and 
held  that  Masons  were  not  bound  to  conceal  known 
crime,  because  against  their  duty  as  citizens.  The 
Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois  sustained  Hurlbut  and  ex- 
pelled Whitney. 

In  case  Hurlbut  is  nominated  at  Rockford  will  not 
some  of  his  coustituents  see  that  these  facts  circulate 
through  his  district.  No  sworn  slave  of  the  lodge  is 
fit  to  represent  a  free  people. 


NOTES. 


— A  letter  has  been  received  from  Tiskilwa,  111 
replying  to  the  statements  of  the  M.  E.  minister  of 
that  place;  but  as  it  has  no  signature  but  "Observer" 
we  cannot  publish  it.  The  real  name  of  the  author 
should  always  accompany  an  article  for  publication. 
It  need  not  be  published  if  so  desired. 

— Bro.  J.  M.  Rownd  corrects  a  statement  made  in 
connection  with  a  extract  from  a  letter  to  the  Metho- 
dist Free  Fress,  published  in  these  columns  two  weeks 


ago.  He  is  not  a  minister  of  the  Free  Methodist 
church  of  Summerfield,  0.,  as  the  statement  would 
imply,  but   is  a  cl.^ss  leader  in  that  body. 

— The  Anti-masonic  Christian  fferaldhas  removed 
from  Senecaville,  Ohio,  to  Connersville,  Indiana,  where 
it  has  hope  of  better  support.  It  has  doubled  in  size 
and  improved  greatly  in  appearance,  and  is  now  to  be 
furnished  weekly  at  $1.00  per  year.  W.  A.  Wal- 
lace is  still  the  editor  aad  publisher.  He  hns  earnest- 
ly struggled  with  poverty  and  opposition  in  his  en- 
terprise ,  and  for  these  causes  he  has  been  compelled 
lo  suspend  publication  for  two  months,  but  has  now 
hope  of  good  support  and  hearty  sympathy  from 
friends  in  the  locality  of  Connersville,  in  which  we 
trust  he  may  not  be  disappointed. 

— The  Detroit  coKference  of  the  Methodist  Epico- 
pal  church  has  wisely  concluded  that  it  does  not  exer- 
cise the  legal  function  of  sitting  as  jury  on  the  men- 
tal soundness  of  its  members.  Last  week  on  Friday 
it  restored  Rev.  John  Levington  to  his  privileges  as  a 
Christian  minister  and  appoioted  him  to  a  charge. 
Two  years  ago  it  presumed  to  set  him  aside  as  insane 
on  the  subject  of  Masonry ;  the  words  of  the  resolu- 
tion beincj  that  his  mind  ''Isas  so  long  and  intimately 
dwelt  on  exciting  themes  as  to  seriously  impair  his 
nervous  system."  Now  after  two  whole  years,  while 
his  mind  has  been  wholly  given  to  the  investigation  and 
discussion  of  these  same  ''exciting  themes,"  namely, 
the  idolatrous  and  blasphemous  nature  of  the  lodge 
and  the  hypocrisy  of  Masonic  ministers,  and  therefore 
his  insane  condition  faeccmlng  more  alarmingly  dan- 
gerous— behold!  the  conference  gi/es  him  an  appoint- 
ment to  a  church.  Nothing  is  said  about  the  shock- 
ingly impaired  nervous  system;  so  far  as  the  confer- 
ence vote  is  concerned  Mr.  Levington  is  yey  in  as  sad 
and  commiserable  condition  as  ever,  and  by  inmplica- 
tion  rau«h  worse,  but  he  is  placed  over  a  church. 
Alas !  for  a  body  of  religious  leader.-?  who  could  so 
wrong  one  of  their  ablest  members,  and  d-ire  not  con- 
fess their  sin  though  their  action  acknowledges  it. 
God  overruled  their  base  action  to  give  more  liberty 
to  the  effort  against  the  lodge,  which  liberty  has  been 
used,  as  fril  our  readers "Iftiow.  Although  his  efforts 
in  this  reform  will  be  somewhat  limited,  if  Bro.  Lev- 
ington accepts  the  situation,  yet  they  will  not  be 
less  decisive  and  vigorous. 

— The  Western  Rural  of  this  city  may  be  excellent  in 
suggestions  for  the  farm,  but  when  it  prints  items  hke 
the  following,  it  prepares  its  way  to  withdraw  from 
every  Christian  family.  The  August  22d  number 
says: 

''If  there  is  a  poor-paying  investment  in  the  world 
a  little  less  profitable  than  all  others,  it  is  the  invest- 
ment of  mind,  body  and  means  in  foreign  missionary 
labor." 

Prof.  Max  Muller,  the  distinguished  Oriental  scholar, 
in  a  lecture  delivered  some  time  since  in  England  on 
missionary  and  non-missionary  religions,  showed  con- 
clusively the  error  of  such  opinions  as  the  above,  wliich 
are  seldom  held  by  any  minds  not  embittered  towards 
the  Gospel.      He  said: 

' '  What,  it  may  be  asked,  is  the  use  of  missiona- 
ries ?  Why  should  we  spend  millions  on  foreign  mis- 
sions, when  there  are  children  in  our  cities  who  are 
allowed  to  grow  up  in  ignorance  ?  Why  should  we 
deprive  ourselves  of  some  of  the  noblest,  boldest, 
most  ardent,  and  devoted  spirits,  and  send  them  into 
the  wilderness,  while  so  many  laborers  are  wanted  in 
the  vineyard  at  home  ? 

"It  is  right  to  ask  these  questions;  and  we  ouglit 
not  to  blame  those  political  economists  who  tell  us 
that  every  convert  costs  us  $1,000,  and  that  at  the 
present  rate  of  progress  it  would  take  more  than  two 
hundred  thousand  years  to  evangelize  the  world. 
These  is  nothing  at  all  starthng  in  these  figures. 
Every  child  born  in  Europe  is  as  much  a  heathen  as 
the  child  of  a  Melancsian  cannibal;  and  it  costs  us 
more  than  one  thousand  dollars  to  turn  a  child  into 
a  Christian  man.  The  other  calculation  is  totally  er- 
roneous ;  for  an  intellectual  harvest  must  not  be  calcu- 
lated by  adding  simply  grain  to  grain,  but  by  count- 
ing each  grain  as  a  hving  seed  that  will  bring  forth  a 
hundred  and  a  thousand  fold." 


The  Sanitarian. — The  September  number  of  this 
excellent  health  journal  abounds  in  good  things, 
among  which  must  be  named  the  article  on  school 
Diseases,  Physiology  of  Intemperance,  Sanitary  Notes, 
Unwholesome  Meat  and  How  to  Prevent  It,  and  the 
Position  of  Woman  with  Reference  to  Education.  Pub- 
lished at  2. "4  Broadway,  New  York. 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


I|^  ^mt  f  tij^U, 


Brought  Iloiue. 

Gnn  of  my  poul !  Tboii  Saviour  dear, 
It  is  not  night  if  Thou  be  near. 
Twilight  was  fast  throwing  her  eom 
bre  shadows  over  London.  Even  the 
din  of  the  great  city  seemed  for  a  time 
to  have  lost  its  accustomed  clamors  ^'-^ 
to  have  sympathized  with  the  surround- 
ing  calm  of  an  autumn  day.  From  his 
study  window,  the  curate  of  St.  Mat- 
thew's Highgate,  gfzad  out  on  the 
scene,  -with  many  coiiflioting  thoughts. 
Tired  and  weary  with  hia  arduous  la- 
bors, from  which  he  had  just  returned, 
he  needed  the  tranquil  zing  hour  to 
soothe  the  Bcul,  which  distress  and 
"man's  inhumanity  to  man"  had  har- 
rowed, in  his  daily  round  of  parochial 
duties.  Many  were  the  thoughts  vfhich 
agitated  his  mind,  and  m\de  him  for 
the  time  the  prey  of  the  giant  self. 

His  once  h,ippy  home  came  up  in 
contrast  to  his  present  surroundings, 
the  loneliness  of  his  heart,  the  forsak- 
ing all  th'it  to  the  worldling  makes  life 
dear  and  bright;  all,  all  had  been  giv- 
en up  for  a  life  of  poverty  and  self-de- 
nial. In  vision  the  scene  changed,  the 
cross-lifted  Saviour  with  marred  farm 
drew  near,  and  the  words  which  echo 
ed  comfort  and  peace  to  the  tempest- 
tossed  disciples,  came  to  his  thoughts 
in  sweeter  than  isolian  strains,  "Be 
not  afraid,  it  is  I."  Can  you  fathom 
the  peace  which  brought  strength  to 
his  weary  nature  and  caused  him  to 
consecrats  himself  afresh  to  the  Cruci- 
fied's  service  ? 

A  rap  was  heard  at  the  study  door, 
and  it  being  opened,  bis  housekeeper 
appeared. 

'  'PieasCj  sir,  there  is  a  man  desires 
to  speak  with  you." 

•'What  is  his  errand'  Martha?" 
"He  did  not  say,  sir,  but  he   seems 
to  be  in  great  distress." 

"Weill"  with  a  sigh  of  weariness  he 
said,  "tell  him  to  come  in." 

A  few  moments  elaiised  before  there 
appeared  at  the  door  th(3  face  of  mid- 
dle age,  on  whose  brow  the  signet 
of  care  and  dire  poverty  had  left  their 
marks.  He  spoke  in  a  hurried  and  in- 
coherent manner,  as  if  for  want  of  time. 
It  was  the  oft  told  tale  of  want  and  sick- 
ness. Fever  had  entered  his  home,  and 
the  grim  spectre  of  death  was  on  the 
threshold,  ready  to  snatch  from  his 
grasp  the  mother  and  eldest  child. 
His  wife  had  so  pleaded  for  the  conso- 
lations of  her  church  that  the  desire  to 
please  her  and  to  put  an  end  to  her 
importuning  had  led  the  father  to  do, 
what  at  any  other  period  he  would 
have  spurned  as  a  woman's  idle  fear, 
which  was  to  bo  done  away  with  by 
ridicule. 

The  clergyman  arose  and  followed 
the  man  out  of  the  door  and  into  the 
street,  and  by  rapid  walking  managed 
to  keep  up  with  his  silent  guide,  from 
whom  he  could  only  elicit  an  occasional 
yes  or  no,  in  reply  to  questions  in 
which  he  endeavored  to  obtain  infor- 
mation in  regaid  to  his  early  history. 
It  was  not  difficult  to^see  from  his  con- 
versation that  he  was  a  man  of  good 
Intellect,  but  his  mind  had  been  severe- 
ly shaken  by  the  inroads  of  infidelity. 
They  soon  arrived  at  the  eourt,  and 


entering  a  sunken  doorway,  ascended 
the  stairs  and  entered  the  attic  which 
was  honored  by  the  name  of  home. 

The  scene  was  beyond  description. 
On  the  bed  were  the  forms  of  mother 
and  daughter.  The  little  sufferer  toss- 
ed and  swayed  about  by  paroxysms  of 
pain,  ever  and  anon  clasped  the  cold 
form  by  her  side  and  plaintively  plead- 
ed "Mamma,"  There  was  no  response, 
for  the  arms  which  were  wont  to  clasp 
her  darling,  were  now  motionless,  the 
eye  which  once  beamed  with  the  look  of 
a  mother's  love  had  the  unnatural  glare 
of  death.  ''Gone!  Gone!  Gone///'' 
he  groaned,  and  with  folded  arms  and 
stoic  look,  the  husband  gazsd  on  the 
face  which  even  death  could  not  rob  of 
its  peaceful  smile.  Willi?,  the  young- 
est child,  stood  with  mute  surprise  and 
gazed  on  the  scene  which  his  infantile 
mind  could  not|under8tftnd,  and  the 
holy  calm  of  the  chamber  was  only 
broken  by  the  moaning  of  pain  which 
came  from  the  parched  lips  of  the  little 
sufferer. 

With  a  sigh  as  if  the  paroxysm  of 
pain  had  ceased,  the  child  opened  her 
eyes,  which,  for  a  moment,  sent  a  be- 
wildered gaze  around  the  cheerless 
room,  and  rested  with  a  tender  look  of 
love  on  the  face  of  the  father. 

"Papa,"  she  exclaimed,  •'!  am  so 
cold.  0  papa,  dear,  do  you  wish  me 
to  believe  what  you  have  taught  me, 
or  shall  I  believe  like  mamma,  on 
Jesus,  and  love  him  as  she  did  ?" 

'^Vhat  a  test  of  his  creed !  There  he 
stood  with  folded  arms  and  with  glar- 
ing eye,  uncouEcious  of  the  presence 
of  a  stranger.  It  was  but  a  moment, 
and  then  the  strong  man  became  like 
a  woman,  tears  coursed  down  his  far- 
rowed cheeks,  the  compressed  lips  were 
loosened,  and  he  exclaimed  in  broken 
utterance, 

"Nellie,  0  darling,  believe  what  your 
mother  has  taught  you.  ' 

There  was  a  sigh  of  relief,  and  the 
eyes  lost  their  look  of  love  and  became 
glazed  with  the  stare  of  death;  a  mur- 
mur, which  in  the  stillness  of  the  room, 
was  heard, 

"Jssus,  mamma's  Je " 

And  the  tired  spirit  winged  its  flight 
to  the  bosom  of  the  Saviour. 

Long  he  looked  at  the  little  form, 
until  the  voice  of  the  curate  was  heard 
repeating  the  comforting  words,  '*I 
know  that  my  Redeemer  liveth." 

The  outbursts  of  grief  which  seemed 
to  be  comfortlsss  subsided  into  a  moan 
as  of  a  weary  child.  Seating  himself 
by  the  corpse,  he  buried  hia  face  in  his 
hands  iu  earnest  thought. 

The  little  boy  sought  to  solace  hie 
grief  in  the  arms  of  the  curate,  who, 
with  winning  voice  tried  to  bring  with- 
in the  grasp  of  the  infantile  mind  the 
great  truth  of  the  resurrection.  He  told 
the  child  that  his  mother  and  sister  had 
only  fallen  asleep,  to  be  awakened  in 
their  graves  at  the  judgment,  and  that 
their  souls  were  enjoying  perfect  bliss  in 
the  paradise  above,waiting  and  watching 
for  him  and  his  father  to  come  to  them. 
Thinking  that  the  child  might  arouse 
the  father  from  social  grief,  he  drew 
the  little  one    closer, ;;  and  whispering 

asked  :  ^^W^^ 

"Did  your  mother  leave  no  message 
fop  your  father,  my  eUild?" 


The  eyes  were  turned  upward  in 
earnest  look,  and  then  brightened  as  he 
replied : 

"Ob  !  I  forget;  shall  I  tell  him  now  ?'' 

"Yes,  you  may." 

The  child  left  the  knee  of  the  curate, 
and  approaching  the  father,  he  drew 
away  the  hard  hand  moistened  with 
the  tears  and  said : 

"Papa,  papa,  — Mamma  told  me  to 
tell  you  to  meet  her  in  heaven." 

The  words  of  the  child  seemed  to  re- 
call the  man  to  the  realities  of  the  sit- 
uation, for  he  awakened  as  if  from  a 
long  sleep,  gUncsd  at  the  little  pleader 
with  a  yearning,  fatherly  look,  and 
drew  him  to  his  breast  with  the  excla- 
mation: 

"God  helping  roe,  I  will." 

The  curate  left  the  room,  as  it  was 
a  joy  iu  which  a  "stranger  does  not  in- 
termingle," feeling  as  he  never  felt  be- 
fore, that  another  prodigal  was 

"brought  home," 
and  that  there  was  more  joy  in  heaven 
over  one   sinner    that  repenteth,  tLan 
over  the  ninety  and    nine  that  need  no 
repentance. — Our  Church   Work, 


Affliction. 


Affliction  acts  as  a  dyke  against  the 
overflow  of  evil ;  it  incessantly  restrains 
and  thrusts  it  back.  Imagine  a  rising 
ocean  tide  with  no  ebb,  incessantly  ad- 
vancing, and  covering  first  the  rocks 
along  the  shore,  then  the  valleys,  then 
the  plains,  then  the  mountains,  en- 
gulfing fields  and  towns,  urging  on  its 
way  without  a  pause,  inflexibly  pur- 
suing its  devastating  course  till  all  life 
had  disappeared.  This  is  the  picture 
of  what  evil  would  be  if  left  to  itself, 
without  suffering  to  restrain  it.  Imag- 
ine all  lu3ts,  all  passions,  all  evil  de- 
sires, meeting  with  no  obstacle,^  grad- 
ually accumulating  hour  by  hour,  and 
tell  me  what  would  become  of  the  mor- 
al world.  Man  would  attain  to  the 
infinite  in  evil.  But  the  infinite  of  evil 
is  destruction  and  annihilation,  and  at 
the  foot  of  the  slope  of  sin  is  the  bot- 
tomless pit! 

But  every  day  this  formidable  flood  of 
iniquity  is  held  back  by  an  irresistible 
power;  sin  finds  its  limit  in  sufiering; 
passion  strikes  against  a  fatal  bourne, 
where  it  perishes;  lust  is  quenched 
in  disgust;  however  insatiable  the  thirst 
for  pleasure,  the  cup  of  delight  always 
contains  bitter  and  terrible  dregs  which 
compel  the  most  eager  lips  to  turn  from 
it;  and  death  is  there,  to  eay  to  the 
raging  waves  of  our  dissolute  passions, 
thus  far  shall  ye  go ,  and  no  farther ! 
Thus  far,  namely,  to  that  gravestone, 
against  which  evil  always  dashes  itself 
at  last !  Iji  short,  it  is  a  fact  that  if  any- 
thing prevents  our  world  from  being 
destroyed  by  its  own  corruption,  if 
there  is  a  healthful  substance,  r  purify- 
ing salt  to  stay  this  putrefaction,  it  is 
suffering  and  death.  Yes,  however 
startling  the  paradox  may  appear,  pain 
is  a  preserving  power  in  this  sinful 
world.  —  Fressense. 


Borrowing  Trouble* 

This  is  one  of  the  "little  foxes"  that 
spoil  BO  many  grapes  for  us.  Not  con- 
sent with  the  Ills  we  have,  we  are  con- 
tinually flying  to  others  that  we  know 


not  of,  taking  anxious  thought  for  the 
morrow,  anticipating  a  thousand  evils 
in  the  future,  and  losing  the  pesca  and 
happiness  the  present  might  yield. 
While  thus  forcasting  trouble,  oppor- 
tunities leading  to  success  pass  unno- 
ticed, as  also  the  beginning  of  real  dis- 
asters, both  which  we  might  attend 
to,  improving  the  first  and  checking 
the  last,  if  our  thoughts  were  in  the 
present,  as  they  should  be. 

It  is  perfectly  right,  and  indeed 
wise,  to  have  a  plan  of  life  running 
through  the  years,  and  then  to  work 
up  to  it  as  we  may,  day  by  day,  and 
hour  by  hour.  Is  it  not  true  that  those 
most  given  to  borrowing  trouble  are  un- 
certain and  aimless  as  to  the  work  of 
their  lives;  that  they  drift  with  the  cur- 
rent instead  of  setting  their  brows  against 
wind  and  tide  toward  a  certain  defin- 
ite haven?  But  how  if  one  cannot 
have  a  plan;  if  one's  movements  are  so 
hampered  by  circumstances  that  he 
cannot  feel  certain  of  attaining  the  far 
distant  results  of  well-considered  pur- 
poses? To  such  may  come  with  pow- 
er the  reflection  that  man  proposes  and 
God  disposes,  that  the  best  laid  plans 
are  often  overtaken  with  ruin,  and  the 
most  any  of  us  can  do  with  certainty  of 
being  in  the  right  path  is  to  devota  our- 
selves and  without  hesitation  to  the  du- 
ty of  the  hour,  turning  everything  that 
happens,  whether  prosperous  or  ad- 
verse, to  the  furtherance,  as  far  as  we 
may,   of  our  designs. 

How  many  of  us  in  childhood  in  pass- 
ing over  a  winding  country  road,  have 
not  thought,  as  he  looked  ahead  that  it 
was  certainly  coming  to  an  end,  and 
then  what?  But  as  we  went  on,  a 
turning  in  the  road  gave  us  to  see  a 
way  out  of  our  fancied  entanglement. 
Just  so  in  life,  a  little  way  ahead  we 
fear  that  everything  is  coming  to  a 
dead-lock,  but  time  takes  us  through 
and  often  when  we  anticipate  passing 
into  straits  and  shoals  we  find  ourselves 
in  waters   wide  and  deep. 

We  have  real  troubles  enough  most 
of  us  without  borrowing  any  from  the 
future  or  the  past,  and  why  not  bor- 
row joy?  The  skies  will  always  be 
blue  though  clouds  may  overcast  them 
at  intervals;  the  spring  will  never  fail 
to  come  with  its  wealth  of  glowing  green, 
and  we  have  the  promise  that  while  the 
earth  remaineth  seed-time  and  har- 
vest shall  not  cease.  So  will  there 
ever  be  reasons  for  thanksgiving,  causes 
for  satisfaction,  sources  of  joy  in  even 
the  coldest,  dreariest  life,  if  so  be  the 
eyes  are  open  to  see  them  and  the 
heart  to  feel.  To  illustrate:  not  long 
ago  we  rode  through  a  charming  sec- 
tion of  country  with  an  intelligent  and 
cultivated  lady,  whose  conversation  was 
not  about  the  picturesque  landscape  we 
were  passing  over,  the  bewitching  mel- 
ody of  birds  that  sang  from  every 
bough,  the  vernal  airs  that  played 
about  us,  the  wealth  of  blossoms  that 
reminded  us  of  the  Garden  of  Eden, 
but  of  petty  housekeeping  cares  and 
small  domestic  troubles — the  Uttle  fox- 
es that  spoil  BO  many  women's  lives. 
She  was  borrowing  trouble  from  the 
past  instead  of  opening  wide  her  heart 
to  all  the  beauty  and  fragrance  and 
melody  that  sought  an  interpreter 
there.     Was  that  wisdom? 


I 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


Philosophy  and  religion,  either  one, 
certainly  both  together,  will  give  any 
rational  gouI  psace.  Where  are  the 
frets  that  robbed  our  grandmothers  of 
the  joys  they  deserved  to  have  ?  Just 
where  ours  will  be  fifty  years  hence. 
Were  not  those  of  them  who  preserved 
unwrinkled  brows  and  placid  tones,  in 
spite  of  all  that  adverse  fate  could 
bring,  the  truly  wise  and  bleesed  ?  If 
we  believe  that  God  is  our  father,  that 
he  exercises  not  only  a  general  but  a 
spscial  providcLice  over  the  children  of 
men,  where  does  the  propelety  of  bor- 
rowing trouble  have  reasonable  place  ? 
Let  us  rather  borrow  joy,  and  thus  dis- 
arm the  future  of  all  evils  but  its  own. 
— JV.  T.  Tribune. 


Wealth   of  tine   Britisli   Aristocracy. 


The  enormous    wealth  of  the    very 
few  may  be  judged  by  certaia  examples 
and  facts,   which  are    here   given   on 
creditable  testimony.     There  are  thirty 
thousand   great   Eaglish  land-uwners, 
who  together  derive  a  land  revenue  of 
some  sixty  millions  of  pounds  sterling. 
There    are   considerably   more    than  a 
million   peasants,   who   have   hitherto 
been  totally   dependent  for  bare  exist- 
ence on   the  lords   of  the    soil.  -  One 
quarter  of  Scotland   is  owned  by  eight 
noblemen,  of  whom   the  chief  are    the 
Dukes   of  Hamilton,    Buccleuch,   and 
Sutherland,  the   Marquis  of  Bute,  and 
the  Earl  of  Breadalbane.      The    Eng- 
lish county  of  East  Sussex,  embracing 
more  than  eight  hundred  square  miles, 
is  almost  exclusively    the  property   of 
the  Dake  of  Richmond  and  the  Baron 
of  Leconfield.      So    extensive    is   the 
property  of  the  young  Marquis  of  Bute, 
whose  income   is  fully   three   hundred 
thousand  pounds  a  year,  that  not  long 
ago  his  agent  spent  nearly  two  millions 
in  repairing  his  magnificent  manor  and 
estate  of  Crichton  Mount   Stuart,    the 
marquis'   residence  near  CardiflF.     Mr. 
Bright  once  instanced  the  case  of  a  no- 
bleman with  an  income  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty  thousand  pounds,   who  an- 
nually spent   forty  thousand,  and   laid 
down  the  remaining   eighty    thousand 
in  "rounding"  his  property,  by  buying 
up  every  parcel  of  ground   contiguous 
to  his  estate  which  he  could  induce  the 
owners  to  sell.     This  was  one  example 
of  the  pregnant  fact^  that  the  land  has 
long  been  in  process  of   concentration 
in  the  hands  of  fewer  and  fewer   pos- 
sessors, thus  ever  widening  the  gap  be- 
tween rich  and   poor.     The   tendency 
has  been  encouraged  and  protected  by 
the  still  enforced  laws  of  primogeniture 
and  entail.     To  be  sure,  the  law  of  pri- 
mogeniture, as  it  now  stands,  only  op- 
erates in  the  case  of  a  proprietor  dying 
intestate ;  and  but  very  few  land-owners 
do   die  intestate.      Nine    out  of  ten, 
however,  do  as  a  fact  leave  the  bulk  of 
their  real  estate  by  will  to  the  eldest 
son,  to  maintain  the    dignity  and  pree- 
tige  of  the  family.     The  law   of  entail 
is  far  more  serious  in  its  results,  as  ty- 
ing up  land  and   perpetuating  vast  and 
ancient  estates  beyond   perad venture. 
Simply  stated,  the  present  English  law 
of  entail  enables  the  owner  of  a  landed 
property  to  devise  it   for  the  term  of  a 
life  in  living,  and  for  twenty-one  years 
after;  and  this  entail  can  only  be  cut  off 


by  the  concurrent  consent  of  two  par- 
ties— the  existing  occupant  and  the 
heir.  If,  therefore.  Lord  Hardhunter 
has  a  son  two  years  old,  and  that  son 
lives  to  b9  eighty,  Lord  Hardhunter 
may,  by  an  entail,  easily  cut  the  estate 
absolutely  off  from  the  market  for  a 
hundred  years.  In  various  ways  this 
often  works  other  injustice  than  that  of 
restricting  land  in  so  small  and  over- 
crowded a  country.  The  present  Duke 
of  Newcaptle  having  run  through  his 
fortune  and  a  greater  part  of  that  of 
his  duchess,  went  into  bankruptcy 
loaded  down  with  debts,  one  alone  of 
which  amounted  to  eighty  thousand 
pounds.  But  the  creditors  could  not 
touch  his  entailed  estate,  and  so  this 
noble  bankrupt  still  finds  himself  in 
possession  of  one  of  the  most  enviable 
properties  in  the  kingdom. 

Among  other  immense  properties  of 
the  few  rich  may  bs  mentioned  that  of 
the  Duke  of  Westminister,  who  owns 
besides    Belgravo.  and   Eaton   squares, 
and  a  large  part    of    the     fashionable 
quarter  of  Westminister,  the   magnifi- 
cent manor  of  Eaton  Hall, near   Chest- 
er,  Halkin   House,    in   Flintshire,  and 
Motcombe  House,  in  Dorsetshire,  each 
surrounded  by  thousands  of  arable  but, 
to  seme  extent   at   least,    uncultivated 
acres.     The  Earl  of  Derby  may  be  said 
to  own  almost  square  miles  of  blacks  in 
Liverpool,  and  Knowsley,  his  ancestral 
country-seat,  is  larger   than  most  New 
England    townships.      The    Duke    of 
Sutherland  is  said  to  be  able  to  ride  by 
rail  from  sunriae   to  sundown   on    his 
Scottish  estates,  and  has  five  noble  cas- 
tles.    The   Duke  of  Devonshire  is  the 
lord  of  no  less  than  eight  castles,  all  of 
which  are  rural  palaces  fit   for  royalty, 
among  them  peerless    Chatworth  and 
the  only  lees  superb    Hardwicke  Hall. 
In  London  he    has  a  resideaco  on  Pic- 
cadilly, where  land  can  be  worth  scarce- 
ly less  than  ten   pounds  a  square  foot, 
which    is  surrounded   by  gardens,  and 
occupies  a  broad  square.     The  Duke  of 
Buccleuch   has   ten  castles,   in  each  of 
which  a  liberal  domestic  establishment 
is  kept  up  all  the  year  rotmd.     The  in- 
come,   probably,    of    every    nobleman 
who  has  been  nftmed  exceeds  fifty  thou- 
sand pounds;  a  majority  of  them  would 
show  revenues   of  one  hundred  thou- 
sand, and  at  least  three   of  them,   the 
Dukes  of  Westminister  and  Sutherland 
and  the  Marquis  of  Bute,  receive  annu- 
al incoms  of  more  than   three  hundred 
thousand.     Nor  are  the  titled  and   he- 
reditary aristocracy  any  longer  the  only 
great  land-owners.     In  comparatively 
recent  years  the  successful  merchants, 
manufacturers,  and  bankers  have  been 
eager  to  secure  what  is  called   in   Eng- 
land ''a  stake  in  tke  country."     Again 
and  again  which  have  estates  belonged 
to  noble    families   for   centuries,   and 
whose  entails  have  become  exhausted, 
have  been  bought  inhyVaese parvenus, 
who  in  their  turn  have  become  lords  of 
the  manor  and  masters  of  peasant  com- 
munities.    Still  a  third  class  of  landed 
proprietaries   has    been   those  of    the 
church  endowments .     Thus   we   have 
three  very   powerful  sources   of  social 
and  influential  power  arrayed  together 
to   maintain   the   present  condition   of 
things,  to   keep   the  peasant  where  he 
is,  and  to  defend  the  laws  of  primogeni- 


ture and  entail  from  attick — the  hered- 
itary nobility,  the  manufacturing  and 
banking  princes,  and  the  clergy. — 
Harper's  Magazine. 


i]\l\Um'^   €mm. 


Llttlo  maBteries  achieved, 
Little  wants  wltli  care  relieved. 
Little  words  In  love  expressed, 
Little  wrongs  at  once  confessed. 
Little  graces  meekly  worn, 
Little  slights  with  patience  horne ; 
These  are  treasures  that  shall  rise 
Far  beyond  the  smiling  gklea. 


"1)0  Your  Best." 


"When  I  was  a  little  boy,"  said  a 
gentleman,  "I  paid  a  visit  one  evening 
to  my  grandfather,  a  venerable  old 
man,  whose  black  velvet  cap  and  tassel, 
blue  breeches  and  huge  siver  knee- 
buckles  filled  me  with  awe.  When  I 
went  to  bid  him  good-byo,  he  drew  me 
between  his  knees,  and,  placing  his 
hand  upon  my  head,  said,  'Grand- 
child, I  have  one  thing  to  eay  to  you; 
will  you  remember  it  ?'  I  looked  into 
his  face  and  nodded,  for  I  was  afraid  to 
promise  aloud.  'Well,'  he  continued, 
'whatever  you  do,  do  the  best  you 
cars.' 

"This,  ia  fact,  was  my  grandfather's 
legacy  tome;  audit  has  proved  bet- 
ter than  gold.  I  never  forgot  his 
words;  and  I  believe  I  have  tried  to 
act  upon  them.  After  reaching  home, 
ray  uncle  gave  Robert  and  me  some 
weeding  to  do  ia  the  garden.  It  was 
Wednesday  afternoon  and  we  had  laid 
our  plans  for  something  else.  Rob- 
ert, vexed  and  ill-humored  at  his  dis- 
appointment, did  not  more  than  half  do 
his  work;  and  I  began  pretty  much 
like  him,  until  grandfather's  advice 
came  into  my  mind,  and  I  determined 
to  follow  it.  In  a  word,  I  did  my 
best.  And  when  my  uncle  ^came  out, 
I  shall  'never  forget  hie  look  of  appro- 
bation as  his  eyes  glanced  over  my 
beds,  or  the  fourpence  he  slipped  into 
my  hands  afterward,  as  he  said  my 
work  was  well  done.  Ah!  I  was  a 
glad  and  thankful  boy;  while  poor 
Robert  was  left  to  drudge  over  his 
weeds  all  the  afternoon. 

'  'At  fifteen  I  was  sent  to  an  acad- 
emy, where  I  had  partly  to  earn  the 
money  to  pay  for  being  taught.  The 
lessens  seemed  hard  at  first,  for  I  was 
not  fond  of  study;  but  grandfather's 
advice  was  my  motto,  and  I  tried  to  do 
my  best.  As  a  consequence  of  this, 
though  I  was  small  of  my  age,  and  not 
very  strong,  my  mother  had  three  of- 
fers of  a  situation  for  me  before  the 
year  was  out.  When  I  joined  the 
church,  I  tried  to  do  the  Lord's  work 
as  well  as  I  could;  and  often  when  I 
have  been  tempted  to  leave  the  Sab- 
bath-school, or  let  a  hindrance  keep 
me  from  a  prayer-meeting,  or  get  dis- 
couraged in  any  good  thing,  my 
grandfather's  last  words,  'Do  the  best 
you  can,'  have  given  me  fresh  courage, 
and  I  would  try  again." 

Let  every  boy  and  girl  take  this  for 
their  motto.  Acted  upon,  it  will  do 
wonders.  It  will  bring  out  powers 
which  will  delight  yourselves  and 
friends.  "Do  your  best,"  or  as  the 
Bible  says,  "  Whatsoever  thy  hand 
flndeth  to  do,  do  it  with  thy  might."— 
£!arly  Days. 


A  Mother's  Becompense. 

How  many  days  of  care  and  nights 
of  watchfulness,  my  little  man,  has 
mother  bestowed  on  you?  It's  only 
fair  that  now  you  should  do  a  little  for 
her,  as  she  is  weak  and  ill.  It's  not  a 
great  deal  in  itself,  to  be  sure;  you 
have  brought  her  a  cup  of  tea,  and 
now  you  are  reading  to  her.  But  in 
her  eyes  it  is  a  great  deal;  it  more  than 
compensates  for  all  she  has  done  for 
you.  It  helps  to  lull  her  pain  and 
sooth  her  weariness,  and  she  thanks 
God  for  her  boy,  precious  to  her  be- 
yond all  cost  of  pain  or  labor  and  anx- 
iety. Ah,  boys,  girls,  see  to  it  that 
you  are  thus  a  comfort  to  your  par- 
ents. They  will  love  you,  but  above 
that,  let  them  rejoice  in  you. — Christ- 
ian   Weekly. 

UsKFDL  Advice  to  Boys. — To  throw 
stones.  Fold  each  one  carefully  in  a 
feather  bed,  and  give  good  notice  to 
all  in  the  neighborhood  whea  you  are 
going  to  pitch. 

To  carry  gunpowder  in  the  pocket. 
Soak  it  weli  in  cold  water,  then  wrap 
it  up  ia  a  cover  of  oiled  silk. 

To  slide  down  the  banisters.  Let  a 
surgeon  sit  upon  the  lowest  stair.  Also 
carry  a  pailful  of  poultice  In  each  of 
your  hands,  as  you  may  need  it. 

To  cure  creaky  boots.  Wear  them 
always  in  going  to  the  cake  pantry. 

To  be  polite  to  sisters.  Get  their 
big  brother  to  introduce  you  to  them. 
— HearVii  and  Home. 


Switched  Off. 


"Yes,  mother,  I  know;  but  then  you 
see  my  good  feelings  only  last  a  mo- 
ment." 

So  said  my  boy  to  me  last  evening, 
in  answer  to  my  appeal. 

"I  know  it,  Henry,"  said  I;  "but 
how  long  does  it  take  to  switch  off  a 
locomotive  on  the  wrong  track  ?  Once 
started  on  the  wrong  track,  no  matter 
how  smoothly  and  swiftly  it  may  run, 
it  is  running  to  destruction.  On  the 
other  hand,  a  moment  only,  and  the 
switch-tender  will  have  put  the  loco- 
motive on  the  right  track,  and  the  cars 
will  go  on  safely. 

"So  with  the  heart.  It  takes  only  a 
moment  to  pray  sincerely,  'Lord,  save 
me.'  It  takes  only  a  moment  to  say 
from  the  heart,  'Lord,  give  me  thy 
Holy  Spirit;  make  me  thy  child;  do 
not  leave  me;  let  me  not  leave  thee.'" 
''On  the  oiher  hand,  it  takes  but  a 
moment  to  say,  'Pshaw!  what's  the 
use  ?  I  don't  care !'  It  takes  only  a  mo- 
ment to  say,  'I'm  not  going  to  be 
laughed  at  for  being  a  Christian,  I 
know.  '  It  takes  but  a  moment  to  drive 
the  Spirit  of  God  av^ay,  by  simply  di- 
verting the  mind,  which  may  be  done 
in  many  ways. 

''And  so  the  soul  may  be  switched  on 
to  the  right  track  or  on  the  wrong 
track  in  a  moment  of  time,  and  either 
run  safely  to  the  end  of  life,  by  God's 
grace,  or  run  swiftly  and  surely  to  de. 
struction." 


A  thought  worth  remembering  from 
Dr.  Johnson: 

'  'Pride  is  a  vice,  which  pride  itself  in- 
clines every  man  to  find  in  others,  and 
to  overlook  in  himself." 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


— At  a  single  session  of  the  Chau- 
tauqua Lnke  AsBf  mbly  178  clergymen 
of  different  denoirsination^  V7eie  present, 
together  with  125  superintendents  and 
nearly  2,000  teachers,  besides  as  many 
more  scholars  and  lookers  on. 

— The  most  marked  features  of  the 
mission  -^ork  among  the  Kaffirs  aI,  the 
present  time  is  the  progress  made  in  the 
higher  school;'.  Toward  the  foundation 
of  a  high  school  tlie  henthen  tribe  of  Fin- 
goe  have  recently  contributed  nearly 
|;7,.500. 

— Monastir  is  a  city  in  European 
Turkey,  whence  a  resident  missionary 
writes  that  he  recently  noticed  in  one 
of  the  warehouses,  a  number  of  barrels 
o*'  rum,  from  Boston.  He  says  that 
America  Eerjds  to  foreign  ports  consid- 
erably more  liquor  than  gospel. 

— The  annual  conference  of  the  Eng- 
lish Methodist  church  met  in  July  in 
West  Cornwall.  Eev.  Mr.  Punshon 
presided  and  six  hundred  ministers 
were  present.  The  denomination  con- 
tributed in  England  about  ^100,000  per 
month  last  year  for  the  erection  of 
chapel?,  school-houses  and  parsonagee. 

— Bishop  Milts,  Senior  bishop  of  the 
colored  Methodist  church  of  America 
and  generally  considered  its  ablest  rep- 
resentative, preached  lately  in  Mr. 
Settle's  church,  Louievilie.  This  is  the 
first  instance  in  that  city  where  a  color- 
ed man  has  preached  in  a  white  man's 
church  to  a  white  congregation. 

— Henry  Martyn  once  said:  ''Truly, 
if  I  ever  see  a  Hindu  a  real  believer  in 
Jesus  I  shall  see  something  more  near- 
ly approaciiing  to  the  resurection  of  a 
body  than  anything  I  have  yet  seen." 
Now  there  are  more  than  200  persons 
laboring  in  native  congregations  in  In- 
dia, and  a  considerable  number  of  them 
are  converted  Brahmins. 

— An  English  missionary  in  Japan 
writes  encouragingly  of  the  work  of 
Christianizing  that  interesting  country. 
He  says:  "I  am  glad  to  say  there  is 
now  in  Japan  a  living — I  think  thrive- 
ing — native  church,  which  fairly  rep- 
resents all  classes,  and  not  least  those 
whose  education  will  enable  them  to 
form  acalm  and  unbiased  opinion  as  to 
the  claims  of  religion." 

— The  Younij  Men's  Christian  Asso- 
ciation of  lUmois  chose,  at  its  late 
meeting,  an  evangelizing  committee  of 
eight,  who  are  engaged  in  a  ninety 
days'  campaign  of  three  days  meetings 
to  commence  Bep.  21 .  Thirty  places 
have  been  visited  to  secure  the  neces- 
sary co-operation  and  arrange  for  aieet- 
ings.  Everywhere  the  plan  is  meeting 
the  most  hopeful  encouragement. 

— It  is  illustrative  of  the  degrading 
powers  of  Komani&m  that  in  Spain, 
where  there  are  16,000,000  of 
population,  12,000,000  are  unable 
to  read  or  write.  This  fact  also  furnish- 
es a  poor  ground  of  hope  for  the  pros- 
perity of  SL  republic  in  that  unhappy 
land.  It  however  calls  loudly  for  the 
most  earnest  endeavors  of  Protestant 
Christianity  for  the  evangelization  of 
the  people. 

—The  Central  Ohio  Wesley  an  Con- 
ference, held  in  August  at  East  Orange, 
Delaware  county,  was  a  strong  and  har- 
monious meeting.  An  increase  of 
some  200  members  was  reported  for 
the  year,  and  every  charge  but  one  is 
supplied  with  a  pastor.  Rev.  A. 
Crooks,  the  agent  of  the  denominatiou 
was  present,  also  D.  P.  Rathbun,  the 
well  known  anti-lodge  lecturer.  Bro. 
R.  spoke  to  a  crowded  audience  on  the 
evening  of  the  22d  ult. 

— The  Presbyterians  have  about  100 
churches  among  the  freedmon  at  the 
South.  A  writer  says  of  them:  "Bet- 
ter organized,  more  orderly,  and  more 
interesting  cliurches  I  have  seldom 
seen.     The    eldership  are  prompt    in 


their  duties,  and  the  deacons  take  en- 
tire charge  of  the  temporalities.  Usu- 
ally they  have  Sabbath-schools,  em- 
bracing old  and  young,  as  all  set  their 
hearts  on  learning  to  read  the  Bible. 
They  observe  regular  church  prayer- 
meetings  and  other  w^eekly  gatherings. 

— Pres.  Wallace,  of  Monmouth  Col- 
lege, has  written  a  letter  to  college 
students  in  the  last  United  Presbyterian 
full  of  sterling  advice,  reminding  of  the 
excellent  works  of  John  Todd,  and  Dr. 
Samuel  Miller.  He  says:  "Be  a 
consistent  Christian,  an  earnest  Christ- 
stian,  an  active  Christian.  Take 
your  place  in  the  Sabbath-school 
at  once.  If  you  are  not  needed  as  a 
teacher,  enter  a  Bible  class,  and  make 
all  you  can  out  of  it.  You  will  find 
many  earnest  Christian  men  at  college. 
Become  intimate  witti  them.  You 
may  get  much  good  from  them.  In  all 
respects,  study  to  grow  in  grace,  and 
in  the  knowledge  of  Christ. 

— Burmah  is  chiefly  indebted  to  the 
American  Baptist  church  for  its  pres- 
ent advanced  stage  of  evangelization, 
and  the  missionaries  recently  held  a 
five  days  convention.  The  proceedings 
were  conducted  in  Burman,  Karen  and 
English.  There  was  an  attendance  of 
137  delegates.  Among  the  reports,  it 
was  stated  that  missionaries,  in  their 
travels  among  the  Gaychos,  found  a 
chapel  in  nearly  every  village,  built  in 
the  expectation  of  the  appearance  of  a 
supernatural  prince.  The  people  heard 
the  Gosqel  gladly,  and  changed  iheir 
chapels  from  temples  for  superstitious 
uses  to  places  for  Christian  worship. 
The  Baptists  now  have  in  Burmah  375 
churches,  19,307  members,  and  476 
teachers. 


^m  4  i\tt  %4. 


The  City. 

The  Inter-State  Industrial  Exposi- 
tion opened  yesterday  evening  with  bet- 
ter prospects  than  last  year,  successful 
as  it  was  then.  Besides  the  enlarge- 
ment of  the  main  buildings  the  Art 
hall  has  been  greatly  enlarged  and  will 
contain  a  large  and  costly  display .  The 
facilities  for  exhibiting  machinery  and 
agricultural  implements  are  also  in- 
creased greatly.  Most  of  the  railroads 
entering  Chicago  sell   excursion  tickets 

during  the  Exposition. -Two  police 

officers  were  practicing  with  their  re- 
volvers in  the  north-western  part  of  the 
city  last  week  when  a  bullet  fired  by 
one  of  them  struck  an  old  lady  stand- 
ing in  the  door  of  a  saloon  600  yards 
away.      She    died  in   fifteen    minutes. 

The  grand   jury   of  Cook  County 

has  been  investigating  the  alleged  cor- 
ruption in  the  county  Commissioners  in 
this  city.  Their  conclusion  is  that  there 
has  been  undoubted  corruption,  but 
there  has  been  so  much  false  swearing 
all  around  that  they  are  unable  to  find  a 
bill.  This  business  is  odorous  of  the 
lodge  and  plainly  shows  the  need  of 
a  purging  of  our  civil  and  judicial  of- 
fices. 
Conutry, 

The  vote  on  the  Ohio  Constitution 
was  very  light,  being  but  361,480; 
while  520,420  votes  were  polled  at  the 
last  Presidential  election.  The  consti- 
tution was  defeated  by  the  overwhelm- 
ing majority  of  147,285,  the  majority 
against  the  anti-license  clause  being 
7,286,  Ohio  may  be  set  down  as  a 
temperance  State. A  teat  case  be- 
ing brought  up  in  Harrisburg,  Pa., 
last  week  by  the  Sunday  Leagues,  it 
was  decided  by  Judge  Pierson  that  the 
transgressors  of  Sunday  laws  can  be 
fined  for  each  and   every  sale  of  cigars 

or   merchandise    on   Sunday. Last 

'rhursday  a  locomotive  and  car  ran 
from  Clinton,  Iowa,onthe  Chicago  and 
North-western  road  to  Chicago,  a  dis- 
tance of  138  miles,  in  153  minutes,  or 
142  minutes  allowing  for  stoppages. 
The   Steamship   City  of  Peking, 


built  at  Chester,  Pa.  for  the  Pacific 
Mail  Company  has  been  visiting  the  At- 
lantic seaboard  cities  on  a  trial  trip 
with  almost  an  ovation.  She  is  one  of 
the  largest  vessels  afloat  and  is  a  cred- 
it to  American  builders;  but  tlie  effort 
to  get  a  subsidy  from  Congress  by  her 
owners  last  winter  was  anything  but 
creditable. 

Tlie  South. 

The  fearful  tradegy  at  Coushatta, 
near  Shreveport,  La. ,  has  stirred  the 
whole  country.  The  particulars  are  as 
follows : 

On  Saturday,  August  29,  H.  K. 
Twitchell,  Deputy  Postmaster;  W.  F. 
Howell,  U.  S.  Commissioner  at  Cou- 
shatta, La. ;  Robert  A.  Dewees,  State 
Supervisor  of  Registration  of  Desota 
Parish;  Frank  Edgerton,  Sheriff;  N. 
C.  Willis,  Justice  of  the  Peace,  and 
Clark  Holland,  Supervisor  of  Registra- 
tion of  the  Red  River  Parish,  were  vis- 
ited by  regularly  organized  and  armed 
White  Leaguers  from  surrounding  par- 
ishes at  Coushatta,  the  capital  of  Red 
River  Parish,  who  demanded  that  they 
should  resign  their  offices.  They  re- 
fused. Shortly  after  the  White 
Leaguers  returned,  reinforced  and  de- 
manded their  surrender.  They  sur- 
rendered in  order  to  save  their  women 
and  children  from  the  horrors  of  a 
bloody  fight,  but  this  was  not  done 
until  they  had  been  assured  by  the 
White  Leaguers  that  they  would  be 
protected  from  further  personal  vio- 
lence, and  that  the  women  and  children 
would  not  be  molested.  They  were 
then  made  prisoners,  together  with 
seven  colored  men,  and  placed  in  the 
parish  jail,  where  they  were  guarded 
by  the  White  Leaguers.  On  Sunday, 
the  30tb,  they  were  sent  under  a  guard 
of  their  own  chosing  to  Shreveport, 
but  were  overtaken  and  murdered  on 
the  way.  Four  werd  Northern  men. 
Gov.  Kellogg  has  offered  a  reward  for 
the  arrest  of  the  murderers  and  the  au- 
thorities at  Washington  have  been  in- 
formed of  the  affair.  Other  numerous 
outrages  in  Alabama  and  elsewhere 
are  also  having  the  attention  of  the  At- 
torney General. 
Foreign. 

Charles  Perkins,  formerly  United 
States  consul  at  Lisbon,  has  been  ar- 
rested in  Paris  on  a  charge  of  obtaining 

money  under  false   pretenses. The 

French  government  has  suspended  a 
prominent  Parisian  journal  for  two 
months  for  an  article  against   President 

Serrano  of  Spain. Jules   Simon,  in 

a  speech  on  Monday  urged  the  disso- 
lution of  the  French  National  Assem- 
bly, Hia  declaration  that  there  were 
but  two  parties  in  France,  Republican 
and  Bonapartists,  is  probably  a  chal- 
lenge to  the  Monarchists  to  show  their 

force. The  steamer  Faraday  is  now 

crossing  the  ocean  with  another  cable — 
the    direct   line   between    Ireland   and 

America. It    is  reported   that   the 

Arabian  ports  on  the  Red  Sea  are  in- 
fected with  the  plague. 


To  all  Seceding  Masons. 


By  vote  of  the  National  Christian 
A  ssociation,  all  seceding  Masons  are  re- 
quested to  send  thair  names  to  the  Re- 
cording Sec'y.  with  their  endorsement 
of  Bernard's  Light  on  Masonry,  post- 
office  address,  number  of  degrees  taken, 
number  of  years  connected  with  the 
lodge,  the  date  of  leaving  it  and  where 
residing  when  they  joined. 
H.  L,  Kellcgq, 

Recording  Secretary. 
11  Washbash  ave. 


i^ifti{t  mi  %0k  %}A^^^ 


A.  Simple  Ornament.' 


"Age  without  cheerfulness,  is  a  Lap- 
land winter  without  a  sun,  — Colton. 


A  very  pretty  mantle-piece  orna- 
ment may  be  obtained  by  suspending 
an  acorn,  by  a  piece  of  thread  tied 
around  it,  within  half  an  inch  of  the 
surface  of  some  water  contained  in  a 
vase,  tumbler,  or  saucer,  and  allowing 
it  to  remain  undisturbed  for  several 
weeks.  It  will  soon  burst  open,  and 
small  roots  will  seek  the  water;  a 
straight  and  tapering  stem,  with  beau- 
tiful glossy  green  leaves,  will  shoot  up- 
ward and  present  a  very  pleasing  ap- 
pearance. Chestnut  trees  may  be  grown 
in  this  manner ;  but  their  leaves  are  not 
as  beautiful  as  those  of  the  oak.  The 
water  should  be  changed  once  a  month, 
taking  care  to  supply  water  of  the  same 
warmth ;  bits  of  charcoal  added  to  it 
will  prevent  the  water  from  souring. 
If  the  little  leaves  turn  yellow  add  one 
drop  of  ammonia  into  the  utensil  which 
holds  the  water,  and  they  will  renew 
their  luxuriance. 


Patterns. — A  stamp  inclosed  to  any 
pattern-selling  house  in  New  York  city 
will  secure  in  return  an  illustrated  cat- 
alogue containing  every  description  of 
garment  worn  by  women  and  children, 
also  shirts,  drawers,  and  dressing-gowns 
for  men.  From  this  one  can  select  the 
patterns  she  wishes,  the  prices  and 
numbers  of  which  are  given  in  the  cat- 
alogue. The  chief  dealers  in  patterns 
in  New  York  are  Butterick  &  Co.  Har- 
per's Bazar,  Madame  Demorest,  Do- 
mestic Sewing  Machine  Company,  and 
Burdette  Smith.  Public  favor  seems 
about  equally  divided  between  them. 
There  is  no  need  now  of  puzzling  over 
a  dress  or  any  other  garment  to  make 
it  fit.  The  directions  on  each  pattern, 
if  followed  by  a  person  of  taste  and 
judgement,  insure  fair  and  often  de- 
lightful success.     iY.  Y.  Tribune, 


Why  Ears  Should  Not  be  Boxed. 
— In  Physiology  for  Practical  Use  (D, 
Appleton  &  Co.)  we  find  the  follow- 
ing: ''There  are  several  things  very 
commonly  done  which  are  extremely 
injurious  to  the  ear,  and  ought  to  be 
avoided And  first,  chil- 
dren's ears  ought  never  to  be  boxed. 
We  have  seen  that  the  passage  of  the 
ear  is  closed  by  a  thin  membrane,  es- 
pecially that  adapted  to  be  influenced 
by  every  impulse  Of  the  air,  and  with 
nothing  but  the  air  to  support  it  inter- 
nally. What,  then,  can  be  more  likely 
to  injure  the  membrane  than  a  sudden 
and  forcible  compression  of  the  air  in 
front  of  it?  If  any  one  designed  to 
break  or  overstretch  the  membrane, 
he  could  scarcely  devise  a  more  effic- 
ient means  than  to  bring  the  hand  sud- 
denly and  forcibly  down  upon  the  pas- 
sage of  the  ear,  thus  driving  the  air 
violently  before  it,  with  no  possibility 
for  its  escape  but  by  the  membrane 
giving  way.     Many  children  are  made 

deaf  by  boxes  on  the  ear   in  this  way." 

♦-.♦ 

— A  correspondent  in  the  Journal 
of  Fharmaci/  Bays:  "Having  noticed 
mice  in  our  seed  barrels,  I  bethought 
me  how  I  might  trap  the  litt  le  intrud- 
ers. I  thought  of  saturating  a  piece  of 
cotton  with  chloroform  and   throwing 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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At  in,  then  closing  the  lid.  On  raising 
it  again  in  a  few  minutes,  1  would  fiad 
that  life  had  almost  if  not  quite  depart- 
ed. Having  on  one  occasion  left  the 
barrel,  on  again  returning  I  found  three 
mice  with  their  heads  in  close  >;ontacfc 
with  it  and  dead.  In  the  evening  I 
saturated  another  piece  aud  placed  it 
in  the  barrel,  and,  on  opening  it  the 
next  morning,  to  ray  surprise  I  found 
nine  dead  mice." 


To  Make  Wall  Paper  Stick, — 
Make  a  paste  of  flour  same  as  you  do 
for  starch — do  not  let  it  boil.  When 
cold  apply  to  the  paper  with  a  brush, 
not  having  it  so  thick  but  that  it  will 
spread  evenly  over  the  surface,  or  so 
thin  as  to  wet  the  paper  through. 
Cheap  paper  is  not  so  cheap  at  least  as 

a  little  better  paper. 

«-»-» 

— The  whole  science  of  hygiene  may 
be  included  in  the  one  word  Cleanli- 
ness. The  removal  of  refuse  of  all 
kinds,  solid,  liquid,  and  gaseous,  is  em- 
braced within  it,  and  pure  air  and  wa- 
ter becomes  a  necessary  result  of  the 
operation.  It  is  a  trite  saying,  "Na- 
ture abhors  a  vacuum,"  or,  more  cor- 
rectly, it  may  be  said,  Nature  always 
supplies  superfluous  dust,  we  admit  air 
and  generally  far  purer  air,  and  water, 
to  take  their  places. — Sanitarian  for 
September. 


Wet  the  spots  of  iron-rust  on  muslin 

or    white  dress-goods   thoroughly  with 

lemon  juice,  then  lay  in  the  hot  sun  to 

dry.     Repeat   the  same   if  the  color  is 

not  removed  by  one  application.    When 

dry,  rinse  in  clear,  cold  water.     Lemon 

juice  cannot  be  used    on  colored  goods, 

as  it  will  take  out  printed  colors  as  well 

as  stains.     It  will    remove  all  kinds  of 

stains  from  white  goods. 

•-»♦ 

To  Keep  Butter. 


Mix  two  large  spoonfuls  of  salt,  two 
of  saltpeter,  and  two  of  pulverized 
whits  sugar  into  twelve  pounds  of  but- 
ter; put  the  butter  in  a  large  stone  jar 
with  a  stone  cover;  fill  the  jar  two- 
thirds  full  of  butter,  then  put  a  piece 
of  cloth  on  the  top  and  fill  up  the  jar 
with  salt.  It  should  not  b^  opened 
until  winter. 

Another  method  is  to  take  one  pound 
of  white  powdered  sugar,  two  ounces 
of  saltpeter,  one  pound  of  salt,  and 
six  quarts  of  water;  ecald  and  skim' 
the  mixture.  When  very  cold,  pour  it 
on  the  butter. 

To  Cure  a  Runaway  Horse. — A 
correspondent  of  the  Prairie  Far- 
mer tells  ''how  he  cured  a  run- 
away horse,"  on  which  all  previous 
prescriptions  had  been  tried  in 
vain.  At  last  he  observed  the 
fiery,  untamed  steed  never  gave 
him  any  trouble  at  night,  particularly 
if  it  was  quite  dark.  On  this  hint  he 
acted.  He  made  a  hood  of  leather  and 
attached  it  to  the  head-stall  in  such  a 
way  that  by  pulling  a  cord  the  hood 
came  down  and  completely  cut  oflF  his 
view.  Adjusting  this  appliance,  he 
drove  to  a  favorite  place  and  let  him 
have  his  will.  In  a  few  moments  he 
was  under  full  sail ,  then  the  cord  was 


pulled  and  the  hood  fell.  Mr.  Horse 
could  see  nothing,  began  to  slacken  of 
his  own  accord,  and  finally  stopped 
stock-st'll.  The  hood  was  lifted,  he 
began  his  pranks  a2;ain,  and  again  the 
blinder  covered  his  eyes.  He  was  guid- 
ed Bgainst  a  can  standing  in  the  roa'i, 
which  hurt  him  some.  In  a  little  while 
she  could  not  be  whipped  into  a  run, 
aud  was  completely  cured  of  this  bad 
habit. 


V/hy  Potatoes  Run  Out. — A  New 
York  farmer  asks  why  it  is  that  pota- 
toes so  soon  run  out.  There  are  two 
grand  reason?.  There  are  but  few  po- 
tatoes in  a  hill  that  are  fit  for  seed. 
rSome  are  overgrown,  coarse,  rank,  and 
will  not  transmit  the  original  quality. 
Others  are  undergrown,  and  not  full 
developed  seed.  A  potatoe  of  medium 
size,  perfect  in  all  its  parts,  with  change 
of  ground,  will  produce  its  like  ad  in- 
finitum. One  other  reason — cutting 
potatoes  between  stem  and  seed  end 
continually  is  wrong.  It  requires  the 
stem  and  seed  end  to  make  to  mike 
perfect  seed.  If  cut,  cut  lengthwise. 
Single  eyes  will  run  out  any  patato. 
There  is  no  other  seed  that  will  bear 
mutulation  like  the  potatoe ;  the  only 
wonder  is,  that  it  does  not  ran  out  com- 
pletely. 


If  an  edge  tool  is  so  hard  as  to 
crumble,  grind  it  ou  a  dry  stone  until 
edge  turns  blue.  It  will  then  cease  to 
break,  aud  the  temper  will  generally 
prove  to  be  about  right.  Scythes  and 
axes  are  sometimes  too  hard  at  the  edge, 
but  if  treated  in  this  way  will  give  no 
further  trouble. 


Feeding  Meal  to  Cows  in  the 
Fall. — One  of  the  best  farmers  in  the 
town  of  Canterbury  has  a  habit  of  cora- 
raenciug  to  feed  his  cows  with  corn 
meal  as  soon  as  grass  begins  to  get 
short  in  the  fdll.  He  gives  them  at  the 
beginning  about  two  quarts  each  a  day, 
and  increase  it  to  three  as  the  food  in 
the  fields  grows  less. 


Facts  and  Figures. 


— Little  Switzerland  prints  230  pa- 
pers: 43  of  them  datly.  For  120 
pounds  per  annum  you  may  subscribe 
for  the  entire  Swiss  periodical  press. 

John  Quincy  Adams  held  a  position 
under  the  government  during  evety 
admistration  from  that  of  Washington 
to  that  of  Polk— during  which  he  died. 
He  had  been  minister  to  England, 
member  of  both  houses  of  Congress. 
Secretary  of  State,  and  President  of 
the  United  States.  He  died  while  a 
member  of  the  House  of  Representa- 
tives. 

"For  Sale. — The  presentation  to  the 
church-living  of .  The  incum- 
bent is  over  80,  and  very  feeble. 
Apply  to,"  etc. 

Such  are  the  ingenuous  advertise- 
ments of  the  dealers  in  English 
church-livings.  There  are  13,000  of 
these,  and  7,000  are  eaid  to  be  in 
the  market.  The  trade  in  them  is 
open  and  unblushing,  and  is  partly 
conducted  by  clergymen.  As  Eng- 
land has  abolished  the  custom  of  sell- 
ing military  offices  for  ready  money, 
it  is  urged  that  her  next  step  should 
be  to  stop  the  scandalous  sale  of  ec- 
clesiastical offices.  To  do  this,  con- 
gregations must  be  given  the  right  to 
choose  their  own  ministers.  But  this 
would  be  only  a  preliminary  to  the 
disestablishment  of  the  ciiurch. 


— A  German  statistician  ^jives  the 
following  dates  as  the  periods  in  which 
certain  usages  were  adopted  in  the  Ro- 
man Catholic  church :  Holy  water 
was  introduced  in  A.  D.  120.  and 
penances  instituted  in  157.  In  34  8 
monk?  came  into  fnshiou,  followed  in 
391  by  the  Latin  mass,  and  in  550  by 
extreme  unction.  Purgatory  was  in- 
troduced in  593,  and  in  715  came  the 
invocation  of  the  Virgin  Mary  and  the 
saints.  Kissing  the  Pope's  toe  was  in- 
stituted in  809,  and  993  saints  were 
first  canonized.  Bells  were  rung  in 
1000,  and  ten  years  later  priestly  cel- 
ibacy was  ordained.  Four  years 
afterward  indulgences  were  proposed 
and  dispensations  granted  in  1200,  the 
elevation  of  the  host  dating  from  the 
same  year.  The  Inquisition  was  estab- 
lished in  1204,  and  confessions  inl2 15. 
Then  came  the  Immaculate  Conception 
in  1800,  and  that  of  Infallibility  in  1870. 

According  to  a  correspondent  of  the 
Cincinnati  JiJnquirer,  who  fully  inves- 
tigated the  subject,  the  average  re- 
ctipts  of  the  New  York  dailies  for  ad- 
vertising amount  annually  to  $8,908- 
000.  Of  tbis  sum  the  Herald  receives 
upward  of  $2,000,000,  or  about  $6,- 
000  a  day,  the  Staats  Zeitung  $1,825- 
000,  the  Times  $1,460,000  and  so  on 
down  to  some  of  the  more  obscure 
sheets,  none  of  which  receive  less  than 
$100,000.  The  weekly  papers  take 
nearly  half  a  million  annually  as  their 
share  of  the  advertising  patronage,  and 
perhaps  fully  $5,000,000  is  spent  in 
posters,  circulars,  steamboat  and  street- 
car advertising,  etc.  The  writer  also 
shows  whence  this  immense  revenue 
comes,  and  quotes  the  following  fig- 
ures from  the  ledgers  of  some  of  the 
leading  business  firms:  A.  T.  Stewart, 
for  instance,  is  eaid  to  spend  $500,000 
a  year  for  printers  '  ink;  Lord  &  Tay- 
lor, $225,000:  Arnold  &  Constable, 
$175,000:  Robert  Bonner,  $200,000: 
Babbitt,  the  soap  man,  $225,000; 
while  Barnum  pays  out  every  year 
about  $400,000,  and  all  have  made 
their  fortunes  largely  through  this  in- 
strumentality. 


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A.  by  Junior  Warden.— A  brother  Patriarch  who  wishes  to 
be  in.strncted  in  the  Golden  Rule. 

Sentinel:  Is  his  mind  open  to  the  reception  of  truth,  and 
is  he  prepared  to  receive  and  practice  the  high  duties  of  this 
sublime  degree  ? 

A.— He  has  hitherto  proved  himself  a  faithful  and  true 
man,  and  I  have  no  doubt  he  is  worthy  of  further  confidence. 

Sentinel :    Then  let  him  enter. 

[Tlie  candidate  is  then  led  into  the  room  which  is  dimly 
lighted  and  the  bandage  is  removed  from  his  eyes.] 

Junior  Warden  to  Candidate:  You  see  around  you  repre- 
sentatives of  tlie  diflerent  nations  of  the  earth,  with  all  their 
conflicting  interests,  feelings  and  prejudices.  Here  is  the 
European,  in  wliose  land  civilization  and  the  arts  have  longest 
flourished  and  (Christianity  is  universally  recognized.  And 
there  the  Asiatic,  representing  the  ancient  country  of  Adam 
and  Noah  and  Abraham,  now  overrun  by  semi-barbarous  nations, 
with  people  as  diverse  in  faith  as  manners  and  complexion.  In 
yon  dark  Nubian  you  behold  the  representative  of  those  who 
dwell  upon  the  burning  sands  of  the  Equator,  and  dance  to  the 
music  of  a  reed  beneath  the  spreading  palm,  while  near  him  is 
the  rude  Laplander,  who,  far  at  the  frigid  North,  drives  over 
drifting  snows  with  his  reindeer  and  sledge.  Here  is  the  en- 
lightened  and  polished  man  dressed  in  costly  raiment  who 
moves  in  the  midst  of  all  the  blandishments  of  art  and  science. 
And  there  is  the  unlettered  child  of  the  forest  who  roams  the 
wilderness,  chases  the  fleet  deer  and  hunts  the  panther  and  the 
bear  with  his  quiver  and  bow.  In  that  ancient  relic  you  behold 
an  emblem  of  Judaism.  Here  is  the  cross,  the  symbol  of  the 
Christian,  and  there  the  crescent,  the  badge  of  the  followers  of 
Mahomet.  And  these  have  been  and  many  of  them  still  are 
ready  to  immolate  the  man  of  another  nation  or  creed  upon  the 
altar  of  their  own  peculiar  faith. 

Amid  such  a  group,  have  you  the  fortitude  to  speak  out 
truly  and  avow  what  you  are  ? 

A. — I  have. 

Junior  Warden :     Then,  of  what  nation  are  you  ? 

^..—[French,  German,  Spanish,  or  whatever  nation  he  may 
belong  to]. 

Junior  Warden :    And  of  what  faith  ? 

A.— [Jew,  Christian,  or  Mohamedan,  as  the  fact  may  be]. 

[An  uproar  ensues  with  the  exclamations  of:  Heretic! 
Seize  him!  Bind  him!  Cast  him  into  prison!  Give  him  to 
the  sword !  Traitor !  etc.,  during  which  the  candidate  is  seized 
and  bound.] 

Chief  Patriarch :  (Giving  three  loud  raps)  silence !  What 
means  this  uproar  V 

A.  by  Junior  Warden.— A  stranger  has  found  his  way  hith- 
er who  confesses  that  he  is  a  (Frenchman,  if  he  is)  and  a  (Chris- 
tian, if  he  is)  and  they  have  seized  and  bound  him. 

Chief  Patriarch :  Have  the  Patriarchs  forgotten  that  Gold- 
en Rule  which  teaches  that  "All  things  whatsoever  yc  would 
that  men  should  do  unto  you,  do  ye  even  so  unto  them?" 
Quickly  bring  hither  the  stranger. 

[The  candidate  is  presented  to  the  "chair'"  bound  in  chains.] 

Chief  Patriarch :  Remove  those  chains  which  have  been 
imposed  by  the  intolerance  of  man  and  let  our  brother  feel  that 
a  code  obtains  here  which  tramples  on  human  prejudices  and 
asserts  the  high  birthright  of  humanity. 

Chief  Patriarch  to  Candidate:  My  friend,  be  always  just 
and  fear  not.  You  have  not  hesitated  when  occasion  demanded, 
though  surrounded  with  danger,  to  avow  your  principles.  This 
is  the  solemn  duty  of  every  honest  man.  The  authority  of 
conscience  should  at  all  times  be  respected,  and  as  it  deter- 
mines, so  should  we  act  in  all  the  relations  of  life.  But  here 
more  especially  we  endeavor  to  inculcate  g,  just  observance  of 
those  high  moral  afifections  and  duties  for  the  enforcement  of 
which  society  can  enact  no  code.  Here  no  artificial  distinctions 
of  nations,  sect  or  ti-ibe  are  recognized.  All  stand  upon  one 
common  level  and  are  alike  entitled  to  that  consideration  and 
regard  which  each  claims  for  himself.  The  rule  by  which  we 
walk  is  founded  upon  the  immutable  truth  that  all  men  are 
brethren.  From  one  common  source  the  existence  of  all  is 
derived,  and  we  are  bound  to  each  other  by  common  ties.  A 
nerve  of  the  same  life  runs  through  all  the  race,  and  gives  to 
each  an  interest  in  the  welfare  of  all  that  live.  Recognizing  as 
we  do  this  bond  of  union,  the  evils  that  afllict  our  brother  man 
become  in  a  measure  our  own.  His  misfortunes  are  ourmisfor- 
fortunes  and  his  sufferings  do  but  increase  the  pains  that  shoot 
through  our  systems  and  render  life  so  feverish  and  fitful.  If 
we  smite  him  we  smite  a  member  of  our  own  body.  And  if  we 
strike  for  his  blood  our  flesh  shall  feel  the  wound.  From  all 
this  vast  brotherhood  we  claim  sympathy  in  distress,  truth  in 
intercourse  and  full  and  free  toleration.  As  we  claim  these  for 
ourselves,  and  yield  them  up  at  the  mandates  of  none,  so  are 
we  bound  freely  and  fully  to  accord  them  to  others.  Friend,  do 
you  acknowledge  the  truths  of  the  great  principles  we  have 
recited,  and  are  you  willing  to  enter  into  solemn  obligations 
with  us  to  make  them  the  rule  of  your  life? 
A. — I  am. 

Chief  Patriarch:  Go  then  to  the  chair  of  our  Most  Excel- 
lent High  Priest;  listen  attentively  to  his  instructions  and  re 
ceive  the  solemn  obligations  of  this  degree. 

[The  candidate  is  conducted  to  the  High  Priest  who  reads 
the  following:] 

TARABLE  AGAINST  TEIISECUTION. 

Aram  was  sitting  at  the  door  of  his  tent,  under  the  Bhade 
of  hie  flg-treo,  "svhen  it  came  to  pass  that  a  man,  stricken  with 


years,  bearing  a  staff  in  his  hand,  journeyed  that  way.  And  it 
was  noon-day.  And  Aram  said  unto  the  stranger,  "Pass  not 
by,  I  pray  thee,  but  come  in,  and  wash  thy  feet  and  tarry  here 
until  the  evening;  for  thou  art  stricken  with  years,  and  the 
heat  overcometh  thee." 

And  the  stranger  left  his  staff  at  the  door,  and  entered  into 
the  tent  of  Aram.  And  he  rested  himself.  And  Aram  set  be- 
fore him  bread  and  cakes  of  fine  meal,  baked  upon  the  hearth. 
And  Aram  blessed  the  bread,  calling  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord. 
But  the  stranger  did  eat,  and  refused  to  pray  unto  the  Most 
High,  saying,  "  Thy  Lord  is  not  the  God  of  my  fathers,  why, 
tliercforc,  should  I  present  my  vows  unto  him?"  And  Aram's 
wrath  was  kindled,  and  he  called  his  servants,  and  they  beat 
the  stranger,  and  drove  him  into  the  wilderness. 

Now  in  the  evening  Aram  lifted  up  his  voice  unto  the  Lord, 
and  prayed  unto  him.  And  tiie  Lord  said,  "Aram,  where  is  the 
stranger  that  sojourned  this  day  with  thee?"  And  Ai'am  an- 
swered and  said,  "  Behold,  O  Lord,  he  ate  of  thy  bread,  and 
would  not  offer  unto  thee  his  prayers  and  thanksgivings. 
Therefore  did  I  chastise  him  and  drive  him  from  before  me  into 
the  wilderness." 

And  the  Lord  said  unto  Aram,  "Who  hath  made  thee  a 
judge  between  me  and  him?  Have  not  I  not  borne  with  thine 
iniquities,  and  winked  at  thy  backsliding;  and  shalt  thou  be 
severe  with  thy  brother,  to  mark  his  errors  and  to  punish  his 
perversencss?  Ai'ise,  and  follov/  the  stranger,  and  carry  with 
thee  oil  and  wine,  and  anoint  his  bruises,  and  speak  kindly 
unto  him.  For  I,  the  Lord  thy  God,  am  a  jealous  God,  and 
judgment  belongeth  unto  me.  Vain  is  thine  oblation  of  thanks- 
giving without  a  lowly  heart.  As  a  bulrush  thou  mayest  bow 
down  thy  head,  and  lift  up  thy  voice  like  a  trumpet;  but  thou 
obeyest  not  the  ordinance  of  thy  God  if  thy  worship  be  for 
strife  and  debate.  Behold  the  sacrifice  that  I  have  chosen.  Is 
it  not  to  undo  the  heavy  burdens,  to  let  the  oppressed  go  free, 
and  to  break  every  yoke  ?  to  deal  thy  bread  to  the  hungry,  and 
to  bring  the  poor  that  are  cast  out  to  thy  house  ? " 

And  Aram  trembled  before  the  presence  ef  God.  And  he 
arose,  and  put  on  sackcloth  and  ashes,  and  went  out  into  the 
wilderness  to  do  as  the  Lord  had  commanded  him. 

Brother,  you  will  now  place  yourself  in  the  attitude  in 
which  you  were  initiated  into  this  order  and  repeat  after  me 
the  following : 

OBLIGATION,  GOLDEN   BULK  DEGREE. 

I,  — ' ,  do  sincerely  and  solemnly  promise  that  I 

will  never  reveal  the  secrets  of  the  Degree  of  the  Golden  Rule, 
to  any  one  not  legally  athorized  to  receive  them.  And  I  do  fur- 
ther promise,  on  my  sacred  honor,  that  I  will  truly  endeavor  to 
practice  the  principles  of  this  degree. 

[The  Patriarchs  being  seated,  the  candidate  is  now  instruct- 
ed in  the  Enter  Sign,  Pass  Word  and  Explanation,  Check  Sign, 
Sign  ,Grip,  Emblems  and  Significations.] 

Enter  Sign. — Three  raps  on  inside  door. 

Check  Word. — Same  as  Patriarchal  Degree- 
Given  at  the  door. 

Pass  Word. — A.  M. 

Exi'LANATioN. — Oold  a  metal. 

Token. — Pure  Gold. 

Check  Sign. — Same  as  Patriarchal  Degree. 

Sign. — First  Position. — Close  all  but  index 
finger  of  right  hand  and  extend  thumb  along 
this  finger.  Bring  forearm  and  hand  straight 
forward  and  raise  to  anjlanglc  of  forty-five  de- 
grees, finger  pointing  upward. 

Second  Position.—Qvmg  hand  and  arm  down 
to  an  angle  of  forty-five  degrees,  index  finger 

pointing  downward. 
Sign  Golden  Rule 
Degree. 

Grip,  First  Position.— Bring  right 
hands  tog(?ther,  palms  down,  and  lock  lit- 
tle fingers. 

S     Grip  Second  Position.— Bring  back"  of 
hands  together  and  lock  index  fingers. 

Grip,  Third  Position. — Unlock  little 
^m  fingers,  each   placing  ball  of  thumb   on 
nail  of  the  other's  index  finger,  keeping 
index  fingers  locked. 
The  Emblems  of  the  Golden  Rule  Degree  are  the  Tablets  of 
Stone  and  the  Cross  and  Crescent. 

High  Priest:  Junior  Warden,  you  will  proceed  in  the  du- 
ties of  your  office. 


uisguise „.  ^  ... 

date  is  conducted  to  the  chair  of  the  Cluef  Patriarch.] 

Junior  Warden:  Worthy  Chief  Patriarch,  I  present  our 
brother  to  you  for  further  instruction. 

Chief  Patriarch :  You  will  please  first  restore  him  to  light. 

(Blindfold  is  taken  ofl:) 

Chief  Patriarch  to  Candidate:  Brother,  look  around  you, 
behold  the  change  a  few  moments  have  wrought !  Emblematic  of 
that  cliange  which  shall  occur  when  the  golden  rule  shall  have 
asserted  its  power  and  obtained  its  dominion  over  the  world. 
The  high  and  impassible  barriers  that  separated  man  from-  his 
fellow  man  are  broken  down.  All  have  thrown  their  badges 
aside  and  sit  together  as  brothers,  in  harmony  and  love.  The 
dccendents  of  Abraham  and  the  followers  of  the  Crescent,  are 
commingled  with  those  of  the  Cross,  as  one  happy  family 
knowing  no  diversity  of  faith  or  creed  and  a  calm  repose  has 
come  upon  the  elements  of  strife.  The  spear  of  the  warrior  is 
broken  and  the  sword  of  the  conqueror  lies  rusting  in  its  scab- 
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FREIMASDNL..  ^___, 

by  CAP'T.  WILLIAM  MORGAN. 

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Due  Guards,  Grips,  Etc. 

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OPIHIONS  OF  THS  PRESS. 

•'AMASoino  Ebvblation. — Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 
gentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  v/hose  statements  seem  to 
be  worthy  of  full  credence.  TAe  broken.  Seal;  or,  i^ersonal 
Reminiscences  of  ifts  Morgan  sihduclion  and  Jttiirder,  is  the 
title  of  a  book  of  some  three  hundred  pages  just  issued  by  him, 
purporting  togivea  full  and  accurate  account,  from  personal  knowl- 
edge, of  the  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  other  masonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  almost  half  a  century 
ago." — C'onffref/a/iona/isi  and  Recorder,  Siosion, 

"  'Pbeehasokbt  Developbd.' — 'The  Broken  Seal :  or.  Personal 
Eeminiscences  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,'  is  the  title  of 
a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
.  professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  the 
confession  of  Morgttn's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter- 
esting matter,  including  the  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
thor opposes  Preemasoury  as  inimical  to  good  government,  to  so- 
ciety, and  to  the  Church  ;  and  the  story  that  he  hero  tells  will  make 
a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  be.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
Its  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— .Saj- 
iy  Merald,  Sosion. 

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account  ia  entirely  reliable,  and  of  great  historic  and  moral  interest. 
Capt.  Wm.  Morgan  was  Mr.  Greene's  neighbor  i!>  Batavia,  N.  Y,., 
and  a  member  of  the  same  lodge  with  him  at  the  time  of  the  great 
excitement  in  1826.  The  titles  to  these  chapters  arc  sufficiently  ex- 
citing to  give  the  hook  a  large  sale: — 'The  Storm  Gathering;" 
"Abtfuction  of  Morgan;"  "Attempted  Abduction  of  Miller  and 
his  Rescue;"  "What  became  of  Morgan;"  "What  Morgan  Ac- 
tually Revealed;"  "Confession  of  the  Murderer;"  "Allegations 
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History  of  The  Abduction  and  Murdor  of 

Cap't.  Wm.  Morgan, 

As  prepared  by  Seven  Committees  of  Citizens,  appointed  to  ascer- 
tain the  fate  of  Morgan. 

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twenty  persons,  including  Morgan's  wife,  and  no  candid  pereou 
after  reading  this  book,  can  doubt  that  many  of  the  most  respecta- 
ble FREEMASONS,  in  the  Empire  State,  with  others  were  concerned 
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NARRATSVESIAND  ARGUMENTS, 
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Mrs.  M.  E.  Gage,  Elder  J.  R.  I'aird  and  others.  Unpublished  Rem- 
iniscences of  the  Morgan  limes,  by  Elder  David  Bernard;  Recol- 
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and  presented  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  C.  B.  Miller;  Secretary's  re- 
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TRACT  NO.  1 : 

HISTORY  OF  MASONRY, 

BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OF    WUEATON   COLLEGE. 

This  is  now  published  in  three  tracts  of  four  pages  each.     Price 

of  each,  50  cents  per  100;  $4  per  1000. 

Tract  No.  1,  Pabt  Pikst— Shows  the  origin  of  Speculative  Free- 
masonry, and  is  entiled  "HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. " 

Tkact  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled  "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
TER OF  FREEMASONRY  " 

Tbaot   No.  1,  Part  Third— Is    entitled    "FEEEMASONKY    A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
translated  by  Prof.  A.  Rj  CEHVIN.    A  15-page  tract  at  $2.00 
per  lOO ;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURBER, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD,   of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

who  has  taken  17    degrees.    A  3-page  tract  at  25  cents  per  lOU; 

$3.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

SECRETS  OF  MASONEY, 

BY  EU  TAPLEY. 

This  is  a   4-page  Illustrated   Tract,  showing  the  signs,  grips  and 

pass-words,  of  the  first  three  degrees.    50  cents  per  100,  or  $4.00  per 

1000. 

TRACT  NO.  4: 

G-RAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PMILO  CARPENTER. 
This  is  a  2-page  tract,  calling  the  attention  of  the  public  to  the 
despotic  and  ridiculous  titles  of  Freemasonry.  Price  25  cents  per  100 ; 
$3.00  per  1,000. 

TRACT.  NO,  6: 

Extracts  Prom  Masonic  Oaths  and  Pen?Aties,  as 
Sworn  to  by  the  Grand  Lodgo  of  Ehode  Island. 

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  ia  a  very 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Ouincy  Adams'  Letter. 

fiiviag  HiB  and  His  Father's  OpLnioii  of  Freemasonry  (iSSl.); 

AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

GMng  His  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 
Both  of  these  letters,  la  one  4-page  tract,  at  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00 
per  low. 


TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAXI'S  CAB2.E-TO"W. 
A  4-pagc  tract.  This  is  a  careful  analysis  of  the  character  of 
Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  be  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian; and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  the 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
SO  cents  per  100;  $-1.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustrated.'  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Freoxna" 
sonry  ig  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  Is  entitled,  Murilor  and  Treasea  not 
Eacoaptod,"  and  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasouablo  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  antl-ChrlBtlaui 
Price  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2  per  lOiJiJ. 

TRACT  NO.  9,  ILLUSTRATED : 

FREEMASONRY  IN  THS  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  ior.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  of  '^Occidental  Sov- 
ereign Consistory  S.  P.  li.  S,"  .S2d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge — and 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Church  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TRACT  NO.  10: 
CHAEACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREEMASONRY. 
A  2-page  tract,  (illustrated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
L«;tnrer3,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  Tho  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "tha 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  .and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  per 
ie0org2.00perl000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

Liitm  of  Emn  hi]  LmMm^  Ife  M, 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  GO  cents  per 
100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDG-E  •^IIITKEir  AND  BdASONRY. 
This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Whitney's 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charjje  of  unma- 
sonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
Ab  S-page  tract,  ll.OOper  100;  $8.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  IS: 

US.  NATHANIEL.  COI.VER  ON  MASONRY, 

and 

HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 

Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $'i.OG  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAKD  1.01SGE  MASONRY. 
ITS  2ELATI01T  TO  CIVIIi  aOVEENkENT  AND  TEE  OBEISTIAlTBSLiaiON. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PEES.  J. 
BLANOHAED  of  WHEaTON  O0LLS9E.    This  is  a  lO-page  tract  at  $2.00 
per  100;  $16.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  KO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATKS  NULL  AND  VOID. 
A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  Invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.    By  RBV.   1.  A.  HART,   Secretary 
National  Christian  A3sociRtion.    Published  by  special  order  of  thj 
Association.    60  centa  per  100 ;  §4.00  per  leoo. 

TRACT  NO.  16 : 

HON.  SSTH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 
PROOF  THAT  TUE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M, 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.  A  4- 
page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

%ln,  Oigaiisni  ui  Iijassis  ef  lie  Sraaja. 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OF  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 

This  little  tract  ought  to  be  put  into  the  hands  of  every  Farmer  lo 

the  United  States,   Four-page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4  00  per  1000. 

TRACT   NO.  18: 

HON.  «^M.  H.  SE'^ARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Sxtraca  from  i  Speoch  oi  KBOTr-^not'aiajiMn  in  the  U.  B.  Beaatt  la  1S55. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  qUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  'J-page  tract,  25  cent*  per  100 ;  $3.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 
BKICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,   HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  againit  tht 
Lodge    A  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 
This  tract  contains  many  strong  arguments  against  the  Lodge  drawn 
from  personal  experience,   observation  and  study  of  its   character. 
A  <l-page  tract  at  50  centa  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1,000. 
TRACT  NO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA  A.  WALLACB, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argnment,  show! 
the  ternbly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  wh* 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  vrith  approbation  of  this  institntiof 
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QSKMAN  CYNOSURE  TRACT  A. 

Sii  Esasons  wlij  a  Eiinsiias  Mi  net  be  aFreeaases 

By  RBV.  A.  GROLB,  Pastor,  German  M.  E.  Cliurch, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

This  is  our  first  German  tract,  and  it  is  a  good  one ;    it  ought  to 
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wisdom  and  fiith.     Thus  with  the  Cy- 
nosure up   to  September  first,    its  ex- 
penses have  exceeded   the    receipts  by 
$921.71.     As  the  fall  opens  we  begin 
to  look  to  God,  the  giver  of  all   bless- 
ings, for  a  harvest.      We  tru-^t   that  he 
will    establish  our  work    and   encour- 
age our  faith. 

The  payment  of  this  debt  together 
with  bills  which  every  day  brings  in, 
would  be  a  heavy  load  for  a  few  friends 
to  carry.  But,  as  an  agent  writes, 
''The  droits  make  the  bucket  full"  so  a 
reasonable  amount  of  help  from  our 
many  readers  will  cancel  it  with  little 
apparent  effort.     How  much  will  tou 

DO  T0WABD8  GETTING  EUBSCR1PTI0N8  ? 


One  of  our  subscribers  gave  his  son 
$1 ,500  to  start  in  business  with.  The 
son  knew  not  the  treachery  of  Free- 
masonry, and  because  of  this  ignorance 
lost  his  money.  His  father  feeling 
that  he  should  have  instructed  his  boy 
on  this  subject,  now  gives  him  a  thou- 
sand dollars  more.  Prevention  ia 
cheaper  than  cure.  Give  the  children 
instruction  on  the  evils  of  secret  socie- 
ties. 

If  you  have  conscientious  boys  and 
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cret societies  give  them  a  copy  of  the 
pamphlet  on  that  subject,  but  espec- 
ially furnish  it  for  teachers  of  the 
young. 


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MARKET  REPORTS 


CnioAeo.  Sept.  7, 
The  following  are  the  latest  advices: 
Grain  Wheat— Spring,  No.  1 . .  $ 

"       No.   9 94 

"       No.3 

"      Rejected 

Corn— No.  3 72 

Rejected 71: 

Oats— No.  2 ..  44 

Rejected 

Bye— No.  2 81 

Floar, — Minnesota 5  50 

Winter 5  U5 

Spring 3  50 

Hay— Timothy,  pressed 14  00 

"  loose 

Prairie,       "     9  00 

Lard 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 

Butter 2-J 

Cheese  ll'/4 

Bgga 13 

Potatoes,  per  brl,  new 2  00 

Broom  corn.   - 04 

Seeds— Timothy 2  30 

Clover 

Flax    1  75 

Hides— Green  and  green  cured. .  09 

Full  cured  add  "4  per  cent. 

Lumber— Clear -38  00 

Common 11 

Lath 

Shingles 1  50 

WOOL— Washed 40 

Unwashed 27 

LIVESTOCK.  Cattle,  extra....       6  60 

Good  to  choice 5  60 

Medium 4  75 

Common 2  25 

Hogs, 5  00 

IShcep 2  25 


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10 

65  00 

12  00 

2  25 

3  50 

55 

34 

7  00 

6  40 

5  25 

4  00 

7  25 

4  60 

New  York  Market. 

Flour $4  40  9  CO 

Wheat 112  140 

Corn 89  92 

OatB 60  64 

Rye 88  95 

Lard 14/j 

Mess  pork 22  50 

Butter 2J  31 

Cheese  10  13 

Sflrcs        18  19 


— The  huge  proportions  of  the  lum- 
ber trade  of  this  country  may  be  seen 
from  the  following  figures  which  are  on 
the  authority  of  Mr.  Dodge,  of  New 
York,  an  extensive  lumber  dealer. 
The  lumber  sold  annually  in  New  York 
amounts  to  about  200,000,000  feet, 
and  5,000,000,000  feet  in  and  west  of 
Chicago  and  in  the  entire  valley  of  the 
Mississippi.  There  are  1,000,000,000 
to  1,200,'000,000  feet  sold  annually  in 
Chicago  alone.  The  bulk  of  the  lum- 
ber comes  from  Michigan,  Canada,  and 
Maine.  The  pine  altogether  form  Mich- 
igan and  Canada,  and  the  spruce  and 
hemlock  from  northern  New  York  and 
Maine.  The  total  annual  crop  in  Mich- 
igan being  about  2,000,000,000  feet, 
and  in  Canada  about  half  that  amount, 
of  which  600,000,000  feet  comes  to  the 
United  States,  while  the  rest  goes  to 
Europe  in  the  shape  of  deals.  Very 
considerable  amounts  of  lumber  are 
sawed  at  points  widely  separated  from 
each  other.  Williamsport,  Pa. ,  annu- 
ally manufactures  250,000.000  feet, 
chiefly  for  consumption  in  Pennsylva- 
nia, Maryland,  and  New  Jersey.  Ban- 
gor, Me. ,  alone  manufactures  200,000,- 
000  feet,  and  50,000,000  feet  of  spruce 
timber  is  annually  cut  in  Nova  Scotia, 
and  for  the  most  part  shipped  direct  to 
the  Southern  States  and  countries. 
The  general  plan  pursued  everywhere, 
however,  is  this:  The  logs  are  cut  du- 
ring the  winter  months  by  an  army  of 
men  who  invade  the  pr<m;tiye  forests 
for  that  purpose.  They  then  haul 
them  to  some  neighboring  stream, 
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mills  situated  below,  upon  these 
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lakes,  and  then  by  barges  from  various 
distributing  points  in  all  directions. 


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Contents. 

Page 
(Editorial  Abticlbs 8,9 

Wheaton  College  Subscription  —  White  Leagues 

A  Rambling  Story — Notes 

Topics  OF  TUB  Time 1 

OONTBIBUTED    ANP    SbLICT  ARTICLES 1,  2,  3 

A  Candid  Keview  Of  Masonic  Principles The  Law  of 

the  Romish  Church  on  Secret  Societies Albert  Pike 

on  the  Scottish  Rite A  New  Policy 

Re«9<orm  News  and  Notices 4,6 

Indiana  Wesleyan  Conlerence Western  Pennsylvania 

Southern  Illinois District  Association  Organized 

in  Ohio 

©SKBBSPONDENCE 3,  8 

Bridgewater  and lAbington  Baptist  Aesociatlon.  ..The 

Model    Cynosure From  a    Worker    in    Pa A 

Methodist  Brother's  Experience Masonic  Barbarity 

....Our  Mail 

Author's  Correction !> 

Forty  Years  Ago— The  Twenty -fourth  of  June 7 

■Odd-fellowship  Illustrated— (Concluded) 13,  14 

Tub  Home  CincLE 10 

Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbath  School 7 

Home  and  Health  Hints 18 

Farm  and  Garden 12 

Heligions  Intelligence « 

News  of  the  Week J2 

IPuMisher'B  Department 16 


^^^jti^s  t^l  \\t  t/im, 


Arb  'wk  Americans? — In  a  late  meeting  of  the 
Chicago  Council  two  architects  were  elected  to  super- 
vise the  construction  of  the  city  officers  in  connection 
with  the  county  Court-house.  A  German  and  an 
Irishman  were  elected.  Neither  of  them  had  the  best 
reputation  as  architects,  nor  qualificat'on  for  the 
■office  save  that  one  was  an  Irishman  and  another  from 
the  land  of  lager.  The  Council  that  elected  them  was 
«hosen  in  the  same  manner.  The  party  opposed  to 
the  American  Sabbath  and  American  temperance  laws 
got  together  and  nominated  a  ticket  half  German  and 
half  Irish.  There  seems  to  be  throughout  the  whole 
country  an  endeavor  on  the  part  of  Germans  to  turn 
this  country  into  an  outlying  province  of  the  German 
empire.  Unless  the  Americans  will  allow  them  to 
drink  their  beer  and  carouse  on  the  Sabbath  they  will 
iturn  Hessians,  and,  after  the  manner  of  their  illustrious 
ancestors,  whip  the  Yankees  at  Trenton,  This  may 
ha  done ;  the  American  institutions  which  have  cost  so 
mucli  of  labor  and  blood  may  be  overturned  by  the 
ignorant  and  debased  part  of  our  population  which  now 
increases  at  so  fearful  a  pace.  One  thing  is  sure, 
however,  if  our  country  is  converted  from  Puritan 
principles  it  will  be  converted  from  Puritan  practices. 
when  these  public-spirited  men  have  transformed  us 
into  a  nation  of  beer-guzzlers,  we  will  have  a  standing 
army  into  which  they  can  be  drafted.  The  men  will 
earn  two  or  three  dollars  a  week  as  they  do  in  Ger- 
many and  England,  and  we  shall  settle  down  into  the 
same  national  course  that  obtains  in  Europe,  where 
the  people,  free  from  tyrannical  Sabbath  laws,  are 
permitted  to  choose  between  being  shot  down  to  please 
their  kings  or  emigrating  to  Puritanical  America. 

National  Honor. — Some  weeks  since  we  alluded 
in  these  columns  to  the  injustice  and  wickedness  of 
Custer's  expedition  to  the  Black  Hills.  We  have 
another  example  now  at  hand.  A  parcel  of  Indians 
were  hunting  on  their  own  lands  near  the  Kansas  bor- 
der. They  were  invited  across  the  line  by  Kansas 
men,  and  when  they  complied  with  the  invitation  five 
of  them  were  shot  down  like  dogs.  No  white  man 
was  punished  or  will  be  for  the  murder,  but  Gov.  Os- 
borne sent  to  the  Secretary  of  War  asking  for  two 
thousand  guns  and  cartridges  enough  to  kill  some 
more  Indians.  So  in  San  Francisco  and  the  western 
coast,  generally,  when  a  lot  of  debased  men  choose  to 
stone  a  Chinaman  to  death,  the  authorities  look  on  and 
no  one  is  punished.  What  do  these  things  show? 
They  certainly  ought  not  to  make  us  proud.  They 
seem  to  indicate  that  the  only  principles  which  the 
United  l^tates  respect  are  rifled  guns  and  fixed  amu- 
nition.     All  this  comes  of  our  neglect   to  recognize 


and  abide  by  the  law  of  God.  Were  we  only  just  we 
should  have  no  difficulties  with  Indians,  and  Cliina 
men  would  have  no  difficuULes  with  us.  But  Indians 
and  Chinamen  are  weak,  and  as  we  are  heathens  instead 
of  Christians,  we  oppress  and  defraud  instead  of  pro- 
tecting them.  Then  come  national  taxes  for  the 
people  and  contracts  for  the  ring.  The  Chicago  Tri- 
bune seems  greatly  exercised  over  Mr.  Podsnap,  and 
the  Advance  had  lately  an  article  on  the  same  gentle- 
man connected  with  the  unsearchable  judgments  of 
God.  These  individuals  protest  against  any  interpre- 
tation of  present  providences.  They  want  no  connect- 
ing inferences  drawn  between  Indian  speculators  and 
grasshoppers,  or  Southern  outrages  and  floods.  Had 
they  been  in  Egypt  during  the  olden  time  thej^  would 
have  stood  by  while  God  was  sweeping  the  laud  bare, 
and  at  every  proposition  to  let  Israel  go  would  have 
cried  out  with  these  modern  friends  of  Mr.  Podsnap. 
"God's  ways  are  past  finding  out,  so  we  can't  know 
whether  he  has  anything  to  do  with  this  matter  or 
not.  To  your  brick-kilns,  O  Hebrews."  We  believe 
that  the  heathen  Pharoah  had  better  sense  and  a  fuller 
comprehension  of  the  case  than  these  gentlemen. 
God  has  declared  that  the  nation  or  kingdom  that  will 
not  serve  him  shall  perish.  Or,  to  put  this  in  other 
words,  the  nation  that  has  no  honor  shall  be  wiped 
out.  We  as  a  government  have  little,  if  any,  and 
the  sooner  we  endeavor  to  get  upon  solid  ground  the 
better.     We  are  not  safe  as  we  are. 


Sabbath  Laws. — A  mass  meeting  was  held  in  the 
Military  Park,  Newark,  on  Sabbath,  September  6th, 
to  protest  against  the  Sabbath  laws.  Four  thousand 
people  were  present.  The  chairman  greeted  the  au- 
dience as  composed  of  those  who  were  struggling  for 
freedom  and  against  despotism.  He  said  that  the 
Germans  had  come  to  this  country  assured  by  the 
Constitution  that  perfect  religious  liberty  was  guaran- 
teed to  all.  He  declared  that  in  the  State  and  mu- 
nicipal laws  they  found  impediments  to  the  free  exer- 
cise of  their  religious  views;  that  these  regulations 
were  the  result  of  a  fanatical  and  obsolete  spirit,  and 
that  what  they  wanted  was  the  repeal  of  those  laws 
which  infringed  personal  hberty  and  the  establishment 
of  Sunday  as  a  people's  day.  There  are  only  two  an- 
swers possible  to  the  demand  which  these  gentlemen 
make.  One  is :  Our  Constitution  is  right,  our  laws 
are  wrong.  You  may  drive  the  reaper,  run  the  train, 
get  drunk,  swear,  and  exercise  your  personal  liberty 
as  you  like.  The  other  is:  Our  Constitution  is 
wrong  and  our  laws  are  right.  We  are  a  Christian 
nation.  If  you  come  here  you  must  submit  to  our 
laws,  and  if  you  don't  like  our  laws  you  may  stay 
away.  We  favor  this  last  answer.  We  would  write  it 
in  flaming  letters  that  a  world  might  read,  and  gladly 
say  farewell  to  every  man,  woman  and  child  who 
would  leave  our  land  for  such  a  cause.  The  jails 
would  be  comparatively  empty.  The  Ortweins  would 
no  longer  murder  the  Hamnets,  and  we  would  not 
soon  have  another  Probst.  If  now  some  fool  go  and 
say  we  have  called  all  Germans  murderers  and  jail 
birds,  we  cannot  help  that.  An  intelligent  boy  ten 
years  old  knows  perfectly  well  that  the  men  who  are 
opposed  to  our  Christian  laws  are,  four-fifths  of  them, 
frequenters  of  rum  shops  and  gin  mills,  and  that  nine- 
tenths  of  our  murderers  and  thieves  are  found  in  such 
places.  There  are  citizens  of  foreign  birth  who  pay 
taxes,  obey  laws,  and  add  to  the  moral  and  intellectual 
wealth  of  the  country.  There  are  others  who  come 
here  to  enjoy  privileges  which  our  fathers  bought  for 
blood.  They  strive  to  break  down  our  public  schools, 
and  our  national  religious  customs.  They  do  this  only 
that  they  may  more  closely  resemble  the  swine  that 
trample  on  pearls  to  eat  swill  (drink  beer).  Their 
homes  are  comfortless ;  their  wives  toil  like  oxen  before 
the  plow,  and  their  children  know  the  biting  shame 
that  covers  the  drunkard's  little  ones.  The  question 
is  this:  Shall  we  be  heathen:  to  please  this  sort  of 
people,  or  Chriatians  to  please  ihe  others,  and  protecti 


A  Candid  Review  or  Masonic  Principles. 


BV  A  THEOLOGICAL  8TUDKST. 


Dear  Brothkr: — What  you  urged  most  when  wc 
talked  upon  the  subject  was  that  I  ought  not  to  judge 
of  Maeonry  from  the  representations  of  its  encmieB. 
Well,  a  little  about  this  and  then  a  little  about  Mason- 
ry. The  friends  of  Masonry  approve  of  it  as  a  system, 
and,  therefore,  say  nothing  against  it.  Asking  me 
not  to  listen  to  its  enemies  is  asking  me  to  hear  only 
one  side.  When  those  who  are  the  friends  become 
the  enemies  of  Masonry  I  would  rather  suspect,  if 
they  be  true  and  Christian  men,  that  they  liave  some 
good  reason  fjr  thus  changing  than  turn  away  with 
my  fingers  in  my  ears  and  say,  they  are  its  enemies 
and  therefore  ought  not  to  be  heard.  Its  encjiiies  are 
no  more  likely  to  be  prejudiced  or  one-sided  than  its 
friends.  If  true  and  good,  there  can  be  more  said 
for  than  against  Masonry,  and  its  friends  have  tho 
vantage  ground;  and  the  more  its  enemies  say  against 
it  the  more  clearly  can  they  be  proved  to  be  wrong, 
and  its  beauties  and  excellencies  be  made  to  shine 
forth.  In  view  of  the  above  considerations  I  maintain 
that  I  have  taken  the  only  rational  and  safe  course  in 
hearing  both  sides  and  forming  an  opicion  based  upon 
the  decision  of  my  own  judgment.  In  every  other 
matter  you  would  do  likewise.  Upon  second  thought 
you  will  not  condemn  me  in  this. 

Now  for  Masonry.  It  was  first  thrust  upon  my  no- 
tice in  a  neighborhood  where  I  resided.  1  learned 
something  of  it  from  its  friends,  and,  starting  with 
this,  my  Bible,  reason  and  sense  of  manhood,  as  my 
stock  in  trade,  I  set  up  in  a  private  way  as  an  Auti- 
mason.  These  were  the  only  "  enemies  of  Masonry" 
that  I  consulted.  I  suppose  you  fear  none  of  these. 
Then,  first,  look  at  the  thing  itself.  It  requires  of  its 
members  an  oath  to  perpetual  secrecy  as  to  what  it  is. 
It  requires  a  preference  lor  Masons  over  all  who  arc 
not  Masons.  It  claims  to  be  at  least  very  religious, 
and  has  prayers  that  are  offered  by  Christiao,  .Jew, 
Mohammedan,  pagan  and  deist,  alike. 

Now  let  us  apply  the  Bible  as  a  test  to  it.  God 
has  never  required,  nor  authorized  man  to  require  us 
to  bind  ourselves  to  anything  the  nature  of  which  we 
are  not  to  be  first  fully  acquainted  with.  Nor  does  he 
sanction  our  committal  to  anything  which,  in  its  con- 
sequences, is  to  be  concealed  from  us  until  we  are 
committed.  This  method  is  founded  in  reason.  What- 
ever is  true  is  best  proven  by  scrutiny.  All  good  is 
best  recommended  by  being  shown.  Hence,  • '  He 
that  doeth  truth  cometh  to  the  light."  Masonry,  like 
Satan,  tabes  the  opposite  method  and  relies  for  success 
upon  the  darkness  of  concealment.  It  recjuires  an 
oath  of  its  candidates  upon  the  assurance  that  no 
wrong  is  meant,  all  is  right.  He  accepts  its  assurance 
in  liea  of  his  own  judgment,  and.  after  he  is  pledged. 
discovers  to  what  he  is  pledged.  He  coaomits  himself 
to  that  which  thousands,  such  as  Finney,  have  exam- 
ined and  renounced  as  evil,  and  then  learns  that  he 
is  committed  in  a  measure  for  life— ri£;ht  or  wrong,  for 
lije.  God  has  nowhere  countenanced  the  principle 
that  underlies  such  an  act.     (Lev.  v.  4,  5.) 

God  requires  us  to  renounce  that  which  we  see  to 
be  an  evil.  Renunciation  implies  the  duty  of  expos- 
ure. Masonry  requires  that  in  no  circumstances  shall 
a  candidate  reveal,  but  ever  conceal,  under  penalty  of 
death,  every  "part  or  parts,  art  or  arts,"  tz.,  of  the 
js!epret  good  that  it  professes  to  be.     He  may  consci- 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


entiouslyandintelltfirently  believe,  after  a  long  acquaint- i  impious.      There   is   a   religious   meeting.     A   deist  cate  briefly  the  direction  of  the  thought  of  the  chuTch 
an 86  with  it.  that  it  is  an  evil  in  itself,  and  dangerous;  prays.     A  Jew   prays.     A  Mahommedan  prays.     A, in  condemning  such  societies: — 
alike  to  cburch  and   state,  and  that  his  duty  to  truth  j  pagan  prays.     And  you,  my  Christian  brother,  pray.       The  secret  societies  condemned  by  the  church  are 
and  morality,  to   his  country  and  his  God,  require  its  Ail  pray.     'J'hey  have  one  language,  one  pray er-T-one  those  only  which  adopt  and  enter  into  a  clo^e,  bidden 
exposure;  but  Masonry  requires  him  to  observe  per-  God.     Nay,  are  they  praying  or  mimicing  prayer?       i secret  organization  in  order    that    by  means   of  such 
petual  silence  or  sbare  the  persecutions   of  a  llathbun       After    the  Bible  test  I  have  placed  Masonry  in  the  secrecy  they  may  the  more  securely  plot  against  God 
or  Fmney,  if  not  the  grave  of  a  Morgan.     In  short,  it  balance  of  reason  and  found  it  wanting.      I  would  not 'or  the  people,  that  is,  against  the  well-being  oflegiti- 
eays,   "You   sware,  under   penalty  of  death,  that  if,  |  sign  a  note  without  reading  it     Why  the   Masonic!  mate  ecclesiastical   or  civil   authority.     Thus  the  de- 
after  examination,    you   conclude  Masonry  to  be  an  compact?     I  would  not  surrender  my  own  judgment!  cree  of  the  Sacred  Congregation  (15th  August,  1846), 
eTJl,  you  will   let  it  alone."     So  it  forbids    what  God  j  in    choosing   a    wife.      Why    follow  the  judgment  ot  referred  to  by  the  Prefect  of  the  Sacred  Com;  regation 
requires.     This  device,  more  than  any  thing  else,  has 'others   ia    being   wedded   to  Masonry?     I  would  notjof  the  Faith  (13th  of  July,  18G5),dtiiaes  tnat  "the  se- 
saved  the  institution  from  dissolution.      Had  the  thous- .invest  in  patent  rights  upon  the  mere  assurance  that  jcret  societies  condemned  by  the  church   embrace  all 
ands  now  living  who  have  left  the  order  but  done  their  |  there  was  a  grand   chance  of  making    money.     Why  \  those  which  have  for  objects  anything   hostile   to  the 
duty  to  thi.ir  country  and  their  God.  instead  of  feeling  \  in  Masonry  ?     J  would  not  sell  my  right  of  free  speech  !  church  or  state,  whether  they  exact  or  not  an  oath  of 
bound  by  a  sense  of  obligation  to  Masonic  assumptions;  upon  the  dubjjc' of  theaters.     Kor  for  all   that  Uncle i secrecy  from   the    members."     See    Decreta    Con«il, 
to   stultify   their   conscience,  it  would    ere   this   have;  Sam   could   give   me   wear  a  gag  of  silence  upon  thelBaltmore,  1866 — paragraphs  .511,  518. 
found  its  grave,  nor  have  left  the  world  so  much  of  a  subject  of  rum-seJIing.     Nor  upon  any  terms  consent!     The  societies  thus  far   authoritativsly  designated  as 
memoiial  as  an    epitaph.     Even  in  our  own  seminary ,  to   silence   about    Freemasonry.      But  in  becoming   a  comdemned    ate:  First,  "The   Freemasons,"  by  Cle- 
I  found  a  Master  Mason  who  has  qu:ckly  and  forever  I  Mason  a  man  consents  to  sell    the  precious   birthright!  meet  AIL,  1830;  Benedict    XIV.,    1751;  Pius  VII., 
left  the  order.     The  Masonic  oath  and  the  fear  of  Ma-  of  fn  e-speech  aud  to  wear  a  gag  of  silence  forever;  1811 ;  Leo  XII,,  1816;  Pius  IX.,  1865,  and  on  never- 
Konic   power    have  so  eSectually    gagged    him    that  1 :  upon  the  subject  ol  Masonic  secrets.     Why  thus  cjn-al  occasions.      Second,     The  Carbonari   of    Italy  and 
alone  of  all  his  fellow  students    know  the   fact.     Slid  i  sent  to  make. Masonry  an  exception,  to  be  free  upon  I  France  by  Pius   VII.  and   Leo    XIL ,  as   above;  the 
be  to  me,  "Were  1  in  the  world  I  might  be  a  Mason,  'every  subject  but  this?     For  my  parti  can  be  neither  Fenians  in  Ireland — as    appears  on   good  authority — 
But  while  I  am  a  Christian  1   cinnot."     I   have  good   hood-winked  nor  cable-towed    out  of  the  privileges  of  1 1870.     Fenians   condemned    at  least    in  the    British 
"ividence  that  there  are  thousands  such.     W"henafew  my    citizenship    in   such  a  way.     I  might   be  told    olj  Dominions.     Besides  the  aforesaid,  the    Sacred  Con- 
holder  spirits  dart;   to  braak   loose  from  the  restraints' Masonic  influence, of  it}  power  for  favoritism,  of  all  the igregation  (2l8t  of  August,    1850  )  declares    that    the 
that  Masonry  would  assume  to  impose,  they  are  called  j  nice    preferences    it  can   secure  one  in  traveling  or  in  Odd-fellows  and  the  Sons  of  Temperance  are  inolud- 


its  enemies,  prejudiced,  unworthy   of  being   trusted,   difficulty ;  but   my    ramhood   recoils,  and  I  fiing  the 
men    who   are  laughed  at   by   the   order,  Ac.     The ,  villainous   bribe    in   its   face,  gatiefied   to    be    a    man 
mass  keep  silent   in  deference  to  Masonry.     The  few  {amongst  men  rather  than  be  treated  as  a  pet  in  society 
i^peak  in  deference  to  God.     So  Masonry  lives  and  men  by    M-jsonic   exclusives.     I  want  nothing  but  what  1  olics  in  the   countries   at    least    where  they   are  con- 
are  deceived  by  the  multitude  of  its  boasting  and  the,  can  earn  by  re,il  honest  wOrth;  nor  can  I  conceive  demned  by  name. 


ed  in  the  Pontifical  fJ ails  (see  Coocil.  Bait.,  as  above 
paragraph  511).  With  respect,  then,  to  the  societies 
thus  named,  there  can  be  no  controversy  among  Cath- 


Since  doubts  frequently  arise  whether  or  not  cer- 
tain societies,  instituted  among  labaring  classes,  and 
having  the  appearance  of  secret  organizatious,  come 
under  the  ban  of  the  (church,  to  decide  on  the  point 
with  a  close  approximation  to  certainty,  we  must  have 


pomp  of  its  professions.  why   others  may   not  do  the  same  unless  they  feel  a 

The  basis  of  Masonic  preference  differs  from  the  j  lack  ol  worth.  You  might  gain  all  your  rights  in 
Christian.  God  requires  us  to  do  good,  "especially 'society  wJi/io(<.<  Masonic  help,  unless  prevented  by  it. 
unto  them  who  are  of  the  household  of  faith."  All:  Vou  ought  not  to  want  more  loiih  it. 
the  provisions  of  Masonry  are  for  Masons  (is such,  and!  If  Masonry  were  merely  a  business  scciety  of  some 
Ihcy,  as  such,  are  to  be  preferred  to  all  others.  This  kind,  its  favors  as  sitc/t  would  be  unobjectionable.!  (before  our  eyes  "the  chief  reasons  why  secret  socie- 
preference  extends  to  social  acts,  moral  obligation  and  But  it  discriminates  in  favor  of  its  own  in  all  those '  ties  are  condemned ,"  as  given  and  deiined  by  Bene- 
religious  duty,  as  may  h^  seen  more  especially  in  the  things  wh'cb  concern  us  as  citizens  and  in  which  we i diet  XIV.,  in  hia  Apostolic  constitution  ^'ProvidaSy' 
oaths  of  the  Master  Mason  degree.  When  occasions  hRva  eijua!  right".  This  you  ?i;rtOJ«  if  you  have  gone!  1"? 51  (for  which  see  Busenbaum,  vol.  II,  appendix; 
for  preference  arise  and  you  are  under  the  necessity  to  the  troiible  of  examining  into  its    principles    or  of'^^^o  Concil.  Bait.,  paragraph  510) 


Among  the  chief  reasons,  writes  the  Pontiff,  are: 
First,  In  societies  of  this  nature,  men  of  every  sect 


of  choosii>g  between  the  Mason  who  is  not  a  Christian  \  watching  its   workings.      Many   of  the   favors  that  it 

and   the  Christian  who  is  not  a  Mason,  what  are  you  I  holds  forth  to  tempt,  or  lavishes  to  please,  are  such  as 

going  to  do?     AViU  you  prefer  each  before  the  other?;  I  have  a  right  to  outside  the  order.      But  in   ma,ny  I ^nd  religion  are  associated    together  on  equal  common 

Or  will  you  disregard  Masonry  and  obey  God, or  wink' tbiDgs   my   rights  as  a  citf?-en  are  curtailed   because  ]  j  footing  (inwjcem   consocian^wr),  from   which   circum- 

at  God  and  obey  Masonry?     You  cannot  i/ten.  serve  j  am  not  of  the  order.     Thus  the  rights  of  the  citizen !  stance  grievous  detriment    can  accrue  to.  the  purity  of 

God  and  Masonry,  j  are  made  a  sacri  tics  to  Masonic  law.     This,  you   are  |  Catholic  religion. 

God  requires  us  to  return  good  for  evil  and  to  restore  aware,  is  a  violation  of  the  pricclples  of  our  wovern-l  ^'  B— Societies  of  this  nature,  formed,  as  they 
a  fallen  brother  in  meekness.  (Gal.  vi.  1.)  Contrast  ment  and  one  of  the  greatest  dangers  that  can  threaten!  claim  to  be,  on  a  basis  of  a  ''common  religion,'' or 
the  death  penalties,  the  bloody  phraseology,  and  theiue.  In  conclusion,  Masonry  offers  facilities  for  forming!^  system  common  to  all — which  is  mere  natural  jhil- 
aclual  persecutions  ol"  Masonry,  that  are  such  a  terror'  monopolies.  In  the  Master  Mason's  degree  favoritism  j  ^"^throphy — and  for  this  end  expressly  excluding  all 
to  thousands  of  eeceders.  In  this  it  is  the  opposite  of  iextends  further  than  in  that  of  tbe  Entered  Appren- i dogmatic  religion  from  their  assemblies,  pratically  ig- 
Ohristianity.     If    the    teachings   of    the   latter   havejtice.     The  Royal  Arch  includes  and  goes   beyond  the  "or  all  difference  in  religion  and  thus  endorse  indiffer 


entisra— than  which  nothing  surely  can  be  more  hos- 
tile to  Faith — hence  to  the  Catholic  church. 
Second,  their  'strict  and  impervious  secrecy  exclud- 


blessed  the  world  by  developing  the  nobler  elements '  Master  Mason's,  aud  ia  favorable  for  a  more  select  cir- 
in  man,  those  of  the  former  being  opposite ,^curse  the  de  with  stronger  ties  aud  still  more  exclusive  advan- 
world  by  developing  the  baser  elements  of  his  nature. ;  tages.     And  so  Up  to  the  Knight  Templar  degrees, 

Masonry  claims  to  be  religious.     It  has  its  sacerdotal !  each  successive  step  narrowing  the  numerical  circle  j 'Qg  ^'1  revelation  of  what   occurs  in   their    meetings, 
titles  and  dress;  it  quotes  Scripture  and  reads  prayers,   and  widening  the  range  of  facilities    for  taking  advan-  ^^^ 

Whose  are  its  priests?  Not  those  of  the  Christian's  tage  of  society  to  promote  their  own  exclusive  inter-!  Third,  the  oath,  binding  memberF  to  such  secrecy, 
God ;  for  they  may  be  Jews  who  reject  the  one  only  ;  este.  With  such  machinery,  so  worked  behind  a  cur- 1  ^^^^  under  plea  of  such  oath,  they  are  not  to  disclose 
Priest  of  the  Christian.  Not  of  God  as  Jehovah;  foritaio  of  secrecy,  that  cannot  be  lifted  but  in  the  pres-  °^  '^^^  <^^®'^  when  interrogated  by  legitimate  author! 
they  may,  as  the  high  Masonic  authorities  inform  us.ience  cf  a  death-penalty,  and  with  such  facilities  for 
be  either  pagans  or  deists.  They  are  priests  to  that  j  taking  advantage  of  others,  secure  against  exposure, 
Masonic  myth,  the  "Supreme  Architect  of  the  Qni-jno  body  of  men  can  be  safely  entrusted.  It  would 
verse."  Scijpture  is  (juoted  in  the  lodge.  But  it  is:  uot  be  saf«  to  entrust  the  church  with  such  power,  to 
HO  carefully  cuUsd  that  Volta're  could  endure  it  and  i  be  used  with  such  secrecy,  for  its  exclusive  benefit, 
be  charmed  with  Ma8onr5^  As  for  its  prayerf ,  they  '  Is  the  order  made  of  more  trusty  stuiJ? 
are  offered  by  Jew  and  Christian,  Mohammedan  and  I  The  foregoing  are  some  of  the  considerations  that 
deist  in  a  mutual  fellowship  of  devotion  to  the  same  i  have  led  me  to  oppose  Masonry.  They  are  such  as  a 
—myth  !  It  may  not  occur  to  you  that  such  acts  of  j  refi  acting  mind  is  led  to  do  with  only  a  slight  knowl 
worship  if  not  rightly  performed  are  wrongly.  If  not  edge  of  Masonry.  A  further  acquaintance  with  its 
offered  to  the  true  God  they  are  to  a  false  one,  or  else !  teachina-s  and  workings  convinces  me  that  its  influence 
are  a  mere  apicg  of  worship.  If  not  so  as  to  inspire  in  society  is  pernicious  and  the  dangers  it  threatens 
reverence,  they    blunt   the   religious   sensibilities.     I  alarming.  •£    j^^eld 

cannot  think  of  the  majority  of  the  men  who  officiate       Chicago  Theolof/ical  Seminary. 
in  the  lodges  of  this  Slate  without  a  shudder  of  horror.  —        ,  ,  ^      ■■ 


ty,  anything  done  in  their   meetings    against  religion, 
the  common  weal  or  the  laws. 

N.  B, — Those  two  conditions  render  such  societies 
eminently  dangerous  to  civil  society.  For,  as  the 
well-being  of  civil  society  rests  on  the  proper  adminis- 
tration of  justice,  where  such  administration  is  render- 
ed impossible  society  is  imperiled.  Now,  justice 
cannot  be  administered  without  full  knowledge  of  the 
cause  in  question,  and  where  such  secracy  as  is  main- 
tained by  oath-bound  organizations  is  to  be  met  with, 
knowledge  of  the  cause  is  impossible,  hence  the  ad- 
ministration of  justice  is  impossible,  and  hence  such 
oath-bound  organizations,  though  they  profess  not  to 
plot  against  church  or  state — against  religion  orcivi- 


society — are   equally  dangerous  to  both.     The  oath  in 
It  is  a  profane  burlesquing  of  all  religion.      Where,  in  The  Law  of  the  Uomish  Church  on  Secret  Societies.' such  a  case  is  moreover  contrary  to  piety,  hence    hos- 

~  tile  to  religion. 

[From.tl^e  I'ilot,  .June  6. J 

The  following    memorandum    on  secret   societips, 


the  whole  volume  of  God's  Word  can  the  first  word 
be  found  that  will  sanction  such  things  ?  Now,  broth- 
er, don't  evade  this  to  your  conscience  by  saying  that 


Futhermore,  the  same  Council  of  Batimore   (1866, 
paragraph  319)  declares,  as  not  to  be  tolerated,  those 


imsjs  an  abuse  ot  a  good  tlnng.     The  act  itself  isj  which  we  take  from  the    Catholic   Eevieiv,  will  indi-  societies  whose  members  from  the  begmning— that  is 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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to  say,  beforehand — bind  themselves  to  obey  or  carry 
out  whatsoever  command  they  may  get  from  their 
superiors,  and  in  the  same  paragraph  those  societies 
are  declared  as  entirely  illicit,  which  are  associated  to- 
gether for  mutual  defenca  by  a  league  of  such  a  na- 
ture as  may  imperil  the  peace  of  the  community  by 
liot  or  bloodshed. 

N.  B. — =It  is  evident,  indeed,  that  any  organized 
body  of  men  whatsoever,  whose  members  blindly  bind 
themselves  to  obey  and  carry  out  the  behests  or  com- 
mands of  their  superiors,  irrespective  of  human  or 
divine  law,  is  absolutely  condemnable  and  eminently 
dangerous  to  society,  while  it  is  equally  evident  that 
a  society  leagued  by  a  bond  of  mutual  defence,  to  be 
made  in  any  case,  irrespective  of  right  or  wrong,  and 
independtfnt  of  the  law  which  binds  and  protects  the 
community  and  independent  of  the  officers  of  the  law, 


but  the  title  and  the  figures.  He  neither  knows  more,! lands,  and  that  we  should  seek  to  unify  and  bring 
nor  is  better,  nor  any  more  entitled  to  respect.  The  ;  into  the  spirit  of  our  institutions  such  of  them  as  we 
same  process  of  cheapening  the  32d  is  in  the  fall  tide  j  already  have  among  us.  It  is  especially  time  to  let 
of  successful  experiment;  and  I  am  constrained  to  say  them  know  that  they  are  not  brought  here  to  rule  us. 
that  when  lavished  on  so  many,  no  matter  where,  In  our  early  history  there  was  need  of  a  rapid  in- 
whether  in  Brazil  or  nearer  home,  it  will  soon  become j crease  of  our  population,  and  so  far  as  it  could  be 
as  little  valued,  as  it  is  in  fact  when  so  squandered  as  drawn  from  other  countries  without    endangering  the 


little  worth,  as  the  thirty-third  degree  of  the  Rite  of 
Memphis  are,  or  the  title  LL.D.  conferred  by  a  coun- 
try academy. 


foundations  of  our  government  it  was  to  be'  sought. 
But  we  have  now  grown  into  a  great  nation,  about  as 
largo  as  can  be  well  governed.  Large  classes  of  peo- 
In  the  ytate  of  Oregon,  our  illustrious  brother  j  pie  have  come  among  us  that  have  yet  to  be  indoctri- 
Ainsworth  wisely  began  by  establishing  at  hrst  lodges;  nated  in  the  essential  principles  of  republicanism; 
of  Perfection  only,  and  Chapters  only  after  a  long  in-:  many  who  have  brought  with  them  some  of  the  worst 
terval.  He  has  not  yet,  I  think,  established  any  i  ideas  of  the  old  world,  and  boastfully  assail  the  princi- 
Council  of  Kadosh.  The  consequence  is  that  the  Ritejiples  of  morality  and  eocial  order  that  have  been  the 
is  in  a  more  truly  prosperous  and  sound  condition  j  chief  honor  and  cccuiity  of  the  nation.  Unless  the  in 
there  than  anywhere  else  in  the  jurisdiction,  except  in jfluence  of  this  class  can  be  broucrht  under  restraint,  it 


disorder,  riot  and  bb>d3hed,  and  hence  adverse  to  the 
common  weal. 

Albert  Pike  «n  the  Scottish  Kite. 


is  of  its  nature  entirely   illicit,    calculated    to  produce  j  the  District  of  Columbia;  while  in   Washington  Terri-i  must    ultimately  work  our  ruin.     Most   of  the  disor- 

tory,  where  the  degrees  were  so  lavishly  given  and  jder  and  dissipation  and  violence  from  which  the  coun- 
the  higher  bodies  so  injudiciously  established  by  our  j  try  is  now  suffering  is  from  this  source. 
Special  Deputy,  the  bodies  began  to  languish  almost!  Perhaps  the  greatest  danger  with  which  we  are 
before  he  turned  his  back  on  the  Territory,  and  have  threatened  of  this  kind  is  from  Gtrmau  immigration, 
been  in  a  moat  feeble  and  sickly  condition  ever  since,  j  It  i  3  true,  some  of  our  best  c  tizens  are  from  Germany, 
the  brethren  and  bodies  so  impoverished  by  the  heavy  |  The  earlier  accessions  from  that  country  were  among 
expenditures  required,  that  I  felt  constrained  to  auth  j  the  best  of  our  people.  And  many  of  the  same 
orize  them  to  delay  paying  dues  to  the  Supreme  character  are  still  coming.  But  with  them  we  have 
Council  until  it  should  convene,  promising  to  recom-j  an  influx  of  a  class  that  makes  up  one  of  the  worst 
mend  their  remission,  which  1  now  do.  \  and  most  dangerous  elements  of  our  population,     In- 

The  Rite  is  not  yet  planted  in  North  Carolina  and  j  stead  of  accepting  the  institutions  of  the  nation  that  ban 
Florida.  It  languishes  in  Louisiana,  owing  to  politi-  given  them  homes,  and  showing  a  becoming  apprecia- 
cal  troublee,  the  decay  of  business,  and  the  impovish-  \  tion  of  the  privileges  they  are  permttied  to  enjoy 
ment  of  the  people.  In  Virginia,  the  Grand  Consis-!  among  us,  they  not  only  scoff  at  all  that  is  sacred  in 
tory  has  no  subordinates  outside  of  Lynchburg.  In  our  institutions  and  most  cherished  in  our  social  cus- 
Georgia  some  progress  has  been    made,  but  not  such  tom',  but  bojdly  demand  that   they   shall   all   be  con- 


jThe  following  is  from  an  "Allocution"  lately  deliv- 
ered by  the  Sovereign  Grand  Commander  before  the 
Supreme  Council,  Southern  Jurisdiction,  at  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  The  present  state  and  vast  assumptions 
of  this  branch  of  Freemasonry  are  tco  plai&ly  stated 
to  need  comment-] 

The  Ancient  and  accepted  Scottish  R'te  ia  necessa- . 
ry  to  the  well-being  of  the  world.  Its  nrssion  is  that 
of  a  reformer,  and  it  will  be  true  to  it  and  do  its  work 
well  some  day.  It  is  the  apostle  of  truth,  justice, 
right  and  toleration;  and  it  is  the  only  apostle  of  all 
these  in  the  world.  And  it  alone  knows  the  raal  ori- 
gin and  true  interpretation  of  the  ancient  symbols  of 
Blue  Masonry,  and  the  profound  philosophical  and  re- 
ligious truths  that  they  conceal;  so  that  its  adepts 
alone  know  the  true  meanino-  and  whole  value  of  the 
first  three  degrees  and  the  Word  of  a  Master,  by  which 
one  is  enabled  to  travel  into  foreign  countries  and  earn 


as  we  had  hoped  for.  In  South  Carolina  no  bodies 
exist  outside  of  Charleston.  In  Mississippi,  none 
except  at   Vicksburg,  and  they    have    fallen   asleep. 


formed  to  the  views  and  habits  they  have  brought  in 
with  them.  The  worst  feature  of  their  conduct,  and 
that  which  makes  the  necessity   of  which  we  write,  is 


From  Texas  1  have  heard  nothing  for  two  years;  the  combination  ia  which  they  set  to  enforce  their  de- 
from  Missouri,  nothing  for  a  year  and  a  half;  from !  mands.  There  was  a  remarkable  exemplification  of 
Kansas  nothiag  for  two  years.      In  West  Virginia,  the 


Master's  wages— the   Holy    Doctrine    of  the    Ancient ;  Rite  is  not  planted.     In  Tennessee   one  body  only  ex 


ists,  a  Lodge   of  Perfection  at   Memphis,    though 
have  four  33d8  and  a  large  number  of  32d8   in 
city,  most  of  whom  have  never    displayed    the 
interest  in  the  Rite .     In  Kentucky   there  are  no  bod- 
ies outside  of  Louisville;  In  Maryland  none  outside  of 
Baltimore.     In  Nebraska,  our   Deputy,    111.  •.    Bro. '. 


Sages.     ...         ....,, 

Looking  only  upon  the  surface,  and  judging  only 
by  the  increase  or  decrease  of  initiates  and  bodies,  one 
would  without  hesitation  pronounce  the  condition  of 
the  Rite  unprosperous  in  this  jurit diction,  and  if  pro- 
foundly interested  in  it,  be  disheartened.  The  num- 
ber of  initiates  has  only  here  and  there  increased,  and 
uowhere  largely ;  few  new  bodies  have  been  formed 
a,nd  many  have  become  dormant  or  died,  and  our  rev- 
venues  have  been  far  less  than  in   some  former  years. 

I  suppose  that  of  the  33 ds  ia  our  jurisdiction  there 
IB  not  one  in  every  ten,  if  there  is  one  in  every  twenty, 
who  really  knows  anything  about  the  Rite.  Gener- 
ally they  cobfrfss  it.  1  am  quite  sure  that  not  one  in 
twenty  has  even  once  read  or  heard  the- readings  that  |  more  than  show  and  ornament.     This  is   a  busy  and 


this  in  the  demand  made  by  German  editors  of  India- 
na upon  the  Republican  Convention  that  recently  met 
in  Indianapolis,  making  it  a  condition  of  their  support 
that; of  the  candidates  to  be  nominated,  that  they  should 
least  be  placed  on  an  anti-temperance  platform.  In  some 
such  way  are  they  everywhere  endeavoring  to  control 
the  politics  of  the  country. 

Now  is    it  not    time  that    all  the     political    parties 


Furnas,  was  elec'.ed  Governor  of  the  State,  before  he  jghould  cease  tampering  with  such  men  ?  Is  it  not 
had  done  anything  under  his  commission,  and  I  have  j  time  for  such  a  readjustment  of  the  general  policy  of 
lately  commissioned  111. '.  Bro.'.  William  R.  Bowen,  Ithe  nation  as  will  hold  out  less  encouragement  for  ac- 
thirty-second  degree,  in  his  stead,  whose  views  in  I  cessions  of  this  kind  to  our  population,  and  will  aim 
regard  to  the  proper  mode   of  establishing   the    Rite  j  ^q  make  good  Americans  of  such  as   we   have?     is  it 


coincide  with  mine,  and  under  whose  administration  I 
hope  for  good  results.       ...... 

A  Rite  that  desires   to  live   must  be  for  something 


follow  the  32d  degree;  and  four-fifths  of  our  Honora- 
ry 32ds  are  equally  unlearned  in  the  Rite,  and  in 
knowledge  mere  apprentices.  As  it  is  almost  the  gen- 
eral rule  that  when  one  is  rapidly  advanced  to  be  a 
32d,  he  shall  at  once  lose  all  interest  in  the  Rite,  and 
if  bcdies  exists  where  he  lives,  never  attend  them,  ) 
am  sorry  to  say  it  but  it  is  certainly  true  that  in  parts 
of  our  jurisdiction  the  Princes  of  the  Royal  Secret  are 
the  most  utterly  useless  of  all  the  brethren  of  the 
Rite.  And  we  have  made  more  than  one  or  two 
Honorary  33ds  who  have  never  been  of  the  least  use 
afterwards,  notwithstanding  their  solemn  vows  and 
promises. 

These  multiplied  evils  of  the  old,  miserable  and  un- 
fair system,  caused  me  to  resolve  that  I,  at  least,  would 
no  longer  be  responsible  for  its  continuance,  or  a  party 
any  longer  to  the  system  by  which  one  who  was  only 
an  Entered  Apprentice  a  few  weeks  ago,  now  writes 
32d  after  his  name.  Degrees  should  be  the  reward 
of  merit,  knowledge,  and  faithful  service.  Thirty-sec- 
onds are  being  made  in  the  United  States  at  such  a 
rate  that  we  shall  soon  have  more-^-indeed,  I  think 
we  have  more  now — than  there  are  in  all  the  world 
besides.  Already  there  are  in  single  States  ten  times 
as  many  as  there  are  in  all  the  British  Isles.  For  the 
most  part  the  recipient   gets    nothing  by   the   degree 


practical  age,  if  men  are  tickled  with  sonorous  titles 
that  have  nothing  behind  them;  with  deep  and  flashy 
decorations  that  are  no  proof  of  desert  and  service; 
with  parade  and  show  and  pomp  and  circumstance, 
and  general  much  ado  about  nothing.  If  an  order 
would  have  a  real  life,  and  be  something  more  than  a 
sham  and  fraud,  its  degrees  must  be  worth  having  by 
a  man  of  intelligence  and  scholarship,  and  it  must  do 
something  to  prove  its  rights  to  live  at  all.  If  its 
members  will  neither  labor  nor  organize  for  labor,  nor 


not  time  to  adopt  measures  to  eave  the  country  from 
the  danger  of  being  dominated  by  men  who  live 
among  us  as  foreigners  still  ?  Is  it  not  time  to  be  look- 
ing to  the  foundations  of  our  institutions,  and  seeking 
to  preserve  them  from  the  overthrow  thus  threatened  ? 
We  do  not  say  that  all  immigration  should  be  die- 
couraged.  If  men  of  other  nations  come  among  us 
with  honest  acceptance  of  our  institutions  and  a  will- 
ingness to  coalesce  with  the  distinctive  elements  of 
our  national  life,  let  them  come.  They  should  be 
welcomed.  But  we  have  enough  of  the  kind  who 
would  make  Sabbath  desecrations  and  drinking  carou- 
sals the  order  of  the  land.  If  they  have  not  decency 
enouo-h  to  respect  our  Sabbath  laws  and  social  customs, 


read,  nor  study,  nor  undertake    any   good    work,  but  Uhey  should   at  least  be  taught  that  they   ate   not  the 
only  care  to  write  certain  cabalistic  figures    after  their  I  dictators    of  either    the  morals     or    politics    of   the 


names,  wear  a  jewel,  and  possess  a  sounding  title,  then 
it  had  better  lie  quietly  down,  stretch  out  its  limbs, 
close  its  eyes,  fold  its  arms  across  its  bosom,  and  de- 
cently give  up  its  ghost,  if  any  ghost  at   all  it  has  to 

part  with. 

<  I  > 

A  New  Policy. 


nation.  —  United  Presbyterian. 


We  think  the  time  has  come  for  a   readjustment,  in 
very  important  matter,  of  the   general  policy  of  the 


In  keeping  an  oath  that  ought  to  have  been  broken, 
Herod  beheaded  Christianity  in  the  person  of  a  faith- 
ful and  prominent  believer  in  Christ,  John  the  Bap- 
tist. If  Christians  do  not  behead  the  lodge  (that  is, 
destroy  its  life)  the  lodge  will  behead  the  church  ot 
Christ. 


The  youth  who  goes  through  the  artful  dodging, 
government  in  which  all  the  dominant  parties  have  i^^j^pg^juj^  ^^^j  ^jg^jpy^^tion  of  a  college  secret  socie- 
acquiesced.     We  refer  to  the  inducements  held  out  to  jty  is  poorly  prepared  for   doing   an   open,    frank  and 


foreigners  to  flock  to  our  shores.  It  is  about  time  that 
we  were  getting  over  the  fancy  of  making  our  land 
the  asylmi?  for  the  poor  and.  oppressed  of  all   other 


manly  part  in  after  life.  He  is  twisted  and  curled  in 
all  his  instincts,  aud  is  likely  to  be  a  wire-puller  and 
shufHer  in  everything  he  undertakes. — Ex. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


"^tfiit^p. 


The  National    Chistian   Association. 


OwECT. — "To  expose,  withstand 
and  remove  secret  societies,  Freema- 
sonry in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movementSjin  order  to  save 
the  churches  of  Christ  from  being  de- 
])raved ;  to  redeem  the  administration 
of  justice  from  perversion,  and  oxir 
republican  government  from  corrup- 
tion. "  • 

President. — B.  T.  Robert=',  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y. 

DiRKCTORB. — Philo  Carpenter,  J. 
Blanchard,  vV.Wait.  I.  A.  Hart,  C. 
R.  Hagerty,  E.  A.  Cook,  J.  G.  Terrill, 
O.  F.  Lumry,  J.  M.  Wallace,  Isaac 
Presto!!,    Wm.   Pinkney. 

Corresponding  Seckbtary. — C.  A. 
Blanchard,  11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Recording  Secretary  and  Treasi'r- 
eu  — H'.  L.  Kellogg,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

..General  Agent  and  Lecturer. — 
J.  P.  Stoddard,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

Life  membership.  ^10. 00;  annual  do  , 
'25  cts.  Orders  for  memberships  and 
general  correspondence  of  the  Assooia- 
tion  sliouJd  be  sent  to  the  Correspond- 
ing Secretary.  All  dorations  or  be- 
ijuests,  to  the  Treasurer. 

To  THE  FhISNDS  of  THE  CHRISTIAN  RE- 
FORM IN  FliKEDOM  AND  PrAIHIK  CEN- 
TER, L\  Salle  couktv,  ill. — i  intend 
(U  V.)  to  lecture  oa  the  subject  of 
Freemasonry  dLd  kiudred  socities  ai 
Freedom  on  Tuesday  acd  Wednetday 
evenings,  Sept.  22d  and  •23d;  on 
Thursday  eveninti,  the  24tb,  at  Free- 
dom Center,  atd  on  Friday  and  Satur- 
day eveuin^p,  Sept.  25th  and  2Gth,  at 
IVairie  Center.  H.   H.  Hinman. 


Annual  Meeting  of  the  North-east 
V».  AsEociatior,  Nrv.  'H,  in  Free 
Methodist  Ha'(,  Wilktsbarrc,  Pa, 
[See  the  notice  for    the  formation  of  a 

State  organization  at  this  laeetirg.J 

♦-•"♦ 

— The  second  Leoji-annual  meeting  of 
the  Anti-Secrtcy  Association  of  Jay 
county,  led.,  will  be  held  in  West 
Chester,  Wednesday,  Sept.  3Uia,  bt- 
ginbiugai  10  A.  M. 

Indiann  Stale  CoiiTeiition, 


After  advising  with  many  of  the 
friends  ©four  reform,  we  have  conclud- 
ed not  to  call  the  State  Convention  to 
meet  before  the  28th  of  October, — one 
day  earlier  than  last  year.  This  will 
give  us  none  too  much  time  to  get 
ready.     And  now  let  me  ask  of 

EVERY  ANTI-MASON  IN  INDIANA, 

will  you  not  co-operate  with  us^m  try- 
ing to  make  this  meeting  a  complete 
fiuccsi?  Dc  Charles  .Jewetl,  one  of 
the  most  etlicient  temperance  lecturers 
of  this  ge"eration  ana  »tie  past,  declares 
that  the  slow  progress  ot  that  reform 
has  been  greatly  owing  to  the  neglect 
of  proper  aud  tliorough  organ'zilion. 
Sa  it  will  be  with  every  reform.  If 
we  would  succeed  we  must  have  a 
thoroughly  organized  and  paving  mem- 
bership. Without  this  our  cause  will 
languish,  and  our  laborers  will  suffer. 
We  roiy  protit  by  studying  the  tactics 
of  our  p.nemy.  His  f.))c?s  are  all 
thoroughly  organized;  and  there  is  no 
lack  of  friends  lo  carry  into  effect  his 
wily  Bohemec. 
We  must  not  so  or^an^ze  as  to 

HIND  AND  DDRDEN 

our  mtmbersbip.     But   some    have  al- 


ready been  burdened  because  we  have 
not  suffi  ient  organization.  Let  us  dis- 
tribute the  burden,  and  thus  make 
each  one'o  portion  lighter.  This  can 
onlv  be  done  by  raak'ng  a  rule  cover- 
ing all  auxilary  organizationF,  requir- 
ing the  payment  of  a  fixed  amount  by 
each  member,  to  go  into  the  State 
Treasury.  Let  rae  hera  say,  that  I 
cannot  a^k  a  competent  man  to  take  my 
place,  unless  some  provision  is  made 
for  hi 3  support.  It  is  not  right  to 
starve  men  in  the  midst  of  plenty. 
Thorough  organizntion  with  one  well 
paid  and  cffiiient  agent,  will  in  a  short 
time 

REVOLUTIONIZE  THE     STATE. 

"But,'"  you  ask, ''what  can  1  do?  I 
answer : 

1st,  S-e  ;hat  a  delegate  is  sent  from 
your  neighborhood,  church,  or  asso- 
ciation. 

2d,  If  you  cannot  secure  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  ddiegate,  come  yourself,  and 


prove    your     devotun    to    this    good 
cause. 

;!d,  Come  prepared  (o  asjist  us  finan- 
cially to  the  extent  of  your  ability. 

■Ith,  Ccm  i  with  words  of  counsel  and 
che<r,  and  (rod  will  bless  you  and  give 
us  a  sue  cf  st'ul  m-  eiiag. 

John  T.  Ivicoihs. 


b  won  )  /i)»nw  ,n©i«L- 


Inrorniafion    and  Action  Wanted. 


From  every  locality  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  where  there  is  a  bevy  of 
man  openly  opposed  to  secret  societies, 
and  who  wiil  appoint  a  deleg.^te  to  at- 
tend our  Convention  at  Wilkesbarree, 
Pa.,  on  the. 3d  and  4th  of  November 
next,  with  the  view  of  organising  a 
State  A nti-i Secret  Society. 

Let  us  haar  bv  letter  to  the  com 
mittee  wb' se  nsm^s  are  below  or 
ttrough  tl  e  Cynosure.  Also  from 
every  man  who  vili  become  .i  volun- 
teer delegate,  self  appointed,  to  sa'd 
meeting. 

Let  ds  hear,  as  above  stated,  and 
let  communities,  churchep,  any  organ- 
ized body.  (  pposed  to  secret  societies, 
report  and  ;\ppoint  immeda^ely,  good 
men,  citizen  ti.  clergymen,  any  suitable 
person,  to  attend  said  meeting. 

Committed:  —  Nathan  Callknder, 
Greene  Gr<>ve,  Luzerne  Co.  M.  D. 
McDouGAL,  Wilbcsbarre;  A.  L.  Post, 
Montrose,  Pa. 


Notice.  — All  persons  desiring  to 
consult  with  the  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary of  the  N.  C.  A.  concerning  lect- 
ures or  any  other  topic  connected  with 
the  work  o!  opposing  secret  sucleties, 
can  see  hiii  or  Lis  assistant  at  the 
Christicm  Cynosure  oflSce,  No.  13  Wa- 
bash Ave,,  ";rom  9  to  11  o'clock,  A.  M. 
any  day  iu  the  week  except  Sunday. 
C.  A.  Blanchard, 
Cor.  Sec'y. 


lleaAl  Readl! 


ABE  YOU  GOING  TO  CONFERENCE? 

At  intervals  a'l  through  the  year, 
minist(>rB  in  dencrainatiors  thatconfider 
Freemasonry  and  other  secret  societies 
antt  Christian,  go  to  their  district.  State 
or  General  conferences  and  associa- 
tions. A  large  number  of  such  raeet- 
igns  are  held  this  fal!.  When  you  go 
to  your  conference    will   you   not   re- 


member that  the  cause  of  opposition  to 
secret  socisties  is  suffering  for  want  of 
funds;  and  at  the  conference  introduce 
a  resolution  recommending,  the  National 
Christian  Association  to'your  churches, 
for  an  antual  contribution.  If  your 
conference  is  local,  perhaps  the  best 
thing  to  do  would  be  to  pass  a  resolu- 
tion requesting  the  General  Conference 
to  make  suca  recommendation,  and 
give  it  to  the  brethren  who  are  sent  to 
the  higher  body  to  present  there. 

If  you  have  all  the  cjiuses  on  your 
list  now  that  jou  can  rfford  to  aid, 
would  it  not  be  well  to  weigh  carefully 
the  relative  importance  of  the  objects 
you  are  row  contributing  to,  and  if  you 
find  thits  one  more  impcrtant  make  a 
change?  Hi  sure  to  take  a  copy  of 
your  Cynosure  with  you  ^nd  extend  its 
circulation  if  you  can.  When  you  re- 
turn home,  let  us  know  how  you  suc- 
ceeded with  the  resolution. 

Address  C.  A.  BLiNCHASD, 
Cor.  Secy,  N.  C.  A. 


Agents  Keports. 


There  have  not  been  put  into  the 
Cynosure  very  regularly,  because  the 
General  Agent  to  whom  they  were 
sent  was  necessarily  absei  t  a  great  deal 
of  the  time.  Arrangements  have  now 
been  made  to  have  these  reports  sent 
to  the  Corresponding  Sec  etary  aud  the 
clerk  who  assists  him  will  see  that  these 
reports  are  carefully  filed  and  the  sum- 
mary published  quarterly.  If  the  State 
agents  wi'l  be  careful  to  make  their  re- 
ports fully  and  forward  them  each 
month  promptly,  the  friends  of  the 
movement  can  more  intelligently  sym- 
tathize  T;\'ith,  and  sustain  them,  in  their 
labors.         .""^  «'  ''>^^^' 

We  trust  they  will  serd  in  their  re- 
ports for  July,  August  aid  Septembei' 
so  that  they  can  be  made  oat  for  the 
quarter  ending  Oct.  l6%  and  published 
ia  the  Cynosure  during  that  month? 
Indiaoians,  Ohioans,  I  linoians  and 
New  Yorkers  wish  to  kuow  the  facts 
about  their  agente. 

C.  A.  Blanchard, 
Cor.   Sec'y. 


tim\  mm, 


From  tlie  General  Agent— The  Indiana 
Wesley  an  Conference. 

Faibsiount,  Grant  Co.,  Ind., 

Sept.  7,  1874. 
Dear  K: — The  Wesleyan  Methodist 
Conference  has  just  closed  its  session 
at  this  place.  It  was  a  meeting  of 
great  unanimity  and  power.  The  in- 
terest of  each  meeting  was  attested  by 
the  numerous  attendance,  and  at  times 
every  available  spot  in  and  about  the 
church  was  occupied  by  eager  listeners. 
There  were  present  men  of  experience 
and  power  "with  God  and  men," 
whose  utterances  upon  this  occasion 
will  be  remembered  long  after  they 
are  in  heaven.  Bro.  Crooks  was  here 
in  the  prosecution  of  the  interests  com- 
mitted by  the  church  to  his  hands,  aud 
it  is  enough,  perhaps,  to  say  that  no 
man  could  have  done  the  work  better. 
Whether  preaching,  making  reports, 
dietributing  books  or  soliciting  funds, 
it  was  Christ  and  his  cause,  first  and 
above  al!      He    made    us    forget    the 


"Old  Adam"  as  he  held  up  the 
"Holy  One"  before  us  and  plead 
his  cause.  Long  may  he  live  to  defend 
the  truth  and  bless  the  church  and  the 
world  by  his  fearless  irresistible  utter- 
ances of  truth. 

To  speak  of  all  deserving  of  record  is 
impossible  at  present,  and  I  can  only 
add  in  general  that  I  have  seldom  if 
ever  met  a  body  of  men  and  women 
more  devoted  or  thoroughly  in  earnest, 
aud  God  witnessed  his  approval  by  the 
conversion  of  souls.  The  utterances  of 
this  coLference  against  secretism  were 
numerous  and  decisive,  and  each  broth- 
er returned  to  enter  upon  his  work 
with  new  courage  and  zeal  for  the 
Master.  J.  P.  Stoddard. 


Western    Pennsylvania— From  1).    S. 
Caldwell. 


LiNEsviLLE,  Crawfoid  Co.,  Pa., 
Sept.  5,  1874. 

Bro.  Kellogg: — I  have  been  some- 
what reticent  for  the  past  month, 
nevertheless,  I  have  been  more  than  or- 
dinarily busy.  I  left  home  on  Monday 
morning,  the  10th  of  August,  just  after 
our  Ohio  State  Convention  for  this 
State,  to  meet  a  series  of  appointments 
arranged  by  Bro.  Stoddard  in  this 
(Crawford)  county.  I  arrived  at  Spar- 
tansburg  on  the  evening  of  the  day  I 
left  home,  just  after  a  terrific  hailstorm 
which  swept  over  that  portion  of  the 
State,  destroying  every  vestige  of  the 
crop  that  had  not  been  harvested,  cut- 
ting the  corn,  potatoes,  buckwheat  and 
gardens  all  to  pieces ;  also  ruining  the 
orchards  for  miles  in  its  wake.  This 
made  the  people  look  and  feel  "blue," 
and  was  anything  else  than  a  favora- 
ble "God  send"  to  lecturers  in  the  in- 
terests of  anti-ECcrecy.  The  storm  blew 
a  large  tree  across  the  track  into  which 
the  train  ran,  between  Corry  and  Spar- 
tansburg  on  the  Oil  Creek  and  Allegheny 
River  road,  which  delayed  the  train 
in  cutting  the  tree  out  of  the  way,  and 
repairing  some  slight  damages  done  by 
the  casuality,  so  that  we  did  not  get 
through  in  time  to  fill  our  first  appoint- 
ment at  Oil  Creek  Chapel  (U.  B.), 
but  having  two  appointments  at  Spar- 
tansburg,  we  gave  them  but  one,  and 
the  other  at  Oil  Creek,  so  as  to  catch 
up  to  the  programme  as  per  arrange- 
ment 

Since  then  we  have  been  following 
the  programme  as  nearly  as  practicable, 
and  judging  from  the  eagerness  with 
which  the  people  seem  to  receive  our 
lectures,  I  am  satisfied  that  good  will 
result  from  these  labors.  I  have  lec- 
tured and  preached  twenty-two  times 
up  to  the  present,  and  will  some  eight 
more  before  I  start  for  home  to 
attend  my  conference.  We  meet  in 
Meadville,  the  county  seat,  on  Monday, 
the  7th,  to  organize  the  county,  acd 
are  looking  for  a  general  turn  out  from 
the  various  portions  of  the  same.  I 
shall  give  particulars  in  a  more  detailed 
form,  when  I  get  through  with  this 
canvass.  To-night  I  lecture  in  this 
place  (Linesville),  and  to-morrow  will 
preach  for  the  people.  Money  seems 
to  be  exceedingly  tight,  hence  buthttle 
success  in  the  way  of  finances  either 
for  the  Cynosure,  or  in  remunerstion 
for  lectures.  D.  S.  Caldwell. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


d 


Southern     Illinois— Prom    the    State 
Ageuti 


West  Belleville,  111.,  Sept.  9,  1874. 

Dear  Bro  Kellogg: — After  being 
some  time  detained  at  home  by  sick- 
ness of  mjeelf  and  family,  I  left  on 
September  Isi  to  visit  the  south  part 
of  the  State.  My  first  stop  was  at  El- 
Paso,  where  I  was  kindly  entertained 
by  our  very  earnest  friend,  Wm.  A. 
Bartlett,  a  s-iceoiag  ilason,  who  is  car- 
rying on  the  war  slaiost  alone,  against 
two  lodges,  one  R.  A.  chapter  and  one 
encampment  of  Knight  Templars.  I 
made  ariangementa  to  lecture  there  on 
the  11th  inst.,  and  came  on  to  "Normal, 
where  I  stopped  a  few  hours  and  found 
a  few  waim  friends,  but  very  strong 
opposing  irMiiences. 

From  there  I  came  to  Richview, 
Washington  county,  where  the  cause  of 
pure  Chrift'anity  hss  macy  warm 
fiiends.  Avraagements  were  made 
that  I  should  preach  in  the  Piesbyter- 
ian  chiT'ch  oa  the  following  Sabbath, 
and  lecture  in  the  M.  E.  church  on 
Sunday  evening,  and  in  the  Prtsbvter- 
ian  church  Monday  evening.  A  friend 
Jtindly  took  me  froEQ  tLeie  to  the  vicinity 
of  N'ashville,  in  the  fame  county,  where 
1  lectured  on  Friday  and  Saturday  eve- 
nings to  audiences  which  were  not  large 
but  deeply  interested.  I  found  here  quite 
a  number  of  young  people  who  have 
engaged  heart  aad  hand  in  this  reform. 
They  boM  meetings  once  a  month  ard 
are  accomplishing  excellent  rcbu'ta.  I 
was  rejoiced,  too.  at  the  thoroufWy 
Christian  spirit  la  which  the  work  was 
carried  on. 

Returning  Sibba*h  morning,  I 
preached  in  the  Presbyttrian  church  to 
a  good  and  attentive  congregation.  In 
the  evening  at  the  M.  E.  church,  my 
subject  was  "The  Relation  of  Secret 
Societies  to  the  Christian  Religion." 
The  meeting  had  been  well  advertised 
in  the  morning  by  an  old  Masonic  min- 
ister who  expressed  his  itdignalion  that 
the  church  should  ba  used  for  any  such 
purpose.  As  a  result  the  large  audi- 
ence room  was  literally  full.  The  pas- 
tor, a  Mason,  opened  the  meeting  with 
prayer.  The  atleniioa  was  fixed  uat)I 
near  the  close,  when  I  begin  to  be  in- 
terrupted by  the  Masons,  who  evidenLly 
felt  that  the  exposure  of  ihe  religion 
which  they  practiced  in  the  lodge,  was 
very  hard  to  bear.  They  die'  not,  how 
ever,  d  ny  an j  thing  that  I  had  affirmed. 
At  the  conclusion  the  pastor  said  that 
he  would  not  undertake  to  defend  or 
condemn  Masonry.  He  only  complain- 
ed that  his  work  was  seriously  inter- 
rupted by  this  diicussion,  although  it 
did  not  seem  to  interrupt  the  church 
work  when  that  pulpit  had  been  used 
to  advocate  Masonry.  A  local  preach- 
er who  is  a  Mason,  was  full  of  wrath 
and  protested  against  the  church  being 
so  "desecrated  and  defiled,"  but  I  had 
the  warm  sympathy  and  approval  of 
the  mass  of  the  congregation.  I  do 
not  believe  that  any  Masonic  minister 
•will  ever  be  sent  to  that  place,  or  if 
one  should  be  sent,  it  would  result  in 
a  considerable  secession  from  the  M.  E. 
church. 

On  Monday  evening,  notwithstanding 
there  were  other  meetings,  and  the  re- 
port had  been  industriously  circulated 
that  no  meeting  would  be  held,  yet  the 


Presbyterian  church  was  well  filled.  I 
spoke  an  hour  and  a  half,  and  had  fixed 
attention  to  the  close.  I  trust  a  las'.- 
iug  impression  was  made. 

Leaving  Richview  at  three  A.  M. 
Tuesday,  I  came  by  carriage  to  Ashley 
and  by  rail  to  Belleville,  in  St.  Clair 
county,  and  from  there  •  to  RiJge 
Prairie  where  I  four  d  our  earnest  friend 
Wm.  O^lesby,  prostr-ited  by  sickness, 
and  my  anticipated  lectures  in  that,  vi- 
cinity had  to  be  given  up.  I  returned 
the  same  day  to  Belleville  in  time  to 
attetd  the  weekly  prayer-meeting  of 
the  Free  Methodist  church.  They  are 
doing  a  blessed  work  here  and  are 
prospering.  I  am  erjoying  their  fco-- 
pitalitifcs,  and  expect  to  spenk  in  their 
church  tc-night.  To-morrow  I  turn 
my  fjicfa  homeward  rej  icing  to  kuow 
that  Egypt  is  not  altogether  a  land  of 
da-kness.  lours  in  Christ, 

H.    H.   IIlNMAN. 


District  Assoelatiou  Organized  in  Ohio. 


Senkcaville,  0.,  Sept,  7,  1874:. 
The  friends  of  the  anti- secret  cause 
met  at  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  church, 
Senecaville,  Ohio,  Saturday,  Sept.  5:h, 
for  the  purpose  tf  oioanizing  a  District 
A'?src;ation  comprising  the  Itith  con- 
gretsional  district.  John  M.  llownd 
was  clo?en  chairman;  H.  R.  Smith, 
secretary.  On  motion  of  Dr.  R.  B. 
Taylor,  a  cojamittee  on  organization 
was  appointed.  Said  committee  to  re-, 
port  at  every  session.  The  friends 
listened  to  a  telling  lecture  by  Elder 
Rathbun,?on  the  "Religion  of  Mason- 
ry."    On  motion  convention  adjourned. 

EVENING  SESSION. 

Convention  called  to  order  by  presi- 
dent; prayer  by  Richard  Horton.  The 
committee  on  organization  reported 
favorably  on  the  following  named  per- 
sons as  officers  of  the  District  Associa- 
tion: President,  Noah  Hill;  Vice- 
presidents,  Eleazer  Thompson  and. 
John  M.  Rownd;  Secretary,  Evans 
Thompson;  Treasurer,  Harmon  House- 
man; Executive  Committee,  Wm. 
Lowety,  Thos.  Richey,  R.  B,  Taylor, 
Dr.  Wharton,  Wm.  Casner,  John  Lu- 
per.  The  report  of  the  committee 
received  and  the  officers  confirmed.  On 
motion  the  convention  adjourned.  Ei- 
der Rathbun  was  listened  to  with  great 
interest  by  the  people  as  he  spoke  on 
the  ceremonies  of  Masonry.  Dr.  Tay- 
lor  was  called  upon  and  proceeded  to 
throw  some  hot  shots  at  professed 
Christians  who  were  connected  with 
the  institution  and  especially  ministerr . 
H.  R.   Smith,  Secy. 


The  Craft  in   Jfennsylvania.— Bridffe- 

water     and     Abington      Baptist 

Associations— Something  New. 


The  former,  the  Bridgewater  Asso- 
ciation, met  at  Camptowu,  Bradford 
county,  Pa. ,  during  the  last  week  in 
August.  In  one  of  their  sessions  Eld. 
A.  L.  Post  offered  a  resolution  con- 
taining an  anti-secret  clause,  which  that 
body  after  a  very  spirited  discussion  by 
the  opposite  parties,  carried  by  24  for 
to  4  against.  On  the  affirmative, 
Elds.  A.  L.  Post  and  W.  C.  Tilden 
took    a    prominent    part.     Dr.  J,   E. 


Cheshire,  a  secretist,  took  the  nega- 
tive. Amoi'g  the  things  he  said,  sub- 
stantially, was  that,  where  ihe  church- 
es came  up  to  duty,  in  the  work  of 
charity,  then  secret  societies  will  have 
no  mission  and  will  die  out.  Is  not 
this  a  grand  excuse  for  the  existence  of 
an  institution  which  is  "full  of  all  sub- 
tilty  and  mischief,  a  child  of  the  devil" 
— a  very  anti-v^hrist  in  its  nature  and 
principles  ? 

On  the  2d  and  3d  of  September 
met  the  Abirgton  Baptist  Asso-iation 
at  Olyphant,  Luzerne  county,  Pa. 
Some  few  churches  in  this  body  are 
anti-secret  and  sent  in  their  protests  by 
letter.  Among  these,  Scott  Valley 
sent  in  one  which  gave  a  brief  exposi- 
tion of  its  attitude  and  position,  which 
was,  substantially,  a  historical  vindica- 
tion of  the  church  agiinst  the  charge 
of  any  unchristian  conduct  iu  its  act  of 
disfellowshiping  secret  societies.  The 
letter  was  of  necessity  double  the 
length  of  su'^h  letters  as  usually  sent 
in  by  the  churches,  and  contained 
some  cuts  on  the  old  (?)  handmaid 
which  her  children  would  be  likely 
to  resent. 

Now  for  a  "new  thing  under  the 
sun." 

The  resolution  above  referred  to, 
passed  by  the  Bridgewater  Associa- 
tion the  week  before,  was,  by  your 
correspondent,  offered  in  the  Abing- 
ton Association  for  ed option,  and  dis- 
cussion fairly  opened.  Elders  New- 
el Callender,  and  S.  E.  Miller  took 
part  on  the  affirmative.  At  this 
point,  with  faces  flushed  with  excit- 
ment,  the  children  of  the  handmaid 
rose  in  proiection  of  their  mother, 
who  was  receiving  some  pretty  telling 
blows  from  S.  E.  Miller.  The  time 
for  preaching  had  now  come.  It  was 
moved  to  extend  the  time  five  minutes 
which  motion  after  some  confusion  and 
sparring  was  withdrawn.  Preaching 
by  Elder  A,  M,  Calkin  then  followed, 
after  which  we  expected  the  resolu- 
tion, now  squarely  before  the  body, 
would  be  resumed  and  voted  upon,  as 
usual  in  all  such  cases.  But  the  craft 
had  looked  that  door  of  free  discus- 
sion and  thrown  away  the  key.  Now 
it  came  to  pass  that  when  we  were  at 
dinner,  being  ten  or  fifteen  minutes  be- 
hind time,  our  crafty  brethren  in  our 
absence,  had  paessd  a  decree„that  next 
in  order  after  the  sermon  should  be  an 
address  by  Elder  Bevan,  then  the  min- 
utes should  be  read  and  next  to  adjourn. 
Thui  was  the  resolution  opened  by  dis 
cussion  and  then  ignominously  snatched 
from  the  hands  of  the  body  without 
a  chance  to  vote.  This  saraa  resolu- 
sion  should  go  into  the  minutes 
and  be  first  in  the  order  of  business 
and  session.  But  we  suspect  the  reso- 
lution will  be  somehow  engineered  out 
of  the  minutes  and  discussion  kept  off 
if  possible.         Nathan  Callkndbr. 


''  The  Model  Cynosure." 

If  reformers  like  The  Cynosure  pos- 
sess the  special  prophetic  and  apostolic 
gift  of  the  '  *  discerning  of  spirit,-,"  then 
doubtless  they  may  freely  adopt  or  im 
itate  the  prophetic  or  apostolic  language 
adapted  to  the  case;  and  it  will  be 
both  truthful  and   temperate.     But  in 


absence  of  such  special  gift,  the  appli- 
cation of  such  language  ia  apt  to  be 
neither  truthful  nor  temi^erate. 

There  are  evils  of  enormous  magni- 
tude connected  with  all  secret  associa- 
tions, especially  with  Freemasonry, 
evils,  however,  ffhich  are  probably  not 
manifest  to  very  many,  perhaps  not  to 
a  majority  of  those  who,  for  one  naon 
or  another,  are  members  of  such  socie- 
ties. In  such  cases  nothing  but  preju- 
dice and  ill  feeling  is  promoted  by  the 
use  of  harsh  or  censorious  language^  or 
by  an  sfatement  not  strictly  and  essen- 
tially true.  The  effort  should  be  to  let 
the  light,  clear  and  pure,  shine  directly 
upon  these  dens  of  darkness.  Give  us 
the  facts,  well  authenticated,  not  over- 
drawn or  m'sfctited,  and  the  just  and 
fair  inferences  from  them,  and  you  do 
all  the  good  that  can  be  done  in  such  a 
cause. 

And  that  the  C;/nosure  is  not  fault- 
less in  this  respect  may  be  shown  by 
reference  to  another  topic.  In  the 
issue  of  August  25th  is  an  editorial  on 
the  late  revered  Bishop  Whitehouse,  a 
man  who  should  command  the  profound 
respect  of  the  Cynosure  for  his  decided 
and  pronounced  opinions,  to  say  noth- 
ing of  his  vast  and  masterly  scholarship 
and  his  faithful  and  devoted  Christian 
and  ministerial  life.  Is  it  ignorance 
which  imputes  to  Bishop  Whitehouse 
the  spending  of  his  whole  time  and 
strength  in  building  up  a  church  which 
he  knew  to  be  substantially  shaped  by 
an  act  of  Parliament?  Nevertheless, 
such  an  imputaiion  would  be  indignant- 
ly repelled  by  every  member  of  the 
church  as  an  unworthy  slander,  and 
the  editor  of  the  Cynosure,  as  a  tolera- 
bly well  read  man,  ought  to  be  aware 
of  it.  Mr.  Cheney's  fault  was  simply 
a  viclition  of  the  law,  which  the  Bishop 
was  bound  to  enforce.  He  may  havd 
erred  in  judgment,  but  his  duty  was 
done,  and  he  did  not  shrink  from  it. 
Mr.  Cheney  was  condemned  not  by  the 
Bishop  but  by  his  peers.  The  Bishop 
has  no  such  power. 

No  intelligent  member  of  the  Epis- 
copal church,  however  strongly  might 
be  his  hostility  to  secret  societies,  can 
recommend  to  others  the  reading  of  a 
paper  so  utterly  untruthful  and  intem- 
perate in  its  notices  of  the  church  and 
of  its  bishops  and  other  ministers,  and 
because  of  its  lack  of  charity,  so  incon- 
sistent with  the  Word  of  God. 

S.  Davis, 

Ansonia,  Conn. 


From  a  Pennsvlvania  Worker. 


Phoenixvillh,  Pa.,  Sept.  7,  1874, 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

1  Em  with  Bro.  Jones  and  a  few  oth- 
ers hard  at  work  iu  the  cause  distribut- 
ing tracts  and  papers;  this  is  a  dark 
place  on  this  subject  I  have  not  been 
able  now  for  some  time  to  send  a  sub- 
fcriber  to  the  paper.  Some  intimate 
that  they  will  write  for  it  themselves, 
I  spread  the  tracts  for  miles  around 
here  and  ask  God's  blessing  upon  them. 
They  may  appear  in  some  eyes  as  con- 
temptible an  instrumentality  as  the 
cake  of  barley  bread  that  tumbled  into  ^ 
the  camp  of  the  Midianites  and  came 
unto  a  tent,  and  smote  it  that  it  fell. 
We  are  expecting  that  these  deluded 
hosts  of  secret-society  men  will  be 
overthrown  in  God's  own  way. 

The  Presbyterian  preacher  here,  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Porter,  is  the  same  man 
who  allowed  Elder  Baird  to  preach  in 
his  pulpit,  but  first  cautioned  him 
about  what  he  should  Eay.  I  think  I 
heard  Mr.  Baird  declare  it  was  the 
last  time  he  would  listen  to  any  com- 
promise, but  this  same  Mr.  Porter, 
who  is  both  a  Mason  and  an  Odd-fel- 
low now,  since  he  joined  the   Masons 


>W«    fUiaiii    i    -*»t 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE/ 


has  fallen  into  the  same  Jtind  of  troub- 
le as  H.  W.  Beecher,  and  they  have 
been  having  a  great  time  in  fixing  the 
matter.  It  is  about  as  near  adjusted  as 
Heechei'd  case,  it  io  happeiied  that 
the  lady's  husband  was  a  Mason  too, 
and  the  Masons  tried  their  hands  first, 
to  patch  the  matter  up. 

We  are  terribly  cursed  with  Mason- 
ry. It  takes  a  better  pen  than  mine  to 
deectibe  the  evil  resulting  from  minis- 
ters uniting  with  such  orders.  I  was 
going  to  exclaim,  May  God  in  his 
mercy  open  their  eyes  to  see  the  evil 
of  such  alliances !  But  he  does  open 
their  eyes  and  they  themselves  close 
them.  It  is  difficult  to  find  an  excuse 
for  such  men  who  join  the  Freemasons 
alter  what  has  been  said  about  them 
at  Phoenixville.  W.   M.  Banks. 


A    Methodist    Brother's    Experience. 


Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

I  have  been  a  member  of  the  M.  E. 
church  for  fifteen  years,  and  for  some 
ten  or  twelve  ye  ara  a  steward.  About 
seven  y ears  ^  ago  we  had  a  minister 
ramed  Owen,  who  pretended  not  to  be 
a  Mason.  Before  he  left  us  a  Mason 
died,  and  was  buried  in  the  Musonic 
rite.  I  attended  the  funeral,  and  as 
the  proceaaion  marched  by  who  should 
I  see  but  Bro.  Owen,  with  a  some- 
thing I  called  a  horse  ccilar  around  his 
neck.  No  oije  can  tell  how  I  felt,  for 
iVom  what  my  father  (who  was  a  Mason 
in  Morgan'ti  day)  had  said  about  Ma- 
sonry, I  believed  it  was  a  terrible  insti- 
tution. I  made  some  remarks  about 
the  lodge  that  stirred  him  up  terribly; 
as,  that  I  believed  the  institution  to  be 
a  trap-door  to  hell.  He  ridiculed  my 
opinions  in  the  pulpit  and  out  of  it, 
and  at  hia  'ast  quarterly  meeting  took 
away  from  me  my  stewardship.  The 
next  minister  was  not  a  Mason  he 
made  me  a  steward  again  and  so  I  re- 
mained until  1871,  when  I  was  thrown 
out  again  for  the  same  cause.  Our 
minister  was  a  Mason  and  a  chaplain  of 
the  lodge.  In  the  meantime  I  had 
been  solicited  by  Masons  to  join  them 
and  at  times  was  almost  persuaded. 
In  the  winter  of  1871  a  member  of  our 
church  handed  me  a  little  book  writ- 
ten by  Peter  and  Lucia  Cook  at  Elk- 
hart, Ind.,  which  contained  much  that 
I  had  heard  my  father  say  about  Ma- 
sonry. It  stirred  up  my  mind  so  that 
I  thought  a  man  could  not  be  a  Mason 
and  a  Christian.  On  the  26th  of  Feb- 
ruary,  1871,  my  mind  was  directed  to 
an  old  basket  that  my  father  used  to 
keep  his  papers  in,  which  I  had  care- 
fully laid  away  since  his  death  thirteen 
years  ago.  It  contained  an  old  paper, 
the  Anti-masonic  Free  Press,  publish- 
ed in  1828  in  Boston,  which  contained 
strong  testimony  against  Masonry.  I 
took  it  to  our  village,  and  showed  it  to 
several  persons.  One  Mason  was  very 
much  agitated  at  its  appearance.  I 
went  to  our  minister ;  told  him  about 
it,  and  asked  him  to  come  and  see  it. 
Previous  to  this  time  he  called  upon  us 
quite  often,  but  never  after.  Opposi- 
tion came  in  against  me  like  a  mighty 
torrent.  I  sent  to  J.  G.  Stearns  for 
one  of  his  books,  "  Inquiry  into  Free- 
masonry."  It  suited  me  so  well  that 
I  sent  and  got  one  dozen,  and  scattered 


4 


them  about.  I  went  to  our  recording 
si e ward,  who  was  a  Mason,  acd  told 
him  I  would  pay  for  preaching  up  to 
that  date,  but  could  not  pay  any  more 
to  a  Mason.  I  then  told  the  church  in 
class  meeting  that  I  had  taken  a  decided 
stand  sgainst  Freemasonry,  and  as  I 
then  felt  I  should  never  pay  one  dollar 
to  a  MaEon  for  preaching.  I  believed 
it  to  be  a  corrupt  institution,  and  I  was 
sorry  our  church  was  marred  with  it. 
Tl'.is  not  only  roused  the  displeasure  of 
the  fraternity,  but  some  of  the  church 
members.  One  of  our  most  intlucnlial 
members  said  to  me  after  meeting, 
"Brother,  I  am  sorry  you  have  taken 
such  a  stand  it  will  hurt  jour  influ- 
ence." 1  replied,  "You  pretend  to  be 
an  Anti-mason.  We  believe  the  insti- 
tution to  be  bad;  and  if  we  support  a 
minister  who  supports  Masonry,  advo- 
cates its  principles  and  ia  chaplain  of  a 
lodge,  then  we  are  doing  so  couch  for 
the  support  of  the  instiiutiau.  I  can't 
do  it.  The  Bible  says  we  shall  have 
no  fellowship  with  the  unfruitful  works 
of  darkness  but  rather  reprove  them." 

My  business  was  deranged.  I  was 
assailed  on  every  side,  EflForts  were 
made  to  destroy  my  reputation.  One 
was  to  destroy  my  oath  in  court,  which 
they  could  not  do.  On  my  way  home 
in  company  with  one  of  the  most  oflS- 
cious  ones  in  carrying  on  the  wojk,  a 
Royal  Arch  Mason,  in  answer  to  the 
question,  '  'Is  there  not  a  secret  under- 
handed game  going  on  against  me  f"  he 
answered,  "Yes,  there  is."  He  became 
very  friendly  and  sociabk;  but  I  be- 
lieve God  had  given  mn  that  spirit  of 
discernment  so  I  could  see  the  mark  of 
the  ''Beast"  in  his  forehead  so  plainly 
that  he  could  not  deceive  me.  I  had 
no  fears.  I  read  in  God's  Word  that  if 
God  was  for  me,  it  was  more  than  all 
that  could  be  against  me.  I  could 
safely  trust  him,  and  on  being  warned 
by  a  Mason  (who  was  a  friend)  to  stop 
my  opposition  to  the  lodge,  lor  I  could 
not  stand  it,  I  said  to  him.  Fear  not 
man  who  alter  he  has  killed  the  body 
there  is  nothing  more  he  can  do,  but 
fear  God  who  after  he  has  killed  the 
body  hath  power  to  cast  both  soul  and 
body  into  hell.  He  answered,  "Your 
appeal  is  too  high.  I  can't  talk  with 
you." 

0  how  often  I  would  go  into  my 
closet  and  ihere  offer  up  my  petition 
and  tell  my  trouble  to  him  who  has 
said,  ''Pray  to  thy  Father  who  is  in  se- 
cret, and  thy  H'ather  which  seeth  in  se- 
cret shall  reward  thee  openly!"  How 
plainly  this  promise  was  verified  to  me 
and  so  I  went  on  trusting  in  him  who 
has  said  he  would  never  leaye  me  nor 
forsake  me,  but  would  be  with  me  in 
the  sixth  trouble  and  would  not  leave 
me  in  the  seventh ;  and  oh !  how  true 
tlie  promise  is.     Praise  his  holy  name. 

Then  the  enemy  says  to  his  ser- 
vants, He  sends  his  milk  to  the  cheese- 
factory  and  you  go  and  turn  water 
into  it.  Now  we  will  catch  him.  It 
was  done,  but  Mr.  R.  A.  over-reaches 
himself.  Before  the  the  notice  came 
to  rae,  he  went  to  the  factory  and 
urged  80>  hard  to  know  how  my  milk 
tested  and  said  so  many  things,  that 
it  created  a  suspicion  in  the  minds  of 
the  factory  men  that  he  was  trying  to 
injure  me.     He  knew  my  milk  was  wa- 


tered long  before  I  did.  But.  when  I 
was  notified  it  was  like  a  shock  to  me. 
I  gave  all  the  explanation  I  could; 
told  them  it  was  all  right  so  far  as  I 
knew.  Masons  got  hold  of  it.  They 
carried  the  story  all  about.  These 
were  days  of  great  trial  to  me.  It 
seemed  as  though  everything  was 
against  me,  and  the  only  place  I  could 
take  comfort  was  at  the  foot  of  the 
cross,  and  the  nearest  friend  was  Jesus, 
He  held  by  me  closer  than  a 
brother.  How  wonderfully  he  sus- 
tained me !  Sometimes  when  I  would 
feel  almost  overcome  I  would  go  to 
God  for  help.  He  would  direct  my 
mind  to  some  passage  of  Scripture 
which  would  open  up  such  a  glow  of 
light  to  my  soul  that  all  darkness 
would  fly  away.  I  never  loved  God 
and  his  word  more  in  my  life.  Jesus 
all  the  day  long  was  my  joy  and  my 
song.     Praise  his  holy  name! 

Then  to  make  this  more  severe  when 
I  was  called  before  the  county  court 
as  a  witness,  after  I  gave  in  my  testi- 
mony, the  lawyer  on  the  opposite  side 
said  to  me,  "Are  you  a  farmer?"  I 
answered,  "lam."  "You  keep  cows, 
don't  you  J"  I  answered, '  'I  do. "  '  'You 
send  your  milk  to  the  factory,  don't 
you?"  "Yes,  sir."  "Havn'tyou  sentit 
there  watered?"  I  answered,  "Yes, 
sir,  if  they  told  me  right  at  the  facto- 
ry and  their  detectors  are  correct,  I 
have;  but  how  it  came  watered  I  don't 
know.  I  did  not  water  it,  and  I  will 
£ive  five  hundred  dollars  to  know  wh  o 
did.  The  judgments  of  God  w'll  rest 
on  that  man."  I  asked  the  judge  the 
privilege  of  explaining.  He  granted 
my  request,  and  told  me  to  go  back  to 
the  stand.  I  told  them  that  formerly 
I  had  but  little  trouble;  if  I  wanted 
any  favors  I  could  get  them.  If  1 
wanted  money  at  the  bank  I  could  get 
all  I  wanted.  I  bad  done  it  and  they 
did  not  ask  me  any  security.  But  of 
late  things  went  differently  with  me. 
I  told  the  court  I  had  taken  a  decided 
stand  against  Masonry.  I  had  distrib- 
uted some  Anti-masonic  books.  Since 
then  strange  things  had  happened. 
This  was  the  severest  trial  of  all 
my  life.  Through  all  of  this  persecu- 
tion I  could  but  rejoice;  for  best  of  all 
God  was  with  me,  and  I  had  his  AVord 
to  comfort  me.  In  it  I  read,  "Blessed 
are  ye  when  men  shall  revile  you  and 
persecute  you,  and  shall  say  all  man- 
ner of  evil  against  you  falsely,  for  my 
name's  sake.  Rejoice  and  be  exceed- 
ing glad,  for  great  is  your  reward  in 
heaven." 

And  now  Masons  trouble  no  more. 
Now  I  say  within  my  heart,  for  the 
sake  of  humanity,  for  the  sake  of  my 
friends,  for  the  sake  of  my  own  soul, 
and  for  the  sake  of  Jesus  Christ  who 
shed  his  blood  for  me,  I  will  have  no 
more  fellowship  with  the  unfruitful 
works  of  darkness,  but  will  rather  re- 
prove them.  E.  S.  Gratton. 
. ♦  • » 

Masonic  Barbarity. 

A  farmer  lived  near  her  who  had  an 
orchard  near  the  road-side,  and  boys, 
when  passing,  would  frequently  get 
over  the  fence  for  some  apples.  One 
day  he  discovered  some  boys  in  his  or- 
chard and  immediately  started  for 
them,  swearing  vengeance  on  them,    if 


he  could  cuch  them;  but  all  succeeded 
in  getting  away  except  one  little  fellow 
about  seven  years  old.  He  caught  this 
child,  the  only  son  of  a  poor  widow, 
and  beat  and  kicked  him,  until  he  was 
nearly  dead,  and  then  left  him  to  be 
carried  home  by  a  passer  by,  to  his  al- 
most distracted  mother,  where  he  died 
in  a  few  hours  This  poor  woman  al- 
most heart-broken  at  the  cruel  murder 
of  her  darling  only  child,  with  no  one 
to  help  her,  made  complaint  to  the 
proper  authorities  and  had  the  murder- 
er arrested.  This  man  was  a  worthy 
member  of  a  Freemason  lodge,  and  a 
brother  Mason  saw  the  deed  committed ; 
but  when  the  trial  came  off,  the  witness 
was  nowhere  to  be  found  and  the  phy- 
sician who  examined  the  child  {being 
also  a  Freemason)  said  that  he  had  the 
"life  complaint,"  and  could  not  have 
lived  long  any  way;  and  there  could 
not  be  a  jury  found  to  convict  the  mur- 
derer of  an  innocent,  helpless  little 
child .  These  are  some  of  the  work- 
ings of  this  so-called  benevolent  insti- 
tution in  which  men  are  banded  togeth- 
er, and  have  sworn  by  the  most  horri- 
ble oaths  to  protect  each  other,  right 
or  wrong.  These  are  the  simple,  un- 
varnished facts  as  near  as  I  can  relate 
them.  There  may  be  good  Christians 
belonging  to  this  fraternity ;  but  how 
they  can  continue  to  affiliate  with  such 
a  dangerous  institution  is  beyond  my 
comprehension;  and  how  so  many 
ministers  of  the  Gospel  can  consent  to 
be  complicated  in  such  disgraceful  pro- 
ceedings, is  a  mystery  yet  to  be  solvedv 
— Correspondence  Am.   Wesleyan. 


OUK  MAIL. 


John  Hiner,  Waller,  0.,  writes: 

"I  do  all  I  can;  that  is  only  a  little,  but 

DROPS  MATCK  THE  BUCKET  FUXL." 

We  capitalize  the  last  words  for  the  en- 
couragement of  workers  who  do  not  now 
realize  large  results  for  their  labors,  Mr. 
Hiner  says  that  they  need  lecturers  in  his 
part  of  ttie  country  badly, 

Mrs.  M.  A.  Gamble,  Wilford,  Mich., 
writes: 

"I  rejoice  in  your  progress  in  this  reform, 
and  will  ever  pray  that  the  hands  of  your 
arms  may  be  strengthened  by  the  mighty 
God  of  Jacob." 

She  writes  that  Masonry  is  strong  in 
Milford,  and  that  the  grange  Is  growing. 
J.  C.  Berryman,  Houghton,  111.,  writes: 
"The  bright  pages  of  the  Oyiwsvre  lie  on 
the  table  before  me.  .  .  .  Will  the 
principles  they  advocate  with  such  firm- 
ness be  supported  by  the  brave  yeomaury 
of  the  land  as  they  should  be?  .  .  What 
the  great  future  has  in  store  for  us  we  can- 
not say,  or  what  course  others  may  take 
on  the  Masonic  question  which  is  being 
so  deliberately  discussed  by  so  many,  I 
know  not.  But  as  for  me,  down  with  that 
Freemasonry." 
Rev.  L.  A.  Wickey,  Mt.  Top,  Pa.,  writes: 
"Other  subscribers  will  come  through 
H.  T.  Slaughenhaupt,  who  is  at  work. 
Where  ever  we  go  we  have  a  word  for  the 
Cynosure.  Are  doing  all  we  can  in  this 
anti-secrecy  work,  trusting  in  God  for  suc- 
cess. On  my  circuit,  where  we  have  had 
two  powerful  lectures  delivered  against 
secrecy,  I  have  lately  had  the  most  suc- 
cessful missionary  meetings  it  ever  was  my 
pleasure  to  hold  since  in  the  ministry." 
Thos.  Relyea,  Watertown,  N.  Y.,  writes: 
"I  hand  the  papers  to  my  friends  and 
neighbors  to  read  and  try  to  convince  them 
of  the  evil  of  those  secret  societies  that  are 
in  our  country.  ...  I  do  not  see  how 
I  can  do  without  the  Christian  Cynosure; 
please  to  send  it  on  as  heretofore." 

J.  W.  G.  McCormick,  Manhattan,  Kan., 
writes : 

"This  country  has  been  visited  and  laid 
waste  by  the  grasshoppers.  Corn  and  veg- 
atables  almost  totally  destroyed.  The 
Kansas  Valley  presents  the  aspect  of  an 
inhabited  desert,    Drowth  continued  since 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


June  last,  and  every  thing  is  parched  and 
dry." 

Wm.  Whetham,  Houghton,  111.,  writes: 
''I  like  the  Cynosure  because  it  is&o  fear- 
less and  outspoken  in  the  cause  of  truth, 
and  my  sympathies  are  with  it  in  its  efforts 
to  destroy  the  hidden  works  of  darkness." 
John  A.  Allen,  Bremen,  O.,  writes: 
"I  am  doing  all  I  can  for  your  paper." 
A.  Ramsey,  Portland  Mills,  Ind.,  sends 
four  subscriptions  for  a  j^ear,  and  writes: 

"I  would  be  pleased  to  have  your  excel- 
lent paper  circulated  in  this  vicinity  as  it 
might  be  instrumental  in  letting  heaven's 
light  shine  into  the  dark  localities  around 
us  where  the  baleful  influences  of  Masonry 
and  the  grangers  are  operating  to  put  re- 
ligion and  civilization  back  at  least  a  thou- 
sand years." 
J.  W.  Logue,  Northfield,  O.,  writes: 
"I  am  in  entire  sympathy  with  your  ef- 
forts in  opposition  to  secret  societies ,  and 
in  my  sphere  am,  and  ever  have  been,  op- 
posing them  for  many  years,  not  as  a  spec- 
ialty, but  unmistakably  ever  as  far  as  I 
could  in  connection  with  the  other  inter- 
ests demanding  my  attention." 
John  Torrens,  Benzonia,  Mich,,  writes: 
"My  rule  of  life  is  never  engage  in  any- 
thing on  which  I  cannot  ask  the  blessing 
of  God;  and  I  feel  as  if  I  could  on  your 
enterprise  with  a  good  will  go  on  and  pros- 
per." 

D.  Baker,  Remington,  Ind.,  writes: 
"It  would  be  my  greatest  pleasure  to 
send  you  a  hundred  names.    The  paper  is 
worthy  of  a  large  list  of  subscribers.    I  dis- 
tributed those  tracts.    I  think  they  did 
good.     I  keep  my  papers  moving,  and  I 
keep  JFinney's  book  in  play  all  the  time. 
I  see  no  reason  for  discouragement.    Why? 
Because  the  Lord  is  on  our  side  and  truth 
...will  prevail.    Our  election  soon  comes  off. 
I i, Where  are  we  to  look  for  tickets?    There 
.  is  nothing  done  in  this  county  (Jasper)  on 
this  question  for  want  of  money  and  lec- 
turers.   As  to  the  question  of  making  this 
a  political  issue  I  am  ready  any  time.    I 
began  voting  the  anti-slavery  ticket  when 
there  was  only  three  voles  cast  for  it  in 
town.    I  have  lived  to  see  a  glorious  vic- 
tory.   May  the  Lord  give  us  a  victory  in 
this  cause,  and  Charles  Francis  Adams  for 
the  next  President." 
An  agent  at  West  Newton,  Ind.,  writes  : 
"I  attended  a  Quaker  meeting  one  day 
and  sold  twenty  books." 

We  hope  all  who  have  books  will  press 
their  sale.    Those  who  will  improve  op- 
portunities will  not  lack  opportunities  to 
^^  improve.    We  hope  many  will  follow  the 
example  of  M.  Kelly,  Bentonville,   Ind. 
He  has  had  four  "good,  reliable,  earnest 
Anti-masons  and    patriots"    canvass    his 
.^  county  from  north  to  south  and  from  east 
'  rto  west  and  paste  up  and  put  into  the 
hands    of    reading  and    thinking   people 
nearly  3,000  tracts. 
A  friend  at  Constable,  N.  Y.,  writes: 
"I  long  to  see  our  Methodist  Episcopal 
preachers  where  they  ought  to  be,  taking 
some  action  against  Masonry.    Our  papers 
and  tracts  are  doing  good  here.     We  have 
a  goodly  number  that  are  strongly  opposed 
to  the  lodge.    Some  have  gone  so  far  as  to 
refuse  to  support  a  minister  that  is  a  Ma- 
son.   But    I  can't  get  them    to    make    a 
move,  either  for  the  paper,  tracts,  or  mem- 
bership.   Perhaps  one  good  lecture  would 
rouse  them  and  put  them  in  working  order." 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Third 
(Quarter,  1874, 


July 

Aug. 

it 
Sept 


Gospel  op  Mark. 

5.  i.  1-11.    Beginning  of  the  Gospel. 

12.  i.  16-27.    Tlie  Authority  of  Jesus. 

19.  i.  45-48.    The  Leper  Healed. 

26.  ii.  14-17.    The  Puhlican  Called. 

2.  ii.  23-28,  ili.  1-5.    Jesus  and  Sabbath 

9.  Iv.  35-41.    Power  over  Nature. 

16.  V.  1-15.    Power  over  Demons. 

23.  V.  14-24.    Power  over  Disease. 

80.  V.  22-2.3,35-4:3.    Power  over  Death. 

.  6.  vi.  20-33.    Martyrdom  of  the  Baptist. 

13.  vi.  :W-44-     Five  Thousand  Fed. 

20.  vii.  24-30.    The  Phoenician  Mother. 

27.  Review. 


LESSON    XXXix. — SEPT.    27,      1874. — THIRD 
QXTAETEKLY  REVIEW. 


Matthew  writes  for  the  Hebrews;  con- 
nects the  New  Testament  with  the  Old. 

Mark  writes  for  the  Romans,  intelligent, 
busy,  practical  people,  thinking  favorably  , 
of  religion,  judging  it  by  its  fruits,  inquir-  | 
ing  who  Jesus  was.    Recall  Mark's  family, 
with  whom  he  labored,  his  history,  pecu- 
liarities of  his  style.    See  lesson  xxvii. 

This  Gospel  has  been  divided  into  five 
parts:  (1)  Jesus,  co-worker  with  the  Bap- 
tist— preparatory,  Mark  i.  1-13.  (2)  Jesus 
after  the  Baptist — warfare  with  the  king- 
dom of  evil  begun — Mark  i.  14  to  end  of 
last  lesson.  (3)  The  warfare  in  Perea, 
Mark  x-  34.  (4)  The  warfare  continued 
in  Judea,  Mark  x.  15-47.  (5)  The  final 
triumph  in  his  resurrection. 

We  have  studied  parts  1  and  2 ;  the  next 
twelve  lessons  carry  us  through  the  re- 
mainder. 

Review  (1) — Jeam  witli  tlue  Baptist.  Re- 
call account  of  the  Baptist — whom  he  an- 
nounces— place  of  the  Baptist  in  prophesy 
— his  special  work— meaning  of  his  bap- 
tism— his  message — peculiarities  of  his 
preaching — his  popularity— his  success— 
his  appearance — his  food — his  honor — 
where  he  baptized  Jesus — the  voice,  from 
heaven — descent  of  the  Holy  Spirit — how 
prove  claim  of  Jesus  as  Messiah — His  au- 
thority. 

Review  (2)  Jesus  begtmiinr/  (he  warfare 
ivith'enl.  His  teaching— call  of  his  disci- 
ples— their  obedience — become  followers — 
how  scholars — names  of  diseases  healed — 
men  in  want  (five  thousand) — in  storm 
(on  the  sea). 

How  these  are  signs  of  sin.  Authority 
of  Jesus  overcomes  all.  Recall  exam- 
ples. 

The  unclean  spirits,  "Let  us  alone.    We 

.  .  .  know  thee."  The  leper,  "Lord 
if  thou  wilt."  The  publican— gives  up  his 
situation  at  Christ's  word — the  Pharisees 
are  silenced — the  rescued  disciples  are 
amazed — the  demons  cry  out,  "Thou  Son 
of  the  most  high  God" — all  recognized  the 
power  of  Jesus. — American  Sunday-School 
Union  Lessons. 


Beproring  Scholars. 


Parallel  Passages. — Mark  i.  1-4C; 
Luke  V.  27-82,  vi.  1-11;  Mark  v.  1-34;  Matt. 
xiv.  1-21;  Mark  vii.  14-30;  Ps.  cxix.  145- 
176;  Ps.lxxii.  1-19. 

Having  studied  the  first  and  a  portion  of 
the  second  gospel,  a  review  gives  a  good 
opportunity  for  the  scholars  to  individual- 
ize the  gospels  of  their  writers- 


Reprove  your  scholars  in  private,  if 
you  must  reprove  them  at  all.  Pre- 
judice is  easily  awakened  in  a  mature 
mind,  much  more  easily  than  in  an  im- 
mature mind.  Especially  at  the  pro- 
voking age  (that  is,  with  boys  about 
fourteen,  with  girls  about  sixteen) 
don't  for  the  world  let  them  provoke 
you.  Take  a  big  circuit  and  get  around 
them  with  a  little  sarcasm,  that  does 
not  appear  persona),  that  applies  it- 
self, but  don't  publicly  reprove;  and 
the  hardest  things  you  say  say  good 
naturedly  and  with  coolness.  If  you 
wish  to  reprove  invite  the  troublesome 
one  to  your  house  and  reprove  with  a 
good  time .  If  you  must  say  something 
hard  "aim  low,"  as  old  Iron  sides  al- 
ways said,  and  hit  the  heart  instead  of 
the  head.  Lecturing  a  Sunday-school 
class   is   so    very    dangerous. — S.    S. 

Times. 

■  *t*     — 

The  most  discouraging  aspect  of  the 
present  Sunday-school  system  is  the 
too  prevailing  neglect  on  the  part  of 
classes  to  ''get"  the  lessons,  and  the 
careless  and  unskillful  way  in  which 
they  are  often  slurred  over.  This  is 
positively  as  well  as  negatively  bad. 
Any  work  shammily  done  is  bad,  and 
inflicts  harm  upon  the  character  of  the 
person  who  does  it.  Faithfulness 
should  be  a  prime  article  in  one's  prac- 
tical creed.  The  habit  of  learning  each 
week  the  lesson  of  the  week  would  be 
a  noble  part  of  one's  religious  training. 
Training  and  learning  must  go  togeth- 
er. Is  it  possible  to  bring  about  a  ref- 
ormation In  our  Sunday-schools  in  this 
respect!  We  firmly  believe  it  is.  Not 
of  course  at  »  leap,  or  by  a  spasm . 
But  it  can  be  done.  The  dawning  hope 
that  it  can  be,  is  itself  a  pledge  of  suc- 
cess. It  will  come  to  pass  through  the 
more  faithful  and  inore  skillful  work  of 


the  teachers.  It  is  not  a  change  of 
teachers  that  is  needed.  The  finest 
culture  and  character  in  the  churches 
is  already  in  the  Sunday-schools.  But 
the  simple  and  transcendent  ly  cheerful 
fact  is  this,  that  good  teachers,  under 
the  influence  of  suitable  training,  can 
be  made,  or  rather  make  themselves, 
into  better  teachers.  And  with  bet- 
ter teaching  there  will  be  better  learn- 
ing. To  be  sure  one  cannot  compel  a 
horse  to  drink;  but  go  out  into  any 
pasture  and  one  will  readily  see  how 
well-trodden  are  all  the  paths  that 
lead  to  the  spot  where  the  freshest  wa- 
ter is  to  be  had.  Normal  classes,  teach-  j 
ers'  meetings,  town  institutes,  county 
institutes,  conventions,  great  and  small, 
let  them  have  free  course,  the  result 
of  them  will  yet  be  a  vastly  better 
trained  corps  of  teachers,  and  millions 
of  scholars  actually  learning  the  lee- 
sons. — Illustrated  Bible  Studies.  . 

ftfx\§,  %tm  Ifi^r. 


The  Twenty-Fourth  of  June. 


No  fact  is  more  insisted  upon  by  Ma- 
sons, than  that  St.  John  was  a  brother: 
So  his  day  is  kept  by  them.  St.  John 
was  nc  t  a  mason  by  trade,  and  was  not 
a  Freemason  by  profession;  it  is  putting 
contempt  on  the  forerunner  of  the 
great  Messias,  to  pretend  that  he  was  a 
Freemason;  it  is  a  reproach  upon  the 
holy  prophet  of  the  Lord,  and  upon 
the  austere  preacher  of  repentance,  to 
call  him  a  Ftoemason,  and  keep  a  day 
to  his  honor,  as  the  worthy  brother  of 
a  secret  society,  whose  revelries  and 
banquetings  are  too  oiten  made  public, 
to  the  shame  of  the  members  who  are 
not  shameless,  and  to  the  corruption 
of  good  manners  and  pure  morals. 

All  lodges  and  halls  of  Masons,  are 
said  to  be  dedicated  to  St.  John.  Ma- 
sonry by  its  own  account  in  much  older 
than  he,  but  it  does  not  appear  to 
whom  hall  3  were  previously  dedicated. 
Nor  can  we  think  that  Hindoo  and  In- 
dian and  Mahommedan  Masons  would 
dedicate  their  lodges  to  a  Christian 
saint;  therefore,  brother  Masons,  the 
infallible  tradition  and  the  lectures  of 
Freemasonry  are  wrong,  which  repre- 
sent the  order  to  be  universal,  and 
everywhere  the  same  in  Christian  and 
heathen  lands.  Would  a  Mahomme- 
dan call  the  Christian  Scriptures  the 
first  great  light  of  Freemasonry?  The 
Bible,  square,  and  compass,  lights  in  a 
lodge  of  Chinese  or  of  Hottentots? 
Just  as  soon  you  might  find  the  Koran 
in  the  Christian  pulpit,  or  the  African 
nose  and  black  face  upon  the  descen- 
dants of  the  Puritans. 

The  pretense  to  St.  John's  being  a 
Freemason,  is  a  cloak  to  cover  up  the 
excesses  of  the  secret  meeting,  and  a 
stumbling-block  to  throw  before  good 
wives  who  complain  of  their  husbands 
for  being  out  at  a  midnight  hour,  where 
refreshments  are  taken  to  excess.  St. 
John's  day  is  kept  to  impose  upon 
honest  men,  and  make  them  think  Free- 
masonry is  religious,  if  it  be  not  religion 
itself.  I  do  not  mean  that  our  Free- 
masons would  thus  impose  upon  us:  I 
rather  suppose  they  are  imposed  upon, 
and  that  they  observe  the  day  in  full 
faith  that  St.  John  was  a  good  brother^ 


Freemasonry  originated  among  me- 
chanics, and  constituted  its  first  Grand 
Lodge  at  London,  A.  D.  1717.  In 
England  Masons'  holiday,  or  24  th  of 
June,  is  mechanics'  holiday,  and  had 
been  more  than  1 50  years  before  the 
word  of  Freemasonry,  or  speculative 
Masonry  had  existence.  Masons  kept 
it,  and  in  Engiand  now  keep  it,  only  as 
one  mechanic  trade  among  a  hundred 
others.  And  as  the  Hon.  C.  D.  Col 
den  says, — "the  Masonic  society  has 
no  more  pretense  to  a  divine  origin, 
than  the  societies  of  stationers,  butch- 
ers, bakers,  carpenters,  or  any  other 
trade,"  so  it  is  true  that  Masons  have 
no  more  pretense  to  keep  the  24th  of 
June  a  holiday,  than  the  societies  of 
tailors,  cordwainere,  blacksmiths,  or 
any  other  craft  or  trade. 

The  statute  of  ;"'th  Elirabetli  A.  D. 
1562,  which  repeals  that  of  Ed.  8, 
that  of  Henry  6th,  and  all  others  re- 
lating to  artificers'  wages,  ordains,  that 
the  wages  of  mechanics  shall  be  deter- 
mined annually  by  the  justises  of  each 
shire  and  others;  it  punishes  with  im- 
prisonment both  him  that  gives,  and 
him  that  receivep,  more  that  the  statute 
wages ;  and  it  describes  mechanics  as 
those  who  exercise  any  "mystery,  art, 
science,  labor,  or  manual  occupation. ' 
''Sciences,  crafts,  mysteries,  or  arts 
of  thirty-one  named  trades  of  mechan- 
ics, is  a  clause  of  section  3,  and  is  re- 
ferred to  in  section  4,  by  '  'the  afore- 
said arts  and  sciences,''  viz:  The  31 
enumerated  mechanic  arts.  The 
words  "feat,  mystery,  or  art  of  a  mer- 
chant, draper,  goldsmith,"  &c.  used  in 
this  statute,  readily  explain  the  origin 
of  all  Masonic  pretensions  to  art,  and 
mystery,  and  learning, — they  sprung 
with  the  apron  and  trowel  from  the 
"feat,  mystery,  art,  and  ecienee"  of 
hammering  stone,  and  laying  wall. 

In  this  statute,  too,  is  the  Masonic 
word  tyler,  '  'rough  mason,  brickmaker, 
bricklayer,  tyler,  slater,  tylemaker," 
&c  The  tyler  covers  the  Masonic 
lodge,  by  keeping  off  cowans,  as  the 
slate,  or  brick  tyler  covers  the  house 
with  a  roof  of  impervious  slate  or  brick. 
Sec.  20,  fixes  the  time  from  and 
after  which,  the  various  trades  mys- 
teries, cralt9,  and  sciences,  might, 
under  limitations  given,  take  apprentices 
to  their  several  callings  for  seven  years; 
and  that  time  is  "the  feast  of  the  na- 
tivity of  St.  John  the  Baptist."  Thup 
that  day  probably  became,  and  now  is, 
English  mechanics  holiday;  for  as  his 
seven  years  servitude  on  that  day  be- 
gins, so  on  that  day  his  life  of  servi- 
tude ends,  and  freedom  commences, 
which  is  a  holiday. 

This  statute  was  passed  before  the 
Union  of  England  and  Scotland,  and 
does  not  extend  to  Scotch  mechanics. 
But  the  Masons  of  Scotland  forming  a 
Grand  Lodge,  A.  D.  1736,  as  England 
had  done  A.  D.  I7l7,  it  was  proposed 
to  make  the  24th  of  Jun^,  or  St.  John's 
day,  Scotch  Masons'  holiday :  but  na- 
tional pride  rallied  around  St.  Andrew, 
the  patron  saint  of  Scotland,  and  the 
Scotch  dedicated  their  services  to  him, 
and  kept  30th  of  Nov.  St.  Andrew's 
day,  in  honor  of  their  ancient  brother, 
St.  Andrew! — Anti-masonic  Review, 
1829,  '" '"' 


..m   ddT     ;L 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ExecutiTC  Committee  Notice. —The  Executive  Commit 
tee  of  the  National  Christian  Association  will  meet  at  the 
Cynosure  office  on  Saturday,  September  19th.  at  11  o'clock 
A.  M.,  for  the  transaction  of  business.  A  full  attendance 
is  requested.    By  order  of  the  Chairman. 

Read  in  this  issue  a  communication  headed,  "The 
Model  Cynosure:''  It  is  one  of  two  articles  censuring 
what  the  Cynosure  said  respecting  the  late  Bishop 
"Whitehouse.  Neither  of  the  writers  suggests  that 
there  was  any  mistake  about  Bishop  Whitehouse's 
kneeling  before  the  Pope  of  Rome  amid  his  worship- 
ers, which,  in  fact,  and  in  the  eyes  of  the  world  was 
worshiping  that  pontiff.  Both  articles,  too,  (or  we  do) 
misapprehend  the  ground  of  our  opposition  to  the 
lodge  as  a  worship  rivalling  God's.  They  speak  of 
"evils  of  enormous  magnitude  connected  with  all  se- 
cret associations."  But  the  writers  are  candid  and 
deserve  a  respectful  hearing. 

WHEATON  COLLEGE  SUBSCKIPTION— A  REPORT. 


I  have  received  in  cash  and  cash-subscriptions  be- 
tween eight  and  nine  hundred  dollars  in  my  visits  to 
tlio  churches  this  summer.  My  road  expenses  were 
provided  for  by  special  contract.  The  ladies  of  SterHng 
gave  me  fifteen  dollars  for  a  temperance  speech,  Judge 
Parks,  of  Wenona,  gave  me  live  dollars  for  my  sermon, 
and  Rev.  A.  Baker,  of  Tiskilwa,  two  dollars  for  my 
expenses;  and  Deacon  R.  E.  Adams,  of  (College 
Springs,  Iowa,  and  G.  W.  Needles,  of  Albany,  Mo., 
raised  and  paid  rac  forty-two  dollars,  which  were  my 
expenses  on  that  trip.  The  balance,  money  and  sub 
scriptions,  to  the  uttermost  farthing,  goes  into  the 
treasury  of  Wheatou  College,  deducting  nothing  for 
my  salary  or  support.  The  subscription  at  College 
Springs  was  in  the  hands  of  Dr.  Morrison  when  I  left 
for  Missouri,  the  friends  there  intending  to  increase  it. 
I  will  account  for  this  in  detail  when  it  comes.  Up  to 
the  Missouri  trip  the  subscription  stands  as  follows: 

Princeton,  111.,  and  vicinity,  cash  and  subscriptions,  $203; 
Wyanet,  $60 ;  Maiden,  $75 ;  Moline,  $75 ;  Cambridge,  $75 ; 
Providence  and  Tiskilwa,  $11.50;  Wenona,  $125;  Farm 
Itidge,  $5 ;  Ottawa,  $25 ;  Streator,  $25 ;  Grand  Ridge,  $25. 
Total,  $704  50. 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  subscription  paper  for  the  above 
amounts  together  with  the  cash  proceeds  have  been  received 
by  me.  H.  A.  Fischer, 

Treasurer  of  Wheaton  College. 

NOTE. 

Wherever  I  have  been  this  summer  I  have  spoken 
earnestly  for  the  cause  represented  by  the  Cynosure; 
antl  have  felt  certain  that,  as  of  old,  if  the  temples, 
altars  and  groves  of  Baal  were  destroyed,  the  money 
would  be  forthcoming  for  repairing  the  temple  and 
worship  of  the  true  God.  Thus  far  I  have  not  been 
disappointed.  I  have  been  received  with  a  cordiality 
and  kindness  above  my  deserts. 

Our  college  debt  is,  of  course,  not  yet  cancelled, 
and  I  am  still  ready  to  go  and  lecture  against  the  mod- 
ern anti-Christ  wherever  the  people  will  do  something 
to  help  extinguish  this  debt  on  our  beautiful  college 
buildings.  The  term  and  year  are  opening  full  of  hope 
and  prosperity.  Letters  addressed  to  me  at  Wheaton, 
Illinois,  always  receive  prompt  attention. 

In  haste,  yours  in  Christ,  J.  Blanchamd. 

■ .» ■ » — 

THE  WHIT*;  LEAGUES. 


The  frequently  recurrirg  murders  in  the  South  of 
late  point  to  another  Ku-Klux  war,  in  which  the  in- 
terference of  the  general  government  was  necessary  in 
the  Carolinas.  The  same  Klan  yet  continues  to 
carry  on  its  sworn  business  in  Kentucky,  Tennessee 
and  other  Southern  States.  Deputy  ^United  States 
Marshal  Will's  Russell  has  reported  to  the  marshal  for 
the  distiict,  Gen.  E.  H.  Murray,  murders  and  depre- 
dations, of  which  the  following  is  a  summary: 

"More  than  one  hundred  men  have  been  killed, 
wounded  or  driven  away  from  that  portion  of  Owen 
and  Henry  counties  lying  on  the  Kentucky  river,  by 
the  Ku-Klux  in  the  last  three  years.  These  have  been 
mostly  colored  people,  although  some  white  men  are 
n  eluded.     The   majority  of  the   people  are  all    good 


citizens,  and   are  at   heart  violently  opposed   to  these 

Ku-Klux,  but  they  are  under  a  reign  of  terror,  and 

are  really  afraid  to  express  their  opinions,  not  knowing 

what   moment   they    will    h»ve   to   pay  the  penalty. 

Whenever  the  country  is  ridden  of  these   pests  it  will 

be   as   flourishing  a  community  as  it  was   before   the 

Ku-Klux  organisation."     Russell  is  an  ex-Confederate 

soldier  and  supports  h's  statemeats  with  affidavits. 

But   the   most   violent  exhibition  of  the  intolerant 

spirit,  which  slavery  nourished  and  the  blistering  fires 

of  war  could  not  wholly  kill   out,  shows  itself  in  the 

extreme   South,  especially    Alabama   and   Louisiana. 

The   desperadoes   of    these    regions   call    themselves 

"White  Leagues."    Their  object  is  sufficiently  plain. 

They  do  not   hope  to  re-enelave  the  colored  man,  but 

by  threats,  intimidation  and   the  bullet,  they  aim  to 

drive  him  and   his  white  friend   from  Southern  fields. 

The  constitutions  of  these  lodges  and  their  resolutions, 

interpreted  by  the  recent  outrages  they  have  commited, 

are  proof  of  this.     Extracts  from  the  constitution  of 

the  Crescent  City  White  League  of  New  Orleans,  sent 

by  a  member  to  the  Chicago  Inter- Ocean,  read   thus: 

"  Were  the  negro  willing  to  listen  to  the  voice  of  reason, 
we  could  demonstrate  even  to  his  understanding  that  the 
predominance  of  our  race  in  government  is  indispensable 

to  his  well  being. They  have 

become  maddened  by  the  hatred  and  conceit  of  race,  and 
it  has  become  our  duty  to  save  them  and  to  save  ourselves 
from  the  fatal  probabilities  of  their  stupid  extravagance 
and  reckless  vanity,  by  arraying  ourselves  in  the  name  of 
white  civilization,  presuming  that  just  and  legitimate  su- 
periority in  the  administration  of  our  State  affairs  to  which 
we  are  entitled  by  superior  responsibility,  superior  num- 
bers and  superior  intelligence." 

Add  again: 

"  Indeed,  it  is  with  some  hope  that  a  timely  and  pro- 
claimed union  of  the  whites  as  a  race,  and  their  efficient 
preparation  for  any  emergency,  may  arrest  the  threatened 
horrors  of  a  social  war,  and  teach  the  blacks  to  beware  of 
further  insolence  and  aggression,  that  we  call  upon  the  men 
of  our  race  to  leave  in  abeyance  all  lesser  considerations ; 
to  forget  all  differences  of  opinions  and  all  prejudices  of 
the  past ,  and  with  no  object  in  view  but  the  common  good 
of  both  races,  to  unite  with  us  in  an  earnest  effort  to  re-es- 
tablish a  white  man's  government  in  the  city  and  the  State." 

During  July  and  August  the  New  Orleans  Republi- 
can published  the  following  declarations: 

From  the  Alto  White  League: 

"  That  we  regard  it  the  sacred  and  political  duty  of  every 
member  of  this  club  to  discountenance  and  socially  pro- 
scribe all  white  men  who  unite  themselves  with  the  Radical 
party ;  and  to  supplant  every  political  opponent  in  all  his 
vocations  by  the  employment  and  support  of  those  who 
ally  themselves  with  the  white  man's  party ;  and  we  pledge 
ourselves  to  exert  our  energies  and  use  our  means  to  the 
consummating  of  this  end." 

The  St  Mary  League: 

"  We  enter  into  and  form  this  league  for  the  protection  of 
our  own  race  against  the  daily  increasing  encroachments  of 
the  negro,  and  are  determined  to  use  our  best  endeavors  to 
purge  our  legislative,  judicial  and  ministerial  offices  from 
such  a  horde  of  miscreants  as  now  assume  to  lord  it  over  us. 

That  to  accomplish  this  end  we  solemnly  pledge  our 
honor  to  each  other  to  give  our  hearty  support  to  all  that 
this  league  may  determine  by  a  majority  of  votes  cast  at 
any  regular  meeting,  and  to  aid  to  the  utmost  of  our  ability 
in  carrying  out  such  measures  as  it  may  adopt." 

The  Franklin  League: 

"  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  convention  that  every  mem- 
ber of  the  White  League  organization  is  in  honor  and  duty 
bound  zealously  to  support  and  vote  for  each  and  every 
regular  nominee  of  the  organization,  to  the  exclusion  of  all 
other  candidates  or  persons  whatever." 

These  extracts  plainly  show  the  Masonic  nature  of 
these  sworn  secret  leagues.  It  is  a  purely  political 
application  of  the  lodge;  and  its  great  demonstration 
was  made  in  the  Red  River  parishes  when  six  white 
men,  four  of  them  offi.;ers  ot  the  parish  (or  county), 
and  a  number  of  negroes  were  murdered  in  cold  blood. 
There  is  no  promise  that  this  butchery  will  be  alone, 
except  the  proclamations  of  a  weak  State  government; 
and  last  week  a  lot  of  arms,  said  to  be  for  the  White 
Leagues  of  the  city,  were  landed  at  New  Orleans. 
The  intention  of  the  authorities  to  siese  them  being 
known,  the  lodges  and  their  organs  threatened  and 
howled,  but  durst  not  prevent  the  siezure. 

The  efforts  of  the  South  to  shake  off  a  government 
of  office  plunderers  who  used  the  colored  vote  to  secure 
plunder  and  power,  were  receiving  much  sympathy  in 
all  parts  of  the  country.  While  carried  on  legally 
and  with  a  view  to  the  better  condition  of  all  classes, 
they  were  encouraged,  but  the  introduction  of  this 
feature  into  a  political  war  is  everywhere  deprecated, 
and  must  cause  such  a  revulsion  of  feeling  in  the  North 
as  will  greatly  hinder  the  permanent  re-establlshmeut 
of  peaceful  authority  in  the  South.     The  party  journ- 


als are  enlarging  daily  on  the  topic,  and  barricading 
the  weak  points  of  the  dominant  party  with  the  bodies 
and  goods  of  the  White  League  victims. 

The  present  outbreak  may  be  suppressed  by  the 
respectiye  State  authorities,  to  whom  properly  belongs 
that  work.  At  least  an  appeal  to  the  general  govern- 
ment would  bring  all  needed  assistance.  So  that  a 
continuation  of  these  massacres  seems  needless,  only  to 
aid  the  schemes  of  politicians.  But  to  prevent  their 
regular  occurrence  there  must  be  more  thorough  work 
undertaken  in  Congress.  Until  these  secret,  sworn 
conspiracies  against  society  are  disarmed  by  law  we 
may  not  hope  for  a  truly  prosperous  people. 

A  KAMBLIAG  STORY. 


The  Philadelphia  Inquirer,  September  5th,  thus 
walks  about  the  facts  developed  in  the  Anti-masonic 
reform  of  the  present  and  past,  and  from  a  partial  view 
presumes  to  gives  impartial  judgment: 

THE  WAB  AGAINST  8KCRET   SOCIETIES. 

A  revival  of  the  spirit  of  Anti-masonry  in  this  country 
seems  to  be  the  object  of  certain  persons,  who,  in  numbers,, 
are  few.  This  subject  was  fought  out  to  an  issue  as  a  po- 
litical one  forty  years  ago,  and  with  so  little  success  that^ 
upon  the  overthrow  of  the  opponents  of  secret  societies, 
all  remark  or  cavil  or  discussion  upon  the  subject  ceased 
for  a  long  time.  The  efforts  against  these  associations  may 
be  considered  moral  and  religious  rather  than  political. 
The  Roman  Catholic  church  is  opposed  to  secret  societies, 
that  is,  to  secular  secret  societies.  Religious  secret  societies 
of  the  character  of  the  Society  of  Jesus  meet  with  no  cen- 
sure from  that  church.  In  this  city  the  Reformed  Presby- 
terian Synod  of  the  United  States  had  had  before  it  resolu- 
tions against  secret  temperance  societies,  such  as  the  Good 
Templars,  Sons  of  Temperance,  &c.  The  order  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  or  the  grangers,  was  especially 
reported  against,  as  well  as  the  Masonic  and  Oddfellows 
orders.  A  petition  presented  to  Congress  at  the  last  session 
asked  that  a  charter  granted  by  Congress  to  a  Masonic  Hall 
Association  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  should  be  repealed 
for  no  other  reason  than  because  the  hall  was  to  be  used 
by  the  Masonic  order.  These  persons  go  much  further, 
and  they  ask  that  laws  shall  be  enacted  which  will  prevent 
a  member  of  a  secret  society  from  holding  public  office^ 
from  being  a  juror  or  a  judge.  It  only  needs  an  amend- 
ment to  the  effect  that  no  member  of  a  secret  society  shall 
be  allowed  to  be  a  plaintiff,  defendant,  witness  or  attorney, 
to  make  the  thing  complete. 

The  most  noticeable  point  in  all  these  matters  is  the  lack 
of  argument  in  favor  of  the  objects  proposed  by  these  per- 
sons. The  most  they  can  say  is  that  they  are  opposed  to 
secret  societies.  At  the  time  of  the  Anti-masonic  excite- 
ment it  might  be  said  that  there  was  one  secret  society  in 
the  United  States.  But  since  that  time  the  number  has 
immensely  increased,  and  includes  organizations  of  chari- 
ty, friendship,  sociability,  amusement,  temperance,  busi- 
ness, and  even  of  religion.  Very  large  numbers  of  persons 
belong,  or  have  belonged,  to  such  societies,  and  of  the 
former  members  it  might  be  said  tnat  none  who  have  been 
affiliated  now  disapprove  of  their  former  obligations. 
They  have  ceased  to  be  actively  interested,  for  personal 
reasons,  and  are  not  enemies  of  the  societies  to  which  they 
formerly  belonged.  On  the  other  hand,  the  opponents  of 
secret  societies  are  almost  entirely  persons  who  know  noth- 
ing about  them  by  experience. 

It  would  seem  like  giving  an  honorable  character  to 
folly  to  follow  about  such  indefensible  statements,  nail- 
ing them  on  some  convenient  fence-post  to  sprivel  to 
their  proper  proportions ;  but  such  work  must  be  done 
so  long  as  reputable  avenues  of  imformation  betray 
such  ignorance,  or  openly  prevaricate. 

First,  the  past. — The  political  reformation  attempted 
forty  years  ago  against  the  lodge  had  "so  little  suc- 
cess," etc.  The  Anti-masonic  party  which  elected 
Joseph  Ritner  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  in  1834,  led 
the  politics  of  New  York  for  several  previous  jears, 
and  sustained  William  Wirt  for  the  Presidency  in  1832, 
did  not  expire  with  a  few  spasmodic  efforts.  It  form- 
ed the  basis  of  the  Republican  party  when  the  slavery 
question  began  to  predominate  in  1834-40.  Senator 
Seward  btit  represented  thousands  of  Anti-masons  in 
that  party  when  in  1855  from  his  place  in  the  Senate 
denounced  secret  orders. 

The  present. — If  the  reason  given  above  for  oppos- 
ing the  Masonic  Hall  Association  were  the  only  one 
petitioners  could  offer  it  would  be  a  puerile  question 
to  drag  into  Congress;  but  the  issue  is  this:  the 
Congress  of  the  LTnited  States,  sworn  in  under  a 
constitution  whose  provisions  in  spirit  and  letter  forbid 
the  practices  of  Masonry,  chartered  in  a  territory  en- 
tirely under  its  jurisdiction  a  Masonic  society  with  the 
above  title.  It  may  not  have  been  a  lodge,  but  it  was 
the  servant  of  the  lodge,  and  is  under  the  same  con- 
demnation. Against  such  an  abuse  every  American 
should  raise  his  voice. 

The  law  properly  places  restrictions  upon  those  who 
exercise  its  functions.     It  has  some  regard  to  the  quail- 


i. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


fications  of  public  officers,  judges  and  jurors;  and  we 
are  experimenting  as  a  nation,  perhaps  fatally,  with 
the  few  restrictions  which  the  law  recognizes.  When 
we  come  to  ignore  them  entirely  we  may  write  ' '  Troia- 
fuit.""  If  a  restriction  on  account  of  age,  intelligence, 
or  previous  convictions  is  to  be  taken  into  the  account 
so  should  an  obligation  to  favoritism. 

It  is  enough  for  us  to  say  that  we  are  opposed  to 
secret  societies  when  it  is  being  daily  demonstrated 
that  there  is  no  greater  enemy  to  our  civil  and  relig- 
ious liberties. 

But  the  standing  of  '  'former  members"— this  is  Ma- 
sonic enough;  when  the  scores  and  hundreds  of  se- 
ceders  are  becoming  daily  the  most  active  and  useful 
element  in  the  overthrow  of  the  orders  into  which  de- 
ception had  led  them,  while  false  shame  and  false  oaths 
bound  them  fast. 

As  for  the  last  statement   the  Inquirer  only  has  to 

become  an  opponent  itself  and  it  will  very  soon  learn 

something  "by  experience ;"  and  unless  it  has  a  craven 

heart  it  will  remember  and  profit  by  the  lesson. 
♦-»-♦ ■ 

NOTES. 


— A  topic  for  the  lodges  to  discuss  in  the  intervals 
of  their  work  for  the  next  half  year-^What  made  the 
Grand  Master  of  the  English  lodge  SECEDE? 

— It  is  stated  that  the  Austrian  government  has 
forbidden  the  establishment  of  any  more  Masonic 
lodges.  The  particulars  of  this  injunction  and  the 
reasons  urged  for  it  we  have  not  learned;  but  if  the 
statement  be  a  fact  there  are  evidently  some  develop- 
ments in  the  case  which  are  worth  studying. 

— A  New  York  despatch  says  that  the  ecclesiastical 
committee  of  his  conference  has  turned  Rev.  Tunis 
Titus  Kendrick  out  of  the  Methodist^Episcopal  church. 
Now  that  his  spiritual  fathers  have  deserted  him  the 
lodge  may  take  him  up.  Rev.  Ivendrick  has  done  a 
good  thing  for  it  by  hia  lectures,  let  him  have  his 
due.  His  drunkenness  and  immorality  which  lost  him 
a  place  in  the  church  will  not  interfere  with  his  good 
standing  among  Masons. 

— In  the  last  Cynosure  we  noticed  that  the  Detroit 
Methodist  Episcopal  Conference,  sitting  at  Romeo, 
Mich.,  had  voted  to  return  Rev.  John  Levington  to  ac- 
tive service,  thus  acknowledging  the  injustice  of  their 
action  superanniiating  him  two  years  ago.  The  day 
following  this  vote,  the  dispatches  state  that  Mr.  Lev- 
ington asked  for  a  location.  His  request  was  granted, 
and  he  thus  is  relieved  from  a  charge  under  the  con- 
ference, and  can  continue  his  labors  as  lecturer  against 
the  lodge  as  heretofore. 

— The  Marquis  of  Ripon,  who  held  the  office  of 
Grand  Master  of  Masons  in  England  has  resigned  his 
collar  and  mallet  and  returned  to  privacy — not  of  a 
brother  Master  Mason,  but — woe  the  day  ! — he  has 
turned  his  back  on  the  brethren,  whose  lives  are  made 
virtuous  with  a  stone  hammer  and  brought  into  a 
straight-forwftrd  position  by  a  common  square;  has 
thrown  his  Masonic  oath  to  the  dogs,  rent  his  immac- 
ulate lambskin  and — become  a  Romanist !  Now  shall  we 
hear  some  "comments"  on  this  lordly  apostate  ?  Where- 
fore! Except  in  the  matter  of  deserting  the  lodge  and 
going  over  to  its  enemy  how  is  his  condition  changed. 
Shall  we  hear  him  called  a  "perjured  wretch,"  a  be- 
trayer of  his  brethren?  Seldom.  But  if  he  had  be- 
come a  Free  Methodist  instead  of  a  Catholic — ! 

— The  explanation  of  the  St.  John's  day  bauble,  kept 
so  well  inflated  by  the  ledge,  as  given  in  our  "  Forty 
Years  Ago"  column,  is  both  reasonable  and  reliable. 
It  perfectly  follows  the  analogy  of  false  religions  in 
their  efforts  to  supplant  the  true,  by  christening  a 
heathen  or  secular  festival  and  throwing  around  its 
observance  the  assumed  halo  of  religion;  for  Satan 
may  transform  himself  into  an  angel  of  light  in  ap- 
pearance. The  beginning  of  the  rivalry  between  Eng- 
lish and  Scotch  Masonry  is  also  suggested  very  plainly. 
The  present  relation  of  these  factions,  although  an  at- 
tempt is  made  to  smother  the  diflerences  with  false 
oaths  and  dissembling  fraternal  embraces — the  rela- 
tion is  far  from  harmonious.  In  some  jurisdictions  it  is 
almost  open  hostility.  Yet  all  it  really  amounts  to  is 
the  diflfejrence  between  the  names  St.  John  and  St. 


Andrew,  and  between  two  different  days  in  the  year. 
If  there  whs  anything  but  falsehood  in  ,the  Masonic 
system  their  private  quarrels  might  have  some  con- 
sideration other  than  to  exemplify  their  hypocritical 
nature. 

— Luther  was  fond  of  his  beer  and  his  pipe  while  a 
student,  and  even  until  later  in  life.  Theological  dif- 
ferences arose  between  him  and  Carlstadt,  '  'the  icon- 
oclast," and  the  long-time  friends  drank  a  mug  of  beer 
together  and  separated.  In  after  life  Luther  wrote 
the  following  which  is  recommended  to  those  who 
love  his  name  but  fail  to  honor  it  by  rememb3ring  his 
example:  "The  man  who  first  brewed  beer  was  a 
pest  to  Germany.  Food  must  be  dear  in  our  land, 
for  the  horses  eat  up  all  the  oats,  and  peasants  and 
citizens  drink  up  all  the  barley  in  the  form  of  beer. 
I  have  survived  the  end  of  genuine  beer,  for  it  has 
now  become  small  beer  in  every  sense,  and  I  have 
prayed  to  God  that  he  might  destroy  the  whole  beer 
brewing  business,  and  the  first  brewer  I  have  often 
cursed.  There  is  enough  barley  destroyed  in  the 
breweries  to  feed  all  Germany." 


ytW^ku  hklUm^* 


Author's  Correction, 


Editor  Christian  Cytwsiire: 

On  looking  over  an  article  in  a  late  number  of  your 
excellent  paper,  headed,  "Freemasonry  Contrary  to 
the  Christian  Religion,"  I  observed  one  or  two  small 
mistakes  that  perhaps  had  better  be  corrected. 

The  quotation  in  the  tirst  degree  of  .Masonry  was 
from  Matt.  vli.  V,  and  not  from  Matt,  xviii.  20. 

The  beginning  of  Masonry  was  dated  June  and  noticroscbment  on  the  rights  of  bishops  and  talk  of  seces- 


promise  and 
as    printed  in 


July  24,  171V 

The  Royal  Arch  Mason  says,  *'I 
swear  seventeen  times  and  not  fourteen 
the  third  paragraph. 

In  the  fifth  paragraph  "Freemasons,  on  the  contra- 
ry,/ra^ernrze,  noipatronize,  all  sorts  of  characters. 

In  the  eleventh  paragraph,  it  is  said,  "In  the  Roy- 
al Arch  degree,  the  higli  priest,  while  reading  a  por- 
tion of  Scripture  (II.  Thes.  iii.  6-18)  carefully  omits 
the  name  of  our  blessed  Saviour.  ["Richardson's  Moni- 
tor," page  67,  does  not  omit  the  name  of  Christ  in 
this  passage. — Pub.]"  By  way  of  explanation,  the 
writer  would  say  that  he  did  not  take  "Richardson"  as 
a  standard ;  but  ''The  Mysteries  of  Freemasonry,  re- 
vised and  corrected  to  correspond  with  the  most  ap- 
proved forms  and  ceremonies  in  the  various  lodges  of 
Freemasons  throughout  the  United  States;"  by  George 
R,  Crafts,  formerly  thrice  Puissant  Grand  Master  of 
Manitou  Council,  N.  Y.,  Wilson  &  Co's  edition,  F.  Y. 
On  page  50  of  this  work,  the  high  priest  in  the  Roy- 
al Arch  degree  is  represented  as  reading  in  the  lodge, 
II  Thes.  iii.  6-18,  which  is  given  verbatim,  oxmiiwg 
the  two  phraeep,  "In  the  name  of  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ,"  and  "By  our  Lord  Jesus  Christ."  After  which 
Mr.  Craft  makes  the  following  observation:  "The 
reader  is  requested  to  compare  this  with  Scripture; 
he  will  observe  that  the  name  of  the  Saviour  is  inten- 
tionally left  out." 

Webb's  Freemason's  Monitor,  pocket  edition,  page 
180,  quotes  II  Thes.  iii.  6-18  word  for  word,  careful- 
ly omiting  the  same  phrases,  viz.,  "In  the  name  of 
our  Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  and  "By  our  Lord  Jesus 
Christ."  Here,  then,  are  two  standard  authorities  as 
witnesses  against  Richardson.  If  this  is  not  sufficient 
to  prove  that  the  Masons  have  expunged  the  name  of 
our  blessed  Saviour  from  the  holy  Scriptures,  I  re- 
fer you  to  "Richardson's  Monitor,"  pages  42-43, 
where  in  the  Mark  Master's  degree,  the  name  of 
Christ  is  erased  from  1  Peter  ii.   1-5. 

If  anything  more  on  this  subject  is  required  you 
can  be  furnished  with  satisfactory  proof  that  the  phra- 
ses—  "For  it  is  evident  that  our  Lord  sprang  out  of 
Judah, "  and  *  'Jesus  is  made  a  surety  of  a  better  tes- 
tament," are  sacriligiously  erased  from  the  seventh 
chapter  of  the  Epistle  to  the  Hebrews  in  the  Royal 
Arch  degree.  But  this  is  not  all.  The  name  of 
Christ,  that  dear  name  which  is  above  every  name  and 
at  which  every  knee  shall  bow  (Phil,  ii.  9.),  that  only 
name  by  which  any  one  of  the  human  race  can  be 
saved,  (Acts  iv.  12.)  is  ignored  in  all  the  twenty-five 
prayers  and  the  twenty-five  hymns  contained  in  the 
Manual  of  the  lodge;  nor  is  it  to  be  found,  so  far  as  I 
can  ascertain,  in  any  standard  Masonic  book  in  any  of 
the  degrees  of  Masonry  from  that  of  the  Entered  Ap- 
prentice to  that  of  the  Royal  Arch  degree ;  and  where 
any  Scripture  is  quoted  containingjthe  Saviour's  name 
it  is  sacriligiously  and  blasphemously  expunged  in 
every  instance.  If  this  is  not  secretly  bringing  in 
damnable  heresies  and  denying  the  Lord  that  bought 
them,  what  is  it  ?  If  this  is  not  the  work  of  anti- 
Christ  there  is  no  anti-Christ  on  the  earth. 

Spectator. 


— One  hundred  and  four  bishops  of  the  Episcopal 
church  of  the  United  States  have  been  consecrated 
since  the  Revolutionary  war,  fifty-three  of  whom  are 
dead. 

— The  Annual  Meeting  of  the  American  Missionary 
Association  will  be  held  at  Cliaton,Iowa,  October  28th, 
1874.  Rev.  Dr.  Magoun,  President  of  Iowa  College, 
will  preach  the  sermon. 

— A  great  sensation  has  been  caused  in  Rome  in 
Roman  Catholic  circles  by  the  conversion  to  Protest- 
antism of  another  distinguished  clergymjju  of  that 
church.  The  name  of  the  convert  is  Alceste  Lamna. 
He  was  a  pariah  priest,  a  doctor  of  divinity,  and  has 
been  professor  of  philosophy  at  the  Vatican  Seminary. 

— This  is  a  bad  year  for  missionary  societies.  The 
American  Board  must  get  ^^100, 000,  we  believe,  this 
month,  to  finish  the  year  free  from  debt.  The  Dutch 
Board  is  'S20,000  in  arrears,  and  the  Baptist  Missionary 
Society  is  as  badly  ofl,  while  the  Episcopal  Board  com- 
plains of  a  falling  off  of  $18,000. 

— From  the  reports  of  the  Congregational  Union, 
the  church  building  society  of  the  denomination,  it  ap- 
pears that  while  the  real  collection  for  church  build- 
ings was  $24,205.85,  the  expenses  of  the  society  were 
$10,000.  This  is  a  strong  argument  for  the  union  of 
the  benevolent  societies  of  the  denomination  now  ad- 
vocated by  some  of  its  organs. 

— A  public  worship  bill  passed  by  the  late  British 
Parliament  is  arousing  some  commotion.  One  of  its 
provisions  provides  that  a  layman  may  be  appointed 
as  judge  to  decide  in  cases  of  the  violation  of  the  ru- 
bric.    The   extreme   ritualists   regard  this  as  an  en- 


sion.     The  lap  of  Rome  is  ready  to  catch  them. 

— An  English  statician,  Mr.  Ravenstein,  claims  that 
the  Catholics  are  numerically  decreasing  in  England. 
He  shows  thf.t  in  1844  the  Catholic  population  formed 
about  one  per  cent.  In  1865  they  had  increased  to 
five  per  cent,  chiefly  through  immigratiom  from  Ireland, 
whose  people  were  driven  out  by  famine.  In  1871 
they  formed  but  little  more  than  four  per  cent,  of  the 
whole  population  or  1,193,000  in  all.  The  influence 
and  power  of  the  Romish  church  has,  however,  con- 
siderably increased.  Its  priests,  nuns,  churches,  and 
monasteries  have  become  more  numerous,  and  its 
aggrefcsive  spirit  is  more  marked. 

— A  camp-meeting  was  held  during  Augustin  Mans- 
field, Ohio,  by  the  State  Association  for  tlie  promotion 
of  holiness.  The  attendance  was  large,  some  fifteen 
thousand  being  on  the  grounds  at  times,  and  preach- 
ing was  conducted  from  four  stands.  A  correapon- 
dent  of  the  Free  Methodist  notices  two  features  in 
which  this  holiness  movement  is  powerfully  affecting 
the  M.  E.  church.  A  large  portion  of  the  denomination 
are  opposed  to  the  movement  and  some  of  its  promo- 
ters have  been  expelled.  But  there  is  no  doubt  that 
the  vital  piety  of  the  denomination  supports  it,  and 
sooner  or  later  the  dead  branches  will  be  thrown  off. 
Although  little  allusion  is  made  in  these  holiness  meet- 
ings to  the  lodge,  the  opinion  is  growing  that  this  is- 
sue must  be  met  ere  long.  None  can  fear  the  result 
of  the  decision,  but  those    who   have  risked   soul  and 

body  to  the  cruel  mercies  of  the  lodge. 
»  .  » 

To  ALL  Seceding  Masons. — The  National  Christian 
Association  at  its  late  meeting  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y. , 
appointed  to  the  Recording  Secretar)^  the  duty  of  se- 
curing the  names  of  all  the  seceding  Masons  of  the 
country  with  their  endorsement  of  Bernard's  Revela- 
tion. In  accordance  with  this  vote  all  seceding  Ma- 
sons are  requested  to  send  their  names  and  the  en- 
dorsement as  stated  ;  and  they  are  desired  in  order  to 
make  the  statement  more  complete  to  send  also  their 
post-office  address,  the  number  of  degrees  taken,  num- 
ber of  years  connected  with  the  lodge,  the  date  of 
their  leaving  it,  and  where  residing  when  they  joined. 
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Becor cling  Secretary  iV.  C.  A., 

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10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^\t  %0m  il^th 


The  Sabbath. 


A  bright  spot,  an  oasis 

Amid  earth's  desert  drear. 
The  sweetest  bud  that  blooms 

ITpou  the  rose  tree  of  the  year 
A  miniature  of  heaven  lumg 

Upon  a  chain  of  days, 
Worn  on  the  breastjof  Father  Time, 

To  cheer  his  weary  ways. 

A  Bootbtng  poem  written  in 

A  volume  of  dull  prose,' 
A  waft  of  soft  Spring  melody 

Heard  at. the  Winter's  close; 
The  golden  clasp  that  binds  the  leaves 

Of  sLs  days'  episode. 
That  God's  own  hngera  shall  unloose 

Across  the  Jordan's  flood. 


Servauts  and  Sons. 

In  former  ages  men  prayed  to  the 
Almighty  God,  Jehovah,  the  Lord  of 
Hosts.  In  the  present  age,  we  are 
taught  to  pray  to  "Our  Father."  He 
is  the  same  personage,  but  the  relation- 
ship is  changed.  Under  the  old  cove- 
nant people  were  servants;  under  the 
new  covenant  they  are  sons  and  daugh- 
ters. Under  Moses,  the  people  were 
in  bondage  to  duty.  Under  Jesus, 
men  are  free  by  the  Spirit  of  adoption. 
The  lajr  was  temporal  and  weak,  be- 
cause of  sin.  Grace  is  et«rnal  and 
strong,  because  of  righteousness.  The 
servant  abldeth  not  forever.  The  son 
abideth  ever.  The  servant  gets  pay, 
so  much  pay  for  so  much  work,  and  no 
more.  The  eon  is  an  heir,  has  his  pre- 
sent wants  supplied  from  the  family 
funds,  and  waits  for  the  inheritance. 
The  servant  is  particular  about  his  pay, 
and  must  Lave  it  regularly,  and  often 
strikes  for  higher  wages;  the  son  abides 
in  the  family,  and  shares  the  privations 
as  well  as  the  abundance.  The  ser- 
vant keeps  account  with  his  master  of 
debt  and  credit;  the  father  and  son  do 
no  such  thing,  but  are  one  in  their  in- 
terests. 

Under  the  law,  men  serve  God.  Un- 
der grace  they  are  sons  of  God,  and 
serve  Jesus,  the  elder  brother  of  the 
family.  The  servant  finds  the  com- 
mands in  a  written  code.  The  son  has 
them  engraven  on  his  heart,  in  his 
very  being.  The  servant  addresses  his 
Master  as  "Almighty  God,  Lord  of 
heaven  and  earth."  The  son  says, 
"Our  Father,  which  art  in  heaven." 

What  is  your  calling,  that  of  a  ser- 
vant, or  a  son?  Is  your  covenant  of 
works,  or  of  grace  ?  Are  you  trying 
to  do  duty  so  as  to  get  a  blessing  ? 
Then  you  are  but  a  servant.  Is  it  con- 
trary to  your  nature  to  serve  God,  and 
are  you  striving  to  obey  to  please  him  ? 
Then  you  need  the  Spirit  of  adoption, 
and  to  be  made  a  partaker  of  the  di- 
vine nature.  Are  you  trying  to  serve 
God,  and  do  you  find  it  hard  work? 
Come  to  Jesus  who  says — "I  will  give 
rest. "  You  need  a  change  of  relation- 
ship from  a  servant  to  a  son.  Then 
obedience  will  be  natural.  You  will 
then  become  interested  in  the  work  as 
the  Father  is  interested,  and  will  not 
think  so  much  about  the  pay. 

Many  persons  who  are  called  back- 
sliders are  merely  servants,  who  have 
quit  work  for  some  reason.  Many  who 
are  yet  zealous  are  but  servants,  who 
are  still  at  work.  When  a  man  serves 
God,  he  goes  at  work  just  as  he  is,  and 
does  the  best    he  can,    and  loves  his 


Master,  and  recommends  him  to  all  as 
good  pay,  and  thinks  his  engagement 
is  for  all  eternity;  but  he  is  mistaken. 
His  engagement  may  be  for  life,  but 
he  only  possesses  temporal  life.  He 
has  no  Spirit  of  eternal  life.  None  but 
sons  and  daughters  receive  that;  and 
he  engaged  as  a  servant,  and  did  not 
seek  the  Spirit  of  adoption.  He 
thought  serving  the  devil  was  poor  pay, 
and  so  he  changed  masters,  and  that 
was  ail.  If  he  wants  eternal  life,  he 
must  have  a  new  covenant;  that  is,  the 
covenant  of  sonship.  He  must  apply 
to  God  to  receive  the  Spirit  of  adopt  ion 
whereby  he  can  say,  "Abba,  Father." 

He  wants  eternal  life,  but  he  cannot 
have  it  as  a  servant.  He  must  become 
a  son,  and  a  partaker  of  the  divine  na- 
ture. His  nature  is  carnal  and  sinful. 
He  needs  the  work  of  the  Holy  Spirit 
to  go  all  through  him  and  drive  out 
sin,  and  take  entire  possession  of  his 
powers.  He  must  become  a  "new 
creature"  to  be  a  son.  And  when  this 
Holy  Spirit  dwells  in  him,  he  then 
possesses  the  "power  of  an  endless  life," 
and  he  is  sure  of  eternal  life.  He  then 
goes  forth  to  work  under  the  direction 
Jesus,  and'he  may  labor  side  by  side 
with  the  servant,  and  men  looking  on 
might  discover  no  difference  in  their  la- 
bor;  but  when  you  converse  with  the 
two,  then  you  will  discover  which  is 
the  servant  and  which  is  the  son. 

The  church  is  filled  with  servants, 
and  there  are  too  few  children.  The 
cry  is,  believe  and  do,  and  live.  It 
should  be,  believe,  and  live,  and  do. 
Regeneration  is  needed.  The  Holy 
Ghost  power  is  needed.  Men  think  they 
are  all  right  because  they  are  servants. 
Alas,  the  delusion !  They  need  to  be- 
come new  creatures.  They  need  the 
Holy  Spirit  to  dwell  in  their  bodies. 
1  Cor.  6.  19.  Men  think  because  the 
mind  is  right,  they  are  ria;ht.  But 
what  is  their  mind?  To  serve  God, 
thai  is  all.  And  thougli  this  is  right  as 
far  as  it  goes,  it  is  but  a  covenant  of 
works,  and  is  temporal.  It  does  not 
go  far  enough.  Their  bodies  need  to 
become  temples  of  the  Holy  Spirit. 
Then  they  will  be  sons,  and  will  feel 
within  them  the  quickening  power,  and 
it  will  be  natural  to  them  to  do  the 
works  of  God.  —  World's  Crisis. 


Stone-Cutttngi 


In  a  great  house  there  are  stones 
formed  into  different  shapes,  according 
to  the  design  of  the  architect,  by  the 
skill  of  the  artisan. 

In  the  preparation  of  these  stones, 
it  sometimes  happens  thac  the  strength, 
skill,  and  tools  of  the  stone-cutter  are 
sorely  put  to  in  order  to  get  the  stone 
into  its  required  shape,  and  that  by  a 
peculiarity  in  the  stone.  This  pecu- 
liarity is  known  by  the  masons  as  a 
"bone."  The  unpracticed  eye  would 
not  see  it,  for  apparently  the  stone  is 
the  same  throughout.  But  with  this 
apparent  sameness  there  is — some- 
times in  the  center,  sometimes  nearer 
the  surface — a  part  of  the  stone  much 
harder  than  the  rest.  If  the  mason 
has  not  detected  it  before  he  com- 
menced operations  on  the  stone,  he  i  s 
made  aware  of  it  as  soon  as  the  chisel 
comes  in  contact    with    the    "bone" 


either  by  the  tool  breaking,  or  starting 
up  from  it.  Well,  what  is  to  be  done  ? 
If  he  takes  his  sharp  tools,  and  prepares 
them  as  for  the  ordinary  stone,  they 
break,  and  so  he  will  suffer  loss  in  his 
tools.  Shall  he  throw  the  stone  away  ? 
Nay,  his  master  can't  afford  to  bse 
that  stone,  for  it  has  cost  him  as  much 
as  those  which  had  no  "bone."  He 
pauses  and  selects  his  tools.  He  takes 
those  that  have  baen  well  worn — his 
experienced  tools  (if  it  be  lawful  to  ap- 
ply the  word  to  tools),  and  sharpens 
them  by  rubbing  them  on  the  stone. 
He  begins  work.  His  blows  are  hard- 
er now  than  formerly,  and  his  progress 
is  slower.  But  when  the  stone  is  fin- 
ished and  polished,  the  "bone"  is  the 
smoothest  part  of  the  stone,  and  that 
because  of  its  hardness.  Such  are  the 
materials  out  of  which  the  living  tem- 
ple is  built  up,  such  the  process  of  dis- 
cipline by  which  the  living  stones  are 
hewn  and  polished,  and  fitted  in  their 
places. — Christian  Treasury. 

Weeds  in  Society. 


I  don't  know  of  any  kind  of  labor 
which  requires  as  much  patience  as 
weeding.  Nor  of  any  which  so  tempts 
one  to  moral  23.  I  am  weeding.  Well, 
what  is  a  weed  ?  Here  is  a  poppy 
from  the  hills.  There  are  millions  of 
them  in  some  of  the  wheat  fields,  and 
the  farmeis  try  hard  to  exterminate 
them.  They  call  them  weeds  out  in 
the  country  and  pull  them  up  or  plow 
them  under.  But  this  poppy  I  am  cul- 
tivating with  great  care.  Beside  it  is 
a  bunch  of  alfalfa.  The  farmer  who 
has  a  field  full  of  such  bunches  rejoices 
greatly.  Thousands  are  cultivating  the 
alfalfa,  and  hoping  that  it  will  enrich 
them  with  five  crops  of  hay  in  a  year. 
But  I  pull  it  up  as  it  grows  beside  and 
overshadows  my  wild  poppy.  I  call 
the  alfalfa  a  weed  in  my  grounds.  Why 
is  it  a  weed  to  me  and  not  to  the  far- 
mer? and  why  is  the  poppy  a  weed  to 
him  and  not  to  me  ?  What  is  a  weed  ? 
Webster  says  it  is  "any  plant  that  is 
useless  or  troublesome;"  but  alfalfa  is 
not  useless.  Many  weeds  are  valuable 
as  medicines.  This  is  not  a  good  difi- 
nition,  and  the  lexicographer  seems  to 
suspect  as  much ,  for  he  adds  this  note : 
"The  weed  has  no  definite  application 
to  any  particular  plant  or  species  of 
plants.  Whatever  plants  grow  among 
corn ,  or  grass,  or  in  hedges,  or  else- 
where, and  which  are  of  no  use  toman, 
injurious  to  crops,  or  unsightly  or  out 
of  place,  are  denominated  weeds." 
Well,  we  stumbled  on  a  definition  at 
last.  A  weed  is  not  necessarily  "un- 
sightly;" it  may  be  beautiful.  It  is  not 
necessarily  injurious;  it  may  be  useful. 
But  it  is  everywhere  and  always  a 
plant  out  of  place — a  plant,  however 
ornamental  or  valuable  in  itself,  that 
is  where  it  is  not  wanted.  Poppies 
are  out  of  place  in  a  wheat-field,  and 
alfalfa  is  out  of  place  in  a  garden. 
Hence  we  will  pull  up  in  one  locality 
what  we  would  cultivate  in  another. 

There  are  weeds  in  society,  weeds  in 
our  churches,  weeds  in  congress,  in 
all  our  legislatures  and  conventions. 
Men  out  of  place — intelligent,  amiable, 
conscientious,  yet  useless,  because  they 
are  not  in  the  sphere  to   which   they 


are  adapted.  I  knew  a  man  years  ago 
who  was  a  very  good  shoemaker,  but 
thought  he  ought  to  be  a  lawyer.  So 
he  changed  bis  lap-itone  for  a  Black- 
stone,  and  instead  of  an  honest  and  use- 
ful mechanic  he  became  a  miserable 
pettifogger.  Out  of  his  place,  he  had 
just  brains  enough  to  stir  up  strife  and 
become  as  great  a  nuisance  as  the  Can- 
ada thistle.  I  have  known  other  men 
who  were  highly  gifted  and  cultured, 
but  who  would  not  use  their  talents  for 
the  good  of  society,  who  would  not  let 
their  foliage  shed  and  refresh  the 
weary,  or  the  blossoms  of  their  genius 
ripen  into  the  fruits  of  useful  deeds. 
Such  men  in  the'r  selfish  seclusion  are 
weeds  out  of  place.  If  any  of  our 
readers  feel  that  they  are  useless,  it 
may  be  that  they  are  like  the  alfalfa  in 
my  garden ;  that  they  have  drifted  out 
of  their  true  sphere  and  need  only  to 
get  where  they  really  belong  and  try 
to  do  their  duty  there  in  order  to  be 
both  useful  and  happy.  There  are  not 
a  few  Christians  over  here  and  else- 
where who  are  weeds  because  they 
neglect  to  occupy  that  position  in  the 
church  and  in  the  great  benevolent 
movements  of  the  day  to  which  they 
are  called  by  the  providence  and  spirit 
of  God.  They  grow,  they  prosper  in 
material  things,  but  they  bear  no  fruit 
and  choke  the  plants  around  them  that 
try  to  be  useful.  Sad  will  be  the  reck- 
oning hereafter  with  those  who  have 
luxuriated  as  weeds  in  the  richest  soils 
of  this  life.  — Herald  and  Presbyter. 


Passing  Thoughts. 


This  religious  fermentation  of  the 
present  day  is  nothing  else  than  the 
struggle  of  reason  and  thought  to  pen- 
etrate to  God.  When  they  have  ar- 
rived there,  they  shall  worship  and 
sing  praises  to  the  Lord,  and  then  the 
first  commandment  shall  be  fulfilled, 
that  tells  man :  Thou  sbalt  love  the 
Lord  thy  God  with  all  thy  heart  and 
with  all  thy  soul  and  with  all  thy  mind ; 
that  is,  with  all  thy  power.  When  a 
man  dies,  men  inquire  what  he  has 
sent  before  him;  angels  inquire  what  he 
has  sent  before  him.  The  peace  of 
God  comes  by  nothing  external,  but 
by  complete  annihilation  of  self-will 
and  self-interest.  The  strongest  swim- 
mers are  often  drowned,  because  they 
trust  to  their  powSr  and  venture  too 
far.  God's  aim  in  afilicting  his  chil- 
dren is  either  to  keep  them  from  sin, 
or,  when  they  have  sinned,  to  bring 
them  to  a  repentance  of  it.  Mercy 
among  the  virtues  is  like  the  moon 
among  the  stars — not  so  sparkling  and 
vivid  as  many,  but  dispensing  a  calm 
radiance  that  hallo  wa  the  whole.  It  is 
the  bow  that  rests  upon  the  bosom  of 
the  cloud  when  the  storm  has  passed. 
It  is  the  light  that  hovers  about  the 
Judgment-seat  In  character,  in  man- 
ner, in  style,  in  all  things,  the  supreme 
excellence  is  simplicity. 

When  a  man  goes  thirsty  to  the  well, 
his  thirst  is  not  allayed  merely  by  go- 
ing there;  on  the  contrary,  it  is  in- 
creased by  every  step  he  goes.  It  is 
by  what  he  draws  out  of  the  well,  that 
his  thirst  is  satisfied.  And,  just  so,  it 
is  not  by  the  mere  bodily  exercise  of 
waiting  upon  ordinances,  that  you  will 
ever  come  to  peace,  but  by  tastinr  -' 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


Jesus  in  the  ordinances,  whose  flesh  is 
meat  indeed,  and  his  blood  drink  in- 
deed. Do  not  form  the  habit  of  mak- 
ing excuses.  If  you  have  done  wrong, 
be  willing  to  confess  it.  Do  not  try  to 
hide  it,  or  to  throw  the  blame  on  an- 
other. A  person  who  is  quick  at  mak- 
ing excuses  is  not  likely  to  be  good  at 
anything  else.  Be  honest,  be  frank, 
be  truthful.  Does  God  care  for  wor- 
ship? If  he  cares  for  love,  confidence, 
reverence,  he  does.  Worship  is  simply 
the  expression  of  these  virtu  es.  Phil- 
osophy always  tends  to  represent  Q  od 
as  indifferent,  cold,  impassable;  but  the 
Bible  represents  him  as  tender,  deeply 
concerned  for  ue,  interested  in  our  con- 
duct, pleased  when  we  are  good, 
grieved  when  we  are  bad.  The  joy  of 
the  world  is  a  troubled,  shallow,  n  oisy 
brook;  the  joy  of  religion  is  a  deep 
stream,— -deep,  serene  and  clear ;  de- 
lightful to  the  taste,  and  sweet  to  the 
soul. — The  Christian. 


American  (xirls  in  Europe. 


It  pains  me  to  say  it,  but  perhaps 
we  may  be  benefitted  by  seeing  our- 
selves as  otherB  see  us,  the  opinions 
that  American  girls  in  Europe  have 
won  are  anything  but  creditable  and 
desirable.  While  visiting  a  school  at 
Frankfort-on-Maine,  I  asked  if  there 
were  American  pupils,  and  the  precep- 
tor replied:  ''No,  we  do  not  take  them, 
they  dress  so  extravagantly,  they  think 
and  talk  so  much  of  their  clothes,  that 
they  disturb  the  quiet,  simple  ways  of 
our  German  girls;  and  we  find  their  in- 
fluence does  us  more  hurt  than  their 
money  does  us  good."  In  Dresden  I 
knew  an  American  lady  who  could 
not  find  a  private  school  where  they 
would  take  her  dai^ghter,  for  similar 
reasons.  Who  could  have  imagined  for 
a  moment  that  when  the  bondage  of 
trailing  street  dresses  was  once  removed, 
and  short  ones  sanctioned,  that  you 
could  ever  find  human  beings  in  the 
shape  ofwomen  yielding  homage  again 
to  the  most  filthy  and  abominable  of  all 
fashions?  But  you  see,  even  now,  on 
the  ruins  of  burned  cities,  trailed  of- 
ferings of  silks  and  Thibets. 

So  long  as  women  were  kept  in  idle- 
ness, or  allowed  to  do  only  such  work 
as  confined  them  indoors,  there  was 
less  need  of  practicality  in  dress.  Now 
that  she  competes  with  men  in  most  of 
the  activities  of  life,  shall  the  style  of 
dress  not  be  changed  to  meet  this  new 
dispensation  ?  Or  shall  we  still  see 
her  in  this  bondage  of  attire,  that  en- 
slaves her  at  every  step?  You  will 
find  weeks  of  labor  spent,  with  each 
change  of  season,  in  making  or  remod- 
eling clothes  that  do  not  stand  gauged 
by  the  latest  ukase  of  fashion.  You 
are  invited  to  an  evening  entertain- 
ment in  Germany,  at  the  house  of  a 
professor,  perhaps,  where  you  meet 
with  persons  the  most  intellectual 
and  cultivated — persons  whose  names 
are  known  and  honored  in  all  lands; 
the  hostess  appears  in  a  quaint  dress  of 
drab  silk,  that  served  as  her  wedding 
one  fourteen  years  before;  the  bodice 
is  long,  the  sleeves  are  mutton-legged, 
but  dear  Mrs.  Grundy's  presence  is 
not  felt;  no  one  seems  to  scan  her  from 
head  to  foot  and  exclaim,  "How  hor- 
ribly she  is   dressed,  how   dowdy  she 


looks!"  Six  months'  time,  at  least, 
would  have  been  expended  on  that 
dress  had  it  kept  pace  all  over  those 
years  with  the  ever  recurring  changes 
of  fashion ;  and  in  that  time,  with  the 
cares  of  a  family — and  they  are  not 
few  that  devolve  upon  the  wife  of  a 
scantily  ^paid  German  professor — she 
has  learned,  with  her  children,  to  speak 
English  so  well  as  to  be  able  to  enter- 
tain those  of  her  guests  speaking  only 
that  language.  You  will  find,  as  a  rule 
in  all  lands,  that  the  most  cultivated 
and  best  bred  people  are  the  most  sim- 
ple and  unpretendingly  dressed.  You 
find  in  Europe  women  dressed  suited  to 
their  occupation ;  the  French  shop  girl 
in  a  neatly,  plainly  made  black  alpaca. 
The  homespun  and  woven  woollen 
gown  of  the  German  servant  girl  meets 
her  necessities  for  years.  The  dress  of 
the  English  and  Irish  servant  girls  is 
made  of  some  substantial  material. 
But  let  them  emigrate  to  America,  and 
what  do  you  see  ?  this  epidemic  rage 
for  dress  attacking  them  immediately. 
As  soon  as  Bridget  has  gathered  to- 
gether a  few  spare  dollars,  she  takes 
her  mistress  for  a  prototype,  and  goes 
forth,  prayer-book  in  hand,  to  St. 
Xavier's  as  gorgeously  arrayed  as  the 
mistress  to  St.  Paul's. — Herald  of 
Health. 


Curiosities  of  LAUGUAaK. — The 
Hindus  are  said  to  have  no  word  for 
"friend."  The  Italians  have  no  equiv- 
alent for  our  "humiUty."  The  Rus- 
sian dictionary  gives  a  word  the  defi- 
nition of  which  is  "not  to  have  enough 
buttons  on  your  footman's  waistcoat;" 
a  second  means  "to  kill  over  again;"  a 
third  "to  earn  by  dancing,"  The 
Germans  call  a  thimble  a  ''finger  hat," 
which  it  certainly  is,  and  a  grasshop- 
per a  "hay  horse."  A  glove  with  them 
is  a  "hand-shoe,"  showing  that  they 
wore  shoes  before  gloves.  The  French, 
strange  to  say,  have  no  verb  **to  stand," 
nor  can  a  Frenchman  speak  of  "kick- 
ing" any  one.  The  nearest  approach 
he,  in  his  polif;eness,  makes  to  it,  is  to 
threaten  to  "give  a  blow  with  his  foot," 
the  same  thing,  probably,  to  the  re- 
cipient in  either  case,  but  it  seems  to 
want  the  directness,  the  energy,  of  our 
"kick."  The  terms  "up-stairs"  and 
"down-stairs"  are  also  unknown  in 
French. 


An  affectionate  care  of  brutes  for 
their  dead  has  been  considered  either 
very  rare  or  inexistent,  though  it 
would  seem  to  have  been  shown  by 
monkeys.  .  .  Here  is  an  extract 
from  Forbe's  'Oriental  Memoirs:'  'One 
of  a  shooting  party,  under  a  banian 
tree,  killed  a  female  monkey  and  car- 
ried it  to  his  tent,  which  was  soon  sur- 
rounded by  forty  or  fifty  of  the  tribe, 
who  made  a  streat  noise  and  seemed 
disposed  to  attack  their  aggressor. 
They  retreated  when  he  presented  his 
fowling  piece,  the  dreadful  effect  of 
which  they  had  witnessed  and  ap- 
peared to  understand.  The  head  of 
the  troop,  however,  stood  his  ground, 
chattering  furiously;  the  sportsman, 
who  perhaps  felt  some  compunction  for 
having  killed  one  of  the  family,  did  not 
like  to  fire  at  the  creature,  and  nothing 
short  of  firing  |would  suffice  to  drive 


him  ofi".  At  length  he  came  to  the 
door  of  the  tent,  and  finding  threats  of 
no  avail,  began  a  lamentable  moaning, 
and  by  the  most  expressive  gesture 
seemed  to  beg  for  the  dead  body.  It 
was  given  him;  he  took  it  sorrowfully 
in  his  arms,  and  bore  it  away  to  his 
companions.  They  who  were  wit- 
nesses of  this  extraordinary  scene,  re- 
solved never  again  to  fire  at  one  of  the  ' 
monkey  race.'" 

1  m   t 

In  Iceland,  if  a  boy  is  a  criminal, 
they  don't  punish  him,  but  the  father, 
because  the  authorities  think  there  must 
be  some  flaw  in  the  home  government, 
or  he  would  not  be  a  criminal. 


Hard  as  it  is  to  understand  the  dif- 
icult  parts  of  the  Bible,  it  is  a  g.eat 
deal  harder  to  practice  the  simple 
partP. 


^|iWfi^»'$    ^nm, 


The  Old  Clock. 


One  Sabbath  day  Arthur  was  left  at 
home  alone,  while  all  the  rest  of  the 
family  attended  church.  Instead  of 
regarding  the  day  as  he  should,  in  the 
quiet  persual  of  the  Bible  and  other 
good  books,  he  made  it  a  day  of  self- 
amusement.  As  soon  as  all  were  gone, 
Arthur  began  to  search  all  the  curious 
nooks  and  corners  in  the  time-honored 
dwelling.  The  garret  was  explored, 
and  many  rare  curiosities  exhumed. 
Ancient  desks  and  drawers  were  exam- 
ined, revealing  their  curious  contents  to 
hia  impertinent  and  childish  curiosity. 

An  old  clock  stood  in  one  corner, 
with  a  tall,  gaunt,  brown  case.  Within 
this  dark, .hollow  closet,  Arthur  had 
often  peered,  but  he  had  not  been  al- 
lowed to  examine  very  closely  the  mys- 
teries of  the  clock  case.  Now  was  a 
fine  opportunity.  He  opened  the  nar- 
row door.  The  long  pendulum  was 
swinging  back  and  forth  at  regular  in- 
tervals with  a  loud  tick,  tick,  tick, 
tick.  Two  large  cylindrical  tin 
weights,  and  two  very  little  lead 
weights,  were  hanging  by  small  cords. 

Arthur  had  often  seen  his  father 
''wind  up  the  clock,"  and  he  knew  it 
was  done  by  pulling  down  the  little 
weights.  "It  would  be  rare  sport," 
he  thought,  "to  wind  up  the  old  clock." 
He  would  make  the  attempt,  at  any 
rate.  So,  taking  hold  of  the  small 
weights,  he  tugged  away  right  manful- 
ly. The  wheels  purred,  and  the  great 
weight  began  to  rise. 

"Faster,"  said  Arthur,  "go  up  "fas- 
ter," and  giving  a  sudden  pull  the  cord 
broke,  and  down  came  the  heavy 
weight  with  a  loud  noise.  Then  there 
was  a  terrible  whirring  among  the 
clock  wheels  for  a  moment,  and  then  it 
stopped.  The  ticking  ceased,  and  the 
pendulum  stood  still. 

"Oh,  what  have  I  done  now?"  cried 
Arthur,  in  distress.  "Oh,  what  will 
father  say  to  me  when  he  sees  what  I 
have  done  ?"  Arthur  closed  the  clock 
door,  and  for  the  remainder  of  the  day, 
until  his  parents  returned,  was  a  very 
humble,   quiet  boy . 

When  his  father  returned,  on  look- 
ing at  the  old  clock,  he  perceived  that 
it  had  stopped.  Opening  the  clock 
door,  he  saw  that  the  cord  of  one  of 


the  weights  had  broken,  and  that  the 
weight  had  fallen  to  the  bottom  of  the 
case. 

"How  is  thi«,  Arthur;  did  you  know 
that  the  clock  is  stopped?" 

"Yes,  sir,"  replied  Arthur.  "I  heard 
a  great  noise  in  the  clock  case,  and 
when  I  went  and  looked  in,  behold  it 
was  silent." 

Mr.  Milton  made  no  more  inquiries, 
supposing  that  it  was  an  accidental  oc- 
currence. Night  came,  and  little  Ar- 
thur went  to  bed  as  usual.  His  father 
had  tied  the  cord,  and  the  clock  was 
ticking  as  loudly  as  ever.  To  Arthur, 
it  ticked  louder  than  ever.  It  seemed 
to  say,  in  the  silence  of  the  night: 

"Boy!  boy!  boy!'  "A  lie  I  a  lie! 
a  lie  1"     '  'Own  it !  own  it !  own  it  I" 

Arthur  did  not  sleep  much.  Con- 
science whispered  to  him,  and  with  the 
words  of  the  old  clock,  said :  '  'Arthur, 
you  have  told  a  lie." 

Early  in  the  morning  he  arose  and 
gazed  up  into  the  face  of  the  old  clocL 
It  looked  very  sternly  at  him.  "Quick! 
quick!  quick!  quick!"  said  the  clock. 
So  the  poor  boy  went  to  his  father  and 
told  him  all  with  a  very  sorrowful 
heart.  His  father  freely  forgave  him. 
And  he  prayed  that  God  would  forgive 
him,  and  never  sufler  him  to  tell  a  lie 
again. 

Dear  children,  never  tell  an  untruth. 
Lying  is  a  low,  mean  vice,  and  very 
wicked. — Chris.    Press. 


Tiie  Little  Loaf. 


In  a  time  of  famine  a  rich  man  sent 
for  the  poorest  children  in  the  town, 
and  said  to  them : 

"There  is  a  basket  of  bread;  you 
may  each  come  every  day  and  take  a 
loaf  until  it  pleases  God  to  send  better 
times." 

The  children  attacked  the  basket  and 
disputed  as  to  which  should  have  the 
largest  loaf,  and  went  away  without 
once  thanking  their  benefactor. 

Only  Frances,  a  very  poor  but  cleanly 
girl,  modestly  remained  behind,  and 
had  the  smallest  loaf  which  was  left  in 
the  basket.  She  gratefully  returned 
thanks ,  and  went  home  quietly.  One 
day  the  children  behaved  very  badly 
indeed,  and  poor  Frances  received  a 
loaf  much  smaller  than  the  rest,  but 
when  she  took  it  home  and  her  moth- 
er cut  it  open,  a  number  of  pieces  of 
silver  fell  on  the  floor. 

"Go  and  return  this  money  immedi- 
ately; it  must  have  been  put  in  the 
bread  by  mistake." 

Frances  went  directly  with  it  to  the 
gentleman,  who  said: 

"My  dear  child  it  was  no  mistake. 
I  had  the  money  put  into  that  loaf  to 
reward  you.  Remain  always  as  peao- 
able  and  contented.  Those  who  are 
satisfied  with  a  little  always  bring  bless- 
ings upon  themEelves  and  their  family, 
and  will  pass  happily  through  the 
world.  Do  not  thank  me,  but  thank 
God,  who  put  into  your  heart  treasure 
of  a  contented  and  grateful  spirit,  and 
who  has  given  me  the  will  and  oppor- 
tunity to  be  useful  to  those  who  are  in 
need  of  assistance. — Selected 


— The  best  thing  which  we  derive 
from  history  is  the  enthusiasm  that  it 
raises  in  us. 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


$4w$  4  ikt  f  M* 


The  City. 

The  ]ntei-State  ExpoEilion  opened 
on  Wedntfdriy  evetias  of  last  week 
with  an  aiieiidance  of  several  thou- 
sacd.  The  di-Uwls  of  the  fair  are  in 
much  better  order  than  last  year,  and 
in  eome  deparfmtnfs  there  is  hardly  a 
ccmfjaiiEon.  The  collection  of  paint- 
ings has  prcbabiy  never  been  excelled 
in  the  West.  The  machinery  and  flo- 
ral departmenis  are  alto  quite  attract- 
ive.— The  quettion  of  inairance  is  now 
becomiiiiT  a  very  importr.nt  one  for  this 
city.  Af.er  the  July  fire  the  National 
Board  of  Uuderwriters  in  New  York 
decided  to  withdraw  their  agencies  by 
October  Ist  unlees  certain  naeasures  for 
the  prevention  of  fire  were  adopted  and 
carried  out  by  the  city  authorities. 
Nothing  has  been  done  but  to  order 
that  no  more  wooden  buildings  shall 
be  built  inside  the  city  limits.  The 
water  pipes  laid  through  the  business 
portions  of  the  city  years  ago  are  now 
altogether  inadequate.  The  lack  of 
water  prevented  an  eaily  victory  over 
the  last  great  fire.  If  the  insurance 
conapanies  withdraw,  the  business  in- 
terests of  Chicago  will  be  very  serious- 
ly injured. Mrs.  William  A.  Bartlett, 

wife  of  the  pastor  of  Plymouth  Con- 
gregational Church  t^f  this  city,  died 
recently  of  the  heart  disease  in  Berne, 
Switzerland,  where  she  was  traveling 
with  her  husband. 

The  South. 

On  Monday  a  mass  meeting  wa.s 
lield  in  the  streets  of  New  Orleans  to 
prevent  .the  farther  seizure  of  arms 
sent  to  the  White  Leagues,  by  the  State 
authorities.  A  committee  was  sent  to 
order  Gov.  Kellogg  to  resign.  He  re- 
fused. The  crowd  then  armed  and 
attacked  the  police.  Some  20  persons 
were  killed  and  50  wounded  in  the 
figlit.  The  mdb  barricaded  the  streets 
and  the  city  on  Tueeday  morning  was 
in  their  power.  At  9  o'clock  the  State 
militia,  arsenals  and  the  State  house 
were  surrendered  and  Gov.  Kellogg 
took  refuge  in  the  Custom  House 
T?hich  was  held  by  U.  S.  troops. 
The  Beecher  Affair. 

This  noisome  and  festering  mass  has 

broken  out   again.     After  a  few   day's 
quiet  MouUon  published  last   week  an- 
other    long    statement     replying    lo 
Beecher's  testimony  before    the    com- 
mittee, and  other  allega'.ione.      He  re- 
affirms  the    charge  of    adultery  with 
Mrs,  Tilton  confessed  to  him  by  Beech- 
er and  slates  another  confession  of  adul- 
tery with  another  woman.  If  ever  the 
reputation  a    clergyman  was   dragged 
through  the  mire  it  is   Beecher's,    and 
perhaps  none  ever  so  exposed  himself  to 
Buch  usage.     Moulton's  statement  does 
not  seem  to  produce  great  effect,  as  the 
public  are   tired    of   "statementt"  and 
criminations.     All  other   documents  in 
the  case  aside,  Mr.  Beecher'it  own  state- 
ment to  the  committee  shows  him  to  be 
a  most  unreliable    man,   and  his  own 
theory  of  his  innocence  of  the  crime  of 
adultery  sinks  him  lower  than  the  theo- 
ry of  his  guilt.     If  Mr.    Beecher  is  not 
the  victim  of  violent  animal  passion  and 
violent  temptation,  then  what  follows? 
Then  he  has  chosen  Moulton   and  Til- 
ton,  for  whom    piracy  has  no   parallel 
as  his  boon  companions  for  years,  with 
no  motive  but  elective  affinity  to  make 
him  do  so.     Moulton,  a  swearing    non- 
professor,  is  his  Sabbath-day  confidant 
and  bosom  friend,  to    whom  he   sends 
money  paid    him  by   professed  Chris- 
tians   for    misleading  them,  by    thou- 
sands on   thousands;    and   even   after 
Moulton  extorts  a  paper  from  him  by  a 
pistol,  which  he    extorted   from   a  sick 
TToman  by  her  love  of  him;  this  same 


Moulton  is  the  man  whom  he  expects 
to  spend  his  eternity  with  in  heaven! 
Now  on  the  theory  of  his  adultery,  all 
is  plain.  They  had  his  secret.  He 
dreaded  exposure,  and  so  was  their 
slave.  If  he  is  not  apenitent  adulturer 
he  is  something  worse. 
Political. 

Judge  Poland,  of  Vermont,  since 
the  election,  which  in  his  district  failed 
to  sustain  either  of  the  candidates,  has 
withdrawn  from  the  contest.  His  con- 
stituents do  not  like  his  action  in  the 
CIredit  Mobilier  case,  press-gag  law, 
etc.,  with  which  he  was  prominently 
connected. The  State  Reform  Con- 
vention of  Michigan  met  last  week. 
The  platform  advocates  a  reiiuction  of 
the  number  and  diminution  of  the 
power  of  officers  under  the  National 
Government;  reduction  of  salaries  to 
the  extent  that  no  fund  can  be  raised 
for  political  purposes  from  office-hold- 
ers; that  political  opinion  should 
not  be  a  reason  for  appointment  to  of- 
fice, nor  ground  for  removal ;  prohibi- 
tion of  recommendation  to  office  by  any 
Senator  or  Representative  in  Congress, 
and  the  election  of  all  Federal  officers 
by  the  people;  speedy  return  to  hard 
money;  all  banking,"  State  and  Na- 
tional, should  be  free ;  a  tariflf  for  rev- 
enues; a  just  and  equitable  system  of 
taxation. The  Mmnesota  Republic- 
an Convention  met  last  Wednesday. 

The  Arkansas  Democratic  Convention 
on  Thursday  renominated  Gov.  Bax- 
ter of  the  late  gubernatorial  war  in  that 
State.  The  nomination  was  considered 
equivalent  to  an  election  but  Baxter  re- 
plied that  he  considered  it  for  the  best 
interests  of  the  State  that  he  should  de- 
cline the  nomination. The   election 

in  Colorado  has  s^one  Democratic,  it  is 
said  on  account  of  the  appointment  of 
Gov.  McCook  who  was  unpopular. 

Geueral. 

Gen.  Miles  has  an  engagement  with 
500  Cheyennes  near  the  Red  River  in 
Texas,  on  the  30th  ult.  in  which  25 
or  30  Indiana  were  killed  and  the  rest 

driven  far  to   the  west. Bands    of 

Sioux  have  appeared  in*  Nebraska  near 
North  Platte  city  and  have  committed 
depredations  and  it   is   believed   killed 

some   settlers. A    number   of    the 

Ku-Klux  believed  to  have  been  engaged 
in   the  murder   of  negro  prisoners  at 

Gibson,   Tenn.,  are  under   arrest. 

The  Grand  Jury  at  Washington  have 
concluded  their  examination  in  the  cel- 
ebrated safe  burgalry  case,  and  have 
found  indictments  against  Harrington, 
Attorney  for  the  District,  Whitely, 
chief  of  the  U .  S.  detective  force  and 
several  other  parties.  During  the 
District  investigation  last  summer,  Har- 
rington's safe,  which  contained  papers 
proving  the  frauds  of  the  Shepherd 
ring,  was  mysteriously  robbed.  This 
was  a  bogus  affair  to^get  rid  of  testimo- 
ny. 
Foreigta. 

Guizot,    the  eminent   French  states- 
man and  writer  died  on    Sunday  at  his 

residence  at  Valricher. The  Carlists 

fired,  last  week,  on  two  German  gun- 
boats which  returned  the  fire. The 

embassadors  of  the  United  States  and 
Germany  have  been  received  by  Presi- 
dent Serrano  of  Spain. — Another  vic- 
tory over  the  Carlists  is  reported. 

A  great  strike  of  cotton  operatives  has 
begun  in  Bolton,  England.  Seventy- 
four  mills  employing  13,000  hands 
have  stopped.  Subscriptions  for  the 
strikers  have  been  opened  by  the  trades 
unions  throughout  the  manufacturing 
districts. A  terrible  collision  occur- 
red last  week  on  one  of  the  best  man- 
aged English  railroads,  the  Great  East- 
ern, near  Norwich.  Twenty  persons 
were  killed  outright  and  fifty  wounded. 

An  International  Law  Association 

was  held  at  Geneva,  Switzerland,  last 
week.  David  D.  Field,  of  New  York, 
made  a  speech  explaining  that  the  ob- 
jects of  the  society  were  to  obviate  the 
necessity  of  war. 


So  universal  is  the  law  that  cruelty 
to  the  animal  injures  the  meat,  that  an 
eminent  English  physician,  Dr.  Car- 
penter, in  a  recent  letter  to  the  Lon- 
don Times,  assures  us  that  the  meats 
of  animals  which  have  been  made  fat 
by  overfeeding  will  sometimes  produce 
gastric  diseases  in  those  who  eat  them. 
In  England  it  has  been  found  that  the 
flesh  of  hares  chased  and  worried  hj 
dogs,  becomes  diseased,  and  soon  pu- 
trefies. Old  hunters  tell  us  they  do 
not  like  to  eat  the  meat  of  dew  which 
have  been  run  and  wonied  by  dogs,  and 
that  they  sometimep,  when  hunting, 
shoot  dogs  to  prevent  their  worrying 
the  deer,  and  so  spoiling  the  meat 
The  same  doctrine  applies  to  game 
caught  and  tortured  in  steel  traps.  In 
an  essay  which  took  the  prize  at  the 
New  England  Agricultural  Fair  of 
1872,  I  find  that  the  flesh  of  animals 
killed  when  in  a  state  of  great  excit- 
ment,  soon  putrtfies;  and  that  the 
flesh  of  animals  killed  instantly  without 
pain,  is  found  to  contain  elements  in- 
dispensable to  the  easy  and  complete 
digestion  of  the  meat  (among  which  is 
one  named  "glycogene"),  and  which 
elements  are  almost  or  entirely  want- 
ing in  animals  that  have  suflfercd  be- 
fore dying. —  G.  T.  Angellf  Sanitaricm 

for  Sept. 

*-•-* 

Preskeving  Potatoes. — A  corres- 
pondent of  the  Scientific  American 
says  that  he  has  tried  the  following 
method  of  keeping  potatoes  for  years 
with  complete  success,  though  in  some 
instances  the  tubers  were  diseased'when 
taken  out  of  the  ground:  ''Dust  over 
the  floor  of  the  bin  with  lime  and  put 
in  about  six  or  seven  inches  deep  of 
potatoes,  and  dust  with  lime  as  before. 
Put  in  six  or  seven  inches  of  potatoes 
again;  repeat  the  operation  until  all 
are  stored  away.  One  bushel  of  lime 
will  do  for  forty  bushels  of  potatoes, 
though  more  will  not  hurt  them — the 
lime  rather  improving  the  flavor  than 
otherwise." 


makes  them  prettier  of  course, 
outside  door  should   have  one. 


Every 


Husk  mats. 


These  very  useful  articles  can  be 
made  by  boys  at  their  leisure.  A  writ- 
er in  the  Rural  iVew-  Yorker  tells  how 
to  make  them: — Separate  the  corn 
husks  from  the  stem  and  sort  them, 
throwing  aside  alt  that  are  brittle  or  de- 
cayed. Dampen  them  a  little  by  dip- 
ping them  into  warm  water,  and  wring 
them  dry  as  possible  if  they  are  to  be 
braided  immediately.  Select  nine 
good  sized  husks,  and  tie  a  strong 
twine  around  them  aboirt  one  inch 
from  the  butt  ends,  which  should  be 
even.  Separate  them  below  the  twine 
into  three  equal  parts  and  proceed  to 
braid,  adding  a  husk  or  two  as  each 
strand  is  lapped  over,  leaving  an  inch 
or  BO  projecting  at  the  butt  end  of  each 
husk  for  the  brush.  The  braid  should 
be  about  one  inch  in  width.  Sew  the 
braids  together  on  the  smooth  side, 
with  strong  twine  and  coarse  needle, 
shaping  them  into  oblong,  round  or 
equare  mats,  as  fancy  dictates.  Some 
prefer  to  dip  the  husks  into  a  red,  blue 
or  browD  dye  before   braiding,  which 


— When  you  make  a  mustard  plaster 
use  no  water  whatever,  but  mix  the 
mustard  with  the  white  of  an  egg  and 
the  result  will  be  a  plaster  that  will 
"draw"  perfectly,  but  will  not  produce 
a  blister,  even  upon  the  skin  of  an  in- 
fant, no  matter  how  long  it  is  allowed 
to  remain  upon  the  part. 


'^^^  8t|4  fa^^^tt* 


To  Destroy  Lice. 


The  best  preparation  for  the  remo- 
val of  lice  from  cattle,  young  or  old,  is 
a  salve  of  fresh  lard  ground  up  with 
fine  sulphur  (one  ounce  of  sulphur  to 
four  ounces  of  lard)  and  raw  Unseed  oil 
mixed  with  kerosene  oil  in  the  propor- 
tion of  four  parts  of  linseed  to  one  part 
of  kerosene.  These  should  be  rubbed 
from  between  the  ears  all  along  the 
backbone  to  the  root  of  the  tail,  about 
twice  a  week.  Two  applications  are 
generally  sufficient.  It  is  not  in  any 
degree  hurtful  if  it  is  licked  by  the  cat- 
tle. L'ce  which  have  been  placed  in 
contact  with  a  small  quantity  of  either 
of  these  mixtures  were  immediately 
killed,  while  mercurial  ointment  and 
carbolic  acid  failed  to  kill  them  in  sever- 
al hours. 


To  Shoe  an  Unruly  Horse. 

A  gentleman  long  resident  in  Mexi- 
co, says  that  a  good  way  to  manage  a 
horse  that  will  not  be  shod,  is  to  take  a 
chord  the  size  of  a  common  bed-cord,  put 
it  in  the  mouth  of  the  horse  like  a  bit, 
and  tie  it  tightly  on  the  animal's  head, 
passing  his  left  ear  under  the  string, 
not  painfully  tight,  but  tight  enough 
to  keep  the  ear  down  and  the  cord  in 
its  place.  This  done  pat  the  horse 
gently  on  the  side  of  the  head,  and 
command  him  to  follow.  It  subdues 
any  horse,  and  it  becomes  as  gentle 
and  obedient  as  a  well- trained  dog. 


Keeping  Accounts. 


The  great  mass  of  the  farmers  of  this 
country  keep  no  accounts  at  all — not 
even  a  memorandum  book  in  which 
they  note  down  current  expenses,  etc 
The  idea  of  "keeping  books"  has  a  ter- 
ror about  it,  which  deters  most  people 
whose  success  in  life  does  not  absolute- 
ly hang  upon  their  keeping  accurate 
accounts  to  have  much  to  do  with  them. 
The  amount  of  money  which  passes 
through  the  hands  of  a  small  farmer  in 
any  part  of  the  country  is  so  small  that 
his  recollections  about  money  transac- 
tions are  usually  pretty  accurate^  and 
the  real  necessity  of  spending  the  few 
minutes  a  day  necessary  to  keep  toler- 
ably accurate  accounts  is  not  apparent 
to  them,  and  will  not  be   until  proved. 

It  is  not  our  object  now  to  enter  into 
an  argument  to  convince  any  one  of 
the  desirableness  of  keeping  accounts, 
but  to  show  how  it  may  be  done  con- 
viently  and  easily.  The  writer  has 
for  some  time  used  the  following  system 
for  keeping  his  family  and  farm  ac- 
counts, which  are  kept  together,  and 
it  certainly  is  simple,  convenient  and 
appears  to  be  all  that  is  required. 

The  book  is  raled  with  double  dollar- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


and-cent  columns.  In  one  of  these 
columns  the  expenses  are  set  down, 
in  the  other,  the  receipts.  The  book 
need  not  be  larger  than  a  common 
school  copy-book,  and  three  minutes  a 
day  will  serve  to  make  all  the  entries. 
If  the  farmer  is  cold,  and  his  fingers 
stiff,  his  wife  or  one  of  his  daughters 
will  gladly  take  the  pen.  Oftener 
than  otherwise,  we  think  the  wife,  if 
not  overburdened  with  the  cares  of 
household  and  children,  would  be  the 
beet  one  to  keep  the  accounts.  In  a 
great  many  cases,  dimes  and  half-dimes 
slip  away  for  personal  indulgences 
(glasses  of  something  warm,  or  tobac- 
co), which,  were  it  the  good  wife's  daily 
duty  to  make  the  record,  wou'd  not  be 
spent. 

These  accounis  ought  to  be  balanced 
as  often  as  once  a  month.  It  will  be 
observed  that  th's  book,  if  accurately 
kept,  will  only  show  the  transactions  in 
ready  money,  and  hence  should  be 
called  cash  accounts.  We  almost  all 
have,  of  necessity,  another  class  of  ac- 
counts to  keep.  It  is  not  always  posai 
ble  or  best  to  pay  cash,  sad  we  may 
make  little  d^hts  and  give  c-edit^  all 
the  time.  Tlie  setilements  are  often 
made  in  produce,  labor,  or  something 
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kept,  there  should  be  an  account  open- 
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It  is  computed  that  in  the  Uritfd  State-,  there  is  enclosed 
with  fencHs  250,.505, 474  acres  of  land.  There  are  1,619- 
199.628  rods  of  fence  at  a  total  cost  cf  $1,747,649,9.31. 
New  York  has  168,539,740  rods  of  fencing,  costing  $228, 
874,911,  Pennsylvania  is  next  on  the  list,  with  156,377,- 
821  reds,  worth  $179,834,464,  Ohio  is  next  with  fencing, 
valued  at  $155,580,673.  The  fences  of  the  United  States 
are  worth  as  much  as  all  the  farm  animals  in  the  country. 
For  every  dollar  invested  in  live  stock,  another  is  required 
for  fences.  The  facts  set  forth  are  important,  and  farmers 
should  adopt  some  system  to  do  away  with  the  necessity  of 
such  enormous  outlay  for  fences.  ' 

— There  are  now  published  in  the  United  Kingdom 
1,256  newspapers,  distributed  aa  follows:  England,  1,111, 
of  which  268  are  published  in  London;  Wales,  60;  Scot- 
land 134;  Ireland,  134;  British  Isles,  17.  Of  these  there 
are  82  da'ly  papers  published  in  England,  12  in  Scotland, 
19  in  Ireland,  and  2  in  the  British  Isles.  This  does  not 
erabrscj  magazines,  of  which  there  639. 


ODD  FELLOWSHIP  ILLUSTRATED. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress  in  the  year  1874,  by  Ezra  A.  Cook 
&  Co.,  with  the  Librarian  of  Congress  Washington,  D.  C. 

GOLDEN  RULE  DEGREE  CONTINUED. 

(Here  (h(!  Patriarchs  promptly  join  in  singing  the  follow- 
ing:) 

ODK. 

No  more  shall  nation  against  nation  rise. 

Nor  ardent  warriorti  meet  with  hateful  eyes. 

Nor  fields  with  gleaming  steel  be  covered  o'er, 

The  brazen  trumpets  kindle  rage  no  more ; 

l>ut  useless  lances  into  scythes  shall  bend 

And  the  broad  falcon  in  a  plowshare  end. 

No  sigh  nor,  murmiir  the  wide  world  shall  hear ; 

From  every  face  be  wiped  off  every  tear; 

All  crimes  shall  cease  and  ancient  fraud  shall  fail, 

Returning  Justice  lift  aloft  her  scale. 

Peace  o'er  the  world  her  olive  wand  extend. 

And  white-robed  Innocence  from  heaven  descend. 

CONCLUDING  CHAKGE,  GOLDEN  RULE  DEGREE. 

Chief  Patriarch:  Such  is  the  era  for  which  Kings  and  Pa- 
triarcLs  waited  and  sought  but  never  found.  "We  trust  tlie  les- 
son of  this  night  will  he  deeply  engraven  upon  your  heart.  The 
cereuiouics  you  have  witnessed  are  especially  designed  to  im- 
press you  with  the  great  principle  of  toleration.  In  the  present 
condition  of  mankind,  owing  to  the  prejudices  of  education  or 
habit,  it  can  not  be  expected  that  men  should  think  alike.  This 
is  philosophically  impossible.  But,  honest  in  our  own  opinions, 
we  should  accord  the  same  honesty  to  others,,  and  while  we 
should  in  no  instance  tolerate  licentiousness  or  ^'ice,  wc  should 
overlook  all  dilTerence  of  a  minor  nature,  which  may  divide  us 
from  our  brethren,  and  cordially  unite  with  the  virtuous  and 
good,  irrespective  of  country,  religion  or  politics,  in  the  dis- 
charge of  those  duties  which  all  agree  to  be  paramount.  As  a 
brother  of  this  sublime  degree  it  is  expected  that  you  will 
always  act  upon  the  Golden  Rule,  doing  unto  others  as  you 
would  have  them,  under  similar  circumstances,  do  unto  you. 
Thus  will  you  co-operate  with  the  great  mission  of  Odd-fellow- 
ship and  hasten  the  period  when  man  shall  hail  his  brother 
man  with  fraternal  greetings.  When  wickedness  and  falsehood 
shall  be  driven  from  the  earth  and  the  race  of  Adam  form  a 
universal  family;  acknowledging  the  God  of  the  universe  as 
their  father  and  every  child  of  man  as  a  brother.  When,  in 
short,  one  law  shall  bind  all  nations,  the  continents  and  the 
islands  of  the  earth,  and  that  law  be  the  law  of  love. 

Brethren,  this  degree  is  closed  with  solemn  ceremonies ; 
be  attentive  while  the  High  Priest  repeats  a  prayer. 

PRAYER,  GOLDEN  RULE  DEGREE. 

O  Thou  who  art  the  Creator  of  all  and  before  whom  the 
nations  of  the  earth  are  as  a  drop  of  a  bucket  and  as  the  small- 
est dust  of  the  balance,  vouchsafe  thine  aid  and  grant  that  we 
may  be  solemn  and  thoughtful,  and  bear  with  us  continually  a 
remembrance  of  our  obligations  to  thee  and  to  one  another. 
Let  the  light  of  Thy  truth  guide  our  brother  who  has  at  this 
time  been  instructed  in  the  truths  and  duties  of  the  Golden 
Rule.  And  do  Thou  eiiable  him  to  treasure  up  those  truths 
and  practice  those  duties  all  the  days  of  his  life,  and  wilt  thou 
receive  him  at  last  to  thyself.    Anieu. 

Chief  Patriarch  to  Candidate :  Brother,  you  are  now  en- 
titled to  be  hailed  as  a  Patriarch  of  the  Golden  Rule  and  to 
take  rank  as  such  in  our  Encampment.  The  Junior  Warden 
will  conduct  you  to  a  seat. 

INITIATION,  ROYAt-  PURPLE  DEGREE. 

The  candidate  being  prepared  and  blindfolded  by  the 
Junior  Warden  in  the  ante-room,  is  led  to  the  inside  door. 

Junior  Warden  (giving  the  Enter  Sign  of  tlie  degree — four 
raps  on  the  door) :     A  weary  Patriarch  seeks  admission  here. 

Sentinel  (opening  the  door) :  The  appeal  is  not  in  vain ; 
thou  art  welcome.  They  enter  and  the  door  closes :  then  as 
though  he  had  just  observed  the  candidate  he  rushes  after  him 
exclaiming :     But  hold !     Who  have  we  here  ? 

Junior  Warden :  A  friend  whom  I  have  brought  hy  warrant 
of  our  Chief.    Know  ye  not  the  sign '? 

Senior  Warden  (interposing  as  they  approach  near  him) : 
Rest!  Knows  he  not  there  is  no  rest  but  one?  That  once 
launched  on  life's  broad  wilderness,  thence  forward  all  is  tur- 
moil even  from  the  cradle  to  the  grave  ?  Rest  can  not  be  found 
on  earth.    Behold  the  joyous  child  basking  in  atfection's  sun, 


its  careless  hours  are  each  beguiled  with  some  ncM'  hope  of 
beauty!  See  next  the  gladsome  youth;  his  ardent  heart,  deep 
tilled  Avith  young  ambition's  fires,  is  ever  mcuuting  to  some 
new  achievement!  Then  view  manhood's  loftier  state  and 
mark  through  what  immensity  of  danger,  toil  and  strife  he 
struggles  on  to  reach  sonic  wished-for,  tliough  imaginary  goal! 
Thus  it  is  ever.  Proud  aspirations  and  never  ending  hope  lure 
on  man's  restless  spirit,  till  exhausted  nature  siulcs,  and  the 
weary  body  finds  repose  beneath  its  kindred  earth.  • 

Junior  Warden:  Nay  but  my  friend  is  sound  of  body  and 
of  mind.  The  world  is  before  him  tempting  his  stern  energy, 
and  he  has  confidence  to  stem  its  wild  and  reckless  torreiit, 
shunning  the  rocks  and  whirliiools  wliich  Ikuc  proved  the 
wreck  of  other's  hopes. 

Senior  Warden  :  Then  let  him  onward!  Goon!  Be  that 
the  word,  even  the  counter  sign.  Go  on  !  But  give  liim  safe 
guidance  and  the  best  protection. 

.Junior  Warden  :     A  guide  has  already  been  provided. 

Senior  Warden :  Place  him  in  charge  then  and  remember 
the  word. 

Junior  Warden :  Guide,  liere  is  a  friend  who  is  journeying 
through  the  desert,  and  would  find  favor  with  the  Patriarchs. 

Guide:  It  entrusted  to  me  I  will  conduct  him  safely;  but 
is  he  prep.ared  for  the  hard,  uncertain  fare  that  awaits  him  by 
the  way  V 

Junior  AVardcu  :  No,  except  througli  niere  intimation  ;  but 
you  can  advise  him  as  you  proceed. 

Guide:  Well,  be  it  so,  and  take  j'our  leave,  for  wc  have  a 
long  and  toilsome  travel  to  perform.  Candidate  bids  adieu  to 
.Junior  Warden.  You  arc  safe  witli  me,  my  friend,  though  if 
you  hear  me  spoken  of  no  terms  of  llattery  will  be  used,  as  j-ou 
will  find,  for  all  who  journey  here  abuse  their  destiny  in  the 
vain  hope  to  thus  evade  a  just  accountantability.  Be  cautious 
now,  we  are  near  the  First  Watcli,  an  unerring  indication  of 
our  onward  progress. 

First  Watch:     Hold!     How  entered  you  tlie  wilderness? 

A.  by  Guide. — Lawfulh'. 

First  Watch :     Have  you  the  counter  sign  ? 

A. — Yes ;  or  rather  my  Pilgrim  has. 

First  Watch  :    Your  Pilgrim !     Who  entrusted  liim  to  you  ? 

A. — His  friend,  and  he  did  well. 

First  Watch :  I  have  seen  such  as  you  before,  and  know 
you  think  so;  yet  many  have  been  misled  upon  this  route. 
But  now  to  talk  is  profitless.    Stranger,  give  me  the  word. 

Candidate:     "Goon." 

First  Watch :  Aye,  go  on,  and  beware  how  you  tread.  The 
way  is  encompassed  with  dithculties.  On  the  one  h.and  is  a 
straight  and  narrow  path,  presenting  a  toilsome  and  laborious 
progress;  while  on  the  other  your  safety  is  hourly  endangered 
in  a  broad  and  expansive  plain,  beautiful  to  the  sight,  but 
abounding  with  infections  the  most  poisonous,  and  sinks  of 
corruption  the  most  destructive  to  human  happiness.  Death 
even  in  its  most  frightful  shapes,  lurks  constantly  by  the  waj''- 
side.    May  heaven  grant  you  safe  deliverance. 

Guide:  Come,  my  Pilgrim,  we  must  not  listen  to  that  old 
man.  Here  the  path  is  narrow  [some  of  the  brethren  crowd 
the  candidate  along]  and  we  meet  impediments,  such  as  too 
often  discourage  a  timorous  spirit.  But  press  on,  be  not  dis- 
couraged and  now  [entering  the  woods]  we  seem  encircled  by 
a  wild  and  dismal  thicket.  The  living  here,  I  have  been  told, 
is  very  bad,  for  the  traveler  is  often  in  want  of  water  as  well  as 
bread.  But  here  is  the  Second  Watch,  another  index  of  the 
speed  of  our  career. 

Second  Watch:  Stand!  What  is  your  object  in  entering 
this  desert  ? 

Guide :    It  is  decreed  that  we  shall  travel  through  it. 

Second  Watch :    Have  you  passed  the  First  Watch  ? 

A. — Yes.    He  directed  us  to  go  on. 

Second  Watch :  Then  I  will  not  detain  you,  except  merely 
to  admonish  the  pilgrim  that  as  the  road  grows  rougher  he  be 
not  tempted  to  seek  momentary  ease  at  the  expense  of  future 
pain  and  sorrow*  A  single  abberation  may  tarnish  and  forever 
overcast  a  rash  though  well-meaning  spirit;  one  false  step  may 
cost  a  limb  or  even  life  itself  Beware  then  that  you  plunge 
not  down  some  dark  and  deep  abyss,  involving  disaster  the. 
most  sad  and  irreparable.    Beware  how  you  proceed. 

Guide :  Come,  let  us  go ;  heed  not  that  dotard  moralizert 
We  can  make  our  way  [starts  on];  yet  how  strangely  varied 
are  the  paths  before  us.  Merriment  in  a  distant  part  of  the 
room.  Hark !  heard  you  the  voice  of  mirth  and  revelry  !  How 
fascinating,  how  easy  of  access  is  the  path  which  leads  tha- 
way!  Yet  it  is  beset  with  adders.  Lust,  intemperance,  sensu 
ality,  vice  in  all  its  hideous  forms  and  all  its  horrors,  lies  deep 
concealed  beneath  its  tempting  blandishments.  We  must  not 
be  deceived.  Sound  of  clashing  arms.  There  again  from 
another  direction  comes  the  clang  of  arms  and  sounds  of  deadly 
strife,  a  sad  display  of  worldly  glory.  When  cruel  war  tram- 
ples meek  humanity  in  the  dust,  it  is  the  stern  warrior's  sport 
to  gratify  the  statesman's  proud  ambition.  Fame  would  tempt 
us  on,  but  we  must  keep  aloof  lest  wc  be  slain,  or,  surviving, 
imbibe  the  same  fell  spirit  of  destruction.  No,  we  will  not  turn 
aside,  neither  for  fleeting  pleasure  nor  the  soldier's  honors. 
They  who  till  the  soil  or  ply  the  loom  and  hammer  are  far  more 
happy.  There  surely  is  some  good  in  store  for  us.  We  will 
cross  the  rugged  path  passing  a  ruins  or  other  rough  place  and 
see  what  lies  beyond.  Ah !  what  is  this  ?  Can  we  already  have 
come  so  far  ?  How  quick  time  flies !  How  rapidly  we  travel ! 
I  see  by  the  morning  light  that  our  course  lies  down  a  deep 
declivity  which  has  to  us  no  visible  end,  and  yet  must  terminate 
our  pilgrimage.    Be  careful !     They  stop. 

Third  Watch:     Stand!    Whence  came  you? 

Guide :    Through  the  desert. 

Third  Watch:    And  passed  the  watches? 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Guide :  Yes ;  informed  of  our  purpose,  they  bade  us  go  on. 
Third  Watch:  You  have  done  well  in  arriving  at  this 
Watch,  for  ere  they  get  this  far  on  their  journey,  many  sink  by 
the  wayside,  overcome  with  rtilBculties  which  they  can  not  sur- 
mount. You  are  now  far  advanced,  though  .some  troubles,  such 
as  you  have  passed,  still  appear  in  the  distance.  There  is  yet 
another  Watch  whom  many  have  tried  in  vain  to  reach.  Go 
ou  !    My  best  wishes  attend  3'ou. 

Guide :  Yes,  we  will  go  from  such  a  comforter  as  this ;  but 
so  it  is  all  along  this  road,  and  no  one  can  ever  judge  of  his 
treatment  till  he  j'each  its  end,  and  then,  alas!  it  is  too  late  to 
cure  it!  Our  progress,  however,  should  be  more  calm,  m\ich 
less  exciting,  and,  with  our  present  experience,  more  free  from 
danger.  Your  eyes  are  covered  for  your  good.  All  who  travel 
here  are  blinded.  They  neither  see  nor  know  what  may  befall 
them.  A  sudden  change  has  come  upon  the  air,  indicative  of 
an  approaching  storm.  [Sound  of  thunder.*')  It  is  near  us,  but 
we  arc  under  the  protection  of  a  covenant  to  dispel  the  utmost 
wretchedness  of  man.  But  here  is  the  Fourth  Watch. 
Fourth  Watch :  How  far  have  you  come  ? 
Guide :  Through  the  wilderness,  traveling  by  night  as  well 
as  by  day. 

Fourth  Watch:  Pilgrim,  I  congratulate  yoii  on  having 
journied  so  far  with  so  bad  a  guide. 

Guide:  lie  that  has  experienced  my  care  is  best  qualified 
to  judge  of  me,  good  oi'  bad.  Few  would  desire  to  try  the 
journey  over  again,  even  could  they  endure  its  fatigue. 

Fourth  Watch:  I  merely  apprized  the  Pilgrim  of  the  com- 
pany he  is  in.  I  am  rejoiced  at  his  arrival,  and^  i  admitted  to 
the  society  of  the  Patriarchs,  he  will  find  the  way  more  pleas- 
ant and  the  paths  more  smooth. 

Guide:  Well,  wc  will  move  ou  and  endeavor  to  find  so 
great  a  recompense  for  our  toil.  Whoever  travels  this  road  is 
sure  to  be  ill  treated-  Yet  it  is  better  to  endure  this  than  incur 
the  hazard  of  still  more  dangerous  wilds  which  ravenous  beasts 
of  prey  infest.  Sounds  of  music.  Ah!  That  sounds  like  the 
cheerful  music  oi  the  Patriarchs.  They  come  this  way,  let  us 
stand  and  we  can  join  them  as  they  pass.  The  procession 
passes  towards  the  tent  and  is  joined  by  the  Guide  and  Candi- 
date. Ho !  Here  is  the  High  Priest's  Tent,  and  we  'are  sale ! 
Guards  of  the  tent,  I  have  a  Pilgrim  who  desires  to  see  the 
High  Priest. 

Guard  of  Tent:     Your  Pilgrim  shall  be  gratified. 
(To    the    High  Priest.)    Most    Worthy  Sir,  a  Pilgrim  is  in 
waiting  who  desires  to  be  presented  to  you. 
High  Priest:    Be  his  wish  kindly  indulged. 
Guide:    He  is  here.    (Presents  him  and  while  doing  so 
removes  the  bandage  from  his  eyes.) 

High  Priest  to  Candidate :  Brother,  I  aftectionsitely  welcome 
you  to  this  innermost  temple  of  our  order.  Your  progress  hither 
may  have  appeared  tedious,  but  we  trust  that  the  lessons  you 
have  gathered  by  the  way  will  prove  profitable.  All  human 
excellence  is  the  reward  of  perseverence,  toil  and  danger,  such 
as  we  have  endeavored  to  picture  to  the  imagination  in  the 
mimic  journey  of  life  through  which  you  have  been  conducted ; 
a  scene  that  has  not  been  rehearsed  for  idle  amusement,  but  to 
awaken  rational  meditation  in  a  mind  as  mature  as  yours  should 
now  be.  The  uncertainties  of  life  are  ever  present  to  the  un- 
derstanding of  considerate  men.  Literally  blindfolded  and 
.  beset  on  every  side  with  danger  and  temptation  we  struggle 
through  this  earthly  pilgrimage.  With  desires  never  gratified 
we  are  the  subjects  of  endless  toil  and  care;  of  never  ceasing 
hope  and  never  ending  disappointment.  The  false  and  flatter- 
ing charms,  which  in  the  distance  so  attract  our  admiration,  all 
disappear  the  moment  they'are  placed  within  our  reach.  Frail 
mortals  that  we  are ;  we  know  not  what  a  day  or  an  hour  may 
bring  forth.  Encompassed  with  peril  on  every  side ;  with  the 
seeds  of  disease  implanted  in  our  nature,  and  the  very  air  we 
breathe  impregnated  with  death,all  the  promises  of  life  are  but 
dust.  They  fade  as  a  leaf  and  pass  as  the  shadow  that  fleeth 
away.  How  essential  then  that  we  should  understand  our  true 
position  and  keep  constantly  in  view  the  realities  that  surround 
us.  How  essential  that  we  should  learn  to  practice  those  living 
and  immortal  virtues  which,  while  they  secure  ultimate  happi- 
ness, contribute  so  largely  to  smooth  the  troubles  and  soften  the 
asperities  of  life. 

Having  now  assumed  the  title  of  Patriarch,  it  becomes  you 
to  contemplate  with  reverence  the  character  and  the  deeds  of 
the  Patriarchs  of  old.  These  were  men  of  faith,  who  trusted 
God  with  the  most  unfaltering  confidence,  and  who  believed 
that  all  else  should  be  sacrificed  upon  the  altar  of  truth  and 
duty.  We  will  ;briefly  enumerate  some  of  their  deeds.  By 
faith  Abel  offered  unto  God  a  more  excellent  sacrifice  than  Cain 
by  which  he  obtained  witness  that  he  was  righteous.  By  faith 
Enoch  was  translated  that  he  should  not  see  death.  By  faith 
Noab,  being  warned  of  God  of  things  not  seen  as  yet,  prepared 
an  ark  to  the  saving  of  his  house.  By  faith  Abraham,  when  he 
was  called  to  go  out  into  a  place  which  he  should  afterwards 
receive  as  inheritance,  obeyed ;  and  by  faith  he  sojourned  in  a 
land  of  promise  as  in  a  strange  country.  By  faith  Isaac  blessed 
Jacob  and  Esau  concerning  things  to  come.  By  faith  Jacob, 
when  he  was  dying,  blessed  both  the  sons  of  Joseph.  By  faith 
Joseph,  when  he  died,  made  mention  of  the  departing  of  the 
Children  of  Israel,  and  gave  comniandmenl  concerning  his 
bones.  By  faith  Moses,  when  an  infant,  was  hid  three  months, 
of  his  parents,  because  they  saw  he  was  a  proper  child,  and 
they  feared  for  his  safety.  By  faith  Moses,  when  he  was  come 
to  years,  refused  to  be  called  the  son  of  the  Egyptian  King's 
daughter,  choosing  rather  to  suffer  affliction  with  the  children 
of  God  than  to  enjoy  the  pleasures  of  sin  for  a  season.  By  faith 
the  Israelites  passed  throvigh  the  Red  Sea  as  by  dry  land ;  which 

*The  imitation  thunder  is  made  by  shaking  a  large  piece  of  sheet  iron. 

The  Bound  of  falling  rain  is  made  by  the  use  of  a  box  with  pegs  or  nails 

'    driven  through  the  bottom  and  containing  a  few  peas  or  beans  which  are 

rolled  from  one  end  to  the  other,  by  tipping  the  box,  while  some  one 

BpriuUes  wftter  on  tbe  candidate  as  he  passes. 


the  Egyptians  essaying  to  do  were  drowned.  By  faith  the  walls  of 
Jericho  fell  down  after  they  were  encompassed  about  for  seven 
days.  This  is  but  a  brief  recital  of  some  of  the  evidences  of 
the  power  of  faith.  Time  would  fail  to  tell  of  other  Patriarchs 
and  Prophets  who,  through  faith,  subdued  kingdoms,  wrought 
righteousness,  obtained  promises,  quenched  the  violence  of 
fire,  escaped  the  edge  of  the  sword,  out  of  weakness  were  made 
strong,  waxed  valiant  in  fight  and  turned  to  flight  armies  of  un- 
believers, besides  working  other  miracles,  even  to  the  restoring 
of  the  dead  to  life.  Though  the  Patriarchs  lived  in  dark  ages 
of  idolatry,  yet  they  worshiped  God.  In  the  midst  of  general 
corruption,  when  all  was  strife  and  hypocrisy  and  deception, 
they  battled  for  principle.  They  believed  that  righteousness 
and  truth  would  ultimately  prevail,  and  with  high  and  holy 
faith  they  adhered  to  the  path  of  duty,  being  persuaded  that  no 
temporary  advantage  could  compensate  for  its  sacrifice.  These 
are  the  men  whose  integrity  and  faith  and  devotion  to  all  that 
is  good  we  would  teach  you  to  imitate.  They  were  holy  men 
who  lived  not  for  themselves  but  for  their  age  and  for  their 
race  in  all  future  generations.  They  saw  darkness  around  them, 
but  their  e3^es  rested  in  hopefulness  on  the  future;  and  in  that 
future  they  lived.  The  possession  of  virtues  such  as  theirs  is 
wealth  far  more  substantial  than  glittering  heaps  of  gold.  The 
possession  of  faith  so  abiding  is  consolation  far  exceeding  any 
that  can  be  derived  from  mere  worldly  honors.  We  commend 
them,  therefore,  to  you  and  your  imitation.  (Leads  him  to  the 
chair  of  the  Chief  Patriarch.) 

Chief  Patriarch  to  Candidate:  Brother,  in  congratulating 
you  on  your  elevation  to  the  highest  rank  in  this  order,  it  would 
be  useless  for  me  to  attempt  to  add  a  word  to  the  moral  instruc- 
tion which  has  been  already  bestowed  upon  your  mind  with  a 
train  of  moral  thought,  founded  in  principles  the  most  pure 
and  exalted,  our  labor  will  not  have  been  in  vain,  your  time 
will  not  have  been  wasted,  and  neither  you  nor  your  brethren 
will  have  cause  to  regret  yoitr  connection  Avith  our  association. 
We  earnestly  hope  that  may  be  the  case;  and  that,  as  your 
mind  shall  advance  in  the  progress  of  calm  investigation,  it 
may  be  continually  blessed  with  a  brighter  and  yet  stronger 
light,  until  it  realize  the  fruition  of  all  its  earthly  desires  and 
the  care-worn  man  shall  have  bowed  him  down  before  his  God. 
The  novitiate  is  again  taken  to  the  High  Priest. 

High  Priest:  Brother,  before  explaining  to  you  the  signs 
peculiar  to  this  degree,  it  will  be  necessary  for  you  to  enter  into 
a  solemn  promise  with  the  Encampment  and  the  Patriarchal 
Order  at  large  never  to  communicate  to  any  other  person  or  in 
any  manner  divulge,  contrary  to  the  usage  of  the  order,  any  of 
the  signs  or  mysteries  of  this  degree.  Are  you  willing  to  make 
such  promise  V 

A. — I  am. 

OBLIGATION,  KOYAL   PUHPLE   DEGREE. 

I. ,  do  most  solemnly  promise,  in  the  presence 

of  the  witnesses  here  assembled,  that  I  will  never  disclose  or 
make  known  to  any  person,  by  any  means  whatever,  any  of  the 
signs,  pass  words  or  mysteries  of  the  Royal  Purple  Degree  or 
those  of  any  other  of  the  Degrees  of  the  Patriarchal  Order  of 
Independent  Odd-fellows.  I  also  promise  to  obey  all  legal  sum- 
mons that  may  be  issued  by  authority  of  any  Encampment  to 
which  I  may  belong;  and  that  in  all  other  respects  I  will  en 
deavor  to  discharge  my  duty  as  a  true  and  faithful  member  of 
this  traternity.  For  the  conscientious  performance  of  which 
promise  I  here  most  solemnly  give  my  most  sacred  pledge  of 

The  candidate  will  then  rise  and  be  instructed  in  the  Enter 
Sign,  Pass  Word,  Explanation  and  Grip. 

Enter  Sign.— Four  raps  on  inside  door. 

Check  Word. — Same  as  previous  degrees. 

Pass  Word.— M.  K.  K.  S. 

Token  or  Explanation. — Melchizedek,  King  of 
Salem. 

Check'Sign. — Same  as  previous  degrees;  used 
as  a  salute  to  the  "cTiairs"  followed  by  the  degree 
sign  given  to  Chief  Patriarch  only. 

Sign. — Extend  thumb  and  two  first  fingers  of 
right  hand,  closing  the  other  fingers.  Raise  hand 
to  left  side  of  forehead  and  draw  it  to  center  of 
forehead  and  then  let  aian  drop  to  side. 

Answer. — Pass  left  hand  from  right  side  of  face 
to  center  of  forehead. 

Sign  Eoyal 
Purple  Degree. 

Grip. — ^A  closes  all  but  thumb  and  index 
finger  of  right  hand.    B  grasps  the  extend- 
ed finger,  placeing  thumb  on  joint  next 
the  hand. 

Answer.— Same :  B  taking  the  place  of  A. 
Chief  Patriarch :    Brethren,  you  will  rise  and  be  attentive 
while  our  excellent  High  Priest  appropriately  concludes  this 
solemn  ceremony. 

closing  prayer,  royal  purple  degree. 
O  Thou  who  dwellest  in  light  unapproachable,  the  mighty 
Maker  of  the  universe,  we  render  Thee  humble  and  hearty 
thanks  for  all  Thy  mercies.  We  adore  Thy  name  that  amid 
all  the  deprivations  of  this  present  life  Thou  hast  furnished  us 
so  many  beautiful  emblems  of  Thy  goodness  to  cheer  and  sus- 
tain us  in  the  discharge  of  our  duties,  and  hast  implanted  in  us 
a  disposition  of  heart  to  regard  all  men  as  our  brethren  and 
Thou,  the  Lord,  as  the  Maker  of  them  all.  Aid  us  in  our  pass- 
age through  life.  Along  its  devious  ways  may  we  be  safely 
guided  by  Thy  providence  and  at  last  be  admitted  to  the  society 
of  the  just  made  perfect,  to  the  honor  of  Thy  holy  name.  Amen. 
The  Emblems  of  the  Roy  al  Purple  Degree  are  the  Pilgrim's 
Scrip,  Sandals  and  Staff. 


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OPINIONS  or  THE  PRESS. 

*'A  Masonic  Kevklation. — Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 
gentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  whose  statements  seem  to 
be  worthy  of  full  credence.  T/ie  Sro/cen  Heai:  or,  T'ersonal 
"Reminisoences  of  the  Morgatt  sibduction  and  MtiTcler,  is  the 
title  of  a  book  of  some  three  hundred  pages  just  issued  by  him, 
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ago." — Corir/ref/dtioiialist  and  liccorder,  Sostoii. 

" 'Fbeemasonbt  Dkvblopbd.' — 'The  Broken  Seal:  or.  Personal 
■Reminiscences  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,'  is  the  title  of 
ft  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  Tho  book  contains  the 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter 
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In  this  book  are  the  views  of  more  than  a  Score  of  men,  many  of 
them  01  distinguished  ability,  on  the  subject  of  Secret  Societies. 

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TRACT  NO.  1 : 
HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 

BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OP    WHEATON   COLLEGE. 
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Tract  No.  1,  Part  Fikst— Shows  the  origin  of  Speculative  Free- 
masonry, and  is  entiled  "HISTORY  OP  MASONRY.  " 

Tract  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled  "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
TER OP  FREEMASONRY " 

Tr.^^ct    No.  1,  Part  Third— Is    entitled    "FKEEMA80NEY    A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
translated  by  Prof.  A.  Rj  CERVIN.    A  15-page  tract  at  $'2.00 
per  100 ;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURDER, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD,  of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

who  has  taken  17   degrees.     A  2-page  tract  at  85  cents  per  100; 

$2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  3: 

SECRETS  OF  MASONRY, 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
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1000. 

TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
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ODD  FELLOWSHIP  ILLUSTRATED. 

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shown  by  engravings. 

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TRACT.  NO.  5: 

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

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  is  a  very 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Qnincy  Adams'  Letter. 

eiTing  His  and  His  Fatlier's  Opinion  of  Fi'eemasonry  (I8S1.); 

AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

Giving  His  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 

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TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TO"W. 

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Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  be  mo.'^t  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian;  and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  tho 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  Icadiaj;  tuoneandsto  eternal  death. 
flO  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  par  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustrated.'  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonderful  wiedom  aud  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Freoma- 
sonrv  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled.  Murder  and  Treason  not 
E^oopted,"  *nd  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Chiistian, 
Price  25  cents  per  100;  $2  per  100(t. 

TpACT  NO.  9,  ILLUSTRATED: 

FREEMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
Which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  for.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  ot  '•Occiilen.tal  Sov- 
ereign Consistory  S.  P.  Ji.  <S',"  32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge — and 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  ,hurch  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TRACT  NO.  10: 

CHAKACTEK  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREEMASONBT, 

A  2-pa^e  tract,  (illustkatbd)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  aud  Compass,  '  "the 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  per 
100  or  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

Address  of  hm  Coiintj  kmim^  Nsw  M, 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

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sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  icents  per 
100;  S4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  -WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY, 

This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Whltney'9 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charge  of  unm*- 
sonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
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TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVEK  ON  MASONRY, 

and  r 

HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 
Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  ner  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY, 
ITS  EELATIOM  TO  CIVIL  GOVEENUENT  AND  THE  OEEISTIAN  ESLISISM. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PBES.  3, 
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per  100;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID 
A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.    By  REV.   i.   A.  HAKT,   Secretary 
National  Christian  Associntion.    Published  by  special  order  of  tha 
Association.    50  cents  per  100 ;  $1.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  IS: 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 
PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M, 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
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TRACT  NO.  17: 

Origin,  Oifaiions  and  hfm^  d  Ihi  Erasfe. 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OF  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 
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TRACT   NO.  18: 

HON.  WM.  H.  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Extracs  from  a  Speech  03  Enow-Enotliiigi:m  in  tte  U.  S.  Sesatc  in  1555. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

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TRACT  NO,  19. 

BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,  MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  th« 
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TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 
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TRACT  NO.  21 : 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA  A    WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argument,  eho^?s 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  wh* 
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GERMAN  CYNOSURB  TRACT  A. 

Siz  Reasons  wlij  a  Chrisiias  Mi  lAh  ihmm 

By  REV.  A.  GROLB,  Pastor,  German  M.  E.  Cliuxch, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

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for  the  Cywisure.  Enlighten  the  people 
generally,  rouse  them,  and  they  will 
realize  that  it  is  economy  to  employ  a 
State  agent.  In  the  meantime  the 
Cynosure  will  be  a  weekly  lecturer  and 
friend.  Wisconsin  occupies  the  eighth. 
Do  not  let  Michigan  go  beyond  you. 
Missouri  has  the  ninth.  We  expect 
enlargement  there  this  season.  Ver- 
mont has  the  tenth  place.  Kansas  the 
eleventh.  Massachusetts  the  twelfth. 
She  was  below  Minnesota,  but  seems  to 
realize  moi-e  fully  the  importance  of 
this  work.  Let  our  sixty-five  subscrib- 
ers there  rise  together  in  an  aggressive 
movement.  Minnesota  has  the  thir- 
teenth place.  Oregon  the  fourteenth. 
California  and  Washington  Territory 
are  together  in  the  fifteenth  place,  with 
34  subsciribers  each.  Washington  Ter- 
ritory has  come  up  from  the  twentieth 
place  this  summer  and  means  to  do  her 
duty.  Do  not  let  her  find  her  compet- 
itors asleep.  Nebraska  and  Ontario, 
(Canada)  have  the  sixteenth  place.  Con- 
necticut, the  seventeenth.  New  Jersey, 
the  eighteeiath.  Maine,  t]\e  nineteenth, 
and  Virgini;!,  the  twentieth.  The  other 
States  and  territories  we  do  not  report, 
but  the  goad  seed  is  sent  to  all  but  five 
States  (viz:  Delaware,  Florida,  Louis- 
ana,  Nevada  and  South  Carolina)  weekly, 
and  also  to  all  but  five  of  th«  territories. 
Now  the  fall  is  here,  as  a  rule  those 
who  work  most  faithfully  for  the  Cyno- 
sure Will  have  the  greatest  success. 
Please  read  what  is  said  about  The  B^all 
Campaign  in  the  last  two  numbers  of 
the  Cynosure. 

We  will  be  glad  to  send  Cynosure 
sub^oriptioi  papers,  circulars  and  extra 
copies  of  the  paper  when  requested  for 
canvassing  purposes. 

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say,  "This  Paper  must  be  pushed.  I 
am  determined  to  work  for  it." 


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Address   of    Anti-masonic    Locturers. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
DABD,  Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co .,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturers  for  New  York,  Z.  Weav- 
er, Esq.,  and  J.  L.  Barlow,  89  Mulberry 
St.,  both  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

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J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

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S.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

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L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 

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P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

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T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis 
C.  F.  Hawley ,  Millbrook  Pa. 
W.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Ind. 
J.  L.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y". 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 


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Contents. 

Page. 

Editorial  Articles 8,9 

The  Congregational  Council  . .  .The  Day  of  Fasting  and 

Prayer Generalized  Holiness The  M.   E.    DiBci- 

pline  and  Secret  orders  —  Notes 

Topics  op  the  Time 1 

CONTKIBUTBD    AND    SbLBCT  ARTICLES 1,  2,  3 

The  White  Leagues  Message  to  the  Union  (Poetry) 

To  Baptist  Ministers  on  the  Duty  of  Renunciation.... 
Wag  the  early  Christian  Church  a  Secret  Society Re- 
formers   Get  Rid  of  the  Bible The  War  of  Races. 

Kbform  News  and  Notices 4,  6 

Association  Organized Lectures  in  Franklin  County, 

Pa Anti-Secrecy  InN.  Carolina Report  on  Secret 

Societies The  National  Reformers  in  Sonther  n  Illi- 
nois 

Correspond  BNOB 5,6 

A  Voice  from  Central  New  England A  Lie  Nailed.. . 

A  Strange  Sect A  Masonic  Revelation Our  Mail 

Forty  Years  Ago — Memoir  of  Jesuitism 7 

The  Home  CiHCLE 10 

Children's  Corner 11 

The  Sabbath  School 13 

Home  and  Health  Hints 13 

Farm  and  Garden 13 

Beligious  Intelligence 12 

News  of  the  Weefe 12 

Facts  and  Figures 14 

Publisher's  Department IS 


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Returning  Sense. — Two  years  ago  party  frenzy  and 
Masonic  practice  procured  an  election  in  the  Fourth 
Illinois  Congressional  District.  S.  A.  Hurlbut,  a  de- 
fender of  the  privileges  of  Freemasonry  against  the 
rights  of  citizenship,  and  confederate  of  a  Masonic 
murderre,  replaced  J.  A.  Farnsworth.  The  latter  had 
been  fourteen  years  in  Congress,  and  had  received  in 
one  election  the  almost  unequalled  majority  of  14,000 
votes.  His  record  on  the  salary  question  was  clear  and 
he  was  almost  the  only  man  who  could  lay  his  hand  on 
the  mane  of  Ben.  Butler.  But  he  did  not  follow  the 
Grant  Republicans  in  their  deviation  from  the  once- 
honored  policy  of  that  party.  Hence  his  retirement  to 
private  Ufe,  until  renominated  by  independent  voters 
last  week.  Hurlbut's  Masonic  lackeys  serve  him  well, 
and  he  is  also  a  nominee  of  the  so-called  Republican 
party,  but  out  of  respect  to  to  the  good  sense  of  the 
people  of  his  district,  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  he  wUl  get 
no  nearer  the  national  capital.  This  is  one  of  many 
cheering  instances  pointing  to  an  end  of  ring  rule  in 
Congress  and  independence  in  the  use  of  the  ballot. 


Black  Hills'  Gold. — Now  that  the  battle  clouds 
stirred  up  by  the  Indian-butcher,  Custer,  are  blowing 
away,  there  beams  an  illuming  ray  on  the  object  and 
result  of  his  marauding  ride  to  the  Black  Hills.  The 
scientific  reports  by  the  chief  engineer,  by  Mr.  Grinnell 
on  Fossils  and  Zoology,  and  by  Prof.  Winchell  on  the 
Mineral  Products,  are  a  sufficient  reminder  that  "all 
is  not  gold  that  ghtters. "  They  report  a  fine,  well- 
watered  and  timbered  region,  well  suited  for  habitation, 
with  abundant  game,  but  Prof.  ,Winchell's  report  reads 
on  the  gold  story :  ' '  The  miners  that  accompanied 
the  expedition  report  the  finding  of  gold  and  silver  in 
some  of  the  gulches  in  the  southeastern  portion  of  the 
Hills,  though  I  saw  none  of  the  gold,  nor  did  I  see  any 
auriferous  quartz.  I  have  taken  the  gold  reports  with 
a  large  grain  of  allowance. "  His  report  is  confirmed 
by  other  officers  of  the  expedition  who  credit  the  news- 
paper correspondents  with  large  stories  drawn  from 
imagination;  and  by  Prof.  Donaldson  of  the  Minnesota 
State  University,  who  accompanied  the  expedition  in  a 
private  capacity.  Prof.  Winchell  also  states,  aside  from 
his  report,  that  the  aflfair  seemed  to  be  in  the  interest  of 
unscrupulous  speculators  who  had  little  if  any  mining 
experience,  but  were  the  sole  authority  for  the  popular 
reports  of  gold.  It  is  difficult  to  explain  from  any 
governmental  point  the  teason  for  the  expedition,  and 


if  it  shall  be  established  that  the  national  authorities 
may  violate  treaties  and  provoke  murder  atjthe  pleasure 
of  a  few  mining  speculators,  and  perchance  to  lift  the 
Northern  Pacific  railroad  bonds  from  the  mud,  justice, 
as  well  as  national  honor,  demands  their  impeachment. 


Carpet-bagged. — Louisiana  is  truly  reaping  bitter 
ruits  from  her  government  of  adventurers.  Since  the 
adoption  of  a  State  constitution  in  1864,  its  track  has 
been  marked  with  blood.  Warmoth,  the  first  carpet- 
bag governor,  was  elected  in  1868,  and  a  quarrel  over 
the  spoils  of  office  divided  the  Republicans  between 
the  governor  and  the  Custom-House.  In  the  election 
of  18  7  2  Kellogg  and  McEnery  were  candidates  for 
governor.  The  former,  years  ago,  represented  his 
district  in  Congress,  hailing  from  Canton,  Illino's.  He 
went  south  with  the  army,  saw  opportunities  for  ambi- 
tious place-seeking  and  remained  to  make  a  record  that 
will  sink  him  with  curses.  At  this  election  the  State 
Board  of  canvassers  divided ;  Warmoth,  at  the  head  of 
one,  kept  all  the  returns,  canvassed  them,  and  declared 
McEnery  elected.  The  other,  with  a  colored  man, 
Lynch,  at  its  head,  declared  Kellogg  elected  Avithout 
any  returns.  Kellogg  obtained  an  injunction  from  the 
corrupt  and  drunken  Durell,  Judge  of  the  Supreme 
Court,  preventing  McEnery  from  holding  the  office, 
and  shutting  the  State  House  from  his  Legislature. 
Both  appealed  to  Grant.  He  sustained  Kellogg. ,  shield- 
ing his  decision  with  Durell's  injunction.  The  matter 
came  before  the  Senate,  whose  investigating  committee 
was  unanimous  against  Kellogg,  but  were  divided  as 
to  how  he  should  be  disposed  of.  Congress  dodged 
the  decision  and  he  was  left  in  power,  although  the 
President  and  others  have  sought  to  secure  a  decision 
at  different  times.  The  people  of  Louisiana  have  borne 
the  outrage  for  two  years,  seeing  their  property  sold 
for  taxes  they  refused  to  pay  to  a  usurper,  and  their 
State  debt  increased  to  twenty  millions  without  any, 
public  improvements.  They  were  justly  indignant, 
and  the  country  sympathized  with  them.  They  were 
bagged;  and  finally  turned  to  the  weapons  whose  use 
slavery  had  taught,  and  as  they  took  them  up  the 
spirit  of  that  accursed  system  returned. 


White  League  Victims. — "A  hopeless  revolt  is  a 
crime  against  humanity."  In  taking  arms  against  a 
State  government,  for  two  years  recognized  at  Wash- 
ington and  in  every  parish  of  Louisiana,  the  White 
Leagues  of  that  State  began  an  insurrection  which  their 
better  judgment  should  have  told  them  could  not  pre- 
vail. Its  success  would  establish  a  precedent  which 
other  States  would  not  have  tardily  used.  The  deci- 
sion of  President  Grant  in  suppressing  it  is,  therefore, 
commended  on  every  hand.  But  what  shall  be  done 
for  the  fifty  dead-and  seventy-four  wounded  men  who 
fell  on  Monday  of  last  week?  The  White  Leagues 
stand  before  the  world  as  murderers.  But  that  Odgen 
and  Penn  and  their  other  leaders  are  ever  brought  to 
trial  on  this  charge  is  more  than  doubtful.  To  the  re- 
invested State  government  belongs  the  task,  but  to  un- 
dertake would  but  expose  its  impotence.  It  will  remain 
as  another  count  in  the  fearful  indictment  of  slavery, 
and  those  who  still  cherish  the  ghost  of  that  system 
will  in  the  retributions  of  heaven  bear  the  penalty. 
No  such  government  as  Kellogg's  would  have  been 
possible  had  the  whites  of  the  South  submitted  to  the 
judgments  of  the  war  and  united  with  their  colored 
neighbors  in  the  establishment  of  a  peaceful  society. 


The  White  League's  Message  to  the  Union. 


EY    S.   U.   RANDALL. 


You  think,  because  you  swept  our  lands, 
You  made  our  spirits  kneel ; 

But  when  you  broke  our  wa£tcd  bands 
You  left  us  torch  and  steel. 

We  think  we  hear  our  father's  voice 
Upbraid  us  with  our  chains, 

Aud  torch  and  steel  shall  now  rejoice 
Our  butchered  comrades'  manea. 

The  Black  to  death  we  now  consign; 
His  cabin  we  will  storm; 

His  wife  in  tears  again  shall  twine 
The  Southron's  glowing  form. 

Her  face  with  agony  we'll  seam ; 
Her  flesh  the  lash  shall  groove ; 

Her  shriek  and  groan  shall  be  our  dream ; 
And  death  her  woe  remove. 

Soon  Mississippi's  rifle  crack 
Shall  make  our  hearts  rebound, 

And  Carolina's  swamps  give  back 
The  baying  of  the  hound. 

O'er  Alabama's  hills  and  dales, 
In  Teunesseean  grots, 

Beneath  our  Georgia's  forest  vail. 
The  hated  color  rots. 

Our  Old  Kentuck  we'll  rebapljze 
"The  dark  and  bloody  ground ;" 

And  venom  start  to  Texan  eyes, 
The  skull  and  cross-bones  crowned. 

Virginia's  sons  shall  leap  once  more. 
To  join  a  human  hunt: 

While  Louisiana's  clotted  gore 
Arkansan  bowies  blunt. 

We  do  not  ask  your  steel  to  toss 
Our  pierced  and  bleeding  wrath : 

No  more  the  Leaguer  seeks  to  cross 
The  Northern  saber's  path. 

The  League  from  slaughters  you  abhor 
Will  Copperheads  release, 

Our  rotten  crutch  in  time  of  war, 
Our  arm  in  time  of  peace. 

Cincinnati.,  Sept.  \2th. 


To  Baptist  Ministers  on  the  Duty  of  Reauiiciation* 


BY  A.  D.  FREEMAN. 


Dear  Cynosure: — Allow  me  through  jour  favor  to 
ask  my  dear  brethren  in  the  ministry,  who  are  mem- 
bers of  the  Masonic  fraternitj'^,  or  kindred  institutions, 
a  few  questions,  suggested  by  my  own  and  the  views 
of  others  who  are  honest  inquirers  after  truth. 

To  premise,  I  would  say,  that  we  believe  these  in- 
stitutions are  essentially  unchristian  in  character.  But 
there  are  those  who,  because  their  friends  who  are 
professed  Christians,  and  especially  because  ministers 
of  the  Gospel  belong  to  these  orders,  either  believe 
them  right,  or  at  least  stand  in  doubt.  These  last, 
therefore,  either  incline  toward  these  orders  or  are 
indiflierent ;  which  inures  to  their  support.  Now,  my 
brethren,  we  think  you  know  whether  these  orders 
are  good  or  bad,  right  or  wrong.  For  it  is  not  to  bo 
supposed  that  you  who  are  able  to  preach  the  Gospel 
intelligently  are  so  obtuae  mentally  and  stultified  mor- 
ally, as  not  to  understand  the  character  of  the  insti- 
tutions to  which  you  may  belong.  Nor  would  it  be 
charitable  to  think  you  had  been  to  careless  to  ac- 
IfKATON  COLLEGE  UBRAtt 
^Wheaton,  litinoM 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


quaiat  yourselves  with  their  true  nature,  to  some  ex- 
tent. 

Now  if  you  know  or  believe  them  to  be  right  (and 
therefore  of  course  useful)  should  you  not,  especially 
in  these  timea  of  controversy  on  the  subject,  and 
when  these  orders  are  so  persistently  assailed,  come 
fearlessly  forward  and  with  Christian  courage,  to  thei 


Will  you  by  your  silence  allow  your  name  to  be  quot- 
ed as  of  the  membership,  and  in  support  of  the  good 
character  falsely  claimed  by  the  fraternity.  Can  it 
avail  you  anything  against  these  institutions  if  you 
silently  withdraw  while  their  nature  is  being  discussed 
before  the  public?  If  the  question  of  right  or  wrong 
were  not  mooted,  then  the  withdrawal  of  your  persona 


Was  the  Early  CUrisllan  Church  a   Secret  Society  2 
A  Review. 


BY  REV,   W.    W.  AMES . 


defense?     Are  you  not,  as  ministers  of  the    Gospel  oi  attendance    m'ght   be   construed    as   unfavorable    to 

Jesus,  bound  to   give   to  the   world,  and  especially  to  them.     But  as  it  is,  it  gojs    for  nothing;   your   poei- 

the  cburch,  all  the  knowledge  of  moral  good  you  may  j  iion  may  be  claimed  as  mu-;h  for  as  against  them.     It 

have  in  possession?     If  they  are  morally  right,   what  is  a  practical  averment  of  what  a  brother  ia   the  min- 

right  have  you,  who  have  been  charged  to   "Let  your 

light  so  shine  before  men,  &s,"  to  hide  that  light?  Do 

you  wlah  to  deny  your  manhood,  or  contradict  Jesus, 

who  siys,  "No  man  lighieth  a  candle   and    putteth  it 

under  a  bushf^l!"     If   you  claim  these  initttulions   to 

be  right,    do  you  not  hang  on  one  or  the  other  hornr 

of  this  dilemma  ?     And  here  I  may  also  ask,  if  you  are 

wiilini»  to  fHll  under  the  flishing  reproof  of  our  Master, 

who  sayp,  '-He  that  Joslh  truth  cometh  to  the  Igbt," 

etc. ;  Rud  aUo,  ''he  that  doeth  evil    hateth    the    light, 

etc  5" 

And  agair-,  if  on  the  other  hand  you  know,  or  be- 
lieve th(m  to  be  wrong,  would  it  not  be  equally  your 
duly  to  the  church  and  your  fel!ow-men  to  give  to 
them  the  beneiitof  su;h  knowledge?  Hive  you  any 
right  to  hide  aa  evil  that  can  endang-sr  the  peace  o! 
the  church,  or  society,  or  of  the  domestic  circle,  oi 
imperii  the  soiils  of  men?  If  so,  then  you  have  a 
right  to  let  that  incendiary  apply  his  torch  to  your 
neighbor's  house  unrestrained,  and  your  neighbor  un- 
warned, or  that  drunkard  or  other  sinner  go  on  un- 
warned to  a  drunkard's  grave  or  a  sinner's  perdition. 
What  does  God  say  about  the  unfaithful  watchman? 
(Ez   xsxiii.) 

Do  you  say  you  are  unaffiliated  ?  But  if  these  or- 
ders are  wrong,  have  you  a  right  to  take  that  position? 
which  is  understood  to  mean  that  you  may  refrain 
from  attending  the  lodge  but  must  be  silent  as  to  what 
you  cannot  approve.  Have  you  a  right  to  silently 
withdraw  and  say  no'htng  of  what  you  may  know  of 
the  evil  workings  of  these  orders?  Do  you  not,  by  so 
doing,  induce  doubts  in  the  minds  of  the  uninitiated 
and  uninformed  as  to  the  wrongs  which  you  may  know 
exist?  And  by  bo  much  also  make  these  doubling 
ones  liable  to  be  caught  in  a  snare  that  they  will  for- 
ever after  regret. 

Do  you  say  that  your  exposure  of  these  Institutions 
would  expose  you  to  danger?  Then  they  certainly 
are  evil,  and  should  most  assuredly  be  exposed.  And 
who  siiould  do  this  but  those  on  whom  these  institu- 
tions depend  for  reputation,  and  whom,  more  than  all 
otheri,  the  craft  mike  a  passport  to  the  favor  and  good 
opinion  of  the  people  ?  And  who,  also,  with  Solomon 
and  the  8t.  John",  are  by  the  craft  made  to  stand  as 
god-fathers  of  Masonry.  AVho,  I  ask,  but  you,  whose 
position  and  Christian  reputation  are  used  to  commend 
oath  bound  secretism,  should  unveil  these  orders? 

Are  you  fearful  ?  you  have  the  promise  of  Divine 
protection.  Do  you  believe,  or  distrust  God?  Can 
you  not  trust  Him  who  has  said,  "I  will  never  leave 
thee  nor  forsake  thee?"  who  said,  "Let  there  be  light 
and  there  was  light  "  and  who  "In  the  beginning 
created  the  heavens  and  the  earth ;"  and  with  in- 
finite mathematical  accuracy  runs  nature's  incompre- 
hensibly complex  machinery  and  works  her  vast 
chemical  laboratory  ?  Him  who  protected  Daniel  in 
the  lion's  den,  and  walked  with  the  three  in  the  fiery 
furnace,  and  opened  the  Red  Sea  and  the  Jordan  and 
led  Israel  through  dry-shod,  and  also  saved  righteous 
Lot  Avhen  he  burned  the  cities  of  the  plain?  and 
who  also,  in  our  day,  has  protected  a  Bernard,  a 
Stearns,  a  Hart,  a  Baird,  a  Rathbun,  a  Greene,  a  Fin- 
ney, and  hundreds  of  others  who  might  be  named? 
Can  you  not  demonstrate  your  discipleship  by  bearing 
the  cross?  If  you  cannot,  then  tell  us  no  more  of 
your  trusting  in  God  or  of  your  discipleship.  And 
take  that  Christian  mantle  off  with  which  you  have 
unwillingly,  we  charitably  hope,  been  hiding  the  ugly 
features  of  these  unholy  orders.  Have  you  the  te- 
merity to  fear  man  more   than  God  ?     To  brave   the 


displeasure  of  God  against  the  fearful  andunbalierinir? 


istry  said  to  me  a  few  mouths  since  iu  answer  to  a 
question,  "Is  Masonry  a  wicked  institution  ?"  His 
prompt  and  unhesitating  reply  wis,  "I  have  never 
said  60  yet,  nor  do  1  say  now,"  and  after  a  moment's 
pause,  added,  'Nor  would  I  say  i-  is  not."  That  is, 
he  would  not  say  anything  as  to  its  merits  or  demer- 
its. If  it  were  right,  be  would  not  bear  witness  in 
i(s  favor;  and  if  wrorg.  he  wou'd  not  expose-  it.  Ha 
never  had  said,  and  would  n>t  say,  It  is  wrong.  Sup- 
pose the  watchman  on  the  watch-tower,  when  asked, 
"Is  the  enemy  approaching?"  should  answer,"  1 
have  never  said  so  yet,  nor  do  I  say  so  now;  nor  do  1 
say  there  is  none."  Ought  he  to  remain  there.  Would 
he  be  suffered  to  hold  so  important  a  position,  while 
io  faithless  to  the  trust  reposed  in  him.  Of  course 
Qot.  No,  not  even  though  he  be  threa'ened  with 
instant  death  by  the  approaching  foe,  would  there  be 
heard  an  jipology  for  such  perfidy.  How  much  lees 
then,  for  a  watchman  on  Zion's  wall',  who  has  not  the 
civil  and  property  interests  of  a  city  or  a  country  in 
charge,  bat  something  of  as  much  more  worth,  as  eter- 
nity is  more  than  time. 

My  dear  brethren,  can  ycu  afFjrd  this?  Can  you 
afford  such  a  'nazard  of  your  own  and  the  interests  oi 
others?  Can  you  hope  to  succeed  in  neutrality  be- 
tween right  and  wrong?  between  the  kingdom  of  light 
and  that  of  darknes",?  Can  you  be  neiiher  for  nor 
against  right  ?  Does  not  our  dear  Lord  say,  '  'He 
that  is  not  for  ma  is  against  me  ?" 

I  believe  it  is  a  well  established  fact  by  Masonic 
writers  that  Misonry  rejects  Christ.  Then  it  follows 
as  a  logical  necessity  that  he  who  accepts  Masonry 
intelhgently  consents  to  the  rejection  of  Christ.  But 
very  few,  if  any,  I  think,  do  this.  Bui,  if  after  becom- 
ing acquainted  with  its  Christ-rejecting  character,  and 
in  spite  of  this  and  other  kindred  reasons  m?n  adhere  to 
it,  they  take  the  responsibility  of  being  at  war  with  God ! 
0  how  painful  it  must  be  for  a  conscientious  man  to 
be  held  by  fear  and  meaaces  in  apparent  feliowshin 
with  such  coen,  when  the  soul  loalhs  it  and  longs  to 
be  free!  '  Once  a  Mason  always  a  Mason"  is  their 
motto,  and  they  must  be  so  held  by  all,  until  they  ab- 
jure the  CI  aft  with  as  much  solemnity  as  they  entered 
it  and  accepted  it.  I  think  they  should  not  be  willing 
to  go  out  privately,  any  more  than  Paul  was  willing 
to  be  relieved  from  jail  privately,  where  he  had  been 
wickedly  incarcerated  and  his  rights  taken  from  him. 
To  go  out  privately  affords  no  opportunity  to  be  bold 
as  a  real  Christian  loves  to  be  in  his  adhesion  to  the! 
right  and  his  opposition  to  the  wrong.  | 

Then  again,  if  he  is  out  and  the  people  do  not  know  I 
it,  be  is  still  held  as  a  member  by  all,  even  in  thf 
pulpit,  the  prayer,  conference  and  covenant  meeting, 
and  at  the  Lord's  table.  And  though  the  brethren 
in  the  church  take  no  ground  in  the  premises,  they 
have  no  confidence  in  him  other  than  an  equivocal  or 
doubtful  confidence,  if  such  a  thing  can  be.'.r>,Mriio 

Dear  Cynosure,  may  I  speak  again?  I  feel  in  ear- 
nest, and  I  trust  it  is  a  Christian  earnestness.  For  it 
seems  to  me  that  much  of  the  waning  of  true  piety 
in  the  churches,  and  much  of  the  dishonesty  practiced 
in  all  departments  of  human  activity,  and  much  of  the 
crime  perpetrated  in  our  country  are  attributable  to 
the  principles  involved  in  oath-bound  secretism. 

As  soon  as  convenient  I  will  give  my  views  of  the 
bearing  of  these  orders  on  the  piety   of   the  church. 


That  we  henceforth  be  no  more  children,  tossed  too 
and  fro  and  carried  about  with  every  wind  of  doc- 
trine, by  the  slight  of  men  and  cunning  craftiness 
whereby  they  lie  io  wait  to  deceive. 


.  The  iVews  says  that  we   forget  that  the  early  Chris- 
tian church  was  a  secret  society,  ard  that  this  is  plain- 
ly demonstrated  in  Mr.  Arnold's  book  from  which  we 
quote.     We   were  not  aware   that   religion  of  Jesus 
was  of  this  sort.     The  New  Testament   gives  the  his- 
tory of  the  infancy  and  the   very  birth  of  the  Chris- 
ian  church ;  and  in    this  there  was  not   the   slightest 
intimaticn   that  it   was  an  oath-bound  secret  society, 
but  everything  to  the  contrary.     In   no  instance  did 
be  require  before  hand  a  promise  of  perpetual  secrecy. 
After  a  cure  in  one  or  two   instances  he  enjoined    to 
tell  no  one.     But  they  blazad  the  matter  abroad,  "in- 
somuch that  he  could  no  more  openly  enter  the  tity," 
and  doubtless  it  was  to  prevent  this  rush  that  enjoin- 
ed the  sileuce.     To  one   he  said  ''go    home    to   thy 
friend  aad  kindred  and  tell   them  how    great    things 
God  hath  done  for  thee."     Only  three  were  permitted 
to  behold  the  traasfiguration,  bat  one  promise  of  se- 
crecy was  extracted.     After  the  vision  had  passed  he 
charged  them  to  tell  it  to  no  one  till  after  his  resurrec- 
tion.    When  arrested,  and  accused  before    Pilate   of 
treason  against   Ceejar,  and  was  asked  by  Pilate  con- 
cerning his  doctrine,    he  sa^d,    ''Go   ask   them    that 
heard  me,  behold  they   know  what   I   said;   I   ever 
spake  openly  in  the  iemple  whither  the   Jews  always 
resort,  and  in  secret  have  I  said  nothing."     As  much 
as  to  say  that   if  he  had  been  about  the  country    lec- 
turing as  the  Grand  Master  of  a  secret  lodge,  people 
would  have  just  reason  to  suspect  that  he  was  stirring 
up  treason  against  the  Roman  government.     But  now 
they  could  have  no  such   ground  of  suspicion.     We 
have  a  full  and  detailed  account   of  the  institution  of 
the  Lord's  Supper,  as  well  as   his  baptism,  the   latter 
being  under  the  open  sky.     He  commissioned  his  dis- 
ciples to  preach  the  Gospel  to  every  creature,  not  to  a 
small  portion  only,  like  Masonry,  but  to  every  creature 
in  all   the  world.     Jesus  said  as  a  proof  of  his  mes- 
siahship,    "The  poor   have  the   Gospel  preached  to 
them."     Again,  he  said,   "What  I  tell   you  in   dark- 
ness, that  speak  ye  in  the  light,  and  what  ye  hear  in 
the  ear,  that  preach  ye  upon    the  house-tops."     The 
reader  will  search  the   Acta  of  the  Apostles  in  vain  to 
find  the  first  trace  of  oath-bound  secretism.     Eccles- 
iastical history  makes  no  mention  of  it  in  the  churches 
daring  the  first  century  of  existence.     It  was  during 
this  time  that  the  Gospel   won  its  mightiest  early  tri- 
umphs, and  as  can  easily   be  shown,  it   was  not    till 
after  the  dawn  of  another  century   that   the  churches 
refiorted  to  the  secret  principle  for  aid,  and   that   in 
this  step  they  departed  widely  from    the  primitive 
simplicity  of  the  Gospel. 

We  might  feel  compelled  to  regard  Mr.  Arnold  as 
good  authority  in  this  matter  '^per  force,"  were  he  an 
historian  of  anything  but  Freemasonry,  and  was  not 
constructing  a  special  plea  to  make  out  a  case.  But 
he  exhibits  both  lameness,  and  either  ignorance  or 
dishonesty,  in  that  while  he  refers  to  church  history 
for  his  proofs,  he  fails  to  state  how  the  historians 
themselves  regarded  the  engrafting  of  secretism  upon 
Christianity. 

Moaheim,  a  standard  writer  of  church  history,  in 
Vol.  1,  page  66,  says  of  the  ceremonies  used  in  the 
church  during  the  second  century : 

*  'There  is  no  institution  so  pure  and  excellent  which 
the  corruption  and  folly  of  man  will  not  in  time  alter 
for  the  worse,  and  load  with  additions  foreign  to  its 
nature  and  original  design.  Such,  in  a  particular  man- 
ner, was  the  fate  of  Christianity.  In  this  country 
many  unnecessary  rites  and  ceremonies  were  added 
to  the  Christian  woi ship,  the  introduction  of  which 
was  extremely  offensive  to  wise  and  good  men." 
Again  on  the  next  page : 

"The  profound  respect  that  was  paid  to  the  Greek 
and  Roman  mysteries ,  and  the  extraordinary  sanctity 


that  was  attributed  to  them,  were  additional  circumstan- 
ces that  induced  the  Christians  to  give  their  religion  at 
mystic  air,  in  order  to  put  it  on  an  equal  footing,  in  point 
of  dignity,  with  that  of  the  Pagans.  For  this  purpose 
thpy  gave  the  name  of  mysteries  to  the  institutions  of 
iho  Qjspel,  and  decorated  parUculatly  the  holy  MMsra* 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


ment  with  this  solemn  title.  Tbey  used  in  that  sa- 
cred institution,  as  in  that  also  of  baptism,  several  of 
the  terms  employed  in  the  heathen  mysteries,  and  pro- 
ceeded so  far  at  length,  as  even  to  adopt  some  of  the 
ceremonies  of  which  these  renowned  mysteries  con- 
sist." 

Christianity,  therefore,  instead  of  enveloping  itself 
in  secrecy  and  mystery  from  its  birtb,  as  Mr  Arnold 
claim?,  fjllowing  the  teachina;s  of  our  great  founder, 
shunned  the  cover  of  the  '<bed"  and  the  '  'bushel"  till 
she  was  more  than  a  hundred  years  old,  and  had 
gained  the  most  wonderful  spiritual  triumphs.  It 
was  not  till  her  disciples  began  to  lose  faith  in  God's 
plan  of  saving  "by  the  foolishness  of  preaching"  them 
that  believe,  and  to  trust  in  the  pomp  and  show  of 
man-made  ceremonies,  that  they  enveloped  her  in  the 
garb  of  secretiem.  And  let  it  not  be  forgotten  that 
Mosheim  mentions  ihSa  as  one  of  thuse  things  that  was 
"extremely  offensive  to  wise  and  good  men. "  And 
instead  of  extending  the  spiritual  triumphs  of  the  Gos- 
pel, it  smothered  its  light,  and  encouraged  the  multi- 
plication cf  rites  and  ceremonies  which  Mosheim  de- 
clares all  the  records  of  the  third  century  mention. 
Thus,  instead  cf  being  a  blessing  to  Christianity,  secret- 
isffij  though  it  seemed  such  to  many,  as  Masons  claim 
it  to  be  at  the  present  day  in  the  way  of  protection 
and  assistance  among  strangers,  it  was,  nevertheless, 
a  part  and  parcel  of  the  great  Romish  apostasy  which 
brought  on  the  long  and   gloomy  night    of   the   dark 


Reformers. 


Who  are  true  reformers,  and  what  are  they  ?  Are 
they  not  persons  of  decided  minds,  acd  of  honest 
hearts  ?  Do  they  not  show  themselves  ever  deter- 
mined to  understand  and  maintain  original  principles 
of  eternal  right  and  truth  ?  And  are  they  not  ever 
prepared  to  stand  by  intelligent  convictions  of  truth 
and  duty  to  God  and  man  at  any  cost  ?  Have  not 
true  reformers  been  the  characters,  who,  under  God,  in 
all  agesj  saved  this  world  from  corruption  and  ruin  ? 
Actuated  by  the  noblest  inspirations,  have  they  cot 
been  willing  to  sacrifice  everything  for  the  grand  en- 
terprise of  their  lives  ?  From  a  de^jenerating  world, 
have  such  persons  ever  met  ftish  popular  favor  in  the 
commencement  of  their  great  work?  If  the  foregoing 
principles  be  admitted  as  consistent  in  the  platform  of 
the  true  reformers  character,  doubtless  they  will  ap- 
pear worthy  of  a  more  extended  consideration. 

Decision  of  mind  and  purpose  is  unquestionably 
foundational  to  every  virtue  of  a  noble.  Godlike  per- 
son or  character.  But  how  important  that  we  well 
understand  what  are  the  true  materials  of  that  decia- 
ioa  and  character,  and  the  spirit  by  which  they  maj 
become  safely  and  securely  cemented.  Intelligent  de- 
cision of  character,  arising  from  weli  understood  and 
defined  principles,  is  very  different  from  persona],  in- 
stinctive, or  dogmatical  peculiarities. 

Have  not  reformers  received  sorae  of  their  sorest 
wounds  in  the  house  of  professed  friends,  who  were 
actuated  more  by  fanatical  zeal  or  mere  caprice,  than 
by  intelligently  understood,  or  calmly  defined  princi- 
ples. 

If  an  honest  man  is  the  noblest  workmanship  of 
God,  should  he  not  become  the  model,  incentive  char- 
acter of  real  life  everywhere  3  As  the  heart  becomes 
the  common  fountain  of  all  life's  issuing  streams,  how 
indispensable  that  honesty  be  a  settled,  generating 
product,  giving  direction  and  force  to  every  desire  and 
purpose  of  our  being.  While  thousands  actuated  by 
petty  personal  interests  and  ambition  behind  the 
plausible  guise  of  inviting  exteriors  are  blighting  every- 
thing in  God's  fair  creation.  Oh!  how  this  world  is 
sighing  for  honest  men  of  honest  hearts. 

Eternal  right  and  truth  are  inalienable  principles  by 
which  God  created  our  world,  and  still  maintains  his 
government  in  it.  Every  opposite  principle  must  cer- 
tainly lead  to  ultimate  disorder,  corruption  and  ruin. 
How  important,  then,  that  every  man  who  loves  his 
God,  his  race  and  himself,  should  seek  to  be  an  hon. 
ored  co-worker  with  God,  in  saving  the  world  from 
ruin.     la  a  world  of  sin   and  sinners,  God   has  em- 


phatically decided  that  we  should  "buy  the  truth  and 
sell  it  not,"  and  that  our  purchase  should  cost  enough 
to  make  us  regard  it  as  truly  vsluable. 

By  hard,  persevering  ploddin^s  of  God's  servants, 
which  have  earned  their  purchased  possession  of  the 
truth,  have  ever,  at  the  same  lime  developed  the  stam- 
ina of  character  to  s(aad  by  nnd  defend  it.  Though 
their  purchase  appears  of  httle  worth  in  the  market 
value  of  those  whose  ambition  is  only  to  seek  for  earth- 
ly fame;  yet  they  are  assured  of  an  eternal  worth  and 
an  emolumentry  with  the  galaxy  of  glorified  ones,  em- 
blazoned among  "the  stars  for  eyer  and  ever." 

The  past  and  present  ages  have  demanded,  and 
God  has  developed  men  of  true  reformatory  spirit  and 
character.  Men  of  undaunted  spirits  have  arisen  to 
dare  and  do  for  God  <ind  humanity;  and  having 
acted  noble  parts,  they  have  left  the  impress  of  tiieir 
holy  fidelity  in  living  characters  upon  the  age  as  thej 
have  passed  away.  Others  bearing  their  fiilen  man- 
tles, have  lived  to  eee  the  triumph  of  their  principles 
on  a  remodied  age  yielding  in  quiet  submission  to 
their  sway. 

The  spirit  and  character  of  Bible  and  martyr  times, 
gives  us  the  impress  of  a  stalwart  energy  no  less  than 
electric  to  th«  unhappy  effeminacy  of  our  timas.  The 
Godlike  power  and  decision  of  the  men  of  those 
times,  is  truly  astonishing,  eapeciaily  as  we  see  them 
leaving  everything  dear  on  earth,  and  leading  the 
van  in  a  life  crusade  through  hardships,  slaughter  and 
death.  And  then,  in  the  midet  of  the  most  painful 
and  humiliating  ordeals,  exulting  triumphantly  "that 
they  were  counted  worthy  to  suffer  shame  and  re- 
proach for  the  name  of  Christ." 

Since  men  first  departed  from  God,  they  have  ever 
prided  themselves  in  the  ingeniously  multiplied  sub- 
terfuges for  that  departure  cmtlaued,  till  now,  they 
can  hide  in  a  thousandfold  darker  dens  than  the  bow- 
era  of  Eden.  Possibly,  till  the  millennium  comes,  re- 
turning to  "the  old  paths"  will  never  be  papular,  un- 
less when  led  by  the  triumphal  march  of  God's  mys- 
terious providence. 

As  genuine  reform  has  never  been  popular  in  the 
past,  it  is  not  folly  to  think  it  should  bo  so  now  ? 
Hence,  should  not  every  true  reformer,  assured  of 
the  righteousness  of  his  cause,  pledge  all  his  interests 
for  life  and  death,  for  the  ultimate  triumph  of  this, 
the  grandest  enterprise  of  his  life,  as  viewed  from  the 
incentive  standpoint  of  glorified  reward.  We  have 
now  considered  the  reformer  barely  in  original  charac- 
ter. We  will  further  consider  his  life,  developed  prin- 
ciples, and  their  practical  application. — A.  F.  Demi) 
sey  in  Am.    Wesletjan. 


[The  Pope  was  Julius  III.,  and  the  document  bears 
date— ''Bologna,  Oct.  23,  1553."  The  genuineness 
of  this  extract  has  been  verified  by  reference  to  the 
original  in  the  library  of  the  British  Museum.]— iV. 
Y,    Observer. 


The  War  ol'  Kaces. 


That  the  Southern  negroes  would  ever,  except  in 
solat«-d  spots  where  enormous  superiority  of  numbers 
favored  them,  take  any  very  lasting  or  important 
share  in  the  actual  government  of  the  South — framing 
its  laws,  directing  its  investments  of  capital,  and,  in 
short,  organizing  society — was  not  to  be  expecte:'.  It 
jvas  to  the  race  which  hitherto  has  been  dominant  on 
this  continent  that  we  looked  to  govern  the  South 
again,  but  under  changed  conditions,  with  just  liws 
>ind  equal  protection  of  the  law  to  white  and  blact. 
rte  number  of  States  which  have  now  emancipated 
themselves  from  the  rule  ostablishea  at  the  close  of 
the  war  points  to  a  solutioa  of  the  Southern  question 
by  the  operation  of  natural  laws  which  govern  the 
movements  ofsociety  ;and  on  the  whole,  taking  every 
thing  into  account — the  exasperation  of  the  n^itive 
Southern  white  at  the  enormities  of  the  carpet-bag 
governments,  the  disappointment  of  the  negro  ia  find- 
ing that  even  freedom  was  not  synonymous  with  c  e- 
sation  from  all  labor,  and  the  temptation  of  both  races 
to  excess,  outrage,  and  violence  of  all  kinds — it  must 
be  admitted  that  a  good  deal  of  praise  is  due  both  the 
whites  and  blacks  for  their  mutual  forbearance  and 
consideration  during  the  past  six  or  eeven  years;  and 
the  inference  we  draw  from  it  is,  that  in  the  absence 
of  something  very  new  and  unexpected,  the  "war 
of  races'  so  much  talked  about  is  not  a  thing  of  the 
future  but  of  the  past.  This  w.T,r  has  actually  taken 
place;  but  instead  of  being  a  bloody  conflict,  such  as 
was  at  one  time  expected,  it  has  been  mai&ly  a  silent 
struggle  on  the  part  of  the  most  powerful  and  wisest 
and  moat  trained  race  in  the  South  to  take  the  lead  in 
public  affairs,  and  this  it  seems  to  be  gradually  doing. 
— Tlie  jSation. 


Get  Kid  of  the  Bible. 


Three  Roman  Calholis  bishops  g?ive  this  advice  to 
the  Pope  on  the  day  when  consulted  as  to  the  mode 
of  strengthening  the  church  of  Rome : 

"Lastly,  of  all  the  advice  we  can  give  your  beati- 
tude, we  have  reserved  to  the  end  the  most  impor- 
tant, viz :  That  as  little  as  possible  of  the  Gospel  (es- 
pecially in  the  vulgar  tongue)  be  read  in  ail  countries 
subject  to  your  jurisdiction.  The  little  which  is  U8 
ually  read  at  mass  is  sufiicient,  and  beyond  that  no 
one  whatever  must  be  permitted  to  read.  While  men 
were  contented  with  that  Utile,  your  interests  pros 
pered;  but  when  they  read  more,  they  began  to  de- 
cay. To  sum  all:  that  Book  is  the  one,  which,  more 
than  any  other,  has  raised  against  us  those  whirl- 
winds and  tempests,  whereby  we  were  almost  swept 
away;  and,  in  fact,  if  any  one  examines  it  diligently, 
and  then  confronts  therewith  the  practice  of  our 
church,  he  will  perceive  the  great  discordance,  and 
that  our  doctrine  is  utterly  dift'srent  from,  and  often 
contrary  to  it;  which  thing  if  the  people  understand 
they  will  not  cease  their  clamor  against  us  till  all  be 
divulged,  and  then  we  shall  become  an  object  of  uni- 
versal scorn  and  hatred.  Wherefore  even  those  few 
pages  must  be  put  away,  but  with  considerable  wari- 
ness and  caution,  lest  so  doing  should  raise  greater 
uproars  and  tumults. " — Imp.  Library  at  Paris,  fol. 
B,  No.  1,038,  vol.  ii.,  pp.  641-640;  also 
7,  0,  10,  11,  Fasciculus  Rerum,  Lond 


BriL  Mus. 
1690  fol. 


The  Masonic  Journal  says: — "We  beg  to  a?k  the 
editor  a  que,Btion.  Why  do  you  not  pray  that  the 
Lord's  avenging  angel  may  destroy  by  wholesale  all 
ungodly  Freemasons  ?  Why  not  call  down  fii-e  fiom 
heaven  to  consume  them,  root  and  branch  ?" 

Our  answer  is,  we  would  not  do  this  if  we  could. 
It  would  not  be  right  to  so  pray  or  so  wish.  If  we 
cannot  with  good  sound  reason  based  upon  facts  and 
indisputable  testimonies,  show  that  Freemasonry  is, 
in  its  nature  and  tendency  opposed  to  repub'ican  irsti- 
tattons,  to  civil  justice  and  to  the  miiision  of  the  church 
of  Jesus  Christ,  then  we  will  stand  defeated. 

The  Journal  misinterprets  if  it  does  not  misrepre- 
sent us.  We  have  never  expressed  a  wish  or  thought 
of  it,  that  all  Freemasons  should  be  slaughtered  either 
by  men  or  by  the  judgments  of  God.  We  want  them 
to  be  convinced  of  their  errors,  and  they  are  becom- 
ing 80  by  scores  and  hundreds.  We  would  not  if  we 
could  force  them  to  believe  and  act  on  our  side.  We 
want  them  to  look  the  matter  over  again,  with  as  lit- 
tle prejudice  as  men  cin  have  who  already  have  tak- 
en sides,  and  see  if  they  are  not  wrong  after  all.  V/e 
are  anxious  that  some  plan  should  be  adopted  to  get 
the  facts  out,  and  we  are  then  willing  that  the  jury 
of  the  world  should  decide  the  case  according  to  the 
law  and  the  facts.  Truth  is  more  mighty  than  sword 
and  cannon.  These  latter  we  do  not  need,  since  we 
have  something  more  powerful.  Give  it  a  fair  chance, 
and  it  will  soon  melt  its  way  around  the  world,  and 
every  opposition  will  be  swept  before  it;  and  then  it 
will  be  a  glad  day  for  the  travelers  of  earth  and 
for  heaven.  —  Wesleijan. 


It  is  astonishing  how  anxious  many  people  are  to 
play  witn  sin,  while  abhoring  the  thought  of  dishonor- 
ing God  or  injuring  themselves.  They  would  scorn 
to  be  drunkards,  yet  they  will  tipple  in  wine  and  bran- 
dy; they  would  shudder  at  the  thought  of  gambling, 
yet  delight  in  phying  cards;  they  would  pray  against 
the  folly  and  levity  of  flippancy  and  vanity,  yet  be  ea- 
ger to  dance.  Why  not  avoid  the  appearance  of 
wrong?  Why  not  be  separate  from  the  temptation  to 
evil. — Ex. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


lUi'm 


The   JVational    Cliistian    Associatiou. 

Object. — "To  expose,  withstand 
and  remove  secret  societies,  Freema- 
sonry in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movementSjin  order  to  save 
the  churches  of  Clirist  from  being  de- 
praved; to  redeem  the  administration 
of  justice  from  perversion,  and  our 
republican  government  from  corrup- 
tion." 

President. — B.  T.  Robert",  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y. 

DiumcTORS. — Philo  Carpenter,  J. 
Blanchard,  A.  Wait,  I.  A.  Hart,  C. 
R.  Ilagerty,  E.  A.  Cook,  .].  C  Terrill, 
0.  F.  Lumry,  J.  M.  Wallace,  Isaac 
Preston,    Wm.    Pinkney. 

COHEIKSI'ONUING    SeCRKTARY. C.    A. 

Blanchard,  11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Recokoin'g  Skuretary  and  Treasur- 
er— 
Chicago. 

Genkkal  Agent  and  Lecturer. — 
J.  P.  atoddard,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

Life  membership,  §10.00;  annual  do  , 
25  cts.  Oiders  for  memberships  aud 
general  correspondence  of  the  Associa- 
tion should  be  sent  to  the  Correspond- 
ing iSecretary.  All  donatious  or  be- 
quests, to  the  Treasurer. 


11.  L.  Kcll)gg,  11  Wabash  Ave., 


Annual  Meeting  of  the  North-eaBt 
T&.  Ai»sociatioD,  Nov.  3d,  iu  Free 
MethodiBt  UaU,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa, 
[See  the  notice  for    the  formation  of  a 

State  organization  at  this  meeting.] 

•-»♦ 

Jay  Cou>'ty,  Indiana — The  follow- 
ing is  the  programme  of  the  eecond 
Eemi-aunual  meeting  of  the  Anti-secrecy 
Aes  relation  of  Jay  c:)unty,  Ind.,  to  be 
held  at  W^estcheeter,  Wednesday, 
Sept.  30tb,  beginning  at  10  o'clock 
A.  M, : 

10  A.  M.  A  discourse  by  Rev.  Mr. 
W.irner. 

11  A.  M.  The  transaction  of  busi- 
ness. 

11:30  A.  M.     RecoRS. 

1:30  P.  M.  A  diecourEe  by  Rey.  A. 
"Worth. 

2:30.  P.  M. 

4:30  P.  M. 

7:30  P.  M. 
KiiTLaoH. 


Transaction  of  business. 
Adjourn. 
A   discourse   by   J.  T. 


lu(iiai)a  State  Convention. 


After  advising  with  many  of  the 
friends  of  our  reform,  we  have  conclud- 
ed not  to  call  the  State  Convention  to 
meet  before  the  28th  of  October, — one 
day  earlier  than  last  year.  This  will 
give  us  none  too  much  time  to  get 
readj'.     Aud  now  let  me  ask  of 

every  anti-mason  in  INDIANA, 

will  you  not  co-operate  with  usgin  try- 
ing to  make  this  meeting  a  complete 
succ;si?  Dr.  Charles  Jcwett,  one  of 
the  most  eilicicnt  temperance  lecturers 
of  thi.s  generation  and  the  past,  declares 
that  the  clow  progress  of  that  reform 
has  been  greatly  owing  to  the  neglect 
of  proper  aud  thorough  organizHlion. 
So  it  will  be  with  every  reform.  If 
we  would  succeed  we  must  have  a 
thoroughly  .organized  and  paving  mem- 
bership. Without  thi3  our  cause  will 
languish,  and  our  hvborers  will  suffer. 
We  may  profit  by  studying  the  tactics 
of  our  enemy.  His  forces  are  all 
thoroughly  organized;  and  there  io  no 
lack  of  friends  to  carry  into  effect  his 
wily  schemes. 
AVe  must  not  so  organize  as  to 


BIND  AND  BURDEN 

our  membership.  But  some  have  al- 
ready been  burdened  because  we  have 
not  sufficient  organization.  Let  us  dis- 
tribute the  burden,  and  thus  make 
each  one's  portion  lighter.  This  can 
only  be  done  by  making  a  rule  cover- 
ing all  auxiUary  organizations,  requir- 
ing the  payment  of  a  fixed  amount  by 
each  member,  to  go  into  the  State 
Treasury,  bet  me  here  say,  that  I 
cannot  ask  a  competent  man  to  take  my 
place,  unless  some  provision  is  made 
for  his  support.  It  is  not  right  to 
starve  men  in  the  midst  of  plenty 
Thorough  organization  with  one  well 
paid  and  efficient  agent,  will  in  a  short 
time 

REVOLUTIONIZK  THE    STATE, 

"But,"  youask, '-what  can  1  do?  I 
answer : 

1st,  See  that  a  delegate  is  sent  from 
your  neighborhood,  church,  or  asso- 
ciation. 

2d,  If  you  cannot  secure  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  delegate,  come  yourself,  and 
prove  your  devotion  to  this  good 
cause . 

3d,  Come  prepared  to  .assist  us  finan- 
cially to  the  extent  of  your  abilily. 

4th,  Come  with  words  of  counsel  and 
cheer,  and  God  will  bless  you- and  give 
us  a  successful  meeting. 

John  T,  Kiogins. 


Inroruiatiou    and  Action  Wanted. 


From  every  locality  in  the  State  of 
Pennsylvania  where  there  is  a  bevy  of 
men  openly  opposed  to  secret  societies, 
and  who  will  appoirt  a  delegate  to  at- 
tend our  convention  at  Wilkesbarree, 
Pa.,  on  the  3d  and  4th  of  November 
next,  with  the  view  of  organizing  a 
State  Anti-Secret  Society. 

Let  us  hear  by  letter  to  the  com- 
mittee whose  namis  are  below  or 
through  the  Cynosure,  Also  from 
every  man  who  will  become  a  volun- 
teer delegate,  self  appointed,  to  said 
meeting. 

Let  us  hear,  ao  above  stated,  and 
let  communities,  churchcf ,  any  organ- 
ized body,  opposed  to  secret  societies, 
report  aud  aj.ipoint  immed'alely,  good 
men,  citizens,  clergymen,  any  suitable 
person,  to  attend  said  meeting. 

Committee:  —  Nathan    Callender, 

Greene    Grove,    Luzerne  Co.     M.    D. 

McDougal,  Wilkesbarre;  A.  L.    Post, 

Montrose,  Pa. 

♦♦-• 

Notice.  — All  persons  desiring  to 
consult  with  the  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary of  the  N.  C.  A,  concerning  lect- 
ures or  any  oiher  topic  connected  with 
the  work  of  opposing  secret  societies, 
can  see  him  or  liis  assistant  at  the 
Christian  Cynosure  office.  No.  1 3  Wa- 
bash Ave,,  from  9  to  1 1  o'clock,  A.  M. 
any  day  in  the  week  except  Sunday. 
C.  A.  Blanchard, 

Cor.  Sec'y. 
■ «-»-» 

To   all  Kausits  Anti-masons. 

Marion,  Ind.,  Sept,  14,  1874. 
Brother  II,  T.  Besse  has  requested 
that  I  communicate  through  the  Cyno- 
stire  relative  to  my  future  home  in  Kan- 
sas. My  "homestead"  lies  in  Grant 
township,  Cloud  Co, ,  Kansas,  and  con- 
sequently on  the  Mitchel  county  line, 
one  mile  south  of  the  "Concordia  and 
Calker    City    Stage    road,"    where   it 


crosses  the  east  line  of  Mitchel.  God 
willing,  I  will  be  there  by  the  middle 
of  November  ready  to  engage  in 
preaching  and  lecturing  for  Anti-ma- 
sonry. Now  cut  this  out  and  paste  it 
in  your  "memoranda,"  and  then  you 
will  know  just  where  to  find  me;  I 
want  every  one  of  you  to  "come  and 
see  me."  If  you  cannot  come,  then 
write.  My  post  office  address  will  be 
Fanny  P.  O,  Cloud  Co.,  Kansas.  We 
shall  be  blessed  with  a  daily  mail.  Any 
one  desiring  lectures  early  after  I  ar- 
rive, had  better  address  me  at  Ligon- 
lor,  Noble  Co, ,  lad,  at  once.  I  shall 
be  glad  to  find  work  enough  to  keep 
me  busy  in  the  lecture  field  till  spring. 
Sincerely,  John  T.  Kiggins. 
P.  S.  "One  word  more."  Those  of 
you  who  desire  lectures  this  fall  and 
winter,  canvas  the  matter  with  your 
friends  and  see  how  much  money  you 
can  get  pledged  for  such  an  object, — 
remembering  all  the  time  that  the 
more  lectures  you  want  the  less  it  will 
cost  per  lecture.  To  illustrate:  Sup- 
pose you  want  two  or  three  lectures  in 
a  certain  locality,  for  special  reasons. 
To  reach  the  place  will  require  say  two 
days  travel.  Now  I  can  visit  adjacent 
points,  and  lecture  eight  or  a  dozen 
times,  in  a  week,  at  but  a  trifle  more 
expense.  The  going  and  coming  are 
often  as  much  expense  as  the  lectures. 


In  order  that  all  may  know  what 
work  is  being  done  in  the  different 
parts  of  the  country  we  n.sk  to  have 
brief  notices  o*"  every  meeting  to  dis- 
cuss and  oppose  the  system  of  Free- 
masonry forwarded  to  us  at  the  Cy7io- 
stire  office.  They  will  be  inserted  in 
the  paper. 

Try  to  arrange  for  meetings  a  month 
or  two  before  hand  so  that  they  may 
b9  thoroughly  advertised.  If  you 
meet  regularly  be  sure  to  notify  us  of 
any  change  of  time  or  place. 

We  will  be  glad  to  insert  notices  of 
sermoas  to  be  preached  on  the  sub- 
ject, also  of  monthly  concerts  of  pray- 
er for  the  overthrow  of  this  anti-Christ. 


'^^tUttii  %tm, 


From  the  General  Agent— The  Indiana 
Wcsleyan  Conference. 


— The  programme  of  the  General  Agent 
for  the  present  month,  in  Indiana 
includes  eight  lectures  in  Grant  coun- 
ty, twelve  or  more  in  Kosciusko  county 
and  locality,  and  a  series  in  Hamilton 
county  to  continue  into  October.  These 
labors  will  so  occupy  his  time  as  to  pre- 
vent frequent  communications  from  him 
in  person.  We  hope  to  hear  frequently 
from  these  localities  through  other  frieods. 

— A  State  Convention  is  in  preparation 
in  New  York.  It  will  probably  be  held  in 
November.  Another  is  talked  of  for  Illi- 
nois. These  with  Missouri  (already  held), 
Indiana  and  Pennsylvania  will  make  a 
fair  showing  for  the  work  by  States. 
♦♦-♦ • 

Associatiou  Orgauizud. 


In  response  to  a  call,  signed  by 
twenty-eight  persons,  a  mass  conven- 
tion met  in  the  Wesleyan  Methodist 
church  in  the  town  of  Groton,  N.  Y. 
on  Wednesday  morning,  September 
9th,  1874,  for  the  purpose  of  organiz- 
ing in  opposition  to  the  evils  of  secret 
societies.  The  number  present  was 
not  large,  but  the  manifest  zeal  and 
willingness  and  determination  to  work, 
even  in  an  unpopular  cause,  was  en- 
couraging. 

The  State   lecturer,  Rev.  J   L.   Bar- 


low, was  present,  and  aided  in  the 
work. 

After  a  season  of  prayer  a  tempora- 
ry organization  was  affected  by  elect- 
ing J.  B.Hart  chairman,  and  Edwin 
Barnetson  secretary.  The  call  was 
then  read  and  the  object  of  the  conven- 
tion stated. 

On  motion  to  organize,  the  necessity 
and  propriety  of  such  a  movement 
were  diecussed;  after  which  the  con- 
vention resolved  to  organize  for  future 
work,  without  a  dissenting  vote.  A 
committee  on  organization  was  elected, 
and  the  convention  adjourned  to  meet 
at  two  o'clock  P.  M. 

AFTERNOON    SESSION. 

After  devotional  exercises  the  com- 
mittee on  organization  presented  a  con- 
stitution which  was  adopted.  The  elec- 
tion of  officers  under  the  constitution 
then  took  place,  and  resulted  as  follows : 
President  J.  B.  Hart;  Vice-presidents, 
Rev.  J.  P.  Pierce,  Daniel  Carpenter, 
Rev.  C.  P.  Owen,  Rev.  W.  P.  Betta, 
and  Rev.  C .  A.  Smith ;  Secretary,  Ed- 
win Barnetson;  Treasurer,  David  Whip- 
ple, Jr;  Executive  Committee,in  addition 
to  the  president,  secretary  and  treasur- 
er, Shelden  P.  Moe  and  Daniel  Car- 
penter. 

The  names  of  twenty-one  persons 
were  then  secured  as  members  of  the 
association,  and  nine  more  in  the  even- 
ing, thus  starting  our  organization  with 
thirty  members.  Resolutions  present- 
ed by  brother  Barlow  were  adopted  af- 
ter animated  remarks.  The  vice-presi- 
dents were  authorized  to  solicit  mem- 
bers to  the  association. 

The  association  voted  to  hold  its  first 
annual  session  at  McLean,  on  the  sec- 
ond Wednesday  of  October  next,  to 
commence  at  10^  o'clock  A.  M.  Friends 
of  the  cause  please  take  note,  for  your 
presence  is  solicited. 

The  evening  was  occupied  with  a 
lecture  by  brother  Barlow,  which  seem- 
ed to  be  well  appreciated. 

The  convention  brought  together 
friends  of  reform  from  different  parts  of 
the  town,  and  by  a  comparison  of 
views  and  feelings  developed  sympathy 
in  a  common  cause  which  gives  a  new 
impetus  to  the  work,  and  judging  from 
the  stable  character  of  the  persons  en- 
listed, the  organization  bids  fair  for  ac- 
for  accomplishing  something  in  the  fu- 
ture. J.  B.  Hart,  President. 
Edwin  Barnetson,  Sec. 


Lectures  iu  Franklin  County,  Fa. 


September  18,  1874. 
In  the  early  part  of  the  season  Rev. 
J.  M.  Bishop  delivered  two  lectures  at 
the  Otterbein  church  near  Franklin 
Furnace;  in  the  early  part  of  June  he 
delivered  two  lectures  in  St.  Thomas; 
and  on  the  10th  and  11th  inst,,  he  de- 
livered two  lectures  at  Crider's  Church. 
AH  of  the  above  lectures  had  their  de- 
sired and  designed  effect,  not  only 
arousing  the  people  from  their  lethargy 
on  the  subject  of  secret  societies,  but 
causing  many  of  them  to  stand  by  their 
guns,  throwing  out  their  flags  and 
showing  their  colore.  At  the  last 
named  place  a  minister  who  labors  in 
an  adjoining  county  said  his  eyes  were 
now  fully  opened,  and  invited  the  lec- 
turer   to  come    to  his   field    of  labor. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


!^ 


The  lecturer  was  careful  to  supply  him 
with  tracts,  etc.  Thus  we  see  God  is 
scattering  the  good  seed  on  the  wings 
of  the  wind.  Heaven  water  it.  Amen. 
Anti-m\80k. 


Anil-secrecy  iu  North  Carolina. 


Bro.  Editors :— We  are  making  new 
^nd  more  determined  efforts  against  the 
lodge  power  here  than  formerly,  I  lec- 
tured on  eecretism  not  long  since  to  a 
large  audience,  and  the  impression  was 
good.  Many  are  awaking  to  the  im- 
portance of  opposing  this  form  of  anti 
Christ,  and  we  hope  great  gocd  may 
result  from  our  efforts  in  this  direction. 
I  expect  to  lecture  again  soon .  I  am 
also  making  arrangements  to  issue  The 
In  dependent  Quarterly  as  a  montldy, 
and  I  take  this  opportunity  of  saying 
to  all  your  readers  that  one  feature  in 
the  monthly  magazine  will  be  a  series 
of  articles  entitled  "Mystery,  or  the 
History  of  Secretism,  Ancient  and 
Modern."  I  have  the  materials  and  the 
iirst  issue  will  contain  the  first  number 
of  the  series.  These  articles  will  form 
a  omplete  text-book  oa  the  subject, 
which  no  lecturer  or  layman  opposed 
to  secret  societies  can  afford  to  be  with- 
out. The  American  Independent 
Monthly,  and  Bible- Thinker  (the  name 
of  the  magazine)  will  be  $1.00  only, 
payable  always  in  advance,  and  the 
postage  prepaid.  I  therefore  make  a 
loud  and  special  call  upon  all  the  frier. ds 
of  our  cause  to  come  forward  and  aid 
us  both  in  publishing  and  lecturing. 
Address,  Dr.  John  T.  Walsh, 

Lock  box  555,  New  Berne,  N.  C. 


Keport  on  Secret  Societies. 


The  lollowine  resolutions  were  passed 
by  the  Susquehanna  Conference  of  the 
Free  Methodist  church  at  its  session 
lately  held  in  Utica,  N.  Y.: 

Secretism,  like  the  shadow  of  death, 
has  spread  her  mantle  over  our  beloved 
country,  threatening  our  institutions,  if 
not  endangering  our  very   existence. 
The    parent    of    secretism    has    been 
truthfully   alleged  to  be  Freemasonry. 
It  has  bedimmed  the  vision  of  the  peo- 
ple, enslaved  the  intellect,  muzzled  the 
pulpit  and  the  press,  corrupted  legisla- 
tures, bribed  juries  and  justified  crime, 
and  boasts  in  its  wicked  deeds  of  dark- 
ness.    It  is  a  sworn  enemy  of  all  right- 
eousness ;  has  substituted  a  false  religion 
for  the  true,  and  worships  at  the  shrine 
of  idolatry.     It   is  a  priesthood  of  un- 
believers, as   it  rejects  the   atonement, 
ignores  the  doctrine  of  future   punish- 
ment and  dreams  of  heaven  as  a   place 
of  Masonic  Bacchanalian  festivities.     It 
makes  the  compass  and  the  square  em- 
blems of  universal  moral  rectitude,  and 
receives  or  rejects  the  Bible  at  pleasure. 
It  claims   to  be  Christian,  but  places 
Mohammedanism   and   heathenism  on 
the  same  level  with  Christianity,  under 
pretense  of  uniting  under  one  head  the 
common  brotherhood  of  man.     It   em- 
braces within  its  folds  on  Masonic  prin- 
ciples the  libertine,  drunkard,  sceptic, 
profane,    the    nominal   Christian    and 
even   ministers   of  the  Gospel.     As  it 
embraces  such  a  variety  of  faiths   and 
characters  the  lines  of  distinction   be- 
tween  virtue  and  vice,  good   and  evil, 
right  and  wrong,  are  defined  according 


to  Masonic  standard  of  morality.  It  is 
an  enemy  to  society  because  it  infringes 
on  the  moral,  social  and  civil  relations 
of  life  by  its  limited  laws  of  chastity, 
its  exclusion  of  the  better  part  of  com- 
munity and  also  in  the  aid  and  com''ort 
it  pretends  to  extend  to  those  who  are 
adhering  members  of  its  own  commun- 
ion. 

Therefore,  in  the  full  belief  that  God 
has  raised  us  up  for  an  especial  purpose, 
we  have  arrayed  ourselvt  s  against  this 
Satanic  power,  so  ruinous  to  young  and 
old,  both  men  and  women,  who  come 
under  its  influence.  We  believe  it  to 
be  a  curse  to  society,  a  blasting  mildew 
on  the  church,  and  a  combination  of 
elements  destructive  to  civilization  and 
human  and  religious  freedom. 

Besolved,  let.  That  we  not  only 
maintain  our  ground,  but  advance  with 
more  vigor  than  ever  against  this  foe, 
and  turn  the  field  of  conflict  into  one 
of  victory,  in  the  name  of  truth  and 
humanity. 

2Dd,  That,  with  a  persistent  and  un- 
faltering purpose,  we  stand  by  our 
landmarks  on  this  subject  aa  a  church, 
and  as  far  as  practic  ible  co-operate  with 
all  earnest  Christians  in  suppressing, 
and,  if  possible,  destroying  this  evil. 

3d,  That,  as  a  Conference,  we  will 
not  vote  for  any  man  for  office  for  State 
or  general  government  whom  we  know 
to  be  an  adhering  member  of  any  secret 
society,  and  also  earnestly  commend 
the  same  course  to  the  members  of  our 
church. 

4th,  That  we  recommend  to  our 
people  the  Christian  Cynosure  as  a 
strong  and  faithful  adyocate  of  the 
principles  of  anti-secretism,  which  de- 
serves our  patronage,  and  we  also 
express  our  warmest  sympathy  for  the 
success  of  the  National  Christian  Asso- 
ciation in  its  noble  stand   for  the  right. 

5th,  That  this  Conference  make  pro- 
vision for  sending  a  delegate  to  the 
National  Convention  to  be  held  at  Pitts- 
burgh, Pa. 

L,  Kelly, 

W.    SOUTHWOKTH, 

L.  Woodruff, 
F.  A.  Town. 


Com. 


The  National  Reform  in  Southern  Ill- 
inois. 


Oakdale,  Washington  Co.,  111.,  ) 
Sept.  7,  1874.      j 

Some  time  since  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee of  the  Christian  Amendment 
Association  of  this  part  of  the  State 
invited  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  to  deliv- 
er a  series  of  lectures  in  the  interest  of 
National  Reformation  in  this  region.  In 
compliance  with  that  request  he  has 
visited  us  and  lectured  to  large  and  at- 
tentive audiences  in  Washington,  Ran- 
dolph and  Perry  counties.  These 
audiences  have  manifested  their  appre- 
ciation of  the  speaker  and  their  interest 
in  the  cause  he  advocated  by  that  un- 
mistakable evidence,  their  liberality  to 
the  pecuniary  interests  of  the  move- 
ment. By  special  request  the  Professor 
also  delivered  an  Anti-masonic  address 
at  Coultersville.  The  friends  of  tlae 
Christian  Amendment  are  very  general- 
ly Anti-masons,  and  remembering,  as 
the  writer  of  this  does,  how  the  great 
Anti-masonic  reformation  of  forty  odd 
years  ago  was  lost  for  the  want  of  the 
principle   they   advocate,   to   secure  it 


they  feel  that  not  only  Anti-masonic 
but  all  other  Scriptural  reforms  can  be 
preserved  -  to  the  nation  only  through 
the  acknowledoment  of  the  supremacy 
of  Bible  law  in  the  Constitution  of  the 
United  States.  J.  M.  Sloane. 


^<n;t^$pijttti^tt(i^. 


A  Voice  from  Central    New    England, 

Worcester,  Mass.,    Sept.  IC,  1874. 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

I  am  a  constant  reader   of  your  out- 
spoken Christian    paper.     It   is  rare  in 
these  days  to  find    one  thoroughly  and 
boldly  '-standing  up  for  Jesus. "     I  see 
you  have  many    writers   from    various 
parts  of  our  country,    but    not    many 
from  New  England,  which  ought  to  be 
foremost  in  every    good   reform.     The 
truth  is,  there  is  no  general  awakening 
here  on  the  subject  of    secret  societies 
except  to   get    into    them.     The    poor 
bird  when  fastened  by  the   eyes  of  the 
charmer-serpent  is  doomed   to  the  de- 
vourer.     So   is   human    society    some- 
times overcome  by  one   vast,    pervasive 
and  all-blinding    delusion   operated  by 
the  invisible  powers  of  darkness.     Go 
on  the  streets  and   into   the   marts   of 
business  and  talk  against   Freemasonry 
and  kindred  associations  and  men  treat 
you    either    as  a  fanatic,    are  as    deaf 
as  were  the  sons-in-law  of  Lot,  for  it  is 
said  that  ''He  seemed  unto  them  as  one 
that  mocked."     Ask  a  young  man    in 
trade  to   subscribe  for    the    Cynosure. 
He  feels  very  much  as  would  a  man  in 
the  South  a  few  years  ago  when  solicit- 
ed to  take  the     Liberator.     If  there  is 
no  danger  to  his   life,  there   is   to   his 
business.     He  attaches  a  certain  fatali- 
ty to  all  worldly  success  if  he  is  known 
to  favor  this  reform.     This  is  doubtless 
the  result  that  Satan  desires   to    bring 
about.      When  he  gets  a  community  or 
a  church  or  an    individual   within    the 
scope  of  his  infernal    mesmerism,  then 
it  is  that  Pandemonium  hath  a  jubilee. 
So  thought  John  Wesley,  which  I  think 
will  be  good  authority    for  such  of  his 
followers  in  the   Methodist  ministry  as 
have  found   their  way  into   the   secret 
lodges.     If  there  is  any    phase     in  our 
poor,  fallen  humanity  that  evinces  more 
than  any  other   of  its  weakness,   folly 
and  depravity  it  is  man's  willingness  to 
be  cheated  by  the  devil.     One   might 
suppose    from  the    elevated   character 
which  the  sacred  writers  give  of  a  true 
saint  of  God,  or  of  an^intelligent  Chris- 
tian, who  has  "tasted  the  powers  of  the 
world  to  come"  and  felt  the  joy  of  sins 
forgiven  and  received  the   earnest  of  a 
heavenly  inheritance,    that  it  would  be 
morally  impossible  for  such  a  person  to 
be  caught  and  bewildered   by  the  fool- 
ish mummeries  of  Freemasonry.   Either 
such  persons  are  no    Christians    at  all, 
and  of  course   have   assumed   a  name 
which  does  not   belong   to    them  any 
more  than  it  does  to  monkeys ;  or  they 
Lave  such  imperfect    and  infantile   de- 
velopments as  Christians  as  to  be  whol- 
ly unfit  to  be  examples   to,  and  much 
less  leaders  of  Christ's  flock. 

Freemasons  and  lodge  men  believe 
in  one  God.  Very  well,  so  does  the 
devil,  but  he  does  not  love  God.  The 
Israelites  in  the  time  of  Moses  believed 


in  the  God  who  spake  in  a  voice  of 
thunder  from  the  top  of  Sinai;  and  at 
its  base  they  paid  equal  honors  to  the 
golden  calf.  Here  let  me  ask  the 
question ,  was  the  true  God  pleased  or 
displeased  with  such  an  associate  to  re- 
ceive with  himself  the  united  homage 
of  his  people?  It  was  a  very  easy 
thing  to  believe  in  the  true  God  and  at 
the  same  time  to  worship  the  golden 
calf.  But  the  true  God  was  highly 
displeased  with  this  divided  homage. 
In  these  last  days,  God  hath  spoken  to 
us  by  his  Son  Jesus  Christ.  Freema- 
sons and  lodge  men  in  our  nominally 
Christian  country,  eay  in  so  far  as  they 
profess  to  be  followers  of  Christ,  that 
they  believe  in  Jesus.  Yes,  but  they 
alFo  imitate  their  idolatrous  Israelitish 
brethren  by  mixing  heathenish  rites  in 
religious  worship.  Strange  that  they 
cannot  see  that  the  mummeries  of  the 
lodge-room  are,  in  a  modified  form,  of 
the  same  kith  and  kin  with  ancient 
heathenism,  and  of  heathenism  in  all 
ages.  Hence  Jesus  Christ  is  grieved 
ai  d  displeased  when  his  profeFsed  fol- 
lowers unite  themselves  with  infidels 
and  all  sorts  of  unbelievers  in  secret 
and  midnight  conclave,  and  for  what? 
0,  tell  it  not  in  Gath,  nor  publish  it  in 
the  cities  and  villages  where  their  or- 
gies are  held  throughout  our  otherwise 
happy  land.  If  heathenism  is  to  be 
tolerated  in  free  and  Christian  America 
let  it  be  in  secret,  both  in  the  marble 
temples  of  eastern  cities  and  in  the  joss- 
houses  of  California.  0,  my  profess- 
edly Christian  brother  of  the  lodge, 
you  are  a  grief  to  all  sincere  and  honest 
Christians  and  a  snare  and  stumbling- 
block  to  the  young  men  of  our  land. 
Many  of  you  I  fear  will  never  enter 
heaven  yourselves,  but  by  your  deceit- 
ful example  you  will  decoy  to  their  ruin 
many  a  precious  youth  who  might 
otherwise  have  been  saved.  You  have 
been  commanded  by  the  holy  apostle 
to  have  no  fellowship  with  the  unfruit- 
ful works  of  darkness,  but  rather  to  re- 
prove them,  and  yet  by  your  secret 
oaths  of  one  kind  and  another  you 
willingly  deprive  yourselves  of  the  pow- 
er to  reprove  transgreesors,  for  fear  of 
wrath  of  men;  and  do  not  fear  the 
wrath  of  God  who  will   bring  us  all  to 

judgment.  W.  J.  White. 

* » » 

A  Lie  Nailed* 


Deer  Lick,  Ohio. 
Editor-  Christian  Cynosure: 

The  extent  to  which  the  Masonic  fra- 
ternity carry  prevarication  and  false- 
hood is  really  known  to  but  few,  even 
among  those  who  are  called  its  enemies. 
In  the  absence  of  arguments  to  sup- 
port a  wrong,  the  Knight  of  the  ca- 
ble-tow flees  to  his  "refuge  of  lies"  as 
naturally  and  apparently  with  as  much 
confidence  as  the  conies  flee  to  the 
rocks   on  the  approach  of  danger. 

The  object  of  this  letter  is  to  tell 
your  readers  how  one  Masonic  false- 
hood was  nailed  to  the  wall.  Father 
Curtis  Cogswell  is  one  of  the  foremost 
workers  in  the  anti-secrecy  reform 
here.  When  a  young  man  he  joined 
the  Masons,  took  three  degrees,  thor- 
oughly committed  to  memory  all  the 
lectures,  ceremonies,  etc. ,  and  then  be- 
ing convinced  that  the  Masons  actually 
did  murder  Morgan,  and  being  disgusted 


6 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


because  of  the  falsehood  told  him  by  lead- 
ing Masons  to  induce  him  to  join  them, 
he  denounced  Masonry,  as  an  institution 
eminating  from  the  father  of  lies  and 
has  both  opposed  and  exposed  it  ever 
since.  To  counteract  his  influence 
leading  Masons  of  high  standing  in  so- 
ciety here  declared  with  great  assur- 
ance that  Father  C.  had  never  been  a 
Mason, 

In  Older  to  test  the  matter  I  sent  a 
letter  to  the  St  i to  of  N.  Y.,  inquir- 
ing of  the  post-master  of  the  village  in 
which  Father  C.  lived,  if  there  was 
yet  a  Masonic  lodge  in  the  place,  and  if 
so  to  enquire  of  the  oldest  settler  in 
regard  to  Curtis  Cogswell  with  a  vievc 
to  ascertain  his  standing  in  the  lodge 
at  the  time  he  left;  how  many  degrees 
he  had  taken,  and  whether  that  was  a 
regular  Masonic  lodge  at  that  time. 
The  following  letter  which  I  received 
speaks  for  Ha^U: 

Dundee,  June  lOth,  1874. 

Mr.  //.  S.  Kirk, 

Dkar  Sir: — On  irquiring  of  the  old 
settlers  at  Harpindings  Corners  (now 
Dundee),  I  an  answer  a  part  of  your 
questions.  There  is  a  Masonic  lodge 
in  the  village  called  the  Dundee  Lodge. 
At  the  time  of  which  you  speak  it  was 
called  the  Reading  Lodge.  Hon.  J.  T. 
Andrews,  late  M.  C,  informs  me  that 
he  knew  Curtis  Cogswell  was  a  mem- 
ber cf  sa'd  lodge  and  that  he  took 
three  degrees,  and  that  he  thinks  he 
was  in  siood  standing;  when  he  left.  It 
was  a  regular  Masonic  lodge  at  that 
time.  Yours  truly, 

Jaues  Holmes. 

The  above  letter  acts  as  a  powerful 
sedative  here.  It  is  hoped  that  much 
good  will  be  the  result,  and  we  advise 
our  friends  everywhere  to  banish  false- 
hood by  esiabliahing  truth. 

H.   S.  Kirk. 


A  Strange  Sect, 


9,  1874. 


Springebton,  111.,  Sapt, 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

There  are  no  less  than    four  Masonic 
preachers    holding   forth   regularly   in 
our  village.     One  of  them  is  self  styled 
.a  ''true   Latter-Day    Saint  of  the  reor- 
ganized church  of  Jesus  Christ ! 

He  is  a  fearful  Mascn  and  no  doubt 
a  member  in  good  standing  in  the  "Or- 
der of  Enoch."  He  is  "apt  to  teach" 
and  just  about  as  consistent  as  the  dev- 
il was  teaching  in  the  garden  and  again 
tempting  our  blessed  Saviour.  The 
most  prominent  feature  in  his  counte- 
yance  is  brass.  He  is  well  clad  in  sheep's 
clothing  and  has  succeeded  in  devouring 
a  few  ''straggling  souls,"  and  is  fairly  go- 
ing into  ecstasies  over  it.  They  assure  us 
that  there  is  no  danger  of  them  prac- 
ticing polygamy,  for  some  of  them  claim 
to  have  lost  their  propensities  for  the 
opposite  sex!  They  further  claim  that 
Biica  King  James'  translators  were  not 
inspired  men*  they  could  not  give  us 
an  inspired  Bible.  That  Joseph  was 
a  divinely  inspired  prophet  of  God  and 
hence  his  book  of  Mormon  is  of  divine 
origin !  They  unchristianize  everybody 
except  themselves.  Joe  Smith  with 
them  is  far  superior  to  Christ,  for,  say 
they,  "the  church  which  Christ  built 
slipped  ofl''  in  a  few  years,  and  Joseph 
flew  to  the  work  and  reorganized  the 
church  after  Christ  had  made  a  signal 
failure !  There  are  a  few  Masons  here 
bitterly  opposed  to  this  Masonic  Mor- 


monic  jumble  of  infidelity,  but  most  of 
them  go  their  length  for  this  monster. 
We  are  to  have  a  public  oral  discus- 
sion with  them  commencing  the  third 
Monday  in  October  at  this  place.  About 
two  months  since  I  attended  F.  C. 
meeting.  Was  called  on  for  a  speech, 
and  responding,  followed  a  long,  dry  ef- 
fort of  a  Master  Mason.  As  the  hour 
was  late  I  only  occupied  a  short  time; 
in  fact,  it  was  not  needful  for  me  to  say 
much,  for  that  Mason  had  already  told 
the  story  fjr  me,  that  the  grange  was 
organized  by  Masons  "for  the  purpr>se 
of  wielding  an  influence."  I  challenged 
them  for  public  discusssion,  but  they 
dare  not  except.  They  had  their  meet- 
ings every  week  before  this,  but  have 
not  had  one  since.  I  have  talked  with 
the  members  of  the  meeting,  and  their 
president,  they  all  agree  with  me. 

James  Springer. 


A  Masonic  Revclatiou. 


Platteville,  Grant  Co.,  Wis. 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

I  have  in  my  possession  an  old  and 
much  worn  book,  presented  me  by  a 
Master  Mason  in  good  lodge  standing 
in  the  State  of  Illinois,  which  was 
received  by  a  pledge  on  my  part  never 
to  use  the  name  of  the  giver  when 
making  use  of  the  gift;  and  on  his  part 
to  establish  the  correctness  of  the  reve- 
lations of  the  first  three  degrees  of 
Masonry,  as  therein  contained,  if  at  any 
time  they  should  be  challenged,  by  affi- 
davit sworn  to  before  a  justice  of  the 
peace. 

The  history  of  sai«I  book  as  given  by 
him  is  as  follows:  Soon  after  he  was 
"initiated,  passed  and  raised,"  he 
removed  his  residence  from  the  adjoin- 
ing Siate,  where  he  was  made  aMasorr, 
to  Illinois.  On  removing  the  Worthy 
Master  presiding  over  the  lodge  of 
which  he  was  a  member  gave  him  this 
as  a  text-book  of  the  first  three  degrees, 
saying,  "While  your  papers  will  admit 
you  as  a  member  of  the  lodge  there 
you  will  fiad  it  to  your  interest  to  study 
over  the  degrees  that  you  may  become 
bright  in  them.  He  used  the  book  to 
good  purpose  and  became  familiar  with 
all  the  details  of  the  work  of  ''Blue 
Lodge  Masonry." 

Now  a  word  of  the  book  itself:  The 
first  p«rt  of  it  is  "  Illustrations  of  Ma- 
sonry, by  one  of  the  fraternity  who 
has  devoted  thirty  years  to  the  subject." 
This  you  will  recognize  at  once  as  the 
"Old  Morgan  Book"  of  1827.  Herein 
the  three  first  degrees  are  revealed  cor- 
reclly.  The  second  part  cf  the  book 
is  entitled,  "A  Key  to  the  Higher  De- 
grees of  Freemasonry ;  giving  a  clear 
and  correct  view  of  the  way  and  man- 
ner of  conferring  the  degrees  of  Mark 
Master,  Past  Master,  Most  Excellent 
Maeter  and  Royal  Arch  Mason  on  a 
candidate,  as  practiced  in  all  well-gov- 
erned lodges  and  chapters  throughout 
the  globe;  together  with  the  means  to 
be  used  by  such  as  are  not  Masons  to 
gain  admission  therein.  The  whole 
intended  as  a  guide  to  the  craft  and  a 
light  to  the  unenlightened.  By  a 
member  of  the  craft.  'Put  ofl'  thy 
shoes  from  oflF  thy  feet,  for  the  place 
whereon  thou  standest  is  holy  ground. '" 
This  last  is  a  very  '* Masonic"  produc- 


tion, written  with  the  evident  design  of 
•misleading  the  seeker  after  "light." 
The  lectures  of  the  various  degrees,  so 
far  as  given,  are  correct;  but  in  the 
' '  grips,  signs,  tokens,  etc. ,"  there  is 
"confusion  worse  confounded."  The 
intent  of  the  writer  appears  on  every 
page,  viz. ,  the  glorification  of  the  order, 
or,  in  the  words  of  the  preface,  "I 
here  avow  that  my  only  object  in  ofler- 
ing  this  work  to  the  public  is  to  remove 
the  prejudicial  impressions  likely  to  exist 
in  the  minds  of  the  uninitiated  from  a 
perusal  of  Morgan's  work." 

Now  one  word  as  to  why  I  obtrude 
reference  to  this  old  book  upon  the 
editors  and  readers  of  the  Cynosure, 
I  "here  avow  that  my  only  object  in" 
so  doing  is  to  bring  more  proof  to  the 
accumulated  mass  of  testimoay  declar- 
ing the  revelations  of  Masonry  now  be- 
fore the  world  to  be  faithful  and  true. 
Let  us  sum  up  the  truth  contained 
herein. 

First,  we  have  the  testimony  of  the 
Mason  who  gave  me  the  book,  which 
testimony  may  be  confirmed  by  a  judi- 
ciously administered  oath. 

Second,  the  testimony  of  the  Mason 
who  wrote  the  second  part  of  the  book. 
Notice,  this  last  testimony  is  of  weight 
and  importance.  The  author,  though 
falsifying  and  dealing  in  trickery  and 
treachery,  to  present  a  "  brighter  side 
of  the  picture"  than  truth  could  en- 
dorse, that  he  might  (to  use  his  own 
words)  "prevent  this  glorious  institu- 
tion from  falling  into  disrepute  among 
its  enemies;"  does  not  attempt  a  denial 
of  "  Morgan's  Expose,"  but  simply  pro- 
nounces it  "  illy  calculated  to  wrest  the 
order  from  that  stigma  and  reproach 
which  its  enemies  are  ever  ready  to 
heap  upon  it." 

After  a  patient  analysis  of  the  whole 
preface  I  have  reduced  it  substantially 
to  the  following:  Moved  with  a  desire 
to  "wrest  the  order  from  stigma  and 
reproach,"  Wm.  Morgan  revealed  cer- 
tain degrees  of  Masonry.  The  penalty 
for  such  revelation,  even  when  made 
for  such  a  purpose,  was  death.  This 
penalty  was  inflicted,  and  Wm.  Morgan 
became  a  martyr  to  bis  love  for  Mason- 
ry. Unfortunately  his  revelation  was 
not  confined  to  "  the  brighter  side  "  of 
the  institution,  hence  his  martyrdom 
did  not  avail  to  appease  the  public  sen- 
timent against  the  lodge ;  so  another 
champion  steps  forth  with  trembling. 
Hear  his  words:  •'  If  Morgan  has 
been  barbarously  murdered  for  reveal- 
ing the  three  lower  degrees,  what  fate 
would  be  awarded  to  one  who  should 
withdraw  the  vail  and  lay  open  the 
four  higher  ? "  As  another  victim  to 
lodge  devotion,  like  a  "bright"  Mason, 
he  wisely  shows  '•  the  brighter  side," 
and  does  not  die  a  martyr  after  all. 
Anti-masons,  you  should  allow  the 
brotherhood  to  cherish  the  memory  of 
their  martyrs  Akirop,  Smith,  Murdock, 
(a  distant  relative  of  the  writer)  the 
author  of  "  Jachin  and  Boaz,"  Morgan, 
and  the  unnumbered  others;  without 
taunting   them  with   the  "taking  off." 

Query :  If  Rathbun,  Baird,  Levicg- 
ston,  or  any  of  that  stamp  should  dis- 
appear, would  Mason's  make  martyrs 
of  them  in  their  records  ? 

S.A.  GiLLKr. 


OUK  MAIL. 


J.  S.  Hickman,  Wellington,  111.,  writes: 

"We  are  gaining  ground,  not  only  here 

but   everywhere.    I   think   I  am    posted. 

Let  the  friends  take  courage  and  press  the 

battle  to  the  gates." 

This  is  the  inspiring  call  of  a  tried  worker. 
Shall  we  all  heed  it?  We  are  doomed  to 
work,  if  not  in  opposing  Satan,  for  him. 
"Choose  ye  this  day  whom  ye  will  serve." 
Elijah  Gibbs,  Amity,  Iowa,  writes: 
"I  am  doing  all  I  can  for  the  cause  and 
shall  continue  to  while  I  live ;  which  will  not 
be  long  according  to  the  course  of  nature, 
as  I  am  seventy- three  years  old.  Of  course 
I  have  lived  through  the  Morgau  •  excite- 
ment and  saw  it  convert  some  of  our  best 
men  into  demons;  and  if  it  does  that  to  our 
best  men  what  will  it  do  with  the  bad?  I 
I  got  three,  three  months  subscribers  last 
spring  and  yesterday  got  them  to  renew.  I 
wish  every  subscriber  was  a  new  one  until 
your  subscription  list  was  doubled  ten 
times." 

Rev.  D.  R.  Baker,  College  Springs,  Iowa, 
adds  to  the  above  good  words: 

"Father  Gibbs  has  been  at  work  for  the 
Cynosure  and  the  result  is  enclosed.  We 
will  try  to  keep  this  field  cultivated." 
Wesley  Lamon,  Princeton,  Ind.,  writes: 
"I  had  hoped  to  have  secured  some 
other  names  but  haven't  yet.  Will  still 
try  for  I  know  the  more  a  man  reads  the 
Cynosure  the  more  he  will  appreciate  it." 

D.  D.  Hart,  Green  Springs,  O.,  writes: 
"You  are  engaged  in  a  work  of  God,  as 

I  verily  believe,  in  which  I  am  deeply  in- 
terested, and  for  which,  under  God,  I  in- 
tend to  work  while  I  live." 

E.  D.  J.  Myers,  Nesquehoning,  Pa., 
writes: 

"Put  me  down  as  a  life  subscriber  for 
your  paper,  .  .  the  best  of  all  the  pa- 
pers I  get." 

James  Robioson,  Washburn,  111.,  writes: 

"I  am  doing  what  I  can  for  the  cause  of 
freedom.  I  give  my  paper  and  Arm- 
strong's thirteen  reasons  to  my  neiaihbor, 
and  if  they  will  not  believe  Armstrong 
they  will  not  believe  though  Morgan  rise 
from  the  dead." 

Geo.  Brokaw,  Washington,  Iowa,  sends 
two  renewals,  and  writes: 

"I  believe  these  run  out  in  October;  but 
I  thought  better  to  renew  in  time  for  I  do 
not  want  to  miss  one  paper." 

We  wish  every  subscriber  would  renew 
two  or  three  weeks  beforehand. 

A  lady  writes: 

"I  like  your  paper  very  much,  although 
it  is  not  so  I  can  do  much  good'in  the 
cause  as  they  (most  all)  are  against  my 
taking  it.  Although  my  husband  is  not  a 
Mason,  he  is  one  who  says  'Mind  your 
own  business  and  let  other  people's  alone.'" 

We  believe  with  this  husband  in  "mind- 
ing your  own  business;"  but  we  should 
possibly  difier  from  him  on  the  question, 
What  is  your  business  ?  Christ  says,  "Let 
him  that  heareth,  say  come."  Paul  says, 
"If  a  man  be  overtaken  in  a  fault,  ye  which 
are  spiritual  restore  such  an  one."  "Bear 
ye  one  another's  burdens,  and  so  fulfil  the 
law  of  Christ."  As  citizens  of  this  country 
it  is  every  man's  business  to  see  that  office 
holders  are  honest  in  the  discharge  of  their 
duties,  and  that  young  men  and  women 
understand  the  principles  of  justice  and 
are  prepared  to  maintain  them.  We  are 
neglecting  our  business  when  we  allow  a 
party  of  men  to  get  together  in  secret  and 
take  charge  of  all  the  public  offices  and 
most  of  the  profitable  business,  shutting 
out  honest  and  fair  competition.  It  is  the 
business  of  every  American  citizen  to 
maintain  the  principle  that  all  men  are 
created  free  and  equal.  As  Christians  the 
case  is  still  stronger.  We  wish  some  one 
would  write  an  article  for  the  Cynosure, 
entitled  the  "Business  of  a  Christian." 
J.  W.  Pierson,  Hadley,  Mich.,  writes: 

"Please  send  the  paper.  .  .  I  think 
it  the  best  religious  paper  I  ever  saw. 
.  .  .  The  cause  is  a  good  one.  It  will 
triumph."  tiMJiw  nr. -i^-- 

Henry  Clark,  Cedar  Creek,  Ind.,  writes: 
"I  have  handed  the  paper  to  a  number 
of  young  men  in  my  neighborhood  who 
were  going  to  join  the  Masons.  They  told 
me  that  your  paper  would  exclude  them 
from  joining  any  secret  society.  .  .  I 
think  I  can  send  a  number  of  subscribers 
in  the  course  of  three  months." 
Rev.  J.  M.  Smith,  Willshire,  0.,  write?; 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


"I  intend  to  do  more  for  your  paper.  I 
want  to  be  placed  on  the  front  rank  of  Re- 
form. Sickness  has  prevented  me  from 
doing  more  at  present." 

John  Fetterhoff,  Chambersburg,  Pa., 
writes : 

"I  have  been  to  a  camp-meeting  near 
Jackson,  Pa.,  which  met  27th  of  August. 
It  continued  ten  days.  There  was  much 
effort  to  raise  an  excitement,  but  to  little 
purpose,  the  leading  men,  ministers,  and 
nearly  all  were  under  the  influence  of  se- 
crecy, or  in  sympathy  with  it.  I  liave 
never  been  at  a  place  where  secrecy  was  as 
bold  and  out-spoken  as  here.  They  have 
boys  from  eighteen  to  men  up  to  fifty  under 
their  influence  and  have  their  lodge  meet- 
ings more  than  half  the  week  evenings. 
Nearly  every  order  of  secrecy  is  represented 
here  in  this  valley.  O I  for  a  good  lecturer 
to  come  to  this  place  and  work.  I  may  say 
with  Paul,  my  spirit  was  stirred  within 
me  when  I  saw  the  country  wholly  given 
to  secrecy.  In  ray  life  I  have  been  invited 
to  join  secret  orders,  but  always  refused, 
remembering  my  religious  training  of 
Bishop  Newcomer  and  others,  to  give  to 
the  world  all  the  good  I  have  learned, 
without  keeping  any  of  it  secret,  and  ex- 
pose and  reject  the  evil.  I  did  not  think  I 
was  a  fit  subject  for  secrecy;  nor  do  I  be- 
lieve that  any  true,  honest  minister  of  the 
Gospel  of  Christ,  that  is  a  true  friend  of 
his  fellow  beings,  who  takes  an  interest 
in  their  welfare  can  with  a  clear  conscience 
put  himself  into  a  position  in  which  he  is 
not  free  to  make  known  all  the  good  he 
knows  and  expose  the  evil.  Having  con- 
fidence in  the  Christian  Cynosure  I  made  a 
strong  effort  to  get  subscribers.  It  was 
hard  work  to  meet  all  the  excuses,  but  I 
got  a  few  to  give  it  a  trial.  " 

He  sends  five  subscriptions.  Will  others 
follow  his  example? 
H.  M.  Tower,  Spencer,  Mass.,  writes: 
"A  few  days  since  I  saw  a  copy  of  the 
Cynosure  for  the  first  time,  and  indeed  I 
have  never  seen  any  Anti-masonic  writings 
whatever ;  but  as  I  read  article  after  article 
in  your  paper,  my  heart  responded  amen 
and  amen.  These  things  are  what  the 
Spirit  of  the  living  God  revealed  to  me 
long  since.  I  found  that  the  experience  of 
conscious  salvation  could  not  continue  in 
my  heart  and  I  still  continue  in  fellowship 
with  the  works  of  darkness;  and  how 
clearly  have  I  seen  the  damning  influence 
of  Masonry  since  I  suffered  myself  to  be 
led  by  the  spirit  of  a  verity.  It  will  guide 
us  into  all  truth." 


Jn\t  %m%  %i^. 


[From  the  Anti-masoaic  Review,  1829.] 

Memoir  of  the  Jesuits. 

Freemasonry  is  not  the  only  secret 
and  dangerous  combination  of  men, 
which  has  threatened  the  nations  of 
the  earth.  The  members  of  the  order 
have  such  confidence  in  it,  and  the 
community  have  so  great  respect  for 
them,  that  Anti-masons  can  hardly 
bring  their  views  home  to  the  hearts  of 
many  citizens  who  love  their  country, 
and  hate  all  iniquity.  In  this  article 
we  intend  to  hold  up  the  society  of 
Jesuits ,  as  a  mirror  to  reflect  a  faithful 
representation  of  some  of  the  most  odi- 
ous and  alarming  features  of  Freema- 
sonry . 

The  Jesuits  were  religionists  of  the 
16th,  17th  and  18th,  centuries,  who 
aimed  at  universal  influence  and  pow- 
er. From  Canada  in  the  North-west 
to  China  in  the  South-east,  and  from 
Patagonia  to  the  Artie  circle,  their  so- 
cieties were  once  to  be  found.  They 
were  a  secret  order  of  high  pretentions. 
Their  name  was  one  of  pride  and  blas- 
phemy, the  society  of  Jesus.  Their 
members  were  men  of  talents  and  learn- 
ing, of  prudent  zeal  and  indefatigable 
industry,  so  much  so,  that  no  body 
of  men  of  their  time  could  in  these 
points  compare  with  them.  "Not  a 
Jesuit  but  can  say,  like  the  demon  in 
Scripture:  My  name  is  legion;  an  of- 
fence to  one  of  the  mysterous  order  is 
resented  by  many  thousands.  Never 
did  a  republican    love   his  country,  as 


every  Jesuit  loves  his  society;  the  very 
lowest  of  its  members  interests  himself 
in  its  glory,  of  which  he  thinks  some 
rays  reflect  upon  himself.  There  is  not 
even  to  their  brother  the  cook,  or  the 
apothecary,  one  among  them  who  is 
not  proud  and  jealous  c  f  it.  They  are 
all  put  in  action  at  once  by  this  single 
spring,  which  one  man  directs  at  his 
pleasure.  Tnis  lave  for  their  society 
subsists  even  in  those  who  have  left  it ; 
whether  it  be  a  real  attachment  found- 
ed upon  gratitude,  or  a  policy  f jundsd 
on  interest,  or  on  fear,  there  is  hardly 
an  ex  Jesuit  preserves  not  his  connec- 
tion with  his  old  brethren;  and  who, 
even  though  he  has  reason  to  complain 
of  them,  does  not  show  himself  attach- 
ed to  their  interest",  and  ready  to  de- 
fend them  against  their  enemies.'  D, 
Aiembert,  p.  42. 

Professiag  to  be  a  rtligious  order, 
they  made  the  vow  of  poverty  and  they 
attained  great  wealth;  professing  to  be 
a  religious  order,  they  disclaimed  med- 
dling with  politics,  and  they  grew  to 
enormous  political  power;  professing 
to  be  a  religious  order,  they  abjured 
the  world ;  and  they  exercised  a  spirit 
of  intrigue  and  ambition,  of  iaeolcnce 
and  oppression,  that  at  length  ruined 
them.  Their  society  became  nearly 
half  what  the  elcquent  Mr.  Brainard  in 
1828  described  his  fraternity  to  be: 
"What  is  Masonry  now?  It  is  power- 
ful. It  comprises  men  of  rank,  wealth , 
ofiBce,  and  talent,  ia  power  and  out  of 
power,  and  that  in  almost  every  place 
where  power  is  of  any  importance;  and 
among  the  other  class  of  community,  to 
the  lowest,  large  numbers,  capable  of 
being  directed  by  the  eflbrts  of  others, 
so  as  to  have  the  fjrce  of  concert 
throughout  the  civilized  world.  They 
are  distributed  too,  with  the  means  of 
knowing  each  other,  and  the  meanj  of 
keeping  secret,  and  the  means  of  co- 
operating in  the  desk,  in  the  legislative 
hall,  on  the  bench,  in  every  gathering 
of  men  of  business,  in  every  party  of 
pleasure,  in  every  enterprise  of  the 
government,  in  every  domestic  circle, 
in  peace  and  in  war,  among  enemies 
and  friends,  and  in  one  place  as  well  as 
another.  It  is  too  late  to  talk  of  the 
propriety  of  continuing  or  suppressing 
Freemasonry,  after  the  time  to  do  so 
has  gone  by ;  good  or  bad,  the  world 
must  take  it  as  it  is.  Think  of  it,  laugh 
at  it,  hate  it,  or  despise  it,  still  it  is  not 
only  what  I  have  told  you,  but  it  will 
continue  to  be ;  and  a  world  in  arms 
cannot  stop  it." 

The  Jesuits  became  formidable,  fac- 
tious, and  turbulent;  and  for  this  cause 
every  State  in  Europe  sought  to  be 
purged  of  them. 

Their  political  power  was  alone  a 
crime.  No  society  ought  to  be  aufifered 
under  a  wise  government,  which  accu- 
mulates wealth  and  numbers  sufficient 
to  make  the  society  formidable  to 
the  constituted  authorities  and  to 
the  laws.  And  notwithstanding 
the  Jesuits  became  formidable  rath- 
er by  the  acquisition  of  power  un- 
der the  government,  than  by  opposi- 
tion to  the  rulers  of  the  people,  still 
the  jealousy  of  the  magistrates  awaken- 
ed, and  Jesuitism  deservedly  became  a 
proverb. 

The  controversy  began  upon  the  doc- 


trines of  the  Jesuits,  and  it  was  vigorous- 
ly pursued,'  as  many  now  would  have  us 
pursue  the  Masonic  question,  indepen- 
dent of  politics.  The  immortal  Pascal 
in  the  provincial  letters  gathered  up 
their  absurdities  of  doctrine,  and  over- 
whelmed them  with  an  irony  equally 
chaste  and  irresistible.  -'This  master 
piece  of  pleasantry  and  eloquence  di- 
verted and  moved  the  indignation  of 
all  Europe  at  their  expense.  Their 
answers,  ill  written  and  full  of  gall,  were 
not  read,  while  everybody  knew  the 
provincial  letters  by  heart."  No  tri- 
umph of  a  moral  nature  could  be  more 
complete,  than  that  of  Pascal  over 
the  Jeeuite.  By  it  he  gained  a  name 
greatly  to  be  desired,  a  name  that  has 
outlived  his  enemies,  and  that  will  live, 
when  the  society  of  Jesuits  have  pass- 
ed entirely  away ;  but  the  society  it- 
self long  outlived  him. 

They  were  not  built  on  moral  prin- 
ciploF,  and  therefore,  they  were  not 
overthrown  by  exposing  their  false 
maxims.  They  stood  upon  the  strength 
of  their  politca!  power;  and  they  were 
able  to  prostrate  their  foes  in  the  dust, 
and  to  crush  many  under  foot,  a  cen- 
tury after  their  entire  moral  discomfi- 
ture by  Pascal. 

Their  doctrine  of  Probabilism,  by 
which  every  doubter  is  permitted  to 
take  the  more  convenient  side,  and  is 
safe  if  he  take  a  probable  side,  though 
he  may  think  the  opposite  side  is  the 
more  prob&ble ,  made  sport  for  the  in- 
habitants of  Europe  100  years,  with- 
out sensibly  shaking  the  power  of  the 
Jesuits.  They  taught,  (they — that  is 
one  of  their  moralists  with  the  sanc- 
tion of  his  book  by  the  proper  authori- 
ties of  the  order,  taught),  that  "in 
case  of  a  matter  before  a  judge,  where 
both  sides  are  equally  probable,  the 
judge  may  lawfully  decide  in  favor  of 
bis  private  friend ;"  and  that  he  may, 
moreover,  "decide  first  on  one  side,  and 
then  revoke  his  decision,  with  the  ob- 
ject of  serving  his  friend,  provided  it 
be  done  without  incurring  scandal;" 
which  is  the  exact  spirit  of  Freemason- 
ry. They  were  known  to  be  men  of 
talent  and  of  general  integrity,  men  of 
learning  and  of  piety,  and  above  all, 
men  of  tremendous  authority  united  in 
one  body,  able  to  point  a  thousand 
swords  at  any  hfe,  and  a  thousand 
tongues  at  any  character,  that  might  op- 
pose them.  One  man  with  mental  vig- 
or enough  literally  to  execute  upon 
them  Capt.  Bobadil's  plan  of  defeating 
an  army,  and,  indeed  ten  thousand  such 
men  fell  upon  them  singly  with  great 
courage  and  vigor.  The  Jesuits  in  un- 
broken phalanx,  defended  themselves 
"by  exclaiming  against  the  injustice  of 
condemning  the  whole  body  for  the  ex- 
travagance of  a  few,  of  presuming  the 
actual  evil  of  their  opinions  from  docu- 
ments long  passed  away,  never  exten- 
sively circulated,  and  now  buried  in  the 
dust  of  libraries,"  and  the  event  show- 
ed how  inefficient  are  individual  attacks 
upon  disciplined  bodies  of  men,  and 
how  useless  is  a  moral  controversy, 
to  settle  a  disputed  point  sustained 
by  political  power. 

The  arm  of  the  law,  however,  was 
too  strong  for  their  system,  and  their 
discipline.  They  fled  before  it  with 
the  terror  ^of  guilt,    when  it  had  once 


broken  their  sword  of  political  power, 
and  burst  their  armor  of  mystery. 
Pope  Clement  14th  denounced  and 
abolished  the  society,  and  we  regret 
that  another,  in  the  chair  of  St.  Peter 
has  since  seen  fit  to  restore  it. 

The  Jesuits  might  have  continued 
their  triumphant  influence  had  they 
not  used  it  ia  a  way  to  call  into  their 
moral  controversy  the  arm  of  the  mag- 
istracy. In  Portugal  this  was  afiected 
by  their  assassination  of  the  reigning 
prince,  and  in  Franco  by  their  refusing 
to  pay  their  just  debts,  and,  also,  re- 
fusing to  administer  the  holy  sacrament 
to  their  religious  and  prostrate  enemies, 
the  Jansenists.  There  were  expelled 
without  ceremony  from  Portugal,  and 
in  France,  by  an  arret  of  Parliament, 
their  lectures  were  stopped,  1st  April, 
1762,  and  in  the  following  August,  6ih 
day,  their  institute  was  unanimously 
condemned,  their  vows  were  declared 
not  binding,  and  the  order  was  dissolv- 
ed, and  its  efifects  sold.  The  Parlia- 
ment has  previously  drawn  up  and  pub- 
lished a  list  of  Jesuit  opinions,  extract- 
ed from  their  authentic  publications, 
'*a  grand  bill  of  indictment  against  the 
order,  a  national  accuasion  taken  out 
of  its  own  profane  and  prcflgate  lips." 
This  course  might  be  adopted  with  the 
very  best  efi'ect  against  Freemasonry. 
There  are  materials  enough  in  the 
hands  of  a  thousand  enemies  of  the 
mystic  order,  to  furnish  such  a  bill  of 
indictment,  as  the  nation  may  receive, 
and  the  American  people  will  try  with 
the  witness  of  truth,  and  with  the  jury 
of  the  ballot  box,  according  to  the  best 
established  precedents  of  republican 
jurisprudence. 

Freemasonry  has,  also,  many  vota- 
ries. We  do  them  no  wrong  by  ex- 
posing the  system;  but  we  do  them  a 
service.  This  cunningly  devised  false- 
hood has  bliiided  the  eyes,  perverted 
the  understanding,  and  corrupted  the 
heart  of  many  intelligent  citizens.  A 
free  and  peaceable  citizen  of  this  repub- 
lic, has  been  maliciously  torn  from  his 
wife  and  children,  and  deliberately  put 
to  death,  cooly  butchered,  after  long 
consultation,  and  repeated  advisement, 
by  highly  respectable  individuals;  and 
many  men  in  high  standing  were  privy 
to  the  design,  and  assisted  in  the 
preliminary  measures,  although  few 
were  present  at  the   fatal   catastrophe. 

Dav  by  day  new  discoveries  are  made 
of  the  iniquity  of  an  institution  which 
has  ever  been  equally  studious  to  pro- 
claim its  charities,  and  to  conceal  its 
crimes.  While  each  honest  member 
may  have  individually  known  but  a  sin- 
gle instance  of  corruption,  and  hoped 
it  was  the  only  one,  all  the  fraternity 
and  the  world  have  been  stunned  with 
its  praiseworthy  benevolence.  Now 
when  inquiry  is  awakened,  and  public 
serunity  runs  through  the  land  it  is  ae- 
tonishing  what  a  heap  of  crime  is  ac- 
cumulated upon  the  head  of  this  myste- 
ry. Bringing  together  ia  one  mass, 
the  crimes  before  isolated  in  every  cor- 
ner, they  are  a  mountain  of  iniquity 
equally  surprising  and  alarming.  So 
it  was  in  the  breaking  up  of  the  military 
order  of  Knight  Templars  in  the  14th 
century,  and  the  order  of  Jesuits  under 
notice. 

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8 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Chicago,  riiursday,  September  24,  1874. 

The  next  Presidential  election  occurs,  if  we  mistake 
not,  on  the  Tuesday  after  the  first  Monday  in  Novem- 
ber, 187G,  two  years  from  the  first  of  November  next. 
Mr.  Needles,  of  Missouri,  writes  us  so  sensibly  and 
forcibly,  as  to  what  we  need  to  do  to  prepare  for  and 
meet  that  national  crisis,  that  we  give  his  words  in-, 
stead  of  our  own.     He  writes  : 

Albanf,  Gentry  Co.,  Mo.,  Sept.  11,  1874. 

"Wheaton  will  furnish  but  few  C.  A.  B's,  but  can- 
not you  furnish  us  a  single  man  that  would  be  an 
honor  to  our  cause.  I  think  there  will  be  no  trouble 
in  raising  six  or  eight  hundred  dollars  if  we  can  get 
a  competent  man  at  the  helm.  Much  depends  for 
success,  in  our  Presidential  campaign,  on  putting  good 
lecturers  into  every  State  during  the  next  year.  If 
we  can  get  a  wide-awake  man  into  every  State  we  can 
make  a  big  stir,  and  carry  a  large  vote.  For  the  leav- 
en is  working  in  all  directions." 

These  words  of  Mr.  Needles  are  gold.     Let  us  heed 

them. 

*  ■  »■ 

Theodore  Tilton  is  out  with  another  "statement"  on 
Beecher  which  the  Chicago  Tribune  deems  so  im- 
portant that  it  issues  it  in  an  afternoon  "extra."  This 
'  'statement"  consists  lai-gely  of  documents,  diaries,  let- 
ters, etc. ,  confirming  Mr.  Beecher's  guilt,  of  which  we 
have  no  more  doubt  than  of  any  fact  which  is  proved 
by  circumstantial  evidence;  and  men  do  not  call  wit- 
nesses to  notice  their  acts  of  adultery,  or  commit  crime 
in  presence  of  a  committee. 

Tilton  and  Moulton  are  doubtless  vile  men;  viler 
than  ordinary  savages,  because  civilized  men  utterly 
destitute  of  the  principles  of  Christian  civilization. 
What  then  ?  One  is  the  chosen  bosom  friend  and  the 
other  the  long-loved  disciple  of  H.  W.  Beecher.  But 
vile  men  are  believed  when  ten  thousand  concurrent 
proofs  confirm  their  statements ;  and  there  is  but  one 
man  in  the  United  States  who  could  invent  the  terms 
"nest-hiding"  and  "paroxysmal  kisses"  to  describe 
secret  acts  of  adultery,  and  the  ogUng  embraces  which 
precede  them.  And  if  these  terms  are  Mr.  Beecher's, 
the  facts  connected  with  them  are  true.  The  "untar- 
nished reputation"  of  Mr.  Beecher,  made  so  much  of, 
has  been,  for  years,  "tarnished"  by  insinuated  charges 
of  adultery  by  Bowen,  as  the  tripartite  agreement 
proves.  "The  unclean  spirits,"  now  deceiving  the 
"kings"  of  the  moral  world,  are  fearfully  horrible. 
But  the  blindness  which  ignores  their  success  is 
more  sa 


Leonard  Bacon  writes  a  letter  in  the  Beecher  case  in 
wliich  he  takes  credit  for  causing  the  discussion,  and 
hopes  Mr.  Beecher  may  be  cleared  and  vindicated. 
"When  he  plays  non-committal  prospects  are  growing- 
dark. 


Our  next  annual  meeting  is  to  be  at  Pittsburgh.  A 
proposition  was  laid  before  our  Executive  Committee 
at  our  late  meeting  that  our  anniversary  should  come 
next  winter  instead  of  being  in  May  or  June. 
^The  arguments  are:  1,  That  we  need  an  early  meet- 
ing to  do  something  about  funds  to  support  lecturers. 
2.  That  we  need  an  early  meeting  to  adopt  a  platform 
and  make  definite  arrangements  for  the  approaching 
Presidential  election,  that  is,  to  see  whether  we  wil] 
attempt  to  get  up  an  electoral  ticket  in  every  State  of 
the  Union. 

The  arguments  against  it  were:  1,  That  December 
is  busy  January  cold,  and  February  dreary:  while 
May  is  the  month  of  birds  and  June  the  month  of 
roses.  2,  That  people  hate  to  leave  home  in  winter, 
ride  in  cold  cars,  and  risk  being  snowed  in .  3,  That 
it  will  confuse  our  reckoning  and  subject  us  to  the 
thousand  inconveniences  of  all  |great  changes.  Laid 
over  till  next  meeting. 

THE  CONGREGATIONAL  COUNCIL. 


If  God  permit  our  readers  shall   yet  see    that  Mr. 

Hinman,  our  Illinois  lecturer,  was  right  when  he  de- 

--lared   the   formation   of    a   National    Congregational 

il  at  Oberlin,  whose  only  permanent  officer,  its 


Secretary,  was  a  Freemason  chaplain,  was   "the  heav- 
iest blow  our  cause"  has  received  yet." 

The  Congregational  churches  being,  in  the  words  of 
ihe  Lutheran,  Mosheim,  "httle  independent  republics, 
without  a  national  assembly  or  conference  to  ward  ofiF 
reforms,  were  exposed  to  the  assaults  of  Anti-masonic 
truth.  Hence  slavery  dreaded  them.  Hence  Jeff. 
Davis  wished  the  country  reconstructed  for  slavery 
'■'loith  New  England  left  out."  Hence  the  first  strike 
of  every  anti-Christian  power  in  America  is  to  muzzle 
the  Congregational  allied  press  and  put  the  everlasting 
irrepressible  Yankee  under  leaders  committed  to  indif- 
ference in  moral  reforms.  This  slavery  did;  and  this 
Freemasonry  is  doing.  God  willing,  our  readers  shall 
see  how. 

Meantime  watch  the  coming  meeting  of  this  National 
Congregational  Council,  Sept.  30th,  at  New  Haven, 
Conn.  One  of  the  speakers  is  a  Royal  Arch  Mason, 
who,  if  God  takes  his  fifth  libation  in  earnest,  must 
suffer  the   double  damnation  he  has  invoked.     More 


THE  DAT  OF  FASTING  AND  PRATER. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  National  Christian 
Association  have  recommended  a  day  of  prayer  and 
fasting,  and  never  was  appointment  more 
appropriate.  Whether  we  consider  the  Scripture 
theory  of  fasting  for  casting  out  devils,  breaking  and 
expelling  the  force  and  power  of  evil  spirits  over  men, 
or  whether  we  consider  the  vast  stake  striven  for  by 
the  demons  of  the  lodge,  which  is  no  less  than  the 
religion  and  government  of  this  country  and  the  world ; 
or  if  we  look  at  the  weak,  helpless  and  distracted  con 
dition  of  our  cause,  which  is  that  of  Christ  against  the 
world  and  Satan,  never  was  fasting  humiliation  and 
prayer  more  fitting  or  more  called  for. 

True ,  our  progress  is  wonderful,  and,  in  the  words 
of  Bro.  Needles,  the  leaven  is  working  in  all  directions. 
But,  like  the  early  Christians  and  early  Abolitionists, 
we  are  but  a  handful  against  the  world:  without  a 
treasury,  without  officers  who  can  supervise  our  na 
tional  work,  because  no  funds  to  support  even  a  secre 
tary.  Our  general  agent  all  the  time  abroad  in  the 
field,  our  poor  lecturers  like  an  invading  army  with  no 
commissariat  at  their  backs  and  their  families  wanting 
bread  like  other  families !  We  do  not  look  much  like 
overthrowing  Satan's  strongest  holds  in  this  land.  But 
we  have  the  weapon  of  prayer,  and  that  can  neither 
be  conquered  or  put  aside.  It  will  yet  sxibdue  this 
world  to  Christ.  Besides,  you  will  see  that  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  are  slowly  approaching  our  responsi- 
bilities, and  the  hosts  of  God  are  mustering  for  this 
fight.  Important  action  has  been  taken  at  our  last  two 
meetings,  and  if  God  approves  and  seconds  our  en- 
deavors something  will  yet  be  done.     Read  the  action 

of  the  Executive  Committee  next  week. 
^  ■  » 

GENERALIZED  HOLINESS. 


details,  but  he  would  meet  them  in  his  conference  and 
be  ready  to  answer  for  what  he  now  said." 

The  congregation  it  is  reported  dispersed  with  con- 
siderable excitement. 

The  Northern  Christian  Advocate  makes  this  cir- 
cumstance the  occasion  of  repeating  a  warning  on  in- 
troducing specialties  (particular  sins)  in  teaching  holi- 
ness. To  do  so  is  great  indiscretion,  and  the  brethren 
engaged  in  "this  specialty"  are  likely  to  be  "betrayed 
by  their  zeal. " 

That  is,  the  Methodist  brethren  who  are  calling  all 
men  to  a  holy  and  blameless  life  through  sanctification 
by  the  Holy  Spirit  will  bring  in  dissention  and  promote 
divisions  if  they  make  any  practical  application  of  their 
doctrines.  They  should  seek  *'  peace  "  before  "  puri- 
ty" ;  preach  a  holiness  that  is  silent  on  the  "  foUies  of  the 
day,"  tobacco,  croquet,  the  lodge,  and  Sabbath-break- 
ing and  wine-bibbing  by  the  Methodist  bishops,  lest 
some  loved  sin  be  pressed  sore  and  cry  out.  Is  holi- 
ness a  whitewash  to  conceal  the  deformities,  the  hide- 
ousness  of  sin,  a  vail  to  hide  its  festering  corruption  ? 

The  brother  was  right.  We  have  enough  of  this 
"common  kind  of  rehgion;"  that  can  breathe  the 
poisoned  air  of  the  lodge  and  the  world's  vices  and  fes- 
tivities, and  yet  have  a  name  to  live ;  that  feels  no  pang 
when  the  churches  of  Christ  are  made  to  serve  his 
foes.  And  we  have  enough  of  that  hohness  which  is 
afraid  of  the  "plague  of  the  heart;"  lest  the  revolting 
leprosy  be  brought  to  the  surface.  If  the  National 
Holiness  Association  is  honestly  seeking  to  promote 
the  object  which  gave  it  a  name  there  are  public  evils 
and  private  vices  which  it  must  seek  to  remove.  Be- 
fore God  it  is  in  duty  bound  to  "  show  the  people  their 
sin."  It  cannot  draw  a  fine  between  the  popular  and 
unpopular ;  between  surface  sins  which  point  the  stand- 
ard puns  of  favorite  orators,  and  the  deep-rooted  ones 
which  crucify  or  stone  those  who  dare  thrust  at  them. 
If  such  a  distinction  is  made  and  adhered  to  however 
there  will  be  no  more  warnings  about  ' '  specialties. " 
The  lodge  in  particular  would  be  safe,  its  members 
crouching  securely  behind  the  wall  of  popular  favor. 

It  is  a  satisfaction  to  know  that  the  present  managers 
of  the  holiness  movement  are  willing  to  proclaim  the 
whole  truth,  to  point  to  that  "way"  in  which  proph- 
ets and  apostles  trod,  the  "highway  of  holiness,"  and 
whether  they  will  hear  or  forbear,  warn  men  to  lay 
aside  the  besetting  sin,  the  worldly  encumbrance,  before 
entering  the  lists.     May  the  Lord  bless  their  work. 


Another  instance  is  before  us  in  which  the  peaceful 
harmony  of  a  camp-meeting  was  disturbed  by  the 
mention  of  a  great  social  and  political  evil  as  interfer- 
ing with  the  practice  and  profession  of  holiness.  At 
the  meeting  of  the  National  Camp-meeting  Association, 
lately  held  in  Urbana,  Ohio,  Rev.  Mr.  Osborne,  of 
Florida,  a  member  of  the  Association,  and  the  father 
of  the  movement,  spoke  on  the  subject  of  "Holiness," 
and  brought  in  the  dreaded  word,  "Masonry."  Its 
eflfect  is  thus  reported : 

"He  thought  the  people  were  tired  of  the  common 
kind  of  religion,  and  it  was  time  to  seek  the  uncom- 
mon religion.  He  exhorted  the  people  to  seek  a  sal- 
vation that  would  save  them  from  tobacco,  from  croquet, 
from  Freemasonry — a  salvation  that  would  save  preach- 
ers from  follies  of  the  day,  and  that  would  save  the 
bishops  of  the  Methodist  church  from  traveling  and 
riding  on  Sunday,  and  from  going  to  wine  dinners, 
even  if  given  by  men  worth  their  milHons,  and  who 
occasionally  gave  half  a  million  to  the  church.  At 
this  point  he  was  interrupted  by  Rev.  Wm.  Fitz- 
gerald and  Rev.  J.  T.  Correy,  who  said  these  were  se- 
rious charges.  He  repUed  that  he  could  not  help  it; 
they  were  facts,  and  should  be  dealt  with  as  such; 
but  he  dechned  to  give  particulars,  saying  to  the  gen- 
tlemen  interrupting   him    that  this  was  no  time  for 


THE   METHODIST  EPISCOPAL  DISCIPLINE   AND 
SECRET  ORDERS. 


Not  long  since  reference  was  made  in  the  columna 
of  the  Cynosure  to  the  discipline  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  as  not  upholding  connection  with 
Freemasonry;  the  special  application  being  to  Mr. 
TuUis,  of  Tiekilwa,  who  claimed  to  be  the  only  Mason 
in  the  Methodist  church  of  which  he  was  pastor.  The 
following  is  from  an  able  article  on  the  proposition, 
"That  the  oath-bound  adhering  Mason,  is  the 
real  church  disloyalist,"  prepared  for  the  Metho- 
dist Free  Press  some  time  since  by  Rev.  0.  E.Burch. 
Let  every  Christian  reader  and  especially  our  Meth- 
odist brethren  read  it  carefully;  it  clearly  presents  the 
requirments  of  their  church  discipline: 

I  shall  allude  first  to  the  Chr'stian  man's  oath. 

It  is  put  in  these  words:  "As  we  confess  that  vain 
and  oath  swearing  is  forbidden  Christian  men  by  the 
Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  his  apostle,  James,  so  we  judge 
that  the  Christian  religion  doth  not  prohibit,  but  that 
a  man  may  swear  when  the  magistrate  requireth  in  a 
cause  of  faith  and  charity,  so  that  it  be  done  accord- 
ing to  the  prophet's  teaching,  in  judgment,  justice  and 
truth."     (See  Dis.  for  1872.  p.   29.) 

When  the  civil  authority,  as  represented  in  the 
magistrate,  requires  the  oath  of  a  Christian  man ,  this 
article  doth  not  prohibit  his  taking  it,  if  it  be  done  in 
"charity,  justice  and  truth."  But  all  "vain  and  rash" 
swearing  is  positively  forbidden  hereby,  and  this  pro- 
hibition rests  on  the  highest  authority,  namely,  that 
of  the  Apostle  James  and  upon  the  express  declara- 
tion of  him  who  spake  as  never  man  spake,  the  Lord 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


9 


Je8u8  Christ.  (Read  Matt,  v,  34-37,  and  Jas.  v.  12.) 

"Vain"  swearing,  "rash"  swearing;  mild  terms 
these,  but  they  cover  the  ground.  They  prohibit 
common  profanity  and  all  that  uncommon  'profanity 
found  in  the  Masonic  oath.  Herein  every  professed 
Methodist  Christian  who  assumes  the  Masonic  oath,  is 
quite  guilty  of  violating  this  article,  which  he  has 
promised  to  observe  and  keep.  He  is  herein,  whether 
aware  of  it  or  not,  a  traitor  to  this  part  of  his  coven- 
ant For  proof,  I  need  hardly  detain  the  reader  to 
particularize.  Let  him  take  any  Masonic  oath  from 
that  of  the  Entered  Apprentice  all  the  way  down  the 
dark,  intricate,  slippery  path,  to  the  lowest  round  of 
the  lodge  ladder,  and  examine  it  carefully  in  the  light 
of  Scripture,  and  then  see  if  he  can  speak  of  it  as 
merely  "rash  and  vain."  The  truth  is,  that  for  un- 
blushing and  heaven-daring  profanity,  these  Masonic 
oaths  and  penalties  are  unparalle  J  within  the  limits  of 
civilization. 

Once  more,  the  Discipline  forbids  "Doing  what  we 
know  is  not  for  the  glory  of  God,"  and  specifies  among 
other  particulars,  "The  taking  of  such  diversions  as 
cannot  be  used  in  the  name  of  the  Lord  Jesus."  (See 
Die.  lor  1872,  p.  33.) 

We   ask   here,  is   Freemasonry   for  the  *  'glory   of 
God!"     Was  it  organized  and  has  it  been   carried   on 
for  these  hundred   and  thirty  or  more   years ,  for   the 
"glory  of  God  r     Are   its  oaths  and  death   penalties 
assumed,  and  its  midnight  murders  committed  in  the 
name  of  the    "glory   of  God?"     Do  men  join   the 
j  lodge  and  allow  thfmselves  to    be   divested   of  their 
Iclothes,  and  be  roped,    blindfolded,  sworn,    etc.,   and 
jail  for  the  "glory  of  God  i"     But   if  Masonry  be   not 
'of  God,  then  whence  is   it?     Certainly  not   from   an- 
gels, at  least  not  from  good  angels.     It  is  not  the  de- 
'ice  of  him  whom  Christ  called  "The  father  of  liars?" 
\ut  to  the  point  of  Masonic  diversions.     Call  Mason- 
f  by  what  name  you  will;  call  it  a  pastime,  a  diver- 
bn,  (  and  certainly  it  diverts  in  more  ways  than  one;) 
«1  it    "work  and  labor  of  the  craft,"  or  in  the   ex- 
pssive  language  of  Wesley,  *  'an  amazing  |,banter   on 
nhkind."     We    are  not   sticking  for  a  name.      The 
P4t  we  raise  on   this  rule  of  discipline  is   this:  Can 
PiBmasonry,  or  any  part  thereof  be  taken,   assumed 
'<* participated  in,  in  the   "name  of  the   Lord  Jesus 
ittist  ? "    If  not,  then   he  who   participates  in   Free- 
isonry,  violates   the  rule  of  Discipline  which  forbids 
•ng  what  cannot  be  done  in  the  "name  of  the  Lord 
•ks  Christ."     And  what  is  the  truth  here?   Simply 
A  Christ  and  Freemasonry  are  as  wide  asunder  as 
tl^ioles.     Put  this  question  to   any    well   informed 
M^,    "What  (as  '  Masons),  do  you   do  with  Jesus, 
■wH  called  Christ?"  and  he  will  reply,  (if  honest), 
lasons,        we     shut     the   door  against     him. 
Welye    BO   room    for  Christ  in    the    lodge;"  "to 
^^Mim  would  bring  our   ancient,  honorable  order 
dowi  the  level  of  a   'sect.  '  "     Such   is  the   state- 
menthj.^    Oliver,    one    of  the    highest   and   most 
learnw  English  Masons.     Such  indeed,  is  the  doe 
trine  ifegonry,  the  world  over. 

^®  TWO  more  disciplinary  obligations,  but  with 
out  ex^j  argument.  The  first  is  assumed  in  the 
baptismuiQaQQg^  and  is  ratified  again  when  the 
candidaLgceived  into  the  full  fellowship  of  the 
church.  Is  put  in  thepe  words:  "Dost  thou  re 
nounce  tttyji  ^^^  ^11  his  works,  and  vain  pomp 
and  gloryKg  world,  with  all  covetous  desires  of 
the  same  Ij^g  carnal  desires  of  the  flesh,  so  that 
thou  will  Uo'Jow  or  be  led  by  them?"  Answer. 
"I  renounc^^  ,n."  (See  Dis.  for  1872,  p.  247- 
253.)  I 

'•The  devi  1  his  Vorks,  the  vain  pomp  and  glory 
of  the  world  Most  fcrpressive  words,  these;  had 
they  been  pi  d  with  a  bjecial  eye  to  Masonry  they 
could  not  we  ve  been  moia  go.  Is  not  Masonry  one 
of  the  "worl  the  devil,"  mi  is  it  not  of  the  "vain 
pomp  and  gl  )f  the  world?"  If  not,  there  never 
was  an  instil  that  bore  such  a  character.  Look 
at  Masonry  i  s.  See  it  springing  into  life  in  a 
London  groj  j,  a  most  fitting  place  for  such  a 
See  nying  and  then  corrupting  therelig 


ion  of  the  Lord  Jesus.   See  it  entering  our  courts  with  |  of  the  Christian    Family  Companion   (German   Bap'^ 


the  sworp  intent  to  defeat  the  cause  of  civil  justice, 
Behold  its  grand  parades;  and  its  most  maryelously 
bombastic  titles  of  Worshipfuls  and  most  grand,  great 
grands  and  grandees,  and  all  Puissants,  aud  so  on  to 
the  end  of  the  Masonic  chapter.  Scan  its  oaths  and 
death  penalties,  and  also  its  pride,  deception  and 
murder.  Look  at  the  characters  who  compose  the  in- 
stitution of  Masonry. 

Did  the  Onniscient  eye  ever  look  on  such  a  strange 
medley  ?  And  is  this  institution,  with  such  an  origin, 
trained  by  such  oaths  and  death  penalties,  composed 
of  such  a  motley  crew,  doing  work  of  Divine  ori- 
gin ?  If  so,  it  is,  and  I  say  it  with  reverence,  a  Di- 
vine monstrosity.  In  the  face  of  the  facts ,  let  Masons 
sing  if  they  will  "Hail  Masonry  Divine,"  but  I  assure 
them  the  judgment  of  every  unbiased  mind  will  be 
that  the  inspiration  of  t  t  ir  order  comes  from  the 
dark  side  of  tbo  u  ivf.ise.  It  is  of  the  devil.  And 
every  Methodist  solemnly  promises  to  renounce  all 
these  "works  of  the  devil,"  all  this  "pomp  and  glory 
of  the  world ;"  not  to  be  led  by  them.  But  how — 0 
how,  have  they  kept  that  church  covenant?  Let 
conscience  answer. 

Once  more,  and  I  am  done  with  citations  from  the 
Discipline.  When  the  minister  is  ordained  elder  in 
the  M.  E.  church,  this  question  with  others  is  put  to 
him :  '  'Will  you  be  ready  with  all  diligence  to  banish 
and  drive  away  all  erioneous  and  strange  doctrines 
contrary  to  God's  word. "  He  answers,  "I  will,  the 
Lord  being  my  helper."  Does  he  do  this?  Let  us 
see.  Masonry  builds  its  temples,  erects  its  altars  and 
establishes  it  worship  to  the  "unknown  god."  Here 
it  receives  its ''blind  candidates,"  passes  and  raises 
them,  and  claims  that  through  this  process  it  "regen- 
erates their  natures"  and  fits  them  for  the  Masonic 
heaven,  the  "Grand  Lodge  above."  And  yet  this 
institution,  setting  up  another  religion,  which  in  the 
expressive  language  of  Chase  (Masonic),  "has 
nothing  whatever  to  do  with  the  Bible,"  has  not  been 
rebuked  and  "banished"  by  these  ministers,  accord- 
ing to  their  pledge;  far  from  it.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  door  of  the  church  has  been  opened  and  these 
Masonic  idolaters  have  been  taken  to  its  bosom,  and 
though  *  'viper"  it  be,  it  has  been  warmed  into  life  by 
the  fostering  hand  of  the  church,  instead  of  rebuking 
and  "banishing  this  straDge  doctrine,"  these  very 
elders  have  joined  themselves  to  this  Bail  worship, 
and  have  bound  themselves  uader  a  most  horrid 
"curse"  to  defend  and  perpetrate  this  damnable  and 
murderous  institution,  and  to  take  "vengeance"  insome 
form  on  all  the  enemies  of  Masonry.  And  this  they 
do,  driving  them  from  the  ministery  and  church ,  be- 
cause they  try  to  be  faithful  to  their  ordination  vows, 
their  conscience,  and  their  God.  This  alliance  is  very 
close  with  these  strange  gods,  so  that  he  who  opposes 
Masonry,  is  set  down  as  an  opponent  of  the  church. 
But  in  view  of  the  above  facts,  the  reader  can  decide 
readily  whether  Ahab  or  Elijah   troubles  Israel. 

NOTES. 


truth. 


— The  Sisters  of  Loretto,  a  Catholic  order  of  this 
city,  have  entered  suit  against  their  Bishop,  both  in 
his  private  capacity  and  as  Bishop  of  Chicago.  Ahab 
coveted  the  vineyard  of  Naboth  and  got  it  by  a  base 
maneuver  and  murder;  Bishop  Foley  put  his  eye  on 
a  nice  city  lot  owned  by  the  Sisters  and  got  it  by  forg- 
ing the  name  of  their  president;  so  says  the  charge 
before  the  court. 

— The  secret  temperance  organizations  are  not  so 
closely  connected  with  the  reform  from  which  they 
plunder  reputation  as  many  people  suppose.  The 
New  York  Grand  Lodge  of  Good  Templars  met  last 
week  and  34,672  members  ireported  against  36,934 
last  year.  There  were  15,326  initiations.  The  sus- 
pensions, which  are  the  alleged  cause  of  the  deficit, 
must  therefore  number  some  17,000,  for  the  other 
causes  of  diminution  and  increase  generally  counter- 
balance each  other. 

— Have  they  overlooked  the  oldest  Mason  ?  Where 
are  the  wise  men  and  scribes  of  the  order  that  they 
neglect  so  useful  an  advertisement  ?     A  correspondent  support  of  the  Gospel 


tist,  or  "Dunkard")  says  that  there  came  recently  to 
Salem,  111. ,  a  man  calling  himself  James  Rutledge 
who  is  a  Mason  and  a  "Dunkard,"  and  is  109  years 
old.  Ho-^  he  can  maintain  membership  in  the  two 
organizations  is  not  explained. 

— I.  R.  B.  Arnold  of  the  Eeformer  and  Free  Press 
is  developing  an  original  plan  for  illustrating  lodge 
work  to  the  eye  and  impressing  its  enormous  evils  on 
the  understanding.  By  means  of  a  magic  lantern  and 
views  representing  a  candidate  going  through  the  pro- 
cess of  initiation  in  the  various  degrees  he  will  accom- 
plish the  first.  For  the  small  entrance  fee  he  gives  a 
copy  of  the  Reformer  for  two  or  three  months,  thus 
securing  the  introduction  of  the  paper,  and  informa- 
tion and  argument  to  strengthen  the  impressions  of 
the  initiation  scenes  and  the  explanation  accompany- 
ing them.  This  work  is  now  in  preparation  and  we 
hope  soon  to  learn  that  its  success  is  assured. 

— Victor  Emanuel  has  had  the  satisfaction  of  sign- 
ing the  order  expelling  the  Pope  from  the  Freema- 
sons. What  can  he  do  but  go  on  purifying  the  order  f 
But  he  finds  stern  measures  necessary.  A  letter 
from  Rome  says:  "The  revolution  now  desires  to  set 
up  the  Red  Republican  and  the  Commune,  and  to 
play  in  Rome  the  pranks  it  played  in  Paris,  and  to 
become  bold  enough  to  summon  a  congress  to  be  held 
at  Ferrara.  On  the  2d  of  August  there  was  a  sort  of 
congress  held  at  a  villa  near  Rimini,  and  at  this  were 
assembled  twenty-eight  leaders  of  the  revolution  from 
all  parts  of  the  peninsula.  The  government  marched 
a  body  of  troops  to  the  villa,  surrounded  it,  and  ar- 
rested twenty-eight  Reds.  They  are  searched,  and, 
from  papers  found  upon  them  and  from  other  infor- 
mation, the  government  obtained  a  list  of  over  200 
clubs  of  Reds  and  Internationalists  in  the  provinces  of 
Revenna,  Acona,  Bologna,  and  Ferrara.  These  clubs 
were  all  closed  within  the  next  few  days,  their  pa- 
pers were  seized,  and  some  of  their  members  arrest- 
ed." 

— The  New  York  Witness  has  the  following  instance 
and  deduction  on  the  matter  of  independence  party 
politics :  '  'This  morning,  on  a  ferry-boat  crossing  from 
Brooklyn  to  the  city,  two  young  men  were  pretty 
warmly  discussing  political  prospects  in  their  ward, 
and  one  of  them,  in  tones  that  could  not  but  be  heard 
by  the  passengers  sitting  near,  said,  *  I  don't  care, 
Frank;  whoever  my  party  puts  up,  I  mean  to  vote  for, 
I  don't  care  who  he  is.'  Such  a  declaration  indicates 
the  policy  adopted  in  political  matters  by  many  intel- 
ligent citizens  from  whom  better  things  might  be  ex- 
pected. The  party  leaders  too  frequently  lend  all 
their  influence  in  support  of  candidates  who  are  either 
themselves  corrupt  and  unreliable,  or  else  are  pliable, 
easy-goiog  men,  such  as  can  readily  be  used  as  tools 
for  the  furtherance  of  any  scheme  for  robbery,  or  for 
the  promotion  of  designs  hurtful  to  the  interests  of 
public  morality  and  good  government.  This  being  so 
— and  every  one  knows  it  is  just  what  is  being  planned 
in  half  the  wards  in  New  York  and  Brooklyn — why 
should  respectable  citizens  stick  by  their  party.  As 
long  as  the  politicians  know  that  the  large  class  of 
voters  who  never  interfere  with  politics  and  do  not 
attend  the  primaries  and  caucuses  and  conventions, 
may  be  relied  upon  to  support  '  whoever  the  party 
may  put  up,'  they  will  continue  to  select  candidates 
who  will  prove  a  disgrace  and  shame ;  but  if  this  state 
of  things  is  to  be  remedied,  there  must  be  less  of  at- 
tachment to  party  and  more  firm  adherence  to  princi- 
ple. Let  voters  feel  the  importance  of  the  duty  resting 
upon  them  and  they  will  not  then  support  any  man 
simply  because  he  is  the  party  nominee." 

— The  secret  orders  hate  discussions  above  all  things. 
A  school  house  debate  on  this  character  will  arouse 
the  whole  neighborhood,  and  any  one  can  find  enough 
arguments  against  secret  societies  in  the  Anti-mason's 
Scrap  Book  for  a  dozen  such  debates.     Try  it. 

It  is  said  that  during  the  last  twenty-five  years 
eighty-three  Baptist  churches  have  been  formed  among 
the  Germans  of  this  country,  some  of  which  disfellow- 
ship    those    who  will  not  give  of  their    means  for  the 


10 


^ 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^\t  %mt  i¥t. 


The  Kingdom  of  God. 


I«ay  to  thee,  do  thou  repeat 

To  the  first  man  thou  mayeet  meet, 

In  lane,  highway,  or  open  street— 

That  he,  and  we,  and  all  men  move 

Under  a  canopy  of  loye, 

As  broad  as  the  hlue  sky  above : 

That  doubt  and  trouble,  fear  and  pain 
And  anguish,  all  are  shadows  vain; 
That  death  Itself  shall  not  remain ; 

That  weary  deserts  we  may  tread, 
A  dreary  labyrinth  may  thread. 
Through  dark  ways  underground  bo  led; 

Tet,  if  we  will  one  Guide  obey. 
The  dreariest  path,  the  darkest  way, 
Shall  issue  ont  in  heavenly  day. 

And  we,  on  divers  shores  now  cast. 
Shall  meet,  our  perilous  voyage  past. 
All  In  our  Father's  house  at  last. 

And  ere  thou  leave  him,  say  thou  this. 
Yet  one  word  more:  they  only  miss 
•  The  winning  of  that  final  bliss, 

Who  vrill  not  count  it  true  that  Love, 
Blessing,  not  cursing,  rules  above. 
And  that  in  it  we  live  and  move. 

And  one  thing  further  make  him  know- 
That  to  believe  these  things  are  so. 
This  firm  faith  never  to  forego— 

Despite  of  all  that  seems  at  strife 
With  blessing,  all  with  curses  rife— 
That  this  is  blessing,  this  is  life. 

—Archbishop  Trench. 


Does  a  Man's  Belief  Affect  his  8alva. 
tion^ 


There  was  once  a  sea-captain  who 
refused  to  believe  in  the  existence  of  a 
reef  of  roclis  somewhere  in  the  Medi- 
terranean, which  was  plainly  laid  down 
in  the  charts.  In  essaying  to  pass  the 
place,  his  vessel  was  wrecked  and  all 
perished.  Had  his  want  of  faith  any- 
thing to  do  in  the  matter? 

The  history  of  the  Hebrews,  and 
especially  their  journey  from  Egypt  to 
the  land  of  promise,  has  ever  been 
accepted  as  typical  of  the  journey  of 
the  Christian  through  this  world,  and 
nothing  can  be  more  apparent  to  the 
careful  reader  of  that  history,  than  that 
nearly  all  the  troubles  and  afflictions 
that  befell  them  by  the  way,  their  forty 
years'  wanderings  in  the  Arabian  des- 
ert, and  their  failure  at  last  to  take 
possession  of  the  land,  were  the  legiti- 
mate result  of  their  want  of  faith  in 
God,  their  leader.  Indeed  we  are 
plainly  told  (Heb.  iii.  19),  "they  could 
not  enter  in  because  of  unbelief. "  Buc 
for  this,  and  no  other  cause,  their  march 
would  have  occupied  but  a  few  months 
at  farthest,  their  enemies  would  every- 
where have  fled  before  them,  and  the 
race  who  went  out  of  Egypt  would 
have  taken  undisputed  possession  of  the 
land  "flowing  with   milk  and  honey." 

There  were,  doubtless,  in  that  vast 
rovine;  multitude  hundreds,  perhaps 
thousands,  who  were  honest  and  faith- 
ful in  all  that  pertained  to  their  fellows, 
Belf-sacrificing  to  the  sick  and  suffering, 
with  characters  beyond  reproach ;  sym- 
pathetic, benevolent,  loving  and  loved ; 
yet  not  having  a  right  faith  in  God, 
they  could  not  "please"  him  (Heb. 
xi.  6),  and  even  these  were  excluded 
from  the  land. 

What  was  the  great  sin  of  the  Jews  ? 
Unquestionably  unbelief.  They  refused 
to  accept  Christ  as  their  Saviour;  would 
not  have  him  to  rule  over  them.  To 
those  who  asked,  "What  shall  we  do 
that  we  might  work  the  works  of  God  ?" 


he  answered:  "This  is  the  work  of 
God,  That  ye  believe  on  him  whom  he 
hath  sent."  (John  vi.  29.)  To  believe 
on  him  was  to  have  everlasting  life, 
while  on  the  other  hand  he  plainly  told 
them:  ''If  ye  believe  not  that  I  am 
he,  ye  shall  die  in  your  sins."  (John 
viii.  24.) 

The  same  bind  of  teaching  is  found 
throughout  the  New  Testament.  To 
the  Philippian  jailor  who  cried  cut  in 
agony,  "  Sirs,  what  shall  I  do  to  be  sav- 
ed?" the  quiet  answer  of  Paul  was: 
"Believe  on  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  and 
thou  shalt  be  saved."  He  might  have 
said  to  himself,    '  'And  is  that  all  ? " 

The  treasurer  to  the  queen  of  the 
Ethiopians  was  allowed  to  become  a 
member  of  the  church,  only  after  Philip 
had  drawn  from  him  the  confession 
that  he  "believed  with  all  his  heart 
that  Jesus  Christ  is  the  Son  of  God." 
And  we  think  it  would  be  difficult  to 
find  where  any  of  the  early  teachers  of 
Christianity  addressed  themselves  to 
unbelievers  in  terms  that  did  not,  at 
least,  include  this  as  the  one  great  ques- 
tion for  their  consideration. 

It  seems,  therefore,  that  the  first  and 
all-important  duty  of  life  is  simply  to 
believe;  indeed,  it  is  a  commandment. 
Some  read  in  Eph.  ii.  5,  that  faith  is 
the  gift  of  God;  grace  is  the  gift.  Faith 
is  the  result  of  the  evidence  God  has 
placed  within  our  reach .  It  is  sufficient. 
If  we  neglect  to  examine  it,  the  fault  is 
our  own. 

But  while  justification  and  salvation 
through  faith  is  clearly  a  Bible  doctrine, 
it  is  quite  as  clearly  taught  that  "  faith, 
without  works,  is  dead, "  A  faith  that 
saves,  fills  the  heart  with  love  to  the 
Saviour,  "because  he  hath  first  loved 
us ; "  hath  so  loved  us — it  cannot  do 
otherwise ;  and  the  result  is  he  is  made 
" a  nev}  man  in  Christ  Jesus,"  having 
new  affections  and  desires.  He  seeks 
to  leave  off  his  old  sins  and  evil  habits, 
and  to  so  live  that  he  may  never  again 
grieye  the  Holy  Spirit — in  a  word,  to 
become  Christlike.  And  this  not  for 
the  love  of  so  doing,  not  for  the  honor 
it  brings,  not  to  win  the  affection  and 
esteem  of  others,  but  "as  unto  him 
whose  servant  he  now  is  and  whose 
name  he  desires  to  honor."  It  matters 
not  that  there  ever  have  been,  and  now 
are,  counterfeits.  The  history  of  two 
thousand  years  ago  compared,  as  to 
morals  and  general  tendencies,  with  to 
day,  proclaim  the  genuine. 

With  the  free-tb  inking  moralist  the 
case  is  far  otherwise.  He  is  uot  the 
servant  of  Christ  but  of  the  world,  and 
of  the  world  expects  and  receives  his 
reward — a  good  name  and  the  esteem 
and  confidence  of  his  fellow-men.  Or 
he  finds,  which  is  much  the  same  thing, 
that  it  is  far  better  to  his  well-being 
here  thus  to  liye.  But  can  he  tell  us 
how  it  happens  that  such  a  vast  pro- 
portion of  those  who  go  about  doing 
good,  delving  into  the  depths  of  pollu- 
tion and  crime  to  carry  help  and  sym- 
pathy to  the  unfortunate  and  suffering, 
as  well  as  of  those  who  lead  in  the 
warfare  against  every  kind  of  evil,  be- 
lieve "with  all  their  hearts"  in  the 
way  of  salvation  by  Jesus  Christ? 

In  the  light,  then,  of  such  evidence 
as  the  Bible  affords,  what  shall  be  said 
of  an  opinion  so  largely  prevalent,  that 


a  man's  belief  or  disbelief  in  no  way 
affects  his  salvation  f  that  in  the  light 
of  his  daily  life  he  is  to  be  judged,  and 
rewarded  according  to  his  works?  He 
may  "  count  the  blood  of  the  covenant 
an  unholy  thing,"  and  Him  who  died 
to  save  him  an  imposter  and  a  deceiver; 
yet  if  his  "good  deeds  outweigh  his 
evil  onep,"  he  may,  nevertheless,  sit 
down  with  Abraham  in  the  kingdom  of 
God,  whose  faith  was  counted  to  him 
for  righteousness.  With  ten  thousand 
martyrs  who  suffered  every  conceivable 
torment,  ending  at  last  in  death,  rather 
than  deny  the  faith,  he  may  spend  an 
eternity  of  blessedness,  and  indeed  be 
vastly  happier  than  they,  for  having 
most  of  them  just  emerged  from  heath- 
enism, with  all  its  crimes  and  vices, 
their  good  deeds  could  not  have  largely 
abounded. 

It  may  seem  unjust  to  him  whose 
life  has  been  full  of  good  deeda,  that 
he  should  be  shut  out  of  the  kingdom 
with  ' '  drunkards  and  whoremongers 
and  idolaters,"  and  all  that  is  wicked 
and  vile;  but  if  it  is  God's  way  it  is  the 
right  way,  and  there  is  an  end  to  all 
reasoning — Christian   Worker. 


Closer  to  Christ. 


The  sole  remedy  for  all  our  woes,  all 
our  apprehensions,  for  all  our  sorrow, 
is  just  to  come  closer  to  Christ — closer 
to  Christ  in  personal  experience,  closer 
to  Christ  in  daily  communion,  closer  to 
Christ  in  perpetual  reliance,  closer  to 
Christ  in  importunate  prayer,  closer  to 
Christ  in  honest  and  hearty  work! 
When  the  good  Dr.  Alexander,  of 
Princeton,  in  New  Jersey,  lay  a-dying, 
some  one  came  to  him  and  quoted  a 
passage  for  his  comfort  as  he  lay  half 
unconscious — "  I  know  in  whom  I  have 
believed ! "  A  fire  lit  up  his  glazing 
eye,  and  the  old  Christian  warrior 
roused  himself  as  for  an  utterance  of 
latest  testimony,  and  he  said  to  his 
startled  listeners — "No,  I  cannot  allow 
even  a  preposition  between  me  and  my 
Saviour;  "I  know  whom  I  have  believ- 
ed ! "  Let  us  get  up  to  that  level ;  let 
the  great  baptized  heart  of  the  church 
get  up  to  the  level  of  intimate,  close, 
faithful  union  with  Christ,  and  we  and 
our  cause  are  safe!  No  fear  of  the 
confessional  then.  Assuredly  those 
who  will  not  bear  an  intervening  prepo- 
sition will  never  brook  an  intervening 
priest.  No  fear  of  over-weening  sor- 
row then,  for  wo  shall  remember  that, 
although  God  buries  his  workmen,  he 
carriep  on  his  work.  No  fear-of  relaxed 
efforts  then,  for  idleness  will  be  seen  in 
its  hatefulness  as  a  sin  against  bound- 
less love.  No  fear  of  straitened  means 
and  empty  exchequers,  and  niggard 
doles,  and  small-hearted  liberalities 
then,  for  the  frost  of  every  heart  must 
melt  that  is  so  near  the  Saviour;  and 
men  putting  away  the  large  greeds  and 
little  givings  of  their  childish  days  will, 
like  Araunah,  "as  a  king  give  unto  the 
king,"  pouring  out  their  treasures  as 
brave  warriors  their  blood,  and  giving, 
or  striving  to  give,  in  some  far-off  and 
reverent  manner,  after  the  measure  of 
him  who,  that  we  and  the  world  might 
live,  spared  not  his  only  begotten  Son. 
— Funshon. 


Character. 

From  the  cradle  to  the  grave  the 
character  of  an  individual,  like  his  body, 
in  undergoing  constant  changes.  It 
grows,  it  develops,  it  matures,  it  rip- 
ens, until  the  frost  of  death  gives  it  the 
fixedness  of  marble;  then  as  the  tree 
falls  so  it  shall   lie. 

Character,  like  stature,  tempera- 
ment, tendency,  is  to  a  great  extent  in- 
herited. Parents  outline  their  children 
before  their  birth,  and  herein  is  a 
thought  that  should  give  many  a  par- 
ent food  for  reflection. 

Great  as  the  influence  of  various  cir- 
cumstances in  molding  character,  the 
influence  of  one's  own  will  may  be 
equally  potent.  "Thought  and  afflic- 
tion, passion,  hell  itself,  she  turns  to 
favor  and  to  prettiness,"  said  Laertes  of 
Ophelia  when  her  reason  was  "like 
sweet  bells  jangled,  and  out  of  tune."' 
Even  thus  may  the  strong  will  compel 
poverty,  disaster,  bereavement,  no  less 
than  prosperity  and  happiness,  to  be- 
come the  ministers  of  grace  and  per- 
fectness  to  the  aspiring,  resolute,  pa- 
tient soul. 

The  corner-stone  of  all  noble  char- 
acter is  truth,  and  as  the  virtues  ever 
go  hand  in  hand,  with  this  will  natur- 
ally be  associated  purity,  justice,  integ- 
rity, reverence.  Therefore  the  first 
endeavor  of  the  parent  should  be  to 
quicken  in  his  child's  heart  the  love  of 
truth,  the  hatred  of  falsehood.  The 
first  effort  of  him  who  would  turn 
away  from  evihand  love  good  is  to  cul- 
tivate in  himself  perfect  sincerity  and 
utter  truthfulness.  With  this  as  j 
foundation  there  is  no  i_limit  to  the  por 
sible  growth  of  the  human  eouI  towar 
absolute  virtue  and  perfectness. 

Just  as  the  tendencies  in  the  body  i 
disease  and  deformity  may  be  modified) 
and  sometimes  eradicated   by  a  severe 
and  skillful  regimen,    so  may   faults  ii 
character    be    purged    and   smoothe 
away ;  flaws  may  be  polished   out  a? 
virtues  incorporated,  if,  while  it  is  s 
pliant,  the   right    steps  are   taken' 
make  it  symmetrical  and  well  roun* 

A  fiijgle  element  of  weakness   c*' 
vice  may   taint   the    entire    chan*"* 
For  awhile  it  may  seem  firm  ands*"' 
but  as  a    little   leaven    leavenel^^e 
whole  lump,  so  the   outgrowth  ''°® 
vicious  thought  may   gradual  It"®'" 
mine  tne  strongest  principles  f^iast 
the  labors  of  a  lifetime.     It  if^  ^^^^ 
to  have  one  inch  of  wormy  '^^  *° 
the  stoutest  ship;  it  is  not  s'°  ^^^' 
bor  in  the  heart  the   smalle^®™®"* 
that  is  not  wholly  virtuou?""  ^^^^ 
the  fiery  blasts   of  tempts  *7  *^6 
soul,  if  stubble  is  found  tl°»  '*  ^'^' 
surely  be  consumed  and  '   ''^'^"la 
it  a  blackened,  gaping  cJ* 

Down  deep  in  the  inr'""'  ''^ere 
no  eye  but  God  can  se*'^  o^'y  ^^«  ^" 
consciousness  of  the  irli«'  <=a»  Pene- 
trate, should  be  lai^  avagainst  the 
day  of  trial  solid  bars  I  bullion  of 
gold,  so  that  the'  'promi  Paj"  can  all 
be  made  good,  dollar  forir.  We  want 
no  inflation  here;  here  even  "the 
best  currency  in  the  w(  will  answer 
the  purjoae.  The  imi  of  our  vir- 
tue must  be  stamped    rrent  gold. 

Not  by  accident  or  se  does  the 
choicest  fruit  mature  i  our  trees. 


^ 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


How  carefully  we  prune  them;  how 
closely  we  watch  to  destroy  their  ene- 
mies; how  skillfully  we  cultivate  them, 
and  how  we  rejoice  when  success 
crowns  our  labors  I  Not  by  accident  or 
chance  did  Charles  Sumner  become 
the  noble  man  he  was.  How  diligent- 
ly did  he  cultivate  art^  literature,  and 
the  virtues  that  made  for  him  the  spot- 
lees  character  he  wears  so  proudly  and 
will  wear  forever. 

Our  labors  of  aspiration  and  conquest 
must  last  till  the  breath  leaves  the 
body.  It  is  never  safe  to  rest  upon 
our  oars  until  we  are  anchored  in  the 
harbor.  Life  ia  full  of  adverse  cur- 
rents that  even  when  we  are  almost  as- 
shore  may  drift  us  away  from  the  de- 
sired haven. — JV.  Y.  Tribune. 


A  Desolate  Land. 


Greenland  is  almost  continental  in  its 
dimentions,  containing  not  less  than 
750,000  square  miles,  and  is  all  %  bleak 
wilderness  of  ice  and  snow,  save  a  lit- 
tle strip  extending  to  74  deg.  north 
latitude,  along  the  western  shore.  The 
coasts  are  deeply  indented  with  bays 
and  fiords,  which  invaribly  terminate 
in  glaciers.  The  whole  interior  seems 
to  be  buried  beneath  a  great  depth  of 
snow  and  ice,  which  loads  up  the  val- 
leys and  wraps  over  the  hills.  Nothing 
can  be  more  desolate  than  the  interior. 
It  is  one  dead,  dreary  expanse  of  white 
so  far  as  the  eye  can  reach — no  living 
creature  frequents  this  wilderness — 
neither  beast,  bird  nor  insect.  The  si- 
lence, deep  as  death,  is  broken  only 
when  the  whirring  storm  arises  to 
sweep  before  it  the  pitiless,  blinding 
snow.  This  represents  the  state  of  the 
northern  part  of  our  continent  in  the 
ice  age.  Some  of  the  Greenland  gla- 
ciers attain  a  vast  size.  Dr.  Kane  re- 
ports the  great  Humboldt  glacier  as 
sixty  miles  wide  at  its  termination.  Its 
seaward  face  rises  abruptly  from  the 
level  of  the  water  to  the  height  of 
300  feet. 

Since  ice  is  lighter  than  water  ,whenever 
a  glacier  enters  the  sea  the  dense  salt 
water  tends  to  buoy  it  up.  The  great 
tenacity  of  the  frozen  mass  enables  it 
to  resist  the  pressure  for  a  time.  By- 
and-by,  however,  as  the  ice  reaches 
deeper  water,  its  cohesion  is  overcome, 
and  large  segments  are  forced  from  its 
terminal  part,  and  fl>ated  up  from  the 
bed  of  the  sea,  to  sail  away  as  icebergs. 
The  glacier  evidently  crops  under  the 
water  to  considerable  depths,  or  so  long 
as  the  force  of  cohesion  is  able  to  re- 
sist the  tendency  of  the  salt  water 
to  press  upward. 

Though  Greenland  is  said  to  be  in- 
habited only  upon  the  south  and  west 
coast,  there  is  a  record  of  an  early  set- 
tlement upon  the  side  toward  Iceland, 
with  which  there  has  been  no  commu- 
nication for  400  years.  The  colony 
was  planted  about  1,000  A.  D.,  which 
flourished,  and  maintained  intercourse 
with  its  mother  country  till  the  be- 
ginning of  the  fifteenth  century.  Since 
that  time,  owing  to  the  setting  in  of 
the  arctic  current,  and  the  consequent 
gradual  increase  of  ice  upon  the  coast, 
the  colony  became  inaccessible  and  the 
records  of  it  disappear  from  history. 
At  various    intervals    between   1579, 

1751,  etc.,  down  to  our  own  time,  the 


intrepid  Danes  have  striven  in  vain  to 
reopen  communication  with  their  lost 
colony.  This  emerald  coast,  with  val- 
leys well  stocked  with  reindeer  and 
verdant  glides,  is  now  shut  in  by  the 
pitiless  ice-pack,  anl  the  fate  of  its  in- 
habitants ought  to  excite  the  interest 
of  the  world.  It  would  be  very  inter- 
esting to  bs  informed  of  the  condition 
of  this  colony;  whether  the  increasing 
cold  has  enlarged  the  glaciers  so  as  to 
push  the  dwellings  out  to  sea,  or  wheth- 
er the  habitations  are  still  standing, 
and  a  population  has  sprung  up  who 
know  of  the  outside  world  only  by  tra- 
dition.— Eopular  Science  Monthly, 


Bramwell  was  a  plain  preacher,  and 
to  some  extent  an  uncultivated  preach- 
er; but  he  was  full  of  faith  and  zeal, 
and  his  ministry  was  attended  with 
marvelous  power.  He  was  preaching 
in  a  little  village,  on  one  occasion,  and 
the  German  miuister,  Trubner,  was  in- 
duced to  go  and  hear  him.  Trubner 
was  a  very  cultivated  scholar,  and  a 
profound  critic,  and  when  some  of 
Bramwell's  friends  saw  him  there  they 
said,  "Alas!  alas!  for  poor  Bramwell ; 
how  Trubner  will  criticise  him!" 
Precious  little  did  Bramwell  care  for 
him,  or  for  all  the  philosphers  under 
the  sun.  He  preached,  and  set  before 
his  audience  the  everlasting  Gospel  of 
Jesus  Christ;  and  when  Trubner  went 
out  of  the  church,  one  of  his  friends 
said  to  him,  "How  do  you  like  him? 
Don't  you  think  he  wanders  a  good 
deal  in  his  preaching?"  "Oh,  yes," 
said  the  old  Lutheran,  "he  do  wander 
most  delightfully  from  de  subject  to 
de  heart." 

As  a  ship  held  by  an  anchor  looks 
as  though  it  were  going  out  with  the 
tide,  yet  never  goes,  so  some  souls  that 
seem  constantly  to  be  getting  nearer  to 
Christ  never  come,  because  they  are 
anchored  and   held  by  some  secret  sin. 


^IiiWwn*$   i^tftm, 


Broken  Things. 

Harry  Vince  sat  at  the  table  with  his 
face  in  his  hands,  looking  very  misera- 
ble and  gloomy.  Uncle  Fred  came  in 
at  that  moment,  and  looked  quietly  at 
him. 

'  'Well,  Harry,  what  is  the  matter  P 
he  said  presently. 

"I  think  you  can  see  what  is  the 
matter,  uncle,"  said  Harry  pointing  to 
some  fragments  of  porcelain  that  lay 
on  the  table. 

"You  have  had  an  accident,  I  sup- 
pose ?" 

•'Yes;  a  very  bad  one,  too." 

"What  is  broken?" 

"Avery  beautiful  inkstand  which 
the  boys  in  our  class  gave  me." 

"How  did  it  happen?" 

**I  was  busy  making  this  ship  for 
Charley,  and  got  so  interested  in  it  ihat 
I  forgot  the  inkstand  which  stood  on 
the  table.  I  do  not  quite  know  how 
the  accident  occurred,  but  somehow  I 
pushed  the  inkstand  off  the  table  and 
it  fell  on  the  floor.  Even  that  would 
not  have  broken  it,  I  think,  but  there 
happened  to  be  a  large  pebble  which  I 
had  brought  in,  and  placed  just  where 


the  inkstand  fell;  and  of  course  this 
trouble  foliowed." 

"The  inkstand  certainly  seems  much 
shattered." 

"It  is  brokea  into  more  than  half-a 
dozen  pieces." 

"Have  you  tried  to  make  the  frag- 
ments fit  together?  Some  wonder- 
ful things  are  accomplished  in  the  way 
of  mending  with  cement." 

"But  this  inkstand  cannot  be  mend- 
ed. The  pieces  will  not  fit  in  closely 
enough." 

"What  a  pity !" 

"It  is,  indeed,  a  pity !  I  would  not 
have  had  it  happen  for  any  money. 
You  see,  it  is  not  only  the  value  of  the 
thing  itself,  but,  of  course,  I  should 
like  to  have  kept  it  forever  in  memory 
of  the  kindness  of  my  echool-fel- 
lows." 

"Of  course  you  would.  Why  did 
they  make  you  the  present." 

Oh!  It  was  a  simple  thing  that 
caused  it.  You  know  that  I  am  a  good 
svfimmer,  and  some  of  the  boys  cannot 
swim  at  all.  Well,  one  day  a  little  lad 
fell  into  the  pond.  I  do  not  suppose 
he  would  have  been  drowned  even  if  I 
had  not  been  there;  but  I  happened  to 
see  the  accident,  and  sprang  in  after 
him." 

"Very  good;  and  I  suppose  the  boys 
thought  it  a  brave  action  which  deserv- 
ed to  be  rewarded  ?" 

"Yes,  they  said  so;  and  a  few  days 
afterward  they  came  in  a  body  and  pre- 
sented me  with  the  inkstand." 

"It  seems  to  have  been  very  hand- 
some," 

"It  was,  very.  And  when  I  think 
that  by  my  own  carelessness  the  thing 
is  spoiled,  it  makes  me  feel  quite  furi- 
ous with  myself." 

*  -I  do  not  wonder  at    that,  Harry !" 
"I   would  not    mind    so  much   if  it 

could  anyhow  be  stuck  together. 

"All  the  king's  horses  and  all  the  king's  men 
Caunoi  put   Humpty-Dumpty    together  again,' 

"That  is  it,  you  see ;  and  it  ip  very 
trying,  I  feel  as  if  I  shall  never  for- 
give myself  for  my  folly." 

'I  suppose  a  little  thought  might 
have  prevented  the  accident  ?" 

"Certainly.  If  the  inkstand  had 
been  in  its  place  in  my  room,  instead 
of  standing  on  the  table,  it  would  not 
have  happened.  If  I  had  not  been 
making  the  ship  in  this  room,  where  I 
certainly  ought  not  to  have  been  mak- 
ing it,  the  inkstand  would  be  whole  at 
this  moment.  Or  if  I  had  not  foolish- 
ly brought  that  big  stone  here  the  con- 
sequence would  have  been  less  distress- 
ing." 

"Then  there  were  three  ways  of 
preventing  the  occurrence,  if  you  had 
only  thought  of  either  one  of  them  V 

"Yes." 

•  'Well,  Harry,  my  boy,  I  am  truly 
sorry  for  you.  But  I  think  that,  after 
all,  the  accident,  though  it  has  pained 
you  so  much,  may  possibly  do  you 
good  in  the  end." 

"That  is  so  hke  you,  Uncle  Fred ! 
But  I  do  not  want  to  be  done  good  to, 
if  the  process  must  be  unpleasant." 

"Very  likely  not,  Harry ;  but  the 
Great  Teacher  does  not  want  to  ask  us 
whether  we  want  his  lessons  or  not. 
He  simply  sees  our  need,  and  gives  ua 
what  is  necessary." 


"Bat  you  do  not  suppose.  Uncle, 
that  God  sent  this  trouble  for  my 
good  ?" 

"I  am  sure  he  permitted  it  to 
come." 

"But  it  was  my  own  fault" 

"Yes;  and  he  often  makes  use  of 
troubles  that  are  of  our  own  bringing, 
in  order  that  we  may  be  profited." 

"Can  any  good  possibly  come  out  of 
our  sin  and  humiliation  ?" 

"Oh!  yes,  I  think  so.  A  boy  does 
wrong,  and  the  consequences  are  very 
painful  both  to  himself  and  to  all  who 
care  for  him.  But  his  own  sufferings 
make  him  thoughtful,  and  he  feels 
ashamed  of  his  weakness  and  folly, 
and  resolves  to  be  better.  Having  dis- 
covered the  fact  that  he  is  much  worse 
than  he  thought  himself  to  be,  he  aska 
God's  grace  for  the  future.  The  result 
is ,  that  he  is  thenceforth  a  better  and 
stronger  lad." 

''Yes,  I  see.  But  what  of  my  bro- 
ken inkstand?" 

"Well,  it  may  at  least  remind  you  of 
many  other  things  that  are  broken 
through  carelessness  and  forge tfulness. 
Did  you  ever  break  a  promise,  Harry  ?" 

Harry's  face  became  more  red  as  hia 
uncle's  eyes  were  fixed  on  it. 

"Yes,  Uncle.  I  am  afraid  I  have 
broken  my  promise  sometimes." 

"You  once  promised  an  old  man 
that  you  would  go  into  his  house  for  a 
few  minutes  every  day,  and  read  a 
chapter  from  the  Bible  to  him.  When 
did  you  last  go?" 

"I  am  ashamed  to  say  that  I  have 
not  been  there  for  a  fortnight." 

"The  last  time  you  went  you  began 
to  read  the  seventeenth  of  John,  and 
the  old  man  enjoyed  the  words,  for 
they  seemed  like  life  to  him.  But  a 
playmate  called  you,  and  you  wect 
away  hastily,  promising  that  you  would 
return  in  the  afternoon  and  finish^' 
The  man  waited,  listening  and  long- 
ing for  the  sound  of  your  footstep,  all 
the  rest  of  that  day.  He  quite  ex- 
pected you,  and  every  person  who 
came  near  his  door  caused  him  to  look 
up  with  eager  hopefulness.  But  you 
did  not  go  either  on  that  day  or  on  the 
next,  and  the  slow  hours  passed  away 
and  left  the  man  without  the  comfort 
of  the  soothing  words  of  Jesus." 

Harry  started  up  and  put  on  his  hat. 

"O,  Uncle!  I  am  very  sorry  and 
ashamed  of  myself.  I  will  go  at  once 
to  the  man  and  beg  him  to  forgive 
me." 

Uncle  Fred  laid  his  hand  on  Harry's 
arm. 

'♦It  is  too  late ,  my  boy.  Your  prom- 
ise is  like  your  inkstand — it  is  broken 
past  repair. " 

"What  do  you  mean.  Uncle  ?" 

"The  old  man  died  yesterday.  Al- 
most his  last  words  were  those  of  regret 
at  your  long  absence." 

Poor  Harry  I  He  was  utterly  caat 
down  by  the  news;  but  I  think  he  will 
try  not  to  break  things  in  the  future. 
— London  Christian  World. 


— This  is  the  process  by  which  temp- 
tations grow  upon  us:  first,  a  plain 
single   thought;  second,  strong  imag- 


inations; third,  sensible  delight ;  fourth 
evil  motions  or  actions, 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


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— It  is  reported  that  the  Ku-Klux  have  hung  Rev. 
Jeremiah  Webster  of  the  West  Texas  conference  of  the 
Method  St  Episcopal  church,  and  one  of  the  best  men 
in  the  State. 

— Rev.  A.  Crooks,  agent  of  the  Wesleyan  Methodist 
connectioD,  reports  nine-  additions  to  the  preaching 
force  and  §500  raised  for  the  new  publishing  house  at 
Syracuse,  N.  Y. ,  at  the  late  Indiana  State  conference. 

— The  Twenty-second  General  Conference  of  the 
Free  Will  Bapiists  in  North  America  will  be  held  at 
Providence,  R.  1. ,  beginning  at  the  Roger  Williams 
Church,  October  7. 

— There  are  more  than  100,000.000  women  in  In- 
dia, and  until  very  recently,  not  one  of  all  this  vast 
multitude  could  read.  At  the  present  time  30,000 
girls  and  women  are  being  taught  in  the  mission- 
schools.  When  these  become  teachers  of  others,  the 
light  will  spread  very  rapidly. 

— The  Presbyterian  church  gathered  to  its  fold  last 
yeaj  3G,97l  converts — the  largest  ever  gathered  in  one 
year  since  Presbyterianism  was  established  on  this 
continent. 

— The  Presbyterian  Board  sustains  the  only  existing 
mission  in  Brazil.  In  a  territory  nearly  as  large  as 
Europe,  and  a  population  of  10,000,000,  there  are 
only  thirteen  Protestant  ministers  preaching  in  the 
language  of  the  people. 

— From  1804  to  1873  the  Bible  has  been  circulated 
in  271  languages — over  131,000,000  copies.  Last 
year  every  hour  of  each  working  day  1,300  Bibles 
were  printed,  over  10,000  every  day,  and  in  languages 
spoken  by  700,000,000  of  people. 

— The  Lutheran  church  in  America  numbers  2,309 
pastors,  4,115  congregations,  486,000  communicants. 
There  has  been  an  increase  during  the  year  of  134 
pastors,  286  congregations,  27,000  communicants. 

— The  American  Bible  Society  has  published  the 
Gospel  of  John  in  the  New  York  system  of  point  read- 
ing for  the  use  of  blind  persons.  This  is  thought  a 
decided  improvement  upon  the  method  of  raised  let- 
ters. It  is  claimed  that  by  the  system  of  points  an 
adult  who  has  lost  his  sight  by  disease  or  accident  can 
learn  to  read  in  a  few  days,  whereas  it  requires  months 
to  learn  to  read  by  raised  letters. 

— An  extended  revival  prevails  among  the  various 
regiments  of  the  British  army  stationed  in  India.  The 
awakening  began  at  Calcutta  and  spread  from  thence 
to  other  stations,  reaching  in  its  quickening  progress 
Durapore,  Lucknow,  Cawnpore,  Meerut,  Chickreta, 
Sabotha,  Allahabad,  and  other  military  stations. 
Many  oflScers  are  taking  an  active  part  in  the  move- 
ment, and  already  some  of  the  regiments  count  scores 
of  earnest  converts. 

— A  large  and  very  successful  camp-meeting  was 
held  during  the  last  week  in  August  by  the  Free 
Methodists  near  Gowanda,  N.  Y.  Rev.  B.  T.  Rob- 
erta, President  of  the  National  Christian  Association, 
was  one  of  the  speakers.  An  interesting  feature  of 
the  meeting  was  an  afternoon  meeting  held  by  the 
Seneca  Indians.  Through  an  interpreter  they  listened 
to  preaching,  and  also  participated  themselves  in  the 
exercises.     Their  singing  is  described  aa  unsurpassed. 

— The  Diocesan  Convention  of  Illinois,  Protestant 
Episcopal  church,  met  in  this  city  last  week.  Its 
principal  business  was  the  election  of  a  successor  to 
the  late  Bishop  Whitehouse,  deceased.  The  choice 
fell  upon  Prof.  Geo.  F.  Seymour  of  the  General  Theo- 
logical Seminary  in  New  York .  Prof.  Seymour  is  a 
young  man,  and  is  reported  to  be  a  very  high  church- 
man. His  administration  will  not  therefore  in  this 
respect  fall  athwart  the  arrangements  of  his  predeces- 
sor. 

— A  young  Japanese  student,  who  was  received  into 
the  Congregational  church  in  Fair  Haven,  last  week, 
wrote  a  letter  to  his  pastor  stating  the  course  of  his 
religious  experience.  It  was  the  words  of  Christ 
upon  the  cross — ''Father,  forgive  them,  for  they  know 
not  what  they  do !" — that  arrested  his  thought  and 
toutched  his  heart-  "I  was  perfectly  astonished," 
says  he, '  'to  hear  this,  and  wondered  what  kind  of  a 
man  could  say  so." 

— The  following  satieties  of  religion  in  Scotland  are 
accepted  as  substantially  correct:  Population  of  Scot- 
land in  1872,  3,394,000;  members  of  the  established 
church,  1,063,000;  other  Presbyterian  bodies,  1,299,- 
000;  other  denominations,  202,000;  total  Evangeli 
cal  population,    2,564,000;   Roman    Catholics,    290,- 


000;  Socinian   and   other 
ordinances,  530,000 


sects,    10,000;   neglecting 


— -A-  remarkable  religious  awakening  is  reported  in 
North  China.  Two  years  ago  Cheefoo,  a  Buddhist, 
happening  to  enter  a  Christian  church,  became  a  con- 
vert to  Christianity,  and   immediately  went  to  labor 


among  the  people  of  his  native  town  to  induce  them 
to  embrace  the  same  religion.  Thus  far  there  have 
been  ICO  converts.  The  place  of  the  revival  is  200 
miles  distant  from  the  residence  of  any  missionary, 
and  outside  of  the  ordinary  line  of  travel. 

—  Our  Banner  publishes  an  interesting  report  of  the 
contributions  of  the  Reformed  Presbyterian  church  for 
the  past  year.  The  total  amount  contributed  is 
$200,606,  an  increase  over  last  year  but  less  than  the 
year  before ;  the  average  for  the  whole  membership  of 
the  church  is  $20. 62  each.  The  different  benevolent 
objects  supported  by  the  congregations  of  this  church 
are  Home,  Foreign  and  Southern  Missions;  National 
Reform,  Theological  Seminary,  Education,  Church 
Erection  and  Pastors'  Salary  funds,  beside  miscellane- 
ous objects. 

— Rev.  J.  Martin,  missionary  in  Turkey,  has  written 
a  letter  to  Earl  Derby,  England,  remonstrating  with 
the  British  government  for  the  misrepresentations  and 
tardy  measures  of  the  British  embassador.  Sir  Henry 
Clinton,  in  the  matter  of  religious  persecution  by  the 
Turkish  government,  which  is  in  violation  of  treaties. 
The  remonstrance  was  favorably  received.  In  spite  of 
government  intolerance  during  January  of  this  year 
2,276  copies  of  the  Scriptures  were  sold  in  Constanti- 
nople, Over  1,000  of  these  were  single  Gospels  in 
the  Turkish  language,  and  they  were  purchased  by 
Moslems. 

— A  missionary  in  China  took  -pains  to  collect  sta- 
tistics as  to  the  cost  of  idolatrous  worship  in  that 
country.  He  reported  that  in  one  district  of  Shanghai 
at  least  3,600  pounds  sterling  are  expended  annually 
to  appease  the  souls  of  the  dead.  As  there  are  1,620 
districts  in  the  empire,  some  spending  more,  some  less, 
the  average  would  give  nearly  6,000,000  pounds  ster- 
ling spent  for  the  Hien  gods.  In  the  same  manner  it 
is  estimated  that  6,350,400  pounds  sterling  are  ex 
perded  annually  for  the  Foo  gods.  Add  to  this  the 
amounts  spent  in  each  family  for  the  worship  of  its 
ancestors,  equal  to  abort  a  dollar  and  a  half  *to  each 
family.  With  80,000,000  families  of  five  persons 
each,  the  aggregate  is  40,000,000  pounds  sterling.  Is 
there  anything  like  such  a  sum  contributed  to  all  the 
C  hristian  objects  of  this  country  ? 


%i^m  4  ^\^  %4. 


The  City. 

The  Common  Council  was  visited  by  a  delegation 
from  the  Citizens  Association,  an  organization  of  the 
"heavy  men"  of  Chicago,  who  were  in  earnest  about 
the  fire  and  insurance  question.  Before  they  ap 
peared  the  Council  passed  an  ordinance  readopting  a 
former  action,  making  the  fire  limits  co-extensive  with 
the  boundaries  of  the  city  and  applying  its  provisions 
so  as  to  be  efiectual.  The  agencies  here  raised  their 
rates  of  insurance  lately  on  all  buildings  not  properly 

protected  by  fire  wall  and   iron  shutters. Measures 

for  self-protection  against  fire  have  been  eagerly  sought 
and  some  plans  had  a  recent  demonstration.  A  plain- 
ing mill  took  fire  but  was  saved  with  small  damage, 
chiefly  by  its  own  apparatus,  which  was  a  system  of 
perforated  iron  pipes  extending  through  the  building 
supplied  with  water  from  a  large  tank. 

Political. 

Samuel  D.  Tilden  was  nominated  for  Governor  of 
New  York  by  the  Democratic  Convention  on  the  17th. 
He  is  a  candidate  not  altogether  satisfactory  to  the 
Liberals  and  there  is  some  speculation  whether  their 
convention  on  the  29th  will  ratify  the  nomination. 
Tilden  bore  a  leading  part  in  the  overthrow  of  the 
Tweed  dynasty  and  his  uncompromising  attitude  as  a 
reformer  will  alienate  many  votes  in  New  York  city. 
It  is  a  question  whether  he  does  not  stand  better  than 
Dix  in  the  election. Gen.  Butler  addressed  his  con- 
stituents in  Gloucester,  Mass.,  on  Saturday  night. 
The  Southern  outrages  and  the  financial  question, 
were  the  chief  themes  of  his  discourse.  He  also 
brought  forward  arguments  why  he  should  be  re-elect- 
ed to  Congress.  His  reception  was  with  marked  cool 
ness,  and  his  popularity  seems  waning  in  his  district. 
The  election  in  Maine  has  gone  uniformly  Repub- 
lican. 
The  Kailroad  War. 

The  decision  o  fthe  Supreme  court  at  Madison,  Wis . 
on  the  cases  brought  up  under  the  potter  law  has 
been  against  the  lailroad  companies  to  their  surprise, 
as  they  were  confident  of  a  decision  in  their  favor. 
The  Chicago  and  Northwestern  and  Milwaukee  and 
St.  Paul  roads  are  most  interested,  Mr.  Mitchell, 
president  of  the  latter  says  that  his  company  will  at 
once  take  measures  ^o  comply  with  the  laws,  although 
it  will  have  a  disastrous  elfect  on  the  business  of  the 
road.  A  large  number  of  locomotives  and  cars  will  of 
necessity  be  immediately  withdrawn  from  the  road  in 
order  to  curtail  expenses.  He  hopes  that  that  the  leg- 
islature will  act   fairly,    and    protects    the   company's 


rights  equally  with  those  of  the  public. 

There  is  said  to  be  a  strong  feeling  in  Milwaukee 
in  favor  of  the  repeal  of  the  Potter  law,  now  that  the 
railroads  have  been  taught  that  the  people  are  sover 
eign. 

President  Keep,  of  the  Chicago  and  Northwestern 
railroad,  says  that  his  company  will  conform  with  the 
requirements  of  the  law,  but  every  means  of  reducing 
expenses  will  be  adopted  at  once.  In  anticipation  of 
the  decision  the  service  of  the  road  has  been  greatly 
reduced,  and  the  number  uf  trains  would  also  be  re- 
duced as  well  as  the  rate  of  speed.  The  company 
could  not  consent  to  do  business  under  the  law  if  it 
still  furnished  the  same  accommodations,  and  conse- 
quently fewer  trains  would  be  run,  and  second  class 
cars  run  in  place  of  first-class.  All  work,  except  nec- 
essary repairs,  would  be  stopped  in  the  machine-shops, 
and  no  improvements  of  any  kind  made  until  the  po- 
sition of  railroads  is  better  defined  by  the  United  States 
Supreme  court.  In  the  opinion  of  President  Keep 
the  business  men  of  Wisconsin  generally  are  in  favor 
of  repealing  the  law,  since,  by  its  operation,  railroad 
building  is  effectually  prevented. 
The  Country. 

By  the  burning  of  the  Granite  Mills  at  Fall  River, 
Mass.,  on  Saturday  forty  young  girls  lost  their  lives, 
and  many  more  were  injured  by  jumping  from 
windows.  The  fire  caught  in  some  machinery  on 
the  fourth  floor  and  quickly  spread,  by  means  of  oil 
on  the  floor  and  about  the  machinery,  to  the  center 
of  the  building  where  were  situated  the  stairways  in  a 
tower  extending  to  the  lower  floor.  There 
were  100  girls  at  work  on  this  floor  and  thirty  more, 
mere  children,  in  the  attic  «bove.  A  few  escaped  down 
the  accustomed  stairway;  but  flight  was  quickly  cut 
off  and  a  majority  the  terrified  girls  could  not  be  in- 
duced to  escape  by  the  fire  ladders  on  the  exterior  of 
the  building,  and  so  miserably  perished.  The  means 
of  escape  it  is  said  were  sufficient,  but  the  suddenness 
of  the  fire  seem  to  deprive  the  girls  of  their  wits  and 
even  force  was  not  enough  in  some  cHses    to   prevent 

their    perishing. A    dispatch  from    Dodge    City, 

Kan.,  Sept.  ]9tb,  states  that  Col.  Miles  who  has  been 
fighting  the  Indians  has  been  obliged  to  fall  back,  no 
reinforcements  being  available.  A  supply  train  was 
captured  and  one  man  killed  and  twenty-seven  wound- 
ed. The  Indians  are  bold  and  numerous  around 
Ft.  Dodge,  and  an  attack  is  daily  expected. 
A  Unitarian  National   conference   was   held    last 


week  at  Saratoga,  N.  Y.  Among  the  members  re- 
ported present  were  Judge  E.  R.  Hoar,  of  Massachu- 
setts and  ex-Gov.  Padelford,  of  Rhode  Island.  A 
Universalist  General  Convention  was  held  at  the  same 
time  in  New  York  city. The  barge  James  David- 
son which  cleared  from  Chicago  with  the  largest  car- 
go of  wheat  ever  loaded  on  the  lakes  got  aground  in 
St  Clair  river,  andjhad  to  be  lightened  before  she  could 

be  got  into  Lake  Erie . The  best  authority  at  Agus- 

ta  says  that  the  cotton  crop  of  Georgia  will  be  100,000 
bales  short  of  that  of   last  year.     The  whole    crop   is 

estimated  at  3,500,000  to  3,700,000   bales. The 

monument  to  be  erected  in  honor  of  General  Nathan- 
iel Lyon,  who  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Wilson  Creek 
in  August,  1861,  was  dedicated  in  Lyon  Park,  St. 
Louis.  Between  3,000  and  4,000  old  soldiers  and 
citizens  were  present  and  eloquent  orations  were  de- 
livered in  English  and  German.  The  monument  is  a 
red  Missouri  granite  obelisk,  15    feet   high,    standing 

upon  a  granite  pedestal  20    feet  high. The  water 

of  Lake  Mahopac  has  been  found  to  be  poisonous. 
During  the  summer  a  large  number  of  persons  stay- 
ing at  the  Gregory  House,  on  its  shores,  have  suf- 
fered, and  it  is  even  alleged  that  some  of  the  servants 
have  died  from  its  effects. 


To  All  Seceding  Masons. — The  National  Christian 
Association  at  its  late  meeting  in  Syracuse,  N.  Y. , 
appointed  to  the  Recording  Secretary  the  duty  of  se- 
curing the  names  of  all  the  seceding  Masons  of  the 
country  witb  their  endorsement  of  Bernard's  Revela- 
tion. In  accordance  with  this  vote  all  seceding  Ma- 
sons are  requested  to  send  their  names  and  the  en- 
dorsement as  stated  ;  and  they  are  desired  in  order  to 
make  I  the  statement  more  complete  to  send  also  their 
post-office  address,  the  number  of  degrees  taken,  num- 
ber of  years  connected  with  the  lodge,  the  date  of 
their  leaving  it,  and  where  residing  when  they  joined. 
These  facts  will  be  preserved  with  the  records  of  the 
National  Association,  and  their  value  in  the  future 
progress  of  the  reform  will  be  undoubtedly  great. 

Friends  of  the  reform  everywhere  are  earnestly  de- 
sired to  co-operate  in  extending  this  notice  and  secur- 
ing the  desired  information,  which  should  be  sent  to 

H.  L.  Kelloug, 
Recording  Secretary  N.  C.  A., 

1 1  Wabash  Ave. ,  Chicago. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Fourth 
Quarter,  1874, 

Gospel  of  Mark. 
Oct.  4th,  vii  31-37:    The,  Deaf  Mute. 

"     11    1x17-29:    The  Evil  Spirit  Cast  out. 

"     18    ix  33-42;    The  Mind  of  Christ. 

"      25    X  46-52 :     Blind  Bartlmus. 
Nov.    1    xi  12-14,  19-24:  Fig  Tree  Withered. 

"       8    xii  28-34:    The  two  Coinmandments. 

"     16    xii  38-44;    Hypocrisy  and  Piety. 

"     22  xiv  3-9:    The  Anointing  at  Bethany. 

"     29    xiv  42-50:    The  Betrayal. 
Vec.    6    xiv  66-72:    The  Denial. 

"     13    XV  22-:ffl:    The  Crucilixion. 

"     20    xvi    9-20:    The  Risen  Lord. 

"     27    Review. 
The  outline  for  1875  for  the  first  six  months, 
is  Joshua,  Judges,  Ruth,  Ist  Samuel.    "From 
Joshua  to  Saul." 


LESSON  XL. — 0CT.4, 1874. — THE  DEAF  MUTE. 


SCRirTTJBB      LESSON. — MAEK      vii.      31-37. 

Commit  31-37 ;    Primary  verse,  37. 

31  And  again,  departing  from  the  coasts 
of  Tyre  and  Sidon,  he  came  unto  the  sea 
of  Galilee,  through  the  midst  of  the  coasts 
of  Decapolis. 

32  And  they  bring  unto  him  one  that 
was  deaf,  and  had  an  impediment  in  his 
speech ;  and  they  beseech  him  to  put  his 
hand  upon  him. 

33  And  they  took  him  aside  from  the 
multitude,  and  put  his  fingers  into  his  ears, 
and  he  spit,  and  touched  his  tongue; 

34  And  looking  up  to  heaven,  he  sigh- 
ed, and  saith  unto  him,  Ephphatha,  that  is. 
Be  opened; 

35  And  straightway  his  ears  were  open- 
ed, and  thfc  string  of  his  tongue  was  loosed, 
and  he  spake  plain. 

36  And  he  charged  them  that  they 
should  tell  no  man :  but  the  more  he  charg- 
ed them,  so  much  the  more  a  great  deal 
they  published  it ; 

37  And  were  beyond  measure  astonish- 
ed, saying,  He  hath  done  all  things  will: 
he  maketh  both  the  deaf  to  hear  and  the 
dumb  to  speak. 


GOLDEN  TEXT. — "0  Lord,  open  thou  my 
lips,  and  my  mouth  shall  show  forth  thy 
praise." — Ps.  li,  15. 

TOPIC. — "He  hath  done  all  things  well." 


HOME   READINGS. 

M.  Isa.    xlii,    1-25.. Blind  Byes  and  Deaf  Ears. 

T.  Isa.    xliii.     1-11 .  .The  Word  of  Promise. 

W.  Matt.   xii.    14-37.  The  Strong  Man  Bound. 

Th,  Matt,  xiii    9-17..SeeingEyc8, Hearing  Ears. 

F.  Isa.    xxxii.    1-20.. The  Reign  of  Messiah. 

S.  Isa.     XXXV.    1-10.. The  Years  of  Peace. 

S .  Mark,  vii .    31-37 ..  The  Deaf  and  Dumb. 


TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 

Phenicia  to  Decapolis,  verse 

Asking  for  Others,  verses 

Looking  up  to  Heaven,  verse 
The  Cure  and  the  Charge,        verses 
The  Only  Perfect  One,  verse 


31. 
32,  33. 

34. 
34,  36. 

37. 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS.  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

What  is  the  first  topic?  Where  did  we 
leave  Jesus  in  our  last  lesson?  If  you 
draw  a  line  describing  a  curve  to  the  north, 
and  then  eastward  across  the  Jordan,  and 
south  of  Mt.  Hermon ;  then  to  the  south  a 
little  east  of  the  lake,  to  a  point  opposite 
the  middle  of  the  sea,  it  will  show  thje  route 
traveled  as  nearly  as  it  can  be  given. 
Many  miracles  were  performed  here  (Matt. 
XV.  30) ;  two  are  recorded  by  Mark  (vii.  32 ; 
viii.  6). 

What  is  the  second  topic?  Who  did 
they  bring  to  Jesus?  (verse  32.)  What  did 
they  ask  Jesus  to  do?  (verse  82.)  What 
seven  things  did  Jesus  do?  (33,  34.)  What 
kind  of  language  do  you  think  this  man 
used?  Did  not  Jesus  use  the  same  lan- 
guage in  talking  to  him? 

What  is  the  third  topic?  Who  was  it 
that  looked  up  to  heaven?  (verse  34.)  At 
what  times  did  he  do  the  same  thing?  (ch. 
viii.  11 ;  John  xi.  38, 41 ;  see  also  ch.  vi.  41 ; 
John  xvii.  1.)  Why  do  you  think  he  did 
this?  Ask  your  teacher  why.  Why  did 
Stephen  look?  (Acts  vii.  55.)  What  does 
Paul  say?  (2  Cor.  iv.  18;  Heb.  xii.  2.)  We 
may  look  as  often  as  we  will. 

What  is  the  fourth  topic?  What  did 
Jeaussayto  the  man?  (verse  34-)  What 
was  the  first  result?  What  the  second  and 
third?  It  was  as  if  his  tongue  had  been 
bound;  now  it  was  free.  What  did  Jesus 
say  to  them?  (verse  36.)  We  hardly  know 
why  he  did  this,  but  he  knew.  Did  they 
obey  him?  (verse  36,)  They  were  as  aston- 
ished they  could  hardly  keep  from  telling 
it.  What  does  Matthew  say  was  the  re- 
sult? (ch.  XV.  31.) 

What  is  the  fifth  topic?  What  did  the 
people  say?  (verse  37.  Why  did  they  say 
this?  (verse  37.)  What  more  ciEin  we  say? 
We  can  add,  he  died,  he  rose,  he  ascended, 
he  intercedes.  Many  men  have  done  some 
things  well.  Do  you  know  any  one  be- 
sides Jesus  who  never  failed?  He  is  God, 
he  is  man.  What  is  he  in  Prov.  viii.  24? 
What  is  Mark  ii.  17?  What  in  John  xix. 
6?    What  in  1  Peter  i.  18,  19?    What  in 


Matt,  i  21?  Luke  xix.  10?  Eph.  ii.  14? 
Lessons.  The  journies  of  Jesus.  His 
many  wonderful  works.  Many  who  have 
ears  do  not  hear;  many  who  have  tongues 
do  not  speak;  we  must  take  such  to  the 
Lord.  We  may  look  up  to  heaven  for 
help,  for  comfort,  for  blessing.  Jesus  can 
open  our  ears  to  his  word,  and  loose  our 
tongues  to  speak  his  praise.  He  is  the 
only  perfect  one.  He  hath  done  all  things 
well. 


Speaking  of  the  "poor  trash"  in  our 
SuDdaj-school  libraries,  Mr.  F.  G.  En- 
sign thinks  that  the  fault  does  not  lie 
wholly  with  those  who  make  and  sell 
the  worthless  books — reprehensible  as 
that  is;  for  so  long  as  Sunday-schools 
demand  a  cheap  literature,  he  says, 
they  will  get  it.  And  as  be  truthfully 
adds,  "it  is  the  business  of  every 
Sunday-school,  of  every  church,  and  of 
every  psrent  to  know  what  their  chil- 
dren read,  and  they  ought  to  be  willing 
to  pay  the  honest  value  for  the  books 
ihey  read."  His  rule-of-three  for  keep- 
ing clear  of  what  is  trashy  is,  (1.)  Let 
Sunday  schools  quit  begging  of  every 
one  of  whom  they  wish  to  buy.  (2.) 
Pay  for  what  they  want  and  accept 
only  that  which  is  good.  Buy  by  qual- 
ity, not  quantity.  (3.)  Examine  the 
books  carefully  before  putting  them  into 
the  library,  and  do  not  "jew"  the 
book-seller,  nor  trade  with  those  who 
have  two  or  three  prices.  —Bible  Studies. 


Let  the  teacher  each  Sabbath  day 
give  every  pupil  something  special  to 
do — seme  specific  point  or  points  in  the 
next  leseon  to  investigate.  B-isides 
giving  him  something  special  to  do,  this 
will  also  cause  him  to  feel  special  obli- 
gations to  make  preparation  on  these 
points.  But  these  points  are  so  related 
to  the  remainder  of  the  lesson  that  be 
cannot  make  satisfactory  preparation  on 
them  without  a  more  or  less  thorough 
investigation  of  the  whole.  The  same 
points  may  be  given  to  two  or  more  at 
the  same  time,  which  will  add  the  ad- 
vantage of  a  little  wholesome  emulation. 
The  expedient  has  been  known  to  work 
charmingly,  and  it  is  worth  trying  by 
the  teacher  who  finds  his  class  indispos- 
ed to  study  the  lesson. — Bible  Teacher. 


'^i^\i[t  M  %s^\\\  %\\%, 


An  Ekkct  Gait. — To  bend  forward 
while  walking,  indicates  debility,  de- 
pression, or  mental  trouble,  and  always 
aggravates  itself  and  promotes  disease. 
Pad's  and  supporters  are  all  pernicious, 
and  worse  than  useless,  because  they 
teach  the  system  to  rely  on  them ,  and 
cannot  support  one  part  of  the  body 
without  causing  an  unnatural  strain  on 
some  other  part,  and,  to  that  extent, 
tend  to  disease  that  part.  There  is 
always  one  easily  available  and  success- 
ful method  of  acquiring  an  erect,  m^n. 
ly  gait,  without  any  material  effort,  or 
feeling  of  awkwardness.  Let  the  chin 
be  a  little  above  a  horrizontal  line, 
which  is  easily  done  by  keeping  the 
eye  fixed  on  the  top  of  some  person's 
hat  or  bonnet  in  front  of  you.  The 
habit  of  this  erect  carriage  may  be  fa- 
ciliated  by  accustoming  yourself,  when 
at  home,  in  the  garden,  or  other  places, 
to  walk  with  your  hands  behind,  held 
in  one  another,  and  |the  head  thrown 
up,  as  is  done  in|  smoking  a  cigar  or 
singing  a  tune, — HaWs  Journal  of 
Health, 


To  Clean  Paint. — A  correspondrnt 
says:  Use  but  little  water  at  once; 
keep  it  warm  and  clean  by  changing  it 
often.  A  flannel  cloth  takes  ofi'  fly 
specks  better  than  cotton.  Soap  will 
remove  the  paint;  so  use  but  litt'e  of 
it.  Cold  tea  is  the  best  liquid  for 
cleaning  varnished  paint,  window  panes 
and  mirrors.  A  sharp  piece  of  wood 
is  indispensable  for  cleaning  corners. 
A  saucer  of  sifted  ashes  should  always 
be  at  hand  to  clean  unvarnished  paint 
that  has  become  badly  smoked;  it  is 
better  than  soap.  Never  put  soap  upon 
glass  unless  it  can  be  thoroughly  rinsed 
ofl".  Wash  off  the  specks  with  warm 
tea,  and  rub  the  panes  dry ;  then  make 
a  paste  of  whiting  and  water,  acd 
put  a  lUlle  in  the  center  of  each  pane. 
Take  a  dry  cloth  and  lub  it  off  with  a 
chamois  skin  or  flmnel,  and  your  wind- 
ows will  shine  like  crystals. 


Means  of  Checking  Coughing, 
Sneezing. — There  are  many  facts  which 
show  that  morbid  phenomena  of  rts- 
piratiou  oati  be  also  sloi)ped  by  the  in- 
fluence of  arrest.  Coughing,  for  in- 
stanee,  can  be  stopped  by  pressing  on 
the  nerves  on  the  lip  in  the  neighbor- 
hood of  the  nose.  A  pressure  there 
may  prevent  a  cough  when  it  is  be- 
ginning. Sneezing  may  be  stopped  by 
the  same  mechanism.  Pressing  also  in 
the  neighborhood  of  the  ear,  right  in 
front  of  the  ear,  may  stop  coughing. 
It  is  so  also  of  the  hiccough,  but  much 
less  so  thau  for  sneezing  or  coughing. 
Pressing  very  hard  on  the  lop  of  the 
mouth  inpide  is  also  a  means  of  stop- 
ping  coughing.  And|  I  may  say  the 
will  h  as  immense  power  there. — Brown 
Sequard. 


It  is  known  to  many,  yet  not  to  all, 
that  a  handful  of  flour  bound  on  to  a 
wound  will  prevent  the  blood  from  flow- 
ing. Thousands  of  men  who  have  bled 
to  death  on  the  b.aitle  field  would  have 
been  saved  if  they  had  had  a  handful 
of  flour  in  their  sacks,  and  bound  it  on 
their  wound  with  their  handkerchief. 


Few  people  know,  but  everybody 
ought  to  know,  that  by  placing  a  glass 
fruit-jar  on  a  folded  towel,  thoroughly 
soaked  in  cold  water,  the  fruit  cp,n  be 
poured  in  boiling  hot,  with  no  more 
danger  of  breaking  than  with  a  tin 
can. 


Josh  Billings  says:  "Don't  toil  be- 
fore breakfast.  If  it  is  necessary  to 
toil  before  breakfast,  eat  your  break- 
fast first." 


f^^^  ^!^  ^n^^% 


Milking  in  silence. 


The  London  Milk  Journal  thus 
comments  upon  a  discussion  at  a  Farm- 
er's Club  at  West  Cornwall,  Conn., 
where  a  member  said  he  discharged 
one  of  his  milkers  who  persisted  in  talk- 
ing during  milking  time,  and  that,  in 
three  dajs,  the  increase  of  milk  was 
equal  to  the  man's  weekly  wages. 

We  fear  an  increase  to  such  an  ex- 
tent must  have  been  due  to  other  caus- 
es besides  the  one  assigned.  If  the 
enlarged  yield  followed  solely  from  the 


dismissal  of  the  man,  we  suspect  his 
presence  affected  the  supply  of  milk  in 
some  way  apart  from  his  loquacity.  We 
have  frequently  found  a  change  of  serv- 
ants to  prove  beneficial. 

If.  may  be  that  talking  prevents  hens 
frcm  laying  rIso.  Wc  know  we.  have 
often  experienced  a  vast  increase  in  the 
number  of  eggs  brought  into  the  house 
after  the  removal  of  a  too  officious  indi- 
vidunl  from  our  employ.  Besides,  our 
cows  have  sometimes  improved  in  pro- 
duce by  the  same  laeanK,  but  we  gen- 
erally attribute  it  to  cleaner  milking  by 
fresh  and  more  industrious  hands.  It 
is,  however,  well  known  that  cows  are 
particularly  sensitive  to  siglits  and 
sounds  duiiog  the  time  they  are  milk- 
ed. Unless  they  are  at  perfect  ease 
they  will  not  give  their  milk  freely. 
They  should  be  daily  milked  under  the 
same  conditions. 

Cows  that  are  fed  at  milking  time 
require  their  usual  meal,  or  they  may 
become  restless  or  dissatisfied,  and  put 
a  stop  to  their  bounty.  Many  of  them 
will  only  al'.ow  some  special  favorite  to 
milk  them.  la  scjma  parts  of  the 
country  where  women  are  solely  em- 
ployed to  milk,  we  freipiently  fiad  one 
or  two  tuneful  lasses  smging  at  their 
work,  and  many  cows  become  so  pleased 
with  the  rustic  harmony  as  to  show 
evident  signs  of  their  approval  of  the 
loud,  aweet  voice  by  giving  their  milk 
only  by  being  euog  io.  Everything 
that  distracts  the  attention  of  the  cow 
and  ruffl-is  her  placidity  should  be 
avoided  when  called  upon  to  yield  her 
m:lk.  Her  neivous  system  should  not 
be  excited  by  strange  noises,  unwel- 
come objects  or  rough  treatment,  or  the 
eflcct  will  be  apparent  in  a  diminished 
supply  in  the  milk  pail.  It  would  no 
doubt  be  good  advice,  on  the  whole, 
to  tell  those  who  milk  that  they  should 
keep  their  tongues  and  keep  their  tem- 
pers. The  Connecticut  farmer  appears 
to  have  sufficient  reasons,  indeed,  to 
say  that  "speech  h  silver,  but  silence 
is  golden." 


Ashes  a^  Food  for  Cattle. — The 
Live  Stock  Journal  has  a  correspond- 
ent who  found  his  cattle  given  to  the 
habit  of  eating  wood,  chewing  bonee, 
etc.,  They  becam'S  thia  in  flesh,  re- 
fused to  eat  hay,  and  presented  a  sick- 
ly appearance.  He;  had  no  impression 
ihat  their  food  lacked  the  constituents 
for  making  bone;  aid  his  neighbors 
used  bone  meal,  without  noticing  any 
good  results  whatever.  At  last  he  put 
about  four  bushels  of  leached  ashes  in 
his  bare-yard  and  threw  out  to  them 
about  a  shovelful  each  dny.  They  all 
ate  with  evident  relish.  After  turning 
them  out  t'>  pasture,  he'  put  one  peck 
of  dry  ashes  per  week  on  the  ground 
in  the  pasture.  They  ate  it  all  and 
gnawed  off  the  grass  where  it  had  been 
lying.  The  cattle  began  to  improve, 
gaining  flesh  and  looking  better  than 
they  had  done  for  several  years.  He 
says  this  morbid  appearance  was  un- 
noticed years  ago ,  from  the  fact  that 
the  ground  was  new  and  ashy  from  the 
burning  of  the  woods  and  land  clear- 
ings. Since  this  discovery  he  gives 
one  quart  of  ashes  mixed  with  one 
quart  of  salt  to  twelve  head  of  cattle 
bout  once  a  week. 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Facts  and  Figures. 


— Prof.  E.  E.  White,  ex-euperintend- 
ent  of  the  Ohio  echcole,  holds  that  no 
naan  is  fit  for  the  position  of  teacher 
•'unlets  his  knowledge  of  what  he 
teaches  is  so  fresh  and  thorough  that 
he  would  be  able  to  teach  if  all  the 
text-books  in  the  world  were  burned 
up." 

— All  the  Christian  sects  together 
comprise  a  membership  of  about  330,- 
000,000,  while  heathen  worshipers 
count  over  1,000,000,000.  The  Bad- 
hists  alone  have  340,000,000.  The 
Roman  Catholic  church  embraces  195,- 
000,000  followers,  while  all  the  Protest- 
ant denominations  combined  number 
only  68,139,000. 

— An  item  marking  the  progress  of 
trade  is  the  purchase  in  Chicago  and 
shipment  hence,  via  Montreal  to  Liver- 
pool of  300  head  of  cattle.  A  steamer 
has  been  fitted  up  at  Montreal  with 
stalls  and  other  conveniences,  and  it  is 
prop'osed  to  make  the  trade  in  beeves 
between  Chicago  and  Liverpool  a  per- 
manent one.  This  is  a  new  outlet  to 
the  already  enormous  cattle  trade  of 
Chicago. 

— Until  this  summer  the  greatest 
telegraphic  feat  was,  if  we  do  not  mis- 
take, the  transmission  of  Charles  Fran- 
cis Adams'  speech  at  Albany,  compris- 
ing about  14,000  words.  Perhaps  the 
report  of  the  Boston  fire  occupied  a 
little  larger  space,  but  there  was  a 
longer  time  in  which  to  send  the  news. 
Beecher's  statement — the  second  one — 
contained  19,000  words,  and  Moulton'e 
22,000.  These  Echievements  are  alto- 
gether without  precedent  in  the  history 
of  telegraphing. 

— M.  Flaminio  Servl,  grand  rabbi  of 
Caeale,  has  prepared  satistics  of  the  Is- 
raelites in  different  parts  of  Europe, 
He  reckons  5,000  in  France,  494,000 
in  Germany,  1,220,000  in  Austria  and 
Hungary,  62,000  in  Great  Britain, 
2,600,000  in  Russia  and  Poland,  43,- 
000  in  Italy,  3,000  in  Belgium,  68,000 
in  Holland,  5,300  in  Switzerland,  5,600 
in  Greece,  250 ,000  in  Roumania,  3,000 
in  Spain,  3,500  in  Portugal,  10,000  in 
Scandanavia,  and  350,000  in  European 
Turkey,  making  in  all  5,157,400E  uro- 
pean  Jews. 

— A  census  of  Japan  has  at  length 
been  taken,  this,  so  far  as  is  known,  be- 
ing the  first  enumeration  of  that  peo- 
ple. It  is  announced  as  the  census  for 
**  the  fifth  year  of  Meiji,  the  2,532d 
year  from  the  accession  of  Jimmu  Tenao, 
which  corresponds  to  the  year  1872  of 
our  calendar.  By  this  census  the  pop- 
iilation  of  Japan  is  given  at  33,1 10,825, 
there  being  about  480,000  more  males 
than  females.  There  are  in  that  coun- 
try 7,107,841  houses,  89,914  Buddhist 
temples  and  1"28,123  ' '  shinto  shrines." 
One-half  of  the  people  are  classed  as 
agriculturists,  701,000  as  artisans,  and 
1,309,000  as  merchants. 

— From  returns  issued  by  the  House 
of  Commons  relating  to  Irish  land  own- 
ers, resident  and  non-resident,  we  find 
that  less  than  20,000  persons  own  the 
soil  of  Ireland,  of  whom  5,982  own 
less  than  100  acres.  These,  of  course, 
are  resident;  and  so  are  5,589  more, 
owning  an  average  of  1,600  acres 
apiece;  while  only  1,443,  owning  alto- 
gether 3,146,214  acres,  or  a  seventh  of 
the  soil,  are  usually  resident  outside  the 
island.  A  considerable  number — 4, 465 
— reside  away  from  their  properties, 
but  still  in  Ireland,  and  the  remaining 
few  are  occasional  visitors.  Absentee- 
ism can  hardly  be  counted,  therefore, 
among  the  grand  grievances  of  Ireland, 
more  especially  as  many  of  the  richest 
absentees  are  among  the  more  spirited 
and  lenient  landlords. 

— The  recent  German  census  shows 
that  the  non-German  inhabitants  of  the 
Empire  number  3, 240, 000.  They  con- 
sist of  220.000  French-speaking  people 
in  Alt'EC'^-Lorraine,  and  lu,000  French 
and  WuilooDB  in  the  Rhine  Provinces, 


2,450,000  Poles,  150,000  Lithuanian", 
■".50,000  Danes  in  North  Schleswig, 
88,000  Wends  in  Brandenburg  apc 
Silesia,  and  52,000  in  Saxony,  50.000 
Moravians  and  Czechs  in  Silesia  aud 
80,000  foreigners.  The  Protf-stamt 
clergy  number  16,000,  while  the  Rv 
man  Catholics  have  20,000  priett^  800 
monasteries  and  convents,  twemy  bit^h- 
opricks,  and  three  vicars  apoKtoLc,  Of 
the  twenty-one  universities,  Berlin 
heads  the  list  with  3,573  ptu'ienfs, 
Leipfcic  standiag  next,  with  2,032,  Ro- 
stock, with  135,  being  the  smailebt. 

— The  legislation  in  Northern  India 
for  the  suppression  of  female  infanticide 
has  had  a  salutary  effect.  The  b.rth  of 
a  girl  being  considered  among  the  Hin 
doos  a  calamity,  it  has  been  usuhI  to 
make  away  with  a  large  proporiion  of 
female  infants.  The  Calcutta  corres- 
pondent of  the  Times  states  of  the 
effect  in  less  than  two  years:  "The 
result  of  the  special  police  agency  has 
been  this — that  in  a  population  of  near- 
ly half  a  million,  no  fewer  than  12,854 
lives  have  been  saved.  You  may 
imagine  the  frightful  disproportion  of 
the  sexes  when  I  say  that  even  after 
tliis  gain  there  are  still  in  that  guilty 
population  only  54,712  girls  to  101,092 
boys." 

— At  the  International  Grain  and 
Seed  Market  held  in  Vienaa,  Austria, 
last  month,  some  valuable  statistics  were 
obtained  concerning  the  harvests  of  the 
German  Empire,  Austria  and  Hungary. 
In  the  Austrian  Empire  the  total  sup- 
ply of  wheat,  rye  and  Indian  corn  is 
expected  to  amount  to  about  346,000,- 
000  bushels,  a  large  excess  over  the 
average  product.  In  Prussia  the  yield 
of  wheat  is  estimated  at  54,000,000 
American  cwt.,  rye,  93,700,000.  In 
the  smaller  German  Stfites  there  is  a 
general  surplus  of  wheat,  with  a  falling 
off  of  barley  and  rye  in  some  of  them. 
The  Austrian  empii-e  has  a  deficiency 
of  about  3,500,000  bushels  of  oats, 
which  offer  a  market  to  other  countries. 
The  same  country  will  be  able  to  supply 
foreign  market  with  over  5,000,000 
hundred  weight  of  barlsy,  12,000,000 
of  flour,  5,000,000  of  rye,  and  a  mod- 
erate amount  of  corja.  These  estimates 
were  made  at  a  season  of  the  year  when 
the  harvests  were  well  advanced,  and 
they  are  supposed  to  be  very  accurate. 
— Although  constant  experiments 
have  been  made  to  find  inorganic  ma- 
terials for  the  road-bed  of  railways, 
nothing  has  yet  been  found  that  will 
supply  the  place  of  wood ;  nor  have  we 
reason  to  hope  that  the  demand 
for  ties  will  ever  be  less  per  mile  than 
at  present. 

At  the  end  of  1873  there  were  re- 
ported 71,564,9  miles  of  main  lines, 
and  13,612  miles  of  sidings  and  doub- 
le tracts,  making  85,077,9  miles  o*' 
railroad  within  the  Uuittd  States.  O 
the  main  lines,  5,462,3  miles  were  in 
the  New  England  States,  14,209  in 
the  Middle  States,  and  23,905,9  in  the 
Western  States.  15,316,4  in  the 
Southern  States  and  2,681,3  in  the 
Pacific  States.  Upon  these  roads  lo- 
comotives were  running,  and  a  large 
proportion  of  them  used  wood  for  their 
fuel.  The  number  of  ties  used  varies 
from  2,200  to  2,800  per  mile.  If  we 
take  2,500  as  a  mean,  we  find  that 
212,692,500  pieces  of  timber,  eight 
feet  long,  and  from  six  to  eight  inches 
between  upper  and  lower  surfaces,  are 
required  to  supply  this  single  item. 

The  durability  of  ties  vary  with  the 
kinds  of  timber,  soil,  climate  and  use. 
ranging  from  four  to  ten  years.  Tak- 
ing six  as  an  average,  the  amount  rt- 
quired  for  the  annual  supply  must  be 
35,448,750  pieces,  or  94,530,000  cibic 
feet.  In  considering  this,  we  must  re- 
member that  a  large  amount  of  wf\8te 
occurs  from  hewing  and  from  leaving 
the  upper  part  of  the  trees,  some  of 
which  are  used  as  firewood, and  the  re- 
mainder beirg  a  total  loBS.— iVyr^/i- 
wettern  Lumberman. 


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FREEMASONRY  EXFOSEC, 

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Due  Guards,  Grips,  Etc, 

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♦'AMasonio  Rbvblation. — Mr.  Samuel  D.  Greene  is  a  venerable 
gentleman  of  the  highest  respectability,  whose  statements  seem  to 
be  worthy  of  full  credence.  T/ie  broken  Heal:  or,  Ifsrtonal 
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edge, of  tbe  Morgan  'abduction,'  and  other  masonic  matters  which 
made  such  an  excitement  in  this  country,  now  almost  half  a  century 

ago." Cong ref/ationaliel  and  liecorder,  Sosion. 

"  'Pbebiiaso'nrt  Developbd.'— 'The  Broken  Seal :  or.  Personal 
Reminiscences  of  the  Morgan  Abduction  and  Murder,'  is  the  title  of 
a  volume  written  and  just  published  by  Samuel  D.  Greene,  of 
Boston.  The  author  belonged  to  the  same  lodge  with  Morgan,  and 
professes  to  know  all  about  that  event  which  made  such  a  sensation 
throughout  the  country  forty  years  ago.  The  book  contains  the 
confession  of  Morgan's  murderer,  and  much  more  curious  and  inter- 
esting matter,  including  the.  ceremony  of  initiation,  etc.  The  au- 
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a  sensation  in  the  order,  if  its  statements  are  really  what  they  pur- 
port to  bo.  If  Freemasonry  is  what  it  Is  supposed  by  many  to  be,  in 
Us  obligations,  the  author  of  this  book  must  be  a  bold  man."— .2>aj"- 
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TRACT  NO.  7: 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TO\(r. 

A  4-page  tract.  This  is  a  careful  analysis  of  the  character  of 
Masonic  oatlis,  and  shows  them  to  be  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian; and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  the 
Cable  Tow  by  wliich  Satan  is  leadin2  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
50  cents  per  100;  $1.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustrated.  '  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  woncterfnl  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  '^Freeina> 
sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  aud  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  Muri^er  and  Treason  not 
Exooptad,"  and  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitntion,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Christian. 
Price  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  0,  ILLUSTRATED: 
FREEMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  In 
whicli  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  for.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  of  '^Occidental  Son- 
ereigix  ConsiUory  S.  P.  R.  <?,"  32d  degree — a  Chicago  Lodge — aud 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  ^Jhurch  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TRACT  NO.  10: 
CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OF  FREEMASON RT» 

A  2-page  tract,  (illustrated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitor 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "tho 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  per 
100orS2.00pcrl000. 

TRACT  NO.  II; 

iidireg3  of  \\vtm  Cauntj  Assficialiss,  Neff  7grk. 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  ot  Freema- 
sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  [cents  per 
100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  "WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Whitney's 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charjje  of  unma- 
sonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
An  S-page  tract,  $1.00  per  100;  $8.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COEVEK  ON  MASONRV, 

and 
HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 

Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $a.00  per  lOUO. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 

ITS  EELATION  TO  CIVIL  GOVEENilENT  AND  THE  CHEISXIAN  EELIQIOH. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PEES.  J. 
BLANOHASD  Of  WHSiiTON  OOLLEaE.    This  is  a  16-page  tract  at  $3.00 
per  100;  $15.00  per  1000, 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID 
A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.     By  REV.   1.   A.  HART,   Secretarjf 
National  Christian  Associfttion.    Published  by  special  order  of  tho 
Associatioa.    60  cents  per  100 ;  S4.00  per  1600. 

TRACT  NO.  16: 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  Hon.  Seth  M, 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.  A  4- 
page  tract,  50  cents  per  lOU ;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

Qrifin,  Sigatisss  and  \vm%  of  !b  Eras^e. 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OF  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 

This  little  tract  ought  to  be  put  into  the  hands  of  every  Farmer  in 

the  United  States,   Four-page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT   NO.  18: 

HON.  WM.  H.  SEW^ARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Eztracs  from  r.  Speech  on  Enow-Ksotbisei:in  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  in  1355. 
The  testimony  of  .JOHN  Q,UINCY  ADAMS,  MILLAItD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTiC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  a-page  tract,  25  cents  per  100 ;  $3.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 

BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,  MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  tht 
Lodge    A  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100 ;  $2.00  per  KXK). 
TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  Vermont. 
This  tract  contains  many  strong  argiiments  against  the  Lodge  drawn 
from  personal  experience,   observation  and  study  of  its   character, 
A  'l-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  §4.00  per  1,000. 
TRACT  KO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  EMMA  A.  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argument,  sho^ 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  wh<r 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  with  approbation  of  ttiis  institutio» 
A  4-page  tract  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1,000. 


GBRMAN  CYNOaURB  TRACT  A. 

Sis-Ilsasons  wtij  a  Cliristia&  skuld  sot  be  arresmasoc 

By  RBV.  A.  GROLB,  Pastor,  German  M. B.  Chnrch, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

This  is  our  first  German  tract,  and  it  is  a  good  one;    it  ought  to 
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MINUTK8  OF  THK  SYRACUSE  CONVENTION. 

This  is  a  pamphlet  of  150  pages  and 
besides  a  full  report  of  the  proceedings, 
resolutions  and  Committee  Reports  and 
the  Constitution  of  the  National  Christ- 
ian Association  it  contains  the  addresses 
of  Rev.  B.  T.  Roberts,  editor  of  the 
Earnest  Christian;  of  Charles  D. 
Greene,  Esq.,  on  the  ''The  Grange  in 
its  relation  to  American  principles;"  of 
Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard  on  "The  Weap- 
ons of  our  Warfare;"  of  Kev.  D,  S. 
Caldwell,  State  Agent  of  Ohio;  Elder 
Baird;Rev.  D.  P.  Rathbun;  Mrs.  Gage 
and  others;  and  a  remarkable  paper 
from  elder  David  Bernard,  giving  thrill- 
ingly  interesting  reminiscences  of  Mor- 
G;an  times  and  a  detailed  history  of  the 
revelation  of  Freemasonry  by  himself 
and  others.  Also  very  interesting  pa- 
pers from  Victory  Birdseye,  Esq.,  on 
"The  Morgan  trials,"  and  Enoch  Hon- 
ewell,  Esq. ,  on  the  Tract  Work.  Price, 
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the  Week  ending'  Sept.  16,  from 

Mrs  S  B  Alien,  J  Black,  Capt  H 
Bundy,  S  G  Barton,  E  H  Carson,  H 
Clark,  N  R  Corning,  C  Campton,  J  P 
Carson,  J  Dixon,  R  Dow,  A  M  Durfee, 
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terloff,  C  D  French,  E  S  Fox,  D  S 
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J  Calbraith,  J  W  Headrick,  G  H  Hub- 
bard, H  H  Hinman,,  J  Holstead,  Lot- 
tie Hall,  J  C  HilboD,  Miss  A  A  Jeffries, 
J  A  Knepper,  J  F  Kuhimaa,  Rev  G 
Kite,  J  T  Kiggins,  I  Leadbctter,  L  B 
Lathrop,  D  Mabee,  W  W  Martin,  W 
W  Pontius,  A  Rose,  J  T  Russell,  J 
Ranney,  J  M  Shellebarger,  J  M  Smith, 
H  Sheldon,  J  H  Stevens,  J  Sherk,  H 
Sears,  D  C  Stanton,  J  Watson,  H 
Washburn. 


Address   of    Auti-iuasonic    Lecturers, 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
DABD,  Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.  Kiggins, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Kidge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturers  for  New  York,  Z.  Weav- 


er, Esq.,  and  J.  L.  Barlow,  89  Mulberry 
St.,  both  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 
I.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  HI. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Connersville,  Ind. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.  Rathbun,  Lisbon  Center,  N.  Y. 
S.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfleld,  O. 

L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 

J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 

Linus  Chittenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 

P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

C.  Wiggins,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis 
C.  F.  Hawley,  Millbrook  Pa. 
W.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  Ind. 
J.  L.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 
Wm.  Dalton,  Dayton,  O. 


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Chioaso,  Sept.  21, 
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"       No.  3 91 

"       Kejected 

Corn— No.  3 82 

Rejected 

Oats— No.  2 , 62 

Rejected 45 

Eye— No.  2 

Flour, — Minnesota 5  50 

V7mter 5  50 

Spring 3  00 

Hay— Timothy,  pressed 14  50 

"          loose 14 

Prairio,       "     9  00 

Lard 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl 

Butter 22 

Cheese  IIH 

Eggs 14 

Potatoes,  per  brl,  new 1  35 

Broom  corn 05 

Seeds— Timothy 2  35 

Clover  

Flax    1  75 

Hides— Green  and  green  cured..  07^ 
Full  cured  add  H  per  cent. 

LumDer— Clear 38  00 

Common 11 

Lath 

Shingles 150 

WOOL— Washed 40 

Unwashed 27 

LIVE  STOCK  Cattle,  extra. ...  6  60 

Good  to  choice 5  65 

Medium 4  25 

Common 2  95 

Hogs 640 

Sheep 3  62 


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92 

88 

!   82H 

80 

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>y,  46H 

91 

10  50 

7  25 

6  50 

17  60 

16  00 

11  00 

UVi 

2i  75 

34 

13 

15 

2  25 

09 

2  55 

6  75 

9}4 

65  00 

12  00 

2  25 

3  50 

66 

34 

7  00 

6  50 

5  00 

4  00 

7  25 

4  60 

New  York  Market. 

Flour $4  40  9  CO 

Wheat 110  140 

Corn 97  98H 

Oats UVt  66 

Rye 90  98 

Lard 14H 

Mess  pork 23  75 

Butter 2i  30 

Cheese H  13 

Bgjrs        23  25 


ADVERSE  TO  CHRISTIANITY, 

•  And  Inimical  to  a  Republican  Government 
Bt  rev.  LBBBEUS  ARMSTRONG, 
(Presbyterian.) 

A  Seceding  Mason  of  21  degrees. 

This  is  a  very  telling  work  and  no  honest  man 
that  reads  it  will  think  of  joining  the  lodge. 
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Walsh's  him  of  Ffeemasonrf 

REVISED  EDITION, 

Is  a  Scholarly  Review  of  the  Institution,  by  BbT 
Jno.  :T,  Walsh. 

Frice  26  ctB. 


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THIRTEEN  REASONS 

Wby  a  Christian  should  not  be  a  Freemagon< 

BT 

REV.  ROBERT  ARMSTRONG. 
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Showing  the  degrees  from  the  first  to  the  thirty- 
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Degrees  of  Aflcient  Accepted  Scottish  freemasonry, 

According  to  a  Manual  by  Wm.  M.  Cunninghaw, 
33d  Degree. 

Designed  by  Rev.  P.  Stoddard,  to  explain  Free- 
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TiiE  LODGE  TRAINING  of  GcD ;  iS.  A.  Hurlbut,  Re- 
publican Candidate  for  Congress  from  the  Fourth  Con- 
gressional district,  has  furnished  a  serious  obstacle  in 
the  way  of  his  election.  While  Major  General  of  vol- 
unteers in  1865,  and  in  temporary  command  of  the 
city  of  New  Orleans,  his  management  was  so  notor- 
iously corrupt  th^t  President  Lincoln  appointed  a  com- 
mission, composed  of  Maj.  Gen.  W.  T.  Smith  and 
Jas.*  T.  Brady,  a  well  known  jurist  of  New  York,  to 
investigate  affairs  on  the  ground.  In  their  report  are 
nine  several  indictments:  two  for  official  falsehood, 
two  for  piirjury,  and,  three  for  coaniving  to  prevent 
detection  of  off^pses.  This  report  is  being  circulated 
throughout  the  country  to  the  evident  demolition  of 
Hurlbut's  political  hopes.  All  these  ofienses  are  di- 
rectly allied  with  lodge  practice — form  the  greater 
part  of  its  r6al  i"work,"  and  Mr.  Hurlbut  in  losing  the 
election,  as  he  undoubtedly  "will,  may  be  inclined  to 
ciiAe  the  day  he  became  a  neophyte  and  experienced 
the  throes  of  :the  (Masonic)  "new  birth."  His  alma- 
mater  has  had  at  least  one  dutiful  son  who  will  reap 
the  benefits  of  obedience.  ,^       ,  ,^  ■  .  i-.n;   irrr ; 

./I  irii  ,  ■„■•,•>  JMn  bii«/i-}!ifi  sldmiijl  iluV/ 


of  insurance  might  be  brought  into  a  greatly  simplified 
practice  by  putting  it  under  control  of ,  communities,  or 
the  government.  ,The  mapifie^t  existing,  evils,  c^Il  for  a 
n^medy,  and  financial  disaster  iS^Ul  hasten  its  discovery. 


:!  'i:ii^;tiii  ■  .''!tv7  vj "  !j<>l  y  ">i'i   lai.N.ffi.'j 

Insurance. — The  action  of  the  National  Board  of 
Underwriters, in  New  York  in' withdrawing  from  Chi 
cago  presents. seripu;?, questions,  to  business  flien.  This 
Board  is  a  kind  of  central  committee  for  a  large  num- 
ber ;of  the  leading  home  and  foreign  insurance  compa,- 
nieSjiand  its  recommendations  are  generally  considered 
final.  In  the  complexity  and  extension  of .  the  insur- 
anc.e  business  this  Board  possesses  great  power.  In- 
surance ,  in,  cities  has .  become  fundajnental  to  business 
prosperity.  Where,  confidence,  in  the  companies  is 
shaken,  asi.n.the  great  fire  of  1871,  the  whole  country 
is  affected,  and  in  self-defense  they  are  wary  of  great 
risks.  Manufactures,,  ti-ade  ^^d  prodjice  forsake  the 
spot  where  reliable  insurance  cannot  be  had.  And 
when  such,  security  withdraws,  as  it  were  in  bulk,  even 
a  gxeat  fire  cannot ., give  a  greater  blow  to  commercial 
prosperity.  A  conflagration  comes  by  act  of  God;  the 
other  calamity  by  men,  who,  it  may  be,  have  riva 
interegtSf  and  do  not  scruple  tp.use  their,  power.,;  It  is 
a  questioji  of  importance  whether  the  present  cumbrous 
system  of  insurance  is  the  best.  It  has  sucked  in  mil- 
lions on  millions  of  capital.  Vast  sums  have  gone  to 
enrich  individuals,  to  ere.ct  business  pajaces;  and  ,a 
great  army  of  able-bodied  naen  are  withdrawn  from 
other  and  more  useful  callings  to  carry  it  on.  The 
general  use  of  such  means  of  preventing  fire  as  we 
have  would  make  it  almost  necessary.     Or  the  theory 


Thk  Co^t  of  Republi'canism.—^A' comparison  of  the 
revenues  and  expenditures  of  Great  Britaiii'tiiid  Amirfr- 
ica  should  make  a  pause  for  reflection.  LeaVing  'dut 
the  interest  on  the  public  debt  on  both  sides,  it  is  said 
the  current  expenditure  of  the  Uniited  StSites  is  $202,- 
000,000  against  $235,000, 0(J0  for  Britain.  Tiius 
Britain,  with  its  lai-ge  atmy  and  navy  and  heavy  cost 
of  royalty,  requires  only  $33,000,000  more  than  the 
United  States  general  government  for  current  expenses. 
If  to  this  we  add  the  cost  of  the  several  State  govern- 
ments we  have  an  aggregate  which  must  be  beyond 
thatof  the  government  which' has  been  considered  one 
of  the  tnostexpensive'inf  the'i^orld;  'Old  Ben.' Fi'aiik- 
lin  and  the  [political  economists  of  his  day  made  wise 
provisions  for  the  peaceful  maintenance  of  a  large  and 
prosperous  people,  btit  those  virtuous  statesmen  could 
not  understand  the  temptations  of  vast  and  suddenly 
acquired  wealth,  and  so  build  a  constitutional  fortifica- 
tion against  them,  and  so  we  have  a  standing  army  of 
government  thieves,  wbo  have  even  improved  on  the 
Spartan  code.  They  not  only  regard  It  no  dishonor  to 
steal,  but,  so  that  they  escape  the  penitentiary,  their 
social  standing  is  not  impaired  even  if  their  crime  is 
detected.  It  is  the  support  of  the  volunteers  who  ,have 
enlisted  under  Butler,  Logan,  Shepherd,  Sajiborn, 
Jayne,  Tweed  and  'Casey  that  has  changed  the  United 
States  government  from  the  most  economical  to  the 
most  expensive  in  the  world.  Following  their  govern- 
ment our  people  are  every  where  marked  for  outland- 
ish expenditure.  It  is  not  reasonable  that  such  ex- 
travagance and  public  dishonesty  long  consist  with  the 
•application  of  free  principles  to  government.  Jehovah 
himself  will  work  the  humiliating  but  necessary  change^ 

if  his  people  re^peht  not  of  this  'their  foil  v. 

T  <nu    J«   .atii'^')!'!  ht  >T 'Stib  iM  i^^'a  to  '>aoiij  An* 

■i(.j    •■.\)  Wnd"   .  ■.'^' '        "  ,--'■:  -irT;-;  "mil  ttat^ 

-S^ND^jf^ ,^Np  4-RT. — The  Chicago  Trihyine^^^a^^ 

the  managers  of  the  Inter-State  Exposition  to  open  its 
art  gallery  on  Lord'di  day  to  the  classes  whose  time  and 
means  do  not  admit  of  their  attenda,nce,  during  the 
week.  Its  arguments  apply  as  well  to  opening  the 
#hole  building.  The  arguments  are :  the  plan  has 
been  tried  at  Cincinnati  and  no  disorder  ensued,  there 
fore  it  was  a  success;  the  public  mind  and  heart  would 
be  educated;  a,nd  it  is  no  sin  to  look  at  a  picture  on  tbe 
Sabbath.  It  would  be  expected  that  a  city  journal, 
whose  Sunday  issues  and  Sunday  trains  run  plainly 
counter  to  public  conscience,  should  be  anxious  to  in- 
crease Sabbath-breaking  to  hide  its  ow^.sins  in  a  multi- 
tude of  others.  Henqe ;  the  suggestion.  For  every 
one  knows  that  there  are  s,cfirce  a  hundred  well  persons 
in  the  city  who  care  for  jpaintings  and  statuary,  who 
cannot  honestly  find  the  means  and  time  to  visit  the 
Exposition  on  an  ordinary  day.  The  example  of  Cin- 
cinnati is  nothing.  If  art  galleries  invited  rows,  they 
would  be  fewer  than. they  are.  But  how  would  the 
people  be  made  better  by  the;  cultivation  of  esthetical 
qualities.  It  brin,gs  no  gr^ce  to  the  heart  or  peace  to 
the  conscience.  There  is  but  one  right  use  of  the 
Sabbath — to  hallow  it.  There  can  be  no  better  than 
a  wrong  use.  To  introduce  any  end  other  than  the 
highest  answers  no  useful  gnrpose.  It  serves  only,  to 
break  down  public  conscience,,  which,  of  all  nations,  we 
are  not  able  to  afford. 


Satan's  Sacrifice. 


BY  A.   THOMSON. 


The  river  murmured  hoarsely  by, 
The  heavy  clouds  hung  dark  and  low. 

The  moon  withdrew  her  silver  eye. 
And  shuddered  all  the  land  with  woe. 

A  power  that  God  had  never  blessed, 
Whose  inmost  heart  was  treason's  seat. 

Like  savage  beast  for  blood  athirst 
Sprang  sudden  from  its  black  retreat. 

A  loyal  subject  of  our  laws. 

To  freedom's  holy  rights  an  heir. 
Was  dragged  from  home  and  friends,  because 

He  show'd  the  monster's  bloody  lair. 

Now  see  him  standing  fetter  bound 

Beside  the  river's  troubled  brink, 
Whose  chilling  waves  shall  soon  surround 

The  mail  that  dared  for  freedom  think. 

The  trees  hang  down  their  leafy  hands 
And  moan,  as  if  in  deep  despair, 
:  >  And  evil  spirits  come  in  bands 
From  all  the  outer  fields  of  air. 

On  harpy  wing  they  cleave  the  sky. 
Through  forests  deep  and  dark  they  flew, 

From  midnight  revels  wild  and  high, 
Apd  midnight  seance  came  the  crew- 

From  Afric's  Purrah  jungles  dark. 

From  heathen  temples  smeared  with  blood, 

From  rebel  Judah's  Godless  ark, 
They  gatiiered  swiftly  to  the  flood. 

The  hour  had  come ;  ujjon  the  wave 
A  shallop  moved  with  muflSed  oar, —  .s .'; ;  ui  .1  u 

Hell  shouted  in  its  blackest  cave  \'i  V[r,:\   . 

And  demons  dan<;ed  upon  the  shore. 

For,  dropped  into  the  gurgling  deep. 
The  martyred  Morgan  prays  and  dies; 

While  Freedom's  holy  angel's  weep, 
And  hell  accepts  the  sacrifice. 

But  hell  could  not  the  deed  conceal, 
-ill,     The  river  tells  it  to  the  sea, 
f^  ^ , And  .all  the  winds  of  heaven  reveal      


The  hateful  secret  to  the  free, 


(•jwhui  'tfli  ii 


But  think  not  ye  who  stand  to-day  '/oil   I'tJhiH! 

Tf)  bar  the  laws  of  God, and  man,  ■•>  rnt    "li  • 
Who  lift  your  guilty  hands  to  pray 

And  take  that  holy  name  in  vain, — 

Think  not  to  stamp  with  cloven  foot 

Prom  human  bosoms  love  and  faith,    arf-j  ni.  sjnij)  .; 
Nor  deem  that  truth's  eternal  root    , ,     ,  . . ^,j- :- r-  ^    

Shall  wither  at  your  blast  of  death.    , 

Though  priests  of  Baal  may  throng  the  land  ouijii!  Juii 
To  gag  the  church  and  throttle  law,  •■■•■''!  ■■  't 

There  lives  and  acts  a  fearless  band 
Untamed  by  ruffian  threat  or  awe: 

To  struggle  bravely  for  the  right. 

For  all  that  Christians  hold  as  dear ; 
And  God  himself  shall  guide  the  fight 

And  couch  the  truth's  unerring  spear. 
Wlicaton,  III'. 

I  believe  the  first  test  of  a  truly  great  man  is  hia 
humiliiy.  I  do  not  mean,  by  humility,  doubt  of  his 
own  power,  or  hesitation  in  speaking  of  his  opinions; 
but  a  right  understanding  of  the  relation  between  what 
we  can  do  and  say,  and  the  rest  of  the  world's  say- 
ings and  doings.  All  great  men  not  only  know  their  - 
business,  but  usually  know  thaithey  know  it;  and  are 
not  only  right  in  their  opinions,  but  they  are  right  in 
them;  only  they  do  not  think  much  of  themselves  on 
that  account.  — Muskin. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


An  Honest  Confession « 


|The  following  is  an  extract  from  a  little^  work  "Be- 
hind the  Bars,"  written  by  Seth  W.  Payne,  a  journ- 
alist who  was  Arrested  for  an  exposure  of  the  New 
York  courts.  He  was  tried  and  sentenced  by  the  vin- 
dicative judge,  and  spent  a  short  time  in  Albany  peni- 
tentiary, where  he  wrote  the  above  work.  His  opinion 
of  Freemasonry  under  the  circumstances  is  very  inter- 
esting. Mr.  Payne  reported  Prof.  C.  A.  Blanchard's 
lectures  in  Brooklyn  last  year  for  one  of  the  city  journ- 
als.] 

From  the  number  of  Masonic  signs  I  have  received 
I  should  judge  that  full  three-fourths  of  the  male 
members  of  this  institution  are  also  members  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity.  I  can  scarcely  catch  the  eye  of  a 
fellow  convict  without  his  giving  me  a  Masonic  sign. 
This,  when  I  was  less  experienced  than  now,  would 
have  surprised  me,  but  since  meeting  with  Masons  in 
the  hovels  of  the  Irish  in  Ireland,  the  street  corners  of 
London,  the  Five  Points  and  other  places  where  the 
honest  poor  arc  compelled  to  congregate  in  New  York, 
in  the  wigwams  of  the  savages  on  the  plains,  the  tem- 
ples of  the  Liatter-Day  Saints  in  Salt  Lake,  and  among 
the  Celestials  of  the  Pacific  cosist,  it  is  not  at  all  strange 
that  I  should  find  Masons  among  the  inmates  of  our 
jails  and  State  prisons.  Masonry,  I  believe,  is  as  uni- 
versal as  the  world.  A  Mason  may  go  where  he  will 
and  he  will  find  many  calling  themselves  such. 

And  now,  having  said  this  much,  I  am  going  to  tell 
what  I  think  of  both  Masonry  and  Masons.  In  telling 
what  I  thought  about  a  judge  I  got  jugged  in  this 
jail.  For  aught  I  know  it  may  be  treason  for  a  man  to 
tell  what  he  thinks  about  Masonry.  I  do  not  want  to 
say  things  that  I  ought  not  to  say.  I  do  not  want  to 
be  locked  up  in  prison  any  more,  and  wish  to  have  it 
understood  that  I  pretend  to  write  no  one's  thoughts 
but  my  own.  I  sce  out  of  my  own  eyes  and  hear 
through  my  own  ears,  and  those  having  eyes  and  ears 
of  their  own  should  not  be  led  astray  by  mine.  Three 
times  already  have  they  led  me  to  jail.     •'•<T'  /""■ 

In  Masonic  language,  I  hail  from  Bergeir  Xibflge,  No. 
49,  Jersey  City,  AvherQ  I  believe  I  am  in  good  stand- 
ing, as  every  Mason  is  who  pays  his  dues  and  bows 


them  in  their  villainy.  Woe  be  to  that  Mason  who  re 
fuses  to  bow  to  the  high  priests  of  his  lodge.  I  have 
known  poor  men  in  the  order  persecuted,  driven  from 
their  situations,  their  famiUes  brought  to  the  very  verge 
of  starvation  and  they  themselves  treated  in  the  most 
barbarous  and  hellish  manner  by  these  high-handed 
"brothers"  because  they  refused  to  second  their  vil 
lainy.  But  if  a  mean,  sneaking,  policy  man  has  mon- 
ey, and,  without  fairly  earning  it,  desires  more,  then 
he  should  join  the  Masons  by  all  means.  If  a  mean 
man  wants  to  sneak  into  office  he  should  lose  no  time 
in  taking  upon  himself  the  secrets  of  Masonry;  but  a 
man  with  nobility  of  nature  and  manhood  enough  to 
stand  or  fall  by  his  own  merits,  a  man  who  looks  to 
God  for  help  and  in  all  things  and  at  all  times  is  deter 
mined  to  obey  Go4's  will  through  the  conscience  God 
has  given  him,  and  to  act  manly  towards  all  mankind, 
can  not  be  made  one  whit  more  manly  by  belonging  to 
all  the  secret  societies  in  Christendom.  It  is  far  better 
to  ,be  a  man  than  to  be  a  Mason  or  anything  else. 
Those  friends  whose  friendship  must  be  secured  through 
secret  oaths  and  serious  obligations  are  not  the  friends 
for  me.  I  want  no  purchased  or  compulsatory  friend- 
ship. It  is  a  happy  thought  that  in  this  life  at  least 
one  can  stand  alone.  He  may  suffer  persecutions  and 
privations,  but  even  these,  if  met  in  a  right  spirit,  are 
a  pleasure.  It  is  really  happiness  to  be  shut  up  in  a 
dungeon  for  trying  to  maintfiin  principle.  A  pure 
heart  and  a  clear  conscience  are  better  friends  than 
either  money.  Masonry  or  power  can  bring.  With 
these  a  man  can  snap  his  fingers  in  the  face  of  fate, 
laugh  at  the  power  of  the  law  and  grow  fat  on  mush 
and  water  in  the  pen  of  a  prison. 


submissive  to  the  high  priests  of  the  order,  there  being 
from  one  to  ten  priestly  idols  to  be  worshiped  in  every 
lodge.  I  am,  therefore,  a  Mason,  and,  after  making 
myself  known  as  such,  am  entitled  to  visit  any  lodge 
in  any  part  of  the  worW.  fe9i*oi;l<1  aJr  ni  feajnode  li  ■ 

The  theory  of  Masonr)f"is  •'mds'f  ^'excefterit  The 
practice  of  Masons,  as  a  class,  is  a  disgrace  to  the 
name  they  bear.  '  The  teaching  of  Masonry  is  charity 
and  brotherly  love ;  the  practice  is  selfishness  and  love 
of  self-interest.  Men  become  Masons  that  they  may, 
by  Masonry,  be  advanced  in  wealth  and  positions  of 
power.  Thus  you  will  find  all  the  corrupt,  wire-pull- 
ing politicians  to  be  Masons.-  They  want  office,  and 
through  the  influence  of  Masonry  they  expect  to  obtain 
it,  no  matter  how  obnoxious  their  actions  may  have 
been  to  the  masses  of  the  people.  It  is  a  lamentable 
fact,  yet  nevertheless  true,  that  about  all  the  mean 
men  of  a  city  or  town  can  be  found  by  reading  the 
names  in  a  Masonic  directory  of  the  place.  There  was 
a  time  in  the  history  of  this  country  when  an  honest 
man  considered  it  an  honor  to  be  known  as  a  Mason, 
but  now  honesty  blushes  to  own  the  name.  This  does 
not  argue  a  word  against  the  institution,  but  it  shows 
the  facility  with  which  bad  men  gain  admission  to  the 
order.  There  is  but  little  honor  among  Masons  as  a 
class.  They  sometimes  turn  out  with  great  pomp  and 
display  to  bury  a  rich  brother.  They  do  this  to  be 
seen  of  men,  but  to  scare  the  wolf  from  the  door  of  a 
dead  honest  brother's  family  brings  them  neither  honor 
nor  votes.  I  would  advise  all  poor  and  honest  disposed 
men  to  keep  clear  of  Masonry.  It  will  do  you  no  o-ood 
and  the  money  you  will  have  to  spend  can  be  used  to 
a  far  better  advantage.  Besides,  the  leading  lights  in 
every  lodge  are  bad  men.  They  are  bruitish,  licentious, 
unprincipled  men.  To  be  made  a  Mason  is  to  be  made 
their  tool.  They  want  you  for  your  money  and  the 
good  you  can  do  them.  Oft  times  these  leading  lights 
are  the  most  dangerous  members  of  society.  To  carry 
out  their  selfish  purposes  they  will  break  every  law 
known  to  man  or  Maker,  and  they  -want  you  to  protect 

.i^  A'i.-Ji^s.- 


Masqnic  I'rajers. 

[From  the  "Report  on  Foreign  Correspondence  to  the  Grant!  Lodge 
ofJNewYork,  1874] 

It  is  universally  claimed,  in  behalf  of  Freemasonry, 
that  the  institution  is  C-itholic  and  cosmopolitan  in  its 
character,  and  it  studi  usly  excludes  from  its  lodges 
all  systems  of  faith,  or  sect,  and  all  mere  dogmas  of 
religion,  and  only  requires  from  its  initiates  a  belief  in 
Deity,  j^nd  conformity,  in  life  and  practice,  to  the 
moral  law.  And  yet  we  find  intolerant  Masons  who 
insist  that  the  prayers  shall  be  so  worded,  at  our  lodge 
devotir-ns,  that  their  particular  creed,  or  form  of  be- 
lief, as  to  the  nature,  power,  subst'ince,  individuality, 
unity  or  trinity  of  God,  shall  be  acknowledged  and 
worshiped,  and  addressed  in  prayer,  and  none  other. 

To  all  such  we  would  say,  there  are  Masons  all  over 
the  civilized  world,  and  lodges  are  organized  among 
all  nations,  tongues,  and  kindred  of  people.  What, 
then,  shall  the  brethren  do,  when  required  to  meet 
with  those  of  several  different  creeds,  at  one  and  tbe 
same  time  and  place,  or  in  one  lodgt?  Shall  the  Par- 
see  brother  demand  that  the  ritual  of  Zoroaster  shall 
be  followed,  and  God  worshiped  only  in  or  through 
fire?  The  Persian — insist  that  all  join  with  him  in 
the  salutation :  La  Mah  e  il  Allah !     The    brethren  of 


prophet!  The  descendants  of  Israel:  that  power  and 
glory  and  dominion  be  ascribed  to  God  I  One  Only ! 
Eternal  and  Immutable!  Or,  shall  a  Christian  Trini- 
tarian insist,  that  the  only  ascription  made,  or  wor- 
ship had,  shall  be  to  God,  in  unity  of  substance  and 
trinity  of  individuality  ?  When  all  of  these  different 
brethren,  on  this  question,  agree  in  the  one  great  and 
sublime  belief  and  faith  that  God  is  the  Supreme  Be- 
ing; Creator  and  Governor  of  alt  things;  Infinite,  Eter- 
nal and  great  Jehovah  I  Why  then  cannot  all  meet  as 
brethren,  in  a  truly  fraternal  and  tolerant  spirit,  one 
with  another?  And  if  the  lodge  where  the  '  'gather- 
ing together"  occurs,  be  in  the  land  of  the  Parsee, 
let  the  brother  of  that  faith  offer  his  prayers ;  if  in  the 
home  of  the  Hindu,  or  the  Persian,  or  Islamite,  let 
one  of  them  conduct  the  devotions;  if  among  the  Sons 
of  Israel,  one  of  them,  and  if  among  Christians,  then 
one  of  that  faith ;  or  better  still,  if  the  great  majority 
in  each  one  of  these  would  let  the  one  who  visits  them, 
offer  prayer  in  his  own  way !  This  generosity  of  action, 
this  noble  exeroiie  of  true  Masonic  toleration,  would 
diBarm  that  offensive  spirit  which  seekt^  the  propaga 


tion  of  a  creed  with  the  bayonet,  joins  the  missive  to 
be  hurled,  with  the  missionary  sent;  and  is  ever  fur- 
nishing materials  for  mere  sectarian  strife.  Such  tol- 
erant conduct  as  we  have  suggested,  would  be  like 
that  dictated  by  the  Giver  of  Light,  in  the  ancient 
oriental  allegory,  to  the  Father  of  the  Faithful. 
It  reads  thus: 

''And  it  came  to  pass  after  these  things,  that  Ab- 
raham sat  in  the  door  of  his  tent,  about  the  going 
down  of  the  sun.  And  behold  a  man  bent  with  age, 
coming  from  the  way  of  the  wilderness,  leaning  ou  a 
staff.  And  Abraham  rose  up  and  met  him,  and  said 
unto  him:  'Turn  in  I  pray  thee,  and  wash  thy  feet, 
and  tarry  all  night;  and  tliou  shah  rise  up  early  in 
the  morning  and  go  on  thy  way.'  And  the  man 
said,  'Nay,  for  I  will  abidt^  under  this  tree.'  But 
Abraham  pressed  him  greatly,  so  he  turned,  and  they 
went  into  the  i,ent;  and  Abraham  baked  unleavened 
bread,  and  they  d  d  eat.  And  when  Abraham  saw 
that  the  man  blessed  not  God,  he  said  unto  him, 
'Wherefore  dost  thou  not  worship  the  Most  High 
God,  Creator  of  Heaven  and  earth  V  And  th«  man 
answered  and  said,  'I  do  )  ot  worship  thy  God,  neither 
do  I  call  upon  his  name;  for  1  have  made  to  myself  a 
god,  which  8b  detb  always  in  my  house,  and  provideth 
me  with  all  thirg^."  And  Abraham's  zeal  wa8  kindled 
against  the  man^  and  he  rose  up,  ard  fell  upon  hiifi, 
and  drove  him  forth  with  blows"  into  the  wilderness. 
"And  God  calkd  unto  Abraham,  saying,  'Abra- 
ham !'And  he  said,  'Behold  me,  oh  Lord!  And 
God  said,  where  is  the  stranger!'  And  Abraham  an- 
swered and  said,  'Lord,  he  would  not  worship  thee, 
neither  would  he  call  upon  thy  Name,  therefore  have 
I  driven  him  out  from  before  my  face  into  the  wilder- 
ness.' And  God  said,  'Have  I  borne  with  him  these 
hundred  and  ninety  and  eight  years,  and  fed  and 
nourished  him,  notwithstanding  his  bitterness  against 
me,  and  tould'st  not  then,  who  art  thyself  a  sinner, 
bear  with  him  for  one  night?'  Then  Abraham  fell 
down  upon  the  ground,  with  his  face  in  the  earth, 
and  worshipped  the  Lord,  and  said^  'Let  not  the  an- 
ger of  my  Lord  be  kindled,  and  wax  hot  against  bis 
servant  I  Lo!  I  have  sinned  in  thy  sight,  and  lie  in 
dust  and  ashes  before  thee !  Oh  my  Lord,  hearken 
unto  me  and  forgive  the  trespass  of  thy  servant  I 
pray  thee!'  |And  God  said,  'For  this  thy  sin,  thy  seed 
shall  be  servants  four  hundred  years  in  the  land  of 
the  stranger  whom  thou  hast  driven  out  But  for 
thy  repentance  will  I  deliver  them;  and  they  shall  go 
forth  from  thence  with  power,  and  with  gladness  of 
heart,  and  with  much  substance. 

"And  Abraham  arose  and  went  forth  into  the  wild- 
erness, and  sought  diligently  after  the  man,  and 
found  him,  and  returned  with  him  to  the  tent,  and 
when  he  had  entreated  h^m  kindly,  he  sent  him  away 
on  the  morrow  with  gifts." 

In  the  ancient  Grecian  mythology,  prayers  were 
considered  as  the  gift  or  teaching  of  God,  and  deemed 
of  celestial  birth.  Thus  Homer,  writing  nearly 
thirty  centuries  ago(Illiad,  ix.  623),  as  rendered  by 
Pope  says: 

"PrayerB  are  Jove's  danghters,  of  Celestial  face. 

Lame  are  their  feet,  and  wrinkled  is  their  face ; 

With  humble  mien  and  with  dejected  eyes. 

Constant  they  follow  where  injustice  flies. 

Injustice  swift,  erect  and  unconfined, 
,  Sweeps  the  wide  earth  and  tramples  o'er  mankind. 

While  prayers,  to  heal  her  wrongs,  move  slow  behind." 
'And  in  ancient  times,  among   people  we  are  accus- 


Islam,  that  all  cry   Allah!   Ackbar!   Mahomet   is  his  tomed  to  consider  as  heathen,  no  great  or  important 


under<^aking  was  entered  upon,  without  invoking  the 
favor  of  Deity.  And  the  worshipers  in  the  temples, 
were  summoned  to  join  with  the  officiating  priest,  in 
the  very  words  we  use  now,  Let  us  pray!  (Aristo- 
phanes, Page  662,  Ams.  Ed).  And  in  the  same  man- 
ner, "with  the  hands  uplifted."  (Tacitus,  Ann.  ,1. 
iii,  c.  5.)  And  no  one  could  come  to  the  worship,  or 
join  in  the  prayers,  who  was  in  any  defiled.  For  this 
purpose  'water  for  cleansiug"  was  furnished,  which 
had,  in  some  form,  been  duly  consecrated.  The  com- 
ing defiled  waa  deemed  so  impious,  that  it  is  related 
in  story,  that  a  thunderblot  struck  dead  one  so  ap- 
proaching the  altar  of  Jupiter.  Timarchides  Lib,  de 
Caronis. 

But  time  and  space  forbid  further  discussion,  and  we 
will  only  add,  that  if  those  who  are  so  critical  as  to 
the  forms  of  prayer  and  the  modes  of  devotion  would 
consider  that  all  such  things  are  the  mere  husk  which 
holds  the  wheat,  the  setting  which  clasps  the  clear  and 
sparkling  diamond ;  for  to  these  we  would  compare  the 
offeringsof  a  pure  and  contrite  heart  to  the    "Great  I 

Am,"  ve  tMnk  they  would  cease  the  critical  and  try  to 

ji!'^joc>iit  )*iU  »0     .V 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURK. 


obtain  more  of  the  devotional  spirit.  Indeed,  if  all  the 
fraternity  would  only  reflect  and  consider  what  prayer 
is,  what  it  symbolizes,  why  it  is  offered,  and  above  all, 
to  whom  it  is  addressed,  and  in  whose  awful  presence, 
we,  poor  worms  of  the  dust,  are  especially  thrusting 
ourselve?,  we  believe  there  would  be  less  strife  and 
contention,  and  more  of  that  lowly  and  contrite  spirit 
for  which  the  King,  Poet,  and  Psalmist  of  Israel  so 
earnestly  besought. 


The  Brooklyn  Dispensation. 


One  of  the  most  remarkable  chapters  in  church  his- 
tory has  been  gradually  unfolding  at  Broolilyn.  We 
should  be  blind  to  the  signs  of  the  times,  and  to  the 
plainest  lessons  of  Divine  Providence,  if  we  failed  in 
reading  it  to  recognize  the  hand  of  God 

Thus  far  we  have  watched  and  waited  for  some  rev- 
elalion  that  would  clear  up  the  dark  enigma,  but  in 
vain.  While  darkness  still  shrouds  the  main  issue, 
there  are  some  collateral  points  which  are  clear  enough, 
as  viewed  in  the  light  of  Divine  Providence  toward 
the  church.  And  with  the  Bible  in  our  hands,  how 
are  we  to  interpret  them  ?  It  is  not  a  leeson  for  Brook- 
lyn alone,  but  for  the  whole  American  church  and 
people ;  nay  ,  for  all  the  churches  in  Christendom,  to 
give  heed  to  and  profit  by  its  solemn  warning. 

1 .  The  first  thin  g  which  has  impressed  itself  profound- 
ly upon  our  own  thoughts  in  connection  with  the  whole 
case  is,  that  the  true  policy  of  God's  church  and  God's 
ministers  is  to  stand  by  the  old  landmarks.  We  look 
upon  this  great  and  terrible  calamity,  which  has  come 
upon  the  church,  with  all  its  wide-spread  injury  to 
Christianity,  as  the  legitimate  and  inevitable  result  of 
the  innovating  and  destructive  gospel  which  has  been 
preached  for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  in  this 
great  metropolitan  pulpit  of  the  nation.  No  preach- 
er of  our  day,  at  least  in  our  country,  has  had  such  a 
hearing  and  wielded  such  an  influence  over  the  pop- 
ular mind.  But  the  gospel  thus  proclaimed  to  thou- 
sands has  not  been  the  old  gospel  of  tfa^  apostles  and 
martyrs,  nor  the  gospel  of  the  continental  reformers 
and  the  English  Puritans,  nor  the  gospel  of  the  New 
England  fathers,  nor  even  the  gospel  of  Jonathan  Ed- 
wards and  Lyman  Beecher;  but  a  new,  progressive 
and  humanitarian  gospel,  appealing  to  the  predjudices 
of  the  age,  and  boasting  that  its  mission  was  to  re- 
form the  world  by  pulling  down  and  destroying  the 
old  theology. 

Well  did  this  great,  popular  preacher  describe  th<e 
character  of  his  own  ministry  when  he  said,  accord- 
ing to  a  testimony  lately  published,  that  "his  work 
was  about  done  in  that  line  (preaching),  that  it  had 
principally  been  a  destructive  work,  pulling  to  pieces 
the  old  theology,  and  that  some  one  else  must  now 
arise  with  constructive  ability  to  make  a  new  scheme." 
And  well  did  an  apt  disciple  of  his  own  training,  who 
is  now  his  chief  accuser,  portray  the  effect  of  that  sort 
of  preaching  on  the  heart  and  character,  when  he  said: 
"The  old  religious  teachings,  the  orthodox  view,  the 
dread  of  punishment,  the  atonement,  have  less  and 
less  power  over  my  mind.  I  do  not  believe  in  ortho- 
doxy. Thank  God  I  do  not  belong  to  the  priesthood 
or  the  church.  I  am  a  man  of  religious  sympathies, 
who  thoroughly  hate  and  despise  religious  creeds.  1 
don't  believe  in  one  of  the  Thirty-nine  Articles  nor  in 
either  one  of  the  catechisms,  nor  in  the  Divinity  of  the 
inspiration  of  the  Scriptures,  nor  in  the  Divinity  of 
Christ  in  the  sense  in  which  it  ia  held." 

Now  as  Christ  Jesus  is  on  the  throne  of  universal 
dominion,  still  loving  and  defending  his  truth  as  when 
he  ascended,  these  things  cannot  be  done  in  his  name 
and  within  the  bosom  of  his  church  without  sooner  or 
later  bringing  down  his  rebuke.  His  professed  min- 
isters may  not  pour  contempt  upon  the  great  doc- 
trines of  his  gospel  and  wage  war  upon  that  theology 
which  teaches  sin  and  depravity,  redemption  by  the 
blood  of  Christ,  »alvation  by  grace  alone,  and  an  eter- 
nal hell  for  the  wicked,  and  the  wrath  of  God  against 
all  iniquity,  without  being  brought  to  see  ere  long  that 
thev  are  fisrhtinsr  a&rainst  God. 


The  thoughtless  multitudes  may  be  carried  away 
for  a  time  with  admiration  for  this  new  gospel,  aad 
acores  and  hundreds  of  young  ministers  may  even 
catch  the  infection,  and  imitate  the  popular  idol;  but 
the  reaction  of  truth,  as  in  this  case,  is  bound  to  come, 
even  though  it  come  in  the  form  of  judgment  and  dis- 
aster. 

During  all  these  years  of  rising  popularity,  of  wi- 
dening influence,  and  of  progressive  latitudinarianism  ,in 
the  great  metropolitan  orator,  there  have  not  been 
wanting  many  thoughtful  men  in  all  parts  of  the  laud, 
who,  while  they  appreciated  the  geniua  of  the  man, 
saw  the  departure  of  the  preacher  from  the  truth  of 
God  with  pain  and  apprehension.  And  some  l\a/d 
even  predicted  that  the  career  would  at  last  end,  ei 
ther  in  a  total  abnegation  of  faith,  or  in  some  other 
great  disaster. 

2.  The  next  important  point  which  the  pro?Jdence 
of  God  seem?  to  be  making  plain  by  all  these  Bianifes- 
tations  is  that  this  boasted  humanitarLin  and  progres- 
sive gospel,  which  has  been  so  long  preached  in  the 
Brooklyn  and  other  pulpits,  is,  after  all,  ao  improve- 
ment on  the  old  orthodox  Gospel  of  the  fathers  and 
the  church  creeds. 

"God  and  humanity"  has  been  the  cry  and  the 
watchword  from  the  beginning.  Bat  far  more  of  hu- 
manity than  of  God.  Humanity  has  been  the  climax 
of  this  creed:  manhood,  the  perpetual  theme  of  its 
preaching.  Not  all  for  God's  glory,  but  all  for  man'o 
enjoyment.  To  build  up  a  true  manhood  has  been  its 
great  endeavor.  Not  to  reveal  to  the  world  a  more 
spiritual  type  of  Christianity,  more  holy,  more  self- 
denying,  more  consecrated  to  Gjd,  bat  a  more  robust 
and  athletic  Christianity,  a  more  muscular  and  enjoy- 
able Christianity, — a  live  Christianity,  as  it  is  called, 
suited  to  the  times,  and  thus  commending  itself  to  the 
world. 

It  is  a  Christianity  that  knows  how  to  make  the 
most  out  of  the  good  things  of  this  woild  without  los- 
ing its  hope  of  heaven — a  Christianity  that  praises 
men  and  pleases  men  by  ignoring  the  doctrines  of  sin 
and  apostasy, — by  lowering  the  c'u'ms  of  God's  vio- 
lated law,  and  keeping  out  of  view  the  penalties  of 
God's  coming  wrath,  and  thus  adjusting  itself  to  the 
tastes  of  the  unconverted  heart,  and  to  the  caprice  of 
this  enlightened  age. 

Such,  in  brief,  is  the  new  evangel  of  humanity  and 
worldliness,  of  which  this  great  popular  preacher  has 
been  the  pioneer  and  the  chief  apostle  in  our  coun- 
try for  a  quarter  of  a  century — as  different  from  the 
old  gospel  of  the  New  England  Congregational  fath- 
ers and  the  New  England  Presbyterians,  as  light  is 
from  darkness — as  different  even  from  that  stern  and 
solid  gospel  of  God,  which  Lyman  Beecher  in  his  ear- 
lier ministry  preached  with  saving  power,  and  with 
great  revivals  of  religion  at  the  other  end  of  the  is- 
land, in  Easthampton,  as  the  east  is  from  the  west. 

And  now  behold  the  result  in  the  light  of  all  these 
recent  revelations !  What  becomes  of  this  great  refor- 
mation by  which  Christianity,  clad  in  the  beautiful 
garments  of  worldly  conformity,  and  preaching  the 
dignity  of  human  nature,  and  the  beititudes  of  virtue, 
was  to  reconcile  sinners  to  God  by  praising  them,  and 
build  up  a  nobler  type  of  manhood  than  the  church 
of  the  old  creeds  has  ever  seen?  Where  is  its  supe- 
sior  saving  power  as  exhibited  either  in  the  individual 
man,  or  in  the  collective  body  of  the  people  ?  What 
have  been  the  fruits  of  this  public  inauguration  in  the 
pulpit,  of  a  s.tyle  of  preaching  which  almost  destroyed 
the  solemnity  of  the  Sabbath  and  the  house  of  God  ? 
It  has  been  the  reign  of  levity,  and  fun,  and  frolic,  and 
a  virtual  breaking  down  of  all  lines  of  distinction  be- 
tween the  serious  and  the  frivolous,  the  sacred  and  the 
secular,  the  church  and  the  world.  If  these  things 
are  done  in  the  green  tree,  what  may  we  not  expect 
in  the  dry  ?  Is  it  not  time  for  buffoonery  to  cease 
from  the  pulpit. 

3.  It  is  now  manifest  that  this  whole  Brooklyn  dis- 
pensation of  Broad  Churchism  and  of  universal  love 
and  brotherhood  will  not  answer.  It  is  no  improve- 
ment after  all     It  baptizes  itself  with  a  blessed  name. 


It  boasts  of  progress  aad  Uberality.  It  claims  eman- 
cipation from  all  the  iron  shackles  of  the  past.  It 
sings  of  freedom  and  of  love,  the  march  of  mind,  and 
the  mighty  march  of  humanity.  But  it  has  been 
weighed  in  the  .balances  of  the  sanctuary,  and  found 
wanting. 

Its  confident  claim  to  be  the  gospel  for  the  times,  an 
advance  over  all  that  went  before,  is  found  to  be  with- 
out foundation.  Its  great  fundamental  dogma  about 
the  dignity  and  beauty  and  perfectibility  of  human  na- 
ture, 18,  after  all,  an  empty  boast,  unsustained  by  facts, 
and  which  leaves  this  poor  manhood  in  the  dust  and 
raire.  It  has  no  power  to  regenerate  society.  It  has 
no  power  to  eradicate  the  dread  malady  of  sin,  for  it 
denies  all  true  knowledge  as  to  the  nature  of  sin,  all 
real  experience  of  the  only  method  »f  deliverance  from 
sin.  It  ignores  all  those  motives  drawn  from  the  im- 
potence of  man,  the  terrors  of  God's  wrath,  and  the 
sovereignty  of  Divine  grace,  which  would  drive  the 
soul  to  seek  salvation  in  God  alone. 

It  scouts  all  denominational  and  creed  boEndarieCjand 
it  has  virtually  broken  down  all  the  old  distinctions  be- 
tween the  church  and  the  world,  denouncing  the  doc- 
trines of  the  old  theology,  and  setting  at  naught  the 
rules  and  restraints  of  church  diecipline.  Says  an  eye- 
witness: ''He  used  to  take  people  into  his  church  who 
believed  in  almost  anything  and  almost  nothing.  There 
were  Congregationaiists  and  Baptists,  and  "Quakers 
and  Presbyteriaas,  and  Episcopalians  and  Free  Relig- 
ionists, and  URiversalists  and  Unitarians,  and  Progresff- 
sionists,  and  those  who  believed  in  almost  everything 
from  Darwia  down.  The  consequence  was  the  crowd 
was  a  very  promiscuous  one.  They  "were  like  the 
preacher,  fiheral  in  their  views." 

Now  this  whole  movement  for  a  broad  and  Uberal 
church  has  from  first  to  last  been  of  the  nature  of  a 
compromise  with  error  and  a  concession  to  the  de- 
jaaeds  of  the  world.  It  has  been  a  virtual  surrender 
of  all  these  distipclive  elements  of  the  gospel  of  God 
which  are  op^sed  to  the  natural  tastes,  prejudices 
and  passions  of  the  human  heart,  for  the  sake  of  win- 
ning the  approval  and  the  co-operation  cf  the  world. 
It  is  a  kiad  of  preaching  and  of  church  organization, 
which  is  willing  to  purchase  the  favor  of  unbelieving 
and  mngodly  men  at  the  expense  of  the  truth,  a,t  the 
sacrifice  of  the  only  gospel  of  Christ.  It  is  simply  acd 
intensely  a  humanitarian  scheme  throughout. 

It  is  the  gospel  of  the  worl'i  baptised  ia  the  name 
of  Christ.  It  is  not  the  gospel  of  the  New  Testament. 
It  is  powerless  to  convert  a  single  soul  from  death. 
This  is  not  saying  there  are  no  converted  souls  in  all 
this  broad  church  organization.  Doubtlefs,  there  are 
true  Christians  among  them.  But  they  have  been 
converted  elsewhere,  and  by  otherand  better  agencies, 
than  this  style  of  preaching.  All  that  it  has  ever 
done  is  to  make  Christians  more  worldly;  and  if  it 
coidd  be  carried  out,  it  would  end,  not  in  converting 
the  world  to  God,  but  the  church  to  the  world,  the 
flesh  and  the  devil. — Prof.  Halsey  in  the  Interior. 

A  distinguished  author  observes,  that  for  good  or 
for  evil,  in  these  days  of  ours,  nothing  is  taken  for 
granted.  Creed,  system,  institution,  all  must  justify 
their  existence.  No  prescription,  however  venerable, 
no  authority,  however  sacred,  may  plead  exemption. 
The  restless  tide  of  thought  washes  away  the  accre- 
tions of  ages.  But  is  it  indeed  so  ?  Must  Christianity, 
which  has  proved  itself  divine  so  many  times  as  it  has 
come  down  unshaken  through  the  centuries  past,  prove 
itself  anew,, or  be  summarily  disnaissed  as  unworthy 
of  acceptance?  As  one  sensibly  asks:  Is  nothing 
settled,  nothing  fixed  and  permanent?  Is  truth,  moral 
truth,  divine  truth,  mutual  and  flexible  and  subject  to 
revision  and  amendment  and  improvement?  Verily 
there  are  some  creeds,  and  systems,  and  institutions 
that  need  no  new  justification  before  men.  They  are 
once  for  all  and  finally  attested  and  established  and 
will  remain  till  the  second  coming  of  the  Lord.  The 
tidal  wave  of  human  thought  can  not  wash  them  away. 

m  I  ■ 

"I  am  exhausted  by  so  many  severe  illnesses.  God 
knows  what  end  it  serves.  He  is  like  a  printer,  who 
sets  the  letters  backward.  We  see  and  feel  him  set 
the  types,  but  here  we  cannot  read  them.  Yonder  in 
the  life  to  come,  we  shall  read  all  clear  and  straight- 
forward." "Christians  must  be  sown,  torn,  crushed 
and  winnowed. "  '  'So  many  times  indeed  do  we  die, 
before  we  die  once."  "Oh,  my  God,  punish  with 
anything  rather  than  thou  be  silent  to  me." — Luther. 


4 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The   National    Chistiaa   Association. 


Object. — "To  expose,  withstand 
and  remove  secret  societies,  Freema- 
sonry in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movementSjin  order  to  save 
the  churches  of  Christ  from  being  de- 
praved; to  redeem  the  administration 
of  justice  from  perversion,  and  our 
repubUcan  government  from  corrup- 
tion." 

Presidknt. — B.  T.  Roberts,  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y. 

Directors. — Philo  Carpenter,  J. 
Blanchard,  A.  Wait,  I.  A.  Hart,  C. 
R.  Hagerty,  E.  A.  Cook,  J.  G.  Terrill, 
O.  F.  Lumry,  3f  M.  Wallace,  Isaac 
Preston,    Wm.    Pinkney. 

Corresponding  Secrbtary. — C.  A. 
Blanchard,  11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Recording  Secretary  and  Treasur- 
er.— H.  L.  Kellogg,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

G-BNERAL  Agent  and  Lecturer. — 
J.  P.  Stoddard,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

Life  membership,  $10. 00;  annual  do  , 
25  cts.  Orders  for  memberships  and 
general  correspondence  of  the  Associa- 
tion should  be  sent  to  the  Correspond- 
ing Secretary.  All  donations  or  be- 
quests, to  the  Treasurer. 


— Annual  Meeting  of  the  North-east 
Pa.  Association,  Nov.  3d,  in  Free 
Methodist  Hall,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 
It  is  proposed  to  organize  a  State 
Associauon  in  connection  with  this 
meeting.  Communities,  churcheF,  any 
organized  body  opposed  to  secret  soci- 
eties, are  requested  to  appoint  immedi- 
ately, good  men,  citizens,  clergymen, 
any  suitable  person  to  attend  said  meet- 
ing, report  to  the  following  committee: 
.Nathan  Callender,  Greene  Grove, 
Luzerao  Co.  ;  M.  D.  McDouGAL,Wilke8- 
barre;  A,  L.   Post,  liljontrose,   Pa. 


— The  Indiana  State  meeting  will  be 
held  October  28th,  place  not  yet  an- 
nounced. The  agent  announces  to  all 
the  friends  in  the  State  to — 

1st,  See  that  a  delegate  is  sent  from 
your  neighborhood,  church,  or  asso- 
ciation. 

2d,  If  you  cannot  secure  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  delegate,  come  yourself,  and 
prove  your  devotion  to  this  good 
cause . 

3d,  Come  prepared  to  assist  us  finan- 
cially to  the  extent  of  your  ability. 

4th,  Come  with  words  of  counsel  and 
cheer,  and  God  will  bless  you  and  give 
us  a  isuckjessful  meeting. 

John  T.  Kiggins. 

♦♦♦ 

Notice.  — All    persons    desiring    to 
consult  with    the  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary of  the  N.  C.  A.    concerning  lect- 
ures or  any  other  topic  connected  with 
the  work  of   opposing  secret  societies, 
can   see   him   or   his  assistant   at   the 
Christian  Cynosure  office.  No.  1 3  Wa- 
basJ'  ^'^^•'  ^"^"^  9  to  11  o'clock.  A.  M. 
any^da  ^   in  the  week   except   Sunday. 
C.  A.  Blanchard, 
Oor.  Sec'y. 


'olds  a  meeting  at 
Oct.  14. 


at  Grotoo,    N.   Y.,  u 


McLean  on  Wednesday, 


tUt^  mm^        __ 


—Keep  in  mind  the  appointments  of  tht, 
present  month. 

—When  shall  the  meeting  of  the  Illi- 
nois State  Association  be  held?  "Where? 

bee  notice  on  the  sixteenth  page. 

—The  Du  Page  County  (111.)  A, ssocjation 
noias  Its  semi-annual  meeting'  soon  at 
Downer  s  Grove.    The  time  is  nc  it  yet  fixed. 

—  Ihe  lodge  has  broken  ouit  again  in 
violence.  See  the  letters  from  t  he  General 
Agent  and  Bro.  Givens.    The  c  ompiumca- 


tion  from  the  latter  has  been  overlooked 
for  two  or  three  issues,  for  which  we  crave 
pardon  of  our  readers.  We  aim  to  present 
such  news  immediately. 

— D.  P.  Rathbun  is  an  industrious  lec- 
turer besides  being  an  effective  one.  At 
the  close  of  the  Central  Ohio  Wesleyan 
Conference  in  August,  which  he  addressed, 
he  spoke  respectively  in  Clark  Street,  Spar- 
ta, Marengo,  Olive  Green,  Bennington  and 
West  Liberty,  lecturing  ten  times  and 
preaching  twice.  At  Sparta  the  lodge  was 
greatly  aroused,  and  at  Olive  Green  the 
Masons,  headed  by  a  lawyer  named  Baird, 
resorted  to  personal  violence  which  was 
nearly  serious.  He  also  attended  the  Mich- 
igan Conference  during  the  early  part  of 
Septemqer,  and  occupied  one  evening  in 
an  address  on  Masonic  worship.  His  calls 
for  work  in  that  State  are  so  numerous  that 
he  will  remain  there  until  his  return  home 
about  the  middle  of  October. 


From  the  General  Agent— Activity  in 

Indiana- A  Cowardly  Masonic 

Attack. 


N.  Manchester,  Ind. ,  Sept.  21. 

Dear  K: — B'rom  Grant  county,  where 
I  spoke  twenty  times  in  ten  days  and 
left  the  friends  in  good  heart,  I  carne 
to  this  region  on  the  26th  ins^.  The 
church, (U.  B.),^at  Silver  Lake  being 
closed  againsi  us,  I  went  lo  Center 
Church,  two  miles  north,  where  I  met 
a  cordial  reoeption  at  the  house  of  Bro. 
Wells.  Bro.  Ulshand  wife  soon  came  in, 
and  at  the  hour  appointed- repairing  to 
the  church  we  found  a  respectable  audi- 
ence who  seemed  interested  and  wilhng 
to  listen  to  the  truth.  Accompanying 
Bro.  Ulsh  to  his  home,  five  miles  distant, 
I  remained  quiet  recuperating  through 
the  day  for  the  work  of  the  evening. 

At  Yellow  Lake  the  United  Breth- 
ren did  not  see  their  way  clear  to  open 
their  house,  for  at  this  point,  as  at 
Silver  Lake,  leading  members  are  re- 
ported to  me  3,1  Masons  and  Odd-fel- 
lows. Of  course  men  who  live  in  open 
violation  of  their  covenant,  and  trample 
the  authorities  of  the  church  under 
their  feet,  '  'love  darkness,"  and  for  the 
same  reason  that  counterfeiters  and  bur- 
glars "love  darkucEs  because  their  deeds 
are  evil."  We  were  not  surprised,  but 
did  regret  to  see  men  thus  deluded  and 
sold  to  sin,  and,  as  it  appeared  to  some 
at  least,  ''  .vearing  the  livery  of  heaven" 
in  the  church  'Ho  serve  the  devil"  in 
the  lodge  more  eflfectually. 

Returning  from  an  enthusiastic,  order- 
ly meeting  in  the  church  of  God,  one 
mile  distant,  Bro.  Ulsh  was  suddenly 
stopped  by  the  falling  of  one  of  his 
wagon  wheels.  On  examination  it  ap- 
peared that  one  of  the  burrs  had  been 
removed,  and  thus  the  life  of  himself 
and  family  endangered.  Fortunately 
he  has  a  gentle  team  and  so  escaped 
serious  consequences.  Having  adjust- 
ed his  wheel  we  proceeded  homeward 
ibr  about  half  a  mile  further,  when 
passing  a  thicket,  we  were  saluted  with 
a  volley  of  eggs  served  up  in  true  Ma- 
sonic style.  This  was  near  the  "Gran- 
ger's" lodge,  and  the  eggs  were  proba- 
bly some  that  were  left  over  from  the 
last  festival  and  appropriated  for  the 
manly  and  characteristic  defense  of  the 
order. 

From  Yellow  Lake  I  went  to  Beaver 
Dam,  where  fixed  attention  and   good 

der  for  two  hours  in  a  large  <ind  well 
-oom  may  be  taken  as  evidence  of 


Ojt. 


filled  . 
interest,  o. 
this  prosperoUk. 


n  the   part  of  the  citizens  of 
and   enterprising  com- 


brethren    to  return  arid    occupy    their 
house  for  a  "whole  week''  will ,oot  soon 

,       ,  ,^  1         l9l)l   111,   • 

re  forgotten.  ,  i 

Father  Plumbsr  had  prepared  the 
way  for  us  at  Zion  Bethel,  twelve  rhiles 
distant,  and  we  arrived  junt  in  tiraie  to 
shake  hands  on  the  stepa  and  around 
the  altar  with  a  few  of  th(:  veterans  be- 
fore the  lecture.  Owing  to  local  caus- 
es and  want  of  underislianding '  the 
meeting  was  not  large,  but  the  100  or 
125  present,  mostly  listened  with  fixed 
attention.  We  stayed  all  night  with  a 
good  brother  whoi-e  name  I  dare  not 
undertake  to  spell,  but  as  he  promised 
to  send  for  the  Cynosure  as' soon  as  he 
got  a  little  change,  you  will  have  if  in 
full  and  can  refer  to  Prof.  Fischer  for 
a  correct  translation. .  Oilier  meetings 
are  much  needed  and'defeifed  it  this 
point.  The  grange  offict'-rs'  have  been 
glazing  and  fattening  upon  these  fruit- 
ful fields,  and  while  the  few  Who  I'ui 
the  '"concern"  demurred,'  most 'preseiit 
er joyed  the  reading  of  thtiir  ''Beautiful 
Work"  in  the  open  congregation.  '  "  "' 

By  the  way  I  hope  Bi'c.  "Elliot'tor 
some  of  the  neighbors  of  the  Master  of 
the  State  Grange  of  Indiana  will  tell 
the  readers  of  the  Cynosure  how  the 
devoted  spouse  of  this  chPimpion  of  the 
farmers'  rights  used  to  protect  her 
lowl  while  he  slept,  from  the  imperti- 
nent streams  that  trickled  through  the 
appertures  in  the  root  of  their  c^bin  on 
a  rainy  night,  by  the  dexterous  use  of 
pans,  skillets  and  otker  available  uten- 
sils. This,  of  course,  w as'before  he  be- 
came a  Patron,  and  now  I  am  told  he 
si  building  a  fine  house.  Query— -Who 
pays  for  that  house  ?  ■  "'\ 

From  Zon  Bethel' we  fStiirbS^  *^t'b 
Yellow  Lake,  where,  at  ten  A.  M.^  I 
preached  in  the  house  occupied  by  the 
Church  of  God.  Father  Plumber  sug- 
gested a  collection  and  the  brethren 
responded  by  a  hberal  contribution. 
From  Yellow  Lake  Bro.  Ulsh  brought 
me  to  this  place,  seventeen  miles, 
where  I  preached  in  the  U.  B.  church 
in  the  evening,  and  am  now  with  Bro. 
U.  and  wife  enjoying  the  liberal  hospi- 
tality of  our  worthy  friend  and  brother, 
E.  Lantzenhiser,  who  has  gtren'-Lis 
subscription  for  the  paper.  ' 

J.  p.  STODbiRD. 


Missouri  Anti-secret  Stale  Convention. 


munity.  The  friew^^  ^''^  '^^""^^  "« 
much  kindness,  and  u.^«  ^^"^y  ^^""^ 
shakings  and  cordial  invitav'''^^  °^  *^® 


[From  the  Am.  Freeman.]  '    .TjniCir 

The  Christian  Association  opposed 
to  Secret  Societies  met  at  Brashear, 
Adair  Co.,  Mo.,  the  31st  of  August 
1874,  G,  W.  Needles,  Vice-PrcEident 
of  the  National  Christian  Association 
for  Mo. ,  in  the  chair.  On  motion  N. 
E.  Gardner,  J.  B.  Davis,  were  chosen 
secretaries.,  On  motion  it  was  directed 
that  the  Chairman  appoint  a  commit- 
tee on  permanent  organization.  A.  D. 
Thomas,  B.  J.'Murry,  A.  H.  Geesling, 
X.  S.  Downey,  Geo.  W.  Meek,  J.  S. 
Kelley,  J.  H,  Estep,  were  appointed. 
Rev.  Mr.  Stewart,  a  seceding  Mason 
was  called,  and  proceeded  to  address  the 
assembly;  subject,  Masonry  the  Anti- 
Christ  of  the  present  day.  After  the 
address  of  Mr.  Stewart,  the  Committee 
on  permanent  organization  reported  as 
follows  for  permanent  officers:  For 
President,  J,  H.  Brundege ;  Correspond- 
ing Secretary,  E.  H.  Carpenter;  Re- 
cording Secretary,    N.    E.    Gardner; 


Treasurer,  L.D.  Ambrose;  Vice-Presi- 
dents, J.  Herlbert,  Samuel  Murry,  J. 
H.  Logston,  D.  E.  Statten,  S.  King, 
Jos.  Beauchamp,  Rev.  Thomas  Evans, 
of  St.  Joseph,  were  duly  chosen  «s  of- 
ficers for  one  year.  Rev.  Brundege 
took  the  chair  and  made  some  perti- 
nent remarks.  Ou  motion  J.  B.  Davis 
was  elected  Assistant  Secretary.  Oq 
motion  the  following  committees  was 
chosen  on  resolutions :  A.  D.  Thomas, 
H.  E.  Henry,  and  J.  H.  Pulley.  On 
Publishing  interest,  B.  F.  Miller, 
B.  J.  Murry  and  A.'^H.  Geesing.  On 
Constitution  and  By-laws  :B.  F.  Miller, 
H.  H.  Geesling,  B.  J.  Murry,  L.  D. 
Ambrose,  C.  R.  Hunt.  Executive 
Committee,  G.  W.  Needles,  John 
Glendenning,  Joseph  Beauchamp,  A. 
H.  Geesling,  Nicholas  Murry.  of  Holt 
Co.  B.  F.  Mdler  then  bting  called, 
and  responded  in  making  an  address. 
Subject,  Masonic  threats.  The  com- 
mittee on  resolutions  reported  as  fol- 
lows: 

''  'Whereas,  We  regard  that  moral 
questions  arc  invaded  in  all  secret  so- 
cieties, and  this  being  true,  we  regard 
it  not  only  our  privilege  but  our  duty 
to  investigate  the  principles  which  un- 
derlie these  orders,  and  if  their  tendeL- 
cy  is  to  evil,  they  should  be  shunned, 
but  if  they  are  right,  then  they  should 
be  upheld.     ''irti'JJ  bfiB  - 

Be  it  Resolved,'  I.  That  we  regard 
the  calling  of  a  convention  of  Chris- 
tians opposed  to  secret  societies  as  op- 
portune. 2.  That  we  will  discuss  the 
merits  of  these  orders  in  the  light  of 
the  Bible  and  Christian  fairness,  and 
whatever  is  wrong  in  them  we  will  op- 
pose, although  it  may  be  unpopular  to 
do  BO.  3.  That  we  invite  all  persons 
who  are  interested  in  this  movement  to 
come  out  fully  from  the  power  and  do- 
minion of  the  orders  and  help  this 
movement.  4.  That  we  humble  our- 
selves before  God  and  ask  him  to  guide 
us ,  protect  and  lead  ue  to  victory  in 
his  name.  5.  That  we  employ  a  State 
lecturer  through  our  Executive  Com- 
mittee as  soon  as  possible,  and  that  he 
lecture  throughout  the  State,  and  per- 
fect county  orgiinizitions  auxilary  to 
the  State  Association.  The  committee 
on  publishing  reported  a  resolution  ex- 
preasing  sympathy  with  and  proffering 
encouragment  to  the  American  Free- 
man, the  Christian  Cynosure,  Metlio- 
dist  Free  Press,  Refomver,  and  other 
journals. 

The  committee  on  constitution  report- 
ed progre.'js,  and  was  instructed  to  re- 
port to  the  Executive  Committee  the 
constitution  to  be  published  in  the 
American  Freeman^  subject  to  the  ap- 
proval of  the  association  at  its  next 
meeting.  As  it  is  not  a  delegated  con- 
vention all  persons  favorable  to  the  or- 
ganization were  invited  to  take  part  in 
the  meeting.  About  75  persons  par- 
ticipated. The  Executive  Committee 
asked  that  pledges  be  made  to  support 
the  lecturer,  and  nearly  $400  were 
pledged  at  once.  The  meeting  then 
adjourned  till  7  o'clock. 

BVKNING  SESSION. 

President  Brundege  in  the  chair. 
Speeches  were  made  by  Revs.  Geesling 
and  Gardner,  after  which  the  business 
of  the  convention  proceeded.  The 
time  and    place   of  the   next  meeting 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


was  referred  to  Executive  Committee  to 
fix.  The  proceedingB  of  the  convention 
were  ordered  to  be  printed  iu  the  Amer- 
ican Freeman. 

We  re'"eived  letters  of  congratula- 
tion and  encouracrement  from  ten  per- 
sons living  in  Henry  and  St,  Clair 
counties,  but  saying  that  they  were 
sorry  that  they  could  not.  be,  with  u?. 
There  seems  to  be  a  general  awaken- 
ing throughout  the  State  on  the  sub- 
of  secret  societies.  Their  despotic  char- 
acter is  becoming  generally  knowr*,  and 
everywhere  the  people  feel  that  soir- 
thing  has  to  be  dobe  or  our  liberties 
must  soon  bo  los^,  ouLaidj  of  the 
lodges  crushed  under  the  heel  of  des- 
potism. The  minutes  read  ;^p4  ap- 
proved.    Adjournedsioe  die.  ' 

J.  H.  Brundege,  P^es. 
N.  E.  Gardner,  Sfic. 


From    Southern    Illinois.— The    State 
Agent's  Visit  and  the  Local 
Society  at  Kashville.,,!^'^^^..^! 

Editor  Gliristlan  Cynosure: 

Nashville,  III.,  Sept.  19,  18*74. 
Our  State  lecturer,  Bro.  Hinman, 
made  us  a  flying  visit  the  first  of  the 
month.  We  were  surprised  one  evening 
on  returning  from  our  work  to  find 
ammg  uj  a  person  we  thought  an  utter 
stranger  but  the  brother  was  not  long 
making  himself  known;  and  we  went 
about  filling  out  some  of  his  bills  to  circu- 
late in  the  neighborhood,  informing  our 
friends  that  Bro.  Hinman  would  deliver 
two  lectures  iu  our  church,  (M.  E.)  on 
the  eveniagjof  Sept.  4th  and  5th. 

There  were  not  many  out  the  first 
evening  on  account  of  the  inclemeucy 
of  the  w:ather.  But  the  few  rere;  w<;ll 
paid  for  going  by  listening  to  the  tell- 
ing blows  that  our  brother  dealt  upon 
the  hidden  ways  of  darknesr.  At  the 
close  of  the  meeting  Bro.  H.  stated  that 
he  would  on  the  following  evening  tell 
us  how  a  man  was  made  a  Mason. 

The  evening  of  the  5th  was  pleasant. 
At  the  appointed  hour  there  was  a 
goodly  number  gathered  to  hear  the 
lecture.  Among  the  number  was  an 
Odd-fellow,  and  the  "Mason's  jack,"  a 
local  preacher  in  our  church  (the  M. 
E. )  who  said  that  he  came  on  purpose 
to  question  the  preacher.  But  Our 
brother  made  his  points  and  arguments 
so  clear  and  convincing  that  the  ques- 
tioner was  afraid  to  attack  him  on  a 
single  paint;  bit  gave  as  the  reason 
that  Br  J.  H.  did  not  pitch  into  him  rough 
shod.  He  (Bro.  H.)  was  too  old  for 
him,  and  at  the  same  time  claiming  to 
be  two  years  older  than  brother  Hin- 
man. So  he  held  himself  in  reserve  for 
our  regular  monthly  meeting  which 
came  oflF  on  the  following  Monday  eve- 

We  had  a  larger  attendance  on  that 
evening  than  we  have  had  on  any  oc- 
casion before.  Our  school-house  was 
full  of  very  attentive  listeners.  We 
opened  with  song  and  prayer,  and 
then  read  a  portion  of  Odd-fellowship 
Illustrated.  The  origin  and  design  of 
the  grange  and  the  revised  platiorm  of 
1872,  also  an  article  entitled,  "A  Word 
of  Caution,"  from  the  grange,  and  tine 
revised  platform  of  l?7§;cQmmeotiug  on 
efich  as  WP  went  along,  and  inierming- 
U«g  the  exercise  with  appropriate  songs 


lieve  to  make  some  remarks,  which  was 
granted.  He  gave  us  the  report  of  the 
I.  0.  0.  F.  for  1872,  and  quite  a 
lengthy  harangue  on  our  efforts  to  ex- 
pose the  works  of  darkness;  said  we 
were  marking  ourselves  with  a  stain 
that  it  would  take  years  to  remove.  To 
which  we  made  a  short  reply  and  stat- 
ed th  at  we  would  have  the  same  re- 
port at  our  next  meeting,  and  make  a 
full  reply  to  the  gentleman. 

He  has  had  more  than  double  ihe 
years  to  gain  light  on  this  subject  than 
we  have,  but  has  failed  to  improve  the 
time  in  the  right  direction.  We  feel 
that  we  are  in  the  right,  and  have  no 
fears  of  the  stain  spoken  of,  and  intend 
going  ahead  battling  for  the  right  with 
the  expectation  of  gaining  a  reward 
wh'en  alone  with  the  cires,  toils,  and 
conflicts  of  an  unfriendly  world. 

Brethren,  pray  for  us. 
"  ./fr*,'  Yours  in  the  coiflict, 

ChAS.     M.     LlVESAY. 

T.  W.  J,  Logan. 


From   W.  M.  (}ivcns— Outrageons  Se- 
cretists  in  Clark  County,  111. 


Bro,  K:— On  the  27  th  of  last  month 
I  went  to  Clark  county,  Dliiiois,  to  a 
point  known  as  Potter's  Hall,  where 
arrangements  had  been  made  for  me 
to  deliver  three  lectures  in  defense  of 
our  church  rule  on  secrecy  (United 
Brethren.)  My  first  lecture  was  on 
Odd-fallowship.  The  house  was  well 
filled,  and  I  had  good  attention,  except 
repeated  denials  on  the  part  of  Odd-fel- 
lows, demanding  proof  for  every  prop- 
osition that  I  laid  down.  And  by  the 
way,  those  fellows  are  very  properly 
named.  They  are  cdi  indeed;  for 
when  they  are  driven  to  the  wall,  they 
"  go  back"  on  their  own  book  and  re- 
ports, as  was  repeatedly  manifested  on 
this  occasion.  But  I  go  armed  and 
equipped  with  their  own  books  and  re- 
ports, and  try  to  feed  them  with  their 
own  soup. 

On  the  second  evening  I   spoke   on 
the  origin,   law,  spirit    and  religion  of 
Masonry.     Some  of   the  more  verdant 
Masons  lost  their  jewels — that  is,  talked 
out  in  meeting,  but  after  being  caution- 
ed by  the  old  ones,  they  said  they  had 
nothing  more  to  say    to  ma  if   I   was  a 
seceding    Mason—a    wise   conclusion. 
On  the  evening  of  my  third  lecture  the 
house  was   densely   crowded,    and    as 
many  out  of  doors   as  in  the  house. 
There  were  quite  a  number  of   Masons 
present.     Two  Royal  Arch  Masons  sat 
immediately  in  front   of  me,    (so  near 
(that   I  could    lay  my   hand   on   their 
heads,)  one  of  whom  stood  fire  extreme- 
ly well.     The  other  gave  signs  of  inter- 
nal agitation   soon  after  I  began  to  talk. 
His  zeal  soon   got   the   better  of  his 
judgment,   and    he  arose   hastily,   ar.d 
leaning  forward,  he  said,  ''Brother  Giv- 
ens,   Jesus    Christ  was   a   Freemason, 
and  I  can    prove   it  from   the  Bible. " 
"Ah  1"  said  I,  *  'you  come  right  up  here, 
Bro.  Wilber,  and  tell   this  audience  all 
about  Christ's  relation  with  the  Masonic 
order."  He  declined  the  invitation.  I  still 
insisted.   At  this  juncture  his  brother  R 
A.   turned  and  shook  his  finger  at  the 
claimant  for   Christ'^   lodge  ship,  say- 
ing, "Tut!   tut!  tut!"     Then  another 
Mason  arose  and  said,  he  did  not  think 
4fter  wl^ich  the    "Mason's  jack"  asked     Christ  was  a  Mason.    I  Jnsisted   that 


Bro.  Wilber  was  a  high  Mason  and 
therefore  understood  himself.  Where- 
upon he  gave  me  the  sign  of  a  Royal 
Arch  Mason,  telling  me  at  the  same 
time  that  he  had  been  that  high,  but 
declined  occupying  the  floor,  from  the 
fact,  (as  he  said)  he  was  not  prepared. 
I  asked  him  if  he  learned  that  Christ 
was  a  Mason  in  the  lodge.  He  said 
that  he  did.  You  may  rest  assured 
ihat  I  made  all  the  capital  I  could  out 
of  the  assertion, 

I  went  from  Melrose  to  Doulson 
Chapel,  one  and  a  half  miles  north  of 
Martinville,  where  I  spoke  Friday  and 
Saturday  evenings.  On  Monday  bills 
were  put  up  through  the  neighbor- 
hood and  circulated  in  the  town,  of 
which  the  following  is  a  correct  copy: 
"Farmers,  Look  Out! — A  fellow  giv- 
ing his  name  as  Gibbons  [Givens] 
is  passing  through  the  country  lec- 
turing against  secret  societies.  He 
is  about  6  feet  high,  daik  complexion, 
dark  hair,  dark,  sandy  whiskers,  and 
about  45  years  of  age.  He  pretends 
to  have  been  a  Mason,  and  pretends  to 
expose  its  secrets.  If  so,  he  is  a  per- 
jured scoundrel.  No  one  should  trust 
"him  out  of  sight,  for  such  persons  have 
been  known  to  travel  under  the  garb 
of  religion,  while  they  in  reality  were 
horse-thieves.  Keep  your  stable  doors 
locked !" 

The  circulation  of  such  a  paper  had 
the  tendency  to  bring  out  one  of  the 
largest  gatherings  that  was  ever  known 
in  that  community  on  Monday  eve- 
ning. As  I  went  into  the  church  a 
man  plucked  my  arm,  and  invited  at- 
tention. He  said  that  somebody  had 
put  up  handbills  about  me,  but  it  was 
not  the  Masons,  for  he  was  a  Mason 
and  they  did'nt  do  such  things.  To 
which  I  replied  that  pubhc  sentiment 
had  harnesstd  it  upon  the  Masons  and 
Odd-fellows,  and  that  it  was  just  as  the 
law  and  spirit  of  Masonry  required  them 
to  be;  therefore  I  should  be  compelled 
to  rivet  the  dark  deed  upon  them.  On 
that  evening  I  spoke  two  and  a  half 
hours  to  a  large  and  attentive  audience ; 
subject,  How  to  make  Masons. 

Oq  Tuesday  evening,    Aug.   4th,    I 
went  to   the  school-house   two   and  a 
half  miles  west  of  Marshall,  the  county 
seat  of  Clark  county,    Illinois.     When 
I  got  to  the  house  I  found  a  large  con- 
course of  people  assembled,  and  one  of 
the   above  named  bills    posted  on    the 
walls  behind  the  desk  where   I    had  to 
stand.     In  my  opening   remarks  I  re- 
ferred to   it  briefly  as  characteristic  of 
the  order.     When  I  had  spoken  about 
an  hour,  but  not  without  interruption, 
I  referred  to  the  sign  and  penalty  of  the 
seventh.  Royal  Arch  degree.  Instantly 
a  sensation  passed  through  a  portion  of 
the  audience.     One  man  sprang  to  his 
feet,  swearing   that   he    was  a   Mason 
and  that  my  statements  were  G — d — 
lies,  etc.     A  scene  of  confusion  follow- 
ed that  beggar's  description.     Cursing, 
swearing,    shouting,    threatening,  and 
general  tumult  seemed  to  be  the  order. 
Two  professed  Masons  came  at  me  with 
drawn  knives  threatening  my  life.     Af- 
^ter  some  time  spent  in  fruitless  attempts 
to  quell  the  mob,  by  the  advice  of  my 
friends  I  withdrew  from  the  house;  but 
only  to  find  that   the   fiends   were  sta- 
tioned around  the  building  to  salute  my 
appearance    with   a   shower   of    egge, 
only  one   of  which  hit   me,  however. 


When  the  mob  in  the  house  found  that 
their  victim  was  gone,  they  rushed  for 
the  door  and  out  into  the  yard  yelling 
and  screaming  like  Modoc  Indians. 

Kind  readers,  do  not  think  this  an 
overdrawn  picture.  There  are  perhaps 
one  hucdred  men  and  women  that  can 
corrtborate  what  I  have  stated  if  neces- 
sary. And  believe  me  I  have  been  in 
California  in  the  days  of  mobccrisy,  in 
Mexico  and  Central  America,  amongst 
those  half  civil  zed  people.  I  have  been 
present  at  riots,  but  I  have  nev^r  seen 
as  mean,  low,  unprovoked  actions  as 
those  Clark  county  Masons  and  grang- 
ers exhibited  on  iliat  occasion.  But 
why  commeEt?  It  is  but  tbe  law  and 
spirit  of  their  order,  and  would  be  en- 
acted in  almost  every  community  where 
there  is  opposition  if  they  had  the 
power  of  influence. 

Wm.  M.  Givens. 

Central  Point  Ind.,  Aug.  23,  1B74. 


^mxt%pUmt\, 


The  Macedonian  Cry. 

Dear  Cynosure  : — While  on  a  re- 
cent vacation  visit  to  my  old  home  in 
Bureau  county,  I  was  informed  by 
friends  near  Walnut  that  the  M,  E. 
minister  in  that  place  had  busied  him- 
self recently  in  preaching  the  devil's 
gospel  and  securing  the  organization  of 
a  devil's  chuich  in  the  shape  of  a  Ma- 
sonic lodge.  The  desire  was  expressed 
by  ffiends  of  our  cause,  that  some  A.n- 
ti-masonic  lecturer  would  visit  that 
place,  and  I  was  assured  ihat  his  ex- 
penses would  be  paid  but  not  much 
more  could  be  expected.  Let  some 
person  who  may  be  lecturing  in  the 
region  make  a  note  of  this  and  give 
them  some  lectures.  The  whole  region 
is  lodgt-ridden,  and  the  M.  E.  and 
P.  M.  ministers,  so  far  as  I  could  learn 
are  all  minions  of  the  lodge — blind 
leaders  of  the  blind.  A  few  noble  lay- 
men by  "departing  from  evil  make 
themselves  a  prey.'  God  will  vindi- 
cate them  in  his  own  good  time.  May 
he  hasten  the  time  when  his  own  pro- 
fessed ministers  shall  '"see  eye  to  eye," 
be  all  united  in  the  great  work  of  pub- 
lishing a  pure  Gospel;  when  part  of 
ti:em  shall  not  be  actually  and  actively 
engaged  in  propagating  and  tustaining 
what  profess  to  be  and  are  in  fact,  the 
spiritual  descendants  of  the  heathen 
mysteries  of  which  the  apostle  says  "it 
is  an  abomination  even  to  speak  of  the 
things  done  of  them  in  secret,"  and 
that  the  sacrifices  performed  in  them 
are  made  to  devil  and  not  to  God;  and 
the  rest  of  them  with  few  exceptionF, 
be  dumb  dogs  refusing  even  to  bark  al- 
though set  to  watch   for  the  life  of  the 

fl)Ck.  O.    F.     LUMRY. 


A  Sweeping  Kesolution. 


The  Bridgewater,  Pa  ,  Baptist  Asso- 
ciation held  its  forty-ninth  Anniversary 
with  the  Wyolusing  Baptist  Church, 
at  Camptown,  Bradford  Co.,  Pa, ,  Aug. 
25th,  26tb,  and  27tb.  The  meeting 
from  bemnnincr  to  end  was  interesting, 
rarely  equaled,  especially  that  of  the 
last  day.  The  Divine  Spirit  came 
down  most  copiously,  and  in  the  con- 
cluding free  conference,  both  brethren 
and  sisters  spoke  as  moved  upon  by 
that  Spirit. 

That  truth,  however  radically  spoken 
in  love,  does  not  grieve  the  Holy  bpiriu 
was  made  most  emphatically  evident 
from  the  fact  that  on  that  last  meet- 
ing, prior  to  the  conference,  after  sev- 
eral speeches,  pro  and  con,  the  follow- 
ing resolution,  offered  by  the  writer  of 
this,  was  adopted:  ,.-I,,-.w*: 

Hesolved,  That  we  continue  to  stand 
by  our  old  lasdimajks,  among  w^hieh 
are:  indivi«lual  soul  liberty;  church  in- 
depeBdeacy;   church  as  distinguished, 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


from  Christian  fellowship  or  commun- 
ion; anti-slavery ,  anti-rum,  anti-tobac- 
co, anti-organized  secrecy,  and  snti- 
midisterial  titles  of  honorary  distinc- 
tion." 

The  A.8sociation  passing  this  resolu-" 
tion  represents  fifteen,  most  of  them 
small,  churches  located,  all  but  three  of 
them,  in  Susquehanna  Co.,  Pa  ,  one  of 
the  most  intelligent,  as  to  its  inhabi- 
tants, of  the  counties  ia  the  State. 

On  taking  the  vote,  a  division  of  the 
question,  so  as  to  let  the  last  two  items 
stand  on  their  own  meiits  was  called 
for  and  without  dissent  granted.  It 
was  fully  understood  that  organized  se- 
crecy "covered  the  whole  brotherhood 
and  sisterhood  of  secret  societies  and 
that  "Ministerial  titles  of  honorary  dis- 
tinction" had  special  reference -to  the 
title  '-Doctor  of  Divinity"  (D.  D.) 
which  Roger  Williams  in  his  sermon 
on  the  Hirling  Ministry,  characterises 
as  *  'popish  and  vaunting,"  The  vote 
on  these  two  items,  stood  twenty-four 
to  four;  and  unanimous  as  to  the  other 
portion  of  the  resolution . 

It  is  matter  of  earnest  desire,  if   not 

confident  hope,  that  the  discussion  and 

vote  may  result  in  good.     An  itch    for 

titulary  honor  is  cursing  the   ministry; 

and  the  love  of  mystery  and   show   is 

cursing  the  churches.     The   simplicity 

and  power   of  the    Gospel   is    ebbing, 

while  pagan  mystery   and  papal   show 

are  at  the  flood.     The  men  and  women 

of  martyr  spirit  must  arouse  themselves, 

put  on  the   whole  spiritual   armor   of 

God  and  rally   together   in  the  conflict 

now  being  waged  between  the   powers 

of  light  and  darkneES.     The  Lord  bless 

them.  A.  L.  Post. 

Montrose,  Pa. 

*■ » 

OUll  MAIL. 

John  A.  Knepper,  Delta,  O.  writes: 

I  received  your  circulars  ancl  have  dis- 
tributed them,  and  through  them  was  able 
to  get  eight  subscribers  for  your  glori- 
ous paper  that  I  love  to  read  al)ove 
all  others.  The  Anti-masons  have  organ- 
ized iu  this  (Fulton)  county  and  have 
nominated  a  county  ticket  and  we  expect 
to  pole  a  heavy  vote  against  secret  socie- 
ties." 

Rev.  John  Galbraith,  Glade  Mills,  Penn., 
writes: 

1  have  taken  the  paper  since  it  was  com- 
menced— have  been  generally  pleased  with 
its  course.  I  love  the  cause  which  it  advo- 
cates." 

Joseph  Sherk,  Sherkstown,  Ont.,  writes: 

"K  would  be  impossible  for  mc  to  get 
along  without  the  Cynosure,  as  it  is  a  great 
help  spiritually.  I  pray  God  that  the 
time  is  not  far  distant  when  Freemasonry 
and  all  other  institutions  of  the  devil  will 
cease  to  exist.  I  shall  endeavor,  by  God's 
help,  to  circulate  yonr  good  paper.  I  have 
the  promise  of  two  or  more  subscribers,  at 
the  beginning  of  next  month." 

John  T.  Russell,  Rome,  Penn.,  writes: 

"I  had  rather  have  your  paper  than  any 
other  1  ever  saw.  It  spreads  light  among 
the  lodge  men,  and  makes  some  of  them 
tremble." 

Hon.  Francis  Gillette,  Hartford,  Ct., 
writes: 

"I  highly  appreciate  your  paper.  .  .  . 
How  much  this  old  world  of  ours  needs 
reforming ,  and  how  little  comparatively 
has  yet  been  done  to  prepare  and  straight- 
en the  way  of  the  Lord." 

A.  Waterhouse,    North  Pownall,  Me., 

writes: 

"20,000  Masons  in  Mafne,  and  half  a 
million  in  the  United  Stages."  How  many 
Anti- masons  are  there? 

Mr.  L-IB.  Lathrop ,  Holljster,  Cal.,  writes : 

"I  am  in  the  fullest  sympathy  with  your 
cause.  Your  paper  and  the  Wcsleyan  are 
the  first  papers  I  read." 

Henry  W.  Steele,  Canton,  Dakotah  Ter., 
writes : 

We  live  or  stay  in  the  region  of  country 
where  the  grasshoppers  have  done  us  a 

:  >M* 

J 


good  deal  of  damage.  I  have  tried  to  get 
some  to  subscribe  for  it  (the  Cynosure)  but 
have  failed  as  vet ;  but  am  uot  discouraged. 
Nor  should  I  be,  if  I  should  never  get  one 
for  I  know  that  the  truth  that  it  vindicates 
is  God's  own  truth.  Why  is  it  that  in  all 
the  Ci/iwsurcs  we  have  received  we  do  not 
get  them  until  Monday  of  the  next  week? 
I  suppose  Masons  could  answer 
this  question  for  they  rule  here  and  it  is 
ruinous  to  both  chiuch  and  State." 

We  are  glad  to  hear  from  this  brother 
and  to  know  that  although  he  labors  under 
difficulties  he  ia  not  discouraged.  We  hope 
and  pray  that  he  may  prove  a  bright  light 
in  that  dark  region  so  that  others  seeing 
his  good  works  may  glorify  God. 

In  regard  to  the  Cjjnosure's  late  arrival, 
we  mail  it  now  on  Thursday  but  we  are 
hoping  and  expecting  soon,  to  make  Wed- 
nesday our  mailing  day. 

Increase  Leadbetter,  Cochituate,  Mass  , 
writes: 

''The  Cynosure  will  be  the  last  paper  for 
nie  to  give  up  while  it  exposes  evil  as  it 
does  now.  1  have  just  read  in  my  morn- 
ing's lesson  'Then  was  fulfilled  that  which 
was  spoken  by  Jeremiah  the  Prophet.' 
Now  dear  friends  work  on  cheerfully, 
for  secret  societies,  like  those  chief  priests 
and  elders,  can  only  fulfill  revelation.  .  .  . 
I  would  have  sent  iu  a  hundred  names  on 
that  petition  but  it  came  to  hand  too  late." 
We  are  about  sending  out  another  pe- 
tition and  we  intend  to  allow  more  time 
for  its  circulation.  It  is  a  petition  which 
we  desire  to  present  to  the  next  United 
States  Congress.  Let  us  continue  this  work 
until  the  government  shall  know  how  th^ 
people  feel  on  this  subject  and  acfaccord- 
iugly. 
Hosca  Washburn,  Madison,  Me.,  writes: 
"I  have  tried  to  do  what  I  could  for  the 
cause  and  will  endeavor  to." 

We  have  had  encouraging  lettersjfromjthis 
brother  before  and  we  hope  that  he  and 
all  our  workers  in  Maine  may  be  blessed 
and  prospered  in  their  sell-denying  efforts. 
Maine  is  a  good  field  to  cultivate,  we  think, 
and  there  is  a  vast  amount  of  cultivation 
needed  there.  We  trust  the  Lord  will  give 
our  friends  courage  and  wisdom  adequate 
to  the  work. 
A.  M.  Durfee,  Sherman,  N.  Y.,  writes: 
I  have  circulated  some  thousands  of 
tracts  in  the  last  four  or  five  years.  As  a 
continual  dropping  will  wear  a  stone,  the 
devil  could  stand  it  no  longer,  so  he  in- 
spired a  Methodist  Episcopal  priest,  .  .  . 
who  says  he  has  been  around  gathering 
up  the  0'y?w)si<?'c  tracts  that  I  scattered:  and 
says  he  has  taken  care  of  them  so  they  can 
do  no  more  harm.  He  says  I  ought  to  be 
arrested  and  punished  for  circulating  these 
vile  Cynosure  tracts,  as  they  are  corrupt- 
ing the  morals  of  the  youug.  Send  me  as 
many  tracts  as  you  can  for  the  money  en- 
closed and  I  will  keep  said  priest  busy,  .  . 
making  tracks  to  gather  up  tracts  to  save 
the  young  from  corruption.  Said  priest  is 
a  Mason  and  Odd-fellow." 
J.  C.  Hilbon,  Widder  Station,  Canada 

West,  writes: 

"Our  Mason  minister  was  much  dis- 
pleased with  me  lor  scattering  these  pa- 
pers {Cynosures)  on  the  Lake  Shore  Road 
appointments.  The  people  told  him  plain- 
ly that  they  would  not  pay  him  if  he  would 
come  back  on  the  circuit;  so  he  left. 

Now  they  have  brought  a  man  from  your 
side  (the  United  States)  for  a  Bishop,  and 
have  elected  him.  They  say  he  is  a  Royal 
Arch  Mason  and  we  think  it  will  cause  a 
split  in  the  Episcopal  church." 

W.  J.  White,  Worcester,  Mass.,  writes: 

"Dear  Brother  Blanchard,  I  send  the 
enclosed  lines  which  you  may  print  if  you 
think  best,  with  my  name  or  without  it. 
I  do  not  pretend  to  add  any  new  argument 
against  the  lodge.  Difierent  writers  often 
present  old  truths  in  new  aspects ;  and  I 
am  much  interested  in  reading  the  varied 
correspondeuc  iu  the  Cynosure  from  unlet- 
tered and  honest  Christians  in  their  way. 
Your  paper  is  exerting  a  powerful  influ- 
ence wherever  it  is  read.  The  lovers'  of 
Jesus  are  brought  near  together  and  seem 
to  hold  sweet  communion  with  each  other. 
I  have  not  sent  you  any  new  subscribers 
of  late,  yet  I  do  uot  dispair  of  getting  new 
names.  Let  me  not  flatter  you,  but  let  me 
saj'  in  all  sincerity  that  you  have  my  warm- 
est sympathy  in  your  eftbrts  against  the 
lodge.  If  some  brethren  find  fault  with 
you  in  some  respects,  I  ask  them,  "Who 
can  you  get  to  take  his  place,  either  in  the 
East  or  .West."  None  so  fit  as  those  whom 
God  appoints,  and  if  any  say  that  you  are 
not  thus  appointed,  to  arouse  a  slumber- 
ing church  against  these  modern  wiles  of 
the  devil,  I  ask  "How  comes  it  then  that 


Bro.  Blanchard  stands  where  he  now  is? 
You  have  only  to  look  at  the  poor  signature 
in  mortal  flesh  which  the  Almighty  has 
placed  before  you  for  the  defence  of  His 
truth." 

John  Denny,  Seattle,  Wash.  Ter., writes : 

"I  regret  that  I  cannot  give  jou  more 
than  two  names,  but  though  there  are 
many  who  are  opposed  to  secret  organiza- 
tions, they  dare  not  speak  out  for  fear  of 
giving  ortense.  The  press  and  the  pulpit 
are  muzzled.  Consequently  we  few  stand 
comparatively  alone,  but  like  Wellington's 
Scotch  Highlanders  at  the  battle  of  Water- 
loo, we  entered  the  fight  for  death  or  vic- 
tory." 

C.  C.  Thompson,  Anneville,  Iowa, 
writes : 

"Count  me  in  for  a  life  subscription. 

I  have  tried  very  hard  to  get  subscribers 
here  but  always  fail.  The  county  is  one 
vast  grange,  but  they  are  getting  tired  of 
the  'Old  Horse'  and  will  soon  cease  to  ride 
it.  If  it  was  not  for  occupying  room  that 
Is  deserved  by  more  worthy  articles,  I 
should  like  to  tell  the  brethren  how  the 
grange  treated  me." 

Daniel  F.  Pratt,  Reading,  Mass.,  writes: 

"It  is  the  only  independent  paper  that  I 
know  of.  Don't  know  how  to  do  without 
it  even  in  these  hard  times.  I  hope  your 
efforts  in  the  good  cause  will  prove  a  suc- 
cess. I  believe  the  time  coming  when  se- 
cret societies  will  not  be  so  popular  as 
now." 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Fourth 
(Juarter,  1874. 

GospBLOr  Makk. 
Oct.  4th,  vii  31-;J7:    The  Deaf  Mnte. 
"     11    ix  17-29:    The  Evil  Spirit  Cast  out. 
"     18    ix  33-42;    The  Mind  of  Christ. 
"     25    X  40-52 :    Blind  Bartlmeus. 

xi  12-14,  19-24:  Fig  Tree  Withered, 
xii  28-34:  The  Two  Commandments. 
15    xii  3S-44;    Hypocrisy  and  Piety. 
22  xiv  3-9:    The  Anointing  at  Bethany. 
29    xiv  42-.')0:    The  Betrayal. 
6    xiv  fi6-72:    The  Denial. 
13    XV  22-:ffl:    The  Crucifixion. 
20    xvi    9-20:    The  Risen  Lord. 
"     27    Review. 
The  outline  for  1875  for  the  first  six  months, 
is  Joshua,  Judges,  Ruth,  Ist  Samuel.     "From 
Joshua  to  Saul." 


TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 


Disputes  by  the  Way, 
Who  Shall  be  Greatest, 
The  Disciples  Mistake, 
The  Easy  Service, 


■2J,34. 
35-37. 
3S-40. 
41,4i. 


Nov.    1 

8 


Deo. 


LESSON  xlii.— OCT.18,  1874. — the  mind  of 

CHRIST. 

SCRIPTUHE      LESSON. — MARK  XXXiil    33-42. 

Commit  33-37 ;    Priniary  verse,  35. 

33  And  he  came  to  Capernaum,  and 
being  in  the  house  he  asked  them,  What 
was  it  that  ye  disputed  among  yourselves 
by  the  way? 

34  But  they  held  their  peace ;  for  by  the 
way  they  had  disputed  among  themselves 
who  should  be  the  greatest. 

35  And  he  sat  down,  and  called  the 
twelve,  and  saith  unto  them.  If  any  man 
desire  to  be  first,  the  same  shall  be  last  of 
all,  and  servant  of  all. 

36  And  he  took  a  child,  and  set  him  in 
the  midst  of  them :  and  when  he  had  taken 
him  in  his  arms,  he  said  unto  them, 

37  Whosoever  shall  receive  one  of  such 
children  in  my  name,  receiveth  me;  and 
whosoever  shall  receive  me  receiveth  not 
me,  but  him  that  sent  me. 

38  And  John  answered  him,  saving. 
Master,  we  saw  one  casting  out  devils  in 
thy  name,  and  he  followelh  not  us;  and  we 
forbade  him,  because  he  foUoweth  not  us. 

39  But  Jesus  said,  Forbid  him  not:  for 
there  is  no  man  which  shall  do  a  miracle 
in  my  name  that  can  lightly  speak  evil  of 
me, 

40  For  he  that  is  not  against  us  is  on 
our  part. 

41  For  whosoever  shall  give  you  a  cup 
of  water  to  drink  in  my  name,  because  ye 
belong  to  Christ,  verily  I  say,unto  you,  he 
shall  not  lose  his  reward . 

43  And  whosoever  shall  offend  one  of 
these  little  ones  that  believe  in  me,  it  is 
better  for  him  that  a  millstone  were  hanged 
about  his  neck,  and  he  were  cast  into  the 
sea. 


Golden  Text. — "Let  this  mind  be  in 
you,  which  was  also  in  Christ  Jesus." — 
Phil.  ii.  5. 

Toprc. — "The  servant  is  not  greater 
than  his  master." 


HOMB   BBADINOS. 

M.  Mark  viii.        27-28.  Self  Denial. 

T.  Matt,  xviii.     1-14.  ..A  Childlike  Spirit. 

W.  Matt,  xviii.  21 -.35.  Seventy  Times  Seven. 

Th.  Matt,  xix  13-30.. The  First  and  Last. 

F,  Matt,  xxili  1-12.  .Humbled  and  Exalted. 

S.  John.  xiii.  1-17.. The  Form  of  a  Servant. 

S:  Phil.  11 1-1«  .  .The  Mind  of  Christ. 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS,  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 
From  the  scenes  of  our  last  lesson,  Jesus 
and  his  disciples  journied  southward,  and 
crossing  the  Jordan,  they  passed  around 
the  head  of  the  lake  to  Capernaum.  After 
some  delay  in  Galilee  they  continued  their 
journey  to  Jerusalem. 

What  is  the  first  topic?  What  had 
Jesus  taught  them  by  the  way?  (verse  31.) 
Had  they  listened  to  the  lesson?  What 
kind  of  hearers  were  they  ?  (Matt.  xiii. 
19.).  What  had  they  talked  about?  (verse 
34.)  Did  Jesus  know  it?  (Luke  i.x.  17.) 
What  did  Jesus  ask  them?  (verse  33.) 
What  was  the  result,  (verse  34.)  After- 
wards they  asked  him  the  question 
(Matt,  xviii.  1 .)  Who  was  it  that  disputed  ? 
Where  was  it?  What  was  it  about?  Do 
you  think  Christians  ought  to  dispute?  Is 
there  any  danger  now  ?  Do  you  have  any 
disputes  in  your  Sunday-school  ?  Read  them 
this  lesson. 

What  is  the  second  topic?  Jesus  was  a 
teacher.  He  called  his  class.  How  many 
scholars  had  he?  (verse  35.)  What  did 
he  say  of  the  one  who  wished  to  be  at  the 
head?  Was  he  ever  sent  to  the  foot?  (Matt, 
xvi.  22,23;  xxvi.  33-35,  40,  75.)  Did  he 
learn  the  lesson  ?  (1  Pet.  v.  6,  7).  Who 
was  the  new  scholar  Jesus  brought  into  the 
class?  (verse  36.)  Did  Jesus  treat  the  lit- 
tle fellow  well  ?  What  did  he  say  to  them  ? 
(verse  37.)  Who  had  the  best  place?  Who 
was  at  the  head,  nearest  the  teacher?  So 
now  those  who  are  humble  are  in  his  arms . 
What  is  the  third  topic?  Which  of  the 
scholars  answered?  (verse  38.)  What  did 
he  do?  (Made  confession.)  What  was  it? 
Why  did  John  answer?  (Probably  he  had 
rebuked  the  man.)  What  was  his  reason 
for  rebuking  him?  Was  this  a  selfish  rea- 
son? What  was  the  man  doing?  Could 
he  do  this  In  Jesus'  name  and  be  a  bad 
man?  What  did  Jesus  say?  (verse  39.) 
How  shall  we  know  who  to  condemn? 
Those  whose  words  and  works  are  against 
Christ. 

What  is  the  fourth  topic?  Jesus  had 
told  them  he  was  to  be  away.  While  ab- 
sent who  would  represent  him  here?  (verse 
41.)  If  we  would  receive  Jesus,  we  must 
receive  his  disciples,  his  followers.  How 
will  Jesus  know  if  they  are  received? 
Does  he  watch  them?  What  does  he  say 
about  offending  them?  (verse  42).  Stum- 
bling means  hindering,  giving  occasion  to 
fall. 

Lessons.  The  journey.  The .  wayside 
lesson,  and  the  careless  hearers.  The 
shameful  dispute,  and  the  suffering  Lord. 
The  teacher  and  his  class.  The  humbling 
lesson.  The  one  that  confessed.  The  new 
scholar,  and  the  first  place.  The  way  to 
receive  him  and  honor  him. 


Why    Should  Sunday-school  Teachers 

Uuderstand  the  Home  and  Home 

Xlfo  of  Their  Scholars? 


To  ascertain  their  helps  and  hind- 
rances. 

To  ascertain  the  character  of  their 
home  instructions. 

Without  a  knowledge  of  their  home- 
life  he  cannot  aptly  t«ach. 

To  secure  the  co-operation  of  par- 
ents. 

To  determine  the  social  influences  of 
the  child. 

To  secure  the  confidence  of  both 
parents  and  children. 

To  learn  the  characteristics  of  the 
child. 

To  induce  the  parents  to  attend  the 
school . 

To  make  successful  teachers. 

For  the  mutual  benefit  of  parents, 
teacher  and  child. 

It  increases  the  teacher's  interest. 

To  promote  punctuality  and  regula- 
rity in  attendance. 

To  awaken  in  careless  parents  an  in- 
terest in  the  spiritual  welfore  of  their 
children. 

To  assist  the  scholar  in  preparing  the 
lesson. 

To  secure  the  co-operation  of  parents 
in  determining  the  character  of  and 
habits  of  the  child's  reading. 

To  overcome  the  child's  diflfidence. 

A  knowledge  of  the  home-life  of  the 
children  insures  success. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


To  ascertain  the    child'd   associates. 
To  prevent  the  teaching   from  bei  ng 
counteracted. 

To  help  them  in  trouble. 
That  the    influence   of  the    Sabbath 
teachers  may    grow  stronger   through 
the  week. 

To  better  correct  any  existing  evil  in 
the  scholar. 

To  direct  and  control  their  religious 
ccnversalion. 

To  advise  as  to  their  amusements. 
To  correct  faults  that   should  not  be 
mentioned  in  the  cl&sa. 

To  bring  children  and  parents  to- 
gether in  religious  conversation. 

To  induce  parents  to  read  the  Home 
Readings  in  the  current  lessons. 

Because  it  is  the  bast  place  to  talk 
about  Jesus  and  the  salvation  of  the 
scholar. 

To  pray  with  and  for  the  child. 
To  turn  the  hearts  of  parents  to  their 
children,  and  the    hearts  of  children  to 
their  parents. 

To  secure  practical  illustrations  to  be 
used  in  teaching. 

To  influence  the  children  to  spend 
their  evenings  at  home  or  in  proper 
places  of  amusement  and  worship. 

To  consider  and  promote  the  secular 
interests  of  the  scholars  by  ascertaining 
their  secular  needs. 

To  promote  benevolence  in  Christian 
work. 

To  present  an  example  of  faith  ful- 
nesp. 

To  lead  to  the  conversion  of  sinful 
parents. 

To  fcecure  family  worship  in  Chris- 
tian families. 

Teachers  should  have  a  Bible  which 
they  call  their  own,  in  the  same  sense 
that  they  call  their  hat  their  own. 
That  is,  for  every  day  use — a  daily 
companion,  not  to  lie  on  the  shelf  or 
center  table,  but  to  be  used,,  to  carry 
about  with  them,  to  which  they  may 
continually  refer. 

[Pr6m  the  An ti -masonic  Review,  1829.] . 

Memoir  of  Jesuitism. 

[CONCLUDBD.] 


But  the  reader  can  not  suppose  that 
the  society  of  the  Jesuits  fell  without  a 
struggle,  and  disappeared  without  ex- 
citement. Their  moral  influence  was 
prodigious,  and  their  political  ascend- 
ancy was  paramount.  To  rise  upon 
them  outright  was  too  much  for  the 
courage  of  that  age  in  France,  [fo 
save  appearances  the  bill  of  indictment 
made  out  by  Parliament  run  against  the 
pretended  Jesuits ;  and  great  fears  were 
entertained  for  the  fate  of  religion  and 
the  peace  of  society  in  the  result.  The 
grossness  of  the  charges  exhibited 
against  them,  and  the  atrocity  of  the 
extracts  quoted  from  their  standard 
authors,  were  such  as  to  stumble  public 
belief;  and  had  not  their  avowed  theory 
of  infidelity  and  regicide  been  reduced 
to  practice  by  their  more  zealous  breth- 
ren the  world  could  not  have  believed 
the  righteous  charges.  But  the  hetn- 
ousness  of  the  charges  against  Jesuitism 
IB  no  evidence  of  the  want  of  truth; 
"and  there  is  tremendous  proof  that, 
whatever  might  be  the  guilt  of  their 
principles,  it  was  sustained  by  the  guilt 
of  their  practices. "     (For.  Rev.  p.  32 1 .) 

Societies,  like  men,  become  vicious 
by  degrees;  they  do  not  venture  upon 
the  cold  and  ^ruel  slaughter  of  their 
fellow-men  for  their  first  offence;  they 
approximate  this  height  of  crime  by 
regular  steps  in  the  lower  degrees  of 
iniquity.     The   investigation  of    Free- 


masonry now   in    the   vigor  of  youth, 
fetches  them  to  light  and  exposes  them 
to  honest  hood-winked  brethren  and  to 
the   world.     Where   this   investigation 
has   been   conducted  a   length  of  time 
sufficient  to  allow  its    results    fairly   to 
operate  upon  the  public  miod,  the  peo- 
ple, by  an  overwhelming  majority,  have 
given  the  fullest  demonstration  of  their 
abhorrence  and  distrust  of  Freemason- 
ry.    The   churches    have  spoken  dis- 
tinctly, and   are  yet  speaking,  that  the 
order  of  Freemasonry  is  anti-Christian. 
The  people  at  the  polls  have  pronounc- 
ed it  hostile  to  our  civil  liberties  and  to 
our  political  institutions.     The  honest 
members   of  the   fraternity  are  them- 
selves openly   f  jrsaking  it  by  tens  and 
by  fifties. 

For  at  the  West  inquiry  has  so  alarm- 
ed the  people  that  they  have  lost  their 
confidence  in  the  tribunals  of  public 
justice.  "They  believe,"  says  the 
excellent  report  of  the  Senate  upon  this 
subject,  "  that  Masonry  exerts  its  influ- 
ence in  civil  as  well  as  criminal  cases; 
in  arbitrations,  references,  trials  by 
jury,  before  justices  of  the  peace,  and 
in  higher  courts.  Formerly  from  one- 
half  to  two-thirds  of  their  justices  be- 
longed to  the  fraternity  of  Masons;  now 
not  one  in  twenty  are  of  the  initiated, 
and  this  change  has  been  chit  fly  pro- 
duced by  their  entire  conviction  of  the 
fact  that  Masonry  pervades  and  influ- 
ences tho  courts  of  justice."  And  such 
a  storm  have  the  confessed  and  appar- 
ent outrages  of  the  conceited  mystery 
raised  in  that  region  that  the  fraternity 
not  only  fly  before  it  but  wisely  yield  to 
it  and  honestly  surrender  their  charters. 

The  Jesuits  carried  on  a  trade  with 
the  island  of  Martioico.  In  the  war 
between  France  and  England,  during 
which  Wolf  and  Montcalm  fell  on  the 
same  contested  field,  and  Washington 
began  his  glory,  these  affiliated  traders 
met  with  some  losses,  which  they 
wished  to  leave  upon  the  hands  of  their 
correspondents^at  Lyons  and  Marseilles. 
''The  merchants,  robbed  and  treated 
like  foola  by  the  Jesuits,  attacked  them 
in  the  regular  way  of  justice."  The 
Jesuits,  in  order  to  make  their  expected 
triumph  more  brilliant  and  complete, 
demanded  that  the  cause  should  be 
brought  before  the  great  chamber  of 
the  Parliament  of  Paris.  They  lost  it 
there  unanimously,  and  were  condemn- 
ed to  pay  large  sums  to  the  merchants, 
with  a  prohibition  again  to  meddle  with 
commerce.  In  the  law-suit  it  had  been 
debated  whether  in  reality  the  Jesuits 
were,  by  their  constitutions,  answerable 
one  for  the  other.  This  question  furn- 
ished Panliament  with  a  very  natural 
opportunity  of  demanding  a  sight  of 
those  famous  constitutions,  which  had 
never  been  examined.  The  examination 
of  these,  and  afterwards  of  their  books, 
furnished  legal  means  more  than  suffi- 
cient for  declaring  their  institution  con- 
trary to  the  laws  of  the  kingdom  and 
to  the  obedience  due  to  the  sovereign, 
and  contrary  to  the  tranquility  of  the 
state. — D'Alembert, 

Abundant  testimony  is  exhibited  to 
show  that  the  Masonic  institution  is 
more  contrary  to  the  constitution  and 
laws  of  this  Republic  and  to  the  tran- 
quility of  the  State;  but  it  is  not  legal 
evidence.     The  public  are  deeply  inter- 


ested to  know  the  truth  in  this  matter, 
and  to  know  it  with  the  assurance 
which  the  calm  decisions  of  our  legal 
rtibunals  never  fail  to  inspire.  This 
assurance  may  be  properly  attained  by 
trying  the  competency  of  a  Royal  Aich 
Mason  to  give  his  testimony  or  to  sit  on 
a  jury  where  a  brother  Royal  Arch 
Mason  is  on  trial  by  indictment.  The 
court  will  not  inquire  whether  the  wit- 
ness or  challenged  juror  deems  his 
Royal  Arch  oath  incompatible  with  the 
impartiality  of  a  witness  and  of  a  juror; 
but  they  will  inquire:  "Have  you 
taken  the  Royal  Arch  Mason  oath?" 
"I  have."  "Please  to  step  aside  until 
we  learn  the  precise  character  of  that 
oath."  Ten  thousand  honest  Masons 
may  be  found,  in  good  standing  with 
the  order,  who,  if  called  upon  by  the 
legal  authority,  would  either  frankly 
say  that  they  could  not  testify  in  the 
case  without  implicating  themselves,  or 
else  with  true  and  faithful  answer  give 
to  the  questions  put  by  the  court. 

This  course  is  very  pitun;  we  rejoice 
to  have  it  so.  We  make  our  mark  and 
challenge  the  fraternity  to  cross  it.  We 
throw  our  glove  at  the  bar  of  our  legal 
tribunals;  let  those  who  contradict  us 
take  it  up  if  they  dare.  We  challenge 
them  to  judicial  combat  We  defy  them 
to  meet  us  before  twelve  men  impan- 
neled  in  due  form  of  law.  We  are  sure 
that  such  a  trial  would  place  Freema- 
sonry in  the  condition  of  Jesuitism 
when  the  Parliament  of  Paris  demanded 
a  sight  of  the  Jesuit  constitutions.  We 
know  it  would  furnish  legal  evidence 
of  the  iniquity  of  the  order,  which 
would  be  irresistible  and  overwhelming, 
not  to  show  that  every  Freemason  is  a 
knave,  but  that  the  constitution  of  the 
order  would  have  him  so.  We  dispute 
no  man's  word;  honest  Masons  may 
declare  that  they  know  of  no  evil  in 
Freemasonry.  We  believe  them;  but 
they  will  allow  us  also  to  know,  and 
from  their  own  ranks  to  prove,  that 
every  point  in  the  oaths  revealed  in 
Bernard's  '*  Light  on  Masonry "  is  ex- 
acted by  regularly  constituted  lodges  of 
Freemasonry ;  and  when  that  is  proved 
to  the  entire  batisfaction  of  the  court 
and  jury  the  inquiring  public  will  know 
and  the  honest  Masons  will  learn  some- 
thing that  they  did  not  know  before, 
viz.,  that  there  is  evil  in  Freemasonry. 
Until  we  have  opportunity  to  submit 
the  oaths  of  Freemasonry  to  the  trial 
of  a  high  court  we,  in  conclusion,  offer 
for  consideration  the  following  questions 
carefully  prepared  from  those  pro- 
pounded to  the  Jesuits  in  the  year  of 
their  dissolution  in  France,  as  recorded 
in  the  history  of  their  destruction  by 
D'Alembert: 

1.  Are  not  the  people  competent  of 
themselves,  and  by  their  legal  repre- 
sentatives, to  decide  whether  any  secret 
or  benevolent  institution  be  comformable 
or  contrary  to  the  laws  of  this  republic  ? 

2.  Did  not  the  citizens  who  have 
submitted  themselves  to  the  institution 
of  Freemasonry  submit  to  it  on  the 
supposition,  nay,  in  the  persuasion, 
that  it  was  approved  by  the  laws  and 
by  the  people! 

3.  If  the  people  or  their  represen- 
tatives, having  at  first  permitted  or  tol- 
erated the  institution,  come  afterwards 
to  be  of  opinion  that  it  is  contrary  to 


the  laws  of  the  republic,  would  the 
good  citizens  who  have  subjected  them- 
selves to  this  institution  do  wrong  to 
renounce  it?  Would  they  err  in  ac 
counting  their  vow  of  obedience  to  the 
order  inconsistent  with  the  obedience 
they  owe  from  their  birth  both  to  the 
commands  of  God  and  to  the  constitu- 
tions of  their  country  ? 

4.  If  the  vow  which  they  have 
made  as  citizens  be  contrary  to  that 
they  have  made  as  Freemasons,  is  not 
this  second  vow  null  of  itself,  btincr  de- 
stroyed  by  a  vow  more  ancient  and 
more  sacred?  ,,:.,; 

5.  If  they  think  themselves,  ■  not- 
withstanding this  consideration,  engag- 
ed by  their  vow  of  obedience  to  the  or- 
der, ought  not  the  people  and  their 
legal  representatives  to  declare  that 
they  are  disqualified  for  the  discharge 
of  any  public  trust? 

We  do  not  believe  that  the  Jesuits 
were  naturally  worse  men  than  their 
contemporaries,  or  that  they  became 
Jesuits  with  criminal  views.  We  do 
not  believe  that  the  individuals  were,  as 
private  citizens,  worse  than  any  equal 
number  of  their  fellow  citizens.  The 
mischief  was  not  in  the  men;  it  was  in 
their  form  of  so-iial  constitution,  in  their 
oaths  of  obligation  to  the  order,  in  their 
wide  distribution  of  immense  power, 
concentred  in  one  body,  actuated  by 
one  spirit  of  self-aggradizement,  and 
governed  by  one  head  of  the  order. 
The  mischief  of  Jesuitism  was  not  so 
much  in  the  men  or  in  the  object  of 
their  association  as  It  was  in  the  mode 
of  action  they  adopted  to  attain  that 
object  They  organized  into  compa- 
nies like  an  army;  into  higher  grades 
hka  an  aristocracy;  under  one  chief 
like  a  despotism ;  and  they  worked  this 
complicated  machine  with  secret  eprings 
concealed  from  the  world  and  from  the 
inspection  of  even  the  great  body  of  the 
order  itself.  Here  was  the  mischief. 
We  believe  that  man  is  incapable  of  ex- 
ercising great  power  uncontrolled  by 
public  accountability  without  abusing 
it.  Whether  it  be  religious  Jesuitism 
or  social  Freemasonry,  the  organization, 
the  power,  and  the  secret  operation  are 
the  same,  except  that  Freemasonry  is 
much  the  more  secret  and  complicated 
of  the  two.  And  it  may  be  doubted 
whether  angeU  in  such  a  society  could 
resist  the  temptation  always  held  out  to 
sin.  It  is  not  the  fault  of  Jesuits  or 
Freemasons  individually  that  their  soci- 
eties are  regarded  with  jealousy  or  have 
fallen  into  disrepute ;  but  it  is  the  con- 
stitutional fault  of  their  social  organiza- 
tion, and  their  unaccountable  mode  of 
public  action,  which  renders  them  alike 
objects  of  democratic  hostility  and  of 
republican  dread.  It  is  their  secret 
government,  their  fraternal  obligations, 
their  mutual  confidence,  and  their  spir- 
itual love  to  the  order,  which  fasten 
them  together,  right  or  wrong,  and  in- 
cline the  whole  body  downward  in  the 
race  equally  of  time  and  sin.  A  secret 
society  can  not  improve  in  virtue.  Its 
tendency  is  irrevocably  to  err,  to  become 
wholly  corrupt.  History  affords  no 
example  of  one  which  has  not  fallen 
into  disgrace,  or  of  one  which  has  ever 
purified  itself,  or  been  purified,  save 
only  by  dissolution  and  death. 


8 


T^E    CHRISTIAjN    CYNOSURE. 


%\lt  €^him  ^j^nn^^ 


Chicago,  Thursday,  October  1,  1874. 


It  is  in  contemplation  to  hold  the  anniversary  of  .our 
State  Association  in  Chicago  soon,  and  endeavors  are 
being  put  forth  to  enlist  new  men  in  the  movement. 

Remember  tlie  fast  day  for  the  castmg  down  of 
Satan  from  his  control  over  the  mind  of  this  nation 
through  its  secret  lodges.  Individual  men  may  be 
wicked,  but,  in  the  lodges,  mischief  is  framed  into  law, 
and  Satan  rules  man  in  masses  as  in  heathen  and 
popish  countries.  As  a  farmer  in  Bureau  county  said 
to  me:  "The  Masons  are  afraid  of  each  other  and 
outsiders  are  afraid  of  them."  Thus  the  lodges 
"drive  men  to  hell  Uke  sheep,"  as  Wesley  said  of  the 
distillers  of  England.  Nothing  but  the  power  of  Jesus 
Christ  ever  did  or  can  dislodge  Satan  from  his  strong 
holds,  the  spurious  worships  of  men.  But  Christ  is 
mightier  than  Satan;  stronger  than  the  strong  man 
armed,  and  his  kind  goeth  forth  by  nothing  but  by 
prayer  and  fasting.  Remember  our  fast  day  is  Sabbath, 
November  8th.  ... 


ii«0'j(f   vidi  it'.iU    1' 


.JllJOO   'til 


nM.\iiHm'iiao-j 


exceedingly  able  paper  on  temperance  before  the  La- 
dies' Temperance  AUiance  in  the  College  Chapel  at 
Wheaton,  on  Wednesday,  Sept.  23d.  The  Chapel 
was  filled  and  the  audience  attentive.  Dr.  Bridges 
was  a  brigade  surgeon  and  had  charge  of  an  important 
post  hospital  during  the  war;  and  was  an  important 
man  in  our  great  struggle.  He  was  also  master  of 
Westfield  Lodge,  Clark  county,  Illinois;  and  while 
sitting  in  his  office  in  the  hospital  near  Little  Rock, 
Arkansas,  a  secesh  Southerner,  who  murdered  a  Union 
man  near  Little  Rock  and  robbed  him  of  two  thousand 
dollars,  came  to  Bridges  and,  "on  the  square,"  applied 
for  his  help.  He  was  then  under  arrfest  and  in  charge 
of  an  orderly.  The  Doctor  took  him  aside  and  held 
the  following  dialogue  with  him: 

Dr.  B.— "Well,  did  you  kill  h-m?"a  |  edi  \o  a*. 


Rev.  Zacbary.Eddy,  D.  D.,  of  Michigan,  upon  the  occa 
sionSof  iiopc  for  an  fmmediitfe  general  effusion  of  the 
Holy  Spirit..  ?    ,'    .. 

liev.  I.  E.  Dwinell,  D.  D.,  of  California,  upon  the  Fel 
lowsliip  of  the  Cliurclies. 

Rev.  N.  G-.  Clack,  D.  D.,  of  Massachusetts,  upon  Our 
Foreign  Misaiouary  Churches — their  internal  organization, 
rdutual  relatioiis,  and  lelations  to  the  churches  at  home. 

Rev.  D.  B.  Coe,  D.  D.,  of  New  York  city,  upon  Chris- 
tian Comity  between  Denominations  on  the  Home  Field. 

Rev.  C.  L.  Goodell,  of  Missouri,  upon  Mutual  Aspects 
of  our  Diflerent  Benevolent  Agencies. 

Rev.  Pres.  A.  D.  Smith,  D.  D.,  of  New  Haropshire,  upon 
the  Internal  Spiritual  Condition  of  our  Colleges. 

Ilbn.  Heniy'P.  Haven,  of  Connecticut,  upon  Sabhath- 
schodls.  City  Missions,  and  similar  agencies. 

Rev.  W.  H.  H.  Murray,  of  Massachusetts,  upon  the  Con- 
ditions of  Pulpit  Effeciiveness  among  the  multitude. 

Rev.  A.  F.  Beard,  of  New  York,  upon  the  Development 
of  latent  Power  io  churches  and  individuals. 

Rev.  Pres.  J.  H.  Fairchild,  D.  D.,  of  Ohio,  upon  the 
Character  Essential  to  the  religion  which  will  take  strong 
hold  of  the  Amei-ica^  people. 

A  committee  of  the  last  Council  will  report  regarding 
the  Consolidation  of  Benevolent  Societies.  ; 

The  Provisional  Committee  will  also  report  necessary 
and  occasional  items  of  business.  '     ' 

Blank  credentials  have  been  seasonably  forwarded  to 
the  Secretaries  of  the  several  organizations,  for  distribu 
tion;      -  t    -  ■'  . '  Henry  M.  Stooes,  New  York  city, 
<iow  ,i>'w>diui  Chairman  of  Prov'l  Committee. 


Report  of  Meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 

"'^  '■  onat  Christiau  Association. '' '     ^"' 
•I'.k  arijio  it 

"i   '"'  '-'  jChicago,  Bcpt.  19,  1874, 


wtiiJia^    bi> 


Dk.  V.  R.   Bridges,  of  Mattoon,  iljinols,'  rek^  i^^'^lTfife^Bfeff  the? 'fe' ihe    Cynosure  o&ce  ynx,n-^nt  io 


Secesh. — "Yes. 


•^tfiqi^ib  Hi  . 


"Did  you  get  the  twO; thousand  dollars |j,(y  g^^j, 

.i*'S.  !    JU103   I   01     fivo     OK   V 

" Well,  what  do  you  expect  of  miSi?"        '  '• 

"I  expect  you  tp  aid  in  extricating  me  from  this 
difficulty,  because  within  the  length  of  your  cable-tow. " 

"You  infamous  puppy,  you.  If  yoti  think  I  pro- 
pose to  make  such  a  use  of  my.  Masonry,  for  once  you 
have  mistaken  your  man.  And  when  your  matters 
come  up  I  will  endeavor  to  be  present  and  give  jmy 
testimony  against  you."  f,,,.,,'^  UU&xo  I  Jiboo  -xii  l>  H 

I  need  not  say  that  Dr.  Bridges  is,  ndw  opposed  to 

the   lodge.     He   is  altogether  a   remarkably  feadess, 

patriotic  man.      -'iiir>5«  •..»(,•  ;.Ji  ihuta  !  ,-iiol»d    wo.iJ 

'     ■    ■  "     c  :      :u       .Yiao«4ira-J  »l'l 

yt.,b...  ..THE  GKEAT  COUNCIL.    ,;„,,(,,,  o}  v.'i; 

Below  find  the  programme  of  ihe^ati^ttil  tJOTi'^re- 
gational  Council.  Dr.  Quint,  the  secretary  and  only 
permanent  officer,  and  who  should  properly  sign  the 
notice  below,  is  back  out  of  sight.  He  proposed,  so 
we  are  told,  to  resign  his  secretaryship  to  avoid  our 
attacks  oh  the  Council,  but  not  to  renounce  the  blas- 
phemies of  "his  fifth  hbatiori.'*'*"  »"'^«^  [  V^   "•>"="- 

Dr.  Storrs,  who  signs  the  ci!i)T,"is"a  professed  Anti-ma- 
son, who  helped  write  and  issue  a  tract  against  the 
lodge  while  he  was  in  Cincinnati.  Since  his  going  to 
New  York  he  fraternizes  with  Freemasons  like  Quint. 
We  will  give  a  full  account  of  this  "Council"  and  its 
acts  and  omissions  hereafter. 

THE  NATIONAL  COUKCIL  OF  THE  c6l«»RHQATrONAIi  CHUROBES 
OF  THE  UNITED  STATES. 

The  delegates  chosen  are  reminded  that  the  second  session 
of  the  National  Council  will  be  held  ih  New  Haven,  Ct., 
commencing  on  Wednesday,  September  30,  1874,  at  3 
o'clock  P.  M. 

The  precise  place  of  meeting,  and  the  arrangements  for 
entertainment  of  delegates,  will  be  made  known  by  the 
committee  of  brethren  in  New  Haven,  through  the  relig- 
ious papers. 

The  opening  sermon  will  be  preached  on  Wednesday 
evening,  by  Rev.  Richard  S.  Storrs,  D.  D.  Of  topics  for 
consideration  previously  suggested,  papers  will  be  read  as 
follows:  •  J 


call.     Ptes.  Blauchaid,  Isaac  Preston,  I.  A.  Hart,  J 
G.  Terrill,  C.  R.  Hagerty,  E.  A.  Cook.H.   L.  Kellogg 
and  C.  A.  Bianchard,  present.     Mr.  Stur^is  of  Wash 
ington,  Iowa,  and  Mr.  Arnold}  of  Sycamore',, III.*,  were 
invited  to  sit  as  corresponding  member?. 

Prayer  was  ollerea  by  Pres.  Bianchard.  Minutes 
of  the  prdviouB  meeting  were  readi'  '"18  Was"movfed  by 
H.  L.  Kellogg,  that  the  provisional  clause  respecting 
the  compensalioa  cl  the  Assistant  Secretary  be  strick- 
en out,  and  that  she  be  allowed  05  per  cent,  of  the 
now  unpledged  receipts  until  her  salftr^  be  $500,  for 
the  term  ot.  office.  --.ivjii    i,-/i- •>!!■ 

The  report  of  the  Committee  oh  Finainceand  Tracts 
was  read.  It  was  voted  to  consider  the  report  on 
Tracts,  article  by  article.  Articles  one  and  two  were 
adopted'  Article  three  was  amended  by  stiiking  out 
parenthetic  clause  and  adopted  as  amended.  Article 
four  was  adopted.  The  committee  recommended  thai 
manies  far  tracts  be  sent  to  the  Treaeurer.  It  was 
voted  to  adopt  the  jjjlaft^erevfith  printed  iu  the  report 
onTracls.  .   '.,„„  ^''''""^  U.i^,m«  ^B^d, 

The  report  on  Finances  'was;  taken  up.  '  Articles 
one,  two  and  three  were  read  and  adopted,  A  long 
discussion  was  had  respecting  the  p'ropriety  of  hiring 
by  definite  contract  State  agents.  It  was  finally  voted 
to  employ  such  agents  promising  them:  1st,  The  funds 
contributed  for  the  purpot'e'  of  the*  States  in  which 
they  work;  2d,  Their  pro-rata  po/fioh  of  other  funds 
iji  the  Treausry  unappropriated.  Article  fifth  was 
^mended  by  striking  out  the  words  ''General  and 
State  agents". and  subitituting  therefor  the  words  Cor- 
responding Secretary.  It  was  adopted  as  amended. • 
Article  sixth  was.  adopted:'  '  Aftitleifev^Tirih  was 
stricken  out.  ;.    :  '     '    " 

It  was  moved  that  repo-ts  of  the  m.eting  Of  the 
Executive  Committee  be  published  in  the  Cynosure. 
Carried.  It  was  moved  that  Pres.  Bianchard,  Prof. 
Lumry  and  H.  L  Kellogg  be  a  Committee  to  nomi- 
nate the  Committee  on  Tracts.  Carried.  It  was 
moved  that  the  Chairman,  the  CorrCsp-inding  Secre- 
tary, and  the  General  Agent  be  a  cotnmittee  to  make 
contracts  with  State  agents  now  at  work.  Carried. 
It  vras  moved  thit  the  annual  meetih!^  beheld  in  Feb 
ruary.     Laid  on  the  table  until  the  next  meetina;. 

It  was  moved  that  there  be  appointed  a  day  of 
fasting  and  prayer  for  the  overthrow  of  secret  societies. 
Moved  to  amend  by  designating  the  second  Sabbath 
in  November  as  the  day,  and  that  all  Anti-masonic 
churches  be  requested  to  take  up  collections  for  the 
cause  on  that  day.  The  amendment  and  motion  as 
amended  prevailed,  ;  It  y^^s  moved  that  I.  A.  Hait, 
Prof.  Lumrj,  and  C.  A.  Bianchard  be  a  committee 
on  addresses,  and  printing  addresses  to  tie  people 
respecting  ttie  coming  ^  day  of  fasting  aiid  prayer. 
Carrie^.j  ,f,tjj^a8  moyecl^thalL proof  slips  of  the^dress 


be  mailed  to  ministers  and  papers  so  far  as  deemed 
advisable  by  the  SecreLary.  •  Carried,  It  v^as  ^oved 
that  H.  L.  Kellogg,  through  the  Cynosiire,  ask  opin- 
ions respecting  a  winter  meeting.  Carried.  Meeting 
then  adjourned,  •''■'■      "''  *'^/''C.'''Ji'.'BLANcHAKD. 

BelA>w,^||ill  b^  fnMud  ,^liferre|ipi;t9.oj^i  Ji^i^/p.^nd,  Fi- 
nanc«(^^j   ,  |  .mlodyn  adi 

,    „  '  , ;  BEPOR*  V^  TlRAC^S'.     ''"«  l'"*"''^  'j'^' 

1,  We  recommend  tLat  a  committee  for  the  t5uT4iW- 
tion  and  revision  of  tracts  consisting  of  five  persofifi  be 
appointed.  '  '-'"'Ji  J     n-  >  oT 

2,  That  80  lcn£r  as  Ezra  A.  Cook  &^C»!  i-dfittittft'** 
own  the  t^^act  plates  and  publish  the  tracts  at  thr-ir 
own  risk,  E.  A.  Cook  be  th»  Becr^iaiyi^f.  thai  o.ixiLmii.- 
tee,     '        '    \    >n;i;ii  nij  hir.i  o)  aKii.uiq  ■>ai;!>n(  n'V 

3,  Thai  the  business  of  this  committee  shail'Ue  to 
examine  the  tracts  ah eady  published  and  appn>ve  of, 
revite,  or  reject  ihcm.  (Rejected  trac'.s  m:)l<  notxke 
published  io  the  future.)  .i/.l./d  .i 

4,  That  all  tracts  hereafter  published  be  isanedi'tiujy 
on  the  recommendation  (  f  the  committee.  ! 

Under  the  above  recommendations  the  tract  fund 
will  be  sent  to  Ezra  A.  Cook  &,  Co.,  and  the  accouiat 
of  it  shall  be  open  to  the  inspection  of  the  tract  coni- 
.fliittee  (.>r  any  member  of  if)  and  the  Treaaurer  of  the 
National  Christian  A'Sjciation  in  all  business  hour^; 
and  be  audited  annually  by  the  Auditor  ol  tbe  Na- 
tional Christian  Association. 

The  secretary  of  this  committee  shall  keep  a  ciiieful 
record  of  all  monies  received  and  of  all  orders  filled 
for  tracts,  and  report  quarterly  to  the  T.easurt  r  of  the 
National  Christian  Association,  the  amount  received 
and  paid  out,  with  the  balance  of  funds  on  hand.!iOH 

•-     "i     •!  ^'  REPORT  ON  FINANCES.        .'lt):,.,iq    oT 

The  committee  recommend:  1,  That  dotiationa  be 
solicited  for  General  and  Lecture  Funds,  and  for  a 
Stale  Fund  for  each  State  t-o  fast  as  State  lecturers 
can  be  provided.  These  funds  to  be  appropriated  ac- 
cording to  the  wish  of  the  doio's,  the  cjmma'.,ee/,(- 
serving  the  privi  ege  to  appropriate  from  either  in 
case  of  a  surplus.  Where  no  special  fund  or  objtcL  is 
named  the  amount  to  be  credited  to  the  General 
Fund;  the  membership  fees  to  be  credited  to  the  same 
fund. 

2,  The  General  Agent  and :  Lecturer  to  be  p.ai^ 
$1,000  aad  expenses  from  the  Lcct,wr^j,iif^sl,.G^;;^i)^^l 

Funds.        .         ,;      I  .  ,.;,.j,       .^I.,;iJ,,il;J.,.,      . 

3,  The  Corresponding  Stcretary  to  be  paid  $300 
per  year  from  the  General  Fund.    :-p  *^ 

4th,  The  State  Agents  to  be' pmd-4^ii^per  year 
and  expenses  from  the  respective  State  fui  d  and  the 
General  Fund.  * 

5tb,  The  Corresponding Si.'cretary  tUtepdk  monthly 
to  the  Treasurer  the  receipts  and  expenses  of  the 
General  and  State  Agents  in  full,  and  the  former  in 
such  manner  that  the  names  of  dOnors  may  be  pub- 
lished. '  =-  ■;=;v'':^'!--'' "";'  i;'5'*"'  •■  -  -i"" 

6th,  The  Agents  and  dorrespouding  6ecretafy''tb 
be  paid  quj^terlT,  as  nearly  as  p  ssibl  ■.  '  ''• 

In  accpraanbe  with  the  vote  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
correspondence  is  invited  in  regard  to  the  best  time  for 
holding  the  National  Association  at  Pittsburgh.  Every 
reader  who  has  a  suggestion  on  the  subject  write  to  the 
Coxrespondmg  Secretary.-     '  '   ■       ^"  •  ■  •"«'"><i'{-  -"«« 

Hfneili«4  edi  |  ''^■'*'  ''•"^**''' *■***'"«  ;tiiuB«»L  bt»baai»Ti 

■'i_:The  granges  of  La  Salle  county,  Illinois,  held.iji 
picnic  the  other  day,  and  after  Grand  Master  Colder 
had  made  his  Hccustomed  speech  the  young  folks 
danced  all  the  afternoon  in  spite  of  rainy  weather.  If  the 
grange  has  added  the  promiscuous  country  dance  to 
its  social  attractions*  the  sooner  the  farmers  abandoa 
it  the  better  for  the  virtue  of  their  families.  ,  jy 

—The  Odd-fellow  Grand  Lodge  met  last  week  at 
Atlanta,  GJeorgia.  The  question  of  uniting  the  Grand 
Lod^^e  with  the  Grand  Encampment  was  negatived. 
A  charter  was  granted  to  the  first  enca,mpment  in 
Montreal,  On.  Friday  the  Grand  Lodge  in  a  body  vis- 
ited the  Supreme  Court  of  the  State  and  were  ban- 
queted by  the  city  Chamber  of  Commerce  in  the  after- 
noon. This  visiting  supreme  courts  in  a  body  is  some- 
what original  with  lodges,  but  the  idea  must  not  be 
considered  either  fanciful  or  a  simple  act  of  courtesy. 
The  Grand  and  subordinate  lodges  of  all  kind§  have  a 
vast  interest  in  the  courts,  not  particularly  with  their 
presiding  genius,  to  be  sure,  for  they  are  not  iatimales 
of  Justice,  but  in  bribing  her  atteadanta.  Such  cour- 
teous visitgj89  i^e  aj[\9j^,c^^^^v^,^ej^e(^^e^  m^h0 


suspicion, J. ^^  i  •i./i''!     k)  ito«J«>|iJa^vB<    t>d'l'      vjjupiai 


THE    GHRISTIAN    CYMQSURE. 


9 


— ^^We  cail  atlention  to  the  report  on 
Masonic  Prayers  from  tbe  proceedings 
of  the  list  Grand  Lodge  of  New  York. 
It  is  an  aullioritative  coiifirniation  of 
the  really  pagan  character  of  the  lodge. 

•^-The  next  issue  of  the  Cynosure, 
closes  the  sixth  volume.  A  special  ef- 
fort should  be  given  io  new  subscrip- 
tions and  every  renewal  due  is  paid 
'v?ith  more  falisfaction  now  than  at  some 
future  indefinite  time.  Road  the  pub- 
lishers notice  elsewhere. 

— N.  E.  Spalding,  one  of  the  oldest 
■settlers  of  Nortbem  Iliino's  died  kst 
week  a  B'ackberry,  Kane  county.  Mr. 
Spalding  was  a  Freemason, but  com- 
manded the  lodge  not*  to  appear  at  his 
traileral  witb  its  gew-:jaw8  and  sham 
solemnities.  Considerable  light  has 
been  disseminated  in  that  region,  no 
doubt  to  the  enlightment  of  Mr.  Hpald- 
ing's  mind,  and  to  the  weakening  oi 
the  lodge  power. 

— An  interesting  reminiscence  of  An 
ti-masonic  efibrtR  is  a  pamphlet  publish- 
ed with  the  assistai  ce  of  a  few  friends  by 
Jonas  Brovm,o{Highgate,  Vt. ,  in  1859, 
It  conui'Hs  the  Masonic  obligations 
from  Entered  Apprentice  to  Knights  of 
Kadosh  according  to  Morgan  and  Ber- 
nard, with  notes;  reports  oa  the  ab- 
duction and  murder  of  Morgan  and  on 
the  construction  of  Masonic  penalties 
before  the  United  Stales  Convention  in 
1830,  and  other  documents. 

— As  a  single  note  of  the  progiess 
of  ourrtform,  the  fact  that  half  a  hun- 
dred or  more  seceding  Masons  have 
joined  the  Free  Methodist  church  dur- 
ing the  past  year,  is  of  tbe  greatest  en- 
couragement. A  minister  of  that  de- 
nomination intimate  with  its  statistics 
gives  the  estimate.  Such  converts 
from  the  lodge  are  the  ones  who  got 
clear  over  the  fence  and  are  faithful 
^witnesses  for  the  truth.  May  their 
"i^embers  increase  a  thousand  fold. 
'" — ^The  periodical  difficulties  of  the 
great  Pennsylvania  coal  mines — strikes, 
^closing  of  mines,  brawls,  murders — 
have  almost  always  been  chargabie  to 
the  unions,  or  secret  combinations 
among  the  workmen.  The  manager 
of  one  mine  at  Braddocksfield,  Pa.,, 
Mr.  J.  B.  Corry,  has  no  aflection  for 
secret  ledges  of  any  kind  whatever  and 
will  not  have  a  "union"  miner  in  his 
employ.  Neither  does  he  enter  any  of 
the  dealers  combination?,  to  raise  prices 
regardless  of  the  welfare  of  their  men. 
He  endeavors  to  use  fairne&s  and  his 
efforts  are  met  in  the  same  spirit.  No 
trouble  occurs  at  his  mine.  While 
other  mines  are  idle  all  around  his  is  in 
full  operation.  So  much  for  refusing' 
to  fellowship  the  lodge  in  business  rela- 
wtions. 


Fast  Day,  November  Eighth. 

Tne  National  Christian  Association, 
realizino-  that  secret  ,oith-bound  socie- 
ties are  corrupting  the  church  of 
Christ;  and  deeply  sensible  of  the  timid, 
time  serving  policy  which  many  Chris- 
tians is'  all  parts  of  our  land  maintain 
towards  such  societies;  and  humbly 
acknowledging  their  own  weakness, 
have  appointed  the  second  Sabbath  of 
November  as  a  day  offasting  and  pray- 
er. They  ask  all  Christians  who  de- 
plore the  evils  resulting  from  secret  so 
cieties  to  pray  that  the  understandings 
of  God's  children  may  be  opened  to 
see  the  wickedness  of  these  institutions 
that  they  all  may  come  up  to  the 
help  of  the  Lord  against  these  hosts  of 
darkness  who  are  making  fearful 
breaches  in  the  walls  of  Zion;  and  that 
in  the  government  of  this  nation  the 
^ower  of  those  who  love  darkness 
^i-aiher  than  the  light  because  their 
>deeds  ar«  evii.  as  well  as  in  the  church 
•of  Christ  may  foe  Lrv)ken;  and  that 
ail  ChriBtiaas  wiio  have  been  be- 
guiled into  these  unholy  leagues  may 
renounce  and  forS&ke  them;  and  that 
jtheee  societies  may  be  destioyed. 


Testimonies  of  the  Church  on  Secret  Societies. 


That  freemasonry  is  a  fearful  evil,  is  generally  acknowl- 
edged by  christians  of  different  denominations,  as  the  fol- 
lowing quotations  will  show.  The  Interior,  organ  of  the 
Presbyterian  Church,  said  in  July,  1874,  editorially,  that 

MASONS  "must  expect  AND  RESPECT  'SHARP  CRITICISM  AND 
EARNEST  OPPOSITION  FROM  EVANGELICAL  CHRISTIANITV. " 

The  General  Association  of  Cong'l,  churches  of  Illinois 
eight  years  ago  passed  resolutions  drawn  up  by  Rev.  Sani'l 
C.  Bartlett,  of  their  Theological  seminary,  from  which  we 
quote  the  following;: 

"  Fourth  resolution.-  That  there  are  certain  other  wide  spread 
organizations — such  as  Freemasonry — which,  we  suppose, 
are  in  their  nature  hostile  to  good  citizenship  and  true  relig- 
ion, because  they  exact  initiatory  oaths  of  blind  compliance 
and  concealment,  incompatible  with  the  claims  of  equal  jus- 
tice toward  man  and  a  good  conscience  toward  God;  because 
they  may  easily,  and  sometimes  have  actually,  become  c'oin- 
binations  against  the  due  process  of  law  and  government; 
because  while  claiming  a  religious  character  they,  in  theit 
rituals,  deliberately  withhold  all  recog-nition  of  Christ  as  their 
only  Savior  and  of  Christianity  as  the  only  true  religion; 
because  while  they  are  in  fact  nothing  but  restricted  partner- 
ships or  companies  for  mutual  insurance  and  protection,  they 
ostentatiously  parade  this  characterless  engagement  as  a  sub- 
stitute for  brotherly  love  and  true  benevolence ;  because  they 
bring  good  men  in  confidential  relations  to  bad  men ;  and  be- 
cause, while  in  theory,  they  supplant  the  church  of  Christ, 
they  do  also,  in  fact,  largely  tend  to  withdraw  the  sympathy 
and  active  zeal  of  professing  Christians  from  their  respective 
churches.  Against  all  connections  .with  such  associations  we 
earnestly  advise  the  members  of  our  churches,  and  exhort 
them,  'Be  ye  not  unequally  yoked  together  with  unbeliev- 
ers;'" "      '•^''■'  :  "'''' 

The  United  Presbyterian  Ghui-c%' maintains  on  its  books 
and  in  its  practice:  '  ~  ■'  '  ' 

"That  all  associations,  whether  formed  for  political  or 
benevolent  purposes,  which  impose  upon  their  members  an 
oath  of  secrecy,  or  an  obligation  to  obey  a  code  of  unknown 
laws,  are  inconsistent  with  the  genius  and.  spirit  of  Christi- 
anity and  church  members  ought  not  to  have  fellowship  with 
such  associations."  '  . 

The  Reformed  Presbyterian  organization  testifies :' 

"We  reject  all  systems  of  false  religion  and  will-worship, 
and  with  these,  all  forms  of  secret  oathbound  societies  and 
orders  as, ensnaring  in  their  nature,  pernicious  in  their  ten- 
dency and  perilous  to  the  liberties  of  both  church  and  state : 
and  pledge  ourselves  to  pray  and  labor  according  to  our 
power,  that  whatever  is  contrary  to  godliness  may  be  re- 
moved and  the  church  beautified  with  universal  conformity' 
to  the  law  and  will  of  her  divine  Head  and  Lord." 

The  Free  Methodist  Church  believing  that:  "Evil  works 
instinctively  incline  to  darkness"  that  "Good  works  grow 
up  in  the  light"  that  "God  commands  us  to  let  our  light 
shine"  that  '■'A.  had  institution  ought  not  and  s,  good  owa 
need  not  be  secret,"  maintains  the  following  rule: 

"Any  society  requiring  an  oath,  affirmation  or  promise  of 
secrecy,  as  a  condition  of  membership,  is  held  to  be  a  secret 
society;  and  any  member  joining,  or  continuing  in  such, 
violate  his  covenant  obligations  and  shall  in  due  form  be  ex- 
cluded from  the  church." 

The  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church  state  in  their  discipline: 

"We  will  on  no  account  tolerate  our  ministers  or  members 
in  joining  or  holding  fellowship  with  secret  societies,  such  as 
Freemasonry  or  Oddfellowship ;  as  in  the  judgment  of  the 
Wesleyan  Methodist  Connection  it  is  inconsistent  with  our 
duties  to  God  to  hold  such  connections. " 

From  the  discipline  of  the  i'^nenrfs ^we^t^ke  the  following 
on  secret  societies:  . 

"It  being  obvious  that  the  public  entertainments,  and  the 
vain,  ostentatious  processions  of  those  called  Freemasons  are 
altogether  inconsistent  with  our  religious  profession:  if  there- 
fore, any  of  our  members  shall  join  therein  or  unite  in  mem- 
bership with  them,  they  are  to  be  treated  with  as  in  other 
cases  of  disorderly  conduct,  and  if  aft(ir  tender  admonition 
and  brotherly  labor  they  cannot  be  dissuaded  therefrom  they 
are  to  be  disowned."  ,  i^isii-   '   • 

The  United  Brethren  put  a  rule  into  their  discipline  ex- 
cluding adhering  Freemasons  from  membership  in  their 
church,  in  1829.  The  subject  came  before  their  General 
.conference  in  1849,  was  thoroughly  discussed  and  the  fol- 
lowing rule  (more  exphcit  than  the  other)  was  inserted  in 
place  of  the  old  one.  "Freemasonry,  in  every  sense  of  the 
word,  shall  be  totally  prohihited,  and  there  shall  be  no  con- 
nection with  secret  combinations;  (a  secret  combination  is 
one  whose  initiatory  ceremony  or  bond  of  union  is  a  secret); 
and  any  member  found  connected  with  such  society,  shall  be 
affectionately  admonished  by  the  preacher  in  charge  twice  or 
thrice,  and  if  such  member  does  not  disist  in  a  reasonable 
time,  he  shall  be  notified  to  appear  before  the  tribunal  to 
which  he  is  amenable;  and  if  he  still  refuses  to  desist,  he 
shall  be  expelled  from  the  Church," 

The  Baptist  church  has  in  former  years  goneib^fore  almost 
all  others  in  exposing  and  opposing  this  anti-christ.  We 
might  speak,  if  time  would  permit,  of  the  Lutheran  church 


the   Albrechts,    the    Christians,  the  Winebi-ennarians,  the  sure, 

I.  '  'A 


Dunkards  and  others.  But  Satan  tempts  Christians  as  he 
tempted  their  Master  promising  to  give  them  all  that  the 
natural  heart  desires,  if  they  will  fall  down  and  worship  him , 
and  some  of  them  are  led  captive  by  him  at  his  will. 
Presbyterians  say  they,  are  opposed  to  masonry  in  theory 
but  in  practice  their  business  interests  forbid  their  touching 
the  subject.  Congregationahsts  recognize  masonic  chaplains 
as  brethren  and  place  them  in  oflices  of  trust  without  fii-st 
requiring  them  to  remove  the  yoke  which  "binds  them  une- 
qually with  unbelievers."  An  eminent  pastor  in  Pittsburoh 
says  that  the  introduction  of  the  subject  of  Masonry  in  con- 
versation with  United  Presbyterian  Pastors  of  that  city  makes 
them  tremble.  The  general  ignorance  of  the  masses 
on  the  subject  of  masonry  together  with  the  prevailing  spirit 
of  a  liberalChristianity  which  proposes  to  serve  both  God  and 
mammon,  brings  such  a  pressure  to  bear  on  those  who  will 
follow  their  Master  that  many  of  them,  with  Peter,  are 
tempted  to  deny  Christ.  Different  Bodies  of  Christians 
which  will  have  no  fellowship  with  masonry  find  in  the  Na- 
tional Christian  Association  an  opportunity  to  mass  their 
forces  and  make  each  church  feel  the  strength  of  every 
other.  In  the  words  of  Edmund  Burke  •'  Wlien  bad  men 
combine,  the  good  must  associate,  else  they  will  fall,  one  by 
one  an  unpitied  sacrifice  in  a  contemptible  struggle." 

The  Character  and  w^ants  of  the  State  Agents  of  the 
National  Christian  Association. 

As  each  loyal  state  was  taxed  to  support  the  soldiers  who 
were  defending  our  liberties  and  the  rights  of  the  slave,  so 
the  churches  must  combine  to  support  the  noble  men  who 
have  enlisted  in  this  work.  See  the  motives  that  impelled 
them  to  enter  it.  One  of  them,  laboring  in  IlHnois,  writes: 
"I  have  undertaken  the  work  for  the  Lord  and  as  a  work  of 
faith,  I  shall  not  doubt  that  He  is  to  triumph  though  I  may 
fail. "  Another  at  work  in  Indiana  writes :  "I  am  commit- 
ted to  this  cause  for  life,  God  being  my  helper.  Not  that  I 
expect  always  to  remain  in  the  field  as  a  lecturer,  but  what- 
ever I  may  engage  in,  to  contend  for  the  truth  against  error." 
This  spirit  has  compelled  these  and  other  noble  men  to 
enter  this  Avork  even  before  a  salary  was  guaranteed  them; 
has  led  them  to  leave  home  fields  of  labor  where  they  were 
sure  of  obtaining  a  reasoqable  salary,  to  run  the  risk  of  sup- 
port for  their  loved  families  while  defending  a  suffering  truth. 

As  yet  that  support  is  wholly  inadequate.  ■,; 

Have  you  any  money  ?  a  friend  said  to  one  of  them. 

Yes.  I  have  sixty  cents,  was  the  reply.  The  friend  gave 
him  a  few  dollars  and  the  agent  said  "I  obtained  that  sixty 
cents  by  the  sale  of  half  a  bushel  of  my  apples. " 
.  Another  on  receiving  $15. 00  on  his  salary  writes :  ^' Thank 
you  very  much.  Nothing  ever  came  more  acceptably  than 
did  it.  I  had  been  clinging  to  a  two  dollar  bill  for  over  a 
week  wishing  to  keep  it  for  seed :  but  one  week  ago  to-day 
my  wife  informed  me  that  the  bread  was  all  gone,  and  that 
she  had  no  flour,  so  when  I  bought  a  sack  of  flour  I  had 
twenty  five  cents  left  which  enabled  me  to  feel,  if  I  did  not 
say  that  I  was  not  out  of  money.  •  •  •  I  was  hard 
pressed.  •  •  •  You  have  afforded  me  relief  for  the  pres- 
ent which  I  heartily  appreciate :  and  I  shall  trust  the  good 
Lord  still  for  the  future." 

We  appeal  to  every  Christian  who  knows  that  masons  de- 
ny the  Lord  that  bought  that  them;  who  realizes  with  Dr. 
Fisch  of  Paris,  that  "The  Church  in  America  must  stand  as 
one  man  against  Masonry  or  be  destroyed  " ;  to  support  these 
self  denying  men  and  their  families. 

We  ask  every  church  in  sympathy  with  this  movement  to 
take  up  a  contribution  for  its  lecturers  this  year.  If  conven- 
ient, on  the  fast  day  November  eighth.  Rev.  B.  T.  Roberts 
of  the  Free  Methodist  church  writes:  "I  think  a  collection 
for  the  National  Christian  Association  might  with  advantage 
be  substituted  in  our  churches  for  the  collection  now  taken 
for  the  Bible  Society.  They  have  ample  resources  and  ac- 
cess to  all  the  wealthy  churches." 

Rev.  Lj_  N.  Stratton  thinks  that  the  Wesleyans  at  any 
annual  conference  would  pass  a  resolution  recommending  to 
their  churches  an  annual  contribution  to  the  National  Chris- 
tian Association. 

Our  lecturers  need  money  now  and  there  is  nothing  in  our 
treasury  for  state  agents.  Will  you  not  give  this  matter  your 
immediate  prayerful,  careful,  attention  ?  As  individuals  will 
you  not  respond  to  this  call  if  the  church  collection  cannot 
be  taken  up  soon  ? 

We  especially  request  the  people  of  Indiana,  Illinois,  Ohio, 
New  York,  Pennsylvania,  Missouri,  Michigan,  Iowa  and 
Kansas  to  respond  promptly  as  these  are  the  states  in  which 
our  agents  are  already  at  work  or  where  we  are  hoping  to 
put  them  within  three  months.  Funds  contributed  from 
these  states  will  be  sacredly  used  for  the  salaries  of  agents  in 
each  respectively,  unless  there  should  be  a  surplus.  This 
would  be  put  into  the  general  fund.  We  have  a  small  sala- 
ry to  pay  our  General  Agent  and  Corresponding  Secretary 
besides  bills  for  printing  and  postage.  These  will  be  paid 
out  of  contributions  to  the  general  fund  or  out  of  monies 
received  from  states  where  no  agents  are  employed.  Although 
our  aim  is  to  have  lectures  delivered  in  all  states  even  where 
no  lecturer  is  at  work  through  the  year. 

Send  all  donations  in  post  office  order,  draft  or  registered 
letter,  to  H.  L.  Kellogg,  Treasurer,  N.  C.  A. 

All  donations  will  be  acknowledged  in  the  Christian  Cyno- 


10 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


%\\t  %mt  Wt. 


Consecrated  by  Christ. 


Bjf  Blee])  he  consecrated  sleep, 
And  taught  us  how  to  lay  onr  head 

With  triiBl  like  his,  diviue  and  deep. 
In  Blumberou  our  nightly  bed. 

By  death  he  consecrated  death, 
:     And  made  the  grave  a  Iioly  home, 
In  which  our  flesh,  the  turf  beneath. 
Shall  rest  in  hope  until  he  come. 

Hesting,  he  consecrated  rest. 
And  bade  us  in  bis  rest  to  dwell, 

And  when,  with  wcarinoes  oppressed, 
lie  eat  at  jaoou  on  Sycliar's  well. 

Weeping,  he  consecrated  tears. 

And  showed  the  mourner  liow  to  weep: 
And  yet  the  tear-sick  eyes  he  clears, 

Lest  sorrow  be  too  long  and  deep. 

Loving,  he  consecrated  love, 

Lifting  it  out  of  human  sin. 
Making  it  pure,  like  things  above. 

And  deepening  the  fount  within. 

— Bonar. 


Domestic   Life. 


Domestic  life  is  the  school  of  patience. 
Its  duties,  its  dilScuUies,  and  its  de- 
lights, too,  are  constantly  recurring. 
Only  the  work  of  to-day  can  be  done 
to-day.  There  is  a  sameness,  also,  in 
the  mere  external  form,  an  ever-recur- 
ring round  that  must  disgust,  or  make 
one  a  mere  mechanical  drudge,  unless 
the  heart  is  put  into  the  work,  and  the 
little,  common,  trivial  acts  are  made 
the  embcdiment  of  noble  ends.  Step 
by  step,  stitch  by  stitch,  stroke  by 
stroke  the  work  goes  on.  One  round 
of  duty  is  completed  only  to  commence 
another.  Every  day  is  a  lesson  and  a 
parctical  exercise  in  patience.  It  is  a 
good  lesson,  and  we  need  to  learn  and 
practice  it.  It  helps  us  to  another 
work  which  is  absolutely  necessary  to 
the  perfection  of  human  character 
and  the  happiness  of  home,  and  that  is 
the  surrender  of  self.  When  two  per- 
sons unite  in  the  marriage  relation  they 
become  one  by  mutual  concessions. 
They  naturally  approach  each  other. 
There  is  miich  to  give  up  as  well  as  to 
give  on  both  sides.  There  are  many 
sharp  corners  to  be  rounded  off,  many 
rough  surfaces  to  be  made  smooth,  and 
many  crooked  ways  to  be  made  straight, 
and  irregularities  to  be  adjusted.  Some 
of  these  are  in  the  very  grain  of  the 
constitution,  some  of  them  have  been 
confirmed  and  hardened  into  habit,  and 
it  is  difiBcult  to  make  any  impression 
upon  them.  Neither  must  seek  to 
make  self  the  standard,  and  to  exact  all 
the  surrender  and  conformity  from  the 
other.  Neither  must  seek  to  become, 
the  other,  but  something  better  than 
either.  AVhen  two  substances  unite, 
chemically,  the  result  is  a  substance 
different  from  either  of  its  components. 
So  it  should  be  in  marriage ;  the  result 
should  be  favorable  to  husband  and 
wife.  Each  one  should  become  freer, 
nobler,  stronger,  purer  and  wiser — 
should  attain  a  higher  excellence  than 
either  could  attain  alone.  This  will 
always  be  the  result  when  the  rule  of 
action  is  mutual  surrender,  accommo- 
tion  and  help.  Each  should  inquire, 
What  can  I  yield  ?  In  what  respect 
and  how  far  can  I  reform  ? 

Every  day  will  bring  occasions  to 
put  our  principles  to  the  test.  There 
are  diversities  of  taste,  of  feeling,  of  j  ud  g- 
ment,  of  principle.  Happy  are  those 
who  can  yield  their  own  preferences  so 


cheerfully  that  d  versities  of  character 
are  softened  and  shaded  off  into  har- 
monious varieties,  and  not  hardened  in- 
to irritating- and  hostile  opposition. 

A  great  part  of  the  sum  of  domestic 
misery  is  caused  by  this  want  of  mutu- 
al accommodation,  in  apparently  trivial 
things.  It  is  &%  though  the  builder 
had  lef^  here  and  there  in  the  floor, 
partitions  and  passages,  the  sharp  points 
of  nails  to  pierce  the  feet  and  rend  the 
garments;  or  as  though  a  thousand 
rough  surfaces  and  sharp  corners  were 
fretting  the  inmates,  and  loose,  ill-fit- 
ting joints  were  annoying  them.  If 
we  could  see  the  spiritual  houses  as  we 
see  the  natural,  we  should  discover  all 
these  defects  in  the  very  walls.  We 
would  see  the  marks  and  scars  of  pain- 
ful collisions ;  the  want  of  proportion 
and  harmony  in  the  various  apart- 
ments. I  repeat,  then,  if  we  desire  to 
have  the  work  in  our  spiritual  building 
to  go  on  harmoniously  to  a  successful 
and  noble  issue,  we  must  seek  harmo- 
ny in  little  things.  Our  intercourse 
must  be  courteous  and  respectful.  We 
must  be  filled  with  that  worthy  fear 
which  is  the  off-spring  of  love — not 
fear  of  each  other,  but  fear  for  each 
other;  fear  of  ourselves  that  we  may  be 
wanting  in  some  attention  or  respect; 
fear  that  we  may  do  less  for  each 
other  and  exact  more  from  each  other 
than  we  ought.  In  a  word  we  must 
seek  the  good  of  each  other  and  of  all 
in  the  house,  and  around  that  end  as  a 
center  the  life  of  each  and  all  should 
revolve  in  freedom, — Sel. 


A  Remarkable  Case. 


In  •'  The  Philadelphia  Medical 
Times,"  August  2d,  1873,  Dr.  T;  D. 
Davis,  of  Dayton ,  Ohio,  gives  an  ac- 
count of  a  man  who,  for  six  months 
before  his  death,  from  tumor  from  the 
brain,  suffered  with  what  is  called  by 
physicians  aphasia;  i.  e.,  loss  of  the 
faculty  of  language.  This  gradually 
increased  until  "there  was  complete 
aphasia,  h^  being  unable  to  recall  the 
name  of  the  most  familiar  article." 
But  t'Jie  wonderful  exception  to  this 
was,  as  Dr.  Davis  says,  that  "he  could 
lead  in  prayer  with  a  clear  voice  and 
well  pronounced  words.  This  was  the 
more  remarkable,  as  he  did  not  pray 
by  rote,  but  framed  new  petitions  each 
time."  Dr.  Davis  observes,  in  another 
part  of  his  report  of  the  case,  that  "he 
could  repeat  distinctly  any  word  after 
you  pronounced  it,  but  would  miscall 
the  commonest  article.  Wanting  his 
hat,  he  would  ask  for  his  boots,  and 
be  surprised  when  they  were  brought 
to  him ;  and  it  was  sometimes  impopsi- 
ble  for  him  to  tell  his  wishes  without 
resorting  to  signs.  But  even  in  his 
worst  stages  he  could  frame  and  pro- 
nounce accurately  a  long  prayer.  He 
would  arise  from  a  well- worded  prayer, 
and  be  utterly  unable  to  name  his 
children.  His  last  words  were  uttered 
in  prayer  lor  them. 

This  is  one  of  the  most  striking  in- 
stances of  the  preservation,  in  the 
midst  of  bodily  and  mental  decline,  of 
those  faculties  which  serve  the  uses  of 
the  spiritual  life.  In  old  age,  and  near 
the  approach  of  death,  many  have  wit- 
nessed the  cloi^ing,  as   it  were,   of  the 


earthward  windows  and  doorways  of 
s'^nse,  along  with  the  opening  wider 
and  wider  of  those  that  lock  towards 
heaven.  We  are  thus  reminded  of 
Milton's  lines  upon  hia  blindness : 

"So  much  the  rather,  Thon  celestial  Light, 
Shine  inward,  and   the   mind,   through   all   her 

powers. 
Irradiate;  there  plant  eyes,  all  mist  from  thence 
Purge  and  disperse,  that  I  may  see  and  tell 
Of  things  invisible  to  mortal  sight." 

—  The  Christian. 


Kicties. 


All  men  desire  them. 

No  man  possesses  them. 

This  last  is  a  startling  Etatement,  and 
will  be  contradicted  by  all  readers  of  it. 
The  aim  of  th^s  paper    is   to   maintain 

it.  •   .'• 

The  richest  man  is  he  who  has  the 
fewest  ungratified  desires;  who  in  him- 
self carries,  independent  of  externals, 
the  largest  proportion  of  all  he  values. 

The  desires  of  a  man  expand  -with 
the  increase  of  his  means  to  acquire ;  so 
that  the  more  his  wealth  abounds,  the 
more  do  his  desires  superbound. 

A  man,  then,  is  poorest  in  that  of 
which  he  possesses  the  most;  for  as 
his  wishes  expand  in  a  geometrical  ra- 
tio to  his  acquirements,  ihe  more  he 
has  the  larger  is  his  want. 

Thus,  a  man  begins  by  desiring  to 
possess  a  house.  He  obtains  his  wish . 
Is  he  content?  On  the  contrary,  he 
is  now  looking  with  a  longing  mind  on 
several  houses.  So  that  possession,  in- 
stead of  extinguishing  desire,  inflames 
it.  The  tendency  in  any  one  direction, 
which  may  be  called  the  hobby,  is  like 
a  plant  which,  at  first  putting  out  two 
small  leaves,  or  cotyledons,  is  nourish.- 
ed  till  it  grows  into  a  tree,  with 
branches  on  every  side,  all  abounding 
in  leaves. 

The  writer  knew  a  man  in  London 
who  owned  a  thousand  houses  there, 
besides  many  in  the  provinces,  and 
whose  eagerness  to  add  to  the  number 
was  inordinate.  He  began  life  on  a 
tailor's  board. 

The  writer  having  no  house,  does 
not  wish  to  possess  one,  being  content 
with  the  occupation  of  one  which  he 
does  not  own. 

But  the  writer  remembers  when  he 
first  began  to  buy  books.  He  got  to- 
gether half  a  dozen  volumes,  and  his 
desi  res  were  bounded  by  one  or  two 
more.  He  afterwards  became  possess- 
or of  twenty-five  thousand  volumes, 
and  then  eagerly  searched  every  criti- 
cal review,  every  sale  catalogue,  within 
reach,  and  every  second-hand  book- 
store, and  his  desires  were  unbounded 
and  insatible. 

He  had  to  part  with  all,  and  owns 
himself  richer  to-day,  with  a  few  vol- 
umes now ,  he  than  he  was  with  many,; 
for  now  he  has  all  he  wants. 

This  illustrates  what  was  said  at  the 
beginning:  No  man  possesses  riches. 
For  if  the  word  be  interpreted  to  mean 
as  much  as  will  circumscribe  desire;  it 
is  contended  that  possession  enhances 
instead  of  diminishing  desire;  and  it 
follows,  of  course,  that  whatever  the 
favorite  object,  that  in  which  a  man 
has  most  attained  to  abound  in,  is  also 
that  in  which  his  ungratfied  desires  do 
most  super-abound. 


Theology  says,  riches  do  not  make 
happiness. 

Experience  Eays  the  same  thing. 

The  Bible  precedes  both  in  like 
teaching.  * 'The  happiness  of  man  con- 
sisteth  not  in  the  abundance  of  that 
which  he  possesseth." 

Universal  practice  walks  its  own  way 
in  utter  disregard  of  the  teaching  of 
religion,  philosophy  and  expeiience, 
for  the  commonest  instinct  says,  "get 
as  much  as   you  can." 

But  now,  to  supresa  the  contemptu- 
ous sneeis  of  meney  hunters  at  the  ut- 
terance of  such  unworldly  lore,  I  am 
wiling  to  let  them  decide  the  matter 
themselves  from  the  experience  of  their 
own  lives. 

This  is  a  land  where  such  an  appeal 
will  be  peculiarly  right  and  decisive. 

In  Europe  the  rich  are  often  also  the  ' 
men  of  rank,  and,  and  as  they  have  in- 
herited their  title  and  estates,  and  nev- 
er remember  a  time  in  which  they 
not  in  possession  of  the  distinction 
which  wealth  confers,  they  can  make 
only  an  imaginary  comparison  of  them- 
selves with  thoEe  men  who  are  in  very 
different,  or  opposite  circumstances. 
But  here,  in  California, there  is  proba- 
bly no  rich  man  who  was  not  once 
poor,  and  in  the  majoiity  of  cases,  not 
long  ago.  His  memory  is  still  fresh  of 
the  former  life;  he  cin  recall  all  the 
Slate  of  mind,  and  the  way  of  life  he 
had,  when  he  was  poor,  and  now  that 
he  is  rich,  shall  one,  who  is  not  rich 
and  who  never  was,  make  an  attempt 
to  speak  for  such  a  man,  merely  from 
the  basis  of  such  a  knowledge  of  our 
common  nature  as  experience  of  vari- 
ous fortune  has  given  ? 

The  very  possession  of  wealth  is  a 
burden,  and  the  very  administration  of 
it  a  toil  and  vexation. 

We  know  a  man  in  England  whose 
vast  estate  compelled  him  to  make  this 
bargain  with  himself:  He  visits  his  an- 
cestral mansion — a  sumptuous  palace 
in  a  baautiful  romantic  park,  and  filled 
with  works  of  art,  some  of  them  of 
world-wide  renown — only  six  weeks 
in  each  year;  and  all  that  have  business 
with  him  must  come  to  him  on  these 
occasions.  At  such  times  he  begins 
early  in  each  day,  and  continues  with- 
out intermission  as  arduous  a  plodding 
as  any  over-worked  clerk,  auditing  his 
steward's  accounts,  interviewing  histen- 
ants  and  the  workmen  who  do  his 
numerous  jobs;  end  as  soon  as  the  six 
weeks  are  expired  he  tears  himself 
away,  leaving  a  large  balance  for  trans- 
action by  his  steward,  or  to  stand  over 
for  decision  on  the  next  half  year.  This 
he  rigorously  adheres  to,  for  otherwise 
his  property  would  claim  all  his  life. 
He  is  well  in  his  generation,  but  would 
he  not  be  much  better  if  he  were 
poorer? 

Look  at  the  men  who  are  the  rich- 
est among  us.  Can  they  enjoy  them- 
selves with  the  airy  freedom  of  the 
poorer  class?  They  are  way-laid  at 
every  turn,  besieged  in  their  places  of 
business,  invaded  in  their  homes,  and 
delivered  as  a  prey  to  the  teeth  of  every 
kind  of  men  who  wish  a  share  of  their 
money.  They  look  jaded,  weary  and 
overworked,  and  in  fact  are  so;  and 
they  will  admit  that,  whatever  the  tri- 
umph of  their  position,  whatever  the 
distinction  and  consideration  it  giveS; 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


11 


they  pay  a  heavy  penalty  for  it,  in  the 
labor  it  imposes,  and  the  loss  of  the 
light  and  shade,  the  picturesque  fresh- 
ness of  their  former  life;  while  they  feel 
sin  alienation  of  friends,  and  the  miser- 
able substitution  of  equals  in  wealth — 
since  they  are  sought  not  for  what  they 
are,  the  truest  choice  of  all,  but  for 
what  they  have.  In  moderate  circum- 
stances, money  wns  his  servant  and  his 
friend;  now  he  has  become  the  slave  of 
his  money,  in  the  enjoyment  of  which 
he  probably  has  a  smaller  share  than 
the'poorest  man  he  pays,  who,  having 
no  ambition  beyond  his  day's  work, 
relishes  his  food  and  sleeps  soundly  af- 
ter his  work,  which  insures  him  a  g-ocd 
diorestion.  — Selected. 


Trap    Hocks. 


There  is  not  a  rock  that  crops  out  of 
the  ground,  or  that  lies  asleep  far  be- 
low its  surface  but  has  its  story.  It 
was  not  always  slone.  Some  rocks 
were  once  mud  s'ettlings  at  the  bottom 
of  the  sea,  and  others,  in  their  terri- 
ble birth,  were  cradled  in  fire.  The 
six  days  of  creation  were  good  long- 
days,  no  doubt,  with  a  long  morning 
and  a  long  evening  to  every  one  of 
them;  and  the  best  reason  I  have  for 
this  belief  is  the  fact  that  the  rocks 
themselves  hold,  nicely  locked  up  in 
their  strata,  the  selfsame  story  of  the 
six  days,  in  the  very  order  in  which 
Moses  gives  it. 

Among  the  fire-made  rocks  the  ba- 
saltic or  trap  ridges  and  dikes  are  the 
most  famous.  Trap  is  from  a  Sweed- 
ish  word  meaning  stairs  and  the  reg- 
ularly shaped  rocks  fitting  together  in 
close  columns,  often  look  like  a  flight 
of  steps. 

When  from  the  fiery  mass  of  liquid 
rock  below  the  earth's  crust,  there  is 
shot  upward  into  the  sea,  or  through 
some  crevice  in  the  continent,  some  of 
the  red  hot  mixture,  it  will  form,  as  it 
gradually  cools  under,  the  pressure, 
regular  or  prismatic  shapes.  Such  a 
formation  is  called  a  dike.  That  the 
trap  dikes  were  once  rocks  in  a  melted 
state,  is  proved  by  the  appearance  of 
the  rocks  lying  near  them.  For  the 
distance  of  several  feet  the  dike  has 
baked  it  neighbors ,  changing  sand  stone 
into  quartz,  clays  into  jasper,  and  coal 
into  coke  and  cinders. 

Crystals  owe  their  beautiful  shapes  to 
to  the  action  of  intense  heat,  and  the 
trap  rocks  and  lavas,  though  of  a 
coarser  grain,  when  they  cool  slowly, 
'•behave"  as  near  as  may  be  like  the 
crystals,  taking,  in  their  formation, 
regular  shapes. 

•  If  the,  lava  from  a  volcano  should 
pour  into  a  deep  chasm  till  it  is  full, 
the  cooling  would  go  on  slowly.  In 
a  hundred  years,  when  it  is  quite  cool, 
it  will  be  found  to  have  hardened  into  ge- 
ometrical forms.  When  an  earthquake, 
or  the  action  of  water,  has  torn  away  the 
side  of  a  volcano,  and  a  ghmpse  of  the 
interior  has  been  obtained,  the  rocks 
have  been  discovered  in  a  coluninar 
form,  fitting  to  one  another  like  the 
cells  of  a  honey  comb. 

This  kind  of  rock  scenery  is  found 
in  all  parts  of  the  world.  Fingal's 
Cave,  a  great  natural  curiosity  on  the 
Island  ofStafia,  one  of  the  Hebrides,  is 


of  this  formation.  StafFa  is  visited  by 
steamers,  but  it  is  uninhabited.  On 
the  north  of  Ireland  is  the  Giant's 
Causeway.  Mount  Holyoke,  in  Mass- 
achusetts, and  the  palisades  on  the  Hud- 
son, are  also  examples  of  trap  ridges. 
On  Lake  Superior  are  scenes  of  great 
beauty  from  the  same  cause.  The 
Deccan,  near  the  Western  Chauts,  in 
Hindoostan,  a  plateau  of  great  extent, 
affords  the  most  remarkable  example  of 
trap  formation  in  the  world.  The  high 
land  for  an  extent  of  200,000  square 
miles,  is  covered  with  these  rocks,  and 
the  scenery  presents  a  romantic  suc- 
cession of  walls,  chasms,  stairway,  wa- 
terfalls and  forests. — Ux. 
—        » • — 

An  Item  EvERr  Man  Should  Read. 
— We  have  probably  all  of  us  met  with 
instances  in  which  a  word  heedlessly 
spoken  against  the  reputation  of  a 
female  has  been  magnified  by  malicious 
minds,  until  the  cloud  has  become 
dark  enough  to  overshadow  her  whole 
existence.  To  those  who  are  accus- 
tomed— not  necessarily  from  bad  mo- 
tives, but  from  thoughtlessness — to 
speak  lightly  of  females,  we  recom- 
mend three  "hints"  as  worthy  of  con- 
sideration. 

Never  use  a  lady's  name  in  an  im- 
proper place,  at  an  improper  time,  or 
in  mixed  company.  Never  make  any 
assertions  about  her  that  you  think  are 
untrue,  or  allusions  that  you  feel  she 
herself  would  blush  to  hear.  When 
you  meet  men  who  do  not  scruple  to 
make  use  of  a  woman's  name  in  a  reck- 
less and  unprincipled  manner,  shun 
them,  for  they  are  the  very  worst 
members  of  the  community — men  lost 
to  every  sense  of  honor — every  feeling 
of  humanity.  Many  a  good  and  wor- 
thy woman's  character  has  been  for- 
ever ruined,  and  her  heart  broken  by 
a  lie,  manufactured  by  some  villain  and 
repeated  where  it  should  not  have 
been,  and  in  the  presence  of  those 
whose  little  judgment  could  noc  help 
from  circulating  the  foul  and  brag- 
ging report.  A  slander  is  soon  prop- 
agated and  the  smallest  thing  deroga- 
tory to  a  woman's  character  will  fly  on 
the  wings  of  the  wind  and  magnify  as 
it  circulates,  until  its  monstrous  weiglit 
crushes  its  poor,  unfortunate  victim. 
Respect  the  name  of  a  woman,  for 
your  mother  and  sisters  are  women, 
and  as  you  would  have  their  fair  names 
untarnished,  and  their  lives  unembit- 
tered  by  the  slanderer's  biting  tongue, 
heed  the  ill  that  your  own  words  may 
bring  upon  the  mother,  the  sister,  or 
the  wife  of  some  fellow  creature. — Ux. 


4^\Mxtn*^   4^mtt, 


Profauity, 


TO  THE  BOrS  OP  AMERICA. 


Church -Thkatbr. — The  worst  of  it 
is,  our  conscience  is  so  defiled  that  we 
feel  quite  as  innocent  and  out  of  harm's 
way  in  some  theaters  as  we  do  in  some 
churches.  That  is  to  say, -that  we 
find  very  bad  actors  in  both,  and  occa- 
sionally clowns  in  the  pulpit ,  and  grave 
and  serious  gentlemen  in  the  theaters. 
And  we  see  people  going  to  the  church 
with  all  their  worldly  diamonds,  and 
lace,  and  tucks  and  frills  upon  them : 
and  saying  with  the  most  beautiful  act- 
ing in  the  world,  "Lord,  be  merciful 
to  us  miserable  sinners;"  and  we  cannot 
help  for  a  moment  help  asking — when 
we  see  what  we  see — if  it  is  not  the 
theater. — Banner  of  Holiness. 


Dear  Boys. — Did  you  ever  sfe  a 
lovely  plant  overshadowed  and  choked 
by  great  ungainly  weeds  till  it  had  no 
strength  to  bud  or  bloom  ?  Just  so  the 
noxious  weeds  of  profanity  shadow 
your  character  and  choke  from  your 
heart  every  sweet  blosom  of  purity  and 
refinement. 

I  hope  there  are    many    among  you 
who  never  use    bad   language   of   any 
kind,  but  I  want  to  warn  you  all  against 
profanity.     First,  it  is  exceedingly  eIh- 
ful  to  take   the  name  cf  God  in   vain> 
and  how  often  do  we  hear  the  name  of 
our  blessed  Jesus  Christ — who  died  for 
us — profaned.     Any  boy  has  some  in- 
fluence, be  it  more  or   lees;  and  if  he 
indulges  himself  in  the  use  of  profiine 
language  he  places  a   very   bad  exam- 
ple before  his  acquaintances.     Besides, 
this  ensnaring  practice  will  surely  bring 
you  into  bad  company,   and  evil  com- 
panions would  lead  you  to  many  vices. 
Vicious  boys  would  soon  trace  you  and 
flock  around  you,  while  the  good  could 
find   no    pleasure  in   your  society.     If 
you  have  a  friend  on  earth — ona  who 
seeks  your  best  interests,  you  may  rest 
assured  that  that   friend   would   suffer 
deep    sorrow    and  humiliation    if  you 
were  to  entangle  yourself   either    with 
bad  associates,  or  the  disgrace  fal    fault 
of  which  I   have  warned  you.     Every 
boy  should  have  a  certain  independence 
to  enable  him  to  stand  up  for  what  he 
knows  to  be  right,   no   matter  who  or 
what  resists   him.     The   lack   of  inde- 
pendence  is  the  stumbling-block   over 
which  very  many  fall  into  temptation. 
Do  not  be  led  through  the  world,  boys, 
by  a  set  of  loafers,    unworthy    to   be 
your  leaders.      Be  independent;  have  a 
mind   of    your   own;   find    where   the 
right  is,  and  uphold  it;  then    you   can 
respect  yourself  and  be   respected  by 
others,  even  by  those    who  desire    to 
lead  you  astray ;  while  on    the    other 
hand,  they  could  but  despise   you  in 
their  hearts,  for  demeaning  yourself  in 
what  all  know  to  be  wrong. 

Putting  aside  the  wickedness  of  pro- 
fanity, you  cannot  be  a  gentleman  in  a 
worldly  sense,  and  use  rough  or  pro- 
fane language;  for  this  vulgar  habit 
would  transform  you  into  an  ill  bred 
unmannerly  boor,  and  stamp  the  un- 
mistakable mark  of  a  nobody  upon  you, 
and  thus  you  would  be  excluded  from 
refined,  intelUgent  society.  Who  de- 
sires to  be  a  nobody  ?  Think  of  this 
boys,  when  you  are  tempted  to  swear ! 
Avoid  all  slang  expressions.  They  are 
often  the  prelude  to  this  vile  evil.  To 
those,  young  or  old,  who  have  already 
formed  the  habit,  I  say — '-It  is  never 
to  late  to  mend."  Resolve,  at  once, 
that  you  will  prove  yourself  stronger 
than  the  habit.  If  in  a  moment  of  an- 
ger or  forgetfulness,  you  fail,  do  not 
be  discouraged,  but  try  again,  and 
yet  again,  if  need  be.  Do  not  des- 
pair, I  entreat  you ;  but  persevere  un- 
til the    hidious    monster    is  trampled 

under  your  feet ! — JVew  York  Observer. 

— ^ . » 

The    spirit   of     truth 

meekness. 


dwelleth    in 


Tom's  Gold  Dollar. 

Tom  Caldwell  threw  a  stone  at  Dea- 
con Ulster's  horse  as  the  old  deacon 
was  riding  by  the  other  day.  The  stone 
struck  the  horse.  The  horse  kicked 
off  into  the  mud,  and  the  deacon  him- 
self came  very  near  being  thrown.  Tom 
did  not  exactly  mean  to  do  it,  although 
he  did  cast  the  stone,  and  did  join  with 
the  rough  boys  in  laughing  heartily  at 
the  sad  plight  into  which  the  deacon 
was  put  by  his  recklessness. 

"Good  for  you,  Tom!"  said  a  red- 
vested  and  red-nosed  horse-jockey,  who 
stood-  by  the  livery  stable  door,  and 
saw  the  catastrophe  to  Deacon  Ulster. 
'  'Here's  a  '  dollar,  Tom.  It's  worth 
that  to  see  pious  pride  put  into  pickle." 
And  the  jockey  reached  out  a  gold  dol- 
lar and  offered  it  to  Tom.  Tom  was 
surprised.  He  hesitated  a  moment,  but 
could  not  resist  the  prize,  and  so  pock- 
eted tlie  dollar,  joined  in  the  jockey's 
jolly  laugh  at  the  deacon's  expense,  and 
then  walked  on,  feeling  a  Httle  ashamed 
of  himself,  and  yet  covering  his  con- 
viction with  the  thought  of  how  many 
nice  things  a  gold  dollar  would  buy. 

Tom  had  gone  but  a  few  steps  when 
he  heard  a  voice  on  the  other  side  of 
the  street  calling  to  him.  He  raised 
his  eyes,  and  saw  Doctor  Maybin,  an 
old  Quaker,  standing  in  his  office,  and 
beckoning  to  Tom  to  come  over. 

'  'What  did  the  fool  pay  thee  for  thy 
folly,  Thomas  ?"  asked  the  old  man. 

Tom  blushed.  His  fingers  fumbled 
in  his  pockets,  and  the  gold  dollar 
seemed  to  burn  them  more  than  the  hot 
blushes  burned  his  cheeks  and  brow. 
He  answsred  nothing.  What  could  he 
answer? 

"Didst  thou  sell  thyself,  Thomas?" 
askod  the  old  doctor. 

Still  the  condemned  boy  was  speech- 
less. 

'•Thoughtlessly,  thou  didst  do  a  fool- 
ish thing.  Mischeviously,  thou  didst 
laugh  with  fools  at  thine  own  wrong. 
Cowardly,  thou  didst  shrink  from  con- 
fessing thy  wrong.  Covetously,  thou 
didst  accept  a  bit  of  gold  for  a  bad  and 
contemptible  deed ;  and  canst  thou  now 
rejoice  in  gold  thus  ill-gotten  from  base 
hands  ?" 

The  scarlet  face  was  turned  upward, 
and  Tom's  blue  eyes,  brimfull  of  tears, 
gazed  into  the  white  face  of  the  indig- 
nant old  man. 

"I  am  ashamed  of  thee!"  said  the 
doctor. 

"I  despise  myself,"  said  Tom,  fling- 
ing the  gold  piece  to  the  pavement,  and 
bursting  into  tears. 

"Then  pick  up  that  gold;  go  to  the 
giver;  place  it  again  in  his  hands,  and 
say  'I  blush  that  I  dared  to  touch  it;' 
go  then  to  Deacon  Ulster's  and  confess 
thy  wrong." 

"All  this  will  I  do, "said  Tom,  as  he 
picked  up  the  coin  and  hurriedly  left  the 
doctor's  presence. 

And  Tom  did  as  the  doctor  advised 
and  as  he  had  promised.  And  on  his 
way  from  Deacon  Ulster's  house  to  his 
own  home,  Tom  said  to  himself,  "The 
reproofti  of  the  wise  are  sweeter  then 
the  rewards  of  the  wicked." — Angel  of 

Peace. 

< » » 

With  the  humble  there  is  perpetual 

peace. 


i2 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  Fettered  Preis. 


Dear  Bro.  Kkll  gg: — Please  Liy  Ijefore  the  read- 
ers of  the  Cynosure  the  following  lettern  touching  the 
refttBiJ  of  the  Standard  to  publish  my  questions  to 
miniRters  of  tuf  G  )spel  wlio  are  menabars  of  the  Mason- 
ic fraternily  or  kindred  order?.  [Pablislied  last  week 
in  Cynosure. — Ed.]  I  presented  the  document  to 
both  the  editor-in-chief,  Rtv.  J.  A.  Smith,  and  one  of 
the  publi<uerH,  rv,:::v.  Lbiov  Church,  neither  of  whom 
made  any  objection  to  the  subjcict  malter  of  the  com- 
munication; but  on  the  other  hand  the  tone  of  their 
remaika  Eeeiiaed  to  indicate   symp-ithy  with  it. 

MyoljecLiu  j,ublishii;g  theae  letters  is  to  show, 
first,  how  iha  prtsa  i.:  muzzled  by  the  influence  of 
secret  tocielies:  and,  secoad,  what  flinnsy  excuses 
publishers, aid  fli'itor3  will  frame  for  refusing  anything 
aimed  pgainst  these  orders.  "Controversial  in  tone!" 
"Prov.lu!  repl'ei."  "Lead  on  to  interminable  discus- 
sion." -'We  believe  unprolilable  to  the  readers!"  And 
yet  the  principles  approved  of!  What  in  it  ther,  but 
fear  of  the  menaces  of  secretism?  And  yet  these  men 
are  managing  a  religious  journal,  telling  the  people  to 
trust  in  God,  and  that  it  is  perfectly  safe  to  do  so,  de- 
claring their  trust  in  him  because  he  is  Almighty! 
And  then  cower  before  feeble  min,  while  they  claim 
they  have  G^d  forbickiug!  0  cowardice  unmeas- 
ured! and  inconsistaucy  unpiralleied !  Poor  Stand- 
ard/ I  am  sorry  for  you. 

The  following  is  the   letter  of  Bro.  Church  to  me: 
Hev.  A.  D.  Freeman, 

Dear  Bro. — We  have  examined  jour  article  with 
some  care.  It  is  controversial  in  tone,  would  neces- 
sarily provoke  replies,  and  lead  on  to  interminable  dis- 
cussion, and  unprolilable  aa  we  believe  to  the  readers 
of  the  Standard.  In  declining  it,  we  mean  no  disre- 
spect to  yourself  or  your  principles,  and  trust  you  will 
accept  our  decision  in  the  same  spirit  of  kindness  and 
good  will  with  which  it  is  made.  Very  truly, 

Lkroy  Church. 

,    '    '     ',  Downer's  Grove,  Sept.  18,  1874. 

),,d  f.iU  (tijlll      ;_  ^  , 

Dear  Bro.  Church. — i  am  sorry  that  you  have  de- 
cided to  reject  my  "Article"  as  you  are  pleased  to  call 
it.  And  now  please  allow  me  to  ask  you  a  few 
questions:  Suppose  the  article  is  controversial  in 
tone;  what  then?  Is  not  the  Gospel  controversial  in 
tone  also?  Did  not  Jesus  and  the  apoptles  controvert 
Judaism,  pharieaism,  and  the  traditions  of  the  elders 
and  the  idolatries  of  the  nations,  and  the  spirit  and  cus^ 
toms  of  the  woiht?  Did  not  Johu  the  Baptist  contro 
vert  the  wicked  course  of  Herod  and  his  unchaste  con- 
duct with  his  brotiier  Philip's  wife  ?  You  would  not 
tauntingly  say  he  lost  his  head  for  it?  no,  nor  that 
his  loss  of  head  should  be  taken  as  a  token  of  Divine 
displeasure  ?  Did  Jesus  and  the  apostles  and  John  do 
light?  By  what  -'standard "  will  yoa  decide?  Did 
not  Jesus  inaugurate  an  interminable  diacuasion?  1 
believe  it  is  not  yet  ended ;  nor  do  I  expect  it  ever 
will  end.  I  expect  that  heaven  and  hell  and  the  reign- 
ing principles  in  each  will  forever  be  oppoaites.  And 
yet  I  expect  God's  kingdom,  and  all  connected  with  it, 
will  prosper.  And  though  I  have  thrown  myself  into 
the  arena  of  this  great  conflict  between  heaven  and 
hell  in  battling  against  this  gigantic  evil,  oath-bound 
secrotism,  I  expect  to  prosper.  It  will  be  prosperity  for 
me,  if  God  be  pleased,  whether  men  are  pleased  or  not. 
My  proposition  to  you  was  not  to  get  up  a  discussion, 
nor  to  continue  one,  if  it  should  arise.  I  wished  only 
to  call  the  attention  of  ministers  who  may  be  Masons 
or  membersof  kindred  institutions,  first  to  certain  ob- 
VIOU8  truths,  which  it  is  manifest  they  ought  to  con- 
sider. But  you,  it  would  seem,  are  unwilling  that 
these  Christian  truths,  to  vital  to  the  welfare  of  our 
country,  the  church  and  the  soula  of  men,  should 
reach  your  readers,  in  the  relations  that  I  presented 
them,  at  least  through  the  Standard. 

My  dear  brother,  I  fear  you  are  assuming  too  much 
in  standing  between  the  truth  of  God  in  its  legitimate 
relation  to  these  unholy  orders  and  the  readers  of  the 
Standard.  It  would  seem  that  you  fear  discussion  in 
jta  bearing  somewhere,  (where  shall  we  say  ?)  more 
tha|i  ail  the  tiqops  of  evijs  that  come  in  crowds  and 
floods  upon  all  the  land  from  these  oath-bound  frater- 
piiies.     Do  you  fear  your  subscription  Jist  and   the 


amount  of  depbSits  would  be  diminished?  I  would  not 
of  choice  think  so;  but  what  else  can  I  think  from  the 
tone  of  your  and  brother  Smith's  remarks  to  me  a  few 
days  ago,  and  your  letter  of  yesterday  ?  If  you  could 
think  that  discussion  would  be  immediately  triumph- 
act  in  favor  of  the  views  I  have  presented,  and  of  course, 
therefore,  the  prosperity  of  your  Standard,  would  you 
not  be  willing  to  insert  my  little  af;.i,l9!l<5»  that  I  Ufld-inp 
had  the  vanity  to  think  for  a  moment  would  prov^»ke 
any  reply,  much  less  an  interminable  discussion.  Be- 
cause I  know  the  obscurity  into  which  I  have,  been, 
pushed  by  oath-bound  secretista,  who  think  me  se- 
curely caged,  so  that  I  cannot  cause  a  j^r  in  the  har- 
mony of  their  dark  designs.  I  had  not  thought 
that  I  could  set  a  ball  to  rolling  that  coul(^  ,,i)0,t  be 
stopped.  And  it  edera^  ,  I  am  correct  so,  jfar  as,  ,tl^e 
Standard  is  concerned.  Shut  out!  You  say  "We 
have  examined  your  article  with  some  cj^re;"  and  now 
will  you  please  td  consider  that  diir'  h'feaveiiiy 'Father 
has  also  examined  it  and  noted  the  comparative  worth 
of  the  truths  (his  truths)  which  you  think  ought  not 
to  appear  in  your  paper,  and  reject  them;  and  the 
column  of  "Brevities  and  Oddities"  which  you  insert 
and  much  more  of  equal  value;  for  instance,  the  games 
and  plays  for  children  which  you  have,  much  to  the 
annoyance  of  the  sober,  thinking  part  of  your  readers, 
made  prominent  in  the  Standard,  and  this  in  a  Christ- 
ian paper!  Shall  we  be  obliged  to  believe  that  fully, 
nonsense  and  play  may  hold  high  carnival  in  the 
Standard,  and  God's  truth  touching  and  exposing  a 
gigantic  and  dangerous  evil,  be  ruled  out? 

"Watchman,  tell  us  of  the  night!  "  Terribly  dark, 
when  religious  journals  flaunt  their  blotted  pages  be- 
fore the  public  eye,  instead  of  being  transpariences 
through  which  the  light  of  God  may  shine  away  the 
darkness  of  the  times.  0  that  God  would  hold  editors 
and  publishers  in  his  own  hands,  and  that  they  Would 
submit  to  be  gu'ded  by  Divine  wisdom!  '  >  ;<  ' 

My  dear  brother,  I  hope  it  will  not  cause  you  as 
mi'ch  pain  to  read  the  foregoing  as  it  has  me  to  feel 
obliged  to  write  it.  And^I  hope  you  will  consider,  se- 
riously, the  full  import  of  what  I  have  written.  The 
time  has  come,  I  think,  when  "Judgment  should  be 
gin  at  the  house  of  God,"  the  church.  And  reform 
m  religious  journals  insue.     Yours  fraternally, 

A,  D.  Freeman. 


iW^km  hMVimik^[ 


l»luod«    Jl    •>■!'> 


— The  first  Methodist  church  in  the  Territory  of 
Idaho,  has  jugi  had  its  foutidatiob  stooe  kid  at.  Boise 
City. 

— Rev.  E.  P.  Hart  recently  organ  zed  a  Free  Meth- 
odist church  in  Braddocks Field,  Pa.,  near  Pittsburgh, 
in  which  were  a  number  of  seceding  Masons. 

— Rev.  F.  Brooks,  an  esteemed  and  active  Episco- 
palian pastor  of  a  church  in  Cleveland,  Ohio,  was 
drowned  at  Cambridge,  Mass.,  on  thQ  JG.thjof  Se,pr 
tember.  '      ''  '*'•   "       '' 

— The  first  United  Presbyteriati  thlitch  in'the  tei"- 
ritory  has  been  lately  formed  at  Evans,  Colorado,  with 
a  membership  of  thirty-two. 

— The  United  Presbyterian  Board  decided  last  week 
to  send  six  missionaries  to  Egypt.  The  work  of  this 
church  in  that  country  is  very  successful  compared 
with  other  denominations. 

— Extensive  revivals  are  reported  in  the  Methodist, 
Presbyter  an  and  Baptist  churches  in  the  Souih.  An 
organ  of  the  Southern  Methodist  church  notes  ovtr 
2,000  in  a  single  number.  Camp-meetings  are  said 
to  be  very  successful. 

— The  Foreign  Missionary  Board  of  the  Free  Baptist 
church  -will  send  out  in  October  as  missionaries  R.  M. 
Hogbin,  Iowa;  Miss  Mary  E  French,  Massachusetts; 
and  Miss  Susan  R  Libbey,  daughter  of  the  Secretary 
of  the  Free  Will  Baptist  Misbionary  Society. 

— An  extensive  Sunday-school  conference  has  just 
been  held  in  Darlington,  England,  by  the  Friends,  to 
advance  the  interests  and  efficiency  of  this  branch  of 
Christian  work.  Nearly  800  delegates  were  present, 
some  of  whom  were  from  America . 

— A.  H.  Springstein,  a  Methodist  Episcopal  minis- 
ter, who  seceded  from  the  lodge  a  year  or  two  since, 
united  with  the  Free  Methodist  church  at  the  Michi- 
gan Conference  held  last  wetk  at  Albion.  An  effort 
was  made  to  bring  him  under  charges  in  the  M.  E. 
Conference,  but  utterly  failed.  ->■ 

— A  movement  for  centralization  is  to'ba  brought, 
before  the  General  Convention  of  the  Episcopal  church 
soon  to  be  held  in  New  Yotk.    It  is  understood  that 


the  Bishop  of 'Litchfield  will  urge  the  union  of  the 
American  church  with  the  church  of  England  and  all 
its  branches  under  the  primacy  of  the  Archbishop  of 
Canerbury. 

--The  county  auxiliaries  of  the  American  B.ble 
Society  have,  in  some  localitiep,  performed  a  good 
work  by  placing  copies  of  the  Bible  in  passenger 
depots  and  on  the  trains.  The  parent  society,  it  is 
stated,  is  about  to  carry  on  this  important  step  toward 
the  general  diffusion  of  the  hcly  Scriptures  among  all 
classes  of  our  people.  Thev  now  propose  to  supply 
all  tlie  railroad  cars  with  copies  of  the  holy  Bible. 

—A  table  showing  the  rehgion  of  Scotland,  lately 
prepared  with  great  care  by  a  Glasgow  minister,  gives 
the  Presbyterians  (Established,  Free  and  United) 
2,362,000  churchgoers;  other  evangelical  denomina- 
tions; 202,000;  Roman  Catholics,  290,000;  Socinians, 
etc.,  10,000.  It  appears  that  about  500,000  of  the 
population  of  Scotland,  about  one-seventh,  attend  no 
ciiurcb,  which,  however,  can  hardly  be  above  the 
proportion  in  our  own  country. 

— The  clergy  of  the  Methodist  church,  of  Baltimore, 
recently  had  a  warm  debate  upon  the  question,  ''Should 
not  the  ministers  do  something  to  prevent  the  run- 
ning of  public  conveyances  to  camp-meeting  on  Sab- 
bath?" Six  or  eight,  of  the  ministers  participated  in 
the  discussion,  and  the  most  unanimous  opinion  was 
ihat  the  practice  is  an  evil,  and  should  be  prevented, 
even  if  it  b?  found  necessary  to  suspend  the  camp- 
meeting. 

—Many  miesionaries  are  scattered  all  through  Japan, 
Qominaliy  as  teachers,  but  actually  as  pioneers  in  the 
work  of  Gospel  evangel  zalion.  There  are  twentypro- 
fessed  Christians  among  the  government  officers  at  the 
capital,  now  called  Tokia,  formerly  Yedlo.  Mr.  Ilat- 
ate  Yama,  one  of  the  native  C  hristians,  converted  in 
America,  is  how  at  the  head  of  the  Bureau  of  Instruc- 
tion. His  prtdeceasor  was  a  bigoted  oppos^r  of  mis- 
sionaries. At  Yokohama  the  misaonaries  have  per- 
fect freedom,  except  that  they  should  not  probably  be 
allowed  to  preach  in  the  streets  of  the  city. 

— William  Taylor,  known  in  this  country  as  "the 
California  street  preacher,"  has  been  laboring  in  India 
^iih  some  rematkable  results.  He  has  been  preach- 
ing in  Bombiy,  Calcutta,  and  Madia",  and  such  has 
been  the  success  of  his  ministrations  that  suspicion  i  nd 
opposition  have  been  silenced.  With  him  are  associ- 
ated nine  mssionariep,  who  constitute  what  is  called 
.V  Taylor's  Fiying  Artillery."  Formerly  the  movement 
was  confined  to  the  Eurasians,  the  ofispring  of  Euro- 
peans borne  in  India,  but  now  the  work  has  been 
extended  to  the  natives  proper,  who  hear  the  Gospel 
as  gladly  as  the  Eurasians. 


— Rev.  G.  J.  Alf,  who  has  been  a  fearless  and  suc- 
cessful Baptist  missionary  in  Poland  for  some  years 
past,  addresses  an  appeal  to  British  Baptists  for  aid  in 
erecting  places  of  worship  on  his  field.  The  lack  of 
these  is  the  greatest  hindeiance  of  the  work  there. 
Seventeen  brethren  are  preaching  the  Word  in  Poland, 
one  church  sending  out  preachers,  and  their  youngest 
church  furnishing  two,  whose  efi"orts  are  greuly 
blessed.  During  the  six  months  preceding  the  date 
of  the  appeal,  fifty-five  converts  had  been  baptized  at 
Kicin,  and  others  at  other,  points.  But  the  Papists 
cannot  rent  their  houses  to  worship  in,  since  the 
priests  have  forbidden  it,  and  the  brethren  are  many 
of  them  poor, 

•  I — A  convention  of  the  Young  Men's  Christian  As- 
sociation was  held  in  Garmantown,  Pa.,  on  Friday  last. 
The  Secretary  of  the  International  Committee  stated 
that  there  are  now  940  associations  in  ,the  Union, 
forty-eight  of  which  have  buildings  valued  at  $2,000- 
000,  and  fifty-six  are  accumulating  funds  amounting  to 
$500,000.  There  are  seventy-eight  general  secreta- 
ries employed  by  individual  societies,  to  give  their 
time  and  effort  to  this  work.  International  work  is 
really  the  missionary  work  of  the  Association.  Last 
year,  at  the  Dayton  Convention,  the  reports  of  the 
Committee  having  this  work  in  charge  indicated  pro- 
gress in  Alabama,  Indiana,  and  Illinois.  The  pres- 
ent year  there  is  a  loud  call  for  work  in  "Virginia.  The 
banner  State  of  the  Association  is  Pennsylvania,  and 
it  is  to  her  that  we  must  look  for  contributions  to  this 
mispionary  work, 

T—The  value  of  mission  work  was  thus  illustrated  in 
the  recent  Bengal  famine.  In  the  Soutal  district  a 
Danish  missionary  took  the  ent're  charge  of  distribut- 
ing grain  to  the  sufifcrers  for  nothing,  and  gave  out  the 
portions  with  his  own  hand  to  prevent  cheating.  He 
was  well  fitted  for  this  work  by  long  experience  and 
his  iEfluence  in  the  district.  He  did  not  with  this 
work  neglect  the  souls  of  the  people.  His  mission 
was  already  a  large  one,  but  as  numbers  of  the  inhab- 
tants  came  from  a  distance  he  utilized  every  occasion 
to  spread  the  good  work  among  them.  Every  night 
ne  preached  to  the  people  betbre  giving  the  grain, 
and  the  overseers  he  selected  were  all  Christian  Son- 
tals,  who  efiectualiy  reached  the  natives  in  many 
cases. 


THE    CHRISTIAN  •  CYNOSURE. 


13 


Tlie  City. 

An  exfcrAordinary  row  took  place  in 
McGarry's  saloon,  a  political  rendezvous, 
late  Siturd^y  night.  Mc  Donald,  a 
notorious  gambler  and  politician  accom 
panicd  by  two  ruffians  worked  up  a  gen- 
eral fight  iu  whicli  a  nunabf.r  of  city 
politicians  of  pronainenie  were  roughly 
handled.  The  disgraceful  aff^  r  is  an 
index  of  the  mansgement  of  the  city 
govt;rnment,     which     dii-graces    every 

respectable  resident. The   National 

Board  of  Underwriters  have  recomaien- 
ded  to  all  the  insurance  companies  rep- 
resented by  it  to  remove  from  Chicago 
Oot.  Ist.  This  action  "s  in  accordance 
with  a  vote  taken  by  the  body  coon 
after  the  July  fire,  making  certain 
propositions  for  the  prevention  of    and 


fighting  fires. 
digcaUon  amont 


Tt 


has  caused  great  m- 


■.•  i  r 


T"Trrr 


the    business  men   of 
the  city  with  whose  iutc-ests  it  cons  d 
erably  interferes.     The  rebu'lt  por  i  )n 
is  considered  as  nearly  fire-proof  as  aay 
in    the  country,  and    the  water  supply 
will  soon  hi  ucqueslionably  ample. 
The  Country. 

The  competi1i.)u  in  cotton  cnanufav 
tures  has  reduced  price?  to  a  minium, 
if  not  a  losing  rate.  A  manufacturer's 
comm-ttee  met  last  week  at  Providence, 
K  1.,  and  agreed  to  a  reduction  of  one- 
third  in  the  production  of  cotton  fab- 
rics for  the  next  three  months.  AUo 
a  mefting  ot  the  cotton  manufacturing 
interest  was  held  in  Boston,  at  which 
about  2,000,000  spindles  were  repre- 
rented.  The  committee  in  their  report 
express  the  opinion  that  four  fuU  work- 
ing days  of  10  horns  each,  per  week, 
would  bast  promote  the  interest  of  the 
employed  and  employers  during  c5n- 
tinuance    of   ibe  necessary    reduction. 

On  Thursday  last  the    boiler   of  a 

steam  thresher  « xploued  in  Frarddm 
township,  Wright  Co.  Minn.,  killing 
a  Dr.  (irant,  of  Watevtown,  and  two 
ladies,  and  severely  wounding  several 
men. 

— No  search  for  the  State  arms,  said 
to  be  still  held  by  members  of  the 
White  League,  was  made  at  New  Or- 
leans last  week,  and  the  peace  of 
the  city  remained  lindistssrbed.  In 
a  consultation  wh'cii  was  held  be- 
tween Governor  Kellogg  and  otheri?, 
and  it  was  deci<ied,  after  considerable 
discussion,  that  for  the  present  no  search' 
would  be  mad(\  This  decision  will,  it 
is  thought,  preclude  the  possibility  of 
further  lioting  for  some  weeka  at  leasL 
During  the  day  a  number  of  gentlemen 
on  bJth  sides  were  engaged  in  an  effort 
to  again  bring  together  the  Conference 
Committee,  but,  as  the  Rt;publ(caDS 
ver3'  properly  refuse  to  allow  the  White 
Leaguers  to  secure  a  majority  ou  the 
Board  of  State  Canvassers,  it  seenjs  to 
be  settled  that  no  arrangemexit  will  be 
arrived  at. 

— As  the  south-western  mail  and  a 
passenger  train  ou  the  Seima,  Romo  & 
Dalton  road  was  crossing  Waxahatchie 
Creek,  on  Thursday  last,  the  bridge 
gave  way  and  the  engine  and  train  ieJl 
iu.  Judge  Wm.  M.  Boyd,  one  of  the 
most  prominent  citizens  of  Sdma,  and 
the  fireman  were  killed.  There  were 
several  passengers  on  the  train^  s'-veral 
of  whom  were  wounded,  some   fatally. 

— The  Jewish  feast  of  the  Tabernacles 
began  last  Friday  at  sunget  and  contin- 
ues for  ten  days.  On  Sun  ;ay  the  cere- 
mony of  blessing  the  palm,  the  myrt'e 
and  the  willow  was  observed;  on  Thurs- 
day the  scroll  of  the  law  will  be  carried- 
in  procession  around  the  synagogue,  and 
on  the  lollowing  Sunday,  which  is 
known  as  the  Rejoicing  of  the  Law,  the 
people  will  give  themselves  to  social 
enjoyment. 

— Reports  from  Central  Michigan 
state  that  wheat  is  beginning  to  move 
rapidly  and  in  considerable  quantities. 
Old  corn  is  entirely  out  of  the   market, 


and  the  proppect  for  the  new  crop  is 

fair. 

Fordgiu 

— A  London  dinpalc-i  says:  The 
•existence  of  a  oordiwl  and  sympathetic 
letter  from  the  Czar  to  Dun  Carloe, 
which  had  hitherto  been  denied  at  Ber- 
Itn  and  elsewherei,  is  now  acknowledged. 
The  letter  was  written  in  reply  to  one 
from  Dou  Carlos  thanking  the  Czar  foi 
his  refusal  to  recognize  President  Ser- 
rano. 

— Ue-n.  Moriones,  of  the  Spanish 
Republican  army,  has  begun  a  scries  of 
operaiions  with  the  object  of  relieving 
PdoipeluQO,  and  fighting  has  been  go- 
ing on  several  days.  The  engagement 
of  the  first  day  was  ind.-cisive.  Ou  the 
second  day  the  Republican  artillery 
gained  an  adv.'intHge  and  irflicted  heavy 
losBCf;  on  the  Carliets,  Gen.  Moriones 
resumed  the  oflcnsive  and  dispersed 
several  insurgent  ba'allionF,'but  fa'Ied 
to  follow  up  the  advantages  he  had 
gained. 

— It  is  now  staled  that  the  wheat 
crop  in  France  is  .h.carly:  cfouble  that  of 
ordinary  years.       .•  •   -' : 


'^ift^t  mi  l^tiW^  1^\^i$. 


rrcvcnt  Colds.       .'(liV" i'i 


This  is  the  s?ason  for  colds,  with  the 
oldest  as  well  as  the  youngest,  many 
will  forget  the  thick,  long  socks  and 
fljnnels,  but  rush  to  their  stoves  and 
furnaces,  increasing  the  heat  of  their 
rooms  ('i  your  room  is  dark  or  damp  a 
fire  is  indispensable)  from,  one  to 
twerty  degrees  in  a  eingle  day,  and 
hope  thus  to  avoid  them.  This  is  very 
i unwise;  a  sensitive  mucus  membrane 
either  from  some  one  of  the  exanthe- 
mata, or  asthm^*,  or  repeated  colds, 
does^not  seem  to  require  a  higher  tem- 
perature than  eiity-nine  or  seventy  de- 
crees. This  suppcsss  all  parts  of  the 
room  to  have  ,  a  like  degree  of  heat. 
B'or  adults,  five  minutes  use  of  the  fljsh 
brush  as  they  lay  off  their  night  clothes 
Iwill  be  of  vast  ute  in  warding  ©"ff  colds. 
IWith  children  use  a  soft  flesh-brush, 
ithe  briishj.u'st  tipped'  witlV  cold  -^atfir, 
then  dry  with  your  hand",  and  with  in- 
fanta nothing  exc?pi  lard  or  sweet  oil, 
iw'ell  rubbed  in.'^TIiis-accompliBhes  two 
bbjec's,  the  rubbing  will  be  tolerated 
with  more  satisfactioti,  while  the  blood 
will  receive  an  impetus  lo  the  surface, 
making  the  circulation  qu'c'cer.  This 
will  increase  its  warmth,  and  there  is  no 
possibility  of*  catching  cold,  uulesB  the 
di~gree  of  heat  of  the  blodd  is  redticed. 
You  thus  avoid  these  cat^.n-b-i  v,'„;^L 
kre  so  disagreeable,  and  sometimes' 
fatal,  but  its  more  acute  form,  the  ago- 
tiizing  earache,  which  Tmay  be  among 
the  earhest  ailmentshcfi,  a  :  child,  and' 
if hich  the  oldest  cannei'i  >l^e  .indifforeRt 
ioo,  as  with  other  ailments. 

A  mother  f^houid  aocustora  herself  to 
the  physi9iGgic\l  -  ."appearance  of  her 
child's  ear  so  that  she  ■  can  readdy  turn 
(i)ff  the  bid  effects  of  a  sudden  cold. 
If  the  child  shrieks,  on  the  sudden  roo- 
iion  of  the  neck,  r'ub's  dne'side  of  the 
head  or  ear  esp.<?cJaUyi  or  is  trying  to 
pull  the  hair,  you  may  be  watchful.  If 
either  external  canal  is  smaller  than  its 
fellow  or  unusually  pinky  or  the  texture 
around  it  appearing  more  tranf  parent,'' 
dropping  a  teaspoonful  of  warm  water 
into  the  ear,  holding  your  hand  or 
some  warm  cotton  over  the  ear,  has 
quieted  many  i  child;  of  '&ie" drop  of 


oil,  or  what  is  better  two  or  three  drops 
of  warm  arnica  tincture,  should  be 
used  before  harsher  remedies  are  re- 
sorted to.  This  thing  should  be  at- 
tended too  as  soon  as  all  or  any  of  those 
symptoms  appear. 

If  the  cold  appears  at  first  to  settle 
iu  the  he.ad,  there  will  be  pain  and 
tensions  over  the  temple.  Rubbing 
well  with  lard  there  as  well  a^  across 
the  bridge  of  the  nose,  to  give  greater 
freedom  through  that  member,  has  re- 
lieved many  a  little  sufferer.  The  sub- 
ject is  inexhaustible,  but  if  you  can 
attend  to  those  few  or  many  symptoms 
within  the  first  three  dayt,  with  cura- 
tive results,  you  will  fiad  the  cold  so 
much  dreaded  exhausted. 


How  TO  Bake  Tomatoes. — Take 
hrge,  smootll  tomatoes  and  cut  them 
round- ways.  Take  the  seed  out  and 
fill  the  vaca-nciea  with  stuffing  same  as 
prepared  for  fowls,  then  place  them  to- 
gether again,  putting  them  in  a  pan  or 
dish  and  bake.  Wlien  done  remove 
them  carefully  and  you  will  have  some- 
thing that  is  nice.  Do  not  peel  your 
tomatoes.  [Remarks — Another  graiid 
way  is  to  bake  the  tomatoes  whole, 
having  firstsprinkled  a  little    fljur  over 

them.] 

♦<-» 

Sweet  potato  coffee  is  out.  Sweet 
potatoes,  cut  into  pieces  the  size  of  cof- 
fee grains,  roasted  in  a  slow  oven  for 
the  same  lungth  of  time  that  coffee  is, 
and  then  mixed  with  an  equd  amount 
of  coffee,  will,  it  is  asserted,  produce  a 
beverage  fully  as  palatable  as  the  genu- 
ine article. 

♦-»-• 

A  Frequent  Trouble  with  Kkkosknk 
LAMPd. — The  light  is  often  unsatisfacto- 
ry while  all  is  apparently  in  good  or- 
der. It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that 
though  the  wick  is  but  very  gradi'.ally 
burned,  it  is  constantly  becoming  ks5 
able  to  conduct  the  oil.  During  sever- 
al weeks  some  quarts  of  oil  are  slowly 
filtered  through  the  wick,  which  stops 
every  particle  of  dust  or  other  matter, 
which  will  with  the  utmost  care  be  in 
the  beet  kinds  of  oil.  The  result  is 
that  the  wick,  though  it  is  of  sufficient 
length  and  looks  as  gcod  as  ever,  has 
its  conducting  power  greatly  imp  aired, 
as  its  pores,  so  to  speak,  or  the  minute 
channels  by  which  the  oil  reaches  the 
place  to  be  burned,  become  gradually 
obstructed.  It  is  often  economy  to 
aub.stitate  a  new  w^ck  fo>-  au  old  o;ie, 
even  if  that  be  plenty  long  enough  to 
Ejerv©  for  some  time  to  come. — Aqricul- 
iurisi. 


'%^^^  %\i  ^^^t 


How  to  Get  Plenty  of  Fre  ,i  Eggs. 


Once,  thirty  years  ago,  I  was  troubled 
jus i as  my  neighbors  now  are.  I  fed 
my  hens  plenty  of  corn,  and  got  few 
eggs.  I  reasoned  upon  the  matter, 
and  happened  to  think  that  the  consti- 
tuent ps.rts  of  milk  and  the  whites  of 
eggs  were  much  ahke.  Now,  it  has 
been  known  to  milkmen  that  wheat- 
middlings  and  bran  are  about  the  best 
of  .any  feed  to  make  a  cow  give  milk; 
why  not,  then  the  best  to  make  hens 
lay?  I  tried  it,  and  have  since  had  no 
trouble.  My  mode  of  preparing  the 
feed  is  to  mix  about  five  parts   of  bran 


to  one  of  middlings.  In  the  morning 
I  wet  up  with  water  abcut  four  quarts 
of  the  mixture  in  a  large  tin  pan,  tak- 
ing pains  to  have  it  only  slightly  damp. 
Thi"?  I  set  in  !).  warm,  sunny  spot  south 
of  I  ha  8bed,  and  they  walli  up,  take  a 
few  dips  (don't  seem  to  f,in:y  it  like 
corn),  and  start  off  on  a  short  hunt  lor 
something  bitter,  but  always  coming 
around  in  a  short  tirae  for  a  few  more 
raouthfuU  from  the  dish  of  bran. 
There  is  little  lirae  during  the  whole 
d.iy  but  what  one  or  mordare  ytandinfr 
by  the  pan,  and  hkewise  helping  them- 
selves. 1  am  careful  to  mix  for  them 
just  a'o  much  as  t.'ie^'  will  consum  )  dur* 
ing  the  day. 


Walking  Horses. — A  writer  in  the 
Natioaal  Live  Stock  Journal  thus 
dwelh  upon  the  impcrlance  of  training 
horses  to  walk  fast: 

Oae  of  the  most  desirable  and  valua- 
ble gaits  for  a  h  jrse  is  a  walk,  and  it 
should  be  ihe  aim  to  first  develop  this 
giit  in  tie  handhci,'  of  the  colt.  The 
good  walker  will  alft-ays  make  good 
time  on  the  road  when  a,  day's  journey 
is  to  be  made,  without  wearing  himself, 
while  the  slow  mope  must  be  conalaat- 
ly  kept  on  the  trot  if  time  is  to  be  made. 
A  horse  that  w.ll  wtilk  five  miles  per 
iiour  will  go  as  far  in  a  day,  confined 
to  this  gait,  as  an  ordinary  horse  can 
be  driven  when  kept  half  the  time  to 
the  trot,  and  with  much  greater  ease 
to  himseif.  If  one  half  the  pains  were 
taken  by  farmers'  boys  to  make  fast 
wa^k^rs  of  the  youngsters  on  ihe  farm 
that  is  usuliy  t.aken  to  make  them  trot, 
ti;e  result  would  be  much  .more  bene- 
ficial, and  wo  would  fi  d  phnty  of  teams 
thatcould  do  their  five  mdes  ?,n  hour 
wi;h  care.  But  instead  of  ihiij,  as  soon  as 
the  colt  is  bridled,  the  sole  aim  of  "the 
boys"  is  to  make  a  tiotler  of  h^m  and 
both  gaits  are  spoiled. 

Muke  the  colts  walk,  boys;. make 
them  extend  themjelves  iu  along, 
sweeping,  square  walk,  and  don't  be 
satisfied  with  anything  less  than  five 
miles  an  hour.  When  he  gets  to  trot- 
ting he  will  go  all  the  faster  for  this 
prelimiuary  training  to  the  walking 
gait;  and  if  he  cannot  trot  last  enough 
to  beat  Ddxter  or  Goldtm^h  Mad,  or 
Occiient,  he  will  have  a  gait  that  is  in- 
valuable for  business  purposes.  We 
hope  to  see  more  attention  paid  fo  fast 
walking  laaii  heretofore,  and  we  res- 
pectfully urge  upon  agriculcural  socie- 
ties the  importance  of  offering  liberal 
pr'zjs  for  v/alkiog  horses  at  the  fairs  for 
the  coming  year. 


Calves  iis  the  Orchard.— Calves  do 
not  injure  an  oN;hard,  but  usually  im- 
prove ths  fruit  by  picliing  up  the 
wormy  fruit,  as  soo.n  as  it  falls  and  thus 
destroys  the  insect  eggs.  Calves  sel- 
dom are  inclined  to  knaw  the  bark  or 
to  injure  even  small  trees;  they  will 
sometimes  rub  aga'nst  the,  trees  but 
could  do  no  damage  unless  newly  set. 
— Live  Stock  JounaX,  tairome   • 


In  screwing  nuts  into  any  >  part  of 
machinery  in  cold  weather,  be  careful 
not  to  heat  them  first  with  the  hands, 
or  they  will  contract  after  being  screw- 
ed on  tight,  and  become  immovable 
afterwards. 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Cost  of  Intoxicating  Liquors. 


In  a  late  issue  of  our  paper,  a  corres- 
pondent called  in  question  the   figures 
of  the  New  York  Evening  Post  on  the 
cost  of  intoxicating  liquors  consumed  in 
the  United  States   in    the   year   1870, 
The   Post   put  the   figures,    in  round 
numbers,    at    $1,487,000,000.      The 
correspondent  referred    to,  puts  the  es- 
timate   less    than    $300,000,000,    and 
said  he  could  not  make  it  higher!     Let 
U8  look   at    this   qu'^ation   a   moment. 
The  amount  of  distilled  liquors    paying 
revenue  to  the  United  States  Govern- 
ment, manufactured  in  1873,  was  71,- 
151,370  gallons.     This  is  the  amount 
the    distillers    produced.     We    had  a 
conversation   with  a  man,  a   few  days 
si  Qce,  who  had  been  a  large  manufact- 
urer of  whiskey,   and  who    told  us  he 
had  made  enough  whiskey  to  swim  in 
from  Beardstown,  Illinois,  to  St.  Louis, 
Missouri — a  distance  of   one    hundred 
and  ten  miles.     We  asked    him  which 
made  the  most  whiskey,    the    distiller 
or   the   rectifier.     ''The   rectifier,"   he 
replied.     We  inquired  how  mnch  more 
the  rectifier   made  than   the   distiller. 
He  said   the  rectifier  made   three    gal- 
lons out   of  one!     Now  multiply   71,- 
1,51,376  by  three,  and  we  have,  as  the 
amount  of  tde  liquors  made  by  the  dis- 
tillers    and    rectifiers    in   the  United 
States,  in  a  single    year,    213,454,128 
gallons!       We    inquired    how     many 
drinks   there  were  in  a  galior,  and  he 
said  about  sixty,  which  retailed  at  about 
ten  cents  a  drink;  this  would  make  the 
snug  little  sum  of  Ui  ,280,724,006    for 
whiskey  alone,  and  that  of  home  man- 
ufacture.    Add   to    this    $276,235,503 
gallons  of  brewed  and  fermented  liq- 
uors paying   revenue   the  same    year, 
and  retailing  by  the  glass  at   five  centa 
a  drink,  and  we  may  add  on  $200,000,- 
000  more   which   makes   $1,480,724,- 
606!     Here  we   have  only  the   liquor 
manufactured  in  the  country  and    pay- 
ing revenue,  without    taking   tbe   vast 
amount  of  imported  brandies  and  wines, 
and  the  hundreds  of  millions  of  gallons 
of  whiskies,  brandies  and   wines  made 
from  chemicals,  and  by  adulteration  in 
the  wine-cellars   of  the   importers  and 
wholesale    dealers.       When    we   take 
these    into  account,  we   may  safely  set 
down  the  cost  at  $500,000,000.     This 
amount  put  to  the  credit   of  brandies, 
wines,    and   adulterated    liquors,    will 
more  than  compensate  for  any  exagera- 
tion  to  the  estimates  on    the    distilled, 
brewed,  and  fermented  liquors  paying 
revenue  to   the    Government;  so   that 
we  are  forced  to  the  conclusion  that,  if 
anything,  the  figures  of  the   Evening 
Post  are  below,  rather  than  above,  the 
actual  cost  of  intoxicating  liquors  to  the 
people  of  the  United   States  annually. 
—  Western  Christian  Advocate. 


A  New  Orleans  paper  tells  of  a  prin- 
ter, who  when  his  fellow  workman  went 
out  to  drink  beer,  put  in  the  bank  the 
exact  amount  he  would  have  spent,  if 
he  had  gone  with  them  to  drink.  He 
then  looked  at  his  bank  account,  and 
found  that  he  had  laid  up  five  hunerad 
and  twenty-one  dollars  and  eighty-six 
cents.  In  five  years  he  had  not  lost  a 
day,  because  of  sickness.  Three  out  of 
five  of  his  fellow-men  had,  in  the  mean- 
time, become  drunkards. 


The-  water  drinker  then  bought  out 
the  priuting-oflSce;  and  in  twenty  years 
from  the  time  he  began  to  put  by  his 
money,  he  had  laid  aside  many  thou- 
sand dollars.  The  story  teaches  a  les- 
son which  every  little  boy  and  every 
young  man,  and  every  middle-aged 
man,  and  every  man  should  lay  to 
heart. 


Tobacco. 


It  is  estimated  that  nearly  300,000- 
000,  or  about  one  fourth  of  the  human 
race,  use  tobacco,  and  it  is  computed 
that  the  whole  number  of  smokers  and 
chewers  consume  500,000  tons  annual- 
ly, or  1,000,000,000  pounds  weight. 
The  time,  labor  and  money  laid  out  in 
one  way  or  another  for  tobacco  is  enor- 
mcMJs;  5,500,000  of  acres  are  cultiva- 
ted in  raising  the  crop  throughout  the 
world.  In  one  great  tobacco  factory 
in  Spain,  5,000  young  girls  are  employ- 
ed in  a  single  room.  In  the  city  of 
Hamburg,  12,000  persons,  many  of 
them  women  and  children,  are  engaged 
in  the  manufacturer  of  cigars  alone. 
In  this  city  the  number  of  hands  em- 
ployed in  preparing  chewing  and  smok- 
ing tobacco,  including  cigars,  is  over 
5,000.  During  1870  there  was  import- 
ed into  this  country,  chieflly  from  Ha- 
vana, tobacco  to  the  value  of  $1,940,- 
843,  while  our  exportations  during  the 
same  year  amounted    to   $12,396,150. 

The  time  spent  by  a  single  individ- 
ual in  taking  chews  and  lightning  and 
pufl'icg  pipes  and  cigars  would,  if  prop- 
erly improved,  be  sufficient  to  acquire 
a  thorough  knowledge  of  several  useful 
sciences.  Multiplying  these  by  the 
whole  number  of  chews,  and  it  will 
amount  to  centuries  of  time  lost  in  this 
injurious  practice. 

la  the  anuual  report  of  the  State 
Alms  House,  the  following  item  occurs: 
"Nineteen  dollars  for  tobacco,  snufiF, 
and  pipes," 

Communities  are  thus  taxed  to  pro- 
vide tobacco  for  paupers.  It  is  estima- 
ted that  the  support  of  ministers  in  the 
United  States  costs  $12,000,000  an- 
nually, and  the  use  of  tobacco,  $100,- 
000,000 — nearly  seven  times  as  much 
for  tobacco  as  for  preaching  the  gospel. 

At  the  Acadamy  of  Science,  in  Par- 
is, American  tobacco  was  analyzed  and 
found  to  contain  eight  per  cent  of  nic- 
otine, a  most  deadly  poison.  It  is  a 
fact  confirmed  by  the  best  authorities, 
that  the  oil  of  tobacco  approaches  nearer 
than  any  other  to  that  most  deadly 
poison — prussic  acid. 


U  >;"nt  statistics  show  that  there  ex- 
ist in  IS  ;  .7  York  City  8,020  ^drinking 
houses,  wh  h  do  an  annual  business  of 
$33,000,000.  This  seems  incredible, 
but  the  statistics  are  made  with  ''care 
not  to  exaggerate."  The  fact  of  so 
many  sellers  presupposes  the  other  feet 
of  a  great  many  more  drinkers.  What 
thousands  of  drinkers  and  drunkards 
there  must  be  when  upwards  of  8,000 
families  are  supported  by  the  traffic! 
Nor  does  this  represent  all.  There  are 
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so  that  we  are  overwhelmned  in  think- 
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monstrous  curse.  But  how  shall  we 
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TRACT  NO.  l: 
HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 

BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OP    WHEATON   COLLEGE. 

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Tract  No.  1,  Part  Fikst— Shows  the  origin  of  Speculative  Free- 
masonry, and  '8  entiled  "HISTORY  OF  MASONRY."        „„.„,„ 

Tuact  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled  "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
TER OP  FREEMASONRY  "  ,     .,n,T,^T,,^.cr.XTT,-ir      » 

Tract  No.  1,  Part  Thirb— Is  entitled  "FREEMASONRY  A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
translated  by  Prof.  A.  R;  CERVIN.   'A  15-page  tract  at  $2.00 
per  100 ;  $16.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURDER, 

By  REV.  J,  R.  BAIRD,  of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

who  has  taken  17    degrees.     A  2-page  tract  at  25  cents  per  lUO; 

$2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

SECRETS  OF  MASONRY, 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 
This  is  a   4-page  Illustrated   Tract,  showing  the  signs,  grips  and 
pass-words,  of  tne  flrst  three  degrees.    60  cents  per  100,  or  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRAND!! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
This  is  a  S-page  tract,  calling  the  attention  of  the  public  to  the 
despotic  and  ridiculous  titles  of  Freemasonry.  Price  25  cents  per  100; 
$2.00  per  1,000. 

TRACT.  NO.  5: 

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

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  is  a  very 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

OiTing  His  and  His  Father's  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1831.); 

AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

GiTlng  His  Opinion  of  Freemasonry  (1832). 
Both  of  these  letters,  in  wne  4-page  tr*ct,  at  50  cents  per  100 ;  f4.oo 

perieeo. 


TRACT  NO.  7:' 


SATAN'S  CABI.E-TO'W. 

A  4-page  tract.  This  is  a  careful  analysis  of  the  character  of 
Masonic  oaths,  and  sliows  them  to  be  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian ;  and  tlic  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  bo  the 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satau  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
SO  cents  per  100;  $1.00  per  lOoO. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-page  double  tract,  "illustrated."  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wondcrlul  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Freema« 
sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  Murrler  and  Treason  nQt 
Ea:o«»ptod,"  *nd  shows  that  the  Masonic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Christian. 
Price  25  cents  per  lllU;  $2  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  9,  ILLUSTR.VTED: 

FREEKIASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  arc  enumerated  and 
prayed  for.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  of  "■Occ'ulfnlal  Sov- 
ereign Consistory  .S'.  P.  R.  S,"  oid  degree — a  Chicago  Lodtre — aui 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  ChristiauJhurch  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  111. 

TRACT  NO.  10: 
CHAKA.CTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OP  FREEMASONRY, 

A  2-page  tract,  (illustkatbd)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisitol 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "the 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  per 
100  or  ,$2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

Address  of  hnn  Coiinlj  Associatioa,  New  M, 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Freema- 
sonry, as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  [cents  per 
100 ;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  "WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Whitney's 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charge  of  iinma- 
Bonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slado,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry, 
An  8-page  tract,  $l.U0per  100;  IS.OO  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  1:5 : 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVEK  ON  MASONRY, 

and 
HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 
Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $2.00  per  lOUO. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  liODGE  MASONRY. 
ITS  EELATIONTO  CIVIL  GOVEKHiJENT  AND  THE  0-HBISTIAN  EELIOION. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PBES.  J. 
BLANCHAED  of  WHSnTON  OOLLEaE.    This  is  a  16-page   tract  at  $2.00 
per  100;  $15.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID- 
A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  provlug  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.     By   KEV.    1.   A.  II.VRT,   Secretary 
National  Christian  Associivtion.    Published  by  special  order  of  th« 
Association.    50  cents  per  lOU ;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  16 : 

HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 

PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MUKDEUED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  tho  Monmouth  Conveutiou  by  Hon.  Seth  M, 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.  A  4- 
pagc  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4.UU  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

Origin,  Obligations  and  Expenses  of  Tiie 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OF  A  FARMERS'  C-LUB. 

This  little  tract  ought  to  be  put  into  tho  hands  of  every  Farmer  in 

the  Uuited  States,    Four-page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4  00  per  1000, 

TRACT   NO.  IS: 

HON.  "WM.  H.  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Extracs  from  a  Spesch  oa  Kjow-Snotbia^jm  in  the  U.  S.  Senate  in  1S55. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  Q.UINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added . 

A  -i-pago  tract,  25  cents  per  100 ;  $3.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 
BRICKS  FOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  ths 
Lodge    A  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  1(10 ;  $2.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  20 : 
OBJECTIONS'TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Coruton,  Vermont. 
Tbis  tract  contains  many  strong  arguments  against  the  Lodge' drawn 
from  personal  experience,   observation  and  study  of  its   character. 
A  i-pago  tract  at  50  ceuts  per  100 ;  $4.00  per  1,000. 
TRACT  NO.  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

r.V  E.MSIA  A.  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argument,  sho-i^ 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  whd 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  with  approbation  of  this  institutio* 
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Sran^e. 


GERMAN  CYNOSURE  TRACT  A. 

Sis  Seasons  wlij  a  Christian  sUd  sol  be  a  Freemason 

By  RBV.  A.  GROLH,  Pastor,  German  M.  JE.  Cliurch, 

WORCESTER,  MASS. 

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pcriptions  for  the  Christian  Vynosiire 
during  this  month,  if  your  time  is 
out  in  October,  will  you  no  ask  your 
neighbors  to  send  for  the  paper  with 
you,  and  send  on  your  remittance 
promptly  ?  If  your  lima  is  out  in  Nov- 
ember, will  you  not  devote  all  the  t'me 
you  can  spare  in  canvassing  for  the  Cy- 
nosure and  then  r<  mit  one  or  two  weeks-j 
before  the  date  on  the  label  of  your  pa- 
per arrives. 

We  expect  more  interesting  and  val 
uable  news  of  our  work  this  fall  and 
winter  than  ever  before.  One  year 
go,  Mr.  K'ggias  waq  the  only  State 
ijgent  in  the  field,  now  theni  ara  four 
State  agents  in  the  field  and  other 
Sates  are  arranging  for  them.  Wiecon- 
sin,  Indiana,  Ohio,  and  Missouri  have 
organized  State  associations  within  a 
year.  PenDsylvania  seems  to  ba  pre- 
paring  to  organize  one. 

The  C^nosMre  assists  Inucli  itt  pre- 
paring the  way  for  these  organizations. 
It  opens  the  way  for  lectures  and  keeps 
up  an  interest  in  tha  subject  after  the 
lectures  have  been  deliverel.  It 
strengthens  those  churches  which  the 
lodge  is  attempting  to  crush  because 
they  hold  that  Freemasonry  and  kind- 
red orders  are  unchristian  in  their  na- 
ture and  practice. 

One  year  ago  the  Cyifiqsure  was'a 
third  smaller  than  it  is  now  and  in  a 
less  convenient  shape  for  reading  and 
binding.  It  is  generally  conceded  to 
be  of  fundamental  importance  to  the 
progress  of  this  reform.  Will  you  not 
then,  give  those  who  istue  it  weekly, 
fir.st,  youi^  sympathy  and  your  prayiel^,  ■ 
and  eecondly,  your  generous  and  per- 
severing  support? 

The  Illinois  State  Anti-secrcy  Associa- 
tion 

held  a  meeting  at  Normal,    Illinois,  in 
May  18'i'2.     It  has  not  met  since. 

The  Secretary  of  the  Association 
wishes  to  issue  a  call  for  another  but 
desires  to  know  the  date  at  which  it 
will  be  best  to  hold  it,  and  t}ie  place 
wJhere  it  will  be  best  tp  naf^JL, '  Chicago 
has  been  mentioned  as  the  place  and 
October  28th,  29th  as  the  date.  Some 
think  November  5th  ajid,  (3th,  wojild  be 
better.  Let  Us  hear  from  friends  inter- 
ested on  this  subject.  The  Cynosure 
goes  to  three-fourths  of  the  counties  in 
the  State  and  wherever  and  whenever 
the  meeting  is  held,  we  hopejour  read- 
ers will  be  sure  to  have  their  counties 
well  rf'presented.      -;  t,     i'  •.'.';.,       >,.,   ',; 


5*1-.  Callender,  Qtcen  Grove;  Pa. 

J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentuin,  P». 

Linus  Chittenden,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 

P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

0.  Wiggins,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  .Johnson,  Bourbou,  Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Faucv  Creek,  Wis 

C.  F.  Hawley,  Millbrook  Pa. 

W.  M.  Givens,  Center  Point,  InU. 

.1.  L.  .\ndrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 

J  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 

Wm.  Dalton,  Dayton.  O. 


To  all  Seceding  Masons* 


-,  .By vote  of  the  National  Christian 
Association,  all  seceding  Masons  are  re- 
quested to  send  their  names  to  the  Re- 
cording Sec'y.  with  their  endorsement 
of  Bernard's  Light  on  Masonry,  post- 
offi-'.e  address,  number  of  degrees  taken, 
number  of  years  connected  with  the 
lodge,  the  d'^te  of  leaving  it  and  where 
residing  when,  they  joined. 

i«     ..I    i.  i'MH/'L.    KKti/OGO, 

«.     iiinT  iia^-'  iftecordinff  Secrelarv, 

.■.'.ui-nnhui,!       •  *  •" 

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Address   of    Anti-niasonie    Locturers. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
dard, Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

State  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hininan , 
Farm  Ridge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111.'    '- 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  O. 

State  Lecturers  for  New  York,  Z.  Weav- 
er, Esq.,  and  J.  L.  Barlow,  89  Mulberry 
St.,  both  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  ■  -   , 

1.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111.       . 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  CouDersville,  Ind. 
J.  B.  Nessell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.Rathbun,  Lisbon  Center,  N.  Y. 
8.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfield,  O.  "'•'•' 

L.  N.  Stratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 


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Hinmaa,  J  P  Johnson,  J  Jickson,  C  M 
Livesay,  M  F  Lauff<ir,  O  March,  D  Mc- 
Clelland, Mrs  A  J  Miller,  G  W  Mer- 
ritt,  J  R  Neer,  S  L  Phelps,  D  F  Pfatt, 
S  Robson,  J  S  Rice,  J  Strock,  D  B 
Sherk,  J  Sherk,  H  C  Stoughton,  D  W 
Spain,  H  Schoneberg,  W  H  Sanderson, 
J  M  Snyder,  T  E  Turner,  J  C  Weoster. 


Chioaso,  Sept.  28i' 1874. 
The  following  arie  the  latest  aclvicei: 


Grain  Wheat — Sprine,  No.  1 
:  ,7;i.'    ni"    .'No.   a.... ..•■.;;.'■:■■; 

.M.i»  ;    lSo.3....::.')/,:n\ 

jt'iv.  I    :i.»      Kejected....;ivf. 

Corn— No,  2 .' 

Rejected 

Oats— No.  2... 

Rejected-. .......  .'i .' 

Sye— No.  2 .;'. .''.'. •'..'.. . 

Plotir, — Minnesota 

Winter... 

Spring ,. 

Hay — Timotny,  pressed 

"  looso 

.Prairie,       "     

Lard .;,,....,.•,,... 

Mess  pork,  per  bbl. ,.,,.. .'.,,,,'.'' 

Butter .,.',.,:„...., 

Cheese „.^,,ji;^' .■.,..;,.'' 

Eggs ...,.,...,.'••.,,,',,,  v,.„ 

Potatoes,  per  bus...  ;■..'.:  <.,,.;!  ■ 

Broom  corn.   ■ .  -L^, .,  .!-.i  -•  •'•'•'• 

Seeds— TimothJr.,•..,■'.■V..:,^.'.,,.  ' 

cjover  ,,-^y-..',;.,..,y.y.-^i. 

Flax  .r.^:\/:'::^:\.J.'::'.  ' 
Hides — Green  and  green  cured . . 
.  : Full  cujed add  }i  percent. 

Xumbef— Clear....... 38  00 

Common 11 


96 


81 


97    i 
96  ji 

my, 

86 

8JH 

86 

495i     50 

45  5£.  ,46?4 

.S9        itO 

5  50      10  00 

7  25 

5  50 

10  50 
16  00 

11  00 
14% 

2i!  00 

"23  35 

1234  14  ^ 

14  15 

65  85 

05  09 

2,,?5    ,  ?  55 


5  50 

3  00 

13  60 

14  . 
9  00 


..IT 


Lath. 


r>fMO<:.^Brngle8 150 

WOOii— Washed........  ..^;4..,.k  40 

Unwa^hcid... ....,,,.,,.,  ;  87 

LIVESTOCK  Cattle,  extra....    '6  40 

•     .          Good  to  choice.... ,  4  25 

Medjum i  4  00 

'•           Commdn 8  95 

J  J. I  y.. Hogs 6  50- 

r.i'i'  i)tdSi»ea»-«?>»Mr'f"<f  «•••»!•"!' ;  2  so 

.  Now  Tork  Market. 

^loul" t  4  40 

Wh»at 107 

Com 95 

Oats 114  V5 

Rye .' .'  90 

Lard ..l.^J.tiil»■i^S.^\  .«i  niii'.i: .. ; 

Meas  pork..v',ii-i',<t,J.tni.:,j>>n'-k^t,  P 

Butter ,.AtJ'f"~<^.:t  25 

O'^.'vsfl, '. 11 

asKB -  84 


65  00 
12  00 

2  25 

3  50 
55 
34 

7  00 
6  15 

4  25 

3  76 
^7-25 

4  60 


1  43 

to 

96 
UVi 
28  75 
37 
13 
25 


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Contents. 

Page. 

Editokial  Articles '. 8,9 

The  New  Haven  Council The  Kansas  Bribery The 

Prince  of  Wales Notes 

Tones  OF  THE  Time 1 

CONTBIBUTBD    AKP    SELECT  ARTICLES 1,  2,  3 

Are  Secret  Combinations  Sinful? My  Renunciation 

and  the  llesult Our  Relations  to  the   Grange To 

Christian  Voters The  Holy  Sabbath  Day Art  and 

the  Sabbath 

Reform  News  and  Notices 4,  6 

From   the   General    Agent,    in  Indiana Prom   Bro. 

Caldwell :  His  work  in  Pennsylvania 

Correspondence 

Rev.  D.  P.  Rathbun A  Discussion  and  Victory  in   a 

Free-will  Baptist  Conference The  Xenia|Difflculty 

A  Severe  Experience  ...Our  Mail 

The  Day  of  Fasting  and  Prayer  (Coramittee'^^ddress) 

FoRTT  Years  Ago — Negative  Proof  Regarding  Masonic  An- 
tiquity  

The  Home  Circle 

Children's  Corner 

The  Sabbath  School 

Home  and  Health  Hints 

Farm  and  Garden. 

Xeligious  Intelligence 

News  of  the  Weelc 

Rum  and    Tobacco 

Facts  and  Figures 

Publisher's  Department 


5,6 


Jlxecntive  Conrmittec  Notice — There  will  be  a  meeting 
of  the  Executive  Committee  at  the  rooms  of  the  Y.  M.  C. 
A.,  148  East  Madison  St  at  2  o'clock  P.  M.,  Saturday, 
October  10th.  All  citizens  of  Chicago,  who  sympathize 
with  the  National  Association  in  its  opposition  to  secret 
societies,  are  requested  to  be  present  to  consider  the  ques- 
tion of  inviting  the  Illinois  State  Association  to  hold  a  Con- 
vention in  this  city  in  the  month  of  November.  A  local 
committee  of  arrangements  will  probably  be  appointed  and 
other  matters  of  interest  be  discussed.  A  full  attend- 
ance of  friends  is  desired. 


'^i^p\%  4  \\i  t^xm. 


Political  Capital. — Some  of  the  Republicans  of 
Indiana  are  bringing  upon  themselves  lasting  disgrace 
by  their  use  of  Southern  outrages  to  hoist  themselves 
into  office.  A  circular  has  been  issued  from  the  Ke- 
publican  State  Committee  to  country  editors  requesting 
them  to  give  a'l  possible  prominence  to  these  sad  sto 
ries  "until  after  the  election."  This  is  nearly  equal 
to  an  alliance  with  murderers  Even  could  it  be  prov 
ed  that  the  troubles  at  the  South  were  not  greatly  due 
to  the  provocation  of  Republican  State  governments, 
to  thrust  them  forward  for  simple  electioneering  pur- 
poses shows  the  heartlessness  begotten  of  politics. 

The  Marquis  of  Ripon.  — The  London  correspondent 
of  the  Advance  thinks  it  difficult  to  account  for  the 
aberrations  of  the  Marquis  of  Ripon  in  entering  the 
Romish  church.  Though  never  considered  of  great 
abiUties,  this  nobleman  has  vast  wealth  (1250,000  year- 
ly income),  and  has  occupied  an  important  social  and 
political  position.  He  received  his  Marquisate  as  a 
reward  for  his  services  as  head  of  the  English  delega- 
tion to  the  Joint  High  Commission  to  settle  the  Ala- 
bama troubles,  which  met  in  Washington  in  1871.  A 
great  part  of  said  services,  by  which  we  are  told  ' '  he 
became  favorably  known  to  Americans,"  consisted  in 
hob-nobbing  with  Freemasons.  It  is  now  becoming 
known  that  the  Marquis  was  led,  from  his  position  as 
Grand  Master  of  English  Masons,  to  investigate  the 
reasons  for  the  opposition  of  the  Romish  church  to  the 
order;  This  examination,  it  is  said,  convinced  him  of 
the  deceptive  and  infidel  character  and  tendency  of 
Freemasonry.  He  resolved  to  abandon  the  order,  and 
naturally  fell  off  to  its  antagonist  whose  counter  claims 
had  impressed  him.  Such  examinations  with  us  make 
Anti-masons  of  true  Gospel  stamp. 

An  Independent  Platform. — Gen.  Farnsworth, 
opposition  candidate  in  the  Fourth  Congressional  Dis- 
trict of  Illinois,  in  a  recent  debate  with  his  opponent. 
General  Hurlbut,  put  forth  the  following  as  his 
platform.  After  acknowledging  the  favor  of  the  nom- 
inating convention  in  leaving  him  free  to  make  his 
own  platform,  he  said  that  he  was  in  favor  of  a  tariff 


in  favor  of  returning  to  a  gold  basis;  in  favor  of  pro- 
tecting all  the  rights  of  the  people,  without  distinction 
of  race,  color,  or  class ;  in  favor  of  tlie  State  maintain- 
ing jurisdiction  and  all  proper  control  over  the  rail- 
roads and  other  corporations,  and  opposed  to  surren- 
dering that  control  to  the  Federal  Government.  In 
his  remarks  on  tariff  he  was  opposed  to  duties  on  such 
crude  material  as  salt,  pig-iron  and  lumber,  which  pro- 
tect no  skilled  industry,  but  only  allow  portions  of  the 
country  to  become  enriched  at  the  expense  of  the  vast 
agricultural  districts.  These  are  the  views  of  a  gentle- 
man of  experience  and  ability,  and  approximate  toward 
the  Chicago  platform  of  1872. 

The  Sabbath  at  Cincinnati. — The  Chicago  Tribune 
wants  the  Art  Gallery  of  the  Inter-s'ate  Exposition 
opened  on  the  Lord's  day  because  it  was  successfully 
done  at  Cincinnati.  It  seems,  however,  that  it  is  far 
from  a  success  there.  Ministerial  associations  have 
remonstrated  personally  and  through  the  press  at  the 
desecration ;  a  respectable  number  of  the  supporters  of 
the  Fair  have  done  the  same  and  will  withdraw  if  it  is 
again  allowed;  and  as  for  the  class  of  visitors  which 
the  misconceived  benevolence  of  the  Cincinnati  man- 
agers and  the  Tribune  would  bring  in,  they  nowhere 
appear.  Says  the  Herald,  and  Presbyter  m  reply  to 
the  Cincinnati  Commercial: 

''In  speaking  of  the  'thousands  of  people  in  Cin- 
cinnati Avho  do  not  attend  church,'  it  sa)^s:  'It  is 
better  that  they  should  be  attracted  there  than  to  the 
hundred  and  one  beer  halls  which  are  open  to  the 
public  on  Sunday.'  Granted  But  those  classes  which 
are  'attracted  to  the  beer  hails'  will  go  there  anyhow, 
whether  Art  Hall  is  opened  or  closed  on  the  Sabbath ; 
nor  will  the  opening  of  the  Art  Hall  on  that  day  draw 
away  a  single  visitor  from  the  beer  halls.  Its  opening 
has  no  influence  of  this  kind.  If  it  had  the  Commer- 
ciaVs  argument  would  have  some  force,  though  even  in 
that  case  we  should  not  favor  the  opening.  But  beer 
hall  visitors  are  not  lured  away  from  scenes  of  dissipa- 
tion by  such  means.  It  is  precisely  here  as  with  open- 
ing public  libraries.  It  was  thought  that  they  would 
attract  tho;e  who  spend  Sunday  in  idleness  or  in  roam- 
ing about  the  streets.  But  it  is  found  that  these  are 
the  very  persons  who  are  never  seen  there. " 


[From  the  Religious  Telescope.] 

Are  Secret  Combinations  SinfuIT 


BY  BISHOP    D.  BDWARD8. 


for  revenue ;  of  Civil  Service  Reform,  from  the  highest 

to  the  lowest  office;  in  favor  of  the  election  of  Post- 1  and  prayer;  but  gay   receptions 


+>, 


^   Tvfar^nUi  • 


TirQC     nr\^ 


•\t\t3i^A    it\     ?T>flo+I/\Tl 


Beecheb  Again. — The  heavy  pressure  of  pubUc 
opinion  has  at  length  brought  the  Brooklyn  scanda 
where  it  should  long  ago  have  been  taken — into  the 
courts.  Mr.  Beecher,  on  his  return  from  the  White 
Mountains  last  week,  appeared  before  the  Grand  Jury 
and  demanded  the  indictment  of  both  Tilton  and 
Moulton  for  libel.  This  suit  will  of  course  practically 
annihilate  that  of  Tilton  against  Beecher  now  pending 
and  dwarf  those  of  Miss  Proctor  against  Moulton  and 
the  Graphic  newspaper.  The  most  eminent  counsel 
are  said  to  be  retained  on  both  sides;  among  them 
Senators  Conkhng  of  New  York,  and  Carpenter  of 
Wisconsin,  Ben.  Butler,  Dudley  Field,  Wm.  M,  Evarts 
and  Judge  Fullerton.  With  such  managers  let  us 
hope  that  the  last  of  this  awful  affair  will  soon  be 
reached. 

We  can  not  help  but  notice  with  regret,  which  will 
be  shared  by  sincere  Christians  generally,  the  defiant 
and  worldly  spirit  shown  by  Plymouth  Church  on  Mr. 
Beecher's  return.  He  conducted  the  usual  Friday 
evening  lecture  and  preached  on  the  Sabbath.  The 
church  was  gaily  adorned  with  flowers  and  on  both 
occasions  the  crowd  was  much  beyond  the  capacity  of 
the  building.  A  decent  respect  for  the  name  of  relig- 
ion and  the  Christian  churches  of  the  land  would,  in 
the  present  state  of  the  scandal,  have  advised  less  pub- 
hcity.  Mr.  Beecher  referred  to  the  matter  as  a  disci- 
pline from  God  upon  the  church,  or,  as  he  expressed 
it,  God  ''has  brought  you  upon  the  grindstone  to 
sharpen  you  for  the  dayj  of  battle ;"  yet  upon  every 
hand  there  was  an  ovation  as  of  victory.  No  useful 
lesson  seemed  to  be  gained  from  the  discipline;  no 
humiliation  was  expressed,   if  felt;  no  call  to  fasting 

songs,    promenades 


Prove  to  me  the  sinfulness  of  secret  orginizationp, 
and  I  too  will  oppose  them.'  Thfse,  i  a  substance, 
were  the  words  of  a  gwd  miuiUer  in  Pennsylvania, 
some  months  Bgo.  It  is  an  old  argument;  it  always 
meets  us  when  a  darling  sin  or  amusement  or  popular 
evil  is  denounced.  ''What  harm  is  there  in  dancing?"' 
asks  the  votary  of  pleasure.  'Is  i-,  a  sin  to  diink  a 
little  wine  or  an  occasional  glass  of  something  strong- 
er, so  a  man  does  not  drink  to  excess?"'  says  the  man 
who  is  learning  to  be  a  drunkard.  It  has  been  only  a 
few  years  since  the  hated  abolishionist  had  to  hear  the 
same  question  over  and  over,  from  ministers  and  edi- 
tors. Where  does  the  Bible'  condimn  slavery  as  a 
sin?  The  same  persons  now,  after  the  whcle  system 
has  been  de3troy:d.  and  the  entire  civil  zed  world 
shouts  approval,  Edmit  that  it  was  condemned  by  the 
whole  spirit  of  the  Bible.  The  time  is  not  far  distant 
when  the  conscience  of  the  Christian  world  will  be  as 
united  in  the  condemnation  of  sworn,  combi  ed  se- 
crecy. 

I  now  propose  to  prove  the  sinfulness  of  secrecy. 
Not  secrecy  in  the  abatract,  nor  innocent  fimily  pri- 
vacy, but  combined,  oath-bound  secrecy,  such  as  Free- 
masonry and  other  kindred  institutions. 

1.  My  first  point  is  the  waste  of  time  and  money  by 
lodgemen.  This  may  be  coneidered  a  small  matter  by 
some.  But  the  enlightened  Christian  must  see  that 
to  throw  away  lime  and  money  is  a  plain  violation  of 
such  passages  as,  * 'Redeem  the  time,''  "Whether  ye 
eat  or  drink,  or  whatsoever  ye  do,  do  all  to  the  glory  of 
God,"  Many  families  are  robbed  of  the  husband's  and 
father's  needed  prasence,  and  the  money  that  is  need- 
ed for  food  and  clothing,  to  keep  up  a  standing  in 
("ram  one  to  half  a  dczen  lodges.  , 

2.  Intimate  fello-s^ship  with  the  wicked  is  most  pos- 
itively forbidden  in  the  Word  of  God.  "Be  ye  not  un- 
equally yoked  together  with  unbeUevers."  "Come 
out  from  among  them,  and  be  separate,  saith  tho 
Lord."  "Ye  adul'xrers  and  aduUressos,  know  ye  not 
that  the  friendship  of  the  world  is  emnity  with  God  ? 
Whosoever,  therefore,  will  be  a  friend  of  the  world,  is 
the  enemy  of  God."  Evey  man  who  joins  and  ad- 
heres to  any  of  the  many  worldly  societies,  now  so 
popular,  goes  directly  against  these  plain  and  positive 
precepts.  If  such  utter  and  palpible  disregard  of  Bi- 
ble precepts  is  not  a  sin,  what  is?  If.a  man  may  de- 
liberately set  aside  one  of  the  commands  because  it  is 
popular  to  do  to,  why  not  another— why  not  all,  and 
still  not  sin  ?  O  ye  pleaders  for  Baal ,  see  what  havoc 
you  make  of  the  Word  of  God  and  every  principle  of 
Bible  morality,  by  following  the  multitude  who  per- 
vert or  set  aside  the  teachingi  of  the  Bible,  or  by 
justifying  them  in  it. 

3.  There  is  another  point,  equally  clear  with  the 
latter,  that  ought  to  satisfy  any  candid  mind  as  to  the 
sinfulness  of  secret    combinations.     I  refer    to    their 

Our  Siviour.in  the  sermon  on  the  mount, 


swearing, 

has,  in  the  most  positive  terms,  forbidden  all  swear- 
ing. Suppose  we  admit  that  he  has  reference  here  to 
all  voluntary  swearing,  allowing  the  use  of  the  oath 
when  required  by  the  civil  authorities  in  courtp  of  jus- 
tice. All  other  forms  of  swearing  are  as  absolutely 
prohibited  as  lying  or  stealing.   James  places  wonder- 

.        .    ,  ,         .  .,  ■  ■     .L  XT«„_     V.\m-       "RlH 


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CIS  iinnn 


tliiH  noint.     Hear  him: 


But 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


above  all  things,  my  brethern,  swear  not,  neither  by 
heaven,  neither  by  earth,  neither  by  any  other  oath," 
It  will  not  answer  for  the  objector  to  say  that  these 
passages  refer  to  vulgar  cursing  and  profanity  merely. 
The  context  shows  that  the  reference  is  to  just  such 
8  wearing  .as  is  done  in  the  lodge,  where  they  "prom- 
ise and  swear"  by  the  Bible,  square,  and  coaapasses, 
to  keep  the  secrets  of  the  lodge  au:iof  each  other,  &  ;. 
A  dczen  men  have  no  a  whit  more  right  to  go  into  a 
secret  chamber  and  swear  than  the  i^ame  number,  or 
any  number  of  men,  have  to  swear  in  the  strieet  or 
bar-room.  In  either  case  they  go  directly  across  the 
plain  and  positive  declarations  of  the  Bible.  And  yet, 
in  the  face  of  all  these  facts,  there  are  men  who  plead 
for  the  innocency  of  these  swearing,  worldly  associa- 
tions— I  suppose  because  they  are  now  popular,  and 
that  some  respectable  men  have  been  caught  in  them. 
4.  There  is  still  another  passage  of  Scripture  which 
should  not  be  overlooked.  It  is  this:  ''Have  no  fe'- 
lowship  with  the  unfruitful  works  of  darknes?,  but 
rather  reprove  them."  Adam  Clarke  says  that  this 
passage  referred  to  the  secret  societies  which  existed 
in  those  days.  Here  we  are  taught  to  have  no  fellow- 
fibip  with  them.  Neither  join  in  with  them  nor  de- 
fend them,  but  reprove  them — hold  them — hold  them 
up  to  the  light,  that  others  may  see  their  corruption 
and  avciJ  being  taken  by  snare. 

There  are  many  other  arguments   wh'ch   might  be 
adduced  to  proved  the  sinfulness  of  the   dark  orders; 
but  the  few    points    presented    above   ought    to    be 
enough,     A  prejudice  strong  enough  to  set  aside  two 
or  three  plain  "ihus  saith  the  Lords"  would  not  stag- 
ger at  fifty.     If  wasting   time   and    money,  if  friend 
ship  and  intimate,  yoked  fellowship  with  unbelievert 
and  worldlings,  if  repeated    voluntary  swearing,    and 
all  these  in  plain  disregard   of  explicit   Bible  declara- 
tions, does  not    convince  a    Christian  minister   of  the 
sinfulness  of  secretism,  then  he  ought  to  be  consider 
ed  a  proper  subject  of  prayer,    that   the  grace  of  God 
may  enlighten  him,  so  that  he    may  set  a  higher  esti- 
mate on  the  teachings  of  the  Word  of  God,  and  regu 
late  his  conscience  accordingly. 


My  Kennnciatlon  and  the  Result. 


Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

There  appeared  in  the  Cynosure  of  June  4th,  1874, 
my  renunciation  and  letter  of  withdrawal  from  the  Ma- 
sonic lodge;  and  thinking  your  readers  might  like  to 
know  the  "result  of  my  action  therein  stated,  I  will 
inform  them  of  what   has  transpired   since  that  date. 

In  the  month  of  June  I  received  the  following  com- 
munication from  the  secretary  of  the  lodge  of  which 
I  was  a  member: 

Brandon,  Vt.,June2,  1874 

Beo.  Sanderson  : — At  a  regular  communication  of 
St.  Paul's  Lodge,  No,  24,  May  27,  the  following  reso- 
lution was  unanimously  passed:  *' Resolved,  That 
unless  Bro.  W,  H.  Sanderson  pay  his  assessments, 
previous  to  the  next  regular  communication,  June  24th, 
that  he  be  indefinitely  suspended ,  agreeable  to  article 
18,  Sec.  2d,  of  the  by-laws  of  the  Grand  Lodge." 

Fraternally '  yours, 
John  L.  Knight,  Sec'y. 

This,  then,  is  the  reply  to  my  communication  to  the 
lodge,  dated  the  25th  of  last  February.  It  remained 
with  me  now  to  either  succumb  to  the  will  of  the 
lodge  and  be  false  to  myself,  or  to  stand  firm  and 
show  my  colors;  accordingly,  I'sent  the  following  let 
ter  to  the  lodge  instead  of  an  assessment: 

Brandon,  Vt,,  June  12,  1874, 
To  the    W.   M.,  Wardens  and  members  St.    PauVs 

Lodge,  No.  25,  F.  A.  M.,  State  of  Vermont: 
Several  days  ago  I  received  a  communication  from 
the  secretary  of  the  lodge  containing  the  substance 
of  a  resolution  concerning  myself  passed  May  27th. 
In  replying  I  will  say,  I  cannot  comply  with  the 
requirements  of  the  said  resolution,  as  by  my  letter  of 
25th  of  last  February  I  morally  and  virtually  suspended 
myself  from  the  institution  of  Masonry ;  therefore,  if  1 
should  pay  the  tax  referred  to,  I  should  really  "go 
back"  on  my  own  words  and  action  in  regard  to  my 
connection  with  the  lodge,  and  recognize  myself 
as  still  a  Mason  and   hold  myself  liable   to  any  other 


tax  which  might  be  levied  on  the  members  of  the  or- 
der or  lodge.  Therefjre,  as  I  have  said,  I  cannot 
comply  with  the  requirements  of  the  resolution. 

It  matters  but  little  to  me  what  thn  lod-j'e  does  in 
my  case,  as  I  said  in  my  letter  of  the  25th  of  Feb- 
ruary, I  leave  the  institution  of  Masonry  upon  the 
same  principle  I  entered  it  nine  years  ago — "of  my 
own  fre?  will  and  acord,"  I  cannot  then  give  m) 
substantial  support  tJ  an  ins.itutioa  which  I  cann  it 
support  morally.  You  may  ask.  What  are  my  obj'ic 
tions  to  Masonry?  Of  course  we  must  judge  every- 
thing of  mari'd  work  by  its  appearance  and  precepts, 
and  lastly,  by  its  truth  and  fruit;  and  on  this  princ- 
pb  I  judge  of  Mtaonry;  and  I  fiad  iiDthing  in  its  ap 
pearance  or  of  its  truth  or  fruit  which  I  can  support 
in  the  spirit  of  it.  Bat  you  may  say  that  the  holy 
B.ble  is  one  of  the  great  lights  of  Masonry.  Tbat 
statement  I  must  dispute,  as  Masonry  is  the  same  the 
world  over,  and  it  so  happens  that  the  Bible  is  a  bait 
to  be  used  only  in  Christian  ouatries;  but  it  chaages 
not  Masonry  itself,  wh'ch  is  a  relc  cf  the  heathen 
mysteiies  of  the  Middle  Ages  and  earlier  time-,  the 
very  institutions  which  were  condemned  by  Christ 
and  his  disciples. 

Again,  you  may  say,  it  is  a  Christian  institut'on,  a 
hand-maid  of  religion,"  jea — a  religion  of  itself,  as 
Albert  G.  Mackey  fays,  ''The  religion,  then,  of  Ma- 
sonry, is  pure  theism,  on  which  its  diflferent  members 
engraft  their  own  peculiar  opinions;  but  they  are  not 
permitted  to  introduce  them  into  the  Icd^e  or  to  con- 
nect their  truth  or  falsehood  with  the  truth  of  Mason- 
ry." (See  Mackey's  Masonic,  Lexicon,  page  404,  "Re 
ligion.")  This,  then,  with  the  oaths  of  Masonry,  can- 
not be  reconciled  to  my  mind,  with  the  only  real 
religion,  which  is  of  Jesus  Christ  our  Lord,  whom 
Masonry  rejects  entirely,  Therefoie  it  is  a  false  relig- 
ion.    This  is  distinctly  stated  in    Acts  iv.  10-12. 

These  are  some  of  the  reasons  why  I  renounce 
Masonry;  but  there  are  many  others.  To  sum  up: 
the  character  of  Masonry  is  unchristian,  its  govern- 
ment is  despotic;  deceptive  in  its  pretentions  to  antiq- 
uity ;  its  ritual  and  ceremonies  a  mockery ;  its  titles 
blasphemous;  and  its  oaths  unreasonable  and  directly 
antagonistic  to  the  law  of  which  Christ  came  into  the 
world  to  fulfil.  (Lev.  y.  4,r-,) 
I  thus  renounce  the  institution,  not  in  a  moment  o/ 


Our  Relations  to  the  Grangers. 


Prom  the  "Lutheran  Standard," 
As  the  grangers  are  making  considerable  trouble  in 
some  of  our  congregations,   it  might  be   well  to  pub- 
lish the  following  ia    the  Standnrd.     It  is  translated 
from  the  Hv,  Lutheran  Kirlcetidende. 

Several  appl-cations  concerning  the  grangers  have 
been  made  to  me,  partly  by  ministers  and  partly  by 
members  of  congregations.  I  have  therefore  deemed 
it  best  to  answer  publicly  in  our  'Kirkeiidende," 

I  have  had  opportunity  to  make  myself  acquainted 
with  the  constitution  of  the  grangerp,  with  the  Moni- 
tor and  Manual,  and  several  other  documents  from 
their  last  National  Convention  at  St.  Louis  Having 
tested  the  contents  of  these  in  accorf<ance  with  the 
Word  of  God,  I  have  been  fully  convinced  that  no 
Christian  can  join  or  remain  a  member  of  this  society 
without  making  himself  guilty  of  denying  Christ  and 
other  great  sins,  although  they  be  of  infirmity.  The 
grangers  are  a  secret  society,  in  which  the  person 
joining  takes  obligations  on  himself  by  oat "o,  which  he 
does  not  understand.  They  have  religious  ceremonies 
and  religious  tendencies;  in  consenting  to  these  or  par- 
ticipating in  them  the  members  promote  gross  errors 
and  take  the  name  cf  Gjd  in  vain,  la  being  silent 
and  not  corifessing  against  them,  they  make  them- 
selves co-partners  in  the  sins  of  others  and  deny  their 
Christian  faitb.  Matt.  xix.  32.  23.  In  join'ng  such  a 
society  with  heathens  and  Jews,  and  praying  in  com- 
mon with  them,  they  deny  their  Saviour  and  yoke 
themselves  unequally  together  with  unbelievere. 
Comp.  2,  Cor.  vi,  14.  &c. ;  Ps.  1.  Finally  they  pre- 
sent the  appearance  of  evil  and  offend  their  fellow 
believers,     i  Thess.  iv.  22;  Matt,  xviii.  6,7. 

I  see  in  the  establishment  and  effusion  of  this  so- 
ciety a  deceit  of  the  devil,  especially  to  entrap  our 
country-people  into  the  net.  of  secret  societies,  from 
which  they  hitherto,  by  the  grace  of  God,  have  in 
general  been  preserved.  I  regard  it  the  more  a  duty 
on  our  part,  ministerj  as  well  as  members  cf  congrega- 
tions, to  oppose  this  society  with  all  earnestness,  wii;h 
instruction,  with  admonition,  and  with  reproof,  in 
order  that  this  dangerous  poison  may  not  be  spread 
around  and  totally  destroy  our  congregations.  If  we, 
on  account  of  not  being  sufficiently  posted  respecting 


excitement,  but  by  months  of   study  and  thought  on  the  nature  of  this  society,  regard    it  as  a    Christian 


the  subject.  I  profess  to  be  a  Christian  and  I  try  to 
live  up  to  my  profession,  although  I  am  like  all  man- 
kind, weak,  and  require  the  strength  of  an  Almighty 
hand  to  keep  me  steadfast. 

I  will  say  in  conclusion,  that  my  feelings  are  against 
Masonry  and  not  the  individual  members  of  any  lodge. 
Some  of  my  best  Iriends  are  members  of  the  order, 
and  I  think  none  the  less  of  them  for  differing  with 
die  in  judgment  and  opinion  if  they  are  honest  in 
their  convictions.  Respectfully  yours, 

Wm.  H.  Sanderson, 
1  now  consider  myself  clear  of  the  lodge,  although 
according  to  Masoni:  law  I  can  still  be  dealt  with  in 
the  secret  tribunal  by  being  expelled  from  the  order; 
or  to  be,  Masonically  speaking,  ''dead."  I  expect  that 
Masons  will  do  all  in  their  power  to  injure  me  if  pos- 
sible, But  by  the  continual  holding  to  the  light  the  evil 
and  nonsense  of  the  diabolical  institution,  we  hope  to 
inform  people  of  our  State  of  the  danger  which  is  lurk- 
ing in  every  nook  and  corner  ot  church  and  civil  gov- 
ernment. There  are  a  few  earnest  Anti-mafons  in 
Vermont,  and  before  spring  or  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  N,  C,  A,  we  hope  to  get  a  permanent  foot- 
hold. There  is  great  need  of  reform  in  all  of  the 
churches  of  Vermont.  Many  of  them  are  being  ruled 
by  anything  but  a  Christian  spirit,  I  many  towns,  if 
the  minister  of  the  Gospel  preaches  boldly  against 
evils  of  the  community  and  sins  of  the  church,  calling 
things  by  their  right  name,  he  is  a  marked  man; 
sooner  or  later  he  has  to  resign,  or  is  requested  to  do 
80,  Can  the  churches  prosper  in  this  way?  May  the 
Lord  speed  the  day  when  nothing  shall  be  covered, 
and  the  wolf  be  in  his  natural  clothing,  that  he  may 
be  known.  W,  H.  S, 

Brandon,  Ff.,  Sept.  22,  1874, 


right   and  consider  it  as  a  matter  cf  indifference   to 
join  it,  then  we  have  opened  the  door  to  our  congre- 
gations for  all  kinds  of  secret  societies,  and  must  give 
up  contending  against  them.     Every  one  of  us  should 
therefore  make  himself  acquainted  with  the  nature  of 
this  society,  for  which  our   "Kirketidende,"  by  its  re- 
liable information,  gives  us  the    desired  opportunity. 
The  grangers  seek  not  only   to  keep  outsiders,  but 
also  members  of  their  own  society  in  ignorance  of  a 
great  deal  which  shows  the  real  nature  of  this  society. 
Yea,   in  fome  places,    they  make  exceptions   to   the 
rule  and  offer  concessions  to  Christians,  so  as  to  entrap 
the   laity  and  leas  posted  so  much  the    more  easily. 
We  should  treat  with    mildness  and  wisdom  members 
that  have  joined  on  account  of  complete   ignorance  of 
the  nature  of  the  sobietyj  because  of  the  earnestness 
which  the  case  demands.     We  should  in  private  con- 
versations,   patiently  seek  to   instruct   and    convince 
them.    Their  participation  in  the  communion  should 
be  suspended  until  we  have  obtained  sufficient  oppor- 
tunity to  treat  with  them   and  to  judge  whether  it  is 
unacquaintance  with  the  nature  of  the  society,  or  de- 
ficiency of  Christian  knowledge,  or  carelessneee,  or  un- 
belief that  is  the  cause  of  their  joining  them  and  con- 
tinuing in  them.     In  the  latter  case  suspension  from 
the  congregation  must   follow  as  a  consequence.     In 
the  former  cage,  either  an  extended  suspension  from  the 
communion  or  a  provisional  admission  thereto  will  be 
advisable, — according  to  the    degree  of  the  Christian 
knowledge  and  to   the  spiritual  condition   of  the  one 
concerned. 

Where  the  grangers  have  not  yet  made  their  ap- 
pearance, there  they  should  be  guarded  and  admon- 
ished against,  so  that  no  one,  on  account  of  deficiency 
in  knowledge  of  them,  may  be  deceived.     The  conse- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


3 


quence  is  in  the  hand  of  God;  but  then  we  need  not 
accuse  ourselves  that  any  one  has  been  entrapped 
into  the  suspended  net  by  our  negligence.  We  can 
also  be  assured  that  our  testimony  shall  not  be  in  vain. 
Even  if  somo  should  not  receive,  but  rej'^ct  it,  yet  it 
will  be  testimony  against  them  on  the  day  of  judg 
ment 

May  the  Lord  also  bless  this  witness  and  conflict  of 
ours !  May  he  preserve  our  dear  congregation  from 
the  deceit  and  fraud  of  the  devil!  May  he  support 
our  souls  in  the  right  faith  into  life  everlasting  for 
Christ's  sake !   A.men.  H.  A.  Pekds. 


To   Christian  Voters. 

1.  Take  pirt  in  political  action.  Because  your  citi- 
zeusaip  is  in  heaven  your  obligation  to  your  country  is 
not  diminished.  It  is  rather  increased.  Politics  may 
have  fearfully  degenerated.  So  much  the  more  need 
that  they  be  rdormed.  But  this  reform  will  not  come 
through  mass-meetings  and  h'gh  sounding  resolutions. 
It  will  c<  me  through  the  individual  eflforts  of  good  cit- 
izens. You  may  not  be  a  manipulator  of  the  politi- 
ck wires,  but  you  can  do  your  part  to  iofluence  the 
opinions  of  your  fellow-men  into  the  right  direc- 
tions. You  can  frown  upon  dishonesty  and  low  trick 
ery.  You  can  exert  yourself  to  secure  the  right  men 
as  candidates  for  office, 

2.  Use  your  itfluence  as  a  distinctively  Christian 
man.  Take  your  rcligirn  into  your  politics.  Govern 
your  political  conduct  not  by  motives  of  party  cxpe 
diency,  but  by  the  everlaning  principles  of  right.  If 
there  is  anything  among  us  that  needs  the  beneficial 
efforts  of  the  Christian  religion  it  is  our  politicF.  This 
influence  can  be  brought  to  bear  only  through  Chrit- 
tian  men  bringing  their  rel'gion  with  them  into  the 
political  arena.  Political  concernments  are  not  so 
trifling  that  religion  may  not  come  down  to  leaven 
them. 

3.  As  one  of  the  most  practical  methods  of  doing 
your  duty  in  political  mitters,  satisfy  yourself  as  to 
the  moral  character  of  all  candidates  for  public  office. 
The  cases  are  rare  in  which  a  Christian  must  allow 
himself  to  vote  for  a  bad  min.  The  principle  of  vot- 
ing only  for  good  men  though  difficult  to  carry  out  is 
a  true  principle  neverththss,  admitting  but  few  ex- 
ceptions. If  you  do  not  know  anything  about  the 
character  of  a  candidate  seek  knowledge  on  the  sub 
J8ct.  Do  not  be  willing  to  vote  in  the  dark.  Politi- 
cians would  soon  learn,  were  Christian  men  deter- 
minedly to  take  this  course,  to  have  an  eye  to  charac- 
ter in  their  nominations  for  offiie.  Bad  men  can 
hardly  fail  to  make  bad  laws  ,  or  to  open  them- 
selves to  corruption  in  the  administration  of  office. 
So  far  as  your  vote  goes  to  place  them  in  their 
position  you  become  a  partaker  of  their  sins. 

4.  Pray  for  your  country,  for  her  lawgivers,  and 
rulers  and  judges.  Ask  that  the  Spirit  of  God  will 
teach  her  senators  wisdom.  Ask  that  the  selfish  plots 
of  wicked  men  may  come  to  naught  Ask  that  the 
spirit  of  knowledge  and  of  the  fear  of  the  Lord  may 
permeate  aU  this  people.  Do  not  forget  your  land  at 
the  mercy-seat. 


conclaves?  His  principles  were  so  pure  that  they 
needed  no  curtains  of  concealment.  He  could  testify, 
"In  secret  have  I  said  nothing."  Let  us  never  be 
identified  with  a  cause  that  cannot  bear,  and  does  not 
welcome,  the  severest  scrutiny. — Blhle  Banner. 


Tae  Holy  Sabbath  Day. 


Have,  the  secret  alliances  any  right  to  claim  Luke  xvi.  9,  in  sup- 
port of  their  organizations?  Have  they  any  right  to  refer  to  Jesus 
as  a  patron  of  secrecy?.  S.  H. 

The  passage  has  no  more  reference  to  secret  socie- 
ties than  it  has  to  breeding  poultry  for  a  city  market. 
The  fact  that  any  should  cite  it  in  support  of  such  al- 
liances, shows  how  hard  pushed  they  are  for  Scripture 
authority.  The  text  does  not  teach  us  to  court  the 
friendship  of  the  world — which  is  "enmity  to  God"— 
nor  to  enter  into  close  relations  with  the  wicked  by 
mystic  ties  of  oath-bound  secrecy,  If  it  did,  it  would 
fly  in  the  face  of  the  plainest  precepts  requiring  us  to 
"come  out  from  among  them  and  be  separate."  It 
simply  teaches  us  to  make  a  faithful  use  of  the  money 
or  "mammon  of  unrighteousness"  committed  to  our 
trust,  so  that,  in  the  day  of  the  Lord,  those  who  shall 
have  been  saved  through  our  benevolent  activity  may 
welcome  us  as  the  instruments  of  their  eternal  deliver- 
ance. How  can  any  have  the  temerity  to  connect  the 
sacred  name  of  Jesus  with   the  darkness  of  midnight 


How  persistently  and  insidiously  the  onemy  ol 
church  and  state  is  at  work  to  destroy  our  American 
Sabbath.  On  a  Sunday  evening  not  long  figo,  at  the 
Brooklyn  Academy  of  Music,  Lawyer  O'Gorman,  of 
New  York,  delivered  alecture  on  Burke,  while  the  Mer- 
cantile Library  Associat'on  of  the  same  city,  and  just 
opposite  the  Academy,  was  thrown  open  to  the  use  of 
the  members.  There  are  other  classes  who  think  that 
the  beer  gardens  and  billiard  rooms  are  harmless  places 
in  which  to  spend  the  Sabbath  day.  Whenever  any 
opposition  is  shown  by  the  pulpits  or  the  religious 
press  to  these  forbidden  and  unholy  Sabbath  amuse- 
ments, the  cry  of  bigotry  is  at  once  raised.  In  al 
periods  of  the  world  cro3s9s  have  had  to  b3  borne  by 
the  children  of  God,  and  in  no  age  more  th-in  the 
present.  It  is  singulir  to  think  how  many  soldiers  of 
the  Cross  fly  before  the  accusation  of  bigotry.  When 
the  devil  and  his  hosts  quote  the  Golden  Rule  and 
talk  of  toleration,  instantly  our  tongues  cleave  to  the 
roofs  of  our  mouths  and  our  arms  become  paralyzed. 
This  is  our  reprot  ch  and  shama.  Many  a  battle  has 
been  lost  by  this  cowardice  on  the  part  of  those  who 
honor  the  Sabbath  and  obsy  God. 

Serious  encroachments  are  also  being  made  on  the 
Sabbath  day  under  the  pretense  of  liolding  sacred  con 
certs,  at  which  nothing  boly  appears  but  the  name. 
The  music  and  the  proceedings  at  these  places  are 
gradually  undermining  the  santity  of  the  Sabbath  day. 
Easy-going  and  ungodly  officials  are  more  than  ready 
to  construct  statutes  liberally  for  the  beoefit  of  sinnerd. 
Years  ago  we  were  horrifiad  at  the  way  the  Sabbath 
was  spent  in  New  Orleans  and  Paris,  but  now  we  are 
upsides  with  ^the  wickedest  cities  of  the  world,  and 
foremost  in  dishonoring  the  fourth  commandment. 

All  this  is  the  work  of  a  minority  of  the  people.  In 
the  Mercantile  Library  of  Brooklyn  there  are  three 
thousand  subscribers.  This  institution  has  been  open 
on  Sundays  for  nearly  a  year.  Oar  readers  will  be 
surprised,  aid  also  somewhat  pleased,  to  learn  that 
only  about  two  per  cent,  of  the  membirs  go  near  the 
rooms  on  the  first  day  of  the  week.  This  is  some- 
what creditable  lo  the  City  of  Churches,  but  it 
would  be  infinitely  more  creditable  if  tVie  sentiment 
in  favor  of  the  Sibbath  was  so  strong  as  to  peremp. 
torily  turn  the  key  against  those  fifty  or  sixty  un- 
believers who  claim  the  right  to  throw  open  the  doors 
of  the  institution  against  the  large  loarjority  who 
are  too  indolent  or  passive  to  Isarn  their  duty  or  per- 
form it.  Is  it  not  a  sorrowful  thought  that  reverence 
for  the  Sabbath  diy  is  gradually  diminishing.  What 
it  is  to  be  in  the  spirit  we  know  not.  Our  pulpits  are 
not  guiltless  in  this  matter.  The  danger,  if  perceived, 
is  unheeded .  The  infidel  German,  the  dancing  French- 
man and  the  jolly  Irisiiman  are  subverting  our  insti- 
tutions. Those  natives  who  revere  the  memory  of 
Theodore  Parker  and  go  ccjasionally  to  hear  the 
twaddle  of  Frothingnam  are  their  co-operators.  A 
busy  and  energetic  party,  they  always  combine  to  in- 
jure evangelical  religion.  We  had  better  do  some- 
thing before  they  effect  complete  ruin.  Lectures  on 
Burke  will  be  followed  in  a  few  years  by  Tyndall  and 
Porteoua  lectures  on  science,  wit  and  agriculture.  Al- 
ready the  time  is  anticipated  when  the  theaters  will 
all  be  open  for  the  gratification  and  amusement  of 
those  who  are  too  poor  to  take  pews  in  the  churches 
but  rich  enough  to  spend  double  the  money  on  Satan- 
ic pastimes. 

Our  forefathers  used  to  think  that  a  Sabbath  day 
well  kept  assured  a  week  of  prosperity  and  content- 
ment. This  the  world  now  calls  inexcusable  super- 
stition, although  thousands  of  families  in  Christian 
lands  know  better  than  they  know  anything  else  that 
in  the  keeping  of  God's  laws  there  is  great  reward. 
The  reward  is  itself  untold  wealth.  Are  we  warranted 
in  enquiring  whether  the  deplorable  condition  of  pub- 


lic affairs,  the  individual  frauds  and  public  corruption 
which  stare  us  at  every  point  have  any  connection 
with  the  Sabbath  dishonored  ?  How  many  politicians 
in  these  cities — at  Albany  or  Washington — reverence 
the  Sabbath  and  read  their  Bib'es?  It  is  said,  only 
forty  out  of  the  whole  number;  and  what  are  they 
am  ong  so  many  ? — N.  Y.  Witness.  * 


Art  and  the  Sabbath. 


The  opening  of  the  Art  Department  at  the  Cincin- 
nati Exposition  has  called  out  frequent  and  strong 
remonstrances  from  the  ministerial  associatiocs  and  the 
press  of  that  city,  but  without  the  desired  effect  of 
closing  the  hall  on  the  Lord's  day.  The  discussion 
will  no  doubt  result  indirectly  in  good.  The  Daily 
Gazette  of  that  city  says : 

"The  opening  of  the  Art  Department  of  the  Expo- 
sition on  Sunday  is  to  be  objected  to  chiefly  because 
it  will  be  construed  as  a  movement  against  the  observ- 
ance of  the  Sabbath.  The  suggestion  that  the  labor- 
ing people  would  visit  the  gallery  on  that  day  who 
could  not  spare  time  durina;  tbe  other  days  of  the 
week  proves  to  have  been  basfd  upon  a  mistaken  idea. 
If  there  was  anything  in  the  suggestion  it  would  be  an 
argument  in  favor  of  opening  the  entire  Exposition  on 
Sunday,  but  there  is,  as  we  have  said,  nothing  in  it. 
Those  who  visit  the  Exposition  on  Sunday  are  not  the 
laboring  people,  but  well-to-do  classer,  who  could  go 
on  any  other  diys  of  the  week  just  as  well. 

"It  may  as  well  be  understood  that  an  effort  is  be- 
ng  made  to  destroy  the  American  Sabbath  and  substi- 
tute for  it  a  French  Sabbath,  and  that  movement  is 
chit  fly  in  the  interest  of  those  who  seek  to  mak© 
money  on  that  day.  The  Commissioners  made  a 
mistake  in  yielding  to  the  demand,  and  now  that  it 
has  been  shown  that  the  talk  about  laboring  people  is 
a  sbam  they  should  reconsider  their  action. 

The  German  papers,  from  the  oldest  to  the  young- 
est, unite  in  reviling  those  who  oppose  the  opening  of 
the  Art  Gallery  on  Sunday.  This  was  to  be  expected. 
The  clap-trap  arguments  they  use  were  also  to  be  ex- 
pected. We  do  not  see  that  they  are  entitled  to  any 
weight.  The  simple  fact  is  that  the  conscience  of  no 
one  can  be  offended  by  keeping  the  Art  Gallery  closed 
on  Sunday.  The  conscience  of  many  is  offended  by 
allowing  it  to  be  open.  Those  who  are  thus  offended 
are  among  the  men  who  have  been  the  most  cordial 
and  earnest  supporters  of  the  Exposition.  They  have 
subscribed  to  its  guarantee  fund,  and  have  been  exhib- 
itors, year  after  year.  As  a  matter  of  expediency, 
simply,  there  is  but  ore  course  the  Esbosition  Com- 
missioners can  safely  pursue.  Leaving  all  questions  of 
right  out  of  view,  listening  to  the  dictates  of  the  Ger- 
man papers  will  be  disastrous.  Four  years  the  Exposi- 
tion has  been  run,  six  days  in  the  week  only.  Every 
class  of  our  citizens  has  supported  it  heartily.  Let  us 
stick  to  the  old  and  approved  plas. " 

The  form  of  a  protest,  which  is  being  circulated  for 
signatures  from  exhibitors  and  guarantors,  is  as  fol- 
lows: 

We,  the  undersigned,  either  exhibitors  in  the  Cin- 
cinnati Exposition,  or  contributors  to  the  guarantee 
fund,  express  our  sincere  regret  that  the  Commission- 
ers have  thrown  open  the  Art  Department  on  the 
Sabbath,  in  opposition  to  the  Christian  sentiment  of  a 
large  numbers  of  its  supporters.  We  are  satisfied 
that  such  action  is  deleterious  to  the  best  interests  of 
our  City  and  State,  and  will  inevitably  tend  to  with- 
draw sympathy  and  support  from  the  Exposition. 
Nor  can  we  conscientiously  give  further  aid  to  the  en- 
terprise, if  such  violation  of  the  Sabbath  continues  to 
be  associated  with  its  management." 


— Truth  is  always  consistent  with  itself  and  needs 
nothing  to  help  it  out;  it  is  always  near  at  hand,  sits 
upon  our  lips,  and  is  ready  to  drop  out  before  we  are 
aware;  a  lie  is  troublesome,  and  sets  a  man's  invention 
upon  the  rack,  and  one  trick  needs  a  great  many  more 
to  make  it  good.  It  is  like  building  upon  a  false 
foundation,  which  continually  stands  in  need  of  props 
to  shore  it  up ,  and  proves  at  last  more  chargeable  than 
to  have  raised  a  substantial  building  at  first  upon  a 
true  and  solid  foundation. — Addison. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The   National    Chistiaa    Association. 


Object. — "To  expose,  -withstand 
and  remove  secret  societies,  Freema- 
sonry in  particular,  and  other  anti- 
Christian  movements,in  Order  to  save 
the  chtirches  of  Christ  from  being  de- 
praved; to  redeem  the  administration 
of  justice  from  perversion,  and  our 
republican  government  from  corrup- 
tion." 

President. — B.  T.  Roberts,  Roch- 
ester, N.  Y. 

DiuKCTORS. — Philo  Carpenter,  J. 
Blanchard,  A.  Wait,  I.  A.'  Hart,  C. 
R.  Hagerty,  E.  A.  Cook, .).  G.  Terrill, 
0.  F.  Lumry,  J.  M.  Wallace,  Isaac 
Preston,   Wm.   Pmkney. 

Corresponding  Secretary. — C.  A. 
Blanchard,  11  Wabash  Ave.,  Chicago. 

Recording  Secretary  and  Treasur- 
er.— H.  L, 
Chicago. 

Gknkral  Agent  and  Lecturkb. — 
J.  P.  Stoddard,  11  Wabash  Ave., 
Chicago. 

Life  membership,  |10. 00;  annual  do  , 
25  cts.  Oiders  for  memberships  aud 
general  correspondence  of  tlie  Astocia- 
tion  should  be  sent  to  the  Correspond- 
ing Secretary.  All  donations  or  be- 
quests, to  the  Treasurer. 


Kellogg,  11  Wabash  Ave. 


Address  of   Anti-masonic    Lecturers. 


General  Agent  and  Lecturer,  J.  P.Stod- 
DABD,  Christian  Cynosure  Office,  Chicago. 

State  Lecturer  for  Indiana,  J.  T.Kiggins, 
Ligonier,  Noble  Co.,  Ind. 

btate  Lecturer  for  Illinois,  H.  H.  Hinman, 
Farm  Kidge,  LaSalle  Co.,  111. 

State  Lecturer  for  Ohio,  D.  Caldwell, 
Carey,  0. 

State  Lecturers  for  New  York,  Z.  Weav- 
er, Esq.,  and  J.  L.  Barlow,  89  Mulberry 
St.,  both  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

1.  A.  Hart,  Wheaton,  111. 

C.  A.  Blanchard,  Wheaton,  111. 
P.  Elzea,  Wheaton,  111. 

W.  A.  Wallace,  Conncrsville,  Ind. 
J.  B.  Neaaell,  Ellington,  N.  Y. 
John  Levington,  Detroit,  Mich. 

D.  P.Rathbun,  Lisbon  Center,  N.  Y. 
8.  Smith,  Ionia,  Iowa. 

R.  B.  Taylor,  Summerfield,  O. 

L.  N.  Slratton,  Syracuse,  N.  Y. 

N.  Callender,  Green  Grove,  Pa. 

J.  H.  Timmons,  Tarentum,  Pa. 

Linus  Chittenden ,  Crystal  Lake,  111. 

P.  Hurless,  Polo,  111. 

J.  R.  Baird,  Greenville,  Pa. 

T.  B.  McCormick,  Princeton,  Ind. 

0.  Wiggins,  Angola,  Ind. 

E.  Johnson,  Bourbon, Ind. 

Josiah  McCaskey,  Fancy  Creek,  Wis 
C.  P.  Hawley,  Millbrook  Pa. 
W.  M.  Givens.  Center  Point,  Ind. 
J.  L.  Andrus,  Mt.  Vision,  N.  Y. 
J.  M.  Bishop,  Chambersburg,  Pa. 
Wm.  Dalton,  Dayton,  O. 

^  ■ » 

— Annual  Meeting  of  the  North-east 
Pa.  Association,  Nov.  3d,  in  Free 
Methodist  Hall,  Wilkesbarre,  Pa. 
It  is  proposed  to  organize  a  State 
Association  in  connection  with  this 
meeting.  Communities,  churchep,  any 
organized  body  opposed  to  secret  soci- 
eties, are  requested  to  appoint  immedi- 
ately, good  men,  citizens,  clergymen, 
any  suitable  person  to  attend  said  meet- 
ing, report  to  the  following  committee : 
Nathan  Callender,  Greene  Grove, 
Luzerne  Co. ;  M.  D.  McDouQAL,Wilkefi- 
barre;  A.  L.  Post,  Montrose,  Pa. 
•-».• ■ — 

— The  Indiana  State  meeting  will  be 
held  October  28th,  place  not  yet  an- 
nounced. The  agent  announces  to  all 
the  friends  in  the  State  tc — 

Ist,  See  that  a  delegate  is  sent  from 
your  neighborhood,  church,  or  asso- 
ciation. 

2d,  If  you  cannot  secure  the  appoint- 
ment of  a  delegate,  come  yourself,  and 
prove  your  devotion  to  this  good 
cause. 

3d,  Come  prepared  to  assist  us  finan- 
cially to  the  extent  of  your  ability. 

4th,  Come  with  words  of  counsel  and 
cheer,  and  God  will  bless  you  and  give 
us  a  successful  meeting. 

John  T.  Kjqqihs. 


Notice.  — All  persons  desiring  to 
consult  witli  the  Corresponding  Secre- 
tary of  the  N.  C.  A.  concerning  lect- 
ures or  any  other  topic  connected  with 
the  work  of  opposing  secret  sccieties, 
can  see  him  or  Lis  assietant  at  the 
Christian  Cynosure  office,  No.  13  Wa- 
bash Ave.,  from  9  to  11  o'clock,  A.  M. 
any  day  in  the  week  except  Sunday. 
C.  A.  Blanchard, 

Cor.  Sec'y. 
«-»^ 

To  all  Seceding  Masons. 


By  vote  of  the  National  Christian 
Association,  all  seceding  Masons  are  re- 
quested to  send  their  names  to  the  Re- 
cording Sec'}!,  with  their  endorsement 
of  Bernard's  Light  on  Masonry,  post- 
office  address,  number  of  degrees  taken, 
number  of  years  connected  with  the 
lodge,  the  date  of  leaving  it  and  where 
residing  when  they  joined. 
H.  L,  Kellogg, 

Recording  Secretary, 
11  Wabash  Ave. 


— The  Association  lately  organized 
at  Groton,  N.  Y.,  holds  a  meeting  at 
McLean  on  Wednesday,  Oct.  14. 


Grand    Bally    at   ^Noblesville,     Ind., 
Oct.  10,  1874. 


The  friends  of  free  discussion  and 
political  reform,  who  are  opposed  to 
cliques  and  secret  rings  in  church  aud 
state,  and  who  believe  that  our  coun- 
try hhould  be  officered  by  men  untram- 
meled  by  the  oaths  of  Freemasonry  or 
any  kindred  order,  will  meet  in  mass 
convention  in  the  court-house  at  10 
o'olock,  A.  M.,  to  listen  to  addresses  by 
J.  P.  Stoldard  and  others,  and  to  tran 
sact  such  business  as  may  bs  necessary 
to  promote  tbe  interests  of  our  much 
needed  reform. 


La  Salle  County  Anti-masonic  Conven- 
tion. 


We,  the  undersigned  citizens  of  La 
Sale  county,  Illinoif,  believing  that 
secret  societies,  and  especially  those 
bound  by  oath,  are  contrary  to  the 
principles  of  Christianity  and  subvers- 
ive of  republican  equality,  and  believing 
that  tbe  t'me  has  come  when  there 
should  be  an  earnest  and  united  efiFort 
to  resist  their  influence  both  in  the 
church  and  state,  do  hereby  call  a  con- 
vention of  all  those  opposed  to  the  secret 
ordere,  to  meet  in  the  court-house  at 
Ottawa,  on  Thursday,  Oct.  29th,  1874, 
at  10  A.  M,,  to  take  such  measure?  as 
are  calculated  to  promote  thi^  object 
and  to  transact  such  other  business,  as 
may  come  before  the  convention. 
Signed, 

Daniel  Brown,       1 

Flavel  Bascora,      v  Ottawa. 

J.  Stout.  ) 

H.  D.  Oimstead, 

John  Hubbard. 

Eddy  Pratt, 

John  P.  Ileister.    ( 

Joel  S.  Buckley,    | 

Wm   Bridgman.     J 

S.  L.  Bangs,  )   New     Rut- 

A.  Lathrop.  [  land. 

N.  J.  Bostwick,     i  Prairie  Cen- 

J.  S.  Palmer.        j  ter. 
J.  L.  Bullock,  Deer  Park, 
and  many  others. 


Freedom. 


Farm  Ridge. 


Streator. 


From  tlie    General  Agent. — Working 
in  New  Fields    in  Indiana. 


See  notice  concerning  a  State  Con- 
vention in  lUinois  with  the  Ex.  Com- 
mittee notice,  on  first  page, 

<i>ij«bnii(>f  bdoa  bns  sn 


Yellow  Lake,  lod.,  S^pf.  25,  1874. 

Deab.K:— This  P.  M.,  at  Roann, 
Wabfesh  Co  ,  complete*!  my  labors  for 
the  present  in  this  part  of  Indiana. 
The  ten  meet'cgs  which  I  have  held  in 
this  region  during  the  last  nine  days 
have  been  well  attended  and  most  of 
them  enthusiastic.  Our  meeting  last 
evening  was  large  and  attended  with 
marked  interest  and  good  order.  Many 
threats  had  been  made  by  the  fraterni- 
ties and  some  of  the  brethren  were 
apprehensive  of  trouble,  bat  their  fears 
proved  groundles?,  at*  lea?t  so  far  as 
any  violence  to  myself  was  concerned. 
Some  were  a  little  disheartened  and 
awed  by  the  presence  of  so  many  of 
the  boastful  craft,  and  advised  a  retreat 
across  the  meadow  and  a  by-path 
out  of  the  neighborhood;  while  others, 
knowing  the  right,  dare  maintain  it, 
and  with  these  I  prefoired  to  stand  or 
fall  at  my  post.  With  a  few  of  these 
dauntless,  noble  men  and  women  near, 
I  parsed  out  of  the  house  and  getting 
into  the  wagon  with  breihren  Cox  and 
Adams,  we  drove  homaward  unmolest- 
ed. As  we  passed  out,  expressions 
like  these  could  be  heard,  "If  you  egg 
him  it  will  be  the  dearest  job  you  ever 
undertook,"  etc.  An  unsucoessful  ef- 
fort was  made  to  obtain  possession  of 
my  chart,  which  is  a  special  object  of 
dislike  to  the  "fraternities." 

These  are  the  first  lectures  delivered 
in  this  ragion  in  the  interests  of  our 
reform,  and  Masons,  Odd-l'ellows  and 
grangers  assume  that  with  their  Sym- 
pathizers they  have  a  monopoly  aud 
free  speech  must  not  be  tolerated.  It 
is  hard  to  bring,  all  under  this  yoke  of 
bondage,  for  some  will  speak  their  sen- 
timents. 

On  Wednesday,  the  23d  inst.,  I  at- 
tended a  meeting  of  our  German  Bap- 
tist brethren,  near  North-  Manchester, 
and  by  permission,  spoke  a  few  mo- 
ments of  our  work,  introducing  Bro. 
Ulsh  as  agent  for  our  paper  and  publi  - 
cations.  Bro.  U.  sold  nineteen  books 
and  obtained  one  subscriber  for  the 
Cynosure.  The  audience  was  esti- 
mated at  from  fifteen  hundred  to  two 
thousand  person?,  and  I  have  never 
looked  upon  a  firmer,  more  robust  con- 
gregation of  men  and  women  than 
were  gathered  in  that  assembly.  The 
preaching  in  E  nglish  was  plai  n  and  em- 
inently practical.  That  in  German  I 
could  not  understand.  One  spirit  pre- 
vaded  tbe  meeting  aud  the  whole  con- 
gregation were  invited  to  a  substantia] 
meal.  With  many  cordial  hand  shakes 
and  earnest  "God  bless  and  prosper 
you"  I  left  for  my  evening  meeting 
being  greatly  comforted  by  the  breth- 
ren. One  ministerial  brother  called  to 
us  after  we  had  proceeded  some  dis- 
tance and  coming  up,  after  express- 
ions of  warmest  sympathy  and  inquir- 
ies how  I  was  sustained,  made  a  very 
timely  donation  to  aid  in  spreading  the 
light.  The  ground  is  fairly  broken  in 
this  region  and  friends  of  our  cause 
are  looking,  praying  and  laboring,  hope- 
fully, in  the  good  work. 

As  ever  yours,      J.  P.  Stoddard. 


From    Bro.  Caldwell.— His   Work  in 
rennsylvania. 

Carby,  0.,   Sspt.  23,  1874. 
Bro.    Kellogg: — I     only   returned 
from  Pennsylvania  after    an  absence  of 
nearly  five  weeks  in  time  to  attend  our 
Annual  Cocfsrence  (Sandusky),  which 
convened   at   Westerville,    0.,  on   the 
16th  inst.,  and  adjourned  on  the  20th, 
after  a  session  of  five    days.      You  will 
see  from  the  foregoing   statement  that 
my  time  was  all  occupied,  and   this   is 
the  excuse  I  cfl'er  for  not  having  written 
sooner  respecting  my  tour  to   Pennsyl- 
vania.    The  programme  for    this  series 
of  lectures,    had  been    previously    ar- 
ranged by  Bro.    Stoddard   for  himself, 
but  circumstances  unavoidable  prevent- 
ed his  going;  and  at   his    solicitation  I 
consented  to  go  on  a  very    brief  notice, 
and  without  any  previous  preparation. 
Upon  the  whole  I  enjoyed  it  pretty  well, 
meeting  with  just  opposition  enough  to 
make  the  visit  interesting.     During  my 
absencs  I  preached  and  lectured  thirty 
times,   generally    to    good    audiences, 
and  with    good   attention.     That   my 
efforts,  though  feeble,  were    appreciat- 
ed, is  inferable  from  the  fact  that  almost 
universally  the  desire  was  expressed  for 
more,  which  I  could   not  give  and  ful- 
fil  the  previous  arrangement.    The  ap- 
pointments were   arranged  for  but  one 
lecture  at  a  place,    with  several  excep- 
tions, but  at  no  place  over  two.   I^ave 
three  lectures,  however,  at  a  place   call- 
ed Dimond,  in  Venango   Co.,  Pa.,   the 
circumstances  indicating  it  proper  to  do 
so.     Among  my  auditors   at  this  place 
was  a  minister  who  is  familiarly    called 
Elder  Wright  of  the  Wesleyan  connec- 
tion, and  who  has    baen  a  Mason  for  a 
number  of  years   according  to   report. 
After  the    lectures   were   over   Squire 
Proper,  who  also  attended  the  lectures, 
said  te  the  Elder  the  last  evening  just 
before  they  parted  at    his   yard    gate, 
"Well,  Elder,  I  suppose  if  I  understood 
Masonry  as    well  as  you   do,    I   would 
know  whether  that  man  told  the  truth 
or  not."  To  which  the  Squire  says  the 
Elder  replied,    "Well,  Squire,  what  he 
said  about  Masonry  was  as  straight  as  a 
string,  and    so  far    as    my  experience 
goes  it  corroborates  every  word  that  he 
said ;"  nnd   further  added  that  he  was 
done  with  Masonry.     Now  here  is  evi- 
dence that  our   labor   in   this    depart- 
ment is  productive  of  good,  even  among 
those  who  have  been  adhering  Masons; 
for  it  is  evident  that  the    very  things  I 
told    him  he    knew  before,     but    nev- 
er had  expressed  himself  in  this    way. 
So  that  by  giving  "line   upon  line    and 
precept  upon  precept,  here  a  little  and 
there  a  little,"  honest  men  may  be  per- 
suaded to    forsake   the   unclean   thing 
and  give  their  testimony  and   influence 
against  the  unfruitful   works  of  dark- 
ness.    I  gave   one  lecture   at    Willis's 
School -bouse,  Crawford  Co.,  at  which 
a  Mason  was  present  from  Mill  Village 
and  staid  all  night   where  I   did.     On 
the  evening  of  the  lecture  when   intro- 
duced to  him  he    gave    me"  the  Master 
Mason's  grip  which    I  did  not  return ; 
on  the  next   morning  he   followed   me 
out  to  the  buggy;  when  about  to  start,  I 
there  reminded   him    of  having   given 
me  the  srip,  and  asked  him  if  be  was 
not  a  Mason.     He  said  that  he  had  be- 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


,1 


longed  to  a  number  of  secret  societies, 
and  that  he  had  taken  three  degrees  in 
Masonry,  and  was  recognized  as  a  Ma- 
son by  che  fraternity,  but  said  there 
was  nothing  good  in  the  order,  but 
much  evil,  and  said  he  recognized  the 
work  I  WES  engaged  in  as  a  most  laud- 
able, yet  a  dangerous  work,  wishing 
God  speed  in  my  effort?,  staling  that 
be  did  not  deem  it  safe  for  him  to  go 
any  farther  at  present,  and  intimated 
that  he  wished  me  not  to  expose  him 
to  the  public.  I  therefore  deem  it  pru- 
dent to  withhold  the  nanij  of  this  per- 
son. He  also  almitted  that  we  have 
what  they  call  the  eecrets  of  Masonry, 
and  what  I  taid  of  the  first  three  de- 
grees was  strictly  true. 

At  my  Linespille  lecture  I  had 
quite  a  sprinkling  of  the  craft  out  to 
hear  me.  I  could  see  during  my  re- 
marks that  it  did  not  go  down  well 
with  some,  and  I  learned  afterward 
that  these  uneasy  ones  were  Masons; 
and  that  one  of  the  craft  charged  me 
with  lying.  I  stated  in  my  introduction 
that  I  was  no  Mason,  neither  had  I 
ever  been  one.  This  was  the  particu- 
lar in  which  I  was  charged  with  lying; 
the  Mason  referred  to  said  that  I  lied 
in  my  very  introduction  in  saying  I 
was  no  Mason,  for  he  said  no  man 
could  tell  as  muoh  about  Masonry  as  I 
did  if  he  had  not  bten  one.  So  you 
see  that  Masons  in  their  rage  frequent- 
ly injure  their  own  cause,  and  build  up 
ours,  as  was  the  cise  in  this  instance, 
he  bearing  witness  to  the  truth  of  what 
I  said.  The  charge  of  lying  was  not 
for  misrepresenting  Masonry,  but  for 
saying  that  I  was  no  Mason  and  never 
had  been.  80  that  what  I  said  about 
Masonry  was  true  according  to  the  ad- 
misson,  whether  what  I  said  in  regard 
to  being  a  Mason  was  true  or  false. 

INDICATIOSS     OF     A     CHANGE     IN    PUBLIC 
SENTIMENT. 

The  Masons  of  north-western  Penn- 
sylvania have  introduced  a  feature  of 
life  insurance  into  their  order,  doubt- 
less with  a  view  of  making  it  more  at- 
tractive, and  of  overcoming  the  preju- 
dices of  many  who  are  opposed  to  s  )- 
crecy,  by  the  consideration  of  mutual 
financial  aid  after  the  plan  of  mutual 
life  insurance  companies.  The  late  leg- 
islation of  Pennsylvania  invests  the 
judges  of  the  courts  with  the  preroga- 
tive of  granting  charteri  in  such  cases. 
Accordingly,  the  officers  of  the  Masonic 
relief  incorporation  of  north-western 
Pennsylvania,  applied  to  Judge  W.  H. 
Lourey,  of  Meadville,  Crawford  Co., 
Pa.,  for  such  a  charter;  whereupon  the 
judge  refused  to  grant  such  charter,  and 
the  Masons  are  feeling  quite  blue  over 
the  matter,  and  it  is  believed  that  the 
refusal  is  the  legitimate  result  of  the 
anti-secrecy  movement  in  this  part  of 
the  State.  Right  upon  the  heels  of 
that  refusal  the  friends  of  anti-secrecy 
met  on  the  7  th  of  August  in  the  court- 
house in  Meadville  and  organized  an 
anti-secrecy  county  association,  auxil- 
iary to  the  National  Christian  Associa- 
tion, also  adopted  a  political  platform 
and  nominated  a  full  ticket  of  county 
officers  to  be  voted  for  at  the  fall  elec- 
tion. 

OFFICERS   OF   THE     COUNTS    ASSOCIATION: 

L.  Ketchum,  President; R.  Shaw.  0. 
A.     Chapin,    John    Splitstone,     Wm. 


R.  King,  M.  Childs,  R.  McKay  and 
Isaac  Brooks,  Vice  presidents;  D.  W. 
Eldeikin,  Correspond  ng  Secretary;  S. 
Murdock,  Recording  S:3cretar7;  John 
True,  Treasurer.  The  political  action 
resu'ted  in  the  nomination  of  the  fol- 
owing  named  persons  as  candidates 
for  the  several  cfiices  with  which  their 
names  stand  connected:  R;v.  H.  H. 
Hervey  for  Congress;  Adams  Davis, 
Joseph  DericksoD,  Henry  Hempy  and 
(jreorge  Chase  :'or  Assemblymen;  Wm. 
Roszeil  fv^r  Commissioner;  Wm.  Mc- 
Arthur,  Auditor.  These  candidates 
are  all  said  to  be  men  of  good  charac- 
ter, and  true  t)  the  principles  cf  anti- 
secrecy,  aad  it  is  believed  that  tome 
will  have  a  fair  chance  to  b^  elected. 

In  concla-ion  I  would  give  it  as  my 
j augment  that  it  is  only  necessary  to 
give  the  people  of  Pennsylvanian  a  fair 
showing  of  the  iniquity  of  secret  orders, 
in  order  to  rouse  the  latent  element  al- 
ready existing  there,  and  to  place  in 
offices  of  trust  such  men  as  shall  be  an 
honor  to  the  positions  they  hold,  and 
a  terror  to  evil-doers.  They  are  already 
conscious  of  great  oppression,  through 
the  lack  of  proper  legislation  in  their 
State,  but  many  have  not  had  their  at- 
tention sufficiently  directed  to  the  fact 
that  the  source  of  their  trouble  is  trace- 
able directly  to  the  dark  orders  which 
are  sworn  to  promote  the  fiaancial  and 
political  elevation  cf  their  mutually 
sworn  allies,  though  it  be  sure  death  to 
civil  lioerties  and  the  ruin  of  civil  gov- 
ernment. Many  are  pining  for  deliv 
erance,  yet  they  are  scarcely  half  con- 
scious of  what  ails  them  and  know  not 
what  course  to  adopt  that  will  best 
remedy  the  evil.  They  need  more  lec- 
tures, and  a  continual  stream  of  anti- 
secrecy  light  poured  in  upon  them,  un- 
til their  whole  being  is  full  of  light, 
and  then  they  will  talk  right,  pray 
right,  and  vote  right.  Then  will  usurp- 
ers be  hurled  from  undeserved  pow- 
er, and  true  men,  men  of  integrity, 
will  fill  the  places  now  occupied  by 
them.     So  mote  it  be. 

D.  S,  Caldwell. 


Rev.  D.  F.  Rathbun. 


Your  correspondent  had  the  pleat- 
ure  of  listening  to  Mr.  Rithbun  at  the 
session  of  the  Michigan  Conference  of 
the  Free  Methodist  church,  held  at 
Coopersville,  Mich.,  a  short  lim?  since. 
The  three  attempts  upon  his  life  by 
Masonry,  the  last  within  a  few  weeks, 
have  excited  quite  a  degree  of  interest 
in  him,  and  perhaps  your  readers  would 
like  his  portrait. 

APPEARANCE. 

He  is  a  man  of  medium  hight,  pro- 
digious cheek  bones,  large  develop- 
ment of  the  perceptive  faculties,  high 
but  not  great  breadth  of  forehead, 
heavy  lips,  short  chin,  dark  hair,  and 
sunburnt  complexion.  His  face  is  at 
once  peculiar  and  indicating  great  force 
of  character.  His  voice  is  clear  and 
strong,  and  his  enunciation  good.  He 
secures  and  holds  attention  from  the 
beginning.  His  thoughts,  on  the  whole, 
are  clear  and  terse,  his  periods  some- 
times rounding  with  tremenduous  force. 

THE    LECTURE. 

He  spoke    upon    Maspnry,  its  rela- 


tions to  Christianity,  and  Free  Oov- 
ernment.  The  lecture  consisted  of  the 
arrangement  of  test'mony  from  Masonic 
authorities,  and  the  examination  of 
phrazeology,  and  therefore  was  not  so 
well  calculated  to  display  the  powers 
of  the  man,  I  would  like  to  give  a  syn- 
opsis of  it,  if  it  were  rot  probable  that 
he  may  wish  to  deliver  it  again.  His 
style  is  ot  the  Western  stump  stamp 
of  oratory.  From  th^  first  you  are  im 
pressed  with  the  thought  that  he  is 
not  to  bd  triflrid  with, — that  he  is  act- 
ing from  high  conscientious  motives, 
and  is  not  to  be  turned  aside  from  his 
purpose.  He  is  doubtless  not  at  all 
dangerous  as  a  Christian,  but  if  he 
backslides,  lookout!  He  can  take  care 
of  himself.  Of  his  bravery  there  can 
be  no  doubt.  -  He  is  already  facing  dan- 
ger and  death.  His  wisdom  in  bearing 
so  hard  upon  motives,  mi^ht  be  ques- 
tioned. The  denunciations  of  Majons 
as  a  class,  and  especially  those  who 
claim  to  be  Christians,  in  which  he  in- 
dulges, might  be  pruned  from  his  lec- 
tures with  good  effect.  The  experien- 
ces of  seceding  Masons,  as  a  rule,  teach- 
es that  he  takes  time  and  much  reflec- 
tion with  much  of  the  Holy  Spirit's 
influence  to  be  able  to  arise  and  shake 
off  the  chains  that  bind  them.  His 
own  experience  even,  to  which  he  al- 
luded, illustrates  this.  Human  nature 
is  apt  to  forget  the  struggle  and  pain 
with  which  it  secures  its  own  freedom, 
in  its  efforts  to  liberate  others,  yet  Mr. 
Rathbun  has  seen  enough  of  the  spirit 
and  principles  of  Masonry  to  enable  him 
to  judge  better  than  we  who  have  nev- 
er been  there.  But  this  question  of 
conscience  and  the  best  manner  of  pre- 
senting it  is  worthy  of  careful  consider- 
ation by  those  who  speak  upon  the 
subject  of  secret  societies. 

I  have  been   thus  explicit   ia  speak- 
ing of  Mr.  Rathbun,  because  the  que^- 
tioa  has   been  raised  as  to  whether  he 
unnecessarily  provokes  men  or  not. 
Goodwin. 

Coopersville,  Mich. 


A  Discussion   and  Victory  iu  a  Free- 
will Baptist  Conference. 

Harrison,  Maiae,  Sept.  21,  1874, 
In  want  to  say  to  the  brethren  of 
the  Christian  Association  and  of  the 
Free-Will  Baptist  denomination  of  Ver- 
mont, that  our  cauee  has  achieved  a 
victory  in  our  last  yearly  conference, 
held  at  E  ist  Topsham,  September  9  th 
and  lOlh.  A  resolution  was  presented 
and  read  before  the  conferenc ".  At 
first  there  was  a  motion  to  lay  on  the 
table  which  was  declared  carried,  but 
was  disputed,  and  finally  a  vote  to 
adopt  passed,  and  it  was  placed  before 
the  conference  for  action.  First,  the 
Masons  must  declare  their  views  of  the 
resolution,  and  we  thought  they  were 
determined  to  take  vp  all  the  time.  As 
soon  as  we  began  to  tell  what  Masonry 
was  and  of  the  oaths  and  penalties,  and 
presented  a  book  to  read,  they  inter- 
fered in  some  way,  got  a  motion  passed 
to  stop  the  reading.  One  young 
preacher  who  joined  the  Masons  at  Straf- 
ord  some  few  years  since,  and  took 
jone  degree,  but  as  the  church  objected 
he  promised  to  go  no  further;  but  went 
into  another  State  and  went  up  higher, 


he  now  made  quite  a  display  in  favor 
of  Masonry  and  no  one  forbade  him. 
A  goodly  number  spoke  against  the  in- 
stitution. Dr.  Graham,  from  Hillsdale 
College,  Mich.,  spoke  against  the  lodge, 
becau  c  it  brought  oa  trouble 
between  brethren,  and  divided  church- 
es. The  resolution  was  then  given  into 
the  handj  of  a  committee  of  three.  They 
reported  the  next  day,  ard  quoted  the 
passage  of  Scripture — "If  meat  make 
my  brother  to  offend,  I  will  eat  no 
more  flesh  while  as  the  world  stand- 
eth;"  advising  the  brethren  not  to 
unite  with  the  lodge. 

Brethren  in  Vermont  take  courage 
and  do  not  fear.  The  victory  is  ours  if 
we  put  forth  moral  courage,  and  wo 
shall  see  this  Goliath  of  Gath  fall.. 

I  would  say  to  the  brethren  in  Ver- 
mont, that  I  am  now  in  Maine  and 
shall  in  about  two  weeks  be  in  Ver- 
mont at  Bartonville. 

Elder  J.  Jackson, 


The  Xenia  (luJ.)  Difliculty. 


[The  following  letter  is  published 
that  both  parfies  ia  the  question  may 
be  heard.  Bro.  Darby,  who  is  so 
sharply  noticed,  is  an  old  and  zealous 
supporter  of  our  reform;  of  Elder 
Evans  we  know  nothing  aside  from 
this  correspondence.  Neither  of  the 
letters  place  him  in  a  very  graceful 
or  gracious  light;  but  the  original 
cause  (f  difficulty  may  be  of  much 
less  moment  than  appears. — Ed,] 
Editor  Christian  Cynosure: 

I  see  in  Sept.  3d  an  article  in  your 
paper  casting  reflect'ons  on  the  trus- 
tees of  the  U.  B.  church  at  Xeaia — and 
myself  as  elder  on  the  Marion  District. 
The  facts  are  these.  The  man  referred 
to  as  being  made  trustee  never  accep- 
ted the  position,  and  the  elder  mad  ; 
this  statement  at  the  time,  that  it  was 
not  in  keeping  with  the  usages  of  this 
church,  that  persons  belonging  to  se- 
cret orders  be  made  officers  in  this 
church.  The  Discipline  of  the  church 
allows  them  to  elect  a  trustee  that  is 
not  a  member  of  any  church.  But 
this  same  man  gave  II8  to  She  church, 
his  wife  being  a  member,  and  showed 
more  of  the  spirit  of  Christ  than  your 
informant,  for  he  left  the  Sabbath- 
school  and  his  cla's  the  day  of  dedica- 
tion and  gave  $3  toward  fixing  the 
church.  There  is  no  church  that  he 
can  join,  they  are  all  too  bad  as  he  is 
too  good.  Next,  he  says  the  anti-se- 
cret society  was  turned  out  of  its  home. 
The  society  was  not  started  as  a  po- 
litical organization,  and  the  brethren 
thought  as  they  were  going  to  a  great 
expense  to  repair  the  house  that  it  had 
assumed  a  political  form,  and  they 
wanted  no  political  conventions  in  the 
house,  and  as  far  as  the  lecturer  is 
concerned  that  depends  on  his  ability 
as  a  defender  of  the  priLcipIes  of  the 
church,  I  did  say  that  some  anti-se- 
cret society  men  were  do'ng  more 
harm  than  good,  and  that  Xenia  is  a 
standmg  argument  of  that  facL  If  the 
course  recommended  by  our  friend  ia 
true,  why  is  the  place  under  control 
of  these  orders  with  such  champions 
as  Darby  and  others  to  defend  the 
anti-secrecy  movement.  So  far  as  the 
selling  out  to  these  societies  is  con- 
cerned I  disregard  statements  of  no  im- 
portance coming  from  such  quarters. 
TiioB.  Evans. 

Indianapolis,  Ind.  ,Sept.  19,   1874, 

Telescope  please  copy. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


A  Severe  Experience. 

Dear  Christian  Brethren  of  the  Baptist 
church  and  of  every  name  and  order: 
About  six  years  ago  I  joined  the 
order  of  Freemasons,  and  that  to  my 
hurt.  I  soon  found  that  it  was  an  in- 
stitution to  which  Chrisiians  should  not 
belong.  It  J8  bad  enouj^h  for  the  wick- 
ed to  form  themselves  into  secret  clans 
for  the  sake  of  advantage;  but  when 
the  righteous  join  them  in  this,  the 
tin  is  more  than  doubled.  It  is  bad 
enough  for  the  wickf;d  to  engage  in 
mock  worship  and  to  show  their  total 
disregard  of  God's  Holy  Word  and 
blessed  will,  leaving  out  the  name  of 
Christ  in  all  their  devotions;  but  when 
Christians  join  them  in  this  and  become 
one  with  them  in  such  measures  of 
hidden  wickedness,  how  awful — 0,  how 
awful  it  must  be  in  the  sight  of  God ! 
No  wonder  the  church  of  Christ  does 
not  prosper  more.  It  never  can  while 
it  is  accessory  to  euch  high-handed 
wickedness  as  Freemasonry. 

Some  of  those  said  to  be  foremost 
preachers  and  many  professois  of  relig- 
ion of  my  a:quaintance  seemed  to  think 
well  of  Masonry;  and  their  good  report 
of  it  lead  me  to  form  a  favorable  opinion 
and  to  consent  to  join  the  order.  A 
thought  here  that  all  would  do  well  to 
remember.  To  engage  in  any  thing  or 
join  any  institution  that  we  can  know 
but  little  about  until  after  we  get  into 
it  is  contrary  to  the  Bible,  for  it  sayF, 
"  Ponder  the  path  of  thy  feet,  look 
well  to  thy  going."  But  I  was  made 
to  feel  and  to  see  something  for  my 
joining  Masonry  more  dreadful  than  for 
a  man  to  have  his  throat  cut  or  to  en- 
dure any  other  kind  of  death.  I  was 
made  to  feel  the  deep  strokes  of  con- 
science and  to  see  apparently,  the 
frowns  of  a  sin-avenging  God  upon  me. 
I  was  apparently  forsaken  of  my  Sav- 
iour. 

Just  how  long  I  remained  in  this 
condition  I  do  not  remem'^er.  But,  be 
that  as  it  may,  having  been  engaged  in 
praj  er  to  Gcd,  during  this  time  of  de- 
preseioDjfor  his  mercy  in  the  forgiveness 
of  my  sin,  at  length  it  pleased  him  to 
withdraw  the  chastening  rod  and  to 
smile  upon  me,  to  shed  abroad  his  love 
in  my  heart,  and  to  make  me  feel  the 
evidence  of  salvation.  I  was  again 
made  happy  and  rejoiced  greatly  in' 
hope  of  the  glory  of  God.  But  still  I 
fdlt  that  I  was  bound  up  to  an  evil  that 
I  could  see  no  chance  of  escaping. 
From  that  time  until  very  recently  it 
has  been  an  entanglement,  a  stumbling 
block,  and  the  worst  besetment  of  my 
life.  Not  being  sufficiently  enlightened 
upon  the  subject  of  Gcd's  holy,  eternal 
and  pre-existing  law,  I  always  felt  bound 
by  Masonic  law  never  to  speak  disre- 
spectfully of  that  institution.  So  fre- 
quently while  in  conversation  about  it 
with  others,  I  have  had  to  speak  about 
it  in  a  way  contrary  to  my  conscience. 
In  this  it  has  been  to  me  an  entangle- 
ment indeed.  I  could  view  Masonry 
in  no  other  light  only  as  an  e\il  and  as 
a  snare,  and  yet  I  dare  not  warn  others 
of  their  danger  of  falling  therein. 
This  made  it  a  stumbling-block  to  me ; 
and  besides,  its  obstructing  the  course 
of  justice,  setting  the  guilty  free,  giv- 
ing advantages  to  members  over  the 
balance   of  raickind,   and   its   lifeless, 


gracelrss,  ChristleES  mock  worship  were 
truly  besetting. 

Bat  thanks  be  to  God,  he  has  pro- 
vided a  way  of  escape  from  the  mcst 
miserable  srare  of  Freemasonry,  into 
which  many  of  his  people  Lave  falen. 
I  have  endeavored  to  make  my  escape 
by  that  way.  If  you  wish  to  find  it  go 
to  Levilicus,  v.  4.  5,  and  mark  also  the 
whole  tenor  of  the  Bibh.  I  say  that  I 
have  made  my  escape  by  using  the 
hbeity  that  God  gave  me.  But  Masons 
say  that  is  more  liberty  than  I  ought 
to  take.  They  don't  say  it  in  these 
words,  but  they  do  say  tley  would 
have  just  quit  and  have  eaid  nothing 
about  it.  Besides  I  uadersttud  they 
have  been  overheard  to  swear  vengeance 
against  me,  and  they  even  acknowledge 
to  my  face  that  my  life  is  in  danger. 
Why  is  it  in  danger?  For  doing  noth- 
ing" but  my  duty.  They  promised  me 
this  liberty  b-fcre  I  joined  them,  bui 
now  they  refuse  it,  from  the  fict  that 
my  duty  leads  me,  and  has  led  me,  to 
denounce  Masonry  as  an  evil.  The 
goodness  of  Masonry  must  not  be 
questioned.  It  must  be  better  than 
the  church.  Masonry  must  not  be 
spoken  against  let  it>  be  good  or  bad. 
But  there  is  one  thing  I  want  them  all 
to  ri?member,  and  that  is  that  so  far  as 
matters  of  cnfc'ecce  and  religious  du- 
ties are  concerned  I  do  not  stand  on  the 
smiles  nor  the  frowns  of  men.  I  have 
gone  into  the  last  secret  inttitution  I 
ever  expect  to.  I  do  not  think  there  is 
any  thing  ennobling  to  humanity  that 
will  not  bear  the  inspection  of  the  pub 
lie   eye;  but  this   Masonry  will  not  do. 

And  now,  my  Christian  brethren  in 
the  lodge,  I  call  upon  you  to  hear  the 
word  of  the  Lord.  Remember  they 
that  hear  shall  live.  God  calls  upon 
you  in  his  Word  to  come  out  from 
among  the  wicked;  to  be  not  unequally 
yoked  together  with  unbelieveis;  be 
not  conformed  to  this  world;  have  no 
fellowship  with  the  unfruitful  works  of 
daiknesB.  «.}hristians  are  commanded 
to  let  their  light  shine.  The  interest 
of  our  race  requires  us  to  let  it  sbine. 
Every  noble  principle  says,  Let  it^shine, 
and  if  Christ  himself  says.  Let  it  shine, 
why  not  do  so.  Sd  long,  my  brethren, 
as  you  stay  in  the  dark  your  deeds  will 
be  suspected  that  they  are  evil.  Men 
can  see  no  good  reason  why  a  good 
thing  should  be  kept  hid.  I  believe 
Masonry  to  be  the  man  of  sin  which 
the  Apostle  said  should  be  revea'ed. 
May  the  happy  time  roll  on  when  the 
church  of  Christ  may  be  entirely  dis- 
connected from  all  man  made  institu- 
tions. S.   H.   McCuRLKT. 

Benton  Co.,  Ark. 


OUK  MAIL. 


E.  G.  Cooper,  Sampson  Creek,  Mo., 
writes: 

"I  have  been  som6  time  without  your 
paper.  I  changed  to  the  Methodist  Free 
Press  when  it  started,  but  now  must  have 
both.    I  belong  to  the  Anti-secret  corps. 

•  .  .  The  hoodwink  is  being  raised 
from  their  eyes  in  this  section,  so  that 
some  of  the  blinded  begin  to  see  men  as 
trees  walking.  I  have  frequently  taken  off 
some  of  its  false  covering,  when  in  the  pul- 
pit, showing  the  antagonism  of  Masonry  to 
the  religion  of  the  Bible.  This  raises  a 
growl  among  the  clerical  brethren  who 
are  in  fellowship  with  these  rotten  orders. 
Certainly  the  stone  (of  Truth)  is  falling, 
and  some  men  will  be  ground  to  powder. 
I  find  the  truths  of  the  Bible  all-sufflcient 
yet  to  overthrow  even  the  wisdom  of  the 


nineteenth  century,  though  the  walls  that 
protect  it  are  more  stubborn  than  those  of 
Jerico;  yet  vast  breaches  have  been  made 
in  its  towering  walls,  its  gigantic  ruins  will 
soon  only  remain  to  tell  of  the  magnitude 
of  the  work  accomplished." 

H.  C.  Stoughton,  Duncan,  111.,  writes: 
•  "Times   are  somewhat    hard,    but   the 
greatest  fault  is  in  the  blindness  of  the 
people." 

Robert  M.  Huston,  Irvington,  111.,  writes: 

"lam  the  only  one  in  this  neighborhood 
who  dares  to  declare  his  sentiments  on  se- 
cretism.  There  are  a  good  many  who  are 
as  decidedly  opposed  to  it  as  1  am,  but 
popularity  or  self-interest  hold  them  still." 

.J.  P.  .Johnson,  College  Springs,  .Iowa, 
writes: 

"I  have  been  reading  the  Cynosure  for 
the  vear  past  and  I  like  it  very  much.  I 
feel  as  though  I  could  not  do  without  it. 
It  Is  the  best  paper  that  I  can  get  hold  of. 
I  think  it  is  just  what  the  people  all  need 
to  stir  them  up." 

Thomas  E.  Turner,  Kirk's  Cross  Roads, 
Ind.,  writes: 

"There  are  some  very  warm  advocates 
of  the  Anti-secret  movement  here,  but  the 
Masons  and  Odd-fellows  are  putting  forth 
their  greatest  efforts  to  build  up  them- 
selves." 

Mrs.  Laura  Darbee,  West  Falls,  N.  Y., 
writes: 

"There  are  so  many  Masons,  or  those 
who  apologise  for  them,  that  I  do  mot 
know  as  I  can  get  any  subscribers;  but  I 
will  try  again.  .  .  I  wish  some  one 
could  come  and  lecture  here,  I  think  it 
would  do  a  great  deal  of  good." 

Can  Mr.  Barlow  send  a  lecturer  to  this 
field  or  go  himself?  Perhaps  he  would 
like  to  correspond  with  Rev.  J.  C.  White, 
Mr,  H.  Fields  or  Mrs.  Darbee  on  the  sub- 
ject. The  address  of  each  of  these  is 
West  Palls,  N.  Y. 

Rev.  J.  M.  Snyder,  Kishwaukee,  111., 
writes: 

"I  wish  I  could  send  a  thousand  new 
subscribers." 

We  are  glad  to  hear  from  this  brother 
again,  and  hope  he  may  live  to  accomplish 
his  wish.  What  part  of  the  thousand  will 
you  send  this  year? 

Geo.  W.  Merritt,  Forestville,  N.  Y., 
writes: 

"I  take  five  different  papers.  Cannot 
spare  one  of  them.  Yet  if  I  have  to  stop 
one  of  them  it  will  not  be  the  Cynosure.  I 
expect  to  get  some  new  subscribers.  I  am 
sowing.    I  expect  to  reap  soon." 

Philip  Bacon,   Wheatogue,  Ct.,  writes: 

"I  think  a  great  deal  of  Finney's  work, 
and  whenever  honest  men  read  it,  I  find 
that  it  makes  an  impression." 

Mr.  Alex.  Needles,  Sparta,  O.,  writes: 

'  'I  will  send  you  some  confessions  from 
the  faint-hearted  Masons  since  the  lecture. 
(Kev.  D.  P.  Rathbun's.)  W.  Ashley,  of 
Sparta,  told  me  he  was  a  Mason  and  was 
done  with  them.  He  said  that  Mr.  Fuller, 
of  the  same  place,  said  that  Rathbun's  lec- 
ture was  a  lie.  To  which  Mr.  Ashley  said 
Mr.  Fuller  knew  nothing  about  Masonry 
or  he  told  a  lie.    .    .    . 

Esquire  Way,  of  Morrow  county,  Ohio, 
told  me  he  was  a  Mason  but  said  he  could 
go  no  longer  with  them  to  the  lodge.  Said 
he  had  nothing  more  to  do  with  Masonry 
than  I  had ;  because  it  was  no  food  for  his 
soul ;  and  that  he  was  as  free  a  man  as  I 
was. 

Wesley  Harris  told  me  he  was  a  Mason, 
but  said  he  believed  it  was  doing  harm, 
and  that  church  and  government  would 
be  better  off'  if  there  were  no  secret  socie- 
ties:   He  hoped  they  would  be  curtailed. 

George  Hibbard  lold  me  he  had  taken 
one  degree  in  Masonry,  and  that  brother 
Rathbun  stated  as  near  as  he  could  recol- 
lect, the  obligations.  He  knew  the  penal- 
ty was  to  have  his  throat  cut  across  and 
his  tongue  torn  out  by  the  roots.  He  does 
not  or  cannot  consider  the  obligations 
binding,  because  the  Master  told  him,  be- 
fore he  took  them,  it  would  not  conflict 
with  his  duty  to  God,  government  or  man, 
and  he  considered  thai  it  did. 

Abner  Elliot,  of  Deleware  county,  Ohio, 
told  me  before  Mr.  Wesley  Harris  that  he 
was  a  Mason  and  a  Methodist,  and  that  he 
would  leave  the  church  before  he  would 
the  Masons.  He  said  it  was  a  religion,  if 
lived  up  to  would  save  a  man,  for  it  was 
the  best  institution  in  the  world. 

This  man  is  a  stranger  to  me  but  is  in- 
dorsed by  Mr.  Harris.  I  know  all  the  rest 
of  them.  They  are  men  of  note,  or  ought 
to  be,  for  all  of  them  are  church  members." 

Let  us  hear  more  testimonies  from  Ma- 
sons. They  condemn  th^institution  wheth- 
er they  speak  for  it  or  not.  Christ  is  the 
only  way  by  which  lost  sinners  can  reach 
heaven. 


Schedule  of  Bible  Lessons  for  Fourtli 
Quarter,  1874. 

Gospel  OP  Mark. 
Oct.  4th,  vii  31-.3T:    The  Deaf  Mute. 
"     11    ix  17-29:    The  Evil  Spirit  Cast  out. 
"     18    ix  33-42;    The  Mind  of  Christ. 
25    X  46-52-.     Blind  Bartlmens. 
1    xl  12-14,  19-ai:  Pig  Tree  Withered. 
8    xii  28-34:  The  Two  Commandments. 
16    xii  38-44;    Hypocrisy  and  Piety. 
22  xlv  3-9:    The  Anointing  at  Bethany. 
29   xiv  42-50:    The  Betrayal. 
6    xlv  6B-72:    The  Denial. 
"     13    sv  22-:j9:    The  Crncifixion. 
"     20    xvi    9-20:    The  Risen  Lord. 
"     27    Review. 
The  outline  for  1875  for  the  first  six  months, 
is  Joshua,  Judges,  Ruth,  let  Samnel.     "From 
Joshua  to  Saul." 


Nov. 


Dec. 


LESSON  Xli. — OCT.  11,  1874. — THE  EVIL  SPIR- 
IT CAST  OUT. 

SCRIPTURE  LESSON .  — MARK  jx.  17-29.  Com- 
mit 23-29.    Primary  verses  23,  24. 

17  And  one  of  the  multitude  answered 
and  said.  Master,  I  have  brought  unto  thee 
my  son,  which  hath  a  dumb  spirit; 

18  And  wheresoever  he  taketh  him,  he 
teai»th  him;  and  he  foameth,  and  gnasheth 
with  his  teeth,  and  pineth  away:  and  I 
spake  to  thy  disciples  that  they  should  cast 
him  out ;  and  they  could  not. 

19  He  answereth  him,  and  saith,  O 
faithless  generation,  how  long  shall  I  be 
with  you?  how  long  shall  1  suffer  you? 
bring  him  unto  me. 

20  And  they  brought  him  unto  him: 
and  when  he  saw  him,  straightway  the 
spirit  tare  him;  and  he  fell  on  the  ground, 
and  wallowed  foaming. 

21  And  he  asked  his  father.  How  long 
is  it  ago  since  this  came  unto  him?  And 
he  said,  Of  a  child. 

22  And  oft  times  it  hath  casthim  into 
the  fire,  and  into  the  waters,  to  destroy 
him:  but  if  thou  canst  do  anything,  have 
compassion  on  us,  and  help  us. 

23  Jesus  said  unto  him.  If  thou  canst 
believe,  all  things  are  possible  to  him  that 
believeth. 

24  And  straightway  the  father  of  the 
child  cried  out,  and  said  with  tears,  Lord, 
I  believe;  help  thou  mine  unbelief. 

25  When  Jesus  saw  that  the  people 
came  running  together,  he  rebuked  the 
foul  spirit,  saying  unto  him.  Thou  dumb 
and  deaf  spirit,  I  charge  thee,  come  out  of 
him,  and  enter  no  more  into  him. 

26  And  the  spirit  cried,  and  rent  him 
sore,  and  came  out  of  him:  and  he  was  as 
one 'dead;  insomuch  that  many  said,  He 

is  dead.  .      ,     ,^    ,      , 

27  But  Jesus  took  him  by  the  hand, 
and  lifted  him  up ;  and  he  arose. 

28  And  when  he  was  come  into  the 
house,  his  disciples  asked  him  privately, 
Why  could  not  we  cast  him  out? 

29  And  he  said  unto  them.  This  kind 
can  come  forth  by  nothing,  but  by  prayer 
and  fasting. 

GOLDEN  TEXT.— "And  straightway 
the  father  of  the  child  cried  out,  and  said 
with  tears.  Lord,  I  believe:  help  thou  mine 
unbelief  .—Mark  ix.  24. 

TOPIC— Impossible  and  possible. 

HOME  READINGS. 
M.    Mark      ix.    1-13.. Connecting  Scriptures. 
T.     Mark.     ix.    14-^9..  A  Discouraged  Father.  ?5 
W.    John     iv.    43-54. .An  Importunate  Father. 
Th.  Matt.     xxi.2:}-.32. A  Neglected   Father. 
F.    Luke     XV,.  11-32.  A  seeking  Father. 
S.    Matt.     xxli.  1-14.. A  Royal  Father. 
S,    IJohn  iii.      1-24.. A  Loving  lather. 
TOPICAL  ANALYSIS. 
•     Little  Faith,        verses        17-22. 
Need  of  Faith,    verse  ^■ 

Asking  for  Faith,  verse  24. 

Power  of  Faith,    verses     25-27, 
Secret  of  Faith,    verses     28,29. 


SUGGESTIONS  TO  SCHOLARS.  AND 
QUESTIONS  FOR  STUDY. 

Where  was  Jesus  at  the  time  of  our  last 
lesson?  What  event  occurred  there?  (ch. 
viii.  1-9.)  How  does  this  differ  from  the 
account  in  ch.  vi.?  Where  did  Jesus  then 
go?  (viii.  10.)  Whatoccurred?  (viii.  11-13.) 
Where  did  they  land?  (viii.  22.)  What  oc- 
curred next?  (viii.  22-26.)  Where  next  did 
they  go?  (viii.  27).  This  was  a  village 
fifteen  miles  north  of  the  lake.  The  east- 
ern source  of  the  Jordan  is  here.  What 
great  event  is  recorded  in  ch.  ix.  1-10? 
This  was  doubtless  on  Mt.  Hermon. 

What  is  the  first  topic?  What  had  oc- 
curred during  the  absence  of  Jesus?  How 
many  children  did  this  man  have?  (Luke 
ix.  38.)  What  four  things  are  told  in  verse 
18?  Was  the  boy  ever  in  danger?  (verse 
22.)  There  are  four  sweet  words  in  verse 
19.  What  did  the  evil  spirit  do?  (verse 
20.)  How  long  had  he  been  atflicted  ?  (verse 
21  )    ^VTiat  did  the  father  say?  (verse  22.) 

What  is  the  second  topic?  What  was 
Jesus'  reply?  (verse  23.)  Who  did  the  "if 
thou  canst"  belong  to  ?  How  many  things 
did  the  father  need?    What  was  it?    Who 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


did  Jesus  say  had  power?  (verse  23.)  How 
many  things  did  he  say  are  possible? 

What  is  the  third  topic  ?  Was  Jesus  try- 
ing to  quench  faith  or  increase  it?  What 
did  the  father  do?  (verse  24)  What  con- 
fession did  he  mal^e?  Wliat  prayer  did  he 
offer?  Confession  in  three  words,  prayer  in 
four  words.  Can  you  inyrease  a  thing 
when  there  is  none?  Who  can  pray  for 
faith?    Do  you  want  more? 

What  is  the  fourth  topic?  Was  this  a 
diificult  case?  How  long  had  it  stood? 
Who  had  tried  to  heal  him?  Was  it  hard 
for  Jesus?  Is  anything  difficult  to  him? 
What  did  he  do?  (verse  25.)  What  is  told 
in  verses  26,  27? 

What  is  the  fifth  topic?  What  did  the 
disciples  ask  ?  (verse  28.)  What  was  Jesus' 
reply?  (verse  29.)  The  thought  of  prayer 
and  fasting  is  being  alone  with  God,  and 
learning  his  will. 

Precious  Words.  "Bring  him  unto 
me."  "All  things  are  possible  to  him  that 
believeth."  "Lord,  I  believe."  "Help 
thou  mine  unbelief." — The  National  Sun- 
day-School Teaclier. 


Valne  of  a  Single  Soul. 

It  was  but  a  few  yreeks  ago  that  I 
visited  the  tower  in  London.  We  were 
shown  through  its  various  rooms,  and 
calldd  to  exam'ne  the  various  memen- 
toes of  by-gone  ages  that  are  there  pre- 
served ,  and  as  we  were  passing  out  the 
guide  asked  us  if  we  would  not  like  to 
visit  the  jewel-room.  We  told  him 
yes,  and  we  were  conducted  thither. 
There  we  saw  the  crown  with  which 
Queen  Victoria  was  crowned.  We  saw 
all  the  royal  plate,  and,  with  Yankee  in- 
quisitiveness,  we  asked  the  person  in 
attendance  what  the  present  value  of 
those  jewels  and  that  plate  was.  She  re- 
plied, 4,000,000  lb.  sterling,  or  $20,- 
000.000  in  gold.  The  next  day,  in 
company  with  two  beloved  ministers,  I 
visited  schools  for  ragged  children, 
where  there  were  gathered  1,300  chil- 
from  the  worst  dens  in  London;  and 
as  I  stood  at  the  desk  of  the  principal, 
there  sat  before  me  a  little  girl, — she 
may  have  been  thirteen  years  of  age, — 
baref)Oted,  bareh  aded,  uncombed 
hair  and  unwashed  face,  and,  as  I 
looked  down  into  her  bright  eyes,  and 
thought  of  the  jewels  in  Queen  Victo- 
ria's crown,  I  siid  to  myself,  '-That lit- 
tle girl  is  the  possessor  of  that  which 
is  of  more  value  than  all  the  crown-jew- 
els of  ^England;"  for  I  saw  in  those 
eyes  a  gleam  that  told  me  she  had  faith 
in  Jesus,  and  that^hall  remain  when  all 
else  has  passed  away  from  earth. — 
Oeorge  H.  Stuart. 


la  Accord  witli  the  Truth. 


Any  one  who  undertakes  to  be  a 
faithful  teacher  and  interpreter  of  the 
Gospel  must  be  in  harmony  with  the 
spirit  of  that  gospel,  and  in  fellowship 
with  its  author.  When  the  Jews  were 
astonished  at  Jesus'  knowledge  of  di- 
vine truth  he  said,  "If  any  man  will 
do  his  will  he  shall  know  of  the  doc- 
trine." A  half-hearted,  halting  follower 
of  the  Saviour  ought  n<5t  to  expect  to 
know  the  marvelous  depths  and  extent 
of  God's  revealed  will.  His  mind  is 
divided;  it  is  trying  to  serve  two  mas- 
ters. That  quick,  delicate  spiritual 
perception  required  to  see  heavenly 
truths  is  blurred  or  destroyed.  The 
richness  and  beauty  others  behold  in 
them  he  cannot  discern.  He  charges 
all  the  difficulty  to  the  obscurity  of  the 
truth  rather  than  to  his  own  rebellious 
heart. 

When  any  teacher,  therefore;  finds 
the    Bible  lesson   unusually  difficult; 


when  by  ordinary  pains -taking  study 
he  fails  to  get  any  vivid  or  clear  appre- 
hension of  the  message,  or  any  sense  of 
its  divine  power,  let  him  at  Once  in 
quire  prayerfully  whether  he  is  in  close 
and  couscious  sympathy  with  his  Au- 
thor, or  in  spiritual  accord  with  the 
probable  teachings  of  that  tiuth.  Let 
the  teacher  bring  himself  into  spiritual 
unify  with  Jesus,  and  into  full  sympa- 
thy with  the  B  ble  message,  ard  the 
mountains  of  d  ffi unities  will  melt  away. 
His  spiritual  sight  will  be  exterid'sd 
and  cleared,  the  lesson  will  be  taught 
with  ease,  with  fervency  and  with  sin- 
cere joy. — »§.  S.   World. 


Mil  fm%  MM, 


Negative    Proof    KegardJiig    Masonic 
Antiquity. 


That  masonry  is  as  old  as  Babel,  we 
do  not  refuse  to  believe ;  it  is  Freema- 
sonry, oihernise  called  speculative 
Masonry,  of  which  we  treat,  and  of 
which  we  affirm  that  its  era  is  A.  D. 
1717;  no  man  need  to  mistake  our 
meaning.  Neither  do  we  pretend  that 
the  order  was  then  made  up  of  new 
principles,  or  of  a  newly  created  race 
of  men;  but  certain  men  and  certain 
principles,  previously  existing,  were 
then  for  the  first  time  formally  united 
and  embodied  into  that  mystic  order 
called  Freemasonry;  and  a  systtm  was 
formed,  which  did  not  exist  before  even 
by  name,. which  system  we  know  by 
the  name  of  speculative  Masonry.  We 
do  noj  even  suppose  that  all  the  mate- 
rials of  this  coat  of  many  colors  came 
out  of  one  flsece,  or  was  spun  and 
wove  by  the  same  king  Solomon.  The 
aprons  and  trowels  and  temple  were 
taken  from  the  masons;  the  divine 
origin,  mystic  virtues  and  wonderful 
secrets  of  the  order  came  from  the 
Rosicrucians ;  the  magic  and  fortune- 
telling  from  the  Necromancers;  the 
morals  from  the  Jesuits;  and  the  horrid 
oaths  of  the  order  from  its  own  bowels. 
But  the  lime  that  all  these  were  first 
publicly  stitched  together  to  form  spec- 
ulative Masonry,  was  when  the  only 
four  companies  of  operative  masons  in 
the  south  of  England  met  at  the  Apple- 
tree  Tavern  in  London,  February,  1717, 
and  constituted  themselves  "  the  Grand 
Lodge"  of  England  pro  tempore  in  due 
form.  Vide  Preston,  p.  166.  An- 
thony Sater,  Grand  Master. 

The  proof  that  it  had  no  earlier  ex- 
istence is  perfectly  conclusive.  Specu- 
lative Masonry,  or  Freemasonry,  is  a 
matter  of  great  notoriety.  Any  ques- 
tion in  a  future  age  of  its  existence  in 
the  18  th  or  19  th  centuries,  could  be 
answered  satisfactorily  by  pointing  to 
splendid  Masonic  balls,  to  quarto  vol- 
umes of  constitutions,  and  octavo  his- 
tories, to  medals  and  monuments  and 
deeds  of  parchment,  as  well  as  deeds  of 
wickedness.  The  literature  of  this  age 
abounds  with  it.  Those  who  read  the 
account  of  laying  the  corner-stone  of 
the  Bunker  Hill  monument  will  point  to 
that  pillar  of  national  glory  as  a  proof 
that  Freemasonry  existed  A.  D.  1825; 
and,  if  that  is  not  enough,  the  founda- 
tion may  be  removed,  and  there  a  med- 
al be  found  with  inscriptions  of  vanity, 
which,  in  this  republic,  can  only  belong 
to  Most  Worshipful   Freemasonry :  un- 


less an  indignant  people  should  justly 
tear  the  disgraceful  plate  from  its  proud 
resting  place. 

In  vain  we  search  for  any  proof  of 
this  sort  existing  earlier  than  the  18  h 
century.  We  find  constitutions  of 
Jetuits,  Rosicrusians,  and  Alchymists. 
We  find  histories  of  political  parties, 
religious  sects  and  Bucaneers.  We 
find  text  books  of  Cabala,  necromancy, 
astrology,  magic,  fortune  telling  and 
various  proofs  of  witchcraft;  but  not  a 
panicle  of  evidence  to  slow  the  exist- 
ence of  Freemasonry,  or  speculative 
Masonry.  It  is  not  mentioned  or  allud' 
ed  to;  it  is  not  painted  on  canvass,  or 
stamped  on  paper,  or  indented  on  plate. 
That  its  universal  language  must  have 
been  spoken ;  that  its  mystic  characters 
were  certainly  underatooJ,  and  its  om- 
nific  word  even  then  possessed  some 
hare  of  omnipotence,  no  one  who  be- 
lieves in  Freemasonry  can  for  a  moment 
doubt.  But  all  the  proof  is  found  in 
pages  and  documents,  in  fraternities 
and  monuments  of  the  18th  and  19th 
centuries;  and  this  in  such  abundance 
as  quite  to  supply  the  failure  of  five 
hundred  years  preceding;  ajthough  it 
admits  of  a  doubt  whether  there  is 
enough  to  supply  the  deficiency  of  the 
other  five  thousand  years  from  the  year 
of  light.  Fifty  centuries  is  a  long  pe- 
riod for  the  active  labors  cf  a  great 
mystery  spead  over  the  face  of  the 
whole  world,  to  pass  entirely  unob- 
served ;  and  there  is  no  accounting  for 
it,  only  as  a  great  mystery,  and  such 
Freemasonry  may  undoubtedly  be,  for 
men  do  not  well  understand  it  when  it 
is  fully  revealed. 

We  have  read  the  volumes  of  Hume 
and  SmoUet  and  Bissett  with  care. 
They  give  a  connected  history  of  Eng- 
land from  the  earliest  dates  to  the  19th 
century,  and  no  mention  is  made  of 
Freemasonry  to  our  recollection.  Per- 
haps they  were  pclitical  historians,  and 
overlooked  the  hand-maid  of  religion. 
Then  we  have  to  run  over  Mosheim, 
who  gives  a  faithful  history  of  the 
the  church,  century  by  century,  from 
the  year  of  our  Lord,  to  the  18th  cen- 
tury, and  Freemasonry  entirely  escapes 
either  his  notic  or  our  memory.  Per- 
haps this  religious  man  mistook  its 
modest  apron  for  the  gaib  of  a  crafts- 
man. Then  we  have  read  Hemy  and 
Andrews  with  attention.  They  give  a 
connected  histoiy  of  England  to  A.  D. 
1603,  with  a  particular  notice  of  the 
arts  and  of  architecture.  Now  we  shall 
hear  of  Freemasonry.  The  introduc- 
tion of  glass  vjindows  and  chimneys, 
the  erection  of  the  Royal  Exchange, 
Burleigh  House,  and  the  Abbey  o^f 
Dumfermline,  are  faithfully  recorded, 
with  many  other  things  of  the  same 
character;  but  not  a  word  is  said  about 
Freemasonry,  or  speculative  Masonry; 
and  only  bne  word  about  the  "most 
ancient  and  most  honorable  society 
that  every  was,  or,  perhapp,  ever  will 
be."*  This  is  the  more  remarkable  in 
Mr.  Andrews,  who  records  the  fact  of 
that  great  Mason's,  Sir  Walter  Raleigh, 
eating  the  bitter  apples  instead  of  the 
roots  of  the  newly  discovered  potatoe ; 
and  who  even  counts  the  fardingale 
worthy  of  a  page  in  his  work,  giving  a 
precise  account  of  that  Spanish  petti- 
coat, and   not   so   much  as  naming  a 


Freemason's  apron,  either  for  size  or 
form,  materials  or  emblems!  This  is 
very  strange;  and  although  Jones, 
Sackville,  Woolsey,  Savage  and  Wren 
are  often  named  in  history,  not  one  of 
them  is  entitled  '-Most  Worshipful 
Grand  Master,"  which  honor  Freema- 
sonry now  confers  on  them  all.  This 
fact  is  enough  to  prove  what  the  reader 
must  have  ere  this  suspected,  that  all 
the  English  historians  are  men  who 
hate  the  light  of  Freemasonry,  and  the 
order  who  swear  away  their  neighbor's 
character,  and  their  own  lives. 

We  lay  them  away,  and  turn  to  hon- 
est Scotlacd.  Robertson  tells  its  story 
in  the  mostexquisite  manner;  he  spreads 
upon  his  page  every  fact  of  importance, 
and  Walter  Scott  fills  the  world  with 
the  poetry  of  its  history.  But  where 
is  the  mention  of  Freemaeoary,  or 
speculative  Masonry,  or  the  men  of  the 
cabletow?  In  the  lights  and  shadows, 
in  the  tales  and  legends,  in  the  songs 
and  histories  of  Scotland,  as  well  as  of 
England,  where  is  the  mention  of 
Freemasonry  prior  to  the  18 lb  century? 
We  know  of  none.  Jack  the  Giant 
Killer,  Tom  ThumD  and  Robin  Hood 
live  both  in  prose  and  verse,  and  so 
does  Freemasonry;  but  it  did  not  begin 
to  live  in  English  prose  or  verse  until 
A,  D.  1717.  Wonderful  mystery!  so 
carefully  concealed  that  its  very  name 
is  unknown  to  the  literature  of  the 
world  for  the  lapse  of  fifty-six  centurits  1 
•'Hail  Masonry  I  thou  craft  divine ! 
"Glory  of  earth,  from  heaven  revealed  I 
"Which  doth  with  jewels  precious  shine, 
"From  all  hut  Mason's  eyes  concealed." 
—  Constitutions  oj  N.  Y.  Pa.  and  Md. 

It  is  edifying  to  observe  the  modesty 
of  the  heavenly  mystery,  when  it  be- 
gins to  reveal  itself.  As  if  mortals 
might  be  dazzled  with  the  jewels  of  its 
glory  too  suddenly  displayed,  it  firtt 
introduces  itself  by  the  simple  name  of 
Masonry,  as  in  the  line?  above;  but 
when  years  had  accustomed  men  to  the 
brightness  of  this  revelation,  it  gently 
distinguishes  itself  in  terms,  as  it  had 
previously  done  in  fact,  from  operative 
masonry,  and  sings: 

"Blest  be  the  day  that  gave  to  me 

"The  secrets  of  Freemasonry, 
"Come  fill  up  a  bnmpet,  and  let  it  go  round, 
"Let   mirth     and    good     fellowship    always 
abound, 
"And  let  the  world  see 
"That  Freemasonry 
"Doth  teach  honest  hearts  to  be  jovial  and  free." 
Const. of  N.  Y.  p.  jD.  176. 179. 

It  is  too  much  after  this,  to  search 
G.bbon,  Gillies,  Ferguson  and  Roljin  for 
Freemasonry;  if  we  did,  it  would  be  of 
no  use;  they  take  no  notice  of  it;  but 
possibly  the  reader  may  think  Freema- 
sonry existed  somewhere,  if  not  in  the 
literature  or  realms  of  Great  Britain 
previous  to  A.  D.  1717.     We  will  see 

♦Henry's  History  of  England,  Book  4, 
Chapter  5,  gives  an  extract  from  Wren's 
Parentalia,  p.  30(5,  which  mentions  the  so- 
ciety of  Freemasons,  and  makes  them  one 
with  the  operative  masons  licensed  in  the 
14ht  century  by  the  Pope's  Bull  to  erect 
churches  and  edifices  in  any  part  of  Europe. 

But  Wren's  Parentalia  was  left  by  him 
in  MS,  and  was  first  published  by  his  son 
Stephen,  A.  D.  1750.  See  the  Britinh  Plu- 
tarch. It  may  be  doubted  whether  Sir 
Chris.  Wren  left  in  his^own  hand  writing 
the  passage  quoted  by  Henry.  We  do  doubt 
it. 


Youthful  minds,  like  the  pliant  wax, 
are  susceptible  of  the  most  lasting  im- 
pressions; and  the  good  or  evil  bias 
they  then  receive  is  seldom,  if  ever, 
eradicated. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


The  Day  of  Fasting  and  Trayer. 


The  Executive  Committee  of  the  National  Christian 
Association,  opposed  to  secret  societies,  have  called  up 
on  all  Christians  in  sympathy  with  their  work  to  observe 
the  eighth  day  of  November  next  as  a  day  of  fasting 
and  prayer.  It  is  proper  that  we  consider  briefly  some 
of  the  reasons  for  such  an  observance  of  that  day. 

First  among  them  should  be  placed  the  wide-spread 
combination  of  secret  lodges  that  corrupt  our  churches, 
our  courts  of  justice,  our  political  and  commercial  cen 
ters,  and  our  social  life.  Ministers  and  members  of 
many  of  our  large  and  influential  churches  are  bound 
bv  bloody  and  barbarous  oaths  to  organizations  com 
posed  largely  of  ungodly  men.  By  these  same  oaths 
they  have  sworn  to  conceal  the  words  and  acts  of  these 
bad  men,  even  when  those  acts  are  crimes.  Thus 
many  Christians  who  are  taught  by  Christ  to  come  out 
from  among  those  who  disregard  his  law,  voluntarily 
go  into  associations  controlled  ■  by  his  enemies,  take 
oaths  forbidden  by  his  Word,  and  practice  a  religion 
from  which  his  name  is  cast  out,  Thus  has  the  church 
lost  spirituality  until  in  many  instances  she  has  a  name 
to  live  and  is  dead.  Lodges  are  in  many  places  fuller 
of  worshipers  than  prayer  meetings.  "Christ  is  dis 
honored  and  Satan  is  enthroned. " 

Turning  our  eyes  from  the  church  to  the  state,  the 
same  evils  are  apparent.  In  Pennsylvania  and  Ohio 
men  who  belong  to  a  secret  miners'  union,  murder  with 
out  hesitation,  men  who  are  wilHng  to  work-  for  less 
than  the  union  price,  while  all  through  the  South 
Masonic  lodges,  calling  themselves  White  Leagues  or 
Ku-Klux  Klans,  are  killing,  whipping  and  banishing 
those  who  do  not  at  once  submit  to  the  decisions  of  the 
lodge.  Nor  does  this  leprosy  of  secretism  infect  the 
adult  alone.  Under  the  guise  of  college  fraternities 
and  temperance  societies  young  men  and  women  are 
busied  with  regalia,  grips  and  signs,  until  the  very 
idea  of  man  or  womanhood  is  lost;  yea,  until  the  true 
idea  of  the  worship  of  the  true  God  is  lost.  For 
when  the  children  of  Israel  made  a  molten  calf  and 
sacrified  before  it,  when  in  groves  and  secret  chambers 
they  burnt  incense  to  Baalim  and  Ashtaroth  and  all  the 
hosts  of  heaven,  after  the  manner  of  the  ancient  sases 
of  the  nations,  then  they  forsook  the  moral  as  well  as 
the  spiritual  law  of  God  and  practiced  every  manner 
of  abomination.  And  then  "  the  anger  of  the  Lord 
was  hot  against  Israel "  and  he  poured  his  ''  fury  upon 
them  for  the  blood  they  had  shed  upon  the  land,  and 
for  their  idols  wherewith  they  had  polluted  it."  And 
whoever  will  carefully  analyze  and  compare  the  wor- 
ships and  their  fruits  for  which  the  Israelites  were  utter 
ly  abhored  and  cast  oS  with  the  worships  of  the  secret 
orders  of  our  day  and  their  fruits,  can  not,  we  think, 
fail  to  perceive  that  in  their  essential  elements  and  re- 
sults those  ancient  and  these  modern  worships  are 
identical.  When,  therefore,  we  consider  how  many 
professed  Christians  have  gone  into  those  secret  cham- 
bers and  burnt  incense  and  worshiped  with  all  the  idola- 
try of  the  nations  and  bound  their  souls  with  ihe  oaths 
that  form  the  fountams  whence  the  blood  of  murder 
flows  and  has  defiled  all  the  land,  surely  we  have  rea- 
son to  say  with  Moses,  "O  this  people  have  sinned  a 
great  sin." 

Let  no  one  suppose  that  these  tides  of  evil  will  recede 
of  their  own  free  will.  Evils  do  not  cease  in  that  way, 
Slavery  talks  fair,  but  it  means  universal  dominion  or 
the  graveyard  of  Andersonville.  So  Freemasonry, 
under  whatever  name  it  may  exist,  Odd-fellowship, 
Knights  of  Pythias,  Ku-Klux  Klan,  or  White  League, 
will  do  one  of  two  things :  It  will  supplant  the  Chris- 
tian churches,  override  the  courts  of  law  and  establish 
the  reign  of  poison  and  knife,  or  die  under  the  heel  of 
enhghtened  patriotism  and  Christianity. 

If,  however,  in  our  exertions  against  these  eviU  we 
use  human  weapons  we  shall  suffer  defeat.  Secret 
lodges  do  not  rest  upon  intelligence,  but  ignorance. 


bribes.  They  are  in  communities  like  gambling  hells 
and  houses  of  ill  fiime ;  needing  no  defense  but  dark- 
ness and  asking  nothing  but  silence.  Hence  the  pow- 
er that  is  to  overcome  the  lodges,  is  the  power  that  is 
to  overcome  human  selfishness,  that  is,  the  grace  of 
God.     No  other  power  can  avail. 

Accordingly  let  us,  on  the  second  Sabbath  of  Novem 
ber  next,  fast  and  pray  before  God  for  the  overthrow  of 
the  giant  iniquity  of  the  age. 

Let  us  confess  our  own  fault  in  this  matter,  that  our 
efforts  have  been  so  intermittent  and  feeble ;  that  we 
have  not  more  fully  and  heartily  sought  the  establish- 
ment of  Christ's  kingdom  in  our  hearts  and  in  the 
world. 

Let  us  pray  for  those  whose  eyes  the  god  of  this 
world  has  blinded  so  that  they  can  no  longer  discern 
between  the  righteous  and  the  wicked 

Let  us  pray  for  the  many  who  loathe  the  chains  they 
dare  not  break,  that  they  may  be  led  out  into  the  light. 

Finally,  let  us  in  faith,  doubting  nothing,  ask  for  the 
complete  overthrow  of  these  accursed  systems  that 
blaspheme  God  and  damn  men;  assured  that  though' 
the  weapons  of  our  warfare  are  not  carnal  they  are 
mighty  through  God  to  pull  down  these  strongholds  of 
Satan.  I.  A.  Hart, 

0.  F.    LUMRY, 

C.  A.  Blanciiard, 


This  National  Council  was  called  to  settle  no  disturb- 
ance save  that  caused  by  the  discussion  of  secret  socie- 
ties by  Finney  at  OberUn ;  and  that  not  by  meeting  it 
in  open,  manly.  Christian  discussion,  but  by  commun- 
ing with  Freemasons  in  the  First  Church  at  Oberiin, 
which  had  once  cast  them  out. 

And  further,  this  National  Council  professes  no  dis- 
ticct  doctrine,  but  left  its  members  disputing  wha'  doc- 
trines it  held.  It  assailed  no  abuses  or  public  immor- 
alities. The  railway  trains  ran  by  it  on  the  Sabbath 
without  a  jar  on  its  sensibilities.  In  short,  it  was  a 
scheming  convention  called  by  scheming  men. 

When  we  get  the  proceedings  of  its  New  Haven 
meeting  in  full  we  will  analyze  and  expla  n  them  to  our 
readers. 


THE  KANSAS  BRIBERY. 


Committee 
on  Address. 


We  clip  the  following  from  last  week's  Advance. 
Our  readers  will  see  that  the  Cynosure  was  right 
when,  some  six  months  or  a  year  since,  we  said  that 
the  public  press  would  leave  Mr.  Beecher's  case  where 
we  had  placed  it.  There  has  never  been  but  one  the- 
ory consistent  with  his  a'lts  and  letters,  and  that  is  the 
theory  of  his  guilt.  Men  do  not  pay  the  inventors  of 
black  mail  slanders  thousands  of  dollars,  by  instal  - 
ments,  to  hire  them  to  suppress  thtir  own  lies,  and 
trust  their  honor  to  do  it.  But  men  do  bribe^cthers  to 
conceal  crimes,  which  if  revealed  will  ruin  them: 

•'Miss  Catherine  E.  Beecher  has  not  been  able  to 
resist  the  temptation  to  write  a  letter  to  the  public 
in  defense  of  her  brother,  Henry  Ward,  and  a 
foolish  one  at  that.  She  charges  Mr.  Bowen  with 
being  the  originator  of  the  scandal.  Mr.  Bowen 
replies  in  a  card  explicity  denying  her  charges  a  >d 
asserting  that  he  never  wrote  a  letter  charging  Mr. 
B.  with  adultery.  Mr.  Tilton's  last  statement  seems 
to  have  made  a  greater  impresoion  on  public  opinioii 
than  any  other  statement  yet  made  in  the  case.  The 
Interior  boldly  declares  that  Mr.  Bsecheris  ruined. 
The  Springfield  Republican  declares  that  Mr.  Beecher 
ought  not  to  re-enter  Plymouth  pulpit  until  a  verdici 
has  been  passed  on  the  case  in  the  courts,  and  says 
his  failure  to  proceed  against  Mjulton  at d  Tiltoa  in  a 
suit  for  damages  will  be  regarded  by  a  large  and 
constantly  growing  portion  o£  the  public  as  a  confes- 
sion of  guilt.  The  Congregaticnalist  thinks  it  will  be 
difficult  for  Mr.  Beecker  to  explain  away  some  of  the 
points  made  by  Mr.  Ttlton,  and  the  Chicago  Journal 
18  disposed  to  believe  that  the  i^sue  of  the  case  will 
turn  on  Mr?.  Tilton's  sanity.  Judge  Lord  of  the  Maaea- 
chusetts  Superior  Court  has  written  aa  elaborate  re- 
view of  the  case,  and  says  that  Mr.  Beecher  has  made 
no  sufficient  explanation  of  his  own  letterr,  and  must 
by  their  evidence  held  to  be  guilty  of  adultery." 


THE  NEW  HAVEN  COUNCIL. 


We  have  seen  but  a  meagre  sketch  of  the  doings  of 
the  Congregational  National  Council  whichmet  at  New 
Haven,  Sept.  30th;  and  that  we  have  seen  concerns 
chiefly  neither  religion  or  morals,  but  the  consolidation 
of  societies  and  their  organs  and  the  management  of 
funds.  A  national  Congregational  counc"!  to  redress 
practical  evils ,  to  expose  and  guard  the  churches  against 
errors  hurtful  and  dangerous,  or  even  to  adjust  and 
settle  questions  disturbing  the  peace  and  threatening 
the  purity  of  Zion,  as  did  the  attempt  to  force  circum- 
cision on  the  early  Christians  which  led  to  the  Council 
at  Jerusalem, — such  a  national  council  would  be  a  na- 
tional blessing. 

But  this  National  Council  was  called  by  Leonard 
Bacon,  the  protector  of  heresies,  and  run  by  A.  H. 
Quint,  a  chaplain  of  Freemasons,  who  voted  steadily 
with  the  Democrats  down  to  Buchanan,  for  whom  he 


voted  while  Democracy  meant  slavery,  as  all  the  world 
They   do  not  gain  members  by  argument?"  but  by  now  sees  and  confesses. 


A  special  session  of  the  Kansas  Legislature  closed 
on  the  twenty-first  of  September.  During  its  sittings 
a  resolution  ordering  the  State  Treasurer  to  deliver 
the  Pomeroy-York  money  to  its  legal  owner  was  intro- 
duced and  lost.  This  action  may  be  explained  on  the 
same  theory  as  the  original  conspiracy ;  the  popular 
explanation  will  be  that  the  courts  have  not  yet  given 
their  decision.  The  trial  of  ex-Senator  Pomeroj^  on 
the  charge  of  bribery  is  set  for  November  in  the  Osage 
County  court,  to  which  a  change  of  venue  was  taken 
in  July  last  from  the  Topeka  court  piesided  over  by 
Judge  Norton,  well  known  as  a  violent  anti-Pomeroy 
man. 

As  Mr.  Pomeroy  prophesied  in  his  address  before 
the  Chicago  Convention,  that  it  was  political  suicide  to 
engage  with  the  lodge  power,  the  conceptlojLand  ex- 
ecution of  the  York  conspiracy  was  Masonic.  Since 
that  time  journals  under  control  of  the  lodge  have  not 
failed  to  keep  up  the  cry  of  bribery,  and  on  every  con- 
venient occasion  to  boisterously  demand  his  trial.  But 
they  have  little  to  say  of  the  developments  in  Kansas 
politics  regardir^  York,  Ingalls,  Horton  and  others  en- 
gaged in  the  plot.  York  is  only  remembered  as  the 
Judas  of  Kansas  politics.  Ingalls,  elected  to  Mr.  Pom- 
eroy's  seat  in  the  Senate  has  been  publicly  charged, 
and  challenged  to  bring  suit  if  libeled,  with  about  all 
the  crimes  in  the  decalogue.  He  is  charged  with  pet- 
ty larcency  when  at  college;  with  dishonesty  and 
double-dealing  in  his  profession;  with  licentiousness 
and  intrigue;  with  bribing  judges  and  witnesses;  with 
purjury  and  fraud  as  legislative  clerk ;  with  avaricious 
greed;  with  selling  offices  and  blackmailing;  with 
knowing  beforehand  of  the  York  plot,  and  the  schemes 
to  bribe  witnesses  on  the  investigation,  and  to  corrupt 
the  officers  having  charge  of  the  case.  Such  an  indict- 
ment  would  sink  any  but  a  Freemason  politician. 

The  people  of  Kansas  have  learned  something  of 
the  lodge  power  in  the  case  and  the  tone  of  their  jour- 
nals is  remarkably  changed  since  1*872.  The  corres- 
pondent of  the  Syracuse  (N.  Y. )  Standard  writes  of 
their  present  opinion  of  Mr.  Pomeroy :  "After  canvassing 
the  merits  of  his  case,  I  have  come  to  the  conclusion 
that  he  is  about  the  best  abused  man  in  Kansas,  and  a 
large  majority  of^  the  people,  with  whom  I  have  con- 
versed of  the  subject,  unite  in  saying  that  he  was  tlie 
best  Senator  Kansas  ever  had,  and  has  done  more  for  the 
State  than  all  the  others  put  together.  York  and  his 
coadjutors  who  sprung  the  seven  thousand  dollars 
bribery  case  on  him,  thereby  defeating  his  re-election 
to  the  Senate,  are  denounced  as  being  a  set  of  unprin- 
cipled conspirators,  who  deliberately  concocted  this 
scheme  to  defeat  the  "old  man, "  and  put  York  in  his 
place.  The  ex-Senator  is  loyking  hale  and  hearty  as 
a  man  bearing  no  weight  of  cares, " 

Some  time  since  Caleb  Gushing  wrote  the  following 
caustic  description  of  the  case,  which  is  worth  reading 
to  show  what  depths  Masonic  conspiracies  may  de- 
scend: "Now,  there  are  some  crimes  which  a  gentle- 
man may  commit,  such  as  treason,  or  even  occasionallj'^ 
assassination  of  vendetta  or  of  honor ;  other  crimes  be- 
long to  natures  so  mean  as  to  be  beneath  anger,  such. 
as  common  theft ;  but  there  is  another  class  of  crimes 
of  vulgar,  low,  brutish  order,  such  as  forgery,  cheat- 
ing, and  rape,  which  disgust  and  repel.  Such  is  the 
crime  which  these  conspirators  deliberately  agreed  to 
commit  by  the  handof  York,  a  crime  one  degree  lower 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


d 


than  that  of  which  Rhorabacher  was  convicted;  for 
burglary  has  an  element  of  physical  courage  in  it 
which  does  not  appertain  to  conspiracy  to  swindle  a 
Senator  of  the  United  States.  And  these  conspirators 
are  friends  of  eduoation,  forsooth;  they  must  needs 
season  their  criminality  with  cant  on  that  subject ;  they 
were  to  cheat  in  order  to  get  money  for  the  school 
fund.  When  Vespasian  exhibited  to  Titus  the  new  coin 
obtained  from  the  tax  on  cloacae  he  said,  'My  son, 
non  oleC  What  sort  of  a  smell  would  belong  to  a 
school  fund  augmented  by  money  which  Mr.  York 
should  have  obtained  from  Mr.  Pomeroy  by  conspiracy, 
falsehood  and  fraud  V 


THE  PKINCE  OF  WALES. 


This  young  man,  whom  a  wise  but  a  myterious 
Providence  has  made  heir  to  the  throne  of  a  great 
Christian  nation,  is  well  known  for  his  vagaries  and 
sometimes  disreputable  conduct,  far  from  excusable 
in  a  person  of  his  education  and  relationship.  He  has 
lately  been  reported  so  deeply  in  debt  as  to  require 
the  assistance  of  his  royal  mother  or  an  act  of  Parlia 
ment  to  save  the  necessity  of  repudiation.  He  has 
been  Grand  Master  of  English  Masons,  an  office  given 
probably  more  from  deference  to  his  political  rank 
than  for  sagacity  or  official  ability.  When  the  Mar- 
quis of  Ripon,  Grand  Master,  lately  seceded,  the  Prince 
of  Wales  took  the  place  as  Past  Grand  Master  until  the 
regular,  election.  This  has  since  taken  place  and  he 
has  been  made  Grand  Master  a  second  time.  The  fol- 
lowing from  the  London  jT^'mes  of  August  15th,  will 
give  our  readers  some  idea  of  the  Masonic  proclivities 
of  this  young  man,  and  we  hope  lead  them  to  pray 
that  he  may  be  soundly  converted  from  such  follies  be- 
fore called  to  the  throne  ot  Great  Britain : 

Plymouth,  Aug.  14. 

The  most  striking  feature  in  the  day's  programme 
was  the  reception  of  the  Prince  of  Wales  by  the  Free- 
masons of  Devon  and  Cornwall,  assembled  in  United 
Grand  Lodge  in  the  Great  Hall  of  the  new  buildings, 
whither  the  brethren  walked  in  procession.  The 
union  of  the  two  provinces  for  any  such  purpose  is  un 
precedented  in  the  annals  of  Freemasonry.  The  breth 
ren  in  the  west  did  their  best  to  attend,  whilst  so 
unique  an  occasion  had  attractions  for  members  from 
Suffock,  Lincoln,  Hants,  Somerset,  and  other  distant 
places .  Close  upon  three  thousand  mustered  at  the 
rendezvous  of  the  brethren,  which  was  the  prison  built 
for  the  French  captives  a  century  since,  and  here  in 
the  square  the  procession  was  marshalled  by  the  pro- 
vincial directors  of  ceremonies,  assisted  by  others  spec- 
ially appointed  for  the  occasion.  Although  brethren 
were  limited  to  carry  their  smaller  banners,  and  to 
wearing  only  craft  clothing  and  craft  and  Royal  Arch 
jewels,  the  procession  looked  very  picturesque,  and 
the  section  occupied  by  officers  of  the  Grand  Lodge 
and  the  past  provincial  officers,  of  which  there  was  a 
very  large  gathering,  was  magnificent,  the  brethren 
wearing  full  suits  of  Masonic  clothing  of  purple  and 
gold.  The  streets  were  crowded  throughout,  but  the 
greatest  order  was  maintained  on  the  route.  In  the 
procession  the  youngest  lodges  were  placed  first,  and 
the  Grand  Masters  last;  but  when  ^the  van  reached 
the  door  of  the  Guildhall  the  procession  opened  right 
and  left,  facing  inwards,  room  being  left  for  the  Grand 
Masters,  preceded  by  the  standard  and  sword  bearers, 
to  pass  up  the  center,  the  grand  officers  and  brethren 
following  in  succession  from  the  rear.  This  gathering 
of  the  Masonic  body  quite  filled  the  hall^in  every  part. 
When  all  had  assembled  the  lodge  was  opened  in 
ancient  form,  and  immediately  afterwards  the  Prince 
entered  the  hall,  heralded  by  a  flourish  of  trumpets. 
The  whole  of  the  brethren,  led  by  a  small  orchestra, 
rising  then  sang  '  'God  bless  the  Prince  of  Wales,"  the 
chorus  being  thus  adapted  to  the  occasion : 

From  Cornwall's  rugged  moorlands, 
And  Devon's  lovely  vales, 

Oh  let  the  prayer  re-echo- 
God  bless  the  Prince  of  Wales. 

The  Prince  took  the  chair  as  Past  Grand   Master  of 
England,  being  supported  by  the  Bey.  John  Huyshe, 


Provincial  Grand  Master  of  Djvon,  the  Earl  of  Mount 
Edgcumbe,  Provincial  Grand  Master  of  Cornwall,  and 
by  Mr.  Metham  and  Sir  Frclerick  Mirtia  Williams,  M. 
P.,  Deputy  Provincial  Grand  Masters  of  Devon  and 
Cornwall,  Lord  Charles  Bsresford,  aad  the  Hon.  T. 
Agar  Robartes,  respectively.  The  salutation  of  the 
Prince.in  ancient  form  by  the  three  thousand  hrethrea 
was  very  imposing.  This  was  followed  by  cheering 
that  lasted  for  several  minutes,  the  Prince  repeatedly 
bowing  his  acknowledgments. 

The  Provincial  Grand  Master  of  Devon,  addressing 
his  Royal  Highness,  remarked  upon  the  Prince's  close 
connection  with  the  west  as  Duke  of  Cornwall  and 
Lord  High  Steward  of  Plymouth,  and  then  upon  the 
closer,  bond  of  union  as  a  brother  Maaoa,  concluding 
by  asking  the  Prince  to  accept  an  address  of  warm 
and  fraternal  welcome  from  the  united  Grand  Lodges 
upon  this  his  first  Misonic  appearance  among  them. 
The  Earl  of  Mount  Edgcumbe  read  the  address,  the 
principal  paragraphs  of  which  were  as  follows: 

'*0u  a  former  occasion  we  met  in  our  respective 
Grand  Lodges  to  offer  our  heartfelt  and  Iraterual  con- 
gratulations on  the  happy  recovery  of  our  Royal 
Highness  from  a  lingering  and  very  dangerous  illnes= 
(loud  cheers),  and  en  the  present  occasion  we  ave 
unitedly  assembled  to  greet  your  presence  among  us 
in  the  fall  enjovment  of  renovated  health  and  slrengtlj. 
(Loud  cheer?.)  We  imite  in  grateiul  praise  to  the 
Great  Architect  of  the  universe  for  having  preserved 
a  life  so  dear  and  precious  to  this  m'ghty  emp're  (re- 
newed cheers),  and  we  d-sire  to  offer  our  fervent 
prayers  that  our  Royal  Highness  may  be  long  preserv- 
ed in  vigor  of  mind  and  body,  beloved  and  revert d  by 
all  her  Majesty's  liege  subjects,  and  regarded  with 
feelings  of  the  most  earnest  and  fraternal  afi'ectioa  by 
your  loyal  and  devoted  brethren  of  the  provinces  of 
Devon  and  Cornwall."     (Cheers." 

The  Prince,  who  was  received  with  a  great  outburst 
of  cheer  J,  rising,  repLed  as  follows: 

Worshipful  Provincial  Grand  Master  and  Brethren 
of  Devon  and  Cornwall : — I  thank  you  for  your  address 
of  welcome.  It  has  b?en  a  matter  of  warm  congrat- 
ulation to  me  that  I  should  have  been  able  to  meet  the 
brethren  of  Devon  and  Cornwall  in  united  provincial 
lodge  assembled  on  the  present  occasion,  and  I  highly 
appreciate  the  motive  which  ha?  led  so  many  of  you, 
at  considerable  personal  inconvenience  to  yourselves, 
to  assemble  here  todiy  from  all  parts  of  the  two 
counties.  I  can  not  ba  sufficiently  gialeful  to  the 
great  Architect  of  the  Universe  for  his  merciful  pres- 
eivation  of  my  life  from  so  severe  an:i  dangerous  an 
illness  as  that  from  which  I  suffered  (loud  cheers),  and 
I  am  much  touched  by  the  kind  terms  in  which  you 
have  alluded  to  my  recovery." 

The  Earl  of  Mcuat  Edgcumbe  thanked  the  offi;erB 
and  brethren  of  the  province  of  Devonshire  for  having 
so  cordially  and  so  fraternally  given  the  brethren  of 
Cornwall  the  opportunity  of  joining  with  them  on  this 
auspicious  occasion.     The  Prince  of  Wales  then  said : 

"Brethren: — I  am  anxious  to  have  this  opportunity 
of  thanking  my  Right  Worshipful  Bi-others  Huyshe 
ard  Lord  Mount  Edgcumbe,  for  the  very  kicd  words 
they  have  spoken  on  this  occasion ;  and  I  am  also 
glad  to  have  an  opportunity  of  thanking  you  once 
more  for  having  met  here  today  in  such  large  number?. 
[  have  been  present  at  several  great  Masonic  meetings 
during  the  six  years  that  I  have  hal  the  honor  of  be- 
longing to  your  craft,  but  I  never  saw  a  gathering  like 
the  present.  (Loud  cheers.)  I  not  only  look  on  this 
immense  gathering  as  a  kind  of  personal  expression  of 
feeling  on  your  part  towards  myseF,  but  it  is  also  a 
proof  to  me  that  Masonry  flaurishes  in  this  part  of  the 
world.  (Loud  cheers.)  Long  may  it  be  so,  brethren; 
long  may  it  flourish  as  it  does  at  the  present  moment, 
and  long  may  we  uphold  th^se  principles  for  which  it 
was  instituted.  (Cheers,)  Allow  me  to  thank  you 
once  more  for  the  reception  you  have  givea  me  to-day 
— one  which  I  shall  cever  forget."     (Loud  cheers.) 

NOTES. 


— In  the  report  of  the  Executive  Committee  meet 
ing  published  last  week  the  action  of  the  Committee 
on  the  salary  of  the  Assistant  Corresponding  Secreta- 
ry is  sadly  blundered  in  part  of  our  edition.  T?le  vote 
w&BJive  per  cent,  of  certain  funde,  not  fifty,  as  printed. 

— The  Executive  Committee  invite  correspondence 
from  every  friend  of  the  reform  who  has  any  valuable 
suggestion  on  the  time  of  holding  the  next  anniversa- 
ry.    Shall  we  meet  at  Pittsburgh  late  in    the  winter, 


in  the  early,  or  in  the   htter  part   of  spring?     What 

say  you? 

— There  are  hundreds  of  seceding  Masons  in  the 
country  a  brief  statement  of  whose  experience  would 
be  of  great  value  to  the  reform.  Please  see  a  notice 
of  the  Syracuse  Convention  elsewhere  and  get  the  de- 
sired information  sent  from  every  seceder  in  your 
neighborhood.  What  a  glorious  army  these  men 
would  be  could  they  ba  brought  together  1 

— At  the  late  meeting  of  the  Odd-fellows  Grand 
Lrdge  in  Atlanta,  Georgia,  a  resolution  was  passed 
•'after  considerable  di?cussion"  that  "ail  spirituous, 
vinous  and  malt  liquors  should  be  excluded  from  the 
the  lodge-room  and  the  ante-rooms  of  the  halls."  The 
United  Freshyterian  very  sensibly  remarks  on  the 
case:  ''The  'diecuEsion'  of  this  measure  suggests  that 
some  members  were  in  favor  of  encouraging  intoxicat- 
ing drinks  about  t'ne  buildings,  which  would  be  a  cur- 
iosity in  a  temperance  society.  These  OJd-fellows, 
and  other  kindred  associations,  originated  with  good 
intentions,  perhaps,  are  all  prostituted  in  the  very  na- 
ture of  things  to  unwortby  uses." 

— In  the  reports  of  this  Grand  Lodge  meeting  are 
the  following  Items:  Number  of  grand  lodges,  40; 
number  of  subordinate  lodges,  5,486;  Rebekah  degree 
lodges,  512;  nu^jber  of  grand  encampments,  36;  sub- 
ordinate enca;dpment3,  1,512;  lodge  initiations,  56,- 
454;  lodwe  membership,  414,815;  encampment  mem- 
bership, 80,132;  total  revenue,  $4,433,001,08;  total 
relief,  $1,490,274  72  .  This  shows  a  general  increase, 
except  in  the  proportion  cf  the  relief  funds,  which 
cannot  rise  higher  than  one- third  the  receipts. 

— -A  Jewish  paper  notices  the  favor  with  which  He 
brew  Masons  are  regarded  in  England,  aad  mentions 
as  an  example,  that  the  provincial  Grand  Lodge  of 
Warwickshire  was  appointed  to  meet  April  8th,  but 
when  the  Grand  Master  was  infjrmed  that  this  date 
occured  during  the  Passover  holidays,  he  at  once 
postponed  the  meeting.  Jews  are  far  from  losing  their 
individuality  in  the  lodge. 

— Six  thousand  cash  gifts,  aggregating  |250,000, 
to  be  drawn  from  fifty  thousand  tickets  is  the  way 
the  Masonic  Relief  Association  of  Norfolk,  Va.,  is  pro- 
ceeding to  raise  funds  for  a  Masonic  temple  in  that 
city.  Its  advertisement  comes  to  us  in  the  Stocton 
(Cal. )  Independent.  We  need  to  be  told  again  that 
the  lodge  does  not  patronize  lotteries. 

—Some  weeks  ago  a  lady  asked  through  the  Wit- 
ness some  searching  questions  concerning  Masonry,  to 
which  we  have  received  answers  from  Masons  in  the 
negative  of  most  or  all  of  them.  On  the  other  hand 
we  have  received  answers  from  ex-Masocs  in  the  affir- 
mative of  most  or  all  of  them.  The  discrepancy  is, 
perhaps,  explained  by  the  fact  that  those  who  answer 
in  the  affirmative  had  got  into  the  higher  grades  of 
Masonry,  whilst  those  who  answer  in  the  negative  prob- 
ably never  advanced  beyond  the  lower  grades.  We 
infer  this  from  the  fact  that  they  say  nothing  about 
their  Masonic  rank,  and  seem  to  be  ignorant  of  the 
facts  affirmed  by  the  higher  grade  men.-  -JVew  York 
Witness. 

This  is  one  explanation  of  the  conflicting  testimony, 
but  not  </ie  one.  As  President  Finney  affirms  and 
proves,  and  as  many  of  our  readers  know  by  experi- 
ence, the  Mason  who  begins  to  talk  about  his  order 
must  soon  begin  to  lie  or  break  his  Masonic  oath. 
Hence  the  discrepancy  above. 

— A  writer  in  the  Lutheran  Standard  mentions 
the  last  attempt  on  D.  P.  Rithbun,  and  with  a  right- 
eous indignation  deplores  the  fact  that  the  Knight 
Templars  of  Ohio  are  to  have  a  representative  in  the 
next  General  Council,  in  the  person  cf  G.  W.  Over- 
myer,  a  person  who  parades  his  Masonic  regalia  on 
the  trains,  and  two  years  ago  demanded  his  pastor  to 
sign  a  paper  agreeing  to  cea'-e  remarks  derogatory  to 
the  MasoES  and  Odd-fellows,  threatening  him  at  the 
same  time  with  ra'sing  a  party  against  him  and  divid- 
ing the  church.  The  pastor  scorned  to  sell  his  Chris- 
tian privilege  and  the  gallant  Knight  Templar  who 
swore  to  defend  the  religion  of  Christ  and  wield  his 
sword  in  its  behalf,  ttirred  up  disaention  and  divided 
the  church.  How  long,  O  Lord  !  must  this  enemy  of 
thy  Son  always  prevail? 


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THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


^\t  '^mt  ^i^tU. 


Sleep   on,   My  Liove. 


The  following  lines  written  l)y  the  Bishop  of 
Chichester,  nearly  a  century  ago,  breathes  more 
of  nnutterable  love  and  human  tenderness  to- 
wards a  buried  wife,  "not  dead  bnt gone  before," 
than  any  poem  in  the  language. 

Sleep  on,  my  love,  in  thy  cold  bed, 

Never  tobe  disquieted. 
My  last  good  night !    Thou  wilt  not  wake 

Till  I  thy  fate  shall  overtake; 
Till  age,  or  grief,  or  sickness  must 

Marry  my  body  to  that  dust 
It  so  much  loves;  and  (ill  the  room 

My  heart  keeps  empty  in  the  tomb. 
Stay  for  me  there;  I  will  not  fail 

To  meet  thee  in  that  hollow  vale. 

And  think  not  much  of  my  delay; 

lam  already  on  the  way. 
And  follow  thee  with  all  the  speed 

Desire  can  make,  or  sorrow  breed. 
Each  minute  i3  a  short  degree. 

And  every  hour  a  step  towards  thee. 
At  night  when  I  betake  to  rest, 

Next  morn  I  rise  nearer  my  West 
Of  life,  almost  by  eight  hours  sail. 

Than  when  sleep  breathed  his  drowsy 
gale. 

But  hark  I  my  pulse  like  a  soft  dream 

Beats  my  approach ;  tells  thee  I  come  ; 
And  slowhowe'er  my  marches  be, 

I  shall  at  last  sit  down  by  thee. 
The  tho't  of  this  bids  me  go  on 

And  wait  my  dissolution 
With  hope  and  comfort.    Dear,   forgive 

The  crime,)  lam  content  to  live, 
Divided  with  bnt  half  a  heart. 

Till  we  shall  meet  and  never  part. 


John  Knox. 


Sabbatb,  the  24  th  day  of  November, 
1872, -wss  the  three  hundredth  anni- 
versary of  the  day  of  the  death  of 
John  Knox,  the  great  reformer  of  Scot- 
land— a  day  far  better  to  him,  though 
not  to  the  country  that  owes  him  so 
deep  a  debt  of  gratitude,  than  was  the 
day  of  his  birth.  '  'Go,"  he  said  to  his 
wife  a  few  hours  before  the  end,  "read 
where  I  cast  my  first  anchor."  She 
read  the  seventeenth  chapter  of  John's 
Oospel.  When  his  faithful  attendent, 
Ballantyne,  perceived  that  he  was 
speechless,  he  requested  tim  to  give 
them  a  sign  that  he  died  in  peace. 
Upon  this,  as  if  gaining  new  strength, 
he  lifted  up  one  of  his  hands,  and,  sigh- 
ing twice,  he  expired  without  a  strug- 
gle. 

In  the  beginning  of  this  century  it 
had  become  the  fashion  with  historians 
to  denounce  John  Knox  as  a  most  un- 
lovely character;  as  at  once  a  sour  bi^- 
ot  and  an  unscrupulous  revolutionist; 
as  a  subverter  of  institutions  venerable 
by  age;  while  a  fanatical  prosecutor  of 
his  own  novelties;  ss  an  insulter  of  roy- 
al ladies,  and  a  destroyer  of  noble  works 
of  art;  a  man,  in  short,  who  regarded 
neither  the  convictrons  of  others,  nor 
the  misery  and  ruin  he  produced  in  the 
setting  up  of  his  own  views.  Now 
this  prejudice  of  historians  has  been 
driven  back  before  the  evidence  of  facts, 
and  has  given  place  to  a  very  different 
historical  verdict.  Wherever  church 
history  is  studied,  he  is  admitted  to 
have  been  in  every  respect  one  of  the 
best,  as  he  was  in  some  respects  the 
greatest,  of  British  Reformers.  Eng- 
land can  claim  a  share  in  him  as  well 
as  Scotland.  While  banished  from  his 
native  land,  he  was  for  some  time  a 
minister  in  the  southern  kingdom,  was 
offered  a  bishopric  (which  he  declined), 
took  part  in  the  preparation  of  the 
Thirty-nine  Articles,  and,  as  has  been 
lately  shown,  was  probably  the  person 
to  whom  chiefly  the  Church  of  England 


owes  it  that  her  Book  of  Common  Pray- 
er contains  a  dischimer  of  the  Popish 
doctrine  of  a  personal  presence  in  the 
substarcs  of  the  sacramental  bread  and 
wine.  He  would  have  reformed  farth- 
er, but —  unhappily,  as  events  of  the 
present  day  are  proving — his  advice 
was  not  taken. 

Knox  is  now  seen  to  have  been  the 
man  of  hij  diy  ia  all  Britain;  the  one 
man  who  not  only  knew  the  signs  of 
the  times,  but  hid  the  courage  to  speak 
out  and  act  at  the  critical  moment  so 
as  to  be  the  instrument  of  saving  both 
parts  of  the  island  from  falling  back 
under  the  sway  of  Rome — from  losing 
gospel  truth  and  civil  liberty  at  once. 

He  is  proved  by  the  strictest  exam- 
ination of  his  words  and  actions  to  have 
been  as  upright  in  character  as  he  was 
resolved  and  brave;  psrhapa  no  char- 
acter more  blameless  in  such  a  pub- 
lic and  difficult  career  is  to  be  found  in 
history.  One  historian  indeed  has 
shown  his  own  ignorance  of  the  nature 
of  heart-religion  by  interpreting  one  of 
Knox's  lowly  confessions  of  sin  before 
God  as  a  betrayal  of  remorse  f  jr  some 
great  crime  he  must  have  committed, 
and  so  he  has  actually  set  himself  to 
hunt  out  the  crime  I  Knox  knew  him- 
self to  be  a  sinner,  for  he  was  a  deeply 
exercised  Christian;  but  he  was  also  a 
remarkably  consistent,  as  well  as  apre- 
emiently  useful,  Christian.  When  he 
stood  in  the  sacred  chair,  he  spoke  the 
truth  as  conscience  demanded  of  him, 
"gain  eay  it  who  list;"  when  in  the 
presence  of  nobles  and  kings  he  resist" 
ed  their  evil-doing':,  and  exposed  their 
cunning  machiaations  to  their  face,  for 
he  "feared  not  the  face  of  clay;"  but 
when  alone  with  God  he  was  one  of 
the  lowliest  of  sinners  saved  by  grace. 
Accordingly  his  letters  show  deep  sym- 
pathy and  tenderness,  as  well  as  holy 
skill,  in  dealing  with  timid,  contrite 
souls. 

Yes,  such  was  the  man  to  whom, 
more  than  any  other,  Scotland  owes, 
under  God,  the  reformation  of  her 
church,  her  celebrated  educational  sys- 
tem, and  the  preservation  of  her  civil 
liberties; — things  that  have  so  influ- 
enced her  character,  and  made  her  what 
she  is.  After  this,  it  seems  coming 
down  to  small  things  to  aid  that  he 
was  possessed  of  genuine  and  genial 
personal  humor;  that  he  wrote,  too,  in 
a  pure  English  style — losing  nothing 
by  an  occasional  spice  of  Scotticisms — 
that  was  far  ahead  cf  that  of  all  his 
northern  contemporaries:  and  that  ha 
was  an  admirable  historian — his  history 
of  the  Scottish  Reformation  being  racy 
and  instructive,  and  forming  delight- 
ful reading  to  this  day. 

Knowing  all  this,  how  impressive  be- 
come almost  his  last  words  on  the  day 
of  his  death.  He  had  fallen  into  an  ap- 
parent slumber,  when  he  awoke  and 
sighed  deeply.  When  asked  the  cause, 
he  replied,  "I  have  formerly,  during 
my  frail  life,  sustained  many  contests 
and  assaults  of  Satan.  .  .  .  Often 
before  has  he  plac^  my  sins  before  my 
eyes,  often  tempted  me  to  despair,  of- 
ten endeavored  to  ensnare  me  by  the 
allurements  of  the  world;  but  these 
weapons  were  broken  by  the  sword  of 
the  Spirit,  the  Word  of  God,  and  the 
enemy  was  foiled.     Now,  the  cunning 


serpent  has  labored  to  persuade  me 
that  I  have  merited  heaven  ard  eter- 
nal blessedness  by  the  faithful  discharge 
of  my  ministry.  But  blessed  be  God, 
who  has  enabled  me  to  beat  down  and 
quench  this  fiary  dart,  by  suggesting 
to  me  such  passages  of  Scripture  as 
these:  'What  hast  thou  that  thouh^st 
not  received?' — 'Bv  the  grace  of  Gjd  I 
am  what  I  am.' — 'Not  1,  but  tbe  grace 
of  God  in  me.'  Upon  this,  as  oce 
vanquished,  he  left  ma.  Wherefore  I 
give  thanks  to  God  through  Jesus 
Chriot,  who  has  given  cae  the  victory." 
Of  no  man  in  history  is  it  more  em- 
niently  true,  that  his  works  do  follow 
him. — British  Messenger. 


God's  Work  Goes  On. 

It  is  not  optional  with  you,  my  friend, 
whether  you  shall  live  .on  a  redeemed 
earth,  and  in  times  on  which  the  ends 
of  the  age  are  come;  it  is  only  optional 
with  you  how  you  shall  live  here.  It 
cannot  be  with  you  as  if  your  Saviour 
had  not  sanctified  the  world  with  his 
feet  and  sweetened  its  air  with  his 
charity,  and  judged  it  by  his  cross. 
These  supernatural  facis  are  a  part  of 
the  estate  you  occupy.  Neither  your 
ingratitude  nor  your  caprice  can  root 
them  out,  or  clear  you  of  the  accounta- 
bility they  bind  upon  you.  Your  in- 
difference may  blicd  your  eyes,  or  par- 
alize  your  limbs;  it  does  not  slide  ycu 
out  of  the  range  of  the  m.ediatorial  min- 
istry, or  out  of  the  reckoning  that  must 
follow  it.  -In  any  case,  therefore,  the 
scale  of  your  choice  does  not  hang 
evenly  balanced .  Your  right  decision 
is  already  weighted  with  the  coming  of 
the  Son  of  man.  The  way  of  life  has 
his  light  upon  it.  Choose  you  this 
day  whether  you  will  serve,  in  joy,  the 
Master  of  the  house,  or  turn  your  back 
upon  it  and  upon  him !  If  you  have 
wandered  some  distance  away,  turn 
you,  for  your  place  is  kept  for  you, 
and  you  are  yet  within  the  borders  of 
the  King's  country  1  If  you  have  fal- 
len into  a  Elumber  of  unconcern,  awake 
and  arise !  and  Christ  shall  give  you 
liofht ! — Bisliop  Huntingdon. 


Danger  of  Half-Kuowleoge. 


The  practice  of  taking  advantage  of 
the  early  morning  for  traveling  is  a  ne- 
cessity in  the  East,  in  order  to  get  the 
full  benefit  of  the  cooler  hours  of  the 
day,  and  to  have  time  for  the  rest  and 
repast  at  noon,  when  traveling  would 
be  intolorably  oppressive  and  often  dan- 
gerous. While  this  is  the  unvarying 
practice  when  proceeding  from  day  to 
day  on  a  pilgrimage,  it  is  never  done  on 
the  first  day  of  a  departure.  On  that 
day  the  party  does  not  leave  until  with- 
in a  few  hours  of  sunset,  and  often 
pitches  its  tent  on  the  first  night  with- 
in sight  of  the  place  which  it  has  left. 
This  was  our  uniform  experience.  The 
custom,  which  has  all  the  authority  of 
a  law,  is  very  ancient,  and  illusion  to 
it  can  be  discovered  in  Jewish  writers 
at  least  a  century  before  Christ.  The 
reason  in  which  it  appears  to  have  or- 
iginated was  the  very  simple  one  that 
if,  oh  the  first  evening  of  unloading  the 
baggage,  it  was  found  that  anything  of 
value  had  been  left  behind,  or  anything 
indispensable  to   the  journey   unpro- 


vid,  there  might  yet  be  time  to  return 
and  procure  it.  This  custom  illustrates 
one  of  the  most  beautiful  passages  in 
the  history  of  our  Lord.  When  Joseph 
and  Mary  were  on 'their  way  back  from 
Jerusalem,  on  the  first  occasion  of  their 
visit  with  Jesus  to  the  temple  at  tie 
feast,  they  discovered,  when  halting 
at  sunset,  that  their  wondrous  child 
was  not  in  the  company.  This  fact 
has  Icng  been  used  as  a  stock  objection 
with  infidel?,  and  with  interpreters  who 
dwell  on  the  bordar-land  of  infidelity, 
and  it  has  even  been  picked  up  and  ap- 
propriated by  Strauss,  as  casting  doubt 
on  the  reality  of '  the  entire  narrative. 
Was  it  credible,  it  has  been  said,  that 
our  Lord's  parents  could  have  taken  a 
long  day's  journey,  and  never  once 
have  ic quired,  for  a  child  so  deserving 
of  their  love?  This  is  another  instancd 
of  that  skeptical  quarreling  with  the 
Scripture  narrative  which  has  its  origin 
in  half-knowledge.  Joseph  and  Mary, 
it  is  probable,  were  only  a  few  miles 
distant  from  the  city  when  they .  made 
their  painful  discovery.  We  saw  Jer- 
usalem on  the  day  of  our  encampment 
on  our  way  southeastward. — Dr.  A. 
Tlwmpson. 


Those  Brothers. 


I  wonder  if  girls  realize  what  an  in- 
fluence they  might  have  over  their 
brothers  by  exercising  a  little  self-con- 
trol. I  say  a  little,  perhaps  that  is  too 
moderate  a  word;  it  would  hardly  be 
too  strong  to  say  a  great  deal,  for  I 
know  very  well  how  tormenting  boys 
are  oftimes,  and  how  they  put  one's  pa- 
tience to  the  severest  proofs.  But,  after 
all,  there  is  nothing  gained  by  finding 
fault  with  them,  for  the  next  day  after 
we  have  scolded  and  lectured  them  for 
prowling  about  the  house  and  helping 
themselves  to  whatever  there  is  to  eat, 
they  will  go  and  do  the  same  thing 
again.  I  grant  that  it  is  provoking  to 
have  all  the  doors  left  open,  and  the 
tracks  of  mud  on  the  floor  and  carpets, 
and  that  it  is  discouraging  to  have  a 
boy  swallow  his  food  without  chewing, 
show  all  he  lias  in  his  mouth  while  eat- 
ing, drink  with  his  mouth  fall  of  meat 
and  potatoes,  put  in  his  food  with  his 
knife,  or  any  way  to  get  it  in;  it  is  dis- 
couraging, especially  if  the  boy  is  get- 
ting on  in  years,  and  quite  disgusting  to 
liis  more  refiaed  and  delicate  sister.  But 
it  is  not  posiiively  wicked,  and  I  have 
known  such  a  boy,  a  boy  who  did  not 
half  wash  himself  besides,  grow  to  be 
a  great  and  good  man,  and  behave  as 
well  among  civilized  people  as  any 
gentleman  of  them  all.  I  don't  know 
as  there  is  any  reason  why  boys  should 
not  be  as  tractable  and  controlable  as 
girls,  but  as  a  class  they  are  not,  and 
we  must  accept  the  fact  and  govern  our 
deportment  toward  them  accordingly. 
They  will  be  out  evenings  without  al- 
ways accounting  for  themselves,  which 
their  sisters  would  not  think  of  doing, 
or  be  allowed  to  do  if  they  did  think  of 
it;  and  they  won't  get  up  in  the  morn- 
ing when  they  ought  to;  like  enough 
they  are  lazy,  and  perhaps  they  smoke 
and  won't  study.  It  is  an  unpleasant 
state  of  things  to  say  the  least  of  it,  and 
ought  not  to  be  eo.  But  I  don't  know 
any  other  way   for  sisters  to  help   the 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE 


11 


matter  than  by  uniform  kindness  and 
forbearance.  If  possible,  never  find 
fault  with  them,  and  let  the  sisters 
never  miss  a  chance  for  cotamendation. 
It  is  surprising  how  a  little  judicious 
praise  will  set  a  hoy  thinking  of  his 
short-comings,  and  pldnning  how  he 
may  deserve  more.  Don't  look  at  them 
when  they  are  eating.  It  is  very  comfort- 
ing to  remember  that  boys  do  learn  to  eat 
properly  when  they  have  stopped  grow- 
ing, and  all  the  fault-finding  in  the 
world  does  not  hasten  the  matter.  I 
don't  believe  there  is  a  boy  in  the  world 
who  would  not  be  susceptible  to  the 
refining  icfluence  of  a  gentle,  loving 
sister,  who  was  ready  to  help  and  en- 
courage him.  Sisters,  do  all  you  can 
to  make  the  home  such  a  cheerful, 
delightful  place ,  and  yourselves  so  good 
natured  and  obligiog,  that  many  of  the 
places  where  your  brothers  now  seek 
amusement  wil!  lose  their  attraction, 
and  a  course,  loud,  fast  girl  beconae 
repulsive. —  Christian  Union. 


Toilets  or  Uncivilized  Nationsi 


Savages  are  passionately  fond  of  or- 
naments. In  some  of  the  very  lowest 
races,  indeed,  the  women  are  almost 
undecorated,  but  that  is  only  because 
the  men  keep  all  the  ornaments  them- 
selves. As  a  general  rule  we  may  say 
that  Southerners  ornament  themselves. 
Northerners  their  clothes.  In  fact, all  sav- 
age races  who  leave  much  of  their  skin 
uncovered  delight  in  painting  themselves 
in  the  most  brilliant  colori  they  can  ob- 
tain. Black,  white,  j-ed  and  yellow 
are  the  favorite,  or  rather,  perhaps,  the 
commonest  colors.  Although  perfectly 
naked,  the  Australians  of  Botany  Bay 
were  by  no  means  without  ornaments. 
They  painted  themselves  with  red  och- 
re, white  clay,  and  charcoal;  the  red 
was  laid  on  in  broad  patches,  the  white 
generally  in  .stripes,  or  on  the  face  in 
spots,  often  with  a  circle  round  each 
eye;  through  the  septum  of  the  nose 
they  wore  a  bone  as  thick  as  a  man's 
finger  and  five  or  six  inches  long. 
This  was  of  course  very  awkward,  as  it 
prevented  them  from  breathing  freely 
through  the  nose,  but  they  submitted 
cheerfully  to  the  inconvenience  for -the 
sake  of  appearance. 

They  had  also  necklaces  made  of 
shells  neatly  cut  and  strung  together, 
earrings ,  bracelets  of  small  cord,  and 
strings  of  plaited  human  hair,  which 
they  wound  round  their  waists.  Some 
also  had  gorgets  of  large  shell  hang- 
ing from  the  neck  across  the  breast. 
Ou  all  these  ihings  they  placed  a  high 
value.  The  savage  also  wears  necklaces 
and  rings,  bracelets  and  anklets,  arm- 
lets and  leglets — even,  if  I  may  say  so, 
bodylets.  Round  their  bodies,  round 
their  necks,  round  their  arms  and  lea;F, 
their  fingers,  and  even  their  toes,  they 
wear  ornaments  of  all  kinds.  From 
their  number  and  weight,  these  must 
sometimes  be  very  inconvenient.  Lich- 
tenstein  saw  the  wife  of  a  Beltuan 
chief  wearing  no  less  than  seventy-two 
brass  rings.  Nor  are  they  particular 
as  to  the  material,  copper,  brass  or  iron, 
leather  or  ivory,  stones,  shells,  glass, 
bits  of  wood,  seeds  or  teeth — nothing 
comes  amiss.  In  Southeast  Island,  one 
of  the  Louisiade  Archipelago,  M'Gilli- 
yray  even  saw  several   bracelets  made 


each  of  &  lower  human  jaw,  crossed  by 
a  collar-bone ;  and  other  travelers  have 
seen  brass  curtain  rings,  the  brass 
plates  for  keyholes,  the  lids  of  sardine 
cases,  and  other  such  incongruous  ob- 
jects, worn  with  gravity  and  pride. 

The  Felntah  ladies  in  central  Africa 
spend  several  hours  a  day  over  their 
toilet.  In  fact,  they  begin  over  night 
by'carefully  wrapping  their  fingers  and 
toes  in  henna  leaves,  so  that  by  morn- 
ing they  are  a  beautiful  purple.  The 
teeth  are  stained  alternately  blue,  yel- 
low and  purple,  one  here  and  there  be- 
ing left  of  its  natural  color  as  a  con- 
trast. About  the  eyes  they  are  very 
particular.  They  pencil  them  with 
sulphuret  of  antimony.  The  hair  is 
colored  carefully  with  indigo.  Studs 
and  other  jewelry  are  worn  in  great 
profusion.  Not  content  with  hanging 
things  round  their  necks,  arms,  ankles, 
and,  in  fact,  wherever  nature  has  en- 
abled them  to  do  so,  savages  also  cut 
holes  in  themselves  for  the  purpose. 
The  Esquimaux,  from  Mackenzie  river 
westward,  make  two  openings  in  their 
cheeks,  one  on  each  side,  which  they 
gradually  enlarge,  and  in  which-  they 
wore  an  ornament  of  stone  resethbling 
in  form  a  large  stud,  and  which  may 
therefore  be  called  a  cheek  stud. 
Throughout  a  great  part  of  Western 
America,  and  again  in  Africa,  we  also 
find  ihe  custom  of  wearing  a  piece  of 
wood  through  the  central  part  of  the 
lower  lip.  A  small  hole  is  made  in  the 
lip  during  infancy,  and  it  is  then  ex- 
tended by  degrees  until  it  is  sometimes 
two  inches  long.  Some  races  extend 
the  lobe  of  the  ear  until  it  reaches  the 
shoulder;  others  file  the  teeth  in  vari- 
ous manners.  Dr.  J.  B.  Davis  has  a 
Dyak  skull  in  which  the  six  front  teeth 
have  each  been  carefully  pierced  with  a 
small  hole,  into  which  a  pin  with  a 
spherical  brass  head  had  been  driven. 
In  this  way,  the  upper  lip  being  raised, 
the  shining  knob  on  each  tooth  would 
bs  displayed.  Some  of  the  African 
tribe  ako  chip  t  heir  teeth  in  various 
manners,  each  community  having  a 
fashion  of  its  own. — From  Lubboclc's 
Origin  of  Civilization. 


Never  Too  Old  To  Learn. 


Sir  Henry  Spelman  neglected  the  sci- 
ences in  his  youth,  but  commenced  the 
study  of  them  when  he  was  between 
50  and  60  years  of  age.  After  this 
time  he  became  a  most  learned  antiqua- 
rian and  lawyer. 

Boccacio  was  35  years  of  age  when  he 
commenced  his  studies  in  polite  litera- 
ture. Yet  he  became  one  of  the  great- 
est masters  of  Tuscan  dialects;  Dante 
and  Petrarch  being  the  other  two. 

Ogleby,  the  translator  of  Homer  and 
Virgil,  was  unacquainted  with  Latin 
and  Greek,  till  he  was  past  50. 

Dryden,  in  his  30th  year,  commenced 
the  translatioa  of  the  Iliad,  bis  most 
pleasing  production. 

Fudoyice  Monaldesco,  at  the  great  age 
of  115,  wrote  the  memoirs  of  his  own 
time. 

Franklin  did  not  fully  commence  his 
philosophical  pursuits  till  he  had 
reached  his  50th  year. 

Plutarch,  when  between  70  and  80, 
commenced  the  study  of  Latin. 


Socrates,  at  an  extreme  old  age, 
learned  to  play  on  musical  instruments. 

Gato,  at  80  years  of  age,  commenced 
to  study  the  Greek  haguage. 


^IjiWwtt's    ^mtx, 


Lullaby. 

Kate  L.  Colby,  in  the  Boston  TranBcript . 

BaT)y  mine,  baby  mine, 
Listen  to  your  motber'a  words, 
All  the  bluebells  that  do  blow. 
Went  to  sleep,  oh,  long  ago — 
Long  ago,  long  ago- 
Sung  asleep  by  birds. 

"Go  to  sleep,  go  to  sleep," 
Sang  the  birds  upon  the  bough, 

"Silyer  moon  a  watch  will  keep," 
So  they  sang  with  chirp  and  peep; 

"Go  to  sleep,  go  to  sleep," 
As  I'm  singing  now. 

Hide  away,  hide  away. 
Bluebells  in  my  baby's  eyes; 
All  the  shadows  of  the  night 

Walt  to  shut  yon  out  of  sight 

Out  of  sight,  out  of  sight — 
Mother  guards  her  prize. 

Open  wide,  open  wide. 
Gold-fringed  lids,  another  day, 
On  the  eyes  so  deeply  blue. 
Drenched  in  all  as  tender  dew , 
As  the  wood-born  bluebells  knew, 
'Neath  the  morn's  white  ray. 


Cliarly's  Dilemma. 


Charley  Bright  sat  on  the  door-step 
late  one  evening,  looking  very  dissatis- 
fied. This  was  rather  unusual,  for  he 
was  such  a  good-natured,  merry  little 
fellow,  that  at  echool  he  was  as  often 
called  "Bright  Charley,"  as  Charley 
Bright. 

"Why,  what's  the  matter  with  my 
boy? 'asked  his  Aunt  Fanny,  as  she 
came  up  the  steps  with  a  basket  of 
fresh-gathered  flowers. 

'"Nothing  much,  Aunt  Fanny,"  was 
the  reply.  But  Aunt  Fanny  evidently 
saw  that  all  was  not  right.  Drawing 
his  attention  to  her  pretty  flowers, 
Charley  became  interested  in  their  taste- 
ful arrangement,  and  his  warm  heart 
soon  lost  its  reserve. 

"Aunt  Fanny,"  said  he,  after  a  iittle 
pause,  "what  is  the  use  for  anybody 
to  try  to  do  right?  This  morning  all 
the  boys  were  going  fishing,  and  Mrs. 
Phifer  told  Frank  he  might  go;  but 
Mrs.  Brown  told  Rob  that  he  was  too 
little,  and  he  must  not  go.  Rob  stole 
off  and  went  with  the  boys,  and  while 
he  and  Frank  were  fishing  together  in 
the  boat,  they  were  overturned,  and 
came  very  near  being  drowned.  Now, 
one  boy  minded,  and  the  other  did'nt, 
and  they  both  got  a  ducking,  just  the 
same.  That's  just  the  way  all  the 
time,  and  I  don't  see  any  sense  in    it  1" 

"Well,  I'll  tell  you  what  I  think  of 
it,"  said  Aunt  Fanny.  "You  know 
God  sends  blessings  on  the  just  and  un- 
just; the  bad,  worldly  man  fares  just 
as  well  as  hia  good  neighbor,  and  some- 
times better.  But  mark  this,  Charley, 
the  result  will  be  different.  As  for 
Frank  and  Rob,  I  happened  to  know 
something  about  their  case.  Frank 
went  home  with  a  good  conscience,  for 
the  accident  was  an  unavoidable  one, 
and  he  was  not  in  fault.  Rob  went  home 
sad  and  guilty,  and  his  mother  punish- 
ed him  severely  for  his  disobedience. 
I  was  at  Mrs  Phifer's  when  Frank  came 
in  dripping,  with  streaks  of  mud  on  his 


face,  and  his  mother  actually  drew  him 
to  her  bosom  while  he  told  his  story, 
and  kissed  him  repeatedly  as  she  thank- 
ed God  for  sparing  his  life.  Now,  I've 
no  doubt  Rob's  mother  loves  him  just 
as  dearly.  But  instead  of  both  boys 
deserving  or  receiving  the  same,  Frank 
will  go  to  bed  to-ni»ht  peaceful  and 
happy,  and  poor  little  Rob  will  go  re- 
pentant, I  hope,  but  there  ia  a  great 
stain  ou  this  day  for  him.  Don't  you 
see,  Charley-boy,  that  though  good 
people  and  bad  people  may  seem  to  get 
the  same  reward,  that  it  really  is'ntso? 
Time  will  show  !" 

Aad  as  Aunt  Fannie  and  Charley 
went  in  to  tea,  she  whispered  lo  him: 

"God  sees  us  every  day,  and  every 
minute  of  the  day.  We  ought  to  do 
right  for  his  sake,  and  the  rewards  and 
punishments  will  take  care  of  them- 
selves."— Kind  Words. 


A  Hindoo  Story, 


A  tiger,  prowling  in  the  forest  was 
attracted  by  a  beautiful  calf.  It  proved 
to  be  a  bait,  and  ihe  tiger  found  him- 
stli  trapped  in  a  spring  cage.  There 
he  lay  two  days,  when  a  Brahmin  hap- 
pened to  pass  that  way. 

"O  Brahmin!'  piteously  cried  the 
beast,  'have  mercy  on  me;  let  me  out 
of  this  cage." 

"Ah!  but  you  will  eat  me." 

"Eat  you!  devour  my  benefactor? 
Never  could  I  ba  gu'lty  of  such  a  deed," 
responded  the  tigsr. 

The  Brahmin,  being  benevolently  in- 
clined, was  moved  by  these  entreaties 
and  opened  the  door  of  the  cage.  The 
iger  walked  up  to  him,  wagged  his 
tail,  and  said:  "Brahmin,  prepare  to 
die;  I  shall  now  eat  you." 

"Oh!  how  ungrateful!  how  wicked! 
am  I  not  your  saviour  ?"  protested  the 
trembling  priest. 

"True,"  said  the  tiger,  "very  true; 
but  it  is  the  custom  of  my  race  to  eat  a 
man  when  we  get  a  chance,  and  I  can- 
not afford  to  let  you  go." 

"  Let  us  submit  the  case  to  an  arbi- 
trator," said  the  Brahmin.  "Here 
comes  a  fox.  The  fox  is  wise;  let  us 
abide  by  his  decision." 

"Very  well,"  replied  the  tiger. 

The  fox,  assuming  a  judicial  aspect, 
sat  on  his  haunches  with  all  the  dignity 
he  could  muster,  and  looking  at  the 
disputant?,  he  said:  "Good  friends,  I 
am  somewhat  confused  at  the  different 
accounts  which  you  give  of  this  matter; 
my  mind  is  not  clear  enough  to  render 
equitable  judgment.  But  if  you  will 
be  kind  enough  to  act  the  whole  tran- 
saction before  my  eyes,  I  shall  attain 
unto  a  more  definite  conception  of  the 
case.  Do  you,  Mr.  Tiger,  show  me 
how  you  approached  and  entered  the 
cage,  and  then  Mr.  Brahmin  will  show 
me  how  he  liberated  you,  and  I  shall 
be  able  to  render  a  proper  decision. 

They  assented,  for  the  fox  was  sol- 
emn and  oracular.  The  tiger  walked 
into  the  cage,  and  the  spring  door  fell 
and  shut  him  in.  He  was  a  prisoner . 
The  judicial  expression  faded  from  the 
fox's  countenance,  and  turning  to  the 
Brahmin,  he  said:  "I  advise  you  to 
go  home  as  fast  as  you  can,  and  abstain , 
in  the  future,  from  doing  favors  to  ras- 
cally tigers.  Good  morning,  Brahmin ; 
good  morning,  tiger." 


12 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


|(<IiUtU«$  ){ttt^niij^tt«^. 


— There  aje  tbrfe  Meunoaite  churches  in  Philadel- 
phia. A  new  lui'ding  for  the  third  church  has  ju3t 
been  roofed  in. 

— The  tii'^hth  annual  Convention  of  the  Ge;.eral 
Council  of  the  Evangelical  Lutheran  Churches  in 
Ame  ica  will  be  hfld  at  JameslowD,  N.  Y.,  Oct  15 

—The  B  b'.e  Society  at  Allahabad,  India,  have  be- 
gun and  purpose  to  co.)iioue  until  they  shall  have 
furnished  a  copy  of  ihe  Holy  Scriptures  to  every  io- 
habitanl  of  India. 

— The  DiBcipli  s  of  Christ  report  the  following  gains 
for  July  atd  August :  Accessions  to  the  church,  3, 156 ; 
churches  organ  zid,  31.  Their  General  Convention 
will  be  held  in  Ciiic  ur.ali,  Oct.  20. 

— A  revival,  scm  ^wba*;  similar  to  that  which  has 
been  prevailing  in  Sci.tiaud,  is  in  progress  in  New 
Zealard.  lu  Dunedm  all  the  denominations  have 
joined  together  in  sf  cur  eg  a  large  hall  and  in  conduct- 
ing Epeci-il  services  every  tv.^ning. 

— One  of  the  moLt  powtrful  auxiliaries  to  the  cLurch 
and  iSuiiday-school  is  the  system  of  public  evening 
Echoo  s  in  our  ciiiei-".  There  aie  upwards  of  16,000 
pupils  enrolled  in  these  schools  in  New  York  city,  of 
whom  neatly  5,000  are  girls. 

— WiLhin  the  Ust  sixty  years  it  is  computed  that 
twenty-five  thousand  Jews  have  been  converted  to 
Christianity.  Mitisiouaries  are  now  welcome  to  every 
house  in  Jerusaleni.  Sixty  Jewtsaes  meet  there  daily 
to  hesr  the  Gospel. 

— A  protracted  meeting  among  the  Friends  in 
Hunting  Creek,  N.  C  ,  resulted  in  thirty  conversions, 
among  them  a  liquor  dstiller  who  publicly  confessed 
his  sin  and  requested  to  join  the  society.  A  liquor 
seller  also  yielded  to  the  power  of  the  Holy    Spirit. 

Five  years  ago  there  were  not  500  Protestants  in 
Mexico.  There  are  now  more  than  100  churches, 
with  10,000  members,  while  27  schools  and  acade- 
mies are  under  Protestant  direction.  The  capitiol 
alone  supports  1 1  Protestant  churches,  several  mis- 
sions, and  seven  day  schools. 

— The  Russian  government  has  refused  to  allow  the 
American  Bible  Society  to  circulate  the  Scriptures  in 
Armenia!!  and  Ararat  dialect  among  its  Georgian  sub- 
jects and  other  Armenian  Christians  in  the  Southern 
provinces.  Meanwhile  the  sacred  volume  is  eagerly 
bought  by  these  Russian  Armenians  from  traders,  who 
have  smuggled  the  books  across  the  borders. 

— A  Parsee  writes  to  the  Bombay  Guardian  that  the 
only  hope  of  their  race,  nu-mbering  some  80,000  in 
India,  being  saved  from  extinction  is  in  adopting 
Christianity.  That  journal  states  that  there  are  thou- 
sands of  educated  Parsees  in  Bombay  who  have  entire- 
ly lost  confidence  in  their  own  system  of  religion,  and 
are  perfectly  convinced  of  the  truth  of  Christianity. 

—On  March  28th,  1874,  the  4th  Martyrs'  Memor- 
ial Church  was  dedicated  in  Madagascar.  The  church 
is  built  on  the  rock  Ampamarinana,  from  which  14 
confessors  were  thrown,  while  4  were  being,  burnt  to 
death  elsewhere,  on  that  very  day  25  years  before. 
About  2,000  persons,  among  them  some  who  had  suf 
fered  in  the  persecution,  united  in  this  dedication. 

— The  Seventh  Day  Adventists  have  a  General 
Conference,  including  15  State  Conferences,  300 
churches,  75  ordained  ministers,  GO  licentiates,  and 
15,000  members.  To  keep  up  in  the  round  numbers 
we  are  told  that  the  amount  pledged  to  the  systemat- 
ic benevolent  fund  is  $50,000.  The  headquarters  of 
the  Adventists  are  in  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 

— The  present  French  Government  is  hostile  to  the 
Old  Catholics  and  does  not  concede  them  a  legal  ex- 
istence. They  are  not  allowed  to  open  a  public  chapel 
but  about  20  of  them,  say  the  Abbe  Michaud,  meet 
regularly  in  ''a  private  apartment  transformed  into  a 
private  chapel."  Their  services  consist  of  'prayer, 
the  sacrifice  of  mass,  and  preaching."  The  French 
language  is  used  except  in  certain  prayeis,  which  are 
said  in  a  low  voice  in  Latin.  A  course  of  50  sermons 
is  in  course  of  delivery  on  the  Nicteo  Constantinopoli- 
tan  creed. 

— A  remarkable  instance  of  the  power  of  prayer 
against  intemperance  occurred  during  the  past  season 
in  the  little  town  of  Wetherslield,  111.  A  German  built 
a  small  brick  brewery  a  few  years  since  and  commenc- 
ed the  sale  of  liquor — a  business  from  which  the  place 
had  been  almost  entirely  free  since  its  settlement  in 
the  early  days  of  the  State.  A  number  of  young 
men  were  gathered  into  this  school  of  vice  and  fre- 
quently spent  the  Sabbath  in  carousals.  There  seem- 
ed to  be  no  hope  in  arousing  the  community  to  sup- 
press the  place  by  law,  and  the  godly  women  deter- 
mined to  plead  with  God  for  his  never-failing  aid. 
They  were  not  disappointed.  The  liquor  seller  pack- 
ed a  portion  of  his  building  so  full  of  ice  during   the 


winter,  that  by  the  pressure  or  action  of  the  frost,  the 
walls  were  rent  and  the  building  ruined.  He  has  giv- 
en up  the  business  and  gone  on  to  a  farm,  and  no 
more  liquor  is  made  or  sold  in   he  place. 

— The  yearly  meeting  of  the  Friends  in  Richmond, 
Ind.,  is  generally  the  occasion  of  considerable  revival 
power.  It  is  one  of  the  Ijvrgest  of  the  kind  in  the 
country  and  is  always  attended  by  vast  audiences.  On 
Sunday  great  crowds  were  in  attendance  on  the  csmp 
ground.  E.  Osborn  ,  of  Iowa,  prerched  a  powerful 
sermon  on  the  Deity  and  offices  of  Christ.  A  num- 
ber of  speakers,  male  and  female,  addressed  he  thou- 
sands outeide  the  church.  Oa  Saturday  a  meeting 
was  held  by  the  Friend's  Sabbath-school  Asscciation. 
They  report  110  schools  with  8,000  pupils,  and  forty- 
three  mission  schools.  An  appropriation  was  made 
for  the  erection  of  new  buildings  at  Earlham  College. 
This  meeting  or  conference  has  16,338  members  of  all 
ages,  147  congregations  and  1G9  ministers. 


The  City. 

An  honest  determination  to  improve  the  facilities 
for  fighting  fire  appears  in  Chicago.  It  seems  that 
next  to  New  York  there  are  more  miles  of  pipe,  and 
larger  pipe  than  in  any  other  city  in  the  Union;  small 
pipe  on  two  of  the  streets  lined  with  hovels  in  the 
last  fire  led  to  the  false  report  about  insufficient  water 
supply.  Gen.  Shaler,  a  celebrated  organizer  of  fire 
brigades,  is  here  at  the  invitation  of  the  Citizen's  As 
sociation  and  may  be  induced  to  give  his  aid.  Forty 
of  the  insurance  companies  doing  business  here  have 
withdrawn,  but  there  is  no  uneasiness  manifested,  in- 
surance having  been  generally  secured  in  advance. 

The  Second  Congress  of  Women  will  be  held  in  Chi- 
cago in  the  Methodist  Church  Block,  Oct.  15-17. 
The  various  subjects  to  be  discussed  are  various  as 
woman's  work — financial  enterprises,  crime,  house- 
keeping, education,  hygiene,  intemperance,  etc.     Mrs. 

Mary  A.  Livermore  is  President. The  nominating 

conventions  of  Cook  county  were  held  last  Monday. 
The  Tribune  announced  before  hand  thst  it  would 
support  no  ignoramus  or  man  of  doubtful  character 
for  the  Legislature  by  whatever  party  nominated. 
Aron  Anderson,  a  Swede,  was  last  Friday  con- 
victed of  arson  and  sentenced  to  a  fine  of  $100  and 
six  months  in  the  State  prison.  He  was  arrested  on 
a  charge  of  attempting  to  set  fire  to  his  own  house. 
The  testimony  proved  that  he  was  a  man  of  good 
character,  and  failed  to  show  any  reason  for  the  crime, 
and  the  judge  in  giving  sentence  said  he  did  not  con- 
sider the  prisoner  guilty,  but  gave  sentence  according 
to  the  verdict.  Anderson  refused  to  appeal  for  anoth- 
er trial  on  account  of  the  expense  to  himself  and 
friends.  The  verdict  was  evidently  a  compromise  on 
the  part  of  the  jury.  An  effort  is  being  made  to 
procure  a  pardon. 
The  South. 

A  compromise  has  b>^en  arranged  in  Louisiana  be- 
tween the  Kellogg  and  White  League  parties.  The 
registry  board  is  to  be  compo3ed  of  two  persons  from 
each  and  the  fifth  member  is  umpire.  Senator  Car- 
penter has  replied  in  a  letter  to  the  Chicigo  Tribune 
to  charges  of  bribery  which  have  freely  circulated  for 
the  past  week.  He  declares  thai  his  fee  was  for  le- 
gal services  not  connected  with  the  Louisiana  case. 
The  U.  S,  troops  and  gun-boats  st  New  Orleans  ef- 
fectually prevent  any  further  disturbance,  although 
the  White  L?agues  have  a  controlling  influence  in  the 
city. 

Political. 

The  following  despatch  from  New  Hsven,  dated 
Sept.  21,  is  interesting  as  showing  what  the  Roman- 
ists desire : — There  was  a  great  deal  of  excitement  in 
this  city  to-day  over  the  election  of  three  members  of 
the  Board  of  Education  and  other  minor  offices,  owing 
to  the  fact  that  a  prominent  Roman  Catholic  clergyman 
had  announced  from  his  pulpit  that  it  was  time  for  the 
Roman  Catholics  to  act  and  get  control  of  the  Board, 
so  that  their  schools  might  be  supported  by  the  pub- 
lic fund.  A  Catholic  ticket  was  in  the  field.  Two 
members  of  the  present  Board  are  of  that  religious 
belief.  The  whole  excitement  called  out  a  vote  of 
over  five  thousand,  which  was  unprecedented  in  the 
the  history  of  New  Haven  school  eleclions.  About 
1,400  votes  were  cast  for  the  Catholic  candidates,  but 
there  were  defeated,  and  the  regular  nomlQees  were 
elected  by  a  majority  of  about  1,500,  the  cumulative 
system  being  used.  Many  Roman  Catholics  condemn 
the  strong  sectarian  animus  of  the  others,  and  refused 

to  vote  the  Catholic  Ucket. Four  Democratic  State 

Conventions  have  declared  in  favor  of  payment  of  the 
U.  S.  Bonds  with  greenbacks,    four  in   favor  of  infli- 

tion. Mr.   Willard    Phillips   of  Salem,   Mass. ,  has 

agreed  to  run  for  Congress   in  opposition  to  Ben.  But- 
ler.   A  new  Republican  journal  has   been   started 

in  New  York  with   $500,000  capital   and  an  able  edi- 


tirial  staff.     It  will  be  a  strict  party   p'^^per. Gov. 

Dix  has- been  renominated  'oy  the  Republicans  of  New 

York. The  Prohibitionists  of  Ohio,  besides  a  State 

ticket  (for  wi;ich  they^expect   to  poll    30,000    votes), 
have  tickets  in  thirty-one  counties,    and  will   vote  for 
their  own  candidates  in  fourteen    of  the  twenty  Con- 
grtissimal  Districts. 
The   Country. 

— A  dispatch  from  Charleston,  S.  C. .  dated  Sept. 
29,  f-ays  that  the  most  fearful  gale  since  1854  occurred 
in  that  city  the  day  before.  For  a  full  hour  the  gale 
was  the  most  severe  ever  known  there.  The  tide  was 
forced  up  to  an  unprecedented  height,  inundating  the 
entire  river  front  of  the  city,  damaging  the  wharfs, 
and  in  some  instances  sweeping  away  the  pier-heads. 
The  long  stone  sea  wall,  known  as  the  battery,  a  fa- 
mous promenade  resort,  was  reduced  to  ruins;  and 
the  public  bathing-house  was  demolished.  The  ship- 
ping, generally,  escaped  any  serious  damage.  Some 
small  craft  were  wrecked,  but  large  vessels  were  only 
chafed.  Throughout  the  city  the  tflfect  of  the  gale 
is  everywhere  visible.  Fences  and  out  houses  were 
destroyed,  branches  were  torn  from  trees,  and  during 
the  height  of  the  storm  the  air  was  filled  with  the 
slate  and  tin  stripped  from  the.  roofs,  making  the 
streets  impassible.  The  storm  extended  to  Willming- 
ton,  N.  C. ,  and  was  one  of  the  most  severe  ever  ex- 
perienced   there. A    fire   occurred   early  on    the 

morning  of  the  2d  at  Greenpoint,  Long  Island,  and 
destroyed  three  box  factories  and  entire  block  of  frame 
tenement   houses,  in  consequence  of  which  a  number 

of  families  are  rendered  destitute  and    homeless. 

Miss  Maria  E.  Sherman,  daughter  of  Gen.  Sherman, 
was  married  to  Lieut.  Fitch  of  the  U.  S.  I^avy  on  the 
1st  in  brilliant  style.  The  ceremony  was  performed 
in  the  Roman  Catholic  church  of  St.  Aloysius  by 
Archbishop  Purcell,  of  Cincinnati. The  direct  ca- 
ble which  was  being  laid  by  the  steamer  Faraday  be- 
tween Europe  and  the  United  States  has  been  lost. 
It  parted  in  a  heavy  gale,  ard  all  efforts  to  recover  it 
have  been  unsuccessful.  The  cable,  it  is  understood, 
belonged  to  the  old  Company,  and  its  loss  will  not 
be  60  deeply  regretted  as  if  it  were  an  independent 
and  rival  Company  which  had  suffered.  The  Fara- 
day has  arrived  in  port. All  the  railroad  compan- 
ies operating  lines  in  Wisconsin  are  now  comply intr 
with  the  Potter  law.  Nothing  remains  for  them  but 
the  hope  of  a  favorable  decision  by  the  United  States 
Supreme  Court.  They  have  not  resorted  to  cheaper 
trains;  ;f  compelled  to  do  so  some  compromise  will 
probably  be  made A  fire  last  Wednesday  de- 
stroyed the  Atlantic  Block  at  Long  Branch.  On  Fri- 
diy  the  Grand  Hotel  at  S.iiratogo  was  burned;  loss 
$300,000.  The  First  Bapti.st  Church  in  New  Haven 
was  burned  on  the  same  day. 
Foroiffn* 

The  latest  dispatches  from  Spain  indicate  that  the 
Carlists  troops  are  becoming  disorganized,  and  that 
the  adherents;  of  Don  Carlos  in  the  North  are  losing 
faith  in  the  ultimate  success  of  their  cause.  That  this 
dissatisfaction  may  spread  until  all  insurrectionary 
feelling  is  ui)rooted  and  order  and  good  government 
finally  establishfid  under  a  well  ordered  republic,  is  a 
result  devoutly  hoped  for. 

— The  typhon  which  visited  the  southern  part  of 
Japan  August  20  was  one  of  the  most  severe  ever  ex- 
perienced by  foreigners.  The  steamer  Ping  Oa  Goo- 
loo  and  the  German  bark  Hamburg  were  driven  ashore 
on  the  rocks  at  Nagaski;  the  iron-clad  ram  Stonewall 
was  sunk,  and  hundreds  of  Japanese  junks  were 
wrecked.  Fully  200  lives  were  lost  at  Nagaski  alone. 
Stores  and  houses  were  overthrown,  and  the  Govern- 
or's new  houses  are  a  heap  of  ruins.  Kobe  also  suf- 
fered. Not  less  than  1,000  junks  were  wrecked. 
Sagoken  suffared  much  from  the  typhoon.  Six  thou- 
sand houses  were  destroyed,  and  100  lives  were  lost, 
and  thousands  cf  cattle  on  the  plantations  were  killed. 
— A  dispatch  from  Hong  Kong  says  that  a  danger- 
ous conspiracy  of  soldiers  has  been  diocovered  at  Teint- 
sin.  Sixty  thousand  troops  are  stationed  in  the 
neighborhood,  and  a  large  number  of  them  had  plan- 
ned to  seize  the  city  and  massacre  all  the  foreigners. 
The  ringleaders  of  the  conspiracy  have  all  been  arrest- 
ed.— A  barge  loaded  with  gunpowder  lying  on  the 
Regents  Canal,  London,  near  the  Zoological  gardens, 
exploded  on  the  morning  of  Oct.  2d.  The  report  was 
heard  at  a  distance  of  twenty  miles  from  the  place 
where  it  occurred.  Five  bodies  of  victims  of  the  ex- 
plosion have  been  reccverd.  The  lights  in  a  railway 
station  and  in  other  buildings  two  miles  away  were 
extinguished  by  the  concussion.  Many  persons  had 
narrow  escapes  from  death.  Several  animals  in  the 
Zoological  Gardens  were  killed.  Many  trees  were  up- 
rooted, and  houses  two  miles  distant  from  the  canal 
were  shattered.  Saveral  persons  are  yet  missing. 
There  was  a  perfect  panic  for  hours,  and  it  was  not 
until  the  cause  of  the  terrible  report  was  learned  that 
the  fears  of  the  people  were  allayed.  Several  persons 
died  from  flight. 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


13 


'^ifttit  mi  $ ^altfi  ^n\H, 


How  to  Avoid  a  Cold. 


After  violent  exercise,  the  skin  being 
bathed  in  perspirfition,  lay  off  the  c'othes 
and  rub  briskly  with  a  flesh  brush  and 
coarse  towel.  If  not  convtniert  to 
lay  cfiF  the  clot'iing,  use  the  towe! 
over  such  parts  as  are  ac^iessible, 
breathing  deeply  at  the  same  tim*'. 
In  riding  or  Ealing,  if  you  njLice 
a  lowering  of  the  thermometer,  and 
you  have  insufficient  clothin?,  iflliiting 
your  luags  to  ihtir  utmost  capnclty, 
■will  help  you  to  withst&nd  the  cold 
without  harm,  for  houri    if   necessary. 

One  is  much  more  liable  to  take  coW 
suddenly  if  very  tired,  from  long  con- 
tinued applicaf.ioas  orexc^ases  of  any 
kind ,  and  from  the  lack  of  food 

An  invalid  whose  bbod  is  watery, 
who  can  neither  exerciee  vigorously,  or 
cat  a  suitable  quantity  of  food^  with 
hopes  of  assimilating  it,  wil!  be  sure  to 
notice  changes  of  ih^rmometpr,  and  will 
complain  about  co'd,  cfv.llineaj  about 
the  ear?,  of  the  haads  aaJ  f:!et.  Such 
should  take  the  best  of  care  of  their 
general  health;  wear  lijht  p  )rous  <;ljth- 
ing,  a  light  gauz  ?  shirt  and  slk  stock- 
ingp,  under  some  soft,  all-wool  clothes, 
wh'c'i  will  well  repay  their  cost.  Lwse 
clothing  Will  keep  ihe  person  much 
w-'srmer;  this  is  particularly  true  in 
dressings  fjr  the  handr,  and  feet. 

For  people  who  become  rheunatic 
on  exposure  to  cold  help  has  been  given 
them  by  the  mhq  of  the  chamoii!;-?kin 
shirt  and  draTera,  making  them  ftiU 
and  long,  these  perhaps  will  cost  you 
from  fii'teen  to  tweaty  djilirs;  but  a 
good  overcoat  will  co?t  yoii  much  more 
than  thatamouut,  vvbilethosi  garmonts 
will  do  you  three  tirnos  th-j  a-nount  of 
good. 

For  gentlerasn  who  are  out  of  doors 
mucj,  oae  of  thoie  ol!  cloth  coat-i  are 
very  useful.  They  are.qaite  light 
and  portable,  so  every  oae  should  have 
one  who  R^udies  ecouomv   and   health. 


How  lo  Put  Children  to  Bed. 

Not  with  reproif  for  any  of  that  day's 
sins  of  omigsion  or  conamiasion.  Take 
any  time  but  bed-time  far  that.  If  you 
ever  heard  a  little  creature  sighing  or 
sobbing  in  its  slee  j,  you  couM  nsver 
do  this.  Bi'd  thsir  closing  eyelid? 
with  a  kiss  and  a  blessing.  The  tim'5 
will  com*,  when,  all  too  soon,  they 
will  lay  theii'  heads  upon  their  pdlows 
lacking  both.  Let  theai  then,  at  least, 
have  tSie  sweet  m^miry  of  a  happy 
childhood  of  which  no  fiUure  sorrow 
or  trouble  c?.a  rob  th^oi.  G'ne  them 
their  rosy  youth.  Nor  n?3od  this  irs- 
volve  wild  license.  The  jad.cious  pa- 
rent will  not  so  ralsttke  ray  meaning. 
If  you  have  ever  met  the  mm,  or  the 
woman,  whose  eyes  have  suddenly 
filled  when  a  little  child  has  crept  trust- 
ingly to  its  raotbei'd  bre&sf,  you  may 
have  seen  oie  in  whose  ciuldhood'^s 
home  "Dignity"  and  Severity"  stood 
where  love  and  pity  should  have  been. 
Too  much  indulgence  has  ruined  thou- 
sands of  children;  too  much  love,  not 
one. — Fanny  Fern. 

*-»-* 

Cheap  Tinegar. 

Take  a  quantity  of  common  Irish 
potatoes,  wash   them    until   they   are 


thoroughly  clean,  plac?  them  in  a  lar,j:e 
vessel  and  b)il  them  until  done.  Drain 
off  carefully  the  water  that  they  are 
cooked  in,  straining  it,  if  nec=is^.^ry,  in 
order  to  remove  every  parti<b  of  the 
potato,  Then  put  this  potato  water  in 
a  jug  or  keg,  which  set  near  the  stove, 
or  in  some  plaoe  where  it  will  b^^  kept 
warm,  and  add  one  pound  of  sugar  to 
two  g  illou.^ani  a  half  of  the  w.Uer,  with 
some  hop  yeast.  Let  it  stand  three  or 
four  weeks,  and  you  will  have  excellent 
vinegrtr,  and  at  a  co^t  of  six  or  seven 
cents  per  gallon. 

'■ — »   o   « 

Kemoving  (xrease  Spots. 


In  faking  out  grease  from  clothing 
with  bet,z3le  or  turpentin*^,  people  gen- 
erally make  1h^  mistake  of  welting  the 
cloth  with  the  terpentine  and  then  rub 
bing  it  with  a  sponge  or  piece  of  clatb. 
In  this  way  the  fit  is  dissolved,  but  is 
spread  over  a  greater  space  and  is  not 
removed.  The  benzole  or  turpentine 
evaporatf'S  and  the  fat  covers  a  greater 
surface  thaa  before.  The  only  way  to 
remove  fi  grease  spot  is  to  p'ao3  soft 
bbtt'ag  paper  b.^neath  and  on  top  of 
the  spot,  which  is  to  be  first  thoroughly 
saturattd  with  the  benzole  aul  th3a 
well  pressed.  The  fat  is  th-'n  d  ssolved 
and  abiovb-'d  by  the  paper  and  entirely 
removed  from  the  clothing. 

'^^^  ^i  ^^i^n, 

rrescrvsng-    Winter    Apples— Orchard 
Management. 


The  result  of  twenty  years'  experi- 
ence in  keeping  apples  may  all  be 
sumDied  up  ia  a  few  word-,  viz.:  Keep 
thera  d^y,  cool  and  entirely  shielded 
from  the  external  air.  After  trying 
numerous  experiments,  I  have  finally 
adopted  the  follow.ng  method  as  beiag 
the  cheapest  and  most  expediums: 

I  cammence  gathering  winter  frut 
abouii  the  Ist  of  October,  and  finish,  if 
possible,  by  the  20  :h  of  the  same, 
leaving  those  kinds  mo3t  affected  by 
early  frosts,  and  which  are  most  tena- 
cious of  the  pareii  nteiQ,  until  the  hst. 
Hard  frosts  are  iiijarions  to  apples  for 
late  keeping.  Afcer  the  dew  is  off, 
and  the  apples  become  dry  in  the 
moraiag,  I  commence  picking  with  the 
hand,  and  put  them  immediately  and 
carefully  into  well  made  fl  -ur  barrels, 
made  expressly  for  the  purpose;  they 
should  be  air-tight.  He-^d  them  up, 
lay  them  oa  their  sides,  aud  when  done 
gathering,  wheel  them  to  an  outhouse 
or  open  ahed,  where  I  lot  them  remvn 
until  severe  weather  sets  in,  when  they 
are  faken  info  tte  cellar,  and  remain 
undisiurbed  till  wanted  for  the  market. 

It  would  be  better  to  take  them  un- 
der sheltpr  each  day  as  they  are  picked, 
to  prevent  a?  I  said  bif^re,  the  whole 
secret  of  preserving  apples  is  ia  keeping 
them  as  dry  and  c^ol  as  possible  with 
out  freezing.  Applfs  should  be  picked 
only  in  dry  weather.  I  have  a  cellar 
expresdly  fitted  up  tor  keeping  apples, 
as  it  wil!  not  do  for  the  cellar  to  b3 
warm  enough  to  keep  other  vegetabh  s. 
It  must  be  well  ventilated.  I  leave  my 
cellar  windows  open  through  the  win- 
ter, ualess  in  very  severe  weather,  and 
when  warm  weather  approaches,  I  close 
them  through  the  day   and  open  them 


at  n^ght.  When  the  a'r  is  warmer  on 
'.ha  outside  than  in  the  cellar,  I  keep 
all  closed  up  tight,  and'wice  versa. 

I  never  repack  or  open  my  apples, 
for  in  so  doing  it  lets  in  a  new  agent  of 
decomposition;  the  air  that  is  fixed  in 
the  barrels  becomes  in  a  great  measure 
deprived  of  its  decomposing  propr  rt'es. 
"  Having  a  scanty  supply  of  barrels 
last  fall  at  gathering  time,  I  had  a  lot 
of  old  salt  barrels  recoopered,  making 
them  nearly  air-tight.  Into  a  part  of 
these  I  put  Winesaps.  On  opening 
them  late  in  the  spring  I  found  they 
had  kept  one  hundred  per  cent,  better 
than  the  same  variety  that  were  put  into 
other  barrels,  which  I  attribute  to  saline 
influences. 

A  very  great  error  of  maiaging  ap- 
ples, used  to  be,  and  still  is  prcc  iced 
by  many  fruit  growers — that  of  put- 
ting apples  in  bins  or  on  garret  fl  >or.^, 
to  go  through  the  "sweating  procesf," 
leaving  them  until  they  become  shriv- 
eled before  putting  them  away  in  their 
winter  quarters.  Thus  the  apple  loos- 
es flavor,  as  well  as  its  vitality;  for  the 
aroma  which  escape?  from  the  apples 
by  being  thus  exposed  to  the  warm 
atmosphere,  is  nothing  less  than  mi- 
nute particles  of  the  apple  itself.  I 
have  observed  t'la'  the  late  kepir.g  ap- 
ples, as  a  gsneral.  thing,  have  thicker 
rinds  th.an  those  that  mature  earlier 
This  is  peculiarly  the  cise  with  the  R  x- 
bury  Kussett.  If  I  am  correct  in  this 
observation,  it  is  a  strong  argument 
in  frsvor  of  close  keeping,  for  the  rind 
serves  as  e  protection  against  the  escape 
of  the  aroma  of  the  apple,  and  onse- 
quently  against  the  effects  of  the  atmos- 
phere. There  is  no  apple  with  which 
lam  aquaintcd  that  emits  a  greater 
odor  than  the  Summer  Q  leen,  and 
none  more  frail. 

I  avoid  heavy  pruning,  which  I  think 
is  not  only  injurious  to  the  tree,  but 
delete!  iou-3  to  ihe  fruit.  It  is  true  that 
the  fruit  is  larger  and  fairer,  but  largi 
apples  are  not  the  best  keepers.  Be- 
sides, frequently  cutting  off  large  por- 
tions of  the  top  of  a  tree  sours  its  juices, 
and  eventually  the  tree  becomes  dis- 
ta.?ed  and  dies.  1  am  also  opposed 
to  the  frequent  plowing  of  an  orchard. 
Breaking  the  root's  of  the  trees  certain- 
ly can  be  of  no  advantage;  besides,  it 
exhausts  the  soil  and  leaves  it  heavy 
and  dead.  —  Cor.  Ohio  Farmer. 


Everlasting'  Fence  Posts. 


I  discovered  many  years  ago  that 
wood  can  be  made  to  last  longer  than 
iron  in  the  ground,  but  thought  the 
process  so  simple  and  inexpensive  that  it 
wfts  not  worth  making  any  stir  about  it, 
I  would  as  Boon  have  poplar,  tasswocd, 
or  quaking  ash  as  any  other  kind  of 
wood  for  fence  posts.  I  have  taken 
out  bass  wood  posts  after  having  set 
seven  years,  that  were  as  sound  as 
■when  first  put  in  tie  ground.  Time 
and  weather  seemed  to  have  no  effect 
oa  them.  The  posts  can  be  prepared 
for  less  than  two  cents  apiece. 

For  the  benefit  of  others,  I  will  give 
t'^e  recipe:  Take  boiled  hnseed  oil 
and  stir  in  it  pulverized  charcoal  to  a 
consistency  of  paint.  Put  a  coat  of  this 
over  the  timber,  and  there  ia  not  a  man 
that  will  live  to  see  it  rotten. — Cor- 
IVestern  Rural. 


Temperance. 


From  1860  to  1870  we  had  in  operation, 
in  Indiana,  what  this  Convention  calls  a 
judicious,  well  regulated  license  law.  What 
are  its  elVects?  Did  it  restrain  the  traffic  in 
dnnk  ?  No!  Turn  to  the  United  States 
Census  Report  for  Indiana;  compare  1860 
with  1870  and  wc  find  that  during  these  ten 
years  the  population  increased  twenty-four 
and  one-half  per  cent.,  churches  twenty- 
six  per  cent.,  schools  tbirty.five  per  cent. ; 
the  manufacture  of  fermented  liquors  in 
the  shape  of  lager  beer,  etc.,  three  hundred 
and  one  per  cent.,  ardent  spirits  four  per 
cent.,  insanity  forty-five  per  cent.,  idiocy 
fifty  per  cent.,  pauperism  one  hundred  and 
thirty  per  cent.,  and  crime  two  hundred 
and-  one  per  cent.  Under  this  judicious, 
well-regulated  license  law,  it  appears,  the 
manufacture  of  liquor  increased  twelve 
times  faster  than  the  increase  of  popula- 
tion; and,  as  a  legitimate  consequence,  in- 
sanity and  idiocy  twice  as  fast,  pauperism 
six  times,  and  crime  nine  times  faster! 
What  an  admirable  result  of  a  judicious, 
well-regulated  license  law!  This  surely  is 
regulating  the  traffic,  with  a  vengeance. 
How  long  can  the  State  stand  such  a  regu- 
lation as  this,  before  it  becomes  wholly 
pauper  and  criminal?  No  wonder  the  * 
saloon-keepers  all  over  the  State  are  clam- 
oring for  a  judicious  license  law.  They 
know  by  long  experience  that  license  means 
free  whisky. 

This  resolution  declares  that  "theBax. 
ter  Bill  has  proved  a  failure."  How  does 
this  declaration  accord  with  facts?  Let  us 
see..  In  December,  1873,  the  close  of  the 
year  immediately  preceding  the  passage  of 
the  Baxter  Bill,  there  were  in  Indiana  361,- 
869  polls,  3,094  saloons,  345  convicts  com", 
mitted,  and  nine  counties  without  saloons- 
In  December,  1873,  when  the  Baxter  Law 
had  been  in  operation  only  ten  months 
and  when  many  of  the  officers  of  the  la'w', 
were  opposed  to  its  execution,  and  embar- 
rassed its  workings  at  every  point,  there 
were  26.5,854  polls,  1,487  saloons,  250  con- 
victs committed,  and  33  counties  without 
saloons. 

Thus  it  will  be  seen  that,  under  a  judi 
cious,  well-regulated  license  law,  the  man- 
ufacture of  liquor  increased  twelve  times 
faster  than  the  population,  aud,  with  that, 
insanity  aud  idiocy  doubled;  pauperism 
increased  six  times,  and  crime  nine  times 
faster  than  the  increase  of  polls;  whereas, 
under  the  Baxter  Bill,  iu  less  than  one 
year,  the  number  of  saloons  decreased 
thirty  per  cent.,  and  crime  twenty-eight  per 
cent.,  although  the  polls  increased  upward 
of  four  thousand.— iV^CM  Tempe/^-ance  Era. 


It  don't  pay  to  have  fifty  working  men 
poor  and  ragged  in  order  to  have  one  sa- 
loon-keeper dressed  in  broadcloth  and  flush 
of  money. 

It  don't  pay  to  have  those  fifty  working 
men  live  on  bone  soup  and  half  rations  in 
order  that  one  saloon-keeper  may  flourish 
on  roast  turkey  and  champagne. 


The  country  is  groaning  under  one  most 
loathsome  form  of  wickedness,  namely:— 
legalized  drunkenness.  Here  are  some 
startling  statistics: 

Total  Internal  Revenue  1878,  $114,075,- 
456.08.  Spirits,  fermented  liquors  and 
tobacco, — three  articles  alone— $95, 810,- 
613.71.  In  a  city  not  far  from  Syracuse, 
N.  Y..  of  50,000  inhabitants,  500  bar-rooms 
consume  daily  10  bbls  of  C.  W.,  1,000  kegs 
of  lager  and  ale,  15,000  cigars  aud  200  lbs 
of  S.  T.  daily.  Barrell  W. ,  first  cost  $40., 
retail  §300.,  profits  $260.;  10  bbls  daily 
profits  $3,600,  for  300  days  equals  $780,000. 
According  to  report  of  special  committee 
that  on  retail  sales  of  liquor  over  counter 
one  year  $1,483,491,865.,— nearly  500,000,- 
000  more  than  half  the  national  debt.  Ohio 
has  54  liquor  distilleries,  and  478  breweries, 
—annual  product  is  $13,253,838.  Bread 
distilled  into  liquid  damnation. — R&port  of 
Rochester  Wesleyan  Conference. 


14 


THE    CHRISTIAN    CYNOSURE. 


Facts  and  Figures. 

There  are  notv  five  European  repub- 
lics: France,  Spain,  Switzerland,  San 
Marino  acd  tbe  lilliputian  Andorra,  in 
the  Pyrennees.  The  latter  has  enjoyed 
ils  free  institutions  unchanged  for  more 
than  a  thousand  years.  It  has  thirty 
miles  square  of  mountainous  territory, 
and  8,000  inhabitant'. 

In  the  course  of  pul lag  down  the 
tld  mint  buiidmg  in  Cowgate,  Edin- 
burgh, recently,  to  wid^n  the  street, 
there  was  discovered  in  the  crevice  of  a 
wail  a  specimen  of  the  medai  struck  by 
Gicgory  Xtll  ,  to  commemorate  the 
massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew.  It  is 
rather  larger  than  an  English  half-srown, 
and  baars  on  the  obverse  side  the  effigy 
of  the  Pope,  with  the  legend,  "Grego- 
rious  Xlll  ,  Pont.  Max.  An.  I." 
(Gregory  XIII. ,  Supreme  Poauff,  in 
ihe  firet  year);  and  on  the  reverse  with 
the  legend,  "Vgonottorum  Strages 
(Slaughter  of  the  Huguenots),  157'J," 
a  representation  of  the  massacre,  m 
which  is  seen  the  figure  of  a  winged 
aad'helmeted  angel,  with  a  cross  in  one 
hand  and  a  sword  in  another,  engaged 
in  the  work  of  destruction. 

The  statistics  of  the  Poor  Children's 
Free  Excursio:  s  in  New  York  show  the 
following  interesting  figures:  On  the 
twelve  excursions  ihis  year  there  were 
6,761  girls  and  17,086  boys  taken  away 
from  the  city  for  a  dn/a  lun  and  pleas- 
ure. Tbe  tnal  cost  of  theue  excurtions 
waa  ^8,834.89,  or  the  insignificant  sum 
of  thirty-seven  cents  for  each  of  the. 
23,847  children.  To  feed  so  great  an 
army  of  htUe  ones  Mr.  George  F.  Wil- 
liams, the  successful  manager  of  this 
most  succeseiui  undertt king,  purchased 
5,510  loavts  of  bread,  1,941  pounds  of 
ham,  672  pounds  ot  longue,  1,121 
pounds  of  beef,  861  pounds  of  butler, 
40,000  French  roll  ,  24,600  pounds  ot 
ice,  12  boxes  of  lemons,  6  barrtL  of 
sugar,  3,060  quaits  of  ice  cream,  aud 
4,200  quarts  of  milk.  On  Saturday 
Mr.  Williams  closed  his  third  summer's 
work,  having  superintended  in  that 
time  no  less  than  forty -four  txciirsions, 
while  the  aggregate  nuaaber  of  childrtn 
that  left  the  streets  of  New  York  under 
his  care  was  nearly  64,000. 

Lansingburgh,  N.  Y. ,  has  for  a 
century  been  celebrated  for  its  mam- 
moth brush  manufactories,  which  to- 
day supply  nine-tenths  of  the  brushes 
used  in  this  country,  the  other  tenth 
being  made  in  Boston  and  Philadelphia. 
There  are,  large  and  smal',  sixty-odd 
brush  manufactories  in  Lansicgburs-h. 
Some  of  these  employ  fiom  iwo  to 
three  hundred  hands,  including  many 
girls  who  draw  brushes  at  heme. 

The  steam  machinery  used  in  large 
factories  for  shaping  brush  blocks,  bor- 
ing the  holes  for  the  bristles,  and  fin- 
ishing the  backs  and  handles  is  wonder- 
ful. Huge  white  birch  logs,  thirty 
feet  long  and  two  feet  in  diameter,  are 
fedinto  machines  which  rapidly  cut 
and  shapi'.  the  unwieldy  mass  in  brush 
blocks,  varying  in  size  from  a  lady's  toilet 
brush  to  a  barber's  penetrator.  Each 
machine  is  adapted  to  the  manufacture 
of  a  particular  kind  of  brush.  Thus, 
every  style,  including  hair,  cloth,  hat, 
shoe,  paint,  whitewash,  horse,  window, 
scrubbing,  flesh  brushes,  etc.,  is  pro- 
duced only  by  its    particular  machine. 

The  Union  Pacific  Railroad  Company 
have  finished  six  artesian  wells  this, 
season  in  the  heart  of  the  great  plains, 
and  generally  at  an  elevation  of  more 
than  4,000  feet  obove  the  sea.  Tbe 
particular  region  is  in  what  is  known  as 
Red  Desert,  which  is  from  700  to  800 
miles  west  of  the  Missouri.  At  Rock 
Springs  the  well  is  1,145  feet  deep. 
They  passed  through  various  veins  of 
coal,  from  two  to  eleven  feet  thick,  and 
the  aggregate  of  v^ins  is  90  feet.  Wa- 
ter flows  from  the  surface  steadily  to 
the.  amount  of  960  gallons,  or  24  bar- 


rels,  an  hour.  At  Point  of  Rocks,  28 
miles  east,  the  well  is  1,000  feet  deep, 
and  water  is  abundant,  but  it  does  not 
rise  nearer  to  the  surface  than  15  feet, 
whence  it  is  pumped  into  a  tank;  and 
puch  a  well  is  a  great  advantage,  for 
hitherto  water  trains  have  been  run  to 
supply  different  water  stations  on  this 
route.  No  coal  of  value  was  fjund. 
At  Bitter  Creek,  21  miles  east,  the  well 
is  696  feet  deep,  and  1,000  gallons  per 
hour  flow  to  the  surface.  At  96  feet  is 
a  small  vein  of  coal.  At  Creston  the 
well  is  300  feet  deep.  At  Separation 
the  well  is  1,180  feet  deep,  and  water 
rises  to  within  ten  feet  of  the  surface. 
A  vein  of  coal  is  45  feet  deep  and  seve- 
ral *'eet  thick.  All  the  water  in  these 
wells  is  hard,  but  it  is  of  fine  quality. 

Now  this  whole  country  is  in  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  but  a  traveler  would 
hardly  suspect  it,  for  no  lofty  elevations 
appear.  Gentle  hills  are  everywhere, 
not  covered  with  timber,  but  with  ex- 
cellent grass,  well  suited  for  stock. 
The  soil  is  rich,  but  as  there  is  no  rain- 
fall to  speak  of,  no  crops  c^n  be  grown. 
We  can  see  now  the  value  of  a  flowiog 
artesian  well  in  this  vast  Folitude  of 
grasri.  A  well  flowing  24  barrels  an 
hour  will  irrigate  20  acres  of  grain  in  a 
day,  or  160  acres  in  two  weeks,  which 
is  as  often  as  grain  needs  water;  but  by 
having  a  reservoir  a  far  larger  tract  can 
be  watered.  A  well  1,000  feet  deep 
will  cost  at  present  about  $1,500.  We 
can  see,  therefore,  that  the  great  inte- 
rior can  be  occupied  by  civilized  people. 
— iV.  Y.  Tribune. 

A  report  from  the  United  States 
Bureau  of  statistics  at  Washington,  just 
issued,  contains  an  interesting  table  of 
the  population  of  the  earth,  taken 
chiefly  from  the  work  on  that  bubject 
issued  this  year  at  Gotha  by  Drs.  Bebm 
and  Wagner,  and  founded  on  the  most 
recent  authorities.  By  this  statement 
the  aggregate  population  of  the  earth 
is  given  at  1,391,032,000,  Asia  being 
the  most  populous  section  and  contain- 
ing 798,000,000,  while  Europe  has 
300,500,000,  Africa  203,000,000, 
America  84,500,000,  and  Australia  and 
Polynesia  4,500,000. 

In  Europe  the  leading  nations  are 
credited  with  the  following  numbers: 
Russia,  71,000,000;  the  German  Em- 
pire, 41,000,000;  France,  36,000,000; 
Austro  Hungary,  36,000,000;  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland,  32,000,000;  Italy, 
nearly  27,000,000;  Spain,  16,600,000; 
and  Turkey,  nearly  16,000.000.  The 
other  countries  do  not  exceed  5,000,000 
each. 

In  Asia,  China,  which  is  by  far  the 
most  populous  nation  of  the  earJ),  is 
credited  with  425,000,000;  Hindustan 
is  credited  with  240,000,000;  Japan, 
33,000,000;  the  East  India  Islands, 
30,000,000;  Burmah,  Siam  and  Far- 
ther India,  nearly  26,000,000;  Turkey, 
13,500,000,  and  Russia  nearly  11,000,- 
000. 

The  Australian  population  is  given  at 

1,674,500,  and  the  Polynesian  Islands 
at  2,703,500,  New  Guinea  and  New 
Zealand  being  included  in  the  latter. 

In  Atrica,  the  chief  divisions  are  West 
Soudan  and  the  Central  African  region, 
wiih  80,000,000;  the  Central  Soudan 
region,  39,000,000;  South  Africa,  20,- 
250,000;  the  Galta  country  and  the 
region  east  of  the  White  Nile,  15,00^,- 
000;  Samauli,  8,000,000;  Egypt, 
8,500,000,  and  Morocco,  6,000,000. 

In  America  two-thirds  of  the  popu- 
lation is  north  of  the  Isthmus,  where 
the  United  States  has  nearly  30,000,- 
OOO.  Mexico  over  9,000,000,  and  the 
British  Provinces  4,000,000.  The  total 
population  of  North  America  is  given 
at  52,000,000,  and  of  South  America 
25,500,000,  of  which  Brazil  contains 
10,000,000,  The  West  India  islands 
have  over  4,000,000,  and  the  Central 
American   States  not  quite  3,000,000. 


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TRACT  NO.  1: 
HISTORY  OF  MASONRY. 

BY  PRESIDENT  J.  BLANCHARD,  OF    WHEATON   COLLEGE. 
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masonry, and  's  entiled  "HISTORY  OP  MASONRY." 

Tract  No.  1,  Part  Second— Is  entitled  "DESPOTIC  CHARAC- 
TER OP  FREEMASONRY  "  „„„^„ .  o„.,„,r     . 
Tract   No.   1,  Part  Third— Is    entitled    "FREEMASONRY    A 
CHRIST-EXCLUDING  RELIGION." 

TRACT  NO.  1,  IN  SWEDISH; 
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TRACT  NO.  2: 

MASONIC  MURDER, 

By  REV.  J,  K.  BAIRD,   of  Pleasantville,  Pa.,  a  seceding  Mason 

who  has  taken  17    degrees.     A  2page  tract  at  25  cents  per  100; 

$2.00  per  1000.  -i 

TRACT  NO.  3: 

SECRETS  OF  MASONRY, 

BY  ELI  TAPLEY. 

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1000. 

TRACT  NO.  4: 

GRAND!  GREAT  GRANDS! 

BY  PHILO  CARPENTER. 
This  is  a  2-page  tract,  calling  the  attention  of  the  public  to  the 
despotic  and  ridiculous  titles  of  Freemasonry.  Price  25  cents  per  100; 
$2. 00  per  1,000. 

TRACT.  NO.  5: 

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

This  tract  is  a  reprint  of  a  tract  published  in  1834,  and  is  a  very 
weighty  document.  A  4-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per 
1000. 

TRACT  NO.  6: 

Hon.  John  Quincy  Adams'  Letter. 

eiving  His  and  His  Father's  Opinloa  of  Freemasonry  (1831.); 
AND 

Hon.  James  Madison's  Letter, 

GMngHisOpinionof  Freemasonry  (1832). 

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TRACT  NO.  7:' 

SATAN'S  CABLE-TOXir. 

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Masonic  oaths,  and  shows  them  to  he  most  blasphemous  and  un- 
christian; and  the  Masonic  Cable  Tow  is  clearly  shown  to  be  the 
Cable  Tow  by  which  Satan  is  leading  thousands  to  eternal  death. 
50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  8: 

Is  a  2-pago  double  tract,  "illustbated.'  The  first  page  repre- 
sents a  Mason  proclaimimg  the  wonderful  wisdom  and  benevo- 
lence of  the  order,  with  an  article  below,  entitled  "Freeman 
sonry  is  only  152  Years  Old,"  and  gives  the  time  and 
place  of  its  birth. 

The  second  side  is  entitled,  Murflor  and  Treason  not 
ExoAptod,"  and  shows  that  the  Masouic  order  is  treasonable  in 
its  constitution,  and  is  both  anti-Republican  and  anti-Christian. 
Price  25  cents  per  100;  $2  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  9,  ILLUSTRATED: 
FREEMASONRY  IN  THE  CHURCH. 

Copy  of  a  petition  for  the  higher  degrees  of  Freemasonry,  in 
which  Blasphemous  and  Despotic  Titles  are  enumerated  and 
prayed  for.  The  Copy  was  printed  for  the  use  of  "Occidr/ital  Sov- 
ereign Consixtory  S.  P.  72.  .S',''  32d  degree— a  Chicago  Lodge — and 
was  ordered  by  a  deacon  of  a  Christian  Jhurch  who  is  Grand  Orator 
of  the  Grand  Lodge  of  ill. 

TR.\CT  NO.  10: 
CHARACTER  AND  SYMBOLS  OF   FREKMASONRY, 

A  2-page  tract,  (illustrated)  by  its  "Grand  Secretaries,  Grand 
Lecturers,  Perfect  Prince  Freemasons,  Grand  Inspector,  Inquisito? 
Commanders,  Grand  High  Priests,"  etc.  The  wonderful  symboli- 
cal meaning  of  "the  Cable  Tow,"  "the  Square  and  Compass,"  "tho 
Lamb  Skin,  or  white  Apron,'  '  and  "the  Common  Gavel,"  are  given 
in  the  exact  words  of  the  highest  Masonic  authority.  25  cents  per 
lOOor  $2.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  11; 

Adiresg  of  hnn  Cmnij  kmim^  Ifew  Ifork, 

TO  THE  PUBLIC; 

Concerning  the  Morgan  Murder,  and  the  character  of  Frcema- 
Bonrv.  as  shown  by  this  and  other  Masonic  murders.  50  cents  per 
100;"$4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  12: 

JUDGE  "WHITNEY  AND  MASONRY. 

This  tract  contains  a  condensed  account  of  Judge  Whitney's 
Defense  before  the  Grand  Lodge  of  Illinois,  on  charge  of  unma- 
sonic  conduct  in  bringing  Samuel  L.  Keith  the  murderer  of  Ellen 
Slade,  and  a  member  of  his  Lodge,  to  justice,  with  Judge  Whitney's 
subsequent  renunciation  of  Masonry,  ' 

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TRACT  NO.  13: 

DR.  NATHANIEL  COLVEK  ON  MASONRY, 

and 
HOWARD  CROSBY,  D.  D., 

Chancellor  of  the  University  of  New  York,  on  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 
A  double  2-page  tract  25  cents  per  100;  $3.00  per  1000. 
TRACT  NO.  14: 
GRAND  LODGE  MASONRY. 

ITS  EELATIONTO  CIVIL  GOVEENliENT  AND  TEE  CBEISTIAN  EELIOION. 
Opening  address  before  the  Monmouth   Convention,   by  PEES.  J. 
BLAHCHAED  of  WHSaTON  OOLLESE.    This  is  a  16-pago   tract  at  $2.00 
per  100;  $15.00  per  lOOa. 

TRACT  NO.  15: 

MASONIC  OATHS  NULL  AND  VOID 
A  clear  and  conclusive  argument  proving  the  invalidity  of  any 
oath  or  obligation  to  do  evil.    By  REV.   1.   A.  HART,   Sccretar.y 
National  C  hristian  Association.    Published  by  special  order  of  thi 
Association.    50  centa  per  100;  $4.00  per  1900. 

TRACT  NO.  16 : 
HON.  SETH  M.  GATES  ON  FREEMASONRY. 
PROOF  THAT  THE  INSTITUTION  THAT  MURDERED  MORGAN 
IS  UNCHANGED  IN  CHARACTER 
This  is  a  letter  to  the  Monmouth  Convention  by  lion.  Seth   M. 
Gates  who  was  Deputy  Sheriff  of  Genesee  County,  and  also  Secre- 
tary of  the  Leroy  Lodge  at  the  time  of  Morgan's  Abduction.     A  4- 
page  tract,  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO.  17: 

Origin,  Obligations  anl  h^m'^i  of  ?b  Srasge. 

WITH  A  CONSTITUTION  OP  A  FARMERS'  CLUB. 
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TRACT   NO.  18: 

HON.  WM.  H.  SEWARD  ON  SECRET  SOCIETIES. 

Extracs  from  a,  Speeoh  oa  Ecow-SEotungicn  in  tlie  U.  S.  Senate  in  1355. 
The  testimony  of  JOHN  QUINCY  ADAMS,  MILLARD  FILLMORE, 
CHIEF  JUSTIC  MARSHALL  and  others,  is  added. 

A  -e-page  tract,  25  cents  per  100;  $3.0U  per  1000. 

TRACT  NO,  19. 
BRICKS  rOR  MASONS  TO  LAY. 

WASHINGTON,   MADISON,    MARSHALL,   RUSH,  HANCOCK, 
ADAMS  AND  WEBSTER,  give  brief  clear  testimony  against  th« 
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TRACT  NO.  20: 
OBJECTIONS  TO  MASONRY. 
By  A  SECEDING  MASON,  of  Cornton,  "Vermont. 
This  tract  contains  many  strong  arguments  against  the  Lod°e  drawn 
from  personal  experience,   observation  and  study  of  its   character. 
A  l-page  tract  at  50  cents  per  100;  $4.00  per  1,000. 
TRACT  KC  21: 
MASONIC  CHASTITY. 

BY  ElIMA  A.  WALLACE, 

The  author,  by  wonderfully  clear  illustration  and  argument,  sho^ 
the  terribly  corrupt  nature  of  Freemasonry.  No  true  woman  whil 
reads  this  will  ever  speak  with  approbation  of  this  institutioir 
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GERMAN  CYNOSURE  TRACT  A. 

Sii  Seasons  whj  a  Christian  Mi  nolle  a  Freemason 

By  RBV.  A.  QROLE,  Pastor,  German  M.  E.  Church, 
WORCESTER,  MASS. 

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"Commencement  .and  growth  of  Speculative  or 
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Rebellion— The  action  of  the  British  Parliament 
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